f ! What Sort 4."-i.V. OSTE OP TIIB WALKS I HAT a thought that wu whpn Qod thought of a tre." exclaimed John Ruekln in wonder . ai he looked upon those beautiful and useful ornament of nature; And the .heathen philosopher voiced the same thought -when he said "A tree Is the gift of heaven to man.", Borne places in the world are said to be more favorable to the growth of trees than Nebraska, but man has demonstrated that even the "treeless plains" can be "peopled'!. wlth trees. In fact, a cltlsen of Nebraska first conceived the Idea of Arbor day, which spread with remarkable rapidity through- out the United States and over a consider- able portion of the civilized globe, until now one day In the year is set apart for the planting of fees in every state of the United States, in many European states. In Australia. Japan and other countries. J. Stirling Morton that-great and prao- tlcal lnded man, broached the Idea of Arbor day at the annual moettng of the Nebraska Board of Agriculture 'In Lincoln en' Jar uury 4, 1872. Ha introduced a resolu tion providing that April 10 of that year be observed as "Arbor day," that a prise -.--; 4 'A.' ir . -I - , ' - v - Of "OO be-riven the county planting prop- its habit of raining down "cotton" during r the greatest number of trees and $3 sevesal weeks of each year Is a most a- worth of books to the person planting the ' ncVlng one. It is a good tree for the coun- greatest number.. Tha resolution was unani- try, as ' It grows rapidly and furnishes . I mously adopted. ' ' ' ' plenty of firewood, but in the city It is very Jr The newspapers gave the matter wlds undesirable. . publicity and tha people of the stats where The reputation of the box elder was el trees were few quickly adopted the idea., ways good until some years ago an Insect The first Arbor day the world bad seen was pest attacked it and the city council took a great success in Nebraska and more action forbidding the planting of this tree, tban a million trees were set to .growing Aside from this objection it is a good tree upon the treeless plains of the great Amer- .for city purposes. loan desert. The following year the day The American linden, or bass wood, does was observed with still greater enthusiasm, very well In Omaha. ' It Is of very rapid The trees set out the previous year, were growth, attains great sire and makes one growing and the people were not slow to of the very best shade trees. It requires ee the great practicability of the plan, a moist soil for best development. ' Tw million trees were sot out tha second year. ' In 1874 the matter received the governor's attention and the first Arbor day proclama tion was issued by Governor Pumas In that f In 1XW tha leiflsfature set SDart April 2 to be observed each year as Arbor day and It has been observed on that dais. ever since. What Do Yon Know A boat Trees t How many of the people of Omaha can tall an elm from a poplar tree? Or ax poplar from a sycamore? How many people of Omaha know that there are forty . different kinds of . trees growing in the park system of this city? . The number who know these things Is small for tha simple reason that the cltl sens are not a . tree-studying people.. The , city la too new to have come to the stage where "civic beauty becomes a . study, a science. The city government recognised the Importance of arboriculture In the city's plan of Improvement when the park commission was created nearly twenty years ago. The result of this is that In the parks today may be found a beautiful variety of trues and shrubs and flowers Plms ana ponea pis.ms io ... .flourishing In Nebraska wind and rain and Jikd- sunshine and forming a picture of greenery Call wanted soma palms and he cast about and color not surpassed in any city the wa to et on the rlgnt lde ot Smlt? size of. Omaha. Somebody told him Smith was a great ad Bo far so well, but tha yard, surrounding mlrer of Burn" and had ? colleotlon of Omaha residences and the streets running in front of the same offer a wide field for the cultivation of trees. They offer a big home waiting to be filled by trees, thirty five or forty varieties of them only waiting to be invited. . j; Vralgr Knows Tbent All. . When It comes to trees. James T. Craig. president ot the Omaha park commission ,and superintendent of Forest Lawn ceme Urv, knows as much as any man in tha "weet. Jl was a landscape gardener in tha employ of the Baltimore A Ohio .railroad 'for years and came to Omaha in lRfci. He laid out Forest Lawn cemetery and there has planted a great variety ot trees ud carried on experiment, regarding the hardi- lngton, Charlu Napoteon! Samtnte Jeffer ,hood of foreign t.ee. in this climate. ,on, Qet Qut of my alght y4 .oramusl'' Nearly fifty kinds of trees arerowtng and And CaU never ald ,lU paimB.