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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24

NEWS NOTES
OF VIRGINIA
d sight of

newport News.--T1le unusual Sight OIL
o British steamer gaily decorated with
liags IN honor of the anniversary Of
the birth of General George Wash
ington was seen in the harbor yester-
Gay. Tie steamer was the Eva, and
che lay anchored in the stream off the
G.hesapcake aud ohio coal plers. a
Inc of signal flags floated from each
OF the vessels two masts, and the
snip attracted great deal Of attcn-
ton, the crews OF the American boats
IN the harbor and othcrs in shipping
circles. The ilags we're strung by Erit-
ish tars and hauled by them TO the
niastheads.
Hanlpton--The scout cruiser Bir-
lningham, Which has been in Hampton
Roads for aeveral days. but which put
to sea yesterday morning to assist
the Culgoa, Will leave these waters for
an extended cruise on March l. 1t Is
stated that she will sail from Hamp-
ten Roads to the mouth of the Anna
zon River, thence to the Bay of
Guinea, thence TO the Canary Islands,
thence to Gibraltar and thence to the
English Channel. The Birmingham
has recently been equipped with the
latest wireless apparatus. and during
the cruise her equipment VIII be sub
jected to the most severe test.
Stanton the Office of the clerk
tOI the circuit court tI1eTc 10 oh ~
ord grant for 9,i23 acres of land to
John Spenser in kanawha county
made In 1901 and signed by Governor
James Monroe. The land adjoins the
property of George Washington, be-
ing separated by an old hickory tree.
The survey for the land was made by
George Washington.
wythcville.-samuel Repass. OF
Bland, had n peculiar accident Friday
while on the way from Wytheville to
Blai.d. and narrow escape from
death. Mr.. Repass was hauling goods.
and the roads were in a very danger
In descending the north side of Walk
; er's Mountain the wagon slipped over
| the bank, taking a four horse team
{, with it. One horse was killed and the
other three more or less injured. me
wagon rolled about zoo yards down
| into the gorge before 1T stopped. and
| tho goods were strewn in avery direc-
| ton.
standardization the past week soma
kind OF wild Animal has been prowl-
| ing around :he outskirts ~ the town
killing dogs. frightening children ant
| causing the colored population t
keep close in their homes after dark
/ 1T has been seen on several occasions
/ but no one has been able to get with.
| in shooting distance of 1t. From a
I description given by a reliable mar
| who saw 1t run through the woods a
| day or two ago. 1t Is evidently cat
| amount. come down from the noun
tains in search OF food.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24
NIiscclinncous Nc,ys.
FATHEn SUES HIS son.
Brings Attachment Proceedings md
co,,scs StOrc IN re Clicked

BrinES AttNCllmcNt PrOCecuIHEN NHu
Causes Store to he Closed.
Especial TO The Times Dispatch.]
Suffolk. Va. February 2S.-The store
of B. I.aderberg. at Main and Wash
ington Streets, to-day was closed be-
cause OF suit and attachment. instl-
tuted by his father. III. Laderberg, who
attidavit of attachment it is alleged
that the son Is removing or is about
to remove portion of his property
from the State for the purpose OF hin.
dering and defraudins creditors
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24
Mackay Company Sells holdings.
-fspecial TO Tho Times Dispatch.l
New York, February 23.-Clarence
r NTao,.av makes the following state.

iii. Mackay makes the following state
,ment to-day:
"The Mackay Company has sold its
can Telephone and Telegraph Com
.pany. a largo part of tho money, at
ieast will be used to extend and
strengthen the land and ocean sys-
tenn" d ~ 5 Y, ~ IL 4
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24
3O.DaY Treatment FREE

You want to be cured and cured oulck-not
poisoned With mercury and potash for years
viii open your eyes at what It VIII do Tor YOU In
month We treat sst *; E9u Tree for month Just
ment you ever Ntook. you can continue II You
Wish. Never In your life will you ever aKain
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24
Aids Nature


