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ulfons Clermont Reproduced
Is ocl taring and If any
SEEING existed that there Is to
be a UudsouFultun celebration
in New York state tile coming
autumn they must be dispelled now
that ground has been broken on the
historic Spuyteu Duyril hill for a mon
ument to Hudson now that Holland
has built a new Half Moon and shipped
It to the United States and now that a
reproduction of Fultons little steamer
Clermont lias been launched in the
waters of New York harbor These
incidents show that the- commission
In charge of the celebration of Hud
sons discorery and Fultons inrenlion
is making good and they indicate that
the commemoration is likely to come
off according to schedule
The monument in Hudsons honor
whose construction has been begun
will tower some 320 feet abore the
waters of the rirer he explored a
statue of him by Karl Bitter at the top
and appropriate panels by Henry M
Shrady at the base It will be the
most conspicuous object of the laud
scape in that portion of New York
The Malf Moon which was built in
Amsterdam Holland by the Dutch
an exact reproduction of Hudsons
iittle ship and was dispatched to
this country on the Holland America
steamer Soestdyk destination New
York Both the Half Moon and the
Clermont will participate in the ma
rine parade up the Hudson rirer to
Albany which will constitute a lead
ing feature of the commemoration in
September and October Indeed they
will be the chief objects of interest in
this parade
The recent launching of the Clermont
in the yards of the Staten Island Ship
building company gave a foretaste of
the ceremonies of the real celebration
for it was an occasion replete with his
toric interest and picturesque in its
setting The original Clermont set
forth on her first trip up the Hudson
to Albany on that erentful morning of
Aug 17 1S07 amid the jeers of some
in the small crowd that witnessed her
departure It was a company of at
least 5000 people that witnessed the
launching of the replica of the Cler
mont and the contrast was an inter
esting one between the ceremonies of
this occasion and that 102 years ago
when Fultons folly as some called
the steamboat then started on her
memorable trip up the rirer named
for Henry Hudson The company at
the recent launching included most of
the living descendants of Robert Ful
ton General Stewart L Woodford
president of the Hudson Fulton com
mission presided and Mrs Alice Crary
Sutcliffe a great granddaughter of
Fulton christened the replica of the
Clermont breaking on the bow of the
vessel as she slid into the water a
IHE OLD CIiEBMONTB BEIiIr IiATOCHING
THE CLKBMONT H
beautiful silver filigree glass vase filled
with water from the well on the Liv
ingston estate at
where Fultons steamboat made
the first stop of her maiden trip As
the vase was shattered Mrs Sutcliffe
said
I name thee Clermont and again
auspiciously proclaim to the American
people the sentiments of Robert Fulton
as expressed in an essay to the friends
of mankind Industry will gire abun
dance to a virtuous world and call
mankind to one unbounded feast of
harmony and friendship The liberty
of the seas will be the happiness of the
worlds
Then all the small craft in the har
bor blew their whistles and six carrier
pigeons which were concealed in a
basket in the prow were liberated
The vessel slid slowly and after the
crane had ceased helping It along it
almost stuck Many of the men In
the crowd broke through the ropes
at this point and went to the aid of j
he vessel which wassoon floating in
the sea The United States ship Wasp
commanded by Lieutenant Starr Tain
tor then fired a salute of sixteen
guns
One of the Interesting parts of this
function was the presentation to the
new Clermont by Eben E Olcot chair
man of the committee baring the con
structiou of the vessel In charge of
the bell used on the original Clermont
Robert Underwood Johnson read a
poem written by him especially for
this occasion
The replica or the Clermont is as
nearly the duplicate of the original as
the commission could build from the
plans noted In some of Fultons own
letters She is 150 feet long 18 feet
wide 7 feet deep and draws 3 feet of
water Her sides are almost straight
up and down and both ends are wedge
shaped She will be equipped with a
replica of the old engine and make her
trip up the Hudson to Albany under
her own steam
The difficulty of determining the ex
act dimensions and equipment of the
Clermont was great and it was only
through the efforts of the late Rear
Admiral Joseph B Coghlan naval con
structor William J Baxter U S N
Captain Jacob W Miller Mr Eben
Olcot and Messrs J W Millard and
Frank E Kirby naval architects that
