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amber Writes of Old Homes and T0mbst0nes

When the work was nearly done the boy
peering into the grave saw the face Of
an old woman. perfect in outline and
the color Of creamy marble She wore a
picked up a piece of this and it turned
to thin ashes
The boy looking at the face Of the old
woman saw it rapidly change The
features fade. Nothing then remained
but the skull The gravediggers filled
up the grave and went their way.
The Rambler was told this story by
the man who was the boy. search OF
the land where the pines had been Sut
and new growth had sprung IN failed
to reveal any trace Of the gravestoness
Iron stone" is still plentiful on the sur
face Of the land. Under n cover of dead
leaves the Rambler picked cluster OF
closed gentian. blue as II had blooned in
summer. The pretty white-veined vine
of the partridge berry trailed around.
Much of this old Baldwin land came
into possession OF John c. Prather.
Then 1t passed to his daughter Pravilla
Prather who married man named Tur-
ner Then II passed to their son. John Z.
Turner and from him passed to the syn
dicate known in that locality as the Hoi-
lywood syndicate. The Prather family
was a large one. and after giving up the
quest for the Baldwin burying ground
the Rambler. continuing northward along
the electric railway track. soon passed
one of the old Prather homes. II was
a one-and- a -half-story frame house. but
1t has been enlarged and remodeied al
most beyond recognition. John Z.
Prather had as children Toe, Sam.
Nathan. Charles Polly and another
whose name the Rambler has forgotten.
AS you come in view of the Prather
house YOU are also in sight OF the
White House, on the pike. the old road
about 1920 a tii his death in lss., ana ana
continued Until several years after
the civil war. Brown ownAd 1859
acres and usually owned about $50
slaves.
A few yards north of the Prather
house is the Brown family burying
ground 1t is about half n mile east
of the White House. The Rambler
copied these inscriptions:
In memory of John W. Brown. born April
90 1880: died June IS 1852.
In memory Of Elizabeth %. nrown. born Feb
ruarv IL 1850: died September :. 1S6o.
Calvin VI. Rrown. born April II, ls9l' died
December -. 1851
America j. Miller. died September 10. 1872.
aged forty-ihree years.
John II. Miller. died December I. 1868. aged
Josephine Miller died July 1. 1854, aged sew
enteen years.
oliver "; Miller; died Janu.ry I. 1913.
Sarah Miller. wifi. Of John Miller. died April
% 1sG0. aged hftr Years.
In memory Of William Nelson Brown. who de-
parted this life January Z. 1910. aged twenty
three years.
John and Sarah Miller were the
mother and father of the wife of John
W. Brown of the White House.
Two hundred yards north of the
Brown burial grounds grows an an
cient sassafras tree which marks the
plot in which more than two hundred
colored people lay. Most of them were
slaves of the Brown family.
Evening star., 1916-11-26
os@d Kmgdom of Arabia Seeks Admission AS
Mohannm@dam Member of the Family of Nations

vans. 1t was their method of raising
revenue by taxing commerce i'm tram
In more modern days the pilgrims
have been the source OK revenue. When
the Turkish government. failed to make
proper arrangements for the tribute,
the pilgrims would be attacked. Most
of them usually We're ready with
voluntary contribution.
The tribesmen of the Yemen are
nominany orthodox Mohammedans. but
their orthodoxy does not prevent them
from taxing their eo-relisionists. The
Turkish government never has fully
established its authority in the Yemen.
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Audubon the naturalist lived. a little
more than a century ago, in Kentucky.
Wild turkeys then were cheaper than
chickens. Il have seen them offered"
he has written. for three pence each,
the birds weighing from ten TO twelve
pounds. A first-rate turkey" he added.
weighing from twenty-five to thirty
pounds, was considered well sold when
it brought quarter of a dollar"
Two centuries earlier. during the
reign Of Charles !. King of England.
the prices of many things were regu-
lated by law. Hume, the historian,
says a turkey cock brought four shil-
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neck and so on. and to slice the white
meat of the breast into steaks half
an inch thick. The steaks were salted
and piled together for few minutes,
then sprinkled with -four and fried in
hot grease. BY this method" he said
you retain almost every particle of
time 1t is brown and crisp and will
nearly melt in the mouth"
Cranberry sauce and pumpkin pie. to
such 4 man as Mr.. Jordan. were jul
vcnile and effeminate He wanted
nothing with the turkey steaks but
bread and coffee. His stew. the finest
Evening star., 1916-11-26

