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ing greatly relieved to be safely on
the ground again. ] thought 'after-
ward that it was providence that
caused my machine to spin, because
had I not done so / would have flown
for a further 10 minutes, passed over
my airdrome, and been over the
mountains on the other side, over
country / did not know, and naturally
/ should eventually have used up all
my gasoline and been forced to land
| in mountainous country through
clouds, in all probability killing my
self and my passenger.
One afternoon, during my second
year up on the frontier, / was lying
| on my bed reading, when an orderly
entered, and informed me that my
| flight commander wished to see me at
once in the fight office. Wondering
what could be the matter, as it was
seldom that we did any flying during
the afternoon in the hot season, ex-
cept of great Importance, l hurriedly
dressed, and ran to the Office. to
| report.
NV flight commander met me with
| a serious look on his face, and told me
to get my 'airplane out, as he wanted
me to accompany him to a certain
| outpost, some hundred miles away in
the mountains, where a detachment
of native soldiers, under the command
of three white officers, was stationed.
l got my mechanics out, helped wheel
my airplane out of it's hangar, and
proceeded to start up the motor.
, When all was ready, I reported to
Capt. Silverton, my flight commander,
and we set off for our destination.
After flying for about an hour and ten
minutes, we arrived at the landing
ground where the lonely camp was
situated. We were met by two
British army officers, who told us the
terrible fate that had befallen their
third companion, young lieutenant.
who had joined them some two
months previously.
X X Il n
| THAT same morning. very early he
had risen from his bed, and with.
out saying anything to his two com.
panions had decided to go out and try
to shoot some birds for their dinner.
Armed with a shotgun, and accom-.
| panied by an escort of only three ma
| tives, he set forth on his hunt. Not
| finding anything to shoot close to his
camp, he had strayed about miles
away from it.
All at once his attention was drawn
| to some 80 or 40 figures, crawling on
the ground about 200 yards to his
| right flank and slightly in front of
| him. Wondering what these figures
| could be, he made to advance toward
them when two or three warning shots
rang out, and he and his companions
Immediately fell on their faces and
prepared to fight against the heavy
| odds that were against them.
He had realized too late that he had
| travelled too far from his camp and
was being attacked by tribe that w;Hs
supposed to be friendly and that lived
in caves in the neighboring district
Fighting retreat as quickly as pos
sible. three four men had retired about
a mile when Tappet. the young lieu
| tenant, had been shot dead.
| His companions had endeavored to
carry his body back with them, but
two of the remaining three were also
shot and MORALLY wounded. The
third native had managed to reach the
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Board Report in 1868 Is Studied by the Rambler

in whose advice ne had confidence
and that as the ordinance had been
approved by the Virginia Legislature
he thought it was his duty to support
his State. There was intimidation at
the polls at Alexandria and he thought
his house would be burnt if he did not
support his State. 1t was testified by
Edward Ball, Hugh Bailey and George
OFT Wunder that they had voted at
Alexandria against secession in spite
of intimidation.
Edward Owen claimed compensation
for certain slaves. John II. Peters
testified that the slaves belonged to
DIR. ]. Owen, ''who now resides near
Winchester, Va, and that he had
turned the slaves over to Edward
Owen to do with as he liked The
commissioners held that the slaves
were not the property of the claimant.
1 find this paragraph in the report:
by the terms of the act of enamel
patton every slave held in service in
the District of Columbia was set free
on the 18th of April, 1869, and ceased
to be under the control of. his former
master. Most of them immediately
left their homes and sought employ
ment from others. Many of them left
the District of Columbia to Join the
service of officers of the Army or to
go North. Under such circumstances
it would be manifestly unjust to with
hold compensation on account of the
inability of the claimant to produce
the servant before the commission
ers." Many claimants brought their
slaves before the commissioners, but
in cases the ownership of slave was
proved by the oath of the claimant
and the testimony OF others.
My notes show the awards made to
principal slave owners in the District,
the appraisement put on slaves of
high value and the list of slaves
owned by the three colored slave
Coakley and Nc
Daniel-but this ramble Is long
enough. IL you have read to- this
point you are probably asleep and YOU
may take rest till next Sunday.
