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placed a ladder for Cubby to come
down and had tempted him with
cookies. But Cubby had refused to
come down, That ladder was so
placed that as Farmer Browns Boy
sat at the breakfast table he could
keep an eye on the ladder. He had
left the cookies a little way out from
the ladder. 1t would be impossible for
Cubby to come down that ladder and
not be seen.
After breakfast Farmer Browns
Boy went out He looked toward the
place where he had left the cookies.
The cookies were not there. He rubbed
his eyes twice to make sure. Now,
from where he had sat at the table
he could watch the ladder, but ne
couldn't see the cookies. He hadn't
thought it necessary to watch the
cookies as we'll as the ladder. Now
that the cookies were gone he didnt
know what to make OF it.
at must be that stray dog has
come into the yard and eaten those
cookies" said Farmer Browns Boy as
he walked over to the empty dish.
Close to that dish he found little
SCOT. You should have seen his eyes
open then. He turned and looked up
at the roof. Nowhere could he see
anything of Cubby. Perhaps he was
behind the chimney. Farmer Browns
Boy ran around to look on the other
side of the chimney. There was no
Cubby.
He couldn't have come down that
ladder and. not be seen," muttered
Farmer Browns Boy. "He just
couldn't have. Yet he isn't on the
roof and those cookies are gone. That
little Bear does the most impossible
things. How under the sun did he
get off that roof and get those cookies?
And where is he now?"
The last question was answered
first. Happening to glance over to
Cubby's favorite tree, he discovered
a little black ball up near the top.
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Sugar Pie.

Mix one cupful of sweet cream
with one tablespoonful of butter
one tablespoonful of flour, the yolks
of four beaten eggs, and one pint of
sugar cooked to a sirup. Let all
cook olong enough not to cook the
eggs. Flavor to suit the taste. Brown
the whites Of the eggs on top of the
pie, This amount makes a filling for
two pies.
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Sweet Potato Pie.

Mix one and one-half cupfuls of
boiled, riced sweet potatoes with two
tabespoonfuls of butter, one-fourth
cupful of sugar, one and three-fourths
cupfuls of milk, one-half teaspoonful
of ginger, one-half teaspoonful of
salt. two eggs, and a flavoring of
vanilla IL desired. Bake in one crust.
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~; scrutiniZe. ''He paused and SUR
veyed his wife with amazement."
Often mispronounced Camphur
Pronounce kam-fer, as as in ''an.'
as in "her."
Often misspelled: F'retful; one J.
Synonyms: Space, extent, expanse.
expansion, range. latitude. room.
scope.
Word study: Use word three
times and 1t is yours. =. Let us in
crease our vocabulary by mastering
one word each day. Todays word.
Expend to pay out: disburse. "The
agencies now are expending millions
Of dollars"
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Safely Zones" for Children
O., LYDIA lie BARON WALLER

If a mother is to have any degree
of comfort and assurance that her
small children are in safety zones,
where they cannot be overtaken with
dangers, there must be some way of
limiting their area. If they go out of
bounds accident may befall. but il they
are confined within some limited area
and are not within reach of tools or
implements that if PLAYED with may
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NANCY PAGE
Is 1t Correct to Take
Second Helpings?
ny FLORENCE IA CAME.

Every SO often Nancy and Peter
gave an evening to the boys and girls
at nearby settlement house. There
was one class in particular which
they both enjoyed. 1t was called a
chefs class. Nancy assisted the
trained instructor. The boys came in
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Farmer Brown, Mother Brown and
Farmer Browns Boy ate their break
fast and while they We're eating it dis
cussed plans for catching Cubby, the
mischievous little Bear, who was up
on top of the house. You will remem-
Der that Farmer Browns Boy had
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at s. after selling papers. They pre-
pared a supper and then ate it in evi-
dent enjoyment. After the dishes
were done the boys played checkers
or some more lively game under
Peters guidance.
The supper table gave Nancy
wonderful chance to talk table man
ners. She had a number of things
to say on the question of second
helpings. In substance she told the
boys the following: If your hostess
asks you to have a second helping
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Like the good, old fashioned virtues
the good, old-fashioned highboys are
growing scarce, but are still un-
deniably worthwhile.
This flat-topped type of highboy is
particularly desirable. Its design is
authentic, so that it becomes the house
of period furniture. Being of the
Colonial mode, it fits in well with
either Colonial or Early American
pieces, and is dignifed enough to be
used with even the English Georgian
pieces of the more substantial types.
At the same time it is simple and
sturdy enough to accord we'll with
any furniture Of the farmhouse types.
A highboy like this may serve one
as chiffonier in the bedroom, or as
silver and linen chest in the dining
room. Or it might find a useful role
in living room, library or hall.
Copyright. 1927
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Common laundry soap will stop a
leak, in case of emergency. if the gas.
oline or gasoline line should develop a
hole or crack. Il:
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BWqq0ur
Today
ata',q@
these stores

