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oN an earlier generation observers OF
politics in the west, noting the
men that Wisconsin. Minnesota
x and neighboring states were send
ing to Congress. were fond OIL oosef'-
ing that every Washbourne was porn
with the initials M. c." birthmarked
on the back Of his neck. The south, IN
this generation, might we'll make the
same remark about the Kitchins of
North Carolina.
II is true that there is only one
Kitchin now in Congress, but afore-
time there have been several As late
as 1909 there were two. brothers. serv-
ing from the old north state, but VIII
liam Walton Kitchin resigned to go
back and he Governor Of North Caro-
lima, leaving Claude Kitchin to uphold
the Kitchn family traditions in the
House of Representatives
And Claude has upheld them 60 well
that he is TO be the leader Of the
majority in the Sixty-fourth Congress.
which came into being on March last.
and also chairman of the great ways
and means committee.
Fourteen years of continuous serv-
zee have brought him 20 this command
ing position. But II is not seniority
alone that has made him leader. 1t Is
the quality of the man himself.
-
Cnder the Constitution there Is no
governing class IN this country. But
by reason of natural equipment, some
men and some families have acquired
leadership. The Adamses of New Eng
land. the Harrisons and the Wash
bournes of the west. the Kitchins OF
the south are examples. Men have fol-
lowed them. accepted their judgment
in political affairs. given them high
public Office But not because of birth
Each has had to make good for him.
self
There is no more democratic body or
earth than that little community OF
435 men which dwells together SO many
months in each year at the south enc
OF the Capitol in Washington. Wealth
ancestry. brilliancy of mind. previou.
distinction mean nothing in this ma
tional House of Representatives. If
man rises to place and power in th'
House organization he rises because
lie has demonstrated his quality o
leadership. his ability 10 command th'
respect the confidence and the loyalt.
of his fellows-these selected men from
every section of the nation.
Read this tribute to the new Hous'
leader, paid by that Connection
Yankee. Representative Thomas c
Reilly, OF the nutmeg state, and yo'
viii understand something of the rea
sons that moved the democratic caucu
10 make the southerner their field gen
eral:
1T IL generally conceded that Claud
kitchin can get more votes for an.
project in which he takes a deep in
Ierest, either for himself or a friend
than any man in Congress. and fev
viii ever know that he IL working
That does not mean that he is puss
footed. 1t is simply proof of his win
ming personality
Mr.. Kitchin was with Speaker Clarl
and Mr.. Underwood against the repea
of the Panama free tolls for American
coastwise shipping, but he made NJ
active night against the repeal. II i
agetty sals bstting- Il he had the Es
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by association SO ON for nearis
five minutes, in which, with Wit ana
grace and soft. southern accents, ne Won
the audience closely to him.
iect and held for more than an hour the
rapt attention of his audience. He quot
ed, without scrap OF note or manuscript
and practically verbatim, paragraphs and
whole pases from the report. He laid ms
finger accurately on the point from winch
the lawmakers subsequently departed
from the Aldrich report, the central bank
idea. About this he hung his talk, and
made it convincing.
All this, it should be borne in mind. was
months before the long discussion Of the
subject in Congress, on the stump and in
newspapers and periodicals. Those two
speeches. that of Senator Aldrich. the
master Of the subject from the point OF
view Of the monetary commission, and
that Of Kitchin. the man who a week be
fore had given no serious attention to the
subject, contained, in fact, everything
that subsequently was debated the length
and breadth of the country.
To put it another way. Mr. kltchn IS
man with an analytical mind, long tram
ed in the law and still longer trained IN
public life.
Most of the Kitchins are that way.
They are born-and a lot of them are
born-at Scotland Neck. N. c.. and grow
up in an atmosphere of public affairs
Then they 20 to Wake Forest College and
get an education and get admitted to the
