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The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
THE FIGHT IS WON
Money and Coercion Cannot Rob the Democrats OF
a Victory that is Theirs.

tas the
Ibeie
bought in and therefore there much less danger
even cened them"
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
BLOOD A BANKRUPT.
promiuent Cleveland Republican
released from His Debts.
Especial to Inc Post.

Especial to The Post.)
cleveland. ohio. November 4.-John H.
Blood of this city, the instigator, prompt
ar and general manager of the republican
prosperity parade" was released from
his financial woes yesterday afternoon ia
the bankrupt city court by Referee Harold
Remington. who reported no assets. He
was discharged by the court.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
ouTLooN PLEASED HIM.
Chairman Jones LIS More Confident
Thnn Ever.

Than Ever.
Chicago, November 4.--National political
headquarters were practically deserted
today. Senator j. X. Jones, chairman OF
the democratic committee. however, was
the exception. He remained in his room,
scanning the field again. The OUTLOOK
seemed to please him, for he said he was
more certain than ever that william j.
Bryan would be elected.
Senator Hanna still claimed that Press.
dent Mckinley would get more electora
votes than he did in 1895.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
Democrats Claim Solid Delegation.

Little Rock. Ark, November 4.--Adviees
today from the Third aud Fifth congress
slonal districts say the republicans are
hopeful of electing their nominees over
Congressman McRae and Dinsmore, re-
spectively, on account Of the alleged
apathy. The democrats ridicule this, say
ing Arkansas will return solid demo-
cratic delegation TO congress and give
Bryan an Increased majority. They claim
that the negro vote will be unusually small
Tuesday.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
Deb. VIII Not RetIre.

Milwaukee, Wis, November 4.-Eugene
v. Debs will not withdraw as candidate
for president on the social democratic
ticket, in favor of Bryan or any one else
He today sent the following telegram 10
v L. Berger a leading democrat of this
city:
Sooner will Mckinley retire In favor OF
Bryan, or Bryan in favor of Mckinley
than that | will retire in favor OF either
I am in this fight to the end of my life
e. " Debs
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05

Baltimore, Md, November l.
The betting. which has heretofore
been strongly in favor of McKin-
ley. has veered sharply toward
Bryan, the odds having risen 10
eight and nine on Bryan against
ten on Mckinley, while few days
ago odds of eight to one that Nc
Klnley would carry the State found
few takers.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
uAzrNG CAUSED DEATH.
BOY Received Fatal
Injuries,

Charleston, S O. November 4--lnoma7
Finlay Brown IL years old, died from IN
uries received while being hazed at the roi'
ter military academy last Monday brown
was new at the academy, and the other ooy''
following their custom, dropped MIN INTO
cemented swimming basin twelve rect usep,
The basin was dry at the time and Tue i"u
received Internal injuries from the IAN Dc
fore he died he did not give the names Oh
rho cadets who had il-treated him. ana II ID
saia M action will be taken in the matter
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05

TO be secured from the 125 above mem
toned. New York and Indiana with d
total of forty. eight votes, would be am
pie Maryland. Indiana, New Jersey anu
California, with total of forty-one'
would he six votes short. South Dasota
and Washington, with four votes EACH
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
WEATHER INFORMATION.


Washington, November i.-Nastern Texas
Fair weather and pleasant temperature Mon
day and Tuesday; light northerly wnus.
Oklahoma and Indian Territory - ran
weather and pleasant temperature Monda!
and Tuesday: variable winds.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
cleveland win Vote.

Especial 20 TIC Fost,J
New YORK November 4.-Groyer Cieve-
land in telegram to the Herald says he
has no thought of going duck shooting al
present. but shall be IN Princeton %
Tuesday aod shall vote
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
He Can BE President Even With the Loss of New
York, Ohio and Illinois.
But New York and Ohio Believed to be IN the Democra
Column--Mr. Hanna Only Conceded Seventy-eght
Electoral Votes in 1890

Rhode Island. 4; Vermont A. Washing
ton. 4; West Virginia. 6; Wisconsin. IL;
wyoming. 3. Total. 1865.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05

Observations taken by the United statfH
weather bureau at all stations at p. IN =
Yesterday. 18th meridian time.
The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-11-05
Proof

! We satisfy buyers who
NJ Is their open orders tor
|rr,riss is furnished by the
n, number Of mail orders
h receive daily.
usrcise great care in this
katmsnt Of Our business
I'D when a trial is given us
Il usually gain a new Gus
tns.
BIZ is nothing old in Our
kuk and your orders will
N filled from clean, new
kwds purchased this season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
How to Grow Strawberries.

