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The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
a CI1enn Road.

There was a lull in tine storm that
ragged for years between England and
the New Zealand Maoris. One of the
most tactful Of Great Britain's repre-
sentatives wanted a road from one OF
the chief coast towns into the interior.
Dense forests and mountain ridges can
not be hastily cQmpassed by troops,
and this is why the road was wanted
The native king did not want the road,
and did not make it. Then the Eng
lish representative promised TO that
native king, who lived in the interior
a beautiful vehicle on springs, with the
necessary ponies to draw the same
The king was transported with delight
Then he remembered that there were
no roads to drive along If he tried to
get that snowy vehicle through the
bride paths it woulG be iolted to
pieces. What was the use OF having a
splendid equipage unless he could
show it in the coast town to natives
and white men alike? So the king de
cided to make the road at once, and
he put native lahorers by the thousand
on the work. In two months a mag
nifcent strategical and military roac
was made for England at the cost of
carriage and horses.-Chicago Chroni
Gle.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
RAPIDsDWINDLNG OF
Gas Belt Being ?5SsSs5 ;gsSIT y s3lhz4 RSass:
Exhausted......... WASTE

elude city and county buildings, CITY
officials, lawyers, churches, minister's
of the gospel, physicians, architscts'
and some of the most prominent resi-
dents and business houses in the CITY
of indianapolis. A.,
AS described by the company the
method of stealing is to cut additionai
small holes in the feed pipe, without
having the extra charge due for the
increased supply. Everybody appar-
emily. according to the company does
tbia. or. at least, it was found that out
of $4,000 consumers, three-quarters
were using more gas than they paid
for AS a result, the company's earn
inas decreased $4,000 a year. and tho
6ividends had to be defcTed.
No gas meters have been used in In
dianapolis, despite the efforts Of the
company to secure their adoption, and
there is no means Of definitely deter
miniBg the amount of the product
ucod by each consumer.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
A Giant Industry.

According to Professor II. Il. Thurs
ton, who writes OF "The Steel Industry
of America" in the Century, Sir Hen
ry Bessemer's invention has added
more to the worlds wealth than any
other save the steam-engine. The fol-
lowing figures give an idea Of the ex-
tent of the production Of steel through
out the world:
The worlds product Of Bessemer
steel in 1892 would have made a colon
made OF pillars twenty feet in diameter
and 100 high, 1879 in number, extend
ing over three miles, 1876 on each hand,
or a single row over six miles long.
Every working day in that year there
was produced the equivalent Of be-
tween FIVE and six such columns, and a
days work resulted in the output Of
nearly as much as was the total an
nual product of the great city Of Shelf
field at the time of Bessemer's inven-
tion. The annual production of Besse-
mer steel was, in another comparison,
shown to be the equivalent Of a column
100 feet in diameter, the size of a mod
erately large gas-holder and 1854 feet
six inches high-a mile and a third.
This would be sixteen and a half
times as high as the cross on the dome
Of st. Paurs in London One-twelfth
Of its altitude would measure the pro
duction of a single month and would
rise above the height of the Washing
ton Monument. A single hour would
yield a pillar Of steel nine feet in di-
ameter and about 140 feet high, the
altitude OF tall church steeple The
work of a year would construct a
steel wall five feet in thickness, TWEEN
ty feet high and 100 miles long, which
would be enough to inclose an area
Of about 800 square miles three and a
quarter miles in diameter, sufficient
to inclose London and its suburbs in
circle rsdiating over thirty miles
from st. Pauls or the Bank. The
foundation Of the wall itself would
occupy sixty acres.
The United States enters the new
century with just about this total pro
duction Of steel.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
Camden and Good Roads.

