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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

middle of summer, from the scene of a
brisk, if not of an important war and
placed, not in position still liable to
be assailed, and so calculated to keep
US i'm remembrance of our uses,-but n
board of ship, where, our time could
alone be occupied in eating, drinking,
sleeping, playing chess, and walking
from one end of plank to the other.
| have said, that at the instant we GER
tainly did enjoy the prospect which
was before us; but the first day of our
re-embarkation passed not away with
out occasioning some alteration in our
sentiments, and long before sunset
in the second, we were again painting
for employment. SO perfectly incon-
sistent is the human mind with itself,
as often as the temperament of the
body or the state of the animal spirits,
may chance to undergo change.
Gro BE CONTINUED.)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
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to the day" And so they did. The
younger brother became the moon, the
elder the SUM-"
AS the salmon is the great staple of
subsistence from the Sacramento River
northward, so with it are connected
the greatest number of superstitions.
Messrs. Lewis and Clark, mentioned
the capture of the first salmon at The
Dalles in 1907, an occasion of great
rejoicing, state that in order to hasten
their arrival the Indians, according to
custom, dressed the fish and cut it into
small pieces, one Of which was given to
each child in the village. At the
mouth of the Columbia the first sal
mon ceuld be eaten only by the medi-
cine men. The taking of the first fish
of the season was everywhere the oc-
casion of feast The salmon dance
was performed and the anticipations of
plenty fghtened every heart. The
earlier fish could not be obtained at
any price by white man, unless they
were first cooked, lest he should open
it with knife instead of a stone or
cut it crosswise. The heart was al
ways roasted and eaten lest a dog
should eat it and no more salmon
would be taken. On the ripening of
the salmon berry these rules are abated,
the coming of the schools by that be-
ing rendered certain. These supersti-
tions have in most of the tribes nearly
died away, the feasts have been discon-
tinued, and the salmon dance neglected.
Oregomion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

| sprang to the seat with dextrouS bound,
And put down my foot the pedal came round.
'GOOdby" cried our hostess; '.Good BY, cried the
wits,
1--WE will follow to- morrow to pick up the bits
Che door closed behind lis, the lights sank to rest,
And into the midnight we wObbled abreast.
Then we raced down the road the ercest of
And the anne to peer at over the gates;
Up Ii II and down dale, on the sl pc, IN the fiat,
My brave little bicycle flew like bat
And / would have stroked and caressed it, you know
Like the man in the poem, but dare not let go.
The geam of our lamps danced about on the way,
And their fragrance uprose with the scent of the hay
And the rustic historian with trembling tells
How he listened that night to the ting ofour bell,
While the moon hanging over the rol trees She lie
With critical ,ze at US wObbng
But dismal adventure remains to be said,
For rashly attempted to turn round my head;
And my bicycle, wrOth ut such empty pretence,
Bore me in an instant full tilt at the fence.
They gathered us up, 1 was sound and entire,
But nv gall ant pneumatic had punctured tire.
Then the people to whom the 60 ID news hal BEEN
brought,
When we came to the place, gathered round as they
ought;
And they fetched a solution of rubber beside,
With patent hand pump, which they vigorously
piled.
For the burges>es i'd they could scarcely refrre
To pump up the machine that had brought the good
news.
Pail Mall Gazette.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
COURTEOUS MEN,

