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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
A FALSE ALARM OF FIRE.

It was on board the Northern.
Light, says Captain Osbon, in "a
Sailor of Fortune" that a false alarm
of fire was sounded and disaster pre-.
vented only by prompt action. A
passenger looking down through the
boiler hatch saw the red-painted
boiler fronts, and seeing the fame
like color amid cloud of steam,
shouted "Fire!" Immediately the
whole vessel was in an uproar and a
dangerous panic was imminent. I
was one of the under-officers.
The climax came when the quarter
master saw a minister of the Gospel
on the rail trying to lower the bow of
one of the ships boats. ran to him
and ordered him to come down on
deck. The minister paid no attention,
and l seizedzhis coat tail to drag him
down by force.
Perhaps twas an old coat, for the
seams parted, and second later l
had the minister's coat tail in my
hands. He came down then. He was
angry, and was likewise spectacle
to look upon.
He started to call an indignation
meeting, but most of the passengers
had recovered from their fright by
this time, and were inclined to be
merry at the reverend gentleman's
expense.
He went raging to the captain, who
summoned me to appear. l came,
still carrying the coat tail in my hand.
"Mr. Osbon," he said, what are
your orders in case of false alarm
of fire?"
my ORDERS" said, "are to stop it
by any means necessary. I may knock
a man down, throttle him, or split
him wide open"
The captain turned to the irate
minister.
"Those are Mr.. Osbon's orders"
he said. "You are fortunate that ii
was only your coat tail that was split
OPEN"
The danger from the false alarm of
fire on shipboard is second only to the
real thing, and is always peril to bo
met promptly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
TO BREAK, OR TO TRAIN, WHICH,

l have seen many fine colts almost
ruined by what we so commonly call
breaking" them. When I was boy
the proposition of breaking usually
meant battle, not always to the
death, but always to the finish. 1t
meant to select good moment for an
attack, make a sturdy charge, and
by beating and driving and fighting,
finally, after day or two, persuade
the colt that there was simply no use
in offering objections, he had come
to the time when we going to do
whatever we pleased with him. Life
took an an entirely new and gloomy
aspect for the young horse. Now /
am not admitting that I participated
in this sort of melee. The fact is,
never broke a colt nor helped break
one myself. But I have watched it a
good deal and talked with both capa-
BILE horsemen and others.
1 said when was a boy" I rather
should have said where was boy"
1t isn't necessarily true that men
knew so much less about breaking
horses years ago than we do now. I
knew men then who trained" their
colts instead of breaking or annihilat-
ing them.
The proper course to follow is to
begin at the beginning of the colts
life, and fondle him, and gain his con-
fdence and friendship -Epitomist.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
MISCHIEVOUS ROXEY.

Dear Little Men and Women: 1
will tell you a story about Roxey, my
little kitten. Roxey likes very much
to play with thimbles, so we gave him
one for himself. He gets it up from
the floor in his paws and tosses 1t like
a ball, and catches it, too. I must
tell you he has an extra claw; when
you get a scratch from him am sure
you never want another. He is some
times very vicious and bites and
scratches any one who goes near
him. He goes into the dining room
and pulls little pieces of wool out or
the carpet. He is such dear little
kitten I can't help loving him. When
he goes out he runs as fast as he can
up the trees, right up to the top. One
night he ran up the tree and would
1t come down, so we had to help
him off with a broom. He is always
up to mischief. I forgot to tell you
that on Christmas night I hung up
little dolIy's stocking for Roxey, and
in it Santa Claus put thimble, nut
and a red ribbon. The next day l
tied the ribbon on his neck and made
a nice bow, but he rushed out OF the
house as soon as he had it on and
tore it off, and left it in the middle of
the road in the mud and snow. MY
Roxey is a beautifully marked cat,
Just like a tiger.-Edna P. Tamlyn,
in the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
TWELVE RULES FOR MILKING.

A set of rules posted prominently
in a stable will not let us forget our
ideals, and shows to visitors our
careful methods.
1. Be neat, keep hands clean and
wear clean milking apron and cap.
2. Keep platform under cows
clean.
3. Wipe thoroughly udder and
parts from which dirt can fall, with
large, soft, damp cloth just before
milking each cow. This cloth may be
carried on shelf under stool.
4. Use partly covered pail.
5. Draw all the milk from the
udder.
6. Milk cows quickly, quietly and
in regular order.
Z. Discard all milk that is in any
way questionable.
s. Treat cows gently at all times.
9. Milk must not be used till fifth
day after calying.
10. Hold pail up when necessary
to prevent dirt from spattering in
pail.
II. Weigh and sample milk from
each cow separately and accurately at
the appointed times.
IL. Milking shall begin at - a. m.
and -. p. ma. B. Clark, in the In
diana Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