Freeholder Samuel Wood, of Cam
den, was elected a member Of the Ex'
ecutive Committee, and County Engin'
eer John J. Albertson, Of the Legisla.
tive Committee, at the recent annual
meeting Of the State Roads Associa'
tion, held at Trenton
Freeholder Samuel Wood presided al
the meeting. A proposition favOring
an increase in the annual appropria
ton by the State for good roads from
S15O,OOO to 100000 was adopted. The
association voted against changing tht
present method, whereby the state
pays one-third, abutting property own
ers ten per cent. and the county a
large the remainder Of the costs.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

The Medical Press and Circular, Of
London, declares that the tendency to
obesity depends largely on racial and
individual predisposition, but occupa-
tion and personal habits are also po-
tent factors in determining this prone
ness TO the deposition of fat in exces'
sive quantity. The multiplication of
cheap modes Of transport unquestion-
ably favors the tendency to obesity,
so that with the rapid development of
underground and above-ground cleo
trio traction in London and other
large cities the next generation must
be prepared for an evolution in this
direction.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

Henry D. Lloyd predicts that cities
will eventually disappear and the
people be educated back to their old
home, the soil.' Rider Haggard in
forms the Londoners that "if the race
is to thrive and Britain remain mighty
in years to come, say goodbye to
towns and get back to the land, which
bred your fathers" 1t seems that the
native-born Londoner becomes extinct
in the third generation, a fact which
lends point to Mr.. Haggards warning
Rum and poor food and the resulting
anaemia put the finishing touches on
degenerate families in short order
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

The practice Of raising heavy build
Ings by means Of jackscrews has bee2
in vogue in this country for many
years but has never been initiated by
Europeans until recently, and only
then when an Austrian who had re-
sided in this country several years
prompted a resort to it. No one will
retort that Americans are equally slow
TO adopt foreign practices that have
had their usefulness demonstrated.
Perhaps this difference in methods
may explain why the United States is
making such astonishing industrial
progress. 1t certainly makes clear one
fact, and that is that If Europeans
travelled as much IN this country as
Americans do in theirs and at the
same time observed as closely here as
our people do when abroad, there
would be less talk Of Yankee ingenu'
ity' and a larger exhibition of the
quality in other landS.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

there crouched monstrous panther.
his limbs all gathered beneath him,
his immense quarters trembling with
eagerness as he slowly and almost i'm.
pe.ceptibly at times lifted his cush.
ioned fore feet His great tail quiv
cred and tWitched with pent-up force.
and on the yearning head and neck
the cat-like ears slowly laid themselves
down. Somewa was palsled with
terror and rooted to the ground. She
made no effort to move, but as her
falling limbs almost sunk beneath her,
heard ringing in ker ears her eft.
uttered prayer, "That her people
should come to have a chief likened IN
savagery to panther" Then as she
gazed, o'ercome with terror. she felt
creeping thrill. At this her pent-ur
agony found voice in a piercing scream
she started upwards, awake and
staring.
The thunder was dying off among
the distant hills, and through a gar
there streamed in one last red arrow
of sunlight. It centered on the ledge
seen in her dream. but only illumined
the soft. gray moss Of its surface till
it shone wet and sodden like clot Of
blood
Autumn had turned into winter and
winter yielded to balmy spring when
the Indian village ives noisy with
games and laughter. A festival was
being held, for son was born to the
old chief, White Thunder, But apart
from the moving scene, in a maple
grove. stood the chiefs lodge. and
within its darkest corner lay Somewa,
from time to time casting haif-terrified
glances at the outside light as she
soothed a faint. wailing cry. So she
guarded her child, keeping him screened
from all eyes. even from his fathers;
but a time came when as the infant
grew stronger all knew his eyes might
bear the light. and at last Somewa said
to her husband, Come, now and see
him"
Then as the red chief looked, she
saw a dark frOwn gather upon his
face: the corners Of his stern lips
twitched as he muttered, "Ee will
lead my people to their Oeath when l
am gone. You have had your wish,
Somewa. He looks like little panth-
, er."
And so II befell the child was named
Little Panther; and ere he came to
mans years ne earned his name, for
paught was too terrible in his lust Tor
blood. He led the Senecas on the war.
path against their enemies; he 2oment-
ed discomfort and violence in every
form. and when his people, tired with
| slaughter. bewailed with blackened
faces their lost braves. Little Panther
took the warpath alone. following the
trails with swift and silent footsteps,
/ like the animal whose name he bore
till he came upon his prey, and then
the tomahawk death and the scalping
knife!
Ever on the trail Of blood could be
seen his fierce visage, grim as the
panther and, like him, cruel, cold anc
cunning: a small knife twisted in his
scalplock as a standing challenge, al
ways ready for whom might take it,
So Little Panther fought and slew tC
the end. and only did the decimatior
of his people cease when he was killed
one day he met his death in a lonely
gully near a cave. by the animal whose
name he bore. So runs the Legend
Outing.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

