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In Memory of J
Fenimore Cooper
COOPEH bus been
JFBNIMORI2 than half a cen
tury but his etories of
venture and of life on the sen
nnd in the forests primeval In the com
pany of Indians and guides are still
among the most popular of any works
by American authors The centennial
celebration in Cooperstown N Y
VhJch was for many years the au
thors home has awakened renewed
interest in hie career and achieve
ments Cooperstown was founded by
William Cooper the father of James
Fenimore Cooper who was thfi first
judge of Otsego county and the first
to represent his district in congress
lie was a native of New Jersey but
on securing largo landed interests In
central New York removed his family
thither lie at first erected a log
house and lit this the future author
who was born In New Jersey In 1789
spent his early childhood As soon
as he could do so the elder Cooper
erected a manor house long known as
Otsego nail and this structure was
the sons home from 1814 until his
death In It he wrote some of his best
known works It was burned In 18r3
The Cooperstown of today contains
many things that remind the visitor of
Its connection with the first noted and
successful American writer of fiction
The author loved his country and rev
eled In the beauties of Its scenery
nnd the romance of Its legendary tales
and warlike history as his works abun
dantly testify Yet In his own day he
was much misunderstood and he did
not enjoy the popularity among his
countrymen that lie deserved Now
that he has been for many years dead
nnd gone he is duly honored nnd the
spots associated with his career are
carefully marked while his resting
place In the graveyard of Christ
church Cooperstown Is held especial
ly sacred Cooper died In 1851 and it
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JAMES FENIMORE COOPER AND HIS GRAVE
IN CHRIST CHURCH CEMETERT COOPERS
TOWN
was but two years later that flames
destroyed Otsego Hall Avhich in the
earlier years of the century was the
most pretentious dwelling in central
New York For many years the site
of Coopers home was a neglected wil
derness The grounds passed into the
possession of the late Alfred Corning
Clark who formed a plan for improv
ing them which was carried out by
Ms widow now the wife of Bishop
Henry C Potter of New York Through
Mrs Potters Interest and generosity
the grounds have been made a public
park and a fine library and museum
has been erected upon a site opposite
the entrance to the grounds which
serves as a repository forrelics con
nected with the author and his family
A bowlder weighing thirty tons marks
the site of the ancestral Cooper home
and on it is placed a replica of John
Q A Wards famous statue of the
Indian Hunter so well known to vis
itors to Central park New York In
Lakewood cemetery overlooking Otse
go lake Cooperstown citizens erected
a tall and Imposing monument sur
mounted by a statue of Leatherstock
ing and his dog It is just below thc
spot of the opening scene in The Pio
neers and not far from the conical
granite bowlder in the lake known as
Council rock This was a famous
meeting place for the Indian hunters
and scouts of the times about which
Cooper wrote and is made use of by
the author in that part of The Deer
slayer where Chingachgook and Deer
slayer meet to complete their plans for
the search of
On account of the interest shown by
Bishop Potter and his wife in the
preservation of the historical associa
tions of Cooperstown this distinguish
ed divine was assigned an important
place in the ceremonies of the week
beginning Aug 4 being invited to de
liver one of the principal addresses
and to read the poem written by Mrs
Julia Ward Howe for the exercises
on Aug 7 at Coopers grave under the
shadow of Christ church Prominent
place was also given in the pro
gramme to the Rev Dr Walton W
Battershall rector of St Peters
church Albany the church whose rec
tor of a century ago the Rev J EI1I
ton was Coopers instructor Poems
and addresses were also prepared for
the occasion by Professor Brander
Matthews Rev Ralph Birdsall of
Christ church and Clinton Scollard
WHEN NAPOLEON WALKED
An Incldortt of tho Tragic Retrl
From Moscow
It was on Nov 23 at about 7 oclock
In the morning when we saw th
head of the column The first we saw
were generals a few of whom were
on horseback but the majority on
foot The latter painfully dragged
themselves along almost all having
their feet frozen and bound up in rags
and pleceB of sheepskin and dying of
hunger We then saw what was left
of the cavalry of the guard The em
peror came next on foot with n stick
in his hand He was muffled up In
a large capote lined with fur and wore
on his head an amaranthine velvet
cap edged with black foxskln On
his right marched also on foot King
Murat on his left Prince Eugene
viceroy of Italy then Berthier prince
of Neufchatel Ney Mortier L efebvre
and other marshals and generals
whose corps had been partly de
stroyed
They were followed by 700 to 800 of
ficers and Buboflicers marching in or
der and bearing in the greatest Bllence
the eagles of the regiments to which
they had belonged and that had so
often led them to victory They were
the remnant of over 00000 men My
poor PIcart who had not seen the
army for a month gazed on silently
but his convulsive movements showed
only too well what he felt I saw bia
tears roll down the cheeks and fall
on his mustache from which icicles
were hanging Then turning to me
