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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
How to Avoid Pneumonia

We have never heard of single in.
stance of cold resulting in pneumonia
or other lung trouble when Foley's
Honey and Tar has been taken. II
not only stops the cough, but heals
and strengthens the lungs. Ask fol
Foley's Honey and Tar and refuse any
substitute offered DR.. G. j. Bishop,
of Agnew, Mich, writes: ~ have
nsed Foley's Honey and Tar in three
very severe cases of pneumonia with
good results in every case. -Brunt &
Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
We noted an old lady the other day

We noted an old lady the other day
busily engaged in gathering wild
grapes from vines which she had train
ed along a barbed wire fence on the
side Of grainfeld. She had large
basket full of this delicious jelly fruit
and was gathering it with the great
est ease. 1t suggested very useful
purpose to which wire fences might be
put, for if they do not form support
for grapes they are sure to carry creep
ers and bindweed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Not all countries are so favored, but
1t is fact that there are parts of I'LL
nois and Iowa where sixty bushels Of
corn may be found growing to the acre
and down hundred feet miners are
taking out coal which nets the owner
of the farm $500 per acre royalty.
This comes as near to eating the cake
and having it, too, as any agricultural
proposition we have ever come across.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

A Montana stockman related to us
recently some of the troubles which be-
set his business. He said that four
years ago he made shipment Of 100
horses intended for an eastern market,
that the road which accepted the con-
Segment kept these horses for 107
hours without water during the heat of
August weather and that when they
were unloaded and watered 1855 Of
them died inside Of thirty minutes,
while the rest were utterly ruined. A
suit is pending to recover the value of
the horses, which were simply slaugh-
tered by the company in direct viola
tion of the law which requires stock to
be unloaded, fed and watered every
twenty-eight hours.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

If one can find the right kind Of
hired man for the farm-a careful,
thoughtful, industrious fellow who will
take proper care Of stock and tools
a matter of 81 or SO month in the
wages should not be considered. Such
men, especially where much stock is
kept, are simply invaluable, for the
careless man can by careless practices
easily cost the man who employs him
twice the amount Of his monthly wage
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

That man who has MS sn'-" .'.in
well stacked and az. his f..I lowing
zone by the middle O. September has
settled one important factor in good
farming in very happy and practical
way. 1t is pity that so few follow
his plan.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
How to Proven Bilious Attacks.

One who is subject to bilious attacks
will notice that for day or more before
the attack he is not hungry at meal times
and feels dull after eating. A dose of
Chamberlain Stomach and Liver Tablets
when these first symptoms appear will
ward off the attack. They are for sale by
Engbretson's Pharmacy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31
A Jamaican Lady Speaks Highly Of Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy.

Mrs. Michael Hart, wife of the. superin-
tendent of Cart Service at Kingston. ia
,maica, West Indies Islands, says that she
has tor some years used Chamberlain
Cough Remedy for coughs, Group and
wbooping cough and has found it very
beneficial. She has implicit confidence in
1T and would not be without bottle of il
in her home Sold by Engbretson's Phar,
macy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Down in woodland dell by the side
Of little creek we came across large
bunch Of cardinal flowers the other
day-those rare carmine floral beauties
which are to vegetation what the car
dinal bird is to bird life. The cardinal
flower in red, the gentian in blue and
the goldenrod in yellow represent ma
lures best work in these colors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Blind. bleeding, itching and pro-
truding piles are instantly relieved
by ManZan. This remedy is put up
in cola osible tubes with nozzle at
tachment, so that the medicine NAV
be applied inside directly where the
trouble originates. ManZan relieves
instantly. -Brunt & Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

1t is sin to su er with backache
and pains over the kidneys when a
single dose of Pineules will give relief
in one night. Suffering women should
heed these warnings ere it is too late.
Female troubles may result. Pineules
will strengthen the kidneys and re-
lieve the aches and pains of neuralgia
and rheumatism. -Brunt & Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Sowing and planting good seed Is
in well prepared seed bed is another
and almost of as much Importance so
far as the crop is concerned.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The hog is naturally very clean an
imal, considering that he belongs to
the scavenger tribe, when he is given
half chance. Filthy hog yards are
often primary causes of sick and dead
hogs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The burrows which mortgage places
Oh the farm are quite often to be found
as much on the face of the farmers
wife as out in the plowed field.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

