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Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
CURE FOR YELLOW FEVER.
sauerkraut Not Always Effective, as
MIGHT Be Wished

During the yellow fever epidemic at
New Orleans in 1878 German medt
cal student braved the terrors of the
plague to secure the advantages of ex
perience. Doctors were few and his
services were gladly accepted. He
had ideas. and many were his expert
ments. Treating a Hollander at the
hospital, DR.. Hans decided that his pa
tient was about to die, so he pre-
scribed as last solace to the expiring
man huge plate of sauerkraut. He
watched the sick man devour the del
icacy SO dear TO the palate of our
friends across the sea. To Hans un-
bounded amaZement, on his next in
spection he found the Hollander sit.
ting up in bed reading a newspaper,
well ON the road to recovery. Jerking
forth his notebook. he jotted down:
"R. Sauerkraut will cure Dutchman
of yellow fever" Proceeding to an
other word, he found Spaniard in a
bad way. Procuring another plate of
sauerkraut, he bade the patient eat 1t,
and live-but speedily the Spaniard
died. Reaching for his notebook, Hans
AIDED to the prescription, but will kill
Spaniard."
One of the three doctors who were
prominent in treating hundreds OF yel-
low fever patients at Jacksonville,
Fla, during that city last visitation of
the scourge remarked afterward. when
asked for his favorite prescription.
Roll the patient in hot blankets.
mi nf M, 2 hof fa faE En
him out to the sand hills hospital and
administer with the hammer one hard
blow upon the temple. That is both
effective and humane."-Los Angeles
Express.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
ELDER PIKE KEPT THE MONEY.
Saloon Keeper unwiIIingly Paid for
Advertisement.

Advertisement.
Elder Daniel p. Pike, for nearly fift
years pastor of the Christian Church
at Newburyport, Mass, was we'll and
favorably known. One Sunday even
ing when giving temperance lecture
In his church on Court street, New
buryport, he referred to low den in
the city, and denounced 1t In strong
language. The keeper of the place
was told what the elder said. The
next morning, as his customers came
In as usual. he said to them: Il want
you to be here at noon. when the elder
goes past my door, and will step out
and thank him for advertising my
place and business, and will hand him
S. bill. or course, he will not take
It,"
The noon hour approached. and sew
eral men, with the proprietor, stood
upon the sidewalk In front of the sa-
loon. The elder was seen approach
ing, and soon reached the place. when
the proprietor stepped up to him and
said: Elder | understand you adver.
tised my place last evening from your
pulpit, and here is IS | wish to present
to you
Thank you," replied the elder, at
the same time putting the money in
his vest pocket. Il think l can do
more good with It than you can"
A shout went up from the bystand-
ers, while the saloon keeper opened
not his mouth.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
The Telephone Woke the Baby.

Some women" said telephone
central" girl recently, ARE the most
unreasonable things I ever heard Of.
I always hate to have one OF that
kind use the phones connected with
my board. One day was asked for
a number by a woman out on the
east side. She was all right, but the
woman she called wasn't.
Central said the one who was
called sharply. happened to hear
her and answered.
"'What made you wake my baby,
ringing this bell?' she asked.
Don't you want to use your
'phone?' ! asked.
"'Of course. she snapped.
Well, how could | call you with
out ringing the bellT queried.
81 don't know she said, but you
had no business waking this baby.
"And there are others. Kansas
City Times.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
Surprise for "si" shurtIeff.

To Josiah Shurtleff. who, among his
friends, is known as ISL" came the
following interesting but embarrassing
experience:
1t was during the first term of Mr..
Shurtleff's service on the Revere
school board. and the occasion was his
visit to first grade in a primary
school. The teacher was hearing a
reading class. The first sentence of
the lesson was as follows: "Oh, fie,
what sly boy you are!"
Turning to one small boy, who
seemed eager, she said: Daniel, you
may read"
Whereupon the lad. in a piping
voice, read this somewhat startling
statement: "Oh. 81. what a fly boy
you are!"-Boston Herald.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
RUSSELL GULCH.

