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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
A Great Scheme,

Herbert Hoavey, weighing 2S5 pounds,
decided to reduce electrically. He
wrapped coil of copper wire round
his waist, connected it with the tele-
phone apparatus and, sure enough, be-
gan at once to grow lighter at the rate
Of several pounds a minute.
'This is grand scheme" chuckled
Heavey, pulling out the waistband of
his trousers, which was already a foot
too big for his waist
Then suddenly the telephone bell
rang.
"Is that Herbert Heavey?" a gruff
voice asked.
YES" was the reply.
"Well, this is the exchange" snap
ped the voice. "Will you please stop
frying scrapple with the telephone
wires? Our Office is all full of nasty
at."-EXchange.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1910,
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. NJ

all the railroad of the Washington,
Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad Com
pany, beginning at Point Lookout, at
the confluence of the Potomac River
and the Chesapeake Bay in ST. Mary's
County, Maryland; and running thence
to the City of Washington, in tht
District of Columbia, its extensions
and appurtenances. with the equipment"
thereof, consisting of all its persons
property and effects of every kinu,
and also all the rights, liberties,
privileges, immunities and franchises
of the said Washington, Potomac and
Chesapeake Railroad Company; and
also all the rights-of way and lane
used in connection with, or for the con-
struction, use and maintenance Of said
Railroad, its extensions and branches,
together with all its bridges, fculverts,
side-tracks, depots, grounds. machine
shops, buildings and other structures.
properties, real and personal, and i'm
provements Of every kind and descrip-
ton thereof.
About twenty-one miles of this Rsit-
road. viz: that portion Of it betw@en
Brandywine-a station on the Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad in Prince Georges
County, and Mechanicsv lie, in st.
Mary's County, Maryland, have been
built and are now in actual operation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
On Taking Advice

You may disregard advice, but listen
to it.
Don't scoff at it no matter who the
person is who makes it.
Many fool has helped wise man
Even the worst advice presents one side
OF a question.
An astute man said that he always
wanted advice, not to follow it, but to
h,lp him make up his mind. If you
once get this idea about it you will be
IN, ,uch the gamer in the battle of life
n one person can present all the.
points of view. and person about t.
lake important step should be able IL
knew what is all around the horizon.
Listen to everything everybody has
to say, if you have the time; If not, al
ways listen to anything that is present
ed strongly, whether or lot it agrees
with your opinion.
And above all things never scof at
the criticism, with its implied advice
of an enemy. There you get your
weakest points exposed. If you are
wise you will be thankful for the op.
portun.ty to strengthen them.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Education and the Soil

One of the popular fallacies that is
rapidly losing ground is the idea that
anyone, with no previous training OF
experience can be succussful farmer,
and one of the chief agencies Of enligbt-
enment is the Government Bureau OF
Soils, says the "Omaha Bee"
This useful adjunct of the De-
partment of Agriculture is rapidly
completing its Investigations of the &C
tual values and needs of the earth in
various parts of the West, and its re-
ports will constitute valuable compeH-
dium for those already engaged in asgi-
culture Or about to embark in it.
The Government has risen to thi
need of demonstrating that the day of
hap hazard scratching of the surface Of
the earth is passed and that for most
successful results practical training if,
not thorough scientific education, is
needed 1t is the aim of the Bureau Of
Soils to establish accurately the nutri-
ton values of the earth in varying Sec
tions for producing the greatest abun-
dance Of suitable crops, and with such
a definite basis to help the husbandmap
proceed with greater certainty toward
his goal of achievement. This sort OF
official knowledge is sure to enable
man to make many blades of grass OF
grain grow where few or none grew
before, for its natural development will
be the intelligent cultivation of every
arabic acre of land that can be made t.
yielda profitable crop
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Winter.

In winter nature ceases from her Ia
bors and prepares for the great change
The wind sweeps through the great
forest with sound like the blast of a
trumpet. The dry leaves whirl in
eddies through the air. A fretwork
of hoary frost covers the plain. The
stagnant water in the pools and bitches
is frozen into fantastic figures. In the
low hanging clouds the sharp air, like
busy shuttle, weaves her shroud of
snow. There is a melancholy and con-
tinual roar in the tops of the tall
pines like the roar of a cataract 1t
is the funeral anthem of the dying
year-Longfellow.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
A SOLAR ECLIPSE.

