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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

.he beautiful bird known as the
bee eater is of gorgeous plumage. the
predominating color of its feathers
being a brilliant green, though rich
red-brown, buff, and black also enter
into its coloring, making an artistic
ombination most attractive to the
eye.
The female bee eater makes for
her nest hole in a bank, or digs a
narrow tunnel into level earth to the
astonishing depth of eight or ten feet.
This tunnel nest shows much ingenu-
ity in construction. The number of
the seasons lay ranges from four to
six eggs, and these are deposited in
the bottom of the hole or tunnel
which is used for nest. There is no
straw, bark, leaves or feathers to
soften the nest, the eggs being laid
on the hard earth.
The territory occupied by the bee
eaters ranges from the British ISL
ands to Australia, the African region
especially being plentifully supplied
with them. The feet of the bee eater
are peculiarly formed, the middle and
outer toes being webbed together to
almost their entire length.
The name bee eater" is most ap-
propriate inasmuch as the bird feasts
upon bees whenever it gets a chance
to do so, and in Spain is real pest
to the bee raisers, for it hovers about
the honey bees hives, catching the
luckless insects in great numbers
Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
STRUGGLE WITH A TIGER.

Two brothers, Khuda Bakhs and
Shaikh Abdul Ghani, of Moradabad,
were despatched recently to Rampur
on an errand, and while entering a
grove at Khadpura a tiger sprang
upon Khuda Bakhs, who, being an
athlete, warded off the blow aimed
at him with his right hand and
caught one of the paws with the other
and maintained his hold, though the
tiger was mauling the other hand
Abdul Ghani now rushed up with a
stout stick, which he forced down the
tigers throat, making it release his
brothers hand, when Khuda Bakhs
seized another paw with his wounded
hand, forcing both the paws back.
He wrestled with the tiger, keeping it
down by sheer force. while Abdul
Ghani belabored it with his lathi and
killed it.
The tiger was carried by the broth
eTs to His Highness the Nawab of
Rampur, who kept the skin as me.
mento and sent Khuda Bakhs to the
State dispensary for treatment. ."-ln-
dian Daily Telegraph.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
GATHERING INDIA RUBBER.

India rubber has curious history
given to it because it was first used
for removing pencil marks from pa
per. 1t is produced in most tropical
lands. The use of it has increased
until it has become one of the most
important forest products OF the
world 1t has become in many parts
of the world an article of cultivation,
but the native forests of the Amazon
basin and of the Congo, in Africa, are
still the source of the worlds greatest
supply. The quantity has been great
ly increased in later years, for the
production has been stimulated by
an advance in price. Interesting
facts in regard to the industry in the
Amazon region are given by one who
is a native of the country and famil-
lar with its productions.
AS the steamer moves along the
traveller on the Amazon, or on any of
its numerous navigable- tributaries,
will notice little wisps of smoke ris-
ing from the banks of the river. This
smoke, which is quite characteristic
of the most fertile river banks, indi-
Gates the places where the natives are
treating the sap of the rubber tree to
prepare it for the market.
The business of collecting and pre-
pairing rubber is carried on extensive
ly in the valley of the Amazon. There
are districts of from forty to fifty
w
son. The rubber trees are scattered
more or less plentifully among other
trees that yield no profit as yet.
When man has secured large
tract of forest land for the industry,
he puts up rough shelter upon it,
and engages all the Indians of the
neighborhood, men and women, TO
help him in the work.
They start out early in the morn
ing to make the rounds of the estate,
for they must get back to the river
side before the heat of the day be-
comes too great. They tap the trees
afresh if they need it, attach the lit
tie tin cups for catching the sap and
bring home whatever sap may have
been collected.
The sap of the rubber tree is per-
fectly white liquid Of. the consistency
of goats milk. 1t is necessary that
it be converted into a solid. This is
effected by the action of pungent
smoke which coagulates, or curdles,
the milky fluid. For this use the
seeds of two different kinds of palm
are employed. Nothing else will an
swer the purpose.
The seeds are put in an earthen
lar which has a narrow neck, the bot
tom of which is perforated with
number of square holes. In this the
palm nuts are burned; the holes in
the bottom of the jar admit draft
and cause dense smoke to issue
from the deck of the steamer.
The operator takes paddle SINH
lar 10 that with which he paddles his
canoe and holds the blade of it over
the jar Upon it he pours the milky
juice, cup by cup, all the time turn
ing the blade so as to bring all parts
of it into the smoke. The fluid is in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
A CAT TALE.