THE PALAIS ROYAL
COLDENBERC'S
NJ. COHEN. 4sI1 Ga. Ave. NV.
EDW. COOPER. 1902 14th st. NV:
DIXIE HDWE. CO.. 205 Pa: Ave SE.
n; 3; Flynn; e5I Pa; Ave; sc. ,.,.-,
FkEp Avs. S!r. III HAAS zoos Rhode ISIS"
/. HOFFENBERG. 1928 H st. NE,
VIRGINIA (Continued)
CHARLOTTESVILLE. III. III. Hankins Cc
CHATHAM. J. /. Overbey y Sons.
CLARKSVILLE. +. T. Wills.
CHERRYDALE. Ernest NJ. Shreye.
CREWE. SyduOr Grocery Co.
CULPEPER, Vowel Hlwe. Co.
DANVILLE, Virginia Hdwe. Mfg. Co.
EMPORTA. Harris Ifdwe. Co.
FALLS CHURCH. Horace T.. Brown.
EARMX!LLE. Paulett Crockery Go.
FRANKLIN. q. III. Steinhardt & Co.. Inc.
FREDERICKSBURG. W. A. Bell 4 Bro.
FRONT ROYAL. George G. Ramsey.
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The eucalyptus gunni tree which re-
Gently was introduced into England
grows feet in a season.
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Cubby Gets the Cookies.

No matter what the world may say.
Somehow somewhere you II find way.
--Cubby the Bear.
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CZHe Flash of
\1LEAN beauty

Back of her winning smile are
teeth that fairly sparkle, they
are so clean.
A glance in the mirror, the
admiring looks Of others-both
tell you that your teeth look
more beautiful after using
Colgate's. The sensation of
tingling health in your gums
and teeth-this tells you that
your mouth is cleaner.
Dual Cleansing fiction
Leading dental authorities
agree that the one important
function of a dentifrice is to
clean. Realizing this, Colgate
g. Co. made Ribbon Dental
Cream specifically to clean
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hurt them, reasonable assurance of
safety is guaranteed.
Once it was customary for children
to be tied when out of doors to some
tree whose sheltering branches pro-
vided shade. They might have plenty
of rope, and then they could roam
about with no annoying restraint. 1t
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VIRGINIA (Continued)

HAMILTON. II. l.. Saunders.
HAMPTON. TignOr's Dept. store.
HARRISONBCRG. Hawkins Hdwe. Co.
HERNDON. G. NJ. budding.
HOPEWEIL. HOpewell Hdwe. & Glass Co
LAWRENCENILLE, Laine & jackson Corp.
LEESBURG. Chas. II. L0wenbach l. SON..
LEXINGTON: H.: $. Anderson & Co.
IURAY. X. l.. PrintZ.
NEWPORT NEWS. Broadway Dept. store
NORFOLK. Berkeley. Gibbs Hdwe. Co.
NORFOLK. Miller. RhOads g. Swartx. Inc.
NORFOLK. Max Sehwan. I've.
NORFOLK, Fowler Stove & Roofing Co.
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S. KANN SONS co.
BARBER & ROSS

S. KANN SONS co.
BARBER & ROSS
w. C. BARRETT. 314s Nj st. NV.
4. j. BERLIN. 6O3 Penna. Ave. Sc.
BRIGHTW0OD HDWE. CO.. 1919 Ga.
BRoOKLANND HDwE. CO.. $500 1eth
cAVi.ANATGH KENDRIcK. se7i NJ
st. NV.
MARYLAND (LocaD
BLADENSRURG. Hyman Brown.
ETCHlSON. \. r.. Hawkins.
HYATTSVITLE. Carr Bros. s. Boswell, Inc.
LAUREL. w. II. Beall.
ROCKVILLE. ". Hicks.
SILVER SPRING. Silver Spring Iidwe. Go.
(FOr other stores Md. and W. Va. tee
Baltimore Sun)
VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA. X. r.. Knight & Son. .-
ASHLAND. D. B. Cox Il Co., Inc.
BOYDTON. Gien2s Dept. store
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LANSBURGH & BRO.
THE HECHT co.
Nev Kensington, Pa.

