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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-25
FancIes in EIephant,s Hide.

The latest card cases and pocket
books are made from leather that is
called elephants hide. 1t has rather
tough surface, and is of light tan
color. They are mounted at the COR
ners in dull gold, or have plain gold
band around them, headed by narrow
beading.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-25

ii W daintily across the street
A woman trips with grace complete
While man, inferior In all,
Can never trip without fall.
Washington Star
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-25
PINEAPPLE AIR PLANT.
a Novel and Exceptionally Attractive
Floral Decoration.

TIUEHI UecOrAtIOn.
Blooming plants In hanging baskets
are sometimes difficult to secure. They
cannot be made to trail their delicatN
growth down about the basket in d
short time after starting. Besides,
decorations of this sort often prove
short-lived when taken to the home
from the greenhouse. Try pineapple
air plant for the hanging decoration
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-25
A STORY OF RoSECRANS.
He Was Present When He Was Being
Sworn At.

sworn AT.
'The things person hears while
travelling incognito," said an army Off
Ger, "are not always very compliment
tary to himself"
Has anything of that kind been oc-
curing in your eXperience?" asked the
Star man.
mo; wouldn't tell the story if that
were the case, but this is on some one
else. The incident of which l am re
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-25

-"Go to the dickens" is popular
abbreviation and corruption of "go to
the devilkins," or little devils.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-04-25

"A strangers kindness oft exceeds
q fgiends.-Middleton
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
WORE THE DIAMOND IN HIS
LEG.

Gus Fox, dealer in diamonds on
Fourth street, has story about the
famous Orlotf diamond, named after
Count Orlotf, the first European who
bought it. Fox says: at was origi-
nally the eye of an idol in Trichinop-
oil. 1t was stolen, according to the
accepted account, by Frenchman,
who escaped with it to Persia, where
he sold it for the equivalent in our
money of 200 to Jewish merchant.
The Jewish merchant sold it to an
Armenian named Shafras, who had
travelled in Russia and conceived the
idea of taking the diamond to that
country and selling it to the Empress
Catherine for a great sum. Shafras
paid him 100000 for it.
"Having secured the stone, the next
question with Shafras was how to get
it to Russia, or rather how to conceal
it wnen he was searched by robbers, as
he was sure to be on the road. The
Journey was long and perilous one,
and thieves abounded everywhere.
Shafras thought of swallowing the
stone when he should be taken by the
robber, but was obliged to give that
plan MP, as the diamond was too large
to swallow.
"He began to feel he had white
elephant on his hands when thought
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
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occurred to him. He procured sharp
lance, made cut in the fleshy part of
his left leg and thrust the diamond in
to the wound. He sewed up the cut
with needle and silver wire. 1t
healed, leaving the diamond imbedded
fast in the leg, quite out of sight.
"Then he started for Russia. On
the way he was seized by robbers again
and again and was thoroughly search
ed. Being an Armenian and suspect
ed of going to Russia. to trade, the
thieves marveled greatly at finding
nothing of value upon his person.
"He arrived in Russia at last, and,
after extracting his diamond, visited
the empress. He was willing to sell
it for about $l5O,OOO, but the empress
had not so large an amount in cash for
the purchase, and Shafras preferred to
90 on to Amsterdam, the seat of the
diamond cutting industry, where he
had the stone polished.
"Here Count Orloff, an extremely
wealthy Russian, saw the diamond
and was filled with determination to
secure it, but Shafras exacted from
the Russian government 100000, an
annuity of$2O, 900 and a title of nobili-
ty. He died millionaire.
"The Orloff diamond weighs 1876
carats and is about the size of a pigeon
egg. 1t is smaller than the Kohinoor,
in the possession of the English queen,
which is supposed to be worth $780,
OOO."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
CHAPTER v.

