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Patent Medicines.
THE output Of patent and proprietar

TIE output Of patent and proprietary
medicines and compounds in this
country reached a total Of 1852, 7lo,2s7
during 1927, which represents an in
crease Of s6 per cent over 1925, the
last previous year for which census
was taken.
This industry covers the manufacture
protection Of patents, copyrights or
trade marks or prepared according to
secret formula, including medicines Of
q proprietary character, not necessarily
patented. and compounds or products
used by the pharmaceutical trade, such
as insect powders, corn cures. house.
hold ammonia and disinfectants,
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taken in 1890, shows that Isaac Pearce."
then living in Montgomery County, Md.
had, at that date, one son over 16
years of age, two sons under Is, wife
and three daughters. From this 1t is
evident that he must have settled with
in the territory now embraced in the
District of Columbia at very early
date. AS will be noted the name Is
spelled "Pearce," which is no doubt an
error, as the early and correct form is
PIERCE" though the modern spelling
is uniformly given as Pierce"
ISAAC PIERCE is said to have been
L born in Chester County, Pa. on April
9, 1856. and to have been the son OF
Joshua and Ann Pierce, of English ex-
traction. Moving into Montgomery
County. Nd. at an early date, he mar
ried Betsy Cloud, daughter OF Abner
Cloud, the miller, whose mill is gen.
Pierce bought his first $50 acres of land
in 1900. and gradually added to this
until he owned at the time OF his
death, In 1841, upward of 1000 acres.
The old Pierce mill, still landmark
in the Rock Greek National Park, and
the stone buildings standing near 1t
were built by the senior Pierce and his
son Abner, in 1901 and 1910, respec-
lively, and inscribed with the letters
B. I. p. an abbreviation for Betsy and
Isaac Pierce. After the death of Isaac
Pierce in 1841. the mill property was
Inherited by Abner Cloud Pierce. who
died 10 years later, deviSing 1t to Pierce
Shoemaker father of the late Louis P.
Shoemaker, so fondly remembered for
the generous hospitality he loved to dis
pense to his friends at his home OPP
posite the Walter Reed General Hospital.
The home of Joshua Pierce. brother
to Abner Cloud Pierce, is still stand
ing and in a good state of preservation.
It is of stone and is at the northwest
corner of Klingle road and Rock Creek,
or Beach Driveway, and before 1t was
transferred to the Government In 1890
it was the home of Pierce Klingle. a
nephew of Joshua Pierce's wife.
Joshua Pierce is celebrated as being
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town, was a saddler and carried on
business for number of years"
An interesting advertisement of Mr..
Peirce's nurseries is to be found In the
washington city directory Of 1850. It
reads:
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to the family If they should wish to
see 1t.
AFTER Mr.. Pearce returned home
from his school he came over to see me
and perhaps thanked me for what I
had done, and after a while we took a
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out to Holmead's burial ground and I
pointed out to him where what re-
NAMED Of his family had been laid.
"Mr. Pearce was either son or nephew
of the parents Of the old homestead
family. He lived on High street, George
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homestead stood. He showed me where
the we'll had been and related to me
many interesting incidents concerning
che homestead that he had occupied In
olden times. He then took me around
the orchard, etc. After that we walked
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By WILL ROGERS.

- CENE-The White House, Wash
ington, ID. G.
Time-Sunday night, March 8,
- 1929.
Play produced under the man
agement of u. S. Government.
Characters in the order OF their ap-
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for constructing macadam roads in the
District. Blasting was common here
at this period as was the sight of mas
sive machinery employed in crushing
the stone into the different sizes
needed.
Boundary street-now Florida ave-
nue-was one of the first, If not the
first street to be macadamized. and
nearly every driver in town with a
speedy horse took advantage of this
excellent stretch of road to try out
his noble steed.
"A policeman's lot Is not a happy
one" as the old song went that they
used to sing on the stage, and they
had their troubles with the drivers of
horses years ago, just as they have with
the automobile drivers now. But, after
all. We do miss today the beautiful
and thrilling sight of a runaway horse.
which even the automobile bootlegger
cannot compete with for spectacular
excitement If there is anything more
stirring and wonderful than a four or
six-horse farm outfit dashing down the
road out of control, it would be hard
to imagine just what it would be.
There were few roads running from
Columbia road toward Rock Creek, ac-
cording to the early maps. Woodley
creek, is now, in part Belmont road
Is no doubt one of the oldest roads
The Million Dollar Bridge now spans
the ravine at this point where two
bridges formerly stood; first wooden
structure and later an iron bridge, the
ahutments of which are still discernible
and which gave way for the present
magnificent structure. Then there was
the Adams Mill road, which led to the
old Adams Mil on the creek and to
the Holt House, now the headquarters
of the National Geological Park.
Farther to the north, probably TAX
ing the place of what is now Mount
Pleasant street, was Browns road
1innsean Hill road, later the Pierce
Mill road, and now Park road, led tt
Linnaean Hill. the nurseries of JoShue
Pierce, and to the home and mill Of
his father and brother, Isaac Pierce anc
hAbner Cloud Pierce.
Z The first census of the United States
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CONVERTIBLE BOND
ISSUES SELL OFF
Market for Speculative
Shares Drops on Reserve
Bank Warning.
BY CHARLES F. SPEARE.

