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The Conservative, 1901-09-26
FORESTRY AS A PROFESSION.

question often asked the young college
student by older men, and in many
cases it is found to be poser if a SER
ious and well-considered answer is to be
given. Some young men early deter
mine to follow this or that professional
calling because it is hereditary, so to
speak, in the family. Others have
strong inclinations toward some par
ticular work, some science, perhaps, for
which taste was formed through
casual holiday reading or rambling.
But there are hosts of young men who
begin their college work without def
mite purpose. This is not to their dis
credit. One of their reasons for going
to college is that it may help them to
discover their particular bent and capa-
city. Professional callings are plentiful
nowadays and so are the aspirants for
honors therein. Young men hear a
great deal about such pursuits all their
lives and very naturally consider them
most when thinking of their own fu-
lures. Medicine, surgery, architecture,
art, literature, engineering in it's many
branches, law, music, pedagogy, all
these already we'll supplied callings find
confident new followers year after year.
1t has been said that these professions
are well-supplied, "overcrowded'' is
the word most often used, and yet it is
certainly true that there is always room
for hard worker or genius in any
of these fields.
There is another professional field,
however, which is now opening to the
young men of this country, and as it is
new and as yet little practiced, our boys
hear of it seldom or never, and con-
sequently it is not weighed in the bal
ance with other possibilities. It is
hoped that this article may serve to call
attention to this new opportunity for
vigorous young Americans. First, how
ever, let the man who is looking for
"a snap" be warned that here is no
place for him.
The new opening is in forestry, or for
est engineering as it is coming to be
called, and in country with such vast
forest tracts as ours, tracts fitted for
nothing but forest growth and ad-
mirably adapted to that, with vast capi-
tai and labor depending on the timber
supply for employment, it is evident
that there is field for the forest en-
gineer, the man who knows how to
keep up the annual supply forever.
Forestry as profession is not new to
the world, for it has been practiced
with profit by generations of the more
thrifty European races. It is new to
this country because the time is only
just ripe for it's employment. 1t has be-
come essential to the continued pros
perity of our lumber industry in it's
The Conservative, 1901-09-26
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uenldnu IrOHl ABROAD Is also COnClnuOuS
and growing. To meet it we have
very certain and fixed stock of growing
timber, and much of the best timber
land is abandoned to absolute desert
waste, after being clean-cut, as the
phrase is. Forestry, the applied science
of growing trees for profit, would never
sanction such shiftless, short-sighted,
yea, suicidal methods. 1t would keep
in growing timber, and that of the
kinds best suited to the particular soil
and market, every acre Of land which
was not more valuable for agriculture,
building or some other form of busi-
ness enterprise.
In brief, it may be said that the
wealth produced from our American
forests each year exceeds in value the
total product of all the gold, silver, cop
per, iron, lead and coal mines, and the
value of this crop surpasses that of the
wheat and cotton fields combined. The
statistics of our national trade bear out
these statements. In similarity abbre-
waited form it can be said that this
country is now and has been for several
years past using fully fifty per cent more
wood per annum for all purposes than
the forests can produce under natural
conditions. What those forests can do
when skillfully assisted by future gen.
erations of forest engineers is for those
