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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
SINGAPORE PEPPER,

s1NGAPOHE PEPPER,
Ginger or Allspice; each the purest that can
be ground; each, per h.,
18 cents.
FRUIT JARS.
Put up one dozen in case, complete with
rings and wrench.
P1nts, per doz ................ SIC
Quarts. per doz 10000. .......... Ale
Half gallons, per doz ....... ....... SIC
Jelly glasses, per doz .......... ... 1Sc
2 cents
pound for Handpicked Navy Beans
SUPERB
Japan Teas that are porcelain fired. and
never turn red in the cup. Prices begin at
80 cents
GOOD
Sweet Dairy Butter. per lb.
IS cents
SODA WAFER.
Great big glasses filled with Crushed Fruits
Ice Cream and Sparkling Spring Water for
only, per glass, &C.
10 cents
Each for lib. jars fresh Assorted JAM
81 cents
For lib. packages of Corn Starch.
We receive by express every morning fancy
Blackberries. which We sell at smallest price.
MUSTARD SALE,
Tor five cents we offer you your choice Of
beautiful lot of useful china glassware
filled with the best grade of prepared German
Mustard. while this lot lasts.
Pspper-4c
Per bottle for beautiful Sitting Pepper Bot
ties filled with Pure Pepper.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15
STILL HELD BY THE ENEMY
FIFTEENTH MINNESOTA BEING
DECTMATED BY TYPHOID

Oped Yesterday, and the VOIun-
teers Are Panic-Stricken--As the
Ambulance Carries It's Latest Vic
tim, Each Looks at His NetShbor
and Asks, ''WhO's Nexts"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-15

DETROIT, Mich, Aug 14.-Col John At
kinson. a prominent Irsh-Amer can of this
city, died suddenly of neuralgia OF the heart
today Gel. Atkinson was one of Gov Pin
grees most prominent pol ticaf supporters
in the last legislature. in which he was a
representative.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
There is one little maxim

There is one little maxim
That now | will name,
Which may bring what is better
Than riches or fame.
All those who will heed it
Good appetite find,
Strong nerves, rosy checks,
And vigor of mind.
1t will Danish dyspepsia,
Rheumatics and gout,
That Tired Feeling conquer,
Drive scrofula out,
And here is the maxim
Its wisdom is sure
Take Hoods Sarsaparilla
And keep your blood pure.
so you are going away, Miss Flora;
hope YOU won't forget us entirely
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
ODD GERM AN CUSTOM.

The generosity, rs entertainers, with
which Americans treat women is in
strong contrast with the custom Of Ger
mans. In their own country they have
no hesitation in intmating to their
female companions that they are eN-
pected to pay their share. In Germany,
if mans feminine partner at 4 public
ball desires a portion Of icc-cl cam, he
will bring it with demand Of Forty
pfennige, if you please" An instance
is narrated in the New York Sm in
the experience of some Englishwomon
at Prussian military ball given Ivy
the officers of certain garrison. The
price of the supper was printed upon
the invitation The Englishwomen eX-
pected that the officers who accom-
panied them would pay for the refresh
ments. They were quickly undeceived,
for, after supping, the money was de-
lllttI'iCNt. itHti Ili' WHY NViil il'tiiN'i "
liquidate the debt \ Frenchman, on
the other hand, is extremely punctil-
ious in not permitting woman to pay
for anything while she is in his charge;
in fact, he Is apt to ovcrstep the bounds
of delicacy in his emprcssment. Woe
to him, however, who invites ladies to
dine ut Il fashionable French restaurant
and through carelessness has not the
wherewithal to pay for the meal 1t is
in such an emergency that the brutali-
ty and insolcncc of the French rcstau-
ratcur are completely revealed. In
New York, in such case, in rcstau-
rants of the higher class, the word or
signature of a visitor, if he he wcll-ap-
pearing, will usually be accepted
The woman who talks about finding
an affinity is generally the one who
can't find man.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
LIKE OUR GIRLS.

