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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31

keeps his eye out-they'd shoot him
for deserter if they could ketch him.
I'd hate to see him go that way"
We'll, if he's as good as this, let's
take care of him!" cried Phil with
enthusiasm. "I'll tell you, Bud, there's
something big coming off pretty soon
and I'd like to stay around town a
little more if l could. l want to keep
track of things"
"F'r instance?" suggested Hooker
dryly. 1t had struck him that Phil
was spending a good deal of time In
town already.
well, there's this revolution. Sure
as shooting they're going to pull one
soon. There's two thousand Mexican
miners working at Fortuna, and they
say every one of 'em has got a rife
buried. Now they're beginning to quit
and drift out into the hills, and we're
likely to hear from them any time -
All the more reason for staying in
camp, then,' remarked Bud. '1'll tell
you, Phil, l need you here. That
dogged ledge is lost, good and plenty,
and ! need you to say where to dig
We amt doing much better than old
| Aragon did-just roofing around in
that rock pile-let's do little timber
| ing, and sink"
You can't timber that rock" an.
swered De Lancey decidedly. And
besides, it's cheaper to make a cut
| twenty feet deep than it is to tunnel
or sink a shaft. Wait till we get to
that porphyry contact - then well
| know where we're at"
"All right" grumbled Bud; "but
seems like we're long time getting
| there What's the news downtown"
We'll, the fireworks have begun
again over in hihuahua-Orozco and
Salazar and that bunch-but it seems
! there was something to this Mocte
yuma scare, after all. | was talking to
an American mining man from down
that way and he told me that the fed
erals marched out to where the rebels
were and then sat down and watched
! them cross the river without firing on
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31


Why did you bow with SO grand an air.
And insist, when she came, that she take
your chair?
She may have been beautiful years ago.
But today she Is neither young nor fair
Why did you hover around her so?
Why did you laugh at her feeble joker
Why did you hurry to fetch her cloakf
Younger women and fairer, too.
Cast many Turing glance your way
What was the charm that she had for
your
She is growing stout and her hair il
grayl
Her daughter is graceful and young and
fair.
But what Of that? Was her daughter
there?
All, you fiattered the mother to win the
child
And the woman? Oh, she was we'll aware
Why you turned your back to the rest
who smiled,
And there may have been Joy in her
motherly breast
Az you waited on her and ignored the
rest,
And you haply thought of your ancient
With touch Of pride and believed It
new,
But the girl, no doubt, let some other
man
Hold her hand while her ma sat there
with you.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31

it's mission when it covers the head,
stays on and shades the eyes. Two
pretty examples of sports hats are
shown in the illustration given here.
One of them is of white corduroy and
the other of white satin. They are
comfortable and beautiful and their
life is a short but very busy one. last
ing about six weeks in the heart of
the summer.
The outing hat pictured is of white
hemp trimmed with a long white
wing springing from feather base.
Two jet pins are thrust through the
wing and shape. There is narrow
band of white ottoman ribbon about
the base of the crown.
JULIA BOTTOMLEY..
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31

man on being introduced to young
woman is asked by her if he is mar
ried. Or on meeting a stranger In q
dark and deserted road is asked what
time it is, his suspicious are aroused
at once. In fact. any conversational
opening except the conventional one
is liable to raise the inquiry, What
does he mean by it,"
If, however, one begins with the
weather we know that he means moth
ing by it, and we may continue the
conversation with ease of mind. Be
ing then both useless and useful, the
weather is unequaled as topic Of
conversation in it's formal and pre-
liminary stages.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31

dropped his hand to his gun. But if
the rural wishes to search" he said,
turning to that astounded official, "he
is welcome to do So"
"Muchas gracias. MOI" returned the
rural, shaking a finger in front OF his
face. and then he strode over to where
Aragon was muttering and spoke In
low tone.
mol" dissented Aragon, shaking his
head violently; "no-no! l want this
man arrested" he cried, turning vim
dictively upon Bud. "He has stolen
my tools-my mine-my land! He has
no business here-no title! This land
is mine, and tell him to go. Pronto!
he shouted, menacing Hooker with his
riding-whip, but Bud only shifted his
feet and stopped listening to his ex-
cited Spanish
mo. senor," he said, when 1t was all
over. this claim belongs to my pard-
ner. De Lancey. You have no
"Ha! De Lancey!" jeered Aragon,
suddenly indulging himself in a sar-
donic laugh. DE Lancey! Ha. ha!"
whats the matter?" cried Hooker,
as the rural joined in with a derisive
smirk. Say, speak up, hombre!' he
threatened, stepping closer as his eyes
took on dangerous gleam. And let
me tell you now" he added. that If
any man touches hair Of his head
I'll kill him like a dog!"
The rural backed his horse away, as
if sudden,y discovering that the Amer
lean was dangerous, and then, salut-
ing respectfully as he took his leave,
he said:
"The Senior De Lancey is in jail!"
They whirled their horses at that
and galloped off down the canyon, ano
as Bud gazed after them he burst into
frenzy of curses. Then, with the
one thought of setting Phil free. he
ran out to the corral and hurled the
saddle on his horse.
tTO BE CONTINUED)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
SaMinn Hint.

