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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
woRms FOUND IN SNOW
Interesting Theory Advanced 20 Account
For Their Presence.

EOt AntlA AIfethNes
Scientific men seldom attempt to
show the practical value of the work
they do. 1t is often long time before
this Importance is realized-and hence
we often hear the question, does
science pay? This has many times
been asked in connection with polar
expeditions. And though their value
has often been demonstrated yet the
same question is being put day by
day.
How valuable even new fact OF
seemingly uihmg Importance may be
in widening human knowledge is well
illustrated by a paper recently pub
llshed in the proceedings Of the Acad-
emy of Natural Sciences Of Phlladel.
phla, which simply describes a spe.
cies of "a snow-inhabitlng Enchytra.
cid" by J. Percy Moore. 1t simply
tells of the discovery-by Mr. Henry
G. Bryant one Of the famous eXplor-
ers with Peary in Greenland, but on
this occasion ascending Mount st.
Elias, in Alaska-of a small worm,
mature condition, that is born, lives
and dies in perpetual snow. This is
all, and what of that?
We may leave Mr. Moore's paper
here and recall the fact of the extra
ordinary abundance of animal life in
these inhospitable lands. Fish and
sea birds abound in such numbers
that man and land animals have no
difficulty in preserving life during the
long, dreary winters of those regions.
1t has been accounted for in a general
sort of way by the broad statement
that "animalcula come down with the
melting snow to the creeks and har-
bors, on which small fish feed, and
then the larger on these, and so on
through the whole course" But tho
question has never been answered as
it is in this paper,
But how do these worms live? for
all animal life must be sustained by
vegetation in the first instance-and
it is here that the practical man has
to put this and that together. Not
only do these minute creatures live in
snow, but the lower forms OF micro
scopic plants do also. One species, OF
a bloodred color, known rs Protococ-
Gus nivalis, is produced in such large
numbers that the snow hills often
seem as red as blood. Aside from this
1t is known that pollen may, at times,
be borne on the winds many hundreds
of miles. The waters of the northern
lakes have often been covered with
what the unlearned have supposed to
be showers Of sulphur from the clouds,
but in reality by pollen from Southern
pine forests. 1t might as easily reach
. the polar snow caps and probably
does-while in the short but tlorally
brilliant arctic summers native pollen
would certainly be stored by the snow
lin abundance. Then there are the gor-
geous lichens, which abound to such
an extent that the rugged rocks are
covered with as many sheets OF parti-
colored patches as Joseph's coat, Civ
ing to the winds a continual supply OF
spores for the sustenance Of the snow.
fields inhabitants.
Who viii say all this knowledge Is
not practical? And yet we shall hpa.
as long as the world endmes, Of what
use can these explorations be?-AIeo.
hans Monthly.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17

main building facilitates the loading
and unloading OF the company's reirig-
orator cars.
The establishment of this costly and
extensive bu,terine plant in Washing
ton should and doubtless WILL do much
TO encourage other enterprises to locate
i'm the District, IL furnishes couyinc-
ing evidence that there is a good field
here ior the man who has money to
invest in the production OF articles
which enter daily into the homes OF the
people. The fact that Washington has
excellent transportation facilities, en-
abiiug the manufacturer to reach other
cities quickly and cheaply should
bring to the suburban towns in the
northeast many other concerns at an
early day To this end there should be
earnest work upon the part of the East
End Suburban Citizens Association
The opening OF this factory should
not fail to impress the members OF Con-
gress with the importance OF dealing
fairly with the butterine manufacturers
in the matter OF imposing taxes. That
it seems. has not been done. Since it
has been shown by careful analysis that
artificial butter is as wholesome, and
quite as desirable. as that made by
rural dairymen, there is manifest in
justice in seeking to tax it out OF the
market. And the injustice involved in
such action becomes all the more ap-
parent when the cost Of setting up a
factory for the manufacture OF butterine
is taken in;o consideration, and when,
also, it is remembered that in addition
tg sunrlvintr The pppr man with CheaDPr
and better butter, the establishment
gives steady and satisfactory employ
ment to hundreds OF men and women,
not to mention the stimulating inhu-
ence which it has in the upbuilding OF
the community in which it is located.
The rich can afford the luNury OF So
called fancy creamery, but the poor
the man whose living comes to him as
the reward of daily toil-must butter
his bread according to his purse.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
FAssINo cRtMNs ALoNc.
Washington Method of Dealing with
Harmless Ones.


