THE COLUMBIAN, BLOOMSBURO, PA. Elms Associated With New England's Colonial Days. THEIR ULTIMATE FATE famous Treaties Concluded Under Trees Landmarks That Tell of the Pioneers The Crazy Man Who Gave apples to the West Big Trees of This Nation. The first Protestant church service America was under the trees at . .imestown and the first cburch boll :uug iu the West was the one that Father Junlpero Serra tied to an arch ing oak bough at San Diego. The first agricultural (air in America was held under a giant elm at Pittsfleld, Mass., the same tree under which the men of that neighborhood formed when they marched away for the War of 1S12. When Connecticut's charter was in danger of seizure it waa hidden In a hollow oak. Because the Scotland "dool trees," or "grief trees," on which they hung their enemies In reality or in edgy, crly colonists here must needs have something of the sort. So they chose to set up liberty trees In New Kngland. The Scotch bad sycamores, the New England colonists chose elms, which kvm made to serve many purposes. I'ndcr them meetings were held, from Iheir boughs the bodies of onVndors dangled, and In their shade drunkards, liars and thieves sat in the Blocks. One tree on Boston Common had a dark history. It stood uear the long path that Dr. Holmes immortal ized in his "Autocrat of the Breakfast Table," and on It were hanged Mar garet Jones and Anne Hiobons, two witches of early days, and Mary Dyer. the Quakeress. Under it Mrs. Oliver j was Hogged for "reproaching magis trates." In 1876 this old tree fell in a wind storm, and a detachment of police had to be called to keep the souvenir col lectors from cutting it to pieces. An oi'i'spilng of this tree, about forty ytars old, Is to take Its place. The dean of America's historic trees i.-i the Washington elm of Cambridge. "I'uder this tree Washington first took, command of the American Army, July 17".")," reads the inscription compiled Longfellow and engraved on a tab Some say that the first evangelist . America., George Whltefleld, preacn- under this same tree. Twice has e lightning struck it both times in 1 ;f same place and no doubt its days are now numbered. One of the famous peace oaks that stood In front of John Eliot's old meeting honse at Natlck is said to be still In existence. It was brought to the missionary by the Indians he hail taught and planted by them as an ex pression of peace. At Dedham another oak Is pointed out as the pulpit onco used by George Fox the Quaker, when a meeting house was denied hlra. Penn's famous treaty tree fell in a galo nearly a hundred years ago. Its prominence was so marked In Its early days that the English soldiers placed a special guard around it during the Revolution. After it was felled by a gale in 1S10, a great part of the tree was sent to the old Penn family seat at Stoke, near "Windsor, England, where It Is still preserved. "Jane McCrea, 1777," Is an inscrip tion that was seen for a long while on a large pine tree near Fort Edward on the Hudson. This tree was the sil ent witness of the death of the girl -whoso scalp was taken by an Indian to Burgoyne's camp and sold, whereat her lover, who recognized it, deserted the army that would allow such prac tices. For many long years a mulberry tree stood to mark the place where the Calvert and the Indians made the treaty that gave Maryland to the Cath olics, but it fell fifty years ago. Church furniture was made of It for use in the ancient town of St. Mary's and the Plshop of Maryland has a gavel made from a bit of it. The strength of the tree la almost incredible. At Jamestown a sycamore tree grew up between the graves of Commissary Blair and his wife. It carried one-third of Mrs. Blair's tomb three feet above the surface, holding It fajit In a crotch, while the roots and the body of the tree shattered Into tiny bits the stone slab that marked the commissary's tomb. A once noted tree of the Middle West was the Miami apple tree that stood at the junction of the St. Mary and St. Joseph rivers. It must have sprung from seed dropped by a French priest or trader long ago. In a wig wam under this tree the Miami chief Wild Cat was born. Other apple trees were found down the valleys by the first settlers, though they were not of a kind indigenous to the soil. Many believed them to have been planted by a crazy man known as "Apple Seed Johnny." He had an idea that as apples were o great benefit to man the trees sho of great benefit to man the trees should be planted in time to be reauy for the settlers. When the tide of home seekers fin ally turned that way there was great astonishment and rejoicing over the waiting trees, rich in flower and fruit. Such practical foresight can rarely be fund in the hobbies of crazy men. WHISKERS AGAINST THEM. Bearded Foreigners In Crowds Al ways Under Suspicion. If you went over to Russia