The erca success Pcrces Golden Medical Dis RI A
covery curing stomachs, wasted bodies, weak
lungs and obstinate and lingering coughs, based on
the .eco$nion fundamental truth that Golden
Medical Discovery supplies Mature with bodybud-
inf tissue.reping muscemaking materials, in S&
densed FORM With this help Mature
supplies necessary strength to the stomach to digest
food build body thereby throw of lingering
obstinate coughs. Discovery re.establhes the
digestive and nutrivo ORGANS sound health, purifes
and enrches blood, and nourishes the nerycs-in
abort establishes sound vigorous health
~ your dealer offers something sslusf as aood
K Is probably better For HLM.-.k pays better
hut thinking OF the cure not the proft,
nothing 1fiust as dood'' for you. Say sos
Dr. Pierce Common Medical Adviser In Plain English;
smp6d paees 200 Illustrations newly revised dpt
Edition. paperbound, for n stamps co q
saJ 81 Address DR.. r. Plesce, buffalo
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24
Great Obbao Treatments

notes. make US no promises. except to tsts the
T r Wonderful Vase rman Tcs,. the opy Hood
poison test known to scent!ats, proves that the
body IS completely purified BY the obhsc Treat
blood poison. Sit down and write to u.s. giving
ta history 's, o. yous eass y detail We WIN
smltstton and advice free we will send Svou also
the remarkable boob, Driving Out Blood Poison"
eraa "a + > It
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-02-24

Robert Turnbull some time ago filed
report Of his election expenses, Civ.
ing the total at sl,317. The other two
candidates for the congressional nom
inaton-Judge Asa D. Watkins, Of
prince Edward, and William B. Cooke,
Of SusseX-have not yet been heard
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several apooimsan. Amanw than oAIooan
Il apoOial study arc thS IEn,is a hinoo-
pOeAmi herStofOrO mlmOWA 10 ne oE-
FSs$ q - s=ssssssss.sssssssS=. n isss GsTnids
;. hill@s curaeuR oe tAa dlvlnoA og mam-
uals, givss Oh Roousrale ors.llh for ~.
discovery Ot . nv apsoia Og hlppOposA-
mua.
Curator Miller aayu that Cor several warn
there have bsoain thSooIloueioa q the Ma
tiOnal Museum Two skulls Og hlppopoaanl.
ono from the xAmbaai River, Eaae ARrioa.
and tho other irOm Angola. Waat AfrSca.
Ihoso sklllls differ materially IN usvural
doeAtis of form. ohisay. hOWUvar, In the
CONSTRUCTED shaps Of the routrum, but tho
characters were not dss.nod of sufficient
value 70 justify tho croltioa Ol a nSW
species, Tor ths diHaTanos miEht have bssn
due 10 individual variations.
The reOaipt Of eight skulls from British
East Africa, collsCtsd by The Smithsonian
expedition says a statement Issued bv
tho institution. 'ahOWs conolusivsly that
the individual variations were 90 sliaht
in ths East Afrioan specimens that Mr..
Miller Waa led 70 believe that the two akullu
represented two diBtinct spsoias, one from
East Africa and one from West Africa
A critical sbady Of ths skulls revealed
other differences in their character that
were OF @hHicient importance to justify
Mr.. Miller In making a nsw species Of the
West African spsoimsnA. 10 which he
gives the name COnstricbla.
Tho accompanying picture shows the
dlnsrencs In the HippopOtamus amphiblus
and the Colonsl's newly discovered Hip
popOtAmus OonAtriCtna, the latter being
the sspsoiss with the greater construction In
the middle Of the skull. In the Rooss-
volt hippopotamus also the eye socksts
are well down on the head, whIls in the
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nape and tail Tbs.s a,a .vca,,,,,r.,,,
Vood specimsns and IN so,..aI - -.
hair IL ns,rIv TO s,,, l., t.n.,L
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... -aJaa'~ -, | q - ~ ony snu VARIOUS
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TINY GIRL WEAVER.
The CeRtre u Interest a. the Public
school HaRdWorh Exhibit.

