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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04

Inc wind carry the fragrance so iai'
On one of the sweetest mornings IN
oil the May came two birds to the Tree
two robins, in their honeymoon, VINO
were out in search of a house. Ihey
put their heads first on this side, then
on that; wished, perhaps, it had been
a cherry tree; calculated the probable
number Of small boys in the neigh
borhood who were making collections
or eggs; the angle worm crop in the
fields below; in short, all those minor
details of house-hunting less interest
ing to an outsider than to parties con-
cerned.
Robin Red Breast bent lis head very
near his wife, and they talked it all
over with a great deal OF twitterinS
and many tender glance!
so sweet spot. dear love! Shall
1t be here?" Nobody heard what the
little bride-bird said. If she spoke at
all 1t was very low-there was need
that but one should hear-perhaps it
was only a look. BE that as 1T may.
the mate stretched his brown wings
WV, thil TIC VI 49, uho
darted off and away, down over the
meadow, his red breast twinkling above
the green. Home! home! home!' he
sang over and over; home! homer!
His heart was overlooking. and he
COLD not keep it to himself.
All this while his wee wife was TAX
Ing account of her surroundings. She
hoped on one twig, then on another,
twisted her head, and turned her
bright eyes, until one might justly con-
clude she had viewed the matter from
every side. She saw one thing, too,
that neither had noticed before.
Through the open window, framed in
with apple boughs. some one was
watching them-a child with great
dark eyes and halo Of golden hair.
So sweet face-but, oh, so thin and
white! III the little bird had been on
he bough just above she might have
seen that the child sat in large wheel
,hair-sat without moving. her hands
clasped in her lap, and hardly daring
20 breathe for fear of frightening the
robins away
The little bride-bird stood still, too,
looked her all over, and waited. BY
The time her mate had finished his tour
Of the fields. however for reasons best
known to herself, she was ready to
begin.
Should it be the crotch at the cor
GER, or the one right under the win
low between the two big boughs? The
crotch at the corner was wider, fine
breezy locality. but the other was so
sheltered no one could possibly peep
from without. Some foolish people,
you know, always will take to love in
a cottage" They wasted very few
words over the matter-there is little
argument when both argue on one side
it was all taken out in hopping and
chirping.
Mamma, mammal" whispered the
little girl at the window; come soft
~! / think they are building a nestw
She turned her head by inches in her
fear of making stir. There was
light step. rustic Of silken skirts,
and lady stood by the chair-a lady
who had eyes like the child's, dear
eyes! in which the love almost covered
the pain--quite hiding it when the lit
tie girl raised hers to look into them
Her hands played as by habit with the
curly hair. She. too. looked out, not
at the birds. but way beyond through
the apple boughs. "They?" she
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Fertilizers I'm Maine.

Bulletin 80 of Maine station gives ia
bles of analyses of fertilizers sold in
that state. The law requires dealers to
send fair samples to the station, repre-
senting the fertilizers to be offered.
These are analysed, certified and n Ii
cense issued. Every bag sold must have
a label attached, giving the stations
analysis. Afterwards the station must
procure and analyze samples of the
same brands which have been sold to
farmers. to see If the goods sold are up
to the sample sent In at first, and also
to see if they are up to the guarantee.
However. IL were below the guarantee
in nitrogen; II were below in phos-
phoric acid, four of them badly so; &c
were below in potash, badly so. The
samples taken from goods that had
been sold did not always come I'D to
the sample sent in by the manufacture
ers at the beginning of the season.
Though many were above the first SAM
Piles sent, AZ were below in nitrogen, AZ
in phosphoric acid. and AZ in potash.
The number of brands sold in the state
was 80 in 1894, "a in 1895 and 1T in
1896.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
Had Lots of Them.

Nonte-"Oh, look at Count Mako
ronni and the number of orders he is
wearing. They say he has magnifl-
cent collection
Laura-"He ought to, for before he
got his patrimony he was waiter in
cheap restaurant. "-Pittsburg News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
LESSON VI.-SECOND QUARTER
SUNDAY, MAY 9.
Golden Text: Through This Man IL
Preached Unto You the Forgiveness
OF Sins"-Acts I3:3S-paui Preaching
to the Jews.

