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JUDGES, STAND AT OLD ST. AsArn RACE TRACK.

informal garden and 1t invites you to
rest, not on q Slated bench by a splash
ing fountain, but on rough rocks. In a
way it looks like bit of landscape blast
ed out of Rock creek, or Northwest
branch. or Sligo branch or Pimmitt run
or Scott run, or any other of the wild
and romantic glens or gorges in the en-
virons of Washington. and then trans
planted in a city.
1t Is a rugged garden and there is a
strong temptation to write of it as a
wild garden but for the fact that planted
among the rocks and along the unpaved
paths are many flowers which have
bloomed for ages in those gardens of the
past, which are now generally spoken of
as old-fashioned gardens or grandmoth-
er's garden. They are anything but wild.
They have been gentle since long before
the readers Of these lines were born They
were flowers which bloomed in the
bouquets of bellies while many of the
flowers which you now buy in florist
shops were weeds or untamed little things
blooming In the savage-haunted forest.
Perhaps the proper name for this little
spot Is a rock garden. There is a rock
garden in the Botanic Garden at the
south side of the main greenhouse but a
rock garden at the intersection of busy
city streets is an unusual thing in Wash
ington. 1t is not, however, a new gar
den. 1t was there last year. and the
Rambler has ever since it was created
kept 1t In mind as a subject for a little
story. So far as he knows nobody has
ever gone to the trouble, or taken the
pleasure, of writing a handful of notes
about it But a few evenings ago the
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HAYES, William Simpson, Lewis Gle
phane Albert G. Hall, s. A. McKinl, Fos-
ter Henshaw. Col. John S. Keyes and n.
A. Thompson.
The assistant rarshals representing the
states and territories were Lucius 1.
Goodrich. Connecticut: Richard Chenery.
California; A. II. Grimshaw. Delaware:
John Wilson, Illinois; Solomon Meridith.
Indiana: Henry s. Jennings. Iowa; Hen
ry J. Adams. Kansas; Alexander Sneed.
Kentucky. Samuel B. Brown. Maine:
George N. Beale. Maryland; Maj. C. o.
Rogers, Massachusetts: Col. Charles
Dfckey, Michigan w. s. King, Minnesota:
Thomas ]. Boynton, Missouri; Gen. Jo-
seph c. Abbott. New Hampshire: w. s.
Pennington New Jersey: Mai. Alanson
WEIGH. New York; D. r. Goodloe, North
Carolina; Joseph K. Wing. Ohio: DIR.
Thompson. Oregon; Theodore Adams.
Pennsylvania: E. J. Nightingale. Rhode
Island: - Humphrey, Tennessee; George
Chapman. Vermont: George Rye, vir-
ginta; Gen. l.. E. Webb. Wisconsin
Henry A. Webster. Washington territory
Col. Nathaniel Jones. Utah territory; S.
II. Ebert, Nebraska territory.
The assistant narshals were Martin
Buell.. Woodford Stone. John Hines, Job
W. Angus. J. F. Hodgson. James Lynch,
George R. Wilson, Henry NJ. Knight. c.
A. Bassett, A. c. Richards, Edmund
F1agg. J. L. Henshaw. J. NJ. Lucas A. W.
Fletcher, Francis O. French, James KEEL
ley, j. r. Brandt, Phineas B. Tompkins
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steps. and a colored woman. worn with
work, comes to the door. She told the
Rambler that many families lived in
the first story of the grandstand after
the place had been closed to racing
and betting. but that all had moved
away except two families which still
live in the east end. She had lived
there only about two months and did
not know how long 1t had been since
she never saw the ghosts Of race horses
running around the track.
-
The stables of this track used to
stretch along the main road to Alexan-
dria at the west end of the track. and
on the west side Of the Alexandria road,
between it and the electric line. there
used to be long lines of stables. Many of
these were converted into tenements
These structures yielded to decay and
at length the ruins were swept by fire,
SO that now you may see but few relics
of this part of the equipment OF the
track.
BY this time the reader must have
guessed that the place here described is
what is left Of the St. Asaph race track.
Until two or three years ago the
race track also was standing in the low
lands west of the south approach OF the
Highway bridge, and even today some
relics survive. The track itself has been
obliterated 1t and the infield were hnal-
" plowed up and planted in corn, Duh IL
is all grassland today.
