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stones are marked With . Pom one do and
The stones on the entire line number
200 and up to Sideling Hin iss have been
placed at intervals Of mile. West OF
sideling Hill they are being placed A. II.
~ miles. They are Get 30 that surveyors
can see from one TO another.
About seventy-fve stones Will be re-
newed or restored and this work IL now
in progress. Folrteen old stones that were
Hill.
Mr.. Martin has had many interesting
experiences In retracing and recovering
stones. He has observed that at least
eight persons responsible for the removal
In tragic way-by suicide, hanging, muir
der and accident.
The fourteen old stones planted west
OF Sideing Hill we're recovered near Clear
spring, Md, and hauled to the points where
they have been set. Some were In use In
verted into porchstepe and others were
used as stills In carriage yards.
One was taken up In the streets Of Clear
spring. where 1t was used as curb: Two
along the National Pike. nine miles east OF
Hancock.
There are still six OF the original stones
In use near Clearspring as doorslls. The
people In whose possession they now are
sv the nsn ss but
so far no legal proceedings have been in
stituted to recover them.
At the town Of Ellerslie. six miles above
here, a beautiful crown stone has just been
facsimile OF the stone now in possession
OF the Pennsylvania Historical Society
Of Philadelphia. The latter stone was
found In cellar at the corner OF Calvert
and Lombard streets, Baltimore. II came
from point i5s miles from the northea asst
tain.
The stone had lain there since 1915 and
had been forgotten. II was shipped 10
Arthur p. Baer q Co., leather dealers who
but those in charge Of the park refused
TO receive 1t. 1t was then rlegated to the
cellar and was forgotten.
Mr.. Martin found man near Clear
spring. who hauled the stone TO the rail-
why station for Mr. Baer. This he'd Mr.:
Martin to look up the Baers. He found
that the firm had gone out Of business;
He at length located where the firm had
once been In business and called there.
explaining his mission. only TO be told that
there was no stone In the cellar,
He persisted. however, In his belief that
II was on the premises and was al last per-
mitted to make search. His Joy was un-
bounded when he discovered the relic
from under lot Of rubbish He had been
in pursuit OF II for several years.
There is a story OF interest in connec-
ton with the first stone set up In the north
east corner, near North Fast. Nd. and
Newark. Del. II was accidentally broken
before tho Revolution and the pieces were
fastened together with leaden hands after
the war broke out. These bands were re-
moved by the patriots and moulded into
bullets. which were fired at the British
at the battle Of Brandywine. The upper
part Of the stone fell and was lost. and
Workmen in digging the hole TO place the
new stone found the long buried portions
Of tho old stone
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July In the nesting season and camped out
for days behind q screen OF banked up sand,
armed with q camera. He took many
pictures Of the birds on their nests and In
the air, and when he got back he had es
birds mounted and arranged so that the
finished exhibit Is In exact accord with his
pictures taken on the island. These six
species are represented by the stuffed speci-
mems: least tern. gull-billed tern. common
fern, skimmers, Wilson's plover and oyster
catcher.
In addition to the full-grown birds shown
In flight or nesting, are the young. the eggs
and the rude circle Of shells which the sea
birds heap together for nests. Mr.. Chap
man brought some Of the nests away with
him and restored them on the beach sand
In the exhibit.
Perhaps the most interesting feature OF
the exhibit In the series which shows the
development Of the SKINNER. bird pro-
tected by it's lack Of beauty and lack Of
flavor from both the milliners and food
hunters.
When the skinner is first Matched he is
the exact color of the beach sand. and that
saves him from being seen by his bird enc
mics, AS he is born and brought up on a
barren strip Of sand that wouldn't support
q church mouse the SKINNER has no four
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footed enemies. As he grows and gets able
t. fly and fish and fight for himself he grows
darker and finally becomes a jet black.
The skimmers in the group are in all
the stages Of development from the sand
colored chicks, one baby half hidden in a
big shell, up TO the big fellows.
The terms. sometimes called summer
gulls, are less numerous because they have
long been the victims Of milliners. The
TEN was the first of the wild birds selected
for trimming hats. and his kind has be-
come almost extinct. In one day on Cobb's
Island 400 least terms were shot Another
record OF slaughter for three days was
made by three baymen who shot $500 terms
OF the various species. But the Virginia
Legislature came to the rescue and now
the tern Is protected by a game law.
The most artistic feature Of the exhibit
Is the way in which the effect Of actual
flight Is produced. The birds ride to-
gether and fly in single. some times double
file. With Mr.. Chapmans Photographic for
models, the birds. with their wings
outstretched. have been suspended by
platinum wire. finer than hair, and each
wire Is painted the color Of its particular
background-the blue Of the sky, the green
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shall not collect In the streams and every
thing is done TO prevent typhoid or diseases.
win be from the upper gate house, where
there are twenty-five gates each supplied
with charcoal filters through which tho
water must pass before It r. turned into
the aqueducts. These intakes have
this point the immense volume OF water
will Be carried down 20 the city through
masonry aqueducts fourteen feet in diameter
and lined with brick.
At regular intervals along the line the
aqueducts are provided with gate houses
and blow offs, where the water may DO
checked and the channels drained II re-
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veranda In the exact spot where he &C.
cepted his first nomination. made a speech
In behalf Of Assemblyman Jimmie Apgar.
These old landmarks will be about the
last in Croton Valley to 60. as they do a
thriving jug trade and many Of the farmers
OF the neighborhood could not get along
very well without them.
The old dam and reservoir are reached
after a drive of about three miles from
Yorktown. The surplus water as it runs
over the spillway OF the big dam makes
a pretty sight, resembling on a small
scale Niagara Falls. 1t Is estimated that
from 100000 to 100,0O0000 gallons Of
One Of the main purposes In building the
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of the sea or black or white to match the
plumage OF q bird flying the other way.
The balance or poise OF each bird IN the ar
Ii secured by using three or four wires Tor
each specimen. The wires are not visible
twelve inches away from the group.
The Cobb's Island exhibit Is a companion
group to the Bird Rock group arranged
by Assistant Curator Chapman from photo.
graphs and specialties which he secured
on the famous rock In the Gulf Of st.
Lawrence, that Audubon tried 70 reach but
enough TO admit OF his landing.
Mr.. Chapman was more fortunate. He
rugged a windlass on top Of the rock and
had himself hoisted up and down the face
part OF II and had learned I'll there was to
learn about the INJURIES. the razor-billed
auks, the gannets. the puffins, the kill
wake gulls and the petrels that inhabit It,
The petrels are the birds that the North At
lantic shippers refer to when they talk
about Mother Carey's chickens.
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Mister Samuel Landberg
You Is alright old Grandmother
Yaki had belly ache
"a 81 - 10
In Newtork