.
scllsol KlaRdWsrk Exhibit.
Those who have ever had any curiosity
AZ 10 just how our great t-grnndmoth hers
flied their insn chests with cloth Of their
own weaving might well have visited the
exhibition og -handWork- Of the ele-
mentary public schools now going on as
Public School los and watch the small
girls. all In costume either a. Dutch
maidens or little Priscillas, operate the
hand looms
Although the large hall At the TOP OF
Public school i0S was filed with Thousands
Of -hnndwork' samples Of various kinds.
the weaving demonstration in the rear
Of the room attracted the most attention
There were six or seven little girls. some
Of them 10 small they could hardly reach
the treadle Of the looms a. which they sat
The favOrite Of the crowd was the Rttleat
girl She was a tiny bit Of a German
girl. with two little blond pigiails and two
large blue eyes. drpssed most apprOpri-
ately In Dutch costume She presided az
the linen loom. set up with innumerable
threads. through which she guided a large
clumsy looking wooden shuttle. After
each thread had bean drawn through she
would wriggle forward until she could
reach the footpisce. and then. hands and
feet working together. would shove the
last line mp closely with the beam.
For several minutes she worked. 80 alb
sorbed in the pattern which was unfolding
itself bit by bit thai she apparently didn't
see the or Nd gathered about her Then
| when she perceived that she was the
centre Of an admiring multitude the
| httlest girl became very much embar-
rasaSd. She dropped the shuttle and
when a gray haired member Of the Board
Of Education stopped and gave it 70 her
/ this didn't seem 10 add 90 her composure.
/ so then the httiest girls mother took
her away 10 another room aud had her
: observe some tiny sets u furniture COW
ertnga made Of pink checked ginEham
Neat in interest 20 the demonstration
0f weaving was the work Of The. speaial
claasas for the blind. the deaf and dumb
and for the crippled The blind pupls.
+ who have had tho -handW Orks only
/ since October. sent q small bat creditabls
display % ooriing, hasketry. some ham
/ mered brass and little woodwork That
I last really didn't belong IN a sewing eX-
| hibit. but the small people had worked
I 70 hard on Il they felt they must nsnd
[ Il. 10 an exception was made In their
/ favor The teacher In charge Of these
classes for tho blind pointed out that tho
work done by the totally blind chiklren
guided only by their sense Of touch. was
/ FAR mOra accurate than that done by
children who can aiill manage 20 zee 4
little but whose vision 10 distorted.
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called Goatsrs. Thess men never work
more thNn q few days at q time Ia one
place and are continually travelling.
Wills this Il the case with many, there
are Of course exceptions. and you will
fnd soms who manage 20 save enough
10 purchase a small farm. whore they
ssttls down and i've confsntedly for the
rest Of thsir days.
The hksr has 20 toll ten hours each
snd every day that u sposaibls 10 b out
In ths Opsn. and seldom b the weather
90 bad that tho foreman win allow his
men 20 stay under cover. They live In
the CHEAPEST Os hotels OF boarding houses
and fare badly. e. Il h dill0ht 10 HDd .
suitable place 70 accommodate . large
gang Of msn At ths rate the company n
willing 10 pay.
The writer had oooAAion 10 stop at .
country hotel for q few days in . small
town IN Delaware where large gang Of
linsunsn were boarding. and Il was not az
unusual sight 10 - one al the men come
% the table with loaf Of bread under his
arm which he had purchased at the local
store. a. they were allowed only two
slices Of bread apiece. Ons evening they
discussed some new dish that they had
had for supper. Getting Interested at
the many connnents they made ~ 70 what
IL was composed Of. the next morning
the writer asked ths prOpristor what the
dish consisted Of. and hs complacently
answered:
why. that vas muskrat stew When
questioned az 20 its being Nc 70 eat.
why be exclaimed. anything is good
enough for thoss people
Several years ago an enterprisiEg young
superintendent of construction While try
ing 10 economizs and At the same time
benefit the many men under him con-
csived the idsa OF building portable camps.
tents having been tried and proved un-
successful He designed and built ono
set. which consisted Of two cars. one for
sleeping accommodations and the other
for eating and cooking In. Thess cara
we're built with the idea that they could
be moved from thns 70 time as tho work
progreased and thereby overcome the
necessity Of the long drives u was neoas-
aary 70 take each morning 10 reach the
work and return at night and at the same
time provide the men with good clean
sleeping quarters and good wholesome
food.
Tbov we're built Just the size Of a fat
car and made 20 they could either be
lifted with wheels OF else loaded on hat
oars and hauled on the railroad ~ cir
cunstancea might require. Ths slesping
car was fitted with two rows Of bunln on
each side and would accommodate twenty
men. having a small room ~ one end for
the foreman and his assistant, while the
dining car had one large table and at Ons
ond q large cock stove and the sleeping
quarters for tho cook and his assistant.
UluAIly a man and hls Wife
They we're 40 suCceaslui ehat several
more sets were built. and the only draw
hack was the fact that the quarters were
TOO small In the evenings when the entire
Rans was present. Yet the man were
better satisfied and the company pleased
with tho kR0Wledgs thas q could pro-
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tar the only mode Of travel is on snow
shoes A fifty mile iaunt on suowshoes
With "a bag Of tools such as are necessary y
!or him 10 carry 10 not q trip to loke
about
lie often finds the poles completely
covered with snow where u has dnited
N be- cannot find them. and last winter
hs was snowbOund In a small cabin Tor
thres days without any food except a
few sandwiches he had with him for
lunch When the storm abated 20 he
could start again hs was 20 weak that be
could hardly drag himself 10 the next
village. where he was compelled 20 remain.
bis feet being 20 badly frozen u Vas a
question whether they would have 10 be
amputated or not With the courage Of
his class inside of a week he started on
his long journey hack again. thinking
nothing 0f the fact that be had come near
losing his life
Another man in the employ Of the same
comuany Is stationed out on the desert
in tho West While the little hut he lives
m. which - also a te~t station. enables
him % hear all the news that IL flashing
over the wires. no rarely has chance 20
hear a human voice. for although his
abode IL near the railroad Il h seldom a
train stops except 10 bring him supplies
than bis fellow workman In the North.
vet his n q position that few men would
care 20 acneDt
Nhile there is hardly one Of this class
of men who has not had narrow ESCAPES
from death ye, they glory IN their vOoa-
ton They love 10 boast Of their many
hairhreadth sscapes among themselves.
but % the stranger they merely shFng
their shoulders and make some indii-
fsrent reply when Questioned about them
A. general r,ils they are fatalists. be-
heving that u they must have an acci-
dent IL will come when ordained and not
until then
The underground cable has done much
tn remove the hikeT from the larger
cities and to-day Il u used successfully
by one ~ the telephone companies be-
tween New York and Philadelphia. Il u
az present unsuited for telegraph work
aud il u safe for the hiker o. believe h.
will always be able 20 secure a position
az his will aud continue singing his
favOrte song:
The hiser stood on the crossarm the fore
man on the ground.
Said the hikeT 10 the foreman. DO We cult
Whsn me sun goes down''
NO. no. said the c0mpaRy's foreman. we
work until tis darh
~ that. the case saii the hiksr. I'm
take my time and start
IN travel this " ide world over. J u roam
from town 20 town
rnl { nnd some good honest foreman ho
will cult when the sun goes down
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specimens ol the OEanna roosevelt, and
tho naturalists OF the museum were very
much interested In these. The Ozanna
roosevelt il by no means ~ fierce a. its
name suggests. In fact IL Is harmless
antelope with tender. shesphke eyes, bot
It Is characterized by long curved honD
To the iudofatigabls energy u Kermit
Roosevelt Is sttributed also the addition
Of three specimens of this rare antelope
Tho thrce specimens consist of skins VI
q bun. a cow and a calf
The naturalists of th. museum are also
much interested in a number Of skins that
have been received of the curious horse
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others thO s0okstB are higher up. Prom
the character OF thsss eye sockets the
soientists say that the ROossvels hippo
DOtamus sWims higher in the water than
the specimens that have hitherto been
known 20 the museum. Incidentally
IL might be noted that the hippopotamus's
skull looks somewhat like a well dis
played corset on a show window model.
Some Of the Roosevelt specimens that
have been received are now at tAnneries
being cured and made ready for mounting
The carcasses Of some Of the smaller nam
mails are under examination by the eE,
perts.
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Az AFRO SCARF ~ LIMA.
Residents Automatically Prepared Zee
Trouble Tires JRst IsIeW 70.

