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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
MERELY COUSINS OF CHRIST
Explanation of Biblical Passages That
Seem to Say the Redeemer Had
Brothers and Sisters.

To Judge from the passages Matthew
12:44. As; 13 :55, 56; Luke 10; st.
John 7:3, 3, 10, Christ undoubtedly had
brothers and sisters. These passages,
are, however, contradicted by others.
from which we learn that the pretend
ed brothers of Christ were only his
cousins. Thus, according to Luke
6:l5, and John 1925, James was the
son of one Alpheus, or Cleophas, and
Mary, the Virgins sister. From Mat
thew 81 80, and Mark 10 40, we learn
that Joses, or Joseph, was James
brother, and -, according to Luke
GIG, was also Jude. In other pas
sages the fourth pretended brother of
Christ is designated by the Jews as
the brother of James, Jude and JOses.
1t is also claimed, in explanation of
this theological puzzle, that the Jews
were wont to apply the term brother
to cousins, to relatives in collateral
line, and even to mere friends Gene
sis l. 1920. The view that the
above mentioned personages were but
ChriSts cousins, and not his brothers,
is held by TertuIlian, Origen, Ambrosi-
us, Irenaeus and, in fact, by all the
Catholic church; also prominent
protestants (Grotius, Calvin, etc.
share in it,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05

cause he told me so himself. Didn't
you know it?"
II cannot answer these questions"
he declared. They involve profession
al secrets and
Il don't see that this is a secret. My
uncle has already told me. What |
could not understand was how he OBJ
tanned the seat from the man to whom
it was given as a part of fathers debt
Do you know how he obtained it?'
"Er-well-er-probably an arrange
ment was made. 1 cannot go into de-
tails because-well, for obvious rea
sons. You must excuse me, Caroline"
"One moment MORE" she said, "and
one more question. Mr.. Sylvester, who
is this mysterious person-this stock
holder whom father defrauded. this
person who wishes his name kept Il
secret, but who does such queer things?
Who is he?"
Caroline, 1 tell you cannot answer
these questions. He does wish to re-
main unknown. as I told you and your
brother when we first learned of him
and his claim. If | were to tell you
l should break my faith with him.
You must excuse me; you really must"
isn't he my uncle, Elisha Warren|
Sylvester was halfway to the door,
but she was in his path and looking
him directly in the face. He hesitated.
II thought So" she said. "You needn't
answer, Mr.. Sylvester. Your face is
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
Burbank's Liberty Wheat
Gives Promise That Bread
Is to Be More Abundant

As Luther Burbank has not been in
the habit of indulging in baseless SEN
SatiOnS. the announcement from Santa
Rosa that, after eleven years of ex-
perimentatiOn, he has evolved a wheat
plant which will yield an average OF
forty bushels to the acre of grain
possessing a high percentage of glu-
ten becomes news of first Importance,
asserts a writer in the New York
World.
Although the wheat crop Of the
United States is greater than that of
any other nation, the average yield to
the acre has always been compare
lively small. Some years ago it did
not exceed twelve bushels. Taking
into account what Mr.. Burbank has
done in the matter of potatoes, apples
and plums, to say nothing of flowers,
as to which he has almost wrought
miracles, we may easily accept at face
value whatever he has to say in re-
gard to cereals.
Wheat flour has become so vital as
a food of civilization that strenuous
efforts have been made to extend the
acreage and by more careful methods
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
Iannuane of Heaven.

A correspondent sends me a story
which Is a good parallel (or. rather,
the exact opposite of paralleD to
that of the minister who prayed In
Gaelic.
There was in Dublin an old lady
both eccentric and devOut. One day
she sent for a Jewish minister, and
started to learn Hebrew most assid-
uously. Though she was eccentric,
and her friends were rarely surprised
at anything she chose to do, they
did wonder at this, and asked her the
reason.
*. 1T would i'll become me- she re-
piled, when l meet my Maker, as
soon I shall, to address him in any
but his native language."-London
News
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
OUR LITTLE HOUR