to jump down, but May only screamed
with fright
Julia had brought her little brother
Winnie with her, and in the mean
time he had gone over to the pond,
which was full of mud. While he
was trying to put his hand in the
water he fell in head first with his
feet in the air.
May jumped to the ground. II am
going home" she said.
81 do not like to laugh at you," re-
piled Julia, "but you did look so
funny 1 had to-"
ooh, where is WINNER" asked
May.
What is that over in the pond?"
asked one of the girls.
Julia came down from the tree, ran
to pond and pulled on the legs. Up
came Winnie. He was all mud. Julia
wiped some of the mud off. Then
May took Winnie and they started for
home. Julia thought that May knew
the way, but she didn't. They went
through the woods and it began to
get dark. julia went uOuue duu WuoH
she got there her mother said:
Where are May and WINNER"
aren't they home YETI" asked
Julia. MAY got mad because she
could not climb the tree, and so she
took Winnie and started for home.
When Julia's father came home
they started out to find the lost ones.
They went on and on and 1t kept
getting darker and darker. All of
sudden Julia said: Father, let me
get out of the carriage. hear some
one sobbing in the forest" She
jumped down and ran into the for
est, and there sat May on the grass.
with Winnie on her lap. She was
sobbing and Winnie was asleep.
ooh, May!" said Julia.
winnie has been going the wrong
way" sobbed May. "He thought he
knew the way, but he didn't, and, oh!
I'm so tired. He made me carry him
all the time"
Julia took Winnie and May to her
father and they all went home as
fast as they could.-Ruth Dreher, in
the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
TWO LITTLE GIRLS.

One day Julia and May went
chestnutting with some other girls
that May did not know, but Julia did
because they were in her class in
school. When they came to the place
where the chestnuts were they had
to climb a tree May did not know
how to climb so Julia went first, then
May and then the other girls, so that
if May fell they could catch her. May
did fall. but the girls could not catch
her. She got hold of a branch and
there she hung, swinging back and
forth. Julia laughed at the funny
sight. May was about three feet
from the ground and Julia told her
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
HOG HOUSE STORM DOORS.

Here is storm.door for hog house.
which consists of one plank sixteen
or eighteen inches wide by fifty-four
inches long, or it can be made of mar
row boards with battens, one-half
inch iron rod, twenty-four inches long
with flattened ends and holes punched
for bolts; two bolts, two staples, or in
place of staples, two blocks one by
three by six with gain to fit over rod
which makes a simple yet durable
hinge or hanging for door. The rod
should be near centre of door, so as
to equalize space of wind pressure on
top and bottom of door, yet the lower
end should be heavier than top, so as
to swing back to an upright position.
I have one in successful operation,
and the hogs soon learn to open the
door either going In or out by gentle
nudge of the nose, and the closing
of the door is automatic and certain.
This kind of door is also efficient in
keeping chickens out of the feeding
door.-A. R. Flora, in the Indiana
Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
Miss E. Mae Dawson is young
woman nominee for the office Of
county attorney in Nebraska.
Gone For Good.

A poet pathetically asks, where
are the girls of yesterday" We an
swer they're gone, gone with the
boys who used to grease their hair
with bear oil scented with berga-
mot; gone with the old ladies who
used to wear sunbonnets with paste
boards Stats in them, and who sea-
soned their apple pies with allspice.
Gone with the old fashioned peo-
pie who poured their tea in a saucer
and blew it to cool 1t off.
Gone with the old ladies who gave
catnip tea to babies to cure collie.
Gone with the old time little girls
who wore long pantelets made of nan
keen with frills on the bottom.
Gone with the bootjack and the
candle snuffers.
Gone with the old farmers who
wore barndoor trousers and creased
their boots on Sunday mornings.
Gone with the watchguard with a
brass watch kept fastened to it.
Gone with the linen duster and
the linsey trousers that were lined
with unbleached muslin.
Gone with the old fiat carpet sack.
Gone with the old ladies who baked
little custards for tea when they had
company and ornamented the edges
of the pies with a thimble to make
them look fancy.
Gone with the shotbag money
purse and the Shaker bonnets. Gone,
gone forever from the earth. Alas!
and can it be?--Oakland Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
A HEROIC RESCUE.

