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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19

Twelve cities in New York main
tain teachers training schools.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19

Tablecloths and dishes are now
made of paper. Is. N. U. IL.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19
NEW STRENGTH FOR WOMEN'S
BAD BACKS.

Women who suffer with backache,
bearing down pain, dizziness and that
rf dull finQd
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19

The answer to the question: Are
we a beef-eating nation?" is given
in the fact that Swift & Co sold
$3.50, 100000 worth of beef in year:
Armour $27O,OO0,0O and others
$3.50, 100000, bringing the total to
100000 for beef alone.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19

Britons send on an average of two
kilograms apiece each year; Ameri-
cans, | 1 and Germans 90.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19
How We Grow,

Some idea of the wonderful growth
of commerce and traffic in this coun
try may be cleaned from a carefully
prepared article in recent number
of the Manufacturers Record. An
excerpt places it before the public
in figures, and those figures are rich
in inspiration. The writer points
out that, with 5 " per cent. of the
worlds population, we have 40 per
cent of the worlds railroad mileage,
and our traffic is growing SO rapid
ly that we need to double our entire
railroad facilities within the next ten
or fifteen years. Our population in
creases at the rate of about per
cent. a year.
On the present basis of S7,000,-
600, this would give us 100000
to 100000 more people in the
next ten years and something over
100000 in the following decade.
This will give us over 125, 100000
by 1880 and 100000 people by
1910. In thirty years our population
will be about 70 per cent. larger
than it is today, but by virtue of
the increasing power of transporta-
ton on land and sea, the use of the
telephone and telegraph which are
among the greatest agents that ever
came into existence for accelerating
business and adding to mans pro-
ductive capacity-the 70 per cent.
of increase in population will have
a far greater potentially than the
population of today.-Duluth News
Tribune.
Consul Frederick NJ. Ryder of Ri
mouski, reports that the possibility
of winter navigation on at least a
portion of the River st. Lawrence, is
to be determined during the present
season through series of exhaus-
tive experiments under the direction
of Dr. H. T. Barnes, professor of
nhysicc at NIcGi1l University
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19
To The Manner Born.
Shakespeare has it:

Shakespeare has it:
''But to my mind, though / am ma
tive here
And to the manner born, it is a Gus
tom
More honored in the breach than the
observance"
Other writer's have had it (before
and after the Bard of Hve.4se,...---.----s'
''And to the manor born" etc.
Take your choice One born to
the manor" was supposed to be of
high lineage, none of your cheap cat
tie, because a manor was a great es-
tate, owned by a person of distinc-
ton. Manner born might mean
any social level, suiting the manner
of the timeS=NeM York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19

itch cured in 80 minutes by. Wooiford
Sanitary Lotion, Never fails. At druggists.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-03-19

Whether from Colds. Heat. Stomach or
Nervous Troubles, Capudine will relieve you.
It's liquid-pleasant to take-actS immedi-
ately Try it 1Oc.. 25c. and soc. at drug
StO eS
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

tended to have d kingdom with a king who should reign
one year.
Father Enright was so taken up with our idea that
he suggested we follow out a scheme of making Ak-sar-
Ben the Seven Cities of Cibola, and take, in general.
other hints from Quivera and Coronado. who sought to
discover the Seven Cities. Father Enrights suggestions
were accepted and we later adopted the idea Of Seven
Cities of Cibola for our ritual.
1T was also Father Enright who suggested that the
three words in Ak-Sar-Ben each be recognized bv its
meaning in one of three languages. These three Ian
guages were Arabic, Hebrew and Syrian. Ak is Syrian
for head of a household. sar is Arabic for household and
Ben is Hebrew for brothers in the household.
The helpful suggestions OF Father Enright were ac-
cepted and L. M. Rheem, who then was manager of the
local Office Of the American District Telegraph comnany
and who was prolific in thought, incorporated them into
a completed ritual for Ak-Sar-Ben.
The first meeting of the knights of Ak.sar-Ren IT, q
held in the old Odd Fellows hall at Fourteenth and
Dodge streets in 1895. l well remember the horesp1ay
we had in the initiation that night. The candidates were
marched upon a drawbridge that approached q castle
upon a hill. The railing Of the bridge was lined with
wires connected to a strong battery. When the csndi-
dates walked upon the bridge it began to sway and they
grabbed hold of the railing tc keep from falling off Tho
minute their hands came in contact with it they received
a strong current and had to let go. They then rushed
off the bridge and were greeted on the shore by several
sir knights with inflated bladders.
After the bladder treatment the candidates were led
before a skeleton and given a moral lecture on the path
OF life Then they were taken to a desk to sign the con-
stitution. The desk collapsed and through the bot+or,
OF the chair In which the candidate was seated several
pins came up, causing the occupant to jump and wriggle,
THE first ball and parade of Ak-sar-Ben was held in
September, 1895. 1 was the first king of the carnival
and rode in the parade on a float. After the parade We
drove to the Den. where the coronation ceremonies took
place and the ball was held. This custom was followed
for two or three years and then abandoned. The king
did not ride in the parade after the first three years and
the grand ball was set for the night following the eIec-
trical parade. The forms and ceremonies adopted then
nave been maintained now for thirteen years.
But Ak-sar-Ben accomplished the purpose for which
1t was intended. 1t brought thousands of Nebraska peo-
pie here for the first parade and started a spirit of good
feeling toward Omaha. The state people began to like
us and ceased calling us 'Omahogs.'"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

