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Evening star., 1921-04-24

what is the reason that his wife stays
in New York while he"
Easy now, Vee," says I. Were
no probin' committee. you know
simply duck customers"
But you might get him to talk
ing" she insists. you're clever at
that sort Of thing. you know"
Me-" says /. Quit kiddin'. But
I'll see what l can 60"
So when Hadley comes in with the
ducks all wrapped up ! gives him a
few chatty openings. quite an es-
tablishment you've got here" says l.
''Oh. yes" says he careless. scrapin'
n pair of old shoes out of wicker
easy chair and slumpin' down while
he relights his corn cob.
Lets see." says I. didn't you start
out to raise game?"
He mods and puffs away silent.
What went wrong with the
scheme?" says l.
Everything" says he.
Tough luck" says I. Listens like
good proposition. too"
Which seems to be the right line.
1T was" says he. II should have
made a fortune here if-WeIl. II I'D
had any one to help me. I had a
fine mock OF pheasants started; I'd
planted wild rice and got the canvass
backs and red heads coming: and the
quail were getting thick. Had two
or three hunting parties come out
Evening star., 1921-04-24
Precious Stones Found
North and West of City

IN the seams of the gray rocks
around Washington men have
found various beautiful crystals
which are classed as precious stones.
They may not be very precious II
the commercial sense, but they are d
for use in jewelry. and perhaps y
better name for them would be Jewel
stones" or gem stones"
The gray rocks that underlie the
region north and west Of Washington
are gneiss. At some time they were
subjected to such pressure that clefts
opened in them. These clefts were
wide in some instances and narrow 10
others. The crevices at a later period
were filled with quartz, and it is in
these seams of quartz that the gem
stones have been found. Mineralo-
gists will probably tell you that yelS
low, green and ultramarine crystals
of beryl have been found. Beryl is
not uncommon in many parts of the
United States, but specimens without
fractures or other flaws, and there.
fore suitable for jewelry, are not COM
mon. Topaz has been found in the
rocks near Washington. and tourma-
line specimens have now and then
prospector. Tiny garnets have beeh
found in the rocks. No diamonds have
been found, but some mineralogista
have been heard to say that they be.
aieve such a discovery might be made.
No one should become excited about
this. So far as reported or recorded,
no one has ever made any money By
finding precious stones in the rough ID
the District of Columbia. Precious
stones have been found in many parts
of the United States, and yet corn and
hog raising remain safer ways OF
making living than hunting for
precious stones. There is a diamond
bearing area in Arkansas, the finding
of diamonds has been reported on
Sycamore creek in Indiana, and nu-
merous red. green and blue tourmaline
crystals are taken from the rocks of
Maine. Southern California sends out
tourmaline gems, North Carolina and
Georgia send out golden bery1 and
amethyst. Montana sapphires are
famous, fine opals come from Hum
boldt county, Nevada, and turquoise
from Colorado. Maryland and vir-
ginia oysters give up pearls, Virginia
produces amethysts and gold, gold
nuggets have been gathered along
Rock run and other creeks in Mont
gomery county, Maryland, and dia-
monds have been found in wiscon-
sin. Michigan, Ohio. California and
Texas. :
Evening star., 1921-04-24

It down so it ought to be easy guess
in Let's see. was IL Mary Pickford,
or Anna Pavlowa, or Susanna Coo
roft?"
How absurd" says Wee. Now see
il you can remember She was such a
clever, smart-looking saleswOman
that i asked her name, so that could
call for her again. And what do you
think? She said she was Mrs. Max
Hadley knew I'd heard the name
before, just as well as anything.
but at the time j couldn't recall just
where. Wasn't that stupid of me? And
it wasn't until / was half way home
on the train that it came to me. Can
you teil?"
.Hm-m-m" says !. scratchin' my
ear Max Hadley? Sure. I've heard
that name. II was mixed up with-er
with something or other that you
eat. knOw-ducks-Anch ducks
''Muscovy," corrects Wee. Al Wild
Feather Farm. And If you can get home
early enough tomorrow we'll drive out
there and get a pair for our Sunday
dinner as surprise for Auntie."
I'D do almost anything to surprise
Auntie." says /.
SO the next afternoon. which is
Saturday. we gets out the little car
and makes the excursion. Honest.
Evening star., 1921-04-24
r and gummy to Louise. How about

