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Evening star., 1912-11-10
and on the north edge, February, 1872;
.illed October, 1864.

and on the north edge, February, 1912;
killed October, 1854
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Directly north of this monument. and
considerably higher than it. and with a
base that is close matted with English
IVY, is sarcophagus, the south side of
which is cut with this inscription:
Louisa Rodgers Meigs, daughter of
Commodore John Rodgers Meigs, L. s.
Navy. and Minerva Denison his wife.
Wife of General Montgomery e. Meiss,
L. S. Army: born in Washington. 18th
August, 1916. Died there 2ith Novem-
her, 1879 Loving daughter. beloved wife,
fond mother, true friend, faithful Chris
tan. Blessed are the pure in heart, for
they shall see Cod
Behind this large tomb. and hidden by
il, if looked for from the south side, is
one of those old sandstone monuments or
cenotaphs, long rows of which may be
seen in Congressional cemetery. No doubt
this stone once rested in that cemetery.
The south face of the stone is inscribed
Sacred to the Memory of Josiah Meigs,
born 21st August, 1851: died 4th Septem-
ber. 1922, aged 90 years. On the east
face of the stone is this: Commissioner
General Land Office from 18th October.
1914" On the west side of the stone is
this: Samuel w. Meigs. son of Josiah
and Clara Benjamin Meigs, 1st December,
1I;iS-2Oth July, 1S1S'
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Mary s river Across the ST. Mary's river
from tie site of the old city of St Mary
Is Pagan point. Coming in the direction
of Washington there IS Parsons creek
though most likely this little waterway
bears its name because a family named
:Parson lived along it's course. 1t * just
branch, and branches in Maryland gem
erailN Were named after peopie who lived
on them or through whose land ttey ran
ST. Clements bay is familiar To All
travellers up and down the Potomac river.
but ST. Patrick creek, flowing into the
Potomac, Is not so well known Then
there are st Margaret Island in the
mouth of the Wcomico, where thai
stream joins tae Potomac ST Catherine
Island and St. Catherine sound. nearby.
Protestant point is one of the headlands
on Breton bay.
In the Port Tobacco river, very near
Washington in air line. is Chapel
point, while St. Leonard's creek flows
into the Patuxent
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kose sands containing decomposed fields
parmlca flakes, quartz, quartZite and clay
pebbles. In many places, especially near
the contact with the crystalline rocks.
these pebbles are often cemented by Ii
monte, a hydrous oxide of iron, into thin
Irregular conslomeratic masses. The for
nation as a whole is rather loosely con-
solidated, but in few places the limonite
conslomerate is firm and has been quar-
ried TO IA limited extent for local use.
1t is locally called iron stone, probably
because of the presence of so much iron
oxide in the matriX of the rock. When
pebbles become sufficiently consolidated
to be called rock. it is known as con-
giomerate The cementing material may
be calcareous or silieeous matter or it
may be ircn oxide or any combination of
these and the rock still be properly called
conglomerate. The word iron stone is a
con aims much iron oxide or iron car
Donate.
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years ago wild goose with broken leg
or an injured wing dropped down in the
grounds near the lake. The keeper at
the lakeside entrance to the grounds
adopted him. nursed him back to health
and after a happy sojourn at the lake.
during which his intercourse with the
domestic geese was chill and formal he
Joined a passing flock and went his way.
IL is believed that he and his friends
drop in on the familiar scene on their
annual northward and southwark flights.
Also there are ducks at the lake. They
are vocal at mess time and more vocal if
mess call is late. There are some virtues
about these birds which every citizen
risers- They turn out before the first
call. ReVeille finds them on the line
Such thing as an old first sergeant
drake having TO rout out a duck private
pened at the home. Neither do these
ducks wait for cali 10 quarters or for
taps. They turn in at retreat Their
commanding officer does not deem it
necessary TO take check OF these ducks,
so confident is he that they in quar-
terS.
