davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
AN EVENING ATTACK.

The Balkans can boast of cities
which are miniature 'replicas of Lon
don and Paris, declares Mr.. Henry
De Windt, the author Of Through
Savage Europe" These are civil
lied centres But the remoter dis
tricts are, as of yore, hotbeds of out
lawry and brigandage, where you
must travel with a revolver in each
pocket and your life in your shand,
and of this fact Mr.. De Windt had
unpleasant proof.
? In the district called Ropitza 7 an
elderly Turk urged us 10 pass the
night, at, a squalid inn, where our
, driver had taken us. Failing to per-
suade US, the old villain disap-
peared, and 50. effectively piled our
dryer with sliwowitz that he could
! not sit up on the box until sunset.
It was therefore dark before we could
set out, along a narrow road, hewn
: through dense pine forest.
: But the game little team dashed
along, and must have covered about
a mile, when there came a violent
lurch, followed by crash, and
found myself in the dusty road with
in an inch or so of unpleasantly ac-
tive iron heels. The driver had been
hurled, by the shock clean over his
horses heads and lay motionless.
Fortunately my companion, like
myself, was uninjured, and we set to
repair with the aid of rope and a
jake-knife. Then a curious thing
happened.
Look behind you!" suddenly ex-
claimed my friend, and turned has
tily, to discover perhaps twenty 81
lent, shadowy forms, which had ap-
parently sprung up out of the earth
around us,
There was no your money or
your life!" business about this
strange band, but it's methods were
quite as effectual. "You will give
lis two hundred dinars, about
eight pounds" we will help
shift that tree said the spokesman,
in Servian; and | instantly recog-
nized the voice as one l had heard
that afternoon in the inn.
Resistance was, of course, useless,
for a match was kindled by the
speaker ostensibly to light a cigar
cite, but probably to reveal the gleam
Of firearms in every mans belt. They
numbered more than twenty, we only
three, and one of our number half
stupefied with drink and terror.
There was nothing for it but to
nay up and look pleasant; and hay
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
WATER EXPERIMENTS.

OF course you know that water
5oils when heated to temperature
Of 212 degrees. No matter how much
heat you may apply to it then, the
temperature will not be raised, but
the water will only be the more rap
idly turned into steam, for that is
what boiling does.
There is a way, however, in which
you may raise the temperature of
water above PIP. degrees, though
most persons would tell you that it
is impossible. To make the test and
prove it, you will need small chemi-
cal thermometer, that is, one without
tin case. These are sold at a mod
crate price in the stores, or, If you
prefer, you can convert an ordinary
thermometer into a chemical one by
carefully scratching. the divisions OF
the scale on the glass tube with file,
and then removing it from the tin
case. If you will fit it in wooden
case, so that it will float in the water
without touching the bottom or the
side of the vessel, it will be complete,
like those that are used for taking
the temperature of baths.
When you have your thermometer,
boil some water for fifteen minutes,
and then let it stand undisturbed un-
til it cools. Then keeping it perfect
ly still heat it again, and you will
find that the temperature will go a
few degrees higher than 212, without
causing the water to boil.
If you now drop some pieces of
metal into the water, it will at once
begin to boil. The explanation of
this is that the air is expelled from
the water when it boils, and water
with air In 1t boils more quickly than
water without air in it, so that, at
the second boiling, higher tempera-
ture is reached before boiling begins.
When you drop the scraps of metal
into the water they carry air with
them, besides, they reduce the tenn
perature of the water to the boiling
point.
Another experiment may be made
by putting some salt OF sugar into
water, and then boiling it; you will
find that it will take a higher tenn
perature than pure water, for the
reason that some heat is required to
separate the salt or sugar from the
water before the latter can be con-
verted into steam. You may in this
way prove for yourself the degree of
heat for boiling various substances.
Still another interesting expert
ment consists in boiling some water
in glass flask; then, while it is boil
ing cork it tightly and remove it
from the fame. When it stops boil
ing in the flask pour some cold water
over the outside and it will begin to
boil again. Or plunge the flask into
cold water, and the same thing will
happen. You may be able to do this
several times with the same flask.
The explanation is that in corked
flask of boiling water there is some
steam above the surface of the water,
and the application Of cold water
causes the steam to condense, which
at once removes some of the pressure
from the surface, causing it to boils
as the bubbles of steam can then es-
cape.-Good Literature.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
THE MIDDLE CHILD,


