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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
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the only good skirt 1 have left-and
school beginning tomorrow"
By this time there was a veil on
one chair, a pair of gloves on another,
hat on the table and coat on!the
couch For the rest of the day, while
the little seamstress remolded the
torn skirt and Ethel pervaded the
house, pouring out continuous tales
of the good times she had been hav-
ing, her mother was following her
about, picking up and putting away.
When Mrs. Brewster paid the little
seamstress that night, she said, with
a weary kindness, "It's not your fault
in the least, Miss Brown, that you
couldn't finish my dress. If it hadn't
been for Ethel's coming to-day"
There she stopped, and the little
seamstress went away, thinking. She
was going home to visit her own
mother the following week.-Youth's
Companion.
A FABLE FOR OLD AND YOUNG.
Once a child who thought we'll of
herself was walking along the street,
and saw another child, who was poor
ly clad.
"How wretched it must be-" she
said to herself, "to be poor and
shabby like that child! How thin
she is! And how her patched cloak
| 1utters in the wind; so different from
nv velvet dress and cloak"
Just then an angel came along.
what are you looking at?" asked
the angel.
"I was looking at that girl" said
| the child.
$50 was l." said the angel. "How
| beautifully she is dressed!"
what do you mean?" said the
| child. Il mean this one coming
toward us. She is in rags, or at least,
if her clothes are not ragged, they.
are wretchedly thin and shabby"
"Oh, no." said the angel. "How
| can you say so? She is all white, as
clear as frost. I never saw anything
so pretty. But you, you poor little
thing, you are indeed miserably clad.
Does not the wind blow through and
| through those f1imsy tatters? But at
least you could keep them clean, my
| dear, and mended. You should see
| to that"
81 don't know what you mean!"
said the child. "That girl is ragged
beggar, and my father is the richest
man in town. I have a white dress
and coat, trimmed with expensive fur.
| What are you talking about?"
| about the clothes of your soul, of
course!" said the angel, who was
young.
Il don't know anything about
souls" said the child.
II shouldn't think you did," said
| the angel.-Laura E. Richards.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
A Photographic Fire-Alarm.

An ingenious combination of phon-
ograph and telephone is described as
forming an effective fire-alarm. In
the building to be protected, tele-
phonic transmitters, provided with
phonographic rolls containing set
of words precisely describing the To-
cation of the fire, are connected in
the various rooms with thermosiats.
When the temperature reaches GER
tain point, the thermostats automati-
cally switch the Photographs in front
of the transmitters, and set them at
work grinding out the telltale words
which are heard over the wire at the
fre-engine station, informing the fire.
men where they should go. -..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
Poultry Yard Notes.

Eggs saved for Matching should be
kept at a moderate temperature and
should not be saved more than ten
days. Older eggs will hatch but the
chicks are not strong.
Good ensilage is good feed for
chickens. Only the amount the hens
eat up clean should be given each
day. Tankage is not to be depended
on.
The hen is an epicure. She enjoys
a variety of food. Table scraps, small
potatoes, cabbage leaves and vege-
tables of various kinds are appreci-
ated.
ScaId drinking vessels at least once
each week. Pour out all water left
over in evening The airing of the
vessels overnight helps to keep them
sanitary.
Keep the dust boxes of yarded
fowls filled and add sprinkling of
insect powder or sulphur each week.
and them never be too sure there are
no lice lurking around.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
PRIVATE CoNNoR's MOTHER.

