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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
EmersOn's Memory.

Emerson was a hopeless sufferer
from the vagaries of memory. His
biographer relates that he met him
one day in Boston apparently at loss
for something and asked him where
he was going. ITO dine" said En-
erson, with a very old and dear
friend. I know where she lives, but
I hope she won't ask me her name
And then he proceeded to describe
her as "the mother of the wife of
the young man-the tall-young
man-who speaks so WELL" and so
on, until his interlocutor guessed to
whom he was referring. Even the
names of common objects often failed
him completely. On one occasion
when he wanted an umbrella he said:
81 can not tell its name, but I can
tell it's history. Strangers take it
away" This failing of Emerson led
to a pathetic scene when he attended
Longfellow' funeral and remarked
as he gazed at the coffin, He was a
sweet and beautiful soul, but l have
entirely forgotten his name. New
York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07

pick it up with ease,'' said Whitley,
speaking of his experience. "To my
surprise the thing turned on me and
gave me several blows with it's wings
which nearly knocked me down.
Then I grabbed at it again, only to be
pecked with it's big bill, making my
hands bleed.
cat first l did not know what kind
of bird it was, but I was determined
to capture it. The wings beat me
back, but 1 kept up the battle until
Mr.. Corkran arrived and we tied the
bird. Even after pinioning its wings
it was hard to hold it, as it's strength
was great. We finally got piece of
rope and tied the legs together. Later
coop was made and we placed the
bird in it,
Shortly after the steamer docked
at Light street the swan was sent to
the office of Assistant General Man
ager A. H. Seth of the company. The
office force was attracted by the big
bird, and when it was measured it
was found to be eighty-nine inches
from tip to tip of its wings and it
stood fifty-five inches high. Mr.. Seth
presented the bird to the zoo at Druid
Hill Park.-Baltimore Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
A Successful EXpedient.

A certain prominent minister was
compelled not long ago to give strict
orders that while he was engaged in
the preparation of his sermons his
young son must be kept reasonably
quiet. In spite of this, however,
there arose one morning most as
tonishing noise of banging and ham,
mering, which seemed to indicate
that the steam-heating pipes were
being knocked to pieces. Hurrying
out of his study, the minister en-
countered his wife.
my dear, what in the world is
Bobby doing?" he asked.
"Why, he is only beating on the
radiator downstairs, was the some.
what surprised reply.
"Well, he must stop it, the minis
ter said, decidedly.
81 don't think he will harm it,
DEAR" his wife answered soothingly;
land it is the only thing that will
keep him quiet. THE Argonauv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
SOME GIRLS BRAVE

Elizabeth Elliott, q seventeen year
old Minnesota girl, made desper-
ate but ineffective attempt, not long
ago, to avert a collision between a
freight engine and a switch engine
on the track behind her home. She
was at the window when the freight
engine came into view, and realizing
that a collision was imminent, she
ran from the house, frantically way
ing a scarf, in hopes Of warning the
engineer of his peril.
But the clouds Of steam which en-
veIoped the front part of the engine
prevented the man from seeing his
would-be rescurer. The girl came
painting through the deep snow just
in time to see the two engines meet
in a crash.
Though her attempt to prevent the
collision had been in vain, the brave
girl set to work to rescue the men
whose grOans she could hear in the
mass OF Wrecka ge. 1t was some time
before other help arrived, and Eliza
beths hands and ears were badly
frost-bitten before she desisted from
her efforts to serve others and no
thought of herself-Bee Hive.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
LABOR WORLD.

