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The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
A New
EldOrAdO

On the northeast borders Of Upper
Burmah is a land where the chief ar
ticles Of commerce are gold dust, am
Der, rubies and jadestone. Trade ra1st
take on a peculiarly fascinating aspect
where the articles dealt in are such as
these. A pork-packing establishment
In Chicago is much more to be desired
from a commercial standpoint than a
ruby mine in this Kachinland, as the
place is called. but how much more
romantic and dazzling the Kachin
property sounds when you talk about
1t. 1t is a wild land from which the
rubies, the Jade, the gold and the am
Der come and is inhabited by a wild
and savage people, who work the prec-
ious deposits of the country in a primi-
tive manner. But the British are in
there now, and 1t is only question of
time when the far-off region will be
exploited for all it is worth. This Jade,
or jadeite, is dug out of a mountain in
one place and in another it is found at
the bottom Of a river and the natives
dive for it from RATS. This iade is
translucent and varies in colors from
a creamy white through different
shades to a delicate green. The Chi
nese use it extensively for vases, rings.
bracelets, ETC., and make beautifully
carved ornaments out of it. One va
riety Of jade they call "kingfshers'
plumes," on account OF its coloring.
The finest jade in the world comes
from this almost unknown Kachinland,
and bands Of Chinese merchants are
constantly coming and going, bringing
cloth, ETC., which they barter for the
glittering products Of the country. The
rubies the Kachins get by digging into
the hillsides, and the gold dust by
washing 1t out of the sands of the |
streams. This land Is the home of the
pigeons blood" rubles, which are
found also to some extent further south
between Kachinland and Mandalay.
where the flying fishes play" But no
ruoies are so pure and beautiful in
color as those Of Kachinland. Since
there is so much gold dust in the
streams Of this wonderful country it
Is probable that there are stores Of
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
ROCK or GIBRALTAR.
The Town ia One OF tho worlds Mos,
Cosmopolitan and Plctursaque.

The Town Ia One OF tho Worlds Nose
Cosmopolitan and Plctursaque.
A writer, speaking in a current
monthly, of Gibraltar, says:
The incoming steamer anchors In
the bay half mile from shore, pas
sengers are taken off in boats, and be-
fore entering the city they pass a
rigid examination by the police, who
ask a number Of pertinent and imper-
tinent questions. The name, nationali-
ty occupation and mission OF the
stranger in Gibraltar are entered in a
book; he receives a card which en-
titles him to the hospitality of the
rock for "a hours. II he desires to stay
longer, bond of $50 for good behavior
will secure him immunity from moles.
tation for not more than 80 to 60 days.
This permission, however, can, with
the proper kind Of influence, be re-
newed many times.
The town is quaint, picturesque and
quiet, with its 10000 people. mostly
English and Spanish, though the mum.
Der of different nationallties repre-.
sented makes it one Of the most COS.
mopolitan places in the world-Jews
Turks, Levantaines, the natives Of
Gibraltar, called rock SCORPIONS" Al.
ricans and refugees from all nationj
jostling each other in the three badly.
built and irritatingly narrow streets
Of the town. The garrison numbers
about 5000 persons, making the popu.
lation Of the rock about 25,0OO. Tn;
soldiers ere, for the most part, regu.
lars brought home from foreign serv.
ice for rest and recuperation. The gov
ernor of the rock lives in the govern.
ment house. formerly an old convent.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
Davlo, Ton Mnoh for the nov.


A gray-haired alumnus Of Columbia,
on from a western state for the gradu-
ating exercises. chatted OF the days
when he was at Columbia. There
was Prof. Davies" said the old col
legian I'VE fellows used to like him
as well as It was possible for col
lege boy to like q professor OF mathe-
MATES. One winter, recollect, the
members OF my class myself among
the rest, had found considerable
amusement and relieved ourselves OF
class work by burning asafetlda. pep
per and other unpleasant things in
the various class rooms. We tried the
trick with Professor Anthon, who
taught Greek, and with Prof. Marine,
who occupied the chair of moral phil
osophy At last some of the bolder
spirits suggested that we transfer our
attentions to Prof. Davies. Well,
remember that morning It was Bit
ter cold, and all OF the outlets Of the
room were closed to keep the warmth
within. We were on hand early, and
had several fat Jumps of asafetida
smoking away when the professor
came, He walked to the desk and
laid his hat and coat on it. Then the
odor struck him. He hesltated mo-
ment, and then walked slowly to the
door, locked 1t, and put the key in his
poclfet Now, gentlemen, we will en-
Joy this together said he, as he re-
turned to his seat. Then he got back
at us. The mathematics he threw at |
us would have filled a set Of mathe-
matica books from the primary arith-
metic to tho calculus And ali the
time the asafetida was smoking, for
he would not let us remove it. When
we got out Of that room after two
hours we were wiser and more discreet
boys, and you can bet we played no
more tricks on the author Of Davies
Legendre. New York Times.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
The Latest Ab,nt Pint.

