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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
GATORS DROWN VICTIMS.

Late that afternoon, when the la
gcon was aglow with the wonderful
copper hues of Papuan sunset, some
one pointed out to me a long dark
streak moving swiftly across the
water 200 or 800 yards away, and in
the streak just the slightest speck of
black. 1t was an alligator at last!
'Now, you see why you can't go
swimming in the lagoon" I was told.
They are worse than sharks. They
don't show themselves and give you
chance; they just come down under
meath you and pull you down-and
that's all you or any one else know
about it, They don't eat you at once;
only hold you under the water till
you are drowned, or half pulled to
pieces, and then store you somewhere
under a bank or in hole till you are
high enough to be savory-just as
you would do with pheasant, you
know. He's a knowing beggar, the
alligator; the shark isn't in it with
him for brains and savvy."-Wide
World Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
ABOUT CLOVES.

The principal source of the worlds
Glove supply is Zanzibar and the
neighboring Island of Pemba, East
Africa.
The seeds are planted in long
trenches and kept we'll watered, and
in the course of forty days the shoots
appear above the ground. They are
carefully watered and looked after
for two years, when they should be
about three feet high. Then they are
transplanted in rows about thirty
feet apart and well watered until they
become rooted. From that time on
they require only ordinary care.
In five or six years they come into
bearing, when they are the size of
ordinary pear trees, and very shapely.
Then the young plantation is a pretty
sight. The leaves of various shades
of green tinged with red serve to set
off the clsters of dull-red Glove buds.
The limbs of the tree being very
brittle, a peculiar four-sided ladder
is used in gathering. AS fast as the
buds are collected they are spread in
the sun until they assume brownish
color, when they are put into the
,storehouse ready for market A ten
year-old plantation should produce
twenty pounds of cloves to the tree.
Trees of twenty years frequently pro-
duce upward of one hundred pounds
each.
Besides the buds the stems are
gathered, and form an article Of
commerce, commanding one-ffth the
price of cloves and having about the
same percentage of strength. To
this is due the fact that ground cloves
can be purchased in the home market
at lower price than whole cloves
Harper's Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
When the CIothier tainted.

A London clothier was never known
to acknowledge that he didn't have
anything possible customer might
ask for One day a customer en-
tered the shop and asked if he had
any trousers made especially for one
legged men.
Certainly" replied the merchant.
What kind 90 you want?"
Dress pants" said the man. "The
best you've got"
Hurrying into the rear of the shop,
the enterprising merchant snatched a
pair of trousers and shipped off the
right leg with pair of shears. Has
tily turning under the edges he pre-
sented them to the customer.
That's the kind 1 want. What's
the price,"
Thirty shillings."
well. give me a pair with the left
leg off
A month later the clothier was pro-
nounced valescent.-London Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

ty-four hours he was adrift, starva-
ton threatened.
He used his shirt for a distress sig
nal and was rescued, half starved AMI
badly frightened, by boat from the
Fire Island Life Saving Station.
Leonhardt, who is fond of fishing,
determined to spend Sunday enjoying
the sport He hired a small sail boat
at Bayshore, L. J.. and started for the
fishing banks. When he was several
miles out at sea he encountered
stiff breeze. The mast snapped and
in a moment he was adrift in an un-
manageable boat, wind and tide car
rying him seaward.
Several vessels passed, but not near
enough to observe his frantic signals.
To make matters worse the lunch he
had taken with him was washed over
board in an early stage of his help
lessness. Leonhardt had given up
hope and had thrown his shirt signal
into the ocean when he espied his
rescuers.
Leonhardt is exhibiting to his
friends a number of gray hairs which,
he claims were not in his head prior
to his experience of a night at sea-
New York World.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
WAFFLES AND MAUDIE.

Ethel could hardly wait to get to
bed last night, so that her papa could
tell her about little Maudie Mouse.
Little Maudie Mouse lay very, very
still under the big leaf where her
papa and mamma had put her.
She was almost asleep when she
heard something walking by the leaf
with a very soft tread.
Goodness" said Maudie to herself
as her eyes popped wide open, Il do
wonder what that is"
She very carefully lifted up one end
of the leaf and looked out.
"Oh, N.Y." right there in front of
her, with his back turned, was Waf-
fles, the cat.
Maudie's little heart beat so hard
she thought Waft1es must certainly
hear it.
What could she do?"
Picking her way very carefully, she
scooted out the opposite side of the
leaf and scampered just as fast as
she could go, her little bonnet bob
bing up aud down.
We'll, l declare" said Waffles to
himself, If there don't go a sleek. fat
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
An Auto Charm.

