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which 1 cannot read. 1 think he is
the child of Tillie and Victor Wise.
1t was soon after the shooting of
President Garfield by Charles Jules
Guiteau, at the old Baltimore and
Potomac station, July ., 1881, that
Henry Buscher and two other work
men were sent from the Navy Yard
to the White House to build an ap-
paratus through which cold air was
forced into the room of the wounded
President before he was removed to
Elberon, n. j., where he died Septem-
ber 10, 1881.
After that tragedy Henry Buscher
moved to Good Hope and rented the
Judson Richardson house, in which
DIR. Dove long practiced medicine and
which in the seventies came to be
known as the Wadsworth house. 1t
stood on the green bank among the
silver poplars, and the Rambler has
already told about it.
The story has come to me several
times that Miss Mary Jenkins was
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Suspicious Of Rambler Are Aroused
By One Who Calls Him ''Br0ther"
by When He Seeks
Thirst Journey Through Good HOPE Region

r T was one of those roads which
lead out of Washington, and also
into Washington, that depend
4 ing on the way one is going or
coming. Many main roads near
Washington have this dual. character
or dual direction. 1t was one of
those gray, level. shadeless roads.
bordered by signs, gas stations and
ice cream and sausage refectories
which nearly all Of us have come to
call a good road. It. was without
the virtues and the charm Of a bad
road
Once it was quiet way, going
down hill to a ford where stream
sang above yellow sand and white
pebbles and then climbed another hill
between banks draped with green
briar, trumpet, honeysuckle and Vir-
ginia creeper. There were graceful
bends in the road and every few
yards an oak or a pine OF solemn
dignity laid its shade across the
way But progress put its hand upon
this road and made it good and
homely. The Rambler might set it
down, as SO many original writer's
have done, that "a fierce sun pelted
down." but he would rather tell you
that the tar road was sticky and
that every bird was mute.
Thirst came to the man who is
writing this. 1t was the thirst that
makes one think Of water as a pleas
ure. Such a thirst is great and with
some 1t is unusual. / met man who
was coming from a lane and asked,
'Is there a pump near here?" Though
1 am not sure that had I asked, "Is
a pump near here?" the question
would not have been better put.
Brother" replied the maa, 'if you
follow that path across the field
you'll find a spring in them woods,
brother"
Though I had never seen this man
before, he called me brother, and in
an emphatic and seemingly benevo-
lent way. 1 think he meant no
harm. Though he did not know me,
he called me brother with such
heartiness that 1 thought he would
shake hands and give me a secret
grip. Brother" he said again; the
spring is over in them woods,
brother"
Though my thirst was great, my
fear was greater. 1 could not take
the path across the field to the wood
where the cool spring lay. I had
but two car tokens in my pocket,
but I thought the chance was too
great. I thought that instead of go
N n hn frrI,x y.
to look up a distillery.
Some time ago 1 bought a horse.
The man who sold it to me said:
Brother, that horse will jump a six
rail fence. Brother, he makes
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The SofteSt Metal.

THERE. is a popular. notion that
lead is the softest of metals
This is, however, incorrect, since pure
tin is softer than lead. This is al
once manifest when it is considered
that tinfoil is nothing more than
pure tin rolled out into thin sheets
We obtain our impression of the
toughness of tin from the apparent
hardness of the tinware that we see
everywhere. However, none of these
tin articles is of pure tin, since that
would be too soft to hold its shape
They are fabricated of thin sheets of
steel coated with tin in order that
they shall not rust.
In the making of cans to contain
vegetables and other products that
require an alright container. tin is
particularly valuable as a coating, as
it excludes every bit OF air. The air
would get through the pores of the
steel and the contents of the can
would consequently spoil very quick
ly If they were not covered with tin.
So "tin" can is really q steel can
coated with tin.
The manufacture OF tinware con-
stitutes one of our greatest indus
tries. while the rolling of thin steel
to be employed in this product is a
large division of the steel industry.
Formerly all kinds of tinware were
made by soldering the parts together,
but nowadays they are stamped out
of one piece. The most intricate
shapes can be obtained in this man
ner, and they possess the advantage
of being in one piece, which gives
them much longer life. The tinplate
division of the stamping companies
in the United States alone gives en-
ployment to nearly 10000 persons,
while the products of the mills
reach the enormous volume of one
billion pounds year. Although the
worlds supply of tin is decreasing
each year. almost every country is
lucky enough to have tin deposits to
mine. Besides supplying the tinware
industry, tin is used in the manufac-
ture of bronze and in other useful
matters.
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Oldest Work of Fiction.

