Lincoln County times., September 21, 1911, Image 6

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Meddling
** Men
Sure Way of
Success Is Mind
Own Business
*v REV. MADISON C. PETERS
HE busybody is a self-appointed inspector of social warts, a
sort of supervisor of other people's domestic affairs, for the
busybody generally begins by reporting domestic infelicities.
From the frequency with which the Bible speaks of these
people I take it that they may be considered the worst foes
of society. Women generally get the credit for all the busy
bodying; but the men are as bad blabs as the women. Indeed,
many women have become so useful to the community that
they have retired from the gossiping business, and babbling,
tattling, sly-whispering and impertinent meddling men have
succeeded them and are trespassing constantly on the community with
their tongues.
The busybody is remarkable for his health. He can live on anything;
tie usually carries with him a bag of reputations made up in cold hash so
that he doesn't have to stop for meals. He has long legs and can go a
thousand miles at a jump, while he has great genius for smelling. His
peculiarity is acuteness of ear, for he can hear as much through a keyhole
as from a door wide open.
When Commodore Vanderbilt was asked how be made so much money,
he said he made half of it by minding his own business and the other
half by not minding other people's business.
The reason why men succeed who mind their own business is because
(here is so little competition. There are many people so busy minding
other people's business that I wouldn't be a bit surprised in the resurrec
tion day to see some of these everlasting snoops getting out of the wrong
graves.
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Without any intention, perhaps, of doing injury to your neighbor,
a careless remark may be seized by a babbler, and as a snowball grows by
rolling it, so does a story by telling; it passes through the babbling tribe,
growing larger and larger, and darker and darker, and by the time it has
rolled through Babbletown it has assumed the magnitude and blackness of
base slander.
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der. He bade her go to the market, buy a chicken just killed and still
covered with feathers and walk a certain distance, plucking the bird as
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she went. The woman did as she was directed and returned, anxious to
know the meaning of the injunction.
"Retrace your steps," said Philip, "and gather
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up, one by one, all the feathers you have scattered.
"I cast the feathers carelessly away," said the
woman, "and the wind carried them in all directions."
"Well, my child, said Philip, "so it is with your
words of slander; like the feathers which the wind
has scattered, they have been wafted in many direc
It is undoubtedly true that the sense of
parental responsibility is diminishing rather
than increasing. Numerous conditions are
combining to encourage this spirit, and
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these conditions may be detected in some
of the institutions of which America is so
proud, notably in the public schools. I do
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not believe -that any teacher can take the
place of a parent, or that any school can be
a good substitute for the home.
Jvmaergarten instruction in the public
schools has produced its benefits, but the
principle has been extended so that it
sometimes has included, unintentionally, no
doubt, practically the entire care through the day of children who are
hardly more than infanta.
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tions. Call them back now if you can. Go, sin no
more.
Home Is
Only
Natural
Place for
the Child
By ANNIE G. MURRAY
The authority and affection of the home are in some measdre super
seded by those of the school, and it is well known that parents are tempted
to take advantage of the kindergarten system to shirk parental responsi
bility.
For children of tender years the home influence, if it embraces what
can be called a home, should be the controlling factor in instilling family
love and unselfishness.
The old-fashioned child over whom parental authority was exercised
much more effectively was quite as bright and good as the new-fashioned
child for whom discipline has been so universally relaxed.
It is a hopeless plan to attempt to improve the mind or the moral
nature of children under ten years of age by placing them in what prac
tically are prisons.
The home is the only natural place for the child, and our efforts
ought to be directed to making it in
all cases the fittest place.
Children should never be allowed to
pluck flowers, even in the field and hedges,
merely to throw them aside ; they should be
early taught reverence for this floral beauty
which is around them and never be permit
ted wantonly to break down boughs and
branches, or fill their laps with buttercups
and daisies only to leave them withered in
the sun, discarded and forgotten.
