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Evening star., 1926-03-07

Gold!
Pure. unadulterated gold languish
ing in its natural habitat for want OF
a prospector!
MISSISSIPPI may or may not have
her diamonds, but nobody can deny
that Washington and its environs are
adorned with an appreciable amount
Of the precious metal in nugget form
as well as in quartz
Biologists admit IT and number OF
amateur prospectors of the District
and nearby points in Maryland and
Virginia have proved it,
Nuggets, small and large, and gold
bearing pieces of quartz are being
found quite frequently in the vicinity
of Great Falls, and jewelers. in George.
town will tell you that the finders
drop in their establishments every
now and then with fine samples from
their workings
But don't bother to join in the gold
rush. There is none. The cold fact
is that Washington's gold is so elu-
sive. so carefully sealed by Mother
Nature in her bed of rocks. that it
really isn't worth the trouble of ex-
tracing. according to those who know
Isaac Sacks retired Georgetown tai.
lor and former prospector, is one Of a
number of persons who have learned
that mining gold is an expensive prop
ositiOn. He put a lot of his money
in gold project on the Maryland side
of Great Falls number Of years ago.
only to find that tailoring was more
profitable. Another and more preten.
tious venture not far from the Sacks
mine also passed into history sew
eral years ago. Numerous other eff
forts to mine gold around the Capital
on a commercial scale have met de.
feat.
In spite of these sporadic failures a
stream Of gold found on Maryland and
Virginia farms persists in trickling it's
way to local jewelry stores. Some of
it is picked up by men hoeing in the
corn field fishing along small streams
or pursuing other vocations or past
times. Some of 1t is the reward for
much patient rock crushing and old.
fashioned placer operations.
DIR. Walter Hough, head curator of
the National Museum, has shown con-
siderable interest in the golden quail
ity of the earth near this city and has
examined quantities of the metal
brought to him by local prospectors.
DR.. Hough declares that there is a
vein of gold bearing rock extending
through the District and nearby Mary
land and probably on into several
Southern States. 1t is not present in
sufficient quantities. he said, to justify
commercial operations.
DR.. Hough recalled that many years
ago there ware several gold mining
Evening star., 1926-03-07
TelevisiOn Perfected?

THE international race for the per
fection of elevison-transmissi
by wire or wireless of an animated
scene-has been won by Great Britain,
according to the London Post Within
a few months. it is declared central
television station may be erected.
John l.. Baird. who has perfected
television after years of continuous re-
search. has been giving practical de-
monstratfons here. When he speaks
before the transmitting apparatus in
his laboratory his words can be heard
and the movements of his face clearly
seen in another room. His lips may
be seen enunciating each word. and
shadows change with changing express
sions.
As soon as the government permits
sion can be obtained a limited number
of televisors will he constructed and
sold by company already formed for
the purpose.
Baird declares his invention does
not resemble in any way the telephoto-
graphic transmission of photographs
or still pictures.
The essential thing about television
is living scene, viewed the instant
1t is taking place
Evening star., 1926-03-07

having brought her to Washington.
and peace kept her here. because she
had cotton accustomed to the sight
but never to the thrill, when she heard
the loud whisper in a theater loge,
There's the President" And there
was certain attraction about that
mystic Treasury warrant. even if only
for $56, the 1st and 18th Of the month.
that no mere pay envelope could equal.
fly in the Washington ointment
came, though, just about the time
prices got higher. Miss Lorraine
could not make the $50 and her fort
nightly expenses meet and leave any
thing over for twisted hairpins. scent
ed rice powder, a new rouge stick now
and then. not to mention certain neCes-
stiles quite beyond any $50 fortnightly
pocketbook.
Casting about for a means of adding
to her income, she cherished the idea
OF a quick road to fortune via the race
track. The lure of one advertisement
caught her eye. 1t read
Come all We shOw-me folks. doubt
ing ThOmases. pikers. Write today
for prospectus of the You Can
Beat It. system. Boys. here is your
great chance to live easy and get rich
quick. Negotiating certified check
is difficult compared to winning every
day with this system. No bubbles.
Everything guaranteed. everything
sure. Come on. Now is your chance.
Grab it while you may"
Lorraine sent for the system. 1t
took her last S. to do it, and she
signed some kind of an elaborate
agreement that il she won she would
pay still more. This she signed with
sE Er1f ,,rt
willing to pay literally the benefactor
Of the human race who had led her
to the goal of success She even
planned that If all went well she
would include a little present over and
above the percentage Of her winnings
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Rambler Finds the Fenwick Family
Was Factor in Early District Life
Documents Offer Means Tracing
n

