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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
GRAFTING.

The old fashion of grating over
apple trees and pear trees has gone
somewhat by the board. This is duo
to the prominence now given to conf
mercial operations in fruit raising.
When one goes into the fruit business
on a large scale, he cannot afford to
bother any longer with old broken
trees which require regrafting. The
profitable way to grow apples is on
vigorous young trees, which may be
set out in whole orchards. Never
theless there is hardly a farm in the
country, excepting of course the high
grade, modern fruit farms, where
there are not old apple trees which
could be improved by setting few
good scions into them. This is an
exercise which every farmers boy
ought to understand, and which ought
to be practiced to some extent on
every farm once year, ii only for
the good moral effect of it. Grating
wax can be made up now. Scions can
be secured and everything got i'll
readiness. In fact, the grating
should be done some time during
March or before April 10, under or
binary circumstances. Every enter
prising farmer and fruit grower must
be interested in the new varieties of
apples that are coming in, and it
ought to be made a point that one or
two of the new things shall be tested
every year. If for no other reason,
therefore, a few scions ought to be
set this year merely in order to try
King David, Banana, Kitageskee or
some other new apple which has never
been fruited in ones own particular
neighborhood.-Cou Gentleman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
Life Under the Microscope.

Everybody who has used micro.
scope has no doubt regretted the diff
Gculty of seeing small insects, and
other living objects not of mere mi
croscopic dimensions, magnified while
alive and moving freely in the field
of view. A recently invented English
instrument, called the vitascope, is
said to supply a desideratum in this
respect 1t is shaped like telescope,
a foot long when closed, and an inch
and a half in diameter The lenses
are so combined that an object twen-
ty inches away may be magnified
twelve diameters. At a distance of
five inches the magnification is sixty
diameters.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
Sugar as Food.

A noted English physician would
have everybody eat a quarter of a
pound of sweets daily He says:
Nothing is more strengthening than
sugar. 1t is possible to work for
hours after eating four ounces of
chocolate without feeling the slight
est fatigue. If I had my way every
soldier in the British army should be
allowed quarter of a pound OF
sweets every day. My practice is to
take five or six Jumps of sugar in
every cup of coffee or tea The old
belief was that sweets of all kinds
were bad as food and interfered with
digestion. But we know now that
they are real food, and are especially
good for us when we are tagged out
nervously. Children are increasingly
active and they are always craving
something sweet. The craving comes
from an actual bodily need.-Louis-
lana Planter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
MOOSE SWAN OUT TO SEA.

A monster bull moose that has
been loafing around the Saco Ferry
district this month became frightened
at dogs early in the week and swan
out to sea never more to return.
1t is believed by George Peterson,
OF the Ferry, who was watching the
moose when he took to the Atlantic,
thai the animal became exhausted
and was drowned. Monday the moose
was seen by William Edgecomb and
sons. Several ours were chasing the
king of the forest and kept close to
him. When the monster beast would
come to a fence he would lift it up
with his horns and throw it to one
side. The powerful animal threw
aside barricades of every kind, and
fled through the Ferry community to
the sea.
AT Bay View the dogs were at his
heels and he took to the ocean near
the breakwater, evidently becoming
confused and thinking he was cross
ing the river. The dogs gave up the
chase when the big fellow took to
the sea water. The Ferry resident
watched the animal till he disap-
peared from view, and though he
waited for hours the moose did not
return.-kennebec Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

trains. 1t was usually easy enoug.
going over the prairie, especially as
there was bitter frost, and the
ground was hard frozen. But now
and then deep creek would have to
be crossed, with muddy bottom, and
the whole lot of wagons must be
hauled through, one by one, with per
haps three Or four teams to each.
The long line of cattle would be
yoked on, and stretched to right OF
left nearly at right angles to the
wagon. The drivers with their whips
then swung the cattle over to left OF
right, as the case might be, and the
wagon was bound to come out by
sheer weight of the teams, unless, as
sometimes happened, the tongue drew
out of the body.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
Eyes and Seeing.

