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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
ONE FLY Is MORE DAN
GEROUS THAN A
SNAKE.

Or. Henry Skinner. lecturing at the
Academy OF Natural Sciences in New
York. averred that he would rather
have a rattlesnake in his kitchen than
one common houseny. Few house
holders will agree with this statement
Doubtless IL was made TO emphasize
the intensity Of the speakers abhor-
renee OF the buzzing pest which will
soon begin to dispense his exquisite
tOrments in dwelling rooms unless
means are adopted to repel the winged
invader
The torture. however. is the least OF
woes The perils our eyes do not see
are UNNECESSARILY greater than the
sting that irritates the nerves and
spells the temper.
Flies thrive upon garbage. Every
trace OF refuse should be promptly re-
moved from the neighborhood OF a
dwelling and scraps OF food burned or
disposed Of otherwise than by standing
them in some pail The filth so caught
up and transferred by the flies Is a
source OF grave danger and a prolific
cause Of sickness. Nobody would en-
dure the sight OF the busy hy did he
realize what its fitting really imports.
The cry during late years has gone
abroad. Swat the hy." To a large
extent this wise counsel has been heed
ed But now is the time to watch for
the Matching Of these small yet per-
sistent enemies. Careful attention paid
to the maxims OF cleanliness win alike
minister TO the comfort Of the house.
hold and subdue a nuisance which Is
one OF the drawbacks OF the summer
season The houseny should have no
encouragement
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
MAY LOSE HIS JOB

Owing to recent reports Of the dis
position OF workmen to resent thu
authority Cf Col. Geo. w. Goethals,
ao chief engineer and supreme execu-
tive of the Panams. Canal Commission
IL is believed that an important part
Of Cocktails intended visit to che
United States will be a consultation
with Pres. Wilson, in which the Presi-
dent will determine whether it is the
part of wisdom to continue the COM
mission Of Cocktails, made by Presi-
dent Roosevelt and maintained by
President Taft.
1t is the opirion of Col. Goethals
that he will be able to send a ship
thru the Panama Canal before Dec.
31st.
ICE FAMINE
AS result of a strike Of ice wa
gon drivers a1d engineers of Ice
plants in Cincinnati, the city has beel
suffering for ice during the excessive
ly hot weather Appeals were made
by the mayor to Lexington, Column
Continued on Page Five
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
Pres. Wilson's Second Message To Congress

President Wilson went 20 the House
Of Representatives last Friday AMI
personally read his address to both
houses Of Congress assembled in Joint
session. urging immediate action ny
currency laws that business may lie
aided in meeting tariff revision. The
address was an appeal to every men,
Der Of the House and Senate to lay
aside personal considerations and even
sacrifice comfort II necessary to se-
cure at once a revision and reform Of
the nations banking system. ut is
perfectly clear that IL is our duty to
supply the new banking and cur
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
YOUR CHILD AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL

The state e1pends large amount Of money in maintaining
public school
The purpose to give every child good start in education
This defeated the child does attend the school
tbs hard thing to say but in many instances children
deprived OF their inheritance by their parents.
The public schools open rule the first week July
You Will your child be ready attend the first
will plans be made that he be there promptly day
Of the school session.
Let consider bit The good that the child gets school
depends the spirit with which he starts IL his him
the idea that the school of little Importance be will half
hearted way and never get the good he might
Moreover if he misses day half hour, loss that
be made Ii just like missing hill when plant
ing That spot will be unpoduce Or rather it than
missnga hill when planting 1t is like dropping stitch knit
ting stocking That dropped stitch will deal
unravel
Remember thsa child learn a man. while
child little 1t cruel spoil chlds learn
when at its best for the sake his earning which only
ptiful and small
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
DROPPING THE REINS

