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The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
FARMERS WIVES.
Notable For Accomplishments That Were
Undroamed of Few Years Ago.

NOtaDlo EOF lhhA W oN"
Undroamed of a Few Years Ago.
One having access TO the Kansas
newspapers cannot have failed to note
the unusual number Of marriages
which have taken place during the
present season. 1t has been said that
the office Of the Probate Judge con.
tains the barometer of material con.
ditions in every county. What we
know for sure is that young folks usu,
ally consult their pocketbooks in max.
ing arrangements for marriage, and
that in good times these matings are
much more frequent.
Those who have gone a little deeper
into the subject than a mere mathc'
matlcal calculation must also have
noticed a great difference in those
friendly little notices given by the
newspapers. particularly where the
bride and bridegroom have come from
farmer families. Twenty years ago a
marriage notice of a farmer couple in
Kansas would, nine times out of ten,
have mentioned approvingly that the
bride was a master hand at butter, or
that she was one OF the most success
full raisers of poultry in the township.
or that "she possessed those habits of
industry which so peculiarly fitted her
to be a farmers WIFE" Now an equal
proportion of such notices will recite
that the bride is a fine musician, that
she is graduate Of such and such an
institution; that she won prize in ell
ocution, or that she was noted among
her associates for proficiency in some
of the arts.
And the difference in these notices
makes the vast gulf which has opened
between the past and the present with
respect to farm life, no doubt to the
uneasiness OF those who fear that the
rugged industry once considered es-
sential in successful agriculture has
taken its departure. Yet there are
those on the other side who cheerfully
accept the belief that a woman who
can play the piano may be quite as
much Of helpmate to the farmer as
the woman who can play only on the
washboard. The fact is that modern
methods, particularly modern machine
ry, have revolutionized the business Of
agriculture and it no longer requires
the man-killing, get-up-at-three-o' o. clock
in-the-morning industry which former
ly was the price of success. And this
revolution has come as much to the
farmers wife as to the farmer SO
here's to the farmers bride who can
play a nocturne while the electric
churn is churning, or who varies The
monotOny of her calling by writing es-
says on Decadent Art!-Kansas City
(Mo) Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Betterment of Highways.

Much credit is given by Mr.. Martin
Dodge, Director of the United States
Office Of Public Road Inquiries, to
what he calls 'the reflex influence OF
the bicycle and the automobile" for
forming the public sentiment which is
crystalizing into the betterment Of
highways in all parts Of this country
and Canada. Writing in the Municipal
Journal and Engineer, Mr.. Dodge says
that many States which formerly re-
fused to spend any money on road inn
prOvements are now, in response to the
general demand, making generous ap-
propriations, and the prospects every
where are encouraging to those who
for years preached to deaf ears the
economy of these expenditures. He
also tells in detail of the admirable
missionary work done in the South
by means Of the "Good Roads Train"
which, carrying eight carloads of the
best and most important roadmaking
machinery and a party Of expert oper-
ators, roadmakers and engineers, has
been slowly moving from town to
town, giving in each a practical illus
tration Of the speed and cheapness
with which those who know how and
have the proper utensils can create
highways up to modern requirements.
The train was made up in Chicago
through the cooperation of the Ma
tional Association of Good Roads, the
Illinois Central Railroad and several
manufacturers of rOad-maklng ma
chimes. 1t started in April, and by the
middle OF July exhibitions had been
given and information impaired to
large numbers Of deeply interested cit
liens in New Orleans, La; Natchez,
Greensville, Granada, McComb City,
and Jackson, Miss; Jackson, Tenn;
Louisville Hopkinsyille and Owens
borough, KY, and Efingham, ILL., At
most of these places two miles of
specimen road were made, usually in
less than two days and the almost in
variable result Of the demonstration
was the formation OF a local socleHr
to push forward the good work.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Railroad Cars BuiIt as Rams.

