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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

Juan de Dios! But certainly man so
devoutly named could never descend
to reading much Of Don Joo-an!"
"Ah, no." protested Don Juan, roll
ing his dark eyes and smiling rakishly,
mot moch-only the most interesting
passages!"
He saluted and disappeared in roar
Of laughter, and De Lancey turned
triumphantly on his companion, self
satisfied smile upon his lips.
"Aha!" he said; you see? That's
what five dollars worth of booze will
do in opening up the way. Here's our
old friend Don Juan willing, nay, anx-
ious, to help us all he can-he sees I'm
live wire and wants to keep me
around. Pretty soon we'll get him
feeling good and he'll tell us all he
knows. Don't you never try to make
me sign the pledge again, brother
a few shots just gets my intellect
to working right and I'm crafty as
a fox.
Did you notice that coup I made
asking him if he was a Spaniard?
There's nothing in the world makes
Spaniard so mad as to take him for a
Mexican-on the other hand, nothing
makes him your friend for life like
recognizing him for a blue-blooded
Castilian. Now maybe our old friend
Don Juan has got few drops of Moor
ish blood in his veins-to put it po-
litely, but" he raised his tenor voice
and improvised-
"Jest because my hair is curly
OATS no reason to call me 'shine!'"
NO." agreed Bud, feeling cautiously
of the walls, land jest because you're
happy is no reason for singing SO
loud, neither. These here partitions
are made of inch boards, covered with
paper-do you get that? Well, then,
considering who's probably listening,
it strikes me that Mr.. Brachamonte is
the real thing in Spanish gentleman;
and I've heard that all genuwine Span
iards have their hair curly, jest like
a-huh?"
But De Lancey, made suddenly
aware of his indiscretion, was making
all kinds of exaggerated signs for ST.
lence, and Bud stopped with slow,
good-natured smile.
"S-s-st!" Kissed De Lancey, touching
his finger to his lips; don't say it
somebody might hear you!"
"All right" agreed Bud; "and don't
you say it, either. 1 hate to knock,
Phil" he added, "but sometimes l
think the old man was right when he
said you talk too much"
"Psst!" chided De Lancey, shaking
his finger like a Mexican. Tiptoeing
softly over to Bud, he whispered in his
ear: "S-s-st, l can hear the feller in
the next room-shaving himself"
Laughing heartily at this joke, they
went down stairs for supper.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26


bestowed upon Hooker and De Lancey
the task of finding an honest Mexican,
and keeping him honest until he made
the transfer.
While the papers were being made
out there might be a great many
temptations placed before that Mexi-
can-either to keep the property for
himself or to hold out for bigger re-
ward than had been specified. After
his experience with the aristocratic
Don Cipriano Aragon y Tres Palacios,
Kruger was in favor of taking chance
on the lower classes. He had therefore
recommended to them one Cruz Men
dez, a wood vender whom he had
known and befriended, as the man to
play the part.
Cruz Mendez, according to Kruger,
was hard-working, sober and honest
for a Mexican. He was also simple
minded and easy to handle, and was
the particular man who had sent word
that the Eagle Tail had at last been
abandoned. And also he was easy to
pick out, being a little, one-eyed man
and going by the name of "El Tuerto." ="
So, in pursuance of their policy of
playing a waiting game, Hooker and
De Lancy hung around the hotel for
several days, listening to the gossip
of Don Juan de Dios and watching for
one-eyed men with prospects to sell.
In Sonora he is poor and unimag-
NATIVE man indeed who has not at
least one lost mine or "prospecto" to
sell; and prosperous-looking strangers,
riding through the country, are often
beckoned aside by half-naked paisanos
eager to show them the gold mines of
the Spanish padres for hundred dol
lars Mex.
1t was only a matter Of time, they
thought, until Cruz Mendez would hunt
them up and try to sell them the Eagle
Tail; and it was their intention re-
luctantly to close the bargain with
him, for a specified sum, and then
stake him to the announcement fees
and gain possession of the mine.
AS this was a commonplace in the
district-no Mexican having capital
enough to work claim and no Ameri-
can having the right to locate one-it
was a very natural and inconspicuous
way Of jumping Senor Aragon y Tres
Palacios' abandoned claim. If they
discovered the lead Immediately after
ward it would pass for case of FOOLS
luck, or at least so they hoped, and,
riding out a little each day and sitting
on the hotel porch with Don Juan the
rest of the time, they waited until pa
tience seemed no longer virtue.
Don Juan," said De Lancey, taking
up the probe at last, II had a Mexican
working for me when we were over in
the Sierras-one Of your real, old
time workers that had never been
spoiled by an education-and he was
always talking about La Fortuna
guess this was the place he meant, but
it doesn't look like it-according to
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
The White Slayers-

