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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
Grammar and Business.

A few years ago we often heard busi-
Aess men say, what do care for the
grammar of letter, so long as It gets
the business?" Now business men quite
generally recognize that grammar is an
important element in getting business.
Grammar is the science OF the logical
relationship of words and sentences. IL
words are not put together grammati-
cally they fail to express the meaning
clearly, asserts Sherwin Cody. in Sue
cess Magazine. Bad grammar and con-
fusion are one and the same. So too.
the man who does not punctuate his
letters correctly fails TO express his
meaning quite completely. The I'm
preston on the mind Of the reader is
not quite so clear and sharp. An in
correct letter is like a slightly blurred
photograph. You can tell whom the
hazy photograph represents, but the
picture that is startlingly clear and
sharp has a vast commercial advantage
over one that is not A few errors OF
punctuation and grammar in one letter
do not matter much. but the same err
rors in a hundred letters. accommodating
one on top of another, weigh vastly In
the final success OF a business. Sue
cessful men recognize this, and now
the largest retail store in the world
pays one dollar to its employees for
every error of English one OF them fnds
in any of the printed matter issued by
the house. Already many other husi-
ness houses are following this example
in one way or another. The most
striking evidence in the matter Is the
fact that stenographers who can write
correct English get twice the salaries
paid to ordinary stenographers. The
president of a concern in Minneapolis
widely known all over the country,
employing so stenographers, said pub
licly not long ago; IF all my stenog-
raphers, clerks, statesmen, etc, would
learn to write correct and effective
business letters. they would be worth
rs per cent. more to me, and ! should
be willing to pay the full value Of their
services" l believe that any stenog-
rapher. no matter how good. could get
his or her salary raised by dint OF
patient study Of correct English dur
ing a period OF six months.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
LEAVE THE LIQUOR ALoNE.


I'm anxious to tell you bit Of my mind.
II @ won't put you ont Of the way
For I feel very certain you'h each OF 20"
nnd
There's wisdom Ia what would say
We've maxims aud morals enough ana 10
spare.
But have got one OF ny own
That helps me 70 prosper ana laugh at Gun
care.
n Is Leave the liquor aloner
To avoid neglect and 20 WIN respect
Just Leave the liquor aione!'
The brewer can ride Or a coach and pair,
The drinker must irudgc on the road.
One gets through the world with a jaunN
air.
The other bends under a load
The brewer gets money and friends M
lads.
While the drinkers lei, poor ana alone.
II you'd have your share OF good thln~s'
take care
And leave the liquor alone.
Noull enjoy good health. and your sa'n
IN wealth.
m you leave the liquor alone.
a man fuli Of malt isn'i worth HE salt.
Then Leave the liquor alone
A drlnkor IL ready 10 own al last
lie has played but n losing game;
1iow glad would be boz 90 recall the part.
And earn him a nobler name
Don't reach oi9 axe with this vain regret,
For q time thata past and gone;
You may win good prize ia lifes LOTTERY
yet.
n you'i leave tho iiQuor alone
You'il find some day it'F the safest way.
~ you'u leave the liquor alone.
Then resolve like men. not 20 touch 4
again.
But 90 Leave the l.nucr al0ncl'
-Nati0nai Advocate.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
Public Faulthnding.

The ability to point out with dis
agreeable clearness social evils and
public perils is not alone enough TO
entitle justly a man to any great
amount of public esteem. Cassandras
in breeches OF petticoats. says Allan
tic. are of no more real service to-day
than in the heroic age. and the miracle
about the lady herself was not 50 much
that the Greeks paid no attention to
her forebodings and warnings. but that
some impatient hero who had work
20 do did not wiring her dismal neck.
There has never been a time when our
country has needed to have ideals Of
service made more fresh and attrac-
tive, or when the real work Of the
world. done by it's sane, healthy and
klnd-hearted workers. needed greater
recognition. Il is the good rather than
the bad in us which needs encourage
ment and exposure. and II 1t once finds
work to do. the bad in us will be far
less noticeable or troublesome. II is
q poor gardener who devotes too much
time TO weeds at the expense of the
vegetables and flowers.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
TRANSFERS OF CURRENCY.
How Funds Sent Out by the New
York Treasury Are
Handled.