have said that the chateau (tor
the protection of which my friend and
myself were made answerable) was dis
tant a full mile and nalT from the
ground of the encampment, and sepa-
rated bv rather more than half that
s,.ace from the most advanced of the
outposts. The orders which we receiv-
ed were to keep up a communication
by patrols and sentinels with the near
est picket-not to permit any violence
to be done to the house or furniture
to guard ourselves against surprisal
from the cnemy-and to join the main
body as soon as daylight should appear
To say the truth. We were far from be
ING delighted with the honor conferred
upon us: for we could not but regard
ourselves rs exposed to a most unncc-
essary degree of peril, for the attain
mcnt of an object hardly worth tie
FISK when W1S run Ill seeking 10 AT
tain it.
The first and greatest lesson which
soldier is required to learn. is obedi-
ence. Whatever may be the extent of
personal hazard or personal inconveni-
ence to which it promises to subject
him. an order once received must be
carried into execution. and both Charl-
/ ton and | were too we'll acquainted
with the customs of the service to hesi-
tate. in the present occasion. as to our
+ course of proceeding. Taking with lis
the allotted guard thirty mcn.-we
set out without a moment 5 delay. and
/ reached our station just as Il great
/ clock in the hall was striking the hour
Of nine.
The mansion. built after the French
fashion. was fronted 10y .an extensive
court, fenced in on all sides by brick
wall of some ten or twelve feet in
height. Having traversed this, We ar,
rived at the main entrance, where we
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
METHOD IN BRUSHING
THE HAIR.

Some morning when brushing your
hair the thought may suddenly occur
to you that the left side of your head
is covered with more abundant hir-
suite covering than the right side, and
you will wonder why it is.
But even while wondering you will
conclude that the difference is mat
ter of small Importance, that the one
sidedness is more prominent in your
imagination than it is in reality, and
that you are the only one who will
ever notice it. And then you will think
no more about it-that is, not at first.
But after several months the scarcity
of locks on the near side Of your head
will become so apparent that it will
compel you to give it your attention.
Then, if you are wise, you will straight
way seek the cause of the distressing
effect and remedy therefor.
BY consulting competent advisers
YOU will in nine cases out of ten learn
the following: The majority OF women
do their own hair,dressing, and in
brushing they find it most convenient
to draw the hair down in string over
the left shoulder. In that way the
long strokes are given from the hair
follicles on the left side of the head to
tips of the hair, while the right side,
from which the locks are tightly drawn,
is given only stroke and promise
as sort of peace offering. Csnse-
quently it is the glands of the left side
only that are strengthened, and it is
but a question of time when the hair
on the right side of the head will begin
to fall out and give evidence OF the
lack of attention.
The most effective remedy is to in
augurate method of treatment dia-
mctrically opposed othat hitherto en-
ployed. Brush over the right should
er instead of the left and give the hair
on that side the attention it deserves,
and it will not be long until you will
notice difference in its quantity and
general appearance. 1t may be rather
awkard at first for right handed per-
son, but the exigences Of the case de-
mand that lost charm be regained at
the cost of little personal inconve-
nience.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
Selert MisrellalllJ.
A SUBALTERN IN AMERICA.

THE following narrative gives gra-
phic description of the march of the Bri-
tish army through this section of Mary
land in the summer of 1914. 1t is a re-
print of book, now exceedingly rare,
which was written and published early in
the century by G. r. Gleig. The author
was a young officer in the invading army,
but afterwards studied for the ministry
and became the Chaplain General of the
British forces The publication was be
gun in our issue of August ,th last.-ED. !
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
1lnftry.
A-WHEEl. A-WHEEL.

BY JULIA NEELY FINCH.
A-wheel! A-wheel
On my steed of steel,
In the gleam of a silver dawn,
While the East looks pink,
And the brooklet's brink
Is hid by the bending grass.
And it's no! for the bright-eyed lass
And the brim of the sparkling glass
That we dip from the brook,
In a pebbly nook
At the bend of the lush-green lawn,
Awheel! AwheeE
On my steed of steel,
When the day begins to brenk,
When the dim woods thrill
With the lifting trill
That the birds at the dawning make.
And it's ho! when the day comes soon,
And the sun sends my lady moon
TO her dreaming rest
Ger the hill-top's crest,
Till she steals from the >hadowed West.
A-wheel. A-wheel.
In the heart of noon.
Through the shade OF fragrant wood,
Where the shadows blend,
Meath the trees that bend,
With the CLINT of the sunshine through.
And it's no! but the day is good
With the zest of the noon-time rest,
When the sleepy coo
OF the robin blue
Lulls the ear with its drow>y tune.
A-wheel! A-wheel!
On my lusty steed,
In the teeth of driving storm,
When the sky looks black,
And the wrathful wrack
OF the dun clouds gather and form.
And it's ho! for the wings of speed!
For the smell of the rain sweet dust.
And the lightning's glare.
And the winds gay gust,
A-wheel! A-wheel!
When the storm is done.
And the earth. like happy child.
Lifts smiling face
Through its fearful trace
To the shine of the noon-day sun!
And it's no! for the saucy splash
OF the rain with its downward dash.
And the rich perfume
OF the flowerets' bloom
From their hearts by the rain beguiled.
A-wheel! A-wheel!
On my steed of steel
In the hush of the twilight hour,
When the tricksy breeze
Through the arching trees
S 'nds the sweets it has stolen to-day!
And it's oh! for the subtle power
OF the dreams that our senses sway,
When the past comes back,
And the wheel runs slack,
As We steal through some shady bower!
Awheel A-wheel!
Through the darkling night.
When the heat Of the day is done;
When the silver moon
From the glamored West
Stands out in her bloom confessed.
And it's oh. for the homeward run.
ON the track of the sands white dune!
Through the silent street,
ON my light steed fleet,
| wheel to my sweet hOme-neSt!
Home Journal
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30

