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The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05

Is paid, the surviving child or child
rem shall be entitled to the whole
amount of the original pension, in the
same manner In which they would
have been had the soldier left no
other child or children
Deserter.-The pension system
requires discharge from service 8
a prerequisite to pension. A desert
er is, constructivsly, in the service so
long as the charge ofcesertion fingers
against him. Said charge must be
removed by operation Of law or by a
special act of the war Department. in
order that the soldier may become
lawful claimant for pension; nor
can mother be pensioned on account
OF son who died while deserter.
Accidental Injuries An act OF
gross careessness on the part of the
claimant resulting in accidental
injury, and causing disability for
which the pension is asked: the
Department holds that said act put
claimant outside the line of duty.
relieved the Government of responsi-
bility and rendered the CONSEQUENCES
-pensionable.
individual FurIough Where a
sold er was captured by the enemy
while on individual Through, convey.
ed to military prison, and, during
his continent as a prisoner of war,
contracted diseas and died, it is mold
that, having be en- kept in duress bv
the enemy, he died III the line of duty
and the claim of his widow tor pen
sion is valid.
Line OF Duty A soldier is not in
line of duty while absent beyond the
lines OF his command ON leave or on
pass III pursuit of pleasure, or to
attend to private business, and dis
ability contracted or accidental injury
occurring while so absent, is not pen.
sionable
Rerating. The Department will
not disturb former pension ratings
upon a mere difference of opinion rs
to the correctness of the same, nor
VIII 1t agree 10 rerating unless there
appears IN the papers Il manifest
error i'll the former action of the
Department involving II violation of
law or an undisputaOie injustice to
the soldier. The ratings, based upon
adjudlcations of a claim are held az a
rule to be res adjudicata.
Minors Pension The pension
which is allowed the minors Of Il
deceased soldier cannot be divided
except in the distribution of the sum
total thereof among the minors them
selves, and when on, dies the whole
original pension goes to the minors
living: but the 81 additional for each
child, the "increase", as it is gen
orally called, first provided in the act
of July %, 1866, Is not II part OF the
original pension aforesaid, inherited
from the soldier and, consequently,
lapses whenever the child, named tor
1t, dies without receiving the same,
it being granted exclusively to said
child, and no one else having an
interest therein.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05
CURED OF LUNG TROUBLE.

sit is now eleven years since | had
. narrow escape from consumption"
writes G. 0. Floyd, a leading business
man of Kershaw S. g. ~ had run
down in weight to 1875 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
and by night. Finally began taking
DR.. King s New Discovery, and con
tinued this for about six months, when
my cough and lung trouble We're
entirely gone and ! was restored to
my normal weight, l70 pounds -
Thousands of persons are healed
every year. Guaranteed at All Drug
gists soc and Sl.O0. Trial bottle
free.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05
WISE COUNSEL FROM THE SOUTH

WISE COUNSEL FROM THE SOUTH
i want to give some valuable
advice to those who suffer with lame
back and kidney trouble" says }. Il
BlankensLip, Of Beck, Tenn. 81 have
proved to an absolute certainty that
Electric Bltters will positively cure
this distressing condition. The first
bottle gave me great relief and after
taking few moro bottles, ] was com
pletely cured; so completely that it
becomes n pleasure to recommend
this great remedy.n Sold under
gu rantee at All Druggists. Price
50 cents.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

prevailing IN this
) because 50 decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths ar caused by
it heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or spoplexy
are often the result
Of kidney disease. Il
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance the
kicne y oiso ne d
blood will attack the
vital organs or tho
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05

