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The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1904-01-08
Get Close To The Soil.
New York Press.

/ New York Press.
You never heard Of wild ami.
NAL that had rheumatism until it
reached captivity aud was kept off
the earth. You never heard of a
horse that had rheumatism until
it was shod with iron and kept off
the earth. You never heard Of a
dog that had rheumatism until it
became a household pet and was
pampered-kept off the earth.
The heathens of Africa and the
Pacific islands never had rhenma-
tism, SO far as we know, until
thew got to wearing sandals or
shoes. / once knew a fool man
who, whenever he got sick, would
dig trench in his garden, lie
down in it and have his wife cover
him with fresh earth as far up as
his chin. He would remain there
for an hour or two, then get up in
fine spirits. Mother earth! The
contact Il looked like the resur
rection-and it was. LIT all the
boys 60 barefoot.
An annual report of the Surgeon
General of the Army explodes the
dangers of service in the Philip
pines so far as ..venomOuS bites,
stings and wounds" are concerned
In the entire army there were
535 cases of this sort, with no
deaths and only one case SO seri-
Gus as to incapacitate the patient
for further service. Of these
cases as many originated in the
United States as in the Philip
pines. With insanity, of which
there were 1856 cases, the showing
against the Philippines is more
serious, but not SO much more so.
In the United States 63 cases
originated and the Philippines ia
cases, the rest being scattered
among the other outlying posses
sions. The principal form of men
tal trouble was melancholia, to
which soldiers in distant stations
are peculiarly subject.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1904-01-08
Business Men Who Have Examined the Course Of Study
|N,/oon, BUSINESS COLLEGE
IL Al Madison ST., Memphis,

astonihed ut
learn BOOKKEEPING BUSINESS keeping OF
daily transactions with each
budgets memoanda
This institution neither schemes
on thereby commanding
Competent teachers only employed We vacation
week day ear. 81
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1904-01-08
MISSISSIPPI. FRIDAY JANUARY s. 1904.
Mems Trousers.


All mems $3.50 pants reduced to
|lS5.
All mems $50 and 400 pants re-
duced to 3.75.
Mems Hats.
Mems 1.5O hats reduced to Csc.
Mems 200 hats, broken lots Of
soft and stiff shapes, mostly any
color, l.35
Mems 800 hats, broken lots of
soft and stiff shapes, mostly any
color 2.25.
Boys Genuine PercaIe Shirts.
All 100 shirts now 75c.
All 75c shirts now 48c.
All 40c shirts now 24c.
Clearance sale of children's fine
velvet coats, sold at 5 to $50, your,
choice now 3.95
Clearance sale Of infants long
coats, of white wool Bedfords, en-
broidered collars, lace trimmed, all
$50 and 3 90 lines 60 at l.95.
Trunks and Bags.
Full line of all styles of Trunks
and bags. Zinct covered, canvas :
covered, iron bound, strong hing
es, bolts front snd ends, canvass
covered with brass mountings and
leather trimmings, felt top trunks,
aound top, etc. Trunks at $I.OO,
S1.50, 50. so. up to $3.50. Is
Club bags, hand bags, best OF
leather; all sizes and styles. Suit
cases and telescopes. Anything IN
luggage the traveller may want is
here. We stsnd back of every
guarantee. j..
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
LEAN AND FAT YEARS.

Since the days Of Pharaoh there have
been fat and lean years-years when
untimely frosts, floods. droughts and
insect pests have been held in abey-
ance. and nature, unfettered. has load
ed the land with her bounty. Then come
the lean years. when all goes wrong,
when floods overwhelm or drought
parches up or frost nips things coming
and going-years when the farm toll
has been all in vain. 1t will always be
this way, and the only fair way in
which to estimate the dividends Of the
farm is to take series of years. This
country is so large and is possessed of
such q variety Of climatic conditions
that as a whole there never can be a
general crop failure. Neither will any
one year bring agricultural prosperity
to all sections.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
WILDWOOD AND TANGLE.

