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faithfully kept by the late William II.
Faruuhar. 1t was at meeting of the
Sandy Spring Lyceum on April s. 1868,
that an order was passed appointing a
historian for the company whose duty
il should be to make a record or neigh
borhood events and read it at the fol-
lowing annual meeting
The beginning of the settlement OF
this part of Montgomery county dates
back to a period roughly included be-
tween the years 1700-1I26. and the first
grant of land in that neighborhood or
which there is record was Snowdens
Manor in 1715. The first settlers were
not Quakers, though Mr.. FarQuhar says,
George Fox was never here in person.
though he was the founder of Sandy
Spring"
George Fox is regarded as the founder
of the Society of Friends. which came
into being in England about the middle
of the seventeenth century and soon
spread to ireland. Germany and North
America. Fox was born in Leicester
shire in 1924. His parents We're mem
bers of the Church of England. His
father was Christopher Fox. weaver,
and it is said that he was of such an
honest virtuous life that his neigh
bors called him Righteous Christer.
OF his mother, Mary, it is written by
the Quaker historians that "she was an
upright woman and of the stock of the
martyrs" Quakers appeared in New
England and in Maryland certainly as
early as 1850, and perhaps several years
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sepulcher to many men not OF their
faith Loitering in this sad and solemn
place, the Rambler potted down the fol-
lowing:
Perrie Leizear May 10, 1sos-July Il. 1897:
John Bready. born oct. IL. 1897. died 1906:
Catherine Eready bern 1896, died 1894; Eliza
beth Leishear. born June 16. 1920 died February
10, 1893: Robert Lcishear. born July 1s. ISIS.
q, 1855. died Dec. I, 1881: Edward A. Bready.
horn Nov. 30. 1854 died Dec 6, 1881; Charles P.
John ]. Osburu, born Oct. 80. 1s4l, died Feby. 4,
1ssu; Charles \. Stone born 2ith of 9th month.
1si3 died sth Of 12th month; lsso; Hannah in O. {;
month. 18th. 1852 Joshua Perce. born Srd
month, 10Th. 1871. died lst month. Both. 1853;
Hannah e. Rirdsall. born 9Th month. 10Th; 1soa.
died srd month. 22nd, 1927; Sarah 7; Brooke
born 9Th month. soth. 17ai. died 10th month
1927 Ann L. Stabler, born. 7th month. LIST. 1897
died 18th month, 3rd. 1882. in her s5th year; Ed
yin Stahler. born at Harwood. 9th month. 26th.
f.ei. died 9th month. 9Th lsS3 ased & W years; is
July o6. 1877: Elizabeth NJ. Scott, born 1lth
month. 29th, 1900. died sth month; 2nd, 1915;
1926; Ann l.. Holland. born June 10. 1851. died
Dec. 90 1870; BenJamin J. Hallowsil, died eth
Hallowell died 5th month, 1st. 1875, aged rs
years: Mortimer osburn. born March 30. 1910.
% 2o b. eG xriisa d m on.S sts s@Fp @
Wilson Scott. died 1872; Mahlon Chandlee. died
md month. ath 1890, in his Tooth year: Cathern
Chandee. died 2nd month, 10th, 1872. in her 18TH
year: Mary f. Stone, daughter of Thomas II. and
Martha A. stone. died 9Th month, 17th. 1871.
aged 81 years: William Thomas, born sth month.
10Th, 1872 ": Roger Brooke. ls1o-1sSs: Elias
Augustus Burofsky, 1867 1869: Mary Peasants
1so5-Is69: George Brooke. 1s16-1s70; W. P.
Palmer NJ. D., born Nov. 10. 1872. died Dec %
1863; Edward $. Halowel. born 3rd MONTH 18th.
1865 died 1880; Timothy Kirk. born 1865. aged
81 years; Anna II. Moore. died 1865. child
Mary II Brooke died 1854 Archibald u. Moore.
1s41-1ssl; Tarlton Brooke. died 9th month. 18th:
1864, aged 20 years; ]. Elgar Halowell, died
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large market. both because of geo
graphical situation and because she
needs the wheat year in and year out
with a certain degree of regularity.
