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The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
EnrlIsh sparrows Are AIi,iudced.

A great deal of nonsense is talked
about sparrows driving away other
birds. Like the downtrodden Italian
and other peasants from the Old World
the sparrows are prepared to live here
where others would starve. They kill
no birds. We are too wont to attribute
the results Of our own misdeeds or
shortcomings-the barbarities Of milll
merry fashions, wanton slaughter mas.
querading as sport, the lack Of good
bird laws and the enforcing OF them
where such exist-to these trouble
some, noisy, quarrelsomo little feath.
cred gamins. Fitted to survive after
centuries Of competitive struggle, they
cannot be eXterminated AS well try
to eliminate that other triumphant Eu.
ropean immigrant, the daisy, from oui
felds.-Neltje Blanchan, in the Ladies'
Home Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
One Method of Advertising.

At popular sumner resort there was
quite a colony of Kentuckians last sum-
mer. One day the landlord was startl-
ed by the receipt of telegram from
Louisville as follows:
William Henry Robinson died last
night"
This was signed Harold Douglass
Robinson. The landlord, believing that
some Kentuckian of fame had just
died, had news announced in the local
paper, with black rules around the
announcement Then he began to ask
his guests who William Henry Robin.
son was. Nobody knew. After a
while it dawned on the landlord. Har-
old Douglass was young Louisville
man who had engaged a room. His
father had died, and Harold Douglass
took this method Of announcing that he
would not join the festive colony.
Harold Douglass in born advertiser.
louisville Courier-Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
AN UNFINISHED STORY.
A Point where in Telling 1t the Rev. Dr.
Barrows Always Stops.

A Point where in Telling 1t the Rev. Dr.
Barrows Always stops.
The Rev. DR.. John Henry Barrows,
president of Oberlin College, who for
merly preached to a Chicago Congre-
cation, tells a little story concerning
an experience of his own that may be
worth passing along. 1t was at the
time that DR. Barrows was making ar
rangements for the holding of the great
congress Of religions here. He had an
immense correspondence to take care
Of, and found it necessary to employ
a stenographer. The young lady was
pretty. 1t is not to be inferred that
there are any but pretty lady steno-
graphers, but the one employed by
DR.. Barrows was especially comely.
The doctor fitted up a workroom
on the third floor of his house, where
he and the stenographer toiled hard
day after day, undisturbed by callers
and well away from the noises of the
streets.
The work Of preparing for the con-
gress was still going forward on the
l4th of February, when the doctors lit.
tie son became excited over the send.
ing and receiving of-valentines. The boy
had been running about the neighbor-
hood handing love tokens to the child
rem he knew and many had come to
him. when he remembered that he had
a father up on the third floor, in addi-
tion to the One in Heaven. Going to
his mother he proposed that they
send up a valentine.
"Well," said Mrs. Barrows, ut is very
nice of you to remember father. How
would it do for me to write valentine
for him and let you take it up?"
The boy was delighed at the idea and
his mother wrote upon the sheet of
paper:
please kiss the bearer"
This she placed in an envelope,
which was properly sealed and address,
ed to the doctor. The boy started up
stairs with his valentine, but he had
been running around a good deal dur
ing the morning and his legs were
weary. When ne had reached the sec.
ond floor he met the pretty stenog.
rapher, who had started out after pos.
tage stamps or something, and asked
Il she wouldn't be kind enough to
hand the note to his father.
She took the envelope, gave the
child a pat on the check and ran back
upstairs, where-perhaps prompted by
some feminine curiosity-she waited
while DR.. Barrows opened his valentine
and read, in his wife's handwriting:
please kiss the bearer"
Here Is where DR.. Barrows always
cuts the story off.-Chicago Record
Herald
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Rones Of Human Hair.

