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cited and detected. The bank insisted
on all the clerks giving surety bonds.
Each clerk must sign statement en-
bodying number of questions-where
last employed, why leaving last en-
ployment, etc. He was, he said, up
against it for good this time, and saw
his job surely lost. What could he
do? He couldn't sign that applica-
ton, for if he did then all was up
/ advised him to sign the application,
leave the Objectionable question unan-
swered and go to the surety officer and
explain and take his chances after
making a clean breast to him.
And so he did. The surety officer
came to me. / did not advise him, but
merely pointed out the nature of the
hazard from my way OF looking at it.
and the surety officer seemed to think
that the fact of the knowledge of the
as good if not better than the hun
dreds of unknown hazards daily as
sumed by his company.
The company issued the bond, and all
seemingly went well.
Twenty years after I related this,
story to a friend, and when l finished
he told me that such an act on nv
part, in saving a young man from dis
grace and states prison, must at times
give me more pleasure when I remem-
bered 1t, than amy successful business
venture ever undertaken by me.
Two hours after my friend left the
afternoon paper was put on my desk.
In bold headlines it read:
Bank Robbery. James WINS and
John Doe, Book Keeper and Paving
Teller of the National Bank Con-
fess to Robbing the Bank of $4,000
Both in JAIL
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TWENTY YEARS AFTER

I AMES WINS was for several years
j a trusted and valued clerk in the
bank over which I presided. He was
unmarried and boarded with a comfort
able widow named Murphy.
A cousin down east was in the habit
of sending Mrs. Murphy a draft at
stated periods. and having worked
years ago in our bank. Mrs. Murphy
always dropped into my Office to have
her Endorsement o. KID before pre-
senting it to the paying teller.
And how may Jimmy Wins be do
ing? Jimmys a bright by. Do you
know James WINS? Jimmy boords with
me- If it wasn't that he was so gem
erous like and free with his money it
would be better for him But b'ys will
be b'ys. He's a good by, but once in
a great while he gets hard up. Some
time ago he was OWN me the likes of
a hundred for back boord. but some one
sent him a check for five hundred and
he paid me up. I cashed the check
here, for. says Jimmy, if the bys in
the bank knew he had $500, theyd
all be borrowin' of it from him. So
he gives me the check and tells me
to cash it and take out the money
due me and hould the balance for him.
And 1 did"
Mrs. Murphy, by means of a little
book she carried, could give me the
exact date the check was cashed, and
this she did.
That night I looked back over the
paying teller's slips for $500 checks
paid out that day. about six months
before, coming under the letter H. that
being the ledger WINS kept. 1 found
four checks paid to men with HIS to
their names, for $500 each. 1 traced
these to WINS ledger and could find
but three checks written UP. The
fourth had disappeared, been destroyed
and the amount very likely charged to
some other account. such as certified
checks" etc.
sent for Wins the next morning and
without a moments loss of time taxed
him with the theft and was promptly
met with denial.
10 minutes of the police station and
within two or three months of the pen
itentiary. If he lied TO me he was GER
tain of landing in the above places and
nothing could save him. If. on the
other hand. he told me the truth and
all the truth something might be done
for him
And he broke down and insisted over
and over again that the $500 was the
only peculation and, realizing how cas-
ily he had stolen that sum, l could not
believe he would go months and not
try it again. Investigation proved he
told the truth.
1 told him il was now up TO him. He
had a father on farm in nearby
township; he must go to him and tell
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siderable talking he offered to go be-
fore justice of the peace and swear
that he had not been overpaid $1,000.
So he hitched up. 1t was getting late
in the day now, and hurriedly driving
to the justices house I made out the
statement and he swore to it in proper
manner.
Now was satisfied? No; for to
the charge of theft 1 could now add
the charge of perjury, and 1 so told
him.
I'VE drove back home. I must stay
to supper. 1 joined the family circle
around the dinner table. consisting
of Mr.. AS mother. wife and their
growing boys. They were curious as
to my business. and saw at once that
he had told them nothing. There was
not a doubt more left in my mind.
The meal over, 1 asked. inasmuch
as 1 had some very important and Sc
rious business to discuss with them,
that the boys be dismissed from the
room, which was done. 1 then opened
up. I related the incident Of the over
payment and stated how 1t was simply
a matter Of applying for bench war
rant and arresting Mr.. A. which, of
course, meant that he must stay in Jail
in the city. in a cell infested with
filthy vermin, and was as likely as
not to take the smallpox as anything
else. etc. But Mr.. A, I thought, was
an honest man. That this was all a
mistake. He had mistaken the count
when he made it at the bank, and
even when he got home did he fail to
find the error. 1t was simple. He
had. when at the bank. put $4,000
into his inside vest pocket; 1T would
hold no more. The other bundle. the
$1,000, I asserted he had put in his
coat pocket, had overlooked 1t when
he changed his coat on returning home.
and If they would look upstairs in his
room they would find the $1,000 in the
inside pocket of his coat, just as 1
had stated. I had to step out for a
few minutes and would be back.
And in a quarter of an hour when
I returned the package Of money was
on the table and everybody was happy"
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BONDS THAT DISAPPEARED

Mr.. l.. having sold his hotel prop
| | erty. received for the same certain
cash and $4,000 in bonds. He de-
posted the cash with US and. engaging
a safe deposit box. we handed him
key and also one for his wife, and went
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They say that John D. would give
much for a little praise"
We'll, why doesn't he maintain
his own private poet laureate?"-
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-06-24
World Growing Better?

Those who believe that the world
is growing better may find statisti-
cal encouragement for that opinion
in a Forthcoming publication of the
Census Bureau-the special report
on the census of religious bodies
for 1906, which shows that between
the years 1900 and 1906 the growth
of church membership in the United
States was greater than the increase
OF population.
The report will show that out OF
every 1000 persons in the $50 prin-
cipal cities of the country, that is,
those with a population of more than
$4,000, there were 469 church mem
bers, while for the area outside these
cities there were 363, and for the
entire country there we're 391. AS
compared with 1890, the report
shows a gain of 80 communicates
in each 1000 of population for the
principal cities and a gain of 81
outside of them.
Another fact which the census sta
tistics Of church membership dis.
close is that in the continental
United States women church mem.
bers exceed men by 80 per cent
The proportion Of men church mem
bers is larger in the cities than in
the country. The excess of women
members in the principal cities ag-
gregates 96O,526, which is only 25k
per cent.-Washington Star.
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PENCIL, CASE

Select from the scrapbag of the
sewing room a piece of cloth or col
ored wooden goods which you can cut
the shape of the lower half of this
| page, but about an inch smaller on
each side. After cutting the material
the proper size and shape turn the
| goods so that the short side is toward
you. Fold the lower edge owe until
it is within about five inches from
the top. Whip together the edges
where the material is Tapped. Up
the centre of the double goods make
a vertical line of hand stitching. On
both sides of this line make several
more lines of stitching until there are
separate places formed for pencils,
pens and ruler.
Of course, make some lines of
stitching closer together than others,
so that there may be room for arti-
Giles of different sizes. In the centre
Of the outside of the case sew a tape
so that it runs across the pencil case.
When the pencils and pens are rolled
up in this case the tape should be tied
so as to make the roll secure. With
SCRAPS # cloth left make a penwiper.
Washington Star.
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Forty And A Bank Balance

Writing of a popular artist of the
day who happens to be unmarried,
a contributor to one of the current
magazines says: I'm these days a
man doesn't indulge in matrimony
until he has achieved 40 and a fat
bank balance
What folly! When will writer's
stop attributing to mankind in gen.
eral the thoughts and habits which
pertain only to IN insignificant mi
nority? The average man, if he
marries at all, ''indulges in matri-
mony'' long before he is 40 and still
longer before he has a "fat bank bal
ance.' 1t matters comparatively lit
tie to him. or to his wife, If she
is as sensible as she ought to be,
whether the fat bank balance eyer
natures. And both of them are I'M
fortunate if marriage is postponed,
unnecessarily till either reaches the
Sge Of 40.
At 40 a man ought to have chill
dren approaching graduation from
the high school. He may ever have
a son in college; the better for him
if he has. A comfortable balance
at the bank is an admirable attribute
to any home, but it is not so i'm
portant as that the home be estab-
lished. If men postponed matrimony
till they were 40 and were listed in
Bradstreet's-well, what sort of a
world would this be, anyway
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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a DETERMINED WOMAN
Finally Found "a Food That Cured
Her.

when I first read of the remark,
able effects of Grape-Nuts food, / de-.
termined to secure some," says a
woman of Salisbury, Mo. AT that
time there was none kept in this
town, but my husband ordered some
from a Chicago traveller.
II had been greatly afflicted with
sudden attacks Of cramps, nausea,
and vomiting. Tried all sorts of rem
edies and physicians, but obtained
only temporary relief. AS soon as |
began to use the new food the cramps
disappeared and have never returned.
My old attacks of sick stomach
were a little slower to yield, but by
continuing the food, that trouble has
disappeared entirely. | am to-day
perfectly well, can eat anything and
everything | wish, without paying the
penalty that | used to. We would
not keep house without Grape-Nuts.
My husband was so delighted with
the benefits ! received tina he has
been recommending Grape-Nuts to
his customers and has built up a very
large trade or the food. He sells
them by the case to many of the lead
ing physicians of the county, who
recommend Grape-Nuts very general
~. There is some satisfaction in us
ing a really scientifically prepared
food"
Read the little book, The Road
to MELVILLE" in pkgs. "There's q
Reason"
Ever read the above letter? A new
enc appears frCm time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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Daguerreotype on a Tombstone.

Attached to the slab which marks
the resting place Of the woman whose
features it represents, the first da-
~guerreotype made west of the Allie
ghanies has Withstood the destructive
effect of the weather for Eel half a
century, and in spite of the exposure
the lace is discernible and the metal
on which 1t was reproduced has COR
roded but little. 1t is located in a
little churchyard at Brookville, Ind.
o. F. Fitch, who is still living, made
the daguerreotype. He was the sec
ond successful follower Of Louis Da-
guerre, who announced his discovery
in 1889. Fitch made the old photo
graph later placed on the tombstone
in 1912 under great difficulties. He
had to build his own camera, and his
supply of chemicals was secured from
the limited stock of a backwoods drug
store.-Popular Mechanics.'
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ier-JOurnal
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His Changing Calling.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, the govern
ment food expert, was talking of a
new sort of food preservative.
"Tbey are all the same thing under
different Names" he said. 1t re-
minded him of the old caretaker OF
an Episcopal church, of whom he
once heard.
This old fellow, as he sat on q
tomb in the churchyard, dismissed
as trivial the question of his proper
title.
The good old creed keeps the
same for ALL" he said, though they
may change the words they use
Look at ne, here. 1 used to be the
janitor. Then we had a parson who
called NE the sexton. DR.. Thirdly
give me the name of virgin. And
the young NAL we've got now says
I'm the sacrilege.'-Youth's Com,
panion.
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In the treatment Of affections OF
the skin and scalp which torture, dis
figure, itch, burn, scale and destroy
the hair, as well as for preserving.
purifying and beautifying the COM
plexion, hands and hair, Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment are well
nigh infallible Millions of women
throughout the wO!Il rely on these
pure, sweet and gentle enlollients foT
all purposes of the toilet, bath and
nursery, and for the sanatfve, antisep
tic cleansing Of liberated, inf1amed
mucous surfaces. Potter Drug &
Chem. Corp, Boston, sole proprietGrs
of the Cuticura Remedies, will mail
free, on request, their latest 32-page
Cuticura Book on the skin and hair.
A barn Immediately covered with
butter vii GCt blister.
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XII

Chicken Sandwiches-Add to one
cupful cold boiled or baked chicken
meat, chopped fine, the yolk of n
hard boiled egg and four tablespoon
fuls mayonnaise. Mix we'll, adding
salt, pepper and celery salt to season.;
then spread.
Cream of Potato Soup-Pare and
cut into cubes four medium-sized po-
tatoes, one onion and a little celery.
Cook until tender in sailed water.
Mash with a little butter and -four.
Add slowly, while stirring, one quart
CT hot milk. Serve with crackers.
Rice Mufins-To the beaten yolk
boiled rice and sweet milk. Mix thor
oughlx then beat in one and one-half
cupfuls of sifted flour. Add two tea
spoonfuls of baking powder and beat
again. Lastly, fold in the stifly
whipped white of one egg and bake at
once.
Cheese Sandwiches-Take equal
parts cottage cheese and ground wal
nuts, add salt, cayenne and a little
celery, minced fine, and a touch of
parsley, also finely minced. Then
moisten with mayonnaise and a little
cream and spread. For another
cheese sandwich mix together the
yolk of one hard boiled egg, one-half
cupful grated cheese, salt, pepper and
dry mustard to season., and two large
tablespoonfuls maycnnaise or cooked
dressing. Rub the yolk Of egg smooth
before adding seasonings.
Chicken Chop Suey-Scrape the
meat from the bone of half a chicken
II cut into strips. Slice a large
onion thin, soak a handful of dried
mushrooms for ten minutes in water.
Drain and remove the stems. Cut
a stalk of celery into inch lengths,
wash and slice six potatoes. Put into
frying pan a little fat and cook the
chicken until done, but not hard.
Add the onions and cook a little, add
the onions and enough Chinese sauce
TO make the mixture brown; pour in
a little water and cook for ten min
utes, add celery and potatoes: after
a few minutes a little Toured water.
Boil up and serve with rice.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-06-24
MY LINEN CLOSET.

My linen chest, says a housewife
in Good Housekeeping, is of solid
wood thirty-five inches high and for
ty-siX inches wide. 1t is divided
across the centre into two compart-
ments, each with a drop door thirty
nine inches wide and twelve inches
deep. These doors are supported by
chains, and form a good resting place
for the linen while being selected.
Each compartment is again divided
by a sliding shelf, which has a deep
groove on the under side, five inches
from either end. These are made
wide enough for the insertion of four
fingers, making it easy to draw the
shelf out and thus show exactly what
it holds. The upper door has a spring
latch and the lower one a lock and
key. In the latter the finer articles
are put away with no fear of their
being handled. This chest can be
made perfectly plain or as ornament
al as one may wish. In this case the
prevailing style of woodwork in the
dining room was followed. The fiat
top makes a good serving table.
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4 barn immediately covered with
butter vii set blister.
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Buy "bA11lEAxE Shoes
WISE WORDS.

Even a short man may have his
long suit.
It's better to be correct than it is
to be corrected.
How far can you get from home
before you become a stranger?
Whisky and love never affect two
men in exactly the same way.
A oma has less faith in her
ideals after marrying one of them.
At this stage of the game the hog
pen is mightier than the sword.
1t doesn't mend matters to fix the
responsibility of a railroad wreck.
The doctor who speaks but one
language may understand many
tongues.
Lots wife may have looked back
and then again she may have talked
back.
And sometimes a girl thinks she
has lost her heart when 1t is only her
appetite.
After a man gets on the shady side
of forty he decides that he'd rather be
rich than handsome.
A man can always find an excuse
for doing things he wants to do that
he knows he shouldn't do.
Jealousy has no mercy for its vic
tins.
Marriage is seldom what 1t is con-
tracted to be.
Many a man tries to stand on his
rights who hasn't any.
Did you ever hear of a burglar try
ing to break into society?
If time were money, most of us
wouldn't have a minute to spare.
His satanic majesty boosted his
business when he invented politics.
A pessimist defines society as a
lot of nobodies who talk about moth
ing.
Did it ever occur to you to try your
own advice before turning it over to
others?
The man who marries for money
should be willing to take the humil-
iation that goes with it.
Probably the easiest kind of easy
mark IS the man who labors under
the deiusion that he understands
ONE
A company that will insure a man
against his wife's relations would Sc
cure more patronage than any other
insurance company.-From Pointed
Paragraphs" in the Chicago News.
Wonderful success has attended
the cultivation of the sugar cane in
Tampico, one company having pro-
duced last year $4,000 pounds of
sugar and $4,000 gallons of alcohol
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-06-24

