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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06
WHITE SCHOOLS.

WHITE SCHOOLS.
Balance received from Thomas
S. Stone, Treasurer, August
16, 1902. .......$ 1880
State School Tax. 15,O36.70
State Free School Fund. ...... 1894
Academic Fund. ............... 10000
Amount of Levy received from
County Commissioners. .... $4,000 90
Cash received from sale of old
school house, Lot No. in 9Th
District 10000
Amount received from County
Commissioners for building
new school houses. .......... 10000
Bank Loan. 6,5OO.OO
Cash received from sale of books 2315
Total ................. .s4s, 1894
DISBURSEMENTS.
Fuel. ..........$ 1855
Repairs OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1854
Furniture 1854
Salaries NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 33,259.57
Building new school house at
Tuxedo ........... ....... 10000
Building new school house at
Brentwood .................. 1OO.UO
Building new school houses at
Magruder's and also in Piscat-
away District. .............. 9S5.9O
Incidentals 1S18.02
Office Expenses, Postage, etc.. 1870
Examiners Salary 10000
Per Diem Of Commissioners. $4,000
Interest 258.09
Bank Loan Paid ............. 100000
Advertising and Printing. .... 1880
Registers. 1915
Expenses of Institute. ..... 154.48
Expenses of State aud County
ASSOCIATIONS. ................ 1926
Attorneys fees ........ 1000
Surveying NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 13.OO
Paid W. D. Pyles for school lot
in 9th District. ............ 500
Upper Marlboro Academy..... 10000
Laurel High School Sinking
Fund, for Interest. ........ $50 90
Hand Books for Teachers. ..... &c s.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06

ll1ANTED-SEVERALP PERSONS OF CHAR
w acer and good reputa alton in each State Zone in
The counsy requred) to represent and advertise old
established wealthy business house of solid financial
,taniing Salary $2l.0O weekly with expenses ad-
fi,onal all payable in cash direct every Wednesday
l ION head otices Horse and carriage furnished
when necessary. References. Enclose ef-addressed
envelope. Colonial, 332 Dearborn St, Chicago.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06

Have your Job Printing done at
THE ENQUIRER tflice.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 18th, 1908,
AT 2 O'CLOCK P. NJ.
the property particularly described in
said mortgage, containing
2181Sa ACRES
OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,

OF LAND, MORE OR LESS,
adjoining the lands now or formerly own
ed by James B. Smith, James Simms and
Mr. Snow. The improvements consist of
DWELLING HOUSE. ~~
BARN, CORN HOUSE and sri
necessary out buildings. szG r.
This farm is we'll located,
being distant about miles from Branch
vile and about the same distance from
Beltsville.
TERMS OF SALE.
One-third cash and the balance in equal
installmects of one, two and three years,
or all cash as the purchaser may elect ;
the deferred payments to bear interest
from the day of sale and 10 be secured to
the satisfaction of the undersigned. These
terms may be modified and portion of
the purchase money may remain on mort
gage if deemed advisable. A cash depos,
it of 800 will be required at the time of
sale. For further particulars apply to
PHIL. H. TUCK,
Assignee Of Mortgage.
2v1 North Calvert ST., Baltimore. Md.
October %, 1903-:s.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06
ANNUAL HTATEMENT
hECEIPTS AND
DISBURSEMENTS

FOR PUBLIC SCHOOL PURPOSES.
FOR PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY,
MD. FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
FROM JULY 81, 1902, TO JULY 81,
1908.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06

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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1903-11-06

FREE BOOK FUND.
RECEIPTS.
Balance received from Thomas
8. Stone, Treasurer, August
16, 1902. ............... IS 6,5O2.O5
Amount received from State of
Maryland, August 1 1908. 3,979.O7
Total .......... ......... $1O, 4S1 IL
DISBURSEMENTS.
Amount expended for Books. IS 3,736.97
Amount expended for Distribu-
ton. ............ sou w
Salary of Distributor $4,000
Printing $3.50
Balance in Bank. -. .. 6,119.65
Total $40 4s1 10
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Swallows and Microbes.

