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Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
SHERIFF'C CATp

SHERIFF'S SALE
By virtue and authorize ~
execution issued from tbe oE;.te essla
Clerk of the Circuit Court Of 49, u .A
County, Missouri, returnabIp ~ y.
September term, 1916, of ssid a. .e
and to me directed. in favor - IOa u
Merchants Laclede National Rsnl " y
St Louis, and against Wjlism = y
Atkinson and j. B. Evans. I bsvo L., +
ed upon and seized all the riSb, s ts,l-
interest and claim of the said W;I s;rs
F. Atkinson, Of, in and to the | t1iIaun
ing described real estate. to.vit.
South Half (5) Of Sc SW ~ G..
ton Twenty four (24) TWP, fiftv 1 ~.
loI) Range nine (9), being same ls n
described in conveyance shown ,@I u
Record Book SO, page 1853. ii
l4.73 acres part Of NE NV NJ Ss,.
ton Twenty Five f25l, Townssin
Fifty one (5l), Range nine (9l. heinz
same land described in conysvsrSs
shown in Record Book SO. mage Si9
l57 acres part Of East hall ~ n
West half on Of Section Twentv
two (22l Twp. fifty n On Rspss
ten (i0), Book IS, page 400.
"a acres part Of Sc SW Of fifteen
tl5) and NE NV Of Section twenty
two (22l Twp. fifty n t5ll Raurs
ten 0O), Book 35, page AlO.
46M acres part Of West half M
|SW Sc & Sc SW Of Section fourteen
(14) Twp. fifty two (52) Range eight
~, Book Ss, page $3.50.
East half ~ Of Sc and East half
(h) of SW Sc Of Section fourteen
(l4) Twp. fifty two (52) Range eight
(s) Book 80. page 800.
NE Sc & Sc NE Of thirty four (3D
q sW NV 4 West half w Of SWd
See thirty five 1857 Twp, fifty two
.37l.
Part Of lot eight fs), City Surrey
number forty two (42) Mexico, Book
80, page 524.
North half th) Of East sixty 1907
feet Of Lot nine (9), City Surrey No.
az, Mexico, Book 81, page 5O2
Lot two t2) Block one N Jefdes
Add to Mexico.
Lot six t6), Block six (6l, County
Add to Mexico.
26.32 A west Of road, in North half
fh) Of SW Of Section sixteen tl6l,
Twp. fifty (50) Range nine ls), Book
II, page 245.
Lot eight (Sl, Block one ~, East
holm Add TO Mexico,
Lots three (3) and four C4l, NJ. h.
Heizers Add to Mexico.
Lot one ~, Block one ~, 7, j.
Bates Add to Mexico.
All lying and being in the said coun-
ty, and State Of Missouri. And WILL
IN,
FRIDAY. THE 18th DAY, OF De.
GENDER, A. D., 1916,
lit being the 23rd day Of the Circuit
Court Of said County,, between the
hours of nine O'Clock in the forenoon
and five O'Clock in the afternoon Of
that day, at the East Court House
door, in the City of Mexico, County
of Audrain, aforesaid, sell the same
or so much thereof as may be reGult,
ed. at public vendue, to the highea
bidder. for cash in hand (sublect .
all prior liens and Judgements "
satisfy said Execution and costs
j. ". BARNETT,
Ait Sheriff Of Audrain County No.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Mrs. Fred Bronaugh, and daughter.
OF st. Louis, are here to spend the
Holidays with Mrs. Bronauph's mar.
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. G. W. Robertson
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Mrs. r. E. See, who has been visit
ing in Charleston and st. Louis, has
returned to her home in this city.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28
The Weekly Ledger

Entered at the P. O. Nexico, No
and admitted as 2nd class mater.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Colds are due 70 a nm So:
and lack of ventilation n Neglected IL
room. People who taks lae sl
os,a every morning befo,sS0 Sl
seldom take cold. Wben hreshe
cold get rid Of Il as u aI,l you Do IN
sible. This Is best ssulekiy as ~
taking Chamberlain's C COMP \
This Is an old time trisS Rsnst
con be relied upon with nrSSSety a
Idenee, Obtainable eyervTGslcit coat
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

