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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
Women III China.

The parents'in-law bully wife ter
ribly, and many girls prefe to mar
rage the shelter of Buddhist nun
merry. Eight girls, in 1S73arowned
themselves rather than MARI Some
times they, like the dausters OF
Danaus and the Bride of Lamermoor,
prefer to kill their young me. But,
as matter of fact, these cas- seem
to be the exception and in noels mar
ried people live even rapturasly to-
gether. This is the ideal. Fed wives
STAY themselves rather thansurvlve
their lords.
In poor districts girls are rowned
as 'bouches inutiles. - Just we see
that mo Advertisement So a, to ne
stuck up on given wsSg so b a CEN
nese pond you may see motto board :
"Girls are not to be drownedhere. y
In Pekin there is practicalI'2ao in
fanticide. On a rock in H Kong
harbor a great many deA ldren
and one poor dying infant &c dis
covered two or three years age Pow
erty, of course, is the cause these
denominations. -London News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
Kite Flying POSs les.

It is one of the most ult under
takings imaginable to approx
mately estimate the hs OF kite
above the earth. Thl account
of the fact that objects ing in the
air seem to be farther than they
really are. 1t NAV bes said that
1900 feet is the maximu itude that
can possibly be ATTAINED single
kite. A kite flying at IL light men
toned will appear even conserva.
tive observer to be n :, II not
quite, half mile <bov re surface
of the earth, but car measure
ment of a string and ,ngle will
quickly prove that it CO not have
been more than fou of mile
above the ground. Or lily kite
will go no higher, even IRE string
be paid out; this is bee the wind
depresses the cord and c. the kite
to really recede when ,pears to
rise. 1t has been said tt Is posi-
BILE to arrange several k IN such
manner that they will r, higher
altitude than it is possib to attain
with a single kite. In is manner
where three, four or es dozen
kites have been used .markable
heights have been reached
When more than one - is used
only the main one is atta,id to the
end of the string, the othe being at
tached along the main line IN man
ner similar to the arrange1p pit OF the
hooks along ''trotline'' :Ian aver
age distance of about ,flve feet
apart. Hinkleman, who u4s expert
ments at Buda-Pesth a1d tlso9 and
Watson, whose INVESTIGATES, Kinder
the Russian Academy of Scices, were
carried on at Edeerea, Hand, re-
port curious results VIE single
kites could be forced in the at
mosphere to height of 1q feet,
pair could be made to a4nd to
height of from 1000 to 210feet, and
a tandem easily reached he high
water mark of $500 feet. be three
experimenters alluded to besve that
with a proper arrangement kites,
and with a scientific adjumenr OF
both the tai and string, eight OF
two miles viii eventually preached.
st. Louis Republic.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
Purchasing Discharges.

General orders have been issued by
the Secretary OF the Navy prescribing
the rates at which enlisted men IN the
Marine Corps may purchase their dis
charges. For privates, tifers and
drummers the price of discharge Will
be in the first enlistment 500 during
the thirteenth month, and 81. so addi-
tional during each month thereafter !;
for corporals and thirdclass musicians
SIS will be added; for sergeants and
second-class musicians, $40, and for
non-commissioned staff, first sergeants
and frst-class musicians, SIS. Wash
jngton Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
He WAS SOMEWHAT CHANGED.

care you the man who painted that
ere picture of Moses in the Bull
rushes?" asked man of an artist who
had recently startled the town by an
exhibition of oil paintings.
eyes. :" replied the artist.
"All right, then I want you to paint
my father
ssCertainly, if he gives me few sit
tings.''
Cant do it; he's dead"
sLet me have photograph Of him. "
Cant do that, neither; he never
had his picture TAKEN -.
II am afraid, then, must decline. -
'Decline9 What for? Haven't you
painted Moses? You didn't have a
photograph of HIM, did you? No, L
thought not. Well, my father hahn
been dead nearly so long as Moses. II
you can paint Moses, you ought to
know enough to paint my father.
Approaching the situation, the artist
went to work and evolved such por
trait as he thought might satisfy sc
| original a son.
:sCrikey !" exclaimed theart patron
! on seeing the completed painting.
''That almost knocks the stuffin' out
of Hoses; but, [ say. how he ha:
| chan ged !'-London Tid-Bits.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
CURIOUS FACTS,
Blue wood is the heaviest.

