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C aI Forth CaroEnJan ' and T. AuLKAwca GixAina will be sent nayesT fbf Two Dollars, Cash in advance. - Apply at Thx GiXAsn e&ca, Qnhnm K. O fit i HI i i YYIT.iHJ I , tH Merrill ii e , i TM M . I rw m M tra mm hmmr. ed Saunders HENRY VALLACE PHILLIPS COPYIUGHT. 1902. BY MeCtURB. PHILUM Cy COMPANY CHAPTER IV. ISS MATTIE sat on her little front porch, facing the Betting sun. Across the roaij, now an- Kie neep in June dust was ih wreck of the Teters Dlaee-Wk Broken roof, crumbling chimneys, shut ters unnging aown like broken wings, jthe old house had the pathetic appeal or smpwrecked gentility. A house witnout people In it, even when It is In repair, is as forlorn as a dog who has lost his master. Up the road were more houses of the nondescript village pattern, made nei ther for comfort nor looks. God knows why they bullfr such houses! Perhaps It was In accordance with the old Puritan Idea that any kind of physical perfection Is blasphemy. Some of these were kept In paint and win dow glass, but there were enough poor relations to spoil the effect ' Down the road between the arches of the weeping wIIIowb came first the brook, with the stone bridge this broken as to coping and threadbare in general then on the hither side of the way some three or four neigh bors' houses and opposite the black smith's shop and postofflce, the latter of, course In a store, where you could bny anything from stale groceries to shingles. In short, Fairfield was an eastern Village whose cause had departed, a community drained of the male prin ciple, leaving only a few queer men, the blacksmith and some halfllng boys to give tone to the background of doz ens of old maids. An unsympathetic stranger would have felt that nothing was left to the Falrfleldlans but memory, and th sooner they lost that the better. Take a wineglassful of raspberry vinegar, two tablespoonfuls"of sugar, half a cup each of boneset and rhu- bard, a good full cup of the milk ot human kindness, dilute In a gallon of water and you have the flavor of Fairfield. There was Just enough of each Ingredient to spoil the taste of all the rest ' Miss Wattle rested her elbow on th railing, her chin In her band, ana thoughtfully about her. as matter of fact, she was the most ln- SDirin thing In view. At a distance of fifty yards she was still a tall, sler der girl. Her body retained the habit as well as the lines of youth, a trick of gliding into unexpected, pleasing at titudes, which would have been aw ward but for the suppleness or umo to which they testified and the nncon sclousness and ease of their Irregular lty. Her face was a child's face in tne ennobling sense of the word. The rec ord of the years written upon u seem ed a masquerade the face of a clear eyed girl of fourteen made up to rep resent her own aunt at a fancy dress party; a face drawn a trifle fine, a lit tle ascetic, but balanced by the hu mor nt the larae. shapely month, and roii 11 v beautiful in bone and contour, the beauty of mignonette and doves enrl swirle thins. You could see that she was thirty-five in the blatant candor of noon, mil now, blushed with the pink of the setting snn, she was still In the days or we fairy prince. Miss Mettle's reverie Idled over the year upon year of respectable stupidity that reoresented life la Fairfield, while ' her eyes and soul were In the boiling gold of the say fiory. not sisneo. A panorama ff Ufe minced before Miss Mettle's mind about as vivid and full of red corpuscles as a Greek frieze. Her affectionate nature was Starved. They visited each ether, the i.nipa of Fairfield these women who had- rolled on the floor together as ba bias-In their beet black or green or whatever It might be, ana eiovew this though the summer sun might be hammering down witn au nis busju And then they eat in a closed room and talked in a reserved fashion which was entirely the property of the eau. Of course one could have a moment's real talk by chance meeting, and there were the natural gners or me w the corsets of this etiquette, although in general the griefe seemed to be long drawn ont and conventional af fairs, as If