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THE SUN, BALTDIORE, SUNDAY MORNING, JUNE 20, 1910. 12 HOME OF A FAMOUS COMMAND DIXIE'S FIGHTING LIEII MORGAN'S GEMS OF ART Baltimorean Sees Banker's Famous Collection In London. AH OLD HOUSE'S SECRETS Adventures Of A Seeker After Truth In Unraveling' Them. 1 giving it the 'name of Algonkia-Japewl-on-Severn. Indian trails will take the place of roads or avenues, and an open plateau will be reserved for an athletic field for outdoor sports.

The hills and hollows of the tract afford opportunity for exceedingly picturesque," Indian names peculiar io the Algonquin 'tribe that-frequented this part of Maryland. It is possible that the old house so rig-Idly guarding the secret of its past may be restored to its original dignity and honor. Certainly if It is, as- it appears to be, one 'of-, the oldest houses In Anne, Arun Keturah Barnes and Lois Shipley, 'Shipley's It was more likely his prospective wife, since according to the marriage quoted above they were married in 1728. Lord Proprietor Claimed. It.

The records at Annapolis' proved that Richard Shipley, son of Adam' Shipley, sold the tract to Robert Freshwater, who died intestate and without heirs, 'and the Lord Proprietor claimed the property by. right of escheat. It could not have bad at that time much value. Indeed, down, to the Legislature. This is the first notice found of the present barbecue." The Last Occnpants.

For a-great many years the families' residing at the- Cross-Roads recall the house as the residence of a Dr. Brown, who was long a practicing physician in Anne Arundel. The last owner to live in the house was Mr William E. Clements, who was stricken with paralysis while living there and has been-removed by his family to Baltimore. JIrs Clements knows nothing of when the house was built except that It was "said to be (hundreds of years Hints Of Tragedies.

Naturally, about a dwelling so ancient, there are whispers of tragedy. A present resident, of Millersville, long acquainted with the neighborhood writes "I know that it (the old house) was once a tavern i. ft Ws i -xJ: i BUILT FOR USE, NOT STYLE on the old stage road, between Annapolis I prietor to James Moore. It was given July and Baltimore, and it Is said to be haunted 7, 1737, and on October 22, 1745, Moore's by ghosts of travelers who were robbed, I wife consenting he conveyed the tract, WASHINGTON ARTILLERY ARMORY St. Charles street.

the memory of the soldiers of the battalion who lost their lives in the Confederate service, the command dedicated it with appropriate ceremonies February 22, 1880, the fortieth anniversary of the command. The monument is one of the interesting sights of New Orleaus, being surmounted by a heroic figure of a Confederate artillerist. Hub Often Served The State. Since the Civil War the battalion has been called upon a number of times to serve the State. It participated in the overthrow of the Carbetbag Government In 1877, and two years later rendered efficient service in the labor troubles in St.

John's Parish. At New Iberia in 1884 and In Lafourche Parish in 1887 detachments of the command were" called upon to preserve order and assist the civil authorities. During the great strike In New Splendid Record Of Washington Artillery, Of New Orleans. "TRY US" IS ITS WATCHWORD Organized In 1838, It Has Seen Service In The Mexican, Civil And Spanish Wars. I The Citizen Soldiers Of Dixie.

A magazine article published some time ago gave sketches of famous National Guard organizations of the North and concluded with a brief reference to the Fifth Maryland Regiment and a statement to the effect that many Southern militia commands were a century or moYe old and had records of which they were justly proud. 'The purpose of" this series of articles is to tell something of these citizen soldiers of Dixie, so! briefly dismissed in the magazine ar- tide referred to. "Try Now that's a motto'f or first-class fighting men. c'V 4n the MexicarujCivil. and Spanish wars and in other times of the Washington Artillery, of New, Orleans, tias often been "tried" and never founds wanting.

1 Today its fierce tiger head, with" thenvitatibn "Try Us," is borno aloft 'on Its red guidons as proudly as In the past for the rank and file of the Washington Artillery of 1910 are worthy descendants of the men who followed Walton Eshleman, Richardson and the Owenses. The Washington Artillery was organized about 1838 under the name of the American Artillery, under Capt. E. L. Tracy, afterward a general in the Confederate Army.

A few years later, the battery became attached to the Washington Regiment. In 1845 came the war with Mexico, and in July of that year the "Army of Occupation," under Gen. Zachary Taylor, was dis patched to Texas. Taylor's force consisted only of about 1,800 -t United States regulars and Texas Rangers, and a call was made upon the Southern States for experienced artillerists. Among the batteries which volunteered and were chosen for service was the Native American.

After three months' service on the Texan frontier the battery was relieved by regulars and returned to New Orleans. The following year another call was made for volunteers and the Louisiahans, determined to have a hand In the fighting, re-; PRESENT COMMANDER WASHINGTON ARTILLERY, OF NEW ORLEANS MAJOR ALLISON OWEN sponded to serve as infantry, and became Company A of the Washington Regiment. As such, the battery served under Gen. P. F.

