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The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
CURED HER OF GRUMBLINo
Fault-Finding Customer ERectually
silenced by Butchers
Apprentice.

Butchers, as a rule, can stand good
deal Of grumbling from their customers,
but there's a limit to everything, even
a butchers patience, says London Tit
Bits.
John, said certain member of the
trade to his youngest apprentice, I'm
getting tired of that Mrs. X and her
eternal grumbling. I wish to goodness
she'd take her custom elsewhere. If she
comes in again shall turn her over to
you"
VERY well, SIR said John, calmly.
you may depend on me, sir
The shop was full of customers when
Mrs. x bounced in and began as
usual:
4 want two pounds of beef, Mr.. b.
Beet, you understand. not bone. The last
had from you was all bone, and
Beef, is it, ma am? said John, step
ping forward. Eyes, ma am, I under
stand You want the homeless variety
from the Bungeroodo islands. We've
ordered your two pounds by pigeon post,
and we understand it was dispatched to
your address by special balloon this
morning. No doubt you will find it wait
ing for you when you get back. A spe-
eial stipulation in the contract was that
the homeless beef should be absolutely
clear of fat and suet, should weigh 27
ounces to the pound, and"
But Mrs. X- had bounced out of
the shop.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18


Society Girls Good Spanish Students
SPANS sflvery tongue is superseding
French to a noticeable degree in the
favor Of society girls. Most OF the
young women of the current season, and.
in fact, for several seasons past, speak
Spanish exeellently. They have not ae-
CURED the true Madrid lisp, because
that can be learned only in Hispanlola,s
capital, but their accent would PASS
muster in Havana, Santiago, Mexico City
or even Barcelona, and their grasp Of
the syntax is praiseworthy. Dainty
Dorothy Kane and her friend Grace
Chaplin are past mistresses of the Ian
guage. both having been eomplimented
by Spanish diplomats who met them in
Washington.-N. Y. Press.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
Wireless Burglar Alarms

Wireless telegraphy is likely to be put
to a new use. III England experiments
are being made with wireless burglar
alarms Steel safes are equipped with
transmitters. When the safe is opened
the electrical waves are radiated. These
waves come in contact with the usual
coDezer at some distant central point,
ring a bell and SO announce that the
door has been opened. tits thought that
when this system is perfected, which
is not as yet, no burglar will be able so
to tamper with it as to destroy its
efficiency.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18

Atkinson says, after i've years, expers
fence with Peruna:
~ win eyerconfinue to speak good
word for Perana. am still cured Of
catarrh. John O. Atkinson EE7des
pendence, Mo-, Box 2z2.
Mrs. ALA Schwandt, sanborn, Minn.s
writes:
81 have been troubled with rReun7as
fisn7 and cafarrh fort " enty-fiVe years.
Could not sleep day5or night. After
having used Peruna car sleep and
nothing bofhers me now. If1eVeran7
affected with any kind OF sickness.
Peruna will be fhe medicine shall
use. NY son was cured of cafarrh OF
the Iarynx by Perana. Mrs. Aha
SchWandf.
When old age comes. catarrhal dis
eases come also. Systemic catarrh is
almost universal in old people.
Address Dr. S. B. Hartman, President
of The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus.
Ohio, who will be pleased to give You
the benefit OF his medical advice gratis.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18
ssE1ar,nrraear,ss,

oeeidentals are all called Europeans,
in Japan, no geographical distinction
being made between Paris. France, and
Paris, Texas, or Rome, Italy, and Rome.
Georgia. Europeans are just people
who wear many kinds of strange clothes,
who eat various marvellous foods with
knives or forks off huge dishes, who
sleep on beds and sit on chairs and do
many other foolish and troublesome
things.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18

shrewd.
s'They say that men of genius. wrote
most illegibly. y
sEes,. answered the old-time print
er. THAT is where they were shrewd
They owe. some of the brightest things
to the ingenuity and originality of
the composition. w Washington Star.
Good Authority.
You told me you had diary Where
is it, cid man 2"
Over there. -
why, that is your wife y
well, she keeps account of all do
Chicago News.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1905-03-18