Here are q few more Of the same type:
III ct don't 60 There please bring II tome
r. F. GolnuSn America, Miss Ida johnson
my darling sweetheart | Low juy North
amerika' and This handwriting Is on
offyour brothers daughter his name is
Simon Galitsky America Br. Aneupky. .
One day last week Mr.. Menger got q letter
with Chinese characters on one side OF the
envelope and this by way Of address on its
face: Tang no. Wishes to inform the public
that he has opened flrst-olass Hand laun-
dry. ZOE George street" This letter was
delivered to a New Haven Chinaman.
A couple Of addresses that were not only
blind but perhaps might be said TO DO deaf
and dumb into the bargain we're: 'Mr. Thos.
Clancy. New Jersey, United States. Amer
ica,' and MARY Murphy. America Tho
writer OF the letter to Mr. Clancy wrote In q
large hand clear across the face of tho
envelope: This Address 10 correct.
Miss Anne 0'Brien, 81 Bridge Street..
NJ. NJ" was an address that would have been
a poser to most people. Mr.. Menger solved
the mystery by. a process Of elimination.
He reasoned that the M. OF tho address
stood for the name of the town and the N
for that Of the State. Working on this
hypothesis he found that the only State
beginning with N and having q town Of any
size beginning with NJ which contained a
Bridge street was New Hampshire. And the
town itself was Manchester. 30 the letter
was sent there and Miss O'Brien was found.
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Below the old dam and reservoir all the
doned or will be, and the city has laid
out new drives to take their places.
Most of these drives have been laid out
after conferences with Supervisor E. B.
Ksar Of Yorktown. who represents the
residents. and the farmers are well pleased
with them. They are well constructed
and a horse can be trotted over them all
the time. although some Of them are neces-
sarily very crooked.
The new dam il about three miles away
over these roads. Here a big suspension
bridge is now being constructed. 1t will
span a valley about third Of mile wide
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the territory now condemned for water
shed purposes can be used the contractors
must complete three suspension bridges
and build several miles Of new highways.
so that when the present roads are obliter-
ated by the deluge the farmers and other
residents Of the nine miles composing the
watershed region shall not be out of entirely
from communication with the outside
world. .'
The work on the dam has advanced rap
idly since 1909. One section Of It is so nearly
finished that the ornamental coping which
Is to crown the structure has been placed In
position and it is now possible to form an
idea OF what the massive pile Of masonry
will look like when the final touches have
been put on.
Now that pleasant weather Is here, sight
eeers are beginning to visit the valley and
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comment from those who had a preliminary
view and the critic spoke as a gunner or
procurer for a milliner rather than as a
naturalist or lover Of birds and beaches
He gazed at the sixty-three birds in the
exhibit for long time and then remarked
They are flying and nesting just as II
they were alive. but the whole thing is
unnatural because you never could stand
90 near as this and see 80 many birds at
the same time
Perhaps not II you stood with . gun
cooked ready for a shot. But that wasn't
the way the preliminary pictures for this
group were obtained.
The locality represented is Cobb's Island.
a shell covered sand reef seven miles long
about seven miles OF the Virginia coast.
That island was selected and the museum
group was arranged from views there by
Frank NJ. Chapman. assistant curator Of
mammology and ornithology-in other
words. the bird man.
Mr. Chapman visited Cobb's Island last
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done by Dec. I Of this year and that water
would be turned into the big 30 900 900 900
salon basin behind the dam on that date.
On the other hand. G. l.. Duval. chairman
u the committee Of water supply Of the
Merchants Association. states on the au-
thority OF Mayor Low that it will not be
completed until Oct. 1. 1904 Under the
original contract the Croton Dam was to
have been finished July /. 1890.
The people OF the Croton Valley, who are
IN daily touch with the work as 1t progresses.
DO not expect to be flooded out OF their
homes before Jan. /, 1905, because before
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COOKS AND WATERS SHOP.
An Odd Little Monopoly Carried On By .
Frenchwoman Uptown.

