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Historic NEW JERSEY Meeting!
House (Still Maintains
Its .SPOOKY REPUTATION^
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By Mary W. Mount.
On« of the most Interesting; of the historic
places which are dotted over New Jersey is Old
Tennent Church, beneath the shadow of whose
eplre the Battle of Monmouth was decided and
"Light Horse Harry" Lee's retreat was rallied
find changed Into victory by Washington. Even
on that hot summer day. more than a century
and a quarter ago. Washington spoke of Tennent
as "the old church." yet its appearance to-day
*'•• tiis scare-Ply alter, d from the time when Its
Fj.ire rose whitely against a dark avenue of
cedars above the smoke of battle that surged in
the heated plains below.
Even to-day the bloodstains of battle are im
printed, darkly red, upon pews of the old church
•where wounded men were laid to die beyond
reach of the scorching rays of the sun.
Traditions differ as to the date when the con
gregation of Scotch Covenanters first gathered
there for service. One tradition agrees with
church history that it was in the year 1685, and
that it was visited by George Kir-th, the re
vivalist, in. ]»;: )( i. in 1731 this congregation
built what was in those days an Imposing
church edifice, about four miles from the original
church and cemetery, carrying thither all the
carefully wrought materials of the old church
that could be transported. The front and main
body of the edifice stand to-day as they did in
1731. minus a few hand beater, nails and shingle
chips Stolen by modern curio vandals. The
church was enlarged toward the back and ono
elde in 1751, but has had no changes since, snvo
a little storm vestibule on one side which is
Itself older than this generation can remember.
That savage visitors were both welcomed and
feared by the congregation of the Scots Meeting
Houso Is shown by the fact that the communion
table of the Indians is still Intact, its two white
painted boards nailed by hand beaten nails to
narrow bars underneath and supported by four
short legs, one at each end of the front and the
ether two near the middle of the back; and that
the doors of the church have thick Iron bars,
longer than a man's arm and swung from great
rplkes into thick iron sockets. The main lock
of the door, too, is an immense iron box, a fit
companion to such a key as ono might find in a
museum, but hardly anywhere else In those
days.
Tbe original trustees of the "Presbyterian
Churcli of Monmouth County," to -whom the
charter Tvaa given by George 11. on February 21,
1749. were John Little, Jr., Christopher Long
tttrect. Jonathan Firman, John Anderson, James
Robinson, John Henderson, Stephen Pangborn,
Bobert Finlay and Tobias Polheinus. nearly all
ef wbom 11© burled In the- Old Tennent church
yard. With the exception of Little. Longstreec
aad nnlay, numerous descendants of these men
•tIU live Jn the villages adjacent.
la recent years the congregation of Tennent
Church has kept a visitors' book, and some Idea
c£ the fame- of the church may be gathered from
lha fact that names appear there of residents of
ladia, Japan. Mexico and of nearer countries as
•weU as most of our own states. One of the most
tcloresUng of the modern names Is that of
Joseph. Story, of Boston, whose grandfather, Dr.
EUsha Btory, of Boston, was surgeon in tho
army under General Washington, and probably
■was In attendance upon the wounded In this
very church during and after the Battle of
Monmouth.
Twice lightning has struck this historic edi
fice. Once the bolt flashed down the church and
tore to pieces a water barrel et Its side. The
second bolt glanced down the spire and killed a
man beneath it, occasioning on!y a Blight flame
IB the eteeple, which wos instantly extinguished
by rain.
HAUNTED CHTJUCHYARD.
For a long time the Tennent churchyard was
believed to be haunted. Two young men. pass
ing the lonely spot one midnight saw a white
robed figure bending over a tomb Terror made
them pause when they Ba w the apparition
wring its hands in woe. They did not delay
BOXER MASSACRES HAD ONE GOOD RESULT
They Convinced China. Tha,t
Christie^nify Hes^d Come to
Ste^y, in Spite of All
Opposition.
By William T. Elila.
(Copyrlrht. WOT. by Jo»eph B. Howler.)
Neither missions nor politics in China is com
prehenfih!e until the Boxer outbreak is understood.
All roads of investigation lead back to 1900. That
■was lbs most eventful year in China's hoary his
tory. Already its vast economic and political sig
nificance looms so large that the massacre of more
than two hundred missionaries Is coming to be re
garded as^ii mere phase of a great epoch.