How 1t Can Happen, Considering the
Size of the Moon.
It has been asked how a total eclipse
of the sun can possibly happen, as the
moon is smaller than the sun.
A self luminous body, like the sun,
scatters light in all directions, and
when the rays fall upon a nonlumi-
nous body they are intercepted from
the space Immediately behind it, and a
shadow is thrown a certain distance
in that direction. Another celestial
body, deriving also it's light from the
sun, will upon entering the area over
which this shadow is cast be de-
part. This is what happens to the
earth in a solar eclipse. The sun and
earth revOlve in the same plane of the
ecliptic, and the moon, being but slight
ly inclined to that plane, interposes
between them once in every revolu-
ton, so that it happens that they are
sometimes all three in the same line.
When this occurs portion Of the
moons opaque sphere is seen project
ed upon the suns face, intercepting its
light, proportionate with the magni-
tude of the eclipse, which depends
upon the distances separating the cen
ters of the sun and moon at the mid
die of the phenomenon. Only in cases
where these centers precisely CORE
spond can there be a total obscura
tion.-New York American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
CONDITIONS OF MARKET

Groundleaves to date 5s5 hhds. Same
date 19OS 1901 hhds.
Demand for properly conditioned to-
bacco is active, with prices the highest
Of the year. Planters who held their
crop and properly handled and condi-
toned have reaped their reward in
higher prices.
All old tobacco should now be ship
ped as promptly as possible, but not
forced on the market for the new crop
is short and prices should be main
tanned.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Goeal ann Qersonal,

THE ENQUIRER will be pleased
to receive items, such as we'd
dings, parties, teas and other
news Of personal interest, with
the names of those present. The
items should be indorsed with
the name and address of the
sender-not for publication, but
as a matter of good faith.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10

"Where will find the bloozesY ask.
ed the woman who had just returned
from London.
DE bIoozes! exclaimed the elevator
man, staring pop eyed and vague. "De
bloozes-w'y, dey mus be on de-'scuse
me, madam, you'd better ask de floor,
walker"
Certainly, madam; second floor
James, take the lady to the second
-blowses-law waists, y
know."-New York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
When a Woman Goes to Bed Mad.

When woman Goes to Bed Mad.
When a man comes home at night
his wife pours forth a recital in a mill
stream of all that has happened all
day. Then she gets a hook, puts on
her bait and begins to fish to find out
what he has done all day, and she
never catches a thing. Then she goes
off to bed mad because she told SO
much.-AtchisOn Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
THE TERMS OF SALE

as prescribed BY the decree, are as fol-
lows. viz:
No bid less than twenty-five thous-
and ($25, 600 0O) dollars to be receiv~
ed
Of the purchase price One Thousan
Isl .00000) to be paid in cash, and
the balance either in cash or in Bonds
of the Defendant Company, the divi-
dend on which will be equal to the bal
ance of the purchase price.
a deposit Of Ten Thousand ($10,,
900 OG) dollars in cash, or Fifty Tbous-
and $3.50. 900 COY dollars in said Bon6s
to be made, if demanded. by the Trus-
tee.
BUCKS COUNTY TRUST COM
PANY, OF DOYLESTOWN, PA
Trustee
Dep1n
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
The Daily American
TWICE-A-W EEK 4 AMERICAN
The Cheapest and Best Family News
paper Published.
ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
Six Months, SO Cents.

THE TWICE-A WEEK AMERICAN
is published in two issues, Tuesday and
Friday mornings, with the news Of, the
week in compact shape. 1t also con-
entertaining roneances, good poetry,
local matter of general interest and
fresh miscellany suitable Tor the home
circle. A carefully edited Agricultural
Department and full and reliable Finan-
cial and Market Reports are special fea-
lures.
See clubbing arrangements in other
parts of paper.
Entered at the Postoffice at Baltimore
Md, as second class matter, April 13,
1904.
CHAs. G. FULTON & CO,
FELIX AGNTS,
Nara-er and Publisher,
AMERICAN OFFICE,
BALTIMORE, MD.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Eiini1t BE Morse.

