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appears to be well within his rights.
under the section referred to.
1T would appear. therefore, that due
consideration has been given to the pro-
lection of this property. and | would
recommend that the complainant be in
formed that the building regulations so
far have been complied with
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Object of the Home.

The object and aim of this society is
to provide a home for homeless dogs and
to alleviate the sufferings of these noble
animals which are too often abused and
maltreated by cruel owners or turned
adrift to shift for themselves.
All homeless dogs may be taken to the
home by anyone interested in the die
tates of common humanity and will be
received and properly cared for without
charge by the caretaker or mis- assist
ant.
Besides the officers named. the execu-
tive committee of the Dog Farm Asso-
citation is composed of the following
Mrs. Nelson A. Miles, president; Miss
Maud Pauncefote, Mrs. II. V. Boynton.
Mrs William A. Chandler, Mrs. Cham
-berlain, Mrs. Joseph Hawley. Mrs. r.
NJ G. Brown, Mrs. Arthur Lee. Mrs
Samuel Rober. Mrs. William T. Ha'>s.
Miss X. f. Thomas, Mrs. Mackay- Smith.
and Others
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Has rIot Encroached.

In this instance the builder Of the
brick house has located and partially
encroach beyond the inner face or plas-
ter line of the frame house. He will
not therefore curtail the interior floor
area of the frame house in question and
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Won District Scholarship.

Mr.. J. B. Gregg Custis. jr.. has won
the District scholarship at Johns Hop
kins University for the second time. and
also received honorable mention for his
general standing.
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SOCIETY FOR PREVENTION
OF SICKNESS,

We favor stringent law prohibiting the
sale or use in Ice Cream Of any CHAN
not Pa.tc.irized.
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RECEPTION AZ HOME
FOR STRAY Dogs
Con mittee in Charge of New
Enterprise Entertain
Guests Shown Through the Kennels and
Are Told the Objects of the
Association.

The dog farm, near Thirty-second and
L Streets northwest. was the scene of
a pleasant reception by the committee
having charge of the new enterprise last
night
The farm. located on the slope OF
Reservoir Hill, Georgetown. was lightec
with Chinese lanterns from dusk until
the reception came to close, shortly
after o'clock. Refreshments had been
prepared by the ladies in charge. and
all made merry. Mrs. f. b. + Macfar-
land. vice PRECEDENT of the Dog Farm
Association; Miss A. P. Thomas. secre-
tary, and Miss Virginia Prall. treasurer.
were early on the scene. and to their
efforts is due much of the success of
the affair.
Big dogs and little dogs, yellow dogs
and many other kinds OF dogs yelped oc-
casionally. just to show their apprecia-
tion of the event planned and carr;A1
out for their benefit. Those who arrived
early at the farm visited the yards set
aside for the various dogs. and watched
the antics of the animals, as they were
fed by the superintendent in charge. One
lonely looking canine was fed by him
self, for he is boarder at the farm, ard
is accordingly distinguished from his
fellows. The other dogs are merely ac-
QUESTIONS, but they are, nevertheless
welcome, as will be all stray and un-
fortunate animals brought to the farm
for home.
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Civil Rights Restored.

The President has restored civil rights
TO the following persons:
Harrison Lively, convicted in the In
dian Territory OF cattle stealing. who
served term Of two years and was re-
leased October u. 1893
J. W. Williams. who was convicted Of
removing mortgaged property in the In
dian Territory, served a term of one
year and was released October %. 1897.
Clarence 0. skipper. who embezzled
a package from the mail in Texas, sery-
ed a term of four years and was re-
leased from prison about seven years
ago.
Charles Landrum, who served term
of one year in prison for cattle steal
ing in the Indian Territory, and was
released October %. 1888.
Thomas c. Johnston. who served
term in Sing Sing for embczzling money
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Dogs Safely Housed.

The dogs are safely housed in sheds
erected for the purpose. They are al
lowed the range OF a considerable space
about which there is wire fence. This
fence separates three different inclos-
ures. and in these spaces the dogs are
about evenly divided. Those dogs foi
whom their owners pay to keep at the
farm are separated from the rest by the
wire fence. having an inclosure of their
own in which TO roam
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THIS SOCIETY has carefully studied the
subject and concluded that
SCALDING THE MILK
is the proper and simple precautionary
measure; that scalding milk will rot affect
its digcStibility. and that milk laws and
inspection. while undouhtcil, helpful. offer
only partial protection. After scaldinG. keep
cool and covered.
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Convicted Of Ccunterfeiti1g.