Mrs. NJ. NJ. Curtis went to Denver yes
terday morning to have her eyes ex-
amined by an occulist. She returned
that same evening.
Louis Cattani left last Friday for a
visit to Denver, returning Tuesday.
News has finally leaked out OF the
marriage of John Hughes Of this place
and Miss Lizzie Curnow OF Nevadaville.
The couple were married in Denver on
the 18th Of July last and ever since have
kept it strict secret. They have now
gone to housekeeping in the Hughes
house here.
Ed Jones was passenger to Denver
Saturday.
j. Friggins and family expect to leave
for Cleaveland, Ohio, about Saturday to
reside.
Tom Edwards and e. p. Owens were
visitors to Denver the first Of the week.
Jack Joyce has purchased the furni-
ture Of j. Friggins and will go to house
keeping on the return of his honeymoon
trip.
Rumor has it that the Crown Point
mine is to start up in the near future.
]. Simonds, friend of. Geo. Miller,
came up from Denver last Friday to
visit him. They both went to Denver
again Saturday.
Mrs. Ashton of Laird, and sister in
law, of Canada, arrived here Tuesday to
visit Miss Cannon. They returned
Wednesday accompanied by Miss Lester
Ashton who has been visiting with Miss
Cannon.
Miss Cannon gave a tea party IN
honor OF Mrs. Tenant at her home last
Saturday afternoon.
A. Leverton and Miss Lizzie Vosper
were visitors to Denver Sunday.
VIM. Stearns and +. Plessick left for
Bonanza to go to work.
After short visit here A. Frangan.
chic left Tor Butte, Mont, Tuesday.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28

to the capital Sunday morning.
Miss Beatrice Rule was among the
many Centralites to spend Sunday in
Denver.
Dick Liberton, who had been attend
ling bar for E. Goldman, left for Boulder
Tuesday afternoon. He is succeeded by
VIM. Robinson who worked for Til.
Crook OF Black Hawk number of
years.
VIM. Mitchell was passenger to Den
yer Tuesday afternoon.
Fred Newmeyer, who had been in the
city on court business, returned to Den
yer Tuesday afternoon.
H. H. Lake returned from his outing
in Middle park Tuesday. He claims his
short rest was very beneficial.
Tom Warwick, former resident OF
this city, now resident Of Denver, was
an arrival Tuesday evening.
Bert Knight, the affable tonsorialist,
returned from a short trip to Denver
Tuesday.
JIG. McShane returned from trip to
his ranch near Arvada Tuesday evening
Mrs. AL. Ontis was an arrival from
Cripple Creek Tuesday on visit.
H.C. Eastman was an arrival from
Denver Tuesday.
Mrs. G. NJ. Laird and daughter re-
turned from trip to Denver Tuesday
evening where the former went to at
tend the annual session of the order OF
Eastern Star.
Frank Chamberlain and bride re-
turned from Denver Tuesday evening.
Ignatz Gundy was passenger to
Denver yesterday marning.
Denny Allen went to Denver Wednes-
day morning to be in attendance at a
law suit.
j. II. Bechte went to Boulder yester-
day morning to take charge of hotel.
His family will join him shortly.
A. Baleria made business trip to
Denver yesterday morning, returning in
the evening.
w. f. Withrow returned last evening
from a business trip to Boulder and
Denver.
Mrs. James Noonan returned from a
visit to Denver Wednesday evening.
Fred Bushover and wife returned
from their visit to Denver last evening.
H.G. Shuck was business passenger
to Denver this morning.
Samuel A. Rank left this morning for
Wyoming to do some some surveying.
He will be gone couple of weeks.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
HISTORY OF AN ERROR.
elunder Escaped Notice Of Proof.
readers and Editors.

TcaocES dNo EotoV0.
A. B. wrote certain paper for a
popular journal, says London Tit-Bits.
This paper went through certain sue
cessive stages during the process Of
production. At each step 1t received
new reading from beginning to end.
Thus:
/. 1t was written in manuscript
Then 1t was read through and in great
part rewritten.
2. 1t was read through again when
completed and sent to be typewriter.
3. The typewriter read 1t through
before sending it back.
T. The author corrected the type.
written manuscript carefully and sent
1t in again.
s. 1t was then set up in type.
g. The author received a proof
which he read and corrected, sending
it back for press.
T. The editor or the subeditor read
1t finally and passed it for the maga.
zine.
The paper thus had at least seven
readings. Yet a blunder was passed,
II the author made it-or committed,
II he did not make it-of n most eie-
mentary description; one that leaps to
the eyes; one that stands out of the
page calling on everybody to spot it,
correct 1t, put an end to it,
The blunder was simply this: A
certain strike of workingmen was
spoken of as undertaken for lower
wages instead OF higher" How the
word lower" got there-whether the
author wrote it in the first instance
or the typewriter or the composition
II is impossible to say. Probably 1t
was an authors mistake. A long sue
cession of readers OF the passage fol-
lowed. Not one of the readers discoy-
cred the mistake.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
His Musical Ear,

