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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-07

Here Is a picture Of a bunch OF
a. Norris 4 Rowe clowns that viii
furnish amusement for the children
when he Hlg show exhibits in So
attic. May 70. 81 and y
Ash a child what he remembers
q he circus and he Will Invariably
isgly that /, Was some humble
Torch Of the sawdnss arena Who
IA caught bis interest and made
I'm laugh. and surely driving dull
urs away Is one o. the missions
Il he circus.
ne friends Of the children pie
trsd herewith are Jack De Van.
sxn Nelson, Billy Crnaks. Jimmy
swanson and Myrun baker This Is
brt quintet Of the 20 srutesque
m makers with the Norris q Rove
circus this season and II seems
ncedie<s 10 say that their absurd
monksyshiaes and the capers they
cut up brings forth shrieks Of laugh.
III from the little ones The fool.
iih fellows burlesque everything
tA<y So and have As companions
toun dogs. clown monkeys. three
TIM clown elephants a eiewn bear.
tloxn poulss and last but not least.
tuo tiny clown lion cubs The lat.
N ssn h worked this season. but
mi year will find them too big
~ iierce to handle. However. for
~ present, the closns manage 10
- them 90 through aaY number
\ Ibid antics.
ne clowns make a most coipIcai
appe1nncsI There are all shapes
~ siiu Of fools and their antics
~ most amusing. With the deep
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-07

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The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1909-05-07
OPERATION PERFORMED
UPON mrs. HUMPHREY

WASHINGTON. May r. The
wife Of Representative Humphrey
OF Washington wsa operated upon
yesterday at the Providence hos
pital. and today her condition Il
reported favorable. she will un-
doubtedly be kept In the hospital
for ten days OF two weeks
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Mr.. George Biddle Dead

Mr.. George Biddle, superintendent o.
the public schools of Cecil county and
president of the Maryland Teachers
Association, died of heart failure Mon
day night at his home at Elkton.
A native of Cecil county, having been
born near Cecilton, Mr. Biddle was 70
years old. He was the only child Of
the late George and Frances A. Biddle.
He was educated in the schools of th'
county and at Delaware College, where
he was graduated with high honors in
1855. In 1870 he was elected to the
Legislature.
Mr.. Biddle was one of the first to ad
of a bill, which became law, making
the School Commissioners appolntees
of the Circait Court judges. In 1872 he
was appointed School Commissioner of
Cecil, which position he held for 20
years, resigning to become School
Examiner
He was active in the work of St. Ste
phens Protestant Episcopal Church,
nedr EarleviIle, of which he was vest
tryman for 81 years. He was also a
trustee of Delaware College.
Mr.. Biddle married Miss Katharine
Keppell, daughter of Rev. DR.. George
F. Keppell, of Brooklyn, N. Y, who
survives him.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Death of Mr. Mitchell

Mr. James 81. e. Mitchell, for num-
Der of years resident of this town,
sdied at his boarding house here last
: Friday afternoon of heart trouble, aged
about 60 years. He had been in failing
health Tor months and only recently
went to Baltimore hospital for treat
ment. For many years MIR. Mitchell
was the Crier of the Circuit Court and
afterwards keeper of the Court House
and grounds He was one of the best
: auctloneers in the county.
The funeral was held from st. Mary's
Catholic Church, this town, on Sun
day, and theinterment was made in the
family lot at. st. Barnabas, Church,
Iceland. Heis survived by widow,
: son and two daughters, who reside il
Washington.
MIR. Mitchell had very social nature,
and nothing pleased him more than to
have party of his friends around him.
listening to his "reminiscences of the
past. He had remarkable memory,
and could tell many things of interest
about our town, and the people who
figured in its history.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
A FAMOUS LIBRARY.
Origin Of the System of "Bonins" For
College Examinations.

