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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

We have found the weeder an utter
and complete failure for the cultiva-
ton of crops this season. and this not
tool itself. but solely owing to the pc
culiar climatic conditions of the sea-
son-too much rain. This is essential
ly dry weather tool and of no more
value in a wet season than boat
would be on a dried up lake bed in
Manitoba.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Six million three hundred thousand
Frenchwomen work for living-that
is, they do that kind of work which in
this country is usually assigned to
men and not to women. A large per-
centage of them work on the farms Of
that country and do the blowing, dig
ging, hoeing. milk the cows. feed the
stock and market the farm produce.
There are plenty of them who could
lay out an American hired man in the
shade when it comes to hoeing pota-
toes or pitching hay.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Nineteen hundred and two will prove
a very productive one in spite of nu-
merous storms, floods and isolated
crop disasters. A friend tells us
that he has more potatoes this year
on one square rod of ground than he
had on an acre last year, another
that he will get more oats from fifteen
acres this year than he got from forty
acres last year, while the yield of hay
is more than six times as great as that
of 1901.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

A supposed perfectly worthless house
cat that for long had persisted in MAX
ing the front porch by our bedroom
window a trysting place where duels
were nightly carried on deposited the
scalp and nose of large rat on the
doorstep one night recently, done. we
suppose, to prove that his reputation
was not as bad as we took it to be-.
But we are not sure that some other
cat did not kill that rat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

1t quite often happens that the COW
which gives milk only testing per
ter than will the COW whose milk tests
as high as 5 per cent for the reason
that the 3 per cent cow is quite likely
to give a much larger flow of milk
and keep it up fora longer period. The
quantity Of milk which COW gives
and the length of time she maintains
the flow are important factors In de-
termining the value Of dairy COW,
which men often overlook IL her test
Is low.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The time is not far off when new
Indictment will be returned against the
sparrow When this bird becomes more
plentiful, which will not be long. vast
flocks of them will descend upon the
wheat and oat fields just as the grain
gets in the dough, and if unmolested
they will literally ruin the crop by
squeezing the pulp out of the kernels.
All over the country persistent and
organized warfare should be kept up
on this bird. ~cSsSSrx-.ss
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

After long siege of ill-health some
years ago, during which i was unable
to attend to my business, l was finally
restored 10 my usual good health by
the use of DR.. Miles Nervine. T can
honestly recomend it as an excellent
remedy. HI. A. BARR, Carlisle, Pa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The battle with the weeds has been
hard and dong one the past season.
Weather conditions have favored an
abnormal growth of weeds and the
termination of much seed which has
lain In the ground dormant during the
dry years. The man who has garden
or field free from them In August Is
entitled to q credit mark.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

There is more to encourage one to
take up the poultry business today
than there has ever been before. Hav-
ing the use of an acre or so Of land,
almost any one, using ordinary intelli-
gence, can take up this business and
be reasonably sure OF profitable one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

We have a friend who is always a
little behind-always behind in meet
ing his financial obligations, behind in
meeting appointments at specified
hour, behind getting in his crops, car
ing for them and harvesting them. He
is always late for dinner, gets left by
the cars, and his whole life is largely a
failure for the simple lack of prompt
ness and punctuality. If your boy is
taken this way, lose no time in taking
the kinks out of him or he will be
handicapped all his life long.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Meats are high priced in all coun-
tries-England, Germany, France,
acknowledgements save in the Ar
gentine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Where Canada thistles have got
foothold in the west they propagate
not from the seed. which Is infertile,
but from the sucker roots. The only
reliable way In which to get rid of
them Is to keep them persistently cut
Off during the growing period as soon
as a sprout shows above ground.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Sealed Proposals Will be Received
at the Office of the City Clerk
Until October IS, 1902, for the
Laying of 4 Inch Mains and 8
Hydrants on the Following
Streets:

One inch main to be run from the water
main at intersection of Vernon and Washington
and Rural street, and including two MIGRANTS;
also one inch main to be run from water main
at intersection OF Franklin and Grove streets
Jefferson street to Upper broadway, Including
one hydrant; mains TO be laid In streets
The contractors 10 do all work of excayating,
laying of mains, placing MIGRANTS. retilling and
all other labor necessary TO complete the JOB.
Mains to be laid feet la depth from surface OF
ground. The city TO furnish all material,
BY Order OF Water Committee,
80 JOHN O'NIEL,
w. \. BUCKNELlr
GEO. BERNATZ.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

