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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

fc cou;d not be any sleeper without
being cataract, one can we'll believe
Miss Agnes Laut's declaration, in
Scribner's Magazine. that at such a
place things are doing" in the river.
She describes the passage of these
rapids as follows:
I'VE heard the far wh-u-sh, then
the wild roar, then the full-throated
shout of triumphant waters. You
think your blood will not run any
faster at that sound after having run
more rapids than you can count?
Try it!
I'VE sat up from our sluggish, easy
postures. Then the river began to
round and rise and boil in oil eddies,
and the canoe to bounce forward in
leaps without any lift on our part,
then a race horse plunge, and we are
in the middle of furious tumult.
"The Indian rises at the stern and
leans eagerly forward. Even the cool
Sexsmith admits, This is place
where the river really does things,
isn't it?' But the Indian is padding
like concentrated fury. Then we
shoot forward into a vortex of whirl-
ing sheaves of water.
'She-strong- g-she-ver'-stro
rapid shouts the Indian, as we swirl
past one rock and try to catch the
current that will whirl us past the
next. 'Pull-pull-pull strong pad
dle!' And we rise to leap of wild
waters, have plunged into the trough
and are climbing again before some
one can remark, Say, 1 don't ever
like siding to rapids
There is a rock ahead about the
size of a small house, where the wat
ers are breaking, aquiver and white
with rage. The Indian had risen
again. 'Stop!' he yells. Don't pad
die! Let her go!' But he himself is
steering furiously as we Craze past
out to the bouncing waves.
$50 we run the Big Rapids for
about mile, then ride third rapid
in a long, easy swell, and swerve in
to the north"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
DON'TS FOR CHILDREN.

Don't be a Pathfinder. If things
do not always go to plase you, make
the best of them as they are.
Don't be a tale-bearer Never run
to your mother or anyone else with a
mean story Of your brothers or sis
ters. or your little companions.
Don't be a trouble-maker. Be gen.
tie and kind and loving and your
friends will be glad to play with you.
Don't quarrel. Of all things, it is
most unpleasant to have peace and
quiet rent by angry, high-pitched
voces.
Don't be a gossip. Try not even
to listen to stories about other peo-
pie. and never, never repeat them.
Don't fuss. No matter whether
there is hot weather or rainy
weather, Or cold weather, try to be
satisfied and contented. Remember
that no amount of wishing or wailing
will change the weather.-Newark
Call.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

Reuters correspondent at Uskub
gives some additional particulars
with reference to the recent kidnap-
ing of Mr.. Robert Abbott, a British
subject, in Salonika. When return
ing home at about 10 o'clock in the
evening of March 21 he had just en-
tered the garden and was within a
few steps of his fathers door when
he was attacked by five or six men,
One of these he partially stunned
with blow on the side of the head;
another he put "hors du combat" by
kick in the stomach; while a third
of the assailants had one of his fin
ers severely bitten while trying to
force a gag into Mr.. Abbott's mouth
But the victim was speedily over
powered; one of the brigands sat
upon his head, and at this moment
they seem to have administered chlo-
roform, as Mr.. Abbott lost conscious
ness, and continued in a half-dazed
condition, suffering from nausea for
two days afterward.
He recollects being 1alf carried
and half walking, gagged and blind
folded, for some distance, two men
supporting him under the armpits,
after which he was thrown into a
house, where he Immediately fell
into a deep sleep. The following
night he was removed to another
house. Here the bandage was re-
moved from his eyes, and he could
hot ha IN
and walls of which were concealed
by rush mating, as if to render iden-
tification difficult, while the windows
were hermetically closed, the only
light coming from lamp which was
kept burning day and night. In this
room he remained for thirty-six days
and nights, constantly watched b.
two of the band. His guards were
quite kind to him, and, except for
retaining him as their prisoner, did
all they could to meet his wishes
Immediately after the capture Mr.
Alfred Abbott, the father of the vic
tim, sent trusty servant to scour all
Salonika; the Vail of Saionika also
sent out four secret agents to try to
get on the track of the brigands. But
these measures were without effect,
and communication with the band was
at. last opened by a letter found on
April in Mr.. Abbott's garden at Sa-
lonika. In this letter Mr.. Robert
Abbott informed his father that he
was in the hands of brigand band,
who demanded for him a ransom of
ELS, 900 Turkish A postscript,
which the brigand chief added in
pencil and in an evidently disguised
handwriting, threatened that the
death or mutilation of the prisoner
would be the consequence of any re-
fusal to pay or of any attempt to
play false with the band by putting
the authorities on their track. The
letter also named rendezvous where
an agent of Mr.. Abbott's might meet
with representatives of the band to
arrange details.
The money was sent from Salonika
on the evening of April 25 under an
escort of four armed men, and was
handed over to the brigands at a
point among the hills four or five
miles from Salonika More than
twenty brigands were seen on this oc-
casion. In conversation with Mr..
Abbott's messenger, the brigand chief
said that the money would in no
sense he thrown away, as it would in
sure lifelong happiness to a score of
honest lies!-London Standard.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
SAVED BY LUCKY SHOT