nature herself at test yteld ad to the system, conquered by the tnvmcible conventionality and etnb bonmeee of the Udlee of rslrfleld. It was the aasnoken but Arm belief of reach of these women that a person f their drd who naa no men of lospectabtUty than to drop dead on the pubile road would never go to beenn Poor Miss Matnel Smell wonder ahe dropped her hand fat bach juid wondered, with another atgh, hT it were for this she was bom. She did not label there was no violeaco hi ser w afce, fee re tied cstOOdmgtT. In Spite ml , her sJendcrseee It was tea ra which her an ebvtoae cradle for ffitto children. and inethKttvoly K weald eeoae to yea os yon looked at her that there eodd bo no aeore eeoafortabie place for a tired man to eosso hosse to theaa paoaii.nH pi whlei over by this saOW eaovlnCi genOe weoean. Thar7wnseUa.sld-abwt Mies Matae bat the tale of her yeare. gb bad had offers, eeca mm and vVtatty eeeJd boast, and ieWTmort with tact aaa Te Buni srw- tade to the nit or tor the w aer -ao." tbooaa SUM. was a then 1st wtthts her a certain met vattaat epWt which weald rather sev ftaro the fatfcwe aad losrtlnoes of eld axe la aer little boeoe then to take a larger Ufe from amy a am n a Moap!aee la sctloa, as reel Bfe eowtlaw avtfte a etralo. Th am distorted ml meet! auo a aaa- by football aad bawled down as Oeoch to be throe wKh FsJrteid aa eooa a possible.- It was a set eaagaiDcaen sunset, gsamag. Ili". -w-uov-- Falrfield-and Miss Mattle sUred Into the heart of It with a longing for some thing to happen. Then the thought came, "What could happen?" She sighed again, and, with eyes blinded by heaven shine, glanced down the vil lage street , -- She thought she saw she rubbed her eyes and looked again she did see, and surely never a stranger sight was bo held on Fairfield's street! Had a Roy al Bengal tiger come slouching through the dust It could not have been more unusual. The spectacle was a man; a very large and mighty shouldered man, who looked about him with a bold, Im perious, keep the change regard. There was something in the swing of him that suggested the Bengal tiger. He wore high heeled boots outside of bis trousers, a flannel shirt with a yellow silk kerchief around his neck, and on his bead sat a white hat which seemed to Miss Mattle to be at least a yard In diameter. Under the hat was a re markable head of halri "it hung? below the man's shoulders in a silky mess of dark scarlet flecked with brown gold. Miss Mattle had seen red hair, but she remembered no such color as this, nor could she recall ever having seen bah? a foot and a half long on a man. That hair would have made a fortune on the head of an actress, but Miss Mattle was Ignorant of the possibilities of the profession. The face of the man was a fine tan, against which eyes, teeth and mus tache came out in brisk relief. The mustache avoided the tropical tint of the upper hair and was content with a modest brown. The owner came right along, Walking with a Stiff, strong, straddling gait, like a man not used to that way of traveling. Miss Mattle eyed him In some fear. He would be by her house directly, and it was hardly modest to sit ag gressively on one's front porch while a strange man went by, particularly such a very strange man as this. Tet a thrill of curiosity held her for the moment, and then It was too late, for the man stopped and asked little Sa die Newell, who was playing placidly In the dust all the children played placidly In Fairfield asked Eddie In a voice which reached Miss Mattle plainly, although the owner evidently made no attempt to raise It, If be knew where Miss Mattle Saunders Uved7 Eddie bad not noticed the large man's approach and nearly fell over In a fright, but seeing, with a child's intuition, that there was no danger In this fierce looking person he piped no instantly. "Y-y-yesslr. I kin tell yer where ahe llves-yesslr! Bhe lives ngnt aown there In that little house. I kin go down with you jes' swell ' not! Why, there she is now, on the stoop!" "Thankee, sonny," said the big voice. "Here's for miggles," and Miss Mattle caught the sparkle of a coin as it flew into the grimy fists of Eddie. "Much