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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13

A wealthy North Dakota woman
is offering five thousand dollars for
an acceptable husband. Good hus-
bands come high. Maybe this dame
has been there before and knows
that first class hubby is worth
money.-EX.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13

The most value in America for
the money-Maxwell automobiles,
$500 TO $1,000. Record breakers
in speed, economy, reliability, ap-
pearance, ease of riding and cost of
upkeep. call at Public Opinion
Office and let us show you.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13

There is no cough medicine so
popular as Foley's Honey and Tar
1t never fails to cure coughs, colds,
Group and bronchitis. r. A. Eng
bertson. ADJ.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13
Congregational Supper.

The Congregational church ladies
will serve supper Friday, April Is,
from $50 p. m. until all are served.
ISL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13
In Orr Young Mems

Department you will get fine den
poster when you buy your spring
suit-ask for it. BEARS.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13

If Pole Explorer Shackleton finds
that Brer Cook captured the cream
of the lecture end, he should be
we'll used to taking the frosting.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13
i've Got Rings On My Fingers"

CHORUS
For it is Cresco, old Cresco, I'd like to be,
Back upon old Main Street, kid again you see:
Chicago is all right but Cresco suits me,
Cresco, Cresco Cresco, Iowa, Iowa.
Sing Kate Sing
CHORUS
Gresco town, work like the devil and ven do
you browni
Gresco TOMMY you is no good-vy did you
come down?
Vos they all like you. do they yoost loaf around:
Back to the Woods for you,
Yon will not, nit, never do
Your gait to slow
It's better you'd go,
Back to dot Gresco town.-Cresco L. ID.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-04-13
Chicago CresCO Club.

The Cresco Chicago Club was or
ganiZed at a dinner held in the
States restaurant by twenty-five ma
tives and former residents CT Cres-
co, Iowa, to bring together in fra
ternal and social gatherings resi-
dents of Cresco who formerly lived
in or were born in that town Month
ly dinners are planned. DR.. Geo. w.
Webster was elected president; C. c..
O'Malley, vice president; B. c. Bean
secretary; E. H. Arnold, treasurer.
Hugh O'Neill, James Garrett, Jack
Fleming, A. l.. Upton and w. A.
Bitner, directors; Fred Cole, Hugh
Owens and Carl Bradley, member
ship committee; O. B. Simpson, G..
S. Noble, Victor McNally and DR..
c. F. Isaacs, reception committee
Chicago American
The secretary furnishes us list
of The participants as follows. also
o copy of the menu served at the
banquet at the States restaurant
which is under the management of
Orrie Simpson. We also include
the poetical gems appearing on the
back of the menu.
oiAo"ihS lhO SISoto nv
were present: DR.. George w. Web
ster, Dr. Charles F. Isaacs, G. S.
Noble, A. c. Noble. Hugh O'Neill, r.
e. Noble, A. l.. Upton c. c. Bradley,
w A. Bither, Hugh Owens, Fred
Cole, o. B. Simpson, B. c. Bean, C.
c. O'Malley. f. H. Arnold, A. F.
Garrett and Jack Fleming.
CRESCO DINNER
Blue Points, Vernon Springs Style
Celery Olives Radishes
Cream of Chicken, n la Billy Owen
Filet of Bass Marshall Lent Salisbury Style
Potatoes, Russells Best
Beef Tenderloin Outlets, la Fred Martin
Sherbet. Arnold and Terry
Roast Young Tom Turkey,
Mashed Potatoes, Van Syke House Style
Green Peas, Mrs. Gibby's Best
Cranberry Sauce a la Perry
Strother Salad
Ice Cream, Webster House
Assorted Cakes Mrs. Irvine's Recipe
Cheese, Kendallville Picnic Style
Water Crackers Platt * O'Malley
Black Coffee, II. O'Reilly Brew
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
Yolly Yinglings.
By Yeas YenSen.

