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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-25
TRAPPING 4 UITNESS.

A Gaze was being tried in conntry
court. A horse had been stolen from
a :ie!d; and the evidence all pointed to
a certain doubtful character Of the
reighborhood as the culprit. Through
his guilt seemed Gear, he had found
Il lawyer to undertake his defense. At
the trial the defendants counsel ex-
pended his energy in trying to con-
fuse and Tighten the opposing wit
nesses, especia. ly farmer whose tes'
mony was particu arly damaging. The
lawyer Kept up fire of questions,
asking many foolish ones, ard repeat
ing himself again and again in the
hope of decoying the witnesses into a
contradiction.
"Y1u say the lawyer went on,
ssthat you can swear to having seen
this man driving a horse past your
farm on the aav in question p
81 Can" rep led the witness, YEARLY,
for he had already answered the ques-
ton dcz times
"What time was this ~
81 told you it was about the middle
of the forenoon"
''But don't want any 'abouts' or
mindless I want you to tell the jury
exactly the time"
"Why,' said the farmer, 81 don It
always carry gold watch with me
when Pm digging potatoes.
"But you have cl ok in the house,
haven't You?
eyes
"Wel], what time vas it by the
clock"
"Whv, by that cock it was just
10 minutes past 10.
"You were in the field all the morn
ing?' went on the lawyer, smiling
suggestively.
81 was"
sHow far from the house is this
he,d?'
"About half a mile"
''You swea", do you, that by the
| clcck in your house it was just nine
teen minutes pas temp
81 do"
The lawyer paused and locked
triumphantly at the jury. At last he
had ent1apped the witness into con-
Trajectory statement that would great
ly weaken his evidence.
The farmer leisurely picked up his
hat and started to leave the witness
stand. Then turning slowly about,
he added:
81 ought, perhaps, to say, that too
much reliance should not be placed
on that clock as it got out Of gear
about SIX months ago, and it's been
10 minutes past 10 ever since"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-25
WY he KEPT 4 DOG.

A prominent dog fancier and wealthy
man Of Philadelphia stepped into a
grocery the other night and acc den
tally stumbled over fat cd German
who was sitting in corner somklng
his pipe.
Under his chair was the most re-
maj kable specimen Ct a dog that the
gentleman had ever seen. It had the
appearance of a pug, with rough, red
hair and long tail. 1t was impossi-
ble to resist laughing at the placid
cd man and his nondescript dog.
"What kind of Dig is that ?" ask
ed the gentleman.
81 don't know" replied the Ger
man.
81 suppose You use him for hunt
ing?'
NO"
"Is he good for anything?'
s:No."
Then why do you value him so
high?''
"Because he likes me-" said the
old fellow, still putting at his pipe,
and the expression of the dog as he
looked up from under the chair fully
confirmed the statement
''There is no better or stronger rea-
son than that" Asserted the gentle
man emphatically as he walked
away.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-25
How To Make Money

If YOU are out of employment AMI want posi-
ton paying you from $50 to 800 monthly clear
above expehes by working regularly, or If you
want to increase your present income from 500 TO
$500 YEARLY bv vol king at odd times. write the
GLOBE Co, 72 Chestnut St. PHI la. Pa st tlng
lge, whether married or single, last or present EN-
poyment and YOU secure p ,sition with them by
which you can make more money easier aud faster
oau ever made before in your lie.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-25

We aim to sell only the "bes by every
prices right Wa your trade and promise honest
courteous treatment Yours truly.
c. M. WOOLF & co.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-04-25
CASTORIA
Foo Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
z sssss the Of &eHzZzSzzw

ut is only night II at 81 Guild tell
you" she Sal |, ''that father has lost
ALL
"Not al. y he reclaimed.
ayes, ALL she asserted.
NO." he said firmly; "not all. You
are still left him. | could lot be so
cruel as to add to his misfortunes. Tell
him-tell him for me that my genera
slty impels ME to leave him what lit
tie les in my power
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20

