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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Ignorance of English Is
Cause of Many Accidents
in the Mining Districts

That the inability to read and I'M
de1stand English places the foreign
born in danger Of his life is the strik-
ing fact brought out in recent state
ment of mine fatalities by the bureau
of mines, department Of interior. The
facts offer a strong argument for
Americanization.
The rate Of accidents among the
non-English speaking miners is not
only greater in all the great mining
districts Of the country but the in
creased ratio is uniform in all dis
tricts. The bureau of mines consid-
ers that this demonstrates clearly that
the inability to read warning signs, to
comprehend fully the company's in
structions and to understand their
foreman, places an unnecessary haz-
ard upon the foreign-born.
The figures given show the differ
ence in the rate of serious accidents in
the mines among the American-speak-
ing and those from the countries Of
continental Europe, almost entirely
non-English speaking.
In Pennsylvania anthracite mines
43 per cent of the employees are Eng
disappearing and this number is
charged with only 2S.S per cent of the
fatalities, whereas the other 56 per
cent sustained Il per cent Of the IA
talities. This is a comparative ratio
of 500 to 1888 against the non-English
speaking.
In Pennsylvania bituminous mines
the ratio is I'll to 1,123 and in West
Virginia district, 100 to 1,424. In In
diana the ratio is not so great.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
STATE NEWS
BRIEFLY TOLD
The Latest GIeanings From Al
Over the State.
THINGS SEEN AND HEARD
Made Death Certain.

Hagerstown.-After lying in the
forest five days the body of former
Justice of the Peace Eugene A.
Brown, IS, was found badly decom-
posed, on South Mountain, near
Brownsville, by Henry and Clarence
1slin. Brown shot bullet through his
head and gashed his legs with a razor.
Acting Coroner Justice Hines, of Rohr-
ersville, after an investigation, decided
that Brown had killed himself.
Brown recently returned from
Washington and was staying with
friend at Brownsville. Sunday morn
ing he left the house after telling sew
eral persons he intended to lend it
ALL" Failing to return, searching par
ties were organized, and for five days
secured the country for his body. A
HagerstoWn newspaper received let
ter bearing Browns signature in which
he stated he intended committing sui
eide because of disappointment in love
and domestic troubles. "The hypo-
thetical hell of Daptn's Imagination
cannot be worse than the torment
am now enduring" he wrote.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Every Tree a Wireless


Discovery that every tree potential wireless tower announced
recently by Major General Suier chief signal officer the reveal
ing and telling the story how while hoses
army with string of stations using tree
from ships and the principal European
radio stations
made his disclosure paper read before the Phys
ical Society America meeting Washington c. the United
bureau of standards.
took the scientists out into the woods the bureau
portable field laboratory erected there for expert
mens in development of the discovery
wireless tower nothing than
preferably eucalyptus with small netting spread below
and an insulated hanging from spike driven the top
"From planted in fertile soi said General
souier I becomes and receiver of electromagnetic
and the properties this receiver through
produce
in time the giant the power of multiplying plant cells
indeed he called an Incompatible ampifer'"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Astronomers Puzzled.

Some astronomers are of the opinion
that the moon was once upon time
part of the earth, and that, while the
latter was in a plastic state, our satel-
lite was thrown out from it. They
point to the Pacific ocean as the cash
from which it was rudely rent.
Maybe so. But nobody knows why
the surface of the moon, of which we
never see much more than half, Is
covered with so-called "craterS" that
bear no likeness to anything on the
earth. They are bowl-shaped, usually
circular, and trimmed by cliffs 5000 to
10000 feet high. There are at least
$4,000 Of them visible to the telescope,
the biggest being 800 miles in diam
eter.
The late Professor Pickering of
Harvard was convinced that the moon
has a little moon of its own, q few
hundred yards in diameter, which can
he seen only when the earth passes
between the sun and the lunar orb,
throwing the latter inta its shadow
Exchange.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
KEEPING BOOKS
ON THE HENS

