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little angels up there.' The tree leaned 

 still further and I jes' went wild." 



Shorty gave a gasp and his head went 

 down on his arms on the table. 



Long Tom placed his hands as tenderly 

 as a woman on his comrade's head, and 

 took up the story. "I knew somethin' was 

 wrong, but couldn't make up my mind what 

 it was, for I was on t'other side of the 

 tree lif tin ' out the saw. I saw Shorty 

 throw up his arms and shout — 'Save her, 

 God, and I'll never swear again!'— and 1 

 looked where the tree would drop and there 

 square under the hickory was that blessed 

 kid! 



"And then, boys, the most wonderful 

 thing happened! That second the poplar 

 dropped straight into the hickory — cuz you 

 know that when me and Shorty can't drop 

 a tree within a foot of where we line her 

 we'll pack our turkeys and take a trip 

 down the hay-road. That hickory bent like 

 an ox-bow with the poplar a 'top 0' her 

 and the kid under both trees, hidin' her 

 from sight! That hickory weren't more'n 

 twelve inches through, but with that load 

 a 'top o' her she straightened back and 

 throwed the big tree a good twenty feet 

 to the right! The kid wasn't even touched 



by a leaf, and jes' stood there a-crowin' 

 and a-laughin' at the game her daddy and 

 Long Tom was playin' with her. 



" Quicker 'n I can tell it Shorty had her 

 in his arms and I thought he never would 

 get through a-huggin' and a-kissin' of her 

 aud he made me promise not to say a word 

 about it for fear the baby would get on to 

 the thing and be 'fraid. " 



Shorty raised his head solemnly as Long 

 Tom paused: " 'Twere God that done it — 

 nobody else — and of course He expected me 

 to keep my word, but when I was a-lookiu ' 

 at the kiddie's picture and thinkin' all 

 about that time, to have that galoot say 

 1 was bug-house about a red-headed female 

 lobby-hog was too much. 



"I've always 'lowed that there wasn't a 

 liick worth while in the Great Smokies what 

 could get down a tree, drive a yoke of crit- 

 ters or play a decent game of seven-up 

 without cussin', but on the level, boys, I 

 haven't cussed but this once since, and 

 then, by God, I couldn't help it!" 



Neither Shorty nor his friends noticed 

 that he had made another lapse, "and the 

 Eecording Angel, as he wrote it down, 

 dropped a tear upon the word and blotted 

 it out forever." 



us in this important question, I remain, yours 

 truly, B. P. Arpix, President Wisconsin Hard- 

 wood Lumbermen's Association. 



Hardwood Record J\latl *Bag. 



[In this department it is proposed to reply 

 to such inquiries as reach this oflQce from the 

 Hardwood Record clientage as wili be of enougti 

 general interest to warrant publication. Every 

 patron of the paper 'S invited to use this de- 

 partment to the fullest extent, and an attempt 

 will be made to answer queries pertaining to all 

 matters of interest to the hardwood trade, in 

 a succinct and intelligent manner.! 



In Market for Gum Flooring. 



Memi'IIIS, TeX-N., May 18. — ^.Editor Hardwood 

 Record : We are in the marliet for about 250,000 

 feet of first-class, well-made gum flooring, 1x4 or 

 1x3 — 12, 14 and IG foot lengths. Can you give 

 us the addresses of various manufacturers of this 

 class of stock ?^ Company. 



Manufacturers of the above stock who will 

 send their addresses to this office will be put 

 in communication w-ith the writer of the 

 foregoing letter. — Editor. 



Rapid Growth of Wild Cherry. 

 YosEMiTE, Kt., May 15. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Apropos of the subject of the rapidity 

 of timber growth discussed in your columns, per- 

 mit me to stMte that in the yard of Thomas 

 Carter, three miles west of Moreland, Ky., there 

 Is a wild cherry tree planted by Mr. Carter in 

 1864, at that time the size of a man's little fin- 

 ger. The trunk today measures twenty-eight 

 Inches in diameter four feet from the ground. 

 The tree branches at about eight feet from the 

 ground, and the branches are proportinnal y 

 large. — B. F. McKinley. 



International Lumber & Development Co. 



Niagara Falls, N. Y., May 9. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : I am somewhat interested in the 

 affairs of the International Lumber & Develop- 

 ment Company, which is located at 701 Drexel 

 building, Philadelphia. If you are in a position 

 to give the information, I would like to know 

 what standing (his company and its officials 

 have. William H. Armstrong is president ; Col. 

 A. K. McClure is vice president, and C. M. Mc- 

 Mahon is secretary and treasurer. Are the offl- 



lials good honest business men of I'hiladelphia, 

 and is the company supposed to be a straight- 

 forward business proposition ? Anything you 

 may Ije able to give me will be greatly appre- 

 ciated. 



