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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
A Baby Cana ry's Music Lesson.


In the account of a pair OF canaries
and their offspring, which is published
in the Ladies' Home Journal, Florence
Morse Kingsley tells how the oldest
baby bird, as soon as he learned to
fiutter from one perch to another and
to reach for a seed and crack it, was
put into a cage by himself and hung
out on the veranda near the father
bird, who was named Wee Willie Win
kie, and was a superb singer. Then
the baby birds education began. First,
he learned to jump fearlessly into his
china bathtub and fiutter his wings
and get himself gloriOusly wet, just as
father did Next, he cuddled himself
into a delightfully."- comfortable little
bunch on his perch and listened at
tentively while Wee Willie Winkie
sang his wonderful song. The second
week we heard a funny, sweet little
chirping and gurgling 1t was the
young canary; he had begun to study
his profession In earnest. Hour after
hour the little fellow practiced happi-
ly and patiently. One day he trilled a
little trill, and the next day he had
learned three new gurgles, and the day
after that he wOve the trill and the
gurgles together and added a longer
trill on a higher key. In three weeks
time we were asking, lis il Wee Willie
Winkie who is singing, or the baby?"
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
A Star SpNngled
Banner Nation
May Yet
Evolve.

stance, the prime minister OF the new
Commonwealth OF Australia, directed
his secretary TO say:
Mr.. Barton feels that 1t is perhaps
somewhat early to speak at present.
With your object, OF course, he, like
every true lover of peace and concord
among the nations, has the fullest
sympathy, but he feels that process OF
thoroughly equipping with the means
OF development the new assemblage OF
states, of softening and removing Jeal-
ousies and OF the creation OF an Aus
tralian in place Of a provincial senti-
ment is so huge a task that he hardly
cares, just yet, to look beyond 1t. You
may, however, rely that it will be his
aim to do his utmost toward helping
the new commonwealth to progress on
lines that will fit her some day to take
a part in establishing that greater fed
GRAFTON that you have so much at
heart" And from the premier OF West
ern Australia came the unequivocal
response: "Sir John Forrest also de-
sires me to say that you have his sym
pathy in the great work to which you
are devoting yourself, viz; The re-
union of Great Britain and the United
States Of America" These express
sions are interesting in view Of the
fact that Australasia is less in need of
American assistance and better able
to stand alone than any other part OF
the British Empire.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03

One of the features of the Louis
lana Purchase Worlds Fair Exposi-
tion at st. Louis will be a heroic statue
Of Napoleon Bonaparte and the devo-
tion of a day of festivity to his men,
ory. The sale Of Louisiana to the
United States was NapOleons co1cep-
tion, and it was carried out against
the wishes of his ministers The pro-
moters of the exposition, therefore,
consider that Napoleon did the Amer
lean Republic an inestim0ble service
which is WORTHY of distinguished rec
ognition, for the acquisition Of Louis
lana by England, as one Of the fruits
Of the Napolconic wars, might have
changed the whole current Of Ameri-
can history.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
South
va America

Large areas of the South Ameri
,an continent have never yet been
trodden by the foot of civilized man.
II will surprise many to learn that
here are larger tracts unexplored in
hat region than in darkest Africa,
yet such is the fact
A large majority of the cities along
the coasts Of South America. known
to every pupil in the public school,
were settled in the Columbian era.
Civilization is in fact much older
there than in North America. Yet
for nearly 800 years there has net
teen much organized attempt to ex-
plore the interior. The first expedi-
ton sent out by a South American
government was in 1875. Many OF
these countries are without exact
maps of their own territory, Most Of
the maps in use have been made By
explorers from Europe or the United
States.
The greater part of the immense
tract Of land in the middle OF the con-
.inent from Venezuela to Chill has
1ot yet reached the toughest pioneer
state OF settlement. A considerable
part of Colombia is still wholly un-
known. The several Atlantic states,
even as far north as Uruguay, have
many blank sections on their maps.
rhe Guianas except for a strip along
he coast, are practically unknown.
The condition of affairs in Brazil
is scarcely better. The Brazilian
government has no department CORE
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03

