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The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
OFF THE DESERT
AFTER is YEARS IN DEATH VALLEY
HE GOES AWAY

Mont Lee, most marvellous OF men,
has crept back from his horror-strick-
en- haunts in Death Valley to Gods
country Over the MojaYe Desert to
the California coast he has come for
the first breath of pure cool air that
has reached his lungs in fifteen years,
Mont Lee is the only man whom the
terrors and privations of Death Val
ley cannot make afraid He is the
only man who can dwell in the shadow
Of the Funeral Mountains and not go
mad under the frightful strain to
which mind and body are there sub
jected He is the only man, among
all the hundreds who have dared the
deadly dangers Of that desert furnace,
that fate has spared; the only one
who can dwell from year to year in
the hottest spot on earth, where the
thermometer climbs to 140 degrees in
the shade and the cruel heat waves
beat necessarily upon their human vic
tim until praying with parched lips
for water, he sinks dying to the sun
baked earth a spectacle to haunt for
ever the memOry--a crazod and glib
bering thing that is more mummy than
man, the life choked out Of him by
that demon Of the desert sands, Thirst.
From Death Valley, hotbed OF human
suffering, grave Of human despair,
comes the man whom the demon Of
thirst has thus far tortured in vain.
For the first time in fifteen years Of
physical torment he gazes upon green
trees and fertile felds AMI sees Nature
smiling benignly upon her children,
while yonder, by the frowning Funeral
Mountains, she shows a mood so merci-
less that men, languishing upon her
burning bosom, wither into shapes that
none can recognize, and perish, curs-
ing her to the last. But Mont Lee
has not come to Gods country to stay.
lie is going back. In a few days the
desert will claim him. Mont Lee has
declared that Death Valley will never
down him, and he has daily fought
death for fifteen dreary, desperate,
lonely years. The reason why Mont
Lee dwells on desert sands under a
sky from which not so much as ono
pitying raindrop ever falls is simple
enough. He earns living there. The
sum would not seem one to tempt
$40 monthly and eXpenses-but it is
sufficient to lure Mont Lee and hold
him there, year after year. For fif-
teen years Mont Lee has had charge
Of the Pacific Coast Borax Company's
claim in Death Valley. For the past
five years he has lived at the mouth
Of Furnace Creek, near the Greeland
ranch, 200 feet below the sea level on
alkali ground. He has outlived every
man who has worked with him in the
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26

knowing 1t. The only way to be sure
you have all the money Is to pick the
gratings on the floor l do that every
night as regularly as 1 eat my supper
Now, I've figured it out that II hnd
So in one year, it's very likely that
other conductors average somewhere
near that sum, may be more, maybe
less. There are several thousand con.
ductors in Greater New York so that
1t Is safe to say that at least $15, 900
or $4,000 is annually drlbbled on tc
the floors Of street cars by the passen.
gers. In this estimate l don't include
large sums, which are sometimes lost
in wallets and purses. A conductor is
expected to turn these in at the Office
and about all OF them do. But the
nickels and dimes and quarters are
legitimate pickings and We all have
cur eyes peeled for them"
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26