There are plenty of men still living
who have helped drive both cattle and
hogs to Chicago on foot.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Just so soon as a woman has learned
how to make good soups not so much
good meat is thrown out to the pigs
and chickens.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Alfalfa furnishes lots Of food for the
bees. in. which respect it is far ahead
Of red clover, whose nectar can only
be reached by the bumblebee.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

Crop experts place the value of the
cereal crop alone Of 1902 at the enor-
nous sum Of s2,0OO.OO0,0OO for the
farmers Of the United States. This is
all new created and original wealth.
No other country on earth ever before
made such a showing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

yQuery.-SO long as 1t has seemed best
for the United States to acquire large
areas of sugar producing territory. why
not let this territory be developed to
the fullest extent In supplying the
needs of the American people?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

1t is less trouble to kill off the rabbit
In the vicinity of the orchard than it is
to let the rabbits alone and try to pro-
tect the trees.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The Cuban grown pineapple is on
the market this year in large supply
and at very reasonable prices.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The tile draining of land results in
making the soil dry in wet time and
moist in a dry time. 1t works both
WAYS
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

If all flesh is grass, as it is, why is
not the meat eater a vegetarian after
all?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

We find some comfort in the fact
that even the best farmers we know
have this season more weeds than they
know what to do with.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The wild black cherry is a beautiful
tree for the dooryard. 1t is comedy and
moderate in habit of growth. has
rich, glossy foliage and will attract all
the birds in the neighborhood when its
fruit is ripening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

If man could take his money with
him when he dies. there are some men
in this country whose death would
cause a serious contraction Of the cur
rency.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

While two different crops may be
raised in one year upon the same piece
of land. it is always a mistake to try
to raise them at the same time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

No weed that we have to deal with
gets such a grip on the soil as does the
squirreltail grass. Its hold is worse
than that Of mortgage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The. hen which can be made to lay
an, egg every day in the year is much
farther away than the horse that will
trot a mile in two minutes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

We know Of man who manages to
keep family of small owls in his big
barn, and he tells us. that as mice
catchers they beat cats all to pieces.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

We never saw smartweed grow to
height Of five feet until this year.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The Chester White hog does not re-
ceive the attention among our hog
raisers to which it is entitled. 1t Is
not to its disadvantage that it is not
as early maturing hog as the Poland
China.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

When three-months-old calf will
bring $50 for veal, it helps out the
dairy business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The daisy will run out blue grass.
and for this reason the men who live
in the blue grass country want to look
out for the. coming of this eastern
plague.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08

The rush for land in the northwest
continues with undated vigor, and the
fine crops which are being secured in
all the northwest section are serving
to intensity it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-10-08
STATEMENT Of THE CONDITION OF
CASTALIA
SAVINGS BANK

ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF Iowa,
LOCATED AT CAsTALIA, Iowa. AT. CLOSE OF
BUSINESS ON THE 18th DAY or SEPTEMBER
A. o., 1902. MADE TO THE AUDITOR OF STATE
AS REQUIRED BY LAW.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
REFUSAL MADE BY MITCHELL.
His Letter to the President Declined
to Advise Men to Return
to Work.

Washington, Oct. 10.-President
Mitchell OF the coal miners union.
has refused to comply with the ap-
peal of President Roosevelt to call the
strike off. His letter to the president,
which was made public at the White
House yesterday, says the RESPONSE
bility for the continuation OF the
strike should be placed upon those
who have refused arbitration.
Mr.. Mitchell states that he appre.
ciates the responsibility resting upon
the miners, but bearing. in mind their
experience with the operators in the
past, and inasmuch as there is no law
to enforce the findings Of the pro-
posed mission, he has to decline
to advise q return to work simply on
the hope that the operators might be
induced or forced to comply with the
commissions recommendation.
Text Of MitcheII's Letter.
The text of the letter follows:
Hotel Hart,
"Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct 9, 1902.
Hon Theodore Roosevelt, President
of the United States, Washington,
D. c.:
Dear Sir-Hon. Carroll D. Wright
has no doubt reported to you the de-
livery of your message to me last
Monday and my statement to him that
l should take your suggestion under
advisement, although | did not look
upon it with favor.
Since that time l have consulted
with our district presidents. who con-
cur fully in my views.
I'VE desire to assure you again
that we feel keenly the responsibility
of our position and the gravity OF the
situation, and it would give US great
pleasure to take any action which
would bring this coal strike to an end
in manner that would safe guard TIE
interests Of our constituents.
In proposing that there be an In
mediate resumption of coal mining
upon the conditions we suggested IN
the conference at tie White House,
we believed that We had gone more
than MALT way and had met you
wishes.
1T is unnecessary in this letter to
refer to the malicious assault mad
Ipon US in the response of the coal
operators.
1--WE feel confident that you must
have been impressed with the fair'
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
Brentwood Nonsense.

