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The spectator., 1919-10-21
HAS BUST OF HERODOTUS
Antique in Metropolitan Museum of Art Identified as Portrait of
 Father of History.

Dr. Robinson, director of the Metro politan Museum of Art, in New York. hes identified an antique marble bust, which has been in the museums store room for 20 or 30 years, as being portait of Herodotus, "the father of history" The marble, which has lain in dust all these years, will now as sume an important place of honor in the institution.
 There are but five known portraits of Herodotus. The New York portrait bust was originally found at Benha, in Lower Egypt, and passed into the possession of Emil Brugsch Bey, from whom it was acquired and presented to the Metropolitan Museum of Arts. The recognition was based on the re- semblance of the known portraits and the finding of the learned mans name inscribed upon it. As a work of art it was not very highly regarded, but as the sixth known portrait of Herodotus 1t assumes new dignity. It is also said to be one of the best portraits extant.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
ARE CARRYING IT TOO FAR
Bathing Costume for Tennis Is the Abbreviatine of an Ab-
 breviation.

This is the day of brevity. The names of states and cities are abbrevi- nted. Christian appellations are cut short and initials substituted. The gro cer abbreviates potatoes" to "spuds" and condenses crackers" to "crax." The butcher writes PC" when he means pork chops" and the chemist Shortens water" to 'H-2-O." The printer, referring to "a mass of balled- up type." cusses and calls it "pi" Likewise. the sport writers character lze the "knock out" as "KO" The doctor indicates "sod-cac" when he wants sodium cacodylate."
 But abbreviations are not confined to words. The Tanks abbreviated the war. The rising cost of living has ab- hreviated the purchasing power of a dollar The arplane has abbreviated space. and electricity has abbreviated time itself. The laundry often abbrevi- ates the size of ones new shirt. Fash Ion frequently abbreviates costumes.
 There is, however, such a thing as abbieviating too much. For in France, bathing suit is considered sufficient rainent for one who is in the swim mnc pool. but It is highly objection able elsewhere. Tennis players clad in bathing suits are carrying the abbrevi- ation habit too far.
 They are abbreviating abbreviation
The spectator., 1919-10-21
"FIDDLE-FIT" Keep Liver and Bowels Clean and Active
 with "CaScarets"

Sick headache, biliousness, coated tongue, sour, gassy stomach-always trace this to torpid liver; delayed, fermenting food in the bowels.
 Poisonous matter clogged in the in. testines, instead of being cast out of the system is re-absorbed into the blood. When this poison reaches the delicate brain tissue if causes conges- tion and that dull, throbbing, sickening headache.
 Casearets immediately cleanse the stomach. remove the sour, undigested food and foul gases, take the excess bile from the liver and carry out all the constipated waste matter and poi. sons in the bowels.
 A Cascaret tonight will have you feeling clear, rosy and as fit as a fiddle by morning. They work while you sleep.-Adv.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
hECLECTINC THAT
 COLD OR COUCH? Why, when Dr.. King's New Discovery % promptly
 cheeks it

IT'S natural you don't want to be
 careless and let that old cold or
 cough drag on or that new attack develop seriously. Not when you can get such proved successful remedy as Dr. Kings New Discovery.
 Cold. cough, grippe, croup does not resist this standard reliever very long. Its quality Is as high today as 1t al- ways has been--and it's been growing steadily in popularity for more than fifty years. COG. and $1.20 bottle at all druggists. Give 1t q trial.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
TIVE STOCK e@R0FES-AG

Don't neglect the salt box in the pas ture.
 A field of soy beans may be harvest ed successfully with lambs.
 A young SOW like other animals when young, should not be bred too young.
 No one cal state definitely the amount to feed pig. The feeder him. self must be the judge.
 Silage furnishes a uniform quality of feed and puts bloom and good oats on live stock in winter.
The spectator., 1919-10-21

plenty of dry, bright. clean bedding frequently-once every two or three days if neceSsary-to keep the nests and beds dry and comfortable is a prerequisite of successful hog man. agement. This pcsnt can not be over emphasized. The young pigs delight in a warm. dry nest, and the practical hog raiser who caters to this desire is the man who usually is able to make the statement, backed up with actual figures. that there is money in produc- ing pork.
 The great danger which results from allowing the pigs to sleep in damp bedding is that the next morning they go out into the colS air, often covered with steam. and consequently are like ly to contract pneumonia or other ser ious ailments. Dry bedding, frequent changes of litter. well-built houses, and plenty of feed of the right char acter are essential where the producer seeks 100 per cent pig-raising record. Where these conditions are realized, particularly where the fall pigs are kept dry. sheltered. and we'll fed, it is as profitable to raise autumn porkers as it is to produce spring pigs, despite the common belief to the contrary.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
The Strong Withstand the Heat of Summer
 Better Than the Weak

