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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07

part of his name or tail; wherever, a
delicately wrought portion of The work,
could be Clipped r.way il has disap,
peared, to satisfy the craving of some
constituencies person for n souvenir"
There are also numerous more sub
stantial projections in the designs
which have been polished by the hands
of countless thousands who, inspired,
doubtless. by an unintelligent desire to
initiate. have rubbed each bronze sur
face which showed that il had been
rubbed before until all The rubbing
spots" as the guides call them, have
been polished until each shines against
the dark bronze background like a
point Of light.
Walk up TIE dimly lighted shaft of
the Washington monument, If You
would see the work of the vandal in
its most hideous form. Dozens of tho
costly stone and metal tablets set in
the walls by Masonic and fraternal bo-
lies from all over the world have been
lewn out of all semblancc to their
original shapes. Where the scoundrels
have not been able to chip away pieces
of the metal, they have often token
blunt, heavy Instruments and deliber-
blcms. The wreck of the tablets within
the monument recalls the fact that one
of the most ilagrant acts OF vandalism
ever committed in Washington was
perpetrated in the days when the
Know Nothing agitation was at its
height. The Pope had sent very
beautiful stone for the monument, and
those opposed to Catholicism made n
violent effort to- prevent its being put
in place. On the eve of the day that
the masons were to cement the stono
! In its niche the Waterman at the monu-
ment was attacked by n party of un-
known persons and taken prisoner.
The Pope stone" as the offending
tablet was called, was taken from it's
case, broken into n hundred pieces,
and the fragments were taken down to
the Potomac and dumped into the
waters. A tremendous sensation was
caused by this exploit, but the perpc-
traitors of the outrage we're never de-
| tected. The Pope sent another tablet,
which Jared better than the first, and
found It's proper place in the monu-
ment wall.
The guardians of Mount Vernon
have probably been harrassed by tho
vandal relic hunters more than the
custodians Of any other single place
in the United States. The door knobs
of the historic mansion that once be.
longed to the Father Of His Country
have been replaced time after time
anda everythlng movable about the
grounds has suffered. Not content
with picking the flowers from the
growing things about the place, the
tourists have often seized large rose
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07
George Hunter Only 5. Is a Light.
ming Calculator
INDIANAPOLIS is his HOME
viii tle Lose His Gift When tle
Reaches Manhood's Estatea-o Other
Famous Experts Who Have Come
Before the Public in the Past.

indianapolis has mathematical
genius in the person of George Hunter,
boy only eight years old, who accom-
plishes the most astounding feats with
figures, says an Indianapolis dispatch
to the Philadelphia North American.
He calculates instantly, without the
aid of paper. and pencil, the answers
to problems which would puzzle even
professor of mathematics using the
ordinary methods. Young Hunters par
ents are well-to.do, and his remarkable
faculty will be well developed IL posi-
bic. 1t may be that when he reaches
manhoods estate he will lose this gift,
as has been the case with so many
cases on record. On the other hand,
he may enjoy a successful career, as
mas heen the case with few OF such
prodigies.
An extraordinary child was Zerah
Colburn, who was born ut Cabot, Vt,
In 1904. His remarkable genius for
abstruse mathematical problems was
displayed mt an early age, and when
eight years old he solved the most diff
ficult problems by the mere operation
OF his mind. Asked by an eminent
mathematician TO give the square Of
1898, he replied almost instantly,
giving the figures. 999, 1895, 00O,OO1, with.
out any hesitation.
He observed that he produced the re-
suit by multiplying the square of 81.
037 by the square of q. lie was thon
asked to multiply the answer, by 40
and once by 25, n task which he accom-.
plished in less than two minutes, al
though the answer consists of seven
teen figures. In five seconds he gave
the cube root of 413.903,348, 667 and to
all question of similar nature he sue
ceeded in giving correct answers.
Unable to Explain Method.
Professors and scientific men EN-
deavored to obtain knowledge of Col
burns methods, but the boy declared
that he was unable to explain how the
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Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07
The Best to Get a Successful
Brood.
GIVE THE HENS GRASS RANGE
Two Months Before Eggs Are Wanted
Feed fine Ground Bore and Oyster
Shells and Prescribed Grain Mix
ture.

