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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

The hay dealer does business on a
large scale.
AS man grows older he swaps his
ideals for ideas.
The less we have the easier it is to
share it with others.
Life seems to be made up of ardent
desires and vain regrets.
Some men don't have to travel very
far when thay go to the bad.
1t doesn't pay to he prodigal son
unless you are partial to veal.
Many married couple could save
money out of what bachelor spends
1t is better to be imposed upon oc-
casionally than to doubt indiscrimi-
nately.
Fine feathers may not make fine
birds, but they are apt to make costly
hats.
If you want to hear a hard-luck
story, Just ask 4 man for money he
owes you.
Men listen when money talks. Pro
bably that is why we sometimes hear
Of hush money.
Women are partial to tight wearing
apparel, but they draw the line at
tight husbands.
The average man imagines that if
all the fools were dead his opinions
would soon become universal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
KEEP THE BALANCE UP.

1t has been truthfully said that any
disturbance of even balance OF health
causes serious trouble. Nobody can
be too careful to keep this balance up.
When people begin to lose appetite, or
to get tired easily the least ilnprudence
brings on sickness, weakness or debili-
ty. The system needs tonic, Graves
it, and should not be denied it; and the
best tonic of which we have any know
ledge is Hoods Sarsaparilla. What
this medicine has done in keeping
healthy people healthy, in keeping up
the even balance Of health, gives it the
same distinction as a preventative
that it enjoys as cure. Its early use
has illustrated the wisdom of the old
saying that a stitch in time saves nine.
Take Hoods tor appetite, strength,
and endurance.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

and paid a small wage. Thus we read
in very old inscription: "These are
the men to whom he shall give food
silver" To some of the workmen
clothes-loin cloths-were supplied,
and the lists of tools seem to show
that they belonged to the masters. AS
to the trades mentioned in these and
other tablets we find millers, bakers,
smiths, BARRIERS, carpenters, as we'll as
merchants, scribes and surveyors. To
the student of land laws and agricul-
ture in India, Arabia and Palestine
these records are indeed priceless. 1t
should be added that the authorities
have not been content with exhibiting
these treasures, as all the best speci-
mems have been carefully facsimiled by
Mr.. Leonard King, the senior assistant
of the department, and thus rendered
assessible to Assyrian students.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
1luetry,
WHEN SHADOWS FALL.

From the woI k>hop, from the meadow
Come the tOilerS, one by one,
Wearied bearers of life'S burdens
Homeward bound; the day is done.
Sunbeams vanish; twilight gather;
On the air the robins call
Sweet good nights to tired worker;
Evening dawns and shadows fall.
From the fields of tender blossoms,
Slowly nodding into rest.
Swiftly dies the featnered mother
To her babies in the nest.
81 urred her wing and strained her hearing
For her babies welcome call,
Eager TO be safely with them
In the nest, e'er shadows fall.
And cur thoughts are tinged with sadness
As We mark another dav,
Born sd filled with joy and sunshine,
Age and wilt and pass away.
WHAT regrets and sJre heart burning,
Words and acts we would recall,
Oh, for one more hour OF sunlight
When we see the shadows fall.
Oh, that we might on lfe's DIAL
Turn the hours back to when
Things that now have passed beyond us
Might be said and done again.
Oh, the speech we left unfinished,
And the words not said at all
Ring like dirges on our memories
When we see the shadows fall.
Every life must have its shadows,
Every heart must have is woe,
Every sOul must have some longing
That another cannot know.
Everyone must bear some burden.
Whether great or whether small,
And must feel bleak desOation's
Withered touch, when shadows fall.
But the world is not all sadness
And much happiness depends
On the way in which we marsh |
Little means to greater ends.
RainbOws always follow tempests,
One hope lost is not our all;
Sunshine blinded for moment
Is the cause when shadows ia l.
Let us, then, mold all our life work,
That when we are called away
We may be too living memories,
Something more than lIfeless clay.
Mold star of honest brilliance
Bright enough to pierce death psll,
Bright enough to cast its luster
Through the 81 ON. when shadows fall
Robert B. Jordon, in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
Seleft Misrrllunq.
Outlawed.

