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The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Wronu Environment

Louis Evan Shipman, the novelist
and playwright, when in Philadelphis
fortnight ago, looking after his inter
ests in Actor Hackett's performances
Of "The Crisis told of an aged
negress who, visiting in a strange
town, strolled into a Episcopal church
that had a Strangers Welcome" pla
card displayed at the door. She was
a good Zionist, and very regular and
devout with regard to the services IN
her own church at home. The respon
sive reading and the frequent "Amens"
interested her and, in time, made her
very fervid and she began to punctu
ate the service with lusty "Hallelu
jahs." She attracted attention, and
finally was approached by the sexton
who said:
Madam, you cannot carry on that
way here"
But Use got religionl" she explain
ed, ecstatically.
That may be So" answered the
sexton, "but madam, this is no place
to show It."
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Repair Earth Roads Promptly.

1t Is more convenient to look aftel
earth roads in spring and fall but do
not allow them to take care of them
selves for the remainder Of the year
The greatest common road need in the
United States is frequent inspection
II this is given daily no extensive re
pairs will be necessary, and instead OF
a road becoming worse it will improve
from day to day.
The road should be carefully leveled
at all times with drag, smoothing
harrow or any instrument that will fil
up the ruts, level down elevations and
keep the road so that water will run
Off readily as soon as it falls. The
best method Of doing this must be de.
cided upon by each locality. In some
places the road grader is used with
the best of results. The great diff
Guilty has been that sufficient road
graders are not available to keep all
the roads in any particular section in
the best OF condition. Drags so con.
structed as to level the road and draw
the earth near the middle are very sat.
isfactory and are not at all expensive.
Any farmer can make them for him
self.
1t is very important to prevent water
standing on the surface, but it is
equally important to see that 1t is also
removed from bitches alongside the
road. This can sometimes be accom-
plished by having good open drains.
but in most cases these should be sup
plemented by tile. Just where to place
the tile is frequently problem. In
the comparatively level sections of the
Central West tile in the bottom Of
the ditch at either side of the road Is
probably all that is necessary.
If land inclnes to wash badly this
tile should not be placed in the bottom
Of the ditch, for it will soon become un.
covered and ineffective Place it either
nearer the road or between the ditch
and the road fence. The depth for the
tile and the size to be used will all de-
pend upon the amount Of water to be
removed. the character of the soil, etc.
Where the tile is very carefully laid
one inch of fall to the 100 feet is suffi.
Client,
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
:. M. scHwAH FAILED ONCE
He Tried to Be Horseshoer, bu. the

He Tried to Be Horseshoer, but the
Horse Objected and He Quit.
Even a great man has to choose HE
trade. He can't succeed at any old
thing" horseshoer told an outsider
at the recent Philadelphia convention
of the trade. "A genius in the iron
trade once tried mine and gave it up
after one attempt,
you've heard of Charles M
Schwab, the steel magnate who lie
building a palace for himself in New
York with few Of his millions. Well,
he tried to shoe a horse once and
couldn't do II.
1t was when he was young man
Just about old enough to earn his Own
living. He used to take his fathers
horse to the shop Of Pat Moran, the
horseshoer In Loretto village, to be
shod.
Time and time again he asked Pat
ID let him nail on shoe. He seemed
20 like the business.
Ah, g'wan,' Pat would tell him
Yer can't shoe yerselt. Yer daddy has
to do it fer yer
But young Schwab stuck to II and
nnally one day the smith let him try
IT, And he bungled 1t so that after 8
while the patient horse landed out
with his foot and away went the
yonngster to the other side OF the
smithy.
guess l can never learn horse
snoeing,' he said when he picked him.
self up.
He neve- tried again, but took UP
9 trade OF which he could make him
self the master
He calls TO see Moran whenever
he goes home to Loretto now, and
they talk about how a promising re
cruit to the trade gave it up.
Well, he couldn't shoe a horse
whatever else he's able to do the
blacksmith says when he hears about
another Of Mr.. Schwab's successes.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Moorish Inaqery.