| Mems enamel shoes, new styles 81, SO
at the Boston.
Examine the Singer Sewing Ma
chimes at the Singer Office. ~
Don't fail to see the new line of cush.
ION tops, stamped linens, art liners
at theBoston.
The Boston has just receiyed a very
hobby line of the newest things in
ladies' belts.
Ben Schoenhoff offers for sale the
building occupied by the Steam laun.
dry. He will dispose of it at a bar
gain.
Teachers will be pleased to know
that the Normal course at Glenwood
Academy will help them secure first
grade certificates.
A fine fresh COW for sale by John
Henningsgaard, Kandota, seven miles
north of the city.
FOR SALE-Germania House, best
location in the city. Good reason for
selling. A reliable and paying bust
n ess.
Miss Mayberry is holding special
reduction sale on first-class, up-to-
date millinery. Bargains for all.
When buying artics buy the best,
they are at the Boston.
Reminder the Boston s is head.
quarters for wraps of all kinds, we
have already supplied hundreds OF
ladies and are prepared to supply a
great many more. Our assortmentis
still large and complete.
The Great Northern operators re-
eeived notice on Tuesday evening that
! they had been granted raise in wages
of $500 per month. They are said to
have an application at the head Offices
for an additional increase of SO per
month.
John Sheets and Clearance Rice,
who went to Canada last week have re-
turned. They are very much disap.
pointed with that country. On the IL
arrival there they found six inches
of snow withthe Thermometer register.
| ing Is below zero. They informed us
that all tho land within forty miles
of the railroad was taken In that part
of Canada where they ere.-Long
Prairie Democrat.
Here is one from the Mouse River
Standard which goes to show that
they are not very we'll acquainted with
the fashionable game of ping pong out
in North Dakota; A young lady from
Bottineau who is attending college
wrote home that SIZE was in love
with ping pong. "Huh!. in love wi.
ping pong, said the old man. "Well;
ma, you'd better write right off and
tell her she can't MARRY him. W.
don't want no dunn Chinaman in this
family.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20
LOCAL ITEMS.

W. S. Baker went to ST. Cloud or
Monday.
A. L. Cramb was in the city or
Saturday.
Mrs Chas H. Bennett is seriously
ill with pleurisy.
Mrs Lewis Weeks of Brainerd, il
it visiting relatives in city.
A new lot of castor coler Monte
Carlo coats just in at A. Dahlem's.
Lucas Kells and G. M. Sprague went
to Minneapolis On Saturdays flyer.
George C. Ingram spent the pas
week in Minneapolis and St. Paul on
business.
There were paid into the Stearns
county treasury beteen May 81 and
November l, s51, O29.31 in taxes.
The sun burst out bright and natur-
alan old friend returned-on Tues.
day morning, after an absence of TIVE
weeks.
L. S. Bishop Co. will buy your po-
tatoes.
The Boston's line of warm shoes is
all right.
fresh case OF Kratchwil's fine choc-
olate at Sim snton's.
Election over now you will have
time to think of footwear, and natur-
ally you think of the Boston at the
same time.
If you want a good patent leather
shoe, one that you will be proud Of
ask for it at the Boston.
Get a photograph and you can
spend very pleasant evening with
the best artists in the world. M. A.
Scherffius keeps a complete line OF
machines and records.
Men wanted to cut wood and logs.
A hoese furnished to man with fam
lily and aman to drive team all winter
Top prices PAID. write L. d. braucn,
Long Prairie, Mimi.
Don't travel hundreds of miles to
attend q school that excels perhaps
only in it's ability to advertise itself
when you have worthy and up-te-
i. date school near home. Attend Glen
wood Academy, Glenwood, MINI.
Ladies' of the city and vicinity are
invited to como and inspect our pat
tern hats, street hats and everything
in the line, of millinery novelties.
Cothlow & Co.
If you want good watch, for your
boy try my $3.50 "Padishan;" it will
keep good time and stand hard
knocks. NJ. A. Scherffius, Jewelel
and Optician.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20
New dates and Smyrna figs at ST

