Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1901-12-05

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1901 by j. S. Trigg, Rockford, la.
Correspondence Solicited.
Take good mouser with you when
rou go TO the fields to haul in the
shocked corn.
man in the state OF Missouri rs the
owner of span of giant mules. their
weight being 1920 pounds each. He
has refused $3.50 for the team.
So far as mans popularity and
uspfulness rs concerned there are but
small odds between his being rated as
mean and stingy or as dishonest.
When a young man has earned and
saved IT'D 800 It is lots easier for him
10 say No" when tempted TO spend his
money fcolishfy Try it, Young man,
and see.
Fucation OF the higher sort will be
worth much more to the American
people when IL is regarded as help TO
success in any business in life rather
than as a stepping STONE to one of the
few professiGlS.
We cannon interpret Scripture 10
mean that we are no forgive out
neighboT seven or moret ines when II is
a case Of his chickens scratching up
our garden. The rule may possibly APP
ply TO other things. but not TO the
chicken deal.
America furnished England meats,
oats hay. mules. horses. flonr and
many other things FOR the conduct of
the Boer war We are inclined TO be-
liCye that if we had also furnished the
men the war would long ago have been
ended
Florida comes NJ the front VIII, fine
crop of her delicious oranges this year.
the trees having mostly recovered from
the baneful and obstructive effects of
the great freeze of few years ago
The Florida orange is one OF the very
best OF its tribe
The 1neXhausI ible forests eff Alaska
prove 10 be a good deal of a myth. the
timber supply al along the Yukon riv-
er having already been so depleted in
supplying fuel for the steamers that
unless supplies of coal can be secured
the navigation Of that river will soon
have 10 cease.
The experiment stations seem to
agree that, weight for weight the cobs
when ground mp fine are worth as
much to feed as the corn. 1t Is hard
for 'jre average stockman TO believe
this statement and harder for the COW
TO whom he feeds it.
the bur oak tree, in keeping with its
native ruggedness rarely ever shows
any c6loration Of its foliage in the au-
tumn, the leaves passing from normal
green 20 a rusty brown. Thu jack oak,
on tine contrary. affords some of the
most beautiful color schemes to be seen
anywhere in the fall of the year.
Now comes p friend OF the ENGLISH
sparrow and Claims that these birds
vii eat the box elder buos. We seri-
Dusty doubt the truth of This state
meDt We have watched both the birds
and TIE bugs closely and have never
yet had the pleasure of seeing the
Sp}rows making a meal OFF The bugs
he ajtuteratton of food products
seems ia find its largest Development
'h France Of any country. OF 652 sam
only TIA were found pure. and of 376
samples Sf milk only 90 were not adul-
Terated. II is no wonder there are
more deaths than births in that coun-
try
a lady writer calls attention to the
marked advance III live stock by citing
me TACT that in the year 1900 n. Great
Britain calf sold Tor as small a sum
rs - cents. This Is not good evidence
lo' In the year 1896 it was a common
Fact-e for the darymen in th. cen
''a' West to feed their calves to their
hogs
NJ little island N Porto Rfco Is
moving this winter what she can do
-a '1o way OF furnishing Uncle Sam
WIN nice oranges 10 rat While the
Hnents this year win not be large
me- 'ruit comes along the first Of any
'a' orange season and win be fac
% this business of considerable im-
l""anee later on.
To government Of this country 10
man likely 10 spend near 5000
the rear future TO get water
canal acros the isthmus Of PAN
M.3e the Dutch government Is
.t .o spend nearly half as much ia
a corner Of the North sea so as
a.m land enough to make about
farus
'ae writer lives the straw left
Areshing machines was for 20
Years burned up in the field.