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The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
National Prosperity an dGood Roads.

National Prosperity an dGood Roads.
Otto Dormer, of the League Of
American Wheelmen, makes the fol
lowing interesting remarks on the
good roads movement:
"The country road is the neglected
stepchild of the Legislatures Rail-
roads. canals, rivers and harbors and
steamship lines have been encour-
aged and lavishly subsidized with
bonuses, but practically nothing is
done to help the farmer in building
his county roads. Yet these are
equally important with railroads
"We are pre-eminently an exporting
agricultural nation, and whatever
benefits the farmer benefits the
whole country Our grain products
must compete in European markets
with the crops of Russia, South
America and India, raised on cheap
lands with cheap labor. We can meet
this competition only with invention
and enterprise, the liberal use of ma
chinery and the reduction Of the cost
OF transportation to a minimum.
1.-The cost of shipping grain from
Chicago to New York has dropped to
one-ffth of what it was at the close
Of the Civil War; we can ship it from
there to Liverpool for four cents,
where we formerly paid ten and a
half cents. But the cost in time and
effort of man and beast in hauling
wheat from the farm to the railroad
can still be reduced by two-thirds
through good roads. That this should
be done is essential to the continued
success of American agriculture as
the reduction in railroad rates.
Some of the older Eastern States,
recognizing the logic of the situation,
are encouraging country road build
ing by paying part Of the cost out Of
the State treasury, provided the i'm
provements are substantial. New
Jersey, Massachusetts and New York
are the leaders in this policy Of State
aid, which is being actively promoted
by the League of American Wheel
men. It's efforts in the West have re-
suited in the adoption Of a constitu-
tiOnal amendment in Minnesota by a
vote Of almost two to one, authoriz-
ing the introduction of State aid, and
in the passage Of n similar amend
ment by the Wisconsin Legislature.
But these are isolated instances.
"The great grain growing States of
the West, whose roads have hardly
passed beyond thepioneer stage, should
adopt the State aid system as the
solution of their good roads problem.
1t is the only plan by which the great
cities can be made to share in the
cost of road building"
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
children Disperse an Army


A curious and pretty custom Is OBJ
served every year in the city of Ham
burg to celebrate a famous victory
which was won by little children
more than 400 years ago. In one OF
the numerous sieges Hamburg was
reduced to the last extremity, when
1t was suggested that all the children
should be sent out unprotected into
the camp of the besiegers as the mute
appeal for mercy Of the helpless and
the innocent. This was done. The
rough soldiery of the investing army
saw with amazement, and then with
pity, the long procession Of little
ones, clad in white, come out Of the
city and march boldly into their
camp.
The sight melted their hearts. They
threw down their arms, and plucking
branches Of fruit from the neighbor'
ing cherry orchards, they gave them
to the children to take back to the
city as a token of peace. This was a
great victory which has ever since
been commemorated at Hamburg by
a procession of boys and girls, dressed
in white and carrying branches Of tho
cherry tree in their hands.-London
Express.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
rnrlons porms Of Pottery.

Among the curious forms Of pot.
terry which have been recovered from
the tombs Of the ancients, none is
more characteristic and interesting
than that found in the graves of the
Incas. Food and drink must be need
ed on the last long journey they
thought and so they placed by the
sides of their departed vases and bot
ties containing water and moize.
These are curiously wrought, and the
art Of the Indian potter shows itself
in the picturing Of the human form.
while birds, beasts and fruits also
have their place in the ornamentation.
Sir Spencer st. John collected some
400 pieces while minister of Peru, and
these are to be sold by auction during
the autumn. No two are alike and
many are exceedingly curious. One
represents a tigress sucking her
young, with the cubs in parallel lines.
and another is supposed to represent
the Buddhist Trinity, which opens up
a field Of argument as to how Bud
dhism reached Central America.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
Eccentric nrltIsh magIstrass.