Our little hour-how swift it flies
When poppies flare and lilies smile;
How soon the fleeting minute dies,
Leaving us but a little while
To dream our dream, to sing our song,
To pick the fruit, to pluck the flower,
The gods-they do not give us long
Our little hour.
Our little hour-how short a time
To wage our wars, to fan our hates,
To take our fill of armored crime,
To troop our banners, storm the gates
Blood on the sword, our eyes blood-red,
Blind in our puny reign of power,
Do we forget how soon is sped
Our little hour?
Our little hour-how soon it dies;
How short time to tell our beads,
To chant our feeble litanes,
To think sweet thoughts, to do good
deeds.
The altar lights grow pale and dim.
The bells hang silent in the tower
So passes with the dying hymn
Our little hour.
Leslie Coulson, in London Poetry Re-
view.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05

answer enough He is. How could 1
have been so blind?'
The lawyer, nervous, chagrined and
greatly troubled, remained standing by
the door. He did not know whether
to go or stay. He took his handker-
chief from his pocket and wiped his
forehead.
"Wheww he exclaimed well, by
George"
She paid no attention to him, but
went on, speaking apparently to her.
self.
1T explains everything" she said.
He was fathers brother, and father
in some way took and used his money.
But father knew what sort of man he
was, and so he asked him to be our
guardian. Father thought he would
be kind to us, 1 suppose. And he has
been kind-he has. But why did he
keep it a secret? Of course the money
was his. All we had was his by right
But to say nothing and to let US be-
lieve"-
Sylvester interrupted quickly "CarO
line, Caroline" he said, don't make
any mistake. Don't misjudge your
uncle again. He is a good man, one
of the best men I ever knew. Yes
and one of the wisest."
"Oh, Mr. Sylvester, please, now that
l do know, now that you have told me
so much, won't you tell me the rest,
the reason and all of it? Please"
The lawyer shook his head, regard
ing her with an expression of annoy
ance and reluctant admiration.
Now that I've told YOU" he repeat
ed Il don't remember that I've told
you anything"
ITO BE CONTINUEDl
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
Produce Food, MIR.
Town Man
Get Blistered and a Clean
Conscience
Prepared by the United States Depart
rpeut Agriculture)


Speaking of food-how much of
what you eat do you help to produce
by your own work? Farms need labor.
The difficulty is not an insutticiency
of actual man power. There are plenty
of men to supply the farms with help.
But that man power is applied to
other things and the farms will not be
adequately supplied with help unless
men turn temporarily from their pres
ent business or employment and work
on farms i'll their county during the
rush periods of cultivation and har-
vest.
If we We're not at war you might feel
free to disregard this as your per-
sonaI duty. But We are at war; this
is war need, and you are not free
to disregard it.
1t is the duty of every strong man
of farm experience or of farm apti-
tude who is not now engaged in work
of war value, and not engaged in work
to which his personal attention is con-
stantly indispensable, to go to farms
in the agricultural territory adjacent
to his town when farm labor needs are
urgent and help produce the food
crops which are essential to war win
ming.
You eat every day Some mans
hard work produced that food. Our
soldiers in France must eat and some
body's hard work must produce that
food. If you are so situated that you
can help produce this food it is your
duty to do so.
Get in touch with the county agent
of the United States department of
agriculture and the state agricultural
college or write the state agricultural
college if you cannot get in personal
touch with nearby farmers who need
help. Lay off your present job or get
away from your present business for
few days or q few weeks as you
are needed. You'll lose money and
weight You'll gain blisterS, sore
muscles and a clear conscience.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
BOMBAY YGREATCITY
Beautiful Metropolis Owes Much
to the Parsis.
UnthnkabIe Towers of Silence Still
Maintained in Heart of Most Fash.
ionable Residential District
Population Now Million.