men to prove. Surely there will not be
the wanton waste which goes on today
(and that leakage stopped can properly
be charged up to the credit of increased
production), and the trees will grow
faster for being given the proper con-
ditions without the necessity of their
fighting for them single-handed.
All this has been realized by the Fed
eral Government, and some thirty mil
lion acres have already been set aside by
presidential proclamation as permanent
timber reservations. These great forest
tracts, mostly in the mountains of the
far West, are to be managed according
to scientific methods, and this means
that the United States government will
become large employer of forest en-
gineers of various grades. The state of
New York has established a timber res
ervation Of more than million acres in
the Adirondack region; Pennsylvania
has begun to acquire forest lands within
her territory; other states will surely
follow before long, and all these will
become employers of skilled foresters.
A few of the large timber operators,
concerns which own their forests and do
not simply buy the stumpage, have al
ready retained foresters to plan their
cut so as to provide for the perpetua-
tion of their capital The leading lum-
ber journals of the country are con-
stantly reminding the OnaratOrS of the
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'oAooAo "lO t1uludlly CuIuluS OuG ulOIo
foresters than can find employment at
home, but such men are educated for
European forest and market conditions
which are totally different from our
own. If men from across the sea expect
to enter our woods to practice,
it will be needful for them to spend
some time studying the American con-
ditions, and even then it will be difficult
for them to unlearn much of what has
been drilled into them at home as funda
mental, and which is wholly inapplica-
BILE here. Another handicap upon the
foreigner is that, except in rare instanc-
es, his knowledge of English is most
imperfect. But he will come and pa
tiently work out our problem, even to
learning their profession over again in
our schools and acquire a good use of
our language, if our own young men do
not grasp the opportunity and fill the
positions offered.
Forestry cannot be studied today in
any and every college in the land. There
are at present three prominent schools
devoted exclusively to the subject, and
special courses in certain phases of the
science have lately been opened by
few other institutions. The three lead
ing schools are here mentioned in the
order of their foundation as follows:
The school at Mr.. George Vanderbilt's
forests at Biltmore, N. O.; the New
York State College of Forestry, Cornell
University, Ithaca, N. y; the Yale For
est School, Yale University, New
Haven, Conn.,, Berea College, Berea,
KY, has started course adapted to the
needs of the mountain farmers, for
whom that college chiefly exists. The
New Hampshire College Of Agriculture
and the Mechanic Arts, Durham, N. H.,
has within the year opened a course in
the subject, which should be of great
help to farmers in northern New En-
gland These are the three chief schools
and two of the minor ones. That courses
are not opened by more colleges is
largely due, no doubt, to the difficulty,
even the impossibility of securing COM
petent instructors, and to their lack of
suitable demonstration forests where
the men can be put to work. This sug-
gests still another field for the young
American student who has not yet hit
upon his life work, especially if he has
an inclination to teach for q living.
These schools, and others yet to be,
must have professors and instructors in
the various branches. Why not study
forestry with view to teaching the
science?
It is not in any wise within the scope
of this article to discuss the relative
merits of the several schools here named.
The students should write to the direct
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
MOUNT VERNON FROM THE NORTH