There will be found below relative work
to which have been called this the last The
under my editorsbp aud management
took charge OF the for the issue following Commence
men 1910 and have therefore the helm years
three This the opportuDe time for drop the
rather than three weeks earlier owing the fact that The Citizen
volume closes with the last issue in June this being the
Of the fourteenth year.
For failures have made make
and shall let the record speak,
than that the three have been conscensy SPENT
that being the tears Of called for CHANGING
the platform announced when took charge think that
Il have kept the faith
One thing should be said There pleasures
connected with the work that did anticipate and
difficulties that expected did ma,erislze that with
greet that the many pleasant relations leave with the
interest OF the paper and all it's readers at heart and ask for the
the splendid cooperation and consideration that
been The Citizen will forward
noble work Next week begins year aud volume the
fifteenth and due Of the coming will
then appear
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

rency system the country needs, and
that II will Immediately need Vt
more than ever" said Pres. Wilson.
Shalt we hasten to change our
tariff laws anc then be laggards
about making 1t ossible and cay for
the country to take; advantage Of the
change? There can be only one ans
wer to that question. We must act
now at whatever sacrifice to ourselves
Although the occasion was shorn ci
some OF tho novelty that attended
his first appearance, the vigor and
strength of his: short message held
the rigid attention OF his large aud
icnce.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
CALIFORNIA LETTER

The Citizen is in receipt OF an
interesting letter from Mrs. A. b. Lee,
formerly Miss Margaret Adams q
Boron, who now lives at Riverside,
California.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lee are interest ID
readers OF The Citizen. saying that 1t
is worth many letters to them each
week, and that they would not con
sent to do without IL at all.
They are fruit growers. and report
heavy loss on their orange crops. ow-
ing tn last winters cold weather.
Though pleased with their western
home. they confess TO be sometim 3
homesick for Beiea and Kentucky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

PENSION ACT CONSTITUTIONAL
Ont June goth the Court of Appeals
Of Kentucky declared the Confeder-
ate pension act Of 1912 constitution
al on tho ground that the Confedcr-
ate soldiers who fought for the prin-
ciples of State sovereignty rendered
service TOT their respective states
as much as did the soldiers of the
Federal army.
Six hundred claims have BEEN al
lowed. and 5000 are pending, await
ing the action Of the Pension Board.
MODEL FOUND
Mr.. George Grey Barnard, one of
the foremost sculptors int the United
States, who has been searching In the
Kentucky mountains for a model for
a statue of. Lincoln, believes that he
has found a man who has all of the
necessary qualifications for the, model.
The statue is to be placed in one Of
the Cincinnati parks. and will be- de-
dictated in June, 1914.
BAPTISTS HOLD MEETING
The annual assembly of the Ken
lucky Baptists will take place in
Georgetown, beginning June 30th and
lasting thru July Attn. Many promin-
ent speakers will appear.
SEVERE DROITTH
Western kentucky has been suf-
fering from severe drouth which
threatens to greatly reduce the crops.
In many sections there has been 40
rain for several weeks.
DEVELOPMENT OF COAL FIELDS
The Elkhorn Tuel Co.. recently or
ganized in Baltimore. has purchased
300 900 acres of rich coal lands in Let
cher County. and proposes to expend
over SAC, OO0,O in the development of
the property. A contract has been
awarded for the erection OF buildings.
among them churches. school houses,
Y. M. C. A. buildings, and hospitals.
H. is expected that three cities, CEN
ters of the coal industry, will he
built in this vicinity.
QUESTIONS STOLEN
An investigation is being made by
Superintendent OF Public Instruction
Hamlet of Frankfort, in an attempt
| to discover how the examination
questions prepared for the State
teachers examination came into the
possession of orc of the applicants
for a certificate How many other ap-
plicants have secn the questions is
not known.
Continued on Page Five
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

short enough not to drag, and so
raise the dust or accumulate mud; UNI
brellas and sticks must not be swung
or carried crosswise; paper, remains
OF fruit, cigars aud cigarettes must not
be- thrown into the street; persons
must not walk more than three a
breast, or stop ON the pavement for
any extended period; there must ne
no whistling. singing. shrieking.
shouting or loud talking of any kind;
windows must be closed when music
is going on inside building, and car
mon must not drive noisy loads OF
metal or other material through the
streeta
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
A COMPARISON

We are this week publishing on
page 3 extracts fiom an article which
appears in the July number OF the
Ladies' Home Journal, showing striE
ing comparison OF the funds appropri-
ated by the government annually for
the Department Of Agriculture AMI
for the Childrcns' Bureau Don't
fail TO read II.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
Governor Breaks with Tammany

Gov. sulzer of New York was bitter
In his dcnunciation Of Charles +. Muir
ply, the Tammany leader. In a re-
cent interview with newspaper CORES
pondents in Albany. Murphy Is accus-
ed OF being behind a conspiracy 20
blacken the character OF the Cover
nor, because he refused to do the
leaders bidding against the interest
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