der and summy to Louise. How about
TIE lamps his pipe down careful and
IL seems to be thinkin' the PROPOSE
ton over. But at last he shakes his
head decided II don't think I'd
care to send any word to Louise
says he.
You won't go even half way. eh -
says l. Then l expect Vee'll have to
do it for you. She'll make a thor
ough job Of it. believe me-"
'How's thatr says he. What
what will she do?"
''Oh. she'll draw it strong probably ~
says /. How you're livin' here all
alone and yearnin' your heart out
waitin' for her to come back. And
I'm bettin' Wee gets her started with
in a week."
That does seem to stir him up.
"Louise?' says he Back here? Say.
4 hope she doesn't suggest anything
like that Please don't let her. II
trust she doesn't"
What" says I. you don't mean
to say that you don't want your wife
to come back. do you?'
Hadley mods emphatic. II guess you
don't know Louise very WELL" says
he. II do. She-she has rather sharp
tongue. Louise. And just remember
that we lived here. practically alone
watching our money slip away and
my grand scheme go to pot. OF course.
/ was some to blame. So was she. We
had plenty Of time to thrash all that
out. And we did-day and night. week
after week. month after month. It
hell, And since she left I've been sort
Of resting up. Everything has been
so quiet and peaceful, you know. 1t
it has been almost like heaven. I'd
like to have it keep on: for a few
years longer. anyway: OF course. it's
send her back and all that, but-well.
you understand. don't you?"
II get a glimmer here and there" ]"
says I. when it comes to conversa-
tion from Louise you're overstoeked,
eh?"
"Im afraid I am," says he.
But don't you get lonesome" I
asks.
you'd be surprised" says he, ITO
know how much company Muscovy
ducks can be. They-they have so
''.i1s Far - be- sAit It from US, then. to crash
in" says I. $50 long. Max"
And we shakes hands like old
friends.
back through the sand.
Scratch the fond reunion stuff"
says l. HE prefers ducks"
And even when I've sketched out
the details Wee can hardly believe 1t.
But he can't like living a hermit
existence such as that" says she.
I'm sure he must be wretched and
lonely
II wouldn't be too sure" says I.
Remember. all you've heard from
Louise was when she was sellin' you
"a hat"
Evening star., 1921-04-24

didn't know there was so much OF
Long Island that wasn't being used
So many fine sites for glass factories
and sand paper mills. And it wasn't
until nearly 5 o'clock. after we'd got
lost couple Of times, that we lands
at this Wild Feather Farm joint.
It's wild. all right. and it's more or
less feathery. but it amt what I'd
call a perfectly good farm. And it's
about as cherries and forsaken a
spot as you could find- Nothing but
sand and scrubby bushes, and a
dunes. just a. Mr.. Robert had de-
scribed- But he hadn't done full
justice to this group of weather
beaten buildingA They'd been
painted once, but most Of that had
been peeled on. Here and there a.
window pane had been broken. A
half wrecked windmill stuck up like
a crazy ghost. And the sand had
drifted over everything.
THE main fouse was quite a sizeable
affair, with something like doz-
en- or fifteen rooms in it 1 should
Judge. This was where the week end
hunting parties were supposed to
gather. But on the wide front veran-
da there was nothing except a few
bleached porch chairA The double
doors were wide open and nobody in
sight
I hadn't blown the horn more'n a
couple OF times. though. when out
shuffles this human scarecroW that
we guesses must be Max Hadley:
He's wearin' a dirty pair Of khaki
army breeches with leggins to match.
a gray flannel shirt with one sleeve
half gone and a battered old straw
hat Also he's smokin a well-colored
corncob pipe and his face is covered
with at least a weeks growth of
stuDby whiskers. From the veranda
he stares and blinks at US sort Of
"Mr. Hadley, amt it?" says l.
why, yes" says he.
How about our buyin' pair Of
ducksT' asks.
Guess you can," says he, still
starih'.
By degrees though, he seems to
Evening star., 1921-04-24
Facts About Salt.
q mans taste for

