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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
GOOD ROAD FOLKS.
National Road Parliament Assemblies at
Atlanta.

Atlanta.
ATLANTA, Ga, October ls.-The
National Road Parliament, the greatest
gathering ever held in this country for
the agitation of the good roads ques-
ton, assembled in the hall of the
house of representatives, in response
to an invitation extended to all inter
ested organizations and individuals
throughout the country, by the
governor and general assembly of
Georgia, the mayor and council of
Atlanta, the authorities of the cotton
states and international exposition and
the various local, commercial, military
and social organizations, together with
the National Road conference and the
National League for Good Roads.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

WASHINGTON, ID. c., October 10
The president has pardoned George
NJ. Van Leuven. sentenced to two
years Imprisonment in the Anamosa
penitentiary and $1,000 fine, for vio-
lating the pension laws.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
INDICTED FOR MURDER.
Mysterious Death of Mrs. Conklin Re
called BY an Indictment.

mysterious Death or Mrs. COnktin Re
called BY an Indictment.
TUSCALOOSA, October 1S.-The grand
jury of Mahaska county finally took
action on the Conklin case and has
returned charge of murder in the
first degree. Conklin was placed under
arrest and imprisoned to await his
trial, which will probably come up in
about one week. On the morning of
July 10 Mrs. Conklin was found dead
in the garden near her home, badly
burned. The theory immediately
adopted and corroborated by the
coroner's inquest was that she had
committed suicide by saturating her
clothing with kerosene and setting
fire to it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
MONROE DOCTRINE.
Probably the Subject of Note to Great
Britain.

Probably the subject OF NOte TO uroat
Britain.
WASHINGTON, October 10.-The Of
ficials of the state department declined
to speak of Secretary Olney's note to
Great Britain on the Venezuelan dis
pute. 1t is learned, however, that
particular significance is attached to
tn e fact that Great Britain thought 1t
necessary to give the matter protracted
consideration. This would seem to
indicate that the note contained some
thing more than a mere mild assertion
of the Monroe doctrine. 1t is suspected
that Great Britain is taking time to
afford an opportunity to consult with
other European powers with South
American interests, such as France
and Spain, with view to concerted
stand touching the Monroe doctrine.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
COLLEClANS MUST NOT DANCE.

Mt. Pleasant Treated to a Sensation by
the Suspension of Students.
Mt. PLEASANT, October l9.--The
Iowa Wesleyan College faculty has
suspended a number of students for
attending ball given by Mrs. Robert
Lincoln at the home of Senator Harlan.
One of the rules of the college prohibits
dancing. The action of the faculty
has stirred up rumpus among The
400" People in general stand by
President Stafford in his determination
to enforce discipline.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

A very large order for naval and mil
itary supplies has just gone to France,
Il French agent, who was in Russia,
having recently been intrusted by the
AToscovite government with orders to
The amount of $l2,00o,000, The orders
we're sealed and he was instructed to
transmit them direct to two French
irms, one being leading ship building
company and the other a well-known
,,awder manufacturing firm.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
Guilty of Mansiaughter.

CLINTON, October l9.-The jury in
the case of Fred Johannsen returned a
verdict of manslaughter and recon-
mended the prisoner to the mercy of
the court. Johannsen killed Hans
Rogers at a dance in Bryant last May.
The deed was done with q club.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

1t is ominous that the very day that
Uncle Sam told John Bull he could not
grab any more Venezuelan territory,
the American pugilist, Charles NC
Keever defeated Arthur Valentine, the
English lightweight champion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
KILLED BY DYNAMITE.

Serious Accident to Laborers on a wild
Kentucky Road.
LOUISVILLE, October ia special
from Sharpsburg, KY, says: While a
party of workmen were engaged in
building turnpike in the Flat Creek
ne,ghborhood, charge of dynamite
that had been prepared for blast
prematurely exploded, killing three
men and wounding three others
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
More Chinese Outrares.