The specimen below in the Moorish
epistolary style, which comes from
Mr.. Budget Meakin's recent book,
"The Moors," and is merely an invita-.
ton to dinner, is calculated to make
the imaginative resources of our en-,
tertainers, who write on a visiting
card, Come and dine" look small
indeed.
ITO my gracious master, my re.
spected lord;
This evening. please God, when
the king Of the army of stars. the sun
OF the worlds. will turn toward the
realm Of shades and place his foot IN
the stirrup Of speed, thou art besought
to tighten us with the dazzling rays OF
thy face. rivalled only by the sun. Thy
arrival, like a spring breeze. will dis
sipate the dark night Of solitude and
isolation"
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
PEARL d ID ElsAERIEs ;+i-L: EAILINc.
Comparatively Few Claims Are Left in the
Mississippi Sand Bars.

Misstssippi sand Bars.
Pearl bearing clans are disappearing
rom the sandbars Of Arkansas aud
The Mississippi River at rate that
threatens to make the species extinct
IN less than two years. The beginning
If the end has commenced, and unless
new fields are discovered soon the
pearl-fshing industry Of the United
States will be a thing Of the past
The reasons for this are manifold.
OF late years the demands on the clam
have been more than it could stand.
N addition to it's 'prize-package' man
1er of yielding up pearls, the shell OF
the bivalve itself is of value During
.he past year twenty-five factories for
he conversion of clam shells into pearl
buttons have been erected at Musca
tine, Iowa. This now makes fifty-five
in this one town alone, in which the
clam shell Is made into articles of com.
mercial value.
Early in the year shiploads of clam
shells began to be exported, and this
has been the means of disposlng Of
whatever surplus yield there might
be, and has also raised the price so that
pearl fishers are no longer able to grap-
Pile all day for nothing in the hope Of
bringing up a prize bivalve. These
shells bring from S12 to S15 a ton,
and can readily be sold to barges in
which they are taken from the pearl
dshing regions to the factories.
Two years ago the Black River in
Arkansas was the greatest pearl-yield.
ing river in the United States, but its
thirty miles of sandbars were worked
by such an Industrious gang Of for
tune hunters that nearly every clam
was removed from its bottom in less
than nine months. Flushed with their
success, these hunters then swarmed
out on the Mississippi. In this river
the pearls are scare and not so valua.
BILE, and not much was done in the
way Of getting rich until very valua-
BILE pearl field was found in the White
River. in Arkansas.
Thither hurried the pearl fishers. All
the past season they have been
graphing for clans there, until now,
as the season closes, few clans are left
on the sandbars. A few months or six
weeks more on this river will clean
II out entirely and perhaps forever, Of
pearl-bearlng bivalves.
The most promising field is the Cum.
berland River, in Kentucky. Here the
pearls are very valuable, but very
scarce, and 1t is doubtful if 1t will be
worked to any great extent. When
this river is dragged clean, whatever
domestic pearls there are left must
come from the Mississippi, and these
are so poor and so scarce that fishing
for them can hardly be called an in.
dusty.
The Arkansas pearls have been of a
particularly fine quality some of them
far excelling the Oriental pearl, and
pearl dealers in the United States, un.
til they saw the beginning of the end,
have been happy. Now, however, In
view OF the fact that pearls are rapidly
becoming more popular, and promise in
the future to be the rival of the dla-
mond, jewellers will be much affected
when the domestic pearl has become
rare article.-Chicago Inter-Ocean.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Animal Instinct I'm Winter,

With many forms Of life the read
Iness for winter is not to secure place
to protect them from cold or even from
freezing, but the security against sud,
den changes of conditions and of TEN.
perature. 1t is a protection in some
cases similar to that of plants on the
lawn that were covered with straw by
the gardener when he made ready for
winter. In some places of the kind,
for instance in the squirrels nest, the?e
Is undoubtedly real animal warmth
and cozlness. Fish seek the deepest
parts of pools, where the temperature
of the water is very near freezing, and
where 1t remains very near this point
until springs-St. Nicholas,
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Time Tables a. a.orraphlss.

