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Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
IMPOSSIBLE 10 DEFINE TIME
Means the Same That Il Is
70 Another.

Time is something which cannot be
lists call n relative thing something
dependent on other things II is, OF
course, measured by events. or rather
the sequence Of events
Suppose. for instance, that II takes
man one second to raise and lower
his hand. II there are other beings
that can perform the same action in
n hundredth Of second, that period
will he a second to thom. tor after all.
We measure time by the number OF
physical actions we can perform This
being the case, certain insects that
live only week have really lived
several years
II we can image human life on an
eleCtron, that tiny particle OF modern
physics. a thousand Of which are found
In an atom Of hydroGen. ono second
or our time IL about twenty billion
years to tlrrm, On the other hand,
if we can Imagine that stellar sys.
TENS have life, one OF their seconds
is about twenty billion OF our years.
A great many thiuEs depend upon
this idea of time. One minister cN-
plains the miracle OF turning water
into wine by saving 1t an means sim
ply that the time OF growth OF the
grape was shortened The reason n
quick, active man accomplishes 80
much more in the same time than a
slow one Is that he lives by difter-
ent system of time than the other.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
THE EUROPEAN WAR MANUAL
The Worlds Work Tor September.

When the European conflict broke
cut the September issue OF the World 5
Work had gone to press, The publishers
discarded this number and have given
~ their readers new Magazine, con
tanning information relating to war in
Europe obtained from many experts
and amy books aud aliases,
The copy of the Worlds Work is
now at the Public Library.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
Cow Killed by Lightning.

On Monday night during the electric.
al storm Calvert Speualey's Jersey COW
was killed by lightning. The cow was
in rhe pasture south Of the Speusley
residence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
NEW FIRM AT OLD STAND
Henry lvey, Jr., Sells Harness Store
to Beers & Manley

Henry Ivey, Jr., who has been en-
gagged in the harness business at the
Corner of High and Commerce streets
for the last thirty five years has sold
his stock and business to Therou 5.
Beers and Joseph w. Manley. Both
members of the new firm are at work
selling horse goods and doing repair
work
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
Trinity Church Notices.

Friday 80 p. IN. Prayers and Med
itation. Choir practices at 500 p. III.
Sunday, Thirteenth after Trinity. Holy
Communion and Sermon Mt 1880 u. Ill.
Sermon. The Parable Of Love-" st.
Luke X. 81
Sunday School at 1900.
Evening Prayer aud sermon Mt 1880
y. m. Sermon, The Pattern Life"
/ Peter II. 81.
All are cordially invited to worship
with MS.
WIN. FREDERICK PHILLIPS. Rector.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
First ConareaatIonaI Church.

Rev. Harry Grimes, pastor of the
First Congregational Church. Braintree,
Mass. will preach, morning and even
ing, in the local Congregational Church
next Sunday.
A general invitation is extended TO
the public to attend the services.
REV, w. j. c. BOND. Pastor.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
Gard OF Thanks.

To all those VINO were so kind during
the death and bereavement OF our
daughter and sister we give our heart
felt thanks.
MR and MRs THos. HUXTABLE and
FAMILY.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
Rains rne Next Day.

The Barmaid You wouldn't be al.
ways broke II you saved up for a rainy
day" The Other--"I often do. miss
but it always rains the next day"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
e-Higgins.

Married, at Winretka, H., on Satur :
day, Aug. %, Miss kathryn Chase,
daughter of Rev. and Mrs. March
Chase, to Mr.. Samuel Chase Higgins.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
Where Skirts Are No. Wanted.

No lady climbing who wears skirts
or boomers will be allowed 70 take
a place on a rope, as these have been
found a distinct source of danger 70
the party making the climb.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1914-09-03
Unclaimed Letters.

