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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
Feeding Poultry,

Milk, II the vessels or troughs con.
tanning it are kept sweet and cleanly.
may with advantage be kept where
fowls can get to it at any time. Other
kinds OF food should be given at regu-
lar times and only in the quantities
that will be then consumed, says an ex-
change. 1t is simply wasteful TO throw
out to them a large quantity OF food in
order that they have it within reach
all through the day. Much of it will be
scattered about. lost, or so filthy that
your fowls ought not to eat it. Besides
this, all poultry require a certain
amount Of exercise in order to be
healthy, and this exercise they will not
take unless driven by appetite TO hunt
for part Of their food And ii is prob
able that needed qualities of food OBJ
tanned by so hunting aid in the assimi-
lation OF the ordinary feed given to
them. The careless feeding of unneces-
sary quantities at time prevents hens
from laying as they would if not over.
fed, and those intended for the table or
market, are fattened best by giving to
them only so much as they will clean
I'D at each meal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
Onions for Poultry Food.

There is no vegetable that grows OF
more value TO the poultryman than the
onion, says American Poultry Journal.
Doubtless it was one Of the foods Of the
fowl in its natural state, as it is found
growing wild in several parts OF the
world. In Illinois and Missouri we
have found it, both in the woods and
prairies. with sprouts short and crisp
early in the spring, that would lengthen
and tougher as the season advanced, to
bear a smalr Seeding onion or button"
late in the fall. We never tried plant
ing any OF the button" onions Of the
wild variety, but doubtless If We had
they would have produced the same
class-smaller in size perhaps-ot
onions that the sets" Of the cultivated
sorts do to-day. Be that as it may. the
onion Of commerce Is valuable addi-
ton to the list Of vegetables that are
considered good for fowls. At this sea-
son of the year when the fowls are run
down by the heat OF the autumn and
the strain OF moulting, the onion will
be found a first-class tonic. Where
there is bowel trouble. with greenish
droppings, and dysentery, onions cut up
tolerably fine and fed as often as three
times a week will prove of great bene-
fit, and where the chickens have had
access to any unclean food and become
affected by it, such as decaying animal
matter. which leads to limberneck or
od-time chicken cholera, sometimes
the feeding of onions will be found ben
cficial: although when chicken gets 4
good chance at such stuff, and gets a
big dose of it. it Is about as good as
gone. Precaution should be taken to
have nothing Of the kind on the prem
Uses. Onions boiled in with the warm
mash for the hens Is good, and by in
MIGRATING and stimulating them causes
them to lay better. In fact onions as
a tonic and food is one of the simple
provisions of nature that any one can
keep handy at small cost. Don't fail
TO include them in your poultry bill of
fare two or three times a week. and
oftencr il the chickens appear de5ili-
tated.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
This illustration shows one of the
latest improved baby incubators, with

nurse in attendance. These Incuba-
tors are used as a means Of saving the
lives OF prematurely born or very
weakly infants. The incubator is COM
posed of a metal frame mounted On a
metal stand. The child rests on a wire
hammock suspended from the four cor
ners. and in front are two swinging
glass doors made to close tightly. while
at enc side is glass window through
which the child may be seen. This box
is heated by air which is made moist
and agreeable by being passed through
small sheet of absorbent antiseptic
wool suspended in medicated water.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

been protsSted and decorated. This IS
photograph Of an ordinary pint hook
bottle, which had probably been
thrown away by some white men and
eagerly bounced upon by a native, who
land the whole countryside agreed with
HIM considered he had lighted upon a
real treasure. The bottle was covered
in very tasteful manner with hide
and plated strips of vari-colored cane,
the latter being worked into ziS-Zag
pattern in panels from top to bottom.
Even the cork did not fail to receive
attention, for it, too, was covered with
hide and colored brilliant red. The
bottle was afterwards used as water
vessel by powerful chief.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
Adjustable Hand

No longer need madame crane and
twist her neck to discover the condition
Of her back hair. No longer need she
pull the shoulder of bodice out OF
shape trying to determine with the ai6
Of hand glass how her waist fits. The
latest and best hand glass does not re-
quire to be held in the hand at all. 1t
clasps the back Of chair easily and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
Lesson Hymn.

