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The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-11-17

day with poetry in em. He takes green hides, rotten horse apples, and tan bark for subscriptions. He hows in praise of one -gallus. selfish, little one-horse town, until he can't look his conscience in the face. And when the devilish infant of Colonel John F. Tightwad. our Merchant Prince. swallows a door-knob, if the Edl- tor doesn't rave about the sad accident in two columns of Plea type, Colonel Tight wad quits borrowing the Iaper, and makes out the Editors account. The Ed tor laughs with the hilarious and weeps with the sorrowing of Fifty two weeks in the year and after all this he sits down to Christmas dinner composed of cold eollards and beef liver, with persim- mon beer as a beverage.
 If any citizen has q cinch on paradise 1t is the pale, sunken eyed Editor with scareerow garments. and sole-leather conscience, wno has frittered his life away skinning the cat on the lever of Wash ington Hand Press, and imperrilled hls immortal soul wrestling with broken down office outfit, for the benefit of people who neither appreciate him nor pay him. We will bet our bottom dollar that when Old Gabriel tcots his horn, if the Dis tinguished New York Divine is permitted to view the saved crowd of Saints, he will decide that it is a general meeting of the
 
 know pie faced Editor out in Texas
 That reminds me" cut in the Country School Teacher ''of the fact that I once moulded public opinion with dlapidated haud-press and a shirt-tai full of type out in the Lone Star State. There were two papers in the little Towp. Of course we growled and roared and meiiaced each other to beat the band. To read our per sonal editorials mutually abusing each other a stranger would have supposed fat blood-and whole tubs of it-would low before-the next issue. I am natural lY peaceful citizen, but oftentimes l would have to restrain my ferocity with tight hand, when Colonel Ripsaw Puckett abused me for a whole page. After awhile the Editor of the opposition paper died. and the obituary that l published in the 'Goose-Creek Argus which was the name of my sheet, sorter seemed to he unap- preciated by the surviving Family of the departed I have kept it for years. and will read 1t to you fellows and the School Teacher read the following:
 It ia with great gobs of grief that we Shock this hssh-toned Community from circumference to Curalo with the appall- ing news that Colonel Ripsaw Puckett the etstwhile Editor of our esteemed, pot-metal contemporary, across the street has departed this Life.
 Muck-rakers need not read any further in the hone that we will hand the corpse a few hot jolts, as It would be Ghoul-lilxe in us to Tomahawk the Deceased No. indeed, we are not built that way Col. onel Ripsaw and the Writer pulled hair. and ripped of great patches of hide from each other in most enthusiastic man. ner while he was in the flesh. but now. that the Colonel has engaged in his last shuttle, in shuffling of this mortal coil.
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N ECTIoNS of a mammoth Sunday edition of d Daily paper, three days N> late. were being industriously pc rused by the Courthouse idlers, with short comments from the readers on the matters contained in the pages, when the Sheriff put his portion of the paper aside. and proceeded to deliver himself of some conversation.
