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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
Superstitions About Salt.

1t is curious fact that, from the
earliest times. many superstitions have
clung about the use of salt There is
much evidence in Holy Writ for cere-
mOniaI uses of it. The Mosaic law
commands that every oblation of meat
offered shall be seasoned with salt,
command that is given, with varia-
tionS, in various books OF the Bible
such as Levitfcus 2:13 and Ezekiel
1874. In the old days salt was put
into a child's mouth in baptism, aud
in some countries 70 this day the GUS
tom is followed of throwing pinch of
it into holy water to ward off the evil
spirit
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
Monks Carved Church Seats.

Church seats carved by monks are
to be seen within the walls of the an
cient church at Clodock on the borders
of Monmouthshire. The edifice was
built some eight centuries ago and for
many years it had interesting relations
with Lanthony Abbey while it was the
monks of the adjacent monastery that
did much of the beautiful carving with
in its walls. The fine tower is now so
diIapidated that it must be speedily re.
stored il it is to be saved from ruin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
Spartan Feminine PoIse.

Our idea of poise crystallized into
definite form when perfect sc, al
most a stranger to us, with whom we
happened to be lunching, inadvertently
dropped grape skin down her decolle-
tage and except for one slight and al
most imperceptible wriggle, gave no
sign of nervous disturbance as long as
we were around.-Ohio State Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
q Manchus Have Beans to Burn.

Bean-cake is cheaper than coal at
Harbin, Manchuria, and the Chinese
there are now using 1t as fuel, says the
Japan Chronicle. Coal costs so kopIks
pood and bean-cake only 70 kopeks,
while it is cOntended the latter throws
out more heat. AS all the bean taills
have large stocks on hart and are III
creasing them daily, there IL a ten
dency for its use as fuel Oj spread
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04

look like capes, or cupes that look like
scartS, lending themselves to a casual
adjustment that is considered very
chic. The square cape of kOlinsky at
the left has narrow fiat collar of the
same fur. The scarf at the center is
of Hudson seal with fox collar. At
the right a longer fiat scarf is shown,
and this is developed in fox fur 1t is
liked for all the rarer furs as we'll as
sable. mink, martin. Ermine is at its
best in small scarfs { collars or as
trimming on other nat furs
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
The New Fur ScarfS.

In buying Il new fur scarf it is well
to inquire about those which can be
wound ;,::s~It you, 50 as to make Il sort
of boIero jacket at will, or can be worn
simply as scarf, says the New York
Herald.
The extra long scarf of fur, very
wide, is the simplest, wound first
about the waist to the back, then
crossed and brought over the shoulder
to- the front whore it falls in two
straight ends, fastened. Of course, with
IN invisible snap or safety pin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04

Coffee is not stimulant pure and
simple, but a very considerable nut1
ent. Justus Liebig proved that, by
taking equal lots of men, working in
the salt mines, feeding one lot bread
md meat, the other bread and coffee,
and comparing, results. The coffee
squad did more work and came out
In better shape than the meat eaters.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
The Xounu Idea.

George Washington must have had
4 wonderful memory, father" said the
bright boy.
why so, my SOM" asked the father,
who was showing his son around.
Because, everywhere l go l see
monuments to his memory"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
As the World Moves.

Love makes the world go round"
quoted the Parlor Philosopher. yes.
nut marriage generally squares things"
added the Mere Man-Town Topics.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
Worth Consideration

Pleasure comes through toll and not
by ,seIf-indulgence and Incidence. When
enc gets to love work, his life is q
l:appy one.-Ruskin.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
XIeAu 5IZz17a II,
4 Il
Some Pretty Trimmings.

Trimmings seen on silk and satin
blouses include narrow tucks, colored
pipings, and many buttons Gold
stitching and steel bead embroidery
showed up attraCtively on waists of
gcorgette, while deep cream geor-
gette had yellow china beads sewn
on in rows, instead of following a
floral or conventional pattern.
Navy blue is less seen on voats this
season than is usual.
Iu1nnnl,S 1nr,t IN -. IL Is incrla sing
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04
Mean lnsinuation.

