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erected a tall pole furnished with ropes
and big canvas ball. Pull up the
white ball to the top of the pole and IL
he sees the signal the little boat will put
out from Alexandria to take you on. me
fare across the river is 10 cents. or for
the round trip Is cents.
Hoist the signal and while you are
waiting you may notice. if the tide Is
low, a stone a few feet south or the
quay. It is the first marker of the fed
eral territory in what is now the District
Of Columbia. When the ten-miie square
was surveyed the line was started at
Jones Point, Va. about mile south oc
the shipping center of Alexandria lt
ran northeast across the Potomac and
struck the Maryland shore at Foxs
Ferry. At that place a granite marker
was planted. This stone, though well
inland when set. Is now nearly buried
under river sand and slime and is sub
merged at high tide. Much of the i'm
scriptfon Is eroded but on the north
west face may be read 1882" and on
the southeast face is some illegible
lettering and this: 80. 81, east" on
another face of the stone may be read.
Jurisdiction of the" The rest il
not to be deciphered because of the
river scum that is thick crusted on the
ma rker.
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destroyer. This is really misnomer, for
the destroyer was but an improved tor
pedo boat. and the craft that it was built
to crush no longer exists. So the destroyer
is but the perfection of the torpedo boat
and the sole representative Of its class.
This destroyer is the greyhound OF the
fleet. While the battleship may do twen-
ty-two knots an hour, the destroyer can
easily pick up thirty. Yet the secondary
boat is but tenth the size Of it's superior.
and carries but a tenth the number of
men. Extensively it has a mission. for the
destroyer creepS in upon the greatest
ships afloat fires a deadly torpedo and es
capes in the fog or the darkness When
the shades of night havA fallen there is
no craft afioat that fears not the stealthy
destroyer.
Supplementing the destroyers are the
submarines. The destroyer is the terror
of the n (ht or of the fog. while the sub
marine'3 the ever-dreaded menace of the
battleship when she is at anchor by day.
These little ''hell-divers," as they are
called in the navy, have form of attack
that defies resistance. Travelling scores of
miles under water, they may bob up at
the very side of a huge battleship, fire
torpedo into her. and disappear beneath
the surface to safety. They may even run
their noses to the surface without being
seen. convey the image Of the position of
the ships to be attacked to the men below
by means of refracting lenses, and send
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every man is at his post of duty. every
pound of steam necessary is in the boil
ers, and, finally. every light in the fleet
has been extinguished. In the fire con-
troll masts. those network structures that
distinguish the American batleship. the
lookouts are perched, field glasses In
hand. The captain and the commander
are on the bridge and below them. fore
and aft. are the ten great twelve-inch
guns that can put a hole through sixteen
inches of the toughest steel at distance
up to five miles. These are supported by
the fourteen five-inch guns for closer
work. All is vigilance and preparedness
as the maneuver begins.
The fleeing squadron is led by Rear Ad-
miral Winslow on his flagship, the Rhode
Island. Following him at intervals not
greater than 500 yards are the New Jer-
sey. the Nebraska, the Missouri and the
Ohio. The distance is mighty close for a
thing SO cumbrous as battleship, but the
formation must be preserved and no
lights may be allowed. To be sure, the
froth of the propeller of the ship ahead
shows in the darkness and the navy has
other secret methods of it's own of deter
mining the position of it's fellows, and
these may not be revealed.
This battleship squadron is in danger
of attack from which 1t is attempting to
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escape. 1t is night and there is danger
of the destroyers Of the enemy stealing in
and driving home a torpedo. The pre-
vention Of this is one Of the most impoT-
tant problems with which the naval STRAIT
egists have to wrestle They have de-
veloped a series Of defensive measures
that they consider safely effective. This
method of defense is another of the Sc
crets OF the service and it's effectiveness
depends largely upon the fact of its not
being understood by a possible enemy.
Twenty miles away is the pursuing
squadron. It's lights are also out. Here
again one ship is following close on the
heels of the other with all steam on and
all things ready for the attack. The look
outs are on the bridge and in the fire CON-
troll masts. Every turret is manned
From every point of vantage there are
watchful eyes that are being strained
into the darkness in search Of the fleeing
