. , ,yy. , Cbxmp? HemJrobilia ?f Americ aisfinst ReprejentabVeNan 7 By JOHN DICKINSON SHERMAN D'lOES Young America of today know its "Leatherstocking Tales"? Has It ever read of such personages as Harvey Birch ?and Long Tom Coffin and J Mabel Dunham? I'roh ably not. And yet James Fennimore Cooper was America's first representative novelist lie was one of the best-known figures of his time, in Europe as well as In America. And what is more?Europe is still reading his novels, with apparently unabated gusto. Yale is honoring her famous son these latter days In what is to be called the Cooper room of the Sterling Memorial library. In | this Cooper room wll be housed memorabilia, which the university has lately acquired by gift from James Fennimore Cooper of Cooperstown, N". Y., grandson of the novelist. These memorabilia Include the manuscripts of the "Leatherstocklng Tales "and other Cooper stories. There are also three diaries of the author, a marble bust by pavid, portraits and a great collection of letters. Some of these letters are to members of his family. Others form his correspondence with such distinguished contemporaries as Sir Walter Scott, Lafayette, Washington Irving and Samuel Morse. There is inueh that Is new in these letters, for most of them have been kept private in accordance with Cooner's : expressed wish that this biographical material should not be published during the lives of his descendants who were living at the time of his death in 1851. Cooper was born in 1789 |n Burlington, N. J., but was taken [to Infancy to the family's new home at what Is now Cpoperstown, near Lake Otsego, N. Y.?the Glimmerglass of.his novels, lie went to Yale at thirteen, but an unappreciatlve faculty sent him home at the end of his second year. Then followed a short period as d merchant | sailor and four years In the navy of the United States. In 1811 he re| signed his commission, married and j settled down as a gentleman farmer. Until he was thirty Cooler apparently had no desire to write. Then he produced "Precaution," a dull story of English life, of which he then knew nothing. Cooper tried again at once and astonished the world with "The Spy." Here he knew what he was writing about. He drew on the tales that men of many k^ds bad recounted "about the old family fireplace. He drew on the lovely couhtry that stretched away on every side. Two years later appeared "The Pioneers," In which Leatherstoeking first makes our acquaintance. The same year appeared "The Pilot," in which Cooper drew upon sea life as he had lived It. There are literary experts who maintain to this day that "The Pilot" Is the best sea story ever written. Here is a bit that shows Qooper al his best In writing of the Indian. II is from "The Last of the Mohicans.' Uncas, captured by the Hurons, has been forced to run the gauntlet, anc by miracles of agility has escaped lm mediate death and gained temporarj sanctuary by reaching a sRiall paint ed post in front of the principal lodge \ His person is now protected by imme morlal and sacred usage, until th< i , tribe In council has deliberated anc determined his fate. The| excerpt "Delaware," said the old chief, "thougl one of a nation of women, you hav vnnraft] f a mBfl. T WOlllrf tfiv yt wivu / vu*?v? >. ....... _ .. ? o. . you food; but he who eats with i Huron should become his friend. Res In peace till the morning; sun, whei our last words shall be spoken. . . Two of my young men are In pursul of your companion; when they ge back, then will our wlsa men say t you, 'Live or die.'" Getting His Own Back r Among the guests at a weddlnf breakfast In the country was on< whose continued rudeness tnade hln extremely objectionable to the rest o the company. His conduct, though nigh unbear able, was put up with for some time until he held up on his fork a pleci of meat which had been served to hln and remarked In a voice of intended humor, "Is this pig?" Change Wanted A sight-seeing motor car was earn ing a party of oot-of-town visitor through soipe of Boston's hlstorf streets. The man with the megaphon was raising It up to his lips for ar other "spiel" when a pretty girl gav his coat a yank and said Impatiently "Aw, cut otit that hieavy stuf You've told us enough about the grei Oliver Wendell Holmes. Can't yo - : show Inside a few of them for **hnnge?" /r J o './[* - Vy. |\ 1*..