Poor matches of chickens may be
avoided in gfSing the hens good
grass range and using one. and not
over two-year-old healthy males Dur.
ing the winter, at least two months
before the eggs are wanted, feed fine
ground bone and oyster shells and q
grain mixture of cracked corn, acts
and wheat screenings. II The hens are
confined to a small yard most of the
day they should he let out for one or
two hours late in the afternoon for
exercise. A grass, rye or wheat pas.
ture should be provided for green feed
IL pasture cannot be had, feed cab.
bage leaves, turnip tops, fine-cut clover
hay, scalded and mixed with bran and
little lineed meal. Gather the eggs
every evening, place carefully in n
basket lined with soft paper; keep in
moderately warm room; turn the
eggs once day. Let. the hen set Il
few days on nest egg before giving
her the setting of eggs. Dust the body
and under the wings once a week with
insect powder to kill the lice This is
important, rs the hen. when free from
vermin, will keep to her nest. Breed
ers of fancy stock have separate
room for their setting hens; the box
containing the hen is showed through
from the laying into the setting room
at night. This will not disturb the hen.
The following is the method followed
IN setting n hen by an expert: A
clean box Is busted with air-slacked
lime; the bottom of the box is then
covered with one quart of sifted earth.
Dat straw, fine hay or sawdust is used
for making the nest Thirteen eggs
are put under n medium-sizcd hen and
fifteen under large hen. Mark on a
card tackled or the box the day of
setting and when the hen will hatch.
BY setting three or five hens at one
time the chickens from the entire
number can be given to two hens; the
other hens. after few days conflnc-
ment will soon commence laying.
Should any Of tho, eggs get broken
by the hen jumping on and off, the re-
naming eggs should be washed off in
lnke-warm water, wiped dry, the Old
nest taken out and new nest made
up; then put In the eggs; the eggs
should not get chilled. Feed and wa
ter the settling hens In the room every
morning, and see that they go back to
I'll
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07

bushes, vines and small trees and
taken them away under their coats or
cloaks. To save The very gravestones
from destruction it was found neces-
sary many years ago TO surround the
Old family burial plot with Il high iron
fence. and within The house itself the
tourist is kept out of most of the
rooms BY heavy wooden gratings fast
ened In the door castings. Before
these bars were placed across the
doors of the chambers, ii is said, GER
tain of the employees Of Mount Yer
non made n very good thing out of
the glass knobs that adorned one of
the old cupboards. These knobs were
easily removed and. IL seems, just as
easily duplicated at a cost of ten or
fifteen cents apiece in one of the furni-
tnrc stores. The employees who worked
the scheme made point of steering
the tourists within reach OF the glass
knobs. and then would very obligingly
turn their backs. The plan seldom
failed to- work, and when the Journey
about the house was resumed two or
three of the knobs would be mysteri-
onsly missing. AS soon as they got
their victims outside or in n convent
ent corner. the willy guides would
charge them with the theft of the
knobs and would threaten them with
arrest. The frightened relic hunter
would thrcupon offer to compromise
for any amount, and the price invari.
ably was 81 n knob. The tourist
got the knob, too, as special act of
clemcncy on the part of the employee,
and. by the time the next tourist party
came through new knobs were In
place, waiting to be stolen.
The Congressional Library has also
been the scene OF many acts of van
dalism. Of course. the more precious
manuscripts and books are protected
III glass casses but the file room has
proved n gold mine tn the cirio hunt
or. Many Of the bound files have been
mutilated. a recent examination OF
The Tribune file, which is most fire.
qmently consulted by history makers
shows that numerous clippings have
been taken. and in some inctances nd
vertisemcnts, even, have been cut from
the pages. Hardly week passes
without the discovery that some such
humiliation has occurred
The prize coupon" schemes by
which many newspapers exploit theii
circulation has afforded nm especially
tempting bait to many illegal "clip
pers, and the current files Of some
newspapers which offered trip to st
Louis Exposition for given number
or coupons have hardly whole Issue
on the library files. Increased vigil
ance on the part of the library EN-
ployes has resulted. however, and now
the man or woman who clins n flo nj
the library does SO at his or her peril
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1905-05-07
IN TABLOID FORM.

