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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

There is a brief time during the
month of July when adult wild fow'
geese and swan particularly-shcd
their wing feathers and are thus I'M
able to fly. Years ago, when hunting
for Sioux Indians in the breeding
grounds of these birds in North Da,
kota, we helped to capture
scores of adult birds during
this summer moulting period,
and the male swans put up an
ugly fight in their efforts to escape
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

good markc. for his timber, . gooi
soil when he gets the land cleared
and good markets for his produce
near by. He further will enjoy q
most genial climate, where every
thing in the way of fruit, cereals and
grasses will attain their very best
development. Still, he has many Q
hard days work ahead before he gets
rid of that swarm of four foot cedar
and spruce stumps, which unlike the
deciduous woods of the east, shows
hut little disposition to rot.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

A horse collar made of heavy cot
ton duck and stuffed with cotton lint,
manufactured in Georgia, and retail
Eng at 80 cents, is proving the finest
thing for horses with sore or tender
shoulders which has ever been intro
duced, proving a cureall for this trou-
BILE which bothers so many owners of
horses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

A farm in Minnesota containing 800
aorss of average good land. IL which
the owner has the sum of $4,000 in
vested, and which is operated by a
tenant on the share plan as a stock
and dairy farm, has paid the owner
an annual dividend on the Investment
for the past four years of 10 per cent
and win do better than that this
year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14
A Big Tree Farm.

A friend OF ours--a young man
has recently purchased 100 acre
tract of the heavily timbered land In
Washington for a farm and home.
We shall watch with much interest
his effort to reclaim this tract. T.
would seem TO be q herculean tasl
but he has health and strength,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

We passed lately through coun-
try community which six years ago
was swept and wrecked by a cyclone.
In each backyard may now be seen a
cyclone cave, the practical uses of
which are as well understood by these
people as is his hole in the ground
by a prairie dog.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

We noticed forty acre corn field
recently on which poor seed had been
used, resulting in less than one-half
of stand. If it had been our field
we wouldthave plowed it all up and
sowed it to millet rather than have
tried to cultivate what little corn
was left.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

The wonderful effects of the light
ming stroke are explained by the fact
that a power equal to that of mill
lion horses is developed for an in
hnitestimal space of time. This ex-
plains the riven tree, the melted met
al found on the persons of people
who have been killed by an electric
stroke, and many other marvellous
phenomena connected with lightning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

A genius now comes forward with a
claim that he can make tough meats
tender by submitting them to an
electrical treatment. The writer
quite often comes across old farrow
cow beefsteak which will require a
treatment of 1900 volts to do it any
good.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

the ruling rate of interest for the
money and the security as good land
as the sun ever shown upon. II
would seem as though the great sur.
plus of money seeking investment
in the central and eastern states
would relieve this condition, though
for some reason capital has always
been shy of the new countries.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

We saw a field of wheat recently
which the owner had disced in, the
field not having been plowed for six
years, and each year in wheat at
that. He had just the sort of crop
one might expect.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

We know quite number of men
who are worried over the problem of
how to place their money and cred
its so that the tax ferrets cannot get
on to them, as they are how to find
q safe five per cent security in which
to invest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

The lightning struck telephone
line in Nebraska not long since and
the wire conveyed current strong
enough to kill a lineman who was
engaged in repairing the line thirty
miles distant from where the bolt
fell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

The politicians of the bee hive-the
bees whose business it is to look
after the queen and supervise the
functions of bee government-are all
killed off each fall when the busy
season is over. There might be an
object lesson here for man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

The most inexcusable crooked work
we see done in the country is where
the highways worked with grader
are run weaving and webbing. vary
ing froh ten TO fifteen feet from a
center of the road, such work seem
ing to be just suited to the old
granger who goes home from town
with a jag.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

We notice that the most pious peo-
pie enjoy square meal just as well
as the sinners, but that is no reason
why a good wife should stay at home
all day Sunday to get up big Sun
day dinner.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