ticularly interested I'm art studied pictures, and
became careful of her dress. and so on A
cousin Of hers was married a little while ago.
and sent for Annie to show her the glOries of the
new fiat. Annie went the establishment
inspected the hideous plush furniture. the ap-
pallng carpets and unspeakable wallpaper. all
shown with brides gushing pleasure and a
Bencdict's i'll concealed satisfaction. When
Annie had had all the gories pointed out TO her
her opinion was asked. The girl turned solemn
~ To the eager couple and pronounced the sen
tence There's not single good thing in the
house" That story quite took the heart out of
me. IL seemed "A shocking thing to find that our
teaching mad put art above kindliness. in her
eyes. at least. But little while afterward an
other incident CAV, me renewed courage.
zone of our boys had at last succeeded in ar
ranging family affairs that he could have a
room quite To himself the dream of his life He
told me about it in great elce and explained
that he hoped from time To time To furnish il as
he wished: indeed he said. he had already
made "A beginning What have you bought?' /
asked He hcsitated. laughed and colored a
little he answered. Don't laugh when l tell
YOU. I've b0uEht Venus of Milo and Il bath
tub" Could the spirit of true refinement re-
ceive better symbolic presentation than that ?''
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

the rooms opening from the main hall which
must have been somewhat embarrassing when
the house was full Of company. The kitchen.
with its huge fireplace. its crane and spits. is
on the west side. thirty feet more from the
main building. from which all the dishes for the
dining had TO be carried through a
covered colOnnade What would Bridget or
Gretchen Chloe say To such arrangement
in these days of speaking tubes. electric bells
and dumb walters?
The furniture now on exhibition at Mount
Vernon. which for the most part was used by
the family. is neither beautiful nor comfortable.
No wonder they kept early hours in those days.
Who could enjoy sitting any length of time in
one Of those awful chairs:
There is an air of comfort about the huge old
mahogany bedsteads. but the steps beside them
suggestive Of stumbles in the dark and dam
aged toes. 1t must have required careful ca!cu-
lation to mount into one OF those mountainous
feather beds after extinguishing the candle.
1t is noticeable that the bed in which Washing
ton breathed his last is lower than SOM. of
the others particularly the onr in Nellie ,'ustis'..
chamber. 1t is some distance from th.. dressing
table 10 the bed. and possibly after :. few un-
fortunate expert, nces in sealing the dovny
heights Washington had the posts cut down
Few changes are perC eptible at Mount Vernon
from year to year Every sign of decay is OH
liberated by the superintendent as soon as il an
pears. The natural beauties Of tn. historic.
place, of couTs,, increase. The trees which
Washington planted their heads with
added girth and HEIGHT. TIE four already men
toned as guarding the ~ ST entrance have stood
more than century. Two poplar and two
ash each IA perfect specimen of it's kind. The
trees about the old place have fascination for
tended them. watched them grow. In the shade
of many still standing he wont to walk
In the deer park. which occupies the slope Of
the river bank facing the east front of the man
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 10. 1901.

events from which our nationality was evolved.
Standing in Martha Washngtons sitting room.
one cannot help thinking of the many long
anxious hours she passed there while her hus-
band was making history. 1t is saddenng to
look into the small attic chamber where the
loyal Martha spent the last days of her life.
From the little dOrmer window the first tomb of
Washington can be seen in the distance At this
window the widow used To sit for hours. Only
one piece of the original furniture remains
small. plain mahogany corner toilet stand.
The thought is ever present with the observan Mt
visitor that the WashingtOns were thor
oughly comfortable at Mount Vernon. The man
sion. although covering a large area. possesses
architectural beauty. and the interior is far
from being well arranged. The rooms of the
General and Mrs. Washington in the south
end; these were reached by side hall on the
east. To gain the sleeping rooms on the north.
over the state paror. one had TO pass through
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

effective sanction which would give these coun-
sells the effect Of a law. AS TO connecting the
practice with any particular day OF season. Il
| sure" said a veteran member of the Church
that any who should fast in Lent just be-
cause il Lent would be as far as possible
from the spirit of Methodisn." The ancient
formulares of the Presbyterians also ordained
fast days which mere abstinence from food
was not to be By any means the chief mortih.
cation of the natural man. but the days ap
pointed We're never connected With any of this
traditional Church seasons Whether as a con-
sequence Of this studious separation between
the ecclesiastical occasion and the religious
practice or not. there is practically no abb
stention from food religious grounds in either
OF these two denominations. even when the
Governor of a State appoints solemn fast"
The Roman Catholic Church. the contrary
has never ceased to enjoin fasting a grave
obligation. precisely defining the days when il
should be pracJised and the degree to which it
must be carried on each occasion. AS TO the
days, they vary somewhat in different diOceses
the vigil of a national saints festival.
81. I'atrick's in Ireland and st. Georges in Eng
land being sometimes observed a fast in the
country under the saints special protection.
The of St Ignatius is fast day for
hers of the Jesuit order. though for the
faithful who attend their churches. But Lent is
Il season of fasting for all who acknowledge
the spiritrtI supremacy of the POpe-subject OF
cours. to the exceptions already referred to-
Thest. exceptions include. either by Church
tradition or 10y special enactment. all who are
Obliged 10y circumstances To do hard labor. all
soldiers and sailors all persons who teach for
more than two hours in the day. travellers. the
sick. and. comprehensively. all whose health or
wage earning efficiency would he materially af-
fected by a diminution of their usual allowances
of food The terms of this exception obviously
leave an opening for the practical desuetude OF
fasting in "A severely capricious climate like this
and among a population IN which those who ars
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