Constantinople OF puppet sultan.
claiming supreme authority as the head
of Islam.
Since. by all the orthodox tenets of
Mohamm edanism, unbeievers are not
allowed to set foot in the holy city of
Mecca, it is rather fascinating specu
lation as to how foreign relations
would be established. as no diplomatic
or consular representatives could re-
side there. But this is looking some
what too far into the future.
There has been much mystery about
the revolt of Mecca from Turkish au-
thority at Constantinople. Months ago
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describe, and sought compensation in
poetic picture of Arabic civilization
The French skeptic. Renan. in one of
his chapters was little more successful
in describing the scenery. but drew a
brilliant sketch of the civilization
Some modern travellers have made vivid
pen pictures of the desert But it is the
Syrian desert which appeals most to
the ina gination. and Arabia a coun-
try is simply desert with alterations
of sandy desert and stony desert and
few GASES
The most fervid imagination has had
to rest with comparing some of these
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British colonies Of North America. Tho
Scaggs tavern was one of the well
known places Of rest and refreshment
along this way.
The word tavern has for moderns
meaning which it did not have for
their ancestors. To the children OF
this century tavern" has a meaning
akin to "taproom" or "barroom' To
the people of previous centuries "tav-
ern" meant hotel and many of the
first-class hotels of the cities. and
country hotels, as a rule, We're called
taverns.
The Scaggs tavern stood on the Balti-
more road within about a mile of the
white House." and after many vicis-
situdes and tenants it fell prey to
flames only a year or two ago 1t was
big wooden house with a heavy stone
chimney on each end. Many direct and
collateral descendants of the Scaggs
who kept that old stage road hotel are
living in Washington and its neigh
borhood. The oldest of these is George
L. Scaggs, about seventy-two years
old, who is a grandson Of the James
Scaggs whose tombstone inscription
the Rambler read among the brambles.
He lives at Branchville.
This reminds the Rambler that there
are still living in the Branchville and
Reltsville neighborhood about half a
dozen men of the age of George
Scaggs who have lived there since
they were born. Among them are
Andrew Brown. John p. Turner, Jacob
Parker, Marcellus Robey and James
cabbage patch which the Rambler
crossed to reach the old Scaggs bury
ing ground belongs to and is faithfully
titled by William E. Hand. and across
the road is the pleasant cottage Of ].
w. Copp.
Among the nefghbor landholders of
James Scaggs was John Higgins. He
owned nearly all the land which is
now covered by West Berwyn and a
Park. The Higgins burial ground is
within short walk of the Scaggs
cemetery, but the gravestones have
disappeared. Tom bstones usually dis
appear" because they are shattered or
carried off by vandals. Some of the
Higgins family still live in that part
of the country. a grandson of John
Higgins, Herbert Robey, lives in Ber-
wyn.
Across the track of the electric line
east of Daniels Park, is extensive
subdivision with the homes of nu-
merous Washington commuters. 1t is
Hollywood. This was also Scaggs'
property, and within the memory of
residents of that section was in pos
session of Isaac Scaggs, n son of the
James Scaggs. who, with Mary. his
wife, sleeps under the brambles. Isaac
Scaggs' house. modernizcd, is standing
and is owned by Hollywood citizen
named Beach. but whose initials for
moment have slipped from the Ram
bler's mind. If you will stand with
the Rambler in Hands cabba ge patch
and close to the vine tangled pines
under which James Scaggs sleeps and
look to the east you will see lofty
ridge nearly all brown or hazy purple
at this time of year. but enlivened
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How far north of Beltsville flows In
dian creek the Rambler does not know,
but he believes that Ammendale and