Grave diggers OF New York City
recently formed labor union.
Boston (Mass.) Journeymen Horse
shoers' Union is fifty years old.
There have been no strikes in Port
land, Ore, for the last four years.
The Persian rug weaver takes
about twenty days to weave a square
foot
Civil servants from all over the
Dominion met at Ottawa to form
federation.
During a recent year the German
labor exchanges found situations for
1,250,000 persons.
A committee is devising ways and
means for building labor temple in
Fort Worth, Texas.
A new union of boot and shoe
workers was recently formed at
Arecibo, Porto Rico.
Carpenters at Hot Springs, Ark,
have formed club for the purpose
of studying craft problems.
The building laborers' interna.
tional union is said to be assuming a
controlling influence in the West.
a IfdueS doSGniDly dC IIeeuElIIt,
Tex, was organized recently with
twenty-one unions Of farmers af1l-
lated.
An effort is making in Boston,
Mass, to organize the school teachers
of the United States and Canada into
q union.
In rural Russia the wages Of farm
laborers have advanced about thirty
per cent. in the last twenty years,
but the average is thirty cents a day.
From 1850 to 1860 many national
and International labor organizations
were formed, which granted charters
to local unions and organized new
branches.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
A True Story.

The old lady who was in the habit
of looking under the bed Cor burglars
every night after many years actually
found one, armed 10 the teeth, with
dark Lantern, Jimmy, and all the bur-
glars stock in trade. The old lady,
after careful scrutiny of the armed
villain, addressed him with bright,
rather pleased voice. as follows:
ooh, there you are, are you? Why,
I have been looking for you Tor
years.
The desperate made no response;
astonishment disarmed him more eff
fectually than any weapon could have
done. He crawled from under the
bed, skunk out of the room, down
stairs, and. out of the house, and the
old lady, quite happy, got into her
bed and went to sleep.-Strand Mag
azine-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07

down with a feather. However, I
rang the bell, which was answered
by Mrs. AyIett herself. Perhaps she
found it company, poor woman, to at
tend to the door, and, anyway, she
seemed very pleased to see me. She
told me how it had all happened, of
course, and how he had been brought
on a stretcher, with his beautiful face
covered up, which gave her such
turn, she said, as she thought she
should never get over to her dying
day. There was nobody had been to
see him, though many had called to
hear if the news was true, and Mr.
Mavors, the tutor, had just been and
seemed frightened almost to death,
Thought there was nothing now to
frighten anybody, she said, for he
looked as comely as could be with
his fine limbs showing through the
sheet, poor fellow, and would I like
to see him. No, said I, thanking
her kindly. Il wouldn't like that, if
it was ever so, but I had brought
some flowers from my mistress, who
had known the poor young gentle.
man.
"'Oh, yes,' she said, she knew
that and in such meaning tone
that it almost made my heart stop.
'Then when Mrs. Aylett left me
in the sitting room lost not an in
stant, but ran straightway to his
writing table, as you had enjoined
on me, and the very first thing
saw, leaning up against the upper
portion of the desk, as if waiting to
be posted, was the letter, directed to
his father. I thrust it in my pocket
in a flash, and was ready for the
landlady when she came out, close
by the folding door, with the money
you had given me for her. She took
it, though not very willingly, saying
that she did not need a present for
doing what was nothing but a pleas
ure to her. though a sad one, and
then I came home with my heart
beating pit-a-pat, with the letter in
my bosom, feeling like lead"
Sophy rose with grateful looks and
kissed the birl. Until you brought
this to me, Jeannette,' she said, my
heart was lead. Though this sad
matter is now over, and all belong
ing to it''-here she put the closed
letter into the flame of the candle,
and held it till it was utterly de-
stroyed-'I shall never forget the
service you have done me-never,
never; but we will talk of that to-
morrow. 1t is getting late, and you
must be tired enough after all you
have gone through"
every good, Miss Sophy," returned
the other, lingering at the door, "are
you sure you would not like me to
sleep in your room tonight"
mo, thank you, Jeanette" an
swered her mistress, simply, so bur-
led in her own thoughts that she
could not perceive what could be
plainly read in Jeannette's frightened
face, that the waiting maid was say
ing two words for herself and one
for her mistress.
To be Continued.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
BATTLE WITH WILD SWAN.