W. s. JENKS s. son. 7es 18th st. NV.
=. II. LANDY & son. 1892 Ga. Ave. NV.
MOORE 6 CAIN Co. 2:I6 4th st. Ne.
T. =. REARD0N: 32O5 Nichols Ave. SIC.
s. srkyiSE f SHTT HpwE $ifS e. N 1o IS ,stS st.
SERVICE HDWE. CO., $3.50 Ga. Ave. NV
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superlatively well. Its famous
formula is based on q scientific
dual-action cleansing principle.
As you brush, Colgate's bursts
into a delicious, aromatic foam.
This foam contains calcium
carbonate, a material which
safely rubs loose the imbedded
food particles, at the same time
polishing the teeth brilliantly.
Then this remarkable foam
sweeps over every tooth and
gum surface, through every
tiny crevice; rinsing away all
impurities and removing the
very causes of tooth decay.
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President Polk and on July A, 1848,
the corner stone was laid. with much
pomp and impressive ceremonies,
judging by the newspaper accounts
Of that day.
There were present Mrs. Alexander
Hamilton, then 81 years of age;
George Washington Parke Custis
Mrs. Dolly Madison. Mrs. John
Quincy Adams, Martin Van Buren,
and Willard Fillmore. One of the spe-
clal features was a live eagle which,
"a years previously, had been used in
the pageant held in honor of La
Fayette.
This affair was the high point of
interest for many years. With all
the publicity, it was perhaps natural
that there should be reaction and
other affairs occupy the public atten-
ton. The money collected by the So
ciety lasted until the shaft had
reached a height of 1852 feet. This
was in 1854. Later on four more feet
were added, to find the treasury eX-
hausted and no funds coming in.
At about this time political strife
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our constitution, sir. 1t was bestowed
upon us by Providence. No other
country is so favored as this countryI
This island was blest, sir. to the di.
rect exclusion of such other countries
as--as there may happen to be. There
is in the Englishman combination
of qualities. a modeSty. an independ-
ence, a responsibility, a repose, COM
bined with an absence of everything
calculated to call a blush into the
cheek of a young person, which one
would seek in vain among the nations
of the earth
In the words of a friend of mine, a
Mr.. Dickens-who wrote nearly as
we'll as writer's can do it now-"Mr.
Podsnap, with his favorite right-arm
flourish. put the rest OF Europe and
the whole of Asia, Africa and America
nowhere"
Continuing, Mr. Podsnap said to me:
I'VE Britons, sir-of the ruling class.
of course-were the inventors Of
Providence, patriotism, morals and
knowledge. Some ignorant, though
eminent, Americans claim that those
things are American inventions, but
/ do not admit it. / admit that your
countrymen invented the equality OF
men in birth and opportunity, but
that invention sometimes gets out OF
order.
MY particular reason for honoring
you with a call is to protest against
your application to me of the word
'windbag.' 1t is q word which may be
used in the newspapers. sir. but never
in good society, I consider it unfair
to pin the epithet on me. when so
many of your countrymen more de-
serve the decoration. Good-day, SIR"
And Mr.. Podsnap left me-
A correction
The Mergenthaler typesetting ma.
chine quoted the Rambler last Sunday
as saying that he took Mr. Noggs out
to the house to supper, where we
had round OF beer and a vegetable
mallow." What the Rambler wrote
was "a round Of beef and a vegetable
marrow"
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certifies that Pomona Edison for dill
gence and attention to studies and
good conduct in school merits my
appreciation and esteem. A. S. Clark,
instructor" Whether Pomona" was
the name by which Emily Edison was
known when she was five. six or seven
years old, or whether Emily had
sister Pomona, is one of the few
things the Rambler admits he does
not know. But 1 assume that Mrs.
Briggs. when tiny girl, was called
certificate of diligence and good con-
duct is this poem:
IMPROVEMENT.
Another story. Mother dear,
Did young Maria say:
You read so nice. so loud and clear
Another story. pray.
/ love that book. I do indeed
d., Pc, take 81. 1t ~, up AGAIN; agaln; vo,, .d
You make it all SO plain.
what would I give to read like you.
o. anything III gladly do.
If you will teach me this.
Maria then. must learn to SPELL
- IL she would read like me:
She soon may learn to read we'll:
o. that / will. said she.
X X x X
EMILY EDISON taught school at
Painsville, Lake County, Ohio,
about 20 miles north of Burton. Her
son. J. Edison Briggs, who lives in the
old home, Maple Square, was at
Painsville good many years ago,
found the old schoolhouse standing and
brought to Washington a piece of the
clapboard Of the school. Emily Ed
son was married to John r. Briggs at
Reading, Pa. They moved to Wis
consin and the husband served in the
Wisconsin Legislature. The Briggses
moved from Wisconsin to Iowa, set
tied at keokuk and there John II.
Briggs edited the Keokuk Gate City,
a newspaper of influence. Early in
Lincoln's administration Mr.. and Mrs.
Briggs came to Washington, Mr.
Briggs having been offered the office
of stationery clerk of the House of
Representatives by Edward McPher-
son, clerk of the House. / find that
they then boarded at the Caspari
House, which was taken down and
its site used in the eastward extension
of the Capitol grounds in the early
seventies-1S73, l believe.
Mrs. Briggs took part in welfare
work in military hospitals at Wash
ington, and part of her work was
writing letters for soldiers to their
friends. She wrote some sketches of
things she saw in hospital and camp,
and those sketches found a market in
the press. That was her introduction
to newspaper work.
Our office file Of the Congressional
Directory begins in 1870, and in the
directory for that year. among mem
bers of the press at the Capitol. is
this: Mrs. Briggs. Casparis House"
Believing that you remember or will
recall some of the correspondents of
that time. / take the following names
4 u odd eHsen FROM hat iii. cctOrA inc
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When Barrie Flew.

