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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07
The WAY Of tie Worlj.

We listened to q counsy supcrin
tendent Of scho ,ls not ong since rs h
lamented In 4 long address the fact tha
the nice girls would not remain long q
teachers, but would get married arc
80, from his standpoint, disarranged tn
work Of the schools This snperintend
eDt was sort OF old fogy, as We loos a
1t. Who wants our NICE. pref y girls t.
keep on teaching till crows feet, gra,
hairs and false teeth bear mute evidenc'
that the bloom OF their youth has IT,
rarted and not even the crooked niatri
mciiial st elk Is to be picked up by them
There is no sweeter comedy enacted ~
earth than Jihn blowing the long row
o. corn a d seeing the dimp ed ane
pretty sci oolma'am trudging along t,
schm in tie morning, and he thinkinl
an ut er Gay long and watching 10
her etu the evening time, he man
aging at the highway end OF tn
field a. passes bye dusty, dir ,
and basltul, she sll SMILES and swee
mes Then comes a buggy ride snC /;
good deal Of swinging in the hammoc
under the oil | trees, while the moonlight
filters Gown through the rustling leave.
like silver food. I'D John soon is clear
gone. and Susie notifies the director
that she will not teaca after the close o.
tho summer term andr-but why go on
maid teacher out OF Susie! Not much
Ae would not il we could. and. what is
more, we could not IL we would. lie,
the old fogy superintendent keep o.:
growing, and all you pretty school
ma'ams keep your eye out for John in
the corn field.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Try an acre Of sugar beets this year.
You will thus become acquainted with
this new crop and can Judge for Yourself
whether YOU want To add the sugar bee
to your list Of farm products. II you
have full carload Of beets, hich you
ought to raise on an acre and half. you
will probably have no trouble in dispos-
ing of them to some factory, even IL
there is 300 or 300 mile haul on them.
you cannot sell them to be- worked up
into sugar. they will make excellent foo I
for the dairy cows aud the brood sovs
next winter The main thing is to try
the crop, and when the factory comas.
which will be before long, the growing
OF the crop will be no experiment, and
you will know just what to do in regard
to making contracts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

A lady friend Of ours wanted to kno
why her flower did not do well last
summer when she said that she had put
as much as four inches in depth OF hen
manure on the bed before she set out
her plsnts. She herself explained the
cause OF her failure. She used ten times
too much OF this, the most concentrated
fertilizer to be had Hen anure, il
used ON flower Or a vegetable garden
should he used very sraringl., as it is
SO saturated with ammonia that it will
literally burn ever, thing up. Mixed
with rotten leaves and leaf mold, or even
three times its bulk II cool earth, il ID
a valuable fertilizer, bat applied as did
our friend, will ito infinitely m.re harm
than good.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
FOR SALE.

EOIt 6<AlAE<.
Is acres or heavy oak timber land from
which large quantity OF lumber, piles, ties
and cordwood can be cut II is located in
Winnesheik County, Iowa, SO per acre buys
land.
Excellent farms in Stevens County, MIMI,
IN the sure crop country. Improved OF I'm
improved.
Lands In the best counties In 5. Dakota,
where land Is booming and sdSaneng rapid
per acre, nnimproved from 50 TO si2 per acre.
Buy now and make money. Reduced rail-
road fare To land seekers.
A fine residence lot In the town OF Cslmsr,
Iowa, for SOS.
Al nom house ...wi,h lots, good well, in
Invest your money in real estate and make
more. nothing more sure or safe. Why
drudge along on rented land when You una y
own farm that will grow In value each
year. Sell your $40 or SO land and buy some
| for less than half, which Will make YOU more
money. ~
i60 acres OF finest kind OF land. itch. black
SOIL, free from sand, gravel, alkal or gnmbo,
"a mile from leoti, The county seat OF Wichi-
Ia county Kansas; price $40 per acre; will ex-
change FOR good town properly.
l6o acres in Nebraska, miles from Stuart.
black loan soil, good spring ON the place;
price SiO per acre; viii exchange.
$40 acres well improved. first-class build
price slo.G0O
leo acres with excellent Improvements, all
the necessary buildings for a good hrm and
good buildings at that The original owner
mortgaged the lace for $4,000. Tie died and
the mortgage was forciosed. the holder OF
mortgage bought In the place ut sheriff sale
TOR xo2s and he has since died, and the farm
10 now thrown on the market for the low price
otSmo snap, 27tf
S. K. WAGER, Agent.
Calmar, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

