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the fell messenger. and bid to leave a
fond mother Of now lost and only
child, Nothing to assuage her bitter grief
but q firm belief in q Crucified Savior.
whose best legacy is q lively hope in all
who wear His cross with q firm resi9-
nation to His living will"
On other old gravestones you can spell
out what follows;
Sarah Ellen McAtee, died January 30.
1913; John G. Ford. died March IL 1887;
Elisabeth Ford. wife Of John G. Ford.
February 8. ls45; John Ridgeway. 1885:
Mary O'Riley. February 3. 1887; John
O'Riley. July q. 1884. and Mrs. Susan
nah Longdon. March, 1888: Mary e.
Clements. December l. 1855; Robert
Goodwin. 1870: George Battersby, 1857:
Thomas Stanton, June 2. 1910: John
Francis Goodrich, 1858: James Symington,
born February IL. 1877: died December s.
1887; Elizabeth. wife Of James Symington,
who was born May Z. 1892. and died July
8. 1858; William Symington. born 1915. died
1924; John r. Hurley. died 1913; Mary
Elizabeth Scott. died 1S47; Elisabeth Nc
Cauley. died 1915: John McCauley, died
1855: Timothy OfNeal. died 1854; May
Adele Mcpherson. died August IL. 1851"
There was mound before which the
Rambler and the sexton paused. the stone
on the grave reading: Jane Hunter.
August p. $780, aged ifty-etght years
and seven days" The sexton said that a
number Of inquiries had been made at
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A Travellers Rest.

THERE is a travellers rest near the
i intersection of Maryland avenue
and 18th street or the old Bladens-
burg road which is worth a paragraph
of writing and reading. Down the
Rladensburg road car tracks have been
laid. and there Is asphalt paving De-
+waen the outer rails of each track
and the curbing of the street IL IS d
busv junction point, heavy travel gong
cost and west over II street and tnou-
sands Of passengers changing cars
whore II street passes the southwest
oorner Of what was Graceland ceme-
+ary strong tide of travel passes
IN and ont of the city over the Bladens-
hrro road The car line on that ROAD
oarries messengers to Mount Olivet, the
MARYLAND boundary, Bladensburg ana
oil tho thickly settled country between
ord much of 1t that lies beyond
On the east side of 18th street apou,
a hundred feet north or Maryi,asnu
avenue a waiting place-hol q ihe
,lace-has been constructed. one mlehl
like to write waiting room, put ac
curacy is one of the features OF tnese
rambles Anyhow. it is waiting piase,
and a curious waiting place IN tn.Se
times OF luxurlouS udHei anu
transit a,&
Under seedy awning running out
from a little fruit stand two street car
seats. back to back, have been piaceo.
They were probably taken out OF SOM
unservfceable car. once they were
cross seats in an open car. The SIDES
Of the seats. which We're also SIDES or
the car, are painted green with oiack
bordered white stripe around the eoges
and in hig white figures displayed the
number of the old ca. 1t was NO. ~.
There is perhaps some appropriate
ness or significance in the fact that the
little waiting place is equipped with
car seats where patient passengers
elect or passengers prospective may
rest till the car comes along. which 1t
sometimes does.
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iron casting to the wooden framework Of
the tower were cut OF"

iron casting to the wooden framework Of
the tower were cut off,"
The wrecking Of this spire indirectly
recalls one of the thrilling events in
local history. That was tho collapse
OF the tall. gray Romanesque tower Of
the Church OF the Covenant. It fell in
the early morning Of August 20. 1883.
Nobody was hurt except in a financial
way by that collapse. which in the
chronicles of the time was scalled q
disaster. OF course, there was an in
vestigation and good many things
were found to have been wrong. There
was too much pressure on the foun-
dalton. the sandstone was too soft, the
mortar was too thin and the cement, 1t
was said. was such as should not have
been used in a structure Of such height
and weight. Time passes so quickly in
Washington and events crowd upon
each other SO fast that people forget
many local things which are interest
ing to recall.