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it was possible for the commission to
build an exact replica of the Clermont
According to the plans of the commis
sion the Clermont will be escorted by
the Half Moon Henry Hudsons ship
and a fleet of war vessels of many
nations when the naval parade starts
on Friday Oct 1 on the commemo
ratiye trip from New York city to Al
bany
One of the ways of making the Hudson-Fulton
celebration productive of
greater patriotism and interest in the
history of the country is to give the
children and youth of the schools of
New York city and state a leading
part in it It is expected that about a
million children in the Greater New
York will participate in some way in
the pageants tableaux and festivals
of the celebration Some of the sub
jects for tableaux will include the
progress of civilization in the past 3Q0
years in New York state and vicinity
flhe principal ceremonies in which
children will participate will be held
on Sept 2S and Oct 2
It has been the aim of the commis
sion in charge of the joint celebration
a body composed of a large number of
representative citizens of New York
state to make the commemoration as
educational as possible and as inter
esting to the children and youths of
the schools as can be effected through
the creation of historical spectacles
and reproductions of scenes connected
with the events celebrated In this
way study of the two periods and of
the two principal characters honored
may be stimulated
Bolivian Consul Generals Views
The Bolivian consul general at New
York Senor J Aguirreacha in ex
plaining the cause of the rioting at La
Paz and the popular feeling against
the decision of the Argentina presi
dent in arbitration of the territorial
dispute between -Peru and Bolivia
said
We accepted Argentinas president
as arbitrator because of the close
friendship which had existed between
that country and my people For more
than four years Senor Don Eliodoro
Yillazon who as president elect of
Bolivia will assume his official duties
on Aug G served as Bolivian minister
In Buenos Aires The most cordial re
lations always have prevailed Be
lieving that we were fully in the
right our people had prepared to cele
brate the award of arbitration in their
favor In connection with the extensive
ceremonies arranged for the centen
nial of the first battle for independence
against Spanish domination Now all
our claims based on justice as they
were seem to have gone for naught
Ho Dodged Cold Mutton
Green the English historian one
day nsked a friend which of ail the
inventions of their day had done the
most for the people as a whole His
friend guessed this and that but the
answer was
Beyond doubt sixpenny photo
graphs
A reply involving quite as great an
absurdity as that was made by Cecil
Rhodes In answer to a lady who
seeking to draw him out suggested
that he owed his phenomenal rise to
the impetus of noble sentiments
Madam returned Mr Rhodes I
owe my fortune simply and solely to
cold mutton
Cold mutton gasped the lady
Oh Mr Rhodes what do you mean
When I was young continued the
South African millionaire I was so
dosed with cold mutton and I hated it
so cordially that I resolved to grow
rich in order to put it on one side for
the rest of my life Yes madam cold
mutton was at the root of my success
Noble sentiments had nothing to do
with it
Preparing For a Dewel
One of the most remarkable docu
ments that hare erer come under our
observation says a law journal is to
be found in the case of ex parte Scog
gin G Tex Appf 54G Mr Scoggin was
under indictment for the murder of
one William Gerrard and an extract
from a memorandum book in defend
ants handwriting and found near the
body ran as follows
Johnson Co Tx Jan 24 1S75
As It may bee the last penciling that 1
may ever do on earth May heven Bless
me and the man that 1 am going to fite
for we have been travllng to geather
some time and have fell out a bought the
sum of 25 and have agreed to fight a
dowel this Butiful night of our lord and
as one of us has to die May heven bless
us as this is the last half hour on earth
with one of us heven Preserve me now
and forever Written by Jesse Scog
Bornd and rased in Tx Sined by William
Jirod Bornd in Illinois
Mr Scoggins piety apparently
brought victory to him in the dewel
for his adversary when found appear
ed to have been struck behind the ear
by a thirteen inch shell
A Substitute
The young lawyer having been nom
inated for the office of county attor
ney thought to surprise an eccentric
genius of the name of Si who was
working as a hired man on the young
lawyers fathers farm
Well Si what do you think
young man began
Sometimes one thing Lonny
sometimes nother
But Si they hare nominated
the
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for county attorney