west of the city and we figured that the small town Wis
itors would come to Omaha, get acquainted with our peo-
pie and become reconciled to the business men here. Lin
coin had each year been filled with the farmers and other
people and its merchants had been greatly benefited. But
we were to be disappointed in our expectations.
When the fair opened the state visitors, instead of
coming into Omaha, simply took trains that went to the
fair grounds, saw the show, ate there and then returned
to their homes without coming into Omaha proper. That,
Of course, was just what we did not want; we wanted the
visitors to come into Omaha and see us. We did not
care much whether they saw the fair. Our purpose in
getting the fair here was to bring the state people to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

itself in 1892, after the real estate bubble had burst. In
the first years Of the boom Omaha enjoyed unusual pros
perity. Real estate prices vent sky high-lots several
miles from the city we're sold at fabulous prices-the
people spent their money and the city became indepen-
dent. Reports were sent out that Omaha had 100000
inhabitants and that it was the big city of the midwest.
Among the merchants Of the city was no concerted
action to bring small town merchants here to trade.
There seemed to be a feeling that each business man
would get along by himself if he attended to his own
business and did not try to cooperate with other men.
sumo that out in the state they became known as the
Omaha hogs and the citizens of the smaller towns did
not feel very friendly toward our people.
when the bottom fell out Of things in 1898 the bus
mess men of this city we're suddenly brought to realize
that something would have to be done to encourage trade
and instil life into the wholesale and retail business of
Omaha. Because of the lack of attention from our bust
ness men in other years the merchants of the smaller
towns OF the state had not come here to buy and now,
when the depression was upon us, our leading men came
to realize that some means would have to be devised to
win back the Nebraska trade. To make plans for win
ming the favor Of the small towns a meeting Of the Com
mercial club was called and the situation which Omaha
was up against was gone over carefully. Several ways
of promoting trade were suggested and it was finally de-
cided to try to get the state fair, which then was being
held at Lincoln, transferred to this city. A committee
OF the commercial club members was selected and told
to go to Lincoln, see the board Of state fair directors and
get them to remove the fair here the next September.
well, the delegation visited the directors Of the fair
at Lincoln, argued with them for several hours and Sc
cured their promise to give Omaha the fair the next year.
The committee came back from the Capital City feeling
mighty fine over the success Of it's trip and believing that
Omaha had found a way to deal with the commercial
stringency. The fair grounds were located four miles
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

Omaha the other members of the club also
thought we had made a wise choice.
ION our way home from New Orleans, however, we
met a Catholic priest from Kansas City who gave us some
very good suggestions for the ritual which we we're to
adopt for Ak-Sar-Ben. This priests name was Enright
Father Enright-and to hin Dudley Smith explained
the purpose of our enterprise and how we planned to
carry it out. 1t was Dudley Smith, by the way, who or
iginated the name Ak-Sar-Ben. which is Nebraska spelled
backward. He told Father Enright the name we had
decided upon for our carnival and that we had improved
over the ritual of the New Orleans carnival by adding a
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26
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N1 First King Ak-Sar-Ben Tells Story of the Orders Founding rs

