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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-10-01
NEW Time TABLE ON
Railway Go. In Mississippi

Southern Railway Go. In Mississippi.
Time of Trains at Greenwood.
EAST BOUND.
No. II leaves daily----.--.--.9:10 a. m.
No. 4 leaves daily--.-..7:1Op p. m.
No. 10 leaves daily----.--.-...2:47 p. N.
WEST BOUND.
No. 8 leaves daily...------.7:20a m.
No. 9 leaves daily------.11:38 a. m.
No. IL leaves daily--.--..5:16 p. m.
WEBB BRANCH
No. 8 Daily except Sunday, ar. $50 am
7 Daily except Sunday, dep. 2:l5 pm
BELZONI BRANCH.
No. II leaves Greenwood. p. m.
No. II arrives Itta Bena,-.----5:40 p. m.
No.. 5 leaves Itta Bena.----5:45 p. m.
No. 5 arrives Belzoni p. m.
No. 6 leaves Belzoni---...-.--.7:O0 a. m.
No. 6 arrives Itta Bena -.-.--....S:4O a. m.
No. II leaves Itta Bena----.8:47 a. 10.
No. II arrives Greenwood----9:1O a. n.
". MEADQR, Agent.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
immensely of the Universe.

Suppose that a row of telegraph
posts, twenty-five thousand miles
long, were erected around the earth
at the equatOr-suppose that a wire
were stretched upon these posts for
this circuit of twenty-five thousand
miles, and that then another complete
circuit were taken with the same
wire around the same posts, and then
another, and yet another-in fact, let
the wire be wound no fewer than
seven times completely about this
great globe-we should then find that
an electric signal sent into the wire
at one end would accomplish the
seven circuits in one second of time.
Telegraphing to the stars would,
however, be much more tedious
matter. Take, first, the case of the
very nearest of those twinkling points
of light, namely, Alpha Centauri.
The transmission of a Geographic
message to the distant sun would. in
deed, tax the patience of all con-
cerned. The key is pressed down,
the circuit is complete, the message
bounds off on its journey; it winds its
way along the wire with that velocity
sufficient to carry it one hundred and
eighty thousand miles in a single sec
ond of time. Even the nearest of
the stars is, however, sunk into space
to a distance so Overwhelming that
the message would be four years on
the wire before reaching it's destina-
ton. ard there are stars so remote
that If the news of Christ's birth had
been telegraphed from Bethlehem in
A. D. 1, it would now have been
speeding on for nineteen hundred
years without arriving.
Yet it would take but eight minutes
for telegram to reach the sun
The Christian Work and Evangelist.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
CARE OF GLOVES.

cit is strange that few people
really take care of their gloves, that
is, in one particular" said a Newark
woman. Il suppose we all know that
pulling gloves eff by the finger tips
spoils the shape of the gloves and
also endangers the material itself.
What is the right way? To peel
them off, as it were, inside out ard
then turn them. A glove man told
me once that the life of my gloves
would be perceptibly heightened if
would do this, and also initiate the
gloves en- turning them right side
out This would help to put them
into shape and at the same time help
to dry them, If they were moist from
the hands.
-."Silk gloves may be successfully
cleaned on the hands. Wash them
with boraX water or suds of some
sure white soap, as though washing
the hands. Rinse them under a
stream of clear water and dry with a
towel, keeping the gloves on until
they are nearly dry. Remove very
carefully; fold in shape and put them
between two pieces of cloth with a
weight on top.-New Haven Regis
Ter.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
DOTS FOR THE GIRLS.