valley. One after another he has
watched them sicken and die, or go
mad with the misery that death only
can relieve. His task 1t has been to
keep the sand and alkali and the
scorching winds that sweep the desert
from destroying their wooden head
stones. Grim, stolid, undaunted, he
has stuck to his post, with the demon
lurking ever near ready to slay. His
health is not what 1t was when he ven
tured first into the valley, though he
is still strong, and burly Of face and
figure. II the awfulness of his en-
Vironment weighs upon his spirits he
does not betray his emotion. Lee has
a squaW wife and several half-breed
children. His Indian companion re-
mains with him only part OF the
year. Lees fate is prophesied by more
than one who wonders at his reckless
ness. 1t was predicted last year by an
old and experienced desert ranger
named Bennett Of Ash Meadows, New,
who lost his life within a quarter Of
a mile Of Benefits wells in Death VAL
ley. Bennett was crossing to the Hot
Springs, and the terrific heat robbed
him of his reason. Jumping from the
wagon he tore off his clothing and
grovelled in the alkali for water, al
though there were water barrels and
shovels in his outfit Mont Lee saw
Bennett die. He SCOTS at the sugges-
ton that he, too, will some day sue
cumb in the same way. Death VAL
ley" be repeats, will never down me-"
There is little danger Of sunstroke in
the valley. Tho air Is too dry for that.
No mist wells the suns glare, and
moisture is unknown, The heat cracks
the lips, pinches the face until the
blood starts, swells the tongue, sucks
the moisture from the body-and then
comes madness, and upon the heels
of madness treads the spectre, Death
Mont Lee has a brother, Sam, who as
sists him In his work They have
helped to hunt and bury scores Of
bodies since they went into the val
ley. 1t ls the custom Of miners in the
desert to establish the grave Of an
unfortunate wayfarer by lpiece Of
scantling at the head and foot Of each
nameless grave. Sandstorms tear away
the humble monuments and the next
passerby replaces them. On Lees way
back to civilization recently he re-
paired the graves Of the five soldiers
who lost their lives in the Fremont
expedition. It Is now planned to pro-
vide Death Valley with sheet iron
milestones, with engraved directions,
that will be heat and Wind proof, guild
ing to alkali water pc u.s. Frequently
at these Vermin-infest d pools Mont
Lee has been compelled to strain his
drinking water throu. / a towel. Yet
he Is going hack
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
The American
Revolution

The total number of French troops
in service in America was about 10000,
writes Gen. Francis V. Greene in
Scribner's. They landed at Newport in
July 1777, remained in New England
until they marched to Yorktown in
1881, re turned to the Hudson river
in the spring of 1882, and sailed for the
West Indies ia the autumn of that
year. Small as were their numbers,
they were Of immense benefit, not only
because of the service they rendered
at Yorktown, bUt because of the ex-
ample Of military training which they
gave to the continental army.
Whether the revolution could have
been successful without the aid Of
France and it's soldiers is one of
those questions which can be debated
at great length without ever reaching
a definite and certain conclusion. Eng
lishmen will especially prolong the de-
bate on this point to the detriment of
the French soldiers. 1t must be re-
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
How Uncle Sam Keep. Tab on Crops.

How Uncle Sam Keeps Tab on Crops.
There are in the United states, ap-
proximately, 2,750 counties OF agrioul-
tural Importance. In each Of these
counties the agricultural department
has a principal county correspondent
who maintains an organization Of
three assistants, each covering speci-
fled territory. Facilities are furnished
the principal correspondent to enable
him to obtain regular reports from his
assistants. These reports lie tabulates
at the end OF each mon.h, supplement
ing the information thus obtained by
his own observation and knowledge Of
the situation, and the consolidated re-
port is submitted to the statstcian at
tached to the position. an average OF
about 80 per cent Of them reports
monthly. Washington Times,
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
MONEY LOST IN OARS.
A New York Conductor Picks Up SO, OF
in Year.

A New York Conductor Picks Up S6,O1
in Year.
"Have you any idea how much
money is lost in the street cars of this
town." asked a Metropolitan Street
Railway conductor Of a reporter the
other day, after he had picked up a
dime and slowed 1t in an inside pocket.
We'll, there's a lot Of it, and no one
knows It better than we conductors
Hunting for coins on the bottom Of my
car is one Of my regular CRAFTS, and
any other conductor who has been in
the business long enough to get his
eyes open is on the same lay" says
the New York Sun.
last year l made up my mind to
put away every cent / found in my
car in an old iron bank had at home,
for the benefit Of my youngster. /
kept slowing the coins away, and at
the end Of the year / had S6.07. or
course that's not a barrel Of money,
but It's a right nice pickup for a con-
duetor. The biggest find I made that
year was a fifty cent piece. From that
the coin ran all the way down to 2
cent. In the winter time the picking5
are especially good, for then every one
has on gloves, and coins slip from the
fingers to the floor without the owners
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
Wheat Cor Farm AnImals.