The best way to reduce mending is
to guard against it. You will find that
one reason why children's clothes rip
is because the seams are sewed with
cotton thread. which is brittle. Any
dress which. will give hard wear
should be made up entirely Of silk
The SIN and water rots Gotten but
does Eot affect silk.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
A HeavenIv Portent.

MARY. I've noticed that young
Flitterleigh has been lowering around
in this vicinity a good deal OF late.
What does it meAn?"
81 think he's watchin' for chance
to light in our front yard, pa. You
must remember that Alice Is gettin'
to be a young woman now"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
Even More Deserving,

Seggar-Mister. l amt had nothin
to eat for two days.
Condemnation told me that very
same story week ago.
Beggar-Oh! Then surely boss.
you'll help d pore man who amt had
nothin' to eat for nine days.-Boston
Evening Transcript.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
Not in Politics,

After all these statesmen have gone
on the stand and told how they run
their parties, every citizen will know
the ms and outs of politics" Yes
said the Practical Person, but in pol
itics you don't get anything bE know
ing the outs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
Stocking Economy.

Children's white hose that are mere
ly worn at the top from pinning them
up, and are good everywhere else may
be made into nice little socks Cut
them off at the top and crochet an
edge of color to make them pretty
and to prevent their raveling.
To keep the many pairs OF ch2l-
dren's stockings in a large family sep
arate se~ two inches. of very narrow
tape at the top and back Of each stock
Ing. Except when being worn each
paic is kept tied together. 1t does
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
His Guass.

What's going on in there" asked .
man who had stopped in front of a
large house where crowd of curious
people were gathered.
"We> amt sure ytt," replied one OF
the bystanders. six husky guys that
looked like college athletes just chased
a young fellow out on the front porch.
where they jumped on him and hurt
him so that he had to be carried In
side. 1 guess 1t must be weddin' In
high life" a
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
HIS HEAD FOR FIGURES.


my boy" said
the head of the
firm, I've noticed
that you have q
great head for fig
ures, a 1t h o u 6 h
you don't seem to
be able to spell
or write at all.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
ENCOURAGEMENT,

"Ah," she said with a sigh, II shall
never marry"
"Oh, come" he answered, thinking
to encourage her, don't say that. I've
seen plenty of palmer women who
had husbands"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31

How does it happen?"
Il studied 'rithmetic," replied the
office boy, "'cause l wanted to know
how to figure de battin' averages"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
AIso the Public,

oscar Hammerstein says all sing
ers are crazy"
"They generally contrive to make
their managers crazier."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
How Il Would Work.

If all men practised what they preached.
We'd have no time for labor;
Each man would put In all his days
Endeavoring in pleasing ways
To boost along his neighbor.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
Reserved,

"He appears to be very reserved
young man"
Yes replied the pert young thing
"I've been called on four times by
him aud he hasn't tried to kiss me
yet"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
title Girls, Summer Hats,

Hats for little girls are quaint in
shape and are adorned with clusters of
small flowers, ribbon or lace. Ere,
ouently the underbrims are lined with
chiffon or tulle.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31
What She Was In.

Your daughter seemed to be In
reverie when this picture was taken"
"Oh, no, you see it was a SNAPSHOT
that her cousin took, and she was just
layin' around in a kimono."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-07-31

not interfere with washing them, and
there is no tedious sorting when the
laundry comes home.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
In the Business World

The active buying movement in the
pig iron market which started in the
north several weeks ago reached the
south in due course, as the saying
goes, and while the price is not as
high as sellers would like to see it,
the trade continues brisk. Contracts
for considerable tonnage are being
closed from day to day and within
the next month or two the big stocks
on the yards will be much reduced.
This activity in the iron trade is
one of the many evidences of return
ing prosperity. There is more demand
for coal than was the case in Novem-
Der and there is noticeable improve
ment in business generally. In Bir-
mingham the December record of the
volume of business will be little below
that of the same month last year.
The consensus of opinion among
leading bankers and industrial opera
tors has been for sometime and still
is that there will be great onrush OF
business in every part of the country
early in the new year.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
The Magic of Dress

