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OBJ
1 and Molly School at Biz

at Ole Bill and Molly School at Bis
burg" "a.
as bin to big corn shuckin' las mite,
an drunk so much 5whiskey dat my he d
bin lumeratin al day. an eff y'u will dis
corse on Jack Smiths blu-blud to Mite
hit may Eliminate dat corn JUICE from dis
niggers he'd.
Dave Copeln, y'u know'd dat I
'longed to do niger lady's timprence
siety, an 'pudlates drunkin' niggers
ennyway; y'u orter kno' dat de debil
gives y'u liluer to make yin travel to-
wards his lake of fire, an ef y'u don't
stop dat foollshness, y'u'll be salin on
de frey waves OBJ hell spitten' de flames
ON demnation rite outen yo mouf, like
Smiths jugs nrter dc Turks: howsomeb-i
Der eff / kin do de cause OBJ soberation
emmy good. I'll tell yu sum more hist'ry
In federation OBJ do objic': Capin Smith
was a nifty lter. he had 3 htes wild 3
Turks, like onto Corbit an Sullivan, an
he got champion In all oh dem.
II done tole y'u WIZ q lucky ngur:.
den he got up fire-wurks, like firemins,
torch-ltes in dar peroessions. an, 1T a.
|8yictory wild dem; but. mex cum de bnt-i
tie oh Rottenton an Smith, he wur
tucken prisner. an dey sont him to
Axopolis, whar dey put him on tho auc-
ton block, an sole him fur q. slave.
wussen dan de niggers TO- do war; glib
him soup frum hose entrils to etc. an
make him thrash wheat all de time; arter.
awhile he bette his marsers brains out
an run outen do kuntry by de under
groun' railroad like de abolition made
fur de niggers 70. dc war, = f. S. 5y5s s.
Dem folks whar lie wuz a slave hab
nifty fine horses, racers like Mara Tom
Jefferson, an de ole Ferg!nny hye-nyer
use run races wild. Dey tuck all de sno'
white mares an Glib dem to dar king.
so lie Guild cit dar, milk to drink i
hain't 'quainted 'zactly Wild dc resin; but
dc boss man mus hnb a red he'd oman
fur his wife, an dat counts fur do
White mare milk dcy5 drink AFTER Smith.
got FREQ ag'in he made hisselt a saler3
an won't bout much on de sea. ebsn
TO de niger Kingdom, an odder Places
Dave, yus bin to de circus an. seen
dem dar auful lookin. bests, dey cal
him de king Of bests.s s gi,# II
Yah, dc lion. de mos lercest anlp1ilS
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rlace. There is an enormous amount
ofsforest left in the world. Canada has
thick timber which would cover about
one-third of the whole United States.
Russia has still more than 100000 600
acres, third of which belongs to the
Gear and Is carefully managed to pre-
vent waste. 1T annually exports s25.-
Nt1,COo worth of wood; one may see
steamers loaded with 1t going out from
the Baltic, and there is a great caravan
OF boats always moving down the Volga,i
carrying the lumber OF the north to
the grea: black plain and the regions
about the Caspian. About 40 per cent.
Of Sweden is still covered with forest.
and tile same Is true OF 20 per cent.
of Norway, OF which three-fourths is
pine.
i rode thousand miles up the Anna
Zon few years ago through giant
woods all the way, and 1 could have
gone by steamer $500 miles westward
from Para through "a similar country.
Ike whole Amazon valley Is covered
with woods, and this is SO of many
of its tributaries. There are great for.
ests along the Parann and Paraguay
rivers, which are not exploited now be-
cause OF the cost of getting the wood
out. They have no snow there to help
them, and no modern machinery in the
way OF lumber railroads, steam en-!
gines and cables. These will probably
he introduced as the worlds crop OF
wood becomes scarcer.
