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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14
average farmer.

The mineral products Of the United
States loom up in large figures-gold,
$7S,000,000; silver, 31,000O00; copper,
$S7, 100000; lead, $23,000,OOO; zinc, SILL
100000; abrasive and chemical mate
rails, $3S000,000; clay products and ce-
ment, $3.50, 100000; coal, petroleum and
natural gas, $442, 000-making
grand total of $949,0OO,OO0.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

A successful fruit grower recommends
the blowing of the orchard just before
winter sets in as the best means Of re-
tanning and conserving the melting
SHOWS and the spring rains.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

If we wished to establish herd Of
blooded stock, we think we would wait
little while before investing. prices
for this class of stock being at high
water mark. We look for a reaction
inside of two years, when such stock
will be more easily within reach of the
average farmer
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14
M|D-W|NTER SALE F.!

And were it not for the staid
substantial way this house
does business the quotations
of such prices as we name
would be nothing else than
sensational, but being honest
advertisers our ads are read
and believed. Note the........
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

The high price which turkeys are
bringing this year will make everybody
want to raise them next year. At So
bird they are very profitable crop.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

What would you think of your
grocery man If he sold you sand for
sugar? What do you think of drug
gist, who offers you substitute for
the Madison Medicine Co.. IS Rocky
Mountian2Tea. r. A. Engbreston.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

Men In the soft corn sections of the
country who bought four and half
cent feeders to consume their soft corn
will get rid of their corn crop, and that
Is about all.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

The condition of winter wheat
throughout the winter wheat growing
section has seldom been as good as it
is at the present time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

A few days since we Travelled through
a section of the west where scores of
men were busily engaged in digging
out and hauling to the barns the shocks
of corn which were half buried in snow.
Laying aside the waste connected with
this process and viewing it simply from
the standpoint OF convenience, surely
the silo has very much to recommend it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

We have shut off profit max
ing and figure now on clean
ing out shoes not on making
money. If you would like
to begin making money
where we leave off, you
will invest little in shoes,
if not for present wear, for
the future. We always do
as we advertise and our pat
rons know it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

The canneries of the west are now
making their contracts for the crop of
sweet corn for 1903. The price being
paid is S. per ton, which makes it
very profitable crop to grow. The yield
in extreme cases is as much as seven
tons per acre. To this should be added
one and half tons of choice fodder
and the further fact that the crop is in
no sense exhaustive Of the soil.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

The American tariff on agricultural
machinery, primarily supposed to pro-
mote the upbuilding of factories for
the production of such machinery in
this country, is having exactly an OPP
posite effect, SO far as Canada is con-
cerned. A vast cereal producing terri
tory is being opened up in the Cana
dian northwest, creating an enormous
demand for all kinds of improved
American farm machinery. To hold
her own with us Canada imposes a
duty Of 25 per cent on all machinery
imported from this country, and nu-
merous factories are now being built
in Canada by American capital to pro-
duce the machinery needed in that
country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

A lady who this year raised over 300
ducks, whose husband kicked a good
deal because, as he said, the birds ate
their heads off, made him make out
bill for the food consumed and was
able to pay the bill and have $40 left
from the sale of the feathers which she
picked from the ducks before she sold
them. She then sold the dressed prod
uct for $3.50, no part of which the stin-
gy old man had the nerve to ask for, or
would have got if he had asked.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-01-14

We have one or two inquiries about
speltz as a crop. Like other crops, this
one has its place determined largely by
the question of latitude and rainfall.
We do not think that where wheat,
oats, barley, rye and corn can be sue
cessfully grown there is any place for
it. 1t is especially fitted for the semi
arid sections of the west and north
west, where the rainfall averages from
ten to fifteen inches 1t withstands
drought and the hot winds better than
any of our common cereals and pro-
1duces a crop Of equal feeding value
with oats.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
The nirthnlacc OF Lib erty. /.