A CAT TALE.
The little old woman to town would go
To buy her a Sunday gown.
But a storm came up, and the wind did
blow,
And the rain came pouring down;
And the little old woman, oh, sad to see.
In terrible fdget and fret was She
In terrible fret was she.
The little old man was cross and cold,
For the chimney smoked that day,
And never a thing would he do but scold
In the most unmanneriy way.
When the little old woman said: List en-
to mel
He answered her nothing but 'fddle-dee-
dee,"
No, nothing but "fddle-dee-dee!
Then she whacked the puggy-wug dog,
she did.
AS asleep on the mat he lay;
For puggy was he of spirit and pride,
And howled in dismal way,
For Duggy was he of spirit and pride.
And a slight like that he couldn't abide
He couldn't, of course, abide.
Then Muffin, the kitten. said. "Deary me!
What a state of affairs is this.
must purr my very best purr. see,
Since everything goes amiss."
So Muffin, the kitten, she purred and
purred,
Till, at last, the little old woman she
heard
The little old woman she heard.
And she smiled smile at the little old
man.
And back he smiled again.
And they both agreed on charming plan
For walk in the wind and rain.
Then, hand in hand to the market town
They went to look for the Sunday gown
For the coveted Sunday gown.
Then the chimney drew and the room grew
hot.
And the puggy -wug dog and the cat
Their old-time quarrels they quite forgot,
And snugged up close on the mat.
While Muffin, the kitten, she purred and
purred.
And there never was trouble again, I've
heard
No, never again, I've heard!
Ellen Manly, in st. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
For the
Younger
Chi{dren:.,

stantly fixed, and adheres to the wood
or to the rubber already formed. This
process goes on until a solid lump is
formed that will weigh perhaps six
teen pounds.
When the lump has grown large
enough for handling, slit is cut in
it and the blade is drawn out. A
| mass of rubber is left ready for ex-
portation. 1t is the smoke used in
coagulating the sap that gives crude
rubber the dark appearance which is
familiar.
The natives who collect the rubber
have little use for the article at home.
They have no pencilings to erase,
wear no raincoats, have no mills to
be supplied with betting, nor automo-
biles that require rubber tires. They
do, however, make playthings for
their children by pouring the sap into
clay molds of birds, animals and
fishes, and then crushing the clay and
removing it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
The Sulky Advance

Between the sulky with which
Flora Temple astonished the world
and that of the present year there is
as much difference as between the
oone-shaking velocipede of forty
years ago and the modern bicycle
evolved from it. Various expert
nents have been tried. The horse
vas formerly in front of the axle
Then came the plea of arching the
frame, so that his hooks in action
would be under the drivers seat. The
pike wheels were a distinct advance.
out the high seat still remained until
experiments with wind shields showed
@ what an extent atmospheric press.
Ire was factor in making or mar
ing records, and since the new cen.
.ury set in there has been a steady
gain in construction. Not more than
fifteen years ago sulky seats were as
much as fifty inches from the ground
mile the latest models are less THAI
.hirty and range in weight from
twenty-eight to thirty-fve pounds.
SJafts have been heightened and
seats lowered until the driver can nc
longer look over the back of his
lorse, but to either side to watch the
.ouTsc. While this increases the dan
ger, ii reduces The pull against the
wind, and is expected to be point il
favor of the new records to be striv"
for this year.-Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
AN AVERTED TRAGEDY