Austria Hungary has 100000 acres of
forest, OF which about half is pine, ana
a large part OF the remainder oak and
beech. That country exports about $751;
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50 - Jack Smith Of Jeen1es yms; ks

On dat sho' 5ob Mr.. Jack Robinson"
well! @5whln Smith ;wur In Africy, befo9
fhe/cumS to Jeemes River. dey cot leetle
puppy lIon., an, man name Bull, tuck
hit to rase an dc leetle pup sleep wid
hima an, after he crowd up, ne
sole hit to show In London, whar dey
keeps Vii klns OBJ yarmints to sho'.s
After menny ye'rs. Bull cum back frum
.Afrky. an he went to big circus. not
knowin his lion wuz dnr. an do y,u
kno' dat In dar wild menny odders. dc
lion smell. Bull fore hittsee him, an COM
mence ben' nifty restless. an fussen like
something gwine to happen, an den
when hit kotch site OBJ Bull hit whine
an grone, mn tumble summer-set to
let him kno, hit wur 'auainted Wild him.
Den Bull say; to + de clown, Let me
In de cage an shore huff when he got
On, de lion lie his hans, an feet, an
skip an dance hit sWur so rad tn soc
hits frien,' Den when Bull sit out de
lion scratch. nm beller. an bS<l lihs
q lonesome dog, an Sarter dat hit grief
dat 4 Is onluky, like 3 is sluky, figure"
Smith, he got to London frum his
rovlns in Afrky jes as Cap'n Newport
wur comm to dis kuntry Wild botes.
an he cum wild him. SO whin he dis
kivered Jeemes River, he named WI,
longhby's Spit arter his ole farm, an'5glh
hit to Jack Willoghby. an named New.
port News arter Cap'n Newport: dey
did not bid emmy town Mt elder OF desc
pints. but went sfurder up de Jeemes, an.
'structed Jeemestown. an dar dey had
terubul times wild de lnJuns. Smith, he
got discovering up do Chickerhomny
River, an de InJunh tuck him: but he
kill s3 fore dey captur hlm:, den dey tuck
him to dar,SInjua king an he creed to.
kill him. SO dey fotch two Jocks to put
ibis he'd on, an de biggest InjuE rase.
his AK, I an de King he say one, two, but
10 he Guild git IS onten his mouf, his
leetle darter fell tween Smiths he'd.
an de az an cried. an beg her pa to
let him go, which dc ole man greed to,
'yided Smith sont him a grlne-seed. an
two cannon. hut do lntuns got skeered oh
do cannon an Smith got oleered for do
grlne-seed.
'Arter Smith dlskvered 'roun dc
Chesapeake Ray. an, made his map. he
ssots out fur his ole home. an den !
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An Chicargo to offset Aieriky's' meaniss,
an git 'Lumbus his rites, like de Yam
kess fit to glib de Niger his rites.
L Now arter dis. dar duz anuder man,
Jack Saith mot de Jack what stole
chickens). dat diskivered Jeemes River,
an he sot up de Jeemes River 'risto-
carey, dat wuz my pride TO- de war.
AN ebber sine den de Smiths hab mul-
tinied an done gone up to Azriah
Smith an down to Zebadiah Smith, all
OBJ dem. lneum decindints oh Jack Smith,
OBJ Jeemestown: an dat Smith wuz q
unity man 'roun Jeemes River, 'mong
de Injuns:
sence dat time dar hab bin menny big
Smiths. chen TO Extra Billy, who got to
he gubner OF Ferginny, neberdeless fer
pity, none OBJ de Smiths hab bin presi-
Sdent OF des Nited States. needer hab
emmy Of dem run fur dat office; dat
seems cd, but hit am gospel true. How
somebber. ole Marse John Smith found
ed de 'ristocrats OBJ Jeems River, an dat
am mo- credit to him dan beln' presi-
dent. cause Il'longed to one OBJ de- 'rs-
tlcrat famblys gof Jeesns River, down
rations OBJ my ole marsters shill nebber
die In dis ole Niger hart as long as
de name oh Smith shill be ober store
doors. Dis ole Niger am so glad dat de
white folks are igwlne. to git up de
EJeemestown exherbtion to praise John
|tsmith, an Glib de niggers a chance to
/ sing at idar5 meetin' too. Dey amt gwine
Ito hab hit at JeemestoWn shore nun,
Igbut at owell' 8 Pint, down dare at tother
Il end of Norfolk county.
