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FOUND STONE AGE CEMETERY
Recent Discovery In italian Province
Will Arouse Keen Interest
Among Archeologists.

A burial place of the Stone Age has
just been found by Prof. Dali Osso Of
Ancona, in the Vale Vibrata (prov-
fnce Of Abruzzi) Italy.
The bodies are not buried, but are
all laid in small cabins containing
from two to eight each, and are
ranged on either side of these little
huts on low platforms sloping toward
the center.
With a single exception the bodies
all rest on one side, with the knees
drawn up, and it is assumed that the
dead were placed in this position to
give them the attitude of prayer in
their death chamber, for it has been
established that the custom of praying
on ones knees was already in exist
ence in the Stone Age in Egypt
In one Of the cabins, almost in the
center of the group, there are no
bodies, but big circular hearth,
around which it is assumed, from the
| fragments Of broken earthenware pots
around it, the funeral banQuets were
held.
The objects found in the cabins with
the bodies have remarkable import
.ance from the archaeological point OF
view, as they prove the existence Of
degree of civilization, especially as
regards vases and such utensils, never
hitherto observed in the Neolithic age
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-13

trying to think of trivial remark, her
laugh came to him again over the wire,
followed by a drawing good night"
and then the soughing of the wind
over the open" wire.
The next day he called her up on
the telephone quite early. He knew
her habits. She would be abroad in
her gardens by eight o'clock He re-
membered we'll that Leslie, in COM
menting on her absurdly early hours,
had once said that her "early bird"
habit was hereditary: she got it from
Sebastian.
What put it into your head, Sara,
that Vivian was saying anything un.
pleasant about you last night?"
Magic" she replied succinctly.
Rubbish"
81 have a magic tapestry that trans
ports me, hither and thither, and by
night l always carry Aladdins lamp
So, you see, see and near everything
BE sensible"
VERY we'll. l VIII be sensible. Il
you intend to be influenced by what
| Vivian Or her mother said to you last
night, I think you'd be wise to avoic
me from this time on"
Prepared though he was, he blinkee
his eyes and said something she didn'
| quite catch.
She went on: "Moreover, in addition
| to my attainments in the black art
l am quite as clever as Mr.. Sherlocl
Holmes in some respects. 1 really d.
some splendid deducing. In the frs
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WOULD MARK ALL CRIMINALS
Woman's Suggestion to Mayor Of New
York Is to Have Them All Ap-
propriately Tattooed.

Among the helpful letters daily re-
ceived by Mayor Mitchell came one the
other day signed Nine. Mercury" the
New York Sun states. She wrote that
since all other forms of punishment
had failed she would suggest that each
criminal be tattooed with a suita BILE
mark across his forehead or on the
cheeks.
"A pickpocket," che said, should
have a long fingered red hand grasp
ing a purse tattoOed on the cheek. A
Black Handler should have a black
heart pierced with a red dagger, a
red hand grasping gun, grafters
with a hand grasping the long green,
thugs marked with a blue hand grasp
ing a blackjack, burglars marked with
doorlock and pick.
please give this system a trial.
she asked. ct is humane and will not
require any extra expense. See how
many gunner. pickpockets, murderers
and thieves the police can tattoo in
the next IL months, and you will real
ize the old axiom Of catching before
hanging
This system would lower the cost
of living, reduce the cost of maintain
| ing prisons and make all the poor and
criminals self-supporting. taxpayins
| citizens.
"The revolution that I suggest IN
the system of handling crime and Grim
| inals will rotate the wheels of crime
| backward into oblivion in time
The mayor received Nine. Mercury's
suggestions TO late to incorporate
them in the Goethals police bills.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-13
CHAPTER xVI.-Continued.

