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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
CEnDREN'S DEPARTMENT..

the floor at night when he went to
bed
The toys didn't like that very
much. Sometimes Jackie's father
would step upon them, when he came
in at night from his work. Father
didn't mean to break the toys, but ne
didn't know that they were there.
One day Jackie's mother said,
Come, Jackie, put away your toys
like a good boy, and come to supper. y
But Jackie didn't do it. He left his
playthings just where he had dropped
them when he had finished playing.
There was the rocking-horse, the au-
tomobile, the engine, and the ball, the
blocks, the Teddy-bear, the horn, the
drum, and the soldiers all over the
floor.
Well, that night something hap.
pened! When Jackie's father came
in at supper-time, he stumbled and
almost fell over the rocking-horse.
Then he stepped upon little tin sol.
dier, and crushed it all to pieces.
When Jackie went to bed that
night, the toys began to talk among
themselves.
Said the rocking horse, Rock,
rock, rock, 1 don't like to lie here in
the dark" Said the automobile,
"Honk, honk, honk, I don't like to
lie here in the dark" Said the en-
gine, "Choo, choo, choo, 1 don't like
to lie here in the dark" Said the lit
tie red ball, Roll, roll, roll, I don't
like to lie here in the dark" Said
the building blocks, Build, build,
build, 1 don't like to lie here in the
dark" Said the Teddy-bear, Squeak,
squeak, squeak, I don't like to lie
here in the dark" Said the little tin
horn, "Toot, toot, toot, I don't like to
lie here in the dark" Said the drum,
Boom, boom, boom, I don't like to
lie here in the dark" Said the SOL
dier-boy, Bang, bang, bang, I don't
like to lie here in the dark" Said
the elephant, "Humph! let's all march
away and hide" So they all marched
away two by two, and didn't come
back for a long, long time, all except
the ball. He could only roll, so he
rolled under the bed.
When morning came Jackie
couldn't find a thing to play with ex.
cept the ball, which he found under
his fathers bed.
All that day and the next Jackie
looked and looked everywhere for his
toys; but he couldn't find one OF
them. Then he cried. He didn't
know what to do without his rocking.
horse, his automobile, his engine,
ball, blocks, Teddy-bear, horn, drum
and soldiers
Finally, one very rainy day, they
all marched back, all but the little
tin soldier. He never came back.
When Jackie went upstairs after
breakfast to his fathers room, he was
delighted. He jumped up and down,
clapping his hands. He was so glad
to see his old friends he cried: "I'm
so glad! I'm so glad!"
And the toys all seemed to say:
Rock, rock-honk, honk-choo.
choo-roll, roll-build, build
squeak, squeak-toot, toot-booms
boom-bang, bang" So Jackie did.
When Jackie's father went away to
work that morning, he said: "Per.
haps Jackie'll put them all away to-
nignt. They may march away again. "
Julia Dewitt Stevens, in Primary
Education.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
A MOTHER CATS ANGER.

You may like to read about my
little cat, which had five kittens. We
could not keep so many kittens, and
we did not like to drown them, so
my brother tried to get homes for
them.
From the time that he gave the
first kitten away the mother showed
great dislike for him. Every time
he went into the kitchen she would
grow big and furry and make queer
noise.
When he took the third away she
flew at him, stuck her long nails in
his flesh and tried to get at his face.
At last we had to give her away,
with her two little kittens. We were
very sorry for her. Mother told us
that he actions only showed that her
instinct to keep and protect her young
is the same as in any mother.
Since that happened we have had
no more cats for pets, but we have
two very pretty canary birds.-Eileen
Campbell, in the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
PATIENT PERSEVERANCE.