enemy or an enemy that may have turned
to attack. Here, again, is the great
dread that a hostile destroyer may. at
any moment. place torpedo in the side
of any one of the great fighters and rend
a hole in her. The secret protection meas
ures are the guarantee against this.
Rear Admiral Fiske is on the flagship
Florida Of the pursuing squadron. Close
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runs a gravel road which is lined on
both sides with old spruce and older pine
trees and some cedars, while here ana
there native deciduous trees mingle with
the conifers. Along the outer edge OF
the tree rows is a post and rail fence:
the posts being of cedar and the rails OF
riven chestnut. Three hundred yards
down this lane brings one to house
reminiscent Of days long before the
war" It is set in a garden wherein box
wood still grows. Attached to the house
are several hundred acres of land. some
fertile and under cultivation, some in
old fields growing up in pines and some
in woodland. The south boundary OF
the farm is marked by a close row OF
tall cedar trees nearly three-quarters OF
a mile long. This cedar hedge. being along
high ground, is one of the landmarks or
the country. From some of the high
house tops in Washington 1t may be
picked up with the aid of good glass
This place is the old Bayne home me
Oldest inhabitants of the neighborhood
remember Doctor johnnie" Bayne. Then
came his son, DR.. John w. Bayne, who
practiced medicine In Washington and
lived on Capitol Hill for so many years:
DIR. John w Bayne was born in that
old house. attended school at Charlotte
Hall and during the war became sur
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Portable tangle of vines that mat the
ground and fnterlace the trees one
comes to a marble monument at the
base of an old black walnut tree. This
story is:
Thomas II. Edelin, {Sherfn of Pr. Geo. County,,
Departed THE life February II: 1si1'
Blessed the dead who die IN the Lord.
Near this monument is vertical
headstone, a few inches of which are
visible above the ground, so deeply has
1t become buried under the accretion of
leaf drOppingS and woodland decay.
AK and spade would be required to
excavate 1t If a man would read the
name of the grave tenant lying there.
The condition of this stone tells what
of others; the forest mold has buried
them
Those mentioned are certainly not
all the old tombs which might be found
would be hard. Getting to the eastern
edge Of this tangle. the traveller comes
to the brow OF a crest looking across a
wide. deep and picturesque vale.
through which flows P1scataway creek.
A mile away on the opposite ridge is
the farmhouse of the man who now
owns the land on which these old
tombs STAND or lie = Cornelius. or
Nicely. Callahan.
Chapel Hill was the site of St Mary s
Catholic Church, the first Catholic church
in Piscataway parish. 1t was removed
from this place to the village of Piscat-
away, four miles away, and where 1t
stands now, in 1870 The old churchyard
was used for buriais after the removal Of
the church because men and women
wanted to be buried BY the side of their
fathers
Retracing ones steps to Friendly, a
crest may be climbed there whence one
may look down upon a curious old brick
church mile away. 1t stands near the
head OF Broad Creek bay, a little off the
lower road to Piscataway. and about
three miles south OF the District line. 1t
is Broad Creek Church. The holy build
ing stands in a bit of lowland only a few
feet above marsh that nearly surrounds
it. Not only does 1t stand there, but 1t
has been standing there since 1894 And
it gives promise of standing there for
yard has swallowed generation after gen.
Grafton OF Marylanders, and will prob
ably close over many generations yet UNI
born. The church is about ten miles
from the CapitOl-perhaps not so far in an
air line, and yet there is not a steam rail-
road nor an electric way within seven
or eight miles, unless those be counted
that are in operation on the Virginia side
Of the Potomac. Neither is there tele-
graph nor a telephone wire near the
church. Autoists do not often travel that
way. The sleep of the dead at Broad
creek is not often broken by twentieth
century sounds.
Although Broad Creek Church was built
in 1904, it's story begins much earlier. Be-
fore the Protestant revolution in Mary
land in 1889, following the accession OF
William and Mary to the English throne
Church of England men in the colony had
as a rule. conducted the service of their
church at their homes. This practice was
not universal, but was general. 1t has
been written that the Church of Eng
lands service was celebrated in Mary
land before that of the Catholic Church.
English settlers at and around James
town. Va. having removed to Kent Island
before Lord Baltimore was given the
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Next to this is one that reads:
Ann Maria Humphrey,

