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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER XIV.

|
+ When he slowly grew conscious it
was with the glad realization that he
had found her. He felt her hands,
supple and warm, binding q bandage
| round his arm. He opened his eyes to
see her face bent over his. And it was
dawn. ...-
Vague cries rang in his ears, distant
cries, blending, surging, swelling and
| dying down, but never ceasing. The
| rattle of Small-arms was continuous,
and punctuated by the loud timbre of
| guns. -".+ = -
He was lying amid a heap of debris
that had been the village Jail. Not far
away he saw the Colonel sitting with
eyes closed, propped up against the
| fragments Of wall, blood-stained
| bandage round his head.
| 80 thank Godw cried Eleanor.
"You have been unconscious so long,
| Captain Mark And the Colonel is
badly hurt. 1 saw the Red Cross wag-
on pass and cried, but they could not
hear me-"
| All round them the guns were boom
| ing, all round them they saw khaki
| clad Americans swarming over the
! fields, and yet the village seemed de
| serted. They were alone in a little
oasis of calm amid the tumult. r-
"What are we to do?" cried the girl.
"Can you walk? Try to stand on your
feet. Let me help you. We must get
| the Colonel somewhere"
The question on Marks lips died
| away as there came the howl of a
heavy shell, followed by stunning i'm
pact. A column of broken bricks spout
ed into the air at the end of the street,
diSSolving into a cloud of dust. An in
terval, and again there came a missile
| from the monster gun. A house in the
next street went down like cardboard.
1t was the threatened attack on the
American lines. The enemy was in
force somewhere across the fields, the
reserves were rushing up TO repel them.
Mark staggered to his feet and found
that he could stand. His arm ached
| under the bandage, but it was not
broken. Probably splinter had struck
him. He made his way toward the
| Colonel, who eyed him vacantly as he
approached. ....... .,...-.-.,. -.
''Take Eleanor to safety and leave
me, Mark" he said, in choking voice.
'IH take you both, sir. This can't
| last long. Our men will be in the viii
lage in few minutes. Or an ambu-
lance will pass"
Mark put his hands beneath the Colo
nel's arms and tried to lift him.
AS the Colonel tried to stand he col
lapsed forward in Marks arms. He
| looked at Mark piteously.
| "Take her and leave me-" he whis-
pered. "And listen to me, Mark. She
cares for you. All will come right, if
I can keep my worthless carcass alive
until I've seen the General. But ]
never counted on being done up like
this" :.r- ... -..
There were tears in the old mans
eyes. Forgive ME, my boy" he NUT
! tered, and fell into Inconsistencies.
Mark set him down against the wall
again. 1t was impossible to move him.
oven with Eleanor's help.
Mark looked at Eleanor. Its safest
here" he said. "The village will be
occupied soon. Help will come"
He broke off abruptly as another OF
the heavy shells dropped nearer, send
ing the brick fragments flying in all di.
rections. OF sudden it had occurred
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
LEATHER Tl|'H R'..!s1 Is NEEDED ll:l: e y y
+. so SAVE ALL HIDES! D[)l|: !,
/. = I-s-A -, ---f f4.f,tr-.ts
It Is Quite Profitable to Skin All
|. = Animals Carefully. 80 =
Tanner Pays More for Packers Hides
; Than for Those Obtained From
+ Farmers-Proper Storage
; ia1p lis of Importance. Iii ar

