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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12
Pie Plant In the Garden.

No vegetable responds more readily
than rhubarb, and as it makes first
class substitute for fruit, it should be
much more extensively grown, espe-
cially in country like this, where our
fruit resources are extremely limited,
says Northwestern Farmer. Two meth
DDS of starting a bed of rhubarb may
be adopted, either by sowing the seed
or planting roots, but the latter is much
preferable, for, except in rare in
stances, rhubarb will not come true to
type from seed; in fact, retrogression
in every feature is very apparent in
Seeding rhubarb. If a few old roots
can be obtained so much the better,
and these may be divided with a sharp
spade into as many pieces as there are
eyes. Care must be taken to ensure
the fact Of there being an eye or bud
to each root, as they will not grow II
this Is missing. no matter how large
the root may be. Rhubarb is a par
ticularly heavy feeder, and this fact
must be taken into consideration when
preparing the land for planting. An
old piece Of garden, which has been
MANFRED for few years, will make an
excellent situation, If plowed deeply
and heavily MANFRED before planting
Do not be afraid of putting on too
much manure. for in this point lies the
main secret of successful rhubarb
growing. The plants should be set out
in rows five feet apart each way, care
being taken not to bury the crowns,
which should be about level with the
surface. Fall planting gives the most
satisfactory results, and coating of
well rotted manure spread on the bed
to the depth Of six inches every fall
will materially assist development. II
the above instructions are followed out
you will be surprised at the marvellous
growth of your plot Of rhubarb. Never
allow the plants to run to seed, but on
the first appearance of flower spikes
remove them, as they greatly tend to
lessen the vigor, besides causing the
whole plant to become tough and in
sipid. Victoria and Linnaeus are pop
ular varieties on account of their bright
color and excellent quality.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12
Cotton Seed as Cattle Food.

The Texas experiment station has
been making some tests with the above
food, and gives the following sum-
mary:
First-Roasted cotton seed do not
have the laxative qualities Of raw seed,
and are more palatable.
Second-Faster gains are made by
feeding the boiled seed, but at greater
cost per pound gain.
Third-The advantages to be gained
In the use of roasted seed hardly JUS
titles its general use.
Fourth-Boiled seed are more pal
atable than raw seed. less laxative and
make faster gains. May continue to be
used with profit.
Fifth-Steers fed on raw seed, eating
less quantity of seed, ate slightly
more hay in consequence.
Sixth-Cotton seed, at usual prices,
is a good and cheap addition to a corn
and hay ration.
q Seventh--The best beef ration found
by previous Decentralization seed,
meal, bulls and silage Is not here prov
en- the best, when calculated at former
prices-raw seed. corn and hay being
better.
Eighth-When value Of raw seed is
raised to near market present prices.
$40 per ton, the meal, hulls and silage
Is again the best ration, raw seed. corn
and hay being next best.
Ninth-The average cost of gain per
pound in all lots at present price Of
foods was 1854 cents.
Tenth-The cheapest feed per pound
gained for all steers fed, when raw
cotton seed is valued at $40 per ton,
was raw seed. corn and hay.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12