Next to this is one that reads:
Ann Maria Humphrey,
Departed this life
August %. 1909,
In the I'd year OF her age.
Next to this is a headstone that has
cracked into several large pieces, and
these fragments have fallen upon and
nearly been swallowed up by the
thicket floor. Brush back the weeds
and brambles and match the broken
pieces and read:
Richard Humphrey,
Departed this life
October q, 1871,
In the year Of his age.
Another broken and fallen stone,
part of the Inscription on which can
not be deciphered, reads:
Maria Humphrey.
Departed this life
July 10. 1874.
- III - yr - her age
Close by is still another broken and
in part undecipherable headstone to
the memory of Mary Humphrey, who
died May 9. 1915. A headstone 20 John
Humphrey, who departed this life" in
1916. has crumbled and some of the
fragments have disappeared beneath
the forest floor.
Venturing further into the uncom-
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geon in the Union army. practicing prin-
cipally at Forte Foote, about two miles
away. It is said in the neighDornooo
that his appointment was secured through
the friendship of Gen. Breckenridge, ana
that that is how his son, Breckinrloge
Bayne, came to be SO named.
One has now walked far enough Tor
summer day, and the way home Leads
down to Fox's Ferry. on the Maryland
shore opposite Alexandria. Nobody lives
at this ferry, which was Potomac
crossing place century or perhaps two
centuries ago. What was the home OF
the ferryman and the house OF entertain
ment for travellers is a warped and near
ly shaken down frame building grown
around and overarched by water oaks
and willows. A nearly ruined and sub
merged stone causeway leads out from
the shore, and at this the ferryboats or
other times used to touch after crossing
from Alexandra.
Communication between the two banks
Of the Potomac. a mile wide here. Is
maintained by foot ferry and small
sail or row boat navigated by veteran
waterman. w. H Wheatley. On the
Virginia side he moors his little craft in
a dilapidated slip and on the MARYLAND
shore he runs her alongside the ruinous
quay. On the Maryland side he has
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Concerning
We'll Known PEOPLE,,

