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Lawfeld, in Westmoreland.

I'm writing of Stratford, Wakefield.
Nomini and other great homes in
Westmoreland county. the Rambler has
not yet touched on Lawf1eld. one OF
the interesting estates of that neigh
borhood and particularly interesting
for reasons local to Washington.
Lawfield was the estate Of Judge
Richard Parker the first, who was the
grandfather of one of the Rambler's 8
friends. Daingerfield Parker. brigadier
general United States Army, retired.
now a resident of Chevy Chase. Law
field is close to the homes of the Lees
and the Washingtons. Richard Parker.
LIST, presided at the first popular meet
ing held in the colonies to declare
themselves entitled to become free and
Independent communities. That meet
ing was assembled at Leedstown, on
the Rappanhannock river, February II,
1866, thus antedating the Declaration
of Independence by more than ten
years and the Mecklenburg resolutions.
May 20. 1775, by more than nine years
These facts are set forth in the V1r-
ginia Historical Register and Literary
Advertiser of 1849. in Bishop Meade's
"Old Churches and E1,....iies of Vir-
ginia,' and in the study. "Westmore-
land County" written by the late
Judge T. R. B. Wright.
The resolutions adopted by 1.-The As
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of Judge L. H Jones of Winchester,
KY. for the following explanations:
'In regard to the name Jones' 1t Is
Of Welsh origin, being in the possessive
case, SO to speak, and is derived from
the very popular Christian name John
The Welsh, until quite modern times,
distinguished themselves one from an
other by employing the Welsh preposi-
tion 'ap,' which, literally rendered,
means the son Of Thus If a Welsh
man named John had son Thomas
the son was called for distinction
Thomas ap John. Or If 1t were desired
to distinguish Thomas with greater
particularly the name of another an
cestor was added, as If Johns father
were named Roger they would call
Thomas in that event Thomas ap John
ap Roger, and SO on ad inf1nitum. The
Welsh had no other names until the
English by act of parliament compelled
them to adopt their custom of sur
names when the Welsh-no doubt as
matter of sentiment, and naturally not
wishing to make any unnecessary de-
parture from their accustomed names
simply adopted their fathers Christian
name for their surname. Thus, what
had before been Thomas ap John, or
Thomas the son of John. or Thomas
John his son, became Thomas Johnhis.
and by abbreviation in the course OF
time Thomas Johns, or, inserting an
'e' for the sake of euphony, Thomas
Johnes or Jones'.
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ans, by his first marriage, with Ann.
daughter of Richard Henry Lee, the
revolutionary statesman and patriot.
Gen; Walter Jones was one of the
founders of the African Colonization
Society and of the Warrington Nation
al Monument Society. The Rambler has
before him the following order of the
District militia relating to the funeral
of Gen. Jones:
Headquarters Militia D. G.,
Washington. October 16. 1851.
the District of Columbia will appear in uniform
this day, at o'clock pm, at the honse of DIR.
Thomas Miller on F street to attend the funeral
of Maj. Gen. Walter Jones. our late venerated
The division major generals will issue the
wADswoRTH RAMSEY.
Adiutant General Militia D. c.
By order Of Maj. Gen. Weightman.
x X
At meeting of the members of the
bar and other officers of the several
courts of the District of Columbia, held
in the courtroom of the Circuit Court
October 16. 1861. appropriate action
was taken on the death of Gen. Jones.
On motion of Mr.. Carlisle. Richard S.
Coke was elected chairman and John A.
Smith secretary. Mr.. Coke delivered a
long oration on the life work of Gen.
an address.
At the funeral the Rev. DA Gurley
officiated, and the pallbear4 Is were
Judge Dunlap. Judge Crawford. Mr..
Marbury, W. w. Corcoran, Gen. Force,
Ogle Tayloe. William Selden. Mr.. Car
berry, ]. NJ. Carlisle and r. C. Weight
man. Gen. Scott was present, but could
not act as pallbearer on account of i'll
health.
There was another Of these Joneses
whose memory it is interesting to re-
call. His name was Catesby ap Roger
Jones, son of Gen. Roger Jones. and
named after his uncle. Commodore
Jones of Sharon. He was executive
officer Of the Confederate ironclad Vir-
ginia in the fight in Hampton roads,
and had been ordnance officer on that
craft when she was the United States
steam frigate Merrimac. He had re-
ceived appointment to the United States
Navy as midshipman, and served
the Mexican war. first in
the gulf and then on the west coast.
and was at one time attached to the
naval batteries on the siege of Vera
Cruz. His biographer, Capt. Robert D.
