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INDIAN TYPEWRITER GIRL.
Hiss Edna Parker . Member OF = Dis
tinguishet Seneca Family.

Miss Edaa Parker . Member of q Dis
unguishst Seneca Family.
For the first time in the history o,
the New York state IroQuois Indian
women one Of their number has be-
come q typewriter and stenographer.
She 10 Miss Edna Wright Parker and
Ii now In the service Of the New York
Central railroad. Miss Parker comes
Of q Seneca Indian family distinguished
by its exceptional record. The mother
OF William Parker, the great-great-
great paternal grandmother Of Miss
Parker, IL concerned In one Of the In
dian romances previous to the revolu-
tionary war;. A party Of the Senecas
SaD6AreA Q yeAAg white vomsA - ths
Slocum family who became as one of
them. During a treaty trip to Fort
Niagara she met a titled French Of
ficer who, infatuated with her beauty.
clandestinely took her as his wife. En-
ragged at this alliance, the Indians stole
her from her husband, who was after
ward killed In battle, and returned her
to their camp, where her daughter, the
child Of the Frenchman, was afterward
born As soon as possible after the
birth Of this child, in an endeavor to
search for her own family, the mother
escaped from captivity, taking the
daughter with her. She was overtaken
by the Indians, the child was taken
from her, and one Of her captors
escorted her to her relatives near
Philadelphia. The child, reared by the
Senecas, and not knowing her parent
age, was eventually married to an In
dian chief and from her descended the
Parker family, who in each Of the sue
ceeding generations have been distin-
guished among their people. The great
grandfather Of Miss Parker, William
Parker, volunteer in the American
army during the war of 1872, was seri-
ously wounded at the battle OF Chippe-
wa. Her grandfather, Nicholson Park
er, was a graduate OF college at Al
bany. Her great-uncle, Gen. Ely S.
Parker, the foremost Indian of his gen.
Grafton, was the military secretary of
Gen. Grant during the civil war. The
father Of Miss Parker is now in the
freight auditors department Of the
New York Central railroad. Her moth
er is a white woman of Scotch descent.
Her brother, Arthur Parker, having
been associated with the New York
Central for a'time, is now in the Dick
inson seminary, at Williamsport, Pa,
preparing for q college course before
entering the church as a clergyman OF
the Methodist faith. Her paternal
uncle, Sherman Parker, was admitted
to Hamilton college when Is years OF
age. Miss Parker was graduated from
a commercial college. She is 1s years
old.
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OF the nations four great monu-
ments to the northern soldiers Of the
civil war, New York has two-or,
rather, II will have upon the compile
tion Of the Temple of Fame on River
side Drive, the corner stone Of which
was laid the other day in that city.
The other memorial is the beautiful
arch at the Plaza entrance to Prospect
Park in Brooklyn. This cost the old
city Of Brooklyn S25O.OOO. while New
fork's monument will cost $3.50, 900.
Cleveland has a soldiers monument.
the actual cost Of which was $240. 900,
though legal fights over the site. etc,
brought the total cost up $40, 900 more.
And finest and most costly of all is the
towering shaft which Indiana has inst
completed in her capital city of In
dianapolis, and which cost the state
500, 900.
The present site of New York,s
monument is the fourth which has
been agreed upon.
CLeJeIdnd Monument.
Cleveland passed through a longer
and bitter fight before Cuyahoga coun-
tvs monument was erected and dedi-
Gated. The project was Sroached frs,
In 1879. and the site suggested was the
center of the Public Square or Monu-
mental Park. For eight years the idea
OF civil war monument languishe5
and In 1887 the project was revived bv
the choice OF the southeast section OF
the square, which necessitated the "a.
moval OF Commodore Perry's monu-
ment. The men of the G. A. r. ana
the county commissioners who had
control Of the public parks couldn't
agree on the site or upon the designs
for the monument and its erection. The
controversy was taken into the courts.
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EAGLE AS AN EMRIEu
Selected omcially by the CnI,.s a..
In June. 1859.

