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The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
MYSTERY OF A SPIDERS SPINNING.
How Does He Succeed in Drawing His
Web So Taut?

How Does He Succeed i'm Drawing His
Web So Taut?
How does spider spin a thread
from one bush to another at a height
from the ground and then draw it SO
tight? asks 4 correspondent in the New
Century. Every one who has ever
walked through country lane early in
the morning has felt the strained
threads upon the face, and often these
threads are many yards long, but the
way in which it is done remains 0
mystery He does not fly across, draw
ing the thread after him, for lie has
no wings. Neither does he descend to
the ground and then climb the opposite
bush, for this would lead to immediate
spd hopeless ENHANCEMENT of the gos
sanler filament. How then does he do
1t?
M. Favier. 4 French scientist has dis
covered that thread one yard long,
will support by its own buoyancy in
the air, the weight Of young spider
1t would thus be in the power Of
juvenile to spin thread of that length
ypJ trust to air currents to carry II
across and attach it to an opposite bush
so that he himself could then pass over
hnb dl&w 4 tight But many of these
threads, to judge from their strength
and consistency, are not the work of
young spiders, and as every observer
knows, they are often many yards long
and drawn so tightly that the face is
nst-nt;y aware Of their presence when
breaking them.
The work is nearly always done in
the night time, so that observation is
difficult.
If the spider has any human nature
in his make-up-and many OF his habits
would lead us to suppose that he has
he would be gratifled at the perplex,
ity which he causes and would adyer.
tise his performances as zealously as
do less gifted human gymnasts and
even some popular preachers.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
WORDS OF WISDOM.

Justice without wisdom is lmpossi.
ble.-Fronde.
Magnificent promises are always to
be suspected Theodore Parker.
He is only well-made man who has
a good determination Emerson.
a soul occupied with great ideas best
performs small duties.--M. Martineau
Labor is the great producer Of
wealth; it moves all other causes
Daniel Webster.
Youth will never live to age unless
they keep themselves in health with
exercise, and in heart with joyfulness.
Sidney.
Nine-tenths Of all the misery in the
world arises from false estimate
placed upon the value of things
Franklin.
The man who laughs is the man who
wins, and the man who laughs is in.
varably the one who absorbs most
oXygen.--S. 2. Burke.
The ills of life are sufficiently hard
10 bear without adding to them the
wear and tear of discomfort and rebel.
lion-Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
You may have in house costly pic.
lures and costly ornaments and a
great variety of decoration, yet so far
as my judgment goes, would prefer
to have one comfortable room well
stocked with books to all you can give
me in the way Of decoration which the
highest art can supply.--John Bright.
TO me it seems that the soul, in all
its higher actions, in original thought
in the creations Of genius, in the soar.
ings Of imagination, in its love of beau.
ty and grandeur, in its aspirations
after a pure and unknown joy, and es-
pecially in disinterestedness, in the
spirit Of selfsacrlfce and in enlight-
ened devotion, has a character of in
6nlty-C. G. Ames.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
Spme Barkless Doas.

To teach a dog not to bark would
seem to be as impossible a task as
teaching a child not to cry or a boy
not to talk loud. But there is a case
on record where a dog was so taught,
though it took the trainer three years
to accomplish it. Then he thought he
had dog that differed from all other
dogs in the world, but in this he was
mistaken, for there are at least three
varieties of dogs that never bark
the lion-headed dog of Tibet, the
shepherd dog of Egypt and the Aus
tralian dog. These would be the right
kind for pets, so that nervous people
would not be disturbed at night. The
law in some countries is very severe
on nightbarking dogs. In Japan, for
instance, the owner OF one is liable
to arrest and to a penalty of one
years work on the complaint of any
one who has been disturbed by the
barking.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
Tederal Aid to Road..

