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New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
PAUL SMITHS

Paul Smiths. n. Y. July q (SpeciaD.-A descrip-
tion OF the country around Paul Smith's-the mag
nit1cent St Regis Lake district-would be old read
ing to too many people Thousands have spent de-
hghtful summers here. and many other thousands
have heard all about il from those who have seen
mGt ln the dietonary and the scenery Is SO over
Whelming in its magnifCence that ones mind Is
The stages between the hotel and Bloomingdals
station, on the Chateaugay Railroad have been
GGrOwoed TO the steps for the last two weeks. at
IedSt on the trips from the station There is more
room on the return trip. for no leaves Paul
SSth until IL becomes absolutely necessary. When
St StdSe came IN on Monday last the pazzaS Were
lined with the usual curious crowd As the new
arrivals We're getting down woman left the porch
ana rushed toward the stage She embraced an
otnsr woman and this is what they said:
- 30 you've come back to again. cried the
glad 80
II y tried to stay away" replied the one who had
just arrived. but / simply Couldn't I Went 70 T a1
Iantic City; then to Cape May. 1 even tried Bar
Harbor All the time was longing to get hack TO
oear ea 3 1id Pau smiths I simply had to come and
mat is the secret of the success Of this resort
rTOp1s cannot stay away after they have spent one
Inc season here is now at its height although
utI me hotei ei mas been open since May The crowd
adt month the most delightful in the Adrondacks
hne tennis courts are claiming great deal of at
i ion f mere thls year. although golf is still much
III IdFor Ihere have been number of match
sduss on the courts. and some skilled racouet
WIeIuers are numbered among the guests EarIy
-oi s on Ihe Ossood Lake links finds many al
Work with drivers and cleeks The stages thar r,I,
between the hotel and the golf grounds are doina
a rushing business.
The St Regis Yacht Club will hold a nunober Of
lesattaS during August A triangular nine-ne
course mas oeen laid out the upper lake and
club has seventy-fve members this wear and tbars
,.Iy ae many new boats on the lake. Racing will De
,AcltIhs on TINS account. the new craft are nm
known quantities Catboats and tbirtvtuSo. Too+ar- -
VIII Oe the popular classes in the regattas.
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ADIRONDACK MOUNTAIN RESERVE NEAR ST. H1BER1s

years ago the private grounds OF the Rev.
George w. De Bois who spends the summer in the
valley and personally conducts the services.
AUSABLE CHASM
AusabIe Chasm, N. Y. July q (SpeciaD.-The
guides took an Englishman through the Ausable
go back London.
why have never heard OF this wonderful plaos
before?" he asked after he had caught his breath
bered as of the wonders of the world. I have
been to Niagara"-ho said this with q sweeping
gesture II il meant great dealt have taken
a ride on the Maid Of the Mist But this Is even
wonderful
Then he made the trip again because hs
could not remember all of the sensations he had
experienced at the different exciting points. When
he gets home IL Is safe TO that he will tell his
curious friends about the wonderful chasm In the
Adirondacks before he mentions Niagara Falls or
New-York's tall buildings. In this he only goes
Baedecker one better, for Baedecker said that tha
chasm the greatest natural wonder in America
after Niagara Falls AT that time falls had not
been harnessed.
start far up in the mountain fastnesses in a
race for Lake Champain. 1t is even money! until
they reach picturesque Memington Pass whera
they come together and the race is over Because
there is no chance for the other to win
out IL reason why they should slacken spesd
In fact. they take on more power and the speed 4.
