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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-16
HASTY SPEECH,

| III there is any lesson that should be
instilled in children, it is the danger Of
hasty speech. The habit of unkind
talk is one that vtates the character,
and the habit often begins in childhood.
The boastful boy or girl grows into the
arrogant man or woman. The snecr-
ing child develops into an adult full of
ill-nature and uncharitablencss. The
infant gossip becomes 4 full fledgcd
slanderer. 1t often happens that the
very traits of character which arc most
amusing in child are those which de-
velop into the most hateful and un!ove-
| ly ones in the man or woman. The
smart little girl, who amuses everyone
| with her mimicry, often becom 5 4
gossiping woman, whose careless speech
is too often spiced with slanderous in
uendo.
If the growing girl is warned by
precept and example against all forms
| of personal criticism and censure, she
| will not be apt to fall into tins fault in
after years. She should be protected
| against companions who indulge in
censorious gossip as she should a~n'n
poisonous serpents, and should be
taught to recognize and avoid those
persons who season their ccnversa.i ion
with unkind. sharp talk about their
Eeighbors as she should be to avoid
poisonous fruit. How often it happens
that those who are the most censorious
critics of their ncighbor's actions are
the persons who are the most faulty
themselves in the very matters they
criticise. Theaveragc gossiper utterly
fails to remember that ''soiling another
| will make not ones selfclean." An un-
kind or censorious word in itself may be
trivial in its effect, but as a step in the
career of its author it is a very serious
thing. In its final effect. repeated and
exaggerated rs it inevitably will be, it
may ruin life. The desire to shine
in conversation, to excite admiration
by sharp, witty speech, tcmpts many
young person into talk which is both
wicked and scandalous. The child
gossip is one Of the features Of modern
society. The desire of exciting admi-
ration is developed at an abnormal age
in the atmosphere o. modern society,
and children sometimes become experts
in retailing affairs that are ''none of
their business" at an age when the old
fashioned child was interested in moth
ing more vital than sugar plums and
dolls. The abnormally developed and
little gossipers are one of the sad,lcst
criticisms on their parents, whose fool
ish, scandalous talk they repeat with
parrot-ike liucncy.
\ widow being about To marry her
fifth husband. her pastor rebukcd her
for contemplating matrimony SO soon
again.
"Wcll, lctortrd the widow, II Just
want You to understand if the Lord
keeps on taking them will too
1T amt only English people drops
their aitchcs," said Il little boy to the
new teacher. Il never heard no Amer
lean pronounce the aitch in my name"
"What is Your nam"?" asked the
teacher
"Johnny, said the little boy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-16
A good appetite
Is essential to good health.
Hoods Sarsaparilla creates an
ADnatitn tones on1

Appetite, tones and
Strengthens the stomach,
And builds up the whole system.
1t relieves that tired feeling, and by
purifying and enriching the blood, it
promptly and permanently cures all
scrofula eruptions, boils, humors, PIN
Piles and sores: strengthens the nerves,
and. gives sweet, refreshing sleep. No
other medicine has taken such hold
upon the confidence of the people as
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and its record Of
great cures is uneqnalled by any other
preparation. You may take Hoods
Sarsaparilla with the utmost conf
dencc that it will do you good.
Bobhv-Mamma, does it hurt a
watch to wash it.
Mamma-Why do you ask?
Bohhy-Wcll, | heard papa say he
soaked his last week.
When 4 woman wants to improve 4
mans opinion of her she flattcrs him.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1899-06-16

BY ELLA WHEELER WILCOX.
'Tis easy enough to be peasant,
When life flows along like song;
But the man worth while is one who'll smile
VIII, n everything goes dead wrong;
For the test of the heart is trouble,
And il "lways comes with the years,
And the smile that's worth the praise of earth
Is the smile that comes through t'ars
1t is easy enough to be prudent,
When nothing tempts you to stray;
When without or within no voice Of SIN
Is lurlng your soul away;
But it is only 4 negative virtue
Until it is tried by fire.
And the life that is worth the honor Cf earth
Is the ore that resists desires.
BY the cync, the sad, the fallen,
Who had no strength for the strife.
The worlds highway is numbered to day;
They make up the item Of life.
But the virtue that conquers passion,
And the sorrow that hides in a smile
1t is these that are worth the homage ofearth.
For we fi,d them but once in Il while.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Lecture by DIR ThOrnweIl.