and had a chance to see the czar, you would doubtless improve the opportunity if only to satisfy your curiosity as to what a real, czar looked like. The same curiosity would surely lead you to innko special efforts to get a glimpse at the emperor of Germany, if he were to come out to attend some public function, nnd you would not pass up the chance to shake the hand of most any other ruler of renown. And It is for the same reason that so many foreigners who emigrate to the United States like to catch sight of our president when he goes Visiting, and as a result of their enthusiasm usually land In the police stations as suspicious characters there to stay un til the nation's chief has got beyond their reach.' They have not learned how to show respectful curiosity. When President Roosevelt arrived In Canton to attend the funeral of Mrs. Ida Saxton McKinley it was only natural that a large crowd should be at the station to greet him. In all of the thousands there assembled there was only one man placed under suspicion of the secret service men who were on hand to guard the Pres ident against cranks. This Individual was to all appearance a Russian blue eyed, stocklly built and wearing an Im mense crop of brown whiskers. He had gone to the station nearly three hours before the President's train arrived. Not much attention was paid to him then, but it was recalled after ward that the police had to tell him several times to get out of their way. As the crowd gathered he always managed to keep in the front rank, up against the ropes, stolid, watchful, patient. Once he was seen to get around to a position where he could look Into the station. It was also recalled afterward that he had been seen everywhere through the crowds at some time or other during the few hours the crowd lingered. "I've been watching that man over there," said one of the members of the local committee that had called to es cort the president to the home of Jus tice William R. Day, to a secret ser vice officer, pointing to the interested, watching Russian. When the officer approached the man ho naturally went about the Job care fully. The foreigner was alarmed and fMgrted. One of those frightened, im ploring grins spread over his face. He couldn't make out why the officer was wanting to know why he happened to be there, and went feeling about over his person, even to the extent of run ning his hand into one of his Inside pockets. Such a bold attempt at pock et picking right in broad daylight and while he was in the midst of his friends, was an experience the foreign er had never ever heard of before. His arm was agonizing for a few min utes. Finally he managed to stammer out in broken English that he had come to see the President, merely to look at him from a distance. Did he want to kill him? No, no; the foreigner near ly fainted. He merely wanted "to see president." The same wish that ani mated the thousands of others. "Well, your whiskers are a little against you, but I guess you're all right," said the officer finally. The . man with the whiskers, having been pronounced all right, lingered with the crowd to his heart's content. He was In the front ranks when the president finally arrived, and when the crowds began to cheer the foreigner looked at a policeman who was not' then busily engaged. "You may cheer too, whiskers!" said the officer, and the Russian let out a series of yells that would have done credit to a Cossack. Speaking of the Incident afterward, one of the secret service men said: "We, perhaps,, have no good reason for it, but we usually watch foreign ers with shaggy beards, closer tnan we do others. Maybe it's because all the pictures printed of Nihilists and dangerous anarchists are ornamented with beards. At any rate, we can't take any chances, whiskers or no whiskers. "Yes," he continued, "foreigners ex cite our suspicions more than others, when they gather in orowds that as semble to meet the President; but as a rule they are well behaved. It's only their eagerness to satisfy their curiosity that gets them into trouble. I suppose, however, they act just about the way we would if we were In some foreign land and had a chance to get a free glimpse of the ruler. Only, as I said before, some of the foreigners let their eagerness to see the president of the United States get away with their discretion. And then we have to look after them just because we're not taking any chances." Lord Cromer says that Egyptians have a propensity for hoarding gold. A native who recently died left $400,. 