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Of the bridge is a large sign which tells
that part of the land is occupied as a
state forest nursery, and there are acres
of hardy saplings, of very young trees
and of seed beds in cold frames.
West of the bridge Paint branch takes
on that wild aspect which makes 1t one
OF the scenic water courses of the en-
virons of Washington. Big trees grow
close together on the banks. Low wood
land stretches far back from the stream.
The Rambler did not follow the creek,
but the road. Along the margin of the
busy way were asters, purple. blue and
white: self-heal. green mats of honey
suckle, bouquets of sturdy yarrow. Com
ing to the top of hill north of the
bridge, the Rambler turned down the
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from a point about one mile south Of
Ednor by way of Spencerville and to-
ward Burtonville. The Sandy Springs
road crosses a watershed down which.
in northerly direction, large num-
Der of branches flow into the Patuxent
river.
From this watershed many little
streams flow in a southerly course one
group to form Big Paint branch and
another to form Little Paint branch.
Paint branch takes its name from the
fact that along it's course are deposits
of red and blue clay which the In
dams, as well as the early white set
tiers, used for paint. Another feature
of Paint branch worth noting is that
it's waters turned the wheel of mill
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the hands Of the Confederates. was
sent by Maj. Emack to his. Emack's
home. near Beltsville II WAS then
full homes OF Maryland At the time
Of this skirmish Maj Emack's father.
Ebert G. Emack. was living there.
Living there today is Edward Emack.
The confederstes remained on the
Brown farm that night, camping
round an old mill. then in operation.
but now q relic. The men drank dry
three wells on the Brown farm. and all
the forage in the neighborhood was
gathered for the horses. The next day
they took up the march. following the
road past the Maryland State College
Of Agriculture. and then turning or
the troops Of Early in their retreat
from Washington.
These troopers Of Gen. johnson had
performed active and spectacular serv-
ice in conjunction with the Early raid.
On July Q, before the opening of the
battle Of the Monocacy, johnson, with
his brigade of cavalry and a battery
of horse artillery. moved to the north
of Frederick, with orders to strike the
railroads from Baltimore to Harris
burg and Philadelphia. burn the
bridges over the Gunpowder river. cut
the railroads between Washington and
Baltimore, threaten the latter city and
then IL Washington had been captured
out and release the thousands of Con-
federate prisoners interned there. This
was the column which came down the
Warrington Baltimore road and struck
q Union cavalry force on John W.
Browns farm.
1t seems to have been Johnson who Inc
formed Early that the garrisons of the
fortifcations of Washington had been
reinforced by troops from Grants
army. Gen Jubal Early has written:
After exchanging views with them tGens.
Breckinridge, Rodes. Gordon and Ramseur). j
determined to make assault the enemy's
works fort Stevens) at daylight next morning
(July 12). But during the night q dispatch was
received from Gen. Bradley T. Johnson from
near Baltimore that two corps had arrived from
Gen. Grants army and that his whole army was
probably in motion. As soon as il was light
enough to 1 rode to the front and found the
parapet lined with troops had Therefore
reluctantly to give up all hopes Of capturing
Washington after had arrived in sight Of the
dome Of the Capitol and given the federal au-
thorities a terrible fright.
Gen. Early says that after abandon
ing the idea of taking Washington he
determined to remain in front of the
Notifications during the 18th and to
retire at night. He began his retire.
ment about dark, passed through Rock
vile and Poolesville and recrossed the
Potomac at Whites Ford on the morn
ing of July IA. Johnson had burned
the bridge over the Gunpowder. had
DESTROYED other bridges on the railroads
out Of Baltimore and was marching
toward Point Lookout when, at the
Brown farm. he learned that Wash
ington was not to fall before Earlys
men. Therefore, he changed the di-
rection of his march to the west.
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A GLIMPSE OF PAINT BRANCH.

ran upstairs to look. came down very
quickly. gave the alarm and the Union
troopers started on the run to where
their horses were picketed in the oat
field.
But they had not run far when a
body of Confederate cavalry came up
under command of Maj. George Emack.
Emack shot one of the retiring federals.
Maj. Emack wrote a message and sent
it back up the road by an orderly.