81 wide Table Oil Cloth, lie per yd.
Felt Window Shades, with good sorIng
roller, and all attachments, ready to put
up l2&c
Best quality Opaqe Window shades,
best spring roller, all attachments, ready
to put up, 25c.
Heavy fancy Chinese Straw Mating, 90
different designs. 9!c per yard, same goods
as others ask 15c for.
Best quality japanese Cotton warp fan
cy art inserted Stair Mattings, 19c per yd.
same as others ask 40c for.
Stained Screen Doors, any size you
want, CSC.
Fancy oak Queen Ann Screen Doors,
any size YOU want, 99c.
Window Screens, fit any size win
dow, 11c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30

Doctor-The matter with You is that
YOU want to be out more.
Patient-I'll be out enough when |
get your bill, doctor
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
st. Peter" -"Halt.'

New Spirit-"Can't come in?'
st. Peter-'I'd rather you wouldn't.
You are just ont Of college, and we
don't want any advice about running
the universe
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
SCOLDTNG WOMEN.

Formerl Y the common scold'-the
woman who made her neighbors' lives
intolerable with her raging temper,
her bitter tongue, her ISLANDERS and
calumnies-was found everywhere.
Laws were passed recognizing her as
one kind of criminal There were two
forms of punishment by which she was
repressed or deferred or cowed into
gentleness-viz, the ducking stool and
the Drank The ducking stool assum-
ed various shapes, but it generally
consisted of a chair on one end of a
beam which rested on bar so as to
make a seesaw. Sometimes the chair
was hung from the beam by chain.
The culprit being tied on the chair, the
other end of the beam went up and
the chair went down into the water,
rousing the woman completely. They
did this three times, after which they
let her 60.
Such stools belonged to nearly every
parish. Like the stocks and the pillo-
ry, they formed part of the furniture
of justice. For instance, about Lon
don there was one on Bankside with
which they ducked the wives of the
players. There was one at Radcliffe,
one at Kingston-on-Thames, and there
was one which stood till the beginning
of this century beside the great pond
or reservoir of the Green Park.
Apparently the chair and the cold
bath did not completely destroy the
female tendency to scold, for it was
found necessary to invent another pun
ishment, which was extensively adopt
ed, although not authorized by the
law This was the "brank," or "scold's
bridle," which consisted of a small cage
formed by iron hoops to fit the head,
with piece of iron which pressed the
tongue and formed the gag. Thus
adorned, the scold was either led or
carried about the town for all the
world to see. Sometimes she was
placed on high scaffold: The Drank
was used in some places down to the
beginning of the century. Its disuse,
its disappearance, make one inclined
to the belief that the scold has also
disappeared. However, such is not
the case. The disease of infirmity Of
scolding still exits, but in much
milder form. The mildness of the
modern form is mainly due to the i'm
proved conditions of life
Two hundred years ago the village
household was insutficiently fed; quail
ity as well as the quantity of the food
was bad; work was hard; men were
rough; husbands beat their wives ha-
bitually III cold weather they were
thinly clad; in hot weather their
clothes were too thick. If there was
any indulgence possible it took the
beer. Tea did not exist. Children,
hungry and cold, cried all day and all
night everything combined to exas-
perate woman, what wonder if, from
time to time, she lost control of herself
and became copiously eloquent over
her wrongs? Things have greatly i'm
proved. The husband no longer-or
very seldom-beats his wife; the food
has become cheap; wages have gone
up; luxuries, formerly unattainable,
have become necessaries; the scold is
dying out of the land because there is
so little left to scold about.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30

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Especial attention is called to our
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Some shining surprises i'll Shoes.
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30
WORTHYY YOUR CONFIDENCE

