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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

We once knew an old parson whose
sermons We're of high grade, whose
life was always consistent with his
profession, till he went to trading
horses, and then he went all to pieces,
and all the roosters in town could not
keep him from lying worse than old
Peter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

War, in any way it can be put, is al
ways impoverishing and destructive.
While it may be indispensable at times
to preserve the liberties and integrity
of people and in way place them on
a higher plane, every man killed, every
shot fred, makes a nation that much
the poOrer
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Chicago, Milwaukee 4 ST.. Paul Railway
2O6 N4 POS
Opt DEBORAH $40 a. IN. Has a. m. S:i5 pm.
DIT Conover 1910 a. m. l2:l7 p. m g.: p m.
Arr Calmar 1920 a. m. 1890 p. NJ $3.50 pm.
POI 203 205
Arr. DEBORAH $40 a. m. 1925 a. m. 3:25 pm.
Opt Conover 500 IN. / 90 a. m 800 p. m.
Opt Calmar. 7:45 a. IN. 1850 a. M $50 p. m.
Nos. 2Ol and FOG daily.
Nos. 203, 205. 204 and 209 daily except Sunday
No. 206 connects with points west of Camar
No. 204 connects at Calmar with Chicago,
Dubuque, Davenport, Muscatine, Ottumwa,
Kansas City, Cedar Rapids, Omaha, ST. Louis,
Peoria: connects at Conover for st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and points in the north and
northwest.
No. Us connects at Calmar for Chicago,
Kansas City, Madison and milwaukee,.
S. V. POTTER, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

While a farmer must of necessity
trust in Providence, he must needs put
in his best work and use his best judg-
ment if he would expect Providence to
give him a square deal. Successful
farming is always a case Of faith and
works, largely works.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

So dense is the population in Japan
and so carefully do the people have to
nurse the productive capacity of the
limited arabic section of the country
that the erection of fences between
landowners is forbidden for the rea-
son that the thirty square inches Of
land surface occupied by the fence
posts is needed to grow some grain or
plant which will help support life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

In dairy line very unique thing
to be seen at the worlds fair is bust
Of John Stewart nodded in creamery
butter. John was the pioneer in the
creamery business, and his memory is
thus honored
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Both meat and bread will be high
priced this winter, but our old stand
by, the potato, bids fair to be cheap
enough Pat is in evidence that pref
ty good men can be raised on praties
and skim milk
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

We watched stock train from the
west pass by one day recently. In it
were several cars of fat steers from
the ranges, three double deckers Of
sheep, q car Of poultry, three cars Of
horses and a dozen cars Of hogs, while
at the rear Of the train were two cars
Of creamery butter. This explains the
growing wealth of western farmers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

From Omaha, west, alfalfa, self
seeded, is disputing with sweet clover,
sunfower and bindweed for the pos
session of the soil on the railway
rights Of way, giving to every farmer
who travels by rail wonderful object
lesson Of the possibilities of alfalfa in
that section. A few see and heed the
lesson. Most Of them don't.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

If the fertilization of the soil is the
main thing sought. try mammoth
clover, blowing the whole thing under
the second year. 1t is the cheapest
method Of renovating a wornout field
there is to be found.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

If there was more good buttermilk
drunk there would be fewer doctors
bills and a smaller demand for patent
medicines. The buttermilk of the farm
dairy should never be fed to the pigs
and calves until every drop possible
has been got into the folks in the fam
ilY
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
LIVES ON THE FAT OF THE LAND.


He had just finished stacking the
last of the grain and went into the
house to supper; no company expected,
just an ordinary meal for the family.
Illustrating how an up to date farmer
may live on his own resources that sup
per was worth noting. On the table
there were cold fried chicken and
poached eggs, cottage cheese, baked
potatoes, sliced tomatoes, apple sauce,
corn bread and riz biscuit, beet and
cauliflower pickles, the finest Of but
ter, thick cream and pitcher of milk.
a fruit salad and tea, and with the ex-
ceptiOn of the sugar and tea every
thing ON the splendid bill of fare was
produced on his own farm. But doesn't
that layout make town mans mouth
water when Ne thinks that all he has
to fall back on is salary, telephone
and a downtown grocer? And the
above menu could be changed and
never deteriorate either in quantity or
quality $50 days in the year. Best
fed people on earth, these American
farm families, just as soon as they
find out how to use their privileges and
OpportunitieS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

The fakir always follows the state
and county fairs. He is the chronic
parasite on our every effort at agricul-
tural progress. In England he has no
show at such places. Why does not
some body of fair officials have the
sand to fire the whole pestiferous
crowd?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