L. b. Dodson vas convicted in Arkan-
sas Of counterfeiting. and sentenced tC
Imprisonment for five years which he
served. He was discharged from prison
January ,, 1902 He has been pardoneC
III order to restore his civil rights anC
his competency TO testify.
Chris Lilly, convicted in West Vir-
ginia of working at an Illicit distillery
on April 3, 1907, was sentenced to inn
prisonment fer six months. pardoned on
the recommendation of the district at
torney, the Attorney General concurring
and because OF his bad health.
Frank Colbert and Henry Brooks were
convicted in the Indian Territory OF
hcrse theft and Colbert was sentenced
On July q. 1897. to imprisonment for
ten years in the Ohio penitetniary.
Brooks was sentenced MAY 10. 1898. to
Imprisonment for ten years in the
United States penitetniary at Fort
Leayenworth. The ser .ence OF each pris-
oner is commuted to !! re years.
Angelo Campero was convicted in Con-
necticut OF making counterfeit coins.
and on August %, 1899, sentenced TO
Imprisonment for ten years in the Con-
necticut State prison. His sentence Is
commuted TO imprisonment for three full
years on the recommendation Of the
District Attorney and judge, the Attor
ney General concurring.
John Hall. who was surety upon a bail
bond of $500 in the case of the United
States VS. Charles Stewart. in the Dis
trict of Columbia. has applied for a re-
mission of the forfeiture of the bond on
the ground that subsequently to the for
feiture the defendant was apprehended
and convicted. The forfeiture has been
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SAVE THE CHILDREN

lower the death rate in the District OF
Columbia
THIS SOCIETY is also cndeavoring TO
lessen human misery and to protect the
lives OF children and OF persons in impaired
health.
THIS SOCIETY has convinced itself that
contaminated raw milk and cream are
largely responsible for
SCARLET FEVER. DIPHTilERIA. TIBER-
cLOSIS, TYPHOID AND OTHER
E\TEHIC DISEAsES
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
Mans Constant ComnanIon.

The fly is mans most faithful COM
panion. 1t follows him into the deep
est caverns and to the pinnacle of the
loftiest mountains, to the frigid as well
as TO the torrid zone, in the airship and
in the submarine torpedo boat, in the
casson and in the grave. Experts say
that it rides on shells fired from six.
teen-inch guns. 1t flies 100 miles an
hour in railroad trains going sixty In
muggy weather it sticks closer than a
brother, exhibiting a pertinacity unap.
preached by other insects. 1t fights
back like bulldog, attacking your
nose. eyes, ears, hair, mouth and neck.
In sharp, clear weather it is content to
/ttend to its own business. Countless
eXpedients have failed to decrease its
numbers. There ara more flies this
season than in any other within my
recollection, and they have less man.
ners than those Of former years. New
York Press.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
Fish without Fear.

In rare instances fish appear to be
without fear This was particularly
noticeable in the case Of several trunk
fishes which l found on the Florida
reef in an old dead coral head Of large
size. At low tide could reach from
my boat nearby to the bottom OF the
head by bending over, and in attempt
Ing to dislodge some gorgonias which
were clinging to the coral l was sur.
prised TO see several Of the little az.
mored fishes swim up to my hand and
permit me to touch them-an act which
| often repeated. The mulet is very
tame. have frequently stood knee
deep on the outer reef and had large
schools all about me within eight or
ten feet, and even when | moved along
they We're not alarmed. This soclabil.
lty explains the possibility Of taking
them with the cast net - Scientific
American.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

