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The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
orhe Nraniao on Handing. :"

"What a large number Of shoppers
there are who never seem satisfied
with seeing q thing, but must needs
hold it, turn it upside down, inside
out, as the case may be" said a woman
yesterday. 1T is women, not men,
who are given to this bad habit Of
handling a man will walk through
long aisles Of goods temptingly dis
played and never venture to touch
them. Not SO with women. Nothing
semes to escape their too eager hands,
1t makes no difference whether they
intend to purchase or not, they never
seem able to resist the temptation to
hold these things in their hands. Silks,
satins, laCes, china, glass, jewels, all
are one to them. The frailest, dainti-
est, most perishable suffer alike. How
often must the heart Of the guardian
of these beautiful things quake with
fear. Fancy the condition Of q dainty
gown, ! piece Of lace, a delicate bit of
silk that has been fingered by hun
dreds Of not too cleanly gloved hands.
1T is not only the shops that suffer"
she continued, "but the homes Of the
friends of these maniacs on handling.
How often It is with a sigh of relief
that a host or hostess sees guests de-
part, thankful at heart that some rare
article OF vertu has come out whole
after the careless treatment just ac-
corded it. 1t is a wise mother who
teaches her children to walk into a
drawing room and never by any chance
to put finger on a thing"
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

Before going into business a methodi-
cal man will estimate the demand for
his goods or bis services and will
regulate the amount Of his first in
vestment by this estimate. Besides
this share, however, there is a volume
Of trade which can be won from other
establishments by judicious newspa-
per advertising, and a still further
amount which can be actually created
by such advertising. Therefore, the
man who fails to advertise boldly
voluntarily foregoes the benefits of
what might be the largest part Of his
custom, observes the PhiladelF
Record
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

meant to hike back" to Sugar Greek
as fast as ship and train could carry
him, and hoped by all that was holy
that once he was mustered out he'd
never see a soldier again. He got to
be the worst "knocker" in the COM
pany and he wrote so many letters
that his comrades began to ask him
why he didn't write few to himself,
"If you got such a good home and
swell people, why don't some Of 'em
write to you" sneered his terminate
one night. you can't be very strong
with Tillie r she'd write you at least
once year"
Now the letter question was a sore
one with Tom because nobody wrote
to him except his mother, and her let
ters seldom reached him during the
final months Of his campaigning in the
interior. He had quarreled with his
brother so many times that no love
was lost between them, and his father
didn't write for the good reason that
| he didn't know how. AS for Tlllie, the
! young soldier had no reason to expect
letters from her. When he left home
she was only sixteen, and his ''affair"
with her was Of the long. distance,
incoming, mental sort peculiar to boys
and girls just out Of the high school.
IT Tom had been perfectly fair in his
introspection he must have admitted
that there was nothing very tangible
in his hopes with regard to Tillle. He
told himself a thousand times that she
was "the one girl" and codded him
self with the belief that his fealty to
her was little short Of heroic, and that,
by some mysterious telepathic sympa-
thy, she must, by this time, be pining
away for his return.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
THE PAST.

"A thousand dreams 10 earth have come
and gone,
"A thousand forms, by fear or fancy drawn
Like shapes of night have faded from the
dawn.
"A thousand creeds have held their sway
on earth,
Unto thousand myths have given birth,
That now, are food for wonder, Scorn or
mirth.
A thousand gods have reigned their little
day,
And crqmbled. They were fashioned out
of clay,
Like worn.out toys they now are cast
away.
A thousand castles of the human mind
Are wrecks with which the coast of time
are lined,
The rubbiah Of the ages left behind.
a thousand systems of a thousand schools
The theories of natures hidden rules,
Now seem to US the dreams of idle fools.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

OF course, it would be impossible tc
patrol every mile Of road in New
Hampshire, but single man, mounted,
could cover a good deal Of territory
if the right method were employed, and
1t would not take so many as would al
first be supposed to cover all sections
of the State where such protection Is
needed, reflects the Manchester Union
with an efficient body Of what might
be called rural police" whether under
State or County authority, life and
property in the country would be
safer; there would be fewer murders,
assaults, barn burnlngs, horse steal.
ings and crimes Of like nature. With
such a force well organized it would
be almost impossible for a man to 60
through the State with a stolen horse
as it would be equally as hard for q
man to commit an assault or murder
on a country road and escape detec
ton. Then again in the way Of dis
couraglng any attempt at crime, tho
presence Of such a force, composed O.
men Of courage, well mounted anl
armed, would certainly have a de,er
ring effect
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

