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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06
Complaints Against Officials

Governor Trammell has removed
twelve officials during the first half
of his term-more than were re-
moved in the two previous admins
trations. This does not mean, how
ever, that removals are made upon
every complaint, for often charges
are frivolous or are based on polit :
ical prejudice and personal malice.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06

ers of the State more than half
million dollars over what they would
have paid had the millage remained
as fixed by the legislature; and it
will mean that regardless of the in
crease in assessed valuation there
will be approximately two hundred
thousand dollars less ad valorem
State tax collected this year than
was last year.
More Revenue for the School Fund
The principal of the State school
fund, in round numbers, amounts to
one and one-half million dollars. In
former years it was the policy to in
vest this fund only in State bonds,
paying an average of three and one
half per cent. During the present
administration considerable por-
ton of these investments matured
and the money is being re-invested
exclusively in Florida county, dis.
trict and municipal bonds, paying
from per cent to 6 per cent inter
est, which bring to the fund a much
larger revenue, stimulates the mar
ket for the Florida securities, ant
keeps the money in the State.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06
Pardons

Pardon applications are also
problem in the governors work. No
pardon can he granted by the board
without his approval. There has
been no indiscriminate abuse of the
pardoning power. Each case is care
fully considered and a thorough in
vestigation made. Only a relatively
small per cent of the applications
are granted.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06
Drainage fo Everglades

The Everglades drainage has been
big question in Florida for years
and the State has been working at
1t in some way since Governor
Broward's campaign. But during
,he present administration more
complete and definite plans have
been provided than ever before, and
at the same time the drainage opera
tions pushed as fast as the resources
and financial conditions permitted.
The present administration secured
action from the last legislature au-
thorizing the drainage district to
bond and board Of engineers of ma
tional reputation was secured to
draw up a comprehensive plan for
carrying out this tremendous under
taking.
Public Lands
! In the sale Of public lands the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06
Reduction of Taxes

One of the things accomplished by
covernor Trammell which stands
ont prominently to his credit is the
reduction of the State tax levy. Last
foil he ordered a reduction OF the
state tax millage from seven and
onehalf to five and one-half mills.
The reduction will save the tax pay
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06
Appointments

During the past two years Cover
nor Trammell has been called on to
fill by appointment a number of Off
ces and he has constantly endeav-
ored to select clean, competent men.
His appointees are making good.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06

In the sale Of public lands the
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-01-06

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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

and themselves consigned to state
Of wretchedness from which no human
efforts will deliver them. The fate of
unborn millions will now depend, un.
der God, on the courage and conduct
of this army. Our cruel and unre-
lenting enemy leaves US only the
choice of a brave resistance, or the
most abject submission. We have,
therefore, to resolve to conquer or to
die
Our own, our country's honor, calls
upon US for vigorous and manly ex.
ertion; and If we now shamefully fail,
we shall become Infamous to the
whole world Let US, then, rely on the
goodness Of our cause, and the aid
Of the supreme being, In whose hands
victory Is, to animate and encourage
eyes Of all our countrymen are now
upon US; and we shall have their bles-
sings and praises, if happily we are
the instruments OF saving them from
the tyranny meditated against them.
Let US, therefore, animate and encour-
age each other, and show the whole
world that freeman. contending for
liberty on his own ground, Is superior
to any slavish rnercenary on earth.
Liberty. property, life and honor
are all at stake. Upon your courage
and conduct rest the hopes Of our
bleeding and insulted country. Our
wives, children and parents expect
safety from US only; and they have
every reason to believe that heaven
will crown with success so just a
cause The enemy will endeavor to
intimidate by show and appearance:
but remember they have been repulsed
on various occasions by a few brave
Americans Their cause is bad--their
men are conscious of it: and. If op-
posed with firmness and GOODNESS on
their first onset, with our advantage
of works, and knowledge of the
ground, the victory is most assuredly
ours
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19
CHAPTER VII.
A Bit Of Steel.


