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The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

hill, fronting the Hudson and extend.
ing on either side of the rocky road
that sprawls in from the village OF
Esopus. Across the great river Is seen
one of the new Vanderbilt houses. In
the other direction are the lovely wood
ed mountains leading toward the Cat
skills.
| Judge Parker's Home Life.
| The Judges house Is a modest but
comfortable wooden structure, stand
ing on the stone foundations OF Dutch
house of colonial times. 1t is set on
the side OF hill among shade trees
and fEonts the river. 1t is the abode of
| hospitality and refinement, the typical
home of an American gentleman. The
pictures, the books. the furniture, the
wide hall and glowing fireplace, the
sunny library and the dining room.
with its long mahogany table, all show
evidences Of Intelligent tastes that
were not developed in one generation.
| Here Judge Parker walks among his
bulls and cows in top boots and pea
| jacket. the incarnation of strength and
| virflity. He strides through the sor-
ghum and hay fields, visits the great
barn. tends the sick COW or fondles the
| latest calf and helps his men to clear
| up the leaves or stubble His cheeks
| glow, his eyes shine, and he swings his
arms like boy, drinking in great
draughts of the pure air or whistling q
| merry tune.
None of his eight farm hands knows
| half as much as he about the trees
the crops. the cattle. sheep. pigs. chick
ems. turkeys or ducks. Whether in
the peach or apple orchard. in the COW
| pasture, barn or sty he is the master
| of all in knowledge. as we'll as in
| energy. He will ply his pitchfork or
put his shoulder under a heavy load
with the best of them. and 1t is a good
man who can keep up with him. He
is modest enough, save when he stands
among his great red poll cattle the
pride of his heart. Then he swells
with conscious comradeshjp. for they
| are like him-big. strong and genuine.
There is no finer sight in that part
| of the country than Judge Parker in
the middle of his herd. calling to his
| great bulls and laughing as they come
| to him.
There is a tall silo and a coldstor-
| age house, built on the Judges plans.
In the storage house are apples. pears.
cider and all manner of good things to
| eat, mostly the products OF Rosemont.
Thrift, orderliness and energetic
management are everywhere in evil
dence.
In his home the gentle, lovable traits
of the austere Chief Judge reveal
themselves. To his wife, the inspira-
ton of his mature life. he is always
like a boyish lover. To his venerable
mother he is the dutiful son, smiling
at her stern sermons on temperance
and humility. but proud of her noble
character.
He takes his little red-headed grand
son by the hands and swings around
the veranda with him like another
child. He catches up his baby grand
daughter Mary in his arms and dances
up and down the wide hall, whistling
the while. And when his name Is
mentioned to her she always purses her
rosy lips and tries to whistle.
He drives his family to his son-in-
laws church, at Kingston. every Sum
day, and sings heartily. so that
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PARKER THE MAN.
A Study by James Creelman

