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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
BombardIag the Heavens.

Lincoln, Neb (Special) -Four miles
northeast OF this city "a mortars, posted
on a 2o-acre track, were fred at minute
intervals in the hope that the result will
be a downfall Of rain W. F. Wright,
former deputy State Food Commissioner,
IS the promoter and manager Of the en-
terprise. Mr.. Wright is the originator
OF the Special vibration theory Of rain
making and for several years has unsuc-
eesstully espouscd a legislative appro
priation to put his theory. into practice.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
RECOVERED FROM THE SEA.
Body Of the Millionaire Yacht Owner Who
Met With Sad Fate Found.

Greenwich, Ct (Spccial) The body
Of Arthur Colburi, !he millionaire spice
merchant of Philadelphia, who, with his
two daughters--lda and Annette Capt.
f. r. Flint and Frank Eckport a sea
man, we're drowned by the cdpsizinv of
the yacht Venitzia in a squai off this
port July I8, was recovered hy DR.. Rob-
srt Taylor and Capt J. E. Pe:l,.
The body was p1;l:eG up at almost the
exact spot where it went down at the
time of the accident A rope was rasten.
ed under the arms and the Lody vas
lowed ashore and removed to the
morgue.
The identity was complete In the
coat was found mileage book in the
name of Arthur Colburn.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Dr.. Rui1's Widow Wants damages

Mrs Rita L. de Ruiz, widow of the
American dentist who was killed by the
Spanish authorities in Cuba just before
the outbreak Of the Spanish War, to-day
filed before the Spanish Claims Commis
sion a claim for $4,000 damages by rca-
son of her husbands death
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Lord Roberts May Oct ssVO. .OOo

London (By Cable) e).-In the Hous.
Of Lords Lord Salisbury, the Premier
read message from King Edward to
the effect that, in consideration of the
eminent services of Field Marshal Lord
Roberts in South Africa, His Majesty
recommended that Parliament grant
Lord Roberts the sum of sIoo, ,ooo
(Ssoo ooo)
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
WASHINGTON, D. c., SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1901.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
NatIon's drsat Slock Of GoId.

United States Treasurer Roberts has
announced that the stock of gold held by
.he United States has again exceeded
all records. The amount of the yellow
metal in the vaults is $5o4, ,3s4,2 ,2o7, or
considerably over a half billion. The
increase in the holdings of gold since
July I, 1900, has been over $50 900 600
On the latter date the stock held in this
country was S423,s77,07G.
None of the other great nations of the
world has as much gold as is held by
the United States On July IS there was
held by the Bank of France $4782s8,23o.
Russia comes next with a stock OF $34s,-
4o8,I44. Great Britain lags behind in
the matter of gold holdings, as the Bank
OF England on July 2s only held $I83,-
35oo8I worth of the metal.
The experts in the Treasury are simp-
ly dazed by the continued large receipts.
especially from internal revenue. 1t was
estimated at the beginning of the fiscal
year that there would be a decrease of
at least $500, 600 in the receipts per
month, owing to the reduction of the
war revenue tax. 1t was expected that
the deficit for this month would amount
to that much If not more The deficit
is less than ST., sec, 900.
The total receipts from all sources for
July have been $4o,34o, 1891 For
corresponding period last year the total
receipts were $47, ,oI87L OF these
receipts S27,3o2, 2,o3o87 are from internal
revenuc sources, an increase of about
100000 over the corresponding period
last year, when the internal revenue re-
ceipts were $4,000, 1857 The customs
receipts are also keeping up, being Sro,-
o2I ,842. 80 this year, compared with $Io,-
COS. .znR 22 for fhe game rerind In tlnnr |
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
This Scream Worm syO,OOO.

:, Chicago (SpeciaD.-A burglar. he.
heVed to have been in search Of dia-
nonds and cash to the value of Soon
which were locked in a safe entered H.
home OF William J Davis, the tbeatric,I
manager Jesse Bartlett Davis he
singer was aroused as the intr,dor
passed the door OF her chamber. and her
screams TOR assistance frightened him
away, '''''
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
rejected Sailors BrutaI CrI1e.