 When the smart Alecks who send out dope from New York as news to the va rious alleged newspapers of tie Country, run clear out of items they fake up some rot about what distinguished Divine of that City has said about people. or profess sions.' observed the Sheriff 'The latest utterance they have cooked up is that a Distinguished Divine has announced from the Pulpit in New York that the modern Editor has small chance of get ting to Heaven. What in thunder does a New York Preacher know about Heaven. anyway? A bihle-banger in that Town thinks he knows it all. In his Pulpit Opinion New York is 300 miles nearer Heaven than .El-paso. or Toadvine, or New Orleans, and a blasted sight better road, but all of us who are travelling in that direction know that there aint any direct trunk line from New York to Heaven. The Editor has enough 'o stand without being parked at by a stall-fed Clergyman from Tammany-ville; and ne things he knows the way to Heaven a durn sight better than them clerical freaks in that eiddy town. There lives a whole passel olt ink-smeared, hardwork- ing. hungry-bellied Christian Edtoss who know that the way of Eternal Life Is to be found in the Holy Scriptures. and not in the mouth of typho- -malarial clerical Ass praying in a New York pulpit
 T sure do expect to get to Heaven if these dad-burped niggers and the Fee Amendments don't prevent it. fact is l always did feel like I was the heir of Salvation, though l never belonged to anything in the way of Church. except the HaymakeIs, and the Ku-f<lux; but If sorter got lest on the way and wanted 10 find out where the trail 10 that Beulah Land lay wouldn't fool away time ask ing New York Preacher to direct me One of them City Parsons don't know any more about that trail than q one-eYed man could punch in gnats eye with a begging awl. l know lots of sad eyed Editors with threadhare coats and the seats of their trowsers looking like a war-map of the Bulgarian Frontier. who will be safe in Glory, plunking tunes out of Golden Harp when the New York Preacher is laboring in Hades pumping Earthquakes at three cents a quake The average Editor deserves Heaven. whether he makes the landing or not Don't he live on the ragged edge of poverty all his days. yet keeps a cheerful eounte- iRnce. although his wife nags him be- cause he aint rich like the butt-headei Ass who has made a lucky guess on cot ton futures? Don't he tell four dollar lies in his paper for thirteen cents each inser- tion? He works like a dray horse all the week and fixes up obituaries on Sun
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Some Experiences of Life Above the Clouds
(continuea From rreviou. Page,

superb beauty of the environment.
 devoted an entire day to scaling the
 mountain to Cornergrat, and when
 reached my destination I stood surround
 ed with the silence of death and gazed
 at six glaciers at my feet in an eternal
 dream. A small restaurant surmounts
 the apex and here beer may be obtained
 at the modest price of one dollar the bot
 tie. But one should not protest against such tariff when it is recollected that all food and refreshments, save water, of mules. I frequently encountered long
 trains of these patient beasts, and I never saw one but what he walked as close to the edge of the narrow path as
 he could possibly get without tumbling over the cliff The foot path In front of the restaurant was flanked with snow banks six feet high and lined with $tubs into which the water from the melting snow at noon time flowed through woden pipes.
 During my first visit to this spot the celebration of the coronation of the late king Edward VII was observed, and in the evening all of the guests attended church service. But the odd feature of the function was that there was no lights in the church. and each visitor carried candle with him or her. The prayer books and hymnals were held in one hand during the service and the lighted taper in the other.
 There are many legends associated with Zermatt, and the visitor is shown a spot where the Wandering Jew is said to have paused and gazed sadly down the valley. He is said to have been at the same spot many centuries previous when it was the site of a fourishing city, and that he will again return to the locality upon the eve of judgment I believe I have spoken in previous paper of Dorets exduisitey depicting this scene upon his inimitabe canvas where the contorted pine branches weave a sem blance of the winding of the Via Dolo- rosa, and only the flaming sword of the angel keeps the weary man from seeking in suicidal leap the repose of death for which he eternaly longs
 There is little Gods Acre at Zermatt which is filled with the graves of unfor-, tunate mountain climbers and thrilling are the tales related of the feats of inc venturesome Alpine scalers who met a tragic death.
 The Matterhorn was first ascended by Lord Douglass Gordon, .an EngIishman. though when one gazes at the sheer heights of the adz of stone he is inclined to doubt that any mortal ever reached it's apex.