IL could not fail to notice the differ
ence in the young girls as soon as |
creased the Russian frontier and came
in the land of the Slav," writes Lillian
Bell from Wilma, Russia, in Ladies'
Home Journal Here at once | found
individuality. Polish girls are more
like American girls. Ii you ask 4
young English girl what she thinks of
Victor Hvgo she tells you that her
mamma does not allow her to read
French novels. If you ask French
girl how she likes to live in Paris she
tells you that she never went down
town alone in her life.
''But the Polish girls are different.
They are individual. They all have
personality. When you have met one
you never feel as if you had met ALL
In this respect they resemble Ameri-
can girls, but only in this respect, for,
whereas, there is type Of Polish
young girl--and charming type she
isl never in my life saw what | con-
sidered typical American girl. You
cannot typify the psychic charm OF the
young American girl.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
5eleft MisfelluuQ.
THE BORROWED HORSE.

Grub the horse down well, and don't
feed him till he is perfectly cool"
The above was addressed to the
hostler Of hotel in Brighton, by a
handsome, middle aged gentleman,
dressed in the height of fashion, as he
alighted from an elegant black horse,
and tossed the rein to the attendant.
"And now" said the horseman, adj
dressing waiter, ''show me into pri-
vatc parlor."
\ wcll-tlrcsscd man, who rides a
handsome nag, is always sure ola warm
welcome at public house, all the world
over He soon found himself in neat
parlor, with flowers and vases on the
mantlcpiece, and the blinds (for it was
4 warm summer afternOon) carefully
closed, while the open window per-
mitted free current of air to circulate
through the apartment
The waiter remained standing near
| the door.
ANY orders, sir
"No-yet stay. Who came in that
handsome phaeton | saw standing in
the yard?"
A lady, sir
"Ah!'
A young widow
| "Bah!'
"She is very handsomc.'
$50 along, and shut the door after
you, muttered the traveller. testify.
"A woman, but widow" he solilo-
qulzcd. Il am glad | don't know her.
] am certainly very fortunate to have
attained the age of forty without any
feminine attachment. Peculiarly indie
pendent, and not ill-looking-I think
must admit that should make what
those busybody matchmakers call a
grand catch. But, thank my stars.
have preserved my content and indie
pendencc SO far and I'm not likely to
succumb now. No, no. Jack Cam
pion was born to live and die a bach
elor. And now for the newspaper"
In the meantime, another horseman
! had come to the hotel. his horse rrek-
ing with sweat.
The same hostlrr-an IriShman-
made an appearance.
Pat, said the Young man, fashion,
ably attlrrd, put my n'arr III the sta
bic, and do the b st yuu can for her.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
LONG FINGER NAILS.

The countries where the long finger
nail is most affected are Siam, Ass m,
Cochin China and China The APP
proved length varies from three or
four to 90 inches. A Siamese exqui-
site permits the nails on his fingers to
grow to such an extent that his hands
are practically useless. The aristo-
Gratis who affect these nails cannot
write. dress themselves or even feed
themselves.
The Siamese hold the long finger
nail in the same reverence we hold the
family tree. Many Of them never
have had their nails cut from the day
of their birth On the first finger the
nail is of moderate length-threc or
four inches-while on the other fingers
the nails grow occasionally two feet.
The thumb nail, which is also allowed
to grow long, after reaching certain
length curves around like corkscrew.
In both China and Siam the own
ers of long finger nails wear metal
cases over them to preserve them,
made Of gold or silver, and jeweled.
While long nails are not regarded :s
singular in China, they are rarely met
with except on fanatics and pedantic
scholars.
Among the fakirs in Hindustan
peculiar custom is that of holding the
hand tightly clinched and in one posi-
tion so long that at last the nails grow
through the palm, emerging at the
back of the hand and growing thence
almost to the wrist. When the vast
ed muscles refuse to support the arm
any longer, it is bound in position with
cords.
In Nubia the long nail is regarded
as Indicative of good breeding. The
aristocrats constantly subject their fin
ger tips to cedar wood fire to insure a
good growth.
The inhabitants of the Marquesas
island are among the most expert tai
tooers on earth, and not even the
crown of the head, the fin gers and the
toes are exempt from the needle. The
hands are ornamented with the utmost
care, all the fingers having their own
pattern, so the hand would look rs
though incased in tight fitting glove
We're it not for the finger nails of enor
nous length which complete the hand
adornment of the wealthier natives.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22