A friend of mine once had the habit
of spelling truly with an e. 1nvari-
ably in signing letter she wrote
yours truely," and then erased the
unnecessary letter. Once she had a
letter to write which must be nicely
done, fair to the eye and flawless.
So when she had ended the sheet
with "Yours truely,' she said to her
self, "Now, 1 will not cross that out;
I will write the letter over" She
rewrote the letter-two pages of it
and ended with "Yours truely." Five
times more she wrote that letter, and
not until the seventh time did she
succeed in writing truly the way she
knew from the beginning that it
should be. She has never spelled it
incorrectly again.-Christian Regis
ter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
A SURE SIGN

A Wilmington woman recently
reached the conclusion that the at
tachment of a certain policeman for
her cook must be investigated lest it
prove disastrous to domestic disci-
pline.
do you think he means business.
Nary" she asked.
"I think SC, num- said Mary.
Hes begun to complain about my
cookin'. mum. "-Harrer's Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
THE FATE OF CURIOUS COUGARS

Several weeks ago cougar, meas
uring over eight feet in length, fol-
lowed Miss Mary Burr, the teacher
of the school at Messiers, in the edge
of the Rainier forestry reserve, from
near the schoolhouse until she met
with a forestry ranger who, with 9TH
ers, subsequently ran down and killed
the animal. Saturday Miss Burr
went to visit neighbor and suddenly
was following her. She first saw
the animal ahead of her, but later she
saw it in the path behind. She hur-
ried ahead to her destination, and a
hunting party composed of J. V. Cook
and A. Fenton, with several dogs,
started in pursuit. The dogs found
the trail of the cougar, and after fol-
lowing a snort distance treed it. Cook
shot and wounded the animal, which
dropped to the ground and was
bounced upon by the dogs. 1t in
stantly killed one of the dogs with its
terrible claws and teeth, though Cook
and Fenton were both trying to shoot
it, but in the scuffie between it and
the dogs found but little opportunity
to do SO without shooting the dogs.
Before finally mortally wounding the
animal, it had nearly killed another
Of the dogs. The cat measured nearly
eight feet, being not quite so large as
the cat killed several weeks ago.
Neither of the cougars attempted acy
rJa& I1s, ~ Of oh nn{
lug apparently to satisfy their curios-
I!y to follow and observe people
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
THE STORY OF A FLAG

Judge Garnett Andrews, of Wash
ington, Ga, was stoutly opposed to
secession, but made no objection to
his sons going into the Confederate
army. In "The Wartime Journal of
a Georgia Girl" his daughter, Miss
Eliza F. Andrews, describes the night
when the news came that Georgia
had seeded.
"While the people of the village
were celebrating the event with bon
fires and bell ringing and speechmak-
ing" writes Miss Andrews, my faith
er shut himself up i'll his house, dark
ened the windows and paced up and
down the room in the greatest asita-
ton.
Now and then. when the noise of
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
MOST IMPORTANT.
iider tha

Giles-"What do you consider thu
most important of your senses?"
Smiles-"The sense of touch.
GIles-''How do you make tina
out?"
Smiles-"But for it there are timei
when wouldn't be able to raise thu
price of a eal."-Chicago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
GREENLAND PLAN.

A traveller stopped at hotel u
Greenland, where the nights are 81,
months long, and as he registered
asked question of the clerk.
what time do you have break
FAST"
From half past March to quar-
ter of ."-Cleveland Leader.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
THE FRIENDLY SUNBEAM.

TIE FRIENDLY SUNBEAM.
There's certain little sunbeam who is
very fond of me,
And every single morning, bright and early
as can be
because he knows my nursery is on the
shady side),
He leaves his brothers frolicking DER
dewy meadows wide,
And he climbs into window at the east
end of our hall,
And he creeps across the carpet and he
feels along the wall,
And he slips between some curtains and
through an open door,
And he makes q golden bee-line across my
bedroom floor,
Until without tiny sound to tell he's near
the place,
He has jumped upon my pillow and is shin
ing in my face!
Then up start and out of bed! For who
would wish to stay,
When such friend has Gene so far TO call
one out to play?
Marian Warner Wildman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
Your Opinion.

It is a hard lesson to learn, bu
people do not care much for YOU
opinions. The next time you begiI
to talk and air your opinions notic
how soon you are interrupted; fthos
listening to you do not care what 20,
.hink.-Atchison, Kan, Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
FORCE OF HABIT.