Sir Harry Poland, British magis.
trate noted for his brilliancy, is care
less in his dress. Once his family per-
suaded him to go to Poole and order a
tashionably-cut suit. To the chagrin
of the household Sir Harry locke
more outlandsh in the new cloth
than in bis old ones. His brother-il
law went to see Poole about it. 'It
not my fault, SIR" the tailor assure
him. EVERY care was taken, but how
could we fit gentleman who would In
sist upon being measured sitting
DOWN." And the only satisfaction that
could be obtained from Sir Harry Po-
land himself later on was the dry COM
ment: "Well, it's my business, and not
yours. like to be comfortable.
spend three parts Of my life sitting
down. and prefer to be measured so"
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
Making the Best of 1t

"Hope deferred maketh the heart
sick" Everybody knows that the
well made macadam road is "a thing
Of beauty" and likewise "a joy for
ever" On the main highways and
principal thoroughfares of the land no
other kind of material should be con-
sidered unless something better shall
be discovered. AT the present time
macadam is the best, and the best is
none too good.
But there are miles and miles Of
highways that no one can hOpe.will be
lnacadamized for-who can say how
many years? They are the quiet, un-
frequented roads which lead off the
main highways and happily meander
through ideal pastoral neighborhoods
heir charm lies in the fact that they
are not big busy thoroughfares. Such
as there are are ideal paths until 1t
happens to rain or they become filed
with a superhuity Of dust.
About half the time these otherwise
lovely ways are not fit to be Travelled.
And yet during all their seasons of d's-
agreeableness there are hills Of gravel
lying within easy reach Of their worst
spots. Or there are banks of clay,
which when burned would make eX-
,ellent ballast.
The point is that people in rural To-
calities where the building Of mac
adam roads is a remote possibility
should at once make the very best use
of the means and materials at hand.
Town meetings should be called, com
mittees appointed to study the best
and most available materials to use,
and some substantial roadwork should
be done this year.
Don't let good gravel banks stand
untouched when there are mudholes
or dustheaps within a stones throw Of
them. A well drained road ami a well
dressed road will bring Joy to the few
or the many who may use it.-New
York Tribune.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
REAL STRENGTH oE The PRESS.

NEAL . NEW y VI l1E ThISS
The Country Newspaper Molds and Con-
trolls Public Opinion.
[From a paper read before the Ala
bama Press Association at Mont
gomery by w. H. Gather, Of the
Asheville (Ala) Aegis.l
The question has been asked almost
from the time whereof the memory OF
man runneth not to the contrary,
wherein lieth the great strength of
the pressT and the answer Is echoed
from a million tongues, "The principal
power Of the pen as the lever that
moves the world is in the country
press"
1t is the country newspaper that
molds and controls the great bulk Of
public opinion. 1t should never per-
NIT itself to be controlled by it. 1t is
the country newspaper that checks or
balances it's city contemporary. 1t is
the country newspaper that finds its
way to the remote mountain hamlet
and is read by every reading member
Of the backwoods family by the light
Of pine knot fire. 1t is the country
newspaper that leads the mountaineer
farmer to town to vote for John Smith
for Governor because he saw the lat
ter was the champion Of the country
editor. He saw 1t In his county paper
in print, and 1t must be all right. He
has never yet been fooled or led astray
by his county paper, His confidence
therein Is unshaken. And right here
is the secret to success in country
newspaper work:
First, get the confidence Of your peo-
pie; second keep 1t.
In the matter of next vital impor-
tance is a strict adherence to system.
AS order is natures first law, 1t should
be the soul and spirit, the equity, Of
newspaper law. Let your mechanical
work be made to conform to rigid
system. Your place of business should
be open at all times during business
hours. Organization and vigilance
should be your watchword in every de-
partment.
Your business and your journal are
Just what you make them. 1t is With
in your power as a country editor to
become the "blggest' man In your
county If you will but press down on
the long end of the lever you have at
the end of your pencil. The fulcrum
of public opinion is bound to remain
under the pressure until you relax
your efforts.
The country editor is master of his
own destiny until he departs this
"vale of tears" Then may the Lord
have mercy on his sOul| He is at
the beck and call of railroads, politi-
clans, patent medicine men, advertis-
ing agents and the devil generally un-
less he chooses to make all these his
subjects. This he can do If he will.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
lnatruotIonsE, Subscribers.

PosrAoE-The postage TO all parts Of the
United statee and Canada is paid by the
)Nblishers.
KrMIrTANoEs OF small sums may be made
nth comparative safety In ordinary lettera
Sums of one dollar or more must be sent by
registered letter or post-oflce money order
peherwise, we cannot be responaible for same
CHANGE or ADDREss--5ubsoriber Wishin g
(heir address changed must invariably give
Ahsir former as well as new address.
MISSING NUNBERs-It occasionally happens
that numbers OF our paper sent to subscribers
are lost or stolen in the mails. In case you
ka not receive any number when due, write
d q postal card, and we will oheerfully fur
aisG duplicate Of the missing number.
M,FE IMPORTANT OF ALL--In every letter
that yoG write us, never fail to give your full
address plainly written, name, poSt-oftoe
oounty and State.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
Exnerlenee of a Young Actress.

