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A WAR ROMANCE.
How General Mcmahon Loved a Fair
Virginia Girl.

How General Mcmahon Loved a Fair
Virginia Girl.
Happening to meet General Martin T.
McMahon downtown a day or two ago,
just after leaving the banking house OF
Work, Strong & Co., INDUCED in a rem
iniscence Mr.. Strong married the best
known girl in the South during the war,
and General Mcmahon tried his best to
marry the next best known. Half the
Army OF the Potomac knew of Alice
Smith, the belle of Alexandria, and q
large part of the army of Northern Vir-
glnia fell in love with Fanny Smith OF
Warrenton. The girls were not related.
They just happened to be named Smith,
and were beautiful as the dawn. Alice,
now Mrs. Strong, had all the manners
that would grace a court was highly edu-
Gated and high strung. She has two
grown daughters. Clifton Smith of the
Stock Exchange Is her brother.
General Mcmahon, then on the staff
of General Sedgwick, met and loved
Fanny Smith. No more gallant man went
to the front. He never made war. on
women and children. He was their pro-
tector and guardian, wherever he hap
pened to be stationed. His love for Fanny
was returned, but the girl declared that
she could never marry a Northern
said that If she would marry him
he would resign from the army at once
and take her, her mother and brother
George 30 Europe, there to remain until
the war was oyer. Still she refused.
Courted by the finest men in the army,
she could have selected any of them for a
husband, but her love for the dashing Nc
Mahon and her patriotism coming in col
lisIon caused her to sacrifice herself. She
became the wife of a farmer, and is living
to-day in the mountains, about twelve
miles from Warrenton.
If I mistake not, General Mcmahon had
rival in the affections of Fanny Smith.
He belonged to Mosby's command and
would gallop thirty or forty miles in a
night to get glimpse of her at breakfast
time. One he violated Mosby's orders
and came near being sent back to the reg.
ular service-the worst possible punish
ment for Mosby man. He rode through
the Yankee lines and stopped at She stiIe in
front of the Smith house for drink ol
water. Fanny, espying q familiar Con-
federate uniform, ran down with a piece
of pie, sat on the stile and talked with the
stranger. He loved her from that m mute,
and it was nip and tuck between him and
General Mcmahon. She made confirmed
bachelors of both. Both live here to-day.
They ought to meet and talk it over.-New
York Press.
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savannah,s Round rover.

''Visitors to Savannah" said Henry b.
Galloway of that city at the Riggs House
last evening, "exhibit great interest in a
small, round tower that is easily discern
ible when approaching the CITY from the
sea. 1t is Of stone, moss-grown and ivy
covered. The residents of the neighbor-
hood are fond of telling thrilling Stories
OF the part the fort played In Spanish and
Indian warfare, and they say that it was
built about the time st. Augustine was
founded.
The truth of the matter is that the
tower was erected by the United States
Government during the war of 1872. It
saw some little service during the slate
unpleasantness," but did not figure in anv
great action on promontory. At present
1t is used as reporting and signal station.
and frequently in the summer season par.
ties OF bathers and fishermen make it their
headquarters when on expeditions from
iybee and other seashore resorts. Wash
ington Times.
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UNIDENTIFIED GRAVES.
Records on Soldiers Headstones
in National Cemeteries
Incomplete.
An Appeal Will Be Made TO Congress
by the Grand Army to Repeal
Obnoxious Features.

That noted military chieftain Sir John
Falstaf esteemed the private soldier
food for powder and good enough to fill
pit. And when nice review is taken
OF the events and the services of the men
who shaped the history of the country.
beginning in 1861 ana ending four years
later, it would seem as if the words of
that bacchanalian prince were good
enough TO express the sentiments of
many as they now regard the men who
filled the ranks of the Union army during
the darkest days of the countrys peril.
The average private soldier has not
figured largely in eulogy, but this fact is
no reason why the soldiers grave should
not be properly marked and his last rest
ng-place easily preserved for identifica-
ton.
Among the sacred acre. which hold the
dust of the soldiers of the war for the
preservation of the Union are thos at
the Presidio in this City.
One would expect to find a community
in death here and the accidental distinc-
ton in rank and uniform left behind. but
such is not the case. There is set aside
plat for officers, within whose sacred pre.
cincts the remains of no insensate enlisted
man is permitted to rest, but in another
pal VI CAS hdiAOWSO RrOunQ t0e remains
of the common soldier are inferred and
his last resting-piace is often treated with
a disregard OF law and order.
This matter the Grand Army of the Re-
public in San Francisco has at last taken
up, and its members will make an appeal
to Congress and the Legislature for re-
dress.
The original act of Congress- approved
February %, 1867 made it mandatory Tor
the quartermaster' department. to furnish
on requisition headstone on which was
to be graved the name, rank, company
and regiment OF every deceased indi-
gent soldier, but the act was amended
june g. 1872, which changed the ,provi-
sions of the first, and making the head
stones contain only the name and State,
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QUEER THINGS ABOUT BAgss.
Their Shape and Size Generally an In
dex to Character.

