Bemidji Daily Pioneer Newspaper, February 20, 1911, Page 3

Bt ST R T R S » * g “The Grinding Father.- ; * ¥ i EEERRT ( < By C. R. Barns, Minnesota Wni-i' -+ versity Farm. T * e LR R R K e 8 R S Next to the allurement of superior educational advantages in the ¢ity, the foremost factor in promoting the drain of boys-and girls-from: the :oountry; to the city—as developed by the.essays sent in in competition for. the prizes offered by Mr. Chapman for the best essays on the topic, “Why T Want to Leave the Farm”—is the father- who “grinds ‘the ‘life out of his-children” by his ‘demands upon‘ them for -work, work, -work! - Also by his ‘fallure to allow them any. share in the proceeds of their toil, beyond plain.fare and a strictly limited amount of clothing. Numerous instances are given where the wealthy or well-to-do owner of & farm of 160 to 500 acres, ‘while abund- antly: able to hire help,«has:required his :young sons: and :daughters to do practically all the work of the.farm except that done by himself.. .The boy or girl of thirteen to eighteen years is required to “turn out,” winter or summer, at 4:30 in the morning, to feed and care for stock; milk the cows and: clean out the barn; -before break- fast; and after breakfast.to perform a full day’s work in field or barn;-fol- lowed by an evening of - additional milking, stock-feeding and other chores, which fill up all the hours.un- til bed-time. N To perform these tasks, the son or daughter is hindered from going to school, in many instances, on the. plea of “necessity,” even in the presence of a compulsory school law. Oppor- tunities for amusement and soctal in- tercourse are cut to a minimum, and life is shorn of almost every, cheerful aspect for the unfortunate offspring of the grinding father. In not a few cases, the sole object of the man in thus overworking and dwarfing the lives of his children is the saving of money with' which- to buy additional acres of land. For “more land” he is willing to sacrifice everything that makes existence worth while to his family. Yet, did he only know it, by spending the money in lightening their toil, brightening their home, and in supplementing: the .oppor- tunities of the “district: school”: with a course at the School of Agriculture, he ‘would be enabled to ereilong, by their more intelligent and: willing: aid, to win a larger annual .incomefrom his - original holding : than from: the broader-acres he covets. Such a father gets:what he.deserves ‘when his children -leave him,:and he finds himself condemned to: a.lonely old.age on a broad farm which he.can- not.half cultivate. CUTTING ROOTS. This is another form of succulemt feed—not as economical as silage, but valuable for small herds, where silase is impracticable. An acre of roots, on good land well cared for, will yield twenty tons, which will supply: eight cows, twenty-five pounds each per day, for 200 days. Uses for Gasoline Engine. Farm, Stock and Home “hits the nail on the head” when it says: “It is a waste of good money to buy a gasoline engine, and ask it to do noth- ing save grind feed. ' Put in a line shaft, install a grain cleaner with ele- vators, a grindstone, pump conmec- tions, connections - with the dairy house, and, if you .have a modern home, a dyname for electric lights. Get the largest possible value out of it by making it work as meny days in the year as possible.” Rl A T R R o+ <+ As a preventative against'the 4 gnawing of frult-trees by rab- “ bits in winter, Professor Wash- <+ burn, of the Minnesota Experi- <+ ment Station, says the follow- <+ ing has been found excellent: *+ A whitewash made bluish by ' the addition of blue stone or & blue vitriol in solution. = Salt - < S - k4 ool o oo erse o o ol ofe ofe should also be added to the mixture. Apply this with a brush to the trunks amd small branches of fruit trees. okt R R R R Advice to Corn Growers. Unless their is an experienced and successful corn breeder in the vicinity Who makes a specialty of growing first class-seed corn every farmer. had bet- ter-make his own selection from: his own field or from the best fields of neighboring farms, The Factory System. The factory system began with the introduction of machinery. Tt is thor- <oughlymodern, there being nothing at Aall like it in antiquity or even in the amiddle ages. It began with the inven- tlon of the loom by Arkwright, about 4775, and was at first wholly confined 4o the cotton manufacture As me- <hanical invention. and discovery ad- vanced and other industries wereborn the factory system broadened out along with them until finally it was the dominating feature of the community. —Exchange. The Race:Withithe Raj L In Morocco' the' strange season of the Mohammedan: ‘new :year, -beginning: March 9, is'generally called “Aiteel- Hanweln,” the rain feast. The people of Morocco pay more elaborate aften- tlon:to the item of sacrifice than any preme offering of a ram or he goat takes place at the door: of:the.prinél- pal mosque. Immediately after” it is struck by the official imam in pres- ence of the multitude it is. flung on the: shoulders of a stalwart Moor, who, ex- erting his utmost strength, runsilike a deer through the narrow streets; pur- sued by a rabble. The poor animal is pelted with stones by boys and is Jeered at with execrations from_every house, as it is reputed to be carrying the sins of the people. - The man rushes along with his burden till he reaches the door of the cadi's palace. If the animal is