+/-. i. I * . 1 I ' ^ ' 1 H/ustnat/on tyfl.CWyefft "Has a Huron no ears?" scornfully' exclaimed Uncas: "twice since h-> " been your prisoner has the Delaware heard a gun that he know: i. Your young men will never come hack." "If the Lenape are so skillful, why Is one of the^lr bravest warrioi s here?" "He followed in the steps of a flying coward, and fell Into a sn ire. The cunning beaver may be caught." As Uncas thus replied, he pointed with his finger toward the solitary Huron, but without deigning t > bestow any other notice on so unwirthy an object. ... "Reed-that-bends," said the chief, addressing the young culprit by name and In his proper language, "though the Great Spirit has made you pleasant to the eyes, H would have be< n better that you had not been born Your tongue Is loud In the village, but In battle It Is still. None of my young men strike the tomahawk deeper Into the war-post?none of them s> lightly on the Yengeese. The enemy know the shape of your back, but they have never seen the color of yojr eyes. Three times have they called on you to come, and as often did you forget to answer. Your name will not be mentioned again In your trl>e?It Is already forgotten." As the chief slowly uttered these words, pausing Impressively between each sentence, the culprit rslsed his face, In deference to the othtr's rank and years. Shame, horror and pride struggled In Its lineaments. . . . He arose to his feet, and baring his bosom, looked steadily on the keen glittering knife that was already upheld by his Inexorable Judge. As the weapon passed slowly Into his heart he even smiled, as If In Joy at having found death less dreadful than he anticipated, and fell heavily on his face at the feet of the rigid and unyielding form of Uncas. And here Is a bit that shovs Coopi er's style In his sea stories. The ex, eerpt is from "The Water-Wit :h," and Is part of the description of that mysterious and beautiful brlgant die's es; cape through Hell-Gate: , At such moments of Intense anxiety, the human mind la wont to s sek supI port In the opinions of otheis. Not| withstanding the Increased velocity and the critical condition of his own ' vessel, Ludlow (commander of the ' cruiser Coquette) cast a gjance In order to ascertain the deter nlnatlon of the "Skimmer of the Seat" (commander of the privateer Water-Witch). Blackwell's was already behind them, and as the two currents were again united, the brlgantlne had luffed up Into the entrance of the dangerous passage, and now followed within two n hundred ieei 01 me uoqueim, uirecuy e in her wake. The bold and manlye looking mariner who Controlled her x itood between the knight-heads, Just t above the Image of his pretended mlsa tress, where he examined the foaming . reefs, the whirling eddies, and the t varying currents, with folded arms and t a riveted eye. , . . 0 "Brace up!" said Ludlow, In the calm tones that denote a forced tranquility. This Immediately drew forth the query from a quiet-looking Individual sitting at the other end of the table: t "Which en4 of the fork do you re1 fer to?" i f Ancient Tobacco Shop The oldest "Segar" shop In London - |s said to be 148 Fleet street. The i, house was bu It in 1667, the year after b the Are of London, but the tobacco a and snuff bv slness was not estab1 Ushed until 1700 by Mr. Hoare. Since then it has changed hands only twice. Tremendous Distances r 9 If a telegraphic message could be r sent to the moon. It would reach Its e destination In < little more than a secl ond. It wouli take something like e eight minutes t > arrive at the sun; but : how long, do you think, would It take f. to reach the i tar called Alpha Cenit taurl, traveling thither 180,000 ^nlles u a second? Se6onds, minutes, hours, a days, weeks, nonths, would not be long enough: ft would tpkel no l^ps ii : A i\ . ..... ... .......... , ; I ' POL] f f H / BLA rl ^MvZv 1 l* 8@^^l y 54 . t J[| m Mm mt&triSl\ v n^jf ^8 tt ^^^BkImh Vj^^^^KESWHUHVJ e 0 (i ii rt P I Id /or "The Oeersfayen" lf (Chmrfrj Scribnera Son/) jt "Luft:" called out the Skimmer, sO quickly as to show that he took the I'I movements of the cruiser for his guide. i|. The