The good roads movement that seems
to be going over the country is one OF
the best signs Of the times. 1t is, per.
haps better evidence Of real progress
than industrial enterprise of any other
! character.
When community once gets well
started in good road building it is very
likely to keep it up, for every advance
on this line gives a fresh object lessor
of the practical value of good roads
and the wastefulness Of bad ones.
For several years past a campaign Of
popular education on this subject has
been carried on in every section of the
country by individuals and organiza.
tions, by newspapers and magazines,
and to a very notable extent by the
Federal Government through it's ad,
mirably conducted Department of
Agriculture. The railroads have also
given 1t very valuable aid. This work
has seemed in many localities to have
little effect, and there has been much
to discourage those who have devoted
themselves to it. But they have kept
bravely on, and now on all sides the
fruits Of their labors are beginning to
appear. 1t is a safe prediction that
there will be more miles of frst-class
roadway laid in the United States this
year than in any previous year Of our
history. 1t has become much easier
than it formerly was to interest the
masses Of the people, the farmers, the
business men, men Of property and pro.
fessional men-the public generally-ln
this subject which concerns us all and
touches all our interests. Interest in
road improvement is growing into en-.
thusiasm for it as a larger proportion
Of the people are coming to appreciate
its Importance and prohtableness.
We are at the beginning of a great
era Of road building in this country,
which is equivalent to saying that we
are making surer the way to the sub.
stantial development and progress of
the country
Representative Beidler, of Ohio has
introduced in Congress a bill which
should receive the hearty support of
men Of all political opinions.
1t is emphatically measure for the
advancement Of the public welfare; II
Is hard to conceive one that would bet
ter deserve that title.
The Beidler bill provides for the as
sembling of convention representing
the War Department, Postoffice De-
Agricultural Department, In
terior Dpnortnent of tha Eadara1 Gov.
ernment, as well as every State and
Territory in the Union.
Such a convention would be COM
posed largely of men who have made a
special study of the construction and
care Of roads. From 1t we might
therefore reasonably expect recon-
that would be of immense
value to Congress, the State Leglslat-
ures and county boards IA their legisla-
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
xIME TABLES AS BIOGRAPHIES
New York School Teacher Makes
Valuable Discovery.


"I never realized the value of time
tables until got hold of Glass ol
boys old enough to take an interest
In geography" said a New York pub
lie school teacher. $50 far as the
study of maps goes, can get better
results from the use of time tables
than from all the Biographies in the
market. Maps that have been pre-
pared for the purpose of cultivatinR
the youthful mind in the matter of 10
cality are Stunned as bugbears by all
except the studious few. But just set
a dozen boys around a pile of time
tables and tell them to locate certain
cities, lakes and rivers, and they will
work like beavers. and come out let
ter-perfect every >jme. For most chill
dren time tables and accompanying
maps are a source of unfailing inter
est both in and out Of school hours
1t is true that this unorthodox method
may give the boys exaggerated ideas
as to the importance of certain rail
roads, but they seem to get enough
good out of the investigation to coun
teract such Impressions
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

I
that they have started they
are coming with a rush One
OF the latest States to adopt the money
system of working the roads is Iowa.
In that State there is to be no more
working out the tax by individual land
owners. Everything is TO be done by
the money system. New York is fast
working that way. Whole counties
are leaving the old way and adopting
the new
This change comes hard in some To-
ealities. The old men have tor SO
many years looked forward to the time
of working roads that they do not like
to have it done away with. 1t has
been looked upon as a sort of picnic,
time when we can get together and
talk over all our own affairs and those
Of our neighbors. Everybody's bust
ness is raked fore and aft at these an
nual gatherings. A little mud or loose
earth is hauled into the road-usually
where it is least needed-and the rest
of the time is spent sitting under some
tree or in the fence corner. True, q
few districts have always done good
faithful work All honor to those dis
tricts. They shall have all the credit
due them. but we all know, and they
themselves know, that they are excep'
tions which prove the rule. Time and
money enough have been wasted by
men under the name of working on
the road to put the highways Of the
State in frst-class shape.
But what are we getting in returni
That Is what troubles some incredulous
souls. They are always suspicious of
new things They look on the new
everywhere with doubt. So in the mat
ter Of the money system of working
the highways these men profess to see
grave dangers. Some districts will be
neglected. The work will lead to
wholesale jobbery. The highways will
be no better than they used to be. II
will cost more, and so on, ad inanitum,
1t must be left largely to time to tell
us what part Of all these gloomy fore
bodings are to become true. 1t seems
reasonable, however, TO suppose tnat IL
we elect honest men for highway com
missioners-and that we ought always
TO do--the work will be done fairly
and in the most workmanllke manner
possible 1t is true that not all honest
men are competent to build roads. We
will doubtless soon see to it that there
are schools under the supervision OF
the State in which practical roadmak
ing shall be taght. We will also be
more inclined than in the past to keep
competent men in the Office Of highway
commissioner when once we have
found them. The trend is in the right
direction, anyhow. Mistakes may be
made. We viii profit by them and
gradually win come a perfect SYSTEM
f. L. Vincent, in the New York Tri.
bune.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
Physicians Fees.

