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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
President Frost's Sermon
AT the Opening of the Gospel Meetings Sunday Nigh
1.-The Pearl Of Great Price"

do him honor. He had saved their
sons from massacre at the hands Of
the MeXicans and they caused a
sword to be made and presented to
General Clay. The blade and scab-
bard were skillfully engraved. The
hilt is of solid silver. And then they
felt that the sword was not rich
enough to express their gratitude and
admiration. and to give a great value
to that gilt they put an amethyst in
the hilt Clay grew old and now he
. has passed away and all the people
that subscribed for that gift, hut
the amethyst still sparkles. The
General gave his sword &c Berea Col
lege. Many of you have seen il in
the library; but the amethyst was
too precious to be exposed there. so
Treasurer Osborne keeps II in his
strong box. There is the amethyst.
You can see its glitter. the different
facets which reflect the light, and
the color like a rose leaf. | do not
know the value of this GEM ii may
be worth 800. or 5000. but it is worth
whole garden of flowers,
And turning the page of the Bible,
we are still in the celestial city
The twelve gates were twelve pearls:
every several gate was of one pearl.
..,,
an intimation and type Of things
that are unspeakable; things that can
never he told; things that we shall
learn about in eternity.
Now this stony, this parable, is a
very short one. There are three points
to be noted, In the first place this
man who was a merchant SOUGHT
Tor goOdly pearls. He had plan and
a purpose in his pursuits. lie set out
to find pearls rather than flowers or
anything else. Pearls was his pursuit,
and not only pearls, but goodiy pearls,
and he became a connoisseur. lie
looked through the collections Of
other merchants; KINGS aud princes
showed him all they had. And in the
second place, he found something
greater than he expected We don't
know where; ii couldn't have been m
the treasures of any king, for a
king would not have sold the pearl
1t must have Teen in the boat Of
some diver, or in some obscure cabin.
One day the merchant started, and
his heart beat loudly; he was excited.
He saiG, Here is something greater
than anything | have ever seen. Here
is something greater than the emper-
or has seen; greater than any mer-
chant has ever seen; greater. heavier.
more lustrous. more precious He
was surprised
In the third place he was resolute.
He went away and sold all that he
had aud bought It, lie determined
Continued on Page Three
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16

Your prayeriu, attention is invited
tonight to one of the shortest para
bles that Christ ever spoke - two
verses, which concluded our Gospel
leadinE The kingdom OF Heaven 5
like unto a man that is n merchant
seeking goodly pearls. and having
found one pearl OF great price, n
went and sold all he had and bought
it."
Surely the study of pearls will De
popular with the young ladies here
tonigh; We are all lovers of beauty
and We are all lovers Of value. Now
our greed for beauty and tor value
sometimes leads us astray. But al
ter all II is one OF the distinctive
glories of human nature. No beast can
enjoy beauty. Tie has no JOY except
the animal enjoyment. And no beast
has a sense of value. He eats today
and tramples upon that which he
will need tomorrow.
Man has higher faculties and can
see value and beauty. And it is for
man not only 10 seek beauty, but the
the highest value. The earliest saw
age who had the dawning OF reason
in him could admire beauty, but il
was the lowest forms which attrac' =
ed him. The difference between the
savage and the wise man must be that
the wise man Graves the higher. You
choose between IA flower and a gem.
Many of US would choose the flower,
Its form is perfect its color is rich;
its perfume appeals TO us even when
our eyes are closed Why should We
not choose the flower? There is one
sufficient reason. The flower fades,
but the gem will continue to shed
its beauty while the world lasts. That
is the value OF the gem. And these
gems that God has wonderfully mad
and hidden in the dark pockets Of
the earth are symbols of things that
are eternal. II you ever read the 2lst
chapter. that wonderful chapter #
Revelation, where the celestial city
is set forth, you know quite a list Of
Gems. The foundations of the walls
of the city We're garnished with al
manner of precious stones. The first
was jasper; the second, sapphire; the
third, q chalcedony; the fourth, an
emerald the fifth, sardonyN. Eve
are getting whole jewelry store
hereD the sixth, sardius; the seventh,
chrysolyte the eighth, beryl; the
ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysop-
rasus the eleventh, a iacinth; the
twelfth, an amethyst
Many of us have never seen one OF
these stones, but | can show you
an amethyst. Many years ago one Of
our great Kentucky statesmen. Cas-
sius ". Clay. came back from the Mex
can War, aud the citizens of Aladi-
son and Fayette counties wished %
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
WORLD NEWS
Eight Hundred Rescued from Strand
ed Ship Dreyfus Incident Recalled
-Unionist Party Disrupted Castro
Still Held.

