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The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10

who entered him and paid hts tuition
for the first two years. Although bear
ing the name Of Yen it was clecr there
was no Chinese blood in his veins In
1881 he was seen by a wealthy gentle
man, who took great interest in him,
paid his way here and later on adopted
him, giving him his name This gen
tleman was Henry Stanhope, a mer-
chant iu this city.
find, upon inquiry, the young man
has left ChiE. and thrown his fortunes
in with the insurgents in the Philip
pines where he is supposed to be, l
am at your service at any time.
IA MONTE, Secretary and Prior
THE CRUSHING BLOW.
With what feelings he read the let
ter can be better imagined than de-
s,rlbed. Paul Stanhope the adopted
son Of Henry Stanhope, Hong Kong,
the young Filipino leader whom the
major had killed was his own and
only son, the one for whom he had
been searching all these weary years.
Whether or not the thought drove
him mad is matter Of conjecture.
Certain It is that he disappeared that
very night-walked through The lines
and refused to step when halted.
General Otis spread the mantle Of
charity over the majors disappear
ancc in his report 10 the War Office.
This is the official announcement
made by the War Department:
"a report from General Otis trans
mitting the reports Of officers Of the
Ninth Infantry has been received by
the War Department 1t gives the de-
tails of the disappearance Of Major
Charles NJ Rockefellor The report
consists of statements ly Captain
George Palmer, of the Ninth Infantry,
and four pickets, who last saw the
missing man. The picllets say they
were first made aware of Major Rookie
feller's presence by hearing the cry Of
picket repeated several times. Cor
poral Ross hailed the caller and on
discovering his identity, offered to es
cort him to the next outpost, which
offer was declined. Major Rockefeller
started off, and scon after the pickets
again heard the cry of picket
Corporal Ross told the officer that
he was going i'm the wrong direction,
and TO turn more TO the right. This
was the asst seen of Major Rockefel-
Ter, as he failed to report to his COM
mand
"'rhe next day searching parties
found pieces of paper bearing his name
one ana half miles from where he
was last seen ana heard Since then
an officer answering the description Of
Major Rockefeller has been seen as Il
prlsonc of the Filiplnos south Of Ma
Mia.
General Otis Gays, in commenting
on The case that on the day previous
to the disappearance of Major Rookie
fellcr the Ninth Infantry made a
forced march, and that probably he
was so affected by the heat that he
wandered into the Filipino line. An
other theory advanced is that he may
have been picked up by a reconnoter-
ing party
From that time until The present
nothing has been seen or heard of
Major Rockefeller. Following the
usual custom he was dropped as a de-
serter. Now, the story Is out that he
is in China, broken-down old man.
He has. it is said, thrown aside the
soldiers garb forever. lie sees no
hope in the future. That fatal meet
ing at San Beoir, where he shot ana
killed his son, is ever before him. 1t
is doubtful If he ever reylsits Ameri-
can soil,
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
nhc mnd A smnlIcr One.

1t was on a west side cable. Tho
stout Tcuton woman with a little boy
handed n conductor n 81 BILL
Smallest you hayeY inquired the
conductor, as he shifted the silver
nickcls In his pocket
Sire thought he meant the little boy.
"Nein" she responded. II haf one
home only drec months old alreddy."
Then the laugh was on the conduc-
tor.--Tacoma News
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
CasuaIlIes DO CavnIrr.

In n cavalry charge the list Of casu-
alitles among horses Is naturally great
er than among men. At Talayera 200
horses were killed and 240 men, while
at the famous charge Of the Light Bril-
gade at Balaclava the losses among
horses were 800 and among men $50.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
list Of Officers Together With
Time and Place of fleeting.
On THE ALTER OF THESE ASSOCIATIONS
THE FIRES ARE BURNING FOR ALL
THE PEOPLE OF THE SUBURBS,
Cltiz0nS' Northwest Suburban
Association.
MeotinEs are Held the First Friday
Evening in Each Month ia the Town
Hall, TenleytOwn, ID, c.
OFFICERS:

President, Charles O. Lancaster
lat Vice President, Col. Robt. /.
Fleming; 2nd Vice President, Hon.
John b. Henderson; 3rd Vice Presi-
dent, John Sherman; 4th Vice-Presi-
dent, Rev. Joseph Q. Mallon; 9TH Vice
President, Rev. j. Mcbride Sterretti
Secretary. DR.. J. w. Chappell; Treas
urer, Charles r. Morgan; Chairman
Executive Committee, Louis P. Shoe
maker.
pg- Total Membership about 15O.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
WARS SADDEST EPISODE
THE TERRIBLE MISFORTUNE WHICH
eEFEL MAJOR RocKEFELLER, U. s. A.

