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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04

Dr.. Ray. the medical officer for the
Dorchester rural district, has reported
q The district council that the aver
age age OF death in the area OF which
ne has charge is ffty-eight. The age
S steafily rising, and people now on
rhe average live fourteen years longer
han they did i'll 1901, when tbs
average a&e al death was only forty
t0ur.-LGud0n Standard.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
HIS REASON.

why are you so extremely hon.
est?"
Because it is the only way I can
stay poor. Trenton True Ameri-
can.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
CONTNDRUMS.

Why are eyes like whips? Ans
Both have lashes.
Why are trees like elephants. Ans.
They have trunks.
When is dairymaid like the stars?
Ans-When on the milky way
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
LAST RESORT.

Friend-"What is the title of your
latest poem?"
Pcet-'Inevitable."
Friend-"That's queer name.
Poet-'sYes, but you know the in
cvitable' has to be accepted. I've
tried every other title and they came
back Boston Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04

A mans kiss shortly after marriage
is good deal like the peck hen
gives grain of corn. and it is only
a few months when it is more like a
hens peck at pebble. - Atchison
Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
THE GREAT DECIDER.

Mrs. Gramercy-''What is your
opinion about the right Of women to
vote?"
Mrs. Park-"It's enough for me to
know, my dear, that it is fashion
able. Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
THE FASHIONABLE ODOR.

"Should arman use perfumery?"
well, a trace of gasoline is per-
missible nowadays. Louisville Co.
rier Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
NATURALLY.

What did Tilling say when You
than his?"
'.He went up in the air over it.
Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
HOPES

HOPES.
When | was small, | hoped for toys
And dolls and sweets galore.
And then when [ was six | wanted
Books of fairy lore.
At seven, [ wanted roller skates;
At eight, ] yearned for wealth;
But now that I'm eleven.
All | really want Is health.
"A St. Nicholas League Member, IN St
Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
\ SEASIDE DISCUSSION.

"WelI, do the women agree as to
the new arriVal?'
Practically, yes. Some say she
looks like fashion ma gazine and
others say sh" looks like back mum
Der. Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
AT THE BOX OFFICE.

Ticket Seller-"How many?"
Absent-minded Student - Two
standing rooms-together." ."-Colum-
bia Jester
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
POWER OF THE HUG

II thought you were not going to
marry him.
But he brought pressure to bear"
True American.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04

That the blood of a horse has the
peculiar property of acting as styp-
tic and assisting the formation OF
cicatrix when applied to fresh wounds
is a fact we'll known to the medical
profession The difficulty about its
application has hitherto been how to
obtain fresh, germ free horse blood i'll
an emergency.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
AN EASY MARK.

'Softleigh is man who thorough
ly believes in himself
"Gullible ass." - Boston Tran
script
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04

The caribou of Alaska travel north
every year in large herds. Some say
that these droves number 1000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04

IN English newspaper says 120
rantumimsS are running In London.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
scEN(f'ADxAv|cs xAv


Steel is true alloy, containing
several foreign elements. Here, as in
iron, the special values of the differ
proportion of these elements. Steel
may he had as soft as the softest
irons.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04
AND YET HE WASN'T salts

AND YET HE WASN'T SATISFIED.
Tom-''Were you left much in
your uncle's will?"
jack Much! was left COM
pletely. Boston Transcript
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-03-04

Rhularh Is grown extensively iii
'hina.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
DEsTaoys LOCAL UNIFORMITY
Educators Of State Are Aroused Over
Provisions of Yount Bill.

Columbus, O.-State School Com
missioner Zeller and almost every ru-
raj school superintendent in the state
are active against the Yount bill, pro-
viding for partial state uniformity Of
school books The Yount bill has
passed the Senate and is before the
House. This measure aims to give q
state commission power to select text
books for all the rural schools Of Ohio.
At the outset, the bill included cities,
but the city school people raised such
row over 1t that they were elm
mated.
ITS unfair to the rural schools to
have uniformity foisted upon them" +"
says Commissioner Zeller. Almost
every rural school in Ohio has it's
course of study arranged in conform
lty with the city school in closest
proximity. This makes the schools
practically one system. The YounS
bill would destroy the local uniformity
now existing, and throw rural school
affairs into chaos. 1t would involve
complete change Of text books in
all the rural schools of the state"
Representative Gibbs, of Lorain
county, says the bill has the back
ing of the book trust and for that rea-
son, If no other, should be defeated.
Chairman Shankland of the House
committee on Common Schools Is
against the bill and suggests that peo-
pie interested in the country schools
should protest to their representatives
against the Yount bill.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
The Response Mechanical.