The Dot Society is busy again.
Ever hear of it? Nothing else like it
up and down the land. Its aim is to
provide "dot" for each member.
Twenty young women at present
make up the organization. They be-
lieve in the cooperative plan. Miss
Abba Nowlin Brown, of No. LA West
Eighty-third street, is the president
and moving spirit in the Dot Club.
Land has been rented near Northport,
L. l., and there plants and flowers are
to be raised for the extraction of per-
fumes. The twenty young women ex-
pect to labor hard until late in the
fall. Then profits will be divided,
and each share will be the dot" OF
course the society takes its name from
France. There the bride carries her
dot" with her. Wedding bells in
France wait on the dot" Marriage
is a practical business in the so-called
gay republic. Parents do the mat
ing, and the first topic of discussion
is the dot" The twenty girls in
this organization at least are original.
There is not whisper that one young
man is interested in their scheme. But
Of course we can guess. 1t might not
be amiss, however, to ask for few
more details. The Dot Society has
been incorporated a year. Dots
were to be won last summer by chick
en- raising. What has become of that ?
For last word, has the society at the
end of twelve months got its twenty
original members? If so its success
must be open to doubt.-New York
Press,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
InGUisitive Penguins.

DR.. Lionville, who is with the Char
cot expedition, in a letter to Paris
says: The Antarctic region is quite
up to it's reputation. 1 understand
how one can be fascinated with these
weird landscapes, where everything
that nature shows is strange and I'M
accustomed.
THE animals are prodigiously
curious, aud the formations of the
mountains and glaciers very uneX-
pected. 1t is unfortunate that we
cannot spend ten days at this place,
Deception SO inaptly named. The
penguins are most interested in my
work. When | turn over pieces OF
rock on the shores they come up to
watch what I am doing, draw closer
and closer, elbow each other to see
better, peck the places where / am
digging, and end up by hustling me.
l had to speak very plainly to one
this morning, and lie walked away
hmping. London Standard.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
LEAP YEAR ALWAYS.

Away off in the strange land of
New Guinea it is leap year all the
time in one important sense, for out
there all the proposals of marriage
are made by the women. It is con-
sidered beneath the dignity of the
male inhabitants of New Guinea to
even notice a woman, and conse-
quently the women perforce must no
tice the men and must start any idea
of weddings, etc. So when the island
belle of New Guinea becomes in love
she promptly sends piece of string
to the sister of the lucky man. If he
has no sister she sends it to his moth
er, or anyhow to some female rela-
tive. This, because the man and his
male relatives are assumed to be
above taking any steps toward &C
curing wife.
Then the sister says to the man in
yoleed, Brother, l have news; So
and-So is in love win you" If in
clined to matrimony the man makes
an engagement to meet the enam-
ored lady. When they meet it is
alone and they either decide to wed
or drop the entire proposition at
once. There is no counting, for the
man is not allowed, theoretically, at
least, to waste any time on woman
not even enough to make love to
him. The betrothal is announced
and the engaged man in New Guinea
is branded on the back with charcoal,
but the woman's mark of engagement
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11

pound. After taking one anu one,
half bottles of the Compound, am all
right again, and recommend it to
every suffering woman" MRS. MAY
DEAL, Winchester, Ind.
Hundreds of such letters from girls
and mothers expressing their gratitude
for what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound has accomplished for
them have been received by The LYDIA
E. Pinkham Medicine Company, Lynn,
Mass.
Girls who are troubled with painful
or irregular periods, backache, head
ache, dragging down sensations, faint
ing spells or indigestion, should take
Immediate action to ward off the seri-
Gus consequences and be restored to
health by Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege
table Compound. Thousands have been
restored to health by its use.
If you would like special advice
about your case write confiden.
tial letter to Mrs. Pinkham, at
LYNN, Mass. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
COMB A WONDER WORKER.

