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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
Ouarternary Bears.

The excavations for the under
ground railways of Paris has yielded
a goodly array of additions to
French archaeology, historic and
scientific. Within the past few days
the workmen came upon mass of
bones, evidently once forming the
skeleton of some huge creature. and
in an excellent state of preservation.
Experts from the National Museum
of Natural History carefully collect
ed all the fragments, and have been
able to reconstruct from them tho
almost complete skeleton Of the bear
of the quarternary epoch. the direct
ancestor of the bear of our own
time, but of at least twice the stature
of the brown bears of to-day.
Salmon Still Premier Fish.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
HUNTING SEA ELEPHANTS

The chief danger attending the
killing of the sea elephant is in ap-
preaching too near his terrible jaws,
which are capable of biting in two an
iron rod the thickness of ones finger
The hunter. however, must get pretty
close, as the thick hide and blubber
have rendered the animal practically
impervious to attack, the only vul-
nerable point being a spot about the
size of walnut above each eye. Care
less hunters have at times got within
reach of the brute's teeth and have
escaped only by deXterously wrig-
Cling from their clothes. l had occa-
sion once to shed my coat with great
agility, one of the smaller beasts hav-
ing caught me by the sleeve.
Our afternoon kill had been about
forty animals, some of which had
given me and my four hunters con-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
A CHINESE GIRL.

II am q Chinese girl and I am
proud of it, but at the same time
want to be more like American girls.
| want to be free and independent.
l want to go out and make my own
living like the American girls do.
also want to help my cOuntrymen in
every way possible" In these words
Rose Lee, an 1S-year-old Chinese
girl, explained why she went Satur-
day to the office of the civil service
commission and made application for
clerkship in the public library. Lit
tie Miss Lee is the first Chinese wom-
an to apply for a position in public
life in Chicago. She will take the
civil service examination and on the
showing she makes in the examina-
ton depends her chances of getting
the position she wants. 81 like the
books. l am fond of reading. l have
a good education and l speak English
perfectly" she said. "If l get into
the library l think it will induce
many Chinese men and women to
come there for books. If they do
they are sure to be helped. In this
way l can do my part for the better
ment of the condition of my people in
Chicago" Rose Lee was born in San
Francisco, but came with her parents
to Chicago a number of years ago.
She lives at 500 Clark street in the
very heart of Chicago's Chinatown.
She received her education at the
Jones Grammar School. Harrison
street and Plymouth place, and is
now in her first year in the Wendell
Phillips High School. She has also
taken course in stenography in a
business college. Her brothers are
among the few registered Chinese
voters in the city.-Chicago Exam
liner.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
IN. NOT OFF.

John, Jr.-in his seventh year
was dashing past his mother in eager
pursuit of some individual enterprise
when she caught and kissed him. He
broke away and drew the back of his
hand across his lips, laughing de-
family.
"You little scamp" she cried.
Glow dare you wipe off kiss of
mine!"
Filial loyalty is one of his radical
characteristics, and, halting instantly
when thus challenged, he turned and
stood for a moment in evident per-
plexity. Frightening quickly, how
ever, he protested-a quizzical i'm
pulse manifestly in conflict with his
affectionate solicitude.
ooh, no, mother! l wasn't wiping
it Off l was just rubbing it in. -
Harper's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
THE ADVANCE GAME.

One person must go out of the room
or while the others choose an adverb,
such as pleasantly, GROSSLY, slowly or
haughtily. When he returns he asks
the company questions in turn, which
they must answer in the manner of
the adverb they have chosen. For in
stance, if they have chosen "sweetly"
for their adverb they must put an
extraordinary amount of sweetness
into their replies, but If they have
chosen "snappily' they must answer
in an equally disagreeable manner,
or in a spiritless way. The object is
for the person who asks the questions
to guess from the answer what ad-
verb has been chosen.-Philade
Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.:

, "Ho! ho! no! Who ever saw sucE
a looking old thing!"
GAS thin as rail-"
You can count all his ribs"
''He looks as if he hadn't spirit to
hold his head up
Looks half starved. Say, bony, Is
there enough of you left to scare?"
Two or three boys squealed in the
ears of the horse, and gave him small
pokes; others jumped before him to
try to frighten him.
Lets lead him round to the back
of the buildings and tie him there,
so that when the folks he belongs to
come they'll think he's run away"
"He run away!"
"Say, boys" put in one boy, in an
earnest voice, there's no fun in tor
menting such poor fellow. He does
look half starved-yes, more than
half, I should say. And we all know
it isn't good to feel that way since
the day we got lost in the woods nut
ting"
Have you ever noticed how easily
boys-and men, too, for that matter
are led either into kindness or cru
city? One word in either direction
and all follow like a flock of sheep.
Wouldn't it be good for boys to re-
member this, and to reflect upon how
far they may be called on to answer
for the influence they may exert ovef
others?
The boys stopped their teasing and
began to look at the horse with diff
ferent eyes, while one of them
brushed the flies off him.
Lets tie him under that tree"
proposed a second; ''the suns too hot
here"
Look here, boys, I wish we could
give him something to eat while he's
standing"
Cant we?"
ga real bang-up good dinner, such
as he hasn't had for a century, by the
looks of him"
Lets do it. I've got nickel"
eve got two cents"
"Ill give another nickel if you'll
come over to fathers feed store
More cents came in. The man at
the feed store contributed a nearly
worn out bag, and in few moments
the poor old horse was enjoying
good meal of first class oats.
By the time he had finished it the
old woman came back, her baskets
filled with groceries, for which she
had exchanged her eggs. The chord
of sympathy and kindness once
touched In the careless yet well mean
ing hearts continued to vibrate. we
all know how one taste of kind act
makes us long to taste more. III
lift your basket in," said one, re-
spectfully.
"See, here's lot of oats left.
Well put 'em in the wagon
"She looks pretty near as starved
as the horse" came in a suggestive
whisper.
few small contributions from
lunch baskets were hastily wrapped
in a piece of paper and laid on top OF
the basket.
"Now I'll unite"
The old woman was helped in as If
she had been a queen. And every
boys heart glowed as the quavering
voice and dim eyes bore a burden or
warm thanks as she drove away.
Those were everyday schoolboys.
There are millions and millions like
them, only they do not quite realize
what a spirit of loving kindness
dwells in their hearts. Let it out,
boys and girls, for it is you who are
to lift this whole world into an at
mosphere higher, sweeter and bright
er than it has known before.-Sun-
day-School Advocate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
A Clever SWindler.

Some time since, in fremont
street store in Boston, nervous little
Frenchman brushed against pretty
trife of vaseware valued at about
fourteen dollars and succeeded in get
ting several score more pieces out OF
it than had gone into its making. The
loorwalker led the abashed Partisan
aside and politely explained that the
broken vase must be paid for Mon
sieur fetched handful of small silver
and copper, mostly foreign, from his
pocket when he was told the value
of the trif1e.
Seventy francs!" cried the Paris
ian. At this he took off his billbook
and discovered a fiftydollar express
draft, which the floorwalker instantly
seized upon, to the unspeakable hor-
ror of it's owner.
After deducting the value of the
vase the former handed the man his
change and dismissed him with
floorwalker's blessing. The express
draft reached the bank in due time,
with four others, as fraudulent, but
the volatile little Frenchman had de-
parted southwark with the swallows.
The German available army NUM-
hers over 100000 men,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09