Here is the latest Patti anecdote,
says an exchange: Last winter she
was staying for few days in an iso-
lated English village at the extreme
end Of Yorkshire. To kill the mono
tony Of the place the prima donna
went one night to a concert given in
aid OF a certain village institution
Not half Of the performers turned out.
Appreciating the difficulty, Nine. Patti
dncognito, Of course) offered to oblige
the audience with a song or two. The,
she sang in her own glorious way
three Of her sweetest ballads. At the
close the chairman approached, and in
solemn tones, thanked her. well,
miss" he said, you've done uncom.
mon we'll; and, although AIRY 'ock
'he juggler who thinks nowt of takin'
'old OF 'ot pokers and a-swallorin'
needles, couldn't turn up. yet youvs
pleased US very considerable. missl"
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
Awaits Exploration at
Present in British
KechinIand.

! gold in the mountains which have
waited through the centuries to De dug
out. Rubber trees grow in this region
and all manner Of valuable woods arc
in the forests. The British have been
in nominal control Of Kachinland for
some years, but never have really oc-
cupied the country. Every now and
then an expedition has to be dispatched
there to restore order and to remind
the natives that they are British sub
Jects; but civilization never yet has
penetrated through the mountains and
the dense forests to this land Of rubies,
gold dust and jadestone. Nearly all the
trade Of the country is carried on with
the Chinese; but the government Of
india now has it in mind to open up
the country to trade with Burmah and
hence with the rest of the world. 1t is
a virgin field for exploitation, and in
these days, when no corner Of tho
earth is neglected in the search for
riches, Kachinland cannot long escape
the general fate of all rich regions. AL
ready Britishers have visited Kachin-
land to spy out the country and blaze
the way for the army of exploiters
which will come later. The latest
news Of this strange country has been
brought back by Captain w. S. Earoly
Howard, a British officer Of Puniabees,
who lately returned from a trip to the
Kachin Hills. In the Wide World Mag
azine he gives an account of the curious
people who live among the rubies and
the jade and tells of their many curl
Gus customs. Slavery exists there, and
the natives are exceedingly supersti-
tious THE members of a village"
says the captain. seldom cultivate
more cereals than are required for
their own consumption, but barter
among themselves guns, gongs, slaves,
etc, although they are rapidly acquir-
ing an appreciation Of our coinage and
methods Of trade"
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

! Professor Mosso, of Turin, In a re-
cent lecture delivered in the United
States, said that physical education
and gymnastics develop the brain as
well as the muscles. As much time
should be devoted to muscular exer.
else as to intellectual exercise. Chill
dren, he thinks, should not be taught
to read and write till they are at least
nine years old. Following up his
comparison of muscular with intel.
lectual fatigue exhibits phenomena
Identical with those Of intellectual
fatigue. 1t is probable that the varl.
Gus parts Of the brain relieve each
other; that only one part is active at
a time. He states, as a principle, that
the more mobile any animals ex.
tremities are, the more intelligent the
animal is. other things being equal.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

Or. e. Benjamin Andrews, in a lee
ture on "Veracity" at the University
Of Chicago said that It is sometimes
a good and proper thing to tell lie,
providing the intention in mind is a
good one. "Veraclty is not merely a
statement OF facts; neither is a lie
merely a statement Of what is not
true" said DR.. Andrews. "a bad In.
tention is necessary to constitute a
lack Of veracity, When a sick man
is near death is is proper to tell him
that in a short time, perhaps, he will
be well. This is not lying. But If you
tell man who is near death the fact
for the purpose OF killing him, that
is a lie."
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

Probably the most distressing calam.
itR of the year has been announced
In the failure of the crops of Rus
Sia throughout such an extensive part
of that great empire as to make the
task of preventing starvation prac.
ideally insuperable Five hundred
thousand square miles Of territory
are involved, and 100000 people.
If the necessary food supplies to feed
the hungry people were laid down at
Russian Outposts the difficulties arls
ing from lack Of suitable facilities
OF transportation would still battle the
effort for general relief.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
A MYSTERIOUS MINE,
A Rich Ledge of Quartz Owned by Two
Girls.