If ministers could only preach as
seductively about religion as land
agents do about the land which they
wish to sell, there would be great
revival of religion in short time
and large accessions to the churches.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

AT DEBORAH Institute, students are
now coming to make arrangements for
their board and studies so as 10 hegi
their work promptly at tbe openice of
the fall term Sept. 2. New up-to-datt
text books free; tuition %. 1913
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

Conditions are more favorable for
nifty cent corn during 1901-1902 than
for many years past. The cribs of
the country are empty and the crop
of this year is bound to be shortened
materially by the July drought which
prevailed ali over the corn belt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

TIL habit which cattle have of
punching up during hot weather to
get rid of flies is largely response
BILE for the number killed by a sin
gle discharge of electricity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

It is better to fire the hired man
who persists in smoking about the
barns and sheds than it is to have
to share big fire loss with your
farmers mutual insurance company.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

The work of the greatest impor-
lance on the farm when you read
this is to get team at work turn
ing over that stubble field.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14
If You Want to
Save Money

Send in your name and address and
get our Catalogue of all kinds of Mer-
chandise at prices defying competition.
Fully Illustrated Catalogue sent on
receipt of l5c. for postage. KAHN,
GREEN 4 BERGER, (E Berger, Sue
cessor, 257 to 26l Dearborn Street,
Chicago, Ill. 25-1yr.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-08-14

We were in locality in the west
vecentiy where ie per cent was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23
HOW KING EDWARD FIRST
MET QUEEN ALEXANDRA

Many charming stories have been told
concerning the prelimiraries of the
formal engag cement Of the then Prince
of Wales to Princess Alexandra. Ac-
cording to one story, Queen Victoria's
youthful heir-apparent first saw his
future wife's portrait when paying. a call
on the Duchess OF Cambridge. Being left
in her boudoir for a few moments, the
prince-according too this tale-was
struck by the sight Of "a miniature lying;
on her table; it was that Of a very lovely
girl whose beauty much struck the
future king. Not liking to ask his cousin
directly the name of the lady, the prince
sent a friend to make the inquiry for
him, and was informed that the portrait
was that Of the Duchess Of Campridge's
great-niece, Princess Alexandra Of Den
mark.
Whether this story be true or not,
there is little doubt that the first mo-
mentous meeting between Edward VII.
and the queen took place in the beautiful,
old cathedral Of Worms, Princess Alex
andra being at that time only seventeen.
The royal courtslip took place in King
Leopold Of Belgium's charming country
palace of Laeken, and it was there, very
shortly after the death of the prince
econsort, that Queen Victoria first saw
her future daughter-in-law
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23
HOW DID THE CHICKEN CO.?
Jury Had to Decide Whether 1t Flew
or Hoped.

Jury Had to Decide Whether 1t Flew
or Hoped.
Did the chicken fly or sdit1ait hop?..--a+
3 For ter hours Wednesday this QUESTION
was gravely argued before Judge Herrick
and jury in the supreme court, Brook
lyn. The jury was locked up for six
hours to further deliberate upon it, At
the end of that time they decided that
the chicken had hoped and brought in
"a verdict OF 1896 for the plaintiff
The case was that Of Morris Cipriano
against the Brooklyn Heights railroad
Cipriano swore that last June ne boarded
Fulton street car and when rear tie
corner cf Ralph avenue he signaled the
conductor to stop. The car slowed down
and he began to alight. In one hand
Cipriano carried some pickles, while in
the other he held a bag in which he
had a live chicken j.
The plaintiff swore that when he had
one foot off the car the Conductor
nailed it to go ahead. The car gave a
sudden lurch and he was thrown violently
to, the, street, E. ..+g.zzz-. =.
The company in its defense alleged th"t
Cipriano did not signal the conductor to
stop. but that his chickens flew out
the bags. endssthe plaintiff, in his desire
to recover it. Jumped eff the car while 1t
was III motion. 1 81 2# e.
ness swore they saw the chicken hop out
Of the bag after the man had been sent
SPRAYING into the street. ..rse
r.,.lusti e II rick n or a. ging he jury said
if the chicken few out of the bag and
the plaintiff jumped eff the car while IN
motic,'. then he. company was net re-
his fall. But if the chicken hopped @ t
of the bag then it was evident the plain
tiff must have fallen first.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23
EXPOSES F[HI9II NAG|e
A HELPER EXPLAINS! A NUMBER
OF THE TRICKS OF ss
4 HERMANN
VERY EASY TO FOOL PEOPLE.
Spectacular IllusiOns We're the Sim
plest of All and Deceived the
Committees Selected to
#%ss e. : T Watch theWork. PEN