"y 'hs United st,k..
In June, 1859.
Ine selection OF the eagle a.
uonal emblem by the United s..
was ofncially made in June. HE WNT.
John Adams was in England
Q governmental mission. he form.d -
acquaintance Of Sir John PrAs,-,.S
IN accomplished antiquarian a.,
one day mentioned that his count--
men had not decided upon a natIo..,
coat-ot-arms. The baronet suyvpe,~s
that an escutcheon bearing thj-o.S
vertical stripes, white and red w,,S
the chief blue. and spangled with thI-
teen stars, would make a fine devil.
and he thought it would give n no-,
consequence to place this shield =.
the breast Of a displayed Americ.,
eagle without supporters. as enbIs-,-
attic Of self reliance. Meanwhile .
committee Of the continental cong-a.-
had been discussing the matter .; ,
seal for the United States. and -
June Is, 1852, referred the matter :.
its secretary. Charles Thomson vbo
obtained several designs from Williar
Barton OF Philadelphia. None Of thAs.
was entirely satisfactory, and at las.
the secretary reported to congress a
device which combined some OF Bar.
tons ideas with those Of Sir John
Prestwieh, which Thomson had receiV.
ed from Adams. On June 20, 1852 ths
great seal Of the United States OF Am.
erica, with the escutcheon on Ii.
breast Of the American eagle display.
ed proper, and in his dexter talon An
olive branch, and in his sinister a bun.
die Of thirteen arrows, all properr
was adopted.-New York Weekly
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and the various decisions sometimes
favored one side and sometimes the
other, but the final victory was won
by the G. A. R In the spring OF 1891
the monument commission took pos
session of the site, and then began a
years fight, sometimes hand to hand,
in which the police several times took
part. Actual work on the site was be-
gun in August, 1892, and on the tenth
OF the next month came the anniver-
sary OF Perry's victory. Now 1t was dis
covered suddenly that Perry's statue
had been neglected shamefully for 30
years, and the opponents of the site
for the soldiers monument made a fine
outcry over the coming removal Of the
Perry monument, and Cleveland awoke
on the morning Of Sept. 10 to find that
for the first time in 80 years the Perry
monument was decorated with flowers.
After every one had a good laugh over
this and it was thought that peace
had been restored W. d. Hoyt OF Man
chester, n. H, who owned property on
the square. sought to enjoin the COM
mission from putting up the monu-
ment on the ground, as in the recent
New York case, that 1t would cut on
his light and air, and he was defeated
speedily, and in the spring of 1893
work was resumed and carried on so
expeditiously that on July 4, 1894. the
monument was dedicated. The legal
fight had cost the city $4,000.
IndfonopoiEE HdS Tbe Finer.
The first appropriation for the mon
ument in Indianapolis was made in
1887. Early in the following year the
commissioners selected from among 20
designs for the monument that sub
mitted by Bruno Schmidt OF Berlin.
Work began that year, and in August,
1889. the corner stone was laid. The
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Mississippi may have another Helen
Kellar in the person of a little girl
from Webster county, who arrived at
the Deaf and Dumb institution about
ten days ago. The child is Maud Scott,
six years of age, and her parents live
at Cataletta- She has been deaf and
dumb from birth, and when she was
about a month old she became blind.
She is in charge Of one teacher, who
devotes nearly her whole time to her,
and the child is beginning to give some
remarkable signs Of dawning intelli-
gence and capacity to receive knowl-
edge. The Improvement is noticeable
even for the time she has been there.
and she is much less dependent now
than she was when first brought to the
institution.
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A phiIanthropic Greek, who recently
died at Corfu, has left a considerable
sum to be applied to the purposes Of a
matrimonial lottery. Every year a
certain number Of poor girls, Of good
conduct, will receive tickets emitting
them to a chance OF winning q sum
sufncient for a marriage portion. The
committee entrusted with the admin
istratton OF the legacy is presided over
by the Archbishop Of Corfu, and the
winning number is published in the
papers. The fortunate candidate pre-
sents herself, and all inquiries being
satisfactorily answered, the money is
paid over.
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FROM BRYAN'S OWN CITY
Comes . Startling story-An op.n L.s
ter That Win Cause . senuatSoD.


