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The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
TRYING TELEPATHY.
when Put to the Test 1t Proved a Com
plete Failure.


plete Failure.
"a year ago the first of this month, +"
said a New Orleans college professor
the other evening, "a little group of
serious-minded people ont in our
neighborhood organized themselves
into an informal society for the pul-
pose of making some investigations
IN what is called telepathy, orthought
tran,ference. We approached the
subject from strictly an impartial
standpoint, our only purpose being to
find out, if We could, whether there
was any real evidence in favor of the
phenomena, OF course there is plenty
OF second, third and fourth. hand tes.
tiinony in print, but that isn't exactly
satisfying to folks in dead earnest, and
we felt that it ought not to be difficult
in case thought transference is really
possible, to secure some proof TO that
effect, which, however, slight, would
be absolutely definite. Well, we have
met about twenty-three or twenty four
times-the original Intention being to
get together every other Monday-and
have attempted any number Of ezper-
iments, and / am sorry to say the re-
suit has been Hat failure. We have
seen nothing that cannot be explained
more readily by coincidence than by
te,epathy.
"here, to illustrate, is the common
est test: A and B agree to sit down at
,heir respective homes at a certain
hour and A undertakes to transfer q
thought to b. He concentrates his
viii on that purpose while B tries to
maintain an open mind. We tried
that many times and occasionally sue
ceeded, but always when the object
elected was something entirely fa-
.-iliar and apt to occIr naturally to
two people of similar tastes When
it was something odd or outre the
test invariably failed. Another ex-
pertinent we tried repeatedly was that
Of looking tiXedly at peop in crowds
with the intention of making them
turn around. tbs generally believed
that that can he done successfully by
almost anybody, and before 1 tried it
Systematically, L was sure had often
accomplished it myself. / am now
convinced that / was mistaken and
that the fixed stare is never responded
to except by mere chauce We re-
member one coincidence of that kind,
where we forget a hundred failures.
by the way, our little group has no
connection whatever with the sol dis
ant New Orleans branch of Psychical
Research society We are very quiet
people and there has never been
eCrd in print concerning US. s."-New
rleans Times Democrat.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17

TIE developments Of the century is
well illustrated in the growth OF cities.
New York City in 1900 had a popula.
lion Of only 62, 1893; it has now over
three millions. In the same year the
total population of all towns and cities
having population Of 5000 and up.
ward in the United States amounted
to only 210, S73; now they contain over
twenty millions. Paris has grown
from a city Of $50, ,5S5 inhabitants to
one with population of $500, 600;
London from 10000 to 5000, 600,
and Berlin from 1877, ,112 to $500, 600.
The wealth of the nations which these
cities represent has increased proper
tionately with the growth of popula-
tion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
14Sf0tSfo.SF
GOOD ROADS NOTES
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Connecticut Highways.

The annual report of Highway Com
missioner Mcdonald, Just issued,
brings out some new and important
featdres of the work for highway inn
provement in Connecticut. There are
now some 10, 900 miles of highways OF
all kinds in the State, of which the
Commissioner implies that about one
half are practically useless, but cannot
be discontinued on account of costly
questions of land damages. The
magnitude of the general work of
highway improvement is indicated by
the expenditure, actual or to come, of
about $500, 600 during the years 1899
and 1900, Although the smaller and
poorer towns are, more commonly
than heretofore, availing themselves
of State aid under the new law, the
wealthier towns taking it are still in
the majority. Altogether, however,
since the State aid plan was adopted,
1873 towns out of 16S in the State have
taken the State aid. There is an in
creased tendency to use the State
funds in grading and gravelling. Only
two towns did so in 1895, and twenty
one towns in 1898.
The Commissioner believes that the
maximum width of a State aid road
should not exceed sixteen feet. He
opposes the long trunk roads to be
built by the State, until the local
work of improving roads under the
care of the towns is more advanced.
He points out that, as all the shore
towns but two have taken State aid,
there will ere long be practically a
trunk line along the shore reaching
from the New York to the Rhode ISL
and State lines, a distance of 100
miles. He commends the work of
the League of American Wheelmen in
erecting sign-boards at Connecticut
crossroads. The Importance of good
roads in attracting summer residents
from the cities is strongly emphasized.
He urges that the Federal Government
create fund of $50, 900, 600 to be ap-
portioned among the States in aid Of
highway improvement.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17

Z The revival of the lecture system
becomes more and more pronounced
~
every year. There are as yet no
great lights of the platform, like the
famous group when Beecher, Curtis,
Phillips and their fellows were in
their prime, but anybody who has
not investigated the subject will be
surprised to learn how many men
are arawing large aud!eaces in
different parts of the country for
months during the winter season by
lectures on subjects which are dis
tinctly Improving" A valuable
force in the education Of the people
is thus again being exerted, as it was
so successfully in the last genera
tion.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
Dissemination of Gulls.

