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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Steers Too Wild to be Driven

Traer, IOwa-Frank Sevcik, of
Carroll township, lama county, lost
SIX steers. He advertised for them
in a newspaper and they were fin
ally located in Loder Bros 6O-acre
corn field.
The steers were a little wild, and
for days no way could be found to
get them out of the corn. The
owner appealed to neighbors for
help and a score of them respond
ed, but they had no success in driv-
ing out the steers.
Twelve men pursued them for a
half day at one time.
The corn was so tall the animals
could not be seen at long dis
lance, and they outwitted the
crowd. They lived in the cornfeld
two weeks without water, except
what came from dew and rainfall
on the corn and grass. Finally
after the men had abandoned all
efforts to run them out of the corn,
the steers came out, doubtless be-
cause of thirst.
They are now in a neighbor's
pasture, but the owner is unable to
capture them or get them home.
He thinks he will sell them to a
meat dealer and let him shoot them
in the pasture.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
KNOW 1T WELL
Familiar Features Well known to
Hundreds of DEBORAH Citizens.

A familiar burden in many homes.
The burden of a "bad back"
A lame, a weak or an aching back
Often tells you of kidney ills.
Doan's Kidney Pills are for weak
kidneys. Ask your neighbor
Here is DEBORAH testimony.
Carl Jokstad, blacksmith, Main
St., says: 81 have taken Doan's Kid
ney Pills for lame back and have
found them a fine kidney remedy.
About three years ago | had an at
tack of kidney complaint. My back
ached and the muscles were so lame
/ couldn't stoop over. / took DOan's
Kidney Pills for this trouble and they
gave me quick relief. l have re-
commended them to many people
when / have heard them complain
ing of kidney disorder"
Price 60c at all dealers. Don't
simply ask of a kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Jokstad had. Foster-Milburr
Co., Mfrs, Buffalo, n. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Methodist Church Notes
Sunday Services

Sunday Services
Bible school at 10 a. m. every
Sunday. All are welcome.
Morning preaching service at IL
o'clock.
Epworth League devotional service
at p. m.
Evening preaching service at 8
o'clock.
The ladies aid will meet on We'd
nesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. After
a business session lunch will be serv-
ed beginning at 4 o'clock.
All the members of the church are
invited to call at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Knowlton, Sr.,
on Mechanic St., on Thursday after
noon Sept. 8th, between 3 and 5
o'clock and participate in the obser-
vance of their sixtieth wedding an
'niversary.
All the men of the church will
meet together in the basement of
the church Thursday evening at 6
o'clock. Every man is invited to
bring his wife and the wife is re
quested to bring a lunch of sand
witches for two and an extra dish
cake or a salad, for general use
Mrs. w. Z. Hoyt will have direction
of the serving of the lunch. Coffee
will be furnished. After the lunch
arrangement of the Every Member
Canvass will be planned. This is al
invitation to the men of the church
to be present.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
Christian Science Services.

Sunday services at lU:40.
Subject of Christian Science les
son sermon for next Sunday is
Substance
Wednesday evening meeting at 6
o'clock.
Reading room open Wednesdays
and Saturdays from 2 to a.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07
OIL PAINTINGS

Anyone wishing Beautiful OIL
painting of any member of the fam
lily, also scenery, call at Frank
O'Brien's Music Store on East Water
street and see samples. Work done
by L. B. Whitaker. 34-3w
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1921-09-07

Try our want column.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

Occupational Therapy Aids i'm

with the same simple tools that the fishermen used beside the sea of Cali: lee. They found that with slight adap- tations, hammocks, tennis, nets and shopping bags could be made, and were told how with fine editions of the same instruments the exquisite laces are woven in Belgium
 "And best of all, there Is a good sale for such articles" the young woman said cheerily, as she packed her basket preparatory for departure.
 You'll be back tomorrow" several voices chorused.
 Every day." smiled the young wom- an.
 Miss Hough a Pioneer.
 That was a little over a year ago. Nobody knew specially much about oc- cupational therapy then, and none could prophesy-not even the physi- clans who had seen its remarkable re- ults during the -war-concerning its
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