&.,. Mutton : Sand. in.,An,t.s
store at New Florence n tsi.
which lights five buildiD,' ~'
Mexico weekly ledger., 1916-12-28

Postmaster VIM. Pike, Of Martins
burg. was in this city on business Fri
day.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02
THE CONFESSIONS Or A WIFE
Malcolm Stuart Writes Margie He Will Visit Her A
Atlantic City.

have had three visitors today,
little book-Jim Eide, Nollic and "a
lcttcr from Malcolm Stuart am
going to tell YOU about Malcolm STU
arts letter first because il came
first
To tell the truth, little book. I
.ss CAD 10 get away from the
yacht, which had been the home Of
Na'coi,e SEM' for years The oy
pertn0ca WIS rather disquieting I
nsTcr a'.'Tpcd At he rail- without
ihbbing tnat Il was perhaps horc
that Malcolm Sta; stood that
n .ght v1"u h9 throw tho little Jade
god Of 0resg1s t.T ont into the moon
path That fsrad across tho sea
ney.' a. ~ at easy chair or
IwunE IDLY IN hammock that J
Cd - wonder wha. he was think
Tug about GA the long summer days
Nhch h. was perhaps doing the
sano thing Strange that a man
viii IKE 20 I've alone. FAR from
tho iraddeHing crowd" as does Nal
colin Stuart lie is such creature
Of Imagination, however. that |
think he might ind the realities OF
lie very sordId and trying.
Hero Is his letter, little book
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02
LTlLE. STOKES FOR BEDIlNlr
Lightfoot in Strange surroundings.
.gryusrt 1910 ~ r " burgess

lover has Neu mahe om as com
Portable a. va can There Is plenty
of straw in there fog him 20 lie
down ON Fl he want 10
you might bring little SALT. 700.
gJded Farmer Brown you know
trrr ARE yer, fond TT att They are
a. fond of salt as small boys are OF
candy I've known hunter. 20 put
salr oul In mo woods where the deer
would find it and then hiue near h
and .hoot them when hey came to
I 10. That IS against tie law now, but
u wasn't when 7 Was boy. and
there we're men who We're quite
mean and unfair enough TO do it."
I'm glad that &, Is against the law
now" said Farmer Browns Boy, as
he hurried away.
All this time Lightfoot had stood
backed up in n corner of the shed
as far from them as he could get. a
great fear clutching at mis- heart as
he realized more than eyeI how help
| loss ne was If ne had understood
what was being said great load
would have been lifted from his
.Iind But oi course ne didE under
/ sand and SO be didn't know wheth-
tr these Two men creatures were
friends or enemies, and ne had suf
,,rad so much fright from hunters
hat he suspected all men as en-
I,mlcs
Presently Farmer Browns Boy pc
turned with pail OF water which he
hut inside the cow shed. Then he
brought a pile Of sweet clover hay
and box ia which was a lump of
alt After This he closed the door
and ldehtfoot stood where he was
Watching that door suspiCiously But
] the door remained closed and slowly
: ightfoot advanced toward the pail
ul water, Cor he was very, very
thirsty In fact his throat fairly
-marted because it was so dry How
lood that water was II was cool
and clear AMI refreshing He drank
every Drop II not cnly made him
feel better in body hut also in mind.
( surely these men creatures would
Tot bring him water and food if they
meant him harm.
lie nibbled a. the sweet clover
/ hay Il tasted as good as II smcileG.
/ For the time being me- forgot
where be- was forget tha, he Was a
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