Smith and performed its duty well. It is said of the command in the Mexican War that not only was it the first company of militia to offer its services to the Government, but it was ready for the field the third morning after Its services were accepted a promptness that strikes one as remarkable when it is considered that it was composed of business and professional men of standing. Immediately after the Mexican War the battery took the name of the Washington Artillery, a name since made famous on many, bloody fields of battle. The existence of the command for the next 12 or 15 years was a quiet one. Then the clouds of the Civil War began to and the Washington Artillery began to prepare for the struggle which all far-seeing men realized was inevitable.

When Sumter was fired upon and the war-spark in the South burst into flame the Washingtons had four well-equipped batteries. Early In January Governor Moore took steps to seize all forts, and munitions of war in Louisiana. The State militia re sponded promptly to the call to arms, and the Washington Artillery and other State troops took possession of the arsenal at Baton Rouge. Eager to get to the front, the battalion sent a committee to the newly organized Government at Montgomery to offer its services to the Confederacy. The offer was at once accepted, and the battalion enlisted "for the war." This is said to have been the first command to Inaugurate artillery fighting by which was adopted by the Confederate army and later by the Federals.

On Sunday morning. May 26, 1861, the TO THEIR COMRADES WHO ill i I a 3r GREAT "MASTERS IN PROFUSION Mr. David Bendann Says The Taste Displayed Is As Marvelous Aa The Wealth Represented. Mr. Daniel Bendann, the Baltimore art connoisseur, writes to The Sux from Lon- don "By the kind permission of Mr.

J. Pier-pont Morgan I had the privilege of viewing his. magnificent art collection in his mansion In Prince's Gate. In public gal- lerles one wanders through vast rooms, filled with pictures' hung In close array, and the eye becomes tired and mind sur- fieted with the endless array. One great charm of Mr.

Morgan's treasures is the 5 which they are displayed not crowded, but in rooms with much tasteful I surroundings, each object appropriate tone-value and a rare taste in ij their placing. "The first room entered contains master. pieces by the most celebrated portrait painters -Gainsborough, Iloppner, Reyn olds and Romney of beautiful women, and also a very fine Hogarth, the Countess Grosvenor, by Lawrence, painted when Jt her radiant youth. Underneath is placed photograph of the same lady taken in herl ninety-third year still beautiful. She died a few years ago.

"In the whole collection oneislmnress' I with the fact that ugly and unpleasant 1 sunjects are absent. The grace and beauty of infancy, the loveliness of woman and the clearance and distinction of man are depicted by the greatest masters but hardly a jarring note is "found 'among the thousands of objects. Evidently Mr. Morgan's aim was to have the most pleasant surroundings in his home, and not the' assemblage of a museum. A great Vandyke and priceless tapestries adorn the hnll and 6tairway, besides marbles by renowned sculptors.

"We next entered a room built especially to contain the celebrated Fraconard paint- ings done for the favorite of Louis XV i Mme. Dubarry. This room is furnished with the utmost simplicity, the great panel i pictures oeing tne only adornment, and which are shown to highest advnntnge. "Another room, the woodwork of which was transferred from a celebrated French chateau, contains objects of rare interest and value bronzes, enamels, torra cottas by Clodlon, cabinets made for Marie Antoinette, relics from churches, a bronz angel which once served as a weather vanoV of La Sainte Chapelle, in Paris. "Passing into another room, we saw two magnificent examples by the ereat colorlst Turner, a historic Rubens.

Velasquez, all enhanced by the noble surroundings of woven Persian rugs and furniture of the finest French periods, while the walls, covered with silken lianKlnps. act as a DacKgrouna to tne priceless pictures. "Still another room Is rich in cabinet of miniatures, many of them of historical interest. Of these Mr. Morgan has more than a thousand.

Tables are filled with precious watches, snuff boxes and trinkets. When we turn we are faced with the notable painting by Gainsborough of the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire the picture which had been stolen and remained concealed for about 20 years in Chicasro and recovered through the agency of a New York gambler, and subsequently bought by Mr. Morgan for $150,000. The price nowt seems small in view of recent sales in New York and here at auction. "Some of the curiosities in the cabinets arm.

niil-ianHr nnrtrnlts of thl unfortunate Mary, Queen of Scots, the Earl of Leicester, the favorite of Queen Elizabeth and sub- sequently beheaded by her orders Queen Elizabeth herself, a curious miniature of Mme. Maintenon, the wife of Louis XIV. depicted as a repentant Magdalen. But it would take weeks to describe a tenth of the rarities. we think that Mr.