light craft work and the viewpoint of sick. maimed, despairohg man.
 As Galsworthy Said.
 Miraculously, the simple arts of the hospital. planned always in relation to the patients illness, were developed into the arts and trades as taught in army schools. Cures were effected; and Ga1sworthy's words proved anew. that restoration is as much a matter of spirit as of body, for body and spirit are tnextrtcab1y joined, and to heal the one without the other is impossible"
 Miss Hough was an "exper1ment" when she first went to Hamburg. Now there are more calls for therapists at the State Sanatoria than can possibly be filled. and pr. Martin. in writing of the 2,o0o consumptives. declared that life has been made worth while for thousands of invalids by occupational therapy. "Even to the dying life has been made interesting and purpose
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17
Wonders of Plant and Soil
E @ H

the upper side than on the under side Exposure of the upper side of the leaf to the direct rays of the sun Is the cause of it. Owing to the glaze the hot sun is unable to suck all the water out Of the surface of the leaf.
 The thirst of air for water Is enor- nous. The dryer the air the greater quantity of water consumed. When water is scarce, the plants hoard 1t carefully. Some plants refuse to part with water through the upper side of the leaf
 Air is continually forcing the mois- ture out of every plant. During drought a square foot of long pasture grass will give off nearly four and two ffths pint of water every 24 hours From an acre of meadow there rises into the air 1os tons of water during g. day and night of Summer weather. Every living plant is a water pump, continually active pumping the soil dry. They work through capillary ac- tion on the same principle as oil Is drawn up through the lamp wick
 Cacti Remains Green.
 Out on the deserts of Arizona and Africa the acacias and cacti grow and remain green The acacias of Austra- lia Is wonder. When fully matured they shed their leaves all at one time.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

H T Is the fashion to accept good
 health as the gift of the gods,
 and to squander 1t easily. Sup pose, that 8 strange new pain became the most important thing in your life; that on a certain black day you look ed into the doctors grave eyes and read there what you feared to hear that you could never get well!
 An incurable diseasei To live for years, but never to be we'll and vigor- ous; never again to know the zest of exertion! To wait and wait, and feel the living world in which you once played part, roll past the windows of your Efe-and ask nothing! To count the days piling up on your help lessness, as you lay forgetting and by the world forgot"
 "Oh, what's the use? I'd rather die!"
 In the State Sanatoria for Tubercu- losis at Hamburg. Pa. where for hours
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

place in the civilian hospital.
 For actually, occupational therapy is 8 high-fown name for 8 wonderful form of social service wich has proven Of infinite value to the patients in hospitals where nervous diseases are treated; in the tuberculosis sana- toria, and to hundreds who faced the tedtum of convalascence.
 Miss Olive Hough, a former school teacher, was one of the pioneers in the civilian field. Her predecessors who had been graduated from the Philadel- phia School in 1919 were sent imme- diately to the military hospitals, and Miss Hough herself spent some months in a Southern army hospital. There, shattered men were coaxed back to hope and to interest in life by the tactful instructions of women who. un- der the pressure of new necessity, had been taught the retroactive pro- cess between the use of the hands for
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17
.ntal and Nervous Disea

fu1." Dr. Martin wrote. Those who are given something to do with their hands-something useful to make forget their symptoms in the interest of building in the belief they are use full in life"
 Miss Hough, gradually overcoming the despair and lackadaisica1 attitude of the young mechanic until he is now virtually self-supporting and halfway back on the road to health through the new pursuit, Is just doing her days work she will tell you, and showing g that it Is possible to "get well while you work instead of worse while you wait"-which is now the sanatoria's B definition for O. t.
 She sums her philosophy in 8 bit of verse: Hang ont Cling on! No matter what
 they say.
 Rush on! Sing on! Things will come
 your way,
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

