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The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
A Remarkable Locomotive.

According to the London Colliery
Guardian, one Of George Stephenson's
locomotives. which was placed in com.
mission in 1922 ON railway running
from the Hellar colliery, Durham, to
the wear, a distance of eight miles, is
still in daily use. Very little
Of the original engine. Of course, re-
mains, but worn parts have always
been replaced by duplicates. The two
cylinders are placed vertically on the
top Of the boiler, one above the front
pair Of wheels and one above the after
pair. The piston rods point upward.
and have cross arms from which four
long connecting rods convey the pow.
er to the four wheels.
"In 1922" says the writer "the en-.
gine could draw about sixty-four tons
at four miles an hour on the level. To-
day It can haul 120 tons at seventy
miles an hour. One may be excused
for asking if this is also ON the level?"
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

ate information, that probably within
the next fifty years, and certainly with
in this century Great Britain will ex.
haust her coal resources, at the present
rate Of consumption; that is. to say she
cannot go on supplying the larger part
of the worlds export eoal without
reaching the end of her tether, as far
as home coal is concerned, long before
her industrial competitors have ex.
hausted their home supplies. DR.. Fsch.
er eptertains the gloomy view, cher.
ished by so many Germans, that when
England becomes coal importing ma.
ton she will lose much of her impcr.
tance as an industrial state and will
cease to be the leading world power.
Japan has large coal resources, par.
ticularly in the southern province of
Kinshin. Borneo is rich in coal forma-
tions, as also is New South Wales--a
fact that is enabling Sydney to forge
ahead of the other Australian cities in
Industrial development Africa and
South America are poorer in coal than
any of the other continents, but the de.
velopment of coal mines in South
Africa and South America are poorer
in coal than any of the other conti-
nents. but the development of coal
mines in South Africa bids fair TO sup.
ply the industrial needs of the country.
New York Sun,
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
Still More serinns.

Every one who has tried to hire an
apartment in the city has encountered
the stern question, Have you any
children" If one is forced to own to
that blessing, he is too often coldly
informed that the house is not for him.
One prospective tenant, when the
question was put to him. looked at his
wife, and his wife looked at him. They
seemed to scent a joke in the situa-
tion.
Yes said the man, we have three
children"
Then 1 can't let you have the fiat"
announced the agent.
But there are eXtenuating circum.
stances"
In the real estate and renting bust
ness" said the agent there are no
eXtenuating circumstances in regard
to children. We simply cannot admit
them"
"But our children don't live with
US"
Don't live with you?'
mo"
But they come to see you" =
"Oh yes, frequently"
"Worse and worsew asserted the
agent. when children merely come
to visit, they are permitted TO tear
things loose. We lave discovered by
experience that when parents see their
children only occasionally. they are
ten times as indulgent. The romping
they'd do in a three days visit would
ruin the reputation of the building"
Again the prospective tenants looked
at each other and laughed.
Our children won't romp," said the
man.
Children are all alike" returned
the agent.
But our children are married"
"Oho, married! Tha. alters it," And
the agent prepared to &c TO work Oh
the lease.
Yes, married." repeated the man,
"and have children Of their own"
The agent dropped his pen.
Grandparents he cried "The
most indulgent creatures on earth!
Your children bring their children
with them, and you have family gath
erings, and all that, What an escape!
In another minute you'd have had the
hat!-Youth's Companion.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
Birds VS.. Fish.

A curious controversy has arisen in
SoSSland with reference to the legality
of the destruction of wild fowl which
destroy fish. w. G.. Rawlinson, Hope
Lodge, Sutherlandshire, had suggest
ed to proprietors and tenants along
our northern coast to combine and de-
stroy the cormorants and shags. as
these birds, in his opinion, were in q
great measure responsible for the de-
crease ia the number of sea fish round
our shores. Replying to the sugges-
ton, II. II. Belts, chief inspector Of the
S. p. G. A., writes that w. G. Rawlin-
sen, in suggesting to proprietors and
tenants the destruction Of shags and
cormorants, is melting them TO an un.
lawful act, viz, the Contravention of
the wild birds protection act, 1880 till
1896 There is something like a moral
dilemma involved in the question thus
raised. The wild birds protection act
arose out Of the humanitarian feeling
of the nation, yet here it is seen to op.
crate in something like a contrary di.
rection to its ject.-London Daily
News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
Longest English Word.