The street car conductor was -abon
to sit down to breakfast, when a mes
senger boy brought him Telegram
announcing that rich relative hat
died and that he was tho sole heir.
Easy street," shouted the CON
ductor, reaching up for an imaginar!
belt rope.-Chicago Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
JACKS TOYS.

Once upon time there was little
boy about as big as you. His name
was Jackie. He had a great many
beautiful toys. His grandfather and
grandmother, his uncles and his aunts
were always bringing him something
to play with. l am sorry to say that
Jackie didn't take good care of his
toys. He was often so careless that
hs would leave his things ali over
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
SCIENCE
AND

Discussing the subject of radium
and the internal heat Of the earth
Professor Jolly, of the University of
Dublin, says that there are 10000
tons of radium dissolved in the waters
OF the seas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
FATE.

'They used to say was man
with future"
"And now?'
Now they refer to me as man
with a past. Wish could have .
present once. e."-Cleveland Leader.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
EITHER WAY.

"I would hate to be considered .
wise man."
WHY"
Because all the fools would b.
quoting me-"
'Well, that is the kind of people
that quote you now, isn't it,
Springfield Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
uARn no uNpERsTANp,

ST can't see how it could be.s
unused the man who gets puzzled over
odd things.
"Eow what could be-" asked HE
friend.
81 don't see how there could have
been bad provisions in the Pure Food
Chicago News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
About GoSSiping.

"Talk about women being gossips,'
said a woman on the car the Other
day. "When my husband and two OF
three male friends get together, nc
mans reputation is safe. detroit
Free Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
uNPARDoNABLE

''Sir," said the imperial ruler of all
the Russias, do you realize what .
gulf of inequality yawns between or.
dinary humanity and an autocrat?"
/ Dear mel" answered the Dou.
matte in mild surprise. els this gull
proposition a czar1chasm? m?"-Balti.
more American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30

Professor Greet, director of the
Berlin Eye Hospital. announces the
discovery of the trachoma germ. He
Gays his experiments with the germs
on anthropoid apes convinced him
that trachoma is contagious only in
it's early stages.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
FAULTY POEM.

''I have serious criticism to Offer
against this exquisite little sonnet en-
titled The Charge of the Light Bri-
gade,'" said Rondeau Rimer; produc'
ing his monthly gas bill.
''How is that?" asked the cashier.
"Well, you see. the meteris wrong" :"
Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
IF HE SHOULD BE FRENCH

The baby was slow about talking,
and his aunt was deploring that fact.
Four-year-old Elizabeth listened anx-
tously.
90 mother" she ventured at
length, "do you think he'll grow up
English? We couldn't any OF us un-
derstand him if he should turn out to
be French! !"-Lippincott's.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
AVOIDING Embarrassment.

~Dickey," said the mother. "whes
you divided those five caramels will
your sister did you give her three?
mo, ma. I thought they wouldn't
come out even, so ate one fore be
gan to divide. limited Presbyterian
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
TWO BIRDS.

"What! Your husband is dead?"
Eyes; year ago. And last week
married again"
''My sincerest coincidence and hear
Jest congratulations" Fliegende
Rlaetter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
ROMANCE IN REAL LIFE.

Duke, my father has lost his
money"
"I will marry you, anyhow"
''Can believe my ears?
Eyes; a man like your father can
easily make another fortune:"-Kan.
,as City Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
THOSE CONFERENCES.

THOSE CONFERENCES.
When statesman meets. bis fellow,
They confer.
Do you think they loudly below?
Hardly, sir.
They converse in whispers mellow
As it were.
To confer in secret sitting
Oft they go.
There is sly and stealthy fitting
To and fro.
What about? It isn't fitting
That we know.
Will s. Adkins, in Puck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
FoREsHADowED.

"You look SO pale and thin. What's
got you?"
Work. From morning to night
and only one hour rest"
"How long have you been at it,"
II begin Success.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
THE MARKS.