Special Dispatch to The Star
NEW YORK, February THE pros
pect of firmer money rates, as presented
in the Bank of England advance in it!
rediscount rate toda! to 5la per cent
and in the warning given by the Fed
eral Reserve Board, influenced heavy
selling of speculative bonds today and
had a mild effect on @h-grade issues.
Convertibles were under pressure from
the opening when stocks into which
they were eXchangeable broke sharply
Declines ranged from ! y to 3 points
These losses erased a considerable por-
ton of the gain that had been made
recently.
American International SIPS dropped
back to about their issue price of los
after selling last week at Ill. Allegheny
Corporation SIS, which had been up to
1l0l2 a short time ago, dropped to
about 1892. International Telephone
4l2s, from their recent high of 100
were quoted this morning under lis.
Offerings of these issues were heavy.
In such convertlbles as international
Cement IS, Porto Rican Tobacco 6s,
Anaconda Copper rs and Public Service
of New Jersey 4i2s, the supply was light.
Prices reacted from l to points.
Fear that money rates are to be ad-
vanced influenced some liquidation in
high-grade rails and public utilities.
Atchison General As sold at the lowest
since 1927 New York Telephone 4 ll2S
dropped below par. Small fractions were
shaved from the prices of other strong
mortgages and United States Govern
ment issues were down, the Liberty 3l2s
reaching a new low for the year.
In the Junior rails, important losses
occurred in st. Paul adjustments and in
the gold SIS, in New Haven convertible
IS, Erie refunding SIS, Missouri Pacific
general 4s, Seaboard Air Line 6s and in
the issues of the short line roads.
Dodge Is were lower than for some
weeks Hudson Coal IS sold close to 80.
The fe1ture in the foreign group was
the strength of several issues of South
eastern European countries. This may
have been in anticipation of the Ru-
manian loan, which is to come out soon
under strong governmental auspices.
Whether the Federal Reserve will
meet the advance in the Bank of Eng
land rate is still a debatable question
1t is certain. however, that the money
situation will show no carly improve
ment, unless heavy stock liquidation
occurs. This being so, the outlook for
high-grade bond issues is not promis-
ing.
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STOCK PRICE BREAK IS LAID
TO BANK OF ENGLAND ACTION