A big black bear taught Hubert
Baker, of Croton Falls, lesson that
he will not forget soon, and that Is,
the next time he goes hunting bruin
it will be with a rifle that shoots a
bullet larger than pea. Arthur
Gaming killed this bear just in time
to save his friend Baker from a terri
BILE clawing and perhaps death. The
animal was full-grown and after
blood when he was brought down by
a lucky shot.
Hunting parties started out after
the bear week ago when his tracks
were first seen in upper Westchester,
but not until Monday did any one
come up with him. 1t was lone
hunter who sighted him, and shot
warmed bruin into a run which left
the man with the gun far behind. It
was late in the afternoon, and he had
no dog to follow the trail. Spots of
blood in the snow told him that he
had wounded the animal, but when
the hunter had followed them about
a mile he concluded the bullet had
done but slight damage and turned
homeward
The news that some one had seen
the bear soon spread, and the first
thing the next morning Baker and
Ganung were out for bruins scalp.
They came upon him Unexpectedly
and Baker, forgetting the small call
ibre of his rifle, fired and wounded
the bear slightly. Smarting from the
shot of the day before, the new
wound put the animal into terrible
rage, and he started for Baker, who
tried another shot, which went wide.
Gaming called to Baker to take to
his heels and leave him to try to
bring the angered blackie down as he
passed him. Baker was quite willing
to take his friends advice, but he
had gone only few yards when he
stumbled. 1t was time now to try
a mans nerve. Gaming took careful
aim and fired.
With snarl the bear turned upon
his new enemy, and tried to reach
him. Ganung's bullet, however, had
found spot that tapped the animals
life.-New York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
A REMARKABLE WAR SCARE.

A scene perhaps unique in warfare
Is described by Lew Wallace, in his
recently published Autobiography.
He tells of the approach of Federal
regiment at Shiloh, and of how their
commander stopped them from panic
when they were under heavy fire.
"An officer rode swiftly round
their left flank, and stopped when in
front of them, his back to the enemy.
What he said 1 cound not hear, but
from the motions of the inen he was
putting them through the manual Of
arms-this Notwithstanding some of
them were dropping in the ranks.
Taken all in all, that think was the
most audacious thing that came un-
der my observation during the war.
The effect was magical. The colonel
returned to his post in the rear, and
the regiment, steadied as If on pa
rade, advanced in face o. the fire
pouring upon them, and actually en-
tered the wood"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
CHAPTER XIV.
Tn DNrf

When Sophy went down to Cam.
bridge, she was in deep mourning;
but the heaviness of heart within
her was caused by the sense of her
own unworthiness, and not by her
recent loss. The notion that the
death even of the worst of husbands
is a matter of regret is very gener.
al one, and is recorded on many en-
during substances, such as tomb
stones. But the truth is that there
is no relation in life which can hold
it's ground against persistent wrong
doing. That of the dead we should
say nothing but good is an excellent
maxim; but, unfortunately, it takes
too much for granted-namely, that
there is some good to say about them.
OF John Adair, it might, indeed,
have been stated that he had an ex-
cellent head 'for figures;" but even
that eulogium, since it included the
art of falsifying accounts, was Of a
doubtful value. For my own part I
never feel that slightest regret when
offensive persons Of my acquaintance
are removed to another sphere (of
course / may be mistaken in my es-
innate of them; but, in that case, it
is a consolation to feel that they are
gone where their merits, which es-
capped my limited observations, will
be appreciated) and therefore I can
not blame poor Sophy that she felt
so little sorrow for her bereavement
Some distress and pain, however
she did feel by reason of the manner
of her husbands departure. John
Adair, it was generally understood
was murdered. He was found dead
under that cellar flap in Miller street;
and "the theory" of what would have
|. been ''the prosecution" had there
I been anybody to prosecute, was as
follows: Mr.. Dawson, as has beer
mentioned, had an establishment il
| this street, which consisted, however
| only of certain underground prem
| ises used for storage-probahly Of
! stolen goods When Adair SO indis
| creetly exhibited to him that parce
| of bank notes, it came into his minC
thai he would rather go abroad will
iIl-sotteg gains than with the pos
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
TWO TELEGRAPHERS.

