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t i* t \ X THE MI X X Constructed of I-bean A nut'in hot. The gear J r *f railway bridge. In th< I FIVE x Y Stronger, more durabl X The wheels of stet J riveted into the tires, d T Y t Y v- f - Y X Lasts a Life Time r T = / % | See the I ' I * I c V" i Telephone Nu T^T T0T T^T T^T T^T Ty T^T T^T T^T T^T T^? f^T fy PRINCIPLES BAFFLE SCIENTISTS. 'i Why Trees Grow Straight Up or Draw j i ? h Water From Ground a Mystery. 1 i ^ "What force is it of nature which makes water rise in the stem of a j, plant to the leaves from the roots? j This is contrary to gravitation, is it not??L. F. S." You have hit upon one of the ques- i tions at which science shakes its j: head and says: "I am trying to find j i out." If trees had hearts, the cir-1, culation of the sap, which is as blood j to them, could be easily explained;, but nobody, except the poets, has discovered a heart in a tree. The tree stands before us in its summer garments and its winter nakedness, challenging us, like the Sphinx, to guess its secret. We know i that it gets practically all of the wa-; ter upon which its existence depends from the ground. Its whole life is a defiance of gravitation, and a con-j tinuing victory over that abasing j force. What makes the tree rise straight "?* *i>Am ite hiirioH cooH PTflwiflf? a]- I U?S 11 V1U i VO WUiivu q. v .. 0 ways contrary to the direction of; gravity? It seems to be the joy of! life for a tree to keep its trunk ver-1 tical. If it happens to spring into j being on the slope of a steep hill, what does it do but struggle upward ; into perpendicularity? It simply will not lie down. The plumb-line is its f ideal. A shrub growing out of the side: of a precipice turns its tiny stem sturdily upward, away from the cen- j tre of the earth and toward the cen-; tre of the sky. A tree is never pros- j trate until it is dead. There is an j invincible opposition between gravi-l tation and tree growth. They re- j semble the forces of the opposite j poles of a magnet; you can not make them agree. In this "polarity" may obscurely 1nf tVic oirpnlatinn lit? IL1C CApiauauvu ui i>u^ v.. | of water in a tree?but I can not I clear up, or fill out, that explanation. [ It may depend upon the cooperation; of many things, as, say the botanists, who now and then invent a new the- j ory on the subject, but always add j to it, as auxiliaries, some of the old; explanations. There is none of these! theories that is able to stand alone, on its own bottom. You will have to study a considerable number of more or less puzzling subjects, such as capillarity, surface J tension, osmosis, root pressure, transpiration, the tendency of columns of water of extremely small diameter to resist tensile strain, so that they can be lifted bodily, and so on, if you ODERN WAGON is, channels and angles, nn/] lirkanlc 9|*p Kl pal Id ailU TT 1IVV10 ?M v M-JI s DAVENPORT you ha THOUSAND P< e and of lighter draft th< el, with strong, round sp< o away with the resetting NO BREAK-D Oil Without Removing W )AVENPORT F L Fr imber 49 svish to learn what botanists have guessed and speculated concerning this mystery, and after you have finished you will be forced to concede that nobody knows much about it. That, of course, does not make the speculations and theories any less important, because it is only in this way that we can get any of nature's secrets. Difficulty and mystery should be to the mind what gravitation is to the tree?a stimulus to growth. And what a wonderful thing a tree is! How near it stands to an animal! What do you think of the following from a distinguished botanist: "The body of a vascular plant (any plant that has a circulatory system) is developed, in the first place, by repeated divisions of the fertilized egg and the growth of the products of division." "Fertilized egg!" That is said of the gern} of a plant. You have, per naps, supposed mai eggs aic cauiusively animal affairs. But here is a scientist who does not hesitate, in the plainest language, to recognize the fact that an egg ?that is to say, a reproductive cell?is essentially the same thing, whether it hands on j from generation to generation an ani-1 mal'or a plant. And another botanist of rank i writes of "the nervous system of plants." Not long ago we had a learned visitor from India who talked, in scientific phrase, and to scientific men, of "the feelings of plants." Everybody knows there are "sensitive plants," such as mimosa, which shrink and droop at a touch or at a blow, exhibiting at least as much appearance of nervous response as does a worm, or a bivalve, and that there are also "carnivorous (flesh eating) plants," such as the Venus fly-trap, which catch and devour flies and even small animals. But the later speculations go so far as to suggest that plants may possess a certain degree or kind of consciousness, or perception of their own existence and of their surroundings. Taking the facts and the theories together, then it is plain that the ascent of water in their stems against the opposition of gravity is by no