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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

big "dummkopf." England had been
in possession of the island since the
Napoleonic wars, but had never real
lied it's strategic Importance.
The island in 1890 was simply tri-
angular slab of red mari and sand
stone, scarcely three miles in circum-
ference, arising abruptly 200 feet out
of the sea. 1t WAS visibly crumbling
away. The great storms from the
north were battering 1t to pieces, and
as one authority wrote at the time,
"In a few generations, or at the most a
few centuries more, Helgoland will be
only fat, desolate sand dune like
those of the surrounding sea-"
Instead of crum mbling away the island
of Helgoland today is buttressed on
every side with ferroconcrete. Break
waters have been constructed, a naval
harbor built, and from armored case
ments and sunken batteries the i'm.
mense Krupp guns can sweep the sea
for over ten miles in all directions. 1t
has taken millions of dollars to ac-
complish this, but Germany has cheer
fully expended $1,250,000 annually in
protecting the island itself from its
natural enemy, the sea, and in convert
ing it into one of the strongest for
tresses in the world.
In fact, Helgoland today forms prac-
tically the nucleus around which the
whole naval program of the German
empire revolves.
At the time of the purchase the Kiel
canal was nearing completion and the
great navy yards and naval stations of
the empire were being built at Will
helmshaven, Bremerhaven, Kiel and
Cuxhaven.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
SYNOPSIS.

curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander,
county judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing a veiled woman who proves to be
the widow of a man tried before the Judge
and electrocuted for murder years before.
Her daughter is engaged to the judges
son, from whom he is estranged, but the
murder is between the lovers. She plans
to clear her husbands memory and asks
the judges aid Deborah Scoville reads
the newspaper clippings telling the story
of the murder of Algernon Etheridge by
John Scoville in Dark Hollow, twelve
years before. The judge and Mrs. SEQ
vile meet at Spencer's Folly and she
shows him how, on the day of the muir
der, she saw the shadow of a man, whit
ting a stick and wearing long peaked
cap The judge engages her and her
daughter Reuther to live with him in his
mysterious home. Deborah and her law
yer, Black. go 20 the police station and
see the stick used to murder Etheridge.
She discovers a broken knife-hlade point
embedded in it. Deborah and Reuther go
to live with the Judge. Deborah sees
portrait of Oliver, the judges son, with
black band painted across the eyes. That
night she finds. in divers room, cap
a knife with a broken blade-point. Anon
ymous letters and a talk with Miss
Weeks increase her suspicious and fears.
She finds that Oliver was in the ravine
on the murder night. Black warns her
and shows her other anonymous letters
limiting at divers guilt. In the court
room the judge is handed an anonymous
note. The note is picked up and read
aloud.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

IF the new spring styles in gowns
are strictly of American design,
there Is every reason to congratulate
their creators. After study of them
one might be pardoned for quoting
from the song which bids US heartily
rejoice in the strength Of our saliva
ton and adding from foreign-made
modes" thereto.
The street costumes are cleverly
shaped. comfortable, and clean cut.
Their tailoring is a thing of faultless
beauty. Skirts are short and just
wide and flaring enough for comfort
in walking and for style. Jackets and
coats are easy and smart, improving
the figure which wears them properly.
One may have a choice as to length,
as they are shown in both long and
short models.
Materials are durable, old favorites
being to the fore in the smartest
garments. Decorations are few and
elegant, buttons and straps and the
introduction of outside pockets pro-
viding most of them. But it is in
amazing cleverness in cutting both
skirts and coats that this season has
distinguished itself above others.
In party gowns skirts are more am
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
CRUDE, BUT DOES THE WORK
Primitive System of ''WireIess Telee
raphy" in Use Among Tribes
of Amazon Region.

