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St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
A CYCLE FOR TWO.

The Side-Seated Wheel Is n Notable
New Years Novelty.
Scientific American.
The bicycle has now reached a typical
construction, from which there seems to
be slight tendency to deviate Absolute
novelties beyond the details are more
and more rare. The companion side
seated bicycle which CWd represent is.
however, one of the novelties of the
year. The tandem bicycle, which has
met with considerable success where the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12

Over in London they have new cycle
whether to give 1t the prefix uni or bi has not
yet been decentralization is altogether diff
terent from the models seen on the streets
and boulevards of st. Paul Instead of being
on the wheel, the rider is inside AS shown
In the above picture there are two wheels
one inside the other. The inner wheel main
talns a stationary position, which is neces-
sary because 1T has fastened to it the riders
seat. Around it revolves the outer wheel
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
POLO FOR PRIZES.

IN 1ku1ItIOhaI Feature OF the Conn
ing Carnival.
Eddie Murphy, manager of a local
polo team, has received a letter from
Parker Paine, manager of the Duluths.
and the Endion rink at the Zenith Civ,
offering to play game with the locals
in st. Paul or Duluth. Manager MUIR
ply says the Carnival association will
give $500 in cash prizes to be played for.
and that his team will meet all corners
at the carnival 3a
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1896-01-12
Savings Bank Closes.

Savings Bank Closes.
COLUMBUS, o., Jan. 1.-THE Fifth
Avenue Savings bank closed it's doors
today. The alleged cause is money
loaned too freely. 1t is not in the inn
mediate business center The officers
say everybody is secured
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
How Eagles Fly.

I. An eagle circling in the air maintains
his wings steadily motionless, but he
spreads Install as wide as possible and
works it like the quarter revolution OF
screw. The reactionary force which
he thus displaces drives him forward,
and, by exerting more force of pressure
with one side of his tail than with the
other, he diverts his course either to
the right or the left. The change in the
birds position is attended with short,
quick motions, as the point Of one wing
is stretched forward, while that of the
other is turned backward correspond
ingly.
These short, convulsive movements
Of the tail escaped the observations Of
the ornithologists until quite recently,
and the fact of them not being noted
caused many exhaustive articles to be
written on the Mystery OF the Eagles
Flight" Stein der Weisen, the Aus
trian naturalist, appears to have been
the first to notice the rudder-like mo-
tons of the eagles tail. He says:
These motions Of the tail would prob
ably have escaped me also. but for the
fact that | had SO often observed the
peculiar construction OF the side tail
feathers" 1t is interesting to the nat
uralists and the laymen alike to know
that "the mystery of the eagles flight"
has at last been explained.-St. Louis
Republic.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
Imitation of Rain.

The phenomena of rain are initiated
oy Prof. Errera of Brussels university
in beaker. The glass, inches tall
by in diameter, is half filled with 81
per cent alcohol, covered with saucer
and thoroughly heated over a water
bath without boiling the liquid. 1t is
then carefully removed to a wooden ia
BILE. Soon the alcohol vapor is con-
densed into visible clouds by the cool
ing saucer, innumerable minute drop
lets of rain fall and the clouds become
gradually lowered away from the sau-
Ger. The miniature storm may last
half an hour The action is intensified
If the warm saucer is replaced by cold
one. Whirlwinds and squalls are pro-
duced when the alcohol is very warm
and If the liquid is warmer on one side
the clouds may be seen to rotate around
a horizontal axis.-Exchange.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
Texas.


In the agricultural line, Texas leads
all other states in the variety of its
products. Cotton, corn, and the
cereals grow and are raised in every
section of the state, aud in the central
and southern portions sugar cane and
sorghum cane are protitably cultivated
On the gulf coast two or three crops OF
vegetables are raised each year.
Berries are shipped six weeks in
advance of the home crop in the north.
Pears, peaches, piums, oranges, figs,
olives, and nuts all grow abundantly
and can be marketed from two to
three weeks in advance of the Cali
fornia crops. Large quantities Of rice
are now grown.
If the land seeker, the home seeker,
and the settler desires to secure u
farm larger than the one he occupies,
on vastly more reasonable terms; if he
wants more land TO cultivate, greater
variety of crops to harvest, with pro-
.pertienately increased remuneration,
at a less outlay for cost of production:
ii he wants an earlier season, with
correspondingly higher prices; if he
wants milder winters, all the year pas
turage for his stock, improved health,
increased bodily comforts, and wealth
and prosperity he should go to Texas.
Send for pamphlet descriptive of the
resources of this great state (mailed
free). Low rate home seekers excur-
sions via the Missouri, Kansas & Texas
railway on Tuesday, November nth,
December 1st and 18th, 1896. II. A.
Cherrier, Northern Passenger Agent.
316 Marquette Building, Chicago, Ill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
A Living Serre-Eine.