LONDON, October 2O.-A dispatch
from Shanghai says that it is reported
that anti-foreign riots occurred at
Chang Pu, fifty miles southeast of
Annoy, and FuKien, where the chapels
of the English mission were destroyed,
the mandarins openly refusing to IN
terfera
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
Fifty Drowned.

ALEXANDRIA, Egypt, October 19--A
ferry boat with sixty passengers col
lided near Cairo with steamer at
anchor. The ferry capsized and fifty
passengers, mostly workmen, were
drowned
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

The postmaster at Dunnellon, Fla,
has taken all of the government funds
and gone to Cuba to help the patriots.
The only way to get him is to annex
the island.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
TO THE ASYLUM.
The Murderer Of His Son Taken to Inde-
pendence.

The Murderer of His Son Taken to Inde-
pendence.
CLINTON, October 20.--Deputy Sheriff
Woldenburg took August Swanson,
who chopped off the head of his little
son, with Ratchet, in Clinton last
spring, to Independence. The asylum
authorities were instructed to notify
the sheriff of Clinton county if at any
time the prisoner recovered his sanity.
This step was taken by Judge Water.
man in view of the fact that Swanson
showed strong signs of sanity after
the jury had declared him insane. In
the event of recovery of his senses,
Swanson will be brought back to Gin
ton and tried for his horrible butchery.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

When we read that street car was
held up by highwaymen in Chicago we
must remember that quite possibly
there was not house within five miles
of the scene of the outrage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

Europe and not England is the
mother country of America. Before
the Venezuela trouble is over with all
Englishmen will be thoroughly con-
WINGED on this point.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
Crede, Col, Burned Out.

CREDE, Col, October 20-Fire des-
troyed three blocks of business build
ings, including thirty-four business
houses, the postoffice and two news
paper offices. Loss, $15O,OOO.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
Roses Challenge Accepted.

New York, October 16.--The meet
ing of the New York yacht club called
to take action on the challenge Of
Charles Day Rose tor the Americas cup
was held at the Madison Square club
house The challenge was accepted
and the cup committee of 1895 reap
pointed in charge OF the arrangements
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
BoATMAN AND QUINN INDICTED.

Held for the Murder OF 17-Year- Old
Irene Severt.
OsKALoOsA, October 19.-The grand
jury of Mahaska county has indicted
Dr. Boatman and j. A. Gum, both OF
Fremont, for murder in the second
degree, in bringing about the death of
Irene Severt by abortion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

Chinese warriors have put in opera
ton convenient and economical
method of disposing of prisoners cap
tured in combat. They eat them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
WAGNER REMAINS IN JAIL.
The Dissraced st. Joseph Priest Doesn't
Care for Freedom.

nick Wagner, the ex-priest, was
arraigned in the criminal court, but
on application of his attorneys, the
case was continued until the Novem-
Der term, at which time he will be
tried or the charge of embczzlement
and possibly rape and kidnapping. No
mention was made of bail, as Wagner
does not desire to be released, but will
remain in jail pending trial.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
Turkey Preparing Defsrs<s.

PARIS, October 10. M. Turpin, tn
inventor of the explosive helinite, r.
been summoned to Constantine
advice having been asked bv
kish government in
Uarda nelles
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25
FRED L. AKERS, Pub.

The real champion of the world in
such affairs seems to be Gov. Culber-
son of Texas
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1895-10-25

Bank tellers are not so called because
icy are quick to tell where they've
wandered the banks money.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25

DR. MILES, Chicago of the above
specialists u the BRAIN
years study the blowing Institutions Phillips Acad
Wilston Seminary, Sheffield Scientific School, New
Haven College, Columbo College, New York Cy Medical De-
Michigan University; Ru Medical College, Chcago Chicago
College, and Illinois State and Ear Inrnar and author OF
Diseases The Permanent Cure of Headache without
Nervous
Nervous Diseases The Use OF Spectaces in the
Treatment of Affections OF the Brain and Nerves." ETC.
spent years he completed his education in
investigation system He has made startling
wonderful discoveries the relation of the eye to the heart brain and
greatest his achievements and those that have
discovery Of the great tonic called
and the wonderful for heart disease
HEART-The discoveries not luck
Investigations carried patiently
Systematically through practice They not cure
specific purposes The Heart Cure is che best and
its action directly the heart as
upon sympathetic cen The Restorative NerVne
and their centers to their normal con-
thousands and DR.
Co., their book diseases OF the
Miles remedies contain Opates or other
drugs according directions positively
Sold by druggists positive guarantee that the
Should not return it and obtain your
fair trial without risk rms proves our
that is made cure and not alone
profit This the merit the remedy 1t Wa" an
medicine unparalleled could not be made All druggists
them TX Pills Is cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
CUMBERLAND TALK.
Odd Expressions in Use Among the
Natives.

