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the cares of workingman's household,
she yet found time to read much and to
encourage two of her children in their
studies The admiral, William, and his
sister. Lizzie were both naturally stu
dious, and between these three. the
mother, the son and the daughter, there
sprung up a warm companionship and
friendliness which meant more to them,
perhaps. than their kinship.
The boy Sampson was exceedingly
handsome, although shy and dignified.
His friend, Pliny p. Sexton, who is now
the president of the village bank of
Palmyra, said of him: II don't remem-
Der that he ever played games, nor that
he ever took any part in the pranks
which are common among schoolboys.
He was much too busy. 1t was neces-
sary for him to go home the moment
school was out TO help his father, or TO
do chores for the neighbors. have seen
MIN many times spading garden or
saving wood or digging bitches with
his father while the rest Of us were off
to play ball or to skate. But this made
no difference in our regard for him. He
was always one of the best-liked bows
in school, although ne was never what
would be called popular. His friends in
school called him VIII, never Billy. He
was invariably at the head of his class,
and We We're not surprised afterward
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If anybody thinks that it is an easy
matter to count seventy-five million
of anything, let him try counting up to
one million, as an experiment He Will
find that by the persistent and regular
expenditure of breath and energy for
twelve hours day he can reach that
result in a week The entire task,
therefore, would keep him steadily en-
gagged for more than a year.
This simple test will give an approx
mate idea of the enormous proportions
of the task involved when the seventy
five million units are scattered over
some six million square miles of the
earth's surface, and when it is neces-
sary not merely to enumerate them.
but to find out dozen different facts
about each one. Yet this is precisely
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over, he was man of powerful ply
sique and clean morally, with "a certain
quiet dignity which makes a workman
honored, whatever may be his work.
These circumstances, although negative
and unobtrusive, he bequeathed to his
children.
But what he lacked, his wife, the adj
mirafs mother, made up. By common
consent of those who remember them
well. Mrs. Sampson was a woman of
rare ability and native, though I'M
schooled culture. She was sweet, even
beautiful in face, and strong and steady
and kindly in character. She was
proud of her children and ambitious
with all the ambition that mother-love
could feel for their advancement, both
spiritually and in the great world of af-
fairs. She was a deeply religious wom-
an. and as long as she kept her health,
every Sunday found her in the pew of
the old Presbyterian church in the main
street of the village.
Although the mother of a large fam
lily of children and weighted down with
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the information and compiling it for
publication. For the former purpose
10000 enumerators will be employed
They will gather all the data relating
TO population, except in institutions
where special enumerators will be APP
pointed from among the officials of the
establishments. The data relating &c,
manufactures and mechanical indus
tries will be of a higher grade and more
liberal compensation than the enumer-
ators. The third method of gathering
information will be by correspondence
and the examination of printed docu-
ments of all kinds. This will be car
ried on in the central office.
1.-The enumerators will be local APP
pointees in all parts of the country
There will be one for each township
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APPARATUS FOR THE NEW SYSTEM OF CENSUS TAKING