The day after tue funeral of Jared
Coombs his five orphaned children were
sitting around the kitchen stove, try.
ing, as Martha, the eldest, said: to 'look
the situation in the face"
Martha was sixteen years old; Ann,
the next oldest, was fourteen; then
there were three little boys-Jerry,
Leader and Horace.
Their mother had been dead three
years, and their father had been an in
valid for two years. He had at one
time been fairly prosperous man, but
not within the memory of his children,
and he had never said much about his
''better days"
The people in the town where the
Coombses lived wondered vaguely
"what in the world those children
would do now," and Martha had lain
awake nights trying to solve the same
problem. Her mind was made up to
one thing-they would all ''stick to-
gether."
The house of four rooms in which
they lived was their cwn, and Martha
had exactly twenty-five dollars in the
world.
The day after Mr. Coombs' funeral
was raw and dull. One of the nigh
bors had made Martha promise to come
to her house for dinner, and bring all
of the other children with her.
Every body has been so kind" said
Martha to her sister and brothers.
She had in her lap some papers that
she had taken from the tin box in
which her father had kept them for
years. Most of them were yellow with
age, and some Of them fell apart at the
creases when they were unfolded.
Some had seals, and were clearly legal
papers: others seemed to be old notes
and bills, and there were a good many
business letters.
As Mr. Coombs had told Martha
that none of the papers were Of any
value, and had advised her TO burn
them, she now removed lid Of the
kitchen stove and began to drop them
one by one, on the Goals. She had
burned most of them, when size picked
up folded paper, on the back of which
was written, in her fathers hand:
This man | trusted above all 9th
crs, and my loss of confidence in him
grieves me more than the loss of the
money he should have paid me- But
on what | know to be ny de;sth-bcd, |
forgive Justin Gye all the loss and sor-
row he has caused me"
Father could never hold a grudye
aga nst any one" said Martha to her
self, as she unfoldcd the paper. She
spread the document out on her knee.
1t was a promisory note for five thou
sand dollars, signed hy Justin Gye.
1t had no indorser, and Mr.. Coombs
had written in red ink across the face
of it this single word, "Outlawed."
Martha looked at the date of the
note. 1t was thirty years Old
II wonder who this Justin D. Gye
was, and | wonder what 'outlawed'
MEANS said Martha. 81 am going to
ask Mr.. Marston about it when we 90
over there to dinner, aud I'm going to
keep this note, because, when | think
of it, don't believe that there's an
other line of poor fathers handwriting
IN the house.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

An English writer on matters of Ell
quette gives the following rule for the
benefit of those that are uncertain of
how to comport themselves properly
at table:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
DO YOU DO ANY OF THESE E
THINGS?

An English writer on matters of eti-
quette gives the following rule for the
benefit of those that are uncertain of
how to comport themselves properly
at table:
AT BREAKFAST.
Do not leave your spoon in your
teacup.
Crack the top Of your egg, instead
OF peelins 1t.
If you have bacon or fish, have a
separate plate for your bread or toast
and-butter, but not when only having
boiled eggs, which require very care
full eating, by the by, as nothing looks
so nasty as yolk of egg split all over
the plate and egg cup.
Do not sip your tea or coffee with a
spoon.
Do not drain the cup.
AT LUNCHEON AND DINNER
Do not empty every drop Of soup
from your plate.
Do not drink your soup from the
point of your spoon, but from the side.
Do not put salt or pepper on the
side of your soup plate-in fact, in
France it is bad form to ever take salt
or pepper when dining out, as it con.
sidered as an insinuation that the cook
has not favored the food properly.
For fish, do not use the desert knife
instead of the fish knife; if there be
no fish knife, use small crust of your
bread, but leave that piece of crust on
your plate. Do not eat it afterwards
as so many people do.
Do not be dainty and fringe your plate
with bits Of meat; eat what you can
and put any skin or bone on the edge
of your plate in one little heap, which
move down from the edge when you
have finished.
Do not crumple up your table nap
kin. If you are only guest for the
day do not fold it up, but if you arc
staying on and in quiet household
fold it up. If you are staying in a
big house, where everything is done
zen grand prince,,' do not fold it up
just place it on the table when you
leave, rs in rich establishments there
are clean table napkins every day.
After eating it is we'll before you
drink to wipe your lips, otherwise you
leave smeary mark on the glass.
Do not gulp liquids and bolt food.
Do not masticate or swallow audi
bly,.
Do not pile your plate with food, OF
grasp your knife, fork, or spoon as il
it were were weapon of warfare.
Do not crumble the bread by your
side, or drain your glass to the last
drop.
On the other hand, do not he affect
ed, and eat as if an appetite was a
crime, drink as it you were dicky'
bird, and hold your knife, fork and
spoon as if they were red.hot needles
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

