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but looks through Nature up'to Natures God
Lorenzo Dow was an American item
Grant preacher of the Methodist oeliet'
who was born. as chiseled on his TOMB
ington. His parents were natives Of
the same Connecticut town ana were
Of English ancestors. There were ons
son and three daughters older tnan
He made two missionary tours in Eng
land and Ireland. one In 1893 ana one
In 1905. He was noted for his eccen-
tricities of manner and dress.
ana Misceiiany": "The stranger in
Charleston. or the Trial and Comics.
sion Of Lorenzo Dow: Dealings OF
God. Man and the Devil as Exemplfned
in the Life Da and
Preacher'; "A Journey From Babylon
to Jerusalem. or the Road to Peace
and True Happiness" and "Communi-
cations With the Spirit World"
=
Lorenzo, from the account OF his
early life, given in his biography and
journal, appears to have been deeply
religious from his earliest childhood
he relating that when three years OF
age he refused to play with a small
comrade who confessed that ne TAILED
to say his prayers. He was dreamer
and saw many visions. One. he says
was Of the Prophet Nathan. who told
him that he would live to be onl,
twenty-five years old.
In trying to settle In his mind the
theories in regard to unconditional rep
rotation and particular election he be.
came so discouraged that he attempted
to take his life with an old musket
He says: II fired the charge. which
being an uncommon great one. the re
coil was SO violent as to throw mi
on my back and fell on sharp ston'
with such force as to deprive me o
my senses for some time. 1 tnougn
the devil was come to take me, ant
when I came to was thankful that Co
had prevented me from sending m!
soul to everlasting misery"
A noted evangelist visited Coventr.
and Lorenzo went to hear him. H
was just a small boy and was fillet
with terror when the preacher pointet
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an unusual young person. That Is WY
he is rear admiral. He has slnguaas
record of being able to get Things oone'
Though never seeming to be busy.
Fleet commanders. squadron commano
era shiD commanders long ago founo
out that whe i this boyish-appearine ON
Ger, with soft, innocent eyes. Was ~ .Mo ds'
head of their supply and accounting u
vision matters therein ran with remark
abIe smoothness and efficiency
Here. for example, is what Admiral
Badger, commanding the Atiantlc meet
wrote Of him aa the sas s0nsldeUa mads Of Il the pay
department of the feet smoothly WORK
ing military machine" ,,.
"a smoothly working military ma
chinew That is a high tribute. as eVery.
hodv who knows anything about military
matters knows.
What is the secret Of success in the
career Of this young man who has won
to such high place?
Ask him and he will tell you with
sailorman frankness that as matter
of fact he never has done anything very
remarkable but that his friends nave al
WAYS boosted him along. thus giving MI"
an appearance of success.
Honestly" said he not long ago to an
interviewer, there isn't a thing about
me worth writing. 1 have managed to
set by. that's an
But others IN the Navy Department
have q olIierenI tale to tell.
Trace his career back. ana one II ne
be q tneorist. nnds tnaL very probably
the foundation for Admiral Mc1oWan
success as an executive was laid IN q
brick YARD in SparlanDurg, 5. c. CURIOUS
pace 10 1egln u naval career, isn't itt
well, 1t was necessary. Samuel mac
f0 "a
way through the state university, ana Q
fob running the brick yard was a means
TO that end. What ne learned OIL pooAs
in the university was supplemented oS
die them In the brick yard. The last
named part Of his educational course
has proven the more vaiuao4e TO him.
In 1857 young McGowan took his A.
at the university. But ne WASH
through. Being a southerner, OF course
he thought that he wanted to be laN
yer, Therefore, he continued at the uni
versity tor two years more, taxing M
dekree OF bachelor OF law IN 1891. mean
time. he QUIT the brickyard and pulsuee
his studies of humanity as nisnt ticHe
agent at the Columbia depot. 1t VA
an excellent school for the purpose: Les
sons there learned OF now 70 naho:
contrary and cantankerous inoiViouai'
have contributed materially In tne estao .
lishmenl of that smoothly working mil
,arx machine" Of which Admiral Badge
has written.
And also they contributed much t
making Admiral MCGOWAN the diploma
that he Ii.
- -S -sre-
A passion for writing swept over NC
Gowan about the time he took the Law
. degree. Clients did not rush at him Il
swarms imploring him to take their lay
cases. He had to live. and sonehov
writing appealed to him as more akin t
tbe law than running brick yard o
selling tickets to sleepy clothing drum
mers.