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AppIauding An Enemy.

VIZ HILE the Iron Duke" was still
w Marquis of Wellington he went
from Paris to Toulouse. where he had
fought and won the last battle Of the
Peninsular war. He attended the opera
that first evening. and though he wore
plain clothes and sat in the back Of the
box he was almost Immediately recos-
nized by some one in tho orchestra
chairs, who called out: "Wellingtonr
The name was taken up by others,
and at last the entire house rose. turn
ed to the box. and called: ''vive We'll
lingtonw
Nor would tho people be satisfied un-
til he had stood UP and bowed to them.
when he was cheered and applauded
again. At the conclusion Of the per-
formance the passage from the box
was found to be crowded with people
The women Of the party drew back
nervously, but the duke said: Come
along" in his brusQue way. and con-
Quoted them on. While they were still
in the corridor q man In the crowd was
heard to say to his companion:
"But why are you applauding so
much? He has always beaten us!''
This was very true, and the question
seemed a natural one. but the answer
was charming:
Yes. but he has always beaten us
like q gentleman" -
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Washington's Old Bus Line.

IT HE street car companies should not
feel that they have called forth
all the criticism which Washington has
hurled at its traction companies. When
the omnibus lines were running in
Washington years before many of the
present critics were born there was
complaint that the bus fare of cents
for ride from end to end of the line
was too much. that the bus company
was making too much money and that
the buses ran too far apart. The bus
company evidently had some friends,
and In The Star of March 25. 1857. a
patron of the line sent to the editor
the following letter, which in making
defense of the line throws some Hight
on the operation Of the buses and on
the customs of the period. The letter
follows:
Believing We do that a better managed line
OF omnthuses cannot be found in the United states
than this. which for some siI years has been uu-
one or the most experienced and painstaking
omnibus proprietors in the country. we cannon
but think that the faultnding upon his line Is IN
just and moreover ungrateful.
Few people. We imagine. have an adequate idea
site to conduct such an enterprise S properly. and
as to the monstrous profits supposed to be real
ized. We venture to assert that hundreds Of our
citizens are getting larger return from invest
ness than Mr.. vanderwerken with his eighty or
ninety thousand dollars sunk in omnibuses and
horses. Not infrequently he is called upon to
Eustain some such loss as that some four years
ago. when in less than ninety days he lost 500
worth Of hprses by glanders.
No reasonable man. think can complain OF
paving six cents for a ride Of two or three miles,
and all past experience has shown that line
cannot be sustained at less fare. II the drivers
ever, complained. manage to get seven cents
fare In making change. We presume they do SO to
get even with their no change" customers. Mr-
Vanderwerken does not recognize this mode OF
balancing accounts, and, now that It has come TO
his knowledge. has given strict orders to his en-
pioyes not to go mill beyond the regular fare.
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time Of the United States

Minor, at one time of the United States
Navy, says:
HE was the first officer of the United
States Navy who had circumnavigated
the. world three times He served in
the United States coast survey under
Maury, and at the Naval Observatory
at Washington. Recognizing the vital
importance of ordnance, he paid espe-
cial attention to 1t in all it's branches,
and while studying it he was three
years with Dahlgren. and assisting him
In his experiments, which resulted in
the introduction of the Dahlgren gum
The United States frigate Merrimac
was armed with Dahlgren guns, and
Lieut.. Jones was ordered to her as
ordnance officer. He served on that
ship several years. Virginia seeding.
he resigned his commission in the old
navy, took commission in the Confeder-
ate navy. and was assigned to the Mer-
rimac, which had been converted into
the ironclad Virginia. Before going to
the Virginia. he was ordered to the de-
fenses of the James river and con-
structed works and set up batteries
on jamestown Island, the civil war re-
mains which visitors there see today.
