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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
CHAPTER III.

Two or three days passed, during
which the liking between uncle and
nephew grew satisfactorily, and as
for Aunt Betsy, as she. expressed it
herself, "the boy made an old fool
Of her."
Mr.. Denstone called his nephew
into his room one day and began to
talk seriously on business matters.
THE .clerkship | proposed to offer
you is not yet vacant, Arthur" he
said. "Mr. Evans, the gentleman you
are to succeed, still clings to it in
spite Of failing health; but it cannot
be for long, and meanwhile I wish
you to work at foreign languages,
and to waste your time as little as
possible. I suppose" with some hesi-
tation, you have not much money"
"Yes, sir, thank you, have plen-
ty," said Arthur, eagerly.
Indeed! I understood you really
had none, else" and he touched
the sleeve OF Arthur's coat so sig
nifcantly, that the color rushed into
his face.
Il am sorry, sir" said he, "but
that must wait a little. The money
I alluded to was ten pounds Aunt
Betsy gave me. She is awfully good
to me-"
Mr.. Denstone smiled. Hum" he
said. so you call that plenty?"
You would call it plenty il you
knew how much it is going to do"
said Arthur, gleefully.
We'll, well; but plenty Or not, you
must be decently dressed l will
order your clothes myself, and I will
now begin your salary, so that you
will start fair. But if I begin your
salary at once, it is on condition that
you do not waste your time, which is
now mine, but work to fit yourself
correspondence"
While they were speaking, Mon
sieur Rigaud was announced. Ar
thur would have retreated, but his
uncle desired him to remain. He
had been pleased with the acuteness
of his observation on the night of his
arrival, and he wanted to make use
Of it still.
Monsieur Rigaud began at once.
Have you decided, my friend? II
those shares are not disposed of at
once by private contract they go into
the market. I await your decision. "
Il will take them," said Mr.. Den
stone. Il have considered: but.
Rigaud, what possesses you to part
with them? They are as safe as the
Bank Of England, and rising in
value. ~
w. so muehethe better for you," said
the Frenchman, rubbing his thin
white hands together, and with a
slight contortion about the drawn
Hines of his mouth, which might have
been a smile s-.-.-.
II do not: wish to be impertinent,
my friend" saidNr. Denstone, plant
ing himself squarely upon the hearth
rug, but why this Immediate de-
mand for cash? You have no spend
thrift son, have. you,- who has been
playing ducks and brakes with your
money!"
No, thank Heaven! I have no
son." said the old man, energetically.
Il have only one child, little daugh-
ter"
"IGdeed!" said Mr.. Denstone, as
tonished. II never heard even that
you were married"
Yes" said the old Frenchman,
slowly rubbing his claw-like hands.
Yes, I was married once; but it is
L,+ 81 Il
it. I have lived double life. Did
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
TRY NEW VARIETIES.

Very often some novelty of eXceps
tional merit is put on the market by
some enterprising scotsman, and the
one who does not try it is a distinct
loser Of course it is not wise to plant
of novelties to the exclusion of tried
sorts, but it is safe to get a little seed
of any varity which promises espe-
cially well, if the introducer is one
known to be .sas good as his word"
One must not blame the seedsmen
if everything they "boost" does not
fulfill the claims made for it. One
must take into account both soil and
climate, and for that reason it is not
wise to place too much reliance on
new varieties till they have been thor
oughly tried. This is especially true
of field seeds, for if they are i'll chosen
there is a chance for considerable
loss.
The best plan is to buy sparingly
the first year, and il the new variety
does pretty well save the best seed
from it, if such plant as natures
seed the first season, and chances are
if adapted to the location this home
grown seed will do better the second
year, providing the season was favor
able. If it does not, there is little
use in continuing its growth.
With plants whose seed must be
bought each season, it is we'll to make
a more extended trial the second year
than the first, providing the first
promised well, but never discard your
old friends tried and true of field and
garden, till you are sure you have
something better to take their places.
Would we discourage the trial of
new varieties? No; but we would
be safe before making a change, and
to that end would encourage making
experiments, both under the most
favorable conditions as to soil and
cultivation, and under such varying
conditions as most field and garden
crops are grown. A comparison of
the difference in yield might convey
some needed lessons.
These experimental plots, whether
of new or old varieties, are mighty in
teresting and go far towards robbing
farm life of the monotony which is
inseparable from work of any kind,
if the head is not occupied as well
as the hands. Try it, friends, and see
how much enjoyment can be gotten
out of few square rods of your farm
when devoted to this purpose.-D. G.
Carman, in the Indiana Farmer.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29