Mor- gan has wonderful collections in the Kensington Museum, the National Galleries in London and Glasgow, the Metropolitan Museum and his houses in New York, the wonder grows not alone at the wealth represented, but the taste and acumen dls- played by one man in gathering such gems. "The Royal Academy exhibition this 4 nV ot.rfilnir In mnstpmieces. JCttl nvv either in painting or sculpture. Portraits, 'j as abound and smirk at you self- satisfledly. The American artist, Abbey has an immense painting of 'Penn's TreaW with t.h Indians.

painted for the StateV Capitol of Pennsylvania. It has been rather harshly criticised, nut wnen piavr KiMnn it will prove very effective. Of the 1,921 other exhibits few remain one's memory. "The nation is still in mourning for tne late mng, much, to the disadvantage of trade at tne tneaires auu ha nniv crnrb for male and female, rruc- until the end of June. rvA ncotiAn remains never bas tne English feminine looked so weu uo does in black." THE BEST-PAYING GAME 'r- Frlta Helnne Has Found What It I At Laitt.

i iinin mi Riirroundod tS TUZ AUgUSLUO "viuv during his trial by men who believed in TJ him and wno regaru uim great mining men of the country. "He should have remained In the mining business," said one of these friends, "for he 13 not a great banker. He was telling us the other night how he happened to go into the banking business. For years he had been swinging big enterprises, borrowing largely from the hanks, and one day he had his bookkeeper figure out how much he had paid the banks during 10 years. 'The total amount staggered me, Mr.

Heinze told us, 'and I decided that the banking business was the best of all, so I decided to be a banker. The other day I had the same bookkeeper figure out how much I have paid the lawyers, and now I know the law is the best-paying game of Ben Tillman On Mao weainer. "Yes, this Is bad weather," said SenafofL Xlllllian uu a. uaj vi au nothing to London, though. "Once, on a dripping winter day in London, a sulphur-brown or pea-soup fog in the air, and everybody drenched to the skin, I sat on a bus top beside a Tarsee in a red fez.

"When the Parsee got off the driver off the bus, touching his hat with his whip.V I saia io uii? i I.J tnTIU MA VVOU1U you lliiuu Liiill ujtr, Bit, vrvt. sort o' chap that is?" 'He's a said I. 'An Indian, yoa know a sun "'Worships the sun, does he; sir? said the wet and shivering driver. I suppose he's come 'ere to 'ave a rest 1 Washing' ton Post. Berlin English.

A' Manchester firm has received this In-teresting but somewhat recondite communication from a Berlin trade paper "Dear Sirs We think to may make our lnoitation for an insertion's trial as short as possible, as the by-standing opinions of the renowned advertisers the prominent qualities of our journal mark to the sul-ciency as one of the most eonslderabl. an the sight of the confidence awaken and for the business connection bo extraordinary Important representation's capacity, how it is embodied by the genuineness of news paper, we hope that you will be ready to an insertion's attempt In our journal and we remain Gentlemen, your, etc." London Globe. Call Of The Adventurer. Come, leare your lowland Tillages, Your scanty plots and tillages, Which summer-drought still pillages. With the hills on either hand.

Come, let us forth together, lads, Let slip the loosened tether, lads, Fare forth, and face the weather, lads Our goal be no man's land. Our sweethearts weep regretfully, us forgetfully, The good ship plunges Our wine we drink to lees. Come, and cast your part with us, Ah, leave the shouting mart with ua, Come, bear a joyous heart with us, NTo sail the wandering seas. Ethel Talbot, in Lippincott's Magazine. f.

Summer Forecast, Bummers dead and gone remind us We shall meet them, as of yore: Miss Slimly In lofty, mountains, Miss Shapely where the billows roar! BUT JEW OF THEM GIVEN -UP When And By Whom The Building Reed Point Farm Wa Erected May Never Be Known. The seeker after truth concerning the old house In Anne Arundel county never knew what madness seized upon her that May morning and made her consent to meet the new owner of the property and go over the ground with him. Perhaps it was because a photograph of the deserted home taken by order of Dr. Philip Uhler, of the Peabody Institute, showed it to be in its quaint simplicity almost the exact counterpart of the historic "Davy" Bums cottage of Washington, built in 174S, and torn down in 1894, to afford a site for the International Bureau of American Republics. It was David Burns, be it remembered, who owned most of the land upon which the city "of Washington now stands, and' who so long refused to sell his cherished acres to Washington and the committee appointed to lay oft the city that he became generally known as "Obstinate Davy" Burns, and Washington, the statuesque and serene, had clean lost his temper and quarreled with him, and Daniel Carroll and other worthies' had expended all their eloquence before they could bring blm to terms.

Even then he refused to permit his cottage to be demolished, and long years it stood in its Colonial simplicity and ugliness besides the palatial Van Ness mansion built by his daughter Marcia's husband. "Very, Very Old. It may have been this likeness of the Anne Arundel dwelling to the Burns cottage or it may have been the illusive character of Its traditions no one seemed to know aught concerning it save that it was very, very old "hundreds of years old," said one "so old nobody knew who built it," said another "older perhaps than any house In Anne Arundel," said a third. Washington, of course, slept nay, more sojourned there for weeks and equally certain the bricks of the chimney were "brought from England." To the seeker after ancient architecture the call of awakened interest became almost irresistible and to seek and see merely a question of opportunity. The opportunity came one Heaven-sent daywhen the locust trees of Anne Arundel and there are a good many locust trees in Anne Arundel were swaying lace-like, blossom-ladened branches over the green of the fields and the blackberry bushes were swinging white bridal wreaths from every hedge row.