Muncie, Ind. (SpeciaD Peter TIL
barry, an ironworker, called at the home
OF Kate Phinney tonight and threw car
bolic acid into the face OF Mrs. Mary
Torrey, a guest, destroying her eye
sight and burning her neck, breast and
arms srightfully. The man had pleaded
with the woman to marry him for years.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Do Taey Prefer to Be Behind Gnnsp

Only two petty officers in the navy
have taken advantage of the provision
in the present Naval Appropriation act
which permits six petty officers cacn year
to apply tor appointment as cnsigns in
the navy. The period for application tirs
year will expire tomorrow and there are
but two applications on iIe -Gunncrs
Joseph Hill and Francis Martin.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Postal Facilities for Guamites.

Acting Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General Conrad direded the establish
ment of the first postofiice on the Island
OF Guam. 1t is located at Guam, the
chief point on the island, ranks as fourth
class and Antanasio Tartano Perez has
been appointed postmaster.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Legacy Tax Lea.

Commissioner Of internal Revenue
Yerkes in decision rendered holds that
legacy tax is lien upon the entire
property Of the deceased, both personal
and real
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
TWO MEN MURDERED
AND THEN ROBBED.
John TeIIy and Cousin Killed Near
COOpers, W. Va.
WOMAN rHR PROBABLE CAUSE.

Both Mea Had Been Shot Prom Behind
Several Arrests, Among Whom Is One
WOmaH, Mary Graham. Who Is the Mother
Of One Of the Prisoners :. Trying to Shift
the Charge Of the Murder
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men for the house is thoroughly eccen-
trio. After a new man whom he has
engaged has been doing well for a few
days he calls him in off the road and
finds fault with something. He storms
about the office, kicks over chairs and
declares the business is going to ruin.
If the bewildered traveller takes of
Tense at the outburst and tells his en-
plOyer to find another man he is paid
off. If he takes the whole affair quietly
and considers the abuse as an eccen-
tricity to be borne with, the merchant
Gains down, apologies for his temper,
and little later gives the man more
salary. This employer says that above
all things a traveller must be able to
keep his temper if he expects to be sue
cessful, aid that every man who has
stood the test has done well for the
firm.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06
Great Bells in China.

Pekin is rich in remarkable bells, the
finest specimens being located in the
bell tower on the western side of the
Tartar city, and the Tachungsu, or tenn
pie of the great bell, beyond the city
wall. The latter contains the great
bell of Pekin, cast by order of the En-
peror Yong Lo in 1415, and hung in the
present tower by the Empress Waulch
in 1873. This gigantic object measures
10 feet in height. is inches thick and
has a circumference of "a feet at the
rim. 1t weighs fifty-three and one
half tons and is covered inside and out
with inscriptions from the Buddhist
outras in Chinese characters. How this
huge piece of metal was raised to its
present position is a mystery which has
never been solved.
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06
RACE OF WHITE INDIANS.
South Am erican Tribe Furnishes Stud
for Ethnologists.

South American Tribe Furnishes Study
for Ethnologists.
A white Indian is indeed rara avis,
and great therefore was the surprise Of
NJ. Van Montanaeken, the well-known
Belgian traveller, when he suddenly
found himself face to face with a col
ony of such Indians as he was making
his way through the heart of Peru dur
ing his recent exploration of that coun-
try and Brazil. He conversed with
them for some time and took photo
graphs of two of their chiefs, which on
his return to Europe he intended to put
in a book that he was about to publish.
Unfortunately he died before the book
was ready and his widow has now pre-
scented the photographs to the Royal
Geographical Society of Anvers.
This tribe according to Montanaeken,
Is known as that of the Lorenzo Indians
and its home is in what is known as the
Amazon country, part of which lies in
Peru and part in Brazil. Unlike almost
all others of their race, these Indians
have a clear white skin, and, further
more, the strange but common custom
of tattooing and painting their bodies
does not prevail among them. Strik.
ingly handsome, too, many of them are
with frank and pleasing countenances
that are by no means of the ordinary In
dian type.
A nomad life they live, wandering il
small bands over the vast solitary
plains and apparently making no effort
to better their condition. To this lack
of energy, as well as to the numerous
wars which have been waged against
them by adjacent tribes, must be as
cribed the fact that they are not to-day
nearly as numerous as they were 6
quarter of a century ago, and if theil
number continues to decrease at the
present rate the outlook is that the tribe
will soon become extinct.
These picturesque Indians do not en-
cumber themselves with clothing. TIL,
women Wear merely a strip of cotton
or other stuff around their loins an(
the men consider themselves in gal:
costume when they have hung owe
their shoulders two narrow bands O
network, one of which remains as a sor
Of belt over their arms, while the othe
falls down from the left shoulder AM
terminates at the right hip.
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06