I lear lOf IES Culiu, lol ShS WIN e's''NA
| with the utmost comfort. Here is
some money" He thrust his hand
! into his breast pocket, and pulling
out a green sheaf of bank notes,
threw one of them toward her with
out looking at it. ''You may take an
invalid carriage for her, if you please,
but you will go by the o'clock train
to Gravesend, and wait at the Green
Dragon Hotel for my arrival. jean
ette will, of course, accompany you.
Do you understand"
She did not reply, and he wheeled
round and confronted her Impatient
ly. His brow was knit, his features
were working convulsively; he looked
anxious, yet furious, like a gambler
who is watching his last stroke.
John Adair had never been good
looking, but it was curious how every
trace of youth and culture had by
this time gone out Of him, leaving
only the desperado.
do you understand me, madam?'
ne repeated.
"Yes," sne answered firmly, 81 un-
QeTSLanQ you very WSll.
There was no satire in her tone,
but the simple truth she spoke had
a far worse sting than any satire.
Then you know that l will be
obeyed. You and Jeannette can pack
up all that is necessary in a couD!e
o. hours, 1 suppose. In order that
there shall be no excuse, however,
you shall have four"
cit shall be as you please.
This submission was too prompt,
too easy, and it excited his suspic-
ions; his mind was like a sentinel
who has outstayed his watch and lost
his nerve. Every sound suggested
an alarm, and even the absence OF
sound. He thought that she was only
promising to obey him to gain time.
Mind you," he said, in a menac-
ing voice, 81 shall be here myself to
see that all is ready. In the mean
time, will order the invalid carriage
for the two o'clock train. Though
l shall not accompany you, shall be
sure to be at the Green Dragon. You
may not see me, perhaps, tonight,
for I shall arrive late by water. You
need say nothing of that to anybody,
but l wish to repose confidence in
you
Across Sophy's face fitted the dis
torted shadow of a smile. He noticed
it and frowned heavily.
I'VE are man and wife," he said,
"and must sink or swim together.
Things have gone badly here, but
they will go better elsewhere. We
must roost elsewhere, but our nest
will be feathered for u.s." and he
tapped his breast pocket eXultingly.
"Where we are going the child will
recover more quickly. 1t is the very
climate which the doctor recon-
mends."
If ne expected her to ask where
this salubrious spot was situated, he
was mistaken.
Her manner was anything but in
different. 1t was plain that she was
paving attention to every word he
said, bat her face was cold and stiff
as a stone.
rave you any luftHer COLL
mands?" she inquired. Patient
GriselGa could have said no more,
but her tone Jared on his ear.
You speak like ali automaton," p"
he answered, angrily. mo, I have
nothing more to say; it will be the
easier to rem ember. At one o'clock
I will be here with a large carriage,
SO that the child can lie at length.
You will be sure to be ready by that
time?"
Il shall be ready"
He went out without another word.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
CHEETAH IN INDIAN VILLAGE.

CHEETAH IN INDIAN VILLAGE.
A large cheetah, evidently from
the jungles near Malapuram, descend
ed a few days ago on the village of
Tirur and caused a panic among the
village folk.
Entering a Molpah hut, the beast
pounced upon a woman, killing her
and then eating away portion of the
face and body. The poor woman
screamed for several minutes, but
the terrified neighbors could not find
sufficient courage to go to the rescue,
and on the cheetah emerging there
was a general stampede.
The brute went out, savagely at
tacking all it came across, and some
thirteen persons were seyeriy mauled,
four of them succumbing to their in
iuries. Eventually the cheetah con-
cealed itself in a pit, where it was
followed by railway inspector, who
shot it. The first shot did not tell,
and the cheetah sprang on Mr.. No
ronha, the official, who managed to
eyade it. A coolie and Molpah viii
lager going to the rescue were at
tackled, the villager being dragged
down by the cheetah.
Mr.. Noronha then shot the beast
through the heart. When the viii
layers found that it was dead they
rushed up and belabored the carcass
with stones and any weapons they
could pick up.-Madras Mail.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
WHY is IT?


It is strange to me, and never could see
Just why the people should say
That an owl in a tree is as wise as can be
When he mopes and sleeps all day,
And never word from him is heard
But just his who? Who? Who?"
While he sits and winks and shivers and
blinks,
With nothing that's nice to do.
I'm sure if I were only to try
To ask you a question or two,
[ could puzzle you more with my three or
Than this old owl with his "Who?"
For I'd say, "Why?" And l would try
To find out How" and "When?"
I'd beat the owl, with his wise old scowl,
And puzzle the wisest men.
But now, instead of nodding her head,
And saying, The child is wise"
Mother looks down, with a bit of a frown,
And says, with a sweet surprise,
tMy dear you know you will older grow,
And then learn how, why, when.
You can't know all till you're strong and
tall
Don't ask those things again"
Now don't see why an owl in a tree
Is wise when he asks, "Who?"
When a boy like me, with his questions
three,
Is stupid child. Do you?
-Ozora S. Davis, in Youths Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
CARE OF CHICKS.