A New London correspondent gives
some details of the work Of feather
hunters in extsrminating the small
herring guls at the eastern end of
Long Island sound aud the islands
beyond. The herring gulls used to
be very common in that region, but
the feather hunters have killed or
driven away almost all of them. On
Penikese island there used TO be a
large colony of these birds, which was
protected and thrived so long Agassiz
nad his summer school there, but
afterwards the feather.hunters began
their work, and a woman who visited
the island last summer saw hundreds
OF dead birds with their wings torn
away and many wingless birds still
alive, fed by their mates. There used
TO be colony Of the birds on Plum
island, but now driven away by the
federal works, and the birds are rare
at Nantucket. The larger gulls are
not killed by the feather-hunters, a'
their wings are too big to be worn OF
bonnets. New York Post.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
SUBSCRIPTION RATEsi

EnteTsa al ne Post Office for trGnsnaiSsto'
gAro,Ish &s saailt at seo0nd-oldss rates.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17

In General Otis mail report, the
case of Walter Fitzgerald, Company
G, Twenty eighth infantry, formerly
of the Montana volunteers, is cited.
This young man, % years old, has
been in the Philippines for a year and
seven months He was one of the
first volunteers TO reach Manila after
Dewey's victory Nineteen months
in the tropics, subsisting on the ia.
tions of the army, have resulted in the
loss of nearly every tooth in his
mouth. 1t is not the climate alone
which is responsible 1t is that which
undermines the roots of the teeth,
while the tropical fever, which has
afflicted nearly every volunteer now
in the islands, affects the gums of the
mouth and loosens the teeth. Grind
ing on army biscuits and canned beef
naturally doesn't improve the teeth.
In the case of Fitzgerald the teeth did
not decay but they dropped out one
by one. This is a common ailment in
the Philippines, and the cause gem
orally is the fever The hospital sur
geons are able to relieve the condition
of the patient to some extent, but con
slant care after the fever is necessary
to save the teeth.
Consul Brainard H. Warner, Jr.,
at Leipsic, Germany, reported nearly
six months ago that the German en-
peror had been considering the ques-
tion of appointing dentists 20 the
army to look after the teeth of the
German soldiers. In view of the
large number OF troops under arms,
and the fact that these troops have
never been beyond the German border
in years, but have always been near
large cities, where dentists are availa-
Bile, nothing of permanent nature
has yet been done, though the kaiser
and the German authorities agree that
dental surgeons ought to be attached
to the German army.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
Convlet Labor on Ronds.

Effective use of convict labor in
roRdmaking is reported from Colum.
bia, S. c., where an average Of eighty
prisoners has been employed in this
work for the past two years. Last
year thirty-one miles of road radiating
from the city were remade, graded,
ditched, laid with sand on clay or
clay on sand, and converted into
smooth and satisfactory highways,
capable with timely and systematic
care Of indefinite maintenance in good
condition. During the preceding
year fully ten miles had been remade,
80 that low there are over forty miles
Of these permanent roads leading out
of Columbia. With the levy asked
for the mileage can be doubled this
yesr, the work on each road being
taken up at lis present terminus, from
five TO seven miles from the city, and
carried an egEai distahoe beyond, By
following this plan every main road
i1the county can be remade in from
three to four years more. Columbia
is now far more accessible by highway
than it has ever been," comments the
State of that city; ga fact daily evi'
denced by the number of wagons and
carts coming to and going from the
city, the traffic ON certain roads at
certain hours assuming professional
proportions. New York Post.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17

There has been an enormous in.
crease in the exports OF corn during
the last ten years, showing that the
efforts of the Agricultural Department
TO extend the cornbread habit in the
other parts of the earth have been re-
markably successful, and also that the
world generally is coming to realize
that there is nothing superior as a
food product. The shipments Of
-four have also increased rapidly and
have almost kept pace with those of
corn. The following statement shows
the exports of corn and -four annually
for the last ten years:
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17

kThe wealth of the United States is
Estimated at one hundred billions Of
dollars, and yet there are hundreds Of
thousands of people in the United
States who to-day are hungry and cold
and ragged and hopeless.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
Arc Friends of the Farmer.