In, the Juamara region Of the Anna
zon the natives Use a crude system ct
wireless telegraphy. which. it is
claimed, has been in operation for
thousands of years. The transmitter
found by an explorer was a followed
trunk of tree suspended from hori
zontal pole stretched between two
stumps. Inside the transmitter had
been arranged much like violin, and
it was explained that when the in
strument was struck smartly with a
small rubber hammer a vibration was
created that carried for miles over the
hills. The receiver is very similar to
the transmitter, except that it i placed
on a hardwood platform, the base Of
the followed tree trunk being ground
ed on the platform When the mes
sage is struck in the neighboring vii
lage, sometimes thirty miles away
this receiver catches the vibrations,
causing ierky, singing sound. The
sound system. it is said, can be read
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

police headquarters, aAa there in the
wood l detected and pointed out a
trifie of steel which never came from
the unbroken blades of the knife taken
from Johns pocket"
Fallen was the proud head now and
fallen the great mans aspect. If he
spoke it was to utter low "Oliver!
Oliver!"
The pathos of 1.-THE heart-rendfng
wonder in the tone brought the tears
to Deborah's eyes and made her last
words very difficult.
But the one great thing which
gives to these facts their really dan
gerous point is the mystery you have
made of your life and of this so-called
hermitage. If you can clear up that,
you can afford to ignore the rest"
1.-THE misfortunes of my housed" was
his sole response. THE misfortunes
of my house!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
WHIPPING OUT BEES NEST
o,d-Time Fun of Which Boys of the
Present Age Seems to Know
Nothing.

What has become of the old-tash
ioned boy who. on summer morn
ing. armed himself with shingle
paddle and a bunch of iron weeds and.
in company with other boys similarly
equipped, went forth in search of bum
BILE bee nests? He roamed the rip
pling meadow seas in quest of the
buzzing pirate with golden douDlet.
and on sighting him followed him in
straight course to the hidden lair
Such assaults they were. such spir-
tied advances, such ignoble retreats
and utter routs, And such laugh
ter--and such pain!
Once, though not al Aleppo, grim
pirate in black corselet followed a
small boy on rapid wing for half a
mile, digging him at every bound, and
finally, looping the loop, sailed up the
:eg of his cottonmade pants
There was ample room in the rear
na!f way up for egress. but the pirate
sboro3 no quarter. and. going On up.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

pie, but made of the airiest fabrics
over satin foundations. Bodices are
modestly high, and satin bindings are
used to finish the f1ounces and over
dresses of net or crepe or chiffon
With all this flufiness there is lit
tie touch of the austere in the bodice
usually.
In the. picture given here a street
suit Of swell shepherds plaid is
shown. Plaits at the sides Of both
front and back produce slightly far
ing panels, the skirt being made up
of four Of these.
The jacket opens in a ''V'' at the
front, with revers terminating at the
bust line and an inlay of velvet which
Is carried to the high turnover col
lar.
A strap at each side of the back Is
finished with a simulated buttonhole
and set, with a lone button, to the
narrow, shaped belt which defines the
slightly high waist line. The cuffs
are odd, with the sleeve turned back
from band of velvet and fastened
down with a button. The front Of
the jacket is almost straight, and cut
with a dip.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

effort, began some conciliatory speech,
the young girl smiled with a certain
sad patience, and, turning toward
Judge Ostrander, said as she softly
withdrew:
"You have been very kind to allow
me to mention a name and discuss a
subject you have expressly forbidden.
l want to show my gratitude, Judge
Ostrander, by never referring to it
again without your permission. That
you know my mind"-here her head
rose with sort Of lofty pride which
lent dazzling quality to her usually
quiet beauty-"and that know yours,
is quite enough for me-
"A noble girl! mate for the best!"
fell from the judges lips after a 81
lence disturbed only by the faint, far.
off murmur of a slowly dispensing
throng.
Deborah made no answer. She
could not yet trust her courage or
her voice.
The Judge, who was standing near,
concentrated his look upon her fea-
lures. "Madam!"-he was searching
her eyes, searching her very soul, as
men seldom search the mind of an
other. You believe in the truth OF
these calumnies that have just been
shouted in our ears. You believe
what they say of Oliver. You, with
every prejudice in his favor; with ev-
cry desire to recognize his worth! !!
You, who have shown yourself ready
to drop your husbands cause though
you consider it an honest one, when
you saw what havoc it would entail
to. my boys repute. You believe-and
on what evidence?" he broke in. "Be-
cause Of the picture and the coinci-
dence of his presence in the ravine?"
"Yes."
But these are puerile reasons" He
was speaking peremptorily now and
with all the weight of a master mind.
And you are not the woman to be
satisfied with anything puerile. There
is something back of all this; some
thing you have not impaired. What
is that something? Tell-tell-"
"Oliver was a mere boy in those
days and a very passionate one. He
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