Remarkable story Related by the Army
and Navy journal - Killed a Young
Filipino Leader ia Battle Who Was
His Long -sought-For Son,
Major Charles NJ Rockefeller, Of the
Ninth United states Infantry. who
shot his son in battle with Flipinos
led by the young man is, according to
army records. a deserter Worse YET.
he is on record as having left his com
mand in the face Of the enemy. No
cognizance is taken of the sad story
behind his disappearance.
The fact that the major disappeared
after discovering that he had shot and
killed his only son was first announced
in the Army and Navy Journal Many
Of the facts Of the case were hidden.
There are few men in the Ninth
Regiment who knew that Major
Rockefeller was married A Mail and
Express reporter founG n member Of
the regiment who served with Rookie
feller from the time he was n lieuten-
ant, and all through the Indian cam
paigns.
Charles NJ Rockefeller served with
distinction in one Of the New York
volunteer regiments. during the Civil
War. In 1853 he was made first lieu
tenant i'm the One Hundred and
Seventy New York Infantry
For gallantry in action at Fort Blake
ly, Ala. on April S, 1865, he was
awarded a medal of honor.
AN INDIAN FIGHTER.
At the close of the war he, as well
as a number of others who loved milf
tary life, continued on in the service
Of the regular army being appointed
a second lieutenant ana transferred TO
the Ninth Infantry Afterward he
gained rcnown as an indian fighter
and finally rose to the position Of
major
1t was while second Lieutenant. ac-I
cordlng to the story now told, that he
married and i'm 1870 boy named
Robert was born. The major was de
tailed to Hong Kong with a commits
sion and there he remained until 1872 !
The Chinese nurse. engaged to look |
after the boy, disappeared with him !
Search was made high and low for the |
llidnapper and the child, but no trace
could be found Of them Rockefeller |
and his wife returned to this country, |
where Mrs. Rockefeller died. mourn
Ing the loss OF the little one.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
Railroads.
CHESAPEAKE BEACH RAILWAY

Schedule Of excursion trains effective
Sunday june 8, 1900.
Leave District line depot for Chesa-
peake Beach 1890 a. m. and 200 p. IN.
daily.
Leave Chesapeake Beach 1900 noon,
2.30 aud Is p. m. daily.
Take Columbia electric cars and allow
yourself 80 minutes to reach depot
Fifty cents for round trip. Children
half fare.
OTTo MEARs, A. IL. LEWIS,
Pres. and Gen. Mgr. Gen. Pass Agt
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
TEE son IDENTIFIED.
|T|T8 ||1T 07|'7-T T - TT|T'f
pI.s is the letter:
House Of thc Holy Ghost,
Hong Kong, February q, 1890

Hong Kong, February ~ 1899.
Dear Sir-I am instructed by the
Very hc" Dean Xavier Constant, Of
this order, to report that your commu-
nlcation was duly received, and since
have made dlligent inquiry for the boy
mentioned. He was placed in the
school Of our society in 1879, and was
then said to be eight years Of age His
name was given as Paul Yen, taking
the last name from the Chinese woman
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
rRAcED TO A conLEGE.

Even from the field Major Rock
efeller had been pursuing his inquiries
after his lost boy lie was in CON
tinual correspondence with the Amer
lean Consul at Hong Kong and thC
lattcr shortly before he battle re
forred TO wrote thar he had discoy-
cred thar the lost boy lad been placed
iu Jesuit c1llcra and that Ae would
write again later
Events IN the Philippines made The
major for "A time forget this After
the last battle he had 10 push on by
forced marches, and on April 2S he
was almost in sight Of and ready to
make a forward movement against
Caloocan. Then happened the extra
ordinary thing which army circles
have been discussing ever slncc-thc
disappearance Of the major in sight of
the enc ny and no word Of explanation.
Letters had been forwarded to him
as well as TO the Ninth Regiment men
generally Among he number which
he received was one from the Amori-
can Conscl at Hon. Kong, incloslng
the original letter which 40 had Sc
ceiyed from the head of the Jesuit in
sttution to whom ne had written for
Information Of the majors kidnapped
SON.
The suburban citizen., 1900-11-10
BrightWOOd Avenue Citizens
Association.
Meetings are Held the Second FRI
day Evening in Each Month in
BriahtwoOd Hall.
OFFICERS;

