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prevents women from setting
type at night.
During the reign of Peter the
Great, leather money was in
circulation in Russia.
A cat in Milford, Conn, is a
successful fisher. 1t noses
along the ponds close to the
edge, and grabs the fish with
its claws.
The alligator and the croOo-
dile possess great strength in
the tail. One blow from either
of these animals is powerful
enough to break the leg of a
strong man.
A lonely widower in Walton,
N. Y, advertises for a second
wife. AS an inducement he
announces that he has "a lot
of nice clothes left by his first
Spouse
A shower of red-eyed worms,
each about half an inch in
length, lately annoyed the far
mers of Umatilla County, Ore
gon. They covered an area of
several acres in extent.
The consumption of beer in
Germany averages 26 gallons a
year for each inhabitant; in the
United Kingdom is 9l.3 gallons;
in the United States it is 1916
gallons; in France it is 5.3 gal
Ions.
In Japan there are special
designs in silk goods for mar
ried ladies, and others for un-
married ladies. Therefore,
when a female is about to buy
material for a dress, she is eX-
pected to state her age to the
storekeeper and whether she
is married or single, so that he
may select for her goods of a
suitable pattern.
A vagrant lad was arrested
in Philadelphia the other day
for some misdemeanor, and in
to the questions of
the police justice, he declared
that he was fourteen years of
age and an orphan. "How
long have your parents been
deadF" asked the sympathetic
Justice. "Over twenty years, "
was the prompt reply of the
little liar.
DR.. Weissmann, a medical
crank of Germany, thinks that
he has hit upon a plan to ben
eft mankind ard mice. Dur
ing the last ten years he has
the tails of about
l, 900 mice, and thinks in a lit
tie while the world will have
only stub b-tailed mice. The
benefit to mankind will be in
making the animals more
as there will be no
tails to soil the food they sam
pie.
Johannes Won Bosboom, of
the Transvaal, is a dead shot.
In the present war in South
Africa he lost his two sons.
To revenge them, he takes part
in any contest when he chances
to be near enough to partici-
pate in it. In each battle he
fires only two shots, always
at an officer, and the
officer is sure to drop, with a
bullet in his brain or in his
heart. He moulds his own
bullets, and each one contains
two ounces of gold.
An American lady who had
laboriously acquired a very
scant knowledge of French,
tried to show her proficiency
in the language by using it in
the dining room of a Partisan
hotel. Although she was fully
aware that most of the walters
spoke English, she insisted up
on giving her orders in French.
One day she paralyzed the wal
ter by directing him to bring
her "a bottle of embonpoint."
She wanted a bottle of stout.
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CHIPS.

y If one knew as much as his
friends give him credit for
knowing, there would be great
Increase in mutual admiration
Societies. "The Mirror" "Still-
water, MINI.
A sponge bath with rum is
said to be excellent for delicate
persons. Some men think even
the rum without the sponge
bath is very excellent. st.
Louis Humorist.
Weoften hear people remark:
"See that fellow; well he just
spent thirty cents in one year.
That man or woman cannot be
a good friend to himself or to
anyone else, for he deliberately
makes a pauper of himself, and
all enjoyment is lost to him.
People say that there is no
cure for love. Well, that is
all bosh. We were down to
Colonial Beach last summer,
and a young man from 18th
street, north west, was on the
boat with his intended. The
day was set for the wedding
and the flat was furnished-al
was ready but for the parson to
say the word. A fierce storm
arose, the Potomac ragged, and
the waves were mountains high.
The consequence was that our
two young friends became aw-
fully sick-so sick that the
match was broken off. All
through that awful fit of sea
sickness. Therefore, we say
from experience, if you wish
to break up a love affair just
take them down the river and
treat the pair to a good dose of
sea sickness, and that will. fix
the whole business.
The man or woman who
studies to make others happy
is very rare in this world.
The boasted 81 love you" is
a hollow mockery. They al
ways love themselves the best.
People who start out for a
good time and call it happiness,
make a great mistake; it is
only pleasure.
Cunning is resorted to by
the dishonest.
Idle curiosity is a disease
found in covetous people.
The heart is weak, but when
You touch it for good or bad,
it knocks a whole lot of bad
ideas out of the head,
Life is a case of hustle any
how, and the fellow who sticks
to it the closest is the most
comfortable.
If you want to make a man
an enemy, just stop loaning
him money.
Honest politeness is enjoyed
by all who come in contact
with it.
Some fellows imagine that
they are quite smart. The
only ones cheated are them
selves.
Some fellows go about crok-
ing how hard it is to find per
fect people. If they would
turn the light upon themselves
Ill parties would be benefited.
The man or woman who re.
,eives favors, and feels thank
'ul for them, always has a
chance to come again.
Some people prate about the
7anity Of others, but just turn
IN the light on them and you
will find them chock full of it.
Stealing apples is the oldest
sin on earth, and lying is the
next.
The man who endeavors to
make his fellow man happy is
IN apostle of goodness hard to
De found.
The tough and bully are al
ways the first to become false
witness,
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HISTORY.

