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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
Ducks Slide On Ice.

Ezekiel Crawford, of Northport, L.
l., has a flock of Muscovy ducks
which quite accidentally have invent
ed a new game. They were in the
habit of flying from the barn to the
duck pond upon Crawford's farm and
entering the water with rebound
ing splash.
When winter arrived and the pond
was coated with smooth ice the ducks
flew from the barn as usual. Near
ing the surface of the pond they ex-
tended their feet and quit flying,
evidently expecting to splash into the
water. They did nothing of the kind.
Their feet slipped out from under
them and they sat down hard and
slid swiftly across the ice until they
bumped against the frozen shore.
"Quack, quack!" said the ducks,
and hurried back to the barn to try
it again The result was the same.
Again and again they are said to
have tried the stunt. Now it is said
they show signs of joy when, upon
retiring at night, they note evidences
of freezing before morning.-New
York Times
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
How The World Grows.

In little more than 100 years,
according to government figures, the
population of the world has grown
from 64O,OOO,O00 to 100000, 900,
an increase of $50 per cent. At the
end of so many hundreds of CEN
turtles, in other words, there were in
the world in 1900 only $40, 100000
of persons, and LOG years, from 1900
to 1906, to this number had been
added $50, 100000.
The total commerce of the world
in 1900 was about one and a half
billions of dollars; in 1900 it was
more than twenty billions of dollars.
Other figures show that in wealth
and the growth of various industrial
agencies the increase has been far
swifter than that of population.
The .overpopulation of the world
is not a present menace to the think
ers of today, but the thinkers of
period when there were less than
half as many people in the world as
there are now seriously debated the
imminence OF the catastrophe that
the overcrowding of the earth would
produce.-Boston Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
HUNGRY SCHOOL CHILDREN.

The discussion stirred up by Rob-
ert Hunters statement that $4,000
or 10000 children in New York City
alone arrive at school hungry and I'M
fitted for work has not yet died down.
1t threw the searchlight of inquiry
upon a condition not generally known
and aroused widespread interest in a
state of affairs that sadly needs RENE
dying.
The well-to-do mother who not
only sees that her child has sub
stantial breakfast, but packs him up
a nourishing lunch, rarely, if ever,
gives a thought as to what it would
mean to him if he were not thus prop
erly fed. Many of the women who
are interested in the work of the jul
venile courts and various reformator-
les for children do not realize how
much farther back they need go it
they really want to help these unfor-
tunate children to better, brighter
life.
If women who are interested in
charitable work, especially that part
of it that has to do with the children
of the poor, would bend their ener-
gies to feeding the children of the
slums who go to school, much of the
later work connected with reforma-
tories and juvenile courts would be
taken out of their hands.
The first handicap Of the child OF
poverty is underfeeding and lack Of
nourishment - not always lack of
food, but lack of the right food. This
in itself is a principal cause of the
terrible infant mortality that slaught-
ers the babies of to-day as ruthlesslY
as Herod did of old. But even when
the child survives he is weakling.
He is a prey to disease. He takes
everything that is epidemic. And
when he goes to school he has al
ready handicap.
If he could be given nourishiDg
food even now much would be done
for him. But when he attends school
with no nourishing breakfast-and
$4,000 to 10000 children do-when
he has little or no lunch-and that is
the case with thousands-how ex-
pect him to study with any strength
either of will or mentality? A child
weak from hunger is in no condition
to profit from lessons. 1t is from
this great class of undcrfed, ill-nour-
ished children who make no progress
in school that the backward chill
dren, the degenerate, the vicious and
the criminal are drawn, who are
tax upon the purse and a burden
upon the heart of every philanthropic
citizen.-New York News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
A BLIND GIRLS WORK.

The latest. achievement of the Cen
lishtened blind"-is the graduation, at
the head of her class at the Mckinley
High School, Chicago, of Miss Edith
M. Griffen, who has not seen since
she was twenty months old. There
were seventy in her class, and she led
them all in scholarship, says the De-
Ineator
Miss Griffen can memorize the SUBJ
stance of seven or eight pages of his
tory and science after they have been
read to her once. She uses a Braile
typewriter at times, but she is at
home with the ordinary machine as
well. She speaks French and Ger
man, has studied Latin and Greek,
has written essays on Herbert Spen-
GERS works, and is an accomplished
musician. Moreover, she sews well
and prides herself on aiding her
mother in all housekeeping cares.
Miss Griffien is as cheerful as the
day is long. She finds her life full of
interests and possibilities of helpful
ness. II haven't any vain regrets"
she says-a philosophy of life to
which more fortunate mortals can
seldom arrive.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
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courage and audacity. The ruby
strengthens the heart and attenuates
the effect of poisons. Fever is ap-
peased by the sapphire.
The emerald dissolves swellings OF
ganglia and preserves from cancer;
it increases energy and teammates
old people; Rabelais was convinced
of this
The beryl clears the sight and rem
ders the mind subtle. Swoons are
prevented by garnets. The sardonyx
purifies the blood.
The onyx Gas every Chinaman
knows) stops bleeding. The anne
thyst dissipates drunkenness and YER
tigo. The topaz wards off sudden
death. The hyacinth is protection
against lightning. The turquoise pre-
vents falling.
With the catseye immunity against
smallpox and an assurance Of lon
gevity may be obtained.
But the stone which is most magl-
cal among all others, said Pliny,
which combines the fire of the car
buncle, the velvet of the amethyst,
the brilliant green of the emerald, is
the opal, that rainbow yelled in milky
vapor, which offers, according to
Michelet, all the vibrant beauty of
colors, was called by the ancients the
shield against misfortune, the JOY
of the heart.-Le Progress de la Cote
dor
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
CREAM OF TOMATO SOUP.

