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Show THE SUNDAY EXAMINED: OGDEN, UTAII. SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 19, 1906, ; : ,1 " : 1 r : , ' ) - - - - V ; - &eele9S jnrzjrGjexjvrtSntrsarr NMntta, by Maas, of i tha Expaaitloo Hit year, of WOth anniversary ef tho birthday aom of oar oauatry aa aa auialtj will direct tk ayra of tho A marl raa peopla to a hit icgloo oo tba Atlantic Taaot lint la yaaaaaord of tpor objarta and loeaHtlea ef groat hlatnrio thaa aay othar aarttoa of the la auda, of coarse, to tka territory aomoadlng Hamptoa kata famous oo tba moot magnificent natural hartair la tba world lower Cbraapeak Ray and tla tributaries, tba Jsme, - York, Potomac and Rappahannock Rlraia.- - la thla raglna, and particularly In ; waa laid tba founds ttoa Ylrginl of liflalbioa HdHaorloa la tka Maw Warld and throughout thla whole Barrio of tho Old Dmoinloa are ahrlnaa of patriotism that will ba naoraa for mlllleo of llacla Ham's aubjorta during tba next KagUab-apaaklu- : . JLj&rrJtouarjUfP CRI ' 1 : Mary College, which came Into existence in ltM, and wua the alma mater uf most f tha republic's early presidents and statesmen. Inalds tba college grounds la tha house need by Lord Corns Ills as a headquarters are ho retraoted to meet final defeat at Yorktuwn, and near it hand I the house from which President Tyler passed to tho White House upuu tha death of President Harrison. On the site of use of the old terms of a -- an tury ago stands tho Colonial Inn, whvrr within the past few yean Mary Johnson wrote the historical novels which have occupied lending places In all tha llate of heat selling books. ' A doaen miles to the north of Williamsburg la York town, where Cornwallis surrendered. thus ending tbs Revolution. It also la a village which has changed but little In more tbau a century. Klcbnioud, with Its memories, la a comparatively short distance beyond, nod turning in the erected a prof retire break, a ter of atnoe. ' Jamestown I aland la now the property of Mr. Louts J. Harney, widow of Ererrt t Ilarncy, the well knnwn car balldcr of Dayton, Ohio. lira. Harney la cue of many hnrthera people of paeans whwbavo whln recent yea re purchaaed Colonial aatatea In Virginia, aud when Jameatown Inland, uhleb hi located near bar phwlathiu, waa pot op at aarllon a few yeara alnoe. tba patrlntlr tlbto woman pnrrhaaed It. With tha aid of the women of tka Society for the Ireservatiufl of aha haa had the Virginia Autlijultlca ialand cleared up until It nwemlilcn n pntfty little park, and haa taken uraa-anto preariTo I la venerable ruins. A plan la now on foot to hava tba national governmeat take over the entire Ialand and cantert It Into a national part. fa any event Undo Ham will expend many, thonaanda nf dollara In giving tba plaro a aettlng worthy aa Important a patriotic shrine ero tlie Influx of vlellnra eaoinwmva next . aprlug. few Only werka ago Hceretary of War Taft v tatted tba (aland and aeleeted a alte hie the which will tie magnlflrent monument erected liy order of Ciingmia and which will be n reproduction on a tuna Her acale of the Washington National Monument In the capital city. The goreriinient will alao build u ler an that ateamera can dlacbarae pmaengcra at Jamestown Ialand, and will provide reat alatloua aud reilrlug muiua for the vlaltnra. I'poq the Ialand of Jamealnwn our g d tail rpa-tlna- Mmm Ttda-wat- flftcew months. Maturully, oaa at tba chief point, of. la Jauiaatowa lalaad, the-scaof tba drat paruianaut aattlrmant of Klillal. lanwinuo apaaklng people la America. la located anma thirty nitlaa from tho UMoth of tba Jamoa RItct, and In ao far aa Municipal atatua la rooorroed. exists today only In mum. The hlatorle Mt of tarrMory which eenulata