These days, knowing the hens e1-
act board bill is next in Importance
to knowing her exact production OF
eggs in given length of time. Some
testing work carried on by the Ohio
experimental station with a flock OF
"a Leghorn hens for three years has
furnished valuable data on the amount
of feed consumed by flock OF layers
when kept until three years old, and
no less important is the number OF
eggs these hens laid during the three
years of their lives.
This flock of Leghorns was fed
fairly well-balanced ration Of mixed
grains and dry mash, containing meat
scraps also green feed, shell and grit.
The hens consumed an average of
17411a pounds of grain and mash dur
ing the three years, from November
"a. 1912, to October 6, 1915, which dur
ing that period cost 1927 per hen. The
hens laid an average of 351 eggs each,
or III eggs per hen each year, and
yielded total profit of S4.18 per hen.
The feed cost of the eggs was 7A
cents a dozen. At the end of three
years there were II Of the hens still
alive, the mortality having been 20 per
cent.
If we triple the feed cost per hen
to approximate present feed prices,
and make the average price Of eggs
B5 cents a dozen, hens of same aver
age quality would return an annual
profit above feed cost of better than
81 each for three laying years. On the
same basis, 1000 hens would return
to the poultryman a fair living above
expense of investment, depreciation,
interest etc.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
In the Days of the BustIe.

I was making a new dress for my
self 1t was good many years ago, in
the days when we wore bustles. The
hustle which wore was a homemade,
crude affair. When fitting the dress,
I had put on the hustle in order to get
the proper hang to the skirt. So, to
save time, 1 tied the hustle around
outside of my house dress, and then
tried on the new skirt.
During the morning found it neces-
sary to go to the store, and while wait
ing in the crowded grocery for my
parcels, a friend, came up to me and
said, to the amusement of the by
standers: "Why, Lille, what have
you tied around your waist?'
1 found l had forgotten to take the
hustle off, and had worn it on the
outside of my house dress all the
way to the store.-EXchange
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

The dresses brought out by manu-
facturers of children's clothes this sea-
son ought to be great help to moth
ers Neatness is characteristic of the
new designs and neatness is the first
thing that mothers must teach their
little ones Little girls acquire good
taste in dress unconsciOuSly and the
responsibility of cultivatfng it rests on
the mother. She will be safe in Sc
lecting the clothes turned out by spe-
cialists in children's wear for her little
ones-if she doubts her own gifts and
intuitions-in the selection of frocks.
A frock for the times when our little
miss must "dress up" is shown at the
left of the picture above. 1t is made
of swiss organdie, as crisp and fresh
as snow. A wide hem and eight pin
tucks above it speak for the attention
give1r the skirt, while the bodice re-
ioices in bretelleS of narrow swiss en-
broidery at each side and 'V" at the
front filled in with plain organdie with
tiny pearl buttons at each side. Ihe
embroidery outlines the neck, and a
little, prim bow of ribbon calls atten-
ton to it. This same ribbon makes a
pretty sash that will complete the hap
piness of the very young lady who IS
to wear it and help teach her to be
careful of her finery.
At the right of the picture new
model for a very little girl shows a
quaint frock with batiste body and
gingham skirt There is not much to
say of it, except that it is pretty and
cool looking. for the picture tells all
IFS simple story. The square pockets
are cut Oh the bias of the goods and
have border of batiste at the top.
Often plain chambray is used instead
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Neoro BootIeqaers Fined.

Hagerstown.-Richa Warren, John
Phillips and Nettie Wesley, all colored,
were found guilty by-Justice J. H. Bit
ner on the charge of bootlegging. War.
rem and the Wesley woman were SEN
fenced to Jail for three months and
each to pay fine Of 800 and costs:
II, at the expiration Of three months.
they have not paid their fines they
will serve so days additional in jail.
Phillips was fined 500 and costs and
in default of payment was sentenced
to Jail for 60 days. The evidence
showed that the whisky, which was
brought here from Pennsylvania, was
sold to three white men.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
EA~ XzzaaAz
Bead Work.