I am going to tell you about a tel
egraph line that my friend and I put
up. We had been interested in elec-
tricity for long time and wanted a
telegraph connection between our
houses. Each of us had an instru-
ment and battery, so all that we
needed was to learn the telegraph
alphabet. We spent many pleasant
evenings together learning it. The
next thing to be done was to put up
the wire. At first it would not work,
so we took it down and found the
trouble and then put it up again.
This time it worked perfectly, and
now we can talk to each other from
inside our own houses.-Raymond
Ulrich, in the New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
GOOD CARE PAYS.

The harness and buggy may be
made to last twice or three times az
long by the judicious use of Oil and
paint I bought a cheap blackboard
and harness seven years ago. Twice
every year 1 took the harness apart
at the buckles-washed it with soap
and then rubbed we'll with "neatsfoot
OIL" fifteen cents worth. Every sum-
mer when the wheels began to rattle
because of getting loose, I got half
gallon of linseed oil and put in a
crescent shaped pan and boiled the
''felloes'' of the wheels in the OIL A
timer will make pan for fifty cents
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
IF YOU WANT TO BE LOVED

Don't contradict people, even If
you're sure you are right.
Don't be inquisitive about the af-
fairs of even your most intimate
friend.
Don't underrate anything because
you don't possess it.
Don't believe that everybody else
in the world is happier than you.
Don't conclude that you have
never had any opportunities in life.
Don't repeat gossip, even if it does
interest a crowd.
Learn to hide your aches and pains
under a pleasant smile. Few care
whether you have the earache, head
ache or rheumatism.
Learn to attend to your own busi-
ness-a very important point.
Do not try to be anything else but
a gentleman or gentlewoman. and
that means one who has considera-
tion for the whole world, and whose
life is governed by the Golden Rule Z:
do unto others as you would be
done by''-Home Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

in which to boil the wheels in the
linseed oil. For $1.98 / bought
enough ready mixed carriage paint
every summer and treated the entire
cart to a coat of paint. AS a conse.
quenee my cheap harness and buck
board did almost daily service for
seven years and was then given In
part pay in buying another buck
board and harness. There were 9TH
ers who did not use oil and paint who
had three or four new sets of harness
and carts.-Mrs. M. G. Adams, in
the Epitomist.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
Zeal RepreSsed.

The Shanghai Taotai has reported
to the Throne that there are many
bad characters in Shanghai, and he
wishes to be instructed to decapitate
them all despite the nature of their
crimes, but an imperial rescript has
been issued to the effect that those
who committed high crimes may be
sentenced to decapitation, but those
who committed lighter crimes may be
sentenced to Imprisonment of various
degrees, according to the nature of
their crimes.-Shangha Mercury.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

The electric lighting industry IL
represented in the United States by
1854 companies and municipal plants
and in Canada, Mexico and the West
indies by ATS. These figures COM
pare with 5o15 and 449 April i,
1909, showing a gain in the United
States of 249 and in the other coun-
tries of twenty-seven in the year. or
the total of 5740 plants covered by
the statistics 3193 carry electrical
supplies. The spread of alternating
current methods Is commented on. as
many as ASA of the plants having al.
ternating current.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
COULD FEEL THE NOISE.

The cat was sitting by the fire one
day, purring as loud as ever she
could, and Tommy was stroking her
glossy fur. 80 mamma" he cried,
''has pussy got washboard in her
throat?" why, what whatever
makes you think so?" 'tWell, what
is it I can feel the noise rub over?''
Christian Register.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
THE LOST HOUSE.

/ had a house-my very own
Not made of wood or brick or stone,
But it was built of crystal bright,
With roof and towers, one frosty night,
And round it was a garden. too,
Where trees and plants and flowers grew
And there were birds with silver wings,
And oh, SO many pretty things;
To ooE st st fbem fnr m he 0GGsi Teons no dRa
/ woke and saw it all so plain,
And then fell asleep again.
And while I slept till broad daylight
Somebody stole my house outright!
Do you know who? 'Tis my belief
The Sun was just that cruel thief,
For when I tried my house to find, ,
-Ziteila Cooke, in Youths Companion
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
Man and His Clothes.