) patience was exhausted.
is teeth together end ran up
1T was hard work, and when
suddenly into narrow glade,
gasping for breath. II vas
in the opening, and he could
goung girl not far ahead OF him.
Re a short, iil-ftting gown; her
as uncovered and her white
winkled through the grass.
saw that the girl was bare
everett smiled. and fancied
knew the reason for her 81
hd haste; she was ashamed to
III by stranger.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

from there went to Nebraska. ILL.,, and
finally in 1880 began his practice in
Winnesheik county. That he made a
personal examination of the defendant
in January 1905 in company with Drs.
Stevens and Barefoot, that he talked
with the defendant and did not notice
anything incoherent. Witness gave
an account of their visit to the Jail,
bringing out the fact of the defendant
recognizing witness and DR.. Stevens
and other circumstances to substanti-
ate his claim as noticing nothing in
coherent. That he heard the hypo-
thetical questions read and assuming
the statements to be correct and in
connection with his own personal ex-
animation that in his opinion the
defendant was sane on Nov. D. 1905,
and assuming the same condition to
extent now that he is sane at the
present time. That he does attach
very much Importance to a long line
of insane ancestry in connection with
an examination for insanity. That a
man insane no matter what form, is
irresponsible for his..acts.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15
COOPERATIVE EFFORT.

Cooperation among the farmers has
given them very successful insurance
companies. well managed and profita-
BILE creameries and cheese factories,
successful elevator and shipping assO-
Citations for the marketing of their
produce and now has put them nearly
all into close touch with each other
with cooperative farm telephone sys-
TENS. The old fashioned idea of going
it alone is fast going out of date, and
farmers are learning of the many ben
efits to be derived from cooperation.
They might in many communities even
go further and by putting three, four
or half dozen farms under co-opera-
tive management, with a thoroughly
competent head, SO operate the farms
as to greatly increase their productive
ness, in a way devoting each farm to
the special crop it was best fitted for,
and by pooling results, as do the rail
roads, declare each landowner a divi-
dend proportional to his interest in the
pool. Some men simply cannot plan
and lay out work to any advantage.
While good workers, they need some
body to lay their work out The diff
ference In the measure Of success
which comes to different men engaged
in agriculture lies largely along this
line-the difference In their ability to
plan out. their work and avail them
selves Of the opportunities which are
commOn IN them no wall m THAR mora
fortunate neighbors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

FOR RENT-The H. A. Bigelow home
stead One-half mile south of town.
FOR SALE-The best restaurant pro-
perty in the city. A big bargain if
taken soon. H. j. Hedges. 3Stf.
FOR SALE-Complete gasoline power
wood saving outfit in first class con-
dition. A. o. Sampson. Phone 1872
WANTED-Agents for our New State
Map and Booklet, "Iowa" Iowa
Publishing Co., Davenport, Iowa.
40
FOR SALE-Farm of 80 acres, good
buildings, or will trade for house
and lot. Call at East End Livery
Barn. o. w. Olsen.
FOR SALE-One Shetland pony
colt nine months old, also Aber-
deem Angus bull calves eight months
old. David Donald, Prosper, MINI.
7-2pd
FOR RENT--The building on Winnie
bago street, heretofore occupied by
the u. S. Express Co. A fine office
building with vault. Inquire of Dr.
@. l.. Topliff.
FOR SALE-All the old shelving,
pigeon hole cases and boxes, desks
and boxes, being the old court house
fixtures. Inquire at the County
AUDITORS office, court house.
WANTED-10 men in each state to
travel, tack signs and distribute
samples and circulars of our goods.
Salary $75 per month. $3 per day for
expenses. Kuhlman Co., Dept. w.
Atlas Bldg, Chicago. 52-8.
WANTED-Lady or gentleman of fair
education to travel for firm of
$3.50, 600 capital. Salary $l,072 per
year and expenses paid weekly.
Address with stamp Jos. A. Alexan-
der, DEBORAH, Iowa. 7-1pd
FOR SALE-On the Vernon road, one
mile from Cresco, eleven acres of
land with good eight room house,
wood house and barn, good cellar,
we'll and cistern, with other build
ings. Inquire of E. @. Shaw, De-
corah. 5-3
FARM FOR SALE-Consisting of %
acres, one-half mile northeast of
DEBORAH. Good house, cistern, new
outbuildings, never-failing spring.
Small orchard already started. Land
suitable for truck gardening. Will
sell cheap if taken soon. Inquire
H3, Public Opinion office. 2-6pd
LADIES WANTEDA Bright Ener.
getic Woman omens work. Per-
manent position. Old established
business house of solid financial
standing. Sl2 to SIS weekly, with
expenses, paid each Monday direct
from headquarters. Expenses adj
vanced. We furnish everything.
Address, Secretary, $40 MouOn Block,
Chicago, Ill. 800
WANTED Special Representative in
this and sjoining territories in con-
nection with the Wholesale Depart
ment of old established business
house of solid financial standing.
Salary $2l weekly with expenses,
paid each Monday by check direct
from headquarters. Expenses adj
vanced; position permanent. We
furnish every thing. Address, TIL E
COLUMBIA, 80 MOnon Building,
Chicago, Ill. 324
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