Vat Ay toll u fallers? Don't
Ay told u long time ago dat Ay
ben guide smart mans2 . bet u
life Ay ben smart fallar! U tink
das har Warden he's gojn' give may
yob for be editor of das har Mirror
Of Ay amt ben guide smart mans?
Nosaree! Das har Warden he's
awful guide smart mans heemself
an he nos ven he sees nodder
smart mans, das Wy he give may
das har yob for be editor of das
har Mirror. Ay toll by Yum
miny das ben gud yob tew. Ay
goin' prent guide paper now u will
see. Yust took a look on das front
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
Our New Editor

Many inquiries are being tossed
back aud forth referring to the
quiet, transformations, IN d mild
hammered gentleman who is 60
ing about the galleries with quill
behind his ear. We hasten to
indentify him as: Our New Editor,
and herewith record our heartiest
congratulations for an unqualified
success in his arduous position. 1t
is an axiom that we'll regulated,
and evenly balanced machinery
always runs smoot hly an q
noiselessly, there is no strain
ing for effects, the fly wheel never
busters and roars, as though II
were about to destroy the universe,
and there is an entire absence OF
jars and nauseaus sensations, that
seemingly would, but never d o
amount to anything.
Our New Editor by his respect
for the desires and feelings of his
companions in durance, has al
ready achieved high place in
their esteem. and we predict a new
era for our paper.
Let us all take hold and do our
level best to aid him.
X. Y. u.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
The Hifalutin' H.yphen

Although the general tendency
is to do away with unnecessary
marks of punctuation, tue hyphen
is still uselessly retained IN "to-
day." Tonight" and Tomorrow. p"
That the retaining of the hyLhen
in these words is not only useless,
but absolutely criminal is easily
demonstrated by a bit of simple
mathematics.
There are 178,236,592 English
speaking people. The words "to-
day." tonight" and morrow
are together used forty eight times
daily by every person = five of
these being written out in long
hand. Thus the daily output OF
hyphens in these words totals $751;
182,46O. Taken the average of a
written hyphen to be one quarter
of an inch, you have straight line
1864 miles long Al the usual
rate of writing it would take one
man seventy-s six years to insert the
hyphens in the words and his SAL
ary would amount to $78,4 1886.
Butavoiding all theory, to-day"
"to-night'' and tomorrow" are
daily hyphenated four times each
on 234, 1872 typewriters and three
times daily on 1922 linotype
machines. Remembering that a
pressure of one ounce is required
to strike a typewriter key and two
and one half TO depress linotype,
we see that in writing these hy-
phens total of 352,974foot-pounds
of energy is expended, or enough
to draw a passenger train across
the United States.
To avoid appearing picayunish,
no mention has been made of the
waste of ink and paper, but this
would approximate in value the
daily bread supply of the State of
New York.
The hyphens in to-day to
night" and Tomorrow" should be
discontinued today. John E.
Rosser in October Lipplncott's.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27

side of das liar Mirror an see ef
das aint look Moe. U bet u life
das ben guide yob. q see das bar
Professor Webb mes make dat.
Ay tell may an das har Webb
yes been tew smart faliars. We
nos das har noospaper bisness
alIite bet life.
Ay CESS II faIlars don't heleef
may ven Ay tell Ay been guide
poet tew, hey? Veil by goliy Ay
tell u das no yoke. Yaw, das rite,
alrlte bekaus das Leyenvort DAILY
Times p'ent das potree vot Ay put
in dose YolIy Yinglings Ola odder
day. Az tell II dose fallars nos
guide potree ven day see it, das Wy
day prent may potree. Ay goin'
tew rite some more guide potrees
some time an mabe Ay goin get
das check for tousand dollars after
vile anyway. An nabe Ay goin'
get pardon tew byanby. Ay tell II
das tew bad for keep smart maj
lax may in das har vail. Day shud
give may yob in Washington for
help Mastar Taft for run das har
government. Ay tell u Ay goin'
tew rase hell Wit DIES har tariff bis
ness ef day give may yob in das
vite house. Ay bet u Ay would
make das Uncle Yoe hard tew
ketch alrite An Ay would take
das big stick away from Teddy tew
an max heem he guide boy. Ay
would take das big stick away from
heem an hide ii SO he's never find
it no more, den he's kant soak no.
body on ola he'd Wit it ven day aiut
lookin'. Ay goin' rite guide letter
tew Big Bill an ask heem vat he
tank bout dat.
Ay don't lax hat fallars tank
Ay ben sv-lled oop on mayself be-
kaus Ay talk lax das har. But a
see everything vat Ay say is rite,
das w Ay hat tew say 80. But
das alrite, fallars, Ay goin kom
round an see all fallars after vile
an den II vii! see We goin' make
das bar Mirror da best paper In da
hole vnrid. U bet u life; ola fallar
vat don't toll no lies ISIS
YENS YENSEN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27

