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The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
POLITICS in FRANCE.

In France political parties have no
programs in strict sense; no pre-
else formula that defines their politics
and their demands. They have senti-
ments, passions, if you prefer 1t so,
and general tendencies which suffice
to classify the politicians and those
who elect them Politics in France is
purely a matter of sentiment; the
elector votes for the candidate whose
political feelings approach most nearly
to his own; he is guided by the sym
pathles and antipathies manifested by
the candidates, and by the personal
relations which they entertain towards
the people of one or the other party In
each locality. This criterion allows
the French countrymen to know the
representative of their personal senti-
ments in so sure a way that they can
rarely be deceived The elector, when
he sees a candidate arrive whose opin-
ions are not clearly known to him,
does not stop at the party appollation
that the unknown parades, but he OBJ
serves what people patronize him and
what company he keeps and the cleo
tor soon knows to which side he be-
longs. French politics are directed
not by parties, but by tendencies, and
those who desire to understand them
must have heed, not to the program
of the candidates, but to the senti-
ments Of the electoral masses.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
THE LAW IN THE
B0UNDLESS IN SECT
WORLD.

Birds presumably know certain poison
Gus insects by instinct At the sight
of some caterpllars one would be re-
PEELED and naturally thinll of these OBJ
noxious insects as most poisonous.
There is where one is mistaken, for,
as general rule, this ferocious APP
pearance is simply for the purpose OF
throwing dust" in the eyes Of their
preying brethren. The birds, however,
as soon as they sight one of these gor-
geously-attired caterpillars, are all a
hutter, and eagerly pouncing upon
him, they forthwith dovour him with
avidity. AS soon as he is hatched,
sometimes before, the caterpillar has
enemies lying in wait for him. While
the butterfly Is deposit,ng her eggs,
another insect comes along and as slon
as the former gets out Of sight the lat
ter proceeds to lay her eggs among
those Of the butterfly This Insects
young are similar to human parasites.
and rapidly developing, they hatch
before their unfortunate neighbors and
as the butterfy's young appear they
are speedily deyoured. 1t is pitiful to
note the tragedy that occurs when
the handsome butterhys hereditary
enemy, the ichneumon fly, discovers
them This winged economist lays her
eggs on the back of the 'te"p'llar. just
previous to the lattar's going into Sc.
clusion, preparatory to metamorphos.
ing into a butterfly After the eater
pillar has spun its cocoon and costly
ensconced itself in its shell, the hy's
eggs hatch and the young insect prays
on the poor caterpillar until str-ug
enough, when it eats its way into the
outer world, there to still further pur-
sue its work OF destructlon Thus 1t
may be demonstrated tiat an lls3ct
must kill or be killed. for the laws
Of destruction among insects are in
mutable.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
Regarded as a rrute by
His AristOcratic
Officers.

air with jlbes and curse and all the
old obscene language of the barrack-
room, strips them Of all the romance In
which fiction has clothed them and
leaves them in the light Of men who
do not value life because they do not
know its significance.
But there is every excu to be made
Tor Tommy Adkins. The army takes
him in his Ignorance and, instead OF
attempting to make a man OF him. triss
to crush all the self-assertlve element
that might make him insubordlnate
when ill-treated, and leaves him sim
ply a machine to execute military ma
neuyers. So long as he keeps out OF
trouble and Is present a. roll call no
further notice is taken Of him. Usu-
ally the officers over him are rich and
aristocratic and absorbed In social
life. According to their standards a
soldier is little better t}an a brute.
That he is young, ignorant, among
strangers and surrounde with temp
tations that would corrult any but the
strongest characters is all ignored by
those who profess to have him in
charge. II he breaks the law the ex-
tenuatlng circumstances Of the case
are not considered.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
The British
Soldier.