IN Sir James Barrie's play Peter
Pam Tinker Bell gets up on her
stage wings. hovers about the room
and flies out of an open window. The
playwright. watching one of his re.
hearsals, expressed a desire to try the
mechanism by which this flight is
achieved. So attendants attached the
wires to the distinguished gentleman
and prepared to hoist him in the air.
The amusing part of the story fol-
lowed. Sir James, veteran in the
world of the theater, was suddenly
struck by terrible and overwhelm.
ing stage-fright. He commanded that
every one leave the boards and had
the front curtain put down and the
pass doors securely closed
Then. alone in the room between
the backdrop. the curtain and the
wings, he was lifted up. Unanswered
over Tinker Bells route and in all
his disheveled dignity SCARED out the
Window unperCeiNCd
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looks like walrus with a high hat"
Send him in" l said, putting on a
busy, thoughtful look, as men do
when a caller comes.
The gentleman filled my room. fixed
his collar, said 'A-hem" and contin-
ued: ut appears you do not know
me?' Forgive my ignorance. /
said. ."Podsnap. sir, Podsnap." Then
he said. You had the presumption
to use my name in one of your Scram-
bles in association with names that
are not in the Social Register-names
unknown to myself. Providence or
other members of the higher class!
Two of the persons named might be
asked to an afternoon tea; one might
be eligible to a buffet lunch, but not
one, sir, not one is capable of being
asked to dinner!
what, sir, is to become of our con-
stitution if the press be allowed to
connect my name with persons not
recognized by Providence, the nobil-
ity and the military? By whose au-
thority did you print my name in the
column with the names of Capt. Cut
tie, the Boffins of Boffin's Bower, the
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1908 F; r. Geddes, Baltimore Gazette.
800 d; J. j. Gilbert. n. Y. Associated
Press. 342 Pa. ave; l.. A. Gobright,
n. Y. Associated Press. 91S K: Tomp-
kins c. Grey. Washington Chronicle,
500 G.; o. X. Harris, Washington
Patriot, aga 18th; James E. Harvey,
editor Washington Patriot, 712 14th;
j. H. Halves, Washington New Era,
1925 N; w. Hincks, Congressional
Globe. Four-and-a- Half; S. H. Kauff-
mann, Washington Star. 1000 NJ;
Advertiser, TO 9th: Charles Lanman.
London Athenaeum, 12O West St,
Georgetown; Mrs. Lippincott, N. Y.
Tribune, 232 N. j. ave-; j. mcfarland.
New York Herald, National Hotel; W.
G. Mcbride. Washington Chronicle
626 G; j. J. McElhone, Congressional
Globe, Ingle pl.; D. r. Mckee, N. Y.
Associated Press, 1918 F; H. C. Mer-
rift, Rochester Democrat, Casparis
House; j. B. Motley, ST. Louis Times,
American House; d. F. Murphy. Con-
gressional Globe. Metropolitan Hotel
E. v. Murphy, Congressional Globe,
338 Pa. ave-; j. j. Murphy, Congress
sional Globe, Metropolitan Hotel: w.
J. Murtagh, Washington Republican,
AT Md. ave; J. F. Meyers, Washing
ton c. S. Civil Service?) Journal, 445
Mass. ave; NJ. M. Noah, San Fran
cisco Call, 604 18th: r. P. Noah, N. Y.
Democrat, 6O4 18th; c. S. Noyes, editor
Washington Star, 500 G. s.w.; S. V.
Moves, American Press Association,
721 LIST; u. III. Painter, Philadelphia
Inquirer 90S 14th; Don Piatt, Cincin-
natl Commercial, Arlington Hotel;
Charles A. Pillsbury, N. Y. Democrat,
1414 G; c. H. Poor. American Press
Association, 1908 G: Ben: Perley Poor,
Boston Journal, 156 Congress St,
Georgetown; II. A. Preston, N. Y.
Herald; Fl. ]. Ramsdell. Cincinnati
Commercial. Metropolitan Hotel; F. A.
Richardson, Baltimore Associated
Press, 1918 X: William r. Saville,
Washington Chronicle, So Defrees: w
Il. Shaw, Boston Transcript, National
Hotel: Arthur Shepherd, Washington
Republican. 921 9th: r. F. Shuey.
Congressional Globe. 104 3rd; w. Scott
Smith, Boston Traveller and N. Y.
Evening Post. 512 l. Miss Snead. N Y
World. $50 18th: T. T.. Snodgrass.
Virginia Valley Star, - c.: Maria A.
Stetson. Topeka State Record, PA
Four-and-a Half; A. NJ. Soteldo, N. Y.
Sun; A. b. Talcott. Washington Pa
triot, COG 5th; G. A. George Alfred