In the year before the outbreak of
hostilities Germany imported approx
mately 100000. 600 worth of Russian
barley and wheat. That may be con-
sidere7l her normal demand for these
two products, while she also requires
rye and corn and other agricultural
products from Russia. The geographi-
cal relatio mis- seen in thte statement
that in 1913 ~ per cent of the Russian
import and export trade was through
the Baltic sea ports and u per cent
of it was across the frontier of Russia
and Prussia considerable portion
of the Baltic trade naturally was with
Germany.
In 1918 Russia imported from Ger
many goods to the value of S335,0o0,0O0,
which was a fraction above a per cent
of her total import trade She export
ed to Germany little less than s234,-
000.0O0 or 80 per cent of her total eX-
ports. Under "A preferential tariff. such
as that contemplated in the economic
alliance, England might hope to get
some of this import trade from Ger
many. although she would not be able
entirely to overcome Germany's geo.
her part. would be able to offer Rus
sia little in the way of an increased
market for agricultural products. What
is true of England is also true of
France and Italy.
Germany, to a very large degree. was
able to dominate the Russian market
through the commercial treaty which
she forced on Russia after the Japa-
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war idea, nothing was done with it,
Costaggini died about ten years ago
and since that time, until recently. no
attempt has been made to complete the
frieze.
Now Mr. Whipple is preparing, with
the approval of the joint committee on
the Library of Congress. designs rep
resenting five rather recent episodes in
American life. They are the invention
OF the locomotive and the application of
steam to travel and transportation. the
development of electricity, the freeing
of Cuba, the building of the PanSma
canal and the development of the mod
ern battleship and the aeroplane.
No story of the Capitol rotunda would
be complete without some reference to
the life of Brumidi. who did so much to
make it and the rest of the Capitol ar
tistic For, indeed, Brumidi did life's
work, almost twenty-six years. in the
Capitol. Walking into the House side.
one day, he asked that he might be per-
mitted to aid in decorating the old agri-
cultural committee room. His work was
accepted on probation and it was so
satisfactory that virtually the remain
der of his life was spent in decorating
the interior of the Capitol.
Brumidi's life was one of interesting
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in order to help and bless. brings one into ten
der -eachable state. in which it will be clearly
shown what will make for peace and establish
righteousness mind under such concern VIII
find full and profitable occupation during the
time Of meeting: and although not word may
be spoken. IL will experience comfort ana re-
ncwal of spiritual strength.
Question. Is there any suggestion that might
aid Young person in getting the mind gathered
IN meeting and performing acceptable worship!
Answer The first requisite Is an earnest desire
to love please and serve God. Then endeaFef 10
let aspira tious arise from the heart somewhat IN
this wise: Create in me a clean heart. God;
and renew the right spirit within me. wash me
and purify me, that l may be clean. Show me
Thy will with cearness and lead me in the way
Thou wouldst have me go. and will try to obey
whatever Thou commandest. and TO bear with
pa tience and resignation whatsoever Ihou seest
meet to impose.
Such endeavor will the soul TO increase
in its sensbiity to Divine impressions.
There is a thought in the minds OF
good MANY persons that these Quaker
folk are strange people and that they
believe in strange things, but II one
examine into their beliefs much of the
mystery is cleared up. According to
their faith the fundamental belief of
Friends. from which all their doctrines
snring. is that we are guided by the in
ner ight or indwelling spirit of God.
They believe that if there is humble
and faithful obedience to its teachings
il will lead to everything necessary FOR
mans present well-being and his ever
lasting salvation. The following is
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1ssa. aged % years: Benjamin Halowell. died
1863. n child; Clara z. Moore. died 1868. child;
Caroline c. Stabler, died 1862; Mahlon Kirk.
died 1860. aged 7e; Albert c. Palmer, 1S29-lsoo.
Two colored men We're at work MAX
ing grave. The Rambler asked whose
grave was beirg dug and the answer
was This is for Dr. Francis Thomas.
There was distinct shock in this. A
few days before this the Rambler had
gone out to see DIR. Thomas in connec-
tion with the approaching centennial OF
the meeting house and on the road was
told that the doctor had met with an
accident and had been carried to a hos
pital i'll Washington. The Rambler
stopped at the home of Dr. Thomas
brother Edward p. Thomas. at Ednor.
DR.. Thomas had prepared paper to
read at the centennial on The Build
ing of the Meeting House and After.
That paper was read by Mrs. Edward
p Thomas. who was born Mary Bentley
and who has written extensively of
Sandy Spring and its people.