If you think you must have a quick
growing deciduOus tree there is moth
ing better in the whole list than the
soft maple or sycamore. 1t will grow
almost as fast as the cottonwood or
the willow, is free from the insect pests
and furnishes quality of wood for
fuel purposes easily worked up and
every way superior to most of the soft
woods, SO called.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

Cold storage cured cheese is proving
great success. This is cheese taken
right from the hoops and cured slowly
in room at temperature not exceed
nine months for the cheese to mature
under such conditions, but in so doing
there is much less loss from shrinkage,
and a mild and delicate flavor is Sc
cured almost impossible of attainment
under the old way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

An addition Of twenty feet in height
is to be made in the great Assouan dam,
on the Nile. in Egypt, which when done
will bring an additional 100000 acres
of desert under cultivation. Scientific
irrigation is making of the oldest coun-
try on earth new one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

We know that it is but stating an old
truth over again when we say that for
all young and growing animal life Oh
the farm, for laying hens and milking
cows, heterogeneous foods are far better
than carbonaceous foods. heterogeneous
foods make muscle, blood and bone;
carbonaceOus foods make fat. Glover,
oats, bran. oilmeal and skim milk are
the common heterogeneous farm products,
while corn is essentially carbonaceous
food, fat maker. This is why the
hen which is fed wholly OH corn grows
fat and ceases to lay, why the cow
which has q corn diet becomes fat and
shrinks in her milk yield and why lit
tie pigs fed largely on corn lack good
frames. muscle and bone
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

The Amana society of Iowa. one of
the very few successful communistic
societies of the country, are great gar
deners. Among other things, they raise
seven or eight car loads of onions each
year, sowing the seed in a hotbed early
and transplanting the little onions to
their place in the fields. The onions so
raised are very uniform in quality and
size, and because of the fact that they
are matured a month before other on
ions raised from the seed sown in the
field the growers are always able to get
a much higher price for their crop.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

The wild instinct of our native birds
and animals is a curious thing. A farm
er in Texas captured Canada gander
alive and mated him with flock of
tame geese. These hybrids, the result
of this cross, resembled the tame goose
ancestry more than they did the wild.
They appeared to be thoroughly domes-
ticated, and no attention was paid to
them in the way of restraining them.
All went well till early December, when
one day a flock of wild geese passed
over, and their calls were answered by
the hybrids, who, without any premedi-
tation, took to wing and followed their
unframed relatives off to the gulf of
Mexico. The call of the wild Is strong
one.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

The true center of gravity for most
farmers will be found to be the fact of
getting out of debt and staying out, the
being content with moderate sized
farm and getting all out of it possible.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

Every man owning and living on a
quarter section farm is entitled to and
should have a farm home which costs
not less than 81 800, and this home
should have modern conveniences.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

A man can perhaps carry little
more whisky and carry it little Ion
ger on a farm than he could in bank
but it is just as sure to round up the
granger at last as it is the banker
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

