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The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
He Knew Shed Guess II.

For FIVE years John Henry had been
keeping company with Hannah May.
but not once in all that time had he
whistled any tune that sounded like a
wedding march. Naturally Hannah
May was beginning to feel trifie con.
cerned
One evening. however. John Henry
came to the house looking as II he
might propose. and great hope filed
the heart OF the fairy one. Hope de-
veloped into certainty when the young
man drew a small jewelers. box from
his vest pocket
Hannah, dear" began John Henry,
in a gentle voice, Il have brought you
little present, but I'm afraid 1t won't
ut your finger. VIII you try II on?"
ooh, John!" ecstatically cried the
dear one, do you really mean to say
that you have bought me-"
YES" was the hope killing rejoin.
der OF John as he handed over the
box, "a thimble. knew you would
guess It the first time"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

Hans Brudvr was unc of the two
trombone players in the Apollo or
chcstra. ON the evening OF special
concert. In the course Of which an
overture that contained trombone
solo was To- be played. Hans received
an urgent invitation 10 attend small
party In ncighburing town. Mind
full Of his responsible position in the
concert. he hesitatcd for long time
before accepting. hut he was an easy.
going. pleasure loving snul and an idea
dawned on him-he would send a sub
stitute TO the concert in his place.
For the position Of substitute he
picked out friend who could not play
the trombone. but Hans assured him
that skill was not necessary: Il would
be enough II he should pun out his
cheeks and move the slide in perfect
time with the other trombone player
Then Hans left him in charge Of the
Instrument and hurried for the train.
The substitute went To the hall. The
overture began, After wild burst Of
music and n crash Of drums came dead
ly silence. The frantic conductor star
ell at the substitute and waved his
baton. Every head In the orchestra
turned to see what was the trouble
But not sound came from the putting
pumping trombone players.
The other man also had sent a sub.
stitute
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

Four colportage automobiles are now
carrying religion to the homes in out.
lying districts In the West Many peo-
pie on the Pacific coast can be reached
for the present only by water trans
portation. says Worlds Work. A
cruiser was built OF sufficient size TO
accommodate a missionary and his
family, and II necessary to provide a
chapel sufficiently large to accommo-
date an audience Of 80 people. The
first OF these boats was assigned TO
the Coos bay region OF western Ore
gon and was named the Life Line; the
second is known as the Osceola, and
operates In the waterways Of San
Francisco and San Joaquin rivers. An
other boat is now being built for serv.
ice In Puget sound. and will serve u.s..
900 people along 1000 miles OF shore
line.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC IS COMO.

Put the liquor business out OF the
government and put the government
out OF the liquor businessl" A clarion
call TO the allied temperance forces.
voiced by Congressman Clyde Kelly
OF Pennsylvania In recent ringing
address. All signs indicate the near
approach Of the day when partnership
between the government and the great
destroyer will be dissolved and thus
the liquor business put out OF bust
ness" forever.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
RANDOLPH z. SELLERS, GRADU
ATE STUDENT, HAS EXCITING
EXPERIENCE IN WAR
SWEPT EUROPE
Arrested Three Times
From the Ohio Lantern, .

