The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1907-05-08

dcnce Under microscope they
showed that each owl had eaten chiefly
mice and rats. that he had destroyed
few helpful birds. and had. conse-
qucntly, done much good and very
little harm in the world From this
and other evidence collected in differ
cnt parts of the country. DR.. Fisher
has presented a line Of defense for the
owl and tho hawk that surely ought
to help in their preservation and pro
lection,
To William r. Smith, head of the
National Botanic garden in Washing
ton, belongs the distinction Of having
the largest collection Of Burns 8
poetry in the world. Mr., Smith has
no less than 600 different editions of
his faVoritc author s work, the books
ranging i'll value from $1,000. and $500
down 10 the cheapest editions, His
library is really two rooms. divided
by an arch. and 1t is in the first one
that the Burns treasures arc kept in
quaint bookcases, with high pointed
doors, while photographs. paintings
engravings and sketches of Burns and
of Scotch scenes adorn the walls. To
each of his Young friends who marry
Mr., Smith gives copy of Robert
Burns 8 poems.
It all women in the United States
were as Jealous in their efforts 10 pre-
serve facts and verify statements as
Mrs. Caroline Hanks Hitchcock Of
Cambridge, Mass, has been. there
would be fewer errors in national his
tory. Mrs, Hitchcock is a member of
the famous Hanks family that has been
known in Massachusetts, Virginia and
Kentucky for its own sturdiness, as
well as for the fact that Lincoln s
mother was 4 member of ii, Speaking
of her work, friend of the Lincoln
family said:
Many years ago politicians and enc
mics of Lincoln made many grave and
pititul statements about Lincoln s an
ccstry, saving that not only the name
of his mother. but that of his grand
mother, was in doubt, that the bar sim
IstCr should have been placed on tho
family shield. II was an assertion that
must have greatly hurt a proud man.
and his enemies made much capital cf
1T. Even a historian gave it as truth
when writing the life of Lincoln Mrs.
Hitchcock set about proving tho faIsity
of this statement. She has spent many
wears Of tirclcss study, following the
line from Virginia through Kentucky
into Indiana and Illinois. and from land
records. church records and signed tos-
llmOnN OF ora lnnHDllanlS, mas proved
that there is no stain whatever on the
good name of Hanks. and that Lincoln
had never hint of shame to his good
name.
Since tho old church al Jamestown is
too far gone 10 admit OF restoration,
Episcopalians Of Virginia have restored
the next oldest church in which services
have been continuously held This is
Old Bruton church al Williamsburg
The Washingtons, the Randolrhs. and
the Lees worshipcd there and in the res.
toration tho pcws have been named for
prominent men Of Virginia s history.
King Edward has donated the Bible
for the restored church, Just as his
royal predecessors gave tho silver com
munion service still in use, and the
lectcrn is the gift of President Roosc-
welt, who has displayed the greatest
interest in the work and has lent his
influence to It's revival.
Tomorrow "Orange Culture in Amer
ica'' will be the topic Of Mr., Haskin's
letter