Muirkirk are on this stream. The diff
ficulty is that north of Beltsville va
rious streams of equal or nearly equal
volume flow from the northwest and
the northeast and make it uncertain
which is the main artery of the water
system in those parts. When Indian
creek passes Lakeland it is Joined by
Paint branch. carrying the combined
waters of Big Paint branch and Little
Paint branch and hundred tributary
streams. From the confluence of In
dian creek and Paint branch the stream
is the Eastern branch. flowing through
a wide. fat valley between rugged,
hilly uplands and passing eastward of
RiNerdaie and HyattSVille.
ON the south side of Hyattsville
Northwest branch. carrying the waters
of Sligo creek and \ network of small
er branches, enters the Eastern branch.
All Washingtonians know that the
creek they cross at the southwest edge
of Rla de rshurg and at the north side
of that venerable village. for "a wide
loop in the creek makes two crossings
necessary, is the Eastern branch
navigable a century and a half ago. and
perhaps q century ago. to the wharves
of Bladersburg by the smaller Sea-go-
ing vessels of that time. The course
of Indian creek is thus traced because
a man who had read in u previous
ramble reference to this creek and
who had lived along the upper reaches
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4
entry INTO the family OF nations-
mat 1T may never De adiiii'-
teu ooes not detract from the ihlefest
IN the proposed Kingdom
Nrahia IS IN itself a fascinating sun
Jeet- 10 many people thefe is d Nas"e
geographic entity somewhere on ehe
map ana FaSuer recollect1on OF some
thinG 'hey used To Eno" ABOUT Ara"S
the blest. To others it is region
wbera tho 1nest horse that tho world
-, -, ,,, ..
h't'"" il"S "e'h uS''i'P'N' ~
still it is simply somewhere in Asia or
Africa
:. s.,. .., -, H.
~ ohs tai!'Iiidl "iti - p.!
or ths ttnhosr raphic sta US VI al .s. aota
"oHaa ioVh ioi me eh,ioii " a eoa
liattyn- re- @iie othei ui9 1tos
a cdptesl ram 10 the Sta,e Depai tiiIene
from the hoIg I!tS Oh mecca ashiis lec-
oSttlloh OF tne Araplc hatioh' Ihe
Saplesraih& "iliit u;iiateu' WaS siSne" ere.
by Shsteei -Abduilah' MINISTER ol LOT
eISh aHairs'
Auv eeographicaI region setting up in
,;o1 .,f 49,, ,.;,;r a., he
" 49,
country must nave diplomatic re-
lations with other countries in order
+n ba tnda,enden. The working ma
- 'e - 49,
chinery Tor such relationship is the
ministry of foreign affairs. and conse-
,.,,a,tt,. "a. ,a,, clip,.,t To r.cosnf-
-
ton mas fo!loWed 1ne corFect course.
Foreign Minister A Abdullah assured
,b. s.,.to I,.,.r.n,snt thu, .b. Ara bic
.,,.
nation hehcefofth "ou'a be an acei'e
member of the society of nations, and
ccntidently looked forward to recogni-
L tint,iG,, i..sulted his cahlaerom said.
.,,,,' :. ,,,anirnn,'s ,'|e.+iny of the nota
- a.. d iti,ars - tha countrv who
10 9.; 80 tf 70, ~ 49, nf tha
ae'',,,it, f nnin, md nro-ress at
co,c,,;ni IL - i ~ IoLe of +ia
Yo5,ng Turks
Tbe st.ta Danartmant is a rather
along that ne" klnsoohl or new re
docs NOT iumn at the chance to well
come the newcomer into the brother
hooa OF NATIONS or the slsteFnoou oi re-
t,ajts for cnnfrn1.tinn though IN the
case of republics Congress or individ-
ual representatives. may seek TO prod II.
~, ~ " "a. l.til','s 10 ne ao,,i,s act
In this instance there is ant to he no
hurry. II the United States had any
consular or dipiotnatic representa.ises eaa YES
been erected into a Kingdom whatever
de facto government had set itself up
and was doing business would be rec
ognized as such. But the United States
has official representative in Arabia.
There is a consulate at Alden, but Alden
is british territory
There is an American consulate at
Jerusalem. and one at Bagdad. but
these are in territory which is still an
undisputed part of the Ottoman empire,
so that the practical difficulties in the
way of giving even de facto recognition
to the so-calied new kingdom are great.
Doubtless, the United States will take
the safe course. as in the new Kingdom
Evening star., 1916-11-26

