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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
PRINCESS AT A BANK.

l know you little Record reace22
will be glad to hear how youthful
royalty is saving money.
I write of Princess Mary of Wales,
aged ten. She is one of the 9,9G3,-
O49 depositors in the Postoffica Saw
ings Bank, and is giving promise OF
much ability in the management OF
her independent estate.
The st. James Postoffice is con-
yeniently situated near Marlborough
House, the palace in the heart of Lon
don where she lives, and the fair
haired little girl who wants to put
something in the bank, please is a
fairly frequent visitor.
Few of the visitors to the postof-
fee recognize in the child With the
| buff-colored deposit book the only
! daughter of the Prince and Princess
| of Wales.
The young lady, who is entered in
| the postoffice books as MARY c.
Wales,' has been depositor for
! some time.
Her Royal Highness knows exact
ly what to do when paying in money
Walking quickly to the counter
! above which her head just reaches
| she hands in the book, together with
| the amount, and, on receiving the
book back again, looks carefully tc
| see if the entry has been correctly
| made and stamped.
Her lady guardian looks on, but
| takes no part in the proceedings
London Correspondence Of the Phil&
| delphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
A WASP'S MISTAKE.

1t is generally supposed that In
stinct unerringly teaches birds and
insects the best way in which to build
their homes or nests and also to pro-
vide for their offspring. The follow
ing incident will show that instinct
is not always infallible.
A naturalist placed three small
empty walls in an open box on a
shelf in an upright position in close
contact, and they were uncorked. A
short time afterward it was matter
of surprise to find that these had
been appropriated by female mud
wasp. She had placed a goodly num-
ber of spiders in the centre vial,
doubtless intended to serve as food
for her future brood, then proceeded
to deposit her eggs in those on either
side. She next closed tightly the
mouths of all the receptacles with a
hard lime cement. Having finished
her work, she then doubtless went on
her way, satisfied all had been done
for her offspring that thoughtful
mother could do. But just think of
the sensations Of those little wasps
when they come into existence, for,
while starving in their sealed cages,
they can plainly see through the i'm
penetrable glass walls the bountiful
supply of food which was provi@e1
for their use.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
A POETS VISION.

For years the poet Francis Thomp-
son had been one of the sub
merged" selling matches, calling
cabs, anything to obtain the pence
necessary to buy food. At last he
yielded to despair and having for
some days saved up ell he could earn
he devoted it to the purchase of
single dose of laudanum sufficient to
end his troubles. With this he re-
tired at night to his haunt, the rub
bish plot in -Covent Garden Market.
Then by his own narrative the follow
ing incident occurred. He had al
ready taken half the fatal draught
when he felt hand upon. his arm,
and looking up saw, one whom ne
recognized as Chatterton forbidding
him to drink the. rest, and at the
same instant memory came to him
of how, after that poets suicide,
letter had been delivered at his lodg-
ings which if he had waited another
day would have brought him the re-
lief needed. ... !:
1t happened so with Thompson,
for after infinite pains the editor OF
a magazine who had accepted and
printed an essay and a poem of his,
but could not discover his address.
had that very morning traced Thomp:
son to the chemists shop. where the
drug was sold, and relief for him was
close at hand-From the Academy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
TO EUROPE BY AUTO.