Mr.. Louis P. Shoemaker made the
following statement to our reporter re-
Gently:
The present activity and demand for
real estate beyond the old city limits is
largely due to the organized efforts OF
our citizens through the medium Of the
various Citizens Associations.
These organizations have thorough
ly presented the needs OF the people,
yet it is true that Congress has only
provided for a few OF their necessities.
1t is strange that the taxpayers OF the
new and greater Washington, or that
part OF the District OF Columbia beyond
the old city limits. have to suffer a con-
slant and continued deprivation OF those
public Improvements which are neces-
sary, not only for their health, happiness
and prosperity, but to enable them to
observe Sanitary laws and regulations
we refer to public streets, water, sewer
and light facilities.
The old Washington has been provided
with all these advantages and its popu-
lation is spreading out rapidly, thus
constituting the New Washington, and
the needs and necessities OF these land
owners must be grathed
THE authorities should not longer
retard the proper development OF the
Capital City by denying its people in
the future, as in the past, public advan-
tages. Congress is, however, better in
formed today as to the actual needs OF
the people than ever before and the
various Citizens Associations have ena-
bled us to accomplish this result Or
ganization has long been the order OF
the day. There is force in the old ex-
expression that In unity there is
strength The good people Of the
District cannot be an exception. They
are only beginning, however, to realize
the effective power and influence Tor the
Accomplishment OF good results in be-
hall Of the general public through these
various organizations.
"A few years ago the people OF the
District were dormant and a state OF
lethargy, 50 to speak prevailed with
reference to public matters. They had
but one medium through which public
opinion could be expressed T. e., the
Board OF Trade; now we have the busi-
ness Mems Association and fi.een OF
more Citizens Associations all over the
District Of Columbia.
What we ought TO haye-and our
Brightwood Citizens Association has
advocated it's an organization Of all
these different associations into one
central body composed Of delegates.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

The so-called arid regions of the Uni.
ted States comprises 600,000,00 acres
of land. The lay of 60,OOOOOo acres Of
this area is such that dams and ca
nails of the simplest construction would
supply it with an abundance Of water.
The soil is exceedingly rich, needing
only moisture to make it the most pro-
ductive in the world. Sixty million
acres is equal, in surface extent to
Iowa and Illinois combined. This i'm.
mense addition to our agricultural do
main could be made at an average OF
So an acre.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

The census Of London for the y2ai
1901 shows that the women exceed the
men by a quarter of a million. At cx
treme ages the excess of women is very
marked, and Of those who claim to be
centenarians nineteen are women and
Eve men. The women occupied as com
mercial or business clerks have in
creased in number since the 1891 cen
sus to the extent of 1S1 per cent. They
now number 1907, as against S4,317
males. 1t Is curious TO note the proper
tions Of married TO unmarried in some
Of the occupations engaged in by WON
en-. Thus, in the laundry and washing
service, the numbers are nearly equal
but when we come to the profession OF
"charwomanship" we find that of tho
followers 21,624 are married, as against
4327 unmarried. However, in the cate
CORY of dressmaKers, seamstresses and
so on, as above, the unmarried are in
an overwhelming majority of some 55,.
600
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
Profit in Ginseng Growing.

AS regards the profits and number
OF ginseng roots that may be raised Oh
a given piece Of ground, one American
farmer, who has been experimenting
and investigating the culture OF gin.
seng for the last ten years and who,
therefore, now has an annual crop,
planting every year, as the plants are
destroyed, Of course, when the root is
taken. He claims that out Of eight
and one half beds, each 3X16 feet, can
be obtained 2270 roots, weighing 1876
pounds. OF these 1852 were replanted.
leaving ninety-siX pounds TO be dried,
which made thirty-two pounds dry.
valued at S1G5 In addition there was
considerable value in the seed obtained
and in the sprcJts, suitable for replant
ing ana increasing the extent Of his
beds.-FnilaG2lphia Record.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

Finnish emigration is assuming enor'
nous proportions for a land Of only
2,500,OO0 souls. Whereas, in 1901 tb>
number of emigrants was $4,000 alto
gether. the number for the first -four
months of 1902 was 5000. the compare
tive figures for the month of February
being 762 and 170S. Detailed figures
show that the great majority of the
emlgrants are males between fifteen
and forty years of age.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

German cooperative societies and as
sociations can look back upon half ;
century of successful activity. At pres
ent the self-aided trades and industrial
cooperative societies number altogeth
er upward of 1900 local societies, Of
which about 5000 are agricultural, and
include more than a million peasants
Fourteen thousand cooperative socle
ties are comprised in twenty-niD
unions
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

In speaking to the editor of the Citi-
zen the other day Mr.. Louis P. Shoe
maker, president of the Brightwood
Citizens Association, said:
YOUR PAPER is CERTAINLY
DOING GOOD WORK FOR THE
SUBURBS AND SUBURBAN PEO-
PIE. 1T is A GREAT PITY THE
OTHER PAPERS, TOO, DON'T
DEVOTE SOME SPACE TO OUR
INTERESTS"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

Thus the sentiment and needs OF the
people from all sections could be con-
centrated. Our Brightwood Associa-
ton has also advocated that the Com
niissioners should set apart certain
hours during one day OF each week to
public hearings, thus according to the
representatives OF the people through
these organizations an opportunity to
present their claims. The Suburban
Citizen will, | am confident, assist in
the future as it has in the past, as a
newspaper devoted to the public well
fare"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
PlrH AND POINT.