and when I die 1 can't take dollar with
me-
This remark was quoted to Samuel T..
johnson, the Columbus capitalist. by a
reporter, together with Thoreau's famous
saying:
Men labor under a mistake. The bet
ter part Of the man is soon plowed into
the soil for compost. By a seeming
necessity they are employed, as it says IN
an old book. laying up treasures which
moth and rust will corrupt and thieves
break through and steal.''
Mr.. johnson listened with smile. He
stood in his Office in his shirtsleeves,
studying the tape that streamed from a
ticker.
That is all good. straight talk" he
said, land every syllable OF II is true: but
You can take my word for 1t. young man,
money Amt going out of fashion just yet,
all the same"
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home torpedo without otherwise MAX
ing their presence known. Almost the
only way Of avoiding submarine attack is
to run away. 1t is developing that the
neatest way, and almost the only way or
locating them under water is with the
aerOplane scout. The man flying hign
above the water can see the submarine
beneath it and may drop bombs upon 1t.
The aeroplane and the submarine. one
above and one below the water, are forg-
ing to the front in naval importance. and
the tirae seems to be approaching when
these strange craft will be vastly impor-
tant in time of conflict.
One of the most impressive maneuvers
that the big fleet puts on when 1t gets
together for, its stimulation OF war on
big scale is the night fight between the
two squadrons. The first squadron, the
blue force'' under Rear Admiral Fiske,
was this year anchored off Point Judith
at o'clock one evening. Rear Admiral
Winslow's squadron. the Red force was
twenty miles further out. 1t was the
business of the Blue force to overhaul
the Red force and bring it to battle be-
fore sunrise 1t was the business of the
Red force" to flee into the darkness and
escape Operations began at dark.
Here was a little game of hare and
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hamlet Of Friendly and continue onward
FOR about two miles in the direction OF
the sleepy settlement OF Piscataway his
way will lay past a bit of underground
and taller growth known to the jewellers
tnereabout as Chapel Hill. In an acre
where the underbrush has been cleared
or worn away and where pine trees are
growing there stands plain frame meet
ing house called Grace NJ. f.. Chapel in
which goodiy congregation OF colored
people pray and sing.
Around this little church are the usual
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Maryland patent. Two Episcopal churches
were built near the city of st. Mary's
soon after the founding of that city by
the Calvert pilgrims.
But in the Broad Creek region lay read
ers conducted the Episcopal service in
private houses from the time Of the set
Element OF that neighborhood, probably
between 1850 and 1860, up to the time OF
the building OF the church at Broad
creek.
On petition OF the Protestant settlers in
Maryland, William and Mary created
Maryland royal province in 1890. and
two years later the Maryland assembly
directed that the worship Of the Church
of England should be the established order
in the colony. and that the ten counties
should be divided into thirty parishes. One
of these parishes was Broad Creek par
ish, and which has variously been called
Piscataway parish. King George parish
and st. Johns parish.
A poll of forty pounds OF tobacco was
laid on every male inhabitant of the par
ish. Catholic as we'll as Protestant, for
the purchase of the land and the con-
struction of the church. The vestry
bought for the use of the church seventy
eight acres of land out of a plantation
called 1.-the Hall. then owned by George
Athey. The price paid was eighteen hum
dred pounds of tobacco. These church
lands were long ago aliened, except about
two acres that now constitute the church
site and church yard.
George Washington was. of course, not
a regular attendant at Broad Creek, but
visiting Maryland kindred and neighbors.
The pew he occupied there Is preserved
and marked. In this little church the
chancel and altar are at the east wall of
the building facing west. Back OF the al
tar a double window of small paneS Of
colored glass admits light. and in each
window the panes colored red are so ar
ranged as to form a cross. At the right
of the altar are two high-backed, boxed
in pews of the ancient pattern. The door
of the pew nearest the altar bears a sill
yer plate about eight inches long and four
wide. inscribed:
Col. William II. Lyles and Family.
Mrs Eleanor 4; h. Masrudef.
On the door Of the pew directly behind
the Lyles pew is a silver plate bearing
this inscription:
In memory of
Genl George Washington.
Restored by his
Great-Great. Great Grandnephew.
George C. ,s 8; MasrudsF'
These two old peWs which stand alone
and separate from all the others in the
church are of rough wood. deeply panel
ed. and are painted lead color. Along the
top of the panels runs a molding that
is painted black. The hinges Of the pew
doors are of wrought iron of style not
often seen now. The doors are fastened
by means Of a wooden latch. The inside
of the pews Is painted drab. and along the
pew backs runs the black molding. The
only carpet in the church. on the chancel
floor and aisles and in the colonial pews.
is old-fashioned ingram with large floral
figures.
Something over two miles north OF
the church and a mile eastward of and
overlooking the Potomac a. rambler will
note a rickety gate swinging open on
ancient rusty hinges. The gate posts
were painted brown long ago, but the
venerable gray OF the time-stained wood
shows plainly. Through this old gate
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Anything But Music.

