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THE ALAMANCE GLEANER
Heart to Heart
Talks.
By EDWIN A. NYE.
A MOTHER'S RECIPE.
Keep the. children at home.
TO do so. however, you mast make
the right Bort of a home.
"l know a right sort of home, a home
from which you scarcely could
the children who belong to It.
It is not a One home nor expensive
In Ita upkeep. It Is Just comfortable,
it Is presided over by . a woman of
rare sense and tact, a .woman who
cares more for her children than for
expensive gowns or social flolngs. She
frankly says she wants her children to
enjoy a good time while they may.
To illustrate:
There are two boys. Never do they
go grumbling to the tasks that mother
sets them. She knows.the knack of
changing drudgery Into rare sport.
And If the. task be bard there Is al
ways. the sure prospect of a big play
at the other end.
There is a big yard and a garden.
The boys work betimes in the garden
and enact high Jinks In the back yard.
There is a big tree, a barn, the alley.
Noise? Of course. That develops luhg
cells. And the boys are mightily de
structive of clothes. But—
What fun thdse young cubs do have!
And should you wish to find some of
the boys of the neighborhood go to
that house. Their presence there is
the Infallible boys' test of what sort
of a mother those two fellows Have.
Down In the basement are all kinds
of tools for working in wood and iron
and n plenty of pine boards, etc. Things
are a bit topsyturvy there, to be sure,
□ntll mother Invents a cleanup that is
in Itself a jamboree. And if by any
means these boys can Invent or manu
facture something for mother—why.
that is best of all.
In the yard are a awing and a ham
mock. To be sure these break down
sometimes when too many kids tum
ble In. But, then, rope is cheap. And
nobody ever Is scolded.
Also there Is a girl in this fine fam
ily. She of a romp. Some
of the hypercritical neighbors call her a
"tomboy." She is as supple as the
.family eat. And also there are free
kles on her nosp.
Above all— ' -v.
In the dally vocabulary of tills bright
diplomatic mother there Is no such
word as "don't."
What Is her recipe for keeping her
children at home and always In love
with their home—and their mother?
Here It Is:
A little good sense, a few ounces of
patience, a pinch of tact Mix thor
oughly with real mother love.
TO A YOUNG GIRL.
My dear girl:
Do you realize bow easily you may
make a cardinal mistake In your ac
ceptance of a future husband?
I am led to saying this because of
my recent witness of the treatment of
a young friend of mlue by a coterie of
girls.
The young man is from the country.
His features are somewhat homely,
but be has a very strong face. It
shows ,ihe stamp of character. Natur
ally he Is somewhat self conscious and
a little awkward because he is uhused
to city ways.
Nevertheless—
The boy is as clean as a hound's
tooth. He has moral fiber. He is clean
hearted. And although he may appear
somewhat at a disadvantage by the
side of certain youths who are glib of
sf>eecb and sure of their deportment
he is really worth a dozen of them.
It made my blood boll to note the
treatment of this fine yonng fellow by
the girls who not only discarded him.
but secretly made fun of him.
They know not what they do.
They do not realize the stuff of which
this young fellow la made. They do
not realize his worth and cannot see
that ID the long run be la likely to far
outshine the easy mannered youth wh6
by contrast seem to be bis superiors.
Look you. girlie.
That's tbe mistake many a girl.has
made who judges by outside appear
ances and because of ber limited
knowledge of human nature. It to the
mistake made by tbe girl who picks
the youth of showy mannera, over
looking the qualities that endure.
My young friend la not of tbe daz
zling sort who shines socially, but is or
the kind that will "come out In tbe
wash"- endure the wear and tear of
dally life.
If sucb young fellow comes courting
yon be careful how you turn blm down
Look for moral fiber
That Is the main constituent In the
makeup of s real man. Easy manners
and apparent refinement may cover up
a*nultltude or weaknesses, while your
pqor and awkward boy may be a die
mond In the rough.
What yon want In a husband is s
man.
Do not judge by exteriors.
Look for worth.