Their Shape and Size Generally an In
dex to Character.
The Anthropological Society met re-
Gently in the parlors of the Cosmos Club,
Madison place and H street northward.
DIR. d. s. Lamb opened with a lecture
entitled "a Study in Ears There was a
pronounced difference in rs, he said.
even when the ears of animals of the same
species were considered. This, tog ther
with the different opinions of the several
specialties, made positive figures almost
impossible. Generally speaking, however,
there were relative marks which gave a fair
index of the character.
For instance, it was nearly positive that
in the brute kingdom, at least, small,
weIl-formed ears meant intelligence. The
size of the ears showed much Taxing a
basis of fifty degrees for the medium
organ, the difference could be traced mi
nutely. Fhe professor illustrated these re-
marks with the aid of charts, compiled
from Topinard indexes.
Again, he said, there was much in the
position of the ear. Some claimed that
the organs ext nsion from the head inyar-
iably meant criminality, all other things
being equal. Of course, other than nat
ural influences might have something to
do with that observation, admitting, as an
example that child sleeping on one ear
constantly would cause the organ of that
side to grow near the head.
Head dress in certain countries affected
this TO some extent. The power of NOV
ing the organ Of hearing portrayed to
a certain extent the influences OF life
Animals in constant danger had this
power to remarkable degree, but Darwin
claimed that man bad lost it entirely
through the general absence of its need.
Still, some people could move the ear re-
markably well, especially upward and
backward. Returning to the fiat ear the
doctor said that some claimed animals
which used their teeth as weapons always
had the fat ear He would not youch for
s.-Washlngton Post.
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from which the soldier had enlisted, to-
gether with sim pie number on his grave.
1t is the later law which Grand Army
comrades will seek to have repealed, as
the omission of the company and regi-
ment on the headstones is an injustice to
the memory of the deceased soldier. In
the plat of George Fl. Thomas Post in the
National Cemetery at TIE Presidio there
are seven comrades buried in this way.
Grand Army men claim that the history
of the soldier should be engraved on his
tombstone, and the plan of placing mum
bers thereon, an act so suggestive of past
penal servItude or a pauper's fate, be
abrogated.
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NAMED CITY AND
STATE OFFICERS
Citizens Independent Con-
vention Adds to It's
List.
CAL EWING PROMOTED.
Supervisors Selected After Be-
ing Carefully Investi-
gated.
I. ]. TRUMAN a FAVoRITE.
Three State Senators and Two Assem-.
bIymen Who Will Enter the
Race for Sacramento
SUPERVISORS.


Seventh Ward G. Grambarth, $50
Howard street.
Ninth Ward-C. G. Pierce, go Stanley
place.
Eleventh ward-I. j. Truman, Twen-
tieth street and San Carlos avenue.
Twelfth Ward-J. C. ConweIl, 15131z
Ellis street.
STATE SENATORS.
Twenty fifth Senatorial District-L. e.
Jarrett, 1900 Mason street.
Seventeenth enatOrial District-OIiver
Murray, S41 Howard street.
Nineteenth Senatorial District-CaIvin
Ewing, eos San Jose avenue.
ASsEMBLYMEN.
Twenty eighth District-Thomas Wat
son, 172 Howard street.
Thirty-eighth District-B. N. Tryon,
1SO41< Golden Gate avenue.
One hundred and thirty five delegates
to the Citizens Independent Convention
lRbored zealously at their meeting last
night in making selections from the nu-
merous candidates.
By the time the convention adjourns
Chairman Fitch will have acquired suffi-
tactics to enable him to supercede Cush-
ing or Roberts in the production of man.
ual governing legislative bodies.
And as for Secretary King bury his
scholastic rudimeptary knowledge will
be vastly increased every time he reads
his minutes as they are transcribed on his
book.
The convention settled down to business
Immediately after being called to ord er,
and at once proceeded to select suitable
Assemblymen for the Twenty-eighth and
Thlrty-eighth Districts. Thomas Watson
of 172 Howard street got the honors for
the former, while B. n. Tryon of 19041z
Golden Gate avenue won out on the latter.
The honor of being a holdoYer Senator
from the Queen City of the Pacific fell to
/. E. Jarrett, a young and prominent at
torney from the Twenty-ffth, while Oliver
Murray of S41 Howard street sandwiched
in on the Seventeenth District, between
the Twenty-6fth and the Nineteenth,
which Calvin Ewing, the present popular
Assem- blyman from the Thirty-tifth has
represented In the last Legislature, when
he ran independent and came in hand
some winner.
Having disposed of these aspirants for
State honors the convention made care
full examination of the exhibits produced
had been selected by the convention to
examine candidates for the position of
Supervisors.
After the analytical test had been ap-
piled the convention decided that the fol-
lowing named citizens would be afforded
an opportunity of having their names
printed on that pink colored sheet known
in law as the official ballot:
Seventh Ward-C. Grambarth, dealer
in cigars, who resides at $50 Howard
street.
Ninth Ward-C. G. Pierce, an old and
respected drayman, who resides at %
Stanley place.
Eleventh Ward-I. ]. Truman, the WE'LL
known banker and president of the Civic
Federation, who resides at Twentieth
street and San Carlos avenue.
Twelfth Ward-J. G. Conwell, the man.
ager of the Indiana Bicycle Company, who
resides at 15131S Ellis street.
Having disposed of this amount of busi-
ness, the convention adjourned until to-
night, when the remaining Supervisors
will be nominated.
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Phillips viii Recover.