Not the rarest skill Of the landscape
gardener is ever able to produce in
the grouping and development Of tree
and plant such exquisite harmony of
setting and color as nature does In her
seemingly careless and indifferent
way. A glen in the woods untouched
by the iconoclastic hand of man. a
wooded hillside. the craggy bank of d
river, q mountain meadow. some cathe-
dral aisle of primeval forest. the set
ting Of some lake or pond. the firing
ing Of the timber tract as 1t blends
with the prairie. TO the lover of nature
each presents evidence Of her harmoni-
Gus and artistic work. and no land
scape gardening is so attractive as that
which closely follows these models.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
C.. M. & ST. P. Excursions.

Cleveland, Ohio-National Baptist
Anniv. --On sale May Is, Is, 16, II,
limit May. 26; fare 1915.
Atlantic City, N. ANNUAL Meet
ings American Medical Assn. Ameri-
can Academy of Science-On sale
June l., 2, 3, 4, limit June 10; fare
$29.65.
Chicago, Ill. Republican National
Convention-sell June 16 to 90, limit
June 80; rate $3.50.
st. Louis-Democratic National
Convention-sell July to 6, limit
fifteen days from date of sale; rate
$l2. so.
Springfield, Ill. -Trav. Prot. Assn.
On sale June 4, 5, 6, limit June
Is; fare $il.96.
indianapolis, Ind. National Prohib.
Cow. On sale June &c, 81, limit
July 10; fare Is. 55.
Detroit, Mich. Baptist Y. P.
Union. On sale July 5, 6. 2, limit
July IL rare Slo. ~.
Atlantic City-Meeting Mobiles Mys-
tic Shrine-On sale July 8, 10, limit
July %; fare S29.65.
Cincinnatti-Meeting Grand Lodge
B. P. 0. Elks-On sale July Is, IS,
II. limit July 90; fare. S1s.65.
West Baden Cow. Commercial Law
League-On sale Julyi22, 23, "a, 20,
limit Aug IL; fare $l8.65
Louisville. Ky. Biennial Cow. X.
of P.-On sale Aug. 10, 10, IA, 10,
limit Aug 81; fare $1S.65.
Mount Vernon-Commencement-On
sale June IL. 10, IA, limit. June II
excursion tickets sold to Cedar Rap
ids fare g. Oh.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
WOmans Relief Corps.

The time for our special work in
memory of the fallen soldiers is near.
Let every member of the order arrange
her other duties so as to give her time
to this cause. Work at hose house
No. 2, Saturday, and also early Mon
day morning. Members will meet at
the G. A. r. hall in time to join the
procession as il proceeds to the bridge
for the Memorial service to the
sailor-soldier dead.
Anna Caldwell, Pres.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

TO RENT-House on Broadway.
Mrs. Bertha Mott.
FOR RENT-A four room house on
Ohio street in West DEBORAH. Ia
quire of l.. j. Miller.
PEACOCKS FOR SALE-In pairs or
trios by John j. Walenta. Calmar,
Iowa, r. f. r. No. 2. 20tf
FOR SALE CHEAP-A six room
house. good we'll. cistern and wood
shed. Call IN" this office. 19tf
GIRL WANTED-For general house
work. small family. Inquire Gil,
this office.
FOR SALE-Good second hand retri-
gerator. Inquire of w. j. Haus-
wirth, Trzcinski's barber shop.
FARM FOR SALE-McIntosh farm,
five miles southwest of DEBORAH, 1874
acres, good buildings, running water
fine farm. Must be sold SOON
W. o. Nordheim, DEBORAH.
FOR RENT-Third story of Marsh
Music House. Fine lodge room. 1tf
FOR SALE-Five acres, good build
ings; one mile from public school,.
Inquire B3. this Office.
WANTED--A boy eighteen years old
would like place to work on a
farm. Inquire for E. Gibbs GOT Ma
chanic st. DEBORAH Iowa.
FARM FOR SALE CHEAP-1OO acres
in Hesper township. good land and
buildings, windmill, and never-fail-
ing we'll. r. d. Purdy, r. f. D.
No. l., Prosper, MINI.
ESTRAY-Two year old dark bay
mare, white star in forehead, es-
trayed on April Both. Finder please
notify John A. NARROW, r. F. d. No.
3, DEBORAH.
FOR RENT-Desirable heated Office
rooms. Enquire of Citizens Savings
Bank. 38tf
FOR SALE CHEAP-A seven room
house in West DEBORAH, good loca-
tion. Call P1, this Office or r. D.
Purdy, DEBORAH. Iowa.
EGGS FOR HATCHING-Whit
Wyandottes exclusively, brown egg
strain, 30 cents for 10, SO per 100.
E. L. Smith, Standard phone. 14tf
STRAYED OR STOLEN-A black and
white English setter on May 1st, at
Quaker's Ford. Suitable reward
given for information leading to re-
covery. Address A gent @. NJ. & st.
P. Ry., Canton. MINI. 1Stf
LOST-Between the Unity church
and Winnebago street bridge, black
silk bag containing spectacles, knit
ting work, and small sum of money.
Finder please return to 400 West
Main street. 2-11pd
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
THE SEXTON BRIGADE.