Another ridiculous TODD fad has
been branded by the most compe-
tent authorities. They have dis.
PEELED the silly notion that one
kind of food Is needed for brain,
another for muscles. and still an
other for bones A correct diet
will not only nourish particular
part of the bcdy, but 1t will sustain
every other part. Yet, however
good your food may be, Its nutrt-
ment Is DESTROYED by Indigestion OF
dyspepsia. You must prepare foI
'heir appearance or prevent thei1
coming by taking regular osss
Green's August Flower, the tsvcI
lite medicine of the healthy millic p.
A few doses aids digesti n. tin u
lates the liver to healthy '-tion
puri6es the blood an MT sou
feel buoyant and vipor n. You
can get DR.. Greeu's re1iarI veme.
dies at D. A. Henderson,
Get Green's Special Almsna-.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10

Who is discouraged by condition of ILL.,
health which fails to yield to the treat
ment of local physicians will be glad to
know she can consult DR.. Pierce, by
letter, free. In little more than thirty
years, Dr. Pierce, chief consulting ply
stefan to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical
Institute. Buffalo, n. Y, assisted by his
staff of nearly score of physicians,
has treated and cured hundreds of thou
sands of weak and sick women. All
correspondence is held as strictly private
and sacredly confidential. Address DR..
R. V. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
uAfter being subjected for some time to an
ANNOYING female trouble" says Mrs. Minnie
Tillotson of Potomac, Vermillion Co., ILL.,, Box
80 al wrote to DR.. r. V. Pierce, who at once
understood my suffering, and advised me to
take his Favorite Prescription and Golden
Medical Discovery and use also his Lotion
Tablets and 'Suppositories.' After using his
medicines eight or nine months was CON-
pletely cured.
nj am grateful to DR.. Pierce for his advice ana .
the kind and encouraging letters he wrote ~, 70
me would advise any woman suffering VIII viii
female disease, to consult him: PronlP" anu
respectful attention will be given ana so00
advice received by so doing"
The Common Sense Medical ADVISER,
1908 large pages in paper covers, IS sent
free on receipt of Fl one-cent stamps 10
pay expense of mailing only. Address
DR., R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
TO REVOKE READINGS CHARTER.
Thompson Asks Elktu For PERMITS
sion to Use State In an
Action.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 10.-Frank H.
Thompson, of this city, yesterday,
through counsel, forwarded to Attor-
ney General Elkin, at Harrisburg, a
petition asking permission to use the
name of the commonwealth in a suit
against the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway company, to show cause why
the company's charter should not be
revoked. The ground on which the
suit is based Is the alleged violation
Of the state constitution, article II,
section S, which prohibits a carrying
company from engaging in mining.
The petition declares that the Read
ing Coal and Iron company and the
Temple Iron company and all their
coal lands, leased or decided, are
owned or controlled by the Reading
Railway company. 1t also charges
that the Philadelphia and Reading
Railway company has entered into an
unlawful combination to regulate
and fix the price Of coal" with the
other so-called anthracite carrying
roads. The reading is also held &C.
countable in a large measure for the
expense of the anthracite miners
strike.
Suit was entered yesterday in the
United States circuit court by Mr..
Thompson, under the Sherman act,
all the principal coal carrying roads
being made responsible.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10

ness q our proposition and the insin'
cerity Of those who maligned US.
Having in mind our experience
with the coal operators in the past,
we have no reason to feel any degree
of confidence in their willingness to
do us justice In the future; and, mas
much as they have refused to accept
the decision OF tribunal selected by
you, and inasmuch as there Is no law
through which you could enforce the
findings Of the commission you sug-
eest, we respectfully decline to ad-
wise our people to return to work SIM
ply upon t1e hope that the coal OPP
orators might be induced or forced
to comply with the recommendations
your commission.
"As stated above, we believe that
we went more than half wav in our
proposal at Washington and we do
not feel that we should be asked to
make further sacrifice.
eve ppreciate your solcitude for
the people of the country who are now
and will be sun ected to great suffer
ing and inconvenience by the pro-
longation of the coal strike, and we
feel that the onus of this terrible
state Of affairs should be placed upon
the side which has refused to defer
to far and impartial investigation.
1 am, respectfully,
JOHN MITCHELL,
president U. M. w. of America"
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
COLLEGE AND SCHOOL.