Arundel was the station on the Baltimore, Washington and Annapolis Railway line where the Seeker was told to alight and be met by the Owner, and she obediently alighted, but only the gurgle of an herb-edged stream and the very human call of a whip-poor-will welcomed her coming. But presently the notes of a distant church bell and the whir of approaching carriage wheels were heard in conjunction and the new Owner of Red Point Farm and the Mutual Friend who accompanied him came driving in most unchristian haste to the railroad trysting place. The Forsaken Honse. Twenty minutes drive brought them to the old house standing forsaken in its green paradise along the old Post road, running between Annapolis and Washington, the same highway which has recently been chosen for the new State road to connect the two places. It was a lovely spot where the house 6tood.

A locust tree in fragrant blossom scattered perfumed petals over roofand 2 dormer windows. Snowdrops, hundreds of them, bloomed in the grass like an On- ental rug of white and emerald, "and upon every side were feathery pine trees, dog- wood and other trees of varying tints of greens. Blackberry blooms peeped out -r from every corner. Indian moccasins, one of Maryland's three varieties of orchids, hid purple slippers In shady places, nd ferns and wondrous blue wild flowers beckoned to the woods. The house itself stood stanch and firm -upon its ancient foundations.

It is a long building of three large rooms, with huge chimney plaees at each end of the house. The cfntral room has entrances front and back just opposite one another. The house is-builtof wood cut with a broadax, the floors are still firm, and the doors and high mantelpieces are hand-wrought. The outer doors have heavy sockets into which to slip defensive bars such as were used 1n frontier cabins for protection against Indians. There is a good cellar to the house and a firm staircase leads from the central room io the second story, where again are found three rooms differing little from the rooms beneath them except that their dormer windows open upon the roof.

As there are great open hearths In the rooms at each end of the house and at one end, upon both lower and upper floors, the huge fireplaces afforded space upon each side for recess rooms like small pantries or cabins on board a ship. These have small windows opening from the end of the house, and through their sashless windows birds had entered and built their nests, the sole and innocent occupants of the dwelling. Who Built It? The roof of the house is its most distinctive feature. Peaked high like "Daw Burns cottage, it is the style of architec ture seen most frequently in Piedmont or Lombardy on the Continent and would perhaps suggest that it was built by the descendants of Huguenots. The frame of the roof is of wood overlapped with moss- grown shingles of very ancient cut.

and, where time has rotted these away the build- ing nas been roofed with tin. Window sashes and frames are lacking in every window and the sweet May air swept pine needles and butterflies through the de serted rooms. Ancient Gravestones. Across the road upon a hill crowned with majestic forest trees were found 6ome ancient, gravestones, and one large sanastone siao, cut apparently to cover an old-fashioned vault grave, hears the clearly cut inscription "Sacred to the memory of "Mrs. Jane Urquhart, who departed thus life December 1st (or 11th), 1807, in The 89th year "of her age.

May angels guard ner sleeping oust." Alackaday Judging from appearances, the angels have been keeping-unrelieved guard for many a long year, and just who Jane Urquhart; was no one seems to remember. Mr. Joshua Warfleld's "Found ers of Ann Arundel and Howard Coun ties," among Its hundreds of names, does not include the name of Urquhart, but that Mrs. Jane Urquhart once owned the old house is a matter of Through Many Hands. The title for the property passed from John Mercer Stevens in 1802 to Anna Urquhart, who apparently died without will, vesting the property In Jane Urqu hart, then a widow.

Mrs. Jane Urquhart, by her will of November 10, 1806, devised the 'property to her daughter, Anna Gam- brill, wife of Amos Gambrlll, and her grand son, Amos Gartner Gambrlll. The will also speaks of a Jane Marriott, a granddaughter, Anne Ball a son, William Urquhart, and his two children William and Henry Hall Urquhart. St. James Parish records has enrolled among marriages the marriage of William Urquhart and Mary M.

Hall upon December 18, 1783. Tnere Is also recorded the burial of Magdalin Urquhart March 4, 1843. The next official mention of the property and its owners is when the Anna Gambrlll mentioned above, and her husband, Amos uamnrui, conveyed tne water front in 1813 to one Charles Waters as a site for a mill, with an agreement that he an dam up the waters of Severn Run to the height of 16 feet to secure hia mill power. The whole tract In those days consisted of 277 acres. A Dinner At The The house la surrounded with, several picturesque springs, one of them in a ferny dell approached by a flight of perhaps some 20 or more log Bteps overgrown with moss.

There Is a vague tradition that the house on the Post road was once either an inn or that the owners were so hospitably in- mat any traveler migm asK reiresn- lodgings if the needs of travel In Riley's" City" there is a paragraph would seem to have reference, per- uaps to Point Farm," under the date of 1803 4t reads: "On Saturday, Sep tember 15 there was given a dinner at Mrs. Urquhart's spring, where a discussion politics took place by candidates for the Washington Artillery battalion was mustered Into the service of the Confederate States. The ceremonies took place in Lafayette Square before a great crowd of people, and afterward the command marched to Christ Church, where special, services were held. After the presentation of a handsome flag, costing $1,000, the presentation speech being made by Senator Judah P. Benjamin, the battalion of four batteries, under Major J.

