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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
OLD swiss LAWS.
Queer Statutes That Governed We'd
dings and Wearing Apparel.

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''Switzerland had a law that no wed,
ding party should have more than
twenty guests-ten men friends Of the
bridegroom and ten women friends OF
the bride. No wedding procession was
permitted to have more than two sing;
ers, two fiddlers and two trumpeters.
Married women were forbidden to
wear silk or decorated hoods, though
maidens might. No woman, whether,
married or unmarried, was allowed to
wear any dress in which the opening
for the neck was so large that it did!
not lie at least two inches wide upon
the shoulders, and the gown must not
be buttoned or laced up in front or at
the side. To restrain the fashion Of
long pointed shoes it was enacted that
no person of either sex should wear q
shoe with point extending beyond the;
foot enough to allow anything to be in.'
serted in it, nor was any woman or
girl permitted to wear laced shoes. No
man or boy should wear a coat that
did not reach 10 the knee. Garments
were forbidden to be slashed SO as to
show different colors or kinds Of mate
rial, and trousers were required to be
made without stripes and both legs of
the same color. In 147O one Swiss can
ton in council assembled enacted that
hereafter no one shall make points of
shoes or boots longer than one joint Of
the finger, and if any shoemaker shall
make them longer he shall be fined FL.
as also the person wearing them.-Lon-
don Express.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
Long Lines.

Dumas pere, who was proud of the
prices he received for his work, was
once boasting Of the fact.
Beyond a doubt" he remarked, Il
am the best paid of living men Of let
ters. l receive 30 sous line"
Indeed, monsieurY' said bystand-
er. 81 have never worked for less than
t5,Uty :; ii.-y. !, LIT Go you think Of
that ~
"You are joking" responded Dumas
In Irritation.
"Not at ALL"
"For what do you receive such rates
per line:"
"For constructing railways" was the
answer.--Harper's Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
MAKING SILK HATS.
A Workman Explains Why His Fore
finger Nail Is MaIfOrmed.

The nail Of his right forefnger was
long, yellow, horny, and the finger tip
had so thickened and hardened that it
seemed to be covered with pale leather.
He was a silk hat maker, and it was
from curling hat brims that his finger
had changed so strangely. Describing
the processes of a silk hats manufac-
ture, he said:
''The belief that cardboard forms a
silk hats foundation il; an error. The
hat is first built up Of various thick
nesses of linen-layers Of linen, soaked
in shellac, that by means Of wooden
molds and hot irons weighing twenty
pounds apiece are welded one on the
other till perfect shape, brim and all
complete, is obtained.
"The silk is next put on. This six
like plush in the piece. The hatna',cr
cuts it off on the bias AMI nlJll:; il
round the stiff linen foundation. Tie
strips must be very accurately cut. and
great care is used in their ironing and
cementing, so as to give perfect dag
onal joint. Look at your silk hats
seam the next time you wear it. The
joints perfection will, perhaps, amaze
you.
''The brin, up to this point, is fiat.
Nov it's curling commences. That Is
wha my queer forefinger comes in.
The shaping Of hat brim is purely
a matter Of hand and eye and taste.
The brirn while being ShaDed is highly
heated SO as to give it pliability.
"And of course working on this hot
material, patting and prodding it, the
forefinger thickens and the nail gets
horny.
Nevertheless hat curling is pleasant
artistic work. Hat curriers' have repu-
tations the same as artists. Their work
is distinctive. An expert can tell it at
a glance New York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

Eternal gratitude Is eternal slavery.
No man knows enough to entitle him
to conceit.
If you wish no man to suspect your
secret, don't have one.
When some people work they make
so much fuss you are sorry they start
ed.
It is sign a sick man Is getting
better when he begins to worry about
his doctor bill.
They are about even-if you are a
boy, it is the wood box; if you are
girl, it Is the dishes.
Every thief admits at the end of his
life that he would have prospered bet
ter as an honest man.
OF what use are friends? In pros
perity a man has no use for them; in
adversely they have no use for him.
Atchison Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
THE MOSLEM BIBLE.
How the Koran, According to Tradf-
tion, Was Given to Man.


