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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

It affords the Suburban Citizen pleas
ure to record the pleasant things heard
concerning its patrons, and that is why
it presents in this issue the following
reference to the well-known milling
firm Of G. w. Cissel & Co., whose es-
tabishment in Georgetown, it need
hardly be said, is one Of the largest in
this section Of the country. Indeed,
there are few larger concerns in any Of
the adjoining States, and it is certain
that one would have to travel long
way to find a more popular gentleman
than Mr.. Cissel
Not long ago Mr.. w. B. Williams,
who resides on the famous old Riggs
farm, was loading a large quantity of
grain to be shipped to Mr.. Cissers mill
A friend Of Mr. Williams, who was
watching the men as bushe after bush
el OF the golden grain was thrown into
the wagons by them, observed that it
was not measured at ALL whereupon he
remarked:
1T seems to me that your men are a
little careless. l don't believe they can
tell how much grain they have loaded.
Isn't that careless?'
Not at all, said Mr.. Williams. 1T
would be if we're dealing with a man
whom ! could not trust, but with Mr..
Cissel it is different. I am quite sure
that will get credit and pay for every
pint Of grain that l send him, and if
there is any doubt as to the quantity
the doubt will be settled in my favor.
You see,' he continued, Il have been
trading with this firm some time and
have found them absolutely just in the
most triAing details, In a day or two
I'll get check for my grain, and it
will cover every pennys worth Of it,"
Mr. Williams opinion Of G.. w. Cis-
sci & Co. is the opinion Of hundreds OF
other people in the District Of Columbia
and throughout the country,
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Regular PedicurInB to
Keep Them In COndi-
ton. - - - - -

she'll clamshells set around on the
front edges, Ave to a foot in the case
OF the Asiatic elephants and four in the
case Of the Africans.
With no use Of its feet, nothing to
keep them worn down as they would
be kept in nature, the pads may grow
to be two inches thick, and come to
have crevices or seams in them in
which foreign matter may lodge, and
the elephant is in more danger of pick
ing up things, which may become inn
bedded in the tough pad and get out Of
sight and work through into the quick.
The toenails also get long, and they
may curl under the sole of the foot and
they become thus more liable to be
caught, and the situation is then one
OF inconvenience and danger to the
animal. But before they reach this
stage the elephants feet are trimmed
down into shape. The feet of the els-
plants in the Central park menagerie
got one Of their regular overhaulings
last week. Tom" said Elephant
Keeper Snyder to the larger Of the two
elephants, on one Of the days when
this work was going on, give us your
feet"
And the big elephant lifted his foot
as a horse might have lifted his on
like request tom can tell you wha.
you are thinking about when you look
at him." says Keeper snyder.
julie, the other elephant Is not 50
tractable or not so INTEL gent, and ii
takes more diplomacy and effort to
get at her feet for the work necessary
to be done upon them. Bm even with
the most docile of elephants it takes
two men to do the work conveniently,
and, at the menagerie in the park
when the elephants feet are fixed II ad
Keeper Shannon gives Keeper Snyd T
lift. It might not be expected that
these elephants would pick up any
thing here in their long-accustonea
quarters, whose floor they have troll
den for years, but on this occasion In
one of Jules feet Keeper Snyder found
die, one out of a set of dice, which
had already been worked in out Of
sight, and in one of Toms feet was the
bowl OF an iron teaspoon, the handle
having been broken off The metal Of
this spoon could be seen when the
foot was lifted up but it was imbedded
sufficiently so that 1t took quite pul
with the keepers elephant hook TO pu
1t out. How these two odd and curl
ously different things found their way
into the elephants cages to be picked
up in their feet could not be said TO
certain, but it is probable that the
were thrown in by thoughtless chit
dren.-New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Elephants
Feet 80