increased With roar that echoes from htlI 10
hull they plunge over the most beautiful fall, in
tho whole North Woods. 1t has been named after
some woman or other called Alice but even m
guides DO not know what Alices last name was '
There Is a Straightaway drop of forty feet ana
most OF ths vast volume Of water comes down WITH
drop such elevator takes when fhs rra
chinery breaks. Some OF the wet stun gets SIDE
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been fished out, either every visitor who tries
is speedily convinced Some big catches have been
made. but what is the OF giving length and
weight? The fish here and they take the fly
as eagerly as a barefoot Park Row boy does the
penny he gets for extra
This is a village OF handsome hotels and board
ing houses. II is in the centre of picturesque
region, surrounded by mountains. and not too far
away from lakes. The village lies in deep forest
at the foot OF Hurricane Mountain, and is on the
Boquet River. Lovers of the beautiful in nature
will find this stream idyllic. There is life enough
about il to make canoeing interesting, and many
a shaded eddy in which to float and dream or TO
tell her about it, There are driveways in various
directions. through mountain passes. through a
of pines NAPLES and hemlockS. Then there Is the
clear atmosphere that goes with Soo-foot alti-
tude luckening the circulation. stimulating the
appetite and deepening the sleep.
EliZabethtown's ambition TO become a popular
health resort is rapidly being realized. There is no
reason why II should not, for there no local
causes for disease. the drainage of the hills and
slopes is satisfactory, the district is rree from
malarial Influences and there is abundance of
pure spring water
Golf has been played here since 1886. when the
Cobble Hill Golf Club was organized. The links
number of tournaments have been arranged.
clubhouse has been built. with an observa-
ton tower top commanding the entire stretch
of the course. Visitors at the various hotels are
admitted to membership in the Cobble Hill club
This is the starting point for many interior Adj
rondack resorts which only be reached by
tallyho and blackboard. The number of parties
that have gone into the depths of the woods is
greater this year than before. and there Is no
lack OF evidence that the big cities of the East
have begun TO appreciate the great natural park
which Is being preserved for them in this dis
trtct. Stages leave here daily for Saranac Lake.
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,sa ,saesed into rocky starways at the sides and
Iahss tne fau with easier stages, giving deicate
ffacewdrk FAC effect to the whole. Perhaps the Anee
LOT Whorn the waterfall named, was q lace
maker ON getting out of the deep pool at the Dot
tom OF the falls the flows the right. taxes
on on httle more speed at rapids and snorts as II
slioes over a prosaic nilldan. Then it drops Tor
seventy feet into the deep abyss below. When-
ever the sun is in the sky there series OF rain
ooWs In the veil of foam which surrounds the fall
Ihe chasm proper stretches away for two miles
oegWeen narrow walls of rock which rise on either
SIDE SIDE to the height of 100 feet. A narrow pathway,
ISer 4Se Wnica the visitor passes has been cut IN
ines me side of dripping cliffs. One is thankful that
SIout rallng removes all chance of taking tuIn-
pie PIE INTO the dark pools below. There are many
iIteresnS and wonderful spots to be passed in this
Trip naes and they have apPropriate and fantastic
Peys ynh qXsn Rn Jaeob,s Ladder Jaeobs Well Devils
Grotto and Mystic Gorge There is place called
the Postodice. where thousands of visitors have
left their cards Below il is the Cathedral, where
the rocks rise 100 feet above the level floor.
At the Sentinel batteaux are in readiness
take the daring visitors through the Grand
Flume. AT one point the trip the walls of the
chasm only thirteen feet apart The most ex-
citing is shooting the rapids which has been
likened to coastng down a steep hill. The boat
darts through a fume for the distance of quarter
Of mile and eInerges into a placid basin from
which the AuSable flows peacefully through a fiat
country until 1t empties into Lake Champlain
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BOATING SCENE ON LAKE PLACID.

great resort for hunters and a force of guides who
Know every inch of the hunting region is constantly
at hand.
SARANAC LAKE
Saranac Lake, n. Y. July 27 (SpeciaD.-f the
Indians who named Saranac Lake THE Lake of
the Clustered Stars had been here during the
week. they would surely have said something about
the moon II has touched the ripping waters with
gold in way that the silver stars could not equal
II they tried ever so long II has turned the young
people OF the several hotels into 'moonstruck'
lovers. and even the sun, staid and serious and
unTomantlc, has not been able to drive IL out of
them To be sure, the has not been doing its
best. for the weather has been delightfully."- cool.
