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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES.
From the June Issue of Red and Blue)


Miss Cole will attend Upper Iowa
University.
Miss Baker will teach manual
training next year.
-Supt. Johnson will spend the vaca-
tion at Iowa City.
-Undressed kids are the fashion
along the river banks.
Alice Baker is given the Scholar.
ship at DrakesUniversity.
Clara Andrus received the Scholar.
Ship at Upper Iowa University.
Miss Dontie Mott will enjoy a
trip to the Pacific coast this summer.
The Junior class will give the re.
ception for the Senior class at Marsh
hall.
Fred Blerman will graduate from
Columbia University at New York
this June.
Miss Orr will take Miss White.
heads place on the West Side the
coming year.
-Supt johnson entertained the
senior class at the Winnesheik Friday
evening, June I'd.
Miss Moen and Miss Gellermar
will attend the State Normal summer
session during vacation.
Misses Greer. Whalen. and Uhley
are contemplating attending the School
of Education of Chicago University.
Miss Whitehead has resigned heI
position in the fifth ward school and
has accepted better position at Grin.
nell. Iowa.
Miss Marjorie Vance '03 and Fred
Reed '03 have returned from Mime.
sofa university to spend the summer
vacation here.
The staff for "Red and Blue
next year was elected June I'd. They
are:
Editor in Chief-Marjory Marsh.
Assistant Editor-Will Lee.
Literary-Minnie Palmer.
Athletic-Arthur Ellsworth.
Local and Personal-Ladice Boice.
Observation-Disclosures Haugen.
Business Manager-Ben Olson.
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that city Attorney be called in to ex-
plain matters pertaining to the junk
ordinance. Motion carried
A communication from A. G. Koenig
relative to the paving of Washington
street and the repairs on said street was
read.
1t was moved and seconded the City
Council or Street Committee at 80
p. m. on Thursday 60 over the paving
and see what repairs are necessary and
report at the next meeting. Motion
carried.
A petition signed by the County
board of Supervisors and others, petit
tioing for brick paving on Main. Court,
Broadway and Winnebago streets was
read. Motion by Adams, seconded by
Vance, the petition be received and
placed on file; motion carried.
A petition, signed by Ben Bear,
Citizens Savings Bank and others,
asking to have the alleys in Block IL
and IL paved with vitrified brick was
read.
Motion by Adams, seconded by Gill
lett, the petition be received and placed
on file; motion carried.
Motion by Curtin, seconded by Gill
lett. the petition for paving the alleys
in Blocks l and 2 be granted. Roll call
vote, 8 yeas, no nays; motion was
carried. The "Reminiscences against
the proposed paving of Broadway and
Main streets were read. 1t was moved
and seconded they be received and
place on file; motion carried.
Motion by Gillett, seconded by
Couse, the petition signed by the
Couutv Roard If SuDeryisOrs and
Others be granted. Roll call vote 8
yeas and nay; motion was carried.
Motion by Sayre, seconded by Vance,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14
THE COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER,

Thursday evening June15th, the COM
mencement address will be given by
Professor Wilcox of the state uniyers-
ity. He is at the head Of the History
department there, and is one of the
best speakers the university sends out.
His subject will be: "Why Does John
Go toCollege?" which no doubt will
be interesting as well as instructive.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14
Found a Cure for Dyspepsia.

Mrs. S. Lindsay, of Fort William,
Ontario, Canada, who has suffered
quite number years from dyspepsia
and great pains in the stomach, was
advised by her. druggist to take Cham
berlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets.
She did so and says, 81 find that they
have done me great deal of good.
l have never had any suffering since
began using them. ~ If troubled will
dyspepsia or indigestion why not take
these Tablets, get well and stay WELL
For sale by Engbertson's Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14

"A complete stock of the finest
grades of groceries at the same price
you pay for ordinary goods, at the G.
S. Marsh grocery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14
June 18th, 1905.