Mex time I goes to town. I'm gwinegt 10
AK de president to cal re-unitatlon Of
all de Smiths rite on de Han 1athi Of
May arter mex an dar swuld BIO a show.
sure huff; dared be all de Smiths and
Ichilurn, white an black an cunnocs
wild 1ntuns, an all dc ole darby ser-
wants. Wild coon dogs, an mules Oar
I,wuld be IA time dar, out Of sight, Dave
Fore de Lord Uncle John, ! nebber
heard slchs delectaslon on de subtict,
an wi iddes an, jes as butlful as de
moon shine on Jeemes River, In ole
/ Ferginnys Dem are three sea dogs,
l'Lumbus 'Aleriky d an !. 'ristocrats John
Smith, an, 7 gwina to cum ODER gin to
see Sis Jane and llear you lubricat fur.
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trunk an close. an money. and den he
llab to go bout like a tramp. and he
got lost in de French forest, an NOS
stary,d 70, mn ole peasant four. him, an
Glib him etens: den he tuck to be saler,
so afterwards de ship got cot in so many
squalls dat de fodder saler say hit wuz
Smith dat cause dem: dey call HIN
iona and den pitch him In de sea, but
he swim to cote ilan, an stay tell Cap.
Roache tuck him off In his boat. Den dey
sale all bout. chen to Afriky whar NIL
de niggers fus cum fruln. AFTER dat
dey had a naval fte In deSstrates, an
sunk a bote, an tuck all de yelvets, an
ribbins. an, money. Den Smith. he
dressed hlssef up an went to trayll in
lily. an when he got to Rome. he seed
de Pope an kis' his big toe. Den he
dine rigemint 'longin' 10 Austry, an
dnvent de signal core, dat y'u here so
much bout In de war, y'u kno' In de
Rbellion dem fellers hab aof' time
awingin' dar flag In de day, AM de torch
at, Mite, an dey ferglt dey wuz oblIga-
toned to Cap. Smiths Immunity fur
hit.
Den he fixed sum torches fur de Kun
mel, an sont dem out to skeer, so dey
licked de Turks fore dey covered dar
senses. Our Jeemes River Smith WIZ q
trump kard den. 9f 4
Mex time he got Jugs an tied dem
togedder Wild long rope, like korks
onto a krab net, zen he I'LL dem up wild
tar, turpentlne an sulphur, an teched
dem. or wild fire, den he put mon at
bon eends, OBJ de rope, an drug dem
burnin' Jugs 'rorn' de kamp oh de Turks,
les like fishermen haul de seln,5 dis WIZ
when dey wuz In dc tents sleep, an as
soon as 5dey walked. dey 1T out, an run
ike deer, for dey wuz Hkeered shore
'nuff, AS dem jugs cum marchin up
like so1ers. spittln fire an birthstone
dey look Ike Are-debls}in dc, mite, mn
smell 50 too Dis .lere Niger wud ihah
fault de Turks fur dar skeration,
Il tell {Sy'ui Dave, Smith wuz a man
among min In dem days an, he wuz
3deaI bout 't' what dey cnl school-boy age
iiFinl desc days He cum rite outen dc
lswamp, widout emmy book Elarnins al, |, cit
5Spp dese smart tricks fore sum oh desc
boy round here kin GIT dar circulation
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100000 worth OF timber every year. and
five or six millions OF this Is in slaves
for caskE and sawed lumber. Australia
has vast forests In the west, and 1t Is
now exporting wood for pavcments to
many Of tlleS cities OF Europe. siam.
4 Is exploiting its teak timber, used large
4ly for shp-building and furniture, and
the same Is true of Burma. British India
sells something like 100000 worth Of
teak every year, and Great Britain am
nually buys more than s3,0COOO0 worth.
OF that wood to use in ship-building.
Our Big Timber Supply.
We have enormous forests in the Philip
pines, which will supply ties to China
when the great railroad era Of the Celcs-
stial Empire begins, and the same Is
true of Formosa. Borneo and other:
islands OF that part of the world. Cuba.