Th* BoxCr troubles were the birth throes of a
new China. In those terrible days the nation, all
unwittingly, broke forever with her Felf-satisfled.
»elf-«e-:jdc-d past. And the punishment meted
out to her. Including all the horrible and shameful
excesses of the foreign troops, and everything- else
Uict was comprehended within that orgy of lust
loot and lawlessness, ha put the fear of civiliza
tion Into the hearts of the Chinese. Whatever
reaction may come—and I write In the midst of
one— the nation will never again array Itself bllnd
™ 11 !!* tb * WOrld - 1900 convinced
China that Christianity is here to stay; th« sword,
th* fire and the stake of torture cannot extirpate it
The reform spirit * rOWS fan,. The revolutionary
society is Increasingly formidable. Nobody here
would be surprised at a national political conflagra
tion and revolution which would be as different
from the present sporadic outbreaks as a war Is
from a skirmish. But, at tho same time, nobody
expects China to go back to the old days. From
what I could glean of the opinions of Sir Robert
Hart and the oldest diploma tf. merchants and mis
sionaries, a general massacre of foreigners Is not
an impossibility; "but it will not be by government
connivance as before. And Whatever comes. China
is Inevitably destined to become on* of the nations
controlled by the Western Meats of civilization
. On every hand I have heard in America that "the
blood of the martyrs" had again proved to be "the
eeed of the Church." It Is a surprise to find to
What a slight extent this !s true.. Undoubtedly
extraordinary progress baa been made in mission
wonk since 1900. for reasons that will he later ex
plained: but for direct results of the faithful testi
mony of the many who heroically sealed their
loyalty with their lives 1 have looked In vain.
Instead, there are villages where all the Chris
tians were murdered In 1900. Into which tho mis
sionaries are now urlable to penetrate. The people
say that Christianity has caused them enough suf
fering; they want no more to do with it. In
numerous communities where mission work was
conducted before the massacres, there Is no mis
, clon work now, although the. missionary force had
been Increased. filrailarly, for years after the
troubles. It was found that inquirers concerning
••the Jesus way/ who bad beta rsacaed through
AN ANGEL GRAVESTONE fN TENftENT
CHURCHYARD.
upon the order of their Romp, but -when they
stopped running long enough to take breath
they agreed not to mention the ghostly sight.
for. they reasoned, tho villagers would merely
attribute their vision to the effects of "Jersey
lightning' 1 and laugh at them. When, how
ever, they had been terrified for the third time
by the sane ghostly visitant, wringing Its white
arms under the dark you trees at the top of tho
hill, they decided to question another young
man who had occasion to pass t!.>- graveyard
about midnight, lie owned to having seen tho
vision, and so did several others who were then
questioned. All confessed that fear of rl
had kept them silent.
One courageous ppirit volunteered to hide
himself near the tomb visited by the apparition,
if others would accompany him, and discover
•who the ghostly visitor might be. He scouted
the theory of a supernatural being ami secreted
himself and two friends behind some tombs on
a dark night to watch for the ghost. About
midnight th. re came a white figure, with down
cast head, up the dark avenue and leaned over
the haunted tomb. For a moment the intrepid
disbeliever In the supernatural shivered with
the same terror that seized his companions.
Xext moment a moaning cry wailed over the
churchyard. The voice was familiar to the
three men. It turned out to be that of a sleep
walker who had wandered night after night to
the graveyord to mourn at the tomb of a lover.
A much kss easily explained Incident oc
curred to the writer of this j n the Old Ten
nent graveyard on June L's last, the anniversary
of th« Battle of Monmouth.
Mr. and Mrs. B. and myself had arranped
a long drive to Tennent, intending to have
luncheon beneath the shade of the treed and
spend some hours deciphering quaint inscrip
tions upon old tombstones. The driveway wound
around the foot of the hill, which rose to a steep
acclivity at the back, concealing the tomba
from those on th<» level r,f the road. Thi* level
tract lay back of the hill for some distance
and along it stretched a long lli:<- of carriage
sheds, most of them falling Into decay. A feu
stalls were kept In repair, and Into one of these
we put the horse, pushing the carriage into an
adjoining stall.
