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Decorah-posten., 1895-09-27
Er0Sfalo,

SpoSIalo. Gbo. 9atbetet / TINS,
berg SDren Gbriitian Ntunrab or paa
lin 7soe 5goielsbns ufsauet Deb 80,
ben nuber ct geips paa 5alteniten Der
Surten.
Wcnrao, Der bar 8ro6er al Yrpies.
Ior Wtonrao, bar isot 1917, bleo tbep
lo9llf aanoioat 1912; famine aa,
olfariereoe ban iom 2arer peo 3rono.
9jems GealItole os 1S47-4S Iom Se,
ltprer al Sorgsritolen i Rois; / 1s4E
bleo ban Grtraifriuer / 8irteoepartes
mentet, bleo 1850 2erer peb Gisiens
Stole | ariitinuia os uouGontes 1857
III Satbetet i Ssnsbers. Sra bett,
Gmbebe tog ban Iiiteo / 1892.
Susbanbler q. g. Sitbers, en- q
6reorifsitaoS betpbeli9ere Surretninss.
mGub ps Meolema al iammes 5ormanb.
Itab, er forleben aisaaet peo 9soen
en- aloer af tenueo so Iar.
= &e.tor iWolOe 4leranoer grin6a
mann er pluoielis aisaaet ueb SSoeu /
en- Iioer al SO 2lar.
Srin6mann bar iebt / ariitianit
1926 % bar Son al ienere 5olofasie'
rer MOlbe Gbriitppber 8ernboi
Srir6manu. Otter / 1912 at bore
Stuoent fra Stapanser Gtote os
1849 filplo9iIt &anbioat bIeu ban
1850 fUuiiitueret ps / 1852 uon9pn'
til p~irtelis aoiunft peo Mploe Wiobel'
ltote, til bois Seitprer ban uoneuuteS
1859. "a SfOlen ienere uooioeoes ii
fombineret Serb. ps &ealitole, ub:
uGbntes Srindmann / 1868 til benz
&eftor.
SrIndmann bar ioruoeu en- franI
@rammutit p9iaa, iaapiot pibes, ubsi
bet ale Snbbpbeliesitriiter fra WOlo,
Stole fra 1861 af % tnr til bisie le
peret en- &afte fprItjeuisartebe iuteres'
iante Sioras.
S%rinfmaru bar anertienot ium ct
inroeles ppstis os interssieret StOte.
mato.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
She l;id Against Herself.

A lot OF people We're present II an
auction sale of Japanese goods re-
Gently.
How much am | bid for this eX-
qrIisite vase" asked the auctioneer,
holding it above his head.
Five dollars" responded an elderly
lady, sitting in one OF the front seats.
That's Il shame" cried the man
with the hammer. ''This vase, as Il
work of art, is worth four times that
sum. Why. look at it. VIII an intel
ligent audience allow such a sacrifice"
''sSiX dollars" came i'll the same wom-
ans voice
"Well, well, well. Can't you see that
this is q treasure. and You stand here
and allow it to be given away for such
!: paltry sum-:
Eight dollars. Again it was the
same bidder speaking
Eight dollars. The very idea" ejac-
ulated the auctiOneer. Il never saw
the like. Come. what is the meaning
of this: One of the Mikado's especial
designs sighted in such manner. 1t
is a reflection on our taste
mine dollars" said the solitary bid.
der.
1t is too costly. too precious, and toe
rare in pattern. Wake up, or I'll put
it back in the box
"Ten dollars the woman said.
''Well, it doesn't seem as if can get
any more. So here it goes. Ten dollars
once twice. three times, Sold TO the
lady there at that shameful figure.
The lady stepped up. paid for and re-
ceived her parcel, and departed. appar-
entity without noticing the smiles OF
the audicnce.-OhiO State Journal.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
Think of the Future.