Elaborate experiments in feeding
wheat to farm animals and swine have
been made this year al the Kansas eX-
pertinent station, and also in other
states Of the corn belt. The experts
conclude that wheat has greater nutri-
tive value than corn, and may be used
either crushed, mixed with oats or
corn, or in connection with straw in
time of extreme scarcity.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
Would II Have Been
Successful Without
Foreign All?

membered that the French fought the
British at Boston in 1775 at Long
Island, Harlem, White Plains, Fort
Washington, Trenton and Princeton in
1776; at Bemis' Heights, Saratoga,
Brandywine and Germantown in 1777;
at Monmouth and Newport in 1878.
However great an advantage may
have been derived from the aid Of the
French, it is certainly true that the
great bulk Of the fighting was done by
the Americans.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
All Things Considered
He Is Really a Beast of
Burden.

and in the clamper which holds the
craVat in place. here is glass over
the face of his watch Dye is used in
staining his clothes. and one may find
here all the colors-. a, white, blue.
black, purple, yellow. brown and al
most every other tint He has pape,
in his pockets. There Is rubber in his
suspenders and garters. Paint Is found
in the figures on the face Of his watch
and polish is found Oh his shoes.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
Millions in Potatoes

1t is estimated that one county on
the eastern shore Of Virginia contain
ing a population Of about 1900, sold
this year $4,000 barrels Of Irish po-
tatoes at a profit Of $1,00O,OO0, which
means that every man, woman and
child in the county would be entitled
TO receive, IL the money were distrib-
uted pro rata, something more than
SIS from one crop alone.
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26

Lucky is the man who makes more
money than his wife can spend
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
For Sale by Druggists Generally. -


druggists Send o orfro
N sar ali
o aong
The suburban citizen., 1901-10-26
Christian Governosses In Turkey.

Foreigners residing in Constantine
pie are much excited over the Sultan's
recent edict forbidding Turkish fami-
lies hereafter to engage Christian gov
ernesses. The Turkish journals at
tempt a weak apology by attacking the
moral character Of the governesses.
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WANTED STOPPING UP.
Case Well Diagnosed That Might Fit
Many a Church.

The congregation had suffered
much dlscomiort from very percepti-
bic dra ught in church. The matter
came up for discussion at the yestry
mecting, when various remedies were
suggested. After much talking the
vicar al dressed himself to an elderly
parishi onCr, who had hitherto been
silent:
Can not you help us in our Difficult
ty, Mr.. e.? We should be glad
to hear your views"
well, sir, bein' as you'yeappealed
to me, / can only say that agen you're
'alf-way thro' t sermon we begins to
feel like a: tho theer's a deal O waste
wind bout"
This was greeted with laughter, in
which the vicar Joined, remarking:
Possibly our friend finds my dis
courses to be of a breezy character"
Dear, dear, no, sir Ny meanin's
simply this, When we've bin perched
i one spot for well-nigh 50 mint a.
list'nin to yer, we're more'n ever per-
suaded there's a ole somweer wants
stoppin up"-London Tit-Bits.
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STORY OF woMAN's DEVOTION
Cost her 5000, and she Married An.
u,asg seil)w al That


\ remarkable story OF a woman's
devotion 10 ,he man she loved is
evolved from a decision handed down
by the Illinois supreme court. Ii
probably euos one Of the most famous
suits Of the Mclean county courts.
1t has been running the samut of the
upper and lower benches for seven
years. When Charles Whitney fled
from Cleveland, O., in 1894. and ex-
PerJs put 10 work on his books by his
employers. Davkin Bros. showed that
he was short $4,000 a. his accounts.
the fist chapter was written, Olga
Grcenwa.dt, a society girl Of this city,
loved Whitney, and at once took steps
TO get him cut Of the scrape, She eX-
erted every effort to settlement with
Daykin Bros. and finally succeeded
IN securing an agreement from them
to canca the Indebtedness by the pay
ment Of $4,000. Miss Greenwaldt
owned a three-story business build
ing here, valued at $4,000. and she
offered TO give this to Thomas Paige,
Of Cleveland, O.. a friend Of Whitney,
as security for the loan of $4,000.
Paige finally agreed, butexhen he
sought possession Of the property he
was denied, and later was made a de-
PENDANT in a suit TO set aside this
agreement and TO secure the return
of the $4,000.
Miss Greenwaldt did not marry
Whitney, as was predicted, but in
stead married a Peorian named HER
onymous. The case was fought in the
various courts, and many adverse de-
cisions were handed down. Now
comes the supreme court reversing
the previous ruling awarding the
property to the woman, and instead
gives it to Paige. The higher court
finds that Paige was an innocent
party in the efforts to free Whitney,
and that he was innocent Of the al
legged compounding of a felony.
Paige is now privileged to secure pos
session Of the property SO long in liti-
cation. Whitney, who was the object
Of Miss Greenwaldt's friendship, is
nowin China.-St. Louis Globe Dem
ocrat.
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GERMAN PROFESSORS.
Not as Literally Paid at Home az When
Teaching Abroad.

