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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-06

corning the operations under the law as
may be deemed to be of pubic Interest;
Section "A. There shall be kept in the
prison or institution named in section one
of this act, by the warden or superin,
tendent thereof a book containing a fun
and accurate record Of each and every
this act. summary of such record shan
be filed with the advisory board In the
matter of paroles. to be by said board
compiled and included in the annual re-
port OF the advisory board. which report
shall be submitted in writing to the gov
ernor on or before the first day OF Decem-
teen, and on or before December first OF
each year thereafter. and said report shan
be accompanied by such recommendations
as the board may fit to make.
Section Is The secretary of the advisory
board in the matter of paroles Is hereby
authorized to provide all blanks required
for the proper execution of the provisions
Of this act after the forms for such blanks
have been approved by the governor and
the advisory board in the matter oe
paroles.
Section l6. Whenever any prisoner Is re-
leased upon parole he shall receive from
the state, clothing not exceeding ten dol
lars In cost and non-tranSferable tlcker
at his own expense to the county where
his first friend resides The warden may,
in his discretion, at the risk OF the state,
of a ticket as above provided and expenses
not to exceed two dollars, and failure on
the part of the paroled prisoner TO return
the money so advanced within g1xty days
may be declared violation Of parole war
ranting the return Of The vaoaa2oS 10
prison.
Section II. Whenever tho pRxoAe q ony
prisoner shall be ordered by the ADVISORY
board in the matter Of paroles. or taas GOV
ernor. the clerk of said board Shah ~ once
notify the sheriff of the county ar tho ehter
OF police of the city to which ho h pG1oled
of the issuance of such paroAa. naming the
county where convicted. the crime 1or
which convicted, the name end address or
the first friend" and the AeuIfh or tms
port before receiving nnal dschnxpe
Section Is. Any sheriff. ch4ek a police
or probation officer. shall upon the Requests
of the governor or the advisory board IN
the matter Of paroles. act as first frfz1d~
and adviser for paroled prisoners while On
the state. and shall, upon the epwrUvaA
Of the secretary of the advisory board in
the matter Of paroles, be paid from ~
general fund Of the state not othGv1D1 ~
proprated. one dollar per month Tor 0c4
paroled prisoner tor such service. Wfen-
acting as first friend" shall expire whfle
any such parole IA In force, the duties oG
such first f4end'' shall be assumed BY fhS
successor IN ofnce Of ouch officer
Section 70. Nothing In this act shan BE
construed 10 interfere or tmpG1r The power
mutations OF sentence: nor EhAQ anytfomt
herein contained be construed TO futer11re
with the rights OF any person who nay %
serving out q term of Imprisonment In my
penal Institution in this state by virtue Cd
a senhence imposed under any Mw nereeo-
fore On now In force
Section 20. An laws, acts-or parts OF acds
In conflict with the provisions OF CHS ~cs
are hereby repealed.
LApproped March "A, 1S12l
The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1913-03-06

AN ACT IN Relation 10 Boards of Regis
tration OF Voters
Be II enacted, etc:
Section five OF chapter five Of the revised
statutes of Maine Is hereby amended BY
striking ont the words -four thousand IN
the FIRST line Of said section and inserting
In place thereof the words thhty-dve
hundred and By striking out tbs words
-four thousand" In the fifth line OF said
section and inserting In place thereof the
words thirty -dve hundred. and by adding
thereto the words provided that no eaty
having q board Of reGtstrataOn shall be
deprived Of sadd board of reg1stx2f1ou oy
reason Of the pupulRt3on thereof bsnou19ng
less than thtrty-6ve hundred SO int SD
section as amended ahan read as nonoWn
Section In each city Of the stAfe nw-
ing thtrty-f1ve hundred CT more fnh90e
tants, a board OF registration appointed q
provided IN the following section snau
have exclusive power and suthortty TO
maize up, correct and revise tn List %
voters in each of said cftiee- In n cfoeo
having less than thirty -dve hundred fnheo-
ttAntA the municipal o6bcefs shall IL
ouch list exercising the Same powers ana
being governed by the same hsWs as mn
ntcipal officers of towns having five hum
bred or more registered voters; Provoed
that no city having board OF reg16t1anov
shall be deprived of said board OF reS10S
tration by reason of the population thrs.
of becoming less than thirty five hundrHn<
Approved March A. SRl
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CHAPTER e..

