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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
POWER OF THE STAGE.

When the stage manager dared in
innate to the leading lady that no.
body in real life walked the way she
was walking, he met with the scorn
his impudence merited.
''The mission of the STAGE" ex-
claimed the artistic with fine feeling.
lis educational! Wait until I've
toured ahe provinces about once, and
everybody will be walking that way!"
Puck. --.----
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
CHEAP POTATO GROWING.

CHEAP POTATO GROWING.
I select the best soil I have and
plow quite deep in the fall. When
ready to plant I harrow deeply and
use a one-horse drill to mark the
rows and SOW the phosphate. I plant
in drills about forty inches apart. cut
ting medium size potatoes into two
OR three pieces, and drop one piece
every fourteen or sixteen inches in
tivator, leaving a ridge on top. A
few days after planting go over 1t
with the weeder, lengthwise of the
rows. A few days later I repeat this
operation, going slanting across the
rows Just before the plants come
up 1 weed again, going directly cross
wise of the rows. By this time the
ridge has been worn down to level,
and thereby all the weeds in the rows
have been exterminated. When
plants are five or six inches high be-
gin cultivating and continue about
once a week until plants are about
ready to blossom, when I hill them
slightly. About the time commence
to cultivate I begin spraying with
Bordeaux, with a little Paris green
added. I spray after every rain that
washes off the mixture. I use bar
rel sprayer, covering two rows and
requiring two men and one horse.
spray diligently until tops die, when
I commence digging by pulling tops
and using my sulky cultivator. l
go over each row once and pick up
the tubers that are in sight, and then
go over the same row again, thereby
getting nearly every tuber. I usually
get from It's to 225 bushels of good
potatoes per acre.. G. S., in Rural
New Yorker.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
/ / arm Topics
THE HEN HOUSE.

A house large enough for 100 lay
ing hens should be from twelve to
sixteen feet wide, and from twenty
to twenty-five feet long. The roof
should slope to the north and all open
ings placed on the south side, with
the exception perhaps of a door.
which may be placed in one end.
Make the back wall of the house
four and half to five feet high and
Then place the windows high so the
SUMS rays will fall we'll back upon
the f1oor.-Farmers Home Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

WRECK OF THE "BUZZARD.
Unique, perhaps, among the disas-
ters of navigation is the story of the
loss of the Buzzard, told by Mr.. E. w.
Gould in FIFTY Years on the Missis-
sippi." One feels sorry, almost, for
the disreputable little boat, which
steamed through life burdened with a
bad name, and passed out of exist
ence unmourned, and with no hand
held out to save it.
The first steamer which ever as
cended the Arkansas River was the
little old Buzzard, a WORKOUT, rickety
craft that had lost favor with every
insurance company from Pittsburg to
New Orleans. Its machinery had
been sunk in one boat, blown UP in
another, and numerous times pro-
nounced unsafe for work. 1t was fit
for nothing but old junk. In the face
of all this the captain had the audac-
ity to advertise that:
"The new, stanch, fast sailing Buz-
zard, having splendid accommoda-
tions for passengers, would leave for
Little Rock" on a certain day and
hour.
The owner of the Buzzard had nc
home but his crazy little craft. He
was a lazy sort of fellow, who cared
for his fiddle more than anything
else in the world.
One day, the Buzzard entering the
lower end of a long reach, the engi'
neer set the engine and went to have
a smoke with the pilot. The pilot
for his part, lashed the wheel and lii
his pipe The owner was happily fid-
ding in another part of the boat. The
Buzzard, left to it's own guidance
went straight ahead until an unex
pected current took it on snag. The
one passenger shrieked, She's sink
| ing!"
The captain and the engineer
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
TORY AND TABBY.

Toby was little brown rat terrier,
who lived at Farmer Browns, and
whose especial business it was to pre-
vent The increase of rats and mice at
the stables and barns. But Just now
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

The results of experiments at the
Government farm at Pusa, India, IN
rearing silk worms were highly sue
cessful. Last year 10000 worms
were fed on leaves of the castor plant.
The silk produced was valued al
s26.5O per eighty pounds.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
sEvEN-YEAR-oLD LIFE-sAvER.

