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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05

MO wonder the devotees of motoring
~ are Drawing the coldest weather.
They may envelop themselves from
crown to toe in cold-proof coats having
hoods attached made Of the same ma
terial as the coat. The fur fabrics
that have had so great a vogue this
season have been developed in pat
terms especially suited to midwinter
motor coats. These pushes are used
also for lining coats of other fabrics.
and are as warm as skins.
Fetching and unusual is the coat of
leopard plush pictured here. The
youthful motorist looks as cozy as a
kitten In it. 1t is a long straight gar
ment Of the simplest outlines, comfort
ably roomy. The sleeves and yoke are
cut In one, and the skirt part allows
plenty Of room in walking.
A broadtail plush is used to make
deep plain cuffs, and as an inlay on a
small neckpiece that fastens about the
throat. The hood is a cfose-fitting cap
with a wide bonnetlike border turned
back at the front and trimmed with a
fat bow of broadtail. The coat is
double breasted, fastened with large
button at the top and in the front.
Smart coats for warmer climes are
made with more concessions to new
style features and allow themselves a
little frivolity of composition Drop
yokes and faring skirts, not so long as
the figures, are noticeable among them
1t is safe to predict that with things
military imposing themselves every.
where else, the newly designed motor
coats for spring will reflect something
of military modes.
But to face the sterner requirements
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
ABOVE SUCH LITTLE MATTERS
How a Foreign Tour Affected the
Business Attitude Of Brook.
iyn Grocer.

A thrifty Brooklyn grocer, who be-
gan his career of success driving de-
livery wagon, became ambitious after
he had bought out his former en-
ployer and for two or three years was
doing far better than ever and thought
he would make a European trip as
others were doing who hadn't as much
money as he had. He arranged his
business for a three months absence
and sailed away on a big ship, says
the Argonaut.
In due course he returned. and his
foreign experiences had pulled him up
amazingly. He stuck to his grocery,
but he looked down upon it with dis
dain and never lent a hand to his
clerks as once he did
One day he was standing in front
looking over the arrangement of the
various articles usually displayed in
front Of groceries. and a lady came by
who was one Of his old customers
She looked around minute or so for
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05

charges, he runs blindly. throwing his
huge bulk forward in a straight line
from which he seldom deviates. The
hunter, if he be sure-footed and col
lected, should his fire fail to stop the
gigantic beast, can easily evade him
by lodging, stepping aside when the
charge is almost upon him, and there
is but little likelihood of the rhino
returning to the attack.
These animals are much given to
wanton attacks, seemingly running
amuck at times. On one such occa-
sion, a rhino came out of the nearby
brush and charged wildly through the
Juja Farm garden. Coming upon one
of the native laborers who, squatting
savage style on his launches. was
wedding the flower beds, he impaled
the unsuspecting negro on his long
horn, tossed him high into the air, and
trampled on in his errand of destruc-
ton He reached the road outside
charged lengthwise through 16-yoke
oxen team, upsetting the wagon. and
then, going out to the plain beyond.
charged the farm overseer and was
promptly shot by that experienced
huntsman.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05

absolutely to your protection for the
next three hours. 1 shall be known
to be absent, so that more careful
watch than ever is necessary. Not
man, boy or child is to climb the
fence. I may rely on you?"
"You may, judge"
"On my return you can all go. |
will guard my own property after to-
day. You understand me, sergeant?"
Perfectly. your honor"
Speacer's Folly. to the judge, ap-
proachine it from the highway, was
as ugly a sight as the world contained
He hated its arid desolation and all
the litter of blackened bricks blocking
up the site of former feastings and
reckless merriment. Most of ALL he
shrank from sight of the one corner
still intact where the ghosts of dead
memories fingered, making the whole
place horrible to his eye and one to
be Stunned by all men. The cemetery
from which he had come looked less
lonesome to his eyes and far less omi-
nous.
No sign remained of pillar or door
way-only gap. Toward this gap
he stepped, feeling a strange reluc
tance in entering 1t. But he had no
choice. He knew what he should Sec
No, he did not know what he should
see, for when he finally stepped in
it was not an open view of the hol-
low which met his eyes, but the purple
clad figure of Mrs Averill with little
Peggy at her side. He had not ex-
pected to see the child. and, standing
as they were with their backs to him,
they presented a picture which, for
some reason to be found in the mystic
rious recesses of his disordered mind,
was exceedingly repellent to him.
The noise he made should have
caused Deborah's tall and graceful
figure to turn But the spell of her
own thoughts was too great; and he
would have found himself compelled
to utter the first word, if the child,
who had heard him plainly enough,
had not dragged at the woman's hand
and so woke her from her dream.
CTO BE CONTINUED)
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Fencing Off Italy.