, on the Columbia Record. where he laste
lust two weeks He had brilliant star,
, hut an iguominous finish. Like man
young reporters he got the notion that b
? Could win success by writing annusin
, sketches Of police court proceedings .
J The first weeks work was Ane. III
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OF thoughts. soma, glorious and glad
others mournfuI centsrviIls was a name
that was sometimes uttered with q shout,
but most times with . sob.
Great legions Of the Union and great
armies Of the confederacy grappled
around the town. charging. reelins. man
Cling. winning. losing. as the gods willed
or the heaviest battalions compelled.
Centerville was war~racked village,
over which ono army and then another
rolled. n was now blue. now gray.
changing color IN . breath. Mars held
red revels There.
-Four sisnboards posted at the cross-
roads where the villase stands tsIi the
way. One reads: ITO Bull Run, 3
Miles, The legend on another is: ITO
ChantiIlv. Miles," A third IL inscribed: !:
ITO Aldie. II Miles, A fourth points to
Fairfax Court House. seven miles away.
These are names that thrill
These sisnboards, rudely lettered on
rough oak. are scared by time and
warped and cracked by rain and sun.
They rouse grand and melancholy mem-
ories. They tell a story that awakens
IN many minds thoughts sweet and bitter
Just the bitterness Of grief. not the bit
terness Of hate. for the ugly passions Of
the American civil war are deeper buried
than all the bones that molder between
the Potomac and the James. These
ho-'eiy signboards are an index to tragic
fields.
Once when the Rambler strayed that
way he stood before the s'gnboards Thew
Were but two-foot sections Of unplaned
p'anF'ng nai'ed transversely near the top
o. chestnut pole, at the base Of which
RS Of ~neiss and flint had been tamped
t" ha'd the pole and its siKns steady in
~ wind Though dumb and unconscious,
r" cd road signs were e,o ,oquent
nrv.l'e Is not stirring place: It
1-s not feel single busy throb. 1t Is
Us dead" II ever q village was killed
r. ~"- it was Centerville Perhaps 1t
oked by smoke Of burning powder
- ~~"othered by the sulphurous gas from
'"n perhaps it was btghted by the
ran % shell or overcome by the horrors
tha- :: saw. Today 1t bears wounds and
seas Its wounds are bullet-pitted walls
and shot-r.ven trees. Its scars are sunk
en- graves and vine-ve.led redoubts-
A dozen houses compose the hamlet
Half of them cling to the roadside. as
though to feed their lean and leaning
sides on such excitement as passing
team and the visitation of a stranger
bring. These wan houses seem to sntn
the yellow dust whirled up by slow
going team as though it were exhilafat-
ins snuff They bear feeble ana g
lis;!ess look, and were they sentent
thrss they would likely say:-
.,'sntervfile is "a little gov Just now,
but oh, mys IL you had been here aoous
If years Ago. you wouldn't laugh at US 70.
be is bit 'shaky and out Of JOINT now;
A: the Rambler believes that the oao
he ses would speak truly.
T,alf of the houses "a the hamlet g 9os
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N the heroic age

N the heroic age
Of the republic.
that b. in 1851
1865 centerville.
va-,- was what its
name declares. The
civil war threw
such q glare upon
the hamlet thst the
eyes Of the world
were drawn to n.
It was the focal
point OF q myriad
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stood at that place. No vestige Of the
building remains, and its precise site Is
a matter Of tradition rather than of abso-
Lutte knowledge.
The court building at Fairfax, though.
Is old and historic enough to satisfy an
exacting taste for such things. 1t was
built, II the Rambler's memory has not
gone astray, in 1900. The clerks once
and did contain more until the period OF
the civil war. In the grounds OF the
courthouse is q handsome monument 70
Cant, Marr Of the Warrenton Rlnes, VINO
was killed few rods south % OF .ne ,cs1iad cEIls
in action in the civil war. At least MATT
Camp Of Confederate Veterans wnach
erected the monument. claims tnat ois-
tinction for Capt. Mari. 49,. ,,~,+
The Episcopal rectory, on nst .n Vas
the scene Of one of Mosebys exploi.se, :,
Gan. stouRhton and several of his stan
were kidnapped there late at night. sew
eral miles within the federal INES.
rises a fane monument to the Confed,,
crate dead of Fairfax county, ana
whose names are inscribed on the
shaft, rest the bones Of men who fougnt
for the Cross OF st: George org a9a,nst IN mt
that symbol in the American revolu-
You leave the village behind and
travel on west about nalI miIe, "heI Q
the old road forks. One branch goes
straight ahead. That Is the Little
River turnpike. One turns to the left.
heading west by south. That 10 the
warrenton turnpike. This - the road
you will now follow.
