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NE of the most beautiful and
historic regions in the United
States is the far famed Gene
see valley of New York The
same of the valley is Indian and signi
fies beautiful and it has always
Iteen agreed that the red men chose
xell when they selected it In this val
y is the large private estate known
js Glen Iris which has recently been
presented by its owner William r
5stchwortb to the state of New York
fr use as a public park It embraces
raout a thousand acres and extends
fb2 three miles along both sides
otC the Genesee river Mere men
tion of the gorge and valley of the
euesee calls to mind the deetls and
taie of the Indian chiefs Red Jacket
md Cornplanter and Joseph Brant of
Sobert Morris that great Revolution
Try financier who with Hamilton had
so much to do with placing the fiscal
jsteni of the young republic on a
sound and enduring basis of the Hol
land Land company the big real estate
syndicate of a century ago which de
Taioped western New York and of
Wadsworths who generation after
jjcneration have served in legislative
3alls and on the battlefield
It recalls too the strange story of
rne old white woman of the Gene
ve Mary Jamison who once owned
15000 acres of the beautiful valley
ind might have been richer than Hetty
ireen had she survived to the present
iky It was at the big tree council of
2J97 when Morris negotiated the pur
alase of a great portion of the lands
sb the Genesee valley from the Indians
jsf the Six Nations that Mary Jami
sons claim was presented and though
Zed Jacket opposed the action it was
isreed to reserve for her those 1S000
seres of rich land with the Genesee
3fver running through it which was
Sngknown as the Gardeau reservation
The- old white woman was born in
roldocean about 1742 and was captured
as a child by a party of Shawnees
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HOUSE AT IiETCHWOBTH pabk
3fefng adopted by the Indians and
ratmed by them Pretty
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JOHN ADAMS
The second president of the United Stutes was the first vice president
Etc- served as such during Washingtons two terms succeeding the latter as
Tjresident in 1797 lie was a native of Bralntree Mass and was sixty two
jaurs of age when he became president He lived to the great age of ninety
Siting on the Fourth of July 1S2G while his son John Quincy was president
oKlthe United States John Adams was one of the stanchest of patriots during
ttfe Revolution His term as president was marked by a violent quarrel with
SSexander Hamilton and his followers Adams like Hamilton was a Fed
eralist His manner was dictatorial and this made him many personal
eemies
The Gift of Glen
Iris fey
By EDWARD HALE BRUSH
married first a Delaware
and after his death Hi-ok-a-too a Sen
eca also known as Gardeau who fig
ured in the massacre of Cherry valley
She declared in the memoirs which she
dictated as an aged woman that de
spite his ferocity in Avar Hi-ok-a-too
had always treated her with the ut
most kindness This strange woman
died a Christian at ninety one and was
buried on the old Buffalo Creek reser
vation but when in after years the
opening of a street in the city of Buf
falo interfered with the repose of her
bones her grandson Dr James Shongo
disinterred them and Mr Letchworth
gave them a resting place at Glen Iris
and erected the monument which is
now one of the sights of the park
Near by is a section of the big tree
under Avhich Morris made the famous
treaty In the same vicinity is the
old council house which formerly
stood at Canadea and in which in days
long gone by the Senecas not only
smoked the pipe of peace but In their
own primitive and picturesque fashion
worshiped the great the
master of life Mr Letchworth when
it was threatened with destruction had
it removed to his estate for preserva
tion and here in 1S72 the Senecas met
for the last council held in the Genesee
valley It was on this occasion that
they gave Mr Letchworth his name as
an adopted son of their tribe
the man who always does
the right thing In a museum Is a
collection of Indian relics
Mr Letchworth has long been known
for his interest in historic and patriotic
societies and for over a quarter of a
century his life has been wholly devot
ed to unselfish work for the benefit of
humanity especially the unfortunates
who inhabit prisons and asylums Tho
splendid domain which he has given
to his state and which is to be called
In his honor Letchworth park is visit
ed by thousands of persons every year
The Erie railroads bridge at Portage
crosses the Genesee within the bounds
of the park It is S00 feet in length
and it Is 234 feet from the railroad
tracks to the turbulent stream beneath
Below the bridge is a series of three
falls of great beauty Seldom indeed
has the public come into possession of
a domain possessing at once so many
natural charms and so many historic
essociatlons
A Catch Question
Of Bishop Short who held the see of
St Asaph many curious stories are
told Occasionally he put questions to
candidates for ordination that appar
netly had no connection with the dis
charge of their parochial duties They
tested probably their wit or tact two
necessary qualifications to public men