to the court in dealing with agrciul-
tural cases.
Judge Soarker's Working Traits.
Considering the fact that Judge
Parker is to be the Demo-
cratic candidate for President
it is worth while noticing his
working traits as a public officer. He
goes at his task without nervousness
1t IS hard to imagine a less nervous
man. He works with method and de-
liberately. Unlike President Roosevelt.
he does not lurch at things in a fury
of energy, but makes progress in an
orderly and calm mood. After die
tating an opinion he goes over the
sheets and strikes out everything I'M
necessary or rhetorical. But his cor
rections ordinarily relate merely to de-
tails: he does not have to pull his
work to pieces. Nor is there any one
who ever heard him speak discourte-
| ously or in anger to a subordinate. His
tact and natural kindness make
things move smoothly. Yet there Is an
iron firmness about him.
His Farm mt Esopus.
At the end of every week and dur
ing the summer vacation Judge Park
er is to be found on his picturesque
farm at Esopus. which overlooks the
Hudson river. He has three farms in
New York State-one of $50 acres at
Cortland. another of $50 acres at Ac-
cord and stit arhther of 80 acres at
Esopus. He manages these three
farms and makes them, on the whole,
pay. He is no dilettante stranger to
the country. playing with agriculture
as with toy. but a real farmer who
directs the work. superintends the
ploughfng and. in harvest time, goes
out In his shirt sleeves to work with
his men In the hay and sorghum.
A careful estimate of Judge Parker's
wealth places the value of all his pos
sessions at about $4,000 This property
he has acquired mostly by saving and
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Cortland almost flfty-two years ago.
He attended the village schools and
worked about the farm. When Is years
old he taught school in q country
school house and established his au-
thority by thrashing the school bully.
Then he taught school at Binghamton.
Presently he was a teacher at Accord.
in Ulster County, at SO day. He In
tended to go to Cornell University. and
was saving money for that purpose, but
his fathers necessities drew from his
slender income and his hopes for a
university course failed. He moved to
Kingston and entered the law Office of
Schoonmaker &c Hardenbergh as a
clerk. Then he entered the Albany
Law School, and, upon graduating, he
returned to Schoonmaker & Harden
bergh. Within a few months he took
partner named Kenyon and opened a
law office at Kingston.
For twelve years the young lawyer
practised his profession in Kingston.
He had a good income and won several
important cases. During that time he
was quite free from the control or in
fluence of large corporations
In 1877 he was elected Surrogate Of
Ulster County. and was afterward elect
ed for a second term. That was his
first experience of public Office.
His entrance into politics was due
simply to his love for his old employ
err, Judge schoonmaker. who had been
driven out of politics. He believed
that the Judge had been wronged and
set out to restore him to popular IA
vor. So earnest was his campaign
that he soon became a recognized po-
litical factor in Ulster County, being q
favorite of Mr.. Tilden and Mr.. Man
ming. who trusted and consulted him.
In 1886 he was induced to become
chairman of the Democratic State Elk
ecutive Committee, and in the cam
paign which he managed David B. Hill
was elected Governor Mr.. Hill APP
pointed him to a seat on the Supreme
Court bench when Justice Westbrook
died.
On Supreme Bench at Thirty-three.
When Judge Parker was 33 years old
he was unanimously nominated for the
Supreme Court bench by the Demo-
Gratis. The Republicans would not
nominate an opponent. Not vote was
cast against him. He served on the
Supreme Court Bench until his election
as Chief Judge OF the Court of Appeals
in 1897 by a plurality of about 10000
votes.
During his nineteen years on the
bench he has ignored politics. In 1895
and 1900 he voted for Mr.. Bryan, but
II was we'll understood that he was g.
sound money man ana merely accepted
the will of the majority in his party.
Judge Parker's wife was Miss Schoon-
maker, of Accord, a woman of rare re-
finement and good Dutch Revolutionary
blood. Their daughter married the Rev
Charles NJ. Hale. rector OF an Episcopal
Church at Kingston, which is within
easy driving distance of Esopus. The
Judges son died two years ago.
1t is on the farm at Esopus that
Judge Parkers personality has full
swing. Here he writes his most i'm
portant judicial opinions. Here too. he
works in his fields. prunes his trees
and cares for his thirty registered red
poll cattle. his full blooded Poland
China pigs and fine hock of Shropshire
sheep.
Rosemont. for so the farm is called.
is beautiful place. all up and down
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and his weight Of 1876 pounds his step
is as light as a boys and he can
vault into the saddle with ease.
His face Is that of a country-bred
man, strong and full of color. The
eyes are large and of an agreeable
brown; lion-like eyes but for the
kindly expression. One notices the
eyes first and then the immense jaws
ana formidable round chin. The lower
part of the face is heavy but not bru-
tai 1t has a powerful line and out
ward thrust that suggests tremendous
VIII power. The mouth is large and
masculine, with a thick lower lip. The
upper teeth are big, fiat and white
The lower teeth are smaller. The
coarse. tawny mustache goes well
with the brilliant brown eyes and the
reddish brown hair.
The Judges nose Is acquiline. He
has high cheek bones, but the char
acteristic is not marked. His high.
broad forehead slopes back. without
a bump. 1t is a singularly symmetri
cal brow. showing penetration. OBJ
servation. ambition and energy. The
back head is not large and is some
what straight. so mat 1t does not
balance with the great jaws and the
fighting chin.
Nowhere in the face or head Is
there a suggestion of craft Nor is
there anything sidewise or sly in the
eyes. They look at you straight.
The practical and logical dominate
the imaginative qualities-impulse is
slave to will. The lack of wrinkles
between the eyebrows and the smooth
forehead indicate a man who can con-
centrate his mind without the great
effort which contracts the facial mus
cles
Judge Parker dresses well and al
ways in dark colors. usually grays.
His ordinary attire is a cutaway coat
OF rough gray cloth and gray trousers.
He wears a standing collar and a
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simple black cravat held by small
pearl Few men are more decorous
or careful in their dress. In spite of
his passion for work and his many
pressing duties. he usually dresses
three times a day-for riding, for
business and for dinner. And his
clothes fit him. which cannot be said
of most men in public life.
Dignity which Suggests Great Power.
There is grave dignity and sug-
gestion of immense power in Judge
Parker which go well with his black
silk robe when he presides in the
Court of Appeals. He is the young
est man in the row of judges He is
attentive to argument and keeps HIS
eyes steadily on the lawyer who may
be pleading. His courtesy to law
yera is well known. When he makes
ruling he does not waste words. II
is useless to argue-the thing is
dOn2. All his associates say that he
does everything in his power to save
them from unnecessary work, and 1t
is indicative of his nature that he
is tn only member of the Court of
Appeals who is always present when
tho court is open. The other judges
take their weeks off regularly. but
JuGGN Parker serves every day or the
session so that there shall always be
some one on the bench familiar with
every ruling or agreement made in
court
AS the Judge sits high up in the
great oaken hall of justice, with its
bronze statute of Livingston and It's
paEelled portraits of dead jur-
ists-John Jay. in mis- crimson uni
vorSity robes high above them all-he
can see through the windows the
! 4, III. fIa how
of his beloved farm at Esopus, sixty
miles away. where his family his crops
and his herds await him at each
weeks end, However deeply his mind
is immersed in the complex problems
of his great office. his heart is always
in his farm; for he was born a farmer
and will be one till he dies. This ia
mhiar and practical knowledge of
farming and farmers is of great value
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

