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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31
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That dry season saw the beginning
of a drought that will long hold the
blacklist page in the annals of the San
Francisco basin. 1t seemed but days
after the rains when the sparse grass
and new-leafed bushes of the wilder
ness began to shrivel up. Day after
day the sun ieaped brazen, from the
horizon to the sky. his first level rays
searching out the scant. stored mois-
ture Of whiting foliage, and the very
sap of the hardy brush. While the cat
tie were still fat they became weak
and turned 70 cactus for nouriShment.
They broke down the sickly branches
with their horns and rubbed them In
the sand to free them of the worst of
the thorns Herders rode the rounds
on weakening horses and diSmouDted
time and again to pull out spines from
the shouts OF passive, painting cows.
Bulls died of broken pride. They
would not subject themselves TO the
pain of eating cactus. The river-the
great river-was no longer great. 1t
grumbled with weak voice from deep
down in the gorge. Gerry watched its
falling level with anxious eye aud one
day sent an urgent call TO Lieber for
help.
Lieber came. He brought with him
IN army. every man bearing with him
the tool that had come soonest TO bis
hand. Spades were few aud hoes; the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31

long has sagged and creaked or that
needs painting, and It so the R. r. D.
mail box is sure to need Frightening
up. Whitewash on poultry or other
buildings will work wonders. Before
the days work Is done. prompted by .
new pride in the place, It may be that
the farmer will display the farm name
near the main entrance to the place.
States, counties, communities,
churches. schools or farmers Clubs
may proclaim farm clean up days, but
best Of all each Individual farmer may
have his own.
Don't Neglect to Paint
1t is apparent to even the casual
observer that many property owners
let their rented houses, or houses tor
rent, go too long without painting.
This neglect makes the houses look
unsightly but also hastens the day Of
decay. A little paint is good invest
,ment from every viewpoint. It pre-
serves the wood and 1t keeps the
houses rented. The writer visited an
Illinois town last spring and after q
careful observation found not single
house which was not we'll and fairly
recently painted. There had just been
a clean up and paint up campaign.
The impression left was one Of q
thriving town where man would like
to live and bring up family. The
yards were well kept, with lawns.
flower beds and shrubbery, and each
householder seemed to vie with his
neighbor In making his place look at
tracfiya
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| Brazilian wilderness, and here a
change had come over him. There were
times when he talked and what lie said
| was, ''No more trips for me. McDougal.
I'm consulting engineer from this
| on" McDougaI had heard more than
| one man talk like that under fever and
he frowned. trying to remember one OF
them that had ever come back.
Alan was Injured to river fever. He
had fought it often, and when he saw
| the fetid pools Of stagnant water In
the dried-up watercourse he knew he
would have to fight it again. Some
how. some night. mosquito was
bound to get at him, and the fever
would begin. He doubled his preven-
tive dose of quinine. but he could not
| double his spirits for the battle. He
came to the field with gnawing at
| those sources Of health, calm mind
and sure sleep. Sleep did not come
as of old after the days work. In
stead he tossed and twisted on his
| narrow cot and finally would turn on
the electric torch to read two letters
over anu owe dSdIu
One he read with a curl of the lip.
1t was from Il pretty woman that had
fIuttered into his life and out. He had
forgotten her and now she had come
back to buzz words in his buzzing ears.
She said. "It costs a woman to learn
| that happiness is not really tangible.
Between being fortunate and happy
gulf is fixed. I was fortunate-just
not miserable-and stood on the brink
of the gulf. Happiness brushed me
with It's wings. I reached out to
catch it and the gulf took me. How
long will it be before I climb back
to the height that seemed not 30 very
high when I possessed it? don't
know I do not hate you-only
myself. You have known many wom-
en-, but you have not known me. That
is the bitter part. You do not know
what gave you One thing ask you
and the words as write are blurred
with tears like my eyes-if ever a
foolish woman, honest and true as |
was. offers you the same sacrifice, do
not take it. I have suffered, for all the
women you will meet"
"Fool," said Alan to himself. "fool,
not to see that I turned her wish
washy weakness into strength and
Ioosed a dumb tongue"
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! bright shares of pick or two caught
! the light like lances. Most of the men
depended on the heavy sheath knives
| they carried at their sides. They
looked like an army Of sansculottes
as they swarmed into the ditch and
began to dig. In two days they had
sunk it to the required level. When
they finished Gerry rode back with
them to help bring down Liebers
weakening stock.
Kemp had stayed in sole possession
at Lieber's. Digging was not in his
line, so he had volunteered to hold the
fort against the return of the garri-
son. He welcomed Lieber and Gerry
to supper of his own making in ap-
proved cowboy style: sour-dough bis
cults made by a master hand. steaks
cut from a freshly killed calf and fried
before toughness set in, a. pile of
creamy mashed spuds. There was
LONELINESS about the meal that made
them eat in silence. They felt as
though for years they had been wor-
Shipping false culinary gods. The pile
of steaks. the heaped potatoes. the hot
biscuit. were exotics. strayed into
land of pepper sauces and garlic.
The silence on the veranda that
night was even longer than usual. Ger
rvs mind went back to a French book
that he had bought In desperation at
Pernambuco. He had ploughed through
half of 1t and with catch in his
thoughts he remembered that 1t lay
open on the table when he left his lit
tie room in Piranhas on the morning
of mornings that had broken life in
two. Some of its phrases, conned
over and over again in his struggle
with the half-forgotten idiom, came
back to him. LA parole est du temps,
le silence de reternite." He smiled to
himself at the twisted meaning the
long silence of his companions gave to
the words.
Then the smile left his face. He re-
membered the argument. The instinct
we all have for superhuman truths
tells US that 1t is dangerous to be 81
lent with those we would keep at
distance. for words pass and are for
gotten between men. but silence-ac-
tive silence-is forever ineffaceable.
True iife-the moments Of life that
leave a trace-is made up Of silence
Not passive silence; that is but anoth-
er name for sleep. But the active ST.
lence that breaks down barriers.
pierces walls and turns the life Of ev-
cry day into life where all Is in
tense, where there Is no ban-nothing
forbidden-where laughter dare not
enter, where subjection is submerged
and where ail--all. is remembered.
Gerry felt that this active silence
had come upon them. These men were
being borne into the silent sphere Of
his own soul. He felt restiess-afraid
He decided to speak. He was on the
point of speaking when Lieber let
down his chair softly, clasped his
hands and broke the silence.
Last night I dreamed l heard the
blast Of a steamers horn and when
woke up the cold sweat was on my
forehead because 1 know that there is
no desert, no wilderness, so far from
the things you would forget that
dreams cannot follow you to it"
He stopped and silence fell upon
them again. Lieber stared straight In
front of him, out into the night. His
face worked as though he were strug-
Cling to keep his lips closed. When he
began to speak again. Che words were
scarcely audible II don't know why
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as been brought in and disease driv-