but nothing more One such question
proposed by the bishop was the fol
lowing Which has the greatest num
ber of legs a cat or no cat
As might be expected this created a
titter but the bishop would not take a
laugh as the answer and consequently
he repeated the question and desired
some one to solve the problem At last
one of the candidates smiling said I
should think my lord a cat
No retorted the bishop there you
are wrong for a cat has four legs and
no cat has five London Telegraph
The Epitaph of Mary Lyon
In tho grounds of Mount Holyoke
seminary overlooking the beautiful
valley through which the Connecticut
flows seaward Is a monument to Mary
Lyon the Massachusetts teacher who
founded the college On it is inscribed
a sentence of her own There is noth
ing in the universe that I am afraid of
but that I shall not know and do all
my duty
Tho Dressmakers Diploma
Many New York women who patron
ize a new dressmaker for the Anil
time propound an embarrassing queo
tlon
Have you a diploma they ask
I didnt know what answer to make
to the first customer that put that
question to me said one dressmaker
I certainly did not have a diploma
I knew how to sew but I had no cer
tificate to that effect Finally I found
that many women have suffered so
grievously at the hands of Incompe
tents that they were unwillirig to trust
their work to a person who could not
show some guarantee of experience
and efficiency so nlthough I knew
more about sewing than half the fash
ionable dressmakers in town I actual
ly worked in one Buch establishment
for four months so that I could point
to n printed diploma which says For
merly with Mme A of Fifth avenue
It pays any dressmaker to arm herself
with credentials of that kind Sho
ought to have her diploma framed and
hung on the wall like a doctors diplo
ma so as to give confidence to doubt
ing customers -Now York Sun
Great Schemers
These traveling men are groat
schemer when it conies to getting
rooms assigned to them ahead of other
guests who registered first paid a
hotel clerk There were several guestsj
on the waiting list lor rooms yester
day One traveling man caiv up tu
the desk holding his hand to hi3
stomach spying he was so rick he
must have a room at once Ho was
accommodated In a few minutes an
other traveling man who was among
th list of guests waiting for rooms
came up and said ho had boarded a
sleeper at 2 oclock in the morning and
tried to get some sleep but that it ran
Into an open switch and gave him such
a shaking up he couldnt sleep He
said he was almost dead with exhaus
tion and loss of sleep and must have
a room at once Hardly had he gone
to his room when a third one came up
and said he too must have a room im
mediately What do you suppose his
reason was He said a horse fell on
him the day before and he thought he
was injured internally Kansas City
Star
Pepper and Onions and Garlic and
At a restaurant downtown redolent
of pepper and garlic where swarthy
representatives of Spain and all the
Spanish American countries gather ev
ery day at the lunch hour a lone Amer
ican accustomed to strictly unseason
ed food was glancing apprehensively
at the bill of fare
What is chile con carne he asked
the waiter
All senor zat is pepper and a lee
tle meat and pepper again and once
more pepper and
No matter What is bacalao a la
vizcaina
It is delicious codfish and red pep
per and gar
Forget it What is olla a la Espa
nola
Ah Zat is onions and pepper and
garbanzos and chorizos and
Bring me roast beef New York
Times
Barrymores Dilemma
Maurice Barryrnore the once famous
actor was once in London with a new
piece which he was anxious to have
produced He had read it to a man
ager and it had been decided that he
was to play the leading role About a
week after it was supposed to have
been definitely settled Barryrnore re
ceived a note from the manager ask
ing him to call Barryrnore called and
the manager said I like the piece
old fellow but I dont see how I can
use you in the cast Your beastly
American dialect wont do at all you
know They wont have it
Well thats strange said Barry
more They told me on the other
side that they wouldnt have me on
account of my beastly English dialect
What am I to do give recitations on
the transatlantic steamers
No Insult Intended
A London exquisite had gone into a
svest end restaurant and was far from
pleased with the way in which his or
der was filled
Do you call that a veal cutlet he
demanded of the waiter Why such
a cutlet as that is an insult to every
self respecting calf in the British em
pire
The waiter hung his head for a mo
ment but recovered himself and said
In a tone of respectful apology
I really didnt intend to insult you
sir London Answers
Origin of the Cross Bun
The exact significance or origin of
the cross bun is not too certain A
superstition regarding baked bread on
Good Friday appears to have existed
from an early period Bread so baked
was kept by a family all through the
snsuing year under the belief that a
few gratings of it in water would prove
l specific for any ailment Leeds and
Ebrkshire Mercury
Suspiciously Cheap
Mrs Schoppen The price seems
Ioav but Im afraid of antique rugs
Iou know the old saying Snug as
a Salesman As a bug In a rug
lla Ha But there are no bugs about