The work of reconstruction was i'm,
| mediately begun by the Germans and
today the island is the one great Ger
man menace to EngIand's control of
the North sea. Here are gathered the
kaiser's main torpedo boat and subma
| rine fleets with which Germany ex.
poets to maintain it's war zone around
the British isles. 1t is also the key and
guard of Germany's main artery Of
| commerce-the way to Hamburg. This
great seaport. almost world dominat.
ing in times of peace, is impregnable
| with the great dirigible station and
| submarine base at Helgoland to guard
| it.
Made Into Mighty Stronghold.
Since 1890 the island has been prac-
| tically reconstructed. 1t is fortified
against the sea and warlike fleets alike
with great granite buttresses 16 feet
thick and 240 feet high on all sides.
Even the assures in its cliffs have been
filled up and bound together with thou
sands of tons of ferroconcrete. The
Krupp guns on it are estimated to
nave SO0t @lO,VUO,VVV. ~ he&o - ~
| fathom roadstead which can hold the
entire German feet in safety and 100
miles nearer England than in any
other of its home stations.
Helgoland magazines contain mil
lions of rounds of every class of ammu-
nition Mines, torpedoes, aerial bombs
and submarines are here in abundance
Its garrison is provisioned for siege
of years.
The island is connected with Ger
:,ary by submarine cable. Its waters
for miles around are heavily mined. 1t
was near Helgoland early in the war
that the first naval disaster overlook
the British when the cruiser Amphion
was sunk by a mine placed by the
steamer Koenigin Luise.
1t saved the German feet from de-
struction when Admiral Beatty turned
back after sinking the Bluecher. refus-
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
Meat In Japan.

1t is only within recent period that
meat has come to play part In the
Japanese diet. Fish, flesh and fowl
were once strictly forbidden as arti.
cles of food by the tenets of Buddhism.
but gradually one after another came
to be allowed as eatables. Even now
meat, although becoming more and
more popular, is not used in large
quantities at one meal Chicken
game, beef. ham and pork may be
found on sale in most large towns and
cities. But beef is cut into mouthfuls
and sold to Japanese by the ounce:
chickens are carefully and minutely
dissected and sold by parts-as the
wing. leg or an ounce or two of the
breast. 1t was matter of great sur
prise to the natives of Mito that the
foreigners living there bought whole
chicken or five or six pounds of beef
at a time and consumed it all in two
or three meals.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
JULIA RoTToMLEY.


Girls from twelve to sixteen are fol-
lowing the example of their elders for
afternoon in the wearing of velvet
frocks. These usually have over
blouses or long-waisted effects, with
the top skirt of velvet and the short
underskirt Of satin or plated chiffon.
A collar of real lace and a satin belt
or sash completes very smart little
costume which can be worn without a
coat as warmer weather approaches.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
GOOD ANALYSIS OF WORRY
Foolish and Altogether Too Prevalent
Habit Which All Should Strive
to Avoid.

