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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Sincerity is Not Enough,

Here is a man who is sowing what
appears to be black ashes. A friend
accosts him, saying: What have
you got in your bag?" He learns
that it is the hulls of buckwheat-
the chaff of old wheat; and he says:
What are you sowing chaff for?"
why" the man replies, II have the
impression that If man is only
faithful and sincere. it makes no
difference what he sows."
Does it not make difference:
Suppose man should sow couch
grass, thinking he was going to get
timothy hay; would he? Suppose a
man should set out crab-apple-trees
in his orchard, and think he was
going to get fall pippins; would he?
Suppose a man should SOW that most
detestable of all detestable seeds, the
Canadian thistle, and say it was
wheat; would any amount of botani-
cal sincerity on the part of this fool
secure to him a harvest of anything
better than the. seed sown? If he
sowed chaff, he would not even
reap chaff If he sowed weeds, ne
would reap weeds. For what a
man sows" in natural husbandry.
that shall he reap. Henry Ward
Reecher.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21

JAPANESE WIVES HAVE LIBERTY
Talking to newspaper woman in
Washington, D. c., Mrs. Takahira,
wife of the ambassador from Japan,
told much of interest regarding the
woman of the present day.
The women of Japan are not
under the restraint they were many
years ago." said the baroness. "Our
ancestors would scarcely understand
the changes which have come. For
merly the women of my country
were not acquainted with the privi-
leges which were given to others, but
all that is changed now. We go
about almost as we please and we
even go to the theatres and to enter
tainments more often than our hus-
bands.
81 am exceptionally fond of mu-
sic, but when I went to school we
could only learn japanese music as
it was taught by our own people. We
did not then have the advantage of
learning the piano, the violin and
other instruments which it is now
possible to master.
Our schools then, as indeed they
are now, were conducted by native
teachers, but were modelled along
European lines. With the years, adj
vancement has come to our school
system as it has to those of other
countries, and 1t is now possible for
our boys and girls to have many
more advantages than formerly.
"a Japanese bride owes much to
her husband and there are certain
what you call them?-command-
ments which she must obey, but all
marriage services have those, 1 be-
lieve, and ours are not so strict, not
as much so, as they were years ago.
"Our people are learning the adj
vantage of being practical and while
I believe they still retain their pic
turesqueness they are looking more
to the steady and real progress of the
country, and 1 think rarely miss an
opportunity to accomplish It,"
Nine. Takahira is an experienced
hostess, having accompanied her hus-
band to all of his diplomatic posts.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
CARE OF BLANKETS.

Many good housewives do not care
to risk the laundering of their fine
wooden blankets to their servants,
and a word might help at this season
from a good housewife, who always
takes this task upon herself. She
first shaves a half bar Of yellow soap
and pours this into pint of boiling
water; she stirs this until 1t becomes
like thick jelly and pours 1t into
three buckets of lukewarm water
Into this she puts the blankets and
washes thoroughly. She does not rub
SOAP on the blankets. She puts them
through wringer and in another tub
OF clear, lukewarm water, then keeps
or rinsing in clear water until every
particle of soap is removed and hangs
on line il hot sun, taking care to
hang them perfectly straight. She
leaves them in the sun for several
hours until perfectly dry, then puts
them out the next day if necessary
American Cultivator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

Eugene v. Debs declared that la.
Dor has been forced to take hand
in politics.
The French newspapers unite in
praising the achievement of Wilbu.
Wright in his airship.
Senator William B. Allison's will
was filed at Dubuque, Iowa. The
value of the estate is 100000.
Associate Justice Harlan, of the
Supreme Court, is great pedestrian,
and every day walks to and from the
Capitol.
Thomas l.. Hamilton. the noted
politician and oficeholder, returned
from Europe afflicted with cancer OF
the stomach.
Henry P. Brown, of Cleburne, Tex,
was elected at Boston Supreme Chan.
cellor of the Order of Knights OF Ply.
thias, to succeed Charles A. Barnes,
of Jacksonville, III.
Things have become so complex
that I scarcely know where l am; Sc
/ am going to the Siskiyou Mountains
to think over the situation" So
speaks Mr.. Hartman.
Rear-Admiral w. L. Caps, CHIEF
of the Naval Bureau of Construction
and Repair, who sailed to Hawaii on
board the battleship Kansas, has re.
turned to San Francisco to complete
his inspection on the Pacific Coast.
Young Pierpont Morgan, compar.
ing municipal methods of London
and New York, says the former has
learned that it pays to spend all its
money on real improvements, rather
than pass it round among families.
Cardinal Patrick Francis Moran,
archbishop of Sydney. N s. W., has
informed the Vatican that he will be
obliged to delay his visit to Europe
because he wished to be in Sydney on
the arrival of the American squadron
there.
1t was said at Washington, D. c.,
that Senator Perkins would become
chairman of the Senate Committee
on Naval Affairs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
DEMANDING THEIR RIGHTS.