Despite all that has been urged in be-
half of sensible forest supervision in
this country. the ruthless destruction
goes on almost undated. Only about
n quarter of the timber cut year by year
has its place supplied by new growth.
1t is easy to see how short time Will
elapSe at this rate before the land Is
bare and the streams dried up.
Mr.. Fernow. chief of the forestry divi-
sion of the United States Department
of Agriculture. estimates the value Of
our timber land at thousand millions
of dollars. Surely this is property
worth caring for.
Two plans for helping to put things
on a sound basis have lately been pro
posed Mr. Fernow advocates Il law es-
tabliShing an American college of for
eStry. Prof. Sargent. OF Hartford. Sug-
geSts the establishment of Il chair of
forestry at West Point, with the view
of ultimately using the army in part to
preserve the forests. Perhaps both
ideas might he carried out independents
ly with good results. Certainly all pos
sihle educational means should be used
to place our people on 4 level as to in
formation with those of France and
Germany.
Forest fires alone are said to destroy
ten million dollars worth of timber an
nually. Intelligent forest wardens
could prevent much of this. WaSte-the
greedy cutting of large and small trees
nj one sweep-deStroys more than fires.
If we are To have any forests left ut all.
the United States Government and the
several States must push vigorously
the policy of founding and maintaining
forest preserves.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
from the Appalachian coal fields. while

from the Appalachian coal fields while
PENNSYLVANIA produces three times as
much as any other State.
4 valuable armchair is i'll the posses
sionu of the Earl of Radnor. 1t origin
ally cost $4,000 and was presented by
the city of Augsburg to Emperor Ru-
dolph ii. of Germany about the year
1,76. 1t is of steel and took the artist
about thirty years to make
\ Capuchin friar in the south of
France named Father Joseph has been
in the habit Of firing off Il cannon II at
tract congregations The cannon blew
up recently, killing man some distance
off. and the friar was fined 200 francs
for homicide through imprudence."
Laws have been enacted in Belgium
prohibiting the hunting of frogs. The
Belgium hunters, however. have found
ii easy to continue their occupation in
the neighboring country of Holland.
Recently. in one day. these hunters sent
as many IL 10000 frogs legs TO Paris.
As these delicacieS bring from + to >
to some OF the hunters.
The phrase 10 die in the last ditch
is stated by an English authority III
such matters TO be an Amcricanism.
originating during the civil war. IN
fact. ii was first used by William.
Prince of Orange, who. during the war
with France. was asked what he would
do IN case the troops of Holland were
defeated in the field. ana lie replied: Il
Will die in the last ditch
An interesting letter. the last writ
ten by the American explorer, Glave,
news of whose death on the Congo was
received in June last. has recently been
brought to light. In il Mr.. Glave claims
10 have discovered the vcritable tree
under which was placed the heart OF
Or. Livingstone. The tablet sent by
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce was fastened to
4 tree six miles from the real tree.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
What Victoria Could Do.

AS 4 matter of fact. says London Tit
Bits. our soVereigns have rarely taken
any active part in politics since George
Ills time. but they could still do some
very astonishing things if they chose.
The queen could dismiss every Tommy
Atkins in Our army, from the command
er-in-chief 10 the Youngest drummer
boy. She could diSband the navy in
the same way. and sell all our ships,
stores ana arsenals 10 the first cus.O-
mer that came along. Acting entirely
on her own responsibility, she could
declare war against any foreign cOun-
try. or make present TO any foreign
power of any part of the empire She
could make every man. woman and
child in the country peer of the
realm. with the right. in the case OF
males who are of age. to a scat in the
house of lords. With a single word
she could dismiss any government that
happened 10 be in power. and could. it
is believed. pardon and liberate all the
criminals in our jails. These are a
few of the things the queen could do il
she liked: but it is not necessary To say
that her maieSty never acts in matters
of state. except on the advice OF the
government for the time being.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
Out of the Mouth of Babes.

The spark of genius shows itself
early in life, and my friend in Woburn
has little girl just beginning her ca
reer at school who already exhibits sub
lime flights of intellect. One buster
ing, lowering day the teacher asked the
school children to write their impress.
sions of the weather. The little tots
struggled for some time with their i'm
aginar:ons. and in many cases the re-
suit was nil.
But not so with my friends bright
little daughter. She sat near the win
dow and watched the falling leaves
dashed hither and thither by the fickld
autumnal breeZes. Then she was seen
to write something upon her slate, and
when the teacher approached, the child
triumphantly exhibited this brief but
wise composition:
1.-The world is fun of ind.'-Boston
Globe.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
Expcrimcnts with Bullets.