When you have taken 200 bushels Of
potatoes from your land you have re-
moved two bushels of potash. one Of
the most valuable of plant foods.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

One way to tell a good cow is to
watch those that the dairyman does
not want to sell, and vice versa, we
might add.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

Drilled corn will yield about eight
bushels per acre more than corn plant
ed in the hill, and the ears will be more
uniform in size. This plan is to be
commended for clean soils-clover and
blue grass sods-but where the soil is
full of weeds it is better to stick to
the hill system.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

1T the farm is getting TOO rich to
raise small grain rent it. That will iX
it in short order.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15
John c.
HEX D N
Leader in Shoes

We have just finished our
inventory and find we have on
hand 6O44 six thousand and
forty-four pairs, and we are
now receiving our new Spring
Stock of Shoes from the fol-
lowing firms:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15
WANT
COLUMN

Rates-One Cent per word. Nothing
less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

n. c. Goldman & Co.
1906 pair, one thousand two hun
dred and six.
Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.
552 pr, five hundred and fifty-twO
Hayward Bros. Shoe Co.
34S pr, three hundred forty-eight
J. p. Smith Shoe Co..
AS pr, fOrty-eight pair
DIR. Reed Cushion InsOle Shoe, the
easiest shoe on earth.
The Simmons Boot and Shoe Co.
SO pairs, ninety-six pairs
Fargo, Keith & Co.
144 pairs, one hundred forty-four
Brady & MetcaIi Co.
"a pairs, eighty-four pairs
Union Shoe Works.
"a pairs, eighty-four pairs
Geo. {. Keith Co.
300 pairs, three hundred pairs
Watson PIummer Shoe Co.
354 pr, three hundred fifty-fOur
(The famous Little Red School
House Shoes
Bentiy & Olmstead.-
432 pairs, four hundred and thirty
two pairs
The Pingree Shoe Co..
157 pr, one hundred fifty-seven
w. L. Douglas Shoe Co.
375 pr, three hundred seventy-five
G. w. chesbrough Co.
2SS pr, two hundred lightweight
Maloney Bros. Co.
go pairs, sixty pairs
Sharood Shoe Co
ia pr, one hundred and fourteen
Western Shoe Co..
22S pr, TWO hundred twenty-eight
Heiming Mckensie Shoe Co..
372 pr, three hundred seventy-two
Total ,2se) Eleven Thousand Two
Hundred and Eighty Six pair.
We can give you the best assortment
of shoes to select from that ever was
shown in DEBORAH, we can suit you in
style quality and price. Call and See
Us.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

A friend called on us recently while
on his way to the Pacific coast in
search Of an ideal place for a home.
He said he had an idea that some
where in some of the valley country Of
northern California or southern Ore
gon he could find spot where the soil
was rich, the rainfall ample. no snow,
no ice no billiards., no drOughtS. no
thunder and lightning, no cyclones, no
blight and bugs to destroy his crops;
where when lie planted shrub. flower
or tree it would do its best unhindered
by elemental. climatic or insect enc
mics. Maybe he can find such place,
but If he ever does lie will have to
sprout wings and seek n higher eleva-
ton than he can find on this old earth.
The truth is that nearly every locality
has its peculiar drawbacks. None is SO
good as was the garden of Eden and
hardly any so bad that man cannot
make success Of living IL he goes ut 1t
in the right way. If our friend does
find the place he Is after he is going
to let us know, for we have the money
saved up to buy = ticket to the place.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

Broad leaved vegetables all exhaust
the potash in the soil where they are
grown. This fact explains why cab
bages, turnips and beets, containing lit
tie or no starch, never leave the ground
in better shape, save, as being hoed
crops, they may clean the land, and
why a crop of potatoes if properly
cared for always improves the land for
a succeeding crop. This potash is stored
in the leaves of these plants and not in
their roots, and in the case Of sugar
beets it is necessary to leave the tops
and crown of the plant, which are cut
off before grinding, on the land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15
DR.. p. M. JEWELL.