II never realized the value of time
tables until / got hold of q class Of
boys old enough to take an interest In
geography" said a New York public
school teacher. $50 far as the study
Of maps goes 1 can get better results
from the use Of time tables than from
all the Biographies In the market.
Maps that have been prepared for the
purpose of cultivatlng the youthful
mind in the matter Of locality are
Stunned as bugbears by all but the
studlous few. But just set a dozen
boys around pile Of time tables and
tell them to locate certain cities, lakes
and rivers, and they will work like
beavers and come out letter-perfect
every time. For most children time
tables and accompanying maps are
source Of unfaillng interest both in and
out OF school hours. 1t is true that
thls unorthodox method may give the
boys exaggerated ideas as to the i'm.
portance Of certain railroads, but they
seem to get enough good out of the in.
vestigation to counteract such impres.
si0ns. New York Times.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20

Il
load of logs is in vogue in
some districts of Vermont and New
Hampshire, where the international
Paper Company, through its agent,
Charles III. Green, is carrying on oper-
ations for pulp wood In the summer
the location of the road Is selected,
care being taken that it shall be en-
tirely down grade, and this site is
cleared and graded. AS soon as snow
comes the road is scraped after which
a sprinkler is run over It and the entire
mass allowed to freeze, making solid
mass of ice. The road is then divided
into sections of about half a mile
each, and each section is given in
charge of man, whose duty it is to
keep it in repair.
To keep the load from running onto
the horses hay is sprinkled in the road,
and to such an extent that the horses
are obliged to pull, even on the steep.
est grades. Gravel has been used for
this purpose, but It was found to wear
out the runners. Now cheap fat grass
hay is used. The hay is raked every
night and scattered freshly every
morning. If there has been snow dur.
ing the night the section man must
scrape II all off before putting on the
hay, and repair all damage done the
day previous.
As the first load comes down in the
morning the section man is at the up.
per end of his beat, and rides down,
| looking out for places where the horses
are crowded or where there is too
much hay. The least humping or shak'
ing shows a defect in the road which
must be remedied at once. All manure
is Immediately removed. Most Of these
roads have "go-back road" in con-
necti6n. When the ice Is off a good
carriage roads remains for use during
the summer.
The cost Of making and keeping the
road is of course large. In one instance
at Granville, VT, $500 was expended
on two and half miles of road. On
the other hand there is great saving.
Previous to making these roads Mr..
Green paid fifty cents per 1000 feet of
logs per mile for hauling. The average
price is now seventeen to twenty cents
1000 feet per mile. The heaviest load
carried this year was on this Granville
road, when a span of horses drew a
sled loaded with nearly seven cords OF
logs, n weight of 10000 pounds. The
heaviest load ever drawn by two horses
was at Waterville, N. H., where for
two and half miles load was moved
which after saving measured thirteen
cords, lit feet, only fraction less
than two carloads. This load was
viewed by about 200 people. Where
short logs are carried narrow sleds are
used, but where the logs are long 1t Is
found necessary to have wide sleds
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Rain Water Good, II You Like O..

"When a man gets used to drinking
rain water" said Mr. N. d. Mcdonald,
of New Orleans, to the Washington
Post, there is no other water in the
world that tastes so good. Most OF
the people in New orleans have els
terms in their yards which hold an
abundant supply of water caught from
the clouds-the purest and best in the
world, according to my notion. The
winter rainfall alone is used, the sum
mer catch not being desirable. 1t is
somewhat curious that in northern lat
itudes the cistern water does not keep
wholesome and sweet as it does in our
country"
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Ancient BraceIots Found.

-Four magnificent bracelets belong.
Ing to the Queen of King Ter, who
reigned nearly 5000 B. c., We're among
the discoveries made by Professor
Petrie while excavating at Abydos,
Egypt. The workmanship of these
is most ingenious and delicate. The
finest bracelet is formed of alternating
plaques Of gold and turquoise, each
surmounted with the royal hawk and
paneled to initiate the front Of the
tomb or palace. This bracelet consists
Of thirteen gold and fourteen turquoise
plaques In the form of facade, where.
upon was inscribed the name of the
q cen. The gold was worked by chisel
and furnishing. The second bracelet
had a centre piece Of gold, with anne
thyst and turquoise heads and bands Of
braided gold wire. The fastening of
the bracelet was by loops and button
Of a hollow ball Of gold, with a shank
OF gold wire fastened In It, The third
bracelet is of spiral beads of gold and
lazuli in three groups. Making the
fourth bracelet are four groups of
hOur-glass beads, amethyst between
gold. with connections of gold and tur.
quoise.- cleveland Plain Dealer.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
THE cATAcoMss OF ROME.
Important Historical Discoveries Be-
Ing Made There.