Colonel Kyle, who used to construct
cars for the Louisville and Nashville
built them as batterlng rams, so that
if they got into collision they would
come out whole. They did, too. When
Kyle car rammed any other car il
made sawdust Of it. This was on the
principle of we'll known steamship
company, whose orders to officers are
to run full speed in a fog. so that if
there is a collision the cOmpany's ship
will cut through the other like cheese.
Some of the private cars Of railway
officials are built on the batterlng ram
principle. Safety, like charity, begins
at home.
John Sabine Smith once lost two or
three hundred thousand dollars, par
value, of stock in a car construction
company whose ideas were different.
The plan was to build cars cheaply,
which meant light and fragile. There
was where the money was to be made
in the big returns for cars on the cost
Of construction. But every time one
Of these cars bumped into any other
car, If 1t was only in coupling it went
up in the air a hundred miles and
came down in pieces as big as matches
and wooden toothplcks.-New York
Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

until illness came upon me three years
ago. first noticed it by being irreg-
ular and having very painful and
scanty menstruation; gradually my
general health failed 1 could not en-
Joy my meals; became languid and
nervous, with gripping pains frequently
in the groins.
81 advised with our family phys
ician who prescribed without any inn
provement. One day he said,-' Try
Lydia Pinltham's Remedies I
did, thank God the next month was
better, and it gradually built me up
until in four months l was cured. This
is nearly year ago and have not
had q pain or ache since. BONNIE
DELANo, 324s Indiana Ave, Chicago,
Iu.--S50o0 forfeit If abOUs testimonial is not
genuine
Trustworthy proof is abundant that
Lydia Il. PinlIham's Vegetable
Compound saves thousands of
young women from dangers resulting
from organic irregularity, suppression
or retention of the menses, ovarian or
womb troubles, Refuse substitutes
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
why He Had Nerre..

"A dentists chair is not a popular re-
treat" says an F street practitioner, but
| occasionally find persons who like to
linger. | have just finished job for a
youngster who is a Harvard freshman.
He came in Saturday, and contracted to
have his teeth fixed, but said that hard
study had undermined his nerves and he
could only stand two sittings a week. He
looked as healthy and hearty as an OK,
but did not mind. Three days ago his
father dropped in and asked:
Doctor, can't you hurry up on Fred's
teethP
Certainly said I, If his nervous sys-
tenn will stand it, He said it made him
nervous, and that he could only stand it
twice a week
Nervous system be banked shouted
the old man. AT home, Fred said that
twice a week was all the time you could
give him. He is playing his teeth to put
two weeks more on his vacation
II finished that job in the next twenty
four hours, and the young man didn't
have any grin coming to him after the
first FIVE minutes in the chair"
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
English Royalties Read Newspapers.

II the newspaper-cutting agencies
We're not bound to secrecy they might
give some interesting details about
the supply of excerpts to the royal
family. His Majesty, directly his chill.
dren attained the age Of ten, had ev.
erything concerning them which ap,
peared in the newspapers pasted into
albums, and these were handed over
to them when they reached years OF
discretion The Prince Of Wales, how.
ever, began at the beginning, and each
Of his children has a volume Of news.
paper cuttings dating from the date OF
birth. 1t need scarcely be said, how.
ever, that they are not yet allowed
read these extracts. During the royal
tour IL was the work Of one secretary
10 preserve every article which aP.
peared in the colonies about the
Princes journeys, and these make
quite u small library. y.-LoLdon Chron
icle
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
The Deer and the Hunters.

Once upon a time some deer in the
woods Of Maine were in conversation.
Providence is not just to u.s. said
one Of the younger ones. "Our swift
legs are our only hope, and even with
them the hunters can overtake us with
their much swifter bullets. Where Ia
our protectionY
Don't talk so foolIshly, child,' an
swcred an aged buck. Look about
you in the woods and you viii see
many dead hunters who have fallen
by the rifles OF their companions. Our
case is not so hopeless as It may appear
20 one with little experience"
Moral:--The bane often carries its
own antidote.--New YorS Herald
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Her Language Wholly Inadequate.