Philip Phillips, the despondent tailor, at 5
Eddy street, who swallowed dose of chloro-
form on Wednesday, did not make success of
his attempt TO commit suicide. Yesterday he
had so far recovered as TO permit of his being
removed from the Receiving Hospital. Phillips
was member of one of the lodges of Fores ters
and was said to be about 500 short in his ae-
counts as treasurer. Whether it was business
troubles or temporary insanity that caused
him 70 Try to end his life is not known.
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-26
Grand Mass Meeting.

Tomorrow afternoon, at 3 o'clock, in the
auditorium of the Young Mems Christian
Association, corner of Mason and Ellis streets,
there will be grand union mass-meeting, to
be addressed by Miss Anna H. Shaw. Mrs.
Sarah b. Cooper will preside and introduce
the speaker Rev. George C. Adams of st. Louis
will also assist and several city pastors will take
part in the service. The body of the hail will
be reserved for men, and the gallery and bal
cony for ladies. The services will be omen free
to all. The public invited.
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a Dangerous Game.

Alfred Fawks, a lad years of age, living at
1SA Ringold street. lies at the Receiving Hos
pital with a fractured skull, the result of play
ing "duck-on-a-rock," game very popular
with boys. He and several companions were
amusing themselves on the street, and one of
rock with large cobblestone. In the excite
ment of the game young Fawks got his head
within the line of fire and the cobbles tone
fractured his skull. He will probably recover.
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A Family OnarreI.

Gustav Schultz, photographer, was arrested
on charge of battery yesterday on complaint
OF his sister. The two conduct photograph
ing gallery and from all accounts they do not
get along well together. II is stated that on
Thursday Schultz pushed his sister along
long hallway to get her out of his way as She
disturbed him by talking too much. The sister
retaliated by causing her brothers. arrest.
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BALLOON vARNIsH-A Subscriber, City. There
are several kinds of varnishes used on silk
balloons to prevent the escape of gas. Good
boiled linseed oil, if allowed to dry thoroughly
and harden, forms an excellent varnish. An
other varnish is made in the following proper
tions OF materials: Indiarubber cut small,
one pound; oil of turpentine, six pounds; and
boiled drying oil, one gallon. Digest the india
rubber In the turpentlne, keeping it in warm
place for one week, frequently shaking the
The San Francisco call., 1896-09-26

PRoBATTNG Will. D., City. A person who
is the custodian of Will in this State must
file it within thirty days after receiving notice
of the death of the maker of the will After
will has been filed and petition for probate
presented such petition must be heard not
earlier than ten days after the fling and not
later than thirty days. Then there follows a
publication to creditors.
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TRANSIT OF VENUs-A. g., City. The transit
OF Venus across the face of the sun commenced
at ;4O P. NJ, December 8, 1874, and ended at
20 minutes past L O'Clock on the following
morning. No part of the passage was visible
In the United states, but the last third was
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SHIRT TAB-E. G. g., Livermore, Cal. The
name shirt tab'' is that given to small
piece OF linen at the bottom of q mans shirt
front. having button-hole in the same This
zap answers the double purpose of holding up
Ing the shirt front from crawling up.
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vessel in which the mixture is held during
that time, then place it in 8 warm bath and
gradually heat it until the solution be COM
pleted Next add the oil previously warmed;
gently simmer tor five minutes, stirring the
mixture all the while; after while closely
Yarnish is cold, strain 1t through flannel.
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Nickel, Copper and Bronze.