A proposal has been made by. q
Paris journal to arrange trip by au-
tomobile from New York to Paris.
The idea is to proceed across the con-
tinent to Alaska, through Alaska and
across Bering = Straits to: Siberia:
through Siberia and. Russia, and thus
to Paris The Arctic portion of the
trip would have to be carried out in
midwinter, when the straits are fro
zen and when the. frozen rivers, Of
the North might be expected to fur
nish the best highways. With this
end in view tits proposed to have the
Journey begin in the middle. Of. Feb.
ruary, 1908. The difficulties of the
tour are fully recognized. For ex-
ample, in one part of Siberia 600
miles would have to be traversed
without opportunity for replenishing
the fuel supply. And before Siberia
is reached there is the difficulty OF
Bering Straits to be solved. The
straits do not always freeze in such a
way as to afford a safe crossing for
heavy machine laden with the men
and the supplies it will be necessary
for them to carry for, so long jour-
ney. 1t is estimated that the route
would cover $1,000 miles. A prom
inent automobilist says that the
scheme is quite feasible, but of course
will depend on the endurance of the
car and the men. He. points out that
it will not be a case of driving alone.
but of intelligent adaptation to all
possible conditions, in the arrange
ment of food supply and fuel for the
car, and the ability to meet and
triumph over difficult situations
which have never before been en-
countered. 1t will indeed be an ad-
venturous journey. An accident to
the machine or failure of fuel in
the wilds of Alaska or Siberia, would
probably lead to the death OF the
traveller by starvation or fatigue. He
cannot foresee what may happen to
him, and he will be far away from
all who can succor him. He courts
the dangers and uncertainties which
the voyager in the journey of life is
forced to face in the path OF duty,
and he will not have the support that
comes to him who goes forward con-
scious that. he is sent of God.-From
the Christian Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.:

with sweetened water; in fact, the
difficulty comes in preventing the
cubs from stealing these bottles and
rehearsing before it is time, so fond
are they of this particular form OF
acting.
Bears are decidedly humorous, and
while they know perfectly we'll what
they are doing, they often do trick
the wrong way, apparently just for
the humor of the thing and they seem
to enjoy the scolding, which with
baby bears is seldom accompanied by
punishment. The trainers pockets
are usually bulging with sugar, and
the cubs are given taste every time
they obey orders and go through a
trick with willingness. If bear is
good tempered and Of adaptable dis
position, new trick can be mastered
in about four weeks.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
Loading Freight by Cards

Il don't know whether the prac
tice is still kept up in the far South
but | remember how tickled | was
at seeting the method used in load
ing goods into freight cars down in
Mississippi some while ago, said q,
C. Donaldson, a railroad man of st.
Louis.
"A lot of strapping black fellows
will be on the job under the super
vision of a white man, who will be
Issuing orders with great volubility
Put this aboard the king of d!a-
monds; take this to the ace Of hearts;
load this on the ten of spades; this to
the Jack of clubs, and SO on, and then
You'll notice each one Of the long line
of freight cars has tackled on 1t some
one of the fifty-two cards composing
a full deck. The Senegambian loaf
ers were for the most part ignorant
of letters and figures, but every man
of them knew the pasteboard en-
blems which he had often handled In
| games of seven up-that next to
craps is the chief diversion of the
colored sports Of Dixie. Baltimore
American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
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@N A=AkAE

Pinoche - Boil together two cups
brown sugar, one-half cup milk, four
tablespoons butter, stirring constant
ly until as firm as beeswax in water.
Remove from fire and add fifteen
drops vanilla and one cup chopped
walnut meats. Beat till thick and
pour into buttered pan.
To Roast Old Fowl-Neatly dress
and then soak in cold water for two
hours. Boil until tender, and then
put in a roaster and stuff with a nice
sage dressing Take two tablespoon
fuls of flour, mixed with butter and
spread over the chicken. Put in oven
and bake until a nice brown.
Spanish Tomatoes - Take twelve
slices of bacon and fry till crisp and
brown. In fat remaining fry one
small onion and portion of the pep
per; remove both to plate and in
the fat remaining cook eight ripe to-
matoes cut in halves. When well
done place on platter; garnish with
the bacon and bits of onion and pep
per. The fat and juice of the toma-
toes form a gravy which should be
poured over the whole.
Menthe Sandwiches-These are
fine accompaniment for cold lamb.
Steep two tablespoons of mint leaves
in a little cold water; strain and add
the infusion to one pint of whipped
cream. Season with salt and pepper
and add half an ounce of gelatin soft
ened in tablespoonful of cold water
and dissolved over hot fire. Cool
in a square mold, and, when solid, cut
in thin slices and place between SINH
lar sized pieces of rye bread.
Chocolate Fudge-Two cups white
sugar, one-half cup milk, one-quarter
cup flour. Cook eight minutes, add
one square melted chocolate, one tea
spoon vanilla and butter size OF
walnut Beat as long as possible, but
so it can be turned into buttered pan.
For variation, cover the bottom OF
buttered pan with cut-up marshmal-
lows, then turn the fudge over it.
Or, instead of the marshmallows, use
one-balf pound candied cherries be-
fore pouring the fudge over it.
Sausage in Potato Boxes-Parboil
the sausage two minutes, prickins
them in few places with large
darning needle. Arrange in a tin
pan in a close row and set in the
oven to finish cooking and brown.
Press hot boiled potatoes through a
ricer on to a heated platter and mold
quickly with two spoons, following
the centre and making the sides
straight Drain the sausages and
arrange in a row or pyramid, serve
hot. Garnish with fried tomatoes
nud a few sprigs of parsley.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
SAVED BY A SONG.