Another of the Washington race tracks
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K streets there is an old and large
brick house, with a garden wall ex-
tending for considerable depth down
18th street. Roses of red. pink and
white are climbing that wall.
At the northwest corner Of 10th and
a rose Of crimson Is climbing. but Its
roots appear to be in the lawn Of the
big limestone house next door. close to
the fencing dividing the properties. A
big red rose bush is climbing on the
house at the northwest corner Of 10th
and K. and at 1881 K street next door
on the east to the fire engine house
window.
Red roses are creeping over the front
Of the bay window house on the west
side Of the alley next to st. Matthew
Church on Rhode Island avenue near
the intersection Of Connecticut avenue
and a red rambler is stretching itself
over a house on N street three doors
east Of 18th. In the small garden or,
18th street and the rear of the Austro-
Hungarian embassy red running roses.
tangled with honeysukle, are hourish-
ing. and the balustrade which runs
across the front Of 1888 18th street, q
brown brick house on a low terrace. ia
being laced with roses
House No. 1773 on the north side of
Massachusetts, avenue, is AaShfne A
growth Of red roses. and the house at the
northeast corner Of Massa chusetts avenue
and 18th street, which has one of the fa9
wistaria vines OF the city, also has q, fine
growth Of roses on the garden fence.
Houses Nos 1913 and 1913 18th street
have invited climbing roses to embrace
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n III OST people possess very vague no.
Nl tons of the tides, We know that
the tides rise and fail twice In
twenty-four hours. and that this depends
in some curious way upon the attraction
of the moon. There, for the most part,
our knowledge ceases. Nothing is more
perplexing to the landsman when he en-
counters a spot along the shore where
there is no tide at all
To be quite precise there is only one
ocean in the world where the tides follow
the moon with absolute regularity. and
that is the great Antartic basin. The rea-
son Is that there, and there only. is to
be found a sweep Of water entirely unin-
terrupted by land. The great wave raised
by the moons attraction courses round
the world south Of Cape Horn and the
Cape of Good Hope, with nothing at all
to break 1t. In the northern hemisphere
great masses Of land interrupt the tidal
waves and, combined with the shallow
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UE TASK OF IDENTIFYING BURNT MONEY.

precaution insures the government in
the transaction. Sometimes the pack
ages contain bills that were in a roll.
when the pieces are separated they
and lettering show almost as clearly
as those on the crisp greenbacks.
~
This work may be likened to that Of
the mosaic artist. except that the ma
tsriaas with which Mrs. Brown works are
far more perishable than the tiny stones
which form the inlaid work. One calls
to mind the picture puzzles Of the chill
dren. who copy an original pattern by
placing cut-up scraps together. Mrs.
Brown has an enormous amount Of
pieces to patch and must match them to
an equally great number Of original nat
terms.
1T seems incredulous to the average
person. who carefully boards money
away" she said, that any one would be
careless enough to burn his money. But
I have found. through letters that come
to me, that many Of the accidents do
really occur through sheer negligence.
Many people through fear Of insecure
banks draw their savings out and secrete
them somewhere about the house.
Strangely enough. they always choose a
place near a stove. fireplace or chimney.
I even know of a case where the ash
can of a latrobe had been used.
THE explanation that people give for
choosing such obviously dangerous places
is that they think them too obscure to
suggest a hiding place to burglars. 1t
sounds very foolish, I know, but I have
had many cases of this sort. People gen
orally do this hiding in the summer; then
in the winter, when fires are made by
some one who knows nothing of the hid
den hoard, the accident occurs.
"Only the other day i had a case of
such carelessness. woman sent me
the burnt remains of so. which she ac-
companied with long letter Of explana-
ton of her accident. She had drawn
her money out of the bank preparatory
to making purchases in a distant city.
When she went to bed that night. before
leaving home for her trip, she put the
money in one Of her stockings and drop
ped it on the floor beside her shoe
In the merninA she noticed that the
stcckings were rather worn and without
thinking threw them into the IRE. Then
she remembered about the money and
rescued it as oest she could, but not be-
foie the bundle vas tadi.' ,hati.d. She
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them. and the invitation has been ac-
cepted.