The task of unharnessing completed, we as
cended a stone utalrway, which led up the ter
race to tha graveyard, carrying our luncheon
basket with us. but our picnic never had a be
ginning. The terrified neighing of the horse
and tho pounding of its hoofs upon the Stall
started ue running to discover the causo of Its
fright. The animal Was trying to push itsolf
through the back of the Btall, endeavoring to
keep lta forefeet lifted from the ground, as
though dreading contact with something upon
it, and at the, same time it pounded with t'.r^t
one hind foot arid then the other, against tho
stall, exhibiting symptoms of tho liveliest terror.
THE NEW CHINA IS GOING TO SCHOOL.
the street chapels, medical work and otherwise,
were, forcibly prevented by their families and
friondH from having anything to do with the
church. All this Is contrary to the expectation and
preconceptions of Christendom; but the truth Is
more sacred than any theory.
TRAGIC MEMORIES.
One cannot talk for fifteen minutes with anybody
to China upon a missionary topic without being
brought face to face with tm. A missionary's
name is mentioned: Tou know, be lost all bis
children In the Boxer troubles." remarks your com
panion. You pick up a photgrapb from your hosfa
mantelpiece, and are informed. ••That entire family
was wi : ,ed out, from grandparents to little chil
dren, In the massacre." Something is said about
the capability of a native preacher whom you have
met. "Jt was his brother, you know, who Flood
so loyally by Dr. Taylor and was killed with I,lm
although he might have escaped. This man himself
was through the siege at Tientsin."
"Are you not glad to have had that experien. . •?■•
you enthusiastically inquire of missionaries wlio
had borne a hrilliant part In the si^-o at Peking
"No; I am not." decidedly affirms n young mother;
••when a woman has had to consider, directly and
finally, while a mob of Chinese who would torture
and murder her and hers Is howling for blood
only a" few fret away, whether or not she is wlJi
ing to take her own chl.'lrens lives to save them
NEW-YORK DAILY TRIBUNE. SUNDAY, MAY 5. 1907.
TENNENT CHURCH, IN MONMOUTH COUNTY, N. J.
George Washington referred to it as "old" in his day.
Sweat poured from the trembling creature,
•whose eyes rolled in dread. We feared it would
break the halter and trample ua ere Mr. B.
could drag out the carriage and th" three of us
K»-t tho animal between the shafts. Between
us wo led the horse out, saving ourselves with
difficulty from Us hoofs while it was being har
ness i to the vehicle Getting Into the car
riage without suffering a runaway and t,
smash-up v less difficult feat, • >nee
seated, we lei the tio c; '' run. When <<;\ the
oui i ; mas no trouble to pull
I irot. Exhausted and drlj»
et, the horse at once lost Mi sense of
fear u.i- the gentle a nimal
between wh ■ packers had often been
!:p I and who a arcely blinked ■■>' an automobile.
Horses have a wonderful sense of Btnell, and
some of then ed al an effluvia
„ ! by them and unnotii ed by h
beings i;i a graveyard. But this horse wa
mlllar with graveyards. Mr. B. Insisted that
our horse bad Been a
1\ i t!.-- lefi • the church there Btretchea out
a lino r.f live toi decorated with fright
ful h« aa are to be found upon tomb
atones of the i nth century. Five i
lie here, the i
years old at the time of her death All died
within v period ><' less than thr rears, and
the singular circumst ■ ted with th- Ir
. n, with h- i
breath called th
: ed her to the grave
.A CELEBRATED PASTOR.
The most tor of I ' I Pres
byterla i of Freehold, •■•■ hi »c body lies
beiii ath If;- .- :.-l whose
Ri
iient. jr.. one of thi
to the t'.!:i" of the
Revolution. About I i nalily
arc group* ■! ..
and unworldly than the pious man li i::.s -If .
The most wonder f il event in vi
nent's life was that period of c days
In which he was in a trance, follofn
years in which the language of earth waa for
by him, and then by a long and sp
pa.st"-. of the time aa co-worker of
the noted Whltfieid, but always llvii i
cullarly and i toi unworldly
•.'!'.',•■ Rev, \\ illla mT<
est <>r several noted brothers, sons ol ti
tinfoil. 1 hed dl me, ttte Re\ . Willlan
who founded « bat I
Young: William was educated al i.
as it w.-is then called, and studied divinity v . t
his brother, the Rev. Gllbcii Tenn<
I'r. Bliaa Boudinot and the Rev. 1 >r. .John
WoodhulL associates ><( \\ llllam T. nnent relate
his singular exp< rieni •■ aa he ••• a
an examination for ordination Overstudy had
affected his health f" that, his frit mis relate,
from the unspeakable vengeance of the Boxers,
she has undergone an experience which she would
willingly have foregone." It is said that persons
are still dying, both among the Chinese and ti.<
foreigners, from the effects of the Boxer troubles.