VENTS recorded in
the lesson for this
date occurred in the
year i6 in Antioch
and i | d i a. The
full text of the les
son includes verses
% to 80, Acts IL. as
follows:
III. Men and breth-
rem. children of the,
stock of Abraham.
and W n - oe V e r
among you fearetl
God. to YOU is the
,,-pr,I - fhiH cntx-n
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
ACRiCULTURiSTS.
Some Up-to-date Hints About Cuitiva.
ton of the Soil and Yields Thereof
-Horticulture, viticulture and Florl-
culture,

HE results of field,
feeding or fruit cul-
ture experiments
at an experiment
station 8 b o u ! d
neither be accepted
nor rejected, SO far
as their applicable
ty to work in soils
of different charac-
ter or in a different
part of the state or
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04

Burn the Weed Seeds.-Since the i'm
proved tanning mills enable the farm
er to separate all defective and brok-
en- grains while it is cleaned, there
Is no longer any reason for grinding
or feeding screenings. They are most
ly composed of weed seeds. and have
little nutritive value, while some kinds
of weed seeds are positively injurious
to stock. Least OF all should such
weed seeds be given to poultry with
the idea that passing through the giz-
card will destroy their vitality. This
is not the fact. 1t is in the crops of
migratory birds that many kinds of
plants and trees have been so widely
spread as they have been. AS for
grinding the screenings, they are no
longer worth the trouble Grain Is too
cheap. If some broken grain is burned
with the weed seeds 1t is no great loss.
Elk
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04
THE ROBINS NEST.
(Catharine Young Glen in Lcslie's
popular MOnthly)

HE apple tree,
nesting against
the old white house,
had put on it's new
spring gown. New
er before did the
leaves come out SO
green, nor the shy
buds blush SO deep
a pink; never be-
fore did the bees
hum so loudly, or
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-05-04

Wornout Pastures.-Advice on re-
newing wornout native pastures. from
the United States department of agri-
culture, is briefly put as follows: l..
Keep from oyerstocking. 3. When the
soil begins to get baked and packed,
stir it up with harrow. 3. Give oc-
casional light top dressings of well
rotted stable manure. 4. Fill in thin
spots with hardy tame or wild grasses
before the weeds get start. s. Keep
the weeds moved off so that the grass
es may get the benefit Of all the plant
food there Is in the soil.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
HEAT PHOTOGRAPHS.

Substances Sensitive to Weak
ton from q Heated Body.
The invisible radiations from a heated
body possess the power OF etfecting GER
tain chemical decompositions much aft
er the ann of lights, as, for in
stance, in photography, says the st.
Louis Globe-Democrat. Among the
substances sensitive to weak radia-
tons of heat may be mentioned paper
saturated with cupric bromide, or a
mixture of sulphate of copper and
potassium bromide, which has a faint
greenish tint that becomes olive brown
in radiant heat, and if green is used n
brown image can be obtained in a min
ute by exposing to the radiations from
a gas stove and on treatment with sill
YER nitrate this imae4 becomes black by
reason of the reduction of the silver.
Bichromated paper is affected by radi-
ant heat, as by light, and paper impreg-
mated simply with sulphate of copper
yields a feeble image, which becomes
nearly black when treated with silver
nitrate. a mixture of s%ulphate of cop
per and oxalic acid gives a paper which
becomes brown on exposure. Chlorate
of copper is also very sensitive, the faint
blue color becoming a deep green.
Similarly used bromide of tin behaves
Is if exposed to light, but unexposed
par come very black when treated
with s-Iser nitrate. Nitrate of silver,
which is markedly acted upon by light,
is slightly Drowned when exposed to
heat radiation. and the tint is deepened
by hydroquinone or GALLO acid.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
USED HIM UP.
The Effects of Potter First Game of
Ton Pima

