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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
A YOUTHFUL TUMBLE.

Richard Hoffman, the noted mu-
sician, was only twelve years old
when his name was sent in as a can
didate for the position of organist at
the Prestwieh Parish Church. near
Manchester, England. In Scribner's S
Magazine Mr.. Hoffman tells of his
trial visit as organist, an amusing and
still pathetic story when one recalls
the youthfulness of the aspirant.
Lord Wilton, an excellent musical
amateur, had this appointment as
well as the living of the church at his
disposition, and 1 was invited to go
to Heaton Park, his country-seat near
Manchester, to play for him.
was sent on this long drive quite
alone in a cab at about nine in the
evening, in order to reach there after
dinner. l we'll recall the ordeal of
that memorable occasion.
l was ushered into the drawing
room at about ten O'Clock, the guests
being all assembled after dinner.
There was an organ at one end, as
we'll as a grand piano, and l had
hoped to be asked to play on the
piano, but his lordship conducted me
to the organ, and told me that he
wished to Judge chiefly of my reading
at sight.
He put before me some old chorals
with figured bass, and asked me to
play them. l must have done so
rather creditably, as he seemed
pleased and satisfied, and told me
could try the service the following
Sunday.
In the morning l conducted myself
very well, and was much praised for
it, but in the afternoon l was prob
ably tired-it will be remembered
was only twelve years old-and in the
midst of the second chant, when most
OF. the stops were out, and l was put
ting on all the steam l could COM
mand, suddenly lost my balance on
the organ bench, my foot slipped off
the swell pedal, and 1 fell headlong
on the keyboards.
In trying to avert the catastrophe
| plunged from Scylla into Charybdis,
for | tumbled among the foot pedals
and created a cataclysm of sounds
that must have scandalized the con-
gregation.
1 recall in a vague sort of a way
that my brothers never considered
the disaster in the light of an acci-
dent. l was not very anxious to OBJ
tain the position with the work it en-
tailed, and it is barely possible may
have taken this way out of it. Be
this as it may, Lord Wilton wrote to
my father, praising my talents, but
stating that he considered me too
young to assume the responsibility of
directing the choir.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
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Your brother borrowed it," ex-
planned the grocers boy who had
been waiting at a neighbor's gate
II heard him say he was going to
borrow it for half an hour while you
were visiting with Katrina"
ooh, dear" exclaimed Angie,
then by the time I get home Aunt
Florence will be gone. She said she
couldn u"
FWhy, don't forget that 1 have an
umbrella" interrupted Katrina, dash
ing into the hall and returning with
the pearl-handled blue silk umbrella
that had waited so long for shower,
What, that?" demanded Angie,
scarcely believing her own eyes.
"Why, of course. And, dear me,
never was so glad to be the owner of
it as am this minute"
All the way down the long village
street that afternoon Katrina's
schoolmates gazed in wonder through
their windows when they saw Angie
Munson's smiling face beneath the
blue silk umbrella.
This is the end of the umbrella
story because, when Katrina discoV-
cred that her new umbrella was big
enough for two, she discovered at the
same time the way to happiness. She
had so nearly missed the PATH
Frances Margaret Fox, in Northwest
ern Christian Advocate.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
TALES OF
A FRIENDLY DRAGON.

In Manchuria a mctor-car is natur-
ally fantastic if not a dangerous in
vention in the eyes of the natives.
When Signor Scarfoglio and his party
stopped their machine at one of the
villages for a supply Of water for the
radiator, the inhabitants fed in ter
ror, and watched the strangers from
half-closed windows
l advance to parley, waving ruble
over my head, he writes in Round
the World in a Motor-Car," and at
last one man ventures to approach.
He takes two Or three steps toward
me with his eyes fixed on the ruble.
At last, by means of hundred COM
plicated gestures, he is made to I'M
derstand that the money Is not merely
a reward for his arrival, but that we
require some water.
He turns to the silent crowd, and
in voice full of anger and fury hurls
at them a stream of violent invective.
The men listen with bowed heads as
the tempest passes over them. Then
some ten or twenty hurry off, and an
instant later there is row of pals
beside the car. The chief, for he GER
tainly is chief, regards me with a
smile full of satisfaction, and points
to my pocket, where the ruble has
disappeared, and to his own, in which
it would find grateful resting-place.
When Haaga takes from one of the
pals the small quantity of water that
he requires, the people become more
courageous, and approach the car,
with their little eyes wide open with
astonishment They are led by a
youth who appears to enjoy much
authority in the land. The crowd lis
tens with patient attention to his VI
vacious discourse, which is punctu-
ated by eloquent and convincing arm
play. He evidently explains the mys-
terious dragon.
Gradually the young Manchurian
approaches the tires, and with grim
resolution touches them with finger.
The crowd is struck dumb with ad-
miration. He takes another step and
fingers the lamps; something like a
shiver passes over the crowd. A third
step, and he touches the radiator; but
unfortunately for him it was still hot,
AMI the experimental scientist
burned his hand.
The crowd fees like herd of sur
prised antelopes. Soon, however,
they return, under the persuasions
of the more courageous experimenter.
and themselves touch the pneumatics,
which fill them with wonder, make
grimaces before the lenses of the
lamps, which turn their images up
side down, and finally, one by one,
conscientiously burn their fingers on
the radiator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
In the Others Shoes.