has been brought in and disease driv-
en- out.
The creator gave to the country a
peculiar charm. Beauty-beauty OF
blade and blossom, of hill and hollow,
of daydawn and sunset-comes as the
birthright of every person who Is coun-
try born. In the springtime nature
writes in pink her orchard proclama-
ton OF plenty, and in late summer and
fall time fills the fields with grains OF
gold. Sometimes civilization has clut-
tered, but never has nature. Whatever
there is of ugliness in the great out OF
doors Is man made.
Means Better Health.
Beauty is a part of the farmers un-
earned Increment Health. too, should
be for him and his-health and happi-
ness, best of ancient blessings SO Of
ten wished for friends. Because we
absorb environments q farm clean
up day may result in better living,
higher thinking-yes, and better
health. 1t may also play no small
part in the solution of a big problem.
that Of keeping on the farms of the
nation a large number of agricultur-
ally trained and efficient men and
women. Such as these will find in
their work not only a living, but
life. They will share in the spirit OF
Joy in the excellence Of production.
There is much work for farm
clean up day. It may be that there
are disease breeding places that need
attention. The appearance Of the barn
yard-often such as to suggest that
various old vehicles and farm imple-
ments had taken fright and backed
into the corners-might be changed
for the better Maybe there is COM
post heap-rich In nitrogen, phos.
phorus and potassium and valuable as
fertilizer If spread over the fields,
but in it's present place an incubator
for insects and dangerous as possi-
BILE source of fever.
Flowers and New Paint.
If mother Is fond of flowers, and
usually she is, the farm clean up day
might mean a new flower bed or per-
haps a fence fixed so as to protect an
old one. There may be a gate that too
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31