With something less than hundred
different kinds of cereal breakfast
food to be had, the dish of oatmeal
well cooked still leads them all. There
would be much more oatmeal eaten did
cooks know how to cook it. Boiled for
ten minutes, it is an abOminatiOn;
cooked slowly for six hours, it is a
delicacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Specializing on the board of trade,
betting OF the races and whisky are
the trinity of traps which are said to
catch 80 per cent of the defaulters Of
the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

The possibilities connected with cat
gut are illustrated in the case Of
Ysaye, the violinist, who gets 100000
for fifty concerts to be given the COM
ing winter in this country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

An old fruit grower claims that an
application of common salt to the roots
of apple and pear trees subject to
blight will entirely prevent it; pint
once year for small tree up to half
a gallon for a large one. 1t is such
simple remedy that +; seems to be
worth q trial.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

A new labor field is opening. Eight
thousand cotton pickers are wanted in
Oklahoma. The colored man is not
there to take up his old time work, and
white men and women must be obtain
ed. The work appeals to the Italians.
many of whom are going south to
work in these cotton fields. Good
place for them, for they are children
of the sun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Recent apartments made in Eng
land show that power generated by
gasoline motors is 90 per cent cheaper
than steam power.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

We are running the cider mill these
early September days, and the juice
Of the Wealthy apple makes a drink
fit for the gods; it also makes the
finest of vinegar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

A man who will originate and propa-
gate as good a fruit as the Wealthy
apple is far better deserving of some
memorial in marble than the shedders
Of blood who fought or the spouters
Of wind who make laws.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

When a boy, well raised, goes wrong,
it may sometimes be found that there
was an old rascal Of grandfather on
either one side or other of the house.
Anyway, the grandfather being dead
and the law of heredity being no I'M
important factor, this becomes an easy
method Of disposing Of such case.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Two things, very similarly named.
are looming up as most important fac
tors connected with the agriculture of
the southwestern portion of the coun-
try. They are alfalfa and the catalpa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

One of the large railway lines of the
west will not use cedar ties for the
reason that they are too soft to stand
the terrific impact Of the modern loco
IllnAit,a
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

Oregon and Washington hop growers
are in clover this year-a fine crop,
nearly a ton to the acre, and % cents
a pound for the hops at the press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

hill of corn takes up about as
much room under ground as it does
above ground.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

The beastly Colorado potato bug
likes eggplant better than it does the
potato.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

The horsepower of the modern loco
motive is rated from $500 up.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21
TIME TABLE. W~
DEBORAH Iowa System

TRAINS LEAVE DEBORAH AS FOLLOWS
No. 5O4 Passenger, except Sunday l:55 p. m.
No. 542 Freight, except Sunday. =. $50 a. m.
TRAINS ARRIVE AT DECORATE:
No. 5O Passenger, except Sunday. les a. m.
No. 54l Freight, except Sunday. ....5:l5 p. IN.
Sunday stock train leaves at 500 a. IN.
For sleeping car reservations, tickets, time
Ia bles, etc.. apply to any Rock Island ticket
agent. U. g. GRUVER.
Local Agent
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

COLUMN

Rates-One cent per word nothing
less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-21

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The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31

Japanese may seriously hamper their
plans, as the ice in the Lao river is
going out, and when the river is free
from ice its mouth can be easily
mined
The conviction continues to grow
here that the Japanese have conclud-
ed that it would be inadvisable TO
make direct frontal attack on Man
,churia from Korea against the whole
Russian army, and that 1t will be
necessary to land fianking column in
the gulf of Lao Tung to divide the
attention of the Russians and If pos
sible to seize the railroad and cut off
Port Arthur The ground above New
Chwang is perfectly familiar TO the
Japanese, who occupied it for year
during the Chino Japan war.
Some experts even go so far as to
express the gelief that Vice Admiral
Togo was covering the movement of
transports in the gulf of Lao Tung
yesterday morning. and that therefore
he was compelled to exercise great
caution and to decline the Russian Of
Ter of an engagement.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31
BLOCK COAL MINERS
Tell Operators They Must Forc1
the Hosting Engineers
into the U. M. w.
OR THERE WILL BE A STRIFE
Joint Conference Again Thursday
Ia kibit of the Purdue Unsver-
sity at the Fai--