omaha, and it had failed. With that situa-
ton confronting us we knew We would have
to do something else, and we did.
Another meeting of the Commercial club
was called to devise new means of winning
back the state people to our city. 1t was then
the spirit that was to make Omaha a very
progressive city began to show itself. Men
in the meeting said Omaha would forge to
the front IL they had to spend all their time in
working for that end. Before the meeting
closed it was resolved to get up some kind Of
a street pageant to attract visitors to Omaha,
and a committed was appointed to visit st.
Louis and New Orleans to gather ideas from
the parades held in those cities.
THE committee was composed of William
r. Bennett, Dudley Smith and myself. Gus
Renee, an artist, was selected to accompany
us so that he might get some ideas for deco
rating floats and advise us in matters in case
we should decide to make any purchases.
A St. Louis we saw the system employed
for their carnival, the Yelled Prophet, and
were much impressed. We admired their
floats and were greatly attracted by their ar
rangements. The Commercial club of that
city banqueted us and entertained us royalty.
We decided to go on to New Orleans before
making any decision.
"At the Louisiana city we we're enter
tanned in a manner to rival our treatment at
st. Louis. We saw the parades of Comus,
Proteus and Rex, all features Of the Mardi
Gras carnival. Comus and Proteus are night
parades and the Rex a day parade. We were
most impressed by Rex and decided to buy the
paraphernalia of that parade. The costumes
were elegant and we felt much pleased with
our selection. When these we're brought to
Omaha daily bee., 1909-09-26

wv Ak-Sar-Ben originated
and came to be a vital
mart of the commercial
and social life of Omaha
IS told in detail in the fol-
lowing story by Edmund
NJ. Bartlett, first king OF
Guivera
The movement which
led to the founding of Ak
Sar-Ben resulted from the
business depression in
which this city found
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-24
(By DR.. A. Haus.nan.)
PREFACE.

The last four hundred years have added n cont
to the habtabe portion of planet changing the
physical aspect of the world and giving origin and
social organizations The anniversary Of this import
event. the discovery of America, has been celebrated in
physical well the intellectual hegemony the
hemisphere. But would the discovery of the land
alone be for reioicng the transportation
of the inhabitants from the mother country upon the virgin
soil have been sufficient to give birth of such
material and intellectual attachments the who floats
the and stripe banner the acknowledged emblem of
liberty all the world Most assuredly not If the
branches of the old society grated upon the SOIL had
not produced better fruit this country would be fit
live for the ority of its present inhabitants. The
savage abognes superior beings compared with the
possessed all the brutal instincts of the inferior race coupled
with greater intellect and physical power, and therefore
capable of inlicting harm and injury. Something
more necessary to create great nation and it has
been found The past four hundred years have witnessed
not only the discovery of land but also of ideas
Any person of moderate intellect knows that the
world moves, that the celestial bodies called fixed stars
change their relative positions in the universe and the
planets their position relative the central around
which they travel in fixed orbits, and each other He
further knows that occupy the surface of the EARTH
member Of the small group of planets revolving around
the their center and forming with him the
solar system separated from the nearest star by distance
far beyond the grasp of comprehension Perhaps he
has INDUCED sometimes in meditation asking himself the
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-24

questions: Why do we exist what is the object of life.
whore do come from and where do 90 According
the conditions surrounding him during the earlier part
Of his life he has been impressed with certain views
gardng these questions usually those comprised within the
general term of religion having in the main the
principle, called deity but differing in the minor Details
thereby giving origin large number of separate de-
nominations If he does permit his thinking faculty
this point and fall into 'nocuous deseutude, he
observe that the social organization of has many
features in common, irrespective of color, language
and religion and the social intercourse with people
belonging to his church, not protesting any religion
whatever must further teach him that the adoption
of religious does afford standard for the value of
a person as member of society. criminal the
scafod may be devout Christian and noble hero
fcng himself others, may be indel, and rice
Admitting such to be the fact, it follows with
necessity that belief or disbelief does not offer sufficient
explanation the final of action, and that far
powerful agency must exist, Independent 81 all
eral influences which might be brought bear upon the
moral consciousness of man. 1t is impossible understand
the laws of society unless able to define correctly
mans position in nature, his relations the planet upon
which he lives the animal kingdom and his fellow
ures of his own race.
Since the earliest records of history, attempts have
been made discover the origin of man, which invar
ably attributed, in less crude manner cause
lying outside of and foreign to the natural laws.
During the entire Christian era, a period of nearly
two thousand years the history of creation as related in
the Bible has been the prevailing and almost exclusive
version of the important event, Notwithstanding the pal
pabe and striking disparity between the presumed divine
origin of and the naked facts of history. 1t
served for ilusrous century to shed light upon this
obscure subject and the world is indebted the genius of
Darwin for the solution of this grand and important
problem.
Owing to the immense scope of the Darwnian theory
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-24