II~ LEAN UP and Paint Up
has become a nationwide
slogan In the interests OF
homes and towns beautl'
fui since Allen w. Clark, a st. Louis
publisher. organized the National
"Clean Up and Paint Up campaign
bureau in May, 1912. Mr.. Clark, for
many years identified with the Amert.
can paint trade, sought to arouse and
organize into single national move.
ment the "clean up" spirit which stirs
each spring in every normal man and
woman and nearly every thriving com
munity.
The first year something like 1000
towns and cities conducted local clean
up and paint up campaigns based on
plans suggested by the national bu-
reau. This number has increased each
year until In 1915 approximately 5,0oo
local campaigns were organized. Each
of these took the form OF a real civic
movement
Where Everybody Helps.
City and town officials, woman's
club leaders, boards of trade, health
officials, fire insurance and fire pre-
vention leaders, school children. boy
scouts and the local paint men all CO
operated In the interests of more
beautiful, more sanitary and more
homelike home town. Individual prop
erty values were increased, loss
through disease and fire waste was
Iessened, and the importance of clean
Illness, thrift and civic pride in any
movement for homes and towns beau
tiful was convincingly pointed out ev-
erywhere.
The weakness of the old-time clean
up day or week" orgy of the annual
bath" order is eliminated from these
campaigns. Permanent results and
ultimately a year-round effort are
sought.
Clean Up the Farm Too.
With the idea of making the farm
home more attractive and more health
full a farm clean up day has been sug-
gested. Why !aot this idea long ago?
Cities, towns and villages have had
their clean up days. and because OF
these and similar influences beauty
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31

"Thou Hast Been Away a Long Time."
l want TO tell you two about why l am
here, unless it is that as we sat here
so quiet l felt that you knew it all
that you knew all that know and
that was on the point of knowing all
that you have known. The little lies
of life suddenly became big and hate
full and / saw in my life monster lie
that the silence was exposing.
There are lots of men with the be-
ginning OF my story. It's common and
takes little telling. / was born in
Pennsylvania. We We're mighty poor
farmers but l got all. the schooling
there was within walking distance of
home. Ny old man saw to that. When
] was still boy our little bank took
me in. It wasn't doing much business
then but couple of years later the
region struck oil and the banks busi-
ness scared by leaps and bounds. 1t
turned into as good a spouter as any
Of the wells. The family that ran it
became rich and went to higher Jobs
or out altogether. The staff was
showed up and about the time was of
age l was handling more money, than
I'd ever known was in the world. The
amount I stole was an even thirty
thousand and l got away with it. 1t
was easier to do thirty years ago than
it is today. got away with it and
then It got away with me. 1t lasted
me year and four months and | saw
the end of it up the coast at Pernam-
buco.
II date my birth from the day
speut the last dollar and woke up.
worked Nothing was too small or too
big for me- to handle. / got something
to risk and then risked it, | rissed
II again and again. After ten years I
could draw my check for thirty thous-
and plus interest and l did sent the
check 10 the little bank back home |
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SYNOPSIS.

Alan Wayne is sent away from Red Hill,
his home, by his uncle. J. Y. as a moral
failure. Clem drinks Alan's health on his
birthday. Judge Healey defends Alan in
his business with his employers. Alan and
Alix, Gerry's wife. meet at sea, homeward
bound, and start a Irritation. AT home,
Gerry. as he thinks, sees Alix and Alan
eloping. drops everything. and goes to
Pernanbuco. Alix leaves Alan on the
irain and goes home. Gerry leaves Per-
hambuco and goes to Piranhas. On d
canoe trip he meets a native girl. The
judge fails to trace Gerry. A baby is born
to Alix. The native girl takes Gerry to
the ruined plantation she is mistress of.
Gerry marries her. At Maple house Col
iingeford tells how he met Alan-"Ten
Per Cent Wayne"-building a bridge. in
Africa. Collingeford meets Alix and her
baby and gives her encouragement about
Gerry. Alan comes back to town but does
not go home, Gerry begins to improve
Margarita's plantation and builds an ir-
rigating ditch. In Africa Alan reads
Clenn's letters and dreams of home. Ger
~ pastures Lieber's cattle during the
drought. A baby comes to Margarita,
Collingeford meets Alix in the city and
finds her changed. Alan meets Alix. ]. Y,
and Glenn, grown to beautiful womanhood.
IN the city and realizes that he has sold
his birthright for mess of pottage. Kemp
and Gerry become friends. They visit
Iieber.
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THIcKEST ARMOR IS PIERCED
New ProjeetIIe Recently Tried Out at
Sandy Hook Has Range OF
Twenty-feur Miles.