The City Council met regular
session, Mayor Daubney presiding.
Members present; Croft, Baker. Har-
mon, Adams, Curtin, Vance. Couse
Savre and GilIett. Mr.. Hovden absent.
The minutes of the previous meet
ings were read and approved.
The Report of the Treasurer was
read and accented
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-06-14
WANT
COLUMN

Rates-One Cent per word. Nothing
less than ten cents.
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REPORT OF FINANCE
COMMITTEE.

Thereas, the following claims have
been examined and approved by the
Finance Committee, therefore, be it
Resolved, that they be allowed and
the money necessary to pay the same
be and is hereby appropriated and the
Mayor and Clerk are directed to issue
orders on the City Treasurer for the
sama
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-07

wayman that if he would send it to
our house in York his messenger
should receive five times it's value and
no questions asked. The robber scarce
" seemed to hear him, so intent was
he upon me, not the wrinKled old wom-
an of to-day, but with as fair skin,
as blue an eye, as golden head OF
hair as any girl in England.
Good SIR" said the roDber, II would
not take your snuffbox but for the OPP
portunity it gives me to take it to your
house myself, and if l decline the price
you put upon it please set the fact
down to the influence Of the young
lady beside you, whose beauty and in
nocence prevent my retaining any ar
ticle Of yours. | have the honor, sir,
to bid you a very good evening"
Raising his hat with all the grace Of
a courtier he turned away directing
the coachman to drive on.
That winter was a gay one in our
set in town, and after attending nu-
merous entertainments at the homes Of
our friends we concluded to return the
civilities by giving a masked ball. Our
house was lighted with a thousand
candles, and the costumes Of the
guests were of the richest and widest
variety. One of the gentlemen person
ated q highwayman, wearing brace
of pistols in his belt, with an ugly
looking knife to match. He came up
to me and asked me to dance. The
moment he spoke l recognized the
man who had robbed US on the road
from London.
I permitted him to lead me in the
minute He danced so gracefully, his
figure was so symmetrical, he was SO
courtly in his manner that every one
noticed him. When the dance was
finished he led me away to widow
where we stood partly screened behind
the curtains. Then he handed me my
fathers snuffbox.
How did you dare come here?"
asked.
.'I would have dared anything to see
you again" he replied.
go at once l said. you will be
caught Every one has noticed you"
Il would willingly hang for the
pleasure have gained in one dance
with you"
Despite the danger he ran, we talked
together so continuously that we began
to excite attention. A strange happi-
nes thrilled me- This fascinating high
waFman had caught the fancy OF
Young girl naturally full OF romance.
and to know that he was risking his
life to be Nth me was supremely de-
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lightful. l feared for him, but could
not bear to let him go. Finally, / saw
my father coming toward US with
flashing eyes. | knew by the way he
looked at my companion that he had
got some clew to his identity. We
vanished in the crowd, slipped
through the garden, and my highway
man passed off the place in safety.
Later, when my father found me,
gave him the snuffbox. He sent out to
notify the police that the highwayman
was in town. but he was never caught
One spring morning, was sitting In
the garden in the rear of the house.
when above the wall I saw the head
of a man. / was about to scream
when he spoke. l recognized the
voice of my highwayman lover He
persuaded me to make an appointment
with him in a wood near the city, and
there we met on several occasions. He
confessed that he was the second son
of nObleman who had taken to the
road from q keen love Of adventure
He finally persuaded me at one Of our
meetings to go with him to magis-
trate and be married. l never return
ed to my home but sailed to France
with your grandfather.
Don't start, don't bend your head
for shame, at learning that you have
descended front will not say a high
wayman-a nobleman whose love for
adventure blighted his life and made
him an exile. My husband was be-
loved by all who knew him and wor-
SHIPPED by his wife and children. Even
In those youthful escapades he never
benefited by a shilling dishonesty, and
many a person whom he stopped on
the highway and found in need he
helped.
The Earl of Ballincorne, his brother,
dying, the title and estates descended
to his only son, who died, childless,
yesterday. His death leaves you the
next in line. Here are the papers con-
firming you in your claim.-Pittsburg
Press
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Crnns with Clover.

