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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
FEMININE NEWS NOTES.

Nine. SchumannHeink sailed for
tcur.
Thirty-five entries were received
for the national women's golf cham
pionship.
The Rainy Daisies were told by
Nine. klenner that tight corsets
spoiled the voice.
Suffragettes who tried to register
in New York City were threatenc2
with the police reserves.
Miss Mary r. Sanford, member
of a wealthy family of New York
City and New Haven, has become a
Socialist
Ministers and women church -goers
did not approve entirely the order
of a Brooklyn pastor that women
remove their hats in church.
A storm of protest followed the
removal of the Professional Woman S
League from it's fine clubhouse in
New York City to humble quarters
in a hotel.
Nine. Curie, who helped her hus-
band to discover radium, has just
been elected a corresponding MEM
Der of the st. Petersburg Academy
of Sciences.
Mrs. Carl Muck, wife of the new
director of the Boston Symphony
Orchestra is SO fond of America
that she says she has no desire to
return to Berlin.
Mile. Gaussel, M. D., was appoint.
ed director of a clinic of Montpelier
University the other day. 1t is the
first time such an Office has ever been
given to a woman.
Miss Anna Morgan, daughter OF
J. P. Morgan, heiress to $10O,OOO,-
OG0, says a Vienna paper, was driven
out of Berlin, where she hoped 10
study politico-social conditions, by
the beggars. =. so.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
For the
Younger
Children.

THE LITTLE OLD MAN IN THE
AUTOMOBILE.
You surely have heard of the old woman,
/ know,
Who lived in shoe, oh, so long, long
She had such queer. notions and terrible
What would we do if she lived in these
days?
As all of her children were supple and
She packed them in closely, pulled up the
shoes tongue,
And then laced the shoestrings across, very
And her children all slumbered until it
was light.
A little old man, who is popular here,
Has way of his own, that is almost as
His house is not mostly Of leather, but
And, instead of shoe, it's an auto
mobile.
And as for the children, there's room for
each one. -
(They are all happy, so brim full of fun!)
What sport by the roadside to picnic each
Pick berries and fowers-then up and
awayi
Some morning you'll see them-oh, such a
big load,
Just flying along, like the wind, on the
road! ;,
You cannot mistake them, for all in the
car
Are singing and shouting wherever they
are.
Their laughter and noise can be heard half
a mile, -,
But every one mods or responds with a
smile.
I'd rather ride with this man-wouldn't t
you?
Than dwell with the "Woman who lived in
shoe"
-Cornelia Walter McCleary, in St. Mich
olas
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
DANGEROUS DIVING.

Drowning is a quicker death than
most people suppose. Insensibility is
said to begin in about one minute,
and fatal unconsciousness generally
supervenes in the neighborhood of
two. Few even practiced divers can
remain under water more than min
ute and a half, and it is generally
fatal to remain beneath the surface
longer than that.
At Navarino, Greece, where there
are many expert divers who plunge
into the sea after sponges, not one
was found who could remain under
water for two minutes. In the Red
Sea the Arab divers generally remain
down one. and a quarter minutes,
while at Ceylon the pearl fishers can
seldom stay below for even one min
ute. There is case on record at
Falmouth where diver had de-
scended eighty feet, and on giving
the signal was drawn up slowly; so
it was two minutes before he reached
the surface. Blood ran from his ears
and nose and he was insensible. He
died without speaking.
Insensibility, however, does not al
ways involve death, for in many cases
a person may be resuscitated by the
use of energetic measures. The
bringing to of people who have been
under water for five consecutive min
utes, however, is considered doubtful
by physicians.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
Oueer Seaside Breads.

"This bread is made with sea
water" said a seaside baker, "and It
is thought to be good for the dys-
peptic. Another bread, baked with
the powdered seaweed called Por-
phyra laciniata, is eaten by rheu-
matte sufferers with fair results.
They say that whole wheat bread
mixed with a flour made of LSwdered
fishbones helps certain sorts of skin
diseases. There is reason for believ-
ing in the medicinal properties of the
sea and it's products. said the baker
searnedly. "They who live on the
shore will tell you how, at certain
seasons, many kinds Of animals
csttle, sheep, horses and even poultry
Come down on the sands and drink
of the bitter waters. New York
Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
CHAPTER VIII.
MAIWA IS AVENGED.
n Tp,p; forrnod I'M

