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and Occoquan bay It is into OccoqlIan
creek that Bull run flows.
Below Occoquan and flowing through
Prince William and Stafford counties into
tn" Potomac river are the creeks Ma
rumsco. Neapsco. Quantico. on which tho
ruins OF the early city of Dumfries liz.
and Chapawamsic. ChapaMamsc Is also
the lame OF one OF th,. largest and worst
Swamps in the vicinity of Washington.
and all those Neutrality-suspicious. who have
Travelled through il i'm gong by wagon roa
from Washington 10 Fredericksburg. par
ucuidrlN between Dumfriss and stafford
Court House. viii know that no eNagger-
alton lies under the adjectives largest"
and worst Aqua creek * another of
the 1ndian-named Waterways. and *
.Accokeek. which flows into Potomac
creek. which flows into the Potomac river.
Below Washington in king Georges
county there il Passapatanzy. and an
other, DoGne run, which empties into tn.
Rappahannock river. There is Metomkin
point. this SIDE Of Matthias point, and
Their" is Machodoc Geek. In ESSEX
county there is occupacia creek. in
Caroline flow the Malriccossck aud the
MattaponN. and in Westmoreland are the
Pede". turriomen Nomini. with King
copsico point. and the Ieocomico DIVIDING
Westmoreland from northumberland.
Flowing into The Potomac through Oh
Maryland are the PiSCatawaN, the A.
cokeek. the Pomonk"y. the Mattawoinan.
the Manahonio. the thckomuNen. the
Port Tobacco and tn. Nanjemoy. There
are Xakiah creek and l\ailiah swamp ard
PiccoNaXon creek Chaptico creek aud
bay pour into the Micomico. and Toma
kokn creek flows into ST Clement bay.
There is Cohouck point in the Wicomico
Above Washington Il Plmmitt run.
which courses down through the Virginia
hills and enters the Potomac at chain
bridge. \ little farther along is Seneca
run, which adds itself Ia the Potomac
Just above Blockhouse point in Mont
gomerN county.
In the region around Washington are
the PatuXent and the Patapsco tho
Monocacy. Catoctin creek and the catoc-
tin mountains, Opequon creek, Shenan-
doah. Cacapon. Tuscarora creek, Antie-
mountains
This list of Indian names near Wash
ington could be multiplied many times
by giving sufficient application 10 this in
teresting subject.
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The Carved-Stone Dog.

A T the southwest corner of F and 18th
\ streets northwest stands a dun-col-
ored brick house four stories and base
ment high. 1t is a grand old house. with
half a city block of land walled in on the
south and west sides, four big brick
chimneys rising above the roof and with
three dormer windows on the north front.
1t is one of the very large early nine
teenth century houses. if not the largest.
in Washington, and it Is expressive OF
more prosperous times than seem to he
it's lot today for now il is one of the
many dingy, shabby rented quarters in
which the United States government
conducts. at a loss in efficiency. its
business in Washington. The bureau
of insular affairs is the tenant now
In early Washington it was the home
Of William Writ, Attorney General III
President Jackson's cabinet. and one time
candidate for President 1t has been oc-
cupied by many men prominent in pubic
life. Whether Writ was the builder OF
this big house is a question that should
be asked of some one of Washington
historians or antiquarians. All that the
old house said to the Rambler was that
it had seen better days, that many gal
liant and brany men who had quarters
there had passed out, that many gay ana
fair women who had danced and gossiped
in it's big rooms had faded and were no
more, that nearly a century ago 1t was
one of the great homes of Washington,
that it is seedy now, but that if some at
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bound for Georgetown would then follow
the Rockville road Southeastward To their
destination. 1t was a roundabout way
from the Little Falls crossing to George
town. but then it was the only road.
Before the bridging of the river at Lit
tie Falls there was a ferry. just as there
was a ferry across the Eastern branch
long before the building of the first
bridge over that stream in l193 and just
as there was ferry between the Virginia
shore and the Maryland. or later the Dis
trict side, long before the building of the
aqueduct or the Aqueduct bridge.