The weeks slipped by. He was with
her almost daily. Other people came
to her house, some for rather protract-
ed visits. others in quest Of pillage at
the nightly bridge table, but he was
seldom missing. There we're times
when he thought he detected ten
dency to waver, but each cunning at
TEMPT on his part to encourage the
impulse invariably brought a certain
hooking light into her eyes and he
veered off in defeat. Something kept
telling him, however, that the hour
was bound to come when she would
falJer in her resolution; when frank
ness would meet frankness, and the
the veil be lifted.
There we're no letters from Hetty
no word Of any description. If Sara
knew anything of the girls movements
dence.
Leslie Wrandall went abroad in Au
gust, ostensibly to attend the aviation
meets in France and England. His
mother and sister sailed in September
but not before the entire colony O.
which they we're a part had begun tt
discuss Sara and Booth with a relish
that was obviously distasteful to the
Wrandalls.
Where there is smoke there is fire
said all the gossips, and forthwith pro
ceeded to carry faggots.
A week or SO before sailing, Mrs
Redmond Wrandall had Booth in TO
dinner. l think she said en- famille
At any rate, Sara was not asked
which is proof enough that she wa
bent on making it family affair.
After dinner, Booth sat in tn
screened upper balcony with Vivian
He liked her. She was keen-witted
plain-spoken young woman, with few
false ideals and no subtlety. She wa
less snobbish than arrogant. OF al
the Wrandalls, she was the least sell
conferred. Leslie never quite under
stood her for the paradoxical reaso
that she thoroughly understood him.
You know, Brandon" she sale
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-13
SYNOPSIS.

Ceallis Wrandall is found murdered in
a road house near New York: Mrs. Wran-
ttifios the body. A young woman who &C
coriVanied Wrandall to the inn and sub
ssquently disappeared; ~ is G suspected Sas1:
in an auto during a binding snow storm.
On The way she meets young woman In
the road who proves to be the woman
XII mad done her service in Kidding her
= tie man who though she loved him
sspy had caused her great n ah,s sIrrq 5Sr
WrandaIl hears the story of Hetty Cas-
,Ietors life. except that portion that re.
f-e tragedy she forbids the girl ever to
Ten She offers Hetty a home. friendship
traeedy. Sara WrandaH and Hetty re-
turn 10 New York after an absence OF
YEAR in Europe. Leslie Wrandall. brother
# Challis. becomes greatly interested In
Hattv. Sara sees in Leslie's infatuatio,n
nassibility for revenge on the Wrandal!s
and PREPARATION for the wrongs c she IS SUI H.
marrying his murderess into the family.
I.esle n company with his friend Bran
don Booth, an artist VISITS sara 20 at sa ael
RAT he is madlv in love with Hetty. Sara
oranges with Booth to paint picture OF
Hetty Booth has naup hafa, 1eein nsok thne
through a portfolio of pictures by an une
known English artist he finds one OF
declares it must be a picture OF Hetty
C3Ivnn. an English actress. who resembles
her verv much. Much to his chagr1n
leslie is refused by Hetty. Booth and
Hetty confess their lCve for each other,
tnt the latter declares that she can never
marry as there Is an insurmountable bar
r'er in the way. Hetty admits to sara
that she loves Booth. Sara declares that
Hettv must marry Leslie, who must be
made to pay his brcther's debt to the
girl Hetty again attempts to tell the
real story Of the tragedy and Sara threat
ems to strange her If she says a wore
Sara insults Hetty by revealing that all
this time she has believed Hetty to nave
sinned in her relations with Challis Wran-
dali. Later she realizes that Hetty Is In
nocent Leslie again proposes to Hetty
and is rejected. Hetty prepares to leave
sara declaring that after what has hap
penad she can remain no longer. Hetty
starts for Europe. At sea she receives 9
rnassag &c from Booth that he has started
on a faster steamer and will be waiting
for her on the other side. Booth meets
her ana accompanies her to London: IN
an attempt to escape from him Hetty
starts FOR Paris, but finds Booth on tne
same boat She persists in her refusal te
tel him the secret which keeps them
apart. she declares that Sara alone car
tel him. Booth leaves for America de-
terlnined 10 get the story from Sara.