work of the bureau would cost the gov
eminent 5000 per year. This example IS
only one of many illustrations that could
be given of the Importance Of having ef-
ficient and rapid work
Taking into account tie saving of
time and the increase in efficiency. a
building costing $4,000 would pay for
itself in one year. and in five years. or
the duration of one census. would save
to the government three-fourthS of 4
million dollars There Is some reason to
believe that if the new building is found
to meet the requirements of the bureau.
1t will be purchased by congress for the
permanent home of the census
while it Is impossible TO estimate be-
forehand the expense of taking the CEN
sus it is pretty certain. on the most eco
nomical basis. 10 amount TO more than
sloO0oO00 That is the minimum of what
it will cost us TO learn how great we have
become as nation.
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retired rocking chairs and cast off
clothing.
This house has all $een rebuilt
since the Sampson family lived here
explained my guide. Formerly
there were only a few rooms, but an
entire front portion has been built
on. the older house having been moved
further back from the. road
At present the building is substan
tial frame cottage. setting somewhat
into the hillside. 1t was here that the
admiral's father. James Sampson. set
tied in the late 30's. The elder Samp
son was an Irishman of sterling north
of Ireland Presbyterian stock. He
came to New York in 1896, before
railroad building in that western coun-
try had been dreamed of. Hannah
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Walker. who was afterward to become
his wife, came in the same expedition.
although they were not then acquaint-
ed. Sampson was at that time a plain
day laborer. Years later he did odd
jobs of carpentry and mason work. al
though TO the day of his death there
was never a time when he received
more than days wages. The admiral
was the oldest boy of a large family of
children.
After a struggle lasting many years,
the elder Sampson was able to lay
aside enough money to buy a lot across
from the cemetery, nearly a mile from
the village. where he built himself a
bit of cottage, story. and a half
high, with a comfortable veranda in
front, and a grape arbor reaching out
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mon; and an old-time printer of the
place, only recently dead, set up The
first copy of the Mormon Bible. Here
Joseph Smith won his first converts,
and here. of all places in the GRID.
he is without honor; his neighbors re-
member only his scheming laziness, his
strange expeditions for hidden 'ieas-
ure. and his almost mesmeric power
of personal influence.
Ii was here. too. near PALMYRA, That
spiritualism had its birth. The Eek
sisters of Hydeville held their first
seances and listened to the first spirit
rappinss. And here. also. the Fox
sisters are mentioned last. and only as
a curious product of an early lay.
But the whole Of the little town. ard
every man and woman and child wl'h-
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portance. for if the information sup
piled by the enumerators is faulty or
incomplete, no amount of care in the
central Office can remedy the defect.
The agents appointed to report on
special industries will be selected on
the basis of skill and experience. and
their employment will be in the nature
of expert work.
Nv men the machinery for the gath
ering of information is ready for oper-
alton. the blank schedules, in the form
of portfolios, will be sent out to all
enumerators. They will go about from
house to house. jotting down in proper
order the name. age, sex. nativity,
color, occupation, ETC., of each person.
When the enumerators nave thorough
ly covered their territory. the port
folios will be returned to Washington,
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in it. thrills with the very mention OF
the name Of Admiral Samps3 IN. ~! Of
the older men knew him personally and
the younger ones have seen him and
looked up to him since he became a
respected officer in the navy. And
whenever he shall deem it we'll II re-
turn TO the town of his birth they are
ready TO give MIN such q reception as
he never received before.
Ever since Admiral Simpsons vic
tory at Santiago. there has been 4
steadily increasing pilgrimage of
strangers to see the admiral's birth
place, and the little tumble down
school house where he studied his alb
c's, and the home opposite the ceme-
terry where he lived so many years
during his later boyhood. The room
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He Could Not DENY It.

During Tom Reeds early czarhood as
speaker of the house, back in 1889. when
the Democratic members were wild and
the whole country was agitated over his
mathematical attainmentS as Il quorum
counter. and the galleries were crowded
with a motley throng of eXpectant on
lockers. Il pleasing but unrecorded, Incl
dent occurred in the national bear gar
den, says the Cincinniti Commercial Ga
zette. From his speakertOrial aerie and
with many a gentle gesture about the
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ADMIRAL SIMPSONS B0YH00D DAYS
Pilgrimage
fViStOrS Which
SchoOhouse Where He Studied-Succes Was Predicted

where Sampson first saw the light of
day is hardly larger than the hall bed
room of a New York boarding house.
1t is UP long flight of stairs and
back in a corner.
When 1 raped at the door below and
suggested my errand the woman smiled
indulgently. 1t was early in the fore
noon, but was the second visitor there
that day. Yet she expressed the great
est willingness and pleasure in show
ing me the admiral's birthplace. The
room is vacant now, and Uttered with
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at one side. providing pleasant shade
for those who went beyond to the barn.
Here the numerous family of boys and
girls grew up.
The elder Sampson was man of ut
tie ambition. He was steady, ploddlng.
and dull-minded; he possessed few of
the active virtues, but in those of a
negative sort he was rich. Thus he was
temperate and self-controlled; he was
kindly in his family; he worked stead
lily and spent his evenings at home, and
what money he could he saved. More
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Besides being the birthplace of Adj
miral Sampson, the quiet little town of
Palmyra, III central New York, has two
other causes for attracting pilgrims. 1t
was once the home of Joseph Smith,
the first of the Mormon prophets. On a
little farm not far from town, which is
now the property of Admiral Sampson
himself, Smith is reported to have
found the mysterious golden plates
which contained the doctrine of MGR
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Virtually Lost.
Detroit Journal

"a woman cries at her wedding as IL
she had lost her best friend
We'll. she's made husband of him,
and il comes to the same thing
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Obedient Child.
(New York Journal. }

New York Journal.)
Mamma-Do stop whistling that tune.
Bobby 1t almost drives me crazy
Bobby-All right, mamma. What shall
/ whistle?
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
BERGEN CLUB.
STATE WHEELMEN MEET
Associated Cyclers Discuss Plans fo1
Season and FiE Dates.