The family had six black cats, all
of which lined up daily on the back
porch, expecting food and getting it,
says writer in the Washington Star.
Then after a while mother began to
say she did wish that she could get
rid of few cats. Father said he
should think she would, too, and
asked why she did not chloroform
them. He explained that it was a
painless sleep, and a method ap-
proved by the Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals.
Grandmother said she had read in
the newspapers thai the society used
gas in an air-tight gambler, but, any
how, it was humane. Uncle Nat said
he never saw so many cats in his life,
and that he was always stepping on
one whenever he put his foot down.
Aunt Caroline said she hated cats :;
but one could get used to anything,
even cats. Susan the Colored cook,
said she was going to leave if some
of those cats didn't; that there never
was a crumb of anything to eat in
the house after those hollow cats had
been filled up; and why didn't they
!:unt their living like other cats:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

shows. Line A-B represents the
bottom, A-C the rear wall OF the
box, D-L the slanting piece of paste
board and De the slanting piece of
looking glass. In the centres of the
front and back sides of the box round
openings are made; one for the eye,
the other one to admit a marble,
which is to roll down the slanting
piece of cardboard. If you let the
marble roll down and look into the
box at the same time you will see the
marble roll upward.
This is a very puzzling little illu-
sion and will amuse your friends if
you do not tell them how it is done.
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

Then one day mother asked Uncle
Nat to get a bottle Of chIoroform at
the druggists, which she left on the
mantel-shelf in plain sight
Father asked where the bottle of
chloroform came from, and what i.
was for? Grandmother said it was
| very careless of some one to leave a
bottle of chloroform round like that,
where any one could get it.
Aunt Caroline asked who was go.
ing to use the chloroform.
Uncle Nat said he was willing to
buy it, and had done his part, and if
any one thought he was going to kill
cats with it he was mistaken.
The day was Thursday, Susan's day
out. The family had gone for drive,
all except mother, who had motive
in remaining at home. 1t was now
Or never. With the light of resolu-
tion in her eye and her lips pressed
firmly together, with a bottle and
sponge in one hand and cats in hei
apron, she started for the barn.
Pursing her lips more tightly still,
she gathered up more cats as she
went. Then she shut all she had in
an empty box, which was to serve as
an execution chamber, and went in
search of more cats. Two more were
added; none was spared. The sponge
was saturated and thrust into the
box, and the executioner fed to the
house without once looking back.
When father came home and found
what had been done he was amazed.
He wouldn't have lost the cat named
Punch for anything, and he had al
ways regarded Punch as his own cat
and Punch was first-class ratter.
Grandmother also evinced surprise
at what had happened, and said she
should always mourn the cat named
Judy, for Judy was such a ladylike
cat, and could al Ssys have a corner
il her room to sleep in, for Judy was
never in the way nor the least bit OBJ
jectionable.
Uncle Nat said he wouldn't have
taken any money for Topsy, as he
regarded Topsy as his especial prop
erty, and the likeliest cat in the
bunch.
Aunt Caroline said it WIS bad luck
to kill black cats, and she couldn't
think of anything she was so super
stitious about as black cats.
Susan said she wouldn't have killed
even one black cat for all the money
on earth, and that she should be
afraid to stay now, anyway, and
couldn't wait till her month was up,
either
Mother hadn't word to say for
herself. That night black cats stared
at her out of the darkness, and once
she awoke from nightmare of pur-
suing cats, an army of them, and
thought she heard them wailing-the
spirits of the cats she had chloro-
formed-
At daybreak she rose from her bed,
dressed herself, and descended to
the kitehen-and there on the back
doorstep, peering through the screen
door as usual, unhurried and ex.
pectant, were the six black cats,
waiting for their breakfast.
I'm so glad didn't put a rock on
the top of that box!" said mother.
She gathered them in as if they had
been prodigals, and all six of them
had the breakfast of their nine or
more lives.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
Protecting the Camp From Insects.