Bombay now has nearly 100000 In
habitants. At the beginning Of the
nineteenth century it already had 2O0.-
900 and early in the twentieth century
the census takers counted 959,537
souls, Eleanor Franklin Egan writes In
the Saturday Evening Post. Nearly
100000 of these are Hindus and 15O,-
900 are Mohammedans, while less than
10000 are Christians, counting both
pure European and mixed blood.
There are about $4,000 Parsis, and
the Parsis are the most interesting and
important element in the community.
1t is to British initiative and example
and to Parsi appreciation, intelligence
and generosity that Bombay owes the
fact of her present existence as one Of
the most beautiful cities in the world.
Yet the Parsis still maintain the un-
thinkable towers Of silence in the
heart and center Of Bombay's most
fashionable residential district; the
towers Of silence, where the Parsi dead
are disposed of by the forever hover.
ing horrible f1ocks Of kites, which on
occasion grow gorged and careless and
drop human flesh and little bones In
the Towering fragrant gardens of the
great on Malabar hill. But what would
you? The towers of silence are un-
thinkable only to the Christian mind.
To the mind Of the Parsi all other
methods Of disposing Of the dead are
unthinkable.
The Parsis are sometimes carelessly
referred to as Persian Jews or are
grouped with Persian Jews, Of whom
there are a good many in Bombay. But
the faith Of the Parsis is not the Jew
fsh faith. They are Zoroastrians-
worshipers of the sun and fire as the
truest manifestations of the Almighty
and they came down from Persia In
to India about the middle Of the sew
enth century, when they began to be
grossly prosecuted by the Mohamme-
dan conquerors Of the Sassanian en-
pire.
But they were prosecuted always by
the Mohammedan conquerors Of India
and by the Hindus, until the happy
day arrived for all religions when
British power began to be predominant
in India. But Bombay was purely
British long before the rest of India
was anything but a happy hunting
ground for English merchants, and the
Parsis along with other mistreated ele-
ments in the population fiocked to the
sure shelter of the British flag. There
are only about 100000 Parsis in all
India today and 10000 Of them belong
to the Bombay Presidency or province;
and at least 10000 Of these live in the
city Of Bombay.
Many of them are gentlemen Of the
finest type and they are distinguish
able by their long black coats and the
curious stiff black miterlike hats they
wear. Their homes are the most pre-
tentious in the city-palaces set along
side British palaces in the most fash
ionable districts; and they control
tremendous percentage Of the city's
commerce and trade.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
British Food Experts Tell
How Potato Butter Is Made

Butter, which formerly was an exclu-
siVe product of the COW, will in future
be made from nuts and potatoes The
latest substitute to compete with the
bovine nectar of the meadow and the
Silo has been announced by the con-
servatiOn department of the United
States food administration to be pota-
to butter.
From the home of the magma char
ia" comes Il recommendation by the
British ministry of food that potato
butter can be made for ten cents a
pound. Here IS the mOduS Operandi
Peel the potatoes. Boil until they
fall TO pieces and become tioury. Rub
them through Il fine sieve into a warm
ed basin. To IA canoes of potatoes
add two ounces Of butter or marga-
rine and one tablespoonful of salt.
Stir until smooth. Mold into rolls.
Keep in a cool place. Use butter col
nring to improve the appearance. If
Intended to be kept more than a. few
days. use butter preservative.'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
WaYs With NedetahIes.

We tire Of certain vegetables be-
cause they are served so often in the
same way, until we grow to dislike
them. Variety is the spice of life"
and every housewife should endeavor
to put little of this spice into every
thing she does. The individual Is
unfortunate who has been spoiled by
a monotonous diet, for enjoying all
kinds of foods, especially vegetables,
which are so valuable to keep the body
in good health.
/ Simple Cabbage Salad.
Shred small cabbage, add q small
amount of celery and bit of chopped
onion and pour over the cabbage the
following dressing hot: Beat two egg
yolks, add two tablespoonfuls of wa
ter, tablespoonful of butter melted,
a dash of salt and cayenne, and
quarter of cupful Of vinegar. Cook
this over hot water and pour over
the cabbage, stirring it over the heat
until well heated, then serve hot.
Onions Stuffed With Rice.
Parboil a sufficient quantity of on
ions of even size, remove the centers
and chop fine mix the chopped onions
with cooked, seasoned rice, season with
butter and salt with a few dashes of
cayenne, stuff the onions and bake,
water. Serve as a garnish around a
platter of chops. Any sweet butter
substitute may be used in place Of
butter, in cooking. Sausage, leftover
meats of various kinds, bread crumbs
and nut meats, as well as cheese, all
make good filling for stuffed onions.
Cabbage cooked with an onion fine
ly chopped and served with a white
sauce, is a good dish to add to ways
of serving vegetables.
Onions and cabbage have the largest
share of abuse given to the ordinary
vegetables, as there are some who fail
to digest them, while others object to
their strong flavor. They are both
rich in mineral salts, and acids, give
bulk to food, as the roughage is neces-
sary to aid in digestion, and are all
round desirable foods to serve worthy
of more attention.
Stuffed Cabbage.
Remove the heart of a small cab
bage head, drop into boiling water and
cook until tender. Cut in to the CEN
ter in triangular pieces and pour over
the well-drained vegetable a white
sauce made rich with cupful or more
of finely chopped rich cheese.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05