Many centuries ago Saint Augustine
admonlshed those who would be fol-
lowers of Christ to "shun wickedness
as swallows shun pestilent places"
and from what modern churchman
tells us it is evident that the good
saint in using this smile uttered an
important scientific truth.
This modern churchman is Father
Victor. Writing from Palestine, he
draws attention to the fact that swal-
lows and other migratory birds invari-
ably shun those places which are in
the slightest degree infected by nox-
ious microbes. Thus they are never
to be found in districts where cholera.
yellow fever, the plague and other cpl
demic diseases prevail, and Father
Victor, who has paid close attention
to the subject for some months, fur
Their maintains that the districts
which they select as their temporary
homes are in all respects the most
healthy that can be found.
1t is evident from this that persons
who are afraid Of catching cholera or
other infectious diseases ought not to
live in places which are stunned by
swallows and other migratory BIRDS
New York Herald.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
A Cricket EIGHT.

The Chinese love of gambling finds
vent in many strange ways, one of the
most curious being combats between
crickets, on which large sums of
money are staked and won or lost
Before entering them for a fight their
owners make the crickets undergo
regular training. When caught they
are placed in bamboo cage and fed
with rice and green stuff. After a few
days they are taught to fight by meas
uring their strength with a veteran.
After a number of trials the cham
pions are selected for their appear
ance in public, and the betting begins.
The combatants are placed facing
each other, and their trainers tickle
their heads with straw until their
anger is thoroughly aroused, when
they make a dash at one another
The victory is decided in the first
round, the vanquished cricket, If still
alive, crawling away quite detected,
while the victor struts about and cele-
brates his triumph by chirruping.
The Graphic.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
How the Birds Dress.

AS bird fashions do not change, the
lady birds of to-day wear the same
kind of dresses their grandmothers
wore and are not troubled about
styles.
Two suits year are quite enough
for most birds, but they need to take
great care Of them.
Each separate feather must be
cleaned and looked over and the use
less ones pulled out.
You have seen a canary preening
his feathers by lifting them and
smoothing them out with his bill, and
you may have thought him vain to do
this so often.
But necessity and not vanity is the
cause of his frequent dressings.
II you neglect to comb your hair
it will become tangled and look I'M
tidy, but more serious things happen
to bird who does not comb his feath-
ers.
These feathers are not packed close
together, you know, but lie loose and
have places between filed with air
w uSn d UlIU WduIS 10 get warmer
he lifts his feathers so that these air
spaces may be larger, but if his feath-
ers are tangled or wet and dirty he
could not raise them and soon he
could not keep the heat in his little
body anu would die of course.
Perhaps you have noticed sparrows
or other birds in the winter time. They
always look larger, but they have only
fiuffed out their feathers because the
weather is cold.
Mr.. Canary does the same thing
when he goes to bed at night A water
bird has to be even more particular
about his clothes, for if he should get
them wet he would die Of cold.
1t seems odd, does it not, that he
can go in the water and not get wet?
1t is fact, though, and it is only
because he oils his feathers. All
water birds have an oil can, or an oil
gland, as it is called, located down
among his tail feathers, and after he
has smoothed himself carefully he
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
The Obedient Microbe.


or course, you know all about mi
crobes, or think you do, and are tired
of hearing about them. You know, at
least, that they are very small organ
1sms, or tiny things, that are found
In great number and variety in pretty
much everything we eat and drink,
and the air we breathe, and are for
ever giving us all kinds of diseases.
OF all the countless microbes known
to science, don't believe there is one
that looks in the least like the mon
ster here depicted, and l am quite
sure that none of them is as big as
the hundredth part of this one
He is made of tinfoil and is so big
because we couldn't have any fun
with him if he were too small to see
and handle. He hangs by very fine
thread from a piece of goose-quill
about two inches long. The ends of
the quill are closed with wax and a
hole is made with a pin in the wax at
the lower end. Put the whole combin-
alton in basin of water. II it just
floats with the top of the quill peeping
above the surface. it is all right. If it
sinks, the microbe is too heavy for
the quill and you must either reduce
his proportions or use a larger quill.
On the other hand, if the quill stands
high out of water you must make the
nicrobe heavier.
Now, fill bottle with water to the
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Hobson's Choice,

