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Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25

The above headlines recite the
actual experience of a poor wreck of
4 woman who had once held an hon
orable and lucrative position in a
large, mercantile house in New York.
Her health beganst to fail, and instead
Of taking rest and proper medical
treatment she resorted to stimulants
and morphine. 3st
The hospital physician discovered
that her primary trouble was an
affection of the womb, which
could readily have been cured in the
first stages. If when she had first
felt those rel pains in the back,
the terrible headaches, the constant
sense Of fullness, soreness and pain
in the pelvic region, she had needed
the warning that serious trouble was
in store, and commenced a regular
treatment with the Pinkham Rene
dies, as did Mrs. Rober of Chicago,
whose letter follows, the polypus
in the womb would have been dis
solved and passed away, and to-day
she would have been well woman.
Why will women let themselves
drift along into terrible suffering
and sickness III this way, when there
is monumental proof that Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
nOTInd ia daily relieving thousands
of women from this very trouble?
There is no excuse for any woman
who suffers to go without help. Mrs.
Pinkham is very glad indeed to give
her personal advice to any one who
will write for it, and the following
letter simply goes to prove that the
Vegetable Compound will positively
cure female ills
Since the birth Of my baby I.
suffered from womb trouble, backache,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25

A simple decoction Of hemp was used
in China LOO years ago as an anes-
thetic In surgical operations, according
to a. Chinese manuscript in a Paris u
brary.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25
JAPANESE REGALlA.
Royal Emblems without Which the
Emperor Gould Not Rule.

Royal EmbIems without Which the
Emperor Gould Not Rule.
The Japanese royal emblems consist
OF a copper mirror, symbolic of knowl-
edge; a steel sword, symbolizing cour-
age, ands agate Jewels. representing
mercy. The story of their origin was
told thus by aJapanesesoficial
The sun goddess became angry with
the earth and withdrew into a cave.
plunging everything into darkness.
The other deities could not induce her
to come out, so began to make q noise
as Of great rejoicing, which aroused
the curiosity of the irate goddess. She
finally came to the mouth of the cave
to learn the cause Of the uproar and
was told that they had found a more
beautiful goddess than herself. The
sun goddess came out then. demand
ing to see her rival, and the crafty del
ties held the mirror before her. which
drove all her sulkiness away.
The sword was taken by Susenoo,
the brother of the sun goddess. from
the tail of an eight headed serpent
that had been annually deyouring a
beautiful girl, Sasenoo placed eight
great tubs of wine In his way and when
he was sleeping killed him and took
the sword as a trophy.
The sword is skept In m apartment
near the imperial bedchamber and
called the Room Of the Sword. The
jewels have also a room to themselves,
and the mirror is in charge of a priest
ess. The regalia have the highest sig
nificance In the eyes of the people, and
it is held that no emperor can possibly
rule without the three virtues which
they represent. He must, moreover,
hold the actual tokens. and in the im-
perial code 1t is enjoined that on the
death Of the sovereign his heir must
take possession Of them.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25
Legal Points.

$50 he got out an injunction against
your company" we say pityingly.
why didn't you eforestall him by get.
ting an injunction to prevent the issu-
ance of his injunction"
.%"I couldn't. You see, he was slick
enough to get out an injunction against
my getting out an injunction against
his Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25
Free Medical Advice to Women.

Women suffering from any form Of
female weakness are invited to
promptly communicate with Mrs.
Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass. All letters
r received, opened, read and an
swered by women only. A woman
can freely talk Of her private illness
to a woman; thus has been estab-
lished the eternal confidence between
Mrs. Pinkham and" the women of
America which has never been
broken. Out of the vast volume Of
experience which she has to draw
from it is more than possible that she
has gained the very knowledge that
will help your case. She asks moth
ing in return except your good will,
and her advice has relieved thousands.
Surely any woman, rich or poor,
is very foolish If she does not take
advantage Of this generous offer Of
assistance. .@l
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25
Neyer SuIl.

Mrs. Naggem-And do you love me
still? 47s
Naggem (wearily)-I don't. know; I've
v had the 8chance!-san Francisco
Bulletin.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1902-10-25

No one likes to be reminded that
there Is another side to the story
Atchison Globe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
THINNING THE FRUIT.

The timely and proper thinning of
the fruit on the orchard trees is Il mat
ter which should receive far more at
-ention than it does. The peach men in
Michigan. Delaware and Georgia and
the orange and prune men of the west
ern coast are well up on the impor-
lance of this matter. but the majority
of fruit raisers other than these named
pay little or no attention to it. In any
season when the apple or plum tree
sets very full of fruit and the same is
not thinned out by frost or insect or
by natural means then the tree should.
be attended to- Such crops of fruit al
lowed to mature are always of infe-
rior quality and understood and often
unstable, while the bearing of such
crop is a most fearful drain upon
the vitality of the tree. Man never in
terferes with the operation of natural
law with more benefit to himself and
his orchard trees than when he thins
)ut two-thirds of any such crop of
fruit. Ii must not be understood, how
ever. that this principle can properly
Je applied to large families of chill
dren.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
ROYs AND PUPPIES.