ter That Win Cause . senHatSop.
LINCOLN, Nsb., Dec. S.-(SpociaI-
At No. 2115 o street, this city. is ths
B. & NJ. wallpaper house. B &M"
are the initial letters OF the proprie-
tors. Mr.. A. c. BonsOr and Mr.. o. E
Myers. The senior partner, Mr. Bon
sor, Is q well-known and highly re-
spected citizen, and no one has ever
doubted his truthfIllness. II Is, there
fore, the pronounced opinion in Lin
coin and the state generally that The
significant and very strong statements
made in Mr.. Bonsor's letter viii n
unchallenged. After explaining hh
willingness that the matter be given
the fullest possible publicity In the
public interest, Mr. Bonsor proceeds:
/ have suffered untold misery and
pain for over ten years. My kidneys
were diseased. / tried many so-called
remedies, but they did me no good.
saw an advertisement OF DOdd's Kid
ney Pills, and / bought some, and COM
menced to use them at once I had
not been taking them three days before
l began to improve For years | had
not had one good nights sleep, and
before the first box Of the Dodds Kid
ney Pills were all used, / could sleep
all night without pains. l am now
completely cured. and have not a pain
or ache left. cannot recommend
Dodd's Kidney Pills too highly. for
they are unexcelled as a kidney rem
edy. Yours truly,
A. C. BONSoR.
No. 2115 o street, Lincoln, Neb.
Dodd's Kidney Pills always curN
sec a box. All dealers.
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OF interest to all students OF Greek
is the announcement from Athens that
the Clouds" OF Aristophanes, para
phrased into modern Greek by the sa-
tiric poet Souris, has been produced in
the national theater in that city.
Souris, who has been called for 80
years the "Modren Aristophanes," is
said to have surpassed all expectations
in his metrical rendering Of the play.
His work should be especially valuable
to philologists as a basis of compari
son between ancient and modern
Greek, the language as it is written
today being said to be closer to that Of
Xenophon and Plato than is the Eng
1ish of today to the English Of Chau-
Ger.
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Dr.. Dudley Allen Sargent, director Of
the gymnasium at Harvard university,
has Just brought before the scientific
world a strength machine which en-
bodies in an intricate and wonderful
manner all the forms Of exercise which
go to the highest development Of man.
The machine is called an inomotor. Il
has a. Jet been seen by only q few
physical experts, but by them It II pro-
nouneed q wonderful machine.
Dr.. Sargent worked on his invention
four years, and he feels that in Il he
has q plan Of exercise and develop
ment which viii revolutionize gymnas-
INN work. The machine Is described
best - q pair Of levers connected By
four adjustable rods with q sliding
seat and a sliding footrest, which are
The broad ax., 1901-01-05

The City Club Of New York has is
sued two small pamphlets which are
useful to New Workers and suggestive
tc .esidents Of other cities. One is a
brief index to the city charter, the
other brief summary, in chronology
cal order, OF the various events pre-
scribed by the charter to occur during
the year. It thus comprises list of
the official acts Of the whole city gov
ernment, and from it one can learn the
precise duties Of any and all officials.
The ordinary citizen often realizes his
ignorance Of the local government, and
his consequent inability either to fulfill
his civic duties properly or to derive all
the benefit he might from the operation
Of the government These little PAM
phlets are designed to meet his need.
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In turn connected by q power applying
crank to crank on q gear OF sprocket
wheel. It aims not only to strengthen
the principal muscles Of the body in the
best and most natural way, but also
to bring them into action at one tine,
50 that the heart and lungs will get
plenty OF work to do without fear Of
oyerexertion or strain. Every move
ment Of the feet, arms, trunk and legs
add to the propelling force: Lhe exer-
else Is pleasant and enjoyable, and the
muscles Of the operator may be used
simultaneously or relaxed at win. In
addition to these qualities the machine
acts especially on the back. waist and
abdominal regions, which boom the
weak points Of the American people.
and does away with round shoulders
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A ATOUGH ALBATROSS.
After Being Fourteen Days in an Ieebss
1t still Lived.