prepared, by the United states Depart
GO . iiment Of iAgrteulture.) @H%A'
The present very urgent demand for
leather, In the industries and the I'M
crease In price which ,nnscored hides
bringon the market emphasizes the I'M
portancea and even necessity qef eKer-
''cising the utmost care intremoving
skins from farm animals. By devot-
ing a little extra time necessary In
skinning animals carefully-possibly'
only three to five minutes In taking of
the skin Of calf, or Is minutes in
the case. of a beef, hideW7the value OF
thes hide may be increased several
tines, The tanner pays more for
packers, hides. than for; those from
farmers or country slaughterers: This
is due; In part to better facilities in the
large packing houses for curing and
storage Of hides but, principally to,
the fact that such hides have been ea'
taken off properly. Country hides re-.
moved by unskilled workmen are often
cut and, scored When. such hides
come from tannery, scores show very
plainly, and in many, cases ene+half OF
the thickness of the leather is lost by
such defects. Imperfections can be
avoided by the careful use of the skin
ming knife, by keeping the hides clean
and free, from blood and BY proper
storage and packing. :, 49,. a.,,.,-
The use of the knife may be avoid
ed by. taking off calfskins, except on
the head, neck, legs and tanks, as the
body skin may be drawn, or ,fsted or.
Where the knife is used, the skin
should be drawn taut with one hand,
while the knife is used with the other,
special care being taken to hold the
back Of the blade close to the skin. In
lieu of the knife some butchers use a
wooden stick shaped like a mans
thumb and employ knife only on the
portions of the body mentioned: rgi
1t is Objectionable to have blood on
the hides, particularly in the summer
time, as it is likely to cause the hair
to slip from rotting or decomposition
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13

when the hides are packed and the
placing of otherwise good hides in the
No. 2 grade on the market. t' .8l
Care should be taken to avoid plac-
ing any hides In the pack until they
are free from animal heat. Allow them
to lie folded for from three to five
hours, or sufficiently long to allow the
animal heat to get out of them. II
this is not done, patches Of decompo-
sitfon may result and such hides are
often reduced in market value at least
cent or more q pound. a.si aI=
In building up pack of hides the
outer edges should be kept a little
higher than the middle, so that the
liquor or brine formed by the dissolv-
ing Of the salt in the natural moist
ure Of the hides may be absorbed by
them. If the pack is low on one side.
or is built slanting like shed roof.
the brine will seep up, causing the
hides to shrink in weight. Use salt
that has been screened and is free
from large Jumps and dirt. Dirty
salt will stain the fresh sides of
hides. One pound of salt to each
pound of the hide Is the general rule.
Hides should remain in pack from 10
ITO. 80 days and stored in cool eco to
65, degrees Fahrenheit) cellars from
which the outside air is excluded.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
WAR CROPS HAVE, INCREASED
County Agents Boost Hog Production
q, apd Sugar Beet Yields in State
IL iN of Minnesota. ,f

prepared by the United States Depart
\ "il'i, ment Of Agriculturel -
"A per cent increase In hog produce
ton and a, 25 per cent increase in
sugar-beet production over the pre-
aceding year is the result Of campaigns
carried on this year by county agents,
in Minnesota. When the call came for
more pork and more sugar as war
emergency, surveys were made in
those sections of the state where hogs
are raised and where sugar beets are
grown proftably. The county agents
advised farmers to raise one litter
more Of pigs and to house and feed
them properly. In spite of the fact
that there has been shortage of corn
for feeding and that large number
Of brood sows and hogs were sold and
shipped to neighboring states where
corn was more plentiful the increase
in. production was made. A larger
acreage in sugar beets was also Sc
cured through the efforts of the agents.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13

the cloth and crossed at the front. Il
has pockets Of the sort that are not
noticeable, merely Sits at each side
that don't interfere with any line
which is pursuing its straight-down-
ward career. The ever present fur col
lar and cuffs, in this particular in
stance, are Of Hudson seal, the collar
one of those long convertible affairs
that can be brought UP close about the
throat. ~ -- s-...---.:-.' s-t't'at sf,
: Collars by the way are one of the
means of achieving length, of line.
Made Of the material Of the coat or
frock or blouse they creep up about
the chin and are fastened by buttons
at the end Of long row on the gar
ment 1t is impossible not to follow
this slim line Of buttons that attract
and hold the eye. tt.
Panels, wide and narrow, that hang
from neck to hem, made their instant
success because of their long lines.
For the sake Of variety designers have
added narrow floating panels to one
piece frocks and have carried out the
idea in many ways on both frocks and
suits. Even blouses have taken on
the distinction Of panels that fall from
the shoulder and far below the limits
of the waist they embellish. ~ ".t
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
"Puqet Sound Lobster"

