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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
Selrrt Mi5rrllunlJ.
SAVED BY HIS WIFE.

The professional ''loafcr" secs more
life than any one. The busy people
in mighty London are in too great 4
hurry to make money TO motto all the
quaint little comedies which work
themselves out day by day.
1t was while | was ''loaling" that
saw Il strange drama in real life. which
l should certainly have missed had
not been conscientiously idle.
One afternoon | fell into convcrsa
tion with little man who was likewise
busy in the almost forgotten art of do.
ing nothing.
He was neat little man: his mus
tache was neatly trimmed. his figure
was neat and compact, his clothes were
neat.
We were watching girl fail off her
bicycle. There were several people
looking on, and we all enjoyed it very
much. The girl kept falling, but
whether she did it for our amusement
or bccausc she couldn't help it | don
know.
We discussed the new woman" and
| WAS glad to find he didn approve of
her, because | do, and it gave me 4
chance of airing my views.
And SO ',ind ofintimacy sprang up
betwecl: us. Wcmct nearly every day,
and bit by bit he told me his little
story.
His name was Smollett. and he lived
in a fiat near the park vita his wife
and child. He told me in confidence
that his wife was the best little woman
in the world, and limited that his child
was within Il trihe of being the best
little man.
Mr.. Smollctt had been 4 clerk in 4
stcckbroker's otrc,. But the stock
broker had taken 4 wrong view Of the
South African question, and, after be-
ing hammered, had gone through the
Bankruptcy Court and retired into the
country to live in contcntment on his
wifc'S settlement. Mr.. Smollett was
in search OF Il fresh appointment.
"I on inow.' he said one day, I'm
not greedy nan. | dat lop,> fora
large salary. Three or four pounds Il
week would satisfy me very we'll for
the prcseut. Yon see my wife is such
Il splendid manager"
believe he spent his mornings in
tn" delightful occupation of answer..n-
advertisements and hunting up friends
likely to he Of service In the after
noon he lounLel in Battcrs;.a Park.
But the weeks slipped away: ard
spring was converted into summer.
Mr.. Smpllctt still made his appearance
in the lark. near The lighthouse, with
unIailin9 regularity. He hadnot found
employment.
"lt strikes me, he said with kind
Of airy philosophy, that | shall have
to look out for something at about two
pounds week. \ small loaf is better
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
KNEE SPRUNG.

In tue first place, ifhorses were kept
in natural condition, turned into large
box stalls instead of standing in mar
row ones, their feet soaked just enough
to keep them in about the condition of
pliableness that the foot is in when the
horse is running at large, and in shoe
ing keep the natural shape and position
of the foot as near rs possible, and the
animal treated nationally in other re-
spects, horse would not become knee
sprung.
| am neither veterinarian nor a
horseshoer, but from observation and
experience am decidedly in favor of
low heels for knee sprung horses.
If the heels are let high, it has
tendency to contract and shorten the
tendons and ligaments, and the knee
is thrown forward and ont of line and
becomes shaky.
If the heels are low, there are grad
ual stretching and lcngthening of the
tendons and drawing of the knee
back into. plumb. Take knee sprung
horse and stop him going down hill
and see how his knees will 90 forward
and teeter. The decline in the ground
lets the toe down, and the effect on the
leg is the same as high heel.
Now turn the horse around and head
him up hill, land his knees will be drawn
back and he will stand much firmer
and straightcr.
Without expressing an opinion as to
the equity of always showing q horse
to the best advantage to the seller
notice when a horse little shaky on the
knee is being shown he is never stopped
on descending ground. 1t must be
plain to every one that in descendinga
hill the decline gives horse a high
heel, and in ascending low one.
The change from high to low heel
must he gradual, so as not to suddenly
strain the tendons.
One writer reasonably says that con-
tracted heels cause the knee to go for
ward to relieve the pressure on the foot.
4 horses heels must not he allowed
to contract. If the foot is kept from
drying up, heels let down in shoeing
SO the frog can get IL little ground pres
sure, giving the heels natural expan-
sion, they will never contract.--r.
Neoeas, III american Cnltivotor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
OFFER TO THE
PEOPLE OF MARYLAND.
Any person from Maryland, bringing
this advertisement, during the month of
September to
HAINES' = WASHINGTON - STORE
Can buy goods at the following special prices
can buy goods at the following special prices:

The entire SO DEPART
MENTS are complete through
out, with better goods for the
money than can be bought else
where i'll thd city.
The Best Fitting Patterns.
Some call them Butterwick
Patterns others Metropolitan
Fashions. They are the same, and
there are only two places in
Washington, whore you can buy
them, and one of those places is
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

the literary side track. First he will
go to press with more regard for the
"uses scribendi"- i"-perhaps!-h may
take more care With his copy: "write
on one side only; use black ink and a
good pen; write distinctly, forming
every letter, dotting anl crossing
saving the eyes of the print
er, the pride of the writer, and the
temper of both. Fare, fac!''
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
OVER THE HILLS.

Over the h lis and far away,
A little boy steals from his morning play,
And under the blossoming arp.e tree
lie les and he dreams of the things to be-
OF battles fought ard victories won,
OF wrongs o'erthrown and Of great deeds done
OF the valOr that he shall prove some day,
Over the hills AMI far away
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away.
It's o for the toll the livelong day!
But IT mattereth not to the soul aflame
With q love for riches and power and fame!
On, o man, while the sun is high
On to the certain joys that lie
Yonder where blazeth the noon of day
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and far away.
Over the hills ard far away,
An Old man fingers at close Of day;
Now that his journey is almost done,
His battles fought and his victories won
The old-time honesty and truth,
The t-ustfulncss and the friends of youth,
Home and mother: where are they:
Over the hills and far away
Over the hills and f IT away.
Eugene Field.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

Fruit of the LOOM" l yd wide
bleached cotton. ..... ...... &c yd.
Good Apron Gingham. -. ..... 34c yd.
Goc all wool Dress Serge, II yds
wide, black and blue. ue..........3 39c yd.
All wool Red Flannel. 94c yd
Good 1O4 Cotton Blankets, grey
and white. 41c pr.
Ladies long sleeve, robbed Under
SHlIl l5t
Mems Me"ino, heavy weight under
SHlItS S')C
Mems $1.25 good heavy sole Shoes. 81 90
Felt Window Shade with spring fix
Haberman's Granite Ware, pre-
serving Kettles, cooks quick
ly, tasteless and needs no
scoring, II and 16 quarts. . 39c and Acc
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

"Daughter-'les I've graduated,
but now must inform myself in ply
chology, philolo@y, bibli li--S
Practical Mother - ''Stop right
where YOU are. | have arranged for
a thorough course in roastology, boil
ogy, stitchology, darnoloyy, patch
ology and general domestic hustIeolo-
gy. Now get on your working
clothes"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

had opportunity
like at fright in the midst OF the offer
Won the Best Baltimore Made Clothing 20
discount under original prices this
the goods
and the
assured the Lowest ce instance
ercent.D Discount Sale charged
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

How was that"
IL wrote the name. 1t was perfect
1t was all ready to go off stamped and
addressed to Morchousc.''
''lIow was it it didn't go?" | asked
My wife saw it lying on the table
She didn't know all about it but ! sup
pose she guessed there was something
wrcng."
BY this time he was fairly crying
but | tried not to see
''And she?" | asked.
'She picked the wretched thing up
and chucked it in the fire." he said.
Then he jumped up from his scat
and without another word walked away
rs fast as his little legs would carry
him.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

Any man will acllnowlc, gc the corn
if its his own and somebody treads on
Ii
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

"Theres one thing, however, that I
can't quite understand said the Rev.
Mr.. Choker.
"What's that" Mrs. Van Scadds in.
quired.
"Why, it is this: Every time | get
back to my church after being away
upon vacation the members OF the
congregation seem to be even better
than they were before | left"
"Well.' the thoughtless lady said,
Il suppose it is only natural that the
rest should benefit them as we'll as
YOU
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
Nj AXE THE MOST
OF YOUSELF.