There were at least two wooden bridges
across the river at Little Falls before the
building of the Chain bridge They We're
both carried away by freshetS. and when
the bridge failed the ferry was revived.
1t was thought that the freshet danger
had been overcome when the Cham bridge
was built This was built after the pat
tern of a bridge that had been thrown
over Jacobs creek near tniontown. Pa
The Chain bridge was IA suspension bridge
heavy chains being thrown over piers
that rose twenty feet above the abut-
ments. There We're four of the chains,
something after the fashion of the cables
of the Brooklyn bridge. In the winter oi
1910 the Chain bridge was swept away,
that is the chains and the wooden struc-
tlre suspended from them went down
stream. The abutmentS remained. The
next bridge was Of wood on s,one piers
That was the bridge which connected
the two shores during the civil war, and
which was finally superseded by the pres
ent bridge in 1874.
Here and there in the country north Of
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tention and repairs were given it it could
he restored and made great house to-
day.
The house is bounded on the south and
west sides by a terrace and around this
is low retaining wall of dun-painted
brick topped with brownstone. South
ward this terrace extends more than hall
a block. From the south end, or the rear
of this house. a high brick wall with
plasters marking the panels extends TAR
down 18th street, helping to inclose
big garden in which many old trees are
growing. At the rear of the house this
wall is pierced with gateway where
swing two wooden gates, and on the
brick cornice over the gateway is dog
carved in stone. Here is the story. Here
is the object that arrests the attention
of people who walk with their eyes open
and who pass that way.
1t is the image of hunting dog.
setter. and from his attitude on the cor
nice he appears to be looking upward at
some one or something on the second
floor of the double-story balcony that
runs across the rear of the old brick
house.
Whether the builder of this house.
through fondness for dogs, caused the
sculpture to be erected over the garden
gate, or whether this statue was put
there to preserve or prolong the memory
of some faithful four-fOoted. friend. the
man who saw it and who writes this does
not know.
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Indian Names.

THE. memory of the Indians who lived in
the region around Washington Is
preserved for all time in the names OF
the numerous creeks and rivers. The
spelling of these names by the whites mas
been various bat it is clear that the
names of these places AS spoken by tn"
Indians sounded To the European settlers
very like that expressed 10y the letters
with which we have come Ia spell these
strange and i'm many instances romantic
names.
Near Washington is Dosue creek, when
runs through the Mt. Vernon lands ana
or, which George Washingtons mill and
the miller's house stood. There are Acco-
link creek and ACcotink bay. the creek
also flowing through the Mount Vernon
lands. especially through that part of the
Mt Vernon estate which was sold by lo-
reno Lewis, son of Nellie custis-Lewis
and which about 1850 came to be settled
by members of the Society of Friends
from New Jersey. Close by Accotink are
Pohick creek. Pohick bay and Pohick
Church the church of the NashinStons
of Mount Vernon. the FairfaNes of Bel
voir and the Masons of Gunston Han. y
little below Pohck bay, which helps Ia
form Gunston cove, are occoquan creek
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of the valley of Cameron run when
Fort Lyon blew up. | saw the great
cloud of smoke. and few seconds
after heard the roar of the explosion.
When the magazine of Lyon blew up
twenty men of the garrison were killed.
1t was one of the tragic events OF the
war near Washington.
=
in 1864 / was transferred to the
Signal Corps being sent to the Signal
Corps School which was conducted on
the highlands north of Georgetown and
between the Rockville road and College
branch. / believe this camp was on
the land of one Homiller. butcher.
\ good many of the instructors and
student officers at that school used 10
meet at Homiller's house At that time
the commanding officer of the signal
camp was f.. II. Russell. | remember
that ]. with several of the camp
officers used to visit at Mrs. South-
worths cottage in Georgetown. above
the Aqueduct bridge. and there during
long winter evenings we played man y
a game of whist. In the winter OF
1864 | was made signal officer at FORT
De RusSy succeeding lieutenant OF
the Signal Corps named DILLINGHAM;.
remember the Morelands. who lived IN
that neighborhood and who owned the
land around De Russy.
