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The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
THE LlcHTEsr OF WOODS.
considerably Lighter Than Cork and
Found In Missouri.


Deep in the bogs and swamps of
Southeastern Missouri, in Dunklin and
Butler counties, where the land is
never dry and water from one to six
feet deep stands perpetually in the for.
asts, there grows rare and curious
tree. The natives know it as the cork
wood, or cork, tree. Science has given
1t longer name, says the Kansas City
Star, the Leitneria foridana; loridana
because it was first discovered in Flor.
ida along the coast, from which it has
long since been washed away. Some
meagre specimens of it, two to six feet
high, are still found in the swamp near
Appalachicola, Fla, and a few neat
Warner, Ark, but in both these places
It is exceedingly limited in numbers, an
occasional specimen being found, and
hardly rises to the dignity Of a tree.
Only in Southeast Missouri, where it
reaches 4 height of fifteen to twenty
feet and a diameter of two to five
inches, is it really a tree.
What makes the corkwood so re-
markable is its exceeding lightness.
Beyond a doubt it is, as Mr.. William
Trelease, of the Missouri Botanical
Garden, has shown, the lightest tree in
weight that grows. It's wood weighs
less than cork. 1t Is so light that the
natives use it to make floats for their
fishing nets. And yet it's wood, though
so spongy that one may easily sink
ones finger nail into 1t, is far tougher
than cork The specific gravity of
corkwood, as learned from careful
tests made by Professor Nipher in st.
Louis, is .207. The roots are even
lighter than the stem; test showed
them to have the astonishingly low
specific gravity Of 10.
A further idea of the lightness of
the corkwood may be gained by COM
parison with other woods. The great
majority of woods range from 400 to
800. Cork itself is .240. The tree that
approaches closest to the corkwood in
lightness is the golden fir tree, which
grows in the swamps around Tampa
Bay and along the Indian River, Flor
ida. Its specific gravity, according to
Sargent, is .2616. In comparison with
the corkwood, which is the llghtest
wood with its specific gravity of 207.
may be placed the heaviest wood
known, the black lronwood Of Florida,
whose specific gravity is 1902.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
THE vEsrMgNr OF MATURITY.

As the years roll on,
And reach the meridian of my pilgrimage
Lo, how my views change!
l become daily more tolerant.
MY vista widens.
My prospective deepens.
In place of the narrow prejudices
OF impulsive youth,
find large spirit of indulgence
For all the weaknesses of humanity.
Nor do lose--and this to me
Is dearest of all and most grateful a.
Tl1 high ideals, I'M
Which, then a spur, aF'
Are now become merely the reins
To check my wayward fancy from straying
From the safe highway
10 the Turing, fower-strewn meads
Which skirt its either side.
And too,
This larger tolerance brings to me-
] know not how
A serene habit Of mind,
Which like a vestment warns me
To feelings of rarest kindliness
For all my fellows OF mankind.
Whence comes itAths welcome mantle?
And how, thus ear,yg
For had always thought
1t was a cloak enyeloping old age alone,
And lending it
The dignity and state,iness
That comes to years WV"
Wker life hath been well spent?
j. W. Schwartz, in the New York Sun.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
The Youthful Conscience.

One day, says a writer in the Boston
Transcript, the mother Of a ten-year.
old boy gave him two slices Of but,
tered bread, telling him to give ono
of them to his little sister. He carried
out the order. That night when he
went to bed he was evidently disturbed
in his mind and remOrseful about
something, and his mother questioned
him in way to bring out the truth.
II wasn't nice to Peggy about that
bread and butter" he owned. "WhyY'
asked his mother; "did you take tho
bigger piece?" mo" he answered.
Hers was little bigger than my
piece was, but mine was a good deal
buttererw
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
a Puzzle For Librarians.

The accumulation Of books and news.
papers even in comparatively small
libraries is enormous. A library like
the British Museum or the Library of
Congress must, by Its very constitu-
tion, seek to be complete, and COM
pleteness in n city library involves
excessive rent charges for storage.
For large libraries, as for small, the
pressing question is not what to buy
what to preserve.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Easy For Burglars.