of low, and bi aoaaa placau niarahy, land waa at one time a peninsula, hut the rlrar more thaa a century ago waahad.away the neck which aanoected It with the matuland. and Indeed. would hare aradnally waahed away tba entire Inland had not the govern mrat town. Even In lla Interior this moot Inof all American rhurchoa appears Just as It did In tha palmy days of tho seventeenth century, when George rountry find! tha flrat regular ostablish-niea- t of the rrotestant church lu Ainer-lea-, tha flrut recorded wedding and (he birth of the flrat child of English Snnklng parents. Hero, too, waa elected the flrat reproeentatlve leglalatlva aaaembly, not only In tlie nilntiloa, hut nf tha world, cue year befnro tha lauding of tho Pilgrim Fatberaat Plymouth Knek. Un Ihla loin ml tho flrat vealalouee to taullnu without rep recantation, and lu liuTi the flrat rehelllun on Aiuerti-aenll, wlicu t lover tine Harvey waa armted fur treaaeu and aont back to England. Tba moot oouaplruoua relic no Jauu-a-tnurlalaud la the ruin of the old church. Little more than the tower of thin fnmoua edifice remains, hilt the structure la to lie reetuivd during the next hxlf year. In thla old church worshiped John Hiulm and the early enl.mleta who earns with him. It waa tho cent or of all tha early atrnggle, nf tho flrat F.ngllnh aettlera and waa attacked by Indiana time and tluie Dorati nrta waa liaptlaed lu thla again. church, and hero alio attended divine aerrleea In eoinimny with her future husband, John flolfu. , Tho old church tower la situated within the trail of 2l4 aerea at the weatern end of Jameatown Ialand, which, aaalaoa explained, la now under the care nf the Virginia tlrganlxatlnu for the I'rekerralloii of Antiquities. and within thla Inchmure alao are such other rulna aa remain, the allea nf the meat hlalorlc .if the original atrui-tiiraand relics dug from the ground during tho work of locating the terning Wnshlngloo, Tlionui Jefferson, Jumeo Mnomr, John Tyler, ratrlek Henry. Chief h Joatlce John MarahaU and Edmund worshiped under Its roof. Adjoining the old church la tbe colonial mansion of Georg Wythe, where Geueral Washington had hla headquarter during tba military campaign that culminated lu tba . victory at Yorktowu. la th center of. Wllllaiualmig la tka old Uourtbnuae Green, seemingly present. Ing the same appearance that It did when It was tlui of Patrick Henry's malilen speech. Around tho green are many historic houses. Including tha Itwchy House used hy Lafayette oo bin before tbe siege nf Ynrktown, and tho home of Edmund Randolph, Washington's seeretary of state. Not a Powder stone's throw distant Is tba Horn," an odd octagonal building where colonials tbe early kept their cherished supply of ammunition, and near the edge of the town la the alte of tho homo if the Widow Cnstls, who afterward became Han-dolp- . I'jjearJfji3Q&jrcJ.atx:zjT V?j&amz lines of urn earl town - mementoes which the pioneers aa the CMict such Ialand la tho quaint end hlatorle town of Wllllanialiurg, which will undoubtedly la vlalted by every sightseer who makes a aud atema with ilia alawlglnea toliai-ci- i I, Jam-to- ms-l-t- Kliclsml. from Jameatown In iH.mnahlre, lan-atei- l mtlea eight Williamsburg will disappoint none nf a vial ton, for It has apparently not changed In tho slightest degree slure the duya when, an the capital of tho did dominion. It waa the renter nf Angle-Knxn- n society and imlltlra and fashion In the New World. Here the tenrlet suddenly lifted Into the slmiHiphere nf threw centuries ago, may And In a perfect state of preerrailn old Hru ton l'arlah t'hurcb, with Its baptismal font brought from tho church ut James (uui-asla- ltah-lg- to Jameatown. pilgrims pliea of the flrat lu kildltlon to the