MINERAL PoiET. Sept. /, l9l4.-Let-
tors addressed AZ follows remain unclaimed at
the Mineral Point pOst0iiice:
tho BtaziO, Mukel Il Schlhlt
tieo. Oke, Miss Bessie Feay,
II. Is. Morrow, Wesley Negus,
sec Tennis Club.
In callinz Tor Sbove, please say advertised.
BIT. PRIpEAUx. Postmaster.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

married into the Cary family, his marriage BE-
ing one of hve between the families in the
course OF few years. Mr. William Fairfax OF
Belvoir, near Mount Vernon, the father of the
Rev. Bryan Fairfax, had married of the
same. One of his daughters married to
Gen. George Washington's elder brother. Law
renee. the owner Of Mount Vernon, by which
means 1t came to pass that there was such in
timacy between the general and the Fairfax
family, and that matrimonial connections be-
tween the Washington and Fairfax families have
been multiplied
The parish OF of5Fairfax.was created in
1894. There seem to have been at that
time two Episcopal churches within
the limits of the new, parish. One,
called the Upper Church. or Little
Falls Church, stood not far from the
present Falls Church, and one stood
somewhere In Hunting Creek Ware
house. or Belle Haven, a settlement
which was enlarged and called AlexAn-
dria. Two churches were built in the
new parish, one at Alexandria fChrist
church) and Falls Church. The flrst
minister ordained for the parish was
the Rev. Townsend Dade. who resigned
under charges of neglect Of his parish
toner's. Tho second minister was the
Rev. Mr.. West, who served until he re-
signed in 1779. The third minister
was the Rev.. David Griffith. who
served from 1880 to 1888. The Rev.
Bryan Fairfax succeeded him in 1870.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

bier turned to the pages Of Bishop
Meade's "O1d Churches Of virginia
and read the following concerning the
Rev. Bryan Fairfax:
'.Oue son Of the Fairfax family. who was an
humble curate Of Bolton Percy, was aieo INC
inheritor of the title and married the daugnfer s
emigrant to America. At his death his ofosnes.
Robert. fn England, inherited the utae, wig.
dying without Issue. bequeathed his osta.e az, "
the Rev. Denny Martin. a relation OF the tamiy'
however. descended to the Rev. Bryan Fairfs1.
minister Of the Episcopal Church Of AiexanGlaa;
who was the son Of William Fairfax. the iriend
of Washington and manager Of the estate OF
Lord Fairfax after the death Of Hobeft Career'
alias King Carter. Of Lancaster county. =.
family it may not Be without interest to mem
tion that there appears to have been an intlmase
friendship between the Hefberts and fait1e1es
in the mother country which may nave iai9
the foundation Of that which was estaDilsneo
between them in this. This same may be SAID
between the Pairfaxes and Carys OF VirelMa. .
II meet with notice Of one OCCURRING IN
England which may have led to this IN Amer
ica. Coming back to Virginia with my notices
Of this family take pleasure II recording
''On going to England to receive the title, and
some property with 1t, he met with m9cn et0u-
BILE, delay and modification. The Earl Of Bu-
chan, Gen. WashinSton's friend addressed let
Of and 70
say with the Psalmist in respect to Gods deal
ings toward me, know that Of very faithful-
ness thou hast caused me to he troubled.
II have also seen and published sermon OF
his In which the evangelist plan OF salvation Is
Evening star., 1914-09-27

Rambler found his way into q quiet
roadside home 1t was that Of John H.
johnson. his grandfather, Court John
son, who came to Virginia from Kings
county, L. l., and bought Mount Eagle
about eighty years ago. The place de-
scended to his son, Henry johnson,
who had four daughters and two sons.
He left Mount Eagle to the daugh-
ters, and one Of them. Ellen Johnson,
married w. r. Studds, who bought the
interest of the other heirs and lived
at Mount Eagle until he sold the prop
erty In 1910 to Robert L. Garrett.
merchant Of Alexandria, who has Inn
proved the property and occupies the
place as a summer home.
The main claim Of Mount Eagle to
interest in historic sense Is that
before and during the American revo-
luton, and until 1902. 1t was the home
Of the Rev. Bryan Fairfax. a friend OF
George Washington and one OF the
early rectors Of Christ Church In Alex
andria. Bryan Fairfax was brother
Of George William Fairfax. boyhood
chum Of George Warrington, and was
the son of William Fairfax OF Beivoir'
adjoining Mount Vernon, whose daugh-
ter. or one of whose daughters, oe-
came the wife of Lawrence Masnihs-
ton. half brother OF George Wasning-
ton. and to whom he (Lawrence) De-
uueathed Mount Vernon.
Bryan Fairfax, while living at Mount
Evening star., 1914-09-27