. HE phrase. First Families of
the District" is not agreeable
to the Rambler and he fears
Il that grammar vultures may
Evening star., 1926-03-07

way back in the history of Washing
ton. the tax office made mistakes in
the tax bills. 1t seems to have con
tracted the habit in the youth of the
city. But be that as it may.
x x
THE, Rambler is conSiderate enough
to believe that only three or four
of his one million readers get any
kick or information out of the num-
hers of those squares. A few persons
in Washington know that squares
have numbers. but if there is one Of
you in the large audience this morn
ing who knows the number of the
square he lives on. | hope that extra
ordinary person will step to the plat
form and receive medal. Tens of
thousands of Star readers live on the
SQUARES mentioned in that old deed.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

west; No. 391, II. Ninth and Water
streets; No. 412, Eighth, Ninth. + and
f streets southwest; No. 4l4. Eighth
Ninth. G and II streets southwest: :
No. 43S, Seventh, Eighth, G and II
streets southwest: No. 1856. sixth
seventh. + and f streets southwest
est. DominiC's Church squarel: No. 467
sixth. Seventh. + and & streets south
west; No. All. Sixth. Seventh. X and
l. streets southwest; No. Az, l. NJ.
Sixth and Water streets: No. 496.
Four-and-a half. Sixth. T. and G
streets: No. 497. Four-and-a half. Sixth.
G. and II; No. sol. FOur-and-a- half.
Sixth, l. and NJ streets: No. 504. Four
and-a half. Water, q and u streets;
Nos. sos and sos. now part of the
Arsenal grounds: No. 539. Third. Four
and-a half. F and G: No. $40. Third,
Four. q nd a .half. @ and Il streets: No.
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Gold in Hills Near Here,
But Difficult to Mine

claims staked out in Rock Creek parl.
before that section was developed nv
| the Government. Federal authorities
are said to have experienced difficulty
IN obtaining possession of these prop
critics from their owners. The gold is
still present in the park. Ne added.
The museum curator also stated
that when q large "fll'' of ground was
being made near where Massachu.
setts avenue crosses Rock Creek a
number of good sized nuggets were
found lie said an old prospeCtor.
typlcallN Western in appearance, used
to sift and wash the earth at the edge
OF the fill as the forty-niners did. He
managed to support himself for some
time in this way, DIR. Hough said.
Clinton Tribby. who has conducted
jewelry business in Georgetown for
many years, is authority for the state.
ment that gold is being mined TODAY in
the vicinity of Great Falls. One man
or rural appearance came into his
store several months ago with y lumn
of gold ''the size of a cigarette box. -
Mr.. Tribby asserts. II offered him
5000 for it. he added, but he laughed
at me and went out. saying he knew
he could get a lot more than that for
it Maybe he could too. 1t was n
melted together from several smaller
pieces. 1t was the real stuff. all right.
He told me he dug it out of his place
up the country"
e * x
Mr.. Tribby says there is another
man. who visits the NJ street district
of Georgetown about once a week.
carrying an old guitar and who has
come into his store number OF times
to show him pieces Of gold he had
found ION his place" The old fellow
carefully refrains from telling the
ieweler just where "his place" is To-
Gated. however. He has told the Jew
eler that he got the gold "in his front
yard"
Max Sacks. son Of Isaac Sacks. the
tailor. told a Star reporter that his
father was cured of gold mining after
he had sunk lot of his hard earned
81 wings in a project on the old Bur
dine estate. near Great Falls There
was gold to be had on this place. all
right. but getting ii out Of its natural
hiding places was disheartening
task. Mr.. Sacks explained. There was
no machinery of the proper sort avail
able and most Of the mining was OF
the pick-and-shovel type.
THAT gold up there is valuable. it
is true. But it's mighty costly also.
My father would advise every farmer
who wants to seek gold to stick to
farming and be prosperous"
From which it appears that most Of
the gold hereabouts was born to blush
unseen for many years to come.
Evening star., 1926-03-07