AN ACT Providing Punishment for Care
tain Indecent and Immoral O6exrSes.
Be 1t enacted. etc:
Section L Any person twenfy-one years
OF more Of age who takes any tndecsn4
liberty or liberties or INDUCES m any In
decent or immoral practice or practices
with the sexual parts Of Organs 81 my
other person, male or female, under the aga
OF sixteen years, either with or w1thcuA
the consent of such male or female per-
son. shall, upon conviction thereof be pun
ished by Imprisonment at hard labor, ZOE
each and every ofrense, for term not less
than one year and not exceeding ten years.
Section This act shall not be Construed
as repeating or as In any manner altering
changing or modifying section three OF
chapter one hundred and twenty-five OF ths
revised statutes and shall not Include OF"
lenses which clearly fall within and come
within the provisions Of said section three
Approved March IA, 1871
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company, Philadelphia, and will be sent
to any one on request. 1t contains a.
series of short graphic quotations from
epigrammatic bits Of philosophy on such
subjects as war, vanity mastery, love
and death. Mr.. Comfort has been high
ly praised by critics for his remarkable
power OF crystallizing a thought or an
emotion into striking and unforgettable
sentence. The Philadelphia Public Led
ger In a review of his latest story, The
Road of Living Men," says Few novels
are so replete with epigrammatic sem
tences, terse vivid and vitalized with
pungent significance.
THE UNFORGIvING OFFENDER
By John Reed Scott. Illustrated in color
by Clarence f. Underwood. ]. B. LIP
pincott company, Philadelphia.
In ''The Last Try" John Reed Scott
made Ia most favorable impression upon
the reading public and 1t has awaited
another novel from his pen for many
months and is now rewarded with an
other delightful story "The unforgiving
Offender from his versatile pen.
In this brilliant story of social life Mr..
Scott has created a heroine of an unusual
type, yet SO appealing as to hold the
readers steadily increasing interest to the
end Mr.. Scott's power as novelist
grows with each succeeding story from
his pen, and his admirers will thoroughly
enjoy this new novel. There is a swiftly
moving plot teeming with social incidents
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

Vanity?
Yes-but not too much of 1T. and
not altogether the brand that hides it.
self in little gold box with a mirror
in the top.
what brought 1t before me-" said
Peggy was the discovery of the
sleeping beauty She was in the midst
of natures fairy tale, out on farm,
way down in south Alabama"
Tell me about it," begged
1T was in the early days of the pres
ent summer she said, "and l was in
v:ted to spend the weekend at the
most old-fashioned and tumbled down
OF ante bellum places. There was so
much beauty and charm about the old
mansion that it almost gives you an
ache, which means too near perfec-
tion. and as / was driven up the old
lane in the most ramshackled of old
carryalls. while the trailing vines and
green meadows were everywhere about,
/ felt that / was almost In paradise"
The mistress of this estate is the
old-fashioned kind. too.' she con
tinued. who rises with the sun but
by no means goes down with the same
She is beloved by everyone in the
country surrounding and is a sort of
high priestess leader In social joys and
worthy of government decoration as a
champion caSe-maker. Two of her
daughters are her typical descendants,
handsome and aristocratic, with the
Independence of bearing which is SUP
posed to characterize the modern Amer
lean girl
How interesting" / exclaimed. at
sounds like a modern novel"
wait until you hear 1t ALL" she went
on. after luncheon the day of my
arrival as we sat on the broad ver-
afda / said to my hostess most casu-
ally:
But I thought you had three
daughters and I've only seen two.
"'You are right. 1 have three she
said. My other daughter, Angelica, is
here-but it is not probable that you
Will see her during your week lend
visit"
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Il expressed regret, adding that
thought the place an ideal one for any
number of daughters.
And would you believe it" my hostess
interrupted, speaking of Angelica, that
even in these beautiful surroundings she
is perfectedly hopeless?"
"Hopelessr' I cried.
Eyes. hopeless" she repeated. "She
goes her own way and keeps her own
council. She never goes to the neighbor-
hood parties; cares nothing for dress
has no men or women friends and is alb
solutely impossiblel I call her my Plain
One, and do you know she doesn't
mind?''
"My hostess excused herself for a few
moments under some pretext of house,
keeping and left me as she explained to
explore every crack and creviee in the
old place-yes, every nook and Granny
redolent with historical memories which
interested me Tremendously.
'If there is one thing above all others
that / adore, 1t is an old house." Peggy
went on, land with two precious hours
ahead of me- before the family would
join me again, took my hostess at her
word and began to explore. When she
had disappeared my imagination was
given full play and it prompted me to
make personally conducted tour of the
great mansion, and SO [ plowed my way to
the very top-and it was a days journey,
believe me, to climb those winding stairs.
As l went upward the old, musty odors
that came forth evidently emerged from
the old timbers of that proud old stair
case, seasoned by centuries of storms, by
silent nights, by days of wind and rain.
savage snowstorfi1s and persistent sum-
mer showers The place sent a thrill
through me. CHASTITY vague forms thrust
into dark corners. unexpected shapes
peering out with the sense of suppressed
life, belonging to the haven of forgotten
things, took visible form in. my imagina-
ton. 1t would be easy to think that Blue
boards chamber might exist in such a
house. but instead when I got to the very
top / found only a girl"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-07-27