She-"But a chapo"one is an awful
bore." He-"Yes, she is apt to ma
the occasion. ."-Haryard Lampoon.
Uncle-"How old are you, Jimmy?' p
Jimmy-"lm thirteen at home, four
teen at school, and eleven in the train"
--Tit-Bits.
Ida-"She thinks she has matchless
face" May-"I agree with her, She
will never make match as long as she
has it."-Chicago News.
Flora-"Yes, / sing in church where
they have an awfully small congrega'
ton" Dora-"Then why don't you
stop singing ?'-Philadelphia Bulletin.
She's far from beautiful, alas!
Yet this must declare:
That when she travels on a pass
She must be passing farel
Philadelphia Record.
Mrs. Hatterson-"You don't mean TO
say that you have no theories about
the education Of children" Mrs. Cat
terson-"No. have too many chill.
dren."-Brooklyn Life.
The dolt that thinks that he is great
BY chance may come to conquer fate.
But wisdom, yoked to self-distrust,
Is sure to find oblivion's dust
Washington Star.
Alyce-"What a lovely cozy corner,
Mayme-such a pretty couch" Mayme
isn't it? It's made out of Eve
trunks and a hat box, seven pillows,
two holsters and an old piano cover."-
Detroit Free Press.
The Youth-"Yes, I'm in business for
myself, but don't seem to be able to
meet with any success" The Sage
"Nobody ever meets with business,
young man. He must overtake it,
Philadelphia Press.
He-"You've seen the pictures Of
those great dining halls they had in
olden times. with the great mahogany
table and" She-"Oh, yes; they'd
been great for ping-pong, wouldn't
they"-Yonkers Statesman.
But" she said, 1--WE are little more
than strangers as yet, you know"
"Yes," he answered, but don't let that
interfere. We can break off the en-.
gagement after We get better acquaint.
ed. If necessary Chicago Record.
Herald.
He-"The cook has written me a let
ter asking for more wages" She
"Well, isn't that all right?" "No; /
don't like the letter because she is un.
trCthful IN it," "How so?" "Why,
she signs it Your obedient servant -
Yonkers Statesman.
"a man can't tell whether a girl
means what she says he remarked
thoughtfully. "Of course not" she re.
piled. IF he thinks she does, why she
just naturally doesn't the moment SHE
finds it out; and if he thinks she
doesn't, why she does. Chicago Post.
She had just handed him the icy mitt.
"You are heartless woman" he hssed
in a tone seventeen degrees more bit.
ter than qunine, but, thank heaven, I
have at last found you out" "Be it
So" rejoined the human refrigerator,
land, what is more, you will continue
to find me out hereafter should you
call, l,'-Chicago News.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

Edward Everett Hale bases his plea
for pensions for old people on the fol
lowing conditions: First, to persons
who have never permanently absn'
doned their native State; second to
those who have paid taxes since reach
ing manhood; third, to persons eighty
or eighty-fve years old. DR.. Hale
thinks S1O0 a year would keep old folks
from the poorhouse.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
Professors R. A. S. Redmayne and

Professors r. A. S. Redmayne and T..
Turner, who hold respectively the
chairs of mining and metallurgy in the
University OF Birmingham, have been
touring America investigating our tech
biological schools, with a view 10 the ar
rangement Of their departments at Bir-
mingham In the Montreal Daily Star
Professor Redmayne is quoted as say
ing; in no part of England, nor any
where on the Continent, in fact, can
you find a school Of mining or a de-.
partment Of metallurgy in any uniyer-
sity that can in any way compare with
those to be found in Canadian and
American universities. Strange to say,
those departments in the universities
of the Old World are so incomplete that
up 10 the present II has been found nee
essary, if one wanted 10 obtain thor.
ough technical training to come to
America To change the present coz.
Gition Of affairs is the object Of our
visit"
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
The Muskrat Very ProIIec