kind, so that there should be no ad-
vantage in this respect on either side.
AS a result, it was found that the
guinea pigs that lived in an electric
environment gained in weight during
a measured time 10 per cent more than
those in the nonelectric cage.
DIR. Herdman is confident that ordi-
nary pigs, if subjected to similar treat
ment, would exhibit like results. He
proposes to build suitably wired pens
and to furnish the growing swine with
regular supplies of electricity, much in
the same way as was done with the
guinea pigs.
Nobody can say what may be the final
influence of this new discovery upon
the pork trade, or whether the electric
bacon" Of the future may not command
a special price in the market. The
imagination extends to almost any
lengths. Why may not the day come
when every COW in her stall shall have
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06

Rural free delivery of the mail is the
most popular innovation that the Post
Office Department has introduced in re-
cent years, as is shown by the attitude
of Congress toward the appropriation.
Instead of trying to cut it down, there
is manifested a general disposition to
increase it. The only reason why it
has not been increased is that the Post
master General stated in his report that
$3,5O0,OO0 was all that can be judicious-
ly and economically applied to rural
free delivery during the next fiscal
year. The different members of Con-
gress who spoke on the bill were ex-
tremely laudatory in their remarks con-
corning its utility. One of the most
interesting features of their remarks
was what they said about its rapid
growth wherever it had been estab-
lished. 1t seems that in nearly all cases
the volume of postal business increased
at such rapid rate that there was an
encouraging prospect that 1t would
prove self-supporting and that in some
cases it would yield profit to the Post
office Department. Representative
Butler, of Pennsylvania, reported on
the experience in his district with rural
free delivery as follows: perhaps in
my district there is the most remarka-
bic showing in the operations of this
system of any district In the country.
Two years ago the department appoint
ed five rural carriers who started from
my town of West Chester and served a
population of 1000 people, or S75 fami-
lies. The district is entirely an agricul-
tural one. In the first month of the
service there were $500 pieces of mail
handled. Last October the number OF
pieces handled was $1,000 For the
benefit of my friend from Chicago, Mr.
Mann, who says the big offices pay the
expenses of rural free delivery, 1 want
to say that the service in my district
has paid its own way and turned into
the treasury about $1,000 profit in q
year" This showing in a district
where the service has been established
| for period of two years is significant
1t is apparent that the service is appre
ciated by the residents of the rural dis
tricts and that they avail themselves Of
it very largely after they have become
acquainted with it. 1t is not likely thai
it will ever be burden to the Postoffict
Department.
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hiliarating to 4 degree. The man at
the helm makes a practice of missing
the wheels of coal carts by a hairs
breadth and of swerving only the sec
ond before it seems that his vehicle
must be struck by trolley car
If it were not for the tacit admission
it would convey that an automobile is
nother everyday equipage at home, the
feminine visitor to the Capital would
feel much like leaning from the window
and shouting directions in forcible Eng
fish to the uniformed coachman. As
it is, she calmly keeps her seat and
says
Isn't that a pretty hotel?" when
she's passing a park and vice versa.
But when she alights she does not fall
to the pavement in a frenzy of prayers
of Thanksgiving. She's restrained by
Twentieth Century shame, but her
gloves are worn out from the fright grip
her fingers have had of each other dur
ing the ordeal from which she has just
been delivered
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06

The chief chemist of the Department
Of Agriculture has been making a close
study Of the connection between ty-
phoid and other germ diseases and the
consumption of raw vegetables. He
now announces that the prevalence of
such diseases at certain seasons of the
year may often be traced to the eating
Of raw vegetables grown near cities, on
land fortified by refuse from sewers
and by other city offal. He considers
this danger important enough to war
rant either the sterilization of such fer
dlizers by oil of vitriol, or the steriliza-
ton of the raw vegetables by washing
hem in tartaric acid and rinsing in pure
water. A three per cent solution of tar
taric acid will kill disease germs, and
even If little of the substance should
remain after rinsing, it is neither I'M
pleasant to the taste nor injurious to
health. In fact, it is found in consid-
cradle quantity in grapes.
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06