MAlNA Is Af fENGED.
The Impi formed up.
Alas! an hour before, it had been
stronger by third than it was now.
Then Nala detached two hundred
men to collect and attend to the in
jured, and at my suggestion issued a
stringent order that none of the
tnemy's wounded, and above all, no
women or children were to be killed,
as is the savage custom among African
natives.
On the contrary, they were to be al
lowed to send word TO their women
that they might come in to nurse them,
and fear nothing, for Nala made war
upon Wambe, the tyrant, and not on
the MatuaE tribe.
Then we started with some four nun
dred men for the chiefs kraal.
Very soon we were there.
1t was, as l have said, placed against
the mountain side, but within the forti-
fed lines, and did not cover more than
an acre and a half of ground alto
gether.
Outside was tidy reed fence, within
which. neatly arranged in semi-cir,
cular line. stood the hutS of the chief :
principal wives.
Maiwa, of course, knew every inch OF
the kraal, for she had lived in it, and
led us straight to the entrance.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23

arid soil more centuries than the
United States numbers years, to do
all this and send back specimens of
plant growth and of seeds that gave
promise of development in the United
States.
Very simple, it sounds, doesn't it?
1t wasn't at all simple in reality. In
fact, it would take book to give the
explorers experiences. The quest led
him to the far interior where Chinese
soldiers dare not go. 1t led him to
regions known as banditti haunts like
the Border Marches of England III the
days of the Picts and Scots. Coolies
deserted him in panic terror. Horses
could neither be bought nor hired.
Baggage had to be carried forward on
RATS and wheelbarrows.
Night after night, weeks and
months at stretch the explorer had
to sleep in village inns on earthern
floors where the house-scraps and filth
of ten years stank in a veritable cess
pool. The water was not only bad,
but it was sheer poison-a vile con-
coction of rain and sewage. Vermin
infested every inch of such abodes
and flies in clouds corrupted food as
fast as it was exposed. Meyers food
was canned meat, biscuits and tea.
What with the smell and the vermin,
restful sleep was out of the question.
OF course, the mans health went ut
terly to pieces. 1t wasn't case of
an illness with a beginning and an
end. It was case of never being
well; and the invalided scientist was
surrounded by banditti ruffians who
had never before seen foreign
devil" and treated him to such cour-
tesies as one may guess-star1ng in
at every crevice and crack, day and
night, in mobs examining him from
the hair of his head to the sole Of his
feet; lying to him and jeering at him
if he asked questions through his in
terpreter; accusing him of the evil
eye if he examined their gardens; de-
manding extortionate prices when he
attempted to buy seeds and speci-
mens-in fact, treating him exactly
as our own criminal population might
treat a Chinese explorer If we had
no police; and the Chinese police had
forewarned Meyer they could not pro-
tect him in these regions.
Did Meyer turn back? Not much.
He wore a good revolver and protect
ed himself.-From "People Who
Stand For Plus" in The Outing Mag
azine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
TRIALS OF AN EXPLORER.

Frank N. Meyer went out to China
with a sort of carte blanche commits
sion from the United States Govern
ment. Here was the proposition for
the explorer. The United States prac-
tically includes every variety of eli
mate and soil, barring the Arctics
Yet great sections of the United
States lie falloW marked barren. !"
Now Korea and China and Russia
have areas with the same climate and
the same soil; but those areas are
not marked barren" They are cul-
tivated so they support population
prolific as rats. Meyer was sent to
see what grew in those regions, to see
how it grew, to examine gardens and
farms, to learn the failures and to
learn the successes of those foreign
peoples who have been cultivating
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23

had grown old IL the service OF the
school, generally presided on such oc-
casions. He stood in the front of the
large room and either took words
from old spelling books or called
them at random.
1t was Friday night, or spelling
match night. Robert Ewes, large
lad of sixteen, entered the room with
an air Of "I will be the winner, and
have my name in the postoffice for
the next month" No one doubted it,
for had not he won every match that
year? The sides were soon fixed.
Robert stood at the head of one and
Sarah Kingden at the head of the
other side. Sarah was always one to
sit down toward the end.
All was silent when the sheriff
stood up and announced that the win
ner would receive prize Of $25 on
| this occasion.
Oh! how the good spoilers eyes
cleaned with joy and the poor spell
ers' glistened with tears.
While the sheriff was speaking the
door opened and a bright eyed lad Of
| twelve walked in. He went straight
up to the schoolmaster, asking per-
| mission to join the match. The
schoolmaster nodded an assent and
placed him at the end of Sarah's line.
The match began. One by one peo-
pie took their seats. Some in tears,
| some in frowns and one actually de-
claring it wasn't fair that he should
be asked that hard word, geography.
| About three remained on Sarah's line
| and four on Roberts.
The schoolmaster was finished with
| the book and was now calling words
at random. Mayonnaise came to
Sarah, in his clear voice. "Ma-m-a-
Mayor. No, that's not it; m-i-y-o-n-
! s-e," blundered Sarah.
Wrong" rang the masters voice.
| Next" Next was Robert. He spelled
it correctly.
At last none were left but Robert
and the little lad that had come in
late. Robert scowled at him, but the
little lad determined to win the prize
| and paid no heed to him.
Anhylosis came to the lad. He
spelled it right. House came to Rob-
ert, who laughed at the simple word
| and quickly spelled hose. Wrong!
Next" cried the master. "H-o-u-s-e,
spelled the boy.
The sheriff stepped to the desk and
! gave the lad the prize and, turning
| to Robert, said:
"Never neglect little things while
dreaming of big ones" - Madeline
| Klotz, in the Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
MFR. Iincoln's Brevity.