Put to boil in porcelain kettle
one quart can of tomatoes or its
equivalent in fresh ones. Add
tablespoonful of salt, bay leaf and
white pepper to season. Cook until
soft, then strain. Put into small
saucepan tablespoonful of butter
and when hot add one tablespoonful
of minced onion and one tablespoon
full of corn starch. Still until blend
ed, then pour in some of the soup
and cook until smooth and thickened
Add this to the kettle of tomato,
stir in well, cook ten minutes, then
add one quart of milk that has been
heated just to the boiling point. II
the tomato is very acid, stir in a
saltspoonful of soda before adding
the milk. Season with more salt and
pepper if necessary and serve at once
with croutons.-NewY York Telegram
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03

point. II mas comfort for the sorrow
ing, peace for the afflicted, inspiration
for the heavy-hearted, enthusiasm for
the discouraged, admonition for the
wicked, salvation for the penitent.
The farmer feels its vitality, the
shepherd acknowledges it's appeal,
the rich man learns it's lessons, the
poor man thanks God for it's democ-
racy. 1t is the book of the people,
for 1t is redolent with the life of the
people. And wherever there is soul
in torment, wherever there is a man
who mourns, wherever there Is a
woman with broken heart, wherever
there is mind in gloom, or body
that is racked with pain, there will
the Bible be and be enjoyed. For it
radiates good cheer, it speaks to US
honestly of the deepest things of life.
it warns us of the consequences Of
evil and the satisfactions Of right
eousness. The Bible IS as Ineligible
to youth as to old age. 1t has mes
sage for all. 1t can charm boy with
its heroes as man with it's profound
philosophy. 1t can animate girl as
it can inspire and intensity woman's
love for God. And it does these
things.
And because 1t does IL Will never
grow stale or profitless or valueless.
1t will ever stand. THE Word of our
God shall stand forever" 1t is eter-
nal. 1t is not the creature of time.
1t is the child of eternity.
And it would stand forever if for
no other reason than that it unfolds
the earthly history of the incarnate
God. So long as the Bible speaks of
Christ it will live. For He is its in
spiration. The revelation of Him is
it's mission. And so long as men shall
sin and need salvation, so long as
souls shall turn to God in Christ for
aid, so long will men love the Scrip
ture and magnify its force.
Shallow thinkers may enlarge the
difficulties that inhere within the
Scripture. Bad men may quote it
for their evil ends. Foolish men may
twist its meanings and assure us of
it's fallibility But the Bible will
stand. 1t will stand forever. And
when we are gone and the countless
generations that shall follow us have
come and gone the long way in our
steps the Bible will be here. For it is
the Word of the Lord. Let us never
forget it! And it shall endlessly per-
dure
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
MEXICO'S INDIAN WOMEN.

The beauty of Indian women is one
of the charms of Mexico. In the CAPT.
tai, where the Indian has degenerated
through poverty and mental service,
it is less to be remarked than in the
smaller towns and in the country.
But the beautiful faces one takes in
memory away from Mexico are those
of Indian women. Fine eyes are
universal and, what one hardly ex-
poets, fine features, according to eau
casian standards-broad brows,
straight noses, well-formed mouths
and chins full but not gross or
heavy. The expression is very gen.
orally intelligent and often one is
struck, both in Indian men and wo-
men, with the nobility and refine
ment of the countenances. One fire.
-quently sees types among the poems
that seems to belong to some highly
civilized ancient caste-an Egyptian
priest of royal blood, Roman centu-
rion, an Aztec emperor. The women
are gently lovely where they are beau
tifursand. the men at their best in
carriage, in manners and in counte-
nance are strikingly like the very ad-
vaneed product of civilization
From Modern Mexico.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
I louise.
HOLD
/ IIN!!TS