An automobile whisked past the
Franklin School while the scholars
were at their midday play. Instantly
every child of them ceased playing,
moistened the end of his little thumb,
pressed the thumb firmly into the
open palm of the other hand and
then smote the pressed palm with a
chubby fist This done, they all re-
turned to their games.
Whats that?" asked a mystified
passer-by. AN incantation?"
Its a charm" replied little girl
with two golden yellow pigtails braid
ed down her back. IF you wet your
thumb every time you see an auto
mobile and press it in your hand and
then stamp it with your fist, then,
when you do that a thousand times
you will find something. The charm
will make you find something when
you've done it that many times; that's
the way, you know. Last week I
found" The little lass stopped her
tale as another motor car went honk-
ing by, and solemnly performed the
mystic rites of the charm-"Last week
[ found a rubber dolly that would
squeak, and one time Susie found
a
But just then the school bell rang
and the pigtails disappeared.-W
ington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
For the
Younger
Children.

little mouse. l guess l can catch her
all right" he said, licking his chops.
Maudie, looking over her shoulder,
saw WafT1es coming after her with
long strides. She thought her day
had come, when suddenly she spied a
little hole in a tree.
Just as Waffles reached her, in she
popped
"What's the matter with me late
Iy?" said Waff1es, in deep disgust. Il
can't even catch a little mouse.
must be getting old. Farmer Smith,
in the New York Globe.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
Quite So!

Said Mr.. Bullion to his intended
son-in-low
Have you fixed up the date for the
wedding yet, young MANI"
That" replied the tactful young
man, II shall leave entirely with
Mary"
"And what kind of an affair is it
going to be? Do you want it done
in style, or would you prefer it to be
a quiet AFFAIR.""
The young man considered for
moment. Then he said;
''I think, sir, l should leave that
entirely to Mrs. Bullion
tUm. And what is the amount of
your income?'
"Oh, that, sir" answered the pleas
ant young fellow, Il leave entirely
to you, Mr.. Bullion! Answers
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
An Old Game.

Polo is an Oriental game of antiqui-
ty, which. it is claimed. can be traced
back to 600 B. C. 1t was first played
by Europeans in 1868, and was intro
duced into England in 1871, and into
the United States in 1878. The game
has long been popular among wealthy
men of sporting proclivities, but is too
expensive a pastime to become COM
mon. Polo may be briefly described
as hockey on horseback.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
TEMPERAMENT.

"Hes a man of considerable tenn
perament."
do you mean he's grouchy, or do
you mean he won't work ?"-Louis-
willie Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

THE PENALTY OF A BAD MEROR1
A jolly bear accounting went
In the mellow month, September,
But where his chosen lady lived
He could not well remember.
All through the woods he hunted her;
He had met her at ball;
And when he very CALAMITY
Asked her if he might call,
She bowed and blushed quite prettily,
And said, "Oh, yes, my friend;
You'll find my home is in cave
At tie Woods extreme East End"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
ONE SORT OF TOURIST.

tHis recollections of Europe are
not very edifying."
"No?"
mo. Naples, for instance, is the,
place where he lost his umbrella. and
Pisa is where he got his pocket.
picked louisville Courier-Journala
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

And so the months and months rolled by
And he gave up in despair;
He thought he'd never see her more,
For he'd searched most everywhere.
But at ball one winters night,
A bride and groom were there;
Our bear was grieved to see the bride
Was his dear lady fair.
His faulty mind had caused his loss,
And it served him right, you see;
For a bear that can't remember well
Won't a good husband be.
-Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
NO HOPE.

There's no hope that the human
race will be entirely content" said
the philosopher.
NO" replied the man who lHas
selling tickets: cts out of the ques.
;tion to build sleeping cars with moth
ing but lower berths or theatres that
contain only aisle seats in the first
five rows. ."-Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
NIGHT OF TERROR.

Charles Leonhardt. il, q Well-to-
do ieweler, is recovering from shook k
as a result OF being blown ten miles
out to sea in 4 frail craft. He will
not forget the experience for long
time, for beside the DANCE he was
in of being sWamped during the thlr-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
AL FRESCO.

They were having tea on the lawn.
"How many Jumps of sugar?" in
quired the hostess.
1.-TWO Jumps" observed the young
man. land only one caterpillar, if you
please. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
TO FIT THE CRIME.

81 amt no saint, boss" said the
hobo. 81 wunst voted couple o
hundred repeaters in my precinct, an
they sent me to the penitenchry for
it,
Great Caesar," exclaimed the man
who had Just befriended him. II did
the same thing once, and they sent
me to Congress for it.'-Chicago Tri-
hume.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
AN AUTO HINT

AN AUTO HINT.
1 sat in my auto
One day in the shade,
To rest for a while,
When a sweet rustic maid
In a pretty red bonnet
Came walking my way
With a smile in her eyes
Like the sunshine in May.
"Ah, Little Red Riding-hood, -
"Greeting!" quoth +
A very bold knight
To a maiden so shy.
'Beg pardon, I'm not"
She shook her small head;
'EI'm little red walking-hood,
Sir" she said.
William j. hampton, in Success
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
FR1GHTFULLY CLOSE TO DEATH.