Harold had such masterful way
of proposing"
II suppose he is tired of being al.
ways turned down on the other
STYLE" -------.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04

If baby had the appetite 81 a young
potato beetle it would eat fifm fifty
TO a hundred pounds of food tyery Fl
hours
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-01-04

Japans foreign Trade is increasing.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25
Cost of Living in One Year
 Increases 23 Per Cent

According to the bureau of labor statistics of the Depart ment of Labor. in the year from November 15, 1916, to Novem- Der IS, 1917. prices of food as a whole advanced g per cent Potatoes is the only article that shows a decline in price. Corn meal advanced 87 per cent; bacon, 62 per cent; pork chops, AS per cent; beans 39 per cent; salmon, 38 per cent; milk, B per cent; and lard, 27 per cent.
 Food as whole was AS per
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25
FRIENDS DIDN'T KNOW
 HIM, SAYS ED. ROUSE I've Gained IS Pounds by Taking Tanlac, and Looks
 so We'll People Hardly
 Recognize me. He Says.

I've got all the malaria out of my system now and haven't had a chill since the very first bottle of Tanlac 1 took" asserted Eugene D. Rouse. who lives at Monto Santo, Augusta, Ga. I've gained fifteen pounds, too, and look so much better than I did that my friends hardly recognize me.
 T was just filled with malaria and would have the hardest chills anybody ever had. got so bad | I had to give up and for a month | I couldn't do a lick of work; in fact, I was so weak 1 couldn't drive my horse. 1 had such high levers I would become delirious, I ached all over and my back hurt me all the time. Igot very thin and had so poor an appetite I could hardly eat thing and what I did eat didn't dome any good. I have taken several bottles of Tanlac and am a well man today.
 My system has been so clear ed of malaria, 1 haven't a pain or an ache anywhere about Ws~ahd I feel good all the~time. I've had mo more<fevers and my appetite jsSplendid. My meals agree>@ith me like l never had a sick day in my life, and I'm just Fas strong as 1 ever was and lattribute all my good health en- l tirely to Tanlac. :"
 Tanlac is sold in Brinkley ex- clusively by M. B. Converse ano by one established agency 1T every town.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25
WHEN HER BACK ACHES
A Woman Finds All Her Energy and Ambition
 Slipping Away.

Brinkley women:know how the aches and pains that often come when the kidneys fail make lie a burden. Backache, hip pains, headaches, dizzy spells, distress ing.urinary troubles, are frequent indications of weak kidneys and should be checked in time, Doan's Kidney Pills are for the kidneys only. They attack kld- ney diseases by striking at the cause,
 Can Brinkley suffers desire stronger proof than this Bald knob woman's word?
 Mrs. T. L. Stewart, Bald knob. Ark, says: Whenever my kidneys start acting irreg- ularly or my back aches or if l have swelling in my joints and muscles I immediately go and get Doan's Kidney Pills and take them. The result is/ that l am always given relief. I don't know what I would have done without Doan's Kidney Pills and I am most grateful to them.
 6Oc, at all dealers. Foster-Mil- burn Go Mfgs.. Buffalo, N. Y. 5
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25

cent higher on November 15,l 1917, than on November l5, 1913, and AS per cent higher than on November, 15, 1914. During this four year period corn meal advanced 127 per cent; flour. lO9 per cent; lard. l04 per cent; bacon. " per cent; sugar, 75 per cent; and potatoes, 72 per cent. No article declined in price.
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25
Card of Thanks

We wishto return our sincere thapks7to tho noble peoplelof the Allendhle CJpmunity forNtheir many httentib1s and kindnesaes shown our belbvedNAdoMer, Mrs. Ruth J. Wesf dafing her recent fatal illness.
 ~- Very Truly,
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25
RED GRO ss

STONE ROOT AND BUcHU COMPOUND Of unexcelled value for the treatment of kidney diseases. Pains in the back and burning sensations are symptoms of kidney troubles, which are quickly overcome by use of this remedy. This and more than one hundred other Red Cross Remedies sold and guaranteed only by --.-r
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25
REDcROsS REMEDIES

Compounded. by expert chemists from best drugs obtainable. The forndla
 is printed on each container. Red Cross Remedies ire pure in manufac- ture, honestin ingredients and true in advertisingg More than one hundred Red Cross Renedies sold and guaran-
The Brinkley argus., 1918-01-25