Don't never tell other folks your
troubles ; they've enough O their own
to keep EN- busy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

She-"Did you ever notice how men
when something odd is told them,
always say is that so? They all do
it,"
He-"Is that so?"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

Fortunes made in no time are like
shirts made in no time: its ten to one
if they hang long together.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17

Amy policeman will tell you that it
isn't the spring chicken that is always
getting into broils,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1901-05-17
VOL. 10
IN The WINTER.
(Benson's Plaster Is Pains lMastsr.)

For coughs and colds Benson's Porous
Plasters are ON incomparably better rem
edy than any other-external or internal.
Their medicinal properties enter the skin
and 90 straight to the seat Of the disease.
They relieve and cure ''seated" cold
without disturbing the system or upsettlng
the stomach. Cough mixtures often nau-
seate Benson's Plasters are medicinal In
the highest degree, and quickest to act:
Placed on the chest or back or on both
at once in serious cases, the good effect is
feltimmediately. The congestion yields, the
cough abates and the breathing improves.
Lung or bronchial affections or kidney
disease, are cured witfr the least possible
suffering and loss of time.
Benson's Plasters are immeasurably su-
perior to Belladonna, Strengthening, Cap
sicum or any other combination IN plaster
form. They are also preferable to oint-
ments, liniments and salves.
Benson's Plasters have received ffty.tpe
highest a,oards over all competitors; and
more than 5000 physicians and druggists
have declared them to be one of the few
trustworthy household remedies. For slle
BY all druggists, or we will prepay postage
on any number ordered in the United
States on receipt of Csc. each.
Be sure you get the genuine. Accept no
imitation or substitute.
Seabury & johnson, Me.. Chemists, NY.
1881 s''("'y fHE Gzft Year 1901
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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
FIFTEEN DROWNED.
Launch Capslzes With Penal Colony
Prisoners.

Victoria, y. c., Nov. 30.-News of the
laundering Of a launch at Noumea,
causing the drowning Of fifteen prison
ers, was received by the steamer Mo
wa. The steamer St. Pierre had arrived
from the Isle Of Pines with thirty-four
prisoners, including three women, and
the launch went out TO tender the
steamer. 1t was too small, and, being
overcrowded, capsized. All on board
were thrown into the water and fifteen
were drowned, including Warden An
Dire.
From New Hebrides word was re-
ceived that the boats Of the French re-
cruiting vessel Marie Henry were at
tackled by natives, who were incensed
beCaues of the misconduct of a former
recruiting vessel, which a shang-
haied a number OF natives. Securing
reinforcements, the French landed and
burned a number of huts II canoes,
but the natives fed.
The schooner Julia was also attacked
at Pentecost island. The crew OF the
vessel returned the fire, and, driving
back the natives, landed and burned
some huts, including that of h teach
err of the mission, who was seen at the
head Of the natives.
Rich discoveries Of gold have been
made at the Wood Lark island gold
fields, neal Samari, New Guinea.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
Flames Do Halt Million Collars
Damage.