Kidneys themselves break down and waste
away cell BY cell.
Bladder troubles most always result fror-
q arrangement Of the kidneys and cure =.
obtained quickest by proper treatment Il
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking Dr.. Kilmer',
Swamp=R Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
/. corrocts inability TO hold urine and scald-
Ing pain in passing it. and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity Of being compelled 10
60 often during the day, and TO get up many
times during the night The mild and the
extraordinary effect =. Swamp-Roct is soon
realized. 1t stands ) highest for its won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
BY all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dollar
sized bottles. You may f
have a sample bottle of tfs'Is7,x ut a. ...:a.s:::s
this wonderful new dis II II ft E.
covery and book that - s ~. s e2
tells all about it, both Homo Of swamp-Root.
sent free by mail. Address Or. Kimer & Co.
Binghamton, N. Y. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
Don't make any mistas ut re-
member the name, Swamp hoor, DR..
Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the ad-
press, Binghamton, N. V, on every
bottle.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1907-01-05

sized bottles. You may
have a sample bottle of
this wonderful new dis
covery and a book that
tolls eli about IL hnth
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

A little forethought exercised just
now in the matter of starting the flow
ering bulbs will insure a most delight
full Whit of fragrance and floral beauty
in the cold months Of winter when 9th
erwise we would have but the memory
and anticipation Of summer flowers to
cneer the dark days.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
FARM READING.

With the long evenings of winter
soon coming on, it is time to begin
making plans for the winters supply
of reading matter, including books.
magazines and papers. With the great
variety of periodicals that can be got
at low prices in connection with the
many clubbing offers that are made by
ones home and outside papers there Is
really no excuse why any town or farm
home should be destitute of interesting
and up to date reading matter. The
bald facts are that good many chill
dren do not like to stay at home even
ings because there Is little there to
attract or interest them, and there Is
no way in which this difficulty can be
more readily corrected than In that
Indicated above. In addition to the
home paper and good agricultural
paper or papers, there should be a
wholesome family weekly, which should
contain something of interest for every
member Of the family. And there
should be one or more good monthly
magazines, of which the variety Is
large and the quality excellent. II this
plan Is carried out and game board
is provided, we see no good reason why
the members of the family circle
should not spend many a happy even
Ing when the weather Is cold and for.
bidding without. II the home has not
been all that 1t might have been In the
past In these respects, would 1t not be
well worth while to inaugurate
change and see If 1t does not give large
returns?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
SIXTEEN BUSHELS PER ACRE.

There were thrashed this year from q
100 acre field of oats located on
farm but few miles from the writer's
home 1000 bushels of grain OF inferior
quality, or an average of just sixteen
bushels per acre. This fact is not men,
toned with view to causing surprise
because of the size Of the yield, but
simply as the basis Of comment or
two OH the baleful effect of the sys-
tenn of yearly rental of farm property.
This farm is in a fertile section of the
county, capable with decent treatment
of producing seventy-five bushels of
corn, fifty bushels of oats and three
tons of clover hay per acre. The pitt
able showing mentioned above is the
result of years Of shiftless manage
ment on the part of the landlord, cou-
pied with a system of tenancy which
has consisted in selling the fertility
from the farm in the shape of grain
and hay, with the result that today
the farm is an agricultural bankrupt,
fertility lost, credit gone and reputa-
ton badly damaged. AS might be ex-
pected under such system Of man.
agement, quack grass has gained such
a foothold that neighbors estimate that
if it were all in one patch it would
cover from forty to sixty acres of the
total area. As consequence no self
respecting and prudent tenant will rent
the farm on any terms; hence the 9th
er kind get it, and quite naturally the
deplorable conditions mentioned tend
to grow cumulatively worse. Such
handling of fertile, responsive soil is
no less than an agricultural crime,
whose punishment is just as sure as
that following transgression in the
palm of human affairs. Reformation
can only be accomplished at the eX-
pense Of much money and the exer-
else of long continued care and effort.
If regeneration of such a farm Is eff
fected 1t will come through radical
change in methods-stock raising in
stead Of grain selling, five year in
stead of a one year system of renta!
and the raising Of clover and applica
ton of other fertilizers instead Of the
gradual soil robbery which has gone on
for twenty years past. 1t is a matter
Of congratulation that such farms as
the one described are comparatively
few, but deplorable that the methods
which prevail In the management OF
SO many farms point to the same direc-
ton.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
To-day we want to talk to
YOU about HCatarrh cures"