The late George w. Vanderbilt was
a scholar and, like most scholars, he
had little sympathy with the hypo-
critical white slave" movement that
publishers and. impresarios and film
firms have been fostering for the
sake of gain.
Mr. Vanderbilt, after one of his rare
visits to the theater, said to a Wash
ington reporter:
These are queer times, reactionary
times. Why, from the talk at the the
ater last night l really believe the
public wants the managers to stop
being white slave missionaries and So
cial evil reformers and to go back to
simply play producing"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

THE last and the most fascinating
j word that the goddess of fashion
has uttered Is this whisper of crepe
and chiffon in which she tells her
dream of the best of the things for
midsummer. One may follow the
gown pictured here and be sure that
1t will outlast the summertime, and
that the fall and winter will see it's
day of greatest triumph.
There is hardly a color in which it
cannot be developed effectively. In
crepe or satin (of the clingy kind)
1t allows the fulness that such fab
RIGS demand, without any building out
of the figure. The underskirt is cut
to hang in at the ankles and reaches
to the instep. 1t is made of the crepe
or satin. Set on to a yoke of bordered
chiffon at a point little below the
swell of the hips is side plating of
bordered chiffon This is in a dark
er shade (and might be in black hem
stitched on
The open-throated blouse is cut on
the same lines as the kimono and 9TH
er full, draped blouses, but the sleeve
Is heightened into a mousquetaire
with a narrow turned-back cuff. 1t
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
(copyright 1914. by Frank A. Munscy)

;, Financially considered, they had
done just that-for, for every Ameri'
can dollar in their pockets they could
get two that were just as good, ex'
cept for the picture on the side. This
in itself was a great inducement for a
ready spender and, finding good com
pany at the Fortuna hotel bar, Phil
bought five dollars worth of drinks,
threw down a five-dollar bill, and got
back five dollars-Mex.
The proprietor, a large and jovial
boniface, pulled off his fiscal miracle
with the greatest good humor and
then, having invited them to partake
of a very exquisite mixture Of his own
invention, propped himself upon his
elbows across the bar and inquired
with an ingenious smile:
well, which way are you boys
travelling, If may ask?"
"Oh, down below ways" answered
De Lancey, who always constituted
himself the board of strategy. Just
rambling around a ittle-how's the
country around here now?"
"Oh, quiet, quiet!" assured their
host. These Mexicans don't like the
cold weather much-they, would freeze
you know, if 1t was not for that zarape
which they wind about them sol"
He made a motion as Of native
wrapping his entire wardrobe about
his neck and smiled, and De Lancey
knew that he was no Mexican. And
yet that soft (which away" of his be-
trayed a Spanish tongue.
"Ah, excuse me-" he said, taking
quick advantage Of his guess, but
from the way you pronounce that word
'zarape' take it that you speak Span
ish.''
mo one BETTER" replied the host,
smiling pleasantly at being taken at
his true worth, "since l was born in
the city of Burgos, where they speak
the true Castilian. 1t is a different
language, believe me, from this bas-
tard Mexican tongue. And do you
speak Spanish also?" he inquired,
falling back into the staccato of Cas-
tile.
mo indeed!" protested De Lancey in
a very creditable imitation; nothing
but little Mexican, to get along with
the natives My friend and are min
ing men, passing through the country,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