OCEAN LINER GROUNDED
The steamer. Uranium. bound from
Rotterdam to Halifax and New YORK
was stranded on reef near Halifax
about noon, Sunday. y panic was mar
rowly averted among her 500 pas
sengcss, most OF whom were Storage.
but they were soon rescued by har
Dor craft and a Government steamer
and landed safe in Halifax at night
from which point they reached their
destination by rail. The crew remain
ed aboard in an effort to release the
vessel.
DREYFUS BOGlE AGAIN
France became greatly excited,
Saturday. over an order of the Min
lister of War. reinstating Col du Patty
de Clam, who was one OF the leading
characters in the Dreyfus trial Of
some years ago. lnasmuch as The
presidential election occurs, Friday,
the adherents OF the different candi-
capital out of the incident, but the
Minister of War declares that Il
has no political significance what
ever. However, II is feared it may
defeat the election OF Premier Poin-
caire.
BALFOUR'S SUCCESSOR DIS
RUPTS uNIONISrS
Mr. bonar Law who was recently
elevated TO the leadership OF the Cp-
position in the British Parliament
taking the place of Mr.. Arthur j. Bal
four. has proved a dismal failure, and
the Tories, instead of facing easy
victory. are now disrupted and must
listen TO the taunts of Premier As
quith over their plight.
Bonar Law was less wise than Ia
vid. lie is trying to wear Saula
armo. tBalfour's tactics,l and al
though it does not III, he has not
the good sense TO cast II aside.
CASTRO STILL HELD
The habeas corpus proceedings in
stituted in the interest of Castro.
eN-lresiden, OF Venezuela, did not
avail in securing his release and per-
hitting him to land, and he is stilI
held at Ellis Island. The Judge, how
ever is considering the advisability
of granting him bail pending further
proceedings.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
YOUR DATE LABEL

If you don't watch your date label,
you may miss a number OF The Citi-
zen, Remember IL stops now on eX-
piration II your subscription. Look
at the date following your name and
don't neglect TO send in renewal.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
CONTENTS OF THIS ISSUE

PAGE ONE
Editorials.
News of the Week.
President Frost's Sermon.
PAGE TWO.
Editorials.
Sunday School Lesson.
Temperance.
Convention of Baptist Laymcn
PAGE THREE
The Cunqueror Of Kaskaska
How the School Rally viii Help.
PAGE FOUR
Locals.
PAGE FIVE
Gospel Meetings
Corner for the Little Ones.
The Best Age Since the World Boean.
PAGE SIX
Serial Story.
PAGE SEVEN
Intensive Farming
Education and Success.
Farm and Garden
PAGE EIGHT
Eastern Kentucky News.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
UNITED STATES NEWS IN OUR OWN STATE

Louisville Agitating for Commission
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Scare is
Abating Broken in Goa
Output-Hazard Wants Government
Building Carnegie Helps Central
tuberculosis Commission Handi-
capped.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
ARCHIBALD GUILTY