All kinds of bead work Is so much
in vogue that amateurs will hail with
delight any suggestions. To have
good results proper tools must be or
hand. Procure fine straw or long-eye
crewel needles. Use fine linen thread
and wax it. Basic the canvas to thir
goods, such as lawn, on the wrong
side of the design If it be bag OF
solid work, so it will not pucker
Spread beads out on a soft white
cloth for dark beads, and the light
ones on dark surface, then worB
only in a good light, not facing it
De not work until tired and restless
II will not pay.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

Prime cantantei
Echerzo! Andante!
Plano, pianisslmo!
Presto, prestissimo!
Hark! are there nine birds or ninety and
nine?
And now a miraculous gurgling gushes
like nectar from Hebe's Olympian bottle.
The laughter of tune from rapIorouS
throttle! -,
Such melody must be a hermit thrush's!
But that other caroler, nearer,
outrivaling rivalry with clearer
Sweetness incredibly fine!
Is it oriole, redbird or bluebird.
Or some strange un-Auduoonneo ne"
bird?
All one. sir. both this bird and that bird;
The whole flight are all the same catoird!
Tha whole visible and invisible choir you
On one 1.-THE twig of yon green tree.
Fitting feathery Blondel!
listen to his rondel!
10 his lay romantical,
To his sacred canticle.
Hear him lifting.
See him fitting
His saucy head and tail are fluttering
While uttering
All the difficult operas under the sun.
lust for fun!
Or in tipsy revelry,
Or at love deviltry, .
Or. disdaining his divine gift and art,
Like an imitable poet
Who captivates the worlds heart.
And doesn't know 1t.
Hear him Hlti
Bee him tilt!
Then he suddenly stops,
Peers about, f1irts, hops,
AS If looking where he might gather up
The wasted ecstasy just split
From the quivering cup
OF his bliss overrun.
Then, as in mockery of all
The tuneful spells that e'er did fan
From vocal pipe, or evermore shall rise'
He snarls and news, and flies
William Henry Venable.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

farm loan board. The Federal Land
bank of Omaha leads In amount of
loans closed, $4,565, with the Fed
eral Land bank of st. Paul running Sec
ond in amount, $1,993, 200.
The other banks closed loans as fol-
lows: Houston, $1,S3S,OOO; Spokane,
81, ,52S,00O; Louisville. SLIP 900; st.
Louis, SLIPS, 600; Columbia, s. c.,
1923, 900; Wichita, S775,OOO; New Or
leans, $741,OO0: Berkeley, S547.OOO:
Springfield, Mass, $525,0O0, and Balti-
more, $336,0O0.
On April 1 the total amount of
mortgage loans since the establish
ment of the federal land banks was
S19S, 100000, with 79,949 borrowers. Al
together 1S5,643 have applied for loans
under this system, aggregating $492,-
O66, 1888.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Pn,AerfuI New EXPLOSIVE.

A new and very powerful explosive,
which may be used in mining and for
other purposes, Is lead azide. a salt OF
hydromitric acid. The acid forms
great number of salts, as mercury
aZide, silver azide and sodium azide.
Large crystals of lead azide and mer-
curis azide have been found to be very
sensitive to mechanical shocks, the
sensitiveness increasing with the size
of the crystals. Even the breaking of
a single large crystal is said to bring
about explosion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Handicapped by Law.

"You are suffering from brain fag
and ennui," announced the specialist.
you should take more interest in
your. business"
81 would like to-" replied the pa
tient.
"Then why don't you" demanded
the specialist.
"The law won't let me-" replied the
patient. I'm o pawnh"oker."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

studying the game. Bezdek was IA
nous as a gridiron coach and last fall
handled the Penn State squad.
Bezdek's appointment as manager
of the Pirates was one of the sur
prises of baseball. In 1917 the team
finished last. In 1918, after fighting
along most Of the season in third
place, Bezdek finished in fourth place
with an average Of $50. This sea-
son the club is considered a danger
GUS one in the fight for the pennant.
Several stars have returned from
army service and with one of the
strongest staffs of hurlers in the Ma
tional league the Pirates are picked
by many dopesters to finish in the
running.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
SHE HAD NO PATIENCE LEFT
Pretty Well Exhausted in Effort
to Reform William.