WHETHER . mans taste for salt
is acquired. hereditary or elemen-
tai is matter for discussion, and for
discussion that comes to no conclu-
sion. but that all so-called civilized
men and nearly all so-called uncivil-'
lied men eat salt is a fact. That man
can live without the salt that is taken
from mines or from the sea by evapS
GRAFTON seems to have been estab-
lished. but to take salt from a man
who has used it all his life is to give
him considerable trouble. That trou-
BILE may be mental or physical and IL
may be both. Doctors, as usual. will
not agree.
One may consider salt as a food
or merely as a condiment which gives
SAVIOR to food. and in one sense it
seems to be a medicine, for some
authorities say that salt is OF great
benefit in the animal economy as an
antiseptic and as a preventive Of in
testinal worms. 1t seems to be estab-
lished that domestic cattle are this
better for it and it has come to lie
considered a necessity for horses. No
stock-raiser would neglect to salt"
his animals.
Stephenson, the arctic explorer.
telling of his meeting with blonde.
Eskimos in Coronation gulf, said that
the natives Of the far and frozen
north. who have had no contact or
slight contact with whites, do not
like food favored with salt. He also
said that the habit of taking salt.
like the habit of taking a narcotic
poison. is hard to break, but that
after going without salt for a month
tn 10
that in his case. after being without
it for six months he found that tbe
taste of meat boiled in salted waiter
was disagreeable.
Persons who have the salt-taking,
habit insist that they require it, Some,
insist that they need more pepper,
mustard. vinegar and sugar than
other persons do. Perhaps this Is true
and perhaps these persons confuse
the meaning Of the words need" and
desire" Many wild animals seem to
have taken naturally to salt. The
salt -licks" or this country were the
places where herds of buffalo. which
roamed the land east of the Allie
ghenies as well as the region west OF
the Mississippi, travelled in order to
lick the ground that was coated with
the mineral. The aborigfnes OF the
land which came to be the United
States knew the uses of salt and it
was a common practice with some
of the tribes to eat hickory ashes with
their food, those ashes oontaininr
quite a nigh per cent Of saline mat.
ter.
Evening star., 1921-04-24

come out Of his trance. He tows US
out back and shows US his ducks, or
as many Of 'cm as are on hand to
answer roll call. which is a couple of
hundred. The rest Of 'em he says
are OF feedin' in the marshes and
they1l be fiyin' in pretty soon. al
though some may not show up until
dark. Depends on how many miles
off they've wandered.
But / should think they'd get lost
sometimes" says Wee.
Not Muscovies," saws Hadley
They always know where home is
and they're bound to get back to the
roosting place at night. They know
me. too, and I think they're rather
fond Of me. Anyway some Of them
are. I'll show you. Here you, Pete.
Come here. you rascal"
At which one of the ducks comes
waddlin' up TO him and rubs against
his legs until Hadley lifts him up
and strokes his back like YOU would
a kitten. They're vivid colored things.
with all that green and blue on their
wings and the turkey red topknot ef-
feet on their heads and bills.
Kind of fossy looking. eh?" l sug-
gests. Alongside OF them the COM
mon garden duck would look like a
day laborer in overails watchin'
cousin Muscovy start for fancy
dress ball, wouldn't he?"
Hadley mods They're so much
Evening star., 1921-04-24

house stood. Below lay wide Neabs-
co creek and on its yonder side rose
the hills of Leesylvania-
All around in the woods at the tip
of the ridge were graves. few
were marked by inscribed stones.
some were marked by rude country
rock and many were not marked.
Two wide. long. heavy slabs of
brown stone lay side by side on the
ground. On one was an epitaph. but
not letter could be deciphered. Tom
drew from his pocket a small whisk
and swept the fiat stone clear ot the
coating of earth. thin in places. thick
in places. which covered it. Still the
epitaph could not be read. Tom then
Evening star., 1921-04-24

more intelligent. too" says he. I've
even taught some of them to do
tricks"
1 was just wonderin' how I could
hint to Hadley that We weren't shop
pin for trick ducks but for a pair
platter. when he suggests that if
we'll stroll up to the house and wait
a few minutes he'll pick out a couple
and get 'em ready for ua
Walk in and make yourselves at
home." says he. There's no one
around
So we drifts back to the house and
in through the double doors We hnds
ourselves in what must have been
fixed up for a whale Of q big living
room. Probably it was quite nifty
when it was new, for there's lot OF
painted furniture and stained willow
pieces around, with silk shaded elec-
tho windows. The place had all the
signs Of having been done by an in
terror decorator.
RUT it sure had gone to wreck and
ruin since. In front of the tiled
fireplace q cheap wood range has been
set up. with the smoke pipe run cas-
ually up tho chimney. From the fryin'
pan and the coffee pot 1t was plain
that this was whore Hadley did his
coolxin'. Near by, on what had once
been q decorated gate-legged table.
were some dirty dishes . catsup bot
tie and a sugar bowl. And in one
corner a cretonne cushioned daven-
port was made up as a bed Old news
papers were scattered around, a fancy
brass bowl wac half full Of potatoes
and onions and everywhere was dust
and grease stains and general litter.
What a messy place" says Wee.
why. he must live here. in this one
room"
II should say that was a good
guess" says l.
And all alone" adds Wee.
"Uh-huh." says I.
How DREADFUL" says Vee. '"rorohy,
we must find out about this poor fell
low: why he lives here in this way.
Evening star., 1921-04-24
THE RAMBLER WRITES OF RIPON LODGE,f
ONE OF THE VERY OLD HOMES OF VIRGINIA