Clifford Warden. Boston Post and
Washington Patriot, 1414 Pa. ave-;
l.. Q. Washington, Washington Pa
triot, 1000 9Th; A. j. Wedderburn,
Alexandria, Va; James r. Young, N.
Y. Standard, Philadelphia Post and
Philadelphia Star. Ebbitt House.
X X 4
WHERE'S a heavy swell waitin'
to see yer" said my messenger,
as I returned from the White House
and sat down to finish my stogie. "A
SWELL to sec me? That's strange!
What does no look like, Joe?" 11e
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bill passed one house of Congress to
erect a mausoleum of granite and
marble in a pyramidal form, 100 feet
square at the base. And thus an
other group had won actual recogni
ton of it's design.
In September, 1888. the National
Intelligencer called for mass meeting
to take suitable action in erecting a
memorial monument to Washington.
The meeting was held and it was at
this time that the National Washing
ton Monument Society was born.
George Watterson, Librarian of Con-
gress was the originator and Chief
Justice John Marshall. then past so
years of age. was elected president.
The society proposed to substitute
action for talk and issued an appeal
to the Nation for 81 contributions. In
three years some $4,000 Was accumu-
lated. Then the 81 limit was abol-
ished so that by 1847 the fund had
grown to $4,000. In 1848 Congress
authorized the monument and gave
permission to use public grounds. the
site of the monument was chosen BY
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up masses of earth to show their
gratitude to their heroes"
And then the editor Of the Wash.
ington paper of that day considered
the future. What would be the ap-
pearance," he asked, 'of a mass of
earth a hundred feet high at the eX-
tremity of The Mali in our city, and
how could it be reared? Would or
could the citizens Of this vast country
repair to Washington for the purpose
of throwing a spadeful of earth on the
pile? 1t would present a
spectacle possessing neither beauty
nor interest to the citizen or stranger.
And as to the Revolutionary stock,
all that remain of them, If they could
contrive to get here at all, they would
not be able to elevate the mass five
feet in 20 years Mr.. Gusts
and his grandson will find it easier
to contribute a dollar each to this no.
BILE project than to be wheeling bar
rowful of earth for a mile or two to
form a mound of which he speaks,
and which, it it should ever be COM
pleted. would present a spectacle pos
sessing neither beauty nor interest to
the citizen or stranger
But the suggestions of Mr.. Gusts
were no more novel than many others
presented in various forms during the
years 1880 to 1878. In fact, for about
so years there was carried on an
intense campaign as concerns "The
Monument" Even after it's design
had been selected the controversy
continued. 1t became for considera-
BILE length of time political question.
It was ever an architectural contro-
versy. while underlying the matter
was the persistent will of the people
for some monument to the memory of
the great national hero.
The suggestions for a suitable
monument were of every imag
Unable kind. A national sense of
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broke out in the society. There were
factions that wanted the plans
changed. supported by newspapers
The clouds of the Civil War darkened
proceedings and stirred partisan feel
ings. AS a result, the monument
stood at that height for long time.
subject to the destructive forces of
the weather. The design. then, as in
the completed shaft, was for stones
contributed by various States and for
eign powers. There were housed in
a long wooden shed about 80 blocks of
marble. All about there were stables
for hay and grain and pasture for
Government cattle and horses used
during the Civil War.
Among the marble blocks was one
sent from Rome by the Pope. Re-
ligious feeling arose, so that one
night masked men overpowered the
line Waterman and breaking into the
shed, carried off this stone and
dropped it into the Potomac. The act
was attributed to the know-Nothins
Darty