Prof W. D. Scott sounds note Of
warning about the increasing use of
the eyes for reading and the inspec-
ton of small nearby objects. This
especially affects school children.
Professor Scott says that the human
eye was evolved for distant vision,
and in its structure is relatively poor.
ly suited for nearby vision. The in
crease of all sorts of printing aug
ments the trouble every day, and "all
things seem to be conspiring to make
us use our eyes more and more for
the very thing for which they are the
most poorly adapted" There is, no
doubt, much reason in this, but could
the world Danish its printing presses
and retain it's civilization?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
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 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 snake
poisoning, and only energetic treat
ment saTed his life. -Philadelphia
Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
SHOWED UP ON THE STEPPE.

SNO" ED UP ON IEE SlEPPE. -
When winter sets in adventures BY
rail are frequent and the process OF
| "rougning it" is trying. Often trains
are showed up at little squalid sta
tions on the steppe, when the passen.
gers can get nothing but black bread
and tea. For hours? Aye, and fol
days. 1t depends on the authorities
| how long the ill starred travellers
shall abide.
This year numerous trains wer5
caught in the snow, almost buried
there, and generally on the oper
steppes fifty Or sixty miles from 8
lemon and hundred miles from 6
beefsteak. The passengers besought
the stationmaster and others to have
them dug out and to clear the line
They even telegraphed to the Minister
of Ways and Communications, and re.
ceived assurances that the order
would given. 1t was given-and dis.
regarded.
Story telling and card playing in
the Pickering light of candle were
IuC oCl OCCupdLlOuS VI Gut
prisoners on the steppe. In one cass
that came under my knowledge he
and "she" met for the first time under
these uncommon conditions, fell in
love over sausage, stale roll and
a pot of weak tea, which he hap.
pened to have, and they married
shortly afterward.
Here is copy of one of the tele.
grams from showed UP passengers
that were sent this season: "This is
the second day that we are kept By
snowdrifts here in the lonely station
Pookhovo. In spite of the energetic
telegram of the Minister of Ways and
Communications the manager of the
line has taken no eff1eacious meas.
ures. We are doomed to Iinger on
here for an indefinite period
(Signed by the passengers of the in.
ternational wagon of the Rostoff fast
train.) And they fingered on for two
days.-London Telegraph.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
CARE OF THE HOUSE PLANTS.

Be careful not to overwater them.
To find out if they need water, rap
the side of the pot with your
knuckles.
If it rings out clear and sharp the
plant needs watering.
If there is dull sound, the soil is
already moist enough.
Let the soil get fairly dry before
wetting it again.
Plants thrive much better 1T not
permanently kept in jardinieres.
The extremes of day and night in
window sill are too much for most
plants. Garry them into the middle
of the room at night.
In ventilating the room see that
the current of cold air does not strike
them directly, and remember that gas
fumes are deadly to them.-Boston
Cultivator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
Chicago to New York by Trolley.

A correspondent for a Chicago
newspaper has just completed trip
from that city to New York, using
electric railroads for the greater part
of his journey, which required eight
days and cost s2355 in fares. The
total length of the journey is esti-
mated at 1878 miles, of which all ex-
cept about 322 miles was on trolley
cars.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
Destruction of Famous English Oak

One of the seven fine Old oaks in
Salcey Forest, Buckingnamshire, has
been burned to the ground. 1t is sur
missed that visitors to the forest made
a picnic fire in the hollow trunk. aud
the result was the complete destruc-
ton Of the tree, which is said to be
500 years old. Sale " is the second
great royal forest and has belong ed
to the Grown since the Conquest
London Daily Mail.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
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TREE-WOUND SALVE