tSTHE Tale of Two Brothers," so
far as any one now knows, is the
oldest existing piece of fiction. 1t was
written thirty-two centuries ago by
Enana, q scribe Of Thebes, who was IL
brarian in the palace Of King Menepta,
Identified by some as the pharaoh who
held the Israelites in bondage.
Tho tale, which is written on nine
teen sheets Of papyrus. appears to have
been invented to entertain the Oldest Of
tho princes who subsequently ascended
the Egyptian throne. This strange old
manuscript now reposes in the British
Museum, where it is known as the,
"D'Orbiney papyrus."
Another old book, written more than q
thousand years ago, mentions two breeds
6 Roaltry which are stili being raised
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apple that he tossed her. She caught
it quite right, as man would catch
it-pinching it between her two
knees. CIT was the movement she had
practiced three monthsD
''Ha! smarty. Didn't catch me" she
laughed in triumph-then stopped,
aghast at the give-away of it.
The few words were enough. The
hospitality brother was "on." He ac-
cused her of her sex and directed
them to the house of a woodchopper,
half a league down the mountain, who
would shelter her for the night" Ut
was centuries before the Ladies' InnD
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Sunday meals in common (without
talk) and walk in procession through
the mountains once week.
Man visitors who got up in the mid
die of the night to see the weird pro-
cession to the church never got
over the impression. 1t was like see
ing dead men rise for mathis and
lauds," white-clad in the darkness.
each monk carrying an ancient iron
lantern.
So women, hearing of the terrific
sight, desired irresistibly to see it.
From the earliest days there are
tales of daring disguises by which
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a key or other small object into the
suspected party's lap.
IF it be man." he argued, "he will
close his knees to catch it; but If it
be a woman disguised as a man, she
will instinctively spread her knees
apart-to catch it in her lap"
The princess. disguised.as slender
scholar. passed unsuspected between
her husband and "the Count Alberto;
but as they sat at soup, the old hos
pitalier must have had a doubt. The
princess saw. him slyly reach up his
left sleeve (the Carthusians pocket)
and had just time to catch a little
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clean take-off, lands in his stride and
never refuses. Brother, he is sound
in wind and leg and there amt pim-
pie on him, brother"
1 took the horse and he died of
glanders thirty minutes later.
Some time ago I bought a house.
The owner said: Brother, this house
is in a restricted neighborhood; title
clear and well built, brother"
Two days after 4 bought the prop
erty Charlie Hop started a laundry
on the square, Bill Sledge opened a
boiler shop nearby, the man who held
a mortgage on the place came to
foreclose and the roof fell in.
So, when this stranger said,
Brother, there's spring over in
them woods" 1 passed on. There are
persons who have no fear when a
stranger calls them brother and
shows enthusiasm at the first meet
ing, but they are braver than I. 1t
may be safer to have a business deal
with a stranger than with a relation
or a member of your own lodge, but
the Rambler will not take path into
the woods at the invitation of a
StTduBer VINO Calls MIN DFOCner. so,
lector benevole, let's drop the SUBJ
ject.
IT was a bright Sunday and thou
sands of people in cars rushed
along the road. It was hurrying
throng of many kinds of people.
There were those who cannot read
and write, those who can read but
never do. those who read with ease
but don't read much; and those who
read a good deal but don't know
what 1t is. 1t was one of those large
and average crowds. The people
rushed on as though time were pre-
cious, yet many of these haste-mad
people at their weekday jobs go
slowly.
There goes man." thought the
Rambler, "who will drive two miles
on Sunday in less time than he will
drive two nails on Monday"
There is q man who would rather
spend IS for gasoline than so cents
for cabbage, and there il q man who
cheerfully sweats over a busted tire,
but balks at wedding the potato patch
at home"
After drinking at a wayside pump,
the Rambler sat in the shade of a
dusty sassafras bush and watched
the motor stream pour by. What q
golden axe. How -rich> Ma haya be-
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Return Of Grande Chartreuse
Desired by People Of Grenoble
be Dra About
No Woman Was Permitted Srv;ceM Missed.