Those new combs worn this sum-
mer by little girls, intended at first
merely as a novelty in childish fash
ions, may be taken up by bigger girls,
for they make possible a wide vari-
ETY. of coiffures. They are unlike the
semi-circular combs of our grand
mammas in that the teeth extend only
from each end for a third of the
combs length, leaving the middle
third of the comb a smooth span.
Ribbon is run through holes in the
back of the comb and tied in a bow
at each end. The comb may be worn
with the teeth pointing forward or
backward, on top of the head, or high
or low at the back. Set in one posi-
ton, it gives a snood effect In an
other, it is like chaplet. Still an
other position gives the effect of a
Greek fillet. The ribbon may be tied
in a third bow at the middle of the
comb, which increases largely the
possibilities in the way of variety
New York Press.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
1FoR TIE
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Foamy Omelet. - Two eggs, one
quarter cup of milk, two teaspoons of
butter, one-half teaspoon of -four;
cook in oven and serve with cream
sauce made as for toast.
Chicken Panada. - Boil chicken,
take a bit of the breast and pound
fine in a mortar, season it with lit
tie salt, grating of nutmeg and bit
of lemon peel. Boil gently until it
thickens little.
Buttermilk Cake. - One mixing
spoonful lard, one cupful mclasses,
one cupful buttermilk, one teaspoon
full soda, one-half teaspoonful each
kind of spice; -four to make stiff bat
ter; raisins or citron to suit taste.
Scrambled Eggs-Take four eggs
and beat thoroughly; add three cups
of milk, butter size of a small egg,
one teaspoon salt. Put all above in
gradients in double boiler and boil
until thick like baked custard. Do
not stir.
Original Rice Cookies. - Three
ounces each of ground rice, -four,
butter, sugar, one egg; little lemon
juice. Rub butter into the flour, add
the other ingredients; If not quite
moist enough add little milk; roll out
quite thin and bake in hot oven.
Potatoes Au Gratin. - Slice pota-
toes thin and. put in layers in but
tered pudding dish, sprinkling each
layer with salt, pepper and bits of
butter. When all are in, pour in gill
of hot water or hot milk and sprinkle
top layer of potatoes thickly with
salt and pepper and bits of butter.
Bake, covered, for thirty minutes.
Uncover and brown.
Orange Ice Cream.-Mix one pint
heavy cream with two cups rich milk
and the juice from one dozen oranges
with a little grated peel; sweeten to
taste; freeze, using three parts finely
crushed ice to one part rock salt.
Serve with crushed strawberries. Re-
move stems from one box strawber-
ries, cut in halves lengthwise; place
on back of range, mash, using a sill
yer fork, and sprinkle with sugar to
sweten. Serve slightly warm, but
not hot.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11

stead of which they are.taught to re-
ply, mo, mother" Eyes, father" Or
"yes, Mrs. Blank" as the case may
be- This is most important point in
good manners which cannot be too
strongly insisted on. Make children
acquire the habit of saying how-do-
you-do and goodbye without embar-
rassment, which constant practice
eventually overcomes. If the child is
shy she must be gently dealt with;
but persistence will win her around.
On no account allow timid child to
indulge her natural propensity for
shrinking away from people, as this
gives her an awkwardness most diff.
cult to overcome in later years. :,
Forward. pert children require az
much attention as the shy ones, for
they must be checked and restrained,
which is more easily done if it is ex-
planned to them that bad manners
make them ENJOYABLE. For all young
sters like to be loved and will strive
hard to improve when rewarded by
affection. Winsome manners make
the plainest children attractive. and
parents owe it to them to make them
so, remembering, however, that they
, teach quite as much by example as by
precept.-New York Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
PoStman Art Critic.

One of the first visitors to each
new exhibition of paintings in the
gallery of a Fifth avenue art dealer
is the letter carrier on the route. He
always keeps himself informed as to
when the new shows are due, and on
his second round of delivering the
mail - by WHEN time the show is
ready-he invariably goes into the
galleries and stays there examining
the paintings with keen interest and
evident pleasure, as long as he dares
to take off from his schedule. And
when he leaves he always takes time
enough to express his approval of the
show to the owner of the gallery
New York Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
WISE WORDS.

Diligence is the mother of good
fortune.-Cervantes.
Nothing wins man sooner than
good turn.-Robert Burton.
Where an opinion is general it is
usually correct.-Jane Austen.
Industry is a lodestone to draw all
good things.-Robert Burton.
Truthfulness is at the foundation
of all personal excellence.-Smiles.
The counsel you would have an
other keep keep first myself
Proverb.
Our occupation is that which we
select, our interruption is that which
is sent us.
You may reform a hardened old
hopeless proposition.
There are lots of complaints that
are catching, but experience is not
one of them-Hutchinso
Only let us give heed that we are
ripening in all goodness as the swift
days pass.-Queen Louisa of Prussia.
If a man would hasten toward the
good, he should keep his thoughts
away from the evil.-East India Say
ing.
There is no man so friendless but
what he can find a friend sincere
enough to tell him disagreeable
truths.-Bulwer Lytton.
The effort to do right does not
necessarily lead to the happy, SPOIL
taneous and loving practice of good
ness. This is to be found, not in the
law, but in the Gospel; not in the
sight of duty, but in the sight of
love. It is affectioHate, filial graft
tude of unbought, unearned mercy.
1t is the great love of Him who has
forgiven much.-James Freeman
Clarke
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
BEANS FOR SCREENING PORCHES


