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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14

pa. Before they reach the end, how
in different directions. dunes OCCASION
ally advance over or threaten the rail
way line. The method of avoiding the
threatened obstruction is simple but
effective. a couple of men go out with
long-handled spades and a wheelbar-
row and collect loose pebbles and grit
from, the surface of the Pampa. This
they proceed to scatter in a thin layer
over the back of the unfortunate dune.
The pebbles arrest the action of the
rippleS and so interfere with the even
circulation of the sand particles, which
is apparently as essential to the prog
reSS of the dune as the circulation of
blood to human being. Very short
ly the dune assumes Il lOpsided shape,
Sagging where the debris has been cast
upon it, and offering, instead of we'll
founded back, a breach to the action
of the wind. The progress of disinte-
grafton is fairly rapid, and at the
end nothing is left on the Pampa eX-
cept the original wheelbarrow loads of
grit and pebbles which suffice to ex-
crcise the monster.
The dunes advance over pebbles and
stones without disturbing their posi-
ton. I noticed Immediately behind
several large dunes scattered stones
that obviously had not shifted from
their bed, just as pebbles may lie Sc
cure on the seashOre in the swell of
the breakers. Generally speaking, the
smoother the surface of the Pampa
and the higher the wind. the lager
and more perfect becomes the Dune.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
TOO MUCH FOR LION tanner
Afraid He Was Willing to Admit
That He Was.

The proprietor Of wild beast show
travelling the eastern counties of Eng
land recently mado an offer of silver
medal to any local barber with suffi-
eient courage to shave the tanner in
The lions den.
A knight of the razor, yearning for
tame and glory, accepted the chal-
lenge and amid a chorus of cheers
from the crowd entered the cage.
Although the lion betrayed very lit
tie interest in the proceedings, the
barber was obviously nervous, and,
having lathered his man, made several
nervous dabs at one cheek with the
razor, keeping a weather eye on the
wild beast.
"HoId hard!" yelled the tanner at
last, as he felt fearful cash. ITS
too risky!"
I'll amt afraid!' stammered
the shaking tonsorial artist. There
amt a lion living can scare me-"
Course you amt afraid!' beloved
the tanner, as he wiped his wounded
face. anybody can see you amt. It's
me who's afraid! I-I-Im afraid of
the barber!'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14

of the dunes. The general direction
of this wind is from the northwest,
being caused by radiation from the
desert surface and the consequent in
rush of cooler air from the Pacific.
1t blows at about 20 miles an hour on
the hard, flat surface between the
ridges.
The cOnglomerate bed of this desert
Pampa is chiefly formed of the follow
ing constituents, in order of their i'm
portance: Quartzite, tufa, gypsum, di
orite with iron and pyroxin crystals),
and quartz. The whole is packed and
blended by the gypsum which has run
into and filled fractures made perpen-
dicularly, thus facilitating weathering
The tufa is found in beds also in the
neighborhOod of Arequipa, and is cut
into blocks for building purposes.
They ring when struck like Well-burnt
bricks. The quartzite forms the main
mass of the hills surrounding the des-
ert. 1t weathers into a brick-red oxide
on the surface which gives the desert
its tone, making the slaty-white sand
dunes noticeable by contrast. The
quartz is infrequent. Diorite is in
terspersed in the conglomerate, but in
angular form, showing no signs of wa
ter wearing; it must therefore be at
tributed to volcanic ejecta. The ge-
nesis of the sand dunes is best seen
on the Pacific or western fringe of the
desert, where the winds are eating
away the conglomerate ridges (pOssi-
bly, the remains of an ancient higher
leve), which run out from the quartz
lite hills in a direction at right angles
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Places.