Mothers of soldier boys are uni
formly made-in romantic history, at
least-after an approved general-in-
petticoats pattern. Mrs. Connor, of
Clonmalroan, of whom Miss Jane Bar
low tells in ''The Land of the Sham
rock" was of different stripe. Her
views of glory and of conduct in the
field were demoralizingly unmilitary,
but they make refreshing reading for
those who think the Spartan mother
bit unnatural.
Terry Connor-six feet three in his
stockings-in his scarlet uniform
with green facings was beautiful to
behold. When he came over from
Athlone On furlough to visit his
mother, she openly exulted in the
splendor of his martial aspect and in
his inches. Athlone was no such
long way off, and it was known to
have been actually visited by ordinary
people.
1t was wofully different matter
when the Connemaras were sent off
on active service to strange lands,
about which all ones know ledge
could be summed up IN the 1Srds
''furrin" and ''fightin' words of
limitless fear.
Then it was that retribution might
be deemed TO have alighted upon Mrs.
Connor's vanity about her sons con-
spicuous stature. For this now be-
came a source of especial torment, as
threatening to make him the better
mark.
''And you'll be plased to tell him,
Mr.. Mulcahy," she dictated to the
schoolmaster, who was also cobbler
and scribe at ClOnmalroan, that
whatever he does he's not to be run
in into the forefront of the firm, and
he a head and shoulders higher than
half of the lads.
He'd be hit first thing. God be
good to us! Bid him be croochin'
down back of somethin' handy. Or
if there was ne'er rock or furze-
bush on the bit of bog, he might any
way keep stopped behind the others.
If he lets them get amin straight at
him, he's lost
/ Mr.. Mulcahy stirred the sediment
of his lately watered ink
"Bedad now, Mrs. Connor," he
said, disapprovingly, "there'd be no
sinse in tellin' him any such things.
For in the first place he wouldn t
| mind a word of it, and in the next
| place-goodness may pity you, wo-
man, but sure you wouldn't be wish
full to see him comm back to you
after payin' the poltroou, and behay-
| in himself discreditab able?"
'"Troth and | would" said Mrs.
| ConIor, eff he was twinty poltroons!
All the behavin' / want of him s to
| be bringin himself home. Who's any
the betther for the KILN and slaugh-
j term? The hearts weary in me
doubtin' will 1 ever get sight of him
agin. That's all I'm thinkin' Of, tell
| in you the truth, and if l said any
| thin diff f'rint, it 'ud be a lie"
''He might bring home tritie oi
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
TWO HOME-COMINGS.

Thursday: the maid already gone,
having left a simple meal for two
ready to serve; Mrs. Ashley intent on
saving every possible minute for help
ing the little seamstress, who was
working at high tension on a gown
which Mrs. Ashley needed to wear
that evening; the telephone bell a
message to say that three friends
would drop in to luncheon-and then
Daughter Dulcie, slender, sixteen and
competent, walking quietly in, home
from her vacation twenty-four hours
earlier than expected.
What luck that l camel" was the
first thing she said on learning the
situation. Things to tell you? Well,
rather! But they'll keep till this cri-
sis is past. You sit down, mother,
and sew just as if they weren't COM
ing. I'll make omelet and whole
wheat mullins and cocoa-don't you
give it thought. Isn't it good that
l saved a clean shirt waist and
brought it in my bag? And now l
know why 1 lugged that bunch of as
ters home-to have on the table at
our luncheon. Oh, but I'm glad I'm
here!"
That evening, while Mrs. Ashley
was paying the seamstress, Dulcie,
close by, was exultinS over the pretti-
ness of the finished gown.
pretty? Yes, child" said Mrs.
Ashley, with a look at Dulcie that
made the little seamstress suddenly
homesick for her own mother, "but
it's thanks to you that l have it ready
for tonight, isn't it, Miss Brown?
What would we have done if Dulcie
hadn't come to-day?"
Before that week was over the lit
tie seamstress, in another home,
found herself realizing, as the morn
ing slipped away, that there was still
two days work to be done before fin
ishing her engagement at Mrs. Brew
ster's that night.
''If | could have a few hours OF
help this afternoon, Mrs. Brewster
she had begun, when cab rolled ur
to the door, and the sentence was
. never uulSHSu IlILSl LII Z" oICl Pl CS-
ty and high-keyed, had come back
from a summer jaunt.
"Completely strapped, momsiei'
she announced gaily, at the threshold
Didn't have car fare. That's why
took the cab, counting on your pock-
etbook at this end. Yes. I'm later
than | said, but we found there was
a faster train with a chair car, so we
waited. The laundress? Oh, NOM
| sic, | utterly forgot what you wrote
| about having engaged her to do uT
my things to-day! Been here all the
morning? Such shame-for every
| dud l have needs washing. l could
! lave brought those things in my suit
| case instead Of my trunk, just as well
! And that isn't the worst. See this
frightful trap-door, right in front oi
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
RAGWEED AND FOXTAIL.