Soon that orderly returned and with
him came Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, and
behind him a long column of cavalry,
with artillery. Telegraph poles along
the road in front of the White House
were chopped down. There was can
nonading and sharp musketry fire. The
Union. men retreated rapidly in the
direction of Washington, but the Con-
federate cavalry did not give chase.
A wounded federal soldier, falling into
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land on which the settlement grew up
and a large acreage around the site of
the present village. He moved away
from that neighborhood and became
tobacco commission merchant in Bal
timore.
Union cavalry appeared on the White
House farm and picketed the horses
in a new-cut oat field about quarter
of a mile from the tavern. Soldiers
and officers took sixty barrels of corn
out of the courthouse, appropriated all
the hay. stripped the milkhouse of it's
contents and took out of the larder of
the hotel everything edible. Mrs.
Brown, then a widow, John W. Brown
having died in 1852, went to the top
story of the house and saw a big cloud
of dust. She hastened downstairs and
asked the Union officer who seemed to
be in command if he was expecting
some more troops; that some were COM
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from the pike to the railroad, but it
would seem that he would not mistake
such an important feature of the coun-
try as the crossing of Paint branch
by the road over which he travelled, be-
cause Paint is the largest branch in
that section of Prince Georges county
west of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road. 1t Is possible, though. that as the
pike crosses various branches that are
feeders to Paint branch the trooper
may have erred in this way. There
were gunflre and skirmishing farther
north along the pike, at a celebrated
place called the White House, but as
the dispatch to the Secretary Of War
said that fighting was in progress
where the road to Baltimore crosses
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in which gunpowder was made Tor tho
use of the American troops in the revo-
luton.
The Washington-Ba1tim boulevard
crosses Paint branch on a new iron
bridge with cement abutments. The
streams bed of white gravel is some
times deep under flood of water, but
last Sunday there were wide margins
and islets of dry gravel. while the sub
merged gravel CLEANED through the
shallow, shining water.
East of the bridge the branch flows
through fiat lands a mile wide and bor-
dered on the west and east by wooded
ridges. red. gold and brown with fall
foliage. In this wide plain Paint branch
joins Indian creek, another of the major
streams flowing through the country
north of Washington Off the east side
Evening star., 1916-11-05
lHOUGH Canada Is the great pro-
ducer and exporter of asbestos,
that article. which il yearly COM

iii ducer ana exporter OF asbestos,
that article. which is yearly COM
ing into wider use. is found in
many parts of the United States There
are deposits in Maryland and Virginia,
within a few miles OF Washington. and
many of the deposits in the United States
are worked In commercial scale. In
spite OF all this. however. the American
industries dependent On asbestos rely on
the Canadian mines or the Canadian quar-
ries for their supply. A recent govern
ment report on the subject Of asbestos
said: THE asbestos OF the world is sup
piled chiefly by Canada. Most Of it is
exported free of duty to the United States.
the greatest manufacturer and user of
asbestos products. An order in council
by the government at Ottawa, Canada,
March rs. 1916. placed an embargo on the
shipment Of asbestos from Canada to
other than British ports. but permitted
shipments to the allied countries, France,
Russia, Italy. Japan and Portugal, on
special licenses granted by the British
consul"
This order excluded the United States
from participation in the asbestos output
OF Canada. but the American authorities
made remonstrances to the Canadian gov
ernment. with the result that the embargo
was modified to the extent OF permitting
shipments Of crude asbestos to enter the
United States II guarantees are given by
the manufacturers and their customers
that none Of the crude or manufactured
material will be re-expOrted from the
United States. except as provided for In
the original order.
Among the mineral exhibits Of the
National Museum a large amount OF space
is given to asbestos specimens
Asbestos is a strange thing, but II
has been known since the remote ages
Of the world. Many of the peoples Of
ancient times used II. and 1t was some
times wrought into soft and flexible
cloth which was used as shroud for
the dead. There are many varieties,
and large number of common and
descriptive names have been applied to
these varieties. Ligniform asbestos.
popularity called mountain wood" ~
mentous structureiik(>wood. other va
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ing the track Of the electric line. came
to Branchville, where he knocked at the
door Of a big, new frame house. The
knock was answered by young fellow,
one military scrimmage which was a
part of the Confederate campaign against
Washington in the summer Of 1864. His
name is Andrew w. Brown.