bar and marry at once, ana presently
there are more Kitchins. all big, all
strong, all good looking. all able to talk.
with a due proportion OF the males birth
marked IN. c." on the back of the neck.
That was Mr.. Kitchin's story. The
additional details might be added that the
wear of his birth was 1863. three years
after the birth Of his brother William. his
former associate in Congress. Claude
Kitchin was graduated from Wake For
est in 1883 and married six months later.
It was in 1890 that he began to practice
law, and in 1901 that he began to come to
Congress. His big brother William had
become addicted to the congressional
habit four years earlier.
The Claude kitchin home at Scotland
Neck is typical. in its bigness and
spaciousness and extent of its grounds.
of the man. 1t has to be to house all
the family, for Mr.. and Mrs. Kitchin
have nine children. six dauehters-one
of them married-and three boys. They
are home-loving folk, and SO they re-
main at Scotland Neck most of the
time, Mrs Kitchin coming only occa-
sionally to Washington during the
winter social season.
All about Scotland Neck are more
strapping brothers. all. following tradi-
tion lawyers or planters, or, as in the
instance Of Mr.. kitchin himself. both,
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Abingdon. but changed the name to
Arlington.
The second Custis in America, who
was the son of the emigrant Gusts
there he built him a house of some
proportions and architectural impor-
tance. which he called Arlington. He
called the place Arlington not because
there had been any Custis associations
with such a place. but simply in honor
of Henry, Earl of Arlington. CO.
grantee with Lord Culpeper of Nir-
ginia Whether this son of the emil
grant Custis had had any business with
the Earl of Arlington, the Rambler
does not know, but his judgment is
against the probability Of this.
When George Washington Parke Gus
tis had decided to give a name other
than Abingdon to his new home ne
hit on the name Arlington because II
had been the name of the first home in
Virginia built by Custis native to
Virginia. There may have been some
other reason for the selection of the
nam of Arlington. and perhaps some
of the Rambler's friends may have
gone more deeply or successfully into
this matter than he.
A few years ago. field piece was
put in position as monument over
the grave of soldier at Arlington. 1t
was unique thing then, and, so far as
the Rambler knows, it is the only me-
mortal of its kind in the great national
cemetery. There are Spanish trophy
guns in the new section of the ceme-
terry, but these are not grave markers
or monuments to individuals. The gun
memorial has a bronze plate on the
squared oak trail which is inscribed
Wallace Fitz Randolph. Major General
United States Army, June IL, 1871
December 8. 1910" The field piece is
brass and was cast in 1862 and no
doubt performed service from the sec
ond until the last year of the civil war
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panionable. a mixer" who makes
friends with all classes readily and
boyishly. though never at the sacrifice
of his own dignity. he can't stand pos
ing or putting himself on exhibition.
What Byron Newton, assistant secre-
tary of the Treasury, terms the perils
of personal publicity In politics" never
will threaten him.
ASHMCN BROWN.
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pretention, rather near the river shore
and north of Four Mill run. He called
the house and the farm Abingdon.
That house. in which Nellie Custis was
born, is still standing, being owned by
q brickmaking company, and the Ram
bier has heretofore written of it. Eliza
Custis and Martha Custis. elder and
perhaps less famous sisters of Nellie
Custis, were also born in that old
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Washington. at Mount Vernon. Nellie
Custis lived there until her marriage,
in 1893. to Betty Washington's son,
Lawrence Lewis. and George Washing
ton Parke Custis lived there until the
death of Mrs. Washington. in 1902.
Then he concluded to build fine man
sion on the hills OF his fathers estate
of Abingdon, a mansion which would
overlook Georgetown and the new
capital. He did not call the place
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Correspondents and the Rambler.