There is no such thing as working
with another person unless we look
at things from that others stand
point. And we must recognize at the
outset that his standpoint is not our
own. Therefore the thing we most
need to have in mind in any attempt
at helpful, effective cooperation, is
the necessity of thinking chiefly
about the other fellow, making it our
business to get into his shoes, so to
speak, in order that we may at least
be on common ground to begin with.
In that may only have we any hope
of bringing him to our way of think
ing, if indeed that is the desirable
goal. And we may find, when we see
things as he sees them. that his
ground is a better standing-place
than our own. - Sunday School
Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
Marrying the Deaf.

''How to notify deaf person who
is getting married when it is time to
make the responses puzzles every
clergyman curate said. "If a per-
son is only slightly deaf l can make
him hear by raising my voice, or il
he is afraid to depend upon his ears
nod tells him when it is his turn
to say something. But l married
couple the other day who distrusted
both ears and mods.
Said the bridegroom: Mary is
very deaf When it comes times for
her to say, 81 do" will you pinch
herr
81 suggested that it might be adj
visable for the bridegroom to do the
pinching, but he declined on the
ground that he might make mistake
and pinch at the wrong time.
90 1T is all right he said. I have
explained it to her. She will under
stand
"And apparently she did, for at
every nip at her forefinger she gave
the required responses. New York
Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05

Two burglars softly, slyly store
Along the nursery floor.
One was beetle, black as coal;
One was a mouse who left its hole
When others began to snore.
Softly, slowly, slyly creeping
Past the door where doll was sleeping.
Crawling here and crawling there;
Tail out straight, with startled stare;
Meath the table inby dark,
Past the door of Noah's Ark
Crash! What's that! The burglars fed
A spear had grazed the mouse's head,
And, filled with fright beyond control,
He quickly vanished down his hole.
And when the sun brought golden day,
Beside the ark soldier lay.
Throughout the night, though made Of
wood,
To do his duty he had stood,
And, when the burglars passed too near,
He bravely fell with pointed spear.
But (being wood he told to none
His tale & duty boldly done.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
The End.
Look to the Eyes.

Eye strain produces many physical
ills that are not usually charged to
the proper account. Strain of the
eye often results in nervous exhaus-
tion, indigestion, headache and back
ache. Authority for this statement
is to be found in a recent article by
DR.. Luther H. Gulick, director of
physical training in the public schools
of New York. 1t is this mans be-
lief that third of the children in
the higher grades of school and a
fourth of all educated persons are
afflicted with some disability due to
strain of the eye. The relation be-
tween vision and health is so close
that if the former becomes deranged
a variety of evil consequences may
follow. The moral to be drawn from
DR.. Gulick's article is that men
should be careful of their eyes and
on the first suspicion of arrangement
or irregularity submit themselves to
professional examination and advice.
No chances should be taken in optic
Observation-Disclosures Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
TREACHEROUS BEAST.

Less in size but even more fero-
cious, the leopard has worse char
acter than the tiger or lion. Living
mainly in trees and very nocturnal,
this fierce and dangerous beast is less
often seen than far rarer animals. 1t
is widely spread over the world from
the Cape of Good Hope to the Atlas
Mountains and from Southern China
to the Black Sea, where it is some
times met with in the Caucasus.
Any one who has frequented the
Zoo for any time must have noticed
the difference in size and color be-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
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|O31S|NDUSTRAA1 !
(Aal w. GS~ 90.