The Cars female subjects seem to
think the present favorable time to
assert themselves, and among others
the Mahometan women of the empire
are on the warpath. The seclusion
of the harem has not kept from them
the knowledge of what their sisters
are doing in the world they have
never entered and they thirst for a
share in these activities. They have
addressed petition to the Mahomet-
an deputies in the Duma demanding
the rights which, they say, their sac
red books give them. Although our
holy religion made us free" they say,
1--WE are oppressed by our ignorant
despots of husbands, and, like slaves,
we are compelled to submit to their
caprices. The Chariat prescribes that
women have the right to study. to
travel, to pray in the mosques, to
make pilgrimages to Mecca, to en-
gage in all branches of trade, to be
sisters of charity. Mussulman wo-
men exercise these rights in Arabia
and other countries. where they have
founded some societies, built mosques
and organized charitable institutions.
Our prophets wife accompanied him
to the wars, and studied science of
foreign writer's. Now our husbands
prevent us even from studying our
own religion. We are not allowed
to read religious books. Our hus-
bands deprive us of liberty and keep
US confined within four walls. We
are compelled to live in a state of
continued oppression, and in the ma
iority of cases to die a premature
death from pulmonary or other
causes"
They complain furthermore that
while Mahometan men are forbidden
by their religion to look upon strange
women, they are constantly bringing
home extra wives and leading a dis
solute life in restaurants, hotels and
other places of entertainment
New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Wagner Letters Published.

A number of letters of Richard
Wagner. which had never been pub
lished, are printed in the Berlin Neue
Rundschau. In one of these Wag-
ner's humble style is shown. 1t is a
letter to the manager of the Dresden
Opera House, dated June 4, 1912,
thanking him for having accepted
for production Wagner's "Rienzi. !"
May your excellency." he says,
make us happy with your further
good will, and be assured forevermore
of the most respectful esteem as we'll
as the deepest gratitude of one who
has the honor to sign himself your
excellency's most obedient servant. :"
The man to whom this letter was
written was Freiherr Won Luttichau.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
WHITE HOUSE SECRETARY.

WHITE HOUSE SECRETARY.
The Chicago Advance tells US that
Miss Isabel Hagner, secretary to Mrs.
Roosevelt, is remarkable for the beau
ty of the gowns that she wears at the
in her capacity of first lieutenant to
the Presidents wife, she often takes
part. Her salary is $1,000 a year, but
she is so clever about designing her
clothes that her appearance never
suffers in comparison with that of
the wealthiest of the visitors to the
executive mansion. Miss Hagner's
tainly splendid example of the "all-
round" American girl. She knows
the ms and outs of Washington soci-
ETY. thoroughly, and she has a COM
plete knowledge of etiquette for
every possible occasion. Until finan-
cial reverses caused retrenchment in
her fathers home, she was belle in
Washington, and counted among her
friends almost all the notables of the
city. This familiarity with society
gives her fine poise, now that she
has practically all the management
of the White House entertaining. She
seems never at loss even in the most
trying circumstances, and Mrs. Roose
welt is said to rely on her ready wit
to brush away any little awkwardness
or small social jealousy that may
arise even in official circles. Her let
ters and notes are models of grace
and tact.
All lists of guests come under the
secretary's supervision, and she gives
her personal attention to the decorat-
ing of the rooms and tables for the
White House functions, and it has
been jokingly predicted that if Il.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
SELF DELUSION
Many People Deceived by Coffee.

We like to defend our indulgencies
and habits even though we may be
convinced of their actual harmful
ness.
A man can convince himself that
whisky is good for him on cold
morning, of beer on a hot summer
day-when he wants the whisky or
beer.
It's the same with coffee. Thou
sands of people suffer headache and
nervousness year after year but try
to persuade themselves the cause is
not coffee-because they like coffee.
while yet child l commenced
using coffee and continued it, writes
a Wis. man, until l was regular
ing and in consequence had binding
headache nearly every afternoon.
"My folks thought it was coffee
that allied me, but I liked it and
would not admit 1t was the cause of
my trouble, so l stuck to coffee and
the headaches stuck to me.
FINALLY, the folks stopped buying
COHeS anu UTOuSul uOlue SOlue L Us
tum. They made 1t right directions
on pkg and told me to see what
difference it would make with my
head, and during that first week on
Postum my old aff1iction did not
bother me once. From that day to
this we have used nothing but Postum
in place of coffee--headaches are a
thing of the past and the whole fam
lily is in fine health"
Postum looks good, smells good,
tastes good, is good, and does good
to the whole body" There's a Rea-
son."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read. THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter? A new
ono appears from time to time. They
arc genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
TESTS FOR RITTER.

