Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1904-08-30

The moon affects the tides and is
IN aid to counting, but she has nary
| thing to do with the weaving of
babies and calves or the planting OF
| potatoea.
| About as soon us fellow begins
| to feel rheumatic he had better begin
to spend his money rather than keep
on working to make his pile bigger
for his heirs to quarrel over.
An addition of twenty feet In height
Is to be made to the great Assouan
dam on the river Nile. in Egypt. which
| will bring under irrigation 100000
additional acres of desert land.
The best investment we make each
yenr is the rs cents we put Into fiat
| file used to keep oil earth working tools
as sharp as a knife. No money In.
vested brings SO large a return.
sailed quite as badly on their cold
storage stock as they did Inst year.
for the butter now In the coolers cost
them from ~ to 1 cents less than last
year.
Successful cooperation enterprises
among men have always been Of slow
growth and development. There ore
many difficulties In the way Of training
men to unselfishly work for the COM
mon interest.
The cement culvert is taking the
place of the old wooden one on the
public highway. AS with the sidewalk.
1t costs about twice as much to put
1t In In the first place. and when in 1t
lasts for all time.
Natural law Is arbitrary. When
man fills his barn with half cured hay
he is quite likely to burn his barn up.
but should he escape fire be will have
lot Of musty, worthless fodder to
feed next winter
There is one class of country hides
which Is never quoted in the market
reports-ithat of the fool who monkeys
with option deals on the board of trade.
whose hide may be found hung on the
fence. having no qrotable value.
Inasmuch as there will always be
but scant supply of the very best
things 1t Will always be safe for any
man to make IN effort to produce
them. The poor we have always with
us both in population and products.
In western state years supply of
fuel Is exempt from attachment for
debt, and bright farmer saved good
portion Of his corn crop from seizure by
the sheriff by claiming that 1t was ex-
empt as his years fuel. and the courts
sustained his view of the case.
We are growing tomato this year
which we like. 1t makes but scant
foliage-does not want to climb over
the fence and into the next lot-sets its
fruit early and plenty Of It, furnishing
tomatoes BY the FIRST week in July. It
Is named the Earliana and deserves
place In every garden.
The tender grass from the lawn
moving makes very nice supple.
mental feed for the milk cow. Having
quite large lawn to care for. we have
hoo %riy pi1
feeding the cuttings to the cows.
which they eagerly eat, though having
the run Of q good pasture.
There are some queer things about
animal food and mans taste therefor.
Here is the horse, one Of the most
cleanly Of animals In both his food
and his habits, and man gags on eaung
him: then there are the ben and the
hog. the nlthiest Of slum scavengers,
which man rates as among his most
delicate and delicious rntiona
We came across one Of those old
fashioned flower gardens the other day
where four o'clock. Sweet William.
m1gnonette, balsam. coreopsis, mari
gold. hollyhock and all the rest Of the
old standbys We're giving riot Of
color and perfume which put one in
mind Of grandmother's garden Of fifty
years ago-no asters. salvtas, cannas
and all the new fashioned sort. 1t
looked good.
During trip Of 600 miles through
the most productive and best portion
Of the west which we made recently.
while we saw no end Of cornf1elds. oat
fields, large herds Of stock and innu-
merable hogs. we saw not q dozen
orchards and only two strawberry
beds. 1t is somehow easier for most
farmers to raise Poland China hog
than box Of strawberries, and so
fhev raisa tho horos