On 10th street north of R-a section in
which are many fine houses-are a few
andent frames on the west side of the
street. survivals of the period when this
was not an expensive section of the city.
There Is one little frame with two low
stories, high and wide enough for one
window and door downstairs and two
windows upstairs. It ought to be men,
toned that the front door opens directly
into the parlor. an apartment which in
this case 1t would be out of place to spell
parlour or drawing room" But roses
arc growing there. The front yard is full
Of and fragrant with them. Across the
front OF the house is a rose arbor closely
oversrown. So, when the people in that
house sit out In front In the cool of the
evening. they rest, not under their own
roses.
On the north side of Riggs place be-
tween 18th and 10Th there is a short row
OF bun brick houses and up one Of these.
near the middle OF the row. a running
rose. full Of foliage and blossoms, has
extended itself as high as the second
story and is reaching for the third story
Along s street, houses 1905. 1915. 1914
and 1858 have encouraged roses to clam
Der up their walls. and the large light
colored brick at the northwest corner Of
2Utn and 8 streets has a running rose
along the street side. Three doors west
Is small brick house with its climbing
roses. Roses are running along and over
the garden wall Of the house which
stands at the northeast corner Of Con-
necticut avenue and 8 street, and they
are climbing over the lower part Of the
south front of the big white house which
faces the Mcclellan statue at the inter-
section Of Connecticut avenue and Co
lumbfa road.
The house at the corner of Columbia
road and Kalorama, which has one Of
the beautiful gardens of the city, has
pergola at the rear which running roses
have appropriated as their home At
the southwest corner of Columbia, road
and 18th street is q big house in ample
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Rambler sat, there and thought he would
make mention OF it in these columns.
Though the crooked clay paths are
lined with rocks and they are confused
ly tumbled where in the usual type of
parklet Gamma beds or pansy BEDS are
planted, the main rock mass IL at the
base Of the triangle. which is toward the
east Understand. these rocks are not
dressed. They are in the rough, just as
they were blasted out of the quarries in
Rock Creek Park, or perhaps along the
palisades Of the Potomac. At the base
Of the triangle they are placed SO that
you may sit on one and lean your back
against another-just such places as you
would pick out to Fest II you were wan
dering through the regions around Great
Falls or Difficult run.
At the back OF these hard and WHO
seats there is a thick green screen OF
arbor vitae. spruce. rhododendron and
ivy. a close and shady thicket not yet
fully grown. In a small plAza-Ake space
before these seats a bay tree grows ana
casts its shade, Over and among the
rocks are growing ferns, blue flags. vel
low daisies, snap dragon. partridge
berry. forget-me nots, lilies OF the val
lev. crimson pnks. striped puzsle grass
and other plants which the Rambler
wots not OF. 1t Is a pleasant place 70
spend half an hour and botanist would
no doubt find many things there to en-
gage his interest.
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sent it on to me and l was able to identl-
ty four twenties and ten.
Not only continued Mrs. Brown, dc
/ identify the burnt money OF single in
dividuals, but many cases also come tc
me of bills that have been burned IN
safes that We're not freproof. Going
over the contents of a safe means long
steady work with bills Of high value.
remember particular case that / work
ed on last winter. A bank in Missouri
city burned and one of the large safes
was not fireproof.
''It had to be taken to Ohio to be
opened and the journey 5ostled it about
so much that all of the burnt money was
broken and the pieces scattered about.
The president did not dare to run further
risk with it after the safe was opened,
so .,ut all of the ashes in his suit case
and came with it directly to me. After
a great deal of microscopic work i was
able to return three-fourths Of his orig
inal amount to him.
After large fires am very busy. When
cities burn. as did Baltimore a few years
ago and Boston many years ago, I am
rushed. An uncomfortable amount is sent
to me and generally with no possible hint
as to the possible value the pieces rep
resent.
THE treasurer estimated that out of all
the money lost in the San Francisco fire
the division was able to save % per cent -
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money that come to her from innumerable
sources all over the country and restores
to their unfortunate owners the original
value which she finds that these remains
represent.
When seen at her caged-in corner of
the Treasury building she said:
Il come very close to life, and see
much that is interesting and pathetic.
