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The independent-reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1909-1955, 1917-05-31
Le0-Sylvan

Miss Marion Sylvan. daughter of
Horace Sylvan of Skowhegan and
Fred j. Leo, son of Thomas Leo also
of this place, were married Monday
morning at eight o'clock at st Mary's
church, Father Remand, officiating
Miss Winnie Hebert and Levi Dionne
were the two attendants. The bride
was Eowned in travelling suit of
the new mustard shade and wore a
white hat The young couple left on
the noon train for Dover, FoXcroft
and Dexter. They are to return to
Skowhegan this evening and will
make their home for the present with
Mr. Leo's parents.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
DUTIES OF MARINE VARIED
His Cosmopolitan Character Indicated
by Uniform Which Combines Fea-
lures of All Other Services.

Do you know the definition of the
word CORPSE" If you do, your advan-
tage over the man in the street is con-
siderable, for the word in itself signi-
fies a large fighting force so complete
ly equipped in all branches that it can
act as an independent army. And that
is what our marine corps is-a fully
equipped little army representing in
fantry. cavalry, artillery, signal serv-
ice, engineers, machine-gun men, aVl-
ators and hospital service.
The varied nature of the marines
duties is reflected in the dress uniform,
his dearly priced ''blues," writes
Charles Phelps Gushing in the New
York Independent The trousers are
of the infantryman's, but the stripe is
red, like that on the uniform OF the
artillery. His coat is a dark nautical
blue, but if he wears chevrOns on It
they are yellow, like cavalryman's.
As an example of cosmopolitanism. his
cap device bears q relief map of half
of the globe An eagle with out-spread
wings surmounts the globe and
fouled anchor shows in the back
ground. To tell" marine at glance
Whatever his uniform or his rank)
look on the front of the hat or the
cap for that globe. 1t is the distin-
gushing emblem of marine the world
over.
Great Britain is the only other pow
err that has, in our sense Of the word,
a real marine corps, and the cap de-
vice of the British marine also has a
globe in the center of the design.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Plato or Socrates?

If Socrates is conceded to rank as
the greater, or more influential of the
two philosophers, it is largely because
of the devotion and ability of Plato;
his admirer and biographer. Accord
ing to Plato's "Apologia," Socrates was
really the supreme man of his age,
foremost in originality and in thought.
Plato's great humanity-his uncon-
scious prophecy of Christianity was an
exhibition of that-his application of
philosophy not simply to morals in the
abstract but to q nation, or q personal
ity, has won him great popularity in
all ages. and there are many who put
the Stagirite in the second place, and
consider Plato his exponent as the
greater, and more influential of the
two. Really, it is wise not to attempt
comparison of these great Grecians,
but to read thankfully what their wis
dom has given to the world.-Ex-
change.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