The success of Hoods Sarsaparilla in
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NAV manifest itself is vouched for by
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foundation of all disease, impure blood,
the system is clarified and vitalized,
and vigor, strength and health restored
to the body.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30

Turkey Red Table Damask. 60 inches
wide 25c per yd., the quality is the soc
kind
Fruit of the Loom, bleached cotton, full
yard wide, &C per yard, any quantity you
want.
Cark's Spool Cotton, SC per spool.
Star Washing Soap &c per cake
Circus Washing Soap, &c per cake.
3Quart Ice Cream Fraezers, $1.29c.
Quart Ice Cream FreeZers. 81 .49c.
Quart Coffee Boiler, Sc.
Good strong Carpet Broom, Sc.
Six Cups and Six Saucers, 29c per set.
Clothes Pins , doz. for 1c.
Good quality Pins, large Papers for
l cent.
Children's Garden Sets, Hoe, Rake and
Shovel all for Sc.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30

"At this point she broke down and
wept scalding tears "Dear me! She
must have been boiling over with
rage"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-10-30

Call and give us look particular mention, our
Millinery Department. We always busy. Come
will treat you right money back if you are dis
satisfied with your purchases Polite and attentive
Clerks in attendance. Over so departments to inter
est YOU. Mail orders will receive prompt attention.
!. No Branch Stores.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-04
GOMEZ ELUDEs MARIN.
Contradictory Reports Regarding
Conflicts In Cuba.


Conflicts In Cuba.
Two hundred refugees arrived at Tampa.
Fla. from Cuba Sunday night. They say
no passports will be issued to Spanish sub
jects after Gen. Weyler arrives. Maceo has
broken through the Spanish Gordon and is
in Havana province. eluding Gen. Marin
in Vuelta Abajo.
An American planter is on his way to
New York to see his associate regarding
the paying to the insurgents Of tax TO
grind cane. All plantations where grinding
is permitted pay tax Of 25 cents per sack
of 800 pounds to the insurgents. On one
tinually to collect
1t Is learned from Mr. E. D. Doamer of
st. Louis, who has received q letter from
his brother in Cuba, that Capt. T. Rosser
Roemer, late of the celebrated Busch zou-
aVes of that city, Is in command OF a regt-
rnent of insurgents attached to Gomez 8
army. Doamers brother, who was also a
member of the zouave company, went to
Cuba before Roemer did. In the letter he
says that he is captain of the artillery.
A special to the st. Louis Republic from
Key West, Fla, says: Gen. Gomez engaged
the Spanish army under Gen. Marin near
ouivican. in Havana province. The bat
tie, which lasted several hours, was stub
bornly contested. The insurgents event
ually withdrew to escape an ambuscade.
Both sides claim the victory, but as the
official report does not state the Spanish
losses the insurgent claim is accepted as
nominally correct. This is to the effect
that Marin lost about 200 men, 200 Mauser
rifles and considerable quantity of am
munition. Gomez, the report says, handled
his forces with rare skill and escaped with
q loss of less than dozen men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-04
TO FIND THE SOUTH POLE.
The Norwegian Explorer Gives an Ac-
count of His Plans.

The Norwegian Explorer Gives an Ac-
count of His Plans.
Carsten Egeberg Borchgrevink, the Nor
wegian explorer, is visiting this country.
In talking of his proposed expedition to
antarctic regions he said:
"Our future expedition will sail from
London December 1, this year. In the
party will be myself and eleven other ex-
plorers. have not decided upon the party
as YET There are so many things to be
taken into consideration. First and most
important is the fact that the men must
be sturdy, and above all of good nature
and disposition. So much depends upon
that The trials are such that no grum-
bier can be allowed to go along. We have
concession from the British company
which will send along two vessels equipped
as sealers. One is to be of about four
hundred tons burden, and the other Is to
be a little ship of about seventy-five tons.
In addition to these we will take q steam
or naphtha launch. 1 will BE- In conf
mand, and our objective point will be Cape
Adair. Our party will be landed there
with sledges. snowshoes, dogs and all equip
ment. Then the vessels will leave US and
start -upon their cruise for whales and
seals. We shall at once build our winter
quarters and prepare for the trip to the
southern pole. The ships will return for
Us in December. 1897. By that time We
hope to have reached the pole. That is the
plan SO far outlined. We have not de-
cided upon the vessels as yet or any of
the additional details"