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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
For the
Younger
Children.

pigeon, and probably explains some
of his enthusiasm in that direction.
His little baby boy was taken sud-
denly sick with most alarming symp-
toms of diphtheria. The mother,
watching by the bedside Of the little
one, dispatched message tied on a
carrier pigeon to her husband at his
store on Market street, San Francisco.
In the message she wrote the nature
of the childs alarming illness, ard
made an urgent appeal for medicine
to save his life. The bird was started
from the home of the family near the
Cliff House, five miles from Mr..
Marsh's store.
The bird flew swiftly to the store,
where Mr.. Marsh received it. He
read the message, called doctor, ex-
planned the child's symptoms as his
wife had detailed them in her mes
sage, and received the proper medi-
cine Then tying the little vial con-
tanning the precious restorative to the
leg of the pigeon he let it go. The
pigeon sped away swiftly through the
air straight for the cliff. 1t made the
distance of five miles in ten minutes,
a distance which would have required
the doctor three-quarters of an hour
to cover. In about twenty minutes
from the time the mothers message
was sent to her husband the baby
was taking the medicine. Naturally
enough Mr.. Marsh is partial to
pigeons, for he considers that he owes
his baby's life to one.-Youth's In
structor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
ATTACKED BY AN EAGLE.

Discovering an eagles nest in the
face of the Lost Well Canyon Cliff,
Arthur Williams, Riverton (Wyom-
ing) rancher, got two companions to
assist him in robbing the parent bird
of her fledgelings.
A rope was dropped from the top
of the cliff and down this Williams
slid distance of 200 feet until op-
posite the nest. At that moment the
mother eagle appeared, and without
hesitation attacked the man. Will
Jams struck at her with stick he
carried as a weapon and at the first
blow it was dashed from his hand by
the beating wings of the eagle. Peck
ing, clawing and striking stunning
blows with her wings, the eagle was
beating the man when one of Will
iamss companions dropped heavy
stone on her and she fell into the
canyon.
Although severely lacerated and
bruised, Williams nevertheless Sc
cured the nestlings and then de-
scended to the floor of the canyon.
where he attempted to capture the
parent bird. AS he grasped her, her
vitality returned, and she beat him
off and scared away.
Williams companions gave his
wounds emergency attention, draw
ing the torn flesh together and plas-
tering it with postage stamps. He
was dilapidated spectacle when he
returned to town, but had not re-
ceived any injury of lasting conse-
quence.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Wheat in the Far North.

The report on the standing COM
miteee of the agriculture and coloni-
zation presented to Parliament to-
cay notes that G. e. Young, superin-
tendent of railway lands of the De-
partment of the Interior, pointed cut
that wheat is successfully raised at
Fort Simpson, 900 miles north of the
international boundary and 500 miles
north of Edmonton. DR.. Thompson.
member for the Yukon, presented to
the committee sample of white oats
grown On a farm siXty-three degrees
north latitude. This sample, ana
Iyzad by Seed Commissioner Clark,
as found to run forty-six pounds to
busnel and to be an exceptionally
I , sample Of white oats of supsric.'
.;illing quality.-Ottawa Correspond.
s2ca Sc. John Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
BURDETTE'S BEAR STORY.

They were resting around the Pres
ident's campfire in the Louisiana
canebrake. The dogs were asleep
with the fatigue of the chase, tee
guides were lying around feasting
their eyes upon the distinguished
guest, and the President was enjoy
ing the campfire as sportsman can.
Boys" he said, did YOU ever
hear Bob Burdette's bear story?'
"Wah Bob Bu'dette a bah hun
tah?" asked Guide Ennolds.
mot exactly" the President an
swered. Bob was. a. much braver
man than 4 bear hunter. He trailed
bear in his youth, bat when he grew
older he became brave enough to fol
low the lecture platform"
The guides didn't know this last
named beast, but they smoked their
pipes in confidence OF it's terrors.
."Bob's bear story needs Bob to tell
it," the President continued. "but he
isn't here, and I'll rattle around in
his shoes bit. There were two men
going through a field. A large and
mean-dispositioned bull waited until
they had gained the middle of the
field, when he set upon them, below
ing.
THE two men ran for their lives,
but the bull closed up and began
hooking at their coat tails. One of
the fugitives made for tree and
Skinned into it, while the other took
refuge in hole in the ground.
''The bull made for the man in the
hole. 1t flashed over as he 'dived in.
He instantly bobbed out again, the
bull made for him, and he bobbed in
and out as the bull shot back and
forth They kept this up for while,
and the man in the tree yelled:
"'Why don't ye stay in that hole,
ye fool?'
"The bull was dashing across the
hole with mad roars, and the man
was bobibng in and out desperately,
but he heard the voice from the tree.
"'Fool yourself he retorted
breathlessly. 'Thar's bear in this
hole'"
One of the guides threw a log on
the fire, an owl hooted off in the tim
Der, and there wasn't a nature faker
within 500 miles.-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
(To be continued.)
The Great Salt Lake, in Utah, is now
crossed by trestle bridge over twenty
miles long,