OWNS to the large transfers made
during the past few weeks through
the New York sub-treasury To the In.
terror, special interest attaches at thus
time to the manner In which these
transfers are made. and the govern
ment regulations concerning them.
Transfers can be made through the
sub-treasury TO any point In the
United States at which an assistant
treasurer is located. There are as.
sistant treasurers IN New York. Bos-
ton. Philadelphia. Baltimore New Or.
leans. Cincinnati. Chicago. st. Louis
and San Francisco. The regulations
governing transfers 10 all these points
are Identical. except in the case OF
san Francisco, 10 which transfers are
made free OF cost. whereas a charge is
made by the government for transfers
to the other points.
The bank or individual having oc-
casion 20 send a large sum OF money
from New York, say. 10 Cincinnati de-
posits the amount az the sub-treasury
here together with the equivalent OF
the express company's charge for
actually shipping the currency TO that
city. The sub-treasury here then no.
tifies the treasury department az
Washington by telegraph that such
sum mas been deposited here for
transfer to Cincinnati and the assist
ant treasurer az the latter place Is In
turn authorized TO pay out the amount
TO the individual or institution named
by the person depositing the money
IN New York. The advantage OF this
method over the actual shipment OF
the currency Is that the time OF trans.
mission Is saved. In other respects Il
costs as much whether tho currency
be shipped or the transfer be made
through the treasury department
In the case Of transfers to San Fran.
cisco. the government undertakes tho
service without charge. Originally this
arrangement was made merely for tho
purpose Of bringing east the proceeds
of new gold from the mines and OF
sending west funds which the govern
ment might itself need on the Pacific
coast. In other words. the special
regulations In this case were adopted
father for the governments conyen-
fence than for any other reason. Tho
custom by extension. however, has
been adapted 10 the convenience OF
the public as well. and nov transfers
between San Francisco and New
York are made practically at the Will
Of those having remittances 20 make
from coast to coast
In the case OF unusually large trans
fers. permission must nrst be secured
from Washington. as the local sub
treasury Is not In a position to know
definitely how much IL may De con-
veniont for the government 10 pay ouN
al any given point The New York
sub-treasury. however, viii undertake
on us own authority the transfer OF
sums aggregatug. say. s250.o00 OF
$500 600 In & day.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
Giant Tree Of England.

The biggest tree in the south OF
England is said to be the Kings Oak
at Tilford. which stands on the village
green between two ancient bridges over
the river Wey, and is some 30 feet in
circumference at height OF six feet
from the ground. II is mentioned in the
charter of Waverley abbey. the Cister-
clan monastery close by, now in ruins,
which gave It's name to the works OF
Sir Walter Scott. This giant tree is
still in vigorous growth.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
Rhine Changes.

The dredging of the Rhine is al
ready producing excellent effects In
the upper reaches of the river. At Au.
in the Rnemthal, the marshes are dis
appearing. and the agricultural lands
OF the region are gaining enormously
in fertility. Where quite recently
everywhere was marsh. which tended
to spread, the earth is becoming solid.
and gives promise of becoming culti-
vable. Some OF the marshy tract
has been already med.-London
Globe.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
How II Operates.

Foreigner-What astonishes me most
Of all is the number OF shooting ARRAYS
/ hear about. Haven't you any laws
ic this country against carrying cen
cealed weapons?
Native-Yes. but they are intended
merely to keep good citizens from
carrying them.-Chicago Tribune.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
An That Was lacking.

Lawyer - Are you absolutely sure
the accused has never accepted =
bride?
Witness-Yes, sir. absolutely sure.
He told me confidentially that he had
never had a really good chance!-De.
troit Free Press.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
A snloonkeeper's Choice.

One of the most prominent saloon
keepers Of Chicago, who lives in pro
hibition suburb, gives his reason foi
choosing such locality by saying tina
he prefers to bring up his family as fil
away from the saloon as possible
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
M&- H.