Blue wood is the heaviest.
England taxes gravestones.
Glass collins are used in Russia.
Holland admits coffee duty free.
Austrians are great chess players.
There are no natural white sponges.
Germans are the most prone to sui
eide.
Crabs can see and smell, but can't
hear.
In Arabia Mocha coffee is taken for
taxes.
Silk making originated in India B.
c.. 400.
Ostrich farms return handsome
profits.
There was medieval association of
engineers.
The greatest depth OF ocean yet
sounded is 466 fathoms.
Duplex telegraphy was first accom-
plished by Gintl in 1858.
A Russian is not legally of age till
he is twenty-six years old.
Mary Stuart was one of the most
fascinating widows that ever lived.
Bleached sponges are the best to
use, as the bleaching process disin-
fects them.
The first American cotton factory
was established in 1857 at East Bridge
water, Mass.
The Spartan phalanx was commonly
eight deep; the Athenian, eight,
twelve and twenty-five.
In Lower Canada the ardent lover
begs wooden shoe from his sweet
heart to keep his tobacco in.
Do not use hot water on leather.
Water over $50 degrees will scald 1t,
quicker it up and destroy its strength.
That succession taxes, on the occa-
sion of succeeding to an inheritance or
bequest, are levied in almost all Euro
pean countries.
Fanny Crosby, the blind Methodist
hymn writer, has written 5000 Sun
day-school hymns, many of which are
widely known.
Here is good story which is told OF
Sir Arthur Sullivan. It was at dinner,
and a young lady inquired of Sir Ar
thur whether Bach was composing
anything at present. ''No," he re-
piled, sat present he is decomposing, -
Recently in Germany. on the ami
versary of the death OF Queen Louise,
seven couples were married at the
Court and Garrison Church at Potsdam
who, according to custom, received
each $112 and handsomely bound
Bible from the Queen Louise fund.
John Verdon, penitentiary CON
vict at Columbus, Ohio, from Cincin-
natl, who dropped dead from heart
disease, predicted the day and hour
of his death. When he was received
at the prison he wrote this pre- iictlor
on slip of paper, which was given te
another convict to keep. The paper
was examined and found to be exactly
| true, -
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07

information was the climax of the
brothers woe.
"James." said Henry, ssNlarV's
prettier than l thought-ef she once
gifts East she won't come back, an you
know how bad that I'D look to the
neighhors. I think we'd better drive
over to Phoebe Jones's and ask Mary
ter come back,
"Ef it wasn't for what folks nd say
l wouldn't SO near her-for we're get
tin on very tolerable well without
her," capitulated James, who on the
eve Of surrender would not acknowi-
edge how much they missed and needed
the sister vino mad been given SO
grudging q welcome.
The next day the numbering old
farm wagon drew up before Ph9be's
door. Mrs. Muggins had seen it as it
crawled over the dusty road, and,
feeling that her one chance of eman-
cipation was at hand, prepared to
make the most Of it. Phoebe was
asleep in the room that answered for
kitchen and bedchamber as we'll, SO
Mrs. Muggins walked out to the road
as the ramshackle wagon drew up be-
| fore the door.
"Pa'son says yer thinkin' Nv going
East, was James's salutation, as
| though no long weeks of separation
had interviewed since he saw her last.
Yes, I'm off in day or two, as
soon as Phebe's strong enough to
travel"
Being thus admonished, James
looked over the head of the little wo-
man standing at the side of the wagon
and stammered: eyer brothers
house is the place for you, Mary
81 know that, James, but when
brothers don't know how to treat
sister as though she was human be-
ing. it's time for them to quit part
nership.'
"Why, what do you mean?" came in
astonished chorus from the two.
'sHaven't you had your board and
lodgin' free for ten years?"
"And haven't worked hard enough
to pay for it? You haven't hired any
kitchen help since I came. You've
never had to give out any carpet rags
to be sewed or feather beds to be sort
ed, and I've served and shaved until
I'm sick. Board and lodging, indeed !"
and the little woman, who now real
I lied that she had the upper hand,
shifted scornfully.
The truth of her words apparently
struck home, for James, after sundry
Geographic nudges from Henry, went
on: tP'haps we have been hard,
Mary, but if you'll only come back
home and try Us once more, well try
to do better indeed, we WILL and q
ray OF kindness flashed for a moment
III the old mans eyes as he surveyed
the small figure bristling with the
same spirit of which he was SO proud.
"Will you hire Phoebe to help ne
in the Kitchen"
eyes"
s'Will you carry out the tubs to
catch the rain water at night, instead
of letting me tote them when my
backs nigh onto broke?"
eve will" came the subdued
chorus.
"And will you let me go to meetin'
when ! want to and have company to
tea. and give away cold victuals?"
went on the little general, making
terms once and for all.
Anything, Mary, il you'll only
come back aal look arsar US as you
used ter
can right. then, I'll come
And thus Mrs. Muggins's mutiny
ended in blaze OF glory.-Phlladel-
al, 10 ~
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
PoPULARiENCE.