Harrison Randolph Of Virginia has
been chosen as president Of the Uni
versity Of Arkansas.
DR.. ". Seward Webb. one Of the
trustees of the University Of Vermont
has given 1t 5000 for the purchase OF
the herbarium Of Cyrus G. Pringle. the
botanist.
Miss Emily F. Carpenter has beer
made principal Of the Winthrop Gram
mar Schoul For Girls. This Is the first
appointment Of a woman to such a po
Sition in a Boston public school.
Henry Loomis Nelson, for severa
years editor of Harper's Weekly and
formerly Washington correspondent Of
q Boston newspaper. has been ap
pointed to the newly created chair OF
political science at Williams college
He Is a graduate Of Williams college
Of the class Of 81
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
Movement Reported on Foot
Among Operators to Sc
:. cure Them. .ss..--a
70 ASK STONE FOR MORE men.
Will Claim Military Not Sufficient TO
Patrol Resion-If He Grants ne
quest, He Must Ask Federal Gov
eminent For Troops.

Wilkesbarre, Oct. lot was re-
ported here last night that there Is a
movement on foot among the opeT-
ators to ask Governor Stone for more
assistance on the ground that the
state troops now in the field are not
sufficient to completely patrol the en-
tire anthracite territory. II such a
request is sent and the governor
should grant it he would be compelled
to call on the federal government Tor
the troops.
Quiet About WiIkesbarre.
Wilkesbarre, Pa, Oct. 10.-Thera
were no developments in the mine
workers strike in this valley yester'
day. The entire community remains
quiet and the troops had nothing more
to do than go through their daily
routine. The remaining commands OF
the Third brigade arrived in the Lack
awanna and Wyoming valleys and
were stationed at various points by
Brigadier General Goblin. After this
had been accomplished the general
and two members of his staff left for
Harrisburg and will return today.
Brigade headquarters have been es.
tablished here.
Intense interest was manifested
yesterday In President Mitchells visit
to New York. There were many ru-
mors afoat, and one to the effect that
a definite plan Of settlement had been
reached caused no little excitement
for short period. Frequent In
quiries for news were made at head
quarters by interested persons, but
no communication Of any kind bear
ing on the strike was received there.
Last night the local newspapers were
posting bulletins as rapidly as news
was received from the metropolis.
The superintendent Of the coal COM
panies looked with Indifference on the
settlement reports.
No Strong Move to Get Men Back.
It was announced by the superin-
tendent of the Mount Lookout col
liery of the Temple Coal and Iron
company. at Wyoming, that opera
tons were resumed at that colliery
yesterday. To what extent could not
be learned. There was no great in
crease yesterday in the compare
lively small quantity Of coal that is
being produced. Coal company Off
Gals as a rule had nothing to say
beyond a statement that they are
holding their, own. No strong effort
has been made since the troops ar
rived to induce strikers to return to
the mines and it is not believed any
attempt will be made until the sol.
diers get settled in their camps.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
Costs no More

To get bottle of Bunsen's Pine
Tar Cough Honey than any ordi-
nary cough medicine and you can
be fully assured that 1t will posi-
lively cure all throat and lung dis
eases. An ordinary cough can be
absolutely cured In three days. Try
it and you vi III be convinced. Sold
and warranted by D. A. Hender'
shot.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1902-10-10
Hone SprinEa Eternal.

Hope Springs Eternal.
81 saw the chief Of the weather DO
reau come out Of clairvoyant's Of
ice"
what was he doing there"
"Trving to change his luck."-Life.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-19

king brews beer what can be wrong
in the subject drinking it? What the
king does is likely to be initiated by
others. His majesty is more than IA
man and must regard all questions
from kingly point of view, If the
king goes to a Sunday concert, as he
did recently, he deals "A deadly blow to
the Englishman's Sunday. The king
cannot attend a nonconformist place
of worship, but he can go to Sunday
concert
This remark called forth cries Of
.Shame," and DR.. Parker continued:
"If the king, who is the head of the
church and defender of the faith, can
violate the English Sunday, what can
the people do but follow in his steps? |
would rather give great sum of gold
than appear to be disloyal; but can
not be disloyal to Christ, and it is bet
ter that these things should be said"
Rev. DR.. Joseph Parker is a Congre-
gationalist, and has been preaching
since 1S4S. He is noted for his frank
utterances. He once startled Christen-
dom by calling on God to damn the sui
tan. 81 say" he exclaimed, "God damn
the sultan!"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1902-06-19

BY amount paid treasurer .."....."..f7I
Labor paid for In graln--Reuben Rarig
threshing, 3Uu; Adam Rarlg. use OF
thresher, 90: Lloyd Stine, threshing l45
bnshel oats, 05: Is bushel buckwheat