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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
THE RUBBER TREE.
How the Milk Is Treated After the
Plant Is Tapped.


Plant Is Tapped.
Para rubber is obtained from a large
tree sixty feet high. The trees are tap
ped in the evening and the juice is
collected on the following morning. A
deep horizontal incision is made near
the base Of the tree, and then from it
a vertical one extending up the trunk,
with others at short distances in an
oblique direction. Small shallow cups
made from clay and dried in the sun
are placed below the incisions to re-
ceive the milk, each cup being attach
ed by sticking a piece Of soft clay to
the tree and pressing the cup against
it. Each tree yields only about six
ounces Of juice in three days.
To produce the rubber the juice is
heated in the following manner: A
piece of wood about three feet long,
with fattened clay mold at one end
Of it, is dipped in the milk, or this is
placed over it as evenly as possible.
The milk is then carefully dried by
turning the mold round and round in
a white vapor obtained by heating GER
tain oily palm nuts, the vapor being
confined within certain limits by the
narrOwness of the neck of the pot in
which the nuts are heated. Each layer
Of rubber is allowed to become firm
before adding another. A practiced
hand can make five or six pounds an
hour.-New York American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
ART OF WALKING.
The First Requisite For a Good Gait
Is Good Pojse.

Is Good Poise.
The delightful art of walking, the
happy practice of vagabondage which
Stevenson and Whitman praised so
we'll, the most innocent Of pastimes,
the simplest of exercises, is in danger.
of falling into allegiance, says Bliss
Carman in the Delineator.
Our fashionable people affec: one
ridiculous manner of walking and
then another year after year, but al
most no one thinks it worth while to
learn to walk normally. The normal
walk is not matter of caprice, but of
art. 1t lends itself to the infinite va
rieties Of character and becomes In
each instance expressive Of the indf.
vidual, so that we recognize man by
his gait as easily as by his voice.
The first requisite of good walking is
n good pOise. If the body Is we'll
poised at each point of it's motion, the
motion itself must be good. The proc
ess of walking which has been describ-
ed as a series Of falls is, to be some
what more accurate, a series Of falls
and recoveries so insensibly merged
that there is no saying where the fall
ends and the recovery 1>gins. In walk
ing we are in contin - Us state Of un-
stable equilibrium. We pass gradual
ly from one position to another, yet
are never out of poise. We are play
wit 0xrit
the earth deftly beneath his feet, as an
acrobat in a circus, lying on his back,
spins a barrel or painted ball.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
ARGAND LAMPS.
a Swiss Doctors Invention and What
1t Accomplished.

1t Accomplished.
What did Argand do for the lamp?
Examine an ordinary lamp in which
coal oil is burned The chimney pro-
tects the flame from sudden gusts of
wind and also creates a draft Of air,
just as the fire chimney creates a draft.
Argand's lamp was the first to have
chimney. Look below the chimney and
you will see open passages through
which air may pass upward and find
its way to the wick. Notice further
that as this draft Of air passes upward
1t is so directed that when the lamp is
burning an extra quantity of air plays
directly upon the wick. Before Argand
the wick received no supply Of air.
Now notice-and this is very important
that the wick of our modern lamp is
fiat or circular, but thin. The air in
abundance plays upon both sides of the
thin wick and burns it without making
smoke. Smoke is simply half burned
particles (soot of burning substance.
The particles pass off half burned be-
cause enough air has not been sup
piled. Now Argand, by making the
wick thin and by causing plenty of air
to rush into the fame, thereby caused
it to burn with a white fame.
After the invention of Algand the
art of lamp making improved by leaps
and by bounds. More progress was
made in twenty years after 1888 than
had been made in twenty centuries be-
fore. New burners were invented, new
and better oils were used and better
wicks made, but all the new kinds of
lamps were patterned after the Ar
gand.-S. e. Forman in st. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Properties Of Gold.

