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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
BEREA STUDENTS DOING GOOD.
Letter from MIR. Daily.
Harlan, KY. July 20. 100

Harlan. KY, July 20, 1907.
Dear Friends:
Another summer finds me among the
great masses Of earth, stone and coal
known to us as the mountains of Har-
Ian county and among a people | have
known for two summers and learned
to appreciate very much.
Quite a revival has swept through
a part of the county in which myself
and others did Sunday school work
during the past two summers. Two
churches have grown and a dead one
has been revived. Men who, two years
ago. cared nothing Tor the cause Of
Christ, like to talk of nothing else SO
well now.
About 200 p. m. last Thursday
stepped into the Cornett school, being
taught this fall by c. ]. Lewis. l
wish could give you picture of the
school ! found. One of the best school
houses of the county, ample room.
good light and ventilation, comfortable
for winter use. clean, and nicely dec
GRATED with pictures and flags. Not
much grind Of machinery but apparen
good feeling between teacher and pu-
pills. No one can step into this school
without seeing ample proof that Be
rea's Normal training shows in the
work Of her pupils.
had a fine plunge IN "the old
swlmmin' hole on our way up Poor
Fork to his home, In the evening,
where ! enjoyed some OF the finest
Of mountain hospitality until Saturday
morning. s. c. Kelly was one Of our
number part OF the time, too. He
reports six or seven Sunday schools
organized this summer. On Saturday
we attended a Sunday school conven-
ton at Cams schoolhouse. with a
good attendance. an interesting pro-
gram well discussed and great picnic
dinner
Was much pleased, too, in meeting
number Of other Berea students and
more whom / hope will be Berea stu
dents in the future. Among those I've
met this summer and whom some of
you win remember with pleasure are
Mr.. Abner Jones, now county exam
liner, a real examiner, and prominent
teacher OF this county; Miss Nancy
Hensley, now Mrs. Eager, whose hus-
band is one of the thriftiest farmers
OF the county-a farmer who has
thoroughbred stock and makes use
OF farm journals; Miss Laura Creech,
now Mrs. Ball; also her brother, Mr..
John Creech.
Yours truly,
Arthur Daley.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
College Items
HERE AND THERE

Mr.. l.. l.. Oeland of Wisconsin Uni
versity spent Saturday and Sunday in
Berea, and visited Miss Fox's Sunday
school at Narrow Gap. He came with
a letter Of introduction from Mrs. J.
A. II. Rogers, and intends to travel In
the Kentucky mountains during the
next six weeks.
Miss Moore will go to Artemus,
Knox county, for a few days.
Miss Ethel Todd leaves this week
for the North.
Misses Lille Chrisman and Lillian
Ambrose leave today for Irvine, Es-
tin county, where they will attend the
teachers institute.
Mr.. j. r. Young. who graduated
from Berea last year. will become prin-
cipal OF a graded school near Chicago.
New Arrangement with College Treasurer.
The Treasurer announces a slight
but important change In his arrange
ments. Instead OF settling for board,
and pay for labor done by students.
by the month. he will hereafter settle
by the half term This makes one
less day Of settlement, saving his time
and the time OF the student. And thi
means that on the opening day stu
dents must pay for half a terms
board G. weeks In the falD instead
Of five weeks board. See College ad-
yertisement IN another column.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
Peace That Passeth Understanding.

One stormy day the minister of Jed
burgh. Scotland. called upon a mem
Der OF his church. very poor old
man, who lived all alone. The snow
was drifting under the door and
through the rafters and there was but
little fire on the hearth. The pastor
greeted HIM with what are you doing
to-day, John?" and the old saints re-
ply was. "Oh, sir. am just sitting I'M
der His shadow with great delight"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

Modern honorable gentlemen who
wish TO show their reading display 1t
In the invention of such sesquipedal-
tiles as ''Terminological inexactitude."
The outsider fails to grasp the humor
Of H.; it reminds him only of Chron-
onhotonthologos Immersed in cogi-
humidity of cogitation. London Satur-
day Review
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

The prediction that the Belgian hare
fad would lead to the creation of a
public pest has ben realized in COM
plants that come from Bennington
county. Vermont, where farmers are
suffering from the depredations Of
rabbits and have no redress. The
man who loses 1000 head OF cabbage,
as in Dorset. has his opinion of peo-
Pile who freed their Belgian hares after
II had been found Improbable to rear
them.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
Bill Knew Grease.