Wild turkeys have had their his
torians. biographers, poets, artists, an
atomists. biologists and antiquarians.
scientists have written about them in
a lingo that nobody can understand
There are enough turkey books here
and IN France. Spain and Great Hri-
tain To make a large library in them
se4NHs- The Department OF Agriculture
in Washington employs a field expert
VINO spends Il larger part Of The. wear
with focES OF dp!ne-t ft.atpd t1,rI e,-c
'nat he may learn their habits.
Ira!nlcaGs Of live and dressed t,Ir
heSS ar" shipped from large and small
SO"i7 IN ths south. There are turkey
iAfiHs ~ the vest, with herders for the
hocka. ana turkeys ia druves. ike car
tie ana sheep, ca! be seen III Tennessee.
nalliCFnla and elsewhere Just before
Thanksgiving and Christmas. on nc
doctors. f-1S
Bat NJ. Jordan, living OUT Of door.
from chllchood 20 old age and rueetinfe
h.s death a last from Z. poacher's sbot
Kne" more about turkeys than any on
VINO mas ever HveC. He began studyin.,
them. hidden behind fallen trees a,T
IN tAe brush, while stI.l too yount. to
carry a rifv -S ~
Chiet among his pupils was Edward
-, " Nl44H"hhy' a business man OF Avery
ls!sHc, La. at whose suggestion re-
serves for birds hav. been established
in different parts Of the Cnlted Stat.s
IriarE $50 > co s'i.i.S owns Avery
49, acres ~ extent,
,.bt, ,aro, s't.ht a!Sfette, Or
breeding season and where ducks i,,
,er >''' ilo1t tHs "iii-
Anon, Vic ,+,-I.,-. ....,-,,...
NJ Nf.,tf,- - '4'lt''S .! toGi y,
his hfelI'y and enthusiasm and I,s
~ M I"iHt: practi-
would have been lost NJ .lor,iat,s
memo" hi COOK .'.E. "h"ther III" tIr-
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ard most wholesome dish ina gina BILE,
was seasoned with pork or bacon.
pod Of red pepper and an onion and
thicEened with -four.
When white men first cGme to Amer
lea they found Indians. corn. tobacco
and turkeys-all wild. The turkeys
lived in the forests Of Maine and west
ward as far as Nebraska and south
ward 70 the lower parts Of Mexico.
Gonzalo Fernandez de Oviedo. Spanish
historian, wrote many books about the
west Indies and printed description
Of the Wild turkey at Toledo in the
year f52'. He had seen the males In
the gobbIing season and supposed they
were peacocks
literature But if the records are re-
liable. il was Alexandra Geraldini. an
Italian, ard the Roman Catholic bishop
OF Santo Domingo. who introduced the
wrote in 1923 mentions that he had
sent pair Of turkeys to friend in
Rome.
The domcstication of the bird how
ever. WAS brought about by the Span
iards. whose naviestors took IT home
in their queer little ships and localized
~ in European barnyards." as John
f-ske states the case. This happened
Eighty years later Christopher New
por, leader of the expedition that
founded Jamestpw II. IN Virginia. sailed
Dar', to Eueiand With him he took
t.r Thought WA gold. ana several coops
of .t!d turkeys. Tie first" again to
quot" John F4shr. that ever graced
au English bnl of fare"
Tn. sand was found to lee valueless.
bsT the turkeys lived and multiplied
and h.csu. Il source OF large prof1t To
British farmers From Spain. England
and France tie turkey was carried into
other countries and can now be found
in many parts of Europe.
The early Americans. when they
gave feast. went into the woods and
caught or killed many turkeys as
they needed. Atheline Brilliant -Sava-
rim. "a French author and famous
feeder. shot wild turkey in the forest
near Hartford, Conn. He indorsed the
bird in glowing words. after tasting it.
and told how it was eaten on great oc-
Casions.
Money was scarce, turkeys were
plentiful and prices. In consequence.
were low in those days. John James
Evening star., 1916-11-26
Proposed
BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