To the valiant efforts of her little
seven-year-old son Mrs. Edward Hol-
zer, a resident of the suburban dis
trict of Delmar, near Albany, N. Y,
but formerly of New York, owes her
life and that of her baby. She and
the baby were rescued from an early
morning fire which destroyed her
home and all of its contents.
The boy saved himself and the baby
by climbing down a rope, hand over
hand, and rescued his mother by get
ting a neighbor to assist him to raise
ladder to her chamber window.
Scarcely had the mother been taken
to safety when the roof of the cottage
fell in
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

A man has been doing a good busi-
ness in London peddling bright
green tree frogs" at sixty-five cents
each. When the color wears off they
are found to be ordinary English
frogs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
Rogota Streets Frequently Dark.

There are times when because OF
insufficient water power, it is not pos
sible to supply electric light for both
the houses and the streets in Bogota
Colombia, so the streets remain dark
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
suEN(E'AEE4Avcs Jan

The solar orb would appear blue to
anybody who should view 1t OUTSIDE
of this planets atmosphere.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

British India's government Is sue
cessfulIy making quinine. of which
immense quantities are sold by it
through the post Offices.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

In Australia there are ants which
build their nests along north ana
south line so accurately that a trav-
eler may direct his course by their
aid
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

A wealthy European. amateur as
tronomer offered prize for the best
computation of Halley's comets orbit
submitted before the close Of 1902
and a competing ephemeris for this
year and next indicates a very d1tfer-
ent route from that expected, showing
that the perihelion passage in the
middle of June instead OF the middle
of April, 1910.
An ingenious method of measuring
the moisture in corn is to convert the
kernel of the corn into battery cell
The instrument is supplied with two
pins, one of copper and the other OF
zinc, which are forced into the kernel
Of corn, and serve as the electrodes
of the battery, while the moist germ
of the kernel is electrolyte. A tiny
current is thus generated, and its
value is read by means of a galVano'
meter. In this manner it is possible
to determine the amount of moisture
in the corn. In a similar way, wheat
and other grains are tested, but as II
is impossible to penetrate the kerr
nels, the grain is packed tightly in
vessel and two large plates are used
for the electrodes In some cases a
current Is passed through the grain
and the moisture is determined by
noting the electrical resistance WIZ
a VIII aafstnna hrid ga
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
FEEDING YOUNG DUCKS.

Early last summer had an inquiry
from Circle friend as to the diff
Guilty with her young ducks, then
nearly three weeks old. They had
been fed a mash of cornmeal and
bran, with plenty of fresh water to
drink. On going to feed one would
frequently be found standing around
with it's crop stuffed out as though
it had just eaten heartily. but the
crop would feel as though full OF
wind The next day the duck was
dead"
AS stated, l assumed that the ducks
were getting nothing but the mash
and cornmeal and bran and that it
was a case of indigestion, which was
to be expected. A large proportion
of cornmeal is a poor feed for ducks
Tor for chicks). Ducks, both young
and old, need a great deal of bulky
feed. l am not an old duck raiser.
but have had very good success in
raising the Indian Runners. rarely
losing one, and having had them lay
ing when four and one-half months
old. The first thing in the morning
[ give them bread soaked in sweet
milk. About 9 o'clock I feed the
ducks the same mash as I feed the
chicks, composed of sweet milk. with
some bread, shredded wheat waste. If
[ have it, wheat bran, little ground
corn and oats, and about ten per
cent. in weight of the whole of good
beef scrap, increasing the proportion
Of the latter as they grow older. AT
noon I give another mash, mixed with
milk if 1 have it, if not with water.
but add enough clean sand to make 1t
quite gritty. If the mash be mixed
with milk less meat will be needed.
Another mash is given toward night,
and the last thing before dark, If
they do not seem satisfied, a little
more is given. Young ducks appe-
tites seem almost Unsuitable. They
are like small boys-seem never to
have enough. Yet they must not
3e overfed-which involves quite
problem. It's solution is, never to
give them more than they will eat
clean. Anything left over must be
removed And clean water must be
always available for drinking. When
they are two or three weeks old /
give little wheat and cracked corn,
feeding in the water dish, and feed
them less frequently as they grow
older. When small, I feed chopped
clover, cabbage, rape, or some other
green feed at least twice daily. When
the ducks are little older cut clover
may be added to the mash. Shade
must be given during hot days.-Cor-
respondent, Circle Magazine
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16