In q lecture on the effects of rifles
Prof HOrsley Of London, having show
ed some photographs of bullets in
flight, demonstrated that in front OF
every bullet is n parabolic curve of
compressed air. while behind it are a
series of little eddies of air rushing into
the vacuum created by the flight of the
missile. A tin canister was taken, and
q ten grain bullet having a velocity of
three thousand eight hundred feet per
second fired through it; there were two
small Doles in the canister. The profess
eor now filled canister with some wet
soft substance. put Oh a lid and fired
again, the lid of the canister flew off,
showing that the bullet in its passage
caused the hydro-dynamic effect to be
communicated right to the outside par
ficles. An empty skull was then fired
through, two small holes being the re-
suit. and. afterward n skull filled with
water was treated i'm the same manner.
when the skull splintered and gaped
These demonstrations show that when
n bullet is fired through brain the sub
stance is forced in all directions with
violence and great pressure against the
skull; he has also proved by expert
ment that after the shock of a bullet
through the brain the heart will begin
again irregularly, spasmOdical1y, but
still it will begin again, though the
lungs will not Prof. Horsley believes
chat If a man were shot through the
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
Bought Her Own Gown.

They tell story of an unfortunate
society woman who. being terribly
pushed for q gown to wear at n great
occasion. sold seven gowns for the
price of one to Nine. y. Among these
gowns was one hardly rumpled, and
which. though very magnificent, had
evidently been worn at most only once.
This dress Mime Y. sold as q model to
Nine. y. who was the society woman $
dreSSmaker, and who had been obdur-
ate about making another thing for
the poor little woman without cash
down.
When this "mOdel' came in she saw
a chance for big return OF money, so
she compromised with her customer.
and agreed to let her have n model
dress, just imported. for a very low
figure. Whcreat the poor woman paid
all the money she had received for all
her dresses, and out Nine y. brought
the model. The poor woman talked
herself blue in the face, but she could
not say anything to protect herself
without betraying her dealing with
Nine ". so poor thing. she danced in
her old frock after all. having snapped
all her other gowns for the privilege
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
Why Men Stand.

We are so accustomed to standing T;s-
right as n natural attitude that few OF
US think what a special complex me-
chaniSm is required for this purpose. y
moments consideration Will show that
the ordinary explanation OF the cree,
position 1.-THE center of gravity TO be dl-
rectly above the feeD is insufficient.
When man is suddenly shot, whether
from the front or behind. he drops on
his face, for the truth is that there is
much more weight i'll the front OF the
spinal column than behind il.
The fact is that when we are stand
ing large number of powerful mus
cles Doth front and back are simulta-
neously at work, the effects of their ac-
ton being 10 neUtraliZe each other.
Thus. the legs would fall forward were
il not that they are kept vertical on
the feet by the strong tendon (the
"Achilles') at the back OF the heel. At
the same time the muscles of the thigh
are frightened so as TO prevent Us tax
ing sitting position. aud the muscles
of the back are pulled tense 50 that the
trunk does not st00p forward. The
head is prevented from dropping on the
chest by the ligamentS in The nape CS
the .eci-. That the upright is not Ia;
normal position is easily Shown lay the
fact that man mods Is he fails asleep:
for rs soon as the controlling nervous
force is deadened the head drops for
ward by its own weight only To be pull
ed back in position again with Il jerk
when the brain becomes suddenly
aware of an unusual attitudc.-Scot-
fish American.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
SALT AS a STiMULANT.
Alcohol Will Have No AIIu-cncnts
for Man in the Near Future.

for Man in the Near Future.
When the food of the future is once
IN vogue. the food dispenSary, licensed
by the government will long since have
Supplanted the butcher shop and the
grocery store. Wei breakfast and
lunch and dine by prescription at a
cost of 10 or - cents a day per capita.
Doubtless our houses won't be heated
and supplied with power from n Keely
motor ut a penny day additional, but
tie chemical or artificial food of the
future is already Il moral certainty.
For does not Fammarion describe it in
Omega" and has not Berthelot. its
chief apostle. been elevated from the
laboratory to the foreign office OF
France:
Given the formula for our food. says
BcrthClOt. the father of the artificial
food idea, and why not prescribe it
from the chemists? Surely the nitro
gen and carbon of the beefSteak may
not be as grateful to the palate if alb
sorbed from Il capsule or masticated in
tiny tablet. buc the bones and the
blood. the flesh and the s;neWs will be
Just IS Wei supplied with their essen
tial material. their own special foods.
provided always the prescription is
right in proportion. and. after all. the
pleasures of the table have ages on
end been absorbing too much of TIE
time and inclination OF man and Wo-
man. When the era OF chemical food
comes we shall have done with sym
poSia and supper parties, Welsh rab-
bits and golden bucks.
There are certain elementary foods
| which n man can't do without. He
must absorb, or eat and drink. if you
please carbon and nitrogen and cal
! cium for his bones. Without going too
much into dry detail, he must absorb
on receive each day. to repair the waste
tissues. calcium. carbon, nitrogen. OXy-
gen, hydrogen. and sodium. There are
other trifiing chemicals. like rh0SphOr-
us. which is an awful thing to burn
| ones self with. Which the well-fed man
needs. But he could get along without
| It. He could get along without sodium,
were it not for the fact that salt is
| chloride of sodium. and nobody can get
along without salt. 1t isn't simple,
an element. but it is absolutely indis-
pensable. When the era Of the chem
| ical food sets in well all he in the habit
of stopping morning and evening at
| our favorite dispensaries for q bracer
| of salt.-New York Herald.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
StOppcd the Panic.