In Arabic the word "Koran" means
"that which ought to be read" The
Koran is divided into IA chapters call
ed suras, word meaning really row."
"order," 'series." In manuscripts
these chapters are not numbered, but
bear titles, sometimes derived from
the subject matter, but usually from
ters have two or more names because
Of differences in the manuscripts fol-
lowed. Each chapter Is divided into
smaller portions, called verses by nom
Moslems, but in Arabic known as
"ayat," signs or wonders. The entire
book again is divided into sixty equal
portions, called "ahzab," each subd1-
vided into four equal parts, or into
thirty parts called "ajza," each consist
ing Of two "ahzab," and again divided
into four. All the chapters except the
ninth begin with the bismillah, ''In
the name Of the most merciful God"
Twenty-Five begin with certain letters
Of the alphabet, which are believed to
be the peculiar marks Of the Koran
and to conceal several profound mys-
teries, the understanding Of which, the
more intelligent confess, has not been
communicated to any mortal, their
prophet only excepted.
According to Moslem tradition, the
Archangel Gabriel paid $4,000 visits
to earth while revealing to Mohammed
the wishes Of the Creator. Some few
chapters were delivered entire, but the
greater part was revealed piecemeal
and written down at the prophets die
tation by Zaid, his secretary. The first
revelation, it is generally agreed, con-
tanned the first five verses Of the nine
ty-sixth sura. After the passages had
been written down they were published
to the prophets followers, several OF
whom took copies, while most learned
them by heart, and the originals were
then placed in chest in no particular
order For this reason it Is uncertain
when many Of the passages were re-
vealed.
Abu Bekr, Mohammed's first success
sor, collected the originals, which were
on palm leaves and skins, and had
copies made by Zaid from the dictation
Of those who had committed the pas
sages to memory. He further placed
the suras in the order still followed,
putting the longest at the head of the
list without regard to historical Sc
quence. Some time later Osman had
the Koran copied in the Quraish dia-
lect and suppressed the versions made
by Abu Bekr.-Chicago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
A Remarkable Wager.

In the Gentleman's Magazine, an old
English publication, for 1850 appears
the following: ION Wed. % (AugusD
at seven In the morning was decided at
Newmarket a remarkable wager for
1000 guineas $4,000 laid by Theobald
Taaf, Esq, against the Earl Of March
and Lord Eglinton, who were to pro-
vide a 4 wheel carriage with man in
it to be drawn by horses 10 miles an
hour; it was performed in So minutes
and II seconds" Each Of the horses
was ridden by jockey and only har-
messed to the carriage by loose straps.
Between the hind wheels sat another
Jockey, who guided the carriage by
moving a handle like that Of the mod
ern bicycle
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

Gossip Is humming bird with eagle
wings and voice like fog horn. 1t
can be heard from Dan to Beersheba
and has caused more trouble than all
the ticks, fleas, mosquitoes, coyotes,
grasshoppers, chinch bugs, rattle
snakes, sharks, sore toes, cyclones,
earthquakes, blizzards, smallpox, yel-
low fever, gout and indigestion that
this great United States has known
or will know when the universe shuts
up shop and begins the final invoice
Guernsey (Wyo) Gazette.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
The DixhtOn s@WrftinH Rock"

At Dighton, Mass, lying well out In
the tidewater of Taunton river, Is a
rock Of great antiquarian interest. 1t
is a granite bowlder about eleven feet
long and five feet in greatest height
and Is known throughout New England
as the "Dighton writing rock" One
side Of the bowlder Is almost perfectly
smooth, as though worn by glacial ac-
ton. On this fiat surface In clear cut
outlines are dozens Of characters, hero
g1yphics and pictures, chiseled by some
prehistoric engraver. The archaeolo-
gists have never been able to decipher
these characters, but they are of un-
doubted antiquity.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

The tawbones Of a whale are some
times twenty feet In length, and the
mouth, when wide open, Is II by Ii
feet. The throat, however, is 30 small
as scarcely to admit hens egg. The
whale gets his living by straining the
animalculae and small fish out Of the
water he takes into his capacious
mouth. It must be slow work, but
then he has plenty Of time and nothing
else to do, so he attends to his eating
so regularly that he often accumulates
a ton Of oil in his bulky system.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
What Peace Means.

"Can you tell me the meaning of the
word 'peaceT" asked Miss Gray Of a
little boy who had just recited a pa
triotic poem in which the word oc-
Cured
"Peace means when you amt got no
children" answered the child.
"How is that?" asked Miss Gray.
"Nhen my mother has washed and
dressed us six children for school In
the morning she says, Now, I'll have
neace'"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
Torturing Him.

"You say you think your girl is go
ing back on you? What leads you to
such a supposition? Did she sDub
your
"No, but she called her little sister
into the parlor last night and had her
recite to me."-Houston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
Enrly Rising Royalty.

According to the following entry in
Pepys' diary of March Z, 1869, royalty.
rose somewhat earlier in the day than
is the custom now for the purposes OF
witnessing : r,srt Pepys says, Il hear
that the kiry Charles II.) and the
Duke of YORK set out for Newmarket
by in the L, >rlling to see some foot
and horse race"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
The HerO's Reward.

