Where The Pecan Grows

The pecan is a near relative of the hickory nut. It does aot thrive in all lands that the hickory nut will, but the hickory nut will grow well wherever the pecan will. The home of the pecan is the low, rich bottom land that lies along the Wabash, Mississippi, White and Big Bend rivers, while they seem to grow equally as well iu the Indian Territory and in the best watered parts of Texas. - Little Rock Democrat. In eastern Australia 100, 000, 000 sheep now find susteuance in a región which 30 years ago was a sandy desert. The sheep gradually trampled the soil iuto firruness, so that it uow grows a dense mass of vegetation. . The British museum library has complete editions of Shakespeare's works ia 14 foreign languages.