You can raise in most cases just the
sort Of a boy you want. The boy is
very like a puppy or a colt He may be
allowed to run wild when young and
in the most natural way in the world
will gravitate into a "yaller" dog
around town or a sheep killing pest or
else bucking, kicking. worthless bron-
cho, or he may be trained (commenc-
ing very young, mind YOU and develop
ed into a fifty dollar dog or a two
hundred dollar horse. In these lat
ter days there is altogether too much
Importance charged up to heredity,
the crediting OF the meanness and
general cussedness of men to their
poor old grandfathers, when the
real truth is that If the father and
mother of the boy would take him in
hand as soon as he is weaned and train
him on moral and intellectual lines as
they would carefully and sensibly train
puppy or colt they would have a
boy to be proud of instead of scad to
be everlastingly ashamed of. A boy
has to be made of more than average
good stuff if he ever aspireS to be a
better man than his dad.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
WHICH SHOULD BUILD THE FIREs

We are asked whether it is the duty
of the man or his wife to get up in the
morning and build the fire. On gener
al principles any man in good health
who will let his wife do this work
needs the discipline of the church.
Where women are made to do this,
they will almost always speak of their
husbands as their man," the tribute
which Il slave pays to the master. The
wife is usually the last to retire. She
has the kids to look after. the cat to
put out. the clock to wind and, like
enough, some stockings to darn and
patch to put on Johnny's breeches long
after her man. is abed and sound
asleep. Then, if a man has to build
the fire the kindling is always ready,
which is not always the case when
his wife builds it. However. there are
some exceptions to this rule. Where
the woman dominates and practically
runs the farm and the home and the
little man up in bed is only pawn for
her to move here and there, in such
cases let her build the fire every time.
Few men become so thoroughly hard.
ened that they can listen with pleasure
to their good wives rattling the lids of
the kitchen stove on cold morning
while they lie comfortably in bed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
co TO KIRK.

A decent and respectful observance
Of the Sabbath day is always helpful
and beneficial. Purely physical rea-
sons demand periodical cessation
from daily toll both for man, animals
and machines. This rest day should be
made a good day. The church in all its
varied branches crystallizes the reli-
gious instinct and in fitting manner
gives it expression. Man may live and
seemingly prosper making all days
workdays. but still in broad sense
he has made bad mistake and placed
an unpleasant burden upon the parson
or priest when it comes to burying
him. Sunday should be in the fullest
sense rest day, and if with this eau
be coupled a mental and moral devel-
opment of the man one day in seven
is thus well spent. While you may
think the mass or the prayers or the
sermon or song has no mission for you,
still all the same you will be better
man morally and physically if you go
to church.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
PERMANENT PASTURES.

We have one or two inquiries as to
permanent pastures-hOw to get them
ard what kind of grasses to SOW. An
answer to this to be worth anything
must presuppose a knowledge Of soil
and latitude, yes, and longitude also.
In the western range country west OF
longitude 100 there is probably no bet
ter permanent pasture to be had than
that consisting of the native grasses,
and these must not be too closely fed
off or the weeds will soon take the
place of the grasses. In the corn belt,
as far south as central Missouri, the
permanent pasture becomes in fact a
pure blue grass pasture in q very few
years, no matter what kind of grasses
may be sown. We know Of one case
where eight different kinds of grass
seed was sown, to make theoretically,
at least, a model permanent pasture,
but at the end of four years there was
nothing to be found there but blue
grass and little white clover i'm spots.
The land usually devoted'to permanent
pasture is generally unfit for cultiva-
tioli, Slluer DelllS lOO rough, DTOheH VI
wet. For the rough and broken tracts
nothing is better than blue grass, while
the wetter lands may be improved by
the addition of timothy and alsike
clover. A good job is always done in
the early spring when man takes
some grass seed-medium clover, white
clover, blue grass and timothy-and,
scarifying the bare spots with disk
harrow, sows some seed with liberal
hand. 1t is overstocking which spoils
the permanent pasture, and if one is so
situated that such pasture can be di-
vided and one half fed off at time.
giving the other half chance to grow,
the pasture would be more productive
and enduring. The good permanent
pasture should always be in such a con-
dition that the owner would feel sure
that he could carry more head of stock
in it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
TOO MANY LAWS.