A story is being told by English ac-
.ors regarding a recent experience of
young actress Miss Delavelle Bar
rington, who was playing at the old
Mary Street theater, Cork. The hero
Inc Of the play has to jump into the
Mississippi, but when Miss harrington
reached the rocky eminence from
which she had to leap she saw there
was no mattress below to receive her,
Also the ledge Of rock in front Of the
supposed river was too low to conceal
the actress after her leap. Miss Bar
ringtoD. however, nothing daunted,
took her leap, and came down with a
thud on the bare stage. The situation
struck member o. the gods" for a
stentorian voice called out, "Oh, be
jabbers, tbs frozen!-Chicago News.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
RirtbDIaces of Presidents.

Seven American Presidents werO
born in Virginia, the Adamses, John
and John Quincy, were born in Mass
achusetts, Andrew Jackson, Andrew
Johnson and James X. Polk were born
in North Carolina, Pierce was a ma
tive of New Hampshire, Buchanan Of
Pennsylvania, Cleveland of New Jer'
sey, and Arthur of Vermont. Abra'
ham Lincoln was born in Kentucky.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
LEARN TO MAKE DRESSES

At the Eclectic School Of Dress Cutting
and Fitting. Day and evening classes.
Dress and Wrap Patterns cut to meas
ure from imported models. Mrs. Q.
sTRArToN, Principal, 1920 G st. N. w.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
1.-THE LETTER..

Mr.. W. A. Hahn,
Prop. Hahn's Reliable Dye House,
705 Ninth street, N. w.
Dear Strive find you have been
advertising in our columns constantly
since July, 1890, when this paper was
established.
You are the only business man who
was with us then and still remains
with us and since you have been ad-
vertising in our columns continuously
for a period of more than ten years
we naturally have a curiosity to know
how well you are satisfied with the
publicity we have given you.
Respectfully yours,
THE SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
QUItK RESULTS.

N Studer's seasonable announce
ment on sth page appeared for the
first time in our issue of Saturday,
Nov. 3, 1900, and the responses were
so prompt that on Tuesday, Nov. 8,
he wrote the editor as follows:
Anacostia, D. c., Nov. 6, 1900.
Dear Sir:-Coms over tomorrow.
People want already more information
In regard to varieties Of stock, hence
] will have to alter the adv.
Yours,
N. STUDER.
On Wednesday he ordered much
larger display adv, which will appear
next week. ANY square business man,
who has something to offer that subur-
ban people want, can use these columns
to his financial advantage.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
TWINING CITY LOCALS.

Mr. R. F. Bradbury requests all pub
lie snirited citizens Of Twining City to
meet at his store next Tuesday evening
At , o'clock, with the view of going over
the new plans of the Parking Commiis-
sion and of hearing other matters dis
cussed that will eventually be Of very
great interest to every property owner
and resident of this entire section. Good
attendance is practically assured.
The suburban citizen., 1901-11-23
THE REPLY.

Editor Suburban Citizen.
Dear Sir:--In answer to your request
| will say am very well satisfied with
fesul from my adv. in your paper.
The fact Of my adv. being in your
PAPER for over ten years speaks for it.
AZ, Respectfully
w. A. HAHN,
7O5 Ninth street N. w.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL.
Kapelmelster Berger's Band Will Go
to Hilo July 4th.

At the meeting of the Governor s
council yesterday morning a letter from
Governor Dole to Acting Governor
Cooper was read The Governor states
that his health has been improved by
his outdoor life. When writing he
was about to leave Hilo to go to Pau
wa, at which place he will remain until
THE end of the two months vacation he
formerly announced his intention of
taking.
1t was decided upon the reading of a
letter from the Fourth Of July commit
tee at Hilo, saying that Hilo wants the
band on the Fourth, and is willing to
pay for it, to let the. band go. The
committee guaranteed all expenses, and
as Honolulu's program does not require
a band and HilO has not had Berger S
music much lately, the council thought
it right that the musicians should go to
the rainy city, at the expense of its in
habitants.
]. H. Kihei and l.. Kumualii were re-
stored to civil rights on application
and Kumualii was also pardoned, his
term in Hilo Jail being nearly served
out, and Sheriff Andrews having en-
dorsed his petition on the ground OF
unusually good behavior Kihei has
been in prison for unlicensed practicing
of medicine.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
said Mr.. Damon, but this letter
signed by Mr.. Along"
Fruit and Whooping Cough.