Panfillo Cara Garcia is at the head
of company to harness Popocatepetl.
the great volcano near Mexico City.
and furnish all the power for the
national capital. He proposes sinking
two wells into the side of the volcano
until he reaches the boiling point in
the earth. Then with nitroglycerine
exploded at the bottom he proposes to
make an opening between the two.
He would then run cold water down
one we'll and he says steam would
come up out of the other. He would
harness this to an engine and the job
would be done.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-16
BY JAMES PAYN.
OR 4 TALE OF MONEY MADNESS
4 cannot tell you.

% ~Bs-sssosDsee svgeg
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
WEST ARCADIA

Sylvester. Dalrymple and, wife and
little granddaughter ate Thanksgiving
DINNER with their daughter, Mrs
Charlie Bown of Emerson twnship
Mrs E. j. Miner and children spent
Wednesday with Mrs. Frank Wilson
in AIcadX
Frank Miner. aged 9 years. had the
misfortune to fall and sprain his left
arm quite severely. although very
painful he is getting long nicely, but
it will be some DAYS before he can
attend school
Edward Andrews and family are
moving to their farm. east of North
Star. which he recently purchased
Thomas Smith and wife spent Thurs
day with Mr.. Becktels people
Warren Decker of Saginaw spent
Thanksgiving with his parents. John
Decker and wife
Alfred Nestle left for Lansing the
first of the week where he is working
in the auto factory
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
WHEN HER BACK ACHES,
A Woman Finds All Her Energy
and Ambition Slipping Away.

Alma women know how the aches
and pains that come when the kidneys
fail make life burden. Backache,
hip pains, headaches, dizzy spells, dis
tressing urinary troubles, all tell OF
sick kidneys and warn you of the
stealthy approach of diabetes, dropsy
and Brights disease. DoanS Kidney
Pills permanently cure all these dis
orders. Here's proof of it in an
Alma woman's words.
Mrs. Andrew o. Boyle, 121 Elwell
Street, Alma, Mich, says: 81 had
occasion to test the merit of Doan's
Kidney Pills and found them to be
remedy worthy OF recommendation
j was annoyed by dull. nagging back
,achcs and there were acute pains
across my kidneys About two years
ago first used Doan's Kidney Pills
and they brought me entire relief.
have had no need of kidney medi-
cine since. Doan's Kidney Pills de-
serve my endorsement in return for
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
Continued from page seven.

also keep in stock. good supply of
shingles, lime, pulp plaster, cement,
tile, salt, flour and feed. This supplies
the local and nearby farmer trade,
and as it is the only venture of its
kind in Riverdale is bound TO become
a success.
Up to about Year or two ago, the
lumber requirements of Ryerdale and
vicinity were supplied by the Robin
son mills south of the town, but lately
there has been ifb convenient point
from which lumber could be easily
obtained. Seeing that there was a de-
mand there whiSh is 4 BIT filled the
company expect 70 open up fully
stocked lumber yard some time next
year, from whchithe trade can be
supplied convenientlyiwith all its de-
mands. Alreadyi;tbey have in stock
a supply of shingles. Next year, how
ever, a regular lumber yard will un-
doubtedly be laid out on their prop
erty east of where the elevator now
stands. There are'two or three acres
here now in the possession of the
company. Nl
The elevator and its various sub
departments, and the proposed lum.
Der yard will fill aplace in Riverdale
that previous MIR. Cash's' concep.
ton of the elevator idea was entirely
empty. Not only has the plant filled
a place, but it hasiicreated a place
for itself, for where the bean industry
before its erection was not of much
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
LOCAL HAPPENINGS

