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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
WILLING TO SHOVEL.

To be willing to begin at the bot
tom is the open secret of being able
to come out at the top.
A few years ago a young man
came to this country to take a posi-
ton in a new enterprise in the
Southwest. He was well bred, well
educated and he had the tastes of his
birth and education. He reached the
scene of his proposed labors and
found to his dismay that the enter
prise was already bankrupt and that
he was penniless, homeless and
friendless in a strange land. He
worked his way back to New York
and in mid-winter found himself
without money or friends In the
great, busy metropolis. He did not
stop to measure the difficulties in his
path; he simply set out to find work.
He would have preferred the pen,
but he was willing to take the shovel.
Passing down Fourth avenue, on
a snowy morning, he found crowd
of men shoveling snow from the side
walks about a well-known locality.
ranks, got it and went to work with
a hearty good will, as If shoveling
were his vocation.
Not long after one of the owners
of the property, a multi-millionaire,
passed along tia street, saw the
young mans face, was struck by its
intelligence and wondered what had
brought him to such a pass. A day
or two later his business took him to
the same locality again and brought
him face to face with the same man,
still shoveling snow. He stopped.
spoke to him, received prompt and
courteous answer, talked few min
utes for the sake of getting few
facts about his history and then
asked the young man to call at his
Office
That night the shovel era ended
and the next day, at the appointed
time, the young man was closeted
with the millionaire. In one OF the
latter's many enterprises there was
q vacant place and the young man
who was willing to shovel got 1t.
1t was a small place at small sal
airy, but he more than filled 1t.
He filled it so well, indeed, that
in a few months he was promoted.
and at the end of three years he was
at the head of the enterprise at q
large salary. He is there to-day, with
the certainty that ifshe lives he will
eventually fill a position second In
Importance to none in the field In
which he is working. The story Is
all told in three words: willing tC
shoyel.-Christian Union.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
HARNESS BOAT TO WHALE.

Frank Paschall and James Harvey
had an exciting experience to-day at
sea. 1t might have had tragic end
ing had it not been for the breaking
of a line by which Il big whale was
drawing their boat through the water
at terrific speed. In an ordinary skiff
they left the wharf 70 visit their set
line, and while they were examining
it their craft was suddenly jerked
through the water with such velocity
that both were thrown from their
seats. Recovering, they found they
were in tow of forty-foot whale.
Instead of severing the line the
lads fastened it to one of the boat
seats. After three-mile trip at a
record pace, the line parted, and the
strange steed, with an angry flip ct
it's tail, went bottomward.-Long
Branch (Cal.) Cor. Los Angeles
Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
Seven Fables.

There was once a fisherman who
was never heard to lie concerning his
catch.-He was dumb.
There was once a dramatic crltic
who gave unstinted praise to new
play.-It was his own work.
There was once a man like Bernard
Shaw.-He felt it deeply.
There was once an actor lacking III
conceit.-He was certified as insane.
There was once an earnest politi-
cian.-He was viewed with distrust
by his colleagues.
There was once musical comedy
actress who was photographed with
out showing her teeth.-She had for
gotten to bring them with her.
There was once a limerick compet-
itor who felt that he had been justly
treated-He was winner:-Leslie's s
Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
REMEDY FOR. SHEEP TICKS.

Prof. James Law recommends for
scab and sheep ticks a wash COM
posed of tobacco, sixteen pounds; Oil
of tar, three parts; soda wash,
twenty pounds; soft soap, four
pounds; water, fifty gallons; boil the
tobacco and dissolve the other agents
in few gallons of boiling water,
then add water to make up the fifty
gallons. This will suffice for fifty
sheep. Each sheep is kept in the
wash for three minutes. One pound
of tobacco stepped in five or six gal
Ions of water is an effective cure.
The lambs and newly shorn sheep
are to be immersed in the decoction.
Tobacco smoke is sometimes rec
commended, but it is difficult to make
the application sufficiently thorough.
To apply this, nothing is better than
the patent bee smokers. The smoke
should be perfectly applied at least
three times, at intervals of a week,
that the pupae may all develop and
the successive broods be killed
Weekly Witness.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