1901, and very good Eastern one
to balance it with Is "A Pagan of
the Alleghanies," 1902.
Have you ever read "Susan
Clegg and Her Friend Mrs. Lath-
rop?" Or 'Susan C!egg and the
Man in the House." 14O3 and
14O4? Well, if You havn't you can
look forward to two enjoyable even
lngs before you leave; and some
Sunday Just ask for 1864, "The
Resurrection" by Tolstoy, it will
almost make you feel glad you're
here and have the time to spare to
read.
Before closing this article, which
deals only with the 6ctional part
of the library, [ would like to call
your attention to one or two other
books of this class: "My Official
Wife, 1877; "The Helmet of Ma
varre," 1899; "Consuelo," 1912;
"The Gambler" 1861; and 1.-THE
Adventures of Freshman" 1856.
l will say nothing in this article
about the many books we have that
deal with Religious or Philosophic
topics, or of the wonderfully fine
series of works we have on biog.
raphy and travel, but will reserve
that for future article.
Our collection of foreign books
is, unfortunately, rather limited,
still there are some very good ones
and undoubtedly the next purchase
will include more Of this class, as
there are numerous inmates whose
knowledge of English is limited.
With the permission of the ed
itor [ Will extend this article in
some future issue.
V. D., LIBRARIAN.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
A Cow Worth Having

Some COWS may give beitermilk,
but no COW in the world gives 30
much of it as Josephine, an eight
g r-old Holstein- Fresian, the
queen of the heard of the Missouri
State College of Agriculture. just
now Josephine is undergoing a test
to determine how much milk she
will give in year. Having al
ready broken all the other tactical
records, it is a pretty safe bet that
Josephine will establish a clear
title to the heavy weight milk pro-
ducing championship and hold it
for some time.
CoIan. the 4tb Johanna, owned in
Rosrndale, Wisconsin, used to be
the prize COW, but Josephine has
beaten every one of her records.
In the first six months of the pres
ent test Josephine produced l6,-
1874 pounds of milk against 1854
pounds for Colanthe. In one day
Josephine produced 1902 pounds
of milk against Colanthe's 1O6; in
ne month Josephine produced
1850 pounds against the Wisconsin
cows 2,7S3 aud she has beaten the
Wisconsin cows average for two,
three, four, five and six months
The average farmer is satisfied
if his COWS give ten quarts of milk
day, but Josephine gives enough
to fill fifty-four quart bottles. Civ
ing the average person two-thirds
of pint of milk day, she would
supply hotel with 165 boarders.
The butter from her milk would
be enough to supply forty boarders
three times day. Naturally, with
such high production, the milk
given by Josephine is inferior to
that given by the average dairy
COW, although it meets and exceeds
the legal requirements of butter
fat. It is estimated her milk will
produce a revenue of ST, 200 to ST.
500 a year.-From Prize Cow of
t h Q World in Technical World
Magazine for November.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
V. D.. LIBRARIAN.

In the above article, Mr.. V. D.
has made a careful and systematic
survey of the local feld of fiction,
afixing his stamp of approval up
on some of the literary gems-the
joys Of which he has tasted. By
following t h Q suggestions made
and being guided by his expert
which is not inconsiderable
any inmate should be able to
make selections which will prove
most interesting and beneficial.
One publication, however, we'll
worthy of special mention, which
tue above writer overlooked no
doubt for lack Of space, az it's
charms are we'll known and ap-
preciated = is IT he Virginian,"
1863. This is a fascinating tale
of Western life, around which the
author, Owen Wjster,' has woven
an interesting romance. The hero
is cowboy, who like all idols of
the passing West, is characterized
for his daring and fearless man
hood. T Q heroine is a young
lady unused to Western life. Cir
cumstances Of most interesting
and readable nature bring them to-
gether. Then begins number of
incidents-bound TO hold the at
tention Of the reader-which final
ly end in a pretty romance. There
is fair share of fighting, such as
characterizes all stories of v estern
| life in this book. The reader is
surer to arrive at truer apprecia-
ton of t,. worth OF trae manhood
and nobi.. characterised as cap
tiyated the heroine in this tale and
finally brought her to- worship at
the shrine of her cowboy lover
by perusing its pages Through
out, the jaunty breeze,of Western
life prevails. All lovers of good
fiction are sure to find this book
interesting and we'll worthy of q
careful reading. Call for it. on
your library slip some day, you will
surely be pleased with theselection
YOUNG STEADY.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
Mothers Treasure