Testifies that his age is 81, that he
is a practicing physician and surgeon
atDecorah, Iowa, that he graduated in
1878 from the University of Michigan,
began his practice in Mt Carroll, ILL.,.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

One watching the habits and ways Of
wild animal and bird life will note the.
fact that when left to their own in.
stincts such animals and birds will al.
ways lay on surplus Of fat in the fall
to help tide them over the seventies of
the winter season. Thus we find all
kinds Of game in the best condition in
the fail; also the skins Of all fur bear
ing animals and the plumage Of all
birds. There Is a lesson here which
should be needed by all stock raisers.
An animal poor In flesh in the fall Is
always hard animal to winter and
usually an Improbable animal to keep.
This applies with special force to milk
cows and all young stock. Stock al
lowed to become thin in flesh during
the fall months will usually stay thin
all through the winter and come out
next season spring poor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

A school man found that his classes
did not take the interest in their work
that he wanted them to. There was
much listlessness and Indifference, and
his work was to him unsatisfactory,
very common experience with school
teachers. He reasoned correctly that
If he could interest his pupils in some
particular line of work-get them as
interested in 1t as they would be in
picnic or half holiday or a circus
they would then do better work on
other lines Of study which were dis
tasteful to them. So he took up for
about twenty minutes each day the
study Of simple everyday things which
in way all the pupils We're familiar
with-the architecture of a birds nest,
the changing pupil in cats eye,
snow crystal, the weeds which grew
horse and cow lie down, how a leaf
feeds the plant or tree, the germina-
ton Of seeds, where the dew comes
from, the relation of the tassel to the
silk on the corn, why popcorn pops. the
natural enemies of the sparrow and
the mouse, why rivers run crooked.
why some plants rob and others fer
tilize the soil, why dog always turns
round two or three times before he lies
down, why and how birds migrate.
why baking powder makes the cake
and biscuits light and lot of just such
simple, practical things. having his pu-
pills find out all they could about the
topic to be considered. with the result
that every child became at once in
tensely interested and was only too
glad to do good work on other less at
tractive lessons i'm order to get them
well out of the way for this twenty
minute special work, which was used
later as a basis of language study. the
scholars being required to write all
about the things selected as topics for
this course. Perhaps there may be
suggestion here for other teachers, for
1t is probably true that children are
always eager to learn about the things
which they know something about and
which are part Of their lives.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15
Clifford Murder Trial
Drawing to a Close
Con tinued From Page 5.

Adjourned to 80 p. m, Monday
Court called to order at 80 p. IN
DR.. w. P. CRUMBACKER.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

Wood is being rapidly displaced by
other materials. Save for posts it is no
longer used as fencing material, the
old rail fence and the board fence hav-
ing entirely disappeared. Steel has su-
perseded wood almost entirely for
frame structural purposes in bridges
and buildings. Cement walks have re-
placed the board and plank walks. 1t
is doubtful if there is plank road left
in the United States, and they We're
very common in an early day. Slate
or prepared roofing material is rapid
ly taking the place of shingles. Straw
board displaces wood as box material.
In vehicle and car construction steel is
taking the place of wood. Coal, oil,
gasoline and gas are becoming the com
mon fuel supplies of the people at
large. Water power and the dynamo
are the coming sources of power, SO if
the forests of the country are going,
never to be replaced, the skill and inge-
nuity of man in hundred ways are
busy deyising substitutes, and perhap
after all the greatest loss will come /,
purely aesthetic way, for the beauty
OF the forest can never be replaced.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

A friend writes, inquiring how he can
get some clover to grow on his blue
grass pasture. He cannot very well, to
have it remain there as a permanent
fixture, but he can do this: Next spring
take four horse disk, well loaded, and
give the old hidebound blue grass a
thorough scarifying both ways; then
drag the field down smooth and SOW
about five quarts of medium clover to
the acre. This will insure more or less
clover for two or three years and longer
if it is allowed to seed on the ground the
second year. 1t will also wonderfully
rejuvenate the blue grass and probably
nearly double the feeding capacity Of
the pasture This is not hard thing
to do and is absolutely certain to bring
good results.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-15

We can give you the best assortment
of shoes to select from that ever was
shown in DEBORAH, we can suit you in
style quality and price. Call and See
Us.