The feet Of elephants in captivity
have to be looked after carefully ali
the time, and once or twice a year,
anyway, specific treatment is required
to keep them in order. If the elephant
is in a travelling show, where he is do.
ing more or less marching in street
parades, and it may be in moving
from place to place on the road, his
feet are worn down to something like
what they would be in nature. In
such a case they would have to be
regularly overhauled only once a year,
at the close of the winter season. In
the case of elephants remaining in one
spot all the time, in stationary men
agere, where they would do no
marching, and would scarcely wear
their feet down at all their feet are
looked after twice a year. A captive
elephant on the road might suffer in
his feet from stone bruise, or might
pick up a stone, or took, or any one
of forty things; or he might have corns
or have something the matter with his
toenails; or possibly have suffered the
loss of a toe nail by some accident.
From some such injury the elephant
might go lame, or suffer otherwise. It
might be that the foot would need to be
protected under treatment, and there
is used for such purpose a bag with a
shirring around the top, which, drawn
over the foot, and up a little on the leg
above it, can be closd around the leg
to keep out gravel or anything else
that might otherwise work in and ir-
ritate the foot.
This elephant with the sore foot
would Of course, be spared all the
walking possible. He would not ap-
pear in the parade, but in the case OF
a railroad show, for instance, he would
on arriving at or leaving show town,
limp along with that bag over his foot
from the car to the show lot, or from
the show lot to the car, by the shortes
way. Incidentally the elephants fee.
are being looked after all the time;
the annual or semi-annual overhaul
ing is to keep them down to their nat
ural proportions and conditions and
make them less liable to injury. In
its general shape the bottom of an ele-
plants foot is somewhat like a blunt
ed oval. The sole is a fat pad or
cushion, tough. but elastic, being of a
gristly or cartilaginous character,
Commonly this pad would be about an
inch in thickness. The elephants toes
do not project separately out beyond
the rest Of the foot, but are virtually
inclosed within the front rim of the
foot, their presence marked by the
toenails, which are in appearance as
much as anything like big black hard
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

The attention Of the east is being
attracted to California in a marked de-
gree" said a man from the Pacific
coast the other day. "The great field
for the eastern investor will henceforth
he found in the northern part Of the
state. The development of gold and
copper mines in Shasta county, and
particularly the discovery Of oil in the
northern counties is assuming such
proportion that they cannot longer be
hidden from the investment seeker,
and eastern capital will not fail to dis
cover the great possibilities The oil
industry of California will reach this
year an output of over 100000 bar
rels. The Santa Fe and Southern Pa
cifc railroads are burning oil on their
locomotives; the sugar renneries,
street railway power houses and manu-
featuring industries are substituting
1t for coal. Four months ago the
home consumption for fuel only
amounted to over 100000 barrels a
month. Coal in California costs from
IS to S14 a ton. 1t is imported from
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Monkey and sugar Cane.

Some years ago, when in charge Of
the Mauritius Government railways,
trains Of sugar canes, loaded in open
sided trucks, were worked over a sec
ton Of the line from the plantations
to the uslne centrale, some miles dis
tant, and the three first miles of the
single-line railway passed through a
forest with trees quite close to the
rails, up a very steep gradient and
around sharp curves. When the first
down passenger train from Port Louis
had passed the crossing station the
loaded cane train was dispatched t.
ward the summit. In the meantime.
some monkeys in the forest had timed
the passage Of the descending passen-
ger train, and had fixed sentinels. who
signaled to their expectant comrades
ON trees the approach Of the cane
train. As the train went crawling up
the incline q troop Of monkeys sprang
upon each wagon. ten forming the
traln' and threw off quite a goodly
number Of canes, which were gath
cred up as the train slowly passed on
ward. These depredatlOns became 80
serious that the planter appointed a
Eatehman to patrol this length" but
the "malgaches" have a superstitious
dread Of killing a monkey, which they
term "di monde meme" In Creole. The
looting of these trains by these ma
rauders was, however, ultimately
gtOpnn6 nv otbpp r,noonc Tbn Gpooto
tors " =. Z J. 3, Z s2lSs'9
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
OnnInt sam Antnnin.

"San Antonio is one of the quaint.
est cities in the country" declared Mr..
John f. Cunningham, Of Austin, Tex.
The sidewalks are so narrow that 1t
is difficult for two people to pass with
out stepping into the street, and the
streets hardly permit Of two vehicles
moving abreast. But the buildings
are modern and substantial, and there
is much wealth within the municipal
lty. The ancient Structure Of the Ala
mo, where Dayy Crockett Colonel
Bowie, inventor Of the Bowie knife,
and other early heroes Of Texas gave
up their lives, is we'll preserved. 1t
was built as a church, but at the same
time was surrounded by a wall for
purposes Of defense. Bullet holes,
made at the time Of the siege by the
Mexicans, are still visible" Washing
ton Post.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Rubber Tire. on Fire EnrInes.