FN1HE new kingdom of Arabia is the
latest warcomer which seeks
entry into the family of nations.
Il That it may never be admit
Evening star., 1916-11-26
By JAMES B. MORROW.

\ FTi.E STUDYING the wild turkey
IN for sixty yesrs-hunting it for
~ fifty years and photographing
- * il !a- ten years-CharIes l..
Jordan Of Alabama thought, with Ben
1amin Franklin. that the eagle hasn't
an honest leg 70 stand on as the real
bird Of freedom
Though a little vain and silly. the
turkey" Franklin said. Is native
American and q bird Of courage" Had
he known more on the subject. he
would have added that the turkey is
hoth Wise and cleauly and is never
vain or SHY except during the cob
bling season. can as much he said OF
any other biped?
The gobbling season among turkeys.
opens and ends with SPRING. 1t is
then that the male struts and calls and
reveals his whereabouts to hunters and
their dogs.
During the rest Of the year however
he illustrates man and mocks a all his
plans. He Is in the woods but Inyis-
ible TO enemies armed with guns.
Brave. silent. dieuified and capable. he
is uncomfortable until he becomes
eiocutive and lovelOrn and begins TO
make huge fan Of his tail
Evening star., 1916-11-26

E7HE valley of Indian creek has
been the field of more than one
III ramble, but any section of the
q wonderful region around Wash
ington will yield narrative upon narra-
tive if explored with patience and per-
sistence and with proper Difference to
detail Indian creek is not generally
known by that name to men who have
lived a long life in the territory which
1t drains. Nearly all of them speak of
1t as the Eastern branch.
The topographers and the cartogra-
pliers of the geologic survey have re-
vived the name Indian creek. which
was familiar to the early white set
tiers along it's course. 1t drains wide
expanse of country north by east of
the District of Columbia. and its course
is north and south through the western
part of Prince Georges county, which Is
that part of Prince Georges abutting on
Montgomery county. 1t flows through
broad valley with level floor, and
through this valley and generally close
to the creek run the tracks of the eiec-
trio railway to Laurel and the Balti-
more and Ohio to Baltimore while the
Washington and Baltimore boulevard
traverseS the high land to the west
In the valley of this interesting stream
are the towns of College Park, Lake
land. Eerwyn. Branchvilie. Daniels
Park. Hollywood. t.dwold. orchard
View Sunnyside and Beltsvilie, and
perhaps a number of newer settlements
and subdivisions without settlement
which the Rambler does not at this mo-
ment recall
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1t was Mr.. Jordan's practice to make
q stew of the legs. second joints. wings.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-22
Origin Of Toothbrush

When did the English first adopt tho
toothbrush habit, which Is now being
denounced by certain medical authori-
ties? In "Esmond" Thackcray makes
Lord Castlcwood spend "a tenth part
OF his day in the brushing OF his teeth
and the oilinE Of his hair" and in doing
SO the novelist commits a double
aEachronsm.
During the first half of the c!gh-
tccnth century all fine gentlemen wore
wigs and had no use for oil on their
hair. while the toothbrush was so late
as 1874 unknown to Lord Chesterfield.
Writing to his son. Chesterfield says:
II hope YOU take good care OF your
mouth and teeth. and that you clean
them we'll every morning with a
sponge and tcpid water dropped into
H. do insist upon your never using
those sticks or any hard substance
whatever, which always rub away the
gums and destroy The varnish OF the
teeth
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-22
NEGRO YOUTH ELECTROCUTED
VIII DInck. Whose Father WINS Shot nv
Mob, Is Executed at
Raleigh.