Man is some sort of slave to his
clothes, and there are many men who
dislike wearing the same clothes on
two consecutive days. More particu-
larly the necktie. For the first two
Or three things you look at when you
meet a man are his eyes and his
necktie. And there is a sort of un-
derlying consciousness as you face
the morning world that your tie must
be straight and clean and new. But
to this end you must buy the cheap
tie, and throw it away with your sins
before going to bed.-LOndon Chron-
icle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
CORN FOR THE SILo.

The method used in raising corn
would be to apply a coat of dressing
and plow it in, then harrow the
ground until the soil is pulverized,
with a disk harrow, then use a corn
that is from eighteen inches to two
feet high. The method used In fill
ing the silo is to cut the corn as soon
as the ears begin to get hard or there
is danger of heavy frost, using a
corn harvester, then cut it into the
silo with an ensilage cutter.-W. l..
Gray. In the American Cultivator.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

the centre stick-L, M, N, O-show
where the string for flying is to be
attached. One very heavy tail will
be required which may be fastened
at the point marked by the cross
Ain the diagram. If the kite is
made large size three tails can be
used as marked in the plan.-R. M.
Field, Maine, in The Epitomist.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
PIG AND GOOSE TRAINING


At 1880 o'clock the band of fifty
pieces began to boom out rehearsal
Of popular selections, and the arena
under the big tent took on livelier
air with the different trainers putting
their animals through their PAGES.
The circus is always more or less in
rehearsal, and therein lies the safety
of the performers when the spectac-
ular and daring acts are accomplished
before audiences. So intent were we
upon the school that we did not see
the first lap of the thoroughbred
pigs dashing around the arena with
all the flourish of a tallyho sextet,
and induced their driver and trainer
to tell us some of the secrets of pig
training.
Just keep ct it, is the only secret
I know" he said. Patience and
then more patience IS what is most
needed. Pigs learn readily enough,
but their consarned perversity is what
upsets the whole thing. Trained pigs
are rare and they are always in de-
mand, but they certainly cause a lot
of trouble A few years ago the first
trained pig to appear on the stage
earned for his trainer salary of
$3.50 a week
mo, they never care much for me
Il don't think pig is capable OF
.eal affection. He is smart, though.
Take a puppy six weeks old ana a
pig of the same age and pig will
learn trick in half the time required
by the puppy. But pig is contrary.
He finds out what you want him to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
He is the Doctor.

Senator Rayner twits Mr.. Aldrich
with not being lawyer; but If the
degree of doctor of laws we're being
distributed to folks in proportion as
they had doctored laws, Mr.. Aldrich
would be tattooed with LID. mono
grams Washington Times.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
EXERCISE FOR CHICKS.

EXERCISE FOR CHICKS.
Exercise is absolutely necessary
with brooder chicks, or else bowel
trouble and cases of indigestion will
surely result. Use plenty of short.
clean litter, in which scatter dry
bread crumbs, millet seed, cracked
wheat and very fine cracked corn
Farmers Home Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
AN ARROW KITE.

In answer to the boys request I
enclose diagram of an "arrow kite"
1t is not at all difficult to make and is
a capital flyer. The small crosses on
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
RUNNING THE BIG RAPIDS.

Where the waters of half conti-
nent become hemmed in between the
rock walls of the River Saskatche-
wan, at a point not third of a mile
wide, with such steep descent over
huge boulders and rocky islets that
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
Plaster portraits are the fashion,

Plaster portraits are the fashion
able form of counterfeit present
ment" in London. They are done in
the form of miniature busts or bas
reliefs at the low price Of $3.50
apiece.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

The first pocket handkerchiefs,
utilized in the manner they are to-
day. were manufactured at Paisley in
174S.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

The Nile valley is all there is OF
Egypt from a productive point of
view.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06

The first Japanese newspaper was
published in 1868, only forty-three
years ago, and it contains some news
translated from some of the Dutch
papers. To-day Japan has 1900
daily newspapers and periodicals.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-08-06
Pastor and Bridge Builder.

A bronze tablet has been placed in
Groeswen Chapel, near Caerphilly, to
the memory of William Edwards,
who, during the forty years he Off
ciated as pastor of the Groeswen In
dependent Church, built a number of
bridges in Wales, including that at
Pontypridd, which at the time of it's
erection had the largest stone arch
in the world. To his trade of builder
William Edwards united the occupa-
tion of farmer and minister of reli-
gion.-London Tit-Bits.
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