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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

In spite OF all our philosophy the
invasion Of the birthplace OF Chris
tianity by modern devices and modes
OF life CRATES harshly on sensitive
minds. Names hallowed by religious
associations seem out Of place on rail-
way timetables or subscription lists
OF long-distance telephones. OF
course. all this is illogical, for we
need not expect any part Of the
world to remain in infancy, still prim-
tive habits and modes Of life are so
naturally blended wtrh the Biblical
narrative that we cannot entirely sup
press a wish for their perpetuation.
But modern innovations are strangers
to sympathy. The railway from JoppA
70 Jerusalem, at first an experiment,
is now run on strictly business prin-
ciples. and branches are under con-
struction to familiar places up and
down the Jordan. Trolley lines are
proiected to connect Jerusalem with
bethlehem. Bethany, the Lake OF Gal
lice Samaria, Jericho, Nazareth and
other places. while in the city itself
there are electric lights, telephones
and other modern conveniences. In
stead of the workman longing his
shadow. he now consults a cheap Am
erican watch for quitting time, and
all other modern supplies are han
died by commission houses through
ont Palestine and Syria. More than
200 monographs were recently i'm
ported. one-half going to Damascus
and the rest to Jerusalem and near
by places.
A commission house at Beyrut has
bought o $3.50 windmill from an Illi-
nois firm, and there is an important
market for all kinds Of irrigation ma
chinery. The all-conquering syndi-
cate is in evidence, and the once fer
tile valleys are to be reclaimed by ir-
rigation on a large scale, and once
more transformed into a land flowing
with milk and honey. Many Of the
rich foreigners making investments
are Jews and leaders in the Back to
Jerusalem" movement The figurative
prophecy of the two womeR grinding
at a mill is recalled by the setting up
of a 17-horsepower Chicago windmill
in the interior west of the Jordan to
run a large grist mill. Bicycles are
common on the streets, and the muni-
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24
Pledges Russia's
Friendship

In discussing the tariff dispute be-
tween this country and Russia Vladi-
mir A. Teplow, Russian consul general,
says: The whole trouble is due to a
Misunderstanding on the part OF the
United States. Russia has not a boun-
ty on sugar, as is reported. The
United States minister has not ade-
auately exapined into the matter of
Russian tariffs. He should do so and
report to the people here. II he did so
there would not be any misunder-
standing.
Russia and the United States have
too many interests that are mutual
for either one to be able to afford to
oppose the other. And l wish to say
that there is no desire on the part of
Russia to oppose this country. Our in
terests commercially are identical, and
we wish America all the progress and
prosperity that can come to her. 1t is
absurd to say that we favor Germany.
The United States is our nearest neigh
bor You can land goods in Russia
from San Francisco with much greater
facility that Germany can from any
part OF her territory. Certainly, Rus
sla is LOOKING for the cheapest market
in which to buy her goods, and that
market is the United States.
Siberia is a large country, and when
1t is opened, which will be in about
two years, America will have it for a
market almost exclusively Siberia
will want everything that she can use
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

Proximity to the sea is a factor in
the new Texas oil field scarcely less
important than the tremendous output
of the region. Should the existing
rate Of production be maintained in
new wells this heavy asphalt oil,
which yields scarcely twenty-five per
cent. under ordinary methods of refn-
ing, might become, under Independent
control, a weighty factor in the Amer
ican fuel market. With tank steamers
loading at Sabine Pass, the Texas
crude product might be delivered
cheaply in competition with coal in
hundreds of American industrial COM
munities.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24
Says the Muscovite EN-
plre VIII Always Be
on Our Side

from America. Why, then, should
Russia antagonize the country from
which Siberia must draw the most of
her supplies? We shall want machin-
cry, lamps, bicycles-in fact, almost
everything that America produces. AS
to sugar, all we import Of this article
is from $2000,0OO to 100000 worth
annually In machinery, only one ar
tice, Chicago alone sends 10000 900
annually to Russian markets. Think
what the figures are for the whole
country! Would it not be absurd for
America to sacrifice the tremendous
Industrial interests she has in Russia
on account Of a comparatively insig-
nifcant tariff on our sugar?
Always Russia has been a warm
friend to this country. This is no
time for her to change her sentiments.
There is rumor of a concert of the
European nations against the United
States TO check the commercial prog
ress that this country is making. In
my opinion, such a coalition can never
be made. But If such a thing could
possibly happen, you may be sure that
Russia would not make one of the op-
position. Russia and America are two
young giants of about the Same age
Youth does not affiliate with old age
Where two young men with the same
interests can come together they in
variably do so. 1t is the same with
countries, and this country will there
fore always find Russia on its side.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