There are so many people who would
like to have a nice bed Of strawberries
and do not because they say they do not
know how to raise this delicious berry
that once more we give simple directions
how to do it. The directions given are
for the planting Of family bed. Plow
up, or spade up piece Of good ground
ten feet wide and fifty feet long. Work
in ten wheelbarrow loads OF well-rott
barnyard manure, get 200 strawberry
plants of your nearest nurseryman OF
Beder Wood, Lovett, Warfi Id or Clyde
varieties. set the plants three feet
apart between rows and two-feet apart
in the row. Cultivate thoroughly and
keep every weed out the first year. Put
two inches OF marsh hay or clean straw
on the plants after sit freezes up next
fall. Uncover after warm weather comes
in the spring and then get ready to pick
the incest lot of berries in June that
you ever saw Fruit the bed two years
and then dig it up. To be sure OF
Strawberries every year u bed should be
planted each year. Make the new bed
in new place each time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

We are asked to say something furth-
or about that dead line" referred to as
applied to settlement ON our western
prairies. 1t means that invisible and
somewhat Irregular and fluctuating
line of longitude which runs from Mani
toba to the Gulf. east of which it is safe
to pillow mp and cultivate the soil with
assurance Of crop to harvest, and west
OF which it is not The presence of the
buffalo grass" very accurately determ-
ines when man gets west OF this line.
This grass is the Almightys signboard
that the. soil in which this grass grows
is not suited for cultivation and that its
uses are limited to grazing purposes.
THERE'S belt Of territory about seventy
five miles wide on this dead line where
the buffalo grass OF the plains and the
blue joint grass OF the well-watered
prairie regions blend and intermingle;
this territory is debatsble ground, some
times producing good crops and some
times not West of it lies failure; east
Of it success. Look out for the dead
hneT
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

II catch OF grass seed or clover is
mostly desired in field the surest way
to succeed in getting good catch is to
SOW the seed without any nurse crop
On all lands where the growth of nurse
crop is likely to be heavy it is almost
useless to SOW grass seed unless one can
be sure of plenty Of rain Immediately
after the nurse crop is removed. A good
stand of clover can nearly always be OBJ.
tanned by sowing the field to rye the fall
previously and the gra>s se-d early in
the spring and then pasturing the rye
down.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

II we we're to place in these notes
some of the well authenticated reports
; made to us of the number of head OF
stock well-wintered for the first time on
the corn fodder which has heretofore
gene to waste, we should hardly be-
lieved. 1t is enough to say, perhaps, that
on every quarter section farm within
the corn belt where stock is kept to eat
it, the sum of not less than 500 Of clean
profit can be secured by the cutting up
and using of the corn folder grown on
the farm. To fail to so use it is to
throw this nice sum Of money to the
dogs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

"A man who will plant a willow
hedge along the highway should be sent
to the penitentiary," said an indignant
granger to US not long since. The
willow hedge is nuisance and no mis-
take. 1t makes the roads impossible in
the winter, is hindrance to the mud
drying up in summer, and is very often
an eyesore by reason of the defoliation
Of the trees by worms. Roadside trees
should be of elm, maple or ash and be
planted at least fifty feet apart. So
planted, the highway would be unin-
jured and the waste land profitably
utilized.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

. Weed seeds in the soil will terminate
to about the depth of two inches,
below this depth they will remain dor
mant until brought nearer the surface
by the cultivator or piow III there was
no other reason this alone proves the
wisdom Of giving the corn a shallow Gull
tivation after the second time through.
Deep blowing later brings up a crop OF
weeds to grow and flourish after the
crop is laid by.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

given by the leading merchants of De-
corah by which $3.50 90 Western Cot
tage Organ will be given away abso-
lutely free to the church, lodge or school
voted the most popular by June IL, 1900.
Contest to commence Saturday, Feb.
"a, 1900. The following merchants will
issue ballots with every rs cents cash
purchase which entities the holder to
one vote. All votes must be sent to the
City Clerk, T. F. AuchmoOdy within
seven days from date and every week
the votes will be counted and result
of the vote will be published in the
Posten Republican and PUBLIC OpIN-
ION. The organ is now on exhibition
at Marsh's Music House. The follow
| ing merchants issue ballots:
Elliott 4 Co.-Variety Store.
Ingvol stad l. Co-Lumber.
| j. Jackwitz
ID. f. Reed & Son Hardware.
Vance Bros Groceries.
j. T. Chinnock Shoes.
Wangler Bros. Drugs
M. Il. Torsen-Jeweler
X. /. Haugen-Dry Goods (only).
Ben Bear Clothing (only.)
Miller Il SOn-Laundry.
+. Rudolph Il Co.-Harness & Coal.
Richard Schrubbe-Book and Sta
| ii )nery.
b. o. Marsh Music.
| j. III. Mackenstadt-Tai
Dunbar Bros Flour Feed 4 Wood.
f. d. Baker 4 Co.-Bakery and Con-
! fectiOnery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The average hen under average con-
ditions will. we fiad, earn her owner one
dollar year. Thus one hundred hens
will bring in return of one hundred
dollars, bur this rule will not apply
whes, more than one hundred hens are
kept. un ess they are kept in separate
hocks 1t Is very doubtful il three hum
dred hens kept in one flock will
bring in more than fifty cents each,
while the risk from disease would be
greatly increased.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