each day the victims of the white plague" lie outdoors for the "cure," 8 lad of p turned his face away some what sullenly from the young woman who stood beside him. She carried basket piled high with gay-colored stuffs. She had asked him if he had ever tried to draw design for a lacquer tray. The boy stared at the question and shook his head.
 Was Mechanic.
 I'm a mechanic" he said, cor rath- CT, was until I got this cough-'
 "Splendidi" said the young woman. "I'l1 need your advice later on about some toy-making."
 She passed on, and the lad watched her triumphal progress from patient to patient. The basket was emptied many times and as quickly reflled. Two or three men became interested in the principle of net-making which the young woman explained Is still done
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17
Finest Tomb in the World
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 of Alexandria, in the top story of which the Mohammedan conQuerors in the the seventh century placed small praying chamber. The lighthouse form Is perpetuated in the minarets which are found attached to all Mohamme- dan mosques. and probably had con siderable influence on the evolution of the Christian church.
 This building is an early example of that system of inlaying with stones which became the great characteristic of the style of the moguls after the death of Akbar, 1865 A. D. All the spandrils of the Tai, all the angles and more important architectural details, are heightened by being inlaid with precious stones such as agates, blood stones, jasper, and the like. These are combined in wreaths, scrolls and frets. as exquisite in design as they are beau tiful in color. and relieved by the pure white marble in which they are in laid, they form the most beautiful and precious style of ornament ever adopt ed in architecture.
 The Tai was designed by Ustad Isa, variously described as a Byzantine Turk and a native of Shiraz in Persia; and 20 years of continuous work were required to complete it.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17
M M G

A CCORDING to the kind of tree A that flourishes we may tell = - the nature and condition of the soil. We may know that the soil is rich and the climate healthy in sec tion where hardwood trees abound. We may be likewise assured that there will be good crops Of oats and wheat on land where the white and black oaks, the sugar maple and the beech grow. The soil is naturally wet where willows, poplars. birch, red ma ple. black ash and elms are found. It is strong and rich in the vicinity of hickories. buckeyes and black walnut trees. The chestnut grows on light and thin soil. Soils are known as loamy, sandy, clayey. chalky and peaty.
 single leaf of an apple tree has 100 900 pores through each one of which water Is continually passing off into surrounding atmosphere. There are 1000 leaves on 60-foot elm tree. These leaves, if spread out. would cover surface of 100000 square feet. or five acres Over seven tons of wa ter, in the form of vapor, pass out of these leaves into the air within Sum- mer day.
 The Hawthorn Tree Leaf.
 The hawthorn tree leaf has a dull anpearance. and Is much smoother on
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

cool side. For its growth moss re- quires coolness, shade and moisture. In the forests it will be found that moss grows on the north side of the trees, but is never found on trees growing singly and alone in the open Tho heart of tree is usually found nearest the cool and messy side.
 From the almond have sprung peaches, apricots and nectartnes. From the wild crab apple some 70 odd varieties of apples have developed.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17
G 4 Z
AMERICANS visiting Indi

A AMERICANS visiting India are A willing to go far out of their
 way to see the great tomb called the Tai Mahal, the wonder of Agra, an ancient city which gives its name a district and division of the United Provinces. and which Is famous for containing the most perfect speci- mems of Mogul architecture. The cost Hest tomb in the United States would appear small and cheap compared with the Tai Maha1. unsurpassed in its beauty.
 The Tai Mahal, declared by artists to be the most beautiful. of its kind in the world, was built in 1882 by the Elm peror Shah Johan for the remains of his favorits wife, Mumtaz Mahal, in which he himself Is also buried. The building is of white marble throughout, crowned with a great white dome in the center, and with smaller dome at each of it's four corners. From the marble terrace which surrounds it rise four small rninarets of the same ma terial. one at each corner.
 [ Minaret Is Arabic for lighthouse, a tower on which nor (fre) is lighted, a lofty turret peculiar to Mohammedan architecture. The form is derived from that of the Pharos, the great lighthouse
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

but retain the leaf stalk and produce two tiny wings, which turn their edges tralia the trees do not grow any more leaves than what they actually need. and those few leaves are turned edge wise to prevent the sun rays striking their broad surface direct Notwith- standing that Australia is the dryest of all continents, it is plentifully sup piled with trees.
 Unless cabbage Is liberally supplied
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

composed of tiny needles or wax. which was produced by the cabbage in order to protect itself from the rays of the sun stealing the water.
 Have No Pores.
 The leaves of lilac and laurustinus have no pores at all on the shiny up per surface. The pine tree has no leaves. Instead thick, feshy needles are grown, which have very few open 1ngs through which water may escape. The rose has it's thorn which will not
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