Old people who feeble and younger people who are weak. will be strengthened and enabled to go through the depressing heat of summer by taking Groves tastelese chill tonic. It purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the whole system. You can soon feel its Streng thening, Invigorating Effect. COG.
The spectator., 1919-10-21

It's easier to follow the races than it Is to get ahead of them.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
Tardy Bowels, Inert Liver

They just won't let you put "pep'' into your work or play. Sick head ache comes from retaining waste mat ter and impurities in the body.
 Feel right for anythino-make the liver lively, the bowels function regu- tariy, with Dr. Kings New Life PillS Smoothly yet positively they produce results that cleanse the system and make the liver and bowels respond to the demands of a strong. healthy body. still 25c.-at all druggists. Try them tonight.
The spectator., 1919-10-21

Accept California" Syrup of Figs only-look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harm less laxative or physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bot tie. Give it without fear.
 Mother! You must say California .'' Adv.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
BILI0USNESS
 Caused by Acid-StonlaCh

If people who bilious are treated cording to local symptoms they seldom get very much better. Whatever relief is ob- tainei Is usually temporary. Trace bilious ness to it's source and remove the cause and the chances that the patient will re- main strong and healthy.
 Doctors say that more than 70 nor- organic diseases can be traced to Acid- Stomach Bilousness is one of them. Indi- gestion. heartburn. belching, sour stomach. blont and gas are other signs of acid stomach. EATON1C. the marvellous modern stomach remedy. brings quick relief from these stomach miseries which lead to long train of ailments that make life miserable fl not corrected
 EAToNfC literally nbsorbs and carries away the excess acid. Makes the stomach strong. cool and comfortable. Helps diges- tion. improves the appetite and you then get full strength from your food. Thousands cay that EAToNiC Is the most effective stomach remedy in the world. IL Is the help YOU need. Try t on our money back -n- not satisfied guarantee. At all drugSista Only 50 cents for big box.
The spectator., 1919-10-21
1actfuI NeDhew.

Old Aunt (despondently)-Well, I shall not be nuisance to you much longer.
 Nephew (reassuringly)-Don't talk like that, aunt; you know you will.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
The French.

The French have been remarkable
for their excellence in narrative. ever
since the times of the fabliaux and the
old Norman romances. Somewhat of
their success in this way may be i'm
puted to the structure of their lam
guage, whose general currency, and
whose peculiar fitness for prose compo-
sition, have been noticed from very
early period. Brunette Latini, the
master Of Dante, wrote his Tesoro in
French, in preference to his own
tongue, as far back as the middle of
the thirteenth century, on the ground
that "its speech was the most univer-
sal and most delectable of all the dia-
lects of Europe" And Dante asserts,
in his treatise on Vulgar Eloquence,
that "the superiority Of the French
consists in its adaptation, by means
CT its facility and agreeableness, to
narratives in prose."-W. 81. Prescott.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05

Some men just can't foot bill with
out kicking.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Whv Pfay the EooI7

There's no advantage in playing the
fool. You may kick against custom
if you will, but what gain is there
in it? After all the world wants re-
suits. It's willing to pay the man who
supplies it with what it wants. To act
part, or to claim what is truly yours
may bring temporary success. but the
deceit is paying too much for the whis.
tie. Reactions always follow trick
cry and Dragging. If you're really
smart you won't have to stoop to de-
ception to get ahead. You will respect
yourself and other folk by acting as
If everybody had a reasonable supply
of brains. That will keep you from
doing foolish things and expecting eN
oneration because it's you. And the
sooner you learn to do your part the
less you will have to pay.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Swiss CantonS.

Switzerland is a confederation of
% cantons, three of which, Basel, APP
pencil and Unterwalden, are politi-
cally divided into half cantons each,
Four are called forest cantons, namely,
SchwyZ, Uri, Unterwalden and Lu-
cerne. They were grouped about Lake
Lucerne. AS Schwyz was the most
prominent in the war for freedom, and
members of the confederacy for indie
pendence were known in the outside
world as "Switzers," this canton ulti-
mately gave its name to the entire
league. Each canton has its own con-
stitution and local government and Is
divided for administrative purposes
into districts. The districts are in
turn divided into communes. In near
ly all Of the cantons the principle Of
the initiative and referendum is sue
cessfully applied. The Swiss cantons
are republics in miniature, having ex-
tensive power in local affairs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
QUEER OLD "MAGIC MIRROR"
One in British Museum Known to Have
Been Used by Aztecs and
Ancient Mexicans.

