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undergone of late. Not long ago it stood silent
and deserted. with drifted leaves upon its
threshold and marks Of time and weather every
where. Now IL Is spick and span, trim as the
newest creation of New-YOrk architect ana
over the basement door on the western front the
legend Restaurant in back and gold greets
every eye. one of these days II may be fashion
ably thrOnged. like another Casino or Clare
mont Yet to-day it irres!stibly provokes the
wondering query. Do folks really eat material
food. in scenes like this? Alas, yes, my poetic
friend, they do. witness the empty sardine
boxes and other disjecta membra Of the picnic
banquet. that strew the floor Of our hemlock
grove, People eat here, as hungrily as at you"
Quick-unch counters on Park Row. But we will
none Of it, but seek. in due time. place APP
propriate for visitors to these precincts of the
beautiful.
II we cross here however, and go down the
stream on the eastern side. We shall find some
scenes of more than passing interest There Is
a path that leads along the very brink Of the
bluff above the Bronx. with only a thin screen
Of trees between it and the gorge. At the other
side IS the old miIl-race long since unused for
industry. Down to few years ago the water
still flowed down it, and finding no wheel at the
other end. leaped TO the river again with a
pr0digious burst Of foam and sparkling spray.
But now the channel is dry. and weed-groWn,
and from the rocky wall that forms its further
side hardy young trees are sprnging. On the
upland above and beyond that wall, are old
time gardens. whose walks are bordered win
box and privet. and whose neglected FENCES are
fast dropping in decay.
The path and empty mll-race end together at
the old mill. in which. long years ago, Peter
Lorard made a fortune by grinding snun. A
grim and sturdy old mill it is that has endured
the wind and rain and snow Of many seasons.
and innumerable assaults by sketchers painters
and photographers Talk about the mateur
photographers victim, have seen Il doZen
deadly lcns-tubes ranged at once upon those
time-worn walls and yet the old mill never
turned "A hair. Scedtme and harvest fall not.
nor do the endless caravans OF artists. whose
Mecca is this mill Strange does It seem. that
with SO many efforts few good pictures OF
II have been taken? Try 1t yourself, ana you
Will see You will spend three hours in getting
the right point Of view and then find that the
light has failed shifted and you must try
II all over again. or come another day. Ana
perhaps. after all. II you got the one successful
and triumphant picture 60 many have sought ana
so fcw-if any-fOund II would prove a grievous
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and makes a dusk at MONDAY There Is no
shrubbery. no underwood here nor any grass or
herbs. but a clean-swept floor and trim round
columns rising on every hand. We are among
the conifers. which We shall presently discover
10 bo " many kinds. This great grove. covering
| know not how many acres, Is chiefly made OF
hcmloc k-spruces and frs. But here ana there
are pines. ranging from Pinus strobus the KING
If all through the red and yellow ana pitch
varieties. down l. the Giminutive but sef-as-
scrtive scrub. out there in the margin OF the
wood We passed some tamaracks. or American
larchcs leahng out airill as 10 look Ike pale
green clouds There are a few Expresses in the
swamps and the fragrant juniper or red cedar
abounds on all the up.andg.
But now truce t. b1tanizng. ID you near
that distant rush and roar. the voice Of falling
waters? II is the invitation Of the Bronx. y
few PAGES and are the very brink Il the
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reckon 1t day not lost. but found that extra
day one gains In sailing round the world
But where is this hilltop. and how VIII you get
to It? That | shall not tell. Because. IN the hrst
place this is not guide-book am writing; ana
in the second place, one is worthy TO ascend
thither whose soul does not instinctiyely point
out the way.
However those who come down from that en-
chantod hilltop must again ming.e WIN the coH-
moner affairs OF earth and tread the same path
as do the less blessed mortas. Back through the
hemlock woods you make your way. where the
MONDAY dusk has dcepened almost TO midnight
gloom at sunset That painfully prosaic bridge
CLEANS white amid the shadows, and seems less
aggressively crude than when you crossed IT
some hours before The great stone mansion on
the hill above Is lighted, and sounds OF merry
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men ~ the Pvrus. IN the great Rosaceae' "h"'
a vast multitude, Pr nus IS represent"
three or four wild pums ana cherries
by the mcadow-sweet; Rubus pE l"''
and blackberries galore; Rosa by TWO ~ ''''
varieties; Crataegus by at least TWO li'''"'' -,
Amelanchier by the familiar serNic--"'.''
the Hemocks" says our first r"aus'u, S,'''''. 80
and already the dark green b'uSHS III "''
full hemlock spruce are To be- seen "''' anu
But before We come to that peerless t4u''
a woodland congress If the tilp'9 We NM
this white oak. At the very '"H' ~ Wv 49,.
