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movement. Zorbas asked him to come
to Athens and act as adviser OF the
Military League, and Venezelos immedl-
ately became the biggest figure in Greece.
With what adroitness he managed the
whole affair subsequent developments
demonstrate. When he first arrived here
he was probably the most unpopular man
in the country, looked upon by the gen.
eral people as an interoper. by the crown
prince as his banisher, by the king as a
grave danger to his crown. Today the
Military League is no more, the crown
prince is again leading the Grecian army
in a glorious campaign, the king is
happy in the possession of one of the
cleverest, if not the cleverest. prime min
listers in Europe and M. Venezelos runs
the whole Grecian government almost
ingle-handed-the real, uncrOwned king
Of the country.
All these miracles were worked in the
short space Of three years. For, although
Venezelos was the brains behind the sew
eral prime ministers who ran the gov
eminent under the direction Of the Mill
tary League, it was not until November,
1909, that he took Office as prime min
lister himself. Then he attempted re-
forms that met with the utmost opposi-
ton. He was widely denounced as p.
traitor and mathematical by the clergy.
At the end of four days he resigned. In
the following month he had his revenge.
for when the elections were over it was
found that he had been returned to
power by an overwhelming majority.
His appointment seemed to act like
magic upon the moribund public affairs
of Greece. A terrific worker. he insisted
upon filing three of the cabinet positions
himself-that of minister of war. minister
of marine and president of the council.
1t was exactly as if. in addition to being
President, Woodrow Wilson should insist
upon filling the posts of Secretary Of War
and Secretary Of the Navy at the same
time. 1t was in the administration of
the army and navy Of Greece, however,
that the chief weakness lay, and it is
typical Of Venezelos that he should have
tackled them himself.
In two years a wonderful change had
been worked. He cleaned the civil serV-
ice. stamped out corruption in almost
every public department. made politics
a high and honorable caliinG-a duty to
king and country instead of a mere
business OF dollars and cents-and, by
his support. rendered 1t possible to put
the army and the navy In the high state
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ments for ten guns: the gorge of the bat
terry was closed by stockade and the
double line of raised parapets. which
We're pierced at intervals with embrasures
for field guns
Much Of the territory around the site of
Fort Reno was embraced in the estates
Greenwood and Rosedale. property of Col.
Thomas Platter of Sotterly, who was a
a son of George Platter Of Ronsby Hail.
the revolutionary Governor of Maryland
A daughter of Thomas Platter became the
wife of Gen. Uriah Forrest of the Conti-
mental Army and large acreage or lana
in this region came to be known as For
rest property. 1t was part of this tract
that came to be the home seat of Joseph
Nourse, first registrary of the Treasury.
and who came to the District of Columbia
when the government it's officers. offices
and records were transferred from Phil
adelphia to Washington in 1SOO IT was
one of the NOurse descendants. Phoebe.
who in way. founded the Church OF
St Adams, as told by the following in
scription on a bronze tablet in the little
church:
ITO the Glory of God and in Memory of
Phoebe, daughter of Charles j. Nourse of
the Highlands, District of Columbia, who
entered into life on the 18th day of March.
A. D. 1855. She left to the Rev. Anthony
Ten Brock, Master of St. Johns Insti-
tute, Mount Alban, d. c.. small box
holding Forty Gold Dollars, the Proceeds
of her NeedlewOrk, and Marked For
the Church on Mount Alban.' On the
18th of March, 1851, Mr.. Ten Brock. to-
gether with her brother. Carroll Penn
bertOn NOurse. and several other boys.
began the work of breaking the ground
for the Church On the oath day of May.
1855. the Church. having been built en-
tirely by free will offerings. was pre-
scented to the Rev. William r. Whiting
ham, Bishop of Maryland. for consecra-
ton. the first free church in Washing
tom
The old Nourse homestead is standing
on Wisconsin avenue something under a
mile north of the church, and the Ram
bier was told that that house was also
the home Of Gen. Forrest and that he
built it in 1856.
