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the bark of a certain sort of oak tree.
The United States has not heretofore
known this sort Of oak and it grows in
a comparatively small area Of the globe.
Yet cork has come to be an important
product commercially and its importance
promises to continue.
So the forest service conceived the
idea Of establishing cork forests In the
United States. It found that of its for
est lands those in Florida seemed best
fitted for the experiments. There was a
good deal Of difficulty in establishing the
forest, for the seed usually sprouted be-
cause of the dampness of the trip over
and the tender sprouts died before they
might be planted. Enough Of them were
brought over, however. to successfully
seed seven acres Of land in Florida, and
the young trees are now growing well Oh
these areas.
1t will thus be but a few years until
the forest service has its own small patch
from which to harvest seed for the plant
ing Of other areas. AS fast as seed mature
they will be carefully taken care of and
the areas of the cork tree forests will
thus be steadily increased. All the gulf
region is regarded as ideal for the growth
Of these cork oaks and the government
expects to eventually develop an I'm
portant industry.
The smallest and in some ways the
most unique of all the national forests is
the Dakota forest in North Dakota. 1t
contains but about two square miles, or
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them growing in France and Italy and
India.
Many nations are experimenting with
them with the idea of seeding certain
forest areas with them and growing
these giant redwoods as a forest crop.
1t is known that they will produce a
greater amount of timber in fifty years
than any other tree. The sequoia is.
however. but sapling at the age Of
fifty and its wood is soft. It requires
a century for it to come into real val
ue. This time is SO much longer than
that of certain other trees that the
American forester refuses to plant it
on his barrens. The American is in
too great a hurry. But the European
nations that own forest lands and that
look further into the future are con-
sidering the giant redwood, and the
time may come when great areas may
be laid down in anticipation OF q crop
q century away. The seed for this is
in hand
Another novelty of the work Of the
forest service is it's establishment of a
cork forest in Florida. The greater part
of the cork of the world comes from
Spain and Algeria. It Is harvested from
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it the capacity of gaining stature
that is more than a tenth that which is
attained by these trees.
So the wonder of the big trees be-
came well known the world around.
The age of these individuals were es-
tablished by lumbermen who cut them
down for the timber in them, for a
single tree would load long train.
There is no other living thing in the
world that approaches these trees in
age. They are the oldest and the
largest living things.
The forest service had a good deal
to do with preserving some of these
forests from spoliation. Likewise is
1T having a good deal TO do with
scattering these marvellous trees broad
cast around the world.
1t is found that the sequoia is by no
means so particular as to it's habitat
as it's very limited distribution would
seem to indicate. 1t grows with more
or less freedom in many climes. The
seed of it may be harvested without
limit, and it is prophesied that the time
will come when these giants will be
well known in many lands the world
around. Today there are specimens of
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GoArs ARL SET. To FIGHT USELESS. .MIeKETs-!

shaw forest Of Oregon. Not in Florida,
but in most Of the other forests, may a
pleasant dog-day ride be taken on q
boat OF the forest service fleet on one Of
these summer days.
Another Of the peculiar things that is
working itself out in conjunction with
the activities Of the forest service is the
broadcasting Of the sequoia, or giant
redwood of the California Serras. The
big trees have been one of the wonders
of the west since the prospectors first
heralded their monster proportions in
the days of forty-nine. Found at no
other place in all the world save in the
mountains back of San Francisco, these
trees were survival of an era in world
history when all vegetation grew rank
beyond modern conception. At no other
spot in the world had any remnant Of
the vegetation of that past geological
time survived. There is no other sort
of vegetation in the world that has in
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spirit of friendship between the elderly
Wisconsin statesman and lowing kline
that is positively touching.
On one of his big farms In Wisconsin
the senator has taken the creme de Ia
creme of his herds. Here may be found
large eyed Mary, short-horned COW
of meditative countenance and marvel
GUS milk capacity. Here also may be
found Myrtle. q beautiful white crea-
ture, half sister to the esteemed Paul
inc Wayne, which once furnished milk
for President Taft and his family.
These two cows know the Wisconsin
senator, and on his return they Will
come nosing around him, moofng and
showing their deep gratitude to him.
