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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
STRANGE SEA TALE.

A strange tale of the sea was given
by the captain of the British steamer
Kilburn, which arrived at Yokohama
on October 4. When the ship, laden
with coal, was passing down the Red
Sea on her way to Japan, she went
ashore on the Arabian coast, where
she was ransacked by about 500
Arabian pirates. They made away
with the personal belongings of the
crew, the ships furniture, even some
of the portfolios, riggings, tackles
everything that was movable-after
which they took the crew captive, ex-
cept the captain, of whom they de-
manded a heavy ransom. The cap
tain, to save his head, parted with
about $500. Later few of the Brit
ish sailors escaped from the pirates
and applied for protection to the
Turkish government, which eventual
ly conducted them to place of safe
ty. Subsequently the Turkish gov
ernment dispatched warship to the
scene of the wreck, but the pirates
had long since deserted the place.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
RREAKING IN A RHINOCEROS.


There is an old story about man
who had to have his arm amputated,
and began by cutting off his fingers
and then his hand, in order to get
used to it before undertaking the
larger job. 1t does not sound histori-
cally accurate, and may have grown
up from a tale narrated by Richard
Bell about a rhinoceros which was
"broken in" to having his horn sawed
off.
This animal, which lived in the
London Zoo, was troubled by it's
horn, which grew down in front of
it's mouth, so that only with difficulty
could it eat or drink To save its life
the keeper decided on amputation.
The horn of the rhinoceros is not a
horn at all, but an accumulation OF
hair and skin which has hardened
and become cemented together by
some gummy substances. The owner
of this one had very touchy temper
and was not easily approached. Its
keeper, however, decided to try what
he could do.
For some days it required all his
skill to persuade the beast to come
to the front of the cage and put its
horn through. Then for some days
he stroked the horn-much to the
animals disgust at first, although
later it seemed to like it. When it
found he meant no harm it let him
take the horn in his left hand, and
then with the right initiate the mo-
ton of a saw across it.
When this had been done some
time, and the rhinoceros no longer
minded it, a piece of wood was held
in the right hand, and at last, when
ever this no longer worried the anil
NAL, a real saw was brought in and
the horn cut off-without the slight
est remonstrance from the owner Of
| it-Youth's Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
(To be continued.)
THE SHEPHERD CARVERS.

There are few lonelier lives in the
world than those lived by shephards
in the high meadows of the Califor-
MIA SieH"as. All alone they follow
their sheep, seeing no one for many
months Of the year but the sheep,
their dogs and perhaps an occasional
traveller. Probably this solitude
dries up the springs of speech, for
they are said to be very .ilent when
they do encounter any one.
One Of these strange men is a
Basque from the Pyrenees. a lean,
dark visaged, ragged fellow, he is
now and then overtaken by some
wanderer in the mountains. Along
the trail before him his sheep feed;
his mongrel collie hangs at his heels.
Ee may raise MS stick in mute salu-
tation, he may slouch by without a
sign. Yet this uncouth being has
one talent; he can carve. His amUse-
mcnt is carving quaint sheep buckles
out of bone. Every herd has its bell
wcther, about whose neck hangs a
bell. The bell depends from a leath-
ar collar. aId it is these buckles of
.he5e collars that this old Basque
shepherd and some of these other
Sierra shepherds make in the course
Of their lonely days. Sometimes a
1uckle represents . summers work.
Tor some of them are very elaborate.
Some are in the scmblaGce of saints
3T angels, some have the monograms
II the sheep owners or of the shep-
nerds III curious designs. All are
patiently CIT, bit by bit, with the
pociatknife of the sherh erd.-New
York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31

GAS I impaired this last bit of in
formation to my questioner we were
rapidly nearing the end of our jour
ney. The skyscrapers and steeples,
which but a few moments ago had
seemed so far away, now looked di-
rectly down on us as we threaded our
way through the tortuous thorough
fares of our city, and in little while
our evangelistic party were in the
midst of the afternoon services in the
great Auditorium, safe and sound in
body and unterrifiedly fighting the
hosts of sin. I am sure that if ever
they come this way again, and wish
to take a safe automobile ride, they
will call at the garage for the driver
who wears plain, ordinary specta-
cles."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
Motor to South Pole.