Mr.. Haggin's reasons for making
this his permanent residence are that
his wife, as well as himself, is a native
OF the State. After his death Mr.. Hag-
gin desires his widow to live in the
greatest comfort and TO continue at the
head of the greatest breeding establish
ment in the world. He will rename
the establishment Green Hills"
The house itself stands out like a
white landmark against the sea of
green on every side, and can be seen
for miles around. In this home of his
declining years Mr.. Haggin purposed
to spend a quarter of a million dol
lars, but so many alterations have been
made since the beginning that not even
the architects can tell what the cost
will be. The house, apparently, is al
ready ON the verge of completion, but
so elaborate will be the finishing
touches that ten months or year will
probably elapse before the mansion is
really finished.
Some idea of the estate which Mr..
Haggin intends to make of Elmendorf
may be obtained from the improve
ments already made. The blacksmith
and wheelwright's shop, completely
equipped, is, of course. an essential
but on this farm the blacksmith's shop
is the central Office of a complete tele-
phone system, connecting twenty-five
different points on the farm, and run
ming to the town Office of G. j. En-.
right, who has the management of the
estate. A grain elevator, with machin
cry for cracking corn and oats and
mixing them, is an institution which nc
other breeding farm in the world
boasts. The power station, with two
large gasoline engines, will furnish
lights and electric power, and there i:
now in prospect plant involving thu
expenditure of several thousands which
will cook food for the brood mares dur
ing the season that they require it.
Many of the brood-mare barns are t.
be torn out and more improved one
put in, and countless other improve
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Marks Of the Merchant.

Did you ever notice the queer little
letters on the outside of the boxes in
the shops and wonder what they
meant? For instance, when the girl at
the glove counter handed you the tan
skies did you not note on the edge of
the box a legend something like this,
"Ti-Gee," or something ON that order
To be sure you have.
Those marks mean something. They
say to the clerk or to the chief of the
store: 81 was bought for 70 cents and
1 am selling for 81. Look at me, and
observe my proper price," or words to
that effect.
Ten letters are required to carry out
the plan-that is, letter for each nu-
neral from l to 0. The terms most in
use are "gas FIXTURE" "black horse,
misfortune" importance" BLACK
stone" fish tackle" cash profit, sc
friendly" "gainful job" "joiners' tax
brown sugar" now be sharp" 'elu-
cidator" and "of industry
Each of these words or phrases con-
tains ten letters and only ten letters
and there is no letter repeated. Sup
pose the private mark to be "brown
sugar." and the article tagged a cut
glass decanter. There is apt to be
some such combination as this on it
"War-NSr."
In case two letters come together, il
is frequently the practice to avoid repe
titions by using some other letter which
does not appear in the key word. Fol
instance, if it were desired to express
SAT- in the "brown sugar marking
''wuu'' would be the ordinary way, bu
to keep from repeating, blind let
ter, say Y, is introduced, and the sigr
therefore would be "wuX."
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06

fact that within the last fifty years Ia
bor-saving machinery has made it I'M
necessary to employ more than third
as many men on farm as were former
ly needed. Last year labor was so scarce
in Kansas and Nebraska that young
women were obliged to go out into the
field to work, and even then portions of
the crop were spoiled for lack Of
prompt handling. Every year, provid-
ed there is an average crop, the prob
lem of farm labor seems to grow more
difficult of solution, and unless it is
solved by the invention of more labor
saving machinery it is difficult to see
how conditions are to be changed. The
liking for life in city becomes contin-
ually more general, and with the rapid
growth of urban Industries employ
ment is provided for all who come.
Some method of turning the tide back
from the city to the country may in the
near future become a necessity.
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06
MEN WHO WANT JOBS.