Senator Stephenson Is an lnveterete
chewer of tobacco. and one OF his
brutal colleagues once declared that he
got this habit from constant associa-
ton with cows. The senator denies
this.
but" he told me- "the use OF to-
bacco is not bad. The action OF chew
ing is healthful. The splendid dtges-
ton of cows Is mainly due to their
careful fietcherizing."
us that why you have pet cows!
asked him.
mo" he responded: 81 admire their
patience and calmness and quietude.
They are Ikea summer sunset. VINO
ever heard Of . bloodthirsty or raging
cow"
He paused.
"A cow" he continued, us creature
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the largest ship in the forest service navy.
there are four gasoline launches located
In Alaskan waters.
1t is a long way from Alaska to the
Florida national forest, and the world is
different at these extremes. AS mat
ter Of fact, few people realize that the
nation has reserve in the state of many
swamps and slow-fowing lagoons. Yet
such a forest really exists. This forest
is full of waterways, and 1t not infre-
quently happens that cutting five miles
across slow-fowing stream may save
ride of fifty miles by horseback i'm reach
ing a given point. So the service has pro-
vided itself with another boat that chugs
about in these solitudes. startling the
tragic egret from its nesting place and
rocking the frail canoe Of an occasional
Seminole Indian with the waves from
its bow. :
There are certain of the forests Of the
west that inclose crystal lakes that are
ideal surfaces upon which to float fleet
but useful craft Call lake, in the mid
die of the Minnesota national forest is
one of the show places of the northwest
and floats a government boat. Lake
Chilan does likewise, as does the Shin
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yellow and white feline, with fur that
was like silk. He took the kitten nome
to his children, who Immediately became
wildly infatuated with IL. 1t Is now
rapidly growing to cathood on the webb
farm, in North Carolina.
Representative Webb Is noted In the
House as the man who cannot pass by
stray and helpless kitten without doing
something for 1t. Sometimes he VIII cali
a boy and have the kitten cared Tor
paying the boy to feed II and find II q
home. Sometimes he will give II to
policeman after exacting promise that
it will be given a show.
Secretary of Labor Wilson. a native
Scot is the owner of Scotch collie.
beautiful animal which he kept at his
PENNSYLVANIA home. The Secretary OF
Labor has always been as deeply de-
voted a friend to all dogs as Representa-
tive Webb is to all cats. He viii prop
ably bring his collie to Washington with
him next winter.
Copyright 1913 by John Elfreth Wstkins)
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The Truth About 1t.

NTHE Gettysburg encampment, sad As
! it was. was not all sad" said Col.
Allen Hardness. a veteran OF Portland
Many good war story was swapped
between the crth and the south at
Gettysburs.i..
II myself told a good stog about
veteran braggart. This bragEe was al
ways cracking up his prowess at4iettys-
burg and Chickamauga and othersoattle-
fields, and one day a group Of fellow
townsmen fell to talking about him.
There's one thing said the doctor.
that I'd like to know. I'd like to know
for certain just how many OF the boys
in gray Jake really and truly did get
away with
".Well. / can't speak on OATH said the
minister, with q twinkle in his eye, but
1t looks to me, doctor, when you come
right down to hard pan, as IL Jake prob
ably killed just about as many Of the
enemy as the enemy did Of him.
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For Democrats.

GtVY7HETHER you believe or don't be-
w lieve In the tariff. you'll admit
that we'd have fewer multimillionaires III
we'd never had high protection. Even
Carnegie admits he wouldn't have en-
tered the steel trade IL he hadn't hrst
been able to get q prohibition steel tar
iff put on the statute books"
The speaker. Representative Abercrom-
bic. lighted a cigar and resumed:
This sort of thing reminds me, just
little bit, of old Calhoun Clay.
lis this your first theft. Cal?' the old
mans mistress asked, after she had
caught him walking of with bottle OF
beer.
"'Yas'm,' Cal replied. Yas'm, / reck-
on dish-yere's NAH fust theft, num-.
Now, Cal, be careful said the mis-
tress smiling-for she liked the old man
well. Didn't you sometimes use to take
a chicken from the ''ole massa" when
you were a young fellow down SOUTH
"'Why, yas'm, mebbe did take jes one
chicken Cal agreed. But dat want no
stealin' mum. Dat wuz jes' prop'ty takin
prop'ty to suppo't prop'ty."
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and keep them around constantly when
they are at home.
It would be difficult to stretch the
Imagination sufficiently to consider Sec
retary of State Bryan's horse Rex as
a pet, but that is exactly what he is.
