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in telling his troubles and then care
fully put dime on my desk and
walked out. I made 2 living, however.
the first year anu was doing a good
business when elected to Congress.
THE Hustings of Wisconsin are. by
u descent. Il medley of three races
Indian, French and German. Paul o.,
the United States senator. blond of hair
and blue Of eyes. looks like a Teuton.
All of the Hastings speak the German
language. Born among the Germans,
they have lived among them through
out their lives. Germans, largely, elect
ed Paul o. to the senate of Wisconsin.
He is in the upper house of Congress
today because they gave him their sup
port. His clients at Mayville have been
German. \ man named Schwartz is
one of his partners in the printing busi-
ness.
But Paul 90 for oscar-is first of
all an American. Emperor Williams
submarines are without terror to him.
4 he German vote-if ther. is "A German
Note-brings no fear to his heart. For
once, at least, there is ii senator in
Congress who doesn't give a hoot for
the electorate when he believes that
lie is on the right track
IL was so i'll Wisconsin, when Paul
oscar was a member of tn" legislature.
lie worked and voted for an income
tax. Unmarried Wisconsin men with
an income that is more than $500 are
now taxed. Married men whose in
come is less than 81 200 are not taxed.
Each child in Wicousin family adds
500 to the exemption. Thus d man
with one child escapes taxation if his
income is no greater than S1,4oo; if
he has TWO children. he is not taxed
unless his income exceeds $1,000. And
so on.
The constituents of senator Husting,
he being in the Legislature. understand.
hotly objected to the tax when il was
proposed. My neighborS.' he told the
writer of this article. came to me in
great Indignation. 'You are taking
money out Of our pockets they bitterly
complained"
II told them to 20 abnut their bust
ness and not to mention the subject
TO me again until they thought the
matter over and reached Il sensible
conclusion. ! informed them that
meant to vote for the tax and that |
couldn't stop it, even if I thought it
wrong in principle, which / did moi.
and unjust to my friends. There was
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Brazilian government. by all kinds of
eXpedients has frustrated these Ger
mans of the political influence which
ought to be theirs without contest
by their number GA. Funke, Die
Besiedlung des ostlichen Sud-Amerika
NIT besonderer Berucksichtigung des
Deutschtums," 1st Series, Part 10
of the Angewandte Geographie.D And
Funke is moderate. He does not want
German settlers in Brazil to 'let them
selves 60 in ''unseemly political aspir-
ations." The thought appears to be
that they shall leave such things TO
wiser and more powerful empire
carverS.
Whom these wiser and more powerful
parties are is told, without mincing.
by Prof. Friedrich Iange, the apostle
of the "Reines Reutschtum." 1t is
the German state which only can and
ought to-" by "a far-seeing political
policy and an inexorable (rucksichtslos)
use Of all the resources of its power,
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Lausanne. recalls that when Admiral
Dewey. in June. 1898. withstood the
German fleet before Manila. the kaiser
himself said of the affair tMuret cites
Joseph Chamberlain and Morton
Prince): IF / had had a more power
full fleet, would have taken Uncle Sam
by the neck then
These ambitious designs of German
leaders date from 1895. says Muret. Ger
many began seeking territories in both
hemispheres. Moreover, the growing
prosperity of the United States was
proclaimed to threaten the American
izing of Europe and William II spoke
openly of his fears" in this respect,
even to French statesmen, when he had
opportunity to meet them To one such,
says the Swiss editor Che refers to
Cambon), the kaiser said: why are
you dreaming of Alsace-Lorraine, when
the grave danger of American CONNER
cial expansion threatens all Europe?
1t is time for Europe to unite against
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nm bier Writes of q Trip to Old Barnaby Manor

day. 18th of June. 1909 Then follows
a record of their children.
The Rambler has held in his hands
also the prayer book of the Rev. Henry
which was a gift of his devout mother.
in 1122. There long hung on the pan
eled walls Of the big room in Barnaby
House portraits of Col. John Addison
and the Rev. Henry Addison. which are
in the possession today of the daugl
ter Of Anthony Addison of Colcbrooke
A silver tankard bearing the Addison
coat Of arms. which saw service il
Barnaby House, is now a treasured
relic in the Washington home of the
Colebrooke Addisons. IT was probably
the property of the first John Addison
and is known to have been the prop
erty OF the Rev. Henry Addison, his
grandson. In this home is also the
bronze dial of a sun,Iial that served al
Barnaby House. The brown stone
plinth Of the dial stands on the lawp
before the house today and is as plumb
as when it was set up in 1867. This
sundial was set up TO commemorate -
resurvey of Barnaby Manor in 17s.,
The dial bears on it's face: ''G Adams.