The world has never learned either the full ex
tent of tho horrors of the atrocities perpetrated by
the Boxers and the Killed soldiers (these last hav
ing violated every law of God and man), or of the
part played by the missionaries In the siege of
Peking. On the former .point consideration for
the feellugs of the families and friends of the
martyred missionaries has prevented a lull iv
cital of the Indignities to which their bodies were
subjected. If a person.' were Inclined to brood over
such subjects I should think it would get on his
nerves to recall that the very men who slaugh
tered the missionaries and the Christians, and who
destroyed mission compounds so completely that
not one brick was left standing upon another and
all trace of. the site of the building obliterated, are
still walking the streets and still of the same mind.
The magnanimity and the courage of the mis
sionaries now working at the scene of the Boxer
troubles are beyond praise. They show no resent
ment, but only forgiveness. For the rake of these
murderers of their friends the missionaries iro
giving their lives. And they are unafraid, although
they are not blind to their danger. They know
full well that it is only the dread of the merciless
and all-devastating foreign troops which keeps the
Chinese from tolling upon th«ra again. At J*»oUd£
"he was liko a living skeleton, affected -with a
pain in his chest and hectic fever."
His physician was a young mnn, between
whom and himself there existed 'he most de
voted friendship. Tennent's life was despaired
erslng In T.ntln with his
brother upon the Btate of his soul when death
apparently erminated the conversation.
After the usu c waa laid out on a
board, according to the practice then obtaining,
and i ted to attend the
funeral nexi
When his physician me In th" evening ho,
was so affected that he would not be persuaded
thai "loath had < ■ curred. although the body was
cold and stiff, tin eyes sunk and the lips dis
colored. Aftt-r using: every means to ascertain
whether lffe was extinct be Insisted that ho
felt a slight warmth under the arm, and finally
prevailed upon Gilbert Tennent to postpone the
funeral For three days and iilklUs the doctor
clung to his apparently lifeless friend, despite
the indignant protests of all around him. His
plea for more time, at last dwindled to only
flfteoi minutes more. During these last hardly
wrtniK minutes ho v. ,i« moistening t(;.- swollen
and cracked tongue <>f Tennent with ■'i ilient,
while the funeral party waited In an adjoining
rootn. < ;i!b«'i"t * Tennent, mistaking the action,
exclaimed. -It is shameful t.> be feeding a life
less nirpsf!" and insisted that tho funeral should
proceed. During the dispute which ensued Will
lam Tenhent A»i"-ned his eyes and uttered a
groan. Aftt-r several short periods of trance,
broken In liko manner, animation v.a* at list
restored, to the J>«y and astonishment of Gilbert
and his neighbors.
At the end «.f six weeks hopes of ultimate
recovery began t-> be entertained, but it was a
year before his health was restored.
l.>iiriti^ this period William Tenneni was to
tally Ignorant <>f every transaction previous to
his Illness. He could not read a single word,
nor did he seem to have nny idea of the mean-
Ing of letters He was taught to read as a child
is taught, One day, while reciting a lesson In
Latin t<> his brother, he suddenly started,
clapped bis hand to his head us if something
hod hurt him. nnd made a pause. He said that
he I'.lt a sudden *hock in his head, and it
Seemed to him that bo had read that book be
fore ills memory eventually completely re
vived. ;ui>i he spoke Latin is fluently as had
b^f-n h!s form- r habit.
SEEN IN A TRANCE.
of William Tennent
c a sou eof deep
i • . . medical prol ■
and devout chi of that time He reao
refused to speak of what he had seen and
heard during his trance, beyond the foil
account, which he waa finally prevailed upon to
"Wl lie I was conversing with my brother on
tate of my poul and the fears i had enter
tained for my future welfare, ! found myself, In
fil we were entertained at the Presbyterian com
pound, and Miss ( rowans, a quiet. sweet faced,
serena eyed little woman from Canada, gave up
her «•■.-. room to ks. Something was sai-l about
the attractively simple whtt-» furniture. "11 is a.ll
made from parking cases and boxes," came tho
quiet rejoinder. "You know, 1 lost everything In
the troubles, arid I did not think it would be right,
considering the possibility of a similar experience,
to put In more expensive furniture." Thai was the
only allusion made by Miss Cowans to ti ■•■ pres
ence of danger, nnd she Itinerates freely out In the
country; yet jihe lives, unruffled in spirit. In the
constant presence of the realized possibility of fol
lowing her friends to a martyrdom.