Brazil. Ind. March 2S.-The jofns
scale committee of the operators and
miners of the block coal district will
meet Thursday to reconsider the de-
mands of the miners which provide for
a low coal scale for machine work !;
that the operators should employ day
men to take up the .'bug-dust." or re-
fuse, and that blacksmiths who are
used as extra firemen should be paid
blacksmiths wages for their full time
At a three days. conference ending last
Thursday the operators refused the de-
mands. coDtending that they could not
afford the increase.
Would Force the Engineers In.
In addition to these differences the
miners have notified the hosting en-.
gineers' orga nization and the operators
that unless the hosting engineers aban-
don their unicn and join the United
Niue Workers by April 1 they will go
on strike on that date. Mack TayIcr.
the chief Of the Hosting Engineers
National union, made a proposition to
the United Mine Workers to turn his
Organization over in a body If the mine
workers would allow the engineers 10
select one Of their number as a men,
Der OF the district executive board.
Could Not Deliver the Goods.
The miners were willing to accept
hA 1.0
gineers of the district rejected it. To-
day the engineers scale committee is
IN session with the operators scale
committee to make contract. The
engineers demand the present scale.
while the operators propose reduc.
ton of 5.55 per cent 10th sides as
'scrt that they will stand firm.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31
VIII Give an Object Lesson.
WILL PAY FOR HIS BELIEF
Terre Haute Governor Who Has Religious
Views and Evidently Believes
m Them

Terre Haute. Ind. March 29.-Rob-
ert Pearson. Il grocer. who objected to
entertainments to which admission was
charged in the Second Christian
church, of which he is Il member, made
an offer to give per cent. of the re-
ceipts of his store if the practice is
discontinued. The congregation voted
unanimously to enter into the agree
ment. Pearson said lie had no objec-
ton to paid entertainments given by
church societies if given elsewhere
than in the church. Rev. Leonard Bar
Der. pastor of the church. said:
Il think that accepting Mr.. Pear
sons offer will be quite'a gain for the
church There is too much CONNER
cialism in present day church work,
and this plan will eliminate most of. it,
We will, no doubt be the gamers finan-
ciallly. am sure there will be a bet
ter chance for development of the spir-
itual side Of church work, as well as
the purely social side, if the matter of
dollars and cents is eliminated from
I'll entertainments"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31

convenience of such visiting bodies of
or other competent guides will be de-
tailed to pilot the parties through the
grounds and buildings. pointing out the
objects of greatest interest TO the chill
dren. From time to time there will be
lectures along educational lines.
But the entire Exposition is to be a
vast picture of universal industry. and
with its many marvellous machines in
motion. its factories and mines in oper-
alton. and its thorough exposition OF
the processes of producing finished arti-
cles from the raw material. ii will fur
nish object lessons to both teacher and
pupil which will be entertaining as
well as highly instructive. The child's
natural interest in seeing how things
work will be one of the greatest aids
toward the acquisition of knowledge
1t is safe to assert that there will be
thousands of children at the. Worlds
Fair who will learn more in one days
observation of the great moving pano-
rama than they could imbibe from a
whole seasons teaching through the
medium of text books
Suppose. for instance. that teacher
desires to give his pupils information
rs to the products of the various states
Of the Union. A walk along the Pla-
teau of States. where the state build
ings are located, suggests itself. In
each of these handsome buildings the
children will be able to gain informa-
ton which might require months to OBJ
tain in any other way. Further infor-
nation may be acquired by visiting the
exhibit palaces and studying the dis
plays Of the products of the states that
will be found therein.
If it is desired that the children learn
something about the actual workings of
mines. trip through the great mining
gulch on the Exposition Grounds will
furnish the information Here the pu-
pills may see gold. silver. copper. lead
and coal mines in operati ton. all the
processes Of taking out and reducing
the ores being shown.
A considerable knowledge of history
and a taste for historical reading may
be impaired to the school children By
slight effort upon the part of their
teachers in visiting the Government
building and examining the precious
documents to be shown there. Here
also the science of civil government
may be taught to much better advan-
tage than from text books. for each de-
partment of the National Government
will have its separate exhibit. showing
the workings of the departments. its
methods and aims.
To afford the pupils a general idea
of the nations of the world it will be
necessary merely to make tour of the
foreign government buildings. the teach
ers taking the pains to describe the
habits. industries and arts of the re-
spective peoples represented.
Suggestions as to how TO study the
Exposition to best advantage will be
prepared by competent persons and fur
nished to those in charge OF sch0o!
children.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31

TO MARCH 29th. 1904.