: A bright little fellow only eight years
old, the son of laboring man, told us
the other day that he earned the sum OF
$500 during vacation last summer by
driving cattle aud doing errands. When
we asked him what he did with the
money, he said that he bought, his shoes
and the suit Of clothes which he had on.
This boy win never be a tramp, but far
more likely rich and influential citizen
Of the future. Such boys are all too few.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Bromo inernis, the Hungarian bronze
grass. is attracting quite good deal Of
attention. 1t appears to be grass es-
pecially adapted for the semi-arid re-
gions OF the country. We have good re-
ports from it in the western Dakotas
where clover and timothy do not do
WE'LL Where timothy can be success
fully grown we do not think it win be
wanted
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The thrifty orchard tree is far less liza.
BILE to the attacks of blight and insects
than is the one just struggling for an
existence. A robust and vigorous con.
dition Of the tree is Just as much pro
lection to it as the same condition is to
a man in the warding off Of disease.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

II is /, disgrace to die rich, said the
sociological student. Maybe So" an
swered his chum, but Id be willing
to take chances on being able to exon
crate myself.
Horses used for pleasure in Russia
lave around the neck stout thin cord
With a running moose. When the ami
mal starts to run away jerk on the
ccrd halts him like magic, as the horse
instantly stops when the cord presses
ais windpipe.
Competent authorities assert. that
South America has greater undevelop-
ed resources than any other section OF
The world. Any crop grown elsewhere
san be duplicated there, and the coun-
Try abounds In mines Of coal, silver
md gold most Of which have been ON.
y slightly developed -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Tobacco smoke is the best remedy for
the green lice which are such pest on
house plants. Most men will be glad to
burn up good Havana in this way:
place paper cone over the plant and
let the smoker blow the smoke in under
-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

readily fall into line with. If change
Of location is desired. It 10 better to
select such place for home as will most
nearly correspond in point Of climate,
character OF ttlers and general environ
nent to that of the country where one
has always lived
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The new Siberian railway is opening
up vast regions Of land we'll adapted to-
the growth of all cereal crops. The best
part Of this new country is analogous to
our northwestern prairie lands. Set.
tiers are rushing into this region in
enormous numbers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The best possible use to make OF the
dairy bred steer calf is 10 mae veal OF
him as quickly as possible. He really
should not be allowed to live more than
two months or some unsophisticated and
innocent purchaser win later on be try
ing to make beef animal out Of him.
For the first time in year the thirty
days ending March lst, 1900, showed no
further advance in the prices of staple
manufactured commodities. This fact
may be accepted as evidence that the
level Of high prices has been reached
and that future changes in price will be
in the direction Of lower values.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
Tramp Labor.

1t is not far from the truth to say
that the employment Of tramps as hired
men on the farm is usually losing
game II not absolutely vicious, their
nomadic type OF life has totally untitled
them for continuity Of residence or
labor. They are generally monumental
liars and thieves by instinct. While it
is possible for honest labor to take the
road in search of employ ment, it very
rarely happens, and tramp labor may
safely be set down as unreliable and
every way disappointing. While always
pretending to be seeking work, it is still
the very last thing they want to really
find
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A race horse-Flying Fox-sold re.
Gently at auction in England for $l9s,
GOO and Hereford bull-Thickset- =
sold in Missouri for IS, 100.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A grade Hereford steer killed in
Chicago short time ago dressed out u
Per cent. meat. 1t was four years old
and weighed over ton. This is the
best record Of meat to live weight ever
recorded.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Tennessee is now the leading state in
the production Of phosphate, 5000 men
being employed in quarrying the phos-
plate rock and preparing it for market.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A vessel loaded with hemp from Manila
to New York got off of her course and
was 1877 days between ports. Every day
that she was delayed beyond the usual
time of making the trip she made good
money for the owners OF the cargo,
owing 10 the advance in the price Of the
hemp in this country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The prospects for good crop OF fruit
this year are excellent. this statement
apply ing to nearly al the fruit growing
sections of the couptry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