B. Walton, left for the seat of war in Virginia. Took Part At Manassas. From Richmond the battalion hurried to Manassas, where the Washingtons received their baptism of fire in the skirmishes preceding the battle which resulted in the rout of the Federal army. With the battalion as instructors in the first days of the war were T.

Rosser, J. J. Garnett and James Dear-tnc Tt is IntprsHno' tn note thnr Rosser be came a major-general, Garnett a colonel and Dearing a brigadier-general, which rank he held when he fell at the head of his brigade few days before Lee surrendered. Having fired the first gun at Manassas, the first big battle of the war, the Washington Artillery found itself on the firing line in practically every battle of the Army of Northern Virginia. Frequently pitted in artillery duels against batteries' of United States the Louisianans won name for marksmanship and steadiness that will live as long a patriotism and courage are regarded as virtues.

In the bloody repulse of Burnside at Fredericksburg, the battalion planted its guns on the summit of Marye's Hill and played havoc with the charging ranks of blue. And so through all the marches and battles of the Army of Northern Virginia it played its part well, bringing up the "rear in the retreat from Petersburg and surrendering with the remnant of Lee's army "after four years of arduous service. Second Battery But to tell the whole story of the Washington Artillery, the 1 narrator must turn back to '61. The Washingtoii Artillery was satisfied with furnishing its full quota to the Army of Northern Virginia. No sooner had the battalion left for Rich mond then it was determined to organize another battery for the Western Army.

Accordingly, the Fifth Company, under Hodgson, was organized and equipped and was mustered into the Confederate service in March, -1862, and sent to the Army of the Tennessee. After attending services in First'Presbyterian Church, the battery left to join Beauregard in time to take part in the bloody battle at Shiloh, in which the company played its part so well that it was complimented on the field-by General Beauregard. The remaining history of the Fifth Company is the history of the Western Army. At Murfreesboro, in the Atlanta campaign, and with Hood in Tennessee the battery showed that it was made of the stuff of which nations are made. The end of the war found the company manning the big guns in Spanish Fort.

It surrendered at Meridian, and was paroled, after having taken part in engagements and suffered a total loss of 50 dead and 100 wounded. A A Benevolent Association. After the war and during the dark days of Carpetbag rule, the veterans of the Washington Artillery were not permitted to continue their military organization, but the ties formed in camD and battle were too strong to be broken, so the command was formed into a benevolent association to care for disabled comrades and orphans and of On July 22, 1875, the veterans of the Washington Artillery met and reorganized. Eighteen months later the battalion, being an independent command, purchased a complete armament of rifles and equipment for infantry. Soon afterward it bought cannon and equipment, placing Itself on a well-equipped basis as an artillery battalion.

In March. 1878, the command was incorporated under the laws of Louisiana. During the yellow fever epidemic of 1878, the battalion formed a relief corps and raised a fund for carine for and bury- incr the victims of the scourge. The oiH' lowing year it was mustered into the State militia and continued as such until 1888, when it agaiu became an Independent command, owning its arms and arsenal. Having completed and paid for a handsome monument in Metairie Cemetery to HAVE "GONE BEFORE" del a dwelling, with a past Indeed It is worthy of preservation and more careful historic recording than has been possible wirn the, limits of this article Whatever may be its secrets, the writer will reckon as among' the golden days of life hours spent in its I'nvironment.

The draft of water from its deserted crystal spring, the campfire in the woods overlooking the river, the flowers lhat bloomed In sweet luxuriance about forsaken threshold and the trees; that whispered a soft farewell at sunset. urorocrKT, but, hanged Remarkable Tribute To Memory Of Unfortunate, Brothers. One of the most remarkable funerals on record took place atNenagh, County Tlp-perary, Ireland, reccntlyaccoi'dlng to a news letter from Dublin. On -that occasion thousands of persons from all parts of the country came to witness the reinterment of; the bodies of two brothers named McCormack, hanged 50 years ago for the murder of Ellis, a land agent of Loughmore Some years after the execution another man confessed that he was the author of the crime for which the -McCormacks suffered. When some time ago the old jail was closed and passed into the possession of a community of nuns'a movemenf was set on foot to get possession of the remains of the men who were hanged and reinter them in the family burying place.

A subscription list was opened, and a good sum was subscribed. On the day appointed for the memorial funeral a body of men, carrying two richly mounted coffins, arrived at the convent, formerly the old jail, and, with the permission of the nuns, began to dig in the spot where the alleged culprits had been interred, and soon exposed the skeletons. were placed in the coflins and, followed by a large crowd, were carried to Nenagh, where they lay in state. At the requiem mas3, which was celebrated in the local church, 50 clergymen were present. THe church was" crowded with people, and the congregation, as well as those In the streets, wore mourning bands tied with green ribbon.