Faneuil Hall is called the
"Cradle of Liberty" because
of its use for important politi.
tai meetings during the Revo-
lutionary period. Erected in
l742 by Peter Fanueil and pre-.
sented by him to the town.
The main hall contains many
portraits of prominent men.
The lower floor is used as a
market and generally desig-
mated as New Faneuil Hall
Market to distinguish it from
Faneuil Hall Market, a mon
ster stone structure running
through the center of the en-
tire block, located just beyond
Faneuil Hall.
The State House, located on
Beacon Hill, occupying the site
of John Hancock's s cow pasture,
which was purchased by the
town and presented to the
State. Corner stone laid in
1895, by Paul Revere, the ora
tion being delivered Gov. Sam.
uel Adams. Original building
completed in 1898, and cost
S133, 900. New extention COM
pleted in 1895, is four times
the size of the old building and
cost So, 900, 900.
Boston Common was set apart
in the very beginning of the
settlement of the town, when a
boulder strewn and treeless ex-
pance of huckleberry bushes,
for a ''trayning field and the
feeding of CATTLE" There were
only three trees there in colon.
ial times, but the great mall on
fremont street was planted in
1922, Beacon street mall in
1S15-16, that on Charles street
in 1923, and that on Park street
in 1926. Most of the trees
were cut down in 1775-76 for
fuel by the British garrison,
whose camps and redoubts COW
cred the Common, and on the
day of their departure they
started to destroy those remain.
ing, but were prevented by
General Howe.
The Old Corner Book Store
was erected in 1912 on the site
Of Anne HutchinsOn's dwelling,
and since 1923 has been a book
store and frequented by Long
fellow and Lowell, Holmes and
Whittier, Emerson and Thor
eau, Dickens and Thackery,
and other illustrious authors.
Here Oliver Ditson began his
music business at a small cor
ner counter in 1888.
The first college bell which
Harvard had was brought from
an Italian convent, but when
that was worn out the present
bell was put in. In his pocket
Mr.. Jones, the bell ringer, has
carried a coin for years. On
the diverse side is a picture of
the belfry, with the words,
"Piece of Harvard College
bell," and on the reverse the
inscription, "Cast by G. H.
Holbrook, Medway, Mass.
Rung by A. X. Jones from 1873
To-" And only the filling
of this date remains to com
plete the history of one of Har-
wards most faithful and his
toric personages.
fremont Temple, on fremont
street, alongside the Parker
House, has long been the head
quarters of the Baptists of New
England. 1t occupies the site
of the fremont theatre, which
ran from 1927 to 1S45, and saw
the triumphs of Murdoch, Van
denhoff, Sheridan Knowles,
John Gilbert, Fanny Kemble,
Charlotte Cdshman (her debut,
Ellen Tree and Fanny Ellsler.
The Baptists bought it in 1S43
and remodelled it for free SER
vices. 1t was burnt in 1852,
1879 and 1893, and as often
rebuilt.
The Boston Clearing House
was established in 1856.
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A good dentist is well to know
and DR.. L. p. Farelly, of POOP 18th
street, northwest, is one of the best
surgeon dentists in Washington.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
The City of Nome.

The city OF Nome itself might prop
erly be termed model Of production,
Before the end Of June, 1899, there
was practically nothing on it's present
sitO; in early July it was still place
Of tents, but by the middle of Septem-
Der it had blossomed out into a con
structed town of three to iour thousand
inhabitants, more than one half OF
whom were properly housed in we'll
built cabins, the lumber for which was
in part brought from q distance OF
two thousand miles, and none Of it
from less than one hundred miles.
Numerous stores and saloons has ar
ranged themselves on both sides of
well-defned street (which was here
aud there centrally interrupted by
building transgressions), the familiar
signs of dancing and boxing bouts
were displayed in front Of more than
comfortably filed faro and roulette es.
tablisments, and in a general way the
site wore the aspect of riding a boom
swell And indeed there was plenty
Of activity, for the final weeks of fine
weather warned of the impending
wintry SHOWS and blasts, and much
had to be done individually to shield
one from these and other discomforts.
- Appletons' Popular Science
Monthly.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
Proiectile Air.