A revelation Of the utter inadequacy
Of the feminine vocabulary to express
deep emotion was given TO q crowd
waiting for cars at the bridge end the
other night. AS q Fulton street car
came around the curve and halted the
usual mad rush for seats followed.
After the car was crowded to the rail.
ing an elderly woman, large Of person
and heavily laden with bundles,
emerged from the crowd. She was
red in the face and putting with her
eXertions as she hastened toward the
car, waving her bundles vigorously
to attract the attention of the con.
ductor, and emitting short, sharp
sbrieks intended to signify that she
desired the car to wait for her.
But the conductor stolidly pulled the
cord, and just as the weary woman
reached the steps the car moved away.
On the platform the conductor stood
with folded arms and smiled calmly
back at her.
For moment she stood gnsping with
rage. Then she waved all her bundles
viclously in the direction Of the rapidly
retreating car, and shouted at the Of
Tending conductor;
"Oh, you! you! you! man, your
New York Tribune. .
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
AnnlyInr tI,c rrinclrls.

"The trouble said the anarchist, SIS
that there are too many inequalities in
this world"
That's right" admitted the practical
man.
1--WE must remedy matters" went on
.he anarchist. "No man should have any
advantage over another; all should be
squal'
Right again."
But where shall we bcgin?'
well" said the practical man,
illoughtfullv you're a much larger man
.l1an am, which gives you an unfair ad-
vantage. of course, and this is decidedly
lntagonistc to the theory you have elab-
orated of complete equality in every de-
:ail of life. We might begin by cutting
you down to my size"
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Insnpernble DimcnItx.

A Scotchman who had been employed
nearly all his life in the building of rail
ways in the Highlands OF Scotland went
to the United States in his later years
and settled in new section on the plains
of the far West. Soon after his arrival
a project came up in his new home for
the construction of a railway through
the district, and the Scotchman was ap-
piled to as a man Of experience in such
matters.
"Hoot, mon, said he to the spokes-
man to the scheme, 'ye Gamma build a
railway across this country"
why not, Mr.. Ferguson?"
why notl" he repeated, with an air
of effectually settling the whole matter
why not Dae ye no see the country's
as fiat as a floor, and ye dinna hae ony
place whatever to run your tunnels
through"
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Total. .....2l.325 l7,6l6 II, l,Sl4 ssh

lOtdlt ts'ss's ElsO&O li5DlO ll5Olt DsofL
When asked what class of periodicals
had made the most remarkable growth,
MIR. Mckenzie answered that no salts
factory answer could be given TO that
question because it was impossible to
draw lines between groups which none
could be sure OF remaining for any
length Of time as drawn. "Classifca-
tion,' said lie, gets to be more difficult
every year us the periodicals become
more specialized. What is classified
one year under the general term 'agri-
cultural may the next year be placed
under sports, or horticultural, or bee
raising or turf or poultry farming.
What in 1870 Is covered by the general
term sports in 1890 is specialized into
field and track fishing and hunting,
football the ring bicycling 'rac-
ing etc. The trade and technical jour
mails OF the country have in the last
ten years become highly specialized
so that it requires a hundred or more
headings under which to arrange
them"
In The preface already mentioned,
Mr. Mckenzie has given the history
Of Inc priutng-press, Of slereotypiDg,
rf the telegraph in !ts relation to the
newspaper business. Of litlo,raphy, Of
pGper-mlli2, and OF copyright. He gives
q list Of the oldest newspapers in the
country with the date O{ ,he establish
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
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Receiving Attention Now.