One night at a London theater some
a very perceptible odor of burning
alarmed the spectators. \ panic seem
ed to be imminent. when an actor ap-
Dcared on the stage. Ladies' ana gen
tlemen." he said. compose yourselves.
There is no DANGER give YOU my word
of honor there is no danger" The audi
ence did not seem treasured. Ia
dies and gentlemen" continued the
comedian. rising to the necessities Of
the occasion, "confOund it all: do You
think if there was any danger I'd be
here?" The panic collapsed.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
A Lawyers Breach of Confidence

a queer case is reported from sgd
ney, Australia. \ man was convicted
by jury of having tried to poison his
wife with arsenic. His lawyers oh.
tanned 4 reconsideration OF the sen.
tence by commission appointed by
the Legislature. consisting of two doc.
tors and a lawyer, which pronounced
him innocent, the doctors voting down
the lawyer, who thought him guilty.
The man was set free in consequence
Subsequently one of his lawyers. moved
by conscience, told another member OF
the bar that the man had confessed his
guilt to him at the time Of the trial, and
the matter was brought before the
Legislature. Lawyers and clients have
been arrested and are to be prosecuted
for conspiracy to defeat the ends Of
justice. Communications between law
yer and client are apparently not PRIV
LEGGED in Australia.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
Tho Sword

Mr.. EaverstOck. an English scholar.
recently lectured in London upon the
sword. detailing some of the countless
legends and superStitions with which
that weapon was surrounded in the
DAYS when fighting was the principal
occupation OF life. SO highly WAS the
sword esteemed that Mohammed, in the
Koran. declared it TO De The Key to
heaven and hell"
The warrior or knight gave name to
his sword; he vowed at The altar never
to draw it in q false cause: it was his
companion and friend. and descended
from father 10 son for many genera
tons. 1t is no wonder that III those
superStitiOuS days legends gradually
clustered about it. and were believed.
One sword, named Brother OF the
Lightning. had n golden hilt inscribed
with magic words. In times of peace
these were said to be illegible, but be-
fore q battle they gl0wed red as
blood"
1t was believed, too, that n sword
nfter long use acquired life OF its own
ter cries before battle, and after Il
weapon killed fivescOre men it became
blood hungry and leaped out Of its
scabbard at the approach of 4 foe. Ger
tain swords We're said to refuse to give
q wound in bad cause; among these
was the brand EXcalibur, which was
given to King Arthur by a spirit. and
which Richard Occur de Lion prOfesSed
to own.
The family of Conyers, in England,
won their estates and have held them
for centuries by virtue of their posses
sion of an old falchiOn with which, ac-
cOrding to tradition. they asserted that
q knight, their ancestor, slew the IA
nous Dragon of Wantley. There are
no knights nor dragons now. but the
family still cherishes the falchion.
In the East superstitious reverence
Is still paid to the sword. The DaimiOs
of Japan, when they voluntarily sur
rendered their ranks kept, as n rule.
the wonderful blades which had been
handed down from father to son, in
some cases for more than thousand
years, and which had absorbed, as they
believed, some of the character and
life of the family that had owned them.
We look upon these SuperStitiOns as
idle and foolish. We live in an age of
peace. \ man goes out to fight the
battle OF life not with Il sword but with
with his wit and tongue. Does he use
these in no false cause, but only for
truth ana honor!
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
INDIANA.
CAPT. CAVARLY'S VII
Provision Made Therein for All Clex'
pected Widows and Children.