New dates and Smyrna figs at ST.
monton's.
Lambs wool soles for slippers al
J The Boston.
Prat's Food for horses, cattle, hogs
and sheep. Simsnton sells it.
We have the Gold Seal rubber
goods at A. Dahlem's.
Glenwood Acad envy prepares fol
College and University. Catalogue
free. Address, Glenwood Academy,
Glenwood, Minnesota.
Tuition for fall term at Glenwood
Academy is $1,000, board S1.75 per
week, furnished room 40 cents per
week.
EsTRAY-Came to my place in the
city a red steer, with white spot on
forehead. Owner call, prove property
and pay charges within one week.
OLE INGEBRITSON.
There is always a good demand for
efficient stenographers. Learn stem
ography and typewriting at Glenwood
Academy, Glenwood, Minnesota.
If your eyes ache there's surely
something wrong with them-prob-
ably you need glasses. I will ex-
vmine your eyes absolutely free Of
charge, diagnose your tr ouble and
prescribe for it. M. A.. Scherffi us
Registered Optician.
Sank Rapids proposes to close her
saloons at eleven o'clock at night, and
keep them closed on Sunday. Sank
Centre has enforced such law with
little complaint of violation for years.
But then, Sank Centre is farther from
naughty st. Cloud.
After a couple of months lay-ofi
with scalded hand, Engineer Capser
Maehrens took his place in the engine
cab again this week. He was badly
burned and at one time it looked as il
he would lose the use of his hand en-.
tirely, but it is now in good condition,
though somewhat scarsd.-Beacon.
Nine cars of the west-bound freight
on the Great Northern, were wrecked
between Alexandria and Garfield dur.
ing the night of Thursday last. The
cars left the track and wers piled In q
heap, presumably on account Of q
broken flange on one Of the wheels.
No one was injured. but the passen.
ger trains were delayed several hours.
Gus. Kanutson's store building q
Brooten was burned ON Monday morn.
ing at o'clock. The store building il
wreck, and much damage was done
to the stock OF IS. 600 worth of goods
There is insurance of $500 on tine
building and equal. amount on the
goods. Mr.. and Mrs. Kanutson les-
capped from thu second floor of the
burning building by sliding down q
pole.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20

WANTED girl at the Pal
mer house.
Ladies yici kid shoes, heavy extern
sion soles, 81 SO at the Boston.
Mrs. Nicolaus has some looms to
rent in her home on Second-st.
Those two buckle overshoes for chill
dren are just the thing for cold wealth
err at the Boston. ... -..
WA NTED-Teams for hauling load
wood. Good wages paid. Apply to
j. A. Dobbs, Grey Eagle, MINI.
For SALE-Extra good, high grade
Poland China pigs, either sex. Six
miles west of Sank Centre.
Roy K. PIERCE.
Choice pigs for sale. T. w. Gala
CHER, four miles north of town at Fairy
Lake.
Glenwood Academy is not the b, st
school in the world, but it has ar up
to-date, practical business depart
ment.
The Boston has a large new line Of
table linens which they will place on
sale next week. These linens were
purchased at remarkable low prices
and are guaranteed to be exceptionally
good values.
. Examine that beauty of birds eye
maple, drop head sewing machine at
Schoenhoff's.
Joseph Exford will give you good
meal at very low price-from 15c to Csc.
Try him -Third-st.
Falcon Pan-ca Flour at Bishops.
Try sack, Is cents.
Fancy New York sweet cider at
Bishop s.
Just received, at Dahlem's grocery
store, one full car Of savory southern
apples:
B. J. Moritz went to Melrose on
Tuesday to attend the funeral of An
ton Edelbrock.
O. L. Swanson expects 10 leave next
week for Butte, Montana, where he
will engage in the laundry business.
David r. Guthmann took the second
degree in the Knights OF Pythias, and
thinks that he can survive the third.
He says he enjoyed it all as much az
the other fellows did.
Byron F. Carr left for Clouqet on
Tuesday to look after the cutting OF
cedar poles and posts and about q
thousand cords OF birch wood for G..
P. Mcclure. He will return on Mon
day.
Joseph Kraus, aged 16 years, Iol
Brockway, seems9 to re the champion
wildcat hunter of Stearns county. He
h Is shot two ~wildcats this iall and
tapped third one. Forty pounds
was the weight of the largest ons.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20
Competent nurse.

Competent Nurse.
I want nursing. I have had some
experience. My price is s1.O0 per
day. Can be ready to go at minutes
stic.. MRS. T. C. MCKAY,
Sank Centre, Mimi.
718 Birch Street.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20

WANTED-Twenty-five to q hum
dred men to chop cordwood. Apply at
the Mill office.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20

Sweet apples and ounces at Bish
ops.
L. s.. Bishop Co. are buying pota-
toes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20

A New Version.
The old woman that once lived in
shoe,
Has changed her quarters and is
we'll to do,
She bought five barrels of A. Dab
lem's apples,
And made her many children all
happy.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1902-11-20

Special Attention Paid to Watch and Jew
elry Repairs. All Work Promptly Done.
Watches Regulated Free of Charge.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-22
War Department Changes.