Thinking that it might interest YOU
and that it might delude you to think
of me as a handwriting Rambler.
have looked up those squares in the
District plat book. Their numbers
and bounds follow:
No. 325 between Eleventh and
Twelfth, and Little = streets north
west. occupied by the wholesale
market: No. 326, Pennsylvania avenue.
f.. Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets
northwest: No. 327. d, e, Thirteenth
and Fourteenth; No. 32S, ID, Ohio ave
nue.. Thirteenth and Fourteenth streets;
No. 356, Tenth, Eleventh, G and Water
streets southwest; No. 3S3. Ninth,
Tenth, Virginia avenue and r streets
southwest: No. 3S9. Ninth. Tenth, F
and G. streets southwest No. 800,
Ninth Tenth. G and II streets south
Evening star., 1926-03-07

541. Four-and-a half. II and | streets:
No. SAP, Third Four nd-a half, | and
X streets: No. 543. Third, Four-and-a-
half. X and l. streets: No. 544, Four
and-a- half. J. and NJ streets: No. 548. in
the Arsenal grounds. There were also
about $50 city lots i'm many squares
east of James Creek to where the
Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge crosses
the Eastern Branch.
That deed of 1854 shows that there
was relationship between the Young,
Brooke, Brent and Fenwick families
and ir recent Rambles it was made
plain that the Queen, Brooke and
Brooks families were related. The
Rambler knew all that, but he likes
to show you the records that prove
it. | believe that it can be shown
that the Middleton family was re-
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Volcanic Deposits.
p EPORTS have been made with re.

r EPORTS have been made with re.
spect to the results of physical,
chemical and biological studies of the
ash deposits in the Carib country of
St. Vincent. laid down at the time of
the eruptions of the Soufriere in 1902
and 1903
The deposits, which range in depth
from II to IS inches, consist of
coarse, sandy types. They show small
contents of organic carbon and nitro.
gen, are extremely deficient in cal.
cium carbonate and contain moderate
amounts of available phosphoric acid
and potash They give evidence of a
moderate activity of putrefactive bac.
terra.
Nitrogen-tiXing orga niSmS of the
Azotobacter type are present. The soil
possesses appreciable nitrogen fixing
and ammonifying power. but no nitri.
flying power. Considerable progress
has been made in the conversion of
these sterile ash deposits into fertile
soil
Evening star., 1926-03-07
Frozen Eggs.

EGGS kept in cold storage in a
frozen condition for nearly nine
years have been found by the Bureau
of Chemistry of the United States De-
partment of Agriculture to retain
practically their original vitamin-A
potency. From the results of this ex-
perimental work il seems that freezing
eggs and keeping them for long peri
DDS in cold storage causes but little, if
any. deterioration with respect to this
x-it
Evening star., 1926-03-07

T TORACE j. DONNELLY, solic-
IL itor of the United States Post
Office Department, who prob
L i ably knows more about the
mat hnIc c,nnInyal nv hnrco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-28

to make 1t awkward for me. Brett"
she was frightened now. "he is threat
ening awful things II don't pay the
money back. Brett, Brett, can he
can he?"
at don't think he'll go as far as
that, Lucille he answered the fear
in her eyes, "I'll do the best / can
I'll give you seven hundred-that is,
of course, IL you'll leave the camp at
once without a word to Richenda.
But l warn you--one sentence to her,
! and you'll not get penny Be wise.
Lucille"
'I'll take It, Brett" she said. i've
been a beast. suppose, but the
woman who is forced to live ON her
wits has q hard path to travel. She
gets different"
you must go now" he said, az
once. Richenda won't be UP yet.
And the car is still waiting at the
foot Of the bill. ] told them to do
You were pretty sure, Brett" she
said ruefully.
II meant to make no mistakes.
Lucille" he spoke very soberly now.
go home to your people and start
straight again-as j mean to do with
the little girl up there. / want to
forget that you and / ever met. We
never really cared for each other
1t was only passing madness. But
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laugh-"caring hasn't entered much
into my calculations! It's been hard
enough to get the money I've needed!
Brett, If it hadn't been for this awful
mess I'm in at home. might not
have used you like this. But I had to
get two thousand from somewhere.
You hadn't 1t, but j thought 1 could
force you to get 1t out of the girl for
me-"
You can't do that" he said. "I'd
rather she knew anything than touch
penny of her money to buy your
silence"
''Im-I'm in a corner. Brett" The
anger had gone from her voice. 1t
was curiously dull now. "It's-oh,
you may as we'll know the truth about
that letter! 1t came from my sisters
husband. They are rich and-and 1t
was about check. He is threaten
ing legal proceedings unless l refund
the money"
What did you do?" he asked dryly.
II. well they. gave me a check
for a thousand---it seemed so easy to
alter the words and figures. I made
1t four thousand. And now--and now
oh. he's a brute--a, brute" Uncon-
sciously she used the words Richenda
had heard her mutter on the day that
very letter had arrived. "He won't
listen to Grace. He says he is going
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Continued from Yesterdays starr
INSTALLMENT XXI.
Flight.

