Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-09-03

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1t costs about 5000 to take a Pasteur
treatment for hydrophobia, and there
fore it does not pay to take any chances
on dogs.
A bull corner on corn never arouses
the moral ire of the granger who pro-
luces the cereal. 1t is only bear cor
ners which set him bowling.
Crop prospects are good in India.
The periodical starvation Of India's
millions as a result of drought is the
most horrible thing the world can
show.
Most of the people who have lived to
the great age of 100 years are to be
found in county poorhouses and in
: firmaries, proving that they have out
lived their time.
This Is a great country. In July,
when the people of New Mexico were
praying for rain, Kansas, Iowa and
Nebraska were being flooded with a
QeluRe Oh water.
There has been relatively a greater
advance in the fifty dollar farm lands
of the country than in the five dollar
unimproved lands of the western and
northern borders.
The sparrow when it has pre-empted
;1nH nd NJ oil
buildings for nesting places will then
take to the trees, preferably ever
greens, next box elders.
The man who wants to raise fruit
and does not know enough to take care
of his trees is a good friend Of the
nurseryman. Not 10 per cent of the
trees sold in the west at least, ever
live to bearing age.
A country community Is not educat-
ed up to the right point when couple
Of slick peddlers can sell several hun
dred pounds Of concoction Of brown
sugar and water as pure strained
honey. ~ 49,.
Not one woman in ten knows how to
make nice flaky pie crust They can
make angels food and cholera morbus
salads of dozen kinds and all sorts Of
fancy cakes, but the ideal pie crust
beats them.
The meanest garden weed we have is
the squirreltail grass, or wild barley.
1t is the most firmly rooted Of any Of
our common weeds and monopolist Of
the worst type. 1t will almost ruin
nice lawn in a single season.
The Importance of the poultry bust
ness Is not realized as It should be.
While but few can go into the bush
ness upon a large scale. It is still pos
sible for many to take up the work In
a small way with profit.
The bicycle. automobile and rural
mail delivery are trinity Of agencies
which are combining in a wonderful
revolution In the matter of building
better roads, the rural mail service
bringing about the most effective re-
suits.
Some men hate on general principles,
and one such undertook to prove that
sheep were as nasty and disagreeable
animals to care for as hogs. but was
shut up when asked If he ever knew
sheep to eat up it's dead grandmOth-
er. Hogs will.
Bumper crops Of oats and corn,
greater than average yield Of wheat
and liberal yields Of rye. barley, hay
and fruits are indicated by the July
reports OF the department Of agricul-
!. ture. This year bids fair to be one Of
abundant harvests.
!. We have never known Of case
where purely kind measures were
taken to break In broncho. Men who
have this work 10 do say that force is
the only means which will tame II
This we know-some very cruel and In
human work Is done in this line.
1t Is estimated that there are 10000
regular tramps in this country, which
cost the country to maintain not less
than $11,OOO.OOO per year. The worst
feature is that they are nearly all able
bodied men and instead Of being a
burden upon the people should be In
the ranks Of the producers.
The overflow Of the Nile river. which
rarely fails, not only brings moisture
put perennial fertility, to the great har-
vest fields of Egypt Its waters carry
in solution the stored fertility OF the
mountain and tableiands of central
Africa and for ages has made Egyp
the storehouse of the orient.
1t is not easy to solve the problem
of how to make both ends meet where
a man with no capital save his hands
and, at his best earning not over $500
per year, has to maintain a home ana
provide for family of six. Such a
man, desiring to educate his children