clothes. One day my husband got the
neighbors in to see what the matter was
but they could not help me. My first
thought was for Lydia p. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and sent my hus-
band out for it and took ituntil ! was en-
tirely cured. am woman OF perfect
health and my health and happiness
came from Lydia E. Pinkham's medi-
cine. You may rest assured that do
all can to recommend your wonderful
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STONE, Route No. 8, Malone, N. Y.
The success of Lydia E. Pinkham's
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hams Vegetable Compound is the stan-
dard remedy for female ills.
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and illumined with sparkling and witt,
dialog.

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THE MASKED WAR"
By William j. Burns. George Doran
company, New York.
band of dynamiters. Who were they and
how did Burns manage to pick them out
from the 90,000,000 people of the United
States?
The character of William j. Burns, the
worlds greatest detective has been the
inspiration of many recent plays and
novels, which are in the nature of
guesses at his secret methods in the de-
lection of crime.
Now, for the first time. he lays all his
cards on the table and in his own terse
language tells how ho arrived at his as
tonishing results. He chooses a type case
the greatest. case he ever had to tackle,
that of THE Masked War and how he
brought the conspirators against a ma
tions life to Justice. 1t is a story more
extraordinary and thrilling than any that
grew out of novelist's imagination.
THE Masked War; by William j.
Burns, is the inside story told by himself
of how the worlds greatest living detec-
tive brought the anonymous dynamiters
to justice.
William ]. Burns. the greatest and
probably the most famous detective who
ever lived, is now in England. That his
genius is recognized on the other side is
shown by the following dispatch:
''At the Savoy William J. Burns has
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dies the charming subtle patricians who
move through her pages with delicaoy
and intimacy and lack of prejudice which
make her book doubly convincing and en-
tertaining
ELIZABETH AND HER GERMAN
GARDEN
The Macmillan company, New York.
Published again after several years, the
new edition of Elizabeth and her Ger
man Garden one of the most widely
read and delightful stories of modern
times, is again welcomed by the hosts of
readers who enjoyed it when it first came
out.
1t is full of nature In many phases-of
breeze and sunshine. of the glory of the
land, and the sheer joy of living. Merry
and WISE clever and lovable, as polished
as 1t Is easy, book for frequent reading
as for wholesome enjoyment.
THE BATTLE OF GETTYSBURG
By Jesse Bowman Young. Harper Broth
ers, New York.
1t seems as If everybody is writing
about Gettysburg Just at this time, but it
is quite a different thing reading merely
a lot of historical facts and reading an
account of the battle by one who fought
in II himself, who for many years has
lived in or near Gettysburg and is famil-
lar with every foot Of the ground fought
and tramped over by both armies; one
who has conversed with many survivors
and who has made an exhaustive study of
all that has been written on the subject
of the famous campaign.
The author Rev. Jesse Bowman Young
was a first lieutenant in the Eighty
fourth Pennsylvania Volunteers at the
time of the battle, and acted during the
campaign as assistant provost marshal
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II don't care what they think" she
said.
Next to your own self-belief, what is
so important as that of another?" l per-
sisted. II am willing to wager now, An
gelica, that you do not know or appre-
ciate your own good points
II haven't any," she returned peremp-
torily. II haven't any"
ut was very evident to me- Peggy
went on to tell me, that the girls bra
vado, concerted very sore spot, and my
progression after THAI was careful.
turned to her and said
'I should say that you are equipped
with some things for which many women
long. and that it is altogether with you
to be good looking or not. Your hair
your eyes-your white, white, skin and
your bewitching smilel But 1 really
didn't come up on this exploring trip ex-
pecting to find a sleeping beauty in the
attic. However 1 found one and during
my weekend visit | am going to prove
it."
ITO my surprise. said Peggy, ''she un-
curled suddenly and held her hand out
to me and we gravely shook hands,
your campaign was an interesting
one," I suggested as Peggy finished her
story.
ut was conducted entirely on the plat
form that no woman lives who does not
love beauty and that will not see it in
herself If only some one will point 1t out
to her, and flatter her vanity bit, and
not make her believe she is--hopeless.
This Angelica haed ben told by all her
family until she really believes that she
was plain.
THAT night, although she bound me to
secrecy. she allowed me to arrange her
glorious hair about her pale little face
and powder her nose and primp her up
bit.
ously
Declared she didn't like it, when she
looked at herself in the mirror but I
could plainly that a bit of feminine
vanity was slowly distilling itself in her