The dog. whenever he is allowed to ra-
vert back to the original type, always
assumes faun color. a wolfsh head and
gregarious abit, this explained b, the
fact hat most beasts Of prey are OF IA vn
co or, the better to enable them to His
guise themselves Id pursuit of their
prey The wolfish head and gregarious
hahit indica'e that the ancestors OF the
dog were ell sely allied to the wolf, if
not sprung directly from it.
The eastern dairyman uses dairy ra
tion which costs him easily 80 per cent
more than such ration does the vest IN
man. Then tn. western man can ship
is tub Of butter to Boston O" y, " Yor.
at less rate'of freight than the caste u
man can his tub from central New York.
Yet, with this serious handicap in dairy
ng, the eastern farmer finds that his
LARRY is about the only thing which he
AN make really profitable on the farm.
Pigeons are not of any profit as a farm
bird, but We like to see some of the M
lround. They will to some extent pro.
tect the poultry on the farm from the
attacks of the hawks, as the hawks
which take the chickens will always take
the tame pigeons in preference il they
can get them. II kept, they should not
be allowed the range of the barn, as
they are dirty, but should be kept in
pigeon houses outside. The squads
make very nice pie and will pay their
wa, SD used.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

We we're in farming community not
long since where much corn had been
cut up lest fall and where the crop was
being handled altogether with an old
fashioned thrashing machine, which
shelled the corn and shredded the fodr
der ID very good shape. The principal
objection 70 this plan was that the corn
SO shelled would not keep when put in
any large quantity in bin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Lands which are lora'ed on river bot
toms and suh'e'' W uual overflow are
best used a. blre ga. ornament mas
lures. While. il broken up, a crop may
now d then he stolen from ITEM. the
breaking up engendcrS suc' prod igiou
growth Of weeds that it is at best y
profitless undertaken Such lands
make the very Rest Of PASTURE lands and
are maintained in perennial fertility by
,vertiowing waters.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07
in< raru, institutes.

The past few years have witnes ed
the development of an educational fac
tor in ayr culture in the shape Of the
farm il stitute, v hich has been most
marked success. From somewhat crude
beginnin. 8. the farm institute has
evolved into one Of the most impor ant
and vel attend d gatherings held by
the people Of the several counties Of the
western states. So far as we know. in
no other country do the farmers ever
assemble for a Two ,r three days session
for TIE purpose # discussing matters
pertaining to their business. The field
covered by the papers, addresses and
discussions at these Institutes takes a
wide range and touches not only the bus
mess side of farm life, but includes the
schools, the home, the family. the social
and intellectual side of life on the farm.
These meetings also bring out not a lit
tie musical and Evolutionary ability
which would otherwise remain secluded
in country homes. The interest taken in
the meetings increases year by year, and
the work accomplished SO becomes more
valuable AZ it reaches wider field. 1t is
perhaps still too true that the class Of
farmers who would be most benefited
by attending the institutes fail to at.
tend them. but the leaven is working,
and they will be on hand before long.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

For really desirable winter blooming
house plant, we wish to commend the
freesias A half dozen of the bulbs
planted in a pot IN the fall have given
us hundreds Of beautiful aud fragrant
blossoms an through january, and well
into February were loaded with bloom
Try them next winter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

1t seems that when flock Of sheep
and it's increase are mortgaged to secure
. debt, the wool is not included in such
mortgage and that the owner Of the
sheep may sell the WOOL and not account
therefor to the mortgage. The courts
hold that the term increase applies to
the an NAL and not its products.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

1t may be cheaper to let the house
and Earn go unpaint'd than to paint
tien. They say it is, but a :San who
will seek to save dollar t 3 way de
serves to have the ragweeds grow six
feet high over his grave.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

The cost OF running Texas steer on
the Texas ranges is only si.8O per year.
As such steer viii put on at least $50
pounds of meat during tn year, the
profits of the beef business in that state
are easy to see.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Ever cheapening freight rates are
eaualizing land Naluesa over the coun,
try. The high priced land OF the eastern
statesis constantly declining ip value,
while,thc new lands OF the West are con
stantly appfeciating in value. This re-
suit, while making bad work al ,he east
Is Of corresponding benefit TO the west.
Land values Of the futureare largely go
ing to be governed by the fertility Of the
land, regardless Of location.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Feeders through the est are over
bidding the Chicago market from two to
three cents a bushel on corr. Win. n
corn sells at 25 cents, the prNsen' prices
Of all meat and dairy produ make it
worth more to feed than to ship.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

It is -everlast'ngly to the discredit of
the dairy interests of this country that
Denmark will buy American corn and
oil meal, pay freight on it, feed it. con
vert it into butter and outs II our butter
by three cents pound in the English
market
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Please give Secretary Wilson long
credit mark for refusing point blank to
do anything to interfere in behalf OF the
two Philadelphia merchants who are
in Jail for violatin. the dairy laws Of
that state in selling oleomargarin.' for
butter. The secretary says that they
should serve out their sentences for the
good OF humanity and out OF respect to
old bossy
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