Away back in the early part Of the
nineteenth century the principal stage
line between Baltimore and Washing
ton was operated by the Stockton and
Stokes Company. One of their drivers
was John W. Brown. who was born at
Middletown, N. Y, in 1893, and entered
the employ Of the stage line about
1873. After having driven a stage
coach over the road for some time he
became proprietor of the Rossburg
Hotel, and it is the belief Of the Ram
bier that Brown was. the proprietor Of
that famous tavern when Lafayette and
his suite put up there on the night be-
fore the great Frenchman came to
Washington in 1924. However, Brown
did not let his duties as proprietor of
the Rossburg Hotel interfere with his
daily job of driving public stage be-
tween Washington and Baltimore. A
main stopping place for the Baltimore
Washington stages was Evansville,
It was relay" or a point Of change
for the stage teams. The Stockton and
stokes Company owned farm two
miles this side of Vansville.
Brown bargained with the stage COM
pany for this farm. He agreed to give
up the Rossburg Hotel and the stage
company agreed to change the relay
from Vansville to the farm which
the west side Of the road, Brown either
built house or enlarged an old house
and opened 1t as hotel. He called it
the White House Before it he swung
a large sign with a golden eagle on the
top and this legend: The White House
John w. Brown. Prop" That sign
swung there during the civil war:
daughter Of John w. Miller of Vans
willie Hill. Their first child was Brit
tania Brown, who married Alfred For
man. With her second husband. a Mr.
second child was William Ambrose
Brown. who died in Arizona a good
many years ago. The third child was
Oliver Brown, who, in his SEVENTEEN
year, is an alert and active employe
of the Washington Railway and Elec-
trio COMPANY. The fourth child was
Andrew W. Brown Of Branchville and
Washington, who married Mollie B.
sansbury of Forestville. Md. The fifth
child was Dollie, who is the wife of F.
A. Tschiffely of Washington The
sixth child was Almira Brown, who
married Samuel G. Malloy, and lives in
Washington. The seventh was Olivia.
who is dead, and the eighth was
Waite E. Brown. who was killed at a
grade crossing at Hyattsville.
John w. Brown gave the land for
the Episcopal Church at Beltsville and
subscribed S1OO hesideS That uyor
about 1856 or 1857. 1t is well to men
tion here that BeltsvilIe takes it's name
from Truman Belt, ST., who owned the
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The Rambler Tells of Important Civil War 81

branch is not two miles west of the
railroad, but is only a quarter of a
mile west of the tracks of the Balti-
more and Ohio at Lakeland. The course
of the wagon road has not been ma
terially changed if changed at all.
because a few hundred yards south of
the pike-branch junction stands red
brick building, now in the grounds of
the Maryland State College of Agricul-
ture, which has been standing by the
side of the Baltimore turnpike for
more than century. 1t Is now one
of the experiment station buildings of
the college. but before it's transforma-
tion 1t was the Rossburg Hotel. a road
tavern of considerable fame. The
back to Fort Lincoln might easily
have been mistaken as to the distance
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Paint branch the Rambler will not
now go behind the returns.
X
There are two Paint branches-Big
Paint branch and Little Paint branch.
They unite mile and half north and
west Of the junction with the pike but
only half a mile west of the pike, be-
cause after joining waters the stream
approaches the pike slantingly and
for seven-tenths Of mile roughly par
allels the pike at a distance of from
one to two hundred yards. Paint branch
rises in the high and comparatively
level country crossed by the Sandy
Springs road, which runs eastwardly
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FREDERICK sANDBERG.

for every one Of its Inhabitants. The
Army and Navy Of the United States
have adopted this system. and finger
prints of every man are taken on en-
tertng the service. Finger prints should
be taken of children on entering
school; this should be compulsory. just
as vaccination is. The prints should
be kept by central department in
each city. or there should be gov
ernment bureau for this purpose. 1t Is
unfortunate that identifica tons seem
to be regarded altogether from the view
OF the criminal-that is to say, most
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persons appear to think it q disgrace
to be on record on an identification
card. 1t would be very valuable to
insurance companies and banks.