Arrested three times, paraded
through a street crowded with in
censed Bohemians in an isolated vii
lage Of a-Hungary, and i'm
prisoned in a satisfactory for safe
keeping, Randolph F. Sellers has
just registered at Ohio State Uni
versity after exciting adventures in
the war zone of Europe.
Mr.. Sellers relates his experience
in the village Of Simmersdorf, Bo-
hemia, where he and his compan-
ion, Louis Karnosh, a student at
Western Reserve, Cleveland, stop
ped for dinner while taking a short
excursion on foot from the city Of
Iglau, the home of an uncle of Mr..
Karnosh's.
I'VE entered the tavern and sat
at one of the tables and the host
came to take our order. Seeing that
we were foreigners, he asked where
we were from. My friend, who can
speak the native language explained
that we were American. We thought
no more of it except that we noticed
that the inn-keeper's wife finished
serving US, and the man himself dis
appeared.
when we started out of the room
we found $50 Of the villagers crowd
ed around the door. We made our
way through the crowd and then
started to run when we got out of
the village. We were six or seven
miles from my chums uncle's at
Iglau.
Before we had chance TO get far
some painters who were working
on a building overlook us, and
kept us until the burgomeister ar
rived. We were taken back to the
village and by this time the street
was crowded with people. The
strongest place in the village was
the glass factory so they locked Us
up in there. Nobody could read
our passports; nobody in the vii
lage had ever seen an Englishman
or an American before.
I'VE were locked up all night.
Finally after repeated attempts, we
got connections with my chum's
uncle at Iglau by means of the sin
gle telephone which is the only
connection between SimmersdOri
and the outside world. With his aid
we finally established our identity as
Americans and were released. Re-
ports Of war had so aroused the viii
layers that we were even suspected
Of carrying poison in a little cam
era which belonged to my chum,
with which to poison wells"
Mr.. Sellers was first arrested in
Iglau for talking English. His sec
Ond adventure occurred in a Vienna
hotel. There he and his companion
were freed after naturalization. AT
the same time two hotel servants
who were strangers were lined up
against the wall and shot as sus-
poets. II it had not been for friends,
Mr.. Sellers thinks that his fate
would have been the same.
Among his souvenirs Mr.. Sellers
shows receipt for 4 hellers as
cent for the use of a seat in a
Berlin park, and restaurant checks
hcaicd with fixed sums which had
to be paid at all the cafes and hotels
IN addition to the regular charges
for the benefit Of the Red Gross. The
price OF foOd-stuifs in Vienna is no
higher than before the war, be-
cause OF government restrictions
which will not permit any sales ex-
cept at a standard price.
Mr.. Sellers is enrolled here for
graduate work in the College Of Edu-
cation. He holds his b. Sc. from Be.
rea College, Kentucky.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
THE PRISON PATH.

Lend a Hand" a little paper pub
ushed by the convicts OF oregon's pen
itentiary at Salem (which lately went
dry, recently had cartoon headed
Whisky, That's ALL" In four panels
the first. a young man AT the Bars
looking away from the farm: the sec.
ond. this young man AT the BAR" TAX
Ing his drink; the third. the young
man AT the Bar" receiving sentence
from the Judge; the fourth. Behind
the Bars" the young man In a con
vict's stripes.
None knows better than the crimi.
nal the steps that lead to the peniten.
tiary!
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
BACK TO THE BIBLE
WISDOM FOR GREAT PROBLEMS
BY ROBERT STUART MACARTHUR, ID, L. o.
president Baptist World AlIIanee)

city affirmed that In many important
respects the medical science OF today
is not up to the sanitary code given In
the law Of Moses. Whence had Moses
this marvellous wisdom?
Questions affecting the relations OF
the rich and the poor. the tenure OF
property and the rights OF man, are
now demanding answers. The spirit
OF the Bible alone furnishes the solu.
ton to the perplering problems In
its teachings are found the true lib.
erty, equality and fraternity" Of which
socialists have dreamed. With great
clearness and beauty. II declares, In
substance. that whether a man be
black or white. red OF yellow. rich or
poor. "A mans q man for a that"
Copyright. 1914 by Joseph r. Bowiss)
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
A Mean Blunder.

Probably most public speakers have
at one time or another suffered the
annoyance Of being unsupported. A
peculiarly unfortunate instance Is re
called by G.. W. T.. Russell In one OF
his books. "a clerical uncle of mine,
writes Mr.. Russell. took the pledge In
his old age. and at n public meeting
stated that his reason for so doing
was that for thirty years he had been
trying to cure drunkarls by making
them drink in moderation. but had
never once succeeded. lie was thus
reported. The reverend gentleman stat
ed that his reason for taking the pledge
was that for thirty years he had been
trying to drink In moderation. but had
never once succeeded"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

The great principles taught in the
Bible are those needed In all the re-
lations OF life to this hour. Great
problems In legislation are yet un-
solved, and great difficulties now con-
front all legislators. lie was truly a
wise leader of men who said Nothing
Is politically right which is morally
wrong" The principles Of Gods word
should prevail alike in the counting
room OF merchandise ana in the halls
OF legislation.
The teachings OF the books of Moses
are to be studied by the student OF
medicine as truly as by those who
make and execute the laws OF the
land. At q recent convention OF medi-
cal men. held in the city Of Boston.
Q brilliant physician OF New York
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
EFFICIENCY Is wA1cnWoRo.