This IS the place where the Chateaugay Railroad
runs into pile OF ties. and leaves the of the
Adirondacks tracklsss forest This same forest
is one OF the principal attractions for summer Wis
itorH. 1t is like the Eben Holden tells about
only II is filled with balsam pine and
spruce with a maple here and there Its fragrant
invigoratng odor fills the atmosphere
But, after all. IL is the lake that makes Saranac
a summer resort. 1t is broad sheet OF water and
open. There is something frank about II, something
straightforward. unlike the usual Adirondack lake
with its treacherOus wtndings. The surrounding
hills and mountains serve graceful green set
ting. They say that the two SaranaCs-upper and
lower-anord the finest trip by that can be
made IN the whole North Woods. Comfortab bly,
seated in a light Adirondack canoe. with a muscu-
lar guide working paddle from the stern one may
start from the Algonquin and skirt the entire
shore or the Lower Saranac The is dotted
with lily pads and shaded by the green forests on
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The Hotel Ausable Chasm is managed by the
same people who have charge of the chasm. II is
thoroughly up date and unusually well hlled
this year.
UPPER CHATEAUGAY REGION.
Lyon Mountain n Y. July q (SpeciaD.-This
Upper Chateaugay lake region first came into
prominence because ii was paradise for hunters.
still is, II may believe the stories told by
the guides and the game brought into the hotels
by the hunters during the open season. 1t is little
early yet for hunting, but every man who arrives
is provided with guns of more than one sort.
Some OF the women have rifles among their effects.
The unbroken forests that line the shores OF the
upper and lower lakes the haunts OF deer.
bear and fox. Water fowl and game birds in great
abundance will De found in season. Owing the
enforcement Of the game laws which have been
passed by the State Legislature. deer are more
plentiful this year than they have been In twenty
years. Many q New-York library will be deco
rated with bearskins when the closes. and
the owners can say admring friends. Il shot
this brute myself
The lakes are popular with fishermen and have
not been fshed Some big catches have al
ready been made The fishing ground IS very
cessible TO OF the hotels. and 20
out in the morning for few hours sport and be
back in time for the afternoon mail from New
York The trout are biting well. and those who
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shore. BY making a short portage the Upper sar-
anac IS open to further voyaging. Then there Is
S, stretch Of ponds-Bg Square. Fish Creek. Flood
WOOD Rollins and Whey. 1t takes half week, but
time 49,
Cornell University has college forest at one
END or the lake. The college buildings are at AK
ton, on the Raquet River, some distance back In
the Forest A number of Cornell professors are
spending the summer In the forest with their fam
iies and friends. They hunt and hsh great deal
ana with success that is little short OF Wonderful
considering their vocation. They are great noun
tain climbers and there few peaks in the vicin-
!ty which they have not assembled. Once in a while
they get over to Saranac Lake for news from the
outside world. - "
The Algonquin Hotel, with its seventy acres of
@ Swaro and numerous attractions. is entertaining
large number of guests this season. The hotel il
situated not more than two hundred yards from
the shore OF the lake, the ground in front slopng
gradually TO the waters edge. Its elevation above
the water allows the breeze to sweep the piazzas
While its complete remoteress from swanps or
dead water renders IL free from the ffy and
mosquito pests. The hotel is constructed on mod
ern lines, and furnishes every comfort to health
and pleasure seeking guests. Visitors have the use
of the AmperSand golf links
The Hotel Ampersand. half mile from the sta
ton, is entertaining as jolly a crowd of young
people as can be found at any hotel in the coun-
try. Dancing is very much in favor. the nights
are cool and the haftime twostep and dreamy
waltz are not overheating.
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cos cOB's WOMAN HACK DRIFER.