Physicians in South Africa now
have another theory for explaining
away the charges made by both Briton
and Boer that the other is using ex.
plosive bullets. The extensive lacera-
tion often found in bullet wounds is
now said to be due to the air which
the bullet drives before it into the
wound. The existence Of this phen-
omenon can be proved easily. If
round bullet be dropped into a glass
Of water from the height of few feet
it will be seen that when the bullet
touches the bottom large bubble of
mir will become detached and rise to
the surface. In this case the bubble
will usually be from ten to twenty
times the size Of the bullet
Now, a Mauser bullet travelling at
high speed is said to carry before it q
bubble OF compressed air of large
Dimensions Experiments made by
a surgeon who fired pistol ball into
u glass of water showed the bubble to
be one hundred times the size Of the
ball. From the appearance of the
wounds and from these experiments
it is concluded that the mass Of air
driven by a Mauser bullet explodes in
the body Of the wounded man with
sufficient force to cause extensive
laceratiou. This destructive air
bubble is well known to surgeons
under the name Of projectile air.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
LABOR WORLD.

San Francisco is 10 have a new shipyara
employing 5000 men.
Eight thousand miners have gone on
strike at Santa Paulinn, near Santander,
Spain,
Eighty Russian and Galictau laborers
have been expelled from Northern Schles.
wig, Prussia.
The cigarmakers strike in Montreal has
been declared or, a cOmpromiso having
been reached.
A strike involving 1000 Japanese labor.
ers is IN progress on the Pioneer plantn-
tion at La Haina, Hawaii
Contractors at POttsville, Penn, are un.
able to secure laborers al sl.5O per day aud
many building operations nre being de-
layed on that account
There aro nearly 400 men at work on
vessels in the Union Iron Works at san
Francisco, and In the yards OF the Cramps,
~ Philadelphia, 5000 men are busy.
The miners Rt Bragie. Ind, have voted to
accept the operators proposition with
semi onthly payment OF wages. con-
tract for year was signed. over 5000
miners haye returned to work.
The striking splnners at the jamestown
(N. 10 Worsted Mills have been Joined by
seveuty-llye men from the combng de-.
partmout, and the mills have smut down,
throwing 1000 hands out Of employment.
A bill has been introduced into tho Brit
ish House OF Commons by Sir CharIe4
Dixie. Mr.. John Burns and others foe tho
establishment OF a wages board to llS the
rate OF wages to be paid to workers la
particular trades.
Eighteen months ago the town OF E1sley,
Ala. the population Of which is now 5000,
had only 500 inhabitants. Tho increase has
been due to the demand for labor, created
by the operation OF "A steel mill, u rod mill
and other industries.
1t is said that 100, 900 Italian lahorars,
most Of whom are unskiled, ind employ
ment in Switzerland. Ninety per cent. OF
these workmen spend tho winter in their
native country. being employed only dur
ing the summer months.
Twelve mills belonging to tine steel
trust have shut down. They are located
at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Joliet, ILL.,: Wauke-
gan, ILL.,; De Kalb III; Newcastle, Ind, and
Anderson, Ind. These mills have a ca
pacity OF between 5000 to 1000 tons day.
About 10, 900 workmen were thrown out Of
employment by the shutdown.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
BoER.sRIrlsH WAR NOTES.