Ak
It is a rough road. Our yrandfathers
or our great-grandfathers surveyed
these old pixies. straighter than any
railroad runs, and made them as broad
as many streets even in Washington. They
paved them with rock. The Warrenton
turnpike before the war was ono of
the nne roads Of the country. IT was
dfty feet wide, hard and fairly smooth.
but hilly. Now It is one Of the worst.
After the incoming of railroads 1t was
somewhat neglected. During the civil
war It was altogether neglected. 10 far
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THE MAIN STREET oENTERvnLLD. VA.

termined by the position Of the grave.
This IL q most uncertain means OF tdenu-
6cation. for hills and meadows that today
were in the Union lines were tomorrow N
the Confederate lines. These bones Will
be laid away in a little cemetery at Cen
terville. or at Manassas or at Groveton.
Thus, there must be Union bones under
the red stone Confederate monument at
Manassas. under the slender. handsome
marble shaft at the intersection Of the
Warrenton pike and Sudley road at
Groveton, and there are probably Con-
eat o tse at
There is a road which. beginning az
Aiexandria, runs west. It is called the
Little River turnpike, and 1t is also called
the old Winchester road. because 1t Is one
Of the old roads of the country. and II
you follow 1t from the Potomac and over
the Blue Ridge mountains it will lead you
to Winchester. Beginning at the VIZ
ginia. end Of the Aaueduct bridge 10 @ an
other of the old roads Of nortnern r.M. VII.
Church. % a town Of Interesting historic
import. but the historic atmosphere o.
which has been somewhat overWhelMe1
by saw, hammer, progress ana tne ihnoA
Of newcomers. ,a,,
suburbs of Washington. and smells Ho.s
of fresh paint and new plaster tnan Q.
old ivy and ancient mold: Inat .vaS
passes on by the old church from wns a
yOWn SssH>~s
and leads to Fairfax Court House. There
the two roads which have been menuonea
meet. There the traveller direct ilon. ~
washington will enter the ancient AA''l'
River turnpike
l-k
The village Of Fairfax Court HOUSE u
an interesting place to VISIT 1t is NOT
the first court seat Of Fairfax county. II
1, the third. The first was af Q piace
called Collingwood. and the second court
house was erected at Freedom HILL
high point on the road which leads over
-rrom. the Little River turnpike to tns
Leesburs and Georgetown turnpike ana
beeween Vienna and Tyson crossroads
The court building In which George Wash
inston, George Mason and other virginia
notables drew up and adopted the non;
intercourse resolutions against Ensian0
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dusty highway. they seem naughty and
inhospitable
But they only seem. They are Virginia
homes. Enter and be welcome. They are
shingles, cracked clapboards and creak-
ing floors. The pillars Of the porch are
out Of plumb and many signs OF decrepl-
tude and decay are masked by honey
suckle, woodbine, trumpet vine and ch"o
ing roses
a new house in Centerville would strike
a discordant note and break the noary
harmony of the town. THESE oio struce
lures seem to say: young man. we Were
reared before the steel and stone SKY
scraper- was conceived; wa have with,
stood the storms which nature SENDS anu
the tempests which the devil raised mere
half q century ago: we have neio our
place against shocks that "ouia s.n. nase
Not long ago. though things are dns1. 7.
ent now, rusty cannon banns and sneHs
harvested from the camps ana pa1ileneius as
around were heaped at tree.trunks aso .ao
In fence corners in the gardens OF tne
houses. These relic piles were common.
but masses of this Virginia war iron nave
been melted and converted into imple-
mehts Of peace, perhaps even INTO plowM. ~
shares. There used to be rev ,o noussS shat. =.
tered gun-stocks, broken SWORDS, rns.y
and berit bayonets, tarnished belt-pucAiee
and dented canteens were not ueeu o.
ornaments. Many OF these ofnameh.s
there yet. Shrapnel and canister rest on
walnut mantles over cavernous f1replaces.
The bones of men were picked up from
these fields. and where the dead naa aa
been given burial the mortuary atrencnes .s 5
were ossned, soon after the stose OF ns .ns
war and the skslstons Wele e.Mse..eu .Ua.e.
n the national cemeteries gArnnstVtn
snd Ale1andria and in the confederate
cemeteries at Manassas and at Gfoveton.