] hich Ledge OF quartz Owned by Two
Girls.
Away up in the Medicine Bow
Mountains, not far from the Wyoming
line, there is hidden mine for which
a generation Of men have searched in
vain. And 1t is owned, operated and
Its location kept secret by two young
women who have kept their secret
since one was eighteen and the other
but fourteen years old.
The lode was discovered sixteen
years ago by a tenderfoot named
Smithers. He was ordered West by
the doctors and came to Colorado.
Leaving his wife and two little girls
at Fort Collins, he went up into the
mountains to prospect In some un-
explained way he discovered an en-
ormously rich ledge Of quartz, and
recognized its value.
Then he returned to Fort Collins for
his family, having been absent about
n year. His wife had died during his
stay in the mountains, but he found
his children in care of a ranchman.
He took them up into the mountains
with him, and they lived there ever
since in the cabin he built for them.
Smithers cleared Off a ranch and
did little farming, got a little stock
and raised his own milk and butter
and eggs, and lived outwardly like
thousands Of small mountain ranch
men all over the Rocky Mountain re-
gion. But secretly he worked on the
ledge of gold quartz he had discov-
cred. He broke pieces from the vein,
ground them up in Il mortar, panned
them, and got gold enough to keep him
and his children without other work
than caring for their little farm.
ThiB life began when the children
were but seven and three years old
respectively. When the older one was
eighteen and her sister fourteen Smith
ers died. He had taught them the
secret Of the hidden mine, and when
he was gone the two orphans lived
alone in the same manner. They
looked after their little stock, tended
their little farm, and in secret ground
up pieces Of quartz and panned the
gold from it..
The ledge must be Of fabulous rich
ness, for these two girls, neither Of |
them very robust, and the younger
little more than a child when they be.
gan, have taken out all the gold they
have wanted in the four years they
have led this lonely existence. At
rare intervals they take their horses
and a pack saddle and go down to
the nearest town for provisions. They
always have gold dust and nuggets
to pay for whatever they choose to
buy.
II. A. Wells, timber appraiser for
the State Land Board, was in that
section recently, and secured SlOO
worth Of nuggets the young women
had saved up. One he is wearing as
L watch charm. 1t is a great chunk Of
native gold, not melted into a button,
but just as it fell from a crushed rock.
According to weight its value would
not exceed $50, or perhaps S25. But
as fine specimen of native gold and
as memento of the lonely mountain
ranch and hidden mine, hundreds of
iollars would not buy it.--Denver
Post.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
chio's Great Undorgrouno River.

Roaring wells in widely separated
parts Of Ohio indicate the existence
of a mighty subterranean liver that
flows across the State at depth Of
comparatively few feet below the sur
face, at least at certain places. Thc
latest Of the roaring wells is al Char
don, Il suburb OF Cleveland The men
have refused to work In It, and plans
are being made to dynamite It.
The phenomena are exactly the same
as those noticed in a well ON the farm
OF Mrs. Amanda Ensminger, near Ma.
rion, When this well had been dug
to depth Of about fifty feet the roar
ing noise became alarming, and dur
ing the night the bottom fell out and
left an opening into subterranean
stream that was so swift that 1t was
impossible to sound it.
The wells at Chardon arc evidently
on the same underground river, for
the phenomena are Identical and iudi.
cate that the mighty unseen river OK.
tends across the State from north to
south.-Indianapolis News.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
NO ROOM FOE OOWARDs.
vice Presidents Tribute to the wes,
ern Pioneers.

Vice Presidents Tribute to the West
ern Pioneers.
At the quarto-centennial celebration
In Denver August 2, Vice President
Roosevelt paid a magnificent tribute
TO the pioneers Of the west. He said.
There was gcant room for the cow
ard and the weakling in the racks of
the adventurous frontiersmen; the MO
neer settlers who first broke up the
Wild prairie SOIL who first hewed
their way into the primeval forest
who guided their white-topped wa
gons across the endless leagues of In
dian-hunted desolation, and explored
every remote mountain chain in the
restless quest for metal wealth. Be.
mind them came the men who COM
pleted the work they had roughly be-
gun, who drove the great railroad sys-
TENS over plain and desert and noun
tain pass; who stocked the teeming
ranches and under irrigation saw the
bright green Of the alfalfa and
the yellow Of the golden stub
Bile supplant the gray of the
sage brush desert; who have
built great, populous cities, cities in
which every art and science of civiH.
cation are carried to their highest
points on tracks which when the 18th
century had passed its meridian were
still known only to the grim trappers
and hunters and the red lords of the
wilderness with whom they waged
eternal war"
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