The Beers in Natal have already COM
menced a guerilla warfare.
Portugal has consented to British troops
crossing her territory to reach Rhodesia.
Boer women disguised ms men have been
found among the prisoners captured by the
British.
A Portuguese transport, With 800 troops,
from Lisbon, has arrived at Lorenzo
Marques.
The Irish Brigade was paradod before
President Kruger, at Pretoria, aud he made
speech to tue men.
Emperor william, OF Germany, has a stan
Olilcer to report on the features OF the Boer
war every other day.
An official OF the British. exchequer esti
mates that the Boer war is costing Eng
land 500 minute, night and day.
Maior-GeneraI Prettyman has organized
a corps OF mounted police to patrol the
Orange Free Statesnear BlOemionteln.
Secretary OF state Reit2 SAYS the Trans
vaal Government is not taking any resoln-
ton regarding tho destruction OF the
mines.
British Army orders have abolished tho
title Free State Railways and suppressed
ed this by tho international Military
Railways"
The son Of Lord Chancellor Ashbourne,
Of Ireland. favors a return to kllts--the
Green Isles original unilorm-ior the new
Irish Guards.
A special British Court will be constitu-
b. for the trial of rebels in South Africa,
OF which Lord Chief Justice Baron Russell
will be q member.
proclamation issued at Cape Town
allows trading between Cape Colony and
the occupied portions Of the Orange Free
State to be resumed.
There are five princes actively engaged
IN the present South African war-namely,
Prince Christian Victor. Princes Adolphus,
Alexander and Francis, OF Teck, and Count
Gleichgn.
There are over 100 gold mines in the i'm.
mediate yicinity OF Johannesburg, stretch.
Ing out on all sides Of the city. The
monthly output OF the mines was fifteen
tons Of gold.
Owing to the uniaYorable conditions for
keeping the BQer prisoner at Simonstown,
Cape Colony, the authorities have decided
to ship them ali to st. Helena with the least
possible delay.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
A BUSINESS POINlE

Several Washington merchants are
afraid to invite the trade OF suburban
people for fear it migb5 offend some
L their city customers who don't con
dder it "the proper thing" to be seen
store with country people. They
want the cash of country people when
the same can be secured without any
outward sign OF a desire to reach out
TOR it. One of the largest hardware
hrms in the city recently refused to
advertise in the columns Of the CITI-
ZEN and gave the following reason;
Were not out after suburban bust
Aess for the reason that we consider
the trade of the people of Virginia and
Maryland not particularly desirable. "
Gustave Hariig, the hardware man Of
500 and ell II Street, N. e., is Of a
different opinion. He wants the trade
Of country people and he is getting it,
When you deal with him you are deal
ing with a square business man and
lrieud. Dec. 10-4
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

The 1890 Cousus Superintendent
offers the popular language a new
word--median. Heretoforeit claimed
only an anatomical and an entomo.
logical naago. Now the necessity Of
statistical science has given it tech
nical numerical meaning Given
sequence Of 80, the number 80 would
represent the 'mediau;" that is to
say, there are as many numbers of the
sequence before il rs after it. The
"median' age Of the people Of hhe
United States is 81 years. They are,
that is, as many people in it Who are
older than p years as there are who
are younger. This is quite IA differ
ent thing from the average" age Of
the people Of the country which is %
years. II all new word uaages were
as sensible as this there would be no
objections offered.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

It's only very recently that Otten-
ton has been drawn to the fact that
America is likely to become the chief
source of the worlds supply of coal in
the future, just as she has become the
worlds chief granary aud the leading
yupplier Of iron and steel, Owing
largely to the increasing scarcity of
coal in Europe the price Of that COM
modify abroad has been rising by leaps
and bounds, and has almost doubled
in two years,
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
Minor Mention.

A Russian Chamber Of Commerce has
been institutsdi IN Paris.
Tho nrst beet sugar factory ot Chile has
boon established Ht Santiago.
From December to April there were
2lU1 cases OF smallpox In Illinois.
Philadelphia now has an automobile
Sub. It's membership limit is nifty.
The prices OF food supplies in the city ol
Manilu, p, L., continue to be oxorbitant
The Jessup expedition to explore North.
western Siberia has sNlled from San Fran
cisco.
A farmer In Illinois has been tanning the
hides Of prairie dogs and selling them Is
the East
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

If, as recent letters state, work
able deposit of coal has been found
within few miles of Dawson City, it
-
means a great deal to the mining in
terests Of the Yukon. The reports
say that 5000 tons have been taken
out ready Tor shipment, which is very
probably on eXaggeration. But the
presence Of coal, even of comparative.
ly poor quality, ought to result in u
considerable reduction in the cost and
dificulty Of mining and living in the
country, observes the Engineering
and Mining journal.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
APPENDICITIS.
The Disease Is More Frequent Nyub
Young Than Old.