A Western contemporary advocates
n general agreement on the part of
physicians to raise their fees in ac.
cordance with the enchanced prices of
the necessaries Of life which have OBJ.
tanned in recent years. With some
conditions and limitations we heartily
vote aye to this resolution. The first
condition would be that the fees Of the
physician are those that should be
raised-the physician, we mean, as
distinguished from the surgeon and
the specialist. The inteInists the gen.
eral or family physicians, constitute
the most important but the most ne.
elected class Of the profession We
have cOnspired with the thoughtless
and melodrama-loving public to give
all the honor and all the profits also
to the surgeons and specialists. If
the profession Is to make any common
stand for better wages it must be for
the sake Of the general physician.
His work is worth just as much as
that of the operator, but he does not
receive One-tenth, and in many cases
not one-hundredth as much. We do
not say that the specialist and surgeon
receive too much; we urge only that
1t is the duty Of the specialist and
surgeon to help raise the standard of
fees for his colleague. In the second
place, the movement to increase the
fee should at first chiefly consider the
country physician, as distinguished
from the city man. Either because
the number Of cases is greater or other
means of livelihood are obtainable the
city physician does not suffer from
low and uncollectlble fees, as does his
country brother. The newly aroused
professional consciousness must show
and the love of just
ice, or 1t will not ndure.-American
Medicine.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

tive and administrative provisions for
road work.
The convention might also lay the
basis Of "A national good roads policy
that would benefit the country quite as
much as the Governments labor and
expenditure for river and harbor i'm.
proyoment.
The Beidler bill is one OF the most
practical and promising measures that
has been proposed TO Congress in a
long time.-Atlanta (Ga) Journal
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
ALIttIe PhiIosopber.

Out in Riverside there lives a little
chap who deserves a place in the
worlds philosophy along with Mrs.
Wiggs and David Harum. He is by
nature sunny, and is apt to take the
world as it comes along. Ills that are
childhood tragedies to most youngsters
he usually passes by with a smile For
this he rightly has been considered
something of wonder, but the eli
max came the other day He had
gone to play with a neghbor's child
and the boys, seeking excitement, had
managed to climb to the top of a big
tree Our little philosopher had only
just reached the top when his. foot
slipped and he fell to the ground. He
never uttered word, and it was the
screaming Of the playmate that at
tracted the attention of the mother.
The doctor came and found two bad
fractures of the leg and hip. The lit
tie fellow bore the setting Of the bones
patiently. After it was done the
mother slipped out of the room to hide
her own tears. A faint little sound
came from the room where the injured
boy lay. She hurried back almost hop
Ing to find him crying.
MY SON." she said "do you want
something? l thought 1 heard you
call"
"Oh, no, mother" answered the lit
tie fellow II didn't call. l just
thought I'd try singing a Bit"
And he went on with the song
Chicago Chronicle
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

1t appears, from recent exhaustive
experiments by Professor Backhaus, OF
Konigsberg University, that although
the flavor Of cows milk is Influenced,
as everyone knows, by various articles
of food, the taste of the milk also de-
pends. and in a still more important de
gree, on the animals own peculiarities,
Some cows persist in giving milk with
a flavor strong or disagreeable, no mat
ter what they are fed and such milk Is
often the cause Of disorders Of the
digestive system.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
Watch for town, Congress Heights,
d c. If.
PIantA That Produee Madness.