The young fellows who make their
living by gathering the eggs Of sea
fowl on the rocky island of ST. Kilda,
one of the Hebrides, consider them
selves rich If they are possessed Of a
rope made of hair from the head of
the girl they love. They use these
ropes in swinging from the precipitous
cliffs of the island. They vary in
length, one of 40 or 80 feet being es-
pecially priced. The usual kind is
stout hempen cord, wrapped around
and around with sleeps wool. Over
this is a coating of horse hair and
finally one of human hair To manu-
facture such a rope is the work Of
years, but the St. Kilda girl saves her
combings religiously. A curio collec-
tor who wanted to buy one Of these
ropes offered $125 for it, but the offer
was refused. The cord in question
was covered with veneer Of red hair
the result of 80 years collection from
the heads of parents, aunts and cous-
ms.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Genius is only great patience.
Button.
A good man does good merely by
living-Bulwer.
Genius is only a superior power of
seeing.-Rusliin.
Every brave man is a man Of mis-
word.-Corneille.
Forgive thyself little and others
much.-Lcighton.
The education of the humand mind
commences in the cradle.-Cogar
No thoroughly occupied man was
ever yet very miserable.-L. E. Ian.
don.
If you do what you should not you
must bear what you would not
Franklin.
If the poor man cannot always get
meat the rich man cannot always di.
gest it.-Giles.
Every duty which we omit obscures
some truth which we should have
known.-Rusliin.
We can hardly learn humility and
tenderness enough except by suffer.
ing.-George Eliot.
He that is selfish and cuts off his
own soul from the universal soul of
all rational beings is a kind Of volun.
tary outlaw.-Marcus Aurelius.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

The rapid Introduction Of electric
railways in Great Britain Is bringing
about interesting economic changes,
not only in London, Manchester, Liv.
erpool, and other large towns, but in
the heart Of rural England, where it
has resulted in shifting the masses of
population, subdivision Of great Eng
ush country estates, and an increase
In the growth Of agricultural products.
The congestion of the streets Of Lon
don has become so serious a problem
that its solution by the introduction Of
electric railways promises to be one OF
the most surprising Developments OF
our time. This will 90 away with tho
hanson cab. which In many cases,
with one passenger, takes up as much
room as a street-car with sixty.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

Japan has done surprisingly well in
her efforts to keep abreast OF other
nations, yet Marquis to- who has just
visited Europe, says she will have to
sedouble her endeavors in that direc-
tion in order not to drop behind and
be counted out Of the running. But
The country is docile to receive and
take advantage from all useful lessons,
and so instructed the chances are that
1t will hold its own in the international
race with any Of its competitors,
thinks the New York Tribune.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

In speaking to the editor OF the Citi-
zen the other day Mr.. Louis P. Shoe
maker, president of the Brightwood
Citizens Association, sad
YOUR PAPER IS CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEG
PIE. 1T IS A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS, TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Young Doctors Need of Haste.

"Yes," said the old doctor, you
should try to have your own carriage,
by all means. Because when you want
to get to a patient quickly"
"Oh! interrupted the young NJ. d.,
Il don't think any patient who sent
for me would be likely to die before /
reached him"
mo, but he might recover before
you got there. e.".-Philsdelphia Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
As He Viewed the situation. .

"What do you regard as the chief OBJ
lection to modern poetry?" asked the
literary critic.
THE fact that it doesn't command
higher rates of compensation" replied
the author who, in spite of the fact
that he has long hair and dreamy eyes,
is an intensely practical man.-Wash.
ington Star.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
An Alternative.

"You admit that you are a tramp, do
you?" said the eminent counsel to the
witness
Eyes, sir"
"Tell this jury, sir, why you lead
such a worse than useless life"
''The explanation is simple. l am too
proud to work and too honest to be.
'ome lawyer" Free Press
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
His AfInnanhere

"But don't you think" said Mrs. Old
castle, as she was being conducted
through the magnificent picture gal
lery Of her new neighbors, that this
artist is rather weak in his atmcs.
phere"
"Well,' replied Mrs. Meatenlard. 81
wouldn't be at all s'prised If he was. 1
vent with my husband when he bought
the paintin', and Of all the smoky,
,tuffy places / ever seen that artists
studio was the worst. Such an atmos-
9here would be enough to make any
body kind Of weak."-Chicago Record.
Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

A Chicago man wants that city to
establish a home for worn out and
disabled horses, where decreplt equines
could spend their declining days in
comfort and sick animals could be
taken for rest and treatment. He
says that ten per cent of the horses
owned by the city, which work seven
days q week, ought to be on vaca-
tions or sick leave all the time.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
The Shade Desired .