The soldier who stood among the
scrub oak that has oversrown the
ruins of Fort Richardson and talked
in this reminiscent way to the RamDlef
was Lieut. George c. Round, VINO lives
nj Manassas. Va, but who every now
and then comes up to tramp over the
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BIRG[DGE

if convenient. of earth obtained by dreds-
ing the river channel Here was the be-
ginning of the Long bridge causewaY.
For this new bridge S1:;oWo was appro-
priated.
1t is reported that the LIST of octo-
Der 1888. the President and his cabinet
crossed the new bridge on foot ANA
returned in carriages. and that October
- the bridge was opened for general
traffic
The jurisdiction of the corporation of
the city of Washington was extended
over the Long bridge by act Of Con
Sress in March, 1889. Extensive re-
pairs were made to the bridge in 1871.
by ice in 1910. 1t was also damaged
by ice and flood in 1856. 1860, 1863.
1866, 1867. 1877. 1881 and 1889.
In March. 1863 an act extending the
charter of the Alexandria and Wash
ington Railroad Company authorized
that company to extend its line. from
the south side of the Potomac river.
across that river and along Maryland
avenue to the Capitol grounds and ITO
make such additional structure or
passageway along either side Of the
Potomac bridge as may render the
same safe for public use and so as not
to hinder the general use OF said bridge
for ordinary travel
The old bridge, with its causeway. was
a source of great trouble and turmoil II
the people of Washington and George
town. The Washington Board of Trade
at a meeting held in its room, No. Mar
ket space February q. 1867. pressed for "A
new bridge The first vice president
John T. Mitchell, presided. Alexander r.
Shepherd read a letter from Gen. Mont
gomery c. Megs in answer to one re-
sarding the Improvement of Washington
harbor. Gen. Meigs thought the most
convenient site for a new bridge would
be the site of the Long bridge and the
railroad bridge. He favored first a ma
sonry bridge. and second an iron bridge
on piers of cut stone masonry, but either
he thought. would cost more money than
could be found available for many years
to come. The Board of Trade expressed
the opinion that no appropriation should
he made for the repair of the Long
bridge, but that the agitation should be
continued for a new and suitable struc-
ture
And this was done until now those old
and rotting crossties under the afternoon
shadow of the railroad embankment over
Potomac Park are the only relics of the
Long bridge that may be seen on the
north side of the Potomac.
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tality falling upon each member of the
Wilson cabinet may be cleaned from the
fact that each Secretary's wife will be re-
lieved from the necessity of returning
official calls in person. that she may keep
open house throughout the week, during
the social season. In fact. our cabinet
homes are to our capital what our en-
bassies are to foreign capitals, and capi-
net members of wealth eXpend three or
four times their official salaries for enter
tainment. Some, in recent years. nave
expended more than their salaries Tor the
rental of their Washington mansions.
The wives of the new cabinet members
will form the "women's cabinet, pre-
sided over by Mrs Wilson and meeting
occasionally during the social season to
schedule official Inequalities, so that
there will be no conflicting dates, and SO
ciety matrons will consult this cabinet
for .open time before deciding upon
dates for functions. The cabinet wives
will also receive with Mrs. wilson at
White House functions. SO the men
whom the President-elect may choose
for his counsel board must expect their
wives to be in the full glare of the social
limelight each year from New Year day
till Ash Wednesday.
X ::
The social status of the cabinet was
elevated when Congress. not so long ago.