The price Of brains in Germany,
like other marketable commodities,
seems to be regulated by the law of
supplyand demand. There was point
ed out to me the other day one of the
most eminent and learned scholars in
the world, whose compensation for
the last eight or ten years has been
$50 a month, and the good man seems
to be satisfied with his income. An
other Of the most famous pundits in
Germany has been living on $50 a
month since he could remember, with
an occasional h~onorarium from some
magazine for an article. We have
heard how much Mr.. Astor pays his
cook and Mr.. Whitney the Jockey
hat rides his horses at the races, and
the profits derived by the authors of
sensational novels are enough to hire
a Whole faculty OF the ablest and most
learned German professors.
As a rule salaries are much lower
in this country than in the United
States, except in a few official posi-
lions. The ministers of the empire
receivethree or four times the amount
paid to ourcabinet ministers in Wash
ington, and they all have handsome
houses to live in free of cost and serv-
ants paid by the government. but
their subordinates have about one
third of the salaries paid tomen occu-
plying similar positions in the execu-
tive department of the United States.
W. L. Curtis, in Chicago Record
Herald.
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GREEN STATION AGENT.
Tagged the Train Because Somebody
Ndight Want to Get OF.

A railroadm man told this story to the
conductor in charge Of the train on
the next track.
"The Lacrosse division established
a new fla station the other day." said
he. It's nothing but a whistling
post, but theroad built a platform and
laid a sidetrack.
There was not enough business to
pay the company to put a regular
agent ont there, so the old fellow who
keeps the store was appointed as a
kind Of an agent. Well, the first day
after he got his appointment, the
through passenger train was coming
at about 10 miles an hour, and there
was the old fellow on the platform.
waving his little old red flag. The
engineer put on the air and the train
stopped at the platform. When the
conduct or jumped off there wasn't
a man IN sight except the man that
ran the store.
"'Where's your passengers?' the
conduct or asked him.
"Why,' he says, 4 haven't got any
passengers
"'Whatd did you flag us for?:'
"1 thought mebbe someone want
ed to get off here
"What do you think of that?"-
Milwauk ee Sentinel.
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BREvIrIEs OF FUN.

"Han5s some Is as handsome does"
says the proyerb; butifa GIRLS hand
some She does as she pleases.-Chi-
cago DAILY News.
Here" he growled. what do you
mean BY waking me out of a sound
sleep:' Because. dear" replied his
wife, sweetly, 1T was such adistress-
ing ound."-Philadelphia Press.
Germans alway. have trouble try
ing to pronounce the English "
There i pomver. He always calls
poetry wtrse. "Nlavbe he has
been reading some of yours, and in
tends TO call it that,'[irdianapolis
News,
Grand ma-"Now. Willie. what are
they going to DO with YOU when YOU
grow Us: What is your ambition?
Little W lille down his Dead
wood Dick)-"T'd Ike to have peo-
pie tremblc ike aspen leaves al the
very ention of my name. Boston
Christian Register.
AT the Hospital.-"To be sure"
said the kindly minister TO the man
who hal LOST both HE Iars IN a roll
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GAS EATS UP OXYGEN.
Why Ventilation Is Necessary When
Rooms Are Lighted.

Some interesting calculations were
made the other day to show why extra
ventilation is necessary at night when
the rooms are lighted.
That the amount of oxygen in a
room is decreased alarmingly by our
methods Of illumination the follow
ing simple statements show:
A man may exist for an hour in a
fair-sized room Theoretically sealed if
he has no light burning. Place a
lighted candle in that room with him
and his existence will be shortened by
Is minutes.
If he has a lamp instead Of a candle
in order to make himself more COM
Portable with additional light, he
would live only half an hour.
If he had two good gas burners, he
would scarcely have time to make his
will, for he would not live more than
five minuteS.-N. Y. World.
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HAD TO PAY.
suspicious English Traveller Neatly
Fooled by His Guide.