1t isn't always best to brag about
your gifts. Out on one of the boule-
wards lives man who lays claim
to musical ear and plays little on
the piano. Frequently he has criti-
cised his wife for what he called her
inability to carry tune.
Your ear, II you had musical one,
as have. would show you how to
carry tune" he would say. One
day he complained that the piano
was out of tune and asked his wife
to telephone for tuner. She de-
cided to test his musical ear" so
that night when he came home from
his business she said:
will you please try the piano and
see II the tuner has done 1t any
good. | haven't any ear and cannot
tell. but you can"
The man sat down at the instru-
ment and played a simple tune. ITS
all right now," he said. THAT fel
low did n good job"
His wife summoned up her courage.
WILL she said. "The tuner didn't
come today. He's coming tomorrow
morning. KANSAS City Times.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
Wife Could Do Somethinu.

Joe Smith of Portland was poor,
half-witted individual, who did odd
jobs about the neighborhood, says the
Boston Herald. One day he said to a
lady for whom he was working:
Say. Miss Merrill, I'm goin' to get
married"
why. joe" she exclaimed, you
can't even support yourself"
He answered In an aggrieved tone:
"Well. can almost support myself,
an it's a pity II she can't do little
something"
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
Unsolicited.

have your lips but not your soul:
l have your tenderness, but not
Your hearts deep passion: I've my dole
OF kisses maddeninKly sweet.
Cool. precious-but | want them hot,
Bold. unreasoning and complete.
You give me water when / ask for wine:
You give me sunshine when | crave
the storm:
Your heart It's sweetest secret hides from
mine
From barriers ung,. sssed Love shrinks
denied;
All. would you counterfeit pure Rapture's
form
And leave my beings depths unsati,-
fled?
wnnt your inmost souls dim dream.
/ want the throbbing of quick blooi
That In your surging heart beats teens,
I want the lips that yearn. not Yield
want Loves Tide at its wild flood
Its passion unashamed and unconceuled
Town Topics.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
Fire Curtain Comes Down.

At Daly'S theater. London, on the
night OF July II, the hydraulic power
that controls the asbestos curtain
gave out and the curtain slowly but
inexorably descended few minutes
after the performance had begun.
After half an hour of unavailing ut.
tempts to raise the curtain the peo.
pie in the theater were dismissed and
their entrance money was refunded.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
"Manned" by Women,

A Finsbury (Eng) sanitary inspect.
Or reports to the borough council that
he has come across a canal boat
manned" entirely by women. the crew
consisting G. lady captain" and
.hron cthcr- ~f the oortto coy
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28

For Sale-A h.p. Now York safety
eng inc and 5 h. p. upright boiler. Both
engine and boiler in first class condition
Inquire. at this Office.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28
The Sin Of GETTING CAUGHT.

Nellie-Bobby, do you believe that
the devil will get US II we're naughty?
Bobby-No, O. course not! Wen
get the devil II we're found out. that's
all.-Puck.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28

No order is too small or too large to
receive our closes attention. The Haw.
ley Mdse. Co.
Gilpin observer., 1905-09-28

The most complete assortment OF
chinaware in the city at the Hawley
Nero. Co.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
Original Notice.