Bacon-"And does your son show
tiny signs of his college training?"
Egbert-"Oh, yes: he's quite lame
rom an injury received on the foot.
,a1l team. Statesman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
A PEDESTRIAN,

What is pedestrian, papa!"
asked juvenile whose parent had
Just begun to run his own motor.
"A pedestrian. my son., said the
irritable papa, ''is person who gets
In the way of motor cars to annoy the
DOOR chauffeurs. ."-Tit-Bits.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
Now Workers. Eat MANY Eg0s

According to the market records
the consumption of eggs in New York
City annually is 632 for each inhab.
liant.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
LOOKS LIKE AN INSINuA

LOOKS LIKE AN INSINuATION.
$50 this patent savings bank isni
complete enough for you?"
''No; I want something that wiz
take my pay envelope away from me
every Saturday and dole me Out
money by the nickel.
Then you'd better get married.
-Pittsburg Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30

While Europe is experimenting to
test the feasibility of concrete boats,
Baltimore actually has demonstrated
it. A concrete sailing vessel has been
in commission for eleven years. The
boat is the Gretchen, built and owned
by Daniel B. Banks, consulting en-
gineer of the fire board. She is a
two-masted schooner yacht, sixty-five
feet long and sixteen feet beam, and
draws fourteen feet of water
Cement Age.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30

1t was decreed by the convention
of 1913 and the Treaty of Washing
ton of 1916 that the boundary be-
tween the United States and Canada
from the Lake of the Woods to the
Pacific-a distance of 1870 miles
should be the forty-ninth parallel.
The surveyors who have lately COM
pleted the location of the boundary
have found that the astronomical par
allel varies from a direct circle
around the earth, and Professor
Otto Klotz explains the curious fact
that the line, instead of being
straight, is at one point eight hun
dred feet south of the direct circle
and at another place six hundred feet
north. 1t was decided that the astro-
nonIjcal parallel-or line through
places where the pole is forty-one de-
grees from the Zenith-should be tho
accepted boundary. This decision
was followed, but local attraction in
some places defects the plumb limo
and therefore the zenith, and the as
Economical forty-ninth parallel proves
to be a quits irrsgNlsY l.pa-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30

Spain has more hunchbacks than
any other country.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-04-30
THE RABBIT PUZZLE.

Draw picture of three earless
rabbits and three rabbit ears in such
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-16
A PLAGUE OF ANTS.
The Vicious insects Are a Nuisance In
Southwestern Africa.

ANTS white black and yellOw-are
a great nuisance In Nigeria" says
Charles Partridge in Gross River Ma.
tives." "They m arch from place TO
place In military formation. Some car
~ their young. others bear food, and
scouts and a fighting escort are always
on duty. Their column looks like q
long black snake curving along the
ground
"They leave behind them a well
formed road about four inches broad
and half an inch deep. worn smooth by
the tread OF the countless throng.
"They do not bite when the sun is
high, but woe betide the hapless wight
who comes In their way at other timesl
While travelling through the bush you
occasionally find them In possession Of
a section OF the road. Perhaps you are
I'm the midst OF them before you dis.
cover the presence Of your small but
fierce adversary The first man bitten
yells out something meaning, WARE
antsp and we all hurry forward. stamp.
ing vigorously. Those OF us upon
WuOll Tue lllllt vain lhft ihSA'll'h
tear of our clothes and nip the foes to
death. My little black horse always
wanted to tsrn back when he came to
a column Of ants. My dog Bob, ma
tive, used to dance like bear on hot
bricks whe2 the driver ants got be-
tween his paws and had TO be held
down while they were plucked out.
zone night suddenly awoke with
feeling that something was amiss. All
the household pets, such as snakes,
lizards, rats, toads. centipeds and spi
ders, seemed to be bestirrlng them.
selves restlessly. No sooner had my
foot touched the ground than | knew
what It was, for fierce bite told me
that the driver ants were upon us.
"On lighting candle | found col
umn marching across the floor and a
whole regiment attacking my bed
reused the assistant district commits
sioner, and eventually, using wisps Of
burning paper, we drove out the en-
emy. Fire or hot ashes are the best
means to use for expelling them"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-16
A HOTEL DINNER.
The Husband Ordered IT, and His Wife
Criticised II.