The man who means to succeed with
a farm must plow and harrow, and
SOW and cultivate, doing so with his
head as well as with his hands, and
the head must precede the hands and
know by constant reflection, as well as
by experimentation what is lacking
and what is present and what to do
in every case. This no outsider can
tell the farmer. Nature is a jealous
mistress and demands constant asso-
citation and oneness before she will
give of her best to any one, reflects
Home and Farm.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

That man will navigate the air dur
ing this century is a foregone conclu-
sion. Germany and France appear to
be the rival nations for the honor Of
giving to the world the first practical
and successful aerial Graf. Scientists
long ago abandoned the idea Of con-
structing a machine to "hy" as the
bird flies. The all-wise Maker did not
intend that man should be an eagle.
He wrapped the wings Of the birds in
a mystery too deep as yet for man to
fathom. That man will one day sail
through the air in monster air ships,
however has passed beyond the do
main Of fancy.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

English gas engineers, like those in
other countries, are being much exer-
cised in regard to the increased adop-
ton of electricity for light and heat.
A speaker at a meeting Of gas en-
gineers held in Manchester, took up
the subject Of the effect which the
supply of electricity has upon the sales
ofgas. In the domain Of public street
lighting, he said, the gas engineers
have nothing whatever TO fear from
electricity if they avail themselves to
the utmost of the possibilities Of the
incandescent gas burners, He stated
that in Bradford all the gas lamps had
been converted into incandescents, and
now twice the amount of light was
given by the same burners at a slight
ly less total cost. The alteration had
been so satisfactory to the public that
It had been decided not to erect any
additional arc lamps at present.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24
USE0- 0-RURARS,
LEqlP - 49, u

Mr.. Hughes, OF the Woodwardian
Museum, at Cambridge, England, calls
attention to the fact that much dust
penetrates the glazed cases in the
museum upon which the sun shines,
this being due to the currents caused
by the expansion and contraction of
the air. So considerable is this effect
of sunshine that it costs three times as
much to keep the specimens clean on
the side of the museum exposed to
the sun as it does to keep those clean
on the shaded side.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

The scarcity of platinum is begin
ming TO cause some concern among
the electrical manufacturers of the
country. For about five years the
price Of this valuable metal has steadi-
ly risen until to-day it is listed at a
higher price than ever since its dis
covery, and every indication points to
still higher prices. Platinum is now
quoted at about thirty-siX dollars an
ounce about twice the quotation Of
gold, while five years ago it sold as
low as five dollars an ounce. Since
the flooding of the platinum mines in
the Transvaal, which occurred after
the breaking out Of the Boer war,
manufacturers have had to rely on
Siberia for their supply of the valu-
able metal. Some little hope was held
out that platinum would be found in
Alaska and other Northern mining
countries, but no such discoveries have
been made.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

1t is said that the American apple
crop is worth more than its wheat, and
the same claim is made for eggs If
this is true or anywhere near the
truth 1t goes to indicate again what
a great country it is, and of what tre-
mendous value and magnitude are it's
various industries.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24
Fls.h-rots of Amorlcn.

The vegetarian movement does not
appear to have made noteworthy in
roads upon the armies Of the meat
eaters. Never was the demand for
flesh food so extensive,
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

The use of the wheel resulted in the
bicycle face and now the links are
charged with producing the golfng
spine. All of our pleasures and pas
times seem to be productive Of cores
ponding penalties.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

In twenty years past the corn crop
of the country has fallen but once be-
low S5OO,OOO,OOO n'value, and its aver
age value has been a hundred millions
above that figure.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

