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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
Traits of the German Chancellor.

Count Caprivi, the German Chancel-
lor, has very few attendants-a single
bodyguard and cook of doubtful ca
liabilities. He rises at six to dress in
uniform. At seven comes cup of tea,
and with it the morning papers. Then
he takes ride. The return is at ten,
when he dispatches correspondence and
gives interviews. Lunch is served at
the German hour, 1915. The inter-
vel between one and five is devoted to
the State, and at six comes dinner, a
meal conspicuous by the absence of
ladies and gorgeous variety of uni
forms. The Count does not work in
the evening. He has one hobby
gardening, and can console him
self in any disappointment by contem-
plating his fine cabbage and superb
dahlias. Chicago Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08

quickly than large man. Besides, ]
had a start. In fact, I was bowling
away in a cab that had previously
engaged, before he was halfway
down."
''But," I asked, "have you never
been troubled by him since? Has he
never hunted you up?"
CT have reason to believe he has
not" answered the Doctor. Gin fact,
if he had, am afraid I would not be
here tonight to tell the story. -
Frank Leslie's Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
IN THE VALLEY.

To-day when the sun was lighting ny house
on the pine-clad hill
The breast of bird was ruflel as it perchei
on my window sill,
And leaf was chased by the kitten on the
breeze-swept garden walk,
And the dainty head
Of a dahlia red
Was stirred on its slender stalk.
Oh, happy the bird at the rose tree, unheea-
ing the threatening storm!
And happy the blithe leaf chaser, rejoicing
in sunshine warm!
They take not thought for the morrow-they
know no care to-day;
And the thousand things
That the future brings
Are blank to such as they.
But l. by the household ingle, can interpret
the looming clouds.
For the wind. "soo-hoos' through the key
hole. and a shadow the house en-
shrouds;
And know I must quit my mountain and
so down to the vale below,
For my house is chill
On the windy hill
When the autumn tempests blow.
My mind if forever drawing an instructive
parallel
'Twi1t temporal things that perish and
eternal things that dwell
When pillows ard waves Surround me and
waters my soul o:erhov,
descend in hope
From the mountain top
To the sheltering vale below.
I go down to the Valley OF Silence, where
the worldly are never met
I know there is balm and healing" there for
eyes that with tears are we.:
And I find in its sweet seciusion gentle solace
for all my care.
For that valley pure
With its shelter sure
Is the beautiful Vale of Prayer.
Chambers Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
Bumblebees DESTROYED by Field Mice.


1t is reckoned that two-thirds of the
bumblebees in Great Britain are de-
stroyed by field mice. The latter eat
the honey stored away By those in
sects and so starve them. Now. it is
literally true that any one who kills a
cat is upsetting the natural balance OF
life to an extent which will have an
unfavorable effect OF the productive
ness of garden and field. Pussy's
death permits more mice to live.
They wipe out the bumblebees, on
which clover and many other plants
absolutely depend for their fertiliza-
ton In the absence of the humble
bees these plants do not ripen seed,
and thus the next crop is affected.
Herodotus, the father of history,
tells an odd story of the invasion of
Egypt and Judea by Sennacherib,
king of Assyria. The army of that
monarch was assailed by swarms of
mice, which poured in upon the SOL
diers, de7ouring their quivers, bow
strings, ana tie leather handles of
their shields Bereft Of arms, they
fed in disorder, and great numbers of
them were killed." This event was
commemorated by a statue of the
Egvptian ruler with mouse in his
hand.
Very nearly related to the field mice
are the Jennings, which are in their
way among the most remarkable Of
animals They are about five inches
long, with very short tails Dwelling
in the highlands OF the great central
mountain chain OF Norway and Swe-
den, they build their nests of straw,
lined with hair, under stones and tus-
socks of grass. They are very pugna-
cious. When disturbed instead of
trying to escape they sit upright,
kissing and showing fight. Certain
cultivated districts of Sweden and
Norway, where these creatures are or
dinarily unknown, are occasionally, at
intervals OF from five to twenty-years,
overrun by armies of them, which
steadily and slowly advance, always in
the same direction, regardless of all
obstacles, swimming across streams
and even lakes several miles in
breadth, and committing great devas-
tation. In turn they are pursued and
harassed by crowds of beasts and bird
of prey, such as bears, wolves, foxes,
wildcats, weasels, eagles, hawks and
owls. Even domestic animals, cattle,
goats and reindeer join in the hunt
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
Breeding Angora Goats.