A set of rubber tires suitable for uso
on fire engine cost from $3.50 to $3.50.
There is no question about the advan-
tages Of their use. With rubber tires
an engine goes less often to the repair
shop and so is more continuously in
commission. And If you should happen
to see rubber tired engine go around
a corner or get into or out Of the tracks
of street railroad, you'd think the ad-
vantage gained there was enough to
pay for the tires. The engine doesn't
swing or slide, but it follows true
and the driver knows just where he
can go and what he can do with the
machine when he's under way.
Birds wings and breasts now vary
both quills and flowers in the decora-
ton Of outing hats
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

( 1t should be quite possible to live In
glass houses nowadays without feeling
the necessity Of not throwing stones,
since glass bricks can be made which
serve very well in pavements. A
street in Paris has just been paved
with glass. Before it is used the glass
is submitted to a process called devitri.
faction, which makes 1t hard, smooth,
opaque and non-porous. It's inventors
claim that 1t combines the solidity of
granite with the smoothness Of asphalt,
and that 1t is not affected by heat or
cold. But It is expensive and very
resonant
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
California's Promising Future.

Washington, British Columbia an6
Australia. Hence petroleum, of which
four and a half barrels equal ton Of
cosl is proving a boon to California" 1"
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
PUBLIeHED WEEKLY BN
nc Suburban Citizen Newspaper Co.,
.. N. WOOD, Busiassa Manager.
No. Gil 10th Street n. E.,
WASHIHeToN, D o
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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

A JSvrnal dsvOtsd - ~ IAaweStS ef a.
Rssidsnis Of he suburbs Of WaIAiNgtO'A
, 1901-12-17
GRAND ENCAMPMENT is
FIVE YEARS OLD,

Former Sheriff James G. Rankin of
Carbon county, Wyoming is in Denver
from Grand Encampment, and is reg
istered at the Albany hotel, says the
Denver News. He did not celebrate
his arrival, although he had a right tc
do so, for it was the birthday of his
favorite city, Grand Encampment.
Five years ago Saturday at 6 O'Clock
In the evening, Mr.. Rankin drove the
first stake of the town site. Then there
were not w hundred people in 5o0
square miles. Now the town has u
steam plants, 5 producing copper
mines, the only smelter in Wyoming,
5000 people, and not an idle man.
Mr.. Rankin was ridiculed when he
started to exploit the district. He in
sisted the mineral was there, however,
and the subsequent development has
borne out his assertions.
The smelter is handling eighty tors
a day, water works and an electric
light plant are just going in, there are
1.-TWO newspapers, a bank and two hotels
A Concord stage runsdaily from Wo
cot, oil the Union Pacific railroad.
, 1901-12-17
MINING EXHIBIT
SHOULD BE CONTINUED

Shall we keep the mining exhibit,
which has been collected by Mr.. A. G.
Richards at great labor and expense
open for the next six months for the
inspection of strangers and visitors
seeking mining investment, or shall
we allow 1t to be packed away and say
to visitors there is nothing here worthy
of investigation? II we decide to have
1. kept on exhibition it vol require
some assistance from those Interested.
Mr.. Richards asks nothing for his ser
vices, but the rent. fuel and light will
have to be paid by voluntary subscrip.
items monthly for six months includ'
ing December. All persons desiring to
see the exhibit kept up will please cal
upon A. E. Miller at the Temple OF
Geo. W. Fox and subscribe what they
will give.
, 1901-12-17
RAILROAD NOTES.

Train No. 5 was marked three hours
late this afternoon.
Train No. 101, due here at 1890 a,
m. did not arrive until about 7 O'Clock
Superintendent Park was IL west
bound passenger on No. 3 this after
noon.
Train No. 3 took the third load of
prisoners to the penitentiary at Raw
Inns today.
Assistant Superintendent Whitney
was at Rawlins this morning, on CON
pany business.
There is said to be no truth in the
report that the shops are to be reopen.
ed here for the repair of cars.
Train No. 4, due at 1920 a. M, left
Rawlins Just an hour late and arrived
here about ali hour off its card time.
No. 3 arrived about 1:3O.
The weather has cleared up pretty
well over the Wyoming division, and
the superintendent hope to get trains
to moving on time in a day or two.
Bert Cummings, the engine caller
who was hurt in the yards here 81
Sunday, is reported today as getting
along frst-rate, and hopes to soon be
able to leave the house.
The storm in Nebraska was very sc
we're yesterday and Pullman cars ut
taches say it was almost impossible tc
keep the cars warm. The trains made
very poor time in the face of the wind
, 1901-12-17
MOVE TO HAVE
+ PROCEEDINGS PRINTED