The Effects of Peters First Game of
Ten Pins.
For n few days Potter has been going
about in a deplorable state of physical
discomfort. To go up and downstairs
is a literal crucifixion of the flesh. Com
ing down his right leg strikes each
stair with the pronounced thump of a
wooden leg. Going up it has to be
dragged like a lifeless member. His
right arm is that of a man who has been
stretched upon the rack. To roll over
in bed is to suffer all kinds of agony,
and to dress is a self-inficted pain such
as the martyrs ndured in defense of
their faith. Of curse, his temper is
alphabetically afflicted, and the only
possible way of getting along pleasant
ly with him is to cave him alone.
"Rheumatism?" inquired an old
friend with real soncitude.
mo. What would a man of my age
and physique pc doing with rheuma-
tism? I'm sound as n dollar, but sorer
tina a runaway horse. Feel as though
1 had been pounded all over with a base
ball bat"
81 ppo II -ippe, then"
"What are you trying to get at, any
how? If 1 had rheumatism, grippe.
neuralgia, bone ache. lumbago or govt,
I'd tell you so. l don't require the
knowledge of n physician to tell what
the matter with me. I went downtown
and rolled e pins. Hadn't taken any
exercise for months. Went i'm rs though
I had trained for n prize fight. Came
within an ace of unjointing myself.
Thought / was going to lose my arm
half a dozen times, but kept right on.
Perspired at every pore. Cooled of in
a draft. Job with his comforters felt
like a ~two-year-old compared with me-.
Can't eat without an assistant and
dream of being run through a clover
huller every time l go to sleep. The
next time | make such n break the air
will be full of white blackbirds."-De-
troit Free Press.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
A SCIENTIST Saved.
President Bamaty. Of HarsHne College. Survives a Serious Illness
Through the Aid Of Dr.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
From ne R<puolscon, cO,umh... INA.

County, Mich. Being of an ambitious na-
ture, 1 applied myself diligently to my work
and studies. In time l noticed that my
health was falling; Ny trouble was indi.
on nervousness.
my physician prescribed for me for some
time, and advised me to take a change of
climate. l did as he requested and was some
improved. Soon after, / came here as pro-
fessor in physics and chemistry, and later
was financial agent of this college. The
change agreed with me, and for awhile my
health was better, but my duties were heavy,
and again / found my trouble returning.
This time it was more severe and in the
winter I became completely FRUSTRATED. 1
tried various medicines and different physi.
clans. Finally, / was able to return to my
duties. Last spring l was elected president
of the college. Again / had considerable
entirely cured, began to affect me, and last
fall / collapsed. / had different doctors, but
none did me any good. Professor Bowman,
who is professor of natural science, told me
of his experience with DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People and urged me to give
them a trial, because they had benefited him
in a similar case, and 1 concluded to try
them.
1.-THE first box helped me, and the second
gave great relief such as l had never ex-
perienced from the treatment of any physi-
clan. Alter using six boxes of the medicine
I was entirely cured. To-day 1 am perfectly
well. l feel better and stronger than for
years. l certainly recommend this medi-
cine" =
To allay ali doubt Prof. Barnaby cheer
fully made an affidavit before
LYMAN J. SCUDpER, Notary Public.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People are
sold by all dealers, or will be sent postpaid on
receipt of price, 80 cents a box, or six boxes
the lOOl, by addressing DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
sANcY-DRESS BALL IN LONDON.
English Men and Women Take Their


English Men and Women Take Their
Pleasure
A fancy-dress ball in London is slow.
The streets around Convent garden on
a fancy-dress ball night are as solemn
as Scotland itself, says Scribner's. A
few homeless Londoners are kept at
respectful distance by the police, while
n procession of carriages goes slowly
under the archway and deposits serious
merry-makers, dressed as stoves, light
houses, monks, lamps and vegetables.
Owing to these elaborate DISCUSSES the
journey past the ticket-takers and to
the ballroom is slow. On the ballroom
floor officials, totally void of a of
humor and dressed in black velvet and
cut steel buttons, keep the center of the
fioor clear, apparently for their w
use, and stand ready to subdue any
burst of light heartedness that might
appear in the circle that is kept moving
about them. The general orders are
keep moving along The man who
manages the searchlight, from one of
the top boxes, probably enjoys the ball
the most. He certainly does more to
help it. The center of interest is
wherever he will have it. He can make
a dull costume bright and a supper
party in one of the boxes proud; and
he can almost remove the gloom caused
by the officials in black.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
SheriTs Sale.

The Bank of Fergus County, Plaintiff, VS.. T.
r.. Carson ct al. Defendants. Sheriff. $ Sale.
To be sold at sheriff's sale on Saturday. the
10th day of July. 1897. at ! O'Clock p. m. of said
day, at the front door of the court house in the
village of L~ewistown. County of Fergus, State
of Montana, the following described real estate
to-wit:
The westerly one-half ca of lot numbered
three (3l of block letter c, figure eight 49, of
said town. of Lewistown, according to the ofti-
cial plat thereof on file according to law in the
office of the clerk and recorder of said Fergus
county, being twenty-five (25) feet front on
Main street. and ninety 1907 feet deep and ad;
jacent to lot numbered four az in the said
block; also. lots numbered a. and two (2) of
Block numbered Five (5) of the Morase Addi-
ton to the said Townsite of Lewistown, Fer
gus County. Montana, according to the plat of
said Addition on file, according to law. in the
office of the said County Clerk and Recorder,
in and for the said County of Fergus
Together with all and singular the tenements.
hereditaments. and appurtenances whatsoever
to the same belonging or in anywise apper-
tanning or usually had and enjoyed in con-
nection Herewith or any part thereof.
Dated, Lewistown, Montana. June Is. 1897.
JNo. ID. WAITE,
Sheriff.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
Wool Sales ut Billings.