Ihe following mixture is reco.-
mended for wounds of any kind on
trees: Melt rosin and warm little
crude petroleum in separate vessels,
pouring into third vessel three parts
of rosin to one of petroleum. This
seals the wound very effectively until
grown over.
1t is said to not run in warm wea-
ther nor crack in cold, and cuts COW
cred with it will not fail to heal satis-
factorily. 1t is much cheaper than
paint.
II limb is broken, it should be
cut back smoothly to its parent trunk
or branch, and the cut should be
covered with this preparation. 1t is
also good to apply to wounds of the
bark or trunk of trees by rodents
Home and Farm
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

the aluminium books for the blind
now being printed in Edinburgh are
of thin sheets embossed in the usua!
way. They are easier to read than
paper books, do not soil, and are
practically indestructible. Their ex'
pensiveness is their drawback.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

The Crystal Palace accommodates
more PEOPLE than any other building
in the warld. 1t will hold 100000
people. T.. -...-,-.s
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

The meteor trains studied by Pro
fessor Trowbridge, of Columbia Uni.
versity, are the luminous streaks Of.
ten seen in the wake of shooting
stars, and they may continue many
minutes. or even an hour or more
They drift slowly and become distort.
to be self-luminous and may some.
times be seen in daytime. They some.
what resemble the afterglow on turn.
ing off the current from vacuum tube
electrodes. The glow is greenish vel.
low, diffuses 100 yards a minute and
is most striking at a pressure calcu.
lated to be that of the atmosphere at
a height of fifty-five miles.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12
SACK HOLDER FOR GARDEN USE.

| describe handy sack holder,
useful on farm 1t has two upright
pieces 2x2 and two-inch plank two
feet long which the upright pieces
are fastened to. About four or five
inches from the top bore two holes
exactly opposite each other and place
through these holes long bolt. Take
a piece of plank Or board and cut it
to fit betr zen the two uprights and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

Many cases of astismatism arise
from the practice of reading in bed,
particularly by persons recovering
from a severe illness. 1t strains the
muscles Of the eye to such an extent
that they alter the curvature of the
cornea - the abnormality to which
the term astigmatism is applied.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

The statement that radium loses
activity on heating has been tested
by Dr.. H w Schmidt, who finds tha'
at 1900 degree c. it's effects are ex
actly as at ordinary temperature.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

Mons. Dufour, a French scientist
has succeeded in making thermome'
ter tubes of pure quartz. Not only
are these tubes exceedingly transpar.
ent, but their resistance to heat and
other advantages make them superior
to glass for Thermometers. intended
to measure high temperatures. In
such Thermometers melted tin takes
the place of mercury, and the scale
reads from about 465 degrees Fab
renheit up to over 1000 degrees. II
could be run up to 1900 degrees, for
quartz does not soften below that
temperature.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

The highest authorities place the
total number of years elapsed since
in the light of the best geological evi.
dence, men first appeared upon eartf
at 2SS,000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

place the bolt through this board so
it will work easily. Cut this board
in half circle to fit the sack. Drive
nails through this board around this
half circle to fasten sack to. This
board can be raised Or lowered to the
height of sack and is held in place
by means of an iron rod which is
fastened on the uprights about two
feet from the bottom.-W. G. Roney,
in The Epitomist.
ORCHARDS MUST BE FERT1LIZEb
The constant return to orchard soil
of all vegetable matter produced will
keep up an adequate supply of nitro
genous material, which will be annu
ally increased if the application OF
acid phosphate and potash is kept UP
in a liberal way: Few orchardists re-
alize the amount of these mineral
matters taken from the soil to pro-
duce a great tree, or in the produc-
tion of apples.
A good crop of apples will remove
from the soil three times as much pot
ash alone as a crop of wheat on the
same soil, and while in the decaying
vegetable matter we can get what nj
trogen the trees need, the supply ct
the mineral matters must be kept up
if we expect to get large and perfect
crops of fruit.-1ndianapolis News
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