The extreme percentages of foreign
born citizens in the United States are
found in the East and Northeast, and
the next greatest in the Northern Cen
tral division-the group Of States in
cludlng Ohio, Illinois, Wisconsin, Min.
nesota and Michigan. That New York
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Massa-
chusetts have the larger proportions
of foreign.born will not come as a sur
prislng revelation, since the average
immigration returns show that about
eighty per cent Of the arrivals from
abroad settle in the section covered
by these States. About a quarter of
the Connecticut population is foreign
born.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03

Great statesmen, poets, nOvelists, sol
diers and sailors pass away and their
services to the world are much talked
about At Frankfort, Ky, Benjamin
#. Meek, the inventor of the fishing
reel, died the other day. Though little
fuss is made about him, it must be ad-
mitted that he has conferred more
real benefit on the race than many a
greater man, as the world counts
greatness. The gentle philosophical
race Of anglers is under an obligation
to him. Peace to his ashes!
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03

What wonderful era Of generosity
and goodwill to institutions Of learn
ing is that Of the present. The am
bilious bog or girl who desires a col
lege training in these days in any part
Of this country experiences far less
difficulty in obtaining It than did the
generation Of thirty years ago If
there are any Abraham Lincolns at
humble firesides at the dawn of this
century they need not confne their
studies to borrowed books painfully
conned by the 1ickering and uncertain
light Of pineknots. May there not be
some little danger that to some extent,
here and there, the higher education
may be made too luxurious and too
faclle? queries the New York Tribune.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
A poc,or.. ouser speeIaItr.

DR.. Pietro Panzen of Milan, Italy,
who died recently at the age of So,
had made the rehabilitation of NAL
formed and malorganized children his
life work For we'll nigh thirty years
he labored among the poor Of Milan,
bringing under special treatment every
infantile victim to faulty or feeble
development, and achieved great
success in rearing thousands Of ap-
parently hopeless cases to the normal
stature and strength, physical and
mental. OF their more fortunate fell
lows.
Love laughs at locksmiths, but Is
generally willing to seriously consider
the combination of the safe.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
POVERTY Of ENGLISH cLERoYMEN
Many OF the Benehces Said to BE Worth
Less Than $3.50 n Year.

Many OF the benchceH Said TO BE worth
Lees Than $3.50 Year.
The lot of the clergy in the Church
of England to-day is said to be so
wretched that even younger sons have
given up the career which for so many
years was looked upon as their chief
resource. 1t may easily be understood
that this calling has ceased to appeal
to them when the fact is known that
out of about 14,0OO benehces in the
church more than 1000 are worth less
than $3.50 a year, and that nearly all
of them are decreasing in value.
About 1900 beneficies are worth only
$500 a year and less than $3.50 annu-
ally is the return from 300 livings
which have been recently described as
more nearly "starvings" to the unfOr-
tunates who are assigned to them. In
the diocese of Peterborough there
are sixty-one livngs that are worth
no more than S225 year and this is
not yet the worst as there are in New
castle benefices that are valued Mt only
S125 a year.
The wives of the clergymen in these
parishes are, of course, unable to en-
ploy servants and afl the drudgery of
housework falls on their shoulders
The luxury of meat is denied to them
except on alternate days, and their
children-of whom the number is al
ways in inverse ratio to the amount
Of the living-are prepared by educa-
tion in the elementary schools, or by
the teaching their parents can give
them at odd times for their descent
to a lower social sphere. These clergy
men as a rule come from good coun-
try families. Their wives are from
the same class and are in few cases
fitted by their training for a life of
drudgery and hard work.
The actual return from these livings
is frequently much less than the
figures quoted here since their value is
dependent on the price of corn and
this has declined until in many cases
what used to be living worth $500
is now in reality not worth more than
two-thirds of that sum.
Various eXactions make life hard
for the rector who is trying to strug-
gle along on the meagre incomes men
toned here. If his predecessor hap
pened to be a man Of private means
and chose to enlarge the rectory by the
addition of wings or drawing rooms
the poor incumbent must keep all this
up; and the Bishops chapter who re-
ceive fees from the rector and not
from the Bishop for their work, are
careful to see that the church and the
rectory are kept in condition. There
is thought to be no hope of improve
ment in the lot Of the priest so long as
the representation Of this body is so
small in the synOds of the church in
which the Bishops are represented by
eight out of ten delegates. 1t is to
this injustice that most Of the present
evil is attributed and the remedy is
expected to come from the lack of can
| didates for holy orders. They are
decreasing so rapidly in number that
! It will soon be a problem to find
enough to fill the vacancies made by
death. No greater evidence Of the
present miseres could be found than
the fact that the over supply of clergy
Of a few years ago threatens to be-
come a memory and be followed by an
absolutely scarcity.-New York Sun.
absolute scarcity.-New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Alabama's Prosperity.