Gliding across and up and down the
lake are two black swans from Austria
liza. They have been living together at
the Soldiers Home for a good many
years. They are married. The Star man
was told by an old soldier that he hal
heard that these are the only black
swans in the United States and that they
are worth $3.50. Efforts to raise a flock
of black swans have failed. Either the
eggs do not hatch or the goslings die The
black swans are frequently guilty of con-
duct prejudicial to good order and mill
tary discipline. They have a blood feud
against the white geese. They draw the
color line sharply Whenever they on
clude that the tactical situation war
Sants-and they reach this conclusion
often-they attack the white geese, and
the sound OF the engagement makes the
ducks quack, the goldfish scurry and the
squirrels in the lakeside bowers scamper.
Feathers, mostly white ones, fly Having
done this. the black swans withdraw to
celebrate the victory. If the swans should
ever press home the advantage they al
ways seem to gain in the attack, Gen.
Young. commanding the home would have
to recruit a new outfit of geese.
About twenty years ago a man of NOR
bid imagination called the Soldiers Home
lake Suicide lake There being some
warrant for the term, the unhappy name
clung to the lake for several years. It Is
said that so many veterans were drowned
in this lake that it was found necessary
to detail q man as lake watchman. and ii
is also said that few weeks passed that this
lake keeper, perhaps with the aid Of other
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and good government II VIII DC the
paradise of the North American conti-
nent. II is already a Garden of Eden as
far as its natural resources are concern
I'd. and American money is beginning To
make some parts of il blossom like the
famed rosebush at Pasadena, Cal |
have never seen land richer titan that
which | came through on my way up TO
Guatemala City. | landed at Port Bar
rios on the Caribbean sea, and came up
the Motagua valley to the foot of the
mountains through region of bananas
and jungles as fine as any to be found
IN this continent. Five years ago that
.ountry was nothing but jungle. 1t was
a tropical paradise, with palm trees over
= hundred feet high and mass of vege-
tation like that of the lower slopes of the
lIlmaIaya mountains or of the we'll
watered valleys Of Africa. Americans
Lave already cut down about 2o.Oo0 acres
of that region and have planted it to
Lananas.
As / came into Port Barrios, | saw a
ship going out which had 1,oGo,0cO ba-
nanas in its hold, and was told that the
output for this year will be enough
To give three bananas to every man.
woman ard child in the United States,
and leave some to spare. Since coming
here | nave taken run down to the Pa
cific slope. and | find the lower lands there
exceedingly rich. A great part of my
journey on both sides of the mountains
has been through coffee plantations.
which are growing fruit superior to that
of Brazil and equal to that of Arabia and
Java.
But before I go further let me give you
an idea of the country. You can get the
size from any book of statistics. Guate-
maIa contains over $3.50 square miles.
II is as big as New York or about equal
to the states of Ohio and Massachusetts
com bined. 1t is bigger than any other
Central American republic and it con-
tains, in fact, about one-fourth of all the
land between Panama and Mexico. 1t
is three times the size of Salvador and
twice as big as Costa Rica.
Guatemala has more people than any
OTHER General American state. 1t has
over 20C0,0DD, but six out of every ten
of these are Indians. and the country
is run by the descendants of Spaniards
and alf-breeds. who make the Indians
do the work Altogether there are more
Indians here than the population OF
Philadelphia. and there are little more
than half many who are half-breeds
or Ladinos. The Indians and Ladnos
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and just plain lovers. \ road, smooth
as a roller can make il, in summer
shaded by green maple foliage. but just
now picturesquely Uttered with brown
and yellow leaves that rustic and Grim
EIe under whirling wheels, leads around
the lake. or lakes, for Soldiers Home
lake Is really two lakes-one the upper
and the other the Iower-lakes that We're
formed between gently rising hills by
dammne a rivulet that triclSled through
the grounds.
AT the north. or intake, end is sub
stantial bridge of rustic pattern. From
this, the head of the lakes, the sheet of
rejecting water spreads out, it's cement
shore following the graceful line of the
hill slopes. Between the upper and the
lower lake is dam, and on this is laid
rallied walk. \ great many people loi-
ter here. and. leaning on one or the other
railing. they study the water. Whether
they study their own faces in the mir
rory surface, whether they are watching
the gold FISH that loll or frolic in the
translucent depths. or whether they give
themselves 10 reverie, just because the
calm and beauty Of the place invite this
mental state. why, anybody is at liberty
TO ask them.
Along the lower lake the hillsides slope
more Steeply, the WoouS are UeHseT dno
there are more tree shadows on the wa
Ter. A lite islet, from which rises a
Jingle large tree, stands near the mid
DIE There are little houses in and on
the lake. These are the homes of geese.