The young should cherish their flowers
as wisely as, and more tenderly than, they
cherish their gold or silver pieces in their
money boxes. The exquisite beauty of
even the humblest blossom can only be ap
ciated by the eyes which gaze on it with attention and affection. If the
wild thyme, or the shepherd's purse, or the cuckoo's eye, or any one of the
tiny blossoms of the sward and hedgerow were but as rare as sapphires
are, the whole world would quarrel for them ; but nature has sown these
little treasures broadcast with lavish hand, and scarcely any one is grateful.
The garden is a little pleasure of the soul, by whose wicket the world
can be shut out from us. In the garden something of the golden age still
lingers; in the warm alleys where the bees hum about the lilies and the
stocks, and also where the lime leaves and the acacia flowers wave joyously
as the west wind passes.
A true lover of a garden counts time and season by his flowers.
Teach
Children
Beauty
of the
Flowers
By William F. Curtis, Jr.
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A FTER much experimenting on
the part of milliners, and many
trials on the part of devotees
Q ( aUtOlllObtle, the problem
of the hat for driving appears to have
f olved ltself in a compromise be
tween hat and bonnet shapes. The
veil, which Is as essential as the hat
Is usually not fastened to It, but
' rovab * e - There are, however, num
bers of auto hats shown, in which the
ve ii forms a part of the "Trimming.
They are designed for long runs and
! our . s ' ° ot , for shon excursions,
but one hat o{ thIs klnd fa that
wearing a removable veil. Such bats
8re suited t0 °tber wear and. there
fore, more practical tnan those in
which the veil Is part of the trim
ming.
Speaking of veils. It Is too bad that
anything so beautiful and beautify
ing should be worn In an unbecoming.
" ot say dl ® fl Buring, manner. Worn
better tie them tightly
bead, dispensing with hat or bonnet,
tbeiuselves to ride when
the wind bloweth y hither It llsteth
(as usual). And they appear to gath
er more than the usual amount of
d " st ^° thelr uni>rotect{ : d fa f es ' w,th
an unconsciousness only blissful to
themselves, they Join the throngs
carefully groomed and beautifully
d ^ 8Sed Î lner8 *" th ®. fasblonable
blots upon the assembly, for a frowsy
appearance has no attractions, and
tbere 18 no gainsaying that women
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Turned up at the back to show a
cluster of curls.
Value of Cleanliness.
Teeth kept clean mean small den
tist's bills, and little time wasted In
toothache. Hair kept clean
that no time be wasted lor the
ventlon of baldness later on.
kept clean means no toss of time In
illness. In fact. It Is hard to say In
what ■ department of life cleanliness
does not save time.
means
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Princess Slips.
There has been an unusually large
distribution of princess slips during
the spring and summer, owing to the
general use of sheer materials for
-ummer dresses, says the Dry Goods
Economist. The highest grade
bers are made of marquisette
mercerized batiste,
orated with hand-embroidery, lace and
ribbons, and make effective linings
for the new-style dresses
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They are elab
must manage to look neat always—or
lose out when comparisons are made.
Little auto bonnets are most becom
ing and fetching, most simple and
not expensive. The Illustrations glv
en here show how well the small hats
and bonnets protect the head and
face. Why (In the name of good
Judgment) should women go hatlesa
to ride, when they are much prettier
with their millinery than without it?
Three types of hats are shown here,
suited to the car. The smoothly-cov
ered bonnet-like shape of velvet and
silk, with a velvet rosette. Is to be
worn with a veil pinned on for mo
toring. It Is comfortable and becom
ing, an altogether practical affair.
The bonnet of silk braid with
puffed crown of velvet Is trimmed
with narrow bands of marabout out
lining the veil, which Is draped about
it. This Is a beautiful model In mole
skin velvet with natural marabout
and Persian braid. The veil matches
the velvet In color, and Is long, so
that It may cover the face and be
wound about the throat, where re
quired. It Is distinctively an auto
bonnet, but an exquisite piece of mil
linery as well, always an adornment.
