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west and north and south roads which
were heavily Travelled highways before
the time of railroads.
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The old house in the grove which the
Rambler mentioned at the beginning of
this narrative marks the site of an
older home. The house and grove, with
many acres Of land adjoining, were
bought seventy years ago by Curtis B.
Graham, a pioneer lithographic en-
graver who came from New York to
take an office offered him in the Navy
Department. He bought the house, 1902
D street, next to the engine house. and
lived there during the winters until the
character of the neighborhood changed,
which was q year or two before the be-
ginning of the civil war. Then he and
his family removed to that high land on
which the wireless towers of Arlington
stand and within hundred yards or so
of their site Soon after coming to Wash
ington he had chosen this place be-
cause of the beauty of the situation
and the extensive view which it gave
He made it his summer home at frst
and then his permanent home after CIV
ing up the house on D street near 18th.
He called the place ''Montrose" because
he was descendant of the Scottish
Duke of Montrose. His great grand
father had come from Scotland before
great-grandfather came a brother. Ono
of these brothers settled in South Car
olina and the other in Connecticut.
Curtis b. Graham Of Washington and
branch. Before buying the land he had
boarded with a Mrs. Walker. whose
house stood near where Fort Berry was
built. Fort Berry stood on the 30O-acre
farm of S. B. Corbett, whose sons F. S.
Corbett and DR.. H. c. Corbett, live on
the land today. Graham's practice was
to walk to and from Washington.
though sometimes he used a saddle
horse to bear him on his way. He cross
ed the tract which later became Mont
rose. and it made such an appeal to
him that he bought 1t.
Graham was cordial friend of Ed
ward Stahler of Montgomery county.
Md. who. in 1s49. engraved the present
the Treasury is found on documents
of as early date as 1852, and when the
present form of government was in
stituted, in 1IS9. the Treasury seal of
the Confsderation was continued in use
until 1s49. when, being nearly worn
out. it was replaced by one. having
slight differences in detail. which was
cut by Edward Stabler.
When Mr.. Graham bought Montrose
it was the home of Henry Hardy, who
lived in a small house which stood
close to the site Of the present Graham
house and within that old grove of
trees. The name of Mr.. Hardy will
recall many memories to Washing
tonians, especially those who live in
the Eastern branch country He was
an Englishman of thorough education
and excellent scholarship. He and Mrs.
Z. D. Z. y. Southworth were friends
and the story In the neighborhood of
Nontrose was that he collaborated with
Mrs. Southworth in her novel writing.
edited the manuscripts. revised the
proofs or had something or other to
do with the getting out OF that. stream
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in making all sorts of agricultural i'm
plements which have 20 do with our
food supply. and with locomotives and
electrical machinery of every kind. 1t
VIII even grind manganese steel. which
no steel tool can cut, and it will sharp
en- the finest of high-speed tools.
This wonderful product, like most of
the others created here, comes from
some of the. cheapest and most common
materials in nature. Ii is formed of
crushed coke and common sand, melted
into crystals by an electric heat of
1000 degrees Fahrenheit or more than
thirty-four times as hot as boiling wa
ter. During my stay here ] have gone
through the plant which makes it. 1t
covers twenty acres and 1t is now max
ing large quantities of abrasive ma
terials to be used in connection with
the war.
The plant is guarded by soldiers, and
every employe has to have a photo
graphic pass before he can get at his
job. The official who took me in had
to show his photograph, upon entering
and we were watched as we went from
building to building, where are the
mtshty sIsetsis furnaces, vAiea 80
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: the Columbia turnpike. where
It passes south of and close to
the towers Of the Arlington
wireless station, the Rambler

