TUB COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURG, PA. THE DAINTY LICHEE. It Is the Most Delicious Fruit That Grows la China. ( hCnme Ornnun nnd IVnri, Hon ever, Are Inferior to Onr Own The MI--lonnr" Who llunitht sheep-' Tnlln. (Special Haugha (China) Letter. OK COL'ltSK we liave oriincH in South C'hlnn, plenty oiul c-henp. Not Florida vurtctics, lnt little loose-jacket one that can be euti'ii Tatliout Btnlning your kid gloves, if jrou do not wnnt to remove them, und w it limit 1 lie use of knife or upturn. There are other varieties, not no (food tul much more trouble to cut. They ripen in mid-winter, nnd tire the populnr fruit during the grent nn tionnl holidays lit the Chinese New Yfnr, which corresponds to iiliout February. It is neeesBnry to offer oranges to each guest who calls on any day from the first to the fifth of the first month nt least, and many extend the courtesy to the fifteenth day. The ipifst must refuse nnd the host In ist, until finally they compromise by the guest taking two never Icsh nnd seldom more. Of the temperate zone fruits, ap ples have not yet been guccessf idly ruFtirvutefl except in the mountains of North Kuhkien. reaches are nliun it and of fuir quulity; plums ur plentiful nnd like good seedlings ii '.America, tirapes nre very ordinary. The most disappointing is the pear It is yellow and delicious looking The newly-arrived unitiated Ameri ca a sees the luscious fruit on the tret, and thiuks of the fine old IU.it left trees in his grandfather's (or some other boy's grandfather's) or roard, und fixes his mouth for a treat like that of his boyhood days. JTe pays the dealer several prices for lilf a doen, and bites into the lnr Bt nnd ripest. Alas! they nre up jiles of Sodom. It would not bo so BI-BO, OR LOQUAT. TREES bad if he had not been expecting so iRaeh and recollecting so much. It is wet saw-dust. One bite is sufllcieut. These home fruits have been sue, eessfully introduced into North Cliina by the late Dr. Nevious, of the Stiantung province, and huve widely fi read. The Shantung pears are shipped to other provinces, nnd are much prized by the Chinese. The ex Hximent is now being tried in Uiughuu with fuir prospects of sue- liut South China lias fruits of its cwn that are well worthy of atten tion, especially now thnt American territory in this latitude has so jjrwttly expanded of late. They begin with the bi-bo (pro nounced bebaw), -known in western lands as the l.oqunt, which ripens the lust of March and runs on into Jty. It is about the size and shape if au egg-plum, or smaller, bright LICHEE TREES IN BLOSSOM. jrellow iu color, with smooth dark brown seeds, und a skin that peels tK like thut of a scalded tomato. It is tart und very juicy. Foreigners ut most invnrlnbly like it, and coming so early in the season is greatly in its favor us a popular fruit. It sells in the nutive niurket at from two to ionr dollars (silver) per bushel. When you consider that unskilled la bor cun be hud in the same market lor ten cents a duy, it is pluin thut iuly well-to-do or rich people cuu bf furd to eut it in quantities. It mukes a very excellent jum, und cans well. 3t grows from the seed und does not need to be grafted. By choosing the eed of the lurgest and finest variety and plunting it in Florida or the ;YVest Indies or in southern Califor nia, I Bee no reason why this fine fruit should not flourish in the west ern hemisphere, and become very .popular in the market and profitable to the grower. The Arbutus comes next in the sea ton. 'The best are as large as a large ML m&Ml ft mp Mzed cherry, nnd it looks much like ft large blackberry. It has one sect) like a plum. It grows on a tree. It is one of the cheapest of diluent? fruits. Yet foreigners, generally are fond of it. There is an ancient chestnut that is passed on from generation to gen eration in the I'oochow foreign com munity, of a missionary in the early days, who was struggling with tin; mysteries and difficulties, of this bar barous language of tones, who in structed his cook to buy a pound of arbutus fruit for dinner. The cook did not return before noon nnd the missionary got a cold lunch for him-, self; his feelings toward the absent servant, were warm enough, though, to boil coffee. Toward nightfall the delinquent appeared with a dejected countenance, und 11 Kiuall basket with several fresh sheep's tails in It. lie said he hud been to every butcher shop in the city and these were all the sheep's tails he could buy. lie hud cornered the market nnd his muster nt the snme time. It was only n mistake of the tone