chinery, soap and amberware. Its
most important business, however, was
it's export of grains and timber. 1t
shipped each year timber to value of
more than 100000.
Before all else, Memel was a grow.
ing seaport. 1t was drawing an even
greater share of the distributing busi-
ness of agricultural produce from the
neighboring regions of the Russian
Baltic provinces, and was developing
close, fruitful business relations with
Russian Poland, handling Polish tim
Der, grain and meats, and making
Roadway in the competition for han
ding the exports from the rich Polish
manufacturing districts. Memeis po-
sition near the farms of East Prussia
near the fields and factories of Rus
sia's Baltic provinces, and near the for
ests, farms and manufactures of Rus
sian Poland gave the town great prom
Use Of becoming a rich city port.
Like many of the well-placed cities
commercial center. The town is given
over almost entirely to the needs OF the
German navy. 1t has extensive ar
senals and mine depOts. machine shops,
iron foundries and boiler shops. The
imperial dockyards before being en-
larged for the present emergencies in
Guided two large slipways, five I'M
mense floating docks, four smaller
docks for the accommodation of tor
pedoboats and seven dry docks. The
shipyards are surrounded by lofty
walls and access to the Enclosure even
prior to the outbreak of the war was
very restricted. More than third of
the population of the town before the
beginning of hostilities in 1914 was
made up of army and naval forces.
Like many of the well-placed cities
of these northern coastlands, Memel
was O foundation of those crusaders of
the middle ages, who took their way
north and spread their faith among
the outlying peoples by brand and
sword. 1t was founded by Poppo Won
Osterna, grandmother of the Knights
of the Teutonic Order, who fought the
natives of Prussia, the Let's and Firms
through generations to bring them
within the fold of the Christian church.
When founded in 1852, Memel was first
called New Dortmund, and later, Me-
melburg.
The advanced Christian fortress
carly acquired an important trade, and
became member Of the merchant
trust the Hanseatic league. Its place
upon the borders VI several unrelated
peoples, however, while possessing the
same advantages as today, possessed,
also, the same disadvantages. 1t was
burned several times by hostile forces
during the 18th, 18th, and 18th CEN
tufies After the crushing defeat adj
ministered to Friedrich Wilhelm III
of Prussia by Napoleon upon the field
of Jena, the German monarch retired
to isolated Memel, and here, in 1907,
the treaty which was to have such far
reaching results was concluded be-
tween Great Britain and Prussia.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Honey Earliest Sweet.

Until the beginning of the sixteenth
century honey was almost the only
sweet known and quite the only one
generally used, it being available with
out preparation. The Old Testament
refers to Palestine as "a land flowing
with milk and honey" synonyms for
richness and nourishment, and mutually
complimentary. Our pioneers located
"bee trees" and some of US still re-
member the midnight journey to the
tree, which was felled and its treasure,
mingled mass of splintered wood,
broken comb and dead bees, brought
home to be strained and the wax melt
ed down. Modern beekeeping has en-
tirely changed this crude proceeding,
and the up-to-date apiarist handles his
bees almost as freely as his chickens.
Exchange.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Friend of the Animals.

Barnum and Bailey's success In
rearing rare animals Of the Orient
while in captivity is principally due to
the extraordinary magnetism and at
lection of one called Andrew-no one
ever heard his last name-the giraffe
man. He has travelled all over Africa.
Animals love him. A few years ago
when a monkey was manned in the
circus and was to be killed, Andrew
interceded, saved the monkeys life and
nursed him back to health. The mon
key Is now Andrews shadow. Among
his other small pets, each of which has
some special cause of gratitude to the
kindly trainer, are blind dog, house
cat, parrot, a chicken and white
rat. Wherever he sits they take pos
session of his lap, shoulders and knees.
and talk to him-and Andrew talks
back. They all seem to understand
him perfectly.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
WOES OF THE CENSUS TAKER
Has a Hard Day Wrestling With Iva
Rench, Will Knott, Hardin
Roads and Gentle Spring.

A solicitor for Muncie's new city di-
cectory called at home In the suburb,
Westdale, and asked of a woman who
answered his knock at the door, Twill
you please tell me who lives here!
Il will not" the solicitor understood
her to say.
But, madam" he explained, Il as
sure you l desire the name only for
q city directory and if you do not give
1t, I shall have to find it out in some
other way"
81 said, Will Knott" she declared:
"and don't know how to make it any
palmer to you
At the next door he was told that
the head of the house in question was
Will Knott, principal of a suburban
school.
He stopped at another home to re-
pair his bicycle. After tinkering with
it for a while, as a woman in the
doorway looked on interestedly, he
gave up the job and continued his
canvas on foot, asking first of the
woman who had noticed his accident,
"And who lives here, please"
I've q wrench" he heard her say
distinctly.
Il thank you, but 1 hardly think a
wrench would do any good" he said.
I'll have to send the machine to the
repair shop, guess"
Then it was that the woman eN-
nIoined in detail TO him that Miss Iva
Rench, who is q teacher in the Ander-
sonville school, made her home there.
Il had already listed Hardin Roads,
president of the Merchants bank
Dunn, the tailor, and Miss Gentle
Spring, so thought I'd call it days
work and quit right there" the solici
tor remarked-Indianapo News.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
SCRAPS

