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New-York tribune., 1907-05-26

rock do. Whoever has not visited this
Wonderful chasm through which the Au Sable
River has cut its way from its source in the
Adirondack Mountains to beautiful Lake Cham
plain has yet TO enjoy marvel of nature second
only to Niagara among Eastern wonders.
From Port Kent, near by, may wander
north south finding in either direction fasci-
mating spots wherein to loiter through the sum-
mer days. Lake Champlatn, the largest lake III
the United States east OF the Great Lakes. is
superbly beautiful with restfuness which
brings relief to overwrought nerves and tired
brains. The broad eXpanse of the lower portion.
guarded on the far side by the blue line OF the
Green Mountains. and the narrower portion OF
the upper end. where the Vermont interVales
on the one side and the rocky foothills OF the
Adirondacks on the New York side form vivid
contrast, afford a variation in scenery such as
few lakes may offer.
All OF this country possesses historical inter-
est for those who delight i'll tracing the prog
ress of their country's development. At Crown
Point where the lake narrows almost TO the SEM
blance of d river are the ruins of the old Crown
Point Notifications. with Fort Frederlck's ruins
on Chimney Point directly opposite. Here Il
sought to stop the invading French and
Indians in their salies upon the New England
and New York settlements. But little way off
is famous Ticonderoga. now little more than
broken embankments and Crumbling stone
Good Housekeeping.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
CHINESE SECRET SOCIETIES.
Responsible for Most of the Disturbances IN
the Empire.

''Of the many riots and disturbances which have
taken place in China during the last half century
or more il would safe 10 assume that the secret
societies with which the country is honeycombed
are more or less responsible for most says The
North China Daily News" 1T is questionable
whether foreigners have any adequate conception
OF the power possessed by these organizations. the
ramitcatIons of which comprehensive. They
variably shrouded IN my stery. The influence OF
OF the leaders. controlling they do many
There few Chinese laborers. not to speak OF
mutitudes In the higher ranks of life. who do not
grained In the Chinese heart and mind is this
idea OF the necessity of being ASSOCIATED together
east the Chinatnan Is sure lind these secret or
eanizations springing up and hourishng. The high
binders OF California and kindred societies in
Burmah. the Straits Settlements and elsewhere
afford abundant evidence % this fact.
"Ostensibly the object OF these societies. be they
civil or military. orthodox or heterodox. is the
cultivation and practice OF virtue-a convenient
10 circumstances. There can. however. be no
doubt that many OF them owe their origin TO the
the resultant necessity laid upon tile people OF
finding some method of defence against tyranny
trade union; is all which that Implies and much
mOre for, acting Independently of the official courts
tribunal OF its own, which adjudlcates In cases
affecting the interests of It's members and not In
courts OF justice: does IL lack the power OF
infiictlng adequate penalties individuals who
The influence of the secret societies in China Is
not by any means altogether of a sinister nature
Antl-dynastic TO q very pronounced degree many
of them are while others both anti foreign and
no of 9Se be led
their main object the protection of the rights of
them enoin strict habits OF vegetarianism on their
members; others are opposed to opium and to-
In wine or other intoxicating liquors. while others
allow their member. to oder incense at tn. temples
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
A BUTTERFLY MIGRATION