Joe Berman spent Wednesday at
Owosso.
Four weeks from Saturday, is
January LIST, 1910.
Girls Renner transacted business at
Cadillac Friday.
Rev. Hood spent Saturday and Sun
day i'll Alma.
Miss Beaulah Parr spent Sunday
with friends at Ann Arbor.
w. J. Melchers and son, Billy, spent
Saturday in Saginaw.
friends at Ithaca Saturday.
Mrs. +. Al Leonard spent Sunday
with friends at Ithaca.
L. L. Baker and wife, were with
friends at Clio last Thursday.
Mrs. James Dean, of North Star,
was caller in this city Saturday.
Mrs. Coris Eyer and baby were the
guests of friends at Ithaca Friday.
+. II. Doane and wife were in De
troit the latter part of last week.
Lester Meade spent Thursday and
Friday with his parents at ST. Johns
Mrs. c. J. Brown spent Friday and
Saturday OF last week in Detroit.
Mr.. and Mrs f. A. Gill spent the
latter part of last week with relatives
at Saginaw.
Miss Ethel Sober spent Thanksgiv-
ing at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. John
w. Glass.
w. +. Adams accompanied by his
wife and son, Warren, spent last
Thursday at Clio.
Marcus Pollasky spent the latter
part OF last week with Alma friends
and relatives.
Mrs. l.. c. Woodard spent the latter
part of last week with relatives al
Elm Hall.
Mrs. Rubie Gee spent last Thursday
with her parents, John Slater ant
wife, of Sumner.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. F. Parker wer,
guests of relatives at McBrid,
Thanksgiving.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
he POULTRY YARD

Some people are willing to paw an
extra price for eggs of one color.
Manv people get cent or more a
dozen for sorting their hen fruit &C.
cording to size and color.
On some farms the Young chicks are
allowed to roost out doors during the
summer and fall. They should at once
be trained to winter quarters. and the
sooner this is done the better
l should rather have one happy hen
than two grumpy ones A happy hen
is the one that fsttens the pocketbook
q hen with a crouch isn't worth her
space, no matter what her breed may
be.
1t is worth the poultry raiser !
while to remember that an earth floor
is unhealthful when the location Is
naturally wet and not we'll drained.
With this kind location II will nav to
put in q board floor
Hens will not Law during the cold
months unless given food rich in egg
material. / feed wheat and skim
milk. which are splendid egg prodnc-
ing foods: and also include parched
corn and KaHr-corn in the bill of fare.
Take no chances by having too man:
chickens together in one flock II
YOU see they are getting to be crowded
in their winter quarters make thrift
and health Q certainty Inv dividing
them up. or selling some of them.
You NAV have an idea that poultry
can hunt their own grit. You are
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
NORTH ARCADIA.

Howard Grover and family of Alma
spent Sunday at the home of Nell
Sharrar
The neia hbors of Fred Church made
bee Friday and finished drawing his
beets into the shed
Miss Lizzie Grover of Alma. was q
guest of her sister, Mrs Nell Sharrar
Mrs. NJ. j. Granger has leased her
farm to Fred Clark for year and has
moved to the city where she will
resice
Mr.. and Mrs Orrin Bailey of Wheeler
spent Thanksgiving with their daughter
Mrs. Dee Barnhill and family
Mr.. and Mrs. Rollen Wood with
their daughter. Miss Florence, at
tended Pomona Grange at. North Star
Saturday
All who wish to contribute canned
fruit 20 the boys of Beuhal farm are
requested to leave it at the home of
Frank Keefer or George Titus as soon
as possible
Dee Barn hill and family have gone
to Wheeler for visit of several days
with her parents Orrin Bailey and
wife
Mr.. and Mrs. II G. Clark entertain
Cd their son Byard Clark and wife of
East Arcadia and Alvin Miller and
family Thanksgiving
Will Huffman ate Thanksgiving
dinner with Mr.. Kuhlnan's sister.
Mrs. Thomas Ravcraft and family of
Pine River Township ~f
Vernl Bamber and wife entertained
u party of relatives Thanksgiving Mr..
Bamber's g ser. Mrs. Harry Hart and
husband of Maple Rspids were present
as were Mr.. BamLer's mother. Mrs.
Mrs Hale and her brother Henry
Hale aud wife from Midland county
Ar. and Mrs Fred Durkee and
mother. Mrs. Ph,lona Durkee of North
Arcadia spent Thanksgiving with
Jask per Nevens and wife
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
RECITAL IN COLLEGE CHAPEL.