From the hear, If its great bole you could cut
a nlank three. feet wide and thirty long. II you
were vandal enough E. d. so. It. great branches
that have scorned the tempcsts Of huhd'''
vears, run out as level and as strong as t"'
Orders of your warehouse floor It's sHa'0"
at MONDAY would cover wel-nish 4 r''' "' ''''''
And it is one of hundreds sucn' scattered al
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disappointment. For really the mill Is not
thing OF beauty. 1t is square plain pTosalc'
and there Is not one unbrOken pane or glass IN
all It's windows. 4 few years ago there were.
But think OF the photographers who have visited
II since then,
Below the mill the ruined foundations or It's
various annexes. with one tall chimney towering
high above like memorial obelisk The river
grows wider and smoother. The shores grow
less abrupt the woods less dense. Now there are
omen vstas. and now cleared fields. Presently
we are in an open country. OF pasture lands
with scattered trees and stone-wall fences while
thu Bronx has become n broad and quite COM
monplace stream Then an exceedingly prosaic
modern bridge spans the river. and climbing up
10 IL We find II traversed by the high road from
Wes. Chester 10 FOrdham. Beyond. down stream.
the river Widcns into Silver Lake. at tn" further
end If which the woods become dense again.
one might with profit follow II on 10 West
Farms and So down q the Sound. But ~ this
present pilgrimage this bridge must b. the
southern limit. Better turn back again into the
park on the western side If the stream, ana
visit some spot which only the elect have seen.
Down here ON the level or almost level ground,
whore the open pasture land joins the open
edges 81 the wood. have You seen the nt'utai
graveyard? do not mean that II Is in truth a
cemetery. But there are scores of stones. broken
into tn. forms OF tablets and slabs and monu-
ncuts standing On end In ordered array for all
the world like the memorials over graves. And
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through the park. Here is It's brother. the post
oak: and another the handsome ovcr-cup, ana
further on YOU shall see stately chestnut oaks
Of half a dozen kinds. and the scrIhhy black
jack and bear and scarlet and red oaks, ana
down there on the edge II the swamp are PA
oaks hy the dozen. Nor are these TIE only
Cupulifcrae for IN re are many IN chestnut trees
in the more open groves. and beeches with TIE
sturdicst 81 trunks and most airy az hfihcne''
whole copscs of nlhcrts or hazel-nuis. and 90 tho
more fertile soil many graceful hop-hofno"an-.
while at intervals the stream Is inei Win the
true hornbcam. or huohcech. THIS is scarcely
the place for maenolias. but their cousin. the
stately tulip tree. is plentiful. Here Is mo
linden. which persist lu calling his-""''-
BY one roadside the aiiantus Noufish's lh" "a
native The cashew family Civ us these hodges
Of sunac and the Niiac,ae the Virginia cfc'i'r
and two or thru wild grapes Sn1pb rif repre-
sentativcs are numerous. Hor-tchcstnuis. ana
three or f0ur kinds Of naples. met with 40 every
turn. Here and there are locust-. or falls" acl-
cias become nlturaiizcd IN their wild estate. ln
yondor copsc I'm autumn you may sac the weird
bloom q the hamamol!s and not FAR away Us ills
kinsman the liquiiamhar. with D. crr"n-b
r!dged bark The great white blossoms ~ the
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1t IS a pleasant walk along the edge OK the
marshes but above them to Wilamsoridge ana
p,easanter still the greeting that awaits US
there The Hermitage Is not in Bronx PARK, ou.