TT HE paramount Importance OF
this class Of internal inn
proyements begins to receive
the attention which the bene-
fits that will flow therefrom demand.
In Illinois and four Southern States.
through which the Illinois Central Rail
road passes, that company and the
National Good Roads Association have
recently constructed twenty miles of
earth, stone and gravel roads in the
presence of thousands who desired to
learn the art of road building. Con.
ventions on road building have been
held in louisiana Mississippi Tennes-
see and Kentucky. The South has
realized that lands, however fertile,
forests however vast, and minerals
though rich and varied, have but
little market value when inaccessible,
and such they really are without good
roads leading to and from them.
The late Buffalo Exposition brought
together large numbers of men who
had made good roads the subject of dis
cussion at meetings held there, and
great interest was taken and much
enthusiasm aroused. 1t was made
known that the Federal Government
had established an ONCE, known as an
Office of Public Road Inquiries, in the
department of Agriculture, and that
experts therefrom have constructed
roads in a dozen Western and South
ern States as object lessons, which
work was done under the observation
of thousands Of interested settlers.
The employment Of the idle on roads
during periods Of business depression,
the utilization of prison labor, and the
appropriation by special tax Of a spe.
cific sum annually are objects worthy
of the serious consideration of every
farmer, wagon maker, bicycle manu-
facturer and merchant in the country.
Not only these classes, but every
resident of a county is directly or indi.
rectly affected by the lack of good
roads. Bad roads increase the cost of
fuel, provisions and all commodities
that need to be transported and de-
prive people of health and comfort
pleasant drives over good roads pro-
mote. In view of the fact that all are
affected by the question, none should
neglect to assist in devising ways
and means to bring about such essen
tial improvements. There should be
a good roads club at every county
seat, with members from every town
in the county, who would confer with
their neighbors on market days, and
once a month there should be a general
meeting for comparison Of views and
distribution OF literature on the subject.
Circulars and reports should be pro-
cured from the National Good Roads
Association and from the Office herein
before referred TO connected with the
Department. of Agriculture at Wash
ington, d. c. The members Of the
Legislature and the supervisors should
be asked, from time to time, what they
have done, or are doing for good roads,
and If found to be negligent, commit
tee should be appointed to spur them
on in the good work.
Self reliance, industry and vigilance
on this and in all things are essential
TO success. BY organization, education
and agitation the necessary legislation
can be secured but not otherwise.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
How a Crowd Laughs.

"The features Of the human face said
Mark Twain the other day. "can readily
be compelled into a kaleidoscope of con-
tortions, running the gamut from the ex-
preston of intense delight to the ex.
preston Of eXcruciating agony You will
never wholly realize this however, until
you have the opportunity of watching
a humorist in the throes of turning out
a "side-splitter'
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
New Glacial nYnnthesia.

A Russian servant, Professor Il. Ro-
govsky, in a recently published paper
on planetary Atmospheres," suggests
incidentally a possible explanation of
the earth's glacial period. He says:
"If we suppose that the temperature
Of the sun at the present time is still
increasing-and this is a matter about
which there is a division of opinion
among solar physicists-or, at least.
that it has been increasing until now,
the glacial period Of the earth may be
easily accounted for. Formerly the
earth had a high temperature OF its
own, but received Il smaller quantity
of heat from the sun than now. It's
climate was then warmer and more
uniform than at present; on cooling
gradually, the earth's surface attained
such temperature as caused a great
part of the surface OF its northern and
southern hemispheres to be covered
with ice; but the suns radiation in
creasing, the glaciers melted, and the
climatic conditions became as they are
HO"' IL Nolu, tHc temperature ol
the earth's surface depends upon two
Quantities-one decreasing (the earths
own heaD; the other increasing (the
suns radlatlOn), and consequently
there may be a minimum, and this
minimum was the glacial period,
which, as has been shown, by recent
investigations, was not local. but was
eneral for the whole earth.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Preparing Dates,

The preparation of dried dates is
carried on largely at Awabi, and as
the season had now commenced, took
the opportunity to observe the process,
and was taken round the factories by
the sheik. The dates selected are
picked before they are quite ripe The
factory had a chimney about fifteen
feet high, and contained several open,
circular copper boilers, capable of
holding five gallons each, and nearly
full Of water. Into these vessels The
dates are put and allowed to simmer
over slow fire. AS the water in the
copper decreased from evaporation,
it was filed up again, but it gradually
became inspissated by the extraction
of the juice of the date. The fruit
is left in the water about half an hour
and is then taken out and spread on
mats OF cloths in the sun to dry, aftel
which it becomes hard and of pale
red color. 1t is exported in large guam
titles from Muskat to India..-The Geo
graphical Journal
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