AsOmewhato obnoxious Englishman
recently went for his usual summer
Holiday, and chose as his resort a
small village away among the noun
ttins Of Scotland. Not long after ne
erriVcd at the place he was told that
there were some remarkable echoes
IN the neighborhood, but he deter
Eined that he would accept no mere
reports that were circulated in regard
to the matter.
Being exceedingly suspicious as to
ne nature Of these echoes, he re-
solved to make careful Investigations,
End, taking d native of the place to
show him some Of the most celebrated
spots, he sailed forth, determined to
expos the scheme Of trickery which
be btl.Cy5G Va in existence.
The "Sou.bron" behaved in such a
cictatar'a, ,hi-r to the worthy Scot,
and spike such tones Of command
the the latter resolved to embrace
the first opportunity of taking the
stranger Gown. BY and by a splendid
thanoo presented ;sc,f, and The guide
conducted tie T~r.,,,lmau 10 q hill
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The Force of Habit

An amusing instance of force of
habit i reported in an English news
paper. A lady walking in the coun-
hy with a brother lately returned
from the war in South Africa was
greatly alarmed, not at the sound of
blasting from "a neighboring quarry,
but at her brothers falling fiat to
dc ground at the instant. She, of
course, assumed that he had been in
jUred; but it turned out that he had
been in the habit for months, by or
Ger. Of Frustrating himself on the
EeIdt at the sound Of a gun. Me-
Shsnical obedience of this kind has
keR effectively utilized in the case
u suspected deserters. An abrupt
ACnt Of Halt" brings any man who
vEs lately in the ranks to a sudden
4andstill.
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Low Rate EXcur>Io
all Summer VIA
THE B RlINGTOK MAO

During the coming summer VI
lington Route will have III t'l
very Lowest excursion rates 'o'
ever been made. The genera
these rates, destinations elc"
varied that the public should '''
nearest ticket agent for details
do us the favor to write for F"''
criptive matter, etc, -
Cheap Summer Tours vest y.
Colorado, Utah and Black d ns,r,
Homeseekers' excursions onS
weeks to the whole west '"' =
ives ~.
Cheap Excursions East, la IL!
round trip rates to the B uIl@lyy
sition. the Seashore, Adir0IuaECiAnS'
ada, Michigan Lakes, M G"a Hs
thousand eastern resorts; lle IN n,
rail trips east, via Chic"SO'
Cleveland. rrsr
Cheap Excursions North- 5aS
to st. Paul, Minneapolis -, T recr,
Superior resorts; the cooIe''
country. SUNNI
Ask for the Burlington D ''
cursion rate circulars ,olI,
California Excursions Pe,'Of rJr
Quoted every WedneSda! K
Louis, every THURSDAY ''O"
City and st. Joseph ;n,sd
Write US for rates anu trip.
ter describing the propoSeuw ,vrt
r. II. CRozIEE, l.. W. n
t. p. A., 1913 Main St. Gen fT :, ISaI
Kansas City, No.
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General Manager, ~
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x. Rays and the Heart.

Doctors state that by means of the
1t is possible to determine be-
yond doubt whether heart disease is
or is not present in any particular
case. Under the penetrating rays
the VIII ole outline Of the heart can be
discern ed and anything abnormal in
its size or shape detected.
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE
Sswel ktoVSs are sold by
l. GiIlen, Lexington, Mo.

letters ~ ndmInist ration on tho esta,o 80
no H hyerhart, deceased. were pran,ed
20 the undersigned on the i2th day 81 Nny :.
corni IV; Dy the probate court Of Lafayette
al. persons having claims apains, chi,
estate are required to exhibit tbern Wv, saln
a w. 10 me administrator within on. WV,
niteI me date Of said letters or thev M, ,e al
pnd from any benefit Of such ns,St oe
Years a t sucn nlaims be not exhibited within two
forever ba,, ,ns uate OF said letters they will be
inls 18th day Of November, 1901
lloa,6 GEORGE U. FIsHBACK
- Administrator.
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Poor Advertisement

A business man who gets drunk
and reels around the streets is get
ting a mighty big advertisement; but
it isn't a good one.-Atchison Globe.
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no family use iu numbsrles. w,v.
ns'lara'' snow LIni.neut Is a useful and
v NAo'e remedy. Price, rs aud 80 cents.
R0' sale BY CrenShSw q Young.