KIDDING LAWNS OF DANDELIONS
Dandelions may be eradicated from
the lawn by applying a few drops of
gasoline at the centre Of each plant,
for the purpose. Another plan, which
may also be used in the case of plan
tains and other weed pests, is to cut
Off the plant at the crown and apply
two or three drops of kerosene to the
stump.-Indianapol News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
INDIANS TO KILL WOLVES.

Tough times for timber wolves are
looming up in the future. The latest
scheme for Kidding the White River
cattle country of these four-legged
marauders is to let the Indians do it,
and this appears TO be the best notion
yet.
When it comes to trapping or
shooting wolves and locating their
dens, an Indian knows what white
man never would find out, so now the
plan is to invite the Utes up from the
reservation in the southern part of
the State, and their cousins from over
In Utah and then turn them loose to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
A Fair Exchange No Robbery.

When Mr.. Peabody's wife died he
had ordered that Mrs. Peabody's hat
rack just as she had left it.
After year had elapsed. Mrs. Pea
body No. was ushered in. AS she
passed by the hatrack he requested
that that hat might remain undis-
turbed.
A few years later Mr.. Peabody was
bringing his third wife to his home.
He paused before the hatrack where
the two hats hung. He repeated his
reque~'
'I will not disturb those hats"
said she, "but the next hat that hsags
there will be MANS
And it was.-Judge.
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expression, which betrayed an I'M
certainty, an indecision probably for
eign to his character. 1t was the
same with his eye. At first sight Ar
thur thought it peculiarly sharp,
piercing and keen, till he observed
now and then the uncertain wavering
look come over it, and he drew his
own conclusions.
Aunt Betsy withdrew at last, and
after brief interval, Arthur begged
leave to join her and leave the two
old gentlemen over their coffee.
Presently the two gentlemen came
in. and very socn Monsieur Rigaud
! took leave. He turned kindly to Ar
thur as he said goodnight, and asked
him in French whether he understood
his native language. Arthur an
swered glibly enough, blushing as
only Englishmen can blush, and the
Frenchman took leave.
"I am glad to hear that you can
talk French, Arthur" said his uncle.
"It is a most useful branch of educa-
ton, and may double your value to
me-"
This was the first allusion he had
made to the clerkship, and it caused
Arthur'S heart to bound.
eff you think that, sir" he said, "I
will work at it; but my French is
self-taught to great degree. I can
write and read, but am not very
good hand at conversation, and Tola
says my accent is barbarous"
"We must remedy that" said Mr..
Denstone rather absently; then sud
denly, THAT is very remarkable
man-that Monsieur Rigaud-he has
keen, shrewd head"
HAS had, 1 should have said," an
swered his nephew, fancying that
uncle's voice.
How do you mean?"
cit was a mere transient observa-
tion," said Arthur. "He gave me the
impression of having lost his nerve. :"
"Ah!" Mr.. Denstone paused mo-
ment; then he said, "You are a close
observer, young man, but I fancy
you have hit the right nail upon the
head. Monsieur Rigaud is an enor-
mously rich man, but he has been
selling out of actually
everything. I don't believe he trusta
the Funds" And he laughed at his
own wit
"That is curious, Uncle Alfred"
"Very curious; and what does he
do with it? That is the puzzle"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
A TRUE STORY OF A HORSE.