Beaver, Pat was announced here
BY ]. l.. Holmes. an attorney, that the
United States now has gun with a
range of twenty-four miles. which
throws a projectile with sufficient We
locity to penetrate any armor plate so
far manufactured. This information.
MIR. Holmes announced. he had re-
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had been those with the Older guns,
The plate. declared by Midland OH
cials to have been the best ever
turned out at the plant. was returned
to the Crucible company few weeks
ago. The proiectile from the new gun
had passed through it cleanly. At the
point where the shell had entered the
plate the hole is II inches in diam
eter. At the point of exit it is s inches
indicating that the new gun with
which the test was made is OF 8 inch
caliber.
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an extent that he asserted his abil-
ity to outdo the work of the expert
Ben Branscom had such faith in the
prowess of his friend that he volun
teered to balance an acorn on his
head, giving Shaffer permission TO
shoot at the object with his trusty
rifle.
But the marksman aimed too low
and the leaden missile plowed
through the curly locks CT .he human
target, leaving crimson scar on the
scalp.
Never again." said Ben Branscom.
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BULLET SEARS. HIS SCALP
Human Taruet in a William Tell Act,
After First Trial. Says
"Never Againl"

Calabar, Cal.-Frank Shaffer and
Ben Branscom attempted to reproduce
the historic William Tell act here a
few days ago.
The two men recently witnessed
an exhibition of target shooting by
an expert marksman. This fired the
imagination Of Frank Shaffer to such
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31
Fine Field.

Are you really the seventh son of q
seventh SOM"
"Yes;>hut don't do any prophesying
or clairvoyant work"
ut isn't thai was Just wondering
If | couldn't get your family's clothing
business; that's all."--Louisyille Cour.
ier Journal.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31

ceived from officials of the Midland
Crucible Steel company at Midland.
Pa. following test of plate made
at the United States testing grounds.
at Sandy Hook, short time ago.
The plate in question was % feet
long, 8 feet high and IS inches in
thickness. Plates manufactured un-
der the same process. which had been
previously tested. had withstood every
attempt to penetrate them with mod
ern high velocity projectiles.
The test with the new weapon was
made under the same conditions as
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finished the bridge is finished OF He
smiled and made a gesture with his
hand 70 show how he would brush
them all off into the dry gorge. His
smile terrified more than the raised
hand.
The giant gang-boss. McDougai.
stood by and nodded solemn confirma-
ton. When Alan was Ill by day, Nc
Dougal left him and drove the men in
his stead, but when the hour for knock
ing off came with the sudden eclipse
of the sun by the horizon. he hurried
to Alan's tent, fished him out from
some corner Oh the floor, wrapped him
in blankets. dosed him with quinine,
tempted him with poor, weak broths
and nursed him, unprotesting, through
the night.
McDougal had followed Alan into
strange lands and strange places and
seen him in many a deep hole, and
through it all Alan had been the same
"a purring dynamo at work. He had
been the same until this trip into the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31
New sterillzins Agent.

German scientists have found that
glycerin is a valuable sterilizing
agent. Various deadly germs, when
heated in it to a temperature OF 24S
degrees Fahrenheit, were completely
killed in one minute. This process II
particularly valuable for steriiizing
surgical instruments. for the reason
that the metal Is not attacked nor In
the temper affected. Rubber tubes
can be sterilized in it. and. instead OF
being injured, the elasticity Of those
which have become brittle is restored
by the treatment.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser., 1916-03-31

The vacant lot southern town before Clean Up and Paint Up
children ghbnood planted
the plot and had fine with the Can't we DO
with ragged nothing side yard took great deal per-
but aroused
Ios indicates This lesson for
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ONsrdid II.