Afterward a procession was formed, and the bodies were removed to Loughmore for interment. In the procession were 20 bands, which played the dead march, and there were 600 cars and 10,000 Banners bearing mottoes such as "Innocent." "Not Guilty," "Innocency Rewarded" were carried during the day. The shops were closed in Nenagh and the blinds were drawn. OUR 3,000,000 DRUG FIENDS Startling Estimate Made By A Government Official. There are something like 3,000,000 drug fiends in the United states.

Such, at least, is the estimate made by Prof. L. B. Kebler, chief of the division of chemistry, United States Department of Agiiculture. Over 100 sanitaria are advertising for patients from' among the drug-ridden masses, and there are many others, conducted by physicians of more or less reputation, that do not advertise.

During the last quarter of a century the use of opium has more than doubled, and in every city hospitals are crowded with sufferers from some form or another Of opium poisoning. Twenty-five years ago cocaine was unknown; today it is said that this country alone is importing 150,000 ounces a year, and at that the enormous demand is not met. The import duty of $16 a pound does not force the price high enough to make, it prohibitive to the enslaved users. Use of the drug Is steadily spreading, especially among the Ignorant classes negroes particularly falling ready victims to its alluring menace. Professor Kebler calls attention to increase of the formation of the drug habit among children, and deplores thegeneral Ignorance among mothers the, nature of many drugs that, are being poured down the throats of little ones in arms.

Many soothing syrups, he says, contain habit-forming agents through their use habits are formed that become a curse in later life. REJOICING IN THE NORTHWEST The Wool Clip Is Heavy And The Prices High. The. wool clip of the Pacific Northwest will exceed last year's by several million pounds. The total amount of wool produced in Washington and according to dealers, wilj be close to 14,000,000 pounds, says a recent dispatch from Seattle.

The price is high this summer and sheepmen are rejoicing, perhaps for the last time. The encroachment of settlers and grain farmers on the sheep-grnzing lands is gradually working toward the ruin of the wool industry. This spring several of the largest sheep men took, their best stock and went to. Old Mexico, where just over the line from Arizona there Is plenty of room and good grazing. The sheep business In Central Oregon will also be broken up by the invasion of the Great Northern's Des Chutes branch of railroad.

This road will bring thousands of farmers into the fertile valleys heretofore occupied by sheep herders. AUCTION ROOM ROMANCES Fabulous Prices Paid For Thins Thought To Be Of Little Value. Women who love to attend auction sales and what woman does not? would find many thrills, no doubt, In going over the records of Christie's, London, perhaps the most famous auction house' in the world. Many romances of life are concealed in commonplace entries upon the books of this noted firm. Here, for example, is an entry in one of their catalogues "Some odd pieces of china, the property of two aged "ladies in Warwickshire." The "two aged ladies" were, in fact, peasant women whose lives were closing in bitter grinding poverty.

In hope of keeping starvation from their door for a week or two they sent a few old pieces of china, their only treasures, to London for sale, hoping that they might bring a few shillings perhaps' a sovereign. Imagine their amazement -when they received a check for $3,600. They did not know the value' of their odds and ends of china, which happened, to include a large dish of Limoges enamel and part of a service which had once graced the table of Mme. de Pompadour. The, records of Christie's are full of similar examples of sensational prices realized by articles which were considered almost valueless.

Recently white Chelsea groups, which had been bought for $5 some yearn wriiw rnnnfl an eager purchaser for 26 Chelsea plates, which a few months before bad changed hands for $10, were snapped up by an African, millionaire for $2,600, and a well-known collector became the proud possessor for $1,600 of a white Chelsea group of "Hercules aifal Omphale," for which the original owner paid $2.62. Quite recently the Gabbitas biberon, in the form of a grotesque animal in rock-crystal. 12 inches high, realized the colossal gum of a black vase of enameled porcelain was sold to Mr. Du-veen for $12,500, and $50,000 was the price paid for four lots of old tapestry, the property of a French Comte. Even at Christie's few sales have been more remarkable than that of Mr.

Hawkins' collection of snuff-boxes, five alone of which realized $61,750. So careless was the collector of his treasures that, one of the boxes a Louis XV oblong" gold 1 for which Mr. Duveen gladly paid $27,000, was actually found in the drawer of a washstand. When I consider Life and its few years -A, -wisp of fog betwixt us and the sun; -A call to battle, and the battle done Ere the last echo dies within our ears; A rose choked In the grow; an hour of fears; The gusts that past a darkening shore do beat; The burst of music down an unlistening street I wonder at the idleness of tears. Ye old, old dead, and ye of yesternight, Chieftains and bards and keepers of the gheep, By every cup of sorrow that you had.

Loose me from tears, and make mo see aright. How each hath back what once he stayed to weep: Homer his sight, and David hi3 little lad! From "A Wayside Lute," by Uzette Woodworth Seeatt Revolutionary War" the tract sold at 100 pounds sterling, a very small value if the j. buildings upon It were of any size or pretension. The next record of the property was an escheat patent granted by the Lord Pro- 'now known as Moore's New Market Re- survey, for 80 pounds sterling" to James Johnson, a merchant at Johnson held the property for. 13 years and then having moved to Virginia sold It to another Annapolis Merchant, James Dick, by name, for 100 pounds sterling.