and we speak the best we can. How
is this district here for work along our
line?"
None better!"' cried the Spaniard,
shaking his finger emphatically. 1T
is of the best, and, believe me, my
friend, we should be glad to have you
stop with us. The country down be-
low is a little dangerous-not now,
perhaps, but later, when the warm
weather comes on.
But in Fortuna-no! Here we are
on the railroad; the camp is controlled
by Americans; and because so many
have left the country the Mexicans
will sell their prospects cheap.
Then again, if you develop mine
near by, it will be very easy to sell it
and If you wish to work it, that is
easy, too. l am only the proprietor of
the hotel, but If you can use my poor
services in any way l shall be very
happy to please you. A room? One
of the best! And if you stay a week
or more l will give you the lowest
rate"
They passed up the winding stairs
and down a long corridor, at the end
of which the proprietor showed them
into room, throwing open the outer
doors and shutters to let them see the
view from the window.
Here is little balcony" he said.
stepping outside, where you can sit
and look down on the plaza We have
the band and music when the weather
is fine, and you con watch the pretty
girls from here. But you have been in
Mexico-you know all that" And he
gave Phil roguish dig.
"Bien, my frien', l am glad to meet
YOU" He held out his hand in well
come and De Lancey gave his in re-
turn. my name" he continued. "is
Juan de Dios Brachamonte Escalon;
but with these Americans that does
not go, as you say, SO in general they
call me Don Juan.
There is something about that
name do not know-that makes the
college boys laugh. Perhaps it is that
poet, Byron, who wrote so scandalous-
ly about US Spaniards, but certainly
he knew nothing of our language, for
he rhymes Don Juan with new one and
true one! Still, l read part Of that
poem and it is. in places, very interest.
ing-yes, very interesting-but Don
Joo-ann Hah!"
He threw up his hand in despair and
De Lancey broke into a jollying laugh.
We'll, Don Juan" he cried, Pm glad
to meet you. My name is Philip De
Lancey and my pardner here is Mr..
Hooker. Shake hands with him. Don
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

TOIFFURE caps are almost neces-
- sity for those ight-footed young
women who dance the airy and the
rather acrobatic steps of the modern
dances.
Here are two from earlier Of Paris
that are attractive and becoming to
the youthful faces they are pictured
with, and even more becoming to older
faces that belong to equally energetic
dancers.
The foundation of the first cap is
of silk messaline or other light weight
and highly lustrous fabric. Over it
rather heavy lace cap is placed. A
rosette made of tinsel petals and a
tinsel cord finish the decoration.
The cap is confined to the head by
an elastic cord, which adjusts it firmly
to place.
The second cap is made of a heavier
silk, with a spangled net draped with
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

Do you know w. B. Trites? You
don't? No matter. He is an author,
and his publishers have interviewed
him on his method of writing. II
write" he admits, "as Euripides
wrote, as Bion wrote, as Tolstoi wrote,
as Defoe wrote-with perfect free
DOM" Cervantes, Shakespeare, Goe-
the, Hugo, Dickens and Scott must
have been unable to write with perfect
freedom. At all events, Trites, who
writes, doesn't admit them to his
class; but we should like to know why
he drags in Bion.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
CARLYLE and Ceremony.

Thomas Carlyle and his wife were
so wedding-frightened that it is sad
to think of it. Replying to a letter
of his describing his fantastic terrors,
she wrote: For heavens sake get
into more benignant humor, or the
incident will not only wear a very
original aspect, but likewise a very
heart-breaking one. l see not how l
am to go through with it,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
The Bright Side.

Both my husband and I had to go
to a hospital on the day we were
married and submit to operations for
appendicitis"
What an unfortunate experience. F"
"Oh, it might have been worse. We
would probably have spent the money
on a honeymoon, anyhow"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
Stenciled Pillows.

Very serviceable and useful is the
stenciled pillow. The design may be
one of pine cone or conventional pat
tern If you prefer one of pine cone
stencil the cones and stems in reddish
brown and the needles in bright green.
If a conventional pattern is used, stem
ell the design in brown, orange and
dull green. To be attractive and effec-
tive. the designs should be stenciled
on gray art linen. The entire pillow
may be made OF gray art linen or
strips of the linen may be inserted
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

Yorker with look of scorn and de-
manded:
What do you want of all them diff
ferent plates, anyway? Have you got
partitions on your insides?"
And the drummer, realizing that the
hotel was charging him only $3.50 a
day, which had been exacted in ad-
vance, meekly subsidized and ate his
pie humbly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
HiQh Finance.