The undertaken and sexton each sus-
tains an important relation to man, and
grim and uncanny though their mis-
sion may be it is none the less indis-
pensable. 1t is very interesting to note
in what an efficient way the same line
Of service is provided for in the world
Of nature. Here is a tree smitten by
lightning stroke or drought or old age.
and no sooner is its death assured
than beetle and borer make for it and
deposit their larvae, they quickly fol-
lowed by the woodpecker, which, seek
ing such larvae for food, rends and
tears the dead tree, permitting the in
gress of the rain, which still further
hastens the process Of decay. Here
will watch you may see the sexton
beetle at work, laboriously digging
under the dead thing until a shallow
grave is made for it, then covering it
up with earth after depositing clutch
of beetle eggs in the carcass. Here are
the vulture, in some mysterious man.
ner detecting either by sight or scent
from their sailing arena in the mile
high sky the animal from which life
has just departed and by some intri-
cate system of buzzard telegraphy
summoning their fellows from far and
near, until few hours see but clean
picked pile Of bones. Nature is so full
Of life-life ever new and strenuous
that there is no place for the dead, and
save as the ice sheet may have en-
tombed some prehistoric mammoth or
some coal measure have captured the
delicate impression of the vegetation
from which it was formed or some sea
floor become petrified into solid rock,
sealing up the diversified life Of the
ocean bed for biologists to wrangle
over, nature rarely speaks Of her dead.
death in the natural world being
speedy obliteration.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
The Rural Mail Carrier.

The life of the rural mail carrier
could be one of everlasting sunshine
were it not for some things he must
know and do. The blessings he daily
deals out to his patrons can only be
told by the postman of the highways
as he plods his 20 or 30 weary miles
over hill and through hollows in sun
shine. cold, snow, hail and the rain.
meeting with misfortune here and dis
aster there, carrying a burden OF
blame, a heavy heart and light purse.
He enters the service with bright
countenance and a glad heart, which
soon leaves him never to return, ex-
cept when he is given tie assurance
of better salary. He knows his re-
quirements and fultills them to the
extent of his ability. He must know
thetpostal laws and requirements from
A to q, and woe unto him if he know.
eth them not. He must carry line
of postal supplies and at the same time
must fish the pennies out of the mail
box for patron who hasn't time to
bother with the postage.
Not only must he do the rural mail
carrying. but he must be rural
weather man. the rural telephone and
the rural transportation company. He
must be a bureau of usefulness, an
agricultural luxury and household
necessity. He must be as wise as Solo,
mon as patient as Job and as enduring
as father time. He must have world
of goodness, modicDm of wit and a
little bit of-no not wickedness. He
must be confident to the young ladies,
a pal to the boys and companion in
general. He must always know why
the publishers fail to get their papers
ont on time, and be able to explain
why the supply houses fail to fill their
orders promptly.
He must be a mindreader and ad-
dress letters to the proper parties. He
must be able to give the exact time con-
sumed by letter in making trip to
any part of the globe. He is not
eligible to mistakes, but should he
make one he must run the gauntlet of
a strict department and the wrath of
his patrons. He must serve his route
year in and year out with only two
holidays, which are Independence
and Thanksgiving days. Independence
day is allowed him as gentle remin-
Ger that he must be independent of his
salary in order to support his route,
and Thanksgiving day in order that he
might give thanks for the good fortune
of being independent of his salary.
For all he receives his salary and a
peck of oats. that enables him to live
in poverty and upon the charity of
good people should he fall sick. With
a sincere and heartfelt feeling for his
trials and tribulations, knock on the
critics that criticize him, on the
alleged funny man that makes fun of
him. on the people who annoy him and
on the underpay he receives.
One Who Knows.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
Birthday Social.