PAGE ONE
Editorials.
News OF the Week.
PAGE TWO
Editorials.
temperance.
Swat tho Fly.
PAGE THREE
A Striking Contrast.
Teaching Agriculture.
PAGE FOUR
Local News.
Madison County News.
Home Town Helps.
PAGE FIVE
Advertising Talks.
PAGE SIX
Serial Story.
PAGE SEVEN
Home Course in Scientific Agricul-
ture.
How TO Make Corn Grow.
For Better Roads.
Poultry Facts.
PAGS EIGHT
Eastern Kentucky News.
Markets.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

Of the State.
The above statement is fatty dent
ed by Murphy, who states that II
any conspiracy has been formed to dis
credit the Governor. he knows moth
ing OF Il; also that all of the other
allegations made by the Governor
concerning him are false, and that
he, the Governor. knows II.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
INTERESTING ARTICLE FOR the
FARMER

On page appears two articles by
Prof. Montgomery, one of which tells
how to make corn grow In dry wealth
or. The Suggestions contained in the.e
articles are invaluable TO the farm
or.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

wings they
founder in the milk; with filthy
bodies they sueeumb in the strip.
From sewer and aileyway,
manure pile and dead cat. they
gather disease. This. too, they
bring into the butter. the milk
and the strip. And thus human
beings die. victims Of the moi
some, dirty, disgusting little in
seet--the worst nuisance Of the
summer.
One female fly lays about 40
perfect eggs. These EGGS hatch
in ten days. II may be sssum-
ed that they result In sixty per-
feet females. These females lay
100 eggs each. The eggs hatch
in ten days and result in $500
perfect females. The $500 lay
100 eggs each. which hatch in ten
days and result in 100000 fs-
males, and 80 on. N therefore
one energetic NY becomes pro-
duetivs on April rs. how many
energetic flies will one manure
pile give forth by Oct. SIT Kill
the early NY.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
WHY TEACH AGRICULTURE?

An interesting article prepared by
the Statc Department of Agriculture
will be- found On page 3 concerning
the valuo OF including the subject Of
Agriculture in the school curriculum.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

Pension Act ConstitutionaI-Modei
Found-Baptists Hold Meeting
Severe Drouth-DeveIopment Of
Coal FieIds-Questions Stolen
Webb Law Not violated-Powers to
Retire.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
THE SUMMER scouReE.
TILES are
r disease

L disease
carriers
and originate
in filth. They
are born in
filth; they
thrive in
fiIthG they
prefer filth as
an environ
ment.
With filth
laden feet
they drs o
their way
through the
butter; with
filth covered
....-.. 49,.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
WORLD NEWS
Vatican Gardens TO be Enlarged
Balkan Situation-Pres. Poineare to
Visit England Reforms in Berlin.

VATICAN GARDEN TO BE EN-
LARGED
Negotiations are going on between
the Holy Sec and Prince Torlonia 70"
the purchase OF pine wood lying In
the vicinity OF the Vatican gardens.
The purchase II this wood will per
init the Pope 10 enjoy a much larger
area for his da by walks.
BALKAN SITUATION
Word is received from London that
the balkan situation shows no sign
OF Improvement. although IL is still
believed In the European capitals that
the Powers will succeed in forcing =
peaceful settlement.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
PRESIDENT PoINCARE VISITS
ENGLAND

PKESIDEN T FUINIAhE NISIIo
ENGLAND
In accordance with the custom II
his predecessors, Pres. Poincare II
France has chosen to make his first
official visit TO England. lie was
expected TO reach Spithead on Tues
day, and will De the guest OF King
George until June 27th. Elaborate
preparations have been made TO DO
him honor.
REFORMS IN BERLIN
The following interesting regulations
have been passed recently in the city
Of Berlin: Women's dresses must be
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26
STATES NEWS I'M OUR OWN STATE

May Lose His Job-Ice Fsmine-Ad-
vance in Prices-Prison Reforms
Serious Accident-Charges Against
Battle on Free Sugar.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-06-26

Continued on Page Five
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
:, Thrown to the Wolves.