Greek barber surgeons in the Levant
use large ants to keep together the
edges of cuts. The ant, held with a
forceps, opens its mandibles wide, and
as soon as it seizes the edges OF the
wound has its head severed from the
body, but retains its grip. People have
been seen with wounds healing held to-
gether by seven or eight ants heads.
The kind used is species of big-head.
ed camponotus.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
1T AMUSED THE OLD MAN.
They Helped Him to Get Away viii
His Dor

log.
The old man came down to the suhur-
ban station leading a most reprehensi-
BILE dog. Leading is hardly the word,
for in reality he dragged the unwilling
animal after the fashion of sled.
With coaXing words he lured the scrag-
gy beast on, and finally he got it safe
ly slowed under the bench on the shady
side OF the station. He bought a paper
then, and settled down to wait twenty
minutes for the cityward train. Mr..
HUFFMAN and Mr.. lodgings had marked
the approach Of the old man and had
smiled somewhat at his trouble when
the dog had pulled back with greatest
force ITS funny, isn't it," said Mr..
Jody--s, that an otherwise reason
able and sane man will take up with
such dog as that and treat it as a
pet" Mr.. Huffman assented, and SAID
he supposed the old man would go in
to paroxysms OF wrath if anything
were to happen the dog. That sug-
gested an idea, and Mr.. Jodyngs nearly
burst with laughter as he thought upon
that idea.
Suppose we steal the dog and put it
on the northbound train, and when the
old man finishes his paper and goes to
take the city train he will be furious"
This was Mr.. lodgings idea, and Mr..
Huffman came near exploding, it was
so funny. Mr. Huffman sat down next
the old man, SO as to conceal the work.
ings of Mr.. lodgings, and Mr.. Jodyngs,
with suppressed snorts of laughter, I'M
tied the Irvine and hauled the dog
around the corner of the station and
into the express Office, where he paid
glad dollar and expressed the sorry
beast to fictitious John Smith at a
station a dollars worth up the line.
The old man continued reading, while
the up train stood at the platform, and
he did not wake up until the whistle of
the incoming cityward engine was
sounded at the road crossing. Then he
looked hastily for his dog.
Where's that dog?" he asked of his
city-bound fellow-townsmen, who had
gathered about in obedience to the in
vitation of Mr. lodgings. With fierce
peals of laughter Mr.. Huffman told him
that the household pet was on the way
to Milwaukee, Mr.. Huffman explained
the joke, and clapped the old man on
the back in delight.
The face Of the latter was a study.
He looked at Mr.. Huffman wonder
ingly.
by thunder" he cried. that's fun
ny! You see, brought the dog to the
station to-day, intending to carry him
as far in toward town as Jefferson
Park and there had intended to kick
him off. He's a blamed nuisance
around the house, and l wanted to get
rid of him the worst way. Much
obliged, Lodgings"
But Mr.. lodgings, with his mind
dwelling on his dollar, was pillar Of
self-kicking silence.-Chicago Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
A FAMOUS WOMAN.

Interview with Miss winifred Leale,
Champion Lady Rife Shot.
In a most interesting series of I'm
terviews With Women Who Have Ex-
celled," Home Chat gives an insight in
to rifle shooting, explained by Miss
Winifred l.. Leale, the champion lady
rifle shot. Miss Leale was interviewed
while shooting at Bisley, where she
discovered for the moment at leis-
ure on the veranda OF the Ladies Club,
a charming little bungalow. In reply
to the question What induced you to
take up shooting?" Miss Leale re-
Piled 1T was pure accident-nothing
else. 1t occurred in Guernsey, my ma
tive place. / happened to have ac-
companied my father to local rifle
meeting, when l was persuaded to take
a shot at the target. The result OF my
initial effort was-well, an inner
And as to the rifle you use, Miss Leale,
surely you do not have the heavy gov
eminent weapon?" was another ques-
ton. Certainly do" was the vouch-
safed reply of the young champion, II
use the ordinary service Martini, exact
ly the same weapon as the men," Miss
Leale, however, prefers the Lee-Met-
ford, which she considers the superior
weapon. She declares good sight to be
the first essential to successful marks
manship and taste for shooting to BIO
necessary. Certainly Miss Leale pos
sesses this natural bent" The many
prizes she has won with her rife,
shooting wholly against men, testify
to her marvellous skill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
TRAIN WRECKERS.'
THE EXPOSURE AND PERIL or
THESE BRAVE MEN.
a Short Talk With an Experienced
"Wrccker''-The Intense Strain Upon
Nerves and Health.