The owner of band of Angora goats
ranging about twenty-five miles north
east of town says that a band of 100
of the number has increased in two
years to 500. The wool or hair of this
breed is very valuable and they sub
sist on ranges where cattle would
starve.
There is very little snow on the
range, and the loss IS very light, as
the animals are of very hardy na-
ture. The only loss sustained was
from the depredations of coyotes,
which frequently killed the kids that
became separated from the band, I'M
til the herder procured shepherd
dogs.
There are large areas of white sage
included in the range where the
band is feeding, which is more nutri-
tive than either bunch-grass or alfalfa,
and in the early spring the herder
says the band gets trolling fat" from
grazing on that character of feed
Virginia New. Enterprise.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
Saw aLiving Mummy.

In the Cornhill Magazine a writer
thus records visit to an Egyptian
domicile situated upon the Nile: eve
went into the hut after some hesita-
ton (the dragoman whispered there
were ladies there), and found Wig
orous old man telling his Mussulman
beads cross-legged on a mud bench,
and on the floor bent over the fire the
oldest looking human being l ever saw
alive. Mummies I have seen, and
wondered not that they were dead,
but in what part of her withered, des-
sicated frame that old woman found
space to keep the stern vital energies
that lined her grim, carved face 1 can
scarcely guess. She looked no more
living than seaweed does, dried and
stretched on paper.
"Her arms, her limbs thrust almost
into the fire) we're SO shrunk that the
long leathern flesh and faccid muscles
hung round them like dangling shreds
on sticks. Round her neck were beads
of wood, and round her wrists leath-
ern bracelets Though, to be sure, L
cannot feel certain they were not folds
of skim, and on her face lurked not
only lines but gullies and passages,
they seemed so deep and fallen. But
for the occasional upturned glance OF
her cold unquestioning eye I could not
have supposed her anything else than
one of the earliest and best preserved
of the remotest queens of Egypt.
'Ihe old man gave us lusty well
come, and sent for milk and dates and
filled our pockets. He showed us his
long spear that hung against the wall,
and told me with a proud gesture that
he had often killed his man, but more
often with sword, and taking me by
the shoulder, showed me fercely how
he used to do it. He was ninety years
old, and had never been farther from
home than Assouan, and then only
once. All his sons sat and stood
around us, and in the background
against the mud granary white teeth
glimmered, and the broad, black faces
of the women shone. l asked him
what present he would like, and he
asked for little rice and little cot
fee. All the time he clutched and
fingered his Moslem rosary, which,
when 1 admired it, he wanted me to
accept. The son came back with US
to the dahbeah and carried off the
coffee and rice in envelopes, to which
I added handful of cigarettes and a
couple Of oranges, with particular IN
functions that one was to be given to
the old gentleman"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
Married in Two and q Half Seconds.

When the town board meeting of
West Indianapolis was in session last
night Justice of the Peace Allen, who
was present, was summoned to perform
a marriage ceremony. The contract
ing parties were John Perry and Miss
McGreevy. The ceremony was per
formed at the residence of the bride
on Bridge street. When Mr.. Allen
entered the house he was desired by
both parties that the ceremony be o
short one. Mr.. Allen promptly tied
the knot. Mr.. Wynne, who had taken
his watch from his pocket to note the
time consumed in the ceremony,
startled them all by announcing that
the worlds record had just been
broken.
you have taken only two and one
half seconds in the ceremony"
Another gentleman present affirmed
Mr.. Wynne's Observation-Disclosures
lis Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
$500 For al Egg Shell.