On the north side of the police station
at Tenleytown (spelled in the Civil War
Records "Tennallytown'O is frame
dwelling painted white and about which
grow cedar and spruce trees. Living
there are two sisters. Mrs. William Britt
and Miss barbara Lightfoot. They have
lived there ever since they We're born
there, and their mother. who was Sarah
Robey before her marriage to Daniel
Iightfoot was also born there. Long be-
fore the civil war she was married in the
very room in which the Rambler made
these notes. These interesting ladies,
Mrs. Britt. who was Mary Lightfoot, and
Miss Barbara Lightfoot, inherited a part
of the Tenley property, through their
mother, and the house they live in is
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were walks that we have been using ever
since.
X
1t will be noted that Mr.. Olmsted said
that the. planes. which are now great
trees, were growing very thriftily, but
are checked and given 1opsided forms
by the interference Of what remains of
the old trees they are designed to super
sede.''
These older trees were silver naples.
The PENNSYLVANIA avenue entrance and
walk were widened. and the rows of
these NAPLES stood inside the stone balus-
trade and, of course. inside the lines of
the young planes. These old silver ma
pies, to promote their vigor, had had
their tops cut of, and this. 1t is now be
lieved. FASTENED their decay. The last OF
them came down about 1883.
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long and in some places interlOcking
branches of those fine. large trees Eight
of these planes stand in an arc at the
Pennsylvania avenue entrance to the
Capitol grounds and twenty fOur-twelve
on each side of the artificial stone walk
grow between the entrance and the plaza
before the west staircase. The same
number of plane trees. planted in the
same design. grow before and along the
broad walk between the Maryland ave-
nue. entrance and the west staircase.
These trees under whose shade SO many
persons rest in summer and under whose
wind beaten boughs so many men pass
in winter are about forty years old.
They were planted about 1880 and were
large and strong saplings when they were
set out. When the great trunk sewer was
cut through the Capitol grounds. across
the west front, a few years ago. two
planes on the Pennsylvania avenue walk
and two on the Maryland avenue ap-
proach were found to be in the way and
they We're destroyed. Their places have
been filled by young trees and these are
growing rapidly.
!:
In the report of Frederick Law Olmsted
the landscape architect, then in charge of
the Encouragement of the Capitol grounds,
which report was for the fiscal year end
ing June so, 1882. Mr.. Olmstead says:
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vHE site of Fort Reno is dis
appointment to any one In
search of civil war ruins. To
the south and southwest the
relics of Fort Gaines and Fort
Sumner may be seen and part of the
outlines of Fort Mansfield and Fort Sim
mons may be traced. The ruins of Fort
Bayard stood until a year ago. But
Fort Reno has been nearly effaced.
The city in it's northward march has
beaten down the parapets and filled the
bitches of this important field work. Its
memory is kept in the names-FOrt Reno
reservoir and pumping station and Reno.
the village. Streets have been cut
through the fertilization and its support
ing redoubts and many homes have been
built there Some of the streets run
ming over the site are Mansfield. Eli
colt. De Russy, Davenport; DennisOn and
Chesapeake. The houses there are mod
est frames. for the most part detached
but row of small homes occurs here
and there.
Soon after the war the owner of the
land on which the fort stood, Giles Dyer.
sold it, and it was opened up as sub
division in which many lots were bought
and homes built by colored people. 1t
was then called Onion and Butts SUBJ
division and was later called Reno. The
reservoir and the pumping station stand
within the fort lines, and on a bit OF
vacant land off the southwest corner
of the pumping station are irregular
mounds and depressions. fragments OF
the fort ruins. One. two and three
squares northward from the water plant
and extending to the northern end of the
spur that divides the lower lands through
which Powder Mill run and Broad branch
flow respectively southwest and south
east is a tract of land not Yet built on.
1t is criss-crOssed with hard-beaten paths
and wheel tracks. 1t is a common. Base
lines of base ball diamonds are worn into
the yellow clay. What little turf re-
mains is brown, short and feeble. A few
scrawny and detected trees grow there
But roundabout one can see depreSSionS
and elevations that tell that in the long
ago earthWOrks We're reared there.