~ IX months of soldering In the
~ Philippines had taken all the
y edge off Tom Crowder's MILL
tary ardor. In a year the
sight Of a khaki uniform hurt his eyes
and he began to realize that in all the
world no village was so fair to look
upon as Sugar Greek, ILL.,, the home
town where "Crowder & Sons" kept
store, and where the event of each
droning day was "train time When
two years had almost passed he began
to dream of swinging under the elms
in the old front yard at home, and
wondered as he nibbled at the ever
lasting hardtack how many pitted
cherry pies he could eat at one sitting
in the dining room at home.
When a young soldiers mind begins
to dwell on the pies that mother used
to make he cannot flourish on salt
pork. But when he begins to decorate
his tent wall with the photographs Of
Tillie and Sue and "the folks he's fit
for nothing but furloughs and sick
leave and if there's anything Of the
gutter about him he's in imminent
danger Of forgetting to answer roll
call some dark evening when the mu-
sic of the sea beyond the jungle lures
him with false songs Of home. Tom
heard the siren voice all right, but he
didn't lure a little bit. His term Of en-
listment was almost at hand, and he
satisfied himself with blotting each
dull day off the calendar, writing
doggereI verse about Tillie and max
ing himself a nuisance generally to his
bunkie.
He used to swear roundly that he
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

He wasn't "ln love- when he enlist
cd, but he had her picture and his
mothers, and by a natural process Of
longing for home he developed quite a
fierce and yearning passion for Tillie.
A hundred times he began a letter TO
her, but he never had the nerve to
send it. He cut her initials on trees,
fences and tent poles and wrote Eer
name a dozen times on every scrap Of
paper that he could find. lie sang it,
spelled 1t and whistled it till his soul
was in fine frenzy, and he knew by
heart the long speech Of proposal that
he meant to whisper into her little pink
ear the first time he could get her
alone in the swing or on the narrow
seat of dads spring wagon.
So when Tom got back to Manila
and regular mails" he was stirred by
an unreasonable hope that there would
be at least one letter from Tillie. He
was disappointed but not disheartened
to find nothing but three old missives
from his mother, in which there was
not a word of his hearts delight and a
volume of motherly advice about the
care he should take Of himself, the
things he should eat and drink, the
comrades he should avoid and the
prayers he should say. Her latest let
ter was full Of the "time they would
give him" when he got home, and it
concluded with the hint Of a great
surprise" that was in store for him,
OF course that put new zest into his
"honing for home" and his hatred for
the army rose in proportion.
The whole town was at the staticn
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

The automobile has "come to stay"
OF that there can be do doubt. And it
will stay not as a tolerated evil, but
as q highly priced acquisition. But,
after all, automobiles-or their motor,
men-do not Gown the earth" They
must be used with due regards to the
law, to the rights Of other vehicles and
their occupants, and to the common
sense status Of public highways. The
highways are common roads for the
general use of all. No one class of
vehicle users has any right to monop'
olize them. And no one has a right
to use them in way that will make
their use by others impossible or un'
safe.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

In comparison Nebraska has more
miles Of railroad than the four States
of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont
and Massachusetts. New York has
1000 more miles, and only nine Of the
fifty States and Territories have a rail-
way mileage exceeding that Of Ne
braska, one of the States admitted
into the Union since the close of the
Civil War.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

It would be advisable to increase
the number of cadets, and thus add
to the number of graduates; but the
Navy Department should not expert
ment with poorly educated officers,
says the Denver Republican. The ef-
ficiency Of it's officers has been the
glory of the American navy, and there
should be no departure from the policy
of naval instruction which has pro-
duced this good result, An incoppe-
tent officer might wreck a ship or lose
a battle, and the Government should
not so much as think Of mourning that
rick
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

Maple sugar has long been intimate
Iy associated in the American mind,
and in the American stomach as well,
with buekwheat cakes And recent
attempts to push the sale of this sac
charine commodity in Austria and Ger
many have failed, apparently because
the characteristic Yankee pancake is
unknown in those countries. An open
ing is thus revealed for a twofold mis-
Vionary enterprise.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
Large wedding Fees.