obliged!" yelled, Eddie and vanished up the street Miss Mattle sat transfixed. Her breath came In swallows, and her heart beat Irregularly. Hera was nov elty with a vengeance! The big man turned and fastened bis eyes upon ber. There was no retreat She no ticed with some reassurance that his eyes were grave and kindly. As be advanced Miss Mattle rose In agitation, unconsciously potting her band on her throat What could II mean? The gate was opened and the atran g,r strode np the cinder walk to the porch. He stopped a whole minute and looked at ber. At lastl WeU Mattiel" be said, "don't joo know roe?" - A flood of the wildest hypotheses sashed through Miss Mattie's mind without enlightening ber. Who was this picturesque giant who stepped out of the past with eo familiar a sal utation ? Although the porch was a foot high, and Miss Mattle a fairly tan woman, their eyes were almost on a level es she looked at him in woo- de9f Then be laughed and showed hie white teeth. "Mo nee to bother and worry yon, MattkV said be. "Ton couldn't call tt In tea years. Wen, Tm your half ancle Fred's bey Bin, and I bop you're a quarter aa glad to eee bo es I m to see yon." "What!" ahe cried. "Not little WWjr who ran away!" : -The eame Utile WtUj," ho replied fa a tone that nude Miss Mattle btogh a little, nervously, "and what I waat to know as. are yon glad to eee sr Wby, of eonreel But, Witt I sop aeee I should can yon Will? I am ee flnatsred-wK expecting Toe-and ttS .bora eo warm today. Wont yon come la and take a ehah-r woana p mum Mattle la desperation and fury at her self for sayiag things so different from what ahe meant to say. There was a twtakle hi the man's ayes as he replied hi aa Injured tenet -Why, good Lard. Mattiel I've eeeae 1000 saOes or storo to see yon, and roa ask sat to take a chair jnet as If M stepped hi front serosa the way! Cant yen giro n saaa a little warmer weetoese thaa thatr What shall I dor asked poor Mho startle. WoO, yea might kiss mo for a Start" said he. Mlsa Mattio was all abreast BUI aa- half eoealo, who a distance aad bee aSiOT. sb osttitied to vetoed her egttated face sad for the trst time hi her Ufe realised the ptoas are of wearing a areetache. Then Bed Seandera. lato of the Cheats Siechee ranch, Kerth Dakota, sat him down. Tm eMsed to yon. htatfJe- he eeld h, oa ,111in T tan yen the truth, I felt hi need of a little eomferf teg-aar rvo earn ail tale aUetsnee and, of eoarea. I heard about father I eeoldal betters K es at they area be .waiCag; at the od- piaee fjno Je come back, and when I saw It all gone to ruin Well, then I set out to find somebody, and do you know, of all the family there's only you and me left? That's all, Mattle, just us two! While 1 was growing .up out west I kind of expected things to be standing still back here and be just the same as I left them hum Well, bow are yoq, anyhow?" "I'm well, .Will,' and" laying her band upon his, ''don't think I'm not glad to eee you please don't I'm so glad, Will, I can't tell you but I'm all confused eo little happens here." "I shouldn't guess it was the liveliest place in the world, by the look of it," said Bed.- "And as far aa tbafs con cerned,, I kinder don't know., what to say myself. There's such a heap to ts!k about it's hard to tell where to begin. But we've got to be friends, though, Mattle we've Just got to be friends. Good Lord. We're all there's left! Funny I never thought of such a thing! well, blast it! That's enough f such' talk.' . rVebrought you a' pres ent, Mattie." He stretched out a leg that reached beyond the limits of the front porch and dove into bis trousers pocket, bringing out a buckskin sack. He fumbled at the knot a minute and then paased It over, saying, "Ton un tie it your fingers are soopller than mine." Miss Mattie's fingers were baking, but the knots finally came un done, and from the each sb brought lorth a chain of rich, dull yellow lumps fashioned Into a necklace. It weighed a pound. :: She spread It out and looked at It astounded. "Gracious. Willi Is that gold?" she asked. . "That's what," he replied. "Thereat article, just as It came out of the around: I dug It myself. That's the "Be'Mmy own cousin," she wMipertd (a , ' herseV. reason I'm here. I'd never got money enough to go anywhere farther than a horse could carry me If I hadn't taken a fly at placer mining and bit her to beat h-er the very mischief." Miss Mattle looked first st the bar baric, splendid necklace and then at the barbaric, splendid man. Things grew confused before ber In trying to realise that It waa real. What two planets so separated In their orbits as her world and his? She had the Im agination that la usually lacking in Small communities, and the feeling of a fairy story coma true possessed her. "And now, Mattle," said he, "I don't know what's manners In this part of the country, but I'll make free enough on the cousin part of it to tell yon that I could look at some supper with out flinching I've walked a heap to day, and I ain't need to walking." Miss Mattie sprang np, herself again at the chance to offer hospitality. "Why, yon poos man!" said she. "Of course you're starved! It most be nearly 8 o'clock, I almost forget about sating, living here alone. Yon shall have supper directly. Will yon come In or sit a spell outside?" "Beckon 111 'come in," said Bed. "Don't want to lose sight of .yon now that rvo found yon." It was some time since Miss Mattie had felt that any one had eared enough for ber not to want to lose sight of he, anil a delicate warm bloom went over ber cheeks. She hurried Into the Utile kitchen. . "Mattier called Bed. What, to It WOir she sjaiwered, coming to the door. ' "Can I amoke la this ntoe nouesr-Cer-talnly. Sit right down and make yourself comfortable. Don't yon re member what a smoker father wear Bed tried the different chairs with hhi hand. They were sot a stalwart lot Flnallr be spied the homemade rocker la the corner. "There's the tad for me," he said, drawing K out "Oot ta ha k radar careful how yea threw BO posnda around." - "Mercy r cried Miss varae, pan m and. "Do yea weigh as aweh as Chat, wmr 1 do," returned Bed, wtrn sanea as irfartfm "And there Isn't ewer two pounds of It fat at that" . What a great saaa yen aavw snw. Bp to be. Will!" Bod took la a deep draft of tobacco aad seat the Taper etou serosa the ttfio room. -Oa the hay aealoa, yea." he Od. wtXh m eort of Joking eon bwt othorwlee I don't know." Yka ratara So the Old he the Ma? saaa deony. aaa as as aaekr la hie oaalr there WBS t of melancholy sa his fees that ttweO. Ula MaMa teak to the of hfaS stretched eat at hla eaee. hla teas and the natrtdea eat of his toes, to which the uraoa gave cavalier teach. They mmmtt the .l1, and bad net declined to tao snxy two ex tant Bo's my own eee she whleoar od to herself to the safety of the kttehon. "And each a splendid leoktag aaar She felt a prue of fssiissiiia mho bad never known before. Vobedy tn Tab-sold or vtelsTty bed each a eo la as that And Mies Mattie went on joyrutir-fuiaritag as toherttad ta rjart to tsmlater to the waste of aeoao smb. She eeM to berarlf there woe sosbo cetkef.ctioa to ceoktag for eooseV"!; else. Dot efcrt-e-day. Mies Msttw's Wrs the vbbu, of eoma body else bid saffrred a rairetd ckaag. Jtethlna eras done oa a largo - scale'in Fairfield. But she sat the lit tle cakes lucky that she had made tnem yesterday and the fried mush and the small pitcher of milk and the cold bam and the cold biscuit on t table with a pride in the appearance of the feast "Supper's ready. Will," she said. Bed responded Instonter. He took a look at the. board nnd understood. He ate the little ctikes' and biscuit and aald thvy were the durned best be ever tasted. Ue also took some pot cheese under a misapprehension, swal lowed It and said to himself that be had been through worse things than that Then, when bis appetite bad just begun to develop, the Inroads on the provisions warned him that It was time to stop. Meanwhile they bad ranged the fields of old times at ran dom, and nsr Bed took In Miss Mattle, pink with excitement and sparkling a to eyes, be thought, "Blast the supper! Ifs a square meal Just to look at ber. If she ain't pretty good people, I miss my guess." It waa a merry meal. He bad such a way of telling things! Miss Mattle hadn't laughed so much for