In spite of the fact that they see
any number of them every day there
is nothing that people know so little
about as places. The world is full Of
all sorts of places. Some places are
smaller than others, but none of them
is so small that it does not contain
several more still smaller. Places are
simply Indispensable. You can't get
along without them. There are places
pleasant and unpleasant and some of
the most unpleasant are electric
chairs. iailyHrds. tight places, summer
camps and last places. Everything in
the world has its place, but only Il
small proportion of the things in the
world stay in their places. The world
itself is only place, and Il rather
crowded place, nj that.-EXchange
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Art of HarnessinQ a Horse,

The students in the field artillery
branch of the service who attended
the officers reserve training camp at
Fort Riley never knew before there was
Just one way to harness and unharneSs
horse, or that it was such a compli-
Gated job. Some of them were reared
on farms or ranches, but they never
grOomed Il horse like Uncle Sans men
do, says the Kansas City Star.
Every student has two horses he
must care for. He must harness them
up, ride one and lead the other. When
he IS through he must unharness them.
Sometimes he works by the hour har-
Messing and embarrassing, so he, too,
will be able to do it in the dark.
After that comes the grooming Of
the horses. 1t sounds simple, but it
isn't. The lessons of the students in
grooming are practical ones and the
horses have to stand for it, whether
they like it or not. Sometimes q horse
will spend all morning being groomed
not because he needs it, but because
the students need the training.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Sheen Owners Prosper.

Sheep owners in New Mexico will
receive the largest income this year
from sale of lambs and wool In the
history of the industry in that state.
Conditions during the Landing season
were not as favorable as in an aver
age year in some sections of the state
and the increase for the state as a
whole will be approximately 70 per
cent. compared witt It normal increase
of So per cent. Shortage of lambs,
however, is more than made up on
the sheep growers balance sheet by
high prices for both lambs and wool.
Sales of lambs will bring the growers
Il minimum of $12,00O,000. The wool
clip is normal at around 100000
pouels, but the price will average bet
ter than 80 cents q pound for the
state, us compared with an average
of 20 cents last year and II cents in
1915. The income from wool sales
probably will reach S5.500,000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
MODERN LIFE IN PATAGONIA
Prosperous and Up-to-Date City Has
Grown Up at the Tip of the South
American Continent.

The modern city of Punta Arenas
has risen to Importance at the ex-
IRENE southern extremity of South
America since the advent of the au-
tOmOhile.
Punta Arenas, or, rs it is commonly
called by its own people, Sandy Point,
can be compared the more readily with
American settlements because it is
not essentially 4 part of Spanish
America. The city and surrounding
territory are populated chiefly by
Scotchmen, and English is the pre-
vailing tongue. Thrce-fourths of the
export trade is with England and the
United States.
This southern outpost Of civilization
was founded in 1910. as a convict
camp for Chilean prisoners, conse-
qucntly bearing q resemblance to Aus
tralia in demonstration of the value
of enforced colonization. The pres
ence of the convicts caused the estab-
lishment of cOaling station for YES
sells passing through the Straits Of
Magellan. and Punta Arenas passed a
cOlorlcSS existence until q few years
ago, when the discovery was made
that southern Patagonia was the finest
shccp-raising country in the world.
We are accustomed to think of the
tip of the South American continent
asa polar region, says a writer in the
Americas. Its latitude does in fact
correspond to that Of Alaska, and the
sea IS occasionally encountered with
icebergs, but ocean currents warm the
land, producing q climate more equa-
bic than that of Kentucky. The pas
lures are green all the year round, and
no houses need be built for sheep.
With the discovery of the sheep
raising possibilities of Patagonia,
Scotchmen and Englishmen from the
Falkland islands thronged to the main
land, great sheep ranches were estab-
liShed and Punta Arenas became q
modern city of 1900 population, with
electric lights, theaters, banks, four
newspapers, good schools, etc. 1t is
the commercial outlet for great ag-
ricultural and mining district.
The transportation demands of Pat
RgOnia developed after the coming of
the automobile, and as q result, all
passenger transportation is carried on
by auto. The one railroad in the coun-
try is not passenger road. Passable
highways and the internal combustion
engine are dependency of this newest
civilization in the world.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
JUST MATTER OF PROBATION
patrolman's Tip to Sergeant Given in
the Most Friendly Manner,
and Mo Offense Meant

Sergeant Sullivan and PatTOlman
Flaharty were on the warpath. 1t had
been reported at headquarters that the
soldiers at Smallville had been sup
piled with drink while on duty. The
police officers had been sent forth to
investigate the matter.
"Now, you wait outside" command
ed the sergeant, "while go in an
make inquiries. I sha'n't be q min
ute"
But he was several minutes. At
last he appeared, a dazed expression
on his face.
"Well?" querled Flaharty.
mo foundation whatever for the
charge" replied the sergeant. Don't
believe the landlord of that inn could
be guilty of such a crime"
HIM" grunted Flaharty, that
sounds all right, but if you take my
tip, sergeant, you'll just put this pep
permint lozenge in yer mouth before
you tell it to the chief"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
TESTING Good Nature.