But It is no unusual matter now for .
plowman to upturn or hunter 10 trip
or stumble on mems bones.
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well, The naval authorities did not think
1t was all accidental. and they said nice
words to MCGOWAN and his subordinates
in consequence.
4
Admiral MCGOWAN has several profound
convictions about the work Of the bureau
of supplies and accounts. which is the
real name and the properly descriptive
name Of his organization For one thing.
he thinks the needs OF the ship afioat
are always the first to be considered. The
work Of his corps he describes As get
ting supplies to the feet when they are
wanted, where they are wanted with the
least possible delay. and then attending
to the paper work"
Another Of his ideas is that there should
be a course Of systematic instruction for
junior officers of the pay corps who are
appointed into the service from civil life.
When he was assistant paymaster gen.
eral some years ago. he secured the es-
tablishment of a school for young pay
officers. It ran with success for three
terms and then was discontinued. Just
possibly it is going to be rev.ved.
When 1t was running. ADMIRAL NC
Gowan lectured on 'Don'ts' to his class
Here are some OF the things he said, and
they give a glimpse Of the man wnole-
some philosophy:
.sThese ideas which propose to present
to you today are not my own at all. They
are largely borrowed from Solomon.
Shake peare. ST. Paul. William George
Jordan, Benjamin Franklin, George Aoe.
Elbert Hubbard, Mr.. Dooley and others
So, IL you discover anything good. at
tribute il to them, and vice versa
''Don't drink on your nrst cruise. Whis-
Ky improves with age. and three years
added to the age OF rum tnat WILL 20 OF,
fered YOU will make It taste great deal
better.
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The Nndtue of-an unusasaEea.Asave near
q cIs.ts.viiie dosa MT s4ig from
.,ts- rsverfes A. SPADE tssbea he-end the
nopes are gathered. Usually ) button or
. huckle gives testimony as to the cause
for which its wearer died. If none OF
thesa mute witnesses are found. the nag
the.e poor bones marched under Is de-
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Pap Thomas. the Rock OF Chiekamaa-
"a. and Joe Wheeler are instances.
So, when the Navy refers affectionateiy
to its new paymaster general as SAM
my" MCGOWAN. Rear Admiral samuei
MCGOWAN, U. s. N, suffers In dignity net
st all Sammy" MCGOWAN 1t has been
for many years. and Sammy" AcGowan
II Is to be for many years to come.
1t was by this name that the wardroom
mess on any American gunboat on the
Yangtse, in China, on battleship at vera
Cruz on any vessels Of the navys far-
hung battle line talked Of the new ap-
pointee recently when the word went Out
Of the selection.
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Memorial Of Lozenzo Dow.

ENTERING Oak Hill cemetery by the
L lower gate and following the road
for a short distance. then turning to
the left through one Of the shady
discolored by age, bearing the follow
ing inscriptions:
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It was on the cruise around the world
that MCGOWAN did his frst big work.
The organisation Of . supply systsm for
such a, neet was something never before
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the world had reached the Mediter-
ranean and was squaring away for the
. cruise across the Atlantic.
Then came the great italian earth
quake and the destruction Of Messina.
This government promptly offered to the
italian authorities the fleets supplies OF
provisions.
Supposing you are a housekeeper and
ing lot of guests Sunday: You have
made provision for them and stocked up
your ice chest and larder with an apun-
dance to meet the strain. Then. in your
cleans out the entire supply and gives
it to the neighbors. Suppose all this and
you will have a slieht idea Of the posi-
ton in which Fleet Paymaster MCGOWAN
He had two things to do at once. First,
to rob his supply ships and arrange an
organisation to distribute the 1000
among the sufferers; and. second,
promptly to replenish his barren ARE zee ice
Jackey suffered not at all In his iuii
and plenty" ration. But 1t took some
AZ a starter. MCGOWAN had to hop on
see the king and arrange with him for
the distribution Of the supplies. The
king, who is some judge of human
nature. sized up MCGOWAN and suggested
that he would like to have MCGOWAN
MCGOWAN did.
survivors Of Messina turned up their
noses at the spas hett ana maearon'
ed american food" and that he had 10
start kindergarten classes in the art OF
opening cans of provisions, he DID NOT
have a great deal of trouble N the ais-
tribution, but the revlctuaLns was
another question.