Tell me language more matchmaking,
Or anguish and sorrow doth quicker subdue,
Than baby's first babble SO free and uniring,
Or baby's first "mama, dear mama" SO
Crystalline true
Tell me note that 8 sweeter, more thrilling,
Melodious and joyful, enhancing to all
More buoyant and ecstacy filling
Than baby's first laughter that rings
Through the hall
Tell me a sound more gadness bringing
To Mother-heart, one that's quick to enthrall
Or tell me sound that's truer in ringing,
Than the rhythmic pattering of feet
In the hall.
ID
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27

The library now contains aoout
seven thousand volumes and any
inmate may select two volumes
each week, and in addition any
reference work by making applica-
ton to the dollhouse Captain.
In general fiction t here are
about two thousand volumes: ev-
ery author of any prominence be-
ing represented. In this class OF
books you will surely find some
thing that will interest you and
help you to pass away the even
ings. If you like something real
ly comic try Buffers Confessions
of a Daddy" or pigs is Pigs
l81 and 1872. cyan Bibber and
Other Stories" by Davis, 374. "A
House, boat on T h Q Styx,' by
Bangs, 1865. "Three Men in a
Boat" Jerome, 1882, and, of course,
read everything in the catalogue
by Mark Twain and Peter Dunno
(Mr. Doo!ey), 1898 to 1928 and
1774 to TIT. If you would like
to read about the Indians and get
an idea about the early days OF the
colonial settlements, just put any
of the numbers between 245 and
1923 on your slip and you are sure
to get something by Fennimore
Cooper, the best Indian story-tell-
er that ever wrote line.
Maybe you would like to COM
bine little history with a novel,
If so. then ask for 1880 to 1850;
this is the Mulbach series an d
you will find them remarkably in
teresting. They include the story
of Henry the Eighth, that bluff,
old English King who had so many
wives, you remember. The stories
about Napoleon, Frederick the
Great and Old Fritz, and In fact
most Of the historical persons you
are interested in. Try one Of these
books some week and you will be
amused and learn something AS
we'll. For those who care for sea
stories, with touch of lighting
onl adventure in them, l would
recommend apta II Marrsat's.
from SOB to 937. The!best of these
are "Mr. Midshipman Easy 9l3,
"Newton Forster" GIG and Jacob
Faithful" 936.
Nobody with drop Of Irish
blood in them should neglect to
read Harry Lorrequer," S52, or
"CharIes O'Malley," S55. These
are the best Irish stories ever writ
ten and every Irishman in here
knows that that means the best on
earth. Carleton's willy Reilly
and 'sThe Black Baronet" will give
you notion of what the "Auld"
Country was like in the time OF
your grandfather. Some men, in
spite OF being inmates of a peni-
tertiary, like really good literature
and know it when they see T..
This isn't joke). To these men s
attention l would call "The Card
inal's Snuff Box" 662; "Mosses
From an Old Manse," SOL; "a
Daughter of the Shows" 864; "The
Story of an African Farm" 1872;
aThe Gentleman From Indiana
1888; .sThe House of Mirth," l42l;
and "Alice of Old Vincennes, .
1857. OF course l only mention
these few as samples, as there are
many others and tastes differ
IL you have a leaning toward
books OF rather goody- goody type
sort of how-awful- bad-it-is-to- be-
naughty kind of books, yon know
why, Ihen. E. j. Roe, ll6l to
1896. will fill the awful craving.
Besides, if you can't sleep vel
you'll find them INST excellent
remedy.
The best Western story i'll the
library is For the Soul of Rafael.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
Musical Warnings.
Some Lyrical Musings From the Pens
Of Local So1gsters.
A Threnody

Oh! argue not; the morrow yet may bring
The wished ful6ment of your dreams of yore;
The hope that feeds on fancy is idle thing,
No wish, pleading one hour restore.
The moment past has passed away for aye,
With all that appertained, forevermore;
Swept by the ceasless swirl of night and day,
We journey ever from shore to shore.
All must be loss-then why the loss deplore?
The hand that yields the scepre drifts my way;
The who hate and my faults abhor
Have like myself the excellence of clay
ALI all have known the triumph of day,
When moment and all else forgot,
Giants of fancied strength were wont to sway
The slave DER burdened with a meaner lot
So this, me thinks indeed wise decree:
That in a race where many strive amain,
No man shall always at the foremost be,
No one forever may the prize retain.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27

The poor are not always happy.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-10-27
Books Worth Reading.
BelnQ q Few Ter8e Remarks on Some o.
the Gems in the Local Library.

