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Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

er one has seen San Juan there is the
rest Of Porto Rico to discover, every
mile of it containing fascinating mem.
ories, new and absorbing.
Forty Rivers in the island.
All travellers, as matter of course,
follow the route of the splendid Mill
tary road, most conspicuous monu-
ment left by the Spaniards, highway
81 miles in length over the central
mountain range from San Juan on the
northern coast to Ponce on the south
ern coast. A line of motor vehicles
traverses this highway The only rail-
road on the island makes two-thirds of
its circuit, and some day will be COM
pleted so as to link all of the princi-
pal towns, which are situated on the
coast. The fare for the motor ride
Is eight dollars, and 1t gives a first
rate opportunity Of seeing the inland
vegetation of Porto Rico.
There are forty rivers in Porto Rico,
not counting smaller streams, and its
well-watered soil is tremendously pro-
life. On every hand one sees sugar
plantations, tobacco fields and coffee
growing on q wholesale scale Indeed,
there is very little unoccupied land on
the island. Even the poor people cling
to their holdings, realizing the wealth
and the benefits constantly accruing
to them in the way of increased pro-
duction from the educational efforts of
the agriculture station at Mayaguez.
The United States government, how
ever, has set aside 65,000 acres in the
rugged mountainous region of the east
ern section as a forest preserve. This
tropical wilderness is densely clothed
with verdure. bits of 1t having never
been explored, it is said, and embraces
in its extent the cloudtipped cone Of
Fl Yunque. previously alluded to.
Ascents Of this mountain are more
difficult than might be supposed.
owing to the virgin condition of its for
ests. but they are well worth while.
especially If the day be clear. Upon
such occasions one may view the en-
tire island, and glimpse the neighbor-
ing Islands of Culebra and Vieques.
Another point Of interest, famed for its
magnificent view. Is the Aibonito pass,
the summit of mountains crossed by
the Military road. One pauses here
for few moments to view through
the narrow gap the Caribbean on one
hand and the Atlantic on the other.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

otdI tn9uk Ious
those Of material comfort, he nodded
with the abstraction of one who rec
ognizes that some sort Of acknowledg.
ment is expected from him; then. see-
ing her still waiting, added politely:
Il am very well looked after, II that
is what you mean. Mrs. ScOville. Bella
could not do any better-if he ever
did as we'll"
Il am glad" she replied, thinking
with what humor this would have
struck her once. IL ask because,
having nothing on my mind but house
keeping, desire to remedy anything
which is not IN accordance with your
exact wishes"
His attention was caught and by the
very phrase she desired.
Nothing on your mind but house
keeping?" he repeated. Il thought
you had something else Of very par.
ticular nature with which to occupy
yourself"
Il had; but l have been advised
against pursuing 1t. The folly was
too great"
Who advised you?"
The words came short and sharp,
just as they must have come in those
old days when he confronted his an
tagonists at the bar.
'Mr. Black He was my husbands
counsel, you remember. He says that
/ should only have my trouble for my
pains, and have come to agree with
him. Reuther must content herself
with the happiness of living under THE
roof; and I, with hope Of contributing
to your comfort"
CrO he CoHTTNyTIEDN
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
THAW MUST FIGHT
It ALL OUT AGAIN
Justice Denies Right to Return
to New Hampshire.
ARMED DEPUTIES IN COURT
Connect Was Prepared With Habeas
Corpus To Prevent His Return To
Matteawan In Case Decision
Was Against Him.