1t is q matter Of great Importance to
ventilate long tunnels thoroughly for
the comfort Of passengers and for the
safety of the train crews. An inter
esting proof Of the presence OF bad
air in long tunnels is the fact that in
certain European tunnels each rail of
the T ornament way loses something
like f,rty-fve pounds in weight every
three years. The Alberg tunnel is
built on a sharp grade and is venti-
lated by the combustion Of liquid fuel
at the lower end. Artificial yentila-
ton has been resorted to in the 81.
Gotbard tunnel since March, 1899. At
Mount Cents compressed air is car
ried through the tunnel in pipes which
are provided with stop-cocks at inter-
walls. The train crews open these STOP
cocks when a supply Of fresh air Is
needed. The Romeo tunnel on the
Turin.Genoa line, which is nearly iYe
miles in length, has been ventilated
since July, 1900, by an aspiratng ap-
paratus five and one-fourth metres IN
diameter, so that all the air Is com
pletely renewed every thirty minutes.
IL was IN this tunnel in 1898 that the
train crews Of three locomotives draw
ing freight GERS were asphyXiated, so
that the train, left to itself, ran down
the grade and collided with passen-
ger train at the lowest end.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

Although the difference Is so slight
that it is not noticed in the gait nearly
everybody in the world limps a little,
for nearly everybody's left leg is
shorter than the right. A child's legs
at its birth are shorter than its arms.
The leg bones lengthen chiefly by ad-
ditions to their ends, caused by tne
continual formation and ossihcation
of cartilage there during the period
of growth. If one Of these cartilage
caps be injured it may make the leg
shorter, or if one of them be stimu-
lated by Inflammation it may result in
the leg being heightened. The cartilage
caps, or epiphyses, as the psychologists
call them, are constantly stimulated
in young people by their active ezer-
else, and thus they grow rapidly. II
an equal amount Of exercise were
taken by each leg the growth would
be equal, and one leg would never
be shorter than the other. This, how
ever, is practically impossible. and
that is why nearly everybody limps.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

Kansas has an incorporated Society
for the Abolition of Compulsory Vac
cination
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

It has been noticed in certain parts
Of America and in India, that during
thunderstorms incandescent lamps
that are alight suddenly brighten up
very considerably in some cases suf'
ficiently to break the filament; and in
some cases the frightening is followed
by the lamps giving an inferior light
to that which it gave previously to the
storm. 1t has been suggested that this
phenomenon is due to similar action
to that which takes place in the
coherer, which is used in the high
tension form of wireless telegraphy,
viz, a closing up of the molecules,
and a corresponding decrease of the
electrical resistance Of the tlament,
this having been observed in coherers,
when thunderstorms have passed over
the places where they were fixed. 1t
appears more likely, however, that it
is due to pressures induced by the
passage of charged clouds over the
lines connected to the. lamps, the in
creased Frightening taking place when
the induced pressUres were in accord
with the service pressures.
The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24

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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24
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The suburban citizen., 1901-08-24
runLIsHRp wnEKLH BY

Pm OouVRIBvFoRs are BbsinSsa Men, Bus
moos Women, Scientists, Plain People, Trav'
0lSra. Posh, ETC., eto. In Sthsr words,
~oopls familiar whereof they write, who
an their stories IN a way thAS viii interest
anr suburban fEiendR.
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22
Found a syinral ihcr.


Eyes, went to New York to see II
l could get word Of my brother" said
the man in the smok ng compartment.
"He went on a voyage to Japan in a
sailing ship, and l heard that the ship
was wrecked and all hands lost"
"And did it turn out to be trueY'
was asked.
"Not altogether. The ship was lost,
but three or four men on her were
saved"
"And your brotherg'
"TIe was saved at first, but after
the beat had drifted about for weeks
some one had to die TO save the Others.
They cast lots. and it fell upon my
brother. Poor Ben"
But the survivors apologized to
you, of course? 1'hey said they were
sorry to he Obliged to eat your broth
err"
"Oh, of course. Yes, they excused
themselves and seemed to feel for me.
These tears! Please excuse me-"
Certainly" replied the other. II
had a grandfather scalped by Indians,
q father carried off hy cyclone. a
mother eaten by an alligator, sister
lost in the quicksand, and two broth
ers baked, seasoned. and devoured In
the Fill islands, and know how you
feel, and can excuse you. I'll leave
you alone, and you can give your emo
tions full playv'
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22