The horse was purchased by the Secre-
tary Of State several years ago prin-
cipa1ly because he seemed to possess
more than ordinary backbone. capable
of carrying oOO-odd pounds Of states
man without sagging in the mid
die When Rex arrived in Washington
the Secretary Of State went down to
meet him. As the horse reached firm
ground again he wandered over toward
the Peerless Leader, whinnied, and began
nosing the cabinet premier's pockets.
II know what he wants" said Secre-
tary BRYAN. and forthwith he produced
a small pinch of salt. which Rex gulped
eagerly.
"He regards me as a sort of animated
salt mine." explained the Secretary. 4
sslisye be sTee haS S tui. dsls aeseF me If failed
Rex is a mighty beast. put up like the
chargers of olden days. And he needs
to be a mighty beast, because he usually
gets two hours of good solid riding each
day. The Secretary Of State usually
goes to Rex's stall and sees after the
saddling himself The employees say he
One night last winter Representative
Edwin Y. Webb of North Carolina was
wandering home when he heard a feeble
meow"
STOPPING, he picked up a much be-
draggled. weary-looking little kitten-a
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with humanity has made him as docile
as a married man begging for night
out.
When Representative johnson reaches
whistle for that boar. The boar i'm
mediately shows up, trotting to his
master with the devotion OF Marys
little lamb The representative then
strokes the bristling head and the boar
utters happy little grunts of Joy.
Representative Rothermel Of Pennsyl-
vania has goat which he processes
he loves. The obvious thing for some
wag to say is that everybody in Con-
gress owns a goat and that the chief
occupation of the members Of that body
Is to endeavor to capture some one
else's beast OF that species.
That of Representative Rothermel Is
an Angora goat. beautiful. fluffy crea-
ture, and its master declares that 1t
can smile. Representative Rothermel
well known through his own state as
hghter. was first won to the animal
when he saw 1t arguing with the hired
man out by the stable Of his home one
day. The man was trying to put the
goat inside the stable and the goat OBJ
1ected. The hired man talked to the
Angora as it's own uncle might have
intimate terms with the creature 1t
turned on It's reverse speed. ported Its
helm and bumped him on the green
grass
Representative Rothermel went out
ana calmed the goat just as the hired
man was arranging for a murder with
lne aid or an ak. The goat became his
mascot thereafter. 1t trots about the
iawn is," pieating gently whenever the leg
islator calls. Representative Rothermel
Is authority for the statement that the
goat mas never. as yet, butted him
speaker Clark is noted for his fondness
ior animals, and this well known fond
ness mas been the cause of his receiving
numerous pets for which he has not the
snsntest use. Most recent among the
ACQUISITIONS to his menagerie, which he
subsequently disposed of, were his ..houn'
dawgs' and his mule.
1t was during the pre-conyention Gam
pagn that the "houn' dawes" arrived
Some friend collected a raft of them six
or elgnt' ana forwarded them to the
speaAer sda wallace Bassford, his secre-
morning found the announcement Of the
cannes arrival and promptly circled
around the ceiling like a stag beetle.
Ias mere are we going to put 'em?" de-
Somebody put the matter IN IN tho
speaker, and the dogs were housed in a
suburban kennel until the baltimore con
vention. when they were Nd around the
s,seess hseh 1 70 .ne intense Joy of the popuace,
whistling and kyky-ing AS dogs they
appeared. to the casual observer to be
utter failures. Their brows were win
kied and their eyes had a sad far-awav
look. They had long dropping tails and
long tapping ears. N
Altogether they were the dreariest
looking dogs that ever trod the streets
of Baltimore. which is saving rood
deal. Senator Hughes OF New Jersey.
that they all appeared to have attended,
the funeral of the largest hambone in
the world.
The mule which Speaker Clark rece,vea
was remarkable specimen Like the
dogs 1t arrived all neatly Grated up, sew
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President Wilson's
Swapping Turtle-Rep-
resentative Johnson's
Wild Boar Repre-
sentative Rothermel's
Angora Senator
Penrose Adopted a
Bear-Senate's Nestor
Has Two Pet Bovines.
Hawaiian Delegates
Noisy Parrot Disturbs
Hotel" Rex" the Fa-
vorlte Pet of William j.
Bryan.
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SECRETARY BRYAN ON REX.