When are you going to Judge Os.
trander's?"
Tomorrow. This is my last free
day. So if there is anything for me to
do. do tell me. Mr.. Black, and let me
get to work at once"
There Is nothing you can do. The
matter is hopeless. I told you so the
other night, and now, after a couple
OF days of thought on the subject. I
am obliged to repeat my assertion.
Your own convictions in the matter,
and your story of the shadow and the
peaked cap may appeal to the public
and assure you some sympathy, but
for an entire reversal of its opinion
you will need substantial and incon-
-trovertible evidence Find me some
thing definite to go upon and we will
talk"
Doubtfully she eyed him. What
YOU want" she observed at length. with
a sigh, is the name of the man who
sauntered down the ravine ahead of
my husband. I cannot give it to you
now. but / do not despair Of learning
1t. / have got to renew old acquain-
tances; revive old gossip; possibly, re-
call to life almost obliterated mem
ories.''
Mr.. Black, dropping his hand from
his vest. gave her his first look of un-
qualified admiration.
You ring true" said he. Il have
met men qualified to lead a forlorn
hope; but never before a woman Al
low me to express my regret that it is
such a forlorn one"
Mrs. Scoville rose Then she sat
down again, with the remark:
Il have strange notion. It's a hard
thing to explain and you may not un-
derstand me, but I should like to see,
II it still exists, the stick-my hus.
bands stick-with which this crime
was committed Do the police retain
such things? Is there any possibility
of my finding it laid away in some
drawer at headquarters or on some
dusty shelf"
Mr.. Black was again astonished.
Was this csilousness or very deep
auQ Qct6ImlQSQ purpose.
You shall see the stick if it is still
to be found. l will take you to police
headquarters If you will go heavily
yelled. We don't want any recogni.
tion of you there yet
"Afr. Black. you are very good. How
soon"
Now" he announced, jumping up
10 get his hat
There was one little fact of which
Mr. Black was ignorant-that the po-
lice had had their eye on the yelled
lady at Claymore inn for several days
now and knew who his companion was
the instant they stepped into head
quarters. In vain his plausible ex.
cuses for showing his lady friend the
curiosities of the place; her interest
in the details of crfminology was well
understood by Sergeant Doolittle.
Therefore, when he saw the small,
mocking eye of the lawyer begin to
roam over the shelves. and beheld his
jaw drop as it sometimes did when he
sought to veil his purpose in an air of
mild preoccupation, he knew what the
next request would be, as we'll as if
the low sounds which left Mr.. Blacks
lips at intervals had been words in
stead OF inarticulate grunts He was,
therefore, prepared when the question
did come.
Amy memorial of the Etheridge
case?"
Nothing but a stick with blood
marks on it. That, I'm afraid, wouldn't
be a very agreeable sight for lady's
eye"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

her head, looked him straight in the
eye with decision and sweetness
which bowed his spirit and caused his
head in turn to fall upon his breast.
What father can do for a child, l
will do for you" he murmured, and led
her back to her mother.
A week, and Deborah Scoville had
evolved home out of chaos. That Is.
within limits. She had not entered
the judges rooms, nor even offered to
do so. Later, there must be change
So particular a man as the judge
would soon find himself too uncom-
Portable to endure the lack of those
attentions which he had been used to
in Bela's day. He had not even asked
for clean sheets, and sometimes she
had found herself wondering, with a
strange shrinking of her heart, if his
bed was ever made, or whether he had
not been driven at times to lie down in
his clothes.
She had some reason for these
doubtful conclusions. In her ram
blings through the house she had come
upon Bela's room. It was in loft
over the kitchen and she had been
much amazed at its condition. In
some respects it looked as decent as
she could expect, but in the matter of
bed and bed clothes it presented an
aspect somewhat startling. The
clothes were there, tossed in heap
on the floor, but there was no bed in
sight nor anything which could have
served as such.
1t had been dragged out. Evidences
of this were everywhere on the mar
row, twisted staircase. A smile, half
pitiful, half self-scornful, curved her
lips as she remembered the rat-tat-tat
she had heard on that dismal night
when she clung listening to the fence,
and wondered now if it had not been
the humping of this cot sliding from
step to step.
But no! the repeated stroke of
hammer is unmistakable. He had
played the carpenter that night as
well as the mover. and with no visible
results. Mystery still reigned in the
house for all the charm and order she
had brought into it; mystery which
deeply interested her, and which she
yet hoped to solve, notwithstanding its
remoteness from the real problem of
her existence.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