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wise to a person for life with re-
mainder to children, the award has
been made to the owner of the life
estate, leaving it to the Orphans
Court to secure the interests of the
children"
4 NUMBER of knotty cases came
Z before the commission and to
chow YOU such case the Rambler
takes this from the report:
No. 6S6 is the case of Mrs. Mary
Throckmorton who claims compensa-
ton for six slaves under the following
circumstances as stated in her petit
ton:
THAT your petitioner, the said Mary,
acquired claim to the aforesaid serV-
ice or labor of said slaves in the
following manner. viz: The said slaves
were the property of her husband,
John A. Throckmorton, late a cit
izen of said District of Columbia; that
said John in May, 1861, went to the
State of Virginia and engaged in the
military service of the sO-called Con-
federate States, where he still remains,
leaving said slaves under the care ana
for the support of the said Mary, ana
of Charles Throckmorton, the only
child of said Mary and john Ana
further THAT on the 1st of April, 1860.
the said John conveyed to Edward 1.
Darlington five of said slaves in trust
to secure one Charles Miller the pay.
ment of certain promissory note OF
that date for $40, which said note
has since. by payments At different
times made by said Mary to said Mil
Ter, been fully satisfied and the same
with said trust deed been assigned
by said Miller to Josiah Dent in trust
for the sole and separate use OF the
said Mary
After hearing counsel for the claim
ant the commissioners unanimously
a gree in the decision that as regards
the claim set up by Mrs. Throck-
morton as the wife and in right OF a
man whom she Acknowledges to De
in the rebel military service, IT mas
no foundation under the law. AS the
legal assignee Of a loyal citizen. MI
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Charles Miller, the commissioners
decide that she is entitled to be repaid
out of the value set upon the slaves
the sum of $440, the amount of the
note, together with interest from its
date to the present time. 1t is due
to Mrs. Throckmorton to state that
highly respectable wit lesses testify
to her loyalty. as we'll as to that of
her only son, who is an officer in the
military service of the government.
These are circumstances which may
commend her claim to the liberality
of Congress, but they confer no dis
erection upon the commissioners to set
aside the letter of the law in her
behalf"
Mrs. Sarah A. Abbot, daughter of
Dr. John Austin. claimed compensa-
ton for a slave, Leah Dorman. She
claimed that Leah had been given to
her by her father and that the slave
had been in her service seventeen
years. Mrs. Abbott's husband,
Charles Abbott, had left the District
for Richmond and is now believed
to be in the civil service of the rebel
government. The commissioners ruled
that tn slave was the property
of the husband and that compensation
was not allowable.
Mrs. Susan w. Harris claimed COM
pensation for four slaves. Their
mother was bought in in 1910 by
Arnold Harris, husband of Susan w.
Harris. No compensation was allow
ed, the commissioners holding that it
is matter of public notoriety that Mr..
Harris went South sometime after the
commencement of the rebellion and
took part in same.
The claim of Jacob G.. Smoot was
disallowed because it was shown that
he voted at Lewinsville. Va, for the
ordinance of secession. He maintained
before the commission that he voted
under Misrepresentation and it was
testified that later he had taken the
oath of allegiance to the Union.
The claim of Smith Minor was dis
allowed. He voted at Alexandria for
the ordinance of secession. He testi-
fed that he was persuaded by friends
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CHINESE WATERWAYS.

TN China the term water chestnut"
is indiscriminately applied to sew
eral varieties of nuts from plants
growing in water. These form a con-
siderable portion of the food supply
of many natives. They are so well
liked that large quantities Of the nuts
are consumed by Chinese abroad, who
go to great trouble to import them.
Perhaps the best known Is that
which is found in the Yangtse Valley.
There it is called ling" and in the
Canton country it is known as ling
kok." This nut is shaped much like
the two horns Of a water buffalo or
a Texas steer, including a portion
Of the skull. The shell is so hard
as to require cracking and the kernel
is comparatively small, consisting OF
almost pure starch.