What can we do to improve our
pastures? We, as well as our neigh
bors, are troubled with the rag and
iron weed very much. Cut them last
year in August when the sign was in
the heart, but the cutting proved use
less. Are foxtail and crab grass very
Injurious to corn, so much so that it
would pay to have them cut out?
Does it pay to remove suckers from
corn? Would be pleased to have the
editor, or any reader, express his
opinion on the subject. {
If the ragweed has got the better
of your pasture you will have to let
it go this season. Turn it under just
when it is at it's best, and add what
manure you can get during the fall
and winter. Next spring sow blue
grass on the field, and you will be
likely to get good stand. Your
pasture is worn out, we think, or the
ragweed could not have got such a
start there. In good soil bluegrass
will hold the ground against any
thing. Ragweed is a fairly good fer
tilizer, and it is much better to let it
grow than to leave the ground bare.
Iron weeds must be grubbed out, but
they do not often grow with ragweed,
generally in low, wet ground.
Foxtail and crab grass are very
harmful to the corn crop, as they
take nourishment from the corn
roots, and draw the moisture from
them, but you cannot do much
towards eradicating them this late
in the season. They should have
been turned under and smothered out
a month ago. Let this years expert
ence teach you lesson that will last
you a life time. Never let crab grass
Or foxtail get the start of you.-In-
diana Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
MISLED BY THE LIGHT,


The mullet that figure in the fol-
lowing story from Outing eventually
went the way of all fish, but the ac-
count of their passage from their ma
tive element to the frying-pan is
marked by some interesting and spec
tacular features.
How would you like to catch fish
without hook, line, net Or seine?"
"Shoot them, you mean?"
"No."
t'How, them"
'Let them jump into the boat"
ooh, that's preposterous!"
For reply, the first speaker, Vir-
ginian living near Cherrystone Inlet,
north of Cape Charles, called to a
passing negro and asked him if the
'fatbacks' were running.
"Reasonabul, sub, reasonable" ="
was the answer. "Dey hez been bet
ter, en- dey hez been wuss.''
'tBe ready to take us to shore after
SUPPER" the Virginian said to the
negro To his visitors eager ques-
tions he returned the uniform reply:
"Wait until nightfall.'
1t was dark when they finished sup
per, and there were clouds in the sky
conditions pronounced "ideal'' for
the sport Within an hour they were
on the soft, smooth beach of one of
the inlets on the Chesapeake side.
There was the fishing-boat, a long
canoe or dugout. At the stern was a
platform, on which was a basin half
was a pile of wood knots. The ne
groes had long poles.
'Now," said the Virginian to his
visitor, ''all we ask of you is to keep
as still as you can!"
In a few minutes the canoe was
showed gently through the water. By
this time a bonfire had been started
on the soil in the basin, and as the
flames got hold on the resin of the
pine knots, the glare lighted up the
big trees that lined the shore.
They're jumpin'!" announced the
negro in the bow, in a very hoarse
whisper.
The negro in the stern gave more
vigorous shove with the pole, and be-
fore anybody could say Jack Robin
son" plump! plump. plump! the fish
came jumping into the boat, over the
boat, on laps, and even up sleeves!
There were thousands of them, but
the sportsmen got only the smallest
fraction of those they saw; for when
they counted their catch, at the end
of an hour or so, by the light of the
bonfire, they found that there were
one hundred and forty-three.
'That is very ordinary" was the
Virginians comment. 'Three hun
dred is a good catch"
Fatback is the local name for the
small mullet which abound in these
waters. And there is no mystery
about the ease with which they are
caught. On the food-tides after dark
they get into the shadows in the
streams for food. They have great
leaping ability, and when surprised
make for deep water by leaps and
bounds. The glare from a boat
startles them. The body of the boat
being dark, they do not see it, and
when they jump into it they think
they are going through space into
deep water.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
FARM as
eSiSss TOPICS: ssiM
ATTEMPT TOO MUCH.