Plans have often been made to de.
velop the power of the tides, but in
most cases these have failed of com.
mercial success. Now, however, 8
project is we'll advanced to harness
the power OF the tides on the coast OF
Maine. A company has bonded land
on either side of Back Bay, in Port.
land, where it is anticipated a tidal
power plant will be located capable
of developing at least 25 900 horse
power or enough to run all the elec.
trio cars, lights and engines in the
city.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-06-12

The soap consumption of India
one ounce d head a year.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-09
REGRESO

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-09
De Paris
UN SALTO ATRAS

LIE Journal" consagra los honores
de su plana mayor Qease primera),
una caricatura que denomina "Hom-
bre-mono", y que mi Sc me antoja un
chimpanc6 con ell cuerpo afeitado.
Este animalito, que esta en- Ambe-
res, tiene pelo en- la cabeza Y barbas,
ell cuerpo sin vello, pies, manos ore
jas enteramente humanos
Nj los mas estramb6ticos easamien-
tos de Pierre Lott, nj aun In amelia no.
vela de Dumas, padre, Los matrimo-
MOS del ito Alifafes logran competir
en- interes con la historic inventada
por lie Journal" para acompanar su
ilustraci6n
FL captain itahano Vicheli lego con
su barco "El Pulpo'. la isla Sama-
rinda, que es una colonia hoandesa
Mientras sc paseaba por la playa, acer-
to Il fiJarse en- una negrita que mecia
amorosamente en- sus brazos al antro-
pomorfo de lie Journal No tard6
Ell curioso marlno Ell pedirla que le
contase la historic de tan extrano ser
La joven, toda ruborizada ode que
color serian esos rubores n. lie confes6
que era el fruto de sus relaciones amo-
rosas con un gorilla
Extraviada una noche en- la selva.
cayo en- manos del monstruo, que en-
veg de hacerla dano, sc permitio la mar
de monerias. De aquellas expansiones
simiescas. que recuerdan deliciosamen-
te las eostumbres de la edad de pedra
Y parecen I'm idilio sonado por Bernar-
dino DE Saint Pierre por el autor de
La bella y la tiera qued6 I'm recuer-
do imperecedero en el eric ultra-ex6-
tico gIorihcado por lie Journal
Este chico, . macaco. Il 10 que sea,
Ell su condicion De mestlzo de igorrote
de Borneo y de gorilla, resulta casi una
persona
I todos los que Sc empenau en- Greer,
con Darwin, que nuestros antepasados
So meeian en- los ORIOLES eolgando del
rabo, So habran. dado an gustazo admi-
rando d garbo y Ia gcntileza de Zizi-
Bamboula, nombre he pla del misterio-
So producto.
I'll capltan Viehel sc ha traido
Europa Ia madre al hijo. v este H.
gura yentajosamente entire los disci-
pnlos del domador Edmundo Pez6n.
Zizi- Bamboula rie. llora, eonoce la voz
de su domador Y baila el cake-walk
como enalesquier .hijo de yanqui.
cuando SO molesta, como esta gor-
do Y muy fuerte echa 4 rodar un hom-
bre lie un punetazo
I'll problema he nuestro origen me
parecc muchisimo mas interesante que
la question de Oriente. ;.
Y va que tenemos i mano el es
labon perdido, Ell la persona de Zizi-
seria bueno aplicar con pro
vecho los fondos destinados al Congre- |
50 de Paris destinandolos i saber 81
nuestro antecesor no es mas feliz que
nosotros, Y 81 no convendria consa-
grarnos con humanitarIo empeno OBJ
tener una generation benefciaTia por
Il salto atras
II PLANCHE.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-09
4 los SuScrIptoreS Y AgenteS

Para la buena marcha de esta Admins
TRACTION, no admitimos Atlas de suscrip-
torres este diario sino desde ell primero
de cada mes. Las BAJAS Sc avisaran los
dias 80 8 81; advirtiendose que las que Sc
aieren con posterioridad no sc tomaran en-
hasta Ell dfs dltimo del mes siguiente. nj en-
que ne soliciten.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-11-09
SpccIjl ReigNSa
Santos para manana 10.
San Andres Avelino confesor
MISAS
III. PLANCHE.