Burn a cork at one end and keep it
clean the other. You are then to be
blindfolded, and the cork is to be held
horizontally to you. You are then to
be asked three times which end you
will have. If you say right" then
that end of the cork must be passed
along your forehead. The cork must
then be turned several times, and
whichever end you say must next be
passed down your nose and the third
time across your cheeks or chin. You
are then to be allowed to see the sue
cess of your choice.
This will afford good deal of fun
and should be played fairly, to give
the person who owns the forfeit
chance to escape.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
The SiunaI Master Game.

TIC SiSudt WGSeVt 10utSs
Clear the middle of the room and
place in a row a number of chairs,
three less than the number of play
erS.
Blindfold one Of the players and
select another for signal master. The
blindfolded one stands apart from the
chairs, holding wand. The signal
master takes his place at one end of
the row of chairs and the other play
ers arrange themselves in a chain
behind him, holding each others coats
or dresses.
Then the chain of players walk
slowly around the chairs, the blind
folded one waving his or her wand,
and singing:
"The signal master will give a call;
Take your chairs, then, one and ALL
After the players have thus marched
grayely around the chairs two or
three times, the blindfolded one sud.
denly gives a tap with the wand and
the signal master Immediately calls
outs"Chairs!"
All now run toward the chairs, each
trying to secure one, but three are
left out, Of course, two OF whom will
be required in the next game for sig
nal master and blindfold, the third
being the first blindfolded, who counts
as out.
Continue the game in this way, re-
moving chair for each repetition, I'M
til all the players are out.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Obeyinq Orders.

the quill. being as light as at first,
floats up with it's burden. The spec
notice the transparent quill or the
thread, especially If the bottle is a
colored one, though they will see the
bright tinfoil plainly. Nor need you
let them see that you are pressing the
cork down or working it up, SO that
you can puzzle them nicely with the
motions of your trained microbe,"
which apparently rises and sinks at
the word Of command.-Boston Her
aid.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Do You Know

That if you stroke black cat in the
dark, sparks will fly out of it's fur?
That the sea is blue in the deepest
part, because of the reflection of the
light which is blue, but it is greenish
yellow in the shallow parts because
Of the sand and seaweed which show
through the water?
That horses have no eyebrows and
fish have no eyelids?
That snakes can go for months and
months without food, and that huge
snake which recently died in the Zoo
in Paris had not eaten anything for
nearly two years and a half?
That camels are said to be the only
animals that cannot swim?
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Jim.


Five years oId-a frail little lad
Who can't quite fathom the worlds big
noise;
Thoughtful eyes that seek those of his
dad
For half OF his tiny joys;
Oh. the piping voice and the busy gait
And the infinitesimal hand of him,
And trust in me mistaken and great,
And love profound-that's Jim.
When he clings to my finger and forth
we go
He talks to me frankly and comrade-
wise,
With a lore more perfect than aught I
knew,
And wondrous light in his eyes;
Ut Wnen he fares forth to his bed at
night,
And family calls from his chamber dim,
Ine world seems filled with a sweet de-
light
And think. Thank God for JIM
There are cares to face and battles to
And serious looks ahead to take;
And sometimes lie far into the night
Troubled and wide awake.
but mostly I'm eager of mind and feet,
Cheerful of heart and steady of limb;
AND 1 Scorn the freedom / once deemed
sweet
Freedom? Why, I've got Jim.
Louis Dodge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
The Sheriff Cannot WrestIe With the