4 Hudson Everett, who, Il awaiting sem
stence In Jail .ats+ DatsS IS one Of the
brightest youths that has been seen here
recently. After having been convicted
OF : Changing Mme.s Herrmann,s dia-
monds into second class jewels full Of
imperfections, . as an expert testified, he
is naturally revengefn1 toward the ma
dam. sasS;; 55#$5 80 HI VI ~
He is twenty one years old or there
abouts. He was bornS In Americus Ca,
and from the time he was able to run
about he was employed at the theater
in that town, runnings errands etc. Prof.
Hermann happened down that way and
the master of the black art picked the
boy up. Since then Everett has led the
life of nomad, roaming all over the
country with the late5s HERMANN his
widow, Kellar, Bancroft and other magi-
clans. His natural cunning has been
heightened and sharpened by his life. AL
though he is almost devoid Of ucation,
he speaks cleverly and is witty.
K The other night heSsat in the county
Jail. surrounded by d group Of officers
and deputies. and fots two hours gave
himself over to "reminiscences of Herr
mann the Great, and explaining the mys-
teries aof the tricks which astounded
thousands of cultured persons all over
the United States.
How simple arc the mysteries of the
great magician whent they have been
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23

Why don't you sell the works?'' tie
young woman asked. aS><
.. :. Hoy can II" answered her victim
Nobody t9I will buy them" Then, after
offered anything for the orks. Have YOU
them: ?" - -.
a The a young woman said she had ten
s WELL said Mr.. Rogers t.that.s Tho
biggest offer I've had YETI a. - 4
Sne asked MIN whether he had heard
that TIE works We're to be closed the
Ee. had heard lots OF things. IF / lived
here, he explained dryly, I'D know
more ABOUT Things. i have house here.
1--we in New York city, :, - =
So the Interview ran or in way that
showed that the girls spirit in coming
to the door Of the terror of Paterson
wasn't true. that he did not believe II
public charities. He. said that ne he
l iss in everything good, bad and in
aislere ei., He said he wished the paop.e
81 VINO sald that ne was worth S,OOOOj9
him. He never saw It, he said. - - =
. Only the widest kind of estimate of
calculating, as has been shown, the loco.
mot1ye works have brought in about 81 s
oOe.o0O. One slight acquaintance Of Mr.
Rogers said the other day that he knew
COO that the Old ran had. He knew too,
that there Were NOR. There must be
added to these sums the increase in value
Of his real estate. In dealing in stocks
Mr.. Rogers never speculates. He buys
a stock because it is in his Judgment
cheap; it may rise thereafter, to a per-
fectly unreasonable price. from which it
must certainly fall But Mr.. Rogers can
not be persuaded to sell 1t. He didn't
buy it 70 Sell, he says. He bought it to
keep. g & "a,
Mr.. Rogers has few blood relations.
brothers. -E-sE.f--.Ys
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23