The Gazette reports that wool is
arriving rapidly and that over one
million pounds is now Oh hand. The
buyers in the field are: j. r. Patter-
son of the Boston firm of jeremiah
Williams & Co., Jesse Koshland OF
Koslland & Co. of Boston, VIM.
Spohr & Co. Of st. Louis and Z. t.
Lee of Justice Bateman & Co. OF
Philadelphia, ID. l.. Baker for Fenno,
Bros. & Childs, Harry Francis for
Nichols, Dupee & Co., Joe Wing for
Dewey, Gould & Co., and j.. G.
Guthrie for the Chicago house of
SHERMAN Bros.
Fridays Gazette says: Jesse
Koshland, for Koshland & Co. of
Boston, made h first purchase of
wool this morning. 1t was a small
clip of about 400 pounds OF fine
medium belonging TO Lulu Cooper,
the sale being made through A. Fra
ser for 10 cents. Judge Fraser also
reports that his son Jim sold Mr..
Koshland the David Milne clip OF
IL tvpV lfoulIts thiS iioAA AVgS
cents. 1t was also reported that
the II. s. Chappell clip of 10000
pounds was sold to Koshland, the
reported figure being 10 cents.
Neither Mr.. Koshland o Mr.. Chap
pell would give The Gazette the price,
but the latter said that he did not
consider it a sale unless a payment
was made this afternoon, Mr.. Kosh-
land having left OIL a freight for Big
Timber at l o'clock. Hon. George,
NJ. Hatch, who is in town from Big
Timber, says the only sale made
there was contaminated yesterday.
1t was the Phil Boetler of 30, 900
pounds, which w. w. Beasley bought
for Nichols, Dupee & Co. at S cents.
1t is expected that the market will
open up here in a few days and there
will probably be n demand for good
clips at 10 cents or better"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
MoRAvlAN VIEW OF DEATH.
A Beautiful and Impressive Custom
of the MOrayfanA

of the Moravfans.
Clifford Howard contributes to the
Ladies' Home journal an interesting ar
ticle upon the Morayians of Bethlehem,
Pa, and their religious customs:
"Upon the death of one of the congre-
CATION" he writes, 1.-The event is an
rounced, not by the m~onotonous,
mournful tolling of the bell, but by the
deep-breathing, melodious music of
trombones, played in h open belfry
steeple of the church by the trombone
choir; and as the deep, sweet notes OF
the familiar hymn are borpe to the peo-
pie below they revercntly drop their
work to listen. 'IIark!' they whisper,
the horns are blowing; some N has
gone home!' Gone home!'-perhaps
nothing more beautifully exemplifies
the perfect, unquestioning faith of these
devout people than that expressive ut
~terance, the sincerity of which is ever
demonstrated by the lack of mourning
at the passing away of a member of the
household, however dearly beloved; 50
true and heartfelt is the Moravian be-
lief that death is but the entrance to
a brighter, happier home. The from
bones are also used at the touching
funeral services held at the grave; AMI
amid their sad, ye1 inspiring, strains
the departed one is laid to his eternal
rest. On all occasions, whether OF
death or joy, the trombones lend their
| sweet solemnity in fitting breath.
From the steeple they herald h fes-
tival day of each of the choirs, and III
all open-air services their melli1uous
tones are ever present"
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
THE SCHOOLGIRLS BOOTS.
They Should he Brought with an Eye
tn Comfnr