Scientists of Europe have lately
been conducting experiments i'll the
art of breathing and as a result have
discovered some interesting conclu-
sions The theory is advanced that
by abnormal control of the breathing
powers, the breath being held for an
unusually long time, person may
ascend into the astral realm anu
commune with things higher up.
Engineers and scientists are max
ing exhaustive studies Of the recent
foods in Paris, to devise system
which will prevent repetition OF the
disaster. 1t is planned to keep the
Seine within it's channel either by
constructing higher embankments or
by carrying the surplus waters
around the city in bypass channel.
An electrically operated pile drlV-
er is described in a recent number
of the Electrical Review and West
ern Electrician. The apparatus,
which is of English make, is provided
with a revolving frame and swivel
leaders. Instead of a mechanical de-
vice for gripping the monkey, an
electro-magnet is used, the top OF
the monkey being planed off smooth
to provide a good contact surface.
An electric motor is used for oper-
ating the hoisting crab. The circuit
of this motor includes the magnet,
and the switch for the latter is at
tached to the crab.
Claude has employed his method
of estimating the rare gases in the at
mosphere in an attempt to determine
whether the passage of the earth
through the tail of Halley's comet
produced any effect upon the guam
titles of these gases in the atmos-
phere. The method, which is eX-
tremely sensitive, was applied to a
current of air of 1000 cubic feet
per hour. Experiments were made
on May 18th, 10Th, goth and 23d for
at least three hours on each day.
The results do not indicate any ap-
preciable alteration produced by the
comet in the quantity of these inert
and difficulty condensihie atmos-
pheric gases.-ScientiAc Ame- -ah.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
HOW MARBLES ARE MADE.


Every year there are probably
thousands of marbles lost by boys
with their holes in their pockets, yet
years ago any child would have treas
ured just one of these toys. Then
the only marbles" known were those
made by Mother Nature. You have
probably seen hundreds of them, for
they were only pebbles. To make
them Mother Nature first sent the
frosts to split pieces off rocky cliffs.
When the pieces of rocks fell into the
water they ground round and round
among larger stones until finally they
became smooth and round. When
the children found them on the
shores they were happy.
About 200 years ago the Dutch of
Holland made marbles much like the
most expensive kind we use to-day.
From Holland the marbles were sent
to England. Later the early settlers
of America brought some of these
toys over to the new land from Eu-
rope. Now many of our marbles are
manufactured in Saxony, India or
China and brought to the United
States. These "agates" or reals"
are made by machinery in much
quicker time than the pebble mar
bles of long ago. Now, instead Of
waiting for frosts, hammers break
off small squares CT rock. About
1000 of these are placed on large
in it.
Over this large round block of
oak is put and kept turning all the
time, while water pours over the mill
stone. Gradually the small stones
work around through the grooves
until they are worn smooth and
round. Then they are taken out and
glazed. In this way the factory,
which has many mill stones, can turn
out thousands OF real agates every
day.
The alleys called chinas, plasters
or potteries are made of kind Of
clay which is baked in wooden molds,
then dried and painted. Marbles
called crystals, giimmers or glass
agates are very pretty when they are
new, but as they are all made OF
glass they soon become Clipped.
These alleys are made by melting
glass and then pouring it in polished
molds. Each mold holds but half of
the marble, but the halves are put
together so carefully that the seam
l,o found The finV aIIpTS
are called peawees, while the large
ones are called bumboes. Washing
ton Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
The Hardy Sex.

It Is notorious that the female
human animal is tougher than the
male Consider the way women
dress. If you put man into an
open-work blouse on a cold day he
would catch a chill and be dead in
three days. If you sent man out
to a dance on winter evening with
nothing on his neck and shoulders
and no sleeves to his arms he would
probably die on the spot-of shock.
Weekly Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05
Cuban Cabbages.

The soil of Cuba is very fruitful.
Cabbages grow SO large that heads
weighing twenty pounds each are
common. All vegetables do we'll.
Radishes are ready for the table
within from fourteen to eighteen days
after sowing, lettuce in five weeks
after sowing, while corn produces
three crops each year.-New England
Grocer,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05

The value Of electricity for heating
purposes is illustrated in a new eiec-
trio glue pot which has recently been
placed on the market The economy
Of the device lies in the fact that the
maximum amount of heat may be aD-
Piled instantly when needed, While
the glue may be kept warm at all
times by a reduced flow of current
through the heating coils. The glue
pot consists Of a cup in which the glue
is placed and which is SIT in a casing
filled with water. The electric
heater is attached to the pot imme-
diately below the water. A hot-water
receDtacle is provided in which the
brushes may he kept.-Scientific
American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-08-05

About the only things in this life
we can be sure of are the uncer-
tainties.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-16
NO DECISION REACHED ON
LOOPING CHENE ST. LINE
Noisy Meeting Discusses Matter, and
Test Vote viii Be Taken
by Petition.