I fACE YOUR rEAIL
Fear la your deadliest toe.
It la at the bottom of most of your
troubles.
. Too are afraid a panic may come
and hurt your buainess. or that you
may get tick, or that you may lose
your Job. or that it will rain and be
too wet or-.will not rain and be too
dry. or that the shoes yon bought may
olnch .your feet, or— *
Too fear one of a thousand things.
, And as • matter of fact there ia not
lb* slightest reason for a lot of them.
Too "flee when no man porweth."
Too run from troubles that are largely
Imaginary.
If you will permit me to aay so la
the trenchant language of the street-
Brace up!
Courage, facing thing*, to a specific
cure for tear.
Do you remember, you older ones,
the etory la McGuffy's third reader
aboet Harry 4*4 the "tall white guide
poatr Harry met the port Jn the
road, and hi* fear told him it was a
ghost with outstretching anna. Hl*
first Impulse was to run: N«» I
trembling, ne screwed up lila courage
i and marched straight up to the thing.
' which, .of coune, turned oat to be a
! friendly guide post.
Many of yonr ghosts of trouble are
mere guide posts, by the way. March
np to them!
The thing that most of all you need
to be afraid of Is—to be afraid. Be
cause—
Fear Is a poison.
Yes, a real poison. It Is a toxin tn
the blood as dangerous as -any other.
For Instance:
Yon say you have a flt of the "blues."
The doctors call It "neurasthenia." It
is a disease caused by nervous worry,
a disease as real as measles or typhoid
fever. If it should develop into con
tinual brooding it may end In insanity.
And more than half yonr "blues" is
caused by worry over things that may
never happen.
Face your fears! '
That's hnlf the battle. Meet them
squarely. March up to them and pull
the mask off their mystery. Drag
them out Into the light
Your fear Is a bogle man. a bng!>ear.
a fancy. Show him up to yourself and
then laugh him" out of court.
If yonr fonr persists In riding on
yonr shoulders, as the Old Stan of the
Sea on the shoulders of Slnbad the
sailor, and you can't shake him off.
pretend that you can, and the first
thing you know he will get off himself
and sneak away.
LISTE*!,
The wise man is a goM listener.
Anybody can talk. It ">e very
few who know how to
The good listener spenljyonly when
he has something to say. f The talker
chatters whether he says anything or
not.
The clever listener 1b deservedly pop
ular. Most people take it as a compli
ment that you should give heed to
them.
Moreover, the good listener gets a
reputation for wisdom. He is reserved
in his expression and every one thinks.
"If he should express himself how wise
he must be."
Besides—
Contradictory as it may see, the
careful listener often Is esteemed,, to
be a good conversationalist The volu
ble talker Is so appreciative of the def
erence paid him that he goes away
saying, "It Is really enjoyable to con
verse with Mr. So and So."
Listen and learn.
When some one says something you
do not quite understand Just keep still
and listen. Sooner or later the fluent
speaker is apt to explain blmHelf, und
you will lose nothing and perhaps gain
a friend.
Because—
Your talker Is likely to talk himself
into an admiration of himself as a suc
cessful talker and, filling himself up
with admiration, what runs over is
spent in admiration of his appreciative
auditor.
Listen and enjoy.
There are so many tblngs tn lite nnd
In nature aDd In men and women tliui
you may enjoy If you are content t>
keep still and hearken. Keep your eyex
open and your mouth shut and be en
tertalned.
Listen and smile.
If somebody gets mad and says mean
things or silly things, keep still, smile
and just listen. The mad persou or the
foolish person will soon get tired and
quit.
Listen for the harmonies.
The world is full of harmonies if
your ear Is properly attuned. The goixl
listener turns his deaf ear to discord"
He bears the harmony that is denied
the glib and the loquacious.
There Is u time to talk.
£ut mostly the time Is to Incline your
aar and listen.
POISONING ONE'S SELF.
Early In the morning one day tills
summer 1 walked from my borne down
town. It Is two miles.