1t is said a physician at Gratz has
discovered that a fungus grows upon
skins of apples and oranges which is
precisely similar to the fungus which
forms the peculiar germs Of infection
in whooping cough. He writes to us
that on oranges and apples which have
been kept some time, may be found
dark brown and black specks which,
when scraped off, appear as a damp
powder and under the microscope this
powder is seen to consist of the spores
of IL fungus identical with those of the
whooping cough fungus. Taking two
of these specks from the skin of an
orange the physician introduced them
by a strong inhalation into his lungs.
The next day a tickling of the throat
began, which gradually increased I'M
til at the eighth day, a thoroughly
developed whooping cough set in. The
expectorata on microscopical examina-
ton exhibited the same white corpus
cles which characteriZes the expecto-
rata of the usual children's whooping
cough. Should this discovery be con-
firmed there is an additional reason to
see that children abstain from eating
apples with the skin on, and from
chewing orange peel, which many are
so fond of doing.-Sanitary Record.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
Welded IN
THE EAST
VIM. L. Whitney of
Honolulu the
Groom.
His BRIDE A
MICHIGAN GIRL
Island Boy Weds Saida Mae Sutton,
Daughter Of Gen. Warner
p. Sutton.

On Thursday morning, June 9Th, at 10
Mrs Warner p. Sutton of Saugatuck,
Michigan their eldest daughter, Saida
Mae, was united in marriage to Mr..
William Locke Whitney of Honolulu,
T. H The wedding was a quiet affair,
about sixty of the relatives and imme-
diate friends of the family being pres
ent Mr.. Whitney is the son of DR..
John NJ Whitney of Honolulu. He has
recently completed his law course of
three years at Columbia University,
and expects to take up the practice of
his chosen profession at his home.
Mrs Whitney is graduate of the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music, and an
accomplished pianist. Her father. Cen
eraI Sutton, was for many years United
States Consul General in Mexico, and
later on the staff of General Miles in
Porto Rico.
The house was tastefully decorated
with palms and ferns. The Rev. ]. F.
Taylor performed the ceremony, using
the ring service Enid Sutton and Lola
Andrus, sister and a cousin of the
bride, led the wedding party. which
consisted of Miss Ethel Felice Sutton,
sister of the bride, as maid of honor,
Mrs. Charles Brainerd Marsh of Cleve-
land, matron of honor, and Miss Mary
Ewing Stranahan of Harrisburg, Pa,
bridesmaid. Mr.. Harold Kinney Rice
of Cleveland. a cousin of the groom,
acted as best man. Mr.. Harley Greene
Moorehead of New York, and Edwin
White Sutton, a brother of the bride,
were uShers.
The bride wore simple gown of
white crepe de-chine, her only orna-
ments being pearls, gifts of the groom.
The matron and maids wore gowns of
white d'esprit over silk.
Mr.. and Mrs. Whitney left at noon for
St. Paul, where they will take the
Canadian Pacific to Victoria, b c. At
ter spending several weeks there they
will sail for the islands.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
We MakeaSpecialty oft
FREE


In handling you Kodak or Camara; In
printing or developing in any branch Of
photography.
We sell Eastman's Kodaks, as well
as all the best grades Of amateur and
professional Cameras on the market
1901 Models. We do not sell second
hand and shop-worn instruments as
bright and new, but advertise each is
strument for just what it actually Is.
We do not carry EVERYTHING ap-
pertaining to ANA teur and Professional
Photography-no stock house In the
world does that; but we de carry by
FAR the
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
HAWAIIAN ENGINEERING and cnne=
ROOMS M Sc, sic sTANGENwALD @u0n &

All classes Of Engineering Work
ports made for any class Of Waterwoks Steam ann
Specihcat1ons and Estimates
tended In al branches Of Engineering Work; Cor sna
roads, Electric and Steam Tunnels &J
tious, Piers, Wharves, Auiulngs,
Special attention given 's ~
critics for investment "4"~uons R.,..
FREDERI OK j. AlTwEG N
Engineer an. N Am SEE
". r. CASTLE JR. Secretary Treasurer "Sss
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
BURIALS WITHIN
LIMITS OF CITY
Not Much Change in the Con
dition From Previous
Years.