BY j. EDMUND V. COOKE.
In the room below the young man sat,
With an anx GUS face, and white crava.,
With a throbbing heart, and a silken hat,
And various other things like that
Which he had accumulated.
And the m i'll of his heart was up above,
Surrounded by hat and gown and glove
And some thousand things that women love,
But no man knows the name thereof,
Aad the young man sat and-waited.
You will scarce bell We the things tie l,
But the thereof know full wei,
Though how may not lie stated.
But swear to you the maiden took
A sort OF a half breed. thin stove hook
And heated it well in the gasl;ght there
AID thrust it into her head of hair!
Then she took something of the bed
And hooked it on to her hair, or head
Then she Piled it high and piled it higher
And drove it home with staples of wire
And the young man anxiOusly--waited.
Then she took thing she called puff,
And some very peculiar. whitish stuff,
And using about half peck,
She spread it over her face and neck
Deceit was a thing she hated.)
She looked as fair as the purest flower,
Or pound Of lard or sack of -four,
And the young nan wearily-waited.
Then she took garment of awful shape,
And it wasn't waste nor yet a cape,
But it Sc med like piece of ancient mail
Or inst frop n ;,I
And then, with fearful groan and gasp,
She squeezed herself in its deathly clasp,
So fair and yet so fated.
And then, with move like don't know what
She tied it on with doub le knot,
And the young man woefuly-wated.
Then she put on dozen different things,
mixture of buttons and hooks and strings,
Till she strongly resembed a notion store.
Them taking some seventeen pins or more,
She thrust them into her ruby lips,
Then stuck them around from neck to hips,
And never once hesitated.
And the maiden didn't know ,rhaps
That the man below had had seven nap,
And that now he sleepily--waited.
And then she tried to put on her hat
All, me, trying ordeal was that!
She tipped it high, and she tried it low,
But every way that the thing would go
Only made her more agltated.
1t wouldn't 60 straight, and it caught her hair,
And she wished she could hire man to swear
But, alas, the only man lingering there
Was the man who wildly waited.
And then before she could take her leave,
She had to pump up her monstrous sleeve.
Then little dab here, and wee pat there,
And a touch or two to her hindmost hair.
Then around the room with the utmost care
She thoroughly circulated.
Then she seized her gloves and a chamOiS skin,
Some breath perfume and a long stickpin,
A bonbOn box and cloak and some
Eau lie cologne and chewing gum,
Her opera glass and sealskin muff
A fan and heap Of other stuff.
Then she hurried down, but ere she spoke,
Something about the maiden broke.
So she scurried back to the winding stair,
And the young man looked in wild desp lir,
And then he-evaporated.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22

\ girls everyday toilet is part
of her character. The maiden who is
slovenly in the morning is not to be
trusted, however well-drcssed she may
be in the evening. 1t is just as essen
tial to be neat and tidy at the break
fast table, and to appear well before
ones own family, asst is to ''drcss up"
for the drawing room or the eyes of
strangers Every girl should make it
q rule to take special pains with her
morning toilet. A girl with any self
respect or scnsitiveness at all could
not but feel embarrassed and awkward
If found in a soiled dress or unkcpt
hair should stranger or nelghhor
happen in Make it Il point, then, to
look rs attractive as You can in the
morning, and there will be no danger
Sipvcnlincss in the afternoon.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22

80 you arc going away, Miss Flora;
| hope YOU wont forget us entirely"
80, no, John. You'll always be
green in my memory"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
1loetre.
THE YOUNG MAN WAITED.

BY !. EDMUND V. COOKE.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22

VANISHED PUNISHMENTS.