Origin Of the System of "Bonins" For
College Examinations.
Just before examination time col
iege students begin to study at top
speed. Usually they call that unwont-
ed occupation 'cramming," grinding"
or "boning" The first. Of course,
means literally stufing knowledge into
themselves. The second was suggested
by the phrase about keeping ones
nose to the grindstone. But how about
'boning?" 1t was q grateful student
who thus dubbed the process Of abb
sorbing information, for he named it
after the "trot" or pony" that he
used.
1t was the famous Bohn library Of
TRANSACTIONS to which the English stu
dent resorted as an ever ready help in
time of trouble. Henry George Bohn
started his library in 1916 and began
what afterward become big business.
For one thing. he began purchasing
acknowledgement is. the old plates
of standard works and TRANSACTIONS
and printing cheap editions from them.
Bohn found the publishing of stand
ard foreign works in English 80 prof
liable that he developed the business,
and it used to pay to buy translations
from poor hack A. BIS who were glad
enough to get a farthing or two for
their knowledge.
Finally practically ali the ancient
classics and some modern ones were
obtainable in the Bonn library. and so
popular did they become among stu
dents who feared being plucked that
Bohn's German was turned into Eng
lish, and booming" was henceforth rec
ognized as digging into dead writer's
works by means Of the crafty publish
er's translations.-NewY York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Acreage of Winter Wheat.

The total acreage of winter wheat
seeded on December 1, says the Amer
can Agriculturist in its issue of Deem
Der IL, is estimated at 29, 914 900 acres,
against a harvested acreage this year OF
27,536, 900 acres. Seeding is not yet
completed on the Pacific Coast and
there is yet some seeding progressing
in the Southwest, so that 1t is safe to
estimate that the total wheat acreage
will run materially above 80. 100000.
The average condition of the crop is
reported as 962, compared with 70
the same date last year. With referenc,
to the corn tie same publication states
that the quality this year is considerably
below that of last year and that there
has been loss of quite an appreciable
percentage of values because of the un-
favorable condition for drying out and
handing the crop. 1t confirms its Oc-
tober estimate OF the crop, placing it at
2,741 600, 900 bushels.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
For New system of Farming

"Give US system Of farming In the
United States which shall greatly In
crease the productiveness OF the SOIL
advised James J. Hill in an address Dc
fore the National Corn Exposition
in Omaha, Neb, 90 Thursday last.
MIR. Hill warned the congress tina,
the time is not far distant when
the farms, as titled at present, will not
feed the people of the country.
Area is inelastic," he said. "Our
public lands are mainly exhausted. A
few more years will see the last of them
And lest they should not be squandereu
Quickly enough, we not only offer them
to everybody under conditions that in
vite and reward fraud, but when the
Government finds itself burdened with
q particularly choice and valuable tract
of farm land, it holds q lottery and
distributes it among Tom, Dick and
Harry, no matter whether farmers or
Spectators, after they have been collect
ed from distant parts of the county by
appealing to the passion for gambling
The areas to be obtained by reclamation
work would not, all told, take care of
our increase for two years. So there
are final limits already in sight to the
quantity of tillable land.
"The productivity of the soil and
the food supply as compared with
acreage and with population both de-
cline. The country, unless there shall
be change, is approaching time
when it must import wheat to meet
home needs. Other food products also
lag behind the constant new demand
There is but one course before the
nation. That Is TO increase the pro-
ductiveness of the farm 80 that the
earth's gifts may year by year equal
or exceed the poop e's requirements.
"All that is needed to turn an i'm.
pended national good deficit into q
surplus, to support in plenty $50 OIL
more persons to the square mile in the
United States, is the use instead of the
abuse of the soil; the practice of thai
knowledge which agricultural school:
and experiment stations has already
formulated are daily putting before
the people. The future of this nation
political and moral as we'll as fnan
cial is bound up with the future of the
farm"
The American Breeders Association
also met here today. Addresses wer
made by Prof W. ]. Shillman Wash
ngton, President Waters, of Ksnsa
Agricultural College, and W. M Hayes
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
VOODOOISM IN HAITI.
The Vexed Question Of Human Saeri-
fec In tho Worship.