The small, roun-, soft turban
shown is of velvet with two soft and
flexible quills and a bead buckle. It
does not suggest the auto at all, but.
with the addition of a veil, prettily
adjusted, Is as complete as the hats,
which are designed solely for motor
ing. This hat is Just the thing for
those who ride only occasionally.
JULIA BOTTOM'.EY.
NEW RIBBONS FOR MILLINERY
They Are Very Wide and Soft, De
signed for the Making of Hat
Bows.
The new millinery ribbons are
mously wide and soft, for Tows made
of taffeta are really smarter than rib
bon. and the ribbon makers have had
to get out special widths to please
the women who prefer to make big hat
bows of conveniently finished ribbon
rather than hem and wire silk bows.
The graceful bows are arranged at
front, back or side of the hat. accord
ing to the requirement of Its shape
or Its wearer's fancy. The big bow
across the back Is undeniably youth
ful and girlish In suggestion, though
the bow in front ts more becor^cg to
certain types of face. Trimm,
the side should only be worn by v.
en who can stand dashing and Jaunty
effects.
Taffeta Is the millinery silk par
cellence Just now, and the new colors
are delectable—soft gray reds called
raspberry and cyclamen, rich olive
and bronze greens;
American beauty
shades of the vivid geranium
called "coronation."
tone silks with Jacquard
which make stunning bows, the velvet
brim facing of velvet matching
the shades; but perhaps
beautiful of all tbe new millinery silks
Is the beau d'or or gold skin, which Is
a glace silk woven of yellow threads
which have a high vioss and glisten
like gold.
threads produces a
changeable effect, most often in stripes
or vague "East Indian" patterns.
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a sumptuous
and several
rose
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There are two
weaves
one ot
he most
A cross weave of colored
moat beautiful
The New Revers.
Quite new are the Hat
Irish. Duchesse or odd linen lace, with
a frill of Valenciennes
Inches wide around the edge
sheer embroidered batiste with a him
ol palest pink In the flowers
side frill of the same material
waist reaching fell below the bust
The frill was edged with fine point dt
Paris lace In a wide round scallop
showing a quaint design that mlghl
have been taken from some long tor
gotten treasure chest:
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WATER FOR ORCHARD
Number of Irrigations Depend on
Capacity of Soil.
Where There Is G«cd Supply of Moist
ure Rapid Growth Takes Plac<
All New Wood Must Mature
Before Frost.
"The number of Irrrlgatolns that an
orchard should receive depends on the
capacity of the soli to hold water. It*
It readily parts with Its
light but frequent irrigations should
be applied, but if it holds water well
a heavy application at longer Inter
vals is best, likewise a heavy rain
which saturates tbe soil below
usual covering o( the soil mulch may
take the place of one artificial water
ing, but the light showers frequently
does more harm than good. Cultiva
tion often takes place of Irrigation.
Unless the furrows are cultivated In
the bottom and sides crack and al
low tho ground to dry out quickly.
As a rule young trees are Irrigated
oftener and earlier than mature trees,
says tho Northwestern Stockman and
Farmer.
Excessive Irrigation In midsummer
may retard or even prevent the devel
opment of fruit buds for the ensuing
year. Where there Is a good supply
of moisture In the soil rapid growth
takes place, which Is evidently at the
expense of fruit bud formation. Fruit
buds are best developed when there
Is a moderate supply of moisture and
plenty of available plant food. Bear
ing fruit trees should make very lit
tle growth after the middle of july,
and if the orcbardlst wishes to pro
mote fruitfulness he should not over
Irrlgate. The growing crop, however,
cannot be sacrificed in order to Insure
a crop of fruit buds for the follow
ing year, but rampant growth Is not
essential to the proper development of
Trait.
moisture,
the
Excessive late Irrigation may re
tard the proper coloring of the fruit.
