The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1891-11-13
Boys, Prepare to Be Men.

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Much has been written about en-
couraglng young men to stay on the
farm by giving them a piece of land to
work, a pair of steers to raise, or
something in which they would feel in
terested and from which they would
derive some pecuniary benefit. This
is all very well, but at the same time
parents should require the children to
keep strict account of their receipts
| and expenses, or at least encourage
them in every possible way. It teach
es the boy the alphabet of business
and to invest his earnings wisely He
| will get so he will not want to see his
expense accounts growing faster than
the column OF his receipts. AS he
grows older he will see more and more
the Importance of keeping accounts,
they frequently saving his paying bills
twice and being excellent for reference
and when he gets to be man this
habit will be SO firmly implanted that
he will keep a strict account in all his
money affairs. Again, at the present
time, farmers are taking an active in
terest in public affairs and they are
being called upon to fill offices of trust
and responsibility To the man who
in his young days kept business-like
account of his farm operation the
duties ofhis Office will beless arduous,
for he has learned the rudiments of
business. There are many farmers
who can not make out bill properly
to save their lives They may be hon
est, possessed of good Judgment in
their line, but they are unfit to fill
public Offices, simply because their
early training in the simplest forms Of
business was utterly neglected.
Kairwan.
A little to the west of a stream
which flows south to the Sidl ell Hem
lake is an open plain. Within this
plain, surrounded by a wall, which,
with little modification on the east
ern side, would form an irregular
hexagon $500 yards around, lies the
city of Kairwan which was founded
by Okba ibu Mattel Fehri. In ancient
times the houses and tombs of this
city were interspersed with large,
luxuriant gardens and olive groves.
But only few scattered remnants of
these beautiful gardens and groves are
left. The city is crowded with tombs
of the saints and warriors OF the
Mohammedan faith. There are only
six large mosques standing. One of
| these in the northern quarter of the
city, was founded by Okba, and con-
tains within its sacred precincts the
shrine Of this great defender of
Mohammedanism, and also the
tombs OF the Kings of Tunis.
southeast end is 255 feet wide and
the northeast end is 225 feet wide.
| There are at least 400 columns that
support this great mosque. The out
side looks like a heavy buttressed
wall, but the interior, the whitewash
and paint, has magnificent marble
columns, beautiful hey ond description.
1t is, indeed fitting prototype of the
celebrated mosque OF Cordova, 10
Spain. In the central aisle are two
pillars, between which the people be-
lieve that no person with the guilt of
mortal sin can by any possibility
pass. In one of the chambers is g.
unique and interesting collection OF
Something to Puzzle Over.
Here is something new to interest
and tax the patience and skill of those
| who are fond of puzzles. 1t is called
the Arab Magic square. The square
is made up of twenty-five small
squares, as the cut will show, and the
puzzle consists in arranging the num-
bers from 1 to rs inclusive, one. IN
each of the small squares, in such a
way that adding up across any and
every column will give total OF IS.
No number can be repeated. II cor.
rectly constructed IS will be obtained,
also in adding the numbers of the five
squares in a diagonal straight line.