Santo Domingo and Central America are
all rich in hard woods. and indeed, there
is scarcely country on the face of the
globe which has not still a large amount
of valuable timber.
AS for the United States proper, the
last census estimates that the timber
owned by lumbermen was more than
100000, 00o. 900 feet, and that the total
amount of our outstanding timber was
ten times as great. 1t was then csti-
mated that we had 1900, 900, 600 feet OF
white pine in Wisconsin, and more than
5000, O00, 900 in Minnesota, while there
was something like $1,000, 900 feet of
white pine In the whole country. AS
to spruce, there was about $4,000, 900 feet
of that, and of hemlock more than twice
as much. There are about 100. 900, 600 acres
Of yellow pine left in the South, with
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Our Timber Product Versus
That Of Europe How We
Lead Russia, Norway
and Sweden Lum-
bermen's Life.
.(By Frank G. Carpenter)6

SULTAN y JUNCTION, WASH. Jnnci11.s
am debating these notes in the midssI
of thc8woods I am in the greatest forest
region Of tho United States, on the vest
e.sn slope of the Cascade Mountains. ana
In the heart Of ~ lumber camp with,
hundreds OF men saving and chopplng
away on all sides. At my back d sta
tionary engine Is dragging mighty tim
bers by steel cables to the cars. and
with similar cables loading the giant glolt,.
for shipment to the mills. My seat is d
fir tree which has just fallen. 1t, is 200
feet long and SO thick ut the base that
i q cross section Of 1t would roach from.
the floor to the ceiling ofsthe average.
parlor. Other frs, each as big aro,hd
as a railroad water tank, rise about on.
all sides, their tops In some cases kiss
Ing the sky 800 feet over my head. At my
right, standing on spring boards, fast
3encd into cuts in the trunk at about four
feet from the ground. are two wood
8 choppers, making a notch In tree to
give 1t the right direction for falling,
and farther over are two other lumber
men on similar boards. pulling cross
cut saw back and forth. The saw works
like velvet as 1t goes through the soft
bark, but tho tree seems 10 shrek as
n the teeth8fcut into the wood and pillow
their way toward its heart. AS l look n
gray squirrel sneaks down the trunk OF
a forest giant nearby, and then flies to
the top OF a mighty stump thirty feet
round and sits there, evidently amazed
at It's surroundings.
#t ] stand upon the log and look about me.
n ~ here hp flInhernafi fH,,a ~
their way through. the jungle Is airnsSe
rs dense as that Of the Hmalaya noun
tains. The ground Is covered with rottin.
underbrush and fallen trees. There arr
snags and broken branches everywhere;
and the old trunks have n thick coating
of moss. There are giant ferns and
hrambles with sharp thorns which tear
way thr0agh. M rt5
The Washington Woods.
But first let men tell you something n
the mighty timber product of the grcsr.
Northwest. Washington. Oregon and Cali.
fornia are cutting more and more trees
every Year, and Washington leads the
" Union In Its timber RESOURCES. According
TO an estimate OF the Department of
the& lnteriot. there are Salmost t 200 billion
feet OF valuable timber still standing.
The State Is cutting something like
billion feet every year. and in addition
I about 1--WE billion cedar shingles; but
even at this rate the cutting can go on
forZa hundred years and leave plenty 10
spare. a billion feet Of lumber mea.s
enough TO make n board walk foot.
wide and an inch think a billion fe>s
& long. AT 5000 feet to the mile such
walk would reach 10000 miles. II would
be long enough to plank n road. That is
vide clear around the world That -
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I 10 isja3
(By B!illy.ll

i 4
''Uncle John, yu's bin 'roun 70 de.
war. an kin Glib 'litenment OBJ cherry
subject: glib me dc resin white folks
chattin SO much .out cintinniel, and
Jack Smith knowed ole Jack Smith,
an. / didn't think much OBJ him. fur
ney cotch him In de hen coop once. an.