Most of the people In the hundred*
of bouses along the street were asleep,
and I noted particularly,-how few or
the windows were wide open. How
many did 1 count, do you suppose?
Just fourteen!
TO be -sure. I was not able to* see
all tbe windows of the sleeping apart
ments, and a comparatively few of the
houses bad sleeping porches.
Many of these sleepers were poison
Ing themselves In their own poison.
How is that?
Why, you know, of course, the body
creates poisons and that these poisons
are carried by tbe blood to tbe lungs.'
whence'they are expelled In tbe air
that Is breathed out In order to l«
their beneficent work the lungs must
Inhale pure air.
When the air Is breathed out by tbe
lungs It Is loaded with impurities
with poison. If the lungs are not sup
plied with pare air tbey breathe over
again the polaoaed air, and thus the
body la Oiled with poison.
You arise In the morning and your
face is swollen You have been told
that It Is because you have slept be
long. which Is not true. Your face b
swollen by the poison that Is In yon
Tou have Iweo breathing Impure air
Litem II)- you have been poisoned bj
your " wii poison—tbe poison maitufac
tureri in vonr Iwtdy.
Of '• 'iir** when you get out liiM It*
fresh atr you gradonlly rid youraalf ot
the potaon. But tiilrik of tbe danger
you run! What dboouMS may get s
foothuld in your system. locating In
aome weak spot?
And yet there are thousands of per
aona who are afraid of the "ulgbt air."
If possible, sleep out of doors.
If not. be sure you get your windows
—ln winter as In summer-up from tbe
bottom and down frost tbe top. One
is as important ga the other. Foul air
COM out At tb# too.
Even then It Is remarks hie how
much foul air will lark In the corners
of a room.
Nothing In all tbe universe Is so free
and prevalent aa good air, and there
Is nothing, apparently, of which so
many people are afraid.
Do not poison yourself.
DMIMICMTWG A MILD.
Some years ago tbe father of a min
ister disinherited his son because the
latter changed bis denominational
Creed—quit one church and went Into
tbe ministry ot another.
p. r*w.t death of hla mother
GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1912.
the minister received the snare of tne
estate-to which be was originally en
titled.
Which ralsea the query:
Has any father the moral right to
disinherit a child?
Who Is responsible for the child's be-
Jng In the world? Certainly the child
came without its consent. -It was not
consulted. It Is-not responsible.
Manifestly the parents .are responsi
ble. The child corner Into the family
by Invitation nnd Is entitled to all the
rights and privileges of the family.
Now-
Whatever estate may be accumu
lated by the family belongs to all the
family. iJach child is Justly entitled
to its legitimate share. Justice re
quires an even distribution.
Nor does It matter what opinions the
child may hold, it cannot thereby
disinherit Itself.
Our Inheritance laws need to be re
formed. They have their origin In the
old I'ligiiNh Jurisprudence, which rec
ognized the right of the father prac
tically to disinherit nil his children
save the eldest.
Our laws should lie changed to cor
respond with mtr entlghtewd moral
sense. ' :
A father may say:
"The property held In my name Is
all mine. I accumulated It." or "I In
horl'ed It. Shall I not do at( I Ilka
with my own?"
Which seems gunil logic If you ad
mlt the premise. But—
The mttn I* mistaken. In o true
sense the property 1* not all his owu.
It I* it ere I y held in trust for the bone
lit of the ft mil.v. of which he Is the
nominal heod fie hns no moral rlirht
to divert anv legitimate share of that
property from' any member of the
familf."
Is that not true, ethically?
Frequently one hears of some father
who has cot off his chl!d with a shit-
Ilnpr because the child happens to dif
fer on some point of politics or of re
ligion or business or who marries con
trary to the wishes of the fnther or
because of some Inconsequential mat
ter.
Which Is not right
It Is wicked.
Napoleon's Ideas on War.
An Interesting collection of thoughts
and maxims contained In the literary
works of Napoleon 1. has been made by
J. Bertuut. Some of the emperor's
axioms on' war were as follows:
There are two kinds of plans of cam
paign, good and bad. The good are
nearly always wrecked by unforeseen
circumstances, which often cause the
bad to'succeed. .