While coming up the bay to Balti-
more Friday night the steamer Ava
Ion ran into a flock of wild swans off
Thomas Point. and swan was cap
tured by the lookout, w. T. Whitley,
who was on the forward deck, after a
thrilling experience.
The steamer was running at live
Iy clip when Whitley heard a fiutter
ing, and a few minutes later saw a
flock of swans directly in front of the
boat. They circled around a few
times, then lit in the water on the
port side He notified First Officer
Corkran, who turned on the search
light. That seemed to frighten them
and they all arose from the water.
There appeared to be about 100, and
all flew over the pilothouse except
one, which struck the port side of the
steamer with crash. A passenger
in stateroom 45, which was damaged,
thought there had been collision
and got out of bed.
When l saw the swan strike the
boat [ Yushed up to it, expecting to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
SPREAD OUT.

The man was working on the side
of a steeply sloping roof. All of a
sudden his foot slipped on a patch
of ice, and with groan he began to
slide slowly toward the edge.
AS he slid, he clutched with tense
fingers at the tin. But it was smooth.
1t offered him no hold. And his
speed gradually but surely increased.
AS, in a sitting posture, like to-
bogganer, the man continued his
deadly slide, he began to pray in a
loud, anguished voice.
Memory, as if in answer to his
prayer, flashed across his brain the
words:
'Spread out"
The man instantly lay fiat on his
back, spreading arms and legs to
their widest angle, making himself
as much as possible like a starfish.
And his speed at once decreased. The
additional friction surface acted like
brake. A few feet from the. edge
of the roof he came to anchor.
"Help!' he then shouted.
But the slight movement of shout
ing acted like a push, and he slipped
down a few inches more.
"Help!" And again he slid a lit
tie.
But this time help came, a rope
was thrown and the man climbed
back to safety.
He wiped the dews of terror from
his brow.
my boss in my apprentice days, "
he said, told me if I ever started
sliding down a roof slope to spread
out and it would stop me. I didn't
believe him, but, by jingo, he was
right"
The man smiled and sighed, mus
ing on his long-dead boss. Then he
crawled back to his dangerous work
on the steep slope of the roof.-Phil-
adelphia Bulletin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
STORY ABOUT A GOLDFISH.

Hiram Blackmar, tinsmith, of
Winsted, Conn, has large aquarium
in which, until quite recently, were
a score of goldfish. About two weeks
ago, however, all of the fish except
one sickened and died. The sole
survivor of the piscatorial pets is a
very large Japanese goldfish, which
Mr.. Blackmar has owned for six
years and which has become so tame
that it rises to the surface of the
water when any of the family calls its
name-"Dick.
About a week ago Mr.. Blackmar
noticed his pet kitten sitting on the
edge of the aquarium, gazing steadily
into the water. In a few minutes he
was astonished to see Dick, the gold
fish, swim to the surface with bit of
milkweed in it's mouth. The kitten
reached down and with her tiny paw
took the milkweed and ate it.
This performance was repeated a
number of times, and now the kitten
goes to the aquarium every morning
for it's breakfast.-NewY York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
For the
Younger
Chiidren...
In eirlhood. hide nothing

pest. III SlrluOOup Hlue uOtuluS
from you mother; do nothing that if
discovered by your father would make
you blush. Have no mysteries what
ever. Tell those about you where
you go and what you do. Those who
have the right to know, we mean, of
course.
The girl who frankly says to her
mother, Il have been there. I met
so-and-so. Such and such remarks
were made, and this and that was
done," will be certain Of receiving
good advice and sympathy. If all was
right no fault will be found. If the
mother knows, out of great expert
ence, that something was improper
or unsuitable, she will, if she is
good mother, kindly advise against
it's repetition.
1t is when mothers discover that
their girls are hiding things from
them, that they rebuke and scold.
Innocent faults are always pardoned
by kind parent. You may not know,
girls, just what is right, just what
is wrong yet. You cannot be blamed
for making little mistakes; but you
will not be likely to do anything so
very wrong, if from the first, you
have no secrets from your mother
H. L. Hastings.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
AMERICAN HORsEMANSHIP.