When you talk to a beef man about
the oleo'fraud ON the dairy interests, he
only grins. II is impossible to get him
interested in the matter even little bit,
II he says anything he viii tell you that
the development OF the oleo trade has
added IS to the value OF every steer
which he sells for beef. 1t is thus that
self interest sfifias con SCIENCE
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

The great economy Of modern inven-
tons is well illustrated in the case Of
street car traffic The old horse car
lines used 69.8 per cent OF their earn ngs
for operating expenses, while he m I'd.
ern electric trolley car lines use but 1913
per cent OF EARNINGS for ops rating ex-
penses 500 f~r g
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Fifty years ago the government issued
its first agricultural report. There was
then no agricultural department, aud
the agricultural interests OF the country
we're consigned to the patent Office. In
the first report. published in ls49, gen
tleman from Iowa contributes an article
on the best breed OF oxen to raise Tor
work purposes. and that was all Iowa
had to say. ~,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Wherever water v'ill stand for twenty
four hours on tract o. land after a
heavy rain, such land needs draining.
But few crops will endure being sub
merged for. even that length of time
Forty eight hours under water will Kill
nearly all the cereals outright
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

Hens, bees and orchards 60 frst-rate
together. The hen will destroy much
Of the iniur' Gus insect life which hau J Is
the orchard, while the bees will do a
splendid job in the fertilization Of or
chard bloom.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

1t is well tn remember that calves are
seld N sick o ailing when fed warm
separator milk right from tn cow This
Is the testimony of nearly every man
who uses farm eparator.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

The best butter makers of the north
west are the Danes, and the reason Of
this is hit In nojl courl ~ is scientific
dairy ing so persstently and thoroughly
taught as 10 Denmark.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

WANTED Honest man or woman Ia ira vel
w for large house; salary $50 monthly and
inclose self-addre ssed stamped envelope
MANAGER, $40 Caxton bldg, Chcsyo. lSlG
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

When an old hen will bring you in an
income of sl.OO year, which she win
easily do II you give her half a show,
she becomes the best money maker
there il on the farm. ahe ~
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07
FARM, ORCHARD, -
4 4 AND GARDEN.
Edited for PUBLIC opINsoNby
s. TRl00, Rockford. lows.
ElIted for PUBLIC OPINION b


All the good SD an acre lands Of the
north a est re goitg up TO $40 befc !,
they get TO their real value. r tHhf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07
Men as Hired Girls.

The man house servant is becoming a
fad in New York City. lie is doing his
work we'll and is success He does not
ape his mistress society manners or copy
the style VI her cloak or hat. He does
not have a beau three nights IN the
week and run up the gas bill or want
half day off when his mistress is expect
ing company. Tren the lady OF the
house is not afraid that her husband
will get sweet ON the hired help, this
worry being thus transit, FRED to the
husbands office. These men are prov,
ing good cooks aud houseke ep, rs, doing
their work well and thoroughly. Per-
haps this is to I've the solution Of the
hired girl problem and man may yet be
doomed,as was Mr.. Mantanilli,t to turn the
mangle for the rest Of his days. while
woman usurps his place in office, store
and poll les sT
Owing 10 the'old system Of digging
out diamonds kimherly proper is built
around u hole big enough 10 contain
the entire white population Of south
Africa.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Polysamy Among the Indians.
rom the Chica go Tribune

Senator Thurston of Nebraska has in
troduced a bill forbidding further polyga-
nous marriages among the Indians after
next January. and at the same time recog-
nizing polygamy as it now exists among
the Indian tribes. Indian agents are au-
thorized to perform marriages, but in other
respects Indian marriages must conform to
the same laws as those governing the mar
riages of other people. At the same time
the bill provides for the creation of per-
manent register of all married Indians now
living on the reservations. IF any In
dian is living with more than one woman
to whom he processes to be married in ac-
cordance with the customs of his tribe"
the bill provides not that such marriage
shall be annulled. but that. 80 far as
practica BILE the record shall state the order
of time in which the said Indian processes
to have been married to those several wo-
men. with the name or names of each such
wife. the approximate date Of said alleged
marriage and the names of his living chill
dren by each such wife" If the bill passes
1t will not be necessary to go as far away
as the Sulus for an instance Of the recog
milton of polygamy on United States terri
tory. The recognition however, is only
incidental to the forbidding of a further
spread Of the practice. There is no reason
why the younger generation Of Indians
should not be brought under civilized laws
in this regard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
Poisonous Illuminating Gas.