The Impeachment proceedings N
the United States Senate against
Judge Archibald, of the Commerce
Court were ended Monday after more
than a months sitting, and resulted
in a verdict of guilty. There We're
thirteen charges and the verdict on
five of the thirteen was guilty, any
one of which would have been suffi-
cient TO deprive him of his office.
The vote on the first article stood
GS for conviction and five in his
favor.
Judge Archibald is the tenth per-
son against whom Impeachment pro-
ceedings have been brought in the
United States Senate in all of its
history, and the third to be convict
ed. 1t is noteworthy that Senator
Paynter of Kentucky voted for Arch
bald while Bradley did not vote.
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS MEET
The presidential electors of The
various states met. Monday, in the
capitals Of the states and voted for
President. Mr. Taft and Nicholas
Murray Butler, who had been select
ed by the National Committee 70
take Vice President Shermans place,
received only eight votes, those #
Utah and Vermont. Special messen-
gers were sent to carry the vote 20
Washington, whore it will be canvass
ed by Congress Feb. 18th.
PRESIDENT ELECT WILSON A
PROGRESSIVE
In addressing the presidential cleo
tors in New Jersey, Monday, Prasi-
dent elect Wilson declared, II shall
not be acting as a partisan when !
pick out progro ssiyes and only pr3-
grossiyes 10 aid me-" This sentence
is taken to indicate that Mr. Wilson
is in line with the spirit OF the times
CABINET SELECTIONS
The wise ones at Washington, not
Continuation Tage Five
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
NEW STORY

The Girl of the Limberlost ends
next week and good one is to fol-
low-"Both Sides OF the Shield, -
written by Major Butt, President
TAft's Aide who went down with the
Titanic Watch for It.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
ION to Chattanooga"

That is the slogan of the Southern
Baptist laymen at this time, anticipat-
ing the great conference to be held in
the Tennessee city February 4, and
8, 1918.
A center from which 9 railroads, over
which pass between rs and 100 trains
daily, radiate; a city, the scenic and
historic setting of which gives 1t wide
pre-eminence, Chattanooga, Tenn, has
become noted as a place for the hold
ing of conventions, ranging in impor-
lance from statewide to nationwide
scope.
UnrivalIed Scenic Setting.
As to the scenic setting Of Chatta-
nooga, it is safely stated that no city
can rival 1t. Missionary Ridge, to the
east. Lookout Mountain to the south
west, Orchard Knob, within the city
limits, and Chickamauga Park, twelve
miles south, in Georgia, on the trolley
line, were all scenes of conflict during
the great war between the states; and,
no matter where the visitor is from, he
can find spots of interest to visit
places that will interest him, on &C.
count of associations participated in
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
COAL OUTPUT

According to Chief Mine Inspector
c, j. Norwood. the yield OF coal IN
Kentucky for 1912 breaks all previous
records. Almost complete returns were
reported up 10 December first, and
from these the estimate is made that
the yield amounted to 1880 900 tons.
PUBLIC BUN DING FOR HAZARD
Congressman Langley introduced Il
bill in the House of Representative,
Friday, authorizing the erection OF
Continued ON page five
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16

Verdict of Guilty Against Archibald =
Presidential Electors Meet and Cast
Their Votes-Wison Declares for
Progressives Cabinet Slate =
Sheppard-kenyon Bill Coming to
Vote 49, Bristow Wants Industrial
Commission - New Senator for
Arkansas.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16
LOUISVILLE WANTS COMMIS-
SION GOVERNMENT

The success o. commission form II
government in other cities whore
tried, and the anticipated success IF
the government just inaugurated IN
Lexington has inspired certain citi-
lens of Louisville t. begin the agita-
ticn for change in the government
of that city.
Louisville has already tried the
commission plan in piecemeal in its
board of education, the sewer commits
sion and public hospital commission
And if the agitation just beginning is
successful, the old general council of
twelve aldermen and twenty council
men will give way TO five commits
sioners.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16

The meningitis scare in South
western Kentucky has abated to 1t
great extent. The United States Gov
crnment agreed, the latter part of
last week, to send an expert to Co
operate with state authorities in tn
suppression Of the disease, and the
Board of Health Of hickman, Ky,
lifted the quarantine to the extent
of allowing schools, Churches, etc,
to open their doors.
The disease is very prevalent IN
Dyre County, Tenn, and II is against
this source Of infection that precau-
lions are being taken.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1913-01-16

y soldiers from his part of the coun-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
mAYeRAYlTEs FAIL TO PUT OVER
Poeahentas County Man Scents Tne'r
Game and Reported to Police.