will oe whole fiocks Of them congre-
gated together to soar and sing, CIV
ing forth their unmusical song In
deafening chorus. One writer Of the
Screamer has this to say OF their
fondness for their own music:
"On one occasion they surprised
me by an overpowering burst of
melody high in the heavens. This
salutation was made to me by half
a million of voices at an out-of-the-
way spot in the pampas one evening
at o'clock" And the same writer
goes on to tell of having heard the
same sort of Screamer music at noon
on another occasion. They. the
Screamers, sang their chorus round
;the entire circuit of certain lake,
each flock waiting its turn to sing,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
Library of Wooden Books.

A private library of quite a unique
character is composed solely of COO
wooden books. The collection has
been made from the wood of different
trees growing in the park attached to
the chateau of Wilhelmshohe. At the
back of each book is a tablet in red
morocco indicating the name of the
tree from which the volume has been
made, and the two covers are lightly
polished. Inside the book the com
piete natural history of the tree is de.
tailed. The collection, which is al
Cassel, includes 100 species and 445
varieties. s.-London Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
Some mistake gushing for giving.

At a recent meeting of the Royal
Society of Canada. Sir James Grant.
M D., presented paper on the
neurons and cells of the brains in
their relations to the faculty Of mem
ory, and, after stating that, as with
the other tissues of the body, SO with
the cells of the brain, evidence Of
lessening power and activity appears
with the passage Of years, he added
the very interesting statement that
the line of present investigation de-
monstrates that the electrical cur
rent through the brain rotates its
molecules to such a degree as to pro-
duce a most notable physiological
response in the direction of improved
memory.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
THE sCREAMER BIRD.

The South American Screamer re-
sembles in some respects the game
bird; in other respects 1t resembles
the goose. In matters Of beak and
skull it suggests the former, and in
matters of body and legs it seems
closely related to the latter. But un-
like the goose, its toes are not con-
nected by web.
The Screamer is a most peculiar
bird in habits. He is fond OF soaring
in the air at tremendous altitude,
giving vent to a piercing cry which
fairly rents the air. Sometimes there
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
For the
Younger
Children.

IN A LITTLE BROWN HOUSE.
To little brown house,
With scarce room for mouse.
Came with mornings first ray
One remarkable day
Though who told her the way
] am sure | can't say),
A young lady so wee
That you scarcely could see
Her small speck of nose,
Not to speak of her toes,
Which were quite pink and bare;
Though that they are there
We all took on trust
Keep them covered we must
Now this little brown house
With scarce room for a mouse,
Was quite full of small boys,
And their books and their toy
Their wild hustle and noise.
| was filled with despair,
That damsel so fair
Should arrive like queen,
With no place to be seen,
Where to place her, or lay her,
Or sit her, or stay her.
"We can't keep her." ! cried,
'"For it won't be denied
That our little brown house
Is too full for mouse.
Said fat little Ned.
"I'll give her my bed"
Cried Tommy, the beau,
"Let her stay-1 will go"
Then said Billy Boy Blue.
,"She shall have my chair, too,
And my skates and my bat.
And my coat and my hat
Cried Johnny so small.
"I'll squeeze close to the wall:
And she'll have lots of space"
So we made her place
In our little brown house,
With scarce room for mousse
And we love her, the sweet,
From her head to her feet. :,
Home Heralt
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

the names so quickly that no one else
can get ahead of him. All that Is
left to do is to secrete the name and
date on the slate until it Is time for
1t to appear. To do this you will have
to get a piece of cardboard, fitting
exactly over the black part of the
slate, both sides of which are covered
smoothly with black slate paper.
Sheet B is laid over the side OF the
slate with the writing on it (a).
Place the slate with the sheet over 1t
face down on the chair. When you
are going to show the secret writing
to the audience, lift the slate in such
a way that the sheet stays upon the
black cloth, where it (being black.
too) cannot be discerned.-Washing-
ton Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