The wheelmen during their bicycle
trips and the horseless carriages dur
ing their peregrinations in the coun-
try may occasionally scare the farmers
horse; but none the less the farmer
should give them welcome. They are
the advance agents and apostles Of
the gospel Of good roads, and to the
farmer good roads are of the first me-
cessity. y.-Philadelphia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
win the tbreatened exbaustio

With the threatened exhaustion Of
ivory in Africa, supply is opening
up in Siberia. Tons of fine ivory are
found of the mammoth Elephas primi-
genius. Hundreds Of frozen carcases
are found crowded and iammed in GER
;ain spots,
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
wanted, An Obieet Lessop.

Puerto Rico offers a virgin field for
the good roads organizations of the
United States. Let them cultivate it
and submit the result to this country.
An object lesson ia a powerful teacher.
The suburban citizen., 1900-02-17
RUDOLPH THIELE,
Dealer in Brewers Grains.

nI contract output Grains the National Capitol
Brewery supply others short notice These grains are
and neither other deeteou substance lhy
cheap for cattle horses hogs
p6S-I am at the Brewery daily from to IL o'clock a. M
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SENT FREE TO MEN
A Most Remarkable Remedy That
Quickly Restores Lost
VigOr to Men.

A Free Trial Package Sent by Mail 20
All Who Write.
Free trial packages OF a most remarkable
remedy are being mailed to all who will
write the State Medical Institute. They
CURED 90 many men who had battled for
years against the mental and physical
suffering Of lost manhood that the Insti-
tuts hns decided to distribute free trial
packages to all who write. 1t Is HON
treatment and all men who suffer with
any form Of sexual weakness resulting
from youthful folly. premature loss OF
strength and memory, weak back. vari-
cooele, or emaoiatlon Of parts can now
cure them selves at home.
The remedy has q peculiarly grateful
effect Of warmth and seems to act direct
to the desired location giving strength
and development just where 1t Ia needed.
Ii cures all the Ills and troubles that
come from years OF misuse OF the natu-
raj functions and has been en absolute suo-
cess in all cases. A request to tho state
Ing, Eft. Wayne, Ind, stating that you
desire one of their free trial packages
will be complied with promptly. The
Institute is DESTROYS OF reaching that
great class of men who are unable 20
leave home to be treated and the fres
sample will enable them ia see how IL Is
to be cured Of sexual weakness when
the proper remedies are employed. The
Institute makes no rsstrictionA ANY
man who writes will be Gent fires
sample, carefully sealed In plain pack
age so that it's recipient need hsys nc
fear OF embarrai sment or publicity.
READERS are requested to write without
delay.
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A MYSTERIOUS FASCINATION
Once n Counterfcifer, Always n Coun
terfeiter, mn Axiom in Secret Service.

Nobody has ever been able to explajn
tho ,nveteriors fasciro,,o,, 90 oo,,,tor,a,,
.'o -'' y, oouh'eriei'-
ing saiu an oid iederai Official at the
custom house, to New Orleans Times
Democrat reporter. oTbere Is without
,o,,,,. e,,,,oth;, ~
uouo', soiie'hihs "ooue 'he work. asiue
from It's possible profits, that draws men
into ii and keeps them there Mt the sacri
flee NJ almost arorr,h,n,, that ,o,,,d ~,
'"iae .""V "'uI" "p
pear 10 make lie worth living. Once a
counterfeiter, always q counterfeiter,' is
an axiom In the secrat serv,ca and n is
-" go. ~, ~ 20
borne OUT oy iacts' 1et eouhoerIeiting
would seem on the surface to be one Of
the least attractive branches of crime. 1t
irvolves on ;,n,narsa a,ronn+ 90 hora
."'o.'e' on iiin'o "o""S VI n''i"
WORK, accompanied as rule, by expos
ure and privation, and there is not one
single case IN record in which n maker
-, - ~ ser,,o,,,., ,,,,,,.o, a., -,
VI sno'el u 'no 4ueei te'u ~ p,'ee
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THE STAFF CATS"
Ocean Liners Provided with PUSHES
as wei ss life Boats.