For a long time inventors and
manufacturers have been endeavor-
ing to utilize paper for the manu-
facture of garments. Now a Saxony
concern has apparently achieved a
considerable success in this endeavor.
Almost every one is aware of the
increase of warmth possible by simp-
ly buttoning a newspaper inside of
the coat, and paper vests have had
a considerable sale. The objection to
paper in it's natural state, however,
is that it is said that it rustles and
that it cannot, of course, be washed.
The Saxon firm has devised
method of spinning narrow strips of
cotton and paper into a fabric, and
paper and wood are also combined,
either making serviceable suits, jack
cts and shirts. Xylolin, as the new
fabric is called, is cream-cOlored, may
be washed repeatedly without injury
and is being sold at a very low price.
A sufficient quantity of the goods to
make a suit may be had for from two
to three dollars.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28


The Introduction of Christianity
into heather countries has been more
or less closely connected with trade
and the arts of civilization. The gov
ernment has often been keenly alive
to the advantage of science but hos
tile to religious teaching. Such was
the case in Madagascar fifty years
ago, as is told in the pages of Rev.
w. E. Cousins book, Madagascar
of To-day"
Queen Ranavalona was beginning
to feel uneasy about the growing in
fluence of foreign ideas, and wished
to get rid of the missionaries. The
missionaries were gathered together
to meet the queens messengers, and
were told that they had been a long
time in the country and had taught
much, but that it was now time for
them to think of returning to their
native land.
The missionaries, alarmed at this
message, answered that they had only
begun to teach some of the elements
of knowledge, and that much re-
mained to be impaired. They men
toned sundry branches of education,
among which were the Greek and He
brew languages, which had already
been partially taught to some.
The messengers returned to the
queen, and soon came back with this
answer:
for Greek and Hebrew. Can you
teach something more useful? Can
you, for example, teach how to make
soap?"
This was an awkward question to
address to theologians, but after a
moments pause Mr: Grifiths turned
to Mr.. Cameron and asked him
whether he could answer it.
"Give me a week." said Mr.. Cam
eron, and the week was given. At
its close the queens messengers again
met the missionaries, and Mr.. CAM
eron was able to present to them
bar of tolerably good white soap
made entirely from materials found
in the country. This was an emil
nently satisfactory answer, and the
manufacture of soap was forthwith
introduced, and is still continued to
the present day, although no one
would now venture to call the soap
white"
AS result of making this bar of
soap the mission gained respite of
about five years, during which time
the queen still tolerated the presence
and teaching of the missionaries for
the sake of the material advantages
derived from the work of the arti-
sans; and it was during these years
that the first churches were formed,
and the Christian religion began TO
take deep root among the people.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28

struck him in the chest within three
inches of the first, and found its way
into his lungs.
It did not stop him, however, so all
[ could do was to bound to one side.
which 1 did with surprising activity,
and as he brushed past me fire the
other barrel into his side.
That did for him.
The ball passed in behind the shoul
der and right through his heart.
He fell over on to his side, gave one
most awful squeal-a dozen pigs could
not have made such a noise-and
promptly died, keeping his wicked eyes
wide open all the time.
AS for me, / blew my nose, and going
up to the rhinoceros, sat on his head,
and reflected that 1 had had a capital
mornings shooting.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Hunters Tussle With a Deer.

James Shook; of this city, had an
exciting experience with a buck deer
at Occidental in Marin County yes
terday Shook was out hunting alone
and sighting the animal fired two
Shots The deer fell and thinking it
was dead Shook ran up to his prize.
To his surprise the apparently dead
animal jumped up and rushed at
him viciously.
Before he could protect himself
Shook was knocked down and tram
pied into insensibility. He finally
recovered and upon staggering to his
feet discovered the deer lying dead
Lot more than two hundred yards
away.
Shook sustained fracture of two
ribs by being struck by the deer's S
horns when he was first thrown to
the ground. In addition he was con-
siderably bruised by the animals
hoofs.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
NUTS TO CRACK.


in autumn there are nuts to crac
Of every size and kind,
HaZelnuts and hickory,
And chestnuts you will find.
And if around the nursery fire
You sit and crack and eat,
And joke and spin merry yarn,
'Tis happiness complete.
But there are other nuts to crack,
Quite different, you'll find,
From hazelnuts or hickory,
Or any other kind
Geography, arithmetic,
These nuts are hard indeed,
And spelling is another nut,
And there's to write and read.
And history and grammar, all
These nuts are good to eat;
Though hard to crack, you'll find in each
A kernel sound and sweet.
Indeed, bag of nuts is hid
Behind each schoolroom door;
Be sure you've cracked them, every one,
Before you ask for more.
-Children's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Reason and VIII Power.