-Sat- flourlshlng there today. . ay Evening Post ; The elm and the maple are each ad- , mlrably suited for street trees. This is the statement of both Mr. Craig and William , It. Adiuna, superintendent of the park sys W tern. The elm Is of three varieties. s the f red. the white, and the slippery elm. Tha k hit elm is particularly recommended. . It ii i tree tt noble proportions and grows "somewhat umbrella shaped. It flourishes ' -y in a deep clayey loam and In sheltered plains. . IThe maple la . admirably suited to Ne- brash, of which stats it is a native. la fact, according to the geologist, maple trees were growing here long before Adam aad Kva were in tha Oarden of Eden. Their romains are found fossilised among rooks la . immeasurable antiquity. Thsy do not attain a 'great growth. height. but are of rapid Tt: atuidy oak family waa among tha early sottlsrs In Nebraska and still, flour ish in this cllmata. Hills to tha aouth' of Omaha are literally covered with thla tree. They are mostly the burr and tha red oak. Thara are also specimens of tha pinn oak, which la very highly thought of in aoiua parts af tha aast, particularly la Phlladsi- of Trees mm -.J IN HANSCOM PARK. phla. It Is a very hardy tree, but of very low growth, ... Favorites and Outcasts. The syoamora has been a favorite of the park commission and ias been planted to a large, extent in ,thJ parks. It Is a beau tiful tree for large yards or avenues, has a dense foliage and a symmetrical outline which no perversenesM of wind and weather can mar. It prefers a dry, well drained round. It grows rapidly when young, at- talnlng a height of from twenty to twenty, flva feet at an 8 of tel years. It Is a Jong-lived tree, (attaining an age of 1( to 200 yr- -. The cottonwood and the box elder are pariahs and outcasts among the trees of Omaha. The other trees Just won't look at them and as for ape akin? well, they wouldn't think of it. The cottonwood is a which befriended the early settlers of Nebraska, for from It the boards for many settler's cabin were sawed when other woods were unattainable. It was a native of this part of the -country, where it ap parently grew far cent6rios before the white man came and built towns. . But In a city Some of the Rarer Sorts. These-are the commonest trees found on the streets and In the yards of Omaha. But there are many others that can be grown to advantage, Mr. Craig has experimented with trees for twenty years and In Forest Lawn cemetery -a fine collection may be seen. The pet of them all la the larch, which has established Itself a reputation for Did Not Get His Palms. iORMER SENATOR CALL of Flor F ida,, who immortalized himself by taking off a tight shoe In the sen ate chamber one day and holst inar his t use -foot, clad In a blue yatn sock, onto his desk, heard from other senators early In his term that Superin tendent Smith of the botanic gardens gave Burns' manuscripts and editions. That was Call's cue. He walked over to the garden, found Smith and talked about many things. At the proper time, delicately and unobtrusively, he Introduced tha sub ject of Burns. "There was tha poet," he ssld. "For fine sentiment he has them all beaten. I .read my Burns every day." "Ken ye Burner' asked Smith, much in terested. , "I should think I did," proclaimed tha nthuslfistio Call. "Why, I know most of his pcams by heart. They can have their other poets, but aa for me, give ma Jlmmie Burns" . "Jlmmie Burns!" snorted the enraged Smith. Jlmmie Burns! Augh! Blllle Wash- Mark Twain nnd His Chestnut. Tha Boston people are telling a new story about Mark