When burglar wants to break into
Peruvian house he takes a sponge
and a bucket of water and mostens
the walls, which are covered with only
thin coating Of mud, and easily dis
solve upon this application Of moisture
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
rbe Largest University,

The University of Calcutta is said TO
be the largest educational corporation
in the world. Every year it examines
over 10000 students.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
A Graat Miatatra

A mans greatest mistake is made
when he thinks his work will be done
as soon as his present task is finished
New York News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

In former days many titled womeL
not only gambled, but kept gambling
houses. In 1745 the Baroness Mording-
ton, who kept one of these establish
ments in London, appealed to the Brit
ish House of Lords on the plea Of her
peerage TO protect her from the intru-
sion of the law officers. The Lords de-
cided that no person is entitled to
privilege of peerage against any prose
cution for keeping a gaming house.
Perhaps the most notorious gamestress,
however, was the Countess Of Buck
inghamshire, who in 1897 was fined
$3.50 for gaming, while the man who
kept the faro table for her was fined
$1,000. An extraordinary series Of
thefts was perpetrated at the house of
this distinguished culprit, and the ruin
Of many men was traceable to her es-
tablishment
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
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Nv CURIOUS ~, j
E,'N FACTS ~

The latest astronomical photograph,
prepared by the joint eXertions Of the
obseryatorles of London, Berlin and
Paris, shows GS,O0O,O00 stars.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

Next to gambling the Eskimo meL
like to wrestle. The usual way Of do
ing this is a test rather Of strength
than skill. The wrestlers sit down on
the floor, or in any convenient place,
side by side, and face in opposite di-
rections, say with right elbows touch
ing Then they lock arms and each
strives to straighten out the others
arms.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Citizens Northwest Suburban
Association.
Meetings are held tho First FRI
day Evening in Each Month in
the Town Ball, Tenleytown, DC.
OFFICERS;

President, Chas. G. Lancaster 1st
Vice President, Jas. L. Tate; End Vice.
President, Col. Robert LcFleming; 3rd
Vice. President, A. E. Shoemaker; 4th
Vice President, DR.. A. NJ. Ray; 9th Vice
President, Prof. Louis L. Hooper; Sccre.
tary, DR.. j. w, Chappel; Treasurer,
Chas. r, Morgan; Sergeant-at- Arms,
Andrew J. Berga; Chairman Executive
Committee, Louis 2. Shoemaker
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

1t seems incredible but it is never
theless a fact. that as late as the year
1914 an old woman named Bessie Mil
lie, of Pomona, in the Orkney Islands,
sold favorable winds to seamen at the
small price of six pence a vessel. For
many years witches were supposed TO
sell the wind. The Finlanders and
Laplanders made quite trade by sell
ing winds The old woman, after be-
ing we'll paid by the credulous sailors,
used to knit three magical knots; the
buyer was told that he would have a
good gale when he united the first
knot the second knot would bring a
strong wind, and the third a severe
tempest. At one time winds were sold
at Mont st. Michael, in Normandy, and
arrows We're sold at the same time to
charm away bad storms,
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
LarIs For the London Market.

About 100000 larks a year are sent
from the continent to the London
markets.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
BrightWOOd Avenue Citizens
Association.
Meetings are Held the second FRI
day Evening In Each Month In
RriRhtwOod Hall.
OFFICERS:

President, Louis P. Shoemaker; 1st
Vice President, Wilton ]. Lambert; I'd
Vice President, N. Z. Robinson; a.
Vice-President, Thomas Blagden; 4tA
Viee-President, DIR. Henry Darling;
Secretary, John @. Keene; Treasurer,
n. E. Robinson.
p65~ Total Membership about 200.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

The University Of Athens is very o'n.
1t is conducted on the German plan;
most of the professors are graduates of
German universities and the German
language is heard about the building
more frequently than any other except
Greek. The institution has large
amount of property and several of the
chairs have been handsomely endowed
by private individuals.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02

From the Philippines some curious
letters have been received by the
friends of our soldiers fighting in those
Islands. One of the most ingenious
was a piece of native bamboo, about a
foot long, on which an address had
been carved with a penknife. The
letter was held inside this hollow tube
and held there by wooden pins at each
end. The writer explained that he had
found it impossible to sc, an envelope
or to find any gum to make one, so had
recourse to this eXpedient.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-02
Brightw0Od Park Citizens
Association.
Meetings are held the Third
Tuesday Evening In each mouth
in Thomas Hall.
OFFICERS:

President, w. Nick. Clayton; Vice.
President, Chas. w. Parker; Secretary,
Frank j. Metcalf; Treasurer, w. s.
Detwilor.
a4~ Total membership about 70.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
yaIuableMcd;Cine for Coughs and Colds in
 Children.