Fishes of North seas have more
yertebra than I'll THAT swim in
tropical waters.
The moon is bell to be tie only
member of the pla7 system which
is without an atmosl
In German clinic. 900 persons
we're anaesthetizedt892 and 151,-
900 in 1898. fnortality with
chloroform was l 924, and with
ether only 1 in 26,tY
A Russian invet or sends to
makers of flying ma Is information
which he gained Observing the
ordinary house fyhis insect, he
says, beats its winerty times per
second and travelstty miles an
hour.
1t has been statelat as much as
thirty per cent. OF Heating power
of fuel may be lost Il Joke. Careful
experiments to tehis assertion
have been made by rTatlock, who
concludes that the IL f combustible
matters in smoke Dry small in
deed, and that the Kin immense
loss by this cause Is ny a fallacy.
Professor Mayo snsays: Taking
the country as "a Who'll vwhite native
population born Of + gn parentage
and the foreign-bor hite amounts
10 thirty-two per cen But in Massa-
,husetts it is fifty. Der cent. !; in :
Rhode Island, fifty ht; in New
York City, eighty-tw, / Milwaukee,
eighty-ive, and in sconsin over
nlnety.
Berthelon, the Frel ihemist, sug-
yests that the next iteration OF
engineers may prof I give their
attention to the sub ,tion Of the
heat of the sun, or tn trial heat, as
source of energy that derived
from coal. A shaft t. or four kilo-
meters deep would b the water
having a temperatur 100. degrees
to 200 degrees g., ' would de-
velop a large amount power, avail
able in any part OF tn 'be. Many
thousands of years d pass away
before this store of en- Z would ap-
preciably diminish.
DR.. Goriansky. a HI n physician,
claims to have found the juice OF
raw cranberries given lily, pure OF
diluted with an equal of water, Is
| al excellent means of svfng THIRST
and vomiting in Asiati lolera. The
| authors observations fifty cases
have shown in numb I patients in
whom ice and narcot fail to make
the slightest impressi he admins
| tration of cranberEX;S 4tsmall but
frequently repeated es rapidly
checks both vomitingt .ausea. The
author lays stress on t. act that the
harmless juice has a pr full destruc'
tive action on the choh ibrlo.
Sir Howard Grubt lie English
builder of telescopes, poses that
the great telescopes of 'uture shall
be mounted SO IS prae ly to float
on a liquid support. ] sway ever
the greatest rehectors refractor:
vould move with O illness anc
steadiness not attainabl h ordinary
supports, and would be adapted
for photographing th' .vens. Ii
the ordinary visual f the tele
scope slight irregular IN move
ment are merely inconv at, but to'
photography the want soluts pre-
cision results in repr ling eaci
star as streak of rot sharp dot
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A NEW DISEASE.

