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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
PIT and Ihc Pendulum
HACKED BY TINES
SCNTHE.
one MINUTE o. LIFE LEFT.
THOUSANDS WHOSE STU ATlONS ARE
SCARCELY LESS TERRIBLE MAY EASILY
AND READILY FIND HELP.

\ man lies flat on his back, bound SO
| that he cannot move an inch. He is i'll a
| dungeon, at first dark as a well, but in a
few minutes light in the ceiling, far up
shows a mechanical figure of Time with
his scvthc The figure decends slowly
| the scythe swings, and the prisoner rea
| Lies that unless some unexpected help
should come, he will be slowly cut to
pieces What followed is told by Edgar
Allen Poe in the fantastic story called
The Pit and the Pendulum
The man awaiting the approach of a
dreadful death is type of a large class of
unfortunates who, entangled in the
strangling coils of an octopus, have lost
all hopes of freedom. This monster is
Morphine. Perhaps the victim is yet re-
yelling in that glorious state of exhilera-
ton which follows the first use of the
drug If so, like the man in Poes story,
he has not noticed the light in the ceiling
and is unaware of his danger. Maybe the
disease has progressed so far that the
sufferer notices Il weakness of the hearts
action, that the general health is feeble,
the body poorly rourished, the sight
double. This is soon followed by pecu-
liar twitchng of the muscles, a numbness
of the hand and feet and the utter collapse
of the nervous system. The victim now
becomes restless and uneasy. A feeling
of dependency SEXES him. This mental
depression increases as one course of treat
ment after another fails utterly. The future
is dark and filled with gloom Days of
wretchedness follow nights of horror in
endless procession. His utter helplessness
to rid himself of the incubus adds to his
misery. The terrible effects of the deadly
drug become more and more apparent.
Deeper and deeper ne sinks into the mre
of despair, until all hope of ever being
anything but slave in bondage is aban-
doned. Remorse and apprehension take
possession of his mind, and the tempta-
ton to end his miserable existence be-
comes almost overpowcring.
But there are few situations completely
hopeless. roe prisoner was rescued WHeu
the swinging scythc was close to his
breast, and the victims of the Morphine
habit and their shattered nerves are re-
stored to the enjoyment of life by a system
of treatment which has been perfected by
r. \. Gum. NJ. d., II East 2lst street,
New York City and which has yet to re-
cord its fist failure. 1t is not Il taper
ing off or sui>l tuition process. 1t is as
harmless as it is painless. It does away
with all desire for the drug, and quickly
restores the shattered nervous system to
its normal condition. 1t treats the con-
dition as Il disease and not as habit. 1t is
scientific and successful. For full parti
cularS address as above.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28

Hicks Forecasts for February.

On and touching the Pad and 3rd look
for change to warmer, with renewed ten
dcncy to rain and snow. The moon turns
southwark from her extreme north point
I on Tie list, reaching the celestial equator
on the Sth two DAYS after her full and in
the midst of a regular storm period. About
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, the
It'll to 9th the temperature will rise, the
barometer will fall and rain ard snow
storms will advance from western to east
ern parts Of the country. High winds
from the north will follow these storms,
amounting to cold wave in most parts,
beginning in the northwest about the Sth,
and spreading over the country eastward
and southwark by the 1lth
A period of unsettled weather will set
in about the 12th to 18th, extending
through the 18th and 10Th, and into the
Vulcan period central on the 18th. The
moon is at perigee and extreme south de-
clination on tie 18th and 10Th. The per-
turbation of earth's Vernal equinox begins
annually about the middle of February.
The atmospheric tide which will lie
drawn southwark by the moons position
on or about the 18th and 10Th, is almost
sure to result in heavy gales and storms,
being tropical in kind to the south, with
sharp, polar winds, cold wave and posi-
bly, billiards to the northward. The same
conditions will most likely continue
through the Vulcan period, 10th to 21st,
embracing new moon on the Goth, and
moon on the equator, 21st. A sudden
change to very warm may take place in
many central and southern sections on and
cal storms. but it will be wise to watch for
a cold wave with the high barometer that
is sure to rush southwark after the storms.
From the 2lst the moon passes from new
on the celestial equator to first quarter,
apogee and greatest swing northward on
the 2Sth. This position of the moon will
draw the atmospheric tide northward,
causing much southerly wind and hence
warm, thawing weather over the country
generally during the last week in Feb
ruary. Rain storms with lightning and
in many sections, will be central
about the 23rd to Goth. Sudden change to
cold and freezing W Gather after warm rains
with thunder, is the usual order during the
Venus periods at this time of year. Such
changes may take place about 25th to 2Sth,
progressively from west to south and east.
Only good can result from being ready for
such results, but the possibilities are that
the cold wave will be kept in allegiance un-
til the moon approaches the equator at the
close of the first storm period in March.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
The Penny i'll Church Collections.

