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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12

| the two scatter" to heave in sight
around the bend The hired man had
harnessed early and driven to the sta
tion at least thirty minutes before
train time. Captain Elisha was re-
sponsible for the early start. Steve
was coming on that train. Possibly
some one else was coming. The cap
tain did not mean they should find no
welcome or vehicle at the station.
The whistle had sounded ten minutes
before 1t was time for Dan to appear
at the bend.
II hope to thunder Jim got that tele-
gram" observed the captain for the
twentieth time at least since breakfast.
so do l." replied his friend There's
no reason why he shouldn't, is there?'
mo, no sensible one, but I've scared
up no less than couple Of hundred of
the other kind. If he shouldn't come
my, my, she'd be disappointedr'
He motioned with his head toward
the window of Caroline's room.
' They turned in time to catch a
glimpse of the girl as she parted the
curtains and looked out on the road.
She saw them looking at her, smiled,
blushed and. disappeared. Both, men
smoked in silence for moment; then
the captain said. : zRs :
Say, Sylvester, this New York cruise
of mine turned out pretty good, after
all, didn't it," \
Decidedly good. It was the making
Of your niece and nephew. Caroline
realizes it now, and so will Steve"
Hope so. 1t didn't do me any
HARM" with a chuckle. 81 wouldn't
have missed that little beat up the
bay with Marin Dunn for good deal.
For spell there we was bows abreast,
and twas hard to tell who'd turn the
mark first"
Sylvester laughed. "I1l tell you
what, Captain Warren" he said. II
never saw you in better spirits. Do you
know what l think? l think that for
a chap who has just given away half
of a good sized fortune and intends
giving away the other half you're the
most cheerful specimen l ever saw"
The captain laughed too. Il am,
amt IL" he said. well, can say
truthful what 1 never expected to say
in my life-that once l was wuth hat
a million dollars. AS for the rest Of it.
I'm like that millionaire-that- Hi!
Look, There comes Dan! See him?
"Stevev' cried the captain eXcitedly.
There's Steve! And-and-yes, there 8
somebody on the back seat. It's Jim!
He's come Hooray!'
WATT" Sylvester cried. 81 don't
want to lose the rest Of that sentence.
You said you were like some million
aire. Who?"
Don't bother me!' cried Captain
Elisha. "Who2 Why, l was goin' 20
say l was like that millionaire chap
who passes out a library every time
he wakes up and happens to think OF
it. You know who l mean. Ahoy
there, Jim! Alloy, Steve!'
He was waving his hand to the pas
sengers in the approaching vehicle.
That's the feller. I've come to feel
about the way he says he does-that
'twould be crime for me to die rich"
THE END.
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ment in which women. are engaged
the proper length of the work day. In
making 1.-The order, the commission
finds that the employment of women
as conductors; motormen, or f1agmen
by street car lines, at night work or
during rush periods, is prejudicfaf to
the life, health, safety and welfare. Of
such women. 1t supports this finding
with. q detailed memorandum setting
forth the reasons. 1t cites the. fact
that this employment requires more
standing than sitting, and that con-
ductors must frequently get" out TO
flag cars over railroad crossings:
At the. public. hearing upon the
matter. held last winter, it was, de-
veloped that at Kenosha. the women
conductors on some of the, runs must
get out no less than -10S times during
period of six hours, work. II IN " :, ,''~'
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CHEAPER POULTRY
!. ::s!,.:. :. > :: RATIONS5 s+.... !:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