If you want to find out whether
your fowls or chicks have lice, try
wrapping one of them in an old white
cloth that has been we'll sprinkled
with kerosene. The chick may OBJ
iect, but keep it bundled up for at
least twenty minutes, then examine
The cloth for lice, and if any are on
The bird they will at once be attract
I'd to the cloth.-Farmers Home
Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
Pluck and
Adventure.
eA%1Nx>~ANe~AHANAAAASNAAAs
A MYSTERIOUS MESSAGE.


When the revenue cutter Bear
reached Alaskan waters in 1887 the
captain of the whaling ship Hunter
handed the commander of the Bear a
message which had been delivered to
him few days before by the natives
of Cape Behring. 1t consisted of a
piece Of wood, on one side of which
was rudely carved, "18S7 J. B. V. Blk.
Nap. Tobacco give" On the other
side was cut, rs. w. G. Nav. M 10
help come"
The riddle offered by this had
baff1ed the whaler, but it was speedily
solved by the revenue officer. The
bark Napoleon had been wrecked in
1885 off Cape Navarin, and only four
teen of thirty-six men on board had
reached port. Of the unlucky .twen-
ty-two, says the author of 'The Sea
Rovers," a few had reached the ST.
berian shore, but nothing had been
learned of their ultimate fate. The
officer therefore reasoned that the
sender of the message was member
of that crew who had found shelter
with the natives to the southwest of
the cape, about ten miles, and was
anxiously awaiting rescue. This rea-
soning was correct, and within two
weeks they had the full story from
the rescued man, James B. Vincent,
of Edgartown, Mass.
The Napoleon, caught in storm,
had been wedged in the ice, and its
crew was compelled to take to the
boats. These, four in number, were
soon separated, and thirty-six days
of fearful suffering elapsed before
the boat containing Vincent reached
shore
In the meantime nine of the eigh-
teen persons had died, and several
others had been driven insane by
their sufferings. Vincent was the
only man who could walk when they
reached land. Five more soon died,
and the other three were helpless
from frost bites when they fell in
with a party of natives.
Some of the natives lived inland,
and took Vincent with them when
they returned to their homes. The
following spring, when they visited
the shore to fish, he found his three
shipmates barely alive; they all died
soon afterward.
When the fishing was over Vincent
went back to the mountains with his
native friends, and during the follow
ing winter carved the message which
brought about his rescue, and entrust-
ed it to some wandering natives from
Cape Behring.
At the opening of spring, the Sec
ond year, he again started fer the
seashore. A few weeks later he was
attracted by the shouting of the ma
tives, and looking up discovered, to
his great joy, white men who had
come to rescue him. The Bear con-
veyed him to San Francisco, whence
he went overland to his home
While among the Eskimos Vincent
was kindly cared for by an old native,
whose wife received him as her son.
After a year the husband died, but
his last instructions to his wife were
to care for and keep their guest until
he was rescued. When relief at last
came the old woman, with tears in
her eyes, said she was ready to die,
for she had done as her husband
wished. Warm and tender hearts
can be found even in Siberian wastes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
BOYS AND BOYS.

One day a poor old woman drove
into town in q rickety spring wagon.
She tied her horse to a post near the
schOolhouse. 1t was about as bad
looking an old horse as you ever saw.
The woman hobbled away with feeble
steps to sell a few eggs which she had
IN a basket. Just as she was out OF
sight the bell rang for the noon hour,
and a crowd of jolly, noisy boys
rushed out of the schOOlhouse. The
air in a moment was full of their
shouts and laughter.
'Halloa! See that horse!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09

Salmon continues to be the pre-
mier fish industry of British Column
bia. In 1906 the output was 1,1G7,-
46O cases, valued at $5,75O,000.
Over 100000 salmon were re-
quired to fill the 50,O0O,0OO cans,
and it is estimated that an equal dis
tribution among the entire popula-
ton would have supplied 200 cans
for every man, woman and child In
the province.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
Helps the Bottle Trade.