s'To the South Pole by motor car" :"
If this is a dream, the new British
South Polar expedition, which will
leave this country in October, will try
to make it reality.
The expedition will be commanded
by E. H. Shackleton, who was third
lieutenant of the Discovery in the
national antarctic expedition. He
will take with him a powerful auto
mobile.
Many polar explorers believe a mo-
tor car can be used most advantag-
eously in travelling over great ex-
panses of ice The car will be
modified from the ordinary type, but
an automobile it will be, with body,
engine and wheels.-London Cab
to the New York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
A JACKDAW'S GAME.

A banker had a jackdaw that was
interested in croquet. AS soon as the
bird heard the click of the balls, he
would swoop down and watch the
game attentively from hedge. And,
when the players stopped; the jack
daw would begin to play himself. He
would take a ball and push it with
beak and claws toward the cage,
or middle wicket, and he would not
be content with merely putting the
ball through, he would work away
till he had succeeded in ringing the
bell that hung from the cages top
Our Four-footed Friends.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
Twentieth Century Boyles.

Charles Spencer Canning Boyle
Earl of Cork and Orrery, pleaded
guilty at Marlborough street police
court to-day to being drunk and dis
orderly in Piccadilly last night. a
police inspector stated that yesterday
evening the defendant, in a drunken
condition, approached him in Picca-
dilly and called his attention to a
structure as being dangerous, and
also complained that there was not
enough police protection. He had TO
be taken in charge. Mr.. Denman ito
defendant) Pay ten shillings and
seven and sixpence costs.-Westmin-
ster Gazette
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
FIGHT WITH LUNATIC.

Fighting a supposed lunatic for an
hour and eventually wrestling knife
from his grasp was the thrilling ex-
perience of Mae O'Connor, the twen-
ty-year-old operator for the Monroe
County (Iowa) Telephone Company.
Miss O'Connor was alone when a
stranger entered and asked to talk
with some one in Pella.
Pella answered that no such per.
son lived there, whereupon the stran-
ger broke into a torrent of oaths.
;Miss O'Connor ordered . the man
away, and then he grabbed her
around the waist and drew knife.
The girl fought with superhuman
strength, finally secured the knife
and the man vanished in the dark
ness
When help arrived Miss O'Connor
lay in a dead faint, with her hands
bleeding from the knife wounds re-
ceived in the struggle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
L1NCoLN's KINDNESS TO BIRDS.

LINCOLN'S KINDNESS TO BIRDS.
The incident is related by Mr..
Speed, and is but one of many Illus
trations Of Mr.. Lincoln's kindness Of
heart:
Six gentIcmcn-Hernd Lincoln,
Baker, Hardin and two others whose
names do not now recall-were rid
ing along q country road. We were
strung along tho read two and two
together. We were passing through
q thicket of wild plum and apple
trees. A violent wind storm had
Just occurred. Lincoln and Hardin
we've behind There were two young
birds by the roadside, too young to
fly. They had been blown from the
nest by the storm. The old bird was
futtering about and wailing as a
mother ever does for her babies. Lin
coin stopped, hitched his horse,
caught the birds, hunted the nest and
gplaced them in it. The rest of US
rode on to a creek and, while our
horses were drinking, Hardin rode
UP. "Where is Lincoln?" asked one.
"Oh, when l saw him last he had two
little birds in his hand hunting for
their nest" In an hour perhaps he
came. They laughed at him. He
said with much emphasis: Gentle
men, you may laugh, but l could not
have slept we'll tonight if l had not
saved those birds. Their cries would
have runs in my ears"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
MRS. MARRYAT.

"The average woman," said Grum-
ball, "has but one idea, and that's
dress"
HUH" snorted Marryat, "my wife
usually has at least dozen ideas,
and they're dresses. Catholic Stan-
dard and Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
AN ADDED RUPEE.