the Columbia turnpike. where
IL ~ the towers Of the Arlington
~ wireless station. the Rambler
came upon an old homo in an older
grove Of trees and he believes that the
story Of the family living there and g
few references to the families living
nearby or that have lived nearby will
recall pleasant memories to a good
name under which 1t came into being.
The Columbia turnpike. to give 1t the
name under which 1t came into being,
Ss Q tride less than eight miles long.
but its Importance in a geographical
sense and its interest in historic
sense are not to be measured by its
length. It was one of the numerous
roads designed to serve Washington
and was built by private capital under
legislative warrant and restriction
Washington was the new capital and
turnpike was built, but those old road
makers even though they usually lost
money on their ventures, had the vision
to foresee that Washington would be-
come great and prosperous.
=
The east end of the pike connects
with the road which leads from the
Highway bridge to Alexandria, road
that was built by company chartered
under an act of Congress in 1908.
Around the east end of the pike has
grown up Brickhaven. an irregular col
lection of homes which the Rambler in
his good nature would like to call
beautiful but cannot. Perhaps in the
years to come this place may change
70 a town with tree-grown streets ana
thrifty homes grown around with
roses, but that is a matter OF the Iu-
rufe. There has been settlement on or
near that site since the hullulnS OF
Washington city was begun. Near the
south end of the Highway ana tallroaq
bridges there was a village called
Bridgeport or Bridgepoint. before the
organization. in 1905. of the company
which built the first Great Bridge OF
rhe Potomac" bridge which. after be
ing partially rebuilt at various times
because of damage by FIRE and flood,
came to be called the Long bridge.
When the village of bridgeport came
into the world there was ferry land
ing at that point, but the place prob
ably took the name of Bridgeport be-
cause the project of building Il bridge
from that point on the Virginia shore
was under discussion for good many
wears before il took shape in the or
Hanixation of bridge stock company,
and the settlers around the ferry land
ing gave their village an anticipatory
name. Bridgeport maintained itself as
q community until early in the SOS.
when. during the first administration
Of. President Andrew Jackson, a new
town was laid out a little south of
Bridgeport to which was given the
name Jackson. In some way that place
took on the name of Jackson City. All
Washington people remember it Jack
son thrived on the traffic that crossed
the Long bridge, and, being prosper
Gus place with a popular democratic
name the name of Bridgeport fell into
disuse The only references to it are
20 be found in annals written by men
long dead.
Brickhaven came into existence when
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a literary celebrity.
The Rambler does not know what
became of Mr.. Hardy directly after he
left Montrose but early in the seventies
he was on the south side of the East
ern branch and taught the public school
which stood in the angle formed by
the junction of Nichols avenue. d Gies-
boro road, and the Hamilton road. 1t
was a little one-story frame building
with one room. and was called the Race
Track School because of its proximity
to the National race course, which was
laid out in 1864 or 1855. That part Of
the District has become Congress
Heights. The structure that was the
Race Track School is still standing. but
close to it has been built the Congress
Heights School, one of the splendid
school buildings of the District.
Mr.. Hardy was one of those men who
are usually described as characters.
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He was a fine scholar and a gentleman
and his friends loved him. But he was
impatient with ignorance, and new fads
and wrinkles in education reused his
ire. He left two daughters. One was
Ada and the name of the other has