means the only mystery or secret that the trees have with which to puzzle us. They "know" many things that may well astonish us. How does ! a tree find water, reaching out its I roots to great distances, and even ! twisting them around intervening obstacles, such as the cellar of a house, in order to attain its object? Look at the spectacle of a struggle Construct Fifty years ag * Bridges were built and maple. Now and use the stroi | good steel, and bu jgjhfl heaviest lifetime s< J THE DAVENP0R1 4 BEARING : solidly riveted together v *aced and trussed like tl ire a wagon of OUND CAPACI in any other wagon of eqi >kes, forged solidly into tl r of tires, loose spokes, ant OWNS i heel No Repair Bi tOLLER BEAR! \ m ank OCONEE MEN FOUND DEAD. Sheriff and Supervisor of County Die ] of Asphyxiation. Elizabeth, N. J., Dec. 28.?John W. Davis, sheriff of Oconee county, ] South Carolina, and. William C. Foster, superintendent of prisons of the same county, were found dead today! from the effects of inhaling illuminat- ] ing gas. The officials had come from Walhalla, S. C., to take back John Walker, a negro, accused of murder in Oconee, S. C. The police are con- ; vinced their deaths were accidental. Pointed With Scripture. In Montpelier, Vermont, they tell of a bachelor rector who was alone in his study one afternoon when his housekeeper brought him a card of one of his parishioners, a spinster of means. When the lady was seated on the opposite side of the study table the rector looked at her, expecting her to sav something concerning parish | work, in which she was active. To his surprise an embarrassing silence ensued, during which he vainly | sought to find something to say. "Doctor Blank," began the lady at last, in faltering tones, "do you think ?can you imagine conditions under which a?a woman is?justified in proposing?" "Why, yes," said the minister, after some deliberation. "Thou are the man!" said the lady resolutely. Moreover, it appears that she was right.?Brooklyn Eagle. m The Meaning. John H. Freese, an astronomer, said in a temperance address in Bangor, in the dry State of Maine: "Our State has prospered on dryness. It is like the case of the Gaskell family. "Her teacher said to little Mary j ! flncUfkll " 'Mary, please tell us what teei total means.' " 'It means three meals a day,' the youngster promptly answered. " 'How do you makt that -^t?' the j puzzled teacher asked. " 'When pop's drinkin',' said little Mary, 'we don't have nothin' to eat ! scarcely, but ma says when he's teej total it means three meals a day.' "? | Washington Star. j for light and air which may be seen ! in any crowded forest. The trees do , exactly what our intelligence would tell us to do if placed amid similar ! circumstances.?Garrett P. Serviss. ed Alike g| o, Wagons and of oak, hickory M&sBfl we know better, ^g|^l ngest shapes of ild them for the FHub mj STEEL WAGON Kgj irith large rivets, QnH le modern steel TY ual capacity. lie hubs and hot 1 cracked felloes jSjiBjS Us to Pay Gears oi ING before pure] 4 Bam i A. A4A ii^A i^A A^A nyiyiyiyiyiy y y ^ Tell Him Now. [f with pleasure you are viewing any work a man is doing, If you like him, or you love him? tell him now; Ui Don't withhold your approbation, till the parson makes oration, As he lies with snowy lillies o'er his brow. For no matter how you should shout he won't really care about it,He won't know how many tear- 40 drops you have shed. [f you think some praise is due him, now's the time to slip it to him, . do For he cannot read his tombstone when he's dead. More than fame and more than money is the comment, kind ^ and sunny, D? And the hearty warm approval of ^ a friend. ac For it gives to life a savor; and it makes you stronger?braver, j be And it g'ivps vnn heart and SDirit 26 to the end. If he earns your praise, bestow it; if:sa you like him let him know it, ^ Let the words of true encourage- J0 ment be said; Do not wait till life is over and he's underneath the clover, For he cannot read his tombstone Bh when he's dead. D< ? M Joy of Living. re Pi An Atlanta man was walking down Peachtree street with a friend from ; ^ the North. The street was crowded with darkies, who were forming in line for a parade. The northerner' was curious to know what it was j w about, and questioned the darky aj nearest him. 3* "What's the occasion for the _ on i i paraae: 110 asKeu. The darky grinned at the northern- I er's friend, and replied: "It's easy I to see dat dis genulman is from de I norf. He don't know colored folks I well 'nough to realize dat dey don't I need no occasion fo' a parade."?Atlanta Journal. < i Seventy-eight gold watch fobs have 1 been awarded employes of the South- ! ern Pacific Railroad who did efficient first work during the last year. The Li prizes are won under a point system, p credit of so many units being given s for suggestions which are classified as to value and the number of prize ~ points merited by each. T o An excellent way to get rid of a i grouch is to forget that you have * one. 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