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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
CHAPTER VII.

A dying parishioner kept Mr.. FOllett,
at the last moment, from going with
Janc to London. Under different cir
c17mstances it is not impossible that he
might have reconciled his conscience
to r1aking over the charge into Mr..
BrGdley's hands. But, in truth, he
was not sorry for some tangible and
grave C-cuse that should keep him
from being poor James sole support in
the first dark hour of her coming trial.
He liked her more than he liked any
other living being save himself; but it
made Mr. Follett sick for hours if he
chanced to come across any wounded,
writhing creature upon his path when
he walked abroad. To be the witness
of mortal agony he could not aid was
an actual and intense pain to himself,
and so, as Miss Lynch was not only
unDrepared for the journey, but sicks
and spent with nervousness and a
sleepIess night, nothing remained for
Jane but to set out upon her mission
alone
She had left Houghton by the earliest
London train; and by a little De1ore
noon she found herself already stand
ing. with a somewhat quickened pulse,
at the familiar door of Mr.. ClltherO's
house, in Russell Square.
She was shown into the old-fashlohed
dining room by the old-fashlohPu
servant-man she remembered so WelI'
and told. in exactly the same Wofo5
and the same tone that she had near"
him use to Miss Lynch ever since She
was little child, that Mr.. Chthero
had expected her, and that Mr. C!ithefo
would be glad if she would take seal
and rest until he could have the pleas
ure of waiting on her.
She took a seat and waited; ana was
conscious that she fell to examining
the pictures upon the wall with the
same nervous attempt at unconcern
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
SHARPNESS.

Do not be smart" Whenever you
see any of your mates showing signs
of "smartness" in his work, his talk,
or his play, take him by the hand,
or both hands, or by the back of the
neck if necessary, and lovingly, play
fully but firmly, lead him to knowl-
edge of higher, more interesting
things. In these words of Mr.. Kip
ling is presented the gospel of the
real life, of common sense and of uni.
versal experience.-TheO Outlook.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
Place to Live.

Tristan da Cunha, 1900 miles
southwest of the Cape of Good Hope,
is an island utopia. Eighty-one Eng
lish subjects inhabit the place and
live the simple life. The motto of
each is, "Consider my neighbor, and
my neighbor will consider me. )" Every
householder has an acre of land un-
der cultivation. Plenty Of cattle.
sheep and poultry furnish meat food,
and fish are always plentiful. Grocer
les are obtained by trading with pass
ing vessels. The people are healthy,
happy and contented.-Grit.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
FLOWING SOD GROUND.

Sod works down best when it Is
plowed in the fall. There is no doubt
about sod ground dying out quicker
than cultivated land, so when it is
plowed in the spring it is apt to dry
out and the crop will suffer from lack
of moisture. When turned in the
fall the burrows are broken down and
sort of dust mulch is formed which
holds the moisture. saw a farmer
doing this very thing. He was plow-
in fine, old meadow, and he was do
ing mighty poor job, too. The fur
rows were turned without perfect cut
ting, and they stood up on edge.
With dry season I would not like
the job of making a decent crop of
corn on that piece of ground.-L. C..
B., in the Indiana Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
CTo be continued.)
ODD ROMANCE OF A CONVICT,

VII IloMaANSE oT "A CON VIII.
From Rome comes the odd romance
of convict in the penal settlement
on the island of Lampadusa, near
Sicily, who has just been set free,
nearly three years before his term
for larceny expired. to enter into the
enjoyment of the great fortune which
he had inherited last spring from his
aunt, besides villa on the lake of
Como and city fiat filled with costly
and beautiful works of art. 1t was
no doubt felt that it would be easy
for him to be good with all the
money he needed, and that he would
be better off than in jail. He prompt
!y married a widow whom he had en-
gagged as housekeeper, and they spent
their honeymoon at the convict set
tlement at Lampadusa. While pris-
oner he had found the lack of any
way Of telling time great trial, and
he presented to his late companions
handsome clock to be placed in a
tower where it can be heard striking
the long hours.-San Francisco Ar
gonaut.
The production of oxygen and hy>
drogen on an industrial scale by the
decomposition of water with electro
lytic apparatus in Germany has led
to the suggestion that hydrogen thus
produced may find a wide field Of en-
ployment as a lighting agent. 1t IS
now used for initiating military bal
looms. For lighting purposes 1t IS
compressed in steel cylinders. With
proper burner it is said to be
cheaper illuminant than acetylene.
the relative cost for equal illuminat-
ing power being twenty-five for n.y.
drogen to fifty for acetylene.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
THE LETTER.