A pan of boraX and sugar, kept
under the sink, will discourage
reaches.
A little salt added to the water
when scrubbing willow furniture will
give it a fresh appearance.
Silk handkerchiefs and ribbons
should be washed in salt and water
and iron wet to get the best results.
To successfully bake piecrust
without it's filling, line it with paraf-
fine paper and fill with uncooked rice.
Enameled ware that has become
burned or discolored may be cleaned
by rubbing with coarse salt and vine
gar.
Plenty of hot water and washing
soda put down the sink pipes will
keep them clear, and lessen the
plumbers bill.
A piece of lime or charcoal in the
new refrigerator will prevent the
new odor and taste from clinging
to eatables.
A teaspoonful of lemon juice to
quart of water will make rice very
white and keep the grains separate
when boiled.
Sew about two inches of tape each
way on all corners when hemming,
Hang on the line by the corners when
drying and they will never tear.
A tablespoonful of borax is an
agreeable addition to the dishwater,
and helps to keep the hands soft in
stead CT irritating them, as soda
does.
To keep fire in the kitchen range
for several hours, shake out the
ashes, fill with coal, close the damp
ers and partially open the slide above
the fire.
To darken tan shoes clean them
with ammonia and milk. If you wish
to accomplish the results quickly ap-
ply three times a day, letting the
shoes dry we'll between each applica-
ton.
A sponge dropped in strong black
coffee, to which a few drops OF am
monia have been added, is an excel
lent renovating agent for soiled
black coat. Dry by rubbing briskly
with a clean wooden CLOTH.
A good preventive against moths
is one ounce each of cloves, cara
way seeds, nutmeg, mace, cinnamon.
Tonquin beans and six ounces OF
Florentine orris root. Grind the
whole well up together and place
in little cambria bag.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
A Silent Household.

James L. Williams, hatmaker,
and his wife have occupied the same
house, taken their meals at the same
table together, and been in each 9TH
er's company almost continually for
five years without speaking word
to each other.
Five years ago they quarreled and
Williams made a VOW that he would
never again speak to his wife. He
has kept it religiously, and so COM
pletely was their affection for each
other severed in the quarrel that the
wife has not once begged for word
from her husband. Their eldest
daughter, Alice, nineteen years OLD,
took sides with her mother, and dur
ing the five years she had never adj
dressed her father, although she is
a member of the household.
The couple have two young chill
dren and have carried on what COM
munication was necessary through
these. Even this means was used
only in cases of extreme necessity
New York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
Observation-Disclosures
A SUIT FOR
SPURIOUS RELICS

A remarkable suit has just been
decided in British court. A Greek
civil engineer while in CONSTANT
nople became acquainted with Turk
who had in his possession silver
casket, which, according to his story,
contained a piece of the cross on
which Christ was crucified, and one
of the nails that had been used in
the crucifxion. Being a Mohamme-
dan, he had no reverence for the
precious relics, and wanted to dis
pose of them to a Christian pur-
chaser. He had some idea of the
value that they should have in Chris
tian eyes, and wanted a high price.
An English collector of curiosities
visited Constantinople while pur-
chaser was being sought, and the
Greek introduced the Turk to him.
The collector was doubtful about the
relics, for he knew that many spur
ious articles of the kind were in eE-
istence But if they were genuine,
it would be easy to sell them at
profit. Finally, after some negOtia-
ton, he offered to take them to sub
nit to experts, and undertook, if they
proved genuine, to pay $3.50 Tor
them. The antiquarians at the Brit
ish Museum declared them to be
spurious, and the collector therefore
refused to purchase them. There
upon he was sued for the money.
Being spurious, they were worthless,
but if they had proved genuine their
value would have consisted in their
association with an event so sacred,
that to make them a matter OF bar
gain and sale would have been shock
ing to the Christian mind. That
there are men capable Of engaging IN
such traffic need not, however, Occa-
sion surprise There are some men
so set upon the making Of money that
nothing is too sacred for them TO
use in the pursuit. Most Of the de-
faulters that are brought to justice
wore the cloak of piety to divert sus-
picion. 1t has always been so. Even
in apostolic days a man had the
audacity to propose a bargain for
the use Of the Holy Spisit.-Chris-
tiaQ Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
WOMAN AND HER WAYS.

A thrifty woman will make her
home attractive, though it may be a
hut in the wilderness.
Women sometimes lose sight of
great things by their attention to in
significant details.
Weman's honesty is proverbial.
THE exceptions are few and far be-
tween.
Women never enter into conspira-
cies with each other. Men usually
conceive them and induce women to
join in their execution.
A wronged women should be i'm
placable, but rarely is. She is most
likely to forgive and forget.
. 1t is supposed that the injunction
to-. turn the other cheek if one is
smitten was directed exclusively to
women.
Women are supposed to hide be-
hind a smiling face all the SORROWS
of an aching heart. Many succeed
in practicing the deception. = New
Haven Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
1 ne
General Demand

of the Well Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination of Syrup of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-lnformed.
To get its beneficial effects always buy
the genuine -manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
NATIONAL WASTE.
Warning Against Extravagant Use OF
National Resources.