They might a done worse Lonny
Howsomerer dont holler till youre
out of the woods
The young attorney was duly elect
ed and on his next risit to the farm
announced the fact unctuously to Si
who was at the wood pile saw in hand
Well Si I am elected by a large
majority What do you think of that
Well Lonny down in our parts
where I was raised when we wanted
a stopper an hadnt any cork we gen
erally took a corncob Exchange
Practicing on Wooden Legs
Of the five cases in the accident
ward that Avere pronounced cured at
the same time three remained in the
hospital more than a week after the
other two had gone home
They had to stay said an interne
to get used to their wooden legs It
takes some time to learn to manage
them and most men who will have to
peg along with them for the rest of
their natural lives stay in the hospital
several days after they get well to
practice stumping around on their new
legs Of course they can learn out
side but the man who has just ac
quired a wooden leg feels so awkward
and is so likely to fall down and break
the other leg or an arm or maybe his
neck that we prefer to keep him here
so he can take his first lessons under
our superrision New York Press
Thousand Islands
The Lake of the Thousand Islands is
forty miles long and varies from four
to seven miles in width It is both a
continuation of Lake Ontario and the
beginning of the St Lawrence river
The Thousand islands are really about
1700 in number big and little Many
of them are favorite summer resorts
with hotels and boarding houses of
rich Americans and Canadians The
voyage through them is picturesque
and many of the islands are illumi
nated at night
Who Voted
Benjamin Franklin once discussed
the property qualification for voting
in Pennsylvania A man owned a don
key of sufficient value to enable him
to vote but before the next election
the donkey died and the mans vote
was refused Now asked Franklin
who voted at the previous election
the man or the donkey
A Tribute
Waiter They do say yere a great
hand at a Welsh rabbit sir The
Clubman They do eh The Waiter
Yis sir Oi heerd wan man say ye
made wan that was worth all the
throuble it gev him afther he ate it
More In His Line
Do you think I will make a play
er asked a sluggish applicant for
football
You may make a chess player
said the coach You are slow enough
In moving
The morose man takes both narrow
and selfish views of life and the world
He is either envious of the happiness
of others or denies its existence
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The Lackey Who Changed Places With
His Former Master
Some years ago a remarkable occur
rence transphvd at Nice which Is very
near to Monte Carlo A notorious
habitue of the casino who had made
his money principally there had set
up an English vehicle a pair of horses
tiger and all and cut quite a swell
driving In the neighborhood says II
lustrazlone One day he was riding
in the environs of the town when his
serrunt sitting upon the raised box
behind who had been feeling some
what uneasy at not receiving his
wages for some time seeing his master
quite alone ventured to ask lilni
through the back window if he would
not make it convenient to pay him
The master was in a good humor and
asked
How much Is it La Fleur
One hundred and twenty tire llrres
may it please you monsieur
Very well here it is said the
master spreading the sum in paper
currency upon the seat of the vehicle
Now La Fleur have you a pack of
cards with you
Certainly answered the obsequious
lackey I always carry them mon
sieur producing the cards at once
That is well Now I will be bank
er and you shall play against me I
will take the front seat the back one
shall serve for our table and you can
look through this back window
The lackey assented to this amused
at his masters condescension Luck
was rather on the masters side but
both men became quiti eager in the
game thinking of that and that only
Little by little the footmans money
went until all that was left of his
wages was 5 livres He began to feel
anxious when suddenly his luck
turned and he won the whole sum
back with every sou his master had
about him
Piqued at his loss the master wa
gered a horse which the lackey won
then its mate next the harness and
lastly the carriage itself Luck ran
all one way and the servant La Fleur
won everything The master took out
his watch and put It down against a
given sum The cards were shutlled
and the lackey won
I have nothing more La Fleur You
hare cleaned me out said the half
desperate gambler
The serrant was in high spirits at
his strange run of luck
Here are a hundred lirres monsieur
I will stake them against your posi
tion If you win they are yours If
you lose we change seats
Agreed
