The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-10-15
SCRANTON MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15 1891.
the father graybcard gave out about
the time the OLD man died.

the father graybcard gave out abou,
the time the OLD man died.
l wish that our young people would
acquire habits Of observing things
more closely as they journey along
through life. Some people see every.
thing and some see nething hardly.
When should trees be cut down that
are wanted for wood? What kind OF
wood is the strongest and will bear
the greatest burden? What kind Is
the most elastic? What kind the
hardest to split? What kind will last
the longest In the ground? What
kind most suitable for pianos, chairs,
furniture or wainscoting? What kind
for mauls or wedges or canes? DR..
Oliver Holmes must have studied all
about these when he wrote the "Onc
HOss Shay"
80 the deacon inquired Of the village folk
Where he could find the strongest oak
That couldn't be split nor bent nor broke;
That was for spokes and floor and sills;
He sent for lance wood to make the thrills;
The cr0ssbars were ash from .straightest
trees;
The panels we're white wood that cuts like
cheese,
Aud the hubs OF logs from the settlers elm. -
But perhaps DR.. Holmes got it all
from some old honest wagon maker,
for they know III bet that Mr..
Bradley, Of our town, can answer
every question. The boys out to find
out that black locust and chestnut
and Usage orange make the best posts,
and black gum tile best hubs, and per.
simmon the best wedges or gluts, and
sassafraS the best bows, and white
oak the best baskets. In Elkland it
Is claimed that yew tree post will
last longer than an iron one. The
boys ought to know that the barks of
all trees are nonconductors Of heat
and cold and keep them cool in sum.
mer and warm In winter, and the
green leaves are the lungs that inhale
the carbon from the air and not only
make wood for the tree, but purify the
atmosphere that we breathe. And
hence every habitation ought to have
some trees about it. The boys ought
to know about those beautiful islands
in the sea that are Of coral fOrma-
tion and kept growing until they got
above the water, and then some CO.
coanuts came floating along and lodg-
cd there and sprouted and grew and
the leaves OF the trees fell down and
r0tted and made u soil for more cocoa
nuts, and in course OF time the island
became a paradise. That Is the testi-
m0ny OF the rocks. Tie boys should
watch the little gassomer ball that
floats away in the air from the sweet
little dandelion plant. So light aud
so feathcry that it would take thOus-
and Of them to weigh an ounce and
yet the seed are there for more plants
and they are wrapped, as it were, In a
blanket to protect them from the
winters cold. So It Is with the seed
Of the Scotch thistle that Is blown
about by a breath OF air like it was
nothing, but 1t has the germ, the en-
bryo OF life In it, and will find lodg-
ing place somewhere and sleep until
spring, and then make no mistake.
1t will not come up a dandclion, but
will surely make a thistle. In the
horticultural gardens at London are
raspberry plants that came from seed
found in a mans stomach who had
been buried 100 years.
Study nature little as you 20 along,
boys, and IL will make you wiser aud
better and happier men. Find out
why 1t Is that dead bird weighs
more than a live one and by what
force or power buzzard can sail
round and round In the air above you
and never bat a wing nor wave a
feather.
1t isn't every boy who can be Ben
Franklin, but every boy can learn
something every day, and even one
fact a day will In course OF time make
him wise man. What a boy was
Franklin! What u man! The young
est of seventeen children, apprenticed
t0 a candle maker, next to q printer;
ran away from Boston to Philadelphia
when seventeen years old and hired u
q Mr.. Read, and fell 10 love with De-
borah, his daughter; was never idle;
read and studied In every leisure mo.
mcnt; mastered French, italian, Span.
ish and Latin; became postmaster Oi
Philadelphia, then postmaster general
OF all the colonies; established the
Philadelphia library, the Philosophi'
cal society aud the University Of Penn.
sylvania, and not long after he drew
lightning down from heaven with
kite and a string and a key.
What q man he was! What q boy
BILL ARP.
In this country, where inventive
genius prevails, 10 there no inventor
who can devise q safe, convenient