Much has been said about the hardi-
hood and bravery Of the British sol
dier, writes Bradford Daniels, who
served 10 months in South Africa dur
ing the present war, but as l saw him
both on the veldt and in the hospital
his robustness may be seriously ques-
toned. Often the regular. when he
arrived at Cape Town, was not in tt
condition for an arduous campaign.
Excesses had sapped his strength to
such an extent that a body OF regu-
lars, trained as they were to carry a
heavy kit and to march, could not fol-
low any of the colonial corps for even
two hours Of hard marching. Many a
regular died in the hospital from com
paratively slight wounds because his
blood was tainted while beside some
dangerously wounded colonial who had
lived a clean life, recovered
The regulars bravery cannot be
questioned, however. He simply laughs
at death; and, all through the war,
the English infantry would attack i'm
pregnable positions which the more
wary colonial troops would never think
of attacking. But this courage is large
" the courage of the brute which does
not realize what death is. To I've In
a hospital filed with regulars after a
big engagement and hear them, even
before their wounds are closed, fill the
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
KILL OR "
BE KILLED

1t is said that the law Of the insect
world is kill or be killed 1t is a
vengeful law but We're one acquainted
with insect life he might see the force
of the statement 1t seems that ma
ture is somewhat partial to the in
sect world when we compare it's exls-
tence to that of ours. Man has ID learn
all the methods of sustaining life in
order that he may fight for an OK
istence in this tumultuous world,
whereas the insect appears to spring
into existence like Jason's tooth-born
warrior, fully armed and prepared to
battle for the safety Of its cupidity,
and a livelihood gained by preying on
its weaker brethren. After the mother
has deposited the egg in most ad-
Yantageous place and the young insect
has broken its shell, even in its most
inclpient stages OF development 1t
manifests its heredity and begins its
work as destroyer. Nature is full OF
resources and marvellous mother of
invention. II all insects are destroy
Ci5i ~ 10 just do True ludL bOulo al =
much less able to protect themselves
than others, consequently, nature has
to provide some means by which they
are enabled to escape the clutches OF
their stronger brethren. Some insects
which could not successfully hold their
own in combat are given swftness Of
wing by which means they generally
are able TO elude their pursuers.
Others, instead of possessing either
swiftness OF wing or the ability Of hold
ingtheiro own, are given ferociousness
OF appearance which, in the case
Of insects, in most cases is an efHectual
protection against marauders What is
known as the tree hopper OF brownie
bug is queer insect. It's harmless
ness is in sharp contrast to its intimi-
dating appearance. 1t gains its live
lihood by extracting juices from plants
Il Is therefore a toothsome bit for
preying insects. The ant evidences it's
proverbial wisdom in the capture Of
the hopper from which it takes honey.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
Sheep Raising
Ion Ranches

Sheep raising, while it may seem
simple to the inexperienced, is a most
difficult business to successfully con-
duct, says the Anaconda Standard.
The sheep must be carefully herded,
and one day of neglect will scatter the
herd for miles and entail loss OF hun
dreds of dollars. Then there is the
feeding and watering during the win
ter months, which must not be neglect
ed; and the worst work of all comes
with the spring time, when "lambing'
begins, and for weeks neither day nor
night is there rest for the men who
work in the lambing herds. A lamb
does not look large, but let cold
storm come on when several hundred
Of them are dropping daily and the
pens are crowded to suffocation, and
IL the men rest for an hour it means
hundreds of dollars gone to the bad
Then there is the shearing, which
must be looked after and done in such
a manner that every ounce Of wool on
The sheep viii add to the dollars of the
wool sale. which goes to pay the run
ming expenses Of the herd for the year.
1t is not enough in the sheep business
that you have good men to do the
work but you must see that the work
is done evcYv hour out of the "a
Sheep are without reason in many
things, and the slightest thing out Of
the ordinary in their every day life
may mean loss of thousands of dol
lars to the owner. In the winter time
a blizzad may come up and dive them
before 1t for miles until at last hun
dreds of them are piled up in some
ravine and are lost. Two years ago
last October the storm which visited
northern Montana meant loss of
thousands of dollars to the sheep own
ers, and also it meant death to seven
sheepherders on the range who were
caught out and endeavored to be faith
full to their charges. In a corral it
sometimes happens in the winter time
that the sheep get cold and crowd to-
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
The Many Difficulties
That Beset the Path
of the Owner.