There seems to be. a general desire
on the part of the people Of the state
to have the proceedings of the Indus
trial Convention printed in book form,
so that it may be used in advertising
the resources of the state, says the
Cheyenne Tribune.
1t Is an undoubted fact that the al
dresses delivered and the papers real
at the convention contain important
matter which will be interesting 20
eastern people who may either desire
to locate in the state or to invest cap
ital here.
c. G.. Coutant, who was secretary of
the convention, yesterday received a
letter from a prominent citizen Of
Rock Springs, in which the writer stat
ed that he had talked with quite a num-
Der of the leading citizens, and every
one Of them had expressed themselves
as anxious to have Sweetwater county
pay its share of expense not only for
printing ten thousand copies of the re-
port, but also to defray the expense fo7
making a collection for the exposition
for 1903. Both subjects" says the let
ter, will be taken up by the Business
Mems league on the 18th Of this month
The Secretary is making an appor.
tionment for the different counties,
showing the share of each in the cost
o. printing the report. Letters will be
written to the different counties with
per the resolutions passed by the con
vention.
, 1901-12-17
STORM
Is THE WORST {. J. BELL HAS
SEEN IN THE STATE OF WYo.
MING, HE SAYS.
It Has Come With a Fury Not Often
Witnessed at This Time Of Year,
and He Does Not Look for Much
Abatement Until After the Winter
Sun Has Crossed the Dividing
Line.

E. j. Bell, manager of the Millbrook
Land and Live Stock company's big
ranch near this city, and one of the old
est live stock men in this part of the
county, says this is the worst storm he
has ever seen in the state.
Il have seen the three days storms
that seemed to tea the earth in their
fury" he said, but this one has now
lasted more than ten days and it does
not seem to get any easier.
You know the days are at their
shortest now, and when the sun does
come out and warm things up a little,
1t is a very little, and by 2 or 2:30 in
the afternoon the warmth is all gone
and the cold has come again. Then
it stays cold until the next day, when
the MONDAY sun diffuses a little solar
heat, to be lost when the afternoon
comes.
Then, too, a good many Of us do not
study ahead n we suffer in conse-
quence. We should prepare for these
storms. They are just as sure to come
as the winter months come, and we
should hot let a summer go by without
taking into consideration the absolute
certainty of a hard, cold winter.
Il know stock men with large herds
who have not the sign of a shed on their
ranges. and such nights as these we
are now having the stock is bound to
suffer. They should be protected from
the cold, and l have that in mind. So
far I have not lost a hoof by the storm.
The great trouble with sheep on
such a day as Monday is that they are
likely to pack and smother each other.
A day when the wind blows and the
snow drifts Is the time to look out for
this danger, and shepherds should see
to 1t that their flocks are comfortably
housed from the bowling blasts"
Mr.. Bell does not look for much ces-
sation Of the present storm until after
the winter solstice. which occurs about
the 21st. There will be continued cold,
snow and winds until the sun crosses
the line.
, 1901-12-17
WYOMING WEATHER
EARLY THIS MORNING.

The following weather conditions in
the state were furnished by the Lara
mic office of the Rocky Mountain Bell
Telephone company this morning:
Kemmerer-Cloudy and cold but
quiet.
Evanston-Clear and cold.
Rock Springs-Cloudy and cold, with
some wind.
Rawlins-Cloudy and cold; the bliz-
card has evidently passed.
MISUNDERSTANDING; quiet and
clear.
Douglas-Line not working on &C.
count Of a storm.
Grand Encampment, 10. a. NJ
Weather at this hour very fine; clear
but cold; showing some earlier, but
clouds have drifted away.
, 1901-12-17
RAILROAD LAND PATENT
FILED FOR RECORD.

Patent No. II for Union Pacific rail.
road lands in Laramie, Albany, Carbon
and other counties along the road
through the state was filed in the coun-
ty clerks Office this morning. The fol-
lowing lands in Albany county were
included in the list:
Sections l, 3, 5, 9, II, 10, IL, II, u.
90, %. 81, 80, 80 and 35. township II,
range 20.
Sections 10, Is, II, 81 23. rs, 20, 33
and 35. township IS, range 10.
Sections 1, 8. 5, Z, 8. IL, 10. Is, II,
10. 81, 90, rs, 81, 20, 81, SO and 35.
township 20, range rs.
Sections Z, Q, 81, 20, 81 and SO, town
ship 10, range 26.
Parts Of sections I, 9 and II, town
ship 10, range II.
Lands lying partly in Albany and
, 1901-12-17
MORE PRISONERS
TAKEN TO RAWlINS.