Changes in the classified force of the
War Department have been made as fol-
lows:
Appointments under civil service rules
Bureau Of insular affairs: Miss Jane s. Fair
of Maine. clerk at 500; Mrs Sarah l..
Beckwith of Georgia, Clerk at 5000.
Promotiors-Office Of the surgeon gen
eral: Silas Bergman of Tennessee, from
clerk at $1,000 to clerk at $1,4O0; Miss Lot
tie L. Bolts Of Virginia, from clerk at 81, 900
to clerk at $1,000: Miss Frances ]. Leary
of the District Of Columbia, from stenog-
rapher and typewriter at $500 to clerk at
S1,OOO; Graham l.. Gordon Of the District Of
Columbia, from clerk at $40 to clerk at
$500; Mrs. Elizabeth P Herring of Penn
sylvania. from clerk at $T3O to clerk at $S4O
Office Of the chief of ardnance: George G.
Chase Of Kansas, from clerk at $500 to
clerk at $1,O00; Mrs. Frances C. Peck Of
Illinois. from stenographer and typewriter
at $50 to c.erk at $3O0
Resignations-Office of the adjutant gen.
eral: Thomas NJ. Baker of Georgia, clerk at
$50. Bureau of insular affairs: Miss
Blanche Holbrook of New York, clerk at
$720.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-22
CARE1EssLY ADDRESSED.
Letters and Packages Which It is I'm
possible to Deliver.

The city post Office is piled up with let
ters and packages intended for people liv-
ing in the District on which the wrong ad-
dresses have been placed and which it will
be impossible for the post Office officials to
deliver. There are hundreds of packages
and letters that are improperly addressed,
and they are all waiting their owners at
the post office. The Christmas rush of mail
almost always brings to the post office a
large number of letters that are not prop
erly addressed. and it severely tries the
patience of the post Office employees to get
them. One package received at the local
post office yesterday was addressed to a
person living in Washington" There was
no other writing on the package to signify
where 1t came from or where it was in
tended to go. Only the name of the ad-
dressee and the word "Washington"
Whether it was Washington, d. c., or N
c., or Mo-, no one but the person sending
it is in position to know. Other packages
have the addresses on streets that have no
existence in the District There was one
East Strasberger street." and another on
"West Pacific avenue"
Letters galore have been received address,
ed to Santa Claus in childish scrawls All of
these letters will be sent to the dead letter
office, where efforts will be made to find
the original senders. The superintendent
of the local delivery Office wishes it to be
understood that no matter how kind and
good-hearted a man Santa Claus NAV be
he has never Joined the postal union and
cannot be reached by mail.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-22
MESSAGE FROM MARcoN1.
Sent to King of Italy From Cape Bre-
ton via Cornwall.

ROME, December 22.-King Victor En-
manuel this morning received wireless
message from Marconi. forwarded from
Cape Breton via Cornwall, and sent con-
gratulatory reply.
LONDON, December 22.-The second edi-
ton of the Times today prints the text of
a. wireless Marconi message received from
the Canadian government as follows:
"OTTAWA, December 81.
1.-The government of Canada through the
Times desires to congratulate the British
people on the accomplishment by Marconi
of the greatest feat modern science has yet
achieved.
(Signed) CARTWRIGHT,
Acting Premier"
The representatives of the Marconi COM
pany say they have been receiving trans
atlantic messages for a week. They add
that the messages to King Edward and
others came through without a hitch, and
that the company will be able to handle
1000 words per hour. AS soon as it is able
to get the post Office authorities to connec.
POldhu with the inland telegraph the COM
pany will commence regular commercial
business between Cornwall apd Nova
Scotia.
Marconi has expressed mild satisfaction
with the results recently obtained but the
manager here said the inventor was al
ways so sure he would be able to achieve
his aim that they did not expect him to be
enthusiastic. Marconi is going to Cape Cod.
where his apparatus only needs slight ad-
justment before it will be ready to be linked
up with Poldhu. which at present is the
only wireless station on this side capable of
receiving transatlantic messages Other
stations will shortly be built on the conti
neat.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-22
BARRED FROM THE MAILS.
Fraud Order Issued Against the
Standard Fountain Pen COMPANY,