The Italian government is often
greatly annoyed by the smuggling of
large amounts of contraband goods
across the Swiss border into Italy, re-
sulting in a great loss of revenue.
Steps are now being taken which it is
hoped will stop this lawlessness
Plans have been made to fence the
whole of the border with heavy metal
netting and customs authorities look
upon the scheme with great favor
This form of barrier has been tried
along several parts of the frontier, but
1t has been found that the fence alone
is not sufficient. The new fence of
wire netting is nine feet high and
along the top are to be fastened at
short intervals a number of bells
which will summon the customs in
spectors the moment a person tries
to cross the border OF course this
necessitates the employment of
large force of inspectors, who will be
provided with police dogs to run down
the offenders.-Pathfind
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Value of Cheeriness.

Who can estimate the medicinal
power of one cheerful life in the home
of one serene, balanced soul?
The workman who rejoices in his
work and laughs away his discomfort
is the man who is sure to rise, for it
is what we do easily and what We like
to do that we do well.
The most of us make our backs
ache carrying useless. foolish burdens.
We carry luggage and rubbish that
are of no earthly use. but which sap
our strength and keep us jaded and
tired to no purpose. If we could only
learn to hold on to the things worth
while, and drop the rubbish-letting
go the useless. the foolish, the silly,
the hamperers, and the thincs that
hlnCer- ~hcLld not tnly make
progress evt NJ should -!so keep
kaL!s - - 'l9nicUa.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Discard Small Turban.

In Paris the leaders of fashion have
discarded the small turban hat for the
larger models of white satin These
stunning hats appear in a wide vari.
ETY. of shapes, with gracefully rolling
brims or brims which flare more on
one side than the other The favor
ite, however, is the wide, straight
brimmed sailor. smoothly covered
with white satin of good quality
These are trimmed with a simple bow
of white satin, the ends of which are
sometimes fringed. Fantasies of plu
mage appear on few models, but the
majority are simply trimmed with the
satin or moire
The crowns Of these hats are rather
low, and the tops are unlined and
scantily gathered about the edge
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05

for several days, has become stranded
on the beach. near Provincetown.
Blackfish were very plentiful forty or
fifty years ago, but after 1888 none
we're seen until in the fall of 1911.
Blacklist are also called pilot
whales" deriving this name from the
fact that in a school one always acts
as tae guide. They are very valuable
for the oil they produce. Each NAM
moth fish contains about a barrel of
oil. A blackfish is sort of miniature
whale, varying in length from six to
twenty-five feet, and weighing from
400 pounds to a ton each. Their skin
is as smooth as satin and jet black.
Years ago each fishing shanty along
the cape shore was equipped with it's
whaling equipment-dory, harpoons.
try-pots and lances. Each time a
school of the mammals was sighted
there was contest. in which the first
on the scene was the winner.-EX-
change.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
foul Crime IN
DARK HOLLOW
ALGERNoN ETHERIDeE, PRoMl-
NENT CITIZEN, WAYLAID AND
MURDERED AT LONG BRIDGE.
DIRECT CLUE TO MURDERER
Stick With Which Crime Was Commit.
ted Easily Traced to Its Owner
Landlord Of claymore Tavern
in the Toils-He Denies
His Guilt.