It is said that the yearly average
of marriage fees received by some
West End clergymen amounts to about
$500 or $J00-a neat little perquisite,
by the way. The largest fee on record
Is the one paid to the Pope by the
Duke d'Aosta for the privilege Of mar.
rying his niece. At fashionable we'd
ding in New York the clergyman re-
Gently received a check for $1,000. The
two extremes IL the case Of a well
known minister were a fee Of $1CJ and
loan 30 the bridegroom Of S1O--Lon-
don Sunday Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

NJ Tarde, not long since, published
suggestive and important volume on
the Psychology Of Crowds" He has
now issued a new volume mot yet
translated from the French, it is be-
lieved) under the title, "L'Opilion ct
la Foule." The public is something
different from a crowd. In a theatre
or in the street the public and the
crowd are the same thing. But print
ing and other modern devices have
created a public which has an opinion
independently Of propinquity. Opinion
is action at distance. The book in
question studies the public, how it is
born and developed, what its relations
are with those who direct its opinions,
its relations to the newspaper press,
to crowds, TO church and to state, It's
manners Of action, its powers for good
and evil. All these matters are ht
subject for a strictly scientific treat
ment, which, in fact, they receive. In
the seventeenth century there was only
literary public, in the eighteenth
a philosophic public arose. Journalism
came in with the revolution. Public
opinion in olden times was formed
only by conversation; with the advent
of the press new factor was intro
duced. The journal acts on the indi'
Nidual, and the public reacts on the
journal. In the last analysis the pub
he has the press 1t deserves.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

A thousand lofty sentiments expressed.
To those who heard them seeming of the
best,
Are now forgotten or theme for jest.
A thousand books on memory have laid
claim,
A thousand authors through them sought
for fame;
To US there scarce remains a single name.
The winnower Of the ages thrashes Ger
The harvest Of a generations lore;
One grain is gathered from the thrashing
floor,
The rest as empty chaf, aside is cast.
Oblivion's refuse, gathering thick and fast,
Chokes all the gates and highways of the
past.
Religions, dreams and empires all have
gone,
Like shapes of night that vanish from the
dawn,
While through the ages earth went roll.
ing on,
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

Gotta, Saxony, has adopted an odd
method of enforcing the payment Of
delinquent taxes. A printed list of the
names of the dellnquents is hung in
every restaurant and drinking place
in the town, and those who are on it
can get neither meat nor drink at
these places, as the owners are under
penalty Of loss Of license.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

Why isn't there a new excuse in,
vented for defaulting bank officials be-
sides playing the races" why not
say they played" their superiors?
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

Until within n few years. Germany
and France particularly the former
country, have given more attention
to technical instruction than the
United States Even England, though
far behind Germany in this respect,
has of late shown great activity in this
direction.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
The snclnl nnnl, of Cabinet onaoers.

The social rank of each Cabinet Of
iicer is reckoned according to his
standing in the order of succession to
the Presidency, which is arranged ac'
cording to the age of each executive
department. The State Department
having been the first executive branch
of the Government created, the Sec
retary Of State Is the official and social
head of the Cabinet and the first Of
its members to succeed to the Presi.
dency, in the event Of the death of
both President and Vice-President. If
the President, Vice-President and Sec
retary Of State were all to die before
their successors had been appointed
the Secretary Of the Treasury would
become President, because his is the
second Oldest Of the executive depart
ments. This right to succession ex.
tends in turn to the Secretary Of War,
Attorney General, Postmaster-General,
Secretary of the Navy, and lastly to
the Secretary Of the Interior This
gradation thus indicates the social
rank Of each Cabinet officer In his own
circle.-Ladies' Home Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
FOR SALE.

Several tracts Of land near Brlghtwood
and Takoma, also Building Lots on
Brghtwood Ave, and 14th Stroot road,
Louis P. Shoemaker, 920 + St., n. w.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
THE SUBURBAN OIrI-

THE SUBURBAN OIpt-
ZEN is a permanent institr-
hon-a fixture at the Nationai
Capital. Thousands and thou
sands OF people can testify 20
the good work 1t has accom-
plished during the past nve
years Ia the line OF suburban
improvemOnt. II Is the only
pslvspaper In the District OF
Columbia that maintains q
punching bureau, whose duty
70 is to punch up the authori-
ties and keep them awake 20
bhe needs Of the suburbs. On
that account 10 deserves and 10
receiving substantial encouK%
aIemenh.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