There is a rock of geese-white ones
grave and deliberate in manner, but
sometimes clamorous of voice. They are
very old and presumably very tough.
They raise their young at this lake. and
the increase in the flock Is sold by the
geese
One also usually finds there wild geese,
gray birds OF passage, but apparently
content to rest by the wayside and en-
Joy the hospitality of the home. Several
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lies three days by stage in the interior.
and to do this they sent to Guatemala
for the best rubber-tired carriage and
horses that this country could furnish.
They requested President Cabrera to pick
out the carriage and team, and he bought
them of the American livery here at a
cost of $1,000 in gold. He sent them to
San Jose. the port of Guatemala on the
Pacific, from where they We're to be
shipped to Honduras. The arrangements
We're such that the turnout would nave
rea ached there in time, but, alas, in load
ing the horses and carriage upon the ship
the two hind wheels of the latter were
overlooked and left behind. The next
steamer did not arrive until about a week
after Mr.. Knox had left Salvador for
here; and had he gone to Honduras the
four-thousand-dolar carriage would have
been useless.
There is no doubt but that the Cen
trail Americans are jealous of us. They
think their country is the best upon earth
and that the United States wants 1t.
The better classes, however, realize that
their future is wrapped up in ours and
that the Monroe doctrine is necessary TO
protect them from the nations of Europe.
Guatemala is the natural field for Ameri-
can capital, and if it could have good
government, fair taxation and protection
il would be the richest country on the
North American continent.
There are many here who tell me that
the GuatemalanS do not like Ameri-
cans, but if the treatment of Secretary
Knox is to be considered, they think far
otherwise. AS soon as it was known that
Mr.. Knox was coming, the president sent
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HE geese, the wild
geese. the black
swans, the ducks,
the fish, the shin
ing water and the
grassy, tree-grown
slopes of Soldiers
Home lake make
that an interesting
spot for military
veterans, little chill
dren, nature lovers
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of the lake itself is higher than the top
of Mount Washington Another lake Is
said to have kind of red fish which
were imported by the early missionaries.
and about forty miles from here on the
road to Salvador is the Bridge of Slaves,
which was built 100 years after Colum
bus discovered America. II is ten feet
wide and 375 feet long. 1t is made of
stone. and there are many legends con-
cerning the building One of these is
that the devil put 1t up In single night
on contract with the architect. who
agreed to give him his soul as the price
of the job. The devil had finished laying
the stones into place and had about
completed the work when the day was
dawning. Just at that time, however,
the man who had made the contract re-
ing at the same time d crucifix in the
face of the devil His satanic majesty
thereupon tried to kick over the bridge:
but he succeeded in knocking out only
one stone, which, / am told, is still
lacking.
Guatemala lies in the tropics, but its
altitude makes it white mans country.
The climate of the uplands is perpetual
warmer than that of Los Angeles. and
one can have any kind Of climate he
wishes by choosing the altitude. There
are, in fact. haIf-dozen zones. There
sea level This is warm that negroes
are brought in - work the plantations.
Above 1000 feet. the climate is cooler,
and at from 1000 to 5000 the tempera-
ture ranges from 81 to Il the Year
through. II you want to go still higher
you can find colder weather In the whole
republic there are only two seasons, the
wet and the dry. and on the higher
lands the wet season is pleasant The
rainfall varies in different localities In
the banana lands through which l came
on my way here it amounts to about
100 inches per year, and a little beyond
that is a strip of land which is as dry
as Arizona or New Mexico. There are
mosquitoes in the lowlands, but farther
up the country is comparatively free
from them.
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from which was obtained all the stone for
the foundation of the hospital edifice and
outbuildingS and so much of the wall in
closing the grounds as has already been
built. having been entirely abandoned as
a business.
fortunately. an irregular deposit of
coarse silicious conglomerate was found
to exist upon IA property in the near
neighborhood of the hospital, and perms-
sion was obtained to use ii at the usual
price of quarry leave. 1t appears that
for some years past small quantities of
this stone have been used in the neigh
borhood in rough mason work, by which
it has been conclusively shown that it
becomes harder and more durable by
exposure. This species fo stone is cas-
lily quarred and shaped for use.