Before Mr.. Roosevelt left the
White House he made ninety-eight-
mile ride in seventeen hours as an
example of what might be expected
of a good horseman, and to demon
strate that our army officers are not
put to an over-severe test in their
practice rides. No one wishes to dis
credit the prowess of the ex-President
when in the saddle, but his perform
ance appears exceedingly tame when
compared with the stories told of the
riders of the Pony Express between
st. Joe, the old Western frontier post,
and the Pacific Coast. The exploits
of these horsemen, as recounted by
man who withholds his name, but
claims intimate knowledge with the
facts, were truly wonderful:
Bob Haslam made regular daily
trip from Fort Churchill to Smiths
Creek (120 miles,. On one occasion
he rode from Virginia City to Smiths
Creek (1S5 miles) and after an hours
sleep rode the return trip, covering
$40 miles with only one hour out Of
LuS duu IhC loohu iioO
on schedule time.
Johnny Moore rode between Mud
dy Station in Western Nebraska and
Julesburg. On one occasion he fin
ished this ride, and finding at Jules
burg an important Government dis
patch, rested seven minutes, then
flung himself upon horse and was
away He arrived,-at Muddy Station,
having ridden the round trip of $50
miles in precisely fourteen hours and
forty minutes.
"Bill Cody's buffalo BilD daily
ride was from Red Butte on the
Platte to Three Crossings on the
Sweetwater, and his schedule re-
quired him to ride fifteen miles an
hour. Cody once rode from Three
Crossings to Red Butte, and, there
being no rider at the latter place to
take the budget on, he continued for
another eighty-five miles and then
rode back to Three Crossings, cover
ing a total distance of 322 miles on
schedule time and without being out
of the saddle except to change
mounts. Harper Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
WORDS.


The word that makes me lonesomest
Of all the words | know
Is moor" 1t makes me think of night
And weeds bent down with snow,
And low, dark clouds that do not hold
A single star for light,
And not sound that you can hear
But winds that cry all night. (.
A very comfortable word
Is "plenty"-it's so round
And fat and full and pantry-ish;
1t has a golden sound.
It makes me think of cookie-jars,
And fields of yellow wheat,
And loaded vans, and market days,
And all good things to eat.
The word that sounds the happiest
Is "jingle," / should say.
1t is a rather thinnish word,
Bat still it's very gay.
think it is a children's word,
1t isn't meant for age;
1t always seems to shout at me
From out printed page.
But oh, the sweetest word I know
The very contest
Is soft" Just whisper it and see
If you don't love it best!
A quiet, cuddly, snuggy word ...-,
That makes you want to creep
Up to the lounge in mothers room
And be sung off to sleep.
Marion Kent Hurd, in St. Nicholas
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
DON'T BEGIN.

Once there was little fly who saw
a spiders web in the corner of
room. II will keep away from it,
he thought; "for, if I should get one
foot in it 1 might get two, and soon 1
would be caught altogether. Wasn't
that a wise little fly?
In the same room was little girl
who had broken a vase. Something
whispered in her ear, Hide the
pieces and don't tell mother"
"No, mol" said she. "If 1 should
deceive mother once, I might again,
and pretty soon 1 should be telling
wrong stories won't begin. :"
Wasn't she wise little girl?-May-
flower.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
GENEROUS REVENGE.

A young man, desirous of getting
rid of his dog, took it along with him
to the East River. He hired boat,
and rowing into the river threw the
animal in. The poor creature at
tempted to climb up the side Of the
boat, but his master, whose intention
was to drown him, pushed him back
with the oar. In doing this he fell
hisnself into the water and would
certainly have been drowned had not
the dog, as soon as he saw his mas
ter struggling in the river, suffered
the boat to float away, and held him
above water until assistance arrived,
and his life was saved.-Theo. A.
Tefft, in the Bee Hive.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07

In connection with his new sys-
tenn of wireless telegraphy, Professor
@. Majorana uses liquid micro
phone. This consists of small tube
which is attached to the diaphragm OF
the microphone and through which
a stream of water flows between a
pair of platinum electrodes. The
water is slightly acidulated so as to
complete the circuit between the cleo
trodes. When the microphone is vi
brated by the voice the stream OF
liquid f1uctuates, varying the electri-,,
cal resistance in accordance with the
sound of the voice
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
BLESSING CHEAP.