MY heart almost stopped beating
this morning, dear little lady Sal
via. when ! was told OF the near
tragedy that occurred on the yacht
the other day ! did not hear how
near MI Wayerly and Teddy came
TO ,osing their lives until yesterday.
81 cannot blame EIiene for wish.
.ng TO get away from the old boat
as soon rs possible, but confess
had hoped YOU would stay there
until you had fully recovered
ny tho way. my dear friend. Or
V. says that YOU need only get back
iSc hold on your nerves 10 be per
fectly well and happy need not
say hope you will be so very soon.
! know what sick nerves mean
ovc-y horror that the most vivid
imagination can picture "a a Tor
ment for the damned
II was panic-striclien when, after
much questioning. my dear old doc
tor friend reluctantly told me that
the state OF your nerves was not
satisfactory 10 him and that he had
sent you 10 Atlantic City and told
you TO stay there until you had be
| come toned up.
81 confess | did not really see the
why and wherefore Of Atlantic City
In August, with the crowds OF PEG
pie jostling each other on the board
walk, and | told him so. He said
that was Just the reason he had
sent you there.
All her life he said, Mrs. Wa
verify has spent too much time alone
or with chosen friends who think
the same as she does. She has new
or been out OF her own class.
hope che will see something new I'm
the democratic hords that como 70
Americas playground When she
wants quiet she can find Il. and
when she longs for the hum OF con.
yersation. the hlare of ragtime mu
sic or any foolishness you Ameri
cans call entertainment. she has
only 10 20 into the hotel corridors
or on the boardwalk and piers.
81 myself would never look upon
Atlantic city az place TO conva.
Lessee, but n ! we're ill and Dr V
should ask me 10 go TO tho inner
crater OF Vesuvius 10 recover !
should do e. So there you are and
here ! am back on the yacht.
And now. just here al the end.
Margie, I am going To say something
for which all that has gone before
is but meaningless preamble. |
am coming 10 see you before you
leave Atlantic City n you will let
me- Whether YOU will or not. am
always. Yours sincerely.
M S."
(To Be Contnued)
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

Ford un The day cot beer graduation n
June. from he IIgs.ft Home and
naN school Scarcely au years ut
age. hc Wadr ,ht.m ms. firi Do
iEurc in her bridal to,p uf cloth of
eiiNer and 1r#Is fashioned ftcr The
Russian mode and rfh iOuE tuil'
veil fastened to The caiC rre with "a
hcaddrcss Of pearls and rhinestone
such as un" secs IN Russian pic
lures The bride wa attended by
her sister Miss Josephine Hudson
Clay. as maid Of honor. and lh"
Misses Agnes Aurelia Tayiur, Esther
Cutler and Ruth Woodruff as brides
maids Their gowns We're made IN
the Russian fashion Of white taffCta.
with bodices a. ulle and Jackets OF
cloth OF silver banded with swans
down They wore icwe'ed head
dresses similar 10 that OF the bride.
The gowns We're designed and exc
cuted by Lucille, otherwise Lady Dun
Gordon Mrs Clay wore taupe vel
vet and Mrs Ford apricot velvet.
Thomas c. Whitehead was Mr..
Ford's best man The guests. I'm
tied 10 about 90 OF the relatives
and immediate friends. were seated
by Ernest Kanzle, Charles II.
Hodges, Jr., Horace Caulkins and
Robert Tannahill. The Rev II. Les
ter Smith. pastor OF Central Metho-
dist church. performed the simple,
short ceremony. There were no
elaborate floral decorations in the
home. autumn foliage only beine
used in the library whore the cere.
mony took place An informal re-
centiou followed with buffet sup
per. Mr.. and Mrs Ford left al mtd
night for the Pacific coast and viii
spend their honeymoon in Hawaii
Upon their return after the No"
year. they will reside in house no"
being erected for them on lroquots
ave
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02
COAL INQUIRY
STARTS FRIDAY
Shortage Will BE Discussed Be
fore Interstate Commerce
Commissioner

LOUISVILLE, Ky Nov . Man
ufacturcrs eyed this city hopefully
today awaiting The meeting Of rail-
road chiefs ho,c tomorrow with In
tcrstate Commerce Commissioner
McChord. when am attempt viii De
made to solve the coal famine prob.
lens
Representatives OF an The great
coal carrying roads of Ohio. Penn
sylvania and West Virginia Will be
present al Mcphord's invitation, as
well as men representing lines ~
tending east and TO the gulf and In
diana lines.
This will be coal hearing o
wide scope conducted by the com
mission, and il is understood IA,
commission has gathered erea
mass OF data on the question Hear
inrr viii be held beginning 40 10 a
m, in The federal building.
Whether the coal famine results
from the prosperity wave and short
age OF cars or from lack OF Goa
production az the mines will BE- in
ycstigatcd Cooperation 81 rail
roads in speeding up coal delivery
viii be asked IL Is said
NEW YORK. Nov. 2-Charge'
that some dealer s-the middlCmcr
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