Last evening Shelby's clean record
was blackened by outrageous crime
Some time after nightfall a carter
was driving home by Factory road,
when, just as he was nearing Long
bridge, he came upon the body of a
man lying without movement and
seemingly without life
Knowing that in all probability an
hour might elapse before assistance
could arrive in the shape Of another
passer-by, he decided to carry his
story straight to Claymore tavern. 1t
was fortunate his horses were headed
that way instead of the other, or he
might have missed seeing the skulk.
ing figure which slipped down into the
ravine with short cough, hurriedly
choked back. He could not see the
face or identify the figure, but he
knew the cough. He had heard it a
hundred times; and, saying to himself,
That's John Scoville,' he whipped his
horse up the hill and took the road to
Claymore.
And he was right A dozen fell
lows started up at his call, but SEQ.
vile was not among them. He had
been out for two hours; which, the
carter having heard, he looked down,
but said nothing except Come along,
boys! I'll drive you to the turn of
the bridge
"But just as they were starting Sco-
vile appeared. He was flatless and
disheveled and reeled heavily with
liquor. He also tried to smile, which
made the carter lean quickly down
and with very little ceremony drag
him up into the cart. So with Sco-
vile amongst them they rode quickly
back to the bridge, the landlord
coughing. the men all grimly silent.
"One flash of the lantern told the
dismal tale. The man was not only
dead, but murdered. His forehead had
been battered in with knotted stick;
all his pockets hung out empty; and
from the general disorder of his dress
it was evident that his watch had
been torn away by ruthless hand
But the face they failed to recognize
till some people, running down from
the upper town, where the alarm had
by this time spread, sent up the shout
Of It's Mr.. Etheridge! Judge Ostran.
der's great friend. Let some one run
and notify the judge
But the fact was settled long be.
fore the judge came upon the scene,
and another fact, too. In beating the
bushes they had lighted on a heavy
stick. When it was brought forward
and held under the strong light made
by a circle of lanterns big movement
took place in the crowd. The stick
had been recognized. Indeed, 1t was
well known to all Claymore men. They
had seen it in Scoville's hands a
dozen times. Even he could not deny
it's ownership, explaining, I lost it in
these woods this afternoon. | hadn't
anything to do with this killing
He had not been accused; but he
found it impossible to escape after
this, and at the instance of Coroner
Haines he was carefully looked over
and a small red ribbon found in one
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
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of his pockets. He was Immediately
put under arrest and taken to the city
lookup"
A later paragraph:
"The detectives were busy this
morning. going over the whole ground
in the vicinity of the bridge.
They were rewarded by two impor.
tant discoveries. The impression of q
foot in certain soft place halfway up
the bluff: and small heap of fresh
earth near by which, on being dug
into, revealed the watch of the mur.
dered man. The broken chain lay
with it.
The footprint has been measured.
1t comedies exactly with the shoe
worn that night by the suspect"
"The prisoner continues to deny his
guilt. The story. he gives out is to
the effect that he left the tavern some
few minutes before seven o'clock, to
look for his child, who had wandered
into the ravine. He had his stick
with him, for he never went out with
out it, but, finding it in his way. he
leaned it against tree.
"He crossed the bridge and took
the path running along the edge of
the ravine. In doing this he came
recesses of the hollow, man so evil
IDENTIFY beyond all help that he would
have hurried by without a second
look if it had not been for the watch
he saw lying on the ground close
to the dead mans side.
"It was a very fine watch; it seemed
better for him to take 1t into his own
charge till he found some responsible
person willing to carry it to police
headquarters.
He dashed into the woods, and,
tearing up the ground with his hands,
buried his booty in the loose soil, and
made for home. Even then he had
no intention of appropriating the
watch, only of safeguarding himself,
nor did he have any hand at all in
the murder of Mr.. Etheridge. This
he would swear to; also, to the leav-
ing of the stick where he said" :.
To-day John Scoville was taken to
the tree where he insists he left his
stick. The prisoner. showed sud-
den interest in the weapon and begged
to see it closer. He pointed out where
a splinter or two had been freshly
from the handle, and declared
that no knife had touched it while it
remained in his hands. But, as he
had no evidence to support this state
ment, the impression made by this
declaration is not likely to go far
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Answered His Question.