When people lose their money by fire,
either through accident or carelessness-
for they sometimes do the most unac-
countable things-and then have it re-
turned to them as good as new, it is per-
haps natural that they should pour out
their thanks to me in the most ecstatic
terms. as though l personally were the
cause of their good fortune. l am rap
turously thanked for doing a plain work
that is really very simple after one has
become practiced and experienced in it."
This is her attitude. She takes no es-
pecial credit to herself She says that
ser acs.ty comes from no particular
drsIfiIs. It is rather the STEADY growth of
familiarity with the forms Of currency
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which has come from everyday study
and close observation during the years
of her experience.
She entered the service of the govern
ment in 1873. The department then de-
voted to the Identification OF burnt
money was very small, and its functions
were not extensive because of the com
paratively limited commercial conditions
existent at the time. She did not enter
upon her present work until two years
later, when the woman who was in charge
died and left no successor.
Mrs. Brown was given the place. Her
ability, at the time, was adequate to
the scope of the work of the depart
ment. Her present degree of perfec-
ton in it Is the result of the expert
ence offered through its increased
functions. She is in sole charge now
of her particular field.
"Of course" she continued. II could
not identify what any one would call
mere ashes-the powdered remains Of
ments. be they ever so small. chance
for establishing the original value Is
then given to me. l take the rag
ments that come to me and lay them
on separate pieces of white paper. I
closely examine each piece.
Since government money fs printed
on the very best quality of linen paper,
the impression made by the printing
distinct than If ordinary wood pulp
or rag paper were used. When
piece of money is burned, even though
it is old and worn, this distinct i'm
preston continues to show and the
tracery and lines are evident in even
the smallest pieces.
SO I take these remains and search
for evidence of any impression that
will tell or even hint at tn. denomi
nation Of the bill to which they origi-
nally belonged. I am SO familiar with
all kinds of currency-bank notes.
gold certificates. silver certificates.
etc.-that 1 can usually identify the
pieces at a glance ...
IF. in the scrap with which I am
working. 1 see q few letters Of the
face printing of a twenty-dollar GER
tifcate. I lay this fragment aside and
mark 1t. Then 1 scratch among the
other pieces for more Of the same
kind until I complete at least three
fifths Oh this bill or what represents
this much Of It. Then the owner 10
entitled to it's full face value.
This 10 what have to do with all
Of the fragments sent to me-match
them together until | find place for
ihtm Z, ~ piece must receive ,pn-
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that have disappeared, but which many
of the present generation remember was
the National City race course. Part of
this track is now covered by some of the
newer buildings of the Government Hos
pital for the Insane. with their sur
rounding grounds, and the Rambler be-
lieves that a part of the town of Con-
gress Heights is built on the old track.
That race course was opened during
the civil war and many races now his
toric in turf annals were run, or trotted
there After the war 1t languished, but
was retuvenated in the early seventies
Its grandstand for many years after
racing ended there was landmark OF
the neighborhood that is now closely
built with pretty homes.
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Rock Garden.

THERE is something different in pub
1 lie gardens in the triangle at the
conveyance of Rhode Island avenue and
NJ street These ways meet at Connect
cut avenue and the apex of the triangle
points toward that avenue, though there
is quite a space of intervening asphalt.
1t Is not formal garden. 1t is a most
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HE road which
leads from the
Aqueduct bridge
along the e a 8 t
front of Arlington
cemetery crosses
the Columbia pike
at Arlington cross
roads, passes the
high parapets and
deep bitches of old
Fort Albany, dips
down through the
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MODEST, un as

MODEST, un as
Stunning little wom-
an, with a plain
name and a re-
served manner. but
doing m p ortant
work, is Mrs. A. E.
Brown of the re-
demption division
of the United
States T r e asury.
She Identifies the
ashes of burnt
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Mrs. A. +. Brown
Performs Important
and Interesting Work
in Redemption Di-
vision of United States
Treasury Can Tell
!. Denomination of Bills
:. From Their Ashes and
Fragments.
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David P. Brown. w. W. Bassett, Charles
G. Casey, James Nokes. Nathaniel c.
Towle. Charles 8. English, F. A. Soule.
Hannibal c. Addison. Hugh G. Divine,
Samuel Strong. Joshua Howard, R. C.
Stevens. w. c. Dodge. F. J. Seybolt,
John p Einsfield. Edwin P. Bridges, A.