The Government departments in
Washington are naturally very attrac-
tive to rowing cranks of the harmless
variety More such persons can be
seen here in a month than in any other
city in year. Perhaps they find It
easier to induce somebody to listen to
them or to get some attention paid TO
their schemes. At all events, the prac-
tice has grown up Of passing them
along" unless they seem dangerous
enough to warrant calling a police
man. The other day man approach
ed the private secretary to the AttOr-
ney-General for his legal opinion The
secretary, in a great hurry, referred
him to Colonel Clay, the chief clerk
of the department, under whose au-
thority all such welghty matters, he
said came.
Il went over to the State Depart
ment one morning" began the stran-
ger, addressing Colonel Clay, "and af-
ter showing my system, they sent me
to the Bureau of American Republics.
suppose they thought my system
might be tried in the South American
countries first. But when l outlined
my plan at the bureau they told me
to write to my Congressman and get
him to take the matter up. 1 did so,
but he has never answered by letter,
and so | have come back to Washing
ton to lay 1t before the Attorney Gen
eral. l must have his opinion"
Colonel Clay told his visitor that the
practice Of the department was against
giving opinions to outside parties;
that 1t was really law office for the
President Of the United States and the
heads of departments. He according
ly advised the promoter to get his sys-
tenn printed so that the world might
have the benefit of 1t. AT first the Wis
itor would not hear a word Of that.
saying If It were printed a lot of crit
clsm would be provoked, while If it
could so out with the endorsement of
the Attorney-General such opposition
would be headed off. But the further
arguments Of Colonel Clay prevailed.
and the manufactures Of governments
departed in great giee, looking for
printer. Colonel Clay says that that
is always the safest and the surest
way Of disposlng OF such guests. OF.
ten the bare cost OF printing exercises
a wholesome prohibitlye restraint, II
1t does not and the eccentric ideas see
the light of printers ink, they can al
ways be "left for perusal." This saves
the author from personally explaining
thethe details Of his misslon.-New
York Post.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
The Ont Gnddess.

In old Egypt there was a burial
place for sacred cats as we'll as for
sacred bulls. a cemetery Of cats ex-
isted near Bubastis. A few years ago
Monsieur Navillc found buried in the
mound the ruined temple Of Bast or
Pasht, the cat goddess, who gave her
namc to the city.
The foundation of Bubastls carries
us back to the period of the building
Of the great Egyptian pyramids. The
Bubastis Of the Egyptians is the same
as the Artemis of the Greeks, who is
generally said to be the same as the
Diana Of the Romans, goddess Of
light, representing the moon. So Bast,
or Pasht was connected with the cat
on the one hand and the moon on the
other. Accordingly 1t is quite possible
that puss, when she figures as a sym
Dol In the Egyptian worship, repre-
sents something in astronomy and in
the calendar.
Ovid calls the cat the sister of the
moon, and says that Pasht took the
form of cat to avoid Typhon. Ac-
cording to Plutarch, a cat placed in a
lustrum denoted the moon. 1t is stated
by some writers that the "cat" was
an interclary month, added in the one
hundred and twentieth year to rectify
the calendar
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Tricks In All Trndea.

A clergyman, taking occasional duty
for a friend in one Of the moorland
churches of remote part Of England,
was greatly scandalized on observing
the old verger, who had been collect
ing the offertory, quietly abstract a
half-crown before presenting the plate
at the altar rails.
After service he called the old man
into the yestry, and told him, with
emotion, that his crime had been dis
covered.
The verger looked puzzled. Then Il
sudden light dawned on him.
why sir, you doan't meant that
ould half-crOwn Of mine Why, Ofve
led Off with he this last fifteen years'
London Spare Moments.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Pur5,ns tho rlAwss out.