Prince George of Denmark was nick
named "Est-il-possible" by James II.
1t is said that when the startling
events of the revolution of 1858 sue.
ceeded one another with breathless
rapidity. the emotions of Prince George
found vent in the repeated exclama-
ton: "Est-il-possible? King James,
enumerating those who had forsaken
him. said: And est-il-possible has
gone, tool"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
CHAPTER vi.
The Shadow.


Bella was TO be buried at four. As
Judge Ostrander prepared to lock his
gate behind the simple cortege which
was destined to grow into a vast
crowd before it reached the cemetery,
he was stopped by the sergeant. who
whispered in his ear:
Il thought your honor might like
to know that the woman-"
Have you found out who she is ?"
mo, sir. The man couldn't very
we'll ask her to lift her veil, and at
the tavern they have nothing to say
about her"
Its a small matter. / will see her
myself today and find out what she
wants of me. Meanwhile remember
that I leave this house and grounds
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05

weighed the plea of his counsel and
the call for strict impartiality from
the bench. He was adjudged guilty of
murder in the first degree, and SEN
tence called for.
This was the end; and as she read
these words the horror which over
whelmed her was infinitely greater
than when she heard them uttered
in that fatal courtroom. For then she
regarded him as guilty and deserving
his fate, and now she knew him to be
innocent
When her eyelids finally obeyed the
dictates of her will the first glimmer-
ing rays of dawn were beginning to
scatter the gloom of her darkened
chamber!
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Ancient kino a Terror.

Mithridates, king of Pontius, is rare
ly mentioned nowadays, but in the
year SO B. C. he was the terror of the
world. He killed his own family,
slaughtered seven different kings and
their courts, marched through Asia
and left everywhere trails of dead. He
Invaded Greece and there slaughtered
nearly half a million human beings,
then he marched against Rome with
awful carnage. In his own army he
lost only $4,000 men. but he is thought
to have killed at least twenty times
that number of his enemies.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05

toward influencing public opinion in
his favor"
Deborah sighed as she laid this
clipping aside and took up another
headed by picture of her husband
1t was not an unhandsome face. In
deed, it was his good looks which had
prevailed over her judgment in the
early days of their courtship. Reu-
ther had inherited her harmony of
feature from him--the chiseled nose,
the well-modeled chin and all the other
physical graces which had made him
a fine figure behind his bar He had
had no business worries; yet his tenn
per was always uncertain. She had
not often suffered from it herself, for
her ascendancy over men extended
even to him. But Reuther had shrunk
before it more than once.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
M'MllldnlS rs
i i 4xE
JuJd Farm l

being mayor and chief of police. board
of city fathers and municipal justice.
all bound up in one stalwart, impress
sive presence, for under the colonial
system of British government, as a
landed proprietor, holding acreage IN
der purchase from the crown. and
more than Is miles from town or other
seat of permanent Justice, he Ii en-
dowed with magisterial powers, and
may settle all cases Of minor misde.
meanors. theft and petty savage
lSnavery, which carry with them NO
deprivation of liberty.
Of this vast plantation only small
part is under cultivation. but the wide
fields of sprouting maize, the great
stretches of sisal hemp and coffee. the
clustering blossoms Of the American
orchard and the sweet fragrance Of
the gardens all testify to the wealth
and generosity of the soil Of the farm
monkeys Craze in the thick lush grass
of the high slopes, beside the queen
beehive huts of the natives, under the
care of Nasal shepherds.
Buffalo Most Dangerous.
Unlike Mr.. Roosevelt, who has ex-
pressed the opinion that the lion IL
the most dangerous of African ami
mails to hunt, and Sir Samuel Baker
and other mighty hunters, who yield
the palm to the elephant, Mr.. McMil.
Ian, after almost Is years experiences.
unhesitating places the water buffalo
as the most dangerous foe to human
life, when wounded and brought to
bay by the huntsman.
The rhinoceros, in Mr.. McMillan's
opinion is of little actual danger to an
experienced and thoroughly alert man.
Possessed, apparently. of the most saw
age and erratic temper of any Of the
larger animals, it can see but poorly
out of those red, pig-like eyes, being
scarcely able to distinguish man q
short distance away. Then, when he
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Old Pension Plan.