Which is the longest word in the
English language? The controversy
on this subject may break out afresh
over a note Of DR.. Murray's in The
Oxford English Dictionary" He
points out that "incircumscriptable.
ness" and orificabilitudinity' both
contain twenty-five letters, says the
London News. But these are beaten
by word coined, or at least first used,
by DR.. Benson, the late Archbishop Of
Canterbury, sestablishmentari.
ans" which contains as many letters
as the alphabet, viz, twenty-six. We
think, however, we can go one better
than this. For each of the above
words an authority is given. But if
"honorifcabilitudinity" be allowable
why not Observation-Disclosures 2"
This has twenty letters and four.
teen syllables, and we have seen the
word used somewhere. After all. if it
he allowable to build up compound
words on the German system our Ian.
guage has infinite possibilities in syl-
liable spinning.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
The French Beaconsfield.

When French history is written.
says the London Sketch, the name Of
Waldeck- Rousseau will figure very
prominently. He had the biggest prac.
tice at the French bar, and his income
was close on 100000 a year The ad.
mlnistration Of the Lebaudy estates
was alone a fortune. He came into
power with the streets filed with cav
airy and troops, and he leaves France
in peace. Waldeck is a man to whom
life is an outlved thing. At the thea.
tire he looked on but took no interest,
and beyond drives in the Bois, extend
ing over hours, he seemed to have 10
recreation. He has been called the
French Beaconsfield, and to those who
have seen, hour by hour, for the last
three years what he did the title
seemed not Inappropriate.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
where Rock Crv,tals Are round

There arc n number Of well defined
regions in this country where rock
crystals are found, and mining for
them is carried on with more or less
regularity most of the time. But The
most remarkable ones have been found
by chance rather than by any definite
clew as to their whereabouts. One Of
the well defined regions where quartz
crystals have been found in the past
dozen years is ut Hot Springs, Col. on
the banks Of the Ouachita. A remark.
able feature about these stones is that
they are so worn by the tide and cur.
rent that they are round like pebbles.
In most cases they are very clear crys.
tails. and they are OF fair value. Some
have been cUt and sold for good prices,
Scientific American.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

Emperor William is considering the
extension Of the old age pension legis-
lation. Conyersing with an American
visitor about the conditions of labor
in the United States, the Kaiser said he
was determined to make employers
contribute to the support of their work
people when the latter were old and
invalided. They should not be thrown
aside like old shoes after having given
all their best years to their employers
interests. Germany already has a fair
ly comprehensive old age scheme in
operation, but the doles are not suf-
ficient to maintain the receivers. What
1he Emperor apparently intends is to
secure enough to keep the aged people
beyond want They will have to con
tribute a portion of their wages
throughout their lives, which the State
VIII invest, supplemented by a reSr'
quota from their employers.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
ms OLD TATTOO.

All the glory of heaven is excluded by gold
coins held too close to the eyes,
But none is deceived, save the gazer-the
lord of a FOOLS paradise;
With the wide world inviting to action
with humanity yearning for light,
He can see but the god that gilds fashion
and, beyond, all is swallowed in
night
o large are the fields and fertile! o broad
Is the fathomless main!
Like the mountains, they're calling for
manhood, but too Oft n they sum
mon in vain:
While round US the fair, young flowers,
and the bees that within them lurk,
Repeat, in their endless endeavor, "All
the icy of the world springs from
work."
fhen, oh! how can you worship so weakly,
when a monarch OF money appears,
AS the hoofs of his steeds Ger You tram
pie. in the dust that is wet with your
tears?
All, brothers Of mind and musele-ah, sis.
ters Of deftness and skill
Be yourselves kings and queens Of high
purpose Be earth's monarchs!-
you can, il you will
Robert Mackay, in Success.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

The question has been raised
whether, if it should be practicable
TO attain to a speed of 100 miles or
more an hour by rail, the engineer
could stand the strain. 1t has been
affirmed by a physician that such
fearful going would wear out his
nerves in a little while. The question
has been answered already by one ey-
perienced engineer before a meeting
of scientists. Asked as to the probable
effects, in case of a common accident,
of a speed of more than sixty miles
an hour, he said: "A smash-up at
sixty miles would make splinters of
everything; at 100 miles the splinters
might be finer but the destruction
couldn't be more ctmplete.' That is
10 say, when an engineer runs his en-
gine at sixty miles, be is under as se-
we're a strain as be would be at any
other speed. ''--' "~''-a--.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