DID MISSIONARIES LOOT?
Most of the missionaries. In the siege and out of
It, ted heroically; but they are not bragging
about their conduct. They have even kept to
themselves th« fact* concerning certain eminent
officials (not Americans, be it said) who figure
largely in the public records of the siege, but
whose Inefficiency during those testing days was
only equalled by their cupidity afterwards, when
th. earned for themselves the reputation 'of be
ing tiio prize looters of Peking.
Which brings me t.i the point much mooted i nd
certain to arise when Chinese mission* are being
orlti.-Nod: Did the missionaries loot? That Is .1
sore point, arid it has been the centre of more heat
than li^ht. Sweeping assertions are made In both
directions, and go far a>< I can dl cover neither is
true.
A word as to the condition* at that time. Abso
lute chaos reigned. All the foreigners, except those
In the legations which survived the siege were
homeless and without worldly possessions, as were
also the native Christians. The Chinese were flee-
Ing, panic stricken, for th. lr lives. Soldiera and
civilians were taklnp pot shots at them "just for
fun." Shops and houses were abandoned, s.i terri
11"' were the natives thai they would surrender
anything on demand. A Chinese on horseback
pa Bed along on the reel holding aloft a placard
In English, such as the fear smitten people were
jifllxinK to their house*, which read, "Don't shoot;
Very good people live in this house." An Engltsh'
'"■" amused a) the i" . <: ; .v. asked the Chinese
where he had got the horse. The latter simply got
down and ran In fright, leaving the horse to his
questioner.
An army oilier called at the American Legation
one day during this period and bitched bis horse
outside; a Russian soldier promptly appropriated
the horse. The rights of private property had been
forgotten; people seemed to lose themselves utterly
"i could have looted myself." said a careful Jour
nalist, a man who participated in these scenes
And some missionaries did loot, to a greater or
lesser degree. One Independent missionary boasted
In print of his looting. While this must be nd
mitted, it is only fair to add that the great ma
jority of missionaries were free from this stigma
Others accepted gifts from Grateful Chinese to
whom they gave protection during those days of
danger. The possession of these mementces brought
upon many missionaries the suspicion of having
been among the looter*
COLONEL MONCKTON'S GRAVESTONE IN
TENNENT CHURCHYARD.
an Instant, In another state of existence, under
the direction of a superior tnr. who ordered
mo to follow him. 1 was accordingly wafted
along , I know not how. until I beheld at a dis
tance an ineffable glory, the impression of
which on my mind it Is Impossible to communi
cate to mortal man. I immediately reflected on
my happy change, and thought well, blessed be
God! l am safe at last, notwithstanding all my
fears, i saw an innumerable host ol happy
beings, surrounding the Inexpressible glory, in
acts of adoration and joyous worship; but I did
not see any bodily shape or representation in
the glorious appearance. I heard things un
utterable; I heard their songs and hallelujahs,
of thanksgiving and praise, with unspeakable
rapture. I felt joy unutterable and full of
{dory. I then applied to my conductor and re
quested leave to join the happy throng, on
which he tapped me on the shoulder and said,
'You must return to the earth.' This seemed
like a sword through my heart. In an instant I
recollect to have seen my brother standing be
fore me disputing with the doctor.
"The three days during which I appeared life
less seemed to me not more than ten or twenty
minutes. The Idea of returning to this world of
sorrow and trouble gave me such a shock that I
minted atedly.
"Such was the effect upon my mind of what 1
had seen and heard that, if it be possible for a
human being to live entirely above the world
and the things of it. for some time afterward I
was that person. The ravishing sounds of the
songs and hallelujahs that 1 heard, and the very
words that were uttered, were not out of my
ears, when awake, for at least three years. All
the kingdoms of the earth were in my sight as
nothing , nd vanity, and so great were my ideas
of heavenly glory that nothing which did not m
some measure relate to It could command my
serious attention."
An intimate friend of Mr. Tenneni urged
him, as did others, at least to tell the subjects
of the praises and adoration which he had heard.