den rises in the creeks after rain
storms, and are not alarmed at them,
but Of late there has been genuine
cloudbursts in a number of places in
this section.
Tons Of water have suddenly drop
ped from the clouds, and, being con-
fined to small territory, the water
has done a vast amount of damage,
especially in the canyons, where hun
dreds of sheep have been drowned
without chance to escape.
81 h. e been in Montana for many
years." said Sheriff Taylor, ''but
must ~ay that these cloudbursts are
becoming entirely too numerous and
toe savago for me to wrestle with"
1t is con- .dered likely that a mass
meeting will be called in the mountain
districts. and that some plan will be
devised when storms are threatened.
to warn people living in remote parts
OF their danger. thus permitting them
to fly to the heights.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Newspapers 100 Years Old.

In tearing down the Old Conant
house at South Woodstock, VT, lot
of newspaper clippings, going back
to publications of about 1890, were
found in the walls. The slips were
mostly from the Vermont Journal and
Universal Advertiser of Windsor, and
contain some interesting notes,
though the matter is not at all de-
cipherable. A Brandon man offers a
runaway boy, "but no charges paid"
which shows that runaway boys did
not come high in those days.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
The Modern American Girl.

sIC NHO0CIu StJttCTtCdU 1ITIs
When / met her on the steamer
Coming back from foreign climes,
A bright maid did / deem her,
And We had some pleasant times.
she was bright In conversations,
And such learning she displayed
When we spoke of other nations,
That I was in truth dismayed.
Shed foreign education,
Knew. the language of each land;
l was dumb with admiration,
Though | could not understand.
But her English was affected,
And for this naught could atone.
Learning others she'd neglected
(. TO study up her own.
She could read me quite a sermon
On the history Of France,
When she spoke of legends German
displayed gross ignorance
And the bit I'd learned at college
Seemed ridiculous until
l discovered she'd no knowledge
OF the fight at Bunker HILL
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Cloudhursts in Montana.

The northern section of Montana
which has heretofore been free from
climatic disturbances Of all kinds, is
confronted by new danger.
ClOudbursts are becoming so numer-
Gus that ranchmen and the people gen
orally are becoming alarmed, and
residents along the streams that come
down the gulches are in constant
readiness to flee for their lives. The
feeling Of unrest has become more
marked since the disaster in Oregon.
The people are familiar with sud-
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05

ing Of the pieces. Notice how the
joints are cut to fit well together
(see illustration). When the key-hold-
er frame is ready, hooks and rings
should be screwed into it to hang
the frame up and to hold Che keys.
The back support of the photograph
stand is fastened with thin strips OF
leather nailed down over the horizon
tai ends of the support.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
M NN2NZ9Xgaz2zSZZNGEZ@s0

water into the quill through the PIN
hole at the bottom. Being now partly
filled with water, it is heavier than
when it contained nothing but air, and
so 1t sinks. When you loosen the cork
the pressure is relieved and the air
compressed in the top of the quill ex-
pands and forces the water out. So
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
A Dish of Happiness.

Take one large spoonful Of useful
ness, one cup of love for mother. an
other cup of love for your little BROTH
ers and sisters, pound of wishes to
make others happy, a saltspoonful of
wishing to be happy yourself; mix
well together, and see If it doesn't
make the incest kind Of an afternoon
for anybody.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05

reaches his head down to the oil
gland and gets nip of oil in his bill
and with it he oils his feathers with
the greatest care.
II he does it properly the water will
run on and not soak in the least bit.
Just watch duck when you get q
chance and see how he does it.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
EnviabIe Record Of Service.

Mr.. E. w. Pike, the postmaster of
the house of commons in London, has
just retired. Mr.. Pike has a phenome-
nal record, being accredited with the
extraordinary achievement of not hav-
ing lost a single days duty during the
forty-six years he has been in the
house.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05

mouth and drop in your microbe. Try
10 put in the cork-a straight one is
best. It won't go in very far, but
when you have pushed it in a little,
you will see the microbe slowly sink
When he reaches the bottom loosen
the cork "a little. The microbe will
rise again, and by pressing the cork
and loosening it you may make him
20 up and down as often as you
please, or stay at the bottom or at
tho top. The bottle being quite full,
pressing the cork down forces a little
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Trunk Came Over in Mayflower.