Il CHANGED to come across Miss Gould S
delightful and very practical book, the
Magic of Dress, said the head of a
household, and l took much pleasure
in reading passages of 1t to my daughter
for her guidance and edificaton. L wish
all the women of Birmingham could read
some of the chapters. 1t would save
many an unhappy moment and with some
uncomfortable experiences
Now my life has brought me, for many
years, into field of observation. In fact
in times past l have written much on
dresses and costumes. Then, too have
made study of the styles of women S
apparel, its taste, tone and appro-
priateness; so when l saw many of my
own ideas and criticisms so admirably
stated by Miss Gould, | found myself
ready to applaud enthusiastically.
Il was much impressed with Miss
Gculd's ideas of the woman in business.
Alas, too many women in employment
are overdressed; others too very much
undressed about the neck and bust. 1t
is quite too common for women, in the
race to keep up with the ever-changing
styles, to buy every new fad the manu-
facturers of womens belongings put in
the shop windows. 1t too often means
deprivation of needful home comforts
and again it too often leads to other
causes of unhappiness"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
LUKE M,LukE SAYS

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
When man gets home and takes off
a tight shoe and caresses burning corn,
he gets some idea of how good 1t makes
fat woman feel to get straight-front
off and rub the welts.
Some of the wealthy society women who
are arguing that a girl can live on So per
week and be good couldn't be good If they
had to live on $50 per week.
For a month he is the light of her life.
For the next six months he is her honey
For the next two years he is her husband
And after that he is merely her meal
ticket.
The oId-fashioned man who used to pay
a dollar quart for tamarack tonic at the
drug store now has son who pays Is
cents dose for the same stuff in a
saloon.
1t doesn't matter how long they have
been married, mother always gets mad
when she hears father refer to her as
the old woman.
We can't blame the girls for getting
sore because we don't let them vote. Some
of them have to shave as often as
we do
About a week after a woman buys the
hat she likes best she discovers another
hat that she likes better.
A woman will spend a half hour Coping
out bargains in a white sale advertise
ment In a newspaper and she will care
fully inspect the cuts showing the various
garments in Puritan and Partisan pat
terms. But If her husband gets interest
ed in that particular advertisement she
knows that he is ornery.
A man can be SO brave that he has six
hero medals to prove it, But that doesn t
do him any good when he runs into his
wife when he is escorting painted chick
en- down the street.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
General Rennenkampf

The uncertainty of military fame is
strikingly illustrated in the case OF
General Rennenkampf, recently sup
pressed in his command" because he
allowed his army to be entrapped by
the Germans in East Prussia. He was
the only Russian general who emerged
from the Russo-Japanese war with a
greater reputation than he carried into
it and is said to have been the only
general who acquitted himself to the
satisfaction of the Gar. His Cossack
cavalry harassed the enemy repeated
ly, giving the Japanese more trouble
than any other branch of the service,
and for his brilliant leadership the
Gar presented him with sword of
diamonds and gold.
When the present war began Gen
eral Rennenkampf led the Russian in
vasion of East Prussia. Great things
were naturally expected of him and
for a time he acquitted himself well,
but on August % his army was en-
trapped by General Won Hindenburg
in the Masurian Lake region and
driven into the lakes and swamps,
where it was practically destroyed.
According to the Germans, General
Rennenkampf lost in this disaster
125,O0O killed and wounded, had TO-
600 men captured and lost most of his
artillery. This crushing defeat was a
nlateIlal factor in the failure of the
Russian plan to invest the Germans
and compelled revision of the cam
paign previously outlined, the Rus
slams having been unable so far to
outflank the Germans.
Although of German descent, Rem
nenkampf grew up an implacable foe
of the Germans. He has performed
distinguished services for the Gar, IN
addition to his exploits in the Russo
Japanese war. 1t is also said that he
has been extremely severe in his treat
ment of Jews and Poles, although
among the first to suggest to the
Gar in the present war that Jews be
promoted to the rank of officers for
valor.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
CHRISTMAS AT GHENT. 1914

From "Anglo-American Peace for a Cen
tury," in the American Review of Re-
views for December.
1t was the Christmas season. 100 years
ago, in the old Flemish city of Ghent-
not an ordinary Christmas so far as the
municipality itself was concerned, for
neither the mayor nor any other of the
towns officers could remember when their
ancient burg had been so honored as it
was now. On Christmas Eve commits
sioners from England and from the
strange, new nation across the ocean, who
had conferred together In Client for near
ly five months, had signed treaty that
would put an end for all time it was
hoped, to strife between the two coun-
tries. This was indeed great dignity for
be decided in this quiet place, remote,
as distances were measured in those days,
from the worlds capitals.
The event was celebrated in proper
form with toasts to the King of Eng
land and the President of the United
States, the bands of Client playing Hail
Columbia and God Save the King" al
ternately, and everybody rejoiced that
peace on earth was becoming some
thing more than a sentiment. Yet it is
the bitter cruelty of fate that while
America and Britain are commemorative
century OF peace dating from that
Christmas tide in Client. the Belgian city
itself pays tribute to the Prussian con-
queror. The fortunes of war are at this
moment dealing harshly with her citizens,
and for them the Christmas of 1914 may
be recalled in later years as a somber
contrast to that of 1914.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
THE CHAMPAGNE HARVEST