ship came closer to the wind, but the sudden bend In the stream no l their opposite surfaces, they aided In bringing her head In the contrary dll rectlon. A minute has scarcely passed ' ere she Was aback, and In the next :J she was about and full again. The In- ^ tenplty of the brief exertion kept Trysail fully employed; but no sooner had he leisure to look ahead than be again called aloud: > "Here is another roarer under her bolis. Luff, sir, luff, or we are upon itrv- <* "Hard down your helm!" once again t; came In deep totjes from Ludlow. "Let ( fly your sheets?jthrow all aback, forward and aft?away with the yards, 11 with a will, m?nj!" I t To the taste Of today Cooper's stores show manjf shortcomings. Just , the same Thackjeray ranked Leatherstocking. Uncas 1 and others of Cooper's men with 'the best of Scott's. Hugo ranked them above Scott's. Irv- " ing, Balzac and Conrad are among the ' many who have paid trlbut^ to Coop- 1 er's power. And there was this other thing about 1 James Fennlmore Cooper': No more ardent American ever lived, as Eu- * rope quickly learned when he went abroad to enjoy his popularity. His controversies kept two continents % alive with Interest. "The Spy," "Pioneers," and "The Pilot," all written before Cooper was 1 thlrty-flve, are a trilogy sufficient to 1 make the fame of any writer. Yet he went on and In 29 years he produced 32 novel 8. Some of them were mere ** preachments, written In the heat of v his many controversies at home nnd abroad; some were not worth while, nrhtn he died of a dropsy In his ' | ict n ?x-?* ? , _ prime he was the unquestioned chief " [ of American novelists, with a public that reached from Rio Janeiro to St. Petersburg. i In this shop are snuff tubs polished by the clothes of many old customers who sat on them while their snuff was ' being mixed. Doctor Johnson used to ' call here on hi? way to the Cheshire Cheese. The tub on which he sat is pointed out to visitors. i Hunt It On < Mrs. Newed?Before we were Introduced I longed to speak. Mr. Newed?And since we were 1 married you speak too long.?Sydney 1 Bulletin. 1 I than three years, traveling all the time at that tremendous pace, before i It would reach its destination. If that i Is the case with respect to trie near- ' est of stars, what must be said of those farther off? : First Botanical Garden John Bertram, a native of Pennsyl- 1 i vania, founded In 1728 the first bo| tanlcal garden In America at Ktngsea- , ; sing, near Philadelphia. Bartram waa a noted botanist and did much work i In classifying plant life. I L .u-i .. ,.,1,, \rw : ; V ; g COPNTY NEWS, TBYON, N. mm ,LST MANAGEMENT = OF AN INCUBATOR J.iJ i? in u The Incubator simiuiu <*- i>. ... mm to itself when possible. A good ?*.hir or basement Is the best place, he iiiiicliJiie Should he set perfectly \ei. then run for at least two days and iglits before the e^gs are placed In ^ li is a good plat) to place a p'aptt" ver the eg.' tray when testing out the inrhine. When the incubator Is uipty.'the thermometer will read a i ttle lower that it would if the ma- r hine were full, far when the eggs he- L nme farmed they raise the temper- h tare slightly. By using the paper ver the tray a fairer test will be ['cured. The temperature in the egg chamber tl hould he brought up to 103 derees nnd the regulator adjusted c] a that it will automatically con- ,,, rol the temperature and main- g in It. A sort of balance is thus s| " btnlned between the adjustment ui s] ie regulator and the lamp. Tbe'damp- t< r should stund an eighth of an Inch p hove the flue, allowing the tempera- f] :ire In the room to vary somewhat (, dthout extra adjustment of the lamp, tl Do not attempt to refill the lamp F Idle it is attached or lighted. Fill the u imp at about th? same hours fcaeh si lorning. Leave about a quarter of an t< ioh in the lamp bowl nbt filled with a II. Trim the wick with a pair of u hears, cutting off the copers to pre- h ent the flame spreading to sides of o himnc.v and sooting it. See that the I) urner is firmly clasped, aid the chlm- ii e.v set straight on the buiner and Into _d eater flue. -tl When the machine has lieen working g roperiy for 24 hours, fill be tray with ggs, but never place eggs on top of ii ach otlter. Use