as at the third command he pull ed
slowly off his coat, there went sob
through the school. They saw then
why he did not want to remove his
coat, and they saw the shoulder blades
had almost cut through the skin, and
stout, healthy boy rose up and went
to the teacher Of the school and said:
ooh, sir, please don't hurt this poor
fellow; whip me; hee. he's moth
ing but poor chap; don't hurt him.
he's poor; whip me-" WELL" said
the teacher, cts going 70 be severe
whipping; l am willing to take you as
substitute" WELL" said the boy,
II don't care; you whip me, If you will
let this poor fellow CO." The stout,
healthy boy took the scourging with
out an cutlery. "Bravow says every
man-"Bravo!" How many OF us are
willing to take the scourging, and the
suffering, and the toll and the anxiety
for the people! Beautiful things
to admire, but how little we have Of
that spirit! God give us that self
denying spirit, so that whether we
are in humble spheres or in conspicu-
Gus spheres we may perform our whole
duty-for this struggle will soon be
over.
One of the most affecting reminis-
cences Of my mother is my remem-
brance of her as a Christian house.
keeper. She worked very hard, aud
when we would come in from summer
play, and sit down at the table at noon,
| remember how she used to come In
with beads of perspiration along the
line of gray hair, and how sometimes
she would sit down at the table and
put her head against her wrinkled
hand and say, "Well, the fact Is. I'm
too tired to eat" Long after she might
have delegated this duty to others,
she would not be satisfied unless she
attended to the matter herself. In fact
we all preferred to have her do so,
for somehow things tasted better when
she prepared them. Some time ago.
in an express train, shot past that old
homestead. looked out Of the win
dow, and tried to peer through the
darkness. While l was doing so. one
of my old schoofmates, whom l had
not seen for many years, tapped me
on the shoulder, and said, de Witt,
see you are looking out at the scenes
of your boyhood." ooh, yes" I re-
piled, II was looking out at the old
place where my mother lived and died."
That night. in the cars, the whole
scene came back to me. There was
the country home. There was the noon
day table. There were the children on
either side Of the table, most Of them
gone never to come back. At one end
of the table, my father, with smile
that never left his countenance even
when he lay in his coffin. 1t was an
eighty-four years smile-not the smile
of hamilton, but Of Christian courage
and Of Christian hope. At the other
end Of the table was beautiful, be-
nignant, Woodworking, aged Christian
housekeeper. my mother. She was very
tired. l am glad she has so good a
place to rest in. Blessed are the
dead who die in the Lord; they rest
from their labors. and their works do
follow them"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12
Queer Name for n Town.

The Warmest Place on Earth is ac-
tually town, and not merely local
ity. 1t lies in San Diego county's des-
ert side. about twenty-five miles due
west of Yuma, and the name of it's
postoffice is Mammoth Tank. This in
formation has been dug up through the
posting of newspaper at San Fran
cisco addressed to Hank Yohnsen,
Warmest Place on Earth" 1t was
sent in turn to Sacramento, Fresno and
Bakersfield. Then the marking con-
tinues: "Try Yuma" But Yuma sent
1t to Tucson. 1t visited Nogales. At
Phoenix 1t was hung up as humorous
exhibit. There some desert prospect
ors saw 1t and they proceeded to en-
large the postmaster's geographical
and social understanding, for Hank
Yohnsen Is not yoke" but prom
inent citizen of the Warmest Place on
Earth, Cal.-Los Angeles Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12
Compulsory Education in Mexico.

Mexico's compulsory education law
provides for the following courses Of
instruction in the public schools Of
the federal district and territories:
Reading and writing in the Spanish
language, moral instruction, principles
of arithmetic and geometry, element
of geography, national history, draw
ing, use of mechanical tools. gymnas-
tics, military exercises for boys. and
sewing, ETC., for girls. Attendance Is
to be compulsory for ten months in
the year between the ages Of 6 and II
years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12

So great is the dexterity of the en-
ployes in cigarette manufactures. ac-
quired by long-continued practice. that
some workers make oetween 1000 and
5000 cigarettes daily. and. being paid
by piecework, at 50 much O thousand.
earn about So weekly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12

Split the carrots In halves and let
the hens pick at them at will
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12
salieylic In Food.

II Is we'll known to-day that salicylic
acid is a powerful antiseptic. says the
Sanitarian. AS such It retards the ac-
ton Of organized ferments like the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12

Farmers frequently make the mistake
of buying land adjoining and loading
themselves with debt which burdens
says Drainage Journal. When the pur-
chase was made they had few hum
dred dollars at command to make the
first payment, and from the day Of the
purchase the deferred payments draw
interest, and, like an eating moth,
night and day it draws upon the life
and energy of those who burden them
selves in this way. If they had taken
the money with which they made the
first payment and applied it in the I'M
derdrainage of the land which they
owned, the result would have been far
more gratifying. BY tile draining the
crop product could have been increased
from so to 100 per cent, which would
have added much each year to their in
come, SO that in few years they
might have had the money in hand to
buy the land desired, and at the same
time been free from the burdens of
debt, and in every way better Off.
Flavor Demanded.-It Is my impress
sion that butter making is on the verge
of a great change, for it is our duty to
study the wants of the American people
and those abroad, and there is no ques-
tion but what they are very rapidly cul-
tivating a taste for fine favored butter
and are looking upon it more and more
as a necessary article Of food. To be-
come able to make such fine favored
article and overcome the defects which
our conventions and state fairs point us
to by returning our score cards marked
perfect ON everything but flavor, and
that scored off from one to five points,
should be our study and must event.
ually be our accomplishment. The
most difficult task In making butter Is
to get perfect flayor.-F. G. Oltiogge.
Drainage of Orchards.-One Of the
drawbacks to many Of the Willamette
prune orchards is lack of good drain
age. The result is immature wood, alb
normal conditions and stagnation of
sap, followed by fungous diseases, espe-
cially during such seasons as the one
Just past. No doubt II will be neces-
sary to use the blue vitriol and lime
to keep the drown rot" from spread
ing where 1t destroyed considerable
fruit this year. but an important pre-
ventive of decaying crops and to insure
healthfulness OF the trees Is that of
well drained orchard soils.-Ex.
Popcorn contains more nitrogen and
phosDhates than the regular Indian
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12
FROM RECENT SERMONS.