1t is the duty of every man to make
the most of himself. Whatever his
capacities may be, he is sure to find
some place where he can be useful to
himself and others. But he cannot
reach his higest usefulness without
good health and he cannot have good
health without pure blood. The blood
circulates to every organ and tis-
sue and when it is pure, rich and
healthy it carries health to the entire
system, but if it is impure it scatters
disease wherever it flows. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the one true blood purifier.
1t sures salt rheum, scrofula, catarrh,
dyspepsia and rheumatism because
these diseases have their origin in tie
blood
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
1luetrln.
THE PIG, THE STAG ANDTHE
ASS.

ASS.
Before the hum IN race appeared,
To make itself abhorred and feared,
The pigs cantankeroIs, rude and bod,
This rclling, swinging earth control el
Each year we:e held-to sl, 4 c the pigs
Some cauruses, and other rigs
When sulLe selected brute was sent
TO run, befoc the government
Hog, dog or hoI whatever beast
Could get tie vuteS--he was the best
One yeHr the Stag was candidate.
Bat To- the ASS ppsaIed in STATE!
Aud brayed. and SWOIe Lc'i beat the Sag
And s., indeed, he did-n bras!
lie brayed and bawlCd and how,ed so big
lie got the vote Of every 6!
But when lie came to leap the d;cl
He fell. poor ignom nous wretch!-
And Whined with bitter tears, "Aas!
I'm not Stas!-I'm but an AS>!
George SenE0H.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01

Il dreamed last night that You gave
me lot of money! said Mrs Brown.
did you have any change lett" asked
her husband
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-10-01
MARLBOROUGH, friday OCTOBER 1897

ed drown myself Can't afford q
revolver, you know
He said this with bitter laugh, but
he didn't mean it. The little man had
no more idea of committing suicide
than | had.
docs Morehouse still send you some
work."
No." he said, quietly. IL shan
get any more work from Morehouse. >
"Ohr'
How he got through the next fort
night | scarcely knew. He seemed to
have no friends. The weather was get
ting co.,,>r, and he lacked an overcoat
i believe that everything which
could be spared had been disposed OF
to buy food. | could do very little to
help him, being in my chronic condi.
| tion Of -,%oter.
AT last he appeared one afternoon in
4 state of triumph. lie had found g
situation-only two pounds week
| but he was rs pleased as if it had been
the directorship of Il bank.
IL will start to work tomorrow. he
said checrtulIy, 80 IN afraid we won t
haveany IN n l;trrn,,n talks They We
done IN. god.
did ever tell YOU what More
house wanted me to do?' he said Jerk
lily.
knew what was coming-a confes-
sion.
"Perhaps You had better keep it to
YOURSELF
"No, | want to tell YOU. | think
You are the sort Of 4 t,!,w who would
understand"
Il happen to be 4 very good writer.
| can copy anybody's handwriting. It's
a sort Of a gift. Sometimes at school
| used to do other fellows exercises
for them, and no one could tell the diff
ference. Nor, house knew this, and he
wanted me toput somebody clsc's name
to bill.
lie stopped and swallowed some
thing nervously.
''He offered me fifty pounds-and |
wanted the money very badly"
"Iou didn't do it," | asked.
"Ies, did," he said, simply
There was hardly any risk" he
said shakiIv. "Morehousc had ar
ranged it very cleverly and before the
bill would become due he was certain
to refund the money all right, so it
would nev>r have been crime" he
went on huskily. "but it didn't come
q.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
sclENTlFl SCRAPS.