eggs of iniform size, o ood shell, and not more than ten a ays old?the fresher the better. o Morning Is a good time to fill the f' ray and start the hatch so the ma- f Idne may be watched. Ii; must be re- tl iemhered that it requires several T ours for the eggs to became warmed" c nd for the machine tc regain the h roper temperature. ti Visit the machine three times daily b nd bftener if convenient Before re- I' Iring at night see that the lamp Is urning and the temporal ure is right, o The eggs should be turned twice < ' ally after the first 24 hiurs. These " urnings should be as nearly the same, b line nnnrt as nnsaihle and should COU- s inite until the nineteenth day. d The testing should he done In a aikened room or after niglit, as a b etter view of the condition of the c ggs can be obtained. Do not test tie eggs in a cold room. The eggs 1 hould he tested on the eighth day, or p r you are not-experienced in testing w : is better to wait until the tenth day. [y this time the development of the hick should be far enourh advanced hut the fertile eggs ca i be dlstin- " uished readily front thd It fertile ones. <' ,n Infertile egg will be perfectly clear P nd should be removed f-otn the mahine. The fertile will stnw a spiderke formation, a center with crooked s breads, and this will float as the egg > turned. Test again on the fou 'teenth day. lometlnies the egg will show fertile . ut the germ may dieiant can be dls- fl overed on the second t-s^. If the e lack spot shows red line? jcomrng to- * ether in a circle (bloo 1 ring), the ^ enn is dead. All eggs showing this ill not hatch so should be removed. Alt the chicks should hatch within ii 4 hours. Lf the machine has been i< tinning properly, the hatch should be h omplete on the morning )f the twen- p v-second day. Only wea (lings hatch v fter that. The hatch ma;' be delayed n y, accident or by low :emperature. g n such cases, the hatch rtay be 24 to h 0 hours late. While delijyed hatches a re not total loss, they sel lorn produce trong chicks. The egg chamber should be disln- s ected thoroughly between hatches and u new wick for the lam > should be mvlded for each hatch.--T. W. No- n und. Director of the Mi ssouri State c 'oultr.v Experiment Stu.lon, Moun- ( aln Grove. d I, POULTRY FACTS ^ S c Do not crowd young stock, as It mny v ead to colds und roup at this time of ii he year. a H The critical period In th> young tnr;ev Is usually at an enl when six a ifcks old. c : d July-hatched tuykeys cata be grown o marketable size for th^ Christmas f ind New Year trade. F ; r A young turkey, does not readily fat- d en until nearly matured, the food be- Ii anu ou?.ii (vi iccuiu(j uuv'&s uuriug lilt; ivinter. Watch out for the roup chickens and have good remedy at hand to act promptly if you should find any evidence of. this disease. ? flnntlnilA fn mil thp bona nn/l **fa_ r . C. . . * . V| HTie Kitchen Cabinet WfeA *?-*>. Wt-Hiern .NewcL-apei miio.i.; Always men's qualities arp shown by whether their powers ar.U privileges make th m proud or more humble.?Phillips Brooks. THINGS WDRTH TRYING All children know how to prebare tuple wax if t ley live where the snow flies. I c e may he scrtiped f a hange In the drink. The practice of /arming the milk with a little col fee 3 a most pernicious one as It Is very pt to cause digestive disturbances nd creates |an appetite for coffee. The cerenl coffees of various ki ids I *T UUUI Ufti ijt'MiioiiiUfs, I'll! offee should never be given to ctillIren, even In small quantities. Tea as well as all highly seasoned oods and condiments should be taloo. lckles, highly seasoned sauces and Ich foods should not be given cill Iren; the continued use of such fo >ds n adults Is said to cause the craving or stimulants. * Lack of appetite In the morning Is iften the result of sleeping In an IIIentllated room. An adult may nitss i meal, often to his betterment; but a Towing child needs plenty of food~to upply energy to build tissue. Often a small child will take food ir drink from some receptacle which s especially attractive. A small transer -picture placed on the bottom of a ;lass so that when empty the picture vtll show from the bottom Is delight o a ' hild. TltXUt TvWweffi. Teaching the Deaf The first school for the deaf In the Jnited States was a small school start d in Hartford. Conn., In 1817. It va? inanced through the generosity c-f u ew men, one of whom! Doctor Cogs veil, had a deaf daughter. Thomas ittykins Gallaudet. with the collal-o ation of the French pain, Clerc, Inaug irated the system of teaching. Truth and Preteme Truth is strengthened by observa ton and time; pretenses by baste km1 incertalnty.