The aim should be to bring the fruit
up to size early In the season and
then promote coloring by withhold
ing water. Then the late Irrigation
»Iso produces wood growth, which
will not mature and Is subject to
winter killing. Ail new wood should
De mature before frost, and If some
Df the leaves turn yellow the grower
Deed not be alarmed. The growth
if young trees especially, must be
:hecked by withholding water. The
late of the last Irrigation will vary
with different soils, but usually they
aeed not be Irrigated after the mid
lie of August.
Orchards that have dried out In
must be Irrigated In
ate summer
.he fall after the fruit is removed.
Since there is some evaporation
ng on all the time, even from dor
aant trees. It would result In
Dus damage by dry freezing to let
.ha trees go In that condition during
;he winter.
scri
Fall plowing Is almost always
ilrable In orchards, as It holds the
rains and snows during the winter
»nd gives the ground a chance to
lettle.
tround too loose and If It Is
worked down' with disks and
•ows It Is almost Impossible to
ihe water to tho end of tho furrows.
do
Spring plowing leaves the
not
bar
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Training Young Trees.
Training the young orchard is
pruning, and should
_conslst mostly In shaping the trees
keeping them In form
more
needful than
or
and properly
balanced. Very often the side opposite
the direction from which the prevail
ing winds come become heavier than
the side toward the wind, and the
moval of some of the branches and
beading In of others becomes
sary.
re
neces
Some shoots become too
rampant
and need checking to preserve the bal
ance of the tree, and others
bent and tied to fill the
can be
. open spaces.
Work of this kind, and the removal
of water sprouts may be done In the
summer. A bush or clustered habit of
growth Is
not
uncommon, even In
quite young trees, and needs to he
corrected by the removal of
branches.
surplus
Age of Water Fowl*,
it Is more difficult to Judge the
of water fowls than of other
partly from greater
partly because the
legs soft and fresh.
Ducks waddle
age
poultry,
longevity and
water keeps their
more heavily as they
grow older, and after two or three
years they acquire « depression down
the brearit.
An abdominal pouch of great size
Indicates great age In geese
Turkeys up to a year old are said
to have black feet, which grow p| nk
to three years of age, when they grad
ually turn gray and dull.
Age In pigeons Is often
color ot the breast,
flesh looks whitish as seen thrones
ournlUh' bUt becomes mo rv and more
purplish as the birds
told by the
In squabs tho
grow older.
A F ° 0d Fr0m Law "
van.nj . aw " may be used to ad
the P0, " ,ry W,,b
cutting Just enough
their dally wants,
will eat. but do
they will
tho
summer hy
each day to meet
Feed them all they
not cut more than
consume, for then you are
wasting valuable feeding matter.
If you have a lawn mower,
strip or two In the morning l
to your poultry, and another
ater ,h„ day This may not maM
the lawn look any too well, but It will
be serving the
cut a
and feed
strip
poultry with all the
treen food they need during the
tire summet.
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GET FIRST-CLASS POTATOES
Great Emphasis Is Placed Upon Prop
Preparation of Soil—Seed Se
lection Important.
er
Some of the mountain valleys have
been found to offer almost Ideal con
ditions for the growing of large crops'
One of tho
of Aral-class potatoes
successful mountain fanners Is
most
Mr. E. 11 Grubb, who has made t\
specialty of this crop for a great many
The benefit of his long ©xperl- .
In growing potatoes under Irrlga
years
ence
tion conditions lias been given to farm
ers In the form of a farmers' bulletin,
recently Issued by the agricultural de
Mr. Grubb
partment at Washington,
places great emphasis upon proper
preparation of the soil. The mainte
nance of soil fertility is the basis of a
sucessful crop In his experience,
has grown clover or alfalfa often for
three or four years previous to break
HO
Ing the Boll for a potato crop
.This alfalfa or clover sod Is plowed
In the full and thoroughly worked over
In the spring with a disk or spring
tooth harrow until tho seed bed Is In
as good condition as though for a
garden. He especially emphasizes that
the soil shall ha well fined and firmed
In order that the root system of tho
young plants will be enabled to secure
plant food. Cultivation Is begun as
soon as possible after the potatoes are
planted.