Crystal gazing and the use Of magic
mirrors played an important part In
religion and wizardry in the past, and
though almost every nation had its
own method these did not vary as much
as it would be supposed.
Thus while Japan had In her innel
temples mirrors which only the priest
saw, and which were always to reflect
the good and the beautiful for the
gods, the ancient Mexicans taught
that their god TeXcatlipuco had
magic mirror in which he saw every
thing that happened each day in the
world.
A real obsidian mirror with its
strange textile string still attached is
in the British museum now and was
used by the Aztecs and ancient Next
cans for various purposes and very
probably for crystal gazing. 1t is
much the same as the other crystals
used by so-called Wizards" so far as
it's shape is concerned. Even in recent
years crystal gazing has been prac-
ticed, and it is said by those who have
tried it that the mirror or crystal
seems to disappear into mist after 1T
has been stared at in complete silence
for a great length of time, and then
if ever-the visions appear.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
HAD THE SPIRIT OF GERMANY
Old Man Green Might Have Been a
Model for Some Of the Hun
Statesmen.

A senator was discussing one Of
the German counter-propositions
1.-The spirit of the thing" he said,
reminds me of old man Green.
"Old man Green's house was over
run with rats, and he hired rat
catcher for So to clean the rodents
out.
"The rat-cacher worked like Tro-
jan. He killed a whole packing case
of rats. Then he said to the old man:
"'There you are, Mr.. Green. My
job is done. You'll have no more trou
bic with rats, and you needn't bother
about these here dead ones, neither.
I'll cart 'em away myself
"''HOw much do I owe you, friendY
said old man Green.
1.-TWO simoleons, like what was
agreed on, boss
Then the old man pointed at the
huge packing case and said in a pro-
testing voice:
Don't I get nothing for all them
rats?"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Everybody Knew 1t,

He is very facetious young man
who has paid court to a Hoosier school
teacher for several years. Now he has
formed the habit of often coming after
her in his machine, and while he waits
for her he amuses himself by teasing
the boys. Recently one of the boys re-
minded him of a promise he had made
to take them riding. aren't you ever
going to do it?" demanded the boy.
ooh, of course-some day." laughed
the man. Didn't you fellows know
that I was a regular shark at putting
off things?"
The boy was provoked. Eyes, we
know it, and so does Miss W" He
gave the other boys significant look.
eff you weren't that, we'd have a new
teacher some day." - Indianapolis
News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
No LEGAL Offense.

Perhaps the most notable instance
On record of a treaty prematurely dis
closed occurred in 1878, when a secret
pact with Russia was revealed by
Charles Marvin, minor foreign Office
official entrusted with the task of max
ing copy. Marvin sent a summary
Of the document to the editor of Lon
con evening paper, who published it.
The sensation was immense, and Lord
Salisbury's attempts to persuade the
house Of lords that the disclosure was
wholly unworthy of their confidence"
was promptly followed by the appear
ance in the evening paper of the COM
plete text of the treaty from Marvin's
wonderfully retentive memory. Mar
vim was arrested, but the law officers
discovered that he had committed no
offense known to the law.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
AS YOUNGeAS'
YOUR KIDNEYS

The secret of youth is ELIMINA-
TON OF POISONS from your body.
This done, you can live to be hundred
and enjoy the good things of life with
as much pep" as you did when in the
springtime Of youth. Keep your body
in good condition, that's the secret.
Watch the kidneys. They filter and
purify the blood, all of which blood
passes through them once every three
minutes. Keep them clean and in
proper working condition and you have
nothing to fear. Drive the poisonous
wastes and deadly uric acid accumuln-
tons from your system. Take GOLD
MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules and you
will always be in good condition. You
will feel strong and vigorous. with
steady nerves and elastic muscles.
GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil Capsules
are imported direct from the labora-
tories at HARLEM, Holland.
They are reliable remedy which
has been used by the sturdy Dutch for
over 200 years. and has helped them
to develop into one of the strongest
and hearthiest races of the world. Get
them from your druggist Do not take
a substitute. In sealed packages-
three sizes-Ady
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Revenge of a Reporter.

Doctor Gore, the retiring bishop of
Oxford, has been one Of the numerous
British victims of the American re-
porter. During visit to the Ameri-
can Episcopal church some years ago,
he was besieged in "city" Of the
Wild West by horde of copy-hunting
pressmen, who demanded his views of
various topical subjects. but he de-
clined to be drawn.
The next morning purely fictitious
interview appeared in a local paper
giving Mt great length startling opin-
ions he was alleged to hold on various
topics, including some highly spiced
personal criticisms on local politicians
opposed to the paper.
This work of Imagination was IL
Illustrated by an enormous pair of boots
tabled to belong to the bishop. Be
meath the boots was a libelous query !:
Are these feet or yards ?"-London
Chronicle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Giant APRICOT Tree.