Sont him to de lookup.
sS',Dave, you ole fool. ttwn't dat lack,
dey is discussin',, but de Jack dat dis
kivered Jeemes River. Don't you know
dat 'Lumbus dskyeree ed dis ,c s' Well;
a mighty long time ago, iLumbus slibed
On 'Noo,-e and hab n nifty likin' to sbotes;1
so arter awhile he clarsd TO Missus
dsbel, ef she wuld buy him three good
botes. he wud 20 out onto de sea. an
fine bran new cuntry, to git tobaker
drum You see dey habfno hacker In dem
days, an Missus Isabel (my old master
name his darter arter herr, nab barls
Oh money, an she buyed him de three
botes: so 'Lumbus, he got sum 5commu'lI
salers, an sot out: blS fore day got
tar, de salers dey want to cum bnc',
& nut ,I4umbus suadcd dem. ms he had
three botes wild him,. to go on, three mo-
days, an shore 'nuff jes fore de sun
sot on delthird day 'I4umbus diskiyered
Ian. an dat make three slchsa lucky
sRgur Den he sot dem botes onto do
Eho,, an foun'8bmty purity trees, an
plenty oh .tobaky, 1lasses an water
millions. All dis Glib satisfaction to de-
salers, an den Lumbus bette 'roun dar
In his botes three monts. tell he foun
10 Ian, all lans; an den he turn bnc'
TO tell Mlssus Isbel whar de lan' Iwuz.
Iey all ober dar 'mong de 'Tallons, jubi-
lated ober 'I.umbus for awhile, and den
cont him bac': but iLunhgs nebber did
Ane emmy mo- Ian dan de lettle Hans
dat de cal SALVATION Mingo. Hiatt an
Guhy. Den arter Lumbus couldn't fine
emmy mo-. anudder feler, name 'spucius
iNerlky. tried to see eff he culdn't bette
,I.umbus, SO he sailed cher, an struck
lTloridy, an tuck UP long de cos to Gals
liner, an made n map, an name on hit
he hole cuntry "Merlky:'' dat wuz
secretly fare to 'I,umbus. "Meriky glib
i fLumbus no she, In de name, ,cept fur
!. n leetle place In souf -An,erlky. Darefore
4 de white folks cit up q thunderin' sho..
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der, de ehlst'ry Of Jack Smith, an de
Ggur g..
CHAPTER II.
Uncle John, yu' kno dat rs frum Pos
sum Quarter, in Paskitanks county OBJ
MORT Callinny. an darfo / kin hab no
'lation, or 'nection Wild de Jeemes River
'ristocracy: Howsumebber by sis Venus
Smith wuz de step-darter OBJ ole man
Jim Grow, dat longed to one OBJ de big
Smiths OBJ de ole tar-hell-state 80 dat
de generations OBJ de Smiths out dare,
hole dar heds up too, an bein' SO 'nected
wild dem, cum ober to mite to ak y,u to
dicorse dem furder, dat is to glib me sum
insite In de ole time Smith, as y'uS hab
gin history de subject OBJ yo' defect lions,
AN mo- dat yu kin git up de ginera-
tion tree dat VIII trac de blu-blud way
bac' to Mr.. Noah, de cap oh de ark,
des like Pete's ole dog sent up de cole
trac' OBJ de coon.'
IT'S 'feard y'u is too fuse in yo'
haterations OBJ my 'blity: howsomebber,
Us red sum histry dat I can Glib y'u
to pas time wild. whin later hllln'lam
ober. an wurk am skace. "a y
"De 'sideratlon oh de subjct leads me
to late dat ole man, Capn. John Smith
nigh Ole Pint in Fergnny. Use gwine to
lGtell y'u bout dat after while. but hit
,HYuz a pint In Englan whar dar wuz
la nifty big woods, sumwhar like onto
| ;he Dizmal Swamp" s.