years, and she felt that there was no one that he bad known so long and so well aa Cousin Will. There was only one Jar ring note Bed spoke of the vigorous celebration that had been followed by the finding of gold. It was certainly weU told, but Miss Mattle asked In soft horror when he had finished, "You didn't get-lntoxlcated-WllI?" "Did IT said he, lost In memory and not noticing the tone. "Well, I put my band down the throat of that man'a town and turned her Inside out! It waa like as if Christmas and Fourth of July had happened on the same day." "Oh, Will," cried Miss Mattle, "I can't think of you like that-rolling In the gutter!" Her voice shook and broke off. Her knowledge of the ef fect of stimulants waa limited to Fair field's one drunkard-old Tommy Mc Eee, a disreputable old Irishman but drunkenness waa the worst vice In her world.- . "Boiling In the gutter!" cried Bed In astonishment "Why, girl, what for. would I roll In the gutter? What's the fun In that? Jimmy Christmas! I wanted to walk on the telegraph wires. There wasn't anything la that town high enough for me. What put gut ters Into your bead?" "I I supposed people did that when they ware-like that" "I wouldn't waste my money on whisky if that's all the Inspiration X got out of It," replied Bed. "Well, of course I don't know about those things, but I wish you'd promise me one thing." Doner cried Bed. "What Is It?" "I wish you'd promise me not to touch whisky again." "Fhewl That's a pretty big order r He stopped and thought a minute. "If you'll make that 'never touch It when It ain't needed,' leaving wnen irs needed to what's my Idea of the square thing on a promise, I'll go yon, Mattle. There's my band." "Oh, I shouldn't have said anything at all. Will. I have no right, but it seemed sues a pity each a splendid man I mean I think Too mustn't promise me anything, Will," stammer ed Mlsa Mattie, shocked at her own daring. . "Here!" he cried, "I'm no little kid! When I promise X mean it! As for your not having any right ain't we aU there Is? you've got to do motner ana sister snd aunt and everything to me. I ain't as young ss I have been, Mattie, and X miss she-ways terrible st times. Now, put oot-rour fin like a good part ner, and here goes for no more rblne- caboos for Chanta Seecbee Bed-time quit drinking, anyhow," he alipped a rlne- off his little finger, ' "Here, bold out your band," said he. Til pot this en for Inch snd tbs sake of the prom ise br the earns token, I've got a noose on yon now, and you're my prop erty." This of course was only Cousin Will's Joking; but Mies Mattie noticed with a sudden hot flush that be bad enosen the engagement linger In all Ignorance, she felt sure. The last thing ahe could do would be to call hla attention to the fact or run ue risk of hurting his feelings by trans ferring the ring; beside, it was s pret ty ring; a rough ruby la a plain gold band and looked very well where tt Then they settled down for what Bed called a good medicine talk. Miss Mattle found herself boldly speaking ot Utile fine lea snd notions that had remained la the Inner shrine of her soul for year, shrinking from the matter-of-fact aye of Fairfield; yet this big, ferodons looking Cousin Will seemed to And them both sane and In tarestlng; aad aa her eelf respect went p In the arithmetical her admiration for CooelnWUI went np in too geo- aaetrtcal ratio. He frankly admitted ulnissis aad fears that the males of Fairfield weald have rejectee; scornfully. CM I J - Aa AeBresrlBto Tent A eSarrymaa hi a shed to All the porptt for tho pastor of a ehnrch not far front his swav He aeosoted the mvttattoa. Before tne be was BwOees which ho was asked to and was told that they were ssaaOy Just before the eerraoo. tboa was g leasj aad ataborst to (be eanareanttoa for the ah- of the clergyman who had enacted to speak to tilsua llils minister bad turn t-" t oa to flu em aa envargoncy. It was tho last one, and he read It without Blbat be als bast wherefore, then, be ye with what re have." At Ah. aid boy." re are saarriod at tost Allow tos relate yen, nw s re wife.