Obedience was the secret of Peter
success. Obedience is the success
every human life today.-Rev. w.
Dugan, Presbyterian, San France
Cal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12

There is nothing more up
along the lines of nineteenth L,
theology than the judgment Of Pr
dence, recorded in Jonah.-Rev. {
Michael. Episcopalian, Philadel
Pa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-12

Popcorn contains more nitrogen and
phosphates than the regular Indian
corn.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
a COMING GREAT ISSUE.
New York journal.


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to the Nau
unen Of the regular a,
in heart ana the
Injustice ana W
Shall military purposes than uhs
other county n
pensions ana
sooooOoo annually for military p
That Europe pays lot no
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combined we
have crushed uno ne
intoae burden of standing asked wh no necessity
whatever subject ourselves a len sreat
distribution this the load
fortune OF over ssoCOooOo His and increase
thi e.ocne depends the protect o
THAT is eqral
$500 Under republican is based not on
divided
thousand families would concen
With
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rented
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subject his family
taxed medicines
quality
as
a little clothing.
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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
HOUSTON, rnlDAY. DEC. ., 1sps.
TNVEL We PAGES
a DIsCOURAGING CANAL ourLcol<

The reports from Washington of the dis
cusson of many perploxing questions re-
latilg 20 the construction of the Nicaragua
canal show Enthusiastically that this great
work viii meet with bitter, organized and
persistent opposition from selfish ard un-
patriotic agencies.
The great transcontine1tal lines of rail-
way will DO on hand at the capitol with a
powerful and skillful lobby to throw every
possible obstacle in the way OF the passage
o. a canal bill; the agents OF the Panama
route win be active and persistent in their
opposition; the British interests viii. fight
againsta purely American can9i and, lastly,
the conceSsioraires of the new franch SO
will seek to prevent congressional action
until the Old compaAy's days OF grace
have expired.
TITUS we find a measure OF surprising
importance to the Nation, measure in
which both the National defense and the
large expansion of our commerce are deep
~ involved, boldly antagonized by forces
that would not hesitate 10 do the country
an trrerarabie injury by ieopardizing our
safety and cur best Interests Il only they
could subserve their own narrow and self.
ish ends.
Possibly this is no more than is TO be
expected from weak human nature. but the
most regrettabie circumstance In the prem
ises is tile almost assured fat that cop-
eiess car and Win be Influenced by these
various hostile agencies. The represeut-
a,ives Of the people are too often the
willing Instruments or the dupes OF those
who are fighting the psople. In the speak
er's chair of the lower house there is d
man whose power Is almost supreme aud
@hoso opposition TO tho canal is said to
be based on his friendship for the big rail-
road interests. That the canal measure
VIII have rough sailing under these cir :
cumsianeeS goes without saying Indeed II
Is doubtful II it can make any Roadway
unless the country arouses Itself ap1
Speaks to congress- in emphatic terms,
The advocates In both houses OF congress 3,
OF ths absolutely necessary waterway
should caucus and adopt II plan OF action
that would utterly coGduse the lobbyists.
They should give Nicaragua TO understand
tina. she viii be held 10 the strict per-
iorniance of her agreements: England
should be told TO keep hands off as sno
nas already violated the Clayton Bulwer
treaty; the motives and methods OF the
uranscontlnerJtal EIes should be merci-
acssay exposed and all slippery or hating
congressman be made to promptly and
openly declare themselves,
Il would be National calamity to have
tnis canal measure longer postpored The
south Is especially interested In the mat
ter and every Southern rsprezentatiys
should hear from his section in no uncer-
tain way.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
The People. Not the King.