One day Bill had company to dine
with him. and his wife. wishing Will
liam to appear well, quietly admon-
ished him to be careful what he said
All went well till Bill got his pota.
toes we'll mashed. when he said:
Dolly, pass the grease"
"Why, William" said his wife. you
should call IL gravy"
"Wa-al. says BIN, Il guess If It got
on your tableelcth 1t would be grease
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
raint-A.art.d Modern Lovers.

The average modern young man
cares only for tame rabbit cours.ng."
He labors under some new-fangled de-
fusion that it is undignified to WOO
unless you're more than half sure OF
winning. Naturally. the sport is dull
both to pursuer and pursued. The
dainty art of courtship is nearly for
gotten.-Woman at Home.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
Revolutionary Relic.

James r. Putnam, while at work In
his garden at Rutland, Vt. picked up
a brass button about an inch in diam
eter. When II was cleaned il was
found to be military button in a
good state of preservation. IL is fat.
with the word Massachusetts artil.
lery'' around the edge of the face. In
the center in relief is a cannon mount
ed on wheels and beside a flag on o
stan. The button is a revolutionary
relic.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
Good News for Him.

II know most improvident fellow
down in Tennessee" says native OF
that state. zone day his wife asked
him to buy some -four. of which they
had none. L can't he told her. I
haven't cent But we can't starve.'
she expostulated tearfully. I'm glad
TO hear it, he replied. 1 was afraid
maybe We could" ~ Kansas City
Times.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

A woman received telephone cali
one morning last week from a woman
friend. asking her the time OF day
The friend ,ciephoned back It was 10
a. m. whereat the other explained thar
her clocks were all at $3.50. which she
knew was wrong. as her pet cat had
just washed its face. which it did
every morning precisely at ten. Here
after the woman proposes TO regulate
her clocks by the cats ablutions.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
BE a Booster.

The man who says nothing about
another unless he can say something
good is much more likely to be good
citizen and a good friend than the
man who feels 1t is part of his job to
keep telling tales out OF school or crit
icising other men. The world is so
small that he cannot tell when his
words will come home to roost. Some
times they come home when homo II
not prepared to receive them.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
His Band of Mourning.

.. don't think they hurt themselves
going in black for their friends aud
relatives here in New York." said the
Western girl. Il know a man who.
when his father died. put wide black
ribbon on his eyeglasses. strung 1t
across the side of his face and back
of his ear, and let it go at that
New York Press.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
Between Women.

YES" said Miss Passay hes an
awfully inquisitive bore. He was try
ing to ind out my age the other day
so | just up and told him l was so
That settled him."
"Well." replied Miss Peppery. 81
guess 1t is best to be perfectly candid
with fellow of that sore"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08
Take Notice

y The Conversation Club viii meet
Friday evening. August 9th. with MIR.
aud Mrs Cartmen The topic for dis
cuasion Is Russia OF To-day"
On Sunday. Aus 18th, the College
chapel IS to be opened for special SER
vices conducted by Rev. DR.. Herget.
pastor Of the Ninth ST. Baptist church
ia Cincinnati Let everybody come
and hear this eloquent preacher.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

w. ID. Logsdon's delivery wagon
makes its rounds at 1000 In the
morning and 800 in the afternoon.
Please get your orders in before the
wagon leaves the store. Eyerybody's
patty se solicited.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

questionable whether any institution
In our state has done or is doing a
more blessed work.
Amos Stout.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

Financial Statement of Treasurer's Report
Town uf Berea, Jan. 1, to July o, 1907
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

s2,2s2.i7
]. w. Stephens.
Treasurer.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1907-08-08

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Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04
THE BLACK ScoURGE.
That Fearful and Mystic Visitation OF
OIden Days.

The plague or pestilence, that mys-
terious and fearful visitation which
has moved its hosts in the wake OF
armies to slay more than war itself.
is supposed to have first originated
among the dense masses Of people who
crowded together in the great cities
of Asia and Egypt, or who formed the
encampments of Xerxes, Cyrus and
Tamarlane the Tartar. 1t probably
sprang from the impurity which must
have existed in the midst of such vast
gatherings, and in part also from
leaving the unburied dead upon the
field of battle. At any rate, the germs
Of this fearful human poison have
always been most active where con-
ditions similar to those have prevail
ed. 1t has always been war and the
march Of armies that have spread 1t
broadcast over the world from time
to time, and as war became less fire.
quent and less worldwide the frequen-
cy and extent Of these ravages have
lessened also.
The first recorded outbreak Of the
plague in Europe occurred in the six
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04
NATIONAL ANTHEM.
There Should Be No Tinkerina With
the "Star Spangled Banner"

