Bin M dr ( Vt)LUME 5. 3IcCONNELLSliURG, PA., DtCKMHKK 2:, 1H03. NUMBER 14 ENROUIE TO INDIA. Alias Alice Wlshnrt Spends Thanksgiv ing Day in England. TAKES ONE OF COOKS"BRITISH TOURS." Visited Stratford-on-Avon, the Home of Wil liam Shakespeare and III Wife Anne Hath away. Every Moment full of Interest. Red Horse Hotel, Stratford on Avon, Thanksgiving: What do you think o,f this t Mr. and Mrs. Lee, Dr. Ruth Hume and Iareta ing a "British tour, "one of Cook'a from Lcfudon. Started from there Wednesday morning for Cam bridge, viewing the University Buildiugs, takiug lunch there and going on to .Ely that evening, which we spent exploring the Cathedral, after which we dined on fish, bread, butter and cocoa, and caught a train lor Lincolu that night. We went right oil to bed in a nice hotel and next morn ing alter breakfast went to the High church service in "the fin est Cathedral in all England" at Lincoln. It was all magnificent und imposing. The vergers at both Ely and Lincoln showed us about, and 1 suppose that we saw quite as much as people general ly do in so short a time. And this is Thanksgiving Day ! We thought of our dear home land aud people as we ate lunch on the traiu between Lincoln and Birm ingham. I am so glad that I came ! Misses Campbell, Bissell and Pairbank remained iu London, but I didu't know that I should ever have such an opportunity again, and as it only cost $10 I thought i might as well see some thing of old England. The transi tion from Wells Tannery to Lon don has almost taken my breath. I have beeu as one iu a dream since I left New York, and 1 do hape I shall Wake up before I reach Allahabad. .November "(5: Prom Birming ham we came up to Stratlord on Avon, and this evening lam writ ing iu Washington Irving's nit tiug room, and Dr. Ruth and 1 are to sleep in his bed room. To morrow we will seo dear old Wil liam Shakespeare's haunts, and go by coach to Warwick, and KeuiJ worth Castle. Saturday we go oack to Loudon, goiug to Wind sor Castle iu the morning. Sun day we will likely go to service in Westminster Abbey, and on Mon day "do" London. Prom the tops of busses we have seen a little bit of London. Here is where we have been: The Straud, Peet St., High Halborn, (old London), Lin coln Inn, Black Friar's Bridge, King's Cross, Chancery. Lane, Temple Court Inu, Old Temple liar, aud to the shops' to get sola topis (pith hats) to wear on the Red Sea. Mr. Lee hasn't been abroad be fore, but does very well indeed, traveling with all us wonieu. lie has just been out of the Theologi cal Seminary a month, and was married in October. We have a jolly party up here at. Stratford on Avon, On the train to day, we aaug "Praise God from whom ail 'blessings flow," then had our Thanksgiving lunch, after which the "Star Spangled Banner, "aud ''CoJuinbia,thoGem of theOcean." Dr. Ruth Hume has a small American flag which we waved and cheered quietly; fortunately wo had a compart meut to our solves. Noting my fondness for indigestible things, they bought me a sort of faucy tart which they presented me as a substi tute fur plum pudding aud squash pie as a Thanksgiving surprise. Somebody gave the Lees, "Mom- ory uuous jut iiuu wuiuB pariy, 8x12 inches with colored covers, tied with baby ribbon in which to keep mementoes of our trip. Wish I had time to "rave" over the college buildings at Cam bridge ! Wo go to Oxford, too, be fore vva return to London, and ' will see the college buildings there. November 30: Tho Lees T)r, ) , IIu mo aud I had a lovely trip "do ! iug" the ( 14 O .lieges, Cathedrals ALEXANDER BARNHART Pronounced a Lunatic by Jury at Hear ing Last Friday. Last Friday, at the Court House j Seuator Alexander, who was tip pointed a commissioner by the court to take tostimonv and v. port the findings in the case of a i j charge of lunacy against Alexan-! der Barnhart, sat for the per formance of said duty. j The jury to whom the evidence j was submitted, was coinnospd of , . ., , ' will try to write a little about that the following geutlemen, name'y, I . ... , ,, , , . b ' CJ,;ueck o timber. By looking