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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
HER SIMPLE LIFE

Never have the benefits of the
simple life been more thoroughly
albeit unwittingly - demonstrated
than by a poor widow lacemaker at
Rapallo, on the Italian Riviera near
Genoa. known popularity as La Cat
erina del Cent" Ami Hundred Year
Old Catherine), the old lady in ques-
ton, who is quite local character,
was commonly supposed to have COM
pleted her century long ago, but a
search of the baptismal registers has
established the fact that she was born
in December, 1907.
Her one hundredth birthday took
the character of public celebration.
La Caterina's jubilee is unique
event, inasmuch as she has earned
her scanty living as lacemaker for
exactly ninety years, her average
daily net profits amounting to fifteen
centesimi, or three cents. Her meals
are necessarily of the simplest, con-
sisting as they do Of a salad of herbs
which she herself gathers in the
fields, a piece of bread and now and
then an orange. Meat is a luxury
she has not been able to afford often
er than once a year.
After forty years of married life
she was left a widow, and since then
she has lived in a little room which
is never heated, although the tramon-
tame sometimes bites shrewdly. A
fire in a room, she declares, makes
her i'll. This cheerful exponent of
the simple life'' has preserved amaz-
ing physical and mental vigor. She
still works without spectacles, and
sees no reason why she should not
celebrate in ten years time her cen
tenary as lacemaker.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
WORTH ON COLOR

IL will not insult the intelligence
of my audience by insisting upon the
now exploded theory that there are
certain colors exclusively dedicated
to the brunette, and others the sole
possession of the blonde" says
Worth, of Paris, in Harper's Bazaar.
when crude dyes only were obtain
able, it was perhaps necessary to say
to the dark woman, For you there
must exist only yellow and pale blue,
and to the blonde, You must look
upon no other color save green and
light red
But now contemplate the nuances
Of every dye; contemplate, too, the
changes that are run on the definition
brunette and blonde Besides, if
there is one point upon which women
are usually good judges for them
selves it is color.
While, however, roughly speak
ing, white is for everybody, mauve
for the very fair, blue for the bru-
nette and red for the blonde, I would
add that age should be circumspect
in a decision as to color schemes.
With white, black, gray and purple
at her command, why should the
woman of sixty insist upon pink,
which is certain to make her appear
years and years older than she really
isl"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
OLD SURGEON
Found Coffee Caused Hands to Trem.
bIe

The surgeons duties require clear
judgment and a steady hand A slip
or an unnecessary incision may do ir-
reparable damage to the patient.
When he found that coffee drink
ing caused his hands to tremb1e, an
Ills surgeon conscientiously gave it
up and this is his story:
For years / was a coffee drinker
until my nervous system was nearly
broken down, my hands trembled so
could hardly write, and insomnia tor
tured me at night.
Besides, how could | safely per-
form operations with unsteady hands,
using knives and instruments of pre-
cision? When l saw plainly the bad
effects of coffee, I decided to stop it,
and three years ago | prepared some
Postum, of which l had received a
sample
"The first cupful surprised me. 1t
was mild, soothing, delicious. At
this time | gave some Postum to a
friend who was in a similar condition
to mine, from the use of coffee.
"a few days after, | met him, and
he was full of praise for Postum, de-
claring he would never return to cot
fee, but stick to Postum. We then
ordered a full supply, and within
short time my nervousness and con-
sequent trembling, as well as insom-
MIA disappeared, blood circulation be-
came normal, no dizziness nor heat
flashes.
my friend became Postum en-
thusiast, his whole family using it ex
clusively.
at would be the fault of the one
who brewed the Postum if it did not.
taste good when served.
'fThe best food may be spoiled if.
not properly made. Postum should
be boiled according to directions on
the pkg Then it is all right, any one
can rely on it. 1t ought to become.
the national drink" There's Rea-
SON." Name given by Postum Co..
Battle Creek, Mich. Read The Road
to Wellville," in pkgs
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Egyntian Sabak.

This name is given to a peculiar
kind of manure employed in Upper
Egypt, and found on the sites of an
cient Arabian habitations. Even the
crumbled walls of the habitations
themselves have added valuable in
gradients to the deposits, because the
walls were composed of earth inter-
mixed with an abundance of straw.
The sites of these ancient dwelling
places are recognized, in the first
place, by the finding of relics of
household articles, and even bits of
jewelry The deposits are found in
successive layers, indicating that the
sites have been occupied, abandoned
and reoccupied number of times.
Chemical analysis shows that me de-
posts of "sabak" are veritable beds
of nitrates.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
MERELY A POLITE FICTION.