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Paymaster general Of the navy IL no
siouch Of a Job That officer Is account
able for paying oat the little matter OF
S145.OOOOOO this year: he Is accountable
for feeding and clothing the 5000 men
who make up the navy's lighting person.
mel; he is the chief purchasing agent for
the whole establishment; he Is the man
aging director OF the n2vy's savings
bank, which has branches on every ship
and at every pay Office. and which car
ries deposits made by enlisted men ag-
sregat.ng sS1OsvOOa aihe is the general man
aser of two great clothing factories cper-
ated by the department. one at Brooklyn.
N v. the other at Charleston, s. c.. he has
10 see that the ships have their rations Of
IoaI and oil. Just as the men have to
have their rstions of food. and he has to
1--we his reserve supplies SO arranged
III he can At out ship or heet and
:, I'd IT on its way instantly.
hen the dove of peace gets the pip
Srd the fighting ships are needed there
I.ust be no delay. 1t Is up to the Pay
ssorps to see that there Is none. And
t,ear Admiral Sammy MCGOWAN ID
BOSS of the Pay Corps. 49,
To have the. rank and pay Of a rear
admiral at the age Of forty-three-which
is the age of Admiral McGowan-is most
unusual, but, them. Admiral McGowsn u
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we'll The naval authorities did not think
1t was all accidental. and they said nice
words to MCGOWAN and his subordinates
in consequence.
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T,alf of the houses 70, the hamlet Do not
lie: by the roadsldes but seem t6 snfMk
fr the strangeg's<vier.sT They are hel3 y
h.d groves Of oak and elm. thickets OF
r.! cedar and black locust. and behind
he ges of box. lilac and althea. Inear
p,hie roofs. green with moss and ashen
Yi,h ,jchen. are drawn well down over
tier front. Looked at from the hot ana
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ms Repositoy
Of
LoronJo Dow.
Who was born in Coventry,
Connecticut.
October IS. TIT. Died February 2. 1884.
Age. 66.
A Christian IN the highest style OF msn.
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
ARRANGEMENTS MADE
Two Thousand Singers. Hymnal Tab
leaux, and Giant Tree Will Grace
Great Occasion.

The program for the community Christ
mas festival has been arranged by Prof.
Otto T. Simon, director of the festival
chorus; William H. Santelmann. director
OF the Marine Band, which is to accom-
pany the chorus, and Mrs Clara d. Ne
ligh, under whose direction the tableaux
Will be staged. The festival will be held
on the Capitol Plaza at 5 o'clock on
hour.
The chorus will include 1000 singers,
arranged in tiers on the Capitol steps
Above the chorus will be staged the tab
leaux, illustrating the different hymns
rendered. The giant Christmas tree.
standing sixty feet in height and illu-
minated with 1000 lights, will stand on
the plaza in front of the singers.
The program is as follows: Marint
Band. Creation Hymn Beethoven): !:
hymn, 20 Come, Emmanuel" hymn, 20
Little Town OF Bethlehem" tabIeaux,
Mary and Joseph on the Way TO Beth
lehem:" hymn, % Come, All Ye Faith
full" tableau, The Wise Men and the
Shepherds" Marine Band, ''Cantique de
NOEL (AdamS. concert solo; hymn,
'Hark! The Heralds Sing tabIeau.
Posing of Angels hymn. "Stille
Nacht:" tableau, The Birth Of the
Saviour hymn. An Hail the Power of
Jesus Name" Star Spangled Banner"
The Washington herald., 1914-12-18
union JACK
EGYPT'S flag
British Foreign Office An
nounces Establishment of
Protectorate.
ENDS TURKS SUZERALITI
Sir Henry Mcmahon Appointed High
Commissioner and Measures for
Defense Are Taken.

London, Dec. 17.-England today
established a protectorate over Egypt
ending Turkeys suzeranity. and adopt
ing defensive military measures for the
protection o fits inhabitants and theiI
property.
The Official press bureau tonight
made the following formal announce
ment at the instigation OF the foreign
Office:
The foreign secretary gives notice
that in view of the state OF war aris-
ing out OF the action OF Turkey. Egypt
has been placed under the protection OF
England and henceforth will constitute
q British protectorate.
The suzerainty Of Turkey thus is
terminated.
The British government will adopt
all measures necessary for the defense
Of Egypt and the protection Of its in
habitants and their interests.
Sir Henry Mcmahon has been ap-
pointed high commissioner"