II 1eOH oIe1 oI II 4lo1tSIs
l want to tell you about a lovely
gray and white horse named Babe
we once had. Every morning, when
my father went to the barn to harness
him, he would just go as far as the
watering trough, which was outside
of our kitchen door, and then refuse,
to move until we gave him some lump,
sugar.
I will tell you about an accident
which happened one dark night. 1t:
was about Z o'clock and mother was
wondering what kept father, when
all of q sudden We heard some one
kick on the door. We did not bother
at first because We thought it was.
father, but as the noise kept on
mother went out to see what the:
trouble was. Just as she got outside.
of the door something smooth
brushed against her neck. Turning,
she saw it was Babe, who had brushed
his nose against her neck. He looked
as if something was wrong. Mother
said. "Where is your master?" The
horse hung his head, so we knew
something was wrong. After taking.
the horse into the barn we went down
the road to see if anything had hap.
rencI to father. We had not gone
far when Il wagon came in sight.
Father was in it and called to us.
We got in and he told US all about
sma3jl-uD he had down the road. The
next morning we all went to see the
wreck, which was in front Of a little
cottage. Orr wagon was in pieces
ani a wheel Of another wagon was
there. The two wagons had run into
each other. Father did not get hurt,
but it was 4 dreadful risk. Our horse
had come straight home to tell US.
Helen Stapieton, in the New York
Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
OUR PET CAT, TRICKS.

I want to tell you true story
about our pet cat, Tricks. We got
him when he was a tiny kitten. His
mother was killed by dog. He is
now eleven years old and is SO kind
and gentle with sister and me. We
used to live in the country, and when
we moved to the city we gave Tricks
to a neighbor. But he was naughty
and caught the baby chickens, so
they sent him back to us by express.
He arrived just at dinner time in a
baked bean box which had printed
upon it, ga Dainty Morsel for Din
ner" Needless to say we did not eat
Tricks for dinner, but took him back
to our home and hearts instead. He
is very fond of liver and will eat
hardly anything else. He will stand
up and beg for it and will new every
letter when we tell him to spell it.
He is a fine hunter and still catches
large rats. When we lived in the
country he caught several large
snakes.-Robert Walworth, in the
New York Tribune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
CHILDREN IN POLITICS.

The Washington Post reports lit
tie conversation which seems to show
that Washington, D. c., children take
naturally to politics.
Mamma" said the son of mem
Der of Congress, after he had re-
ceived a piece of pastry on condition
that he should share it with his
brother.
What is it?'
won't you cut this pie for us?"
"Why not let your brother do it,"
Cause I see by the way he is go
ing to work that he is getting ready
to gerrymander it."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
TUBEROSES.

Tuberose bulbs should be lifted and
we'll dried before severe frosts come in
autumn. Then pack in dry sand or
shavings or chaff, and keep in a warm
room during winter. An ordinary
cellar is too cold and damp. The fur
mace room will usually be found sat-
isfactory, being warm and dry, which
are necessary conditions. Do not
plant the bulbs out too early in
spring, as the germ of the tuberose
is very sensitive, and if injured by
cold and moisture the bulb will pro-
duce nothing but leaves. Parks
Floral Magazine.
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IN THE JUNGLE.

