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Arizona republican., 1902-11-16
METORIC STONES.

MeteOric stones are by no means un- familiar things in the history of as tronOmical and physical science, says the London Chronicle. They form T source of information regarding the constitution of other worlds than ours, and their chemical analysis affords a basis for the belief that a community of composition characterizes all the members of the solar system. Describ- ed in Nature" by L. Fletcher, F. A. S., we have the account of a meteoric stone which fell at Crosshill, Crumlin, situated about ten miles west of Bel fast, on September 13, at 10:3O p. m., Irish time. It would seem that the Crumlin meteorite exceeds in size any stone which has fallen from the sky in Britain for eight-nine years. It IS also larger than any stone which has fallen in England since 1795. A lapse of twenty<one years also represents the time since any meteOrite has descended on the soil of Britain, and in Ireland
 itself no such visitant has been record ed for thirty-seven years. A MT. Walk CT, on whose farm the meteorite fell,
 says that the stone was hot when it landed, and felt hot for at least an hour thereafter. The fall occurred
 about 1O:30 a. m. It was accompanied by noise compared to the bursting of a boiler. A cloud of dust showed where the stone had entered the ground, and by aid of a spade the meteorite was extracted from a depth of a foot and d
 half A sulphurous odor was perceived in the near vicinity of the stone, and the noise made by the detonation, it is asserted was heard at T. I11rgaD Antrim
 Lisburn and Legoniel. The greatest distance was that of Lurgan, which is situated thirteen miles from Crosshill.
Arizona republican., 1902-11-16
BEST LINIMENT ON EARTH.

I. M. McHany, Greenville. Tex, writes, Nov. 2d, 1900: 'I had rheuma- tism last winter, was down in bed six weeks; tried everything, but got no re- lief, till friend gave me a part of a bottle of Ballard's Snow Liniment | used it, and got two more bottles. It cured me and I haven't felt any rheumatism since. I can recommend Snow Liniment to be the best liniment on earth for rheumatism" For rheu- matic, sciatic or neuralgia pains, rub in Ballard's Snow Liniment, you will not suffer long, but will be gratified with a speedy and effective cure. 25c, soc and $1.OO at Elvey & Hulett's drug store.
Arizona republican., 1902-11-16
MAY BE PUT IN PARNELL CELL

William Redmond, M. P, has gone to Kilmainham prison for six months, because of a speech he made at Wex- ford, and of his refusal to give pledge that he would not repeat his offense. Twenty years ago Kilmainham was oc- cupied by a more distinguished Nation alist than MT. Redmond, and that the result was unsatisfactory MT. Red mond's presence there now testifes. Neither kindness nor severity works to kill the agitation or check the agita- tOrs.-Montreal Gazette.
Arizona republican., 1902-11-16
RHEUMATISM

Rubbing with liniments, blistering, the ap- plication of plasters i'll fact anything that will produce standardization, is good for external treatment of Rheumatism, hut these simple remedies do notreach the seat of the disease nor touch the real cause, and relief is therefore only temporary.
 Rheumatism is due to Uric Acid and other irritant poisons in the blood, and as it circulates through the system, these acid poisons are deposited ill the muscles,
Arizona republican., 1902-11-16

joints and uerves, and exposure to night air,
 cold east winds, or any sudden change ill the weather, will bring on
 an attack which may
 last for a few days or finger on for months.
 Every b q t tie with
 R h cum atism leaves . the blood in poorer condition, while the . corroding acids are gradually consuming
Arizona republican., 1902-11-16

cargo consists of holy oil from Mt Atho3 for the Pante leimon monastery in Moscow. There is a church on board, and all the crew live under the rules of their order
Arizona republican., 1902-11-16

The girl who can darn socks. fix but tons. and adjust a patch.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
RAISING CHICKENS.

Frank Charles, who has had years OF
experience in the care and breeding Of
poultry, maintains that he is an ex-
pert. and declares that he will give
bond and guarantee that with less than
$4,000 capital any one that understands
the business can start plant that will
pay three per cent. the first year.
twelve per cent the second and third
years, and fifty per cent. "for the bal.
ance of time" and at the end of the
third year have an establishment thai
can be sold for $4,000 cash.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
THE FLAVOR OF EGGS.