THE great publicity that this neighbor-
hood has suddenly acquired by establish
ing a large cavalry, depot, several forts
and a race course, all on the adjoining
properties renders it highly important
that no delay should be made in prosecut-
ing this work to its entire completion
There is one fact brought out in this
report which will carry the minds of
many Washngtonians back to a good and
kindly man who ruled the hospital for
many years. In 1863 the board of visitors
consisted of the Rev. P. l.. Gurley, ia
cob Gideon. DR.. William Whelan, DR..
Robert c. Wood, Prof. Joseph Henry,
Richard Wallach, Henry Addison, Will
liam Gunton and Samuel Mckenny The
report of the visitors contained this:
THE superintendent. with the authority
of the board, engaged 1S63) the perma-
nent services of DR.. w. w. Godding of
Fitchburg Mass, formerly connected
with the New Hampshire Asylum for the
Insane at Concord We have every rea-
son to believe that DR. G. is eminently
fitted by educat tion experience and per-
sonal qualities for the important post of
assistant physician in a hospital for the
insane"
The conglomerate of the asylum WALL
was quarried in a gulch between the
Anacostia hills called Rocky Bottom, a
ravine that leads down into a bluff-sided
vale through which flows the once ro-
mantle stream for time out of mind bur-
dened with the suggestive name of
"Stickfoot branch" Rocky Bottom was
on the Chichester farm belonging to the
late George w. Talburtt.
The Star man asked Mr.. Laney of the
geological survey for a few facts about
this peculiar stone. He said:
''The Potomac formation in which this
material is found is of lower cretaceous
age and is made up mainly of sands and
clays both in separate masses and In all
proportions of admixture. The basal and
marginal portions are usually coarse ar
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W \ \ L to give
YOU Il bird's-eyc
view of the Guate-
mala republic. 1t
is the biggest of
all the countries
OF Central Amer
lea, and should
the policy of Sec
Tetary Knox re-
form its currency
and give it peace
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coped with bluestone tagging, would be
the least expensive structure that would
effect the object in view, and would at
the same time be durable and respectab!.
in appearance.
DR.. Nichols gave considerable space TO
the details of construction, dimensions
and cost of the wall. The bricks We're to
be made on the premises and laid in the
wall at cost of one cent apiece or $24.7S
the rod of wall. The wall was to be four
teen inches wide at the bottom, ten
inches at the top and nine feet high, from
foundation to coping, the whole to be
strengthened by leaning pilasters on both
sides one rod apart. The total cost, foun-
dation wall and coping was estimated at
S13.S72.
1t is interesting at this point to- note
that in this. the first report, is told some
thing of the genesis of this now mann
moth institution. DIR. Nichols wrote:
Il beg leave respectfully to submit the
following as my report of the operations
for the erection, furnishing. fitting up and
organization of this hospital which have
taken place during the year next pre-
ceding this date October /, 1So5) Having
your special sanction and authority the
necessary corps of assistants for house
keeping and the care of patients was
organized on the 1st of January last
and on the 10Th of that month the mar
shall of the District of Columbia sent
directly from the District on order of the
Criminal Court the first patient received
into the institution. On the 22d of jan
uary the removal by myself of ffty-one
District insane from the two institutions
in Baltimore, where they We're then sup
ported by the government. to this hos
pital was commenced and their entire
transferrence was completed on the 18th
of March. The report shows that up to
June 30 the first half year of the ope-
ration of the hospital sixty three differ
ent insane persons (siXty-tWo of whom
were INDECENT pauper insane belonging
to the District of Columbia) were re-
ceived at this hospital There We're fifty
six white. twenty-one males and thirty
five females, and seven colored, five males
and two females.
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The brick wall was completed. but in
extending the incdosure the conglomerate
wall was built In October, 1868, DR..