The twentieth cen
fury religion will be the
natural religion. the re-
ligion which will cause
all classes to mingle to-
gether in good fellow
ship.
The natural religion
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02

An innovation in Sunday school out
ings was recently introduced with good
success by New York Sunday school.
Special trolley ears we're chartered to
carry the party to the shore and each
member was tagged like an express
package. Each tag had a number OF
coupons attached. One coupon was
for ice cream. another for a bathing
suit. others for rides on the switch
back and merry go-rounds. while the
tag itself was the ticket for the trip.
The Sun says the scheme worked
beautifully. No children were lost.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02

The business OF stenography and
typewrting has been injured. accord
ing to a recent writer. by the large
number OF young women who are at
tracted to Il by the pleasant conditions
which surround the work rather than
by the work itself Business men who
have ceased hoping to find women
stenographers worth high wages now
pay poor wagse. and have thus made
fhe occupation less attractive to wom-
en- with a fair education. There is still
IN urgent demand for women who are
worth $40. SIS and $50 week.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02

tSn for the public has the outdoor and the spectacular
~ element in less degree 1t is that the game
has taken later years much unnecessary roughness
foul play, holding but the game ought be saved and
preserved both for the benefit OF those who play and those who
it, The efforts OF the president OF the United States the
game its early simplicity and eliminate the undesirable features
certainly deserving of consideration and appreciation
The present constituted sufficiently explicit to keep
Of undesirable elements roughn foul play holding
fighting. What really needed much addition OF rules
but rigid and honest enforcement OF the rules they exist
Unfortunately, officials conscientious about disturbing
progress game by ruling against violations Of the rule than
preserving the game During game officials will be constantly
calling players: mo using hands keep side etc
There nothing the which entities player who ofeuds
warning Officials right condone violation Of the rule
by warning and thus encouraging other violations Of the rules and
in the long total disregard OF all rules long the violation
OF them is not detected
OF President Eliot pointed years ago, any
where there physical among the players there is apt be
friction this friction be reduced minimum
proper the rules and the element of personal
made benefit players and public instead Of occasional
disgusting exhibitions loss OF temper and proper secono Coaches
the who teach the contribute deal clean
sport by discounenanng all forms OF rough unsponanlke play
ugs who violates the rules rule of little
upon plays The themselves usually
coegebed should those qualities of genemanne and
proper which ought characterize any webred
In saying what do Do indicate that would like to
game pngpong marbles upon the football field frank
enough say competition scientific
game played according the rules Of the game with gor and force
sincerity and This and will be eliminated
from game because the sports OF the people parake Of their national
The American strenuous intense individual who
goes top speed all time least OF the gods he
worshp TO win TO get there TO make good TO deliver the
goods expressions which indicate national char
acter Football sports pcmaed with spirit
Coaches have it, Players have IT, Universities throw
and players and nfuc in them the spirit OF get
there game While all this should make the sport
clean decent and honorable and be just careful about that
rI i'm
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02

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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-11-02
Jmprnurmrnt lit Tnnthall Gira
mttlr GnarhrH ann players
WILLIAM n. LEWIS.
HarVa Team
BY WILLIAM n. LEWIS.
Harvard Team OF 'e3.

HERE is nothing the matter with football The trouble is,
in the first place, with the who coach it, and IN the
second place with the who play it, The game itself
of the finest sports devised for the pastne OF youth and
the pleasure of the public II has in all the elements which
appeal to the young menhe contest Of brain and muscle
for the public has the outdoor feature and the spectacular
element in less degree 1t is that the game
has taken in later years much unnecessary roughness
foul play holding etc. but the game ought be saved and
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
Waiting for the EIopemenf.