1t is interesting to note that it is
not always the newest and the freshest
egg that commands the highest price,
for at recent auction in London an
old egg, or rather the shell only, was
sold for sum equivalent to $500.
It was the shell of the egg ola great
aux, a now extinct bird, and there are
only sixty eight of them in existence,
as far as is known. Sir V. II. Crewe,
Bart, was the purchaser, and the
price was the highest ever paid for All
auk's egg sold under the hammer.
New York Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08

cause the carrier pigeon the utmost
distress of mind. Its whole life and
all its instincts appear to be directed
to finding its way back to its home.
But then even carrier pigeons come to
love new home even better than an
old one, and they can pick up living
wherever they may happen to be.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
The. Doctors Confession.
BIZ THOMAS WINTHROP HALL.

E were sittin G
around the fire
in the reading
room of the club,
W b e n Dufferin,
whose only occu-
patton in life is
extracting good
stories from other
men thanks to O
proyident and de-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08

In the Lightweight years from 1900
to 1888 the world mined 1912 tons of
gold, 95, $50 OF silver, $4,000, 900 of
copper, 1900, 900 of lead, 800, 900
of zinc, $4,000 of tin, 1878, O0O,-
900 of iron and 10, 6Ol, 900, 900 of coal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08

Cicero WAS notable punster. A
collection, not now extant, OF bispuns
was made by JUL US Caesar. =
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-05-08
THE TABU.
ODD CUSTOMS OF NATIVES OF
NEW ZEALAND.
Darkest Superstition, Which Has a
Picturesque Side-Wholesa!e Rob-
berry Sanctioned by Law-Dig-
- ging Up Dead Bones.

~ EW ZEALAND has become
M so far modified by Euro
v pean influence that the
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-10

nUAKERsELF RAISING BUcKwHEAT
W and PANCAKEFLOURjus received by
J. @, MILBURN.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-10

nv MANY doctors. Women are olten
treated specially for sick headaches, dys..
pepsia, melancholy, or what is supposed
to he a liver or kidney affection or heart
disease, when in reality the whole trouble
is with the reproductive organs ms
delicate and intricate organism and the
rational treatment for its peculiar all
,nents is life study for the wisest Physi'
clan Probably no practitioner LIVING
has higher repute III this special direc-
t;nr than Or. r. Y. Pierce, Chief Con-
s,,Itinr Physician of the Invallds' Hotel
and Surgical Institute. OF Buffalo, n. Y.
His Z" Favorite Prescription, is the most
perfect remedy ever known for all "fe-
male complaints" 1t gets at the source
OF the trouble from the inside: 1t is not
merely temporary, external, local, boil
stcring-up or palliative. 1t is cure. II
directly tones and strengthens the In.
ternal organs, restores them to health
and regularity, and completely banishe.
the continual weakness, drag and drain
which wear out body and mind. 1a
sale exceeds the combined sales OF all
other medicines for women.
In every American household, there should bt
n COPY OF Dr. Plerce's great work, Cormor
Sense Medical Adviser" :" IooS pageA Illustrated
One copy f,cc to any address on receipt of al one
cent stamps to pay for mailing on!r; Wo!ldi
Oispensary Medical Association, Buffalo ~ T.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-10

A young man from the Bullturn
neighborhood arrayed himself in pair
of white duck trousers on Sunday morn
ing last and started out visiting, when,
unfortunately for him, his horse trod in
horse track that held an even quart of
muddy water and threw every drop of
it on his snow white trousers. He took
them off and washed them in wayside
spring and while they were drying
went to sleep. When he awoke some
one had gone off with his trousers, and
he had to wait in the secluded spot by
the spring until after night fall before
he could go home. Even then his
difficulties were not over, for the dogs
did not recognize him in his scanty ap-
parel. and some of the ladies being very
much frightened awakened the head of
the household who came out with gun
in his hand, chased his terrified son
three miles in the direction of the springs
and twice spriukled him with shot. He
finally fell from exhaustion and the
old man coming up close to despatch
him with knife, his ammunition all be-
ing exhausted, was horrifed to recog-
nize his son whom he forgave on hear
ing his explanation and conducted him
home. The young man it is thouhgt will
recover, as he is now able to sit up and
take little Observation-Disclosures
ViTQiniQn.
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OFFICIAL.

