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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Oranqe Cake.

One-half cupful butter, one cupful
sugar, three eggs, one-half cupful milk,
one and one-half cupfuls flour, three.
fourths teaspoonful baking powder.
Stir butter and sugar to cream. beat
the whites of three eggs to a stiff
froth and add them to the sifted -four
and baking powder. with the milk, al
ternately, to the creamed butter and
sugar. Bake in two equal-sized tins
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Pottery Made in Thirty-Seven States.

Pottery Made in Thirty-Seven States.
Thirty-seven states in 1914 reported
a production of pottery, it is an
nounced by the geological survey.
White ware was reported from eight
state.. china from four states, sanitary
ware from ten states and porcelain
electrical supplies from nine states.
Red earthenware, the commonest of
pottery products. was reported from
thirty-two states. and stoneware from
tWenty-eight states.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Conclusive.

The young mar had come for the
all-important task of seeing father"
and he was equal to the occasion.
Mr.. Gotrox-My daughters, young
man, are both worth their weight in
gold.
Suitor-Then the fact that am ask
ing for the smaller one proves, at any
rate, that | am rot mercenary.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
italian Roast.

Take a nice piece of veal, cut around
the bone and put in a small piece of
garlic. salt and a few allspice. Make
incisions in several places. putting in
the seasoning; tie leaf of celery on
top of the roast. with a small red pep
Ter Pour over a little olive oil and
cook until tender according to the
size of the roast.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
A MARTYR to Thrift.

You must bring home some toma-
toes tomorrow"
But you don't like tomatoes. my
dear"
Never mind. | have half a bottle
of mayonnaise dressing that positive-
" must be used up."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Simnie Rule for Success,

If you could once make up your
mind In the fear of God never to IN
dertake more work Of any sort than
you can carry on calmly, quietly, with
out hurry or furry, and the instant
you feel yourself growing nervous and
like one out of breath, would stop and
take breath. you would find this
simple, common-sense rule doing for
you what prayers or tears could ueve,
omplish.-Prentiss
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Tea Rolls

One pint CO bread flour, two heap
ing teaspoonfuls baking powder. two
of sugar. one of salt. Sift all together.
Break one egg in one-hali cupful of
cream or. rich milk Then take two
cupfuls or enough to make a thick
batter when poured on the flour. Bake
in rolt< tins until a light brown.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Iennn Cookies

Cream one cupful of butter with two
of sugar. add three beaten eggs and
flavor with lemon juice. Sift into
this enough flour to make the dough
stiff enough to handle. roll thin. cut
Dut and bake.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Pineannle Pie

Crate a whole pineapple after re-
moving every tiny eye. Beat two
eggs. Mix three tablespoonfuls of
-four with two cupfuls of sugar. one
cupful cold water, good pinch salt.
Line plate, fill, cover and brush top
crust with milk and bake. Makes
two pies. and they are delicious.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
OUT of the Question.

Now, my boy. get to work. The
world is your oyster"
Just so, dad: but | can't get to
work for a month yet Oysters won't
be in season until September.
Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Has Porcupines Well Trained

Simon Dana of Greenville, Me-, a
Penobscot Indian. is doing a good
business selling porcupine quilts for
toothpicks. He has eight porcupines
specially trained to approach his camp
each morning and shoot their quilts
into a tub near the camp door; that is.
he says SO.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
ELIXIR BABEK A GOOD TONIC

And Drives Malaria Out of the System.
sYour tBabek' acts like magic; have given
It to numerous people in my parish who were
suffering with chills, malaria and fever rec
commend it to those who are sufferers and il
need of a good tonic"-Rev. s. Szymanowski,
ST. Stephens Church, Perth Amboy, N. j.
Elixir Babek, so cents, all druggists or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Kloczewski d Co.
Washington, D. C.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

know this by eX-
perience we may
know it by the
Word of God. All
we like sheep
have gone astray,"
says the Prophet
Isaiah. We have
turned everyone
to his own way"
lisa. $3.50 This
means we are lost,
for stray sheep
are lost sheep.
Not a few, not the
lower strata of So
ciety, not just
the drunkards. the
b a r | OF S, t h g
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Prune Soume.

Mash sufficient prunes to make one.
half pint, press through colander. add
four poonfuls sugar and stir in
the Weli-beaten whites of four eggs
Turn into baking dish. dust with pow.
dered sugar and bake in moderately
quick oven ten minutes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Martha's Choice.

Martha-Tom's playing lot of golf
these days-alone. wonder why!
Martha-Molly turned him down.
Martin-Why, she told me he was
single from choice.
Martha-Yes, but it's her choice
Judge.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
AppIe Merjnuue,

Peel and core tart apples and boil:
put through colander and then
sweeten the mash. To one pint of
this pulp, stir up lightly the whipped
whites of three eggs favored with
lemon. Set the dish in the stove.
brown lightly and serve cold with
cream.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
New Flavorinq.

Several tablespoonfuls of peanut
butter creamed with the shortening
are recommended for giving a novel
and delicious flavor to cookies CT any
dark cake.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Cream Cheese Salad.

Mash a cake of cream cheese. and
add to it a few chopped walnuts and
some chopped chives, also a dash OF
paprika Make into balls with 'butter
paddles, serve on lettuce leaves with
French dressing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Naturally,

What were you doing so long at
tee photographers"
Merely awaiting developments.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Radically Wrong
Must Be
Radically Changed
By REV. VIM. WALLACE kETCHUM
Director Of the Practical Work Course. MOODY
Bible Institute Of Chicago

TEXT-Marvel not that | said unto
thee We must be born again. John 81.
Man by nature is radically wrong.
This. because of sin. If we do not
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Don't Poison Baby.

mother thought child
PAREGORIC sleep These will
anda TOO MANY will produce the SLEEP
FROM WHICH THERE Many the children who
morphine product of
labelling poison The definition
poason
produces so conclusions and DEATH The taste ana
disguised and sold under the names
Drops Cordial Soothing yups You should not permit any
Of wha is CASTORIA DOES NOT
CONTAIN NARCOTICS, bears the signature ~
of Chas 81. Fletcher .E LA7IzkT1I
Genuine always bears the signature Of eS1A2Z |S<W
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
az nnfN Not Material,

A New York lawyer reported that
his safe had been robbed. and when
asked what the loot was. said his
nightshirt, a comb and a brush.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

A wine made from the Juice of ba-
nanas is being manufactured by two
Frenchmen living in Cochin China.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

People usually have 10 draw on their
in1aginations in order to make the~l-
selves believe a lot of things they
hear
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

The man who does his fighting ever
the long-distance telephone evidently
believes that discretion is the better
part of valor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

A woman doesn't want the last
word; she would rather keep right on
talking.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

When a woman has a headache it
is natural: but when man has
headache it is usually acquired.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Prohibition Order.

mo wet goods at all to be OBJ.
tanned In this town, sir"
Then could l get something extra
dry"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Quite the Contrary

Does your wife husband your re-
sources? "'
Not while she's trying to husband
our daughters"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

The Village Jokesmith.
II kent sleep these days" ,
"Haow be tibet, Cy?"
II sleep nights" Record.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24
Appropriate Amliction.

How did the doctors diagnose the
trouble of that grass widow"
They said she had the hay fever"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

Clubs are trumps iii the policeman's
game
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

The greatest cross is to be without
q cross John Oliver Hobbies
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-09-24

Nothing is done with a leap
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he said. that Frank planned and
Jesse executed. Frank was certainly
the cool man of the two. and Jesse
was a little bit excitable. He had the
name of being the quickest nan in
the world with a gun Sometimes
when he was nome for n visit. when !
was a boy, he'd be sitting there in the
house. and there'd come some little
noise. Then he'd whip out his pistol
so quick you couldn't see the motion
VI his hand"
As we conversed we strolled IN the
direction of the old house. that house
Of tragedy in which the family lived
in the truubluus times. on the way
we passed Frank James's chicken
coop, n ! noticed hat on IL had
been painted the legend: Bull Moose
T. r.
The wing. at the back. Is uhe old
part of the house" James explained.
at vas there hat the rinkertUns
threw the bomb
and heard the story from John
Samuels. who was there when IT oc-
CURED.
Il was a enid OF IL then, nc Sdlu
and | vas the only one in tine room
who wasn't killed or crippled. II
happened at night. We had suspected
for "A long time that "A man named
Laird. who was working as a farm
hand for "A neighbur Of ours named
.Nskcw on hat farm over rherc"-he
Indicated a farmhouse on q nearby
hill a Pinkerton man and that
he was there to watch for Frank and
Jesse. We'll. one night he must have
decided they were at home. for the
house was surrounded while We were
asleep. \ lot of torches were put
around in the ylrd TO give light. Then
the house VAS set on fire in seven
places and a bomb was thrown In
through the window" He pointed to
a window in the side Of the old log
wing. 1T was about midnight. My
mother and little brother AMI ! were
In the room. My mother KICKED the
bomb into the fireplace before II went
of. The FUSE was suffering. Maybe
she even thought of throwing the
thing out OF he window again. Any
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in no huulor " pay any attention TO
the arrival n III" front Of the store
Of \ ten-yr ar-oid boy, SO he went
right on CuuNcrsing with MS visitor.
| Cuughcd three or -four times. shur-
Ned about on one foot and then the
other. whIsued piaint!vcly me did the
other things a small boy Is liaht@ to
do to attract rhr attention Of a stor-
keeper by whom he feels himself neg
leCted. when IT became apparent
that R~runStrttfr wasn't going IN
bother his head about me until ne got
good and ready I figured that II
would be- Just as cheap to ~ down
az to stand up. | was a pretty tirrd
kind Of a boy anyhow.
Not orly did ] SIT down, ] r-cf'n~h
There was n pile az nlied sacks ~
bran or oats or something heaped MP
on one SIDE or the store and they
looked inviting to a hoy thus cruelty
compelled 10 wait uutN a storekeeper
20, rnady to ask him what he wanted
50 sprawled ~ At full length upon
the SiCkS, content Then 70 war until
,ho cows carno home and osupyinp
myself N the manufacture OF q
highly .N4EC ratiVe story for my
mother as to how the storrkeeper
wouldn't pay no 't"ntion to me wher
como IN and wouldn't even look
at me, which was why | was late
gittin' home, &C,
From my recruitment position on IN,
soft, comfortable sacks OF rrain
cu,l'd sc Erunstrt,cr. who, as M
.H ~ A--H
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praise by the newspapers Of that re-
= or.
When not long after the killing Of
Jesse james f. leaked out that Frank
James. on whose head, dead or alive,
n prica of $4,000 had been set 10y the
Governor of Missouri. was willing to
surrender 1t was the newspapers that,
by printing a vast amount Of twaddle
about tho bravery" Of this surviving
lanes boy. so wrought upon public
opinion as 10 obtain the remission OF
the blood money by the Governor and
TO make Il possible for Frank James
TO go scot fre after his surrender,
when there were enough crimes on
record against him 70 have hanged
twenty men less fortunate in respect
Of newspaper mems and adulation,
In the EOS and early sos I. a
small boy. lived in ~Leavenworth, Kan,
which even then remained a frontier
| town: and Leavenworth was known
10 have been the secret headquarters
! Of the James boys and various mem
bers of their gang when the ouliit was
at its strongest, cit was a safe town
for the gang because of the
, number Of Confederate sympathizers
who lived there-and the one great
/ clutch OF the James boys, the thing
mat gave them immunity in a thou
sand tight pinches, was the TACT that
| they had been on the side OF the
South during the civil a Frank
/ had fought with the Quantrell gang,
Jesse, too young 10 join that outfit
found means even in his boyhood, am
! always violent and frequently muir
derous means, to snow ON which slar
/ his sympathics lay in he great con-
iilCt.
1t was my curious luck TO have :
' good long look at Jesse James on tw'
occasions when | was a y~oungster II
Leavenworth. For q long time afte'
these Incidents, | remember, my boy
hood pals looked upon me as haVint
been almost uncannily Fortunate
vas REGARDED by them as perfectly
right, proper and natural that shonl'
swell and strut around as only a smal
boy can who has come INTO SOM kin
Of contact, no matter 10Y casual o
accidental, with some unlawful per
sunage or lining.
II was in the smoking a or a iran
that | had my first protracted view o
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knew. They never said anything.
They'd just come riding home. every
now and then. and stop for a while
and then so riding away again. We
never knew where they came from or
where they went
1t has been alleged hat even after
a reward of 10000 hai been offered
for either OF the Jameses. dead or
alive, the neighbors shielded them
when it was known that they were at
home. | spoke about that to an old
mar who lived on n nearby farm.
Yes" he said, that's true. once
when the Pinkertons were hunting
them ] met Frank and some members
OF the gang riding along the road. not
far from here. ] could have told, hut
| didn't want to. | wasn't looking for
any trouble with the James gang.
suppose they had caught one or two
Of them? There'd be others left TO get
even with me. and | had my family Ia
think of. That Is the way lots of the
neighbors felt about II. They were
afraid to tell
| spoke TO Frank James about the
old nickel novels"
Yes" he said. some fellows printed
a lot of stun. Id have stopped it,
maybe. If I'd had ~ much money as
Rockefeller. But what could I do?
! tell you those yellow backed books
have done a lot Of harm to the youth
Of this land-those and the moving
pictures showing ~rpbberies. Su h
things demoralize youth. If had the
job Vt c|cnsoring the moving pictures.
they'd say | was a reglar Robes
pierre"
How about some of the old sturies
OF robberies in which you Were sup
posed to have taken part" | asked.
II neither affirm nor deny" Frank
James answered with the glihncss ot
long custom. IF | admitted that these
stories were true people would say
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Cr"cd,. col Md Charlie Ford
hrluded over tn. Kill ne of jesse and
Committed suicide about a year later.
The three Younger boys. who We're
members Of tn gang too. wor' cap
tur d a while af o. MAJ Nor,hue'd.
MINI. where they had tried - rob
ID bank Tho were an a-nt up 'or
life. Rob Younger dice ia the pcni-
t"utlrv at saltwater. but Col and
Jim were paro."d and not allowed TO
leave the state jan fol- in low" with
a woman. buf being an o~N-convict.
~ couldn't get Il license 70 marry her.
Tha, broke rs hart and h" com
Itod suicide cole finally got "A
tIi. pardon and is now living IN Jack
son county Missouri. lie and Frank
are ~" only two nonhcr~ " tho
gang who ara lrf' and the only two
thar dent Die ether 10 the p%oni'or-
'.lry or ~ v|'p'cnr Frank was in
hiding fr y'1is. with a big prize
ON hi- head ~ = - give himself
w. stood tr.al md was acquitted
Aihcrents of Bob Ford cd a differ
eut story of the motives back Of tho
k.inc ~ = ssc James. They con
tend that Jesse james though Ford
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fzu - -
,.. a.. a .ha III
''' Tn. ~ "a
Z never berorc been known Ia r.rsoye
inf. w. au,ns some naon,e think no
IL rs a uircc .C br.vadn Others
saw h, tt e., .r,v ~. Fail ll,s
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Several times during the short three
mile ride from IfavcnWorth to Fort
~Laavenworth the man in vhe linen
buster got up quickly from his seat,
o~stcnsibly to get a drink Of water
from the cooler directly behind his
short ssat facing the ear His pur-
pose in getting up 10 often, however,
was TO keep an eve on the door
and the train platform back Of him as
well as the one in front OF him When
he thus moved about ! had q good
chance to look him over. Az the
wearer Of a linen duster, a boy1shty
cherished garment, a copy Of which
/ promised myself | would own when
| grew up and got the price thereof,
he first gained my attention and he
kept il throughout thc ride by reason
OF his general appearance.
lie was a stocky, broad s~houldered
man, a little under the average height,
with "A torso expressing both power
and quickness. But 1t was his eyes
and he's beard that chained my small
boy gaze When | went to the cooler
for a drink of wafer I stood, while
drinking, and. boylike, gazed directly
at the man. He scOwled back At me
In n fcrocious manners ferociously,
in fact, that | wondered whether. II It
were to III to that, my father, sitting
peacefully in the rear OF che car,
would be able to lick this mar in
the linen dustcr.
Although at that time ] was firmly
OF the opinion that my father, a very
mild and peace loving man who rarely
or never fought anybody, would be
able on occasion to lick" n human
being in the civilized world. l remem-
Der thai ] had my doubts about II as
Ia this mar in the linen dustcr with
the thiokly growing reddish beard and
The Npht gray hard as nails, scowling
|fcrociuus eyes. He Wort a big tan
Colored SLOUGH bat, which he kept
pulled we'll over his GOES
Tho conductor OF that rrain was q
fat, fiorid. wheezy little man, liked by
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w sroned in the direction Of the odd house. that house of tragedy in which 1.-THE family
in the troublus times 1t was there that the Pnketonst hew the bombs

sense. Wen, We may not know mtch,
but what y" do know We know darn
well. We arinvrs feed all these smart
fo ky In the cities. SO they ought to
give us credit for KIN wing something"
Hc can be dry and waggish as hr
shows himself off to those who come
and nay their 80 cents II was anus
ing to watch HIM and to listen
10 HIM. Sometimes no sounded
ike an old ptrson. hut his air
Of p.,tv at up,n him grotcsI ue'y as
one reflected o. his earier Carece.
A prciate with hts hat cooked rakishly
over one ear could have seemed
hardly incongruous
Al some of his virtuous plstitudes
u Was hard not TO smile. All the time
was Their" kept thinking how like
he was 20 som, 'haractcr Of Gi. bert's.
Al That n needed to make Frank
lanes compete is some lyrics and
some music by Sir Arthur Sullivan.
There are almost a. many stories n
Tho James boys and their gang to h"
heard IN Excelsior Springs az there
are houses in the town. But as Frank
! james will no; commit himself. II !,
next to Impossible 20 verify them.
However. I shall give a sample.
WAS toh that Frank and jesse
James were riding along a country
road w!tH another member of the
gang and hat coming to a farmhouse
shorty after noon. they stopped and
usked the woman living there II she
could give them "dirner"-as the
midday mca, j. called in Kansas n
Missouri.
The woman said she could. They
HSrpountrd and entered. Then. as
'hr, sal n the kitchen watching her
m,kIuE the meal ready. Jesse noticed
3 that tears kept coming To- her eyes
Finally re asked her If anything was
wrong. NJ that she broke down com
pic-cly, informing him thai she was a
widow that her farm WIS ~r,ortgaCcd
for several hunl-el d Il rs, and that
the man VII" held tho mortrl&r was
coming out that afternoon 20 collect.
she had not the money TO pay him
and expected to lose her property,
That's noth!nS to cry about" szfSd
JeS4r Here's TIE money"
t. TN" woman, who had not tire
least idea who the men were, their
visit must have seemed like one from
angels. she took the MONEY. thanking
. them p~rnfusoly. and, after having fed
them well. SIw them ride away.
Later IN tho day. when tho holder
: ~ the mortglCr appeared upon the
J scene, fIllv Y citing To forc'lose. hs
I vas surprised AT receiving payment N
! fun. He roCeipted, mounted his
horsc, and set out on his return tr
, town. But on the way hack a sta ngs
, thing befeIl him. lie WAS he'd up an6
5 robbed by three mysterious masked
D mcn.