New York.-With 25 armed deputy
sheriffs scattered about the courtroom
and Sherin Max Griffenhagen himself
in command to prevent the rumOred
attempt at kidnapping Harry K. ThaW.
was denied by Justice Page the right
to return to New Hampshire.
A decision favorable to the defend
ant would have ended the Thaw case
forever, Instead. through the denial
of his motion, Thaw now stands
exactly In the position which he oc-
cupied on February /, 1908, the date
on which ne was committed to Mat
teawan All the intervening litigation,
together with the escape from the
asylum. have gone for naught and the
fight to establish his sanity will have
to be made all over again.
Prepared For Fight.
Preparations for this fight were
under way before Judge Pages de-
cisiOn had been handed down. A writ
of habeas corpus, issued by Supreme
Court Justice Blur, as directed to
Sheriff Griffenhagen, ordered the pro-
duction of Thaw in Justice Bijur's
court Friday, when cause must be
shown why Thaw Is detained. This
prevents Thaw's immediate return to
the asylum. AS the sheriff can show
no other cause than the temporary
order of Justice Page, Superintendent
Kieb and some attendants from Mat
teawan will undoubtedly be on hand
NJ ,at 80, -.
ant be returned to their Jurisdiction
Thereupon. however. the issue OF
Thaw's sanity will be raised and the
defense will make the necessary mo-
tions looking to II hearing on the ques.
tion of his sanity and asking that \
jury be appointed before which the
issue may be tried out The state
that in the end the inquiry will be
held, though whether before a jury is
q question the court must determine.
Only the groundwork for the arg1-
ments on these points will be laid on
Friday, and the understanding was
that month would elapse before the
formal argument was heard and the
way paved for such inquiry into
Thaw's sanity as the court may order.
The result of that inquiry will be
to establish whether, under the laws
of New York. Thaw has regained his
sanity and may be restored to free
dom. Over this inquiry a bitter bat
tie will be waged. and it will be seV-
eral months before the end will be
reached.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
NOBLE HOUSES OF WORSHIP
Those Of the Second Generation In
America Well Worthy Of Their
High Purpose.

The earliest houses of worship 10
the country were mere sheds, and are
I6aR since vanished from the face OF
tAe earth; but of the second genera
HOn of churches, buildings carefully
planned to be worthy dwelling places
Oe the Spirit and sancta of devotional
exercise, there are numerous surVlV-
ing examples not SCARED by restora'
ton or remodeling. Mr.. Embury hnds
Tire public buildings, especially the
church buildings, of the colonial era
exhibiting a design more homogene-
Gus, more free Of sectional dinerentla
ton than is the case in the archltec-
tsre of dwelling houses. And there
Was less change in the principles OF
design in all the years between 1888
and 1880 than in the next quarter of
a century. If there was in church
architecture. as between the North
and South, any appreciable difference
In respect Of Puritan simplicity ana
arlstocratic luxury It is said to nave
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
SYNOPSIS.

curious crowd of neighbors invade
the mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
county judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing u velled woman who proves to be
the widow OF "A man tried before the Judge
and etectrocuted for murder years before,
Her daughter is engaged to the judges
S0n. from whom he is estranged, but the
murder ts between the lovers She plans
% caeaT her husbands memory and asks
the judges aid. Deborah Scoville reads
tue newspaper clippings telling the story
g the murder Of Algernon Etheridge by
Joan Scoville in Dark Hollow, twelve
years before. The judge and Mrs. SEQ
M1te meet at Spencer's Folly and she
SHOWS him how, on the day of the MUIR
uesr, she saw the shadow of a man, whit
ting stick and wearing a long peaked
cap The judge engages her and her
Oaughter Reuther to live with him In his
mysterious home. Deborah and her law
yer, Blaek. go to the police station and
see the stick used to murder Etheridge.
sac discovers broken knife-bla1e point
eh7ibedded In It. Deborah and Reuther go
. 1--we with the judge. Deborah sees n
per6ait Of Oliver, the judges son. with a
ntack band painted across the eyes. That
night she finds, in divers room, a cap
with a peak like the shadowed one, and
9 knife with broken blade-point. Anon
Gn1Ous letters and a talk with Miss
weeks increase her suspicious and fears
she finds that Oliver was in the ravine
o. the murder night.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
CHAPTER XI.
Chanaaa.

Ouanaoos
"Iteuther, sit up here close by
mother and let me talk to you for a
little while" --a .
"Yes, mother; oh, yes. mother. "
Deborah felt the beloved head pressed
close to her shoulder and two soft
arms fall about her neck.
Are you very unhappy? Is my
little one pining too much for the old
days?"
A closer pressure of the head. a
more vehement clasp of the enclrcling
arms, but no words.
They we're sitting In the dark. with
Just the light of the stars shining
through the upper panes Of the one
unshaded window. Deborah, there
fore, had little to fear from her daugh-
ter's eye, only from the sensitiveness
Of her touch and the Quickness of her
ear. Alas, In this delicateIy organized
girl these were both attuned to the
incest discrimination, and before the
mother could speak Reuther had
started up, crying;
"Oh, how your heart beatsl Some
thing has happened. darling mother;
something which"
Hush. Reuther: it is only this:
When l came to Shelby 1t was with a
hope that might some day smooth
the way to your happiness. But It
was only a wild dream. ReHther; and
the hour has come for me TO tell you
so. What joys are left us must come
in other ways; love unblessed must
be put aside resOlutely and forever" "
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
GuIlaeh.