The cling" or ling kok." is the
variety most generally noticed by
travellers along the canals of central
China. On the grand canal system
connected with the Grand Canal in
Chckiang province, and in that canal
itself the cultivation reaches its great
est extent. The nuts are planted
merely by dropping old nuts at in
tervals of a few feet in ponds or
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April last were worth the prices
named by him. On the contrary, when
Intercepted upon oath, he declared
that there had been no slaves and that
no salable value existed since the
early part of 1861. His books ex-
hibited to the commissioners show
that from February to May IS, 1861,
his purchases amounted to 81 slaves
at an average cost of $636.75 OF
these. four were described as children,
but perhaps the greater portion of
them were in the prime of life. Since
May, 1861, he has ceased to purchase.
as all communication with the South
was then cut off.
THE classification thus made was
necessary to a fair apportionment Of
compensation among the claimants
and the commissioners are happy to
state that nearly universal satlsfac-
ton has been given in this particular.
But it must be apparent that the ac-
tual amount awarded is not dependent
upon this classification. The law has
given the commissioners the dlscre'
ton of fixing the average compenSa-
ton at sum not exceeding $50O. IL
became their duty to determine what
average should be allowed; and upon
the grounds stated above, the en-
nanceu prices OF laDOr anu pLouuIIS'
they decided to allow the maximum
under the law.
an a few instances the slaves were
held for a term of years or FOR the
life of the owner. In such cases the
allowances for compensation have
been made in proportion to the length
of the time to the value OF the servant.
In like manner, where agreements had
been entered into with the servants to
emancipate them on the payment or
a stipulated sum. the amount actually
paid has been deducted from the COM
pensation awarded. In several IN
stances claimants held slaves a. Sc
curity for the payment of specific
sum of money. In such cases. if the
holder of the reversionary title also
claims, the compensation has been ap.
portioned between them. Where
slaves have been left by will or other
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camp with the news, although himseh
badly wounded.
The two other British officers, in
charge of a large body of soldiers, had
Immediately set out to avenge their
companion and bring his body to the
encampment. On the arrival of the
soldiers the tribesmen had taken to
flight and escaped TO their village up
| in the mountains, where they knew
| they would be safe unless a large
| army was sent up after them.
TIE two officers then went to search
| for their companions body, and when
| they drew near to the place described
| to them where he had fallen, they no"
| ticed two human forms bending over
something that lay on the ground and
cleaned white in the morning sun.
They Immediately realized that these
| two figures were mutilating the dead
body of their companion. Two shots
rang out and the two fellows fell dead
beside their white enemy.
| The officers removed his body back
| to the camp and now awaited rein
| forcements from an army camp that
was situated some so miles away be-
| fore they could attack, the enemy
tribe and avenge their friends murder.
/ NV flight commander and l had
been summoned to the scene, to make
an aerial survey of the enemy's coun-
! try before the army attacked, assisted
naturally by airplanes from oar
squadron.
| We surveyed this hostile tribes ter
ritory and noticed that the tribe lived
| in a. large camp on the sides of some
high mountains. In the sides of these
mountains were numerous caves.
where they could retreat, and it would
/ &1 80 oh
cessfully.
The enemy were given three days
| to surrender their head men and all
the men who took part in the am
bush. However, they fatty refused
to do this, so on the fourth day an
attack was ordered.
TT was with great excitement that
climbed into by airplane, on the
early morning of the fourth day and
set out to bomb the "Mah-Soukis,
as the enemy tribe was called. we
flew over to the "Mah-Soukis" village
in formation of twelve machines.
Not a sign of life was to be seen ex
cept the army troops at the 1oot OF
the mountains, awaiting out co-opera
ton before attacking. We dropped
our bombs on the village, the houses
of which were chiefly made of straw
and it was not long before the whole
village was ablaze.