to the right 10 the old gravel road.
. road that appears on old maps. At
the parting Of these ways is a big
sign with an index finger pointing to
the left and on the sign Is this infor-
nation. evidently intended for auto
mobilists. many of whom pass that
way: Eight miles-Mount Vernon
Important Nottce-Entfance Hours,
November / to April 80. II am. to
5:15 Pm: May to October 81, IL
am. to AIS Q.m. Closed Sundays"
x
The gravel road leads along through
low lands. weedy at this season, and
old cedars grow by the wayside. The
road takes a turn to the left as it
finds pass across the ridge. Here
there 10 quite a settlement Of market
gardeners. and the road Is lined with
rural mail delivery boxes.
HOW can get up to Mount Eagle?"
asked the Rambler of young man on
the road.
II don't know. but that young fellow
coming down the road there can tell
you. His mama ia johnson, and his
folks used to own the place." was the
answer.
The Rambler stopped the young man
indicated. He said his father and
grandfather had lived in the old house
on the hill called Mount Eagle. and
that his father, WHO lived up the road
Q bat. could probably tell q good many
Interesting facts about the place.. The
Evening star., 1914-09-27

state university. This group Is duplf-
Gated In every college town in the land.
IT is made up of the thinking people.
the ones who are really interested in
what is going on in the world.
Thomas Watt Gregory. a graduate Of
the university. was a regent Of the in
stitution: David F. Houston was Its
president. and had been connected with
1t for years: Albert s. Burleson, another
graduate. though serving In Congress.
had his home in Austin. and spent all
of his time away from Washington
there. All three had married Austin
girls.
Now the three families have been
transplanted to Washington. Mr.. Gregory
is the new Attorney Of the United
States; Mr.. Houston and Mr.. Burleson,
respectively. Secretary Of Agriculture
and Postmaster General. are rounding
out their second year In the cabinet
IF President Wilson.
Austin. the capital Of Texas. has q
population of only about 10000. And
yet 1t furnishes three-tenths Of the
Houston. at the time Of his appoint
lnent as Secretary Of Agriculture was a
resident Of St Louis. he being cham
celior of the Washington University
life had been spent In Austin, from
which city he removed In 1908.
The American public already has
grown familiar with Secretaries Rufle-
Evening star., 1914-09-27

Eagle. went to England and estab-
lished his right to the title Of Lord
Fairfax, Baron of Cameron. He died
at Mount Eagle, August Z, 1902, aged
seventy-eight years. and he rests IN
Ivy Hill cemetery, Alexandria, the
monuments of which are clearly visi,
BILE from Mount Eagle. You may stand
by his tomb in that old cemetery and and
age as the Rambler has given them.
The Lord forsaketh not the saints.
They are preserved forever"
Mr.. Johnson guided the Rambler
through woods and thickets up steep
hill to the extensive clearing on the
heights in which stands the old house
Of Mount Eagle.
On the broad. heavy door under the
wide porch is brass knocker. ana
the Rambler hammered on this. II
was midday and faint sound OF talk
and dishes came from within the house.
The family was at dinner. A girl an
swered the knocker. The Rambler
said:
Miss. may I have your permission
to make a picture of this houseE
well. II that's ALL" she said, you
can help yourself"
Then she said to some one In the
dining room, from which the fragrant
smell of, chicken came:
TITS just some one who wants to
take a picture Of the house"
The young fady's father came out.
He was Mr.. Garrett. He showed the
Rambler the big locks. oak door franz
Evening star., 1914-09-27
Saddle Backed Gull.