For all Of the country north of the
fortieth degree Of latitude Oct. Is
should be adopted as ''seed corn day."
the day especially set apart to go into
the fields and secure the supply Of
seed corn needed for planting for the
next year. On this day the corn
should be gathered and hung up to
dry and when dry be placed in either
attic or cellar, where frost will never
reach it during the winter. This day
could well be made farm holiday
and all hands, father, mother, children
and hired men, all contribute to the
doing of this one of the most important
things connected with farming in the
great corn belt Remember the date,
Oct. Is, and see that this job is at
tended to. This done there need be no
worry about poor seed corn next May,
or any fields to be seen with only half
a stand Of corn or worse.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

boy has over the city boy lies in the
fact that he is taught to work just as
soon as he is able, and this is kind of
education which has much to do with
making man of him. The city boy
learns to loaf instead of learning how
to work, and it is this sort Of educa.
ton which SO often proves the undoing
of him
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

ANY one suffering from Kidney
pains, backacbe, bladder trouble or
rheumatism who will take a dose of
Pine-ules upon retiring at night shall
be relieved before morning. -Brunt &
Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

1t is corn cutting time. The wise
man will cut up the corn and sell his
hay; the other fellow will feed his hay
and let 80 per cent of the value Of his
corn crop go to waste in the field.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

We are of the opinion that Mr.. Hub
bard is entitled to far greater need
of recognition for the Introduction Of
the famous squash which bears his
name than is Mr.. Benjamin Davis for
his work in horticultural way.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

When a man grows a crop of grain on
his farm and hauls 1t off to market he
has been drawing on the principal Of
his capital and not using the interest,
been selling the phosphates, the nj
trates, the potash and the humus of his
soil. which he must later replace If he
would keep his account properly bal
anced. S
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

A friend recently drained large
swamp on his farm, and, looking it
over with him, we discovered that he
had thus exposed four foot bed Of
most excellent peat. AS he has to buy
all his fuel at high prices, there should
be something right there on his own
farm worth looking up.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Young man. II you are in debt and
are eating up today what you expect
to earn and pay for next month try an
oatmeal diet for thirty days and get
square with the world and hereafter
pay as you go. The oatmeal will not
hurt youth fact, will be good thing
for you A poor man has no business
to run his face for food to eat unless
he is tramp pure and simple.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Judgments for a matter of $500
against the owner and driver are prov
Ing the most effective brake yet in
vented for the reasonable manage
ment Of the automobile. 1t should be
the prime object of the owners Of these
machines to make friends with the
travelling public who from the nature
Of things regard the road devils with
well grounded hatred, and it is the few
fools with machines who make all the
trouble
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The corn crop Of the west is big
enough so that no eight hour day will
do for the gathering of it. Help is
scarce, the ears many and big. much Of
the crop badly down from the action
Of the storms. and 1t is all Important
to secure the crop before the SHOWS
fall. 1t looks as II the girls will have
to take hand in this good work, which
will mean for them three feathers in
their winter hat and well developed
muscle which will come in handy later
on when they have to teach school or
spank their own kids.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Five years ago we top grated twen-
ty-five Duchess trees one year old with
a dozen varieties Of apples which are
not rated as hardy where we live. The
experiment to date is a success, the
trees being very thrifty and just be-
ginning to bear The weak point Of a
tender apple tree lies in its root sys-
tenn and trunk, and we have reasoned
that if these were made entirely hardy
the tenderer varieties might be raised.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

We stood as near to the track as we
dared the other day and watched the
passing Of fast mail train-four mail
cars trailing behind one of these mod
ern fast engines, eating up mile of
track every minute and leaving a trail
of black smoke and newspapers be-
hind it. 1t Is probable that nothing
which the inventive genius Of man has
evolved SO well represents the triumph
of modern civilization as this fast mail
train. A few tons Of cheap soft coal,
water which is as plentiful as air, a
mechanism of marvellous sort in
steel. Vulcan to feed the greedy
demon and a man with nerve of still
finer steel to guide it. Up and down
the grades, Indifferent to the winds
and the storms, never hating on it's
wild chase, it makes the west mere
suburb of the great city of the lakes.
Hats off to the fast mail!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

We want to say word about buying
seed corn away from home. None
OF our cereal grains is as respon-
sive to the question Of latitude
MS corn. Differently from wheat or
oats, 1t adapts itself to different de-
grees Of latitude by charging or con-
tracing its growth and development.
The farther south 1t is grown the longer
the season will it take to mature and
the taller will the stalk grow, while
the farther north it is grown the small
err and shorter will be the stalk and
ear until we reach a point of north lat
itude where, If planted, it will only
produce little scrubby fodder and no
ear at all. Now, there Is constant
temptation for the corn grower of
the north country to be trying to grow
the corn Of the south country, and we
have never yet known anything but
failure to result from the experiment;
therefore 1t is all right to get seed
corn from the country north Of you and
hardly ever right to get 1t from that
south Of you, and right here we will
say that even so small distance as
$50 miles of latitude will often make
the difference between well matured
crop and one of soft ears. Usually
type of corn which has done well sin
any locality is the best type to select
seed from. for 1t is sure that more
can be, made in this crop
by selection from corn well adapted to
its environment than by the importa-
ton of any new varieties from other
sections Of the country.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