 for two nationalities were contending at the sam time in ardent rivalry for the coveted goal and striven-for honor--tha Italians and the British The entire populace was astir with eyeglasses. leld glasses and telescopes watching for he tiny speck of mortality to mount the 'dge Of chisel-like sharpness. Knowing
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when it was no bigger than a pimple- when its whole population consisted of Kyles saw mill and lot of mud out at PullTight. He also told me some curious facts in Natural History that l must have overlooked when l was at School. He said that Raccoon drinking in the edge of the River was a sure sign of Freight waiting at the next Landng-and that passing Niger Picnic on the River was an omen of disaster 10 the Boat. He also alleged that a bow-legged man was naturally obstinate, and a crumply- horned cow always kicked with her left hind foot. Tn ls70 said he, the River got mighty low-the Coosa aint got much water in it nowhow, even when she is full-but that year the River was mighty near as dry as covered Bridge. I he's itated about making the down-trip on account of low water, but we scraped along over shoals and rocks from Rome to Greensport, nearly staving the bottom out of the Old Boat d thousand times. On our return trip up stream the Mayor and Aldermen of Gadsden met the Boat at the Landing--waiting there for IS a whole day-and presented me with writ ten petition asking us not to pass that Landing again-as the paddle wheels of the old Side-wheeler Boat raised such a suffocating. everlasting dust that Ihe peo- pie couldn't pitch horse-shoes on the streets Of the Citv Asked us to please take the left-hand Dirt-road at Hokes Bluff coming down stream, and we prom ised them we would do so. Gents. that old Steam-bo Captain could give Annanias and an Atlanta Drummer cards and spades on Prevarication, and when left him he was in the middle of a yarn about"
 The Old Confederate's eyes twinkled as he cleared his throat and remarked:
 Long time ago there used to be some rare old fellows up there about Gadsden. old Judge William Whitlock was one of them. When he was a husky young fel- low he was elected Justice of the Peace at Centre, in Cherokee County, and during his term he tried big. raw-boned chap for stealing and sentenced him to six months hard labor for the County. A little more than one half the year passed and Whitlock was sitting in his office one afternoon, when double-jointed Giant saunterea in with his jaw protruding and hls lists doubled up, and walking around Whitlock he asked in a meaning tone
 Do you know me-? After a scrutiny the J. P. replied Weller. yes, you look to me like one of the Wheeler boys that tried about six months since-you are Bud Wheeler, aint you?' Y-a-as. I'm Bud Wheeler all right and here's ten dollars to pay finel' You don't owe fine, said Whitlock, you have served out your time. there is no fine due. oh yes there is, said the Giant there's going to be one due in about five minutes, for am going to whale the everlasting stuff fling out of you, Well, if that's it. said old Whit. just hand qver that cash and I'll attend to your case. Bill McElrath. hold my coat By a lucky blow Whit lock knocked the raw-boned Chap down,
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the superstition of the Italians, the Eng
 lishmen made some mysterious noises
 with loose boulders and natural debris
 and soon placed their contestants hors
 de combat. for they resorted to speedy
 flight. When Gordon reached the ton
 he remembered that he had neglected tol
 Fetch the English oolors with him, but
 not to be daunted he removed his jacket
 and placing it upon his alpine stock
 waved 1t triumphantly as he sat astride
 or the peak It was most thrilling
 scene and a glorious victory, but his
 triumph was short lived, for in his des-
 cent Gordon fell some 1000 feet and his
 corpse to this day has never been re-
 covered.
 Now these glaciers, apparently motion less as they are really move, and their
 progress ranges from six to eighteen
 inches annually, so that if the location
 of body imprisoned therein is known
 1t is possible to approximate by calcuIa- tion the year when it will reach an ap- proachable locality. This has been done In the case of Gordon, and each year watchers are upon the lookout for his body, as It's shroud of ice has preservedl It intact in all it's pristine freshness. also heard while here of anothef tragic event though tinged with vein of Pthef'or anu iOiIdiice- CO0minEIeQ- Il0Y were two lovers. he a lad of eighteen and she a maiden just one year his junior. They started out one bright mornina z together in search of eidelweiss, but the glri returned alone, for her companion had fallen over a cliff and his body was lodged in an ice crevasse where it could not be reached. The heart broken maiden was told that in certain number of years the corpse of her fiance would be recovered and she registered VOW to remain true to her lover.
 Years nsssed and dcades went by, and still the woman waited the summons of the searchers that was to restore her lover. even though another held him She never married, but waited patiently almost happily for the expected summons. At last the summons came and she hur- ried to Switzerland. Rushed as rapidly as steamer and rail could convey her to the companionship of her betrothed of many years gone. . When she at last gazed upon the calm. handsome, sleeping features of that lad of eighteen from whose cheek the flush of adolescence had scarcely fled, and whose chin was innocent of beard, who can depict her emotion? Tn her decades of vigil she had forgotten that time was changing her own form and features, that silver threads had taken the place of tresses of gloss. and now she a wom- an of fifty gazed upon the body of Tone young enough to be her son. Her trod- ding the pathway of life alone was ho.l Tor an instant regarded in the light of sacrifice. but there was a suspicion of 'yncretism in the attachment of wom- m Of her mature years for lad yet In lis teens.