J. Larner. Theodore Wheeler. P Crow
ley. Albert Ordway William v. Hudson,
isaac Strohm. v. Pulizzi, A. Duvall, 8.
'. Stillings. T. B. Brown. John Parsons,
Joseph NJ Cowell, John P. Longhead, e.
T. Chase. George c. Hardness. B. Frank
lin Guy. John Alexander. John NJ Keat-
ing, George s. Kroff. Thomas Weaver,
Michael Homiller. G. NJ. Reyes, o. Marsh.
Il J. King. Lewis Parker, Alexander
Clements. William Hendley, q. C. Rob-
bins. DR.. N. 8. Lincoln, DR.. w. E. Wa
tiers. John T. Clements. E. E. White, q.
richards. Jacob Bigelow, Daniel Breed,
A. Edison. G. W. Garrett. John H. Wise,
Amos Hunt. B. F. Wilkins. NJ. NJ Ward,
w. B. Williams. Joseph Heyce, Louis
Baker, S. ]. Bowen, William J. Murtagh.
B. F. Clark and Henry ]. Schreiner
The aids to the marshal-in-chief were
William Rabe. John W. Jones, Ira
Goodenow. Nathan Darling. G. Alfred
Hall. John P. Hilton, De Witt C. Clark,
Robert J. Stevens. Clement L. West, z.
K. Panghorn, Isaac Bassett, Reuben 3.
Clark and Maj. Thomas H. Bates
X
It Is interesting to note at this distance
from the procession that the marshal
and his assistants wore frock coats and
tall hats and white or yellow buckskin
gloves or gauntlets and were distinguish
ed by their insignia as follows: The chief
marshal and his aids wore orange-colored
scarfs with white rosettes, and under
their saddles were blue saddle cloths
with gilt trimmings: the marshals were
known by blue scarfs with white rosettes,
white saddle cloths with blue trimmings;
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--2z48aS1Ss C
ROCK GARDEN IN BUSY CITY SPOT.

ward the eastern end of the square are
several three-story and basement houses,
fiat fronts. some Of red brick, some of
yellow brick, and occasionally one of
stone.
At the top Of the terrace along the side
walk is short row Of trees and the
first Of these trees, counting from 18th
street, is marked by the number of the
house which stands back at the building
line behind the broad parking. The num-
Der, which is nailed to the tree at about
the height Of a man. Is. 1905" The house
is red brick, with a bay window. The
number is on the transom above the
door also, but these transom numbers are
often difficult to make out at night.
especially if no light burns behind them.
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Lincoln Inauguration Memories.

KHANY memories of old Washington
AVA people may be recalled by refer
ence to the order of the procession
which was the escort of Abraham Lin
coin on his inaugural as President in
1861, and also by reference to the pro-
gram of the Inauguration ball, which
was held In judiciary square. The
Rambler glanced through the files OF
the Washington newspapers Of February
and March. 1861. and found the order OF
the procession. which included the names
Of the marshal, his aids and assistant
marshals. After the lapse Of time and
so close to the anniversary Of the birth
of Lincoln there is interest in reading
these names. Some Of them are familiar
to Washington people today, while some
have gone from the public's memory
but the men who bore these names are
no doubt cherished by many friends and
relations in the capital.
The marshal-in-chief was B. 3. French
and the marshals were J. ]. Coombs.
George H. Plant. John S. Paxton. James
w. Decide, W. Krzyzanowski, John L.
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WHEN YOU CLOSE THE
HOUSE FOR THE SUMMER

II the house is carefully closed when
you leave it for the summer the task Of
opening it in the autumn will be COM
paratively easy. And of course. If the
closing task is sighted. the opening will
be the more difficult
Begin with the things that make for
safety. See to it that all locks and bolts
are tight and in good condition, and II
they are out Of order have them put in
order. Then see to it that there are no
matches left about which mice might
ignite. thus starting a fire, possibly. See.
too that no gasoline or other inflammable
material is left in the house.
Into each open trap in the house put
little kerosene or other oil. This will pre-
vent evaporation of the water in the trap
and the subsequent escape into the house
of sewer gas. A few tablespoonfuls of
the oil-two or three-is sufficient to pour
into each trap.
Be sure that every particle of food ID
taken from the house. Mice are ever on