BACK DOREMUS

Detroit Progressive leaders have
come ont in favor Of Congressman
Frank r. Doremus. Democrat. Of the
first district Thu DOremus campaign
managers are making use OF let
ter signed by John F Smith, chair
man OF the Progressive state con.
trail committee. and Henry NJ Wal
lace. former national committee
man The Progressive leaders re
Gently lndorsed the candidacy OF Ed
win +. Sweet. for governor The
letter signed by the Prcerossiyes
states that they are supporting Mr..
Doremus because he voted for laws
hat were recommended 20 the Pro
Eressiye platform. Child labor. IN.
heritance tax federal reserve. rural
credits and wortmen's compensation
arc mentioned.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02
No. 2s-LUXURY.


ing their sins; but no girl likes to
have her sins found out.
My mother made no objections to
my going TO Lucy Lndlow's home
to dine with her. Indeed she asked
no questions. She assumed that
since IL was a girl with whom was
70 dine no harm could come TO me.
Nor did il occur 10 her that the
story Of where ! was going might
be a falsehood- in which she was
right. for had not as yet learned
he fine art Of fabrication--thc
branch accompl shment in leading
what is commonly called "the gay
life"
As a matter q fact looked for
ward to my evening with Lucy. wish
ontire innocencA had never had
girl friend was drawn to this
companion of my days in the store
first by her attractive appearance,
and second by her knowledge OF %
world in which was stIll q
stranger liked her But also
wished to learn from her though
that our evening would give me The
opportunity for n long talk with my
new friend AMI the chance 90 ask
her some Of tho things | wanted to
know
We left the store on the nigh; sh"
had set for orr dinner.
you two going home together
asked one Of the girls as We ad
usted our wraps in the dressing
room.
I'm going to have dinner with
Lucy" | announced rather proudly.
4 quizzical smile fitted across The
face OF the girl who had spoken
Thought you didn't go in much
for girl chums, Louo' she remarked
lightly
saw my friend flush.
~ like Diana" she answered
quietly.
There was something in tho al.
mosphere did not quite catch /
fel. puzzled and a little III NJ ease.
But ny the time we reached
Lucy's home ! Rad completely for
gotten the incident. | was too
agreeably surprised. and little
awed, by the luxury OF the rooms
which opened before me az We went
into Lucy's small hall There was
large sitting room with an open
CRATE in which logs cracked hos
pitably Before the fire was drawn
glass topped mahogany table ar
ranged with dainty service for
two. There was a pianola and n
great comfortable Chesterfield and
soft shaded lamps here and there
al things that spelled riches to me
| And in another moment Lucy had
taken me into a bedroom 10 remove
| my coat and hat-a bedroom that
seemed a girls idea OF bliss n
was all pale rosy silks and laccs, a
wide soft bed with any number Of
small berihbonoI and frilled pillows
| stacked az It's head, dressing table
draped and with three folding mir.
rots IN bv an elaborate electric
| candle device.
Lucy" I said. how perfectly
beautiful everything is. had no
idea, from wha. YOU told me. that
your rooms were so lovely. You
must be awfully happy here
Lucy paused IN removing her hat
The smile she gave me was a little
! queer
Not so very. she answered slow
ly. and then more naturally. I'm
starved. let's have dinner
In another moment we were scat
ed at the table in the other room
laughing and talking. while Lucy's
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

were squeezing OUT high coal
prices IN advance Of an actual coal
famine came today from city retail
ers President Truesdale, OF the
Delaware. IacaaWauna a. Western.
declared the producers had adyanc-
cd their prices only 20 cents a ton
on The average and that there is no
coal famine Retail prices. however.
have scared much higher Federal
authorities considered today the pos
-ihility OF taking action against ma
nIpulators under the antitrust acts.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02
SOCIETY