The Associated Cyclers of New Jersey
met last night at Taylor's Hotel. The
meeting was called for the purpose of dis
cussing plans for the coming season and
fixing dates for the annual fixtures.
Delegates represented the following or
ganizations:-
Mantle Wheelmen, Clio Wheelmen, a
tie Point Cyclers, North Hudson County
Cyclers, Hamilton Wheelmen, Tourist
Wheelmen and Hackensack Wheelmen.
H. F. Roerke, of the Castle Point Cy-
clers presided. 1t was decided that on
April 80 a run for all the clubs In the
association be held throughout the state.
The clubs are to meet early in the day
and go through the Oranges.
The Irvington-Milburn twenty-five
The manner in which this affair has
been conducted in the past met with con-
siderable opposition, as the organization
under whose control the event was had
much difficulty and no assistance from
other clubs. A discussion on this point
led the body to place the event in the
hands of a committee, to be composed OF
a member from each of the various or
ganizations. The committee appointed IS
as follows:-H. r. Kohlmeyer, North
Hudson County Cyclers, chairman; A. P.
Pickard, Castle Point Cyclers, secretary;
J.. Steward, Castle Point Cyclers; ]. B.
S. Middleton, Clio HTheelmen.
After the meeting a banquet was en-
joyed and the future discussed by those
present. The majority expressed the
opinion that the season would be a good
One.t A
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CRICKET.
New Jersey A. c. Looks Forward to
a Successful Season.

TIL annual meeting of the cricket con-
tingent of the New Jersey Athletic Club
was held at their club house, at Bayonne,
and was very largely attended by the
members, who are very much interested
in the game this Season on account of
the X. A. c.. and N. J. A. c. a~malgama-
ton. There is every prospect of another
very successful year. It was decided to
again place two teams, to be known as
Team A and Team B, in the Metropoli-
tan District Cricket League champion
ship series. The election of officers re-
suited as follows:-
Captain of Team A, c. Percy Hur-
ditch: captain of Team B, c. Howell
Clarke: secretary, F. F. Kelly, No. 43
Danforth avenue, Jersey City; commit
tee-James D. Boyd, c. P. Hurditch, A..
Forbes, C. H. Clarke and F. F. Kelly. The
selection of delegates to the Metropoli-
tan District Cricket League was left in
the hands of the committee. The club
will most likely make a weeks tour in
Canada some time in August.
A meeting of the secretaries of the vari-
Gus clubs in the Metropolitan District
Cricket League will, by kind permission
of the Knickerbocker A. c., be held at
their club house on Wednesday evening,
March %, at s P. NJ, for the purpose OF
their schedule of championship
oamaS
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS.
Students Interested and Material to
Be Developed.

The students of the High School have
become deeply interested in athletics
since the formation of a league which in
cludes the High Schools of this vicinity.
There is good material in the school and
it will be developed as soon as the ground
is in condition for outdoor work. A cali
will be- issued shortly for candidates for
the track and field teams and it is ex-
pected to bring out a big crowd of as
pirants. Those who nave already signi-
fed a desire to wear the schools colors
are made of good stuff and are well
known. In the half mile Mulry, Roach
and Murphy will be seen. Mulry, Roach.
Murphy Edge and Hermann will go the
quarter-nile. AS yet there are no sprint
ers in sight. Out in the field Newkirk,
Flaherty, Ripe. Duffy n Nelson will
tackle the IL pound hammer and the
u pound shot. Stephens and Murphy will
high jump, and Van Doren. Reppe, Muir
ply and Stephens will pole vault. The
bicycle events will bring out Brensinger.
Leland. Faupel, Ripe. Cassel and
Sweet.
An effort will be made to induce the
Knickerbocker A. G. to add a series of
school boys events TO the regular pro-
gramme. In case such an arrangement
Is made the entire team of the High
School will ompete
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ooFFTY G0oFFTY's BALL
Members Paraded Through the
Streets. in Masquerade Costume.