The Star of Wednesday, August q. 1883.
printed what follows, under an ex-
ceptionally prominent headline for
that period:
The beautiful stone tower Of tho
Church of the Covenant in course Of
erection at the corner Of Connecticut
avenue and N street, Rev. T. r. Hamlin,
pastor. fell down early this morning.
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Hughes of the Supreme Court, nor do
they possess the gay, careless and now
ing appearance of that other Famous set
that of James Hamilton Lewis. ihey
are modest, sedate, but rot entirely ser.
effacing whiskers, and entirely too mucn
has been said about them.
Prior to entering Congress two years
ago, Secretary Redfeld had made put
one excursion into politics. Under mayor
Lows administration of New YORK ne
was at the head of the pubic works
department of Brooklyn. where his chief
work was in giving the city Huca
needed repaving, though he accomplish
ed this in the face Of strenuous oppo-
eition.
He is the sort of person who rather
thrives on opposition. He is business "a
the finger tips, man OF quick accession
and firm convictions sure and certain IN
action, and determined.
On the social side, he is family
rather than society man. He was r. ar
ried in 1885 to Miss Elise Mercein Fuller
of Brooklyn, who. by reason of her two
years residence In Washington, has
large circle of friends in official and
social circles of the National Capital
They have a married daughter. Mira
Charles A. Drury Of Montreal. and q
son. Humphrey F. Redfield. who Is STU.
dent at Amherst.
Secretary Redfield is member OF the
Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, and
a director of the Apollo Club OF mat
city. He Is an earnest churcn memoer
and much interested in the welfare or
young men and factory workers Many
Of his ideas regarding the lettering OF
the conditions of employees he has in
PRODUCED in his own manufacturing
plants in the way of gymnasiums. read
ing rooms and other means of recreation.
1t Is safe TO say that. while he will
be interested deeply in all the nine
bureaus of his department. the two in
which he Is to do his most notable work
are foreign and domestic commerce and
corporations. They offer the larger field
for constructive endeavor; the others.
so far as their activities engage the Sec
rotary, are necessarily bureaus OF
routine.
An independent democrat. fully In har-
mony with the policies of President Will
son, it is conceivable that he will make
the bureau of corporations a very active
force In the last year this bureau has
completed a number of exhaustive in
vestigations, including water transports.
ton of lumber and timber and other in
dustries controlled largely by corpora
lions. Action on the facts disclosed Is
yet to be taken. 1t may be that the new
Secretary will have recommendations to
make as in that action.
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ing. Towering vines In the evening
you have been sensible OF the soft glow
shed over the smooth roadway by the
long lines of electric lamps whose light
is filtered by creamy-white glass. But
lamp posts are not objects to be
thought of in the day. When their
without thinking OF them. They are
50 common along tho street sides that
should a man stop to show any interest
In them he would be mistaken by the
automobile or carriage public for
gas filter, plumber. electric light line
man or some other poor and paltry
creature who works while other men.
chasing pleasure. ride along.
The lamp posts OF Potomac Park are
tall. slender, tapering and huted. Their
plinth is circular and each lamp stands
on a square concrete block hidden by
the turf. The globes are round and
the glass frosted, or otherwise 50
treated that 1t Is opaque, or perhaps
translucent, or certainly not trans
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office building in which they are found
was designed for ordinary commercial
work and not with view to oficial ex-
pansiveness and dignity. All OF which Is
as 1t should be. for this department does
business with business people.
The Sixty-second Congress-, which re-
Gently passed out of existence, having a
democratic majority in the lower house
Secretary Redfeld being one Of the afore-
said majority-decided that President
Taft's way of gathering information
about the tariff was all wrong. Il bade
q moro or less affectionate adieu to
President Taft's tariff board and deter
mined that hereafter all information
about the tarin should be assembled by
the Department Of Commerce. presum-
ably through it's bureau Of foreign and
domestic commerce
Secretary Redneld was one OF the tariff
experts in the Sixty-second Congress. He
was the chief advocate OF the contention
that American labor does not need the
protection Of the high tariff. Himself a
manufacturer and a widely-traveled and
well informed business man, possessing,
as has been said before, the vocabulary
of poet, he had much to say about the
tariff.