prepared By the United States Depart
So = 'ment Of Agriculture)
The demand for wheat for human
consumption -necessitates-- that it be
used as economically and sparingly
Fas possible for feeding animals and
chickens Some ".just as good" ra-
'tfons3t which contain no wheat have
been tried out In egg laying tests by
the United States department Of ag7
ricplture, aud excellent results have
been secured Thirty laying hens to
which wheatless 'rations,. were fed,
produced in the two years covered
by the, test ON an average of. 147.3
eggs for the -pullet year, and 121 eggs
during the second year. This, COM
,pares .fayorably. with egg Yields Sc
cured 4.ony other. rations containing
wheat, and, therefore more expensive.
The w1eatless ration is also being
tried on a pen of Buff Orpington 'pul- :
lets and during the past ten months
they hHve laid, on an average Of lib
eggs, "a. very good yield for this pc
riod.' - 5..l.s >..A - . -. :. .ss1-.
: The wheatless ration used was as
follows: "a =, s>->% '-s'- {. - d.
: Scratch mixture = Two pounds OF
cracked corn, one pound of oats. =
:, Dry Mash-Three pounds Of corn,
meal, one. pound of beef scrap. 49,
- The scratch mixture was fed. spar
fngly,. the hens being permitted to eat
about as much Of it as Of the dry
mash. During the two-year test the
hens were provided with free. range
where they could pick variety Of
green feed-1 : Leghorn- pullets- were
used and it was found that it took
46 pounds of feed to produce a dozen
eggs. Fffty.twol pounds of grain was
consumed by each pullet annually,
and of this amount twenty-six. pounds
was from the scratch mixture. When
wheat is omitted from the ration It Is,
advisable to feed more beef scrap,
LAYING hens should have a good sup
ply of protein, and the additional beef
scrap supplies this essential in one or
the cheapest forms.
. Cotton seed meal used TO. replace
half the. beef scrap in the mash has
given good results on the government
poultry farm: and has had no bad ef-
feet on the quality Of the eggs. Where
cotton seed meal replaced all the beef
scrap the results were unsatisfactory
;botir in number and quality Of eggs.
.NIrissel meal has: not proven as good
ESh
meal, which, to- the amount of 23 per
cent Of the mash, has: affected the
flavor, or the taste of the eggs
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Cap'n Warren'S Wards
Bv. JOSEPH G.. LINCOLN
Copyright BY D. Appleton q Oo.)

| the big, open door. He caught his
breath and stopped. a
Caroline entered the barn. She came
straight to him and put her hands upon
the lapels Of his coat. Her eyes were
wet and shining.
"Caroline?" he faltered eagerly.
"You good man" she breathed soft
ly. "Oh, you good man.
,"Caroline", His voice shook, but
there was hope in it. Caroline, you're
goin' to take the money!
Yes, Uncle. Elisha, Mr.. Sylvester
has shown me that l must. He says
you VIII do something desperate if l re-
fuse"
81 sartin would! And you'll take it
really?'
"Yes, Uncle Elisha"
"Glory be. And-and, Caroline, you
won't hold it against me, my maxim
you think you was poor and maxim
you live in that little place and get
along on just so much, and all that?
Can you forgive me for dom that?' .
Forgive you? Can 1 ever thank
you enough? 1 know 1 can't, but 1 can
try all my life to prove what
"S-s-h-h!t S-s-h!f There" with q
great sigh, almost a sob. of relief. a
guess this'll be real Thanksgi vim
after ALL"
But few minutes later another
thought came to him.
Caroline" he asked, 81 wonder If.
now that things are as they are, you
couldn't do somethin' else-somethin'
that would please me an awful lot?"
"What is it. uncle?'
"It's somethin' perhaps I amt got
any right to ask. The other day you
told me you cared for Jim Pearson
but that you sent him away cause
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To North Pole by Airp!ane -
with Be Possibility Soon, .
Declares Arctic ExpIo orer

A round-trip passage from Cape Co
lumbia to the North Pole in nine hours
will be possible soon lT' airpiane,i ac-
cording to Donald Macmillan, Arctic
explorer and SCIENTIST He says he
has formulated a complete plan for
neria! voyages, after. c9nSultation with
aviation. experts, and the atrnldne is
the oily seaSithe nreans of tranSporta-
ton to the pole.
,''TQ4gft to The north pole by air
plane" Mr.. Macmillan explained, 'the
PROPER plan wGuId he tn ESTABLISH
base ut Etah, in northern Grecnlhna,.
to which point a good st&nch ship Jean
70 any" summer from Boston or amy
other port.
with Etah as headquarters a pro
vision AID oil station 'Couht easily be
advanced to Cape Colulnhi:r, the most
northern point of Grant Land. n.From
this point to the north pofc' TIE dis
tance is 413 miles, which would make
a round trip of S28 miles,; !.
-Airplanes today can make sus-
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Reforest, Bare HiIIsides.