Lewis O. Hurford and wife to
James H. Matchett lot Boley's End
add Bourbon; $1,000.
Walter L. Hadley and wife. Oliver
j. Boulder q to Albert J. Olipnant
NV q Of ne q and ne q of nw q ex 20
fit of % % /: 500.
Dora and Anna Stegman to Harriet
K. Kendall n hf of lot 81 orig. Ply
mouth; 5000.
Abraham Shaffer and wife etal to
Mary E. Skies lots and 5 Logans add
Lapaz; 500.
Heirs of John G. Smith decd to
Philip L. and Elizabeth c. Wynant
und 1915 of 80 of hf of NV of
S 81 81 r A., $3.50.
Charles E. LaRue etal q C d to John
T. LaRue l a W of L. E. and w. RI in
S hf of 32 81 2: 500.
John Il. LaRue and wife to Hearv
E. Winlger aw OF L. E and W. RI
in hf of 81 81 2: 5000.
John McLaird and wife to Fillmore
J. Laird ne q OF Sc q and of W
20 of Sc q OF Sc q all in 81 30 T 4;
$4,000.
Marvin T. Loudon and wife to
Franklin Gibbons W 10 a ofnw Q If
sw in 81 t 81 2: 1925.
Harvey w. Coplen and wife to Ira
NJ. Fletcher and wife 90 OF e hf of
Sc Q of 80 80 3: $4,000.
George Setter ST to Ida Huff and
children lot : blk Is VIM. Fl. Huffs
1st add Bremen: $500.
Martin Lohm to John W. Nichols
Sc q of ne q ex RI of 20 80 r also
all W of RI in NV q of NV Q of 25 t333
r 1; $500.
Mary A. Strickland and bus to Roy
and Myrtle o. Kanous So # of lot
blk 4 Argos: sl400.
John w. Nichols and wife wd to
Martin Lohm d l.2 Of RI in W hf
of sw q of S PA 33 1: $500.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31
PURDuE's EXHIBIT AT THE FAIR
Will Assist In Presenting an Epitome of
the Country's Industrial and Tech
meal Educafiou.

Lafayette, Ind, March %. = The
faculty of Purdue university is pre-
pairing the exhibits which will be sent
to the Worlds fair at st. Louis. The
university has been allotted space in
the educational building, and a booth
has been erected in which there will
be displays from each department of
Purdue. The university will have a
prominent place in the collective ex-
hibit of the land grant colleges of the
United States. which is to present an
epitome of industrial and technical
education of the country.
1t will include the researches Of
these institutions in the fields of
science. Technology and agriculture
There will also be special exhibit
from Purdue relating to electrical en-
cheering in the Electricity building
The university will also contribute to
the educational exhibit from Indiana.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31
TO STUDY THE FAIR.
Excellent Opportunities For Public
Schools to Attend the Exposition
In Bodies-SpeciaI Rates
to Be Arranged.

The school children living within a
reasonable radius of st. Louis will have
opportunities in connection with the
Worlds Fair which never before have
been offered by any exposition. As this
Exposition is to be distinctively educa-
tention has been paid by the manage
ment to the development of the study
idea in connection with the Fair.
The correspondence of the officials
shows that the teachers or directors of
many public schools in Missouri and
other states not greatly distant from
the Exposition are DESTROYS of making
arrangements to bring their pupils in
bodies to the Fair in order that the
children may pass a few days in study
ing the features of the great spectacle
for their own intellectual benefit
Already number of such trips have
been planned, those in charge of each
school making arrangements with the
railroads for. special transportation
rates and securing hotel or boarding
uOuSC Observation-Disclosures III 81 A/OuiSs uOt
too far. from the fair grounds, at re-
duces prices: There is every proba bility
thst during the summer vacation, and
also In the spring and fall. there will
be numerous excursions to st. Louis of
school children who will attend the Elk
position in charge Of their teachers and
give particular attention to the fea-
lures which are best calculated to aid
them in mental development.
Teachers as well pupils cannot fail
to derive great benefit from q study Of
the Exposition. In the Palace OF Edu-
cation will be arranged an enormous
mass % material collected from the
schools OF every state and nation. scien-
tifcally classified and showing an In
valuable comparative exhibit OF the
work Of school children the world over;
also there will be a vast amount of
material serving to show the best meth
DDS Of teaching. sanitation of school
rooms and other things Of interest in
this connection.
Special facilities are to be provided
at the Exposition for the comfort and
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-03-31
Ely's LIQUID Cream Balm is an old

Ely's Liquid Cream Balm is an old
friend In a new form. 1t is prepared
for the particular benefit Of sufferers
from nasal catarrh who are used to an
atomizer in spraying the diseased
membranes. All the healing and
soothing properties Of Cream Balm
are retained IN the new preparation.
1t does not dry up the secretipns.
Price, including spraying tube, IS
cents. At your druggists or Sly
Brothers. 56 Warren Street, New
York, viii mail IL.