There is a great prosperity in Ala,
bama, The earnings of the railroads
Of that state for the year 1900 were
$40 ,S67 1858, an increase of $3,O24,S53
over the previous year.
In 1909 1,184,00O tons of pig iron
were manufactured which is an in
crease Of 100000 tons over the prev-
GUS year, and S,25O,OOO tons of coal
were mined, which is an increase Of
100000 tons over the previous ,ear.
The exports of pig iron during the
year from Alabama alone were 23S 600
tons, 10000 tons of steel billets and
10000 tons of iron pipe. The exports
were limited because OF the demands
of the home market. Two new blast
furnaces, one new steel rail mill, and
1900 new coke ovens were built dur
ing 1900, while the second new steel
rail mill was commenced last fall and
is now very near completion.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03

Sarah BSrnhardt's Accomplishments.
Besides being a worldfamous act
ress, Sarah Bernhard models, paints,
writes, hunts, fishes, swims, fences, is
a bicyclist, and does all of these things
we'll
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
Large Areas Which
Have Never Been.
Trodden by Civil
lied Man.

spending to our geographical or coast
and geodetic surveys. The only ex-
ploring done has been carried on by
the states. There are large tracts
in the northern part of Brazil which
have never been crossed as far as
known, by any white man.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-03
sEasoHIrrlON RArRs,

Enteroa Il Ss Poa eflSs fOc lraaSastsstOa
a ~",.SA A h. SaGSn a SSoOAs-elSSs TtSAOs.
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OLD oENTLEMAN's MISTAKE.
He Intended to Pc Kind bat Was Mis.
under stood.

He Intendei to Pc Kind bat Was Mis-.
under .tood.
He Is a fine old gentleman, every one
who takes daily trips on the - street
car line will say so. He is kindly con.
siderate OF the rights of his fellow pas
sengers, and. though he usually occu-
pies the end seat. 1t Is not because he
insists upon having. but because his fel-
low passengers insist that he shall have
1t. His pOliteness Is of the old. old
school, and his difference to the ladies'
is beautiful to behold. says the Ind an
apolis News. He has been seen time
and again when the conductor. WAS
SLOW or reIniss In his attention to wom-
en- with babies and washerwomen with
baskets to assist In taking them, with
their membranes, off and on the car.
In view OF these things, the happening
of yesterday was pathetic.
A young woman, Indeed an extremely
handome ahd well-dressed young wom-
an, was seated before him. The old
gentleman whose eyeslght Is no longer
OF, the clearest noticed bug in the knot
Of hair punched above the white neck
OF the fair young .woman--a shining,
green bug, nearly as large as ones
thumb nail. He leaned forward to per-
form an act of kindness; he would
brush the Insect away. He brushed
The bug, to his view. but took firmer
clasp on its lodging place.
The old gentleman made a second at.
tempt. With thumb and finger he seized
the insect and pulled vigorously. The
young woman turned at this; fire was
in her radiant eyes, anger in her voice.
She uttered but one word
"S-i-rw
1t was enough. The old gentleman
was parlyzed. He attempted to ex.
plain, but his tongue refused to make
an articulate sound. Covered with con-
fusion he touched the electric button
and alighted at the next crossing.
A few Of the passengers smiled; one
or two even laughed. The bug was a
Brazilian beetle attached to long pin
in the young woman's hair.
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FORTUNES PHASES.
THE UPS AND DOWNS IN THE
LIFE OF A CLERK.
A Tale Of Misfortune and Misery With .
HAPPY Ending-The World Seemed
All Very Dark for n While.