Twain, and It Is this, and a good one it la for some people to recall on occasion: Mark was telling stories, strangely enough, and soioe young gentle roan Perkins, let us call him after tha manner of tha very young, was trying to cap them, but ha alwaya began with that mock modest preface: "You must hava heard this before, Mr. Clemens." repeating the- phrase at intervals tnrough his ao- .... Finally Mark is said to hava thla. -jfurkn,i that's no way to tell a story, qd night I was at supper with Henry irvin'. and ha had tha same old trick that you hava, Perkins 'You must have heard this before' ar, 'You certainly hava heard this.' Ha began V story this wsy, and I said politely, 'No, Irvin', I haven't,' though I didn't know, of course, what his story was about. After ha had used thla miserable phrase three times, I safd to him, 'Irvin', I was bora and raised In Missouri, where truth la at a discount . and courtaay la above par. Whea a Iilsnd -begins a slory U ft Glistening Should Be Planted to -J beauty and hardihood. It is essentially mountain tree and Mr. Craig Imported his. specimens from Bootlaml, where they at tain a macnlfU-ent height and are exten sively used In ship building. He planted them in the bleakest and most unprornisln soils he could find. The trees took root and every one of them grew and is now In fln. condition. They are conical In shape, with a light green foliage. They are very hardy and make pretty ornaments for yard They look like evergreen tree, but drop their leaves in the fall. The Austrian pine and dwarf mountain plrve are evergreen trees which flourish in this climate and are considered by Mr. Craig Ideal fr yards In Omaha. Neither attains a height of more than ten feet and! the mountain pine rarely reaches that holght. The Bcolch pine Is a beautiful tree of larger else, but well adapted to yards. Tha white pine is a native of this part of Ne-bratl-a and is also a pretty tree. The blue, white and Douglas spruces, natives of the Rooky mountains, have been planted here and are flourishing. Thai concolor. a handsome spruce from Alaska, also finds the alimate of Nebraska very congenial and healthful. Few specimens of the golden arbor vita are found here, but they grow with great success and make a pretty ornamental tree. WHlows In Plenty. ' Willows grow successfully here, though they are better suited to the country where they flourish by the banks of streams or In lowlands where they "dtp their pendant boughs, stooping as If to drink." The weep ing willow with Its limbs like the "dis heveled hair of a sculptored mourner over a supulchral urn," are also plentiful. The branch of a willow cut off and stuck In the ground where It can get plenty of water will sprout roots and grow Into tree. Catalpa trees are plentiful here. Their larpe leaves make excellent shade, but they lack the symmetry of some of the other trees snd the beauty of leaf and flower. Some of the other foreign trees, of which specimens are growing In the parks, are the Kentucky coffee tree, the eucalyptus, the Russian olive. The first of these Is so named because It Is a native of the south and has a pod containing a berry resem bling ooffoe. The eucalyptus is a native of China and Japan and, It Is snld, used to . . . . . . ' . ' , . be worshiped by some of the people of whirl, I. ImHn i vr,,.., tr wo. - r.i now lives In the western part of the state. Mrnnsier from rTilna. On the Nineteenth street boulevard north of Orace street stands a Chinese sefeanureA. It Is a rore specimen In this state. Tt Is must have an eye to the coming genera commonly known as the "maidenhair tree" tlon, fqr he will probably not, live to eat Gleanings from the as you do with "Tou must have heard this story," courtesy prevails, and ws say 'io,' no matter what the truth may be; and a second time we say "no," but when it comes, like now, to the third time, then truth asserts herself. Tes, Irvln", I've heard your old chestnut many, many times; I Invented it' "Harper's Weekly. When tha Maine Blew Up. Incidents of tha war with Spain were be ing related the other evening at a Session of the Soldiers' union of the First Con- gregatlonal church, when Isaac N. Dolph. who saw service on the high seas In 1898 unoar me commana or B1gsoee u mo ..miliary crutr m. raui, iciaicu a storrr as told by a son of Erin who was on the ill-fated battleship Maine when It was blown up. The Irishman, who. was . Well.' said the minister, not suspect rated as one of the best sailormen of the ing any trap. 