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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
SHEEP KILL WEEDS.

y A reader wants to know what the
sheep will do for the morning glory
or bindweed, which is such a pest in
the cornfields of the corn belt. The
sheep is the natural enemy of this
weed pest and will eat every spear Of
it down to- the ground. American
farmers have not yet learned how very
valuable the sheep is as weed de-
stroyer or more of them would be kept
for this purpose alone If for no
other. We are firm believer in the
keeping of cooperative fiocks Of sheep,
fiocks Of sheep owned by three or more
farmers in a community, to be pas
tured on the owners fields under the
care of shepherd, thus keeping the
highways trimmed up and the fields
free from weeds. The plan is entirely
feasible and does away with the need
Of expensive fencing and gives the
sheep the run of all the land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
NEED OF SMALL FARMS.

There Is much speculation as to the
cause Of the decline In population Of
many Of the best agricultural sections
Of the west. 1t may be accounted for
partly by the Increased value Of farm
land, the young men being unable to
buy farms; by the high price of farm
help. compelling the greatly increased
use Of machinery, this In turn involv-
Ing increased acreage to make it prof.
table. This condition is to be re
GREETED, for no farm Is so profitably
worked as the small farm, bringing In
Its trail denser population, better
schools, improved highways ana bet
ter social environment
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
GOLD I'M CROPS.

II reports are true, gold of greater
or less, probably less, quantity has
been found In southern Nevada. This
will be the financial graveyard for a
lot Of fools, just as California, Klon-
dixie and Cripple Greek have been in
the past AS some economist has said,
there is far more profit in scratching
the top Of the earth than ever came
from digging around underneath. At
the time of the Klondike fever many
man mortgaged or sold gold mine
in the shape of good farm in order
to raise funds to engage in a business
Of which he knew absolutely nothing.
Many people are like the man in the
fable who travelled the world over to
find a four leaf clover and, returning
home empty handed, found his own
front yard full Of 1t.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
Buy Tickets at Home.

Coupon tickets to all points sold here
via Chicago, Milwaukee & st. PauT
Railway. In planning your winter
trip to California or to Florida, or
any other trip east or west, north or
south, hear in mind that the local
agent of the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway can sell through
tickets and make sleeping car reser-
vations for You. He can also help you
by giving you information regarding
rates, routes and train service.
This is coupon ticket station of
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul
Railway, which means that the ticket
agent will sell you through tickets
and check baggage over connecting
lines.
S. V. POTTER,
46-4 Ticket Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
Wood Saving.

/ am prepared to do wood saving
by power-saw at 90, So and 70 cents
per cord. Satisfaction guaranteed.
46-3pd. E. Y. Gilette
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
WOOD FOR PAVING.

1t is interesting to note the return
to wooden blocks for paving purposes
In this age of brick and asphalt. Re
ports show that In England, where
these creosoted wooden blocks have
been used for paving, soft wood thus
treated has life Of from twelve to
fifteen years. while hard woods last
from three to four years longer, and
this when subjected to the heaviest
kind of traffic. The noiselessness Of
this type Of paving and the excellent
footing which 1t gives to horses are
great recommendations In Its favor.
Two species Of wood from Australia
are said to be the best suited for this
purpose = karri and jarrah = though
Australian and California gums are
also used with good results. oer.s
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
Live Stock Exposition. Chicago, Dec 29tl

The Rock Island system has arrang.
ed to sell round trip tickets at all of
its stations to Chicago for the above
occasions at one fare plus 81. Tickets
will be on sale Dec. 3-6 inclusive.
good returning until Dec 10th.
For full information call on nearest
ticket agent. or address JNO. G..
FARMER, Division Passenger Agent
Cedar Rapids, Ia. 45-3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
aga
Sluggish Liver a Foe 10 Ambi ton

You can not accomplish very much
if your liver is inactive as YOU feel
dull, your eyes are heavy and slight
exertion exhausts you. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup stimulates the liver and
bowels and makes you feel bright and
active. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
does not nauseate or grippe and is mild
and very pleasant to take. Orino is
more effective than pills or ordinary
cathartics. Refuse substitutes Brunt
& Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
Proper.