The scarcity of lumber for mine pill
lars and other mine uses has led to
the creation of forestry department
by several of the large mining COM
panies, one of which has just refor-
ested Bear creek watershed with 5000
white pine and 5000 Norway spruce
trees. -'' ..'
Thirty thousand more trees are il
process of cultivation at Hauto, Pa,
in the Panther Creek valley. When
timber s>ready to cut in the vicinity
of the mines troublesome waits and
long hauls will be eliminated.
More timber in the anthracite re-
gion would stop floods, add to the
water. supply. reduce the drought pc
riods and enable the anthracite indus
try to add to its output. Many thou
sands of acres are available about the
mines for reforestation.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
Wisconsin Women May Work,
on Street Car Lines; but =
r 49,, Only Eight Hours a Day

..
The Wisconsin industrial commits
sion recently mailed out copies Of the
order adopted relating to- the. hours
of labor OF women employees on str eet
car lines.
The order provides that itf Milwh hu
kee women may be. employed as 1on-
ductors, motormen or faGmfn by
street car lines only at day work. and
between the hours of s Il. m. and ,
p. N. In all other cities and in to- Nfns
and villages, women maybe employed
on street car lines between the hours
of G. a. m. and ) p. M, but their hours
of work must not exceed eight per
day. ..4.. ..,.... T,
The commission is charged by law
with determining for each emp 10y
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y - - 80. ~ : -,' 80 : {
Tons Of Free Seed Sentiby ~,
:. =. Government The P asst Spring.

To comparatively. few of ils has It
ever occurred that. tie. United States
govetnnheAt. is: one the Worlds la rs.
est buyers of garden and flower Sc 3D..
The few ounces of seed carried to US
by the postman give no impression of.
the acres upon acres of land devoted to
their propagatdh, or the care It taken in
determining their fitness for plantin
But these small envelopes repres ent
tens of thousands Of pounds of the b est
seed pl surable.
1t is illuminating to know. that the
aggregate weight of the free seed cir
cuated from Washington this spring
amounted to 499.o6 tons, or, for the
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
crayath's .Grudge Justified. !: !:
+, Benny Kauff Pulled Down :,
His Long fifty-DoIlar Fly

= Gavvy Cravath- holds wefl-defned
grudge against Benny Kauff Of the New
York Giants. When q fellow virtually !
reaches right in q, bali players pocket
and extracts. 90 sipoleons. therefram,
he's. no, friend of said ball player.
Benny Kauff didn't do that exactly,
but he might just as welf have:done it.
The alleged misappropriation happen-
ed in PhiladeIphia, the other day. Cta-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
CHAPTER XIX.
"Yes, Because | Want Him"