Louisville Dispatch.
The few OF the organized opposition of
Uhe Grand Army of the Republic has driven
the politician of all parties where the old
soldiers are numerous to favCr the enact
ment cf the most reckless and unjust pen
sion legislation that ever existed in any
country The rolls new carry nearly Il
msllion names and over 100000 claims are
a standing army OF 100000 men, which will
continue 10 grow larger as we push our
policy OF conquest ami expansion, II will
not be long until the organized military
power Will drive the politicians to vote for
anything that the military party wants.
The imperial sun is rising and the light
OF the star of the republic is paling as it
declines. But why call attention TO it?
Are the people Of the United States not
worsIhlping the rising sun? Some old fogy
domiocaaps and republicans are refusing TO
bSccne wcrshl pers of the imperial sun,
but tha Rockefsllers. the Pierpont Nor
cans the GSmlds the Vant.rbits, the
Huntingtons and all the financial princes
aud Dotentates OF this country and En-
rope are eondcmning Them to political eX-
lie or TO be guillotined with the sword of
gold. The people, the great toiiing nil
ltns, what are they do ing? the ballot box
records the only answer.
The people like the king, can do no
wrong. God save the pe3ple--not the king
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
A Growing EVIL.

Waco Times -Ehalniu.
There are no signs OF abatement of the
slot machine evil, which has grown to such
proportions In Waco that one can scarce
turn d corner Without running into one
OF The uafaiious devices, which lure the
young ard unwary Into the practice OF
gambling. Unlike the men who adopt
gambling as a means of livelihood and pur
sue tire!r chosen paths behind closed doors,
and IN the seclusion Of guarded rooms, tne
rrcprietors OF slot machines Haunt their
tempting ANA vicious traps In the face OF
the public ut every step. Cigar stores,
stationery and periodical stores saloons
and restaurants bristle with nlckel-in-the-
slot machines at every turn
Boys and youths play their nickels
against them-and lose. aud with the
uD hv their losses resort TO questionable
devices to secure oaher nickels To play,
hoping TO rccoup their losses. The de-
moralzlng tendency OF the machines Is
apmsrent to The most Gasual observer. and
the number OF them in Waco is constantly
growing as other cities. convinced of their
cvil influence. prphilslt their operation.
Public sentiment I'm Waco Is tolerant
and liberal, but iIiere "a dsnger in de-
flying X too far. The dperation Of these
machines in places frequsmted by boys Is
an eva that calls for prompt and vigorous
acton. Such alluring temptation shonii
net be permitbed 10 he constantly thrust
before persons OF tender age. not versed
IN dhe ways nj the world, who are taught
10 rcgsld gambling as wrong. The exist
ence of this evil ss notorious and its sup
preston should be SPEEDY.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
POINTS ABOUT rEorLls.


Moro than 100 Mandatory poems have been
sent to Lord Kitchener since his return u
Enraand. ~
George Jones' VINO died IN wythe county
Vhginha. % few days ago at the age OF So
years. btasted that he had voted seventy
mes during his life, and that every vote
had been democratic.
Lord HaTHfax. dhe president OF the Eng
liTh Church Union. Is writlng a history
bring about a union between the Anglican
ami Roman CNthoiic churches.
The popular rating Of the commanders
who Figured most prom ,nently In tho ru-
cent war rs shown In the naming OF new
pcstcniceS now stands as fu.l1ws: Dewey.
Isl; Sehsey. b: Shafper and Sgsbee, cac1.
and SAMPSON, }.
The pope has given orders to stop all
proceedings by the Congregation Of tine
index AGAINST the Life OF Father Hecker,'
and has appoinbcd a commission of cardt-
nails to examine all the questions OF ortho-
doNy contested with the book. and to re-
pert to his holiness who Will then decide
az TO the treatment rf the volume.
Tho recent sale in Boston of the estate
of Jerncgan--who organized the company
and engineered tho scheme for extracting
gold from sea. waber--ehowed that ne was
not only thrifty, but imposing in more
WAYS than one. IL is said tiaat parlor
-set apparently OF inlaid rosewood was but
imitation, and that hardly any of the Jern-
.egan furniture proved TO be what 1t pur-
ported to be.
Thomas RYAN. whose discovery OF the
famous Republic mines In Washington
converted a poor man into one OF the fab
tifoits weaStn, says OF the find: thousands
OF experts would have, passed Tide ledge
as worthless, for the quartz Is of sueh a
peculiar appeaialoe THAT not one MINER
IN million w0,hld have suspected one
ounce oil gold could have been found in
i Ton OF tho stuff. didn't at first"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
WHEN parA.s SICK.