II the most sacred buildings in Bos-
ton and Philadelphia are properly
rivals in claiming the title OF the
Cradle of our Liberty, ther here In the
Champlain Valley In Vermont is surely
the scene of its birth. From this eyrie
on Rochester Mountain one may see
the great lake that Is the gate 10 the
country" as the Indians named Lake
Champlalu: one may see the otter up
which the paint-smcarcd savases crcpt
To make their murdcrous attacks deep
in Connecticut and Massachusetts, one
may scan where Ticonderoga lies in
shameful abandonment, the spot wGerc
Champlaiu fought the red men 293
years ago. where the French built their
most important fort in the chain taat
ran from Montreal to New Orleans.
where Amherst took IL from them,
where our dashing friend aud leader
young Lord Howe. fell and was secret
ly buried IL required hut little I'M
aglnation for the minds eye to see
the path that Ethan Allen and his
band took to gain. az this fortress. our
irSt great victory in the Revolutionary
War From where the white church.
spires marked the seats OF Rutland.
pittsford. Brandon. Whiting. Castle
ton and Middlchury. one fancicd he
might almost see again the tall. rugged
Mountain Boys" stalking the trail 10
the rendezvous with Allen at Shoreham
newly noted now as the birthplace OF
Levi L. Morton. All Of these villages
are prosperous and beautiful places TO.
day-the summer resorts OF well-to-do
folk from a score OF distant cities.
Even the edge OF the rich valley. where
the lake waters lap the Vermont shore.
now shows the beginning Of a move
ment to stud the lakeside and the ISL
ands in the lake with fine summer
hotels and palstial mansions set In
great estates. Julian Ralph. In Har'
! nar's
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
Chicago Imports. Her Wallets.

Employment agencies In Chica-, say
they have but little cal! Tor Wallets.
There are good many men in Chicago
who have such luxuries as Wallets but
according TO the managers Of the EN-.
ployment agencies these Wallets are ali
Imported either from abroad OF down
east.
The nativc.born Chicago valet or
even one supplied 10y a Chicago osen'
cy. would be regarded as an imitation
article. The good valet. Ike the socd
accent. Is only acquired abroad
The valet most in demand Is the Eng.
iish one. and masters like 1t best II
they can pick him for themselves In his
native heath. Part Of the ioy OF hav-
ING a valet j. saying: Faithful fellow.
that. Picked him up myself in Eng
land. Used % be valet FOR Lord Tup-
penny. Very glad. though. Of chance
to go with me. You couldn't tempt him
away Chicago Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
t:Sjsz$:!s tsSaz:!s sSa::;s: 8.

Tucked taffeta parasols are best for
ordinary wear.
Madeira wheels are applied to white
muslin with dainty effect
A touch of the pale blue is rs modish
as the everlasting touch of black.
Pleated boleros are the proper things
to wear with princesse costumes.
Some sorts of medallions string onto
dainty strapping very effectively.
Some fair ones have built all their
summer tinery around one black hat.
Only the fair one with very slender
waist should indulge in the full shirred
girdle.
Fruit embroideries are seen with the
foliage in stitches and the realistic
fruit parts pendant.
For handsome accordioned dresses
no material is more beautiful than the
heavy crepe de chine.
Neat effects. patterned after the
French idea in muslin garments, are
most favored among the latest lingerie.
Dress parasols. though delicate as
thistle down. are masses of applique
and embroidery. with shirred chiffon
Innings.
Lace or embroidered collars are very
much the fashion for young girls, and
rs they are so becoming they are worn
upon all kinds of gowns.
suits OF small checks in black and
white perfectly tailored are tremcn.
dously swagger The besJ-dressed
women are wearing them.
Many more flowers are seen upon
the latest hats for juveniles than was
the vogue last season. The wide, hop'
ping brlm OF very light weight straw
still obtains.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
TIE MODERN GIRL.