: 1t Is the custom in converts for the
nuns to respond to knock at the door
with the words. In the name of God,"
the phrase being equivalent In con-
ventional parlance to our worldly
ENTER" or come in"
In a convent in one of the western
cities not long since the mother supe-
rior had a never-to-be-forgotten expe-
rience as a result of this custom. Some
one in the outer world called the con-
vent telephone number by mistake.
The mother superior, reused from her
meditations, picked up the receiver
and responded, mechanically: I'm the
name OF God"
"Madam!" called an irate masculine
voice at the other end of the wire.
there is no occasion for you to swear
at me, even If l have made mistake
in the number. Profane language Is
prohibited over the telephone!"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
TIE Important
Problem

confronting anyone in need OF q laxa-
tive is not question of single ac-
tion only, but of permanently bene-
fetal effects, which will follow proper
efforts to live in healthful way, with
the assistance of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir OF SIENNA, whenever it is re-
quired, as 1t cleanses the system
gently yet promptly. without irritation
and will therefore always have the
preference of all who wish the best OF
family laxatives.
The combination has the approval
of physicians because 1t is known to
be truly beneficial, and because 1t has
given satisfaction to the millions Of
well-informed families who have used
1t for many years past.
To get its beneficial effects, always
buy the genuine manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Co. only.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
OPPORTUNITY TO DO GOOD
Combined Efforts on National Tuber-
culosis Sunday VIII Have
Excellent Results.

New York city had more arrests for
violation of the anti-spitting ordinance
in 1909 than any other city In the
United States, having had 2,513, with
2,099 convictions, and $1,936.S0 col
lected In fines. Baltimore comes next
with 214 arrests and an equal num-
ber of convictions. Pittsburg Is third
in rank, with St. Louis in fourth place.
st. Louis, however, would have been
in second place, If the sanitary police
who enforce the law in that city had
been at work in 1909. In 81 cities out
of so the law was either not enforced
at all or very poorly enforced. OF
the remaining rs cities, less than one
half of them contributed more than
three-fourths of the arrests for spit
ting and of the fines collected. On ac-
count of the fact that National Tuber-
culosis Sunday will be observed on
April "a. the National Association for
the Study and Prevention of Tubercu-
losis is calling the attention of clergy
men in all parts of the country to the
advisability of bringing before their
congregation the necessity for better
enforcement of the anti-spitting laws.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
The old-Fashioned Woman.

what caused your sudden blowing
u" asked veteran in Shade Land Of
a woman who arrived the other day.
The woman gave sigh that blew over
tombstone as she replied: II am an
old-fashioned woman, and did my
work in kitchen with a six-hole
range, big sink, three long tables,
two pantrics and dishpan large
enough to wash a turkey in. Two days
ago went to visit my daughter in a
big city and found her cooking for
her family in chatting dish, doing
her dishes in washbowl and keep
ing them stored in the lower part of
the washstand. When l saw her get
the bread out of big bowl on the
piano, called jardinere, and reach for
the butter out of the window, felt
a cold chill come over me, and then
she made soup by opening tin can
and pouring out mess to which she
added water from the wash pitcher. I
knew 10 more" Then the old-fash-
ioned woman gave such sniff of dis
gust that it blew all the Shades over
into the next county.-Atchison Globe.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
The Miraculous Hazel Twiq.