in giving the order. , I til t. when we think of Chinese fruits there is one that stands out supreme. Kvery foreigner pronounces it delicious. It is the lichee. It grows upon n tree resembling the apple-tree. In size and shape and color when ripe it is like the largest si.ed strawberry. The skin is rough und brittle. It bus one seed, which when grafted is very small. The meat is white, nnd tastes well you will have to taste it for yourself. It is unlike anything in America that I know of. Henry Ward Needier is quoted ns saying: "(iod might have made n bet ter fruit than the trtiwberry, but he never did." Mr. ltcecher never ote fresh lichees. They ure dried nnd shipped all over China, and are used on all the steam ers' of the east, and are found even, in New York, lint the dried article, gives no idea whatever of the deli cioiisn'ess of the fresh fruit. An enterprising storekeeper of Can ton has been cunning it recently, und WITH RIPE FRUIT. in this shape it is much more like the fresh fruit. It is not propagated from the seed. A ball of mud is tied around a joint of a limb, und the burk is cut below the mud. In six months the limb is cut olT and planted; roots have been formed in the earth bull. Grafting-is done with greut care nnd skill; so also the pruning, which must be done an nually. No pains ure spared in culti vation. lf this fruit were introduced into Aniericu It would certainly become very populnr and profitable. The skilled horticulturists of southern Florida would soon learn its peculiari ties und the manner of treatment. lint the Chinese will tell you thut the lin'gengs ure their best fruit. They grow upon trees closely resembling the lichee, but nte round, russet in color, sweetish in taste and a smooth skin. With foreigners the taste must be generally cultivated. Hut t lie fruit is u very fine one. It is dried in immense quantities, and brings a high price for use at feasts ull over China, lioth these varieties are a greut source of wealth. A tree with fruit valued at ten dollars (silver) is a very ordinary sight. 1 hnve seen as high us $40 worth of fruit upon one tree. This is of course unusual, but when you consider thut you cun hire a man to work for a whole year for that sum the relative value of these fruits is seen to be enormous. The trees ure planted by the canals, along the roads, between fields, in cor ners, wherever space can be found. They nre valued tree by tree as well as orchard by orchard. A man in need of money will often dispose of a sin gle tree. It is to be hoped that in time in American markets these fine fruits of the semi-tropics will become as com mon as bananas or ornnges nreto-dny. WILLIAM N. BREWSTER. Same iVcullnr lunuunitn, The uborgines of the Mulubur is lands employ n perfect whistling lan guage, by means of which they can communicate with eueh other over long, distunces. A strunger wander ing over the islands is frequently sur prised to hear from u hilltop the sound of loud whist ling, which is quick ly repented on the next hill, nnd so is curried from summit to summit, until it dies nwny in the distance. Hut per haps the most curious means of com munication in the world Is the drum language of the Congo tribe. These queer people can talk to each other with large drums mude of bamboo hoops, over which the skin of some ani mal is stretched. The drum, however, is used only on important occasions. America's First Fire Engine. The first fire engine used in America was sent from England in 1731. yt, S f -'j. YU?- .yx eflnSBsni -wit- ' The ORIGINAL and MOST SMOKED long cut tobacco in all the United States, manufactured with the express purpose of blending the two qualities, that of a good smoke and a good chew, t It is made of ripe, sweetened "Bur ley," the only tobacco from which a perfect combination of smoking and chewing tobacco can be made. Gail & Ax Navy is known by the distinctive character of its blue wrap per (which has many imitators), it being to-day identically the same as forty years ago, and it now stands for the quality that it did then. Yoiz get the very best, and take no chances, when you buy Gail S Ax Navy. A GROWING INDUSTRY- Coal Being Taken From the Susquehanna River in Large Quantities. The bed of the Susquehanna River in and about Harrisburg is being work ed for coal with great success. An idea of the amount that is peing taken from the water can be had by the following excerpt from the Harris burg rat riot: "Two hundred and fifty tons of coal are being taken from the bed of the river daily. The industry has increased since the floods and gorges of