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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
For the
Younger
Children.

shouting, Mrs. Goodwin came down
to the gate again.
Il hope you will bring him often,"
she said to the banana boy. "You
might wheel your cart in at the car
riage gate, and then you can play on
the lawn"
So twice week the two boys came
TO eat their dinner under the Good
win elms, and Ned ate with them.
Mrs. Goodwin saw that they had
plenty of milk to drink, and the food
that she supplied made it a feast
to the visitors. After dinner there
was always a half=hour of fun for
the little ones; and for the next three
days Ned could talk of nothing else.
At last, one day the banana boy
came alone. His face looked troubled,
and he was absent-minded and sad.
what is the matter, Carlo?" asked
Mrs. Goodwin. "And where is Tony?"
"He ees seeck, ma'am. hafa
leave heem all Iona"
"Isn't there any one to look after
him?"
"No, ma'am. Da woman mex door.
she go away to worka. I musta go
queeck now"
$50 right home and fetch him to
me-" said Mrs. Goodwin. II will take
care of him until he gets we'll again.
So the banana boy brought his
little brother to Mrs. Goodwin, and
she nursed him. Carlo sat beside
him for hours, singing softly sweet
Italian songs, the folk-songs of his
own home land. in voice that was
pure and sweet. Then, when the
little brother began to mend, and the
big one had to leave him by day to
go on the banana route, always at
evening-time the singing was re-
sumed. "S1ng, Carlo, sing!" the voice
coaxed; and the sweet notes would
swell and soar-gayly now, because
the little brother was better and
Carlo was happy. He was such a
good brother; he could not do enough
in every way for the little sick one.
How he loves that child!" said
Mrs. Goodwin to the doctor. at is
like a fathers, and how he sings to
himl" And the doctor agreed and
said that such a wonderful voice
ought to be cultivated
u think so myself" replied Mrs.
Goodwin. II do not think that any,
thing beautiful should be wasted,
and if Carlo has voice, some way
shall be found to teach him. I will
write a note to our organist, and ask
him to call this evening while Carlo
Is singing"
So Mr.. Goodwin wrote the note,
and the organist came; and before
long Carlo was taking a singing les
son twice a week. And now he does
not peddle bananas, but works for
the doctor, and goes to evening
school The little brother goes to
school, too, with Ned, while both of
the boys live at Ned's home, SO Ned
is never lonely, and Carlo sings mer-
rily.-Elizabeth Hill, in Youths Com
panion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

10 sail at a certain date for some post
on the bay, but before entering the
service he must sign formal enlist
ment for the term of five years. He
does not know it at the time, but
that five years enlistment, with very
few exceptions, means a whole life
time.
Upon arrival at York Factory he Is
generally sent to pass the first five
years of his apprenticeship in the ex-
treme northern districts of the Mac
kenzie River and Athabasca, that he
may be entirely severed from all di-
versions of the outer world, and may
learn without distraction the practi-
cal working Of the Indian trade. Dur
ing this period he is paid the sum of
$40 a year, with rations. Quarters
are furnished free Of cost, and he has
the privilege of purchasing clothing
from the company's store at ten per
cent. above cost.
AS clothing is the only expense he
can possibly incur the bulk of his
compensation remains in the hands
of his employers, drawing compound
interest.
For the first few years he is sales
man at the company's trade rooms,
but makes occasional trips to the IN
dian camps on trading expeditions
with the chief trader.
His next advance is to the account
ants Office of the post, where he re-
ceives the official designation of clerk
and at this position he remains until
at least fourteen years of service have
elapsed, after which he is placed in
one of the depots or district head
quarters as chief clerk.
BY this time his salary has been in
creased to a100 yearly, and his ambf-
tion points only in the direction of
further preferment in the same serv-
ice.
His daily routine has given him
fixed habit of thought and life, and
his journeys with the chief trader
have all taken his mind from the
world beyond the forest. Sometimes
he feels the impulse to get back again
into the world of men and things, but
he is predestined to find it common
place and strange, and his only hap
piness as well as his only sphere of
usefulness lies far back in the forest,
In the world Of nature.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

Of the beggars so characteristic OF
Russia's ancient capital writer says:
"The old city of Moscow could not
easily be dissociated from the $4,000
beggars who haunt its streets. The
city belongs to them. If the city rats
own the drains, they own the streets.
They are part of the city; they are in
perfect harmony with it. Take away
the beggars and you destroy some
thing vital Some are so old and
weatherbattered that they make the
Kremlfn itself look older, and of those
who lie at the monastery doors some
are so fearfully pitiable in their de-
creDtitude that they lend power to the
churches" .~.--
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
LEARNING THE FIR TRADE