Odd Expressions In Use Among the
"Whims" is the local name in Cum
berland for furze, and appears to be
the Gaelic word .quins, sharp points.
"Heaf" is a very peculiar word, (de-
rived from the Old Morse haef, q
share,) and is applied to the part of a
fellside common allotted to particular
flock of sheep, says the Gentleman's
Magazine. Each flock keeps to its own
"heaf." Some very quaint expressions
are "bride-loaf," a wedding cake; "see-
ing-glass," a mirror; "clout-hat," q
woman's sunbonnet; ''ridding-out
keam," hair comb; fireworks" q
magic-lantern display; ''moley-man," q
mole-catcher; 'Ieg-weary," tired; leg
up" to trip up; ''sneck up" to wind
literally to latch up clock.
The verbs "feel" in the sense of TO
smell, and ''lame," in the sense Of to
injure any part Of the body, are
peculiar. We may add "pipe-stopple,
the stem of tobacco pipe; "buttock,
a footstool; thinker folk" the
gypsies; last DRESS" shreud, which
children are taught to work at school
and afterwards to present TO then
grandparents and other aged relatives
"a kindly act, but one which betrayf
that lack Of humor and sense OF ths
ludicrous which is characteristic O
northern folk. A Cumbrian who goei
to have his photograph taken announces
that he has come to be ''struck.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
FoNc OF LETTER n.
ATen Use It for ap initial In Names When
ANY Other Would DO.

Men Use 1t for Ap initial In Names when
ANY other Would Do.
"Its q peculiar thing" said the
knowing clerk in hotel which Is noted
more for It's hospitality than it Is for its
inquisitiveness into the character of its
guests, ''it's q peculiar thing the fond
ness that the average man has for the
letter 81 as an initial. Now, | don't
suppose that there are more middle
names beginning with q than with
anv other letter-M or r or or B-but
nine men out Of ten, If they are In
doubt abouLs middle initial, decide on
H." quotes the New York Sun. "Now,
NV middle initial Is w. but for every
letter get, except from people ! know
well, that has my initial right, get
three in which it Is put down Il. It's
very seldom, too, that you'll find man
with sufficient strength of character to
leave out the middle initial OF the man
he's writing to If he doesn't know 1t, so
he claps In an Fl and lets II go There
seems to be q prevailing superstition
that q man isn't just what he ought to
be unless he has . middle name, and
that the chances are very strong that
that name.begins with the eighth letter
of the alphabet.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
THE BOY WITH TEE TEXAS
PONY.

Several of those who attended the
camp meeting at Bluff Springs and
The Rock have spoken to the FAR
MER about the ''campmeetipg- Texas
-pony-boy." They say this peculiar
freak of human nature always goes
to campmeeting and always rides his
Texas pony. When the meeting is
over, he waits until everyone leaves
the grounds, then mounts hie pony
and off he goes He does not step
until he has passed everybody on the
road, going all the time at break
neck speed. frequently he passes
in such rush that not only the wild
horses are frightened but gentle
ones as well, many Zines resulting
in runaways which result in persons
being seriously injured.
This boy is a nuisance, and is
dangerous as well. He needs gura-
dian badly, and unless be is looked
after may yet cause damage to q e
done. Possibly series of lecture, -
each supplemented by liberal appli-
cation of "old hickory" might have
the desired effect.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
MANUFACTURING ITEMS.

