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The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03
NEWSPAPERS ARE READ.
How tho Late State senator smith, o
Pennsylvania, Was Convinced OF 1t.

How tho Late State Senator smith, o
Pennsylvania, Was Convinced OF 1t.
George Barton, private secretary to
Collector of the Port G. wesley
Thomas, tells a good story of how the
late Senator George Handy Smith was
forced to bend the knee to the power
of the press. 1t was when that well
known legislator represented a city
district in the Pennsylvania Senate al
Harrisburg. There were times wheu
Senator Smith was strenuous in pooh
pooling the influence welded by the
newspapers. He always maintained
that he was invulnerable to thelI
shafts. Despite this, few men were
liked so much as the genial Senator by
the newspaper correspondents. There
was one paper in Philadelphia which
Senator Smith, in season and out OF
season, always belittled.
To its representative he was always
fond of saying: "Your sheet is never
read" There came a day Of retribu
ton, however, when The Senator was
effectually silenced. my paper never
read" cOnfided the correspondent to
his associates. "Well, I'll show the
Senator how wrong he is. I'll open his
eyes and close his lips" and this is
what was dcne. One night in sending
off his batch of news to his paper the
correspondent closed his copy" by
adding the following innocent appear
ing paragraph:
Senator George Handy Smith has
fifty copies Of the superb Bird Book
lately issued by the Legislature, He
will shortly mail them to his friends"
That was all, but what worry it cost
the Senator! A few days after the
publication of the paragraph Senator
Smith was in his seat in the Senate,
He called a page and requested that
his mail be brought. The boy lugged
in a huge basket filed with letters.
The Senator gazed at it, but said moth.
ing. A minute later the page appeared
again with another basket equally full.
Then the Senator began the task OF
opening the missives. They were all
alike, and all contained requests from
sturdy constituents for a copy Of the
much-prized Bird Book. Some one
showed a copy of the despised paper
containing the aforementioned para.
graph under the Senator's eye. He
read. He was enlightened, nor after.
ward did he have a disparaging word
to say against the power Of the press.
Worse than all. every letter had to be
answered,-Philadelphia Evening Tele.
graph
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

The verb meaning to travel by an
automatic carriage is variously stated,
with an unfortunate tendency TO
lengthen its syllable arrangement The
New York Times in passing a com.
ment upon the speed regulations Of the
metropolis employs the word "automo.
bilizing," a lingual concoction which
the general public cannot be expected
to tolerate. On the other hand, the
equally Objectionable verb "to mobe,"
for which some contend, shows some
signs Of adoption 1t may be recalled
that during the bicycle craze a few
years ago the verb "to bike became
more or less popular, but was frowned
upon by the students Of language.
The slanging tendency Of moderns has
produced q curious specimen OF word.
mangling in this connection. Spring.
Ing, 1t may be believed, from the yer.
bal contortions Of pair of German.
dialect comedians. the name "automo.
bubble" has been facetiously adopted
in some quarters, and from this atroc-
ity has come a line Of "Dubbline"
nouns and verbs which display the
radical tendency 10 the adaptation Of
language TO the passing phases Of
science and custom, observes the
Washington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

The New York Herald thinks that
although the standard of require
ments for admission TO our schools Of
law and medicine has been raised dur
ing the last twenty years they are still
too low. The assertion is made in the
Columbia Literary Monthly that 1.-The
greater part Of the students at our
medical school are not only uncul.
tured, but often even uncouth, thus
being fundamentally unfit to become
the highest type of their profession. 1t
is argued that no one should be ad.
mitted unless he has taken a degree
as an evidence of a foundation Of gen.
eral culture. This is already the rule
at Harvard and Johns Hopkins, and
the appearance Of this article in the
chief undergraduate paper of Colum.
bia reflects a widespread feeling that
it should be applied to the medicf
school Of this university.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03
Sun and skin.