Whenever there is company 81.
And mother sends for us, -;
It's always bout the baby that
They make the biggest fuss.
They say, "She's sweet as she can bel"
"Her hair, just see it curl! ="
They never say such things to me.
Cause I'm the middle girl.
And then they say to sister, "Why,
Is this the oldest child? ....
She'll be woman by and by!" =.
And after they have smiled
And held her hand, they look at, me.
Mamma says, "She's begun
To lose her teeth" and then they laf--
Cause I'm the middle one! 7
Then baby speaks her little piece
And sisters asked to sing;
But no one ever seems to guess
That I do anything.
Although my name is Marguerit ....
And Marguerite means pearl,
Nobody thinks that I'm sweet,
Cause I'm the middle girl.
When I grow up, and when 1 ha. =.
A family of my own,
I'll send up for the middle girl $50.
To come downstairs alone;
And I shall let her speak and sing
And have lot of fun, = =, =.
ri not deny her anything
Cause she's the middle one!
Ethel M. Kelly, in The Delineator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
An Excuse.

Little Dick, the village "bad boy"
was wading through shallow swamp
catching frogs with a small landing
net. He had just caught fine speci-
men and transferred it to his bucket,
when a young lady who was out for
a walk happened along.
Little boy" she said, don't you
know it's very cruel to catch, those
poor little froggies?"
Dick Strengthened up and looked
at her. She wore a gorgeous "crea-
ton" on her head, and something in
it's trimmings attracted his attention.
"I want 'em to wear on my hat, {"
he: said.-Youth' Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
CHAPTER w.
THE. LAST ROUND.

THE LAST ROUND.
On the morrow l woke up full OF
painful recolIections, and not without
a certain feeling of gratitude to the
Powers above that l was there to
wake up.
Yesterday had been a tempestuous
day indeed. What between buffalo,
rhinoceros and elephant it had been
very tempestuous.
Having realized this fact. l next be-
thought ME Of those magnificent tusks,
and instantly, carly as it was, broke
the trnth commandment.
1 coveted my neighbor's tusks, If an
elephant could be said to be my neigh
Dor de jure, as certainly, so recently as
the previous night, he had been de
facto-a much closer neighbor than l
cared for indeed.
Now, when you coyet your neighbours
goods, the best thing, if not the most
moral thing, to do is to enter his house
as strong. man armeer and take them.
l was not a strong man. but having
recovered my eight-bore, / was armed,
and so was the other strong man, the
elephant with the tusks.
Consequently l prepared for a strug-
gle to the death. -
In other words, summoned my
faithful fetainers and told them that
l was now going TO follow those ele-
plants over the edge of the world if
necessary.
They showed a certain bashfulness
about the business, but they did not
gainsay me, because they dared not.
Ever since had prepared with all
Gobo, they had conceived a great re-
spect for me.
SO 1 went up to bid adieu to the old
headman, whom 1 found alternately
contemplating the ruins of his kraal
and, with the able assistance of his
last wife, thrashing the jealous lady
who had slept in the mealie hut, be.
cause she was, as he declared, the
author of all his sorrows.
Leaving them to work a way through
their domestic differences. 1 levied a
supply of vegetable food from the kraal
in consideration Of services rendered
and left them with my blessing.
do not know how they settled mat
ters. because l have not seen them
since.
Then l started ON the spoor of the
three bulls.
For q couple of miles or so below the
kruaI, as far. indeed, as the belt OF
swamp that bordered the river. the
ground was at this spot rather stony
and clothed with scattered bushes.
Rain mad fallen toward the daybreak,
and this fact. together with the nature
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
Mr.. Green's Waterloo.