prospective memorial alaire enumerated yet n mil her liniairtant building will lie wn Thla will Island. erected eu lie a pertniil- i- I atmetnre, erected by the nf the IlniiKhtera of the National American lli'iolntkin, mid will be a reproduction of (lie blrtliplnce ef Hlr Walter and Imwla of hqad-qiiarter- a Mrs. George Washington. In Wllllamshnrg was organised the flrat public school ie tbe country. Harvard College waa In active operation earlier, bnt the first school for higher education wns at what organised end the plans was then the Virginia metropolis. Hears the visitor looks with keen lutereqt at the hlatorle buildings of William and fc&ll Nwp m!4 flll f?.t in ir Mh-I- (.f n- i taff piHtn.1 - 1n:nmMnril f.iirn, a:.l if this hf tni It l pin'Tntiv PiM'ig thiit Pori Finn tionutu nino rtf tat I to t tb and un naiia! f aU th vrM'a r'shiMnona I ti f'wn nr. Trnt:inijil Haropmo fn yma-br- r nnt In 'ai. la nr.il hn4 hM th tlmt Njsakligc ud llta Rtchia tta uarlu midKvusia harp vu knynot fir tb cotnlujr ahw. Tta Tnitad Ftatrw will ard to ihla rath ring of th wnrid'a dwta th and nnt irmtarn ahlw nf vry vnr Wary, and tar in ciaa wi;i ba followad by all th nihr iMiwnra, af which har a'lW'ady anny(d loalUttnaa to nd To thla r-- ai i.anl ra-tetba moa rpr?iTfiv f ?hlr mar- t tbia natal display, myni.ui Ihipt. It will inalnjtn Nst on f tba maritime ap tacia whichprfln haa yat b. irroi th t'ja ,t ,,r :T?t ? u if '! i i'rlrc h j of raal ti n)- tf tll I!kf nf all - . )! f hum : imi worlil 'T. It h:iI, In i.- .i iv lu U'M, a'. -- .c ! tin ' a a mi .1 :iV- f. lr f i.ii :' rni' rn'! nr . Icvatn) fai'ina Iatni"ifi Point. whtw tta pmt V'-- . 1vll War nfr- inmit nf th h nrt RfaMtfthd munkli-l'y ! hut HaiaMiTi H'WdH !a tuir nf will, b ih group nf rulna fr.m , . ia m n t hr rnii'.i ppaltimi afn-miTo l mpr thla Hcr,a f,.r la diiam flv hr ir .N tar frnju ?fnrfnik and lNirin rt.ri!. tni hy watff fnai NnnpnM V 'lw, tl ir j hr i V re!'. hr frm r- -' M aat. ar pr war fin I'no-fi'- Tt. bout ar i;vv!!'tj in p pm-rii- , t j trt ... ar jjn rnincr,f a tal'llon dniii ( propriHind a hr thr iu-.i- and fnr iPpita'i!!r th ifl f iri"ir aud wl :n Jamncfnwn nith ihir ifi '! ,lfwt,m d.v nf Mi '.nis! i,i'ii:rMl arid mi f'r:ir fVnl n p ...Oil M. ! :i .jMiin-- l I mmh.' Tf,wn.liiui.- m 1 do-Me- fdiai !? rd nr. fb-- Jil bit To tbe : n It ffti" lirprt.ii pva.i.-'- ef U- i- unil Jaxo i rtf U Maosn-hn-sei- ;i hr th nil I a i n: v ' I1.., ' ti f uht Ihov.linj isMinga of In whth .'tiir. aa n!!l ! um;i:ht -- ears ir1' f- I V inrprt r nip .aoif l. !:;;. e -- l!!ir.-.--- ' at.-f- -r s l Wl-- il-- h 0 -- t Ihil win icw rn.-n'e- l riMi'Pil--'- I- ni In n. rh--- I'llui.s -e .t s Mpoaitl.in in an old iii, ; - i i .in rMro i cr-n- .tiim-stir- priiit'lpul pxjirtBTirtTi rraf'a ar d i. irm! il hr r rMvtnb cnplica of rtf fhm r :MlMrjii'i. s r- e i of of iaL Rr 11 a,hui AM ir i w !;'..' pin; I pfy 4 T w a il'miifi-tl- i thnmucVr appMpriai in nia wl:i'h It nniT'rt'Tn.i- - I'MIs-1i-lh- a ad i4rrpi:dui; to th ago and f lie IMk at St. Tti War UiFisn:ul 'lire hi . .w 4 fat Mi f!ion"ighfarp erei-rli.- e Jn ;ii v l.n RimalflMi U tn liliia i frt. rrt nrn.ut f f . ! I. I. '1 4iu,.' ,f f ytfMor tn ,u will ir dflii'itril a Uiagiiiii i!t hr i :itT rh t'xrY.v4.;i"i. th MtM.ii'n a pit ip.-ti- t i'."" of ! bihit. 'I'n i'rt ttiil a will lt.' hi: nn Thlii'1'id vd mi dim'. pr.t pa'.a.wf -fnr th ilit ,.,r ' rlnt hiiii f th i;a ds ra .1 al uc ..mu yi.U th:r rj.i niMiutial.T'na. In is:!. d'ir M 1,1 e Tnri r r'.,. rf U g- Irg to n ..r u mtai mm and irvph' rtf wislf'h il it rnftrtX'M :; i:iuprt of th lrd fb'R 'i.iii nf gawar a to I'fll i W w i'iutif the various state enmnilttces have l the lnii.illiga ns headquarter for tln'lr viuiiuouni.s'ths. lcr liistatu-s- . I to have an exact of Imlepetiilen.