In the silent midnight watches, List
thy bosom door.
How it knocketh, knocketh, knocketh,
Knocketh evermore!
Say not tits thy pulse is beating: It's thy
heart of SIM
It's thy Savior knocks, and crieth, Rise.
and let me in,
Death comes down with reckless foot
step. To the hall and hut;
Think you death will stand a-knocking
Where the door is shut?
Jesus waiteth, waiteth. waiteth; But thy
door is fast,
Grieved away thy Savior goeth: Death
breaks in at lat.
A Cleveland Coke.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

partment Of Agricultural, taken from
the reports of the French minister of
agriculture, shows conclusively the ne
cessity OF supplying vitalizing air to the
chick. The sensible hen cools and airs
her eggs, as must the successful incu-
bator operator. cit was also found that
the eggs of fowls which were at liberty
Matched better than those Of fowls
which were confined. In tests made
with an incubator it was found that
eggs which were repeatedly cooled and
warmed Matched much better than
those that were kept at warm tenn
perature all the time. In one expert
ment the eggs were cooled by exposing
them to the air for one and one-half
hours daily during the whole period of
incubation. This treatment retarded
the period of incubation for three days.
The eggs became quite cold and it re-
quired about twelve hours to bring
them up to 104 deg. F., the temperature
OF incubation. In the experiment, thir-
teen out Of sixteen Matched vigorous
chickens. The incubator has been pre-
viously used with unsatisfactory re-
suits. From second experiment it was
inferred that the gradual heat Of the
eggs was as essential as the process OF
cooling. Twenty-Five eggs which had
been laid on very warm days were
placed in an incubator and exposed to
the air, as in the preceding case. The
temperature was such that the eggs
were warmed up to 104 degrees in two
or three hours. This temperature was
maintained until the brood Matched.
The chickens pierced the shell. but they
were so weak that they died before
leaving the eggs. 1t was found that the
eggs upon which fowl is sitting are
not all of the same temperature. those
upon the outside being cooler than
those that lie inside"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

ford Cattle Breeders association.
which is so useful in holding COM
petitions for the comparison Of young
bulls. and in bringing to notice the
most promising animals. There ia
quite a respectable consignment of
young pedigree Herefords now going
across the Atlantic, the genuine char
acter of the trade being indicated by
the difference of purchasers. and the
variety of herds which have been Sc
lected from.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
The Ordeal of u Watch.

Those who own and carry good
watches are probably not aware of the
tests through which fine watches go be-
fore they are sent out upon the mar
ket with the makers guarantee. Bir
mingham and Coventry are the two
great watch factories Of England, and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL,
LESSON III, OCT. l7-ACTS "a;
1925.
Golden Text-"Fear Thou Not: for
am with Thee"-Isa. Al. IO-Back-
ground OF the Lesson-Paul Before
the Roman Governor.

Time.-5o A. ID.
Place-The court room OF Felix's pail
ace in Caesarea.
Paul Before the Jewish Council. -Ciau-
das Lysias, the chief captain, could not
make out from the confused cries or the
! crowd what his prisoner was charged
! with: not understanding the Hebrew Paui
spoke to the people, the speech did not
| eulIghten him; and when he thought TO
! force a confession from the prisoner NM
! self by the barbarous practice OF torture
| Paul's Roman citizenship fooled MN. 30.
at his suggestion. this council meets, with
more or less OF formality, to try PAU:
Twenty-Five years ago Paul himself had
sat on the council seat and Joined In the
condemnation of the first martyr or
Christ Now he stands where stephen
then stood, face to face with the Same
pride and hatred. Seventy-tWo OF the
most learned and eminent Hebrews SIT
around in half circle. Many once Ia
miliar face is before him. Carefully READ
the whole story (Acts 23 1-i0. His speech
was brought to n sudden end by an appear
to the Pharisees against the SadduceeS
| The trial was broken up i'll tumult, anu
soon Paul, again rescued by Roman SOL
diers was again safe within the "ahS Oh
Antona
Paul in the Castle Of Antonia.-EVen
prison, with its silence, must nave peei
But Paul is for the moment Doubtless
crushed with disappointment. TWO things
/ he had determined to do: to DrlnS the
Jews to Christ and to sail away to Rome.
! The Jews had rejected his appeal: ne ~
in chains, and his hopes of reaching Rofhe
are scattered TO the winds. But IN the
black stiffness of midnight there comes
Visitor to his quiet cell. The soldier chain
ed TO Paurs side sees nothing. but the
apostle recognizes the presence OF the iIora
whom he met on the road to Damascus
and again at Corinth. and hears the words
| BE of good cheer. PAUL. for as thou hast
| testified of me in Jerusalem, so must
! thou bear witness also at Rome by
| the next midnight he is on his way to be
| tried by Felix at Caesarea.
| Paul in Caesarea.-For the first time
/ Paul stands in chains before a Roman
| tribunal, accused by his own people. The
! trial is held in the judgment hall at
| Caesarea, and upon the bench sits as
! judge the careless, unjust and
! sensual Felix, slave lifted to
a throne. Paurs accusers are
! heard, but their charges are scatter
ed to the winds by his manly. dignified
! defense. He asserts, what no witness
| can disprove his orderly law-abiding
! conduct yet boldly owns himself to be a
| disciple of Jesus Christ, through whom
| he looks for the resurrection from the
| dead. The judge sees plainly that the
! prisoner is innocent, but, with desire TO
! win popularity from the Jews, remandS
! him to prison until other witnesses can
| be summoned Here the great apostle
| languishes for two years. cheered by the
companionship of tried friends and by the
visitors from the Caesarean church. AT
| the very beginning of this period comes
our lesson
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