Raw ". NuttinE. a Cornell graduats
Who has spent the last three years AZ .
mine nearly thrrs miles above the sea
in the Peruvian Andes and who returned
10 New York recently. tells a story about
the last revolution scare that lima had.
only a few days before sailed. sEya
Nutting. 4 was sitting in a cafe In Lima
not far from the palace grounds when
there came the sudden shock Of an explO-
sion. II was pretty loud and certainly
unexpected The noise seemed 10 come
from the direction of the palace
Instantly every one got busy. Those
who we're on the streets made for the
nearest doorway Shopkcepers slid out
on the sidewalks and hoistcd their iron
revolution prOof shutters before their
windows just a. quickly a. they could.
some men came tearing down from tha
palace. saying that the rsvoiiiiOuista had
blown up the President. ant everybody
was white with AlE.0s
They expected the troops % come
prancing down all the streets leading
away from the palace. Tor that's what
they always do when there u the first
sign % a revolution. They run. and they
usually begin shooting Just as aoon ~
they take the street Hence the iron
shutters. which are fixed 10 60 up 20
smoothly
We'll, everybody stayed indoors al
most aH h0gT. Then oH- head nsekei oui
here and another there. No soldiers
BY and by people got boider and came out
on the atrestH, shutters came down. ntd
everybody asked everybody ells whas
had happened. They found out aftar q
whiI8.
what was it? Why. two tires on a
Government auto IN the palace couriERu'
had blown up simulta1aOusiTl"
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THE TELEGRAPH HTKEU'S JOB
BARD LIFE AND PERILS or THE
MEN VINO STRING WIRES.

