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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26

he does not trouble to search out the
one woman in the world, and so,
through an unkind fate, many women
who, from their charming qualities
are cut out for wives and mothers,
have withholden from them one Of
their sweetest privileges, that of
being sought in marriage by the part
ner who really should be theirs.
Again, late marriages are constant
ly being accounted for by the argu-
ment that the modern woman has
grown beyond matrimony, and that
life has so many other interests for
her. True as this may be from some
points Of view. yet many feel in their
hearts there is something sadly lack
ing in their lives unless they know
the happiness of love and marriage.
Many a bachelor woman has hidden
fount of love, which would lavish
itself upon husband and children did
not untoward circumstances prevent
her from ever thus realizing the ca
pacities of herself. This is the ex-
perience of many, if not most, of the
women who form a part of the large
army of workers in this great hive,
and it sets one thinking that there
Is something wrong with the social
system which condemns so many of
the best of it's womankind to the dark
side of life-Woman's Life.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
KISSES CLASSIFIED.

A man with need of something to
do has been defining kisses. Here is
the result, to select but few from a
countless variety: The cold. icy kiss
which sends a SILVER down the back
bone and freezes the fount of affec-
ton as effectively as the chilling
touch of the finger of frost spreads
a layer of ice over a mountain tarn.
The proud kiss, as an ungallant
Spanish writer says, "a pledge OF
eternal hatred like woman's kiss"
and which, according to another
writer, strikes "the recipient like an
avalanche of snow"
The noisy kiss which "hail-fellow-
well-met" people give without an iota
of tenderness or feeling, a salute
which Shakespeare thus describes,
And kissed her lips with such
clamorous smack that at the parting
all the church did echo"
The spiteful kiss, which conceals
venom within its affected sweetness.
The leather kiss, which is as insipid
as its name; while the frothy kiss,
the persuasive kiss and the spasmodic
kiss are all alike poor counterfeits OF
the genuine Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
ODDS AND Ends.

Half a loaf is better than loafer.
Don't be a growler-that's trait
commonly found in dogs.
A railway man says the block sys-
tenn is a signal success.
When woman meets woman then
comes a struggle for the last word.
The reason girls feet are so
small is she says so anyway.
King Peter Of Servia owns a bar
Der shop, owns a patent medicine
and conducts motor car agency
in his capital. The reigning Prince
of Lippe-Detmold deals in butter and
eggs, while a prosperous brick fac
tory swells his profits. The King of
Wurtemburg is the proprietor of two
hotels in his kingdom, and they add
$4,000 a year to his revenue.
The United States in recent years.
1906 and 1907, has supplied annu-
ally about 100000 barrels of the
United Kingdoms imports of flour.
the remaining requirements, say
100000 barrels, coming princi-
pally from Canada and Australia, a
relatively small part being furnished
by France and Hungary.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
An Indisputable Title.

Col. Brownson, eighty-four years
old, but still erect and vigorous, was
riding leisurely homeward on his bay
mare Kit, when he was overtaken by
a man residing in the next township,
with whom he had slight acquaint-
ance, and they fell into conversation.
Il have just been down to the
county seat" said the other, ION what
you would say is foolish errand, in
asmuch as 1 have lived where I am
for thirty-seven years, and nearly
everybody within forty miles of here
knows me. 1 have been proving up
my title"
Your title?"
Yes; and let me tell you, Colonel.
you had better look up yours. You
never can tell what may happen.
Il am not afraid about my title,
sir" majestically answered Colonel
Brownson, who had never owned an
acre of ground in his life. II won 1t,
sir, in the Mexican War!"-Youth's
Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Dollar Bills BY Weight,

Dollar bills are worth almost
their weight in gold,' bank presi-
dent said the other day to deposit
tor
Yes. suppose they come in
handy for change and are easy to
carry" the depositor replied absently.
No. was speaking literally" the
bank president said. 1--WE got into
an argument in the bank here the
other day as to how much a dollar
bill weighed. A $40 gold piece
weighs $40 grains. We found that
twenty-seven crisp, new one dollar
bills weigh the same as a $40 gold
piece. We tested some bills that
had been in use and found that il
took but twenty-six of them to bal
ance the gold piece. l suppose that
twenty-six used bills gather an &C.
emulation of dirt in passing from
hand to hand that weighs about what
one new bill does. kansas City
Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Life Not q Holiday.