Nichols wrote:
In resuming the work of inclosing the
grounds by a wall of stone and bricks it
became necessary to quarry the stone as
well as to manufacture the bricks, the
quarrying Of bluestone at the quarries
north OF Georgetown-the only quarries
of foundation stone near Washington
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Guatemala has some of the best soil of
Central America. The land will raise any
thing. l see the finest of grapes, oranges
lemons and pineapples in the markets
and also tomatoes as big around as base
balls. and apples which look like Albe-
marie pippins. There are papaya and
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DIGEST and Richest OF
l. the Central American Re
publics-A Tropical Switzer-
land of Twenty-eight Volca-
noes-Waterfalls Seven Hun
dred Feet High and the Well
of Death-A White Mans
Country-Big Coffee Planta-
tions in the Hands of the
Germans-Secretary Knox in
Central Observation-Disclosures
and It's Two-wheeled Car
riage-The Triumphal March
Through Guatemala, and How
Cities and Towns Were Re-
painted for the Occasional
Look at the Biggest Relief
Map of the World.
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Copyright. 1872. by Frank u. Carpenter)
Special Correspondence of The Star.
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-25
SAGE AND SULPHUR.
Gives Color Lustre to Faded and GRAY
Hair.

For generations Sage and Sulphur
have been used for hair and scaJu
troubles. Almost everyone knows the
value Of such combination for keen
Ing the hair a good even color. for
curing dandruff, itching scalp and fan
ing hair, and for promoting the growth
of the hair. Years ago the only way
to get Hair Tonic of this kind was
to make it In the home, which was
Troublesome and not always salts
factory. Nowadays, almost any up-to-
date druggist can supply his patrons
with ready-to-use product, skill
fully prepared in perfectly equipped
laboratories.
An ideal preparation of this sort
is Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
Remedy, in which Sage and Sulphur
are combined with other valuable rem
edies for scalp troubles and thin.
weak hair that is losing its color or
coming out. After using this remedy
for few days, you will notice the
color gradually coming back. yo,,r
scalp will feel better, the dandruff will
soon be gone, and in less than a
months time there will be wonder
full difference in your hair.
Don't neglect your hair if it is full
Of dandruff, losing it's color or com
ing out. Get fifty cent bottle Of
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur from your
druggist, and see what a few davis
treatment will do for you All drug
gists sell it, under guarantee that
the money will be refunded If the rem
edy is not exactly as represented.
Agents The Lee & Osgood Co.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-25

James johnson of Scotland was in
the city Tuesday.
Mrs. A. g. Gulley Of storrs spent
Tuesday In Hartford. +
Miss Hazel Young Of Holyoke Mass,
Is visiting her sister. Mrs. Frank
Brown.
Henry Ahern of Windham road is
spending few days in Norwich and
Westerly.
Miss Aiaura Mix Of Stafford Springs
was the guest Of friends In town on
Tuesday.
Frank Larrabee left On the 1907 ex-
press Tuesday forenoon on business
trip to New York.
Mrs. Wilson Young and child Of
Oakland, Cal. are guests of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Brown.
Mrs. O.. M. Thompson and Mrs Burt
G. THOMPSON spent Tuesday, visiting
friends in Hartford,
Ernest Ressie and party of Mystic
were in Wiilimantie Tuesday, making
the trip by automobile
Miss Edna Jackson of SteFrs went
to Waterbury Tuesday to attend the
marriage of her sister today (WedHes-
day..
Mr.. and Mrs Matthew Teevans of
Lowell, Mass. formerly of this city,
are visiting relatives and friends in
town.
DR.. 3. b. Meran of Hartford was a
recent visitor at the home of his par
Norwich bulletin., 1912-09-25
MEAN AUTO DRIVER
Ran Into Team and sneatsd on in a
Ccwardiy Way.

Monday, an automobile ran into a
team driven by William Mahoney of
wSndhAm and the driver Of the auto
mobile immediately drove away with
put stopping to see II he had done, any
damage or to volunteer assistance. MIR.
Mahoney was watering his horse at
the watering trough at Thread Mill
square ON Main street when touring
par came down Jilkson hill and turned
M Main street. The car was driven
" q man, and woman occupied the
car with him. Mr.. Mahoney says thst
the car was being driven at a fast rate
of speed as it swung and made the
turn, striking his team The horse
WAS knocked on its feet and Mr.. Ma
honey was thrown from his wagon and
before he could get up to see the ar-
komobtie It was so far away that he
could not catch glimpse of its .num-
Der. The horse was not injured and
1Mr. Mahoney escaped with few
scratches. One of the shafts was brok-
bn and the whiffietree was snapped OFF
CLEAN.