A physician has been investigating
some of the effects of direct sunlight
on the skin. Painting a band on his
arm with India ink, he exposed the
member TO a scOrching sun. The US
ual painful effects followed, except
beneath the band, where the
skin remained white and unaffected.
He suggests that the tan which con-
tinued exposure produces upon the
skin is a protective effect. If further
experiments establish this interference,
a further hypothesis will be rendered
probable, namely, that the power &C.
quired by the human skin in the trOp.
les of secreting a pigment is really pro-
tective Of its lower and functionally
active layers Offhand one would be
apt to conclude that black skin ought
TO increase the heat effects of the solar
radiance. We are required to learn
now whether the harm is really done
by the heat rays, for conceivably it
may be due to any other of the diverse
sorts of vibration of which that radi.
ance is now known to be highly com.
plex phenomenon.-Buen Ayres l.
aid
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03
A Useless Search.

A discussion arose at a meeting Of
medical men who had assembled at
the Philadelphia College of Physicians
as to the utility Of the X-ray on the
battle field, and the surgeon, DR.. w.
W. Keen, told this story: After the
battle Of Gettysburg a corps under the
command of young physician, who
had recently been appointed, was or
dered to collect the wounded. Among
the disabled was a man who had been
shot through the leg. The young doe
tors proceeded to use his knife. After
cutting for half an hour he was inter
rupted by the young soldier with;
Say, how much longer are you going
to cutY Until l get the bullet re-
piled the doctor Why, you fool, If
that's what you want I've got it in
my pocket Sure enough, the bullet
had lodged in the skin Of the mans
leg after passing through, and he had
Kept 1t as souvenir"
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03
Deadly Panama Climate.

A New Orleans man who spent FIVE
years as road master of the Panama
railroad testified before the Senate Com
mlttee last month that of a group of
fifty-three men sent to the isthmus as
engineers, superintendents and clerks,
all but three had died within three
months. The mortality among the
men employed on the original French
canal company was frightful, says the
Review of Reviews. 1t is not pleas
ant TO think Of what might happen to
a force Of Americans sent down to
complete the Panama canal-although
doubtless the health conditions of the
region could be improved. The nearer
location Of the Nicaragua route,
furthermore, renders it much more de-
sirable for our own traffic. especially
for our Pacific coast shippers. All
these things must be taken into ac-
count.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

In speaking to the editor OF the Citi-
zen the other day Mr.. Louis P. Shoe
maker, president OF the Brightwood
Citizens Association, said:
YOUR PAPER IS CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEO-
PIE. 1T IS A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS, TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03
"MALARI0."

This is new discovery in medicine
One dose of WYCKOFFS MA
LARIO will cure amp case of chills and
fever
This medicine will be furnished free
of cost for any test case applied for
within ten days from the date of this
issue.
MARLARIO speaks for itself.
The effect is immediate. Call and see
us.
WYCKOFF MARLARIO CO.,
1922 New York ave,
Washington. d. c.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03
neglected science For pcrambuIator.

A man Of science and his wife, a
college-bred woman with an unabat-
able interest in sociology and reforms,
spent three entire evenings in trying
10 decide what kind Of baby car
riage they should purchase for their
infant son. The way in which those
sober-minded persons went over cata-
logues and price lists and gravely dis
cussed the comparative advantages of
this and that make Of carriage was
contradiction of everything that has
been said against the baleful inhu-
ence of the high education upol do
,aesticity York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

The continually increasing demand
for india rubber, and the great inter.
est manifested in all efforts to prevent
waste of the trees from which rubber
is derived, have led our consuls in
countries where these trees grow to
collect many valuable facts concerning
them Consul Goldschmidt at La
Guaira recently trapsmltted to Wash.
ington some highly interesting state.
ments about the rubber, or caoutchous,
trees, Of the upper Orinoco by DR.. Lu.
clen Morisse, who has made extensive
personal Investigations in that region
DR.. Morisse makes the somewhat sur
prising statement that the prohibition
of the Venezuelan Government against
the Telling of the trees is altogether
unnecessary, because ut relates to an
immense forest measuring upward Of
74000,000 acres, where caoutchouc eX-
its in abundance, and which it would
require millions and millions of hands
to exploit, whereas it only contains
5000 or 1000 Indians, not more than
the tenth part Of whom are engaged in
the work"
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

The population of the German EN-.
pire includes 100000 who use the
Polish language.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