Really compatriot I do not know
whether I am asleep or awake I weep
because I have seen our emperor
marching on foot a stick in his hand
he that was so great and who baa
made us so proud Memoires of Ser
geant Bourgogne
FOREIGN MONEY
A Showmans Experience With Coun
terfeit Coins In Naples
When you are abroad said a tour
ist agent look out for counterfeit
money In France and Italy especial
ly look out There are a lot of small
souled French and Italians who save
up counterfeit money all the year to
dump it on the tourist trade in the
summer
I said to look out but really that
Is impossible An American tourist
has his hands full just to count for
eign money with Its centimes and
lyres its francs and centesimi and
when too often he is unable to count
this money how can he detect coun
terfeits in it
Italy is the worst country and it
is safe to say that every tourist loses
in bad money there 1 or 2 per cent of
all that passes through his hands
When Buffalo Bill showed in Na
ples the audience was enormous but
the next day when the business man
ager went to bank the receipts of the
night lo and behold over a thousand
dollars in counterfeit money had been
taken in
Buffalo Bill in person went and
complained to the prefect or chief of
police
They passed a thousand dollars on
you In counterfeit said the prefect
They did said Buffalo Bill bitter
ly
Just like these Italians exclaimed
the prefect What a grand nation
Exchange
Thunder In Various Regions
Java is said to be the region of the
globe where it thunders oftenest hav
ing thunderstorms ninety seven days
in the year After it are Sumatra
with eighty six days Hindustan with
fifty six Borneo with fifty four the
Gold Coast with fifty two and Rio de
Janeiro with fifty one In Europe
Italy occupies the first place with
thirty eight days of thunder while
France and southern Russia have six
teen days Great Britain and Switzer
land have each seven days and Nor
way has four Thunder is rare at
Cairo being heard only three days in
the year and extremely rare in north
ern Turkestan and the polar regions
The Dandy Horse
The father of the bicycle tribe the
dandy horse was invented in 1818
by Baron von Draise of Paris It con
sisted of two wheels about thirty inch
es in diameter running one in the wake
of the other and connected by a beam
of wood upon which half way from
each end was a saddle or perch an
arm rest in front completing the ma
chine It was propelled by kicking the
ground with the right and left foot al
ternately It was from such a crude
affair that the modern bicycle was
slowly evolved
Taking No Chances
The court appointed a young lawyer J
to defend a Georgia darky but after
the prisoner had looked the lawyer
over he said
No Mister Jedge I reckon not De
las time I got in de penitentiary I had
a man dat look des lak him to defend
me so des leave him out de case en
gimme ten years Atlanta Constitu
tion
The Usual Thing
Mrs Wickwire If you go first you
will wait for me on the other shore
wont you dear Mr Wickwire I
suppose so I never went anywhere
yet without having to wait for jou
Illustrated Bits
Feminine Sympathy
Miss Fytte We have heard that my
brother in Australia has been nearly
ilrowned They only just managed to
tfave his life The Visitor Dear me I
am sorry to hear that Philadelphia
Inquirer
If thou takest time Into thy affairs
It will allay and arrange all things
Apollodorus
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A NOVELISTS OWN ROMANCE
8ir Arthur Conan Doyle His Career
and Approaching Marriage
The approaching marriage of Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle naturally sug
gests queries as to the personal and
domestic side of the creator of Sher
lock Holmes The author is forty
elght and in full physical as well as
mental vigor He married at twenty
Reven Miss Louisa Hawkins of Mln
stcrworth Gloucester and several
children were born to them Mrs
Doyle died several years ago In
September Sir Arthur will take as his
second wife Miss Jean Lechie of
Crowborough The gifted writer
who next to Kipling Is perhaps the
best paid of any of the literary guild
of today has a house at Hlndhead In
Surrey which Is filled with mementos
SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYIiE AND HIS FI
ANCEE
of his adventures in almost all parts
of the world and which is in many
reapects an ideal home for an author
Though so successful in the literary
field now Dr Doyle labored for many
years to achieve recognition as a writ
er As a young man he wrote more
or less from time to time indeed he
wrote and illustrated at the early age
of six a precocious story of adventure
but it was only about fifteen years
ago that his revenue from his writings
became sufficient to enable him to de
vote his whole time to literature He
had practiced for a dozen years pre
vious to that time as a physician He
has said that during the first ten years
he wrote short stories for magazines
he did not make from this source an
average of 250 a year Dr Doyle
served as a surgeon in the South
African war and in 1902 was knighted
in recognition of his literary and pa
triotic achievements
A FAIR NATURE STUDENT
Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton Wife
of Noted Writer on Animals
President Roosevelt in his remarks
about nature fakirs did not mention
Grace Gallatin Thompson Seton al
though he did call in question the kind
of stories about animals written by
her husband Ernest Thompson Seton
Mrs Seton is a very accomplished
woman and has done creditable work