posed toward US. They soon showed
themselves keen traders, and must
have made small fortune out of their
dealings with the expedition.
On the fifth day of May our camp
was awakened by wild shouts and
firing. which were the prelude of an
attack in force by the Tibetan troops.
For fully two months we were be-
sieged; then re-enforcements arrived,
and We we're enabled to proceed. On
July Ia we set out for Lhasa in the
midst Of rainstorm. Frequent rains
thereafter went far to destroy the
delusion that Tibet is a rainless coun-
try.
Lhasa, the Forbidden City.
As We passed over range after
range of hills we looked eagerly for
the mysterious city. 1t was on the
second day of August that we beheld
at last the golden roofs of the Potala
the huge group of buildings on the
hilltop composing the official quar-
ters of the grand lama-glittering In
the distance; and on the following
day we pitched our camp beneath the
walls Of Lhasa, the forbidden capital
which no living European had ever
seen before.
The first fact of importance that
we ascertained was that the grand
lama had fed. He had sought refuge
In Chinese territory.
We found much to interest us mean
while in the monasteries, which might
be described as ecclesiastical settle
ments. surrounded by high walls and
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
county Judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing a yelled woman who has gained
entrance through the gates of the high
double barriers surrounding the place.
The woman has disappeared but the judge
Is found in a cataleptic state. Bella, his
servant, appears in a dying condition and
prevents entrance to a secret door. Bella
dies, The Judge awakes. Miss Weeks
explains to him what has occurred during
his seizure. He secretly discovers the
whereabouts of the veiled woman. She
proves to be the widow of a man tried
before the Judge and electrocuted for mur-
der years before. Her daughter is en-
gagged to the judges son. from whom he is
estranged, but the murder is between the
lovers. She plans to clear her husbands 6
memory and asks the judges aid. Alone
In her room 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. Scoville
meet at Spencer's Folly and she shows
him how. on the day of the murder. she
saw the shadow of a man. whiting a
stick and wearing long peaked cap: like
her husbands. Until long afterward she
did not know that her husband had not
worn that cap on the fatal day. The
Judge engages her and her daughter
Reuther to live with him in his mysteri-
Gus home.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19
SOLD RELICS OF WASHINGTON
Two Authenticated Pistols and Med
icine Chest Of His Auetioned
in New York.

Two pistols which George Washing.
ton carried through the Revolution, q
medi- chest which belonged to him
and Light Horse Harry" Lees flag
were sold at auction at New York dur
ing the past year. There are no
Washington pistols in Mount Vernon
or in the National museum at Wash
ington.
The genuineness Of the offerings
was attested by a documentary rec
ord of their sale in 1904, in Alexandria,
We, at the disposal of the effects OF
Washington's secretary, Bartholomew
cambridge, to whom the general pre-
sented the weapons. Their presence
In 1893 at the partition Of the Marstel-
Ter estate is attested. Col. Philip G.
Marsteller, one of VSashington's pail
bearers, bought them at the cambridge
sale for e6:3s.
The pistols are of the fiintlock type.
They were made by Hawkins of Lon
don and bear the gunmaker's guild
proof mark sc. P" Silver hands across
the butts are engraved General
George Washington"
The medicine chest is of mahogany
and walnut, about one foot square.
with brass handles. Lees flag is about
two feet square. 1t had fallen apart
from age, but the pieces were saved
and are held in place by thin netting.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19
AVERAGE OF HONESTY HIGH
Post Office Department Has Right to
Be Proud Of its Thousands
Of Employees.