Everly. March 12.-H. S. Jones. who
was given some notoriety few Gays
ago by a dispatch from Miami. Fla
connecting him as victim OF the op-
erations of a gang of swindlers, mas
arrived home from his southern trip.
Mr. Jones. who is member OF lhe
Pocahontas board Of supervisors, DID
not come in for touch from the
swindlers. While at Miami ne came
in contact with the crooks thru their
effort to work" him, and gave thelr
names TO the police and also reported
their presence in the city TO the presl-
dent of the Biscayan Bank OF that city.
After leaving Miami on the night OF
March S he was told on the train that
a gang of New York confidence men
were operating on tourists in the towns
Of the Florida East Coast railroad. ol
this fact, for the protection Of traV-
elers. ne wrote to the mayor . Miami
from Key West, telling him what ne
had seen and heard. In this way ms
name was brought into the story.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
DICTIONARY. MAKERS AT FAULT
Some Notable olundsrs, WIKI Glo.
phantins Efforts At Wit, Havo n
Been Put on Reeord.

DR.. johnson perpetrated many johes
in his dictionary, but among his most
famous blunders was his definition oe
''pastern" AZ the knee Of . horse" !,
The dictionary makers often took
occasion to make their definitions hit
their enemies. Wesley defined Meth.
odist" ~ zone that liveth according 70
the method laid down In the Bible
DR.. johnson defined oats a. - grain
which in England IL generally Owen
to horses, but in Scotland supports
the people," He defined "pensionerS,
as "a slave Of state. hired by Sd.
pend to obey his master" which den.
milton was made much OF BY. the doc.
tors enemies when he himself Wa
awarded pension.
Bailey's dictionary defined the La.
riot or Golden Oriole 40 - bird that,
being looked upon by one who has the
yellow jaundics. cures the person and
dies himself" Fenning, whoswas the
next dictionary maker. was afraid q
this. and merely said "Lorfot kind
Of bird" But one Of the beet bits %
misinformation was given In the do
tionary Of Edward Philips, who IN
one place declared that - gallon II
q measure containing two quarts" and
In another place declared % quaveF
10 . measure Of time in music. being
the half Of crochet. 40 crochet IL
the half Of quaver." which leaves
the subject 40 clear % mud.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
orinn.lI and Vicinity.
Special to Times-Republican.

-
Grinneu, March IL. = Mr.. Frank
Lewis. who returned to his home IN
this city three weeks ago from visit
to southern Texas and to son living
in Oklahoma, has been confined to his
home most Of the time by severe case
OF grip ana is just now able to be out.
]. NJ. Kirk, carpenter and contractor.
was obliged by severe illness to leave
his work in Des Moines and come to
his home here some weeks ago. He Is
now in much better health and con-
templates going to Sioux City.
Mrs. Mary Green, mother of Mrs. J.
NJ. Kirk. will be IS years Of age II she
remains In the flesh until the 18th OF
the present month. She is in good
physical health and able to be about
the house and grounds She was born
in virginia but moved to Iowa in 1855.
settling ii Scott county. With her
husband she moved to Poweshiek
county in. 1872. They afterwards lived
in Newton, where Mr.. Green died.
The address before the Brotherhood
at the Congregational. church last eve
ming by Prof. George Herbert Palmer
on the topic, THE Commercial Aspects
of an Education" was scholarly. logi-
cal. comprehensive and was listened to
with keen interest by an unusually
large number of the membership.
Prof. Charles Noble, w. s. Hend-
rixson ind G.. E. Payne and A. c. Lyon
and Harold L. Beyer form local COM
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
tn. s,,d,ns s.ss.'

A sliding stroke was adopted by Eng
lish oarsmen long before movable
seats, but upon what the Americans
called the ''buckskin and butter" plan.
Newcastle scullers used to slide on .
long. highly polished thwart BY the
free use Of grease or soap. their row.
ing trousers being strapped at the seat
with wash leather. This device was
introduced to the Thames BY Robert
Chambers when he sculled a match
with Harry Kelly in 1866, and vas
used by the Tyne crew when they
rowed st. John, New Brunswick, in
1870. In 1871 the Tyne crew, who had
gained . knowledge Of the movable
seat during their visit to America,
used sliding seats ut Newcastle: and
they were fitted to the coxswainless
four In which the London Rowing club
beat the Atlanta crew, Of New York.
in 1877. After the success Of the new
arrangement at Henley, sliding seats
were adopted BY both universities for
the varsity boat race Of 1873.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
SEEK EVER 70 KEEP FRIEND
Worth Careful Nurturlns, since Moth.
Ing on Earth Can Do More
Doautlfuj.