Important Historical Discoveries Be-
Ing Made There.
Discoveries of the first Importance
TO the students OF the evidences Of
Christianity and to archiaeologists are
confidently looked for from the con.
tinued exploration of the Catacombs
of Rome. OF the forty-five cemeteries
known to have existed, only five have
been made accessible to visitors. The
principal catacombs, those on the Ap
pia, Nom entana, Salaria and Ardea
tina, although open, are not yet thor
oughly explored. The soil being of vol
canic origin, is too soft to be utilized
for building purposes. but 1t is OF SUI.
ncient consistency to enable excava
tions to be prosecuted without the aid
Of supports. Until the ninth century
the catacombs were places of pilgrim
age, but from then until the nine
teenth they we're neglected. The en-
frances became blocked and almost
all the sites we're lost sight Of. II 10
computed that fully 100000 OF bodies
lie buried In the Roman catacombs, OF
more than double the, number that are
inferred in the catacombs Of Paris
The most ancient Of all known cata
combs are those OF the Thebap kings
which are over 1000 years old.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
How The Twelve Apostles Died.

f1OW eHS iWeNu FNPS~hSS S'ous
According to the traditions Of the
church, Andrew suffered martrydom
on a cross Of the form known as st
Andrews cross; Bartholomew was
crucihed; James, the elder, was be
headed; James, the brother Of ou,
Lord, was probably stoned to death
Matthew died natural death; PhiliI
died a violent death, but by what
mode is uncertain; st. Peter was
crucihed; Jude probably suffered mar
tyrdom in Persia; John, the beloved
lived to be about 100 years old; Simon
Zelotes was cruci6ed at 12s years old
Thomas was put to death in India,
and Judas hung himself.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
WRaif,, Fnr Will TnrLeva.

Wild turkeys are still quite plentiful
In some portions of North Carolina,
as they are also In Arkansas Texas,
Indian Territory, Oklahoma and South.
ern Missouri, says the American Field,
but just how long they will be plenti
full in any Of these States is question,
If the States possess Gil McDufie,
as does North Carolina, who, II is said,
only a short time since killed seven
turkeys at one shot. 1t is claimed
that McDuffie has killed 1900 wild tur-
keys and 700 deer In his time, besides
countless numbers of smaller game.
The way he makes his war on turkeys
is by batting" He finds land which
flock of turkeys use and he lays a
train of corn to locality where he can
arrange good blind. The blind is
made and corn is put out In good guam.
tity for the turkeys not far away, he
being careful to place the corn in such
shape that when the turkeys feed
upon 1t they will be well punched. He
then secretes himself in his blind and
lies in wait for the turkeys. When
they come and get punched up over the
quart or two of corn, he turns loose
with a shotgun, and the slaughter IL
tremendous.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Do Fishes Hear9

Did any one ever see fishs ears
Do fishes have ears2 1t has been pret.
ty well proven that they hear. Sci
entists have made up a list of about
100 fishes that make sounds. Why
should they make sounds unless they
expect to be heard? The drum drums.
The puffer croaks. Even the weakfish
complains with an internal voice when
the cruel fisherman leaves 1t to die
In the bottom of the boat. Possibly
fishes hear through their teeth.--New
York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
sxmnathE Amona PoIsa,

A Polish noblsman and his wife. bO.
ing brought UP for some political Of
tense. arrived at the spa Of rapport,
having their heads shaved, according
to the Russian custom In some trials.
Next day all the Poles at the place.
both men and women, had the same
operation performed ON their own
heads as a mark Of sympathy.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
Husba band's Mssn Trick.