"Not being here for the first dance,
as you promised me-"
She turned her face up to him with
a smile that Clifford thought to be ire
sistible; that Miss Agnes Tenant con-
sidered painfully forward for a person
in Miss Grand's position.
"It Is not my fault. was dressed an
hour before TIE carriage came, but [
did not know you really meant to
dance it with me, and-and-l thought
you seemed to be enjoying that last
waltz pretty well, Mr.. Mohun."
Whereupon Clifford bent down over
her, and said something in too low
voice for any one but Miss Grand to
hear. Whatever it was, it set Jane
busily to work upon picking small
pieces from her bouquet, and gave
Miss Agnes TeHuant worse opinion
than ever of her extremely objection
able manner toward the heir of Yatton.
'Ts such thing as whist table to
be found, Mohun?" asked the vicar
but his eyes were on James blushinS
face.
"NIiss Lynch and l are bent upon
having one of our accustomed battles,
and mean to leave you young people
to take care of your own amusements. ;"
"Jane, of course, knowing where to
find me between the Dances" inter
posed Miss Lynch, with decorum.
"I will see to that myself" cried
Clifford. "At the end of each dance
Miss Grand shall be brought back In
stantly to your charge without incur
ring any Of those horrible dangers to
which staircases and refreshment
rooms expose young people. Mr.. Fol-
lett, let me show you the way. The
card tables are established upstairs
in the drawing ROOM
And perhaps the proudest, the most
golden moment in Miss Lynch's life
was this; when, leaning upon the arm
of the vicar of Chesterford, she fol-
lowed Jane and Mohun across the en-
tire space Of the Yatton ballroom, and
with all eyes, or so, at least, her imaS-
nation fondly hoped, beholdinS her on
the summit and pinnacle of her fame!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
A TRICK WITH A SLATE.

A TRICK WITH A SLATE.
An ordinary slate, such as children
write on, is shown to the audience;
to prove that nothing is written upon
it, both sides are rubbed with a wet
sponge. A chair is brought to the
foreground, the seat Of which Is COW
cred with a black cloth. Then the
performer asks any girl in the audi
ence to be kind enough to give her
name, and offers to let the slate guess
the date of her birth. After the
name Is given, the performer places
the slate on the chair, and lays
piece of chalk upon it. After making
few motions over the slate to in
dicate that the writing is going on,
the performer lifts up the slate, and
behold! One side of the slate shows
the correct name and date of birth.
This seems to be trick hard to ex-
plain, but nevertheless 1t is a very
simple one Take a plain slate, on
one side of which the name and the
date are previously written. A friend
of the performer Is instructed to call
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
A HILL SIDE CHICKEN COOP.

Every year during the breeding
season thousands of chicks are stunt
ed and dwarfed by being oyer-crowd-
ed in undesirable coops. At the start
these coops are all right for fifteen or
twenty-five chicks, but as the chicks
grow larger and the weather becomes
warmer their condition is anything
but healthful and conducive to rapid
development, especially when tie
coop is closed at night.
have adopted the plan of substi-
tuting large roosting coop for each
thirty or forty chickens as soon as
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
ANANIAS' CALLING

The Dentist-"Now, open wide
your mouth, and l won't hurt you a
bit"
The Patient (after the extraction)
Doctor, | know what Ananias did
for living now. Home Herald
(Chicago).
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
CARE OF THE HARNESS.