-Flail nt and Ohio will offer a counterfeit preseui nienf ef a hlatorle rolonlul mansion that Is one ef the show places nf the Rui Maine will reproduce stale. . Lo- - tfi li!rlhp'.a-eand will a rap'li-of the hnn.e at Cambridge, which was General hi durlug the Ri iolntinusry War. Following In the New Jersey will duplicate Wah-I- t ss'ue ginr.'s at Morristown All of state h'lllilirigs will l iiiroi-t'I the eater from. f to he exiwndej to th Exposition some f',.- !ii lie iiald nut for the erection i.ii of th- I jii.-d Htntea govern mental ni;4 sinte and an nmount will for the erection of tbe dhiuasl pn's-rto he by tlie exposition -- tnia:iy. if tlie latter stnetur t; e n impor'ict ire two splemll-- l twin already more than half each l3o.hi square feet of cvUM-l- t space. One of iheae will to :ural manufa t ires SLd irs. H- the otler will h"iie y. t!:rte!ty and iranseirtnilen an-- l iri ludlr.g power s Tv flrapreof aiructnre. having nu a of klhiXai feet of x'ltl-iris- ,. f ' . will Vikf fh w ii tii t tin t not ta th n and luilldltia not rnitiporv In ti(pgt with nny p m T!i rt.plijH fair Jumrui'Wi) n'l.-tint pfirnr aa unirh Kniri aa ili iw' ,i t btaci and Nf. IxMilm hut what li In ail St will nnr flinn iinhi1 r.p in novrlty. fm at Mila rxhtMuon will ta fhnwn HillhMt 4l)icfii rtf 1ni!at whih limy ir mmt pr N- f 1 hi rlmialr bad an npiHirt'inlt v ai;T ttQlt1nn In th nor-Tt .Vaii!itnwn r? pmcth'ii nr liay riidivnu military tnu mughrmt th ruin am w! l';rtwinffr .niil-- ' I . an flin opHriuiiiTy to of mam iiHtlora z fon Ip and 'ii and inNtiu'a. Th , r m. it . Ti-f th prcHtrt'-th th whnl Mniorprls a lllnatrnt1 t flip i;.w if ii.a ful-- e f. j ! mt nrf.i'ficn I!- f d.n Uiii'ini; ir.M:w all that tiip- tlinn- itmirhi'r'R". r . rli!ii inrfi ? vnhlt.if ri'iraiM. . V TV'ra vi;i tbt mlr i1': n jto a;l In Mr, pal- b, to h aur, IndaMrini ilaftlaya. jtmt aa at OtU-MKr-t 1 anl mi4 Ft- IaiiI aod IVrtaiiri. but tha rT nwbcr of th world a fair f ratf will f.uud tuanr and naval fantiirfw, lu wfckh ft win ari'f'ia arythin irvlrtiljr Airptd on any of th mat'r nf tba glob. H&ir.ptfio Ruada, whlrb U fanunia tta n9t hiirhir ! pur xr p!ant, la nnh to nnahii u!l fb cavlaa nf "b world to rid at atu'hnf tb laar auapiHnu nf rrnwdlng. ttd tbt OfiMnunnia affrd-r this a f "j w ti if. JuniiK Virtnla. frum Ayrll w lht rrptti !n.w, rtniR)imnrai nf irntf-iAtnar1 t,i NmthI whi !i mil h. . EahMiMj-ir- wbirh t. rtf In a i WALDON FAWCETT. Strange Superstitions. JlCLajtQrTZ3 j&araTxz. TT other direction the lilstorlan-tourts- t finds o peninsula every Hut of which ha been fought over In Indian. Cohmlal, RevoluIndeed. In tionary and Civil Wars. Hampton Roads occurred the moot memorable nasal battle of the war of the I'nlun. tho famous duel between the Monitor aud On Hampton Knadi is tha Merrimae. attested tha town nf Hampton, tha oldest continuous settlement of Englishmen la America. Hera Calvert stopped oa hit way to found Maryland, aud here tbe visitor finds many reminders of ancient times, but not the least Intereating belug old St. John's Church, built la MM Many of tho travelers who will root from all parts of the I'nloo to tidewater Virginia daring the year IHiVT will taka pleasure lu traversing In power or sell boat tbe route followed by the first colonists from tha time they first sighted tbe promised land. Ruck sightseer will gn first to Cape Henry, where the flotilla of the' English explorers flrat anchored, god her they will And a cross marking tka spot when the adventurers lauded la April, IHoT. A lighthouse erected here la 1UP1 aim stands. Point Comfort, which la ext visited, was tha flrat harbor ef the a torn tossed plooeers, and was given lu wina borauae It afforded perfect shelter sad a