Popular sentiment without doubt
heartily approves OF the order issued
by the secretary OF the navy prohib
iting the use OF alcoholic beverages
by officers on naval vessels and at
shore stations. To quote the Chi
cago Tribune: There Is only one
intelligent opinion as to the order
II is wise Considered from the
standpoint Of efficiency alone. the or
der commends itself as patriotic
and a statesmanlike action. As the
Journal OF the American Medical AS
ISOLATION points out In this connec-
ton, officers as well as enlisted men
on a modern warship need not only
personal courage, but also absolute
steadiness OF nerve. clearness OF Wis
ion and fine muscular coordination.
All these things modern physiology
has shown to be impaired by even
small amounts OF alcohol"
Surgeon General BREASTED has full
knowledge OF the latest findings OF
medical science concerning the ma
Nui' anu thtNN VI aiSohtit anu Tvs Nv
ommendation to Secretary Daniels
was In line with the demands OF the
times. In the next naval war vic
tory will belong TO that nation which
can show the smallest consumption OF
alcohol" said Emperor William.
Not only in the navy. but In the
army and In all the departments OF
government with their modern high
pressure responsibilities Is there In
creasing urgency for efficiency In OF.
ficers and In men. Alcohol and gov
eminent machinery don't 20 well to-
gether
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
Chinese Woman,s Complexion.

A French expert has been giving
his attention to what he calls "the
exquisite complexion OF the Chinese
women" This. he claims. is not due
to enameling. as is generally sup
posed. but to careful manipulation OF
the face by most expert masseuses.
They begin by a gentle pinching OF
the cheeks between the tips OF their
fingers, an operation that consumes q
period of ten minutes. Then lotions
are applied by means Of absorbent cot
ton; then comes an unguent, and there
follows kneading Of the cheeks with
an extreme delicacy OF touch. always
proceeding from the nose and commits
sures of the lips toward the ears
Harpers Weekly.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

II bill passes to restore to titled
American women the citizenship
which they have lost through foreign
marriages, a condition should be that
they drop their titles In American
citizenship. titles have absolutely no
meaning. and no social vanity or am
bition should prevail on the common
sense OF the matter to tolerate such
Inconsistency.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
HEAVENLY SUGGESTION.

The milk wagons Of one company
alone carry into one district OF Chi.
cago $50 gallons Of milk daily. which
10 all consumed at the noon hour by
lunchers. In two large printing plants
over 100 workers take milk every day;
and one typographer says; when the
printer takes to the milky way the
end is near" Which Is a heavenly
ggestion.-Exchange.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
FACTOR IN PAupERIsM,

"A great weight Of evidence indi-
Gates drink as the most potent and uni
versal factor in bringing about pauper.
ism. Some Witnesses also indicate
gambling as a serious and growing
cause. But gambling. though II waste
the resources OF Its victims, does not
lead 70 such physical and moral degen-
GRAFTON as drink."-Royal Commission
ers' Report on Poor Law.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
LACK OF SINE IS.

A week after the dry victories Of
April 7 in Illinois Chicago papers an
nounced that the Bessemer Brewing
company had gone into bankruptcy.
II is stated that the companys at.
torney. being pressed for a reason. re-
piled. Lack OF business" And yet
the brewers would have the public
believe that the more temperance the
more beer they sell!
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

"Did you ever notice how everybody
crowds old Van Crouch whenever he
plays golf? IL his game SO wonder
fulT"
"No, but his vocabulary is" - St
Louis Post Dispatch.
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
Either a Good Enouah Reason.

