The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1907-08-08


Portable quarters in which to sleep and
as considerable and decent treatment
as 1t is possible to- give him. The
horse would have just grounds for pro
test at any point where the man
would.
Cases are not infrequent where the
value. Of farm has deteriorated SIS
to $40 an acre as d result of allowing
Quack grass or the Canada thistle to
get foothold Successful eradication
of either pest involves methods which
mean the loss Of one and sometimes
two crops The careful man will e.
low neither to get the start of him.
The number Of farmers is on the in
crease who make practice of sowing
rape in their fields of corn just before
the last time through with the Guilt
vator. The amount usually sown is
seven or eight pounds to the acre If
allowed to grow until husking time it
furnishes a splendid feed for stock cat
tie, hogs and sheep until well into win
ter.
While it isn't in any sense Christian,
1t is very natural impulse which
makes a fellow want to fire dose Of
bird shot into the disappearing anat-
omy of the automobile owner whose
machine scares a high strung horse,
but who sails by its owner as indiffer-
ent and as oblivious to consequences as
If be had no rights that were bound to
be respected
A couple of Jumps Of copperas or
bluestone as big as hickory nut dis
solved and poured into the cistern will
remove the offensive odor which some
times characterizes 1t during the spring
vent the propagation of low forms of
vegetable and animal life which are
responsible for the Odor which soft
water sometimes has.
There is no summer pastime which
more truly recreative III the highest
sense than a study of the habits of the
various birds which may make their
home In ones locality The intelli-
gence which they exhibit and the
faithfulness and devotion which the
parent birds show toward each other
and to their young are full OF inspira
ton.
A number Of the readers of this de-
partment may be interested in an an
nouncement recently made public by
the officials Of the land office at Wash
ington to the effect that 175, 999 acres
of land adjoining the Bitter Root ma
tiOnal forests in Idaho and 1877 900
acres between Diamond mountain and
Plumas national park in California
will be subject to settlement Sept. 80
and to entry Oct 30 next
While there are numerous cases
where mere bad luck seems to be re-
sponsibIe for keeping folks from get
ting ahead in the world, in the vast
majority of cases the status Of the
well to do is attributable to the fact
that they are more industrious, work a
good deal harder and manage more
wisely than those who fall to make
corresponding progress IN the long
run it is as much perspiration as 1t Is
inspiration which is responsible for
success.
Natural history students of the coun-
try are agreed that unless effective
measures are soon taken for it's preser
walton the wood duck, perhaps the
most beautiful of American game
birds, will soon be extinct, like the
buffalo. The fact noted is attributable
to the rapid destruction OF the forests
and wood lots of the country, the ma
tive haunts Of this bird and the further
fact that there are now few gniet
lakes and streams which 1t may fire.
Quent free from disturbance from man.
When one is engaged In work near
or in the timber which Is a favorite
roosting place for the mosquito. and
can't afford to spend good share Of
his time paving the air, an effective
protection for the face and neck may
be made By sewing strip Of mosquito
netting about fifteen inches wide to
ne under side of the straw hat in 2
circle about two or three inches from
the crown The netting should lap
five inches When desired the netting
in front Of the face may be lifted, the
temples, neck and cheeks still being
covered. When a mosquito gets inside
this net Enclosure, his one concern
seems to be to get out He does not
seem to be looking for anything to eat.