Shoe dealers in Singapore, Straits
Settlements, find that American
shoes compare favorably with footwear
of European make.
The so-called brier of which pipes
are made is laurel root.
Paraguay last year produced 11,SO4
bales of tobacco.
An instrument has been invented to
permit craftsmen to draw perfect
ovals and to draw two or more of the
same dimensions.
Louisville, Ky, university has
bought 50 acres of land near Bards-
town for q new location and plans ex-
pansiOn.
Apparatus for winding clocks with
cir pressure obtained when doors are
opened and closed has been invented
by a FrenChman.
Because no less than twenty-one diff
ferent kinds of liquids and gases are
piped to various parts of the new
building of the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology, it has been found neceS-
sary TO work out a color system for
marking the pipes to indicate their con-
tents.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Stennnranher Too Radiant.

The elder Swift, founder of one of
the great Chicago beef concerns, hated
to see women working in bright
clothes, according to a man who once
labored for the Swift concern. There
happened to be a stenographer at the
works, however, who bought all the
loud raiment she could and looked like
q combination of a merry-go-round and
a rainbow when she walked through
the yards.
One day the elder Swift caught sight
of her. He called his assistant.
"Who is that?" he asked.
"Why, that's Mr.. Blanks stenogra-
pher."
How much does she get?
TWENTY-FIVE q week"
dock her"
I'm afraid she'll leave"
Swift shot a glance at his assistant
before he answered:
eff she don't" he said, "dock her
again."-Earl Goodwin, in Washington
Star.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Helping the Laundress.

81 declare to goodness, have got the
backache so today l just can't lift that
tub" said the laundress, as she looked
at it on the bench in the laundry.
"Why lift it?" asked John.
"And how do you suppose L am
going to get it emptied?' asked the
laundress, sarcastfcally.
"Siphon it out" said John.
Then he went to q closet where odds
and ends were kept, found piece of
rubber tubing, filled it with water, and
then, holding both ends, placed one
in the tub and trailed the other off to
the sewer opening in the floor. In
moment the water was running out
nicely, while the laundress stood with
her mouth open, watching how easy
1t was.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
send Them CANDY
Officers Advice to Women Wish
ing to Aid Soldiers.
Suggestion Explained by Fact That
Men Need More Sweets Than They
Get in Their Ratons.

Somebody asked someone in the
quartermasters department what she
could do to make life for the soldiers
at the front, wherever that might be,
more attractive.
DO they need sweaters, or wrist
warmers, or what can l make them?"
she queried.
Don't knit" said the man quoted.
Make them candy. They crave sugar
and they need sugar"
So the young woman in question
promptly went to the nearest candy
shop and placed an order that a pound
of candy be sent every other day to the
particular soldier in whom she was in
terested.
Years ago, when the BOer war was
raging, Queen Victoria once celebrated
her birthday or some other festal day
by sending a package of sweet ChOcO-
late to every Tommy fighting in South
Africa. And some of her subjects stay
ing safely at home said to themselves
and each other: "Why on earth is the
queen sending sweet chocolate to men
who are giving their lives for us? Why
doesn't she send them something they
need?"
Today most of us have come to rec
Ognize the food value that lies in
sugar. We have learned that pure
candy, if it is eaten as food, is
wholesome. 1t is harmful when it is
eaten between meals, and so spoils the
appetite. We know, too, that the more
hard physical work we do, the more
sugar we need because it is an easily
assimilated fuel food.
Hence today the quartermaster' 8
mandate that we send candy to the
front, although it at first seems
strange, is easily understood. The IA
lions of the soldiers are carefully bal
anced, but still, many of them, living
outdoors all the time, crave more
sweets than they can get, and are bene-
flied by them.
So add to your list another chance
to help the men at the front--and send
them candy.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
VANISHING ART IN MASONRY
Ancient New England Dry Walls Are
Things of Beauty But Few Are
Built Now.