40. Punishments. (a) Proper.
(b) Improper.
46. Prizes.
AZ. Visiting homes in the district.
AZ. Encouraging visits from. par
ents. To what extent?
40. What shall we do with pupils
on cold or stormy DAYS?
so. Desirability of teachers re-
naming longer in one school.
School officers are requested not
only to permit their teachers To close
school to attend the meeting in their
locality, but to urge their teachers
to attend.
Very truly,
E. J. Hook,
Co.ssSup't.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29

1t is difficult to cure a cough or
free yourself from the discomforts of
a cold unless you move the bowels
Bees Laxative Honey and Tar acts
on the bowels and drives all cold out
of the system. For Group, Whooping-
Cough. Colds, and all Lung and
Bronchial affections. no remedy is
equal to the original Bees Laxative
Honey and Tar. A Liquid Cold Cure.
--Brunt & Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-11-29
II. l.. COFEEEN
REAL ESTATE DEALER.

Has bargains in land near DEBORAH,
also in other parts of Winneshiek County.
He can give you as good bargains on
Dakota or Wisconsin lands as any dealer
in the state. Office with c. S. Boice
over Reeds Hardware Store. References
those to whom he has sold land. Call on
him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
HIP POCKET AND REVOLVER
Ex-Ranger Says Weapons Are Not
Carried There by Cowboys.

%Ex-Ranger Says Weapons Are Not
Carried There by Cowboys.
81 have just been reading one of
these books of Texas life, so-called,"
said an ex-ranger, who has had many
dangerous experiences with bad
men," according to the San Antonio
Express. 1.-THE hero was a Texas
cowboy, who wore a pistol in his hip
pocket. Now, anybody with a grain of
would know that cowboys don't
go into hip pockets for their shoot
ing arms. It's clumsy and unsafe.
when a man needs his gun he
needs it bad and so he will keep it in
handy reach. He isn't going to take
any chances of throwing his coat back
or having his pistol stick when he
tries to pull it out. Besides, a pistol
big enough to do the work, with a bar
rel long enough to insure accuracy of
aim, wouldn't go into the hip pocket,
anyway.
Some fellows carry theirs in their
holster, fixed on the right side Of their
belts and they let the belt swing
loose, so that the pistol hangs well
down on the hip. That's well enough;
but always preferred to carry mine
in a holster under my left arm sus-
pended from the shoulder and a little
to the front.
I'm this way there is 40 vulgar dis
play of the weapon; yet when you
need it, all you have to do is to let
your right hand fall carelessly, as if
you were going to take a lead pencil
out of your vest pocket, and you are
ready for any kind of argument"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
Man who Planned washInuton.

Major Pierre Charles Infants body
has lain for eighty years in an I'M
marked grave on Green Hill, just
outside the city of Washington, says
the New York Sun. 1t was Infants
genius that made Washington the
Getty of Magnificent Distances" His
reward from the government for his
labors was less than $4,000, and in
MS later years he was dependent on
charity. Now 1t is proposed to have
the government erect a monument
over his grave, the owners of the sur
rounding land having declared their
willingness to grant a public way to
the grave and dedicate it as a mem
orial to the distinguished engineer.
All that congress is asked to appro-
pirate to build the monument is $500.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
RED LINE MADE BY AN U~NSPEAKABLE CURT

The quirt hung from the catch of
q safety" pin on the fifth plank of
the east side of Evans shack. In the
butt Of the quirt were sixty steel
cased bullets. This gave the butt Sc
curity. At the end of the quirt was
a single strip of rawhide, thin, edged,
w-ater-soaked, sailed; it had been
torn one night when a cold rain came
and a stampede from the flank of a
maverick east of the Sinking river.
The wife of Evan was within the
shack at the making of the noon meal
of pancakes, canned peas and corn
from an outer world of industry tum-
bled in, eggs added by the thunder of
the plains. She was lonesome. A
mans lonesomeness may express
itself through his love of liquor or his
holiness for worry, or his disregard for
his given word. A woman's lonesome
ness seeks companionship.
Sterling, on a pinto, was coming up
the Fawn trail. He leaned c~arelessly
forward in the Dutch-cradle saddle,
laughing to himself. The hinder hoofs
OF the pinto sent spurlr Of dust cir
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