The important part which the penny
plays in the average church offering is
known to every one who has ever been
interested in church finances whites
Edward W. Box in the February La'ties'
Ho'Hr JoHSnH. And that it is u part
entirely out of proportion to the neccss-
ties, is felt and realized by many a church
treasurer. Scores of people who could
afford to drop nickel or dime mo the
church offering, content themselves by
giving a penny. The feeling is either
that the smallest Offering will do or the
matter of church finances is not given
any thought. There is Il failure to
realize that 4 church is the same us any
other business institution. and it must
have money for its maintenance.
There is such a thing as too literal an
Interpretation of the phrase that religion
is free Of course, it is free, and let us
hope that it will always be so in this
country. But to make religion free costs
money-and this isn't an Irish bull, either.
There are those to whom more that the
widows mite given to the church would
mean doing without some absolute neces-
sity of life. The penny of such y one is
the most welcome gift to any church, the
most noble offering which any one can
make. But from those who can give
more than q penny, and who are giving
only the penny, such an offering in an in
suit to God and to His church, and the
sooner people see the matter in this hard,
true light the better l am almost tempted
to say that the great majority of churches
could, with perfect justice, rule out the
penny from their offerings. Were this
done the nickel would be the prevailing
offering, and to how few persons, when
one stops to consider the question, would
such an offering be a hardship or an
impossibility: A yearly offering of two
dollars and sixty cents, calculating that
one attended church once each Sunday, or
twice, with one offering of five cents,
| would galvaniZe the church finances of
this country
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Columbia and Maryland Line.

Mai Richard NJ Venable and Mr.. Sam
uel D. Schumacher appeared befor" Judge
Wickes in Baltimore on Monday as repre-
sentatives of the second mortgage bond
holders of the Columbia and Maryland
Railway Company asking to be allowed to
intervene in the suit of Mr.. William l..
Marbury, brought as trustee, under the
mortgage to have the mortgage foreclosed
and the property sold. 1t was the object
of the interests represented by the suit
brought by Mr.. Marbury to have a speedy
sale of the property before it has time to
deteriorate further, and to pay out the
funds or the debts of the company, amount
ias to nearly half a million. Major Ven
able CLAIMS that the mortgage under which
Mr. Marbury is trustee, and also the bonds
issued under it, are illegal and void. He
wants the second mortgage bondholders
to'be made general defendants, so that
they may attack the mortgage. They
claim that the stockholders of the com
pany were not properly represented in the
making of the mortgage.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
ssOuO VadiS'' In IL Sermon.

Rev. Dr. c. Ernest Smith, rector Of st.
Michael and All Angels Protestant Epis-
copal Church, alluded to the novel "Quo
Vadis' in his sermon last Sunday morn
ing.
You all, or most Of you, he said,
.'have read book that l hear more of, it
seems to me, than the Bible-'Quo Y ads,
a book that Farrar in his lucid descrip-
tions and Wilson Barrett, in his Sign Of
the Cross vivid though they be, cannot
reach in its reality.
II have read till my eyes ached of the
suffering of those early Christians and the
thought has come to me, could | have
been what they were What was it that
made them do it? Twas the power that
came from the knowledge of Christ. They
could say, I know in whom l have be-
lieved' They saw Christ himself, had
knowledge of the Master and His love.
Had the martyrs better means fknowing
+ c,.tain than |? Is it possible to know
for certain now as then? I say yes en-
phatically.'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
The Taxation of Mortgages.