Little Girl - Please sir, mamma
wants a spool Of red silk"
Crusty Shopkeeper "Why didn't
your mother have sense enough to tell
you the exact shade of red?"
Little Girl-"Shc did. sir: she said
about the color Of your nose. Chicago
News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Severely Ill.

"IHs sick you've been, Mrs MEG n
nisayf"
"Sick is it? was that sick that I'd
be a dead woman now il l hadn't "a
lived. indianapolis News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Appreciation.

Clerk-"Mr. Shipper was in while
you were out; he said he'd call again
tomorrow"
Propretor-"Very kind of him
Clerk-"But he wanted to collect o
bill"
Propretor-"very kind to say when
he would ll."-BostOn Transcript.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

The true object of advertising is the
development Of commerce. The indi'
vldual profit that accrues is merely an
Incident observes Profitable Adyer'
Using.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
An InnuisItive Eoy.

what are you doing in the pantry,
Willie"
"Oh. 1 was just seein if everything
was locked up good and tight.'-ln-
dianapolis News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Not Carelessly Chosen.

"Why did you select that man as a
candidates" asked the henchman. HE
doesn't know anything about politics."
That's why 1 celected him." an.
swered the boss. Hell be a great
deal easier to put out of Office if he
doesn't be good. Washington Star
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

A London paper announces that the
moon is covered with snow. 1t has al
ways been generally understood, how
ever, that the moon was cold and dis
tant
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Not Alone.

Gladys-"Is young Mr.. Jenkins in
business for himself|
Ethel-"Well, hardly. We have been
engaged for two weeks now."--Judge.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Her Perpetual Cry.

Jimson-"He married a saleslady, you
know"
Jameson-"Yes"
Jimson--"Well the very next day
she began calling Ca-a-shr and he says
she has kept it up ever since "-Somer-
vile (Mass) Journal.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
onits.

HE proposed to her as a joke"
"Yes"
"Well, she accepted him. He does
not regard himself as a humorist any
more - Brooklyn Life.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
A Good Job.

Cant you do something for me, sir?
I'm hungry"
Cant you get a job as sandwich
mang'-Indianapols News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
y OUR BUDGET
OF HUMoR.
Trouble.

Cannot some wise one tell US,
To ease our wondering minds,
Who is it loses all the fault
That other people find?
Baltimore World.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12
Doubtful.

Client-"Is there a cause so bad, or
an individual so infamous, that your
services could not be obtained|
Lawyer thoughtfully) - Il cannot
say, off-hand. What have you been
doing"-The King.
The suburban citizen., 1902-04-12

Entered at o. PsE e1eee for lrsne'ntssfoH
a -e,.1A a. alGsn At aeo0Nd-olass rsasS.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01

Mir. Buroows haStened to the desks of the official stenogra phers and directed that Mir. Tiilman's words Le written out at once.
 At the conclusion of the roll call. but before the announcement of the vote. MT. Kean of New Jersey. who voted for the resolution. addressing the presi- dent pro tenn. said: Having heard the senator from South Carolina, MT. Till man. again insult the senate, I change my vote from aye to no.''
 The resolution was adopted 54 to F.
 As soon the vote was announced Mir. Burrows demanded that the state Inent of Mir. TiIlman made during the roll call be read to the senate. Scarcely had the clerk concluded the reading when Mir. Tillman. addressing the president pro tenn. said: "The words uttered by me were not intended to be offensive. and if they were so con- sidered I will very gladly withdraw them"
 The chair said: The senator has withdrawn his remarks. Is there ob- iection in the senate to the with drawaI?"
 ''f object, Mir. President" insisted Mir Dietrich. republican. of Nebraska. The effect O; the objection was to incor- pcrate Mir. Tfllman's words in the record of the proceedings.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
OF INTEREST
 TO ARIzONIANS
Pensions and Patents Issued to Resi-
 dents of the Territory.