Rev. j. H. Thornwell, d. D.,
will deliver his celebrated lecture
ga Country Parson Across the
Water,' under the auspices of
the Ladies' Memorial Association,
on Monday evening next at
O'Clock. Admission. Adults, 25
cents, children under II, 10 cents.
The following are only few
of the manv testimonials rs to the
lecture:
DIR. Finn of the South Carroll
ma College says: | have heard
DIR. Thornwell in the pulpit, in
the church court and on the Ice
ture platform, and in all of these
he is admirable and has many OF
the best qualities in a public
speaker. heard him lecture on
his European trip and he kept me
in an intellectual glow from ue-
ginning to end with his mingled
flow Of wit, fancy, pathos, hu nor
and thought. Any audience that
hears DR.. Thornwell will be i'm
pressed, cheered, stimulated, up
lifted by presentations of beauty,
made merry and helped. -
Raleigh News and Observer: {:
Speaking fuently rapidly, he
gave Us his trials of sea sickness,
of Inconvenience in railway trav-
cling, of awkwardness in the pre-
sence of nobility and majesty, of
being bored in listening to long
mechanical speeches and sermons.
Humor bubbled and sparkled and
sunlight glinted everywhere.
Lawyers and Supreme Court JUS
tices and Ministers and old men
and msidens and old ladies, dea-
cons and elders laughed aud just
kept on laughing for an hour and
O half"
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
OF MOrp hine.

MIR. w b Culp was in critical
condition last Friday night from
the effects of morphine. He had
been suffering intensely during
the day and had been taking
small doses to relieve his pain. H o
got no relief and increased the
dose. The morphine finally be-
gan to act and it was soon ap>
parent that he had taken too
much. DR.. w M Crawford was
telephoned for and went at once.
He succeeded in counteractin
the effects by the use of antidotes
and the following day Mr.. Culp
was pronounced out of danger.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Bitten by a Idad Dog.

Henry Perry, COL, was bitten
oy a supposed mad dog last Sat
urday night at the Fitzpatrick
place near Tank. The negro was
sleeping in the seed room at the
Clubhouse and the dog went in
and attacked him, biting him
through the hand several times.
He grabbed the dog by the throat
and made an alarm which brought
several persons to his rescue. He
grabbed a gun from one of his
rescuers but when the dog sud,
denly came out of the seed room
the whole party fled to a place of
safety not one caring to tackle a
mad dog in the night time.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Homicide Near Dixie.

On Sunday morning last, Sid
ney Berk, colored, aged 81 years,
was shot and killed by Isaac
Hammond, also coIored, on Mr..
j III FIynn's place near Dixie.
They lived together and were
working a farm together. On
Saturday Hammond came to
town, getting another boy to
work in his place. Early Sunday
morning Belk and Hammond got
into a quarrel over Hammond S
gong to town SO often. One of
them grabbed an old musket to
shoot the other with when they
got into scuffie over the gun.
In the scuffie the gun was fired,
the load of shot entering Belk' s
body about the naval and lang
ing downwards and to the left.
He lived about one hour.
Belk, the negro killed, had
been IN several difficulties before,
and had been shot once or twice.
Hammond was committed to
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Shortage Paid For.
Special to The Daily News.

Special to The Dali y News.
Columbia, S. c., April 21.-
The Fidelity and Trust company
of Baltimore today paid to the
attorney general 1854 on account
of the shortage of that amount in
the operation of the Grand Central
hotel dispensary. The dispensary
was opened before Governor Eller-
be closed all such places by f. T.
Gaillard g Son, proprietors Of the
hotel, and the trust company was
on their oond. No suit was entered
to compel payment nor has any
prosecution resulted by reason OF
the shortage.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Coming Today!
Another Car Load
OF Fine Mules
and HorS"S.

These animals were carefully
selected in person by our Mr.. Ell
lott and the PEOPLE MAY
REST ASSURED that they will
prove to be just what they are
looking for.
NOW don't think of buying until
you SEE OUR NEW STO' X AND
GET OUR PRIt ES. We have
bought To sell, aud we are going to
sell. II makes no difference what prices
others may quote you We Will either
SELL OR snap Will sell for the
fiASH or ON TIME for good paper.
And don't forget that we are Head
quarters for the
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Death at kershaw.