When the Rambler had finished his
stroll in the cemetery the meeting had
assembled. for it was Sunday. He sat
outside where the horses were hitched
and the automobiles. which outnum-
bered the horses. were parked. The
windows of the meeting house were
the Rambler were the rasping ones of
katydid and locusts and the gossip of
the grave diggers. Turning the pages of
n little book called "A Handbook of
the Principles of the Religious Society
of Friends" which had been given him
by a Quaker. the Rambler read what
follows on the subject of silent worship
Question. If there is no preaching. how is the
n, md to be occupied IN the meeting:
Answer. Each individual who is concerned
for his eternal interests knows his deficiencies.
temptations and wants. \ Of these. accom-
panied by full belief that the Searcher Of
hearts, the true Teacher, is present in the soul
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tory Point, Utah, joining the Pacific
and Atlantic oceans for the flrst time
b a bond of iron, and another of the
opening of the Chicago worlds falr IN
1898 with President Cleveland touching
the button which set the wheels in mo-
ton.
When one considers what row the
proposed completion of the frleze WIN
these two paintings aroused at the
time and how trihing they now seem IN
the light of later events OF world I'M
Dol tance, he can understand that ARTIST
Whipple is brave to suggest anything
for the completion of the circle II III
the next twenty-five years events nap
pen as they have in the last twenty
five. there may be members of Con-
gress then who will say that anything
depicted now is puerile and never
should have been placed. However,
Whipple is taking the chances.
In June. 1885, resolution to pay
Costaggini $4,000 for painting the two
remaining pictures as suggested was
introduced in the Senate and imme-
diately there was a premature Fourth
of July explosion. Senator Hawley OF
Connecticut was first to start the fuss.
II am not satisfied" he said, with an
attempt to approve a history of the
United States. which the frieze is sup
posed to suggest. that omits George
Washington and Abraham Lincoln and
presents Mr.. Cleveland when we con-
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The Whole Hoo.

es~ ERMANY wants peace. but it must
VI be. a peace of victory. Germany
wants to eat her cake and have 1t.
She's like the Sunday school boy"
The speaker was congresswoman.
He went on:
.'I once told Sunday school class Of
boys the story of Dives and Lazarus.
Then / said:
Now, boys. which would you rather
be-the rich, bad Dives, or the poor but :
pious Lazarus? rf
.'.It seems TO me-. boy spoke up. :
that I'd rather be Dives while I'm :
alive. teacher, and Lazarus after I'm /,
dead" ii
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furnish advantageously. The war end
ed this trade treaty.
Should Russia be hoodwinked into
making "A separate treaty of peace with
Germany the effort of Germany would
he speedily to follow this with a COM
merciaI treaty that would give her the
advantages she had up to 1914. 1t is
doubtful. however, whether even the
widest of the Russian pacitists would
consent to this kind of German eco
was developed following the first
months of the war that Russia must
free herself from this economic dom
ination. and moreover. that she must
The cars government in March.
1919, revised the tariff by providing
new scale of customs duties, but these
schedules were of temporary char
acter and were to be replaced later by
a trade treaty. Whatever comes out
of anarchy and political chaos. Russia
still will have to formulate an eco
nomic policy which will insure Russia
for the Russians instead of for the
Germans. or even for the English. 1t
is an immensely difficult problem. but
IL is not incapable of solution. 1t may
he based on the old scheme of favored
nation treatment. but favored nation
Russia the mistress of her own re-
sources instead of the economic vassal
of any other nation.
That the Germans will make the
most of their economic advantage in
the possession of Russia is already in
dicated, although there have been no
hints that they expect to utilize II as
a bulwark against the economic alli-
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nese war. Russia then was in no posi-
ton to assert her economic independ-
ence The treaty which Germany ne
gotiated was in the line with her skill
fully adjusted conventional tariff.
Under the favored nation treatment
the same concessions that were extend
ed to her products were given to the
products of other countries but as
worked out the concessions were chief
" valuable to Germany and of little
consequence to the other countries
In substance the tariff schedules gave
Germany what she needed in the way
of raw materials and agricultural prod
ucts from Russia, but contained no con-
cessions on the Russian agricultural
products which would come into com
petition with German agricultural
products. On her part Germany OBJ
tanned valuable tariff concessions on
machinery and other manufactured
commodities which she, either through
geographical situation or through the
specialization of her industries, could
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A Clever Boy.