S0 OFTEN met the late Jules Massenet
in Monte Carlo" said a Newport
woman. The great composer had q
keen sense of humor.
''At hotel in Monte Carlo an English
woman once gave NJ Massenet a tea IN
her sitting room overlooking the blue
Mediterranean. She brought OFT her
daughter in the middle Of the tea. and
set her down at the piano. and the girl
sang, in a voice as slender as q cotton
thread, the mirror music from That's.
At the end Of the song the hostess said:
Tell me. frankly, cher maitre. what
do you think Of my Emily's voice.
young lady has Q brilliant future in
1Cuipturo orspetntinG
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The Temperate Man.

JAMES THORPE, the champion of the
J Olympic games is an Indian. and on
the Oceanic, discussing the welfare OF
the Indian race, he said:
Total abstinence is essential to my
people. The average Indian CANNOT
drink temporarily. His idea Of temper.
ance Is Like that Of the country gentle.
man who said:
II drink brandy only on two occasions
when have roast chicken for dinner
and when haHen'tS~
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"Tongue Off the Bal"

- FORGE STANLEY. the Yale golf
~ champion, was rebuking. on the New
Haven links, a profane freshman.
'sOaths won't improve your play" said
Mr. Stanley. "Profane golfers like you
ought to paste in their caps the motto:
keep your tongue of the ball and
your eye on it Z"
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at his heels is the Utah and behind her
is the Delaware. Aft are blowing the
Louisiana and the Kansas. This battle
ship Delaware Is the prize winner Of all
the navy. The Navy Department has just
reported the efficiency figures for all the
big ships and the Delaware stands first
with five good points to spare. On the
bridge of the Delaware Is one of those
young lieutenants, half a dozen years out
OF Annapolis, who is the personification
of the spirit and efficiency of the navy.
For. be 1t known that these young men
are of the nations best and that all
things possible in training have been
given to them and to this they have add
ed an unbounded enthusiasm for their
work, and the combination has made
them men of remarkable efficiency.
This young lieutenant Is the range find
err for the five-inch gun that is imme-
diately below him. In the meantime he
is one of the many eyes Of the ship
straining into the darkness. The Blue
force knows that there are certain sea
lanes which will be followed by the en-
envy. There are chances that the pursuit
may take a wrong direction and come to
nothing. but the greatest probabilities
have been figured and are being played:
In the maneuver in question the hounds
brought down. For six hours the Red
force" plunged to sea headlong, veering
to the right in the direction of Montauk
Point. For six hours the great steel
monsters bore on in pursuit through the
darkness with no glimmer of light show
ing To the witchery of the sea at night
was added the appreciation of the titanic
force that was being hurled forward.
force such as has probably never been
set by man to strain itself In a concen-
trated effort except in just such man
euvers as this-a force represented by
100000 tons moving at the rate OF twenty
knots an hour.
II
During all this time the great search
lights of the ships have been held In
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Hnecdofes
The Question.

cd ATRIOTIsM." said Upton Sinclair
at a dinner in Arden, rs dying
out. Internationalism is succeeding it.
Today we don't merely love our country
we love an countries.
"A captain was training band OF re-
cruits.
Phillips he said to red-haired
chap. why should soldier be ready TO
die for his fatherland?'
Phillips nodded approvingv.
That's just what say. cap he cried.
why should he indeed?
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Still Fashionable.

A POLITICIAN said in New York the
other day:
"Superfuous millions will only buy
superhuities. Money is not the whole OF
life. 1 can wear only one suit Of clothes
at q time. eat only one meal at q time
ana inhabit only one house at q time
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The Good Speaker.

WooDRow WILSON was being cons
" graduated at Spring Lake on his
singular ability as a speaker.
You have had little training on the
PLATFORM the reporter said. How do
you account. sir, for this excellence"
"Wflberforce" said Gov. Wilson, smil-
ing, defined the difference between a
good and bad speaker thus:
The good speaker has something TO
say. The bad speaker has to say some
thing
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An.0pening Downward.

CDORGD w. PERKINS discussins a
~ successat a dinner in Chicago. said .
Coincidence helps a man on TO suc.,
cess, but overconfdence holds him back.
He who takes Ii easy is sure that ther
world has an opening for him"
Mr.. Perkins smiled. !
HE who is sure OF an opening find 81
himself. at the end, in a hole.s