The view to the northward is extensive,
while that to the westward is superb.
The first ridge to the west is that beyond
Powder Mill run or Little Fai.S branch,
and on clear day one may see, cioaked
in blue haze, the Bull Run hills and the
Blue Ridge. miles and miles away. 1t
was because of the expanse OF country
northward and westward commanded by
this site that Fort Pennsylvania, later
enlarged and strengthened and called
Fort Reno, was built here.
y
The perimeter of Fort Reno was 9I1
yards. 1t was the largest of the sixty
eight inclosed forts and batteries forming
the defenses of Washington. with the ex-
ception of Fort Runyon. the perimeter of
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N(HRISTMAS flowers is a phrase which
~ in this latitude and climate has
strange sound and carries with IL a sug-
gestion of dollhouse blooms" said a gov
eminent gardener in one Of the down
town parks. as he brushed away some
straw which had warmed a bed OF pansy
blossoms had kept from them a KILL
ing frost of the night before. The lay
man i'm the matter of flowers does not APP
preciate the variety of floral forms that
thrive i'm the winter and that may be
drawn on to cheer US at Christmas. We.
.re ant to think that the list of cheerful
things from the woods and gardens is ex-
hausted when We mention laurel. holly.
dogwood berries. box, bay and mistietoe.
running pine crowfoot or bouquet green.
sprays of cedar all blue-berried. bitter
sweet. spice bush and partridge vine.
but they are not all. They were iaNorite
Christmas trimmings with our grand
mothers and they are standbys yet But.
40 far this Is foliage. i can call TO mind
a number of true winter flowers. There Is
glory of the snow or chionodoka. ~
looks like an orchid. and its pretty white
blossoms will break through the snow in
February but with little forcing In the
way of warmer covering for its roots It
will bloom in December.
You must not forget the snowdrops, or
which there are at least twenty va-ie-
ties Their blossoming period is from
September to spring. The first bloomer
of this flower is the Queen Olga. 1t 10
rare variety. The commonest snowdrop
is the corcyrensis, and II will bloom In
December Everybody knows what a gen.
tie little flower il is. The winter garden.
if well managed, will provide Taurian
and Siberian squills, which are dainty
flowers that come i'm either blue or white.
1t is closely related to the English hare
bell or wood hyacinth.
Christmas roses grown in the garden
are possibility in Washington. In fact,
there is a rose called the Christmas rose,
or 'hellibus niger. Some people In this
neighborhood ought to remember the
snow rose of grandmothers garden. She
could go out Christmas morning, scratch
away the snow and gather the flowers.
But We trust everything nowadays 10
specialists. and just as We rely on the
soapmaker for our soap and the perfume
maker for our sweet scents and the pork
packer for our sausage meat, so do We
rely on the florists for our flowers. The
grape hyacinth, various anemones and
Asiatic irises may be grown out Of doors
for Christmas if one knows the ways OF
flowers and the season is not unusual"
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wv OODROW WILSON. on the steamer
w Bermudian. showed his modesty and
his intelligence in many a witty saying.
Apropos of the criticism always melted
out to the occupants of high places Mr..
Wilson said one day:
The man who couldn't I'LL a position
OF eminence better than the man who &C.
tually holds II has yet to be born"
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+ the inside history
of the Balkan al
lance and the re-
marlsable military
events that follow
ed so closely upon
il * ever written
the name of no
single actor in the
drama will stand
out more prOmi-
ncntly or m or e
gloriously [ n a n
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The Gingko Fruit.

THE finely veined. fan-shaped leaves
of the gingko trees in the grounds
of the Department of Agriculture have
fallen. All summer the foliage of this
species. sometimes called the maidenhair
fern tree, sometimes the sacred tree of
Japan and sometimes the temple tree re-
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common people similar to that produced
upon the people of the United States by
the shooting of Theodore Roosevelt. Men
and women ran through the streets
shouting like wild people. Shops Were
closed temporarily and it seemed as If
every inhabitant of the city made his
way to the prime minister's house. The
streets leading to it were densely packed
with a crying, yelling. gesticulating mob.
waiting the return of their leader. Even
tually he came to deny the truth Of the
story and the happy Grecians dispersed
and gave themselves up to a night of
wild rejoicing.