Those who have grown clover sue
cessfully know that the crop requires
considerable moisture, and the lack Of
moisture in the soil is usually at the
bottom of the summer killing of Glow
>er 1t is an almost universal custom
to SOW what is known as nurse crop
with clover Whether the practice is
right or wrong depends upon condi-
tons, and these conditions are the
enables it to conserve the moisture
and the amount Of moisture taken
from the soil by the nurse crop Just
as the foolish orcbardist expects
crop of apples j. ~ " 4 of hay or
grain from the same soil, so the av-
erage farmer expects crop of rye or
oats and a crop Of clover from the
same soil. The nurse crop thus be-
comes the robber crop, for it takes
from the soil the moisture needed to
make the proper growth Of clover.
If one wants a crop of rye or oats
then one should leave the clover out
but If the clover is wanted, then the
seeding of the nurse crop should be
very light, only enough to furnish the
necessary protection to the clover. A
bushel or even less an acre of rye or
oats is sufficient for seeding with the
clover; then if we occasionally pillow
under a good crop of clover we are
adding humus to the soil which will
enable it to do much for future crops
Introduction Of the Peach.
There is an interesting story about
The introduction of the peach into
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-07
AN INHERITANCE.
~~~NSoN~N~

m hoy boy have ave sent mnd for you ,n to
S1otS nouncement. Since the Earl
Of Ballincorne Is dead, childless, you
are the rightful heir to that earldom.
No, don't smile incredulously, thinking
your old grandmother to be wandering
or in her second childhood, but listen
to what l am about to tell you.
I wish could make you understand
the difference in this early part of the
nineteenth century, when Mr.. Stephen
son has succeeded in drawing coaches
by steam, and the middle of the eight
zenith century, when coaching was in
its prime and We who rode had the
excitement of an occasional robbery.
The highwayman was not the brute
who now murders first and robs after
ward. but was often cnivalrous, espe-
ciallv to women When l was a girl
OF 20, l Travelled from London to
York with my father, and on the ROAD
we met one of those gentlemen. we
were passing lonely part of the road
IN the dusk of the evening, when we
heard an order to the coachman TO
stop. 4 masked man rode up to the
coach window holding pistol in our
faces and demanding our valuabies.
His voice was soft and musical, ana
his hand was white and shapely, and
l noticed that the lace that fell over
1t was of the finest texture.
Ny father had but little money with
him. but he did have valuable snuff
Gox that had been presented him by
the King himself. Hs tale the h'gs-
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For FatteninR Fowls.

In fattening poultry for market be
sure and produce, as nearly as is pos
sible, the color Of flesh desired. If
the market demands fowls with white
flesh, feed during the fattening period
O mixture composed of two pounds
Of ground oats, two pounds Of ground
buckwheat and one pound of ground
corn. Use skim milk for mixing, and
make to the consistency of thin por-
ridge If a yellow flesh is wanted,
feed rations Of two pounds of ground
corn, one pound of ground oats and
one pound of ground buckwheat. In
either ration a small quantity Of salt
should be added to give flavor.
In the absence of skim milk for
mixing the ration, use water, but in
clude with the ground food a little
meat and a few finely chopped vege-
tables. No matter what the breed
of fowl to be fattened, care should
be used not to feed too much corn,
for it will not be possible for the
birds to relish it long, hence they will
not eat greedily enough to fatten
them quickly and proGtably.
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THE WAY.

The pathway to the Land of Life
Passes the threshold of my door.
It turns down yonder narrow street,
Hedged by the dwellings of the poor,
1t winds beside the house of woe,
Under lit panes where watchers wait
Who strives too swiftly on that road
Reaches the end too late.
But he who pauses, turning back,
For deed of love, for word of cheer,
Faithful, unhasting, unafraid,
Nor wondering if the end be near
Lo. where the shadow blacklist falls,
While yet he seems midmost the strife,
Enters through the uplifted gates
Into the Land of Life.
Independent.
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se.ect Your Seed Corn.

The farmer who has uniformly
good corn crop is generally the man
who looks after his seed himself. He
does not buy from any dealer whose
circular happens to fall into his hands
and plant the seed without testing.
The careful farmer picks out his
seed from the best of his own crop or
that Of his neighbor, sees that it Is
properly dried and cared for during