000 stored In gold in his house. Many Egyptians who are possessed of wealth will borrow money at Interest to con ceal the fact. Large quantities ot gold coin are annually melted in Egypt and converted Into ornaments. Failure of the fruit crop will have no effect on the output ot "doped" jams and jellies. The praying Christian Is always a doing Christian. You can not beat a oarpet with feathers. A school ok Fismm The Practical Helghtns arc Trying to lievhe nn (11 Industry. Some time ago a commission was appointed to inquire into the causo of the decline of the once flourishing fishing industry along the Belgian coast. After a careful Investigation the commission reported thnt foreign competition was responsible for this decline; the Belgian fishermen, tho report concluded, owing to their nn tlquated methods, were not able to compete with their Eturllsh, French, and Norwegian brethren. As a result of this report, the Bel gian government decided that tho only way out of tho difficulty was the establishment of schools of fishery, where-young Belgian fisher people bo educated Into modern methods of earning their livelihood. Conse quently a number of fishing schools have been established on tho coast at Ostend, Blandunbcrghe and Nlcw port. Of these the Ostend school Is the most Important, and a model estab lishment of the kind. There every facility Is given to boys who have chosen fishing as their trade to ac quire all the knowledge 'they may need, and to face the hardships of their vocation. Beautiful museums, containing the choicest nnd rarest species of fish, shells, birds, and In struments of every description, sea charts and maps, model boats repre senting every typo of vessel, nets, sails, and, in fact, everything per taining to the fisher uui u's cnu't are placed at the young student's dis posal. The course of study ot the Rchool lasts three years, during which time the ninny secrets of tho fishing trnde are revealed to tho youthful Flem ings. A peep Into soino of the school rooms reveals tho methods of In struction. Here one sees n large net spread out on the ground, with a number of boys seated on It, engaged with repairs, while another group of youngsters are being taught an accu rate knowledge of the sextant, and others still are being Initiated into the mysteries of rope splicing. In another room a class of boys Is studying tho rules of tho road at sea and the exact position of the many lightships In the North Sea. The method of teaching this lesson is both simple and practical. All that Is required are some reliable sea charts, a few sets of tiny model ves sels, and printed directions, with the assistance of which the boys can learn in one day as much as a lengthy voyage to soa could teach them. A gigantic chart represents the bottom of the sea, with Its valleys, rocks, and sand hanks, stones, seaweeds, and shells, and explains the ocean's hidden dangers and mysteries. On the other hand, till tho man oouvers executed on board a fishing boat are practiced on dry land; for this purpose u full size model boat has been erected in the grounds ad joining the school. The future Sh erman is likewise taught the making of ucts and the handling of them nt sea, the cutting, sewing, and repair ing of sails, the art of baiting, dry ing, smoking, nnd preserving fh, and the use of compass, log, and hoisting colors. When the pupils have acquired all this useful knowledge they are given an opportunity to show their worth at sea. A training ship is fitted up with this end in view, and for several weeks the student crew carries out all its manoouvers under the direc tion of the ludefatlguble school prin cipal. Thus the finishing touch l.s given to their education. When the floating school returns to port its occupants are considered to be thor oughly fitted for their vocation nnd have no difficulty hi finding work. This excellent practical education Is given entirely free, which explains to a great extent why the number of pupils is steadily Increasing. The regular classes comprise boys be tween the ages of twelve and nine teen, but older men are admitted If they desire to perfect their knowl edge as fishermen. Oldest Licensed House. The "Seven Stars," Withy Grove, Manchester, claims to be the oldest licensed house in Great Britain, for it was licensed as a hostelry so long ago as 1356, fifty-five years before Manchester received the charter con- The Oldest Licensed House in Grcut liriutlu. stltuttng it a free borough, but the smallness of the town may be Judged from the fact that tho tolls for it3 fares was a trifle above $30. There are many traditions connected with the "Seven Stars," one of them be ing that Dick Turpln and Guy Fawkes visited the place. At any rate, Harrison Alnsworth Incorpora ted this legend Into his story about Ouy Fawkes. A room on the ground floor bears the words, "Ye Guy Faux Chamber." In 1745 it became tho headquarters for the Manchester adherents of Prince Charlie, com manded by Colonel Townley. The hostelry also contains a chair which is said to have belonged to Byron's mother. Paris has the largest library In the world; New York the largest In the United States. NEW VOIUC RLIIIKKTS. Wholesale Prices of Farm Product) Quoted for the Week. Whkat" July . . 08 Si Sept 09 Deo, . . 1 .03 tf COKM July.,00 Sept 02 Doc,. . . .00?, Oats. Mixed, 6l,a52),,o, Milk Exchange price for standard qual ity Is 2 9c. per quart. ISUTTBK Ckeamuuy. Western, extra! 24a.2a t irsts iaikHo. State dairy, finest aiU Chkksb State, full cream.. alS Small.. 18, Euos Noarby Fauoy 62a20o State Good to choice. .23ai4 Western Firsts. . al8 Bisbvks. City dres'd. OalOc, Oalvis. City drss'd. 8al2e, Coun try dressed por lb. 7al la, KMKtP. Per 100 lb. t3.B0a5.60. Hour. Live pur 100 lb. $0.80aJ.10 Country dressed per lb. 8V4a8f4o. Hat. Prune, 100 lbs., $1.26. Straw. Long rye, 66a70a Live poultry Fowls. Per lb. all J Chickens. Spring, por lb., alfo. Ducks. Per lb. llal8o. ' Dkisskd poultry Turks ys. Per lb. lOalfto. Fowls. Per lb. 12al4.o. Vbuktablis Potatoes. L. I. per bbl, 2.2Sa$2.50L Cucumbers. per box, $1.00a$S.2S. Unions. White, per bbl. $3.604.00. Lettuce. Barrel, .76ca$1.25. Beets. per 100 bunches. $l,0OaL6O. FINANCIAL- Pere Marquette stockholders are initiating steps to have restored to that road the $1,600,000 paid for the purchase of the Toledo Railway nnd Terminal Company. Figures of the bank statement showed a decrease of $1,785,475 In surplus reserve, an Increase In loans of $3,787,000 and an increase In de posits of $3,529,500. BASEBALL LEAGCK SUMMARIES. Standing of tho Clubs, National, W. L. P. O. Chicago 73 25 .743 Pittsburg 57 86 .613 New York 65 80 .683 Philadelphia CO 40 .660 Cincinnati 44 53 .454 Brooklyn 43 64 .443 Boston 33 67 .400 St, Louis 23 78 .223 American. W. L. P. a Detroit 67 85 .620 Chicago 60 83 .612 Philadelphia 66 87 .602 Cleveland 65 42 .607 New York 44 60 .463 Boston 88 65 .409 St. Louis 88 66 .404 Washington 23 68 .303 MUCH WIItiAT IN NEBRASKA. IUiiliowls in a Fix Now Trying to Move Part of the Crop. Omaha, Neb., Aug. 6. Nebraska railroads are swamped with wheat which Is being shipped to markets and already the traffic is so great that the roads are badly congested. On some lines In a single division are loaded 1,000 cars of wheat daily and the motive power Is not sufficient to keep the sidetracks cleared. The present movement Is alto gether from the southern portion of the State. Wheat from northern Nebraska will begin moving next week and the lines will be still fur ther congested. ltockefeller pa Live to 04. Cleveland, Aug. 8. Joohn D. Rockefeller Is the healthiest man of his age In the world to-day and will live to be at least ninety-four, ac cording to Dr. H. F. Bigger, his family physician. Dr. Bigger watched Mr. Rocke feller play golf over the Forest Hill links and at the finish declared that the Standard Oil magnate was likely to live more than a quarter of a century longer. Canned Meats Improve, Albany, N. Y., Aug. 8. A bulle tin from State Health Commissioner Porter says packers of canned meats ere becoming more careful. Last month he found fourteen samples ot canned feats contained a boron pre servative. This month he could find only nine of the fourteen brands on sale, but of these only one contained boron. Zlon's Luce Factor Sold. Chicago, Aug. 6. It was announc ed In Zion City that arrangements were completed for the sale of the lace factory to a local dry-goods firm for about $265,000. It was said that the purchaser would at once Improve the plant at a cost of $1, 000,000, and operate it day and night to Its full capacity. Veneniolu W ill Pay Up, Caracas, Venesuela, Aug. 8. Vele suela has advised Belgium that she will pay the disputed claims of Bel gian creditors, amounting to $2,000, 000, in conformity with the decision of the Hague tribunal. . Last month Venezuela Intimated very broadly that she would not pay the Belgian claims.. SB AVtgclablc PreparfttfonTor As similating ihcFoodandRctfula ling the Stomachs andDowcls of Tromotcs DigcationCrtoerfuI ncss and Rcst.Contalns neither Onium.Morphine norrlmciaL 1VOTUARCOTIC. ntyt tfoiiW-siNUZinrauR A perfect Remedy forConstipa Tion, Sour Stomach, Diarrltoca Worms .Convulsions .Feverish ncss and Loss or Sleep. Facsimile Signature of NEW YORK. PER5EH! EXACT COPY OF WRAPPER. THE "MILKSICK WEED." Plant Thnt Strikes Cattle with a Strange Muludy. From time to time In tho last five decades Tennesaeans have been stir red to a profound sense of Interest in the State's mysterious malady, "milk sickness," as its deadly reappearance in certain suctions of the State has been followed by fatal results to hu man beings and to stock. No ono has ever discovered tho caimc of the malady, from which doath relieves the victim after such physical agony as almost deprives the human spe cies of the power of speech, nnd dumb brutes express tholr sufferings by frenzied search for water to cool tho thirst which consumes them. Onco by a stroam, they plunge or fall into it and quickly drink themselves to dcuth. The