gether to such an extent that when the
morning comes there are several hun
dred dead Sometimes it is u wolf OF
some animal passing suddenly in the
night that will cause q stampede IN
the corral and several hundred sheer
will be crushed in the jam. Then there
are the poisonous grasses which are
found on the ranges in the spring time.
Last spring n sheep owner drove q
fresh band in upon the same range
which his other sheep were grazing
upon, and in less than a week there
were $500 dead. Then there are the
wild animals; a moments inattentior
and the wolf has rushed in, and few
more dollars are added to the loss side
Of the account.
man is pointed out on the street
who has $4,000 or more sheep. and per-
haps the stranger wonders that he is
roughly dressed and covered with mud
and dirt from hard riding or hard
work. 1t is because Of the hard riding
and harder work that he can point io
his herds of thousands, and it is the
hard-working man and the man who
puts intelligence into his work that
wins out-more so than in any other
business.
But always in the sheep herd there
is one who is more faithful than the
herder, more conscientious than the
owner whose work is more than all,
and without whom there would be no
successful sheep raising upon the
ranges-iJ is the meek little shepherd
dog. Others there are who work
among the bands, but none like the
little four-legged bundle of intelligence
who goes way round EN- during
every hour Of the day and whose yigi-
lance never relaxes for a moment via
ter or summer; one who has not seen
the almost human intelligence OF the
little dumb brutes Of the plains can
never realize how much the sheep rails
er owes to them, and cannot under
stand the affection with which he
views them.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
Hanged Herself Publicly.

Victoria, B. c. (SpeciaD The steamer
Duke of Fife, which sailed from Yoko-
hama September 81, brings a strange
story of the public suicide OF Chinese
woman at Foo Chow She resolved on
the deed after the death Of her husband
and informed the public Of her intention
The taotai tried to prevent her and on
account Of typhoon floods the suicide was
twice postponed but all efforts failed to
divert the woman from her purpose. Be
decked in her finest clothes, she publicly
hanged herself on a platform before
which stood several hundred spectators.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
Roof pmcllers In New York.

Perched high up in midair, atop the
lofty office buildings, are little homes
as quiet and secluded as though they
stood beside some country lane, in
stead of directly above throbblng. hur-
rying, maddening Broadway. Several
years ago some inventive architect de-
vised the plan Of Locating caretakers
and their families on the roofs of the
buildings Of which they have charge.
The plan was so satisfactory in every
respect that it has been very generally
Followed. Within an area of a few
blocks in the downtown district dozens
OF families are living thus, above the
caves Of the tallest buildings in the
world They form a quaint and inter
esting colony.-Ledger iIonthly.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
CLERICS
HIS VICTIMS

One morning a man came to me with
a letter written on stamped paper and
signed with the name of a clergyman
of my church in a town in Massachu-
setts, says writer in the Ladies'
Home Journal. His story, told in great
embarrassment, was that he had run
away from home According to the
letter his aged mother was dying with
grief and the appeal of the rector
was to the man to come back at once.
The minister's check for $8, drawn on
bank in the same town was inclosed
with which to pay car fare. He was
distressed and was anxious to go, but
the difficulty was that he had been in
New York only five days, knew no one
and could not be identified at any
bank. Would | cash the check? l told
him to come back in a couple of hours,
and meantime | telegraphed inquiries
to Rev. c.. The answer came back
do not know any such man. When
the fellow returned he was arrested,
and in his pocket a neatly kept mem
orandum book was found containing
the names of nearly every clergyman
in Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland,
Pittsburg and Philadelphia. This had
been his route. On each page Of the
book were four columns, headed,
Name, date, amount and remarks"
and in these were such entries as
"Rev. R, S. Got after an hours
work. Rev. s.. No good, Can't
work" "Rev. r, &c. An easy
mark" The dates ran back through
three years. When he had completed
his tour he would probably either have
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
RIeh Men without chnnre

It is a rather curious fact that very
rich men are so often caught without
money in their pockets. The late
George w. Childs was so careless In
this respect that not infrequently
other passengers in street cars would
pay his fare for him. m.-Philadelphia
Record.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
Wireless Biography ior LIoyds.