on Bruce Stoner, A. U. Nace, J. K. j tho map of Wisconsin you will Johnston, John S. Harris, James see that Wood couuty is right iu Henry and Samuel A. Nesbit. i the center of tho state. While it After spending about five hours ! may be truly said that Wisconsin in hearing the testimony of uu- j is a great state in many respects merous witnosses, the jury found j and represents a vast amount of that Mr. Barnhart had deserted i wealth and enterprise, vet she .lis wife and family about four teen years ago; that since that time, he has not contributed any- thing to their sjpport, and that his mental condition was uot such as would justify consideration of any objections he might urge against joining with his wife in the transfer of real estate. There was nothing iu the evi- dence to show that he was other than harmless, and. of course, his liberty to come aud go as any j qualities of which tire phcuomn other citizen is not interfered ul, and almost inexhaustable! but with so long as he remains peace-1 a vast amount of labor is requit ed able. and Castles. When 1 last wrote we were at Stratford on Avon. We saw there all that is to be ssen concerning Shakespeare aud his wife, Anne Hathaway, go-' ing to Warwick Castlo that same morning. An accommodating old servant 'showed us abouc the grounds and inside the Castle which was being prepared for tho return of the Earl and his family for Christmas. Tho rooms were quite sumptuous and the paint ings and old armor very interest ing. We drove on to Kenilvvorth Castle but it was so dark when we reached there it was impossi ble to see anything but a dim out line and get some ivy. We stop ped at the "King's Arms Inn," and saw the room Sir Walter Scott wrote the, outlines of his book "Kenilworth," in. That same night we went 'on to Oxford and the next day took in the prin cipal colleges, and other points of interest. We stopped directly across from Christ Church Col lege, a handsome old stone struc ture dating back several centur ies. I had a sore heel caused by my8hoe,so I took a handsome cab and wjth one of the daughters of the house as guide saw as much in one hour as the other people did in two" or three. How we nave rushed since we landed. Sunday morning we attended service at St. Paul'3 Cathedral. Tho music was good, the sermon fair, by some Canon or other but the service was two and a half hours long and tiresome. We lunched at a nice place on Fleet St., and thou went to service in Westmin ster Abbey at 3 P. M., which I enjoyed very much. Cathedrals are becoming so common, in a way by this time that they don't awe me so much. However, I be here Westminster pleases me better than tho ono at Lincoln which is said to be tho largest in England. I like it better than any I have seen yet. After ser- j vices we looked around, aud then walked over Westminster bridge and gazed at the Houses of Parli ment. At night wo went to hear llev. K. Campbell (aIio wns in America lately) at theCityTemplo To day I've been loafing aud writ ing letters. ' My friends here have asked me to spend Christmas at Ahmedua gar with them, their future homo as it will be near that time when we reach India, but I want to get on to Allahabad if I can jnisslbly do so, . I have been so well all the way. We have boen going so con tinually in England that 1 have uot had time to feel the least bit lonely, and I have enjoyed every minute. REV. CHAMBERS' LETTER. Writes From Wood County, the Garden Spot of Wisconsin.' i RAPID ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF LAND. j Interesting Description of Their Method of Getting Kid of the Big Stumps. Enter- prise at Grand Kapids. Sii:iii Waynk. Wis., Dec. 8. KXtt. Di:ak Bko., Peck, , 1 returned from Sherry, Wood county, a few days ago and has iu my opiniou agraud future. I am now speaking especially of Wood county, near the center of j which my -son and grandson John and William are living; land there j has advanced a hundred per cent, j m price since they went there; ! out the advance on unimproved ! hind has been too rapid; it rather j Udids to retard the progress of ! iirmroveiimnts. There rrthons i and of nrres. th nro(iUntiv ! ... i. ..i.... .. ..r w;,.., ! tiou. ; It is generally thickly set witl !,,,",. !,.!, .