sIr HE acumen of Julius Rosenwald,
u who subscribed 100000 to the lib
erty loan, led a Chicagoan to say:
ut was impossible to overreach Ro.
senwald. even when he was boy
"One summer day when boy. he de-
livered some eggs to druggist for egg
phosphates and such like drinks. The
druggist counted the eggs. and there
was one egg over. julius demanded 1t
back but the druggist said:
mo. I'll keep il, and you can have q
drink at the fountain
"'All right said the boy.
NOW. then, said the druggist,
.what'll you have?'
Egg phosphate said julius"
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ance of the allies. Instead. their junk
ers and jingoes go farther and declare
that Riga is henceforth ''eternally Ger
man"
This is the affirmation of the city's
German origin and of the predominance
of German commercial influence down
to the present day. 1t is an historic
fact that Riga was founded by Ger
man merchants in the beginning OF
the thirteenth century. and was one
Of the potential members of the Hansi-
attic League. which dominated the COM
merce of the Baltic and the North seas
in the middle ages
Riga passed to the control of Russia
early in the eighteenth century. Ger
many, however. has continued to be
the language of trade down to the
present time. There is also a strong
German element in the Baltic prov
inces which are tributary to Riga. In
consequence, the possession of this
commercial city is likely to enter
largely into German policy in the plans
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modities for consumption. Russia hap
pened to be the country which. both
from the nature of her resources and
from her geoerap phical situation, pre-
sented the greatest difficulties. The
scheme in it's tentative form contem-
plated a preferential tariff by England
for the products of the British colonies,
and then a less advantageous preferen-
tial tariff for her allies.
Russia produces everything IN the
way of foodstuffs that the British col
onies produce. When there is q wheat
shortage in India. Canada or Australla,
Russia has been convenient reserve
resource. But when England was get
ting plenty of wheat from her colonies.
or from Argentina and the United
States. she drew on Russia sparingly.
That is an economic condition which
it would be difficult for any alliance to
change In other words. England is
not permanently a large market for
Russian wheat and no artificial process
can make her one.
Germany, on the other hand, is a
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slider the respective positions of Mr..
Lincoln and Mr.. Cleveland in the late
war of the rebellion"
The objection of Mr.. Hawley. how
ever, despite the fact that he dragged
in a favorite charge of Mr.. Cleveland s
opponents-that he was a slacker-was
not sufficient to defeat the resolution in
the Senate.
Immediately loud protests went up
over the proposal to omit the civil war
from the frieze. and further than the
introduction of a House resolution.
which would have carried out the civil
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lied. BY crowding Brumidi's designs
he had been able to leave sufficient
space for two more paintings, whereas
Brumidi had planned that there should
be but one more after the painting of
all the designs Costaggini had appro-
priated.
Then the trouble really started: With
space for only two pictures left, and
desiring that they be of the greatest
historical value, Congress was at loss
to decide what events they should rep
resent. Costaggini suggested the juno
tion in May. 1869. of the Union and
Central Pacific railroads at Promon-
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Oh, La, La!

TIT ERBERT C. HOOVER said * Il I,
~ Washington reception:
I'VE must economize our food. or
we'll get as short as some of our allieg .
across the water.
in a restaurant over there q mAn
said. when his coffee was brought:
Hey. there. waiter. where's my por.s
ton Of sugar.
"'Oh. la, lar said the waiter. Tt !,
must be that accursed fly again. mon.
sieur. Every time / serve portion OF
sugar, up he sneaks and swtpes it,! Z
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whose color is now mellowed by hun
dred wears The roof is steep and shingled
and of that character which builders call
hip roof The greatest length of the
building is north and south and its east
and west fronts are six windows wide
and two stories high. In each of the
windows. whose sashes and facngs are
panes of glass which one always asso-
ciates with old style architecture and
which is Il style that is now much imi-
tated in up-to-the-minute houses. Cross
ing the west front is a covered porch sup
ported by sin square white posts This
porch strikes one modern note, in that
it's roof is of tin. and new tin at that.
In front of the meeting house IS an acre
of fresh green turf and on three sides
a road winds south to the famous spring
that gave its name to the whole region.