We meet this type of man almost
every place we go. Handsome? Well,
no, not precisely; at least not in a
mans eyes. But lie has that indie
scribable something about him which
all the women adore at first sight.
Young ladies who VOW they will never,
never marry, take hack those words
when they become acquainted with the
courteous man whose days of bachelor
hood are numbered. He is careless,
light-hearted, laughter-loving; he has
not dark curly hair, but straight, CON-
monplace locks. His position, circum-
stances and friends enter INTO heart
les: conspiracy to induce him to make
a reasonable marriage. He accustoms
himself once i'm while to call upon the
ladies', to attend an occasional evening
party or other pleasant festival, where
he is esteemed as "the prince Of jovial
fellows" There seems to be some
marvellous attraction about the plain,
nice, courteous man. He makes every
one feel at home. "Isn't he a delight
full person" asked lady friend of
mine in an animated manner, concern
ing gentleman who had been pc
cnliarly agreeable during the evening.
"Before | answer that question. l shoud
like to see him at home," said if he
chances to be married, should like to
know it, when he jars his wife's feel
ings, he says, BEG pardon" as smil-
ingly and rs promptly as when he
stepped upon yonder ladies dress.
How bright that home would be to his
wife with one half the courtesy and
forethought that he invariably show S
to strangers.
ALLOW me to extend my opinion, y
he blandly remarks to opponents,
whenever a discussion arises in COM
pany. "Pshaw! you know no more
than fool about it," he says at his
own tireside, to his wife. She ought
not to expect anything different she
tells herself, from the man of the
world to whom she surrendered heart
and soul and loved at first sight, as
she fondly believed. This hero of he +
rosy day dreams gives half his life to
money making the other half to dining
out, and he goes, forth into society a
conqueror. No wonder his wife is not
''looking we'll" She bows her neck to
the yoke when she notices how polite
he is every place except at home and
tashes the hopes of all the marriage
able girls of her acquaintance by hint
ing that men are gay deceivers." Yet
it is perfectly natural for women who
are always dropping bouquets or
handkerchiefs or half-lOsing their ope-
I'll cloaks, and casting around them
such pititiIl looks for assistance, to let
their most appealing, helpless glances
fall OH the courteous men who are al
ways smiling at their beck and call.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
CHAPTER VIII.
RETREAT FROM WASHINGTON-RE-SI
MENT OF THE TROOPS.

Having taken this sergeant, with
such of the privates as lay near him,
by the hand, proceeded to the ward
occupied by the officers; but had bare
ly time to express my commiseration
of their case, when notice was given
that the column was again ready to
move. Ijoined it without delay. The
soldiers, If they had not recovered each
man his own. were, at all events. in
possession of 4 sufficient number Of
knapsacks; and we renewed our retreat
in as good order as had hitherto dis
tinguished it. OF that order it may
may not be out of place to give here a
brief account.
Reversing the arrangements which
had held good during the advance, the
third brigade this night led the way;
it was followed by the artillery. now
supplied with horses, which again was
succeeded by the light brigade. In
rear of this came the light troops. OF
whom three companies, which had fur
nished the pickets during the day, did
the duty of rear guard. Last of all
moved the mounted drivers, supported
by scattered files of infantry on each
side of the way, whilst half a troop Of
rocket-men marched between the head
of the rcar-guard, and the rear of the
column, in readiness to bring their hor-
rible weapons into play at the first
alarm.
Hitherto our men had moved on in
profound silence. The strictest orders
had been issued that no one should
speak, and no one thought of disobey-
ing the order; but as the night stole on
and the distance between us and the
city became hourly greater and great
er, degree of carelessness to the wishes
of those in power, became manifest
through all ranks. The fact is, that
we were completely worn out. The
broken rest of Il single day had hy no
means made amends for the toll of the
five days preceding, and being follow
ell by night-march, proved absolute
ly useless. For some time, indeed, the
novelty of the scene served to amuse
us. 1t was highly romantic to march
through thick forests and wooded glens,
by the feeble light of Il young moon:
whilst the delicious coolness of the
night air came upon us with the great
er force, that we could not avoid con-
trastng it with the sultry atmosphere
which had oppressed us when we last
traversed these parts. Then, again,
there was the idea of being followed :
the chance of sudden attack, and the
prospect of a nj ght action,- these,
as long as we We're near the position of
the enemy's camp, served to put new
mettle into our bosoms. But IN pro-
portion as we got farther and farther
from the seat of danger, romance grad
ually lost it's influence; till finally, the
olly sensation to which we were alive,
|;sy one of overwhelming wcariness;
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
IN THE BEGINNING
1t was arbitrated.