A clerks life, ordinarily, is a very
humdrum one with but very little
variety to the daily routine. But
Mr.. Fred r. Morton of No. so Vesper
street, Portland Me-, had an expert
ence recently which has made his life
now very happy one. In telling a
reporter OF what he went through he
said:
81 had been suffering with stomach
trouble for about two years. Every
day about ten O'Clock in the morning
and three O'Clock in the afternoon l
became faint and felt so bad that if l
did not sit down | would fall. That
sensation usually lasted for about an
hour and when noon came | had no
appetite for lunch. :
"I saw DIR. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People advertised in the daily
papers about a year ago and decided
to try them. l felt relief from the
first box and after had taken six
boxes my disease was cured. do not
take them now but always keep them
in the house. l have told my friends
what these pills have done for me and
should know of any ones being sick
as / was l should recommend DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People. /"
Mr.. Morton's statement was pub
lished in the Portland Express after
he had sworn to it before Marshall H.
burlington, a notary public.
The most effective remedy in the
world in cases of this kind is DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People.
They act directly on the blood and
nerves. This makes them Invaluable
not only for stomach trouble but also
for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effects
of the grip, palpitation of the heart,
pale and sallow compilations and all
forms of weakness either in male or
female. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People are sold by all deal
ers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt
of price, fifty cents box, or six boxes
for two dollars and fifty cents (they
are never sold in bulk or by the hun
dred) by addressing Dr.. Williams
Medicine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
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THE LUxURY-LovINe HooLEY.
Since HIS Bankruptcy He Has Been
Living ExtraYa1antiv

Since HIS Bankruptcy He Has Been
Living ExtravaRantIy.
1t Is now three years since the fail;
ure of E. r. Hooley, whose estate has
yielded so far only 80 cents in the
pound to his creditors.
In view of the magnificence with
which this splendid bankrupt continues
meanwhile to enjoy life, inquiries have
been made as to the future prospects
the estate offers.
George Hardy, member Of the
bankruptcy committee appointed by
the creditors to act under the super,
vision of the board Of trade, wien ques-
toned as to the outlook for creditors,
expressed the belief that the estate
would yield another 2 shillings in the
pound In the course Of a few months,
and was exceedingly pessimistic as to
anything beyond that, says the London
Mail.
"Mr. Hooley bears his creditors mis-
fortunes bravely, does he mott"
''In what way?"
"He still lives at the rate of few
thousands g year."
More than a few thousands" re.
piled Mr.. Hardy. "He has, besides
his suite of rooms at Walsingham
House, his two country seats-Pap-
worth Hall and Risley Hall. Why, he
pays In wages to his servants, male and
female. and his gardeners, grooms and
the rest, more than $4,000 yearly. His
weekly wages bill, apart from those he
pays monthly or quarterly, is between
$500 and $3.50. He keeps many horses
and every sort of vehicle-from dog
cart to a shooting coach; he has about
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stated the Case Plainly.

Here is letter from w. o. Towns
end, farmer living on the Santa Fe
near Marcellne, Kan, which brought
immediate settlement when received by
the claims department Of that rail-
road:
Dear Sir--I have only one wife and
five children-no mother-in-law. Last
Monday night, about two and one-halE
miles east Of Marceline, the cars hit
Spot on her caboose end. We found
her Tuesday morning, April 10; she
was as dead as a dirty doormat. She
left son to low for her. Spot was
a common 10-year-old Mussie Fork
cow, worth $25. She was fair milk
er; of kind disposition. During the
seven years we owned her she never
bit any of the children. Please send
me S25 that may get COW, So we can
have milk for that calf and children,
and oblige."
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= score Of gardeners ct Papworth
alones he ls constantly adding 10 his
estate there by buying Up adjoining
farms. and recently he bought $4,000
worth Of additional agricultural ma
chlnery for his operations there, His
wine cellars contain one OF the most
extraordinary collections ever got to.
gether. and you may say on my esti.
mate. asa member OF the committee.
that this princely bankrupt ls not llvs
Ing at the rate OF less than $4,000
yearly
"But haven't you and your fellow
committeeman any means OF diverting
some Of this income toward the cred.
ltorsr
'NOne at all. Mr. Hooley obtains his
income by the financial operations he
conducts from walsingham House.
where he sees clients daily, But he
doesn't deal on his own behalf, He is
the agent Of his wife. have long
contended that we. the committee,
should be able to control the bankrupt's
earnings. We ought to be able to Sc
cure for the creditors the remainder
Of that income after allowing the bank
rupt a good maintenance say $4,000
a year"
"And do your powers enable you to
do anything in that directionr
"No. but I have heard from very
reliable quarter that as one result OF
this Hooley business legislation will be
proposed with the object OF rendering
such crying scandals impossible in the
future"
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your lives be sacrificed when = word Of
advice at the first approach Of weak
ness, may I'LL your future years with
healthy Joy. Address letter 10 Mrs
Pinkhams Laboratory, Lynn Mass.
and you viii not 30 disappointed.
when ] began 20 take Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound was
not able 10 do my housework. l suf
fered terribly at time of menstruAtion.
Several doctors told me they could dc
nothing for me. Thanks to the Pink.
ham advice and medicine l am now
well, and can do the work for eight In
the family.
"f would recommend Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound TO all
mothers with largo families. ~ MRs.
cARRIR RELI.RvuI.E, Ludington, Mich
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N.lsral eae,,.