New York World.
While the country Is calling for in
formation about Chief Judge Parker, to
whom millions of Democrats are turn
ing for safe leadership in the struggle
for control of the nation, the blather-
ing politicians of both parties who
swarm over the hill on which the Cap
itol of New York stands the rat-eyed
agents of corruption. rascals in and out
of Office, leaders OF the bar and noisy
pettifosgers all have daily sight of
him as he strides between the Hotel
Ten Eyck. In which he lives. and the
Court of Appeals. in which he presides.
Even in this center of political and
Legislative intrigue. where the weak
nesses and selfish ambitions Of public
men are so soon searched out, this
strong, brave. modest man has not an
enemy. At the top of the Albany hill
he sits ,black-robed. on the bench. At
the foot of 1t Is the law office from
which David B. Hill directed the cam
|paign to make him President of the
United States. Yet men of all parties
including his associates on the bench
bear witness that Judge Parker. in the
face of exceptional flattery and against
the pressure of a thousand influences
has maintained the highest traditions
of his great judicial Office by hts con-
pie. unpretending dignity and his devo-
ton to his public du,Ies.
1t is not that he is colorless Or with
out ambition. There is no more warm
blooded or aggressive man in the coun-
try. And he is known to be deeply at
tached to his party. His silence is the
result Of self-discipline and a concep-
tion of judicial propriety which moth
ing can shake. 1t is not a political pos
ture, but a deliberate line of conduct
which he has followed for nineteen
years.
The kindly looks turned upon him in
the streets, the Difference paid to him
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

all tobacco must be kept in the
original boxes until sold John w
1erkes. commissioner of internal
revenue. went into a cigar store in
Washington and asked for a piece OF
his favorite plug. Like many Ken
tuckians Mr.. Yerkes is fond Of a chew
at times. The salesman handed out
what was ordered. but when the com
missioner tried to cut the stuff it crum-
pled into dust almost. Yes, 1t is pref
ty dry said the man behind the coun-
ter, but we can't help 1t. We used
to be able to take a few pieces out and
Keep them in a moistening box, but
some darned fool up in the internal
revenue office decided that that was
illegal and we can't do 1t any more.
Beats all what idiots get appointed to
once. We'll, that certainly was n
fool ruling" replied Mr.. Yerkes meek
ly, and he slipped away with his brittle
piece of plug tobacco.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

High grade half-tNnes and zinc etch-
ings for all commercial purposes. Tho
Advertiser Engraving Co, Advertiser
Building. Phone SCI. " Fl. Hanson.
Mgr. adv-tf
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IT'S A SHAME.