"I have not the slightest hesi- tancy in recommending Cham berlain's Cough Remedy to all who are suffering from coughs or colds" says Chas. M. Cramer, Esq, a we'll known watch maker of Colombo, Ceylon. "It has been some two years since the city dispensary first called my attention to this valuable medi- cine and l have repeatedly used it and it has always been benef cial. It has cured me quickly of all chest colds. It is especially effective for children and seldom takes more than one bottle to cure them of hoarseness. Ihave persuaded many to try this valu- able medicine, and they are all as we'll pleased as myself over the results. For sale at Cot. ter's drug store.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

in so extensive way as Is prom ised this year.
 Friday, with this peerless fo- ral parade, will perhaps be the day which will create the most lasting impression on the East, ern visitors to whom this lavish use of flowers is a constant source of wonderment. Such q parade is of almost priceless value as an advertisement of Southern California.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
FIESTA FLORAL PARADE.

The floral parade for this years Fiesta at Los Angeles will be given on Friday, May 2d, and will include the Chinese display as we'll. The late rains insure a repetition of the marvellous dis play which was made last year. In addition, many innovations are promised and there is a wider cooperation among the societies and organizations than ever.
 Applications for entry have already been received from most of the organizations in Los An geles, among others the Ebell Society, Friday morning Club, Ruskin Art Club, Wednesday Morning Club, Y. M. C. A., the Los Angeles ParlOr and Esper- dIlXd [ dIIOI OI GIIG ANStCAN O Daughters and Ramona Parlor of the Native Sons. Each of these organizations will be rep resented by some characteristic display.
 The floral parade also has the hearty cooperation of the pub lie bodies, many of which have already appropriated money lib erally for bringing together their display. Among these bodies might be mentioned the Los An geles Park Commissioners, Fire Department and Chamber of Commerce. All of these organ izations have contributed to former floral parades, but never
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS.

Little Tommie had been put to bed alone. It was upstairs, and the thunder rolled and lightning flashed unmercifully. He lay quietly until he could no longer stand it, and then his little night gowned figure appeared at the head of the stairs.
 "Ma !" he cried.
 "Yes, my son." came the calm reioinder.
 "I'm afraid, ma. It thunders so, and I'm all alone" /"
 eco back to bed, Tommie, " came his mothers voice. Don't you know nothing can hurt you?"
 Tommie went back to bed, but not to stay.
 "Ma!" he cried again, and this time the little figure was half way downstairs.
 "Tommle," called his mother, "don't you know nothing can hurt you, God is always with you?"
 "Then, ma," and this time there was an audible sniff from the weeping Tommie, "you come up and sleep with God and let me sleep with pa. - Katherine Louse Smith, in Lippincott's Magazine.
 The largest pair of steer horns ever seen, measuring ten feet from tip to tip, were sent re- gently to Chicago dealer from South America. The large horned cattle of America are fast disappearing, owing to the use of pure bred sires, having small or no horns at all and whose progeny can be shipped more easily and safely.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

Fred Bauer an employe of the Washoe shelter of the Anaconda Company, Anaconda, Montana, while in a fit of jealousy, shot his wife and put a bullet through his own brain. Bauer died al- most instantly and his wife is now at the hospital under the care of physicians, who state that she has no chance of re- ov cry.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
Notice for Publication Homestead Entry No. 261O. Department of the Interior,
 Land Office at Tucson, Arizona,


 April l, 1902. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has fled notice of his inten- ton to make final proof in support of his claim. and that said proof will be made before the Clerk of the District Court at Yuma, Arizo- na on Saturday May 17. 1902, viz: John " Taggart, of Yuma, Arizona, for the S. K. Il Sec. IS, T. 9 S., R. g w, G. & s. R. B. & M.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land. viz;
 John C. Dewitt and Thomas l.. Despair of Yuma. Arizona. and John l, TOler and Edward L. Crane of SomertOn. Arizona.
 MILTON R. MOORE. Register First publication April , laG3
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