Hand grenades for putting out fires.
which were common enough fifteen to
twenty years ago, consisting OF glass
vessels filled with solutions OF various
kinds supposed to have special fire
.sxtihgaishing qualities, date back to a
much earlier time than Is CONNOLLY
supposed. Probably the earliest form
consisted Of a wooden vessel or barrel
containing a considerable quantity Of
water and having In its center a small
iron or tin case full OF gunpowder
From this case a tube wss filled with a
composition that readily ignited. When
a room was on fire one of these ma
chimes was thrown into it, and the
powder exploding dispersed the water
in the outer receptacle ip every direc-
ton
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Animal. Have Rea.onInr Power.

That animals have reasoning power,
and can recognize the approach of
danger, is the verdict Of the
supreme court Of Iowa. The case in
which a decision was given was
against railway company for killing
stock In the lower court the rule OF
evidence was chat the statutory whis-
tie required sixty rods before crossing
public highway, and was intended
for the protection of dumb animals as
well as human beings, and this has
been approved by the supreme court.
The railway company contends that
the requirement Of the whistle at
crossings could only be intended for
rational beings, not animals. 1t is con-
ceded that short blasts Of the whistle
may frighten animals OF the track, but
when not in danger, to frighten them
may cause them to run on the track.
The railroad company's attorneys say
that the court coufounds fright on the
part of animals with reason; neverthe-
less, if this request for a rehearing be
refused, and the present opinion
stands, then the toots on the whistle
are for the benefit of stock as well as
human beings.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
Queer Case Of a Horses Death.

Farmers who are frequently at a
loss to know what strange diseases
are destroying their stock will be in
terested in the experience Of William
BickfOrd, who lives in the town of
Martinsburgh, Mo-, whose valuable
horse, which had been running down
for the past year, died, and Bickford's
curiosity led him to investigate the
cause. Upon opening the animal, he
found the liver enlarged to three times
its normal size. In the stomach, which
he then proceeded to dssect, he found
live snake fully three feet in length
and three inches in circumference. As
soon as the reptile was liberated it
made a lively escape by running under
the barn aoor.-New York Weekly wit.
ness.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
The Youneest Editor.

Probably the youngest editor IN the
United States is a sixteen year old
girl Lille Miller, who successfully
manages a weekly paper at Camden
Pa.j, and supports her widowed moth
er and brother and sister. Her faith
er who was the proprietor, was killed
in a railway accident recently.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
aUnaerrround RaIlreaa, D aooverea.

In dismantling an old brick house
facing Mulberry Bend Park, in New
York, the workmen unexpectedly pried
open square trap door at the left Of
the stair landing on the second floor.
The trap door opens into secret
chamber, extending the whole length
of the house, forty-eight feet The
hidden chute for that is its shape, is
three and one-half feet wide and four
feet deep. Investigation shows that the
place was for years before the war one
of the chain of stations on the under
ground railroad" by which Quakers
and other friends of the negro sent
sugitiVe slaves north
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-17
SUNDAYS.
Extra sections Of above trains are rnn
IMPORTANT.

All excursion trains returning from
Chesapeake Beach in the evening will
not stop at District Line Station, but will
transfer passengers to special street cars
at Deamwood, two miles west of District
Line Station.
ParIor Car Seals IS cents additional
each way.
This Time Table shows the time at
which trains may be expscted to depart
from the station named, but their de-
parture at the time stated is not guaran-
teed, nor does the Company hold itself
responsible for any delay or any conse-
quences arising therofrom.
OTTo MEARs, A. H. LEWIS,
Pres. and Gen'l Mgr. Genl Pass. Agt
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
STRANGELY SIGNIFICANT.
Second Letter from the Mysterious
"ElOise t." About the Cudahy
Kidnaniup

Cincinnati, Dec. 3O.-The Enquirer
has received the second strangely sig
nificant letter from "Eloise t. who
now signs herself 'Eloise V farrell"
In this letter the writer says that con-
lectures as to her identity on the part
of Omaha correspondent are wrong
that she is not Lizzie Burns and that
the correspondents are not at all like
ly to fathom the mystery of her iden-
tity. She also gives reasons for her
offer to clear up the Cudahy mystery.
Hell hath no fury like a woman
scorned," is the quotation that she
uses to explain her position.
The last letter is dated December
90. And again the woman-if the
writer be woman-gives names and
dates that are convincing on the point
that she knows enough aboIt the
Cudahy kidnapping to be wanted. Her
letters are lengthy and most 1pys-
FERROUS in facts, dates and details.
Efforts to ascertain who the writer
is have proved futile. She keeps we'll
in the background.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
PAT GROVE IDENTIFIED.
One Who Has i-nown Him for Many
Years Saw Him Rent the
Schneiderwind House.