In speaking to the editor OF the Citi-
zen the other day Mr.. Louis P. Shoe
maker, president Of the Brightwood
Citizens Association, said;
YOUR PAPER IS CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEG
PIE. 1T IS A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS. TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
Europe,s wonderful NKenlth OF Gnmo

A-"HOPe's Nondertul wealth OF Game.
Europe's strict protection Of game,
under which the poacher is punished
most severely, produces astounding
results. In Austria there has Just
been published the summary of the
game killed during the past season
IN the great royal game preserves. 1t
SHOWS that there We're killed 1884 red
deer lO2,O42 common European deer,
9602 roebucks, 2973 chamois, 1897. 1876
squirrels, 122, ,191 rabbits, 1875 "auer.
hanne" "a bird to which our wild tur.
Key bears the closest resemblance.
l1'154 grouse, 1S9, ,7S3 blackjack. /.
3ST421 pheasants, 69,379 moorhens.
56,l67 wild geese and duck, thirty-one
pears, forty-nine wolves, forty-nine
lynx, 1920 foxes, 2336O martens.
1907 hedgehogs, 1918 offers, 612S wild.
cats, 2S9 badgers, 1926 eagles, 14O 796
owls and 6S,314 miscellaneous birds
Of prey.
In eighteen game drives in the com
paratively small duchy of Stolberg-
Werningerode 324 red deer were shot
with forty common deer, 100 wild
hogs, 2O6 roebucks, 5000 rabbits, one
auerhahn, 1858 pheasants, 42OO small
ef leathered game and three wildcats.
one explanation of the wonderful
wealth of game existing in these
thickly settled countries is that it is
not the law only that serves to pro-
tect the animals. Public opinion has
been nodded by centuries Of rule into
an attitude that is sternly condem-
natory Of poachers.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05
A Dog Dax DinlogNe.

IL notice you've got your summer
pants on" remarked the dog fanSier.
YES" gasped the exhausted terrier,
sat they're not very lOud; eoRtaialy
not a. lOud as some Of thm sOAsvas
aannSls." '"Frus NevsrtkOlaus. vast
zen nSsd is mAzaIin'."
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

Every known language contains
such names as cuckoo, pewit, whip
poorwlll and others, in which the
sound emitted by the animal is utilized
as the name,
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

In trial by jury in Germany a vote
Of eight to four is necessary for the
conviction Of the prisoner. A xix to six
vote means acQuittal,
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

EASTERN BRANCH COTTAGE,
JOHN FRAAS, Proprietor.
BENNINd BRIDGE, D. c. !
All Brands of Liquors and the Finest
Cigars and Beer
Boats for hire for cunning or pleasure
parties
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

r. WILSON, Advertislng Manage
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-05

BntersA u - P0a QeIpe fSC trGRsRsisSss'
Ars,,SA a. slGtls a. SScOnS-OI&Ss releS.
The times., 1901-03-13
BALTIMORE PRICE CURRENT.
Wholesale Grain and Provision
Market Quotations i'm Fuu.