A thrilling incident in connection
with a recent ascent of the Parseval
airship in Berlin is reported in the
German press. A boy who had come
too near the ropes, got his right leg
entangled, and when the balloon rose
he was lifted UP in the air, head
downwards. While hanging in that
position he succeeded, as good gym
mast. in catching the rope with his
hands, thus getting in safer and
more comfortable position. The
crowd below watched with bated
breath the movements of the boy.
hanging between heaven and earth
at height of 500 feet. 1t was then
that the people in the balloon noticed
the signals from below, and brought
down the airship, whereupon the boy
WAS rescued half dead from his peril
, Gus position.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
TAKING NO CHANCES.

Mother (instructing little daughter
to peel potatoes )-"Be careful to get
the eyes out, Biddy. l once know'di
of a sword-swallower as was choked
wiv the eye of tater. Punch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
MAGICAL WEALTH.

Don't you wish you had AIaddin's
wonderful Iamp?" said the magma
tive boy.
No, replied the practical youth.
I'D rather be sole proprietor of
city full OF gas meters. ."-Wasning-
ton Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
ON SECOND THOUGHT.

'T guess out boy Josh will be back
on the farm soon,' said Mr.. Corntos-
sci.
Il thought he had a good situation
in town." replied the summer board
er.
Yes. But I judge it kind o. set
him thinkin' when he found out that
the value of one good hog was pretty
near as much as two weeks salary. /
Washington Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

George #. Lynch, a sixteen-year-
old Baltimore bank messenger,
drowned himself because he had got
in debt to fellow-employes for total
OF less than $25.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
AN ASS NOT A LAMB

Hicks-''It is said that the wind is
,,
Wicks-"Yes, but not to the fool,
who prematurely takes off his heavyi
flannels Boston Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
THE INJUSTICE OF 1T.

Authors Wife-"This is too badS
You give your heroine million and
refuse me ten cents to buy veil."-
Pele Mele
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
The United States Government h

spent more than 100000 for the
improvement of inland navigation
and more than $4O.O00.000 for irri-
cation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
A Poor Argument.

An Oakland farmer found a score
of men putting up telegraph poles
all over his best field. He ordered
the men away, but they wouldn't 60.
They showed him a paper that gave
them authority to put up their poles
wherever they wished. The old man
looked at the paper, saw it was law
full and walked away in silence. He
went to the barn and turned a savage
red bull into the field, The bull
made for the men, the ,men fed at
top speed and the farmer shouted
after them: "Show hip'your paper!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

NOT STOPPING TO CONQUER.
Very Stout, But Thrifty Old Gent
(seeing halfpenny on the ground)]
'Well, daresay I could get it, but is
it worth the trouble On. A. P.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

1t is claimed by grocerymen in
Mexico that asparagus is being i'm
ported from France in large pack
ages and canned in the City of Mex
leo under American labels as though
coming from California.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
AN EFFECTIVE MEASURE

Scott-"How do you manage to-
shut off those confounde1 borrow
ers?"
Mott - easy enough! When a
man starts in saying he's so short, I
say, SO long!' Boston Transcripts
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

Cook, you will have u go: DON'T
like your cooking"
well, all the boarders do"
Eyes, that's just the trouble. -.
New York Telegram.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29
DUMP BOY WHO SAVED SIXTY.

DUMP BOY WHO SAVED SIXTY.
Mr.. Bingham, mine inspector of the
State of Illinois. tells all incident con-
nected with a cave-in that took place
in an Illinois coal mine. The earth
and coal in settling had imprisoned
sixty men. But it left an opening
between where they stood and the
outer world, through which a boy
could barely crawl. The foreman of
Evans, a boy who worked on the
dump, You're just small enough to
crawl through that opening and drag
a hollow pipe with you. If you get
that pipe in there we shall be abe
to pump air through it to the men to
keep them alive until we cal dig
them out. But you have to be mighty
careful in crawling through, because
if you jostle the coal it will settle
down on you and instantly crush out
your life. Are you willing to try it?'
That boys face was black with
. coal SCOT, his hand bruised from toll;
he had been so poor all his life that
he had never been able to learn to
read and write; but at the same time
he was supporting his mother. He
looked at the foreman. and in answer
to his question replied, ''I'll try my
best"
Fred stripped off all the clothing
he could spare, put rough cap oil
his head. grabbed the end Of the pipe,
and began his six-hundred-foot crawl.
Time and again the pipe ceased to
move, and those at the upper end
thought the hey had been entrapped: ::
but it would start up, ard at last a
faint call through it announced the
lads safe arrival. For week milk
air and water were forced through
that pipe. and then the sixty men and
Fred were restored to their families.
At that time John r. Tanner was
Governor of Illinois, and, hearing Of
the boys heroism, sent for him.
"Youngster," said the Governor, 'the
State of Illinois wants to recognize
your pluck. What can | do for you?
Fred nervously twitched his fingers
about his cap and looked frightened
at the big man who spoke so kindly
to him. But finally finding his voice
he replied: I'D like to know how
to read" Needless to say. that boy
got his education without cent OF
expense to himself, and is now Il sue
cessful farmer in Illinois.
1t is difficult to know which to ad
mire most. the boys heroism or his
wise choice; but / am thinking par
ticularly of his brave deed and as to
the way he gave to the world a fine
example of unselish action and un
daunted pluck.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