Sooner or later we find out that
life is not a holiday, but discipline.
Earlier or later we will discover that
the world is not playground. 1t is
quite clear that God means 1t for a
school. The moment we forget that.
the puzzle of life begins. We try to
play in school. The Master does not
mind that so much for its own sake.
for He likes to see His children
happy; but in our playing we neglect
our lessons. We do not see how
much there is to learn, and we do not
care.
But our Master cares. He has a
perfectly overwhelming and inexpli-
cable solicitude for our educat1on;
and because He loves us He comes
into the school sometimes and speaks
to us. He may speak very softly and
gently or very loudly.
But one thing we may be sure of:
The task He sets us to is never meas
ured by our delinquency. 1t is meas
ured by Gods solicitude for our pro-
gress; measured solely by Gods love;
measured solely that the scholar may
be better educated when he arrives at
his Fathers home.-Henry Drum
uond.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Washington Pie.

Almost everyone has heard Of
Washington pie, but there seems to
be no agreement of opinion as to
what member of the pie family right
ly bears the name of the Father of
His Country.
Washington pie?" says the man
from Way Down East" which is
beyond Boston, repeating your ques-
ton. why, sure, know it. There
are three layers of spongy cake, with
two layers of jelly or strawberry
preserves in between and white frost
ing CT the top. Is lily, too, and
| wish | could get it here"
But that's not Washington pie, -
interrupts the woman from the West,
that's simply layer cake. Washing
ton pie. though, is something like
cake. But there are only two layers
of cake, and in between is a creamy
filling made of eggs and milk and
sugar and a little flavoring. And
you put powdered sugar on top"
That's Boston cream pie" chorus
two persons from Boston itself. who
speak with the assurance that be-
trays their habitat. And what
more, we never heard of Washington
pie. Do you think it fitting to name
a pie after an important historical
fgure?"
I've been making Washington pie
IL years, interpos~s mildly wom-
an who lives in Brooklyn and isn't
ashamed of it, and my Washington
pie is pie and not a cake. | grind
apples into pulp and mix the pulp
with sherry and use that as filling
for an ordinary openface pie. The
completed article looks much like
pumpkin pie, and it's the tooth
soonest thing I know"
Now. what is Washington pie?-
N. Y. Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Rock OF MANY Uses.

The book agent had spent dis
couraging morning, and when he had
an opportunity to scan the face of
Eli Hobbs at close range he felt thai
there was small chance cot making
a SALE However, he had more than
one method of suggestion.
Sitting out here on the piazza
afternoons with your wife this would
be the very book to read aloud
he said overwhelmingly to Mr.. Hobbs,
taking the other rocking chair and
opening the large red covered vol
ume.
II don't read and l haven't any.
wife" replied Mr.. Hobbs, dryly.
Dear mel" said the book agent.
well, if your wife is dead perhaps
there are children. Now, children
find this book"
There are no children" interrupt
ed Mr. Hobbs. There's nobody but
myself and my cat
Well" said the book agent, don't
you ever want a good, heavy book
to throw at her just to ease your
feelings?"- Youth's Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Weil-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor.
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir of SIENNA is the only remedy OF
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cleanses,
sweetens and relieves the internal organs
On which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time to time
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as laxative, and its component
parts are known to and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Take Your Choice.

Have you ever almost run into
some one on the street, and then
lodged from side to side for half a
minute, vainly endeaoring to pass,
while the other person by some
strange fatality blocked your every
move by trying to pass you in the
same way?
Such was the recent experience of
a young man in Portland, Me. He
and a strange young woman had been
going through this performance for
several seconds, when his unwilling
vis-a-vis staggered him by saying:
We'll, hurry up! Which is 1T to
be-a waltz or a two-step?"-Wo
ans Home Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
WHY IS A HUSBAND?

Husbands" said the bachelor
maid, serve one purpose that makes
me almost envy married women"
And that is?"
whenever a married woman is
afraid to say No. or wishes to avoid
a moral issue, she lays the blame on
her husband. She invariably says,
My husband will not allow me to-
or John never would permit me to
do that or My dear, you have no
idea how peculiar John is about such
matters. If 1 could do as l pleased,
my dear, l should be delighted to give
you check for the Old Ladies Home,
but really, my dear, John Is quite
impossible on those subjects when
you know all the time that John is
a meek, obedient creature, who never
is consulted on any subject whatever,
and who, If he were to be asked,
would humble hastily, DO whatever
you think best, my dear. You know
always prefer to leave such matters
to you,' and then would wonder for
an honr how she had happened to ask
him about it any way.
Il do not mean that married wo-
men will not take decided stands
for themselves in some ways, for they
will, but if they wish to eyade respon
sibility-why, John always is there.
If the public must blame anybody.
let it be John; and let the world
say, Mrs. Beverly Smith is such
charming little woman! l don't see
how she ever endures that grouchy
husband. She must be an angel, or
she could never live with him an
hour
Now, we, who have no husbands.
must face all our problems alone. If
we make mistakes we must suffer the
results and thereby learn better and
we are forced to become as honest
as men, because we cannot indulge
that little, dishonest, feminine trick
of blaming John.
Il believe one reason widows are
so eager to marry again is that they
are terrified at having no scapegoat
at having to look the world in the
face. | believe that many woman,
who would really enjoy the freedom
of an unmarried life, yields it for the
sake OF not having to think out little
problems and have convictions. No,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
O~DrettY:
A ---7HWgs
XY~mtpWe'r