The New York Journal has a battery of sixty three linotypes, and is said to have the largest number of any newspaper in the world.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION
 OF THE Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Company

Know All Men by These Presents: That we. the undersigned, hereby associate our selves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the territory of Arizona, and do hereby make, sign and ac- knowledge the following articles of lncorpor- ation:
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

Fourth.-The time of the commencement of this corporation shall be the date of the filing of these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of Arizona, and the termina- ton shall be fifty years thereafter.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
ARTICLE II.


 Second.-That the general nature of the business to be transacted by said corporation is to acquire and hold by purchase, lease CT otherwise, or to sell, copper, gold, silver and lead mines, claims or mineral lands or pros poets and any other kind or character of mines, claims or lands of whatsoever charac- ter, and any land supposed to contain any mineral of any kind or character, and to ac- quire by purchase mill sites and smelter sites and any other land desired by sai corpora tion for building or storage purposes or road ways. To acquire by purchase or cOnstruc- tion or otherwise, and the right to operate wagon roads, railroads, telephone and tele- graph lines and electric lines or any other means of transportation or communication; to produce, use and sell electricity; to develop water, oil petroleum, gas and asphaltum, to buy and sell water, oil petroleum, gas and asphaltum, to build pipe lines, water ways and fumes and to op- crate water powers. To construct and operate mining machinery and oil refineries on mines or elsewhere. To construct and op- crate mills and other mac hinery for extract ting metal from ore. To erect and construct and operate cyanide plants, to cons truct and erect smelters, smelting and refining plants and to operate the same; to build warehouses and other houses and to control them and use them. To eXtractany and all kinds of min- erals or metals; to purchase or sell all kinds of Ores minerals or metals; to extract miner als or metals for other parties and they to Day for the same by the ton or otherwise, as may be agreed upon; to borrow or loan money give or receive mortgages, bonds or other legal securities; to buy and sell stock of other corporations, and generally to do and per form any and all business which individuals or natural persons may lawfully associate themselves together to perform.
 IT.
 Third-The authorized amount of capital stock ofthis corporation shall be one million dollars (SI, ,O00,OO0) divided into one million shares of the par value of one dollar (SI.O0> per share At such time as the board of di- rectors may by resolution direct said capital stock shall be paid into the corporation either in cash or by the sale and transfer to it of real or personal property for the uses and purposes ot said corporation, in payment for which shares of the capital stock of said cor pOration noay he issued, and tbp capital stock
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
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The name of the incorporation so formed is the Mesquite Gold and Copper Mining Com pany, and the names of the incOrporators are D. A. Moore, F.. B. Moore, Thomas Wood, F. l.. Wood, NJ. H. Richards and T. w. T. Rich ards. The principal place of business is and shall be Yuma, in the county of Yuma, terri tory of Arizona. The corporation may also have branch offices at Los Angeles, Caiifor- mia, and in New York City, and in such other places as the board of directors may deter mine, where meetings of the stockholders and the board of directors may be held and the business of the corporation carried on in accordance with the laws of Arizona with the same effect as ifheld, done and performed at Yuma, Arizona.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
YUMA. ARIZONA. WEDNESDAY,. APRIL 3O 1902.

so issued shall thereupon and thereby be- come and be fully paid up and dnOn-assessable.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

POSTOE'F1CE HOURS: Mail open on Sundays from to Q G. n. Week days. a. n. to 6 p. m- No Money Order business on Sundays. Mail (East and West) closes every day at p. m.
 R. H. Chandler, P. NJ.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
ARTICLE III.

The authorized capital stock of this corpOr- atiOn shall be Five Hundred Thousand Dol lars (S500000.00), divided into Fifty Million
 (50,000000) shares of the par value of One Cent (lc) each. Said capital stock shall be paid into this corporation either in cash or by the sale aud transfer tO il of reit or per
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

Eighth-The stockholders of this corpora tion and their private property shall be ex- empt from liability for the corporation debts of this corporation and the capital stock shall be forever non-assessable.
 In witness whereof. we have hereunto set our hands and seals this eleventh day of No \ n ICOl
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30
ARTICLE ".

