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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1902-11-28
FRUITS IND LEO WEIR s.

In setting out an orchard keep to-
sether all trees If the same varie-
ty.
Good ga,d-n soil is good for pot
plants. but can be improv, d BY the
addition If leaf mold.
Weak los bushes may often be
made to grow by giving them an occa-
sional watering with liquid man
ure.
One advantage wi h small fruits is
that they can be made to furnish a
supply long before trees come into
bearing.
In planting border don't plant
everything in rows. 4 r,.w of holly
hccks, for instance, isn't ha as at
trac i've as irregu arly place d grouls
that br, ak the outline.
With pot plants in general way
too little water is bitter than too
much. The dropping leaves ind:cat-
ing d:ought are more easily remedi-
ed than yellow leaves, the result Of be-
ing kept too vet
In preparing pots for plants the
pieces of broken pots or crockery in
the bottom should never be omitted,
as without proper drainage the soil
becomes sour, the plants languish and
the leav, S become yel!owish.
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cago and Berlin. which are near of a size,

cago and Berlin. which are near of size,
and 1t will show that we are not becoming
ferociously and exceptionally radical. The
Chicago ordinance provides that the height
Of q tenement shall not exceed the width Of
the widest AUDITING street by more than
one-hah. The Berlin general rule Is that
the height of q building may not exceed the
width OF street. and 1t Is subject to these
notifications only: Where streets are less
than thirty-nine feet wide buildings may
be erected upon them to q thirty-nine-foot
limit Where streets are more than sew
enty-two feet wide seventy two feet is re-
tanned as the limit of height.
The Chicago ordinance provides that q
building shall not cover more than 20 per
cent Of an inside lot nor more than 80 per
cent Of a corner lot. and that where there
Is no rear alley yard space OF at least
ten feet must be left. The corresponding
Berlin regulation is that buildings may not
occupy more than two-thirds of the lot
area.
As regards courts the Chicago proposition
Is that there must be 100 square feet OF
space with a minimum width of six feet for
two-storied tenements and a proportionate
increase for an increase of stories until In
an efght-storied building the court space
must be $40 square feet and the min
imum width twenty-four feet. In Berlin
the smallest court for lots fronting on the
street is sixty square yards. while the min
imum for corner lots Is forty square yards.
'Au houses must be connected with some
street. and buildings when separated must
be distant nine feet from each other"
The Berlin regulations also provide that
rear houses and wings may not exceed the
width of the court in height by more than
twenty-five feet. OF course. eight-storied
buildings. front or rear, are impossible I'M
der these modern rules, and 1t is equally a
matter of course that the restrictions men
toned and others have aroused the protests
Of property owners. But 1t would appear
that they are still considered advisable in
the main In spite Of protest and criticism.
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By GEN CHARLES KING /.