There is very little droop at the
waist line to the modern shirtwaist.
Striped lightweight suits have col
lar and cuffs of different striped ma
terial.
A French gown of silk wolfe is
lined throughout with the large-fow-
cred cretonne.
Eolienne is included in the list of
fashionable dress fabrics, this season,
although it is not new.
Tucks on the skirts of tub frocks
are much more decorative when laid
in groups of varying width.
Two ornamental straw beads, near
ly four inches in diameter, adorn the
two hatpins on one big sailor.
The all-colored frills have been
tried and found wanting. They are a
trifle heavy on any kind of white
shirtwaist.
An interesting revival, straight
from Paris, are frocks of pin-spotted
muslin, with discs of madeira work
of varied widths.
A combination that is this year al
most as general favorite as the al
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26

ways popular light-blue and black is
that of light-blue and straw color.
Some ladies who are wearing
mourning have no Grape on their hats
except the covered heads of the pins
that fasten the long veil in place.
A black velvet suit is an economi-
cal purchase, for the coat may be
worn with a skirt Of dark striped
cloth or plain lighter color, as we'll as
with the suit skirt.
Double box pleats are used from
shoulder to waist, back and front, and
down these edges are bands of color.
Narrower bands are put around the
cuff and the wide turnover collar.
1t is not at all a new idea, but a
good rule to follow, to dress so as to
deepen the color Of the eyes, whether
they be blue or brown or gray. Blue
is found to be a good color for gray
eyed girls.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
ELECTRICITY In Mining.

One of the striking results of the
utilization of water-power for the
development of electricity to drive
machinery Is seen in mining districts
where the absence of fuel has long
presented an obstacle to the economi-
cal employment of steam. A won
derful change is reported to have
taken place In this respect during the
past year or two in Mexico In the
State of Guanajuato the increasing
cost of fuel had rendered impossible
the further mining and milling of
many grades of ore, which are now
again profitably worked with the aid
of electric machinery, actuated by
the water-power obtainable in the
neighborhood. The fact that electric
power can be transmitted a long dis
lance is also taken advantage of in
wellwooded districts, where the fuel
is burned on the spot, and the result
ing mechanical power is sent by cable
to the mines.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
The Change.


] "My life is hemmed in by things !
cannot change, you see," said a girl
explaining her depression OF spirits
to an older friend. She had been
talking about the ugly little town
where she lived, and how little money
she had to spend, and how there were
no concerts or lectures or chances
for culture, how monotonous and mar
row things were week after week,
how her health was not strong, a4q
there was no special thing sne coulu
do in the world. 1t did sound rather
hopeless, and the older woman was
silent roment. Then she salu'
thoughtfully: ,,
ditions of your life at present. bul
there is one thing, Marjory, that you
can change, and it will make every
thing absolutely different" ;.
"But what can l change? L don
understand" cried Marjory.
"You can change your point OF
view" returned her friend. "Ihat
all. But it's everything"
The girl thought it an unsympa,
thetic answer. She went home sui
thinking so. Bit It stuck in her mine
nevertheless; for she was an lhleiii
gent girl.
at is the only change can make,
she said to herself, and she tried 1t.
Her point of view had been from
herself-from what she wanted to do
and have in the world. but could not
She faced round to the point of view
that God had put her where she was
had prepared blessings for her II sn'
would recognize them, and had givel
her opportunities for unselfish useful
ness to others in her daily life.
From that moment her life was
study in transformation-from dis
content to cheerfulness, from languo
to activity, from lack OF interest," IL
life to a fullness of lo7iDg sacriflce.
at is all absolutely different, sn
wrote her friend, a year later. Onl!
one thing has changed. That wa
all. But it was everything. FOR
ward.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26

COLOR-BLIND WOMEN.