| suppose some of you think it is
a great bother to write letters, espe-
cially "thank you" letters. But you
don't have half the trouble your
great-grandmother had when she was
a little girl and had to write them.
In the first place, the paper she
used cost a great deal more than it
does now, and the pens were quite
different. She didn't use steel pen,
as you do, but one made out of a
feather, usually a feather from a
goose's wing. She had to sharpen the
end of the feather and split it little
way, and that was her pen. Or, per-
haps, if she wasn't old enough to be
allowed to use ink, she used a pencil,
cost lot and was very likely to split
in two halves if she wasn't very care
full of it.
And if she wrote a word wrong and
wanted to rub it out she didn't have
any eraser What do you suppose she
used? piece of dry bread.
Then again, if she was writing with
ink and got a blot on her page she
didn't have any blotting paper. She
used instead fine sand, which was
kept in little box on the desk called
pounce box The sand was sprinkled
all over the page to dry the ink, and
then it was collected and slidden
back into the pounce box again.
After little great-grandmother had
finished her letter she didn't put it
into an envelope, because they didn't t
have any envelopes in those days.
But she folded it in certain fashion
and sealed it on the back with sealing
wax to keep it from coming open.
But though little great-grand-
mother had sealed and directed her
letter, she hadn't finished it. She
hadn't stamped it. But there were
no stamps in those days. Later stamps
were invented. First they hadn't any
glue on the back, SO that they had to
be glued onto the letter, and each
stamp had to be cut off from the
sheet with scissors because they were
all made in a solid sheet without any
of the little holes around the edges
by means of which we can tear our
stamps apart.
Well, little great-grandmother
didn't have any stamps at all, so she
had to carry her letter. to the post
office and pay the postmaster to send
it.
With all this trouble | really do
wonder that little great grandmother
ever got any letters written at all,
don't you?-Washingt Star.
CAT WAS BETTER THAN LILA.
Mamma had dOWDt and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
TIMOTHY.

Timothy hay is a poor feed for cat
tie of any kind. and for growing
stock, as it lacks both protein and
ash. For horses it is desirable on
account of it's freedom from dust,
and good article almost always
commands high price in the mar
kets. 1t would be good policy for the
average farmer to grow more corn
for silage, clover, alfalfa, Hungarian
or millet hay, or some like crops for
consumption on the farm and sell the
greater portion of his hay crop. If
necessary he can buy the more con-
centrated protein feeds. Some of
these crops can be grown quickly, but
it would be a good plan to have them
in mind when fitting the ground for
other crops in the spring.-Indianap.
oils News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01

WAITING FOR DINNER
When one is very hungry,
It's hard to wait, | know,
For minutes seem like hours
And the clock is always slow.
There isn't time to play game,
You just sit down and wait,
While mother says, BE patient,
Our cook is never late"
It's best when one is hungry,
To think of other things,
For then, before you know it,
The bell for dinner rings.
Alden Arthur Knipe, in st. Nicholas
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
THE FLOW OF MILK.

To get the best flow of milk during
the winter cows should be bred so as
to come in in the fall. They begin to
grass will stimulate a larger flow,
and they will keep it up until time to
be dried off for the next calf In this
way the non-milking period will be ct
time of the year when butter and
milk are at the lowest.-Farmers'
Home Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
THE SANITARY MILK PAIL.

No word has ever been so abused
as that word sanitary" There are
many fearful and wonderful things
called the Sanitary Milk Pail. -
Avoid them as you would a pesti-
lence. When man has to bolster
up his product by calling it sanitary
you may depend that it isn't good
for much. No strainer can strain out
bacteria. Straining would make the
milk look better perhaps, but the in
furious things pass through the
strainer milk. The opening should
be in the side of covered sanitary
pail. The milk should go in side
ways instead of straight down. Then.
there is no opening for anything to
fall in from the top. Make it your
selves. If you have good pail have
a timer put a top on it and hole in
the side.-Sylvanus Van AIKEN, in the
American Cultivator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01

A German not long ago invented
a horseshoe of paper, prepared by
saturating with oil, turpentine and
other ingredients. Thin layers OF
such paper are glued to the hoof till
the requisite thickness is attained.
The shoes thus made are said to be
durable and impenetrable by moist
ure.-London Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
! Farm, Topics
THE POOR MIXER

Don't have poor mixer around
at any price, for such a one is sure to
spoil any cow, no matter how good
she might be. 1t should be the milk
er's aim to gain the good will of the
cow he is milking, and the one who
does can always get more milk out of
an animal than one who is on un-
friendly terms with the cows.-Week-
ly Witness.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
A TALE OF TWO BEARS,