For the first five months of 1895,
textile machinery to the value of
$4,000, 900 has been imported into
the United States.
The spartanburg Is. O. Herald
says that within the next twelve
months, nearly a million dollars OF
Northern capital will be invested in
the industries of that city.
It is alleged that the only cream
of tarter factories in the United
States are those in California, one at
SanJose, and the other at Heads
burg. They are both owned by MT.
George De La Tour.
The fertilizer men CT North
Carolina and Virginia have organized
as the Southern Chemical Fertilizer
Company. There are eight companies
in the organization. The Capital
stock is 5000, 600.
Over 81, 100000 worth of textile
machinery was shipped from Eng
land to the East Indies in the first
five months of 1896. Bombay and
the East Indies are meeting their
wants from thar own mills.
The Industrial Record says OF
Southern manufactures that they
believe it 10 be their advantage and
they are right in it. to encourage
native talent with prospects of adj
vancement and position when they
show themselves deserving OF them.
At conference held with the
Liverpool Cotton Association, it was
suggested that, after the coming sea-
son all bales of cotton not covered
with standard canvas and exceed a
r. conized length and breadth, should
be subject to to penalty OF five
pounds per bale.
The Southern weaver" remarks
the Industrial Record, from the bill
country is naturally bright person
and factory population
made up of persons could not well
be excelled. The material is there;
training and constancy are the only
things remaining that are needed.
These latter can con @ only With
wears and determination. The bill
people have much TO learn in this
respect, though in some sections
they seem to have better apprecia
ton of what is to their advantage
than 10 Others. southern CultiVa
tor.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25

snow, here's another instance: Cast
your eyes over this page of our regis
ter. That is mostly late guests who
drop, In here late at night and sign
names other than their own. See the
result: Charles II. JONES' John Fl.
Emith,' George Fl. Robinson "A. Fl.
Brown #. w. Brown, and so on.
There are ten names on that one page
the middle initial of which is II. Now,
that letter isn't any easier to write than
any other letter; 1t certainly isn't any
more ornamental, and can't see that
in any respect 1t has an advantage over
the rest of the alphabet Yet the
human race sticks to it with fidelity
worthy of more important cause. I'd
like to have some wise man tell me
why"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
THE MANUFACTURE OF
MATCHES.

A commission appointed by the
French Government has boon inves-
tigatipg the manufacture of matches,
with the object OF ascertaining if
there was not some substance whose
substitution for phosphorus would
lender that industry one in which
men and women could become engsg-
ed without becoming the horrible
and fatal forms of poisoning. The
commission has just made its report,
aud the conclusion reached by it are
of great interest. There is, the COM
missioners say, nothing that can re-
place PHOSPHORUS as quick and
convenient means to start combus-
ton. Other chemicals would, indeed
be safe for the employees, but none
of them is even approximately safe
or useful from the stand point of the
public. 1t is evident, therefore, that
the use of phosphorus must continue;
bnt, though that is the case, it by no
means follows that the manufacture
of matches must be at the cost OF
hundreds of lives every year. BY
using proper precautions, the COM
missione.s declare, in the ventilation
of factories, in the structure OF
machines and in the personal habits
of the workpeople, practically all
danger can be removed. In the best
regulated establishments measures
have already been taken that put an
end to the diseases that careless
and unscientific use of phosphorus
produces in those that handle it. Ad-
equate safeguards against necrosis
and blood poisoning are known and
in use-by some manufacturers.
Others persist in the old way, and
their employees continue to die, also
in the old way. A startling feature
of the report is its assertion that the
match factories owned a. d conduct.
ed by the French Government itself
are precisely those in which the con-
ditions are the worst while many
private companies have already made
their premises models OF arrange
mont and method, as bealthful to
work is as could be desired. 1t has
long been known that the ''alluuetts
de Ia reggie" were the worst 10 the
world, but perhaps the labors of this
bold and outspoken commission will
result in improving the official
matches as well as the places where
thew are made.-New York Times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
a DEADLY DISEASE OF TO-DAY.