Notwithstanding the vast consump-
ton of eggs, no sort Of attention is paid
to their flavor. One egg is supposed to
be just as good as another, so long as
both are fresh. In most food products
we pretend to be discriminating. We
see a wonderful difference between
game chicken and a Cochin, between a
Hamburg and a Plymouth Rock, when
broiled for breakfast; between puddle
duck and an Aylesbury. between a
bronze turkey and a Narragansett, ETC.,
vet in eggs we notice but one quality,
namely, that of soundness. We do not
notice whether The shells are white,
buff, yellow or speckled. We do not
care whether they are laid by Leg
horn, Dorking, Dominique, Brahma or
Black Spanish.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
LEARNED CHAT ON EGGS
AFTER READING THIS ARTICLE YOU'LL
KNOW THE SUBJECT THOROUGHLY.

Some Men Eat Two Dozen a Day, While
One Makes other Folks Bilious-lPs
a Pity More Attention Ia Not Paid
to Flavor.
The finest eggs in the world are those
of the quail, but no one likes to con-
fess having eaten them, as it would be
unsportsmanlike, writes Victor Smith,
in his chatty way, in the New York
Press. have seen a country where
"bob white" was so plentiful as to
be a nuisance to the farmers, and as
no one shot the bird for food, the nests
were destroyed to prevent its natural
increase. A dozen quail eggs would be
a delicious meal. In cradling wheat
we often discovered nests containing
ten to fifteen eggs, and as the hen
would desert these in the stubble it
was no crime to appropriate them for
the table. Quail are so scarce to-day
that any one robbing a nest would go
tC Jail OF be shot
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
LIFE's HARVEST.

They are moving the meadows, now,
and the whispering, signing
Song Of the scythe breathes sweet on
mine idle ear
Song of old summer dead, and of this
one dying
Roses oil roses fallen, and year on year.
Softly as swathes that sink while the
long scythe, swinging,
Passes and pauses and sweeps through
the deep green grass:
Strange how this song of the scythe Eets
the old days singing
Echoes of seasons gone, and Of these
that pass
Fair ghost Of Youth-from your sea-frag-
rant orchard-closes
Called by the voice of the scythe as it
sighs and swings
Tell me now as you toss me your phan-
tom roses,
What was the dream you dreamed
through those vagrant Springs?
What that forgotten air when the heart
went maying
What was the perfume blowing afar,
anear2
Youth Youth - Youth" - the scythe
keeps signing and saying
"The rose you saw not-the tune that
you could not hear"
-Rosamond Marriott Watson in Har-
per's.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
WORDS OF WISDOM.

1t does not follow that the archer
aimed because the arrow hit.
The genius is the man or the woman
who finds plenty Of reason why i'm.
possibilities should be accomplished.
Patriots are of two kinds-those who
are ready to fight and die for thelr
country, and those who are ready to
work for and live on it. The United
States fortunately has both kinds.
A man need not to care for more
knowledge than to know himself; he
needs no more pleasure than to con-
tent himself; no more victory than to
overcome himself; no more riches than
to enjoy himself.
~ Each of us, whether rich or poor,
young or old can bestow upon some
sin-wounded, discouraged soul the heal.
ing balm of kind words. Like the
sunbeam and the raindrop falling on
the whitening flowers, they will bear
to it life, courage, hope and return to
the giver a rich benediction.
1t is much more easy to get discord-
ant sounds from q harp than to get
harmony, but that this is true is no
fault Of the harp. Oftentimes he who
complains of the coldness, or the indif.
ference, or the iTitability of friend,
might well consider that it is the player
who is responsible for the sweet music.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
PuolIicts AZ Coronation.

A week before the coronation Of
George w., in 1921, famous pugilist
known as Gentleman" Jackson, act
ing under instructions from the earl
marshals Office, was busily engaged
IN beating up fighting men for pecr
liar purB5se. That was to keep in
check the supporters of Queen Caro-
line, who was threatening to create .
disturbance outside Of Westminster
abbey. Jackson's auxiliaries, twenty
in number were attired as kings
pages, and were stuck about the alb
hey gate. Their appearance was quite
sufficient; not one of the aggrieved
queens sympathizers venture1 to &c
near them. One was John Gully, who
was in turn prize fighter, racing man
colliery proprietor and member of par
lament.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
nAWSoN's EGG FARM.