The business Of tho Hudson Bay
Company is carried one by force
that is organized and disciplined as
an army. In writing of "The North
Country" Mr.. Auer devotes some in
teresting chapters to the operations of
this company. He claims for it the
credit Of having greatly benefited the
Indian tribes within it's limits. The
account is from the traders in the
service of the company, and may be
colored by personal interests, yet the
story is one of romantic charm. The
company is English, but it's employees
ast nearly all Scctchmen.
Whcn Scotch laddie sixteen o.
eighteen years of age seeks employ
ment with the company he is re-
quired to pass a rigid mental and
physical examination, and to convince
the examining representative of the
sourducss of his moral fiber.
If he passes the examination he is
notified to hold himself in readiness
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
THE MIND READER.

A parlor amusement recently car
ried out with great success is as fol-
lows: Send a person out OF the room,
decide upon an object or some simple
thing to do, then recall the person
and have one member of the party
place his fingers lightly upon the
persons shoulders, while he and all
the others think intently Of the OBJ
ject or act decided upon. The re-
suits sometimes are almost uncanny.
A lady went straight and drew a
scarfpin from mans necktie. just as
we had willed; found key hidden in
a lady's slipper, and did several other
things correctly.-Record Junior.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
EOM, THE FANTAIL,

I thought perhaps you would like
to hear about my fantail pigeon,
named Tom. He is beautiful bird.
He is white, with black wings and
tail. He is so proud Of himself that
he often tumbles backwards when he
walks around the lawn back of our
house I have taught him to eat
from my hand and sit on my shoul-
der. He comes to my window every
morning for hempseed. have twenty
other pigeons, and the boys of our
neighborhood have formed a club,
called the Hancock Pigeon Club, of
which 1 am the president.-George
Lang, in the New York Tribune.
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Go be continued.)
AvaIaEche's Secret.

An Alpine avalanche has just
yielded up one of it's secrets. Last
January an enormous mass of snow
fell from the mountains above Halle
and a theological student named
Becken perished in it. He was
caught while making an ascent on
ski. AL efforts to recover the body
failed at the time, but with the melt
ing Of the snow in the valley it has at
last been laid bare. 1t has been per-
fectly preserved - refrigeration, but
shows marks of terrible pressure
London Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
CONUNDRUMS AND ANSWERS.

CONUNDRUMS AND ANSWERS.
When are f1eas like the north wind?
When biting.
When are stories Like our nearest
friends? When related,
Why does man resemble a tree?
Both have limbs.
Why is the world like music? Be-
cause it is full of sharps snd flats.
Why are clouds and kings alike?
They both reign-rair-.
When are infants like fast horses?
When being trotted.
When is a musket like a bill?
When charge4. e4.-Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
FROM ONE TO THREE.

IlGoVl O4NA ~ A1411HHs
The year she had one candle
Upon her birthday cake
She couldn't blow it out, and 50
We did it for her sake.
Only a crumb we let her have
She cared not in the least,
For, ere we'd we'll begun, alsA
She nodded at her feast.
The year two candles glimmered
Upon the sugar-ice,
With bib and pin beneath her chin,
She finished off a slice.
She made us happy speeches while
A GRUMPY smile she wore,
And that birthday. I grieve to say,
She wept aloud for more.
Tomorrow, when we gather
In honor of the day,
Mapping, We'll find, is left behind,
With crumbs and tears for aye.
A hostess in beribboned white,
A graceful bow she'll make;
Almost a grown-up girl will light
Three candles on a cake!
Nancy Byrd Turner, in Youths Con
DaniOn
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
THE MILE.

$50 you sold that miserable old
mule of yours?"
"Yassir," replied Mr. Erastus Pink
ley; "foh real money" -,
Doesn't it weigh on your con.
science?"
well, boss, rs done had dat mule
on my mind so long, it's kind of re-
lief to change off an git him on my
conscience. ."-WashingIon STAR.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
BETTER TIMES NOW.

jamie was begging his father for
second helping of preserves.
"When 1 was a boy" said his papa,
"my father only allowed me to have
one helping"
jamie was silent for a moment and
then asked, aren't you glad you live
with US now, daddy?"-Bee Hive.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
PROOF INFALLIBLE.

Tommy has developed such
queer disposition" sighed Mrs. Green.
He is always calling his rivals in
any game harsh names"
Great Jupiteri" exclaimed Mr..
Green, looking up from his paper. u
bet that boy some day runs for Pfesi-
dent. Chicago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
UNDIVIDED GLORY.