primarily a protective one. The Bank
of England needs her gold In order to
keep her gold reserves at the minimum
required of $3.50, OOO, 900 to carry her in
creased currency liability. Due to the
heavy Withdrawals recently, and expe-
cially to the purchases made this week
in London by American bankers, this
reserve has been drawn upon and today
dropped below the necessary amount.
AS there was every reason to expect
further losses of gold with the raSe for
sterling at its recent low level, the Bank
of England directors took the bull by
the horns The new rate is half Of
per cent above the rediscount rate Of
most of the Federal Reserve banks.
This admittedly puts an end to gold
imports Sterling today was 4.8S34. AT
the same time it shuts off supply of
credit that has been used to the ad-
vantage of the American market, espe-
cially the speculative market. Obviously
the Federal Reserve Board and Gov
Norman of the Bank of England have
been working together to effect the
most aequable arrangement that couId
| be created in the interest of credit in
this country and in England.
Closely related to the action today or
he Bank of England was the pronounce
ment by the Federal Reserve Board. in
yesterdays statement, to the effect that
The demands of speculation and the
growth of speculative loans were sefi-
ously interfering with legitimate bust
ness and intimating that the board
would not permit business to be sacri-
feed because of the present stock mar
ket excuses.
The reaction Of Wall Street to this
phase Of today's unusual money market
developments was true to form. The
professional operators took the position
that the Federal Reserve has talked
great deal about overspeculation and
the overexpansion Of brokers loans,
but has been unable to correct these
conditions. Therefore, it is in no better
position today to effect reforms than
it has been since it put up its rate to
the maximum of 5 per cent, last July.
1t has already admitted that the
crux of the situation is in the loans of
"others," over which it has no control.
The more conservative element, on
the other hand, maintained that the
Federal Reserve is now showing its
teeth and is in a highly exasperated
frame of mind toward Wall Street and
may use radical rather than mild
measures to bring the speculative de-
bauch to halt.
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Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK, February THE most
severe decline in stocks since the De-
cember break was precipitated today by
the unexpected and radical action OF
the governors of the Bank OF England
in raising their rediscount rate from 412
per cent to 515 per cent.
The SEQUEL of this may be another
movement toward higher rediscount
rates by the Federal Reserve in order
to maintain a parity between the Lon
don and the New York money markets
Whether this will take place at once or
is deferred during a test period, was
question that brought out varied an
swers today.
The action of English bankers is
IONA. crates, Iceberg type, dozen. ESQ
a2.75.
Onions-Supplies light; demand light,
market steady; Michigan and ONO, loo-
pound sacks. Fellows, U. S. No. l, me-
dunn to large size, mostly $50.
Potatoes-Supplies moderate; demand
moderate, market steady; Pelinsylvanla,
15O-pound< sacks, round whites, U. ..
No. l, 225; New York, I5O-pound SACKS,
round whites, U. S. No. /, 2.35; Mlcm-
gan, 15O-pound sacks, russell ruralS,
u. S. No. /, 2.25a2.35 Texas, 100-pound
sacks, Bliss Triumphs, 400.
Spinach-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market dull; Texas, bushel bas-
kets, Savoy type, 75a90; few, 100.
Tomatoes-Supplies moderate: de-
mand light, market steady; Florida,
skies, ripes and turning, wrapped fancy
count, 3.50a4.00; few, fine quality ana
condition, 4.5O; fair quality and condl-
ton, 3.OOa350; choice count, 2OOa3.OO,
according to condition.
Carrots-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market dull; Texas, Western let
tuce crates, 2.50a3.00; few, 3.25.
Beets-Supplies moderate; demand
light. market slightly weaker; Texas,
Western lettuce crates, punched, 2.50a
275; few, 800.
Peas-Supplies light; demand mod
crate, market steady; Mexico, 4O-pound
crates 600.
String beans-Supplies light; demand
light, market dull; Florida, 7s-bushel
hampers, green holdovers, 2.25a2.5 so;
fair to ordinary quality and condition,
LOCAL so; few sales, fresh arrivals, 800:
Peppers-S Supplies light; demand
light, market steady; Florida pepper
crates, fancy, 350a3.75; few higher.
Eggplant-Supplies very light; de-
mand light, market dull; Florida, pep
per CTdCSS, toOd0.Uo.
Souash-Supplies very light; demand
light, market dull; Florida, pepper
crates, fancy white. wrapped, 45oa5. 90.
Cucumbers-Supplies very light; de-
mand light, market dull; few early
sales reported Illinois, dollhouse stock,
2 dozen cartons, extra fancy, $50;
fancy, $50.
Strawberries very light;
demand moderate, market weak; Flor
ida, pony refrigerator, various varieties,
40a45 per quart.
Caulifower-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market slightly weaker;
California, pony crates, 1.50al.75; most
ly $50.
Oranges-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady; Florida, boxes,
No. /, medium size, 3.50a4.00; large
size, 400a4. so.
rapefruit-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light, market steady; Florida.
boxes, No /, medium size, 3.ooa3.5o;
few higher.
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WHEAT CLOSES LOWER.

CHICAGO, February Especially -
Prices eased off under local selling In
the late trade in wheat and at the
close the market was 4 to 20 lower
March, 1885; May, 1.27A to 1.27%
July, 1885 to 1.29.
Corn closed unchanged to = lower
March, 96A; May, es3s to 9912; July
LOIS to 1.01 y.
oats closed "A lower to Il higher
March. 521s; May, 52%; July, 493s
to 4934.
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INCREASES CAPITAL STOCK.