The grounds are closed at { o'clock each
day, with the exception OF Sunday when they
not opened to the public at all IL is not
creditable to the Mount Vernon pilgrims that
they cannot be trusted TO view the home Of
Washington without attempting despoil il Of
fits treasures.
Even with the increased force of guards made
necessary 10y the advent Of the railway. relic
hunters succeed in doing much damage. one
who is not yandal cannot gaze upon the
carved rnantelpicce Of Carrara marble in III"
banquet han without anathematizins the whole
race of relic hunters. This exquisite work ias
been mutilated in the most outrageous way
by people who undoubtedly would resent the
charge that they worse than thieves
one may walk few steps to the old north
entrance proper. near the four giant trees
planted by Washington himself. or follow well
kept road around to the west entrance which
WAS ,sed by tn former occupants Of the mansion.
There is an arched gateway. and passing through
n the visitor finds himself in the curved course
which incloses the west lawn. which Washington
was wont 10 call his bowling green. From
mis- noint is secured the fine view Of the mansion
which the guidebooks have made familiar. The
curved course is half mile in circumfer-
,ce and i'm the old days many gay party
ga.loped over it,
Magnificent trees line il. Tradition has ii tina;
au of them were selected and many planted by
washington. There are poplars gums. aspens.
un6ens beeches, pines. mimosas, wild cherries,
snanish chestnuts and hickores. The vegetable
g,,sen is on the right one faces the manson
the flower garden on the left The former is
unatractive enough these days The latter
.hou,ds with box figures and old fashioned
oowers. on a summer day it is beautiful s"pt.
No natter how often one has visited the place
a. is aways interesting. An indescribabe in
,erest possesses as he wanders through
halls AMI rooms where walked. slept. ate and
drank th great central figure IN the stirring
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
LENTEN FASTING.
THE PRACTICE DISAPPEARING IN THIS
PART OF THE WORLD.

The great annual in Christian tradi-
tion cOmmemorating Christ's fast of forty days
in the wilderness. which begins next Wednesday
week, suggests the question; Has fasting gone
out? The answer appears to be the whole
affirmative, far at least this part of the
world is concerned. Taking all the denOmina-
tions together. the only body of religi0nsts in
NewYork which seems to make point of gen
eral fasting, in the literal of abstinence
from food of all kinds during the greater part
of the week days. is the High Church Episcopal
The Roman Catholic Church has never receded
from the principle upon which il commands in
general all persons between the ages of twenty
one and fifty to fast on certain days but in this
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
THE AMERICAN MECCA.
INCREASE OF VISITORS To MOUNT YER
NON SINCE THE TROLLEY LINE
MADE 1T MORE ACCESSIBLE.

Washington, Feb. 9.-Mount Vernon has in re-
cent years become more than ever the American
Mecca This is due to the facility with which
one may reach the historic estate. y trolley
line runs from the end of Newspaper Row to the
north gate at Mount Vernon. and the cars are
dispatched every hour Formerly visitors were
obliged TO patronize a boat which ran on sched-
ule time While the river trip is picturesque. it
consumes the better part OF the day The tourist
may board an electric car and be at the
mansion in an hour.
Through woods which still retain the leaves
OF autumn. across the Hunting creeks. Big
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
SOME KINDS OF CULTG RE.
HOW THE WAYS A SETTLEMENTS EFFORTS
ARE RECEIVED VARY

Not all of settlements attempts at spread
ing culture cover the mark. said one who long
lived in houses which hoped Ito raise the tone"
Of the neighbOrhOOd "On the other hand, We
frequently have pleasant proof that some young
man woman has caught the true spirit. Two
incidents that recently occurred illustrate both
points.
'One young woman has been attending meet
ings lectures and the like in cur house for sew
eral years and showed astonishing ambition to
learn everything within reach. She was par
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

climate. and in the
arduouS and strenu-
Gus circumstances of
life in the twentieth
century New York,
the exceptions 10 the
rule are much more
numerous than Z n e
cOmpliances with il.
Both within and with
out the Roman Obedi-
ence. therefore. I h c
practice of fasting has
almost fallen into
desuetude here. but
for two very different
reasons on the Op-
posite sides of the
middle wall of parti-
ton"
Two of the largest
Protestant bodies in
the United States are
the Methodist nd
Presbyterian churches.
OF these the former
traces it's denOmina-
tional existence to
John Wesley. nd
there can be no doubt
I h at John Wesley
bot h practised and
strongly recommended
fasting as an aid to
prayer. No less GER
tain is il that man
OF the early leaders
in til g Methodist
movement adopted a
similar plan in their
own lives. But the
Methodist DiSci-
pline." while enjOining
fasting upon all and
recommending weekly
fasts as a practice for
the clergy, provided no
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
Nor rI>IGLE TO THE NAKED EYE.