unaccountably slipped from the Ram
b1er's memory, but she took up long
ago a clerical position with the Gov
ernment Hospital for the Insane.
Curtis B. Graham married Miss Han
nah More Butler, daughter of dis
tinguished Bible scholar who had a
part in founding the publishing house
of Harper Bros. He named his
daughter Hannah More in honor of
that distinguished religious writer who
was born at Stapleton. near Bristol, in
1145, died at Clifton in 1888 and is re-
membered for her sacred dramas. poems
and prose and for her philanthropic
works.
The children Of Curtis E. Graham and
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the brickma king industry in Washing
ton showed signs of decline. All WASH
ington from l. street south to the East
ern branch was a series of brickyards.
and that section, once one of undulat-
ing hills of considerable height. is now
fiat and much below its former grade.
Brickmaking was also common in the
northern part of the city. The Rambler
recalls in this connection that there was
organized the Washington Brick Max
ing Company in 1874. The company
was formed to make bricks by machin-
err, and the incorporators were John C.
Harkness, John Van Riswick. W. p.
Johnston. Charles +. Peck. Charles B.
Church. John o. Evans, Lewis Clephane.
G.. F. Kennedy. J. 7. NJ Hall, l. T.
Childs. / Z. Bryan. H A. Willard, W.
H. Phillip. Andrew Wylie. Nathaniel
Wilson. James L. Barbour. B. f. Snyder.
Robert ] Fleming, g. W. Phillips,
Charles H Liebermann, Walter s. Cox
and John F Hanna. The company pur-
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chased seven acres of clay ground at
Boundary and 18th streets. where there
was already a brickyard in operation
and I. p. Childs.
There was also a brickyard in opera
tion near Dupont Circle in the T0s, for
many Washingtonians will recall the
suit which Senator Stewart of Nevada
brought against the brickyard man
agement in an effort to have it con-
demned as nuisance after he had built
that big gray house which was called
Stewart castle" the property which
Senator William A. Clark of Montana
bought and which is now a weedy lot
with the foundation of the castle" still
visible.
Brickhaven came into existence when
the Washington demand for brick could
no longer be met by the supply of
Washington clay.
scant mile west OF the east end of
the Columbia pike it climbs that high
land which is called Arlington ridge,
not because ii is the proper name of the
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pie trees and by tests learned which va
rieties were best suited to the soil and
climate of the region. His five sons
shared his talent and enthusiasm for
pomology, and two of them, while no
more than boys had a peach orchard of
1900 acres. Their revenues, at times.
amounted to $4,000 yearly The eldest
and most successful apple growers in
the United States. The Millers spe-
cialize with three varieties = Grimes
Goldens. Winesaps and York Imperials.
Their orchards are located on what is
locally known as the Apple Pie ridge.
4
While money is made in the apple
growing industry. an immense sum In
the aggregate was lost in the almost
countless orchard projects that were
started In the east and west number
of years ago. Apple land was sold in
some instances for $4,000 an acre.
at takes from eight to ten years"
Prof. Corbett said, 'to get a commercial
apple orchard on paying basis. 1t
should always be remembered that the
growing of apples is one of the most
highly specialized branches of agricul-
ture. This fact has been overlooked by
thouss nds of persons who have directly
or indirectly engaged in the business.
young orchards by the hundred have
out seemed to believe that the trees
would grow without attention, and that
crops. as if by magic, would soon appear
to enrich their owners. AS the years
pa .sed, no apples appearing, the would
bS eDohASdistA thaiy uaonAy soma have
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
FINALLY STRIKES A CHORD
There's Often Some Sort of Compen.
sation for Struggles of ANA
teur Orchestra.