In soil which Is reasonably porous
It will be sufficient to Irrigate every
alternate row. A V-shapèd trench Is
made midway between the row with
an 8 or 10-lnch lister, and a small
stream of water turned down each of
these ditches. The soil being in an
open and permeable condition, tho
water will penetrate, so as to water
the Intervening rows. For tho sec
ond Irrigation furrows may be opened
In the middles which were left at the
first Irrigation, and this system main
tained throughout the season. Culti
vation should be given as soon as pos
sible after Irrigating, so that the sur
face will not bake, and a good me
chanical condition will be kept up
No water should be applied for 50 to
60 days preceding digging time, so as
to give the tubers plenty of time to
ripen In dry earth.
Seed selection Is the most Important
point of all the factors Influencing
potato growing. For 12 years Mr.
Grubb has been trying to Improve and
develop certain strains of potatoes by
the same methods which he followed
In breeding Shorthorn cattle and
Shropshire sheep lie used the best
methods of selection and gave hts seed
plots the best possible care ns to cul
tivation and Irrigation Each year ho
selected the particular typo which ho
considered nearest the Ideal, and has
used these Individual tubers for seed
the following year. For this Improve
ment work he used the variety known
as Perfect Peachblow, which. It waa
said, would degenerate and ultimately
run out. yet each year has shown a
decided improvement, and tho variety
Is better and more firmly fixed today
than It ever was before.
ORCHARD NOTES.
An orchard neglected for one year
virtually puts It back three years.
Never cut a limb from a fruit tree
unless you know Just why you do It
It tbe rabbits have gnawed
the outer bark, wrap the wound with
cloth.
only
It 1« e sad mistake to neglect
orchard when It la not producing a
crop of fruit
There are no contacting opinions
among growers on the effects of cov
er crops on peach trees
If you think of setting out
r.n
an or
chard and have had no experience
better hire a man to show you how
Whenever a large limb Is
from the tree the wound should be at
once covered with wax or thick paint.
Always buy clean, straight
saw.-d
trees
with short stems, and even then do
not be afraid to prune before plant
ing.
More depends
upon tbe right
choice of kinds of fruit to set than
upon any other /actor as to profit
tbe orchard.
in
While the orchard 1s coming Into
bearing try vegetable growing
side line.
as a
This makes one of tho
surest and best sources of Income
Three years of spraying, pruning
and cultivation will bring an orchard
that you are ashamed of Into
dltlon that you will be proud of.
If you can gel a man from
a con
your
state experiment station you will in
deed be fortfinaie.
to get the man who
fruit In your county.
Peaches and plums, owing to
small size of the trees
with the apple «nd
generally thinned, but It will
thin them when too full.
The Inexperienced planter
If not. then try
grows the best
the
aa compared
pear, are more
pay to
thinks
he la getting a bargain when he buys
trees three or four year« old, but
experience will show him that
lings are better and ho should
plant over two-year-olds.
Allantbus trees
year
never
are
««"»y cut,
sawed and split, and while the wood
from them will not burn as long as
most woods. It answers fairly w e || m
this respect, but does best when used
with other woods, such
hickory, chestnut, etc.
locust.
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Feeding Meat to Chicks
To feed meat to chickens with best
results it should not be cut Into tiny
pieces so ns to require practically no
effort on the part of the chicks to get
It. but a better way Is to fasten a
large piece to a small board and let
them work at It. This gives the chicks
much needed exercise snd does
allow them to become sluggish
d "ll, ns they are likely m at*
rledly eating a beany
not
and
er bur
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