Sahib Ito native bill coliector)-
"Well. What do you want?"
N. B. C.-"Four rupees wheel tax
one dog cart, sahib; two rupees tax
each two ponies and one rupee one
bicycle. Total, nine rupees y
Sahib - How do you know what
I've got? You've been asking my
servants. And the next time l catch
YOU here I'll set my dog on you. Do
YOU understand that?"
N. B. C.-"Yes, sahib. One rupee
more dog tax. Total, ten rupees,
sahib! Punch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31

analr Had some leaCufeS NOT auFeFs
tised on the program. The night
stage had brought big box Of candy,
nuts and such things from Bangor,
paid for by the savings and beggings
of the children. The boz was left in
the wcodshed, but in the night big
black bear came down from the blue
berry barrens and found 1t. He
smashed the box, ate up most Of the
candy and spoiled the rest, several
porcupines gathering up the crumbs.
Guy P. Soule is the schoolnlaster.
He dismissed the school for the day
and told the boys in tho fret class In
arithmetic to go homo and get their
guns. Taking his own rife tho
schoolmaster and his young hunters
took up the trail. They followed 1t
for several hours, and finally came to
the bears den under big hemiock
half way up the side Of Thwings Hill.
How to get the bear to como out
was poser for time until "Bub'
Saunders got behind a bush and be-
gan initiating a pig caught under a
gate. The bear came out with rush
and made for the bush. The bear
reared up on his hind legs, which
gave the schoolmaster a fine shot,
and he put a bullet squarely through
bruins ear. The bsar pitched and
rolled down the slope almost in the
logging road. He was hauled to Au-
rora village, and inside OF an hour
was sold to an Ellsworth man for
SIS. A telephone message was sent
to Bangor to duplicate the candy Or
der, with several additions, just in
time to catch the stage, and the
Christmas tree exercises were held
according to program. - Kennebec
Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
CHuDREN'S DEPARTMENT. .

HOW MANY MILES TO BABY
How many miles to Babylon?
Three score miles and ten.
Can I get there by candle light?
Yes, and back again.
How shall I 60 to Babylon?
Who will tell me true?
Oh, there are trains, and there are boats
And automobiles, too.
And one may ride bicycle,
Or 60 in a balloon;
Or one may travel on his feet
And get there most as soon.
For trains go off the track, you
And boats go down below;
And automobiles go to smash
In ways that none may know
And tires of bicycles go pop,
Balloons will go and balk;
So, taking all in all, think
If l were you, I'd walk.
Anna Marion Smith, in st. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
SANITARY OSCILLATION.

"Is the room disinfected?"
Eyes, mother; and 1 have steri-
lized the curtains, deodorized the fur
niture, septicized all the fixtures, va
porized the air, washed my lips in
the antiseptic solution, and"
Have you septicized the mistie-
toe?"
Thoroughly, mother; everything
is done. Arthur is waiting now in
the hydrogen room.
"Then you may go in and let him
kiss YOU, dear. ."-Lippincott's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
TOO MUCH EXERTION.

Cholly-"Why don't you wear
ton hat all the time? You look so
much better in one"
Fweddy-"Dear boy, to be always
conscious that one is looking ones
best is too much of a strain, don't
YOU know. Chicago Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
TO REMOVE FRECKLEs.

as it true, doctor" asked the sum-
mer girl, that eating cucumbers will
remove freckles?"
"Of course" replied DR.. Kidder,
"under certain circumstances.
Really? What circumstances"
"Well, provided the freckles are on
The cucumbers. ."-Philadelphla Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
COMPENSATION.

Compensation's law under which, twill
befall,
Things average up right and proper;
The fish that he got was exceedingly small,
But the story he told was a whopper.
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
TRO11BLE IN THE CHORUS.

"Say, Tottle, your nearly gouged
my eye out"
"And you've disarranged my POM
padour."
"Well, girls, my spear knows no
sister. ."-Washington Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
HIS SECRET.

Chesterfield explained his manners.
az always behave as though Christ
mas were coming" he remarked.
Herewith they no longer marveled
at his courtesy.-New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
A N9VELTY.