The Vexed Question Of Human Saeri-
fec In tho Worship.
That the hold which the voodoo
worship has on the people Of Haiti is
stronger than the power Of the church
is shown by the fact that the day be-
fore the writer's inspection Of WOO
doc temple In the mountains, where
he saw six goatskin drums. a Roman
Catholic priest had visited the district
and made his illustrations conditional
on the people destroying their instru-
ments, but they refused. The govern
ment does not, as a rule, interfere
with the practices Of the cult on ac-
count of the political influence Of its
leaders.
The question whether human flesh Is
now eaten in connection with the VOC
doc ceremonies Is a perpleIing one,
Nhich it is impossible to answer with
any degree Of confidence. Local opin-
ion is divided on the matter. Some as
sert that the practice is secretly IN
vogue; others categorically deny 1t.
No one can be found to state that he
has been an eyewitness Of any such
sacrifice. The conclusion which the
writer came to Is that there Is no Or
ganized human sacrifice taking place
as a part If the voOdoo ceremonial
but that in ordinary life an occasional
instance Of cannibalism occurs-as
murder cases occur in civilized coun-
tries-where the perpetrator, probably
from tribe Of anthropophagi. becom-
ing temporarily insane or highly e1-
cited, reverts to the aboriginal habit
1t should be added that public opinion
generally reprobates the act, and the
educated Haitien Is thoroughly asham-
ed of the dark stain which lies upon
his country London Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Prince Georges Roads.

1t is probable that among the first of
the bills to be introduced by State Sen
ator-elect Charles A. Wells, Of this
county, will be one carrying an appro-
priation for the completion of the
Washington Baltimore boulevard
through Bladensburg towards Laurel.
Of the money appropriated by preced-
ing legislatures for the construction Of
this boulevard, all of which has been
expended, about 800, 900 has been ex-
pended upon the highway running
through this county. W. W. Crosby,
chief engineer, State Highway Com
mission, estimates that to build the
stretch through Bladensburg and from
near the Maryland Experiment Station
at College Park to Berwyn, with neces-
sary bridgework, will require $25, ZOO,
and to complete all the boulevard in
Prince Georges county, an additional
$50,O06 will be needed. Senator-elect
Wells will, therefore, introduce bill
to appropriate $4,000, or SO much
thereof as may be necessary, to COM
plete the work in this county.
The recent declaration of Senator
elect Wells that he would not object
to seeing Prince Georges county bond
ed for the purpose of building per-
msnent highways throughout the
county leading to all postoffices and
railway stations intersecting the mac
adam reads already planned to be built
in the county by the state is being dis
cussed, and the sentiment appears to be
in favor of the proposition. The cur
rent county levy for roads and bridges
in this county is approximately $26, 900
and the advocates of the bond issue
claim that this amount of money would
easily pay the interest on bond issue
of sufficient amount to build perma
nent highways to three postoffices and
Railways stations.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
How Can Teachers Maintain
Discipline.

How are teachers to punish pupils
who violate their rules? In the olden
time when boy disc eyed or broke a
rule they whipped him, and whipped
him good. But now corporal punish
ment" has been abandoned and is re-
garded as a shocking barbarism. An
other method was to keep in" the
pupil after school hours, and either
REQUIRE him to write Latin until he was
weary or to learn two hundred lines of
sLa.lah Rookn" or Lucille"
But now the only thing you can use
is moral suasion." Don't you pity
the poor teacher, armed only with
moral suasion, who has to 60 up
against burly, mischievous boy? 1t
is we'll enough to protect the child from
the inconsiderate or violent teachers;
but not all children are little angels,
and it must tax the teachers ingenuity
and patience 70 find means to correct
faults and enforce discipline.
At the last meeting of the Baltimore
School Board a letter was presented
from "a prominent banker" complain
ing that his little son had been com
PEELED to write the word "forgetfulness'
three hundred times because he had
taken a note of excuse to school I'm.
signed, he having forgotten to obtain
81,
ment was probably little too severe
but the School Board seems to have
taken the matter too seriously and called
upon Superintendent Van Sickle to act
He epo.ted that the teacher did not
consider the punishment unjust. But
the board refused to accept this and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Meeting of the School Board.