Seattle is consuming only about half
a ton of octopus, "devilfish," week,
according to fish dealers of that city.
But this consumption is bound to
jump as soon as the Americans be
come familiar with the taste of this
inhabitant Of the deep. The Greek
fishermen, who consider the octopus
a great delIcacy, call it ''devilfish -
while the Japanese fish dealer gets
calls from his people for 'tako," and
when Sing, down in Chinatown, places
1t on his menu card he gives it name
that only a Cantonese can read or un-
derstand. When cafe managers up
town decide TO give their patrons a
treat the lowly devilfish probably will
become Puget Sound lobster"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
A Romance of the American Army
Ethtin9 ON the Batt1efelds Of France

that with the General haven't for
Mark-how did it all happen? Tell
me exactly, so that /"
1t was unlike the old Colonel to
gabble so fast. Perhaps he was afraid
of breaking down.
Can tell the General. Now begin,
Mark. Tell me from the beginning"
But Mark did not open his lips. And
before Colonel Howard could resume
Eleanor had sprung up and faced
Mark eagerly. yt--.
"Now, Captain Mark, listen! If
you've never listened to me before,
listen now" she cried. 81 know you
aren't going to tell the Colonel. It's
like you, Captain Mark. You're stub
born. You have stupid, wicked
streak of stubbornness in you that al
ways makes you pretend things, and
always prevents you from letting the
world see what a dear, good, splendid
man you are. I know you through and
through, though you've never known
I did. You've ruined your life by
your silly silences. You seem to like
to be misunderstood. You like things
to go wrong with you, so that you can
suffer undeservingly. But it isn't he
roical of you, Captain Mark. It's stub
born and wrong, and, where others
are concerned, it's criminal. Where
others are concerned-others who love
you, Captain Mark !"
She spoke with intense passion, but
when she ended, she put her arms
quietly about his neck. "Tell the Colo
mel, Captain, Mark, because of me"
she said. ..-... ...
There's nothing to tell, my dear"
said Mark, cropping for the words that
would not come. 'I struck him be-
cause he
And he could say nothing. Of Kel-
lerman's blow outside the inn, of his
false offer of friendship, of the treach-
cry that had risked three lives that
Mark might die on a false errand-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13

prepared by the United States Depart
: ga06 ment Of Agrieulture.) - 4aai
> Farmers who are confronted with
the problem Of maintaining soil fertil-
ityLimportants in carrying out In
creased food productfonAwfll find 1t
profitable, the United States depart
ment Of agriculture suggests, to study
the methods of handling barnyard ma
nure practiced in parts of eastern
Pennsylvania, where excellent results
In adding to crop yields have been Sc
cured. Thf-e methods are described in
Farmers Bulletin I97S, recently pub
lished by the department. For over a
century it has been the custom in this
re- gion to store stable manure, In a
walled manure yard, partly or wholly
covered, in which the stabbed animals
are allowed to, exercise during the day.
Manure thrown into such yard and
thoroughly tramped by stock, accord
ing to the departments bulletin, loses
much less, through heating and leach
ing than does manure piled in the
open. ,....,... -. go.
&. u
=. s-~ AccumuIates in Yards, y,
Il Nearly all manure produced on the
farms in the region to which the bull
letin refers accumulates in the manure
yards. All cornstalks, straw and other
roughage not used as: bedding are add
ed as needed to take up excess liquids.
In this way the covered portion of the
barnyard not only affords dry and.
comfortable shelter for the live stock
during the winter months, but it pro-
tects the manure so that no teaching
occurs. In some instances the corn
fodder is run through cutter. which
increases it's power of, absorption and
makes the manure easier to handle.
The tramping of the stock packs the
manure, SO that an even temperature
Is obtained, which seems to favor
proper fermentation, as is evidenced
partly by the strong odor Of ammo
MIA in the vicinity when the manure
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13