In the District Court of Iowa, in and for Win
neshiek County, September Term "A. d., 'o5
Rosa f. Tyler Plaintiff, VS..
George w. Tyler Mary A. J. Tyler. Richard
+ Tyler Hattie NJ. Brown. Albert L. Tyler,
Clementine Tyler and Harry u. Tyler,
Defendants,
To each of the above named defendants
You and each of you are hereby notified that
there is now on file in the Office of the Clerk
of the district court of Winneshiek County.
Iowa, the application of Rosa +. Tyler, widow
of George Tyler, deceased, asking for the ap-
pointment of referees to set off to her in fee
simple her distrbutive share in the following
described real estate to-wit: w "A of 5 4 OF
s < y of Section 35, and lot number 8, OF ; +
of Section 36, all in township number ninety
nine north of Range Eight west from the 5th
p. M. also n of the S w u of n w u of
Section and En- of the N w u of Section 2
and n w q of n 4 Il of Section 2 and lot
number one of w "a of n + Il of Section
2 and < n of n + u of Section g. and lot
number one of n w u of S w u of Section 2
all in township number ninety eight, north of
Range Eight west from the fifth principal
meridian.
You are further notified that said court has
made an order fixing the time for the appoint
ment of said referees at O'Clock r. M. on the
18th day of September, 1908, the same being
the first day of the regular September term
1908, to be held at the court house in the city
of DEBORAH in said county and that unless you
appear thereto and defend at said time and be-
fore said court referees will be appointed as
prayed in said application.
c. S. BOICE,
27-6 Atty for Petitioner
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
ClEEAP LANDS.

We have three inquiries re,at.ve %
where IS the best country for man TO
go to seek a farm and home where he
has only little money. This inquiry
is coming up continually, and we sup
pose always will A man can 60 east,
west, north and south and find cheap
land, for really the country Is but thin
ly settled. Cheap land implies draw
backs. These may be poor soil, as In
the east; an insufficient rainfall, as is
associated with the cheap lands Of the
far west; stumps and twenty years Of
the hardest kind Of work with the
cheap land of the north, and in the
south climatic and health conditions
coupled with soil none too good and
labor conditions still worse. 1t is about
like this-he can starve in the east, dry
up and blow away in the west, freeze
to death in the north and wish he was
dead down south. where much of the
cheap land Is. Too many care more
for acres than for quality. Land at
500 an acre may be dirt cheap and
that at 50 mighty bad bargain. We
had rather have forty acres Of choice
land than a quarter section of poor
land. Land should be valued for what
it will produce. for its contiguity. to
good markets, good roads, good
schools, good social and religious privi-
leges. An acre Of the best land Will
produce crops worth from 500 to $500,
while an acre Of poor land will some
times not give the seed back. Before
buying land anywhere a man should
study the rainfall, the question of soil
fertility, the kind of crops adapted to
the locality, the markets. A naturally
poor soil is almost dear at any price.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
TIE DAIRY BUSINESS.

Dairying is disliked by many farm
ers for several reasons. 1t is claimed
that it is dirty work; that 1t ties a
man down for every day in the year,
and so on. The way some diaries are
run it is slavery, filthy type Of bond.
age every way detestable But there
is better way. The Danes, the Dutch
in Holland the French and the most
up to date dairymen in our own coun-
try have found 1t out. Just as soon as
dairyman understands that absolute
and superlative cleanliness is indispen-
sable to success In the business most
Of the difficulty is removed When a
man has to take an old peg milk stool,
put on pair of rubber boots and milk
a dirty COW in dirtier COW yard 1t is
a nasty business, but that Is not the
right way even If it Is so common. The
Hollanders make their dairy barns the
show places of the farm homestead,
taking precedence OF the family par
lor. AS soon as dairying Is taken up
scientifically and sensibly with the
right sort of dairy animals and con-
Quoted as ii may and should be every
objection to It as business Is at once
removed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
WET FARMS.

The big problem for a man with a
wet farm Is to get the land well
drained. Wet farms In combination
with wet seasons have been the cause
Of more mortgage foreclosures and
farm failures than any other one thing
In the northwest Because these fat
wet farms will grow a fine crop In a
dry season, there remains the constant
temptation to cultivate them, which is
all a mistake, for in their undrained
condition they should be kept in grass
and never be touched with a plow.
When these lands are THE drained they
become the most productive lands In
the country, and the first thing Is to
plan how best to get them thoroughly
drained. These lands as they now are
are worth ON an average about $40 an
acre for pasture. When tile drained
they are easily worth and will pay
good interest on 500 per acre. 1t will
cost from $40 to SIS per acre to prop
erly drain them. Better sell one half
Of the farm and get the other half
drained, if it can be done In no other
way
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
TRAINING HORSES.

Horses may be easily trained to do
many things which would increase
their usefulness. For instance, there
are very few horses trained TO take
their places Just right alongside wag-
on tongue and have to be led or pushed
into their place. The fire department
horse soon learns not only to take his
place on the hose cart at the sound of
the bell, but exhibits wonderful In
telligence in all that pertains to his
special line Of work. No domestic AMI
NAL responds more quickly to training
or can be taught more things.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
THE VALUE OF CLOVER.