herself both as an artist and as a
MRS THOMPSON SETON IN HUNTING COS
TUME
writer She calls herself book de
signer and writer Like her husband
she is exceedingly fond of the out of
door life and has extensive oppor
tunities for indulging her tastes on
the large estate in Connecticut where
the author of Wild Animals I Have
Known has established his home She
was born in 1S72 in Sacramento Cal
and Is a graduate of the Packer Col
legiate institute New York The pho
tograph of Mrs Seton Is published by
courtesy of Doubleday Page Co
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YORKSHIRE PIES
Hera Is the Way They Were Made hi
the Olden Days
The delicacy of the Yorkshire plea of
olden dayB may be Judged by the fol
lowing recipe from an old fashioned
cookery book First make a good
standing crust let the wall and bottom
be very thick bone a turkey a goose
a fowl a partridge and a pigeon sea
son them all very well take half an
ounce of mace half an ounce of nut
megs n quarter of an ounce of cloves
and half an ounce of black pepper all
beat fine together two Inrge spoonfuls
of salt and then mix them together
Open the fowls all down the back and
bone them first the pigeon then tho
partridge cover them then the fowl
then the goose and then the turkey
which must be large season them all
well first and lay them In the crust so
that it will look only like a whole
turkey then have a hare ready cased
and wiped with a clean cloth cut it to
pieces that Is joint It season it and
lay it as close as you can on one side
on the other side woodcock more game
and what sort of wild fowl you can
get Season them well and lay them
close put at least four pounds of but
ter Into the pie then lay on your lid
which must be a very thick one and
let it be well baked It must have a
very hot oven and will take at least
four hours It Is not surprising to
find that a footnote adds that tho
crust requires a bushel of flour Cham
bers Journal
A CLEVER REPORTER
He Got the Interview Word For Word
and Took No Notes
Interviewer I have come to get your
views on the proposed change in the
curriculum of the school
Mr Swelhead Curriculum Whats
that mean Im against it whatever
it Is
Mr Swelhead reading the report of
the Interview in the next mornings
paper Our distinguished townsman
Mr M T Swelhead was found at his
charming home surrounded by abun
dant Indications of ripe scholarship
and sturdy common sense In reply
to our representatives questions he
said I do not desire to force my opin
ions upon the public but this I will
say that I have given to this question
long and studious attention Incidental
ly examining upon the aurriculas of In
stitutions of learning both at home
and abroad and although I found in
the existing course of study not a few
matters for condemnation still I can
not say that I should advise any radi
cal change until I have further time to
examine into the subject By George
that fellows got my exact language
word for word And he didnt take
notes neither Jiminj but what a
memory that fellow must have Lon
don Telegraph
A London Lads Prayer
W Pett Ridge a London writer
made a London boy in one of his sto
ries offer the following rather original
prayer Lord wilt thou ave the
kindness to make me grow strong and
tall and with plenty to say for meself
and wilt thou do this as soon as thou
can find time sos to save me ex
pense and waste of money that might
be used in other ways say for a
cricket bat Believe me Lord thy
obedient servant A Martin
He rose He was halfway into his
blue flannel bed gown when an impor
tant idea occurred to him and he
knelt down again quickly
Should ave mentioned he whis
pered Elfred Martin of 53 Cawstle
street jest over Surrey side of South
ark bridge
Water Transportation Cheap
Any class of water transportation is
Incomparably cheaper than land trans
portation unless something better than
the modern railroad is invented For
this reason the greater part of our do
mestic or inland tonnage has been and
is carried by water and not by rail
For that reason the railways own the
largest steamers on the lakes The
wheat trade was lost to the Mississippi
not by competition but because the
railroads did not bring it there The
Mississippi above Cairo Is decadent
not for lack of ability to compete but
for lack of commerce which is to say
accessibility by means of its own tribu
taries Charles D Stewart in Century
Nothing Doing
The musician was visibly annoyed
But hang it all he said I told
your reporter three or four times over
that the violin I used was a genuine
Stradivarius and here in his report
this morning theres not a word not
a word
With a scornful laugh the editor re
plied
That is as it should be sir When
Mr Stradivarius gets his fiddles ad
vertised in this paper under 2 a line
you come around and let me know
Los Angeles Times
A Fine Morning
Fine morning- your honor affably
remarked the man who had been ar
rested the night before for being
drunk and disorderly
Yes indeed responded the justice
quite a fine morning in fact a ten
dollar fine morning
Golden Measure
In Australia bragged the native of
that country you can pick up gold
by the pint
It comes In quartz In America re
torted the quick witted nephew of Un
cle Sam Pittsburg Post
The Value of Ridicule
A man said Dr Johnson should
pass a part of his time with the laugh
ers by which means anything ridicu
lous or particular about him might be
presented to his view and corrected
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