The polite fiction obtains that mar
riages are made in heaven. This ro-
mantle viewpoint is particularly pop
ular in America, where it is held to
be highly improper for parents to
make any move toward securing good
husbands for their daughters, and
immodest for girls to manifest any
interest in the subject themselves.
The conventional theory is that the
matter is on the knees of the gods,
and that in due season husbands will
be provided like mamma in the wilder
ness for the sustenance of the faith
full. Unfortunately this miracle does
not always come off for every woman.
The supply of mama gives out. There
are not enough husbands to go
around, and these are uneyeniy di-
vided Some women get three or
four, while others get none, but
neither the old maids nor their par
ents realize that the reason that they
did not share in the dispensation was
their own fault, because they did not
put themselves, as old-fashioned
Methodists used to say, in an attitude
to receive the blessing. - Dorothy
Dix, in Ainslee's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
First Around the World.

The first man to sail a ship around
the globe was Juan Sebastian del
Cano, 1519-1522. The glory of
this most remarkable of all voy-
ages belongs to Fernando Magel-
Ian, who conceived the idea, and who
came very near making it good Ma
gellan being killed in the Philippines
on the return trip, Del Cano took
command of the Vittoria and brought
her safely into the port from which
she started Oh her memorable voy-
age. Cook did not start on his voy-
age of circumnavigation until 1856,
two hundred and forty-nine years
after Magellan's achievement
York American,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
NAMING the Zones.

The semiannual examinations were
held a well-known upper West 81 lie
private school the other day, and while
inspecting the papers the teachers found
many numerous answers to some OF the
questions A c,ass of boys averaging
about twelve years of age had been ex-
amined in geography, which b d been
preceded the day before by grammar.
Among the que tons in the geography
paper was the fol owing:
'tName the zones.'
One promising youth of eleven years
wrote this answer:
There are two zones, masculine and
feminine. The masculine is either tenn
pc ate or interperate; TIE fe minnie IS
either torrid or igid New Y rk Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Hog Cholera.

The greatest drawback to the hog
Industry which breeders in this coun-
try have to contend with is what is
known as "hog cholera" and Swine
plague"
Hog cholera is a highly contagious
disease and unless checked is liable
to carry off a great number of hogs
in a very short time.
Mr.. A. P. Williams of Burnetts
Creek, Ind, tells of an experience
which he had with some hogs that
had the cholera. Five years ago,
says Mr.. Williams, 81 was in the en-
ploy of Mr.. J. D. Richardson, Lafay-
cite, Ind, as his barn foreman. Some
fine hogs that I was feeding took the
cholera I gave them Sloan's Lini-
ment and did not lose hog. Some
were so bad they would not drink
sweet milk and / was compelled to
drench them. l have tried it at
every opportunity since and always
find it o. K"
Write for DR.. Sloan's free book on
the treatment of Horses, Cattle, Hogs
and Poultry Address: DR.. Earl S.
Sloan, 615 Albany street, Boston,
Mass.
The population of New Zealand
Exclusive of Maoris) in 1906 was
100000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
JUST GOSSIP.

Edith Wharton, when she wrote
THE House of Mirth," described a
large New Jersey country home
where members of the smart set often
meet for weekend or fortnight visits
This great manor house has stood for
a century or more, and probably will
be improved rather than harmed by
time in those days when The House
of Mirth'' will be considered Curl
osity rather than classic. If the
smart world improves in manners
and morals" doubtless the readers
will be shocked to the same degree as
are we people of the twentieth CEN
fury when we read of some of the
mirth and sin of old court days in
France. At parties given in the home
that, perhaps, was only a suggestion
as Mrs. Wharton simagination shaped
The House of Mirth, the guests live
and act just as they would at great
hotel. TO degree, this is custom
at Dr. w. Seward Webb's country
home, but at The House of Mirth"
for the real structure of brick and
stone is no" huUN IL ny IllS HdulS
when the owner is not within hearing
the parties are strange indeed. Peo-
pie dine in their rooms, form little
parties for cards, ignoring some of
the visitors, order what they want in
the way of refreshment and enter
tainment, and are as Indifferent to
each other as they would be in large
hotel. Bachelors who are hangers
on coyet an invitation to this house,
and, without all the old-fashioned
courtesies between hostess and
guests, certainly it is not visiting, but
simply an easy way to get board for
nothing The farmer folk would I'M
doubtedly, in many cases, call it
'sponging." Probably from a house
such as this emanatad the story re-
gardiitg the book entitled Com
plants OF Guests" The hostess, it is
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
The Willy Owl.