PREFACE
Blue-grass blade., 1909-01-24

Limitations Of Human Kmowledge.-lVhot Are Facts
What Is STANDARDIZATION Of Life and It's
Origin.-Theory Of Evolution.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11
DONNELLY REFUTES
NORTH'S STATEMENT

Public Printer DonuellE. evidently
piqued at the statement OF the Director
or the Census tlat the big priutery was
so crowded with vork that the printing
OF the next census might be delayed,
has written a letter TO Representative
John Wesley Gaines refutiug that state
mcut- He sets forth. further. that the
Public Printer has never been asked 90
submit an estimate on the Thirteenth
Census. and that the assumption that
IT could be done cheaper elsewhere Is,
therefore, unjusuhed
The difference Iu the estimates on the
Cuban census. which Director North
told the House Census Committee
showed that money might be saved 10y
having the printing done in commercial
shops AlT. DOHHeIIy says was never the
estimate Of the Government Printing
office. bat was computed 10y ~. $. Eos-
SITTER chief clerk of the Census Bureau
ar Rosslter has done the prIuteTE an
injustice 10y his testimony. says Public
Printer DOnuel-y.
BE submits figures showing the dis
patch with which work has been turned
out In the past al the big printing of
nee.
The census bin as it passed the House
provides that the work might be done
outside of the priuLey. Owing 10 Jne
Presidents veto of the bin. because of
It's failure TO provide census clerks from
me civil service Do Is possible that the
printing question may have TO be again
tnrc1Hed out.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11
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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11
DENIES COMPLETELY
IN JAIL ESCAPE PLOT
Joseph A. Shay, Hams Lawyer, Says Accusation That
He Connived at Delivery Of Iombs Prisoner Part
of Conspiracy Against Him.

NEW YORK.. Feb. Attorney ~
4eph A. shay. a lawyer for the Hams
brothers. arrested with Walter r. PECK,
am alleged ambulance runner, on a
charge of plotting 30 bring about the
escape of prisoner from the Tombs,
issued "A statement today I'm which he
denounced the arrest as part OF con-
spiracy against him.
The bail OF Shay was raised from
s.. 900 to 5000 today, after a confession
was made by Peck, who told the police
Of Shays alleged connection with the
case Shay. IN his statement, said:
81 don't believe the story of this at
tempted escape at all. 1t is all a con-
coction. To say that j furnished any
funds to assist I'm an escape from the
Tombs is an absolute falsehood. There
was no reason why I should want to
see the man, Williamson. out of jail,
and the statements made by Mercer,
alias Remington. are false in every de
tail"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11
What Congress Did
IN THE SENATE

The Senate Judiciary Committee made
favorable report ou the Hale bin
with amendments TO cut down the
salary of the Secretary OF state and
thus enable Senator Knox TO accept
lHe position
The report OF the subcommittee which
las been Investigating the Secret
Service was made to the Senate by
Senator Iemenway.
A supplemental report was filed br the
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Company
The Academy of Sciences submitted It's
nth annual report.
The post0fGce Committee began con-
sldaratiou OF the postofdce appropria-
lion 8iil
The Committee m Military Affairs be-
4au consideration OF the army bin.
Senator Hale gave notice that He de
sired tU take up tho naval bin with
The least possible 0ela|-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11

The commissioner Of correction today
began an Investigation of the Tombs
as result Of the disclosures follow
ing the arrests Of Shay and Peck.
Peck said that he reported TO Shay
that Harry Remington Mercer, who
was i'm the Tombs on a charge that me
had settled a $4,000 damage suit without
the knowledge of the client, was get
ting ugly and demanded that Shay get
him out. He said he and Shay fur
nished the money, or part of IL, with
which a chauffeur outHt Uas to be
purchased, and i'm this disguise Mercer
was TO escape. The escape was at
tempted late Yesterday The district
attorneys office discovered the plot
and Peck was arrested as he was IeaV-
ing the TOmbs.
Peck also states that Shays interest
in MERGERS release was TO get him out
of the country Mercer having been an
emplOye Of the attorneys office when
certain damage suit evidence which is
now under Investigation by the courts
was secured.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-02-11
FALL FROM A CAB
FATAL TO CABMAN

Patrick Sherwin, the cabmau. who
fell from the sea- of his cab at Fort
Myer Tuesday evening and was badly
injured. died at an early hour this
morning at the Georgetown University
Hospital
Sherwiu had gone to Fort MveT with
a passenger and was returning when
ne fell from his cab. He was removed
unconscious to the post hospital, and
yesterday afternoon was taken 10 the
Georgetown Hospital