In appearance Venezelos gives little
evidence of the iron will and strong pur-
pose that has carried him so high. He
is short and slightly made and his hair
is turning gray. He wears full mus
tache and a closely cropped, pointed
beard. which do not. however: hide the
wide expanse Of white teeth that CLEAN
out of his smile.
At first intercourse he gives the i'm
preston of being mild, benevolent,
kind hearted little man who would be
easily fooled or bluffed by the many ap-
parently stronger men about him. No
impression could be wider the mark.
Although Venezelos has a reputation for
prudence, moderation and caution, and
although he is universally beloved by
those who are in daily touch with him
because of his consideration and cour-
tesy, no one who attempts to take ad-
vantage of these virtues is long left in
doubt of the mans iron hand. For years
his wise handling of the Cretan question
has been at once the envy and admira-
ton Of foreign diplomats, apd the char
acter OF the man was perhaps best sum-
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med up by his old chief and colleague.
DR. Sphakianaki, when he recently said:
M. NeneZelos Will settle the Cretan
question, but he will settle il i'm his own
way; by kindness and concession IL he
can. by force and firmness il he must"
And it is significant that as is now
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ERIDIAN III / l. L
being a park in
the making, and
being more acces-
sible because of
the cutting through
and Improvement
of streets contig-
uous to that. ro-
mantle tract, Is
drawing to it an
increasing number
of citizens to- revel
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LEAGUE,
EIeutheriOs VenezelOs, prime minister
Of Greece. q mild-manRered little man,
who has had an astonishing career.
an open secret, this gifted statesman had
obtained a promise from the protecting
powers for the annexation Of Crete to
Greece, subject to few formal condt-
tons for the saving of the now sadly
mauled face of the Turks. and that
this promise would have been fulfilled
shortly even IL there had been no Balkan
war.
Copyright, 1872 by Gums BrUwn.s
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KING GEORGE OF GREECE.
Who once regarded VenezelOs as q
grave danger to his throne. but who II
now among the keenest admirers Of his
masterful prime minister.
of efficiency and readiness that enabled
it to defeat the Turks with the regu-
larity and ease that marked the recent
struggle. To accomplish this feat-tO
make an effective fighting force out of
an army and a navy which lacked
troops and sailors, guns, ammunition.
training. supplies and the esprit de
corps that is all important in actual
warfa-e--NeneZelos spent sums of
money such as never had been eXpend-
cd before his coming. He invited
I reach officers to reform the army and
English officers to remake the navy.
and. what is perhaps more important
still, gave these foreign officers his un-
support through thick and thin.
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It Sounds Like Tragedy.

IF ydd are passing across the front of
the Smithsonian Institution at mid
night and hear strange cries coming
from the Byzantine. Norman or rounded
Gothic towers, buttresses. battlements.
groined arches and cornices, keep your
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that of Eleutherios Nenezelos. the SOL
dier-statesman of Greece: for, if the
truth be told. his has been the brain
which brought together the widely di-
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During all this time his activities We're
not confined to the council room. He
also found time and occasion to earn a
reputation as a Thereafter. and when. in
1896. the combined fleets of France and
England appeared to coerce the bellig-
erent inhabitants FenezelOs was a leader
among the small band of brave men who
manned the guns Of the fortress of Cape
Malaxa and defied the laundering guns of
the great powers.
His wise administration of affairs in
Crete and his reputation for integrity
made his name almost a household one in
Greece before he took any personal part
in the affairs of this country. His entry
was made at a dramatic moment. In
1909 powerful section of the Greek army
rebelled against the administration of the
crown prince. 1t was widely claimed
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~ WITH THE RAMBLEE<BAA6x5}if[1
- II M MzhL1m%MdGuumG 1SNnu~s I 8a@ -

manned vividly green. Early in the au-
tumn. the leaves turned bright yellow
and the double row OF the trees with in
terlacing branches, overarching the mali
north-south avenue OF the department
grounds, was called the Golden Ar
cade" Now the branches and the twies
of these trees are bare except for small
pale-orange colored globular fruits pend
ent from them. A good deal of this fruit
has fallen to the asphalt pavement and
been crushed under wheels and feet.