Criticised II.
On the midnight train ride from
town, where he and his wife had been
entertaining one Of his best patients
at dinner and the theater, the subur-
ban doctor spoke bitterly:
"What a dinner! And It cost $15
The cooking In these big hotels is afro.
cious. They smear sauces over every.
thing. suppose 1t is to hide poor ma.
terials"
1T isn't the fault Of the cooking that
our dinner was failure. 1t was its
selection that doomed it,"
"What was the matter with the Sc
lection"
"You should not have done the or
dering You have your meals chosen
for you almost every day I'm the year
It is the women Of people I'm our cir
cumstances who ought to arrange the
menus at restaurants. Look what you
ordered! Bisque OF lObster-a soup
with body Of thick white sauce
Sweetbreads-cook rs usual. with a
cream dressing Virginia ham with
thick as molasses Then for dessert
you took chance on pudding Refine
Victoria-candied fruit and lady fin.
gers swimming I'm soft custard."
"Well, how Is n fellow to know
Lobster soup, sweetbreads, Virginia
han and pudding Refine Victoria 1t
sounds fine"
"But n woman knows that 1t Is a
wretched combination Of splendid
dishes. 1t is the woman's dull duty
to choose menus for $50 days In the
year. She learns good deal about
selection. Yet when sum Of money,
equal TO weeks food expenses, is to
be sQuandered on one dinner at a
hotel IL is the man who seizes the
menu and tries TO look capable. He
makes failure frequently, as you did
tonight. 1t would have been pleas.
ure for me TO order fifteen dollar din
ner-a change from manipulating din
ner for four on 81 But men feel too
important In restaurant TO submit
the menu to their wives for assist
ance."- ."-Exchange.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-16
GOT THE WHOLE VOTE.
a Pledge That Was Frssly Given and
That Was Easily Kept.

II is related OF certain candidate
for Office I'm a certain Kansas campaign
that he billed himself for a speech In a
southern Kansas town on a certain
October day and wrote ahead 10 a
number Of friends there TO give him
"tips"
One Of them told him to see Ger.
tain colored man upon his arrival In
the town If you can get the vote OF
this negro" wrote the friend. you can
get the vote OF the whole negro popu.
lation In this town. Don't fail 10 see
him and get him to your way Of think
ing"
About the first thing the candidate
did after registering ut the hotel was
10 look mp this negro 1t was only
little while after the Introduction that
he was calling the negro by his given
name. filing his pockets with cigars.
passing him compliments and general.
ly "giylug him the taify." The negro
took II all and enjoyed the occasion
immensely The candidate spent sev.
eral hours I'm the negro's company and
after me thought the proper degree OF
warmth had been obtained broachcd
the real object Of his friendship:
"Say, John. | want the negro vote of
this town"
"All right" replied John "I'n vote
70 You, sab. I'll vote TO- you. I'm
To- you. sab"
"Thats all right" said the candi
date That's all right. I'm sure you
will I'm sure you viii. But | want
to have the whole negro vote Of this
town. ! want TO get all"
"Dats all right" responded the ne
gro. IL done said rd vote 70 you I'm
yo' friend. I'll suttinly cast my vote
fo' you"
But, say, John. ! know that" said
the candidate. See here I'll be frank
The fellows told me that you are a big
man among the cOlorcd folks down
here and that If | got your vote I'd
get the whole negro vote in this place
Do you catch onW
"Sho." replied John. "Sho DO
You'll git dc whole nlggah vote, all
right Dcy won't be trouble bout dat.
sab. You see, I'm DC only nlggah i'm
dis here whole town Mobile Regis
ter
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1909-04-16
FRIDAY, APRIL I6, 1909.

Senator Cummins of Iowa, who
has had quite large and varied poll
tical experience is quoted saying
that "Roosevelt is larger man than
Washington and Taft will be count
ed as greater than either at the end
OF his term of Office. This will
make the present incumbent a strong
candidate for reelection.