still breathing the augury is excellant, for good luck is | to be expected all through the: year. | But if the ram s dead all sorts of evil prognostications are muttered. The . One Dish Diet. A food specialist said of dieting: “The simplest, easiest and, most:effi- cacious diet to bring down the weight is the one dish diet. At no.meal, that is, should more than one dish be eaten. “The dish may be what you will— Irish stew, macaroni and cheese, roast beef, vegetable soup, bacon and eggs— but no courses are to precede or fol- low it. You may eat as much as you choose of the dish, and yet for all that other Moslems. In every town 'a -su- | you will log Tt ince. pie, ice cream—it’s the:-yariety of dishes, ci ating an artificial appetite when the: body has really had all it‘requires; that causes corpulence. If we confine ourselves to: one dish - we know:when' i-We've had enough—we don’t know oth- erwise—and the result is that we soon drop down to the slimness natural to «children, -aniinals and ‘temperate and healthy men and women.” He Started the Trouble. Mrs. Johnson had begun to learn French and - was. gleefully informing her husband of the rapid progress she was making in her studies. | “I'm - afrald,”’ remarked Johnson, “that youw'll soon: grow tired. I've ! known people tackle a foreign tongue, expecting to know all'about it in a few ‘weeks, but before they have mastered even the rudimem\s their enthusiasm has evaporated and-they have given up i the task as hopeless.” {‘Oh, that’s not the case with me,” | declared Mrs, Johnson confidently. “I am .getting on splendidly, and Pro- fessor Dubois says I shall soon begin to think in French.” “Well,” the husband murmured, “I won't interpose any further objection, and I shall be glad- when you are able to think in French. It will be some- thing you have been unable to do in any other language!” Twain's Most Quoted Witticism. Of all the witty. things said or writ- ten by Mark Twain no‘ phrase has a corre- spondent, may: lifterdst. * Mark Twain' 4788 on a visit to London somg.years. 8go and had been secured as the chief guest of a/ dinner. to be ‘given by a lt- | erary club. * On the,morning of the day.. | when the dinner was' to.take.place. the | secretary was shocked 'to hear a ru- mor; that Mark Twain chad:died, sud- | denly. At his wits’ end, he sought to | verity it by 4 diplomatic note to Mrs. | Clemens, in. whiclr he.mentioned the rumor. . Mark Twain got hold of the i note and telegraphed: the nosw famous | reply, “Rumor of my death_ greatly ex- | aggerated .The Fleur-d 8. The fleur-de-lis, the well known em-, rhlem of: France, is .said. to. have.been ( brought from. heaven by an angel to \ King: Clovis; he having. made a vow jithat:if he proved vietorious in an im- pending battle with the Alemanni near Cologne he would embrace. Ghristian- ity. - It was the national-emblem until the revolution of 1789, when the tri- color, (white,. red and blue) was:adopt- ed. :The.royalists in 1871 tried fo re- | store the: old emblem to the flag, but without success.—New York' American, The Comforter. Visitor—I just looked in to cheer, you up a bit, and I'm very glad I did, for I met the doctor going out, and he says you're worse than you think and unless you keep up your spirits you can’t recover.—London Opinion. MARKED 3 wesT, place. among - the angels ‘forming thg ‘among . which may be mentioned a refused to sanction/ithe design for “memorial window in a Carlisle churchi! ] on the ground that an ‘angel'is-deplct- «ed. wearing: the coat of urms of the- dean and.-chapter of Carlisle’ would ‘assuredly make short work of the Lin: coln cathedral “Tmp.”. which finds & gel choir in that building. Up and down England are to be found hun‘ dreds of ‘examples of the humor of ecélesiastical -architects of a past age. from:the snarling:griffins worked into the stonework of Henry VIL’s chapel, Westminster abbey, to the dun cow' and milkmaids in Durham cathedral: A cat playing a violin can be seen in Wells cathedral. and in Hereford ca. thedral two cats, apparently perform- ing a violin duet. Boston “Stump” g crowded with fantastic carvings; wife chastising ber husband, a teacher caning a pupil ‘and an orchestra com- posed of bears playing an organ, a bagpipe and, a drum.—Westminster Gazette. His. Mile. Mr. Baggie—Confound that taflor! These trousers Mrs. Baggie~How.much shall I turn | them up? Mr. Baggle—About half an | inch. It I8 lawful to'pray God that we be oot led: Info temptation. ‘but not law- | ful to skulk from those that come to us—R. L. Stevenson. L ‘midji, and .quote you prices: with .easy terms of . payment if desired .on some of the best residence a mile too long. |, : Have you ever stopped .o think that every few years you practically.pay for the house you live in . and yet do not.own:it? Figure it up. for yourself. Theodore Roosevelt says:' “No Investment on earth i~ 80, safe; 80,aure, 80, certain to enrich its owners as undeveloped realty.” We will be glad to tell . you about the City of Be- and business property in that rapidl wing City. A letter addressed. to us will bring §o§r&u gpsrtxc'z- lars or if you prefer to see the property, call on H. A. Simons, av Bemidji. The Soo Railroad is now running its fraight and passenger trains into.. Bemidji; investigate the oppor- tunities off2red for business on a smail or large scale. Bemidji Townsite & Improvement Co, 404-New York Life Bullding ST. 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