81 know. man. said Uncle Eben.
dat KEEP so busy lookin' up fob clouds
Wit silver linin's dat he done walked
into a coal hole"
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II, in day of desperate weak
ness you had embezzied your
employers money and had to
flee the country, do you think
you could resist the desire to re-
turn, even after years? Does
home seem to you to be ''the
anchor of a mans soui?"
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What sort of reply do you
suppose the cynic Alan wrote to
this sorrowins woman? What
does he deserve for his sneer-
inq attitude2
HIGH TOWERS NOT NEEDED

k-s-s-s-s-e-s-s-.s-e--s-
(TO BE CONTTNUED0
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: LEAN UP and Paint Up
has become a nationwide
, slogan In the interests OF
homas and towns beauti-
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-12-12
VILLA OUTNiANEUVRES FOES.

Our old friend Pancho Villa is rap- idly demonstrating that he is not such "dead one" as he was reported to be on several occasions during the Pershing drive. Just as present he is about the "livest" individual in Mex ico. With the odds entirely against him he is making signs of looming back" in way that must send shiv- Ter down the spinal column of thu first chief" of the constitutional government.
 Villa has repeatedly proved him. self to be the most resourceful as well as the boldest and most daring lead CT of the Mexican factions. He com pines a shrewd cunning with courage that the average Mexican seems to
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-12-12

1t proves that the quantity exported was less than last year.
 The wheat crop Is undeniably short, though it is nearly or quite equal to the domestic requirements. and . large surplus was brought over from last year. Probably the main factor in the increase of food is the universal employment at high wages. as a result of which the working peo- pie are buying more and better food than ever before. The wheat market shows some signs of manipulation. The supply of animal food has been scercely keeping pace with the growth of population, and the increased pros perity of the wage-earners has given a sudden stimulus to the demand.
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-12-12
VOICE OF THE COUNTRY PRESS.

Ozark County (Mo.) Times-Be.- ting is all dead wrong at best; but when you bet on the wrong side it is q bowling sin.
 Havana Ull.) Republican-If Will la would only stay dead it would be pleasant going into the watching and waiting game.
 Wadena (Minn.) Pioneer Journal Lots of people are trying to convince themselves that they enjoy the trip ,p Salt river.
 Philadelphia Press-Boston is ex. ceedingly boisterous in it's complaints about the postal service in that city But Boston has no monopoly of that. The department distributes it's short comings around quite impartialIy.
 Warren (O.) Chronicle-We, of the East, are inclined to think it is the real Wild West since election.
 Lansing (Kan.) News-Kansas is a Republican state; but, like a bron tho, you can't tell when she is going to buck.
 Oswego (N. Y.) Times-But let it be remembered that one of the big gest causes of high prices is the ina bility of the average man to carry home paper bag full of groceries.
 Washington CD. O. Star-The man who could lift barrel of flour used to be regarded as a wonder. Now he is doing very we'll if he can raise the price.
 Williamsport (Pa.) Journal-Stan- dard-It must have been gratifying to Justice Hughes to. carry his own state and likewise that of his Demo- cratic opponent.
 Ridgeway (Pa.) Journal--Those merchants who decorate the county roads with defacing signs really should be required to pay for tho space they occupy on the public streets that they now get free use of.
 Chestertor (Md.) Enterpris'-The Lord loves a cheerful giver-and we love cheerful liar. How's your sub- |scription?
Valdez daily prospector., 1916-12-12
THE VALDEZ Chamber of Con-

THE VALDEZ Chamber of Corl- merce has announced a meeting to- morrow night for the purpose of talk ing up certain and divers matters of purported benefit to the city. Amo g them will be to endorse Delegate Wickersham 8 attitude on the Alexan- der Fisheries Bill, to discuss the pur- ported winter mail service to Will low Creek, and to discuss ways and means for further advertising the district and attracting capital to the city. A rousing attendance is desired by the officers of the club, and a good meeting is promised, several in- teresting speakers having been se- cured.