Thomas Weighanchor Lawson raises
his own eggs. His hens being fed on
the choicest food that money can buy,
their product is correspondingly select.
A hen fed on onions for few days will
impart a very distinct onion flavor to
her eggs. 1t may, therefore, be as
sumed that other food will affect the
taste in like manner. hence a hen that
feeds in a filthy barnyard will not lay
so good eggs as one fed on carefully
prepared grain and dough. | should
think every man able to own farm
would raise his own eggs, as Lawson
does. However, some very rich per-
sons prefer the scavenger puddle duck
to the canvasback that fattens on eel
cry. There is no poorer food than duck
eggs, wild or tame, and no better than
turkey eggs, wild or tame.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Steel EIshing Boats.

Steel steamships are now employed
in halibut fishing on the Pacific coast.
Thirty-two fishermen with sixteen
boats start out from the ship when
it reaches the fishing grounds, 500
miles from Vancouver. Each boat has
n trawl line one and onc-half miles
long, with hooks six feet apart baited
with herring. These lines are weighted
and continuously spread around until
the grounds are completely girdled.
The lines when drawn in average a
catch of 10000 pounds the halibut
running from twenty-five to fifty
pounds. Special refrigerator cars are
being attached to fast passenger Eains
to carry the fresh fish to the Atlantic
seaboard for Eastern consumption.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Hiq Fish Jumps Into sklf.

While Ira Russell and Miss Helen
Plumb we're out trolling at Hopkins
Point on the st. Lawrence river near
Baltimore, recently a large sturgeon
suddenly jumped into their skiff and
nearly capsized it. The boat, being
an extremely light one, without ribs,
cracked under the weight Of the big
fish. which houndered from one end
of the craft to the other. Mr.. Russell
In trying to kill the fish with one OF
the oars, accidentally broke a hole
through the skiff and it began to fill
rapidly with water.
Their only salvation then was to
reach shore before the boat could go
down. They had nothing with which
to bail out the water, but Miss
Plumb, alive to the desperate situa'
ton, removed one of her shoes and
bailed out the skif, while Mr. Russell
pulled for the shore. They reached
shallow water before their boat sank
The sturgeon measured four feet six
inches in length and weighed fortg'
four pounds.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
The Home of a Fierce Gull.

The Orkneys and Shetlands, which
must soon be the scene of a by elec'
tion, must be the most difficult con.
stituency in the United Kingdom to
canvass, says the Westminster Gazette.
The distance from the most northerly
to the most southerly point in the con-
stltuency is little less than 200 miles,
Within this area are to be found no
fewer than 1856 islands, though, of
course, a large number are not inhab-
tied, except by the wildfOwl.
The most remote spots in the constit'
uency are Foula and Fair Islands, each
Of which lies about twenty-five miles
from the main group of islands. Fair
Island is celebrated as the spot on
which a large Spanish galleon went
ashore at the time of the Spanish Ar
mada; and it is said that the population
of the island at the present day shows
many traces Of Spanish descent.
Foula rises 140O feet out Of the sea,
and is sometimes thought to be the
ultima Thule" Of Tacitus. AS in the
rest of the Shetlands, tile population
is Morse, and even the language sur.
vived till the end of the eighteenth
century. 1t is almost the only remain.
ing breeding place Of the Skua gull, q
bird so fierce that it is match for the
eagle.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
THE LARGEST HARVESTER:
Et Is Self Moving, Cuts a Thirty-six FoSs
Swath and Weighs Over 100 Tons.

Swath and Weighs Over 100 Tons.
What is said to be the largest auto
mobile in the world, and the largest
combined harvester as well, is now at
work on a big ranch in Central Califor
mia, where it is being used in cutting
10000 acres of barley. The big ma
chine consists of a traction engine, ca
pable of handling seventy-fve tons
and which takes the place of sixty
horses, header or moving machine
which cuts a swath thlrty-siX feet, and
a threshing machine, all complete. The
threshing machine and header are run
by a thirty horsepower engine, save
that they both get steam from the
same boiler.
The apparatus moves over the ground
at different speeds, according to the
thickness of the crop, while all the
time the header and thresher are going
at full speed, whether the grain be
thick or thin. The average speed made
is three and a half miles an hour, and
100 acres a day can be threshed by the
machine.
The drive wheels Of this monster
traction engine are eight feet In diane.
ter and have tires forty-eight inches
wide. on which are ridges an inch and
q half high. Eight men are employed
on the thresher. Half minute after
the header starts to work the threshed
grain begins to fall into the sacks on
the other side from where it is cut,
while the straw falls into a cart be-
hind. The heads are carried away
from the header by draper, or NOV
ing belt, forty-eight inches wide. They
are carried through a colander, which
breaks the beard from the barley and
shells it at the same time, then by a
narrow belt through two cleaners and
finally to a bin, from which it Is
sacked. The sacks are sewed and set
aside as fast as filled. When twelve
sacks have been filed they are allowed
to slide off the cart on which they are
stacked to the ground. Likewise when
the straw cart is full it is dumped.
This giant automobile is siXty-one
feet long and half as wide, weighing
over 100 tons. 1t uses oil as fuel, me-
cessltating the use Of four horses to
haul oil and the water for the boiler
as it travels around large areas.--Los
Angeles Herald.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Pointer For some Men.