In more modern times a lively
young French counfess-a bride on
her honeymoon!-got as far as the
guests supper. which she ate tran
gully. imagining all suspicion to be
terminated.
TT is bedtime" said the hospitalier
the old chap with the apple)! "The
first eight guests on this side of the
table please follow me-"
Don't we have separate rooms?'
piped up the frightened bride, with
out a bit Of courage which her male
disguise would call for. Fear turned
to horror as she saw her husband led
Off at the tail Of that first lot, while
she remained with others at the
table.
Armand, do not leave mel" she
walled. She heard him protesting.
THAT young gentleman back there
is OF my party" 1t was useless.
"Send Armand back to me" she cried.
struggling with the heavy door. II
will not sleep with strange men!"
There was no mistaking beauty in
distress.
You will find rooms at the Ladies'
Inn," were the last words of the
adventure.
+ X X X
CARAH BERNHARDT was said to
~ have been the only woman of
modern times successfully to deceive
the Grande Chartreuse and spend a
night there.
vryh Oh "a IN ovy
slender, not to say angular, and she
had wit to make up as pale, ema-
ciated and wrinkled old university
professor in heavy gold spectacles.
She wore a rusty black frock coat
and slouch hat. She mumbled her
supper in silence and kept her nose
in a Latin book.
So Sarah Bernhard saw the white
procession of the living dead" car
rying their old iron lanterns in black
cloisters.
The Grande Chartreuse is an
empty shell today. Tourists clatter
down the long vista of the grande
cloister, hoary with antiquity, and
in and out the two-room Cells
where men of illustrious families
buried themselves alive"
The community remains at Tara
gona, Spain.
Grenoble and the orphaned high
lands mourn the great landholders
who for centuries had been the provi-
dence not OF three townships but of
six! They all want the Grande Char
treuse back. 1t is no moral scruple,
as might appear to foreigners at
sight of home and property confis-
Gated by a government-many IA
Tiers, joining. brought considerable
fortunes with them. This does not
particularly strike Grenoble, If only
because the liquid "billion of the con-
gregations" escaped, for the most
part, by way of Kipling's under
ground river of gold" which nova
days is stocks and bonds.
But, see, all those real conf1sca-
tions of land Cthe townshipsD, farms,
live stock, agricultural machines, the
vast library, the fine modern con-
structions at Curiere, the famous
Chartreuse distillery and two dozen
little manufactures, from cloth weav-
ing to wagon building. never realized
an hour of help or comfort to the
pooF Alpine peasants who were for
merly so snug under the protection
of the Grande Chartreuse!
To get back the works of the
Grande Chartreuse, they've got to
have the Grande Chartreuse back!
Grenoble knows it; but it is a Bit
ter pill for the French government
to swallow!
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married in this house to John Surratt,
and 1 am going to take that story up
at another time. Henry Buscher built
brick store and dwelling across the
road from the Richardson Wadsworth
house and opened a drug store, with
John c. Moss as pharmacist. That
drug store became landmark and
its little soda fountain was a hot
weather resort, even in those days
of evil draughts.
Just west of Buscher's drug store
was Gus Thurm's place of business
where many a "combibo" or cup-com-
panion had what the Romans called
a "comissatio" and which we used to
call a drinking bout. But there are
no such things now. Of course not.
Gus had a sign projecting over the
entrance. On one side, greeting trav-
elers toward the city, was the legend
First Chance" and on the other side
was painted Last Chance" Many of
our old friends took the chance COM
ing and going. Gus old place still
calls to thirsty travellers, but it is
lawful and innoxious stuff, which
does not stir men to argument and
eloquence.
Toward the last Henry Buscher
was interested in that which is so
often called mining proposition"
The proposition" was in Nevada and
the specific field of the proposition
was in Rhyolite county. The sequel
was as usual, and there is pathos in
that part Of the story.
x X x x
HENRY BUSCHER married Kate
NJ. Price, who had "clerked' in
the post Office and the drug stores
for fifteen years, and this part of the
story leads us to Virginia That
lady was born in the Machodoc
Creek section of King George county,
at the lower end of Matthias Point
Neck and north of Pumpkin Neck.
You may not be acquainted with
the Machodoc region. but there
are some readers who will react hap
PLY when the Rambler mentions
Donothon Point, Boabors Point, How
land Point, Long Point. Franks Land
ing, Rolling Landing, Milford Land
ing and Bells Isle wharf. Little Ferry
wharf, Beny's wharf, Hoge wharf and
Brick House wharf Brick House
wharf is another lead into the Lin
coin assassination, for after the kill
ing of Wilkes Booth and the capture
of Dave Herold at the Garret farm,
in Caroline county, Booths body and
Herold were taken to Brick House
landing and brought to Washington
on the steamboat Ide.
When Booth and Herold crossed
To- nd
thias Point, the unknown fugitives
were given breakfast by old Mrs.
Quesenberry, on Matthias Point, and
passed on to the house of DR.. Richard
Stuart, who, suspecting the strangers,
would not receive them in his house,
but gave them food and shelter in an
outbuilding. The Prices of the Ma
chodoc county and the Quesenberrys
are related
John. William and Thomas Price,
brothers. settled in King George
county soon after the American
revolution. Thomas married Cath
crime Bennett King and had sons,
Abner, Buckner and Thomas. Abner
married Martha Arnold of King
George. and they had four sons. first
of whom was Martin Luther Price.
He was the father of Kate NJ. Price.
Martin Luther Price married Lucy
Ashton, a daughter of George Dent
Ashton of King George. NJ. L. Price
was born in 1889. served throughout
the civil war as a lieutenant in Com
pany X, 30th Virginia Infantry; died
at Washington April Il, 1921, and is
buried in the Confederate section at
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Ezra A. Matthews. once a Washing
ton contractor, who later became a
contractor on river tunnel and SUBJ
way works in New York. After the
death of Mrs. Matthews in this house,
it passed by purchase to Henry A.
Buscher, whose widow lives there
now.
Henry Buscher was for long time
prominent in the southeast part of
the District and knowledge of him
was not limited to that section. He
passed on in May, 1922. He was one
of the postmasters of Good Hope, kept
drug store there and one at Twin
ing, and was an organizer and presi-
dent of the East Washington Heights
Citizens Association. That associa-
ton Influenced the authorities in
building a handsome school house at
Good Hope and extending water
mains and city lights to that neigh
borhood. He was an active man,
passed nearly his whole life in this
city, and gathered many friends as he
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fair ones sought to slip in unperceived
beside weak, henpecked men folk.