Bible history teaches that before
their dispersion the Jews were an agri-
cultural and pastoral people. An inter-
esting and comprehensive report of
DR. Karl Kaerger, agricultural expert
at the German Embassy in Buenos
Ayres, shows that during all the ages
they have not lost their bucolic habits.
In this report the writer speaks with
qualification Of the success Of agricul.
ture in the Jewish colonies endowed
in Argentina by Baron Hirsch. As is
well known, the grants of land to these
colonies by the Argentine Government
were very extensive, and that Govern
ment is now reaping the fruits of its
liberal policy by the great increase
OF fits agricultural resources and
wealth.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

Ambition is a natural instinct Of hu-
manity. When properly exercised it
is worthy of all praise; for without it,
every element of civilization would be
lost, and there would be no such thing
as advertising BY it progress is fos-
tered and Improvement created. In
early times physical strength and
physical supremacy were principally
sought after, because their influence
predOminated. In later times, rank
was the chief prize, because it's titles
gave the greatest amount Of power
But in our day and in our country the
mind has acquired supremacy, and the
surest road 10 success is through the
inteIlect, observes Profitable Adver-
Using. In the lrst case ambition
painted for the spear and the battle
axe; in the second she strove for rib
hons and silver medals But now she
seeks for the honors ind emoluments
that follow the possession Of mind
well stored with knowledge.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
q

The next move was an act Of dlplo
macy on the part Of the corporation
Gentleman Ed received through tn
mails an annual pass. He tore it up
Halyerson received one and kept it un
til he fully understood its nature
When told that it permitted him to rid
over more than 1000 miles of countr,
he grinned. When Ed urged him t,
tear the temptation up he CRIME,
again.
"Py gracious" said he, "a railroad
may not be shoost so bad, Ed"
That was the rift in the lutte. Hal
version thought a long while, and on,
day boldly announced that he was 70,
the coming Of the road. Immediately
half dozen other prominent citizen.
that had received passes, but kept quier
about it, said they were with Halver
son. 1t came to such point that Gen
tleman Ed was left alone in his oppo
sition to the road, and that settled the
matter
Another message went forward tc
Mr.. Marvel, which told OF the surren
der of Blue Duck. A few days after
ward the track gang resumed labor
and the rails came swiftly toward the
town. The day they entered an6
stopped at the depot site Halverson
Anderson, all of Blue Duck but Gentle
man Ed, turned out with shouts and
cheers. The workmen were given q
royal feast, and there was no sign OF
the past conflict
But Gentleman Ed, prince Of gamo
lers, prince of good fellows, rode far
away into the long grasses, where he
could be alone with the cattle. He
journeyed so far he could just lool
back and see the thin curl of smoke
coming from the stack of the locomo
tive of the work train. 1t seemed tc
mock him. TO say that the frontier 50
far as Blue Duck was concerned had
come to an end. He faced the problem
Of steam and electricity, and like thou
sands of pioneers before him was con
quered
ITS no use" he said to an old bull
feeding near him, "to buck the cars
The engine'll get you yet, old boy. II
sends me away from here forever; il
will kill you. No more freedom fol
Blue Duck-Tm done"
He rode back TO the town, and with.
in an hour had sold all his holdings, re.
ceived his money and wound up his af.
fairs, Halverson and the rest plead
with him. but he would not listen.
1.-The tinhorns will come now" he
told them, and turned his horses head
toward the West. Some of the men
rode with him for miles, but he had
nothing to say. He gave them a clasp
of the hand at parting, but he did not
look back. He and his black mare
kept steadily on toward the faraway
mountains, leaving Blue Duck, the rail-
road and all that it eant.-Chicago
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

The flag Of the Cuban Republic dates
back almost TO 1850. The triangle in
dicates It's Masonic origin, The red
field is the emblem of war. The three
stripes represent the three departments
into which the island was then divided.
The white stripes We're put in merely
TO separate the blue. The star which
appears in the field was the lone star
of Texas
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