A new export industry has sprung
up in Denmark as a consequence Of
the war, that of the making of gul-
lach-a kind OF stew. Gullach is
paC. ed in tins and forwarded to Ger
many in great quantities. Every
vacant factory. workshop and bakery
all over the country has been turned
into a cooking place for the produc-
ton of gullach. Even with this in
crease of facilities the manufactur.
ers say that the demand is greater
than the supply. Anybody who can
cook gullach need only apply TO the
German quaTermaster's Office in
Berlin to get funds to put up a fac
tory for cooking It. The consumption
by the German army of gulIanh
amounts to millions Of tins weakly.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
MakInn sleen a Rusinsss.

Eight hours sleep, eight hours Of
work and eight hours of recreation is.
good recipe for the average man
and woman. This may vary more or
less, according to strength. nerves and
occupation. When you feel worn out,
drop every other consideration and
try to re-establish normal rest. Though
the causea and needs of sleep are still
somewhat Of mystery. we know that
the activity of the brain cells is re-
duced. They are occupied in taking
nourlshment from the blood. Better
results are had when the head rests
low and the windows are wide open,
giving plenty of oxygen to the lungs
This creates n new supply of energy
for the waking and working hours
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
Al, Outdoors Their Enemy.

These Korean children, living in
mud huts and playing in yards circum-
scribed by bamboo paling or mud
walls. have not square chance at
cleanliness. Sanitation is unknown in
the ordinary Korean household. Fresh
air is considered an enemy rather
than a friend. and all apertures
through which little air might enter
are carefully closed. The smoke from
the fire, where the family rice is
cooked, runs through a pipe under
meath the earthen floor of the living
room and finds an exit on the side OF
the wall. and not upon the roof, and
these blackened exits are a part of
the side-wall decorations of Korean
hOmes.-Christian Herald.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
FADED TEXT

She felt the shudder pass, through
the slender form which had thrown
itself again at her side; but when the
young girl spoke 1t was with pnex.
pected bravery and calm.
II have long ago done that. mamma.
I've had no hopes from the first. The
look with which Oliver accepted my
refusal to go on with the ceremony
was one Of gratitude, mother. ] can
never forget that. Relief struggled
with grief. Would you have me cher
ish any further Illusion after that?''
Then you will not think me unkind
or even untender If say that every
loving thought you give now to Oliver
is hurtful both to yourself and to me.
Don't indulge in them, my darling. Put
your heart into work or into music,
and your mother will bless you. Won't
it help you to know this, Reuther :?
Your mother, who has had griefs. will
bless you"
Mother, motherl"
The next morning found Deborah
pale-almost as pale as Reuther
AAAO" AA6 40 OhubC AOAOSIlt bno ulu hui
invite the judges inquiries; and anoth-
er day passed. With the following
morning she felt strong enough to
open the conversation which had now
become necessary for her peace Of
mind.
She waited till the moment when,
her work all done, she was about to
leave his presence. Pausing till she
caught his eye, which seemed a little
loath, she thought, to look her way,
she observed, with perhaps unneces-
sary distinctness:
Il hope everything is to your mind,
Judge Ostrander l should be very
sorry not to make you as comfortable
as Is possible under the circum-
stances"
Reused a little suddenly, perhaps,
from thoughts quite disconnected with
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
Autos and Schools.

One farmer with a cheap automo-
bile has more invested in that one
piece of mechanism than the average
rural community as a whole has in
its school plant; and the owner of the
auto frequently spends as much on
the upkeep of his one car as the COM
munity spends for the total mainte-
nance OF the school, including the
teachers salary.-Exchange
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
Battle Of sIenhelm.