JACKSONVILLE, Fla, February z
R.-Stockholders of the Naval Stores
Marketing Association, meeting here yes
terday, authorized an increase in its
capital stock from 100000 TO 81, 900 900,
making it one of the largest concerns
of its kind in the world
The company, organized less than a
year ago, maintains headquarters at
Savannah. Ga, with the principal Office
here, and has Offices in other cities and
abroad
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Kress & Co. Sales.

NEW YORK, February ops. H.
Kress g. Co. chain stores sales in jan
dary increased to $4.143,377 from S.
759,947 in January, 1928. w. T. Grant
g. Co. chain stores report January sales
of $3.328,489 compared to $2,624.16l in
January, 1928.
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Washington Stock Exchange

Washington Gas IS B-$200 at 10414,
500 at 10414.
Washington Rwy. g. Elec. 4s-s1, 900 at
$3.50, $1,000 at 8912, $1,000 at 895s,
1900 at 89a.
Barber g. Ross 6Ias-$1 900 at "a.
Capital Traction Colo at 1864, 10 at
1864.
Washington Gas Lights at 10.
Washington Rwy. 81 Elec. pfd.-10 at
995s.
Riggs National Bank-20 at 578, Is at
578, 10 at 578l2, at $751;, 10 at
578i5, 10 at $40.
Bank of Bethesda-10 at n.
Mergenthaler Linotype--50 at 10412.
National Mtge. & Inv. pfd.-50 at So
so at 534.
AFTER CALL.
Capital Traction 5s-$1 900 at 100ss,
$4,000 at 1907.
Potomac Electric &c pfd.-5 at 113.
Potomac Electric 512te pfd.-5 at 1O91s.
Washington Gas Is $500 at 1867
Capital Traction Colo at 1065s, 10
at 1861, 10 at 1861.
Federal-American National Banks at
345.
Washington Gas Light-3o at ITO, 20
at no.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
THOUSANDS EMPLOYED
 IN PHONE RESEARCH
Hundreds of Patents Protec
 Bell Apparatus.

Connecticut telephone eauipmen represents the labor and inyentiy genius of many thousands of people as the history of the telephone in thi state shows. The present desk stan telephone Is the result or many grad ual Improvements in its mechanism and form. Since the telephone Wa first invented, there have been nset approximately % different types transmitters and 65 different types O receivers, not including the standar types now in general use thfoughou the state.
 There are at present i67 patents | effect covering various Improvements applications for GO patents are pendin before the Patent Office, and iS6 pal ents have expired making total 0 413 patents which ar. protecting. 0 have protected, the transmitter ant receiver alone. There are. of course hundreds of other patents on meehan isns and inventions in other phases o the telephone industry. Al the pres ent time. 4.000 people are employed Il research alone in the Bell System.
 The constantly growing efficiency 0 speed and service which is affordef the 300.00 subscribers to the tele phone service in Connecticut is larget due 70 the constant search for new an better methods.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
Reception W..,-d O,ii
 All Bi,scr Feelings

Some of Whistier's personal enemies In EngInnd had directed pretty harsh criticism against him and his work, so when he was invited to attend as guest of honor a dinner at the Cute Royal in London the artist thought fl would be q good occasion Co reply to his detractors, especially considering that those attending the banquet and its sponsors were memhers Of the Chelsea Art club. source of some Of the attacks
 A. Henry Savage Iandor, much with Whistler in those days. in his Mem oirs of An Explorer" relates now Whistler rehearsed 10 him that after noon an extraordinarily witty speech full of barbed shafts directed ai his personal enemies.
 But at the banquet his fellow artists so llonlzed him and the applause when he got to his feet was so thunderous and evidently sincere that Whistler deeply touched. wayered. his knees trembled and his voice was SO un' steady that II was difficult to hear the few hanal remarks that he actually made. Trembling. he sat down. tears in his eyes. moi word of his carefully prepared speech uttered.-Detroii News.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
Sicn, Offers Fertile
 Field for Naturalist