The Postmaster General has directed the
issuance Of fraud order against the firm
known as the Standard Fountain Pen Com
pany of New York, said to be conducted by
Henry t. Day. The Issuance of the order
was directed at the instance of the assistant
attorney general for the Post Office Depart
ment after complete investigation of the
business of the concern, by means of which
it was discovered that the business Of the
company was to sell fountain pens for 81
and pay $12 a week to any person who
would mail letters making similar offers TO
one Thousand other persons. The schem,
or the promoters of the enterprise, accord
ing to the post office officials, was to esta5-
HSh an endless chain business which would
In time result in the defrauding of a num-
per OF persons. The business Of stopping
the promoters of endless chain enterprises
has occupied the attention of the post office
officials for some time past, and they have
been called upon often to pass upon the
merits of the schemes and their chances OF
escaping from classification as frauds.
The scheme of the Standard Company,
against which fraud order has been Is
sued" said Mr.. James N. Tyner, assistant
attorney general for the Post Office De-
pariment. lis well explained in the case OF
Van Kirk Robins of Wlkesbarre, ia.
This firm offered to sell fountain pen for
$3.50 and in addition to this offered work
at the rate of So a week, with $3.50 as ex-
pense money. to any person buying a pen
WHU WOulu WTll6 Ten lelleTS DAY to as
many persons setting forth the scheme by
which they also could make the same
money by the investment of such small
capital. We found on investigation of the
Van Kirk & Robins scheme that the COM
pany was established about February last,
and has been doing business actually only
about nine weeks, during which time it.
has. by its own showing. delivered about
1900 pens. and has failed to fill a constd-
cradle number of orders by reason of its
inability to obtain the pens from manufac-
turers. This period has been too short t.
test the outcome of the scheme; but it has
been long enough to show that 1t has re-
ceived about S47. .500 while 1t has agreed to
pay $152. 600. Admitting it's statement to
be true that 1t intended to make payments
to this extent (assuming that each GUS
toner had involved the company in a debt
of $S and that the number of customers
was one person for each pen, or 1900 in
the aggregate), 1t is apparent by simple
problem in arithmetic that its loss would
have been $104, SEQ in this operation"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-12-22
BIG FIRE AT KNOXVILLE
DAMAGE ESTIMATED AT ABOUT
HALF MILLION.
Blaze Occurred in the Business Section
at an Early Hour This
Morning.

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, December 22.-The
worst fire which has occurred In the bust
ness portion Of the city since the disastrous
million. dollar confiagration in 1897 broke
out early today in a for-story building on
Commerce avenue, directly opposite the
central fire station, and occupied by the
Knoxville Pants Company. In two hours
time buildings adjoining it on Commerce
avenue, occupied by Broyles. Mcclellan &
Lackey, agricultural implement dealers;
the David Commission Company, the large
establishment of the George Brown Hard
ware Company on Gay street, the Shank
lin Grain Company and the r. H. Cattee &
Companys building on the same streets
had been completely destroyed. The six
story building Of McTeer, Hood & Co.,
wholesale clothiers, and the three-story
building of the Davies Furniture Company,
which were reported burned, withstood the
storm of flying embers and were but little
damaged Brandau & Kennedy, retail
clothiers; w. T. Newton, jewelers.; the
Whitle-Spence Trunk Company and other
retail stores on Gay street opposite the
burning structures were considerably dam
aged. Conservative insurance men say the
loss will be between 100000 and $500 ,OOO
Other estimates place it much higher.
The McTeer and Davies buildings and
and again, but they were saved, with small
damage, by hard work on the part of the
firemen Several explosions occurred in
the hardware companys building scatter
ing bricks and merchandise in every direc-
tiOn, but no one was injured.
The collapse of the hardware company's
building saved the business district from
loss of two millions at least, the fire be-
ing easily handled after that big structure
had fallen.
The heaviest loss Is that of the George
Brown Hardware Company. which carried
a $1SOOOO stock. The building owned by
Col. Charles NJ. McGhee Of New York, was
valued at $4,000.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, December 22-Par-
tial estimates on the losses are rs follows:
r. II. Cattee Company, wholesale liquors,
stock and building, $4,000; Knoxville Pants
Company, stock and building. SO 900; Broy-
les. Mcclellan & Lackey, farming imple-
ments, stock and building. SIS, ,9a0 Franklin
Grain Company, stock and building $4,000;
l.. David & Company, stock and building
$4,000; Haynes & Henson, wholesale shoes,
$4,000: McTeer. Hood & Company, whole
sale clothing. $1,000: Davies Furniture Com
pany. stock and buildings, $4,000; damage
to other buildings and stock, 10000. All
the firms damaged, except the David Com
mission Company, were insured.