The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-06-02
A Competence; How Best OBJ
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A Competence; How Best OBJ
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There is no gainsaying the fact that
large salaries. or extensive facilities
or money-making will not always
insure to man a competence. What
his future material condition will be
depends not so much upon what he
receives as upon what he saves Thus
Tho difference between individuals
who become independent and those re-
naming dependent through life. re-
presents the difference between care
full saving and reckless spending.
Some would become rich upon what
others throw away. and many o reck-
less housewife, with spoon. throws
out all that her partner can. with SHOW
81. throw in. When remonstrat;n g
with a young housekeeper for throwing
away full plate of sliced bread. she
said: ''Why. it will be SO dry. and
Charlie won't eat dry bread!" That
she could utilize it in any other way.
she had not thought; neither did it
occur to her that she could cut less of
this '.staff of life" Much less did she
comprehend the fact that she WAS
throwing away more than the flour
which had been provided her. I
ceased to wonder that her weeks sup
ply of butter was six pounds double
the amount which sufiiced me for q
family of live-when saw her sausage
swimming in its melted depths. When
children came to increase the demands
upon The fathers salary, abject power
ty stared them in the face. Another
young wife and housekeepcr of my ac-
quaintance would scrape her butter
plates till they were almost clean; also
her bread-pan, till not vestige OF
dough remained; every bread-crumb
was utilized-and mark the contrast!
ten-thousand dollar home is now
hers.
Many of Americas great enterprises
are but the result of utilizing waste
products. The thrifty gardener en-
riches his so with the dressing given
him by the improv.dent ne ghbor. The
Celts fattens cow or pig with the
slop wasted at other back doors; and
many chtfonier in the city fishes ont
a snug little fortune from waste bar.
rels and cutters. There is scarcely any
thing in house that cannot be turned
TO account, sooner or later, no matter
how valueless it may appear at the
M oment. Often. the want of thing is
more than its worth.
In natures laboratory there is 10
waste. In the numberless transform
ations and combination of things. moth
ing IS lost, or considered valueless.
When man initiates nature in this res
pect, he invariably increases his SUBJ
stance. Corporations and companies
amass fortunes through the application
of gen us and inventive talent to what
is looked upon as refuse. Sawdust,
which was once cast into streams,
blocking up their channel. is now ex-
tensively used in manufacturing oxalic
and formic acids. paper, gun cotton,
valatine oils and blasting powder.
1t has also been proved serviceable
for curing hams, pol shing jewelr !,
cleaning furs, ami for the preservation
of ice; for summer consumption. there
is nothing better. Ivory dust. iron
filings, coal dust sea weeds and bones,
are now turned to good uses. The dead
body of horse. which owners wero
formerly in haste to put out of sight
is now used for various purposes. The
name and tail are used for hair cloth,
sieves, bow strings and brushes. The
hide is converted into leather for cart
harness. for boots and shoes, for strong
collars and base balls. The hoofs are
used for combs. horn work. glue and
harlshorn. Oils and fats are rendered
from The flesh. The stomach and in.
test;ncs make servceable strings for
musical instruments.
Buttons, toys. knife handles. DOM
noes and rulers are made of the bones.
and tho RESCUE is then burned into
bone-black, for refining purposes.
Some parts of the bone-black are burn
ed white for the assayers to use in test.
ing gold. Other portions of bone
black are converted into phosphates,
which prove an invaluable remedy in
wasting pulmonary diseases.
Before the discovery of celluloid, the
teeth were used in ell of ivory.
Ingenuity and economy of this
character have but to be practiced in
our household affairs. in order to OBJ.
tain or insure competence. however
large or limited our incomes. -Ladte' $
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