virtues and values Of Munyon's Paw
Paw tonic and are made from the
Juice of the Paw-Paw fruit. / un-
hesitatingly recommend these pills as
being the best laxative and cathartio
aver compounded. Send us postal or
letter, requesting a free package OF
Munyon's Celebrated Paw-Paw Laxa.
tive Pills, and we will mail same free
of charge. MUNYON'S HOMOEO.
PATHIC HOME REMEDY CO., 53d
and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
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A Remarkable Strike.

A man in Ohio recently sought an
expert in oil, because he believed
that he had struck oil on his Land.
He brought a sample in a bottle.
Evidently he had been in a great
hurry, and had hastily grabbed the.
first bottle at hand, for when the
chemist had duly analysed the sam
pie submitted, he sent the following
Geographic report:
Find N trace Of oil. You have
struck paregoric." - Youths Com
RAMON.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-06-24
More Heat In Soft Woods.

Contrary to a widespread belief
hat hardwoods give more heat in
burning than soft varieties, the scien-
lists at Washington are ~contending
that the greatest heating power is
possessed by the wood of the linden
tree, which is very soft.
Fir stands next to linden and al
most equal to it. Then ONE pine,
hardly inferior to fir and linden,
while hard oak possesses eight per
cent. less heating capacity than lin
den, and red beech ten per cent.
less.
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cretions ere dark, thick and scald-
ed. received no relief until | began
using Doan's Kidney Pills. My i'm
provement was so rapid that my fam
lily did not think it would be lasting.
In six weeks | could do L hard days
work with ease"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
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The One Place.

A gentleman was standing in the
lobby of n of Birmingham's lead
ing hotels when someone made a
remark about it being so easy to get
a little "wet refreshments in the
Magic City. The young man said:
Il have been in Birmingham for nine
days and l have never found that
wet spot yet, and l want to tell you
l have looked for it too"
The never sleep" negro porter of
this hosiery had become interested
in the conversation, and advancing
close enough to the speaker to tip
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see here, my man. said the
philanthropist who was doing an in
vestigating stunt on his own &C
count, you are an interesting puz-
zle. to me-"
us that so?" queried the other.
"Yes, it's So" answered the party
of the philanthropy part. You are
too honest to steal, too proud to
beg, and too lazy to work. How do
you manage to live?"
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BORROWING PAD.

This may be a great help to house
keepers with poor memories. Take a
large piece Of clean cardboard, on
which place two small pads of paper
beside each other, one on which you
may write your borrows and n on
which your neighbours borrows are
written. When articles are returned
their card is torn off.-Miss Sarah
Smith, in the Boston Glade.
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Valuable Old Bond.

A few days ago Baron N%eupauer
went to the Gratz Discount Bank in
order to sell an 1864 State lottery
bond. On glancing at the number
of the bond, the bank official recog-
nized it as n that three years ago
had won the first prize of 100000
kronen,-Neue Freie Presse.
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TO CLEAN THE TEETH.

Tartar, one of the greatest enemies
of the teeth, may be kept away by the
daily brushing of the teeth and the
use of a few drops of myrrh in a half
glassful of water. Use a moderately
stiff toothbrush. The teeth should
be brushed after each meal, but
them thoroughly every morning.
Loretta Collins, in the Boston Globe.
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MODESTY.

The Critic-"What, in your opin-
ion, are the three best poems in the
English language?"
The Poet-"Well, there's Shelley's
tSkylark' and Keats 'Grecian Urn
and-I hadn't thought up a good
title for the other-it isn't really fin
ished yet."-Cleveland Leader.