Perhaps there Is no better thing to
continually urge upon the average
farmer east or west than the great
value Of clover as fertilizing agent
for his soil. Take the northwest as a
whole. There is not one-tenth enough
clover sown. 1t will build up the poor
soil and prevent the good soil from be-
coming impoverished. 1t Is the poor
mans subsoiler and forerunner Of good
crops Of all kinds. 1t furnishes humus
for plant food, leaves the soil In the
very best of mechanical condition,
while 1t enriches it with nitrogen taken
from the air. 1t would be a good
thing If every farmer would spend as
much for clover seed each year as his
taxes amount to.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

Chicago, Milwaukee 81. Paul Railway
Passenger Depot corner Water and Day streets
Telephone II4-z
206 24 Depart 30S 2lO
$40 am HAS LIN DecorahS:45 pm III % 2. M
1910 a. m 1910 p. m Conover 9:i5 p m 1901 a. N
1920 a. m 1890 pm, Calmar 1890 pm 1910 am
2Ol 203 Arrive Dos 2O7
$40 a.mll1:25 am Decorah S:25 p. mll:l0 p. M
500 a m 90 am Conover 800 .. m 1850 o. nj
7:45 am 1850 am Calmar ESQ pm 1910 p m
Nos. Dol and 206 daily.
Nos 2D3, 205, 204 and 2S daily except Sunday
Train No. 206 makes connection at Cal
mar for Mason City and points west on
the / & D division.
. Train No. 204 makes connection at
Conover for st. Paul, Minneapolis, AL.
bert Lea, and points on the 1 & M divi-
sion. At .Calmar wit b trains for Cedr
Rapids, Kansas City. Omaha, st. Louis
La Crosse and Chicago.
Train No. POS connects at Calmar
with night trains for Chicago, Mil
waukee, Madison, Davenport,
Island and Kansas City.
Train No 210 makes cor nection with
the early morning trains at Calmar for
points in Minnesota, North and South
Dakota, and points west of Calmar in
Iowa and South Dakota. Tickets for
this train must be bought and all bag
gage checked before As p. m.
8. V. Potter, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

Nearly all farmers In the northwest
keep more or less hogs, but not one in
ten Of them realize the value of a rape
field as a summer feed for their pigs.
Nothing grown on the farm will make
a cheaper hog feed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

A man who fed lot Of beef cattle
the past winter, buying at $3.50 and
selling at $3.50. figures up after he sold
them that he bad made just $1.5O per
head besides what the manure might
be worth. This sort of work will never
put him in the cattle baron class. The
trouble was that he had poor lot Of
feeders to start with and then did not
know how to feed them, and there are
many just like him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

We saw farmer with his wife and
eight children in a carriage the other
day. A pair Of big draft horses with
pillow harness drew the load 1t was
all right.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

AS an evidence Of our willingness to
encourage spirit Of reciprocity with
Canada we gave that country almost
the whole Of our foreign cheese trade,
and we did 1t by palming or on the
Britishers filed and SKINNED cheese
for full creams.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09
H. l.. COFFEEN
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.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

No apple has come into such general
favor for all the latitude north of AZ
degrees as the Wealthy. No apple has
a finer flavor, keeps better in cold
storage, is more prolific or handsomer
in appearance. 1t would be we'll II the
Wealthy could be more generally
planted In place Of SO many inferior
varieties.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

We note that the production Of rice
In this country has more than caught
up with the home demand, and this,
too, with only very limited area de-
voted TO its culture. We are not
great rice eating nation and never will
be.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

The effort being made to induce the
settlement Of the south by the Italians,
who are coming to this country In such
large numbers, has much to commend
it, as the Italian is specially adapted
to southern conditions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

Never better time to buy registered
stock than now. A good start can be
made for $500, and that much money
was never put to a better use.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

About the time fellow for the Sec
ond time gathers up the remains Of his
windmill wrecked by a summer storm
he begins to fall in love with the nasty
little gasoline engine. -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-08-09

We have no bird in the north which
can get off as fine concert pro-
gramme as can the hooking bird of the
south at midnight, when the moon is
at full. Perched in the top Of some
magnolia or gum tree, he will make
the night echo with his weird, wild mu-
sic by the hour together.