The little village Of Cos Cob. Conn. Just the
New-York line, has what few places in the United
States have-a hack driver. She is Mrs
Eva Ferris and she is thewife OF Frank w Ferris.
and has two children. both OF them boys big enough
to attend the village school Mrs. Ferris IS not
forced to drive hack from necessity. Her husband
owns a livery stable and has the exclusive right
for hacks at the local station OF the New-York,
New-Haven and Hartford Railroad
1T this way she said a reporter the other
afternoon My husband got sick and could
find who would attend business properly.
So I said. Never mind. Frank. I Will drive the
hack. and do it right My husband laughed at me
and said that no one would patronize woman
hack driver. But I got girl 10 do the hcusework
and went right ahead At first people thought that
II unusual 20 a woman soliciting fares at
the station and used to cape but after while I
got used 10 IL and I did well that after my
husband got well 1 decided TO keep IL up. So
both have hacks Our trade is largely with
tn, summer residents. and they seem 10 have taken
pretty well TO the idea OF woman hack driver. At
Just then train drew into the station and num-
ber OF commuters aIghted Several OF them jumped
into Mrs. Ferris's hack with their parcels and she
humming tune she drove.
Mrs. Ferris wears picture hat tan shoes and
skirt and white shirt waist She has enter
prtsing way about her and is well informed about
village affairs Between trains she drives her horse
under shady tree and crotchets or reads novels.
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are content with tanner sport will find an abun-
oance OF whitefish.
conn Am S exclamation of surprise is almost
con,G Wnen one first views the Chateaugay Hotel.
al Merrill II is built after the old Colonial style.
eliu Gu one 1ardiy expects to find a mansion of that
ssorI IN the heart of the mountains There are
lour great pillars, running the entire front height
oL lhe oulIdlng. They support broad, three decked
P1rcheS, winch command excellent view of the
iahe: iS Inc Chateaugay is well filed this season.
Kalphs, on the upper lake. is family hotel
@lth every modern improvement-so modern, in
aact, @ tnat one wonders that it is possible There
are many NeW-York families at the hotel for the
Tbarn season and they are having mighty good time.
i.Iere Is no attempt at style, and shirt waists
Ter Tba are not looked upon with disapprobaton.
Ihe athetlc girl is the girl who is most popular.
she wears her sleeves rolled up and does without
d nat Her cheeks take a brown tan that is
cnarInlng. 1t is different sort of tan from that
Whlch the seashore girl is forced to wear There
IS no salt water to roughen the skin. and the sun
That shines on the mountains does not blister 1t
Is tan that will come off easily when the wearer
Wills, and one that improves her appearance while
II is on duty.
AN attraction of the Merrill House. at Merrill
Fostotice. is its open firepaces. One can see AS
nury Park and Long Island resorters shiver with
fright at the mention of ireplaces Up here in the
mountains they ale decidedly comfortable most
evenings; They do not build big. roaring. winter
ire In them, but wood blaze that brightens up
the room and takes off the chill. Merrns is a
New-York tribune., 1901-07-28
ROUND OF GAYETY AT EDGENERg

Life at Edgemere is a round of gayety. This
week an exciting lawn tennis tournament was In
progress. Each day players took early possession
OF the courts. and continued 10 play until evening
Croquet is popular this season at Edgemere.
Fathers and mothers we'll children all mani
fest great interest in the game and the grounds
about the hotel occupied daily with the croquei
players. Some spiriting and exciting games OF pool
have been played this week The KlOndike tournar
ment, which closed on Saturday evening last was
most successful. and the prizes awarded by the
management were won by Mrs ". F. zimmerman
and Miss Well and Messrs. Stafford and Bleyer
Special entertainments have been held in the par
lors this week
Interest in surf bathing increases with each sue
ceeding day 1t thought that the pavilion
erected this season would be ample for the
quirements OF all who might wish TO battle, but
the bathingmaster states that he take OF
not more than one-half the number of persons who
apply for rooms.
Among the arrivals at the Edgemere in the week
from New-York Mrs. Criss Wise, Miss Martha
Joseph Mrs. James Kenny, Miss Kenny, George J.