TITO REBECCA IRWIN. RUTH BROOKES,
u GRACE FLEMING, MARY IRWIN
TAKE NOTICE-That by a joint resolution
Of the! City Council of Alexandria, passed on
June 23rd, 1896, the alley running from the
south side Of Duke street south 81 feet be-
eween Alfred and Patrick streets, was direct
ed to be graded and paved by July 18th,
1896, and the City Engineer was directed to
notify the owners of the real estate abutting
upon said alley. Your property abuts upon
the said alley to the extent of 81 feet, more
or less
You arc therefore notified to have the said
alley sbutting upon your property graded
and paved by the day named above, and if
you fail to have the portion of the said alley
graded and paved, which abuts upon your
real estate, then the City Engineer is directed
to have the same graded and paved, and report
the same to the City Council Of Alexandria,
together with the cost of such grading and
paving; which cost will be collected from you
in accordance with the law in such cases made
and prosided E. C. DUNN,
jy1 lot City Engineer.
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A REBUKE FROM RoME.-A dispatch
from New York says: For some time
booksellers, merchants and others who
cater principally to Catholic priests
have been in the habit of giving mer-
chandise in exchange for masses said
for them by the priests. A sum rang
ing from 50 up, according to their
means, is usually charged Catholics for
masses, and this money goes into the
pockets of the assistant priests or Gu
rates. Those who had any commodity
to exchange for masses usually got into
the habit of offering it to the priests in
lieu of money, and the latter willingly
accepted it, inasmuch as they thought
it better than nothing. But the eccle-
siastical authorities got wind OF the
practice, and the following edict has
been issued against it by the Sacred
Congregation at Rome:
Certain booksellers, merchants and
others, enormously interpreting the
disposition of the Holy See, offer books
and other wares to priests who are to
celebrate certain number of masses,
the corresponding honororia of which
are to be retained by the merchants as
the price of the books or wares offered.
In order that the priests might not be
led into error on this point it is hereby
made known that such a proceeding is
severely forbidden, under the penalties
sanctioned in the decree, vigilanti.
which emauated from this Sacred Con-
gregation of the Council on May 20,
1898" A copy of this notice has been
sent to all the priests of that archdio-
cese.
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AUCTION SALES.
By Walter B. Williams & Co. Auctioneers.

By Walter B. Williams & Co. Auctioneers.
DY AUTHORITY OF A DEED OF
ID trust dated October 1, 1891, and re.
corded in liber No. 5, folio 211, ct seq, one
of the land records of Fairfax county, State of
Virginia, and 81 the direction of the party
secured, We will sell at public auction on the
premises, on
FRIDAY, JULY 18TH, 1896,
st o'clock p. m., the tracts in said county
and State on Langley pike, aggregating
1OS1b acres, devised to Francis G.. Cannon,
and described in said deed of trust, with the
improvements thereon.
Terms OF Sale: One quarter cash, balance
in three equal installments, due in 1, 2 and
3 year alters date respectively secured by deed
of trust A deposit Of S100 will be required.
Sale to be consummated within Is days,
otherwise resell at cost of defaultins pur-
chaser Conveyancng at purchasers cost.
ALLEN c. CLARK, Trus,oes
HENRY c. BORDEN. i"''0o'
Al
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White Skirts.

as your person.
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BU1S SHIhIS 4JC.
10 dozen Boys Laundered Percal Shirts,
sizes ID, 121a, 13, 1870 and ID, at 49c.
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iyS,11&15
By R. F. Knox, Auctioncer.

COMPULSORY SALE BY PUBLIC AUG.
" TION OF A VERY VALUABLE
TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING ABOUT
AZ ACRES, LYING JMMEDTATELG
SOUTH OF THE VILLAGE OF ROSSLYN
IN ALEXANDRIA COUNTY, VA, AND
NEAR THE AQUEDUCT BRIDGE AND
WITHIN TWO MILES OF THE WHITE
HOUSE.
By virtue of authority given in a certain
deed in trust to US, dated May 14th, 1881, :,
and recorded among the land records OF Alex.
andria county, Va. in liber "M," No. a, folio
324, we, the undersigned trustees, in accord
ance with our agreement with the contribu.
tors to the purchase money for tho land de-
scribed in said deed in trust, and their as.
signs, will sell at public auction, on the prem.
ises, to the highest bidder, on
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-07-10
DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to eczema, letter, salt-rheum, and other
diseases of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlains Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem
edv for sore nipples chapped hands, chill
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes.
For sale by druggists mt % cents per box.
Try DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are lust what horse needs whcni in bad condi-
ton Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
Foo sale by L. Stabler & Co.. Druggists.
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MONDAY,
the 18th day of July, 1896,