Even distant relative may he close
in money matters.
lust make yourself to hum, re-
marked the Unsuitable top as n neigh
Dor dropped In for visit A
There are as good fish In the sea as
have ever been canght-provided you
have the right sort of bait
The bank clerk may NOT be musical,
but you can't say of him that he,
doesn't know one note from another
Philadelphia Press.
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their nests. If these matters are care
fully looked after, almost every hen
Will hatch out on an average 10 chick
ems from a setting. Women are the
best poultry ralsers, rs they have more
more patience and take greater care.--
Baltimore American.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-08-12

VetuS to death; wrong Tor the CalnO-
lies to put Puritans in the pillories
wrong for the Puritans to put Quakers
in the stocks, and wrong for the Nor
mons to refuse to cherish those who
despitefully use them.
1t is true that two wrongs never
made right and that twenty delu-
sions never made a truth; but why
pass by dozen rattlesnakes to throw
a stone at chipmunk?
1t may be that Reed Smoot for be
lieving in the rightfulness of con-
cubinage that he has never practiced,
ought to be expelled from the senate
by the votes of senators some of whom
probably practice concubnage in
whose rightfulness they do not be-
lieve.
Will Gentle reinforcements in Utah
elevate the moral standards of that
commonwealth? 1t is a matter of
public notoriety that before the first
Gentle immigration to Utah thirty
seven years ago, there was not a
house of ill-fame or a gambling hell
in Salt Lake City. How is it now?
Will the standard of business in
tegrity in the United States senate be
elevated by the expulsion of Reed
Smoot because he is a Mormon? In
not one Of the many Industrial, finan-
cial and commercial enterprises con
Quoted by the present head of the
Mormon church has there been fail
ure, a defalcation or an adoption OF
trust methods. How is it with those
conducted by the Rockefellers, the Ar
mours and their coadjutors?
The misinformed zeal of Miss Helen
Gould induces her to make liberal
contributions to the anti-Mormon cru
SADIE. She inherited her money from
a father whose death advanced the
market value of stocks in the enter
prises he directed.
Senator Smoot never voted as di
rector of any of the financial corpora
tons of which he is member to LOAF
himself the money of other people Oh
inadequate security. Can as much bt
said by the Senator who poses as the
great Mormon Destroyer
1t is said that five senators owe
their seats to Mormon influence. How
many owe their seats to the beef trust
the sugar trust, the Standard OIL sys
item, or the transcontinental railroad
pool? Five senators, 1t is said, stant
lin the way of anti-Mormon Legislation
in congress. How many stand in the
way of antitrust legislation?
There are tigers in the jungle ant
Ijackals on the plain; and now it il
Proposed that the toga'd hunters o
the senate shall turn their backs OF
the wild beasts of Wall street, while
they chase to their death a dozen ole
amorous jack rabbits who are sup
posed to enjoy an inordinate amour
of domestic felicity.
THOMAS FITCH.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-08-12
FACTORYvlLLIANS IN TOWN.

Postmaster Walters, of Factoryville,
Pa, accompanied by his son, called at
Truth Office last Friday, after the pa
per had gone to press, for the pur-
pose of paying a friendly visit to
Mr.. c. M. Jackson, who is writing
this narrative. On Monday Patterson,
of La Plume, him as married Min
ME Chase" as the saying would go
east, dropped in on similar errand.
To say that the writer was delighted
with the visit would be putting it
mild. OF course we heard from ev-
cry one living and the announcement
of the death of several old friends.
Every Pennsylvania will understand
what it meas to be informed that Jim
Wrigley, who sang in the Methodist
choir. has joined the silent majority;
that Sam, his brother has fallen asleep;
that Pardon Knapp, who rang the bell
in the M. e. church for over thirty
years has gone to the other shore;
that "Ote" Gilmore has passed away.
That here and there old acquaintances
have fallen and that new faces greet
one in their stead. 1t is not only sad,
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-08-12