Shelf you insist upon knowing.
there are two reasons why l can't
marry you.
He-And they arei
she-Yourself and apother man.
Judge
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
LESSON FOR OCTOBER II
THE LAST SUPPER.

LESSON TExT-Mark ia.i2-25. see also
Luke g2.iigs
GOLDEN TENT-As often as ye eat
this bread. and drink the cup. ye proclaim
the Lords death TIL lie come. Cor.
II q r. v
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08

iNvENTs NOTHING.
echillers judgment vast wine
never invsnts anything"
The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1914-10-08
INTERNATIONAL.
SUNDMSQ1OOL
LESSON

ny Y q sELLERS. Director Sunday
School Course. Moody Bible Institute.
ChicagoJ
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

CT Woods to sift out Beckers rela- tions with the members of his squad.
 Probing Shepherds Testimony.
 Shepherd testified at the Becker trial that he had been with Becker every minute of the time supposed to have been covered by the famous Harlem conference. It was assumed that he was asked yesterday to repeat his story and that the grand jurors will determine the similarity or vari ance between his stories. Shep- herds appearance before the grand jury gives him immunity so far as his connection with the Becker trial Is concerned, but if it is found that he testified falsely before the grand jury he can be prosecuted for perjury.
 There were more police witnesss before the grand jury today Half dozen men who wear uniforms were questioned for the purpose of deter mining if their relations with Becker were innocent.
 Becker's counsel have ready their motion for appeal, which will act au- tomatically as stay of sentence. Martin T. Manton is confident that he will be able to impress the court ot appeals with arguments that Beck CTS second trial was unfair.
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
CHy Mems

Special sale of trimmed hats, Frl- day and Saturday. Miss Grindrod.- advt.
 Globe Clothing House will be open next Friday until II D. m. Saturday until 12 noon.-advt.
 Damon's shoe shop will be open Friday evening and will close Satur- day at noon.-advt.
 Everything that is new in white millinery. Bowen & Co-advt
 Silk gloves, all colors. Bowen & Co.-advt.
 1-2 price sale at M. Morgans Friday afternoon and evening.-advt.
 The two weeks old infant child of Mr and Mrs. Alexander Bonenfant, of Erwin Place, died last night The funeral will be held tomorrow after noon at o'clock.
 Frank Monkewicz has applied to Building Inspector A. N. Rutherford for permission to erect a six tenement block on the west side of Grove street for K and Peter Jablonski at a cost of $6,7O0.
 Star of Good Will lodge. Shepherds of Bethlehem, will meet this evening
 
 street. It is imperative that all mem- bers should attend as nomination of officers will take place.
 Big line of smart outing hats for Decoration day. Bowen & Co.-advt
 The ways and means committee of the Second Ward Republican club will meet tomorrow night at the home of Building Inspector A. N. Ruther- ford, 620 Stanley street, to make plans for the annual outing of the club at Savin Rock on June 21.
 Panamas. white chip and hemp hats. Miss Grindrod-advt.
 George Dunbar, who was operated on for appendicitis last week at the New Britain hospital is getting along nicely.
 Commander Streeter of the state G. A. R. will have charge of the Dec oration day exercises in the local High school. For the past four years MT. Streeter has spoken 'n the audi torium, about the Ora rrny. ano the students and teacf Ire looking forward to this event day with a great deal of interest. school will be held until II o'clock and the fourth and fifth periods will be omitted. The
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
Limitation of Claims.

At a court of probate holden at New Britain within and for the Dis trict of Berlin. in the County OF Hartford and State of Connecticut, on the 18th day of May, A. D., 1914.
 Present, Bernard r. Gaffney, Esq, Judge.
 On motion of Royal Robbins of Beverly, County of Essex, Mass, ana Reginald C. Robbins of Hamilton of said county and state. as executors of the last will and testament of Royai +. Robbins, late of Boston, Suffolk county, Mass, leaving property in Berlin, within said district, deceased.
 This court doth decree that six months be allowed and limited for the creditors of said estate to exhibit their claims against the same to the executors and directs that public mo- tice be given of this order by adver- Using in newspaper published in said New Britain, and having a cir culation in said district, and by post ing a copy thereof on the public sign post in said town of New Britain.
 By order of the court,
 MORTIMER H. CAMP,
 Clerk
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
CYP'S WIDOW UNVEILS
 SECRETS OF cUNNEN
Grand Jury Begins investigation Of Testimony Of "Strong Arm Squad"