''No need going all the way tc
British East Africa in search of peril
Gus adventures, said Willard P. Mil.
Ter, civil engineer, who arrived al
the Holland House from Tampa, Fla
eff man wants plenty of excitement
all he's got to do is to join a sur
veying party on the new road that
is being built through the jungles
of central Brazil up into Bolivia.
have been down there year, and just
to get a change I an going over to
China to work on the Yan-nan-tu
Railroad, which is being built by
Americans.
II hadn't been down in Brazil
three months when 1 began to want
to see Broadway the worst way. II
1 had stayed down there longer than
I did the jungle would have driven
me crazy. During the year l was
down with malaria twenty times.
And when bunch Of six of us reached
Para, near the mouth of the Amazon,
and found there was no passenger
ship due to come this way for two
weeks, we were so afraid that we
would have another attack that we
climbed on board a British tramp
steamer, the England, and came to
Tampa. 1t was anything to get
away.
"Of the Madeira and Mamore Rail-
road eighty miles have been finished
and are in operation. All the survey
has been completed up into Bolivia,
and 1 was with one of the engineering
corps that were doing the work.
There were nine Americans in our
party and thirty-five Or forty natives,
'hombres' we call them to distinguish
them from the Americans, that being
the Spanish word for men. The lat
ter, of course, speak Portuguese, but
in South American countries Ameri-
can engineers are used to dealing
with Spanish-speaking workmen and
use that term.
''In going up the Rio Madeira it
took us twenty-eight days to go 100
miles on account of the rapids and
falls, which are numerous. Hun
dreds of boats come down loaded
with rubber, and it is the object of
the railroad to cut out the falls and
make the product of the Bolivian
forests easy to take to the coast.
when we got to the place where
our survey was to start we found we
had our hands full. 1t involved hew-
ing our path as we went along, and
every few days we would have to
clear a space large enough to build
palm house.
every night without exception we
would be awakened by jaguars break
ing into the camp. The 'hombres
slept in hammocks which were hung
about three feet from the ground,
and there would be yells of alarm as
some man awakened to find big wild
animal smelling about him. The
camp lights would attract the beasts.
Lots of them were killed by the men,
who said that the animals if hungry
would not hesitate to attack human
beings.
Zone day we found the bones of a
native in the woods, but we did not
know whether to blame his death on
the jaguars or on the vultures, which
hung about in the air near us, always
in great numbers. And as for in
sects-why, there seemed to be no
fewer than 100000 species of ants,
and the tarantulas were eight inches
long, not considering their legs. We
used to burn a path around the camp
to keep the legions of ants from in
vading it and carrying away our rice
and other provisions. - New York
Sun.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
A Land of Hunters. .

Ger many is a country of nimrods.,
There are 100000 sportsmen, which
means one gun for every 100 peoples
Each year fall to the gun, on an aver,
age, 100000 hares. 100000 par
tridges, 100000 thrushes, 100000
rabbits, 10000 deer, $4,000 wood
cocks, 10000 wild ducks, $4,000
pheasants, 22,500 deer, IS, 900 -quails,
1880 bucks, 400 wild boars and
1900 bustards. In weight this "bag"
represents 100000 kilogrammes.
The monetary value is 32,000,004
marks, or s1,2S0,000. The sum re-
ceived for licenses to shoot is 7,500,l
600 marks, or 100000. - Baily'a
Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
HIBISCUS.

Hibiscus syriacus (Althaeafrutex)
Rose of Sharon. The large and snowy
flowers of the Althaea, so freely pro-
duced in late summer and at a time
when few other shrubs are in BIOS
som, are highly priced and much ad-
mired by hosts of planters. And its
popularity is well deserved, for few
tall shrubs produce such a magnifi-
cent display. There are both double
and single fiowered forms, ranging in
colors from pure white to rich shades
of rose and purple.-Indianapo
News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
9HLzaSil.1W

A LONG-FELT WANT.
One day wee Willie and his dog
Sprawled on the nursery floor;
He had florists catalogue
And turned the pages DER.
Till all at once he gave a spring.
"Hurrah!" he cried with joy;
Mamma, here's just the very thing
To give your little boy!
"For, when we fellows go to school,
We lose our things, you know;
And in that little vestibule
They do get mixed up so.
"And as you often say you can't
Take care of 'em for me,
Why don't yoe buy rubber plan,
And an umbrella tree?"
st. Nicholas.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
CHILDREN's GAMES UNALTERED.