There was an elopement short
time ago from a Bolton suburb, and
after a brief honeymoon the bride re-
turned to the parental roof.
"And you will give us your bless
ing?" she asked.
Freely" replied the old man; mo
trouble about the blessing, but board
and lodging will be at regular rates."
-Tit-Bits.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
Oluck and
4 Adventure
SPEARING A BEAR,

"TWice in my chase of bruin 1 have
made use of bear spear as my weap-
on of attack writes Count Eric Won
Rosen, 'and I may take this opportu-
nifty to maintain that the use of a
spear entails no greater cruelty than
any other mode of attack, and that
every hunter should be armed with
one in reserve, since these powerful
beasts have vitality that triumphs
over stray bullet or more, unless
lodged in a vital region, and when
wounded their retaliation is dedoubt-
able and easily fatal. In Karelia,
Finland, the bear is yet regarded as
a noxious horror. The great black
haired 'slagbjorn,' Or killing bear, is
still rampant there, and couple of
winters back I was able to wreak JUS
tiiable vengeance on some beasts
that had killed over score of COWS
and nine horses. News had been
brought me that some of these ras-
calls were alternating on small
marsh-bound island.
1--WE found no difficulty in locating
their lair, and I took up my post at
the entrance to it, armed only with
my spear. I may explain that a bear
spear consists of an ash staff some
two yards long and about couple of
inches in diameter; there is a blade
of steel about twelve inches in length,
and the shaft is copper-cased as a
prevention against the teeth of bruin.
AS soon as my gentleman appeared
tried to stick him in the throat, but
he parried adroitly and 1 missed;
driving my spear point through his
breast.
''He started roaring furiously and
snapped at my copper-cased staff,
then made an attempt to strike at my
arm with his huge forepaw, so that 1
might drop my weapon. The power
full brute hung on to my spear at the
one end, while 1 as grimly held on at
the other end. His bites went through
the copper plate and he started
shredding the wood beneath. Siren
uously checked his further advances
and gradually, for his wounds began
to tell, his resistance weakened, and
he dropped at last over the aperture
of his den.
81 pulled out the spear, but so
much strength still remained in him
that he seized the blade and bit it
with a force that left deep indenta-
tions in the steel. My companion
then finished him off with his own
weapon. This struggle from start to
finish covered five minutes Chi
cago Daily News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
LOOKING AHEAD.

Il am not wealthy" he said, "but
if the devotion of a true and tender
heart goes for anything with you,
Miss Clara"
1T goes very well with me, Mr..
Spoonbill, interrupted the fair girl,
with pensive look on her face, "but
how will it go with the grocer and
the butcher ?"-New York Journal.
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HER INTENTION.

Miss Meanley 1T may not be
your intention to offend, but doesn't
it occur to you that your treatment
of me is rather calculated to make us
bad friends?"
Miss Cutting (coolly)-"No; I had
the hope that it would make us good
enemies" - Catholic Standard and
Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
RAILWAY PLAY BOXES.

They will be happy children who
travel by the Great Northern Rail-
way, England, for the company has
provided boxes of toys to keep the
journey from being tiresome for
them. Among other things which
these delightful play boxes contain
is a reproduction in cardboard of the
railway trains and stations, with lit
tie figures of passengers, porters,
guards, and even newsboys. - East
and West.
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Fees For Technical Examination.

The fees for the examinations Of
the German technical high schools
have been fixed on the following
scale: For the preliminary diploma
examination, sixty marks for natural
lied Germans, 12O marks for foreign
ers; for the diploma examination.
12O marks for Germans and 240
marks for foreigners; for the doctor
of Engineering examination. 240 marks,
of which the first half is to be paid
when the examination thesis is hand
ed in, and the remainder before the
oral examination is taken.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-05-07
REASON.

mamma" said small Gregory, who
had been reading proverbs, II know
why burnt child breads the fire."
why, dear?" asks his mother.
because when he gets burned
once, the burn makes him smart
enough to keep away from the stove
again. Chicago Daily News.