fS.ly) ever played was the one where he
grew beautiful rose bush from seed on
a table IN full sight Of the audience. The
tables are about three feet high. IN
front they are covered to within short
distance of the floor. The backs are omen
and a rose bush is ready prepared in
each table. The magician drops a seed
on the table In a little pile OF dirt. Then
he takes big tube and puts over the
seed. and makes some passes, When he
PICKS up the tube twig is shown. Then
ne SHOWS the empty lube again, and care
!essly sets 1t down at the back Of the
table. He is putting 1T over another
tube, which sets in the table below tI,,
Level OF the audiences gaze. This tube
contains a full grown rose bush. THE
professor takes the tube contafninp tba
plant up and puts 1t on another table for
an instant. This is growing faster +
think he says, and jerks the tube off
Inc roses drop to their natural position.
waving about, and make g. pretty sight
While the audience is watching them the
professor Is picking up third tube and
bringing out another rose bush, for the
other table.
SWING AND .sTRILBY', TRTcKs
The famous swing trick that the old
man used to do with the madame is EASY
ZOO VIZ Hermann, you know, was mn
on char and raised ND on a swing int
Z =
madams disappeared, the chair droppins
to the floor That's done with black
& back, you know.
Mrs. Hermann is dressed in white. and
shows very plainly against the black
back. When she sits in the chair she is
sitting on false bottom. The ropes that
raise her pass under the false bottom
but they are not fastened to the chair
When they commence to raise her she
holds the chair with her feet, and when
the shot Is; fired drops It. She is not
lifted up into the flies, as some people
think, because her light dress would
show where she is going. Instead, when
the shot is fired it holds the attention of
the audience for an instant, and in that
brief space of time a couple of back
curtains are pulled over the madame's
light dress The audience thinks she has
dissolved, and cheers when the professor
runs down to the footrghts with the
empty chair.
The .Trilby' trick done by Hermann
sJr, shows man mesmerizad and laid
out on an ordinary plank. The plank is
placed on two chairs. Hermann Jr.Waves
his wand and one end of the plank
raises and rests on thin air. He waves
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23
The Editorial Page.

Noticeably few seem to understand
What Is meant by the editorial page and
what that term signifies. The editorial
page OF newspaper is that part OF the
paper in which it speaks for itself of
It's own opinions and In it's own language.
IL IS usually made prominent either by
larger type Or wider spacing. The arti-
cles are mostly formally headed, the
shorter ones appear as distinct para
graphs, and usually some notes or com.
merits or small items are run in with
the same type and spacing marking the
whole editorial part. These unless cred
tied, are always supposed to be original
work of the editor and his assistants.
In the leading articles it is supposed that
he not only gives his real opinions on the
subject mentioned, but that he ex
presses them in the best language and
in the most effective manner at hts COM
mand. When the paper is quoted as hav-
Ing said this, believed that or advocated
another thing, the editorial column is
clone authority. as that aInna a~nror-c~
the opinions of the paper. The reportorial
part Of the paper is supposed to give the
news and accounts of current events and
.doings with explanations and perhaps
side talks, giving them shade or character
according to political or other views taken
OF them. but this is not the paper itself
speaking. That speaks only through the
editorial columns. The editorial column
is usually headed by the name of the pa
Per, some notice of its ownership and
publication or circulation, o. items partic-
uiarly belonging to the business of the
paper, and one-column date line. This
Is the usual Introduction. The place Of
the column is usually on one Of the inner
pages, but certain New York Journals
have set the style of putting the editorial
column sl' mn on the last page, which is wholly
an innovation Very few papers of eight
pages or more put the editorial column en-
the second page. This is rare It is usually
on the left hand page Of the paper az
you open It, that is. on an even numbered
page. Advertisements on that page are
not very common, the space not occupied
by editorials being filed with selected ar
ticles. original or clipped for the general
eader.-MilWaukee Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23
PATERsoN's ATTITUDE.