A historian recalls the fact that
in MI. Lincoln's speech to the notifi-
cation committee at Springfield there
were 139 words, and in his formal
letter OF acceptance there were 134
words. In his speech of acceptance
to the committee in Washington in
1864 there are 1876 words, and in his
letter of acceptance there are 200
words.
But let us remember that there
were no typewriters in those days,
and such thing as phonograph
had not been dreamed of. Incidental
ly, it might be said that there are no
Lincolns in these days.-St. Louis
Post-Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
RUNNING DOWN A COYOTE.

The next morning was mounted
on fast horse and at the place ap-
pointed. The old gentleman appeared
with his two greyhounds and two
wolfhounds- fighting dogs, he called
them.
AS we passed around the hill we
could see the carcass lying in the
sagebrusn, and just beyond it coy
ote busily engaged, apparently, in
pulling off meat. The brute raised
his head and made break to escape
up the valley.
Mike say him first, then Jim, and
they fairly darted over the level
ground, gaining all the time, until
Mike made grab for the beasts hind
leg but missed it. Then the coyote
apparently started to turn on the dog,
but changed his mind and went for
ward again at full speed, when Jim
made a successful grab and tripped
him. Up he jumped, only to be
tripped by Mike. And thus he was
delayed until the fighting dogs ran
up and ended his earthly journeying.
Far up the valley we jumped two
other coyotes from the sagebrush.
One was killed by Mike and the two
fighting dogs; the other one was
checked by Jim until Mr.. Miers urged
the other dogs forward and finally
caught him also.-Forest and Stream.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
MOTHERS WHIM.

MY mother was human being and
had certain peculiarities which we did
not ridicule. Sometimes she would
lose her appetite entirely and could
not eat our food. She would grow
weak and almost ill, but there was
balm in Gilead." Her appetite
would be restored in this way. Some
thing from another persons larder
was the remedy, and 10, Richard
was himself again" 1 was a little
girl and she would send me with a
basket and a note to her good aunt
in the village. Her letter would read
thus: Dear Aunt Jane: I have one
of my spells" again and cannot eat
please send me something from
your cupboard; just anything will do,
so some one else has cooked it."
Your Niece Caroline.
Her aunt did not smile at the no
tion" of their favorite neice, for she
knew and realized her sensitive ma
ture.
Aunt Jane would go to her cellar
and cupboard and pack basket with
whatever she chanced to have. Some
times it would be a cup OF steWed
dried apples, a piece of beef or ham,
a bit of plain cake, or cup of GUS
tard. No matter, dear Aunt Jane un-
derstood it all.
How precious are the friends who
divine our queer ways and who do not
ridicule us.-Dolly Goodwill, in
Indiana Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
AN EXPERT HERSELF.

"Now that is what is known as a
safe hit" volunteered the escort, and
entities the runner to take his place
on the second base"
ayes" responded the damsel, @and
if that duffer had the base-running
ability of an ice wagon he'd have
stretched that bingle into a three
Dagger. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
a Third Solution.

Two diners at a hotel were disput-
ing as to what a pineapple really was.
One of them insisted that it was a
fruit, tho other insisted that it was a
vegetable. The friends determined
to accept the decision of the waiter,
who wc.s called to the table.
John" asked one of them, 'how
do you describe pineapple? Is 1t a
fruit or is it vegetable?"
Its neither, gentlemen; a pineap-
pie is always nextra!" he replied
Bits,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
Shop.
Shop.
"Well, well, well! Is

"Well, well, well! Is this Bill
Snooper?"
"Yes, and this is-let me see-can
this be my old friend, Tom Grigson?"
That's who it is. I haven't see
you for-for-"
"Twenty-seVen years.
"That's right. Twenty-seven years!
Well. we'll! What are you doing
now, Bill?"
I'm a travelling evangelist. Are
you a member of any church, Tom?"
mot yet; I'm life insurance So
licitor. I represent the best company
in the world Carrying all the insur-
ance you want, Bill?"-Chicago Tri-
bune
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
STRICTLY CONVENTIONAL

Anything out of the ordinary
about this wedding out in the mining
regions?"
"Not thing. There was the usual
fracas. and the groom wore the con-
ventional black eye. kansas City
Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
The Meanest Man. Again.