cling to the grazing sheep far below.
Evan was with the sheep figuring the
cost of the dip" the price OF the
wool, the worth of the pelts, the rate
of mutton-it is possible for a man to
reckon these beyond the value of a
woman's trust. Sterling knew this,
and smiled.
He refined in at the shack and call
ed. Evans wife came out and took
the hand he proffered. Between these
two nothing had V passed, but at
this moment he was companionship-
and Evan still fingered with his
sheep-in the sheep was money.
Sterling bent far down from his
saddle-horn, and still holding her
hand whispered something, a devil
may-care smile at his lips. The yell
lowish pink of a tired woman swept
over her face. Evan was yet with
the sheep.
Now whether 1t be here or whether
it be there-what matters the place
to you or me-blood tells. Evans
wife had starved in the wilderness
about her. starved for the touch Of a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

kindly hand, the ring of a voice that
cared, for the sight of hope itself
the angel of the peaks and Of tba
green meadows over which the rain
had swept-but the blood of those
VINO never give up, who take faitb
the cross of trust to the rough edsa
OF a rude cut grave. was in her.
Perhaps it came from The motbo.
mayhap from the father; p~ercbance
from some royal ancestor Of ages aUo
Who knows? 'eo'
The quirt leaped from its catch
the safety" pin on the fifth nlant y,
the east side of Evans shack anS ~
the hand of Evans wife II emf aorora
tne smiling face of Sterling. the niuto
rider, a long, ~blood-red, cruel mnr,' o
so he rode away blindly striking y.
the red that filed his eye and mar az
ca ms lips, and the woman. still alono
IN the heart, went back to the si1n,jne
pan Of cakes. sizziing
Evan unknowing, yet halted ho,ou.
WIN tne sheep and the possible nroet.
in the pelts.-H, l. G., in cp p,onss
Evening Post. Onlcago
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
A Woman Taxldermist.

When not engaged in her profession
as surgeon-in-chief to the wax figures
in the show-windows Of Minneapolis,
Mrs. Annie l.. Zimmerman works as a
taxidermist. Equally successful in
both occupations, it is difficult for Mrs.
Zimmerman to say which she finds
the more fascinating. Repairing wax
figures requires a delicate touch and
an artistic sense as we'll as accurate
knowledge of anatomy and coloring,
vet mounting an elk's head requires
a degree Of skill that comes only by
practice. Mrs. Zimmerman employs
men to assist in mounting animals too
heavy for a woman to handle, but she
has entire supervision of the work.
The Pilgrim.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
GHOST IN SALVATION ARMY
Barracks at %Rhymney, South Wales,
Said TO Be Aaunted-

Said to Be Haunted.
Not for 8100 would L again go
through the experience" is the declar-
alton of a man living at Rhymney,
South Wales, who, according to the
London Mail, with companions this
week set himself to lay a ghost"
which is said to haunt the local sal
walton army barracks.
The specter takes the form of a tall,
stoutly built woman, clad in yellow,
with a drawn face of CHASTITY hue and
terrible cleaning eyes. The young
lady captain of the barracks has been
so unnerved that she will not enter
the place.
Il have not actually seen the spirit.
or whatever it may be-" she said, but
a few months ago I heard a mysteri-
Gus rustling sound, as if some woman
were walking close past me. On
Wednesday night l distinctly felt an
arm placed across the bed"
Her female colleague, a lieutenant.
has seen the specter and has in con.
sequence received such a shock that
she is now PROSTATE. This woman
first saw the specter when she was
sweeping the stairs at the barracks.
Suddenly the tall woman in yellow
walked with noiseless steps through
the hall into the kitchen, where she
seemed to melt into thin air.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
The Sour Sailor.

Captain Frederick Muller, the presi-
dent of the Rough Riders association
was talking in Santa Fe about the
arrogance of a sea captain whom he
knew.
1t was impossible for a passenger"
Captain Muller said, ito get a civil
answer out of this man. Ask him
the simplest and p~olitest question and
with a gruff impertinence he turns his
back on o and walks away.
Captain Miller smiled.
"But a friend of mine" he said
n got the better of the sour fol.
low in a delightful way.
"The captain was standing near tbe
bow of the boat, examining tbrongb
his glasses a passing ship.
What ship is that?' said nv friend
The captain frowned at him.
Go ask the cook he said.
"'Oh, l beg your pardon, said NV
friend. I thought you were the
cook" W
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
Words Cheaper Than Stones.