Wad she be my drap o dew?
1ester-e'en her answer came
Sweet and saucy, like my lass:
I'm the way o. color, Rob.
c are like blade o grass,
An ye're growing in my heart,
Where the cauld wind never blew!
Dinna suffer lang wi thirst:
come and take your drap o dew
Hattie q. Garfield in Ladies Homa
Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

Tommy-"All the wind is out OF my
tires Mr.. Figg-"All the air, you
mean. Wind is air in notion" Tommy
Then it is air when the wheel is
still and wind when | am riding, amt
it. paw?''-Indianapolis Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
To Covert Knots Into Miles.

Very frequently people want to
know the equivalent OF a ships run
in miles. This can be very easily done
by this simple formula: Multiply the
knots by 1916 and t.. result will be
miles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

In holding two sections OF drain pipe
together while cementing, a newly pat
ented core will be found useful. the
devise being divided into three wedge
SNAPPED sections, Which force the pipes
to align and can be withdrawn after
the Cement bardens by means Of q
handle or cord
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

Trees should be encouraged to send
their roots down deep into the soil,
that they may thus be able to stand
drouth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES, ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.
The Effects OF Intoxicating Music-Tha
Trouble with Boston-A Martyr to
Meions-F1 otsam aud Jetsam from
the Tide.
A "Drap o. Dew"

Haze aften heard 1t
said /!
Out my wording
may be new) 4,
llka tiny blade o
grass
Gets its ain pure
drap o dew.
This aud saying L
did pen.
Asking Jeanne If
she knew /
l was like a blade
o. era So
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
SCIENTIFIC POINTERS.
CURRENT NOTES OF DISCOV-
cry AND INVENTION.
African Bottles Are objects of Great
Value In tho Eyes of tho Natives-A
New Baby Incubator-A Continuance
for Tanning the Feeble Spark Of Life.
Bottles in Africa.

oMMON grass Dol-
ties are evidently
acquisitions of con-
siderable value in
the estimation of
the natives of West
Africa-at any rate
judging from the
careful and ingeni-
Gus manner in
which the accompa-
nying specimen has
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
DAIRY AND POULTRY,
INTERESTING CHAPTERS FOR
OUR RURAL READERS.
How Successful Farmers Operate This
Department. of the Farm-A Few
Hints a. to the Care of Live Stock
and Poultry.
Experiments In Artificial Matching.

i ID only recently
that operators of
incubators h a v Q
come to fully real
lie the great i'm
portance Of proper
ventilation for in
cubators and hatch
Ing rooms. The
following CVol. VII.
No. 10, r e or t
limited States he
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
A Comfortable Communion.

Doesn't your wife annoy you by
asking questions at the base bal
game?"
Never; she is one of those women
who always like to let on that they
know all about everything" -Detroi,
Free Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12
Theory.

Weary Watkins-Ain't it funny some
men can't work till they are full Of
booze?
Dismal Dawson don't see nothin
funny about it. A ut man got to
drown his misery?-Indianapolis Jour.
nal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-10-12

Hungry Higgins-"An' t t'ink dat we
skipped dat free concert las night"
Empty Edwin-"W'y?"
Hungry Higgins-"Dis here paper
says de music was intoxicatin'."
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22
The Cash Tailor, Cary Block.
New G. p. A. for Lima North.
Grn.

Mr.. John Bastable, the newly ap-
pointed general passenger agent OF
the Lima Northern, gave Napoleon a
visit on Monday, and while here he
paid his repects to the NORTHWEST
office. We found him an exceeding
ly pleas ant gentleman, who will make
a popular passenger agent for our
new railroad. He has the appear
ance of business getter" and no
doubt he will be of valuable service
to the L. N. He was formerly dis
trict passenger agent for the @. H. u
d. at Toledo. In speaking of the
new appointment the Toledo Blade
remarks:
"The position was rendered Mr..
Bastable when he was connected
with the G. H. & D., but at the time
he was desirious of retiring from &C.
tive service which he did shortly af-
terwards. Since then, he has been
in the west recuperating, and the
state of his health has improved to
that extent that he now feels like go
ing into the business with his old
time vigor. During his connections
with the G. HI. g. D., John demon
strated that he could get business
and was one of the most popular
passenger men in the city. The loca
tion of Mr.. Bastable at Detroit il
further confirmation that the Lime
Northern had closed contract fol
terminal property at Detroit. 1t il
reported that the Lima Northern
will put on through passenger ser
vice from Detroit to Old Point Com
fort by the way of the Ohio Southern
and Norfolk s. Western. The head
quarters of the Lima Northerl
freight department will also b
moved to Detroit"
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22
800 Reward, 500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages and
that is catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, re-
quires a constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure /, taken inter.
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation oi
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu
tion and assisting nature in doing it.
work. The proprietors have SO much
faith in it's curative powers, tha'
they offer One Hundred Dollars fol
any case that 1t fails to cure. Seni
| for list OF testimonials. I'm
Address: F. j. CHENEY & co.
.s+!l7, q Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by ,Druggisists, 65c.
Halls Family Pillsjare the best.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22
Lima Northern to Detroit.