Inevitable wars ore alwnys JQat.
Imagination loses battles.
Warfare Is a tiutarul state.
In war there Is only one favorable
moment. Genius knows bow to seize it
There are cases In which squander
ing men economizes blood.
An army Is a people that obeys.
Courage Is like love. It feeds on
hope.
Fearless people are not found among
those who have something to lose.
Daredevlltry Is an Innate quality. It
la In the blood and often merely impa
tience of dunger. Courage la the result
of thought. ~
I have an Income 6f 100,000 raenl—'
New York Times.
First Horse Advertisement.
The flrst-advertisement on record re
fer* not to soap, |>llls or the hundred
and one other patent articles of oar
modern life, but' to something much
older and much uearer the heart of
tUlnfc'H—a lost horse. It appeared In
a paper called the Moderate, In No. 37
of that journal. Issued on March 27,
IfUO It runs thus: "Reader, thou art
entreated to Inquire after a blackish
and kind' of piebald nag, very poor.
His face, feet and flank Is white, and
a little white tip ou his tall. Wall
eyes. lie hath a hurt on bis farther'
buttock and doth both rack and trot
and Is very fleet and full of mettle.
Some fourteen handful high. About
six years old. He was stolen from grass
the 17th of March, HHS. from one John
Rotlierham oft Unmet. lu Hertford
shire. sixteen miles from Ix>ndon
Whoever will Inquire. And blm out and
make stay of hlro and bring or send
tidings of him shall have what cqn
teni they will or enn desire for their
pains."—London Globe.
Patient Experimsnt
"What are you to call that
mule of yonrs. uncle?"
"Well, sub," answered the driver of
the animal. "I Aln' made up my inlnd.
lee tried nil de names I ronld think of,
an' Jse g'lneter keep on hnntln' mo*.
If I ever finds one lie pays any 'tontlon
to. da's what Ise g'lneler call 'lm"
Washington Htsr
T " ' ' 'BE'TT'E'R 'ROADS.' 1 ' '' 'I
I festter roads mesn progress I
T snd prosperity, s benefit to the T
I people who live in towne, an ad- X
I vantage to the people who live +
T in ths country, and Ihey will help T
| every section of Our vest domain. I
t Oeod reeds, like good streets, +
T mal* hsbitatien along them meet T
X desirable. They enhance the I
/alua of farrji fandi, facilitate
transportation and add untold
waalth to th« produeara and can
aurnara of tha country j thay art
tha mllaatonaa marking tha ad
vanca of eivilizatiaiif tnay aeon
omiaa tima, giva labor a lift and
maka millions in monayt thay
aava waar and taar and worry
and waata; thay beautify tha
country, bring it in touah with
tha city | thay aid tha aocial and
tha raligioua and tha 1 aduaational
and tha induatrial prograaa of
tha paaplai thay maka battar
hamaa and happiar haarthaidaa;
thay ara tha avanuaa af trado> tha
highwaya af camrharea, tha mall
rautaa af iitfartnatian and tha
aganoiaa af apaady communica
tion.—Han. William Sulxar.
Seaside Hoarder—Bat why do jom
call tbe houie Marina View? There
Isn't a glimpse of tba aaa to b* bad.
landlady—Well, you aee. air, my lata
\ hand 'a waa a retired aergeant of
mariuea, and 'a waa vary fond of look-
In' oat a" that window.—Punch.
We're ten year* married,
pleea my eopl.
And do not own
Farm and
Garden
TURKEY GROWING TIME.
They'll Be pine Along About Thanks
giving or Christmas Day.
Turkey»can be grown with leu ear.
and attention than any of (he domaetlc
fowla except geeee. Bat aafortnnately
OB almost all farm* turkey* are al
lowed the range of die farm, no mat
ter how large, and thla causes trou
ble. In the first place, they are apt to
make their nests where they are hard
to find, and after the young ones are
hatched they will be over too macb
territory to be good for the Uttle ones
before they are a month or two old.