The cards were shutlled La Fleur
won and the rehlcle returned to Nice
with its former master occupying the
servants box behind and La Fleur sit
ting inside
The Last Speaker of Cornish
In the little village of St Paul near
Penzance there is a monument erected
to the memory of Doll or Dolly Pent
reath who attained the age of 102
and was the last woman who spoke
the Cornish tongue This is the in
scription Here lieth interred Dorothy
Pentreath who died in 1777 said to
hare been the last person who con
verged in the ancient Cornish the pe
culiar language of this country from
the earliest times till it expired in
the eighteenth century in this parish
of St Paul This stone is erected by
the Prince Louis Lucien Bonaparte in
union with the Rev John Garnet t
vicar of St Paul June 1SG0 Honor
thy father and thy mother that thy
days may be long upon the laud which
the Lord thy God giveth thee Exodus
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The Youngster Hushed
When the great French chemist Che
vreul attained his hundredth birthday
he was entertained at a public dinner
at which his sou a high official in the
department of justice sixty -seven years
old was also present The old man
made a speech and in telling an anec
dote made a slight slip which his son
corrected Old Chevreul turned around
quickly and said in a sharp tone
Hush youngster when 1 am talking
And the youngster held his tongue
An Odd Perquisite
One of the most curious perquisites
in connection with English corona
tions is the right of one of the peers
to claim the bed and bedding used by
the heir apparent on the night preced
ing the coronation In olden times
this was a perquisite of considerable
ralue as the bedding usually con
sisted of richly embroidered corerlids
of relvet or silk with priceless hang
ings of cloth of silver and gold
Criminal
She I cant bind myself until Im
sure Give me time to decide and if
six months hence I feel as I do now
I will be yours Ardent Adorer I
could never wait that long darling
Besides the courts have decided that
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His Popularity
Are you popular with the Hash
girls
Dashed If I know Each one al
ways introduces me as a friend of her
sister Cleveland Leader
Read anything half an hour a day
and in ten years you will be learned
Emerson
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Immaculate Conception Academy
ings Nebraska
The beautiful Academy of Immacu
late Conception conducted by the Bisters
of Dominic is nearly completed The
building is large commodious and is ar
ranged with a view to the greatest com
fort and convenionco of the pupils
Extensive recreation grounds afford
facilities for health giving exercise
The academy is provided with com
petent and experienced teachers who
will spare no pains to render this insti
tution worthy of extensive patronage
It is the aim of the system to develop
aide by side the moral the intellectual
and the physical faculties of the stu
dents No undue influence will be ex
ercised on the religious principles of
the non catholic pupils but the same
maternal interest will be extended to
students of all denomination s
The course of studies is divided into
primary preparatory and academic de
partments The course followed is that
prescribed by the Btate superintendent
of public instruction
A thorough course in music piano
and -vocal by a teacher of ability and
experience will afford the very best ad
vantages to pupils desiring to become
accomplished in that art Special at
tention will be given to young beginners
that they may lay a solid and correct
foundation upou which to develop tech
nique and musical interpretation
The first semester will begin on Sep
tember 14 1909
Take Notice
All persons are recommended to take
Foleys Kidney Kemedy for backache
rheumatism and kidney and bladder
trouble It will quickly correct urinary
irregularitieswhich if neglected may
develop into a serious illness It will
restore health and strength Do not
neglect signs of kidney or bladdor
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evening at eight oclock The public
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Episcopal Preaching services at St
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Sermons by pastor at 11 and 8 Class
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Evangelical Ldtheban Regular
German preaching services in frame
building of East Ward every Sunday
morning at 1000 All Germans cordial
ly invited Rev Wm Bboeggkman
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Chbistian Science 219 Main Ave-
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Wednesday at 8 p m Reading Room
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