-nh When thnt. i r-nr. off and the half rottou loars (which llt, .V)mi!times thickly over the j ground) are all piled upand dried aml i)Urned, then you can seo the j ground plentifully supplied with I tmiw of mammoth din, on. sions. These must be disposed of in some way. Some blast them with dynamite, but that does not seem to give satisfaction. The most common method is by means of what they call a "stump puller," consisting of a tripod of heavy timbers with a screw work ing in a plate at tho top to the lower end of which is attached a huge chain of links made from inch rods, and worked by ahorse hitched to a long sweep.' One horse can easily pull the stump out, but it requires two to move tho machine. Fortunately they do not generally, have to move very far. I saw the operation performed when I was there. The roots of some of the stumps rau out in every direction, form ing a diameter of over forty feet. But, then, after they are out of the grouud, they are more in the way than they were before. There must bo something done I to g(Jt them iDt() Slcri siZI)and shape that they can -be handled, dragged off. or burned. Now, I will go down to Grand Kapids, the county seat of Wood county, It is a beautiful little city of G.OOO inhabitants, nud there is an enterprise now iu pro cess of completon that they sny will exceed anythiug of tho kind in tho world. It is simply a pa per mill; the buildiug of winch covers about two acres. His to bo run by water power, the wa ter of the Wiscousiu river to bo utilized for that purpose A boiler 32 feet in diameter and 13 ft., long however, will be used fur driving purposes, There was an inland in the rivtr, but they took that out as an accomodation in build ing lue iiain. Thu length nt tho dam breast is 2, HOC feet, (uot built ou a straight Hum, however). I did uot ascertain the height, but it rests on a solid rock in tlio bot tom of the river, is built ot large rocks, and put together with co ment, so that tho whold structure is ouo solid block 45 ft., thick at base and 22 feet at tho top. The dam costs some 40 to 50 thousand dollars, and the mill u million and a half. 0;i the way up north, wo pass ed and laid over an hour at the city of Madison, a city of about 20,000, the ca'pifa! of Wisconsin the county soatof.Dano county, and tho Kite of tho University of Wisconsin where they have some 51,000 students. Coming down ROYAL ARCANUM BANQUET. Delightful Social Occasion at the Wash ington House Monday Evening. DISTINGUISHED VISITORS I'iJGSLNT. Thirteen New Members Adutd to TuKaroru Council, and Two More Ap?:ica!lons l:i. Order Pro3pero::J. One of the most delightful of social functions occurred at the Washington Mouse on Tuost'uiy evening. It was the occasion of a banquet given by Tuscarora Council, No. 1212 of the Royal Arcanum, aud was participated in by the members of the order and their families. Earlier in the evening the mem bers, assisted by Grand Regent H. B. McNulty, Supreme Repres entative Dr. J. A. Bouse, Special Deputy Chas. A. Schaubla, Dr. W. P. Teeter, P. W. Mobley and P. H. Stouffer all of Chambers burg, and Chris McCullogh of Newville, formally conferred the degree on thirtoeu new members (the thirteen last named in the list found below). About nine o'clock, council ad journed their meeting at the Pall and went to the Vashinj:.ou ! IIouse, v here th;y found the L lj' momhor of thX r-imili.w ...w1 where refreshments were served by that queeu of hostesses Mrs. I vvoonet. ITT 11 The menu comprised Koust Turkey Cold Hum I'runbt-ny Suuee Seulloped Oysters Chleken Sulnd Hoi's aud huttt r Celery lee Crnm Cooim i'otato Chip lifl;H C.ikM Lol'.i it. After the rffreshmeuts had been served, the large dining room was quickly transformed into an auditorium; aud for an hour, under tho diroctiou of Toastmaster Dr. Dalbey, tho company was most delightfully entertaiued aud instructed by ad dresses by