Juryman--Tes, we brought lin .
verdict of death from natural causes.
Reporter-But an iron beam fell on
him from the fourth floor
Juryman--of course. Wasn't that
naturall You wouldn't expect it to
fall up on the eighth floor, would
your That's where he ought to have
been at work instead of down in the
basement. -
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he Stopped His Paper.

"Sirw exclaimed the oldest citizen
as he walked into the business office
of the daily paper, II see in your
sheet OF today, sir, an article to which
| take EXCEPTIONS, and l want my
paper stopped, sirl And when James
F. Anderson says stop, sir. he means
stop, sir!"
"Phil," :" weariIy murmured the cir
culation manager, "go out and tell
Bob t. stop tn press an lock up; OIL
man Anderson has quit US ~
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type. and can be worked to Ave times
normal capacity without any injurious
effects.
The batteries are fitted in the rear
portion Of the carriage. and contain
sufficient energy for thIrty-hve or forty
miles on one charge. The car is cleo
trically 1t and fitted with japanned
lamps. relieved with silver-plate ft
tings: the wheels -are Of bicycle type
and fitted with 3-inch pneumatic tires
Speed OF car Is from six miles to four
teen miles per hour.
The Queen herself has become an ex-
pert driver. and derives great pleasure
from this pleasing little vehicle. which
is now quite familiar In the nelghbor-
hood Of Sandringham.
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Flushing-Didnt you join another
Don't Worry club last week, Harrieti
Mrs. FlushiNs - Yes; ! hope you
don't object to NY belonging TO two
Don't Worry clubs, Henry,
Flushing (abIoctly)--oh, no, Har.
rite; but had hoped that they would
keep you from worrying me some
what
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-18
Beware OF Ointmsnts for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

As mercury will surely destroy the sense Of
smell and com pletely derange the whole sys-
tenn when entering It through the mucous sur
faces. Such articles should never be used ex-
cept on prescriptions from reputable physi-
clans, as the damage they will do is ten foid 70
the good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls CGtaFrh Cure, manufactured by +. J.
Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury,
andis taken internally, acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfRces of the system.
In buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. Ii is taken internally, and made
in Toledo, Ohio. by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testi-
monials free.
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
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To a thoughtful mind, the trust problem
is one Of serious import, IL must be firmly
grappled with, for il creepS Qfon society
before you are aware OF its existence, IN
this respect much resembling the various
disorders which attack the stomach, such
as constipation, Rdigestion, dyspepsia, bill
iousness, liver aud kidney troubles. Hos
letters stomach Ritters Is the one reliable
remedy for all such ailments, Re sure to
give IL A trial
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1901-07-18
The SaucsF's the Thine.

"Mustache cups?" said the clerk in
the chinaware department. Eyes,
sir. Here's pretty design. Cup
and saucer, one forty-nine. "
but, said Mr.. Porque Pacque,
that amt the saucer that goes with
it,"
20, yes"
mot much it amt. There amt
no mustache guard on it..
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Snrins Shades.

Mature is painting the world with
generous coats of green" remarked
Mrs. Bellefeld, as she sat on her porch
and watched the rain falling on the
grass and young leayed trees.
"And using watercolors, " added Mr..
Bellefield. -: