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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
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Illinois AIienists Alarmed
At Increase of Insanity and
Exert Effort to Effect Cures

Insanity in Illinois has increased to
such an extent that the heads of the
hospitals for the mentally afflicted are
exerting every effort to effect cures
among the patients in their charge and
thus relieve the pressure for accommo-
dations. Statistics compiled Indicate
that the number of cases have in
creased 33 per cent in ten years, far
greater than the increase in popula-
ton.
This ratio of increase, if maintained
for so years, means that at the end OF
that period there will be $4,000 in
mates, while in 100 years it will ad-
vance to the enormous number of 300,-
600. In every decennial period of the
century the percentage of increase in
insanity has been greater than that of
the population. Illinois is now pay
ing out S3,5OO,OOO each year to care for
its insane, about 5000 per capita.
If the expert alienists are not sue
cessful in reducing this number, it is
computed that in 100 years % hos
pitfalls will be needed, costing approx
mately S75,00O,O00, while the annual
expense of operation will jump to ap-
proximately S62,0OO,0O0. Elimination
of social diseases through q statewide
campaign has been advocated as an eff
fective means to checking insanity.
Under the present law and means at
hand there is no adequate method to
do preventive work outside of the vari-
Gus institutions. Efforts are being
made to stimulate interest in such ed
ucational effort as an economic prop
osition, an ounce of prevention being
fully worth pound Of cure.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Signs Forbidding Peasants
From Taking Potatoes, Plan
To Induce Eating of Tubers

Although potatoes were early intro
duced into Europe by the Spaniards,
they did not come in quantity for many
years. The English found them in Vir-
ginia, but it is believed that the Span
iardS brought them to that colony from
further south.
The first attempt to introduce them
into France was due to a well-known
scientific authority named Parmentier.
This was in the seventeenth century,
says Popular Science Monthly. He inn
ported some OF the plants, set them out
in field near Paris, and by means %
learned pamphlets and talk with the
people tried to have the new vegetable
brought into cultivation and the mar
ket.
But it was all in vain. Potatoes did
not prove attractive, and when the
planted ones matured it seemed that
they would rot in the ground on ac-
count Of the prejudice against them.
Then some wise man who knew hui
man nature-a student of psychology,
with practical ideas-suggested that
peasants could not be made to try
potatoes by persuasion, but might be
led to adopt them if they were forbid
den to eat them.
His idea was adopted. Many signs
We're painted and erected in plain sight,
forbidding under severe penalties any
one from taking any potatoes from
the field.
The peasants at once began to raid
the hills, and before long most of the
ripe tubers were stolen and eaten with
relish.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
". N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. s5-1s1s.
HE WAS THERE TO SLEEP
And a Little Thing Like the Building
Burning Couldn't Rouse Dutch"
From SIumber.

At camp DUTCH" as he was called,
was reputably the biggest sleepyhead
and most absent-minded individual e1-
listing.
One night dutch" was, as usual
in blissful repose, when some Of the
buildings in the barracks caught fire
and the alarm was spread rapidly to
all parts Of the camp, and the fire
finally came alarmingly near the bunk
where Dutch" was dreaming Of shoot
Ing the Huns into Hades.
In his sleep dutch" finally got up
and wandered to another part Of the
barracks, where he crawled into some
ones bunk and peacefully slept en-
amid the roar and clatter, flames and
smoke.
Not until long after the building had
burned to the ground and only cinders
and ashes were left did any one think
of Dutch" After a prolonged search
they finally found him, sweetly and
blissfully sleeping with the cover
pulled up around his chin like an in
nocent babe, and closely clasping in
either hand his girls picture and a
safety razor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Automatic Soldier Made
Of Steel Shoots 400 Shots
In Any Desired Direction

IAN automatic soldier" is one of the
latest developments in weapons of war.
A Danish engineer has recently taken
out patent for an apparatus to which
he has given this name. 1t consists of
a steel cylinder normally within larg-
er cylinder, the whole being sunk into
the ground vertically. By means of a
mechanism operated by wireless, the
inner cylinder rises to a height of IS
inches from the ground and simultane-
ously an automatic rifle mounted on tbs
inner cylinders fires 400 shots III any
given direction.
The "automatic soldiers" can be con-
trolled from a central position some
four or five miles behind the line of
defense, according to the inventor.
They may be seen by the enemy only
when they rise from the ground.
From trials already made it has been
shown, so it is reported that q few hun
dreds of these steel soldiers can easily
defend position against infantry at
tacbs, llSITeyer numerous the opposing
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Finds Million Are Constructive
National tuberculosis Association Asks for Plans for
Cheaper Hospital Buildings

of hospital facilities to accommodate tuberuous
persons than million the United States IS
issued by the National tuberculosis association
The statement says in part
recently reported that the capital issues committee would
probably approve anything except the most inexpensive temporary
structures feared might the holding for the
duration of the hospital accommodations
"Somethng than million suffering from this
the previous shortage accommodations
acute by the problem of providing
for rejected in the draft.
owe gone into the question with the capital issues committee
and find that members of The
committee building projects which do require the
issuance bonds which be covered by capital issues not
exceeding 100000 be approved the differ
ence in cost s too large.
Pns and the most economical types
and of practicable temporary structures
to submit to the capital issues committee
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
HADLEY WILLING TO FORGET
Subject of DisIocated Jaws Seldom
Selected for Conversation by
Head of Yale University.

Arthur Hadley, president of Yale
university, Is an honored authority on
many subjects, but he declines to in
clude among them dislocated jaws.
Thereby hangs this tale.
The educator was sharing his state
room on q Fall River boat with pleas
ant gentleman who had otherwise slept
on a cot in the open cabin, when, well
along toward morning, he heard, COM
Ing from the upper berth, sounds Of
gagging and gargling and moaning.
Jumping up and switching on the light
he saw his acquaintance was suffering
greatly. His chin was on his breast,
his mouth rigidly open, his eyes tight
closed and perspiration on his fore
head.
BE calm, SIR" cried Mr.. Hadley. 81
know just what to do"
Wrapping a towel around his thumbs
to save them from the release, he clam
bered up beside the man, knelt by his
shoulders, began to work the jaw into
It's place-and then spent the rest of
the night trying to explain himself
For 1t was only a case of nightmare.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
TOO WEAK
TO FIGHT

The Comeback" man was really never
down-and-out. His weakened condition
because of overwork, lack of exercise, i'm
proper eating and living demands stimula-
ton to satisfy the cry for a health-giving
appetite and the refreshing sleep essential
to strength. GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules, the National Remedy of Holland,
will do the work. They are wonderful.
Three of these capsules each day will put
a man on his feet before he knows it;
whether his trouble comes from uric acid
poisoning, the kidneys, gravel or stone in
the bladder, stomach arrangement or other
ailments that befall the over-zealous Amer
lean. The best known, most reliable rem
edy for these troubles is GOLD MEDAL
HARLEM Oil Capsules. This remedy has
stood the test for more than 200 years
since its discovery in the ancient labora.
tories in Holland. It acts directly and
gives relief at once. Don't wait until you
are entirely down-and-out. but take them
today. Your. druggist will gladly refund
your money if they do not help you. Ac-
cept no substitutes. Look for the name
GOLD MEDAL on every box. three sizes;
They are the pure, original, imported
HARLEM Oil Capsules.-Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Memorable Vacation,

Having a week off on account of be.
ing overworked, and by advice of our
physician, our wife suggests that it
will be corking opportunity to go
over the house together and find the
loose ends of things and fix them up.
She has laid out half dozen blinds and
rollers that need fixing, a carpet that
could be beat without hurting its gen.
eral reputation, a number Of pans to
solder, a piece of gable that's loose
On the roof, some rain spouting that
needs attention and a few old family
pictures that could be frightened, dust
ed, polished, frames re-varnished, etc,
and stuck up in the parlOr.
All in all, our weeks vacation is go.
ing to be something to remember
Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Bones of NapOIeon's Heroes
Paid Homage by French PoiIus

An interesting ceremony was held re.
Gently at RivoH, in the province of We
roma, Italy. There, on January IA,
1897, Bonaparte won great victory
largely through the skillful use of his
artillery. So it was only natural that
in 1918 the French eXpeditionary force
in Italy should choose the battlefield
of Rivoli for its artillery training
school. When the ground was being
prepared for this purpose the bones of
eight soldiers of Bonapartes army
were discovered and identified by their
buttons as grenadiers of the guard.
Their remains We're solemnly inferred
ut the foot of the monument of the
battle of Rivoli, a detachment of
French poilus rendering the last hon.
age to their predecessors of 121 years
ago.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Rise to an Ambition,

Let true conformity to the be-
loved Son, the express image of the
Father, be the unmoved desire of the
soul. Rise to an ambition which Is
above worlds, which soar to the high
est heaven, which satisfies itself only
m God. For the Joy that was set be-
fore him he endured the Cross" He
was not above human need, or the
power Of impulse which is given to the
human consciousness by the contem-
olation Of the reward, the glorious
recompense of self-sacrifice. Stimu,
late your supernatural ambition by the
same Marvellous future of an exalted
destiny among the saints, within the
throne, by the right hand of Cod
Rev. T. T. Carter,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
In ENGLISH Eyes.

Chairman Fadgett of the house ma
val committee tells of a recent trip to
Old Point Comfort with some English
officers. They were watching the bath
ers, and one of the visitors comment
ed on the brevity of the bathing suits.
"Yes," remarked Padgett, i've econ
omize even there. Every individual is
doing her bit"
Il see," was the reply, "less skirt,
and more Individual"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
IN BAD WAY PHYSICALLY
Physicians Verdict Made Recruit Won
der if Any Disease Had Got
Away From Him.

The curiosity of Henry James who
applied for enlistment in the United
States Marine corps at Los Angeles,
remains unsatisfied.
James was taken before DR.. G.. J.
Hildebrand, the examining physician
and, after the usual physical examina-
ton, was told that he failed to meet
the requirements.
whats the matter with me?" quer-
led the prospective Hun destroyer.
you've got scoliosis, phthisis and
synoirtis," was the surgeons reply.
The would-be marine blushed to be
told so frankly what prevented his be-
coming devil dog, and turned to go
out, when the doctor shot a few hot
parting words after him.
Not only that-you're troubled with
slight astigmatism, otitis media and
chronic furmunculOSis."
Gosh" was all the lad could say as
he fled in confusion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06

British war history is now compiled
up to September, 1914.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06

line, thence s3Eci1 of Rome and through
Oneida lake. From there it follows the
Oneida river to the Seneca river at
Three River point, and on through the
Clyde river to point east of Lyons.
From there the old canal route is fol-
lowed beyond Pittsford. Here the
channel leaves the old route, crosses
the Genesee river about q mile south
of Rochester, joins the line of the old
canal q few miles west and continues
through the old channel to and through
TOnawanda creek to TOnawanda on the
Niagara river, which is followed to
lake Erie at Buffalo.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Another Hnderstatement.

In the Companion for May 9 there
was a joke entitled swell Within
Bounds" which has reminded reader
of an accident of her youth.
We had a mean-tempered colt, she
says, which we had all urged father
to sell, but he would not. One morn
ing when he was bedding down the ami
NAL it kicked him viciously. Several
members of the family were in the
barn, and they all ran to see if he had
been hurt and to hear what he would
say about such an unprovoked attack.
Father, who, by the way, was not
Yankee, picked himself up, rubbed his
well-nigh fractured shin and remarked
to the colt, "Well! Well I'd think just
as much of you if you hadn't done
that!" and then went on with his
work.-Youth'S Companion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06

The brawny southpaw of Mitchelps
staff has averaged about five strikeouts
a game this season. alexander is a
wonderful pitcher" said Killefer re-
Gently. $50 is Vaughn. I've handled
them both and, take it from me, there's
little to choose between the pair.
Vaughn is the equal of Alexander, all
things considered, but their styles are
different. Alex is a side-arm pitcher.
Vaughn has a varied assortment of
curves and he has a great hook that
is pulling to batsmen."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Creole Sauce.

Slice fine two medium sized onions,
two green peppers, two ounces of
lean ham and a Glove Of garlic. Fry
five minutes and then add half can of
tomatoes, two bay leaves, four cloves
and eight allspice. Let come to the
boiling point, thicken slightly with
cornstarch. cook until smooth, add a
dash of red pepper or a fresh one fine
ly chopped. Mushrooms will improve
the sauce, not adding to the expense
if gathered from the fields.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Drafted Mems insurance.

\ drafted man III the army is not
compelled to take out insurance, but
he is urged TO do so. The minimum
amount Of insurance that can be taken
is $500, and the insurance ranges in
muItiples of $500 up to $4,000, which
is the maximum. The insurance of a
married man can be made payable to
his father and mother, but the allot-
ment Of his pay must be made to his
wife.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06

II improved In health 80 could do my
homework; we now have little one, all
Of which I owe to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. - Mrs. 0. S.
JOHNSON, r. No. 8, Ellensburg, Wash.
There are women everywhere who
long for children in their homes yet are
denied this happiness on account of
some functional disorder which in most
cases would readily yield to Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
sSuch women should not give up hope
until they have given this wonderful
medicine trial, and for special advice
write Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co.,
Lynn, Mass. The result of 40 years
experience is at your service.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Grow Rubber in California,

The American rubber trade has been
more or less seriously threatened ever
since the beginning of the great war in
1914. 1t is, therefore, interesting to
know that there are shrubs, now grow
ing wild in California, that contain
workable quantities of it, and that by
the cultivation of these It Is possible
that we may be able to grow our own
rubber in the United States.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Pineapple Fluff

Beat the whites of three eggs un-
til stiff, add three tablespoonfuls of
grated pineapple. Beat together and
put into slightly buttered cups. Partly
fill the cups and set them in.hot water
and bake light brown. Turn out of
the cups and serve with whipped
cream. Garnish with little preserved
pineapple.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Flank Steak.

Take one and quarter pounds of
flank steak, slash with sharp knife
on both sides, sprinkle with flour, q
ha!f-tefspc5nfui of curry powder, salt
and pepper to taste. Pound these sea-
sonings well into the meat and then
put into a hot frying pan with a ta-
blespoonful of sweet fat. Add two
cupfuls of water, cover and let SIM
mer slowly for an hour, adding more
water as needed. If cooked at a low
temperature the meat will be tender
and juicy with rich brown gravy. A
delicious sauce to serve with this is
creole sauce.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
GIRLS! USE LEMONS
FOR sUNRURN, TAN
Try It! Make this lemon lotion
to whiten your tanned or
freckled skin.

Squeeze the juice of two lemons in
to a bottle containing three ounces of
Orchard White, shake well, and you
have quarter pint of the best freckle,
sunburn and tan lotion, and complex
ion whitener, at very, very small cost.
Your grocer has the lemons and any
drug store or toilet counter will supply
three ounces Of Orchard White for a
few cents. Massage this sweetly fra
grant lotion into the face, neck, arms
and hands and see how quickly the
freckles, sunburn, windburn and tan
disappear and how clear, soft and
white the skin becomes. Yes! It is
harmless.-Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06

An old man lay dying Behind him
was a checkered and romantic career
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Crimean War.