Miss Grace Roberts assisted by
Misses Linnie Udelle and Dora Alex
ander will give q pubic recital in the
college chapel TUESDAY, evening, De.
cember IA, 1909. at eight o'clock.
Everv one IL cordially invited to at.
tend This IL Miss Roberts first ap'
pearance before an Alma sudience and
the last for Miss Alexander, who viii
leave tho following Tuesday for New
York from which place she will sal
for Germany where she will spend 9
few years in studying music
We bespeak for Misses Robert.
Udelle and Alexander . large and en-
thusiastic audience 16O3t3
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
LOCAL MARKETS.

The following market quotations ar,
corrected every Thursday morning:
GRAIN.
Wheat-No. white, $l.l5; No. red
S1.16.
Oats--3Sc.
Shelled corn-70c.
Beans-Hand picked, per blu. $l.75.
Rye-67c.
Buckwheat-$l.75 per 100 lbs.
HAY.
No, Timothy-S1O.00. 100
Mixed-$10.00.
Clover-No. l, $500 per ton.
Straw-S5.00
CLOVER SEED.
June-$7.00 @$S.0O per bushel.
Alsyke-se.5o per bushel.
Msmmoth-s7.O 90 "a $500 per bush,l
Timothy-1.75 per bushel.
LIVE STOCK.
Hogs-$6.50 az 100 per VT
Beef Csttle-S31a@S4O 90 per cwt
Sheep-$2.50 a $500 per cwt.
Lanbs-$5 "a 500 per cwt.
Veal Calves Sc. 80 per cwt.
DRESSED MEATS.
Beetle "a nc per pound.
Hogs-9.50 per cwt.
Mutton-Sc per pound.
Veal Calves-e12c per pound.
POULTRY, HIDES, ETC.
Young Chickens, large-1lc.
Hens, large fat-9c per pound.
Ducks, young-9c per pound.
Geese. alive-8Hc per pound.
Fat Turkeys, alive-12c @ lac per Id
Beef Hides-Sc per pound.
Horse Hides-s2 a. 2 so.
Deacon SkiHs-25c.
Calf Skins-9c per pound.
Tallow-4c per pound.
VEGETABLES, FRUITS, ETC.
Potatoes-30c and 40c per bushel.
PRODUCE.
Butter-27 per pound.
Eggs-2Sc per dozen.
Lard-15c per pound.
Honey-12c per pound.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02
Stung for Is Years

by Indigestion's pangs-trying many
doctors and $4,000 worth of medicine
in vain. B. +. Ayscue, of Ingleside,
n. G., at last used DR.. Kings New
Life Pills, and writes they wholly
cured him. They cure Constipation
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Stomach
Liver, Kidney and Bowel troubles. 25c
at {. +. Browns.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02

importance near the town, now it is
one of the principal products of the
nearby farms. With handy and cheap
transportation cost, the raising of
beans is profitable and the farmers are
taking advantage of it, With the pro-
posed Improvements completed, the
Riverdale Elevator company will
properly be ranked as one of the
towns chief assets.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02

]. Voght was caller at Sheppard
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w c. Sul,isan. o. For
est Hill, ate dinner Thanksgiving with
Mrs. ID. r. Sullivan of Alma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Sullivan and
Mr.. and Mrs. George farroueh spent
Thanksgiving with Mr.. and Mrs. Homer
Leonard of Summerton.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02

the great benefit they have brought
me-"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's- sand
take no other.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1909-12-02

wrong. Grit ia rs essential as feed.
Get grit box, fill 1t with crushed
rock and oyster shell. and hang it on
the wall where dirt will not be scratch
ed into it
One of the best methods of keeping
the poultry house warm In winter at
small cost. is to keep. the floor well
Uttered with dirt. cut straw, hav or
leaves to the depth of from three to
six inches This protects against loss
of heat and prevents cold currents from
below. and many also be used to scat
ter the gain in to keep the towels
active. From Nov. Farm Journal