Du~in~ n 80. lew months we have
been III. III, what s"F of our good
iri>.ls ]! e-.l-d ncart- ,o-heart talks"
on 2a.eHl ~ s,..:s
!A-t ~. I'll r.yht--"hcart-
tO-;ic~.t ,..~. 49, we hove
intcrGs%. c@a'tl. t:~.i.:n~ tcorc
serio-~ =: man o. So women
than - - It md the remedies Re or
she tai, = c:.~r It.
Our I'll ''-.n ',rnn "hca-t-- heart"
Every v'c~I v,n Ito tinted has been
written in a|s3l1t2 cc,ncstncss and sim
cerity, and iudg;n~ f~orl what our Gus
toners tell rs, we have not been talking
in vain. We are convinced that our
franllness has been appreciated, and that
our suggestions have been Welcomed
which naturally encourages us to con-
tinuc.
To-day, and perhaps for some time to
come we want to talk about that big
class of remedies known generally as
"catarrh cures"
Broadly speaking these are the patent
medicines that have been the chief tar
gets for the attacks of the Ladies
Home Journal" Golfers Weekly" and
other magazines which are waging such
lively warfare against patent medicine
abuses.
AS we have pointed ont in previous
talks, it is not our business TO pass judg
ment on the crusade of these we'll
known, highly-respected publications.
The public alone must be the Judge and
jury. Our business, as we see it, is to
carry in stock complete line of patent
medicines, and to sell those medicines at
the lowest possible price.
We sell hundreds-yes thousands of
bottles of so-called ''catarrh cures" and
know nothing of their ingredients. The
manufacturers advertise them, the public
demands them; we order them from the
manufacturers, and sell them at the low
est price. That is absolutely as far as
our knowledge goes. The manufactures
keeps his formula a secret. 1t may be
good, or it may Motive don't know, and
we have no means of finding out.
Naturally, we would rather sell rem
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
ALCoHoL FROM POTATOES.

Professor III. s. Wiley, chemist of the
department of agriculture, has recent
ly made public some interesting facts
connected with the manufacture of al
colhol from corn and potatoes. He
states that at present most Of the
alcohol produced in the country is
made from Indian corn. while the next
most abundant possible source is the
potato-white, sweet or the yam. Some
one of these is grown in almost every
part of the United States. and they
constitute Il cheap yet convenient
source of manufacture. In the manu-
facture of alcohol from potatoes the
tubers are first reduced to fine pulp,
mixed with water and the starch con-
verted into sugary matter by heating
with an acid. After the conversion of
starch into sugar, fermentation takes
place. This is usually conducted in
large wooden watts of a size to CORE
spOnd to the magnitude of the distil-
lery. Once started, fermentation pro-
ceeds rapidly and is usually completed
within forty-eight or seventy-two
hours. From this point the alcohol Is
distilled in the same manner as that
derived from corn or other prod
ucts. Professor Wiley warns against
individual attempts to manufacture
alcohol and expresses the opinion that
the manufacture will have to be car
ried on by distilleries located at points
easily accessible to those raising large
quantities of corn, potatoes and other
raw materials.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

There came to our notice the other
day the case Of farmer whose exam.
pie might be followed with profit by
many today. Starting with a small
farm fifteen or eighteen years ago, he
resolved not to sell pound Of grain
therefrom. Instead year by year he
converted the products of his land into
butter, mutton, beef and pork. Today
he has as much land as he cares to
handle, has good sized bank account.
while his acres are known for miles
around as the most fertile and produc-
tive In the locality. There Is sugges-
ton here for the fellow who has here
tofore been content with land skin
ming grain selling type of agriculture.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