Another Paris journalist has beer
wounded in a duel. 1t is noticeable
that no Paris journalist ever gets hurt
badly enough to J AXE him quit writ
ing. Perhaps there is something in
the code Of honor which forbids the
wounding Of an editor in such a way
as may interfere with his holding
pen.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

Every farm should IN reality ne
factory, and the chief end and aim OF
every farmer should be to work the
product Of the farm into perfectly
finished products before seeking a
market. Butter, eggs, wool and meat
upon this schedule will never run
down or grow weaker in fertility.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

American excursion steamers on the
Thames next summer will be apt 10
give English capital another cold
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
WASHINGTON, D. c.

During the last year 1900 754607
letters and 5O7,s15,2JO postal cards
We're sent through the United States
mail
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
LOVE

Love is a day
With no thought of a morrow;
Love is a JOY
With no thought of sorrow.
Love is to give
With no thought Of receiving
Love is to trust
Without quite believing.
Charles Henry Webb, in Harper's Bazar
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

Professor Clark. Of the Chicago Uni
versity, thinks that the popular ora
TORS oe to-day have too little dignity.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23
One Governcr,s policy.

A Toxic newspaper reports the fol-
lowing to be the three articles of faith
which Mr.. 0noda, Governor of Miyagi
prefecture, has selected for his guild
ance and rule OF conduct while dis
charging his high functions, viz: Art,
1. Not to fall in love with any woman
in the locality under my Jurisdiction.
Art. .. Not to incur debts. Art 3. MOI
to buy houses or land in the locality
under my jurisdiction.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

The homeless man and the beauless
girl are alike in that both have II,
where to lay their heads,
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

, UnQuestionably cheap fuel is a large
factor in American supremacy, thinks
the Pittsburg Dispatch. But the man
behind the machine is the most impOr-
tant factor in the whole equation. The
educated self-respecting, well paid
workingman is responsible more than
anything else for putting American
products ahead in the markets. He
not only puts out his wares cheaply,
but weaving in his intelligence he
makes them adapted to their uses
the best. rsa.
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

Paris now prefers to have its daily
bread made daily from -four from the
mill. After a time we may by the aid
Of our physicians and scientists catch
up to the early inhabitants Of the
United States, who pounded their own
corn or wheat to -four as they needed
1t for use. sometimes bending down
sapling and tying a heavy stone to 1t
and making it do the hardest part OF
the work. Man seems to progress IN
tYz-s-7f- .assr ras.rs ~
a circle IN q good many times.
p. VS. $50
The suburban citizen., 1901-02-23

A French writer is advising his
countrvmen to take lessons in cable
cutting. He points out that in case of
war the ocean cables would be Eng
lands vulnerable points, and that the
gentle art Of severlng them requires
ability which it would be too late to
acquire by the necessary practice
when the war should have actually
broken out .shr...
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
TRUSTEES OF UNIVERSITY.
President Wyman Reports Attend
 ance of 232 Pupils

Tuscaloosa. Oct 3I.-(special.) 1.-The irus- tees of the University of Alabama held a short in the chair. But litie work done. as little came up before the board The report of President wyman showed 232 pupils and he commended the cadets on their excellent de < all of the nineteen students suspended for hazing have returned to college. An adci- tional S2, 800 was appropriated for repairs on the request of the football team to be allowed to play three instead of two games on the campus, J. P. Webb casting the only dissent lands with the Tennessee Coal and Iron Com pany laid over till next June. one mem ber of the board declaring he was fighting shy of all land deals Governor Jelks went
 Hon ]. Manly Foster has been appointed district attorney for the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at this place, vice W. c. Fitts. re- signed. Mir. Foster is a very prominent attor- ney in this county and was a member of the Constitutional Convention. He is also county solicitor.
 on "Bankruptcy'' before the members of the law class this morning at ] o'clock by inVt- tation of the dean. Judge ". s. Thorington' The lecture was a very able one and was
 The members of the Alabama Corps of Ca- dets University of Alabama. have received a consignment of 200 new Springfield rifles from the Rock Island H.. armory. This is the result of action taken at the June meet ing of the Board of Trustees. as the old ones were out of date.
 Lawrence Vaughn of Selma was solemnized at the home of the brides parents. Professor and Mrs. W. A. Parker yesterday afternoon at o'clock. MT. and Mrs Naughn Ielt im- Thieves entered the store of H. Chuck last night and secured about S2O. They also entered the office of the Tuscaloosa Laundry and carried off the cash register There is
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
RAILROAD TO MOUNTAIN.
Electric Line from Huntsville t
 Monte Sano Protected.