short his education and made him prepare
for the stage, but in this he proved a
1aliure and he engaged in teaching. His
natural protector died in 1924, and he
his extraordinary talent had departed,
ana ne was in every respect an ordinary man
ne continued his studies at Burlington Col
lege, VT, joined the Methodists in 1925, was
an 1tinerant preacher for nine yesrs, published
ms memoirs in 1888 and became professor of
ian uages s IN Norwich in 1887 and died there
IN the 36th year of his age.
INTERNATIONAL BIMETALLIsM-A E. B., CITY.
Those who favor international btmetallisn,
desire that the different countries of the
world shall adopt double standard, gold and
silver, and that the two metals shall he main
tanned at a parity, and that the coin of one
country shall pass current in any country
party 10 the agreement. Upon what system
possible to tell, as there is no knowing what
might be done by congress of people that is
only remote possibility.
BED BUes-J. C. h., City. If the he'd brr.
are in the bedstead one way to DESTROY them is
TO use benzine, applied with spring bottom
oier, SO as to efectually force the liouid into
the cracks and crevices. If in clothing the ar
ticles should be washed in weak solution ~
enlorlae OF zinc; II in a papered room clean
the paint OF the room thoroughly, and set in
the center OF the room dish CONTAINING fonr
ounces OF birthstone. Light il and close tba
lo1in l as t1sn as posslole and close up the kew
holes. Let 1t remain for three or four hour;
then open the room and air thoroughly. The
fumes OF the birthstone will turn the paint tn a
Yellowlsh white These remedies are given in
the books. -
WASHINGTON, D. CT. NJ. B.. Oakland. Cal
washington, D. c., the capital city of the
United States, is in the District of CoInmbia
on the Potomac River, between the Anacosta
and Rock Creek. 1t was originally called Fed
erai City, but it was afterward named in honor
OF General George Washington. 1t is popularity
known as the 'City of Magnificent Distances ;'
II Is on the east bank of the Potomac, about
lattude 80 deg. So min. SO sec north, and
aaao aeg; min. and 4S.sec. west of Greenwich: !:
% miles southwest Of Baltimore, 1O6 north
west OF the mouth of the Potomac 1877 miles
southwest OF Philadelphia and 226 miles
sSouthwest Ssnaih 20 Of New York City. Its extreme
lengtn is "A miles. its extreme breadth 3s<
mles, lts circumference IA miles, area 91$
s9uare miles, mean elevation above the river
40 feet and highest point 1O4 feet.
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RATIo-E. G. g., Livermore CAL The com.
merclsl value OF gold and silver fixes the ratio
OF the one metal to the olbar and this Is fxed
by the demand and supply In 1873 the ra tic
oI SILVER to to gold was 1922, at present 1t is
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LEGAL TENDER IN CALIFoRNIA-E. T. t., Oak
land, Cal. There is nothing in the constitu-
ton Of the State of California that declares
Snat silver shall be legal tender only in sums
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THE FIGHT AT CHANTILLY-R. s. L.. City.
The fight between Sullivan and Mitchell at
Chantilly, France, March 10, 1888, was de-
clared a draw after thirty-nine rounds
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DEMoNE1IzE-E. G. s., Liyermore, Cal. To
demonetize silver or other metal used as coin
is 10 dtvest it of standard monetary value
such as Withdrawing it from use as money on
oepeivlng 1t OF the character of money. De
monenzaton is the act of decentralization.
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MINTs-Two Subscribers, City. The larges
mint in the United States is the parent mint a
Philadelphia. 1t has the largest capacity ant
at this time turns ont the greatest amount o
coin
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MALE AND FEMALE. C. H., City The only
official figures showing the division OF the
sexes in the United States are those of the
census of 1890. According to these there
were 80, ,667, $50 males and 30.554,3 $40 fe-
males. You have the figures and can work
out the percentage.
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MONEY IN Observation-Disclosures, Modesto
Cal. The following shows the amount OF
money in circulation in the United States
from 1860 to 1895 inclusive:
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DEER. IN MARIN CoUNTY-o. s., City. Accord
ing to latest advices received by the Office of
the Fish Commissioners who are the D ote
tors of fish and game in this State, the dee
season in Marin County opens on July Is an,
closes on September following.
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PALMER JR.-Mrs. NJ. E., City. There is no
opera company with Palmer Jr. at this time.
MI. Palmer is making tour of the Continent
bu siuess
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sULLIvANCoRBETT-C B. B., Jackson, Cal.
The contest between John L. Sullivan and
James J. Corbett was on the 9TH of September.
1oSz, at New Orleans, La, twenty-one rou nds,
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CHILE-M. j. G., Baden, Cal. The Envoy Ex-
Vaordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary from
Chile to the United States is Senior Don Do
mingo Cana
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Answers to Correspondents