A boy was amusing himself by
watching the birds flying about him.
Soon a beautiful bobolink perched
on rough bough of an apple tree.
with it's head held high up in the air.
The boy picked up a stone, and
was ready to throw it, when the
birds throat swelled and forth came
the song "A-link, a-link, a-link, bobo-
link, a-no-sweet, a-no-sweet, 1 know
it, I know it, a-link, a-link; don't
throw it, throw it, throw it."
And the boy dropped the stone on
the ground.
why didn't you stone him, my
boy? You might have killed him and
carried him home"
The little fellow looked up and re-
piled: "Couldn't because he sung so"
Chicago Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
EVOLUTION OF THE RAFT.

The canoe was one of the earliest
of boats, but it is not in line with the
later growth. The ancestry OF the
modern boat begins with the log and
is traced through the raft rather than
through the canoe. BY lashing to-
gether several logs it was found that
larger burdens could be carried.
Therefore the boat of a single log
grew into one of several logs-a raft.
By the time man had learned to make
raft we see he had learned some
thing else; he had learned to row
his boat along by pulling at an oar
instead of pushing it along with
paddle Rats were used by nearly
all the nations Of antiquity. Herodo-
tus, the father of history, tells us
that they were in use in ancient Chal-
dea.-St. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
MAKING LAMPS.

Making their own lamps is fad
now with women who pretend to have
the decorative instinct.
Any kind of jar or vase one wishes
is chosen for the standard. 1t may
be porcelain or metal. Most stunning
shapes will be found in brass. A
tank to hold the oil and burner may
be bought at any lamp store, and as
a rule measures six inches across.
This is important to remember in Sc
.lecting the jar, for should the mouth
be too large the oil can will fall in.
The safest way is to buy the tank
first and have it to measure by when
getting the jar.
AS to the shades, the most effective
are those made from the type of jap
anese that has paper set in frames of
black lacquered wood. The paper
may be punched out and the vacant
spaces left are then filled in any way
one chooses, bearing in mind, of
course, the color scheme of the room
in which it is to be used.-New Ha-
ven Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
GEESE WITH BRAINS.

A farmer would scarcely believe
that goose requires only about
sixty hours in order to prepare 1t fol
the footlights and critical audi
ence, and that a common pig, which
has. been bought in the market, will
in thirty hours be competent to bios
som forth as an actor.
According to Clyde Powers, a
trainer of wide experience and much
patience, it takes a duck about three
days to learn how to march on the
stage, to follow the chorus, and tC
march off again at the proper time;
it takes a chicken q week or more
and a turkey cannot grasp the art OF
acting in less than six months time
Mr.. Powers has tried to train a
pea fowl, but he finds that it is i'm
possible. a goose is the most intelli-
gent of all the feathered tribe, and
a goose is also the only domestic
fowl that shows affection.
Animals are always entertaining,
and SO much in demand are they by
managers, that every vaudeville the
gram at least one animal act, and
often two every week. A good animal
troupe is contracted for many
months ahead, and its owners and
trainers receive salaries far exceed
ing those Of the average troupe OF
vaudeville performers of the human
species.
During a visit to a dress rehearsal
at the Hippodrome, says a writer in
Leslte's Weekly, three or four cub
bears were being schooled in the art
of standing on their heads, in driV-
ing an auto, or at least appearing TO
do so, and last but not least-for 1t
amuses an audience greatly-to
drink out of bottles.
To teach them this last act is not
very difficult if the bottles are filled
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17