Omaha. Neb., Dec. 31.-John Smith.
brOommaker, employed by the
Schneiderwind broom factory, has
positively identified Pat Grove as the
man who, in his presence, rented the
Schneiderwind house on Grover street
which was used as prison for Eddie
Cudahy while he was being detained
for the 900 ransom. This is the
first positive personal recognition OF
any of the bandits and establishes
the most important point yet devel-
oped in the case.
When asked to identify the picture
of Pat Grove in connection with the
case, Smith said:
You need not show me any picture
l know that man. 1t was Pat Grove.
could have told any police officer
the same thing had he called upon
me. l was busy at the broom machine
when Pat Grove called to rent the
house and paid no attention to him
during his talk with Mrs. Schneider
wind. Then L thought L recognized
the voice and stopped my machine
long enough to get a good look at
him. | saw at glance that the man
was none other than Pat Grove, a
man whom j have known for ten
years. l am positive as to the identi-
ty of Pat Grove as 1 would be of my
own brother"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
SHORT IN HIS ACCOUNTS.
A Receiver of Taxes COnfesses to n
Shortage of 100000 and
Disappears.

Altoona, Pa, Dec. 3f.-James II. Me-
Cl1lough, former receiver of state and
county taxes for Altoona, has diSap-
peared, and is said to be over twenty
thousand dollars short in hisaccounts.
Mccullough had held the Office of re-
ceiver since 1894, but the county COM
missioners did not reappoint him last
spring because he had not squared
his duplicates for the past several
years. He was under bond in the sum
of $4,000. The county commissioners
had a secret examination made of the
accounts and shortage of $4,000 was
quickly discovered. County Commits
sioner Hughes went to Mccullough
for an explanation. Mccullough con-
fessed he was over twenty thousand
dollars short. He said that he began
dealing in stock in New York three
years ago, and when his first venture
failed he doubled to retrieve himself,
and lost every time. Il could not even
win at poker" he admitted, and the
more chances l took the deeper L sank
in ruin
Mccullough had nothing left but his
home, which is mortgaged, but he
decided 1t TO his bondsmen, and on
Thursday night he left the city. Nc
Cullough was short in 1897, the short
age amounting to some $4,000. He,
it is said, used the collections of '9S
and 30 to square this amount. Nc
Cullough is about fifty years of age
and was locked upon as a solid bust
ness man. There has been no effort
To arrest him as vet
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
KILLED AND CAPTURED.
Great Activity and Success Among
Our Troops in the Phil
ippines.

Manila, Dec. 91.--Yesterday brought
many reports of captures Of insur-
gents as The result of scouting
throughout Luzon. The Americans, in
this work, sustained no casualties. \
detachment of the Fourth regiment
captured 90 in the Province of Cavite.
Gen. Wheaton reports having cap
tured and burned Gremori's camp, in
the peninsula, near San Antonio.
Gen.. Funston reports that five in
surgents were killed and several cap
tured near Gaysan.
Gen. Smith wires that the proclama,
ton of the governor general has had
good results In his district.
Near Moaiones, yesterday, Il dozen
insurgents were killed and eight
Wounded.
Gen. Grant telegraphs that he has
detachments covering the lower por-
tions of Mount Arayat in the hope
of catching Alejandrino. He says that
last Friday a detachment of the For
ty-tirst infantry raided the camp of
the insurgent leaders and secured
some of his papers.
Near Alaia, yesterday, Cap. Men
doza, with 80 men of Sandico's com
mand, surrendered.
Detachments of the Eleventh and
Ninth a.alry killed IL insurgents and
destroyed several camps in the Cam
arines district.
The Philippines commission has
added to the pending school bill pro-
vision for the employment of Coo
American teachers at salaries rang
ing from SIS to 800 per month.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
A FATAL GAME OF CARDS.
Ends in n Quarrel Which Results IN
the killing of Three
Men.