If you have a sunny back porch
which you want to screen off with
vines why not try beans? The vines
make rapid growth, if the seed is
sown in rich soil, and the foliage re-
mains glossy and handsome until
frost, the vines also furnishing guam
titles of green beans for the table.
Make the soil as rich as possible by
adding we'll rotted manure, rich mold,
etc. Plant the seed, eye down, in
perfectly straight row, the seeds be-
ing planted about four inches apart.
Drive pegs into the ground at the
ends of the rows and run small wires
across from peg to peg. Run strings
up from the wires to convenient
height on the porch, and train the
vines up on these strings. Keep the
plants we'll watered and cultivated,
and they will completely shelter the
porch, besides furnishing lots of
snap" beans for use. Of course, it
need not be said that pole" beans
are the sort to Observation-Disclosures
Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
WORK FOR BETTER CITIES.

What are the women doing in the
way of municipal housekeeping? In
Massachusetts they had nine bills be-
Tore the last legislatures; in Pennsyl-
vania about the same number, and
at least half a dozen in most of the
other States-for child labor, juvenile
courts, better conditions for women
wage-earners, temperance legislation,
vacation schools, pure food, school
saving banks, civil service reform,
better pay for teachers, girls indus
trial schools, women factory inspec-
tors, children's Fairgrounds, women
police matrons, anti-expectoration in
public places-all for the betterment
of the community, not one for
"graft' not "job" of any kind
all clean, wholesome, much-needed
laws.-Ida Hustled Harper, in Delin-
Gator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
MEMOIRS OF DAN RICE" THE
CLOWN OF OUR DADDIES.
At Last, There Is on Sale q Book
Brimful of American Humor.

At Last, There is on Sale Book
Brimful of American Humor.
Any bookseller will tell you that
the constant quest of his customers
Is for "a book which will make me
laugh" The bookman Is compelled
to reply that the race of American
humorists has run out and comic lit
erature Is scarcer than funny plays.
A wide sale is therefore predicted for
the memoirs of Dan Rice" the
Clown of Our Daddies, written by
Maria Ward Brown, a book guar
anteed to make you roar with laugh
ter. The author presents to the pub
lie a volume Of the great testers
most pungent jokes, comic harangues.
caustfc hits upon men and manners,
lectures. anecdotes, sketches of ad-
venture, original songs and poetfcal
illusions; wise and witty, serious,
satirtcal, and sentimental sayings of
the saWdust arena of other days.
These memoirs" also contain series
CT adventures and incidents alternat-
Ing from grave to gay; descriptive
scenes and thrilling events; the rec
ord Of half century of a remarkable
life, in the course of which the sub
ject was brought into contact with
most of the national celebrities of the
day. The book abounds in anecdotes,
humorous and otherwise; and it af-
fords a clearer view of the inside
mysteries Of show life than any &C
count heretofore published. Old Dan
Rice, as the proprietor of the famous
zone Horse Show" was more of a
national character than Artemus
Ward, and this volume contains the
humor which made the nation laugh
even while the great Civil War ragged.
This fascinating book of 500 pages,
| beautifully illustrated, will be sent
postpaid to you for $3.50. Address
Book Publishing House, 1874 Leonard
street. New York City.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
CLEANING FOR WOODWORK.