Senator Putzel has introduced bill to
repeal that part of the assessment law
which provides for the taxation of mort
cages, the existing rate being eight per
cent. on the income from the mortgage.
Mr.. Putzel has been induced to present
the bill by reason of the fact that that pro-
vision Ct tie law is practically ineffective
so far as producing revenue is concerned,
and the tax bills on chattel mortgages have
averaged but sixty cents and those on real
estate mort cages have averaged only SIX
dollars. Besides, it has increased the diff
culty of borrowing money, increasing its
cost, and must be paid by the borrower or
mort gagOr.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Roeal ano 4ers1nal.
\ Warning to FoX-Hunters.

Four fox hunters from Green Spring
Valley, Baltimore county, went to Phila
deiphia recently to join in a hunt. In an
account of it the Baltimore Sum says: MIR.
W. E. Carter, of Philadelphia, who is we'll
known in Baltimore club circles, while
clearing a fence, was thrown. He went
headforemost into soft mud and stuck fast
there, standing Oh his head for about two
minutes and half and when he was re-
leased from his unpleasant position it was
difficult to distinguish his face from the
back of his head"
Our local fox-hunters should take warn
ing, and guard against similar fate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
DIED.

At his home in Baltimore on January
Is, 1898, James Richard, aged years and
3 months, son of Dr. Henry B. and Helen
G. Thomas
In Laurel, ON January "a, 1898 Emily
Heath, aged 8 years, daughter of p. p.
and Emily Jane Castle.
On Monday night last, near Westwood,
Irene, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. James
II. Gibbons. aged about p years
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Household Gods.

The ancient Greeks believed that the
Penates were the gods who attended to
the welfare and prosperity Of the family.
They were worshipped as household gods
in every home. The household god of to-
day is DR.. Kings New Discovery For
consumption, coughs, colds and for All
affections of the Throat, Chest and
Lungs it is invaluable. 1t has been tried
for quarter of a century and Is guafan-
teed to cure, o" money returned. No
household should be without this GOOD
angel. 1t is pleasant to take and II safe
and sure remedy for old and yopn@. Free
trial bottles at J. L. Edlaritch'S store.
Regular size SOC, and 81 90
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Md. Agricultural Experiment
Station.

Our thanks are due for a copy of the
tenth annual report of the Maryland Agri-
cultural Experiment Station for the year
1897. After giving an account of the years
work Director Miller points some of the
pressing needs of the Station at this time.
He says:
rBecause of Maryland's great diversity
of soil and climate, her agricultural inter
ests cover a wide range of subjects: and
consequently, it follows that her Expert
ment Station must cover a wider field of
Investigation than those in States where
these condition do not obtain"
. The following are some of the interests
which should have attention by the Sta
ton, which, under existing conditions,
there are no funds available for:
LIST. In order to further the horticultural
and chronological work, they should be
supplemented by work in Vegetable Path
ology.
End. Funds should be available to make
exhibitions of the products of the Station
at the county fairs, to afford an opportu-
nifty TO present the results of Station work
and bring it before the people in way
that bulletins will rot
3rd. Tobacco investigations should he
conducted on an extended scale.
4th. Artificial refrigeration in connec-
ton with the creamery is subject of
much Importance to the dairy industry,
and needs some study.
9Th. Quarters and better facilities for
cattle, sheep and pig feeding experiments
should be had.
9th. Greenhouses for experimental work
are a pressing need.
It'll. An insectiary in connection with
the Department of Entomology for re.
search work would facilitate AID enlarge
the scope of the work of this division
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
SOInethin" to Know.

1t may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigOr is Electric Bitters This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts by giving tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach gem
ty stimulates the Liver and Kidneys, and
aids these organs in throwing off mpuri-
ties in the blood. Electric Bitters i'm
proves the appetite, aids digestion, and is
pronounced by those who have tried it as
the very best blood purifier and never
tonic Try it. Sold for SOC or 81 90 per
bottle 1T J l.. Edlavitch's store
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Your Life Away.
II you want to quit tobacco using easily
and forever. be maue well, strong, magnetic,
tull of new life and vigor, take No-To- Bac
The wonder-worker, that makes weak men
strong. Many gain ten pounds in ten days
Over 100000 cured. Buy No-To-Bac of your
druggist. under guarantee to cure, SOC or
81 90. Booklet and sample mailed free: Ad.
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
You Cant
Afford to
Miss