A good many state legislatures are
just now in session. In most of them
are lot Of third rate attorneys who
need watching pretty close to prevent
them from putting lot of useless leg
islation on the statute books We have
too many laws and not few which
are so contrary to public sentiment
that they remain a dead letter. We
cite as an instance a law which was
passed in our own state of Iowa some
years ago, which required the town.
ship authorities to erect signbOards at
all four corners of the public high
ways. The absurdity of the law was
so apparent when 1T was undertaken
to put it into practice that everybody
laughed and dropped it. Still. this law
has never been repealed. Then there
are laws on hundred and one petty
matters, so many that not even the
lawyers themselves can interpret them,
let alone the common people.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
OUR SMALL FARM,

The writer's farm is only small one
forty acres-ten acres sugar bush
and 5000 apple trees. mostly Wealthy.
The crop for the coming year will be
clover. five acres: corn. ten acres; on
ions. two acres; melons, one acre: pop
corn. two acres; potatoes. two acres;
raspberries and Strawberries. two
acres, and piece for experimental
purposes on some new crops. These
crops named will be mostly grown
omong the orchard trees. allowing the
trees strip sixteen feet wide upon
which no crop will be grown. but
which will be kept continuously and
thoroughly cultivated up to the LIST of
August when 1t will be sown with
buckwheat as winter cover crop.
Two Jersey cows. 100 hens and six
hogs will constitute the stock equip
ment Of the little farm. We figure
that. barring bad luck. we will make
our own maple strip. have family
supply of eggs. chickens. pork. butter.
fruits and fuel and little TO sell for
pocket money besides. more or less as
the fruit may materalize. There is a
lot of pleasure in managing little
farm on these lines. even though a
man never becomes rich enough to en-
dow a public library. Mistakes made
are circumscribed In the extent of
financial injury inflicted. while the
successes are big enough to fairly dem
onstrate the value Of any new methods
or things for the benefit of our read
ers
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
SHORT CORN CROP TROUBLES.

The short crop of corn for 1901 ana
the consequent high price which this
cereal commands are affecting some
agricultural interests very unfavora-
bly,, notably the dairy interests and
the feeders of cattle and hogs for the
market. Conditions this winter are
such that it is almost impossible for a
man to handle ID dairy of cows with
profit, the price of dairy products hay-
ing failed to maintain profitable rela-
ton to the foodstuffs out of which
they are made. The corn at 60 cents
and average beef and pork at So cents
a pound is another Improbable condi-
ton of things for the man who feeds
the corn. 1t is one of those rare years
when the man who has stock is at
a disadvantage and when the man
who raises grains and forage to sell
has his innings.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

A stockr'an who five years ago Sc
lected three very promising and well
bred steer calves with the purpose in
view of seeing how big he could make
them succeeded in making them aver
age over 1900 pounds each at the end
of five years, but he was greatly disap-
pointed when he sold them in Chicago
in December last, for. big and fat as
they were, they sold at only So per
hundredweight, when baby beef-well
finished steers fifteen months old
weighing 200 pounds brought $3.50.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22
A GRATING CONVENIENCE.

A very successful nurseryman gives
us the following method OF preparing
wax used in grating which seems to
have so much to commend 1t over the
old way that we give it to our readers:
Take old cotton cloth, pretty rotten;
prepare the wax according to the usual
formula and spread 1t when warm upon
the cloth, thoroughly saturating 1t. Cut
the cloth after the wax cools into
strips about an inch wide and from
ten to fifteen inches In length. After
the scion is properly inserted wrap the
point of union with these strips, which
accomplishes all that can be done
when the wax is melted and wasteful-
ly applied with stick. This plan
makes easy work Of grating.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

An American boy-young man per-
haps would be better, for he is twenty
one years old. though he only weighs
ninety pounds-will draw bigger sal
airy the coming year than the president
of the United States So, 000-as a
horse jockey under contract with the
king of England to ride the kings race
hocses. The boy is probably cheap at
this price when the stakes he will win
for his royal master are taken into ac-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

In most of the states woman's prop
erty rights are not fairly and properly
protected. There is nothing fair or
right when mans brothers and ia
Their can step in and take property
which the man and his wife alone
have accumulated by joint work. and
where no will is left this can be done
in several states.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

A friend Of ours who has farm OF
100 acres in the eastern part Of South
Dakota which he rents to pretty good
tenant tells u.s. that the two-tifths OF
the crop which he receives for his
share has netted him an average OF
$3.50 per acre for the past four years.
which Is equivalent TO per cent inter
est on a valuation OF S55 per acre for
the farm. YET where this farm is locat-
ed good farms are selling now at from
sos 10 $50 per acre
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

We hardly believe it pays to bother
much to raise roots as a succulent win
ter ration for stock when silage can be
so much more easily prepared, stored
and fed. But If one cannot put up
silage by all means have some roots
for winter feeding.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

The Whippoorwill pea is being high
" commended as valuable legume
for use in nearly all the northern
states. But little is known of its mer-
its in the west.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