edy that we know is right-that we can
back up with all our reputation for hon
esty and square-dealing.
And wouldn't you rather buy that kind
of remedy? Wouldn't YOU rather hold
Us responsible than to hold no one
responsible? We are right here, right
where you can get at us every day in the
week. right where one false move on our
part will bring upon us your conden1-
nation, the loss of your friendship, your
patronage, your influence. Can we afford
to tell you anything that you will learn
later is not absolutely true?
Are you not safer in taking our word
for the merits of an article. than you are
to rely on the printed statement of pa
tent medicine manufactures, whom you
never even saw and probably never will?
Common sense most emphatically tells
you that we cannot afford to depart one
hairs breadth from the rigid truth
None of us can deny that there is such
a disease known as "catarrh" Those
who have it, or who have had it. know
that it is one of the hardest diseases to
cure.
Perhaps the worst thing about catarrh
is its prevalence. Almost everyone
especially in climate like ours-has
catarrh in some form or another. That is
what has made the ''catarrh cure" bust
ness so profitable. There are so many
thousands of cases of the disease and it is
so hard.to cure. that the patent medicine
manufacturers have reaped harvest in
preparing remedies that appeal to this
LARGE class of sufferers
One of the most serious things about
catarrh IS that it breaks down the sys-
tenn. so that the sufferer becomes prey
to other diseases. This fact has led the
proprietors of so many "catarrh cures"
to advertise their remedies as a specific
for almost every disease under the SUN.
We have ONE catarrh cure that we
are willing to say to you; 1--WE know
this is all right. Take it home and use it
with the full assurance that if it does not
cure you, you can bring it back to us
and we will promptly refund your
money" That catarrh cure is
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

While old country conditions may be
such as to make it imperative that
every inch Of ground should be put
to some practical and definite use in the
line Of raising stuff for the family con-
sumption, land is plentiful enough in
this country to admit of at least four
square rods In front Of the farm or
town home being devoted to flower
beds and lawn. That much space at
least should be dedicated to de-
velopment in US Of the aesthetic and
love of the beautiful and should not
be used as a hog lot, pumpkin or po-
tato patch.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
GRAPE SEEDS.

In Europe the seeds Of the grape have
various economic uses. In the form of
seeds they are fed to the horses and
cattle the same as grain and are valued
more highly than oats; ground up, they
are substituted for coffee; crushed they
furnish high grade oil, which ranks
next to and is used similarly to olive
oil; besides oil the seeds yield tannin
valuable for tanning and other pun
poses. The day has come when there
little wasted, and the byproducts
well as the product itself are made
Yield an income.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

People will generally sympathize
with and many of them justify the
Ohio woman who sought divorce from
her husband on the ground that he in
sisted on having nothing for breakfast
but predigested breakfast foods
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

A nearby city reports a number Of
chicks as Matching from an egg case
placed on the platform of cold stor-
age plant. The eggs producing these
chicks must have had good two
weeks start before the local grocer got
hold of them
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

You might just as well let the hired
man use the buggy as to leave it out in
the rain and sun exposed to all kinds
of weather.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
The
Employer

Who uses his best judgment in Sc.
lecting employees;
Provides them with a good system
Of accounting;
And bonds them in the AMERICAN
SURETY COMPANY OF NEW
YORK, the largest Surety Company
in the world,
Will
Reduce defalcations TO the
minimum:
And when they do occur. will find
himself ex0nsydfsd from blame and
Justly commended As an able and far
seeing executive.
Many an employer has bitterly re.
aretted that he did not iHsisf ON
having the bond of this Company.
Remember that other Surety Com.
panies, if they pay. rarely do so
with the CELEBRITY Of this Company,
and spend little in capturing de-
faulters.
YOU nam the best
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

A sound nubbin is preferable to the
big soft ear which spoils in the crib.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09