He had a varied and favorable career
in the Confederate service, and at one
time was in charge of the Confederate
ordnance works at Selma, Ala.
y
In 1866 he sailed from New York for
the south Pacific by way of Panama
under a contract with Benjamin VI
cunia Mackena to enter the service of
the Chilean government. but on arriv-
ing at Callao it was determined by all
the interested parties that Jones should
accept service under the government of
Peru. After important work there he
returned to the United States as adviser
to the agents of Peru in all war meas
ures that the Peruvian government
should think At to adopt. He married
Miss Gertrude Tart of Selma, Ala. In
the Jones genealogy is this concerning
the death of Catesby ap Roger Jones:
He was shot down on the streets of
Selma, Ala. June 10, 1877. by a man
whose child had had a difficulty with
one of his children. when Capt. Jones
wos wholly unexpecting and unpre-
pared for such a catastrophe"
1t may be that perhaps some of the
Rambler's readers have been puzzled
by the little word "ap'' which appears
in so many of the Joneses names. The
Rambler is indebted to the writings
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Miss Beall led Fannie. a wise collie.
out to be photographed, and the lady
and the Rambler talked horse and dog
with great satisfaction; but ever and
frage, William ]. Bryan and the war
in Europe. Miss Beall is not pro-Ger-
man, and IL you talk with her one min
ute you will make that discovery with
out the least effort, and II she votes at
all 1t will not be for Mr.. Bryan. In
fact, you may travel long way with
out meeting a woman holding such ad-
vanced views and pronounced opinions
as Miss Beall.
Miss Beall gave the Rambler some
facts concerning the flight of Dolly
Madison from Washington on that fate
full day of August 25, 1914, when the
British took Washington. She had them
from her mother, who had them from
her mother, who had personal knowl-
edge of them. The original Declara-
tlon of Independence and valuable state
papers and national relics which Dolly
Madison took from Washington were
hidden in Boards mill, which stood on
P1mmet run close to Chain bridge, just
below the present iron bridge over the
run, and the ruins of which you may
see today. She was taking these pa
pers into Virginia with her, and after
crossing the river on a scow ferry at
the point where Chain bridge was later
built she saw a cloud of dust on the
road on the other side of the river.
Believing that British troops were pur-
suing her, she hid the precious docu-
ments in the mill close by. The dust
was caused by Parson Maf1itt and the
Fa1rfax county ri1emen rapidly retreat
ing after the battle of Bladensburg.
Miss Beall told the Rambler that the
story that Dolly Madison later car
ried all those papers in a hair trunk
to the house of minister at Leesburg
was fiction. She had heard her moth
er say there was no foundation for
the story. The papers were hidden in
Boards mill late in the afternoon of
August rs; that night President Madi-
son, his wife and several members Of
his cabinet stayed at Salona, and the
next day. August 26. the British hur-
riedly left Washington. There was
then no need of taking the papers on
to Leesburg.
Another member of the Jones family
whom the Rambler will recall was Gen.
Walter Jones. who commanded the mi
litia of Washington city at the battle
of Bladensburg. Gen. Walter Jones was
born at Hayfeld, Lancaster county, Va,
October I. 1916, and died in Washing
Richmond under Bushrod c. Washing
ton, afterward associate justice of the
United States Supreme Court. Gen.
Jones came to Washington at about
the time of the removal of the seat of
government to the District of Columbia.
President Jefferson appointed him at
torney for the District of Potomac in
in 1904. which Office he resigned in
1921. He married. in 1903, Ann Lucinda
Lee, a daughter of Charles Lee, Attor-
ney General under Washington and Ad-
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She Talks the Sister Organization the Boy Rally Savannah Ca
What the Girl Scouts London Are DongEngsh Girls Understand Perform First
Aid SercesCang for People During the

first aid services which they are en-
ab1ed to understand and perform
The Girl Guides of London have
been wonderfully alive to the possi-
bilities of the aid which they can
render to their country. Not an op-
portunity has escaped them. In the
districts about London they actually
attended to the harvesting under the
direction of their captains. and are now
cooperating in equipping and main
tanning bomb-proof cellars where they
can care for people in case Of unex-
pc tied Zeppelin or aeroplane raids.
The motto in England, as here, Is BE
prepared The London girls are living
up to that motto. They are showing
themselves to be alive. alert citizens.
who know what to do and how to do
their part in emergency.
They know all about the hospitals
where they are located and how to
reach them. Such information as this.
though slight as II may be considered.
means a great step in the training of
girls. Ask the child OF twenty years
ago how to find a certain building. and
she probably replied with a blank
stare. stammering, I don't know But
ask a Girl Scout. and 1 venture to say
that she win not only tell you where
the place Is. but also how to reach 1t.