Every large ocean liner carrying pas
sengers always has ON board from six to
ten cats, these being apportioned to vari-
Gus parts OF the ship, as well as appear
ing ON the vessels books as regards the
ratlons they draw. And, even beyond
this, on most of the great lines particu-
lar employees are instructed to feed daily,
as part of their duties, certain cats In
their part of the ship And there is pro-
motion for pussy as well, for any cat that
is particularly aimiable, clever, and In
teresting is permitted to enjoy the run OF
the first, or second, or third-class saloon,
according TO the popular vote. In this
way certain of the first-class saloon pus-
sizes have become quite celebrated, espec-
tally ON the long-voyage boats that go
to India and Australia. and the stewards
OF the various classes are quite common
ly eager to push their own favorite cat
into first place. OF course there are ainaz-
ing favorites with the stall of the ship
that are fine hunters and do not seek so
ciety."
When the ship Is in port certain man
has the duty of feeding the cats at regu-
lar hours and of entering the rations IN a
book, but every cat on the ship that has
been long there seems to wait with eager
ness for, and to recognize at once, the
professional rat-catcher who always goes
to work in the hold of every passenger
liner when II comes to dock and who
lives Ivy Kidding ships of rats. The ''statf
cats, y as the stewards call them. never
leave the rat man till he has finished his
duties. Large sums have been offered for
one saloon cat on great line, and the
staff have to guard It strictly from nc
duisitive admirers, in whose luggage IL
has several times been found.-London
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wAsHINGTONIAN INITIALS
To the Uninitisted They are Apt 20 Ne
Somewhat Confusing.

az Just arrived in Washington today
In fact, an q stranger In the capital"
he said to citizen on Pennsylvania ave-
nue..
"YesY' answered the citizen inter-
negatively, at the same time putting his
hand on his watch chain, and conjuring
up pictures Of piles Of gold bricks and
wads of the imitation long green" lying
around loose ON the asphalt.
eyes. never saw such tall buildings
before, he continued, with a wave Of
the hand toward the postoffice and the
Star building. II came down from the
mou ntains," he added explanatory.
"You don't mind my asking you few
questions about something which has
worried me mightilyi"
"Not bit OF 1t, my friend. We are
only too glad to be Of service to strangers.
Drive ahead"
"Well, It's these perplexing Virginia
railfence initials. / suppose you people
who live here understand 'em, but Ill be
goldarned II the stranger within your
gates comprehends what they mean. Is
IL fair assumption that u. >. A. and
| u. :. NJ mean, or stand for, the United
States Army and Navy respectively r
ut is"
well, does u s. NJ. c. stand for
United States Member of Congress or
United States metallic carriageg"
UNITED States Marine Corps"
tOh, the marines Of ancient equine
affiliations and Boston food, ehs Well,
Welt just passed two young officers In
uniform who had the letters U. 5. n. X.
| N. q anH q ID o. Rlif
letters on their cutoff coat collars. i
don't dare to even think what those
chaps represent. What Is it?'
"Oh, they were officers in the Naval
Reserve and the National Guard OF the
| District of Columbia"
well, does that wagon there with the
letters U. ;. 5. ii painted ON its side
belong to the government hospital for
| sailorsy'
"Not much. That floors every new
| man that comes to town. Those letters
stand for the United States Soldiers
| Home.
And there's another wagon that has
| g. o. p painted ON It's sides. -
THAT wagon belongs to the govern
ment printing Office
II suppose ~ o. D. means pay on de-
livery, and b. e. and p stands for Bos-
| ton. kngleside and Potomoo railroadY"
Not on your life. Those wagons are
| attached to the Postofflce Department and
TO the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing"
aDoas C. L. mean that that wagon
| carries patients of the Commissioner of
Lunacy around town.
I'VE haven't any such official. That
combination represents the Congressional
Library, and the wagon totes books.
well, my accommodating friend, III
floor you now. Coming down Pennsyl-
vania avenue, the one following the other
were two delivery wagons with this text
on each respectively: u. S. >. ID. r..
and II. II. ID. r. What sort OF a
policy play can you make out Of those
letters!'
''Oh, that's easy. Just United States
Senate Document Room, and House of
Representatives Document Room.
well, If l hadn't been tod, I'd said
those letters stood for United States
Steamship Daughter Rose and the
other for Humble Rogers Daughter
Ruth Many thanks for your Informs
ton"
Don't mention 1t. Washington Star.
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WINNER OF THE SMYTH SCHOLAR
SHIP AT BOWDOIN.