Among the many suggestions offered
to account for the swift expansion of
the nebulous rings surrounding Nova
Persei, none seems more captivating
TO the Imagination than that of Profes'
sor Kapteyn, who suggests that the
phenomenon may be due to the echoing
Of light. At the probable distance of
Nova Persei from the earth the OBJ.
served velocity Of the expansion exact.
ly equals the velocity Of light. That
being so, it is only necessary to sup.
pose the space surrounding the new
star to contain scattered nebulous or
meteoric matter, from which the light
of the explosion that produced the star
is reflected to US ut greater and greater
distances from the star as the light ex.
pands around it. 1t is like the refiec-
ton of the sound of an explosion tax.
ing place in a hilly country, and com
ing TO our ears in a succession of
echoes as it reaches more and more
distant ranges.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

EntpreA @s eSs Post efses fsy trsaauptssts'
aAr0saaA @As waGtit aS Secewd-class r9ass.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

Wilhelm Labes, q well-known Ger.
man zoologist, has just published an
interesting book on the Island Of He
ligoland, in which he states, among
other things, that the island is one o.
the largest graves for birds in the
world. Millions of larches snipes and
thrushes are caught there every year
The birds are sold in the many hotels
of the islands, and also largely eX.
ported to England and the Continent
1t is not seldom that from 10000 to
$4,000 are caught and killed in a sin.
gle night.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

The authorities Of some Of the towns
where smallpox has appeared have or.
dered that all dogs and cats running
at large shall be shot. This action is
based on the well-established fact that
the hair of these animals offers a con.
genial lodging place for disease germs,
and they thus carry them about and
increase the spread of contagion.
Physicians caution parents not to al.
low pet dogs or cats to enter the room
where a diphtheria or scarlet fever pa.
tient is, and not to let their children
play with dogs or cats that belong to
the families where there has recently
been a case Of contagious disease.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

"A JStsrmal dgvotsd 10 ~ IAtSrssts Of a.
heIdents Of the Suburbs Of Washington.
The suburban citizen., 1902-05-03

From the latest reports from Nyas
saland it appears that British Central
Africa is in n fair way to become an
industrial colony soon. The most re-
cent move in the development of the
country is a concession which has
been granted by the Imperial Govern.
ment for the construction Of a line OF
railway from Chiromo to Blantyre,
connecting the centre Of the coffee
plantations with the coast by way OF
the Shire and Zambesi rivers. Oper.
ations are expected to begin toward
the end of the year, and will probably
last for two years or so. Meanwhile,
it is stated, experiments are being con.
Quoted with a line on the monorail
principle, and it is also intended to es.
tablish a system of motor trOlleys and
traction engines for transport work
in the protectorate.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-04

PHOTOGRAPHIC VIEW OF A STREET IN AN
ILLINOIS TOWN IN SPRING.
building the best roads they can in the
face of difficulties which to us would be
appalling? The poor Swiss have built
road: through gorges and around preci-
pieces which would seem impossible,
and which must have cost over 81, 000,-
900 per mile.
These nations are all eminently prac-
tical. They have not gone into the
business so extensively simply for the
purpose of identifying the land. That
is very subordinate one. 1t is ques-
ton of hard cash. 1t is estimated in
England that in the mere saving in
cost by reducing their roads to such
condition that three horses can do the
work of four there has been an econ
omy of 500, 900, 00O effected annually.
But the roads are not entirely at
fault In some parts of the country
they have been nicely graded only to
be rapidly destroyed by the narrow
tired wagons heavily laden. The move
ment in favor of wide tires for draught
W.
.peated experiments have proved that
wheels with tires ~ inches wide cause
double the wear of wheels which have
~ inch tires. The wide tire has ten
dency to roll the roadbed and keep it
smooth at the same time, while the
narrow one cuts it up and requires
more hauling force for the same weight
of load besides spelling the thorough
fare. Most of the European countries
have laws regulating this matter.
In France the market wagons have
tires from three to ten inches in width,
usually four to six inches, and the rear
axle is the longest, so that the hind
wheels run on line outside of the fore
wheels, the vehicle being thus road
maker instead of a road-destroyer. In
England it has not been found profit
able to increase the width much beyond
four and half inches, except in cases
of wagons without springs, where they
are sometimes made as wide as six
inches. 1t is essential that some action
be taken, for narrow tires will soon
ruin the best road ever lnade.-N. Y.
World.
MOTHER ALWAYS KEEPS 1T HANDY. |
my mother suffered long time from
distressing pains and general ill health due
primarily to Indigestion" says L.W ,Spald-
NO. Verona, Mo, 1.-TWO years ago got
ler to try Kodol. She grew better at once
md now, at the age of seventy-six, eats
nything she wants, remarking that she
ears no bad effects as she has her bottle
# Kodol handy Don't waste time doc
oring symptoms. Go after the cause. If
our stomach is sound your health will be
God. Kodol rests the stomach and
trengthens the body by digesting your
God. tits natures own tonic. Johnsons
'harmacy.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1902-07-04
a45,1,.ra ROADS, :lA e:;zz :;
s*NdnA rs ss|eAzz5t,es. ~ gSS4sR
IMPROVEMENT:
TO PRESERVE ROADS.
Wagon Manufacturers Must Cooperate
with Road Builders.