or course it is necessary for man of
Mr.. Rogers property holdings to do bust
ness with good many people in Pater-
SON But most of those who have hus'-
ness with him have been inspired with
such thorough-going awe Of him that
tney are afraid to go near him. 1t las
come to be a tradition in Paterson that
who can get along with him IN a bus nc S
discussion. That man is Col. William
Barbour It is even said of Col Rar-
sbeur%s that he has more than @enee Eesa :
zsuaded MI Rogers to sell things. In The
negotiations for the sale OF the loconfo-
tive works Col. Barbour has been cat ed
upon again and again. II some settle
said, regardless of what the truth of the
matter may be, that Col. William Par
@bourl was the one who brought the old
man to reason. q
The workings of Mr. Rogers mind
could not have been better ilsustra ell
than In these very negotiations. One of
the Paterson newspapers Sent a Young
woman reporter to see him The
reporter who had achieved the mighty
feat Of talking to Mr.. Rogers, but VIVA
had obtained no more information than
close Jan: s.. When ni the sa young s w ~ an
went to see him Mr., Rogers came out en-
the front porch and cl>'sed the door he
hind him. 6 - =. 4 : = -.
She said that he could talk to her. If he
would. about the locomotive works. -
on. well now she reported Mr.. Rog-
ers as saying, whenever I want to find
I read the newspapers. They know a
whole lot more about my business than /
Know lIn,' or ever expect to know. Where do
much sdpRDse dnaHe p tS get
But of course they have to fill their pa
pers' I'D with something" - :.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-03-23

Ut AGAIN ana the oLner END raises Ii
takes the chairs away and walks arr III 4
the plank, showing that there is nothing
supporting it. With a stick he strikes
3 through the air above, below, AMI a all
sides. The audience is tickled half Ito
death. fou know it is easier to fool an
audience of cultured people who have
studied sriritualism and mesmerism, and
all that, than a lot of ignorant persons
2 AS matter OF fact, when the plank
is placed on the chairs an iron bar about
an inch thick is run out from the back
ground and slipped into a slot in the
center of the plank. Machinery in back
OF. the background raises the plank ana
the man. The illusion is done by TIE
professor When the audience thinks he
walks clear around in back Of the plank,
he only gets up to the iron bar, which is
covered with red. and doesn't show
against the red background; and leans
against It. Then he goes around to the
other. SIDE and does the same; and rhe
audience has brain fag irving to .fien a
it out. i 59s. - -, y
u /! ne Escape from Sing Sing always
worried the audience. In that two cages
were shown Hermann called for. a
prisoner, and the guard brought one
Hermann threw him into cage, and
drew the curtains around the cage for
an instant Then he fired a pistol and
raised the curtain. The prisoner was
gone and the guard stood in his place.
The prisoner Immediately ran down
from. the back of the audience. Herr
mann cried: You won't get away this
time, and put him into the second cage.
This was raised clear up to the ceiling
before the shot was fired Instantly the
curtains drop from the first cage OH the
floor and the prisoner is there. The cage
in the air is shown empty
! This is the trick: The stage is set tor
prison scene, with gray background,
barred cages, etc. The two cages are
made with screens, the same color es the
background of the scene, running down
the centers. There are two prisoners
made up alike The guard is standing
in the back half Of the first cage when
the prisoner is first put in it, When the
curtains are drawn down in the cage for
an instant. he changes place with the
prisoner, and pulls the dividing screen
down, again. The outside curtains are
raised and the audience sees the guard
IN the cage, and thinks it sees GEAR
through the cage to the background, bit
IN reality only sees the gray : screen
which hides the prisoner. The second
prisoner comes running down from the
eouAeiiSo-.lo duulence thinking him the
hrst-and Is put into the second cage
when this is closed and drawn up to the
ceiling he is getting into the back half
OF the cage, drawing the gray curtain
Inc pistol shot is fired, the cage opens
ana ne IS gone, apparently, the audience
thinking it sees through the cage, while
he is really still in it. The duplicatc
prisoner is shown in the first cage on the
floor " '''e
Everett says he is going to: serve his
term like a good boy, and when he gets
out VIII go on the road and duplicate any
trick the other magic;ans do.