G. A party of horsemen were travel
ing along Bridge Creek, tributary
of Bad Water River, Wyoming, when
their horses suddenly SHE'D off the
track at the sound of a rattle
Search was made for the snake, but
it was finally found that the sound
proceeded from the burroWing owl.
which lives in the burrows of the
prairie dog, often, it is said, in COM
pany with the rattlesnake. Seated
on a post the party heard the owl
give a third rattle. And whenever
they passed the spot it gave warning
by its rattle, and the horses always
SHE'D off the track in alarm.-Ameri-
can Naturalist
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
A RaZorless Race.

The only known race of hairy human
beings reside on the Island of Yezzo,
adjoining Japan. They are about 100, 600
in number, and are known to the Japan
csc as the "Mosinos'' or "all hairy peo-
pie" They have the entire body covered
with a profuse and remarkable growth
of hair, the only exception being that
the faces of the women are bare, but
usually stained with kind of juice so
as to resemble the boards of the males.
-Rrooklyn Eagle
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

MISS BESSIE FARRELL, loll Third
II Ave, Brooklyn, \. Y, is President of
ssos 800 reggie sPa wr anriSf'an temperance
Peruna is certainly valuable nerve and
blood remedy, calculated to build up the
broken-do#n health of WORKOUT women.
| have found by personal experience that
it acts as wonderful restorer of lost
strength, assisting the stomach to assm-
late and digest the food, and building up
worn-out tissues. In my work | have had
occasion to recommend it freely, especially
to women.
II know of nothing. which is better to
build up the strength of a young mother,
in fact all the ailments peculiar to women,
so l am pleased to give it my hearty en-
dorsement.
DR.. Hartman has prescribed Peruna for
many thousand women, and he never fails
to receive multitude of letters like the
above, thanking him for the wonderful
benefits received.
Man-a-Ein the Ideal Laxative.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is 3
blood or constitutional disease and in order
to cure it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
face. Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by one of the
best physicians IN this country for years,
and is regular prescription. 1t is composed
of the best tonics known, combined with the
best blood purifiers, acting directly on the
mucous surfaces The perfect combination
of the two ingredients is what produces
such wonderful results in curing eatarrh.
Send for testimonials, free.
F, }. CHENEY 4 Co., Props, Toledo, o.,
Sold by druggists, price, 75c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN

For thirty years Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands OF
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, fatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostratlon.
Why don't you try it?
Don't hesitate to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about your sickness you do not
understand. She will treat your
letterin confidence andadyise you
free. No woman ever regretted
writing her, and because of her
vast experience she has helped
thousands. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
ssI,ira's RusY.'

''What are you laughing about?' ask
Cd the inquisitive pigeon.
''My feet tickle" chuckled the spar
TOW on the overhead wire.
what tickled them?'
Some fellow is sending his best girl a
dozen kisses over the telephone. Chi
cago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Tricked of the Time.

A Philadelphia lawyer, who spends
most of his time at his country estate.
employs a sturdy ri gardner whose
che desire in lif is to | We until the ban
II of freedom is unfurled over Ireland
One evening III; lawyer stroll ed
through the grounds of his place and
stopped to have chat with the garden r,
"Michael, do YOU know that while we
are here enjoying the beautiful twilight
it is dark m dnlght in lreland?" he
asked
Faith, an Ohm not surprised" re-
piled the grrdcner. ireland niver got
Justice yit. Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Billion Dollar Grass.

Most remarkable grass of the century.
Good for three rousiGg crops annually.
One Iowa farmer on 100 acres sold 49,
10000 warth of seed and had 300 tons of
hay besides. 1t is immense. DO try it.
FOR l0c AND THIS NOTICE
send to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse. Wis., to pay postage, etc, and
they will mail You the only original seed
eataiog p p Dn IN Amsrea WITH sam
Wheat, the sly miller mixer, Sainfoin the
dry soil luxuriator, Victoria Rape, the 2Gc
a ton green food producer, Silver King
Barley yielding l73 bu. per acre, etc, etc,
etc. -
And if you send 14c we will add pack
age of new farm seed never before seen
by you. John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis. A. C. l..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
!: g: g: s:' W.: IS ThOnpsOnS EyeWatel

The Japanese government has de-
cided to establish tobacco monopoly
in Korea The plan is to be entered
into as soon as the Korean police are
sufficiently well organized to carry
out the matter, but in the meantime
there is to be an increase in price to
prepare the people for what is to
follow
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
The Direct Examination.