Time: 6 a. m. Place: Between the
covers. Occupation: Pounding the
ear"
Movie, Old Morpheus drops the
sleeper with a rudeness that is start
ling. It's the door bell! No-the tele-
phone!
Downstairs goes the man of the
house, barefooted, pajama-ed, and
three steps at time. Maybe some of
wife's relatives are sick, he conjec-
lures.
well. Hello!" he shouts impa-
tiently as he takes down the receiver
from the persistently ringing phone.
No answer.
Hello! Hello. Hell-o!" he con-
tinues with rising emotions and tenn
per.
"What number, please?" inquiries
central, with the calmness of the
proverbial cucumber.
1t was the last straw. "This phone
rang; who wants U.s." was the only
response.
Excuse it, please" was the apology.
(Form 4-11-44. )-Columbus Dispatch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
The OnIX Nav.

1.-THE Carnegie Foundations recent
resolution to the effect that the only
way to insure q permanent world
peace is to crush Germany" said Capt.
w. E. Dame of the Rough Riders in
his New York office, reminds me of
the stocky, well-dresesd chap in the
police station.
ga big burly drunk had been
brought in on a stretcher, and the SER
geant said to the stocky chap rather
sternly:
"What have you got to say for
yourself?
"'Sergeant,' said the stocky chap, 4
have merely been acting the part of
peacemaker.'
".But, good gracious said the ser
geant, you broke six of this mans
ribs
at was the only way said the
stocky chap, 'to get peace"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14

to the prevailing winds.
On the western border of the desert
the sand remains largely inchOate, but
after about 10 or 20 miles dunes begin
to appear, and these increase in num-
Der till on nearing the inland fringe,
some % miles from AreQuipa, they can
be observed in Serried battaliOns ac-
companying the railway.
Once formed, the dunes take their
typical haIf-moon shape and proceed
in stately sequence southeast across
the Pampa until they reach some large
obstacle or abrupt change of level. If
the barrier is negotiable they adapt
themselves to cross it, the dune pro-
jecting itself into the easiest passes
and elongating up to the limit Of
its sand mass. Once the obstacle is
crossed, the vanguard of the dune
marks time until the rear catches up,
forms once more into a half-mOOn
shape, and proceeds on its way. These
dunes often attain q considerable size,
The march of the dunes is assisted
by the sand ripples, whose more ex-
pOSCu. are DlON IL oHNtIu ny
the wind. The sand climbs the steep
back of the dune more slowly than the
low salient wings, hence the half
moon shape. Small particles travel at
relatively high speed near ground level
as far as the projecting points, or
horns, but as soon as they reach them
they are on the lee of the wind and
their farther progress is checked I'M
til the mass of thci dune catches up.
Thus the distance the sand travels
along the points is dependent on the
maximum height of the back of the
dune, and this in turn depends on the
force of wind.
Move 100 Yards a Year.
Owing to my short stay in the Pam
pa l was not able to check the dunes
rate of march by personal observation,
but l was informed by plate layers
and other railway men, whose duties
necessitatG watching them, that the
rate is about 100 yards per annum.
The high hills flankiEg the desert near
AreQuipa are too steep to allow the
dunes to proceed farther. They there
fore pile up in Il sort of sandy GEM
etery at the eastern edge of the Pam
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
CHARGED TRACE UP TO PAT
Put Forward Thompson as Mean
est of All Mean Men.