We are asked how to make certain
quarter section more productive 1t is
of naturally good soil, has been skinned
by tenant farmers for several years.
does not know what dairy cow or a
clover plant looks like, has some wet
spots which, while cropped, usually
grow nothing bur weeds. II we owned
the farm we would do this: Would look
for a good tenant who would take the
farm Tor five or ten years; would put
on it dairy Of twenty-five cows;
would tile drain all the wet spots, get
forty acres into clover just as soon as
possible and would sow twenty acres
of clover each year thereafter; would
sell no grain or hay from the farm, but
instead feed it all out and buy some be-
sides, and just give the COW, the steer,
the hog and the hen entire charge OF
the place. Will guarantee this plan to
double the present income.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

The average quarter section farm
should have not less than twenty acres
seeded to clover each year. This will
keep forty acres Of the farm in clover
all the time and permit the turning
over each year of twenty acres Of
clover sod for the corn crop, this course
of treatment absolutely assuring very
large and profitable crops of corn.
Then there should be cows enough to
take care of the clover as pasture
and eat up the hay which would be
produced. A farm SO handled would
not fail to make money for the owner.
and lot of 1t too.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

Poorly built haystacks appeal on
nearly every farm for better knowl-
edge Of how to build good haystack.
This seems to be almost lost art.
A case is this where a man had fifteen
acres of as fine clover hay as we ever
saw cut. There was none too much
hay to make one good stack, but he
put the crop In seven stacks scattered
all over the field. Moreover, he built
them broad and low and topped them
off fat OF course we can all guess
just what happened-the rains came
and wet the stacks from top to bottom
and just about spoiled the crop. This
crop should have been all put into one
stack. should have been built high and
well topped out with wild hay. Then
this man would have had stack Of
fine hay next winter. With the mod
ern hay derrick and hayfork there Is
absolutely no excuse whatever for this
sort of work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

1t quite. frequently happens that a
man finds himself when working for
other people in position where there
Is little too much work for one man
to do and not enough for two, and 1t
is right here that he will largely settle
the question of whether he will be all
his life a toiler for others or rise to an
independent position and be boss
himself. If, finding that his work is
more than should be properly required
Of him, he hangs back and does just as
much as he is paid Cor and 10 more, nc
Is quite likely to be worker for 9TH
ers as long as he lives, while II he
bravely tackles the extra work he GER
tainly lays the foundation for future
promotion. An employee In large
concern was asked to do a small job.
He refused on the ground that 1t was
not part of his work, that another
hand was paid for doing it. In looking
for a man to ill better position this
man was passed over. and justly, too.
A mans reward for cheerfully doing
extra work very often comes In bet.
ter place and higher salary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

A pretty good and up to date farmer
made this complaint to us the last of
August: He said that he had joined
thrashing circuit with lot Of his
neighbours; that he was well down on
the list; that his grain was getting
badly bleached with the rains which
greatly hindered the work Of the ma
chine; that his two three-horse teams
were standing idle in the barn when
they ought to be at work doing the fall
blowing; that the weeds were making
q great growth In his stubble fields and
needed turning under the worst way;
that the little he saved In labor In the
matter of thrashing from the shock, In
stead of stacking the grain, was mere
bagatelle compared with the loss which
he sustained in other ways. He has
got his eyes open and won't get caught
this way any more. There is only just
one man who can afford to thrash from
the shock, and that Is the renter who
must get his grain on the market as
quickly as possible.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

There Is great deal connected with
the proper feeding and dressing OF
poultry for market. We were in
commission house about Thanksgiving
last year where lots Of turkeys were
arriving for the holiday trade. Most
Of these birds had been taken right
from grasshopper diet in the fields
and were lean, and many of them
were very poorly dressed. The point
which we wish to make Is that these
lean and iii dressed fowls were almost
unstable and when selling at all did
not bring one-half the price the fat
and well dressed birds did. Turkeys
intended for the Thanksgiving trade
should be rounded up at least two
weeks before the killing and dressing,
kept In darkened place and be stuffed
with all the corn or cornmeal they viii
eat: should be picked dry and be clean
Iy dressed. This applies to the feeding
and marketing Of all kindslo poultry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-01-31