If it was not that the English farm
hand expects and receives about three
pints of good, strong beer day. he
would rebel and refuse to work for the
wages paid him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

count. The king is also shrewd in get
ting an American boy to ride his
horses, for if there is prize to be won
the American usually wins it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

} The willow tree, planted ten feet
apart each way on moist, rich bottom
land, will cut about seventy cords of
wood to the acre inside of fifteen years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

The present high price of all dairy
food rations is greatly charging the
number of cows which do not pay for
their board.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

There is one thing about turkey, or
anges and a lot of other delicacies, one
soon gets very tired of them. while.
luckily for health and pocketbook.
good homemade bread. oatmeal. pota-
toes and buckwheat cakes we never
weary of. The best things, after all,
are the cheapest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

An acre of cheap farm land will quite
likely produce just as good and often
better crops than an acre of seventy
five dollar land, and while the crop
may not sell for quite so much money
because of the higher freight rate the
much after all.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

A lumber company during its last
winters work in the north woods. en-
ploying 200 men. had during the winter
no less than 1000 different men upon
its pay roll. The trouble was that
just as soon as man had earned
enough to go to Minneapolis and have
Q rip roaring old time he would quit
work. This sort would be better or
an slaves than as free men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

"a consignment of Mexican oranges
for San Francisco was recently seized
and burned up, boxes and all. They
were affected by yellow worm, new
pest. which if introduced into the cit
rus belt of the coast would work in
calculable damage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

| Fine navel oranges are $2.10 box
ably cheaper than good apples.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

! So long as interest rates keep way
down just so long will there be good
demand for farm land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

The English walnut is being success
fully grown in the state of New Jersey.
We have often wondered why this
most valuable nut tree was not given
more attention In Kentucky. West Vir-
ginia and other states having like eli
matte conditions. Up to this time Cal
shown any interest In the cultivation
of this tree.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

The laws of Minnesota provide fine
of $40 for any farmer who allows wild
mustard to go to seed upon his prem
Uses. There are some men up there
who would have to go into bankruptcy
ie this law was enforced against them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

Booker Washington. the modern Mo
ses of the Ethiopian race. AYERS that
the salvation of the negro depends up
on his being taught how to cultivate
the soil, which statement is concrete
wisdom
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-01-22

The American people have no inter-
est whatever in the maintenance Of
the sugar trusts refineries. but they do
have a vital and abiding interest in
the establishment and development Of
as many beet sugar refineries as posi-
BILE
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-07-18

Tie Appeal says that the order Tor
cleaning ava! the debris at the
OrpbaUs' lone has been given and that
tie work Is un Ter way. Mr.. Logan has
occD hppugUte / uvcrseer al the prison
where thu ro:k for the ueT building
viii lie qu rned, War len Hen Ier4un
hn' !our men who are competent rock
workers.. and will put ON Il number Of
men TO lcari the business There are
l number ;lat can be used tn gu rry
rock and At can he secur 3 as fast ~
ne died.
As tn the design II the new building.
hat has O yet Ue "a settled upon. rs
several architects nave plans IN their
p session that will nc submitted when
re proper time come. H. will take
'evcrhl weeks to clean the grounds Of
he burnt wood and deuri-, and until
hat is done The plans will MOI be con.
-iiered. line Boari ~ ietermmed on
pue proposition, and that IL to build a
muiein stone building thnt will not only
beauty but will he an Improvement
On ;hede+ign Of the old huildmg. When
tIe work starts II will 20 with IA rush
as the Hoard hopes to have il under
cover before the SNOW II ca.
Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1902-07-18
Weekly Crop Bulletin.

Following is the crop bulletin issued
by the Nevada section OF tile Wealth, r
bureau for the week ending July If.
1902:
The weather Of the past week was
generally clear and moderately warm,
with moro or less wind every afternoon.
Scattered thunder showers Occurred in 4
few localitina during the middle OF the
week, and there wero light frosts in
portions OF ElHo county on the mornings
Of the It'll md 9Th.
II reports OF correspondents for the
week indicate that tho weather condi.
tioDs have been favorable for pInnt
growth and harvesting operations. In u
few localities OF the south r%or,ion, how.
over, Il lack OF rain and irrigation water
j. causing crops to look sicEly aud
growth h0s beer slow mud nnsntistac.
tory.
All reports concerning the grain crops
continue favorable mud indicate that
good crops Of wheat, oats. barley and
rye will be liar vested III most disiricra
Haying is general and the Weld il
about The average in She mpjorty OF
districtu. In u fow localities the first
crop Of alfalfa IL lighter than usual.
In some localities The rnngc grass is
rapidly drying up and feed Tor stock il
getting short md scarce. Stock, how
ever, ia eaid tn be looking we'll aud in
line condition.