When Nerve Is Necessary.
 "Oae of BY ancestors signed the Declaration of Independence" "That took courage" 'I think so." "True sncagh, but you ought to see the lease signed tllis year"
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
Responsibility Strengthens the viii

Have you made your New Year reso-
lutions vet? Whether YOU have or not.
the alticte by nr. James i. Walsh in
the January American Magazine viii
help you to form and keep them. He
SAYS.
Responsibility strengthens the Will.
Many weak man when put into po-
aition of responsibility las made good
and aatonished his associates hv the
exhibition of qualities that they never
imagined he Iosa assed, and that proba
1ly would have lain dormant had not
responsibility brought 'ham to the sur
fare There is no great mystcG. about
tins \ position Of responsibility force
man e make quick dec ,ions. and this
trataing naturally stroaath eas the vii.
There IS still anothc. pason why
responsibility develops 4 man Nil.
+ an individual is holding down po-
atIaa Of TRUST, lie is naturally booked
NJ 70 By his s1bordinates. Th:a puts
aim on his mettie, and he uses all his
resources in the determination to prove
worthy Of that trust. Re possibility
ha. also been known 70 core men "
the drink ltahii fer the sane reason
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
Twenty Years Ago-and Now.
Farm and Fireside.)

(Farm and Fireside.)
y county-seat newspaper in the Mid
die West prints an interesting list Of
the changes the last twenty years have
brought i'll our everyday life. We quote
1 few at random:
Twenty wears ago but few had seen
Il silo, nobody sprayed orchards, cream
was five cents a pint, automobiles were
q curiosity, the butcher threw III a
chunk OF liver, straw stacks were burned
instead of baled, farmers came to town
for their mail, nobody listened in on
a telephone, milk shake was the ia
vorite drink, YOU stuck tubes in your
ears to hear photograph and paid
dime for the experience.
To-day there are $4,000 slos IN
Wisconsin alone, which State ranks
first i'll the number and value of dairy
cattle. Today the farmers and orchard
i>ts know not only that they can IN
crease their yield and profit by spray
ing, but that they must spray if good
fruit is to be expected. To-day cream
sells for anywhere from 10 to > cents
q pint in town. while the butcher would
no more throw in chunk OF liver, o.
even Il piece of dog meat, than he
would sell ten-dollar gold pieces for {
dime
To-day there are few sections where
the rural delivery service is not known
| and when the farmer comes TO town il
| is not for his mail but to attend tht
/ meeting of the bank stockholders. OF
/ whom he is one. OF TO haul III lea,
/ OF - wheat and $3.50 corn. TO-DAY
/ there are more than four million auto
mobiles running over the highways an,
| bywavs of the land.
Today the talking machine is f,
! be found in the livingroom Of thou
sands Of farmhouses and the old-stvl,
! rubber tube attachment has di>ap
| pcared. Today the farmer who burn
his straw is ostraeized by his prosres
sive ncighbors They may still lister
in on the rarty-line telephones. but
bright genius has already patented
! device which even makes this impossi
bile from now on.
With So many things changed in TIL
| last twenty years, who can say for sur
whether we may not be planting cor
with airpIanes and tilling wet field
| with submarines twenty years iron
now!
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
TUESDAY, JANUARY :, 1918.
PROSPEROUS CANADA.

Last year was a prosperous one for
Canada. +" Regarded materially" the
Montreal Gazetta avs in its financial
and commercial review Of 1917, "a
new high mark has been set. Com
modify prices have been on an ascend
ing scale, but, concurrentlv. have also
ascended the means Of purchase, wheth-
or derived from daily wages or other
wise The value of field crops in the
dominion is estimated at 81 900 900, 900.
If farmers have had only fairly good
crops, what was lacking in quantity
has been made up in value. The cry
has not been for money, but for men
TO produce. Foreign commerce has
grown in recent years by leaps and
bounds, and in 1917 it amounted to
50 900
After three years of what has been
called an exhausting war, Canada Is
enjoying a greater measure of material
prosperity than she has ever known for
many years. lin the spring a bond is
sue of Sl00,000,00O was over-subscribed
| and in November, in response to a pro
posed issue of $3.50, 900, 900 more. the
| people subscribed for SAFE 100000.
Never before, sags the Gazette, has
there been SO much money in circula-
/ tion, nor 80 large an accumulation of
4 savings expressed in the deposit ac-
\ counts. The banks have kept strong
in au eudcavor to prevent currency
initiation, while at the same time. they
have made war advances to the Cana
+, dian and imperial governments to an
amount that would have been regarded
as impossible three wears ago. The
loans have enabled the business Of tn,
country TO be carried on to an extent
otherwise impraetieable
throughout the year the railroads
have been employed to the limit O
their capacity, their gross earnings be
ing larger than ever before. Net earn
ings, however, have not been so sati.
factory as in other years, for the rail
roads in Canada have been confrontel
with the same difficulties that hav
confronted the railroads III this coun
try. They have had to deal with
greater cost of labor and Of supple
| Of all kinds In the midst Of wa
that IS, after all, taxing Canada
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08