nothing! And, if he had been able to
speak, he could not have told. Yet he
was ignorant of the inhibitory process
that now, as always, held him in
silence. ;.s
But Eleanor clung to him. "Yes,
Captain Mark. Because he"
'He sent three Of US out to rescue a
wounded man unnecessarily" said
Mark lamely.
He saw a spasm pass over Howard's S
face. This was worse than Howard
could have believed. The Colonel was
shaken; his faith was strong, but he
was one of those who accept the obvi-
GUS.
Listen, Captain Mark" I" said Flea
nor, speaking as if to a baby. THAT
isn't what you wanted to say. You had
no thought Of criticizing your superior
officer, even if you thought him wrong.
That isn't what you meant. Perhaps
he'll tell me, father Stand back lit
tie. Now, whisper it, Captain Mark "
But in the shelter of Eleanors arms
Mark felt altogether at peace. What
did it matter, all this of long ago?
"Are you going to marry Kellerman,
Eleanor" he asked. ......
Very softly, in the obscurity, he felt
her shake her head And the action
had precisely the opposite effect of
what Eleanor had intended.
For nothing mattered any more, moth
Mark Wallace had never excused him
self in his life.
Eleanor drew herself out of his arms
and looked at him. He looked from
her face to the ColonePs. Why were
they worrying him? How could he
hope to save his life by going into the
obscure details and explanations that
they required of him?
And what q long rigmarOle, begin
ming back in the war department
Mark could not string case together
his mind was not constructed in that
fashion.
Eleanor laid her hand on his arm.
Captain Mark-dOn't you see that
every moment is torture to us?" she
asked.
There was a terrible intensity in her
tone, as if she were holding herself
rigidly in restraint, for fear that she
would fail should she yield to her emo
ton.
"I struck him." stammered Mark. 81
told you why. I thought he was wrong
m risk those liyeS-I-"
The look upon each face seemed to
be frozen there; it was as if their lives
and not Marks, hung upon his words.
Suddenly shrek pierced the sky,
cutting off Marks speech, and shell
burst somewhere by with a shattering
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13

is supposed to keep ones feet out OF
the mud. 1t does! While playing duck
board ones feet are usually in the air.
1t is called blackboard, l suppose, be
cause of some silly belief that a duck
could walk it without falling. Even
airplanes flying at a height of less
than 5000 feet have been seen to wig
gle and dip drunkenly while passing
above trench lines floored with duck
boards. And when it is laid upon the
surface of the earth and there are no
handy trench walls to help out-well
it's lucky for Charley Chaplin that the
wide world didn't see me operate.
Nothing could ever again be funny to
a man who saw me play blackboard out
there in the comparative open of that
wood William Stevens McNutt, in
Golfers Weekly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
HOGS FAVOR SOY-BEAN MEAL
Found to Be 10 Per Cent Superior
Than Wheat MlddIngs for Fat
tening Pigs. ISL

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
AS supplement to cornmeal for
growing and fattening pigs, the, Wis
consin station found that ground soy
beans, proved about 10 per cent supe-
rlor to wheat middlings, figuring the
cost of the feeds as the same. The
Indiana station compared rations Of
two parts of cornmeal and one part
of soy-bean meal with cornmeal and
wheat middlings in equal proportions
and with five parts of cornmeal and
one part Of tankage for pork produc-
ton. The soy-bean ration produced
the largest daily gains, and this with
the smallest quantity of feed consum-
ed for each pound of grain.
The Missouri station in compara-
tive feeding trial of soy-bean meal with
nnseed meal and tankage showed that
these feeds were equally effective in
promoting the growth of young hogs.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
CHAPTER XIV.