No decision as 60 the proposed loop
ing OF the Chene-st., line above Graf
iot-ave by building track on Grandy-
ave. was reached at the meeting called
by Aid link and Theisen In Bastuba 5
hail. Monday evening. The hall was
crowded and the gathering was very
noisy one. From appearances, the
people on Grandy-ave. wanted TO have
double track laid in Chene-st SO rs
to get the additional service without
having the bother OF car tracks in
their own street.
Supt. John kerwin, OF the ID. |. X,
told the residents gathered in the hal
that IL would cost $4,000 TO build a
loop line on Grandy-aye.. and s225,0o0
to double track the Chene line. The
ID. IT, X. would do the first. but not the
second. The meeting included many
who were inclined TO argue with and
jeer al the ID. L. r. representatives
Aid link and Theisen finally al
nounced that they would take a test
vote OF the locality by petition. This
will include many Grandy-aye. resi-
dents. who live near enough Gratiot-
ave. TO get good service there. and
who do not want line in their owa
street. and will not take account Of the
thousands who use the Chene cars In
getting TO and from work. These
latter are the ones who suffer most
acutely from poor service now. but
they will not get a chance TO go on the
petitions unless they live on Grandy.
ave.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-16
JOBBINo PRICES.

Canned Good.-A.ppies. sais. ssTS:
baked beans. lib. 5ogdoc; Lima beans.
standasd. s5e Table Seet ISL ise
ards 81: soaked. 500 zoe salmon
Sockcye. tall, si.65: fiat, si.s5. Alaska
reds. $50 Alaska pinks 81. Toma'
Conee-Package coffee. loo-lb. case,
el< Esq IL, delivered
Fesd-Bran So ane m:ddlinss. sac
sGs: coarse sofn meal "a. SCI: corn and
FIonr-Mlchisan patents. In wood
sss SO eiear per sb rye
Oiis-Raw inseed. 7sc: boiled lin
seed. 7se; Diamond headlight Kerosene
sne; Perfeetion., loo; Eocsne; is e
Pro.ision.wMess pork $3.50, fam
ily pork. SIS 500 p 90. mediums, clear.
SIC 80 S2I5o; smoked hams. isg ,,ssT,
l3nc; picnic hams, l2ls l3c, bacon: 1
Qls nc; lard in tierces. l5kc. Kettle
rendered. 10 hc, per 10.
Delray. Crosse Pointe. Highland Park
North Detroit and River Rouge: Crys-
tai dominoes. Alb. $s.s5: do. 5-lb. !sI5;
s sasss ' s5ss NIX e po i1ai SSs
standard powdered. 81; granulated. ex-
ira coarse, $40. granulated nne "
bulk $3.50. granulated. alb cartons
granulated, 5-lb cottons, $3.50; granu'
25-lb cottons, sss5; diamond A.. $50
on ssso No s. sssss: No 20 !. $3.50 $50 no
8. S5.45: No. s. $40. No. Z. s5.35: No
s. $3.50; No: 3. s5.25; No. 10. $50, No
~ ~ az i. ,s 90; ~ sp IS 500 o. ne.an
gTanulated, $3.50.
The Detroit times., 1910-03-16
QUEEN OF ROUMANIA
CONDEMNS DEATH PENALTY
Carmen sylvia" Says: No Justifiea-
ton, Since We Do Not Know
the Final Results.

BERLIN. March 15.--A little book
recently published here. and entitled
For and Against the Death Penalty. "
contains the results of inquiries among
a number OF prominent people as TO
their views on the extreme sentence.
The most interesting In the collection
is probably the reply OF Carmen Syl-
va. the queen OF Roumania.
u thank God" she writes. that the
hand OF my kind has never signed any
thing except reprieves, never one
death-warrant. But | am afraid the
question OF capital punishment Will
never definitely be settled. because
men will always view IL from two diff
ferent standpoints. Some will always
ask. Why should We put upon the
people with the heavy burden OF Grim.
inals. who are mostly recidivists and
mentally diseased. while We allow our
best TO lie on the field OF battle
ON the other hand. many will say
as soon as the last penalty is regard
ed as human punishment one must op.
pose II. Fer there can be no justif-
cation for imposing a penalty whose
final results we do not know"
The Detroit times., 1910-03-16
GRANDDAUGHTER OF GREAT
NAPOLEON A TEACHER
Charlotte Mesnsrd Reveals Her Iden
tity as She Celebrates Her
Fortieth Birthday