A story of fathers desperate act in
throwing his child to the wolves is re-
lated by the Astrakhan correspondent
Of the Viedemosti A peasant named
Grusneijoff, accompanied by his wife
and four-year-old child, it is stated,
was travelling by sleigh to volchuni.
Toward dusk, when only a few miles
from the town, he suddenly came on
a pack Of wolves. Grusneijof's wife
in her terror suggested that he should
appease the beasts by hinging them
the child. This the man at first re-
fused to do, continuing to belabor his
horses. At length, seeing that the
wolves We're gaining on the sleigh, he
flung the child into the road. His
sacrifice was in vain. for the wolves,
discarding the living bundle. flew to
the attack with renewed fury and at
length dragged the peasant from the
sleigh. When the horses arrived IN
the town the woman was found lying
unconscious in the sleigh. The child.
which had not suffered the slightest
injury, was found sleeping on the road.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Our Musical Nerves.

Everybody who has been to the den
lists knows only too we'll that the
teeth have nerves connected with them.
These nerves lead to certain knots of
nerve tissue called ganglia, from which
also proceed other nerves that pass to
the auditory chambers Of the ear. If
you grind your teeth ever so slightly
you will find that you hear the sound
very distinctly. The vibrations caused
by grinding are conveyed to the audi
tory chamber, where series Of prya.
mid cells Of varying lengths are so ar
ranged as to operate like keys of a
piano. These cells, each of which re-
spends to particular note, are con-
nected by nerve threads, like piano
wires, with the main nerve Of hearing
"a complex and beautiful arrangement
to which we owe our power to appre-
eiate the exquisite harmonies OF music.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Had Planted a Quincunx,

The gardening season had opened,
and in the train the usual boastful
garden talk was in progress. Have
you got a quincunx in your garden?"
asked the quiet man in the corner.
There was a dead pause. "a quercus.
you mean?" suggested the botanist
politely. mo. quincunx." "Ah.
they're no good here said the next
man, confidently; won't bloom in this
soil, you'll find"
I'm surprised you haven't got one -
said the quiet man. sit was the first
thing planted after l laid out my
gardeh-been quite success with me. f"
"How do you spell the name?" asked
a novice (only three months married).
respectfully, determined to look up the
catalogues at once. But it was the
common, not garden. dictionary that
enlightened him. There (says the Man
chester Guardian) he learned that q
quincunx is an arrangement of five
trees or plants, one at each of four
corners and one in the middle. Next
morning all the talk was of golf handi.
caps.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
The Planet Mara.

As to the habitability Of Mars, the
planet popularity regarded as Offering
the nearest approach to duplication
of earthly conditions, E. Walter Maun.
der, F. r. A. S., in "Are the Planets
Inhabited?" is uncompromisingly neg
alive. A consideration of the Marian
temperature and atmosphere leads him
to this conclusions:
''What we know of Mars shows us a
planet icebound every night, but with
a day temperature somewhat above
freezing point. AS we see it. we look
upon its warmest regions, and the
rapidity with which it is cleared Of ice.
snow and cloud shows the atmosphere
to be rare and the moisture little in
amount and readily eyaporated. These
seas are probably shallow depressions
filed with ice to the bottom, but melt
ed as to their surfaces by day From
the variety of tints noted in the seas
and the recurrent changes in their out
lines, they are composed of congeries
of shallow pools, fed by small. slug
gish streams Great ocean basins into
which great rivers discharge them
selves are quite unknown
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Printing Unpopular In Persia.


Type printing is unpopular i'll Per-
STA. The straightness Of the lines Of
tends the Persian's artistic sense, and
he feels that i'll printed books the char
acter Of the letters is lost. Persia is
today entirely dependent upon lthog-
raphy for its own production Of books.
Naturally these are very rare. At the
beginning of the nineteenth century Il
press with movable types was set up in
Tabriz, and certain number OF books
were printed. The effort met with no
encouragement, however and had
shortly to be abandoned. The same
taste which makes a Persian esteem
so highly the great callisraphists
makes him deplore the absence OF
character in a type printed book.
What most delights him is we'll writ
ten manuscript, and he takes the same
delight in the copyist's work that we
take in an old master. Failing this, he
contents himself with a Autograph,
which is usually facsimile OF the
writing of some fairly good scribe.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
"Thirteen" Pursued Him.