1.-THE present prodigious waste of
the nations natural resources must
stop at once" is the warning given
to the people of the United States
by ]. A Holmes, chief of the tech
nologic branch of the United States
Geological Survey, who has just re-
turned to Washington after three
months trip through the West.
Mr.. Holmes, who is an expert on
fuels and one of the best known
scientists in the country, toured the
entire West at the instance of the
Government, to learn just how ser
ious the conditions are. He returns
with the statement that in the min
ing operations of the present time
nearly one-half of the total coal sup
ply is being left under ground; that
water, the most valuable Of all re-
sources, as a source of power is
being wasted day after day and year
after year to the extent of millions
of horsepower, and has been used in
the building of homes or in the in
dustries.
Zone of the great national prob
lens is the conserving Of the fuel re-
sources" says Mr.. Holmes. cat the
present rate Of increase in consump-
ton, the better rart of the fuel sup
ply of the country will be gone by
the end of the present century, I'M
less the proper steps are taken.
THE future ascendancy of Ameri-
can industries will depend largely on
Our manufacturers being able to Sc
cure cheap fuel The value and cost
of labor will never be reduced in
the United States to what they are
in foreign countries; but this fact
renders all the more essential in the
struggle for industrial and CONNER
cial supremacy that the manufacture
ers of this country be able to obtain
fuel supplies cheaper than they are
to be had in other countries.
"The world recognizes Americans
as the most wasteful of peoples in the
utilization Of their resources. Ger
tainly no nation received SO rich an
inheritance as did the United States
in it's combination of soil and forest
and climate and streams and mineral
resources
1.-THE nation has literally grown
up in luxury. Out of the very album
dance of these resources we have de-
veloped an Indifference to economy
and the habit of waste. We have
destroyed our game for its hides and
horns our forests for their tan bark
or a pittance of the lumber they
would yield; and meanw lille with a
thoughtless Indifference we have
allowed the forest fires to burn more
lumber than we have used in the
building of homes or in the indus
tries.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
VEAL OUTLET IN TOMATO.

Beat two outlets and fry them in
one tablespoonful of boiling lard, fry
on both sides until light brown.
cover the steaks with water and let
1t stew for an hour; cover the can
tightly, then add one and half doz-
en- tomatoes, which have been
skinned, strain off the seeds and
water. Let this stew for one hour
slowly. Season with two bay leaves
while cooking and remove when
served, add pepper and salt and
few slices of onions.-New YorB
Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
ONLY A PreteXt,

Ardup had made half a dozen at
tempts to borrow money of his
friends, but one and all had pleaded
the prevailing financial stringency.
That's all pretense,' he said, with
bitterness, as he gave it up. Its
nothing but a case of financial stingy
-see?"
To such base uses of the language
may adversely bring man.=Chfcago
Tribune,
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Levi P. Brockway, s. Second Ave.
Anoka, Mimi, says: After lying
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
SPAGHETTI A LA ITALIENNE.

Spaghetti A LA 11ALlENNE.
Have ready kettle of boiling
water slightly sailed, and holding
a half pound of the long Italian
spaghetti in the hand, put one end OF
the bunch into the rapidly boiling
water. AS the sticks soften bend the
mass around in the kettle so that it
all goes in without breaking. Boil
rapidly from twenty to thirty min.
utes, then turn into cOlander to
drain Meantime melt tablespoon.
full of butter over the fire in sauce
pan, add one fine chopped onion,
half green pepper chopped without
the seeds, and cook six minutes. Add
a half can tomatoes, quarter cup
fine mushrooms, teaspoonful each
of salt and sugar and a quarter tea
spoonful pepper, and cook twenty
minutes. Have ready buttered
dish and quarter pound grated Par
mesan cheese When the spaghetti
is ready, put in the dish alternating
with layers of the sauce and grated
cheese Place in the oven for few
moments, then serve with separate
dish of Parmesan.-NewY York Tele-
gram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1908-01-03
A Distinction.

A journalist at a dinner was talk
ing to William Dean Howells about
literary fame.
But, after ALL said Mr.. Howells,
with his gentle smile, literary fame
is not so highly regarded by the
people, it is? l remember when
was in San Reno some years ago
seeing in a French newspaper q
notice that bears upon this question.
''It was notice inserted by rat
trap maker of Lyons, and it said:
ITO Whom 1t May Concern-M.
Pierre Lott, of Lyons, inventor OF the
automatic rat-trap, begs to state that
he is not the same person, and that
he has nothing in common with one
Pierre Lott, a writer Washing
ton Star