Pure gold is unaffected by the at
mosphere either at ordinary tempera-
lures or when the metal is heated. It
Is also proof against the action Of cem-
mon acids when used singly. More
over, it confers it's properties more or
less upon copper and silver when these
metals are alloyed with 1t. Thus. for
example, twelve carat gold will with
stand the action Of nitric acid and the
atmosphere at ordinary temperature,
but some of the copper will be oxi-
died during annealing. Nine parts Of
gold may be alloyed with ten parts of
platinum in any ordinary crucible and
FIRE, but such an alloy will not be uni
form; larger proportion Of platinum
will free itself from the gold on solidt
fcation, and a homogeneous alloy OF
the two metals cannot be obtained
jewelers. Circular Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Absinth ForetoId.

A Paris paper publishes letter from
a correspondent who in the cause of
temperance cites a great authority-St.
John the Evangelist 1t is claimed that
the inspired writer proclaims absinth
as terrible scourge and foretells its
baneful powers in the eighth chapter Of
the book Of Revelation, where we read
in verses 10 and IL: ''The third angel
sounded trumpet, and a big star
bright as lamp fell from the sky on
to the third part of the rivers and foun-
tains and water. This star is called
Wormwood, and the third part Of the
waters were changed, and many men
died of thirst because they were bit
ter" Wormwood in the English au-
thorized version is rendered "absinth'
in the French translation of the New
Testament
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Mice That Were Iippiers.

A correspondent writes: In Quetta
some years ago I had occasion to go
early one morning into miscellaneous
store kept by Parsee, who also kept a
liquor bar. AS I entered the shop
noticed a mouse reeling across the
floor, and l remarked to the shopkeep-
er that the mouse seemed to be hurt,
but his reply astonished me. He said
that that mouse aud several others
that infested his shop were confirmed
drunkards. During the night they reg
ularly drank all the liquor which re-
manned in the glasses which the SOL
diers had used in the evening for their
drinks.-EXchange
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Queer Book Titles.

'These old books" said the antigua
ry as he pointed to a dingy upper
shelf, "are curious for their titles.
Here is volume Of sermons print
ed in Salem in 1892. Sermons to
Asses is its scornful name
Here is a book dated 1743 that is
called Look to 1t or I'll Stab Ye' II. Is
a treatise on polygamy.
'This is a pamphlet by spinster
against the young men of the seven
teenth century. It's title is "A Dis
sertation on the Pertness of Our Youth
In General, Especially Such as Are
Trained Up at Tea Tables
"a return blast to that dissertation La
this other pamphlet of the same year:
'Quippes For Upstart Newfangled Gen
tlewomen; or, A Glass to View the
Pride of Vainglorious Woman"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Her Astral Spouse.

An unmarried woman was drawing
dangerous near the threshold Of that
age where the minated must abandon
every matrimonial hope. Belonging,
as she did, to that large contingent Of
women to whom marriage represents
the only possible career, her anxiety
as she saw her chances Of achieving 1t
dwindling to the vanishing point be-
came keen, and in her distress she be-
gan to seek for comforting reassur-
ances among that fraternity who for a
suitable consideration obligingly offer
to reveal the secrets Of the future.
In the course of an interview with
one of these "wise women" she was
told, "My dear, you already are mar
ried on the astral plane, and it is your
astral husband who is keeping the
earth men away from you."
"Oh," cried the ungrateful bride,
''please tell him not tor
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24

In the appearance of salt, as seen in
everyday use on the table, in the kitch-
en- and elsewhere, there is apparently
nothing particularly historic, but in
reality there is. In 1920 B. C. Moses
asked, Can anything which is un-
savory be eaten without salt?"
The Jews in ancient times were com
manded to use salt in their sacrifices.
Herodotus, born 4S4 B. c., notes that
the Egyptians preserved meat, fish and
fowl by sleeping them in brine.
The Hebrews invariably rubbed new
born babies with a solution of salt to
harden the skin, make it healthy and
prevent skin diseases.
Wherever salt is spoken of in ancient
writings it is in most emphatic lam
guage, showing the great Importance
it possessed for our forefathers.-Pear-
sons.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Caribou Horns.