"a star likes a play with only five
or six people in the cast"
Some of these days some manager
will gladden. his star by brining out
a play with only one people in the
cast. "-Pittsburg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
TOO TRUE.

mo one understands mel" he
groaned; mo one on earth"
1t is the old story wrung from
many tortured. youthful heart. The
sufferer is generally mistaken, but the
pain is no less poignant. Yet in this
instance the mans complaint was
true. Nobody on earth could under.
stand him.
For he was an announcer of trains
at the Union Depot.-Cleveland
Leader
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
CHRISTMAS COUNSEL.

my wife and l." remarked the
Young married man, have agreed not
to give each other anything for
Christmas
"How's that?"
$50 that we may save money"
Better save plenty Of It," advised
the old married man, kindly. "For if
you carry out that program, my boy,
it will take something handsome to
pacify her the day after. kansas
City Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
THE BLUFFING SEX.

She-"I believe there are times
when every man deceives his wife"
Fe-"Sure. How else could he
ever get her to marry him in the
first place?" e?"-Philadelphia Record.
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CHARACTERISTIC.

Knicker-"Who are tho newly
rich?"
Bocker-"Those who know the
parts of an auto better than the parts
of speech. New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
THE POOR MANS GAME.

Knicker-"Mr. Taft proves that
golf is a poor mans game"
Bocker-"Poker goes it several
better; It makes rich man poor. -
New York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

A French medical man advises peo-
pie to drink buttermilk for long life.
He says that the Tactic acid attacks
and dissolves every sort of earthly
deposit in the blood vessels, keeping
the veins and arteries so supple and
free running that there can be no
clogging up; and hence there is no
deposit of chalky matter around the
joints, or OF poisonous waste in the
muscles. 1t is the stiffening and
hardening of the blood vessels which
brings on old age.
The new process of producing In
tense local heating by means OF a
fame of compressed oxygen is find
ing many applications. It has been
shown that 5000 times as much heat
is developed, in a given space, by
burning one kilogram of hydrogen
with oxygen The use of the oxygen
fame for cleaning out plugged up
tap holes in blast furnaces has been
described in this column. Other uses
Tor it are the piercing Of armor plates
for warships and the improvement OF
steel ingots by quickly burning a
passage to the pipes" or empty
spaces, often left in such ingots in
the process of cooling. and filling
them up with superheated metal. An
oxygen blast, concentrated in a point
ed flame, will in eighteen or twenty
seconds pierce an armor plate nine
inches in thickness To make the
same holes by drilling would require
two or three hours.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
NOT so FINAL.

81 refuse you," declared the hero
Inc. "This is final"
And we only in the sixteenth
chapter?" sneered the hero, for 1t was
none other. "Bah!" - Washington
Herald.
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NO CHANGE HERE.

"a poor mans chances for becqm-
ing rich," declared the optimist, "are
as good as they ever were"
YES" grunted the pessimist, just
about. louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
PRESUMABLY.

Papa, why do brides wear long
veils?"
"To conceal their satisfaction, I
yesume, my son. Smart Set.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
We Wake UD Too Soon.

A Philadelphia paper says that
diamonds may be burned like COAL
We never get SO far along as shovel.
ing diamonds into the furnace
fore waking up.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

An English scientist gives some in
teresting figures regarding the occur
renee and distribution of radium in
the earth. The total amount of ra-
dunn in the ocean is reckoned to be
10000 tons.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
A GENTLE HINT.

"Mary!"
"Yes, pa"
"Was that noise heard your
young man going or the milkman
coming? Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
THE SELFISH VIEW.

Knicker-"What do you think Of
the skirts they can't sit down in?"
Bocker-"Fine; you don't have to
offer them seat on the car."-New
York Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
UNCERTAINTY.

Hiram-"Was yer house hawamed
by that there cyclone?" :.
Ike-"Dunno. I haint found it
yet. "-Cleveland Leader.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
WOMAN'S PRIVILEGE.

He-"When we are married we
must both think alike" H
She-"Yes; but I'll think first. -
English Society.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
Where Platinum is Plentiful.

Sixty-five per cent. of Americas
output of platinum comes from the
placer mines of Northern California
and Southern Oregon.
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.!|Iv

In a new electric device for drying
the hair with an air blast resis-
tance can be switched in for heating
the hair.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

An Italian physician has discovered
that carrots act as an intestinal anti
septic, and will cure many forms OF
digestive disorders.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

A French engineer has invented a
rotary rudder by which he says a
vessel Of any size may be turned in
its own length.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15

1t takes a woman to be jealouj
pren when she doesn't care.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-01-15
MERE MANS FIGURE.

