Trees By The Roadside

AVlio doos not enjoy the gniteful shado of trees by the roadside in hot weatherV ho does not admire the beauty OÍ ;m avenue between two rows of overhanging trees? Who has thought trcrs m the most useful tilinga in the world tor j preserving our roada in good condition 'r Says a correspondent of tho Massaohusetts PlotHjhmnn : Standin; ono da}' on a streel lined with "elms, a su]cnnendent of highwaya remarked that on that streot thore had not been expended i dollar in twenty years. The struet was an eighth of a milo long, sutooth, :mil needed no repaira. The superintendent having been inqmrcd of now he accounted for the fact, replied he could ■ :■. Protn what had been dj ■ tnight have answored th question. Tl s explanation issimply this: Phe roots of these trees bave oonstrnoted i aatural bridge uader the road ; thore 'Utiniiiilly :i nut work of iinn elastio 8 rei permeating the ground in every possible direction. By the aeting ot these fibres the road bed is grudually raised higher, aad what was formerly a wet swamp is . now a dry road. So the natural wear is more thun conipunsattd for by the aiuraai growth of the roota of these noble elmg. Here ono muy ride over a natural live bridge, self-sustaining, eoonomioal and perpetual, that will not break through, however great or heavy the travel.