Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1880-02-14

majestic first directress, who was prom
enading the hall with the bland manner
of shop walker, or one who gracious
ly holds levee, but keeps an eye on the
guests that they escape not with the
spoons.
The sauve lady, little guessing for
whom it was destined, assisted him to
select from one of the tables an apron of
far more elegant character than the one
he coveted; and he with BObby's assist
ance, began to negotiate an exchange
aprons, with ten dollars to boot, to be
added to the fair receipts.
TIME flushed up at the offer, but the
bystanders urged her to accept it, and
even the clergyman whispered his approx
al.
She couldn't go to church without the
ribbon she had plucked from her hat to
adOrn the apron, was the hesitating con-
fesSiOn she whispered back; which whis-
per being overheard by Bob, was speedi-
ly communicated to his new friend, who
surprised him by being too stingy to
surrender the ribbons, but begged to be
allowed to add to the exchange a whole
bolt of bonnet ribbon to be procured in
the morning when the sun and the vii
lage milliner made their usual stimuli
taneOus arising.
TIME, who had not courage to resist so
much opposing force. made the eX-
change, and entirely overthrow the COM
mOdOre'S theory that the apron did it by
appearing even more dazzling and radi-
ant in the new one; but he was satisfied
with his bargain and TIME added the ten
dollars to her little box of cash from
subscriptions.
The list was full now, and such mer-
ry excitement attended the drawing that
all the other parts of the hall were de-
serted, while the crowd fiOcked around
to look and listen. One of the yacht
company drew the winning number. and
with some dismay found himself the
owner of the album; but with great pres
ence of mind he presented it to the rec
tor, who, with just one mOmentary CLEAN
of waggishneSs i'm his blessed face, beg
ged to be allowed to give it to his es-
teemed friend, the first directreSs, who
was obliged to hire man to carry her
white elephant home.
There was another fair i'm 0ffpOrt next
year, and the album was again put up to
be ratified for, but the chances were not
registered by TIME, for she was off on
her bridal trip with her most devoted
husband, the gay young commodore,
who, having neither mother nor sisters
to point out the immense social disgrace
of marrying the daughter of a washer
woman, had followed his own sweet will
In his choice of a wife, and made a Sc
lection that made him the envy of all
his friends.-LO,reH Star.
Why Dead Branches Should BE he
moved.
If we take dead and dry stick, say an
inch or two thick, soak it thoroughly
with water, and expose it to the full sun
of a warm summer day, in a few hOnrs
it will be found that the moisture is all
gone, and the stick as dry as ever. Take
living branch of the same size, cut it
from its parent tree, expose it side by
side with the other, but though it will at
once begin to shrink there will be some
moisture left for several days to come.
There is still some vital power left in
the tree, and vital power resists evapOr-
alton. So in the winter time, sudden
burst of sunshine will raise the steam
from dead cOrnstalk that may have
been soaked with snow, and the stalk
will soon feel warm; while green yuc-
ca leaf, or a branch of an evergreen, is
still cold as ever, and emits no steam.
The vital power is equal to maintaining
the plants even temperature, whatever
it may be, and simply throws off the
water after the vital power has no more
use for 1T.
Now the one who knows this, knows
just how to manage tree that has been
injured by frost, or by transplanting
He never allows twig or branch that
is probably going to die, or is actually
dead, to remain on the tree, because it
helps to kill the living parts of the trees
by evaporation. A living plant does not
lose much water by evaporation, but a
dead one does; and thus it is draining
the tree of its juices and throwing into
the atmosphere just what the living ones
need, so long as it remains on. So if he
plant tree at this season, and has the
remOtest idea that the twigs or top
shoots will be killed he does not wait for
the event, but cuts them off at once.
Thousands of trees are saved every year
by the one who knows this much of bot
any, while hundreds Of thousands die
every year under the hands of those who
think they can raise potatoes or grow
apple trees without bOthering their heads
about this stuff.