OF new year, when the winter season
of close confinement is only half cone,
many find that their health begins to
break down, that the least exposure
threatens sickness. 1t is then as well
as all other times, and with people
even in good health, that the follow
ing facts should be remembered namely:
that Hoods Sarsaparilla leads every
thing in the way Of medicines; that it
accomplises the greatest cures in the
world has the largest sale in the world,
and requires the largest building in
the world devoted exclusively to the
preparation of proprietary medicine.
Does not this conclusively prove, if
you are sick, that Hoods Sarsaparilla
is the medicine for you to take?
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

THE BOYS IDEA-Little Boy (point-
ing to window of india rubber shop)-
What are those?
Mamma-Those are diving suits,
made of india rubber, so that the diver
won't get wet.
Little Boy wish l had one.
Mamma-What for, my dear?
Little Boy-To wear when you wash
me.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
Seleft Mi5frllunq.
A SUBALTERN IN AMERICA.
= Pail Nall Gazette.

THE following narrative gives gra-
phic description of the march Of the Bri-
tish army through this section of Mary
land in the summer of 1914 1t is a re-
print of a book, now exceedingly rare,
which was written and published early in
the century by G. R. Gleig. The author
was young officer in the invading army,
but afterwards studied for the ministry
and became the Chaplain General of the
British forces. The publication was be-
gun in our issue of Au@ust 7th last.-ED.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

RESOLUTIONS.-I will wear easier
shoes than l did last year.
If find that | have to wear specta-
cles | will.
l will not read one-half of the adver-
tisements in the Sunday papers.
| will think less about money and
reach out after pore of it.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

The Boy FAVORED MODERN METH
ODs.-The boy had been in thought for
several minutes.
"Father," he said at last, ''it's wrong
to fight, isn't it 2"
Yes, my son." replied the father,
pleased to see that his lesson on that
subject had not been wasted.
ats wrong to try to settle disputes
by resorting to force, isn't it?'
"It is, indeed returned the father.
The whole tendency of modern civil
zation is to do away with fighting of
all descriptions.
Muscle doesn't count Tor SO much
as it used to, does it p
"No, my boy physical prowess do
not rank as high as mental ability
the world today"
The boy again relapsed into thought
for few minutes, apparently ponder
ing his fathers words.
'Then, of course, we're all for peace
now," he finally said.
"Of course. Perfect peace is the
ideal for which we strive"
"And we should strive for that ideal
in private and public affairs, shouldn't
we?'
"Always."
"That's what | though" said the
boy, refectively. "Don't you think
that we have good opportunity to
apply it now p
'.In what way, my boy?'
"Why let's arbitrate the question of
that licking that you are going to give
me after dinner Everybody arbitrates
now"
1t was arbitrated.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

"a vide Table Oil Cloth, lie. per yd.
Felt Window Shades, with good spring
roller, and all attachments, ready to put
up l24c.
Best quality Opaqe Window shades,
best spring roller, all attachments, ready
to put up, 25c. 20
Heavy fancy Chinese Straw Mating, %
different designs, 94c per yard, same goods
as Others ask 15c for.
Best quality Japanese Cotton warp ran
cy art inserted Stair Mattlngs, l9c per yo'
same as others ask 40c for.
Stained Screen Doors, any size you
want, 69c.
Fancy oak Queen Ann Screen Doors,
any size you want, 99c.
Window Screens, fit any size WIN
dow, lie.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
WE ARE SELLING

Fi Class business for $3.50 in Black Cheyiots and
;d @ meres fall woo5 for $40 $l2 and Is, display
% assl rtment in all styes-and then take $40 Black
or Blu Kersey equal any sold elsewhere & for four,
teen Stop and see u.s. o gooos ana prices WI" save
you many dollar
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

of akng ard selling retail trade exclusively the BEST
BALTIMORE MADE CLOTHING at manufacturers prices we
have for years No business hurries
temporary gain will tempt from the settled plans which secure
prices
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08

Turkey Red Table Damask, go inches
wide, CSC per yd., the quality is the SOC
kind.
Fruit of the Loom, bleached cotton, full
yard wide, 65c per yard, any quantity you
want.
Clark's Spool Cotton, Sc per spool.
Star Washing Soap &c per cake.
Circus Washing Soap, &c per cake.
3Ouart Ice Cream Fraezers, $1.29c.
4Quart Ice Cream Freezers. lac.
3Quart Coffee Boiler, Sc.
Good strong Carpet Broom, &c.
Six Cups and Six Saucers, 29c per set.
Clothes Pins, doZ. for 1c.
Good quality Pins, 2 large Papers for
l cent.
Children's Garden Sets, Hoe, Rake and
Shovel all for &C.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
We Want Your Trade.
VOL. 15.