In a breath appeared horde of butterflies
coming from the north straight across a wide
pasture settling in the circle OF trees adding a
SuIhptuous touch 10 the green and gold-for the
time was mid-September and elms and msnJec
were haring torches
had been only three days IN Kansas and 10,
migration OF butterflies
40 witness migration of this mlltweed but
terhy Is learn. a rare privilege, for it is our
pIIIS species IN America that does migrate, and
hohored were we in its royal progress, bound for
the Carolinas the Gulf States A rolltcktng
happy-go-Iucky sort OF crowd they seemed.
An amazing and interesting spectacle We
found these frail, airy voyagers on that sunny
afternoon when, by four Of the clock chat
strikes all the time unless its gong IS tenderly
wrapped IN cotton batting). they drifted to US in
hundreds, Ike autumn leaves leased from their
Inoorings afoat on summer winds.
AS swallows. soaring. curving, dropping into
me chimney depths at twilight, thus the butter
files rose and FELL rose and circled higher
higher up 10 the very tree tops then came
tumbling back among the leaves. settling and
unsettling themselves fussy airy noiselessly
as though mere contact with n branch made
them recon; If not just the right place--up and
away, slowly and with dignity: their selection
was deintily made.
On the twgs they strung themselves like
beads. one upon another; rather. the COM
parison might well be made. they hung IN
punches as droops the yellow laburnun, the
purple wistaria, the fragrant locust blossom
Precisely like that they hung. bearing down by
their weight all around the tree the fine fringe
of the spruce. freighting it with Christmas gifts
before the time OF fruitage.
Whether not somnolence Indifference to
fate, wing WEAKNESS ruled the butterfly mind,
] cannot tell, but / stood among the sWalIning
thousands, at the very least count. and plucked
them off by one. experimenting with them
and settling them egain on the twigs.
Set upon my hand, this or that would
main I placed il for perhaps ten seconds.
Another would at the unloOsing OF Its wings,
fiutter instantly upward. l set them upon my
dress. which they clung rather longer than
to my hand: but not any kind OF experimenting
greatly disturbed them. Going the rounds
ATTEMPTED 70 count them as faF as COulu retcn,
but gave it up when had numbered something
over three hundred, for they seemed always on
the move, settling. rising. futtering about mix
ing themselves In many ways.-Jennie Brooks, in
Harpers.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
GOOD FURNITURE CHEAP.
New Movement in Europe for the Improve
ment of Dwellings of Poor.

The movement FOR improving the dwellings OF the
poor has reached secondary stage in Europe In
taking UP the question OF tasteful furnishing. or
what Is # to give a family healthy house. the
leaders ask If you do not help to make it
tractive to live in?
TO further this object several exhibitions OF
cheap but durable and attractive furniture have
been held, says The Washington Post" The pur-
pore Is Il double First the interest OF the
manufacturers IS to be stimulated by the offer or
prizes and diplomas for the best Outts offered at
certain standard prices 10 suit the needs OF the
various classes from small shopkeepers down
laborers.
The second aim is TO get the people themselves
Interested Ii IL hoped by visiting the exhibitions
their ambitions will be- excited and they Will be
brought TO realize that their homes can be made
attractive within the limit OF their means
The first exhibition held at Dusseldorf, Tho
second at Liege Both were successful
considering the size OF the places.
Then Paris took up the idea. and the depart
mental committee on cheap habitatlons was placed
in charge. The circulars TO manufacturers invited
them to send In complete outfits for small apart
ments combining comfort, sondity, beauty ana
economy Above all. It entoined that all vul,
gar pretence and false luxury should be eliminated
from the designs. go,
were several hundred exhibits OF all classes and
more than sixty thousand persons visited IT, IL
closed at the end OF March. and fourteen prizes
artists. manufacturers and an official of the De
partment of Labor.
Now the subject has been taken up by the So
Ciety OF Popular Art, and preliminary report has
been prepared looking to the cooperation OF arciI-
tects hygenists and social economists In superVis-
ing the plans for all cheap dwellings hereartsr 20
cause Of sesthetic Furnishings by lectures, tracts
ana more sxhtbation< -.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
-ro,,r>, STREET swEEPERs.

Women sweep the streets in Munlen r,orkers tf
Lii Thev are conscientious "oIheI - .
cbeerf,,i and alert and they seem to ENJOY ~
. -ro,nz American woman who WAS 'dieIo 49, &C.
,5,1,ceT was horriaed at the sight OF "Tinie I5
Ss,ev in the streets all day brooh ~ ro'n io'I,
60, SUNRISE 10 sunset. The idea o1 "Qilsi "Q;n
5oing mems rough work" was her sytnpatlIe'.S -
v-aH Now, as a matter Of fact, the ldet WaS - "
&C. nleasant one I have never seen mo- mo- .
--l,o,esone robust, contented WORKING "pIi ca.
tban tbe street sweepers of Munich. Cheeks "a
yeS ss August roses In the Hof GarteH SAN SAIL q
r5ch. lustrous brown, hands capable hlusSleo 80
eevihle a clear eye and clean snlile-ho" elteh
can one schedule such list Of physlcaI per
fecttons in a New England Kitchen
And such nice. stout, pleasant colored' hoiie
spun clothes Such blues as you see IN Ile
Bavarian fields harvest days (where women al9o
help). such reds as belong 70 warm 13avar y,
landscapes the same rich vegetable nue. tlat -
in the red tiled houses and capped stone fences
the REQ OF the earth. A soft blue pe'ticoat d
red sack a white kerchief and a Jaunty green
Tyrolean hat with a gay little feather, bespeak-
ing an interest IN decoration and adornment' Is
indeed a costume for White Wings 10 envy.
There is a pleasant guten Tag with hne cor
diality Of intonation to every paSser-by- A
glad danke sch0n for unexpected pfennige, good
cheer for every swing of the broom, and a
housewifely pride IN the well garnished Strasse
The Craftsman.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
QUEER POSITIONS oE HEARTS.