eral days before the Baltimore conven-
ton, and with it came a note from the
sender that he would ride the mule at
the Speakers inauguration" But it sub
seouently developed that the Speakers
Inauguration was postponed. Wallace
Bassford, the secretary, took a lingering
look at the expense account Of that mule
for food. and went with it to the Speak
err The Speaker was properly shocked.
II worked all my life, said he, "and
don't see why mule shouldn't work,
too
So the mule was taken forth to a coal
company and there he was placed be-
tween the shafts of a wagon capable OF
holding a couple of tons. Today you can
see him drearily plodding the streets Of
Washington. wagging his long ears and
signing long mulish signs.
mo mule has a right to loaf more
than a man." the Speaker confided to a
friend not long ago. II am personally
i'm favor Of a steady working day for
mules.
Senator Ike Stephenson, the eight
four-year-old solon from Wisconsin, is
first and above all else the friend of
the humble cow. Give him kline, pref
erably lowing kline, and sweet field
of clover and quiet summer AFTERNOON
and he asks nothing more. There Is
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,392 acres, to be exact. In addition to
this it has the popularity Of containing
very few trees. Yet it is dense wood
land in comparison with the vast stretch
Of treeless country that surrounds 1t.
The biggest region in the nation that
Is entirely without trees is that stretch
of land between the Mississippi river and
the Rockies broken only by the black
hills, on the western boundary of the
Dakotas. Up North Dakota way the tree
less plains are even unbroken by the
black hills and stretch almost indefinitely
into Montana.
In the midst of this vast sweep. where
the bad lands run riot, there winds Deep
creek, gashing it's way through the soli-
tudes. Along the course Of Deep creek
there occur a few clusters of yellow pine
the existence of which proves that timber
may grow in this region. These solitary
groves the Indians held sacred and weird
rites were of old gone through with be-
meath them.
y
The forest service appreciates the great
need of timber in this region and has set
aside a small area in which to nurse
along the timber and into which to in
troduce other seeds and cuttings. 1t ex-
poets to develop this small nucleus into
a thriving forest and make of 1t an ex-
ample that may be followed a larger
scale, privately or by state or nation
The forest service touches upon ana
affects in a number of strange and IN
teresting ways the animal life OF the
great west. This is true Of such creatures
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the arrival of that date they will drift
into the lowlands where streams abound
and quench a thirst they have harbored
for a third of year.
There is a peculiar conspiracy OF cir
cumstances on the Niblo forest that has
developed this quality of total abstinence
on the part of these sheep that throws
down the gauntlet TO the camels of the
deserts of the east. For here grows
grass of such length of luxuriance as is
to be found in few places even in this
skylight region of the world. So great
is the elevation that much of the grazing
il above timber line. So high up Is 1t
that there are no higher regions whence
water might find its way into the earth
and gush forth in springs. There are
consequently no springs and no streams.
The mountain dews OF morning lie
heavily on the grass. however, and some
vagrant-minded ranger conceived the
idea of grazing the sheep in the early
hours and giving them their drink from
the dew. An owner of .ocks was asked
to try this prescription on an expert
mental small number of sheep and, much
to his surprise they waxed fat on the
grass and appeared to escape all incon-
venience. Last year the number of
sheep grazed in this waterless region was
increased and lambs averaging sixty-eight
pounds an unusual weight, were sold
from them in the fall. This year many
Thousands of sheep were pushed into the
high mountains as soon as the SHOWS OF
June had disappeared. There they are
to stay until the SHOWS of November
push them again into the lowlands. So
has. the forest service found way to
utilize the tall grass Of one Of its water
less regions.
II would not be thought at random that
bureau like the forest service, whose
domain exists almost entirely in the
mountain Businesses, would be the posses
Sor Of navy. Yet such is actually the
case. There are dozen boats I'm the
forest service navy. They are patrols.
fire fighters. transports. Their keels
piow the cold waters of the Alaskan
coasts and are reflected in the still depths
of such pools as Orator lake In the high
Cascades.
The nagship of the forest service navy
is the l.. :. :. Tahn, a gallant steamer
of the Alaskan coasts. Tahn is the
Alaskan Indian word for sea lion. This
vessel may be found at anchor at Wran-
for there are national forests bordering
much of the Pacific coast of Alaska.