"There was a time" said the dow
ager, when the parents o. supertuouS
girls COnsoled themselves with the
thought that they occasioned less eX-
pense that boys. and less anxiety. But,
along with her other rebellions. the
modern girl refuses 10 be brought up
on the cheap plan. Her education
costs as much as, often more than, that
of Il son. and IL she embarks in the
social swim on attaining the grown
up state, t costs more To dress her
during the years preceding marriage
than 10 start Il son in business. She
does not capture rich husband in
her first season with Il tarletan gown
made by her own fair fingers. as her
grandmother did, and dowerless brides
do not seem 10 be so much in demand
rs in the good old days If she does
not go in for social gayeties, but pre-
fers To take life seriously, she causes
even more trouble. and nearly as much
expense. for girls cannot be started
in life without capital any more than
boys. and the limited number of call
ings open To women makes the task
even more difficult in the case of the
former. All of which has not IN the
least operated TO decrease the value
placed upon girls by the average
parent. They cost more now than they
used TO, and there has been cores
ponding increase in their Importance" ."
New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19

10 meet all ends. For high days and
holidays there IL that charming silk
and fax mixture. closely reminiscent
OF poplin. which goes 10 the creation
81 coats or frocks with equal amIabil-
ity. Serge. as usual. is well 10 the fore.
always preferably. where children are
concerned. Of service quality. Alpaca.
again. makes Delightfully."- cool aud
childish frocks.
For children everything should be
kept as light ia weight as possible. and
In a coatee Of this description II the
sleeves are lined with a thin silk IL
amply sufiices. Then IL Is a tasteful
notion enough 10 apply circular cape
in some contrast as a finish NJ the
shoulders. \ scheme OF navy blue and
white seems inevitable, the collar in
white linen or cloth, as fancy dictates.
stitched with radating lines ot tiny
blue braid or cord. This collar. let IL
be told. is an item that could we'll be
omitted, or again IL may be adjusted
or removed az will. the stole collar
lending full completion. together with
kuOtted cravat OF soft silk. For
durable purposes il would be wiser TO
make the close.htting cuf bands in
the darker stun; a thought that urges
the further alternative of a muslin
collar and narrow turn.back cuffs
Chicago Record Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
BETTER POULTRY.

The demand for better poultry has
become so great that poultrymen are
fast discardng the mongrels and Sc
lecting the standard breeds. which
more nearly fill the requirements of the
public who buy the products Of the
poultry yard.
Eggs must now be of uniform size,
and poultry must be of good size,
with a generous supply of meat on the
breast.
Dressed poultry must be attractive in
appearance and assorted according TO
grade.
High. priced beef and pork have
placed a premium on the products OF
the poultry yard, which will be Of ines
timabe benefit to the farmer and
breeder of poultry.
The despised old hen has now be-
core the housewives pet. and We have
suddenly discovered that there Is
money in chickens, after all. We have
found that in proportion TO money In
vested and labor expended in caring
for them the hens produce a larger per
cent. of profit than the cows. and since
the worlds poultry supply is far short
of the demand we can confidently look
forward TO an uninterrupted period OF
prosperity for those who know how 10
raise poultry.-Eome and Farm.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
RAPE FOR SHEEP.

Every farmer wi keeps sheep should
try rape this year, if only on a small
plot. so as 10 learn how 1t grows and
what it is worth. Get the Dwarf Essex
variety, plant it in drills and begin to
use it as soon as it is well grown. 1t
will grow again after being cut. II
may be planted now or even later
Sow it in rows or broadcast it. Those
who grow it for sheep broadcast 1t over
the field. and turn the sheep on it at
any stage of growth desired. 1t Is now
considered Indispensable to all who
keep sheep, but. IS it is also relished
by other stock. it will be found service
able in providing a succulent food late
in the season after grass is gone. 1t is
also excellent 70" all kinds of poultry.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
Kz:o@ySS!'' &NsT