Forty prisoners were taken to Raw
Inns today On train No. 3, leaving here
about l o'clock this afternoon. An
other lot of forty will go tomorrow,
making all that will be taken just now.
A few TRUSTEES will be kept here to get
the stuff ready for removal. The three
sick and insane will remain here for a
few days longer.
MI. Boswell says the men have made
but one complaint at Rawlins. They
do not like the bread they get there,
and have asked that their supply be
baked here and sent to them for the
present. which will be done. The Raw
Inns p~enitentia-y bakery is not now in
working order and the lessee has sup
piled the men with bread secured in
the open market.
Warden Helm and a number of
guards accompanied today's shipment.
, 1901-12-17
HANDSOME PRESENT FOR
FOR MRS. L. j.

The young ladies employed at the
Thornburgh hotel, eight or nine in
number, last evening presented the
wife Of the retiring manager of the ho-
tel. Mrs. l.. j. Reno, with three pieces
of handsomely handpainted china. Miss
Lizzie Niethe making the presentation
speech, which was responded to by
Mrs. Reno. The meeting was held in
the room Of the latter and the scene
was a very touching one, as the lady
had greatly endeared herself to the
girls about the house, and they were
in tears as the thought of the separa-
ton.
, 1901-12-17
TREATY RATIFIED
Senate by an Overwhelming Majority
Sustains Officials.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE senate
yesterday ratified the Hay-Pauncefote
isthmian canal treaty by the decisive
vote of ~ to &. The vote was cached
a few minutes before 5 O'Clock, after IL
most five hours of discussion behind
closed doors. There was no sensation
al incidents during the entire time.
The debate was confined exclusively to
the discussion of the merits of the
agreement and the policy of its provi-
sions.
The following senator's voted nay:
Bacon, Blackburn, C~ulberson, Millory,
Teller and Tillman-6.
Senators Warren and Clark of Wyo-
ming were in their seats and voted foi
the ratification of the treaty.
, 1901-12-17
Advertised Letter List.

Following is a list of the letters 70
naming in the postofice at Laramie,
Wyoming, for the week ending Dec.
16, 1901. Parties calling for letters in
this list will please say "advertised:"
Black. G. II. Ford, Harlow
Cant, d. L.. George, John C.
Griffin, Harry Jonson, H. c..
Myer, Rose Manley, Harry e.
Miller. Dupree Miller, J.. D.
Spiller, Horace Stoy, H.
Wood, James p. (2)
ELMER r. BELTZ, P. M.
, 1901-12-17

Being sa''slici with Ones Lot Is .
N 81. state Of Mind.
ConIet.,--snt is a precious possess
sion. You who nave this jewel care for
it carefully. Let no storms darken its
beauty for a moment. Add to it day by
day the precious stones of meekness
and quietness. Be thankful for the
gift of making others happy. Con-
tentment in a circle is like the bril-
liant sun shedding it's light serenely
on all around. Oh! for the mind that
can pass by the splendors Of this life
and yet not covet them; the rosy
checked girl in modest gown and
shabby bonnet who can look at her
well-dressed neighbor without an ach-
the man who, beholding his friend ride
by in a splendid carriage, can still go
calmly back to his pillow or hoe with
out a bitter thought. Such a one Is
truly as far above the sneers and
laughter of the u%nthinking as is heav-
en- above earth. Contentment is that
quality of some minds that makes the
possessor happy in spite of reverses or
misfortune Do not worry; it does no
good and merely renders you more dis
contented and unhappy. 1t wears on
your nerves, makes you angry and
cross, and leaves you in a state OF ner-
vous prostration, so that when real
trouble comes 1t finds you unable to
manfully cope with it. If by strong AM
bition and hard work on your part you
cannot better your condition In life.
be satisfied with your lot and let your
smile of conteptment make some sun
shine in the lives of your less favored
friends.-Mrs. w. II. Crandal of Stan
ton, Ala, in Pennsylvania Grit.
, 1901-12-17
NEW MANAGER FOR
THORNBURGH HOTEL.

l.. ]. Reno, manager of the Thorn,
burgh hotel here, has been transferred
by the Pacific Hotel company to Oma-
ha, and was succeeded here this morn
ing by j. G. Clark of Minneapolis. Mr..
Reno's son, l.. ]. Jr., the night clerk.
was succeeded by Ralph Klingerman,
who has been here for some time.
Mr.. Reno says he does not know why
the change was made, and he is sorry
it was made, for he and his excellent
family were getting acquainted with
the citizens and have many friends
here. They will regret to lose Mr.. and
Mrs. Reno.
The Renos left on train No. 4 today
for Omaha, where they will be located
for the present.