The fact that two American natural ists are now on collecting tour in Siam brings 10 mind the fact that Of late years really remarkable progress has been made in the study Of the fauna Of this country. But there still remains good deal that can be done In this field. which Is a very much larger one than most people would suppose. for we are really sort of junction between three roads, the In dian. the Chinese and what has been termed the "AlalaysIan." It seems rather a pity that no effort Is mnde 10 popularlze the study of the birds beasts and fishes. A natural history museum should not only prove of sci. entihc use but would doubtless aid n good deal in dispelling the rather woefu ignorance that seems general. ly Co exist regarding the magnificent fauna of land that is extremely for. tunately situated as the meeting place of species and Of types Siam Ob server.
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18

deities have points in common with Diana, and this is but natural, since newer mythologies customarily bor- row from their ancestors.
 One of the ceremonies of Easter morning in Germany was for the men and maidens to go up into the hills for sacred water from the springs, this pure water being more accepta- ble to the deities than the water of the plains. It is by no means unlike ly that Jack and Jill, who went up the hill to fetch pail of water, did this as a survival of ancient Easter water worship.
 In Holland the people come out on Easter Monday to roll eggs, a custom which we retain in Washington, D. C., and among the descendants of the early Dutch settlers.
 Another point of contact is that Jack and Jill are moon children, and in various mythologies, notably in the Sagas, they are to be seen Tn the moon with the pail and the pole with which they were bringing the water. With us the markings in the moon are the man in the moon, who is Cain with his bundle of thorns; while in far Oriental lands, it is the hare in the moon that is to be ob- served. The Jatakas tell how the hare was transported to the moon for an act of devotion to Buddha, and the Chinese and other Eastern people have moon cakes with the image of the hare impressed on them, which are used in the celebration of the festival of the moon. It seems prob able that the Easter hare came into Western mythology by the way of the moon.
 It was another kind of moon cakes about which Jeremiah was so much disturbed. The cakes that the Jew ish women ofSered up to the queen of heaven, who was Ishtar or Diana, were marked with the cross, and these offerings of forty centuries ago were symbols in the Babylonian spring festival of the times. These people had here a season of fasting and abstinence, because at this time Ishtar was mourning for her lover Tammuz, for whom she made a des- cent into the underworld. Following this fast came the great rejoicings and ceremonial festival of spring.
 Easter fires as well as midsummer fires and the Baal, or Bel, fires are popular survivals of fire or sun wor- ship. The first mentioned, by their name, "ignes paschales," betray their relationship to the very ancient Pass over celebrations. They have been lighted with some measure of serious ness till we'll into the nineteenth cen tury, as an Easter observance. The Baal fires, as their name indicates,
Putnam patriot., 1929-04-18
l'onlfret

Mir. Louis de Florez spent the week end at Fox Hill Farm.
 The funeral of Mrs. II. II. Daven- port, who died in Florida, was held in Putnam on Friday.
 Miss Mildred Kempf is very ill at the b. K. Hospital, following an oper- ation for appendicitis.
 Many Pomfret parents and friends attended the operetta, Gypsy Rover, '" at the high school on Friday evening.
 Mir. and Mrs. Henry C. Holt spent the weekend at Fox Hill Farm, Mrs. Holt remaining over until Wednesday.
 Mrs. Lyons sisters, who have been paying her a visit at Dr. $. B. Over locks, have returned to their home in Maine.
 Miss Ida Gibbs, a teacher at the North school, is a patient at the D. K. Hospital. Mrs. James Byrnes is act ing as substitute.
 At the whist, pitch and dance at A. 0. II. Hall on Friday evening the prize for whist was won by Mrs. Wlnslow, and for pitch by MT. Charles Hanley.
 Mrs. Leonard Swain returned on Sunday. Mrs. Swain's mother, Mrs. Gray of Nashville, Tenn, arrived with Mrs. Swain and is visiting Mir. Charles Swain.
 Mrs. Cushman of Charlestown, s. S., wife of Captain Horace Cushman, U. s. A., was the guest of Mrs. Thom- as, at The Mad Halter, from Thurs day till Saturday of last week.
 Mir. Joseph Harris of St. Louis, who has been visiting his mother, Mrs. Donald Unger. has gone to Boston for few days. He will return to Pom fret for a further visit before going back to St. Louis.
 At the speaking and spelling contest at the Chandler school on Monday af- ternoon, the first prize in speaking was awarded to Clayton Shawl, second to Doris Peterson; first in spelling to Ruth Peterson, second to Doris Peter son.
 Mir. and Mrs. William Falter of Thompson and August Loos of Pom fret motored to Hartford on Tuesday and brought home Forest Loos, who has been patient at St. Francis Hos pital for the past two weeks. Mr. Loos is greatly improved from his re- cent operation.
 Miss Elizabeth Andrews delivered an address at meeting of the League of Women Voters, at New London, on Thursday of last week. Her subject was Immigration; Its Social and Leg. islative Problems, Past and Present. The paper was a brilliant one and fol- lowing the reading there was an ani- mated discussion.