The South African war is over, but
the Beers continue to gain victories;
their latest, and in some respects their
greatest, being their triumph over
themselves. BY setting the good of the
Commonwealth above everything, even
above their individual and racial as.
pirations, they compel anew the ad.
miration of the world, remarks the
PHILADELPHIA Record.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
THE SUBURBAN CITIZEN.
WASHINGTON, D. c,

Whne Lieutenant reary fares afar
in hyperborean regions, in his patient
quest for the Tole Executive favor
searches him out for decoration with
a commanders epaulettes. OF all the
brave men who in years gone by have
carried the Stars and Stripes farther
and farther northward none has de-
served better of the Nation.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
THFsUBURBAN oIri

ZEN IA "a permanent institc-
Hon--a flxture at the National
ON pitel. Thousands ana thou
eands OF people oan testify to
the good work 1t has accom-
plished during the past nve
yesrs IN tho line OF suburban
Improvement. It Is the Only
pewspaper In the District OF
Colunlbia that maintains q
punching bureau, whose DUTY
II rs TO punch up the authori-
tles and keep them awake 20
The needs Of the suburbs. ON
that account II deserves and 10
receiving substantial encou~
AgemeRA.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
Concerning Swiss Sign Boards.

statisticans occasionally turn their
attention TO extraordinary matters,
says the Westminster Gazette. One
of the army Of such has just given to
the world an elaborate table in which
1t is shown in facts and figures which
are the fayorite sign-boards Of the
Swiss innkeepers. The results are in
terestng. In the ffty-one different
localities most frequented by tourists
the names of hotels run thus
Hotels Bellevue ....,,.,.....,.... 2S
Hotels SchwaZerhof .......,.... 80
Hotels Victoria ..........,..... D.
Hotels National .....,......... II
Local names, such as the delightful
old-world Roessli, Wage oT Schwaln,
which were most in favor before the
great tourist industry began to
flourish in Switzerland, are now grad.
ually disappearing.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12
THO FIRST
BLUG PUCK
RAILROAD
s8%RERENREENN

Y V% HEN the announcement
M came from Allen Marvel,
V V then with James j. Hill,
that branch of the Mani
toba Railroad would be built into Blue
Duck there were many of the town
who felt that this accession would
prove TO be an injury and not bless
ing to the community. The time is less
than a hundred years distant when the
citizens of Elgin rose en- masse and pro-
tested against the bqilding of what is
now the Chicago and Northwestern
Railway. They said it would destroy
the inns and the plank roads. Blue
Duckians held that their cattle would
be run down and the town become but
the way station Of a trunk line. Blue
Duck without a railroad was out of
the world in one sense. trading COM
munity with an identity; with a rail
road it became a spot on a map, a prey
10 rapid transit and competition. Ac-
cordingly the message Travelled south
ward to Mr.. Marvel:
Blue Duck don't want your road to
some this way. Go to Hamar, but leave
us alone"
Mr. Marvel kept that message, signed
by all the traders, merchants and cow
men of the town. for many years. and
never looked at it without a hearty
laugh. But he did not change his plans
nor those of Mr.. Hill to make Blue
Duck railway point
The graders and the iron men kept on
at their work, and day after day the
rails drew nearer TO Blue Duck, until
they were scarcely ten miles away.
The night the weary trackmen quit at
this distance from the town Gentleman
Ed, who was an inveterate foe Of rail-
ways, acted His brief message of the
afternoon sent by couriers TO every
cowboy in the region, Come to town,
brought ready response. A hundred
sat their saddles when by the town
pump he seriously announced that no
railway must enter the place.
When a little later he mounted his
own black mare and gave the signal for
a start all of the male population Of
Blue Duck was with him. He rode
straight for the camp Of the builders,
descending on their tents and boarding
cars like a whirlwlnd. The devastation
he and his men wrought in one short
hour was wonder. The workmen fed
10 the tall grasses and hid. When they
came back they were homeless. They
cursed little, then sat down and wait
ed for orders from the higher powers.
While they were waiting a mystic
rious prairie fire favored by strong
wind, came up through the grasses and
drove them with their horses and mules
miles southwark. The heat warped the
rails already laid; cattle We're driven
over the new dump or grade until il
was almost worthless. In two days
Blue Duck had stopped the northward
progress of more than a hundred mill
ions of capital, and as this was in a
land where courts and lawyers were
scarce, where the people Of a commu-
nifty willed for themselves what should
or should not be, this capital was stag
gered. As preliminary to recovering
from the shock ii sent out an emissary.
1t was his misfortune that he wore a
IIk hat.
The suburban citizen., 1902-07-12