Pa" said the son of the captain
of industry, what is being recreant
to ones trust?"
Not increasing the capital stock
every time the public can be hypno
tized into buying few more shares
for the benefit of the people who hold
the bonds.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

it. 1t is arranged in folds. and is, in
fact, a sort of oriental turban which
sets close to the head and falls, with
much grace, to the nape of the neck.
1t is impossible to keep the hair
confined during the buoyant steps and
frolicsome springilg about in which
the new dances abound. These little
caps have proved the best solution to
the difficulty of keeping the head neat
looking at the dancing party.
There are many other designs in
caps, made of beads or of tulle or of
beaded and spangled materials. In
fact, the designs are almost as numer-
Gus as the steps that are danced.
There is no limit to the latter; every
one invents one for himself and his
partner and presents it to the devotees
of dancing with as much satisfaction
as painter takes in masterpiece of
his art. JULIA BOT TOMLEY.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
Beyond Her Ken.

"Ah," said the good old man whose
taxes had just been raised, "this life
is full of trials"
Yes replied the lady who had
Just secured her third divorce, ''but
1 don't see why these church people
should be SO fussy about it, as long
as they don't have to pay the costs"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
suede and Patent Leather.

One of the smart new bags is made
of suede, with a pointed end of patent
leather or black dressed kid. This
sort of bag is especially good when it
is carried By woman wearing shoes
with black vamps or heels and up
bag
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

executive and not caring to risk their
title to the whims Of succeeding ad-
ministrations, Hooker and De Lancey,
upon the advice of mining lawyer in
Gadsden, had organized themselves
into the Eagle Tail Mining company,
under the laws Of the republic of Mex
leo, with headquarters at Aqua Negra-
It was their plan to get some Mexican
to locate the mine for them and then,
for a consideration, transfer it to the
company.
The one weak spot in this scheme
was the Mexican. By trusting Aragon,
Henry Kruger had not only lost title
to his mine but he had been outlawed
from the republic. And now he had
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
Eor the Sake Of the Bows.

We've canned the cannon f1recracker
We've put toy pistols meath the ban
So our darling little Johnny
May have a chance to be a man.
If people who run soda fountains
Would keep their poisons from the cup.
They would assist in no small measure 4
To let the little boys grow up.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

betrayed
Regret for only little while:
On her his affection was all bestowed.
Though she had lisp and was pigeon
toed
He died for love Of foolish girl,
Whom he tried to follow across the
street;
An automobile, with whizz and whtrL
Sent him tumbling more than seventy
feet;
He was only little bit Of cur,
But he died because of his love for her.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
Qualified Enthusiasm.

Don't you think he is too cute for
anything?" asked the proud young
mother. referring to her baby.
"Oh, l don't know" replied her
seyenteen-year-old brother. He's cute
enough, 1 guess, but never did think
much of people who hadn't any teeth"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
HIS GOOD LUCK.


Did you hire
that man to paint
the floor by the
job, or by the
hour?"
"By the hour. -
Gee! I'm glad
I'll have to start
OIIf neyt wpok IN
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancey are
forced. owing to a revolution in Mexico,
to give up their mining claim and return
Of Gadsden Bud meets Henry Kruger. a
wealthy miner, who makes him propost-
ton to return to Mexico to acquire title
to very rich mine which Kruger had
blown up when he found he had been
cheated out Of the title by. one Aragon.
The Mexican had spent a xlarge sum IN
an unsuccessful attempt to relocate the
vein and then had allowed the lana 10
revert for taxes. Hooker and De Lancey
start for the mine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
All Punk,

Oh, ever thus Since childhood's hour
I've seen my iondest hopes decay:
I never get canteloupe
TAa: "orS1 tie prlca have tc paF-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26

on any color preferred. The strips
may either be Joined by narrow carpet
warp insertion or by merely sewing
the st~ip to the background.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
His Method Of Writing.

a three months trip. I hate the smell
of paint"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1914-06-26
8(}iG
HENRI ROWLAND
ONE THAT DIED
1u FOR LOVE.