Il is an indispensable appendage TO H. Aho
therefore is Il that brought no sandwich
lunch for the days outing. and paused not at
the brand-new restaurant in the old time man
sion on the hill. lie who knows Bronx ParK
must know the Hermitage. or hnd ms
knowledge sorsy incomplete. You have seen IL
a hundred times from the window of the train
as YOU hurried by; plain little cottage. WIN
gable ends. painted white with green blinds, ana
a lot of atticed summer-houses round H. we
enter II now at the other side, the road 'front.';
through one of those delicious old-fashioned
gardens which now so sadly rare Here IN
their season bloom marigOlds and stocks,
phloxes and hollyhock, and many other quaint
flowers beloved by our grandparents in the;r
youth. High up on the gable peak frencn
flag flies standing out stiff and fiat. though NOT
a breath OF air is moving. No wonder; II Is NOT
bunting. bur solid. stiff tablet that at all times
naunts to earth and sky the tricolor OF la Patrle
Enter the door, and you find the h0spitality
and ncatncss and good cheer that are character
isiic Of the sons and daughters OF France, at
home or In exile. Pass through or around the
house. and you reach the summer garden at the
rear II is on thu very edge Of the river. shaded
by tall forest trees There are latticed arbors
and pavilions In which YOU may sit and dine;
or you may take place in the entirely open
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for park and garden both But let it be borne
in mind that the glory OF the park is its natural
scenery. such the Gorge. and the Hemlock
Grove and that these can have nothing in COM
mon with your garden. For the latter YOU want
few hills and cliffs and dells but good honest
tract Of level or slightly rolling farmland. with
some rocks and bit Of swamp. There you may
build your greenhouses and arrange your beds or
plants, and have it complete and as scientific
and wthal beautiful your millions If dol
lars and your one out Of million can make
it,. Perhaps the bOrdcrlands OF Bronx Park.
whe the orchard and tennis grounds and all
that are. along the Harlem Railroad. would DO
well for it: or some OF the level stretches up
toward Williamsbridge, or down back q Ford
ham. But the heart OF the park. around the
Falls, and the Gorge. and the IIemlocks ana the
old Mill and the Hilltop which not one visitor in
a thousand ever secs-all that must be- preserved
as it is You couldn't m Ike a botanic garden II
it. II you would. any further than Nature has al
ready done: and you wouldn't II you could. un-
less YOU are a Philistine descendant az the Goths
and Vanda.s. For q park, that r'gon is
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the underwood. but T. atone for them their
glorious cousins the great white clms rise iouh-
tainlike above the lesser trees vyinS with the
oaks and spruces for the hcadshp "f the forest
tribes 4 few tall plane trees may be found am
walnuts and butternus and all oi the hickorles
save the pecan. OF the betulaceae there are the
sweet black birch and the slender white biI'h
and two or three less common varieties and their
cousins. the smooth and hoary alders. Two Or
tbreo willows and an asper or two also in
digenous here.
PM when we reach The iiemlocks we seem
transpor,ed TO another world. Instead OF the
damn sogcv mating Of decayng leaves beneath
our feet is n vast springy cushion Of red-brown
scales and needles that may disiniesrate but do
not rot. Above. instead Of the blue sky seen
through an ever-varying tracery Of Ieaiiess or
budding branches. is solid dark-green roof.
that unduIaies. and signs and rus1ies eeaseessly.
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unioue in its Incompatible lovelness' anu
make II other than ii IL would be u 'o'""''' W
unforgiveablc offence against when inc
nursery-rhyme used to warn us
II you couldn't make H.
Won shouldn't break IT,
., ., Pcdford Park some morning. ana
- a.. ,,ourself There Is "A good road lcad'is
.,a.,a. ,ro,, the station, as have said. But you
,eoant follow it unless you want TO- You map
stroll through the old orchard ana across -.
snr,ngy sward when you get to the "'''' sY1
NAV Kick about among the damp ie'''''
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spanning the gorge. Il biscuit-tos below the
falls Is bridge II might be well To DISMISS IL
with that simple statement Yet, no. II "c,
serves an cncOmium for It's studied uglln'ss' ana
besides that. 1t Is strong and VIII carry you
across safely Bur what defiant genius ever
placed II there? surrounded by some oi the
lovelicst and most romantic scenery In the word,
IT stands there and will for many years 20
come strong and sound * it,-a PLAIN stralsht
timber truss. painted an honest. staring white.
the very embodiment Of all that IL practlcal ana
Philistine, stand on u and look al the iaiis'
and then at 1t, Go down below ana look up Inc
gorge and gee the hea lty 81 the talls framed ny
that awful but most seryiceablc brlhsr'
Nevertheless not even that obtruslN' structure
can wholly mar the .xnuisite lovcliness Of the
scene. and You must offer your ferVeht 'flDu'e OF
approval 10 the memory Of the man VINO chDse
this for his dwelling place and Workshop Inc
old mansion sim stands ON the other side OF the
river. in plain view from the bridge, far up
terraced hillside. shaded by noole forest trees
and grit about by lawns and gardens. II is a
large building. Of light gray stone. lookihs now
ever. none the better for the renovation II mas
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TFRNITAGE.