L
This happened in Canada, and is
good illustration of the luck which
attends children, fools and drunken
men. About two years ago L, with
large band of cowboys like myself,
was on a roundup" when we met
riderless "bronc," which we recog-
nized as belonging to one Andersen, a
Swede, who had lately settled in the
district. Someone had seen Andersen
riding toward the foothills that morn
ing, and we according turned in that
direction, fearing some accident had
happened to him. We came upon
him a couple of miles or so from the
foothills. He was very busy and hav-
ing the time of his life with two bear
cubs. He was in very dilapidated
condition, as his clothes were r*-
duced to rags, his face was scratched,
and the sole and heel of his right
shoe were missing. We relieved him
OF the biting, scratching little fellows
and eagerly interrogated him. This
was what he told:
May COO, she get out. Ay go
hoont 'er, tank maybe she go in dar."
pointing to a wooded gulch in the
foothills, and Ay go in after 'er. Ay
tank Ay see two black dog. Him
climb tree. Ay tank him bay funny
dog, go up an see. Ay get up tree.
then see big animals come out de
brush an climb bar. Ay catch little
bar, tie him togedder. Ay throw lit
tie bar down, maybe big bar go down
after i'm Big bar go down. Ay go
down, too. Big bar grab little bar.
Ay tank little bar bay nice pet. Ay
catch end of rope little bar tied tog-
gedder with an run for horse.
big bar, he follow, hang on to lit
tie bar all way. Horse, he no like
bar. Buck an jump. Ay see Ay
no have time to get on If Ay unite
him. Ay jump on him, then cut rope.
He run. Ay wrap rope around he
horn an hang on. Big bar get sole
of may boot Horse run bout two
mile. Ay tank little bar killed. Ay
get off to see. Horse run away. Lit
tie bar, he scratch may"
Some of the cowboys refused to be-
lieve him. Upon investigation, how
ever, it was found that he had told
the truth. The only thing that saved
him was the fact that "a bear was
young one and the two cubs her first.
Victor Endersby, in Recreation
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01

1t is predicted that ten or fifteen
years hence scientifically cultivated
rubber will be crowding the wild"
rubber of the Congo and the Latin
Americas in the worlds markets.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01

Every one wears silk in Madagas.
car, as it Is cheaper there than line1
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
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A healthy adult breathes from
fourteen to twenty-four times a min
ute. The rate of the pulse is four
times that of the respiration.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01

years hence scientifically cultivated
rubber will be crowding the wild"
rubber of the Congo and the Latin
Americas in the worlds markets.
The new rife bullet developed by
Brig. Gen. William CroZier, chief OF
ordnance, is said to be one of the
most important recent achievements
of that department. The head of the
bullet has been modified, and a pow.
der produced which gives the rifle an
accurate life of some $500 rounds.
At the outset of the experiments the
accuracy of the rife was destroyed
after but 1000 rounds.
The blind now have a watch on
which the hours are indicated by
movable buttons on relief upon the
dial. The wearer finds the time by
passing his hand over the dial and
finds the button indicating the hour
| depressed. A strong minute hand
shows the minutes.
The power of the operation of a
new steel plant will be electricity.
This will be nearly all provided by
utilizing gases for generating it. The
blooming plant will be operatea by
steam power.
An abstraction of water, and of
albuminoid and chemical substances,
at the immediate expense of the cere.
bral blood, takes place in the act of
shedding tears. This produces the
effect of slight local loss of blood.
dulling the nerve centres to pain for
some instants and bringing relief to
the weeper. This is the way in which
| ing soul.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01
HOUSE RENT IN PERU.

IN a village on the upper MardnOn
in Peru, Mr.. G. R. Enock stayed for
some weeks In thatched adobe house
on the banks of the river. In 1.-THE
| Andes and the Amazon" he recalls
certain amusing facts regarding his
stay.
hired the place, writes Mr.. Enock,
at the not exorbitant rental of twenty
cents per week, which amount l
handed to the owner on receiving the
key. had just had it we'll swept out,
my baggage installed and travelling
cot put up, and was enjoying full pos
session OF the premises, when
wrathful sonora appeared and asked
my servant by what right l was there.
1t transpired that she laid claim to
the ownership of the place, saying
that the person to whom I paid the
rent was an imposter, who had abso-
lutely no right to the house at all.
Weary: at length, of the voluble
arguments of the woman, who went
back into the remote history of the
village to prove her claim, I hit upon
the simple method of getting rid of
her by paying her the amount of the
rent, the disputed twenty cents, in
full, but 1 took the precaution to OBJ
tain receipt this time.
The dame having departed I again
lay back in my cot, and was just fall
ing into a siesta when more wrathful
voices aroused me. Behold! three
other women and a man were laying
claim to the house and its rent, and
were only prevented from entering by
the knowledge that the patron was
asleep within, as my men informed
them, and sleep is much respected
among these people.
This was really too much, and I
sent my boy for the Gobernador. AZ
ter much sitting of evidence, it ap-
peared that the last claimants, the
man and his three cousins, held prob
ably the most likely right to title,
again produced twenty-cent coin
and deposited it temporarily in the
keeping of the Gobernador, until such
time as judicial decision on his part
should be arrived at.
This particular house afforded me
yet another incident. Wishing to en-
courage habits of cleanliness and de-
cency among my men I had, upon
leaving, given orders that the place
should be thoroughly swept out and
cleared of the litter Of departure of
my men and baggage, and went on
ahead. When the arriero and my
servant Joined me inquired If my
instructions had been carried out,
and saw by their answers that such
had not been the case. Forthwith
ordered a right-about-turn, and the
village was shortly astonished at our
re-arrival / set the men to work,
and had the place left in thorough or
der, whilst the villagers crowded
round wonderingly.
Know" I said, grandiloquently,
that an Englishman always leaves
house cleaner when he goes away
than when he entered it."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-05-01