When the second phalanX of the
thumb is much longer than the nail
phalanx, there is a discordant rela
ton between reason and will.
Reason praronderates to such an
extent that the entire life is spent in
planning to do, without ever doing.
\ person of this kind sees clearly
what is best for him, but lacks deter
mination to put it into execution.
He sees the goal and the steps nec-
essary for attaining it; but in the
same glance he takes in all the obsta-
cles, and while he is pondering the
matter the opportunity to win success
9scapes.-NeW York Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
MISTOOK PARTNER FOR A BEAR

While crawling on his hands and
knees up a steep slope, Richard
Grummett, a logger, was shot and
fatally wounded by B. F. Blakeslee,
his partner, at Bear Bay, at the head
of the Butte Inlet, British Columbia.
News of the fatality was brought to
Vancouver by Blakeslee, who accom-
panied the body Of The dead man to
Vancouver, on the steamer Cassiar.
A slight rustling Of the bushes
through which Grummett was crawl
ing was responsible for the shot
which caused his death, according to
the story told by Blakeslee on his ar
rival here. Noticing the bushes wav-
ing and seeing some dark form i'll
distinctly through the underbrush
Blakeslee fired, thinking that his aim
was centered on a bear.
Immediately following the shot
Blakeslee says he heard his named
called by Grummett, and .on running
to the clump Of bushes into which he
had shot ne " as horrf6Sd to find his
partner lying on the ground with
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
BABY SAVED BY PIGEON.

A travelling man tells of an in
teresting incident which occurred re-
Gently in the family of G. f. Marsh,
a member OF the Pacific Coast Pigeon
Society. It certainly proved to him.
AMI to all his friends in that region,
in a most impressive manner, the
Valuable services which may some
times be rendered by the carrier
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
JUNGLE BALL.

Rooter Lion-"Hello, what's this?
The elephants amt wearing their
:usks to-day"
Rooter Tiger-''Nope; it's a new
:ule. They spiked so many players
n sliding to bases that they had to
cut out tusks or leave the league. -
Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Coal From a River Bed.

Over 100 tons of coal is being TAX
en- daily from the Susquehanna River
in the vicinity of Espy, Columbia
County. Five dredges are being op-
Grated in that section.
. Many of the residents of that sec
tion use the coal taken from the bed
of the river. er.-Philadelphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
WOMEN PRECLUDED.

Lady Applicant-"I see, sir, thai
you advertise for a partner, and as
sex wasn't mentioned / called to-"
Merchant - Pardon me, madame
but / thought the question of sex was
quite covered. My advertisement
calls for silent partner. Boston
Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
NOTHING BUT WOE.

81 presume a publisher has his
troubles"
Yes; the artist gets mad if we
want him to read the book, and the
alttor doesn't like it if we buy set
OF Illustrations and. ask him to look
at 'em occasionally while writing. -
Houston Chronicle
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
LED INTO TEMPTATION.

"Didn't 1 see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Martha?"
"Yes'm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am. Twas the iceman set him
The bad example "-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
REDUCED BY THE PANIC.

The Manager - 81 don't exactly
like the way you have drawn your
tramp. You make him talk like
stock broker"
The laywright-"Well. that's all
right this year, amt it?"-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28

Professor George E. Palmer, of
Harvard University, in recent lee
ture said in substance: The scien-
tific world swung to Darwinism and
then swung back; the religious world
swung over to the scientific position,
and is swinging back"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
THE STREAK INSIDE.

1.-THE cat sneaked beneath the
couch when / came in; it must have
yellow streak in its makeup"
"1t must have. ! see the canary's
.age is empty and here are some
feathers. Houston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28

A German invented a horseshoe of
paper, prepared by saturating with
oil, turpentine and other ingredients.
Thin layers of such paper are glued
to the hool till the requisite thickness
is attained. The shoes thus made
are said to be durable and waterproof.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
REAL MERIT.

There's one thing 1 like about
those sheath dresses" said the hus-
band. -
What's that?" asked the wife.
There don't seem to be lot OF
butt oning to do at the back! !"-Yon-
kers Statesman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
HAVANAS.

what was the feature of the Gu
ban campaign"
"The CIGARS" replied the absent
minded veteran, who was deeply in
.erested in politics.-Cleveland Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
LEAR's WOE.
Lear was weeping.