President, Louis p. Shoemaker; lst
Vice President, Wilton j. Lambert; ID
Vice President, n. f. Robinson; 3d
e-Presidcnt, Thomas Blagden; 4th
Vice President, Dr. Henry Darling;
Secretary, John G. Keene; Treasurer,
n. E. Robinson.
RSg- Total Membership about 200.
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WHERE 3
Anniversary Of His Death Celebrated

AUNkV0fD2ky OF f1LD Dc8Cn C0l0DF8t0O ID
= . Church in London.
April 3 vas the seventy-fourth an
niversary Of the death of Bishop He
Der, author of the missionary hymn
From Greenland's Icy Mountains
which is known as widely as the Eng
lish language is spoken. This ami
versary was last month celebrated in
a church in London. and on the occa-
sion the particulars of his life and
death were brought forward again.
Reginald Heber was the second
Church of England bishop Of Calcutta.
That church had then but one bishop
for the whole of India, instead of ten,
as in the year 1900, including the is
land of Ceylon, from whose cinnamon
groves 1.-THE spicy breezes blow" and
Burmah, adjoining the mainland Of
India on the northeast, and which
Britain from the very year of his death
through the next half century gradu-
ally annexed as the result of success
sive wars. He Travelled indefatigably
through all parts of his unwieldy dio-
cese, and on Saturday, April l., arriv-
ed at Trichinopoli, a town Of. now
some 10000 inhabitants, about 200
miles southwest of Madras, and there
next day he preached and administer
ed confirmation. On Monday morn
|llg he confirmed again in the Fort
church and visited a native school.
Then, having returned home, he took
a cold bath before breakfast, as on
the two preceding days; but his SER
want, thinking him longer than usual,
entered the apartment, and there
found the body Of his master ~lifeless
in the water. 1t was afterward dis
covered that a blood vessel had burst
upon his brain. He was buried on
the north side of the altar, or COM
munion table, in st. Johns church, at
that same town. where his monument
marks the spot. But the most famous
of his hymns was written long before
he thought Of being called to such for
eign work. No m%ercenacy motive in
duced him to accept the b%ishropic,
about which he hesitated, for he in
herited through his mother, the estate
and living of Hodnet, in Shropshire,
where, however, he nee almost COM
planned of his odd twofold position as
half parson, half SQUIRE long be-
fore Charles Kingsley lived to des-
cribe such a combination of title by
contracting them into the term 'squar-
son." But if the duties of these differ
ent positions seemed sometimes diff
cult from incompatibility, yet he ex-
changed them for the %ceaseless care of
a diocese, in which, besides Christians,
Mohammedans and Buddhfsts, there
are now POI, 731, 727 Hindoos, who, as
his famous hymn says, "Bow down to
wood and stone. "-Chicago Record.
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horses. AS soon as they began to pull
the elephant began to below. He tried
to release himself by bracing his front
feet against the stakes. This was just
what raj wanted. Another crack at
the horses, and, amid a terrible bel
lowing. out came the big tooth. "A pro-
fuse hemorrhage and a great deal of
matter from the liberation followed.
But the extraction was a relief, and
Columbus, after a few bellows, became
quiet. The surgeons then washed out
the cavity with a strong solution of
creoline, and then dressed it with a
solution of perchloride of iron to stop
the hemorrhage. The tooth was TWEEN
ty inches long and four. inches in d.
ameter at the root. It had commenced
to decay, and this caused an abscess.
In the operation there were used six
gallons of cocaine, one quart Of creo-
line and two. quarts Of perchloride of
iron. The doctors received. $500 for
their work.
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Singing c.narie. at School.

singing Cenar1eS at School
A~ndreasberg, in, the Harz mountains,
is always musical with the songs of
c~anaries, and the best singing ~canaries
in the world. Every year ESQ, 1000 of
the golden birds are reared, trained to
sing and shipped to various parts of
the world. Two hundred thousand of
them go to America, $1,000 to England.
10000 to Russia and the rest to war;
countries, excepting 10000 of the
very best singers, which are kept in
Germany. These accomplished birds
become teachers. and as soon as the
Hedging canary is old enough to have
a desire to sing he, with numbers of
others, is put in a darkened cage, there
to listen to the singing of his teacher,
q thoroughly trained singing canary.
The dark cages keep the young birds
from trying to sing, but do not inter-
fere with their listening. After a few
days of this twilight instruction the
young bird is taken into the light and
given an opportunity to show how
much he has learned. So. from week
to week, the birds are given lessons
until they are good singers. Then they
are put in little wicker cages and sent
away.
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KlTcHENER's READINESS.