Work nat Requires Great strength and
TrOuble Man-The T.lneman On Snow
shoes and m . Desert 81 the west.
The average telegraph linemRn or
hiker, a. he is Eamiliarly known 10 hls
associates, Ia recruited from che farm,
a. thsrs are few city bred youths who are
able or wiling 10 undertake tho hard
ships that beSall the beginner OF ground
hog a. he IL commonly called by the
rest % the gang. The pOundhogs are
set 20 work at first digging holes. and while
this may not seem lsbOrious it must be
considered that 70 get this hole TO q suf-
icient depth. which IL from four 20 six
feet. Il IL necessary 10 use thirty pound
-tael bar two inches In diameter and nins
feet long. sharpened &C both ends. 10
loosen the earth. a. IL IL impossible 10
use a pick after breaking the ground at
the top.
Then rock formation IL often met with.
hlch IL never blasted unless Il IL i'm
rossible n break IL out. To tho beginner
this Ia tedious work and II he Ia not care
f.I he will invariably chip II out until he
las the hole running 10 . point At the
bottom and find II impossible 10 continue.
D. IL astonishing what an old timer can
r with a bar and interesting 20 hear
item 'ell of their feats and the number
o. holes they can dig In a day. Many
a. no Wagers they make on their ability
DO This line
After a few months apprenticeship
o. gRing holes the grounding. u he is
found 10 be willing worker. is allowed 10
i-n the lineman. that h. be II detailed
T. ait on him while at work on a pole.
iv.1g such articles a. may be needed
from time 20 time 20 a line no the line
man may pull them up a. he requires
them This is where he receives his first
r."p.ng 10 the art Of climbing The
rav' pay DAY IL likely 20 see him in the
7s.-.l0n ~ a pair % spurs or climbers
D. .s I. ambitious Then Il is up 10 him
9. sae low long II will bs before he 10
BILE FL. get up and down a pole lively
- &. ~ become a fur fsdged hiksT
muand the respect Of the gang
'i- 2" Al the best h hard. for be- Il
r.i''v % tho 60. The majority of
...-.n are always dissatished and con
r'Flng from place 70 place. They
H' " di-dain the uss OF passenger
... #Hru hoy travel a. an Unnecessary
I.I tho average hiksr that
'pb boz some other part of the
aI that the wages are a Little
mn raHfe and you viii seo him aboard
--v' erN'ght either riding the bunpsgs
... p car sitting on the roda, al
' generally finds a good naturod
train who will allow him 10
. .tHoose and then pass him
.." next crew till he reaches
Oh. .... .t'.r
'lsH a c.ass oi Epsmon who are
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the first known 10 have been shot by a
white man in Fast Africa. According to
the Smithsonian Institution there IL.
however. an earlier record Of a specimen
having been obtained by o white man
IN West Africa.
The bongo IL a large antelope. and
although caught by the natives has been
successful t.ll the present tam" In evading
tho guns of white hunters, Tor IL is found
only in dense forests, where stalking h.
almost impossible The two specimens
of thess rare animals we're obtained by
Kermit Roosevelt
In the last consignment also were three
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The institution has already received ak
instalments from Africa. The specimens
come packed In boxes. bags. cans and
about every other known kind Of a con-
tainer The sixth instalment was ~
ceived only a short time ago. and il con-
sisted Of nearly City barrels and many
boxes
Most conspicuous and also Of the great
est interest in this consignment Were
about go skins of the larger mammals
nearly all Of which were obtained by Col
Roosevelt or his sOn Kermit. The most
important Of these large specimens were
tho skins Of two bongOs, for they were
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paEuerrrst,ps on . Tomb.lsns.