CAT WAS BETTER THAN LILA.
Mamma had gone downtown, and
Lila didn't know what to do. She
trotted around the rooms and looked
out of the various windows. 1t was
cold, windy day, and few people were
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22
THE TURKEY OF TODAY.

The agitation in Turkey by the party of pro-
gressivists known as the Young Turks is an evil
dence of the unrest which has from early times been
prominent feature of the Turkish kingdom Tur-
key has seen three separate and distinct empires
and the changes which will give the unrestful in
habtants constitutional government, though not
inaugurating new empire, is of almost the same
Importance in the political life Of the world
The ancient Turkish empire disappeared before
Charles the Great escaped from the wrath of the
people of northern Europe and took up his resi-
dence among the Turks The foment that followed
his residence there was characteristic of the very
lively pace he had set for the northern countries.
The second great empire of the Turks was formed
out of the ruins of the Arabian caliphate and then
came the reign of the Ottoman empire, the reign
Of the ''unspeakable Turk"
From the very earliest days the history of the
oden times tells there was bloodshed and afro
cities and horrid crimes in the territory now under
the domination of the sultan. 1t seems to have been
one Of the characteristics of the people of that time
and place that they should indulge in these things
Along in the early years of the thirteenth century
there was an immense revolution in western Asia
occasoned by incursion of the Mongols, the Tar
tar that had subdued the greater part of China
in the years Immediately preceding the revolution
Following this the Mongols sought to become the
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

admits it has authority in spirituals therefore,
no claim to the obedience and allegiance of its cit
liens IN religious matters. When church then
tries to unite its members to oppose certain can
ddate because of his religious belief it opposes the
principle on which our government rests. Instead
of religious freedom it religious intolerance
If Mr.. Taft were hostile to the Methodists in any
way, there would be some justification for their
concerted action. But no such charge is made Mr..
Eubey, good member of the church, is loyal to
Mr.. Taft. The only reason, then, is because he is
a Unitarian. That is a bad principle to adopt
There should be no discrimination because of
mans honest belief. 1t is subversive of American
principles creates religious hatred and intolerance,
for which level-headed, intelligent American has
any sympathy.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1908-08-22

have undoubtedly interpreted the laws and codes o..
procedure as they were written, making it an an
but impossible thing to try a case in which abIaL .
yers are engaged without in some innocent 1Iar7..
the trial Judge commit some breach which would
considered reversible error by the court of apnesr
The recent decision of the Standard Oil case 20
versing the trial court was made upon technical
grounds, if we mistake not. In this, as in orherL
cisions of the court at Chicago and elsewhere T.
has been the opinion of aymen that the ends of In,
tice we're defeated through technicalitios which
we're not intended by the law makers 10 ha DIacol
in the codes.
The committee further says that the reform,
which it recommends are not new or untriad In.
have been tried in England to the satisfaction o.
the bar and litigants. Further, the committee a.
serts that the reform in the criminal Pr5ced,r.
which it recommends is in substantial coafarr7i.
of the common law and that the abuses which +.
is sought to remedy have never existed in England
If the American Bar association can have #.
recommendations written into the procedure lf an
the courts of the country authorized to hear On.
peals the endless litigation turning on some errr
of the trial court and not in any pay affecting bo
merits of the case before it will doubt be ended
Technicalties have no place before the bar Of ir.
tice If the judgment of the jury in the trial court
is that crime has been committed and that tPa
guilt has been fastened on the man before the bo,
no technical error should preclude the fastening ~
punishment on the offender as justice and the Law
demand.