Mamma-"Wha is Willie crying
about?"
Bridget Shure, ma'am, he want
ed to 90 across the sthreet to Tommy
Browns"
Mamma-"Well, why didn't you let
him go?''
They were having charades, re
said, ma am, and / wasn't shure as
he'd had EN- yet. Chicago Inter
Ocean.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
IN THE WRONG BOX.

Mrs Brigg Harold, mother
called in at your Office yesterday, and
seeing some bronchial troches on your
desk took several. To-day she is SUI
fering dreadfully, and thinks you
meant to poison her"
Mr.. Briggson the architect(-
Bronchial troches, Great Scott
That was a box of our little mosa..
things for hotel and ice.corridors J"
Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A LITTLE HURT.

he devoted, but bashfuD -"There's
been an awful lot in the paper lately
about political combines and rings
and such things"
She determined to help him OUT
Eyes, I've noticed. Do women ever
get mixed up with them?"
He-"Certainly not! Why do you
ask?'
She with ''now-will-you-tumble:-
emphasis) =" Because l feel as If l
would like to get into ring OF some
kind myself
No presents.- Buffalo Courier.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A Winter Game for Bright People.

Now, when the long winter evenings
suggest the idea of indoor games, it
will not be out of place to call to mind
again that good old English game OF
Crambo. It's not a game to play at
all times aud with all people. If your
players haven't the knack of playing
in earnest" If they haven't consider
able literary sense, try something else
Each player writes on slip OF
paper word, and on another u ques-
ton. The slips are then collected,
each kind by itself, and mixed up.
Each player then draws slip with
word on it and another with ques-
ton on it. The object then is for each
to write a piece of verse, introducing
the word and answering the question.
Ten minutes or more may be allowed
for the purpose.
For instance, at a little party the
other evening, one player drew one
slip with the word love on 1t and q
second with the perplexing question:
''Who struck Billy Patterson % This
is the resulting literary proauct:
The question is silly
>(Tho struck little Billy
The answer yoG never Will gain.
For 10 one here knows
And SO I will close.
With love AMI Il feeling o. pain.
Often the answers are humorous.
Occasionally they are worthy to be
called poetry. The question asked
starts you on a theme at once, and
after little practice at the game you
will surprise yourself with witty pro-
auctions. Here Is specimen OF more
dignified verse, written to answer the
question, 500 you like bosting?" and
include the word chimes
am fond of boating. and
When The tides soft Kiss the sand
Ny swift canoe. my hurting Sd.
Flies az my commani.
Sweet float the ''chimes
From yonder bnttle2lentcd pie.
The sun is set the tine Of times
TO drits is her. The rivers aisle
Is molten Gce the somher lines
Cast deep shadows. Let's dream 4 while.
No game that is distinctly a mental
exercise, while at the same time q real
recreation, should be despised. And
among the whole round there is none
better than Crambo. Ii you don't
know it, it's worth learning; if you
do know it, its worth playing -
Washington Pathfinder.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
Widow Muggins's Revolt.
7 RS MTGGINS

Nd. NJ = GGl n >
stood at the door
of the little two
story house in
which she and her
two brothers had
lived since Mug
gins had been re-
moved from the
responsibilities of
life through tn e
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A SORDIp MIND.

(Which would you rather be-" said
one ambitious young man to another,
':a great orator or great writer?'
''Id rather be a great orator.. was
the answer. ''When you just talk it
doesn't cost anything for postage
stamps. '-Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A Grateful MEMORY.

"You must miss your husband very
much, Mrs. De Lynn"
"Miss him! should say did. He
was the only man I could ever trust
darling Fido with and she wiped
away a pensive tear.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A sTRATAGEM FOR RELIEF.

Mr.. Stayon-'sNo, I say; pay as
you go. and if you can't pay, don't
GO
The Dear Girl-':Would small
loan help you out, Mr.. Stayon?"-
Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
SHE ApoLoG1zED FOR HER FATHER.

sAngelina," said the youth holly as
he entered the parlor, sit remains Tor
you to say whether our neutral friend
ship shall continue or be ended here
at once"
ssWhat is the matter?'' asked the
beautiful girl opening her lovely dark
blue orbs to their widest extent.
ssYour father has just called me
blasted idiot
"And you want me to apologize for
him?'
81 do"
'sThen I cheerfully do it. Father
is altogether too frank, and l have
often told him that even the truth
shouldn't always be spoken. New
York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
NEVER AGAIN.