When pspas sick. my goodness sakes,
Such awful awful times /, iakes:
lie spenks IN, oh, such lonesome to,,ss
And gives such ghas'ly kind OF yreann.
Aud rolls hts EYES and holds His hnad
Au6 makes ma help him up 70 bed:
While Sis aud Bridget run 10 hea,
lilo. water BAGS TO warm his feei
Ana nprst get the doctor Quick
We have TO jump when papa sick
When papa's sick ma has To stand
kifht side the had and bold his hand
While Sis she has to fan au' FAN
For be says he's 40 dyin' man.
And wants the children round him n
lie there when .suffesin' "a gets ti,rn,ct.u
He says be wants TO SAY good by
Anc kiss us all and thea haN de-
Thar means and says his 4.breAtiiin,s ,h,,,-.,
it's awful sad when papas sick. '''sA
Mhsp nspa's sick &c aets thai wav
unttl he hears the doctor say.
won oplv got 4 cold YOU kuou.
You be all riEhtn a day or ID.
Ano then--wtll,. say you ought 10 500
He's different as liz can lie y see'
Arfi rrdwle and wears from t,nnn 4. s,,
Jnsl Gauss his dliass aipt rcnSea ,,, i,sAt
4 ~ sll no does Is fuss and kick fS''
Were all used up Mtifn napsi ! s;.t.
Joe Lincoln Ia l. A. ". Bullati,
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
The oni, relief.
Milford Counter.

NHIvFU VUUIItI'
Deep water at Houston Is a necessity 10
the commerce of Texas and the grsai
Southwest that II seeking an outlet. The
blockade Of cotton oars At Galveston this
seassn has IMPRESSED the whole country
with thu fact saat Texas port facilitates
aie inadequate and that tAe deepening OF
Buffalo i,aycu for merchant Vessels Is the
only way oiit OF the dilemma Every Texas
CONGRESSMAN should be urged to press Tie
claim for an appropriAt.on for the deepen
Ing and Improvement Of the bayou Texas
IL large and great enough TO have two big
ssepwts instead OF one, Our business de-
u,ards H. fs3s
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-12-09
white and Color.s !,

Laredo Times a N K
More than a million ana ! ~,
OF the white voters OF The l|u,fsS !
voted for Bryan aud Tree u,,sx
und by 1900 we will have snou1
come the votes cast for IL \
party by the negroes. This = 81
mans government and the ~ ~
rant negroes will not alwsys b. " Y
OF power.-Louisville Dispatch. Ill
Thas mdy sound very mell 10 tni
ing, but truth lis truth, w.hsEnss h
OF agalnst us. Every ons woo -
Thing aioout our political sys.sn ~
aware THAT a president OF the. UNI
is never elected by q majority ofi,13
lar vote, but by "a majority Of u
votes, as distributed among the q 31
has, therafore, sometimes haop11
the successful Candidate has gaae II
office of chief executive Of The m
fewer popular ballots to bis crttf v
were given to his opponert, kha
FORE, happened il'ikewiss that wbaHj
gro vote is largest, where It sep1>l
far the most numerous citlzeBah&
practically without idluencs th't112
toisl college, by iwaiCh the pftdl
vice president are chosen 3of ~
that in uwenlty years the pazyy m
and for which tho negro IN ~
solidly has no. been ~ M
uhe vote in tho electoral odd
tonio Express. 81
The editor of the San Anker1s
have known, when he q!
above, that he was writing ~
false, because OF being bound ~ - a!
the electoral vote OF keTtucky
in 1896 for Mckinley by tIha ~
amy we'll Informed man can Is
know that If the negro vote 6
had not been cast almost soln y 4,
the republican ticket. the cle04
Of ,thait Stlte would not have pees
so much to snow r.
tor of the San Antonio Express >
erateIy stated falsely, but tl,s y
and NOW we wish 70 ~
more rrpon aIhe subject: There Is =
ticle Of doubt that IL j naa w
the negro vote Mckinley yo'lla 3
carried Illinois and lndan Mnns
vote. even counting only mo nesH Z
reside In those TWO states, &c
changed that the railroads osffsm
- ,n,orssnds. dntn those tRp ~