Teste1 in Strange Ways by Their EN-
pIoyers-Some Unique Methods.
Some unique methods of ascertaiNng
the desirability of employees are prac
ticed by business men. A short time
ago an advertisement appeared in one
of the papers, stating that a reliable
manager was wanted in a wholesale
house. That morning over fifty appli-
cants asked for the place. Six were
taken on trial. Each one was given a
letter to deliver in person to an address
in a nearby town as quickly as posi-
BILE. Neither of the men knew anything
about the other five, but they were each
| told to travel by a certain train. At one
part of the trip a change had to be
made, and the travellers had to walk
over to another station. There was
! only three minutes in which to catch
the other train, and there was not an
other train for three hours.
On reaching the change station three
of the would-be managers went to con-
suit time table, and by the time they
had looked up the trains they had miss
L
over to the station, and arrived just in
time to see the train pull out. Only one
had foresight enough to consult time
tables to the end of his trip. He had to
run, but he caught the train. When he
got back to the Office he was engaged at
$1,000 a year.
A certain stock and bond firm always
try their new bookkeepers by giving
them some accounts to foot up. In
these accounts some of the figures have
been made almost unreadable, some
are very badly formed, and some have
been altered two or three times. Nine
out Of ten applicants puzzle over the
figures and end by simply guessing at
them. The tenth man admits frankly
that he cannot read them. He gets the
job. The others are considered too liza
BILE to make mistakes.
Professional shoppers are employed
by one dry goods firm to test their
clerks. They are instructed to give as
much trouble as possible, and some
times to leave without making a pur-
chase, after looking at nearly every
thing in the store. Should the unfortu-
nate clerks temper not be equal to the
strain, or should a single word be said
that might offend, these are reported
and ultimately lead to dismissal.
The member of Third street firm OF
wholesalers who employs the travelling
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HAGGIN'S GREAT HORSE FARM
Embraces Seven Square Miles of Finest
Bluegrass Land.

Embraces Seven Square Miles of Finest
Bluegrass Land.
Millionaire J. B. Haggin is erecting
at Elmendorf, near Lexington, KY, a
100000 residence. He intends to spend
the remainder of his days in Kentucky,
and will endow the place so that after
his death it will be run as a breeding
establishment. He has now $500 acres
and is buying as fast as owners can
be induced to sell, in order to put the
establishment in a square tract. The
main tract is that which was settled
by the great-grandfather of Mayor
Carter Harrison of Chicago. The new
residence stands upon the summit of
the long slope within a hundred yards
of the old Harrison home. Hundreds
OF men are working in the attempt to
have the place ready for occupancy of
the owner and his young wife by fall
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06
ments on the place are in project. -Four
or five years time will be required to
put it in the condition that Mr.. Hag-
gin wishes.
NEW USE FOR ELECTRICITY.

Guinea Pigs Are Fatteued by the En-
ployment of the Fluid.
This is the age of electricity, so that
one is not surprised to hear that an
electric diet has been discovered.
Naturally, you would conclude that
it is designed to aid invallds of weak
digestion, but it is something of shock
to learn that the latest scientific dis
covery has no nobler object than the
fattening of pigs!
Certainly, there is an element of
novelty in the notion of eating electrici-
ty fattened pork. Besides, from pigs
we may yet rise to higher things.
Anyway, DIR. w. ]. Herdman has
found out that the galvanic current pro-
notes the growth of tissue-that is to
say, the increase of flesh. 1t had pre-
viously been ascertained that plants de-
velop more rapidly under the electric
stimulus and there was no obvious rea-
son why animals should not be equally
responsive to it. Hence the idea of
Dr. Herdman, which promises well,
though its application cannot as yet be
said to have passed beyond the expert
mental stage.
The doctor began his experiments
with guinea pigs, half a dozen of which
he put in each of two cages, taking care
that they should all be of exactly the
same age, so as to make the conditions
of the trial as free from flaw as pos
sible. Around one of the cages he
strung several wires, through which
current of electricity was passing
night and day, while nothing of the
kind was done with the other. Mean
while, for a stated period, the animals
in both cages were fed with precisely
equal quantity of provender of the same
Holbrook argus., 1901-07-06

To abate the advertising nuisance
advertisements which are in themselves
obnoxious or which are displayed in
unsuitable places-legislation is not al
ways necessary. Such action as that
recently taken by the Bill-Posters' AS
ISOLATION Of England is quite as effec-
tive. A theatrical manager perpetrat-
ed a sensational and vulgar poster.
The bill-posters refused to put it up.
Here is foundation for the hope that
one day ali public-spirited citizens will
decline to use paint-pot and brush to
disfigure the beauties of nature.