In starting into the poultry busi-
ness the average man or woman Is
apt to get too enthusiastic and at
tempt to do too much. The better
way is to start on a small scale and
enlarge as your experience and capa-
bility will justify. The notion that
most everybody can make success
of raising poultry on large scale
has been disproved times with out
number Home Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
Tn the Dime Museum.

'In love with the two-headed
girl" exclaimed the giant. "Foollsh
mani"
Think of two pairs of lips to kiss"
said the living skeleton.
And two heads to buy hats for.
None for me."-Louisville Courier
Journal. ,~--- So .-----------
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
An Enormous Tree.

The members of the Linnean So
ciety in London were recently enter
tanned by description of mon
strous tree growing near the city of
Oaxaca in Mexico. 1t is species of
cypress, and at the height Of three
feet from the ground has a circumfer-
ence of 143 feet. Yet the entire
height of the tree does not exceed
100 feet.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

honor and glory, and no harm DONE
Mr.. Mulcahy urged.
"Glory be bothered" said Mrs,
Connor.
And in the end Mr.. Mulcahy only
so far modified his instructions as to
substitute for Mrs. Connor's more de-
tailed injunctions a vague general or.
der to 'tbe taking care of himself"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
A Women'S Protest,

The female compositors and other
workwomen in printing establish
ments Of Norway have raised a pro-
test against a proposed factory in
spection law, in which overtime and
night work are forbidden for women.
They do not desire protective legisla-
lion of that sort.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
ON SHIPBOARD.

The funniest experience I had was
IN a recent trip where there was on
BOARD little girl of about twelve
7ears of age, writes a purser on an
ocean liner in the Tourist Magazine.
She struck up warm friendship
With me, and would walk the deck
.or miles if 1 would only accompany
aer. She fell very i'll during a storm
ind refused to be comforted. Her
mother asked her if there was any,
hing she could do which would ease
ler suffering, and the young imp
(she was an American child) said
here was. If she would only
tskidoo," and let the purser read a
2ook to her she would feel better.
And the indulgent mother came to
ne, stated the case, and-well, COM
elied with her request, and read to
he child for a little while each day
1ntil she was we'll enough to come on
ieck again.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
IDEAS OF 4 GIRL.


1 would take a trip over to Asia
and see the Hinalaya Mountains, the
highest in the world, if had $1,000
600.
1 then would like to join a club,
and have pony and cart, which 1
could use in going to the club. l
would have to buy food for the pony.
I would have a house with about
zen rooms in it, and have it all fur
aished, and all the nice clothes 1
wanted.
l then would want to see Pike S
Peak and the Garden of the Gods and
Great Salt Lake and learn how to
swim. They say you can not drown
n Great Salt Lake. I would go South
ind see them how they pick the seeds
,ut of cotton. ] would give the rest
If my money to the poor.-Dorothy
Niegand, in the New York Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
DIPPING NECESSARY.

1t is advisable to dip sheep twice
each year, in the spring and in the
fall. The spring dipping should be
done shortly after the shearing has
been done, at which time the lambs
should also be dipped, as the ticks are
likely to leave the ewes and get on
the lambs after the former have been
sheared. In using the coal tar dips.
we have obtained better results by
using solutions that are recommended
in the directions accompanying the
preparations Dipping is the only
practical method of keeping the flock
safe from the ravages of ticks, lice
and scab.-Oklahoma Station.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
HOW IT HAPPENED.

HOW IT HAPPENED.
'Here is a pair of brand new gloves"
Said my mamma, one day;
I put my fingers in their rooms
And said, You'll have to stay
Then I put on my hat and coat
And went out in the park, >,
And soon my fingers cried, ''We won't
Stay shut up in the dark"
They made some pleasant windows right
At every finger end;
And there were five big, dreadful holes
For my mamma to mend!
Philadelphia Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

SHE READ THE PAPERS.
Mamma"
"Yes, darling"
why is Mr.. Wellman trying b.
find the Pole. Did he lose it?",-'
Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
Old Papers.