This one was told to Sam Bowers,
the art salesman, by John Finnegan,
train caller at the Union station, at
Sioux City Iowa.
''Talkin' about mean men," said Fin
negan, zone time / knew q man by the
name of Pat O'Toole, who worked for
farmer few miles out from here,
by the name of Thompson
"Well, one night O'Toole wint out
to the barn an he found the farmer
hangin' by the neck from beam by a
buggy trace an he cut him down an
run four miles for doctor, an the
doctor come an the farmer got well,
an he said he'd never do it again.
"|Vell, at the end of the month, af-
ter the farmer had paid OToole his
wages, Pat discovered that he was So
short, an he wint back to the farmer,
an ses, ses he, 'How's this? Me money
is short to the extent Of $3?' An the
farmer ses, ses he, why, that's the
price of that fine new buggy trace of
mine that you spoiled by cuttin' a
couple of weeks back"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Had Made Good Use of Time.

The Amaze read the advertisement
on the door, and strOlled in.
81 want ter speak ter pal O. mine, y
he said.
"Ah yes. Be seated, my good sir"
Then in a dreamy voice the medium
began to ring up the Beyond.
81 am in touch with the person you
want" he said at last. :'He tells me
that he has made lot of friends. AL
ready he has met Cromwell, Shakes
peare, Queen Elizabeth, Henry Irving,
Mark Twain, Balzas, and a score of
Others"
Gee" muttered the Australian.
"Jim allus was q hustler. e amt
bin dead an hour yet !"-London Tit
Bits.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
When Thinns Go Wronu.

There are times when everything
seems to go wrong. From Z o'clock a.
m. until 10 D. m. affairs are in q twist.
You arise in the morning and the room
is cold, and button is off, and the
hccfsteak is tough and the furnace
smokes, and you start up street net
tied from head to foot. All day long
things are adverse. The mucilage bot
tie upSets and spOils the desk pad;
some one gives wrong turn to the
damper and the gas escapes; an agent
comes in determined to insure your
life when it is already insured for
more than it is worth, and you are
afraid some one will knock you on the
head to get the price of your policy,
but he sticks to you, showing you pic
lures of Old Time and the hour glass
and the death scythe and skeleton,
making it quite certain you will die
before your time unless you take out
papers in his company. Besides this
you have q cold in the head, and q
grain of dirt in your eye. and you are
q walking uneasiness. The day is out
of joint and no surgeon can set it
Exchange.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Rouuh Goinu.

a youth who had accomplished con-
siderable glory in football but little in
his studies, was dropped from one
preparatory school and Immediately
invited to another. He had been
there about q week when he was ap-
preached by a member of the faculty.
"Well," said the professor, chow do
you find it here?"
pretty fair" answered the boy.
That's good. Find it smooth GO
ing, eh?''
The youth meditated q moment.
"Well, I shouldn't like to say that, ex-
actly," he replied. THE fields sort of
rough yet in places, sir -Exchange.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Sarcastic Beqqar.

The lady of the house shut her lips
tightly when she saw who had rung
the bell.
NO" she said, you were here in
January. l never give to a beggar
twice. 1 know he is undeserving of
help"
81 wouldn't ave called, num-" said
the tramp seeing that he need expect
nothing more from that house, ''only
'oped you might ave one of them little
'ome made cakes, left like you gave
me at that time. 1 want to enlist, but
I'm jest stone too light, and one Of
your little cakes would have put me
right. Tit-BitS.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14