10 sell such Mems Shoes as "NettIe-
tons" and "Just Wrights" Mt n discount
price. But we are doing 1t, so now IN
your chance IL you like fine shoes.
BULLOCK G. FLEMING.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-07-10

1t was said when Mr.. Knox entered
the cabinet that he was giving up a
law practice worth $4,000 n year to
AXE an SIS, 900 job. Now he has given
up his portfolio for IS 900 senator
shin
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-13
T E X A s

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life % restoring The naooas 81 fne Ss~
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sid that hs shserht nat asa Fns@ssTss
for prsserz-i-E tee Aasron6acks woods
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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-13
To RESTORE MOOSE
One Mans Plan Gotten Up
Years Ago.
SENATE is TO HELP SOME
Organization of Adirondack
Mountain Hunters.

Juntas of all kinds may he found in
New York. but the busiest one of all this
winter is that which is plotting to re-
store King Moose to his own
Its head is twenty-five years old.
Hannibal of the woods. who swore as
Z boy at the flaming camp fire that he
would never rest until he had restored 10
the Adirondacks the antlered monarchs
who half a century ago wandered at win
through northern glsdes- The agent Of the
Adirondack tunta was only little moro
than seventeen years old when he took his
vow. and so far as ne has had one oppro-
priation made by the state to help III the
repatria ton OF king Moose. bur his revo-
luton is stiII in progress. He corresponds
vith MS ftIio@k rletteTs all the year round.
and now that ''Adirondack Harry has
sroErr-yo nlsg'x.e- tsts ne sis SUB the cham
pion aE~1oot & and van ~. 'ofstlle beasts
and birds and fowls OF the region which
lies toward the St Lawrence.
Most OF the administrative work Of the
Adirondack junta is done in the den Of
the chief conspsrator. at No. ~ East ie5fh
street where an.id trcphiss Of the chase
and the litter Of books and papers. he
LAYS plans TO- the DsSleSliE OF les8s4atpi7
and the enlistment OF followers Henry
Vincent Radford IS the fuu name Of Adj
rondack Harry. upon whose shoulders
have fallen the mantle q the redou5tabIe
Adirondack MURRAY Mr Radford has
been a cha rspion OF the Adirondack region
ever since h vas twelve years old and
upon his graduation ia isei from Mar
haitian College Re de-iesd 10 devote his
life 20 saving the o-iirenaacks sHa "a
restoring tts reign o. the moose dynasty
Indian guides ilrst interested me IN TIE
moose. said the chief q the fanta the
other day and the more ] listened 70
their stories the more determined / be
came % do something 70 bring back ths
moose 10 his Old inhah!;
One Of the first things that tire agent
OF the t,1nta did vas 70 write letters "a
the press. so-ue of them we're printed
bat most sosr-sd their way - waste paper
baskets he was eighteen when hs RAJ
created enough public ssntl-ssEt q var
rant him &, calling a public meeting fo-
the purpose % Organizing TIE moose revo-
l1tion- He Induced Warren Eigse-. 3 VII
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-13
A PREHISTORIC Dixie.