Kenny S. Boehm. Miss Boehm, j. T. Christie, 3.
Fellman. c. o. Miller. r. z. Curtis. Leo Alex
Garcia, L. M. Seymour, L. NJ. Roe. G. VESSELS jr.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. W. Johnson, Mr.. and Mrs. W n
Baker Fl. c. Fisk W. H H. Hull. d F. NJ Nc
Carthy. Mrs. A Rosenheirn, Miss Rosenheiu, Mrs.
B. F. Ellis. Mrs. G. A Holden. Lillian Green W. 8.
Randall. ellison Bell. Edward Carter, Orville G.
w. Shepard, Mrs c. j. Clement, Mr.. and Mra B.
F. Hawes. Mrs e. c. Brooks. Herbert r. Brown
DIR. Douglas Brown, Frank J. Hazard and Martha
Wetheren-
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REFRESHING AIR OF SHARON spRIyeg

sharon Springs. N Y. July p (SpeciaD-This has
peen perfect week for every in Sharon
Springs Every day has been pleasant and ner
Iectiy adapted 10 all the amusements INDUCED In
by the younger element while almost nfebtl1-
showers have cleared and cooled the atmosphere As
one OF the visitors. who had suffered while in the
CITY IN the not weather, remarked: Your sulphur
waters may have many medicinal virtues but vour
air Is worth more than the water TO an invalid
The more important -ents of the week bsva
been two bowling parties at the pavilion alley a
shooting match on the grounds of the gun club two
baseball games between the colored walters at the
pavilion and visiting clubs. donkey party at the
Union. lawn party the America private the
atr1cals at the Manhattan. full dress hops at the
Pavilion, Sharon House. Union and Mansion House
and number OF progressive whist parties at sew
eral OF the hotels and boarding houses.
guest who recently arrived here from neigh
oorlng resort wnere he had been told that there
naturally somewhat surprised upon applying to two
hotels to learn that neither of them could accom-
were all taken. The third hotel TO which ne ape
piled succeeded in ccomm1dating him by securing
lodgings a private house for him As a plai5
matter of fact, there are now more people az
Sharon than at any time before in the last six
years
Ex- x-sherin James A. Flack. of New-York is max
Among the New-Yorkers who have registered at
tne leadlns notel5 the last week are;
hour. Mrs D. c. Taylor Miss e L Breese Mrs
Kracht. Mrs G F Knser Miss Bernarne mel KTacht
Miss B. Tragardh, Mrs s. Cohn. Leo Cehn G. V
fNdpp. lhIS u v fSdpp MISS fteen A stein. MI.
and Mrs NJ Greenwald NJ. and Mrs. L. NJ Jones'
Miss Hattie Jones' Miss B. Jones' w. H. Van
Trump. r. NJ. Wollison. Mrs r. W. DonneI and
Mr. and Mrs. James ". HUT
Sharon House-John D. Harsinger. Andrew Sanp-
son. Miss y. N Burgher F W Faquhar. r. r.
Lanier. E. A. Hutchman. Bernard L1berrnann.
Myer Simon. John s. Speirs Mrs. NJ H. Speirs.
John Prayer. ]. L. Prayer. Mrs. VI r. Higgins, I
Spegel. Miss Speigel. S. Meirowitz, A Schem.
Herman Mandel. Theodore Weber. Emil Schwartz.
Mrs. Campbell Rose Campbell, Mrs Leonard Epp-
ing and Miss R. Epping.
Union Hotel-Mr, and Mrs D. Taussig. Miss
Valeria Taussig. Miss Mildred L Schirmer James
Levy, G. w. Brand. Peter Dohn. Mrs. Pauline
KrUg. Mrs. C. r. Brun. Albert R. Brun, Miss
Louisa Long. Louis Wollstein, Mrs. Louis Woll-
stein, Mr.. and Mrs. Adolph Alexander, George
Gattel. L Bronner, Miss I. Bronner. Mrs. e
Farmer and Walter VOlge
Mansion House-Mrs E. G. Evans, Miss G. Evans.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin B. OchS.. Dr. Benjamin F.