There was a case in the west some
time ago where man disappeared and
was reported to have died. Some time
later his mother collected his insurance
and man was found in d New Jersey
prison who claimed to be the person
who was reported dead. He was taken
to his home town and his mother de-
MED that he was her son. yet he re-
sembled him, she said. If his finger
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0N previous narratives the Rambler
has told of explorations along the
Old Georgetown road and the
q Rockville pike in quest of the
fields of the opening skirmish in the
Confederate attack on Washington in
July. 1864, and has duly, as well as at
considerable length, recorded the re-
suits of that search. In the pursuit of
this information his memory went back
to another skirmish near Washington.
a skirmish which may justly be in
cluded among the Confederate opera
tions against Washington in midsum-
mer. 1864.
In that monster publication of many
volumes-the Records of the War of
the Rebellion-is a dispatch which was
sent from Fort Lincoln at quarter after
3 o'clock on the afternoon of July IL.
1864. Fort Lincoln was near the east
end of the northern line of fortifca-
tions defending Washington. In Gen:
Barnard's report on the defenses OF
Washington, Fort Lincoln is referred
to as ''the right of the northern line of
defenses" and as zone of the first
points established and fortified" Its
purpose was to cover some of the inn
portant thoroughfares leading to Wash
ington-the Bladensburg pike. the Bal
timore and Ohio railroad tracks and
network OF ROADS cOnEerRlnR AT bla-
densburg. The National Training
School for Bows occupies part of the
site of Fort Lincoln. and north of the
buildings of that institution are well
preserved remains of the old earth
work.
The hill on which the school stands has
come to be generally called Mount Lin
in, nf he
firing and fighting on the farms north of
Fort Stevens and other landworks on
July IL and II, 1864. and there were many
rumors of fighting elsewhere. Following
is dispatch sent from Fort Lincoln dur
ing the afternoon of July II:
Secretary of War:
A force of rebel cavalry has within the last
few hours been engaged with about 300 of our
cavalry on the Baltimore pike. where it crosses
Paint creek, about three miles beyond Rladens-
burg. The rebel force accompanied by light
artillery. which, up to the time my informant
left. had fired about fifteen shots. Ny informant
in the skirmish.
Our 800 cavalry yielding their ground
slowly. should say it was an attempt to in
terrupt the railway by a cavalry force. The
skirmisl is about two miles west of the railroad.
The line of rifle pits from this fort westward
is entirely unnamed. There is not a soldier on
the line as far as can see and but two COM
panies of 100-day men and few convalescents
in this fort. The pike is really open to
airy dash. The convalescents here not
armed. J. b. FRY,
Provost Marshal General.
1t would seem that this old dispatch
would render it easy for any man with
two legs to walk to the site of that skir-
misb, but experience has shown that
skirmishes were often not fought at the
place mentioned in the official dispatches.
The Baltimore pike. now the Washington
Baltimore boulevard. crosses Paint branch
trifie over three miles north of the
bridge between Bladensburg and Hyatts-
Vile and a trif1e less than five miles north
by little east from the ruins of Fort
Lincoln.
However, that junction of pike and
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0F any lawbreaker hopes to elude
the Washington police let him
trade no longer on his conceit, for
q the wonderful identification meth
DDS of the department are almost sure
to track him down.
Frederick Sandberg. the man in
charge of ttah>iaene ::tication bureau of
the metropolitan police department,
says:
One of the most interesting facts
about our fingers is that every MEM
Der of the human race. irrespective of
age or sex, has certain delicate mark
ings by which identity can be readily
esta ablished. The finger prints never
change: they nave the same lines at
seventy at babyhood; the lines SIM
ply grow larger. The highly intelli-
gent person has more details in his
tinger print than the person of less
studious turn OF mind. The ridges are
finer among females than males, and
coarser among negroes than whites.
Finger prints are as old as the world,
and 1T is claimed that China used this
system four thousand years ago. 1t
was virtually left to Sir William Her
shell of the Indian civil service to in
vent a really practical system of classi-
hcation. so it may be claimed that the
tiHSeT print ulethCu OF 1QentincatfOn, az
at present used, is the discovery of an
EnRlishman- Then, too. Sir Edward R.
Henry, police commissioner of London,
devoted much study TO the subject; his
book on finger print classifications has
been translated into several foreign
languages
new camera is being used by the
Washington police for photographing
finger prints. 1t was originally intend
ed for the use of gas companies in
photographing the registration of me-
ters. but Mr.. Sandberg is making some
successful tests with 1t in his work,
using it to make copies of signatures
and finger prints. The camera furnishes
its own lighting arrangement. contain
ing four electric lights and its own
batteries. II Is put up against the OBJ
ject to be photographed, the button is
pressed and the trick is done.