There are now over 700 women uni.
versity graduates in Ireland.
There is a large park in Alexandria,
Egypt, which Is only open TO women,
foreign and native
one OF the busiest lawyers in Zurich
is Annie Mackenroth, a young woman
still in her twenties. who opened tie
legal profession TO women in SwitZer.
land.
A French mondaine recently revealed
the secret OF her viyacity." and IL
turned out to be a very old one She
manages to secure one days rest in
seven.
Mrs. Mary Duncan Harris, OF Boston,
has offered the famous ButtOnw0Ods
mansion. at Haverhill, to the historical
society of that city II funds are raised
10 maintain H.
The new Carnegie Library, soon to be
opened IN Guthrie, OKLA, has a room
set apart for the exclusive use OF
women's clubs. 1t will be furnished
by club members.
The "NlOthers Birthday Niup or Ter
many" has just been formed in Berlin.
Its object is to prevent race suicide,
aud each member on the birth OF a
child will receive from 5000 to $500
There is an entrance fee of s. and
quarterly subscription of 81.
Mrs. Charles King, of Corpus Christi,
Texas owns more land than any other
woman in the world. Her husband.
one of the famous cattle barons, left
her 1,3OOO,OOO acres in Nueces, Hidalgo,
Starr and Cameron counties, and there
are now about $4,000 cattle OH her
ranges.
While the practice OF law by women
is not legal in Germany, several women
have taken a degree in law, and one
Of them has a very good practice in
Berlin as a private adviser to other
women in their legal difficulties, al
though she has to hand over the actual
management of the cases in court to
some one else.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
THE STEADY. SILENT ONES.

The roar Of the storm is fierce and loud,
1t lashes and crashes and rips and tears;
The water il dashed against the pane,
The world is drenched by the sheets OF
rain,
But after the clustering, what il the gain,
What good has been wrought in the
worlds afairs:
The warm, sweet drizzle that comes along
And quietly busies itself all day
Helps the sprouts 20 push through the
softened ground,
Lures the buds outside for peep around,
And with never a roar or a fearful sound
Docs the work that the loud storm never
may
II isn't the bluster, the noise, that counts
In the fields or out with the busy thrOng:
The bOastIng man, like the storms that
tear
And rip, and below, the world can spare
The st-s>y and silent ones must care
For the good old earth a. il rolls along
5. l.. Kiser, in Chicago Record Herald
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
POTATOES FOR PLANTING.

In regard to cutting potatoes a very
large number Of experiments have
proved that whole potatoes are the best
for warm high land. and for very
early potatoes they will not only yield
enough more to pay the extra cost Of
the seed. but will produce crop from
n week 10 ten days earlier than cut po-
tatoes, which will sometimes make n
difference in price Of from fifty cents
to 81 per bushel. But on rich, moist
land the difference between whole and
cut potatoes is not so great. In the
first place, on a rich, moist soil, 1t is not
so important 10 secure an early vigor-
Gus growth as it is on a warm, dry soil,
and. in the second place not being
planted too deep below the surrounding
land. there is tendency TO the produc-
tion of n larger number of stalks than
on dry land. but as a rule, even on low.
land it will he better to plant me-
dium-sized potato whole.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
HE HAD THE MONEY.
inebrlated Man Satisfied Clerk He
Could Buy Ship.

SeJ
In Washington, as In all other large
cities, hotel men see some OF the queer.
est phases Of human nature. The ex.
hibitions and antics OF inebriated
guests are occasionally OF uncommon
interest. To deal with this class often
presents as tough a proposition as
the boniface has to meet. AS a rule,
as mild a hammered man az ever cut
throat or scuttled a ship" yet now
and then one proceeds TO perpetrate
high links In a way he would not
perform at home In a century.
case In point was that OF a we'll
fixed Westerner, who, with his wife
and children, had suite OF fine rooms
recently at one OF the best hotels. The
husband and father went on a SPREE
and his wife begged the proprietor to
watch his guest, as she knew no car.
ried big sum OF money about with
him He kept drinking TO excess,
however and one evening walked up
10 the cashier and annouced his pur-
pose TO take his family TO Norfolk by
boat
"To-day's boat has already gone"
said the employe, "and you'll have TO
walt over another day"
Il guess not" quoth the inebrlated
one. I'm going tonight If have to
buy steamer.
"Maybe you think I haven't enough
money to buy one, but I'll show you
differently" and forthwith he dlved
down into an inside pocket and, bring.
Ing up a thick leather book, pro-
ceded to count out before the eyes OF
the astonished cashier $4,000 In big
bills and New York exchange.
II Is needless TO say he didn't pur.
chase n ship. but It took n whole lot
OF diplomacy TO get him 20 a hospital,
and when II came to separating him
from his wealth more than one man
had to join In the struggle. When he
came out OF the institution at the end
OF ten days he was thoroughly sobered
and said he hadn't the slightest re.
membrance Of the crazy things he tried
to enact.-Washington Post.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
A HABIT TO BE AVOIDED.