The Epworth League will give a
Birthday Social Friday evening, May
27th. in the M. E. church parlors.
After an excellent program ice cream
and cake will be served. All are in
yited.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
Not a Sick DaY Since.

~ was taken severely sick with
kidney trouble. tried all sorts of
medicines, none of which relieved me.
One day saw an ad. of your Electric
Bitters and determined to try that.
After taking few doses / felt re-
lieved, and soon thereafter was entire.
ly cured. and have not seen a sick day
since. Neighbors' of mine have been
cured of rheumatism, neuralgia, liver
and kidney troubles and general de-
bility." This is what B. f. Bass, of
Fremont, N. G. writes Only 80 cents
at Wangler Bros. druggists.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
I|l ll||S 1 e,ms TA'1 5ax.

TRAINS LEAVE DEBORAH AS FOLLOWS
No. 5O4 Passenger, except Sunday l:30 p. m.
No 542 Freight, except Sunday -. 400 a. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DEBORAH:
No. 507 Passenger, except Sunday-l2:i5 a. m.
No 54l Freight, except Sunday -. 500 p. IN.
Sunday stock train leaves at 900 a. m.
For sleeping car reservations, tickets, time
tables, etc.. apply to any Rock Island ticket
agent. L. NJ. ALLEN, G. p. A,
Chicago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
Card of Thanks.

We desire to extend our sincere
thanks to the many friends and neigh
bors for the kindly sympathy and as
sistance at the burial of our dearly be-
loved wife and mother.
2l-1pd Edward Maher and Family.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25
BACTERIA AND BIG cRops.

Nitrogen is the most expensive and
at the same time the most valuable
Of all elements of soil fertility. and
nothing in nature is more abundant,
for the very air which we breathe is
made up of four parts Of nitrogen out
Of five. How to get this nitrogen from
the air and into the soil has been the
great problem Of agriculture for ages.
Nature has provided way. however,
one of her subtle and mysterious proc
esses, by which this may be done-giv-
en- us group of plant life, the legumes.
which possess the curious power
through the agency of bacteria work
ing on their roots Of drawing this nj
trogen from the air and depositing it in
the soil as future supply Of plant
food. This work is the mission of the
clovers, alfalfa, beans, peas and scores
of other widely different forms and
types of the legume family. Most men,
however ignorant in an agricultural
way, know that the application Of
twelve loads Of stable manure to an
acre of land will greatly increase the
crop grown on such land, but only a
few know that giving the same acre
clover rotation, keeping it in clover for
two years. or during the natural life of
the clover plant, will put as much fer
tiljty into the, soil as by the manuring
process. This is the best and the cheap
est way to restore lost fertility to the
soil.
CROPS FOR SEMIARID SECTIONS.
The best authorities agree on the
fact that the country west of the one
hundredth degree Of west longitude.
which is line easily traced on any
map and which bisects the two Dako-
tas, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma and
Texas. lies outside the territory where
the annual rainfall is sufficient to in
sure the success of ordinary crops
During the past few years. however,
certain cereals and plants have been
introduced into the semiarid belt which
bid fair to regenerate much Of that
country. There are the bronze grass for
pasture. alfalfa for hay. speltz to take
the place of oats, Kaffir corn to take
the place of Indian corn, macaroni
wheat for the wheatfields. and the Sc
lection Of such land for agricultural
use is no longer the hopeless problem
1T was ten years ago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The possession of a cyclone cave and
a lightning rod often does much to
steady the nerves Of those who are
afraid Of June winds and electric dis
plays.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The state of Florida promises $780,
600 boxes Of fine oranges for the next
crop. Inasmuch as this Florida fruit
is able to secure water transportation
instead of the long and expensive rail-
way haul from the coast, it goes with
out saying that the Florida orange
grower has the advantage of his Cali
fOrnia brother.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