so Fleet Street London, 1857. All
Subtitle Fugitive. How Swift Thy
. Flight, But i VIII Seize the Moral OF
Thy Shade"
The Rev. Mr.. kertoot in writing Of
the Rev Henry Addison, said:
At the outbreak of the American revolution
the Rev. Mr.. Addsons sympsthies were ritr
the Tories Henry Addison and his brother.
we're educated in England. and thi. doubtless
confirmed him in the strong English preference
which he manifested in his after life Rut
for one at such time TO be known not to be
friend the independence Of the provinces
TO be treated as an enemy. The clergy werr
not exempted. So that out Of fortr-nre parishes
in Maryland twenty-eight became vacant onl,
twenty-hye Of the clergy took the oath of al
legiance TO the state. The rest rather sur
10 England. Now. this taken by IN.
rector OF this parish. for all his love Of tho
people here lie could not remain consistently
The property of the Rev Henry was
confiscated. In 1850 the Governor OF
Maryland issued proclamation offering
restitution Of confiscated lands under Ger
tain conditions. These conditions as
they affected Mr.. Addison called for his
immediate return to the state. He
meant to heed the proclamation and
remained in New York city to take part
in a dinner given to a British general
and did not reach Maryland in time. y
portion of his large estate was re
stored by act of the legislature to his
children. He again took up his home
in Barnaby House. and at the close OF
the revolution resumed his ministerial
duties in the parish of Piscataway, con-
tinuing those services until his death.
III 1883
Henry Addison was a devout clergy
man and a stickler for righteous con :
duct on the part Of the clergy In a
book published by Elizabeth Hesselius
Murray on the Life and Times of the
Rev. Walter Dulany Addison, 1863
ls4s'' (Mrs. Murray being grand
daughter of Walter Dulany Addison).
there NAV be found certain letters
written by the Rev. Henry Addison to
the Bishop of London on the situation
of the church in the province of Mary
land and the conduct of the clergy
These letters throw light on these sub
jects.
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A Vacation.

a y evangelist said in n temperance
GA address in Boston:
THE booze even gets into mems vaca-
tions and tangles them up.
"A Manayunker took the steamer for
Boston with his Wife. But the minute
he got aboard he disappeared in the
black, iIl-snelling hole they called the
bar.
His wife, some hours later, hurried
down to the bar and said TO him
"'Oh. George, come on up and see the
scenery. The hills and woods are just
beautiful
George finished his ninth beer and
growled:
".Ah, what do / care about your hills
and woods" Do you think Tn gofn' to
lose my vacation over hills and
woods.
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Short Interviews With Four Widely KNOWN American

Mr. Kern lost his seat. He ceased to
be a senator on March 3. this year.
Congress some time may see nm
again. He thought he had retired from
politics after the election in 1908, when
he was the candidate for Vice President
on the ticket with Mr. Bryan. but he
was brought into the senatorial cam
paien q year later. Benjamin f. ShiNeiS,
who has since died, defeated hlm at q
caucus of the democratic members Of
the Legislature.
Mr.. Kern imagined then that he was
through with politics, personally, for
all time. one night. in the autumn or
1909. the writer of this article inter
viewed Mr.. Kern At his law office IN
indianapolis Incidentally, Mr.. Kern told
how he had lost the election to the Sen
ate through the bribery of several
members of the legislature by the
brewers of Indiana He had no regrets
and bore no one any malice.
The story. as he related ii. was print-
ed in Indianapolis and in many other
cities. Democratic voters in his state.
to their amaZement. then learned the
truth for the first time. The year fol-
lowing Mr.. Kern was unanimously
nominated at the democratic state con-
vention for the Senate.
Efforts We're made. after he became
a candidate. to have him repudiate tn"
interview I'm not do it, he said. And
if you insist, he told the leaders of
ms party ! II stl on tHt li'htt anu
publish the reason" He was elected
over Albert jeremiah Beveridge on
January is. 1911.
Parts of the interview referred to
have been republshed III Indiana over
and over again-republished to hur!
Mr.. Kern. He will tell interested in
quirers, however, that the interview
caused his nomination for the Senate
and that every publication of it, in full
or by fragments. brought him friends
instead of foes.