FOLLOWING the road which leads
from 10th street and Columbia road
into the Zoo. you come to a small pond
just before reaching the graceful little
bridge which spans Rock creek. An IL
Illustrated chart. mounted on a pole. shows
that this pond is Inhabited by the ia
mingo. pelican. marabou or adjutant.
who seems to be the patriarch or the
real grandfather of the colony. and the
great black-backed or saddle-backed gull:
brought from Labrador in 1905.
A bride path skirts the edge of this
pond. and a short distance from where
it leaves the main road, at the foot OF,
the little slope, there is gate in the
you turn into this path you hear a
peculiar quacking. Going down the
slope to the gate you observe coming
slowly toward ynu perhaps from the
farthest cornert the inclosure, the
black backed gull He reaches down
and picks up a small stick or feather.
which he brings as tribute and deposits
it on the ground just inside the fence
at the point where you are stand ng;
Then he proceeds to wag his head ana
telling you how hungry and lonesome
he is, how he dislikes his neighbors,
what an old gossip the adjutdnt Is, anc
all other news of. the colony ASK him 2,
question and he'll endeavor to the oesS
of his ability to answer. His back and
the top of his wings are black and the
under part of the wings and his breast
arc white. He does not appear TO oe
very different from gulls you have seen
off shore or following the steamers He
seems to be very fond OF company ano
never fails to greet you or or1ng YOU
his tribute, At times he grows excited
and beats his wings against the fence.
A smiling. good-natured keeper was
asked who taught the gull the tricks. he
replied: .s,,s
salutin' passin' vessels up moth whar
he come from. He's a great bird"
And the Rambler agreed with tne
keeper.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

ing and various other features Of
architecture usual in eighteenth CEN
tury houses. There were open fire.
places, heavy chimneys outside the
house. broad hall through the mid
die of the house and good-sized rooms
with ceilings that were not high. The
Rambler has obtained the impression
that Bryan Fairfax was not a rich man
even for the period in which he lived.
but he lived comfortably and was
gentleman of scholarly attainments,
piety and fine character. At present
there Is an air of modernity about the
place, and the flower circles planted
with fncas, petunias. portulacas. cam
mas. scarlet sage and other flowers,
and the hammock. rustic benches and
croquet set on the back lawn show
the influence of young people about
the place. BY a sad cedar tree. close
by the house, was the graveyard OF
the Johnsons. but the remains were
long ago removed to one of the Alex.
andria cemeteries.
The view from Mount Eagle is among
the finest of those broad vistas which
may be had from the high ridge which
rises along the southerly side Of Hunt
ing creek. 4s
After visiting Mount Eagle. the Ram
Evening star., 1914-09-27
THOMAS WATT GREGORY,
The new Attorney General
Photo BIZ Ciuediust,

From what Mr.. Gregory has done to
the trusts and from what he 10 doing,
one might well imagine that he is .
rampant, militant trust buster. a very
ogre who wants q trust for breakfast
every morning. But talk to him and
you ind him singularly calm and un-
prejudiced in his attitude toward the
objects Of his prosecutions. He views
the whole subject judicially, impartial
ly, even in q detached manner.
Ono morning, after his appointment
Evening star., 1914-09-27
|1 |1NiTH s(5HE PAMBLERzz6f

Leonard Calvert, fourth Baron Balti<
more. In 1854. when Charles Lord Ball
timore. third baron. went to England
he left his infant son. Benedict LeonI
ard. as nominal governor, with COLI
George Talbot as chief OF a commission
of deputy governors. by whom the gov-,
ernment OF the province was admin,s<
tered. Benedict Leonard Calvert be-
came lord proprietary in 1I14 and
died April 16. 1715. He had abandoned.
the faith of his fathers and had be-
come Protestant. There was another
Benedict Leonard Calvert. who was n
CD Calvert and was appointed govi
ernor OF the province in 1927, but
being compelled by Ill health soon to
return to England. Samuel ogle was
named in his stead.
The Patuxent at Benedict is about Q
mile wide and steamboats, out of Balti-
more to Patuxent river landings stop
there. The nearest land opposite Bene-
dict Is Hallowing Point, in Prince,
Frederick county. and there is a small
over there called Burch. OnA
the Benedict side OF the river at points /
well known to river travelere-Town1
Point. Point Judith and Chalk Point. !
Above Benedict. on the Prince Fred. Z,
erick county side of the river. is Gods
Grace Point
Nottingham Is a typical watersides
village of southern Maryland. Not az
many people from Washington find.
their way there as to Benedict
though 1t is a pretty hamlet. surround<
ed. and one, might say invaded, by q
fair and reasonably prosperous coun.
try. for town and country are intis
mately blended in Nottingham. It iG
not easy to tell just where the country
ends and Nottingham begins. 1t was.
no doubt. named by some early eight--
zenith century settler after the great
English industrial city of Nottingham,
city rich in royal associations.
At the English Nottingham is a cas<
tie. built at the Norman conquest. and.
Nottin gham's first governor was Will,
liam de Peverel the conqueror's mats
ural son. In that castle the Earl Of
March and Isabella. widow of Edward
II. were seized In the dead OF night by
Edward III. Parliament was held
there in 1884. 1887 and 1857, and it
was the headquarters Of Richard III
before the battle of Bosworth. Charles
I definitely broke with parliament in,
1641 by setting up his standard at
Nottingham castle.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