fatal sickness is known to a limited extent In several sections of tho State but exists principally near Sparta, in White county. It is con tracted through drinking the milk of cows that have eaten a certain weed, known as the "mllksick weed," which looks something llko clover and grows thickly on tho infected land. But what constitutes tho poi son in tho weed is no more deter mined to-day than it was when first located by tho keen wltted, nature wlso mountaineers who have been its chief victims. It has been nRcrlbed at various times to minerals whone poi son Is absorbed in tho roots of tho "mllksick" plant; to a vapor from some fungous growth, and to the ac tion of the dew, producing, in con nection with the life of the plant, a certain poisonous acid. But all of these theories have fulled under tets applied by practical science. On the largest Infected section known to exist In the limits ot the State, "Mllksick Mountain," In White county, no mineral whatever exists; cattle which ate the "mllksick weed" after the dew had dried died In agony, just as those which ate It when the dew was fresh and spark ling, and the strictest search failed to find any fungous growth what ever. Louisville Courier-Journal. Prestrvsd Cherries. Stone and stem cherries, saving all the Juice that exudes in tho process. Weigh the fruit and allow a pound of sugar to eaoh pound of the cherries. Put sugar and Juice in the preserving kettle and as soon as the sugar Is dis solved add the cherries. 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You can get a beautiful fla almost free if you will send a cheek for $3.50 to Tlte Philailclphti Press. This will entitle you to 7r Press daily, except Sunday, for one year by mail, postage paid, ami al.-o a fine hand -sewed fla, .size 3x5 feet, fast colors, fully guaranteed. This flap: also is really worth the amount asked and then you get the great home newspaper of Philadelphia. Be a patriot ! When you have a good flag you can demonstrate your patriotism at a time when "Old Glory" should be displayed. If your children are set a good exam ple they will learn to love "Old C.lory" like they should be taught. Today is the time to order. Send all orders to Circulation Depart ment of The Press, or hand your order to the newsdealer or postmas ter. 8-i-5t. (Shark off tiik onn of vour old enemy, Nasal Catarrh, l.v Klv's Cmim lialni. T1hii will all the swell iiit? and soreness ho driven out of the tender, inllamed iiielnbraneH. The fits of sneezing will cense and the discharge, as of tensive to others an to vnurself, will he cured when the en use flmt pro duce It are removed. Cleanliness, com fort and health renewed hv the use of Cream Balm. Bold lv all druiwists for 60'cents or mailed l.y Ely Jiros., 68 Warren Street, Nw York. . , "Don't put yourself out on my account," remarked the keeper as he nabbed the convict who was on the point of breaking jail. . 1 Only a Mask. Many are not being benefitted by the slimmer vacation as they should be. w0W:, notv,'hl)8taudlng much outdoor life, they are little if any stronger than they were. The tan on their faces is darker and makes them look healthier, but it is only a mask. Thev are still nervous, easily tired, upset by trifles, ?im :M7 do ot ' eat nor sleep well. What they need Is wlmt tones the nerves, perfects digestion, creates appe tite and makes sleep refreshing, and that is Hood's HarHanarilla. Pupil and teachers Renorally will find tho chief purpose of the vacation best subserved by this great medicine which, as we know, "builds up the wliolo system." a Tommy 'Top, ears are always on the side, aren't they?" Tom my's Top ' 'Yes, my sou. ' ' Tom my "Then what's a frontier ?" ''It is the littlo rift within the Juto which ever widening, makes the musio mute." It is just a little rift in the health of a woman often, which gradu ally takes the spring from her step, the light from her eyes, the rose from her cheek and the music, from her voice. Perhaps the bug-bear which has fright ened the woman from the timolv help needed at the beginning has been the dre..dod (iiestions, the obnoxious ex amination, the local treatments, of the home physician. There is no need for these. .Nor is there need for continued suffering. Dr. VPleroe's Favorite Pre scription can be relied on by every woman, sutterlng from what are called "female troubles1' to renew the health and cure the disease. Women are as tonished at tho results of the use of this medicine. It not only makes weak wouieu "robust and rosy cheeked," but it gives them baok tho vigor and vital ity of youth. This is not a "patent medicine" but a prescription of known composition in which pure, trinle-ro-fined glyoerlne is used Instead of alco hol. Each bottle-wrapper bears a full list of ingredients upon it. A& AW 711 nil
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