The fashion a man has of keeping
his hands in his pockets is perhaps not
elegant, but it is not morally culpahle
rs is the practice Of putting his hands
II the pockets of some one else.-Lon-
don Judy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Trustees Sale
The Washington, Potomac
and Chesapeake Rail-
road Company

DY VIRTUE Of Decree of the Cir
~ cult Court of the United States
for the District of Maryland, passed il
the case of the Bucks County Trust
Company, Trustee, VS.. the Washin gton
Potomac and Chesapeake Railroad Com.
pany, the undersigned, ,as Trustee namec
in saidDecree. will sell at public auction
at the Courthouse in Upper Marlboro
in Prince Georges County in the Stats
of Maryland, on
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10

DR.. F aney's Teething Syrup con-
forms to the Pure Food Drug Law;
every bollte guaranteed. Sample free
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10

Babies don't mind cold or take cold
of kept we'll with Dr.. Fahrney's Teeth
ing Syrup Get it anywhere. Sample
free.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Look Out:

--PRICES OF LUMBER MUCH LOWER
FRANK LLBBE7 & Co., 9th St.. and N. Y. Ave.
Dressed Siding Clear $500 per 100 feet.
FRANK LlBBE4 and Co, ct St. and N. 7. York
Flooring very good s. 90 per 900 ~-
FRANK LIBBEY and Co., 9th St. and N. Y Ave.
No. Cypress Shingles, $3.50 per l0OO
FRANK LI6BEY and Co., 9th St. and N. Y.
Mail inquiries invited Answered day. Bids given
Shipments quick and reliable We invite your
guest when load your vessel IF entirely ,tory
money refunded Cur warehouses and sheds stocked full
supply your entire list in day. NO DELAY ALWAYS
CALL ON
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Maryland Tobacco Market

The following report has been issued
by Richard S. Hill, State Tobacco
Agent, for the week ending December
1, 1909.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10

If l take care of my character my
reputation will take care Of ITSELF
Moody
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10
Died

Mr.. Robert E. Thomas died at Chel-
tenham on November 22nd, as result
of an injury to the spine, caused by d
fall from a wagon about four weeks
previous to his death. He was II years
of age and is survived by his wife and
one daughter, Mrs. A. G. Biyens. The
burial service was said at the Church OF
Atonement on Wednesday, November
Gath, by thef Rector of St. Thomas
Parish. Creom.5. :
Died at his home near Meadows, this
county, November 80, 1909, Charles
Wilf1ed, the youngest son of Viii
liam E. and Ruth Norfolk, aged l yeal
and 10 months
Oh! how hard we tried to save him,
But our care was all in vain;
Angels came. and took him from US
He is with the Saviour free from pain
He is gone, but was so young and fair;
He slumbers, sweet, butknew no care
His he.rt was true, his life was young.
Yes, not our will, but Gods be done
by MAMMA AND PAPA
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1909-12-10

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Dec10
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-29