The change in the composition of illumi-
by The Hospital. should create anxiety in
regard to its influence on public health be-
cause of the considerable amount of car
bonic oxide which is now so often mixed
with 1t. Gas. as it is called" says this
paper. has always been more or less poi
sonous. but only by virtue Of one constit-
uent. namely. carbon!c oxide, which In old
days, when gas was the unadulterated pro-
duct of the distilation of coal. was present
in only small proportions. say, about per
cent. Nowadays, however. gas companies
do not hesitate in an emergency to mix very
large quantities of this poisonous compound
with their coal gas. and to send it out to
their customers without word of warning
while some companies habitually send out
compound containing over 80 per cent of
carbonic oxide So far we have not much
proof of many deaths having been caused
by this compound in England but in Amer
lea, where they have longer experience of
Its use. the danger has been shown to be
very considerable. In paper on the SUBJ
Ject read by DIR. Haldane before the So
ciety of Medical Officers of Health he puts
the matter in a somewhat striking form
when he says that the total death rate from
poisoning of every kind in this country,
whether by gases. liquids or Solids and
whether accidental or suicidal is only about
half the average death rate from water-gas
poisoning alone in Boston. New York, San
francisco and Washington We do not
think. however. that the evil consequences
arising from the inhalation of water gas
ought to be measured exclusively by deaths:
even in non-fatal doses carbonic oxide is
dehnltely deleteriouS to health and not i'm
probably. considering the leaky condition of
mysterious maladies which are only relieved
by change OF air.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
How to Keep Cut Flowers.

From Home and Garden.
On receiving flowers after a journey every
stalk should be cut afresh and cut only the
instant before being placed in the water.
When flowers arrive from the south of
France or from any far distance the stalks
should he prepared with long slanting cut.
or be slit up. in order to expose large sur
face to the water. and they should be
plunged deep in the water. right up to the
flower itself and left all night. If the wa
ter Is warm. so much the better. Even for
an ordinary journey many things must
have such a deep bath or even total i'm
mersiOn. Leaves of artichoke grand in
large decorati tons with long-stalked oriental
poppy. or the taller of the fag-leaved
irises, such as Pallida dalmatica, are
plunged over night in the garden tank.
Flowers that have milky juice, such as
oriental and otfe poppies. stephanotis and
Physianthus. want special care. 1 have
often been told that you cannot make these
live in water. and unless treated with sim
pie common sense you certainly cannot.
These flowers and some others have fast
flowing milky juice that dries quickly and
hardens over he cut If it had been pur-
posely sealed with waterproof coating of
India rubber. Therefore when / bunch up
oriental peoples, the moment before the
bunch is put into Its deep pail the ends are
cut afresh. and the stalks also slit up
two or three inches, and as the juice flows
out they are plunged into the water. which
washes it away
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26
beware of Paris Water.

Numberless warnings have been addressed
to those people who intend to put their ma
tional pride in their pocket this year ana go
to the Paris exposition. They have been
tod tha; the city swarms with sharpers
and thieves of every description. who are
only waiting an opportunity to rob them.
and that even the walters have entered INTO
a nefarious league to pass bad money on
them. But these things are all directed
against the purse; there is another and
worse danger to be Stunned. and that IS
Paris water. The citizens of Paris nave
long been exercised over their water supply.
and many suggestions for tapping new
sources have been discussed, but few have.
So far. been carried out. The summer Is
coming on, the exposition is attracting
crowds fl ON all parts of the world. and yet
the conscript fathers of Paris are still talk
ing over what is to be done. Every summer
the water supply runs short. and those I'M
fortunates who have to remain in Paris IN
the dog days have to undergo all sorts of
privations. Moreover. in addition to fear
of scarcity. there is the far worse fear OF
typhoid for none of the water Is absolutely
above reproach. and there has been an cpl
demic of typhoid in the city all winter. il
a serious outbreak should occur when Paris
is crammed with all sorts of strange ma
tionalities the consequences might be most
serious AS 1t is, the authorities are al
ready advising that all water should be
boiled so that those who. in spite of every
thing, decide to go to Paris will know what
TO expect.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-05-26

From the San Francisco Chronicle
Residents of Vaughan bay. twenty miles
from Tacoma, are having a big hunt after
seven whales which entered Vaughan bay
Christmas day. Being unable to find the
narrow channel leading out of the bay. the
whales have been circlng around and cut
ting all sorts OF antics. Boatmen have
been able to approach within thirty feet
of them, and several parties with lances
have started to hunt them down.
The hunters are now trying to secure the
harpoons used by Tacoma fishermen three
years ago. when they captured big Cali
fornia gray whale which yielded 800 bar
rels of oil. At that time cannon was
mounted on a tug and fired at the whale
several times without effect. At last har-
poems were sunk into him. and he lowed
three rowboats around Puget sound for
over a hundred miles. By that time he
was so tired that lances could be used with
deadly effect. 1t Is intended to repeat this
process If harpoons can be secured before
the whales escape. A number Of children
who cross Vaughan bay in rowboats to go
to school are staying at home until the
whales disappear.