We are after you and if prices will do it, you are
ours We only give you few items and prices just
to learn you what doing.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-01-08
MEDICINALvALUE FOOD.

The Chicago Chronicle, referring to
the medicinal value of food, says:
"Carrots for sufferers from asthma.
Watercress is remedy for scurvy.
Spinach is useful to those with gravel.
Lettuce for those suffering from in
somnia. Asparagus is used to induce
perspiration. Turnips for nervous dis
orders and for scurvy. Honey is
wholesome. strenthening, cleansing,
healing and nourishing. Peanuts for
indigestion. They are especially re-
commended for corpulent diabetes.
Celery is invaluable as food for those
suffering from any form of rheuma-
tism, for diseases of the nerves and
nervous dyspepsia. Fresh ripe fruits
are excellent for purifying the blood
and toning up the system. As speci-
fic remedies oranges are aperient. Sour
oranges are highly recommended for
rheumatism. Eggs contain large
amonnt of nutriment in a compact,
quickly available form. Beaten up
raw with sugar they are used to clear
and strengthen the voice. With su-
gar and lemon juice the beaten white
of eggs Will relieve hoarseness. Raw
beef proves of great benefit to persons
of frail constitution and those suffering
from coasuml ton. 1t is chopped fine,
seasoned with salt and heated by
placing it in a dish of hot water. 1t
assimilates rapidly and affords the best
nourishment. Onions are almost the
best nervine known. No medicine is
so useful in cases of nervous prOstra-
ton, and there is nothing else that will
so quickly relieve and tone UP worm
out system. Onions are useful in all
cases of coughs, colds and influenza, in
in consumption, insomnia, hydrophobia,
scurvy, gravel and kindred liver com
plants. Eaten every other day they
soon have clearing and whitening eff
feet on the complexion.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

colored. The one in the picture is III
linen duck, green in color, with a hair
line of white running through it. made
with a perfect hanging skirt innocent
of trimming. White braid ornaments
the dainty Elton jacket. while the reyers
are of white linen as is also the waist
coat, which is closed on the left side by
small white buttons, enameled in
green.
Some charming blouses have shown
themselves within the past week. some
of the most novel and original being
made in bandana silk with plain silk
sleeves simply finished with deep ruff
les of cream-tinted lace. Foulard silk
is in great demand for blouses, and is
certainly dainty and pretty enough to
please the o exacting. A model
waist of blue and white foulard had in
Vulnerable small tucks running from
throat to waist. and broken up here
and there with full frills of very mar
row yalenciennes lace. This horizontal
mode of trimming is quite the proper
thing, according to some Of the best
dressmakers. but is really only suitable
to the tall. slender m The plump
sister should flee from it as from the
plague. The one in the illustration.
would be a good model for her to use.
as it is easy to copy. In this instance
it is composed of pale green surah silk,
with trimmings of applique and vaIen-
ciennes lace and black ribbon velvet.
For midsummer millinery only the
very softest and lightest materials is
used, the feather straw being per-
haps the most popular. Not only is
it wonderfully light in weight but it is
also remarkably pliable and can be
bent into any shape by clever fingers.
l have seen some very beautiful toques
made of this feather straw in two
shades of hellotrope, one of the most
successful being turned up sharply on
the left side to disclose a mass of pur-
plish red roses. Very swell looking
bonnets. jaunty and coquettish as to
shape. are beginning to assert them
selves, and should be welcomed most
gladly by those very many women TO
whom a bonnet is distinctly more be-
coming Onan SlUner u nat OF tOquS. al
ideal bonnet for q brunette wearer, or
one with prematurely gray hair, is of
a very bright shade of cerise straw,
with no trimming save in front, where a
tall cluster of geranium blossoms was
placed that shaded through every color
of pink and rose, from the very palest
cerise to the deepest crimson. The
strings to this bonnet were simply de-
lightful. sbeing made of pink glace silk
and arranged with three little finely
plated BrilIs of silk, so that when fas-
tened under the chin with a small jew
eled pin that had all the effect OF a small
silken crayat. and were at the same time
exceedingly becoming.
KATE GARDNER.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