touch" and this is not that kind of
road. Literally. it is rough road.
but the Rambler must not say that
because the people living along that
road are proud of it and the Rambler
must go down that way again. and
dinner time comes around once day.
He must have friends. But. really,
YOU would call it a smooth road 1t is
one OF the good roads around Wash
ington and is infested with autos. 1t
is such a good road that a fellow
cannot walk on it without danger OF
being run over.
Coming out of the woods of Lee
sylvania and turning to the right. you
may see near the left side of the
road a long. thick slab of freestone.
carved: "Heare lyes ye bodey of Will
Evening star., 1921-04-24

was carpenter and contractor and
built many houses in Virginia. There
is tradition that he built the Mount
Vernon mansion for Lawrence Wash
ington in ls43 One OF his sons. Col.
Thomas Blackburn. who was born at
Ripon Lodge in ls40 and died there
in 1907. married Christine Scott. a
who was a son OF the Rev. John Scott,
who was a son of the Rev. John Scott
and Gov. Horner was descended from
that Scott family. But il is long
story which the Rambler has 10 tell.
with many names of the SCOTS.
Blackburns, Washingtons, Elzeys.
Peytons. Claphams. Crawfords. Tur-
ners. Harrisons. Sinclairs. Balls.
Fauntleroys, Browns, Wallaces and
Evening star., 1921-04-24
FAs'+At>;
+R@HrS

sYOU'D BE SURPRISED, SAYS
HE. ITO KNOW HOW MUCH COM
PANY MUSCOvY DUCKS CAN BE.
THEY HAVE 50 LITTLE TO say
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
Days Dealings i'm Bonds
The Market

The effect Of the striking strength
exhibited by the leading foreign ex-
changes was noted in the bond market
yesterday in the strength OF most of
the foreign government Issues. The
rise in sterling was particularly potent
In advancing British government bonds
and the United Kingdom 5iss of 1929.
which have a conversion feature di-
rectly affected by the position Of cx-
change on London. Japanese govern
ment bonds closed higher on tho favor
able result of the Washington confer
ence with respect to Pacific questions.
The trend of United States government
war issues was irregular, although the
Victory 4s4 at 10000 duplicated their
high record made a short time ago.
Movements of railroad and industrial
bond prizes were generally narrow,
with prices we'll maintained as whole.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
The g~0eofh Of Ri;0ev Commerce

He intr0duetson of steam6oats on
& the Mississippi furnished the
Ws5tern te1vito,y ayfsh q fairy rapid
and adequate means Of transportation,
and s0as one Of tde chief jaetors in
the dsvslopnsens otf the trade Of that
section. Not only did it make pos
sible an easy access TO market for
the agricultural products, but gave
decided impetus to the new in
dustries of the Ohio Valley By
r842, the total commerce of the
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
Railway. !

Am ! AZ ch 4
7Aa laAi
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
Vote Extra HOLIDAYS

Members Of the New York Coffee
and Sugar Exchange yesterday votsd
to close on the Saturdays preceding
Christmas and New Years. The Cot
ton Exchange already has decided to
close, although the Stock Exchange
members have not yet determined to
close the exchange.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13

To figure the precise yield on bond II
Is necessary to use yield tables but ths
out by the following formula Divide the
closing quotation bond into the rate
below par you must allow also for the
appreciation Of the principal. To do this
subtract the market quotation from par
or 100, and divide the remainder by the
number OF years the bond has TO run be-
fore maturity For example. If a per
cent bond is selling at 80 and has ten
years 10 run, the annual return will be
S.s6 per cent. The difference between par
and the. market price will be 10 points
point by ten years. the quotient will be /
This dgure is to be added 20 $50, which
is the annual return, and the result, 4 Sc
yield.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
being offered st 100 and accrued inter
o,A

The syndicate headed by the Guar
anty Company Of New York which Of
fered the s10,125,o00 Wilson & CO.,
Inc, ten-year convertible sinking fund
775 per cent gold bonds announced
yesterday that the issue had been sold.
The subscription books were open little
more than 8 hour.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
Days $ Ne,o Issues