NJ. Berthelot, the French chemist,
has been trying to find what is the
smallest weight Of an odorous sub
stance that can excite the nerves Of
smell in human being. BY repeated
dilutions he found that even such an
unimaginable quantity as three-eighths
of millionth of a grain Of iodofOrm
would produce the characteristic
SMELL and musk was many times
stronger still.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14


The skunk first appears in history
in the year 1886, when he was de-
scribed in Theodats History Of Can
ada. He had been a long time on the
earth before that time, however, for
there are species Of fossil skunks. The
skunks of the genus Chinca range
over the greater portion Of North
America and as far south as Mexico.
Other skunks are found in Central and
South America. They live in burrows,
either Of other animals, or made by
themselves. Their habits are chiefly
nocturnal, and they hibernate only in
the severest part of winter. Their
food consists of small animals, of in
sects and birds eggs. Grasshoppers
are eaten by hundreds. They have
been trapped for their fur for many
years. The young are born in litters
Of four to ten. The adults occasionally
rob the poultry yard, but such depre-
dations as they commit are more than
Offset by their destruction Of noxious
animals and insects, especially the
white grub, the pest of lawns and
meadows. They are easily trapped in
box traps, and can be killed by put
ting them, trap and all, in trough OF
water.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

The larvae of flies, bees, beetles and
other insects have been placed in the
wooden half of a box having one sec
ton of lead and the othersof wood,
and on exposure to Rontgen rays they
have been greatly excited, invariably
retreating to the leaden part of the
box. With blind larvae the results
were the same, showing that the ex-
citing rays were perceived through the
nerves of the skin.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14
PlURNRS
SSCIEN,C,EI
IESlAR O. 49, 81 =

Plants with white blossoms have
larger proportion Of fragrant species
than any others; next comes red, then
yellow and blue, after which, and in
the same order, may be reckoned
violet, green, orange, brown and black.
Diphtheria germs survive at least
fifteen years. This has been proved
by two cases Of dlphtheria in children
who could have contracted the disease
in no way except through playing with
toys that had been stored fifteen years
in an old trunk.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

The human body, it has been found,
is shorter at night than in the morn
ing, due to the weight Of the body
COMPRISING the intervertebral carti-
lagos. During sleep, or while in a re-
cumbent position, the pressure being
removed, their natural elasticity en-
ables them to resume their normal
size, consequently the height of
an individual win vary from three
eighths to half an inch between morn
ing and night.
The suburban citizen., 1901-12-14

An ordinarily healthy man Of thirty
years old can lift, with both hands,
236 pounds, ana support on his shoul-
ders $50 pounds. ----.~.---------.--
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-21
Sympathy may help
a wounded heart
but it won't heal
a wounded limb.

That fact is so obvious that you won
der why any one can offer sympathy 4"
as the chief feature Of treatment for the
delicate diseases Of women. Yet women
are invited to "write 10 a woman who
can sympathize with woman" and the
theme Of their correspondence is 10
be the delicate, difficult and dangerous
diseases which undermine a woman's
health and strength. Il Is true that such
offers are combined with an offer OF
medical advice" But medical advice
can only be given by a competent ply
sician, and no mention Is made in such
offers OF a physicians or doctors advice.
II Is not offered because Il cannot be
given. The offer is not being made by
a qualified physician.
The offer Of free consultation by letter,
made 10 ailing women by Doctor r. v.
Pierce, has behind Il a physicians abil-
ity. DR.. Pierce Is consulting physician
Of the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In
stitute, Buffalo, N. Y. Associated with
DR.. Pierce IS a staff Of nearly score Of
physicians, each man a specialist. In a
practice Of over thirty years DIR. Pierce
and his staff have treated successfully
more than half a million women, who
have been cured Of debilitating drains,
inhammations, alterations and female
troubles. The age, experience and akill
OF DR.. Pierce give him a supreme ad-
vantage in his chosen field Of diseases Of
women.
You can write 10 DT. Pierce without
fear and without fee Every letter is
read privately and answered conhden-
TALLY, the answer being sent In a plain
envelope, without any printing upon Il.
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, sent free on receipt Of stamps to
cover expense Of mailing only. Send al
one-cent stamps for the edition in paper
cover, or 81 stamps for cloth bound. Ad-
dress Dr. x. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. w
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-21
DemoeraIs Meet.