BY the will of Spencer G. Doty Of
Yonkers, N. Y, the descendants of the
Mayfower pioneers Of his state are
to come into possession Of q small
wooden trunk which came over in the
famous ship.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
Christian Faith.

Christian faith is grand cathedral with
divinely pictured windows Standing with.
out, you see no glory, nor can possibly
imagine any; standing within, every raw
of light reveals harmony of unspeakable
spieadors. Nathaniel Hawthorne.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05

Amy boy who is clever with his
knife can make many pretty and use
full articles from dry branches Of trees.
One shown here is key holder, the
other photograph stand. They are
cut with sharp pocketknife and the
different parts glued together: or nail
I'D with thin wire nails. The most
important part about 1t is the join
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1903-11-05
The JunhIed Proverb.

Here is circle containing a num-
Der Of letters jumbled together. These
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-26
Racing at Rennings.

WASHINGTON, March 26.-T'wo fa- vorites and two heavily played second choices won at the third days racing at the Bennings spring meeting. Bright sunshine and fairly good card at- tracted big crowd. A brisk wind had dried out the track materially. While the track was heavy the going was a great improvement over the first two days of the meeting. In the first race Illyria, the Daly entry, won handily by two lengths, but on protest by Aho- las jockey, Henderson, Illyria was dis qualified for bearing in on Ahola on the last turn, and the race was given to Ahola. The biggest upset of the day came in the fifth race. Lowly, the to 10 favorite, with Redfern up, got away badly and did not figure in the race, which was won by Goldsby, backed down from 10 to 6. Dark Planet won the sixth race under a heavy pull, al- though he was last until the stretch was reached.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-03-26
ON THE GRIDIRON.
Relations Between West Point and An

Relations Between West Point and An
 napolis are Strained.
 The relations between West Point and Annapolis in regard to arranging football contest for next fall seems to be growing more strained. and unless the eligibility differences can be patched up what in some respects is the most interesting gridiron contest in the country will not be held.
 The officers who have athletics in charge at West Point have been in- formed by those at Annapolis that there will be no playing unless the army men agree to eligibility require ments similar to those of Harvard and Yale. The object of this ultimatum, 1t is contended, is to throw off ---o West Point team several good players who are known to have been on college teams before they entered the military academy. Quarterback Daly of West Point is not to play next fall, according to report. and there is an impression that this may serve to have a concilia- tory effect on Annapolis
 Besides Daily, West Point loses this year Bunker, Shannon, Boyers and Nichols. But a strong team is hoped for unless tn eligibility rule is insisted upon. It is said on good authority that West Point will not listen to the propo- sition. The ground the army officers take is that the military academy is democratic institution, where any cadet should be allowed to do what any other cadet can do, and it would be contrary to the spirit and principles of the place to deny anyone the right to play the game, for all who can make the team regard 1t as right and as one of the greatest honors of their cadet life. Points raised by the West Pointers are:
 That Daly will not play this season or any other season thereafter.
 That West Point this year is to have a game showing the western and east ern football methods opposed to each other, as she will play the University of Chicago on November IA. This game, 1t is pointed out, will be most in- teresting to all enthusiasts. If An napolis insists on the eligibility rule West Point will be deprived of demon strating her strength in the game, and all who are interested in the sport are looking forward to the struggle with almost as much interest as to the An napoIis-W West Point game itself.
 That Annapolis ought to yield her point anyway, as the increase in the number of her cadets makes them largely outnumber those at West Point, thus giving her an advantage which she ought not to seek to make greater by doing something with the intention of weakening her opponent Without the rule, 1t is argued, she will have all the chances in her favor in average years.