Wagon Manufacturers Must Cooperate
with Road Builders.
The subject of good roads is one of
great interest to the community in
general and to farmers in particular.
Good roads enable the farmer to mar
ket his produce at all times in the year
and secure his supplies at less expense
for hauling, with less wear and tear to
vehicles and injury to animals besides
which they result in bringing together
more closely the memb ers of the agri-
cultural community, and thereby in
crease the social intercourse Of farmers.
Of course, the building of good roads
is expensive work, but it pays. If it
did not would we find England France,
Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Swed-
en- and many other civilized countries
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18

TRU E WEALTH.
A drama in four scenes.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Business Mems Association.


Several articles appeared in this paper
a year ago showing the advantages of a
Business Mems association in Edgerton
to advance the material interests of the
place. No great amount of sentiment in
favor of the move was induced and
doubtless our merchants thought there
were no pressing necessities at that time
for the promotion of the organization.
During the past winter while the inhu-
ences of last seasons drouth have been
more noticeable in trading circles, the
question recurs to our merchants that
possibly an organization of this char
acter could be made very useful in pro-
noting our business interests. If the
change of sentiment is strong enough to
gain the united support of the mer-
chants of Edgerton, it is good time to
form an advancement association, such
as in other towns are accomplishing
really good results. The Reporter be-
lieves there is a field for operations right
here in Edgerton, but in order that it be
successful the encouragement and sup
port Of our business men is necessary.
Now, Mr.. Business Man, are you ready
to promote such an enterprise?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
MANDT VEHICLE co. SOLD.
StoughtOn Plant Passes Into Hands of
Big Concern.

StoughtOn Plant Passes Into Hands of
Big Concern.
The management of the T. @. Mandt
Vehicle Co. has been sold to the Moline
Plow Co. of Moline, ILL.,, the latter agree
ing to pay one hundred cents on the dol
lar for all preferred stock. Owing to a
lack of convenient location for the
shops at Moline, no removal is at present
contemplated.
Attorney j. M. Clancy, who is acting
, for the new company, says that leases
and deeds for adjoining land upon which
to place additional buildings are being
made and that it will be large institu-
| ton, representing an imn4 ediate outlay
of at least S250,OOO. With an abundance
of capital behind it, the plant promises
to be the biggest thing Stoughton has
ever seen.
The late T. G. Mandt organized the
Vehicle company about five years ago
and through tireless energy made of it a
successful and profitable institution.
The Moline Plow company is one of
the great industrial plants of the mid
die West. Mr.. F. G. Allen, it's secretary,
under whose management great improve
ments have been made at Moline, has
given the Stoughton matter his personal
attention. He was in Stoughton and
Madison two weeks ago to investigate
the situation.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Notice,