The German emperor will be inter-
ested in the investigation which the
Cornish Higher Education authority is
about to hold into the reported sue
cess of the "divining rod" in locating
mineral deposits. He himself has be-
come convinced, by submitting GER
tain German "diviners" to critical
tests in his presence, that not only
water, but metals also, can be discov-
cred beneath the ground, and he re-
Gently sent to German Southwest AT.
rica "diviner," whose sensitive rod
indicated more than 100 places where
borings brought copious supplies OF
water to the surface. In test car.
ried out in Berlin the emperor hid
several metal objects in the ground
all of which were discovered by the
sudden bending downward of the rod
when the "diviner" lin this instance
Prince Won Carolath) stood over them
Dundee Advertiser.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
MISCHIEF MAKER
A Surprise In Brooklyn.

An adults food that can save q
baby proves itself to be nourishing and
easily digested and good for big and
little folks. A Brooklyn man says:
when baby was about eleven
months old he began to grow thin and
pale. This was, at first, attributed to
the heat and the fact that his teeth
were coming. but, in reality, the poor
little thing was starving, his mothers
milk not being sufficient nourishment.
"One day after he had cried bitterly
for an hour, I>suggested that my wife
try him on Grape-Nuts. She soaked
two teaspoonfuls in saucer with
little sugar and warm milk. This baby
ate so ravenously that she fixed Sec
ond which he likewise finished.
ut was not many days before he for
got all about being nursed, and has
since lived almost exclusively on
Grape-Nuts. Today the boy is strong
and robust, and as cute a mischief
maker as a thirteen months old baby
is expected to be.
I'VE have put before him other
foods, but he will have none of them.
evidently preferring to stick to that
which did him so much good--his old
friend Grape-Nuts.
use this letter any way you wish.
for my wife and can never praise
Grape-Nuts enough after the bright
ness 1t has brought to our household"
Grape-Nuts is not made for baby
food. but experience with thousands of
babies shows 1t to be among the best.
If not entirely the best in use. Being
scientific preparation of Natures
grains, 1t is equally effective as a body
and brain builder for grown-ups.
Read the little. book. "The Road to
Wellville." in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above lctterf A new
ono appcars from time TO time. They
are genuine, true. and full OF human
interest
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22

would be cold indeed; they have been
simply indispensable to the comfort
and welfare of the wounded in Sheri.
dan Field hospital. BY their untiring
exertions, the sufferings of the wound.
ed in this hospital have been greatly
relieved, and the dying made to re.
joice in their ministrations of mercy"
was not 20 when the war broke
out. / have not had day of health
since. Exposure to heavy rains, rid
ing in springless wagons, over the
country, not always roads, and a very
severe fall. which has left my back
morbidl3 sensitive, these and other
hardships have wrecked my life. Con.
ditions in our country are widely diff.
ferent from what they were in the
revolution, and In the war of '61 to
'65. From the many graves in ma
tional cemeteries a voice would come
If such thing were possible, calling
on our rulers to make this govern
ment indeed of the people. for the
people and by the people"
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
Future for Indian Woman.

In speaking of the future of the In
dian girl Miss Estelle Reel, who for
IL years was the superintendent of an
Indian school, says that the Indian
girl today who has received an educa-
tion looks for higher type of man.
hood in husband than satisfied her
mother. If she does not find her ideal,
she is perfectly capable of earning
her own living. She makes a superb
nurse. Hospitals which have trained
Indian girls are making a constant
effort to enlist others of the race.
She has infinite patience, forbearance,
generally magnificent physique and
no trace of the nerves" which so
often cause breakdown among over
civilized races. An Indian girl can
go through the most trying surgical
case with a stoical calm that is ex-
traordinary. She never gets fiurried,
anxious or worried, and she obeys the
physician as a soldier does his COM
mander. In caring for cases of severe
illness she seems to live on some
strange reserve force and Is tender
as we'll as painstaking nurse.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
THE MARKETS.
Financial.