George Meredith, whose novels deal
with English social life, not long ago
finished building a home for himself,
which is described as being charming,
but somewhat small. While the build
ing of his little home was going on,
a young woman visited the author
and presented a letter of introduction.
Meredith, with some pride, took the
young woman through the building;
but with an expression of d~isappoint-
ment she remarked: "In your books
you describe huge castles and spa
cious baronial halls, but when you
come to build you put up a little bit
of a house like this. Why is it?"
WELL" replied Meredith, sit is be-
cause words are cheaper than stones"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
Vital Statistics.

Everyone who is troubled with
symptoms will be interested in the
statistics prepared by a leading life
insurance company showing at what
ages different diseases may be expect
ed to stop human machinery. The
figures deal with a period of fifty
three years-1S45-1S9S-during which
time 46,525 deaths passed under re-
view; They. of course, tell nothing of
individual cases, but of the average
or typical cases they reveal much.
Skilful physicians are connected
with the large life insurance offices,
to examine into the physical condition
OF applicants for insurance, and to
make a careful investigation of the
causes of death in cases of policy hold
ers.
The records of the company in ques-
ton show that the chances are about
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
Preventive MsaI

A practical plan for q
spread of tuberculosis ID
veyances has Just been pd
Anti-Tuberculosis league l
says the Leader, has reed
gestion that the conduc
piled with small cards q
printed request that pss
sist from splitting on the
er with a copy of the laY
ject. When the conducI
passenger violating the 4
pected to hand the offa
the cards. lie avoids all
the passenger, the othe
note what has been 10
thought that the expS
either become embarras
the car, or take the sugga
faith and abstain from I
offense. E
The nti-Tuberculosls
was organized recently !
great deal of literature
tribute among the schoa.
shops, the tenement dis
all places where the see
along hygienic and SAINT j
ing to prevent the spree
losis would show promlss 4
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
What Our Plq Iron Would Make.

The pig iron produced in the United
States in one year would make a col
umn twice the height and size of the
Eiffel Tower. The iron and steel
rails, if made into one rail, would
be e~ighty-one feet wide at the base,
just as high, and a mile and a fifth
long. The coke used in blast fur
naces would form a column 400 feet
square, $500 feet high, and the lime
stone used would make a column 200
feet square and $500 feet high.-Suc-
cess Magazine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13
T RI
Salad Sandwiches q

Salad Sandwiches
ten minutes; drop in
minutes; peel, and Vh
mash fine with a silver
a tablespoonful OF ing
teaspoonfuls of lemon
taste and a little Wate
fine. After cutting on 4
ter sparingIy the end N
of good Graham bread
thin. sharp knife, cut as
possible. Butter ana y
have slices to make th9
Der of sandwiches sp
slice with egg mixture
a lettuce leaf washed
another slice and press
Trim the edges, remoylI
cut across twice dlagY
range the triangles on
on a wooden bread pla
Toasted eranOse rIs
and Fruit Juice. -IoSl
the oven delicately'
crisp them we'll; spri1
a cppful of ground
nuts. dust lightly
serve with fruit juice
Baked Bananas-Be1
a cup and a half Oh
Peel one dozen Oana1
batter, roll in gra1
crumbs; repeat. PlaC
bake twenty minute
Serve with
Orange sauee-MiA
a cup of sugar ana
spoonful of cornstar'D
the following order
of lemon juice tns
orange. a little Of me
tiers of a cup OF
| in ten minutes in ~
ring constantly.
whip in the whites u
stir.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