They had a roundabout way of be-
slowing military pensions in the old
days. Witness this official communi-
cation from the British war Office in
the reign of Queen Anne. Her majes-
ty, it runs, has been pleased to grant
F'itton Minshull. a child, commits
sion as ensign in consequence of the
loss of his father, who died in the
service. And Fitton was at the same
time granted furlough until further
order, his army pay being ent resu
larly to his mother.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05


~ immense ranch owned by VIII
liam N. Mcmillan, once busi-
ness man in st. Louis. After twenty
years Of exploration and adventure, he
has settled down there to the rela-
lively quiet life Of a farmer and hunt
or, and his greatest excitement nova
days comes in the entertainment Of
some noted hunter of big game, like
Theodore Roosevelt, the sultan of Zan-
zibar, Lord Lonsdale. Aga Khan and
Chase Osborn of Michigan.
The 10000 acres Of Juja Farm, and
the smaller 15,000-acre holdings OF
Mrs. Mcmillan, Mua Farm, some Is
miles away, stand $500 feet above sea
level, on the great Mua escarpment
of Eastern Africa, 1926 miles inland
from Membasa, principal British Afri-
can port in the Indian ocean.
Here, in a long, low, one-story farm
house, with vine-covered verandas and
numerous outbuildings, Mr.. Mcmillan
lives the life of British landed pro-
prietor, in almost feudal splendor,
ruling the natives residing on his hold
ings, hunting the elephant, the rhi-
noceros and the lion, and protecting his
herds and flocks and people from their
raVages. On his broad acres, the lord
ly lion and his vicious spouse, king it
over their follow creatures; here are
rhinoceros, hideous hyena and beau
tiful leopard; here graceful gazelle
and powerful. ungainly gnus, alert and
wary, cross the endless fats; from
the vine-covered veranda of the low
beamed house can be seen black and
white striped zebra and ruddy harte-
beest, reed buck and waterbuck, i'm
mense eland and tiny dikdik, and all
the other half hundred antelope varie
ties that disport on the equatorial
plains. In the papyrus marshes dot
ting the bosom of the swamps and rim
ming every sea-green lake, the terrible
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what she wanted and found it. "Oh,
Mr.. Blank" she said. what are the
potatoes WORTH" But he made no
reply. Not he. John" he called to
a clerk inside. John, come out here
and tell the lady what potatoes are
worth
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
Wisely PlanneI Dresses.

Two little girls whose mother liked
to keep them in white, kept the white
frocka and stockings clean only as
long .ts the proverbial shake of a
larIb's tail" So the mother changed
her plan and made them little dresses
of>stiped seersucker. with boomers
70 match The dresses are made in
xii ona style, with large round col
lar, of plain bingham, which match
the stripe The brown-and-white
strip d dresses have brown collars
Outlined gitb rather a coarse feather
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
SYNOPSIS.

A curious crowd of neighbors invade
The mysterious home of Judge Ostrander.
county Judge and eccentric recluse, fol-
lowing a veiled 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 cataleptic state. Bella, his
servant, appears in dying condition and
prevents entrance to 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
memory and asks the Judges aid.
rLAPrEp Nra.%fnuod
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1915-02-05
When Dad Is All Riaht.

He may have a greasy hat and the
seat of his pants may be shiny, but
if mans children have their noses
fiattened against the window pane a
half hour before he is due home to
supper, you can trust him with any.
thing you have He is all right.-Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.