"I'm tired of honest blacksmiths, "
sneered the critic.
"Then you'll appreciate my new
melodrama, said the playwright.
"Its hero is an upright piano mover.
louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31

Employees of the Government lndi-
an school have built two ice boats
and are learning to handle them in a
seamaniike manner.
While one party was enjoying
sail thew discovered a wolf and immc-
diately gave chase. One OF the run
ners struck the wolf. 1t was stunned
by the blow and then easily killed
by the sailors-Fort Totten Corre-
sDondence Minneapolis Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
RESTAURANT LINGO.

Waiter, bring me a
porterhouse steak smothered in
mushrooms.
Waiter Ito cook)-TChoke one
with the toadstools. Chicago Jour-
nal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
NOT ALONE.

Mother (severely to her daughter)
-"But you were out in the garden
quite alone with Charles"
Daughter-"Oh, no, mother, l
wasn't quite alone. Charles W
with Nos Loisirs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
INHABITED BY DUST.

Novelist's Wife-"Why does your
heroine ENTER and sweep the room
with glance?' "
Novelist (scornfully) Because she
has no vacuum cleaner. Town Top
les.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
ON THE BURNING MARL.

Imp-"The preachers are off On
their vacations"
Satan-"Yes, but the business men
will stay in town. New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
CANDY EATEN RY BEAR.

They planned to have q Christmas
tree last week at the Juniper Corner
schoolhouse, in Aurora, and they had
it all right, for that matter, but the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
CONVERSATIONAL PREPARATION

Butterin-"Why have you been
studying those rules so hard for the
last three days?"
Fusser-"Don't bother me. I'm
taking a girl to the game. '-Har-
ward Lampoon.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31
WHEN HE COULD BE BRAVE.

"Were you frightened during the
battle, Pat?"
"Not a bit, sor. Oh kin face most
anything -.7hin OF have me back to
it,"-Circle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31

MARY ANN FINDS A PET.
1t was noisy and dirty where Mary
Ann lived. The big trains thundered
past every hour of the day and rat
tied the windows
But there was the tunnel. Not for
ty feet from Mary AIMS front gate it
opened it's great black mouth and
Mary Ann was never tired of watch
ing it swallow the great long trains.
And at the other end Of the tunnel
was the country. Mary Ann had nev-
er seen the country, but she knew
all about it, for that was where her
mother had lived when she was a
little girl.
20, child! If we get our father
into the country" Mary AIMS moth
er would often say, and then she
would sigh and look up from her
work at the clouds of smoke pouring
from the chimneys of the factory
where her father worked.
Mary Ann knew why her mother
sighed. The doctor said it was the
smoke which made her fathers face
so white.
One hot day in summer she was
swinging one the front gate, eating a
radish. She took small bites to make
it last as long as possible and stopped
now and then to lean over the gate.
Suddenly Mary Ann heard pitiful
little whine. She looked and list
ened. She heard II again, and this
time she saw that it came from dir
ty, woolly little bundle of hair that
lay quivering on the track. She
called excitedly to her mother and
they picked up the poor little bundle,
which they found to be a little dirty
white dog with brown eyes.
Run for some water, Mary Ann, "
said her mother, putting the dog
down on the tiny porch.
Look, mammal" exclaimed Mary
Ann. "He has a shiny collar on and
it has some writing on it,
Her mother looked and read it.
'Wiggles,' that must be his name"
Dear Wiggles," murmured Mary
Ann, patting his head softly.
When Mary AIMS father came
home that night he said Wiggles'
home was just the other side of the
tunnel and he would take him home
on the next train; Mary Ann might
go, too. Mary Ann caught her
breath. To go through the tunnel
and see the really, truly country! 1t
was all like a wonderful dream.
Mary Ann cannot remember just
what happened next, but she re-
members that she was walking by
her fathers side, the dog clasped
tightly in her arms, when little girl
in a white dress came flying toward
them, and Wiggles gave bound
from Mary AIMS arms into those of
the little girl. And the little girls
father shook hands with Mary Ann S
father, and then Mary Ann and Wig
the grass.
And what do you think happened
then? The little girls father found
that the factory smoke was making
Mary AIMS father i'll, and he asked
him to bring Mary Ann and her moth
er and live in little cottage covered
with roses and take care of the lawn
and big stable.
And so he did The first night
that Mary Ann was tucked into bed
in the new home she murmured hap
PLY, AN twas all account of Wig
. giles. Annie L. Berray, in the Bee
Hive.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31