Social life in Britain has greatly
changed in many respects during the
decades falling within the Victorian
span. And the younger generation
have, perhaps, little or no idea as to the
multiplicity of rough and ready ways
and habits which have grown out of
date in the course of the reign Yet
many manners. amusements. surcrsti
tions. and o6 olcte customs which cX-
cite expression Of horror or dcrision
when accidentally brought to liz ght in
some benie hted corner Of the land we
live in-such as the recent outcrop of
cock fighting in the Black Country,
for example-were almost matters of
everyday life and habits amongst large
bodies of the people fifty or sixty years
ago. Hanging Judges justified their
existence for some time after the COM
ing in of the nineteenth century, but
public sentiment in 1916 had reached a
point sufficiently sensitive to be shocked
by the stringing up of half dozen
men and four women in London one
morning before breakfast, though up
to 1924 there remained 223 otienses
which were made capital by the laws.
sin the seven years from 1919 to 1925,
there were in England SO executions,
and of the wretched criminals hanged
less than one-fifth were murderers, the
remainder being strangled for such
crimes as burglary, cattle stealing, rob-
berry, sacrilege, and sheep-stealing."
One woman. who had lifted piece of
cloth valued ut IS. from shop door in
Ludgate Hill, London, in 1918, while
wandering about with starving child
in her arms, was found guilty and SEN
fenced to death. The jury strongly
recommended her to mercy on account
of her previous good character, but the
Judge-a very Jeftreys in severity
refused to endorse the recommends
ton; mother and child were parted at
the foot of the gallows, and the former
launched into eternity in sight of the
infant, whose lips were yet wet with its
mothers milk.
Senseless severity continued the dis
tinguishing mark of the criminal code
in 1887, when accessories before the
fact as we'll as principals were liable to
the death penalty for the following of
fenses other than murder:-IIigh trea-
son, attempting to murder by any
means, rape, robbery ofthe person when
accompanied by stabbing or wounding,
burglary with violence during the night
setting fire to ships or inhabited dwell
ing houses, and exhibiting false lights,
or doing anything tending to the de-
struction of vessels in distress. John
Knight Draper, found guilty of forging
and uttering a cheque on the Godalm-
ing bank, and sentenced to transporta-
tion for life at the Home Circuit, Crov-
don, on August 3rd, 1888, was the first
to escape capital punishment for for
gerry, and in sentencing prisoner Mr..
Justice Parke observed that ''this cX-
pertinent of abolishing the punishment
of death in nearly all intances Of the
me Of forgery had been made for the
purpose of endeavoring to check it, by
the certainty of severe secondary puE-
ishment. Unless the mitigation was
found to have the desired effect, the
Government would be under the pain
full necessity of reviving the now abol-
ished punishment"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
An Uncertain Disease.
THE 6A8v'S COMFORT. THE MoTHEF

There is no disease more uncertain in its
nature than dyspepsia. Physicians say that
the symptoms of no two cases agree. 1t is
therefore most difficult to make a correct
diagnosis. No matter how severe, or under
what disguise dyspepsia attacks you Browns
Iron Bitters will cure it. Invaluable in all
diseases of the stomach, blood and nerves.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22
Are You Weakt

Weakness manifests itself in the loss of
ambition and aching bones. The blood is
watery; the tissues are wasting-the door is
being opened for disease. A bottle of Browns
Iron Bitters taken in time will restore your
strength, soOthe your nerves, make your
blood rich and red. Do you more good
than an expensive special course of medicine.
Browns Iron Bitters is sold by all dealers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22

Anxious old LADY, say, my good
man, is this boat going up or down."
SurIy Deckhand- well, she's 4
leaky old tub, mum, 50 | shouldn't
wonder if she was gon' down: and then,
again, her hilcrs amt none too good,
so she might 90 up!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-07-22

The reason why So few marriages are
happy is hrcau'r Young ladies' spend
their tin. in IN liking nets, u ,t in max
ms CAGES.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-16