but highly eXasperating to learn that
the march of Improvement has taken
an electric line right past the odd
swimming hole" at the mill pond and
that the rock from which Cheyenne"
Ball, Fred Seamans, AL Doolittle,
Slime" Reynolds, VIII Bedell, Net
Brewer and the rest of us used to
dive, has been blasted out to make
room for the tracks. But all this
has to be, and even though the road
cuts through the grove where the
writer used to gather mandrakes or
May apples" the indignity of recalling
that never again will those places have
the same interest must be borne, al
though If the hands which hammer
off this little anecdote on typewrit-
ing machine had the control of the for
tune of Clark or Rockefeller, the sac
rilege would never be consummated,
if he had to buy the road and close
up the works. There is one satisfac-
ton; all the improvements in the
world cannot change the contour of
the hills, nor abate the waters in
Sheik's pond-beg pardon, Lake Sher-
| ldan. Old East mountains rugged
summit will always stick it's nose in
the low hanging clouds and we'll bet
two to one that blackberries continue
to get ripe up behind Ben Ayers mill
pond on the ridge, just the same, and
that cherries still ripen on the Chase
farm on the Mill City road. There
are some things money can't buy, and
is dollars to doughnuts the sugar
naples on Aunt AIMS farm are still
tappable in February and that there
are just as many "niggerheads" on the
old Peter Baker place.
Messrs. Walters and Patterson have
been visiting the Portland fair and are
now returning home. The former
will spend three weeks in Fort Col
Inns, visiting with sister of the elder
Walters, while the latter is going over
into Iowa to hunt up Tom Adney,
who was the village shoe maker in
years gone by, and who went west to
Igrow up with the country after the
death of ris wife. They will all get
home in about three weeks.
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r r. II r H.

and long it seems leads to some pit"
II the Mormons are false and wrong
they will dig their own pit and fall
into it, and if they are right all the
preachers and knockers this side of
Kingdom come" can not put them out
of business.
Yours Very Truly,
V. S. PEET
Salt Lake City, Aug. Sth, 1905.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1905-08-12
TOM FITCH ON MORMONISM.

Los Angeles, July IA, 1905.-You
have given your readers about thirty
columns of illustrated assault on the
Mormons, will you find room for this
communication?
1t may be that there is as much
adultery committed per capita in Bos-
ton, or New York, or Chicago, or st.
Louis, or New Orleans, or San Fran
cisco, or even in Los Angeles, as in
Salt Lake City.
1t may be that in years gone, prior
to the manifesto, the difference be-
tween Mormons and Gentiles was that
while unlawful cohabitation was-un-
der the name of plural marriage and
the plea of religious liberty-practiced
openly by the Mormons in Utah, it
was, without any theological sanction,
practiced openly by the members of
the Four Hundred in New York.
1t may be that another difference
was that while the Mormons in Utah
supported their plural wives whether
they grew tired of them or not, the
non-Mormons in New York or Califor
MIA abandoned their mistresses to
starvation when they grew weary of
their meretricious alliances.
1t may be that the Mormons still
continue their unlawful cohabitation,
but now copy the example of their
Gentle friends and conceal their
transactions.
1t may be that the American home"
is in danger of Mormon invasion, and
| it may be that research has failed to
disclose a single instance in fifty years
of the wife of Gentle forsaking her
husband and finding shelter in Nor
mon "harem."
1t may be true that the head of the
Mormon church controls the votes of
the Mormon majority in Utah, and it
may also be true that the Grand
Sachem of Tammany controls the
votes of the Democratic majority in
New York City.
1t may be that Joseph F. Smith is
not obliged to account to anybody for
the 100000 per annum he receives
as tithing; but where did Richard
Croker get the $10,000,000 which he
carried to London as the result of a
few years tithing from Tammany?
And what account have the bosses of
every great city in the United States
rendered of the millions upon millions
of "tithing" they have gathered?
1t may be true that social and bust
ness ostracism in Utah awaits the
Mormon who votes the ticket of the
new party organized by ex-senator
Kearns and ex-senator Cannon, but
is it not also true that like fate will
befall the white voter in the Cotton
States who casts his ballot for the
Republican ticket?
1t may be that the golden tablets of
Mormonism never existed. 1t may be
that 5000 Jews never satisfied their
hunger on few loaves and fishes. 1t
may be that Jonah never found COM
modious apartments in the interior of
a whale. 1t may be that Mahomet's
epileptic fits were not revelations. 1t
may be that Buddah was not born OF
a virgin. 1t may be that Orpheus
never wandered through Hades, sing
ooh. Tell Me Where in Hell is My
Wife," Yet in all religions there is
some truth and any religion is better
than no religion.
1t may be that it was wrong for the
Jews to stone unfaithful wives to
death: wrong for the Romans to throw
the Christians to the lions; wrong for
Torouemada to torture Professionals on
racks; wrong for Calvin to roast Ser
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-08