Attached 90 the slab which marks
the resting placs u the woman whose
features 10 represents ths first daguerroO-
tvue made west of the AlleKhanies has
withstOOd the destructive effect Of the
weather for over half q uuntury; and
in spite u the exposure the face u dis
cernibls and the metal on which d was
reproduced has oOrrodod but little. ID
IL located in a little churchyard at Brook
vile. Ind
q. p. Fitch. Who is Etill living. made the
darlerreotype. Tie was the second sue
0eE,ful follower Of Louis Daguerre. who
announced hia discovery in t6J1. Fitch
made the old photograph later placed
on the tombstone In 1912 under great
difficulties. Re had 10 build bis own
camera and bis supply u chemicals wgl
secured from the limited stock Of q hack
woods drug store.
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Womua's GRt Sf mare AIsssss.
Fsol fAs PAilaasIPhia NoriA America

FF0Hl 10 FIIIlN1TNEl1 N0TII NWFTITHH-
Announcements vas made recently by
Or y. A. Macfarlane. professor of botany
a. the University of Pennsylvania. that So0
specimens Of moss have been received a. a
=ist gFcm MFs Josephine y. fawe ~ WASH
ington
fhese apoclmens viii Be made tho nucleua
Of a large ColleGtI0n 0f moaaea rspreaenta-
tive q every aecti1n q this country and Of
many other countries az the world, he stated
land England and Japan. The work AZ
inrTea0ing tn number 81 mo11 specimens
wlli BE- dalagaiad % Inemhara Df the sociefv
and ma9 converted WITH the university
botanical departnent