The Herald has discovered the
Meanest Man in Sabetha. The cats
disturbed his slumbers and to get rid
of them he offered reward Of fifty
cents for every cat scalp. A boy de-
stroyed nine of his sleep disturbers,
and brought the scalps to the man for
the reward. He was paid but fifty
cents, however, as the man claimed
that each cat has nine lives, and the
nine scalps might all have been from
the same cat.-Topeka Capital.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
RDrRoGREssIoN.

"The last time saw you you were
complaining about your servant be-
ing slow"
ooh. she's progressing now"
ais she really?"
"Yes, she's getting slower and
slower. er."-Democratic Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
THE SPELLING MATCH.

1t had been regular custom for
half a century or more in the little
town of Crawford to have a spelling
match once a month in the little viii
lage school house where everyone be-
tween the age limit of eight to eight
cen tried to spell one another down.
The schoolmaster, an old man who
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
THEIR COLLEGE BOYS.

First Mother (reading letter from
son at -college) Henry's letters al
ways send me to the dictionary"
Second Mother (resignedly1-
"That's nothing. Jacks letters al
ways send me to the bank. Flew
York Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
A DISTINCTION.

@Phat's Tim Phelan lukkin' so
chisty over? OH break the face av
him!"
"Shure, an it's tn proud day for
Tim. He's just got letther from tn
ouid sod, sayin' thot his cousins bin
hanged fer KILN an robbin' an Eng
lishman. Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
PRACTICE OF LAW.

SHOULD I go into court with the
bald statement that man was sane
at ten, insane at eleven, and sane
again at twelve, I'd be thrown out. :"
"Well?"
"But lemme embellish that plea
with a few hundred to-wits and
whereases, introduce a hypothetical
question and a small line of expert
testimony, and I've got case, sir.
I've got case. Louisville Courier
Journal
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.

".Why have you quit work." de-
manded the farmer.
II just put in twenty minutes saw
ing wood" replied the actor who had
hired out on the farm.
well, you amt in vaudeville.
You're playing in the legit now. ~
Pittsburg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
SMALL CHANGE.

sits three years since 1 was in this
CITY," said the stranger, as he finished
his dinner "City looks the same.
"I don't find much change" re-
marked the waiter, as he took up the
dime that was left from the dollar
bill.-Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
DISCUSSING TERMS.

"Did you come to terms with that
cook?"
Haven't as yet. I'm holding out
for more afternoons out per week
than she wants to allow. Houston
Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
HOW ROWS BEGIN.

Hubby, dreamed last night thai
you didn't love me-.
"How foolish you are"
"Foolish, am I? AS if could help
what dream about!"
And the fracas was on.-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23

A lovebird, no larger than a ca
nary, aas taught itself to speak as
auently and as distinctly as the best
of talking parrots at the village OF
Ambleside, England.
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THE POWER OF NIAGARA.

Mr. Howard-"Isn't it wonderful
what force Niagara has?"
Mrs. Talkmuch-"Marvelo Do
you know when first saw 1t for a
full moment I couldn't speak. -,
Brooklyn Life.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
AT THE CHOP HOUSE.
BETWEEN "FAlJS."

Madge-"Was it spectacular
catch?"
Mabel-"she ran to Europe for
him. Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
AN ExCUsING SPIRIT.

didn't see the grocer's boy kiss
you this morning, Martha?"
NYes'm. But he amt to blame,
ma'am. Twas the iceman set him
the bad example. New York Jour-
nal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
BATH OF THE BLACKBIRDS.

BATH OF THE BLACKBIRDS.
If all human beings were as anx-
ious to take baths and as willing to
20 to a great deal of trouble for the
sake of taking them as are certain
blackbirds in England this would be
a cleaner world. 1t is clergyman
who tells the story about the black
birds, the Rev. T. G.. Wyatt, vicar OF
Hayward Heath. 1t seems that he
received a great many complaints
about the removal of flowers placed
on graves in the churchyard. Mr..
Wyatt, grieved and vexed at this des-
ecration OF the graves, concluded that
the culprits were school children, and
set the verger to watch. The verger.
hiding in the background, saw a great
many blackbirds presently alight
upon the graves. They pulled the
flowers from the zinc wreaths and
crosses, scattered them about the
ward. and then returned and bathed
in the water in which the flowers
had stood. The verger said they
seemed to enjoy their bath very
much.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23

The inhabitants of the United King
hom post 100000 letters every
week.
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"Only one sentence to the play?"
"Sure. That ought to satisfy any
lady star. Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-10-23
A FINE PART.

Il think I'll dramatize one of
Henry lanes sentences.