Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-03-19

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ing them. So if, when tho mothers
spool OF cotton rolls from her IMP. thu
father stoops to pick it up, bright eyes
will see the act and quick minds make
note Of it. By example, a thousand
times more than by precept, can chill.
dren be taught to spenk kindly to each
other, to acknowledge favors, to be GEN.
tie ana unselash, 10 be thoughtful and
considerate OF the comfort Of the fami.
y. The boys, with inward pride of
their fathers courteous demeanor, will
be chivalrous and helpful to their yonno
sisters the girls initiating their moth.
or, will he gentle and patient, when bic
brothers are noisy and needless.
IN the home where true courtesy pre-
walls it seems to meet you, ON every
Threshold. You feel the kindly wei
come on entering. No angry voices are
he"rd up stairs. No sullen children
are sent from the room. No peremp-
tory orders are given to cover the de-
nnquencieso of house keeping servants.
A delightful atmosphere pervades the
house-unmistakable yet understandable.
-Har2ocr's Ba<ar.
OrtGla Of the Cereals.
1t is matter of interest, saws the
Germantown Telegraph, that most of
our cultivated grains can not be traced
to their origin. The oat has been
found Wild, and Observation-Disclosures.
though not in az perfect q condition for
agricultural uses as the forms we grow.
still there is no doubt that the cultiyat.
ed and Wild forms are the same. OF
wheat no form has ever been found that
any one could say was the parent of our
kind and botanists believe that either
wheat has 80 widely diverged from the
wild original that the relationship can
not now be detected, or that the wild
original has entirely DISAPPEARED from
the earth's surface. The last posi- ton
is the generally accepted one; though
quarter OF q century or more ago q
French gentleman tried series of e.
periments by which he concluded he
had raised wheat from wild grass of
that country, by successive selections
through several generations. These
observations, however, do not seem to
have carried weight with them, as we
see no reference made to them by those
eminent men who have been RECENTLY
discussing the question.
Our Indian corn seems to he more of
a mystery than any of the others. for
no one has ventured an opinion that we
know, as to whether it is an improved
race from some wild thing now lost. or
the original Wild plant itself, DESTROYED
BY nature, though preserved by man.
1t was found by our old would emf
grants whsn they first landed here, in
culttvatio1 by the natives, but nowhere
wild This was especially the case
with the Indians of Central America
but even the northern Indians. or at
least the squaws grew corn. The Win
nebe90es and other tribes about Lake
Michigan made corn culture an especial
feature. using shells in the place of
spades and hoes, and to this day the
remains OF their councillors lholes
in sandy ground and corn-hills are
among the most interesting of their re-
mains. Corn is found in China now
but whether it was known there before
the 1ntercourse of Europeans with them
does not appear conclusive, as the evil
dence conflicts but it would be inter-
estng TO- know this for certain, It
would ho4 only throw light on the ma
tive counfry Of the Indian corn. but
perhaps help those who are studying
Indian antiquities also.