Last July the preparatory work had
been done and the government fled its
bill against the railroad in the United
States district court for the southern
district of New York. It was complete
and thorough, SO complete and 30 thor
ou9h that the company elected not to
make a defense. The New Haven 10
now negotiating with the government.
and the probable upshot of the negotia-
tions will be a disposition of the case
by an agreed judgment.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

He Comes to the
Department of Justice
With a Notable Rec
ord as a Trust-Buster.
Collected Two Mil
lion Dollars for Texas
From the Waters
Pierce Oil Company.
Third Member of the
Cabinet to Be Furnish
ed by the Little City
of Austin. Tex.
Evening star., 1914-09-27

as Attorney General. he sat in his Of
dce and discoursed to q visitor OF
trusts and trust prosecutions. These
Department of Justice rooms by the
apar tments in a quaint old mansion
made over for departmental use. 1t is
a building with curious. winding. may
halls. flights of stairs In the oldest
landing places. One has to have a
guide to get about in it. Mr.. Gregory's 8
own particular office evidently was
once a library. and 1t retains its lit
Srary atmosphere still.
X
1.-THE theory of the law in regard to
trusts" said the new Attorney General,
''is that competition Is always desirable.
Competition tends to produce better
service and more consideration for the
customer in the matter Of accommoda
tions. Naturally, If you have the choice
Of two or more dealers in a commodity
from whom to purchase, you, as GUS
toner, are likely to receive better treat
ment than II you had to buy from one
dealer.
nishing an article for a less price than
1t was furnished before the trust was
formed. You then, naturally, will say
that sas ths Il sGoa LAW &
to prevent is acquiring the power to
increase prices and reduce the character
of service, The law assumes that hav-
ing the power to increase prices and re-
duce the character of service, a monop-
oily will eventually exercise that power.
even though 1t may not do so at once.
1.-The fact that q trust may be what
has been termed a good trust today
does not mean that having the power,
1t might not become bad trust to-
morrow.
Possession of the power to suppress
competition, then. as we'll as actual sup
preston, is undesirable.
The purpose Of the government in the
antitrust prosecutions is measurably to
restore or protect competition when 1t
has been destroyed, or is in danger OF
being destroyed. and to do this in a
reasonable way. and in such q manner
industrial and financial conditions az
possible, while vindicating the law"
There you have definite exposition
of the policy Of the new Attorney Cen
eral in this matter OF nationwide in
terest, o matter on which he, by his
long experience, is aingularly well quail
fed to talk. Columns OF explanation
could produce no clearer or stronger
statement.
But what Of the man. as distinguished
from the lawyer?
It is difIicuit to disentangle the mere
human from this law-absorbed Attorney
General Gregory. He plainly IL one OF
those who Is immersed In the law. But
still he has other interests. and, after
all, is q many-sided man
As already indicated. he long has been
Evening star., 1914-09-27

N the hills on the
southerly side Of
Hunting ere e k,
below Alexandria,
are a number OF
/ n I e r esting OBJ
jects, ruinous for
tihcations. col o.
nial roads. over
which few wheels
turn now. and old
h o u 8 e 9 W h o 8 9
roofs have shell