This deed was dated July 10, 1760. James Dick evidently purchased it for another or tired of his bargain, because on October 31, 1760, he resold -it to Sarah Ramsey, who is called an "inholder," an obsolete term used in ancient legal documents to indicate one living in or on the property. This is the first intimation on the records of a dwelling on the estate. We again find record of "Moore's New Market Resurvey," the resurvey being dated "11th March, 1801." It reads "By virtue of a special warrant of resurvey, granted out of the Western Shore Land Oflice of the State of Maryland to Anne Urquhart, of the county aforesaid, bearing date 15th day of July, 18 00, to resurvey a tract or parcel of land called Moore's THE OLD HOUSE New Market, lying in the county aforesaid, originally on the 7th day of July, 1737, granted James Moore for 225 acres to correct and amend the errors in the said original survey, to add the contingent land and reduce the whole into one entire tract, etc." The resurvey showed 301 acres, a tract that has since been somewhat cut up. The title to the property passed Jn 1802 from John Mercer Stevens to Anne who apparently died without will, vesting the property in Jane Trquhart Tales Of Indian Fights.

There are dramatic Indian records of this portion of the Severn river. In the Council proceedings recorded in the archives of Maryland, under the date September 2, 1681, mention is made of John Marriott, the pioneer whose "house at the head of Anne Arundel river, upon the Ridge formerly Peter Porter's" was beset by Seneca Indians, whom he held at bay with his gm while his wife and children escaped to a neighboring plantation. Also LOOKS TODAY there is a tale of a hunter roaming with his dog through the woods who heard Indian warwhoops and sought to escape notice by hiding with his dog in the hollow of a tree. As the savages pissed the tree the dog barked, the hunter was discovered and tied to a stake and burned to death while the Indians executed a wardance about the victim. Later when corn-husking and cider-pressing time, came the Indians came to assist in the merrymaking and the white settlers added copious quantities of rum to the cider of which the Indians drank' freely until stupid and went into the barn to sleep off the effects.

It was then the pioneers avenged their companion's death. Barricading the barn, they fired it, and the Indians who had burned the white settler, were consumed. Novel Plan Of Development. The present owner of Red Point Farm is Mr. William B.

Fogarty, assistant United States Naval Constructor, and the youngest constructor In the United States service, at Cramp's shipyard, He is a graduate of the Naval Academy at Annapolis and honor man of the class of 1889-90. It-is his purpose to develop the tract along the unique plan of an Indian village, murdered and burled in the old cellar. Afraid ui ine The colored people of the neighborhood are still superstitious and afraid to go there night, and some who have stayed there recently tell marvelous tales of supernatural manifestations. An old colored woman, "Liz Dorsey," lived in the abandoned house last year, but soon moved away, saying she "certainly was skeered of ghosts." The negroes cherish a tradition of an old gray rabbit as big as a fox which inhabits the site of the family graves and for 25 years has defied hunters and dogs. At night on the stroke of 12 o'clock he appears with a long gray beard, wearing a tall silk hat and walking with a cane.

It is well known that an old and wary rabbit does frequent the hills, but concerning his ghostly transformations at "the hour when graveyards yawn." Well, the seeker did not visit the spot at night Had Beautiful Gardens. Miss Carrie F. Morgan, of the Cross-Roads, writes: "When my father came to END VIEW OF the neighborhood the place was owned by Dr. Brown. It was said to be very beautiful with gardens and groves.

The Browns owned quite a number of slaves, and the remains of some of the old quarters were still to be seen when Mr. Clements went there." How It Got Its JTamel The "Red Point Farm" takes its pic turesque name from the fact that the por tion of it furthest from the county road is a high, wooded bluff that overhangs the head of the Severn river and this point of land has a red clay soil strata, which at time of flood is said to dye the water flowing past it a deep red. It has another less euphonious name in the vicinity, being generally called "At the Head of the Gut ter Place, which refers to the fact that from the old house the road slopes downward like a gutter to Sewell's run. The stream is spanned by a white con crete bridge that gleams like marble amid overshadowing trees and is a sylvan dell which, for beauty and charm, seems fitted AS THE PLACE only to be the haunt of water sprites and wood nymphs. Geographically the tract is bounded on the east and northeast by the Severn river, upon the south by Sewell's run and upon the west by adjacent property.

Records Back To 1681. Its earliest name was "Shipley's and ifwas surveyed March 30, 1681 a tract of 200 acres by Adam Shipley, and was held later by Peter Porter and James Barnes. i According to St. Anne's Parish register on October 22, 1728, Richard Shipley (son apparently of Adam Shipley), married Ketura Barnes, and Loys Shipley- (daugh- ter presumably of Adam Shipley), married November 24, 1724, Basil Poole. Richard Shipley may have married twice, for in St.