An interesting question was raised
in the English courts the other dav.
which recalls the amusing talk of wears
ago as to when the Twentieth Century
began. OF course, il began January
], 1901, not 1900 as some maintained.
who did not carry their reasoning back
to the first year. In this ease a young
man was one of three brothers who
were to inherit from their father : es-
tate as they became - years of age.
One of them was born. July %, 1891.
He was in the army and he was killed
July 21, 1917. The next dav would
have been his birthday. One party
contended that he would not be 25
until the 22d, but the court wisely
held that he was already 25 years old
and on his birthday would have start
ed on his twenty sixth wear. A wear
is 365 days and birthday anniversaries
come on the 366th day or in other
words another year is entered upon. It
IS the same with the centuries. The
first century took 100 years for it,
completion, or until the year lo1. Then
the second century came in with l0l
and so on.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
Poor Peter Gnome Was Terribly Upset.

You whether you're right or wrong.
Yes, it's mean. and besides none Of MS
are so perfect WE should talk about
anyone else. How could you have
thought 1t of me-"
Poor Peter Gnome was terribly up-
set. All the GnomeS stood around and
tried to comfort him and MIR. Moon
looked as if he were going to cry-yes.
he looked as if he would sob orange
tears. He was always so welcome at
the parties the Gnomes gave and he did
like them so much. Oh dear. why had
he spoken in such u hurry! He was
so sorry.
But then he remembered how angry
he had been. II am SO sorry" he be
gan, that / hurt your feelings, Peter
Gnome. by telling you I thought you
We're talking behind my back At any
rate / haven't back to talk behind,
but talking when You thought | was
not listening would have amounted To
the same thing. And ! am sure | do
know full well you wouldn't do such Il
thing"
"Still / was terribly hurt myself"
you We're hurt?" asked Peter
Gnome in very surprised tone.
Eyes" said the moon. 81 was very
much hurt. Oh dear, / almost wanted
to weep"
'Yes" said Peter Cnome. Il noticed
that, and I was sorry. That was just
about the time I was talking and say
ing you looked orange And then YOU
seemed to almost weep and I couldn i
help wondering if you would weep
tears which would be like orange juice.
ST thought if they fell and were
caught into cups they'd do most beau.
tifully for breakfast
did you say you thought | was al
orange?" asked Mr. Moon
mo, no." laughed Peter Gnome. 81
meant you wore an orange robe, which
made me think Of oranges and your
tears which never did quite run down
Your face. made me think of orange
juice which is something people have
for breakfast"
Il take it all back. "asaid Mr.. Moon
"Qh dear, it was such misunder
standing. | am so very, very sorry.
deeply regrct it. 7 shall never for
give myself for being so hasty in my
thoughts"
There. there, Mr.. Moon" soothet
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08

strength and endurance and that is
draining the country Of its young man
hood ana Lringing grief into every com
munity IN the land there IS unexpected
financial prosperity, the causes Of which
are summarized by the Gazette in this
paragraph
One Of the striking results of the
war has been the expansion of the
trade of Canada. At the outbreak of
hostilities, there was feeling Of I'M
certainty as to their effect upon the
business of the country-in common
with that of the world at large, but the
apprehension of contraction and deprcs-
sion soon passed away. In place of
stagnatiOn Canada has for nearly three
years enjoyed uncXampled prosperity.
The rising prices of commodities, the
scarcity and high cost of labor, the in
cessant demand for the surplus prod
uctS of the country, and, perhaps more
than all, the great output Of war muni-
tons under orders from the British GOV
crHmcnt. have produced an cxtraordi-
nary degree Of business activity con
Quoted uron an apparently very prof
liable basis.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
Little Benny's
Note Book