In Morocco 1t is customary for
man to bury most Of his riches In
place known only to himself. This Gus
tom is practiced by all Moors, for they
cannot trust their own family, who
would murder them directly If 1t were
known where the money was. At the
death Of the head of family in Mo
rocco digging operations commence at
once. but seldom is the money discov-
cred. There must be many fortunes
buried away in odd corners OF the
country. An instance came under the
writer's notice at one of the coast
towns. During the demolition of a
house considerable sum Of money
was found built into the wall.-London
Graphic
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cried in a low, passionate voice-a new
voice to Miss Rachel:
'Oh, Rachel, Rachel, forgive me!
He did not know; he never, never
dreamed 1t. You, you only, had his
life and all Of it, and, oh, 1 could not
help It'll Surely have suffered enough.
and / never, never meant to wrong
you"
Miss Rachel stood so still she might
have been carved of stone, too terribly
bewildered for the simplest form Of
thought But her sister went on with
her passionate pleading.
"Can't you forgive me, Rachel, when
he never, never knew and you had all
his lover"
Miss RachePs voice trembled.
"But Steve-Stephen LoringW
"He caught my girlish fancy, Rachel.
But when l found out how 1 felt
about-your Andrew-I sent Steve
away. And the next week Andrew
died so suddenly-his heart all yours
to the last. Oh, Rachel, sister, you
cannot forgive me, know! l will go
away-alonew
Hush, child" said Miss Rachel
sternly. 81 have nothing to forgive.
You are the greater sufferer, as you
have always been. But go away for
awhile. want to be alone"
Next morning the sun had scarcely
dried the radiant dew when Miss
Rachel opened an unused gate and
went over to her neighbours. In her
hand she held the tiny package OF seed
she had placed last night on her desk.
Next year two rows of sunfowers
nodded across the fenee-the same low
picket fence-not by any means six
feet high.
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Mildred sighed and looked again at
the girl In blue. She was very pretty
as she stood with her back to great
mass of daffodils particularly, but now
something about them set her heart to
beating quickly with memories OF
home. A month later there would be
a great showing of them In the little
garden she and her mother tended.
The dear, dear things! Nell had or
dered them simply because they look
ed well against the wall paper of her
drawing room, but to Mildred's giriish
fancy they were vital, appealing. They
meant home, the country, springtime-
yes. and Tom, walking toward her, his
face full of joy at sight Of her.
Oh they had no business to be here
In this hot, crowded room, jostled by
furs and velvets, simple, open air bios
SONS that they werel No one appar-
emily was aware of them save herself
and the girl in blue. who had drawn
one from the jar and was pulling 1t to
pieces.
A woman came across the room, set
her cup down upon the table, smiled
at Mildred and leaned toward Hills
Hubbard.
II have something to tell you which
l just now heard on the best author
ity," she said. ''You have lost your
wager, my dear boy. Love wins Miss
Bertha Steuben marries the American
after ALL"
ais that possible?" he exclaimed. 81
would not have believed it Of her"
"Nor l. Thank you, TO more tea, my
dear Miss yerrel 1 am just leaving"
She made her adieus and passed on
gayly. Mildred's eyes, with a new ex-
preston in them, were again on the
girl in blue.
He turned sharply.
"You would do it yourselfT
"Yes," Mildred said.
He studied her a moment.
Eyes, / believe you would" he said,
'but in your case there are no parallel
circumstances. May 1 come tomorrow
when you are alone, dear, and explain
to you what mean?"
Mildred turned white, but she faced
MIN bravery.
NO" she gasped. mo. 1t would be
of no use. You see, have just made
up my mind to go home tomorrow. It's
the best place for me, / think, and
they want me, father and my mother
and She stopped abruptly, with
vivid blush
"Ah, seew Hills Hubbard said. He
looked very straight before him for an
instant.
In Mildred's ears were ringing the
absurd old nursery rhyme with which
Tom had teased her before she set
forth to visit her cousin Nell:
Daffy-Down-Dilly has gone up to town
In her yellow petticoat and her green
gown.
But Daffy-Down-Dilly was going
home from town to be happy with her
own
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Daizell, one Of those queer groupings
out of hidden tendencies that some
times destroy the worlds best.
The three days that interviewed be-
fore his preliminary hearing drew lines
in Dalzells face and gave him a pallor
that usually it takes age to bring. Yet
he maintained those close shut lips
and, further than stating he was not
guilty, refused to talk.
When he faced his friends and
neighbors at the preliminary hearing
there was a trace of proud defiance in
his glance that yet was strangely hurt,
fox on many faces he read dawning
wavering in allegiance to him.
Much talk had bred suspicion, and
every one knew Of the long rivalry be-
tween the two men. What more natu-
raj than that Dalzell should attempt to
harass, to ruin his opponent? SO they
waited for the sensational disclosures.
The sensation came AS usual with
sensations, it was quite different from
what was expected This white faced
girl, with eyes Redeemed by tears, who
6uQQculy DFISGnOCu ICAcChA OlANNA RAAJ
from the heart Of the hardest She
spoke rapidly, breathlessly.
'Malcolm did not do itY she protest
ed, with tight clasped hands. IF he
won't tell will, now that know the
truth! 1t was Dick, my brother, and
Malcolm, who also was watching, saw
him and entered Thompson's store to
save him, to get him away, to help
him, and when Lewis Thompson came
upon him-he, Malcolm, would not tell
because
Milly Wainwrights voice died away,
but the end of the sentence was fur
nished by Malcolm Dalzells quick step
to her side and hiding her tears on his
shoulder Both had made their sacri-
fee for each other and out Of the bit.
terness had snatched happiness. And
Rosemont, with the fiekleness of the
human race, said it served Lewis
Thompson right and he should have
had more common sense.
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Indinnant.