CHILDREN'S GAMES UNALTERED.
Youngsters grow up, develop and
alter, but their games, the frivolities
Of school yards, street corners and
vacant lots, are Interchangeable.
A man who knows kids has inves-
tigated lie romped with half dozen
little bundles of huskiness in his
neighborhood yesterday, parrying
both shocks to dignity and loss of
breath. He vouches for the state
ment that the little folks games
never change. Further he reports as
follows:
''The games are precisely the same
as when l was small and robust, only
maybe a little more rough and tum-
BILE. 'Technicalities' haven't changed
a bit.
Hide and go seek'-why, 1 un-
derstand they played it years and
years ago in England just as l played
it and the way the children play it
now Some one is it and everybody
else scrambles away to hide, and then
after it has counted fifty or sixty Or
a hundred everybody is anxious to
touch it's base before it does. OF
course you remember that whoever is
time.
"And Pussy Wants Corner
where pussy or it again tries to slip
into q corner while one boy Or girl
is changing places with another. Not
a fractional change can be found in
it. And London Bridge is Failing
Down. where some one is caught by
the bridgeholders and has to pay a
penalty or choose to support one of
the halves of the bridge in the tug
of war that finally results. Can you
find any alteration?
And all of the varieties of tag
wood, iron, grass or paper 'tag'-how
could it be supplemented to make it
any more enjoyable? And Run,
Sheep, Run'-you remember it, Of
course, don't you? And Cheese, an
other sort of T ide and Seek where
you can run only while it is counting
ten and holding its eyes shut And
King, King Calico another abridge-
ment of tag in which the little folks
try to run across the street before it
tags EN-. And Saratoga or Guess
or New York, as it used to be called
when l played it, with the procedure
all the same. One side illustrates
some process, as picking cherries, for
i stance, and the other side guesses
what they're doing. And as soon as
they guess they >-sh to tag members
CT the other side and include them
in their party. Of course you know
all about it. Didn't you play it the
same way twenty, thirty years ago?
"Grownups have to abridge and re-
wise their games and sports every year
to keep -p interest. They're jaded
aud satiated, but the kids are more
consistent and more simply satisfied.
They like their games and there are
enough of them for ariety."-Kan-
Gas City Times.
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GOING THE WHOLE HOG.

She-"They say that an apple a
day will keep the doctor away"
I He-"Why stop there? An onion
a day will keep everybody away. -
Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-04-29
GOOSE SAVES sENTRY's LIFE.

Possibly the most remarkab BILE crea-
ture ever attached to regiment was
Peter, the ever-famous goose of the
Coldstream Guards. This curious pet
was presented to the Coldstreamers
when they were in Canada by the late
Hon. Adolphus Graves, and soon it
acquired a fame which eclipsed that
of all rivals in the army. When the
guard was mounted of a morning
Peter always marched off with them.
1t is recorded that one night the
goose saved a sentry's life by flying
in the face of a rebel who was just
going to fire at the soldier. Peters
timely aid disconnected the rebel, who
fired at random. The sentry imme-
diately responded by shooting the
rebel dead.
When the Guards came home and
were quartered in London one of the
sights when the regiment marched
out was to see Peter strutting at the
head of the battalion till they passed
the barrack gate, when the goose re-
turned. Unhappily, Peters fate was
unheroic; his end was i'll in accord
with his martial career, for he was
run over and killed by cab, and
that not even taxicab. 1t was a
poor kind of an end for bird with
such a record.-London Telegraph.
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ORATORY.
Il Wom-

"Seems to me Congressman Wom-
bat wastes time"
GAS to how"
yesterday he had fifteen minutes
in which to discuss the hog industry
of his district, and spent ten of them
complaining about certain crowned
heads of Europe. Louisville Cour.
ier-Journal.
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VERY REMISS.

"I'm dissatisfied with your account
of my discovery" declared the scient-
ist. 81 told you that it would be i'm
possible to exaggerate the Importance
of this discovery"
"Well?" said the reporter
"You didn't Louisville Cour-
ier-Journal.
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WANTED TO KILL IT DEAD.

Clerk-"Revo1ver, yes, sir. Six
shooter, sir?"
Better make it nine
shooter. I want to kill cat. ."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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LITERAL LANNIGAN.

Mrs. Subbubs (who has hired a
man to plant shade trees) Digging
out the holes, see, Mr.. Lannigan.'
Lannigan-''No, mum. Dim dig
gin out the dirt an lawn the holes"
Boston Transcript.
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GOT THE TOE, PROBABLY.

Father-in-Law-"W you have
the cheek to come to me just after
the wedding and ask me to PUT you
on your feet?"
Son-in-Law (coolly)-'Yes, sir; it
was courting your daughter that put
me on my uppers. Boston Tran
script.
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THEN THE DELUGE.

''My daughter is engaged to
young fellow and I'd like to find out
something about him"
t"That's easy. Can't you get him
mentioned for some fairly prominent
office that is vacant?" - Louisville
Courier-JournaI.
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COURTESY.

"How did you earn the title Of
Colonel?''
"By bestowing it upon everybody
else."-Louisville Courier-Journal.