BY LEE PAPE


Doctors are people who give voa
medesIn wen You're sick. and ii Won
Get better Faa think the medcsn ala
1t and II YOU die YOU don't know the
diff antS.
If = doctor asks Won 10 leevc him 80
your tung YOU do it rite away. hat ii
enybody elts came up and asked you
You would rrobcrlv tell them to mind
their own hizniss and look at their oWn
tung. y doctor Knows more about your
insides than Won do Yourself. no matter
how good You are in theology. II
people knew a. mulch about their in
aideS rs doctors do, it would proberlv
make them nerviss.
Doctors have a office and a room for
people to wait in. witch no matter how
sick You feel wen YOU start to wait
IN 1t, YOU feel sicker after you've wait
cd vile looking at the other people
Settina there feeling sick too.
Wen people feel all rite and see the
doctor on the street. ther say hello r.
him as if they dident think he wa
enybody special. but as soon As tac>
feel sick and he comes to see them
they say, Good AFTERNOON, doctor. IL ii
they thawt he was sumbodv CRATE.
Doctors ride Ground to see theil
patients IN a awtomobeel and a higl
hat, ony the AUTOMOBILES don't AWAY.
werk rite wen they wunt to start them
nrovlag no matter how mulch vou know
about peoples inailez. that don't u,
you know everything.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1918-01-08
EAR MARKET HUNTERS.
Don t Let War Be Used IS Pretext Tor
Letting Down Game Laws


\ most earnest appeal has been ad-
dressed To all lovers Of Wild life by the
head oi the American Game Protective as
socIation OF New York city. the sports
mems national organization. requesting
their united opposition to proposals that
have been made al late to modify or sus-
pend the laws designed to protect game on
the plea that the food situation demands
such action In this we agree for it Is an
insidious propaganda, engineered by
the commercial dealers and market hunt
ers under the plea that the war
neeessitates letting down the bars on
game to leplenish the food supply.
While some respectable people have
been led under misrepresentation of the
facts INTO espousing this movement. it
derives ITS mayor impetus from the com
me1cIai leaders in game allied with many
large hotels who long for return OF the
good old days when they catered to the
appetite OF the cpicure with game fur
nIshed by dealers who maintained an army
OF shooters from coast to coast Ameri-
can game tottered on the brink Of eN-
tlnctlon when sportsmen and other lovers
OF wild life arose III their might and de
manded and secured the passage of laws
tofbiddng its sale.
The Louisville ComierrJo uInal, in COM
menting on this condition says most
truthtuily that to suspend the fish and
game laws would be like deciding to XIII
all oI the hogs and cattle at once to
avert starvation before feeling the pan9s
ot hunger, thus insuring shortage al Il
later period when hunger might be felt
| ! he writer insists that there should be Il
rigid continuance OF the conservation Of
| fish and game. and cites the nndisputable
TACT that the laws do not prevent the use
OF any sort OF fish and game which is in
existence IN sufficient supply to be useful.
Moreover. it Is declared that existing laws
are designed to protect the source OF sup
ply and permit the use of the supply.
he article in question agrees with the
association that sinister influences are be
| hind the proposals that have been made
Il closes with these words which should
be taken to heart by everyone interested
IN the saving of wild life:
"A legislator wishing to make capita
upon one hand as patriot, and upon the
othe, as an advocate of the people
/ whom he could represent as being hare
/ pressed fGr food, could make a lacile
! speech demanding the abolition or sus
/ pension of fish and game laws Short
/ sighted persons would commend HIM ant
endorse the repeal OF the protective law,
4 Tor the period Of the war. The coEser
vationists. ii they would defeat muci
misguided response to an insinccre effort
to get the protective laws suspended
/ should be up and doing in every state
5y vigilance only can they avert what
would be the undoing, needlessy. of al
that has been done during the last ;:
YEAR, to prevent the determination .
game