BALTIMORE. March I2--Following are
today's quotations in the local wholesale
provision and grain markets:
Wheat-Stock in elevators 346, ,5sS bus
Receipts Of Southern were light and with
an Indifferent demand the feeling was
easy. Sales of small lots by sample al 76a
nc. No. . red was quoted nominally
easier at IS 1-4c
Western wheat opened quiet and steady
Cash and month, II lie, and May, rs Lie
Market here was rather inactive, there
being only a moderate demand for cash
wheat. The Government report of yes
terday, while construed as moderately
bulliSh, did not cause much Improvement
in prices, although foreign cables, too
were fractionalIy higher. Market closed
easy Spot March, Il 1-4c bid II 1-2c asked
May, lSc bid Sales, $500 spot, a 1-2c; car
spot. strictly fresh. II 1-2c; 900 fresh to
arrive, Il 12c; $1,000 No. ? red Western
spot, Il 3-4c; car fresh spot, u 12c. Set
Ting price, contract, II 1-2c; No. 3 red, 75c
steamer No. red, 15c.
COrn-StoCk in elevators, COS 713 bus. Re
ceipts of Southern were light, and all OF
the limited offerirgs were readily dis
posed Of at about steady prices. Sales OF
white on wharf at &c and Of yellow at
46c. Cob steady at S2.35 per bbl for car
load lots prime yellow on spot
Western corn opened quiet and firm.
Spot and March, a 1-4n44 lie; April,
~ I-0utf lac, anu MAY ~ i-4ui4 l-ZC.
The market here is a narrow one-offer-
ings of corn being small and demand
equally as restricted. Western sentiment
rather bullish. Market closed quiet; spot
March, a lac bid, IL 1-2c asked; April.
"A lie bid; May, A 1-2c asked Settling
price, mixed, "A 1-4c; steamer mixed.
43 1-2c.
Butter-The market is firm Creamery
separator, extra. 25G25 lie; extra first.
24a24 1-2c: creamery first, 22M23c; cream
cry imitation. extra '}u19c: Iowa and
Northwestern ladlc q, 16dl7c; do, ex-
ira irst, l40ll5c; N,sstern store-packed,
134l4c; Ohio rolls, first l5n16c; second,
1S614c; West Virginia rolls, first, I4Gl5c:
second, 1301fc; Elgin creamery prints
1-2-pound, 26@27c; do. 1-pound 25d26c: do
2-pounds, 24m25c; Maryland and Pennsvl-
vania creamery prints, 1-2-pound, 25G26c
do. I-pOund, 24m25c; do 2-pounds, 23624c
ERgs-The market was dull. Strictly
fresh, 10 l-2c; Western, 13c
POultry-The market was steady. Old
fowls, 10c per 10; springers, 14G1lGc per
lb; roosters. 25c apiece; ducks. ina
12c per lb; turkeys, 9412c per lb dressed
chickens t0n11c per lb; do ducks, l1d12c
per lb; do turkeys, 10ul3c per h.
Cotton-Market steady: iniddIina &c:
strictly low mddling, Ssc; low middling,
sac. Stock in Baltimore, 1888 bales.
The times., 1901-03-13
THE MERGENTHALER CUT.
Local stock Holders Not Surprised
nf the Action.

The long expected cut in the dividend
on Mergenthaler Linotype stock was
made at the meeting of the directors of
the company yesterday. The regular
dividend of 12 per cent was declared by
the company, but no extra was provided
for.
Little surprise was expressed by local
holders Of the stock at the discontinuance
of the extra disbursement and it was evi-
dent that this action had been look ed for
by stockholders generally. The same
thing was indicated by the fact that there
was htue decline in the price Of the stock
on the local stock exchange yesterday
when the news was heard
Various surnises are hazarded i'm f
Street as to the reason for the cutting of
the extra dividend. One story told is that
large additional building for the plant
OF the company is to be erected This IL
is SAID is made necessary by the con-
stant increase in its business Another
story is that the Monoline Company is to
be purchased with the money saved from
the dividend.
The statement is made by an officer of
the company that its business is larger
this year than ever before. 1t is also
pointed out with regard to the cut in the
dividend rate, that the company has al
ways been explicit in it's statements re
garding the dividend. so that no one
should make any mistake in supposing
the extra dividend to be a regular thing
IL has always been said that the extra
was paid out because there was a sur
Plus IN the treasury which it was thought
the stockholders ought to have This sur
plus has been cut down considerably bv
the extra disbursements At present
however, the company is said to be earn
ING IulIN - per cent on its stock yearly.
The times., 1901-03-13
THE CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.
Corn Stronger, while Wheat Closes
Weak,

CHICAGO, March 12.-Wheat opened
higher on the 3-Sd advance at Liverpool
and light northwestern receipts, 1863 cars,
against 923 last year. Traders sold Com
mission house interest in the market was
smaller and the closing was rather weak
The Government estimate of l28 900, 600
bushels in farmers hands was larger
than the trade looked for and they ac-
cepted it as beaTish. Continental markets
were unchanged. There was an improve
Inent in the cash demand, sales aggregat-
ing 26n 600 bushels. The seaboard reports
3S loads
Corn was stronger, the Government re
port, showing 776 10000 bushels in farm
ers hands was bullish, and shorts COW
cred on it. The bull interest gave the
market considerable support today. Com
mission houses were moderate buyers.
The cash demand was reported as better.
The weather promises to be unfavorable
and TINS market has very strong tone.
The Government report showed 292 600 e
COS Of oats IN farmers hands. or about
the same as last year, which was Consid-
erably less than the popular expectation
This brought fair buying from outside
and local shorts The market closed
steady and there is a better cash demand.
350, 900 bushels sold here.