:-HAnd yet you sent him away. Why?"
Tell me the real reason. Now tell me.
Was it that you couldn't care for Jim
enough|
IL like Mr.. Pearson very much.
l respect end admire him"
But you don't love him. 1 see.
Well" sadly, there's another one of
my dreams gone to smash. However.
you did just right, dearfe. Feelin' that
way, you couldn't marry him, of
= course"
THAT was not the reason she said
in a low tone.
''Hey?" He bent toward her "What?'
he cried. "That want the reason,
you say? You do care for him:"
She was silent
DO yOu?" he repeated gently. And
yet you sent him away. Why?'
She faltered, tried to speak and then
turned away. He put his arm about
her and stroked her hair.
Don't you cry, dearie," he begged.
81 won't bother you any more. You
can tell me some other time-if you
want to. Or you needn't tell me at
all. It's all right; only don't cry
II mustn't be so silly she said. 81
had made up my mind to tell you
everything and | shall. My not caring
for Mr. Pearson was not my reason for
refusing him. He would marry lue,
poor as am. And perhaps 1-perhaps
| should say yes if things We're differ
ent. | know l should say yes and be
very, very happy. But l can't and
won't! | won't! | suppose you think
| have been perfectly satisfied to Let
you take care OF me and of my broth
er and give us home and all that VT
needed and more. but | have not been
contented with that, nor has Steve.
He and have made our plans, and We
shall carry them out. He will leave
college in two years and go to work i'll
earnest. Before that time l shall be
ready to teach. | have been studying
with Just that idea in view. | haven't
told you before, uncle, but one of the
domestic science teachers at the uni
versity is a girl l used to know slight
ly She is going to be married next
year, and if all goes well | may be
appointed to her position when she
leaves. Steve and l have planned it
all His salary at first will be small,
and so will mine, but together we can
earn enough to live somehow, and
later on when he earns more perhaps
we may be able to repay a little of all
that you have given Us. We shall try.
[ shall insist upon it"
Caroline Warren. is that the reason
fJu sent Jim away? Did you tell him
that? Did you tell him you wouldn't
marry him on account of me?"
s'Ne, of courss | did pot!'' indignant
". u told fim--I said I mISt not
think Of marriage; Il was impossible
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
ChiIdren's Savings.

More than 10000 children under six
teen years of age have savings ac-
coWts in the Los Angeles banks. They
have more than $1,0O0,O00 on deposit,
or an average Of something over $25
each. One thirteen-year-old youngster
is credited with heading the list. He
has nearly $4,000 on deposit. from a
beginning made with 90 cents when
he was seven years old.
Many Of the Los Angeles banks make
special provisions for the savings ac-
counts of children and in addition to
accepting savings accounts, teach les
sons of thrift in their advertising mat.
ter They also lend encouragement
to thrift propaganda in the public
schools and children's organizations.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05

of tilIage to increase The average pr.,d-
uct. Thus far, however, In spite Of
agitation and instruction, such results
as have been gained must be attrib-
uted more to favorable seasons than
to Intensified cultivation. What
wizard of horticulture has achieved in
the wonderful climate of California
may not be repeated by everybody else
under less favorable conditions, but
his discovery is full of promise that
some day the bread of the world Is to
be more abundant. Tile man who wins
that triumph will be entitled to stand
in the front rank Of those who are to
conquer the earth for liberty and de-
mOcracy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
CHAPTER xVli-Continued.