A Chicago lawyer said at BAN
quet:
"Let me tell you a temperance
story.
"a long, rangy woman said one day
to a parson:
Parson, Bill was drunk again Sat-
urday night
'But the parson answered in sooth.
ing tone:
"Dear sister, If you would try be-
ing patient with William! Patience
and forbearance work miracles, and !
have faith to believe that in dear Will
liam's case it would be even So
But the long, rangy woman shook
her head.
"Looks to me- she said, 'as If I'd
tried patience and forbearance about
long enough. Talkin' Of forbearance,
don't 1 go weeks at a time without
speakin' to the cuss, no matter what
he asks me? Yes, hull weeks, but it
don't seem no good. Then, when it
comes to patience, why, parson, I've
locked him out of the house all night
more Oftener than l got fingers and
toes, and time and again I've sewed
him up in a sheet when he was full
and walloped him with a rope till l
jest fair dropped with tiredness; and
I've bolted him in the henhOuse three
days runnin' in the patient hope he'd
sign the pledge, but he wouldn't; and
I've douSed him all over with cold wa
ter on many a freezin' winters night,
and I've had him run in twice,
and I've mixed vinegar with his
booze so as to make him sick, and
then waited with the patience of Job
to see If he'd repent when he came
rAund, but, parson, nothin' done no
good. No stree, it'll take more than
patience and forbearance to straighten
that man out"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Rocks.

Cream a cupful of shortening, add
cupful and half of sugar, three eggs.
a teaspoonful of cinnamon. half tea
spoonful of allspice, teaspoonful of
soda dissolved in two tablespoonfuls
of water and cupful each of nuts and
dates, cut fine; add two and one-half
cupfuls of flour and drop by spoOnfuls
on a buttered sheet. Bake in a mod
crate oven.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Gets 125 Bobcats and 200
Coyotes in Three Years

With record of 125 bobcats and
200 coyotes to the credit of a North
Yakima (Wash.) government trapper
operating in the mountains and valleys
of that region, it is estimated by
ranchers that he has saved them a.
600 head of sheep and $4,000 game
birds in the past three years. Basing
their estimate on the known destruc-
tiveness of these wild pests, the money
value of the stock saved Is computed
by them at $240,000. The fur of the
beasts killed or trapped was worth
$4,000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Pack AVIAN Clothes.

Those of us who pack away winter
clothing bedding, etc, should not over
look the virtues of flower of lavender
as a moth preventive, says a corre-
snondent. While many folks still cling
TO the old-fashioned camphor balls for
this purpose everyone knows that
these preventives leave strong odor
on all put-away articles, and this scent
sometimes remains indefinitely.
Flower of lavender has a delightfully."-
agreeable aroma and compares most
Isrcrahly With ma~~ well-knowu sa-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Bridae Committees To Meet.

Hagerstown.-The postponed meet
ing of the legislative committees OF
MARYLAND and West Virginia. appoint
ed to consider the advisability of pur-
chasing the bridges across the Poto-
mac River at Hancock, Williamsport,
Harpers Ferry and ShepherdStown,
will be held here Wednesday after
noon, June 4. The meeting, which
Governors Harrington and CornWell
expect to attend, will probably be held
lp the Courthouse.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Sunshine Cookies.

Take one cupful of sugar, one-third
of a cupful of butter or sweet fat, half
a cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoon
fuls of cream Of tartar and one tea
spoonful of soda, sifted with two cup
fuls of flour. Roll out very thin and
place on baking sheets; drop on one
teaspoonful of the filing and cover
with another cooky. Bake in a mod
crate oven..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
To Freshen Oriental Ruus,

mixture of borax, ammonia and
water is excellent and will not injure
the rugs To one pint Of water add
two tablespoonfuls of powdered boraA
and one tablespoonful of ammonia,
stirring well. Apply while the water
is warm with small brush, rubbing
against the nap. When the entire rug
has been gone over wipe in the same
direction with the nap with soft
cloth which will not lint. Then brush
with the nap, using dry brush. After
this treatment the rugs will be silky,
clear and with a better sheen. This
was told by native rug dealer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
inexperienced Man Can
Make Good as Manager
of a Big Baseball Club

A couple of years ago the dope
sters generally were of the opinion
that an inexperienced man could not
step in and make a success as mana
ger of a major league club. Hugh
Bezdek proved an exception. He
didn't know much more about ham
ding a baseball club than a rabbit
does about Sunday, but he knew how
to handle men and he knew baseball
players by reason Of scout work and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Filling.

Chop or cut with a scissors one cup
full of raisins; one-half cupful Of sugar
is added the juice of half lemon, one
half cupful of hot water and the lemon
rind, grated, if liked. Cook until
smooth and thick. Dates with raisins
may be used, or a few stewed prunes,
dried apples we'll seasoned, or any
thick
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Farmer Dies At 95.