"Not one man in a hundred knows
how to handle lady's wrap when he
acts as her escort" remarked a promi
nent woman's tailor the other day.
Look at that man now carrying his
lady's black silk coat. He has it al
most in roll and when she goes to
put 1t on ii will be a mass Of wrinkles,
and it will never look so well again.
1 don't see how she can go on talking
so pleasantly to him when she sees her
coat. unless he is her husband and she
is sure he will pay for new one.
Yesterday / saw a man with lady's
full-length coat over his arm. carrying
it so carelessly that one corner of its
handsome lace collar dragged on the
ground. 1 could not stand it, and so |
said: Pardon me, sir, and / will show
you how to hold that coat. And l took
it and shook it out from the back
seam. then folded it lightly almost
through the middle, taking care TO put
the lace and long silk ties inside, and
then laid the coat over his arm. He
did not seem to be very grateful; but
it hurts my feelings to see beautiful
clothes spoiled. even il 1 know that I
will get the order to replace them. 1t
is always easy to fold coat from the
back seam and usually, if it is a
woman's coat, it is just as well to carry
it so the handsome lining shows. An
unlined coat should, of course. not be
turned wrongside out. ut."-Philadelphia
Record.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Slammed CheclLs by the Ton.

Commissioner Yerkes, Of the Internal
Revenue Bureau, has been compelled
to rent an outside building in which to
receive and stock checks and drafts
bearing imprinted stamps now being
sent in for redemption. The original
act providing for the redemption Of
these imprinted stamps limited the
time within which they could be pre-
sented for redemption to two years
from the time they were purchased
from the Government. Subsequently
that time was extended to January J.
1904.
Almost Immediately after the act
was passed banks and large business
houses began sending in their surplus
stocks. and in a short time the quanti'
ty had reached the point where the
weight threatened the walls Of the
rooms and corridors where they were
stored, necessitating a prompt removal
Up to this time 1914 tons have been de-
stroyed or returned to the senders af'
ter cancellation, and there are now
about sixty tons on hand, with the
daily receipts almost equal to the can
cellations.- Washington Post.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
THE SUPPLY OF EGGS.

The annual supply Of eggs in the
United States is said to be about $780,
100000. or more than 700,000,000 dozen,
and their value is equal to that of the
product of our gold and silver mines.
Some men eat two dozen eggs u day,
some do not eat two dozen in year.
They are supposed to render certain
folk bilious. A raw egg may be di-
gested in two hours. one soft boiled in
three hours, hard boiled in three and
one-half. fried in three and one-half,
roasted in two and one-fourth. Did
you ever roast an egg before the fire?
Place on top of it a straw, and when
it is done the straw will make a half
revolution. A well roasted egg is a
delicious morsel In the days of wood
fires it was more common to roast
eggs than to boil them. Touchstone
speaks Of their being "ill-roasted, all
on one side" and we are indebted to
Pope for these lines:
One likes the pheasant's wing, and one
the leg;
The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Remarkable photooranhv.

One of the most charming happen.
ings ever photographed by natural his.
tory camerists is the birth of but
terfy. Mr.. Fred Enock was the pho
tcgrapher. He depicts the whole event
from the stage when the larva has
slung itself by silken girdle to a
Ewig until the butterfly, fully develop
ed, is poised on leaf about to make
the first trial of it's wings. Mr.. Enock
notes that in seven minutes from the
time that the chrysalis first split the
butterfly was fully developed, and
from the moment that the skin opened
until the newborn beauty was poised
on the empty shell it emerged so
quickly that exposures of a huadredth
of a second only were given.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
SOME EGGIANA.