Mr.. Green had been paying 81 s
week for his board; his appetite con.
stantly increased. Finally his land
lady saw that she must either sci,
out and quit or raise her boarder's
rate One day, after watching him
feverishly devouring plateful after
plateful, she plucked up courage anc
said:
."Mr. Green, l shall have to raise
your board to $5."
Mr.. Green looked up with a start
then in a tone of CONSERVATION, he
said:
"Oh, Mrs. Small, don't. It's as
much as l can do now to eat 81
worth. ."-Woman's Home Compan-
ion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
CHAPTER III.
Continued.

Having taken the fence, they thought
that they might as well take the huts
also, so they just ran right over them.
One hive-shaped hut was turned
straight over upon its top, and when
/ arrived on the scene the people who
had been sleeping there were tumbling
about inside like bees disturbed at
night, while two more were crushed
nat, and a third had all its side torn
out.
Oddly enough, however, nobody was
hurt, though several people had mar
row escape of being trodden to death.
On arrival I found the old headman
in state painfully like that favored
by Greek art dancing about in front Of
his ruined abodes as vigorously as
though had just been stung by q
scorpion.
I asked him what allied him, and he
burst into a flood of abuse.
He called me a wizard, a sham, q
fraud, bringer of bad luck.
had promised to kill the elephants,
and had so arranged things that the
elephants had nearly killed him, etc.
This, still smarting, or rather aching,
as was from that most terrific bump,
was too much for my feelings. so L just
made rush at my friend and, getting
him by the ear, banged his head
against the doorway of his own hut,
which was all there was left of it.
"You wicked old scoundrelr' 1 said.
"You- dare to complain about your own
trifing Inconvenience, when you gave
me a rotten beam to sit on, and there
by delivered me to the fury of the ele-
phant' Bump, bump, bumpD, when
your own wife, BumpD "has just been
dragged out of her hut (BumpD ''like
a snail from it's shell and thrown by
the earth-shaker into tree" Dump,
bumpD
"Mercy, my father, mercy" gasped
the old fellow. 'Truly 1 have done
amiss-my heart tells me so!'
81 should hope it did, you old vii
lainr' BumpJ
"Mercy, great white man! l thought
the log was sound. But what says the
unequaled chiefs the old woman, my
wife, indeed dead?
"Ah, if she is dead, all may yet prove
to have been for the very best!'
And he clasped his hands and looked
up piously to heaven, in which the
moon was once more shining brightly.
I let 60 his ear and burst out laugh
ing. the whole scene and his deyout as
pfrations for the decease of the partner
of his joys-or, rather, woes-were so
intensely ridiculous.
"No, you old iniquity," answered.
81 left her in the top of a thorn tree.
screa ming like thousand blue jays.
The elephant put her there"
".Alas! alasw he said. ''Surely the
back of the OK is shaped to the burden.
Doubtless, my father, she will come
down when she is tired"
And without troubling himself fur
ther about the matter he began to blow
at the smoldering embers of the fire.
And, as matter of fact, she did ap-
pear q few minutes later, considerably
scratched and startled. but none the
worse.
After that / made my way to my lit
tie camp, which, fortunately, the ele-
plants had not walked over, and,
wrapping myself up in blanket, was
soon fast asleep.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
THE HERO.