The storm which swept the Gulf
Coast gave occasion for many deeds
of heroism, in some of which cour-
ageous volunteers lost their lives, and
in others won their way safely to
shore again. Few which came to gen.
eral notice were more heroic than the
deed of two members of the crew of
the United States revenue cutter
Winona.
In such a storm the first duty of
the commander of a vessel is to take
the measures which are most likely
to insure the safety of his own craft
and his own crew. Most captains
feel that they have done their duty
well when they have done that, and
few seek to accomplish more. But the
captain of the Winona had thought
and heart for others, too.
The little steamer had herself
passed through the severest part of
the storm with the greatest difficulty,
being in imminent danger of destruc-
ton, and saved only by the skill of
her officers and the strenuous labors
OF the crew.
While the wind still blew with
great force and the sea ran Eigh, SO
that the vessel labored dangerously,
it was seen by those on board that the
Pascagoula lighthouse was almost de-
stroyed. Nothing, in fact, was left
of it but the tower, which swayed in
every gust and threatened to COL
lapse. The keeper, his wife and their
two babies had sought refuge on the
tower, and it was apparent that un-
less rescued soon they must perish.
Two men named Peterson, one
master-at-arms and the other quarter
master of the cutter, embarked in a
small boat at the risk of their lives,
and made their way to the foot of the
tower, and caught line which the
keeper threw down to them. While
the gale buffeted them against the
building and bruised them badly, they
climbed the rope to the top of the
tower, lowered to the boat below the
keepers wife, the two babies and the
keeper himself, and then, sliding
down the rope, returned safely to the
Winona.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
A Newer Idea.

do you always allow the minister
who marries you to kiss you?" asks
the lady with the alimony expression
- ~S --' I
rings arranged as bangles on hcs
bracelet.
Dear me, mol" smiles the latter.
THAT is so horribly oldfashioned,
my dear. But always kiss the judge
who divorces me. Boston Tran.
script
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11

A LATTER DAY PAUL REVERE.
When Bud Hicks read of Paul Revere, and
of the signal light
That shone for him so bright and clear, he
told his chums one night:
"You watch our yard when you go by ano
if it's baking day
You'll see our secret signal fly, so come
on in and play"
So, then they set fence rail up behind
the barn quite high
And tried it with a handkerchief to see Il
it would fly. >,
Snow. if you see the signal flag" said
Bud, "by land or sea.
1t means the cooky jar is full-and dough
nuts, too, maybe"
So, when Buds mother baked again, the
strangest thing occurred,
As soon as ever she began, that you have
seen or heard;
A white flag rose behind the barn anc
soon from everywhere
Came boys of every sort and size till al
his chums were there.
And all around the kitchen door with
shouts and merry cries
They smelled the cookies browning o'el
and swarmed about like flies.
And some came through the back yart
gate, and some the fence would
climb,
And some were early. some were slow
but all were there in time.
Then Mrs. Hicks looked on the porch and
saw them with dismay;
II wonder how they knew" she said
"Bud has been home all day."
And, oh, how busy soon they were! They
filled the woodbox high.
They swept the porch and raked the yard
and made the rubbish fly.
Sometimes they looked with longing eyes
when odors spicy-sweet
Were waited from the oven door; and by
and by treat
Came out to them-a plate piled high with
cookies crisp and brown,
And Bud Hicks went behind the barn and
let the signal down!
j. w. Foley, in St. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
); Farm Topics
FEED FOR HOGS.