"Yes, Because Want Him."
CYLEESTER paused Caroline did
y not speak for a moment; then she
asked: .....
And no one knew-you or my uncle
or any ore-cf all this until last
March," ~
No. Graves had. with his usual care
and patience, pieced together the evi-
dence Gnd investigated until We We're
sure that a stockhOlder i'll the Akrae
company existed and that all of your
fathers estate belonged to him. Who
that stockholder was we did not know
until that day of the meeting at our
office Then Captain Warren told us. -
But he did not know either?"
Not until then. He supposed his
Akrae stock worthless and had prhc-
tically forgotten it. When we told bin
of its value, of the note and of
the missing shareholder, he knew, of
course One would have thought he
was the wrongdoer and not the wrong
ed. He would have gone straight to
you and asked your pardon if we would
have permitted it,
But, Mr.. Sylvester, now we are
coming to the part cannot under
stand. OF course the estate belonged
to him. / know that. 1t is his. But
why didn't he tell Steve and me the
truth then, at once?"
Caroline, Caroline, don't you under
stand yet? Do you imagine for one
moment that your uncle intends keep
ing that money!"
She stared at him in utter amaze
ment.
''Keeping it," she repeated. Why
not? 1t is his. 1t belongs to him.
Caroline, I'm afraid you don't know
him even yet. He was for going to
you at once and destroying the note
in your presence. He would have done
it, but we persuaded him to wait and
think it. over for a day or two. He did
think and then decided to wait a little
longer for your sake
For my sake? For n1ine?" She
passed her hand in a bewildered way
across her forehead Mr. Sylvester
l don't seem TO understand even
now. T.
For yo:gr sake. Caroline. Reme1n-
Der. at that time you were engaged
tc Aa!rolm Dunn
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you thought you had to earn livin'
for you and Steve. Now you know
that you amt got to do that. And you
said you told him if you ever changed
your mind you'd send for him. Don't
you s'pose you could send for him now
right off-so he could get here for
this big Thanksgivin' of ours? Don't
you think you could, Caroline?"
''Send for him-now?" she asked in a
low tone.
"Yes; now-right off-in time for to-
morrow"
He could not get here" she whis-
pered.
Yes, he could. If you send him a
telegram with one word in it-'Come'-
and sign it Caroline he'll be here on
tomorrow mOrnin's train or FL eat
my hat and one of Abbie's bcnnets
hove in. Think you could, Gardiner
A moment, then in whisper, Yes,
Uncle Elisha .
"Hooray! But-but," anxiously, "hold
on. Caroline. Tell me truly now. :, You
amt doin this just to please me? You
all. You mustn't send for him on my
account; only just for one reason-be-
cause you want him.
He waited for his answer. Then she
looked up, blushing still. but with a
smile trembling on her lips.
Yes. Uncle Elisha" she said, "be-
cause l want him
The clouds blew away that night,
and Thanksgiving day dewned clear
and cold. The gray sea was now blue.
The white paint of the bouses and
fences glistened in Ghe SUM- The groves
Of pitch pine were brilliant green
blotches spread like rugs here and there
on the brown hills. South Denboro had
thrown off it's gloomy raiment and was
"alI dolled up for Thanksgivin',' so
Captain Elisha said.
The captain and Sylvester were lean
ing ON the fence by the gate, looking
up the road and waiting for Dan and
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vath, some walloper when he gets hold
of the ball, crashed the sphereto right
center or this parucuar day 'ahd the
ball was headed straight for big
sign. AS is well, known. the reward
for rapping this board is $50. I -No-one
in the park thought Kauff had cham &c
to intercept the speeding sphere, b ut
that is Just what Benny--did. He gpt
under it, braced himself against the
sign and stretched both arms far aboFe
his head He caught the pellet an
inch from the fence, - ~. .,::
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
Must Take Time to Submerue.

1t requires at least five minutes for
submarines of the, latest type to sub
merge. A submarine cannot dive quick
ly under the sea, because the Jwater
which must be. let into, her ballast
tanks to make her heavy, enough to
sink must be let in comparatively SLOW
ly. If it. were let in with rush the
boat might not go down on an even
keel, but would heel over and be in
great danger of disaster. Then. too.
If water were let in too quickly there
would be danger of too much entering.
and in. that case the submarine would
sink like lead to the bottom of the sea.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
Fiber Containers MaylTake
Place Of the. Tin Fruit Cans.

The ANNUAL report of the department
of commerce sets forth the dire need Of
tin cans and the efforts the government
is making to- conserve them, Dufing
the early. days OF, last summers ,chm-
paign' for the preservation of perish
able fruits and vesetHyleS, government
experts Tested the possibility Of utlliz-
ing once used tin cans, but inveStiga-.
i on froved-aEa sSd1k sabfIa +. Of aBan-
doning this plan in favor oft:'detipping"
process, whereby most of the steel and
tin is. recovered for further use-in man
ufacture The government is now per-.
suading factory owners to substitute
paper or fiber containers for all non
a4sk !. 'ENAAknNN G-,aYst- 10
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sake of juggling figures, 15,969,92U
ounces. OF this amount it Is also is
terestng to know, corn, seed predomi
mated, $4,000 pounds of it beingmailed
TO various sections of the country. Me-
chimes are used which automatically
proportion the seed by weight, fill the
individual packages and seal Them
Popular Mechanics Magazine. - .'.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
Cherokee Once Powerful.