He died for love,
and for love of
what?
A foolish girl
with an up
turned nose;
Today he lies in .
lonely spot
To which no sor-
rover 9 v q r
goes;
Too late she bent
d o w n a n d
stroked h 1 8
head,
Anu W0pL WHcH SiiS
saw him lying
dead.
He died for love Of
a foolish maid,
Who had little
wit and but
little style,
Who owned few
graces and who
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
LIVESTOCK MARKETS.
New York. April II, 1914.

~
BFEvES-Receipts. 500 head. mainly con-
signed to saughterers Feeling steady. A
few COWS sold at 81 80 per 100 10.
Dressed beef quiet az II \ q l3i,c per ID for
common 10 prime city dressed native sides.
No exports
saIes-Kerns Commission Co.: cows s54
10 average. at SO per 100 10; /, 500 10, So i;
l. $50 ID. 81 So 8. 100 ID. So 90.
CALVES-Receipts. 154 head for the mar
ket. Feeling steady Fairly prime veals sold
at 81 25 per 100 u; culls, $3.50; City
dressed do. 11di4thc.
Sales-Kerns Commission Co.: ~ veals,
147 ID average, sl1 Is per 100 ID; culls.
SHEEP AND LAMBS - Receipts. r.sss
head: y cars on sale sheep steady: lambs
firm 10 1oc higher. Prime lambs sold at
SIS 75 per 100 ID Dressed mutton slow at
9112c per ID: dressed lambs. 12N a 15c;
country dressed dollhouse lambs steady at
Sales-Kerns Commission Co.: unshorn
lambs II ID. IS 49, Ia unshorn sheep IS ID.
HOGs-Receip.s 2.7f0 head; v car on
sales-Kerns Commission Co.: 81 state
hogs. 100 Ii average. at so 35 per 100 ID: I
rough, $40 h. ss rs
Chicago. April 11-HoGs-Rece,pts 1000;
strong; bulk OF sales IS s0GSs sTh light
IS sass 90; rough, ss45ass So; Piss. 81 so
a IS so. CATTLE-Receipts 100; steady;
heevos. 81 lO@s9 so: Texas steers. $500
COWS and helfers, SO 75ass %: calves. s7R
$40 so SHEEP-Reccipts . 500; I'M
changed: natives. s6 40a$T: yearllngs, IS so
Gs7 so; lambs. native. SO 50QsS Is
Kansas city. April 1i.-HoGs-Receipts.
800; strong; bulk. IS o0fss 7o heavy. 81 as
a s. 70: packers and butchers. SIS Is a So 20:
light a. 50Gs So 65, pigs 81 75ass 10. CAT
cLE--Receipts. zoo. including 100 Southerns,
steady. primo Jed steers So GOOSE a5;
dressed beef. 81 50Gss 30: Southern. 81 80 a.
IS 10; cows. 81 80 a 81 10: hefers. sTGSa:
stockcrs and feeders 50 500 IS IL, huila
81 500s7; calves. so 5oRSi0 80. SHEEP
Receipts, 1000. steady; lambs. so 25RSs rs;
ycarlings. SdISI 10. wethers. SIS 5Odis6 10;
ewes. 81 - Sc 40
81. Louie. April 1i.--HOGS-Receipts
$500: higher; pigs and lights. sTQssN0
mixed and butchers. 50 so n So 20; good
henNy' * 500 s. 70 CArTLF-Rcccpts
100: steady; native beef steers 81 sou 50 -
cows and heifcrs, - 25QsS 10 stockers and
feeders So9Ss. Texas and Indian steerA
10 1oU$S, cows ana hsiferA - COG 80 90;
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-04-12
PRICE MOVEMENTS
OF COMMODITIES
Wheat Advances on a Crop
Scare - Corn and
Oats Decline.

Green bugs in the Oklahoma wheat
fields were responsible for an upturn IN
the local market yesterday. overcoming
the bullish effect Of fine crop conditions
In the Northwest and an increased acre
age in North Dakota The close. which
was at practically the top Of the day
showed net gains Of n 9Sc over Thurs
days finals. Corn was heavy most OF
the session on pressure Of Argentine
supplies, and closed u q q down. Oats
after slight advance right after the
opening, eased off and closed at small
decline
The Coffee. Cotton, Sugar and Metals
exchanges were closed.