The harness should receive the
best of care. Wash with CASTLE soap
and hang up to dry. Before en-
tirely dry, take tub and fill in sew
eral inches of machine oil and dip all
parts of the harness, so as to cover
well with oil, giving the leather timq
to get saturated. Then hang th1
pieces over the tub to drip. Finally
rub all parts with a flannel cloth.
Rats or mice will not gnaw at har-
ness that has been thus treated with
machine oil.-American CuItivator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

and only stopping when their duty
! had been performed"
Each wing of the Screamer is
equipped with pair of sharp spurs,
| powerful in strength, and doubtless
used In times Of conflick with enemies.
| Mary Graham.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

Siberia contains one-ninth of all
the land on the globe. Great Britain
and all Europe, except Russia, to-
gether with the whole of the United
States, could be enclosed within it's
boundaries.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

The most recent church census of
this country shows forty demonina-
tions, with 161,731 ministers, 210,-
199 churches and 32,SS3,156 men,
bers.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

GETTING THROUGH JAP LINES.
Chinese honesty is proverbial, but
would seem to have its exceptions.
The Rev. John H. X. De Forest, of
Auburndale, for thirty-five years resi-
dent in Japan and high in The conf
dence of Japanese statesmen and Of
ficials, told of an episode of which
he had personal knowledge while
with the army of Kuroki in Man
churia:
Some of the spies used by both
sides during the war were Chinese"
he said. computations lct infre-
quently resulted.
"Kuropatkin one day had a par
ticularly important message to send
to General Stoessel. To get through
the Japanese lines seemed almost out
of the c-7estion, but the Russian COM
mander went to a Chinese famous for
his skill and intrepidity. The old
fellow didn't want to risk, but KurI.
patkin cajoled him to i, giving him
$500 and promising him 5000 when
he returned.
when he reached tho vicinity OF
the Japanese lines, with an intention
that had evidently been with MIN
from the start, he went straight 10
Kuroki, insisting that his business
was very pressing.
"He e-Dlained in full to Kuroki
that the Russian general had given
him a task which he could not per-
form because of the admirabl dispo-
sition of the Japanese forces, that
therefore he had done the next best
thing and come straight to the illus
trious leader of the triumphant Jap
anese.
'Kuroki read the despatch, gave it
back to HI, bade him go on to Stoes-
sci with it and ret--n with the answer
on to Kuropatkin and collect his
.maining 5000. Inc Chinaman car
ried out his instructions in detail and
collected for his exploit $luu0. -
Boston Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

White tissue paper is stepped and
perfectly softened In water and py
thorough kneading with glue, trans
formed into a paste, and by means OF
ochers (earth colors), colored as
nearly as possible to the shade of the
wood. To the paste calcined mag
nesia is then added and it is forced
into the cracks or holes. This ce-
ment attaches itself very firmly to
the wood and after drying retains its
smooth surface.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

they are large enough to roost,
writes correspondent Of New Eng
land Homestead. This is made from
a dry goods box four feet long, three
feet wide and three feet high. The
front and bottom are removed. Two
strips are nailed perpendicular on
the front corner projecting one foo
below the bottom of tle box. This
raises the front and gives the roof
the necessary pitch when facing
down hill position. Two strips nailed
on each side form a support for
perches which are fastened together
by cross pieces so all may be re-
moved at one operation to be
sprayed.
We move this coop twice week
and it is always clean and fresh. The
open front and bottom seem a little
risky, considering the possibility OF
wandering cats, rats or weasles. But
we are willing to run some risks 1t
we can fill our own and customers
pens in the fall with large, robust
stock. This one plan has enabled us
to produce Orpingtons well up to
standard size, which some fail to do
The accompanying sketch of coop
will explain itself.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
HEE farm topics. ~ Yff
PRESERVING FENCE POSTS

BY dressing the lower half of
fence post, in order to remove all the
splinters, and then allowing it to dry
till perfectly seasoned, will greatly
prolong its life. After being dressed
as much of the post should be dipped
in coal tar as it is to be under the
ground. If the part above ground is
painted with white lead the length of
life is almost doubled.-American
CultiYator,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
Big Sum For Charity.