At our camp last summer we dis
covered a good method to keep in.
sects and snakes out of our camp.
After we choose the best site we
could find for our tent we burned q
stretch of grass a few feet wide en-
tirely around the tent. This proved
very effective, as bugs and worms,
and even snakes, will not readily
cross newly burned-over ground
Mabel Kneeland, in Recreation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
VICARIOUS SNAKE BITE.

A vicarious snake bite is the cur.
ious case reported from Shepperton,
Victoria, by DR.. Walchman. A small
dog was bitten by a snake, and in
turn bit his master, who was dress
ing his wound. The dog died. The
man soon afterward became drowsy,
on being taken to the hospital devel-
oped alarming symptoms of sna'- ,
poisoning, and only energetic treat-
ment saved his life.-Philadelp
Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

the posi- Intended 10 pull. Fasten
the chain to the post close to the
ground, while one man is lifting the
pole on the other end. Then when
the chain is fastened let the other
pole and the post vill come out. Then
loosen the chain AMI throw the post
on the wagon or out to the side. In
this way you can pull from seventy
five to 100 posts in all hour, and is
very simple, because no horse is need
ed.-The Epitomist.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
TO PULL GARDEN POSTS.

Many farmer has trouble in pull
ing posts, especially if they are firmly
set. I will furnish you with an easy
method which 1 have used to avoid
the tiresome task of digging them out
with a spade, etc. Take the hind
running gear of a wagon and leave
the reach in it. Take long, heavy
pole about ten feet long. Lay this
over the bolster. Attach chain
about foot from the end Of the pole.
Back the wheels and the pole UP to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
SALAD AND SMELLY" HERBS.

IN the days of our grandmothers no
kitchen garden was without it's COM
plement of herbs for flavoring dishes
and perfuming the linen closets.
These are all easily raised, and many
of them, once started, will seed them
selves while others still, once estab-
jished, only need little attention
IN the way of mulching through the
not months and protecting through
the cold. yielding their store of
leaves, buds and blossoms freely, and
far superior to any Of the commercial
dried" things Or tinctures. In max
ing out your order for seeds, it would
be we'll to include an assortment OF
these. Many of them would better
be ordered as plants.
Celery, even where not blanched,
is fine for soups and salads, and the
seeds, sown in boxes early, germinate
readily. Transplant as the seedlings
become crowded, clipping off the top
as they grow to prevent their becom-
ing spindling. The large plants may
be blanched by wrapping with thick
paper.
Watercress, peppergrass, parsley
should all be grown; chives, leeks,
tarragon are grown from bulbs, and
used for fiavoring soups and salads:
sorrel, mustard, dandelion, chervil
are grown for salads, while minis,
sage, thyme, summer savory, sweet
marjoram, sweet basil, dill, caraway
and many other things are used i'll
various ways for seasonings for
meats, gravies, pickles, catsups, sum-
mer drinks and the like-The Com.
moner.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
FOR MASSING.

The edging plants just given are
unsurpassed for low effects, but for
places requiring taller plants, choose
giant snapdragon, mammoth zinnias.
scarlet salvias, African marigolds, and
later, the asters. For massing against
high fences and buildings, common
single hollyhocks, Allegheny holly
hooks, hundred-flowered sunf1ow-
ers and rudbeckia-golden-g
Ladies' World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
WHEN TO CUT.

Gather the half-opened buds of the
poppy in late evening or before the
sun shines upon them in the morning.
and they will keep perfectly for a
few days-a most effective cut flower.
Cut sweet peas and all fragrant f1ow-
ers in late evening. Others may be
cut in early morning. Place stems in
deep water.-Ladies' World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
AN OPTICAL ILLUSION.