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Certainly" he said, watching her
closely. Was the break about to come?
Il will stop for you at nine" After
a short pause, she looked up and said:
Il suppose you would like to know
where I am taking you"
ct doesn't matter, Sara"
II want you to go with me to Bur-
tons inn"
'Burton's inn"
THAT is the place where my hus-
band was killed." she said, quite
steadily.
He started. ooh! But-do you
think it best, Sara, to open old wounds
by"
II have thought it all out, Brandon.
want to go there just once. l want
to go into that room again."
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otter a long silence between them,
they've been setting my cap for you
Tor a long, long time" She blew a
tain stream of cigarette smoke toward
the moon.
He started. 1t was a bolt from a
clear sky. The deuce!"
Yes" she went on in the most cas-
uai tone, mothers had her heart set
On 1t for months. You were supposed
20 be mine at first sight, l believe
Flease don't look SO uneasy. I'm not
gong to propose to you" She laughed
her little ironic laugh.
So that is the way things stood,
en- he said, still a little amazed by
her candor.
Yes. And what is more to the
point / am quite sure should have
SAID yes If you had asked me- Sounds
oad, doesn't it? Rather amusing, too,
oe;ng able to discuss it SO unreserved-
ly, isn't it,"
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place, you were asked there and L
was not. Why? Because l was to be
discussed You see"
'Marvelous!" he Interrupted loudly.
"You were to be told that l have
cruel designs upon you"
Go on, please"
"And all that sort Of thing" she
said sweepingly, and he could almost
see the inclusive gesture with her free
hand. He laughed but still marveled
at the shrewdness of her perceptions.
I'll come over this afternoon and
show you wherein you are wrong" he
began, but she interrupted him with a
laugh.
Il am starting for the city before
noon, by motor, to be gone at least
fortnight"
What! This is the first I've heard
of it."
Again she laughed ITO be perfect
| ly frank with you, I hadn't heard Of
it myself until just now. 1 think
the Carrolls.''
! Hot Springs?''
Virginia." she added explicitly
Il say, Sara, what does all this
mean? You"
| "And if you should follow me
there, Vivian's estimate of us will not
be SO far out of the way as we'd
like to make it."
True to her word, she was gone
when he drove over later on in the
day. Somehow, he experienced a
queer feeling of relief. Not that he
was oppressed by the rather vivacious
opinions of Vivian and her ilk, but
because something told him that Sara
was wavering in her determination to
withhold the secret from him and fed
for perfectly obvious reasons.
He had two commissions among the
rich summer colonists. One, a full
length portrait of young Beardsley in
shooting toys, was nearly finished. The
other was to be half-length of Mrs
Ravenscroft, who wanted one just like
Hetty Castleton's, except for the eyes
which she admitted would have to be
different. Nothing was said Of the
seventeen years difference in theil
ages. Vivian had put off posing unit
Lent.
|
land, and other friends of his bega1
to desert the country for the CITY TIL.
fortnight passed and another weel
besides. Mrs. Ravenscroft decided t.
go to Europe when the picture wa
half-fnished
, you can finish it when I come bacl
: in December, Mr.. Booth" she said
"I'll have several new gowns to chooS
. from, too"
. II shall be busy all winter, Mrs. Re
q venscroft," he said coldly.
How annoying" she said calmly
|. and that was the end of it ALL Sh
l. had made the unpleasant discover
that it wasn't going to be in the leas
like Hetty Castleton's, SO why bottle
about it?
) Booth waited until Sara came on
y to superintend the closing of her hous
}. for the winter. He called at Soutl
" look on the day of her arrival H
was struck at once by the curiou
L change in her appearance and name
It There was something bleak and des,
It late in the wildly brilliant face: tn
d tired, wistful, harassed look of on
who has begun to quail and yet fight
d on.
t will you go out with me tomorrow
n carr" she asked, as they stood t
t, gether before the open fireplace {
k this late November afternoon. HI
10 eyes we're moody, her voice rath,
st lifeless.
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Ingenious Calculating Machine.