The thirty-second annual masquerade
parade and ball of the Ooffty Gooffty
Social Club took place last evening at
Imperial Music Hall, on Gregory street..
The reception was attended by over seven
hundred people.
In the early part Of the evening the
members, headed by a brass band, par
AIDED through the lower section of the
city, attired in their masquerade suits.
Their actions created no end of amuste-
ment all along the line of march.
The interior of the dance hall was elab-
orately decorated. The costumes worn
by the masqueraders added to the pretty
effect. The grand march was led by
President Patrick Gavin and Miss N. Rad
sigan. Over three hundred couples took
part in the march. =
The gentlemen to whom is due the cred
it for making the event a success are
Floor Director, Harvey keenan,; Floor
Manager. william Boyce; Assistant Floor
Managers Frank Germeten and Arthur
Woods. Floor Committee. Gavin,
Chairman; D. Jordan, p. Lynch, T. ].
voss, T. Finnerty. P. Hagen, J. T. Bren-
nan, P. J. Farrell, j. p. Sullivan, J. Smith,
]. McGovern, T. Gerken. T. Devine, 7. No
Ian, J.. Moore, P. Gearghty, T. Logan, T.
Whelan. F. Devlin, P. Gavin, p. o'Hare,
w. Finnerty.
Reception Committee. Gerken, chair
man.; l.. Jacobs, F. Weber, P. Ward, j.
Cassidy, p. German, w. Allen, F. Clos
terman, J. Noonan. W. Farrell, J. p. Sui
livan, M. Noonan, j. Mack, 7. Kelly,
f. Coughlin, M. Harvey, 7. Burke, e.
Murphy, L. Hall. p. Devlin. j. Kelly,
Arrangement Committee-M Craffey,
chairman; ]. Gerken. P. Rempe, S. Scott,
G.. Kropke.
Officers Of Parade-F. Gerken, captain;
T. O'Rourke, first lieutenant; F. Cannon,
second lieutenant; P. Lynch, third lieu-
tenant; ]. Garland, fourth lieutenant.
The officers of the club a~re;-Patrick
Gavin, president; Joh Cannon, first vice
president; Gus. Sager, second vice presi-
dent; John Ross, financial secretary;
John Timm, treasurer; Harry Prove, re-
cording secretary; John Grady, CORE
spending secretary; Henry Finn, SERGE
ant-at-arms: John Post, first assistant
sergeant-at-arms: James Nixon, second
assistant sergeant-at-arms.
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sports And
SPORTSMEN.
Lafayette Bowling Club De-
feats Lafayette Battery
! in Inter Club League.
HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETICS
Associated Cyclers Meet
Rockwell Defeats Eddy
SWITCHBOARD News.

Lafayette Battery Team No. ! and the
Lafayette Bowling Club Team No. ] met
Wednesday night on Vooz's, Halliday
street, alleys and bowled a series in the
Lafayette Inter-Club Bowling League.
The visitors, the Lafayette Battery had
no chance at any stage of the proceed
ings. They were utterly unable to make
any kind of a showing and missed easy
spares and had hard luck on counting.
The home team meantime were going at
a pretty fast clip. heir best score was
In the second, when they passed the 800
mark. The highest score for the Lafay-
cite team was made by Gutshaw in the
first game. HIS record was 2o4. For the
Battery Zumbush was high with 1T3.
The scores:-
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The Lincoln Bowling Clubs three men
team tournament is going along to the
entire satisfaction of the committee. Last
night another instalment was bowled.
There were in all four games. Team A
was defeated in the first game by team
c by a big majority. Vandermendi was
high with 143. The second game was a
hard struggle between team B and team
D. The last frame decided the game in
favor of the latter trio by seven pins.
George Henning was high with 154. Team
D met Team A in the next game and vas
badly beaten. The members of that team
was in lard luck and made poor scores.
Drexler with 165 was high. Team B made
the best score of the night in the last
game which they won from team C.. Etz-
korn had the highest record, 1853. The
caara.-
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Eddy Loses to Blackwell BY One
Ball in Inter-CIub Tourney.

Jimmy Eddy, Of the Mantle W~heelmen,
played in hard luck again last night when
he lost his game to Howard Blackwell
of the Acme Wheelmen by one ball. The
game was very close up to the fifth frame
when Blackwell cleared the table IN
thus obtained a good lead. Eddy then be-
gan to overcome Blackwell's advantage.
He got eight balls in each Of the next
three frames, which made the score 81
to IA in Blackwell's favor. They broke
even on the next two frames. Blackwell
had one the best of the tenth frame
and the score stood 70 to 85 IN favor Of
Blackwell Blackwell broke and Eddy
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
FLORENCE DRAMATIcs REhEARsED
viii Give this Three, Hats" in
GreenviIle.

