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ARBORICULTURE 



This snow which is filHng the valleys 

 and gulches, lying deep in the canons 

 and beneath the Aspen thickets, will soon 

 be melted by the June sun, and ilow 

 away to swell the flooded rivers. 



Chie of the most important measures 

 which Congress can consider will bo to 

 provide an ample fund and direct the 

 Interior Department to increase the 

 guardians of the forests and forever in- 

 sure this region against forest conflagra- 

 tion. It is a possible thing to accom- 

 plish. 



One forest fire in Colorado in 1902, 

 destroyed ten million dollars ivorth of 

 property. Repeated annually through 

 Washington, Oregon, California, Idaho 

 and Colorado, these fires have reduced 

 the forest area to one-fourth their nor- 

 mal extent. America of the future, with 

 her increased population, will have seri- 

 ous cause to condemn the indifference 

 of the present statesmen, and the inhabi- 

 tants who have permitted such wasteful, 

 unwise forest policy. 



BOTANY ALL THE YEAR ROUND. 



BY E. F. ANDREWS. 



The American Book Company have 

 issued this very fine botany, which will 

 be appreciated by teachers. Heretofore 

 the interest in children and students has 

 always lagged as the time of flowers 

 passed, but this is unnecessary now, for 

 every month has its peculiar attractions, 

 when the mind of the student may be as 

 greatly interested under Professor An- 

 drews' new work. The illustrations are 

 all fresh and new, and made very plain 

 for youths. 



FIRST BOOK OF FORESTRY. 



BY FILBERT ROTH. 



We are often asked what good book 

 can be recommended as a guide in man- 

 agement of forests. 



Messrs. Ginn & Company, Boston, with 

 branch house at 378-388 Wabash avenue, 

 Chicago, have just published this splendid 

 w^ork of Mr. Roth. It is profusely illus- 

 trated and deserving of careful study. 

 We will say more of this in the future. 



Four years ago if one asked, "Who is 

 John McCutcheon ?" the answer would 

 be, the first man to get a complete story 

 on the battle of Manila to his paper." A 

 year later, perhaps it migiit be, "the man 

 who is sending in such very clever letters 

 from around the world, illustrated by his 

 own drawings." But for the past two 

 years or so his claim on popular approval 

 has rested on His cartoons in the Chicago 

 Record-Herald. They have been quite 

 unlike any other newspaper cartoons in 

 their inexhaustible invention, delightful 

 humor, and close appeal to average hu- 

 manity. Nothing so clever as the "Car- 

 toons that made Prince Henry famous" 

 has appeared in years, and it is interest- 

 ing to remember that they pleased the 

 Prince so much that he asked for the 

 originals. Perhaps the most popular of 

 Mr. McCutcheon's drawings have been 

 those devoted to "The Boy in Spring- 

 time." "Summertime," etc. Their fidelity 

 to nature, their kindly humor, and the 

 delightful spirit in which they are con- 

 ceived have attracted general attention 

 and brought in many letters from people 

 who like to be reminded of "what they 

 did when they were boys." It will be 

 welcome news that his cartoons are to be 

 preserved in permanent form, as A. C. 

 McClurg & Co. have just announced a 

 collection of one hundred for early pub- 

 lication, under the title "Cartoons by Mc- 

 Cutcheon." 



THE MAINE. 



With the lapse of time a kindlier feel- 

 ing exists toward the Spanish nation 

 throughout America, and thoughtful 

 people are awakening to the realization 

 that the sinking of our battleship was the 

 result of natural causes. 



It seems that the coal bunkers of the 

 vessel were adjacent to the heated boiler 

 room with only a thin partition between, 

 wdiereas in English vessels there is a cir- 

 culation of cold water between these im- 

 portant rooms, and the probability is that 

 the explosion was caused by spontaneous 

 combustion of coal dust raised to a high 

 temperature by such close proximity to 

 the furnaces, which we all know to be 

 terribly hot in every sea-going steamer. 