the winter and tests it before planting
in the spring. The careless farmer
does not do these things and then
kicks because his crop is a failure. He
ought to hire a man to apply some
good lusty kicks to his own person.
The seedsmen are not always to
blame Some Of them are honest The
farmer should test his seed for him
self, and if it be good give the seed
man his due; if, on the other hand,
it be bad, let him dispose of it the
best he can A failing that growers
have is to delay securing their seed
until too little time is left to obtain
an adequate knowledge Of its real
value
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1905-07-07
A BOY ON A FARM.
BY Charles Dudley Warner.

3 Say what you will about the general useful
I Mness of boys, it Is my impression that farm
| III without a boy would very to grief
| VI What a boy does is the life Of the farm He
] III lis the factotumy always in demand, and always
lexpected to do the thousand and one things that
| Il nobody else will do. Upon him falls the odds
| n and ends, the difficult things. After every
- body else is through, he is to finish His
work is like a womans-perpetually waiting on others
Everybody knows how much easier it Is to cook good
dinner wash the dishes afterwards Consider what
a boy on Is required to do-thngs that must be
done life would actually stop 1t is understood in the
place. that he is to do all the errands to go to the
store post Office and carry all sorts of If
he many legs the cenpede they would tire be-
fore night His two short limbs to him entirely in
adequate the task. He would like to have many
legs wheel has spokes and rotate in about the
way This he tries to do and the people who have
turning cartwhees along the side Of the road
posed he amusing himself and iding his time
he only trying to invent mode Of locomotion
so that he could economic his legs and do his errands
with greater dispatch He practices standing his head
accustom himself to any position. Leaptrog
of his methods Of getting the ground quickly
would willingly go errand any distance if he
could leap-frog it with few boys. He has natural
genius combining pleasure with business this why
he to the spring for pitcher of water he
is absent long; stops poke frog
on the stone or there is pen-spout to put his hand
the spout and squirt the water little while He
the who spreads the the it, he
away the barn; cultivate the
corn up and the hot weary rows he picks up
potatoes when they dug brings wood and water
and splits kndng he gets Up the cows and turns
the Whether he is in the house house.
there always something to do Just before school
winter he shoves paths in the he turns the grind
He knows where there wntergreens and
sweet flags but instead of going for them to stay
indoors and apples and stone raisins pound
thing in mortar And yet with his mind full schemes
of what he would like to do and his hands of occupa
ton he is IAN idle boy who has nothing to busy himself
with but school and chores He would gladly
work If somebody else would do all the Chores thinks
and doubt if any boy amounted to ANYTHING in
the world or was of much who did not en-
joy the advantages of liberal education the way of
chores.
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4.merica more than 200 years ago. In
Maryland there is an old estate called
Peach Blossom, which was the seat
of the historical Robins family, who
came from England. One of the fam
lily, Thomas Robins, was a great
traveller and roamed all over the ac-
cessible regions of the world In Per-
STA he found the peach, a fruit then
unknown in England and America,
and brought back some peach stones
which he planted on the Robins es-
tate. When the trees blossomed the
flowers were so much admired that
the name of the estate was changed
from Arcadia to Peach Blossom. A
stone tablet once gave the date of the
planting of the peach stone, but it
has disappeared in the general wreck
and ruin of the place, the glories
which departed many years ago.
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WN0

sbe Morgan finally turned to Mr. Baer and said What
do you think about t replied: II think it
be done"
Mr.. Morgan looked at him moment, and with hearty
slap on the back exclaimed: You're my want
man who do things At the next meeting Baer made
good his promise, and afterward the thing
plshed.
AS Baer had already made for himself and
was well known this incident perhaps has weight
showing Morgans view Of the subject and his prompt
way of putting in practice than proving the certainty
Of recognition and opportunity
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Ia Bronze Fashionable

A man and woman, possibly contem-
plating the purchase of wedding
present, were standing in front Of a
store window a few days ago gazing
at some bronze figures, several Of