-j-Tacltua. ' }\ t1 | , , llg conveneu lino ooue uuu muscie. i There [a nothing that predisposes " >inU to disease, especially respiratory v roubles, like overcrowding In poorly a eniiluted coops. a s I>on't take your sick chickens to liurket. They soon die in the fatten- " ng crates after exposing hundreds of '' itliers to the disease. - * ii Whether or not electric lights are v jsjpd to increase egg production, sun- t ijjr'it still ranks first as the cheapest disinfectant that can be used in the poultry house. store and snve all late green stuff, such as cabbage, beet tops, carrots m.nh 4-1- - * ? ? - ? ? ? , ?"W "v?u UUU UIO pose of the surpluSiStoek. Don't feed poultry that will not be needed to make up your flocks or that won't d<> i t!telr share of work. i , i J ' i 4 jM* k My Childi goric, Teething Drops and Sooth for Infants in arms and Childr V : f * ) \ ' To avoid imitations, always look for the Proven directions on each package. P Absolutely "The woman who hesitates is lost." "Worse than that?she is extinct." ?Life. Wright's Indian Vegetable Pllia contain only vegetable Ingredients, which act gently as a tonic laxative, by stimulation?not Irrl- I tatlon. 372 Pearl St.. N. V. Adv. Muffled | DOES NOT AFFE i Aspirin Is the trade mark of Bayer Kacafac All the Same I "Pardon me. miss, for dancing foxtrot instead of one-step." "It doesn't matter, I was waltzing." This woman's experience is typical oj thousands. Ask any physician. I "And to think 1 my own "I couldn't see why he didn't gain. I never dreamed that my constipation was responsible until the doctor told me. "He explained that faulty or slow elimination of waste matter allowed poisons to form and be absorbed by the blood?and this meant tainted milk for baby. "He prescribed the Nujol treatment and jt made a world of difference to both of us. Now that I know how dangerous constipation is and how easily it can be prevented, I am never going to allow myself to get into that bad condition again." / Mother* are the best _ _ friend* oi N n j o 1. ^1 When precious new t lives are at stake tmk internal they seek the remedy p p j that medical author I I ' ' ' ' ?J 'JU. J ' I . ren| L.RY _ I Cerahl?Money talks, tleraldine? Anvlsuly ever have a speaking acqimlntiinee with yours? For 78 Years . j Flanford's Balsam of Myrrh has been a household remedy. Proved 'its merits with- j out advertising. 3 sizes; all stores.?Adv. | No man actually believes that his [ next-door neighbor is his superior nien: tally. * r iEf*k MSP SAY "BAYER AS Unless you see the "Bayer Ci getting the genuine Bayer A lions and prescribed by phys Colds Headache Ne Pain Neuralgia Tc ing Svrups, espcci;;'..- J en all ages. : signature of 'hysicians everywhere t. If you would H do Something TIj;iI w ,J to forget. The Quickest Way to |fl Women are tinding tJB Way to Beauty" in <>. I\|H tion. At all drug hack guarantee. !! : Freckles, Blackhead* Tan. 75c per bottle.- A<1-1 If we are jitdged II perhaps that is why being ulotfe. Dr. Peery's "Dead SS ? safe. One dose will worm; no castor oil ne.-:-! Tlie ininothache Rheumatic I :CTTHE HEART J :cept only "Bayer" pace I lich contains proven direc'jl indy "Bayer" boxes of 12 to I to bottles of 24 and 100? DrtjB tore of MoDotcetleoeldester of Hard Telling "Blinx is running ??v? r ?' slasm, since Ik* cot his iir? fl "Whom lins ho run <>M waste matter and thus p T J thorough and regular tion, without overtaxing "J intestinal muscles. Nujol can be taken for length of time without ill e'fect' To insure internal cleanline**.1 Bhould be taken regularly n af cordance with the direct o n* ?* each bottle. Unlike laxat ^ ' does not form a habit an i cj! be discontinued at any tir^e _ Ask your drugu jf*| Nujol today and i*? ? I to enjoy the [> r'^ lubricant health that is P' ^ . only wh/tn elimm dir hpation ^ normal and re^u *1 1 1 I