Alta meeting OF The demOcractic ex-
ecutive committee held on Saturday
afternoon, u was decided TO call a
primary election, TO choose candidates
for the various municipal Offices, TO be
held on Friday the 22nd inst. All per-
sons desiring their names placed upon
the ticket must notify number Of
the executive committee by ~ o'clock
on Thursday 21st inst. A ticket will
be prepared by the executive commit
tee, Thursday afternoon, on which
will appear the names Of all persons
who desire 10 and no ticket can be
voted except tho'e so prepared.
J. S. Thomson aud E. N. William
son we're selected as clerks aud NJ.
Daniel, J. ]. Spencer and Henry Bal
lard were chosen as Judges OF said
election. EDGAR SMITH, Chairman,
JAMES B. BURCKHALTER, Secretary.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-21

dhckcu eihlcf OF JACK OdlklnS AZ OOl-
llnsville last winter, have arranged
for $4,000 bond and the release OF
the prisoner.
Children often inherit feeble diges-
tive power and collie Of more or less
severe character results, when food is
taken which is aJall difficult to di-
gest. Whites Cream Vermlfuge acts
as a general and permanent tonic.
Price, 25 cents. Peoples drug store.
DIV
p NJ. Simpson, solicitor fUr the
Swain Live Stock commission COM
pauy Of Kansas City, was In Viuita
last week rustlinR business for his
trm aud paid this ofiice a pleasant
call.
81 strongly recommend Beggs'
Cherry Cough Syrup; IL cured me Of a
throat and lung trouble Of many
years standingn-Mrs. J. Bremen,
Rife, Col. Cures coughs, colds, asthma,
bronchitis, la grippe, pneumonia,
tion. Peoples drug store. W
General Frank c. Armstrong, for
mcry OF the Dawes commission, has
another job as Indian Inspector. His
duties will be 10 inspect the condition
Of Indians on rcseryatiOus aud the
character OF their lands.
Agency, la, Oct. II, 1899
Pepsin Syrup Co, Monticello, III.
Gents:-l have used DR.. Caldwell's
Syrup Pepsin with marked success. l
unhesiJatingly recommend IL to those
suffering with stomach troubles or
constipation. IL is certainly bless.
ing TO humanity. You are at libariy
to use my testimonial Very respect
fully +. NJ. Wilcoxson. Peoples
drug store. DIV
A sock Social" was held over at
Mound Valley receltly. Everyone
whu attended were assessed one aud
half cents according to the number Of
suck they wore. All attending with
out socks were assessed double.
Stop your hair IA ling out! "Erysip-
elias resulted in entire loss Of my hair;
two bottles Beggs' Hair Renewer gave
me a fine growth. John A. Linder,
editor Advocate, Humeston, la.
Guaranteed for AL scalp diseases: re.
stores natural grUwth aud color. PeO-
pies drug store.
For the drst time in the history Of
the Daily Chieftdin, this Office has
been compelled to refuse advertise
ments fur lack OF space. The demand
for space exceeds its clpacity, aud II
IL continues TO come in, the size Of
the publication will have to be in
creased.
MOore's plules are guaranteed
cure for all forms uf malarial, ague,
chills aud fever, swamp fever, malar-
ial fever, bilious fever, iaundlce, Bill
BUSINESS, fetid breath and tired,
listless feeling. They cure rheuma-
tism aud the lassitude following
blood poison produced from malarial
poisoning. No quinine. No arsenic
acids or iron. d. not ruin stamach
or teeth. Entirely tasteless. Price
so ,ents per box. DR.. G. @. Moore Co.,
$40 North Main street, ST. Louis, No
Sol by Peoples drug store. dwly
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1901-03-21
A Raging. Roaring Flood

Washed down telegraph line
which Chas. @. Ellis, VI Lisbon, Ia,
had to repair. Standing waist deep
In Icy water" he writes, gave me n
terrible cold aud cough. IL grew worse
daily. Finally the best doctors In
Oakland, Neb., Sioux City aud Omaha
said had consumption and could not
live. Then | began using DR.. Kings
New discovery and was wholly cured
by six bottles" Positively guaranteed
for coughs, colds and al throat and
lung troubles by Peoples aud Fore
mans drug store. DIV