When the misfortunes of Gustaf
Adolf Nv. of Sweden were on him the
king pointed out to the queen how the
number thirteen had Influenced his life:
Gwen the name G-u-s-t-asf Adolf
Nv. Is thirteen letters. am the
thirteenth king of Sweden from the
time Of Gustavus Wasa. At the age of
thirteen became king, and l reigned
thirteen years after attaining my ma
jority. I was made prisoner on the
18th Of March. 1t Is now twenty
two times thirteen since Gustavus
Wasa was elected king of Sweden in
1923. and seventeen times thirteen
years since the death Of Charles XII
in 1718; these added together produce
the number 1909, the current year.
If you transpose the numbers
one and three, which stand for thirteen,
they make thirty-one, which is precise
~ my age now"
Curiously enough, he died in room
No. 10 at the Weisse Rossii, st. Gallen
the date. Feb. Z, 1s36.-"An Exiled
King"
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
A Wandering Scots POPULATIONS.

A Glasgow man who recently took
up residence in London, says the Glas-
gov News, selected from the people
answering his advertisement for rooms
a landlady Boosting the name of Mac
kay. That name, even without the
lady's protestations, convinced him
that he was going to "home from
home.'' On arriving, his pleasurable
anticipation was increased when he
was informed that it was taken for
granted he would have porridge for
breakfast. He was astounded, how
ever, to find the oatmeal served cold
and solid and profusely sprinkled with
parsley. Something approaching a
scene occurred when he intimated to
the lady that he required the dish
brought hot and fresh and without veg
etable establishment With gesture
Of despair she led him to the kitchen.
where on the shelf was row Of bowls
containing his weekly supply of pars.
ley decorated porridge!
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
A Nov Theory Of Tides.

The shrewd explanation Of the pho
nomenon of the tides that an old
South Brooklyn fisherman gave is
hereby recommended to the attention
Of scientific men. The Brooklyn Times
reports it.
"Uncle joe" some one asked him,
do you know what causes the tides 2"
The old man looked profound and
admitted:
"Waal, l hev some idee."
"Explain it to us, please"
Uncle Joe would not ba,humied, but
after some urging he answered.:
you've turned over in bed, think
likely?'
Certainly"
"And when you went over the bed,
clothes kind O. slipped round and
sloshed round and didn't get there at
the same time you did,"
Eyes"
"Waal, that's the way O the tides.
The old world slips round inside o
the sea like a man under the bed
clothes, and that's what makes the
'es. It's easy enough after you un
and it,
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Starved Himself to Death.

some years ago by a Frenchman
named CRANE. who was arrested for
murder in circumstances which left
no doubt as to his guilt. He deternin-
ed to starve himself to death in order
to escape the guillotine and from the
spite Of every effort on the part Of the
prison authorities. who first tried
tempting him to eat by placing the
most dainty meals in his cell and when
that failed attempted forcible feeding
CRANE held out for sixty-three days
at the end Of which time he died.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Hiah Price For Straiuhtne.a,

One Of the most difficult problems in
practical mechanics is to make a
straight edge How difficult it Is may
be judged from an incident that occur
red In the shop Of a celebrated astro-
nomical instrument maker.
A patron asked what would be the
price of "a perfect straight edge Of
glass thirty-six inches long,"
1T cannot be made perfect" said the
instrument maker, "but it could proba.
bly, be made with a limit Of error
amounting to only fraction Of a wave
length of light"
"How much would that costa"
"About $4,000
It turned out that the customer want.
ed the straight edge for scraper and
that an error Of one sixty-fourth Of az
inch would not bother him.-St. Louis
Republic.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Tho Water Vino,

Containing quart of clear, pare wa
ter to every foot, the water vine, q
black, snake-Hke, leafless stem, drop
ping from the ceiba and mahogany
trees to which it has climbed, Il one
Of the wonders Of the Guatemala jun
gle. When the stem is cut the water
spurts forth in refreshing stream.
Moisture Is drawn up from the soil
and filtered through the pores Of the
plant.
Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-07-04
Must Be High Glass.

"You have beautiful manor house,
but you ought to have little village
for the peasantry as we do in England.
It adds to the landscape"
All right" said the mulumillionaire,
'ebut It must be restricted affair. No
peasant admitted earning less than
5000 year."-Kansas City Journal.