the star Span9lco Banner.
1t seems that the true national an
them must be an occasional" poem.
says Scribner. Allegorical abstrac-
tions will nUt do. France has had
several national hymns since the Mar
seillaise marched up to Paris. But
she still marches to the strains OF
what Carlyle calls "the luckiest musi-
cal composition ever promulgated"
Perhaps Rouget de rIsle's inspira-
ton was as much poetical as musical.
and the lesson of his unparalleled
vogue seems at any rate to be that 1t
Is an event and not an abstraction
that fills the requirements Of a ma
tional anthem. Forseythe Wilson
"abstracted," and quite in the grand
manner, the essence Of our civil war.
And yet you cannot precisely see mu-
sIcians setting" the distractions,
much less multitudes singing the
same. The Star Spangled Banner"
on the other hand, celebrated an event
and an event which the patriotic
muse could hardly have been expect
ed to celebrate, being an episode OF
about the most inglorious campaign
in which the American arms were
ever engaged. And the Star Span
gled Banner has just become "act-
ual," by the assumption Of certain
educators to eliminate those Of its
words which seem to be incompatible
with the present Anglo-American un-
derstanding" These educators con-
sidered that British susceptibilities
might be touched by the statement
that
No refuge could save the lrireling and
slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom
of the grave,
although neither OF those fates was
exactly that Of the British force which
captured Washington, what time the
American politics" were in fact con-
founded, and American tricks, knav-
ish or otherwise, were In fact frus-
trated. But militant Americanism has
arisen in its might, insisting that hire
ling and slave shall not be deleted,
and that the attempt to delete them
Is Anglomaniacal. The attempt does
at least look rather puerile. 1t Is
more serious trouble with the Star
Spangled Banner" considered as
national anthem, that the average
American can neither remember the
words nor manage the tune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04
*NORTHERN *LIGHTS+
FROM The ROMANTIC AMERICAN DRAMA.
THE NOVELIzATION BY A. D. HALL.

"Oh, 1 do wish you'd go away!
stamping her foot.
II Will" replied Hdggs, tragically
You have lost us both! You have
broken my heart! II there's a spare
horse in camp, I'll buy it and ride out
to my death! FAREWELL"
He pulled the door open, but sud-
denly jumped back. and closed it even
more abruptly.
He had seen the lieutenant pacing
restlessly to and fro in front Of the
veranda, and evidently doing what he
had threatened to do, waiting for him,
and that with hostile intent.
Thoroughly scared, Higgs remem-
bered that there was a back entrance
to the house, which led into the kitch-
en-. Thinking only Of escape, he rush
ed past Dorothy. paying no attention
to her surprised question as to what
was the matter, and fed into the
kitchen.
Dorothy looked after him in amaze
ment, but only for a moment After
all, his vagaries were nothing to her.
BY her own folly she had lost the one
man she cared for. With a choking In
her throat and a desperate pain at her
heart, she fed to her own room, there
to indulge in the luxury Of good cry.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04
TELESCOPE LENSES.
Astonishing Sensitiveness Of These
Wonderful Glasses.

With the exception Of astronomers,
few persons have any idea Of the Won
derful sensitiveness Of the lens Of a
telescope. These marvellous artificial
eyes can be produced only by the ex-
ercise Of the most scrupulous care in
the selection Of the glass itself, con-
summate skill and inexhaustible pa
tience. The process of grinding and
polishing often occupies several
months. When the lens Of big tel
escope Is completed, 1t constitutes one
of the greatest marvels wrought by
man.
An article in the Literary Digest de-
scribes how the sensitiveness Of lens
was illustrated by Alvan Clark, the
greatest lensmaker America has pro-
duced:
Mr.. Clark walked down to the lens
and held his hand under 1t about two
feet away. Instantaneously a marvel
Gus spectacle burst into view. 1t SEEM
ed as If the great glass disk had be-
come a living volcano, squirting forth
jets Of flame.
The display was dazzling. Waving,
leaping. dancing, the countless tongues
OF light cleaned and vibrated; then
ftfully. reluctantly, they died away.
leaving the lens rejecting only a pure,
untroubled light.
What is 1t? How do you account
for the wonder? were the eager ques-
tions. 1t is only the radiation Of heat
expanding and contracting
the glass If the hand had been put
upon the lens itself. the phenomenon
would have been more violent.
To a person ignorant Of lenses the
almost supernatural sensitiveness OF a
mass Of glass Weighing several hum
dred pounds Is astonishing, but to the
scientist it is an everyday matter, for
he has instruments that will register
with unfaltering nicely the approach
OF a person fifty or hundred feet
away.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04
(To be Continued.
BOTH WERE TRICKY.
A Bit of Business Between a Merchant
and a lurnbernan,