After that time unlimited range can be
A mm sPEoiksn.
allowed nnlesa. tbey are disposed to go
into place* whore they may come to
barm, auys a correspondent of Farm
Frogresa
To ralae turkeys in the way that
cauaea least trouble and always In
sures the raising of the largest flock
ia as follows:
First fence off with a email meshed
high woven wire fence—say seven or
even eight feet hlgh-wveral acres of
land. It la bettor If some of the land
la covered with brush of almost any
sort and. If possible, soma open land
and running wntor on It In auch In
cisures, If there are good places for
them to make their roosts, the turkey
hens can make their own neats and alt
on their eggs where laid.
And when they have hatched the
bens and young onea can remain In
the Inclorfure and roost there and be
fed there till the yonng ones are three
months old. With the same arrange
ments along these lines w* formerly
raised large numbers of turkeys at a
minimum cost and eold them at • floe
prodt After they got half grown and
bad become edible we trained them to
come to the bouseyard and roost In a
large tree to save them from possible
poultry thlevtfe.
We have always fed oor very young
turkeys on crumbled bard boiled e«s
for a few days and afterward well
baked corn bread and a little wheat,
then cracked corn and Anally wbole
corn.
THE HOME PARTNER.
A seldom mentioned bat moat
Important member of an agri
cultural partnership is the wo
man. If she wasn't on the Job
to keep the household in order
and the food supply coming reg
ularly and plenteously, the pres
ent day serious disturbance over
the high cost of living would be
replaced by a starvation panic
that would paralyse, for once she
quit the job the hired man and
the foreman and the "big boaa"
won Id all bit the pike for the
nearest town or city In short or•
dsr.—lying Island Agronomist
Gleaned From Law Books.
In tbe great majority of the states
two witnesses are necessary to tbe va
lldlty of tbe will, in a few states three
witnesses are required, and In a few
others, where the will Is written en
tirely In tbe handwriting of tho testa
tor. no wltnsssas are required. Nome
states require the addresses of wit
nesses to be Inserted sfter their names,
ami this Is good practice even wbere
not required.
Tbs isw of New Tom snd probsbl)
of others provides that eecb owner of
two adjoining tracts of land, except
when they otherwise agree, shall make
and maintain a joist and aqoltabls por
tion of tbe division fence between such
Isnds unless one of sucb owners shsll
choose to let bis Isnds lie open to the
nee of all aolmale which may be law
fully upon tbe other's laoda and daw
not permit any animals lawfully upon
bis premises to go npon lands ao lying
•pen-
Tb* public bolldaj■ that bar* be
come Snuly iatabllabed aa iucb by
ruatom are Cbrlatmaa, Kew Year**.
Memorial or Decoration day, fourth
Of July and Thanksgiving day. Thee*
a man work In# by tha mootb may
culm aa holiday* wlUioat affecting bla
aalary, eireptlng. of eoorea. In caaaa
Of neceaalty where bla aarrtcaa art r»
quired on aoch daya to order to avoid
or prevent loaa to tba employer.—
Breeder'* Oaxatta.
, Fooliih Queatl«n.
Bate*—Hello! la thla Main 9077T
Voice at the other end-It ta. Bataa—
la Mr. Jonee there? Volco-Tee. Do
yon went to talk with him? Bataa—
Mo, yon Idiot! I wast to kud Mm a
cigar.—Boeton Tranecript
Tiie Explanation.
Lottie How dare you aak Mra. Bil
lion to a noncoorae luncheon? Hattle—
She won't know It She'* a Fletcher-
Ilte, and by tbe time the baa Onlabed
she'll hare to move on to aoma 5 o'clock
tea.—Uarcer'e Biw , • _ "
ESSENTIALS OF
RURAL HIGHWAYS
The Perfect Modern RoaJ Has
Twelva Requisites.
ELIMINATE 6RADE CROSSINGS.