put it directly in succession to the presi-
dency in case of the death Of the Vice
President Before that time, when sue
cession fell to the President pro tempOre
of the Senate and after him to the
Speaker of the House, the cabinet
relegated to the social background, eS-
pecialy by senators, who claimed pre-
cedence because they confirmed the APP
pointments of cabinet members. But un-
der existing conditions should the Presi-
dent die and there be no Vice President
the Secretary of State would become acting
President, and after him the Secretary
of the Treasury, and SO on down the cab
met No cabinet member however, can
succeed to the presidency unless a native
born citizen, thirty-five years old, and
unless he has been confirmed as a cabinet
officer by the Senate. But even since the
act of succession was passed the wives
of senators have demanded first calls
from the women of the cabinet
The Wilson cabinet will meet Tuesdays
and Fridays in the little one-story white
brick building which President Roosevelt
had built westward of the White House,
and which is connected thereto by a COW
cred terrace. In the cabinet room, in the
northeast corner of this structure, the
Secretaries will meet shortly before the
hour appointed, each bearing in a port
folio the papers from his department to
be called to the attention of the Presi-
dent and of the cabinet as a whole. AS
President Wilson enters the Secretaries
will rise according TO custom, and he
will then seat himself at the head of a
long mahogany table, running north and
south. The cabinet officers will then
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carriages, or those with riders GA cents
each: and one person only to each team
or drove shall be allowed to pass free OF
ton
The only exemption for the payment
of toll was made in favor of United States
troops and wagons and militia. TWO lea
lures of these toll charges strike the eye
in reading the old charter: one, the 1rac-
ton of cents. and the other 'he halhes
and spelling of vehicles. as. for example
'charriotts, ''coachee, Wagons ana
'curricle
Books for subscription of stock Were
opened at Stell's Hotel, and also at this
hotel was held the first meeting of the
commissioners for the election of officers
and directors of the new company. The
directors elected were Daniel Carroll,
George Blagden. Frederick May. William
Harper and Robert Young. Daniel Car
roll was elected president. Thomas Vowel
treasurer and Samuel Elliott, jr., clerk.
The bridge was opened for traffic May %
1909.
In connection with this Potomac bridge
enterprise there was incorporated in Fir-
ginia a company for the building OF toll
road from Alexandria to the south end or
the Potomac bridge and for the construc-
ton of toll bridge over Four Mile run.
A traveller from Alexandria to Washing
ton or from Washington to Alexandria
had to pay three sets of tolls, one to
cross the Potomac bridge. one to pass
over the road that now runs through the
brckyard region. and another to pass
the bridge over Four Mile run. The Four
Mile run bridge has passed away. the
steam railroads. the electric railroad and
the wagon road having been filled across
the body of water except for culvert
in the case of the steam road and the
wagon road and a short trestle in the
case of the electric road. The toll
charges on the dirt road and the Four
Mile run bridge is another story.
The plans and drawings of the Long
bridge and the list of original stockhold-
ers in the Potomac bridge are slowed
away somewhere in government archives
in Washington but the man. standing
in the mud of the driveway over the Long
bridge abutment, who fell to thinking OF
the old bridge has not yet found them.
the Long bridge continued to do business.
After its opening in the spring of 1909
though it seems never to have been very
profitable. until the occupation of WASH
ington August o. 1914, by the British. On
the night OF that date it was set on fire
at both ends-at the south end by a
party of retreating Americans and at the
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CALARY Thrice That OF
- Wa shingto Shave
Horses and Carriages Fur
nished Them Since Ancient
Times-Some Office Luxuries
-Exacting Social Duties
Wives Will Form "Woman's
Cabinet" Which Will Meet
Weekly to Transact Social
Business-Social War With
Senate Over Precedence
Succession Act Enhanced
Cabinets Importance-A Sec
rotary Who Must Not Be an
Importer-Cabinets Not All
Happy Families-Some Bitter
Ouarrels That Have Disrupted
Them-Some Have Been Ad-
visers, Some Merely Admin
istrators.
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chase of these teams comes out of the de-
partment's appropriation for transports
ton" and the men who drive and care
for them are upon the rolls as laborers.
The late Secretary of Agriculture Morton
made a great showing of economy by
buying one of his official carriages sec
ond hand from a diplomat When it ar
rived at the department stables it was
found TO be adorned either side by
glaring coat-Of-arms. and the resourceful
Secretary had this insignia erased and
spreading green tree added in its stead.
The late Secretary Bayard also made "A
hit with the plain people by forbidding
his family to use the department team
Mr.. Wilson's Secretary of the Navy will
have at his disposal one of the dispatch
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and X street which was occupied once
by Cornelius Vanderbilt and which was
the former home Of Archibald Lowery.
the wealthy father of the Duchess de
ARGOS. The clerical force of the Attor-
ney Generals Office occupies a former
hotel adjoining. which also the govern
ment has leased and which for some
years has been connected with the Low
cry mansion by doors cut through the
walls. The other cabinet heads have their
offices in frescoed rooms in the respective
department buildings owned by the gov
eminent, save the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor. who is situated in rented
office building on 14th street, facing the
Willard Hotel.