Ledr IDS WeeP1H5.
'It wasn't SO much the ingrati-
.ude," he cried, ''but couldn't stand
for them all correcting my gram
mar"
Herewith he sought Shakespeare to
tell him that he had went.-New
York Sum-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
TOUCHY.

"Got a summer cold, see."
'tAnd your next remark, presume,
will be to the effect that they are the
worst kind"
"Oh, no; l think winter colds are
lust as bad. d."-Pittsburg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
A PROTEST.

'Say, you umpire!"
"Well, what is it?"
"Cut out dem steam-roller decis-
ions. Dis amt no political conven-
ton. n."-Pittsburg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28

The Literary Digest quotes an au-
thority in Cosmos to the effect that at
last a method has been found to
make a much stronger and more
durable gas mantle by using an art1-
fetal silk as the fabric on which the
oxides are deposited. This silk is
made by the dissolution of cellulose
in ammoniate of copper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
Cats and Water.

The reason cats dislike water is
because there is nothing oily about
their fur. Consequently it is easily
wetted and does not dry readily.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
WOODS FULL OF ,EM.

"I'll brand him as an migrate"
NAV; brand him as something
worth while. Migrate doesn't meai
anything nowadays" - Washington
Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28

Falling 100 feet from 4 cliff,
David Gill, farm laborer, met his
death while engaged in searching for
eggs in Aberdeenshire. Scotland.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
HOW SHE EARNMD IT

Where did Maudie get that dandy
$500 gown"
''she earned it by writing an arti
Gle on How 1 dress on $50 year.
Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
A FAKIR,

''I don't believe in that doctor"
"Why?"
''He didn't tell me everything ]
wanted to eat was bad for me-
London Opinion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
THE BEACH VARIETY.

do you believe in long engages
ments?"
''Well, think that good form de-
mands at least a day."-Louisvill
Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
NO. 33.

A BACHELORS SOL1LOQUY
To wed or not to wed:
That is the question.
Whether it's better
10 remain single
And disappoint few women
For time;
Or marry
And disappoint one woman
For life!
-Young's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28
TO PRACTICE AMONG EsKIMOs.

DR.. James F. Rymer, an English
surgeon who has practiced his pro-
fession in England, the United States
and Canada, has set out from Edmon-
ton, British Columbia, for Fort Good
Hope, 1900 miles to the north, with
the idea of permanently practicing
his profession among Eskimos and In
dians. He does not intend to return
to civilization for at least three years,
and then only for a brief visit.
DR.. Rymer will be the first resident
medical man in the far North, and
will have only semi-savages for pa
tients-people who observe neither
the laws of hygiene nor health. He
will practice much further north than
the limits where treaty money Is paid
to the aborigines, making his head
quarters at Fort Good Hope and Fort
Mcpherson, on the fringe of the Arc
tic Ocean, where several virulent
forms of disease and fevers have
broken out of recent years among the
natives, many of whom have died be-
cause of the lack of proper medical
help.
Only five white people live at Fort
Good Hope, these including a Roman
Catholic missionary, a Hudson Bay
storekeeper and his wife, and two
trappers and buyers for the Hislon C
Maggie Fur Trading Company. OF
these five, only two speak English,
French being the language in COM
mon use among the Indians at this
point. DR.. Rymer mastered French
many years ago, and expects to be-
come acquainted with the several In
dian dialects within the next few
months. He is taking with him suf-
ficient medicine in concentrated
form to last about year, and has ar
ranged for further shipment to be
forwarded to him next April.
DR.. Rymer comes of an old English
medical family, his great-grandfather,
then a surgeon in the English navy,
having discovered a cure for scurvy
nearly $50 years ago. His father and
grandfather were also medical men
of some standing.
DR.. Rymer is forty-three years of
age, and bachelor. He makes
hobby of photography, and is also an
author of some note, contributing to
number of London periodicals.
New York World,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-28

AS a rule, the white flowers are
more fragrant than those nt other
colors.
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AS we reach lower and lower
depths, the water becomes colder;
the warm water, being less dense,
remains at the surface. At about
1900 feet the temperature is little
above the freezing-point of fresh
water. Light gradually disappears,
and at 400 feet, says Country Life,
absolute darkness prevails; and as
no plant can live without light, the
vegetable kingdom is unrepresented,
except by some boring algae which
have been dredged from depth of
over 5000 feet. Further, there are
no currents, oxygen is scarce and uni
fcrmity of temperature prevails.