''Fine exhibition of color blindness
the women of New York are giving
just now" said an artist-who also
is something of a man about town.
Il mean in the matter of this latest
boom in the wearing of false hair.
There surely never was such boom
for not one woman in forty has
hair enough of her own to meet the
demands of the present fashion.
But observe closely-walking be-
hind women in the street, or sitting
behind women in the theatre or pub
lie conveyances. Again, not more
than one woman in forty apparently
is able to match perfectly the false
hair with her own. The purchased
article is so manifest-was so palp-
ably grown on another's head-that
it looks ridiculous. But the dear
things are oblivious to the situation,
so what's the difference, after all?"
New York Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26

Eggs la Turque-Four eggs, little chopped cooked
ham, chicken small rounds of buttered toast
tablespoonful chopped parsley tablespoonful OF but
Dissolve the butter enameed frying break In
the fry gently until taking the yolks do not
get together when round cutter just
little than the yok the yolk with small
border white round the rounds of buttered
(Which be size the egg) with the
chopped ham, lift carefully round the OF
the ham; dish neatly and sprinkle with chopped
parsey.-Boston Cooking School Magazine
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Ouite Right.

YES" said the suffragist on the
platform, women have been wrong
ed for ages. They have suffered in
a thousand ways"
There is one way in which they
never suffered" said a meek-looking
man, standing up in the rear of the
hall.
What way is that?" demanded
the suffragist.
"They have never suffered in
silence. ''-Tit-BitS
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
New British Territory in Siam.

Great Britain has every reason to
be we'll pleased with her new treaty
with Siam. The Kingdom of the
White Elephant surrenders some
eight thousand square miles of terri
tory, the largest acquisition to our
empire since we took over Upper Bur-
ma more than two decades ago. There
can be no doubt that King Chulalong-
korn /. conversed on this topic with
Kind Edward VII. when he was in
England last year. The concession
restores the balance Of power in Indo-
China as between England and
France. - Bangkok Correspondence
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Small Farms In Denmark.

Denmark has nearly 100000 farms
and farm gardens of 10 acres or less,
and about 100000 farms of between
10 and Is acres. There are less than
1000 farms in the kingdom of 500
acres or over, the aggregate of these
last named being less than 100000
acres.
There are LOSS cooperative dair-
les, with 15S,170 members, and a
cooperative egg-exporting society.
with 500 local centers. The business
transacted by these cooperative
concerns is enormous.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
WHERE WOMAN EXCELS.

''Where one in thirty women is
slightly color blind one in five men is
so.''
The physician continued his ex-
periments with the testing machine.
YOU" he said, cant tell green
from blue and are therefore defec-
tive, sir. But you are not absolutely
color blind. Absolutely color blind
persons are very, very rare. I have
met but one. He couldn't tell red
from yellow, or yellow from blue.
why are mems eyes less reliable
than women's as regards colors?
Some say it is the tobacco smoke that
dulls and weakens them. I have
noticed that non-smokers have a
somewhat sharper vision. '-Phila-
delphia Bulletin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
The Aptness Was Too Much.

A minister, man of great vigor
and vehemence, while preaching one
Sunday, bent forward and shouted
out with great force the words of
his text: THE righteous shall stand,
but the wicked shall fall"
Just as these words escaped from
his lips the pulpit broke from its
fastening, and he fell out and rolled
over on the floor before his congrega-
ton. Picking himself up he said:
Brethren, l am not hurt, and |
don't mind the fall, but l do hate
the connection" - Ladies' Howe
Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Held A Grudge.

White-What's the trouble be-
tween you and Green?
Brown-Oh, there's no trouble,
only he refuses to speak to me.
Claims l did him a mean trick about
a year ago.
White-How' that?
BROWNIE were both counting
the same girl and 1 withdrew from
the race and let him marry her,
Chicago News
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
PROPINQUITY IN MARRIAGE.

There are so many attractive and
amiable women that, unless a man is
brought into constant contact with a
bright particular one, and her in
dividuality impresses itself upon him,
he seldom wakes up to the desira-
bility of marriage. On the other
hand, when there are so many de-
sirable women easily within reach,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Somewhat Serious.

Parson Flatfoot-Mawnin Sistah
SNOWFALL. How am Brudder Snow
ball dis mawnin'?
Sister Snowball-He am pow'ful
bad dis mawnin', parson. De doctah
done say he have a 'lignant ulster
on his back, an Abs 'fraid he am
gwine ter be "firm'd infidel. Chit
capo News
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
The Leader of Men.

We all know perfectly we'll what
true leader is. He is a man of ideas,
q man who advocates certain line
of action. and he works through the
press and public speech that the peo-
pie may be convinced of the wisdom
of his course.-The Rev Dr.. Mason,
Pittsburg.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26
Bright Girl.

He was holding down the parlor
sofa while she was doing a piano
stunt
why is it that you play only
religious pieces?" he queried.
We'll, you see, this is an up
right piano." she xplained.-Chi.
cago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-26

a pioneer of Colo
RADIO, now living at
21S East Nebraska
street, Blair, Neb-,
says: Il had such
pains in my back for
a long time that l
could not turn in
bed, and at times
there was an almost
total cfannouo Nf tho