Then the army started to climb ur
the mountains to the attack. The
enemy had taken cover in the caves
and were immune from the rifle fire
of the attacking troops, and, alas
from the airplanes. They defended
themselves by pushing huge powders
from the caves, which went crashing
down the mountain sides, sweeping
the soldiers, who were attempting t.
climb up to the attack, into eternity
The officer in charge of the attack
ing force, realizing that it would be &
useless waste of life to order his mer
to climb up the mountain side, ordered
them to retreat. Having dropped al
our bombs, we all landed beside the
army. and a conference was then held
1t was decided that it would be use
less to keep on dropping bombs out
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" HE report of the commissioners
on emancipation in. the Dis
trict Of Columbia teIis several
i phases of slavery here, eX
plains the difficulty of apprais-
big the value of slaves in 1862, the
means adopted TO appraise them and
gives the price put upon each slave
Ind the sum paid to each STAKEHOLDER
whose claim was legal. One matter
that interested me was that the report
shows there were three negroes in
the District who owned slaves. They
were Robert Gunnell, who had 10
slaves: Gabriel Coakley, who had 8,
and James w. Mcdaniel, who had 2.
The slave appraised at the highest
value was Frank Diggs. $744.60, who
belonged to Columbus Alexander, and
the next highest was Samuel Collins,
$700S0, who belonged to Ann Pickrell.
Few of the 3 100 slaves in the District
were appraised at 5000 and they were
men. A few female slaves were APP
praised at $500 or more.
The report of the emancipation
commissioners is Executive Document
no. AZ, House of Representatives,
Thirty eighth Congress, first session.
] would have you read part Of that
report, because / believe you will be
enlightened by IL. nat par NLlCIl i
choose to quote follows;
fCity Hall,
washington City. d. c.,
January IA. 1868.
'"The commission as originally con-
<tituted met at the City Hall on the
2Sth day of April, 1862, by direction
of the President. and proceeded 10
organize by the election of William
II. Woodward. esq, for the office of
>:41. The marshal of the District
OF Columbia was sent Tor and
promptly appointed a deputy to at
tend upon the commission and to
execute it's processes. A messenger
was appointed from the necessity of
the case. though not specially pro
ViGed for by the act. at a salary OF
$50 per month. Public notice was
given through the newspapers OF
Washington that the commission
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they have rejected entirely SO petit
tons and in part II petitions for the
reasons which will be stated in their
order. The whole number of servants
for which compensation has been
awarded, is 1883, and the whole num-
Der of servants for whom compensa-
ton has been withheld is Ill, making
a total of 300 included in the 966
petitions.
"At the threshold of their labors
the commissioners were impressed
with the Importance of having full in
formation as to the value of slaves,
independently of that to be derived
from the claimants and their wit
nesses. The law fixes the maximum
average of value within which limita-
ton the commissioners are required
to appraise and apportion' the value
in money of the several claims.
HTHERE are few persons, especial
ly in a community like Wash
ington, where slavery has been for
many years an interest of COMPARE
lively trifling Importance. who possess
a knowledge and discrimination as to
the value of slaves which are neces-
sary to just apportionment of com
penSatlon under the law. None or the
commissioners could lay claim to this
species of information, and to supply
1t they determined to summon to their
aid an experienced dealer in slaves
from Baltimore, Mr.. b. M. Campbell,
who was at the time ignorant in al
most every instance of the individuals
upon whose claims he was called to
pass judgment. His testimony ac-
corded with that of others whose in
formation in the premises was entitled
to weight. that in the disturbed state
of the country since the commence
ment of the war it would be difficult
to assign value to slaves. The sales
have been few and generally under
circumstances of pecuniary pressure
which left no discretion to the seller.
Slaves, in fact, cannot be said to have
had a current salable value since the
commencement of the war, while their
intrinsic value Of the 10th Of April
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The writer of the following arti-
Gle learned at first hand the perils
oNWarfare against savage foes, Tor
he served against hard-fighting
tribesmen to whom a prisoner or
war is only a captive. Only the
British Army outposts that dot the
Waziristan frontier save the peace
full plains jewellers Of India from
continued raids and footing on the
part of their belligerent northern
neighbors.
Mr.. Malone was commissioned in
the Royal Air Force before he at
tanned his majority. After pre-
iirTr:::>a.T training in England he
was sent to india for intensive and
practical service.