A Hungarian citizen has invented
an instrument which shows instantly
the amount of interest due on any
given sum for any period at any
given rate of interest. The instru-
ment, made in the size and shape Of
a watch, is of very simple construc-
ton and inexpensive. All that is nee
essary to operate it is to place the
hands in the proper position on the
dial and the exact amount Of interest
in each case is indicated on the dial.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1914-08-13
He Dropped Suddenly Upon the Trunk,

He Dropped Suddenly Upon the Trunk
the central figures in the picture an
they actually appeared ON that secres
night.
At sunset they went together to the
little pavilion at the end of the pier
which extended far out into the sound,
Here they were safe from the ears
of eavesdroppers. The boats had been
slowed away for the winter. The
wind that blew through the open pa
vllion, now shorn of all its comforts
and Injuries, was cold, raw and repei
ling. No one would disturb them here.
With her face set toward the ssnking
east, she leaned against one Of the
thick posts, and in a dull, emotionless
voice, laid bare the whole story of that
dreadful night and the days that fol-
lowed. She spared no details. she
spared not herself in the narration.
UO BE C0NT1NUEDA
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C06IzRHGI1Z /2Z2 6y CEORL

"Oh, you are away off in your con-
clusions, WV
Time will TELL" was here cabalistic
rejoinder.
Her father appeared on the lawn
below and called up to them
"You are wanted at the telephone,
Brandon. I've just been talking to
Sara
Did she call you up, father?" asked
Vivian, leaning over the rail-
Yes. About nothing in particular,
however"
She turned upon Booth with mock
ing smile. He felt the color rush to
his face, and was angry with himself.
He went to the telephone. Almost
her first words were these:
What has Vivian been telling you
about me, Brandon?"
He actually gasped. "Good heavens,
Sara!"
He heard her low laugh. so she
has been saying things, has she? ?" she
asked. Il thought SO. I've had it
in my bones tonight
He was at loss for words It was
positively uncanny. AS he stood there,
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PRESERVING the Verities.

Star Actor - 81 must insist, Mr..
Sager, on having real food in the ban
quet scene" Manager-"Very well,
then; if you insist on that you will be
supplied with real poison in the death
scene"
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NEW TRAIN
Augusta and Atlanta.

Commencing May 3rd the Atlantic
Coast Line will inaugurate through
sleeping car service between Will
miRgton, Florence, Sumter. Angus
ia and Atlanta, in connection with
the Georgia Railroad.
Following is the schedule from
Scotland Neck in connection with
the new service:
Lv. Scotland Neck 1902 a. m.
Ar. Florence 1885 p. m.
Lv. Florence 800 p. m.
Ar. Sumter 9:2O D. m.
Ar. Orangeburg 1926 p. m.
Ar. Augusta lao a. m.
Ar Atlanta 600 a. m.
Passengers may remain in sleeping
cars until 700 a. m.
Returning the train leaves Allan
lanta 800 p. M, Central time; and
arrives Florence 900 a. M, and
Scotland Neck 1928 p. M, Eastern
time.
Sleeping cars are operated be-
tween Weldon, Rocky Monnt and
L Ill COilI1SSCIOA Will LILO
above service.
Connections are made in the Union
depot Atlanta with the Dixie Flyer,
leaving there at 500 a. M, which is
solid train to Chicago, carrying
sleeping, dining and observation
cars; also through sleeping cars to
St. Leu;s; and with the South At
lantic Limited, leaving at 7:12 a. M.
a solid train to Cincinnati, carrying
sleeping and dining cars; also
through sleeping cars to Louisville
and Indianapolis.
Connections are also made in At
lanta with the Atlanta & West Point
R. r. fyr Montgomery. Mobile, New
Orleans and the Southwest: with the
Southern Ry. for Birmingham, Mem
ptis and the West and with other
diverging lines for points in South
Georgia, etc.
For reservations, tickets and
schedules to any Western destina-
ton by this new and attractive route
by old and reliable lines. apply to
Epp L. Brown, Ticket Agent of the
ATLANTIC COAST LINE.
Standard Railroad Of the South
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body of Decatur was temporarily placed
after the duel.
.The house. 2ao1 street. which YOU
mention as still standing, is not the old
kalorama mansion, but is the house buile
by Anthony Holmead after he sold his
original home. built in 1850 TO Gustavus
Scott in lT4. This :eol 5 street was
Rock Hill and has always remained IN
the possession of the Holmead family.
THE Kalorama house was DESTROYED in
1887 to make room for the opening OF 3
and I'D streets. The hill was graded.
but Mr.. Mearns' house, 22o1 S. occupies
part of the old site-the house as knew
II In my childhood was 14a by 6 feet.
the walls being two feet thick, and con-
tained over thirty rooms. with outhouscs
similar to those at Mount Vernon for
servants quarters, sTnokehouse, etc, all
connected with the house by covered
courtyard. Connecting the east and west
wings had been a greenhouse, but this
was destroyed during the war, when part
of the house was also burned.
THE lodge and entrance gate stood at
the intersection of r street and Florida
avenue, and these We're removed in 1S.D
to permit the extension of r street and
the erection of No. 2119 r street. Joel
Barlow built this lodge. which was copied
from Greek temple. about 1910.
THE house as originally built tof brick
brought from England) by Anthony Hol-
structure. to which later the wings and
servants quarters were added by Angus
tine Washington and Joel Barlow. making
a much more pretentious structure
The west wing was added for the use
of Mrs. Wolf Tone Wilson. whom the
Barlows had known in Paris and who
was invited to make her home at kalo-
rama when she came to this country III
1910 She lived there several years, dy-
ing in Georgetown in 1Sis."
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POLLY REYNOLDS COTTAGE.