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pierpont
Larned are visiting IN New York.
g.
Mrs Neil Snow has returned from
Baltimore, where she has been Wis.
iting friends.
Mrs. William seymour May Of
Clairmount ave, gave luncheon for
10 guests, Tuesday.
%
Mrs Graham DuIne!d, 80. 52l
jefferson ave, is visiting her mother
Mrs. James Walsh. in Chicago,
o
Mrs Louis II Noreis. Jr., and Miss
Bessie Wexford Springer are In New
York for three weeks visit with
friends,
Mrs Frederick clifford Ford will
give a dinner Friday evening. after
wards taking her guests 10 the
MIX Fund association ball in the
Hotel Statler
The first ~ "a series 81 lectures
on the old Testament, by Rabbi Leo
VI Franklin was given Thursda'
morning before the Twentieth Cen
fury club. iu The Century building
The Christ child society will meet
Tuesday afternoon Nov :, az 2
o'clock. in the home II the presi
dent. Mrs T6codore Brady 40 LOG
Chandler ave.
MIR and Mrs 4 p Bishop were
entertained ~ dinner Tuesday even
ing. I'm tho Detroit Athletic club
hy number of their friends in non
or Of their second Wedding anniyer.
sary.
Mrs James T. Hand gave Sup
per party In the Detroit Athletic
club Tuesday evening I'm honor OF
Nmc Alma Gluck and her husband
Eirem Z,mbalist following the Joint
recital Of Tho artists in Arcadia
q
The SATURDAY evening dances o'
rho twentieth Century club. for 'Er
pleasure OF Young business women
and their men friends. viii begin
SATURDAY NoF g. In the Century
building Mrs. Ralph p GarIick IS
chairman oI the social committee.
4 pleasing musicale was given
"Wednesday afternoon. I'm tho studios
~ Mrs Marie WoNerton. by the fol
lowing pupils. AN under Is wears
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02
Frult Worth 500 stolen

Joseph Wolf. 40. sol Alfred.st..
left a wagon containing % bushels
e potatoes and seven bushels OF
pear n front OF his home Wednes-
Ivy night. Thursday morning II
was gone. The wagon and the pota-
toes are valued at si0O The police
are searching for the thief
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

Detroit artist. The design is a con.
yentionalized presentation of the 90
diac. showing the golden sun. and "A
ccntaur with Centaurus mounted,
aiming al Cancer Effective black
lettering tells the passerby the
building is the home Of the Arts
and Crafts society. Miss McEWcn
accomplished the work on ladders
and scaholding.
Active preparations arc being
made for the bazaar Saturday Nov
II. I'm the Hotel Statlcr. under the
auspices OF the wOman's auxiliary 10
the rescue work OF the Salvation
army. a special meeting Of the aux
iliary will be held IN the ballroom
of the hotel Friday afternoon, at 3
o'clock Mrs Delphinc Dodge Ash
baugh will preside. and Col Mar
garet Boville representing Miss
Booth. will give an address. A mu-
steal program will follow.
@
The collegiate bureau OF occupa-
lions OF the Detroit branch OF the
National Association OF Collegiate
Aluunae will meet in the fedora
tion club house Saturday afternoon
n 3 O'Clock This new bureau has
ieen of great assistance 10 girls
and women seeking occupations ou'
Of tho ordinary ,rsnG and this moot
ing e. Gee!rned - he'p the business
women ~ the city Miss Mary Nal
johnson. head NJ the bureau VIII
explain rs purpose and papers Wi.
rc read bv business women on sub
iocts DIRECTLY connected with their
work Tho speakers will he Miss
MARY Groevenor. head OF the educa
tional department az the J. i. Hud
son stores: Mrs McCurdy. OF the
Y W. G.. 4 employment bureau, and
Mrs. Margaret BurlnGame.
o
A jolly Halloween party was Civ
on hv NJ. and Mrs Frank VI Bren
nan In their home IN Crosse Po.nte
Tuesday evening The dining room
was appropriately and artistically ar
ranged and tho supper was serve
SELF. with several 90 tho men gu' SIS
attircd "a walters Those present
were. Mr.. and Mrs. Wylie -. Car
hartt. Mr. and Mrs Hamilton Car
hartt. IT.. MIR and Mrs. J Brooks
Nichols. Mr. and Mrs. James Thayor
Mcmillan MI and Mrs. I.Ucian :
Moore. Mr. and Mrs Frank "
Brooks. Jr. Mr. and Mrs Walter !
Peabody. Buel WCtmore, Mr.. and
Mr. Harold y. Baker, Mr.. and Mrs
Charles r. Ducharme. Robert Dyar
Mrs Wotmore Hodges, Mr. and Mrs
l.. : Trowbridee Nh and Mrs
George Cooke. Mr. and Mrs Herbert
Yates, and Mr. and Mrs Frederick
clifford Ford
Detroit Association for the Aid OF
Sick and Crippled Children viii hold
It's annual dance Friday evening
Nov 20, in the ballroom OF the Ho
tel Statler The proceeds from this
event will be used in paving for OPP
nrations, providing artificial limbs
braces, crutChes etc The associa.
ton pays 5000. half the salary OF
Miss Elliot. the visiting nurse, who
di, ides her time between the Nar
per clinic and Children's Free hos
/ pital.
@
simplicity, beauty and originality
marked the appointments OF the
marriage OF Miss Eleanor JoWthian
4 Clay. daughter Of Mrs Josephine
hudson clay and the late William
J clay. TO Edsel Bryant Ford. only son
\ of Mr. and Mrs Henry Ford We'd
npsday evening. in the Clay hom"
/ No So Boston blvd east Miss Clay
niece ~ the late Joseph Lowthiar
/ Hudson for whom she was named
announced her engagement 80 Mr.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