Not one out of every ten female carl
bou has horns. When it does have
them they are much smaller than those
Of the bull. The horns Of the female,
however, in general have many more
branches than those of the bull, and
they are much more regularly and
finely formed. The cows carry their
he ms much longer than the bulls. They
have been seen with their horns in the
month Of April. The old bulls shed
their horns from the 10th to the last
Of November. They hardly ever carry
them after the month Of November.
The young bulls shed theirs from tho
first of December until the middle of
February. The younger the animal the
longer he retains his horns.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
The Influence of Trees.

A writer in the Minnesota Horticul
turist says: There are but few people
in the world who do not admire noble
trees on streets or country roads, and
wherever they are found such thor
oughfares are the favorite drives. The
man who plants trees is not only 4
public benefactor; he besides minis
ters to his own we'll being, physical
mental and spiritual. He deserves
credit for altruistic work, and he dis
plays good judgment in securing con
tentment for himself, thereby affordina
double motive for his endeavors
Honor and happiness will be his re.
ward"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
| Was Mistaken,

Z i've T.itar has said "T was mis-
taken are the three hardest words to
pronounce in the English language"
Yet it seems but acknowledging that
we are wiser than we were before to
see our error and humber than we
were before to own it. But so it is,
and Goldsmith observes that Frederick
the Great did himself more honor by
his letter to his senate stating that he
had just lost great battle by his own
fault than by ali the victories he had
won. Perhaps our greatest perfection
here is not to escape imperfections, but
to see and acknowledge and lament
and correct them.-Jay.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Shakespeare and Scenery.

1t is a peculiar fact that, while
Shakespeare, of all dramatists, offers
the greatest opportunity for scenery,
he also, of Ill men who ever wrote, can
best do without 1t. In fact, / believe
Shakespeare owes his greatness in part
to the fact that he did not have any
scenery. He had to make everything
clear without it. That Is why his lines
appeal to the mind as we'll as the ac-
ton of the eye. Had he known differ
ent, said Daniel Frohman in the De-
lineator, Shakespeare would not have
been nearly so great, because he prob
ably never would have taken the pains.
However, the converse isn't true We
are not hiding any Shakespeares be-
hind scenery today.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
The Best Man.

The best man at the wedding is
sometimes hard to pick out. OF course
the bride may consider him the bride
speak for the handsome usher and the
brides mother for the rich uncle who
gave the handsomest gift and the
brides little brother for the caterer, 50
there you are.-Home and Abroad
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
DO Not Stare at the Officers,

Army officers in uniform abound in
foreign cities, and in Germany they
resent bein: stared at by tourists, Of
ten assuming threatening attitudes in
retaliation. AS the law permits them
to shoot civilians on provocation, it is
wise not to excite them. It is we'll to
remember that they do not feel obliged
to turn out for pedestrians, even ladies'.
Travel Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Contrary Counsel.

The church was packed, even the
aisles lined with chairs. Just before
the benediction the thoughtful clergy
man, who loved order as he did the
gospel, thus admonished his hearers:
''In passing out. please remain seat
ed until the ushers have removed the
chairs from the aisles. ."-Lippincott
MapaZine
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
GarricS's Little Joke.

Scene. The Star and Garter.
David Garrick and the usual galaxy
assembled
Garrick-Noly. can you tell me why
DR.. Johnson and Boswell are like thun-
der and lightning?
Goldsmith-Tell us the answer, Davy.
I'll not spoil your fun by trying to
guess it.
Garrick-Why. it should be plain to
all who know them that whenever the
one flashes the other claps and roags.-
Harper'S Weekly
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Crushed.