McNulty, House, Schaubla, Teeter, Mobley. Stouf fer, McCullogh, uud a number of our home folks. The Royal Arcanum is com posed of more than 30,000 men, carrying more than a half a bil lion dollars worth of insurance, which means just that much cash protection to their families. This is done, too, at a lnioimum of cost to 111" member. It brings pro tection to the families of men in moderate means. It is the fami ly of the poor mau that no ds protection; and, yet, it U tho well-to-do man, as a rule, that has his life insured. The following named persons compose the membership of the Council at McConuellsburg : B. C. Dawney, McC. D. Skinner, John P. Sipes, Johu A. Irwiu, Geo. W. Keisner, A. U. Nace, A. D. Dalbey, Geo. W. Skinner, W. S. Dickson. II. A. Com ere p, John Cjmerer, S. A. Nesbit, S. B. Woollet, John U. Wilt, .W. F. Stouteagle, C. J. Brewer, John D. Smith, Wm. A. Carver, B. W. Peck, Welles H. Groathead, Mer ril W. Nace, P. K. Stevens, P. P. Lynch, Lafayette Tuck, Prank Mason. Ed P. Sliimor, D. P. Trout, Horace U. Nace, Geo. B. Mellott, S. W. Kirk, C. II. E.te miller, and Geo. B. Daniels. Ou account of an attack of catarrhal fever, Miss EmmaSloan has uot beeu able to return to her school at G racey since the couu ty institute. south tigaiu wo pissed through Foudulac tho county seat of Fn dulac county, and Janesville, the county scat of Rock county and Monroe, the county seat of G reeuo county. There were sorm sad occurrences at Grand . Rapids while I was there. Ou man jumped into the river mid drown ed himsolf, two men fell off their wagons and broke their necks, and one young man and two young ladies wero drowuod by a boat sinking from bcin? loo heavy laden. We are having DQfntur uot In earnest. . ; Respectfully LnwisCHAMuiuw. TRIP THROUGH HOLLAND. lien. 7 Wolf's Description of that Re markable Country. THO SURFACE LOWERTIIAN SEALEVEL. IIoiv Lil.es are Built and Maintained, and the Water Drained from the Lnnd. What Happens When a Dike Break!. Vi 1 .shall wiite about my journey from Germany, through the Netherlands or Holland to the j sea, 1 shall first describe thill country. Holland lias Genua iy on th.j cast, Bclguiu on the south and the North Sea on die west. It is loo miles wide from east to west, and I 50 from north to south. It contains about 12,500 square miles and has a population of about 5,01 ii ,0 !o, of which more than one third live in cities and towns. The river Rhine and Muas divide here into several branches to react l the sea, aud form a it were liii'ge islands and deltas of very low ground. In fact more this.il one half of the surface of Holland is lower than sea level. In order to settle on such land, and bring it under cultiva tion, u wis necessary to build g"eat wall called dikes, to keep j ut the sea, and as the population increased and they needed more j land, they slaked olt a piece of swamp, of suc-ii a size as t! ey j were able to wall in ;.t one time, . ditched it. and built houses. So, j in this way, th y have, vear after ! year, gereiation niter generation J been wre.tiu.; acre after acre, j from lie terriM waves. At this j day most, a(i of t lis low laud has ! been redijepiod, and now the gov- eminent i- plannirg to wall in ! Zuydor Z e, a body of very shal j low water, vh'u-h contains about 000 square llllle.s. To buikl uiUes in swamps covered with water, is a complicated undertaKiug. Hjiue of these structures are twenly live feet high, aud forty feet wide, also wide enough ou the top for wagons to pass over them. To begiu with, trees oue and one half to two feet thick, are nicely trimmed, and the thin end point ed, aud if necessary a mental point put on, likoou a walkiug cane, and on the thick end, a strong iron band is fixed, like a chisel handle. These trees thus prepared, are now called piles. Now a portable steel frame or lower, which is sometimes one hundred feet high is placed ou the exact spot where tho pile is to be driven. Tho tower is so constructed, that the pile can be placed in an upright position in side of it. A steel weight or ham mer, that weighs a half of a ton, is