D'Auber is a big, healthy, bearded
man who looks as though he could. lift
half hundredweights in each hanc as
easily as he picks up his palette.
An elderly rustic, who had been
standing watching him painting by the
roadside, approached him.
"No offense, sir" he began, but Is
there anything the matter W yerT
mo" answered D'Auber. What
makes you ask7"
Eyer hain't lame, are yerT'
"Lamel Good gracious, MOI"
Eyer hain't 'ad a misfortune in any
way-the ciaticar or Undergraduates
kind o. laid yer by?'
mo, I'm as well as l have always
been"
The rustic drew himself up and
gazed scornfully at the artist.
"An' yer call yerself man an can
sit theer a-doin' o. thatT' he said.
"Well. I'm blestr'-Exchange
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Not Hidden.

'sThere is one loss that man never
advertises," says the Philosopher OF
Folly, "that Of his reputation. But he
can always be sure that kind friends
will attend to that for him."-Cleve-
land Leader
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-29
The Lady and the Cobra.

An Englishwoman residing In India
one evening found to her horror that a
huge cobra had coiled itself about her
veranda rails, near which she sat play.
ing the violin. She was too near the
snake to run with safety, so she con
tinued playing while she gradually
edged away. At first her only idea
was to keep the creature thus engaged
while she escaped, but when she had
gained a safer distance and perhaps
fascinated by the unwonted sight a
strange inspiration seized her. She
played air after air Of different charac-
ters.
The effect was magical. That snake
behaved like an ardent, hot blooded
disciple Of Paganini Every variation
in the music, whether of volume or OF
tone, produced instantly correspond
ing change in the attitude of the cobra.
If she played a lively dance it swayed
Its body sideways In quick time and
yet in graceful curves. Once she strucB
q number of false notes in rapid sue
cession on purpose. The cobra WINGED
and writhed in pain, as If suddenly
struck with whip.
Thus the creature behaved like a
mad musician till the lady, getting
tired of the sport, gradually moved
herself farther and farther and then
made sudden bolt into her room and
banged the door, leaving she cobra to
wander disconsolate to itS lair In the
6elds.-London Chronicle.
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tn. ero,,ehx vi.u.

Secretary writing advertisements
Wanted, an intelligent young man. un-
married Old Grouch-Leave out the
unmarried" You said intelligent,
didn't Exchange.
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"Mr. Hornbill-Do you know, dar-
ling, could pick you out of crowd
II women just by your styleI Mrs.
Hornbill-I don't wonder, and me
with this same old dress for the last
two years!
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The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company

The Burlington and Bristol Steamboat
and Ferry Company
Schedule in effect $40 a. M. March sd, 1903.
Subject to change.
Daily, except Saturday and Sundays.
LEAVE BRISTOL FOR BURLINGTON.
$40, 500, 800. 1000. 1040. Ills a. M, 1870.
l.SO, 2-gO. $50, $50, $50, $50 p. m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON FOR BRISTOL.
$50. $50, $50, 1920, llOO l13s, M. LOO. 200,
800, 400, 8 90. $50 100, p. IN.
LEAVE BRISTOL SATU RDAYS.
$40, 500, 300, io0O 1040 Ills, M, 1890, lS0,
2.20, 800, $40, 43O 6S0, $50, p M
LEAVE BURLINGTON SATURDAYS
$50, $50, $780, 1920, ll.OO, ll.30, No. LOO, 200,
2.40, 80, 400, $40, $50. 100, p. M
LEAVE BRISTOL SUNDAYS.
500. 500 1000 lO4O Ills, a. m. 1870, i.80, 20.
800, $40, 40. 63O co. p m.
LEAVE BURLINGTON SUNDAYS
$50, $50, TO- 20, ll.OO, $780, a. m. Loo, zoo, 240,
800, 400, 500, $50, ITO p m.
NOTES-Read Carefully
June lst, 1909, the 10 O'Clock morning trip
from Bristol Will be withdrawn and the boat
will leave Bristol at $40 q. m.
On Decoration Day, the trips Will De the
same as Saturday Time Table.
The boat for the performances In the Audi
torium will leave Bristol at LAO p. M, return
ing will leave Burlington twenty minutes
after the performances.
No trips Will be guaranteed In foggy
WILLIAM E. DORON
Secretary. Treasurer and General Manager
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NOT That Kind.

Weary Walker-Lady, could yer help
a poor Teller little? I've got hack
In cough an a headache. Mrs. Kin
diing-Well. I've got little wood out
side you could hack, and it might cure
your headache. Weary Walker-Much
obliged, mum; but, yer see. my head
ache amt of the splittin' kind.-Lon-
don ScraDs.