To teach them the topography of their
own city Is a means OF encouraging in
dependence: and to stimulate them to
an Intelligent interest in the part they
may play in their community Is one
means of fitting them for the duties of
womanhood, as we comprehend the
term today.
Perhaps may be pardoned for ex-
pressing thus unreservedly my enthu
siasm for the Girl Scouts" she contin-
ued. but know whereof I speak and
what qualities we are fitting into their
characters.
'Unselfishness. patriotism. loyalty.
truth are terms of deep meaning to
Girl Scouts. We are presenting through
our course Of training an attractive set
Of duties which relate to their daily
lives. We are not only fitting them for
a greater efficiency. but We are also
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weaving little pleasure and novelty
into their everyday tasks.
I'VE give home training to the little
east side Londoner who knows next to
terest to the little girl OF sequestered
city life. And we do not cumber our
members with endless financial bur-
dens. What we as an organization have
done has been accomplished solely
through the merit of our training. We
have been referred to by Sir Baden
Powell, the founder of the Boy Scouts.
and Col. Colin Livingston, the president
OF the American Boy Scouts, as force
of civilization.
Girl Scouts is the personal interest
which we hold out to all who enter.
Each girl had three people vitality in
terested in her-her patrol leader. a
girl chosen leader by the girls Of her
troop because she has completed the
full set of duties; her captain. a girl of
at least twenty-one years. who has or
ganized the patrol. and her scout COM
missioner. who is in charge of the diff
ferent branches in her city.
Our badges are not medals Of re-
ward. They represent. as do the tnsig-
Mas of the army and navy. marks Of
progress in the fulnllment Of scout re-
quirements. To enumerate this list Of
qualifications would show how practi-
cal are our aims"
Mrs. Low has not only founded the
Girl Scouts. but has given from her
own purse the financial support 1t
needed. She wished to establish 1t and
prove its worth to herself before she
exploited 1t as an educational move
ment for girls. Now she has reached
the point where its membership Is in
creasing by the hundreds. and she finds
particular qualification in the fact that
the girls are seeking the organization
and not the organization seeking the
girls. She says that the girls in Eng
land are asking that the age limit of
eighteen years he waived and the older
women be allowed to enter and receive
the training. She tells Of a London
girl who married and asked to ba A.
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EIHE National Council of Girl
Scouts, recently held. brought
to Washington Mrs. Juliette
q Low, the founder and president
Of the organization.
From her 1t was possible to learn OF
the universal progress of the sister or
ranization Of the Boy Scouts. She has
come directly from Savannah. Ca
where she witnessed the impressive
state rally. and from London. where
she saw the little Girl Guides. as
the Bri,ishers call their members,
making practical application OF their
scout knowledge and rendering actuai
service TO their warning country.
In Savannah" she said. II saw a
number of things that pleased me
greatly. Our scout rally was one OF the
largest exercises of its kind ever held
and 1t was indeed a cheering sight TO
sec the little American girls march
ing breast to breast with the Boy
Scouts. and fulfilling 80 effectively
their part Of the program.
They received a glowing compliment
from the commander of the flagship of
the American feet. During the fash
Light signals, which our scouts are
taught to read from the ships, he stood
with me near our body of girls. As
they read aloud the meaning of the
signals he turned to me and said en-
Enthusiastically. Not a man on my ship
could have done II better
'"The semaphore signaling" con-
t1nued Mrs. Lowe, "is another branch
Of the training which was done equally
we'll. and besides being a pretty calls
themes. IT is also a good test Of men,
ory. and fully as necessary to a girls
understanding as to a boys. I have
seen II adopted as a step-saver by girls
in Scotland. when they wanted to talk
to friends in the valleys from the high
mountain passes.
Il have just come from London, and
II was my privilege there, to observe
how useful this training has been TO
the girls of belligerent England-not
SlenA the signaling. hut all aS the other
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Old Tomb at Dumfries.

A FRIEND of the Rambler, after
~ reading the 'ramble" to Dumfries.
Va. writes to remind the Rambler OF
1.-The soldiers grave" near Dumfries. a
point of interest which was overlook
ed in the story Of that very old settle
ment on Quantico creek. The old tomb
is near Nebasco run. about 200 yards
from Dumfries. 1t is a tombstone sup
ported on four pedestals and Is dis
tinctly cut. Above the inscription is q
deaths head, and below this is a naked
or drawn sword and an hour glass.