A Bit OF Business Between Merchant
and a lumberman.
There used to be an old retired mer-
chant in Detroit who delighted in re-
calling his experiences when an active
man running a general store in one of
the northern cities Of the lower penin-
sula.
'I used to reap a harvest when the
men were coming out Of the woods
he relates. "They were not up In
styles, and about any old thing would
suit them provided the color was right
and the fit even passable. But there
were tricksters among them, and l
had to have my wits about me In or
der to keep even with them.
How much Is that hat?." asked a
strapping six footer who arrived from
camp one day with a pocketful OF
money.
1.-Two fifty 1 replied.
"Then he informed me that he al
ways had the crowns Of his hats
punched full of holes in order to keep
his nedQ COOl anu Ills ldlT lTOili Soih
ing out. soon had this attended to,
and then he asked what the hat was
worth. Two fifty, responded in sur
prise, but he laughed at me for ask
ing such a price for damaged goods.
He had me and got his hat for 81,
while the jolly crowd with him had
laugh at my expense. He wanted to
look at some 'fiddles.' and after pricing
one at $40 concluded to take it.
Where's the bow?' he asked as
was doing up the package.
"'You only bought the fiddle 1
laughed. The others saw the point
and laughed too. The giant tried to
bluff me, but 1 kept good humored
and got even on the hat by charging
him $3.50 for the bow. not only got
even, but the others were so pleased
with my Yankee trick that they
spent plenty of money with me-
Detroit Free Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04

s8 In Stockholm one person in six is
a telephone subscriber.
3B 1t is estimated that all the inhab-
itants of the world could stand COM
fortably in the space of eighty square
miles.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1907-10-04

Oh, the intense sarcasm contained
in these words-a sarcasm so biting
that 1t pierced even Sherwood's thick
armor Of egotism.
But he avoided any direct answer.
Smarting as he was, he did not dare
to lay himself open to any further
shafts from her tongue, although he
tried to persuade himself that these
were launched to protect herself rath-
er than to wound him.
you avoid me at every turn" he
said, with piteous accusation, never
allowing me a moment with you
alone"
Your wife has the first call upon
your spare moments" she answered,
laying particular emphasis upon the
word wife. "She is failing very fast"
"Ah!" and there was something in
his voice that was not exactly regret,
but rather satisfaction; you have no
ticed that" And then with a sudden
change, due to jealousy, which Helen
recognized at once, he added: "Why
are you so constantly with herr"
I'm her company am free from an
noyance."
"Annoyance?" starting as II blow
had been struck him. From me?"
IF you will have 1t so-yes." an
swered Helen. She had no wish to
spare him. and she wanted him to un-
derstand distinctly, once for all. just
how she felt toward him. Besides.
have grown to love her, to pity her"
pity her? Why?"
"Is not an unloved wife deserving Of
pity?"
"Then take a share Of the blame to
yourself" cried Sherwood, driven al
most wild by what he considered her
obstinacy. until you came here,
there was no thought Of disloyalty in
my breast"
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-07
Observation-Disclosures M.
HopuIar Phocbus Couple Vln Be
MARRIED. NAran.t.o.

NopuIar Phecbus Couple vliI Be
Married Docenber
announcement has boon ma, OF the
approaching marriage OF n Tony
Socl!etta and Miss Mario Ti'azzani
.hich Will be solemnized iu . nome
ii the bride-elect. IN populahyonuo,
hoebns. ON "Wednesday eveng Do,
&5mhcr. is. The Rev. Fathcr.nnium
failon, pastor Of st, Alary'ss,ar OF
az Sea Roman Catholic chul4, " :.
je4 tho officiating cIcrgyma5
My. Nicolotta 10 a popula young
musician and has boon mabor OF
9hlnEey's band during tho Ja,stown
Exposition. Mr.. Nicoletta wilocate
a phocpus.
Miss rhlaszani Is well knop am
'ns thelltaliaa contingency Tide,
later Wrginia.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-07

eminent IN local and national affairs?
1t is for the best interests OF tho
Democratic purity at largo that the
Democracy OF New York nnd itself
and DO represented by worthy leaders.
1t Ia to he hoped that 1t VIII find ii,
Gclr at tho conferences whIch nre
soon TO te held.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-07
SATURDAY, DECEMBER Z. 1907
The DgMocRATiA PARTY IN
,lS NEW YORK 6 ATE.