Hi gave a decided negative, adding, "You will
know them, with many other particulars, here
after" (alluding to the appointment of this
friend as his executor).
X.v. Tennent'a death occurred while his friend
was with tho army at Valley Forge, separated
from him by the enemy. The son came from
Charleston. S. C. and took his mother and hi*
father's* papers and property to Charleston.
Within fifty miles of that city sudden illness oc
casioned his death among strangers, and though
the executor '<( William Tennent's estate as.
administered that of his son, he was never able,
with the utmost endeavor, to trace the lose
papers.
He was pastor of the Tennent Church for
forty-three years and six months, and was
buried under Its chancel In 1777, at the age of
Beventy-6ne years and nlno months.
ring Interest with the resting place of
William Tennent is the grave of Lieutenant
O'lonel Henry Moncton, one of the most gallant
officers in the British army. He led a charge •••,
Combs Hill, adjacent to the Tenneni hill. in the
battle of Monmouth, which excited the admira
tion of his enemies, so absolutely perfect was
the precision with which the men marched up
the hill to certain death In the face of Wayne's
raking Ere. Bo even was th« inarch that it is
said a single ball tore the rifles from the grasp
■•f a whole lino of soldiers. When Mom i foil
there was a desperate fight for his body, which
now lies within six feet of the front of Tennent
Chun For more than a century the grave
was marked only by a cypress board, upon
which was cut the Inscription recently chiselled
In .i handsome headstone, .t»-.-t by Samuel
Fryer, of Hlghtstown, whose father was a Brit
ish subject and lies In an unknown grave.
lIIK NATIONAL PARKS.
History of the Country's Great
l*u blic Playgron nils.
More than twenty-Ore years as» Yellowstone
Park had become a great Mecca for enthusiastic
pilgrims and nature worshippers, It was then set
aside by the government as ■ pleasure ground,
policed with several troops of United States cav
alry, and the people of the United States were
invited to come and enjoy it. It is now under the
control of the Department of the Interior, and in
cludes mor.- than 2,000,000 acres of land, lying in
Montana and Wyoming, S.OW feet above the sea.
This is the oldest and largest of the national parks.
and because of its wild scenery, Its uncouth and
marvellous geological formations, it Is also th»
most Interesting. Its geysers are from 3 to 60
feet D diameter and spout from GO to 300 feel
high. The turbulent boiling of the springs and
the hissing of steam through the fissures in the
ground caused John Bfulr, the great naturalist, to
lik.'n the park to a giant kitchen, where Mother
Nature's pots have been bubbling and bolting over
through many long, long ages. Queer tricks theso
kettles play, for when the Excelsior geyser sends
up its enormous volume of water it sometimes
overflows the small creek near i>y. rendering the
current so hot and swift that it is impassable.
History has written wonderful records In Yel
lowstone Park. On Amethyst Mountain tin ex
])osk«i ledge, shows fifteen layers of world making,
representing periods of time too long for human
computation. Opal and agate stamps show that
back in the world's dim dawn empires of nature
bad been founded there on other empires of nature
that had long before fallen in some great battle of
the elements. Giant forests had their beginning,
had lived and died, to be covered by other forests!
which, when they had lived their day, gave place
to still others, until no fewer than fifteen dynasties
of the tree kingdom arc recorded there In opul and
agate pages on the mountain side.
By stage, on horseback. In prairie schooners and
light wagons, the children of the nation come to
ste this great playground year after year. Bronzed
troopers ride over the trails day and night, Winter
and summer, to see that no laws protecting the
parks are violated; that no vandal defaces the
edges of the geysers In gratifying the national thirst
for souvenirs; that no tires are left burning, and
that the game la not molested. The government
plants and harvest., a large field of alfalfa in the
park each year for the use of the herds of antelope
and elk when .v inter forage on the mountainside
grows scarce. Last year in one evening a forest
ranger counted twelve hundred elk in one herd that
came down to the hospitable government feeding
ground.