After the Baltimore convention he went
to Seagtrt to talk with Candidate Wilson
about the tariff. The conference with
the democratic standard bearer on the
subject bore fruit. Mr. Wilson told his
intimates that Mr.. Redheld was q re-
markedly well Informed and convincing
gentleman. Then. when 1t came time to
announce the makeup Of the new cabi-
net. Mr.. Wilson named Mr.. Redneld for
the post In which his abilities would
have their best chance Of expression.
In view Of all this 1t Is not unnatural
to assume that the new Secretary Of
Commerce would be particularly Inter
ested In the bureau of foreign and do
mestic commerce, possibly more than In
any Of bis other eight bureaus. How
ever. you can't get him TO say 20. He II
cautious man, Is this new Secretary.
He has been in Office some months now,
but large part Of his time has been
taken up with meeting what he terms
very charming gentlemen who have .
desire TO connect with the federal pay
roll.
''See me six months hence" he says,
land then possibly / will be able to tell
you what work of the department con-
slider the most important"
But In the meantime he Is getting deep
into the work Of the several bureaus, and
In none deeper than that OF the bureau
of foreign and domestic commerce.
This bureau Is charged with the duty
OF fostering, promoting and developing
tho various manufacturing industries OF
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the United States and their markets at
home and abroad by gathering and pub
fishing all available and useful informa-
ton concerning such industries and mar
from consular officers abroad. whose re-
ports are edited and published In the
Daily Consular and Trade Reports and
In special monograph series. Thus for
large part the bureau has to rely on the
services OF officers Of the Department OF
State-the consular oficers-who have
many other duties to perform.
The Secretary has an entirely new and
original idea as to how the work Of the
bureau may be advanced.
ut seems to me-" said he the other
day, that it may be well to establish
in each OF the six great manufacturing
nations abroad-England, France, Ger
many, Austria, Russia and Italy-a more
or less permanent observer to investigate
and report on Industrial and commercial
like. He should be man Of high type.
quite az good man as the progressive
manufacturers and merchants with
whom he comes In contact
Of the country to which he Is accredited.
He should be the sort Of a man whose
reports would command the confidence
and the respect of the merchants and
manufacturers OF THIS country.
ITO him should be given a sufficiently
permanent tenure Of ONCE to insure that
he would not go out just about as soon
% he began to be useful. for 1t must
be appreciated that he will be Of no
large value for fully a year after he
takes up his work.
''rhis onicer should be properly &C
credited by the Department Of State.
although under the direction Of the De-
partmeut Of Commerce. In other words,
he should be attached to the embassy.
We have military and naval officers at
tached to the embassies, their work being
to observe matters in their professions
and transmit the information to the
home goverument. Why not a COM
nnercial attache to do the same character
Of work In his field?
He should be free to travel. It might
be well to have him go into other coun-
tries in addition to the one to which
he is accredited. For example. the man
attached to the embassy in France might
look after Belgium and Switzerland; the
one In Germany to Holland: the one in
Russia to the Scandinavian countries.
So fer this is merely an idea with me.
I am unable to and any objections to
II. I think IL might work well.
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Fall Of Church Tower.

A MOTHER OF the landmarks. or sky
marks, Of Washington Is passing
away. The spire Of Calvary Baptist
Church Is being torn down. In The Star 8
news columns it was recently printed that
THE curious openwork spire that has for
the last forty-fve years or more reared
$50 feet In the air above Calvary Baptist
Church. at Sth and H streets northwest.
is being demolished. to be replaced at a
later date by a steeple Of more modern
design. The tornado that wrought SO
much damage in Washington several
weeks ago practically wrecked the old
spire and left it in such condition as to
make it unsafe to allow the structure to
remain. heavy iron casting that capped
the steeple was blown off and crashed
down on the roof Of the church, smash
ing many of the states and otherwise
damaging the roof. In addition to this
the steeple was wrenched and twisted
until many of the spikes that held the
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the preparation and the use Of the gov
eminent stamps and prohibiting the
further use OF any issued by postmas-
ters on and after July l. 1847.