TIME remarkable sand dunes of the
Peruvian desert have attracted
the attention of every visitor to
this arid region. The striking
feature of these formations is that
they slowly but constantly shift their
position, always in the same direction.
In the Geographical Journal of London,
w. S. Barclay thus describes and ex-
plains these travelling sand dunes.
Although the majority of the dunes
are to be found in the western half
of the Pampa, the subaerial weather.
Ing of the conglomerate bed from
which they take their origin is no.
ticeable elsewhere along the Peruvian
coast. One of my most vivid recOl-
lectOnS on the steamer voyage along
the desolate coast from Lima to Mol
lendo Is a vision, against the early
morning sun, of great flame-colored
hill that seen through the coast f0gS
presented almost the appearance of a
city on fire. This flame effect was, as
l afterwards ascertained, due to sand
and dust blowing across its upper
ridges.
Starting from Mollendo the railway
winds its way up the deeply eroded
Hanks of the coast hills. The hot air
rising from the desert keeps back or
dissOlveS the clouds which attempt to
make their way across the Andean
crests to the sea, and rain is reckOned
to fall on this coast not more than once
In seven years. When this occurs, how
ever, its erOSive effect on the soft
loose soil is striking Watercourses Is
to 20 feet deep are cut in q few hours
One of these rare phenomena had ta-
ken place a few days before my visit
1t does not pay the railway, when con-
structing its track, to allow openings
for these infrequent cloudbursts, and
one sees in consequence solid earth
banks built along the hill TANKS, dam
ming gulleys of great depth extending
sometimes q mile or more on the up
side.
Wind That Forms the Dunes.
On reaching the Pacific fringe of the
Pampa, or Desert, del Sacramento, af-
ter an ascent from the coast of some
1000 feet, one begins to feel the wind
which is responsible for the formation
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
THROWING Heat AWAY.

On all sea-gOing steamers the steam
is condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface Condensers. This
circulating water is then discharged
overheard. In the process of cOndensa-
ton the cooling water taken in at tenn
peratures varying from 80 degrees to
50 degrees FAHRENHEIT, according to eli
matte and other conditions. is raised
to temperatures varying from 50 to
100 degrees and then discharged. This
great loss of heat is practically I'M
avoidablc. says the Popular Science
Monthly. Even on comparatively
small steamers hundreds of tons Of
heated water are pumped overheard
daily. This constitutes one of the
@rcat"St heat losses in The operation of
steam machinery. although sometimes
a portion of the warm water is used
for scrul!'tng decks and for bath wa
Ter on passenger ships.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Character Buildind.

"Young man." said the solicitous
parent, "my daughter has always had
everything she could wish for"
"That's just the reason why she
ought to marry me-" replied the pros
pective sOn-in-law.
What do you mean, sir?"
"What your daughter needs more
than anything else is a few lessons in
self-denial. "-Birmingham Age-Herald.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
Rather.

Two Massachusetts towns were
building a bridge Jointly, and Il joint
town meeting was being held to ar
range the distribution of the financial
burden. Naturally, every man from
Blakely was bound to look keenly
nfter the interests of his own town
and nobody from Peru could permit
BIakeIy to put anything over. Words
were exchanged between the watch
dogs of the treasury on either side.
Motives were questioned. In short,
there was language. One of those pres
ent, speaking with asperity and en-
phasis. said: I'D rather be the mean
est man in Blakely than the leading
citizen of Peru" Whorcupon select
man of Peru replied: Well you've
got your rather. New York Evening
Post
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
A Means to Victory,

eve been called on to address {
canning club" said the statesman
"and I consider it my patriotic duty
to make that speech"
isn't subject of that sort rather
difficult for mere man to handler
mot nowadays. The time has come
when a shelf full of canned fruits and
vegetables is almost as inspiring a
theme for oratory as a regiment of sol
dierS."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
She Spoiled Him.

This is merely another example of
the perfectly clear logic of one of the
sexes: They were sitting on the sand
ut Long Beach. She was talking, re-
fectivcIy, but with mature conviction.
yves. lack" she said, as she punched
holes with the tip Of her parasOl, Il
spoil YOU. There isn't any doubt about
it. I 60 with you everywhere, all the
time, and that doesn't give you a
chance TO 90 around with other people
ana see how much nicer l am. New
Tork Letter 70 the Cincinnati Times
Star,
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
1.-THE Easiest Way"

You say he loved his dearest
friends wife?'
"Yep."
"And married her later?"
"Yep?"
"Divorce?"
NO; took husband on hunting trip,
Maine woods"
ooh, l understand" Lamb.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-09-14
YOU MAY TRY. CUTICURA FREE
That's the RuIe-Free Samples to Any
one Anywhere.

We have so much confidence in the
wonderful soothing and healing proper
ties of Cuticura Ointment for all skin
troubles supplemented by hot baths
with Cuticura Soap that we are ready
to send samples on request. They are
ideal for the toilet.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.