the 18th day of July, 1896,
at o'clock p. H., THE TRACT OF LAND
described in the said deed in trust, subject to
the rights of way of the Washington, Alexan-
dria and Mount Vernon Railway Company,
and the Washington, Arlington and Falls
Church Railway Company through said tract
of land.
Terms: One-third cash, and the balance
in one, two and three years, evidenced by
notes of the purchasers secured upon the said
property and bearing interest at the rate Of
six (6) per cent. per annum, payable semi
annually, or all cash at the option of the pur-
chaser. A deposit of 81 900 will be required
from The purchaser at the time of the sale.
Terms to be complied with in ten days from
date of sale. otherwise the trustees reserve
the right to advertise and resell the said prop
erty at the risk of the defaulting purchaser.
HoT1Rb H ED1sbh ?. DShfs MARsHALL, {, Trustees.
les tjy13
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Free Pills.

Send your address to b. E. Bucklen
& Co., Chicago, and get free sample
box of DR.. Kings New Life Pills. A
trial will convince you of their merits.
These pills are easy in action and are
particularly effective in the cure of Con-
stipation and Sick Headache. For Ma
laria and Liver troubles they have been
proved invaluable. They are guaran-
teed to be perfectly free from every
deleterious substance and to be purely
vegetable. They do not weaken by
their action, but by giving tone to
stomach and bowels greatly invigorate
the system. Regular size 25c. per box.
Sold by Ernest L. Allen, Druggist.
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INSANITY MAY BE CURED.

Bad brains can be fixed now. In
sanity is contagious disease. The
spinal marrow may be drained without
death. These are some of the amazing
statements made by DR.. Warren l..
Babcock, of st. Lawrence State Hos
pital, a scientist of high standing, says
the New York Journal.
Insanity, that dread malady, hitherto
impregnable, for the reason that even
the specialist did not know just where
to attack and could never get at its
root, has at last begun to yield to scien-
ti6c investigation and some of its great
est dangers to totter before medical ad-
vance.
Enough has been completed even
now to prove that the new discovery is
one of astonishing value.
Acute delirious mania, the most ter
rible and fatal form of insanity, seldom
resulting in anything but death, has
been discovered to be a germ disease,
and the germ itself has been found.
Not only this, but it has been identi-
fed as germ we'll known in bac-
teriology, the micrococcus pneumonia
croups;e, the common germ of Croft
pous pneumonia and ofseveral forms Of
meningitis.
These germs, found in the brain of
living man, were injected into rabbit
by the doctor, and the animal soon de-
veloped unmistakable evidences of in
sanity.
Common acute mania, which in many
of its characteristics much resembles
acute delirious mania, and is the most
frequent Of all the forms OF insanity,
may very likely be germ disease. Ar
guing from the standpoint of what has
been already discovered, the chances
seem to be that it is. Paresis may be,
though that is not at all certain. The
discoveries already made place the sci
ence OF insanity on the borderland Of
the future, wherein all things are pos
sible. Already by this one discovered
germ the treatment of insanity is com.
mencing to he revolutionized. Moth
ing, as matter of fact, could be dis
covered now any more remarkable and
unlikely than the finding of this first
germ.
And yet there are certain forms of in
sanity that are known to be caused by
the wasting away and the degene,a-
tion of the brain cells, such as dementia,
chronic mania and paranoia, and these
can hardly be connected with germs in
any way. Such is the verdict of the
man who has discovered this one in-
sanity germ, yet he would be bold
scientist who would hesitate now to
deny to almost any mental trouble a
possible germ origin.