This prohibition Of the further use
Of stamps issued by postmasters war
rants a slight depression, and really 1t
may not be a depression at all. because
these postmasters' stamps. generally
known as "postmasters' PROFESSIONALS, .
were stamps showing prepayment OF
postage, and a number Of them bore
the portrait Of Washington. They were
issued from 1845 to 1847. The matter
Of the lowering OF letter postage. its
prepayment and evidence thereof by an
adhesive stamp had for a number OF
years prior to 1s45 been rather live
public questions. England and a num-
Der Of European governments. and at
least one South American government
-BrazilEhad adopted the prepayment
system.
Congress In 1S45 had before IL pos
tai reform measure. That meas
ure substituted uniform rate
Of five cents as single post
age charge for letters for any dis
lance under 5000 miles. It contained
also the provision for afiixing stamps
and preparing the postage according
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continually press for solution on the
head OF department, each problem haV-
Ing some bearing on the intimate domes-
tic concerns OF the people,"
The statement that the work he has to
do Is moro exacting than any he ever did
before IL worth attention. for Secretary
Redheld has reputation Tor inaustry.
Born IN ADany n r. In sgns ls Vase ne
where he received a common school edu-
cation. In 1877 he removed to New York.
and in 1888 he began the manufacture OF
iron ana steel forgings In Brooklyn.
His business now is manufacturing ven
tilating and heating apparatus bust
ness in which he has been emtnently sue
cessful. He was director Of the Equita-
BILE Life Assurance Society, vice president
Of the American Blower Company and
president OF the American Manufacture
ers' Export Association All these duties
he has. however, resigned in order to
give his full time to the government
service.
With these connections his interest in
foreign trade can readily be appreciated.
But that interest goes farther. Last year
he made a special trip across the Allan
tic to study manufacturing conditions
abroad, going to the far east In pursu-
ing information. His observations he en-
bodied In q series of articles advocating
from the facts he gathered a revision OF
our tariff downward.
Secretary Redfield is that rather un-
usual character, the business man in pol
tiles. II some one were looking for a
personality to embody into stage rep
resentation Of q successful manufacturer
he would seize instantly upon the new
Secretary. He looks the part. He is more
Of business man tina politician-in his
appearance, at leas- Maybe that is why
the people Of the fifth congressional dis
trict Of New Yo.,l gave him only one
term in Congress. At any rate, he is
fonder Of dealing In facts and figures
especially fgures-than in political alb
stractions.
The only set Of whiskers in the cabinet
adorn--the word adorn is used advisedly
the countenance Of Secretary Redfield.
They are OF rudy hue, well trimmed
and silky, set about a pink face and
under q pair of grave. earnest blue eyes,
1t has been said that the Secretary
whiskers defy classification. That is un-
true. They fall distinctly in the Burn
side class. being precisely such as the
famous general wore, save for the fact
that below each ear Secretary Nedfield
shaves q narrow area across which ride
the bows OF his spectacles. Otherwise,
the whiskers are pure Burnside
They are not so pretentious and sweep
ing as are the whiskers Of Justice
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which by all virginians is esteemed one
Of the treasures Of the Old Dominion.
It Is interesting to ponder on the num-
Der and variety Of United States stamps.
postage ana revenue, which have borne
the counterfeit presentment of George
Washington. A distinguished philatelist.
C. H. Howes. has written ITO the men,
DRY Of the man 'hrst in war. first in peace.
and first in the hearts OF his country
men," Thus spoke Gen. Henry Lee in
his eulogy on George Washington. de-
livered in Congress December S. 1893
And the philatelists of a century later
might add: First and foremost on the
postal issues Of his country.