He was eight years old and she
was six. They were playing on the
steps and their mammas on the
veranda were listening. "Come here
a1d;I will tell you story" Six-year-
old obeyed, after the manner OF
women, and heard the following:
"Out West there was a man living
on a ranch and his nearest ne1ghbor
lived on another ranch, three miles
away. One day the first ranchman
sent his little daughter, who was
five years old, over to the other ranch
to get some milk. After she got
long distance from home she saw
some Indians coming toward her on
horseback. She counted and there
were nine of them. She was very
much frightened, for the Indians were
riding fast, and we're yelling, and she
knew they meant to kill her. There
was no place for her to hide or to
run to. When she looked around
for help she saw a cowboy coming
from the other direction. He was
riding fast, too, for he saw the In
dians and he knew they meant to
kill the little girl The cowboy had
the best horse and he rode up between
the little girl and the Indians and be-
gan to fight them. They dashed at
him and yelled fearfully. but the cow
boy killed six of the nine and the
other three were so frightened at him
and at the way he could shoot that
they ran away and the little girl was
saved.
And" he added impressively, plac-
ing his hand on his chest, II was the
cowboy"
"The result" murmured one
mamma, "of having been to a show"
New York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
For the !. !
-. &
Younger
Children,

tran that somewhat complicated
method mentioned by your dad.
Notice the thing that makes men
or. women laugh. Never mind how
they laugh or in what vowel sound
they do it. Find out the thing that
creates the laughter.
"Ifiit is really funny thing they
are all right. If It is some predica-
mentI that some, one else is in or
some; idea that is not Kindly Oh: gentle.
then they are not all right, And,
Willie, it is about timo you went
to bed now"
"No woman ever did have sense
of hpmor," remarked the head OF the
family as he went out and silently
closed the door after him.-NeW
York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
A Small Pension List.

General F. D. Grant, at a dinner
party in New York, said humorously
of the emancipation of women:
Suppose, though, women should
have to go to war. l don't think they
would make very good soldiers. For
one thing, they would never grow old
enough to be placed on the retired
list. Literary Digest.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
NO TERRoRs FOR HIM.

The Angle Worm-"How in the
world do you escape being poisoned
by the Paris green the plants are
sprayed WITH"
The Potato Bug-"Me? My boy.
I'm a faith scientist. I consider the
stuff creme de menthe, and partake OF
1t freely after meals. Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
THE GREEDY BARD.

"When he was poor he was good
poet. but prosperity ruined him.
"How was that?"
"As soon as he began getting a
dollar word, he wouldn't stick to
.he meter. Insisted on jamming in
extra words. Louisville Courier
Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
Wooden Clothes Are Next.

Wooden hats, coats, carpets. tow
els, as well as wooden Shoes" are
promised by Professor Emil ClavieZ,
of Dresden, who is said to expect to
teach all human beings to wear
wooden clothes. After being ground
into pulp, as for paper, the wood is
impregnated with chemicals and
woven into yarns.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
Russia and Her Prisoners.

The maintenance of 161 political
exiles in the Yakutsk region costs the
Russian Government 2482 rubles per
month, or less than sixteen rubles
per head are allowed for their keep.
but the cost of their supervision Is
$500. This disproportion Of expends-
ture is pretty much the same all over
the empire.-London Anglo-Russian.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
MODERN LIFE.

SCOT much family"
"Not much. Just pup and a rub.
ber plant. ."-Pittsburg Post
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
HAVE A CARE.

"My mission in life," said the satir-
list, lis to put the Ounce cap on the
heads of other people.
"Be careful" replied his friend.
"that you don't catch cold. r-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
uNFRIENDLY VIEWS.

Passenger Agent" Here are some
postcard views along our line of rail-
road. Would you like them?"
Patron-"No, thank you. rode
over the line one day last week and
have views of my own on it."-Chi-
cago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
A SERIOUS MATTER.

"You are being mentioned promi-
nently," explained the politician, for
this and that Office of distinction.
But that doesn't provide me with
the eats" expostulated his constitu-
ent. won't you have me mentioned
for some place could get?"-Hous-
ton Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
GIVING 1T TIME.

Jeweler-"Is your watch all right
now, Mr.. Smart?"
Mr.. Smart-"Well, no, not yet; but
it seems to be gaining every day. -
Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
BURDENED WITH WEALTH.