Mrs. Elizabeth Fletcher, aged
about 20 years, died Mt Kershaw,
OF heart disease, last Friday. She
was the wife of Mr.. John S.
Fletcher and mother of Mr.. d.
X. Fletcher of that town. She
was an excellent christian lady and
had been a member of the Baptist
church for more than so years.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Best " ag ms
and Buggies

on the market. Our large sales of We
hicles is the best evidence OF the pom
ularity of the Standard MAX es handled
oy US. You don't have to be always
running to the shop with the Buggies
aud Wagons you buy from us. OF
course you know that we keep
HARNESS OF ALL KINDS
No better made than the beat grades
we have IN stock
bds- Call and see for yourself.
ELLIOTT & CRAWFORD.
March l5. 1899.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
A Strong Recommendation.

take pleasure in recommend
ing Mr.. j j Stone as piano
tuner, and general workman along
this line. He repaired my piano,
and from being tin pan, so far
as musical chords are concerned,
1t has become quite another tone
under his skillful touch.
He is painstsking, and believe
conscientious.
Mrs. j. p. HUNTER,
Lancaster, 5. G..
April 25, 1899.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
Died of Pneumonia.
April 25, 1899.

News has been received of the
death of Mr.. K Maxsel Steele.
which occurred of pneumonia
March 10th, in Oklahoma. He
was native of Union county, n.
g., and went to Texas in 1885.
in 1898 he removed to Oklahoma
where he was dong we'll. He
was 81 years of age and leaves a
wife and children. His mother,
one brother, r NJ Steele, and 3
sisters, Mrs. j II Huev, Mrs. j
L Hough and Mrs. 5 ii Starnes,
of this county, also survive him.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
A Concert.

A Concert.
To he given Friday evening,
April 2Sth, at the residence of
Judge Ira B Jones, at S:3Oo'clock,
for the benefit of the A RIP
church. Public cordially invited
to attend. Admission 10 cts.
Refreshments 10 cts.
PROGRAMME.
1. Music by Miss Kaughman
and Mr.. Walter p Davis
2. Vocal solo-Miss Mary l.
Hunter.
3. Recitation-Miss Corina
Elliott.
4. instrumental solo Miss
Sadie McCarden.
5. Vocal solo-Miss Margaret
Hoke.
b. Instrumental solo-Mrs.
Rowell.
7. Vocal solo-Miss Addie X
Carter.
CS. Instrumental solo Miss
Lena Amos.
0. Vocal solo-Miss Riddle.
10. Reading-Mr. Reece Will.
Jams.
IL. Vocal duet--Misses Mayme
and Bess Jones.
IL. Instrumental duet Misses
Kaughman and Hunter.
what stopa HsuralxfaS H. MflS,. Pain Pflls
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26

What stops NsuraigiaS ~. Miiss' Pain P1is
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
For The Ledger.
VAN WICK ITEMS.

FARMERS are pushing the plant
ing of their crops. Some com,
plain of the lands getting hard,
The local showers make thing,
look lively, but more rain would
be very acceptable. Our rec
lands begin to need it and SEED
will not come up until there is
more moisture.
Our merchants have already
begun to ship in Western corn.
With our fertile lands and the
quantity of corn lands, we have
always been surprised at Western
corn being brought here to run
our farms. We know with a
little judgment and forethought
this could all be changed. We
have been farming since 1877 and
have our first bushel of Western
corn or baled hay to buy for our
farm supply.
Kew. K + Mood went to the
District preachers meeting at
Chester last Monday.
Rev. Saddler will preach at
Beulah church next Sunday morn
ing at II o'clock.
/ 1t seems that some of our peo>
pie get the appointment at Van
Wyck church mixed. The regular
I appointments are on the Second
and Third SUNDAYS, in the morn
ing at II o'clock and on the
Fourth Sunday at 3 o'clock in the
afternoon. Epworth League and
prayer meeting on Sunday and
Wednesday nights. Sunday school
one hour before each preaching
service and at 10 o'clock first
Sunday morning.
Masters Elwyn Stephenson and
Frank Heath of Waxhaw, spent
Saturday with their friends al
Van Wyck.
Some of Osceola's fishermen
spent Monday on Catawba river
and Twelve Mile Creek with the
fisherman's usual luck.
Van Wyok cemetery was nice
ly cleaned off last Monday enc
this much neglected spot, put in
much more presentable shape
Some more work will soon be
done on it and more interest will
be taken in it hereafter by oul
people.
Cedar Camp of the Woodmer
OF the world has sent some O1
its Choppers out in the forest
and felled some fine tim ber. TheS
are still searching for other &C.
ceptable trees and a couple more
will be ielled and introduced into
the mysteries of Woodcraft next
Thursday night. This camp seems
to have taken on new life and is
moving things around lively.
Their "Camp Goat" has gotten
pretty sassy from his long rest
and pretty hard to manage from
the unusual noise he made last
Thursday night. OrTIMUs.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26