FRANK J. CHENEY, make oath that he 10 the
senior partner Of the firm of p. ]. CHENEY &
Co., doing business in the City Of Toledo.
County and State aforesaid, and that said
irm will pay the sum OF ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and everycase Of cATARRH that
cannot be cured by the use Of HALLS
CATARRH CURE. Frank J. CHRNEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed In ny
t-"-~l presence, this 9Th day OF December,
SEAL. A. D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON,
- Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. +. j. CHENEY & Co. Toledo. O
Sold by Druggists, Use.
Halls Family Pills are tho best.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for Children,
used by Mother Gray, nurse in Chlldren's
Homo, New York, break up Colds IN 24hours,
cure Fcverishness, Headache, Stomach
Troubles, Teething Disorders and Destroy
Worms. At all druggists 25c. Sample mailed
FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted. lie Roy. n. Y.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
us worth Its weight in cola !"

"Had Eczema for three years; tried three
doctors and every advertised remedy, without
enect, till ltried Tetterine Half box OF Tet
terine removed all signs Of tho disease. &C.
II. Adams, Columbia, S. O. 6Oc. a box by
mail from j. I. Shuptrine, Savannah, Co., Il
your druggist don't keep It.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
workmon's Dwellings in London.

London owns at the present time
completed dwellings containing over
1900 tenements, erected solely for the
benefit Of the working class. One
housing scheme, the largest ever at.
tempted in London or elsewhere, in
volVed the expenditure Of S1,410000.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
His Life-preserver.

Miss Madison Avenue-And to what
do you attribute your long life, Uncle
Subberbs?
Uncle Subberbs-To quinine, my dear
-quinine.--Judge,
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
SpikinC His Guns.

you" sneered the Angry Man, "are
very small potatoes, indeed
AT the present price Of potatoes l am
compelled, - said the Other Fellow, to
consider your remark a compliment"
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
oaraeld Tea ourog oonstlpatIon.

From a mothers point Of view the
naughty child takes after its father.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Chatterton, the poet, had a passion,
amounting to mania, for studying old
manuscripts.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

The fellows who say that it costs no
more for two to live than for one evidently
never had twins.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
his Quick Retort.

The Lady-Ycs, it is only men that
urn tramps. Why aren't women idle
The Tramp-Because most of them
are busybodes, mum.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
tion has an equal for coughs and colds-JoHN
Z. BOYER, Trinity SPRING., Ind, Feb 10, 1900.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Send to Garfield Tea Co., Brooklyn, N. Y,
for samples Garfield Tea and Headache
POwders-two Invaluable rcmedies.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Dyeing is as simple as washing when you
use PUTNAM FADELEss DYES. Sold by al
druggIsts.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

No matter where q man was born, he
swells up and claims to be proud of it..
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Garfield Tea, the horb medicine, cures con.
stipation, sick headache and liver disorders.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
Many school Children Are slckIv.

It's the disagreeable things that we
ought to remember to forget.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
MISS BONNIE DELANO.
A Chicago Society Lady, in q
Letter to Mrs. Pinkham says:

"DRAR Mrs. PINKHAM of all the
grateful daughters TO whom you have
given health and life, none are more
glad than l.
my home and my life was happy
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Is an inquisitivc person always CUES.
tiona de character.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08
STATE OF ONO, Cry OF TOLEDO,

California has over $4,000 acres in
grapes.
The suburban citizen., 1902-02-08

Some fellows draw on their imaginations
when they have no bank accounts to draw
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1902-07-12
The same Old story.

!. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to thai which has happened
in almost everv neighborhood in the
United States and has been told and
re-tCld bv thousands OF others. He
says Last summer ! had an attack
of dvsentery ard purchased a bottle
of Chamberlain's )lic, ACnolera4an n
Diarrohea Remedy. which | used ac-
cording to directions and with1 entlr-
" satisfactory r~esIlts. The trouble
was controlled much quicker than
former attacks when l used other
remedies T" Mr.. Kelly is a welIknown
citizen of Henderson. N. @. For sale
y Matthaei's Pharmacy.