- 1 bare, todaed." was the rooty, "she to as aeeompHsbedl Why. air, aha to aertectir st home to htsratara, at to at hocae to art. to short st -Except whatr Except at home.' Bartow. Saturday ervoa oot ! ' f' ROYAL GRAPE S5 Zf CREAM OP TARTAR p BakingPowder ABSOLUTELY rjll rxxjoooooooooooooooooooooo'j Washington Letter, ooooooocoooooooooooooooorxi Washington, February 8 1908, Enthusiasm characterized the din cussion of President Roosevelt's re cent message on the floor of the House of Representatives this week, and at no time was the applause greater than when Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, delivered strong enlogy of the President. From the Democratic side cme enthu siastic commendation and seldom had such a tribute been paid to a Republican President by a Demo crat aa that spoken by Representa tive Bourke Crockran. During tbs course of his speech he took occas- sion to say some nice things about Mr. Bryan which evoked such ap plause from'the Democrats that it was quite a while before be, could proceed, "If Mr. Bryan represents the determination to prosecute male factors for their crimes, and if a rigorons enforcement of the law should result in congesting the crim inal courts," said Mr. Cockran, "then the plunderers of millions will be given precedence , in the pathway to prison over the pilferers of pennies." Later in the week the Democrat! ) leader, Mr. Williams, made a speech on the message along lines previous ly indicated to him by Mr. Bryan. He declared that railroad rate legta lation originated with the Demo crats; said that the Democrats must take issue with the President on bis recommendation that the railroads be granted the power to pool, and with the President's argument that it was useless to attempt to punish the men, the flesh, the beings," who violate the law in the name of corporate authority. He further in sisted that the Democrats could no! agree with the President on the proposition to compel all corpora tions doing an interstate business to takeouts Federal license. Com menting on the ommissiona in the message, Mr. Williams emphasized tbelsck of definite tariff revision recommendations,' saying, "with (ha exception of a little insignificant utterance about putting works of art, wood pulp and paper on, tbs free list, he has never raised bis yoios against the very poison tbat lies at the heart of your entire sys tem." There is no little anxiety in Democratic circles in Washington over tbe reports which bare reach ed herefrom the West to the effect that William R. Hearst is perfect ing an organization and purposed to bold s Hearst League convention, probably in Indianapolis, between the Republican and Democratic na tional conventions. It is asserted that Mr. Heaist bas secured the services of Charles A. Walsh, form er Secretary of tbe Democratic Na tional Committee, snd (hat Mr. Walsh b stem ployed a number of able lieutena nts wbo are assisting him in the work of organizing tie he Hearst machine, or party. No deft nils Information can be secured to tbe purpose of the Hearst movement Does Mr. llearst ex pect to forma third party ani nominaUbimselffbr the Presidency? Does be expect to develop s strength which will enable him to dictate terms to the Democralio party? Will his movement detract seriously from the Democratic vote? These and a beet of otbes. questions ars being asked by anxious Democrats who eaanot fathom tbe purposes of the treat editor-poliUciin. It has been nppossd that because of bis ex! eo sirs newspaper properties Mr. Hearst would not dare to oppose Mr. Bryan and that may be the ease, but his present purpose is tbs oc casion of ths utmost curiosity and anxiety. Seoalor Stone of Missouri has kaan makin an earnest effort to organize the Democrats in the Sen ate so tbat they might pr seot an affective resistance to the Aldrich financial bill bnt be has been check mated by the presisteof opposition nfRanatars Bailer and Teller and there is ever prospect that the mi Dority will hare to content ilaelf with offering a few amendments which might improve the measure, seen i. ihem voted down by tbe Repur-S, cans and then permitting the bi to pass tin-Senate. Nor ia it likely that any effective opposition can be presented