Last fall the Board of Health promul-
gated a regulation which was duly pub
lished that after January list all burials
should cease within the limits of the
City of Honolulu. Plans were at once
laid by enterprising individuals, and in
a short space of time burial plots out
side the city limits were selected, and
one or two of them made ready to re-
ceive the city's dead.
Shortly after the first of the year the
Attorney-General gave it as his opin-
ion that the original order of the board
was too sweeping in it's character, and
that he did not believe that the board
had the power to prohibit any and all
burials, and that those who owned plots
in the cemeteries used for decades past
could not be prohibited from burying
their relatives in these plots. The
Board of Health then changed it's for
mer order to accord with the conditions
set forth by the Attorney
From an inspection of the book in
which statistics concerning the dead of
the city is kept, the cemeteries within
the city limits are not being deprived of
many of the dead of this community.
The Japanese are being buried in Ma
kki Cemetery with few exceptions.
Chinese are also inferred in their GENE
terry, while plot owners in the regular
cemeteries make use of them for their
families.
DR.. Pratt, executive officer of the
Board of Health, states that at rough
estimate there is room in the Makiki
Cemetery for at least / 900 more Japan
csc. The cemetery is owned by a COM
pany of which the Japanese Consul is
the head, and DIR. Monsarrat is superin-
tendent. Japanese on every island in
the group have entered into the CO.
partnership in the ground there. They
have paid so much to enter the So
ciety, and by a payment of dues or as
sessments, have acquired the right to
own enough ground in the cemetery in
which to be inferred Before a burial
can take place a certificate that the
dead person has a part ownership in
the plot must be secured from the SUI
perintendent and presented to the
Board of Health Registrar of Deaths.
The hearses make their daily trips to
the japanese cemetery, and there seems
but little change in the situation from
the sanitary standpoint sought to be
established last wear.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
Along Still Alive.

A story has been circulating amongst
Chinese servants of late that Mr.. c,
Along, formerly of Honolulu, but now
of Macao, China, was dead and that
his demise had taken place a year ago,
but according to Chinese custom, the
news had been withheld
s NJ Damon, who acts as agent for
Mr.. Along in the Hawaiian Islands, and
looks after his investments, was seen
in regard to the matter. Mr. Damon
for answer showed a letter he had re-
Gently received from Mr.. Along, dated
May 9Th.
Il haven't heard the rumor myself, y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1901-06-25
HOW TO AVOID TROUBLE.

Now is the time to provide yourself
and family with a bottle of Chamber
iain's Collie. Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. 1t Is almost certain to be
needed before the summer Is over, and
If procured now, may save you trip
to town in the night, or in your busiest
season. It is everywhere admitted to
be the most successful medicine In use
for bowel complaints, both for children
and adults. No family can afford to
be without it. For sale by Benson,
Smith & Co., Ltd, wholesale agents.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-11
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Mrs. John Laskoski, of Laporte.
Ind, celebrated her one hundred and
fifth birthday.
Ignatius Donnelly. author and ex-
congressman, died at his home in Min
neapolis, Mimi. aged 20 years.
Mrs. Sally Batchelder, of Pea body,
Mass. aged 1O6, sat up until after u
o'clock to see the dawn of the new
century, the third in which she has
lived.
Z. p. Upham. at different times pub
Usher Of the jamestown (N. " Jour
nal the Dubuque Os.) Times. the Des
Moines Oa.) Register and the Chicago
Industrial World, died in Jamest own,
aged 73 years.
Andrew Kiozolsky, aged 1O3 years,
died at Dubois, III.
William Scott died in Chicago. aged
1O3 years.
Peter Fossett (colored). who was the
body servant of Thomas Jefferson.
died in Cincinnati, aged SIS years.
Everett Frazar. consul general in the
United States for Corea. died a I Orange.
y. j., aged 66 years.
William Ritzel, probably the Oldest
active newspaper man in Ohio. died at
Warren. aged rs years
New York democrats have organized
an anti-Bryan and anti-Croker club
Bishop w. y. Ninde. aged 6S years,
of the Methodist Episcopal church.
was found dead in his bed at his
home in Detroit, Mich.