hoisted to the top by a steam engine, when the engineer by a jerk of a rope, lets it drop ou the head . of tho pile. There are grooves provided for tho hammer to slide in so it will hit the head of the pile with great precision aud force. In a vet y short time a pile is driven as deep as desired, it takes two rows of piles, one fur each side of the dike. Next planks with broad, Hat headed nails driven into them, to protect them ,,-u.nst tiio wood .destrovimr k,, 1 worm teredo, are nailed against the pi'os. The inside space is now tilled up with massive stone i l.miiL'l.t i.n shin 1mm ' - -- t -,v t and with other material to ma!;e it water tiglit, aud in that way the superstructiou is eontiuin !, until it has the desired du.-.i u sions. Next, trees are plauled on the hip, and grass seed is sov. u all over it, so as to hold the wlmlo mass together. Some dikes are faced with stono walls of mason ry ou both sides. Even ti.e streams and riven h iv,i their banks wallod or paved with stone to prevent the woshiug away of ilm ground. A I ter tho dikes are completed, there is a body of on closed v.nter to be pumped out, which requires the building of a caual, much higher than the land, to carry the water lo tho sea Then in any wind mills are built to pump the water into tl.m email which mnst have a lock at its mouth to keep out tho wnvoH, of the incoming tide. Some places IS should be .n .t. Important To Fruit Growers Who May ! s hoU Thejr Movemenlgi nty Wish To Exhibit at World's Fair. i Come md Qq Have the fruit growers of this: county any samples they would j NAMES OF VISITORS AND VISITED, like to have exhibited at the.. . " . World's Pair at St. Louis next summer? If so.it can be done with httlu or no expense to the farmer, for all you have to do is to write to Cyrus T. Pe., Super intendent of Horticulture, Read- I., and he will do the rest, Mr. Pox is now sendingout the following queries : 1. Will it bo possible to secure from your county auy winter va rieties of fruit, of the crop of 1003, for exhibition at the St. Louis Exposition ? 2. Are any considerable quan tities of winter apples and pears now in storage iu your immedi ate vicinity, aud can you give the names of a few parties having fruit in storage? 8. What varieties of apples and ouier nuns, native io your coun- ty or section of tho State, can be ootaiued for exhibition, either now or during the summer and fall of 1001 ? I. Will it be possible to secure for exhibition specimens of small fruits strawberries, raspber- fes, Maekberries, etc., in your section, during the seasou of i0(i4; 5. How did the fruit crop of loiW in your neighborhood com pare with other years as to quan tity and quality? Was it poor, medium, average or very abun dant ? ti. Who arc the successful fruit growers of your immediate vicin ity? T. Are vegetables growutoany extent for market in your sec tiou, and is much attention paid to new varities t How about po tatoes ? s. What can you do for Peun sylvauia's horticultural display at St. Louis ? S. L. Bedford Had a Fire. The postoliico and store room of S. L. Bedford at Poltz had a narrow escape from being de stroyed by tire a few nights ago. In some way which cannot be ex plained a tire originated in that part used as the postoffice. Mr. Bedford was sick with pneumo nia aud Mrs. Bedford had gone to his bedside, leaving her 5-vear old daughter in the storeroom. In a few minutes tho little girl called her mother, sayiog the storeroom was on fire. Mr. Bed ford arose from his bed and with Ins wife hurried down stairs aud found a brisk tire burniug in the waste paper barrel. In the mean time people had congregated on tho outside trying t" get through the locked door. Geo. W. Seylar upon gaining eutrauce soon ex- tiuguished the blaze with water. About 13 worth of stamped en velopes, three coats and several pieces of underwear were de stroyed. People from the outside thought tho buildiug was certain ly doomed. stcam lH)Wer is Used for IUmP"'g. After all the sea water is pumped "ut1tbf ,and 18 systematically " " wa- U"' to the pumpiiiK stations, to