A swine grower says that he has
tested feeding some corn silage to his
hogs, along with corn meal, and finds
that they thrive well, and by feeding
them mixed with clover hay run
through his cutting box the pigs grow
more rapidly. He says the silage
keeps them in good condition, being
succulent, like grass, and fed with the
dry foods keeps them healthy
Farmers Home Journal.
POULTRY AND FRUIT GROWING.
A combination of fruit growing and
poultry raising is especially recon-
mended in a bulletin from the Penn
sylvania Department of Agriculture.
Locate the poultry houses If possible
so that the runs will be in the or
chard. The fowls will destroy thou
sands of harmful insects, thus great
ly benefting the trees and increasing
the prospects for fruit, and the fowls
will at the same time gain great COM
fort and benefit by the protecting
shade of the trees. Plum trees and
cherry trees are especially benefited
by the presence of fowls about their
roots. Peach trees will grow most
rapidly and soonest give an abundant
shade.-Weekly Witness.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
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DEATH OF A WALRUS HUNlER
An amazing story Of tragic adven.
ture in the remote north was made
public at Winnipeg, Manitoba, upoL
the arrival of Inspector Pelletier's
party of Northwest Mounted Police
who have been about the Arctic Circle
for two years. The loss OF Corpora
r. L. M. Donaldson, of Aylmer, Ont.
in a battle with a herd of walrus, SOC
miles north of Fort Churchill, in Hud
son Bay, was but one example of the
| death constantly confronting them.
Donaldson, with Reeves, started
from Fullerton bound for Churchill
in a forty-four-foot Hudson Bay cruis
ing yacht, accompanied by an Eskimo
guide. They made the cruise safely
and arrived eventually at Marble Isl
and, some miles down the coast from
Fullerton.
The Eskimos have a tradition re.
garding this island. They believe il
to be great iceberg turned by some
! spirit into stone of a peculiar Opaque
whiteness. No Eskimo will make 6
landing on it's shores. When the boat
and her crew came within striking
distance of it Donaldson suddenly
called Reeves attention to what
seemed strange phenomenon
Reeves strained his eyes and he, too
seemed to see the island moving VI
and down in the water.
So marked was the illusion that the
two officers called the Eskimo to look
Ford, the Eskimo, at once cried that
what seemed to make the island move
was the presence of an immense herd
of walrus AS they drew closer the
huge animals, any one of them as
large as a truck horse, were easily
distinguishable, and Donaldson deter
mined to get nearer in the yachts
dingey and try a shot at them.
The yacht lay by and the i'll fated
officer set out alone in the dingey
the great herd, firing right and left
He killed or wounded several Of the
brutes, and then, the barrel of his
rifle becoming hot, he started to pull
back to the yacht.
By this time the entire herd of a
thousand or more was thoroughly
alarmed and excited, and Donaldson
had trouble in getting back to the
larger boat. There he was Joined by
Reeves, and together they set out in
the dingey to skim the edge of the
herd and secure the tusks and heads
of the slain animals. To their dis
may when they got we'll toward the
visible edge of the herd terrific roars
and snorts in the icy water astern
of their little craft warned them that
they were encircled. Huge bulls kept
rearing suddenly all about them, and
with four sets of tusks in the bottom
of their boat, the two men decided
to pull for the yacht again.
They had hardly started when an
enraged bull came up with terrible
crash right beneath their dingey' s
keel, hosting it clear of the water
and throwing both men far over
board. The two struck out for the
yacht as if by instinct, but after a
few strokes in the freezing water
Reeves decided to go back to the cap
sized dingey and cling to it. He had
barely reached it when Donaldson
suddenly disappeared amid commo-
tion in the water. He was never seen
again.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
REARING HORSES.

When horse gets into the rearing
habit it is best to quit using him for
riding, as it is hard to break him.
The horse given to rearing is danger
GUS under the saddle, as the rider
cannot tell when the horse will fall
backward and pin him underneath.
1t is a mistake of the rider at such
time to loosen the reins and cling to
the horn or pommel of the saddle or
grab the horses name, as this does
not give protection. Expert riderf
say that the best thing to do when a
horse starts to rear is to quickly and
violently pull the head to one side.
This will put him off his balance and
so he cannot rear up, but the rider
must be quick.-Epitomist
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
A Remarkable HOlstein.

The Nebraska Agricultural College
reports the years work of thfee-
year-old Holstein COW, Katy Gerben,
which gave 1S,573.4 pounds of milk
that sold for six cents per quart. In
round figures this means 5000 quarts
of milk, worth $540, in year. Her
feed for the year cost $71.43, figur-
ing alfalfa at 81 per ton, silage at
$1.75, bran and cornmeal at SIS,
oats at STA, oil meal at $50 and pas
ture at 81 a month.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11

But the tireshers were equal to the
OCCASION; while those on the outside
dived under their enemy and charged
her anew, tearing at the whales side
in an ecstasy of ferocity that was
blood-curdling to witness.
More and more feeble grew the
whales struggle, and at last-to the
heartfelt relief of the spectators, for
her death fight had been terrible to
behold-the great body turned over
and sank beneath the redtinted
Water.-Wide-Wor Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
Austrian Hawk Killed in Pennsylvania

Wyatt Sprowls, a Washington
County farmer, shot what he believed
to be an ordinary hawk, but which
proved to be fine specimen of the
Austrian hawk, rarely found in this
country. 1t measured five feet two
inches from tip to tip.--PunxsutaW'
ney Spirit.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
BUSY Folks.

I'VE New Workers are busy lot. y
"You bet you are. Within the past
hour you have superintended the
starting of a balky horse, watched q
safe hoisted and helped provide audi
ences for three street takers. You
New Workers really try to do too
much. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-06-11
New York's Condition.

The interest bearing debt of the
United States on April 80, stated with
absolute accuracy at the close of that
days business, was s913,317,490. Nc
one knows what the gross debt OF
New York is, but if contracts are in
cluded it is considerably larger than
the nations. The annual interest bill
is much greater-New York World.