Would you have let R&chenda
marry me il you had known?" asked
Pathways.
by heaven, no" Lucille was half
frantic with historical passion. Her
face, ashen white under the rouge.
with gray shadows round her drawn
lips, was repellent sight.
'Of course you wouldn't; you might
even have decided to marry me your
SELF" he laughed grimly. AT any
rate, this I know well enough. you
would have told Richenda things
about me which--which would have
probably sent her 'right-about' at
once. If they hadn't, you'd have
drawn upon your imagination, Lucille.
oh, / know that well enough. I'd
have been no match for you there. l
should probably have lost her al.
together.
You hated Richenda from the very
first. You only simulated friendship
with her in order to get your fingers
on her money. When you found she
was Il match for you. you set about
evolving some new plan. And when
YOU saw I had begun to care your
plotting took a villainous twist and
YOU thought poor fool, you thought
you could make me vIllainous, too.
You thought | fell headlong into
the trap. You marveled at the sheer
simplicity of It all. You were going
10 bleed me then and. some day when
/ had nothing else to give you, you
would have told Richenda, Fright
fully simple. wasn't it?"--he chuckled
grimly-"and | went into it like 81
lamb, because we both knew I'd no
chance of getting her any other way.
But, my friend, I've got her now, and
you connot upset the marriage"
II don't believe a word of it," her
sullen voice was dull with rage.
He took some papers. from his
pocket.
Three letters" he said, even the
death certificate, Isn't that enough?
Moreover, you'll see [ described my
self as 'widower' on the marriage
form today Richenda didn't notice
that. There are no joints in the
armor, Lucille
And now his tone changed sudden
ly. ''What will you take to go away
and let me begin afresh?" he said.
She flung around upon him, teeth
set in fierce rage.
Not a sou, III go to the girl and
tell her everything, = e.sa- .--.4.s. -,
You'll tell her?'
THAT back in England you We're
my lover-even on the Ship
A little white face strained through
the bushes now waiting TO hear him
fling a vehement denial at this wom-
an. But no denial came.
Instead his lips whitened suddenly,
the anger fell from his voice and
little trembling note came in its place:
Lucille II thought l cared for you.
You-you'd surely never tell Rich
enda that
Neither of them heard the faint
rustic in the bushes as she broke out
of the shady gloom of the forest
edge, running. running she knew not
whither-anywhere to still the pain
in her throbbing heart-anywhere TO
get away from this man who had so
outrageously deceived her. Husband
Of one woman, lover of others, self
confessed a roue and a rotter. The
woman had been after her money.
How did she know that the man, too.
had not married her for that paltry
five thousand pounds?
She wanted TO get away. She must
think this thing out.
God, how she had loved him. And
now? Now. so great was the reVul-
sion of feeling that she felt love had
turned to hate.
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Had Heard It Used.

Continued tomorrow
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SYNOPSIS.


Richenda Peterson. London Office girl.
wins tive thousand pounds III a newspaper
contest. and decides to spend it in travel
The east coast of Africa holds the greatest
Of adventure 70 sfler, and she books passage
for Port Mombasa. When the boat stops al
Gibraltar Richenda goes off alone to inspect
the old iown, and Is aCcosted by native
who iris htens her. Angus Brodie, one OF
her fellow passengers, rescues her from the
man.
Arrived at Mombasa the first persol
Rtchenda sees il Brett Pathways. a noted eX'
plorer. whose fare has haunted her dreams
She is introduced to him by Lucille Daven.
ant. Il widow who has deliberately sought
her acquaintance. Mrs Davenant. and Fair
ways invite Richenda to Join their hunting
expedition. They start the journey into the
Interior. Richenda grows suspicious OF
Lucille.
Brett tells Richenda he loves her. He is
moody, and acts strangely, but RlchenGa
trusts him completely, even though the
intimacy hatween him and Lucille Is as
turbing. Suddenly he says, Il want TO be
rid of that woman. You've got To marry
me at once. And Richenda feeling she Is
q creature of destiny. consents.
Angus BrodIe pays a surprise visit, anu
cautions the girl to go slowly. He asks her
TO promise she will come to HIM II she
ever needs help.
Brett Quarreling violently. Lucille Is Fetus-
Ing a bribe and accusing Brett of higamy;
He retorts that his first wife has been dead
for some time.
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The Misty Pathway
BY FLORENCE RIDDELL
Copyright 1924, by Florence Riddelll