The Crimean war occurred in 1853
50, between Russia on one side and
he allied forces of Turkey, France
and Great Britain on the other. It
grew out of dominating and aggressive
claims by Russia. The war took its
lame from that it was mainly waged
N a Russian peninsula on the border
IF the Black sea, a strip of country
called Krim or Grim by the Russians
and Anglicized as Crimea, pronounced
Crim-e-a, with the I short as in Grim.
nal and accent on the second syllable.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Cherry Tree, "a Years, Bearing.

Planted when Gen. U. S. Grant was
lieutenant stationed at Fort NaEcou
yer, cherry tree on the farm of Grant
Farmer on Tord's Prairie, Wash, is
still bearing at the age of eightyfour
years. It has a spread of So feet and
its trunk measures 10 feet IL inches in
circumference.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Cream Torte,

Beat the yolks Of SIX eggs, add
cupful of sugar and three tablespoon
fuls of fine bread crumbs which have
been sifted, with a teaspoonful of
baking powder. Add half-pound of
dates, cut fine; half pound of wal
nuts and the well-beaten whites OF the
eggs. Flavor with spices and bake
in layers. Put together with sweet
ened and favored whipped cream.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
tim Vaughn Has a Varied
Assortment of Curves and
Is PuzzIing Hard Hitters

'Is Vaughn as great a pitcher as
Alexander" Bill Killefer, who ought
to know a great deal about it, says
"Yes." Bill was the battery mate OF
Alex the Great. He also has ofhclated
behind the plate DOMINIC the mask ana
spangles when Hippo is on the hill.
Batsmen would rather see almost
anyone on the firing line than Vaughn.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
GETTING to Be a Nuisance.

Mrs. Mars-Oh, dear, dear! That
Hohenzollern boy is at the door again,
wanting to borrow something.
Mars-The obnoxious child! I'm
sorry we ever encouraged him to come
over here. What does he want now?
Mrs. Mars-He wants half-dozen
impregnable lines, a few strategic sa-
lients, some seasoned troops, few
fresh lies and a cupful of morale.
: Mars-Don't give 'em to him. un-
derstand the family is going to move
away in short time.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Some Speed.

A rifle bullet covers about two niles
IN five seconds, while sound travels
the same distance in shade more
than nine and one-half seconds, so it
is easy to understand why the bullet
strikes before the report of the rifle
IS heard.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
N4n hl4<msaQ
New Erie Canal, $40 Miles
Long, From Troy to Buffalo

The new Erie canal extends across
New York state from Troy to Buffalo,
a distance of $40 miles, From Troy it
follows the line of the Hudson river to
Waterford. Turning west it follows
the line of the Mohawk river to a point
beyond Little Falls. West of this point
it follows the route of the old canal,
but passes north Of Utica on a new
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
That Stumped Him,

I was taking the examination for
the aviation signal corps when young
fellow came into the room to take the
examination While the sergeant was
examining the ones ahead of this man
he was studying the letters on the eye
card intently. The sergeant noticed it,
so when he got to the eye test he said
so that all could hear him: "Well.
suppose you know this side pretty we'll
by now, so I guess we will turn it
around and read the other side."-Ex-
change.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
EasiIy ARRANGED.

"How are we going to get any quo
tations out of these press notices?'
asked the theater's advertising man.
THE most generous Of them says,
This is not very good show"
WELL" replied the manager, 'for
billboard purposes you'll have to con.
dense it q little"
"How?"
Just leave out the word not.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-09-06
Around the World

New Hampshire will teach
only English in public schools.
Philadelphia factories are
ready to employ crippled sol
diers.
Peru has 100000 residents of
japanese and Chinese half-blood.
Pennsylvania reports serious
shortage of teachers for rural
schools.
An anarchist organization in
SaratOv, Russia, has passed a de-
cree making all women from sew
ecteen to thirty-two years of age
community property.