Contributions TO this Appreciated
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-01-27
Cream Candies.

Beat the whites of four eggs to a
stiff froth. add five tablespoonfuls Of
cold water and flavor to the taste. Stir
a little and put in confectioners' sugar
until stiff enough to mix, and work it
into dough like bread The proportion
of one white of an egg and one and
one-half teaspoonfuls cream or wa
ter and half pound of sugar are about
right. Mold this in any desired form
and let it harden few hours. Knead.
Ing a little improves this candy.
Make the cream as above and roll
out in sheet one-half inch thick and
place nuts-almonds, English walnuts,
or halves of hickory nuts-in rows,
one-haf inch apart each way, and
press down; cut in squares, with nut
In each square. Any kind of fruit
dates, figs, cherries, or raisins may
be prepared in the same manner.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-01-27
Carbonate of HaIibut.

Take the skin from large slice OF
halibut and cut into pieces three
Inches square. Melt one-third cup OF
butter. add level teaspoon of salt,
saltspoon of pepper and few drops
of onion juice. Beat one egg with a
tablespoon of cold water. Dip the
pieces of fish into the butter, then
into the egg, and roll in fine crumbs
Place in the baking pan and pour the
remainder of the seasoned butter
round the fish. Set In a quick oven
for 10 minutes; serve with a sauce.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-01-27
Delicious Snowflake.

One pound of arrowroot, one fourth
pound of powdered white sugar, half q
pound of butter, the whites of six
eggs, and flavoring to taste; almond
vanilla or lemon. Beat the butter tc
cream; stir the sugar and arrow
root gradually, at the same time beat
ing the mixture; whisk the whites OF
the eggs to stiff froth; add them to
the other ingredients and beat well
for 20 minutes. Flavor, pour the cake
into a buttered mold of tin. and bake
In moderate oven from one to one
and one-half hours. This is a genu
Inc Scotch reciIe.-Delineator
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1910-01-27
SILHOUETTES OF
WESTERN CANADA

The man from Iowa began to talk
land before the train was well out OF
the c. N. II. depot in Winnipeg. The
talk began in rather wide circles. The
rush to the land, the bumper crop, the
system of summer following pursued
in the semi-arid districts, we're all
discussed, and then, with a sort of
apologetic smile. the Iowa man said:
I'm a bit interested in this country
myself. Some of the men down home
got few sections up here along this
line, and I'm going to have a look at
them. Never been up in Canada be-
fore Qt is curious how these mid
western Americans pronounce the
name of the Dominion as II IL was
Candy IL 1t looks good we
will be up to stay next fall"
you see, it's like this" said the
man from Iowa--quite manifestly con-
tinuing an argument that had been go
ing on in his mind for some time.
Back In our State land has become
dear. Anybody wanting to sell can
get $40 or $50 an acre for It, and
every farm that's offered is snapped
up. In Saskatchewan we have just as
good land that cost us $11 and S12, so
that man can take up five or six
times as much there as in Iowa on the
same investment of money.
1T isn't the money, though, that
brings most of us up from Iowa. I'm
not sure that money would be enough.
The invasion is a family affair. We
have no chance of keeping our sons
around us back home. They have
to leave the farm and go into the big
cities of the neighboring States to get
| work. To keep them on the farm and
in touch with us, we come up here
and make little colonies with the chill
dren around us, on homesteads OF
bought land. This makes 1t easier for
the farmers back there in Iowa to get
land for the stay-at-homes. The fam
lilies that come to Canada are kept
together and the families that buy
the farms they leave are kept to
gether, too. There won't be any slack
ening of the rush, either, for they still
raise big families back in Iowa."
|
process of this typical American farm
er in defending step that meant 9
new flag, new allegiance, a new
land, and new associates. To aban
don Old Glory of the Declaration ol
Independence for a good thing II
cheap land would hardly be playing
the game, but to go out into Sas
katchewan to keep the family togeth
err" was another and a quite highe
motive.
Why seek too closely to analyze tn,
reasons for the greatest land trek IL
the history of America? 1t is enough
to know that the sons Of the frontiers
men of Iowa, and Kansas, and Mime
sota--the best blood of the midwest
are pouring into the Canadian west Il
an ever-increasing stream, and ar
learning that God Save the King" an
my Country Ills of Thee" are sun
to the same tune. Toronto (Ontario
Gioha