Catedral.-Dias laborables: 7, 7.30
8.30.-Festivos: 5, 7, s, 9y IL.
San Francisco-Dias laborables: 7.
-Festivos: $50, Y 7.3O.
San Jose.-Dfas laborables: 7 y 80.
-Festivos: $50 = 80.
Santa Ana.-Dlas laborables: r '
!. ...30-Festivos: 10.
Puerta de TERRA. a.-Martes: 7.-Do-
mingos. O. ssv.zv
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
The Capital !.

The London Chronicle says the Eng.
lish use of the capital I is one of the
oldest features of our language to a
foreigner. A Frenchman writing with
reference to himself makes his equiva.
lent "je" with small "j." The Ger.
man, who may begin all his nouns with
a capital letter, always uses the small
'i'' in writing "ich." The Spaniard
avoids as far as possible the use of the
personal pronoun when writing in the
first person, but he disdains capital
when he must write "yo." In the equiv
alent of our you, however, he uses the
capital letter. Yet in English it is big
'1' and little you" One wishes, says
the Boston Herald, while the Chronicle
man was about it he had whacked the
careless Harvard graduate for 50 often
using "I' for The! Harvard graduates
and many other "educated' persons
forget their grammar sadly at times.
1t would break their hearts to be told
what bad English they used when say.
ing "he don't" for "he doesn't" and
between you and l." yet even in the
sacred shades of Cambridge have these
terrible errors been heard! Though
why lug in Cambridge? There are
Others
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
To Spend Fortune to Reclaim the Hobo

ing employment, but the alliance
thinks otherwise.
The alliance believes that a large
majority of the so-called hobos need
but the helping hand to make them
useful members of society, and this
faith is based upon 16 years. expert
ence in helping the unfortunate.
In fact so satisfied with the work
of the first aid to the down and out
ers are the trustees of the alliance
that they are preparing to erect new
ten.story building at a cost of 100000
on the southwest corner of LAFAYETTE
and Bond streets.
"The average able-bodied man will
always work rather than depend upon
charity" says DR.. Harvey Graeme
Furbay, general secretary of the alli-
ance. Unless he is absolutely worth
less, no man will persistently depend
upon his ability to beg"
Every applicant at the alliance is
required to sign an agreement to alb
stain from the use of alcoholic drinks
and all inebriating drugs, to work six
hours a day for his food and lodging,
and obey the rules laid down. Few
fail to keep the agreement to the let
ter.
Some curious features are shown
by the records. Only ~ per cent. of
the applicants are ordinary laborers.
The majority are men who follow
commercial lines and skilled mechan-
les. Drink is responsible for the down
fall of most of the former and many
of the latter
The Virginia enterprise., 1908-08-14
ROUND THE I CAPITAL Il u
Information and Gossip Picked Up Hero
and There in Washington.
'otomac Flats Being Transformed to Park

and what it means to humanity ex-
posed to such weather conditions, and
that consideration is enough in their
estimation to put Washington out of
the question as a place where anyone
would willingly spend the summer.
At the same time it is recognized by
thousands that Washington has not
only many advantages as a summer
living place, but also that it possesses
attraction. The temperature is not
ignored by such, but they appreciate
the fact that not all days are marked
by excessive or even uncomfortable
summer weather conditions. Even this
year, which thus far has been hot and
dry, generally speaking, as compared
with the weather of last year and the
year before, has been marked by
periods of cool days and nights, and at
times an atmosphere that had tonic
quality, such as one is accustomed to
experience in more northern latitudes.
Then there is the charm of the city
in it's summer garb, the most beautiful
to be found in any city in the world.
and that beauty not alone in the adOrn-
ment of one section, but in its general
extent throughout the entire area.
There is refreshment to be found in
passing along the streets bordered
with trees whose foliage screens side
walks and even the pavement from
the heat of the sun.