TfHE mail of the Rambler has already
assumed considerable proportions
and the indications seem to be that it
will continue to increase A few of the
correspondents give information on
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THE cUsTIs MONUMENTS AT ARLINGTON.

scribed: George Washington Parke
Custis. Born April 80 1881. died Octo-
ber 10. 1857 Blessed Abe the Merciful.
for They Shall Obtain Mercy" The
that above the grave of George Wash
ington Parke Custis, is inscribed:
Mary L. Custis, born April %. 1855:
died April %. 1853: Blessed Are the
The man under the taller monument
was an adopted son of George Wash
ingtop and the brother of Nellie Gus
it's who became Mrs. Lawrence Lewis.
George Washington Parke Custls was
the son of John Parke Custis. who was
the son of Martha cambridge. who
became the wife of Daniel Parke Gus
tbs of White House. Va: and after his
death became the wife Of George
Washington. The mother of the man
under the taller monument was Eleanor
Calvert of Mount Airy, in Prince
Georges county, Md.
these monuments were the father and
mother of Mrs. Robert E. Lee. whose
maiden name was Mary Ann Randolph
Custis, and at the base OF the monu-
ments the Rambler has seen growing
lilies and myrtle which he fancies were
planted there by Mrs. Lee.
The Rambler in previous notes on Ar
lington has told good deal about the
Custis family and other families re-
lated to the Arlington estate, but 1t
may be acceptable to the reader to out
line the history of the beautiful place
which George Washington Parke Gus
tbs and his wife established, which Mrs.
Robert Z. Lee inherited and which the
United States government appropriated
and finally, under a decision of the
Supreme Court of the United States.
paid for to the heirs of Gen. and Mrs.
Lee.
1t was soon after the marriage of
John Parke Custis. Mrs. Washington's
son and George Washington's stepson.
with Eleanor Calvert that he bought
from Gerald Alexander a large tract
of land on the hills and lowlands across
the Potomac from Georgetown and the
future site Of Washington. The prin-
cipal house on this tract was that in
which Gerald Alexander lived and
which stood on the rise Of ground on
the lowlands. where are now the build
ings appurtenant to the exeriment sta
tion Of the Department Of Agriculture.
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peal would not have had seventy-six
votes leeway."
Search carefully the pages Of the Con
gressional Record. that faithful chron-
icle of all that is said and done on the
floor of the House. and you VIII ma
no hint as to why this is SO.
Take for example, the Congressionl
Record for the past three sessions.
making up the history OF the Sixty
third Congress, which has sat longer.
enacted more laws and delivered itself
Of more talk than any previous Con
gress in the history of the nation. No
where can you find more than six lines
of speech delivered by Mr.. Kitchin on
the floor And never do those six lines
relate to anything more than the
formal presentation of a report from
committee.
In fact, Mr.. Kitchin has not made
speech in the House in more than three
years. And then he spoke only when
called on to verify a statement made
by Oscar Underwood. 1t was in the
period preceding the nominating con-
ventions of 1912. Mr.. Underwood was
a prospective candidate for the demo-
cratic nomination for the presidency.
From the camp Of William ]. Bryan.
then a possibility for the nomination,
had come an attack on Mr.. Underwood.
chairman of the ways and means com
mittee. indicating that in making the
democratic tariff bill Of that year
which failed In a republican Senate
Mr. Underwood had shown too great
a friendship for the steel interests.
Mr. Underwood rose to deny this
of the ways and means committee to
substantiate what he had said. Mr..
Kitchin, although Mr.. Bryan was his
individual choice. promptly arose and
out of his own knowledge as mem
ber Of the committee corroborated all
that Mr.. Underwood had said and COM
pletely exonerated him.
Since then, exactly as during a pro-
lonEed period before that, Mr.. Kitchin
has kept silent in debate.
A gifted orator. one with singularly
winning quality in his talk, able to
sway audiences. he has learned of what
little worth is oratory in the real bust
ness of legislation
His notable work has been in com
mlttee rooms and in his office and in
the cloakroom his accomplishments
in things done the result of pro-
found study of measures and men
mostly men.
+ II
Congress knows Mr.. kitchin and
knowing, likes him with genuine af.
fection. The country at large does not
know him so well. 1t is going to heal
much Of him in the next two years, BY
reason Of his new position as House
leader He has come to be a ma
tional figure of Importance without thu
nation having a real acquaintance will
him He is to have a large part II
framing national legislation.
Further his task is to be far mor'
difficult one than has been the tasl
of Oscar Underwood-now transplant
ed to the Senate. The democratic ma
jority is much reduced. Evidences o
insurgency have appeared in the demo
cratic membership of the House. Al
one southern member expressed it re
Gently, I'VE are going to need a powe
of leading next time
And hence this article, tnAended Y
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house. George Washington Parke
Custis, the brother of these girls and
the youngest of the children, was born
at his mothers home at Mount Airy.
John Parke Custis had erratic
career and Washington took him as an
aid He died of fever near Yorktown
in 1881, and after that Nellie and
George Washington Parke Custis, be-
ing very young children. went to live
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All about Scotland Neck are more
Kitchins. for Claude Kitchin has eight
strappinS brothers. all, following tradi-
ton. lawyers or planters, or. as in the
instance Of Mr.. kitchin himself. both,
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soeed of Railway Trains.


Among the fast records Of railway
trains for short distances are the fol-
lowing: New York Central and Hud-
son river, one mile in thirty-tWO sec
onds; Pennsylvania, five and half
miles in three minutes; burlington
route. two and one-fourth miles in one
minute anG twenty seconds; Plant sys-
ten, five miles In two and one-half
minutes; Philadelphia and Reading,
four and cight-tenths miles in two and
half minutes.
The fastest time on record for a dis
lance Of over 40 miles was made by
the Lake Shore and Michigan South
crn from Buffalo to Chicago, in June.
1905, when the distance Of 525 miles
was covered in seven hours and fifty
minutes. The fastest long distance run
less than 40 miles was on the New
York Central, on Sept. II, 1895, from
New York to Buffalo, 1862 miles, in
4O7 minutes. The average speed was
sixty four and one-third miles an hour,
with two stops and tWenty-eight slow
ups and on Jan /, 1903, from Albany
to Buffalo, 3O2 miles. in go minutes
Philadelphia Press.
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odd Sheets Of Note Paper.