Sometimes, of a witching night,
when we all are keyed for the music
and outside circumstances behave in
normal fashion, there comes an expert
ence worth all the years of scratchy
scales that went before, says q writer
in the Atlantic Monthly. We are in
the midst of the Larghetto, in the "Sec-
ond Symphony" perhaps. am not
conducting, neither is Endicott. Per-
haps Beethoven prefers to conduct the
Larghetto himself. And then, sudden
ly, as one sometimes on a journey be-
comes wildly aware of a breeze and
blue distance, and firm hills beneath
bis feet, really hear the chord that
we are playing. 1t is no longer a meas
ured flow of mingled sound, but dis
tinct, exquisite, richly personal to me.
There is the queer little rush of the
accent that comes from the first violin
when Margaret is really stirred; the
cellO's full response, vibrant but soft
with hidden masses of covered tone. I
can feel my own little second fiddle
Guivering beneath my bow. There is
some curious connecting of the spirit
In the playing of a chord. Again and
again we find 1t. Probably these mo-
ments are what we live for, varied
though our programs always are.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
DOGS TAIL A SAFETY VALVE
Scientific Explanation Of Reason for
Wagging With Which We Are All
of Us Familiar.

A dog whips his tail to and fro to ex-
press feelings he cannot put into
words.
1t is his own code and varies ac-
cOrding to the message he wishes to
fash on his rearward semaphore. He
has short twitclsing motion that ex-
presses anxiety and interest, violent
flashing that makes known his enthusi-
assn and affection, steady whipping
from side to side. that spells hunger,
and motionless droop that signals de-
feat and encouragement. Canine ex-
perts have always been able to read
these wigwaggings, but it took science
to explain why the dog used them.
When dog is pleased and delighted
he must have some outlet for his feel
ings. Just as bashful boy twirls his
cap or twists about In his chair, or q
person tickled by some humorous sally
rolls on the floor and holds his sides,
the dog wags his tail. The human
beings in the situations described
above are striving to relieve the strain
on their nerves. Embarrassment must
be relieved through some outward con-
vulsion Of the muscles.
The dog becomes filled with Joy and
his tail, like safety valve, takes the
pressure of his nervous system.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
CLASS S0RGHUMS IN GROUPS
Saccharine Used for Manufacture Of
Sirup-GraIns Are Adapted to
SemI-ArId Regions.

By ]. F. NICHOLSON Agronomist. UNI
versity Of Asizona)
The sorghums are generally classed
into two groups: The saccharine, a
mild sorghum used for strip making
or for forage, and the nonsaccharine
sorghums, sometimes called grain sor-
ghums, used for grain and forage.
The grain sorghums are Of tropical
origin, and possess the ability Of -four
fishing best in hot climates. They are
particularly drought resistant, and ad-
mirably adapted to the semi-arid re-
gions of the South. They reach their
best development under eight to ten
inches Of rainfall during the growing
season.
There are three general types Of
grain sorghums classified according to
the character Of head:
1. Kafir, with compact, erect heads.
2. Durra, with compact, pendant
heads.
8. Broomcorn type. with loose,
spreading heads.
The varieties Of grain sorghums
probably grown in Arizona that belong
to these types are as follows:
Black hull white kafir, dwarf and
standard.
, White milo or durra.
Yellow milo, generally called Milo
Maize, dwarf and standard.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
Get the Habit.

Good cheer is a great lubricant. II
oils all Of life's machinery. Good cheer
is a great producer. 1t adds wonder.
fully to ones active ability and in.
creases mental and physical power. II
makes host of friends and helps us ia
be interesting and agreeable. Good
cheer will attract more customers, sell
more goods, do more business with less
wear and tear than almost any other
quality. Optimism Is the greatest
businessgetter, biggest trader, truest
achiever in the world Pessimism has
never done anything but tear down and
destroy what optimism has built up
In the business Office, in society, ir
politics, in workshops, everywhere, the
favorite is always the cheerful fellow
with the bright smile and bright
thoughts.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
From Foreign Lands.

The sea-faring young man had writ.
ten his mother an unusually affection.
ate letter. He was coming home, he
said. and was bringing her a number
of presents. among them a striped
japanese kimono. The mother got the
sense of most Of the letter unaided
but, finding herself unable to graphic
with all her sons big words, she hand.
ed 1t to the visitor for a second
perusal.
"A striped Japanese kimonol" the
visitor exclaimed. when she came r.
that part Of the letter. How nice =
Nicer exclaimed the perplexed old
lady. "You may think SO, but win vor
kindly tell me what I am to do with
such a thing? l suppose I can keer
it tied up in the backyard, but wh,,
on earth am ! to feed it on goodnes,
only knowsl"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
Ten Minute Classics
Famous Tales and Legends Told in Brief Form
zadis, Mesopotamian Predecessor Of Sherlock Home.
Copyright BY J. w. Muller
BX j. M. MULLER

derful gifts of observation and deduc-
ton that the queen ordered his fine TO
be RENTED. This was done with great
ceremony. The actuaries, court attend
ants, law interpreters and councillors
brought the 400 ounces back into the
council chamber where it was deliv-
cred to Zadig after the court had de-
Quoted only 1893 ounces for court costs.
Zadig thanked the court heartily for
its generosity, but when he departed
he made the VOW that never again
would he tell anything that he knew.
A few weeks later a fugitive from
justice passed his house in fight. Ia
dig was standing at the window and
saw him, but when the pursuing Off
GERS inquired of him, he declared that
he was ignorant of anything and
everything.
Unfortunately a witness appeared
who had seen Zadig at the window,
whereupon the unlucky young man
was fined 500 ounces of gold with a
prOmptness that did credit to the celer-
lty OF the justice In Babylon.
"Alas!" said Zadig. II know now
that it is impossible to evade destiny"
Francois Marie Arouet de VOL
taire (1694-177S) wrote "Zadig" to
convey, in the form of romance,
his philosophical ideas regarding
human life and destiny. 1t is q
brilliant satire, but its teachings are
cynical and coldly intellectual.
Apart from this, however, and read
purely as a story, it is wholly de-
hghTm. Its dual qualities of enter
tainment and philosophy are equaled
only in "Gulliuers Travels" by JON
ATTAIN Swift (1667-1745).
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
POULTRY MANURE IN GARDEN
Droppinos Make Vegetables Grow q
They Never Grew Before-Appiy
During Spring Work.