Ills ma an pa died out dar in dem
woods, whin he wuz a yerlin' chap, oh
l3. Den, what y'u think, he do? He
bette 'ronn dar while, an den waz sont
'mong de French to larn dare lite dolns,
an den arter he larn dar confiptions, he
kun bac' to his ole farm: an frum dar
I9heg tuck in de swamp, an 'structed him
"a bresh shanty to lib In, an F sleep in his
close, like our swamp niggerss B, fo. de
war: he hab his houn dog wids him to
run deer; but dem days WIZ fur .bac'
dat dey didn't hab no shot guns. 80 he
lstuck q spere. an sot on de stan' to
stick de deer dat his houn' run o,,tln
de bresh. an In dis means he got his
mete fur to etc; artwards dis lone
sumnes WIZ broke up by an ole tramp
! alllon, an Smith den y go Off to iite
hs'rprky;; Abut3 four Irreneh HMM got hin, to
$50 sal and foole him Out All
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Two Hundred Milton Fee,
Of Timber Left and Enough
Cut Annually to FLANK
a Road Around 81
the World. 81

where the logs lie and are wrappe6
tightly about them. One log at a 5tlmtS
IL dragged over the ground. Many VII
the logs are SO heavy that they rlow
great burrows in the earth as they "a
and sometimes tear UP smaller trees 81
Il the roots on the way. a single forty.
4 foot log Will often form a full load foi5
one car. some containing as much al
5000 feet of lumber Many OF these SlogtS
are as big around and as long as j
passenger car, and when green will weigh
from twenty to forty tons each. New
Rertheless. a steel cable moved BY thi
engine brings them up to t1e traclS
The log looks like d. great live worm
swaying It's head this way and that az
1t goes. s o s @E
When It reaches the cars, another cablSI
is wrapped around It, and 1t Is lifted al
though it We're a brootnstick from thu
ground to the truck. 1t is all a mattel
OF steam. wire rope and modern ma
chinery carefully managed the heaviest
of the timber being handled Tar norS
easily than the average pine log Of Wig
consn generation ago. ISL
With the Lunb ermen.
I have, spent some time mere roinss
about among the men. r have fad din
ner with them In the camp and haySs
talked with a number OF them. Theyi
are rough-looking fellows In blue flannel
shirts. trousers and top boots, but their
f cheeks are rosy, their eyes bright and
they seem healthy and husky. They ara
about the same as our lunhermen IN the;
East, With the most Of whom money
Il comes easy Id goes easy. They are paid;
h good wa ges. running from $1.25 to- S4.5tl
X q. day, a few OF them save money. bull
moro wall Suntil they have several 5hurfi1t
adred dollars ahead and then 50 OFT tai
q Seattle for q good time and a spree. No
LIQUOR Is allowed to be sold In the woods,
but at these Evaca tons, which come every
three or six months, theyS spend all their
earning1 This is esEecially SO on tina.
Fourth Of July and at Christmas. Every
one has his own method of getting rid OF
ghis surplus. One man here who Is IL e.
skilled timber-outter, keeps close to hiss
Job until he has three or four hundred
dollars ahead. Then he will go to Seattle
and put sup at the best hot n always taxi,
ing a room with a bath. He will come
Eout In a. new suitsof clio thes, will have ai
shave and shampoo and strut with IA
cane. Tor a week or SO he will live EllKa,
"a swell. II there is an opera he will go
Ito 1T, and will perhaps engage in sports
ing pastimes which are not to be amen
stioned. He will keep this up until all
3his money is spent. & Then he will fish
5out his old suit OF clothes, pa WING HE
new, and go back to work to repent the
same process swhcA he again becomes
flush: It sbor;d be said. however. that
there are thrifty men also among those
who work in the ods-men WHO haYa
families and who save their ages and
live most respectable lives. ;5si lS Mi I
(Copyrigh hit. 1906, by Frank g. Carpenter!I
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~ ~
, 'Merikey, an Smith, de Riginatur
Jeemes'' River in Ole FerginnY.

turned ag'ln fore he wur 80 year old
den de fgur 8 strike lie fur 4 him ag'in
fur 8 days alter he got bac DEL
Elected him chairman OBJ de .Ferginni
Legislator, den he bossed ;''roun fur
long time tell he accidlntilly got hurt wit
burnt powder. en- den hab to go home.