CALIFORNIA GoLD-L. B., Oakland, Cal. Cali
fornie from 1s48 TO 1894, inclusive, has pro-
duced gold of the value, in the aggregate, of
81, ,253, ,1l5,604.
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WILLIAM McKINLEY's AGE-w., Rio Vista
Cal. William Mckinley, Republican candi
date for the Office of President of the United
States, was born at Niles, Ohio, on the 26th OF
February, 1S44.
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NO oBJEcrIoN-A. 8. Alameda, CAL The
creed you name in your communication has
not onered any objection TO the Drake prayer
cross in Golden Gate Park
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COINAGE AT THE MINTs-J. C. D., Forest Ranch,
Cal. The coinage at the United States mints
since the organization of the first one ct Phila-
delphia in 1892 up TO December 81, 1894, was
as follows:
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PAYMENTS IN SILVER. NJ h, Hengy, Butte
County, Cal United States standard dollars
are legal tender in an unlimited amount un-
less otherwise expressed in the contract. Sub
sidiary silver coin, which includes half dol
lars, quarters and dimes. is legal tender to the
extent of $40 only. Standard silver dollars
are not exchangeable for gold but are ex-
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CIVIL sERvIcE-A Subscriber, City. By an
plying to w. A. stowell, in the Office of the sec
retary to the Postmaster, in the Postofice
building, you will obtain all the Information
you desire about Postofice appointments nm
der civil service rules
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NEW WEsTERN HOTEI

Z EARNY AND WASHINGTON srs-pp
~ modelled and renovated. KING, WARD A. On
european plan Rooms SOC TO 81 so per day. ~
% 20 per week, IS to $50 per month: tree baths:
hot and cold water every room: fire sratas n;
every roomi elevator runs allnight.
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FIvEB OF '36-J. A. G., City There is no
premium on $5 gold piece of 1886.
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HIsToRY-E. 7. T.. Oakland, Cal AS this de-
partmsnt is not advertising the merits of any
of the histories and so-called histories of Cali
fornia, it would refer you for an answer to any
frst-class book-dealer or to any librarian.
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| changeable for silver certificates or smaller
silver coin. There is nothing 10 prevent your
friend going to bank with 500 in stand
ard silver dollars and asking that the same be
exchanged for hve twenty-dollar pieces even
up, but he would not receive them. As a mat
ter OF accommo dation the sub-treasurer in San
FRANCISCO would exchange gold for silver, but
that practice was recently stopped by order
from the Treasury Department
The FowLERs-N. s. M. East Oakland, Cal.
Lorenzo Fowler, who died in the East short
time since, was brother of Orson Squire Fow-
Ter. The last named was born in Cohocton, N
T., October IL, 1909, and died in Sharon Sta
tion, same State. August Is, 1887. He was a
wellknown phrenOlogist, and in 1893 took
gan the publication of the PhrenOlogicaI Jour-
nal. In 1S43 they admitted Samuel R. Wells
as member OF the firm and the firm became
known as Fowler & Wells. In 1865 Orson s.
Fowler withdrew, and after that up to within
a month of his death, he lectured all over the
United States. 1t was he who visited San
Francisco.
ZERAH CoLBURN-E. G. g., Livermore, Cal.
Zerah Colburn, the lightning calculator, was
born in Cabot, VT, September 1, 1904, and
died at Norwich. IN the same State, on March
2, 1910. His strange mathematical power de-
veloped itself at the age of years. and his
father rejecting the offer of Professor Wheelock
president of Dartmouth, to give him an educa-
tion, put him on exhibition as a prodigy. In
Boston. in 1911, he astonished the learned
as well as the public, and thence was
carried to the South, and in 1872 was ia ken to
England. In Paris, Fance, he instantly gave
the factors of 4, ,294, ,967. .297 (announced rs a
prime numberl, the cube root of 26S-
336, ,125. etc. He studied for short
of Bristol placed him in Westminster
School from 1916 to 1919, but his father cut