last winter which brought thousands of tons down the river. Immense beds are now located in most every part of the stream where there is not a swift current. Charles Eckinger, one of the larg est dredging operators on the tiver, stated to a Patriot representative that he lifts on an average about seventy, five tons of river coal per day. He says that at present he is working his pumps at the northern end of In dependence island, where there is an immense deposit of sand and coal. Many thousands of tons of coal being in the bed which ranges in depths from six inches to four feet. The whole of the upper end of the island is also covered with many tons of coal which is dry and mixed with sand. The dredges are unable to reach it. The increase of the coal, Mr. Eckinger says, is clue to the ice gorges and floods of the past winter. That there were large quantities' coal in the river last year but not nearly to the extent of those of this year. He further said that they oc casionally strike deposits of coal which approach closely the size of pea coal but that to sell it as such the pebbles which invariably lay with the large coal would have to be cleaned out and the demand for the coal does not allow him to spend the time that this would require. The price of the river coal at pres ent is $1.15 and will probably raise if the strike in the anthracite region continues, as the demand for this grade of coal cannot be supplied at this time. Lost Both Legs. John Lavelle, of Centralia, met with a serious accident at the Bald win shops in Philadelphia. Mr. Lavelle had surted to work his first shift at the Baldwin shops and had only been employed one half hour, when in as sisting to hoist a six ton boiler, the chain broke, hitting and throwing him in the way of the huge boiler, which rolled over i.nd crushed his legs. He was immediately removed to the hos pital where his mangled limbs were amputated. His condition is very critical and it is thought that he can not recover. Mr. Lavelle was one of the striking miners and had gone to Philadelphia to procure employment, lie is a married man with a family of six children and is a member of the Borough Council of Centralia from the Second ward. How Cheap Baking Powder is Made. The Health Department of New York has seized a quantity of so-called cheap baking powder, which it found in that city. Attention was attracted to it by the low price at which it was being sold in the department stores. Samples were taken and the chemist of the Health Department reported the stuff to be ''an alum powder," which analysis showed to be com posed chiefly of alum and pulverized ruck. The powder was declared to be dangerous to health, and several thousand pounds were carted to the otlal dock and destroyed. It is unsafe to experiment with these so called "cheap" articles of food. They are sure to be made from alum, rock, or other injurious matter. In baking powders, the high class, cream of tartar brands are the most economical, because they go farther in use and are healthful beyond question. - - . Thieves Shear Skoep. A new style of thieving has been established in Nittany valley, says the Bellefonte Republican, which is creat ing considerable loss to the farmers, and is resulting profitably to the men engaged in the business. The farmers' barns are visited at night by some person or persons who as yet are unknown, who shear the wool from the backs of the sheep and carry the fleeces away with them. Thus far nine sheep belonging to different farmers have been sheared. A Valuable Publication- The Pennsylvania Railroad 1902 Summer Excursion Routo Book. On June 1 the Passenger Depart ment of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company will publish the 1902 edition of the Summer Excursion Route Book. Th;s work is designed to provide" the public with descriptive notes of the principal Summer resorts of Eastern America, with the best routes for reaching them, and the rates of fare. It contains all the principal seashore and mountain resorts of the East, and over seventeen hundred different routes or combinations of routes. The book has been compiled with the greatest care, and altogether is the most com plete and comprehensive handbook of Summer travel ever offered to the public. The cover is handsome and strik ing, printed in colors, and the book contains several maps, presenting the exact routes over which tickets are sold. The book is profusely illus trated with fine half-tone cuts of scenery at the various resorts and along the lines of the Pennsylvania Railroad. On and after June 1 this very in teresting book may be procured at any Pennsylvania Railroad ticket office at the nominal price of ten cents, or, upon application to Geo. W. Boyd, Assistant General Passen ger Agent, Broad Street Station, by mail for twenty cents. CLIFF-DWELLERS' TOWER. nterr-tlnit It rile 11 f I hp Strnmr- Pro lie 1 lint Uin llnlll on n Moun tain Point. 