After BeIsE Fourteen Days in an Icebss
1t stin Lived.
A writer says Sir William Corr y
told him some time ago that on one Of
his steamships coming from New Zea-
land an albatross, suppcc4d to have
been choked dead, kept in an ice box
at a temperature which was always
much below freezing point, was found
to be alive at the end of fourteen days
Captain Reed, in command Of the ves-
sci in question, supplements the story
with the statement that the bird was
supposed to be killed by being strang-
led with twine tied as tightly as pos
sible around the neck. This twine
was not removed. The beak was
closed and tied and the legs crossed
behind the tail and tied and the legs
crosses behind the tail and tied. II
was then wrapped in an old meat
cloth and put with three other birds
in the return box at the end Of the
port snow truck II remained there
for certainly not less than ten days.
On the snow boy complaining that the
bird ~grunted" when be went near II
the albatross was taken out, when II
was found that 1t could move its neck
about and open its beak and the eyes
were open and lifelike- The lower
half Of the body and the legs were
frozen hard. The fastening on the
beak had come OF. It was alive for
two hours after being taken out and
was then strangled and put in the
snow box.-From Nature.
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Chicago physicians have recently had
the opportunity of examining several
persons who were treated for consump-
tion by the nitrogen compression
method first promulgated by DR.. ]. B.
Murphy at the congress Of physicians
In Denver several years ago. The
method consists in injecting nitrogen
gas into the pleursl cavity. the theory
being that the pressure Of the gas COM
presses the lung. enabling It to take
rest and permitting the unhindered
cure Of any disease affecting it. DR..
Augustus Lemke, who presented the
cases shown in Chicago, made no
claim that he had effected q cure. but
he said: The symptoms Of tubereu-
losis, which were pronounced in these
cases when they applied for treatment.
have al disappeared The fever and
coughing have ceased, and the patients
have slept and eaten well. They have
al gained In weight and show no evi-
dence Of disease"
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monument stands in Governors Circle,
two squares east Of the Capitol. 1t
rises to the height Of 26S feet. and at
220 feet there Is a lookout which af-
fords a fine view Of the city. The
monument has its own electric plant,
which furnishes the power to run the
elevators and for the lights. The
monument takes the form of shaft.
surmounted by a bronze figure OF
Miss Indiana" twenty-eight feet high.
On the east and west sides Of the base
Of the shaft are the groups Of statuary
representing War and Peace, and which
are the largest groups OF figures cut
from the rough stone in the world.
About these groups are figures cast in
bronze, emblematic OF the army and
navy. On the plazas surrounding the
monument are bronze statues Of
George Rogers Clark, the explorer, and
Governors William Henry Harrison,
Oliver p Morton and James whitcomb.
The BrookIYn Arch.
The designer OF the Brooklyn Arch
was John H. Duncan, the man from
New Orleans who designed also the
magnificent Grant monument on River
side Drive. New York. Work was be-
gun on the arch in 1889. and 1t was
dedicated in October, 1892. the cere-
monies aiding in the celebration Of the
400th anniversary of the discovery.
The material is granite. and the arch
stands eighty feet high. the total width
being the same, and the archway fifty
feet high and thirty-fve feet wide.
The arch is crowned by a group OF
statuary by Macmonnies representing
the navy. On either abutment Of the
side Of the arch that faces the park
will be group Of Macmonnies' statu-
airy. One Of these groups is in place,
but is not completed.
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John and Rachel Scott of Randolph
county, West Virginia, and their chill
dren, have been weighed recently. The
father and mother are still living in
the house where their eight sons,
whose combined weight is more than
q ton, were born and raised. The COM
bined weight Of the family is 2,7s6
pounds, an average weight Of 1855
pounds.
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In Germany furnace has been in
vented intended for burning low-cisss
fuels, such as Ignite and peat and in
which the combustion is intensified by
turning into the fire the gaseous mix
ture obtained by the evaporation Of
liquid air. The nitrogen is first set
free and. the residue, containing at
least 80 per cent OF oxygen, is sent into
the furnace.
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Lady Kenmare. who has done 10
much for the poor people on Lord Ken
mares Irish estates. intends next year
to personally superintend the hotel en-
the lovely Lake Of Killarney, which is
their property. Killarney house, their
own residence, b exquisitely situated
on the same lake at no great distance
from the hotel.
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North CaroIIn, Negro Hospital

r. ]. Reynolds has given 5000. half
the amount needed for the construe-
tion and operation Of a negro hospital
at Winston-Salem, \. C. The negroes
of the state have raised the remainder
Of the $4,000. The hospital will Be
operated in connection with the Slater
Industrial school.
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JULIUS =. rAnoR, Edissr and Pab,ssA.A
FOLLOWING on his extraordinary ae

Following on his extraordinary ae-
tion In prohibiting the use OF electri-
city in theaters and the introduction of
bicycles. the sultan OF Turkey has for
bidden the use Of balloons or carrier
pigeons for army purposes. The rea-
son is not stated, but his great terror
of plots against his life may have
something to do with il.
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Remember that your brushes need .
weekly washing and a daily airing.
Never leave them on the toilet table
where the dust and germs in the room
can fall on them.
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BoSfon IN the Gun Race