While excavatin Tor pond on the
farm Il. V. Hark ss, near Donerail,
KY, recently, wor hen discovered the
bones OF mastodA.
Rarefed air has BEN found by Herr
Levinstein to prodke strong fatty de-
generation of hear liver and muscles,
with death thrdkgh deficiency of
oxygen.
II is proposed I erect n table. in
honor Of Professo{ iiuseppi Sauarcli
the discoverer OF mcrobe of yellow
fever, at the Unit rsity OF Sienna, Of
which he is an alitnus.
Ithas been asce( hined that the pith
of the sunAower j the lightest solid
known, its specific gravity being O. OPS,
while that of cldt lith-hitherto re.
garded as the littest substance, is
900. Cork is 0.
That certain be<les are by no means
frightened by lead foil has long been
recognized, but ids rather discourag.
ing to add one mte to the number Of
these culprits. ~. Stitch Of Nauheim,
reports that btx somewhat worm
eaten was lined with lead. After
awhile holes one.4 ghth Of an inch in
diameter, and din inctly spiral, were
noticed, and traded to the beetle
Tetropium luridut, Linn, which was
not yet on the list Of lead eaters, or
rather lead destruSers. A cousin of
this insect has besn known to be de-
structive TO lead chambers. There are,
unfortunately, many insects and ami.
mails devoid Of thS sense for the sacred
rights Of property which we expect of
everybody but ourselves.
The most important feature of the
present Anglo Egyptian expedition
against the MahAi is the successful
sinking of wells in the desert between
Wady.Ha and Abu-H amed. The
presence of water at such distance
from the Nile has never been suspected,
either by Europeans or natives, and
bids fair to revolutionize not only tho
desert tribes, but the entire conditions
of desert life. Indeed, tho problem
of converting the great African des'
erts into fertile territory seems to DO
at length in fair way toward solution,
not by means Of letting in the sea, o.
proposed by Count de Lesseps, butby
the sinking of wells. Water is EVIL
IDENTIFY to be found everywhere in the
African deserts, provided ono digs
deep enough.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
story of "a Mocking Bird,

A correspondent of the Indiana
Farmer gives an interesting account
Of the career ola hooking bird ("Pet")
which he domesticated.
While Pet endured her master, she
hated mankind, and despised birds in
general. Especially did she despise
poorly dressed mon.
A number of laboring men passed
the house every night, going home
from work. Pet would station her.
self in O tree until they were only n
few feet away. Then she would fly
to the sidewalk and run towards them,
using the worst mocking bird language
possible, and if they attempted to
catch her she would dart through a
convenient hole in the fence.
There was young man in the
house, guilty of a love for whistling.
Pet would begin to squall as soon as
she saw him approaching the house.
Once she defended her mistress
from a rat that fed from her out
stretched wings and sharp beak.
On cool and damp We ather she came
into the house, and curious catbird
used to come daily to investigate the
state of affairs and to steal anything
he could conveniently pull out of the
cages. He tried TO make friends with
Pet, and would bring such choice
dainties as fat spiders and earth
worms. Pet accepted the offerings,
though she would not take them from
his beak. He had to lay them down
and step away, when she would gobble
them up. But after treating her in
she kindest manner for couple of
seasons, he gave up the courtship.
The third year she lost her bearings,
and was compelled to stay in the cold
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
The Ink Bacillus.

An interesting discovery was recent
ly made at Leipzig, namely, the ink la.
cillus, as il has been named. II has
often happened that dangerous blood
poisoning has been caused by wound
ing ones self with an inky steel pen.
In Professor Marpman's bacteriologi-
cal institute they have succeeded in
finding the micro-organism in ink
which excites the blood. 1t has been
ascertained that many inks, particu-
larly school inks, contain bacteria.
Out of fifty-seven different kinds
most OF them made with gall-the ma
jority contained bacteria. School inks
colored with an aniline dye, even
though the bottle had only just been
opened, contained the micro organisms
already mentioned, and the number
of bacilli was the greater the longer
the ink had been exposed TO the air.
From such an aniline ink, which had
been in IA open inkstand for three
months, a specific bacillus was iso-
lated and mice were inoculated with
it. After four days they died of
blood poisoning. The fact that gall.
apple inks get covered with mold is
very old fact indeed-now the ink
bacillus is known.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
New Wax TO Mako CofIce.