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pane and sullied cinque-foil, tinged the dusky solemnity with shifting spectrum and gruesome play, while the interfulgent flicker of the lonely sanctuary lamp in- vested the place with hallowed influence as the presence of some saintly soul lowering about the portals of an unseen world, than whose exit no weary, worn out winds expire more soft. Here I would throw open the solitary window and gaze across the bay
 Beneath me beat the wind-fretted bil- lows of smaragdine tint and just oppo- : site lay the Passeio Publico (public gar den) of the city of Rio de Janeiro, with it's wealth of tamarind trees nestling be- low the ghoulish sema phores of Gloria hill, the dark outlines of one recalling the deep shades of Gethsemane, the spec tral configurations of the other suggest Ing the gibbets of Golgotha whereon per- ished the Man of Sorrow and the two reviling thieves. An. yes, though the natives knew the place as a church, to me it was vertable dreamwold, and [ fear that I was guilty of a sacrilege within it's hallowed precincts. I knew must soon quit it forever and under the Missa Premeira I wrote that which my heart felt would some day be the bur then of its longing "Quil me tarde de vous revoir."
 Europe can boast of many charming resorts which are above the clouds. and of them there is none in my opinion which can be compared to Zermatt that lies at the base of that stupendous glory or nature called the Matterhorn or Mt Cervin, as the French designate it. There are three superb surpassing peaks in the land of William Tell. Mt Blano though France claims. 1t as her terri tory), Jungfrau and the Matterhorn. Mt. Blanc Is overpowering, but 1t is of such compass that it's beauty is seen to the best advantage at a distance: the Jung frau is beautiful. but she is too closely companiened by the Monk and the Eiger; but proud defiant and enthralling the Matterhorn stands alone, glorying in It's isolation and flashing as it were a scimeter of dazzling brilliancy in the face of deity Himself I spent two weeks at Zermatt boarding with a freneh family in a charming little chalet though when I entered the place
 expected to pass but a single night there. Most of my time was spent in climbing the heights and drinking in the 
 and for few minutes he pounded him unmercifully, until the fellow yelled for heip, and the by-standers pulled Whitlock on Whitlock coolly brushed his clothes, then feeling yin his pockets he produced Nine dollars and half in silver and handed 1t to Wheeler. remarking: Young fellow. you priced that fight too high. Here is your change. I just charge you Tor my time, which amounts to Fifty cents'sss
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
LOOKING F0RWARD-is32

To the boy girl twenty ahead
horizon almost beyond the reach Of vision The child
be the divide But IL look down the future and
provide far lies in human power make the
we, when that arrives will wish them to be-
There things that human foresight planning
provide against the mounes that consequence
business social relations others the accidents of life
health We by preparation guard ourselves against evils
disadvantage that ignorance entails We by attending
spiritual needs and the Divine Grace
sadness and that follow the of sinful living
Ii foolish and wicked parent who will all
lies his power the welfare the happiness
his children He is the who responsible for their and
upon him is the responsibility of training them Alright
With the schools Of varon grades that scattered all the
land possible normal child have the
education knowledge ofbook
but generally does Your twenty-five who has the
advantage Of education much better salary the average
Gently made Of the graduates Of several universities especial
y with regard their capacity The investigation showed
that the with good education receiving far better salary
the than paid the similarly ccum
stanced but without the education.
My teacher wanted
teacher he used his savings going college In order fin
sh his college he had to debt Of 500 Did
college with such buden He did, for the
first ocoege he earned enough the entire and
still had enough left the Of his wedding His
earning capacity than doubled than that he took
place in the world he became influential the
muny At fifty years he recognized the leading
citizens in of our most prosperous cities.
Look down into the future for your children. From
farm girl has to be president of college, the prin
cpal school, successful minister occupy high place the
pathway for the feet of children from these posi-
and usefunessl This pathway through
the school, through college mind well informed powers that
command success.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
Some New Courses for the Normal
Department
BY Dean Dinsmore

All who are connected with, or are
planning to be connected with, the
Normal Department of Berea College
will be interested in the new courses
that are offered for the coming year.