Mr.. Sandberg may have before him on
his desk the finger prints of house,
breaker. and every finger print which
comes into the department is compared
with these in an effort to run down
cases neld against him. and the police
hope soon to find him through these
prints. The fugitive had destructive
mania. for he broke into number of
homes. rihed all the drawers and
smashed up everything that was lock-
ed. though nothing was reported miss-
ins- He entered houses that were
closed Tor the summer. broke in by
way of the basement window or outer
door. and In each case took great care
20 pick up all the pieces Of broken
nile. IN o,,e ins,encn ~ n, "ea. ii.,ie .I
fragments in q box. His finger prints
were obtained from the glass. and In
,an,tS,y ,i1 ~ay .ne department hopes to
sorinkiea over the nrints wbIch pJ~het hri,a u
out even the smallest details. Then
'ney are photographed
All hnger prints are classified ac-
cording TO the whorl. loop and arch; no
two finger prints in the world are
alike.
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In the meantime the news Of Dali
tons success had spread over thu
world. Other fox farms were estab-
Mshed and were capitalized at large
sums, according to the number Of
breeding animals they had. Many of
them have paid large dividends, and
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Mr.. Sandberg studied this method Of
Identification under the direction of the
late Mrs. Philip c. Holland. wife Of
the editor of the Detective. Mrs.
Holland studied this system in Scot
land Yard and Paris. then came to
America and gave instructions in most
Of the large cities OF the country
Mr.. Sandberg says: Every city should
cation. not merely for criminals. but
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JRING the past few weeks 1
have visited some of the largest
fox farms of Alaska. There are
altogether, perhaps, ten or
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John w. Brown gave the land for
the Episcopal Church at Beltsville and
subscribed 800 besides. That was
about 1856 or 1857. 1t is well to men
tion here that BeltsvilIe takes it's name
from Truman Belt. ST., who owned the
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-19
Busy syrians.

One minutes walk from lower
Broadway and you are in the Syrian
quarter-an oriental atmosphere. The
quarter begins at Rector street, OH
Washington, and extends two or three
blocks. But 1t Is very busy center.
Would 1t surprise you to know that
80 per cent Of all Japanese kimonos
sold in this country are made by Sy-
rians? The Syrian quarter OF New
York is but a business quarter-shops
and factories for the makers and Job
bers in kimonos and dressing sacks
for women and depots for imported
and domestic Syrian embroidery work,
shirt waists, shawls, jewelry and the
like. All the Egyptian cigarette fac
tories that are not in the trust are To-
Gated in the Syrian quarter. Very few
Syrians live there. 1t is simply a
Syrian business center for greater
New York. The Syrians live In Brook
Ivn.
Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1916-05-19
BEGIN HOT WATER
DRINKING IF YOU
DON'T FEEL RIGHT
Says glass Of hot water with
phosphate before breakfast
washes out poisona

If you wake up with bad taste, bad
breath and tongue is coated; if your
head is dull or aching; IL what you eat
sours and forms gas and acid in stom.
ach, or you are bilious, constipated,
nervous, sallow and can't get feeling
Just right, begin drinking phosphated
hot water. Drink before breakfast, a
glass of real hot water with a tea
spoonful of limestone phosphate in 1t.
This viii flush the poisons and toxins
from stomach, liver. kidneys and bow
els and cleanse, sweeten and purify
the entire alimentary tract. Do your
inside bathing Immediately upon aris-
ing in the morning to wash out OF the
system all the previous days poison
Gus waste, gases and sour bile before
putting more food into the stomach.
To feel like young folks feel; like
you felt before your blood, nerves and
muscles became loaded with body i'm
purities, get from your druggist or
storekeeper a quarter pound of lime
stone phosphate which is inexpensive
and almost tasteless, except for a
sourish tinge which is not unpleasant.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin. cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so hot water and lime
stone phosphate act on the stomach,
liver. kidneys and bowels. Men and
women who are usually constipated,
bilious, headachy or have any stomach
disorder should begin this inside bath
ing beforef breakfast. They are as
sured they will become real cranks on
the subject shortly-Adv.