Freuchwoman Uptown.
Almost hidden between the high build
ings on an uptown avenue Is little shop.
Thin.legged French letters over the door
announce the name OF the proprietor.
They are painted In white on black ground
and the artist was evidently engaged moro
from patriotic motives than from con-
idenoe in his ability.
of cooking. out Of proportion to the k1e
OF the place. Madame steps briskly from
her little room at the back OF the store to
wait on her customers. She knows most
Of them well and they al come from 2 GER
is to supply everything that French cooks
and walters may need
From the heavy-soled sabots meant for
the chef while at work down TO ths waiter
white necktie, everything Ia TO DO had in
her shop. There are quaint elueIchecked
and Madame will explain a. . matter OF
course that they are worn BY the vegetable
parers, as II II were q sacrilege FOR anybody
TO put a knife to a vegetable before he had
assumed his blue jacket. -,
szes down to small ones that would ht the
head Of a baby. These are for the APP
prentices, and Madame explains with . tinEe
OF regret in her voice that there b vsry little
demand for them - there arc very few
Then there are white brooches and jackets
In ali sizes, paper shirt fronts for walters
not prosperous enough to afford the. real
Numbered articles. white cotton. gloves
that Madame Gays she alone brings 70 this
country, and gaiter shoes With such soft
solee that their wearers tread noiseleesly.
Her patrons come. Of course. from al over
the city. She has almost. . monopoly OF
the business. French IL. Of course, the Ian
guage in which business 10 conducted.
Although II Is by no means the purest
Partisan. II is sometimes strongly Swiss
or Alsatian.
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A MAMMOTH's LEG on VIEW.
Relic Of an Early American NJ tho Museum
OF Natural History.

VI a.
The complete forelimb Of . mammoth
that alive was more than foot taller than
Jumbo has been set up in the hall Of fossil
vertebrates at the American Mus. um Of
Natural History. II is leg Of an inpc rial
mammoth. one Of the largest species Of
fossil elephants. A skull Of one Of the
same species with tusks 10 fret q inches
long was placed in the museum several
W, exs ago.
The height Of the foreleg to the joint
Of the shoulderblade Is II feet 5 inches.
Jumbo's skeleton, mounted In the hall be-
low. has a corresponding dimension Of
just 10 feet. When alive Jumbo stood
II feet 4 inches at the shoulder. By the
same proportion the imperial mammoth
stood IL feet inches.
The new specimen was found by Alban
Stewart Of an American museum expedi-
ton In the Staked Plains Of northern
Texas. Prof. Osborn. an expert on the
subject Of American fossil elephants, be-
lieves that tho imperial mammoth Is really
distinguishsblc from both the Siberian or
hairy mammoth and the Columbian NAM
moth. which was the common species Of
the United States In prehistoric times.
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pious man that he did not like to swear,
so each time he missed the ball he would
exclaim -Croton' The frequent use Of
the word was puzzing to tie caddy and
after a while. when be could suppress his
curiosity no longer, he asked the golfer
what he meant by shouting -Croton' so
many times.
well replied the player. -In tell you,
but please don't give me away. Croton
In the biggest dam know Of
An idea Of the size Of the dam may be
obtained from the immense amount Of
material and labor that has already gone
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scores Of them can be seen every day climb
ing about and taking views with cameras
The large number OF visitors do not come
from New York. They are principally
engineers or public officials from other
States who are seeking q solution OF the
difficulties to be surmounted in supplying
water TO their own municipalities. The
engineers about the dam are very obliging
about showing visitors around, provided
they have any special object In making an
inspection.
The contractors. Coleman. Breuchaud
a Coleman. have In their Office book Of
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photographs for each year the work has
progressed. There are eight Of these books
and each contains from so to 100 views.
To visitors the new dam is an object OF
wonder and admiration and members Of
the American Society Of Engineers find it
an interesting place to take friends who
are visiting them in New York. With the
exception Of the rapid transit subway it is
probably the greatest piece of engineering
now in progress in America. There is no
other dam to compare with It in this country
and it is said to be the highest structure OF
its kind in the world.
A little story illustrating the magnitude
Of the work was told the other night by
Congressman-elect Norton P. Otis at
dinner in Yonkers. Mr.. Otis said that
there was a millionaire playing golf at the
Ardsley Casino and that he was such a
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THE CROTON DAMS PROGRESS.
Ss5 MASSIVE PROPORTIONS CAN
NOW BE APPRECIATED.