There was regular meeting Of the
School Board on Tuesday, with all the
members present. The following or
ders were passed:
improvements, needed in the Laurel
High School, be authorized, provided
the Mayor and City Council of Laurel
furnish water free, and provided this
Board be satisfied that the work of con-
structing a passage way in the base
ment for use of Manual Training De-
partment be done at lowest possible
price, upon specifications to be furnish
ed.
Ordered, That the trustees of the
Riverdale School be authorized to get
estimates on cost of well.
Ordered, That the Board reconsider
its action in reference to recommend
ing appropriation for purchase of lot
for Cherry Hill School; and that the
sum of $75 be recommended for said
purpose.
Ordered, That the recommen dation
of the Building Committee in the mat
ter of the bill of George w. Bryant s.
Bro. in the sum of $1535.24 for building
school at Beltsville, be approved.
In the matter of the complaint of DR..
and Mrs. Eggleston against Miss Catrup,
assistant teacher in School No. 3, Lau-
rel, the following resolution was unan-
imously passed: ''Resolved, that the
School Board cannot justify or approve
the action of Miss Catrup in the dlscip-
line she inflicted on Dorothy Eggleston
and, therefore, condemn it, on the facts
presented to US. On the question of re-
moval of said teacher the Board re
serves it's decision and action.
Adjourned to meet January II, 1910.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
BkEVITIES.

The Orphans Court will be in ses-
sion on Tuesday next.
The County Commissioners will meet
nest Tuesday.
Mr.. Latrobe Owen, of Baltimore,
spent Sunday with his brother, Mr..
Claude Owen, at the Marlboro House.
Miss Ethel Suit and Miss Mary
Sherwood, of Washington spent Sun
day with Mrs. Lemuel Allen, of near
Forestville.
The Directors of the First National
Bank of Southern Maryland, at meet
ing held Tuesday, declared dividend
of 10 per cent. on the capital stock, pay
able January 1. 1910.
There will be midnight Mass at
St. Mary's Church here on Christmas
Day, special permission having been
obtained from the Cardinal, and the
late mass will be at 9 o'clock.
Mrs. Annie Sullivan Boswell, wife
of Mr.. William H. Boswell, of this
town, died on Monday last at her home
here, aged about IS years. Interments
was made in the Episcopal Cemetary.
There will be an Orange Grove
Carnival at St. Paul's Church Hall.
Baden, Dec Both, 1909, followed by a
dance. Forestville Band in attendance.
Doors opened 1 p. m. Admission %
cents men only.
Moving Pictures will be held in st.
Mary's Church, this town, on Monday
December 9th, for the benefit OF the
church. After the moving pictures the
chi dren will 90 to the Town Hall
where Santa Claus will visit them. A
dance will also be held there.
How about some fine stationery?
The best can be had from The
ENQUIRER Job ONCE. Why not give
US an order, Prices are very moderate
and the work the very best and you
will find everything furnished from
here o. Z.
Read the advertisement of Levin
& Edlaviteh on the opposite page OF
this sheet and notice the many bargains
to be had. Can you beat them any
where? A large reduction on all their
regular stock.
The social season was inaugurateG
in the upper section of the county last
Saturday night when number OF
young ladies and gentleman of Hyatts-
Vile gave a dance in Masonic Hall.
Over 100 guests were present from
Washington and Baltimore and the
ueighboring towns.
The Saturday Sewing Society will
hold a sale at the Rectory on Saturday,
beginning at two O'Clock, where can oe
bought many articles very suitable fol-
Christmas presents at moderate prices.
All are invited to come and enjoy a, 80
cial cup of tea. The proceeds OF the
sale are for the benefit of Trinity
Church.
Mr.. and Mrs William R.. Smith,
who left for their new home in Wash
ington Wednesday morning, desire to
express their appreciation of the kind
ness and courtesy they have received
during four years residence here anG
they wish everyone Merry Christmas
and a Happy New Year. The man.
friends of Mr.. and Mrs. Smith anG
Norman, wish them unbounded hap
piness and prosperity.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
TUESDAY, JANUARY II, 1910,
AT 10 O'CLOCK A. M.