A Brooklyn man had a spAt with his
wife, and she deserted him. He offered
reward OF ten cents for information
regarding her whereabouts. The small
reward made her indignant, and she
ITeturned two days later to renew the
\pat. and have 1t out win the mean
blow"
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
instructions I, susserIss,s.

instructions 4 Subscriber.
PosTA0K-The postage to all parts Of the
wnited States and Canada 10 paid by the
)Nblishers.
RFMrTANors OF small sums may be made
ftth comparative safety In ordinary letter.
bunna OF one dollar or more must be sent by
registered letter or post-Off1ce mon y order
stherwise, We cannot be responsible for same
OHAxaE on ADDRnss--5ubscriDer wishing
lheir address changed must invariably give
heir former as web as new address.
MIssINo NuMBERs--It occasionally hxppenr
mat numbers Of our paper sent to subs criberB
ere lost or stolen in the malls. In case you
N not receive suy number whom due, write
10 postal card, and we will oheerfully fur
hisE duplicate OF the missing number.
Msxv IMPORTANT or ALn--rn every letter
khat yoU write us, never fail 70 give your FULL
address plainly written. name, post-onaoe.
Vounty and State.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20

Recently John H. Tudor, a well.
known citizen of Lexington. KY, went
squirrel hunting a few miles from
the city. He bagged number of
squirrels, but in the "bagging" lost a
watch. He was puzzled over it until
he recollected dream that his watch
was in a certain spot near where he
had hunted. He rubbed his eyes and
announced to his family: Some folks
don't believe in dreams, and others
believe they go by contrary. don't.
l know that watch is there" He went
where the dream had directed him to
CO. and found his watch. 1t was hang.
ing TO twig Of tree. He had shot
a squirrel in that tree, and as The
squirrel had lodged in the tree he
went up 1t and got his victim. In
descending his watch had been torn
from his pocket
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20

In an experiment whose purpose was
to trace the stages of development of
baby's mind, the infant was placed
before a mirror daily. During the
earliest stage of the test, he simply
looked at his reflection, as birds do.
He next showed fear of it, as do many
of the higher animals. He then
grasped at it with his hands, as cats
strike at reflections with their paws.
Later he looked behind the glass TO
find the object as cats and monkeys
have been known to do. But on the
420th day of his life he deliberately
turned the glass at different angles to
obtain the required reflections, an in.
telllgence not possessed by any animal
other than man.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20

Wing Brothers. prominent farmers
residing southwest of Marysvllle, Ohio,
claim to be the champion ralscrs or
pumpkins ia the State. They recently
placed on exhibition one that tipped
the scales at seyenty-two and half
pounds. This pumpkin, made into
pies, counting four pies to the pound
and selling for twenty cents each,
would be worth $3.50.
Mexico has a clever bird called the
mala narpes, which has discovered a
new use for the telegraph pole. At
the foot of the post this bird makes
large hole, in which it rears its
family; somewhat higher up the post
It makes an observatory, from which
bored holes permit it to observe the
horizon in every drection still higher
this sagacious bird makes its store
house, and thus the pole serves as its
home, fortress and warehouse.
According to the native papers, says
a Toxic (Japan) dispatch to the London
Daily Mail, a host Of large butterflies,
numbering about $4,000, entered a
house and huttered round an electric
light in the parlor. The occupant of
the house was frightened and ordered
his servants to burn a fire in the street.
The butterflies swarmed TO the fire.
and many of them were burned to
death. But the survivors gathered
round the lantern at the door of
"soba" house, and afterwards charged
the lamp of police box in the neigh
borhood but finally all perished.
Natures electricity is eXemplified
by a peculiar tree in the forests OF
Central India, which has most curious
characteristics. The leaves Of the tree
are of highly sensitive nature, and
so full of electricity that whoever
touches one of them receives an elec.
trlc shock. 1t has very singular
effect upon a magnetic needle, and
will influence it at distance of even
seventy feet. The electrical strength
of the tree varies according TO the
time Of day, 1t being strongest at mid.
day and weakest at midnight In wet
weather it's power disappears alto.
gether. Birds never approach the tree,
nor have insects ever been seen upon
T.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-20
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