"Halloa, Badger, said Thorpe, "met
a friend of yours the other day. He's
been talking about you, and I feel 1t
my duty to tell you What he said"
"Ah, We'll don't care to hear what
he said. l know it was something dis
agreeable" replied Badger.
"How do you know that?
Because you are so anxious to tell
1t. Good morning"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
The Drawback.

Mrs Meeker cat the play)-I do wish
you'd pay more attention to this play.
George; it's as good as sermon. Mr..
Meeker (dozing)-It certainly is, my
dear, but the darn orchestra wakes me
up between acts.-Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
What He Deserved

Husband handing his wife some
money)-There, Gear, is $40, and it has
bothered me little to get it for you.
think 1 deserve little applause.
Wife-Applause? You deserve an ell
core, my dear!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Learning the Rules.

Little Elsie - Let's play keeping
house. I'll be the lady of the house.
Little Margie-And what will I be?
Little Elsie-Oh, you'll be another lady
come to call on me, and I'll pretend to
be glad to see you.-Chicago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
Couldn't Stand the Strain

Landlady-I'm sorry TO say, sir. that
the coffee is exhausted. Lod"er-Pm
not surprised 1t has been SO very
weak lately.-Strana.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24
The RaIiaS of II

''Wen, 1 finally summed up the cour-
age to speak to her father last night.
l tell you, it was a great relief"
"Gee! What did he say %
"Oh, you misunderstood me. Ho
wasn't ir r"-Philadelphia Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24

Ones own thistle field is dearer to
him than his neighbor's garden of
roses.-German Proverb.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24

You find people ready enough to do
the Samaritan without the oil ana
twopence.-Sydney Smith.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1907-05-24

The word "cab," a contraction Of
"cabriolet," W&s nct used until 1898.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09

The Supreme Court of Appeals, in
an opinion handed down Thursday,
holds that the general board of direc-
tors is supreme in its management of
the hospitals of the State, has juris-
diction over the officers, and that it is
aState institution for the benefit of the
people. Judge Keith announced from
the bench the State had properly in
voked the courts in adjudicating the
Foster controversy, and that the two
writs of prohibition prayed by the State
should issue against Judge Tyler and
DR.. Foster. This settles the whole Will
liamsburg mess and it is to be hoped
that there is to be no more of it.
The effect of the decision of the
Court of Appeals, is to put DR.. o. &.
Brunk, designated by the general hos
pital board some months ago, in i'm
mediate control of the hospital.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09

The prices paid in Virginia for
school books are beinginvestigated by
the Legislative Committee in session
in the city of Richmond, and the de-
velopments are not such as to COM
mend Librarian Kennedy to the peo-
pie of the State. The fact has been
elected from his testimony, that he
bought only of one New York pub
Usher and that he thought it of no
use to try elsewhere, though evidence,
heretofore submitted to the Commit
tee, shows that cheaper rates were
offered by other publishers. He may
have acted according to his views in
the best interest of the children of
the State and without any intention
of wrong-doing, but his record in the
opinion of many does not justify the
conclusion that he is entirely above
suspicion. The Committee. it is re-
ported, has developed sufficient testi-
mony against him to justify a recon-
mendation to the library board that
he be removed from Office. 1t is just
to him to say, though, that many
prominent people in the State believe
that he has been unjustly treated and
it is probable that he has only shown
lack of judgment in purchasing school
books.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
increasing the Yield Of Corn.