Huntsville Oct H.-tSpecial)-New York capitalists who are interested in project to build an electric railroad to Monte Sano, will reach Huntsville during the present week. A great deal of corre- spondence has been exchanged between the New Workers and Huntsville men who are interested in the scheme. and 1t appears now that everything Is about ready for the final arrangements to be made. Those interested believe that railroad to the mountain will pay from the start.
 A party of well-known South Alabama manufacturers are in this city today for the purpose of securing site for the To- cation of a spoke and handle factory.
 The contractors have about completed the buildings of the Eastern Spinning and the Madison Spinning Mills Machin- cry is being installed in both of the new industries and they will be in operation before the end of the present cotton sea- son.
 Moses A. MaIcrum, a countryman Who resides near the city, was arrested yes- terday on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses. The warrant was sworn out by M. Adler, hide and tallow dealer.
 The annual poultry show of the North Alabama Poultry, Pigeon and Pet Stock Association will be held In this city dur ing the first part of January. Fine fowls from all parts of Alabama and Tennes- see will be entered in the contests.
 A contract for 4,000 new books was closed last night by the Dallas Manufac- turing Company to be placed in its libra ry for mill operatives at the Dallas Mills. The company has recently established a free library and public park and the former will be extensive. t...
 The Madison C6thty Teachers AssQ- citation will meet in Huntsville Saturday. The teachers will observe a long and in teresting program.
 Oscar Dreger and Miss Edna A. Evans were married yesterday evening at the home of the brides parents, MT. and Mrs. A. F. Evans, on West Clinton Street. Rev. J. H. Mccoy performed the cere- mony in the presence of a small party of friends. MT. and Mrs Dreger are spend- ing their honeymoon in Chattanooga and other cities.
 R. Al Haden, a well-known young saw mill man. and Miss Onle Wann young lady compositor on The Evening Tribune, were married last night at the First Methodist parsonage, Rev J. H. Mccoy officiating.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
KILLED BY TRAIN.
J. T. Harrison Struck by Passenger
 on the Plant.

Ozark Oct. 3I.-(Spccial )-Mr. J. Friley Harrison, who was resident near Abbeville Junction was knocked from the track of the Plant System Railroad and instantly killed last night. It is supposed from all the cir cumstances that he killed by the east bound passenger train that passes Abbeville Junction between II and 2 o'clock. His body was found lying beside the track this morning about sun-up. His head was terribly mashed and his arm was broken in two places and his body was otherwise bruised The blood had run down from the iron railing to the trench beside the edge of the right-o way. It appeared that the stroke had cut his jugu- lar vein, which caused the blood to flow with such great profusion.
 | N Gtiley Esq., was called on to em- pannel A coroner's jury and to sit in the case, which he did Simeon Brown, D. Dossenger, R' II. Jones w. H. Griffin, J.. C. Helems and II ID Brown the jury rendered a verdict that he had come to his death by train knockinE him of the track Midland City, Ala
 Mir Harrison came to this county from Bar hour eight years ago. He was well known there and in this county. He was about 46 years of age and leaves a widow and large family of children. He has a brother co. W. Harrison) who is a prominent Baptist preach CT in Bullock County
 The Columbia Association is in session at Mi Pleasant Church, near Abbeville Junction, and is well attended I. A. White Is moder- ator and Mir Jackson clerk.
 Cotton picking Is about over in that com munitv and the people will now gather their cane and potatoes which are fairly good
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
DEATH OF LITTLE GIRL.
Mary Lou Milton, Aged 3 Years,
 Succumbs at Troy.