II the small boys in your neighbor-
hood do not like you it is not best for
you to plant a melon patch very far
from your house, for there is no way
to the small boy which seems so proper
to get even with the cross old man as
to take it out in melons.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

If your cows milk brings you in $25
a year she just pays her board. If she
brings you in $50 year she is an ami
NAL we'll worth $40.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The housekeeper who has only soft
coal for fuel in the kitchen has hard
Job to keep things clean and neat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The biggest joke Of the season on the
United States has been that we have
been dependent on old Ireland for our
potatoes since the middle Of winter
that is, the people Of eastern cities
have,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

A reader in southern Iowa wishes to
know which are the best varieties Of
timber to plant for future fence post
timber. We would suggest red cedar.
black walnut. black locust, catalpa,
Usage orange. all durable post timber.
The cedar, walnut and Usage orange
will take twenty years growth before
being available, while the locust and
catalpa will take from ten to twelve
years. The cedar alone may be grown
on billy or poor soils, the other should
have the best soil on the farm. The
Usage orange, while it makes crooked
and ungainly post, is at the same time
a practically indestructible one. The
quickest and easiest way to grow fence
posts is to grow the white willow, cut
and peel in June, then season and soak
the butt in boiling hot coal tar before
setting out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Talk about reproduction! The cod
fish, which deposits 100000 eggs, is not
in the game with the common house
fly, which, II unhindered, would be
the progenitor Of 100000 pesky flies
during the summer season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The dry May makes the light hay
crop. There is one thing about the
light crop of hay-what is secured is
worth third more than the rank.
mushy growth of wet season.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Because the high wheeled wagon
runs easier than the one with low
wheels it does not follow that the disk
harrow with eighteen inch disks runs
easier than the one with disks Of four
teen inches, the latter being of much
lighter draft than the former, doing
the same work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The banana trade Of this country is
becoming very large, though just why
people have such laundering for such
tasteless fruit we could never I'M
derstand. OF the 21,0OO,000 punches
of bananas raised in Costa RIGA and
neighboring territory the United States
takes 20OO0,000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

There are some of our insectivorous
birds which eat their weights in in
sects every day during the nesting
season. A pair Of wrens engaged in
caring for brood Of seven young ones
have been known to make $50 trips to
the nest between sunup and shutdown
and each trip carried good fat bug
or grub to the little family. The fact
is when the birds are gone the agri-
cultural and horticultural interests Of
the country will be at the mercy of in
sect pests.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

We wonder if the boys and girls ever
noticed that when a dove drinks 1t
drinks just like horse and never
takes sip Of water and throws up its
head like most birds. You watch one
drink and see.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The handsome prize of $4,000 is Of
fered for process which will utilize
California grapes containing over 20
per cent of saccharine matter in the
production of tartaric acid. This prop
csition has so far baffled the expert
chemists of the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

1t is rare that man plants tree
and does not take real pleasure in
watching its growth and development.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Where a man is able and knows
enough to work old bossy, old biddy
and good garden in happy conjunc-
ton, he is assured of more than half
the living for himself and family.
More good men should know how to do
this, for 1t would pay better than strik-
ing for higher wages or joining union.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

The predictions Of any man thirty
days ahead on the weather are abso-
lutely valueless.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Strawberries are 81 per cent water.
Thank the Lord for the other per
cent!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Cold storage eggs have gone into the
coolers this year at 161a cents, and the
demand for this purpose has been SO
sharp that the producers have received
the best prices in years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Where extra horses have to be kept in
reserve for emergencies in farm work
they should always be well bred draft
mares which can bring their owner a
good colt each year. The unused geld
ing is very Improbable animal to
have on the farm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Scientists tell us that our lumber
supply will be exhausted in twenty five
years, our supply of iron ore in fifty
years and our stock Of hard coal in 125
years, but there is no need to worry
over this prospect, for American inge-
nuity will find substitute for all these
things when the time comes that it is
necessary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

Poultry raisers bring in justifiable
indictment against the crow. This
black pest will make wretched work
with little chicks and is far more to be
feared than any Of our hawks. The
house cat also and the barn rat have
to be watched.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-05-25

If you want to sell, buy, borrow
or beg anything, use our want
column. 1t has been rousing sue
cess ever since established several
years ago.