far eastern regiment; had rendered faithful
services in command OF convaiescent camps
and the like. but developed none Of that
vain ambition which prompts the seeking
OF the bubble reputation" at the cannon's
mouth. All he ever knew of southern men
In antebellum days was what he heard from
the lips of inspired orators or read from
the pens OF very earnest anti-siavery edi-
tors Through lack of opportunity he had
met no southerner before the war, and car
ried his stanch Calvinistic prejudices to-
such extent that he seemed to shrink from
closer contact even then. The war was
molly. The hand of the Lord would surely
smite the slaye-holding arch rebel, which
was perhaps why the Covenanter thought 1t
work OF supererogation to raise his own.
He finished as he began the war. with I'M
aiterable conviction that the southern pres
ident his cabinet and all his leading off,
GERS should be hung and their lands con-
fiscated to the state-or its representatives
He had been given a commission In the
army when such things were not hard to
get-at the reorganization In &c. had been
stationed In Ku Klux district all one win
ter and In q sanitarium most Of the year
that followed. He thought the nation on
the htghroad to hell when 1t failed to i'm
peach the President OF high crimes and mis-
demeanors and sent Hancock to harmontze
matters in Louisiana. He was sure Of It
when the son Of a southerner who had OPEN
ly fouted him was sent to West Point
He retained these radical views even unto
the twentieth anniversary OF the great sur
render; and. while devoutly praying for for
giveness Of his own sins. could never seem
to forgive those whose lot had been cast
with the south. He was utterly nonplussed
when told that the young of1cer. languish-
ing In hospital on his arrival, was the son
OF distinguished major general Of the
confederate army. and he planned for the
father most frigfd greeting. until remind
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ed that the former major general was now
member Of Congress and of the committee
on military affairs. Then it became his
duty to overlook the past
He had not entered Fields little room
even when inspecting hospital (Fllnt was
forever inspecting something or other)-the
doctor assurance that though feeble. his
patient was doing quite well, was all suffi-
cert. He mad thought to greet the former
confederate, sorely anxious father. with
grave and distant civilfty, as an ayowed
ana doubtless unregenerate enemy of that
sacred nag; but, as has been said, that
was before 1t was pointed out to him that
this was the honorable NJ c. from the
pelican state. now prominent as a member
OF the House committee on military afYairs.
Motheriess and sisterless was the wounded
had blessed his pillow and helped to drive
Fever and delirtum to the winds. 1t was
twelve days after they brought him ba ok
to Frayne before the father could hone to
1eacn MIN. coming post haste. too; but by
that time the lad was propped on his pii-
lows weak Borrowing and sorely troubled.
none the less so because there was no one
now to whom he could say why
Inc men wnom ne knew and trusted were
all away on campaign, all save the veteran
post surgeon, whom hitherto he had felt
he hardly knew at all. The women whom
ne mad best known and trusted were still
present at the post. Mrs. Raw and Mrs
Blake had been his friends, frank. cordial
and sincere up to the week OF his return
from Laramie and his sudden and over
Whelming tnfatuation for Nanette Flower.
Then they had seemed to hold aloof tn
greet him only with courtesy, and to eve
him with unspoken reproach. The woman
at Fort Frayne to whom he most looked I'm
was Mrs. Dade. and now Mrs Dade seemed
alienated utterly. She had been to ,fno,,ire
Tor him frequently, said HIS attendant. when
he was 30 racked with fever. So had 9th
ers. and they sent him now jellies and other
oellcacies, but came no more in person
Just yet at least-but he did not know the
doctor so desired. Field knew that his
father. after the long. long journey from
the distant south. was now close at hand
would be with him within few hours
and even with Rays warm words of praise
still ringing in his ears. the young soldier
was looking to that fathers coming almost
with distress. 1t was through Gods mercy
and the wisdom OF the old surgeon that no
word as yet had been whispered to him of
the discovery made when the money pack
ages were opened-ofr the tragic fate that
had possibly befallen Bill Hay and Miss
Flower.
That a large sum of money was missing
and that Field was the accountable officer
was already whispered about the garrison.
The fact that four officers and Mr. Hay
were aware OF It in the first place and the
latter had told It to his wife was fatal to
entire secrecy. But In the horror and ex-
element that prevailed when the details
OF the later tragedy were noised about the
post this minor incident had been almost
forgotten.
The disappearance Of Hay and his bril-
liant. beautiful niece. however. was not to
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CHAPTER XVI.


In the full OF the September moon the
war-bands OF the Sioux had defied agents
and peace chiefs. commissioners and SOL
diers. and started their wild campaign In
northern Wyoming. In the full Of the Oc-
swept the last vestige Of their warriors
from the plains. and followed their bloody
trails into the heart OF the mountains. all
his cavalry and much of his foot force being
needed for the work In hand. Not unta
November, therefore. when the ice bridge
spanned the still reaches Of the Platte. and
the snow lay deep in the brakt and coulees.
did the foremost of the homeward- bound
commands come in view Of old Fort Frayne,
and meantime very remarkable things had
occurred. and 1t was to a very different. II
only temporary, post commander that
Sandy Ray reported them as sighted"
Even brave old Dade had been summoned
TO the front, with all his men. and in their
place had come from distant posts in Kan
sas other troops to occupy the vacant quar-
tiers and strive to feel at home in strange
surroundings.
"A man OF austere mold was the new major
Ono OF the old Covenanter type, who would
march to battle shouting hymn tunes, and
to Christmas and THANKSGIVING chanting
doleful lays. He hailed, indeed, from old
Puritan stock: had been a pillar In the vii
lage church in days before the great war,
and emulated Stonewall jackson in his
piety. II he did not In martial prowess.
Backed by local, and by no means secular,
influences he had risen In the course OF the
four years war from a Junior lieutenancy
to the grade OF second In command Of his
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be forgotten for a moment, day or night,
despite the fact that Mrs. Hay, who had
been almost crazed with dread and terror
Wnen nrst informed there had been hold
up, rallied almost Immediately, and took
heart and hope when it became apparent
that Indians not white men, were the cap
tors. The Sioux would never harm a hair
of his head" she proudly declared. He has
been their friend for half a century," Nor
had she fears for Nanette. The Sioux would
harm nobody her husband sought to pro-
tect. When 1t was pointed out to her That
they had harmed the guards-that one OF
them was found shot dead and scalped at
the shores Of The Platte, and the other, POOR
fellow. had crawled off among the rocks
and bled to death within gunshot of the
scene. Mrs Hay said they must have first
shown fight and shot some OF the Sioux,
for all the Indians knew Mr.. Hays wagon.
Then why. asked Fort Frayne, had they
molested him-and his?
The general had had to leave for the
front without seeing Mrs Hay. More than
ever was It necessary that he should be
afield, for this exploit showed that some
OF the Sioux, at least, had cut loose from
the main body and had circled back toward
the Platte-Stabber' 6people in all prob
ability. So. sending sCrAbb and his little
squad across the river to follow q few miles,
at least the trail of the wagon and it's cap
tors. and ascertains-if possible, whittier 1t
had gone. he hurried back to Frayne; sent
m messengers by the Laramie road to speed
the cavalry, and oIders TO the colonel to
send two troops at e1ceD rescue Hay and
his niece; sent wiresscaffIng for few re-
Inducements. and was II on the way TO
Beecher. guarded by az handful OF sturdy
''doughboys" in amh3lAIics. before ever the
body of the second N{0ffE was found.
And then, little LIZ nile, 1t transpired
that this mysteriou3 MI party, venturing
to the south bank Of the Platte. did not ex-
coed half dozen hfay4A Crabb got back
In thirty six heursSw H8 five exhausted
men They had foll the wheel tracks
over the open prairi land into the foothills
far to the northwstt. eahboldened by the
the original bandit ESCORT But by in the
afternoon they got Among the breaks and
ravines and. first thing they knew, among
the Indians, for zip came the bullets and
down went two horses, and they had to dis
mount and fight to- stand on possible
swarms. and. though owning they had seen
no indians, they had proof of having felt
them. and were warranted in pushing no
further. After dark they began their slow
retreat. and here they were.
And for seven days that was the last
heard. by the garrison at least, OF these
most recent captives Of the Sioux. Gentle
and sympathetic women, however, who
called on Mrs. Hay, were prompt to note
that though unnerved; sunstrung, distressed,
she declared again and again her faith that
the Indians would never really harm her
husband. They might hold him ana Nam
cite as hostages for ransom. They might
take for their own purposes his wagon his
mules and that store of money, but his life
was safe. yes. and Nanette's. too OF this
she was so confident that people began to
wonder whether she had not received some
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ooh, THEM WHALES"
Capt. Lemly Recalls Sad Yet Funny
Incident at Sea.