The muskrat is very prolific, bringing
forth from three to nine at a birth, ana
1t is said to raise three litters in n sea.
son in some localities. Owing to this
rapid multiplication, and also to its
powers Of hiding even in the vicinity
of popular sections, the muskrat viii
doubtless survive for generations after
the beaver, otter and mink have passed
away.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

September 10 will be the two hun
dred and nineteenth anniversary Of the
Introduction of coffee TO civilization by
John Sobieski, who found large Quanti-
ties of the berry in the camp of the
Turks when he and his 10000 Poles
drove them away from Vienna in 1858.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

NJ. Saint-Saens, the famous musician,
has letter in the Bulletin of the AS
| Economical Society of France from
which the following paragraphs are
taken. That life exists in the universe
is no longer a matter for discussion.
The statement that life is the object
| OF the universe is more doubtful. This
statement is but the last echo of an
| cient doctrines that made the earth the
centre Of the universe and man the
end and object Of creation, for whom
sun, mOon stars and earth were made.
Man, like all animals, acts in view of
an end, and subjects nature to a like
law. But nature knows no law save
| evolution and her acts afford no proof
that she attributes any especial value
to life or to intelligence Billions of
| foraminifera. or diatoms, have pro.
duced mountains by the accumulation
of their dead carcasses. Was it the
life Of these beings, was it that noun.
tain, which nature had in view? A
stupid animal with ridiculously i'll.
developed brain swallows thousands
Of intelligent ants for its daily meal
So much for intelligence. AS the earth
is an Inhabited planet there is no rea.
son why other celestial bodies should
not also be inhabited 1t is almost
certainty that some other bodies are
so. But 1t is equally probable that the
conditions favorable to the production
Of life, and, especially for the produc.
ton of intelligence, are rare. This
rarity is but relative, and 1t is admitted
that there may be an enormous number
of habitable worlds. There is no need
TO assume every planet to be inhabited.
and yet we are forced to assume a
plurality of worlds.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

Belgian cities are liable for all dam
ages done to private property by riot
ers, and Brussels has accordingly been
ordered by the court to pay $4,000 for
windows smashed during the riots OF
1890. The rioting the past spring was
much more serious, and larger bill
will have to be met by the city.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
NoTAlN' DONE.

Winter IS too cold fer work;
Freezin' weather makes me shirk.
Spring comes on an finds me wishin'
! could end my days a-fshin'. 80
Then in summer, when it's hot,
] say work kin 60 to pot,
Autumn days, so calm an hazy,
Sorter makes me kinder lazy.
That's the way the seasons run.
Seems | can't git nothin' done.
Sam S. Stinson, in Lp2ncott's Magazine
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

a patent recently issued to Harry
Shoemaker describes a coherer in
which small steel balls are employed
in connection with granulated particles
Of carbon. The small steel balls are so
placed in the coherer tube as not to be
in contact with each other, and are
surrounded by the carbon particles
The specifications state that by the
employment of the carbon particles
and the steel balls, no decohering is
necessary, as carbon and steel contacts
have a property of destroying them
selves without the use of a tapping or
shaking device.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09
srRsoRrPr1aN RATEaI I

Ereerea al o. Pea 0faee fey trenssstssteN
A -e,ls& Ae wAaSls af eSoem0-olaSs raass.
The suburban citizen., 1902-08-09

The discovery in Java by Dubois Of
the remains of Pithecanthropus erectus
in a situation that seems to indicate
for them an age corresponding to the
later Pliocene, has led to a searching
denomination Of other ancient hu.
man remains; the Neanderthal skeleton
and others, for example. The results
Of these studies are to demonstrate a
great similarity between the Neander.
thai and Spy skeletons and to indicate
the existence Of a distinct human
species-Homo neanderthalis. OF this
species at least three individuals are
represented in our museums, and it
seems certain that Pithecanthropus
represents a much lower level. The
skull Of the latter shows a more pro-
nounced approach toward generalized
anthropoid conditions than is shown
by the European skulls. There is,
however, an enormous gap between the
Java man and the highest anthropoid
apes, and it seems certain that the
latter cannot be regarded as coming
into the direct line of human descent
at all, but both must trace back to a
common ancestor Of arboreal habits
The date of the Neanderthal man is
that Of the first interglacial period at
the close Of the Chellean era, while
Pithecanthropus belongs to the late
Pliocene, as has been said. The d.
vergence Of form which led to the
genus Homo may then be referred to
the early Pliocene, or possibly even to
-L2 Miocene.