beside weak. henpecked men folk.
THERE is the case of princess of
Piedmont" who practiced for
three months the ''instinctive move
ments" by which she proposed to fool
a keen old hospitality brother who en-
joyed the reputation of having de-
tected and expelled the only three
ladies who had got as far as the
guests anteroom during his ten
years service
The test of this philosopher to tell
a female" was Unexpectedly to throw
Evening star., 1924-10-18
COOLIDGE GIVES CUP
FOR SERVICE SPORTS
Army and Navy to Contest for
Foot Ball Trophy Here
November %.

In the interest of good. clean
healthy recreation, for the people of
the Nation and especially to encour-
age and stimulate athletics among en-
listed men in the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps, President Coolidge has
offered a silver cup which will be
contested for between foot ball teams
of the Army and Navy at Griffith
Stadium, November %. The cup.
which is to be known as the "Presi-
dents Cup" was turned over by the
President today to a committee repre-
senting the Army and Navy in which
were Lieut.. Comdr. II. V. Bryan, ath-
letic officer of the Atlantic Fleet. and
Major Paul w. Bade, representing the
Army, and Col. c. o. Sheriff. and Capt.
Adolphus Andrews, military and naval
aides respectively, to the President
In offering this cup to the commit
tee, the President explained his pur-
pose and said that it is his desire to
do all he can to benefit the enlisted
men not only physically. but mental
ly, and he b.leveS that the partici-
patton in wholesome sport will bring
this about.
The people of the United States"
the President said. have always been
devoted to manly contests, and | know
of no better way to give to them
true example of sport in its best form
than to offer such a cup as this for
a trophy, to be contested for by the
Army and Navy"
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ELECTION BETTING
|NNEW YORK KEEN
Smith Only Democrat Favor.
ed by Odds Offered in
Wall Street.
By ROBERT r. SMALL.