Cincinnati, O., May 15. — Editor Hardwood 

 Record : Your paper of May 10 at hand, and the 

 letter contained in the article on page 16, from 

 Col. A. K. McClure, is indeed amusing to say the 

 least, as the writer has just returned from the 

 vicinity in which this company claims to be oper- 

 ating. We believe we could furnish you with 

 some v^ry interesting facts in regard to this, and 

 if at any time you are looking for further in- 

 formation shall be glad to volunteer same. There 

 are any amount of fake companies operating in 

 l.aguna and the state of Campeche, and we cer- 

 tainly believe your movement to protect the in- 

 nocent public from being taken in by schemes is 

 a very good one and deserves assistance, so that 

 these schemers cannot interfere with legitimate 

 business. — ■ LnsiBER Co.mpany. 



N. 1. M. A. Committee on 'Western Freight 

 Eates. 



Grand Rapids, Wis., May 15. — Editor Hard- 

 wood Record : I am in receipt of a letter from 

 Seiretary George K. Smith of the National Lum- 

 ber Manufacturers' Association, stating that the 

 following committee was apopinted to take up 

 the western freight rate matter in accordance 

 with the resolution presented by our Wisconsin 

 .\ssociation, and passed through the aid of R. II. 

 Vansant, ex-president of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association of the United States, at the 

 St. Louis meeting : E. r. Arpin, Grand Rapids. 

 Wis., chairman ; John B. Ranson, Nashville, 

 Tenn. ; Eugene Shaw, Eau Claire, Wis. 



We hope to be able to secure a hearing before 

 the next meeting of the Trans-Continental Freight 

 Bureau, which will be held in Chicago on 

 .lune 4. Also received a good letter from 

 Mr. Doster, secretary of the Hardwood Manufac- 

 turers' Association, offering the further coopera- 

 tion of himself and his association In this matter. 



Thanking you for your kind interest in aiding 



The Meaning of "Comb-Grained." 



PniLADELPniA, May 10. — Editor IlAiinwooi> 

 Record : What Is the meaning of "comb-grained" 

 as applied to longleaf yellow pine? — N. A. Perry. 



Comb-grained is a term early employed in 

 the East, meaning rift or quarter-sawed. It 

 doubtless came about from the surface of 

 the quarter-sawed lumber or flooring strips 

 showing the edge or teeth of the winter 

 growth of the wood. The term is rarely cm- 

 ]iloyed now, as rift or quarter-sawed has en- 

 tirely taken its place. — Editor. 



Pipe Material Offered. 



Mica, N. C, May 23. — Editor Hardwood Rec- 

 ord : Can you put us in touch with some pipe 

 manufacturers who use ivy, laurel and rhodo- 

 dendron roots ? Company. 



Any manufacturer in need of this material 

 will, on application to this office, be furnishciT 

 the address of the above inquirer, who wishes 

 to market the roots named. — Editor. 



Looking for Information. 



AsiiEVlLLE, N. C, May 19. — Editor Hardwooi* 

 Record : Can you give us any information 

 concerning: the Consumers' Lumber Company, 

 whose address is said to be 113 West Twenty- 

 third street. New Y'ork City? This company 

 is deluging the small mill operators throughout: 

 this section with very alluring literature telling 

 of the fancy prices they can get for lumber la 

 New Y'ork, and soliciting consignments. Who is 

 hack of this concern, and is It a straightforward 

 business house, or is it trying to rob the small 

 mill men? Yours truly, Company. 



The Hardwood Eecord has considerable 

 information concerning the Consumers' Lum- 

 ber f'ompany which it wishes to verify in 

 detail before telling what the trade generally 

 thinks of it. — Editor. 



Coming Meeting of the Southern Cypress 

 Manufacturers' Association. 



Secretary George E. Watson of the Southern 

 Cypress Manufacturers' Association is sending 

 out a circular letter to all manufacturers of 

 cypress lumber, urging them to attend the next 

 meeting of the association, which promises to be 

 a large and interesting one. The text of the let- 

 ter is as follows : 



".\t a meeting of the members of this asso- 

 ciation, held at New Orleans May 16, It was 

 decided to hold a meeting at Atlanta, Ga.. June 

 11 and 12, and to Invite the attendance of as 

 many manufacturers of cypress as it is possible 

 to assemble together. This action was the result 

 of the earnest request of Georgia and North 

 Carolina manufacturers, who urge the necessity 

 of a general discussion of trade conditions, meth- 

 ods and evils with the idea in view of bringing 

 aliout greater harmony of action between the 

 Louisiana manufacturers and those in the states 

 named. The Importance of such a meeting is 

 verv apparent when the limited area of cypress 

 production aud the fact that ail are competitors 

 in the same field are considered. Differences 

 in freight rates, statistical matters, grading 

 rules, and many other things can be discussed 

 to mutual benefit. It is hoped that each manu- 

 facturer of cypress will be present. A large 

 delegation of Louisiana manufacturers will at- 

 tend, and they hope to impart aud receive much 

 information. Further particulars as to meet- 

 ing place, hour, etc., will be given later." 