AS the world goes. virtue must be
exceptional to attract recognition. but
some everyday, routine, faithful per-
formance deserves attention, even II 1t
could not qualify under the Carnegie
hero rules because it is only in line
with duty.
The record of the post Office depart
ment for the past year shows that
there we're 100000 money orders
handled last year in $4,000 offices.
involving total sum Of $750,o0o,oo0.
The toal losses due to erroneous pay
ments, forgeries, or errors of any sort
we're $3.50. In addition to this. 5o,o00.-
600 pieces of registered mail were
handled with only an immaterial
charge of loss, due to carelessness or
other individual fault.
That's all in the days work. but the
record is the joint property Of thou
sands Of railway mail clerks, office
slsrls aaa leIter carriers, and !s eo1'
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19
HARD TO INTERRUPT SERVICE
munieation Can Be Easily In.
terfered With.

Many suppose that it Is possible for
an enemy to disrupt and suspend all
wireless communication at will by pro-
ducing very powerful waves of irreg-
ular length; in other words, by inter
ference or ''jamming." According to
Commander F. G. Loring of the Brit
ish navy, such tactics are seldom sue
cessful. 1t is very hard, if not i'm
possible. to lam" a well-organized
wireless service, for there are many
ways, both technical and methodical,
to defeat such an intention. If the
enemy attempts interference, he must
put his own wireless communication
completely out of action for the time
being, with no certain prospect of Sc
riously inconveniencing the communi-
cation Of his opponent. Commander
Loring also believes that the risk of
having the signals Of the feet inter
cepted by an enemy is very slight.
Cooperation bstwexn operators, with
full knowledge OF each Others meth
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19
Another Story Of Washington.

The senate's function of compelling
deliberation has been illustrated in
many ways, but in none better than by
one of the apocryphal stories Of
George Washington on which All
earlier generation was brought up. He
was said to have been asked at
friends table, why we had aped the
feudal institutions of Great Britain to
the extent of having select as we'll
as a popular house in our congress.
His hostess had just helped him to a
cup of tea, SO hot that it was sending
forth cloud of steam. He poured a
part of the tea into his saucer. and let
it stand long enough to cool before
drinking. This cup" said he, "is the
house of representatives. Its contents
have come directly from the people,
who may be in state of great excite
ment This saucer is the senate. in
which l can hold the scalding liquid
till it's heat has subsided enough to
make it safe to drink. Francis e.
Leupp. in Atlantic.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

~ IBET IL no longer a closed
Kingdom: we have opened Il
up. says Col Sir Frank Young.
husband, the famous English
explorer. In published inter
view. AS the most important result
Of the expedition which. l led to
Lhasa, he continues, formal treaty
was signed by which the country was
practically thrown open to foreign.
ers. Trading posts have been estab-
lshed. and the natives are anxious
to cultivate friendly relations with
the outside world.
The city Of Lhasa is situated in a
lovely valley, we'll irrigated, richly
cultivated. and watered by q river
broad as the Thames at Westminster.
1t is exceedingly picturesque. the town
being huddled about the base Of q
lofty hill, on which stands the huge
palace of the grand lama-an impos-
ing structure Of masonry, very solidly
built.
Many of the houses are Of stone and
substantially constructed, and not a
few Of them are surrounded by shade
trees. The picture presented to the
eye by the rock-perched palace, with
the stray city at its base-the whole
Set In a beautiful valley. deep in the
heart of the mountains-is wonder.
fully impressive.
Our expedition started from Oar
jeeling, and the first part Of the jour
ney lay through the wonderful trop-
ical forests of Sikkim-the mountain
sides covered everywhere with q
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