-
inches. In the meet, in which the pain
participated, the Chicago Athletic as
ISOLATION, under whose colors Rose
competed, was victorious with 60
points, while the clubs nearest rival
scored but 2S. Since Roses advent
from the Pacific coast into the Univer-
sity of Michigan, he has been regarded
as a marvel and without a peer in
weight events. The shot-put has been
his fort and in this stunt Rose had
eve been defeated until Coe by his
marvellous put carried off the laurels
at the Portland games. AL the Uniyer-
sity of Michigan, one year was enough
to drench Roses ambitious spirit. Aft
er leaving Michigan the youthful giant
appeared in the limelight in Tennessee.
The Chicago Athletic association being
in need of weight-throwers, secured his
services and he has been competing
under the cherry circle colors with the
greatest kind of success since that
time. AT a Chicago meet last winter
he demonstrated his great prowess
against Coe by tossing the shot far
beyond the vision of the Boston ath.
lete, thus causing the special event,
prepared especially for the two big
fellows, to closely resemble a farce,
with Coe as leading clown. Roses
makeup is largely on the order OF
that of RUDE Waddell, of baseball fame.
He is eccentric in the extreme and his
trainers know too well that the most
tender handling is necessary to bring
ing the giant shot-putter to the height
of his ability. In Roses defeat by
Coe there is an athletic moral. which
any young athlete of ability cannot
work like a beaver, preparing himself
for his events, but at other times shot
putting, discus and hammer throwing
become loathsome and for weeks at a
time his training will be neglected,
simply for the reason that he consid-
ers himself %invincible. His work in
the shot before the Portland meet was
an example of his system of training.
He would work hard at times, but with
no semblance of regularity. Mike But
Ter, head trainer al the Chicago Ath-
letic association, noticed the laxness of
his routine and in the argument which
followed the paid INDUCED in a mix-up
that ended with the California giant
perched on Buffers chest. Coe is a
consistent worker and after his record
breaking shot-put he declared that he
had been working four years for this
single laurel. Coe was in superb con-
dition, having trained with regularity
and consistency and the medal which
he now wears, W the question::
Which is the better training system
Roses or his?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-08

wang has one unique merit, from the
vidA point of the advertising man. The
title is so short that it may be repro
duced in enormous letters, both in new
newspapers and on billboards Anna
Held enjoyed a similar advantage, while
Edna Aug has the better of both.
The announcement of a revival of
Tie Black Crook calls to mind the
difference between the ''big production"
of thirty years ago, when this piece was
presented at Niblo's Garden, New York,
and the "big production of today.
''The Black Crook was supposed to
have a chorus of eighty girls, though the
numrer really employed was probably
below that. There are one hundred and
four ty-four girls in a single ballet at
the HippodroIne. and there will be near
~ three hundred in the spectacle Babes
in the Wood,n now about TO take the
road under direction of the Shuberts
and John c. Fisher. A proud boast
made for the performance a NiDlo's was
that it reuuiied "a carload of scenery"
At the present time as much is used by
any first rate dramatic organization,
while Babes in the WoodN Is to travel
in a special tIain. 1t is not extraordinary
in this decade for the production of a
musical play to cost 500, 900, a figure
that was unheard of in the palmy days
Of THE Black Crook"
G NJ. S Mcclellan. author of 'Leah
Klesehna, ''who has been living in Eng
land, will return to this country for the
rehearsels of 'The Jury OF Fate, IA new
play from his pen is about TO be offered
by me Shuberts.
Some years ago, while travelling Oh a
western railroad, Mabel Hite, who is
starring this season in Frank L. Per
ley's production of 1.-The Girl and the
Bqndi," thawed out the reserve of an
armX officer whose lack of congenialty
had been generality noted during the
long journey.
Five different young women had tried
to engage the soldier man in conversa-
ton, but none had received anything
beyond a monosyllabic reply of her most
cordial, remark. Finally, Miss Hite
wagered a pair of gloves that she would
induce their fellow-traveler to talk with
out having spoken a word herself.
The wager was agreed upon, n on
the following morning Miss Hite, who
had risen before anyoneelse, in the Pull
man, greeted the military man when he
rose with the shrill, piping whistle of a
girl doing her best to initiate the r~eveille.
The attempt vas femininely ludircrons.
The officer smiled then grinned then
laughed, and finally acknowledged the
call with a cordial GOOD Morning"
Miss IIite had won her bet.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-08
Fiishiing

W. K. Bassford, Jr., had a party out
fishing on the beds yesterday in his
large boat.