"Did you try counting sheep for
your insomnia?"
"Yes, doc; but made mess OF
it. counted 10000 sheep. put sem
on cars and shipped dem to market.
The wad of money got for 'em made
me afraid to go to sleep. Washing
ton Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
DOG sTRANGLED BY WOMAN. :

After struggle lasting ten min
utes, Mrs. Mary E. Forester, OF
Memphis, Tenn, who weighs less
than 100 pounds, choked to death g
powerful dog that had attacked her.
The dog was a 60-pound shepherd
standing two feet high, the pet OF
the neighborhood.
Mrs. Forester grasped the brute
under. the head, closed her fingers
about his neck and frightened heI
grip. All over the porch the WON
an and dog fought, the animal sever
al times nearly pulling his captol
from the porch Feebler and Fee,
bier became the .frenzied animals
struggles until it fell dead.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
SUITABLE ATTIRE,

II think" said Sue Brett. "I'll take
a dip into vaudeville"
"Take dip, eh?" commented
Yorick Hamm. $50 that's why you've
ordered bathing-suit rig. kansas
City Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
REGARDLESS.

at will be an expensive wedding
I understand"
"Oh, it will. They rehearse every
day, and the prospective groom
smashes a real camera at each re-
,earsal. ."-Washington Herald
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
SOMEWHAT PREPARED.

. II think that young man is a candi-
late for your daughters heart.
"Yes," assented the indulgent ia,
ther, "and I believe he'll win out.
look for a notification committee any
day now. w."-Washington Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
A CONSISTENT CUTTER.

"Who on earth cut your hair?"
gasped Mrs. Gunson as her husband
arrived home.
"A locksmith, my DEAR" replied
Mr.. Gunson. did you think bar
Der had anything to do with it?"
Indeed 1 did not," retorted Mrs.
Gunson. Judging from the shaggy
way it has been trimmed l thought
perhaps it was done by hackman.
The Bohemian.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
THIS MIGHT STICK.

slave you made your campaign
contribution YETI"
whats the use?" sighed the poet.
HAll my contributions are returned.
with thanks. ."-Washington Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
PART FOR ETHEL

Ethe1-"Let's play house."
Johnny-"All right; you be ma
away in the country and I'll be pa
New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11

A pair of robins built nest and
Matched a family in the pocket of an
old coat which had been left hanging
on the wall of an unoccupied cottage
at Lodsworth, England,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11

Consul-General William H. Michael,
writing from Calcutta, says that
young engineer of Dalsing, Serial, In
dia, has invented a machine which
disposes of the wood in the stems OF
jute atnthe rate of 10000 stems per
day.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
JENNY KISSED ME-" TOO.

JENNY KISSED ME-" TOO:
Sarah kissed me when we met,
So did Kate and Bell and Dora,
So did Jane and Violet,
Dolly, Claribel and Flora.
They all liked me pretty well,
nd-dear girls!-they never hid it!
I don't like to kiss and tell
Still, they did it.
Later in the day I met
(And saluted) Maude and Daisy,
And I also kissed Cozette.
Clara, Julia, Ruth and Maisie-
o, Pm sorry for Leigh Hunt,
| who've had so many, many!- -
While poor Leigh's one vaunted stunt
Was with Jenny.
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11
A MANS COMMENT.

"That's smart pump"
"And smart girl wearing It, Moth
ing short of genius could keep that
style of footgear on."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11

1t is said that the use of an oil or
gas engine on the farm results In a
saving OF from twenty to fifty per
cent. as compared with horses.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11

A s20,00O,OOO terminal station has
been planned for the steam, electric
and subway lines Of San Francisco,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11

The. quantity of sulphuric acid In
mine water varies according to the
district and condition of the mine.
Some mine water has been found to
contain only a few grains, while the
water in other workings often con-
tains over 100 grains gallon.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-09-11

According to. the Engineering Rec
ord, a concrete tank at the San An
tonic gas works has been in service
for three years, holding heavy Texas
oil without showing :. any leakage
whatever, although there is general
belief that oil destroys the cohesion
of concrete. g..