There is one curious fact which not everybody
notices about the common. finger long green
caterpillars OF our larger moths. Their hearts.
instead OF being in front. at the back OF the
body. and extend along the entire length of the
animal. One can see the heart distinctly
through the thin skin, and watch Its slow
beat, which starts at the tail and moves for
ward to the head.
Hearts OF this sort reaching from head TO tail
are not at all uncommon In the simpler Great
ures- The earthworm has one ana have most
worms, caterplllars and other crawling things
Hearts in the middle of the back also quite
as frequent those I'm what to us to be
the natural place. Many animals the lobster.
for example. and the craWnsh and the crab.
which have short hearts like those OF the beasts
and birds. nevertheless have them placed just
under the shell in what In ourselves would be
the small OF the baCk-St Nicholas.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
ELLEN TERRYs TRAINING.

one OF the most wearisome yet essential de-
tails Of my education is connected with my
first long dress. II introduces, too. Mr. Oscar
Byrn, the dancing master and director of crowds
a the Princess. one of his lessons In the
art OF walking with a flannel blanket pinned on
in front and trailing six inches the floor
My success in carrying out this manpuvre with
dignity won high praise from Mr.. Byn. He
often used TO say that IAN actress no
actress unless she learned to dance early" and
whenever he was not actually putting me
through my PAGES l busy watching him
teach the others There a minuet which
he used 10 attach great Importance. and there
walking the plank" Up and down one
OF the long planks, extending the length Of the
stage had to walk. first slowly and then
quicker and quicker until able at Il
considerable pace to walk the whole length OF
II without deviating inch from the straight
line. This experience Mr.. Byrn used 10 say
and quite truly, think, taught uprightuess
OF carriage and certainty OF step.
Eyes right Chest out! Chin tucked in!''
/ can hear the dear old man shouting at MS as
II it were yesterday, and l have learned to see
how valuable all his drilling was not only to
department, but to clear utterance. 1t would
not be a bad thing II there We're more 'old
fops' like Oscar Byrn in the theatres of to-day
That old-fashioned art OF "dcportment' is sadly
neglected.-Ellen Terry. In McClure's
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
SEA MUSIC.

Upon a summer night. beside the shore.
l heard the Inurmur OF the shadowy sea
Steal thro the scented darkness wistfully.
Half voiceless for the burden that IT bore
A whispered music drawing more and more
Unto a soul-reVealing melody.
When 10! the tide slow ebbed away from me.
And all was vague and silent as before.
So thro' the mstiTTed reaches OF my soul
some flooding tide Of melody has thrilled
out Of the dark till it's triumphant roll
Has lapsed calm even as IL seemed most
strong.
And suddenly. irrevocably stled.
Left but the fragrame OF a faded song
Charles f Whitmore, IN New England Masa-
zine
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
WHAT TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS DID

1t may be OF interest to tell the story Of how
we opened Luna Park s. We had worked
persstenty, and II came two days before open
ing day when Dundy decided take the last
$1,000 We had IN the bank and use Il for change
on the opening night. He drew out the amount
and put il in the safe at Luna. In the next two
days bills came IN 80 fast that. without his re
aliZing II, his 5000 gone-the last of
81 100000 invested And l,iOo employees the
payroll. and only 81 20 open the park with!
We sat and gloOmed together for about two
hours without speaking word then | sug-
gested that II had money enough to meet
next weeks payroll could post notice that
Hereafter. to avoid bookkeeping, employees VIII
be paid only every TWO weeks" This. thought.
would clean out Il whole lot OF workmen. and
would save giving out that We could go no
further: then II we could not raise the money at
the end Of two weeks, were broke anyhow.
We posted the notice paid the men on payday,
and on Monday looked for about POO OF the
1,4OU we had working. Dundy came around
on Monday and took about the place Every
one OF the 400 showed up. The day before the
two weeks pay was due three parties offered 10
loan US the necessary amount to pay the men,
Frederic Thompson. IN The Bohemian.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
CHILD OFFENDERS IN FRANCE.