From the Providence Journal
Despite the war, the harvest of grapes
in the French champagne district this
fall was the best In eight years. Close
by the shattered city of Rheims the work.
ers in the vineyards were able to keep
to their task. A shortage of labor was
feared for a time, our consul at Rheims
wrote the state department under date
of October 16, but this deficiency was sup
piled by refugees from Belgium and north
ern France.
One reason for the satisfactory harvest
is thought to have been the Germans
hope that they would soon be in possess
sion of the district and could therefore
secure the wine. The director of one of
the great champagne cellars says: when
our troops chased them out, they had no
time to stop to do any damage" fact
of special qualification to the growers as
the quality of the yield is SO exception
ally good this year. " The year of the
war;" we are told, will class along
side the year of the comet as one OF
the best Nintages.'
Here III the heart of France. In the
midst of some of the fiercest fighting OF
the war, peaceful industry has continued
much as IL there were no such deadly
struggle IN progress. France and Belgium
could no doubt show many more dramatic
contrasts lof the same sort.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
THACKERAY AND SERVANTS

From the New York Sun
TIME great underlying cause Of the
great fundamental tribulation of
= domestic life, the problem of do
nestle service, has been discovered. The
riddle, why servants go wrong, has been
solved and the answer is "Thackeray."
Yes Thackeray, the same Thackeray you
mean, the cynical, genial, cruel, kind,
cold blooded, warm hearted William
Makepeace, is the wicked conjuror who
fas turned the heads and upset the no.
tons of Thomas and Mary Jane and
driven Brown, Jones and Robinson and
their respectable better halves to the
kitchenette, the lobster palace and the
super tango.
The discovery has been made by an
anonymous genius in the London Specta-
sentences:
'Thackeray dealt a blow at domestic
service which it has never quite recovered
from. He made it ridiculous 1t was the
one bad turn that he did to English So
ciety."
1t is easy to fill out the diagram. Ed
ucation has made rapid progress. All the
standard novels are cheap, and the "seri-
ous'' man reads them in preference to
modern trash. Result the class from
which domestic servants spring has
learned of Jeames de la Pluche and Nor
gan. 1t has realized that domestic service
is ridiculous. Ambitious young men
won't marry the parlor maid and self
respecting young women turn up their
noses at the footman. So the young man
looks for cheap clerkshp and the young
woman goes into factory in order that
their matrimonial prospects may not be
compromised.
Perhaps some persons might say it was
unfair to blame it all on ThaclSeray. The
inimitable Boz had also his crack at
the gentlemen below stairs. The ''selec-
tons whom Sam Weller met at that
"swarry" at Bath whereat a leg of NUT
ton with the usual "trimmins" and rum
shrub were the main attractions We're
not exactly drawn in a spirit of respect
full sympathy They are made not only
ridiculous but as impudent, conceited and
treacherous as Thackeray at his Worst
could have pictured them. Littimer is a
considerable scoundrel, too, distant and
quiet as the north pole" and always MAX
ing honest David feel so young. Miss
Miggs is a shocking hussy. But Dickens
was not one sided on the servant CUES
ton, and even if he made Pegotty and
Sam Weller absurd he bestowed upon
them hearts of gold.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-09
Good Roads and Legislation

The Alabama Good Roads associa-
ton at it's last annual meeting agreed
upon several measures which will be
introduced in the legislature next
month and their passage urged. The
demands were embodied in the report
of the legislative committee, and they
include increased appropriation for
state aid, permanency for the state
highway commission, change of con-
stitution to allow the working of
state convicts on the roads, automo-
bile tax and license to be used for the
maintenance Of roads. The state press
very generally indorses these propo-
sitions.
There is pronounced demand for
a state highway department created
with highway engineer as per-
manent officer. AS it is now the en-
gineer is simply an employee of the
commission. Several of The Age-Her-
AIDS state exchanges protest that
the engineers salary of $4,000, paid by
the commission, is too high. Three
thousand dollars has been suggested
as about the right remuneration. One
editor refers to the $4,000 salary as
"extravagant."
But it must be remembered that en-
gineering talent of the first class
commands large pay. The chief en-
gineer of municipality, county, q
state, railroad or of any other i'm
portant work must not only be tech
nicalIy educated, but he must be g
practical man; must know all about
the various materials to be used in his
department; must know the cost Of
matsrials. and how to purchase them