Perhaps the biggest Job OF Masonry Since
the Pyramids We're Built-Engineers
Already Visiting IA Trip to the
Creton Basin Well Worth While.
Tia great dam in the Croton Valley for
The storage OF the future water supply OF
NSx York city will. when completed, be
osss Of the sights Of America. As to the
exact time when the work will be completed
there u considerable uncertainty.
william H. Ten Eyclc president Of the
Aauetiuct Commission, has announced
tit the contractors would have the work
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pairs are found necessary. The gave
bouses and blow of stations are CONSTRUCTED
OF stone and iron and are carefully guarosd
with heavily locked doors TO prevent us
possibility Of persons entering them ara
placing concentrating substances in wster
The aqueducts run 70 isSth stree. NheIs
there il 4 large gate house and the water
Ia diverted TO the various parts OF the city
below, through six 4s-inch mains. The
old aaueduct water is carried further oown
and run into the Central Park reservoir
and from there distributed by maine-
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After It is-oompleted an entirely new high.
way winding along the easterly shore Of
the Crotch from the new dam to the old
one will be opened and will form the main
thoroughfare In the neighborhood.
Every precaution 10 being taken all
the water pure and free from contamina-
ton. The borders Of the basins are pa
trolled daily by city employees to keep
the basins clean and to zee that nuisance
do not exist. Old buildings are burned,
trees are cut down 70 that leaves and foliage
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The wasted water. after flowing over the
spillway, follows the Croton River down TO
the Hudson. When the new dam IL COM
pleted and the territory flooded the old
dam will be thirty-two feet under water
and preparations are now being made 70
gate house has been built on higher ground
and the city Is to erect a suspension bridge
for the convenience OF the residents.
II will be a three span bridge and the
contract calls for it's completion Jan. I, 1906.
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which was mailed In q small hamlet IN
Germany; and this which came from a
Rule Britannia britannia
Ne wer SHAH Be slaves
America karximertns Shegtn

For . long time tho blind readers wers
unable to fathom the reason for such ad.
dresses, but 1t at hast dawned on them that
the explanation was this: Tho person ad
dressed, Q newly arrived immigrant, had
In previous letter written at the close a few
words Of English to show Oh his ready alb
sorption Of the language Of his adopted
country. The correspondent abroad yss.
takes this for the American address and
carefully copies II. A famous example OF
this sort OF mistaken address arrived at the
post ofiioe a few years ago aud now occupies
an honored place In Mr.. Menger's scrap
book. II read:
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on TIE SIDE.
little Ventures That Are Made by the
Small StrOllinE NewsbOy.

The newsboy with fixed place Of bust
ness. say on a corner that he has preempted
and that he sticks to, and where he does
a good and growing business, attends to
his newspaper business strictly The small
boy doing small business and moving
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LIKE A REAL HAUNT OF BIRDS.
A WONDERFUL EXHIBIT IN TIE
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.

Made From Photographs Taken on Lonely
Islct on the virginia Coast So You
Could Hardly Tell the Imitation
From the Original Birds In Their Home.
Th-re Is glis'ening stretch Of real beach
sand up In the American Museum OF Natural
History arrayed with a background OF
painted beach and painted sea so natural
that you can almost hear the waves ripple.
Tufts OF beach grass snd stray clumps Of
beach goldenrod actually growing in the
sand and many shells are supplemented
by pictured grass and bushes so that the
two blend and produce a most realistic
scene
But even more natural than the setting
are the groups Of birds. the habits. growth
and appearance Of which the whole thing
Is intended to show. The exhibit has just
been opened and in the most striking In the
museum.
There has been but one unfavorable