London (By Cable The Marconi
Company and Lloyds' Shipping Agency
have made an agreement by which the
stations OF tie agency throughout the
world are TO be equipped with wireless
tclegraphy.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19

sold his book for some one else to use,
or he would have, changed his appear
ance, invented new story and ap-
preached second time the people who
were worth IT,
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19

In Vermont the federation had bin
introduced asking that women be ap-
pointed on the boards of control Of the
asylums where women are confined.
This unreasonable % demand was
slain forthwith
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
A GIgantlc PIc-nrn.

The largest picture in the world is
Paradise by Tintoret,o 1t hangs
in the Doge's palace, at Venice. 1t is
eighty-four feet wide aNd thirty four
feet high.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
aranted hv Tnrkcy nlInsl.

Constantinoplc (By Cable).-An trade
Just issued grants the cxequatur OF
Thomas II. Norton, Of Cincinnati, as
United States Consul at Kharput. so
long withheld by the Turkish Govern
ment.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19

Tho largest fresh-water lake IS Lake
Superior, $1,000 square miles, or nearly
one-half the size of Missouri.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19
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The suburban citizen., 1901-10-19

A woman always has her suspicious
Of man who never lies to her.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-24
BROOKLYN BR1rrs

alderman D. ]. Mahaney ia laid up With q severe attack of rheumz- tism.
 -Rev Father Michael F. a. NJ of W1nsted, is the guest of Rev. Father Gleeson.
 The funeral of Nellie Carty will take place tomorrow morning at BRO CLOCK from the family residence on La1ayette street to St Patrick,s church.
 Edward Nugent of Summit street Ieft yesterday for Jersey City, where ne has accepted a position as foreman in one of the manufacturing concerns of that city. William J. Collins of 5S Green street, accompanied by his two sons. William and Richard, left to-day for Orange, N. J. Mir Collins is foreman TOT the Charles B. Wright Machine Co. arconcern that has been doing business for some time on Canal street. this city, but ,ecently removed to larger Quarters in New Jersey. Mrs Collins ana the rest Of the family will remove there next week.
 -A good story is being related of a prominent member Of the St Thomas Cadets. Ore evening this week after
 
 over. the young man referred to was accompanying two young ladies. one or whom is very dear to him and lives In the vicinity of South Main street, to their homes. As they reached the Washington avenue bridge rather pufly looking man accosted the trio and asked to see the young man for few moments. The latter thought ms finish was near; but the burIy looking man only displayed before his eyes a handsome ring which shone brightly. It was made of poor gold The owner was in hard luck, wished to go to Winsted, had no money, and would sell the ring at any price. The man was ill q hurry and the ladies were q good distance away. Feeling deep sympathy for the unfortunate person he gave him q dollar for the ring. thinking he had a fine bargain. Next day he viewed the ring and his thoughts changed. The ring was worth about :l uharter. He tried to keep the story q secret but some on. told of ii to his discomtiture.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-24
/ NEW KING X FREE MASON,
Head of Order in the British Realm
 and Personally Active.