ton, "for devotion to the young,
would be put to shame by common
English sparrow. We found a nest
of young pelicans and waited around
to take a photograph of the parent.
At o'clock in the morning the peli-
can discovered my party in the vicin-
ity and fed. 1t did not return until
bird the pelican is. That story of it
biting it's breast is one Mr.. Roosevelt
should look into"
"The caribou" said the speaker,
"are protected by swarms of mosqui-
toes from any inordinate depreda-
tions. 1 have often seen the caribou,
when they did not suspect my pres
ence, racing along like mad just to
free themselves from these appar-
emily Insignificant but really terrible
little foes by creating an artificial
breeze"
In order to give an idea of the i'm
mense swarms of these insects he i'm
provised mosquito gauge" by hold
ing up his hand.
"In the Great Slave Lake region" 2"
he said, 81 used the back of my hand
as a gauge, and, incredible as it may
seem, $50 of the little pests attacked
the back within one second.
"Then did little experimenting, -
he continued, "and picked up frog
to see how the mosquitoes would at
tack it. They fiocked to my hand
and stung me, but would not touch
the frog. When a couple of the mos
quitoes did alight upon the frog they
jumped off as If it were hot.
"Now, ornithologists," he added,
there's a problem for you to solve.
Why does a mosquito attack human
being and refuse to touch frog?"
The ornithologists did not decide
to take the question up.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
Open Air For Young COnsumptives

Under the auspices of the Alland
Institution for Consumptives an in
teresting experiment was made dur
ing the summer in open air treat
ment for young children infected with
tuberculosis. Forty-eight little pa
tients whose ages ranged between
four and thirteen years were treated
for five months with very gratifying
results. At the end of this time forty
children were sent home apparently
quite cured, six showed very slight
traces of the disease and only two
were in about the same condition as
when they entered. while their gen.
eral health was better.
These last eight cases had already
reached a serious stage when the
treatment began. All the children
had gained in weight from two to
eighteen pounds. The experiment
wiz be continued with more patients
next year. - Vienna Correspondence
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
Anna Marion Smith, in St. Nicholas
FUN FOR WINTER EVENINGS.

FUN FOR WINTER EVENINGS.
When the snow blows and the ele-
ments are such as to make it most
unpleasant for one to wander far
from his own hearth-stone, the open
fireplace, with it's cracking and blaz-
ing logs, seems to hold a distinctive
charm. 1t is then that the family
gathers around and each one relates
the pleasant and interesting things
that have happened during the day,
while some one toasts marshmallows
and another pops corn over the blaz-
ing fire. On such occasions there
are a great many ways to make the
long winter evenings pass pleasantly.
Word building is one of them, and
will prove equally entertaining to
both old and young. Some one starts
the game by thinking of some word,
which, of course, he does not divulge
to the others, and gives aloud the
first letter of it. The next player
has to think of a word with that
letter for the first letter Of his own
word, which probably will be en-
tirely different from what the first
player had in mind, and gives aloud
the second letter of it. The other
players add a letter in turn, until
some one ends word and is dropped
out of the game. For instance, sup
pose the first player thinks of the
word charming. He gives aloud the
letter c. Then the next player adds
aloud l, thinking of the word clash.
The next player, having clap in mind,
adds the letter a, and the next, think
ing of clamor, adds m, when 10! he
is dropped out of the game. as he
has ended the word clam. A new
word is now started and the game
progresses, the players dropping out
one by one, after the fashion of
spelling match, until the one who
has succeeded in staying in longest
is pronounced the winner.
A musical contest will also prove
an attractive way of entertaining.
Provide each player with paper and
pencil, and then have some one play
snatches of old familiar and up-to
date airs on the piano. The players
write the names of the selections on
the slips of paper, as they are
played. The object being to find out
who can name the most number cor
rectly.
At another time familiar quota
tions might be pleasing feature. A
number of them are written so as
to give the correct meaning, but not
as they are quoted. Then the players
put their thinking caps on and write
them out correctly. The following
are given for examples, but any
others might. be used equally as well.
:Beauty is a thing of joy at all
tines
"The pulling has to be eaten be-
fore you know how good it is"
1.-TWO birds in the bush are of less
value than one in the hand"
MANY stitches are saved by taking
one promptly"
Stones should not be thrown by
those Who live in the houses of
glass"
Key to Above.
ga thing of beauty is a JOY for
ever"
The proof of the pudding is in the
eating"
"A bird in the hand is worth two
in the BUSH
"a stitch in time saves nine"
people who live in glass houses
should not throw stones. ."-Kather-
inc D. Salisbury.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
Foreign Wheels.