WHAT'S termed good coffee lby somo
beople) may he made from most any
of the different kinds which are kept
for sale. Personally, | prefer really
genuine Mocha andJa Your grocer
will mix it properly, unless you nave u
special preference rs to the amount OF
either Mocha OF Java, do not like
the kind which is called the blend aS
well. NY second choice il the best
Golden Rio; third choice, most any Of
the package coffee.
Get the tinsmith to make Won u cup
out of perforated tin, about the size of
n coffee cup, with securely fitting
cover, on to which is soldered n loop
or ring, by which it may he removed
from the pot before the coffee il served.
Into this cup put small tablespoon
full of ground coffee for eRch person,
close the cup and put it into the coffee
pot, qnd pour on to 1t one cupful ot
cold water to each spoonful Of coffee,
and let il stand all night, In the
morning place it on the stove and let
it come to boil, then set it on the
back part of the stove, whore IT will
keep hot until the rest Of the break
fast is prepared. What to Eat.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
Rules for Dolls.

The following maxims have recently
been published in paper for young
folks, and one cannot resist the shrewd
suspicion that they are intended not
so much for dolls as for dolls owners.
As such, il is recommended that they
be read and pondered.
A wooden.headed doll should be
careful not to hit her head against her
mother, lest she should hurt her.
A doll should keep away from the
rocking-chairs, ~ the rockers may
crush her.
A wax doll should avoid the fire il
she wishes to preserve a good COM
plexion.
Often an old doll with cracked
head and a sweet smile il more be-
loved than new doll with sour
face
IT is bad plan for dolls to be
stretched out on the floor, as people
are apt to tread upon them; and doll
that is trodden on is sure to go into
decline.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
saw Ills Heart Heat,

Last November, James Hall, q
young man at Shelbyville, Ind, while
hunting, accidentally discharged his
shotgun while the barrels were resting
in an oblique position across the left
breast. The result of the accident
was that the flesh and the ribs cover
ing the chest cavity were torn away,
exposing to full view the pericardium,
~>~s.a:esr-ths-nss6ans--><--tl->A-ls~~t-
The physicians who were first called
said Hall would die in q few hours.
Another physician from this city was
called and saved his life. To cover
the hole where the ribs and flesh
were shot away silver plato was
fastened to the ends OF the exposed
ribs. Skin-grafting did the rest.
Hall at that time was sixteen years
old and possessed Of wonderful
physique. His case is the second one
on record where man saw his own
heart beat and lived TO tell the story.
The leading medical publications Of
this country and Europe secured de-
tailed accounts Of the case and the
treatment.
Hall had always been a pretty good
kind of boy, but there were bet
ter ones. He faced death with cour-
age. During his long sickness
his disposition seemed to undergo
a change, and now he has signified
his intention OF becoming q minister.
His parents are poor, but they have
managed to secure some money, and
he is now ready to start to college,
indianapolis News.
Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1897-12-17
Sorrows smnllas Dust.

The smallest screws in the world
are made in watch factory There
can he no doubling that assertion on
any score. They are cut from steel
wire by machine, but as the chips
fall down from the knife it looks as il
the operation were simply cutting up
wire for fun. One thing is certain.
No screws can be seen, and yet u screw
is made every third operation.
The fourth-iewel.wheel screw is the
next thing to being invisible, and to
the naked eye it looks like dust.
With a glass, however, il is seen to
be small screw, with two hundred
and sixty threads to an inch, and with
very fine glass the threads may
be seen clearly.
These little screws are four one
thousandths of an inch. in diameter.
and the heads are double in size. IL
is estimated that an ordinary lady's
thimble would hold one hundred
thousand of these tiny screws.
About one million of them is made
in a month, but no attempt is made to
count them.
In determining the numbe, rome
hundred Of them are placed on a very
delicate balance, and the number Of
the whole amount is determined by
the weight of this. All of the small
parts of the watch are counted in this
way, probably fifty out of the one
hundred and twenty.
After being cut, the screws are
hardened and put in frames, about
one hundred to the frame, heads
up. This is done very rapidly, but
entirely by sense of touch, instead of
sight, so that blind man could do il
just as well as the owner OF the
sharpest eye.
The heads are then polished in an
automatic machine, ten thousand at
n time.
The plate on which they are polished
is covered with oil and a grinding
compound, and on this the machine
moves them very rapidly by a revers-
ing motion, until they are fully and
perfectly polished.