The announcement that Boston will
De represented in the trial races for
the honor of defending the America
Cup against Sir Thomas Lipton's
yacht has created something like n
panic in the New York Yacht club At
hrst there was most decided opposi-
ton manifested among the members tn
any contestant not sailing under the
auspices OF that club, and it was ar
gued 1t was not according to the rega-
lations In any event. as the prospective
owner OF the new contestant is NOT a
member OF the club. The liberal suirit
OF some OF the members, however as
well as the sharp protests made in the
press, has silenced the remonstrants.
and there will be no further opposition
made to the boat now building by
Crowninshield for Lawson. Most nm
quesuonably fear has had much to do
with this opposition. The coast from
Eastport TO Cape Cod swarms with
yaehts-a hundred to one that sails I'm
New York bay. In the sea coast towns
there are not only a large number OF
professional yachtsmen, but almost
every man, woman. boy and girl is
more or less expert in the fine points
Of sailing. The whole atmosphere NJ
that coast is one OF yachting. and
every day In the season, fair or foul.
It's waters are covered with the white
winged flyers. The New Workers.
therefore, have every reason to fear
Boston. much more. in fact, than they
have to fear Upton.
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Jell-O. the New Dessert.
pleases all the family. Four fiavors:-
Lemon, Orange. Raspberry and Straw
berry. At your grocers. 10 cts. Try
IL today.
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A C. BONSOF

No. 2115 o street, Lincoln, Neb.
Dodd's Kidney Pills always curN
sec a box. All dealers.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
MORE CANDIDATES FOR NJ AYo F

MORE CANDIDATES FOR M AYOR
Who shall be mayor of Worcester?
This is a Republican city and a Repub-
lican should be mayor of the city Of
Worcester. Day before yesterday the
Republicans were talking about Henry
L. Parker, but his candidacy had the
result rather to multiply candidates,
rather than concentrate the talk.
Among those who were mentioned
as candidates yesterday were Lyman
A. Ely, Hon. Joseph H. Walker, Hon.
A. S. Pinkerton, b. w. Potter, Henry
F. Harris, John r. Back William A.
Lyle, Frank L. Dean, Rufus B. Fowler.
There is good material among these
names, yet these are by no means all
of the men who are either willing to
have the lightning strike them or else
are avowed candidates.
The Gazette last night spoke favora-
bly, of Charles NJ. Thayer. We believe
this is an excellent suggestion. Mr..
Thayer isn't too young. He has the
confidence of the largest business man
ufacturing firms of the city and he is
man of the highest character and
ideals. He isn't too old to be out of
touch with the young Republicans. He
would make a better fight against
Mayor OConnell than some of the older
candidates who have been named.
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
WHIMSlCALITIES

Borus-"Naggus, I'm getting out a
little pamphlet descriptive of the game
of skat. Give me a good name for it,
will you?"
Naggus-"Well, call it "A Skit on
Skat, by Skate. '-Chicago Tribune.
He-"She has acquired some promi-
hence as a novelist"
She-"Of the romantic school, 1 sup
pose?"
He-"Oh! yes. vassar." - Philadel-
phia Press.
PA, what's the difference between
wit and humor?"
You don't need to use dialect to
make wit funny."-Chicago Record
Herald.
Tutor-"What can you say of the ar
chitect of st. PauPs in London, Sir
Christopher Wren?"
Pupil-"Ie was a bird. "-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Mrs. Nexdoor-"I have found out one
thing about that Mrs. Newcomer. Who
| good society"
Mr.. Nexdoor-"H do you know
| that?"
; Mrs Nexdoor-"She shakes hands as
if she meant it.''-New York Weekly.
| There were two bishops with ]. Pier
pont Morgan when he rode 227 miles in
| 200 minutes.
| Probably he felt that in case of a
COW on the track he would have no
| trouble in securing a fattering intro
| duction to st, Peter.-Cleveland Plain
| Dealer
Isn't that a brigantine that's lust
coming up?" inquired the first passen-
| ger.
| Il think not" replied the seasick
I man near by. Il don't remember hav-
| ing eaten a hrigantine. Philadelphia
Press
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-11-03
OIlIMCYs GOOD SENSE

At the Ward Six rally in Boston on
Friday night Josiah Quincy discussed
the question of big corporations in a
reasonable spirit, believing apparently,
in the necessity of reserving the indus
tries of the country while regulating
them to protect the public from abuses.
He says that this docs not commit
us to any indiscriminate warfare upon
industrial companies or to any action
which need impair their proper useful
ness"
1T has been said that if our govern
ment does not control the trusts 1t Will
surely be controlled by them. This
statement is a strong one, but it rests
upon a large basis of truth, even if we
do not look beyond present conditions.
The aggregate, united power Of all of
the great industrial combinations, if
brought to bear upon an election or up
on legislative body, is something al
most irresistible >"