safe anchorage for th wayfarara. Hcfnrt proceeding to Jstnratowu Island the average tourist will nuke a visit to Fortress Monroe, originally a palisaded fort of the flrat settlers, plumed la 11114 and fortified a few yearn later, bnt now tho finest fort res In America and the chief artillery station of tho L'nlted Htats government. No enumeration of tbe historic msecs of tidewater Virginia woald he complete without reference In passing to th communities nf Norfolk, Portsmouth and Berkeley, all located on Elisabeth River, aa estuary-oHampton Beads All threa are settlements of the seventeenth-century, and each la rich la rellr of tbe early days of the nation. j hu!l-!i"g- i. e -- cvln-ii-i- d-- spai-e- . will lie given over to the blntorlcil Inralnal-lrelic, A hiilliilng with an area of To.fMi display. Including sqnara feet of floor spai-- la he'ng erectatl to shelter the agricultural, hortlrnltoral and mining exhlhiis. and an annex will bold special evhlldis of the and peanut ludiistrles-gre- at sources nf t wealth In tlie Knutb. An ioU will consist of an exhibit hall for the display of medical and hospital appllsueea. hygienic and sanitary articles of all kinds. a building for ths Then there will mining an-- l display, and a very ki.-- i Inter sting n nt ths Marius appliance RuiMing. In which will he shown everything thst rnlera Into Iks manufacture of siilt-s- . All inid. tha will have than vksi.iHS) squsra ef exhibit which Is practically a that st the th FxMis!tion at Buffalo, wbl-- b proved such toluicco-growlii- lull--ra- stni--tur- inr-r- tt Th- - president of the- Iamerowa F.xpost-tl-0is Hairy gt. who ba Gcge r, Tnugi-eyserved Bn.j fl, of the Anieri an B.ir As H:s per- aonnl ninctietls-sxv sell illustrated hy the manrer h he tbe rtvopera-t-- n of effii n's hen he recently vieir-- d Fnp--to solicit th- of the power, 0 j xx ... ij in hJ MTt, uieplay lafnb'c worker for th nf the enterprise Is r. Brook sqi rb.li-Jhl of the fsf nf gor- R ALL-.i-N FAWCETT. 1 The moat persistent superstitions In tb world are those thst srs based upon the hahlta of animals. If one la walking at Blrht and n aplder web brushes the face It Is supposed tn mean that a ghost la following, hnt In day time It tells that stranger la coming. Tbe neigh of borne la a portent of death, whlrb will come from the quarter to which hla head Is pointing when be neighs. The hair of a dog; tbe skin of a snake and the pelt of a black rat are believed to possess medicinal qualities, wbllt the handling-oa toad Is said to giro warts. German Canadians are full of anperatltlnn. A white, spider rrawUng toward son: the howling of a dw: the sight of a snake-- all foretell death. Th killing of n toad or the crowing of hen foretell rain. If the geese fly high look out for a . gale. If the cat washes her face It means that visitors are coming. If a bee atlnga kill him and the wound will not swell. Tha black tooth of a hog and tbe blood of block hen hare onratlve powers. I New England the sailors carry as talisman a Nine taken from n living a fish hawk's neat, turtle, a pebble n or a small from th head of a rod. In Texas superstitious peopl carry mall hone from a Osh's bead, but the luck II only supposed to cant after the ta charm has hern lost. la lb" the most common talismans an claw of a crab and the left hind daw from a craw's foot. f t txr Maasa-haaef- Tu-ke- s 111 w-- d i f NEARLY MX C EXTI RIEfl-OLTh famous clepsydra, or wafer dock, of C'upion. rhlna, I boused In a tempi oo the city walla. Three Mg earthen Jam on shelves, aud a fourth ande th lowest oo with a woodan tower Tb water tlia sb'de descends by slow drops from on Jar to a float In th nu another, the brass last Jar tilling th hours as It fists. auei-essl- on-tlfut- e |