Sitting down and whining never helps
 bit,
 Best way to get there fs by keeping up
 your grit"
 What the Pictures Show.
 Accompanying this article are some photograph. One shows Miss Adr%y ana Santa Maria, the first woman from South America to train as an aide. ~Get well while you work instead of worse while you wait," Is the latest definition for occupational therapy. which means literally touring by. oc- cupation." Two of the aides just grad uated are shown working . loom in 8 classroom After perfecting themselves in the various crafts the young women are prepared to enter hospitals and sanatoria to instruct the patients. Miss Leonora Robinson is shown sitting at tho loom explaining 8 particular design to Miss Elizabeth Armstrong.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17
Tips From
 the Owl
" H X
y NOWIEDGE

NOWLEDGE concerning the small mammels of 8 given re-
 zion is usually one of the weakest branches of popular natural history, says the New York Evening Post. To every hundred nature-loving persons who have seen and can tdenti- fy 100 species of birds, or the same number of plants. there are not two who know the names and habits Of half dozen kinds of the furry crea- lures of size not larger than the wea- sel. The small mammals are among the most interesting and important members of the great complex of life that exists about us but their secre- tive and largely nocturnal ways make them difficult to observe.
 A score of different small mammals, comprising the chipmunk, the flying squirrel, two or more species of rats. the house mouse, the white-footed mouse, two species of meadow mice. the pine mouse. the jumping mouse, two species of wease1s, two of shrews, two of moles, and six or more of bats may be collected by skilful and sys- tematfc trapping, but far more rapid and simple method of learning about their presence and distribution in your neighborhood is to consult the owls. The latter efficient mammalogtsts have the oblfging habit of regurgitating pellets containing tndigestible ele- ments of their food, including the fur and bones of the mammals that they have devoured. The skulls. cleaned and whitened by the birds digestive juices. are often preserved intact in the pellets, and, since the skulls of prac- tically all mammals are diagnostio, 1t Is simple matter to identify them.
 During the Winter season many owls, of which we have eight species hereabouts, are given to occupying certain restricted roasting places where they drop large numbers of pellets and from where they sally forth on their crepuscular hunts. From a few pellets of . long-eared owl which Wintered in a "pins island" on ths Long Island marshes the naturalist once took the skulls of four or i've spieceg of mice and shrews.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

sheep would eat them during the Win ter were it not for the prickles. Roots of plant grow from the stem. and not tho stem from the roots. as is commonly supposed When seed germinates, the nght-lov1ng stem is sent upward and the dark-loying root downward.
 The Age of Trees.
 If the trunk of tree Is sawn of, 1t rings from the center to the bark. Each
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

These same scientists tell us that the onion is flower: was originally towering plant, it's various species. bearing white. yellow, blue and ross- colored hlossoxnS.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

ring is supposed to indicate year of growth, and also record the dry and wet sasons during the life of the tree. These rings are of unequal width, the narrow ones representing dry seasons, and the wide ones wet periods,
 There Is both a cool and warm side to trees. Moss invariably forms on tho
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

We are told by scientists that the Jerusalem artichoke is a sunhower, and not an artichoke. They also say the turnip kohl-rabi Is a cabbage, the gooseberry is currant, the soy bean Is pea, the COW pea is bean. and frlaitx.
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

was found short time ago in the swanps of Louisiana
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

strip of, being hardened, undeveloped
 branches. Blaekberries and raspber- ries have prickles which strip or W1tn
 the outer bark. It is theory that ha- ture has given the prickles so as to protect the plants from being eaten or
 by animals. As these stems have a pleasant. aromatic flavor. cows ana
The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1921-03-17

with water. the big leaves will give off so much to the air that they will wilt and die. A single cabbage plant is known to have given of two and one- half pints of water within 24 hours. The leaves of fresh cabbage have a
 dusty, mea1y appearance. The micro scona will ravaa1 that this hloom ia
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-04-15
NAME is IMPORTANT THING
Those Of His Hero and Viii
lain With Care.