New York. Nov. So.-Half a mlllloon dol
lars Is tnc cgilmute OF the loss by a nre
last evening I'm the vicinity OF Ninth
street and the East river. Several fire.
men were hurt, but none seriously.
The blaze started In the plant OF w.
l.. Uptegroye & Bros, manufacturers or
boxes, yeneers and fine woodwork, and
this firm was the principal sufferer. one
Of It's buildings was "A seven-Story struc-
ture. while those surrounding It were one
story buildings. All Of Uptegrove q Bros
mill was destroyed. From the standard
OIL company's depot on Eleventh street
thousands Of gallons Of oil were drained
into the river to prevent a great eXplo-
sion and resulting conflagration.
After the fire was thought 70 be under
control It broke out again and spread to
the works OF the Mutual Gas company.
This outbreak was caused by a fireman
dropping "A burning window into the street.
The street was flooded with water on
which was n thick coating of oil. This
ignited and the fame lCaped into the gas
company's property.
The fire then turned back across the
street. and the immense store OF lumber
owned by Hegemcyer q Sons was ignited'
1t comprised some $4,000. 600 feet OF valu-
able woods. The lumber yards of j. NJ.
Saulpaugh were also reached by the
flames and great damage done.
Fire chief Croker estimated at n late
hour last right that the total damage
would approach $1,000, 900. He estimated
William Il. Uptegrove G. Bros loss AZ
$3.50, O0C.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
POSTAL AFFAIRS.
Report of Third Assistant Postmaster
General.

Washington, Nov. 2S.-Third Assist
ant Postmaster General Edwin c. Mad
den, In his annual report, recommends
the consolidation of third n fourth
class mail matter, an Increase of the
limit OF indemnity for the loss OF reg
istered matter from $40 to 800 n that
the postal employees be made liable for
the value of registered matter lost
through their carelessncss.
The postal revenues for the year from
all sources were Sill ,6S1, 1913, being 49,
923, 727 less than the expenditures. This
is exclusive Of the cost of transporting
the mails over the subsidized Pacific
railroads that have not settled their
bonded accounts with the government.
The total value Of stamped paper and
stamp books issued during the year
was $104, 1856, 9S7. The issue Of postage
stamp books is regarded as a success
full experiment. The $685. 25 stamp
books issued have cost the department
Si.69 per 1000 to manufacture. There
were $50, GA, 500 postal cards issued. The
amount Of second-class matter mailed
free of postage TO actual subscribers
within the county of publication con
stitutes practically Z per cent. of the
entire amount mailed.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
FOR
MICHIGAN WRECK
Conductor Martin Puts Blame
on Engineer Strong OF
Train No. q.
PRACTICALLY ADMITS 1T
Strong Says He May Have Got the
Proper Order, But If He Did He
Misread or Misunderstood
it-Buryins the Dead.

Detroit, Nov. 30.-Conductor Martin
Of Wabash train No. 4, which collided
with train No. 13 near Seneca, We'd
nesday night. causing a loss OF about
so lives, said today that the orders CIV
en- him at Montpelier were to pass No.
10 az Seneca.
"lIy orders" said he, (which I took
to Engineer Strong and read over to
him, and which agreed with his orders,
read:
"No. A, engine cog, will meet No. IL,
engines IS and ISL, at Seneca and No.
8, engine 623, at Sand Creek
After receiving these orders l re-
member asking the agent at Montpelier
whether the new siding at Seneca
would contain my train. When 1 saw
the station lights OF Seneca flash by
and Immediately felt the airbrakes
applied, l felt no alarm, s%upposing the
engineer was slowing down for the
east switch in order to see No. l3s
engines, which l supposed had cleared.
Just then the brakeman who had been
on the lookout, came hurrying into the
chair car and pulled the cord twice.
What IS 1t, Tony?' I asked.
1--WE are going through Seneca he
answered. st1 an instant later the
crash came"
This bears out Superintendent Burns
statement that Engineer Strong either
misunderstood or forgot his orders and
ran by Seneca.
Engineers Statement.
When Martins statement was repeat
ed to Engineer Strong, the engineer
said:
Il have not denied at any time that
we received such an order. l only say
IL we did get such an order | mlsread
and misunderstood it and that / should
Iayn han1 cot etra iUht IN the con-
ductor. My fireman will tell you that
he, too, understood that we were to
meet bot trains at Sand Creek instead
OF Seneca. If / made an error l was
not alone TO blame. The three other
members OF the crew must have I'M
derstood as / did or else they would
have corrected me-"
Pietro Cardlello, Italian consular
| agent here, returned to the city today
from the scene OF the wreck. He said
he was not yet able to form anything
like a correct estimate OF the number
| of Italians killed, but was inclined to
think the estimates thus far are Il
triie exaggerated. 1t will probably be
necessary to send to Italy for the
names of the immigrants who were on
the train and then check the list with
those who escaped.
Bury Romans Today.
AuIldH' MlShp WV 60 70
lieved now that the last of the bodies
recovered from the Wabash wreck
near Seneca n brought here
have been identified. At noon today
only the bodies of Porter James Brown
and that Of an old lady believed to be
Ann Upton Of Sherman, Tex, re-
NAMED in the morgue here. All the
burned and blackened fragments o.
what were once human beings have
been placed in four caskets and VIII
be buried his afternoon In Oak Grove
cemetery Coroner Hamilton began an
inquest into the disaster this morning.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
STRANDED AND STARVING
Passengers Of Wrecked Alaskan YES
sci Destitute at UnaIaska.