Ralph Bushnell Stone of Otter River,
Mass, was awarded the Smyth Scholar
ship at Bowdoin College, Thursday morn
ing. This scholarship is probably the
most highly priced scholarship in college
and Is awarded to that student in the
sophomore class who obtains the highest
rank in the mathematical studies of the
first two years. The rank is determined
mainly by the daily Rotations, but the
faculty may at their discretion order a
special examination, the result of which
will be combined with the recitation
rank. The successful candidate receives
500 at the time the award is made, and
500 are paid him in instalments mt the
close of each term during the junior and
senior years. The scholarship was estab-
llshed by Henry j. turber, ESD, of Chi
ago, and named by him in honor of the
late Professor William Smyth 1t con-
sists of fund of s., 200 which is placed
at six per cent interest.
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.<IeCELxANBoUa.
4 WORD or CAUTION.

The old saying that "a man, who 10
naked capt give away his shirt, " Is only
snother way 81 sayiss that you can't
give what you havept got. The man
can't give "free medical advice" or any
other kind of medical advice who hasn't
lot medical education And certificate
to the fact, In the form OF diploma
And In this particular a woman has no
more privilege than a man. She can't
give medical advice without medical edu-
Cation and medical knowledge.
The offer Of free medical advice made
by DIR. Pierce, chief consulting physician
to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, N. ", has been initiated
by so many, who without any medical
Qualifications claim to give medical
advice" that word of caution is neces-
sary.
Don't write for medical advice TO any
one, man or woman, who is not a ply
sician. II they are physicians they will
take the title of physicians or doctors so
that you may recognize them. II they
don't claim that title it Is because they
dare not, for fear of the law.
Do not forget that there Is just as
much difference in doctors as in artists.
Every little town has its artist who draws
and paints. But these artists gener-
ally paint copies of the works of great
artists like Millet There was only one
Millet.
There is only one Invalids' Hotel and
Surgical Institute, such as DR.. Pierce
presides over. Thousands of women
come or write to DIR. Pierce who have
found no help at the hands OF doctors of
lesser skill and narrower experience.
ANY sick or ailing woman, suffering
from the distressing forms of disease
peculiar to women, is invited to con-
suit Dr. Pierce, by letter, free. Such con-
situations are absolutely private. Each
letter is treated as n sacred confidence,
aud each answer is sent in a plain en-
velope, bearing no printing upon 1t:
In this way offensive questions and
repulsive examinations may be avoided.
Address DIR. R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
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In Old Age

You never saw the likes Of what
Omega Oil does for Old People. 1t
goes into their dry, stiff joints, and
loosens them right up. 1t makes
walking easy for them, just on the
same principle that axle grease makes
awagon run easy. 1t gives strength
to their arms, legs and backs, too.
But il has to be well rubbed in to get
the best results. Use it every night
and morning. I 69l
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IN He,NA.

through the white arches down the temple stair
Where tangled myrtle blossoms in her way,
There comes. her golden hllet half astray,
priestess Of Diana, llthe and fair
And slender footed, with warm eolored hair
That catches close the suns last burning ray.
The tamarsk branches at her passing sway,
Seeming airesh the incense laden air.
She breathes the spell OF slow approaching night,
The placid sea- the rocks in fastness hurled;
The clear. still marble shines behind her bright
And mystery, its sail but half uniurled.
Lies on her face and leaves 4 cleaning light
Ths beauty Of the young days Of the world
s-<Astiotte Becker in Ainslee's Magazine.
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500 Reward.

u,Ug Portland Electric Light Company VIII
Il ray sIOO 10 any one who will furnish ev.-
dence that will convict any person OF tnnper-
ne with thelr lines, lamps or machinery.
PORTLAND ELECTRIC LIGHT SoMPANx
Geo. w. Brown, fresldenL
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and unsatisfactory, bgt u The monkey
the children e ieest VIII get their mon on
ss EsE asysl ps Fssp 2 6s hone sas
key cages full, and, az the exposure kills
off the animals rapidly, he has 10 be con-
stantly replenishing the stock. 1t Is hard
on the monkeys, but the making OF the
dealers