Austin H. Ploteh.r, California State
Highway Cnglnoor, Telia What He
Considers the Nscsssary Peaturee of
an Up to Date Thoroughfare. «
According to Austin H. Fletcher,
state highway engineer of California,
the essentlala of a modern rural high
way are aa""follows:
A readjustment of the road location)
or rights of way so aa to secure propel
alignment and to obviate the necessity
for traveling around ao many section
corners. 1
The elimination of all crossing" of
highways at grade with steam and
electric railroad*.
Rights of way of uniform width,
preferably not leai than sixty feet
Maximum gradient! In the mountain
ou* country of 7 per cent and mini
mum radii on the center lines of auch
roada of flfty feet, with all curve* open
ed out aa much aa possible by flatten
ing alojlea and removing brush and
auch trees as Interfere with the view.
A clear sight of at least ISO feet should
be secured wliererer If Is practicable.
The conatructlon of permanent cat
▼erta. gutters and dltchea wherever
they are needed to prevent water from
standing on the roadsides and on
grades ttt prevent gullying due to the
water being carried too far In the gut
ter and thus accumulating in volume.
The construction of bridges of a per
manent character, preferably of re
enforced concrete, such bridges to be
at least twenty-fonr feet wide In the
clear and ao designed that they will
carry sixteen ton traction engines with
• reaaonable factor of safety.
A minimum width of roadway of six
teen feet, which may lie traveled safe
ly, auch width to apply only to those
placea la the mountains where there
la so much rock as to malts a greater
width prohibitive on account of Its cost
All average width throughout the re
mainder of the stats of twsnty-foui
feet on embankments, or twenty-one
*
mruopEß OBADIHO M AX BABTH BOAD.
feet in through cuts and twenty-two
and one-half feet where the road Is
part cut and part Oil.
A crown or cross chamber varying
from one Inch to the foot where no
surfacing is applied to leas than one
eighth of an lurb where bituminous
surfaces are used, In all caaea the
crown to be tbe least needed to cause
the water to run quickly from the road
Into tbe gutters.
Bucb typo of surfacing as the needs
of the locality varying from the graded
road to tbe highest type of asphalt
paving and varying ID width from fif
teen to twenty-four feet
The erection of guard rails at dan
■•rous points on grades and on blgfe
embankments. In-places guard hanks
of earth are preferable to the woodet
fsnces because of their greater per
manency.
The proper trimmings of slopes along
tbe road aldea, both old and new, so
as to prevent tbe nnsigbtly gasbss now
so noticeable along the toads. Also
the planting of suitable trees. Indige
nous to tbe locality and properly car
ing tor them. - -
Tbe placing of proper permanent
monuments at tbe time of construction
along tbe roads to mark accurately
tbe limits of tbe right of way. Bucb
monuments will be of Inestimsble val
ue to surveyors. Also tbe erection and
maintenance of guide boards marked
to show places snd distances accu
rately
A proper ayatem of maintenance for
the upkeep of the roada after tbey arc
built, coupled with adequate appro
prlattooa of money. Booh appropria
tion* and auoh a (yetem ■ boa Id be pro
vided for even before a road la com
pleted. atnee even If the wearing mr
face require* no expenditure for aome
time (a rather nnuaual condition), the
gutter*. culrerta and alopea wllljjlway*
need attention. .
y! v
Qlaee Read a Failure.
After two yean of experimenting the
gtaae pavement In fcjrone. France, hai
proved a faVore. When the glaaa
block* were taken np at tfca and ot
that time they were found to be crack
ed and broken.
The Better Way.
Tie better to have loved aad been a ban
peeked hubby at) your life
Then to have cauaad rour friend* te my
They never fully understood
Why you pureued your lonely way
Through all the yeare and never could
Ptreuade a girl to be your wife
In Future^
"What*a your Idea of the future Jour
■•ir
"It wHI tie written by advertlnera,
and It will contain notbiug calculated
to bring a t>lu*b to IN cheek of tbe
rWOg person euept caametlca."—
TO BEAUTIFY
THE ROAD SIDES
Rant Nut or Fruit Trees Along
the Gutters.