The average yield OF corn In the
limited States Is about % bushels per
acre. In many States 1t Is 20 bushels
or less. Twenty bushels OF corn IN
GLIDING the slower would remove from
the soil 46 pounds of nitrogen, Az IDS
of potash and 10 pounds Of phosphorus.
OF this amount 26 pounds OF nitrogen,
as pounds of potash and pounds OF
phosphorus would be in the stover and
the remainder in the grain. Observe
the principal element removed from
the farm through the sale of the grain
would thus be nitrogen, and II the
slower we're fed and the manure re-
turned to the land the larger part OF
the elements of plant food removed
by the crop would be returned to the
soil.
There is no reason why the yield OF
corn should not be doubled and ire
bled on our farms. For instance, 6C
bushels of corn would take from the
soil about So pounds of nitrogen, ii
pounds of potash and "a pounds OF
phosphorus. Considering the supply
of food which is said to be present in
an average soil, there would be enough
food if used even at this rate to last
for many years. How does it come
therefore, that larger crops OF corn
are not raised on the average? APP
parently the plant food is unavailable
in the soil and it behooves the farmer
to ascertain how a change in this res
pect can be brought about.
First of all, he need not purchase
nitrogen as he can obtain IL through
farmyard manure or the blowing undel
of green, leguminous crops. This vii
also add humus to the soil and change
| its physical relation toward air, mois
ture and the development and distri
button of plant roots. The other ele
ments must be supplied in CONNER
cial form. One crop OF cowpeas pillow
ed under will more than supply TIT
nitrogen needed for 60 bushel crol
of corn, and 210 pounds Of high grad
acid phosphate and 125 pounds o
muriste of potash the phosphorus need
ed, Would it not be profitable t
double and treble our corn cropY L
certainly would, for the cultivation o
the land required for a so bushel crol
of corn is but slightly In excess o
what is required for 20 bushel crop
Supplying the nitrogen from the al
makes it both practicable and advis
able for the farmer to purchase tn
small amount of the comparativel,,
cheaper mineral elements-phosphor
us and potash, needed to supply hi
soil with the available elements Q
plant food in which it must evidentl
be deficient or he would obtain large
yields.
Andrew M. Soule,
Director.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09

VIM. Garth, of Albemarle county,
will have sixty horses at the Bennings
race meeting near Washington in the
spring.
Gov. Swanson has offered two hun
dred dollars, the town of Gordons-
vile one hundred and the people OF
that place two hundred dollars for the
detention and apprehension of the
men who chloroformed two women IN
that town few nights ago, when
four homes were entered.
The Bohannon-Blick Grocery Com
pany, doing business in Portsmouth,
has made an assignment for the bene'
fit of creditors. The company at one
time did the largest retail grocery
business in Portsmouth, as we'll as Q
big wholesale business. The deed OF
assignment was ordered by the board
of directors when confronted with lev
les placed in the hands of the Sheriff
by creditors who had secured judg
ments.
Since the passage of the pure foot
bill farmers in Virginia shipping
meats aud country produce int
Washington have experienced diff
Guilty in complying with the law
though they have no intention OF VIC
lating its provisions. j. G. Hiden
secretary to Congressman Rixey say
if these farmers will write to him a.
No. 900 Sixteenth street, N. W., h'
will procure for them the necessar,
tags, etc., which they can attach t.
their shipments which will save then
much trouble.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-09
VALUABLE
Merchandise and Fixtures
For Sale
AT
Private Contract,

The undersigned administrators OF
E. Warner Russell, deceased, offer
for sale at private contract, at rea-
sonsble discount on cost price, the
entire stock of general merchandise
and store fixtures in the storehouse
at Leemont, Accomack County, Vir-
ginia, occupied by the said Russell at
the time Of his death.
This stock Of goods is well assorted
and new,-the oldest having been
purchased not more than 2i years
ago. The purchaser can rent the
storehouse and take possession at
once. This is a good business stand
within 9 miles OF the railroad PARKS
| ley Station) and an unusual opportu-
nifty ia presented for anyone wishing
to engage in the mercantile business.
For any information call on, or
write to the undersigned.
Given under our hands this 7th day
of February, A. D., 1907.
JOS. r. RIGGS,
and
JOHN E. RUSSELL,
Adm'rs. of E. w. Russell, deceased,
Guilford, Acco. Co., Va.