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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

We cordially approve of Secretary
Wilson's recommendation that export
butter and cheese bear the government
inspection brand as to purity and ex-
cellence Denmark controls the butter
market of London because of such Of
fetal inspection and certification.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21
Isc. War Atlas. Isci

Contains 16 pages of new and com.
plete map of Cuba, the West Indies
the Philippine Islands, Spain and
Portugal, City and Harbor of Havana,
double page map of the world, etc.
Published by the b., &. r. q n. Ry.
and for sale by all agents of this COM
pany for Is cts,or sent postage paid for
Is cts. Address j. Morton, @. p. & Il.
A, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Young mems day will be celebrated
today at the Forty-flrst Street Presby-
terrain church, Grand boulevard and
Forty first street. Special services for
young men have been arranged. Hen
ry s. Osborne and the Rev. DR.. How
ard Agnew Johnson. pastor of the
church, will deliver addresses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

The suicide of Mr.. Cross, revealing
a broken bank at Emporia, Kansas,
caused by investments in fine stock,
and the rascality Of Gillett of the same
state, who defrauded the stock men of
the country out Of a million by means
of false brands and duplicate mort
cages, shows that there can be as
much cussedness developed in handling
steers as there can be in wheat OPP
ton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

An old settler was gotten rid Of in
our neighborho0d last summer by a
dose of dynamite. 1t was a ten ton
gnelss rock which for thirty-five years
had reared its ugly head close to the
wagon track of much travelled high
way. 1t had been hit thousand times
by wheels and always to their damage,
yet somehow there had never been
enough enterprise to remove the nui-
sance before.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Fifty young ladies are taking the
agricultural course at the State Uni
versity in Minnesota. They study
dairying, forestry, horticulture, field
crops, chemistry, animal industry,
farm economies and the like, and will
certainly be in quick demand as part
ners for fifty Of Minnesota's bright
young farmers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

A friend asks us why the fax straw
Of the northwest is not utilized in the
manufacture of linen textile fabrics. 1t
cannot be so used when the seed is al
lowed to mature, further than that a
coarse tow is made from it. used for
upholstery work and the like. The
flax from which the fibre is obtained to
make linen has to be pulled by hand
just as the seed begins to turn in color
and is raised solely for the fibre alone
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

A Connecticut farmer visiting Iowa
for the first time, remarked that If a
quarter section of Iowa prairie land
could be transported to his state, the
farmers could hire teams to haul it
home as fertilizer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

We are asked If it is the duty of the
road supervisor to open the roads in
winter when they become impossible
by snow drifts. We think that it is as
much his duty to clear the highways in
winter as in summer. though in the
case of drifts, he should have the
hearty and united cooperation OF his
neighbors
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

The red elm as a shade and forest
tree found one friend at the horticul-
tural meeting at McGregor. We have
no use for it. 1t is sprangly, Ill shap-
ed, usually lousy thing as shade tree,
can't stand drought and has no beauty
of autumnal color. We rate 1t the
very poorest of all our native shade
trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

A travelling bum painter mixed some
paint and painted the sign on bridge
in Pennsylvania thirty-five years ago,
and now the big paint companies are
trying to get some trace Of that bum
painter, for the paint he mixed and
used Is as bright as when first put on.
His formula for mixing that paint
would be worth fortune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

The application Of a Babcock test to
a dairy herd we know of, sent two of
the best looking cows to the butchers
and the dairyman is making more
money out of his dairy than he did be-
fore
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21
Concluded TO 90 on.

Ella--Edna has eloped. Eliza--So
heard. Did she run away with the
coachman? "Oh. no; il was an up-to-
date elopement.' "Up-to-date elope-
ment?" Yes; she ran away with her
caddie Yonkers statesman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

We know of a nice old maid who
makes much better living with her
poultry than she did as school teach
er. She does all the work herself and
don't want man around. When she
feels that way, she says it does her
good to wiring ROSTERS neck and put
him in the pot, for she could not do
this with q man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

AS indicating the enormous proper
tons of the packing house interests in
Chicago, we mention that the tele-
graph tolls for year for Armour
amount to $1S0,000, for Swift & Co.
$4,000, and for Nelson Morris $780,
900, and it all comes out of the fellow
who fed the shoats out west.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

The peerless apple, which has been
SO extensively doomed and advertised
throughout the northwest, got black
eye ct the hands of the fruit-men at
the horticultural meeting at McGregor
last week. In quality of fruit, produc-
tiveness and keeping qualities it was
unanimously voted as vastly inferior to
the Wealthy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