Judge-You have been swoln, sir. It
behooves you to tell the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth.
Lawyer Ito client who has seated him
self in the witness chair)-Did you pre-
sent your bill to the defendant for pay
ment?
Client did.
Lawyer-And what did the defendant
say3
Lawyer-Then what did you do?
Client went to you!-Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

The pottery industry of Mexico,
writes Special Agent Arthur B. But
man, is Of ancient origin, havin been
handed down from father to son
from time immemorial Excavations
among the prehistoric ruins of Militia
have resulted in the unearthing of
many specimens of this handicraft,
the designs of which are reproduced
to this day.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Strong Language By Proxy.

Vicar-John, do you-er-ever use
strong language?
John granddaughter, sir, II may
be little bit kecrless like in my speech
at times.
Vicar All, I'm sorry, John. But We
we will converse about that some other
time Just now I want you to go to the
plumbers and settle that bill of "a los,
for thawing out a water pipe. And you
might just talk to the man in a careless
sort of way, as if it were your own bill
Punch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Personal RELIGION,

Christianity is individualistic. A
man cannot hold this religion in his
wife's name. If he does not possess
it in his own heart, as far as he is
concerned, it is non-ezistent.-Rev
A. Gillis, Methodist, New York City
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

weak to work. Though constantly
using medicine l despaired of being
cured until l began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills. Then relief came
quickly, and in a short time l was
completely cured. | am now in ex-
cellent health"
Sold by all dealers. SO cents box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

Water pipes OF terra Gotta were
used in Crete 40 centuries ago. Those
supplying drinking water consisted
of a series of subconical tubes SOCK
eted into each other with collars and
stop ridges" SO constructed as to
give the water a shooting motion,
thus preventing accumulation of sedl-
ment
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
What Causes Headache.

From October to May. Colds are the most
frequent cause of Headache, Laxative
Bromo Quinine removes cause. E. w.
Grove on box. 25c.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
HOW TO SIT GRACEFULLY.

HOW TO SIT GRACEFULLY.
When sitting, says The Delineator,
be sure that your hips are never
brought farther forward. than your
shoulders. The proper way is to get
your hips as far back as possible in
the chair and firmly settled there.
Then you can imagine the upper part
of your body a stem, swaying as it
will. You can bend forward or side
ways, but you will never want to bend
back, and even if you grow to be
stout, you will still look we'll when
sitting, and if you want to lean back
in a steamer chair you may even be
graceful.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
SILK Trade ADDrentiCeS.

From 200 to 800 boys and girls are
constantly in attendance at the two
silk schools in Lyons, France, where
they learn all the secrets of silk maxi
ing,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
Death.

In death the spiritual body
energies from the fieshiy body and
is adjusted to its spiritual environ
ments.-Rev. A. c. Smither, Chris
tan Church. New Orleans.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06
CURED HER THREE CHILDREN.
Girls Suffered with Itching Eczema
Baby Had Tender Skin, Too
Relied on Cuticura Remedies.

"Some years ago my three little girls had
q very bad form of eczema. Itching erup-
tons formed on the backs of their heads
which were simply covered. l tried almost
everything, but failed. Then my mother
recommended the CuticuIa Remedies. l
washed my children's heads with Cuticura
Soap and then applied the wonderful ONT
ment, Cuticura. [ did this four OF five
times and l can say that they have been
entirely cured. l have another baby who
is so plump that the folds of skin on his
neck were broken and even bled. l used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
the next morning the trouble had dlsap-
peared. Nine. Napoleon Duceppe, Al Du-
luth St., Montreal, Que, Naval, 1857
Mexico is to spend $5,S76,O00 gold
to improve the harbor at Topolobam-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

After suffering for seven years,
this woman was restored to health
by Lydia Il. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound. Read her letter.
Mrs. Sallie French, of Paucaunla,
Ind. Ter, writes to Mrs. Pinkham:
q had female troubles for seven
years-was all rundown, and SO ner-
vous L could not do anything. The
doctors treated me for different troubles
but did me no good. While in this con-
dition l wrote to Mrs. Pinkham for ad-
vice and took Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound, and / am now strong
and wello
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-03-06

The cows udder is kept in clean,
healthy and smooth condition by
washing it with Borax and water, a
tablespoonful of Borax to two quarts
of water. This prevents roughness
and soreness or cracked teats which
make milking time a dread. to the
COW and worry to tae mixer.