Miss Cutter-I hate to repeat gossip.
Mr.. Dubber, but just before you left
us last evening I heard Miss Clipper
say that she was dying to get rid OF
YOU. Dubber-Ha! Then l saved her
life. I'll go at once and claim her
hand. Chicago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
Free Tr,oSlatioD.

Mrs. Reeder-I wonder what this pa
per means by this: Mr.. Kadley's meth
cd Of entertaining his guests was quite
original and uncoayentfonalT Mr..
Reeder-It means simply that he Is
boorish, but has plenty Of money
Philadelphia Ledger.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
A Hard One.

my proudest boast" said the lectur
er, who expected his statement to be
greeted with cheers, us that was one
Of the men behind the guns"
"How many miles behind?" piped
voice in the gallery.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
Proof Of Immortality.

"What authority have you for the
statement that Shakespeare is 1mmor-
talY'
1.-THE fact that he still survives after
having been murdered by bum actors
for 300 ars."-Cleveland Leader.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
BOYS CLOTHING.

BOYS CLOTHING.
Woven cashmere suits, good school suits,
worth much more, sizes 6 to 13 yrs. 81 20
Extra quality fine Cashmere 81 so and
$500 suits, sizes 5 to 16 yrs. 81 SO
Extra heavy serge suits, Norfolks and
double breasted, worth IS. 90. ...$3 SO
Heavy we'll made pants, taped seams soc,
and 75c value ...... .49c.
SCHOOL SHOES.
Misses and children's solid leather shoes;
in box calf, vici kid, velour calf, heel
and half heel, sizes 81 to o2........$1.6 80
Full line of the Robert Dix Shoe Co.,
5 to 8............. 81 90
III to 2.............. $50
24 to o6............. 400
Every pair guaranteed.
Boys all solid leather school shoes sizes
to ST special.... northumberland .9Sc
Boys better grades in we'll known
makes, sizes
9to 81 90
1871 to 2................ 1.25
2@ to 1.50
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
knovy What Was Coming.

ITicks-NIy wife dropped in to see
me at the office today and Weeks
Sorry, old man, but I've been touched
too. Can't lend you a cent-Catholic
Standard and Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
His Cost.

eyes, quarreled with my wife about
nothing"
"Why didn't you make up?"
"1'm going to. All I'm worried about
now is the indemnity. y."-Pittsburg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

Some people make themselves at
home wherever they may be-except at
home.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

Boys and girls Hose, fall seamless, strong
double knee and spliced heel and toe
FLANNELETTES
Extra good quality fannelsttss suitable
for school dresses In dark and light col
ors, plaids and stripes. TIC
In selecting your Fall Supplies visit
our House Furnishing and Furniture
Stores on Srd Floor. (Taks Elevator.
In the former you can furnish your kltch.
en- supplies out of the large and 100 de-
partments.
Bed Springs and Mattresses in ell sizes,
prices and qualities.
Extension Dining Ia BILE, foot for 81 SO
to $5.98. 6to 8 feet, 7.sS to $500
hattings 10c, 121c, Ice, 2oc, 26c and 40c
per I'D.
Special prices in Brass Beds.-Chiffon.
iers and Dressers to match, in Birds eye
Maple, Curly birch, Antique Oak, $1S 90
to $28 90.
Best in the market for the money.
AMPS AND THAT MEANS A VALE
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

Those who have no good qualities can
neither appreciate nor comprehend
them In others.-R -Rochefoucauld.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

We your service with superb line of the most modern
covering and we'll charge whatever you buy
and accept payment the smallest amounts, when most con-
venent to you
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10

CAN'T induce you to look critically and if you
couldn't be comfortable by reurnshing en-
tely adding beautiful Modern well made pieces of FUR
NITUR here and there possibly Mattngs Rugs
transform the whole appearance of things and
told pleasure.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1905-11-10
Could your Home be Surprised.

HAVE you became accustomed your furniture and floor
coverings ycu don't notice that many things need repac
ing?
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SCHOOL HOSIERY.