this rug Mrs Schoppen shrewdly
No I half suspect the presence of a
little humbug Philadelphia Press
Her Troubles
Teacher Who was the most patient
person that ever lived Student Mrs
lob Teacher How do you make that
out Student Why Job endured a
rrhole lot but she had to endure Job
Judge
He who seeks a brother without a
rault will have to remain without a
brother Talmud
THE LATEST MARVEL
The Gyroscope Locomotive Which
Runs on a Single Rail or Cable
A train that will spin along on a sin
gle rail or even on a wire cable up hill
and down across ravines and rivers
around curves performing miracles of
mechanical engineering is what Is
promised by Louis Breunan C B of
the Royal Society of London inventor
of the Brennan torpedo and other de
vices that are now in extensive use He
promises that trains shall run at high
speed as much as 123 to 150 miles per
hour and that the cars shall be hotels
on wheels from fifteen to twenty feet
wide permitting of much more con
venient arrangement than even in the
case of cars run on two rails according
to the present system He promises
that the engines and cars of such
trains shall maintain their balance on
the single rail or cable perfectly de
spite differences of load and the
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THE GYltOSCOPE LOCOMOTIVE
cy to fall earthward due to the law of
gravitation All this is promised on
the strength of the performances of
his miniature engine or model which
is six feet long and powerful enough
to take his little daughter on trips upon
a monorail line constructed around
his private estate in New Brompton
Kent It has also carried easily a man
weighing 140 pounds
This engine which the inventor calls
the gyroscope locomotive Avas recently
put through a performance before the
Royal society and the members of
that learned body were convinced that
it would ultimately work a revolution
In the raihvay Avorld The principle of
the invention is simply that Avhicli en
ables the common top to maintain its
equilibrium A hen in rapid motion de
spite all temptations to fall over In
one end of the gyroscope locomotive is
the gyratory apparatus consisting of
two flyAvheels rotated in opposite di
rections by electricity These flywheels
keep the engine perfectly balanced on
its one rail Electricity or other motive
power may be used in moving the en
gine along the rail and thus dragging
a train of cars
ROOSEVELT LONG
Nature Fakir Controversy Between
Stamford Author and President
A good many people had never heard
of the ReA Dr William J Long of
Stamford Conn before President
RooseA elt in a recent magazine article
called in question some statements the
former made In his books about ani
mals Now the authors name is a
household Avord his works are among
the books in special demand at the
libraries and incidentally the contro
versy the presidents criticisms pro
voked has added considerably to the
gayety of the nations One of the
Long stories AAhich caused Mr Roose
velt to put the Stamford author in the
nature fakir class related to the feat
of a wolf which according to Dr Long
killed a caribou bj biting him through
the chest to the heart This story was
brought to the attention of no less dis
tinguished a body than the cabinet a
short time ago when President Roose
Aelt read to his councilors an affidavit
of a Sioux Indian produced by Dr
Long to prove his assertion about
the AAolf In connection AAith the affi
davit was an editorial paragraph Avhich
THE KEA DK AAlLLTAil J LONG
asked how E H narriman and Poult
ney Bigelow would like to have a Sioux
Indian elected a member of the Ana-
j nlas club It is said there Avere chuc
kles over the reading of the paragraph
though the nature faking controA ersy
diet not come officially before the cab
inet for consideration
Dr Long is forty years of age a na
tive of Massachusetts a nan ard and
Heidelberg graduate has been writing
books abont animals for some ten years
and belongs to the ministry of the Con
gregational church He charges that
President RooseA elt is not a real stu
dent of animals and condemns him for
shooting them
What Came Up
I planted some grass seeds In the
front yard and what do you suppose
tame up
Grass
Nope
What then
A lot of birds came up and ate the
seed Cleveland Plain Dealer
LETTING A FLAT
Tho Agent Found There Were Two
Sides to the Question
The agent of the building did not
like the looks of the man who Avanted
to rent the second floor flat
We require the payment of the
rental monthly in advance of course
he said
That avIII be all right answered
the man The rooms suit me and I
am willing to pay a jear in advance If
necessary
You dont object to music perhaps
Theres a piano on the first floor and u
harp and zither on the third
No objection to that I am fond of
all kinds of music
We dont take renters avIio have
children you know
We havent any My family con
sists of my Avlfe mjself and a grown
son
Also we require the best of refer
ences
Here they are
The agent looked at them and hand
ed them back
They are all right Ill have to let
you in You are fortunate Mr Spon
doo in getting the -apartment at this
particular time By order of Mr
Hunks I have had all the rooms thor
oughly
Does old Hunks OAvn this building
Certainly As I Avas saying