Everywhere in the Old World the
wheels of wagons and carriages are
two to three times as heavy as those
on corresponding vehicles in America,
and so appear clumsy and cumber-
some to us. The explanation of the
difference is that our wheels are
made of hickory, wood which is
unknown abroad and which supplies
the requisite strength in smaller
mass.-The Travel Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
SOFA PILLOW COVERS.

Every housekeeper knows that
when making covers for sofa pillows
she is almost sure to have some left,
and each piece is of such a size that
it is practically useless for any pur-
pose. An ingenious woman recently
took two such remnants, plain piece
and a flowered piece, cut the plain
piece into two strips and set the flow
cred piece between them and so made
a very effective cover. Another pref
ty idea is to have one side of the
cushion plain and on the other side
set a fowered strip diagonally from
corner to corner, or straight across
with plain strip above and below
New York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
LITTLE BOY BLUE.

Little Boy Blue, come blow your horn,
The sleeps in the meadow, the cows in
the corn.
Is this the way you mind your sheep
Under the haystack, fast asleep?"
Little Boy Blue, awake, awake,
And see how, merry your charges make!
Through field and garden their course they
steer,
And the mischief they're doing-oh dear,
oh dear!
I. see them now, as they wander far,
With never thought of a fence or bar.
I hear them laugh-Im sure | do
As they think of the trouble they've made
for you.
All, little Boy Blue, this wisdom keep,
That much may happen when ones asleep;
And he who'd harvest his field of corn,
Must keep his eyes open, and blow his
horn.
Anna Marion Smith, in St. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
Our Government Cemetery in Mexico.

Though very few people are aware
of the fact" said an army officer the
other day, ''the United States Gov
ernment owns and maintains a ma
tional cemetery in Mexico. 1t is To-
Gated at San Cosme, near the City of
Mexico, and was purchased and es-
tablished in the year 1850 for the
purpose of interring the remains of
the soldiers of the United States who
died or were killed in the vicinity
during the war with Mexico and also
for the purpose OF interring the bod
les Of citizens of the United States
who have died in that vicinity since
that period, Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
UngrammaticaI Justice.

prisoner at the bar" said the
magistrate, for the crime of over
speeding you will pay fine of SIC
or be took to Jail for ten days"
"That's Sot correct sentence
murmur@d the prisOner.-Philade
phia Ledger.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
CARE OF THE BOOKCASE.

When a bookcase has no back the
dust that collects on the shelves and
gets into the books is annoying and
harmful A piece of heavy denim in
a dark shade can be stretched tight
across the back of the shelves, how
ever, and tackled so firmly into place
that the dust trouble is all done away
with.-Washing Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-17
~ AFFAIRS
EBS4E3
BOOTS AND SHOES.

Every two or three weeks wash the
blacking or polish off shoes. Get five
cents worth of mutton suet, warm it
and rub it thoroughly over the shoes
with the hand; it softens the leather,
makes it waterproof, and the shoes
will last twice as long.-New York
World.