"Humph! She does, hey? l want
to know! Look here, jim! Have you
and She
He got no further, for Pearson broke
away and, with a hurried Good
night" strode. up the platform to meet
the city bound train. Captain Elisha
entered the house by the back door,
remnant of South Denboro habit, and
saw his niece, a shadowy figure, seated
by the window. He crossed to her
side
"WeI, Caroline" he said cheerfully,
I'm home again. Dearie, 1 just met
Jim Pearson. He tells me he's decided
not to go on this cape cruise Of ours.
He said you agreed with him twas
best he shouldn't go. Do you mind
tellin' me why? Have you and he had
q fallin' out?"
Still she was silent. He sighed.
"Well," he observed, Il see you have,
and don't blame you for not wantin'
to talk about it. I'm awful sorry. I'd
begun to hope that However, Wen
change the subject"
Uncle" she said, "you know I al
ways want to talk to you. Mr.. Pear
son and l have not quarreled, but /
think-I think it best that I should not
see him again. 1t would only make it
harder for him, and it's of no use"
Captain Elisha sighed again. 81
guess I understand, Caroline. I pre-
sumo likely | do. He-he asked some
thin Of you, and you couldn't say yes
to him. That was it, l suppose.
Needn't tell me unless you really want
to. you understand he added hastily.
But do. l ought to tell you. I'm
Gle Elisha, Mr. Pearson asked me to be
his wife"
The captain gave no evidence of sur
prise.
"Yes," he replied gravely; 81 judged
that was it. And you told him you
couldn't, suppose. Well, deatie, that's
a question nobody ought to answer but
the one You didn't care for him
enough, suppose Caroline, you don't
care for anybody else, do you? You
don't still care for that other feller,
that
Uncle" she sprang up, hut and in
dignant, chow can you?" she cried.
"How could you ask that? What must
you think of me?'
please, Caroline" he protested;
'please don't. l beg your pardon.
was fool. l knew better. Don't go. |
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
FIunky Wastes cWn Time
as Well as That of Others

The feeling that idleness is Il crime
under present conditions is rapidly
spreading all over the country. A sher-
iff in Sherman, Tex, recently an
nounced that every man in his 1uris-
diction would either go to work or
go to Jail The Ku Klux Klan recent
ly reappearcd in Birmingham. Ala.
with warning to all idlers. Sew
providing that every able-bodied man
must work so many hours a day, and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05


o
possible
easily
sweet land for poultry hardly be swad be
LeghOns
for the latter be inclined inward 80
barbed
confined while
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
Oriuin of Tea Drinking.

Tea drinking seems to have orig
mated in China; and the Chinese. ac-
cording to Prof. King, in his Farmers
of Forty Centuries" drank 1t first
as a sanitary measure, having found
that boiling their water saved them
from typhoid and afterward adding
tea leaves to make the boiled water
palatabIe. DR.. r. A. Gortner of the
University of Minnesota, writing in
Science, believes that this is not an
exact description of what happened,
but that the discovery of the efficacy
of tea as a typhoid preventive came
after its general>adoption in China as
g pleasing drink
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
A Parable.

Brand Whitlock said in an address
in Washington:
"My war experiences have done me
good. They have broadened my mind.
I am a writer rather than politician.
and we writer's live too restricted
lives.
"You know the story Of Carlyle and
his sound-proof room in Chelsea.
"Carlyle had built sound-proof
room for himself on the top Of his
house. The room had no windows.
but only a skylight for Illuminating
purposes. To an elderly visitor from
Craigenputtock the room was shown
proudly by Carlyle and the visitor
gave a cackling laugh and said;
"'My conscience, this is fine! Here
We may write and study all the rest
of yer life and nobody'll be a. bit the
wiser ="
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-05
Hint on Physical Culture.

Merely to hear the sound Of musicE \
gives one the dancing impulse-an in!
clination to move the feet or the hands
or the body in time with the rhythm
Of the music. To make your exercise
attractive, therefore, start your music
first and then as you feel the swing
of it you will find pleasure in going
through your exercises. Make it
part of your daily schedule. You can
either follow the practice of taking
ordinary, standard exercises to the
accompaniment of music or you can
do special dancing movements. All
dancing movements partake of the
character of exercise.-Carl e. Will
liams in Physical Culture.