WHY ELIZABETH WAS SHY.
Every one wanted to know what
was the matter with Elizabeth. She
never acted so strangely before. Usu-
ally when her mothers friends and
relatives came to call Elizabeth would
go into the drawing room very sweet
ly, shake hands, make a little bob
bing curtsey and even pass cakes to
the VISITORS She had never been
shy, and she had never been afraid to
speak to mothers friends. But one
day there was a number of callers,
and mother sent for Elizabeth to
come and meet them. Elizabeth went
as far as the drawing room door and
then she stopped and began biting
the corner of her handkerchief.
Mother called to her to come in, and
Elizabeth went slowly in, oh, so very
slowly! But when she did at last get
to her mother, instead Of speaking to
the ladies, what do you think she
did? She buried her face in her
mothers skirts, and all that could be
seen of her were the five bobby curls
Suu Iu6 DdCh VI ISl pSSl-uI SS9-D " ut-
one, and of course that wasn't what
the visitors wanted to see.
Dear me-" said one of them.
'How very shy she is.
elizabeth" said her aunt, come
and speak to me. You're surely not
afraid of me?"
But still Elizabeth wouldn't come,
and it was not until every visitor had
departed that the mystery was eX-
planned. No, it was not shyness that
made her hide her face. Elizabeth
had been cutting her front hair
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-31

A pile driver at New Orleans is
1OS feet high, the highest ever built
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-30

Pre-snventory sale 30 per cent dis.
count on anything and everything az
webb Brothers. 4 3
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-30
BIG farmers ! /:
INSTITUTE
One Will Be Held lie Id
Here on February
5 and 6

The next farmers institute will be
held in Bismarck Friday and Satur-
day, February 5th and 9Th, 1909.
Well known speakers and students
of modern farming methods will be
here to give talks and instructions
on all branches of farm work, such
as dry farming, crop rotation, dairy
ing grasses, soil culture, etc. There
will be- question box and all are
asked to- drop any questions they may
wish to ask in the box. After every
address upon any subject there will
be an open discussion, free to all
in attendance who are invited to give
their ideas and experiences upon the
sub iect under discussion.
Prof. Hoverstad, who will have
charge of the institute. writes that
ne has secured the services of Wo-
man of national reputation who has
made a study of farm life with es- es-
peciaI reference to the women upon
the farms She will talk to the wor-
men and show them how they may
tighten their labors as we'll as make
extra money by putting to good use
things which now go to waste upon ! y.
every farm.
There is not a farmer in the counn-
ty, or a woman. VINO can afford TO
miss these talks and discussions. Fv-
eryone is cordially invited to attend
the meetings which will be held held IN IN
ICommercial club hall. ss. 3ss
Bismarck daily tribune., 1908-12-30
Telephone Orders sent C. 0. D.

and will undoubtedly make an excel
lent member of the house.
Deputy county Superintendent E.
I. Clyde of Ashley, was in the city
last night enroute to Valley City to
attend the meeting of the state ed
ucators. After the first of the year
Mr.. Clyde will become the county su-
perintendent of Mcintosh county, to
which Office he was elected without
opposition in November
Mrs. Walter Graham is down from
Wilton to visit her relatives.
DR.. and Mrs, Ramstad have gone
to Eau Claire, Wis, to visit over
New Years with the doctors relatives
Supt. .McCalmont of Logan county,
passed through the city last night on
his way to the educators meeting at
Valley City. q
Mrs. McGlashan returned yesterday
from Dickinson, where she had spent
Christmas with friends.