An idea of the burden of official hospi-
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ing stated the case he Will ask for opin-
ions from the members in turn.
These expressions are generally given
by the members in order OF rank but
sometimes a President will break the
monotony by calling first upon the foot
of the table and thence up the line.
rather than down it. No record will be
kept and no note taken of the opinions
given. No one outside of the cabinet
circle will be present. not even the Presi-
dent secretary. Questions brought up
by the President having been gone over,
the Secretaries then. in turn. VIII call at
tention TO the matters noted in their port
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500 each for the purpose of erecting a
bridge over the Potomac river between
the new city. of Washington and Alex
ander's Island. This company was to
he known as 1.-The Washington Bridge
Company
1t was set forth in the charter, in sec
ton of that instrument. That the salo
company be and they are hereby au-
thOrzed and empowered to erect ana
build over the Potomac between the ter
mination of Maryland avenue and Alex
anders Island good and sufficient
bridge, at least thirty-siX feet wide, OF
sound and suitable material and in all
respects adequate for the passage OF
Travellers horses. carriages and cattle
with secure railing on each side at least
four feet high. of which width SIX feet
on each side shall be appropriated to the
purpose of way for foot passengers
and shall be separated from the carriage
way by a good and sufficient railing at
least four feet high The charter pro-
vided that there should be two draws one
thirty-five feet wide over the Virginia
channel and one fifteen feet wide over
the Maryland or the Washington channel.
1t ought not TO be necessary TO write
that this bridge, being private enter
prise, as were the bridges over the East
ern branch at Benning, at Kentucky ave-
of the Potomac Gall toll bridges), was
toll bridge. In the toll charges of the
Potomac bridge may be had an lluminat-
ing glance at this period in Washingtons
history. The Potomac bridge toll charges
We're:
For each foot passenger. GA cents; for
each person and a horse, 1884 cents: for
each chaise, sulky or riding chair, 81.
cents; for each coach, cOachee. stage Wag-
sson, Chariot, phaeton and curricle or 9th
ct riding carriage 100 cents. and the fur
Their sum of 12l2 cents for each horse more
than two by which such coach, coachee.
Chariot. phaeton or curricle shall be
drawn; for each sled or sleigh, SI12 cents,
and the further sum of 12l2 cents for each
horse or other beast, more than two. by
which such sled or sleigh shall be drawn;
for each four-wheeled Wagon, cart or
other four-wheeled carriage of burthen,
371a cents: for each wheeled cart, dray or
other two-Wheeled carriage of burthen.
1874 cents, and the further sum of 121s
cents for each horse other beast, more
than one. by which the same shall be
drawn: for each sheep or swine. :; cents:
for horses and neat cattle other than
those in teams drawing sleds. sleighs or
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group themselves about the table in the
order of their succession. the Secretary
of State on Mr.. Wilson's right. the Score
tary of the Treasury on his left, and
thence. alternately, from right to left,
ending with the Secretary of Commerce
and Labor, who is the official tail-ender.
The meetings will not open with prayer
and there is no fixed order of business
which will govern the procedure. But if
past custom is adhered to Mr.. Wilson
will open the proceedings by calling the
attention OF the cabinet as whole to
such important questions of state as
have arisen since the last meeting Hav-
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Though the Prerequisites of the W

boats of the navy. on which he can make
inspection tours amid the uXuries of a
private yacht, the Dolphin being now gen
orally used for this purpose. All of the
members of the cabinet will have the use
of offices of fine appointment, betting
the dignity of their station, the most
LUXURIOUS of all being the official quarters
of the Secretary of State, who, in addi-
ton TO his private Office suite. has re-
served for his use pretentiously APP
pointed apartment adjoining. where he
receives the representatives of the for
eign powers.
But in luxury of appointment his
quarters hardly excel those of the
Attorney General whose Office suite
occupies the mansion at Vermont avenue