Capt. Lemly Recalls Sad Yet Funny
Incident at Sea.
I've were or Christmas Harbor, Ker-
guelen Island. in the South Indian ocean,
on Christmas eve. 1874" said Capt s. c.
Lemly, U. 8. Navy, to an Evening Star re-
porter today.
1T was on the old Monongahela on her
return from Three Island Harbor, Royal
sound, In the southern part Of the island,
where we had picked up the American
party which had observed the transit of
Venus on the 9Th Of December Of that year.
We sighted an American whaler. which,
upon observing us. hove to with her main
topsails to the mast, and, hurriedly lower
ing boat. sent on board for medical as
sistance, the captain having been stricken
with apoplexy.
Our surgeon went on board the bark
at once and found the skipper at the point
Of death, paralyzed and speeches.. 1t ap-
peared that they had that day sighted a
fine school of whales, and that all the boats
were lowered for chase and the skipper
himself went up into the GRO NEST to direct
the movements Of the boats While there
he became annoyed at the bad anagement
of one Of them and flew into towering
rage, with the result stated, and had to be
lowered to the deck, while the boats were
recalled, and the chase abandoned
THE case was hopeless, and our doctor
told the skipper that he had but a few
hours to live. He evidently comprehended
this, and. being unable to speak, made
signs for writing materials. These were
quickly produced and given to him, with
the superstition that he desired to commu-
nicate his last wishes. To the surprise of
all he wrote on the paper furnished him
and. In his weak state, not without much
diff1culty-these words: oh, them whales.
In less than an hour he 'shuffled or The
ruling passion Is strong in DEATH
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army during the war with Spain. and was.


therefore, persona grata with the other
Americans in the village. In the lower
room of the building-there were but two
rooms, one below and an attic like ar
rangement above-maif was piled from floor
to ceiling. tons OF 1t. It devoived upon our
young friend to sort out and arrange for
delivery every piece OF 1t, but as 1t was
Christmas eve, he decided that no work
should be done that day and closed his
office to the public. In the morning when
the new postmaster awoke, feeling very
heavy about the head. he heard several
shots fired and before he could get below
the soldiers stationed in the town came
rushing in and slammed the door.
whats up" he inquired
'Filipinos,' they answered.
"The insurrectos had jumped the town
and were guarding every street leading to
the post office. That was the only stone
the entire garrison was corralled by about
a Thousand Filipinos. When any one would
open the door he would be greeted by a
fusillade Of shots. One Of the soldiers was
wounded and the besieged party learned
that the presidente of the town had been
killed, together with a number Of the
leading citizens. The garrison in the post
Office had no provisions. their commissary
being situated across the road. The shua-
ton seemed serious. and would have been
very much 80 were it not for the fact that
full company of American troops was on
its way to the town to relieve the garri-
son and put another In its place, and was
expected to arrive the next day.
Was Not Frightened, But
1.-THE young postmaster was very cool
and collected, have learned. AS soon as
h. knew what the trouble was he crawled
into the safe and pulled the door almost
shut leaving enough space to get free
supply of air.
"'Call me when the other fellows come
and chase the "niggers" away he told
the soldiers.
I'm that safe he remained Christmas day
and the day after. He had deck of play
ing cards and amused himself playing SOL
taire and replying to the sarcastic COM
ments on his bravery made by his soldier
companions.
1.-THE relieving column struck the town
about night fall the day after Christmas
and cleared out the insurgents in half an
hour. My young friend then left the safe
and the province, returning to Manila.
where he resigned his job. He remained
in the east, however. and during the Chi
nese trouble rendered valiant service as a
civilian volunteer in the American detach-
ment."
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The Seasons Foot Ball Injuries.