Was willing to Black Lord. Roberts
.. Boots or Do Other Work.
. On the steamer which conveyed him
to Gibraltar, where he was to meet
Lord Roberts, Lord Kitchener was ac-
costed by an officer who introduced
himself with the reminder that he had
once been intrusted by Col. Kitchener
with a message to the then command.
ser-in-chief in India. Lord Kitchener
recognized his old acquaintance imme-
.diately, but could not recall the mes
sage referred to. ut was Is years
ago or MORE" said his friend, 'tbut I
recollect it. You asked me If I had a
chance to speak to Lord Roberts on
your behalf and beg him to find you a
job in the East, near him, If possible.
You told me to say you would black
his boots or do any earthly thing for
him then" 1--WE no doubts said that"
replied Lord Kitchener, for l would
black his boots or do any mortal thing
for him now."-Sphere.
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all Of Europe, have been sold long ago
for debt. and she does not know who
owns them now,
She has made with barely one step
the voyage from magnihcence to bitter
misery.
II was az the high school equestrian
Jenny Weiss that she frst became one
Of the celebrities OF the continent.
Many wooed her. OF them al none
wooed % did the big, handsome, dash
Ing. prodisaily rich Russian Baron
Won Rahden. He won her. and be-
came q fierce IN adorer Of hi wife
as he had been her adorsr during
co.Etship. s-.s
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Wealth and splendor have gone, the
man who killed four others for her
love lies moldering underground with
his victims; the world that bowed be-
fore her beauty has forgotten her. or.
III it remembers. remembers only to
pity for q passing moment; the beau
stiful eyer. that once were watched
eagerly 81 hundreds for . glance are
sightless. II 10 the end Of thu, glory Of
the Baroness Jennysvon Rahden. She
lies IL: Nissa-blind. missrably poor
and dying. The magnificent trained
horses which she loved passi0nately.
and With which shss Won applause from
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TIE TOOTH OF COLUMBUS"

tenn. The great potentialities Of the
invention may be understood when it
is explained that under the conditions
which the exhibitor. Richard Kerregs,
proposes. it will be possible for all the
clocks in London to be simultaneously
adjusted by one clock to which the
necessary c%ontrivance is attached. To
render a clock sensitive to the in
fiuence Of the wave system 1t will only
be necessary to afix the receiving in
strument with a coherer arrangement,
which might be extended, not only to
the public clocks but to those In pri-
vate residences. F.
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from slipping. While all this was 60
ing on the cocaine was being applied,
When all the preliminaries had been
completed the tarred rope was run
through a pulley. 1t was then carried
out and attached to the traces Of four
big horses. When everything was in
readiness the doctors and attendants
retired to a safe distance.
The other attendants were armed
with elephant hooks, and not a few
had Winchesters, as there was no tell
ing how Columbus was going to take
the real thing. Finally the word was
given and. the driver whipped up his
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Of paris a fourth of an inch thick, and
it is covered with a specially prepared
paper. AS the plaster is a bad con-
ductor of heat, the temperature inside
the Theoretically sealed receptacle re-
mains constant, being unaffected by
external changes. The cost of pack
ing is only about 2 cents per pound.
It is used tosa great extent in Aus
tralia. Butter has been sent from
Melbourne to Kimberley, in Africa,
and the butter was found to be in a
perfectly sound condition. Cases are
now made which hold as much as 200
pounds of butter.-Scientific American.
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How Circus Men. in Mexico MANAGED 10
Pull" the Mighty Molor

Pulling an elephants tooth is not
the easiest task in the world. This
was discovered at the Orrin Brothers
circus, now travelling in Mexico, when
two well-known and experienced SUI
-geons and dentists worked for two
hours before they succeeded in remov-
ing the huge molar.
The patient in the operation was the
big Asiatic elephant Columbus, who for
years has been one of the leading at
fractions of the Orrins' circus. For
over twenty years Columbus has been
with the show. He figures in every
parade, does his little act in the ring,
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spurlou. Butter In Massachusetts.