Great Scott The only object I have
In moving is to get out of one of old
Hunks apartment houses I Avouldnt
li e here rent free No thanks I can
find my Avay out Avithout any assist
ance Morning sir Chicago Tribune
THE STRAWBERRY
It Was First Cultivated by a Blind
King of Hungary
Where Eperies the picturesque Hun
garian town is now surrounded by
beautiful gardens and fruited fields
there Avas at the time of King Behi II
nothing but thick Avilderness Once
this blind and unhappy sovereign aais
traveling in his realm It Avas a hot
sultry summer day and Avhile search
ing for a shady spot in Avhich to rest
he became lost Deadly tired in con
sequence of his long Avandering he
asked his attendants for a drink of
AA ater They seated him on the soft
green grass in the cool shade of big
old trees and then the cavaliers sep
arated to hunt for a refreshing spring
MeaiiAvhile the king Avanted to find
out more about his resting place and
began to grope about him Avith his
hands Tims lie discovered straAvber
ries growing all about him says the
NeAv York nerald He ate them so
partly quenching his thirst he waited
quietly for his gentlemen After a
short time they returned some Avith
empty cups some Avith pearly spring
Avater
The king then said to his attendants
ILtA e the trees cut down around this
place where my hands found the re
freshing straAvberries Here shall rise
a town AAiiose name shall be Eperies
straAVberry in remembrance of this
day for all time
As the king commanded so it Avas
The Avilderness was cleared and in its
place is a toAvn Avhose arms carry the
strawberry even today
His Idea of Scoring
At a country cricket match in Lan
arkshire a local farmers boy Avas ap
pointed scorer his duties being care
fully explained to him The first in
ning AA as not very productive of runs
and soon came to an end and every
one made a rush for the scorer Judge
of their surprise however Avhen they
found that not a single mark had been
made in the carefully ruled book that
had been provided
When reproached in somewhat strong
terms the boy Avas not in the least
disconcerted but with tho most in
genuous air in the Avorld said
I Avas sae eeuterested in the sport
that I quite forgot to mak the crosses
But it disna matter that avcc laddie
Avi the red face is the smartest runner
among ye London Tit Bits
Arms and the Tax
There are sufficient people in Eng
land and Scotland paying the annual
tax imposed by the inland revenue up
on the use of armorial bearings to pro
duce a sum of 3o0000 each year The
great bulk of this sum is paid by peo
ple Avho care not an atom either about
their family of their arms but pay the
tax regularly simply because they have
carriages or plate heraldically decorat
ed The really old families of the
realm however use armorial emblems
for decoratiAe purposes to an extent
almost Incredible in the eyes of those
familiar with them only on note paper
table silver and carriage panels
A Curiosity
Polite Shopman showing goods
Here is something I Avould like to call
your attention to madam It is the
very latest thing out Mrs Rounder
absently If theres anything out lat
er than my husband Ill take it if only
for a curiosity Strand Magazine
A Fellow Feeling
I dont believe said Mrs Henry
Peck that I avouUI be afraid of a
man eating tiger
I dont believe youd need to Mria
responded nen reck Hed recognize
a kindred spirit nouston Post
No Ballast Needed
A dear old lady on reading that sev
eral aerolites weighing five hundred
weight each had fallen in the Ghazipur
district of India remarked that these
balloonists appeared to be astonishing
ly heavy people Punch
At the end of some generations races
perish or degenerate in towns It Is
necessary to renew them and It Is-al-ways
the country which furnishes this
renewal Rousseau
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Tho State Fair to bo hold nt Lincoln
Sopt 2 0 giveB promiso of being tho
nmntnat Rtnto Fair over hold in Ne
braska Secretary V K Mellor in
forms us that the exhibita in all de
partments are very honvy and promiso
to exceed in magnitude those of last
year which wns the record broakor
heretofore Tho management have so
cured Chas J Strobol and his airship
which aro now making flights at tho
Jamestown Exposition to mako daily
flights at our Fair Tho stake racos
have 128 horses nnmod in them as
against f8 named last year and thiB
feature of tho Fair is looked forward to
with great anticipation by tho horso
lovers Fully 25 per cent moro swino
will bo exhibited this year than last
and all tho live stock departments are
receiving an abundanco of entries If
no moro entries of County Collective
Exhibits aro received from now on
Agricultural hall will have- a finer
exhibit than ever before Nebraska
has the best agricultural exhibit shown
at any Fair in tho Unitod States and
such an exhibit is a credit to our state
and worth going miles to see Tho Im
plement section is oven greator than
that of last year and a farmorcontemp
Iatiug tho purchase of n pieco of mach
inery will secure tho best of satisfaction
by comparing the different kinds of tho
samo machine all of which will bo
shown by experts who can teach you
tho points of superiority
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