Tubbs (recounting his experience at
a musical party few evenings pre-
viousl- "They did not even ask me to
sing
Miss Whitlye (placidly)-"You've
sung there before, haven't you?"
''Yes, once. Why?"
''Oh. nothing. Boston Home
Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
An nEYIouS SWiNpLE.

Tommy is an awful fellow to play
swindling schemes"
"What's he done now2'
"He's got an accident insurance
policy on his life and then joined q
football team. Chicago Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
SPANISH HCNOE.

Here is modern Spanish Joke.
''The duce I do feel bad
.sWhat's the matter?'
81 ate steak of horsefesh, and it's
going round and round in my inside. "
My dear fellow. 1t must have
been a circus horse. london News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
HE WAS OUT.

May1ick-''The bunco man told
Hanks he looked upon him as one out
of thousand.
Treetop--''Taffy.
Hayrick-- ssNot bit of it. Hanks
realized the full force of the remark
next day. Life.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
A DEBTORS IDEA OF THE.

Charles ''When can you return
that five lent your
Henry-''To-morrow-"
Charles-"Can't you do better than
that?"
Henry-''What better could I do?'
Charles--"Well, you see 1 may want
to use it two months hence. Chicago
Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
THE LADY's MISTAKE.

The Maid-"No, sir, my mistress is
not at home
The Caller (savagely)-"Well, tell
her not to sit before the front window
with the curtains open, then. Chi
,ago Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
IN 4 SAFE PLACE.

Grocer-:'Well, my little boy. what
will You have?'
Fifteen cents worth of molasses.
Grocer las he hands the pitcher
over the counter)-''Where is your
money!"
'Ln the pitcher. / put it there so
as to be sure not to lose it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
HARD LUCK,

cold Cobwigger is remarkably su-
perstitious for man of his intelll-
gence," said Lively. Il saw him pick
up an old horseshoe the other day
EYES," replied Merritt, ''he nailed
it over that 500 vase in his library.
':Did it bring him good luck?"
sit fell down and broke the vase. "
-Tid-Bits.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07

She read Sanscrit,
And knew Pancrit,
Ancient Persian
Was diversion
But she used to think that Maia3
Was river in Lorraine.
That the Mississippi ran
Through Vermont and Yucatan.
And that Christopher Columbus was the
king of Michigan.
All foreign nationalities
And realms and principalities,
With no trace Of indecision
She could name with great precision;
But she used to think Nebraska
Was a river in Alaska.
And she searched for Philadelphia on map
Of Madagascar.
Lewiston CMe) Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

She Didn't Know 1t All-In a Safe
Place-An Obvious Swindle-Ihe
Lady's Mistake-A Stratagem
for Relief, Etc, Etc.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-02-07

ats soap maxim time, too"
groaned Henry.
Eyes, and there's all them pertsters
As need so-tin', and the apples'il rot
eff some IN don't can EN- or sUthin' an
the feather beds to be picked over,
an the socks, an, an'-Oh. Lor', what
VIII we do
'Do without her," replied Henry,
who by this time had plucked up bit
of grim courage as he saw how rapidly
his or other was losing that com
modify.
But as the days went on they found
they could not do without her. The
neighbors, who had always been in
sympathy with kind-hearted little
Mrs Muggins, now absolutely refused
to coIae to the aid of the helpless
despots, VINO saw their pretty, tidy
home assuming an uncomfortable,
slovenly appearance that had not been
there for years.
Mrs. Nuggins, on her side. was in
her element. She had found poor
Phoebe far on the road to the other
world when she stepped into the little
cabin in the wee sma' hours of that
morning when she had crept from her
brothers house like thief. Good
nursing, however, had done wonders
for the girl, who was now able to sit
up. The plan to go East became more
and more delightful prospect as she
thought of it, until SO full OF 1t was
she that she confded in the minister,
who in turn told James all about it
when next he passed by the field
where the old man was at work. This