in the House. There are doubtless a majority of tbe members of the House who are opposed " to the bill but the Speaker is for it arid he rules the lower chamber. Mr. Cannon is himself a banker and a millionaire and he regards the Aid rich bill as eminently satisfactory. If its opponents in the Republican ran ks threaten to show their inde pendence there will be a caucus and every Republican will be whipped into the line under the scourge of the party whip. Speaker Cannon is much worried these days because of the fact that there are certain magazine writers who have been sent to Washington to scrutinize bis political record with a view to ascertaining whether he is a fit man to be elected Presl dent. It is whispered about in' the cloakrooms and lobbies of the Cap! tol that there are some pages in the political life of the Speaker which would not look well in print and some of Mr. Cannon's closest friends say that the old and haggard look he has worn recently are due to the fact that he has been told tbat tbe muck-rakers" are close on the trail of certain pages of the Record ' be would be extremely sorry to see in print. However, that is all politi cal gossip, i ' 1 Mr. Cannon has. assured the dele gation of the National Manufactur- era ' A oa-vsii A I rt Irinl triosa ear! 1 1 n anrjuvinuvil taJOf UC1 C7 Tv lift ty tariff commission created this no year. Of course tne Speaker is the stand pat" candidate of the Re publicans, but it is regarded as a safe prediction tbat should either Mr. Bryan or Mr. Tafi be elected, the President would call a special session for tariff revision early in April 1909. Cat More lumber was cut in the Unit ed States last year than in any other year in its history. Tbe enormous amount of 37,560,730 board feet was produced, and the mill value of :his was f 021,151,388. In addition, there were produced 11.858,200,000 shin gles, valued at $24,155,555, and 3, 812,807,000 lath valuedal 111,490,- 570. On the whole, it is safe to say tbat the present annual lumber cut of the United States approximates 40 billion feet, and that tbe total value of the lumber, lath, and shin gles each year produced is not less than 1700,000,000. These figures give some idea of bow vast is tbe lumber industry and how great" is the demand forTts products. . A glance at the kinds of lumber produced ehows very clearly .the passing oi wniteptne ana oak, one the greatest softwood and the other tbe greatest hardwood which tbe forest has ever grown. Since 1899 the cut of white pine bas fallen off more than 40 per cent, while that of white oak has fallen off more than per cent To day yellow pfne leads all ether woods in amount cut, while Douglas fir and this will be suprise to many comes second. Since 1899 the cut of Douglas fir has increased 180 per cent Louis iana is the foremost yellow pine Slate, with Texas, Mississippi, and Arkansas following in order. Wasb- iugton produces by farxhe greats t amount of Douglas fir. A comparison of the lumber-pro ducing States shows that since 1899 there bsrs been many changes in their relative rank.- Wasbingtoo,- which in 1899 stood sixth, now leadV.while Wisconsin, which eight years sgo led alljothers, Is now third. In the same perioi Orego-i, Louis iana, Mississippi, Idaho, and C.li forma mads great strides ss lumber producing States, though, . on the other band, the amount produced ia Michigan, Wisconsin; Minnesota, Georgis, - Kentucky, " Tennessee, Missouri, Indiana, and Ohio fell off anywhere from 29 to 54 per cent The h ighest-priced nsuve woods are walnut hickory, and asb, and the cheapest are larch and white fir. From tbe fact, however, that since 1899 tho average increase in tbe price of lumber has been 49 per cent, it will not be long before cheap woods are few and far between. Figures upon tbe lumber cut of the United States in 1900 are con tained in Circular 122 of tha Forat Service, which can be bad upon ap plication to the Forester, U. 8. De partment of AgTiculture, Washing ton, D. C Lax-ets5 C Svrctt t3 til A CeWy MrrJ Ivy The Jar of Coughing Hammer blows, steadily ap plied, break the hardest rock. 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