Rising Sun.-William Griffith Jack,
aged 95, died near Liberty Grove. Mr.
Jack was one of the oldest residents
of this section, where he had spent
his entire life He was a well-to-do
farmer. His death was the result OF
fall sustained some weeks ago, when
his hip was fractured. He leaves
widow and two sons, DR.: ". G. Jack
Of Liberty Grove, and Christie Jack, Of
California. .a..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

Director Manning of the bureau OF
mines concludes his report with this
impressive statement:
Had the fatality and injury rate
for the English-speaking American
been maintained throughout the three
groups, there would have been a saw
ing of 716 fatalities and 900 very Sc
rious injuries, a strong argument for
Americanization and education of the
MINER
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Coconut Cream Cookies.

Beat two eggs until light, add cup
full of sugar gradually, half cupful of
shredded coconut, a cupful of cream
and three cupfuls of flour, sifted, with
a teaspoonful of salt and three tea
spoonfuls of baking powder. Chill
and roll out one-half inch thick. Shape
with a small round cutter and bake in
q moderate oven.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Arario,ps Rear New Toyun-

A number of views of the up-tO-date
village, built by the American Red
Cross near. Pisa, Italy, are shown in
Popular Mechanics Magazine. The
village has been built to provide
homes for artisans and their families
who fled from Venice during the war
and since have not been in position
70 return. The village will accommo-
date 1000 persons.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Gets $1,000 For Injuries.

Oakland. - Charles d. Wagaman,
chairman of the State Industrial Ac-
cident Commission. following hear
ing of the claim Of w. F. Adams
against the Globe Tanning Company,
of Hutton, this county, awarded an
indemnity of $50 a week to be paid
until he shall have received $4,000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
s1,o42.4e For Damaaed Corn.

Hagerstown-A jury in the case Of
the J. N. Mccullough Milling Company,
this city, who sued Jones Eby & Son,
Lancaster Pa, for $1,631.69 last De-
cember. brought in verdict for the
plaintiff for $1,24246. The plaintiff
purchased a quantity of corn from the
defendant and claimed it was dam.
aged
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Oatmeal Cookies.

Brown two cupfuls of oatmeal in the
oven until a good brown, then put
through the meat chopper; cream one
cupful of shortening with cupful of
sugar; add salt to taste, two eggs,
teaspoonful each of cinnamon and
soda and seven tablespoonfuls Of thick
sour milk, two cupfuls of flour. Add
few nuts and raisins and drop by tea
spoonfuls on a buttered sheet. Bake
in a moderate oven. This recipe
makes about sixty small cakes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

of batiste, with plaid ginghams and
with striped cotton materials. One
new touch in this little frock appears
in the pointed front that laps over
from left to right and is fastened un.
der q small bit of needle-work by way
of ornament. The sleeves are elbow
length. with turned-back cuffs, and
there is small turnover collar.
Feather stitching is more liked for fin.
ishing these little frocks than hem
stitching.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Breakfast MackereI

Soak a salt mackerel until we'll
freshened. Place in a dripping pan
and cover with boiling water, when
the water has evaporated pour over
thin cream, season and serve at once
when hot.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Canadian Water Plant.

One of the new Canadian hydro
electric plants at Niagara Falls will
utilize the power from water falling
SO5 feet Of the 300 feet difference be-
tween the levels Of Lake 0ntario and
Lake Erie.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06

gradually, a cupful of nut meats. then
the whites. of the eggs, beaten stiff,
and six tablespoonfuls Of flour and a
little salt; mix well and drop from the
tip of a teaspoon on buttered sheet.
Bake in q moderate oven.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
Boric Acid for Eyes.

If the eyes are red use boracic acid
in a wash for them, using pinch of
the powder in the eye cup This is a
good treatment for granulated lids
which cause Inflammation of the eyes.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1919-06-06
ALWAYS the Sash.

The summer dress, whether of silk
or cotton, has a sash, which may be OF
wide or narrow ribbon, or of soft
crushed satin. 1t may assume the form
of chiffon streamers, or may be a bow
made of the dress material.