Troy, Oct. 31.-(Special.)-This morn- ing about o'clock. little Mary Lou Mill ton. three years of age, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Walter s. Milton, died at the residence of her parents in this city. It was not thought until last night that she was seriously i'll, but spasmodic croup set in and she died very suddenly.
 The city is putting on quite gala appearance in preparation for the coming Street Fair, which will commence next Tuesday, The buildings in the business part of the city are being profusely decorated with bunting of gay and varied colors. Flags and streamers are also in evidence. Tents and other structures gre being erected at the corners of Court Square and along the streets, for the various shows which will be here curing the fair A large band stand has beer erected on the southeast corner Of Court Square, from which music will be dis pensed for the entertainment of the people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
SHEFFIELD IS PROGRESSING.
Several Scoops" Said to Be on Tapis
 There.

ehoriold Oct. 3I.-(special )-The Business NTon.s Asociation of Sheffield is taking on having ;sysraI 1e.PsESay and s,ono ,,e5 Cor the next regular meeting to he beId I5i''sT Tuesday next The settlement of the matter of locating the Southern Railway shops in Favor of Sheffield has given general satis- Vaottan and Is the cause of much rejoicing heTe' eqe.o @ prominent citizen who does no not wish ms nai1e IT, sberield has several scoops in mem5 RsnG 'S1i Which will rejoice her friends every where. WY rr C,r4ar a proroi-
 t Iuesu%y siyoS man of this place, while engaged in repairing the roof of the stock house % at one of furnaces of the fe f6 sbe ground and Iron ana ana haig instantly killed.
 is heB heinz f. Sens n Sy tracteu H,gr nI 6Hara of Trussville. Ala. at the FiTst TnT t'ei Baptist Church in this city. Large crowds are in attendance daily and several coDweruions have been reported.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
DEATH OF MRS. c. W. FIELDS.
Fer Husband Now Dangerously Ill
 With Typhoid Pneumonia.

Girard Oct 31.-(Special. .)-Mrs. Charles w Fields died at her home in Girard at b o'clock this morning. The case IS an unusually sad one. MT. Fields is now dangerously ill with typhoid pneumonia and it is greatly feared that he will not survive.
 Mrs. Fields leaves four small girls and an infant, a boy two weeks old. She had been quite ill since the birth of the child, but it had been hoped all along that she would improve. She grew worse, however and the end came this morning.
 Mir Fields. who is now so critically i'll. is one n the leading citizens of Russell County He holds the position of county school commissioner and only few weeks ago he was named for mayor of Girard by the Democratic primary. Ills
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
DIED OF DRoPSY.
Miss Leila Nolin Succumbs in Flu
 faula.

Eufaula. Oct. 3t.-(SpeciaD-Mi Leila Elizabeth Nolin, IS years old, daughter of Mir. and Mrs. M. Noln of this city, died at the home of her parents nere this week and was buried at Mt. Aerial Church. ten miles south of the city yesterday. She came with her parents here a year or two ago from about ter miles south of town Miss Nolin suf- fered from dropsy and her young sister Hattie May. years old, Is also af- f1icted with the same trouble and is not expected to live.
 An alarm of fire was sounded yesterday nor hing for the first time in many months. The Copeland home. occupied by MT. S. H. ShlImer,, caught from a defective fue. but the blaze was extln- guished before any great damage was done. .,.-. Fair continues. Large crowds leeve ev- eTy day. Many persons will remain all the week.
 z he drop in the cotton market Is caus- ing many to hold and business is falling of
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
cowLEY GIVEN TEN YEARS.
Jury's Verdict Was a Surprise
 Sparks is on Trial.

opelika, Oct. 3I.-(speciaI )-Last nIghl state vs J. P Cowley. charged with killing young Brady Jones. near Salem, returned a verdict of voluntary manslaughter The judge imposed the maximum penalty-ten years in the penitentiary. The verdict created much surprise. as the general impression was that capital punishment would be inflicted or the defendant sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The defendant will appeal 10 the Su- preme Court. Sheriff Hodge carried Cowley 10 Montgomery last night for safe keeping.
 Circuit Court has been engaged all day in the trial of Professor C. H Sparks. The de- fendant Is contes:ing every inch Of ground and will attempt to prove an alibi. Lucy Ingersoll the wife of the murdered man who Is indicted as an accessory to the assasslna- tion, has turned States evidence and sWore she handed the gun out the window with which her husband was killed. Much interest
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-01
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