trol as a week. Their disGppoin ntTent
 at the failure of the United States to l take possession Of the cus.cm house IS keen. Yesterday one Of them stepped
 me in the street and dcmarded excit- edly, Why didn't you put your off1c als
 in charge? Why isn't your flag raised
 Why dc you let those Spaniards con
 tinua robb:ng us?'' and ra,F.d-ire vol ley of similar questions. It is hard y
 fair for the Havana business men to
 hold individual Am ricans who ar2 here p-.scnally Iespo-sitle f-r the
 good nature Of the American govern
 ment in tolerating the exerc' 'sa of Span ish authority fer S long a p-Tiod. These individual citizens themselves have never been able to understand it fully. I tried to explain to this ind g. nant merchant that the American gov ernmsnt was human, and therefore sCmet.mes made mistakes. One CT these mistakes was in believing what the Spaniards said about their inabil- ity to embark their troops in accord ance with the letter and the spirit of the protocol, which provided fcr the immediate evacuation of the island Another and greater mistake was in sending an advance guard of engineer- ing, uuartermastsTing sanitary hyg1- enic. medical and similar experts to prepare for the American occupancy. This merchant did not accept my ex- planation, though i5 was an elaborate one.
 That the stealings will continue until the last minute was kncwn in advance. I think, nevertheless, that the amounts are exaggerated, because SC few geese are now coming to market to have their feathers plucked. What stealing exists is mostly of an indefinite kind, because the buzzards are roostng 1n the chicken coops. Everybody is going to be careful about nocturnal expadi- tions tci hen rCosts, because n. fowls may be found there. Some who esa.e robberies have been attempted in the name of the government. The effCrt of the secretary of public works to a1c- 'tion off the rights Of way for the cen struction of railroads throughout the island was one Of these proposed off cial robbe1ies Perhaps later some syndicate of American speculGtCrs W Il put in an appearance at Washington asking the state department tc' make valid their rights" When they ap- pear the back-door exit should ba kept wide open, so that they may be sh-iwn out promptly. The same thing is true of ether concessions which will be presented as having been obtained fro municipalities.
Arizona republican., 1898-12-16
SpHIN'S GETTING OUT
Less Hitch to Cuban Evacuation Than
 to Occupation.

Washington, Dec. 15.-The Star prints this dispatch from Charles M. Pspper, it's Havana correspondent: Spain's getting out Of Cuba proceeds with less hitch than the United States coming in to take possession. The big trans ports in the ha1bCr are loaded rapidly. The Spanish soldiers all appear anxious to sail for home. They are little cl- riouS over the American troops, but they show no ill-feeling. The bearing tf both officers and men is not that of a vanquished army. Captain-General Blancos farewell address tC, tle troops breathed no spirit of defsat. Yet Blan- co went aboard the vessel that was to convey him back to Spain after night fall. Seemingly he could not endI the chagrin and humiliation Of public demonstration when he was leaving. He is off without the further Humiliation Of seeing the American flag raised on Nero Castle and without the necessity of exchanging official ccurtes1e5 With an American military commander namcd Fitzhugh Lee The popu.ace or Havana. knowing something of the events of last spring, believed tha- Blanco would have tc delivec up his sword to Gen. Lee. That was the cere- mony to which the noe ignorant classes were looking forward as the visible evidence that Spain had given way to the United States. They think that Blanco hurried away ta save his sword from Lee.
 Whatever bitterness the officers feel is not allowed to find expression. Some times they show their resentment toward the Cubans, which is natural. No overt demonstrations are made, and collisions between the Cubans and them are rare. Speaking generally, if the American troops behave th m selves in taking control as well as the Span ish troops have in yielding possession, their record will be a creditable one. Havana itself continues quiet during the transition period except for the great increase in peti.y crimes. This comes from the inefficient policing of the city. The community knows the task that awaits the United States and shrugs it's houlders. At one time the intention was to keep at least portion Of the battalion of oTd=n pub icos, who had been promised their discha~ge from the Spanish army, with the un- Gerstanding that the American military commanders would continue them as a police force. They mutinied for their pay and were skipped home. Then came the threatsned revolt of the guardia civiles, CT part of the army which composed the rural police. The last regiment of them departed this week. Every American official, whcth- CT civilian CT military, who came to Cuba was impressed with these guardia civiles and recommended their continu- ance as rural police under the Amer ican occupation. MCst of them wante e1 tC stay. The Cuban commanders have been organizing similar body from the ranks of the insurgents, who will be ustd for maintaining order in the country.
 The merchants of Havana are count ing every day new until American con