One thing that he said on that
autumn evening to the writer has never
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been printed. The interviewer spoke
of the grow ing spirit of independence
among American voters.
Yes Mr.. Kern observed, "and in that
fact ] see a ray Of sunshine lighting
our fupre. Thirty years ago all of
us We're unreasonable partiSans. II
was customary for a man TO say: I
have never scratched my ticket and ]
never Will. such man now would
be looked upon with moral and intel
lectual contempt. The feeling of in
dependence is spreading and will ulti-
mately, / believe, control our nationa |
elections. Then he added. as though
he were looking ahead to the year 1916:
Some day the outcome of our presi :
dental contests will be in doubt on
both sides and among the leaders, until
all the votes shall have been counted. "
Copyright, 1917. by James Il. Morrow
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Nonesuch, Erothers Joint Interest,
Friendship. " mite IiaNen, Philip and
J3cOb ana a few others.
In the viii five of these tracts are de-
scribed as lying along ONon run, these
being Union. containing 393 acres: Ber-
ick-upon-Twced. containing 29o acres; :;
brothers Joint Interest. containing @S6
acres; Nonesucl. containing 1o6 acres.
and North Britain. containing 3oo acres,
''all of which according TO the testator.
make on" uod: Of land. Several of th"
other tracts might properly be consid-
cred in close relation TO these. for Pre-
vention and Barulby lay Just south of
DXon run. and Giesborough. st. Eliza
beth and Chichester to the north Of that
WaterCourSe. Tart of the hxon llilI dis
trict covers the early Addison tracts nf
Berry and Hart Park. and along the
Hamilton road two tracts called Cole
brooke and RockhourDe We're created hy
descendants of John Addison out of older
addison lands-accordins to the belief
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BY JAMES B. MORROW.

-HREE men, two of them from
Maine and the other a Swede.
were the first settlers of Mel
= rose. Mimi. The Swedc, August
I.indbergh. had q wife and a son, eight
months old. He had been member OF
thc riksdag, or national legislature.
hut emi grated to America TO improve
his fortune and become a landowner.
At Rock Island, on the Mississippi
liver he bought a wagon and two
yokes Of oxen. Aud thus he travelled.
The infant. carried all tine way in the
mothers arms, forty years later
walked down the main aisle of the
House of Representatives a member
OF the United States Congress.
August Lindbergh took up Il home
stead and bought another quarter sec
tion for S210. His land-320 acres
lay on the two sides of q river Half
Of II was timbered and the rest was
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some particularly difficult terrain ana
leads over a plateau. passing a lew
homes. one Of these is an ancient cot
tage dwarfed by two magnificent OAKS
which stand close beside il. They
spread their bare branches over it IN
winter and embower il in their sum
luer shade.
The grounds at the back of TINS "iu
house present Il green riot OF box trees
that seem not to have been trimmed IN
many wears. Turning west from the
road you are travelling, and ending
nowhere in particular, is the ghost OF a
road that is older than the present
main road. which the Rambler forgot
10 tell is the Wheeler road. The Old
road has nearly vanished from the
landscape. but some venerable cedar
trees tell the pasScrbN that here was
once a road which served mankind
before the world insisted that roads
should he good"
The road turns sharply to the south
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of the Rambler cut of the tract called
brothers Joint Interest. These two
tracts remain in possession of descend
ants of John Addison. the immi grant.
the descendants being the children of
Anthony Addison. who long lived at
CoIebrool<e and died there in 1871.
The section Of the District which the
Rambler now has in mind is one of old
farms and the families who once had
their lares and penates there are repre-
sented by very many descendants through
out the District. The current of suburban
settlement did not set in across the East
ern branch until the close Of the civil
war. and then population increased
slowly for about two decades. but the
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$4,000 and the $4,000 left, over and
above the price at > per cent would
give him an income of $4,000 a year in
cash. foolish man. you think. Well,
there are thousands exactly like him in
the United States. All are speculating-
and losing money hand over fist"
SO spokPtapt. William = A. smith,
the Scotch saltwater sailor, who sold
his 800 acres of Iowa land at prices
ranging from $S5 to $50 acre and
retired from business. He had also
made a fortune in fattening beef cattle
for the Chicago market. Besides, hay
ing capital. he got into banks and other
paying enterprises.