The United States Department OF
Agriculture is at present investigating
the curious behavior of certain plants
growing on the Western prairies
which are known as loco-weeds. 10
co" in Spanish signifies crazy. Cattle
and other animals feeding upon loco
weeds suffer arrangement OF the
brain that prevents co-ordinatingmove
ments. Several weeds belonging to
the bean family are included in this
poisonous category. II has been as.
lserted that single dose of some OF
these weeds win cause insanity; b,u
Mr.. v. X Chestnut, of the Department
81 Agriculture. expresses the belief
hat several days Of feeding are re-
red to produce a bad effect
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
HOW THE ANIMALS FEED.
Characteristics of the Beasts When
In Captivitv

III NdpllNitys
An animal s. almost as demonstra
tive when he Is hungry as when re is
In a rage. They are both natural
ceilings and ne sees no reason for
Disgusting them. Human beings, who
are affected in the same way as ami.
mails by hunger, pay tribute to civili
cation by not letting this appear At
an animal show in New York the wild
occupants Of the cages get very wild
when the hour comes for them to be
fed A truck laden with meat and
We tetables is wheeled around. Long
before it gets to their cages the lions
act as If beside themselves over the
maddening prospect of food. The
cages are very small, and yet a lior
and lioness will often be in one. They
tear from one side to the other. the
lion jumping over the body of the
lioness, rather than make a "longei
trip around" Though they ought to
have learned that each will get
share, they both plunge for the great
chunk of meat. Once they get at it
they eat with certain intensity. but
Ieliberation.
The hyenas, Founders" of the ami
NAL realm, are horribly greedy and
will steal from each other. every
chance they get. The apes, the "snobs"
of animal kind, are rather fastidi
robust bird that it is. awaits it's food
with much stolidity, and when 1t gets
its head of cabbage, pecks at it in
most contained, ladylike fasion. The
stoical elephant is a placid eater, also
~ns, if greedy. The ostrich, large
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
InstruotIOnSt subserIbers.

PosrAoE-The postage to all parts' Of the
wnited statee and Canada is paid by the
eablishers.
hENIrrANcxs OF small sums may be made
Ftth comparative safety In ordinary letterO
buma OF one dollar or more must be, sent by
registered letter or post-offlce mon order /,
psherwise, we cannot be responsible for same
GRANGE OF ADDBEss-Su Subscribers Wishing
fheir address changed must invariably give
hair former as well as new address.
MISSING NUMBERS It occasionally appenK
chat numbers Of our paper sent to subscribers
pre- lost or stolen in tine nails In case you
10 not receive any number when due, write
10 . postal card, and we will oheerfully fur.
assE a duplicate Of the missing number
Mper IMPORTANT oV ALL--In every letter
that yoE write us, never fail to give your full
address plainly written. name, post-oftoe
county and State.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

Some surgeons now claim that it is
possible to open the heart and divide
certain valyular distractions that
threaten life. DR.. Robson, of Leeds,
England, says that the old notion that
any wound of the heart must. inev'
itably be fatal has been found er
roneous. In thirty-eight cases de-
scribed by him wounds Of the heart
were stitched up. About one-half Of
the patients recovered from the opera.
tlon, and thirteen of them were fully
restored TO health.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
PLYING MachIns rrhIbItlnn. .

The Aeronautlcal Institute, of Lon.
don, will hold an exhibition Of model
balloons and flying machines and ex-
perlmental apparatus in the early part
Of the new year.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
The Most YnlnahIa statne.

The most valuable statue in the
world is that OF the god Dlabutsu, in
Yokohama, Japan. 1t is 63 1-2 feet
high, weighs 450 tons and contains
DDO-DOund weight Of pure gold.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

Inasmuch as the domest. animals
are not subject TO typhoid fever, it has
been supposed that the disease could
not be contracted by eating their flesh,
but two German investigators have
recently found the typhoid bacillus in
the splenic assesses of a slaughtered
dow, and they conclude that, although
the domestic animals do not show the
lhslons of the disease, they may convey
y 20 man. This. they think, may be
Held 10 account Tor the occasional oh.
4ervatioL of epidemics of supposed
meat poisoning pursuing a course not
distinguishable from that Of typhoid
fever.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