But as the days went gliding by
The bear forgot her address,.
And when he went to call on her
He made of it mess.
All through the North and West and
South
He knocked at every door,
To be responded to by bears
He'd never seen before.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1910-07-29

''TOO RISKY FOR THE MISSUS."
eve were hunting with flashlight
and camera on the calm waters of a
far away lake in the woods of north
ern New Brunswick" says a corre-
spondent of Country Life in Ameri-
ca. ''It was nearly midnight, and we
were stealing quietly along in our
canoe when our guide suddenly whis-
pered:
"'You take the missus out CT this
canoe and I'll paddle you up to that
bull moose so you can rub his nose if
you want to. I am not mite scared
and 1 don't want you to think 1 am,
only I have had one experience with
a woman in my canoe night hunting
this summer and 1 don't want an
other"
"Charlie was considerably vexed,
for 1 had intimated that he was
afraid. Again and again 1 had urged
him to paddle up to within twenty
feet of a certain bull moose that had
been standing knee deep in the water
His huge head and antlers were near
ly submerged for greater part of
the time as he searched for the ten
der stems of the white water crow
foot, an aquatic plant that grows in
abundance on the muddy bottoms of
these northern ponds.
Il had taken his picture three
times, and on each occasion, in spite
nf n 70
nearer, Charlie had stopped fully fifty
feet away-too far off, I feared, to
get anything but very small picture
with my five inch lens.
You see, Charlie went Oh to ex-
plain, Adam and I had a gentleman
and two ladies out in canoe one
night not long ago. They wanted to
see what the moose were doing after
dark. We put the canoe close up to
big bull that was standing in the
shoal waters at the narrows. Adam
was padding and I had the jack. We
looked the fellow over for a few min
utes, then started for the inlet 1t is
a pretty narrow place up there, and
We had to pass within ten feet of him
He was standing side to, and was
looking into the bushes
Just as we came abreast of him
some one whispered: Throw the
light on him! Let us see what he
looks like sideways" We never had
time to find out, for when the light
struck him he turned like a flash and
jumped clean over the canoe, hitting
the gentleman on the shoulder, and
the next thing we knew we were all
f1oundering about in the lake. 1t was
lucky thing that the water was not
very deep or somebody might have
been drowned. No one was badly
hurt, but the sportsman was pretty
LAM; for few days.
And now,' said Charlie, in con-
clusion, do you want anything like
! that to happen to the MISUSE
eve were quite willing now to let
the guide have his own way and to
view the animals from respectful
, distance. Later experience, however,
taught us that, by taking proper pre-
cautions with the jack light one can
without danger approach to within a
few feet Of a, moose"
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-05-19

The increases will not affect the com.
modify rates on which the major poi
tion of the tonnage is carried. The
increases will fall most heavily on
merchandise of all classes and upon
nearly all the household necessities. It
is understood, however, that as soon as
the class rates become effective in
creases will be made in the commodity
rates.
With regard to the proposed in
creases Secretary Glenn of the Illinois
Manufacturers Association said:
"Although we had heard from time
to time that the railroads east of here
and serving all territory to the sea-
board and north of the Ohio River
to the Canadian border, were contem-
plating increases, we had no idea that
the movement had reached such an
advanced stage. We now fully under
stand that the advances will 90 into
effect by the middle of July, and that
there seems to be no way of stopping
them unless we appeal to the courts
for an injunction restraining the rail
roads from raising rates until the mat
ter can be determined by the inter
state commerce commission.
'EWe shall have directors meeting
tomorrow, and I think call will be
issued for general mass meeting of
shippers to be held soon in Chicago.
Personally | think the railroads are
crazy to attempt such radical increases
at this time. To do so will be to place
an additional burden upon general bust
ness which it is little fitted to stand. =