WILL INCREASE VALUES.
Nothing Adds to or Detract* Prom the
Beauty of a Road More Than Ita
' tides A Few Good Typea of Treea
to Plant
"There Is nothing which adda mora
to the beauty of a road than the treat
ment of lU. sides. No matter bow
smooth and well constructed■ the trav
eled road may be. if the roadside is
not cared for the highway aa a whole
will not gtve a good luipreasion," says
Miss Alma Pittenberry.
"After M road Is completed rubbish
should IH> removed uud excavations And
embankment*, except such as are nec
essary to the road, shonid It. smoothed
iSE; -
mi* *
H Y.'V' »Sv
l|'v
an niaioiTLi babbbb boamidb.
over and aown with graaa and all on
nightly brush and woods removed, la
abort, wherever possible the road
abould run bet ween Htiipa of emooth
green award, and aultable abada tree*
abould be planted at Interval* ao aa
to provide n pleasing appearance (o
tha road and abade for the traveler.
"Shade troea are an Important factor
in reducing tbe coat of maintenance of
macadam roe da by reaaon of the fact
that they prevent tbe road from dry
ing out and becoming dusty. In the Se
lection of abode tree* care abould be
taken to aoeure only tboae which are
aulted to local condition*. In all caaea
it ia well to cboose a tree that la hardy,
grow* rapidly and baa abundant foil
age. A gooJ Pl'ui la to plant tree*
with top* fifty feet opart, but alter
nating on each aide of tba road ao that
there will be a-tree every twenty-live
feet. In aowo portlona of Germany
fruit tree* are planted extensively
along tbe roadside, and a considerable
revenue la derived from the aala of
fruit.
"There are a great variety of condi
tion* existing In tbe United State*, and
It would be lni|K)Mll>le to designate a
Ilat of treea which would be adaptable
to all tbe roud conditioua which might
exist In tbe United State* unleaa It
ware desirable to limit tbe Ilat to fruit
or nut bearing treea. If this were the
cue fhe fruit twarlug treea which
would be beat adapted to road condi
tions would be tbe apple Bad possibly
the pesr In some localities Apple*
wonld cover all that section of eastern
United State* north of the Carolina*
AH ATTBSOTIVS HOiMIDL
aud even south of tfala region In the
Appalachian region. West of th
mountains the apple would serve as
far aontb as the gulf states and west
to the base of the Kocky mountains,
with perhaps tbe exception of tbe ex
treme northern part of Minnesota, the
Dakota* nnd Montana. wli;re some
other plsut* would bnve to be substi
tuted for tbe spple, unless tbe crab
was used. The nut bearing trees
which would be adapted to thia nse
In eaatern United Mtates would be
hickory, walnut aud liuttoruut for tbe
W*w Knglaml states slid along the Ap
palachian mountains a« far south a*
fteorglM. aud the distribution of these
nut trees would tske s northern turn
on the west side of Ibe Alleghany
mountain* aud sbonld be nsed perhaps
•outh ef central Kentucky and no far
ther weat than Colorado. The hickory
will not thrive In northern lowa,
northern Wlsconaln. Minnesota or the
Dakota* Tbe black walnut however,
will extend n* fnr north a" fhr aoeth
srn part of MlnnewiU, o*er the aast
*rn part of South Dakota, eastern No
lira si* and Kansas. On the Pacific
coast th* English walnut can b* nsed
as a substitute for tbe other not trees
mentioned."
Just a Lean.
"Don't teg; the world owe* yon a
living," said tbe prosperous cltlxen to
the mendicant But be waa staggered
by tbe reply:
"All right sir; lend ne a trite tttl It
Pays op."—New York Herald.
QuMlTOrewlng HNi
In Ham there Is ugo*» eaKtre t*>o a
common sort of rice which hi Sood
{line* grows a* much aa a foot In
fwelre hours, so that the plant often
attains a height of ten feet In Its ef
forts to keep its leaves above water.
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