The season for lawn sprinkling CON-
mences May LIST and closes November
LIST. The ordinance governing this part
of the water works system provides that
"the use of the hose for sprinkling
streets, lawns, gardens. washing side
walks, steps, windows, ETC., is permitted
between the hours of 6 q. 10. and a. NJ,
and between the hours of p. m. and 8
p. M, only, except in case of fire, and
during such time the use Of the hand
hose is positively forbidden"
JAMES 81. PRICE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18

On Tuesday w. A. Short took from
the depot a wagon load of Dry Chemical
Flame Killers to supply the farmers of
his neighborhood. The farmers need
protection against loss by fire and are
not slow to see the benefits and adopt
sure thing. Write to the Wisconsin
Chemical Co., Waupun, Wis, or call
upon G. Fl. Alderman at the u. S. Hotel
and secure an agency if you wish to sell
a good thing to good people for good
money. Exclusive territory given and
to the hustler there is no better field to
engage in for permanent business.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Tobacco Notes.

E. c. Hopkins is putting in few
weeks looking after farming interests in
the Kickapoo valley.
The fourth annual convention of the
National Cigar Leaf Tobacco association
will be held at Cincinnati, May to 7th.
j. L. Greene has returned to Reading,
Pa, after several weeks in the state look
ing after the interests of his firm in
GAINESVILLE.
The Richmond, Va, branch of the
American Cigar Co. have2an order for
two hundred million "Florodora" cigars
so extensively advertised.
The American Tobacco Co. has rented
the railroad warehouse in Deerfield and
will put up large packing there. If
they can get help they will also do con-
siderable sorting. They have received
considerable which they bought in that
vicinity some time ago, and the settle
ments with the farmers have all been
satisfactory.
Halvor Homme of Pleasant Springs
sold crop of tobacco to Robert Robert
son at price unsatisfactory to Halvor's
brother, Knudt, and the latter applied
to the probate court for guardian, al
leging that Halvor was non compus men
It's, and refused to permit the delivery of
The goods. Robertson brought an action
in replevin before Judge Currier at
Stoughton, and the case was tried last
week with Attorney Ben E. Watt for the
plaintiff and M. Stevens of Madison for
the defense. Knudt stated that his
grounds for believing his brother men,
tally unbalanced was that he had do
mated one thousand dollars to the Old
Folks Home and willed the balance of
his property to the Orphans Home, sub
ject to his wife's tenacy for life. Rob
ertson secured the tobacco.
A shareman wanted to raise tobacco.
Tenant house furnished. Apply to Geo.
w. II. Hall, r. F. D. No. 2, or at Wilson
Bros, city.
NOTICE TO TOBACCO BUYERS.
Sixteen acres of choice tobacco for
sale. have just finished stripping and
packing my 1901 crop which [ think is
the banner crop of the state, as to quail
ity and quantity-1705 lbs. per acre.
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON. Waupun, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Unclaimed Letters,

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
P. o. at Edgertou, for the week ending
April Is, 1902:
Mrs. julius Hockenstea6 2)
Mr. William Walker.
Persons calling for any Of the above
named letters please say advertised"
l.. G. WHITTET, P. M.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Notice,

My wife, having left my bed and board,
| hereby notify all persons not to trust
her on my account, as will pay no debts
contracted by her. ARTHUR MAvEs.
Dated Edgerton, April 10, 1902.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Candidate For Clerk of the Court

I hereby announce to the republican
voters of Rock county that will be a
candidate for the nomination of Clerk Of
the Court, at the coming republican
county convention, and respectfully So
licit the support of the voters OF the
county.
GAINESVILLE, Wis, April II, 1902.
JESSE EARLE.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
Good Templar Entertainment.

The Good Templars will give an in
teresting entertainment at the lodge
room, Saturday evening, April 10. Light
refreshments will be served. Admission
10 and 20 cents. Program:
TRUE WEALTH.
A drama in four scenes
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18
NOTICE TO TOBACCO BUYERS.

Sixteen acres of choice tobacco for
sale. I have just finished stripping and
packing my 1901 crop which [ think is
the banner crop of the state, as to quail
ity and quantity-1705 lbs. per acre.
CHRISTIAN JOHNSON, Waupuu, Wis.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-04-18

E. G. Hopkins is putting in few
weeks looking after farming interests in
the Kickapoo valley. n