AbbevilIe, S. c., Dec. 31.-Sheriff
Kennedy Of this county, William Kyle
of Massachusetts,, who has beer super
intending the building of cotton mill
here, ami John Dansby, United
States marshal are dead as the result
of shooting at a card game and an
attempt to arrest the men who did
the shooting. Several persons were
playing cards Saturday night when
Dansby threw two dollars on the ia
BILE, and said:
play for this" The men at the ia
BILE refused, and an alteration ensued.
Dansby suddenly drew pistol and
shot Kyle in the abdomen. lie then
backed out of the room declaring he
would shoot anyone who tried to stop
him. He was followed by two police
men, but held them at bay until Sher-
if Kennedy and number of citizens
arrived. The sheriff called to Dansby
to come out of the house of his IA
ther-in-lay, whittier he had fled. and
surrender. Dansby came and with the
remark:
Well, we'll all go to he'll together"
commenced firing. Dansby was shot
twice in the leg and once in the chest
and the sheriff was struck near the
heart and fell. Dansby walked so
steps and was reloading his pistol
when he was shot again, it is said, by
the dying sheriff. The sheriff and
Dansby died within a few minutes of
each other. Kyle fingered until two
a.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
Personal AND POLITICAL.

Mrs. Margaret Cullagan, an inmate
of the home for the aged in Chicago,
was 100 years old Christmas day.
Col. Henry B. Harshaw, ex-state
treasurer of Wisconsin and a civil war
veteran, died at Milwaukee, aged So
years
Edwin L. Brand, the pioneer pho
tographer of Chicago, died at the age
of 65 years.
Andrew McNeff celebrated at La
Rue. o., the one hundredtI. anniver-
sary of his birth.
John Laing celebrated the one hun
dredth anniversary of his birthday in
Chicago.
Episcopal Bishop Coadjutor c. r.
Hale, of the Springfield diocese. died
at Cairo. III.
Mrs Kittie Rice died at Mount Nor
ris. H.. at the age of 1903.
W. J. Bryan, speaking at a banquet
in Lincoln. Neb., said democracy must
stick to silver and fight Imperialism,
but admitted he might. not again run
for president.
Rev. DR.. Thomas Murphy, one of
the most eminent Presbyterian clergy
men in Philadelphia, died of pneu-
monia.
Italian anarchists shot and serious
" wounded Chief of Police Brown at
Barre, Vt.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
FILIPINO BARBARITY.
Soldier Captured by Ma
tives Said to Have Been Skinned
While Yet Alive.

Minneapolis, Mimi, Dec. 30.-A spe-
cial 10 the Times from West Superior,
Wis; says:
In a letter written from the Philip
pines just before the recent election:
to his folks in this city, Capt. Harry
w. Newton says that at that time the
enroachments of the natives were
worse than they had been at any time
during the year previous. As one in
stance of their ferocity he writes:
Just the other day they jumped a
detachment of our Twenty-fou"th
80 men, and captured 10 of
them. One of them was found terri
bly, mutilatcd, showing signs OF being
skinned while vet alive"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1901-01-04
GIRL ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
Shot by SeveE-Y ear-OId BOy-Lat-
ter Exonerated from All Blame
by COroner's Jury.

Chester, Ill, Dec. 31.-In the village
of Ellis Grove, ten miles north of this
city, Miss Clemmie Smith, aged II
years, daughter of Mrs. Chris Smith,
a widow, was accidentally killed yes
terday. Ray Milligan, aged IS years,
son of Mrs. Margaret Buatte, returned
from hunting trip and had placed
his shotgun against fence in order
to take part in football game.
Young Almont Buatte, his step
brother, aged seven years, playfully
picked up the weapon, which he did
not know was loaded. He pulled the
trigger. The shot struck Miss Smith
in the right temple, causing her
instant death. Ray Milligan was shot
in the face and chest, but will recover.
y coroner's inquest was held, the
jury returning in verdict generating
the little lad from all blame, on &C
count of his youth.