They Should he trough with an Eye
to Comfort.
The boot that is well fitted to the foot
is well made. There are just two kinds
of boots. The ready-made boot and the
boot that is made to order. Shown in
the shop windows are shoes all of the
same shape, yet no two persons have
feet alike, hence the more often foot
wear is made to order the better. The
first thing to DO is to examine the foot
without n boot. IL it is a natural foot,
and the second toe is longer than the
great one. it is possible to experience
some comfort in wearing a ready-made
boot, but the greatest care should be
taken to insure it's fitting snugly to the
instep, and to see hat the toes are in
their natural position.
The round-toed shoe is better than
either the pointed or the
sense shoe.
The natural shape of the foot is lea
ly straight, with the second toe a bit in
advance of the great one. and a round
ing decrease in the length of each of the
other three.
Now the fashion of the pointed toe,
with it's right angles from the great
toe joint to the tip, is going to bring
about an abnormal position of the foot
by crowding the first two over and up
on the others, which soon d~istorts the
muscles and bones and causes great dis
comfort
The round toe, which in the we'll
made boot follows closely the outline of
the foot. is much more shapely to look
/ ,,Nap nnl SO raol1x- ~ Sa..,l1a than
the so-called common-sense hoe. The
boot top should be high for wintry
weather and rainy days.
For walking and general wear the
| dongola kid is the best. and next comes
the lightweight calf. II is well to have
the uppers of a soft and less heavy
quality than the vamping. 1t makes
movement more cas- and fits more per-
fectly.
Choose a boot made wholly in one
leather rather han one with the patent
leather trimmings. The patent leather
will wear out first and look untidy.
No boot is wearable that is not hand
sewed.
Examine closely the stitching to see
Ia it joins well, and that the strip of
leather up the back is straight.
The soles should be thick for street
and school wear. with inners of cork,
SO as to do away as far as possible with
the rubber or overshoe. which at best
are most unwholesome. They allow of
no ventilation whatever, and bring
about a process of cooking which, when
the feet are not in motion to keep up the
circulation, proves thoroughly un-
healthy. The heel should he rather
large. beginning at the end of the boo
and coming well under the foot. To
keep a boot leather in proper condition
it should be frequently rubbed with
some soft boot cream; while polishes
of all kinds should be abolished.-N. Y,
journal.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
THE COLD is CRUEL.

Dvvellers I'm Northeast Siberia Ex-
pesfence Untold sunerings.
The st. Petersburg Geographical
society has published the results of an
exploration among the Yakuti, a peo-
pie dwelling in a region of Northeast
Siberia, covering an area of over 2,OOO,-
600 square miles. yet numbering no
more than 100000 souls. They are
gathered mostly on the banks of the
great rivers. The climate is a terrible
one. There are not more than 96 days
in the ear free from frost. which be-
gins in the middle of September and
lasts to the middle of May. BY October
Is the and is covered with n solid man.
tie of nov and ice, which begins to
melt at the end of April. The cold ia
the ntens on the globe, and the
temperature is lower than any record
ed round the pole. 1t is greater on the
southern plateau than further north on
the shores of the Arctic ocean. During
its continuation the atmospheric con-
dition is one of undisturbed calm. There
is not wind enough to move a twig, not
a bird cleaves the still air. The silence
is complete. and all nature is in deep
sleep. Yet the climate is exhilarating
on %cooun of its dryness. and day and
night have equal temperature. The
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23

TIMBER CULTURE FINAL PROOF
Notice for Publication United States Land
Office at Lewistown. Mont, May 10. 1897. No
tice is hereby given that
LEWIS ID. SMITH,,
has filed notice of intention to make final proof
before the register and receiver at their office in
Lewistown, Mont, on Tuesday, the 6thday of
July, 1897, on timber culture entry No. 1889, Off
lots 1 and 2. sig nell. sec 1. tip IL n, re- ID e.
He names as Witnesses.
Noble Walker. Valentine Loesch, Charles Nj.
Clary and John Woodwork, all of Philbrook,
Mont.
DAVID HLGER. Register.
First publication May %.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1897-06-23
1t Must
Be Seen

The New North Western Linn
ted" trains Minneapolis and st.
Paul to Chicago must be seen to
tell their own beauties, and must
he ridden on to- be thoroughly en-
joyed and appreciated.
This famous train il the finest
i'm the world. 1t leaves Mime
apolis every night i'm the year 7:3O
p. m; st. Paul STOP. m; arriving
Milwaukee $50 a. M; Chicago
$50 n. m.
Your home agent will sell you
tickets via this iirst-class line and
an illustrated folder and further
information will befur. Iished you,
with pleasure. on application to
T.W .Teasdale, General Passenger
Agent, st. Paul, MINI.