"In dry walls ] think the old stone
mason takes the greatest pride of all !;
for it is the dry WALL mean by that
q wall laid without mOrtar-that the
sheer art of the mason comes most
into play. Anyone can throw a wall
together if he has q mortar to make
It stick, but q dry wall must stand out
for what it is, ltuilt solid from the
bottom up, each stone resting securely
upon the one below it, and braced and
nested in by the sheer skill of the ma
son, writes David Grayson in the
American Magazine.
The art of the dry wall is the an
cient heritage of New England and
speaks not only of the sincerity and
the conscientiousness of the old puri-
tan spirit but strikes the higher note
of beauty. Many of the older walls
1 know are worth going far to see, for
they exhibit rare sense of form and
proportion, and are sometimes set in
the landscape with q skill that only
the Master Artist himself could exceed.
Those old, hard-wrought stone fences
of the Burnham hills and CrewSbury,
the best of them, were honestly built,
and built to last a thousand years. A
beautiful art-and one that is passing
awaya 1t is the dry wall that stands
of itself that the old stone mason loves
best of all.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Off With the Old Love.

\ photographer had taken por-
trait of Il young woman. After an eX-
animation she took a dozen of them.
A few days later the same young Woln-
an entered the photographers studio
with the dozen cabinet photos that
had been made of her about week
before.
what! exclaimed the photograph
er in dismay. Bring them all back?
Why. l thought they were very sue
cessful."
ooh. yes" she said, with Il smile,
they are successful. l only want you
to touch out the ring. l have a new
young man."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
An Anonymous Book.

Two young ladies of literary tastes
were once discussing their reading,
when one of them remarked: Il have
been engaged with delightful work
for q week past" Indeed; what Is
it?" Anthony Trollope's autobiogra-
ply" "Who is the author?" Really,
1 don't know. 1 have looked over the
title-page and through the preface, but
l can't find any reference to the author
at all. Whoever it is is charming
writer, and seems to have known the
novelist very Intimately" "Ill get it
and read it, but it is too provoking,
isn't it, that so many delightful au-
thors of late are writing anonymous
ly2"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
An Astonished Creditor.

"Well" said the old man the other
day, 81 have been Al years in the busi-
ness, and can say what very few men
can after such experience. In all that
time, my friend, 1 never disappointed
but one single creditor"
"Bless me, what an example for our
young mercantile community" replied
the person addressed; what pity
that one time occurred. How was it?"
"Why," responded the old gentleman,
81 paid the debt when it became due,
and I never in all my life saw a man
so much astonished."
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

"The servant that works for me
must be very, very economical" said
the boarding house mistress to the ap-
plicant for work.
I'm such one, ma'am.' promptly
returned the applicant. Indeed, me
last mistress discharged me for bein'
that way"
For being economical?"
Yes, with me clothes; l used to
wear hers"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

l will have to die as there is no help for
me- She got me one of your little
books and my husband said should try
one bottle. 1 stopped the Doctors
medicine and took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. 1t soon made
change in me and now am strong and
do all my work. Mrs. AUGUSTUS
BAUGHMAN, Box Sc, Enhaut, Pa.
Why will women continue to suffer
day in and day out and drag out a sickly,
half hearted existence, missing three-
fourths of the joy of living, when they
can find health in Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound?
If you would like free confidential ad-
vice address Lydia E. Piukham Medicine
Co., Lynn, Mass.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Taller In Morning.

The very wise smile knowingly
when someone offers the foolish" as
sertion that person is taller in the
morning than in the evening. But
Just try it. Between the "a vertebrate
of the backbone are little disks of car
tilage, and these during the course of
the day are considerably compressed
by the weight of the body, expanding
again when the body is in recumbent
position. In the case Of a heavy man
of good average height, the difference
In his height at morning and evening
is generally about half an inch.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Supper Would Wait.