More artists yet? More writers yet? Even so,
oh, Bronx the Long suffering, How many of the
tribe have already come unto YOU. and sketched
you. and painted you in oils or water co.ors. and
written poems ana rhapsOdies upon YOU. what
man can tell? Better count The brown leaves on
the floor of the hemlock grove. or the bubbles
that sparkle and break beneath the falls. Yet
be assured that all these are but the scattering
vanguard Of the army that shall come. For not
only has the Bronx been discovered. but il has
been made accessible as well. Time was and
only a few years ago. when got to il from
Jerome Park by what seemed much like tres
pass He tramped across meadow. and through
a fine old orchard. and down shady. stone
walled lane Then he reached the leafy wood
land. and roamed about at his own sweet will.
guided by chance, by the far-of call of me
dashirg cataract. But to-day one may walk
along a bIand-new road. or drive his team upon
it, or go whizzing on his 80 model safety
right TO the heart OF Bronx Park What wonder
the invading host wakes nightly
And now men talk of taking large tract #
the park for a Botanic Garden. Yankee Kew.
Well. such an institution is most desirable. pro-
yided-what? Imprimis. that you have some
millions of dollars to expend upon IL. and are
Secundus. that you have a man competent t.
superintend 1t: and there are not more than ten
thousand such in the first house You see. And
tertus. which is most to the present point, that
you don't take for it and thus spoil the lovclcst
part of the loveliest park New-York Possesses.
Probably there is room enough in Bronx Park
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air with nothing but the tree-tops. thirty leet
above and then the sky. The tabes-wei, they
were OF implanted pine planks when they were
set up. years ago: and they have stood here.
winter and summer, ever since And the seats
are plank benches OF corresponding style and
history But the cloth is snowy white. the ware
srrupuously clean. and the fare such as would
satisfy an epicure-not to mention mere nun.
yrv stroller He who cannot regale himself
with satisfaction and keen delight at this fire.
uuented Hermitage cannot appreciate the beauty
If the Bronx. and had better betake himself
elsewhere altogether But the mortal with soul
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arches its aristocratic instcp over it, Now a
white birch stands upon the brink. pale as the
wrath Of some departed nymph. Here are even
some goodly hickores, spared by the greedy
wo0dsman and tail chestnuts beneath which in
autumn you may gray squirrels by the hun
dred. Here the stream ripples and rustles darkly
through majestic forest aisle. here II glides
serpcni-like through densest brake and jungle.
here II flashes out into the open meadow land
and pasture. and here. as we approach Williams
bridge II winds with sluggish flow through a
hideous wilderness Of barren fields, where IL
seems but ditch with banks Of sterile clay.
But wherever ii be. flowing smoothly through
clay and loam. purling over beds Of dark gray
sand or sparkling and darkling over powders
and granite lodges it is always the same pure
Bronx. as crystal clear as when it first gushed
from the little Bear Ridge spring
:, We come down t. Wiliamsbridgo which les
lust north e Bronx Park The name Of Olinvile
is now wcll-nigh forgotten. and station and VII
lagc are known as Willlamsbrlee. Why Will
iainsbrilce though H. Rot sclf-cvIcni | sup
nose there was somewhere and At some time.
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and stomach both will linger long at this hos.
pltable board. and chat awhile with genial old
If. Baudoin and his winsome daughter. and. IL
kind fortune grant him opportunity. come many
times again. And the sight or mention Of the
lightfu memories of the old orchard the sombre
hemocks. the gorge the falls, the enchanted
hilltop the pathway round the marsh, and as a
fitting postlude TO the whole days harmonies.
the al fresco evening dinner at the Hermitage.