1t Is wonderful how much depends
upon getting effective names for both
hero and villain in boys stories, writes
a literary correspondent. Certain
names. and particularly certain COM
binationS Of names, make a subtle ap-
peal to the writer and actually help
him in his work. Jim, Joe, Bill, Dick,
Tom, and Harry are names still as
much In common use as ever they
we're. Yet If the writer of a boys
story is going to use one Of them he
must be careful to combine 1t with a
surname that is Of a less common or
der. For instance, you could call your
hero Dick Sterne, but Harry Jenkins
would be simply unthinkable. The
youth Of the present day have the crit
ical faculty highly developed and, to
the best Of my belief, prefer names
that are a little out Of the common.
Personally, l generally call my hero
Roger, Basil, Owen, Digby, Roy, Boyd,
or by some name Of similar type. 1t
Is worth remembering that the hero's
name should, if possible, be short. AL
so his nationality should always be
indicated by his name. Desmond, for
instance, for an Irish boy; Douglas
for q Scot; while Bud or Hank will
indicate an American.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-04-15
ENGLISH FIRST TO CHEW GUM
In the Year 1885 a Recipe for Its Man.
ufacture Was Published in
That Country.

Chewing gum isn't new, and 1t isn't
American In origin, despite the fact
that our English cousins keep telling
US that gum-chewing is ar American
habit. In fact. they originated it them
selves. John Bate, an English writer,
gave a recipe for chewing in 1873.
He called it mouth glew." Here's
the recipe:
Take lsinglasse and steep 1t in wa
ter until such time as you may easily
pull 1t to pieces, put 1t into a glass or
pot we'll loaded and set 1t In balneo ;
that Is, in a pot Of water on the fire.
There let 1t remain until all, or most
part Of IT, Is dissolved; then strain 1t
thorow a wide haire Seive; while it
Is hot, upon another course and close
haire seive, and when it is cold 1t
will be like a thick jelly. If you would
have II OF a dainty smell and arc.
NAUTICAL taste, put into it a little CHINA.
mon bruised, and a little marjerom,
and rosemary flowers, while 1t is dis
solving, and II you please a small
quantity Of brown sugar candy to give
1t a sweetish SNATCH"
This recipe Is taken from a book
called Mysteries of Nature and Art"
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1921-04-15
MODERN carmen" AT WORN
Gathering of Women Cioarmakers Pre-.
sents a coIorful Sight In Span
ish Cities Today.

The Carmen of the opera Is no idle
fancy Of a poet. She was and is very
real in Spain today. They are known
as cigarreras, and their age may be
anything from twelve to sixty. They
are paid but a peseta a day, and as
no human being can live on that, they
devote a good share Of their time to a
business said to be the Oldest In the
world. 1t Is no uncommon thing to
find as high as so babies In cradles
or crawling about the feet Of the
girls as they work. For comfort the
girls discard the greater part Of
their clothing when they start to work,
but retain q red rose In their hair
OF great silver earrings.
They are boisterous and rough. and
the visitor Is hailed with demands
for money and given the vilest OF
curses II he refuses. But the girls
sing as they work. Every n has a
tiny mirror before her In which she
sends constant glances, and the little
clothing she retains is colorful as the
rainbow. They all have lovers who
almost without exception abuse them,
beat them and take away their earn
ings. She stands this as long as the
lover is true to her, but II he looks
elsewhere he had best beware Of a sti-
letto blade between his shoulders. The
older women make the cigars and
the younger the cigarettes.-Denver
News.