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paper birch, also often called white 
_which seem to be holding their own 
birch. Yet it is doubtful if any 
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the most up-to-date manufac- 
turing department in the city. 
Lenses ground to order for 
all cases of defective vision. 
We can furnish all the latest 
style centers such as Shur-On, 30 Pearl Street 
J 
Gardener and Florist 
Roses, Herbaceous and Budding plants. 
Cut Flowers and Greenhouse Products 
for Decorations and Funeral Work. 
Hale Street, Beverly Farms 
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: Have your ‘printing done at The 
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SUPPLY OF PAPER BIRCH NOT 
- DECREASING. 
The birch wood for spools must be 
selected and handled with care. The 
tree’s red disk heartwood is objec- 
tionable because it will not turn 
smooth in the lathe, and the color is 
not desired. Few industries waste 
more wood, in proportion to the 
quantity used, than spool making. 
Heartwood, knots, and all other de- 
fects, frequently amounting to more 
than one-half of the tree, are reject- 
ed. From one-half to three-fourths 
of the remainder may go to the ref- 
use heap in sawing the bars and 
turning the spools. Despite this 
waste the paper birch does not ap- 
pear to be threatened with extinc- 
tion. It is a fire tree—that is, it 
spreads rapidly over spaces left va- 
eant by forest fires. The most ex- 
tensive paper birch forests of Maine 
and New Hampshire occupy tracts 
which were laid bare by the great 
forest fires which swept the region 
from 1825 to 1837. 
The tree is short lived. At an age 
when the white cedar, for example, 
is just beginning to lay on useful 
wood, the paper birch has passed its 
prime and is ready for decay. It is 
Washington. Oct. 12—The U. 8. 
Department of Agriculture is 
authority for the statement that the 
birch, or canoe birch, is one of the 
few timber trees in this country 
against ax and fire. The average 
citizen, however, probably takes no 
particular interest in the paper 
other kind of wood on the face of 
the earth is found in so many house- 
holds; for paper birch furnishes 
most of the spools made in the 
United States. 
~ Maine is the chief center of spool 
manufacture. Its factories turn out 
800 million spools yearly, chiefly 
birch. Few woods as hard as this can 
be worked with as little dulling of 
the tools; its principal recommenda- 
tion lies in that fact. It is hand- 
some in color, and, after the wood 
becomes seasoned, it shrinks and 
warps very little. That is an impor- 
tant consideration, because the deli- 
eate machinery that winds the 
thread would fail to. work if the 
spool changed its shape to a percep- 
tible degree. 
by being unable to compete with 
other trees for light and soil. It 
prospers when growing alone, but 
D. B. HODGKINS’ 
Flour, Grain, Hay and Straw 
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Tappan Street, 
placed at still further disadvantage . 
TREES, SHRUBS, ROSES and VINES 
IN ALL SIZES 
We dig all our Evergreens with a ball of earth, and they can be 
and they wall crow. 
and pots, if rpanited, also 
- Beverly Farms 
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if | Jewelers and & 
OP: icians s EVERGREENS And VARIETIES 
Particular attention paid = 
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Ww © a ave Telephone 97. 
SONS 
Railroad Avenue, 
So Easy, Globe Special, Ino, GLOUCESTER MANCHESTER ROCKPORT 
Just Rite, Smart Set, Ever Tite, Tels. 90 and 91 Tel. 170 Tel. 125 
etc. 
J. B. Dow John Il. Cheever 
. JAMES 'B..DOW JAS. B. DOW & CO. 
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Coal and Wood 
We are now prepared to deliver 
coal at short notice to all parts of 
Manchester and Beverly Farms. 
Beach Street Hale Street 
Manchester Beverly Farms 
it gives up the fight after stronger 
trees begin to crowd it. Neverthe- 
less, it is believed that more paper 
birch is growing in the United 
States today than 200 years ago. 
AUTUMN IN WASHINGTON. 
Congressmen have been dropping 
in by ones and twos of late, and 
while some are looking for homes 
during the coming session, others 
are merely aiming to get ready for 
their final exodus after the short 
session has ended. The autumn days 
have come, and the fall moving is 
about over. School has opened, to 
the grief of the small boys. The va- 
ecationists have got back and the 
shutters are being taken from win- 
dows of houses which have: been de- 
serted all summer. In short, the 
sad autumn season, is again with us, 
the persimmon is mellowing, oysters 
are in season, and the plaintive call 
of the turkey echoes over the Vir- 
ginia hills as the date of Thanksgiv- 
ing approaches. And yet the town 
is dull and it will continue to be so 
until December brings Congress to- 
gvether again. 
Make known your wants in the 
Breeze. 