Watkins & Co. and Redmond g. Co.
announced yesterday the offering of a
new issue of s1,2O0,00O City of Lex
ington, KY, per cent bonds at prices
to yield from 4.74 to $50 per cent. The
bonds are dated February 1, 1920, and
are due serially from 1925 to and in
cluding 1860. The issue is exempt from
all Federal income taxes and the bonds
are legal for savings banks and trust
funds in Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Maine and Michigan.
White, Weld & Co. and Barr &
Schmeltzer are offering a new issue of
s515,500 City of Wilmington, Del, 5
per cent bonds, due 1855 to 1857, at
prices to yield 4.30 per cent. The bonds
are exempt from all Federal income
taxes and are Legal investments for
savings banks and trust funds in New
York and Massachusetts.
". R. Compton Company is making
an offering to-day of S5o5,000 Harris
County, Texas, Houston Ship Channel
Navigation District per cent serial
bonds, due August l. 1922 TO 1949. The
bonds are direct obligation of the
Houston Ship Channel Navigation Dis
trict and are payable principal and
interest from an unlimited ad valoren
| tax levied against all taxable property
| in the district The bonds are exempt
from all Federal income taxes and are
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
London Metal Market

,pot ,potesneN, ss Dec. 12.-standard copper,
spct 60 20 futures. s68; electrolytic,
Ell. rsi futures, G75 los. Tin, spot,
spos sas. oa. futures. STA Is sd. Lead,
9ct 30 20 iSsi futures, s25 2s Cd. Zinc,
s. s ~ a[s Cd futures, s27.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13

Western rivers was estimated ae
S1oo, 100000.
In the 122 years Of its existence,
the Bank Of the Manhattan Com
pany has made it its responsibility
to study the broad sweep of busi-
ness, utilizing its great number and
widely varied contacts to note ac-
curately new tendencies, new con-
dluons, that may affect its custom
ers' affairs.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
~ SO 1000
L IS 1874
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4s ctfs OF % 80 iaS9
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SIS 1880 oo,<
80 w 5 90L.
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
Bid and Asked

Following are the closing bid and
asked quotations Of stocks listed on
the Stocl Exchange in which there
we're no transactions yesterday:
New-York tribune., 1921-12-13
Dividends
Ex:trn

Northern Securities Company--An extra
dividend of per cert q share haa been de-
clared, In addition to the regular semi
annual dividend OF per cent, both pay
able January 10 to stockholders OF record
December 81.
Regular Declarations
The Washington herald., 1921-11-10

Lieut. Comdr. Alfred L Clifton,
Medical Corps, to U. S. S. Relief.
Lieut.. James E. Potter, Medical
Corps. to U. s. S. Arctic.
Lieut.. Guy E. Nicholas, Dental
Corps, to duty r. s. Boston, Mass.
Lieut. John A. Fields, Supply
Corps, to conn. (. o. U. S. s. Ar
gonne and on board as supply Of
hcer when commissioned.
Lieut.. Nils B. Olsen. Supply
Corps. to U. S. S. Arctic as supply
officer.
Lieut.. William r. Parker, Supply
Corps, to accounting officer Naval
Ordnance Plant, South Charleston,
w. Va.
Lieut.. Burnice W. shumaker,
Supply Corps, tc charge of neet
canteen, Comdr. Train. Atlantic
feet.
Lieut., Gg) Worth B. Beacham,
Supply Corps, to division supply Of
hcer, Division Nine.
Lieut.. Gg) Clifton I. DuFnho,
Supply Corps, to assistant to sup
ply officer U. s. S. Arctic.
Lieut.. John H. Finn, Chaplain
Corps, to r. S. San Francisco. Cal.
Lieut.. Thomas F. Regsn, Chaplain
Corps, to navy yard, Mare Island.
Cal.
Lieut.. tjg) George q. Kranr,
Chaplain Corps, to U. 8. 8. Ne
vada.
Bosn. Frans o. Anderson, to U.
S. s. shswmut
Gun. Frederick p. oraziani, to u.
8. 8. Shawmut: =.
Gun. John v. Hickman, to navy
yard, Norfolk, Va.
Mach. Raymond Langferd, to
treatment, Naval hospital, PensaI
cola, Fla.
Comdr. Edmund s. Root, to COM
mand U. S. S. Panther. ~.
Lieut.. Andrew N. Anderson, to q.
s. s. Abarenda.
Lieut. Cyrus S. Hansel, to U. s.
s. Huron.
Lieut.. 0g) Guy r. Bostain, to
mine, base, Cavite.
Lieut.. (jg) Joseph +. Carmody,
to charge Of naval magazine, Cavite.
Lieut. 0g) Lewis p. Harris. TO U.
8. s. New Orleans.
Lieut.. Jg) George B. Kessack,
to U. 8. s. Abarenda.
Lieut.. comdr. Cliff c. Wilson,
Medical Corps, to treatment Naval
Hospital, Mare Island. Cal.
Ensign Archie B. Mckay, Supply
Corps! to supply ofiicer of South
China patrol.
Lieut.. Gg) August ". Zaccor. to
o. .. 8. New Orleans.