The Nibel river where 1t falls into
the Danube is divided into several
branches, with marshy ground be-
tween, and the French at the battle
of Blenheim made 1t their left flank.
The attack on the village had failed
and Marlborough risked the crossing
Of this marshy stream. although the
withering fire Of the French artillery
and the assaults moved down his men
like corn. But he not only succeeded
in getting his own infantry and cav
airy across. but routed the enemy
when he had done so. 1t is recorded
that the river literally ran blood.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

been, in reversal of reasonable expec-
tation, in the direction Of ornamental
ton In the North and severity Of de-
sign in the South. Probably" says
the author, ''the richest and most or
nate of all American churches were
Christ church and st. Peters in Phila-
delphia. midway between North and
South" The regional comparison is
not particularly Illuminating.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
Foxx Ra.
Cro BE coNT1NUED.l

lie 10 very popular with. his wife
of hate" "And him such a firt. How
does he do it?" "She called him up
the other day and said: Hello, dar.
ling and he recognized her voice and
replied: You have evidently made a
mistake: / am not your darling. I
have the dearest, sweetest. most beau
tiful wife IN the world. and she is
the only woman permit to call me
darling!' "-HOustOn Post,
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
AMERICAN FLAG AGAIN USED.
cersican Hoisted II To Escape Sub
marinea, Is Report.

Montreal.-The Stars and Stripes
foated from the mast Of the liner
COrsican while she was steaming down
the Mersey on her way from Liverpool
to Halifax on her last voyage, because
two German submarines were said to
be waiting In the waters close by, &C
cording to one of the passengers on
the COrsican, David Mckay. Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway freight de-
partment, at Winnipeg. who arrived
here from Halifax. The American flag
was hauled down. he says. as soon as
the steamship cleared the Mersey and
dropped her pilot.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
Sarcastic Married Man

Yes" said the bachelor, with the
conscious pride of sacrifice Il make
a point of giving up certain pleasures
during Lent" Huh" snorted the
married man. You bachelors have a
cinch on that sort of thing What are
forty days TO three hundred and sixty
five?"-T0wn Topics.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
CHAPTER x-Continued.

She had rather have died, nay, have
had Reuther die. than to find herself
Forced to weigh and decide so mo-
mentOus a question.
For. however she might feed about
It. not single illusion remained as to
whose hand had made use Of John
ScOviIle's stick to strike down Alger-
nOn Etheridge. How could she have
when she came to piece the whole
story together, and weigh the facts
sAe had accumulated against Oliver
with those which had proved so fatal
To her husband7
Deborah shuddered Aye, the mys-
terry had cleared, but only to en-
st1rOdd her spirits anew and make her
long with all her bursting heart and
sAHddering soul that death had been
her portion before ever she had es-
Eayed to lift the veil held down so
lightly by these two remorseful men.
Bat was her fault irremediable?
The only UnanSwerable connection be-
tween Is old crime and Oliver lay in
tAe evidence she had herself collected
AS she had every intention of sup
pressing this evidence, and as she had
small dread of any one else digging
ont the facts to which she only pos
sessed clue, might she not hope that
any suspicious raised by her inquiries
would fall like a house of cards when
she withdrew her hand from the top
pIiAg structure?
She would make her first effort and
see. MIR. Black had heard her com
Piaint; he should be the first to learn
Ehat the encouragement she had re-
cetve was 80 small that she had de-
clded to accept her present good luck
without further query. and not bark
back TO past which most people had
buried
"YOu began it, as women begin most
taings, without thought and a due
weighing of consequences. And now
Ebu propose to drop it In the same
freahish manner Isn't that it?"
Deborah Scoville lifted her eyes in
manifest distress and fixed them de.
UUeoatingly upon her interrogator
Hr. Black smiled. The woman de-
lighted him. The admiration which
he had hitherto felt for her person
and for the character which could so
develop through misery and reprOach
aH to make her in twelve short years
the exponent of all that was most at
ractive and bewitching in woman
seemed likely to extend to her mind
II am reconciled simply from neces-
satY.' was her gentle response. Moth
ing is more precious to me than
ReutAer's happiness. should but en-
daHger it further by raising false
hDpes. That is why / have come to
CRY halt"
Madam, commend your decision.
But why should you characterize
yoar hopes as false, just when there
seems to be some justification for
Haem?"
Her eyes widened. and she regarded
ht1A with a stimulation of surprise.
.wSfOa interested without imposing
upon him.
II do not understand you," said she.
slave you come upon some clue?
Have you heard something which
have not?"
Mr.. Black took two or three crushed
and folded papers from a drawer be-
side him and. holding them. none too
plainly in sight. remarked very quietly.
bAt with legal flrmness:
DO not let Us play about the bush
any longer. You have announced your
tutentiOn of making no further attempt
to discover the man who in your eyes
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
PRussIAN LOSS 1.oSo,o2s.
Copenhagen Says Total Does Not In
clude Other German Lists.