The Western States and Territories con-
tain many evidences that this continent
was once peopled by race well advanced
in the arts of civilization. \ wonder OF
apparently prehistoric origin has been ais
covered recently by surveyor IN north
ern Idaho. 1t is the well-rras:rNed Re
mains of dixie. and lies along the east
side OF swamp known at Hoolo- Lake
Kootenai county. in the county thickly
.overed with timber and underbruSh.
The dixie is 500 feet in leng'o Is built
oa-efully of rock and covered wr-;' earth.
II dimensions it is four feet in high AND
thee feet wide on top Tn dixie 4,
broken in two or three place for Il rad
or two, and at one point apparently It
has been cut in recent years. I'll =, are
also evidences that parts Of the dixie have
been broken and swept away by foods
in times long past. Trees over Ice years
old growing on the crest of the dixie also
attest in some degree to its antiquity.
The surveyor. William Ashley. was at
first inclined 10 the belief that il Was an
old morain Of the glacial period such as
are frequently encountered in the north
west. Upon close investigation. however,
he was convinced that il vas The work
Of man, owing to the singular regularity
OF its form and the material which COM
pose it. The earths surface must have
undergone some great changes since the
construction of this dixie. for the present
geological formation OF the locality rem
ders il useless. either for reclamation pur-
poses or TO keep back the water. Il
could not have been the work Of Indians.
Its origin is suggestive Of vast exPans-es
Of time and recalls the WORK Of the an
cient mound builders--ChicasO Chronicle
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-13

rival tradesman had been made angry by
his preference He had thought is sus-
picious that the carpenter should spend
money somewhat freely. although. not
with him. and had become possessed with
the idea that the carpenter was engaged
suspicious before the police.
The police took little stock N his story.
but a policeman was sent 10 the car
penter's house. As it happened. MEM
Der of the Bund was on duty outside the
house that day, listening to see if he
could hear the sound of the press, which
was in operation.
Seeing the policeman, he sauntered
csrelessly across the street and rang a
little bell that communicated with the
inner room, giving warning, and when the
policeman entered the house the carpen-
ter was busy planning among his tools and
his wife was peeling potatoes, and all
signs of the printing press had been elm
mated from the scene.
This visit Of the police was enough 10
alarm the Bund, however, and the print
ing shop was removed to another place.
This is how the press was finally dis
covered. Most Of the type came from
Switzerland. That designed for Babroisk
after being carried across the frontier
would be brought 10 Minsk. where it was
given into the charge of man whom l
shall designate as \
He was one Of the best known of the
Bund. and was foremost in its work. but
without KNOWN it he was under the sur
VIGILANCE of a spy. II seems that some
time before he had taken part in con-
vention of Socialists many of whom were
Christians.
The Jewish members of the convention
succeeded in getting 10 the place Of the
convention without attracting the atten-
ton Of spies. but the Christian delegates
were either less careful or not so well
acquainted with the persons and methods
Of the spies. Many of the spies went
along with the Christians and succeeded
in getting into the convention and taking
part in it's proceedings under the guiSe of
revoluticnaries.
In this manner A fell under surveil-
lance, ard when the man sent from Bah
roisk TO get type from him met \. that
meant also that the Rabroisk man fell
under surveillance. for in Russia the sys-
tenn Of spying is like an endless chain.
When the man from Bahroisk re-
turned a spy went on the same train. al
though il was rot until he got TO the
city that he discovered he was followed.
He could not tell whether he succeeded in
shaking of the spy or not. but shortly
afterward the people in the printing place
noticed that Christian Russian had
taken the house opposite
ssm 49, - -
spy, but decided that ii would be as well
10 move the press away. and that very
night they began the work But in the
middle Of the night the house was broken
into by the gendarnerie. and all persons
found in the house were arrested.
The press was rooted out. and the first
establishment OF the Bund was At an end.
All those captured were sent to liberia.
where they still are"
Where the new issue OF the Voice is
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-03-13
THE WAY TO WALK.

a friend who leads a very active life has
q theory that the preservation OF a good
figure depends to some extent on the man
ner of walking Many people. she says.
as they advance in years allow themselves
to walk heavily and without elasticity 50
that the whole weight rests on the lower
part OF the limbs AZ every step, the oniy
effect OF exercise being WEAKNESS Of the
legs and feet Instead OF this the body
should b. held erect and poised 50 as "a
have a perfect balance; in this way the
muscles are braced and strengthened
throughout. the lungs must necessarily 81
well expanded and il seems quit reasona-
BILE 10 suppose that the tendency 70 in
crease Of weight may BE- checked Az al
events a lighter step and q brssker AID
more enjoyable manner % walking can
be kept UP. and that IN itself IS very
great gain.-Philzdelphia Inquirer.