Anne's Parish records for 1717 occurs the following: Born July 25, 1717, John Shipley, son of Richard Shipley and Susannah Shipley, his wifej baptized July 29, 1717. And still another record: "Born November 23, 1715, Keturah Shipleytl daughter of Robert Shipley and. Keturah: his wife, baptized July 29, 171T." Mr. Warfield In his "Founders of Ann Arundel ard Howard Counties," states: "Richard Shipley sold also to his sisters i i ilillliailiPi Orleans in 1802 the battalion was on amy oo aays ana uiu yeumuu shto In in consideration of its past serv ices and its record in the Civil War, the Washington Artillery was mustered into the State service under special terms, the command maintaining its independence and being directly under the authority of the Governor of the State, acting as a sort of independent bodyguard. At the outbreak of the war with Spain the Washington Artillery volunteered.

The Government called upon it to furnish one battery for the war, and this battery was recruited from the battalion. It went Into quarters at Jackson barracks and was ready to take the field when the war suddenly closed. Offered For Pnty In China. When the Boxer troubles broke out the battalion offered Its services to the Government for service in China, a proposition unique in the annals of the National Guard. In December of last year the battalion was mustered into the National Guard of Louisiana under the Dick bill, and it has recently been equipped with up-to-date arms and all the adjuncts of a modern battalion of artillery.

Its present commander is Major Allison Owen, who was elected to the command in June," 1909, having been a member of the battalion 14 years and its adjutant 10 years. Under Major Owen the battalion has been brought to a high state of efficiency and is one of the few battalions of volunteer artillery In the country. In 1884 the battalion entertained the officers of the Fifth Maryland Regiment, and the Baltimore soldiers had the time of their lives in New Orleans. The command has gained a national reputation as host, and has entertained many famous militia commands, including the Seventy-first New York, the Boston Lanciers, the Richardson Zouaves, of Indianapolis the Chatham Artillery, of Savannan the Vicksburg Southrons, the Richmond Howitzers and the Albany Burgesses Corps, of Albany, New York. Among the visits paid by the battalion have been the trip to Dubuque, Iowa, to attend a competitive drill in 1884, the centennial celebration in New York in 1889, the unveiling of the Lee statue in Richmond in 1890, the World's Fair at Chicago in 1893 and the St.

Louis Exposition in 1904. When General Butler took possession of New Orleans in 1862 he confiscated the arsenal of the Washington Artillery on Girod street. After the war this arsenal was sold to private parties, who still own it. It bears on the front of the building the crossed cannon and medallions of George Washington. Has A Fine Arsenal.

In 1880 the battalion purchased its pres ent fine armory on St. Charles street. This is one of the best-equipped arsenals in the South, and contains a collection of relics of incalculable value. Among these is Julio's famous painting, "The Last Meeting of Lee and Jackson." The battalion also ha? several valuable flags. These include a silk flag presented to the command in 1846 and carried in the Mexican War, and a flag of similar design presented in 1885 and.

marked with the names of the 60 battles In which the battalion took part. The battalion also has one of the first three Confederate battle flags ever made. These three battle flags were made by the Misses Cary, of Baltimore, and presented by them. to Generals Van Dorn, Johnston and Beauregard. That presented to General Beauregard was sent by him to the Washington Artillery for safekeeping.

When New Orleans fell the precious flag was sent to Havana, where it remained until after the close of the war. The tiger head and motto "Try Us" have been the emblem of the Washington Artil lery since its earliest days. The flag carried by the command In the Mexican War bears the tiger head with open jaws. Since the Civil War the tiger head and motto have been used on the veteran medal, on the guidons, belt plates and stationery. The command, however, should not be confused with the "Louisiana Tigers." The latter was an infantry command in the Confederate Army, known officially as Wheat's Battalion.

Wheat's command played a conspicuous part in the first battle of Manassas, and the valor of the "Tigers" became the subject of camp gossip throughout both armies. After that nearly all the Louisiana infantry commands In the Southern army were called "tigers" by the Union troops, but Wheat's Battalion was the original of that name. Major Allison Owen, commander, of the battalion is a son of Major W. M. Owen, who served with the battalion in the Civil' War and who wrote an interesting history rf the command, now out of print, "In Camp and Battle with the Washington Artillery." Uniform la The uniform of the battalion Is a striking one light-blue trousers, dark-blue frock coat, with red facings, and blue kepi, with red trimmings.

When the command went to the front with the Confederate Army It wore its blue uniform, which caused a lot of confusion, the men being mistaken for the enemy. Later the elaborate blue garb was discarded for the bobtailed gray jacket and old slouch hat of the "Johnny Reb." When the battalion was reorganized in 1875 the men, being veterans of the Confederate Army, adopted a uniform of gray and. red, but they soon returned to their old uniform of which they; still wear on dress occasions. The glory of the', battalion, belongs not alone to New Orleans or Louisiana It belongs to the Ever ready in the past to respond to the call to arms, the Washington Artillery will always be found in the front rank of the country's defenders, its blood-red banner and snarling tiger head flashing a grim invitation to the enemy "Try Ufc 5 I Mm -frv A WASHINGTON ARTILLERY 1 JQ itetairie Cemetery I 4.