. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . , putthere when the chief thing was to clearthe land. In those days they were worthnothing. To-day the value of the beamswt)uld build a far better hotise for theowner. Within two decades the blackwalnut, a characteristic .\tnerican wood,has become virtually extinct. There islittle to wotider at in this when one re-calls the milliipiis ipf horsehair chairs andsofas wrought from black walinit. withhundreds of thotisatids of parlor or-gans cased in it and wondrously be-frilleiaii^.anil
. The Suburbanite; a monthly magazine for those who are and those who ought to in interested in suburban homes . , putthere when the chief thing was to clearthe land. In those days they were worthnothing. To-day the value of the beamswt)uld build a far better hotise for theowner. Within two decades the blackwalnut, a characteristic .\tnerican wood,has become virtually extinct. There islittle to wotider at in this when one re-calls the milliipiis ipf horsehair chairs andsofas wrought from black walinit. withhundreds of thotisatids of parlor or-gans cased in it and wondrously be-frilleiaii^.anil their valuable cases turned int ftiriiilnre and coffins. Such of the new wood■•is can be (ibtained is cut intd veiners .indused in decnrative schemes in cumbina-limi with the fashionable Circassian wal-nut, but the sti|)ply is so limited thatpieces large enough fur gunsticks areobtained mily with difticiilty. Tbere-fnre. farmers and suburbanites are ad-. IIROOK Nf \K HldOM-IICkS vised til plant a grove of these valuabletrees. They arc not quick of growth, andit is more Ilian likely that the i)l;inler willnever harvest his crop. to the nextgeneration the\ wouhl bring pinfil. amito all thev can give )>le;isure. for the blackwalnut is a beautiful tree, an iif a near ones home. Here I •shouted the excilril jjnest at hotel Ive been ndilnrll (i»an. whooped the clerk, with a bin blackcigar, frescoed shirt front and ml gh-e-. pni;dont lie-in to holler afore ycr bdl is madeout.—Pi-lrxil /•riv Irfss. i6 THE SUBURBANITE
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