We worry because We are afraid OF
something. Worry is fear OF the con
sequences of something that has oc
Cured or something that may hap
pen A curious thing about it is that
ii is never associated with the imme'
date present. 1t is generally in the
future, though sometimes in the past.
Animals and babies who are con-
scious of nothing but the present can.
not worry. AS all creatures, except
human beings, live only for the mo-
ment, they do not worry because they
have no recollection of what has hap.
pened and can form no conception of
what may happen.
Human beings having the capacity
TO look back or forward, mentally are
susceptible to the fear that causes
worry, and as most persons live more
in the past or future than in the
lfesent. this tendency affects for
..'rv or not. according 10 our view
T. t5fe in "thsr respects. Worry
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

hated Etheridge-the obtrusive men,
tor who came between him and your
SELF"
."Hated?"
Eyes, there is proof"
He did not ask where. Possibly he
knew. And because he did not ask
she did not tell him, holding on to her
secret in vague hope that so much
at least might never see light.
'I knew the boy shrank sometimes
from Algernons company" the judge
admitted, after another glance at her
face; but that means nothing in a
boy full of his own affairs. What else
have you against him? Speak up! 1
can bear it ALL"
"He handled the stick that-that-"
Never! Now you have gone mad.
madam"
81 would be willing to end my days
in an asylum if that would disprove
this fact
"But, madam, what proof-what rea-
son can you have for an assertion so
mCnStrOuS!
"You remember the shadow 1 saw
which was not that of John Scoville? =?
The person who made that shadow
was whiting a stick; that was trick
of divers. l have heard that he even
whitfield furniture"
Good Cod" The judges panoply
was pierced at last.
They tried to prove. as you will
remember, that it was John who thus
disfigured the bludgeon he always car
ried with pride. But the argument
was sorry one and In itself would
have broken down the prosecution had
he been man of better repute. Now.
those few chips taken from the handle
of this weapon will carry a different
significance. For in my folly asked
to see this stick, which still exists at
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

Truth is always consistent with it.
self, and needs nothing to felp it out;
it is always near at hand, and sits
upon our lips, and is ready to drop
out before we are aware; whereas a
lie is troublesome, and sets a mans
invention upon the rack, and one
needs a great many more to make it
good-The crafty man is alwa~s in
danger; and, when he thinks he walks
in the dark, all his pretenses are SO
transparent, that he that runs may
read them He is the last man that
finds himself to be found out; and
whilst be takes it for granted that he
makes fools OF others. he makes him
SELF rjd-cgiuus john Ti',otacD.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

attained a position of vantage be-
tween the shoulder blades. Here he
began to dig, and as he dug the boy
began to shed useless raiment. At
the edge of town he wore the remains
of hickory straw hat and a hurt
look. However, he gathered up his
scattered raiment and returned to the
fray
Then, too. there was the fat boy
with the tight pants. and the boy
with the shaven head, who. after TAX
ing refuge on top of a wagon shed.
had to be hauled home But why re-
count? Those were days of noble
adventure, and every sunrise brought
the call to some glorious hazard;
every sunset saw some valorous deed
accomplished. Boys in these deca-
dent days don't even know what bum
ble-bee honey tastes like.-New York
Evening Post.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
CHAPTER xii-continued.