1t is too bad that most men do not
realize what pest the Canada thistle
and quack grass are on the farm until
these things have got good start and
1t becomes almost impossible to Grad
icate them. We know Of an eighty acre
farm In Iowa which is now covered
with the thistle, which the neighbors
have seen develop from just small
patch, they regarding 1t with as much
indifference as though it was patch
of bindweed or purslane, when they
should have been as much wrought up
over this little patch of thistles as they
would have been over a case Of small
pox in their community. A farmer
leads very Independent life, it is
true, but his independence should be
curtailed when he makes business Of
raising weed seed to infect his neigh
bors' farms.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16

Rub the chicken on the inside with
pepper and halr teaspoonful OF salt ;
place In Il steamer IN u kettle that Will
keep II as near the wu.er as possible.
cover and steam nn hour and u half /;
when done. keep hot while dressing Is
prepared; then cut up, arrange on the
platter and serve With the dressing
over them. The dressing Is made as
follows; Boil one pint OF gravy from
the kettle without the TAT, add cayenne
pepper and half tcaspaonful Of salt |:
stir tablespoonful of Hour into a
quarter OF n pint OF cream until smooth,
and add 10 the gravy. Corn starch may
be used Instead OF the -four, aud some
cooks add nutmeg or celery salt.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
A Cantion. srntinri.

II was the small brother OF pretty
Margaret who opened the front door
In response to Mr. Goodyears ring. and
his face took on n slngularly alert ex-
preston ms he surveyed the caller.
mo, she isn't H." said MarRaret's
brother. "Are--are you Mr. llamllnT"
NO." said the young man, II am Mr..
Goodyear, Does that make any differ.
enee about her being at homer aud he
looked searchIngly at the boy.
Course not" said Bobby. Indignant
ly. II don't tell stories, nor Margaret
doesn't. But II you'd been Mr.. llamiln.
! was to tell something about her com
Ing home, aud get ten cents II did II
right and didn't tell the wrong one.
need that money. and 80, you see.
didn't want to make any mistake. Good
by
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16

In eritIclEing some proposed changes
IN a bill before the Senate. changes
which seemed TO him 10 be alterations
In phraSlng rather than In meaning.
Senator Tillman told story which the
Milwaukee Sentinel reports. OF lady
who was looking ut q house for rent.
''rhe house suits me very we'll" she
said to the landlord, but there ls one
thing | object to-"
We'll, madam. any reasonable altera.
tion." the landlord murmurcd. suayely.
"would provided you took three
years lcasc-----"
"ld take three years lease" she
said, ~ the house had more closets"
THE number Of closets shall be dou-
bled," said the landlord.
"fery WE'LL" said the woman, and she
signed the lease,
After she had gone the landlord said
10 his clerk, John. take carpenter
over TO number thirty seven and have
him divide each OF the closets In two"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16

be small fish. Agasslz was largely
instrumental In exploding this fallacy,
says the St. Paul Dispatch. 1t Is not
an uncommon thing for an angler with
ordinary luck TO get six or seven
pound trout Of this variety. II Is known
that trout may grow to weigh eleven
or twelve pounds. There Is, however.
great difficulty in accounting for Its
variation In size.
In Northeastern Canada there are
large streams and lakes In which only
tingerlings have ever been found. In
the immediate vicinity Of such waters
three and fOurpound trout are quite
common and seven and elght-pOunders
are not phenomenal. In all these wa.
ters crustacea do not abound; there are
no small fish of any kind except small
trout. All the fish are pure fly feed,
ers. At some places, II IS true, frogs
abound, but. taken as whole. the diff
ference in food supply Is not an ade-
quate explanation for the difference in
growth.
There Is no substantial difference in
the waters as to temperature, size, orr
gin and course Climatic conditions
are the same. The small trout taken to
virgin lakes in which there are no fish
have sometimes grown to great size,
have sometimes remained small and
sometimes have not thriven. The
anglers who haunt these waters have
not yet found satisfactory explana-
ton Of this peculiar condition of things.
1t is one of the mysteries which lends
fascination to the art. "YOu never can
tell what Is going to happen when you
go fishing"
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1906-11-16
A Late Edition,

julius Kahn, representative from San
Francisco, was In Washington when the.
earthquake came and was nearly fran.
tie, because his wife and children. In.
Guiding n baby few days old. were d.
rectly In the path OF the fire.
Kahn spent two days trying TO tele-
graph aud then took train and went
out, and finding his family safe, stayed
Il week or 80 IN the ruined city.
ON his return he found letter from
constituent, written eight days after
the shock. which began:
Dear Julius: mo doubt you will be
surprised to learn from me that we
have had n terrible earthquake out
here. - Saturday Evening Post.