The Great Increase In the Number of
Cases of Paresis.
In connection with the cock-sure
statement Of Mr.. Howells that the
present race was never SO healthy and
strong as now 1t is interesting to read
the following paragraph, written by
DIR. T. S. Clouston, superintendent Of
the Morningside asylum, Scotland.
says the Medical Record. He says:
Zone terrible form of brain disease,
with mental symptoms, Is certainly In
creasing. e That malady may
be described as q breakdown Of the
great center of mind and motion In the
brain; it always goes on from bad to
worse till it renders its victim utterly
helpless In mind and body and kills
him In few years. No cure and
scarcely any mitigation of this latter
day curse has yet been devised. 1t is q
disease Of cities, of restless lives. of &C
tive brains In their prime; sometimes
of dissipation and debauchery, OF life
at high pressure commonly"
r. During the past year the asylums OF
Scotland received $50 new. cases, those
of England /, 400 and those of Ireland
50. The asylum statistics of this .coun-
try show an even greater number.
In single asylum of this state, for
example-that at O&densburg-there
were among the $50 admissions 81 cases
of general paresis. This would make
the proportion of general paresis over
per cent.
Among seven state asylums, to wMch
1912 patients were admitted in 1890,
there were 90 cases of general paresis,
or little over 8 per cent. If per cent,
be the general ratio FOR THIS disease In
the state of New York then the total
number OF paretics among the $4,000 In
sane would be about $40. AS a matter
Of fact, the number Is much greater,
because the proportion of this disease
Is larger in the New York and Kings
county asylums than in those of the
state at large. But even If there were
but 1900 cases of general paresis
among the 100, 900 insane of this coun'
try 1t would be an extraordinary evil
dence OF the development of disease
which In the last century was certainly
not known, even If it did exist.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
A PECULIAR CIRCUMsTAN CE.

A cotton sale involving cIrcum :
stances somewhat out of the ordina'
nv was made at Orangeburg, IS. c.,
a few days ago. In 1875 the grow
er of the cotton produced thirty
nine bales which he resolved to hold
for q rise. He stored the cotton away,
and watched the markets. Each year
he was pot satisfied with the marke ct
price, though at one time he could
have sold out ct Is cents pound.
Last week he decided THAI be had
waited long enough, and closed out
the lot at something about Z cents.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1895-09-25
THE QUEENS DONKEY.
Once the Property OF q Poor BasQas
Peasant.

OMC0 inc GEOpOEOy ga - AOOE DSSNSS
Peasant.
Queen Victoria, during her recent So
iourn at Cimiez, on the French Med
iterranean coast, was often seen to
drive, on pleasant afternoons, very
sleek and comfortable-loolking donkey.
The aged queen, holding the reins her.
self, seemed greatly to enjoy her drive,
and the complacency OF the donkey
suggested that he almost understood
the honor which was being done him.
This donkey, whose name is Jocko, he's
an interesting history.
During a previous sojourn IN che
same district, says the Youths Com
panion, the queen was one morning en-
joying herself incognita, In the open
air at Acquisgrana, when she saw a
peasant leading along by the bit dom
KEY which looked as II he had once been
q fine animal Of his kind, but now
seemed to be almost starved. He was
lean, Iangsuishing, evidently suffering.
The queen asked the man If his dom
key was for sale.
"That depends, signora," said the
LuHus Al l WS4V W SCA4 AkAAAB 0OWt A~"
should / get my living?"
"How much did you pay for him@"
ga hundred francs"
~ will give you two hundred, and
you can buy another donkey"
The man sold him to the unknown
''signora," and poor Joclko at once be-
gan q new life. Abundantly fed and
carefully Rroomed, he blossomed out as
g royal favorite The story spread, and
the queen conld take no more prom
enades with convenience, for she was
certain to encounter every day several
peasants who tried to sell her decrepit
and halt. starved donlseys. She bought
none of them.
During her late visit the queen drove
through Acquisgrana with Jocko, and
his former owner. the peasant, saw the
equipage go by. The donkey was fat,
glossy and glittering with buckles OF
Gilver and gold.
"AlasI' exclaimed the peasant.
ssWhen sold the donkey, why didn't I
throw myself in2"