'I am not a bad sportsman. crew oi me oiaine, was suggested lo relate lils thrilling experience at the time of the explosion In Havana harbor. He was be fore an audience, and advancing to the front of the stage he bowed low and in a faltering voice said: "Fri'nda. It were thus way; I were asleep below In me bunk little dreamln what were goin' ter happen. There were a hill ov a nl'se, an' whin I waked up the nurse said, 'Sit up, Pat. an' take this,' holdln' a spoon forninst we face."-Wash- Inctnn Rfur - - ffli i Tha Natnra Stadeafs Cnt. Sunday, has furnished the clerk with docu- Discarded fish from the lake, scraps of memorized the third and second readers JT0" tath Jo"rnye1 to tha weBt Pln John Burroughs, the famous naturs atu- mutuary evidence regarding the inestimable nicat and orn mtal ro U8ed toT fading, used in the Illinois schools. He now reads through the Omaha gateway In their march dent. Is never tired of ridiculing the new value of appendices. In Buffalo, where he "'J Blnce caU are "K1'1 eaters the cost of the newspapers, and with the aid of a dlo- ws"t thflni ,utur hom 'or tba school of nature writers, the school that ministers to a lare and infl uentlal church, maintaining them is not heavy. tlonary is able to understand all tha words Mornlon church. They landed at tha Mis attributes a quiet human Intelligence to he haslately been Involved In a little un- Three crops of kittens are raised each he seea. ourl rlvr m the fan ot 1447 "a atajra4 animals and Insects. "Mr. Burroughs dined with me one night," said a magazine editor of New York. "Among my guests a nature writer of the New York school. This young man told of a wonderful story about the Intelligence of oysters. He said he was going W put the story In his new book. w. ,,. . ,.. .... ...r 'Let me tell vou about a Thi rrT. ... .'., T it t uld In for vour hk i Ii a e m i hi t Vh V a Bprlngneld couple naa a cat that age had rendered helpless, and they put it out of Its misery by means ot chloroform. They burled it in the garden and planted a rose- bush over Its remains. The next morning a familiar scratching took them to tha rroni aoor. ana mere was ins est. waiting to be let In, with tha rose bush under Its Anions; the Cobwebs. A lawyer waa talking about tha lata auDud C X. Dudd, tha Standard Oil TIFR OMATTA' SUNDAY BEE: ATOIL 1 ORTT-NINTH AND STBIfl If i ik''' 7 v t J- e 1 MM CHINESE "TREES OF HEAVEN" effect and lend an air of permanence to tha dored along its busy boulevards on a sum bacause lta, foliage resembles that of the much of the fruit. On the grounds of home. Care must be taken not to plant mer day has ever forgotten the graceful, maidenhair fern. It Is hardwood tree of rapid growth and long life ... . Chestnut, 'hickory and walnut trees, which combine beauty and longevity as trees, flnl th ame time yield nuts which are good to the palate, will grow In Nebraska as well as In the mountains of the east and Europe. There are few of them here for the simple reason that no one has cared t0 Plant them. He who plants these trees lawyer, whose salary from the great cor- poratlon was $200,000 a year. lives In Phillips street The meet learned the roof of his house. When Mr. Muckie Workmen coma along, dig up the Invalid '"Mr. Dodd," said the lawyer, "had an ex- of Boston's hospital surgeens have been went to take them down he found that nd rently cart it away out of tha city oellent legal talent. He tt was, you know unable to fathom the mysterious case. each hen had contributed an egg every an1 replant it where the sun and rain and who organized the Standard Oil trust. The moment the youn womai boards day of her residence on tha roof. wind can get at It. There it la nursed What further endeared him to Mr. Rock- trolley car and the current Is turned on J back to health and brought again to take efeller was his strict views on the observ- 8ne ,s overcome with an uncontrollable de- Twins to Spare. , its place along the beautiful avenues, ance of the Babbath. lre to Jaugh and cry. Before she has E. R. Brown of Ravenna, O., father of Trees In a city are great sanitary agents. "They tell a story about Dodd when he trav-oled half a dcaen blocks sha la in tears fight sets of twins, ha Just heard from The foliage Inhales carbonlo acid and ex was a straggling practitioner In Franklin. . nl then suddenly becomes exhilarated and his eldest son In St. Louis that the latter's hales, oxygen. It also Inhales poisonous There was a Franklin minister who went gunning a good deal and altogether was rather a sporting character .-At a llttIe church supper' one night tVie minister was boasting abekt his knowledau of horse, and hunting.' his marksmanship. and so on. when Dodd interruuted him. -You're a good soprtsman, are your he said if i ao say It myself.' 'Yet,' said Dodd, 'if I were a bird I could hide where there'd be no danger of your potting me.' " 'Where would you hide?' asked the min ister. , 1 d hide, Dodd answered, 'in study.' "New York Times. your Kxplatutnit the Cnse. Cling to your appendix with both hands. says the Clerk of the Day In the Boston 'l'ruu-rlnt Tt h- it , - v. ..,. uuin ui 4 ail V rUUKtn iiolmea. wru. it--j ..ui.l u t ...... r ) i , pleasantness with - the Torreyltes. It . . . w . ... lii tnai ms courts or tidinesses on tne modern view of scripture synchronized wlth tha Torrey meetings .and drew down "f0" nlm the rebuke of that mighty evan- a-ellst; whereupon his mails grew heavy wRh letters of protest. One of those eBilea ran omething like this: "Sir: I understand now why you have been led "'ray by the higher critics It Is less than a year. I am told, since you under- went lhe operation for appendicitis, and anjr PhyBi'-'a "I" Inform you that when verrrtfonn appendix comes out the patlent ufltr, the total loss of his moral" nature Tm, explains y.ur case pretty cieariy... a Hainan Klectrle Batter. That Fannie Shaptro of Boston la a natural electric battery and surcharged Is tba only explanation that tha arlentlsu can offer of the remarkable experience shfe undergoes every time sha attempts to ride In an electric car. Mlas Shapiro is 16 years old aud one of tb pretUeet gtrbj Hi, 1907. o Beautify Streets 11 I 'I- -S v i-4 W v ' - :'JL'.r- .3 " 4 IN HANSCOM PARK. C. C. Crowell In Blair a number of sweet chestnut trees are growing and flourishing, In the east chestnuts are gathered in great quantities In the fall and sent to Nebraska and other parts of the west, where they bring fabulous prices. Nebraska can grow chestnuts, hickory nuts and walnuts and have the ornament of these lordly trees on its prairies lf the people will only plant them. Horse chestnut trees do not grow as well hero as In the east, though there are some Story Teller's Pack In the Old Church district. In which she ml PeBIS ol 'augnier wnicn ene is unablB to restrain. She Is fully aware of her t'0"dltlon nnJ knows that she is at- tractlnB a,,entIon- DU cannot control her- Belf' f,e hRa """" evf,7 '" t0-.u " "l " J, . ' avail, and twice It has beorme necessary ,L"V treatment. Finds Profit lu Cat Farm. Brutus McConolog s cat form, near Cleve- land, O.. started as a Jest, has opened up a new field for money making. The owner sa,y that his profits for the last season amounted to U.32G. Hi is now planning to extend the farm and double the output. Owning lome barren lnd sl'y.g the shores of tho lak", Mr. McConolog erected a few buildings and stocked the place with white rata, hta nhlpct hftino to r Im off th. kin of tha utter a. ermine Thla was not much of a surceas, but he found a readr market for the fur of the old tats. hattcra rtxelarlnir (t waa th verv thins- " they were looking for. year, and when they are half grown the i.. tin.. j .v. . . i ihhib mo- Mim uj h aim ui muu tent- to the hat racturlea. By a- careful system of t reeding Mr. McConolog hopes to rear a cat that will Veld half a pound of fur, and thus double Ma profits. .... ... ? V . nnht Fish lu the Parlor. , 8everM amusing stories developed from the recent record-breaking flood which did much dama to Mtuburg. When the water began