Soclologists In France beginning somewhat
in the day 10 interest themselves in the Ques-
ton OF child delnquence There is child prison
ers' patroneI society. which owes It's origin TO tho
humanity OF inspector general Of prisons. but its
effectiveness is limited by many circumstances. and
MT last the organized society for the promotion OF
prison reform has put forward strongly demand
FOR radical changes In the treatment of Juvenile
Offenders They do not quite go the length OF call
ing for special tribunals but short OF that. special
sessions for dealing with such cases and stringent
Contamination. especially by adults claimed
I4nn Globe.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
YOUNG FIsHHAwKs GREAT FEEDERS,

VOTING FISHHAWKS GREAT FEEDERS.
The appetites of the young hawks increased
ranidly and In a few days they easily managed
three and a half and four pounds OF solid fsh
a day between them. At FIRST we USED To cut
The meat in cubes and feed the birds by manu-
but IL was not long before they We're able To
tear M a whole fish by themselves. They ofteh
hegan nv ricking out the eyes, perhaps because
those organs conspicuous ana eaShy re-
11cved They held their food in their claWS, .iiid
usually before Selling any part or H. uley
would finger to speak, with thelr pliis' az
tbough feeling for a good hold. When very nun
f,r,y thev would pouuce upon the fish, raise their
crests and lower their wings ana tan L" me
ground as though 10 protect themselves asalil'l
DosaibIe robbery often screaming Justly be-
tween the mouthfuls They would tear OF large
nieces Jerk them backward into the throat ana
Swallow them. They ate every part OF nsh
except the harder bones. Tough pieces were re
moved by a steady upward pun. ana tile ehu7
oP homes were twisted off with pivotal move,
with a pair Of pincers. When they had nHlsied
a meal they cleaned their bills ny thruSliHs
them into the nesting material ana turning
them from side to side as one would force an
apd into wood Later, they elected the bones
and other ndigestible PARTICLES IN the FORM OF
pellets. ,o.,. t, .,
Az they grew stronger they became able TO
hold their long Why's in place at their sides
Tbey also began to exercise their wings Dy
dan1ing them steadily in front or their
hodies for several seconds at time, mean
,~bia rising on their toes. Later, whel
,erforn,ine this wing exercise they would
icon humping up and down as though testing
etorno also they would flap their wings violently
al frequent intervals and thus Keep lheir pluln- p
as,a connaratiyely dry.--Enest Harold Baynes,
n ScribnerS.
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
COST OF ENTERTAINING sovEREIeNs.

The cost to a nation of entertaining monarchs
varies according TO the monarch. The cheapest
soyerejgns to entertain. Judging from the bills
Great Britain has had to pay. are the German
Emperor and the King of Italy. 1t cost about 5000
to entertain each of them The King of the Bel
pians costs $4,000 week the late Shah cost
sI00 900 week The expenditure decorations
etc is not included In these figures When the
Gar OF Russia made his historic visit TO France
the cost TO the Republic amounted to SSss ,ooo-Bos-
ton Transcript
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
HOW HARTMAN LOOKS. TALKS AND
ACTS

\ little chap ffty-nine years old, who Up TO
three months ago looked ten years younger, with
eyes that are not particularly expressive behind
the lenses of his spectacles; a heavy dropping
mustache. tinged with gray, manner Of
speaking neither vivacious nor langud. His
chin is pugnacous; his head is well shaped
mat IL has conspicuous bumps" His fore
mead is his best feature. 4 quiet spoken little
man not at all impressive looking. who walks
Win d curious OF bow legged "horsey
9aontlness as Of a Jockey His complexion in
-,lIles one TO fear that the Hartman liver IL
@ @.tot as efficient the Union Pacific. You can
SeH ulat real bonhOmie is foreign to him these
ud9s' out you not surprised to learn that
re Is model husband and a tender father.
Lou can talk To Hartman and think him ruth
iess. Iou can't listen 10 him without thinking
mn a man Of great brain power. He talks
itlher easily and seldom uses figures Of speech.
Dut is often at q loss for the precise word
wanted, and when you offer il 10 him he uses
~ Without correcting himself, In q matter of
Iact way that conveys no sense of help received
or gratitude ] should say he is the kind OF
man man VINO would not dream OF saying THANK
you 10 a fellow who helps the deal 10 come
liafrimans way. because ii would have come
ny ny. "ay, with or without help or opposition
IRON others and why be grateful9[E,dvgin
iefeVFe, :n The American Magazine
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
THE HEROIC wREcKER

