The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-09-12

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A shiftless, improvident man is the
natural outgrowth of a lazy and ire
sponsible boy. In this case the boy is I
truly father to the man.
No man or woman whose sensibili- |
ties are appealed to by the beauty and
fragrance of flowers or who is fond of |
little children can be wholly bad.
If the tomato vines are taken up |
just before the first heavy frost and I
hung in a cool cellar, the green toma
toes will continue to ripen until early |
winter
We often lose the benefit we might |
derive from helpful criticisms and sug-
gestions by too hastily drawing the con-
clusion that they apply only to the 9th
er fellow
The application of oil now and then
on the hard water pump, especially If
the supply for the house has to be
pumped by the women, will be an aid |
that will be greatly appreciated.
The white fly net that was bought !
for the family horse last year or the
year before and looks pretty dirty may
be made to look almost as good as
new net by dyeing it red, brown or
black.
A good many jobs inside the house
and out are much worse to look for
ward to than they are to pitch into
and do. Dislike Of a piece Of work /
usually increases the longer it is post.
poned.
In Montana, where sheep raising is |
one of the leading industries, it is not |
uncommon for the owners of large
ranches to clean up as high as $4,000
per year, and withal it is money that /
is earned with a minimum OF effort
Now and then one runs across q
farmer who raises timothy and clover
instead of weeds on the rOadsideS Dor
dering his place. The idea is a good /
one. Quite a bunch Of extra hay can I
be grown this way, while these
grasses not only look better while
growing, but do not serve to befoul
the adjoining fields
A dollar given now and then to the !
small boy by his father, while excel i
lent in it's place, should not be the only
evidence of interest which the father
shows in his son. The boy Is a good
deal more in need Of a uniform interest
and sympathy than he is of money,
and he will be handicapped and de-
frauded If he is not given them along
with the coin. i
In no way is the life of the average |
home more adequately portrayed than
in the conduct of the children who go
from it into the public school, While
there are now and then exceptions to
the rule, it is quite safe to assume that
if boy or girl has his or her own
way and makes trouble at home he
Is likely to Oe trying the same tactics
at school, and the contrary is equally I
true
There is striking similarity to be OBJ !
served between the tabby cat which is I
a good mouser and the dairy cow that /
has reputation Of filing the pail I
Both are usually thin and rawboned !.
specimens, skinny legged and unat-
tractive. The dairy COW may be minus
horn and the tabby cat shy an ear
which may have been frozen off some
night in midWinter when she was out
on a nightly prowl.
AS marking quite accurately the adj I
vance which has been made in the de-
velopment Of the electrical sciences 1t
is interesting to note that the worlds
copper output in 1881 was but $4,000
tons and worth at Is cents per pound /
$65,00O,000, while at present the annual |
production is 100000 tons, worth, at a
little over 20 cents per pound, about
1865, 100000. This stands as one Of the
industrial marvels of the last quarter
century.
1t may be a truism to say that If 1
the boys and girls are to be kept on
the farm it must be made so far as
possible a greater center Of interest
and attraction than any other place |
with which they may be acquainted.
If home for them is merely a roosting
place where they eat and sleep and
where they get naught but kicks and
cuffs from morning until night, it is
not cause Of much surprise that they /
light out for more congenial surround