THE three officers who had brought
Id their verdict, and the fourth, of
high rank, who had passed the SEN
tence, stood rather stif1y at the door
of the little headquarters village house,
watching Mark as, with hands chained,
he was marched away by two armed
guards toward the Jail.
When he was out of sight they I'M
bent.
s''D--n it," said one.
s"My sentiments" answered another.
4"What do you think, McKinnon"
e"I don't want to think about it,
'If 1t had been some tough who had
got roped into the army-a gunman or
that sort-but-"
aWen, if. the fellows a gentleman,
why did he do it? He must have
known" :..t -u..
"And, after all, he might have been
respited for the blow, but the gross
cowardice-"
ST don't see that. The blow was
worse than the cowardice. A new
hand, between the lines at night, his
first night-Kellerman shouldn't have
sent him"
81 don't follow you there. Kellerman
had known the man in the o. S. and
wanted to give him a chance to redeem
himself" ts--..E .
At nightfall Mark was sitting in his
cell. He had eaten, he had composed
himself to meet his end according to
the traditions Of his caste and race ;
but he could not meet it calmly. He
had deliberately flung everything
away; he had let Kellerman goad
him to madness; he was going to
die without even the soldiers salts
faction of duty honorably done. And
he could not compose himself.
Suddenly he heard the outer gate OF
the prison click; then came the sound
of voices, footsteps, a woman's swish
ing skirts; Eleanor and Colonel How
ard stood at the barred entrance with
the guard.
Mark rose from his bed and stood
staring at them; he could hardly be-
lieve them real. The guard unlocked
the door of the cell. Eleanor shrank
back against the corner of the ma
sonry, her kerchief to her lip, her face
chaIky white. Suddenly she started
forward. The Colonel whispered a
word, she brushed him aside as If she
had not heard him. Her arms sought
Marks neck and found it. She pressed
her lips to his.
Captain Mark! Dear Captain
Mark ]" she sobbed. ......
And, holding her closely to him, and
forgetting Howard's presence and ev-
erything else. Mark found his peace.
Colonel Howard was trying to calm
her, to assuage her frantic grief. AT
last he persuaded her to sit down. He
took Mark by the arm as if he were a
child, and placed him beside her.
mark, my dear boy-Mark, l heard
of it only five minutes ago. he said
81 had to spend the night here, and
Eleanor had got leave to meet me. I've
just learned the outlines Of it. I'm
trying to get the General. Yes, yes,
know he refused this morning, but he
didn't know. I'm only going to ask for
a respite till can see him personally
1t will come out all right. Now tell
me, Mark, what happened? How did
Kellerman meet you? Why did F"r1
strike him2 / don't ask about
charge of cowardice, because that
isn't worth speaking about. tn Sc
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13

is being removed, and partly by ab.
sence of dry combustion, or 'drefang."
so common in manure piles exposed
tp the weather. =, f,a.t
ii Occasionally farmer is. found who
sprinkles land plaster on the manure
at Intervals, the amount ranging from
one to two tons a year. applied at the
rate of bushel a week. Disinte-
grated feldspar rock, common in the
vicinity, has been used with good eff
feet, but as general thing the ma
nure is not treated with chemical fer
tilizers. 1.'l
~ When Manure Is Applied. t
The manure is hauled to the fields
twice a year on the majority OF
farms Many farmers apply 1t dur
ing the winter when the ground Is
frozen and hauling is easier and when
there is more time for this work. but
this should not be done on hillside
land or where there is danger Of the
manure being washed away when the
snow melts and before the ground is
sufficiently thawed to allow the sol
uble material to sink in. In general
practice the sod is usually manured
in the early spring at the rate Of
eight to ten tons an acre, and is inn
mediately plowed and rolled. In the
fall manure is applied to oats and
corn stubble land. The barnyard Is
so arranged that the team and
spreader can be driven into any part
Of 1t, including the covered portion.
where loading can be done directly.
The bulletin describes in detail the
crop rotation plan and methods OF
handling manure on ten Chester coun-
ty farms, on each Of which the yield
of corn is maintained at IS bushels
or more an acre, and where high
yields are being made at no sacrifice.
of profit. These farms offer good ex-
amples Of the way in which manure
should be handled and utilized to Sc
cure the greatest possible returns.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
PLAYING blackboard.
nlagne.

Do you know what blackboard is!
It's a kind Of game first played in
a primitive and mild sort Of fashion
by Rocky mountain goats and since
modernized and made difficult by the
American army. The apparatus on
which one playa blackboard is a mixed
breed contrivance, by Washboard out
Of Corduroy Road, to use the racing
vernacular. It Is made up of narrow,
slippery strips of rounded wood laid
crosswise about two inches apart. and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-12-13
COWS FED INDIVIDUALLY

prepared by the United states De-
partment of Agriculture) -.'
If dairy cows are to be fed for
profitable production they must
receive a liberal ration at all
seasons. In summer, pasture
generally is depended upon, but
often it must be supplemented
by soiling crops o! silage, and
sometimes by concentrates as
well. For winter feeding, the
ration usually is composed OF
hay, si1age. and mixture OF
grains. In properly balancing
the ration the grain mixture Is
compounded to fit the roughage
with due consideration for cost,
bulk, palatability, and physiolog-
ical effect upon the cow. For
best results, cows must be fed
individually, salted regularly,
and furnished with all the clean
water they will drink.