The time of the commencement of this cor poration shall be the date of the filing Cf these articles of incorporation in the office of the Secretary of the Territory of Arizona, and the termination thereof shall be twenty five years thereafter, with the privilege of a renewal of the said term for an additional pe- riod of twenty-five years, should the corpora- ton by proper reSt lution so decide.
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

Know all men by these Presents that we, the undersigned, are citizens of the United States of America, and do hereby associate ourselves together for the purpose of forming a corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona, and to that end adopt the follow ing articles of incorporation, to wit:
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

Thn "Royal Baker and Pastry Cook most practical and valuable of cook books - free to every patron. Send full address by postal card
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

The highest amount of indebtedness or lia bility, direct or indirect, or contingent to which this corporation shall subject itself, shall be fifty thousand dollars (S50,000).
The Arizona sentinel., 1902-04-30

There are cheap baking powders. made from alum, bat they are ex- ceedingly harmful to health. Their astringent and cauterizing qualities add dangerous element u food.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-27
J.. l.. Daus Returning.

The Signal is pleased to be able to
announce that Daus, the soda water
manufactures, will return to Weiser
from Baker City at once and in the
first week of April be ready to sup
ply the trade with the best and most
varied line of products that can en-
anate from modern soda works
His old patrons are invited to hold
their orders for him, and are guar
anteed the same liberal treatment
gwen them by him in the past 30
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-27
LOCAL NEWS.

The Seven Devils Miner will soon
move from DEBORAH to Council.
Harvey Harris is now in charge of
the steam laundry S delivery wagon.
A girl baby was born last Thurs
day to Mr. and Mrs. John Burns at
their home near this city.
R. S. Hawke has moved down
from Mann creek to the Shearer
ranch.
Curtis Burley, for long time en-
ployed at the Idanha Hotel in Boise,
is again making Welser his home.
J. G. Bray is grubbing out lotot
the prune trees on his 12-acre tract
of the Hart orchard, which he will re-
place with apples.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. l.. Daus will again
make their home in Weiser after
brief sojourn in Baker. The Signal,
in common with the people of Welser,
is glad to see them return
1 K, Waite has been employed as
ditchtender for the Second Extension
Ditch Company The First and Sec
oud Extension Companies are now at
work cleaning and charging their
canals
E. w. Bowman, proprietor of the
Ideal restaurant, lost a brother by
death in Salt Lake a short time ago.
The young man had been with him
here, but was sent to that city fol
treatment for lung trouble.
The P. & 1. N. Ry. Co. is plac
ing large culvert under its tracks
at the place where the washouts oc
Cured during the recent Monroe creel
overflow. This will prevent any posi-
BILE repetition of that disaster.
August. Brockman's 15-acre or
chard of apples will bear this yea
for the first time, being five years old
He is so pleased with the prospec
that he will enlarge his orchard as rap
idly as he can. A new spraying
pump has recently been purchased b.
him.
The burglary case against Joe Yor
and Rem Walp was dropped last wee
on account of defect In the indict
ment, it failing to allege in wha
state the offense was committed
As they had been placed in leopard
on that charge, the prosecuting al
torney was forced to file complain
for petit larceny. On this they ar
held by $500 bail to appear for tris
at the next term of the district court
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-03-27
Dickerson-Hale Wedding,

Last evening at seven o'clock a
pretty marriage ceremony was cele-
brated at the Baptist church in this
city, when Mr. Marshall S. Dickerson
and Miss w. Grace Hale were united
in wedlock. Rev. Delepine was the
officiating clergyman. Miss Edith
Smith acted as bridesmaid and Mr..
Sol Dickerson as groomsman. Misses
Addie Landson and Esther Harris
seated the audience of invited guests.
After hearty congratulations the
bridal party and guests repaired to
the home of the groom's parents a
short distance west of Weiser, where
a reception was held. The groom is
successful young stock grower, in
dustrious and with the best of hab-
it's. The bride is a tavorite with all
who have made her acquaintance
during her residence in Weiser.
Many choice presents were received
by the young couple, showing the
high esteem In which they are held.
The SIGNAL wishes them long
and happy married life, and an
abundance Of the choicest blessings.