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 the
District of Columbia, it's extensions
and appurtenances, with the equipments
thereof, consisting of all its personal
property and effects of every kind,
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 land
used in connection with, or for the con-
struction, use and maintenance of said
Railroad, its extensions and branches,
together with all its bridges, .culverts,
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 Rail
road, viz: that portion of it between
Brandywine-a station on the Baltimore
& Potomac Railroad in Prince Georges
County, and Mechanicsv lie, in 81.
Mary's County, Maryland, have been
built and are now in actual operation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Tho Surprise.

"That's one of the biggest surprises
I ever got" said the. theater manager.
"How did you get it,"
"See that man over there? He came
to my Office and told me that we were
having a lot Of bully shows this sea-
son. Said last weeks production was
the best yet and that he'd sent all his
friends to see 1t. Went on to say that
his favorite actor was with this weeks
show and he'd break his neck to get
here"
"Well, where does the surprise come
inY"
"He left without asking for pass"
Cleveland Leader.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
THE TERMS OF SALE

as prescribed by the decree, are as fol-
lows, viz:
No bid less than twenty-five thous-
and ($25, 900 00) dollars to be receiv-
ed.
Of the purchase price One THOUSAND
Isl. 10000 0)dollars 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 COY dollars in cash, or Fifty Thous-
and ($5o,OOO COY dollars in said Bonds
to be made, if demanded, by the Trus-
tee.
BUCKS COUNTY TRUST COM
PANY, OF DOYLESTOWN, PA
Trustee
Dec10
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
A Pioua Advertisement.

Moral suasion Of the most ingenious
kind is evident in the following ad-
vertisement printed in the Pennsylva-
MIA Gazette for June %, 1887. The
author of this little masterpiece Is sup
posed to be no other than Franklin
himself. I'D. F." then, stands for
Deborah Franklin:
Taken out of pew in the church
some months since q Common Prayer
Book bound In red, gilt and lettered
D. F. on each cover. The person who
took 1t is advised to open it and read
the eighth commandment and after
ward return it into the same pew
again, upon which no further notice
will be taken"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
EXAMINERS, ROAD n Office.

NOTICE is hereby given, That the
IN undersigned, appointed by the
County Commissioners OF Prince
Georges County to ascertain and re-
port if public necessity reqires the
opening of a public road in Queen
Anne District, through the property of
John G. Jones, Herman Mosolf and
VIM. Thomas and to close part OF
public road from Queen Anne to Up:
per Marlboro starting at the gate OF
ohm G. Jones and ending at the inter
section of Queen Anne, Halls and Up
per Marlboro road. as petioned for by
E. P. Gibbs, Volkmar Kurman, John
G. Jones and others, will meet on the
premises on
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2sTH, 1909
at 10 O'clock q. m, to examine said
road as required by law.
HENRY L. MORRIS,
w. SEATON BELT,
WILLIAM BERRY, Elk aminers
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
TIL. EI.nentaI Feminine,

Arthur, aged four, and Louise, aged
two and a half, were disputing over
string which Louise claimed. All
threats and force on Arthur's part
were useless; she would not give up.
After a moment he used guile.
Wees" he said, will you be my lit
tie wifie?"
"Ess," she coyly answered.
Then give me the string" he COM
manded.
And she gave 1t without a murmur.-
Lippincott's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-12-17
Why He Wondered.

A certain Irish police inspector was
reviewing a Belfast police station, the
sergeant Of which was a very bad
speller. Looking through the books
he came upon an entry, Found a pig
wondering on the public road"
Sergeant" said he, what was the
pig wondering att"
II don't know, SIR said the bewil-
dered man.
"Well," said the inspector grimly, II
do. He must have been wondering
why promoted you"