to come up. WU- Uam E,11"' Gruveton. not wishing to loM hlB valuable cow, moved her into tha There the cow was fed and every day gave forth larg quantities ot excel- lent milk. Charles E. FIte lives at Gientleld. Tba food reached the second story of his resl- dence, and when the waters were receding he aaw a three-pound (ish swimming about tha parlor. Fits got out his tackle aud caught the tiU. The family ate it for dinner. Whan the water came aver Walter ,; -n ir' - IIMII llll - : fl )l t-i'l BOUT1I OP THE LAKE peclmens here. For, city hedges the barberry Is particu larly recommended. Tlitnnlnsr Out In Parks. The Park commission will not plant many Ing some stated period. A movement of trees this year, for the reason that the this kind combines the pleasant excitement parks are well filled already. Some "thin- of strife for precedence with lasting good ning" will be done. But the time Is ripe, to the city and education to those win the members of the commission say, for take part In It. the people of Omaha to plant good perma- Memorial tree associations have been, ticnt trees in their yards and In front of formed in some cities. A tree Is planted: their houses alonfT the streets nnd avenues, in memory of some great man. His nam A little study will show what species of and an epitaph may be Inscribed on a platsj trees are best suited to the particular and attached to the tree which Is a living location In which a tree may be planted. monument that may last longer than naonu Mr. Craig considers tho Scotland pine, nients of dead stone. The proper kind of Austrian pine, dwarf mountain pine, the tree being selected, It may last for cen spruee, the hard maple, Norway maple, the turles. elm, the hackherry, all excellent troes for S permanent decoration In city yards of Its Claim on Reality. Omaha. In this category the larch must From the standpoint of clvlo beauty tha not be forgotten. It Is a beautiful cone tree has a strong c'lalm. The background bearing tree, very hardy and on ornament of foliage to well placed sculpture, tha to any yard. Young trees must be secured softening influences of leaves and trees from nurseries In the east. to stern stone facades, the play of light . Patience is a requisite quality in growing and shadow on the pavements on hot sum all these trees. If the householder desires mer days, tha screening of the sun's glare, a tree of more rapid growth he must take the chronicle of the season's progress wrlt the soft elm and sycamore. A two-Inch ten in the trees, the home they form for sapling will grow into a tree fifteen or feathered songsters all speak volumes for twenty feet high In Ave or six years. The the trees. soft maple is also a tree of rapid develop- In Washington city there are 80,000 treea ment. All these decay quickly in proportion on the streets and porks, all under tba as they grow. Hardier Trees Needed. Mr. Adams and Mr. Craig each make a plea for planting the mora hardy and long lived trees in yards. The? are In every case more sightly, give a more flecorative io trees too Close togeuier. iney musi have breathing space of they will not thrive. The dictum of these two experts Is that sort maples, for instance, snouia never be planted closer than thirty feet In the city. Omaha, as a city, la well advanced In arboriculture, but Omaha streets and yards have not as many trees nor as beau- Uful trees as some other cities. There is on opening here for a society or associa- tlon of women, especially for the culture Muckle's property his chickens roosted on wn several asys ago presenieu nun wnn the sixth set of twins. In each case they are a boy and a girl. Brown says bis family was numerically ,trnS bfJ lrMUleI1' Roosevelt D' trom ""-nrmaa or from book died eleven years ago, was a full-blooded At the World's fair, In 1M. the twin. tons, the biggest being 8J0 pounds. I Three-Year-Old Newspaper Header. Charles Buchanan of St. Francisvllle, 111., J years of age, is a prodigy. He is son of Mr. and Mrs. J. D. Buchanan. Ills mother was a school teacher In Vlncennes before her marriage. When only 10 months old "he listened In tently to conversations between adults. A month later when he heard persona