OVVsVTIa8NI' SaJo J VE1lI gVNo INVN TII-
clude Other German llsts.
London. The last eight official
Prussian casualty lists, No. 1856 to No.
173, contains SS.142 names, bringing
the grand total of killed, wounded and
missing since the war began to 1,050.-
029 men, according to a dispatch to
the Evening News from Copenhagen.
The last four lists include the names
of II airmen killed. wounded and 2
taken prisoners. 1t should be borne
in mind that these totals refer to
Prussia They do not take into &C
count 100 Bavarian. 1876 Wurttemburg.
I1S Saxon and 90 navy lists.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

sponsible. We consider only present
conditions and do not concern our
selves with certain facts that to 9TH
ers appear selE-evident. Success
sometimes turns our heads; 1t flatters
our self-importance and before we
know 1t we grow by leaps and bounds
in our Observation-Disclosures NewR
and Courier.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
McADoo OPERATED ON.

Physicians Say Patient Is In Favor.
able Condition.
Washington. - Secretary McAdoo
was operated upon for appendicitis at
a hospital here. The physicians issued
a bulletin. saying the operation had
oeen successful in every way and thar
their patient was in very favorable
condition.
Mrs McAdOo. President Wilson's
Youngest daughter. accompanied her
husband to the hospital and walIed In
ne anterOOm uRul the operation was
CN
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20

and the sculptor-a clever man. but
rather fond of his glass-got drunk
one day. and chiseled 'omer's whis-
kers on poor old Virgirs chin!"
Then the bystanders gasped. and
the guide went up with bound in the
general estimation.
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
QUAKE DEAD NUMBER 2s.s7s.
Parliamentary Reports Say s72 Italian
communes Suffered.

ROME. via ?aris.-An official Pariia
mentary report on the earthquake of
January l3 gives the number of deaths
thus far reported as 29,97S. without in
Guiding persons who afterward died OF
injuries and illness caused by the dis
aster. The commmes damaged by the
earthquake numbered 372
Middletown transcript., 1915-03-20
KATHERINE PAGE TO MARRY.

C. P. Lorinu. Architect, Fianee OF Am
bassador's Daughter.
LOndon.--rne engagement Of Miss
Katherine Page, daughter of Ameri-
can Ambassador Walter Hines Page,
to Charles 2. Loring, an architect of
Boston. was formally announced here.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-18

ings. somewhat cleaner streets, rods after
rods of plate glass, electric cars replacing
the old ''hoss" cars and, not to be over
looked, gentlemen" In fact, great
surprise of his visit seems to have been
that he found gentlemen and ladies in
Rutland. He associated with these ladies
and gentlemen and he enjoyed the com
panionship. Indeed, he enjoyed it so
much that he resolved to come again and
even again, "Deo volente." Thus sort
OF oneness of interest is developed be-
tween Dorset and Rutland. Twenty-Five
miles are bridged. The sections of the
state are drawn more closely together, as
they should be in an era when inter
communication by wire, by gasoline, by
steam, by parcel post is made so ridicu-
lously easy. We yermonters perhaps
pay too much attention to what our
nearest neighbors are doing and we do
not take far enough look. See Vermont
first and right off, ought to be slogan
for each and everyone of us. There is a
great deal OF interest TO be found in YER
mont, even for Vermonters.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-10-18

A valuable contribution to the pam
phlets and books on Vermont is the
booklet prepared by Mortimer r. Proctor
and Roderic NJ. 0ldenham and just is
sued from the press. In its typographi.
cal features, the booklet is very attrae'
tive, being well printed and containing
a large number of clear cuts of towns
roads and industries of the state
Textually, the booklet is of rare worth
The title is, Vermont, the Unsoiled
Land" and under it is included a great
deal that pertains to Vermont's better
side, the matter containing information
about scenery, industries, state institu'
tions, roads. farms, lakes, mountains, his
tory and other things in condensed form
To residents of the state and TO out.
siders alike, the booklet will prove TO b,
an accurate guide as far as il was pos
sible TO make il in the rather limited
space at the disposal Of the authors
Messrs. Proctor and 0ldendam are TO b.
commended for their enterprise in fur
thering the interests Of Greater Yer
mont"