The master of u ship. ana i young
man at that, he came ashore and laugh
western farmers how to borrow money, j,
buy cheap land and grow rich. Now he
is member of the federal farm loan
BOARD. silly methods Of distribution, he
says. and the American propensity L"
speculate. arc costing the people of this
country hundreds of millions in cash
Land" he went on to say. at $500
an acre can't be made TO pay as iaFn-
ing proposition. 1t is being bought.
however at that price-bought i'll the
belief that if will sell AT $3.50 an acre" or
more. The mania to do big Things must
get out of the minds of the peopl"
farmers and every other class. If tn"
United States is to become efficient. The
man in the country VIII not bother
with six or IL dozen sheep. He Is bound
TO have a flock of 500 or none at all. \
dozen sheep could live in his fence cor
ners. almost. Travelling through 'he
west you will see big pohch OF
steers at one place, another bunch hVe
miles distant and another seven OF
eight miles from the last
The farmers between have no peei
cattle and their roushage is gong 10
waste. They will keep twenty steers
but not two or three. All of them are
spectators instinctively. and if they
cant speculate in a large way theN
spurn to do the small things, Which,
added together, would bring them sue
cess and lower the price OF meat
There is too much whoop and hufrah
in most kind of business. Some par
ticular thing pays and then the Whole
country grows wild with excitement
0verproduction is followed by collapse
| once saw fruit farms in California
selling al from 1850 to $4,000 an acre
Everybody rushed into fruit. In some
instances orange and lemon trees We're
eventually grubbed out and alrai1a was
planted so that the owners of the iahd
would be sure of a living.
Another crime against good sense Is
our waste of money in freightase
Applies are shipped from Maryland 10
St Louis and from Missouri to Balti-
more. Farmers on Long Island send
apples by express TO New York. The
same apples are expressed back from
New York To Long Islaud villages
w lille motoring through Maryland
last summer | saw apples rotting in
the orchards. Why don't YOU sell your
appIcs?' | asked several farmers.
Because they told me. the empty
barrels cost US 40 cents. and can
only get 80 cents for barrel of apples
delivered in Washington.
rrHE democratic hoor leader in the
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AS,
0 AT

conclude treaties with foreign govern
inents" which need German emigrants
and which will end by allowing such
conditions to be imposed on them as
may be Judged necessary by the Ger
man government
The Argentine and Brazilian re
pubics. says the confidential envoy.
and. more or less. all the ragged re
publicS of South America. Will let Il
word be said to them. and will hear
reason by good Will or by force.
The true enemy is the L nited States.
The protection of the ragged re-
publics" against the United States is
one of the two ways for Germany 10
win good emigration treaties and con
cessions of territory In South America.
This is clearly pointed out by Prof.
osef-Ludwig Reimer of Berlin. who
has travelled much.
You must not think" he says. that
such contributions OF German force and
riches will be disagreeable TO the states
down there tin South America. The
ciear-sighted VIII see in them an ef
fective protection against their natural
enemy. the United States of the north,
the enemy which would force them
not only to commercial concessions,
but to cessionS of territory and even
the abandonment Of their nationality.
as soon as ii has the power" q. l..
Reimer. Elm pangermanisches Deutsch-
land" p. 93.D
Prof Reimer does not seek to con-
cea1 that Gernany's material and
moral aid of South America against
the United States may easily be mill
tary. and If the ragged republics"
down there refuse to be "clear-sighted'
it is equally easy to gather that force
must open their eyes. OF course. il
may be answered that all these are
Individual ideas of irresponsible en-
thusiastS, who cannot compromise the
German rulers. But, to begin with,
they are not irresponsible. but men of
standing, sustained by the rulers of
Germany; and. in the second place
you will seek in vain for such Studies
of conquest" published in France. Eng
land. Italy, Russia or any other coun-
try III the world.
You know all about Tsnnenbers g?
In his Great Germany he sees the
reorganization of South America
particularly the immense basin OF the
la Plata, become German territory
when the .mulatto population of Iu-
Jians and Latins shall disappear" So
equally, for the rich forest region OF
Brazil" Tannenberg confesses that it
is "a real miracle that the German
people has not long ago taken possess
sion of this territory
And You know Maxirhilian Harden
Mhen the present war was young and
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The Only Thing.

IRWIN ). COBB. the 300-pound hu-
u morist. stood looking in at haber-
dasher's window in 5th avenue when
= friend slapped him heartily on the
back
Well. Cobb" chuckled the friend.
what are you going to buy now"
Shirts, ties, pajamas: What's il goins
TO be-
Say" Cobb answered sadly. the onl.
thing earth that a man OF my size
can buy ready made is pocket hand
kerchef"
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was small. and even today the roses. vio-
let's. carnations. lilies and sweet peas
OF the Eastern branch eXhale their
perfume and reveal their beauty in the
flower shops of New York.