into decline as the years of the occu-
pant grew great in number, and finally
the railroad came along between the
canal and the river in order to reach
Water street in Georgetown. With the
coming of the railroad came an end to
PollyS cottage. Weeds nave covered
IT'S site for several seasons, and when
the Rambler passed that way few
days ago railroad ties and locomotive
coal we're heaped up where stood the
quaint little home.
When the Rambler was walking through
this obscure part of Washington some
thing over a year ago he met man,
Isaac Barker, who was born in George
town in 1912. and who now lives on the
high land near the parting, or the juno
ton, of the Foxhall and the Chain Bridge
roads. He was telling The Star man about
the neighborhood between the canal and
the river and the people who dwelt and
dwell there. Among other things he said:
mo, sir. these people don't depend for
living on selling bait and hiring boats
and fishing tackle. If they did, they d
starve to death. Those that work at all
work downtown, and with the high cost
OF living they don't save much. Where
this boathouse stands. F. L. Moore used
to have a fertilizer factory. No. Mr..
Moore, who runs the boathouse, is no re-
lation to him. but 1t seems odd that
Moore's boathouse should stand on the
site Of Moore's fertilizer factory. This is
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valley of Oxon run has its southerly tip
in an eminence known time out of mind
as Bald Eagle hill. The easterly bound
airy of the District of Columbia runs
across the base of this hill From the
village of Congress Heights this ridge
runs southerly and westerly. In those
parts of its course it is a narrow back
bone of land dropping sharply down into
the valley of Oxon run on the easterly
side and to the fiat lands bordering the
Potomac river from Giesboro to Shep-
herds ferry on the westerly side. This
narrow, ridge is traversed by good
road.
When you come to the tip of the ridge,
or to Ball Eagle hill. panorama Of
fields. woodland, hill, fiat and river lies
below and around you, especially to the
southwark and the westward Far down
is stretch of fiat or very gently rolling
land which reaches from the foot of the
ridge to the river. In this land is a
small city of red-roofed brick buildings
and some wooden houses. The great
spread of land is divided into squares
and parallelograms of cultivated tracts
of different shades of gray and brown.
but with some touches of green even at
this season. large group of buildings
are those of the Home for the Aged and
Infirm. That is the new plant and the
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History Of Kalorama.

THE Rambler has received letter
! simplifying little contribution which
he lately made to the recorded history
Of Kalorama. The letter, which comes
from Miss Charlotte B. Lovett. 22O3 Mas
sachusetts avenue. follows:
II have been much interested In your
articles in The Sunday Star and I trust
you will pardon me for correcting some
errors in that on Kalorama in the issue
of November 9.
"Kalorama was purchased by my grand
mother, Mrs. Charles F. Fletcher. in
1916. her son by former marriage.
Thomas R. Lovett, acting as her trustee.
Portions Of this estate are still In pos
session Of the descendants of another son.
George 8. Lovett, and the house In which
I live is directly opposite the site of the
old Barlow family tomb. in which the
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today. The shells of these larger fos-
siIs stand out clearly in the black lime
stone. If one looks more closely he Will
see that the mass of the limestone itself
is made up of fragments Of organisms.
THE fossils tell US not only that the
limestone was formed at the bottom of
the sea. but also the relative age of the
rocks. Thus we know that this particu-
lar limestone is of Ordovician age, which
carries US far back in geologic time. BY
means of the fossils it is possible to de-
termine the extent of the sea In which
the deposits were laid down. When SINH
lar fossils are found in different parts OF
the country we know the rock to be of
the same age. When records of all the
occurrences of different sets of fossils
are kept it is possible, therefore, to APP
proximately determine the extent of the
seas in which they lived, and thus geolo-
gists are able to trace the changes In the
geography of the American continent
from very early times to the present"
This very interesting essay on fossils
was sent by Mr.. Kirk to Mr.. White with
the following letter of comment:
Dear Mr.. White: Do you think that
the inclosed will prove more acceptable
pabulum for the masses? Not knowing