To find out whether butter is pure,
What To Eat gives the following
method: Place a small piece in
large iron spoon and heat gently over
a flame. If the butter foams freely
on heating, 1t is butter, while if it
sputters and crackles like hot grease
without foaming, it is oleomargarine
or renovated butter. Another way
to examine sample is to put it in
small bottle, and then place the
bottle in boiling water for five or six
minutes. If the sample Is butter the
curd will have settled, leaving the
fat perfectly clear, while If it is q
substitute the fat is cloudy or milky,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
COttonsced Business.

In the great cotton belt of the
South are 848 mills engaged in crush
ing cottonseed for it's oil and other
products. In these mills are zoos
presses, and in connection with them
2752 gin stands and 1926 linters. 1t
is estimated that in the production
of cottonseed oil and by-products
more than sS5,00O,000 is invested.
The mills annually use about 4,00O<
600 tons of seed, costing about $780,
100000. When made into oil, cake,
bulls and linters and other products,
its value is about s9O,000,OO0 At
the present time but little more than
half the total seed product of the
country is rushed.-Popular Me-
chanics.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21

cd of Interpretation, partly to an
unreal theological authority, and
partly due to its exclusion from our
public system of education as a
literature for literary analysis and
examination. and as a great treasure
house of moral information capable
of being memorized without re-
course to sectarian explanation or
ecclesiastical influence of sinister de-
sign. No Congregationalist believes
in State aid to religious communi-
ties or ecclesiastical objects. Let
every religious organization stand or
fall, live or die. according as it ex-
fall, live or die, according as it
gives it right to live in a free at
mosphere which is guaranteed as a
necessity of life. How then is Bible
study to be pursued? Bv ,duipping
every church as thorough bible
school with every modern facility
known to pedagogy. philosophy,
psychology and religious admins
tration.
The churches of the future CEN
turtles will only live as they are
worthy to live with the advancing
sciences of government, industry
and education
We are to do the work Of build
ing up men in Christian character.
Not merely moral men, or educated
men, or civilized men, but men re-
deemed and reconstructed in charac-
ter by the power of q Person whom
we love and worship as the Christ Of
God, and apart from whom we do
not believe this spiritual life of re-
generation is possible.
This work demands that each
member of the Christian church
shall do his share. 1t demands that
we shall live and work for the com
munity all the time. Not for our
se1ves-the community and the
community Father will care for us
Some souls need worship, some need
social life. some need good books.
some need physical culture. rs the
starting point of new intellectual
life or spiritual passion. The Chris
tian church can sanctify all these
modes of renewing mems life. 1t
must be working institution. Open
at all reasonable hours. for all ra-
tional purposes that aid in religious
development 1t must be the great
spiritual centre from which radiates
the religious strength of the homes
that stand around it and to which
comes the spiritual response that null
tiplies and maintains it's rover and
resources.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Arms, Legs, And The NAH.

How many of us have noticed that
we walk with our arms as well as
with our legs? Sitting on a grassy
slope overlooking seaside promen-
ade the other day l was struck by
the mechanical swing of the arms
of the stream of passers-by-the
right arm always keeping position
with the left leg and the left arm
with the right leg. BY attempting
to reverse the order of the swing I
found that 1 had tendency to pro-
gress like a crab, while the effort
to keep them fixed by the side was
like the shutting off the steam from
the engine. Arms and the man must
be amended to arms, legs, and man!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Spelled in Full.

eve had an editor-in-chief on the
Cedar Rapids Republican years ago
who was a stickler for no abbrevia-
TONS" said a veteran newspaper
man. HE didn't believe in abbrevi-
ating anything but the word Mister.
The names of States had to be spelled
out. One time one Of the boys wrote
a news story which contained this
clause: And Mozart's mass was
played The proof-reader WHO got
the story had been under the exact
ing direction of that editor for years,
too many years to allow any proper
name to get by him without being
spelled out, so when he came to this
Mass he 'rung' the word and it
came ont 'Mozart's Massachusetts.
Bee.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Wireless In Canada.

According TO a report issued by
the Canadian government the Do
minion owns Is Marconi stations on
the Gulf and on the Atlantic sea-
board. Three of these are what are
known as .'low-power" stations and
cost $1,000 each; the others are
known as "high-power" stations and
cost $4,000 each. The Marconi Com
pany receives $500 and f7OO per
annum, respectively, for operating
them. retaining all the receipts.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Effects OF Lightning.

A widespread belief is that dur
ing a thunder storm safety may be
found under a beech tree, and that
the danger from lightning is Is
times as great under resinous tree
and SO times as great under an oak.
DIR. A. w. Borthwick. the British
naturalist, finds this view to be en-
tirely without foundation. The beech
is not avoided by lightning, which
selects one species as readily as an
other, but the taller trees in neigh
borhood appear to be the ones liable
to be struck The effects of lightning
also are commonly misunderstood.
The cells of tree are not ruptured
or torn by the formation of steam
as SO often stated. but they collapse
or shrink up without tearing. The
roots seem to escape damage.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
TO INDUCE SLEEP.