y ct:'r." .&ti. Htu4a. Tenn. mer.
.h&nt h.,s as ;c.'i,,le near ,he en-
door. Ut ....- a.sG ,..e bc,l IN ga2d
the merchant stepped to the phone
and took down the transmitter.
Just at that moment farmer man
came into he place and inquired:
IVAN ter buy any aigsT The mer.
chant. intent upon getting the mess.
age, said 10 the phone: Il can't hear
you,' and gaZed abstractedly at the
countryman.
Raising his voice, the granger
shouted: want ter buy any aigs?"
Still intent upon the man at the Other
end Of the wire, the merchant sa d
petulantly: "Oh, can't hear q word
you say"
The man from north Georgia inflat>
ed his chest and lifted up his voice,
fairly raising the roof, while every
body within a block thought the riot
alarm had been rung. "Do you want
ter buy any a-i-gsT he shouted.
"No. coufound you, mop shouted the
merchant, dropping the telephone and
clapping his hands to his outraged
ears.
"You bet that raised him." remarked d
the egg man to his partner as he
walked out and climbed into his wag.
on. "I never seed a deaf man yet
what I couldn't make hear when
put on all my steam"
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22
SUMMARY OF News
Happenings Of the World Briefly
and Tersely Told
MONDAY.


A train was wrecked at Mills City,
New, and the fl eman nd three pas.
sengers were killed. Trains were de.
layed 4S hours.
Heavy snow storms and severe win
ter weather are reported all over En-
rope. In the City of Mexico snow fell
Sunday for the first time in half cen
tury.
The reports of the condition of the
Dowager Empress Frederick of Ger
many are conflicting, one report being
that she is much better and another
hat her condition is critical.
1t Is reported from Denmark that
the dealings for the sale of the Danish
West Indies to the United States are
broken off, and that the United States
government has been so informed.
Mrs. Nation and her followers made
things lively in Topeka, smash ng
joints, etc. Mrs. Nation was arrested
four times, and the last time her bail
bond was signed by a joint owner.
Secret service officers of Chicago be-
neve they have captured three of the
men who robbed the revenue office at
Peoria, ILL.,, on the night of Jan. 26 of
$4,000 in revenue stamps. The men
were caught in Chicago trying to sell
revenue stamps.
The fires in the Cumberland mine
are nearly extinguished by an eight
inch stream of water pouring into it.
AS the mine will have to be pumped
out, 1t will be some time before the
bodies of the 61 miners lost in the
mine can be recovered.
Mayor Van Wyck of New York city
has protested against the bill pending
before the legislature abolishing the
New York city board of police commits.
sioners and making a commission of
one, to be appointed by the mayor but
may be removed by the governor. The
mayor says the bill will interfere with
local self-government.
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22
THEY PROTESTED.
Resolutions Adopted Regarding Secre-
tary Cages Ruling.

Resolutions Adopted Regarding secre-
tary Cages Ruling.
Chicago, Feb. 19.-At a special meet
ing of the board of directors of the IL
linois Manufacturers association, he'd
Monday, the following was adopted
Resolved. That it is the sense of the
board of directors of the Illinois Man
ufacturers association that the recent
ruling of the treasury department "a
the matter of importation of sugar
from Russia will, under existing cir
cumstances and the retaliatory atti-
tude taken by the Russian govern
ment, seriously affect, if not destroy,
the export trade of this country to
Russia. That the total impo; is of
sugar from Russia amounted in 1900
to but $4,000 and the exports from
this to that country amounted to over
$30,000,000, of which amount more
than one-half went from Illinois. That
the exports from this country to Rus
sia have been annually largely increas-
ing, with every prospect of so cont'n
uing. That the ruling of the treasury
department is beneved not to be with
In the spirit of the intent of the law,
and IL II stands unreserved will work
great injustice to our manufacturing
interests and the many thousands EN-.
ployed therein.
Resolved, That a meeting of the
members of the Illinois association DO
called for Saturday, Feb %, at 2 p. H.,
at the Grand Pacific hotel, to deter
mine upon such action as may be nee
eSsary to secure a rehearing or q re-
versal of the decision.
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22
Administrators Sale of Real Estate.