4 good way to use up odd sheets OF
note paper for which you have no en-
yeIopeS is to make them. with the aid
of your sewing machine. into a pack
age of correspondence sheets that need
no cover Cut the note paper into
halves along the folded edge and fold
each half again. Remove the thread
from your sewing machine needle and
carefully run the paper under the guide
of the machine, leaving an accurate
quarter of an inch margin on three
sides. The fold of the paper should re-
main untouched. That makes q double
sheet, three OF the four edges of which
are perforated. When you are ready
TO send letter write on the inside of
the folded sheet, then moiSten the
edges with glue seal them and write
the address on the outside of the fold
Cd sheet. The person to whom the let
ter is addressed can open it by tear
ing off the margins that seal it
Youths Companion.
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Girdinn Up the Loina.

III Biblical times the strong man
"girded up his loins" when about to
undertake some feat Of physical en-
durance And the custom is by no
means obsolete among certain orr
entails at the present time. Thus in
preparing for q fatiguing journey the
oriental winds a piece Of cloth about
fifteen feet long and twelve to eighteen
inches wide tightly around the alb
domen and back. 1t is put on by hav-
ing a person hold one end while the
wearer winds himself up tightly in it,
ana the orientals believe that this
girdle relieves fatigue and guards
against intestinal troubles by prevent
ing chilling. This explanation of the
sustaining effect of the girdle is prob
ably incorrect, although the good
effects themselves cannot be doubted
In all probability it is the support
given the abdominal muscles, rather
than the protection to the skin, that
explains the beneficial results.-LOs
Angeles Times.
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SOCIAL

The Priscilla Art Circle will meet
with Mrs. Chas. Deans next Tues
day, April IS.
The South Fork Ladies Aid So
ciety will meet with Mrs. Ernest
Ensign, Thursday, April Is, for an
l-<1ay meeting
Mesdames M. Norseng and O. E.
Beastrom entertained the Ezekiel
Ladies' Aid society ut the formers
home last Tuesday afternoon.
The Women's Foreign Missionary
Society Of the M E. church will
meet with Mrs Snodgrass next
Thursday afternoon. April Is.
The Women's League of h
Eiver Falls State Normal school
will meet With Mrs. E. f. Wright
Monday, April II. at Z: 80 p. m.
The w. c. r. U. will meet in the
Women's Rest Room, Friday aft
ernoon, April 8, at 2:30 o'clock.
Everyone interested is invited to
come.
The Misses Minnie and Marguer-
tie Smith, daughters of Mr.. and
Mis-. Geo. TheO. Smith OF Rive r
Falls, were present at tea given
Tuesday afternoon by the members
of their sorority, Theta Gamma
Delta, at Lawrence College. whore
they are students. The girls had
as their guest of honor Mrs. IL. F.
Carpenter of Minneapolis, Minn.r
national president of the X appa
Alpha Theta sorority, who has
been inspectingt he sororities at
been inspecting t sororilies at
Lawrence College.
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THIRTY SIX YEARS AGO ITEMS
Taken From the River Falls J0urna!
of April 10, 1873.

L. J. Richardson has been APP
pointed poundmaster.
J. M. Tozer has rented the Day
ton Mills in Clifton for one year.
Fl. G. Haven is building an addi-
ton Of 14x4O feet to his furniture
store. y
Eight licenses for the sale Of Ii
quors have been issued in this
town.
"A "no-.icense" ticket was elect
ed in Hammond by a large ma
jority.
G. P. Burnett is putting a new
flume and water wheel into his
stave mill.
John Barnard has traded his.
property in this village with
Thomas Foster for 100 acres Of
land at Renville, Mimi, and Will
soon move his family to that place
and resume the life Of farmer.
Married-On Thursday evening,
April 3, 1879, at the residence OF
the brides parents, by the Rev.
VIM. Gill; assisted by Rev. II. T.
Blakeslee, Mr.. =. A. Tozer and
Miss Sarah H. Nichols, daughter
of Joseph F. Nichols, Esq, all Of
River Falls.
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River Falls went dry" Tuesday.
The Council ordered a new water
wagon last week. The city water
hydrants were flushed" Monday
evening so that the water supply
would be more pure. 1t looks to-
day as though we would have the
seasons first rain soon. The drink
ing fountain in Main street park will
be put in operation this week. The
water wagon made its first trip of
the season Saturday.
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An advertising sign-board, with
IS ads. for local merchants graces
the lot just north of the Journal
office. Moore Bros, of Ellsworth.
ptu it up.
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PAPER In Arabia.