1 was returning home the other eve
ming about $50 o'clock when I saw
Tommy, my neighbors' boy, tagging
for line" with pennies with a crowd
of other boys. 1 knew that his family
always had supper at six o'clock sharp,
so said, "I'll bet you five cents you'll
miss your supper, Tommy"
He grinned up at me saucily and
replied: Then you lose your bet,
cause 1 got the chops right here with
me. Ma sent me for 'em at five
O'Clock. "-Everybody Magazine.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
WATCH YOUR SKIN IMPROVE
When You Use cutieura-The Soap to
Purify and Ointment to Heal.

On rising sfd retiring gently smear
the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash
off Ointment in five minutes with Cutf-
cura Soap and hot water. Continue
this treatment for ten days and note
the change in your skin. No better
toilet preparations exist.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Ady.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

that is, ne is not
in any of them in
the proper sense.
The popular view
is, that we have
no a t h e / s t S
among us in these
days, but that is
true only from
the standpoint of
theory. Practical
atheists, however,
a b un d on all
sides, and few
live as If there
were a God to
whom they are
accountable. Such
ignoring of God
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Cowardice and Bravery.

To make men towards give them
continually ease with every comfort
and pleasure; to make men brave
give them continually harnesses.
hardships, hard work, with every dis
comfort and misery. AS ease and
pleasure weaken and soften the soul,
producing cowardiness and fear, so
hardships and misery strengthen and
burden the soul, making it determined
and brave; as only pleasure makes a
man love life, only misery will make
him doteSt II.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
His Little Joke.

"T-aw-vrestled fob ovah an hour with
me scarf this moWning."
(Which won the victory, dcah boy
you or the sCarf?"
"Naither Cawn't you see the match
wesuItea in q tie? Haw, haw!"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
She's Found a Place to Start

"Now that we are at war we shall
have to practice rigid economy"
"All right, my dear. 1 looked at
your last years straw hat this morn
ing and 1 am sure it will do again for
this summer"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Fiourino on a Necessity.

"You ought to be happy, with wheat
at So a bushel."
I'm not" answered Farmer Corn
tossel. "I'm not any happier than I'd
be if the springs were going dry for
a season and water was worth 50 a
gallon"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
The Division.

"And so they were dtvOrced?'
ooh, yes"
How did they divide up things?'
ooh, he got the children and the
family cat, and she got the alimony
and tha pet dog"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

AAA@A ASAliAAAS u CNOlSS
and nervous feelings
and my head both
cred me. / would
often have crying
spells and feel as if
| was not safe. If
| heard anyone COM
ing l would run and
lock the door so they
would not see me.
l tried several doc
tors and they did not
help me so | said to
1T
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
SHAKE INTO YOUR SHOES

Aliens Foot=Ease, the antiseptic powder to be
shaken into the shoes and sprinkled in the foot
bath. 1t relieves painful, swollen, smart1ng feet
and takes the sting out of corns and bunions.
Used by the British and French troops at the
font Aliens FootAEase is certain relief for
tired, aching feet Sold everywhere-Adv.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
In Line.

"What sort of a slow curve are you
lobbing over there?"
"We've finished baseball practice for
the day" answered the head of the
squad. "This is bombing practice, old
top"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
WE'LL WE'LL

Don't get Observation-Disclosures Of
the porous plaster"
what of that2"
Everybody turns his back on it, yet
it hangs on, and IN the end achieves
success by close application"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22
Evidently Serious.

"Charley GrabCoin is going with
Miss Calder a great deal these days"
$50 he is. Do you suppose he is
serious?'
"He must be. He's had his car done
over to match her hair and eyes"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1917-06-22

An Internal combustion locomotive
of ! 900 horse power that uses crude
oil fuel Is hauling passenger trains eX
pcrimcntally on a European railroad.