In IN article In the Woman's Home
Companion on the compensations that
como to those who live away from
great centers Of population there ap-
peared the following sound advice:
I'VE are IDLY inclined to think that .
real friendship. once begun, ought to
survive Of its own vitality: but, alas!
all beauty In this world, from . rose
slip to human soul, needs nurture.
Nietxschs speaks very scornfully Of
those who fancy they dare show them
serves az they are to their friends. For
your friends he advised. wear every
adornment.' It is well worth while to
save the highest cheer. the brightest
thoughts. the gentlsst attentions, for
the friends. Ono should always keep
some imperscnal topics Of conyersa-
ton ready, 90 that your thoughts to-
gether should not huddle down to the
sordid atmosphere Of narrow spaces.
Be not only the sunshine to your
friend. but be : broad outlook and .
wide view! Love must have space and
air to thrive In.
Human life Offers No nothing else
20 beautiful - real friendship: not
love. not prosperity. not fame. are %
fair, 90 precious. SO foster 1t! Let no
distrust, no absence, no difference OF
environment, dim its luster. Let death
itself be powerless to rob you Of IT.
sweetness! Never break It; never loso
It; It IL the sweetest touch Of noetal
lie"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
staekars and Eeedsrs.

Chicago. March 12.-Country buyers
of stock and feeding cattle are again
backing away from the high cost OF
such stock. Fresh supply yesterday
was a rather limited one, but yard
dealers found very narrow country
outlet for their holdings on Monday
and had on hand Tuesday very LID
eral supply of an excellent assortment
of all weights and classes which coun-
try buyers were looking over during
the morning hours with decided tndif-
ference at asking prices. The trade
was slow and droopy with prices on
basis mostly 10 cents lower than the
close last week, and with the excep-
ton of some Of the best selected
grades, showing decline largely OF
25 cents from high time last week
Few buyers are showing q willing
ness under the present CONDITIONS OF
the beef steer trade and liberal sup
ply of stock and feeding cattle on
hand, to bid up to IS for the best
fleshy feeders of selected class and
the trade is largely on s'.Se o '.sS
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-03-12
aan.a Of Smell.

Tho tenth part Of . grain Of musk
will continue for years to I'LL room
with its odoriferous particles, and at
the end Of that time 1t will not be ap-
preciably diminished In weight.
A cubic inch Of air arising from the
flame Of q Bunsen burner has been
found to contain no fewer than four
hundred and eighty-nine million dust
particles.
A drop Of blood that might be sus-
pended from the point Of needle con-
tains about million of red corpuscles.
Yet, although matter Is so marvel.
ously Invisible, tho olfactory nerves
are Infinitely more sensitive. Much
yet remains to b Investigated with
reference to these nerves which dis
sriminate with such apparently mi.
raculous accuracy.-Harper's Weekly.
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sALyAaE sHoT Flloll MI III!


Shot picking II the art" q rotI3svs
ing shot and she'll from tho bottom q
the sea. In order to practice this
profession nowadays . nan must -
IN possession Of ! boat. plenty Of COR.
age and . LICENSE.
Target practice 10 carried on almost
every day 1t Portsmouth. England,
and tho Admiralty are willing 70 pay
q good price for shells which are -
covered from sand banks and shallow
water. \:
Shot pickers 90 out 10 - IN beats,
watch the firing intsntly while II - II
progress. and then, - soon 90 the last
shot has settled In the water. dis
perse In various directions IN order
to discover the shells.
These are located By means of !
long line Weighted with lead. which
has . small buoy liked at one end.
This end 10 thrown overheard, and tho
boat 10 rowed slowly IN . setniclrcle.
The weighted line drass ovsr tie
sand beneath the water and catches
against any shell that 10 pro3ectinG
above the sand, A thin. arm pole II
then lowered. 90 that II makes . clean
limo from the shot to the side Of the
boat. and, while this 10 held IN place
by one man. . pick 10 thrust down by
another to draw the projecting shoe
from the sand beneath the watsr.y