The CherokeeS are an important
tribe of North American Indians. The
name means upland field the tribe be-
ing peculiarly upland. They may have
so designated themselves to their first
European visitors. They are probably
the people known traditionally to the
DelawareS as TalligeWi, a powerful
body which once occupied the val
leys of the Ohio and Allegheny rivers,
and afterward was driven south by
the Delawares and IroQuoiS. When
first known to Europeans their center
was in the southern AlleghenieS, and
they occupied the mountains Of south
ern Virginia, North and South Caro-
lima, Georgia, Alabama and Tennes-
see. Their chief settlements were on
the head waters of the Savannah and
Tennessee rivers, and were respec-
lively called Elati Tsalaki, or Lower
Cherokee, and Atali Tsalaki, or Up
per Cherokee, speaking two different
dialects. AS the white settlers pressed
upon them they retreated westward
until by the treaty of 1885. they sold
all their remaining country, and the
main body removed to tract assigned
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12

tained flights of nearly eco miles a
a speed of 100 miles din hour: As th
journey from Cape Celfm!btia to th
pole and back could easily. be accbn
pIished in between, eight and min
hours an oil station could. lie safel
established 200 miles from land
could be intrusted to the drift ice Ifo
at least one day" 90 '>''...-..'
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to them west Of the Mississippi. A
considerable number remained be-
hind, and gradually concentrating in
western North Carolina, are now
known as the eastern band of Chero-
KEGS, numbering about 1000.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12
Much in Little.

- The Presbyterian Board of
Foreign Missions has 1858 mis-
sionaries On its rolls.
.. Since the discovery of tin in
Alaska dn 1902 nearly 1000 tons
of the metal have been pro-
duced.
The Methodist church in Ja-
pan has gained about II per
, cent in membership during the
last year. 4.. !. -. ..- .
An East Concord IN. H. fart
. mer has beer offered S2S q
bushel for his Golden Bantam
seed corn. -..- ,... -..-4.,... .4,
=. 80 w."
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Eat Enough; No More.

N - / :
;, The sane A standard, " Eat enough
food, and no mere" rigidly follow ed,
would reduce greatly food bills in
many homes and at the same time,
tend to improve the physical condition
of all members of the household, ad-
1ises the United States department Of
agriculture. u ! IN t.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1918-07-12

When a woman arrives three min
utes late at a railway station she I'M
AGNES that the engineer saw her COM
ing and pulled out :ust for spite.
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efishabie articles heretofore put up
in tin. This, it. is expected, will to
certain extern, offset the, tin cans
shipped to the army in France. The
balance of the loss will be made up
by salvaging used cans.-Leslie's.
Operated by c1ockwork, new toy
figure. of Il man. swims -reqlistically
asing an. overland stroke. -.
Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-01-30

the evening in singing songs. When
the men reach the other side they will
want to have goodiy supply OF songs
with them and that IS what we are try
ing to encourage now while they have the
time to learn.
Between the reels on Wednesday night
ftonight) we shall have talk by Mr., Ru-
fus II. Brown of the Georgia r. +. Bank,
line of THRIFT. The movies themselves
viii be worth while, the titles being:
Snow Stuff" (S7eels); Mutual Weekly
Gone reeD; Reel Life Zone reeD. Mr.,
TROMBONE of the Motor Mechanics will
furnish the music at the piano.
on Thursday we shall have lecture
by Mr.. Ralph A Tracy, "quandam" sec
rotary at n. 10 and now Associate Camp
Secretary of the Y. NJ c. A. Mr., Tracy
will speak on the subject of Insurance"
He is an authority on that line and has
given up an important position with. The
Mutual Benefit ms. Co. to carry on Y.
NJ. c. A. work here. 1t win be well worth
While to hear Mr.. Tracy.
Mr.. Ewers will be with us for another
good evening of religious enthusiasmS
on Friday and will shane his talk along
the lines of Thrift. This viii be next
to the last opportunity we shall have to
hear him in Camp Hancock. We hope to
have some real good singing at the time
and invite all men to be present
On Saturday we shall have movies en-
titled, Movie Stunts, Friends in San Rosa
rio, Sclig World Library Zone reeO Be
explain the new Thrift STAMPS and
the WAR SAVING CERTIFICATES.
These win be on sale at the building on
Monday night by a young lady sent here
by the Post Office Department Save
your money so that you can at least buy
IA quarter stamp from her-and try to
have enough to purchase a whole WAR
SAVING CERTIFICATE which viii cost
you Sab
THRIFT WEEK win close officially on
Sunday night when Mr.. Ewers win speak
on the Thrift Of Character" 1t makes
no difference how little money we may
have we can all practice THRIFT along
this line Hear Mr. Ewers-this viii be
your last opportunity.