If you cannot sleep well, try eat
ing an onion sandwich early in the
evening. Slice the onion thin, sprink-
lie with salt and place between two
slices of thin bread and butter. 1t
tastes good and improves the COM
plexion as we'll as inducing Sleep
Boston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
A Rare Coin.

A keen struggle for the possession
of an extremely rare coin between
the Pope and King Victor Emmanuel
Of Italy, both numismatists. has just
ended in favor of the former. The
Vatican collection, which consists of
some 1900 pieces, Is now the
richer by an exceedingly rare speci-
men-a golden crown struck by In
nocent TX. The coin was found in
a garden at Acqui and was secured
alter spirited bidding by an admirer
of the Pope, who has presented it to
the Vatican.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Votes of Socialists.

The Socialist party polled almost
as large a popular vote in 1904 as
the other three minor parties COM
bined. In 1900 the Prohibitionists
had distanced all the other trailing
organizations, polling 209,062 votes
to 92,142 for the Socialists, $4,000
for the Populists and 33,375 for the
Socialist Laborites. But in 1904 the
Socialist ticket got 402, 159 votes to
250,55O for the Prohibition, 1929
for the Populist and 1852 for the
Socialist Labor.-New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Loss of Railways.

Data coml<led by the Texas Rail-
road Commission indicates loss by
The railroads of the State during the
last nine months of 100000, as
against twice that amount reported
by the companies. The commission
asserts that fifty per cent. of the
losses claimed by the railroads is
fictitious, due to the new system of
bookkeeping.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
Peat Alcohol.

In the manufacture of alcohol from
peat a Danish company, with one
experimental plant In Denmark and
one in France, has found the cost
to be about one-fourth of that made
from potatoes. IN the process of
manufacture, the cellulose or fiber
of the peat is converted by sulphuric
acid into a soluble carbohydrate and
this is fermented by a special yeast.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21

kidney troubles. Is
that relief lasting?
Let Mrs. James M.
Long, of 113 N. Au-
gusta St., Stanton,
Va, tell you. On
January 31st, 1908,
Mrs. Long wrote:
"Doan's Kidney Pills
have cured me" (of
main in the hack
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
BABY CRIED AND SCRATCHED
All the Time-Was Covered with Tor,
turing Eczema-Doctor Said Sores
Would Last for Years-Per.
feet Cure by Cuticura.

"My baby niece was suffering from that
terrible torture, eczema. Tt was all over
her body, but the worst was on her face
and hands. She cried and scratched all the
time and could not sleep night or day from
the scratching. / had her under the doc
tors care for a year and half and he
seemed to do her no good. took her to
the best doctor in the city and he said that
she would have the sores until she was six
years old But if had depended on the
doctor my baby would have lost her mind
and died from the want of aid. But used
Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment and
she was cured in three months. Alice L..
Dowell, AGO Easton Ave-, St. Louis, Mo-,
May and 20, 1907"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
TO CLEAN BLACK FELT HAT.

II
Brush the dust well out of it; mix
together one tablespoon strong liq-
uid ammonia and five tablespoons
cold tea, and with piece of flannel
dipped into it rub the hat we'll over;
rub with dry flannel until nearly
dry, and when quite dry rub off any
bits of fluff or hair left.-Boston
POST
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
1t Had To Come.

1--WE are now making special
cash register for country editors"
whats special about it?"
at has keys for potatoes, turnips
squash, pie-plants, pumpkins, cord
wood and hard cider" Washington
Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
MAHOGANY FLOOR STAIN.

Melt one-half pound of b ,y""~.
add to it two quarts of turpenti1'2
and enough raw umber and crimson
lake, in powder, to make the mahog-
any tint as dark as desired. Then
apply with a brush and polish with
clean wooden cloths. This recipe is
for "a hardwood fioor.-Boston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
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HINTS CONCERNING PUMPKINS.
If pumpkin is baked instead of
boiled it makes richer pies, as there
is no watery juice clinging to it. CT
the pumpkin with the rind on, place
in the oven, cover with deep tin and
bake slowly until done. Then scrape
from the skin and prepare as usual.
Boston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
His Finest Act.

How was your speech received at
the club?" asked one of Chumley's
friends.
why. they congratulated me very
heartily In fact. one of the men,
bers came to me and told me that
when ! sat down he had said to him
self it was the best thing l had ever
done."-Youth's Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-08-21
A Thriller.

Slow Waiter-Have | ever been in
the country, sir? No, sir. Why do
you ask?
Tired Customer was just think
ing how thrilling you'd find it to sit
on the fence and watch the tortoises
whiz by.-Pick-Me-Up.