Puzzled but willing, she attred herself in her best
gown, fixed hair that st black penteous, and
stepped to the window to gaze down Elevated trains
whirlng by towards the beaches and towards the
bridge changing along underneath them,
either side of the humanity
flowing increasingly
turned the latch door stepped back into her
little bedroom put the finishing touches her toilet
that instant her attention attracted by
rife uproar jangng Earring screaming uproar In the
street below She rushed to the window glance
downward, the below fire engine, a
great crowd the hook and ladder truck nearby
fire company
glance she realized what coming and, with
lips pressed deermnedly together and a quaver
JOY fighting for mastery in her BOSOM she stepped
mirror and began to fix her hat.
The crowd below excited and iostlng the big
slowly unjon itself and upward alongside the
building then sway inward until the end just below
fifth story window but before Il had
ward crowd yelled Bob Sayor. plump excited
until his face pink started to Chamber upward
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
Promised TO EIope with Her.

So Bob kissed good-by and marched away, after
they made secret arrangement that just
his fortune in New York he to back to
Scuate and elope with her This plan arranged be-
Mrs Heppert Vrgnias mother had expressed her
self forcibly kids a-wantn' to get married..
for two years Vrgie waited and turned the little
coral ring the lovers knot inside where one
could that she engaged and back of her geog
raphy school, she hong letters to Bob to
ase and Bob wrote back general delivery so
Virgies mother wouldn't suspect anything and they
plotted elopement Every time that Vrgie wrote she
just where he would find the ladder I'm the barn
when for her. and Bob lying away in his little
untidy hall bedroom in tenementlke boarding house
looked the big hot city reeng with noise
smells andwe he confesses that If Virgie did cry
a little bit, he cried just much.
Bob found employment in wholesale shoe store down
towards the point New York and lived in cheap lodgings
the east side He fought bravely, saving his
money denying himself almost everyhingand after
two years he Vrgie and asked II $2S5 wasn't
enough 20 (They had planned TO elope when he
made $S9OOO)
And Vrgie wrote that she thought S2s5 near
enough they planned their eopement for June 1887
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
reared TO TeLL her Of EaiLure.

Early in that month, while Bob getting ready a
lie furnished that be their nest the shoe
j5Jbors failed he thrown OF employment
he made his mistake Instead of writing Vrgie
telling the truth ne sought desperately find
position and TO his standing in the world
might disappont her and himself He hunted
house house for days-for weeks-and not job
could he find that would enable him support wife
The day before Vrgie expected him Scituate
place ladder against her window SILL and her down
his strong arms Bob practically penniess New
'rk She waited for him in vain and at the hour that
sitting beside her packed vase the darkness
her pretty little white and pink bedroom Scituae
trembling with ecstases of fear and joy waiting hear
the ladder against the side OF the house Bob
dragging himself YEARLY along lower Broadway thinking
OF a leap from pier into the river.
The following morning Virginia came downstairs red
eyed but conceang her heart Her mother and
her brother inquired she sick but she said she
not, except that she had slept.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
Slid from Window Into His Arms.

Behind Bob Mike Corcoran Capt O'Brien, Bill
Burke, three others the scaling after him
prevent accidents three minutes breathless Bob
stopped top the ladder and Virginia, casting
glance below, slid from the window sill into his
The journey downward one long march OF triumph
The hremen, steadyng and aiding Bob. cheered and
cheCred, while their comrades in the yelled them
hoarse. and the crowd thinking that gallant
in progress took the cheer until the waters
of Gowanus bay rippled
Putting red faced almost exhausted Bob still holding
Virginia close in his reached the sidewalk and de-
posted her She opened her eyes and gazed
happily upon him, and whispered
80, Bob. foolish, cruel, but It sweet"
Then, while the hremen lowering the ladder cheered
and swung helmets, Virgie caught Fifth
car away get married. followed by the
yells of the hremen and the crowd.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
& '51:.!. 81 ] , - ls7.'-.s 0ISs

her by any means would suffer from the blight
ing Of her hopes and the destruction Of the she
had cherished all her life.
on the way home the elevated that evening Bob
Saylor vowed that he would elope with her
planned.
Now it happened that during the time he winning
his to in the shoe business Bob had achieved
little prominence In politics and he had something Of
pull in his assembly district that extended through
democratic circles all Kings county and his
back Fabush where he lived in bachelor apart
mens he stopped in to the district leader They
coseed for hour when they parted the leader
said
" Easy-easy-and I'll be there it-and the boys
will give you grand sendon" and he laughed until his
jowls shook
The following Thursday morning, shortly after II
O'Clock, Miss Virginia Heppert received urgent
saying:
BE ready to eope with me in half an hour. Bob"
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
Isn't This Yiraie2 Il Was.