Oak wainscoting and furniture are
apt in time to assume a greasy ap-
pearance, which should be removed
during the annual housekeeping by
washing it in warm beer. To give 1t
a handsome gloss brush it over with
a piece of beeswax as large as wal
nut When dry polish with chamois
or flannel If oak or walnut articles
are infected with a tiny insect that
bores holes until the wood crumbles
into a fine powder, stop it's wild ca
reer by saturating the wood with Gre
osote Do not allow it to dry for sew
eral days.-New York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
Most Work Done In Best Spirit

The amount of work which each
man accomplishes during the day de-
ponds upon other factors than the
mere hours of labor, and the most
important of these factors is the
spirit in which the work is done.
The spirit of the days work will de-
pend upon the personal relation
which exists between the Office and
the workshop. If the employer is
known to be interested in the well
fare of his men, they will be more
truly than otherwise, his retainers,
more Jealous for the prosperity of
his business; but if his relation to
them is that of task master. they
will be his slaves, merely, and quite
capable of any treachery The effort
of the employer who would gain the
loyal service of his men must be to
preserve in every possible way the
individuality of the employee, to en-
phasize his manhood, and thus to
increase his self-respect.-Atla
Monthly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11

to wed Is actually cut into her skin,
and is never allowed to completely
break the engagement nothing can
be done by the offended party. If the
girl decides that after all she sent the
little piece of string by mistake the
man is apt, however. to catch her
some time alone and beat her. If the
man jilt the woman her relatives Of
ten hunt him up and administer
sound drubbing. Blood, however, Is
seldom shed, as the breaking of these
women-made engagements is not
deemed a very serious matter. Though
the women propose the weddings In
New Guinea the condition of the wife
is miserable and unjust in the ex-
IRENE The girl is merely the prop
erty and slave of the husband. He
can beat her unrebuked and even kill
her with impunity if she incurs his
enmity.-Washing Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
Difference Explained.

A vigorous young barrister, prose-
cutting a prisoner. was endeavoring to
impress upon the Judge the difference
between an accident and an assault.
Suppose, he said. "some one hit me
in the eye and my eye became black
that could not be called an acct
dent" .....4:t
Perhaps not" said the Judge. dry
ly. but that is how you would try
to explain it, no doubt. "-Philadel-
phia Inquirer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
MAKING SUNSHINE
1t Is Often Found in Pure Food.

The improper selection of food
drives many a healthy person into
the depths of despairing Illness. In
deed, most sickness comes from
wrong food, and just 50 surely as
that Is the case, right food will make
the sun shine once more.
An old veteran of Newburyport,
Mass, says: "In October, 1 was
taken sick and went to bed, losing Al
pounds in about 60 days. had doc
tor after doctor, food hurt me and
had to live almost entirely on mag
nesia and soda. All solid food dis
tressed me so that water would run
out Of my mouth in little streams.
Il had terrible night sweats and
my doctor finally said had consump-
ton and must die. My good wife
gave up all hope. We were at Old
Orchard, Me-, at that time, and my
wife saw Grape-Nuts in a grocery
there. She bought some and per-
suaded me to try it.
81 had no faith in it, but took it to
please her. To my surprise 1t did not
distress me, as all other food had
done, and before had taken the fifth
package l was well on the mend. The
pains left my head, my mind became
clearer and l gained weight rapidly.
Il went back to my work again
and now after six weeks use of the
food l am better and stronger than
ever before in my life. Grape-Nuts
surely saved my life and made me
strong, hearty man, Is pounds heav-
Ter than before was taken sick.
Both my good wife and are will
Ing to make affidavit to the truth OF
this"
Read "The Road to MELVILLE" in
pkgs. "There's a Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
What's in q Name?

One of the anecdotes which An
drew Carnegie is fond of telling con-
Germs a grabbed bachelor and an aged
spinster, who one day found them.
selves at a concert The selections
were apparently entirely unfamiliGF
to the gentleman, but when Mendels
sohn's Wedding March" was begun
ne pricked up his ears. THAT sounds
familiar" he exclaimed. I'm not
very strong on these classical pieces.
but that's very good. What is it,"
The spinster cast down her eyes.
That" she told him demurely, zig
tie 'Maiden's Prayer. "-CleyeIand
Leader.