OUR GREAT MID-WINTER
~ SALE, NOW GOING ON AT
THE STORE OF SIMON EDLA-
WITCH & SONS. YOU CAN'T
FAIL TO GET YOUR TASTE
PLEASED AND YOUR WISHES
GRATIFIED FROM OUR ENOR-
NOUS STOCK. WE HAVE BET.
TER GOODS AND LOWER
PRICES THAN ANY STORE IN
SOUTHERN MARYLAND.
Here are some of our special rcduc-
ton figures. which we offer as spe-
cialtv for our Mid Winter Sale:
DRY GOODS.
A fine assortment Outing Cloth worth
lOc now. ................ &C
Dress Bingham worth SIC now &c
Calico worth SC now. SIC
Calico worth 6! and &c now...... sc
Bleached and Unbleachcd Cotton 1yd
Heavy Canton Flannel worth SC now. &c
Best Canton Flannel worth 104 now. SIC
Spool Cotton &c. Il Spool,
LADIES' AND GENTS FURNISH
ING GOODS.
Gents heavy Undershirts sold every
where from 15c to 500 per pair our
price only Observation-Disclosures. .4Sc
Gents heavy double-breasted Merino
Underhirts sold everywhere for S1.25
to $50 per pair now only. .93c
Don't miss that
Gents heavy Canton Flannel Drawers
worth from 4Oc to SOC, we sell them
now for. .................23 c
fn,, ri, nj
for 40c, you can buy them now for CSC
Gents heavy top Winter Wooden
Shirts worth $1.25 a pair, we will sell
them out to you at cost for. .... 19c
We have fine lot of Ladies Hats,
beautifully trimmed of the latest
style. You can't buy them any
where in the City for less than $3.50
to $500. You can come to us and
have your choice for. ...........$ 81 80
The best assortment of the latest style
of Ladies Capes. You cannot buy
them anywhere else for less than
$3.50 to $500, our price now only
$165 to. $3.50
CLOTHING.
Mems heavy every day Ovcrcoats
worth $3.50, our price now now. %
Mems Sunday Overcoats fine quality
INT ldLcSt sly lc, NOltu NlV.VV, Jul
price now. 1925
Mems heavy every day Suits, good
quality, worth $500, our price now
$50
Mems Sunday Suits, all styles, worth
$40, our price now. $3.50
500 pair of Boys Knee Pants, worth
from 80 to 75c, your choice now. .25c
BOOTS AND SHOES.
Best solid leather Farmers Dress
Boots, worth S2.1J, now. So 90
Boys heavy Boots, worth 81 80 now S1.1O
Mems and Ladies Fine Shoes, we will sell
at lowest prices, without specifying, as
it is not possible to go through the
whole list.
\ large stock of Furniture consisting
of Bureaus, Bedsteads, Chairs of all kinds,
Safes, Tables. will be sold at reduced
prices. As this paper has no room to
mention all the goods and give the prices,
Won can call and see he Goods ut the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Everybody Says So.

Cascarets Candy Catl,artic the most Won
derful medical discovery of the age. peas
ant and refreshing to the taste, act gently
and positively Ca Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cure headache, fever, habitual consipaticq
and bionsness. Please buy and try box
of G. C. c. to-day; 10, q. SO cents. Sold AMI
guaranteed to cure by all druggists.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Piles Permanently Cured.
IN FROM 3 TO ) DAYS TINE

IN FROM 3 TO ) DAYS TINE
by the use of Lo-Mo. One bottle guaran-
teed to cure any case of piles, regardless
of how long standing, what you have tried,
or what your physician may claim. Mon
ey refunded if permanent cure is not OBJ
tanned in the most severe cases in less
than days. After all others fail get Lo-
Mo and be cured Price, 15c per bottle
Sold by all first class druggists, or sent
prepaid to any address, on receipt of price.
Address Harry Logue. Wiliamsport, Pa.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28

You can be well when your blood is
rich, pure and nourishing. Hoods Sarsa-
parilla makes the blood rich and pure and
cures all blood diseases, restoring health
and vigor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28

Hoods pills are easy to take, easy to OPP
crate. Cure Indigestion, headache 25c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28

Take LaXatives Bromo Quinne Tablets
All Druggists refund the money if it fails
to Cure. PC
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1898-01-28
Lumber!
Lumber!
Lumber!

l-2 Inch North Carolina Siding, $l.OO per
100 feet-kiIn dried and bright.
The Best Kiln Dried North Carolina
Boards s. per 100 feet.one length.
Rustic Siding $l.5O per 100 feet kiln
dried--very nice and bright.
Clear Beaded Ceiling, $l.25 per 100 feet,
all one width--kiIn dried.
White Pine Doors, !. inches thick, $l.0O
eacf1--the best workmanship.
White Pine Blinds, l. inches thick, $l.OO
per pair sizes and the best made.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-22
EAST sOMERS.