From American Medicine.
The foot ball wars for 1902 are ended and
the vital statisticians have counted the
cost. There have been a dozen or more
killed, several more so badly injured as
to be called very serious" or fatal" and
nearly 100 less important injuries. There 10
a tendency among many critics Of the game
to rest the case against it with these ac-
counts Of physical injuries. OF course this
is small and comparatively unimportant
part Of the evil Nor do the charges Of
dirty foot ball." with stabbed In the
back and kicked in the head" affect us
SO much. It is also true that this season 9
killings and brutalities are greater than
ever, greater than before the flying
wedge" was outlawed There are hundreds
Of young men at our colleges who can be
spared. If they and their parents, and their
professors. and the endowers Of educational
institutions, wish euch athletics" and
such 'ethics," and such educational"
ideals. There are three results Of this sort
of education which are far worse than all
these things: The degradation Of educa-
tional institutions and ideals by concealed
professionalism and the use of teams to
attract students; second, the harm to- the
character Of the students by the gambling
and debauchery; third. the aping of this
Stiffness and immortality by every boy, little
and big, Of the country. We are training
up a race of-not foot ballers-but Of men
with foot ball ethics.
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assurance to that effect, and when Pete,
the stable boy driver, turned up at the end
of the first week with a cock and bull story
about having stolen an Indian pony and
shot his way from the midst of the Sioux
away up on No Wood creek, on the west
side Of the hills, and as having ridden by
night and hidden by day until he got back
to the Platte and Frayne. people felt sure
Of it. Pete could talk Sioux better than he
could jabber English. He declared the In
dams were in the hills by thousands, and
we're going to take Hay and the young lady
off somewhere to be held for safekeeping
He said the two troops that, never even
halting at Frayne, had pushed out on the
trail would only get into trouble If they
tried to enter the hills from the south, and
that they would never get the captives
wherein Pete was right, for away out
among the spurs and gorges of the range,
nfty miles from Frayne, the pursuers came
upon the wreck OF the wagon at the foot of
an activity, up which force of Sioux had
gone in single file.
Many warriors 1t would seem, however,
must have Joined the party on the way,
and from here-where with the wagon was
found Hays stout box, bereft OF its con-
tents-in four different directions the pony
tracks OF little parties crossed or climbed
the spurs. which way the captives had been
taken, Captain Billings, the commander,
could not determine. What the Sioux hoped
he might do was divide his force into four
detachments and send one on each trail.
Then they could fall upon them. one by
oAC, duN say lucl0 DIT tu6lT leisure. BILL
ings saw the game, however, and was not
to be caught. He knew Bill Hay, his past
and his popularity among the redmen. He
knew that If they meant to kill him a. all
they would not have taken the trouble to
cart him fifty miles beforehand He dropped
the stern chase then and there, and on the
following day skirted the foothills away to
the east, and. circling round to the breaks
OF the Powder as he reached the open coun-
try, struck and hard hit scouting band Of
Sioux, and Joined the general three days
later, when he was most needed, near the
log palisades Of old Fort Beecher.
Then there had been more or less of mys-
FERROUS coming and going among the half
breed hangers-on about the traders store
and these were things the new post COM
mander knew not how to interpret, even
when informed of them. He saw Mrs
Hay but once or twice. He moved into the
quarters OF Major Webb. possessing him
self, until his own should arrive, of such of
the majors belongings as the vigilance OF
Mistress. McGann would suffer. He sta
TONED big guards from his two small COM
pantes about the post and started more
hard swearing among his own men, for
getting only two nights In bed !" than had
been heard at Frayne5 in long months OF
less pfous post commandership. He strove
to make himself agreeable to the ladies,
left lamenting for their lords, but as luck
would have 1t. fell foremost into the
clutches OF the Quarterma8ter's wife, the
dominant and unterrtded Wilkins.
Just what prompted that energetic and,
In many ways, estimable woman. to take
the new major Into close communion. and