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THE GUIDE TO NATURE 



to all, and many a weary and thirsty 

 man has enjoyed the cheering draught. 

 Such a boon so freely shared is mag- 

 nified and many times magnified. It 

 never will grow less. The water from 

 this well for decades has been and long 

 will be a delight to people unnumbered 

 and unknown. It is an old-time 

 well, placed in the old-time fashion 

 and the water is the purest spring- 

 water that, if bottled, would sell read- 

 ily in any city at any time. 



Here is a good suggestion to our 

 readers who would like to adorn the 

 well that is perhaps unsightly, and yet 

 have the ornament useful, as few or- 

 naments are. Our local readers who 

 know the genial Mr. Hoyt will be 

 pleased by the accompanying illustra- 

 tion. 



A World of War. 



In these days, when so much is pub- 

 lished about the horrible war in Eu- 



rope, and while certain nations are us- 

 ing every possible means, even those 

 that are fiendish, to extend their terri- 

 tory or to prevent its restriction, it is 

 well for us to note that nations are 

 not alone in warring, nor in using 

 methods that have no regard for the 

 convenience, the welfare or the feel- 

 ings of others. 



Nearly all forms of plant and animal 

 life are in a struggle for existence. 

 Darwin was nearly right when he re- 

 ferred to the survival of the fittest. It 

 seems that in some cases the mosi 

 devilish survive. Everyone is familiar 

 with some of the methods by which 

 many of our common plants extend 

 their domains without regard to the 

 rights of other plants or animals. But 

 the war is chiefly between plants and 

 animals, although one botanical writer 

 has well described the state of plants 

 as mostly that of "armed peace." Can 

 there be anything more annoying than 



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