The likeness. or at least a near-like-
ness OF Washington. has been used
continuously on United States postage
stamps since the adoption by this
stamp under provision Of the act OF
Congress OF March 8. 1s47, authorizing
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delight. 1t is suspected that he can make
symphony out of census report-and
sing It. He is one OF the few men who
can make tariff speech q human inter-
est document. And when Il comes to
mere figures. he fairly eats 'em alive
These are qualities that become a Sec
rotary OF Commerce. His 10 a department
that gloats on figures. 1t Is saturated
with them Consider the list of its nine
bureaus as follows:
Bureau OF foreign and domestic COM
merce. into which has been absorbed the
bureau of statistics.
Bureau Of corporations
Bureau of lighthouses.
Bureau OF the census.
Bureau Of fisheries.
Bureau Of navigation.
Bureau OF standards
Coast and geodetic survey.
Steamboat inspection service.
There are figures in every one OF them
The coat of arms OF the department
might well be an adding machine ramp
ant and the multiplication table couch
ant.
In keeping with the character Of the de-
partment. its Offices are totally unlike
the Offices of older executive departments
OF the government. About them 10 an at
mosphere of business There are no mar
Bile halls here; no stately, high-ceilmged
reception room. hung about with the por
traits of a long line Of past Secretaries,
each in a heavy gold frame: none Of
those things that tell how heavily tradi-
ton hangs over the place.
The Department OF Commerce IL shy on
traditions; very few men have been Sec
rotary OF the department; precedent never
has bothered 1t much.
The Secretary's Offices might well be
those OF the head OF q manufacturing
concern. They are plain, almost severe,
with new modern ONCE furniture, fling
cases and Office equipment rigidly up to
date. The rooms are small, for the rented
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Certainly the work of the bureau OF
foreign and domestic commerce is Of
vast Importance to the people OF this
country and merits all We can do for
1t. Our commerce now amounts to 50
900. OOO, 900 a year. It Is capable Of unlimit-
ed expansion. Such expansion means con-
tinued prosperity for our people.
Not at all In the spirit OF criticism,
but merely stating the fact. I may men
ton that the bureau of foreign and
domestic commerce has an appropria-
ton of only $4,000 a year. For the pro-
motion of foreign trade. the bureau re-
ceives a sum of 10000 year. That is
less than some local concerns spend for
advertising in the Same period.
"Since the beginning OF the fiscal
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Vine-Wound Lamp Posts.

TI1NE-WOUND lamp posts are one Of
the decorative conceits Of Potomac
Park. It Is effective now In those In
stances where the vines have reached
a moderate growth. and the promise
is that the plan. when worked out, will
add another charm to those that al
ready lure pilgrims to the capitals
great river park.
The chances are that you have never
examined. perhaps scarcely noticed. the
lamps and their standards with twin
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year. our exports Of steel products alone
have averaged a million dollars a day
In value. And this at a time when the
domestic demand Is strong. Our steel
manufacturers are not dumping their
products abroad because Of stagnation
in the market at home. The exports
reprepresent the actual legitimate busi-
ness. They are not being sold at a
loss. The steel men are not engaged in
a philanthropic work for the benefit Of
alien consumers.
do business abroad In competition with
other nations, business In great guam
tity and with practically no maximum
for its increase.
'tOur trouble has been that we have
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old country house. church and courthouse
brought over as ballast, but the paving
stones of Alexandria as we'll. OF course.
very little brick was brought from Eng
land to the colonies. In Maryland and
Virginia houses were built OF brick
burned from clay dug on the farm and as
close to the site of the house az con-
venient. The cobblestones now being
broken up are like those that are to be
found in the country around Alexandra
and Washington today.
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parent. The light gives out no glare.
It is softened and difused.
At the base Of many Of the lamp
standards small semi-circular patch
of grass has been cut away and the
earth worked up. In this little clear
ing vine is planted and its stem
coiled round and round the tapsring.
fluted post. On this twining stem OPP
posite pinnate leaves grow, in some
cases as high as the light globe. but
in most cases not so high. In spe-
cially thrifty and advanced specimens
OF the vine one may see clusters OF
purple blossoms
The vines planted at the base Of the
lamp posts, twined about them and
destined to wreathe and swathe the
light standard with green and purple
are wistaria.