The career or the wrecker on a big railroad &c
IKE mat or a fireman in the fire department or
big city. only more strenuous Like the fire.
man. the Wrecker is on duty every second dav
ahd night ana, like the fireman. the wrecker
nardshIps and cruel suffering. and even death
'or the saving OF life and property Bur
whereas even in emergency the fireman never
covers an area greater than the most populo,ls
aecuon OF 2 city, the line traversed bv the
Nsecker covers a hundred or more miles and
whereas the fireman is in touch with at least
much comforts - ts may snatch vhils on his
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
cAeraALp1 IN NEW YORK.

In Fulton street, near BROADWAY New oih.
over the doorway OF an oldtime brick building
occupied by what is now an ordinary dflhklns
saloon may still be seen signboard' weather
beaten by the storms Of more than halI cen
fury bearing the name OF Lorenzo ventura
Within the place is n museum or antique prints
naybills and other historical relics. and consplc
nous among the latter is round. marble -topieo
fable at which according to well authehtcaled
tradition 6aribaldi used to play dolnnoes ana
chat with his friends. Venturas. in the mlddie
OF the last century. was a faVoIite cosInopon,
tan rendezvous for the actors OF the adlacei!..
park Theatre and the journalists and hterati
of Printing House Square. Here II was that
GarIbaldi first met John Anderson. the flci 70
bacconist who became prominently ldehtiheu
thereafter with the italian cause-Hehry Tyr
rell in The Century.
A WONDERLAND OF THE EAST
real canyon in the East, having on "a iIia iii
ture scale much of the beauty ana narvehous
carvings of Arizona's Grand Canyon. is the Au
Sable chasm. product OF precisely nso the same me
operation of nature which has produced the
Western marvel, 1t gives to the Easterner q
splendid ,dsA Of what erosion through eauo
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
THE PRoBLEM oF rHE MopERN 1Nn1AN

Sta' the ai Ihulai mas not been ruined. but he has
deterlorated. His body is not the thing Of stael
ana slnew 1t once was. His sense of humor has
suffered and his imagination has taken on
solhDer unit But good food, hard work and a
sense OF seIr-respect that comes from owning d
nome ana seeing family dependent on It's head
WIZ restore the tribeSman's efficiency. Indian
MorKinen who have been employed for some
tihe are placed alongside fresh recruits 10 the
!op. The comparison Is eloquent-"the men who
nave done some work found TO be fully twice
as valuable as the newcomers" Indians lee rn
10 work with unusual qucl1ness: they have
sFaSped the Idea that there is to be competition
between them and the white men OF the West
Ihe! know that in the future they must enter
me lists not as tribal groups with an agent at
thet pack put as individuals, with only the
governments good will and sodspeed behind
mem 1t IS the governments part first to grant
the indian his full Individual rights and then TO
safeguard hs interests. and to insist that no nm
Iair advantage be taken Of him until he is able
10 care Tor his own in every way.-J. NJ Oski-
son, in EYerybodys
New-York tribune., 1907-05-26
In the June Magazines.
The Deepest Mining Shaft the Word-Women as Street
Sweepers-The Disputed Baseball

feet. not infrequently the wrecker is landed IN
the heart OF wilderness miles and miles from
the nearest town. and the panes OF hunger ara
added to privation. 0
sometimes when a big wreck has happened
and cars and engines are piled high ON crusheS
and mangied bodies. the wrecker IS rushed
through darkness and snowdrift TO work from
twenty-four TO forty-elght hours without even
chance 10 take his cap off; and lust as his
Is tdt nearly ag completed along another
an opposite direction, where boxcars and coal
cars have heaped themselves thirty feet high.
PaTalSI Iihs tte road and costing thousands Of
doliafs worth or loss in time and prestige al
most every hour. "
Despte these hardships. the danger the ex-
cL'eIlehI ana the bustle of the work endear II TO
lle men anu the wrecker who loses his place ON
crew Is never perfectly happy afterward yat
cases nave been where these men soaded 70 rha
unit OF human endurance by hunger fatigue
ana exhaustion. have natly mutinied refusing
bj, ~ itiiiue WORK. ana IN one instance, during
blizzard on Western plain a vreckmasfer
uIed 10 stand with cooked revolver to keen a
toms. - -AFf-