Knicker-"Every man his price"
Bocker-"Most of US have forty
nine cents spent on US at Christmas"
New York Sun. =,
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Market Turns Dali and RofessioaaLLo Stocks Higher
NEW YORK SECURITIES VERY DULL
AND PRICES WITHIN A MAR
ROW RANGE.

NEW YORK, June H. p. m.-The
New York market, except at the open
IN : and for half an hour afterwards,
has been dull. narrow and professional.
At the start commission houses were
fun of orders TO buy from Western
points This bdying was conferred large
~ on Reading, which went UP two
points under the support given it, but
as soon as the Western orders were ex-
hausted this ground was lost, and
Reading has since been hanging within
fractions of the opening.
The course pursued by Reading was
practically that of the other leaders of
yesterday. except that the changes in
price were less marked. The early adj
Nances in Union Pacific, Southern Pa
scific, Atchisor. Ontario and Western.
and Great Northern ranged from half
to full point, and in all cases that was
lost after the first half hours trans
actions.
In the professional trading which has
marked the course Of the market up 10
this hour, most of the speciaIties are
well supported. the downward move
ment not being allowed to extend below
the level of the opening. There is no
Interest among room traders to force
TIE Ulafkct upward consequently II mas
shown very narrow fluctuations, since
the check upon the downward move
ment, and the volume OF trading has
contracted TO a bagatelle of what It
usually is on an active day. Indus
trial shares. including Steel common,
have shared in the inactivity ard dull
ness.
Hill stocks are still strong on the be-
lief that the proposed merger of the
properties viii be carried out. Sentiment
Is decidedly bulHsh in these stocks. The
bulls say they do not expect anything
IN the way Of increased dividends or
other favorable developments in the
near future, out that these stocks have
way Of discounting such matters well
ahead of actual occurrence. They con-
tend that the leading interests in Great
Northern and Northern Pacific rarely
enter the market for a turn of a few
points, but when they were as active
as at the present their activity generally
results in movement Of important pro-
portions.
Regarding the rise in Erie the story
current is that the earnings for the
year will make a better showing than
was anticipated even a few weeks ago,
and ii is mentioned that at the time of
the last stssue of notes 1T was esti-
mated that earnings for twelve months
drawing TO a close would show a deficit
of about 5000, 600, whereas il is now
practically certain that there will be a
surplus Of about S3.000000
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nights there. FarLam was a guest at
the same hotel She then went to her
farm in Virginia. and returned to New
York. On November IS 10 and 20 she
was at the Carroll House in Lynchburg
Farnum was in that city at the time.
Mrs. Gould identified a memoran-
DUN which she has said was an order
for a dinner given by her TO Ffalloy
on November 8, 1906. It was intro
duced to show that she was at Castle
Gould after she left there early in
1906
"The dinner came of, but the guests
were not there"
NicoH then showed her a bill FOR jew
elry bought at Tiffany's in October,
1906. to the value OFF $51,00 She at first
could not remember all of the items on
the bill, but later identified all Of them.
They were a diamond pendant, dia-
mond chain, diamond diadem, a rope
of pearls, and a Sapphire ring.
A bill for a dia mond pocketbOok.
bought at Kirkpatri ks for $500 was
also introduced, as was a bill for goods
for SLIGO. contracted between Septem-
Der "A. 1906, and May. 1907 Mrs. Gould
said that she had bought fourteen hats
in September, 1906.
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June IS Adjournment
Is Fast Fading AqUoy

How long win 1t require for Congress
to get the tariff bill passed.
Perhaps a few statistics as Z gst
what has been accomplished win aelp
give an answer. Everybody is asking IT,
The answer corImonly is: when the
weather gets above s. as a regular daily
diet"
The bill reached the Senate April 10
and was reported back from the Finance
Committee two days later. It has since
been read first aud second time, and
IL now in proceSs of the third and last
reading. The irsI two readings are for
NAL; the third icr consideration and
action, paragraph ~ paragraph AID line
by line.
IT was agreeG MI the third reasIsng
began that such Ia Lgraphs as develop
ed contention n'g1t, by consent, be
passed over for ias5r consideration. As
a result of that agTe, rsent, twenty-five
paragraphs have thus far been passed
over. and the reading has covered only
a small part Of tile I'LL
OF late the consideration has been
getting through about a paragraph
day. Besides the items already indicat-
dutiable lists, there are thirty-tnree par
agraphs IN the free list which are mark
ed and laid aside for special considera-
ton.
Finally. the Fin.--e Committee has
not itself laid the entire bill before the
Senate. The hide tariff is sill TO be