spurious butter In m~eSSeChuV0ttA
George M. Whitaker. acting execu-
tive officer of the Dairy Bureau Of
Massachusetts, says:
Natural butter has been higher IL
price during the past year than for q
number of previous years, which has
of the spurious article. Further than
that, the number Of manufacturers
who have been pushing their goods in
Massachusetts, has increased. When
the national supreme court rendered
its now famous PLmley decision, sus-
tanning the constitutionality Of the
anti-color law, the large Chicago
manufacturers withdrew from Massa.
chusetts. They said that, whatever
might be their opinion Of the law,
they could not afford to stand before
the community as l~awbreakers. As q
result Of this decision. all Of the coun-
terfeit butter that came into Massa-
chusetts for several years Was made
in Rhode Island, by companies bear
ing the names-somewhat peculiar for
the business in which they were en-
gaged-of Vermont" and "Oakdale."
During the past year the greed Of gain
has led two large Chicago manufacture
ers to climb sheepishly down from tho
pedestal Of virtue on which they had
been posing, and enter the scramble
for dollars by defying the laws Of the
commonwealth. These large manufac-
turers have made cities and towns In
other states near the Massachusetts,
line the base Of their operations, and
in many instances have resortsd TO
tricks that would bring . blush Of envy
to the average Kitchen barroom pro-
pfietor.
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About Birds.

A contributor to Popular Science
writes that year after year a discarded
tin teapot hanging on a back porch OF
a house Is occupied as a nest by wrens.
who seem wholly Indifferent to the
constant movements Of the family
about the spot.
Another odd nesting place men
toned is a half cocoanut she'll in a
poplar tree in st. Paul. MINI. The
lining vas Of white cotton string. and
the nest was the home of a robin
family. A less discreet robin built his
nest ON the top of a 2x4 rafter lean
ing against the side Of a house. The
family cat watched the nest with deep
interest, and when the eggs were
Matched and the young birds about to
fly appropriated the entire brood With
a relish.
Every lover of birds has wondered
why they change their colors. Even
ornithologists are unable to answer
the questions why the tanager is scar
let in summer and green in winter, or
why the bobolink is black and white
III 6uu1uueI 0UU JUL IA WAAIoA. AAo
well-known fact that the brilliant
orange color Of some canaries can be
artiicially produced by adding red
pepper to the diet may furnish a hint
that the different foods procprable in
the, different seasons may b. respoR<
si6le for the change.
The feathers already covering the
bird are not affected by the diet. but
when Noting occurs the new plumage
comes in with a new tinting.
In the case Of the snow bunting,
whose color Is brownish bun in win
ter and black and white in summer.
the change is said to be due to the
abrasion Of the terminal parts Of the
feathers. which are differently colored
from the. bases and much more brittle.
A BIRDS body featherf, says the writer
in Popular Sciences, afs Arranged Ike
shingles on 4 roof, only the terminals
being visible. AS they give the color
effect, 1t follows that. since the base
of the plumage is differently colored.
when the ends are rubbed OF the en-.
tire tinting. seems changed.
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formerly produced great quantities Of
potato balls. This factor, must be
counted on In, developing any breed Of
fowls In a certain direction away from
that Of reproduction.
The man that breeds fowls year
after year with. the idea of selecting
the best for' future. use as breeders
must, have in. his minds eye a stand
ard. II he is breeding for flesh. he
a form his opinions, by the eye and
by the weight of. the birds a deter
mined by the scales. But II he is
breeding for eggs, it would be a good
idea to shut his eyes as to the form
and symmetry and keep close watch
Of the egg returns and their source.
The fact is that breeding for eggs will
generally be away from the symme-
try Of form seer in the flesh-producing
fowl, and the breeding for weight will
mean a decreased humber of eggs
each year. or. at least. each genera
tion..
o0lANu AlyAAOuCA ASoShos
barred Plymouth Rocks exclusively.
II think they are the best a%ll-purpose
fowls we have. but they are also the
hardest to breed to. perfection Of any
we have. This, however. lends a
charm to. the business. They are the
most sought after by the fancier and
the market breeder.-E. J.. Gilbert.
Whiteside County, Illinois.
Know Your Hens.-Most men keep
some of their old hens over the secon1
winter, and it is frequently the case
that some of them are non-layers or
practically so. When a hen is laying,
a man can tell 1t by comb and other
Indications. 1t is not a dificult matter
to mark the hens that seem to be lay-
ing we'll this year and keep only o
for next years operations.
The shank" is the lower and scaly
joint of the leg,