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OIl tIlS lOAes
Gus road. The squadron was situated
in a valley with towering mountains
completely surrounding it.
NOBODY was allowed outside the
camp boundaries after sunset,
for fear of his being shot by bandits
hidden up in the mountains, who
spend their evenings sniping at any
human beings they think belong to
the camp.
Now the wild native upon the from
tier is a hillman, and a man in every
sense of the word. Usually tall and
we'll made, he is afraid of nothing
except an airplane. His best friend
is his rife. and he goes about armed
to the teeth.
There is no trouble and no risk one
of these hillmen will not go to to OBJ
tain a British rife or revolver. They
are all excellent shots, being brought
up from childhood to use a rife. not
only for warfare, for they depend
largely on their shooting for their
food.
They have no fear whatever for a
white man, but they have a ire
mendous respect for him. An air
plane they fear, chiefly because they
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an Skds in Clouds Over Jagged Peaks Indas Frontier

pine failure. A bullet had punctured
the gasoline tank and also smashed
the carburetor, so it is obvious that
the natives we had seen running
down the hillside had purposely fired
at our airplane and were hoping to
take us prisoners, and probably we
would have either been tortured to
death or else held for a large ransom.
copyright. 1927
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BY BRYAN MAIONE.

" HERE are several squadrons of
the British Royal Air Force up
on the two Indian frontiers,
Il Baluchistan and Waziristan,
, 1927-08-10
$1,000 REWARD

WIN be paid for information ieadfhs
10 the arrest and conviction or any
person or persons stealing atoek BE-
ioauing 20
W. r. COE
CODY wroMlso
, 1927-08-10
FAIR Is NEXT ON
PLANS SAYS OFFICIAL,
Bonnie Gray. Frontier Favorite to
Hurdle Car Astride King Tut
ENTIRE STATE TO AID
(Wyoming State Tribunel

tWyoming State Tribune)
With Frontier over Cheyenne and
the rest of Wyoming are beginning
to turn their attention to the Wyom-
ing State Fair. which will be held at
Douglas, September 13 to IT inclu-
sive. The Douglas folks, particularly
Thos. b. virden4 who has beer in
Cheyenne for Frontier, have been
concentrating on that exposition for
some time.
Mr.. virden brings word that ex-
hibits will be finer and larger than
usual and that a snappy rodeo
program will be one of the features
of this years fair. A new $12,-
900 grandstand which will replace
two destroyed by fire last year is
under construction and will be
ready for the visitors.
Lem Carmin. already known to
Frontier crowds. is to be in charge
of the rodeo program. He promises
plenty of thrills. Among cowgirls
who will participate is Bonnie Gray
who will show Wyoming folks her
Jumping horse. King Tut. Bonnie
and Tut will jump an automobile
at the Douglas show.
Counties are at work planning
agricultural exhibits and hoping
that theirs will be big enough,
varied enough ard fine enough to
carry off the prize offered in this
line nv fine Midwest Refining COM
, 1927-08-10
Do not sign on the dotted line
biindfolded.


contract by yourself where all is quiet
and you are free from the personal in.
auence OF the persuasive promoter. for
to sign without the calmest c~onsidera-
ton may spell your Waterloo finan.
cially.
Unless dealing with a responsible
firm or individual. never sign on the
dotted line. II In the least doubt,
don't sign. Never sign on verbal as
that you are fully protected.
Terms stated orally but not incor-
porated in a contract are not binding.
Glowing promises. wild e-xaggerations
and gross misstatements of facts are
seldom reduced to writing or made in
the presence of your Witnesses. Your
failure to read and to understand q
contract before signing is not a legal
C When you sign a contract
you proclaim that you agree with its
terms and will abide by and endeavor
to carry them out.
Don't sign Just because some high
pressure salesman tells you that you
are q fconder, or that you shDw good
Judgment. or that yoa have a lot Of
sense. Sign only ,ohen you are fully
convinced that your interests are fully
protected.
Prominent Men Used as Scenery
A number of slick promoters re-
Gently organized In a certain city an
Automobile club" with the assurance