We incline to the opinion that Iowa
apple orchards will, owing to climatic
conditions, be short-lived orchards.
This does not imply that we should not
plant apple trees. but that we should
keep on planting.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

We once tried buying a family sup
ply Of groceries in quantity and at
wholesale prices. While we saved
$3.50 on the bill by so buying, we be-
lieve that we lost more than that sum
by the deterioration of the goods before
we got them used up. There are few
things which improve with age, out
there are none of them family grocer
les.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21
Homeseekers' Excursion,

The G. NJ. & St. p. Ry. will sell
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets July
10, Aug. 2 and Is, Sept. 6 and 20 and
Oct 4 and Is, Nov. and Is. Dec. 6
and 20; same territory as heretofore.
Inquire of S. V. POTTER, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Here is an idea from the old country
nearly every parish church in Eng
land stands in the midst of cemetery,
or grave yard, as they are termed
there. To save the labor and expense
of caring for the grounds as we do here,
it is common thing to turn a few
sheep into the lot, which keep the
grass finely trimmed and the place free
from weeds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

J. B. Mitchell of Cresco, exhibited at
the horticultural meeting at McGregor
last week 20 varieties of crabs, Is of
new Seeding apples, 1O5 OF named
varieties of apples, oi plums, 3 OF
cherries. and of pears.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

About thirty-five men interested In
fruit culture met at McGregor last
week. They were nearly all men who
have been for years trying TO solve the
fruit problem for the territory eulbrd =
ed in the northeast quarter of the state.
1t was the best meeting they have ever
had, for the year has been one OF en-
enlargement, of hopes realized, of ex-
periments giving results. We cannot
here do more than say chat the evil
dence was produced at this meeting
which shows beyond any question that
varieties of the apple, plum and cherry,
hardy and productive, are now known
and obtainable, which in the near flu
ture will make this section one of the
best fruit growing sections of the west
There is no question about this One
hundred and fifty varieties Of apples
were on exhibition, quit number of
them winter varieties.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Chewing gum and pop corn are two
exclusively American delicacies which
are winning their way in foreign lands.
It's fun to think with what avidity
these foreigners chew up our old rub
her boots and glucose.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

The threshing machine and the
shocked corn will work all right this
fall, as both corn and stalk got thor
oughly cured. This is an easy way to
handle this crop when the conditions
are right.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Excessive heat kills more apple
trees in Iowa than excessive cold.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

If the corn had been cut up, lot of
men would not now be fretting so
much over their corn out in the field,
and they would have had a grand lot
of fodder besides.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

A CTivE SOLICITORS WANTED EVERYWHERE
Hfor "The Story Of the Philippines" by Murat
Hal>tead. commissioned by the Government
as OFFICIAL Historian 10 the War Department.
Francisco, ON the Pacific with General Merritt,
I'm the hospitals ut Honolulu, I'm Hong Kong,
in the American trenches ut Manila, In the
insurgent camps with Aguinaldo, on the deck
oi the Olympia with Dewey, and In the roar OF
battle NJ the fall OF Ma lila. Bonanza fur az
ents. Brlmnal of original pictures taken by
government photogmp piers on the spot, large
book. Low prices. Big profits. Freight paid
Credit given. Drop all trashy unofficial war
books. Quits free. Address, Il. r. Barber
Sec'y. star Insurance Bldg, Chicago. 86-lG
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

There is nothing the borer likes bet
ter than your best plum trees. Look
out for him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Mrs. A. g. Seavy is prepared to
take orders for all kinds of home bak-
ing. Fresh Boston Brown Bread on
hand every Saturday. Soft
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

good many men in Iowa would
feel better If it was 1O and not rs cent
corn which lay out in the fields undec
the snow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

All through the northwest large
tracts Of land are now being reclaimed
which in early days were worthless
swamps and boys. The soils of these
reclaimed tracts are of peculiar quail
| ity, entirely different from any of our
prairie or timber soils Of the uplands.
They may be put into two classes, one,
that class Of swamps with little or no
peat in their make up, where black,
india rubber. muck covers a stiff clay
subsoil, and the other, where the sub
soil is covered with from one to six
feet of peat formation. The common
prairie slough belongs to the first
class: the wire-grass slough. wherever
found, 20 the second. The soil of the
first nemed class will usually be found
to be charged with an excess of aka
line matter. this explained by the fact
Of the burning of the grass for ages on
the water shed of such slough and The
deposition of the ash by the rainfall in
such basin, where evaporation later in
c0rporated 1t with other sedimentary
deposits This soil when reclaimed Is
cranky, and will utterly refuse to nour-
ish some crops. 1t will usually )ro-
duce good potatoes md good grass,
timothy, particularly, liking this soil
condition. The best use to make of
such reclaimed tracts is to get them
into timothy to tame them. The peat
soils are wholly different. In these
will be found great excess of humus,
or decomposed vegetable matter. The
best thing to do with these in their
loose and porous condition, is to pas
ture them until they become impacted
and solidified, when they will become
the richest and most productive lands
on the farm. These soils may be faxed
to good advantage, as at first they will
be found too rich for wheat, barley or
oats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