The road slantS down a fairly steep
hill to the floor of OXon run, a pic
turesque stream of about the same vol
ume as Rock creek. The road climbs
the south slope of the valley and
passes through woods of oak and pine.
having the customary underground of
laurel or "kalmia,' a growth which is
diminishing because of the depreda
tion of evergreen hunters in the winter
and fewer pirates in spring and sum
mer. The road turns eastward to avoid
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The Two Prisoners.

es1rs HE German. with half pound Of
meat week. envies the French
man, who has neither coal nor sugar"
The speaker was Thomas Mott os-
borne. He continued:
1T reminds me of the two prisoners.
How long are You in for?' whis-
pered the first prisoner.
Ten years. said the second.
".Pm in for Hfe-' And the first pri. =
oner thrust a letter hurr!edly into the
other ones hand. Post thir fer f1,s
When you get out will He2f2
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and twists down the valley of Barna-
by branch, stream which during the
ages has secured deep and crooked
valley from east TO west. when YOU
approach the vale of Barnaby branch
YOU may see. nearly mile to the south
and ON the high opposite ridge, Il long.
low house with a big chimney at each
end. The distance and the height on
which it stands give to ii an imposing
look, and even as You come near 1t you
feel that ii is a diEnified old building
in spite of its ragged boards and tat
tered shingles 1t stands quarter of
a mile west of the public road. and Il
private road leads past it and on to
some farm homes beyond. This house,
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rei~ct of its former greatness, is
ancient landmark in the southeastern
envorins of Washington. and more suns
and storms have passed over it's moss
green roof than over any other house
in the region. 1t is probably the oldest
house in the District of. Columbia 1t
is sere and wrinkled. II does not
have happy look.
This house is Barnaby Manor. Col.
John Addison, it is believed. lived in
Barnaby House. the great Oxon Hill
manor house on the crest of the ridge op-
posite Alexandria having been completed
in the lifetime of his son Thomas. Thorn
as Addison. the son of Col John Addison,
had several children, and the third son
was Henry Addison. known in the annals
of Maryland and of the Episcopal Church
as the Rev. Henry Addison. He was the
second minister of the parish of Piscat-
away. Old Broad Creek Church. The
records of that parish go back to 1888,
bar these records show that there was,
and for several years had been. a fully
equipped working organization among the
Church of England settlers i'll that region.
The Rev. Henry Addison was received as
minister of the parish November >. 1t42.
His home was Barnaby House, the old
house which through its broken windows
stares out across the hills and valleys and
looks down on the city OF Washington.
He died at Barnaby House in 1889. in his
seventy third year. and is buried near the
house.
\ few yards northwest of the house
is plot of ground in lilac bushes
which the Rambler has placed as the
site OF the burial lot. Eleanor Addi-
son, a daughter of the Rev. Henry
married Henry Calls. They, too, lived
at Barnaby House, where Eleanor died
March 26. 1884, at the age of twenty
tive years. Henry Calls lived at Bar
maby a generation after the death of
the Rev. Henry and died there, but the
Rambler does not know the year. He
believes that Henry Calls and his wife.
Eleanor Addison. sleep where the lilac
bushes grow. They had a son, Henry
Adison Calls.
This grandson of the Rev Henry
addison in 1880 gave the land for the
Chapel ot ST. Barnabas. about a mile
away, and which is chapel of old
Broad Creek Church. IN his will he
left Il bequeSt of $50 annually for the
benefit OF ST. Barnabas Mission, which
Anthony Addison Calls, to whom Henry
Addison bcQueathed Barnaby, commuted
with the consent of the vestry by "a
donation Of twenty-five acres of land
the present glebe surrounding the
chapel and rectory. Some of these
facts relating to Barnaby House were
collected and preserved by the Rev r.
7. kerfoot. long the pastor of Broad
Creek Church and st. Barnabas Chapel
He was an old friend of the Rambler
the Broad creek parish, which was pub
lished in the Church Militant twenty
years ago.
The Rambler has recently had in his
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additional which he hopes to get he is
breaking his own back and making his
wife q slave.
The $4,000, for which he can sell
his property at any time. put out at
interest would keep him in far better
style than he is living at present Or,
if he is determined to be an agricultur-
ist, he can buy an eastern farm for