Another national pleasure ground Is the Yosemlte
Valley, which v. us placed under government control
in 1899. From IS6J until that time It had been B n dsr .
the care of the State of Callfomta. There a ratu4s
column fifteen hundred feet high dommaSL t£
scenery for miles around. Symmetrical. ice bur
nished, set with crystals, carved by the irresistible,
forces of nature through countless ages, it has
been named Glacier Monument. Here. tco*. Natu-»
has carved basaltic raving stones for' one' terrace,
polishing them to the smoothness of glass and
laying them on the floor of her gardes for all the
world to see. Startling shapes and effects In th->
rocks, precipitous and glganiic waterfalls, exquisite
colors at sunrise and sunset, and noon hours rich
In warmth and glow— has Nature given th»
spot. It Is said that even tho .in<»<i and horses
which enter the enchanted ground for the first time
are puzzled nt ivery turn of th-» trails that cross
the 1.124 square miles of playground.
Last summer the State of California ceded to th#
general government al! control over the Martposa
Biff Tree Grove, and this wa* added t-•t -• the Yo
semlte reservation. It is policed In like manner, hy
troops and rangers. California preserves other
trees on tier own account In Semper Vlre n» Park, In
the Groat Basin. Trees are standing there that
were flourishing when Pbaraoh of the Hard Heart
wan sending the Children of Israel Into exile, and
that saw the glorif* of Babylon rise and fall.
In the fall of ifjg tl c Sequoia and General Grant
National parks, of Tul.iro County, Cal.. were added
to the srrowlnjf list. Not only are the trees now
standing to be preserved, but In nurseries seedllng3
are being carefully reared to ': a osecl In reforesting
where It Is needed. There, have recently been sev
eml large) picturesque caves discovered on th»
grounds.
The State of "Washington has on» si fhm most
beautiful of the national parks wltMn Its boun
daries. This 1>» Mount Paln'er Park, a tract of
land about efgnteen miles square, that includes
most of th» fnmons peak for which lt was named
Old trrjlts lirxvo b»en located and sot In order, tent
hotels erertod for truest*, and forest rangers sent
tr» patrol It to guard against destructive fires.
Two hundred and forty-nine square miles of terri
tory surrounding Crater Lake. In Oregon, hare
been withdrawn from public settlement, and last
■•ear more than sixteen hundred tourists went that
way to feast their eyes on the landscape. "Winter
early locks up th» mountain passes, then the super
intendent has the floors taken from the bridges
that they may not brrnk from Th« weight of snow,
has all the tools and v.>a?-»v .>a?-» stored away, and goes
Into winter quarters at Klamath Falls vmtil spr'.r.g
unlocks the way again.
Th- Dakota* have each a national par*. Trr»!v»
miles southeast of Custer. S. Dl, is Ike VTlnt Can*
Park, and last year 3.000 to jrists went down the
winding stairs there to see the wonders in th«« cava,
fir low. On th« south shews of Devil's leak's.
>'. P.. is ■ three-year-old national park containing
about 1.r.0n acros nnd known as Sully's Hill Park.
In this reservation are many prehistoric mounds.
In which skeletons, stone, copper and ivory trinkets
have* been found.
A lone cowboy from the Mancos. rtd!n? h!3 •wiry
cayuse out across the hills and mesas in search of
lost cattle a few years a?o. came upon a number ct
ancient pueblos built high against the face of a
cliff. The State of Colorado, realizing the value of
these buildings, set about preserving th"m. Later
they became the leading features of the Mesa Vert!*
National Park. The buildings and their contents
have Buffered greatly from the hands ,-* vandals,
though the famous Spmre Tree House, the Balcony
House and the Cliff Palace have bees preserved.
Cliff Palace, with its tapering; loopholed ttwer. t3
said to be the most famous work of prehJstaria
Americans now in existence.
Tho Casa Grande Ruin, discovered by Padre Kino
la ISO 4. is also another government acquisition. It
Is eighteen miles northeast of Casa Grande Station.
In Pinal County. Ariz., and was taken under gov
ernment protection in 1533. The interesting prehis
toric ruins of the C.r. i a:: ! Verde River valleys and
the chalcedony of the famous petrifled forest el
giant trees In Arizona are exposed to the depreda
tions of tourists and collectors, and should be
placed under government protection.
1 In ISM lt whs decided to preserve the fa™^ue
battlefield cf Chlckan:auga as a national military
park. This wae tho first of Its kind in the world.
Ey IS3T the government had acquired all the terri
tory lying about Chattanooga on which the famous
eight-day battles had been fought. Under the di
rection of the Department of War the territory was
turned Into a large military reservation., where
monuments were set to commemorate th* deeds
■ I Northern and Southern heroes and markers set
to designate the positions of the various com
mands. In the battles fought on this grour.d fly«
of the gre.it armies cf the country werd engaged,
under such leaders as Grant Bragg, Sherman.