The extension of prohibition
throughout the United States has
caused a largely increased demand
for 'tsoda pop" as indicated by the
great demand for bottles. Two big
factories of the Alton glass works
have been working since last fall
night and day manufacturing soda
Top bottles. The prohibition wave
/ Is also caused big increase in or.
ders FOR all kinds of large bottles
Alton Corresponding st. Louis Globe
Democrat,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
BORDEAUX THE REMEDY

The Bordeaux mixture is the prop
sr remedy to use for all fungus trou-
bles; viz, mildew and rust of beans;
tomato rot and leaf blight; melon
and cucumber diseases; celery leaf
blight and rust, etc. The half
strength mixture 1.-TWO pounds cop
per sulphate, two pounds quicklime.
fifty gallons water) is strong enough
20 use in the vegetable garden, ex-
cept for potatoes.-Farmers' Home
Journal
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
LEG WEAKNESS,

At this season leg weakness in
fowls and also with chicks results,
and it gives much annoyance to those
who do not know the cause When a
hen is apparently lame and cannot
stand on her legs, remove her at once
from the yard containing the male.
This difficulty is more general in
spring than at any other time. When
little chicks have leg weakness it
may be due to dampness, lack cf
warmth and also lack of work. 1t is
important that little chicks scratch
and keep in exercise.-Poultry Rec
ord.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09

siderable trouble This was mainly
due to the treacherous footing and
the heavy nature Of the work, not
only in killing, but in stripping the
ponderous brutes. We were anxious
to make the afternoon kill an even
fifty, and night was fast coming on.
In cutting out two particularly
hard fighters, a male and female, |
had overlooked young bull partly
hidden behind an ice hummock. We
had stripped both animals and, walk
ing over to the hummock where our
guns were stacked, l was leaning to
pick mine up when, with below of
rage, the young bull reared and
whipped his fiail-like flippers at me.
Luckily the guns were stacked so as
to form temporary barrier, but un-
luckily one thick paw was impaled
on bayonet. Rearing in fresh rage
the animal lunged at me with incred-
ible speed, swapping the gun between
his javelin teeth as though it were a
straw. l leaped backward, but
slipped.
Instantly he clutched at my body,
but missed in the semi-darkness,
lunged and clutched again, catching
my right arm in his powerful NAV.
His awkwardness enabled me to re-
gain my feet, but, with ripping tug
the animal fastened on to the sleeve
of my heavy skin jacket, out of which
1 slipped just as one of my men drove
a harpoon into him just above the
eye.-Captain BENJAMIN D. Cleve-
land, in Hampton's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
IN FULL BLOOM.

Little Mary went into the country
on G visit to her grandmother. Walk
ing in the garden she chanced to spy
a peacock, bird she had never seen
before. She ran quickly into the
house and cried out, "Oh! grandma,
come out and see. There's an old
chicken in full bloom"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09
s1LAGE AND CoTToNsEED MEAL.

sILAGE AND COTTONSEED MEAL.
This kind of ration balances we'll
for the dairy COW, affording protein
and carbohydrates in due proportion.
bulletin of the Georgia station gives
the following, and it is as applicable
here as it Is there:
"Silage is not only cheaper feed
in itself than cottonseed hulls, but
it affords succulency which is condu-
Give to health and greater milk pro-
duction. If it costs So per ton TO
produce corn silage, then a ration
containing forty pounds of silage
would cost for the silage, four cents.
If one fed cottonseed hulls to get the
same feeding value from the nutrient
standpoint, he would be Obliged to
feed fifteen pounds which would cost
six cents when hulls are eight dollars
per ton. In feeding silage, there
fore, one gets for four cents guam
tity of nutrient that costs six cents
in the form of cottonseed hu1ls, and
yet silage has the advantage of stimu-
lating a greater production of milk.
with silage, cottonseed meal, cow
pea hay, Bermuda pasture, and soil
ing crops like sorghum. the Southern
dairyman is pretty we'll fixed. Milk
and its products not only bring a
good price in the South but they can
be produced as cheap as in any other
section of the country"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-07-09

Professor Trevor Kincaid, of the
department of zoology, University of
Washington, will leave Seattle. about
April, 1910, for Simferopol, Crimea,
Russia, where he will undertake for
the United States Bureau of Ento-
mology, the collection and shipment
of parasites of the gypsy moth.