PARIS. March 1J.-Madame Char
lotte MCsnsrd school teacher Ia one
OF the communal institutions, Is a
granddaughter OF the great Napoleon.
She has just celebrated her iortieth
birthday and on that occasion revealed
her identity.
Her father was Count Leon son
IT Napoleon and the Countess de La
Plaigne, Who was lady of honor w
queen Caroline OF Naples Napoleon
recognized Count Leon as his son and
at one time designated him as his sue
cessor. This was before his divorce
from josephine.
Count Leon inherited a considerable
sum from the emperor. but squandered
il like all money that ever came into
his possession. He became an adj
yenturer and died In disgrace
The granddaughter OF Napoleon Is a
comedy little woman. bearing traces of
the NapoleOuic east OF features She
works very hard for small compensa-
ton
The Detroit times., 1910-03-16

rots. zoe bu: pieplant. i5c per doz;
spinach. zoe per doz. 9Oc per bu.
crspe-EMaiagas, SOC per bib
Hay-DetFoitN dealers are paying tho
following prices tor baied hay IN car
,9.s 3 Detroit i,n0; No S!i1neSs,shy.
Glover. mixed mi ed ,is.7sw mr'h' rye straw.
IS so: wheat and oat straw. 81. Loose
hay from farmers wasons On the city
markets ranged from NSVls. a. to
Hids.-cn-ed, No. l. ioe: No. 2. &c;
green. No. l. sag: No. ?, &c. k,p cured.
/, Zoe; 30, :; sac. ealt. Cured. 30. I.
lac; No; .. &c; horss aides. No. !.
WOOL sssSi; 700 '"'''sS'''. as %
Honey = Fancy white. is0i7c: sx-
fseted. 20 Zoe per Id. -
Lcmons-california, 1915 u i.25 box.
iimes-si 20 p.r 100.
Mushrooms-i5a soc per 10.
Nuts-walnuts. l5g ise; almonds. IL
Braxils, 30 Ice. mixed nuts. lao ltc 10;
new hickory nuts. shellbarks. N.2eV
Oaioa.-Michigan. $50 soc blu: new
Bermudas. So per bu; Spanish. 1870 per
crate.
oranx~.-cailfornia navcis. s2.750s;
5!oridas. s2eo0S box; tangerines. sV
Oysters = Solid packed. standards.
l2S selects. 81 per gal. standards. In
s.HsH Noias' -VN, iaiss AUS, ~sSs -
lects. small. use: large. soc can.
ptn~appies-F'loridas $1,000 so doz;
1901 q 40 per crate.
ropcorn-Ears 2u2h per Id.
PotntOes--car lots. bulk. ESQ ssc.
bags, S0Vs2c bu; new Bermudas. $2.SV
Q2..3 per on.
Pouitry--Springs. lessc per 10; hens.
tS Sk duG ss per giSs' fs rs..sd eScs
ems. lIIsc, hens. IL nc: ducks, lsq sc.
geese. IA i5e. turkeys. 20Q22c ID.
straw Ice rrtes-AO Il 50c per quart box.
$50 crate 81 per hamper Illinois
rnilOw--No. /. &C: No =. SIC
The Detroit times., 1910-03-16
TO PROBE ACCIDENTS.
Coroner Will Look Inso Deaths OF
Eva Cohen and Norman 6urkhart.

Coroner Bennett Is making thor.
ongh investigation OF the death OF Mise
Eva Cohen, OF No. SO Wilkins-st.. VINO
vas crushed under a Baker car. Sun
day, and is alleged to have been tossed
under the car By an automobile
driven BY Edward j. Gagen. Coroner
Bennett swore in Jury. 10 hold al
inquest after his investigation is com.
pleted.
In the sbsence of Coroner Burgess.
Coroner Bennett also swore in a jury
for an inquest into the death OF Nor.
nan Burkhart, S years old, who was
killed by Carl kleir's automobile d.
EIskine and Hastings-st. Clerk VII.
liam De Laurier is getting evidence
for presentation 81 the inquest. over
which Coroner Burgess will preside.
Gagen was released by the poliee.
Tuesday. and will be allowed his lib.
erty until the inquest into the death
OF Miss Cohen is finished. The inquest
is set for Monday morning.
II it brings forth sufficient evidence.
q manslauzhter warrant will be asked
against Gagen.