New York City will be required to
spend this year $2,2S7,944 for char
ity, besides s926,203 for Bellevue
and allied hospitals.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

According to a Government botan-
ist at Washington, D. c., there Is rea-
son to believe that buds share in the
growing old OF the parent plant. lie
illustrates his meaning in this way:
Suppose the average life of an ind1-
vidual plant-say tree-to be loo
years, then bud removed when the
parent plant is fifty years old will
also be virtually fifty years of age,
and If transplanted by grating will
be able to live on the graft only fifty
years more.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

The: prices of vessels in England
are reported to be fifteen per cent.
lower than a year ago.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
WHY POLICEMEN FACE A GUN


"A policeman never turns his back
Oh Il man who has a gun ont" sail
copper the other day, and it ism t
bravery, either. It's matter OF
safety. If there's going TO be any
shooting done it is better TO receive
the bullet in front than III the back.
I'll tell you why. Every officer has to
carry a lot of books, guides and other
! things in his pockets. He has rule,
a report book, a trolley guide and a
slip book for accidents, in his breast
. pockets. Besides, he carries watch,
a billy, and wears his shield all in
front. This stuff is enough to stop
or turn aside many revolver bullets,
whereas in the back 4 policeman has
nothing but his coat and jacket as
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

A restoration Of the skull of a
great horned dinosaur has just been
set I'D for exhibition in Peabody Mu-
scum. Yale University. 1t Is nearly
nine feet long and about six feet
broad, and Is said to be the largest
skull of any prehistoric land animal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

Gas poisoning from gas engines has
become so common that German au-
thorities urge that cylinders Of oxy-
gen be kept near, and that engineers
be taught to apply inhalations to
resuscitate victims.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

Photography of the breath is the
latest science This was explained at
the annual meeting of the Roentgen
Ray Conference, at Berlin, Germany,
during which cinematograph pictures
of the breathing of sick and healthy
persons were thrown upon a screen.
The inventor of the method is DR..
Koehler, of Wiesbaden. His system
shows accurately the sympathetic ac-
ton of the lungs and heart in con-
nection with inspiration and expira-
ton. 1t is expected that the discov-
cry will play an important role in the
diagnosis of tuberculosis and SIM
liar respiratory diseases.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17

Lieutenant Camden, of the reveile
service, reports from Alaska that Nc
Culloch Peak on Bogosloy Island,
which rose from the sea in 1895, has
now, as a result of volcanic disturb
ances, entirely disappeared. Follow
ing the explosion which destroyed the
peak have come remarkable changes
in the profile of Mt Makush and the
neighboring mountains, in conse-
quence of the deposition upon them
of vast quantity of lava dust, which
has rendered them almost unrecog-
nizable. This material, to depth
of hundreds of feet, has been streWn
over the whole island.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-04-17
WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW.

L
"A heavy application of manure
alone gave slightly larger yields OF
mixed hay at the first and second cut
tings than a combination of a smaller
amount of manure and potash. Dur
ing the sixteen years this experiment
has been in progress the average
yields of ten crops of corn and six Oh
hay have been greater on the larger
amount of manure alone, but not sui
ficiently greater to cover the extra
outlay at a cost of SIS per cord for
the manure" This nugget of expert
ence from the Massachusetts, station
represents the kind CT work that
means much to farmers.
PREVENTIVE FOR TUBERCULOSIS
A new way of getting rid of tuber-
culosis among dairy cattle is suggest
ed by an English authority. He notes
that some members of the herd seem
to be fairly proof against the disease,
and that the quality of resistance is
transmissible to the offspring. He
reasons that by selecting animals
which combine this power of resis-
tance of tuberculosis with other desir-
able points it will be possible to
build up strain of any of the leading
breeds which would be practically
proof against the disease under ordi-
nary conditions. Fame and fortune
await the breeder who could bring
about these results.-American Gull
tiVatOr.