One afternoon in March Bob saylor in his Fulton
store when in. All the clerks
busy. sO~ Saylor forward himself spoke
One of them had strangely familiar look-and
she in her glanced saylor with half light Of
recognition in her eyes
" Isn't thls-Virge?' asked Saylor
Aren't you Mr.. Sayor?' she asked. They clasped
hands, while Miss Hepperts looked
deringy And they stood chatting casually while
Heppert's sster-in-law tried shoes
Then. with sudden rush bursting forth Of confess
son Bob told her the whole story how he had starved
struggled; how he had pear ending il all
river he had fought the last minute
how he had lived during all those years
he feared he had caused her unhappiness
And finished Miss Heppert tears in her
eyes, looked him and said:
Poor boy. should have told me-"
The outcome OF IL that Bob began TO go 10 the
the Gowanus district and. after the ca
proposed again and urged that they should
and make in the happiness OF the present
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13

streets of New York and reported him well prospecting
That Vrgina's heart-amost-but she was proud
and gave a sign.
Bob indeed, was prospecting. He had found work with
another shoe company, in Brooklyn this time.
advancing too rapidly. He ashamed of his action
full of false pride write tell Virginia every
thing year by year they drfed further further
apart people forgot Bob al
though Miss Hepper (she had become Miss Heppert
Virgie) did.
Bob Saylor prospered. He became partner in the
firm. then withdrew and a big shoe
in Brooklyn and began to wealthy, and also
fat. He did not marry. In fact the girls in his
who their caps for him declared
bachelor. Neither did Miss Heppert marry Men
and went. several proposed but she refused them all
She became well known for philanthropic and church
work and, after the death of her mother inherited
considerable property She had entirely lost track of
Bob Saylor to Worcester and lived
there several years, and two years she moved
Brooklyn, taking apartments Fifth in Brook
lyn out in the Gowanus bay district to be
her brothers business.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
lost for Years Throuoh False Pride.

After that Bob and Virginia lost to each other
realizing that in his false pride had ruined his hap
piness and probably hers, sent him
little coral set ring with the true lovers knot but the
package back TO her marked found then
she sorry. fearing that something had happened
that he not 70 blame, She fed heart
the hope that something had happened-not anything
serious-but something that would relieve him
charge that false her. Then. time,
feared he dead. and she mourned until day
over a year afterwards, a Scituate the
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13

d" l wouldn't feel married unless came down ladder
in the of the loved" said Miss Heppert q" |
thought hour almost for the last 30 years
you would and carry away, for l never
thought any but you, Bob and you promised to
come"
argued Bob.
I'm too old for it," she said 81 have lived
all my life the idea that would eope with me and
l can't give it up
You'll have to into the first floor fiat then, /"
said Bob. and they had a regular lovers quarrel
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
Insisfs Upon the ELopemenk

ia like to. Bob" she said =" But you promised to
come and elope with me-"
% fellow can't eloPe with woman who lives alone
and can do she peases," protested Bob
simply can't give up clipping, she said. I'll never
marry any who doesn't and carry down a
ladder and away with me-"
That's foOlishness. Virgie." he protested. can't
carry you down ladder from the NTH build
ing. Besides elope just well the stairs.
Let's do it tomorrow. elope down Fatbush and get
married.
Omaha daily bee., 1905-08-13
OF Course Woman Won Argument.

Night after night they argued out but Miss Hepper
firm. Bob lived in hopes that her lease the fiat
would expire the first of May and that she would move
a first floor apartment at worst second floor
one give him chance but he learned May that
the lease for three years.
That evening there long argument and when
Bob vowed that he would and elope with her
wished, and that failing TO her down lad
would her by force her down the stairs
eope with STILL he and felt that, if he