1 Nothing in tliisemmtr.v mi fnsrlnntps .lie explorer nnd nrciiueolo'ist 11s f tin ruins nf tin" rliil" dwellers In .New Mox ir. Muny f these reninvkiilde ruins nre sitnnted In the vnst Minions rnn jon, wirliiu n dny's ride nf Diiiiiiij-d, t'ol., on the liiolirnnde Southern ruil wiiy, km.vs the New York Humid. I'erelied Till) feet oliove the vulley, on 11 ledife of the iniuiiilnin, stands a t.wo Mory house, made of finely eut sniid Htone, eneli block about 14 by (i indies, accurately fitted ami set in mortiir, now linrder tlinn the stone itself. Tim lloor is tilt; ledye of llie rock and the. roof the overhaniiif- elilT. There are three rooms on the ground lloor, each one six by nine feet, witli partition wails of faced tt one. Traces of u floor which once separated the upper from the lower story still lemnin. Knch of ! the utories is six feet in height, nnd nil t lie rooms nre plastered nnd paint ed n dull brick red, with a white bund nlonj the floor. j Near this house, on n lofty hill, ris ing1 000 feet nbove the vnlley, stands the ruined fortified watch tower, J which plainly demonstrates that the titranj-e people who in ages remote 'built these houses were prepared to ' ....!... 1. 'I' irnifti (insulin. JIUIIIIIOIIH lire jew coiicerniii! this lost race nnd history throws no light on the subject. Afcer The Milkmen- Parties who claim to know, state that a pure food inspector dropped quietly into Sunbury, recently and bright and early one morning held up several milkmen in the lower end of the town starting on their regular morning trips, and secured samples of their milk to be analyzed to see if any formaldehyde is being ustd. CHARTER NOTICE, Not Ire Is hereby glvpn thnt an application will be inHrte to the Uovornor or the state of i'eniibv'vaiiU nn Monday the llilttlcnlli Uny of June, ltf-ft!. by .1. Leu Ilnrtnan. Wllllnm It. Coir Iter, W. 1). Ileckly, and II A. McKllltp under tlin Act of Assembly of the Coniniouweiiltli nf Pennsylvania, entitled "An Act. to provide for the Incorporation Mid Keifiiliitlrn of certain rorponitlniiH," approved April '.f, IN7I, nncltlit supplements llierntp, for the charter f an In tended corporal Inn, to o called "The Illinium. OORKer Co..'- the elniracter and object whereof Is the mntiiifue.tiire of Iron and Bteel, or both, or of any other metal, or of any article or com meioe from metal or wood, or both, and for these purposes, to have, possess nnd enjoy all the rights, benefits and privilege s of tho suld Act of Assembly and lis supplements. II A. .MeKllllpl ao(.ltor9 C-5 It. W. I). Keckleyf solltltore CHARTER NOTICE. Notice Is hereby piven that an nppllentlon will be mude to the Governor of Pennsylvania on h'rldny .Mine 0th, liittf, under the Act of As sembly entitled "An Act, to provide for the In corporation and reuulntlon of certain corpora tions," approved April Si", lkTI, nnd the supple. nienin Ilitriero, oy iiiiam 11. iinawn, uesse k. Sharpies. Heuben .1. Shuinan.Uennre B. Khuwn nnd Charles E. Uandall for the charter of an lnleneded eornnrnllon, to be called the"C'ata wlssa I'nr and Foundry Company ,"the chnrncter and object of which Is the manufacture of cars of all kinds, ear wheels and nny article of eom merco rroni wood or Iron or both, and for those purposes to have and possess and enjoy oil the rlKhts, benetlis und privileges of suld act ot As sembly and supplements thereto. 6-lbit. W. U. HIIAWN Solicitor. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In re-estale of Louisa Ann Young, late ofOrangn toirnslitp. Col. Co. Pa., rteorama. Not Ice Is hereby given that letters of adminis tration on the estute of Louisa Ann Young, lute of oranico township, deceased, have been granted to the undersigned administrator to whom all parsonH Indebted to said estate are requested to maKe payments, and those having claims or demands will make known tho sumo without delay to Clinton HKRKINO, B. F. OA DM AN, Attv. Administrator EXECUTRIX' NOTICE. Estttle of Uli Jones, late of BlooiMburg, Pa. Notice Is hereby given that letters testament ary on the estate of Ell Jones, late of the town of 'llloonisbiirg, county of Columbia, 1'a .deceas ed, have been granted to Mrs. Lavlna Jones, resident of said town, to whom all persons In debted to Bald estate are requested to mako payment, and thnss having claims or demunds will make known the same without delay. MKS. LAVINA JONES, Executrix, 5-8 at" Illoomsburg, J'a. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. Kstate of Uarrlet Roan, late of Blomnaburg, Pa., Notice Is hereby given that lottere of adminis tration on tho estate of Harriet Knau, late ot the town of ltlooinsburg, county ot Columbia, I'a., decensed, have been granted to the under signed ndinln'strator to whom all persons In debted to said estate are requested to make payuinnt, and those having claims or demands will make known the same without delay to UEOKUB C. KUAN, Administrator. fj-S 6t Hloonisburg, t'a. -PROFESSIONAL CARDIE N. U. FUNK, ATTORHXT-AT-LAW, Hit Eof 1 Building, Court Hoom ACwr, BLOOMSBURG, PA. A. L. FRITZ, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Offlee Uloomaburg Nat'l Bank llldg., 2d floor. BLOOMSBURG, PA. J. II. MAIZE, ATTORNEY AT LAW, INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE AGENT, Office, in I.ockanl'i Building, BLOOMSBURG, PA. C. W. MILLER, ATTORNKY-AT-LAW, Wirt'i Building, niw nLOOMSBUkQ, TA. John o. rKimi, John a. barhah FREEZE & HARMAN, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, BLOOMSBURG, PA. Oftlces: Centre St., first door below Opera House A. N. YOST, ATTORN EY-AT-LAW Wirt Building, Court House Square. ULOOMSBURG. PA. H. R. STEES, 1 ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. O flrce in I.nt Ek'g, El r omsh 1 !, Fa Jl. A. McKII.Llr. ATToRNEY-AT-l AW Columbian Building, 211 lUut BLOOMSBURG, I'A RALPH R. JOHN, "- ATTORNEY AT LAW, Hartman Building, Market Square, Bloomsburg, Fa. IKELER & IKELKR, ATTORNEY AT LAW Office hack of Farmer-' National Bunk. BLOOMSBURG, PA. CLYDE CHAS. Y L ITER, attorney at law, Bloomsburg, Pa. Office in Wirt's Building, W. H. RIIAWN, ATTORNEY AT LAW, Office, Corner of Third and Main St CATAWISSA,. PA. CLINTON HEARING! ATTORNEY-AT- LAW. Office with Grnnt Herring. BLOOMSBURG, PA. C-rT Will be in Orangevilie Wednesday O each week. WILLIAM C. JOHNSTON, ATTORNEY AT LAW. Office in Wells Building over B. A. Gidding's Clothing Store, Bloomslmrg, P Will be in Miilville on Tuesdays. II. MONTGOMERY SMITH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, Office ! Wirt building, over A'exandc Bros. 11-16-99 EDWARD. FLYUN. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, CENTRALIA, PA. H"omce Llddlcot building, LocuBt avenue J. S. JOHN, M D., ' PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and its-icUmt. ic i Si 3-7-v I!I.O( M lifKi., PA MONTOl'R TKLRPHONR. 1 BUM. TKLXPtOlf BVKS TESTED, GLASSES FITTED. H. BIERMAN, M I nOMffiOPATHIC PHYSICIAN AND SUK - CO orrici hours: Offloe A Keslrfrace, 4th , iu a. m. to p. m., 8:30 to 8 p. m. stthi. FA J. J. BROWN, M. D. THE EYE A SPECIALTY. Eyes tested and fitted with glasses. No Sunday work. 31 1 Market St., Bloomsburg, Pa. Hours: 10 ' Tele.hont. DR. M. J. HPS' DENTISTRY IN ALL ITS BRANf I, Crown and bridge wor- A SPECIALTY. Corner Main and Centre Stre t BI ( 1 1 ( Columbia & Montour Telephone connection PA Dr. W. H. HOI SUKGEON DENTIN 1 Office Barton's Building, Warn mi.. rk BLOOMSBURG, I All styles of work done in a superior nmnne and all work warranted as represented TEETU EXTRACTED WlTIIDl' i . , by the use of Gas, and free o ci.. k artificial teeth are ins -tr WTo be open all hours durin. h C, WATSON McK r - FIRE INSURANCE A (Successor to B. F. tiai . .1 Represents twelve of the stri ,v es tn the world, among which ai CASH TOT 1 CAPITAL. ASK Franklin of Phlla.. 4oo,ooo a,i- V ALl . .I 1 cuu s, 1 una 40U,uiiu s,b4h. Queen, of N. Y. RHO.OOii 8,W,fc WestehpHf nr. V V flnn o..n i .... N. America, I'hlla. S.ooe.'ooo s.V.iii.V- Office First Nat'l Bank Bl.lu.. jd iTLosses promptly adjustr M. P. LUTZ & S. (SUCCESSORS TO FREAS II H INSURANCE ANDREA 1 r - rs AGENTS AND BKOk 1 o N. W. Corner Main and Cen. r. ' Bloomsburg, Pa o Represent Seventeen as poor1 1 ies as there are in the Worlr- losses promptly adjuster an.' at their Office 1 SADE T. VANNATTA. (Successor to C. F. Knnpp.) GENERAL INSURANCE Office 238 Iron St., Bi oomsburo, Pa, Oct. 31, 1901. tf CITY BOTH., W. A. Hartzel, Prop. No. 121 West Main Street, EsT'Laree and convenient Mm.,1. 1 4 T " " ..r.. ,. ...... a, mii rooms, not and cold water, nnd modern cos- veniences. uar stocked with best liquors. First-class livery attuched EXCHANGE HOTFL. G. Snyder, rropretot, (Oppositethe Court House; BLOOMSBURG, Fa Large and convenient sample roiv , atb rooms, hot and cold water, and all mode tonvtnierce.
Significant historical Pennsylvania newspapers