On the Muir fruit ranch, between
Van Nuys and Lankershim, is the lar
gest apricot tree in the world, in the
opinion Of J. W. Grimes, well known
figure in the fruit industry, who in
spected the arboreal giant last week,
the Los Angeles Times said recently.
It is thirty-five years old.
The tree, measured by Mr.. Grimes
and G. A. Huffaker. was found to be
fifty-four and a half inches in circum-
ference at point two and half feet
from the ground. 1t is twenty-five
feet high. Mr.. Grimes is said to have
visited almost every fruit-growing re-
gion in California and has made spe-
cial study of apricots.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
CALLING the Turn.

"In our army" said War Correspond
ent George Patullo, sit doesn't pay to
pull the long bow.
II once heard a captain scold a
doughboy for pottering too long over
his meals.
"'Why, when I was on the west
coast said the captain, I had to hunt
my breakfast in the jungle. Out I'd
start every morning. and I'd penetrate
several miles into the wilderness, shoot
my food, skin it. cook it, eat it, and be
back in camp again inside Of half an
hour
"He paused impressively, then he
added:
"'Of course you've heard of the west
coast?
"'Oh, yes, SIR said the doughboy,
Baron Munchausen came from there,
didn't hep"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
PAT'ONl.C
ND TOR YOUR AcD-SToMACiD
W. N. u, BALTIMORE, NO. s5-1s1s.
Thus Typist Prays.

While in a certain government Office
recently Sir Evan Jones. the British
transport chairman, overheard the fol-
lowing dialogue between two fair type
writer tappers:
"Isn't it terrible the way we have to
work these days"
Rather! Why, 1 typed 80 many let
tiers yesterday that last night finished
my prayers with Yours truly YAM
couver (B. c. Province.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out preeminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
UNI and large.
However, if you wish to test this great
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, n Y, for sample
bottle. When writing be sure and men
ton this paper.-Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
MEXICAN PLANT
MAY CONQUER
BR|CHT'S DISEASE

New York.-Physicians who have tested
the sap of the Mexican maguey plant in
the treatment of diseases Of the kidneys
believe that an important discovery has
been made. Writing in La Escuela de
Medicina, the leading Mexican medicine
journal, the editor says: "It is the only
substance known up to the present time,
In the whole world, having the power to
radically and permanently overcome
Bright's Disease"
Reports of definite results in large
number of chronic and long standing
cases of kidney trouble have created a
persistent demand for this sap, which
is popularity known under the name of
AGMEL and considerable quantities are
being imported into the United States.
The Arrow Chemical Co., 81 Union
Square, New York City, will mail to those
interested a free descriptive booklet; or
upon receipt of $500 full sized bottle of
AGMEL. containing 1856 cubic centimeters
Of pure concentrated sap, will be sent to
any address in the U. 8. A or Canada, all
charges prepaid.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Wonderful, Persian Shawl.

Mrs. Bernard E. Grace, q collector
of st. Louis, submitted rare Per-
sian shawl at the New York Metropol-
itan museum. The owner had traced
its history back 165 years. The shawl
is eleven feet by four feet, worked in
long flowing designs of the palm leaf
and the River of Life with the stories
of the mosques. The predoninating
colors are mellowed garnets and
brown, with alternating sheens of steel
gray and rusty brown. A Washington
expert to whom the shawl was shown
said its makeup probably represented
the lifetime of the weaverS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05

So That's Why Stream Is Warm.
Headline-"Devil fishing in the Gulf
stream" Hope they catch the old
boy.-Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
AS an Alternative,

She was not very young, but she
had money.
Dearest" he began, but she
stopped him.
81 anticipate what you are about to
say, Mr.. Sampson" she said, ''and
would spare your feelings, for it can
never, never be. 1 esteem you highly
and will be a sister to"
81 have four sisters already" he re-
piled bitterly, -four grown sisters, and
life is a hideous burden. But, oh,
Clare" he went on passionately, ''if
you cannot be my wife, will you not
give me a home and a mothers pro-
tective love? am an orphan. Pear
sons Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05
Useful Portable Saw,

The portable circular saw, attacha-
BILE to any lamp socket and capable of
doing much Of the handSaw's work, is
not the least Of recent laborsaving de-
vices. Such a tool, self-contained.
weighs only - pounds. has three and
one-quarter inch blades, and consists
of a sliding cylindrical base carrying
the blade and a one-Quarter horse
power motor having q speed of 10000
revolutions per minute. Special gauges
insure accurate cross-cut or rip-saw
work. The tool is guided by an ordi-
nary saw handle, push button con-
trolls the operation, and suitable
guard gives it safety.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1919-09-05

81O11J my U1OUUICSs
| improved il, health so could do my
homework; we now have little one, all
of which owe to Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. - Mrs. o. 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.
Such 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.