CHICAGO. Nov. Sir baaditI
in Iona green auto ara os'rt
hunted by the p1;ics here 'ollo~iug
mo lootluE OF en- express wagon Of
81 .0n9 late yesterday on crowded
street The robbers swooped down
on the express wagon At duck sni
while ono held revolver tc tn.
drivers head. the others took rail
road checks and jewelry.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

NEW YORK Patrolman Kelly
knocked the a." out OF Nellie. a
runaway delivery horse He had
20 hang on her bride for half a
block to do II, but she stopped
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

vi 'lF iIhtAtI iU New ! OTIS. N.HfNrr
cocoon Was In Brooklyn borough. s..
$40 600 900 IA Manhattan borough
and the rest mostly IN tho Bronx
and Queens
The Hgures IN all cases relate only
10 Adjustments that are within The
city limits The figure. Tor Detroit
would hc much Increased Z me fac
tories in Hamtramck and highland
Park which are run almost entirely
on Detroit capital were Included.
In Ike manner II all The mills in
NlcEheny county. operated by Pitts
hurgh capital were credited 90 that
city its figures would BE- much larg-
- than they are similar Condi
tion 90 local capital employed IN
suburban districts exists In Boston
Tho bureau promises soon ~ pub.
,ish returns by metropolitan dis.
.;ricts.
The production for each cmploye
Daries considerably IN different
cities In the first six h Is as fol-
lows. Now York s312b, Chicago,
s3.s23. Philadelphia, t2.f6l. Detroit
s3.23O: 81. Louis. S3362 and Cleye.
land, SoS2S In the automobile In
dustry alone In Detroit tho ayorae"
production FOR each employo is g.,
$50
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

NEW YORK-A hard working
burglar had to take Of his coat and
ye-t before he could get away with
Paul Alexander's $1,000 worth OF
silverware About the only thing
he lcf, Was the house; and he did
that in a hurry
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

rrinttng--thc plain neat kind--thst
l. rtght--TImes Ieb Dept.-Mnin 45:O.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

YONKERs. Y Y-Mose Lester,
who married thu three Hunter girls.
is dead at 10 lie married Sophie
i'm 1865. She died and he married
Margaret. She died and he married
Harriet.
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

NEW YORK. Nov. 2.-Charges
that some deale RS the midllemcn
The Detroit times., 1916-11-02

The ucyt storg Farmer Brown
Roy Fools tro Hunters"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1916-08-25
strenqth OF a Flower.

One Of the most remarkable exhibit
tions Of plant force ever saw, says
John Burroughs In Tho Breath OF
Life" was In western city, whore
observed Wild sunfower forcing its
way UP through the asphalt pavement
rhe folded and compressed leaves OF
he plant, like mans fist, had pushed
gainst the hard but flexible concrete
Intll 1t bulged up and split and let the
'rTepressible Plant through. The foroe
yertel must have been many pounds
think II doubtful If The stronge Il man
'ould have pushed his fist through ISlch
, resisting medium.
Life activities are kind OF explo
ion, and .he slow continued explo
ions OF this growing plans rent the
Javement as surely as powder would
nave done. n Is doubtful II any cult
yatea-yfaBt could have overcome. such
Odds II required the force Of the un-
tanned hairy plant of the plains to ac-
complish the feat.