OchS. Mrs E Meyer, Mrs R 5. Arcularius Mr..
and Mrs NJ. Silverberg. Mrs. Bythiener. Miss RosE
Russell and George P. SpOur.
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The Del Monte Hotel and cottage are we'll filed
with holiday makers.
ELIZABETHTOWN.
Elizabethtown. n. Y. July q (SpeciaD.-Lovers Of
good fish stories should come to Eizabethtown and
listen to the old guides. They big, gruff.
whiskered men. with truthful eyes-so truthful in
fact. that is able TO doubt the stories they
tell. Get OF them in a of the hotel
porch and hear one OF his stories. which begins
something like this:
Il had been fishing about an hour. and my sack
was so full that IL hurt my shoulder. One more
cast was TO be the last. whipped into pool al
the foot of little waterfall not three miles back
in the woods from where are sitting The flies
disappeared in the foam. and them
The rest Of the story varies according to the man
who is telling it. There different ways of
landing big fish, and the tish weigh different
they 10 be truthful. They ought TO be, for
repeating the performance for ones benefit One
of these stories is enough TO set right arm
twtching. If il has ever held a rod Fingers will
already fastening around the cork handle of lin
Der pole Ones positively cry out for the
click o the reel The result is that goes fish
ing the very next day, and then tells his own fish
stories
FULL OF TROUT STREAMS.
The country around Elzabethfown is interlaced
with silvery trout streams The streams have not
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Cascadeville Clear Lake. Ausable Lakes and
Keene Valley.
AT THE DEER'S HEAD

Ihere IS merry crowd OF town folks at the
Deer's Head Inn this year, and they are leading
as happy summer life could be desired. The
hotel was one OF the first built in the Adrondacks.
and has been kept thoroughly up date. II has
much patronage from families who return year
alter year, and the guests become big family.
Inere IS perfect freedom from all restraint. which
permits a more thorough enjoyment of innocent
asmusements The tennis courts connected with the
Inn are among the best in the Adirondacks, and
match games are played them. A four horse
drag leaves the hotel stated intervals for trips
70 discovery Mountain. Raven Mountain, Split
ROCK Fails AuSable Chasm and Simond's Hill
Hops and germans are given at frequent intervals.
1here are nearly two hundred guests ths
windsor Hotel, famous for its tower rooms and
great extent OF porches The Windsor table is
surpassed owing 10 the fact that vegetables and
milk come from the hotel farm, situated few
miles away. Billiards. bowling. golf, tennis and
erOQust are some of the amusements offered
Barre evening telegram. (Barre, Vt.) 1898-19??, 1901-02-25

"Valuable clews toward the detcc
ton Of criminals are obtained through
al examination of cigar stubs" said a
Scotland Yard detective. This apple.
to those who smoke cigars. the stub:
Of which they carelessly throw ava,
In the street or elsewhere.
IF you pick up any stub and exam
inc it closely. you will be ablp TO lcarr
something as to the personality and So
cial position of the man who threw +
away. In the case Of criminals thi
first point to be considered is the man
ner in which the end was cut off from
the cigar. If knife or any other in
strument was used for this purpose
then this instrument will Doubtless b,
found on the criminal: IT, on the other
hand, it was bitten off with the teeth
a thorough examination of the tip will
show what kind Of teeth were used foi
this purpose.
"A man with row Of even teeth will
bite off the end of his cigar sQua9ely
and evenly. whereas one With jagged
uneven teeth will bite 1t uneyenly nnl
In such manner as TO leave clearly
visible the marks of his iuciSors rs
comparing the marks on cigar stubs
with the teeth of suspected criminal,
prosecuting officers and detectives are
able to obtain information which they
could not possibly obtain any Other
way."-London Answers.