The inscription reads: =,
"Heare Lyes Ye Bodey of LIWt WILL
LIEME HERRIS. Who Died May Ye is
1898, Aged IS Yeares. By Birth a
Brittaine. A Good Soldier Good Hus-
band and Kinde Neighbour"
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lowed to continue training with her
troop.
Mrs: Low is a friend OF Sir Baden
Powell and his sister. and 1t was
she became fired with enthusiasm to
start the Girl Scouts. Her movement
has spread all over Europe. and Sir
Baden Powell told her after he re-
turned from his world tour. that he
could more easily name the places
which did not have Girl Scouts than
those which did.
Before the European hosti1ities broke
out last summer she says that the little
Girl Scouts of Germany and England
were the veriest friends. The German
scouts made a visit to London and were
shown about in high glee by the little
Britishers. who prided themselves on
their extensive knowledge of London
and their ability to act as guides to
their visitors.
Mrs. Lows aim Is to afiiliate her or
ganization with the Boy Scouts. She
believes that healthy commingling Of
the two sexes in childhood will effect a
beneficial spirit Of cooperation that
will be retained through life in both
mart and freside.
She 10 planning to institute q series
of competitive examinations Of scout
prowess anon gthe girls Of the United
States as a motive for greater interest
in each other. Her acquaintance with
the present-day efficiency of the Lon
don Girl Scouts has redoubled her ar
dor for accomplishing a preparedness
of the American girls to play their
part in national crises.
Mrs. Low is a daughter Of Col. W. W.
Gordon Of Savannah. Since her mar
riage she has lived q great deal In Eng
land. where she divides her time be-
tween London and her lodge in Scot
land. It was during one of her summer
parties in Scotland that she saw the
need of giving girls some such train
the boys.
"I saw" she said, during that sum-
NOR a number of mountain girls max
ing ready to go down to Glasgow to
work, knew Rhat lay before them.
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built Sharon on land that was part OF
the great Turberville tract, but wheth-
er it was Turberville land at the time
Commodore Jones settled on it the
Rambler does not know.
Commodore Jones and Mary Walker
Carter Jones had these children, all
born at Sharon: Meriwether Patterson
Jones, who was lieutenant in the
United States Navy; Mark Catesby
Jones. Mary Lee Jones, who became the
wife of Dr. William Beall of Maryland,
and Martha Corbin Jones, now living In
this city. Miss Ida Beall is daughter
of Mary Lee Jones and DR.. William
Beall.
The Rambler followed the road from
Chain bridge which crosses Pimmet
run and leads on to Falls Church. 1t
is steady climb along this road until
you come to the highlands marked by
the ruins of Fort Ethan Allen. few
hundred yards farther along you come
to a pretty new church called Walkers
Chapel. 1t is surrounded by large
cemetery and close to the church is a
small frame structure of considerable
age. That was Walkers Chapel until
served by the congregation for senti-
ment's sake.
On reaching the church you will no.
tice a dirt road leading to the left
through woods. 1t passes down hill
and then up and on ascending the first
hill you may see a rural mail box with
the name Ida Beall" on it. lane
leads to the left and, following this.
you come to a shed partly sheltering a
muddy buggy. Then in the shrubbery
close at hand you will see small
house.
AS the Rambler approached. Miss
Beall was coming out of that house
with a tin pan containing oats. She
was carrying feed to her horse, of
which. like most good horse owners.
she is immensely proud. The horse.
stall. was whinnying for those oats.
Strange as such thing may seem.
Miss Beall was glad to see the Ram
bier, though she was sorry that she
was not "dolled up"
She told the Rambler that she had
named her horse Prince Woodrow will
son and had intended riding him in the
place in Washington not so long ago.
but that instead of riding him she
hitched him to a buggy and drove him.
carrying along with her Prof. Clara
Ludlow. She introduced the Rambler
to Prince Woodrow Wilson and the
pleasant (to the Rambler) conversa-
ton. The Rambler promised him that
If he would come to Washington he
should be introduced to all the horses
in Rock Creek Park. Prince Woodrow
Wilson did not appear overwhelmed at
the prospect and perhaps he knew that
some of those stylish park horses
twenty miles and that their riders also
would be dead. Miss Beall takes care
of Prince Woodrow Wilson, and good
care of him.