Attention Is called 10 those essen.
TALLY feminine habits of putting pins
in the mouth or moIs;enlng a pencil
with the lips. A pin swallowed means
only n surgical case, but the greater
danger lies in the cortagiOn that may
be lurking in the pin itself. Under the
head OF the pin or in the point Of the
pencil all kinds of malignant germs
may be located which will be trans.
mitted by the mouth quicker than any
other way. 1t hardly seems possible
that any one needs to be cautioned
against holding money between his
lips, yet a person can scarcely 90 any
distance on a street car without nOtic-
ing some one indulging in this danger
Gus and filthy habt.-WaShington star
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
SUMNER DANCE FROCKs.

II you want 10 build a perfectly love-
~ summer dance frOck. make IL OF lace
or some airy. fairy stuff. and then
spangle the under lining II is much
prctler than having the spangles on
the outside. and in addition II Is the
latest Paris fancy.
One robe Of French point was made
over an under robe Of palest pink tulle.
spangled In Irridescent paillettes. Be.
meath this was chiffon Of pink a shade
deeper. and then came the foundation
OF ivory liberty satin.
Spangled tulle or net under lowered
silk mousseline or chiffon, gives de-
lightful results. and under black lace
black tulle spangIed in gold paillettes
Is remarkably effective.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19

and intimate that they would have
been better men had Providence been
thus kind to them. Even the married
ones aren't so bad. When their wives
sue for divorce or their babies get the
measles they look volumes which seem
to say that all would have been differ
ent had not an undeserving one borne
of the prize. These unsolicited tes
timonlals ar as stimulating to me as
old wine II isn't the slightest use
to repeat them to my husband, how
ever. He simply reminds me that
women are so easy that they're tire
some and that those 'nincompoops
don't have TO pay the bills"
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
LINEN AND LACE.

The most bizarre combination Is that
Of applying linen hens on thin or lace
frocks These linen hens can be made
in any width or color, but the dress
am going TO describe is Of venetian
point with a fiat, sun pleated skirt fin
ishcd with a wide hem of pa.est pastel
pink linen. The skirt is of moderate
length as are all the dresSy creations
Of The season. The bodice OF this dress
is composed Of pleated lace, with a hem
of linen at the decollctaGa. \ Snort
bolero in the finest Of malines with
vaporcus sleeves in three tiers Of plcat-
cd flounces opening at the shoulders
and held hy 4 stral ping Of pink linen
is a very effective part o. the costume.
n high waiStband of velvet several
shades darker than the linen adds a
pretty note OF color. This is 4 dinner
dress destined to be copied in nearly
all the summer materials, and if
guimpe and close-ftting sleeves be add
ed the gown is ready for dual service
pittsburg Dispatch.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
BEE PASTURAGE.

Bees will not pay unless there Is
plenty Of bee pasturage TO simply
procure hive Of bees and expect them
10 produce honey with nothing for
them TO work upon. will result in faIl-
ure. Do not rob the trees until the
honey season is over. unless the combs
are full. and care should be exercised
in so doing. as n failure to leave a sup
ply Of honey for the use of the bees in
winter may result in loss of the en-
tire colony.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1903-06-19
WEIGHING MILK.

Weighing the milk is the best means
OF registering the capabilities and pecu-
iiarities Of cow and her yield. IL done
one day each week and noted down the
table soon constructed will be a most
efficient guide 10 the total quantity
yielded, the rate OF Increase. the aver
age or seasons yield, the time Of calv-
ing, the time of going dry. the effects
OF particular food. etc, while a sud-
den decrease is the first symptom OF
any disease or trouble.