them by celebrated artists. After a
brief silence the woman asked: Are
they Fashionable, 1 wonder ?'-Phila-
delphia Press.
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Guarding the Treasury.

A member of the Board of County
Commissioners of Woods County OBJ
iected when the board voted to pass
an item of the County Clerks expense
account entered as ribbon for type
writer" He said the clerks type
writer was a nice girl, but didn't
think the county ought to buy her
cIothes.-Kansas City Journal.
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NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The Census Bureau rules that
women must tell their ages to the
enumerators 1t should be called the
Senseless Bureau, the New York Her
aid ayoWs.
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whether mental or manual skilled unsklled, COM
petitive wages.
Ihese facts made the organization Of labor primary
necessity of labor No one familiar with the in
dustral history of the past century deny organ
cation Is not only the right but the necessity
LABOR The strike is often the only available for
correcting ntoerable conditions simplest sanitary
safeguards For instance have worked sixteen hours
day for IS month and my~k keep such as it was
ganized.
one OF the great needs Of organized labor however
greater responsibility With the organization capital has
come responsibility and the should be case with
labor believe that the hope for the future depends pr
maray upon this-the legal responsibility of organizd la
Dor Infough some method for the incorporation
lied labor believe there would follow the development
OF jurisprudence adjusting the relations the two
classes.
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The reason 1t takes two women so
long to say good-by Is that they are
both determined to have the LAST word
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to make the mistake. have found MANY bargains
which have been the dearest things purchased It
that they not worth the money but the money
if spent in another direction, worth to me- |
have known appalling instances wages and sal
aries the larger of which has been spent securing
what of the slightest purchaser In one
penny spent secured its pennywort in an
other way the thing bought not worth halfpenny
Getting ones moneys worth is occupation full Of
problems. l know who to his Office two
miles every day to fare What he wears out in
boots he entirely ignores. l know another who when
suddenly reduced to his last 90 note spent 800 in
chasing hat clothes It might have seemed
ridiculous extravaganza but his appearance helped
him to get good situation in days consider that
he got more than his moneys worth there Of
thing is what it is worth to the buyer" political
economist, and he undoubtedly was right
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producing food.
Keep the chicks growing all the
time and give them all the liberty you
can. Quick maturity means winter
laying hens.
The most profitable growth of any
animal is that made early in life.
When the dry spell comes don't let
the young stock fall off in flesh, for
it is had to get them started again.
Can farmer afford to buy hay? In
deed, no. All through the middle
West prices are from $16 to SO for
timothy, $40 for pea hay and $12 for
oats straw A farmer might as well
think of buying eggs and butter.
The Garden Magazine, Of Boston,
whose editor knows all about grass,
says the best way to kill the dandelion
and other weeds is to crowd them out
with grass Lime and land plaster
will help some, by making the grass
grow better.
Emmer, commonly but enormously
called "speltz," is regarded as a fine
crop in the Northwest. 1t was intro
duced by German-Russian settlers, al
though the department of agriculture
has since imported large amount of
this seed. 1t must be sown in the
spring.
Some Northern farmers have a no.
ton that grass will not grow in the
South. North Carolina has grown
more hay per acre in the last ten
years than the State of Iowa, yet Iowa
grows a million tons for every hun
dred Thousand that North Carolina
grows. Grass grows all right in the
South, but the trouble is, farmers
so close to their eyes that they cannot
see anything else.
Those great schemes for co-opera-
ton among farmers are still being
pushed. AS rule they are advocated
by men who have little standing at
home, and who could not combine
with their own neighbors. Their prop
osition is too large. It is like
starting to build a great house with
out making sure that all the little
joints are tight We have little hope
for those great combinations until
farmers first learn how to combine
with neighbors and friends. The
Grange, or the local farmers club,
may grow into a larger society, but
the big one will not build up the small
err one. Education grows up-not
down.