n v.. i. .t. interrogations aa "Why?" "Whor1 "What?" and "When?" Soon afterward h. v, dIv.qI., nw iv. i ii,v VI, At the age of 18 months he had read and He weighs 82 pounds, reads everything ... . ... ....... witn aviuity, ana ine aany newspapers to his mother regularly at breakfast. Chip of the Old Block. One of the army officers stationed at Governors island is noted for the brimstone eplthets with which he interpolates his con- verjatlon; even in his domestic table talk there are ooeasional flashes. He also has the English habit of clipping the top off Uls breakfast egg with a sharp clip of his knife and eating It out of the shell. The other morning his six-year-old son thought that he would "do as pa does." Unnoticed by bis parents or the servant", he picked up an egg and gave It an un- practiced but sturdy little swat In the midriff. Result: One eM-beaoattrd youngster; ditto one tablecloth. iBon!" exclaimed pa, sternly. ' "My son!" chorused ma, In what waa in tended to be as stern a voice. "I couldn't help it. ma" piped the young hopeful. "That dasan oook filled tha agg too full. 'New York Tlmaa. of a City IN HANSCOM PARK. of trees and for Intelligent direction I tree planting. Such movements have been started In other cities with the best re sults. Prizes could be offered for the best trees of any particular species grown dur- care of a commission. In Savannah a special commission was appointed after a devastating storm ' to restore the trees. They were considered as Important as tha houses destroyed. ' Paris, the artistia city of the world, la noted for Its trees. Who that has wan- wen fcept trees that lend their cool shade to even the busiest streets and soread their branches In front of the most crowded business emporiums? Every street of that city more than sixty-five feet in width has a line of trees on each side. Some of tha wider streets have a strip of ground In tba middle planted with trees. There are mora than 100,000 trees In the city and there la Bn annual appropriation of 800,000 franca for caring for them. Tree Hospital la Paris. Paris has a "tree hospital." Tha French regard the trees almost as humans and i it must be admitted they know how to cara for them. The "Inspecteur" la really a doctor. Ha goes about and examines each tree along the streets. He feels lta pulse, aa It were. When ha finds one la 'ailing health he marks it for the hospital. gas, generated by tha decomposition of animal and vegetable matter. In winter the trees actually radiate warmth, Infermatlon as to what trees to plant be obtlUne(, from th par comn)ls. Tnere is no investment that win yield niatkent tree aroun(1 th hoUM. Tyre a permanent monument to tha planter and a source of pleasure to tha eya and of health to tlie body and mind. V I Mecca of tha Mormons, In the middle of the City park of Florx ence stands a gigantic cottonwood tree, which Is always a reminder of tha daya whea the Mormons predominated In thin neck of tha woods. This giant Is called by thev Inhabitants of Florence tha. "Mormon Tree." not because It has too many wives. "cause u waa pianisa witn grew oere- , . .k m , r0Te101 D! .People Of the Mormon faith. Just fifty years ago people of tha Mor- 1 urc,,t winter. mis ires ttlantad at that time and attll itiml. m u,uu"wu l juorraona spang at Florence. To this tree every year a delegation trom Salt Lake Is sent and prayers and religious service is said under Its apraad- I" branches. Ths tree is a beauty, as It atands In tha middle of the publlo park, it broad, spreading branches covering nearly; the space of a city lot of Florence. Another memento of the days when tha Mormons were at Florenoe Is tha Mormon cemetery, situated on top of the bill Jus, above tha park. Thla Is an old landmark. which Is not kept In very good repair, and last fall a devastating fire swept across tt and burned down all the wooden tomb. stones, which had been there for Years o which had been replaced from time to time. The sunflower Is said to hava baao planted in this country by tha Mormon on their Journey west. It is said that tha first to cross tha plains scattered sun flowar aaads that those following Is tha fall figM th tsaia, ' ii -'I