whom I am acting here
have no more interest in this road than they have in the great question of
culinary taste now perhaps agitating the public mind of Dominica as to
whether the illustrious commissioners who recently left this capital for
that free and enlightened republic would be better fricasseed, boiled, or
roasted; and in the second place, these lands which I am asked to give
away, alas! are not mine to bestow.

My relation to them is simply that of trustee to an express trust. And
shall I ever betray that trust?

Never, sir! Rather perish Duluth! Perish the paragon of cities! Rather let
the freezing cyclones of the bleak Northwest bury it forever beneath the
eddying sands of the raging St. Croix.

NATURE'S WILDERNESS COMPASSES.

Some Simple Facts Concerning Woodcraft Which Will Enable Wanderers in a
Forest to Get Their Bearings and Find Their Camps.

With the coming of vacation time, men's thoughts turn to woods and
streams, and there is a general rush for "the tall timber."

That many will wander far afield and lose themselves in "trackless
forests" is inevitable, but there is a sure way of finding oneself which
is well worth remembering, for it is a serious matter to be actually lost
in dense woods.

Find a mature tree that stands apart from its fellows. Even
if it is only slightly separate it will do. The bark on this
tree will be harder, drier, and lighter in color on the
south side. On the north it will be darker, and often at the
roots it will have a clump of mold or moss.

On the south side of all evergreen trees, gum which oozes
from wounds or knotholes will be hard and amber-colored; on
the north side this gum is softer, gets covered with dust,
and is of a dirty gray.

In fall or winter, trees which show a rough bark will have
nests of insects in the crevices on their south side.

Hardwood trees--the oak, the ash, elms, hickories, mesquits,
etc., have moss and mold on the north. Leaves are smaller,
tougher, lighter in color, and with darker veins on the
south; on the north they are longer, of darker green, and
with lighter veins. Spiders build on the south sides. In the
South, air plants attach themselves to the north sides.
Cedars bend their tips to the south.

Any sawed or cut stump will give you the compass points,
because the concentric rings are thicker on the south side.
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