Financial.
New York, April 1D.-Money on call
.is @S per cent Prime mercantile paper
1905 per cent. Sterling exchange
b4.87.70 for demand.
Government bonds steady.
Grain, Provisions and Live Stock.
Cleveland, April 9.-Flour-Minnesota
spring patents $500 $3.50.
Wheat-Ne. 2 red s1.07.
Corn-No. yellow 59Sc.
Oats-No. white 44c.
Butter-Best creamery 34@34hc.
Cheese-York state 18@18hc.
Eggs-Strictly fresh 21Hc.
Potatoes-Ohio 27@30c.
Hay-No. / timothy $500
Cattle-Best steers $7.504S.00, calves
IS. .00@875.
Sheep = Choice wethers $7O0p7. so,
choice lambs $S.50QS.75.
Hogs-Heavy Yorkers $975, pigs $9.65.
Toledo, April 1s-wheat-Cash s1.O6h.
Corn-Cash SIC.
Oats-Cash 44c.
Cloyerseed-CashH H.15.
Buffalo, April 19.-Cattle-Export cattle
SO. .OO@8.5O, shipping steers $7.75ps.oo.
Hogs-Yorkers $1,000, pigs $1,000.
Sheep-Wethers $3.50 @8.00. lambs $500
Q9.40.
Pittsburg, April 10. = Cattle-Choice
steers ss.25 @S5O, good s7.5O@7.S5.
Hogs Heavy Workers 1885. pigs
| S9.90@10.00
Sheep = Prime wethers T.4o@. go.
lambs s6.OO@9.35.
Chicago. April 1s.-wheat-May s1.oeh.
Corn-May 57mc
Oats-May 42bc.
| Pork-May $20.60
Iard-May $11.S5.
Catte-Beeves s5.55@8.50, stockers and
| feeders 1878 Gp6.40
Hogs-Heavy soa5@7so. pigs ss.ooG
sheep-Natiye sa.5o@s.s5, lambs. ma.
| tive s7.75 g9.80.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
BIRD THAT EATS MONKEYS
An Eagle In Philippines Which Simply
Dotes on Them as Article
of Food.

story familiar to most of us in
our youth told how an eagle once
swooped down upon a baby monkey;
but before 1t could rise with its prey
the older monkeys. parents and grand
parents, uncles and aunts, all the full
grown members of the tribe, leaped
upon the bird, and, holding 1t down,
proceeded seriously to pluck 1t. They
did their work conscientiously, leav-
ing the eagle wing feathers enough to
fly with, but otherwise an entirely
naked bird.
What the story books never told
us, however, was that the eagle, when
released, fled to hide It's nakedness in
the woods Of the faroff Philippines,
since when 1t has had its f1ll OF ven-
geance; for It has lived on nothing
but monkeys. The bird is in the Lon
don geological gardens.
Pithecophaga. the monkey.eating
eagle, the first of its kind that has
ever been in captivity, and It is for
midable looking thing, as 1t has to be,
for even small monkeys cannot be
easy prey.
Il would sooner collect live red
devils than little monkeys" said Hans
Breitman, 1t will be remembered, the
"big-beamed German" who told Rud-
yard Kipling the terrible tale of
"Bertran and Bimi."
1t may be that some dim instinct of
family sympathy with the monkeys
makes the bird look to our eyes even
more forbidding than 1t is, with its
uneaglelike shortness of wing, adapt
ed to quick movement among tree
branches, the ragged headdress of
long, loose feathers on its crown, and
above all its beak something more
hooked than other eagles find neces-
sary and so keen that when looked at
from In front 1t is seen to be hardly
thicker than knife blade.
Eagles in general kill by the grip
Of their huge talons. But 1t is impos-
sible not to believe that the monkey
eating eagle uses also that pitiless
beak for tearing and cutting the life
out of Its victims. And for what pur-
pose does the bird wear those untidy
feathers on its head? AS some snakes
have tails especially adapted to at
tract the attention of their victims so
that they may be struck when off their
guard, is 1t not reasonable conjec-
ture that these feathers serve sim
liar purpose and that the monkey
when seized would, following It's in
stinct, grip first for the waving
plumes on the stopped head which
stabbed at its vital parts?
The existence of the monkey-eating
eagle has only been known to science
for few years. We had to walt until
the American occupation of the Phil
ippines. In fact, for the sequel to our
nursery tale; so, whether by reason
of its novelty or Of the almost diabol-
ical adaptation of its structure to its
horrid way of life, the Pithecophaga
Is altogether the most interesting of
the birds of prey now in Regent park,
London.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
Dickens Eloquent Appeal.