Paper was made from rags il Ara
bia more than ten centuries ago, the
art being brought to Europe in the
thirteenth century.
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N stfle Juice Dive.

\ fine yellow dye is produced from
the roots of nettles boiled in alum.
The juice Of the stalk and leaves is
used to dye wooden stuffs a brilliant
and permanent green.
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T ! EsDAY CLUB
April IS, 1915.

Prison Reform Mrs. WadS worth
The Boy as Civic Problem
The Binet- Simon Test
Mrs. Swenson
Hostess, Mrs. Ewing.
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Love, like fortune. turns upon a
wheel and is very much given to rising
and falling.-VanMugh
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Sam Hoffman sharpens Safe

Harry PIERCE is home from h is
school this week.
Mrs. Geo. w. Mallory has been
quite Ill the past week.
SHEARS SHARPENED at o. W. |
NeWcomb's. w. S. Armstrong.
Earle Whitcomb was home from
Madison for the Easter vacation.
Mrs. VIM. Mclaughlin visited at
Knapp from Saturday until Tues
day.
Miss Fannie Smith was home
from her school at Stanley last
week.
George Fortune has had an cleo
trio starter attached to his Ford
touring car.
Miss Ruth McDermott, of New
Richmond, is spending a few days
with friends in the city.
The Consolidated Lumber Co.
quotes Lehigh Portland Cement
$50 per barrel net.
Mrs. A. E. Gendron went to ST.
Joseph's hospital, ST. Paul, Tues
day for surgical treatment.
GIRL w TED For general
homework. No laundry and no
baking. Mrs. Viola Mcclure.
Dave Huddleson returned TO the
city Friday after spending several
weeks with relatives in Lake City,
Mimi.
SEED CORN-Golden Glow. Po-
tatoes for sale, delivered any
where in the city. 'Phone 306. n,
G. Nicholson.
Mrs. Elmira Chur chill, who is
making her home with Mrs. Chas.
Ensign, is spending a few days in
Boldenville.
John LANCER purchased a Ford
roadster Of the Kramer agency. His
car came with a shipment from the
factory Monday.
Miss May Culver of Ortonville,
Mimi, visited in the city Tuesday
and yesterday, guest of her friend.
Mrs. A. C. Kuenning.
F. c. Laramy has purchased
fem h.. Carisch agency the Rri':k
touring car formerly owned by J.
F. Moody of Ellsworth.
We are now ready to give prompt
attention to automobile tire repair
ing. All work guaranteed.
j. S. HEMENWAY.
O. M. Juell visited in the Twin
Cities last week. His daughter,
Miss Lulu, spent Sunday with him
there, and they returned home Sun
day evening.
Miss Cole Winter, who is attend
ing the university at Madison, spent
her Easter vacation in Monroe,
guest of Miss Bessie Buck, who is
teaching there.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. Mel Reed d n d
son, Master Charles, Of st. Paul
are spending a few days at the
home of the formers mother, Mrs.
Josephine Reed.
Mrs. Emma Knowles and Mrs.
w. p. Knowles left this afternoon
for Duluth, Mimi, where the form
er will spend the summer at the
home Of her daughter, Mrs. D. A.
Blakeney.
Atty. J. H. Grimm and family,
who spent the winter at Santa
Monica, Cal, will leave there
next week to visit the exposition,
after which they will return to
River Falls.
That guarantees are meant 10 be
strictly observed in this city was
emphasized last week when one
man was hailed into court for
breaking quarantine and fined SIS
and costs.
Capt. Doughty motored up from
Prescott Monday. He was accom-
panied by Mrs. John Taylor and
daughter, Miss May, who visited at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs Ed. Mich
elson. Capt. Doughty had just re-
turned from a few weeks trip
through the South.
NOTICE!-Lot owners in Green
wood cemetery will save a great
amount of labor for the officers OF
the Cemetery Association by call
ing and paying for the care Of
their lots and thereby not require
the sending of individual notices.
ALLEN P. WELD, Pres.
Greenwood Cemetery Assn.