In the garden, poultry dropplngs will
make the vegetables grow as they new
er grew before.
In the spring when we spade up the
garden In preparation for seeding we
work In liberal quantity Of the drop
pings, which have been saved during
the winter months for this purpose,
says a writer In an exchange. Many
people throw the droppings on the gar
den during the winter. thinking they
are. doing the right thing. However,
the nitrogen in the droppings is lost
when this course is followed.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30
SUCCESSFUL AS A HAY CROP
Southwestern States 10 Large
New African Varieties.

Sudan grass. introduced by tfs de-.
partment Of agriculture and \
tributed in 1912, has enfN No.
ably successful as a hGy crop N Lac
Middle and Southwestern states, and
the acreage now planted Is very large.
Numerous related varieties have now
been secured from Africa and are be-
Ing tested, especially the dwarf va
rieties. with larger grain that may be
harvested like oats.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-03-30

such products should indicate that the
substitution has been made; otherwise
1t would constitute adulteration under
the food and drugs act.
In addition to its use for -four and
milk, the soy bean can be prepared as
human food in numerous ways. IL
green bean, when from three-fOurths to
full grown, has been found to com:
pare favcrably with the butter or lima
bean. The soy bean has been utilized
not only In the United States but In
European countries as a substitute for
the coffee bean. When roasted and
prepared, it makes an excellent sub
stitute for coffee. In Asia the dried
beans, especially the green-seeded va
rieties, are soaked In salt water and
then roasted, this product being eaten
after the manner Of roasted peanuts.
Stock Feed.
The value Of soy-bean meal for pro-
ducing meat, milk and butter Is we'll
established. 1t Is one Of the cheap93
of the highly heterogeneous feeding stons
and is therefore one Of the most eco.
nomfcal for balancing rations dehcient
in nitrogen. Its use In America is con-
fined at the present time almost entire
ly to the Pacific states. where it is con-
sidered a. valuable feed not only BY
dairy men but also by poultry men.
Owing to its high content of protein,
the meal should be used with the same
precautions as are observed with other
highly concentrated feeds, to avoid d.
gestive troubles. AS regards digestibil-
ity, soy-bean meal compares very IA
vorably with other oil meals.
As a Fertilizer.
The utilization Of soy-bean meal Tor
fertilizing purposes has been confines
almost entirely to Asiatic countries.
Following the recent production In u
Southern states of bean cake and OH
hom American-grown beans, however,.
fertilizer manufacturers have taken an
actfve interest in the fertilizing pos
siNlitisf ofthe meal. Analyses by the
Nsfsd States depdtme<t Of agricul-
tuye have AhoNn that while soy-bean
meal tAfe cQttypseed zeal, has high
sfertilizing vaiud when .appiied directly.
mora economical pk&ctre would pc.
to feed the mesl<p stock and apply the
resulting manGfe to the soil.
soy-eean Oil ~
In the United States Two methods Of
extracting oil from soy beans-the n.y.
draulic and the expeller processes
are used by Oil mills, the latter produc.:
ing the highest yields. Extensive tests
with domestic beans indicate that one
ton of seed will yiel6 hv'-the expeller
process an average 81 70 galloPRof oil
and 1900 pounds oHmeal, the differ
ence dabout 10 pdhds) representing
The loss DUE Cleaning and the evdp-
oratf0h moisture driven off after the
bdkhs have been crushed and heated.