Oh! if those who rule the destinies
of nations would but remember this
If they would but think how hard 1t
is for the very poor to have engen-
dered in their hearts that love of home
from which all domestic virtues spring,
when they live in dense and squalid
masses where social decency is lost,
or rather never found-if they would
but turn aside from the wide thor
oughfares and great houses, and strive
to improve the wretched dwellings in
byways, where only Poverty may
walk-many low roofs would point
more truly to the sky than the loftiest
steeple that now rears proudly up
from the midst Of guilt, and crime,
and horrible disease, to mock them by
Its contrast.-Charles Dickens.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
Remarkable pay of WeddInos.

In this age of records" the statis-
tics Of the weddings solemnized on
a recent Sunday in Vienna deserve
to be registered. No fewer than
1000 couples were married and 230
silver weddings were celebrated in
the 76 parish churches of the capital.
In two churches the total was 70 each,
and in many others the number sur
passed 90. In order to prevent the
unusual demand for their services
FROM interfering with the regular cele-
bration of mass, the clergy disposed
of the candidates for wedlock in
patches of ten and twenty at time.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
SAVED HIGHLY PRIzED FLAG
Woman Narrates Interesting Tale Of
Experience During Civil War
Heard Lincoln Speak.

In the old world the women as well
rs the men of my family took honor
able part in the great sieges of his
tory. The first man in these colonies
to declare publicly for separation
from Great Britain was my uncle, a
Presbyterian minister of Pennsyl-
vania. He had to fee to the wilds Of
North Carolina because of his pam.
phlet, and there trained the men
whose sons carried on the revolution
long afterward. My great-grandfath.
er. colonel under Washington, was
lieutenant of Chester county, Pa., in
the revolution, says writer in In.
dianapolis News. Another great-grand-
father fought In the same war and
was at Valley Forge. His wife sup
ported her ten children by her exquis-
lite needlework in his absence, when
the pay of colonel hardly kept his
horse. My grandfathers and uncles
were at North Point-old defenders of
Baltimore. During the war Of '61-65
my mother and l gave our time, toll
and pen freely to help the sick and
wounded on the battlefield and field
hospitals at the front.
We were a month each at Antietam,
Charlottesville, Gettysburg and with
Gems. Milroy and Sigel in the valley;
three months before Petersburg, being
near when the mine was blown up;
six months with Gen. Sheridan and
among the wounded of Cedar Creek,
spending months visiting out-of-the-
way hospitals, reporting and supply.
ing their needs. Our reward was in
the heartfelt thanks of needy, dying
men and the blessings of mothers,
daughters and wives far away. At
one time we carried nearly two thou.
sand letters to a place within our
lines, probably the last letters sent
home by many, as an engagement oc-
Cured directly after.
The generals chief of staff showed
me an immense fort flag which the
soldiers greatly priced, and the loss
of which would dishearten them.
"Whoever carries it," he said, "if ia.
ken would be prisoner of war
Would you be willing to let it lie III
the ambulance with you? l warn you
| of the risk" had the tent for few
minutes to myself and wrapped the
flag very tightly around my body, un
der my dress. For about 20 miles or
more rode thus, unable to move, and
then gave it to the astonished provost
marshal, in place of safety.
l have the written thanks of Pres
| ident Lincoln who received us Just
before the battle of Gettysburg, when
the doorkeeper said he saw none but
members of his cabinet; Gen. Grant
who gave us large pass to and from
the armies in the field; Sheridan
Meade, Hooker, Wallace, Milroy
Schenck, Sigel, Butler, Burnside
Emory, ETC., ETC.; besides the strong
est letters of thanks from soldiers
ITO say that the labors of these la
dies have been welcome" wrote DIR
II. w. Brock, after Cedar Creek
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1910-04-22
A very DRY country.

The landlord of village hotel in a
prohibition county in Indiana is very
deaf.
The other day drummer who was
at the hotel walked up to the desk
where the landlord was standing and
asked: Landlord. can you sell me
a stamp?'
The landlord weighed the matter
thoughtfully. Then he replied: "No
sir I'd like to help you. but the
burned drys is watchin' me so clus
had to cut 1t out. ut."-Philadelphia Sat
urday Evening Post.