She ran blindly down the hillside
on -. on anywhere away
from those two who so outrageously
deceived her.
They, all unknowingly, still stood
facing each other among the bamboos.
"Lucille--Lucille," he was saying
we've both been pretty bad. But
Richenda is different. She--sae
wouldn't understand. You've got an
evil power over men, Lucille. And l
II hadn't much faith in women.
Monica robbed me Of 1t those years
ago. Poor soul, / ought to let her
memory rest in peace now. but-well,
you know how she treated me. Tit
was enough to send any man off the
rails. But Richenda is different" he
said again, Il want to get back on
the rails, Lucille. / want to start
afresh. 1t wasn't as If you ever
really cared for me, Luciller'
'Oh, as for that'-she gave a bitter
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I love Richenda. 1t is different now
and"
He broke off abruptly, raised
puzzled eyebrow. From far below they
heard a sudden warning boot, saw
crowd of lettering natives scatter be-
fore a moving motor car. saw it rush
on, leaving a cloud of dust behind till
1t suddenly disappeared round the
hillside.
Pathways cursed beneath his
breath.
1.-THE devils, he said, they've
clea red!'
But the distance had been too great
for either Pathways or Lucille to no
tice slim figure sitting tensely up
right in the back of the cara fig
ure with tight lips and pain-dimmed
eyes. the eyes of Richenda Fairways
Continued tomorrow
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A teacher on the East Side in New
York says that she once put this ques-
ton to pupil. whose nativity may be
easily guessed you make sen.
tence with the word cavort in it?"
Whereupon the answer came glibly:
II want q cavort of milk"
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New Britain herald., 1926-11-19
WOMAN AUTO GUEST
SUES FOR $4,000
Riding in Gar Which Hits Tree
and Is Injured

Mrs. Amelia LaPort OF 1913 Haw-
thorne avenue, Derby, through At
torney Michael A. Sexton of this city,
has brought suit for $4,000 against
Victor Berquist of this city. alleg-
ing that injuries she sustained in an
automobile accident in Milford on
October II, 1926, were caused by his
recklessness. carelessness and negli-
gence.
Mrs. LaPort. wife OF Gardner La
Port, was riding in the front seat of
a car driven by Berquist on Morning
side a-enue. going towards the CEN
ter of Milford, about 8 p. M, when
the car sllidded and struck a tree.
She suffered a fracture of the lower
third OF the right femus, abrasions
Of the right shoulder and arm ana
a nervous shock. according to the al
legation. and has been under treat
ment in Milford hospital for ten
weeks. DIR. D. C. Heady of Milford
Is attending her. Her claim includes
$500 for clothing which he says was
ruined.
In the car besid~s the driver and
Mrs. LaPort were Harold Colby Of
New Britain. Stella Segalis of Mil
ford and Anna Kapron of Milford.
In Milford town court, Berquist was
fined SIS and costs on the charge Of
reckless driving.
Constable James W. Manning serv-
ed the writ, which is returnable in
the superior court the first Tuesday
in December.
New Britain herald., 1926-11-19
WANT JUDGE PROMOTED

New Haven. Conn. Nov. 19-The
New Haven county bar association.
at a special meeting here today,
voted to name a committee to re-
quest Gov. Trumbull to promote
Judge John r. Booth from the court
of common pleas to the superior
court. This is the first time in the
history OF the county bar that such
action has teen taken. The conf
mittee will be named by the presi-
dent.
A motion. made by Ernest l..
Averil of Branford. that steps be
taken to obtain an increase In
salaries for judges, was referred to
the executive committee for action
The place on the superior court
bench which the bar wishes to have
Judge Booth appointed to, is that
now held by Judge Leonard s.
Nickerson, who will end his term
shortly.
The term of superior court Judge
Howard ]. Curtis of Stafford also
ends soon and Judge Isaac Wolfe
has been mentioned for the place.