AS for Deborah, she had shrunk out
as he had ridden off she looked eager
ly for a taxicab to carry her in his
wake. She could not let him ride that
mile alone. She was still fearful. for
him, though the mass of people about
her was rapidly dissolving away. and
the streets growing clear.
She can see his carriage now. Held
up for a moment by the crowd, it has
broken through, and is rolling quickly
towards Ostrander lane. But the mob
Is following, and she is yet far be-
hind
Shouting to the the chauffeur to
hasten, the insistent honk! hank! of
the cab adds it raucous note to the
turmoil! They have dashed through
one group-they are dashing through
another-naught can Withstand an on
rushing automobile. She catches
glimpses of raised arms threatening
retaliation; of eager, stolid, uncertain
and furious faces-and her breath held
back during that one instant of wild
passage rushes pantingly forth again.
Ostrander lane is within sight. If
only they can reach it-if only they
can cross it! But they cannot with
out sowing death in their track. No
scattered groups here. the mob fills
the corner. It is packed close as a
wall. Brought up against it, the mo-
far o,-i1 f, CT Lett
She will have to wait until the
crowd sways apart, allowing her to
All, there, some heads are moving
now! She catches one glimpse ahead
The noble but shrunk figure of. the
Judge drawn up before his gate. His
lips are moving, but no sound issues
from them; change passes like !
stroke of lightning over the surgins
mass. Some one shouts out Coward"
another, 'Traitor!' and the lifted head
falls, the moving lips cease from their
efforts 1I-d in place of the great per-
sonality which filled their eyes a mo-
ment before, they see a man en-
trapped, waking to the horror of sud-
den death in life for which no visions
o. the day, no dreams of the night, had
been able to prepare him.
1t was sight to waken pity, not de-
rision. But these people had gathered
here in bitter mood and their rancor
had but scented the prey. Calls of
"Oliver!" and such threats as You
saved him at a poor mans expense.
but we'll have him yet, we'll have him
yeti" began to rise about him; follow
ed by endless repetitions of the name
from near and far: "Oliver! Oliver!"
Oliver! His own lips seemed to re-
echo the word. Then like a lion baited
beyond his patience the Judge lifted
his head and faced them all with a
fiery intensity which for the moment
made him terrible figure to contem-
plate.
Let no one utter that name to me
here!" shot from his lips in tones of
unspeakable menace and power
Spare me that name, or the curse of
my ruined life be upon you. I can
bear no more today
The cry arose again: oliver! Oil
yer. The sons of the rich go free,
hut ours have to hang"
At which he gave them one stare
and fell back against the door. 1t
yielded and a woman's arms received
him. The gentle Reuther in that hour
of dire extremity, showed herself
stronger than her mother who had
fallen in a faint amid the crowd.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

THE motor bonnet or SILK continues
l to stand at the head Of the list as
the most practical of things designed
for the headwear of autoists. From
the standpoint of comfort, service, low
cost, becomingness, and the ease with
which it can be made, the silk motor
bonnet has no rival possessing all of
Its advantages.
There are, however, many bonnets
that combine the soft millinery braids.
like those of hemp or silk fiber, with
silk in their construction, that are
Just as durable and becoming. By
means of the braid the element Of
novelty in design enters into their
composition, but they are less simple
to make than the silk bonnets. The
latter will not tax the ingenuity Of
the home milliner at all.
Taffeta silk is the most satisfactory
weave to use. Its body gives the bon
net chance to remain shapely; it
sheds the dust easily and it is made
In most appropriate and pleasing col
ors. Patterns by which to cut the
body of bonnets are furnished by any
Of the standard pattern companies.
Usually only about a yard of taffeta
and small strip of crinoline are
needed, except when plaitings Of the
silk are used for trimming. An extra
allowance must be made for this. Ma
chine stitching, with silk thread, helps
out in the finish and decoration of the
all-silk bonnets.
The veil of washable chiffon holds
it's own with the silk bonnet as the
best friend of the motorist. Chiffon
wells are so essential that they form
a part of the design in most bonnets
and are always reckoned with, either
as part OF the decoration or an ac-
cessory.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26
Income Tax Payers.

There are 23,551 single women who
pay an income tax, but only 6,6S2 mar
ried women, while there are 52,212
bachelors on the income tax rolls. as
against 272,153 married men. Alto
gether, 357,59S persons in the United
States pay tax on their incomes.
Of persons who receive a moderate
income. say from $4,000 to $4,000.
there are in the entire country only
19S,974.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-03-26

Rice makes an excellent filling for
pincushion. Take yard of five
inch dresden ribbon, double and sew
into a bag. stitching a quarter of an
inch back from the edge along the
sides, to leave for a finish. Fill it
snugly with rice grains and you will
find it keeps it's place; even heavy
hatpins do not turn it over.