Inasmuch as 90 per cent Of all house
flies are said to breed in horse manure,
we would seem to be doomed to suffer
from this pest as long as we raise
horses or at least until we adopt sys-
tematic methods of killing the larvae
before they have chance to hatch out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09


from this pest as long as we raise
horses or at least until we adopt sys-
tematic methods Of killing the larvae
before they have chance to hatch out.
A little forethought exercised just
now in the matter of starting the flow
ering bulbs will insure a most delight
full Whit of fragrance and floral beauty
in the cold months of winter when 9th
erwise we would have but the memory
and anticipation Of summer flowers to
cneer the dark days.
1t would seem to be bad bargain
when order In the home is maintained
at a sacrifice of actual comfort and
good feeling among the different mem
bers of the family. Order in itself
amounts to nothing. 1t is only justifi-
who are affected amounting to more
than the cost of maintaining it.
Barring a burn out or protracted
sickness, there would seem to be no
good reason why any family that has
had access to piece of ground the
present season should not have in store
enough canned fruit and garden vege-
tables to supply the table through the
winter While downright shiftlessness
is no valid excuse, it is usually the
reason why ample stores are not laid
up for the winter use.
Although the United States fur
nishes only about q per cent Of all
the meat consumed In the British isles
which is imported, the per cent Of
staple articles used as food is much
greater. All live stock imported into
that country must be slaughtered
within few days after arriving upon
British soil. This is done, it is claim
ed, for sanitary reasons and also as a
protection to the British grown stock.
A good many farmers living in north
ern Iowa and southern Minnesota are
this year realizing nice return on the
fields which they have sown to fax.
Representatives of fax Irvine plant
are paying as high as 81 per ton for
the unthrashed flax, which means for
many farmers return of from $40 to
$26 per acre. The fax is pressed, snip
ped to the plant and thrashed, the seed
being saved and the fax being made
into binding Irvine.
The plan of the Canadian govern
ment of hiring an expert, at present
man from Oregon, to instruct growers
and shippers how to correctly pack
apples and the enforcement Of law
compelling the honest packing and
grading of apples, would seem to be
one that might be followed by our own
government with good effect. While
somewhat technically worded bulletin
is of considerable help to those who
can digest 1t, practical demonstration
by an expert in this line would be of
far greater value.
While old country conditions may be
such as to make 1t imperative that
every inch OF ground should be put
to some practical and definite use In the
line of raising stuff for the family con-
sumption, land Is plentiful enough in
this country TO admit of at least four
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-01-09
MUCU-TONE

There is no guess work with lis on Rexall
Mucu-Tone. NE knoaV sVhat it is made OF.
Not only do we know, but 70e 70H giVe yoM
COPY of the formula
There is no secret about any Rexall remedy
we make them-one thousand of us leading
druggists all over American our great CO.
operative laboratories at Boston, Mass. We
own the laboratories, and everything i'll them, and
we operate them just as skillfully as our COM
bned brains and money will let us, and just as
honestly as honest men know how.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1907-02-07
Grimes and Criminals.

George Burnham, Jr., former gen.
eral counsel for the Mutual Life In.
surance company, was put to work in
the printing shop in Sing Sing prison.
Four masked and armed men held
up A. f. Avery at Butte, Mont, and
robbed him of all the %valuables he had,
not even overlooking his gold-rimmed
spectacles, sl1 in money and a gold
watch.
Joseph Coury, proprietor of a lace
factory, was mysteriously murdered in
his factory in New York. Elias Ora.
hya, a Syrian, is charged with the
shooting. The killing resulted appar-
emily from a quarrel over possession
of the factory.
Tired of life, owing probably to men.
tai trouble, Tony Sain, a foreigner.
went TO a coke oven at Oliver No. / at
Uniontown, Pa, and deliberately un.
dressed in tie cold and threw himself
naked head first into the bed of fire
and was burned to death.
Charles w. Schultz, aged sixty.
three, a capitalist and banker of Mem,
phis, Tenn, committed suicide at Bat,
tie Creek, Mich, at the Battle Creek
sanitarium, where he was being treat.
ed for a ervou trouble. His wife
discovered his body in a bath room, a
shawl-strap around his neck, showing
that he had choked himself to death.