Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1903-11-10

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The inheritance tax in many of the
states is working admirably as dis
perser of accumulated wealth.
There is whole lot of practical re
ligion in the prompt payment of small
obligations and the inviolate keeping
of ones word.
The man who can milk fifteen cows
twice a day and do his work we'll car
be surer of his job and get better
salary than many preacher.
California well deserves the name oil
the Golden State, for she produces
each year $17,OO0,0O0 in gold, and or
anges worth $1s,OOO,OO besides lots
of other good things.
In farm homes where kerosene Is
used for lighting purposes the old folks
can tell when there is real counting go
ing on in the parlor by the smell of the
oil from the turned down lamp.
We should like to see such Legislation
as would permit all of the well settled
counties of the west to appropriate the
sum Of not less than $4,000 each veal
for the purpose Of building permanent
good roads.
Nine years out Of ten it will be founC
that Ian. plowed early in the fall, the
earlier the better, will produce better
crops the following year than wher
plowed in the spring. And this state
ment will apply to nearly all crops
grown.
Fifty years ago, before the era Of
railroads in the central west, steam
boats OF light draft traversed many Of
the smaller rivers, and this season
many of these rivers would have per
mttted the use of such boats had they
been in existence.
Nothing could be more handsome IL
the way of fruit and nothing NOR,
tasteless than some Of those big Cali
! fornia peaches which are sent to east
ern markets. 1t is probable, however
that If they could be permitted to ripel
naturally on the trees they would b,
/ better.
The sooner that the colored man re
allies that the dollar mark is the on,
which will lift him out of the rut il
which he is the better Wealth knock
down all bars. The color of a man.
hide is obliterated by the color of hi
dollars. This may not be pleasin.
/, truth, but is pretty solid one.
There was a nice spring up on til,
hillside of his farm, and he damned
up the stream and made small fisl
pond for brook trout. 1t has been
great success and profitable. You cal
go there and catch as many trout a
20 cents pound as you want to pa,
for. This plan is possible in man,
+ other places
The real reason why peddlers, agent
of all sorts and the like do so mucl
business III the agricultural communi
] ties is not so much that the farme
really needs or even wants the thing
which they have to sell as that the PEG
pie on the farm are glad to see some
4 body and welcome the advent of thes
! travellers as a pleasing break in tn
monotony Of farm life.
The Ben Davis is one of the yer,
poorest in quality of any apple grow
in America, yet there are more of thes
trees planted and more money mad
out of it than can be done with an,
other apple. This is because Ben is
handsome fellow. and good looks go
long way. Then it is large and is
first class keeper and shipper; beside
it is prolific producer. The bette
types Of apples are invariably deficien
in one or more of these qualities.
The thrashing floors of Palestine re
ferred to in holy writ Were simply
circular space of ground cleared off
rod or so in diameter, upon which tn
2 sheaves of grain were laid, the grain t
be trodden out by oxen. When til
grain was thus separated from til
straw it was winnowed by throwing
the grain and chaff against the vino
This year witnessed for the first tim
the advent of an American steaI
thrashing outfit in that country, whic
created a tremendous sensation, as wei
it might.
4 With all mans enterprise and ambi
ton in the line of making money Their
is nothing which he gets which is o
SO much real value to him as his home
And there is this good thing about tn
home-that it does not take SO YER
much money to make 1t pleasan
spot. A man may be rich as the worl
goes, have a big bank account, bond
and mortgages, have fine house an
be enyied by his fellows, but If he b