The vermiform appendix, inilamma.
zion Of which constitutes appendicitis,
is o curious little of'shoot from the
large intestine near the point where it
is joined by the small intestine. Il is
n hollow tube about rs thick as lead.
pencil, from an inch to several inches
in length, which communicates with
the cavity of the large intestine but is
closed at it's free extremity. Nobody
knows definitely what its use is, and
many think it has no use at all.
It is popular belief that inham.
nation of the appendix is often caused
by the lodgmont in it Of a grape.seed
or some similar little body, but as
matter of fact this very seldom occurs,
and no one need deprive himself of q
delicious and nourishing fruit from
any such fear.
There are probably very few per-
sons of middle age who have not had
appendicitis, but fortunately they did
not know it. 1t is Gully when the in.
hammation becomes severe, and in.
wolves the parts abo 1t the appendix,
that violent symptoms appear, and
this occurs in only small proportion
Of cases.
The disease is more frequent with
the young than with the lniddle-agod
or old.
In mild cases the only symptom is
a slight dull or colicky pain in or near
the right groin. When the infamma-
tion'is more severe, or extends to the
neighboring parts, the symptoms be-
come more pronounced. There is a
sharp pain in the abdomen, signs of
dNpepsia---loss CT appetite, nausea or
vomiting, and bowel Disturbances
are present, and there is often slight
fever.
In the most serious cases a sudden,
violent pain occurs, there is marked
fever. and the patient is depressed
and presents all the signs of being
very i'll. Hiccough is often a distress
ing symptom.
The treatment of appendicitis is one
OF the points upon which doctors dis
agree. Some believe that in nearly
every case a cure will follow rest in
bed, milk diet, cold applications to
the abdomen and sedative remedies.
Others assert that an operation is
necessary in every instance, and that
this should be performed the instant
diagnosis Of appendicitis is made,
before serious symptoms appear.
The proper course, here as else.
where, is doubtless the middle one,
for in many cases an operation is alb
solutely necessary to save life, while
in others recovery will take place with
out subiecting the patient to this seri-
GUS risk. In any case a sufferer from
appendicitis is in danger, aud should
be under the constant care Of his ply
! sician. Youths Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
some Authors.

The most cheerful author-Samuel
Smiles.
The noisest auth0r-Howells.
The tallest author -Longfellow.
The most howery Ruthor-HaW-
thorne.
The hottest author-Pope.
The most amusing author Thomas
Tickell.
The happiest author--Gay.
The most fiery author--Burns.
The most talkative author-Chatter-
ton.
The most distressed author-Aken-
H1e.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

The Baltimore Sun wants a Euro.
pean market for sweet potatoes.
"What was done with oats and corn" 3"
it says, "can be done also for sweet
potatoes if concerted aud sustained
effort is made to introduce them
properly at the Paris Exposition and
sfterward throughout Europe"
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
MANY DEATHS IN A FLoo0.
Heavy Rain aud Tornado Cause Loss
of Life In Texas

oi isito IN AeAah'
WACO, Texas Special. The heaviest
rain ia fifteen years fell In Waco and
vicinity and reports Of deaths and destruc-
tion came from every direction Between
eight and ton persons have been drowued
within tho city limits OF Waco. The bodies
ottwo white women, mother and daughter,
and one negro have been recovered.
The water was so high that boats wero
used in tho principal streets on ;ne south
side to take persons to places of safety. In
the basement OF tho Provident Bank Build
ins, the largest and finest building ia the
city water stood four feet deep. The
mines at Rockdale wera flooded hy the
high water, drowning four men.
Atornad0 passed through the southern
part OF Johnson aud tue northern paris OF
llill counties, causing great damage In
lill County, the town OF Blum, abous
seyenty-nve miles southwest Of Dallas, was
partly destroyed and several persons were
fatally injured.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

our friends in the suburbs can en-
bsnce the value of their property by
Keeping their yard. clean, by keeping
fences in repair, and by taking care that
strcets and sidewalks are not Iittorcd up
with papers and rubbish.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
nird kuI,lenlv.

Rerryyine, Va. Especial News reached
bare that John EouIher, ass slant postmas-
ter at White Post, his county, died sud
denly at his home IN that piaeo Of heart fai-
ure. lie leaves a widow and oHe child.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

Entered at ne Post e6loe for tra%sTnt'SioH
Aro,,oA QS Sailb a. seeond-oIaSs Tatss.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05
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The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

The rcappointment of Major John W.
Ross os commissioner for another term
ives very general satisfaction.
The suburban citizen., 1900-05-05

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