be pumped iuto the canal. These can as and dikes must be kept in a perfect condition continually; also, the pumps must never cease .voraiug or all will be lost. Re- i'irdless of all care, hard work, expenditure of mouey, aud ingen ious contrivnaces, the sea has broken through many times, and caused enormous losses in prop erty and human lives. In the year 1421, the sea broke iu and more than 1,000 persons perished; also in 1531, when there was an earthquake at Lisbon, a great 'inundation occurred. Again in 1570 another inundation took place. It also happened that in lo51 a great dike burs ted, and brought death aud desolation up on the country. Nevertheless Dutch people love their country very much, and are proud of it Have also made to themselves a name in history of which I will write iu my next letter. IIenhy Wolf. mm mm Y0U KN0W nome lor a vacation, Away lor an uutinf. a Trip for Business or Pleasure, You'll Find It Rliht Here. S. II. Hockensmith of Laidig, was in town on business Priday. Harry Bergstresser and Newt Alloway of Waterfall, spent last Saturday in town. The Methodist Episcopal Sun day school will give an eutertain ment in this place, on Priday evening. Our old friends, Mr. aud Mrs. Samuel C. Kline of Sipes Mill, spent last Priday in town; and of course, did not forget the printer. Horace N. Sipes, a law student in Dickinson College, Carlisle, is spending his holiday vacatiou with his parents, Mr. aud Mrs. ; j yel,ou Sipes. ! j Keuben R. Sipes of Licking led News office while in town Saturday and advauced ins last sub- I scriptlon weu up to 1005. j Prof. C. E. Barton and M. H Shaff nor. Lso.. of this place spent I a few days last week in Bedford, where they attended tho teach ers' institute. . Mr. D. Edward Pore of Knobs ville was in town a few hours last Saturday. He says the firm wants him to go back ou the road the first of Jauuary. An oyster supper will bo held in the new Salvation Army church near Big Cove Tannery on Friday evening and Saturday evening, January 1st aud 2nd. Proceeds for beuefit of the church. Mr. Ed Reisuer, a student at Ursinus College, and his sister Miss Minnie, a student in the C. V. State Normal School at Ship pensburg, are spending their hol iday vacation with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Reisner, Special Christmas services will be held by the Sabbath school in the Lutheran church in this place ou Friday eveuing of this week at 7 o'clock, at which time the usual "treat" will be given to the scholars. Walter Shaw, who has beeu at Freeport, Illinois, during the past year or two is visiting his parents Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Shaw near Big Cove Tannery. Walter was m town Monday, and was a pleas ant caller at this oflice. Russel Garland, a native of this county, is now a uoncom mission ed officer iu the U. S. M. C, aud has been appointed Mail Orderly, a responsible position on the U. S. S. S. Columbia which leaves New York this month for a trip to South America and Europe. Last week Dr. N. C. Trout was elected a director of the Gettys burg National Bank to take the place of J. Emory Blair, who re cently resigued. We congratu late tho Doctor on this recogni tion of his liuancialability. In reuewing his subscript! u to the Nkws, Mr. il. .T. Mellott, formerly of Lickiug Creok town, ship but now a farmer near Deshler, Ohio, says they hn.i a big corn crop out there this year, and about half of it is in the licld unhusked yet. Mr. and Mrs. Emmanuel Liv ingstone of Indiana, Pa., liavo been visiting Mrs. Livingstono's parents, Mr. and Mrs. George C. Melius, in Taylor township. List Thursday they went over to Franklin county to visit Mr. aud Mrs. Albertus Dorty. Mr. Henry L. Garland and sou Rev. Arlington Garland, spent a few hours in town Monday. Ou Thursday of next week, Arling ton goes to Manasses, Virginia, where be will be permanently settled as pastor over three Bap tist churches. Arlie is a splen did young man, and we predict success for him la his new He'd of labor. -
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