Provision Made Therein for All Clex-
pected Widows and Children.
The viii of the late John VI. Cavalry
was filed for probate the other day. The
veteran mariner left an estate valued
Mt 100000 in trust to the Union Trust
Company for his children, Mrs Anna
Elizabeth HenEel and Julia f., Jennie
D.. John NJ, Jr., and Frank Bolles Cav
Ri-y.
The will. which is dated IN April last
Is witnessed by @. +. Bowman and
Alexander Center The income OF the
estate is to be divided among the Chill
dren until the son. Frank r., now Il
years Of age. shall reach the age Of so,
when the estate is to be divided among
them share and share alike. If any of
the children begin action to contest the
Will the legacy to such children is de
clarcd void.
The captain was determined that no
one should lay claim to his estate as
his widow or his child other than the
children he had named and he took I
leaf from tae viii of James G.. Fair.
Il Go soieinn1y declare that an rot
married. he said in the will: also that
i have no children other than the five
framed. Nevertheless. l make the fol
lowing provision: l give and bequeath
unto such person rs shall be found.
proved. ana established to be my sur
viving wife or widow. Whether the mar
riaGe be found To have taken place be-
fore Or after the execution of this VIII.
the sum Of $50. ana to each and every
person who shall be found and estab-
liShed 10 be my child by birth. adoption,
Acknowledgements. or otherwise. before
or after the execution of this will, $50
And l DO hereby omit to make any
further provision for any of the per-
sons mentioned in this paragraph
San Francisco Examiner
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
a New Kind of Pie.

During the recent visit TO southern
Ohio l came across delicate dish
which l think it worth while to present
to an epicuriouS public. especially that
part of the said public which does its
eating in New England. This dish con-
sisted of what is locally known as 4
.'layer pie" and was built out of pump
kins and cranberreS That is, an open
front or .'unkivered" pumpkin pie an
inch in thickness was laid rs fOunda-
ton. and upon this was placed cram
berry pie, on top of which was supcrim-
posed another pumpkin pie of the same
proportions as the foundation pie. The
work OF construction being completed,
the pie was cut rs jelly cake would
be cut. and finer eating ] am at n loss
to think Of. | may add To this connec-
ton that this composite pie of marvel
Gus tOothsOmeneSs was not partaken
of at but one meal. IT was served at
breakfast. dinner and supper. and didn't
taste bad between meals.-New York
Sun.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
4 AIousc's En- cheering.

''While digging holes for telegraph
poles at Byron. Me-. said Western
Union man. Il became interested in
watching the ingenuity and persever-
ance of mouse. He fell into one of
the holes. which was four and half
feet deep and twenty inches across.
The first day he ran around the bottom
Of the hole. trying to find some means
of escape. but could not climb out. The
second day he settled down to business.
He began steadily ana Systematically
to dig q spiral groove round and round
the inner surface of the hole with Il
uniformity ascending grade. He work
ed night and day. and as he got further
from the bottom he dug little pockets
where he could either lie or sit and rest.
Interested Witnesses threw III food.
AT the end of two weeks the mouse
struck Il rock This puzzled him For
nearly 4 day he tried to get under,
ardlnd or over the obstruction. but
without success. With unflinching
patience he reversed his spiral and went
on tunnelling his way in the opposite
direction. At the end of four weeks
he reached the top. and probably sped
away to enjoy his well-earned free
dom. His escape was not seen. When
his food was put in in the morning he
was near the surface, but ut night the
work was seen to be complete, and the
little engineer, whose pluck and skill
had saved his life, had left. New
York Sun.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
The DeeDeSt Sea.

Heretofore the deepest sounding of
the ocean has been forty-SiX hundred
and fifty-five fathomS. near Japan.
But the survey ship Penguin. sent out
by the British Government. has found
Il deeper spot. The sounding wire
broke at forty nine hundred fathoms.
when bottom had not been reached.
earth's crust lies exactly south of the
Tonga, or Friendly, isles. 9nd almost
on the TrOpic of Capricorn.
Semi-weekly independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1895-1897, 1895-12-28
\ Good Excuse.

Down to Charles lis reign women
were not permitted on the EnShsn
stage. and their parts were taken by
men. Nynaston was to act thus in the
maids Tragedy" and. not being ready,
the curtain did not rise. His majesty,
losing patience. sent to know the mean
ing of the delay. and was 5old by the
manager that 1.-The queen was not shay
ed VET