There is very marked shortage in
the visible supply of corn and the price
can be controlled by the corn-growers
for the first time in several years. The
feeding demand has been enor nous
while the export demand is constantly
increasing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

40 bushels Of seed corn were recently
purchased in Philadelphia and sent to
Egypt to be planted on the Nile delta.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The cat bird will furnish more good
singing in return for the berries it steals
than any other Of our fruit-eating birds.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Massachusetts, appropriates the sum
Of 500. 600 annually with which to fight
the gypsy moth. Only a few years ago
scientist imported few ofthese moths
rs curiosity and they some way got
away from him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Corn-raisers north of latitude ~
degrees should plant no variety of corn
which win not ripen in ITO days from
the date of planting
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A late writer in AL agricultural paper
advises the trimming of the feet of the
bull. This is trimming at the wrong
end. The bulls norns more than his
toes need the trimming.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A bush fire in Australia fire similar
TO the prairie fires OF the west when it
was first settled, recently burned over
one million acres of grazing lands and
destroyed 1900 sheep aud 1000 cattle
and horses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

California produced oil and oranges
last year, each of the value Of 100000.
The whole of southern California is oil
producing territory.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The United States has imported
Manila hemp to the value Of s4,477, $50
since the title to the Philippine islands
was acquired.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The month Of March is usually a
vandal desecrator of thu vernal season
north OF Mason and Dixon's line.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A cribbing horse is a spoiled one.
This sort are hard to work Of in trade
as they will nearly always give them
selves away before the trade can be COM
pleted,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Breeding mares should be moderately
worked up to the time of the birth Of
the colt and after that il possible the
mare should be turned out on grass for
two months.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Exports of corn from this country
have increased from 100000 bushels
thirty years ago to 177,OO000O bushels
In 1899,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

England takes 10000 quarters Of
dressed beof from Chicago each week;
that is where all the best western fed
steers 90.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

We know OF pan who each year AS
cold weather comes on buys an old
horse just for his hens 20 work on dur
ing the winter months. His hens lay
all winter
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A willow post cut in June and the
bark peeled from it will last twice as
long as ono cut during the winter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

The drag is the best tool to use in the
corn field SO long as it can be used with
out injury to the corn. 1t should be
used far more than it is before the corn
il planted.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11
FARM, ORCHARD, X
4 = AND GARDEN.
Edited for PUBLIC OPINION BY
J. S. TRId0. Rockford Iowa.
J. S. TRId0. Rockford. Iowa.

The Wealthy apple is rated ~ the
best apple for its seaaon in Ohio.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

An Iowa man has demonstrated the
fact that ducks may be- kept in almost
any number together and fattened for
market. He is feeding 10000 very sue
cessfully this spring in one lot. No
other poultry can be so kept audfed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

A lady reader writes US from far off
North Dakota asking how she can raise
straw berries in a country where they
have very hard winds and much dry
weather. country where the settlers
tell her that Strawberries cannot be
raised While the conditions described
may not at all lie favorable we still are
Of the opinion that If our friend will set
out bed and mulch heavily with flax
straw between the rows, irrigating the
bed in the dry time, she can raise all the
berries she wants The strawberry is
one berry which will do well almost
anywhere il it is given proper care. 1t
must have sufficient watek, however.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

Mgrations by farmers to localities
having marked climatic contrasts with
those of the country where they have
always lived are rarely satisfactory.
Thus the Minnesota man is rarely con-
tented to live in Mississippi, neither
does the Georgia planter find a congo
nial home in the Dakotas. 1t is not
climatic conditions altogether which
bring about this result; there are the
questions Of methods, customs and
habits ofthe people. which vary to .
very great degree and which the new
conner from far away locality does not
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

1t is good deal OF trouble to care Tor
them it is true, but nevertheless it is the
early lamb which pays best to raise.
Coming in January and February they
thus escape the ravages Of the stomach
worm which is such pest to those later
born.
Any good land located in the grain
growing territory OF the northwest, no
matter whether it be timber or prairie
which can be brought at prices under
$50 per acre is sure to prove safe in
vestment. II markets and railroads are
for the present far away. it will only be
. short time until they will come.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-11

America will be as much interested in
that "corn kitchen" which is to be as
marked feature OF the Paris exposition
rs any othor thing to be seen there
The common people Of Europe could bs
fed on corn products properly prepared
at about one half the cost Of their
present rations Ignorance Of how to
prepare corn foods has always barred
bts use in Europe save as stock food.
At the corn kitchen Il is proposed to
demonstrate the value ofcorn - ration
~ the masses. 'r