There were recently discovered in
The city library Of Luneburg eight
volumes of old Hamburg papers, some
Ct which were dated 1913.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

Mrs. Sarah Lamb, of st. Pancras,
London, remarked on her recent
104th birthday that she wouldn't
mind living her life over again."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

The latest improved life preserver
is hollow belt of rubber, to which is
attached cylinder filled with liquid
carbon dioxide On turning tap the
liquified gas escapes into the belt,
volatilizes, and initiates 1T to it's fullest
capacity, twenty-seven and one-half
quarts, which makes it superior to
any cork belt.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
BALANCED RATION WITH sILAGE

Wallaces Farmer says that the
profit in feeding corn silage depends
much upon the other feed with it,
and says: The best balance we know
of for silage is clover or alfalfa hay.
In fact, we do not know any kind of
balanced ration that can be provided
so cheaply for dairy farmers, and to
a certain extent feeders of other cat
tie in the corn belt, as from thirty
five to forty pounds of silage and
about eighteen to twenty pounds of
clover or alfalfa hay. This in itself
should provide for the cow fairly
well balanced ration. 1t is all grown
on the farm, and hence it is cheaper
than anything that can be purchased.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22
NEW YORK STATE FARMS.


While the New York State Bureau
of Agriculture has been in existence
only three years, it has in that time
been instrumental in the sale of 3d.
100000 worth of farms, which also
means their rehabilitation. 1t has
also sent out several thousand farm
laborers to those who need their as
sistance and maintained an Office in
the State Agricultural Department to
attend to correspondence in relation
to the sale of farms and the engage
ment of agricultural labor. It has
also advertised the opportunities for
farming in New York State, posting
notices in European districts which
send the most desirable immigrants.
The latest bulletin contains a list of
936 farms, at prices varying from $40
to $50 an acre, and in some cases.
small payments may be made. To
those who desire it, the State Bureau
will also furnish scientific report
as to the products for which each
farm is best adapted.-Weekly Wit
ness.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

Telephone cables are about to be
laid under the English Channel by the
British Government. This is expected
to greatly facilitate business between
London and Paris.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

The Rio Grande is shrinking, and
efforts are being made to preserve its
waters. -.---------
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

An extraordinary surgical opera
ton is reported from Paris. 1t ap-,
pears that DR.. Doyen, who is well
known in connection with cancer re-
search, successfully transplanted a
vein of a live sheep to the leg of a
man suffering from arterial aneurism,
with the result that the circulation
was restored. The patient has now
completely recovered. The vein trans
ferred was over ten inches in length.
Numerous grating operations have
been performed in modern surgery,
but this is the first time that an or
ganism from a lower animal has been
transferred to man.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

In some interesting notes in the
Zoologist, DIR. James Clark points out
the nowhere, probably, in Great
Britain are the conditions so favor
able for abundance and variety OF
crustacean life as on the coast of
Cornwall. And among the numerous
species there found none. perhaps.
are of greater interest than those
which appear from time to time as
waits and strays from other parts.
Among those casual visitors DR..
Clark notes the curious little gulf
weed crab (Planus minutus). This
species has it's headquarters and
breeds among the drift weed of the
Sargasso Sea. The Gulf Stream oc-
casionally carries it to our shores. 1t
is usually found on drift timber COW
cred with barnacles. Such casual
drifting illustrates how a species may
extend it's geographical range, but it
does not appear that the Cornish
waters are suitable for the gulf-weed
crab.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-22

The energy stored up in ordinary
matter on the electron theory is enor-
nous. Assuming that each atom of
hydrogen contained only one cor
puscle-and the probable number is
several hundred-then one grain of
it would contain as much energy as
that produced by burning five tons of
coal. And all ordinary matter con-
tains this vast store of energy kept
fast bound by the corpuscles. If any
appreciable fraction of this were at
any time to escape it is pointed out
that the earth would explode and be-
come a gaseous nebula.