NEW YORK, October 1S.-Betting
on the election is one Of New York's
greatest indoor sports and just now
it is rising to a food tide. New
York also is supposed to make the
odds" for the rest of the country to
follow. 1t is all because there are in
the Wall street district number Of
commissioners" or brokerage con-
Germs which make betting and stake
holdings a regular business. \ man
of sporting proclivities will place q
block" of money with his broker
just as he would block of stock
He offers the money when the
market reaches a certain figure,
Just as he offers the stock when the
ticker reaches a given point.
Betting odds, of course, do not de-
eide an election. If they did there
would scarcely be any use for the
voters to go to- the polls on Novem-
Der 4. The money district is all Re-
publican-except on the possible re-
election of Al Smith as Governor OF
only Democrat who carries odds in
his favor.
La Toilette Bets Made.
The prevailing odds on the re-
election of President Coolidge range
between and to l. A few wagers
have been recorded at 6 to !. Wagers
have been made at even money
that no one can name three States
LaFollette will carry. The La Fol-
lette takers have named Wisconsin,
North Dakota and Montana as the
States he will sweep.
All sorts of freak" bets are being
recorded. The freaks are coming to
the surface. because there is very
little fun in giving or taking odds of
5 to L on the straight result. Some
bettors are willing to take a chance
that La Toilette gets a bigger popu-
lar vote than John w. Davis. Most
of those. so inclined, however want to
confine the count to States outside
the solid South" One enthusiastic
but black-hearted Republican is will
ing to bet $4,000 to $4,000 that La
Toilette will get more votes in Great
er New York than Davis. Evidently
he believes Tammany will trade the
national ticket for State ballots, just
as it was widely suspected OF doing
in 1920.
Smith Carries Odds.
Persons willing to bet Z to that
AL Smith will be reelected are also
willing to wager even money that
Coolidge wins the Empire State by
6O0,0 900.
Wall Street and it's bettors occa-
sionally have been caught badly "out
of line" They will never forget the
trimming" they received when James
w. Wadsworth, jr., first was elected
to the United States Senate, in 1914
He was running against James w
Gerard, and Wall Street felt sorry
for the young up-stater. Wall Stree
offered to l against him.
James w. Wadsworth, sr., an old.
time politician, an owner of fast
horses and an all-around sport, heard
of the odds and he hoped fas'
train in Genesea for the metropolis
He began taking all the 2-to-1 money
in sight. His backing of his son was
so strong that the odds dropped soor
to to and then to even money. II
is the 4egend of the Street that the
elder Wadsworth cleaned up at leas'
| 350,000 when the votes were counted
Evening star., 1924-10-18
M'K|MM|E'S LEAD
IN GOLF MENACED
Dunphy and Mackenzie
Creep Up on Bannockburn
Star in Title Fight.

Although he dropped four shots to
c. J. Dunphy and five shots to Ro-
land r. Mackenzie. r. CIiffe McKim-
land r. Mackenzie, K. Cliff McKim-
was still two strokes Off his nearest
competitors at the conclusion or the
third round Of the District amateur
golf championship at the Indian
Spring Golf Club today.
McKimmie. with a score OF 79 this
morning, has a total of 232 for 81
holes. while Dunphy, with IS today,
and Roland r. Mackenzie, who tied
the course record this morning with
card of "a, are tied for second
place. With 54-hole totals of 234.
Guy NJ. Standifer of Columbia add
ed n 7S this morning to his total of
1854 yesterday and is in fourth place
at the conclusion of the third round.
with score of 242. one shot in front
of Walter r. Tuckerman OF Chevy
Chase, the defending champion, who
continued dropping shots around the
green and had an 80 this morning
for a total of 243.
X. F. Kellerman, jr, and c. A.
Fuller finished with sc and 80 this
morning, respectively, and are tied
at 248.
Mckimmie was trapped three times
on the first nine this morning. but,
even with three 6s on his card. got
out in 40. He started back with a
pair of 5s. but steadied down and
came back in 80 for a total of 70.
Evening star., 1924-10-18
URGES MORE MONEY
FOR NATIONAL GUARD
Delegation Headed by Maryland
Adjutant General Asks President
to Favor Increased Appropriation.

More than a. score of officers and
officials of the National Guard, headed
by Adjt. Gen. Milton E. Reckord of
Maryland, who is president of the Ma
tional Guard Association, called today
on President Coolidge and Secretary
Weeks to urge increased appropria-
tions for the Guard in the new budget
The Association of Adjutants Gen.
eral and other organizations, con-
cerned with the National Guard were
represented in the group. At their
preliminary conference with Secre-
tary Weeks it was understood that he
gave them no definite assurance of an
increase.
Due to striking increases in Ma
tional Guard recruitment in many
parts of the country, the aggregate
strength of the Guard has risen to a
point where current appropriations
will not permit further expansion.
Orders have been sent to "a States
directing that they cease Guard re-
cruiting. This is one of the condi-
tions which prompted the conferences
held today.