"Py gracious" said Halverson, when
he saw the hat and knew to whom 1t
belonged, "he vas born to be hung. Me
tipk a ploog hat and a wicked heart 20
together. Yump, you suckerr he ex-
claimed and his lively handling of his
pistol sent the emissarg into the air
two or three feet.
"Yump again" he shouted, and the
Unfortunate visitor did as he was told.
Unfortunately his hat wobbled this
dime and almost rolled from his head
Half dozen pistols spoke on the in.
stant and the silk crown was rddled.
The emissary fell TO the ground scream
ing:
Spare me. gentlemen; spare me.
Am your friend"
Veil" said Halverson. You NAV
be, but you don't look IT.. You vast nor
dressed shoost like friend. You go
away and tink it over and you may
shange your mind. Go far away"
After this the railroad company made
another effort to resume track laying.
but another wild ride Of the COWBOYS
ended that effort and made every track
man afraid of his life. Not that any one
was hurt, but the cowboys were lively
and practical jokers ana grading
gang was huge enjoyment for them.
When the fireman Of the iron gang
drew a gun on them they roped it out
Of his hand. roped him. dragged him
into a slough. soused him thoroughly.
and then set him free sorry sight.
lie offered 10 more resistance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-05
TO PREVENT COLLISIONS
LIGHTS IN ENGINE CABS INSTEAD OF
WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS.
Details of the Triple Accident Near
JOhnstOwn, Pa.-FOur Persons
Killed and Five Injured.

CHICAGO. Jan. 4.-Train dispatchers of
the country want all possibility Of colli-
sions removed by doing away with the
present system of train orders, that can be
misinterpreted, and signals that may be
unseen. Instead of these methods il is pro-
posed to substitute colored electric lights
in the engine cab, signals that always can
be seen and never can be misunderstood.
Among those who urge a change is A. c.
Miller. of Aurora. chief dispatcher of the
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway. He
suggests that several disastrous wrecks in
the last thirty days were due to the alleged
misunderstanding of written orders and in
sists that written orders never should be
used.
The placing of block signals along the
track at this day, when trains often run
eighty miles an hour, is held TO be unsafe.
as they cannot always be read by the en-
gineer when going at such speed This sys-
tenn of movable blocks or lights in engine
cabs is being installed on the Chicago &
Eastern Illinois Railroad, chiefly through
the efforts of Mr.. Miller, who took the in
itiative in bringing the system to perfec-
tion The experiment will be watched with
interest by railroad men throughout the
country.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-01-05
NO FURTHER FRICTION.
senator Foraker on the Result NJ ,h.
Republican Caucuse..

CINCINNATI, Jan. 4.-Senator
'oIaker' when seen at his home here to-
night spoke freely on the outcome Of tho
legislative contests in the Republican can
uses at columbus to-day. He said: .I
uid all could to support Mr.. Price but
without an unkind word or thought of Mr..
Mchlnnon. In fact, the only regret 7 have
IN connection with the matter was that
the situation compelled me to onnose so
sood man. McIinnon has won a spIendid
HSytoly Ior hmself, both personally aud
p0hucally. L predict that he will make ono
II III the most efhcient speakers the Ohio
%nousS % OF Representatives has ever had
ahu that ne mas before him a brilliant ca
Ieei III the public service, national as well
as state His ability independence and
character mark him as an exce6tiorai al
man. Mr.. Price is a young man of STAY
Ihs qualtles. He has made a good figbt
anu good impression. He will NOT erieve
over ue1eat, but congratulating himself on
having so many stanch friends will ad
Eiess nlmset TO the future and find there
MS full share of rewards
- Inc excitement over the contest in the
tIIouSe mas oVershadowed what was done in
the senate. The whole trouble commenced
there, and in the Senate was fought ont =
Tar more decisive contest than was had in
the Rouse, Mr.. ScObey being elected over
Mr: Uni by vote of IA to Z. or two to ono
Iaken all in all, there is no cause for anv-
oody, except the immediate partfcipants fo
be disappointed. ~
Ihe Republican party in the Legislature
VIII now present solid front and go for
ward without further friction to the faith
IGI anu successful discharge of it's duties
OF legislation.