The man who gets eggs for his
money" is easily imposed upon. When
goslings want to drive the geese to
pasture they are teaching their grand
mothers to suck eggs" to tread upon
eggs is to walk gingerly An old-time
method Of choosing a saddle horse for
the mother Of the family was to test it
on an "egg trot," that is, place eggs in
panniers on either side of the saddle
and urge the animal TO a trot If the
eggs did not break the purchase was
effected, other qualities being salts.
factory. All of us have seen horses
that could trot without so much as
adding an, egg, not to mention break
ing 1t. Things as ''like as two eggs"
are supposed to be exactly alike; which
is an error. From the egg to the ap-
pies" means the whole dinner. A bad
egg We are all familiar with, and oc.
casionally one of us is it. There is
ducks egg" in the game of cricket.
Golden eggs" are great profits.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Watch for a town, Congress Heights,
D. c. IT,
Ken. soctaIs,. from speakInu.

A socialist member of the Italian
parliament chamber, who recently an
nounced his intention Of delivering
an address in the town hail at Ros.
siglione, was prevented from dong so
b. the cure Of the town assembling
all the women of the congregation in
the hall, completely filing 1t. Every
time the member tried to speak the
women, at the instigation of the priest.
began to chant hymns and psalms.
Others rang the church bells, and
p1ade so much noise that the member
was compelled to leave the hall with
out delivering his address. AS soon
as he was gone the priest chanted a
"Te Deum" as a thanksgiving for the
overthrow of the socialist.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
The Dor and the Kettle.

Mr.. c. ]. Cornish, in Animal Life
(E.@and), tells n story illustrative Of
the sound sense Of a dog. A retriever
not long ago was sent into a ditch to
bring out a winged partridge. The dog
picked up the scent, rushed along the
bottom Of the ditch under the bram-
bles, and after little cropping about
emerged on the bank of the ditch with
an old rusty kettle, holding it by the
handle. Laughter and chaff greeted
this iLrformance. stop n bit" said
the dogs master. "Here, Rover, give
it to me,' and the dog brought the
kettle to him. Taking it from his
mouth his master put his hand into the
kettle. the lid being off, and took out
the partridge. Chased by the dog II
had crept into the kettle to hide, ana
the dog, not being able to draw 1t out,
just brought the lot.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
Strange French Tax Law.

Possession may be nine-tenths Of the
law, but the remaining tenth oc
casionally makes trouble, especially in
France. A man in Paris had two
motor cycles, on which he paid the an
nual tax uncomplainingly until the
motor cycles were stolen from him
two years ago. The law insists he
should go on paying the taxes indef
nitely as he cannot prove he no
longer possesses the cycles by return
ing the taxing plaques which were
attached to the machines, and, Of
course, vanished with them. AS long
as he does not return the plaques
the law considers he is in possession
OF the cycles and insists on the taxes
being paid.
The suburban citizen., 1902-10-11
CHANCES OF A BURGLAR.
He Is Not the One Usually Who Is
In Dancer,

he Is NOT t1e One usually Wno vs.
In Danger.
A man who was arrested by local
detectives a few weeks ago and after.
ward sent to the penitentiary on a
charge of burglary, talked freely to
the officer concerning his manner OF
living:
"Will you tell me why you prefer a
life of crime to that of an honest, up
right mani" the detective asked him.
IL have often wondered" added the
officer, why burglars will take such
desperate chances, when so frequently
there is but little to be gained"
But we don't take the chances"
said the burglar. "The man who
comes after us takes the chances. He
takes his life in his own hands when
he leaves his beo-chamber and goes
in pursuit of an unwolcome caller,
The odds are all against him and in
favor of us. We know where we are
and have an idea from where the oc.
cupant Of the house will come. OF
course, we only go to rob, and, when
necessary, to fight. No burglar is
going to get caught If he can help 1t,
even If he has to resort to murder"
STILL" the detective reasoned, 'you
are bound to be in danger some time,
and that some time / should think,
would deter you from taking the
chances"
There are remote chances" the
burglar said, "but they are 80 remote
that they are never considered. If
you will consult the records you will
see that not one burglar in a hun
dred cases ever gets hurt. Until there
is a great charge in the results you
nay depend upon it that burglaries
will not cease. e."-Washington Star.