While the fruit was ripening one might
have seen numerous members Of Wash
Most of the gatherers We're Chinese.
Some put their precious pickings In little
baskets to carry TO their lodgings. their
laundrfes or their restaurants. but some
ate the fruit directly after picking it.
The fruit resembles small persimmon-
puckered. but not so much puckered as a
we'll frost-bitten persimmon. IL is about
the size OF an olive or a strawberry or a
cherry. but oh. so different in taste and
odor. To the barbaric nostrils OF raw
and crude young people like Americans
il is one of the most evil smelling prod
ucts of the vegetable world. To taste
them after smelling them requires cour-
age and recklessness. They are said to be
a cultivated taste and IL probably re-
auires centuries to cultivate the taste. IN
il usually useless to attempt to describe an
odor but it is hopeless in this case. Moth
ing else smells like it: nothing else should
smell like it. The flesh OF the fruit Is edi-
BILE, by the Chinese, and the kernel is con-
sidered dainty. also by Chinese. The
Chinese are unlike other people In SO
many particulars. And this is one OF
them.
The gingko tree lives to the age OF CEN
turtles and is the sole survivor OF the
great genus of trees which inhabited the
earth during the time of prehistoric mon
sters.
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Oriental Plane Arcades.

THE oriental plane arcades of the Capt
! toll are remarked on by most
thoughtful persons who pass under the
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Speech Correspondence OF The Star.
ATHENS, November - 1912.
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But this little man, with his large
mental horizon and big ideas. saw the
coming of the day of reckoning, and he
believed that no expenditure of money.
no skimping of other departments of
the public service to finance the army
and navy, no sacrifice of self-of health
and mind and personal ambition-was
mate victory.
One has to mention VeneZelos' name
in any city in Greece to gain indisput-
able evidences of the universal affec-
ton in which he is held. Six months
ago there was demonstration in his
honor that could not possibly have been
given to any other man in the country.
In March there was a rumOr about In
Athens that the beloved premier had
beep attacked and wou' !. while at
tending the army eCNers at
TrachoneS.
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oHE site of Fort Reno is a dis
appointment to any one In
search of civil war ruins. To
the south and southwest the
relics of Fort Gaines and Fort
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-12-08

The perimeter of Fort Reno was 911
yards. 1t was the largest of the sixty
eight inclosed forts and batteries forming
the defenses of Washington. with the ex
ception of Fort Runyon. the perimeter of
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The sounds that have stopped you, and
It may be, chilled you, come from-not
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We're All Eligible.

Copyright, 1872. BY Gums Brvwn.s
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-25
WARREN E.. GREENE
Republican Candidate for County Attorney.

Has had four years experience az
Assistant County Attorney; under.
stands the work, has made good
and will continue to do 90.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-10-25
VIRGINIA SkEE CLUB =.
HOLDS BUILDING Bee
Over Forty Members Swing Axes and
Spades in Building Fence-An-
other Bee Planned For Sunday.

With over forty enthusiastic men,
'bers of the Virginia Skee club swing
ing axes and hammers at the
grounds, Sunday, a large fence rap
idly doomed into shape and with an
other such gathering next Sunday
the club officers expect to have the
enclosure completed. While the
stronger members were erecting the
fence another set ot.yoluntary work.
men were busily employed making
other improvements on the grounds.
The present club house will also
be doubled in size and rooms pro-
vided for the serving of hot drinks
and refreshments, from which the
club will derive some profit. The
large slide will be SO improved as to
make it possible for the riders to
leap from Is to 20 feet farther than
last year. Young riders will be given
an opportunity to show their skill
on skees, as a smaller slide is also
being erected. Among the features
of the grounds which will no doubt
please all residents Of the city will
be tobogan slide.