Longstreet. Sheridan. Forrest. Thomas. Wheeler.
Rose* and Stewart. The fields of Chicka
mauga. Wauhatchle. Orchard Knob. Lookout
Mountain and Missionary Mdge are Included in
the 5.300 acres, and the tract lies i i Walker and
Coosa counties. G.i.. nnd Hamilton County. Term.
Interstate drii'.d and encampments ara held in thl3
park every summer.
Another military park is at Shlloh. H-rdln Coun
ty. Term.. where Grnnt and Buell defeated tfce
Confederates under Albert Sidney Johnston and
Beauregard. and where Johnston was killed. There
nre 3.000 acres m thl* park. Wisconsin last year
added a SI3.CCO monument In honor of her dead to
those already there. Ten Southern and eleven
Northern states contributed !he soldiers for thtt
memorable battle.
Vicksburg was the third of the national military
parks, It was provided for by act of Congress
!n ISC?, and dedicated with great ceremony not
long ago. This has about 1.200 acres of land and
lies near Vicksburg. Warren Ccunty. Miss. It was
here that the Confederates withstood a slece unt'l
the women and children, living In bombproof caves
were forced to live on mule moat and rats ani
J.alf rations oi bad meal. Then Pemberton. «.eein?
resistance, useless, sur.-endered tha city to Grant '
In I'j.H a bill creating a national military park
PUyS I s - Pt> v nn - was Pa*** Thirteen hun
dred acres have been taken nnder national car<\
and. like the threo other parks. 11 has been set
with monuments and markers, laid out in drives
and walks, and nmdl) a . veritable garden. Ther* ,9, 9
little trees of the warriors of lons airo The only
ones there to-day are the gray clad West Point
Mniors, who come down for annual manoeuvres.
Flowers bloom p. -here the blood ot Northern and
Southern chivalry was poured out long ago as a
22&W&U&S* and , w^re "the gathering battle's
sn.okA shield onoe darkened the sky there smiles
serene and comldent th« sun or mace s-*-"
in . . FREDERIC J. HASJCIN.
\mTrVc m< > 3 story will bo on "Seed Industry la
DOWN ON LONG BEACH.
W. Johnson Qulnn. the New York hotel man. who
has taken the Long Beach Hotel at Long Beach.
Long Island, for the summer. announces that ka
has over five hundred workmen repainting, deco
rating and plnclns the houso in thorough order
for the coming season.
I^ons Beach Is receiving such a boom through
the real estate operations now being carried on
there, that the Long Beach Hotel will probably
nave the best season in Its hlstorv.
Mr. Quinn announces that he has representatives
at tho hotel who will be there until the house
opens for the purpose of mak en^isemerUs for
rooms, and giving all Information, thut en
gagements can also be made at his New York
house, the Hotel Kmplre.
PAINFUL PLEASURES.
This sounds odd— as though pleasures could really*
bo painful! Vet pleasure may be both deadly and
painful. The late Curtis Donnythorpe. wee was
an invalid, had a perfect mania for dancus*. :m>l
as his health did not allow him to indulge tnla
taste he engaged the Kelby troupe of danews. wrho
performed daily on a specially built stast» at his
house. Mr. Donnythorpe used "to suggest new step*
to the dancers, and oi. day. while watching tnetr
gyrations, he Became •■>ver-*x.'i:-d -m.l fell ;i vic
tim to the heart disease which had always threat
ened him. Another eccentric person killed by hi*
pleasure was Theodore Botl who devoted !l!s
whole existence to eating. He had amenta to
search for new dishes, and in order to 'it as fre
quently as possible he would Indulge In hard wor.J
to get up an appetite. He had the largest llorar>
on the subject of eating that baa ever been . owneu
by one man; but, Irony of fate! he eventually d.««*
Horn starvation, because he was unaMe to dtgodt
ordinary nourishing foods. Dundee Advertiser
iII/ A\i PUT m> l m e -Tips" in ju
If i\ VV £ D ••Sajm"havew«rii» )
llUllirn quality equal to thr*
■ ill fl CJLtfil psirsdf ordinary t!=.
That is why there are O\ c f*t tip M
more "Sitim" gloves ■■ sj if 1] L %
-old than all other I) V 111 1 M ra\
.-inds added together. U 1. U V E» *»j