Washington. Feb. 2s.-(speciaI1-A patent has been granted to Joel H. Brown of Junction. .Ariz.. for a dust guard for hose couplings.
 The following Indian school appoint ments have been made: Mrs. Martha Beall of Oraibi, matron at Zuni, N. NJ. Mrs. Harriet M. Mckibbon of Rich Hill, Mo, assistant matron at TruXton Canyon, Ariz. John C. McPherson of Salt Lake. Utah, baker at Fort Mohave. Peter Staufer of Keam's Canyon, gen. eral machinist at Mohave. Ariz.
 Pensions granted: Ann Platt, Kirk land, sS; Julia A. Green, Phoenix, sS; Geo. Waldsmith. Palomas, S6: Oliver T. Taylor. Globe. s6. Increase-Greenviile c. Pierce. Glendale, s17: Augustus c. Brichta, Tucson, SIP; David K. War dell. Tombstone, SIP.
 The United States civil service com mission announces that on March 15, 1902. an examination will be held at Nogales. Ariz., for first. second and third grade positions in the customs service in that city. Information con- corning the subjects of the eXamina tions may be found in form IF. Tn structions to Applicants for the Gus toms Service" Age limit. 20 years or over.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01

our hands. Other small attempts to break out were made, and in two cases succeeded.
 'On the last day 450 Boers with rifles and horses were captured. All the columns have not yet reported. as the operations have been wide. but over 600 Boers have been killed or are prisoners in our hands; also 1000 horses. 2S.000 head of cattle. 200 wa gons. 6O,0Oo sheep. 600 rifles and 50.0O0 rounds of ammunition. The prisoners include General DeWet's son and his secretary: Commandants Meyer and Truther and several field comets. There satisfactory results are very ap- propriate on the anniversary of Ma juba."
 War Secretary Brodrick, replying to q question in the house of commons to- day. said that no details. with the eX- ception of list of casualties. had been received of the recent capture of a British convoy of empty wagons near I<lerksdorp. No men have been re- ported killed, but there were about 100 wounded
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01

''as defender of all peoples who are the victims of intolerance or persecu- ton or unfair discrimination, will take place tomorrow at the vestry rooms of Temple Ahawath Chessed. Fifty-fifth street and Lexington ave nue. at 2:30 o'clock.
 This meeting was called for the pur- pose of discussing the practicability of establishing branches of the Junior AL liance in all of the leading cities in the United States. Nissim Behar. the delegate of the Alliance Israelite Uni verselle of Paris and organizer of the junior movement, will deliver the open ing address and will lay special stress upon the importance of spreading the work of the alliance as widely as pos sible. Dr. Henry NJ Leipziger, sup ervisor of lectures of the board of edu- cation. and Edwin Markham are among those who are actively interested in this new movement.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
FIVE KILLED IN PHILADELPHIA.

Philadelphia. Pa, Feb. 2S.-This city has been cut off from telegraphic and telephonic communication with the outside world since o'clock last night The damage by the storm has been great and every part of the city shows evidence of it. Five men lost their lives by coming in contact with live electric wires that were broken by the weight of ice. Thirty-two horses were killed in the same manner.
 The public squares and Fairmount park lost many of their noblest trees. Trolley lines stopped completely last night and many of them will not be able to resume service until tomorrow. The Schuylkill river is rising rapidly and the mill district of Manayunk. Norristown and territory all along the banks of the stream will be flooded.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
THE WORST EVER
 FOR TELEGRAPH
Continued De1angement of Lines in
 the Eastern and Middle States

New York. Feb. 2S.-While the tele- repair the damages resulting from the sleet and gales CT last week. they are now facing an additional derangement of their systems because of the heavy rains and storms in the middle west and south. It is said that the inter ruption of telegraphic communication has never before been so general nor so long continued. In the vicinity of Philadelphia. where the storm or Last Friday was the most severe, the com panies are stnl endeavoring to restore their wires. but the damage is so eN- tensive that the work has not yet been completed. and practically ait the bus- mess for Baltimore, Washington and the south is still being routed by way of Pittsburg and the west.
 The rain storms last night caused a serious interruption on this route. South of Washington is today liracti- caIly cut off. and the interior of Penn sylvania is in similar condition. In Ohio the rain storms also hainpercd the telegraph service seriously.
 Torrential rains, reported to be al- most of cloudburst severity. have oc- cured in the south Atlantic states, Mississippi and Alabama. and that re- zion today was practically without communication. Severe thunderstorins have accompanied the rainfall ;n many sections the rivers are out of their banks and have caused not only heterogeneous of wires. but much in- terruption of railway traffic.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
STORM IN THE SOUTH.