From TIE Chicago Times Herald.
What asked the proud young mamma, 10
YOU think of the babY'> features
Her big. coarse brother looked down at the
pi ciotiS little innocent for a moment, and then
asked:
Where are they
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10
KITCHENER ON DE WET. AND IICE VERSA.

From The Worlds Work
Kitchent is reported tn have said. Give me
one man like De Wet. ana will send home one
third of the army" And DE Wet is quoted as
having spoken follows: II will give Lord
Roberts three years to catch me- 4 Will give
Kitchener three months. and Lord Methuen all
his life"
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

sion. deer feed in the old days, and fawns
scurry about. This park was restored a few
years ago and stocked. An iron fence separates
it from the grounds proper.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-10

and Little" suggest
i've OF rare sport with
gun and dog, the car
speeds. by and 10y a
white fence, with a
background of huge
trees, comes into view.
IL is the northern
boundary lime of
Mount Vernon. When
Washington was alive
the estate comprised
about eight thousand
acres. much Of il the
territory now tray-
ersed by the electric
line. At present there
are about two hun
dred and forty acres.
The surrounding coun-
Try has not changed
materially. and the
visitor with active
Imagination los ses
nothing by reason Of
the curtailment OF the
plantation.
When the steamers
landed their passen-
gers at Mount Vernon
pier at stated hours
the superintendent
and his assistants had
q comparatively easy
time. They knew just
how long the visitors
could remain, and
made their arrange
ments TO watch them
accordingly. The word
watch" is used ao-
viseely. At present,
with cars arriving
every hour with their
loads OF sightseers,
the task of the guar
dians is a serious one.
The Iola register., 1901-10-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL CONVEN TON
Meeting in lola of Representative of
the Schools of lola City
and Township.

Yesterday in the pleasant par
lors of the Methodist church the regu-
lar Convention of the Sunday Schools
OF lola City and Township was called
to order by NJ. p. Jacoby, chairman.
Mr.. G. w. Rowden acted as secretary.
There were about thirty delegates
present at the morning session and a
larger number at the afternoon meet
ing.
The program as planned was not
carried out in the morning asonly one
of those on twas present. Mr.. Trav-
is Morse informally conducted the
discussions arranged for and most
creditably performed the unexpected
duties. Over the question "What
Our Sunday Schools Most Need, Z"
there was lively discussion. Co
operation, Spiritual Power and Love
between children and teachers, were
three solutions, the last being ad-
vanced by Mr.. Morse. j. w. John
son read Il paper on the Hone De
partment," as arranged on the pro-
gram.
In the afternoon Rev. Weimer lea
the devotional exercises, Mr.. Mark
Whitney spoke on "IIow to Teach
Temperance in the Schools, - Mrs.
Leonard talked on primary Work.
Reports from the schools showed that
there are ten in the city and township.
All but one reported astoits condition,
attendance and growth. There are
about 1900 children regularly attend
ing the sunday schools, but full re-
port could not be secured as not al
the reports were available,
The convention closed a. nightswhen
the following program be followed:
Devotional, led by Il. II, Bennett.
Normal sunday School Glass for the City
of lola, Travis Morse.
Cooperation Of sunday schools OF lola to
the end OF securing better attendance" Dr.
Chadwick.
The Iola register., 1901-10-18
Another Cement BniIding.

Mr.. l.. H. Bassett, President of the
lola Portland Cement Company, came
in Monday morning from ST. Louis
to visit the boys and see how things
are getting along at the works.
The company is now working on the
considerable extension OF the ware
room, adding 100 feet to its length, but
this may not be all that will be done
this fall. Some time ago the company
through an agent bought the lots in
the Bush addition lying just west OF
the ware house and had the county
commissioners vacate the streets
which Immediately join these lots.
This move did not interfere with the
public highways but simply included
the streets with the lots II was pro-
posed to erect mammoth new ware
houseson this land, but the decision
has not yet been finally made as to
whether this shall be done this fall.
The company wishes to get store room
in which it may accumulate some 200.
900 barrels of cement this fall with
which to meet the certain rush of busi-
ness next summer.
So the cement plant is in the fashion
and is extending, as are all the smelt-
ers. The old gas belt around lola il,
all right.