Much Of the east is in contented ig-
norance Of the resources of the west.
The Episcopalian rector, who, going to
represent his church at the triennial
convention at Minneapolis a year ego,
wrote friend there inquiring if it
would be necessary to take his bath
tub alorg, is a fair sample of lots of
pretty good people in the eastern
states. These have an idea that the
west is wild and woody. still in the
pioneer stage of development, in sub
arctic latitude, short of fuel, utterly
failing to comprehend the fact that the
very best type of American progress,
development and prosperity is here
found. There are thousands Of men in
the east working the poorest of farms.
who, il they but knew what they could
do here, would not remain in the east
ten days. They will not believe the
stories Of the fertility Of our soil, of
the abundance Of our crops, of the ease
and cheapness with which these crops
are raised. They call these statements
Of fact, northwestern lies. There is a
chance for lots of missionary work
among these old fossils.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-21

WANTED SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
w persons In this state TO manage our bush
ness In their own and nearby counties. IL Is
mainly Office work conducted at home. Sal
airy straight 5000 year and expenses-defi-
mite, bonafide, no more, no less salary.
Monthly $40. References. Enclose self-ad-
dressed stamped envelope, Herbert L. Hess,
Prest., Dept. NJ. Chicago. 9-l6
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-04
THE CARELESS PUBLIC.
Report OF the Railway Mall superintendent
Shows That Many Letters We're
Sent Wrong.

Washington, Nov. THE annual
report of the general superintendent of
the railway mail service shows that at
the close of the year there were s,074
clerks employed and that with
the closed pouch and express pouch
service, the grand total of miles
travelled in the service was 1885,
sos. S43. Matter SO illegibly addressed
as to require special attention before
delivery could be affected, or which
could not be delivered at all, amount
ed to Is. 100000 pieces for the year,
1865, 900 pieces of which were returned
to writer's or corrected and forward
ed, the rest being turned into the
dead letter Office for disposition. The
general superintendent deplores the
fact that the number of casualties last
year exceeded the record of any pre-.
vlous year. though the number of
fatalities was not SO great. There were
597 casualties. in which seven clerks
were killed, "a seriously injured and
148 slightly injured.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-04
CONSUL HANNA'S ADVICE.
he says Porto Rico Is q Good Place for
Americans to Stay Away from
Labor Is Cheap.

Washington. Nov. 1.-The following
report from Mr.. Hanna, American con-
sui at Porto Rico, will be of interest to
persons contemplating migration to
that island. In his report Mr. Hanna
says:
> am convinced that young men seeking work
or positions OF any kind should not come to
Porto Rico. Such persons as clerks carpen-
ters mechanics and laborers of all grades
should stay away from Porto Rico. No Amer
lean should come to Porto Rico expecting to
strike 1t rich. and no persons should come here
without plenty OF money to pay board bills
and have enough to take them back to their
homes in the United States This is a
small island, has population Of about LOCO 900
people and is the most densely populated
country in the world There are several hun
dred thousand working Porto Ricans ready to
I'LL the vacant jobs and at a low price. TIL
may come time after the laws OF the United
States are applied by congress to this island.
that this will be good place for American
capital and for Americans to do business. but
even then man should have plenty Of money
who expects to make business success IL
Porto Rico
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-04

Omaha Exposition Closed Monday Night
In q Blaze of Glory-Over 2, 100000
Attended During the Show.

Omaha, Neb.. Nov. 1.-The Trans.
mississippi and International exposi.
ton closed at midnight last night.
The closing hours of the enterprise
were the most brilliant in the history
of the five months exhibition. It is
estimated that 5000 people crowded
the grounds yesterday. 1t was Omaha
day and every body was there. Up to
yesterday morning 1854. 1893 people
had registered at the turnstiles, so the
grand total will considerably exceed
2.6oo. 900. The exposition was fnan-
cial success. something over $500, 600
remaining to be divided among the
stockholders
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TWO METHODS COMPARED.
Customs Duties at Santiago During
October.