Tirst Assistant Postmaster-General)
march of two weeks duration any day
than to repeat the experience of that
summer.
Fortunately for us, one of our num-
Der resigned. He could not stand the
strain and live; and, when he was
emancipated, he went to the postmas-
ter-general and told him how things
were going. 1t was all news to him,
and he Immediately issued an order
dispensing with the night work. He
said hat the ofice-seekers could wait
for a more convenient season."
Then go to the clerk Of the stamp
division. He says: Here we have to
make out orders for an average of
100000 worth of stamps for the post
offices of the country every day. II
there is an error made of one single
cent look out for your official head.
Yet the department compels two men
to do the work which not less than five
men ought to be engaged upon. 1t is
hurry, hurry, hurry all the time; but
Lord help the villain who makes an err
ror in a single column. Our chief is a
| RGnllCl4dHy Uub nS ID uAOCk O1QGkH A4OA4
unsympathetic superiors." /
In ther railway mail service 1t Il the
same. The government pays goaE sal
aries to few men. 1t pays moregthan
they ought to have. But the men who
do the actual work are paid less than
$1,000 per annum. The government is
stingy, ~niggardly, mean. Promotion
does not come by merit. 1t goes by
political favor now as much as under
the spoils system. For examples: In
February, 1886, a gentleman of fair
clerical ability came into the depart
ment through the civil service COM
mission. He is gentlemanly, and has
seen better days. None of his fellow
clerks blame him for what was done
afterwards. But they hate the system.
The new clerk was promoted to $1,4O0
per year in July, 1886. He happened TO
have congressional influence. The men
over whom he was elevated were older,
more experienced, more capable, ex-
necessitate rel, but they had no polite
al influence. Do you imagine that adj
ministration of that kind tends to ell
evate the quality and character of the
work, or that it dignifes the laborer2
You must remember all the time that
these paintings are not the work Of
a dauber who has been rejected by the
haut-ton of the profession. They are
the simple truth telling of one of the
serfs who emancipated himself, and is
free to tell what none has dared to
say before, and the only object in view
is that young men may profit by the
statement of the facts, and seek any
other avenue of bread-winning rather
than enter upon a quest for govern
ment employment at Washington.
SMITH d. FRY.
The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-07-10

vision says: when the democratic adj
min~istration came in We were over
whelmcd with letters, petitions, recon-
mendations and all sorts Of correspond
ence concerning $4,000 o stofhces. The
work had to be done. After working all
day we were ordered to come back at
night aud work until ten o'clock. We
were driven like lambs to the slaughter.
None Of us dared to go to the first as
sistant, or to the acknowledgement
Our superiors would % speak for US.
We had to zeal the brunt Of it all, and
get no credit for it. Two hundred other
clerks in the second and third assist
ants offices would put on their hats
and saunter gaily forth into the sum
shine at four o'clock every ~efternoon-
It never occurred to the powers above us
that those 200 men might have stayed
one hour longer and assisted us, there
by dividing the work equally and saw
ing our eyes, brains and general health.
No, we received neither sympathy nor
thanks.
Hitherto we had been accustomed
to a vacation when the heated term
came upon us in this southern town.
But we were seoffed at when we spoke
of rest. For twelve days the thermom-
eter registered 100 degrees in the
shade constantly, and we had to work
under the heat of the chandelier and
droplght until we almost sank in our
places. Talk about soldering I've
been there. I'd rather make 9 forced