The Florence Dramatic Society held a
successful rehearsal last evening at the
residence OF Miss Minnie L. Smith. No.
ia Neptune avenue. The first two acts
of the comedy to be given were rehearsed.
The members are much pleased with the
efficiency attained.
The play will be produced at Columbia
Hail. Ocean and Gator avenues, April %
and 20. The receipts of these perform
ances are for the benefit OF the building
fund of Zion Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Boulevard and McAdoo avenue.
Following is the cast:-Samuel Selwyn,
Harry Moore; Fred Bellamy, Mr.. Will
rant; Dibbs. Mr.. Higgins; Boscog Blithers,
Mr.. Terwilliger; Mrs. SeIwyn.M Miss Minnie
I. Smith; Grace, Miss Emma Meerbott;
Title, Miss Louise Kruse; Lottie Blithers,
Miss Cooke. aN
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
HupsoN CIRCUIT COURT.

George HOLSTER and William N. Crane.
partners as HOLSTER, Crane IN Com
pany, VS.. Max werckshagen and johann
mes A. Beugger, partners as Werck-
shagen, Beugger and Herzog.
IN attachment-In contract.
Notice is hereby given that a writ Of
attachment was issued out Of the Cir
AGAINST the rights and credits, moneys
and effects. goods and chattels. lands
and tenements of Max Werckshagen and
Johannes A. Beugger, partners as Werck-
shagen, Beugger n Herzog, absent
debtors, at the suit of George HOLSTER
and William N. Crane, partners as Hol-
lister, Crane and Company, for the sum
of twenty-five hundred and twenty-five
dollars and forty-five cents ($2, rs. 45), re-
turnabie on the fifteenth day of Febfu-
airy, A. d. 1895. has been served and duly
executed and was eturned on the fif-
tenth day Of February, A. g. 1899. by
The Sheriff of the County Of Hudson.
JOHN G. FISHER,
Clark.
Dated February Is, 1895.
J. HERBERT POTTS.
Attorney.
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Van Ness, of the Roseville A. A., won
the individual championship of the Ath-
letic Bowling League last night by de-
feating his clubmate. Badger, on the Jer-
sey City Club alleys. The two were tied
for first place with 1921 for AZ games.
Van Ness got one point the best Of it in
the first game, which was poor. He never
lost the advantage. The scores were:--
van Ness-145, 17s. 1856. 1858, 1880, an
Badger-l14, LAG, 1850, 14s, 1872, an av-
erage of 1854.
This marks Van Ness as the best bow
lers In any of the leagues. He won the
championship of the Suburban League
with an average of 1881 and that of the
Morris and Essex League with 1913.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
EDISON PRoJECToScoPE.
Entertained the Members Of Linden
Mexhodist Church.

An interesting exhibition of the Edison
Projectoscope was given last night at the
Linden Avenue Methodist Church, to a
large and enthusiastic audience. A great
number OF scenes were shown, illustrating
some Of the naval and military engage
ments in the late war with Spain
Mr.. Joe Linder proved unusually inter-
tanning In his musical monologue. He in
troduced d number Of limitations Of the
various musical instruments. The en-
tertalnment was under the auspices of the
Board o. Trustees.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-03-17
IN cHANcERY OF NEW JERSEY.

10 Russell c. Williams. Frank E. sittig ana
Edwin H. Sayre@
Nv virtue OF an order OF the Court Of Cham
cery OF New Jersey, made on the day OF ths
date hereof, In q cause wherein George r.
GRAY. Receiver Of the Granite State Provident
Association, is complainant, and you and others
are defendants, you are required to appear and
plead. demur, or answer to the complainant's
April next. or the said bill will be taken as
confessed against you.
The said bill is filed to foreelose a mortgage
given by Frederick 8. Otto and wife to the
said Granite State Provident Association for
So, 400 on premises on Prospect street, in the
city Of Jersey City, and you are made de-
PENDANTS because you recovered q Judgment
against the said Frederick Otto.
Dated February %, 1889.
HAYES & LAMBERT. /
Solicitors for Complainant,
No. 765 Broad Street,
Newark. N. J.