: WORK FOR HEALTH
Body in Proper Physical Cond,tiosp


six to four that Consumes,
ry of its victims befor p.ic1
.orty,hye. Fifty-nine per - u
Ierers from this disease y J
they reach this age. Abov.
per cent of cases is oplv
In general diseases, sucS
pox, diphtheria, mess s.cn
chances do not differ 49,
per cent of the deaths from /
eases occur under the az.
five; S6 per cent, betwse"
and sixty; "a per cent. AMI
Apoplexy, softening Of tSa
paralysis chiefly aHlct eldsIl
90 per cent of the deaths II
causes occurring above mi
IL per cent below forty.svs
The probabilities are MI
from other nervous dIsessaI
reach the age of sixtv y
cent of deaths from these L
curing after that age.
Heart disease aflicts
the elderly and middle ~
per cent of deaths from
occurring before fo~rty.aye|
age.
Although pneumonia has
the old mans disease"
are sixty-four to thlrty-six
dying of this disease after
sixty. Twenty-nine per !
deaths from pneumonia IA
forty-fve, 80 per cent bet
five and sixty, and but an
above sixty. Other respIs
eases, such as broncbiHs
etc, grant a little longes
life.
arrangements of the diaS
tenn do not CLEAN from
very large number Of
chances being more than
against those so afflicted
age of sixty. Thirty per
deaths from this class Of
cur under the age Of toi
per cent, between forty.hx
ty; 80 per cent, above sid
Victims of Bright's disc
fair chance of reaching
16 in 100 dying of this dl
forty-fve.
Complaints classified
urinary are old-age dise
cent Of the deaths from sd
curing at ages above SKI
Fifty per cent of the
violent causes occur und
Fully 6S per cent of ths
yer deaths occur under ID
only 8 per cent at ages
sixty.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

Thus the total reward of L'Infant will
be not to exceed $4,000 for laying out
the nations capital, a sum that many
architects and engineers today would
not regard as sufficient compensation
for planning a twenty-fve-acre III
try place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

M. Vignaud, secretary Of the Ameri-
can embassy at Paris, announces, af.
ter forty years of study on the sub.
ject, that Columbus was a humbug.
Luckily, America is now at a point
where her feelings won't be hurt by
the discovery
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

The theatrical trust gentleman's
statement that $4,000 is too slim a
seasons profit on one production isn't
very cheering to those of us who had
hoped to be able to afford to attend
the theater a little more frequently
next year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

OF New York's 10000 babies born in
the last four months, less than ten
came to the wealthiest section of Fifth
emu Storks don't like to scrape
their toenails on brownstone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

The Cincinnati Enquirer asks:
WAS Hamlet really mad?" Probably
not. He hadn't seen the performances
of any of the people who were to try
to play him.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

There are fears that the frost may
have hurt young tobacco plants in
Kentucky. Did you ever have a friend
who smoked what appeared to be frost
bitten cigars?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

1t is not true hat the revival of in
terest in suits Of plate armor is due to
the opening of the baseball season. 1t
is merely a coincidence that it is syn
erroneous with the beginning of the
umpires' work.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

Parisians who wish to score a cen
fury of life now breakfast on "yag-
hurt" exclusively. Yaghurt tastes like
ear cheese gone bad" Allow us to
die young, please.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

There ought to be joy among the
college girls, now that the U. s. cir
cult court of appeals, considering the
question of duty on picked lines, has
decided that they shall be admitted
free.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

Alfred Austin is reported to be at
work on a poem dealing with the
Russo-Japanese war. That ought to
make them agree to have peace with
out haggling over terms,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

DR.. GLADDEN. says lawyers should
not defend people whom they know to
be guilty of w%rongdoing. But did a
lawyer for the defense ever believe 1t
was possible for anybody to be guilty?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

A Croatian emigrant with a mus
lache a yard in length has settled
down in Washington, d. c. He'll find
Washington a town for his whiskers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

Taste buds" have been discovered
in the larynx like those on the tongue.
A long neck is no beauty in a man, but
1t may add considerably to life's pleas
ures.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

"Will you take the chair once occu-
pied by Emmanuel Kant?" said the
German government to Prof. Munster
burg of Harvard, and Prof. Munster
burg responded promptly: Cant"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

Says the sarcastic Philadelphia
Press: at is easy to see that Phila.
delphia is going to win both of the big
baseball championships this year."
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

We respectfully suggest that the
baseball reporters ought to be a little
more polite and refer to it in future as
the saliva" ball.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

A woman who married a poet APP
piled for a divorce asserting that there
was enough dirt on his person to
make ground for the action.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1905-06-13

j. @. Phelps Stokes says his engage
'ment to Miss Pastor was Inevitable"
Own up, benedicts, all engagements
r the same, aren't they, now?