Seattle, Wash, Nov. 2S.-Adviceg
from the northwest bring news that the
long overdue schooner Ralph j. Long,
from Nome, lies stranded at Unalaska
with 115 passengers. The vessel Is out
OF food, the passengers have spent all
their money to obtain the absolute
necessities OF life, and they now appeal
for help to the war department.
l.. Frank Brown of this city presented
a resolution TO the Seattle chamber of
commerce, reciting the facts In the case
and urging the necessity OF immediate
aid for the passengers and crew. II
members of the chamber were unani-
nous in favor OF acting upon the mat
ter at once, and ar appeal will be made
to the authorities ut Washington, ask
ing them to send a revenue cutter or
some other vessel to bring down the
starving people. The storekeepers at
Unalaska refuse to advance enough
provisions TO allow the schooner to
reach Puget sound, and the passengers
are afraid to venture out In a helpless
condition,
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
IN CIVIL SERVICE GLASS
President Siens Order to Classify
Rural Free Delivery.

Washington, Nov. 30.-The president has
signed an order bringing the rural free
delivery service into the CLASSIFIED ciVll
service. The order became effective I'M
mediately so far as the 250 clerks, special
agents and route inspectors of that sery-
Ice are concerned, but provides that until
regulations are formulated for the APP
pointment of rural carriers, such en-
ployes shall not be treated az within the
classified service. These carriers number
G,O00 ard are steadily increasing. Nacan-
cics other than those of carriers VIII be
filed by appointments from eligible reg
listers Of the commission.
Rural carriers will not have to undergo
a scholastic examination. Appointments
OF them Will be made from persons resi-
dents Of the nelghborhood, wholly for Mt
ness and irrespective OF political or per-
sonal considerations. Transfers VIII not
be allowed from the position or rural free
delivery carrier to any other position IL
the classified service.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1901-12-07
REPORT OF THE
WAR SECRETARY
Mr.. Root Tells of Army Reor-
ganization and Other
Matters.
ABOLITION OF CANTEEN
Large Majority Of OFFICERS Think Post
Exchanges Were a Benefit and
Not an EvIi-Low Death
Rate.
ABOLITION OF cANTEEN

Washington, Nov. 2S.-The annual
report of the secretary Of war vas
made public yesterday. After review
ing the reorganization Of the army.
which has been effected during the
present year, the secretary says:
THE regular establishment now con-
sists, according TO the latest reports
which have been received, of 1888 Of
fcers and 1904 enlisted men. There are
also 1886 men Of the hospital corps,
172 volunteer surgeons In the Philip
pines, appointed under section IS Of the
act OF February 2, 1901; 4,973 native
scouts under the command of So officers
in the Philippines. and rs officers and
S15 men of the Porto Rico provisional
regiment. The distribution of the force
Go aa follonc.