Stale Of Michigan County of Shiawassee. ss-
In the matter OF the Estate of Joseph Hair
deceased. Notice is hereby given, that
In pursuance and by virtue OF an or
der grant ed to the undersigned, as admins
tIator Of the estate OF said deceased by the
Hon Matthew Bush. Judge OF Probate in and
for said County, on the '1th day OF February,
A. d., 1901 there will be sold at public vendue,
IT, the highest bidder. at the front door of the
Post Office In the village ( Morrice. In said
county. on the Sd day Of April, A. D., 1901. at
ten O'Clock In the forenoon of Said day all the
right title. and Itere Il Of said estate IN and to
The following described lands and premises,
situated In the township OF Bennington, county
Of Shawassee, State II Michigan, to viii The
section thirty-five.
PBIDELLO BOOTH,
Administrator
Dated, Feb. 11th A D., 1901.
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22
FRIDAY.

A fire in the Great Northern hotel
at Chicago, supposed to be of incendi-
ary origin, caused slight panic
among the guests and did about 81 500
damage.
The trunk line passenger agents
have adopted rates to the Pan-Ameri-
can exposition at Buffalo, similar to
those adopted by the western passen-
ger agents.
A seat on the New York stock ex-
change is reported to have been sold
for $4,000 to some person whose
name has not been divulged. This is
the highest price on record.
The old controversy as to whether
Sampson or Schley is entitled to the
credit for the destruction of Cervera's
fleet has been opened up again by
some recommendations sent to con.
gress by President Mckinley.
The fight between Dan Creedon of
New York and Harry Covert of Chi
cago, which was to take place at Dal
las, Texas, tonight has been post
poned until Feb. %, as Creedon has
not yet recovered from the grip.
Some of the senators at Washington
nave SOunded note or warning as TO
the increased expenses of the govern
ment, which are rapidly approaching
the billion dollar mark, and urge that
congress call halt in appropriations.
In the fielding averages among the
players of the American baseball
league for 1900, Ryan of Detroit stood
first among catchers, with an average
of .976, and Miller of Detroit was third
among pitchers, with an average of
.731.
The czar of Russia has, through the
Russian ambassador, presented Presi-
dent Mckinley with magnificent al
bum, containing scenes of the corona
tion of the czar in 1890. The front
of the album has medallion portraits
in gold of the Russian ruler and his
wife.
Judge Hollister, at Cincinnati de-
cided that the Jeffries-Ruhlin contest
was a prize fight and a nuisance and
granted an injunction restraining the
Saengerfest society from holding it.
The case will be appealed to higher
courts, and in the meantime the fight
has been postponed without date.
The Owosso times., 1901-02-22

Physicians nave no hopes Of saving his
remaining eye.
Some of the Chinese officials have
declined the emporor's invitation to
comwit suicide, and the emperor has
concluded that they need not do n.
The prospects of an immediate settle
ment are not bright. y
Capt John III. Hunter, a nephew Of
Mrs. Surrell who was hung as an ac.
complice of John Wilkes Booth In the
assassination of President Lincoln,
dropped dead at Garland City, Ark
capt. Hunter was also a veteran CT
the confederate army.
John W. Dickinson of Newtonvl'e, e,
Mass, has been arrested charged with
completely with George M Foster in
wrecking the South Danvers National
Bank of Peabody, by misappropriating
the funds of the bank. He was held to
bail in the sum of $25,00O
The senate and nouse have counted
the electoral votes of the November
election. The count showed that Nc
Kinley and Roosevelt received 292
votes and Bryan and Stevenson re-
ceived 155 votes. Mckinley and Roose-
velt were declared elected.
robber attempted to obtain the
money and jewelry of Mrs. Louise A.
Pryor in New York. He struck her
with a gas pipe on the head and sue
ceeded in getting her purse, but she
resisted and finally succeeded in chas-
Ing the robber into the hands of the
police.
The Chicago eastbound railroads
have settled rate for the Pan-Ame'i-
can exposition. The rates fixed are
one and one-third fare for the round
trip for limit of Is days. One FIRE
plus 81 for limit of five days, and
cent mile for coach excursions with
a limit of three days.
A mob of 200 men and women
wrecked the finest saloon at Winfield,
Kan. During the trouble one woman
received slight pistol wound in the
face, and one of the proprietors was
struck in the head with an ak in the
hands of a preacher, making a slight
scalp wound. Serious trouble is
feared.