gathered about one or more temples.
The temples always have red walls.
and In many instances the roofs are
covered with plates of pure gold. In
each temple is usually a long altar, be
hind which stand huge images OF
the gods. Inside they are very dirty
and grimy. with highly decorated i'm
aginative pictures of demons and drag
ons. Before the images of the gods
burn many bowls of butter night and
day. just as candles are burned in
Roman Catholic churches before the
figures of saints.
People Were Hospitabie.
When once we had entered Lhasa
we found the people hospitable as
we'll as friendly. They even gave us
free access to the monasteries and
temples. They are very fond of theat.
rical performances, which are con-
Quoted in the open air. On one occa-
sion was routed out of bed at seven
o'clock In the morning to attend such
performance, which lasted until
seven in the evening. 1t was got up
expressly for my entertainment, and
consisted mainly of pantomime, ac-
companied by dancing and music, the
latter being chiefly drumming They
wanted to 60 on with ii, for three days
more, but one day was enough for me-
We saw a good deal of the women
Of Tibet. They are not veiled or Sc.
cluded in any way. as in other orien-
tai countries.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

wealth of tropical vegetation Mar
velous orchids and innumerable but
terflies of brilliant hues lent addition.
al beauty to the scenes through which
we passed.
Steadily ascending, we finally
emerged upon the high Tibetan ta-
bleland, and found ourselves in view
of a magnificent panorama Of fS0 miles
of the tallest peaks of the Himalayas,
with Everest, the loftiest mountain
in the world, as the eliminating oh.
ject. In the dim, mysterious distance
lay the sacred city of which so lit
tie is known, and entrance to which
was barred by every obstacle man or
nature could raise.
Not Opposed at First.
At a place called Yatung q trading
post had been established under an
old treaty. But wall had been erect.
ed to shut out all intruders, and be-
yond it our traders had never been
allowed to pass. The wall was built
directly across the road and high up
the mountain side on either hand. We
thought we might have to fight our
way through. but the great door In
the tower which guarded the road was
standing open, and thus We passed
peaceably through the gate OF Tibet.
and descended into the Chumbi val.
ley.
In the valley bottom and on the hill
side we're comfortable villages and cuE
tivated fields. The people seemed well.
to-do, and were decidedly well dis
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-19

She's proof" the lawyer whispered
in the officers ear. Let's see the
stick"
The sergeant considered this very
interesting experience-quite a jolly
break in the duh monotony Of the day.
Hunting up the stick, ne laid it In the
lawyers hands, and then turned his
eye upon the lady.
She had gone pale, but it took her
but an instant to regain her equanimi-
ty and hold out her own hand for the
weapon,
And so the three stood there. the
mems faces ironic, inquisitive, won.
dering at the woman's phlegm If not
at her motive; hers. hidden behind her
veil, but bent forward over the weapon
in an attitude of devouring interest.
Thus for long, slow minute; then
she impulsively raised her head and,
beckoning the two men nearer. she
directed attention to a splintered por-
tion of the handle and asked them
what they saw there.
Nothing; just stick" declared the
sergeant "The marks you are look
ing for are higher up
And you, Mr. Black?'
He saw nothing either but stick. But
he was little less abrupt il mis- answer.
"Do you mean those roughnesses?"
he asked. That's where the stick
was whitfield. You remember that he
had been whiting at the stick"
"Who?"
The word shot from her lips so VI
olently that for a moment both men
looked staggered by it. Then Mr..
Black, with unaccustomed forbear-
ance. answered gently enough:
why, Scoville, madam; or so the
prosecution congratulated itself upon
having proved to the jury's satisfac-
ton. 1t did not tally with Scoville's
story or with common sense 1 know.
You neutrality-suspicious. mel mean
that any one who read report of the
case, will remember how handled the
matter in my speech. But the pref