At the north and east of the meeting
house is 4 large plot over which old
cedars. oaks and yellow poplars cast their
shade In this plot generations of the
Friends of Sandy Spring are buried. Di-
rectly at the rear of the meeting house
is plot in which no tombstones rise, Yet
many Friends are at rest there. AT one
not to erect tombstones and even today
some extremely old-fashioned Quaker will
pass away and no tombstone will be placed
at his grave. The remainder of the plot
is closely dotted with small stones
on which the name. date of birth and
date of death Of the grave dweller are
inscribed. There seems to he an unwritten
law against anything resembling an elab-
crate monument, for all the stones are
others.
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The Rambler Writes Of Meeting House of

SHADY zane ieduS SoutHtIiS
M from the village of Sandy
~ Spring. and after walk of
q q two or three hundred yards
the traveller comes before sturdy old
brick structure which perhaps most per-
sons would call a church. but Which by
the good people who worship there is
called meeting house" The men,
bers of this flock do not even call
themselves a congregation" but a
meeting"
few Sundays ago the members of
the Sandy Spring meeting celebrated
the centennial of the building of this
meeting house. though the Sandy
Spring meeting is much older than the
present meeting house. Nearby is the
site of the meeting house which the
old structure now standing superseded
a hundred years ago. and there can be
no assurance that the long vanished
structure which stood on that site was
the first meeting house in the wide bit
of country near Washington which is
generally known the Sandy Spring
neighborhood No doubt long before
there was a special edifice for prayer
and religious meditation. That is the
history of all the early churches in
Maryland ana II is no uOuDI also the
history of the Sandy Spring meeting of
the Society of Friends.
It is a beautiful old meeting house
notwithstanding that 1t has none of
those artful touches or architectral
6ourishes which men usually call orna-
mentation. Two of the walls, the north
and the east. are covered with mat
Of ivy, and under this green tangle
only a few bricks show. Several WIN
dows and one door peep through the
ivy, and above the door the ivy mat
has been kept so trimmed that the
date, 1871" has not been veiled.
Though the meeting house is plain, it
is not stern. severe or cold. There are
some structures that are plain and
naughty as though they felt a strong
pride in being plain. This old meeting
house seems to be meekly plain. Per-
haps the Rambler may make himself
better understood by saying that the
Impression one gets, or which he got,
while lounging around the quiet old
place Is that the builders did not par
ticularly aim at setting up a plain
edifce. but only sought to avoid set
ting up an ornamental one.
Another impression is that this old
meeting house does not carry upon its
walls that quality of plainness which
Is the plainness of poverty. 1t is very
likely true that the per capita wealth
Of this congregation is greater than
that of the congregation in many
grand. imposing and richly ornament
ed church. The Rambler does not. of
course, know this to be fact. but the
Sandy Spring neighborhood is a region
of prosperous. well educated and
thrifty people who work well and save
fine anv
In the state of Maryland, and whose
banks. savings institution and insur-
ence companies have funds invested by
the million dollars in the stanchest Sc
curities which can be bought.
The meeting house is built of red brick
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All the bones that are at rest in this
Enclosure are not those of Quakers. for
in their lot the Friends have given
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BY CHARLES M. PEPPER.

: :: :; : ;: i; g.; ): s: E
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NE of these fine days the gov
ernment is going to finish the
United States Capitol, II
Charles Aver Whipple, New
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-08-02
LIGHT CONIPANY'S BRIDGE
READY FOR FLOOR.

Manager Bayless OF the local Light
and Power company stated to the
Globe representative this week that the
bridge which the company is putting
across the Clearwater river at their
power plant, is now completed ready
for the flooring. Lumber, however, Is
hard to get at this time, and the com
pletion Of the bridge may be delayed
for several days for lack of necessary
h0ering material
Mr.. Bayless Is highly incensed over
a mishap to his auto which recently
occurred at the top of the hill this side
OF the river where ne leaves the ma
chine occasionally when he makes the
trip to the plant Business delayed
him for several hours the other day
after leaving the machine, and when
he got back he found where some mis-
creant had fired two % rifle shots into
the wheel. One punctured the tire and
the other entered the rim, from which
he extracted the bullet. The party
after performing the act of vandalism,
stuck stick in the punctured tire,
to be certain he would know what
had been done to it.