New York, May 2S.-The secrets of the Sing Sing death house at the time that Charles Becker was in com munication with the gunmen that killed Herman Rosenthal are being revealed to the district attorney.
 Mrs. Harry Horowitz, widow of Gyp the Blood, went to the district attor- ney's office voluntarily yesterday ana spent an hour with Assistant District Attorney Delehanty. Neither MT. Whitman nor MT. Delehanty would discuss the statement made by Mrs. Horowitz, but there was a pretty de- finite impression in the criminal courts building that she confirmed the statements made by Mrs. Lillian Rosenberg, Lefty Louie's widow, that Becker held out false hopes to the gunmen.
 Whitman Fortifying Himself.
 Mrs. Horowitz's information, like that of Mrs. Rosenberg, would be valuable to the prosecutor only in the event that the court of appeals again reversed the conviction of Becker. The district attorney. how ever, is fortifying himself at all points. If Martin T. Manton, Beck CTS chief counsel, attempts to show that Dago Frank exonerated Becker MT. Whitman will be in position to show that Gyp the Blood and Lefty Louie incriminated him.
 The grand jury began yesterday an investigation of the testimony giv- en by members of Becker's strong arm squad. The grand jury has been asked to determine whether or not the policemen who testified for Beck CT told the truth. The only witness yesterday was Joseph Shepherd, who was dismissed from the department after the first Becker trial. His testi- mony was asked for as part of the plan arranged between District Ator- ney Whitman and Police Commission
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28

The man who wants mechanical transportation can satisfy himself ac- cording to his means and taste with a wide range of motor vehicles. He can get anything from an imported vehicle. fully capable, if not guaranteed, to last him his lifetime, at $6,0O0 or up- ward, down to a third-hand motor cycle, or a runabout of the vintage of 1906, for $25. And he can get a lot of satisfaction out of either. if he knows how.-New Haven Register
New Britain herald., 1914-05-28
(American Board.)

American women living in Johan-I nesburg, South Africa, have a -four ishing club called the Martha wash ington. They discovered that thaA site of the first mission of the Ameri- can Board to that region. and also thei grave Of Mrs. Alexander Ervine-l Wilson. the wife of the first rnixSfun- ary and the. first white woman tos..ai.. in the Transvaal, have been con- pletely obliterated by the cultivation of the land and by building opera tions. So the club has put on the wall of the railway station. near where the mission stood. brenzef tablet. with the following inscription. prepared by J. c. Gubbins. a locall historian:
 Two hundred yards to the east is the former site of the station or the American Board mission to the Matabele, founded in 1895. There il.. the remains of Mrs. Wilson. tho hrst white woman to lay down her life within the TransvaaI as chron- icled by the following inscription on stone now in the Pretoria Museum: Beneath this lies inferred Ja-, wife of ye Revd. A. k. Wilson, NJ. D., Mis- sionary of ye American Board to ye Matabele. Her spirit was called away to join ye assembly Of ye just and heaven soon after she commenced her tolls in this land. Her flesh. sleeps un- til the resurrection when it will risa to testify ye benevolent desires OF her husband and those connected with him to impart ye blessing of ye gos- pei to ye natives of Afrika. Christian reader remember thy time like hers may be short. Work while thou hast life for Christi
 The stone on which the latter part of this inscription was originally carved is in the museum in Pretoria and is what is known as Pipe stone" The words were evidently cut with a penknife and the stons was probably buried in the grave in stead of being placed above it. as it would otherwise have crumbled away. \
 The Martha Washington club has written the American Board for further information about those early days in the TransvaaI and will prob E ably go on making local history per- manent and studying the romance and@ adventure of the pioneer days in mIs- sion life.