So much of our time has been taken
up lately preparing for Christmas that
we have been unable to gather all the
news. We trust our readers will over
look the omission.
The Christmas exercises given by the
pupils of school No. 2 Friday afternoon
was we'll attended by patrons of the
district.
G.. z. Madison visited this section
last week, in the interests of a students
cyclopedia, for which he is agent.
Messrs. Blackmon, Carpenter and
Pedley filled their ice houses last week.
The ice has been in fine shape.
A. Barrows is busy finishing up the
work on his house. The pleasant
weather has aided considerably.
B. Drew is attending the College of
Commerce in Kenosha.
G. F. Miller, of Kenosha, spent
Sunday with relatives near the station.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-22
WOODWORK.

An cold time" Dime Reading will
be given at the Plank road Congrega-
tional church Tuesday evening, Dec.
9th. Show begins at 8 o'clock.
Miss Alice DeVliD, who is suffering
from an attack of humps, arrived
home Monday.
A. E. Tarbell called on friends in
Salem Thursday.
Mrs. Walter McVicar and son, of
Brighton, spent Sunday with Fl. E.
McVicar and family.
Last reports are to the effect that
Mrs. A. Gulick is slowly improving.
John Fox and son, of Brighton, were
guests of the Hanrath's Sunday.
Invitations are out for the wedding Of
Miss Lizzie Higgins, of pheasant Prairie
to Lee Benedict, of this burg, which
will take place Wednesday. Dec. 18th.
P. c. Torrey, of Kenosha, called on
friends on the Plank road Sunday.
j. A. Foster and family, of Salem,
visited with Mrs. A. Parker Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Osborn are
entertaining daughter, who arrived
Thursday and expects to spend the
winter with them.
John Clausen and family, of Pleasant
Prairie, spent Sunday afternoon with
her parents.
Clarence Curtis and A. E. Tarbell
attended divine services at Paris Cor
ners Sunday afternoon.
There will be a Christmas tree and
entertainment at the Bristol M. E.
church Saturday evening, Dec. "A.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-12-22
BRISTOL.

Mr.. Stockwell, who has been oper~
ating the Foster farm, has moved to
Russell, III.
Gay VanWie, of Salem, is visiting
friends in Milwaukee.
Herman Smith, of Trevor, was in
town the other day.
Cornell Bros. paid their farmers an
average of nearly IS cents for Novem-
Der milk. The grangers are highly
pleased at the liberal spirit displayed
by these gentlemen.
Invitations are out for the wedding
of Miss Lizzie Higgins and Lee Bene-
dict.
Supt. Griffith visited the schools in
this district last Friday. He speaks in
high terms of the work being done in
the school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Kingman started
Monday for their winter home in Flo
rida.
Lee Fellows, an old resident of
Bristol and Kenosha, now resident OF
Chicago, visited his brother and othor
friends in town last Saturday.
Will Bacon is having a we'll drilled.
Norval Cass has secured position
of night operator at Genoa Junction,
Misses Addie Parker and May Fris-
bic were Kenosha visitors last Satur-
day.
Gus Moske got mixed up in a runa-
way last Thursday. No damage done.
The Epworth League gave a social
at the home of DR.. F. E. Stevens last
Friday night. About sixty people
were present, and nice time is re-
ported.
A Christmas entertainment will be
given at the NJ. E. church next Satur-
day night.
Mrs. Alva Paddock, of Salem, visited
friends in town last week.
Supt. Wilkinson, Of the Farmers
cooperative creamery at Salem says
that dividend of about 90 cents will
be declared for November milk.
The ice business is booming in Salem
these days. More than 1000 men are
employed by the different companies
The house at Montgomery lake will
not be filed this season as the ice has
been condemned.