Albert Edward is the most promi- nent living Freemason because he is grand master of the grand lodges of England. Ireland. Scotland and Wales. and is also grand prior of the order of Knight TemplarS ill England. and grand patron of the Ancient Accept ed Scottish Rite of Free1ndsonry in the United Kingdom, having received the thirty-third and last degree in that branch of FreemaSonry.
 For more than thirty-two years he has taken an active interest in the or der. He has fully eXemp1ified through his personal contact with his Masonic brethren when visiting the various bodies with which he is affiliated the equality upon which Freemasons stand when meeting as such. Mason " everywhere receives his hearty and unqualified support. and his presence at important Masonic functions is al- ways sought for and usually with sue cess.
 Like his gradfather. the Duke of Kent, the Prince was admitted into the fraternity under a foreign consti- tuition. He was initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry by the King of Sweden while on avisit to Stock holm in December. 1868. In Septem- Der. 1869. the grand lodge of England conferred upon him the rank of past grand master, and in December of the same year he became grand master, being invested with the insignia of his Masonic rank by the grand master, the Earl of Zetland.
 In the previous month on motion of the Duke of Leinster, grand master of the grand loge of Ireland. the title of patron of the order in Ireland was conferred upon the Prince by the grand lodge of Ireland his investiture taking place at grand communica- ton held in Deblin. August H, 1871. H6 was subsequently, elected worship full master of Royal Alpha lodge 16, in Williss rooms, London, and later wor- shipful master of Apollo University lodge 351.. Oxford.
 The union of the grand conclave of Masonic Knights Templars of Eng land and the grand conclave of High Knights Templars of Ireland was consumated in April, 1873. by the in- stallation of the Prince as grand mas ter of the order in England, Ireland and Wales, and dependencies of the British crown. which rank he has held continuously since that time. The in- stallation was followed by q banquet, held in Williss rooms, at which the Prince of Wales presided. He remark ed in his speech that 'all present are aware that Her Majesty the, queen is the patroness of craft Masonry. and have her permission to state that she has been pleased to accept the title of patroness of the Masonic order.'
 At the suggestion of the Earl of Dalhousie. the grand lodge of Scot land, in May, 1870. requested him to become the patron of the Masonic order in Scotland. and he consented, being installed in Edinburg on Octo- Der 12. 1870 More than GOO Masonic dignitaries were present on this oc- casion. many of them representing Masonic grand lodges in the United States.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-24
FOUND DEAD IN BRISTOL

Bristol Jan 24.-A[iles Bradley, an old resident of Bristol. was found dead at his home on South street this evening by Chief of Police Arms and Coroner c. s. Hull. He had not been seen about his house during the day and curiosity prompted one of his neighbors to make an investigation. Chief Arms notified Coroner Hull last evening and the two went to the house. All the doors were locked. so an entrance was forced and the two officials went to Bradley's bedroom, where they found the man lying dead on his bed, fully dressed and partially warm. Dr Hull decided death was due to heart disease. MT Bradley was 65 years of age and had lived here most of his life. For twenty years he was a buffkr in the spoo nshop department of the Bristol Brass and Clock com pany on Main street. For the Last ten or twelve years he had lived re. tired. He leaves n wife, daughter. Mrs Lampson, and a son. Wiltiam Bradley. A. sister, Mrs George Dolph. also survives him and lives in 0uiiA ford. . !
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-24
FARCE TRIAL CONDEMNED.

A writer ill yesterday morning "YaIe News calls for the instant eN- nulsion of all the men engaged i'll the Eosscheiter mock trial and urges that if the faculty wayers ill it's duty In this respect the college publications obtain and print broadcast the names of the young men who enacted ! re- production of this worst case In the history of criminal annals. The writer continues: "Sometimes the offenders in such thing as this offend only against themselves, or against their own particular company. On Monday afternoon they made them selves as conspicuous as possible be- fore Yale and the whole Yale world, in the most disgraceful exhibition in which Yale men have participated in many years"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-01-24
MUNICIPAL LIGHTING.
Fine Showing Made in South Nor
 walk the Past Few Wears

Fine Showing Made in South Nor
 walk the Past Few Years.
 South Norwalk, Jan 24.-Niunicipal lighting was established here in 1852. The annual report just issued says: We feel that all who may be in terested in the progress of this city, are proud of the marked sue cess that has attended this plant since it's establishment under munich pal ownership eight years ago as the first plant for electric lighting owned by the public in this state. and which by reason of the ever increasing de- mand for it's services has grown until to-day it is five times it's original size. During it's existence it has always been able to meet every expense for operation, maintenance and interest with its income, and as you will see further on in these pages q surplus of $3,319.54 was created enlargement of this year, for which $2,5OO has been utilized in part pay ment of the cost of the commercial enlargement of this year, for which $11,oOO was appropriated, thereby saving the issue of and the interest on go, 800 bonds.
 Aside from this the fire alarm sys- tenn was increased this year by the addition of two more fire alarm sta tlonS, but the entire cost of the main- tenance and extension of the system has been paid for from the income of the electric lighting alone, and the ap- propriation for the fire alarm stands untouched
 The present. rate for all night lamps is SI2 q year.