A special bulletin describing these
courses has Just been published,
copies of which may be had by writ
ing the College Secretary, ID. Walter
Morton.
What was previously called the
County Certificate Course has been
changed somewhat and is now call
ed PROGRAM A. TEACHERS IN
ITIAL COURSE. On page is the
first year OF this course arranged for
those who are in school the whole
year, or at least until the May
County Examination. At the top OF
page Z the first years work is ar
ranged for those who were teach
ing in the fall and come for the win
ter and spring. either for 10 or "
weeks.
The second year Of the Initial
Course is arranged on page for
those who teach in the fall, In two
sessions OF % weeks each, requir-
ing two OF these short years for its
completion. A diploma is given to
those who satisfactorily complete
this course. II is especially fitted
for those who wish to teach first
class country schools. 1t counts s or
Q units depending upon the number
OF weeks employed and the amount
OF work covered.
Program AA. on page s is the
same course but arranged for those
who can be in school two consecu-
tive years. II does not permit teach
ing in the fall. Like Program A. a
diploma is awarded to those who
complete this course. II counts 8
units.
Program b. is a secondary course
arranged for those who have COM
pleted the Initial Course and who
wish to go further with their educa-
ton while at the same time teach
ing In the summer and fall. II re-
quires two short years for its mas
terry and counts 8 units. A special
diploma is granted to those who
complete this course. II makes a very
good preparation for those who visa
to be County superintendent. or
TO be principals Of. or teachers in,
graded schools.
Students who have taken Program
II. and have to their credit Is units,
Continued on Page Five
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
JOHN 8. FEE ON the ORIGIN OF
BEREA
STARTING A SCHOOL

The previous extract from this ad-
dress made. by Mr.. Fee on the fourth
Of July 1876 explained the locating
of the town and the origin of the
name, Bcrea. In the fall of 1854
Mr.. Fee moved from Lewis County
to this place. Tho following ex-
tract which describes the beginning
of a school fifty comes in this edu-
cational number.
j. r. Robertson.
Soon a school house was planted;
not in the village plot which had
been laid off on low lands in the
glades. but upon the plateau south
Of the glades. This being a higher,
drier and more beautiful site, near
er also to the center of the circle
OF friends of freedom it was de-
cided to build the church house OF
the village on the plateau where the
Village now stands.
Soon 1t was manifest that a gospel
of justice and impartial love, a gos-
pei so radically different from the
prevailing sentiment and organic law
OF the land, to succeed must find
intelligent advocates among native
workers and that to this end there
must be school planted in which
youths should be instructed, not only
in the principles of the natural sci
ences. but also in the principles Of
liberty and justice. g.,
Teachers known to be in sympa-
thy with this object were invited to
conduct this school. Among these
was ]. A. r. Rogers whose labors
gave special interest and attraction
to this school. Persons in this and
adjoining counties who were in SYM
pathy with the object and who des-
ired the advantage of a good school
began to buy lots in and near TO
Berea. erect houses and help build
up the town. So also friends came
from the East. the west. and the
North. Aggregated, as they We're.
around common principle and n
common object. they became homo
geneous and pleasant community,
shutting out at the same time in
temperance. sabbath Dissertation and
other forms of immortality.
In accordance with a previously ex-
pressed purpose to build somewhere
in the interior OF the state. a college
for the education of the youth of
the land, early In the autumn Of
1858 a meeting of friends was held,
principles discussed. a constitution
Continued on Page seven)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1912-08-29
MASSACRE BY TURKS
NOTICE
To All Berea Students

All young men and women fifteen
years OF age and over who intend
to enter Berea College at the OPEN
ing of the fall term, in any one Of
tho five OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, Nor
nal, Academy, Vocational, or Founda-
ton Schools.-should write at once
to the Secretary. ID. Walter Morton.
Berea, KY, sending in their appli-
cation blank and dollar deposit for
a room. Rooms are reserved in the
order that the dollar deposits are re-
ceived where IL is possible to en-
gage a room In advance. This matter
should not be left until the student
arrives.
ID. Walter Morton.