There are also many indentations and
patrol is easier and transportation of
men and supplies more convenient by boat
than by land. From the ocean. also, a
stretch of the whole Pacific slope OF
these mountains may be viewed and the
presence of fire detected.
In addition to this steamer. which is
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from Pennsylvania is valiant nimrod
and during one of his hunts the guide
brought back the little cub hardly larger
than fox terrier The big statesman
became very fond of it, and had it
around until advancing years made it in
advisable to keep it longer. 1t was then
sent to the Philadelphia zoo.
Senator Cummins and Senator La Fol-
lette respectively from Iowa and Wis
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secretaries picked up the frolicsome tur-
tie, carried it to the fountain in the rear
of the White House and dumped 1t in.
Now ii has been ascertained that the
Arkansas sender of the turtle is quite a
power in his locality. Moreover, he hasn't
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Of philosophical inclination. She does
not live for the sake of strife and
combat Consequently. she has a beau
tiful nature"
And so. on his Wisconsin farm Of a
summer evening, the senator goes
forth to his herd and listens to the
peaceful moos Of Mary and Myrtle. He
Is first and above all their friend.
It has always been more or less a
regret to Senator Stephenson that he
couldn't keep q cow or so around
Washington. When President Taft was
in office he used to visit the presiden
tial cow nearly every time he called
at the White House.
One of the liveliest little pets that Wash
inRton has seen was brought here some
naole Of Hawaii. AS delegate from
Hawaii he arrived In Washington with a
colossal and princely assortment of bag
gage and with small green parrot In
cage. Now, this parrot was not much
to look at, but 1t had the greatest vocal
development that has been heard in
America since Adefina Patti went away.
1t initiated anything and everything. 1t
used to sprain it's throat trying to make
sound like the street car brakes hit
ting q slippery steel wheel
Prince kalanianaole lived in a hotel. And
as this parrot improved the other guests
used to hold meetings and pass resolu-
at the end OF the session he took the
parrot with him and everybody bore up
manfully at the pain Of parting from the
energetic little creature.
This bird showed q warm affection for
the prince. 1t would perch on his shoul-
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DID and varied Is
the assortment of
fauna acquired q by
the men who man
our ship of state.
Washington year
after year sees all
sorts OF creatures
deposited at the
Zoo or at animal
stores by public
men who have re-
pented the accent
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der when he called 1t. He could release
it in q room, and it would make no er-
fort to escape by way Of the window.
One OF the most interesting pets that
q public man ever owned was a black
bear cub, which Senator Penrose had at
his country home near Philadelphia. AS
is generally known. the senior senator
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yet demanded an office. in return for his
turtle. And In view Of these circum-
stances the White House staff has been
treating the reptile with a consideration
that few turtles have right 10 expect
from their betters An animal dealer
was called up and asked to furnlsn
table of dietetics for turtles ana TINS
menu has been faithfully 1oiloweo, Ine
articles of consumption pelns uuinpeo
into the pond once day.
The turtle was last seen three weeks
ago, when he stuck his head up above
water long enough to scowI at JIm'
one Of the doorkeepers, VINO nappeneo
to be passing. Since that time the
White House attaches have been reed
ing him on faith They haven't seen
him and each evening in connection with
their regular prayers they additionally
supplfcate that "Alfred"-the turtle
was christened Alfred-hasn't dlsap-
peared through the waste pipe or the
pond.
Although his attentions to Alfred
HI been vicarious and perfunctory,
they suffice to admit President Wilson
into the charmed circle OF public men
who own pets. And this Is a large
circle There are many men before
the national eye who in their recre-
alton moments are amused by the
antics of such unusual pets as wild
boars. bears and apes. not to mention
many others of more docile instincts.
For instance there is Chairman Ben
Johnson of the District of Columbia
committee. He lavishes his excess at
fections upon a wild boar, a fine up
standing young animal who holds sway
in the yard of the Johnson home at
Bardstown, Ky. Constant association
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T has been two
months since the
sheep on Niblo
national fore S t,
Utah. have had a
drink. Their period
of total abstinence
has, however, but
just begun. They
will not stick their
noses into water
until the 1st of
November. Upon
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Establishing a Cork
Plantation in Florida.
The Navy Of the Forest
Service-Sheep Being
Raised Where There Is
No w ater- Trans
planting the Great Red
wood Trees of Cali
fornia-S Smallest of the
National Forests.