By the 18th of the coming May the
Lima Northern will be running
through trains into Detroit, both
passenger and freight. The new
road will put down its own track ito
Britton, 50miles out of Detroit, from
which point trains will be run over
the Wabash into Detroit, arrange
ments having been perfected with
the Wabash to that effect. When
this new territory is utilized, the
Lima Northern will be of additional
benefit to the people of Napoleon and
Henry county, giving them connec-
tions for almost any pointin Ohio or
Michigan. We understand the gem
eral officers of the road will have
headquarters in Detroit.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22
The American Coffee Berry Plant.

There has never been anything
found to compare in true merit with
this wonderful and valuable Coffee
Berry, which is superseding store
coffee as fast as its merits become
known. While growing it is a per
feet sight to behold; fruits from the
ground up and on the limbs inevery
direction forming almost a solid
mass of pods, each pod containing
two to three coffee berries. When
ripe, parch. grind and prepare same
as any coffee. The flavor is mild,
pleasant and agreeable, having a
fragrant and aromatic taste, similar
to our imported coffee. 1t is strong
er than store coffee and much more
healthful and strengthening.
The hardest, easiest raised and
most productive of any plant grown,
and subject to no insect depredations
producing from 40 to 60 bushels per
acre. Each plant has from $50 to
250 pods. Grows from two to three
feet high and meets in middle of rows
when planted three feet apart. One
berry is planted in hill and culti-
waited like corn or beans and as easi-
ly raised. 1t is very improving to
land on account of its immense foil
age which sheds when beginning to
ripen in the fall; well adapted to
thin land. Can be used to fatten hogs
much more fattening than corn;
turn them in the patch which you
have sown broadcast andIthey will dc
their ownsgathering. This wonderful
berry is said to cure rheumatism or
account of its medicinal properties
and is said to have come from Germ
any. $S,was paid for the first pound
for seed.
Everybody uses coffee and by using
this kind it will save a family from
$lS to $25 a year as it can be grown
for one cent q pound. You should
get enough to plant large patel
this year and you can sell to all you
neighbors as they will all want somt
when they see it grown. Ii it i
ground and fed to milch COWS j
makes the richest and yellowest mill
and butter ever seen. 1t should b,
fed sparingly and in connection will
other dry food as it is so'very strong
and rich. -.---..-,.f.,-
Most people prefer this to stor
coffee. Others prefer to mix a few
grains of store coffee with it and thu
combining their fiavors they Obtain
a more delicious and aromatic bever
age than the imported article. s,,.,
This valuable coffee substitute. ha
saved farmers thousands of dollar
in past seasons and this year the de
mand for it will be ten times create
on account of the hard times. Every
one who uses it highly praises it.
Nothing else will pay half as we
as planting large patch of Coffe
Berry for seed, as everyone who see
it grown and tastes it will pay almos
any price for start. 1t does well i
almost any kind of soil or climate
Natures north or south in about fou
months. The poor mans friend an
rich mans delight. You can plan
any time after frost up to the goth
June. Has produced over go bushe
per acre by sowing broadcast. Tw
to three crops year can be grow
in the south on the same land.
You can procure some of this woi
derful berry by calling on or writin
to w. H. Herman & Co. of this cit.
Price 20 cents per package or 6 for 5
, Special rates on large quantities.
Democratic Northwest and Henry County news. [volume] (Napoleon, O. [Ohio]) 1894-1905, 1897-04-22

The carpet tack with the sharp
end up, stands in vestibule, joint
of pipe and an old tin can are on the
piano stool. A bar of soap is on the
stairs, the mop is in the hall, the
veranda's covered DER with chairs,
no pictures on the wall. The, car
pets on the lawn will soon be spread
and lace curtains on the trees, the
piano supports the feather bed, the
blankets swing in the breeze. The
housewife stands on topmost stair in
majestic pose, a turkish towel en-
circles her hair, and there's pot black
on her nose. The man of family
sneaks along through the alley to-
ward the home, singing to himself
the cheerful song, 1.-The beautiful
spring has come"