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cornell will make Us prcsone" beautifully Ni5-h''
and II You come again mex autumn You may s''
"A few pillars If fire that show You wn"re inc
tupclo or pcppcrlgc IS growing. y few more
DAYS viii make these thlclets fragrant WIN
honcysuckc. and later thr elder bloom VIII cover
these hedges as with snow. Niburnnins also "''
T. be found. In the dcn-cr parts ~ the wo'''i"''
The Heath IS numerous family. well repre-
scented here. The glylussacia and Na.r'niun' ~
course. abound both commonly called hirkl'-
berries. OF Tho former there are two. ana 20 the
latter five or SIX varieties. Il We were observing
herbs. We should not pass over the fragrant ar
buius and wintorgrcon. But her are cl'thias,
and Kaluias laurel. and purple nz1l'hs. ana
the lovely rhododcndrDn. There may De- h"r" ana
there an ilox. though have discovered none. ana
perhaps there are some mountain holll's 1h'ie
should also De persmmons in som" ~ these
abandoned farm lands. The olive family gives MS
the stately white ash. and iis smaller black
brother OF the true laurel family We have tw"
members the sassafras with It's rough gray
trunk and glossy green branches. and The Will
allspicc. whose slender twigs are now laden with
pale yellow bloom. There are noNious ncttlcs In
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cheer are waited down invtingly But you win
turn past it, northward along the path that
runs between the river and the hill. perched on
n narrow ledge of rocks and shaded by great
oak and chestnut trees. You eaten gln.pse OF
the fading sunset both in the sky and in the
silent river at your feet The open meadowland
and marshes lie before you. with their sentinel
willows crouching in the gloom, and an INFINITE
chatter and croaklng Of the amphiban creatures
of swamps and night. The lights Of the distant
village are visible far beyond. and the cyclops
dragon Of the railroad rushes screaming from
darkness into darkness
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try to find some shy arbutus blossoms IN nno "I
~ - vo,, will be translated back to boynooa'
ana be ' rampng through the old woodland 'S You
ure field again with all of boyhOOds nes, ,ree S"
will nod good-morning TO the o" cornp " You
and whistle an answer to the rd-sohs o., are
Gin forget or never notice that your .s
damp ana your face flushed with 'ns '""'
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UPON THE BRONX.
SCENES LOVED by POETS AND ARTISTS.

SOME UNIQUE FEATURES or NETWORKS MOST
BEAUTIFUL PARK-A WONDERFUL STREAM
NATURES ARBoRETr THE OLD MILL
ANp LIS ARTIsTIc sIEGE-TIE
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"WII.L A. STEEL, Secretary"
Skeleton In Every Closet

1t is said that the expression, There
is a skeleton in every closet" arose
from the following incident: A young
Italian student, finding that he was
dying, fearing to break the news to his
mother, adopted the following device {:
He informed her that he was ill, and
it had been foretold he would not re-
cover until he had worn a shirt made
by a woman who had no trouble. The
widow soon discovered that it was no
easy task to find such a person, but at
length was referred to a lady who
seemed surrounded with every COM
fort snd happiness, and possessing q
husband who seemed devoted to her.
The widow made known her request
and for an answer was shown a closet,
where a skeleton hung suspended
from beam. She was told it was the
remains of the lady's former lover, who,
from motives of jealously, had been
slain by her husband, and that he
compelled her to visit it every day.
The widow concluded that no one was
without trouble, that "there was a
skeleton in ever closet" and became
reconciled to the approaching loss of
her son.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1895-05-10

The Caribou Republican tells OF a
man who seems 10 have literally
dreamed himself into fortune. One
night, the past winter. a member OF a
lumber crew at work in the woods
north OF Fort Kent, dreamed that he
was using saw, the teeth of which
we're of a peculiar shape. The dream
made such an impression on him that
as soon as possible he procured a saw
and had the teeth cut like those seen
in his dream.
To the great surprise of the dreamer
as well as those who have since seer
it i'll operation, the saw is of great
practical value and it is asserted that
in the same length of time one man
can saw more wood with it than can
three men using ordinary saws. One
of Fort Kent's wealthy citizens has
interested himself jn this new inven
ton and is said to be procuring g
patent for the inventor and himself
with the expectation of placing the
saws on the market as soon as posi-
BILE.
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Two of a Kind.

At Toledo sharp looking young
lnan boarded the Detroit-pound train,
and after looking over the passengers
In one OF the coaches he took a seat be-
side traveller With a face as honest as
four-dollar bill. Just as the train
was about to start the young man sud-
denly said:
"My friend, am on my way to De-
troit to see my mother die"
"Eh! that's too bad"
al haven't got any money with .,e.
but I'll give you my watch for security
if you'll lend me $40 until we reach
Detroit"
"Let's see the ticker"
The watch was galvanized affair
worth about fifty cents per pound. The
man with the four-dollar face examined
it, and put it in his pocket. Then he
slowly drew $40 bill from his vest
pocket and handed it over to the young
man. The latter simply glanced at il
and then the two smiled. Then they
shook hands. Then the watch and
the bill changed back.
The watch was dead swindle ant
the bill counterfeit and both belonged
to the "profesh."