Boys and girls Hose, fall seamless, strong
double knee and spliced heel and toe
10c
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
DY COURTESY OF
- The CLOWN. By By: A isPs.t F:-

HE little man in motley, thrusting
his face through the curtains of
the big circus tent. looked out on
the gathering crowds and grinned. To
him that assemblage Of gaping back
woods pioneers was a greatzr show
than the one ne was travelling with, al
though the circus itself was a pioneer
in its way. II was the first that had
ever Travelled through the almost un-
broken forests of southern Indiana, and
the fame of its performance at Vim
Cennes had spread to the Ohio long
before the ploddiuE oxen had drawn
the heavy lion cages half that dis
lance
Standing on q barrel. behind a hole
in the canvas Of the tent, the little
clown amused himself by watching the
stream of arrivals As far a. he could
see, down the gIaringIy sunny road.
rising clouds of dust betOkened the ap-
preach of "A So miHgiy endless process
sion. The whole county appeared To be
fOCkiuE 10 the commons just outside
OF BUrnviIlc. where the annual train
ing I'm military tactics took place on
muster days People We're coming
by the waEOuload. =arIy every horse
carried double. and one old nag ambIed
up with a row of boys astride her pa
tieut back from neck to tail
To was q hot afternoon in August. and
q rank almost OVeTpOWeTinE- OdOr OF
dOE-fcuuel rose from the dusty weeds
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

I'm any way The ole gentleman was
so sick he had TO lean his head on her
shoulder all the way, and she KEEP
a-Strokiu' his white hair with her fine
soft fingers. and talkin' to him as if
he'd ben a child She tried to chiTk
him up By tellin' him they'd soon be
TO BoOne-s home. and talkin bout
when Boone was little Teller. tell Jim
couldn't hardly stand it, he's that sOU
hearted
He knew all the time what a dis
apD'intment was in store when they
should set eyes on Mrandy and the
cabin. and find Boone grOwed 10 b so
rough and common. 1t was dark when
they got thar Boone hadn't got home
Wit. and thar want sign of a light
about the place. So Jim lef the ole
folks setting i'm the wagon and went
in to break the news to M'randy.
KNOWN what high-temper= piece
she is at times. He said she was set
tin on the doorstep ia her bare feet
and dirty ole Iusey- woOlsey dress.
jawin' little William. Shed ben
a-makin' soap all day. and was dead
tired
When Jim tole her what twas. the
surprise seemed to strike her all of
heap She never made a move TO git
up and as soon as she could git her
breath she begun 10 SplutteT like blue
hiazes She said some folks had more
burdens laid onto their should rs than
by rights was their share. and she
couldn't see what made them ole peo-
pie come tTaCkin' out where they was
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

sprang TO their feet The little woman
looked wildly around for Jim with such
an anxious expression that the clown
fingered moment regardless of the
stream of people pouring into the en-
trance 50 near him that the curtain
which screened him from public view
was nearly torn down. He waited I'M
til he saw bUrly, good-natured man
push his way through the crowds. and
transfer the heavy baby from the wO-
mans tired arms to his broad shoulder
Then he turned away with queer lit
tie smile on his painted face
He's jest that sOft-hearted, he re
peated half under his breath. The wO-
mans story had stirred him strangely
It's pity there's not more like him.
he continued. Il guess that too few
Jims and too many Mrandys Is what Is
the matter with this dizzy old planet
What's that we're grUmbling about
Humpty DUmpty2' asked the peck
marked ITishman as he came up with
his uine-banGed amadilio. all ready
for the performance. Then in his most
professional tones: IF it is the tooth
ache yez have now III be aftheT cur
ing it eutoireIy wild wan touch of this
haste from
oh. get out" exclaimed the clown,
putting his hand on the tall Irishmans
shoulder and springing lightly down
from the barrel. I'm dead sick of all
this monkey business. If il wasn't a
matter Of bread and butter l wouldn't
laugh again in d year
\ dull red glOWed under the paint on
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21

elanking Of trace-chains and the -Creak-
ing Of the heavy lion cages
At the extreme end of the long line
came the tired little clown on the trick
mule A SOTrier-IOOking object could
not be imagined. as he sat with his
knees drawn up and his head bent de-
1ectedly down He did not notice the
figure leaning eagerly over the bars
until she called him. Then he looked
up with a start. The next instant he
had dismOunted and was standing bare
headed in the road before her The
moonlight made halo of her white
hair and lighted uD her gentle, aristo-
cratic face with something of its old
highborn beauty.
I want to thank you" she said,
holding out her slender hand 10 the
painted little jester with the gracious
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-05-21
We Paid 100000

For the American right to Liquozone-
We did this after testing the product
for ~ a years through physicians and
hospitals. after proving, in thousands
Of different cases. that Liquozone de-
stroys the cause of any germ disease
LiquOzOne has. for more than 20
years, been tho constant subject Of
scientific and chemical research 1t Is
not made by compromising drugs. nor
with alcohol Its virtues are derived
solely from gas-largely oxygen gas
by a process requiring immense appa-
Tatus and Il days time. The result is
a Liquid that does what oxygen does
II is nerve food and blood foOd-the
most helpful thing in the world to you.
Its effects are exhilarating, vitaIizing.
purifying. Yet it Is "A germicide so
certain that We publish on every bot