Tho Associated I cas- dispatches
onnonnce that the Democratic state
committee CT New York has iesucd n
call for q conference of all OF the
leading Democrats of that state. md
that the meeting viii TO followed by
y conference. to which tho leading
Democrats from all over The country
%ill DO Invited. II Ia surely 10 be
hopd that tho conference Will bear
sfruit{ Tor there Is no section of the
Country wherN tho Democracy aeems
to he in each hopc,oss mudjlc as It
Ia right In tho Empire State. On all
sideG arc soon signs OF srcat awak.
en!ng On tho part OF the Democrats,
who, aftor q spell OF Indifference Of
ton years. arc at last being aroused
In a manner that means an aggressive
campaign grounded on 1.-Two and vital
issues, but this call fcr conference
is the fist evidence that tho New
York Democratic are sharing tho feol.
-lings OF tho members OF tho party in
\ GeEoral,.
Tho condition of tho Democratic
party in New York Ia In dep!orab,e
'Sition. but the decentralization that
prevails 10 not so far gone that
slnnot be rcmedied and the
Y made what 1t WAC in tho days
SssA David b. Hill had an organIza.
!, t0nY that reached out into every
Bch9ol district In the state-in the
{ siayS( when New York was ns safely
Datnporat!c as Virginia. The party
y mot With 'reverses before Hin retired
from tho leadership, but in later years
there actually has not been a som.
blance OF party organization in the
Stetc except that which Tammany
hes IN the big city. Tho con.
diAona as they now exist in
iNew York State are not sat
ssfantotY, to say tho least. The
Sieaaders d.. not even command local
respect, They are without education
Of training for public affairs other
ihan that .dcrivabie from manlpu
81 ting caucuaes and distributing pa
.ssnage Who would caro- one iota
I @E! Cherles f. AIurphy's views on ali,
Important question? And yet no is
theT master OF tho situation in New
York city Can you imagine any per
som consulting tho unsreakablc "Fin
s. sHs Connors about public questions
Agd yet he is the chairman OF III,
rs Etate Democratic committee, and i!
possessed OF aspirations to contro
tattiga political. above the Harlem
sgvar.
1a Explanation OF the conditions i
tc'sl,d In tho fact that New Yorl
,eaiocracy today has not a capabl
sp1dsr. II has had mono since tin
tiFarlert OF Riil, who, while Cove,
tef his party IN good shape
q while United stateu Senator, re
Sfeted credit on the people CT hi
Il ss Is there no person 20 take h,
assaes? Arc there no successors +
TiIdsis. roamang. the Hewitt,
49, I - i "
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1907-12-07
VITA THE pARAeRAPHERo.

Pei hnps hundred years hence tn
experiences OF 1907 Will be- rorgottei
and thora will be- another Jamestowl
Exposition. Boston Globe.
Tho early shopper catches tho cou
toons clerk. Detroit News.
Nobody eoems to have thought t.
blame tho panic on Washing
ton Star.
1t Is poor Congressman who ha'
not at least ono plan of currency re
form.--New York Tribune.
Most women ceaao TO care for poo,
" after young mon quit reading 1t &c
them. Chicago Record-Herald.
When an Oklahoma girl clipped he
father went along, too. He didn't in
tend to let them hack out ut the las
Kansas City Times.
The Congressional deadlock comei
when Uncle Joe Cannon wants 8
hing done and Senator .Aldricl
doesn't want 1t done. It seems {,
20 impending now.-Philadelrhia In
qulrer.
Tho preacher who declared tina
'hore will be plenty of eating i,
heaven has discovered a powerful ar
ynment TO move some people to liv.
better Myes-Washington Post.
When Senator smoot said thu
Nmeticans should so back 10 worl
md displace tho Crooks and Italians
Aid he mean to Imply that tho latte
ought to have tho Jobs of tho can
aims and lieutenants OF Industry
New York Tribune.
By not wearing frock coat Sen1
or Foraker once moro gave evidenc
Il thoroughly independent spirit
Washington Star.
Only about 1000 bills wsrc Intro
'nced IN Congress- No FIRST day. Bn
hen it wasn't a full day New YorI
| World.
The Hon. Josenh Benson Fornke
|, has tolned the Berkis club. a yopn
H"' growing Organization Yor'
Mall.
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