\ Two or three points Of general inter-
est developed at the recent sessions OF
the British Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science at Belfast. DR..
Isaac Roberts, in paper on the evo'
luton of the stellar systems, advanced
the theory that the universe, as astro'
nomical research has thus far revealed,
is only one unit in the universe. His
inference was that all over the sky
vast areas without any stars were scat
tered, and we Were not warranted. in
assuming thas the absence of stars
was due to the inadequacy Of our op
tical and Photographic powers to reveal
them. but there was actually an impen-
etrable abyss void of stars existing
beyond the faintest stars that our most
powerful modern equipments enable
us to see. We could not prove incon-
trOvertibly the truth Of this deduction.
but the author had no hesitation in
stating that the solution Of the Ques'
ton would not long be delayed, for
trustworthy data were being rapidly
accumulated by which a complete dem
onstration would be effected.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27

Most people have at least quered
whether the abnormal GOODNESS of the
past season might not be connected in
some way with the West India vol.
eanic disturbances. Scientific men
have generally refused to entertain the
idea for a moment and have laughed
the case out of court, but at least one
writer, Nj. Paul Combes, treats the
matter seriously. In an article in
Cosmos, he maintains that there is a
reasonable probability that the West
India eruptlons have altered the course
pnd volume OF the Gulf Stream hy
raising the sea bottom; and, as he holds
to the old theory OF the influence of the
Gulf Stream on European climatic con.
dltions, the conclusion Of an altered
climate follows easily, at least for his
own continent. He does not consider
the case of America. Most meteOrOlo-
gists regard the influence Of the Gulf
Stream on Europe as an exploded
myth, but NJ. Combes denies this.
The suburban citizen., 1902-12-27
Changes In Road Making.

T0 HEY have been slow in com
ing to this country, but now
that they have started they
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-18

"The presidents coming trip to
the Pacific coast is hooked forward to
with interest in tln southern cities
through which be win hkely pass
said a pominent New Orleans man
the other night Mr. MCKINLEY
probably has greater popularity IA
the South than any other republican
president has had lie has, on a
number Of odEasien given ulierance
to sentiments that touched a Tespon-
siye chord in Southern hearts and
then the war with Spain, in which
thousands Of Southerners fought un-
der Il as commahder-ih- chief Of
army, did much to wipe ont all.
ceiling Of prejudice that might have
existed against him New Orleans
will give tie president great rel
eepiion should he decide to VISIT
that city, and if the sentiments Of
The people of the Crescent Cilg are
generally shared, the trip from
Washington 70 the coast win be q
continuous ovation"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-18

George Baalamn Clemeneaau,
new "struggle-for-liier.' Fin Paris,
earning a scant living with his pen,
was ten years ago one Of the fore
most figures in French politics. Gle
meneeau was thrown up to. ihe sur
iaee of affairs By The revolution q
1870, and from chat time until 1891
he Was as conspicuous as amy char
aeter in Paris. Arising With the
storm of tho revolution. he sank ia
the excitement Of the Panam af-
fairs.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-18

The PMlad naa Reeofl tslls q
story oi hen vaa one leg which
was ia tae habit Of following N
mistress kind hearted Irish go-
man, wherever She went The Irish
woman died the other day, and the
faithful fowl hoped ga one .es
alongside the funeral procession Coz
two miles to the Baptist church,
and dropped dead on the chinch
steps. Some said it he'd died of a
broken heart, Others thought that
the great exertion Of hopping 50 far
on one leg and the small amount Of
food it had eaten caused the exhaus-
tion. AT any rate, kindly hands
buried il just outside the chufce
fence, by the roadside.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-01-18

Jewels, candy, flowers, man
that Is The woman s preferences
Jewels form magnet Of mighty
powerto the avera ke woman. Even
that greatest of al jewels. health,
is often ruined in the strenuous
efforts to make or save the money
TO purchase them. If woman
will risk her health to get a GOV.
eted gem, then let her fortlfy her.
self against the insiduons conse-
qnences OF coughs, colds and bron.
chial affections by the regular use
of DR.. Boschee's German Syrup.
II will promptly arrest consump-
ton m its early stages and heal
the affected lungs and BRONCHIAL
tubee and drive the dread disease
from the system. It IS not a cure
all, but it's a certain cure for
coughs, colds and all bronchial
troubles. You can get DR.. &. G.
Green's reliable remedies a.
Browu & Cos; Palace Drug Store:
Hamilton 4 Harfs.