List OF letters advertised for
the week ending April 25, 1899:
Miss Maggie Joiner, Tullera
Drum, S b Mobley, COL, c S
Roof, James Richardson, G. n
Warren, w l. Williams, Rob't
walker. J F Gregory, NJ
w Ganson's new >ad. TODAY is
startling in the prices quoted for
white lawns, piques, nainsook,
ETC., otc., and will delight the
ladies. The 1900 sample hats,
the lot of fine pants slightly dam
aged by water during the big fire,
and other bargains will cause the
men to go hocking there. His
store is likely to be crowded with
customers for these bargains for
the next Is or 20 days.
The Dixie Camp of Confeder>
ate Veterans will meet iu the
court house the 1st Monday IN
May, at II O'Clock. All who ex-
pect to go to the Reunion in
Charleston will please meet with
the Camp on that day, Monday,
lst day of MAY.
w G A PORTER,
Commander Dixie camp.
G w Jones, Ait.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1899-04-26
job Printing.

"VU TIH0TITR.
Law Briefs, Minutes, all kinds
of Blanks, Bill and Letter Heads,
Envelopes, and all kinds of Job
Printing done in the best style
and at lowest prices. Call at THE
LEDGER Office and see samples of
my work and get prices.
HUGH WILSON,
Abbeville, S. G..
Press and Banner Office.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-26
WEATHER SIGNS.

A whole lot of wiseacres are giving
the dear people the signs for the COM
ing winter. 1t is to be hard winter,
because the muskrat has built him a
high house in the swamp, because the
fur on the squirrel is extra thick, be.
cause the goose bone is of a certain
shape, because the cornhusks are thick
and a whole lot more of such meteoro-
logical rot. While it is true that the
wild Indian read signs for his weather
forecasts, he was not always correct
by long way, for we have personally
known wise medicine man of the
Sioux as a sign reader to be as far out
of the way as is the scientific weather
prophet $50 called Of today. The fact
is that north of latitude AZ degrees,
anywhere in the United States, save
on the Pacific coast, the normal winter
is cold one. bringing more or less
snow, according to locality, and it is
always safe to make ample provision
for such cold weather by covering all
tender vines and plants, closing all
cracks in the barns, banking up the eel
lar and getting prepared for the intense
cold and the blizzard which is more
likely to come than not. Nobody is
wise enough to correctly forecast the
seasons and the type of weather they
will bring. Get prepared for the worst,
and you are all right.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-26
THE CROW.

We saw for the first time lately q
piece of corn which had been practi-
cally ruined by the crows. Nearly ev-
cry ear was stripped, just as the black
birds used to strip them in the pioneer
days of the west. The crow is with US,
and with us to stay, in constantly in
creasing numbers. He is an uncanny
bird; is neither pleasing to look at, is
no good to eat, and can't sing even a
little bit. The women won't wear his
skin on their hats, he has no enemies
who seek his life. and he gets on to
mans tricks with gun and poison more
quickly than does the sparrow or rat.
We saw over 5000 crows feeding in an
unhusked cornfeld last winter, and as
we look at this black pirate he bids
fair to become one Of the worst agricul-
tural pests we are to have in the north
west. He is a most INSCRIPTIONS rob-
Der of the nests of other birds, and
this Indictment alone should secure his
determination. Now, some tender
hearted body will rise, we suppose, and
say that he eats some grubs and bugs.
Well, there would not be so many
grubs and bugs IL the crow did not de-
stroy the nests Of our insect eating
birds. Shoot the black rascal.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-26
THE HIREp G1RL pRoBLEM.