This amusing toy consists of little
square box made of cardboard 2x2X2
inches, inside of which slanting
piece of cardboard and piece of
looking glass are glued to the sides
of the little box, as the diagram
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
Record Iron and Steel Exports

Exports of iron and steel products
from Eastern seaboard points during
February broke all records for any
single month. The total exports of
steel rails, billets, beams, blooms,
bars, plates. hoops, wire and pipe
were 92,O36 tons.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
FOR EDGINGS.

Choose free bloomers Of low
growth, like sweet alyssum, lobelia.
dwarf candytuft, double portulaca,
dwarf nasturtium, California poppy,
ageratum, dwarf snapdragon, phlox
Drummondii, and for an edging for
tall background, the dwarf zinnias.-
Ladies' World
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

Leprosy is not. in the ordinary
sense, a contagious disease. Physi-
clans, nurses and missionaries min
lister to lepers for years without suf-
fering from the exposure.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
Cost of Eggs.

Regarding the cost OF producing
eggs, Professor Graham, of the Con-
necticut Experiment Station, said that
figures one year were as low as seven
and five-eighths cents per doze:s for
the food only.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

Bad sight is given as the reason fcr
men going wrong. Defective vision
has been proved to be the cause of
lack of self-control, alcoholism and
drug taking.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
FOR CUT FLOWERS

Plant early-fiowering cosmos, giant
'snap-dragon, scarlet saliva, sweet
peas, annual chrysanth emums, pop.
pies of the peony and earnation types,
verbenas, asters, nasturtiums, Stella
sunf1owers, petunias, nicotiana and
zinnias.-Ladies' World
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
ALIVE IN CAPsIZED VESSELS.

ALIVE IN CAPSIZED VESSELS.
A striking example of one among
the many strange accidents that be-
fall sailors was reported the other
day from Newcastle, New South
Wales.
The barkentine Kate latham
turned turtle in a gale, and one Of her
crew was shut up in her hold. The
survivors, VINO had climbed on her
keel as she heeled over, naturally
took it for granted that he was
drowned. What was their surprise
therefore presently to hear faint
knockings from beneath their feet,
evidently made by their imprisoned
comrade.
Help was at hand, and hole was
cut through the ships bottom, when
the man was hauled out, little the
worse for his terrible experience. He
had, it appeared, been kept alive by
the air which had been imprisoned
in the hull when the vessel capsized
and which, becoming compressed as
the water rose, had eventually
stopped it's further encroachment. He
had used a balk OF floating timber to
support himself.
His Imprisonment lasted for two
hours, and in the cabled reports sent
to this country the incident is char
acterized as unparalleled. This, how
ever, is by no means correct. There
are several cases on record of men
having lived in similar circumstances
in the huks OF capsiZed ships not
hours only bu3 Gays, the most re-
markable authenticated instance be-
ing that of Captain .Engallandt, of the
Erndte, who was rescued alive after
an entombment lasting altogether
eleven days eighteen hours.
During this period the derelict,
drifting bottom uppermost, was sight
ed ny the masters of several vessels,
all of whom, however, passed nom
chalantly by, none imagining for a
moment that the semisubmerged and
capsized hulk contained, shutup in its
vitals, a living man.
Eventually the Erndte drifted
ashore near Danzig, and Captain En-
gallandt was taken out alive, al
though greatly emaciated. Pearson's s
Weekly
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

The base of most of the chewing
gum used is a by-product of petro-
leum. scented and favored according
20 the various tastes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

The styles which will prevail! in furs
the coming season are the various
grades of muskrat, natural, blended
and black, only the backs, and not the
bellies, being used.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05
BERRY NOTES.

Berry growing, like market gar.
dening, requires both experience and
brains.
who selects the crops adapted to his
soil and climate and for which there
is a demand in his market, and who
then sticks to these crops through
lean as well as fat years.
The most obvious means of con-
trolling the brown-tail moth, and the
easiest one, is the collection and de-
struction of the winter nests after the
leaves have fallen, says American
Cultivator. These webs are conspic-
uous from October to April.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-05

Steel freight cars are being exten-
siyely used in South America.