Washington, Nov la dispatch
from Santiago states that 500. 900 was
collected in customs duties during
the month of October. This does not
appear to be a large item in itself,
but as it is at the rate of 1000, 900
at that port it is believed that the
restoration of order and the develop
ment of trade will increase the amount
to 81, 500, 600 per year. The significant
fact in connection with the matter is
the relation which this amount bears
to the collections by Spanish officials.
The amount they turned into the Span
ish treasury at Havana was S475, 900
per annum. The methods of American
officials. therefore, will produce many
times the net return to the treasury
which was afforded under Spanish mis-
rule.
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-04

az became seriously i'll three years ago.
The doctor gave me medicine for indigestion,
but l continued to become worse. l had
several physicians at intervals who gave me
some relief, but nothing permanent
L read in the newspapers articles regard
ing the wonderful curative powers Of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
finally concluded to try the pills. 1 pur-
chased six boxes. This was five months ago.
The first box gave me much relief l CON
;inued taking the pills, and after using four
boxes was cured.
These pills are recognized everywhere as
specific for diseases of the blood and nerves.
For paralysis, locomotor ataxia, and other
diseases long supposed incurable, they have
proved their efficacy in thousands of cases.
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ONE OF THEIR OWN.
United Presbyterians Not Satisfied with the
Thanksgiving Proclamation Issued
by President Mckinley.

Pittsburgh. Pa, Nov. Ia commit
lee from the United Presbyterian
church met here yesterday and formu-
lated a call to thanksgiving, supple
mentary to that issued by President
Mckinley. 1t is addressed to the
members of the United Presbyterian
church and to all believing that in the
ordinary call to national and individ-
ual thanksgiving there is not suff.
GENTLY explicit recognition of Jesus
Christ as Him from Whom all blessings
come. The call names Thursday, the
Gath day of November, A. d. 1898, as
day OF Thanksgiving to God and con-
cludes:
Let the people of G cd gather together in the
name of Jesus Christ and declare the loving
kindness Of the Lord. Join philanthropy with
piety and bring joy to the less prosperous ones
as well as glory to God
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SPAIN MUST GET OUT.
An Ultimatum ~ to the Time Each Cuban
Port Must BE Surrendered to the
United States.

Washington, Nov. 1.-Adjt Gen. Cor
bin, when asked whether Spain would
be allowed until February to deport
her troops, according to the request
made by Gen. Montero. made the fol-
lowing statement:
To-day the president and secretary of war
decided upon an absolute date on which the
several ports shall be handed over to us It
was also decided which commands should gar
rison the several ports An ultimatum also
will be given to the Spanish military commits
sioners as to the time each port shall be sur
rendered The programme thus arranged will
be carried out to the letter BY January at
the latest we expect to have every Cuban port
In our possession And by that time We ex-
poet that Spain will have deported the last
Spanish soldier The Spanish method Of put
ting things on can no longer be tolerated
Spain must get . move on herself and get out
at once
The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1898-11-04
A Couple Attempe. suicide.

Cleveland, O., Nov. LA desperate at
tempt to commit suicide was made to
day by Rose Laurer. aged %. and j. R.
Cleckner. aged 81 The couple walked
out to the end of the dock of the Cleve-
land Yacht club and tied themselves
together with strips torn from bed
sheet They then jumped into the
lake. Two railroad detectives wit
messed the act The man and woman
had already sunk several times, but
were finally rescued by the detectives.
Both were taken to a hospital. Be-
yond saying that they were tired of
living. the couple would give no reason
for their attempted suicide.
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BANIsHED A CHAPLAIN.
Rev. ID. ID. Odell Wrote Letter to the
President from Porto Rico Which
Piqued Gen. Graut.

Ponce, Porto Rico, Nov. 1.-Chaplain
D. D. Odell has been banished from
the camp of the Third Illinois, and
also from its brigade and hospitals, by
order of Brig. Gen. Fred. Grant The
chaplain from Joliet declares he will
have the matter Investigated upon his
ing here the chaplain has worked day
and night attending and comforting
the sick. He recognized the condi-
ton of the regiment. witnessed the
enormous daily sick list and increas-
ing sickness. He wrote President Nc.
Kinley reciting the situation and
urged the early embarkation of the
regiment for America. 1t seems that
this letter caused the chaplain's ban,
ishment
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