Atlanta. Ca. Feb. 2s.-Not in many years have the southeastern gulf states experienced damage so widespread by storm as that which yesterday visited Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee. Virginia. North and South Carolina and Florida. So far known seven lives have been lost and several persons were injured. The damage is enormous, the railroads being particularly heavy sufferers. Rains raised the water to flood height in the Chattahoochee. Ocmulgee, Sa- vannah and the two Oconees, but late tonight the stage in all of them was stationary except at Columbus, Ga. where the Chattahoochee was rising slowly. Washouts are reported on all the railroads coming into Atlanta to- night excepting two.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
CONDUCTORS
 AND TRAINMEN
Have Been Allowed Increase of Wages
 on the Santa Fe System.

Kansas City. Mo, Feb. 2S.-The At chison, Topeka & Santa te railway has granted conductors and trainmen inn portant concessions, according to r.. F. Clark and Patrick Morrisey. chiefs respectively of the Order of Railway Conductors and the Order of Railway 7 Trainmen, and the fight that has been begun with the Santa Fe will, it is be- lieved, be carried to other systems. Clark and Morrisey passed through here today enroute to Galesburg. H..
 from Topeka, where they held Q con ference with the Santa F'e officials. Acting under instructions from the or ders they represent, they are directing a. campaign for higher wages. and the concessions made by the Santa Fe.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
WOMEN TEACHERS sToRMBouND

New Brunswick. --. .>., EeD. 2S.-Miss May Hogan of Hamilton street and Miss Estclie Van Arscaie of Division street. this city. left South river. five about o'clock yesterday afternoon in a trolley car. They accomplished half their journey in about three hours. At Miiltown the car was able to go no further. the trolley wires being down. The last train on the Raritan River railroad had left Milltown for this city. so the teachers were obliged to spend the night in the power house of the trolley company. This morning they took the first train to this city and were taken to their homes Tn an ex- press company's sleigh. They reached home about o'clock. sixteen hours after they started from South River.
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01
AT ANNAPOLIS.

Annapolis, Md, Feb. 2S.-Prince Henry Of Prussia today visited the naval academy and met the cadets un- der instruction there. He saw them at work and at play, and at the close Of his visit addressed them in a compli- mentary speech. expressing confidence that they would do their duty if their country called He was accompanied to Annapolis by Secretary Long and a party of distinguished American offi- cers. The rain poured down in torrents but the prince, for whom naval warfare has special interest. declined to take shelter and went through every formal feature of the programme
Arizona republican., 1902-03-01

London. Feb. 2S.-FollowinG the prec- edent of Lord Roberts. who announced General Cronie's surrender at Paarde- burg on the anniversary of the battle of Majuba Hill Feb. 27. 1sS1.). Lord Kitchener apparently selected the same anniversary to achieve a big sue cess by q combined movement. lasting two days. against the Boer forces within the Harrismith and Van Reenen line of blockhouses. The Boer losses aggregate GOO men killed or captured, and 2.0o0 horses and 2S.000 head of cat tie fell into the hands of the British troops.
 This news was so welcome to the British that it was read out in the house of commons by War Secretary Brodrick. from the dispatch of Lord Kitchener. as follows:
 "Harrismith. Feb. 2s-
 Yesterday the combined operations of the columns terminated in driving the Boers against the Harrismith and Van Reenen blockhouse line. The river Wilge was held by the Leinster regiment and EIliott's mounted infan- try from Harrismith. while the column formed on the Frankfort and Botha's Pass biocktouse line and advanced south. holding the entire country be- tween the Wilge and the Natal iron tier.
 ''On the first night a severe attempt to break through was made at a point between Renington's and Byng's col umns, and the New Zealanders be- haved with great gallantry. The fight ing was at close quarters. and the Boers, as usual, drove a large herd Of cattle in front of them. Mamie Botha. the Boer leader was killed and thirty five dead Boers were found on the ground. Over 100 horses were killed. and 5000 head of cattle were left in