There is no class of women attract.
ing more attention at the present time
than the hired girls-the women who
can and will wash dishes, cook, scrub,
make beds and do the dirty work Of
the average American family. They
are wanted, and wanted badly, in ey-
cry community, in all cities, in all
states. The American woman, brought
up to play the piano, dress in the latest
styles, read the latest realistic, novel
istic rot, shine at woman's club and
be proficient in SO called culture and
refinement is face to face with condi-
ton and not a theory. She has mar.
ried and has hungry husband and
children on her hands and don't know
how to feed them, and no hired girl to
be had for love or money. This wom-
an has all her life very carefully kept
the social fence in good repair which
separated the hired girl who did her
dirty work from her. own daughter,
who earned a genteel 81 q week in a
department store, and so it comes that
good and competent girls have come to
shun housework for wages as a dis
honorable thing and fill to repletion
every vocation where they may retain
their social standing, while this woman
and thousands Of others like her are
left helpless. Woman win do q sensi.
BILE thing to tear this fence down and
accord social equality to the woman
who cooks her food as well as to. the
woman who trims her hair. q
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-26
HARDY AS THE DUCHESS.

OF special interest to northwestern
apple growers is the fact that the
Wealthy apple passed through the last
hard winter with as little injury to the
trees as the Duchess, the accepted
standard of hardness for all north
western apples. In our own orchard
the Wealthy wintered is in perfect con-
dition, also in every other orchard Of
which we have knowledge, while from
Minnesota and Wisconsin come similar
reports. The ability of this apple to
stand the test of hard winter has
been seriously questioned, but now it
is safe to plant Wealthys and lots of
them, for no better apple can be OF is
grown in the northwest, or one which
will bring the grower so large and GER
tain a return for his labor. One thing
must ever be watched with this tree,
and that is not to let it overbear when
young, or it will be found very short
lived tree.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-26
INCREASED BANK DEPOSITS.

A very pleasing and striking thing is
the wonderful increase Of bank depos.
its all through the agricultural sections
of the northwest. 1t is of special inter-
est to note that this increase in bank
funds is very &rgely the money Of
farmers. Good crops ana fair prices of
the past two years have wrought a
wonderful change in the condition Of
the northwestern farmer. The old
mortgage has been got rid of, the inter-
est tax has been stopped, the credit
system has largely given place to pay
as you go; the varied economies en-
forced by the period OF Hard times are
still maintained, and burden of debt,
high interest rates and slack SHANGHAI
methods have given place to an i'm
proved agriculture and balance in the
local bank. The northwestern farmer
never had brighter future before him
than he has today. -.
u ~ -k-iER
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1899-10-26
PAY FOR THE SOCIETY NEWS
Those whore Name. Get in Print 4.
London Must Pay Big Prices
for the Notice.

All the personal paragraphs and So
ciety news that appear in the London
papers are paid for except that which
relates to the royal family, the nobility
and the diplomatic corps, says the Phil
adelphia Times. If an ordinary citizen
gives ball or marries off his daughter
or entertains the prince of Wales at
dinner he is compelled to pay for his
glory. Mrs. John w. Mackay, Mr.. Will
liam Waldorf Aston and other ordinary
persons, native or foreign, in London
society pay for every notice they re-
ceive in the newspapers. Sometimes
the report of ball or wedding costs
$500 or $500 for every newspaper it APP
pears in. The following standing an
nouncement concerning what is known
as the agony column" will be found
in the London papers:
'All society, personal and fashion,
able paragraphs, except those relating
to royalty and official incidents, will be
charged for at minimum rate of one
guinea for two lines, each succeeding
line ten shillings and sixpence addi-
tional."
Therefore when any of your friends
in London send you copy of an Eng
lish newspaper containing personal
notice you may understand it has been
paid for.
All the advertising in English news
papers is on outside pages. The news
and other reading matter is on the in
side.