RALEIGH. y. C.. July 2l.-will
Black. sIx,ccn-year-old negro whose
capital offense against year. o d
white child IN Greene County last
March resulted in the lynchins OF his
father. Joseph Black. was electrocutcd
to-day in the penitenttnry here.
Joseph Black. charged with having
supplied his son with arms and with
having assisted him in an attcmp, to
escape after the crime was committed.
was In the Lcnoir County Jan in Kin
ston on tn" night OF April ne was
taken ont by mob. escorted to a
point In Greene County near the seen.
OF his sons crime, and sho, TO death.
Samuel Stocks, Greene coun,v
farmer. now is at liberty under $4,000
bond. awaiting trial on charge o,
having participated in the lynChing.
The trial OF Stocks will begin mex,
week in kcnansville, tho case having
becn removed TO Dupl!n County.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-22
Woman and Home

! really the safety pin expert that lady
of such excessive inactivity that the
task OF sewing on a button always
: doomed too big FOR her strength and
energies. She contended that a safety
pin was better than n button. because
YOU could move il whcrcer YOU would.
The only time when her system blows
a tire is when one loses Il pin. How
ever buttons also are lost.
II is agreed that patent suappers
and hooks and eyes are equally de-
tesla hlc, and il one must he hutton
cd. buttons remain tho best buttons or
all.
il is cheering. that occasionally,
evidence OF sense appears among the
many !diosyncracies Of fashion The
adjustment OF endless contrivances for
producing ill-tcmper and a desire to
use strong language is a long step in
tho RICH, direction.
pcarl-cmbroidercG stole Of rose
pink GcorEcttc crepe adds its glory 20
beautiful tea gown that comes to us
from the other side OF the universe
10 brighten the dull days Of the demi
season.
The foundation robe is of crepe also.
with bias bands OF rose-petal pink
satin. finished with the cver-corvenient
and attractive picot edge. Tho stole
or overdrapery is SO cut as to form
h"!.ro in tho front and long angle
WING drapcry NJ the back. Imitation
pearls ana white opaque beads are
nsed TO outline the tlorette design
th"t 'mbellishes this stunning toEa.
The deep, folded sash. lifted into n
high cirdlc. is of satin
Another tea gown OF crepe de chine
has dcen. pointed cape of needle-run
lace. and sleeves Of lace, while the
only decided decoration is hand
made flower Of pink and mauve it's
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-22
hchus and broad collars will be used
to vary the monotony Of somber dress
Purslum-NInrtin,

Especial to The Times-Dispatchl
PROVIDENCE FORGE. VA. JULY 81.
walnut Grove" the home Of Mr..
and Mrs. George Edward Martin, in
New Kent County. was the scene on
Wednesday afternoon of pretty wed :
ding when their daughter. Virginia
Nsrnan' was married to Charles Henry
Purdum. Of Portsmouth, o. The Cerc-
mony was performed by Rev. Charles
Clark, Of kenly, y. c.
The brides sister, Miss Gladys Mar
tin, was maid Of honor. Misses Alice
Martin, Jennie Snead. Indiana Martin
and Mary Christian were bridcsma ids
William Walton. OF Appomattox. a cou-
sin of III" groom. was best man. and
the ushers were Hunter Martin, Walter
Martin. Saunders Martin, Talmage Mar
tin and Raymond Martin
AS tho bridal party descended the
stairs Miss Rec Martin sang "a Per-
feet Day" Miss Ethel Purdum. sister
of the groom, rendered the wedding
marches. After an informal reception
Mr. and Mrs. Purdum left for a North
crn tour.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-22
"FAT' WAUGH is DEAD
Telegraph Operator, Well n,,
Ihr0uS bout Country, Victim OF
Pneumonia.

NEW YORK, July 2l.-w l.. waugh.
known to telegraph operators through
OUT the country as Fat Waugh. died
from pneumonia here last night Mr..
Waugh was born in Fulton. y. Y. in
1850 and began his telegraph career
as II messenger boy at the age OF
Twelve. He was graduated as IN opera :
'or Tor the Western Union at the az.
or fourteen, and after a few years of
varied employment. entered the service
OF the Associated Press
Waughs beautiful Morse" is a ira