From the Hawkeye, Burlington, Iowa.
A correspondent of the Mt Pleasant
Ua) Daily News and of the Burlington
Hawkeye called upon Mr. Edward
Tracey, Of 1912 Central avenue, Burling-
ton, Ia, and the following interview
resulted:
II was born at Rome, Ia, twenty-six
years ago, and lived at that place I'M
til 1892, when with several others
went to Florence, Kansas. While there
we worked on the Santa Fe Railroad.
and had to be out in all sorts of wealth
err. Soon after 1 went to Kansas City,
Kan, where / secured work with the
wrecking gang. We were often COM
PEELED to stand in water for hours, and
1t would sometimes be a day and night
before we could change our clothing
After working at this for short
time / commenced to feel weak and
would often have to quit work for a
few days. At last | called on Il doctor,
and after taking medicine for some
time without improvement / decided to
leave Kansas and go home, thinking
that the climate did not agree with me.
A few days before l was to start
friend urged me to try DR.. Williams
Pink Pills. i finally yielded 10 his adj
vice and commenced taking them. In
few days / felt better. When the
first box was gone / was able to work
again. L have felt the old malady but
once since. Then L got at once some OF
DIR. Williams Pink Pills, and after talk
ing two boxes was completely well and
have not been sick since. take pleas
ure in recommending DR.. Williams
Pink Pills in the highest terms
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain In
a condensed form, all the elements nee
essary TO give new life and richness to
the blood and restore shattered nerves.
They are also a specific for troubles
peculiar to females. such as suppress
sions, irregularities and all forms of
weakness. They build UP the blood,
and restore the glow of health TO pale
and sallow cheeks. In men they effect
4 radical cure in all cases arising from
mental worry, oVerwork or exceSSes of
whatever nature. Pink Pills are sold
In boxes (never in loose bulk) at so
cents box, or six boxes for $3.50 and
nay be had Of all druggists, CT direct
by mail from Dr. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady. N. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
GLASS AND GLASS MAKING.

Flexible glass was knevn in Persia
In 1910.
Glasv bottles were made In Brooklyn
In 1854.
Strass invented the glass that bears
his name in 1850.
The revival of glass making at Ven
Ice occurred in 1888.
Thevart discovered the art of cast
Ing plate glass in 1866.
Window glass was manufactured at
Pittsburg, Pa. in 1908.
Experiments in glass making were
instituted in New York in 1879.
A flint glass mandatory was estab-
lished at Sandwich. Mass, in 1926.
In 1747 Connecticut granted to Thorn
rs Darling the exclusive right to make
glass in the colony.
Plate glass windows for coaches were
made at the duke of Buckingham
works, London, in 1873.
Flexible glass was reinvented in
France in 1920, but the art was again
lost with the death of the inventor.
The revival of colored glass window
making in Germany, France and Eng
land occurred between 1920 and 1892.
Essays in colored glass window work
On new and original lines, were at
tempted in the United States In 1870.
Window glass was made by Robert
Hewes, Of Boston, Mass, in 1855. And
two years later glass works were es-
tablished in Essex street, Boston.
Maco
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
HOpeful.

A gentleman from London visiting
Scotland, having heard that man re-
siding in the district where he had put
UP had just completed the Tooth year
of his age, and being anxious to see the
centenarian, paid him a visit. In the
course OF conversation the cockney
congratulated the old man on the
healthy appearance he had at his time
of life, "but," says he, II presume you
do not expect to see the end of an
other 100 years?" I'm moo very sure
about that. You must mind I'm a
heap stronger the moo thin whin I
started wi the first hummer" was the
old mans reply.-Tlt-Bits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
Santa Fe Route-California Limited.

Leaves Chicago p. m. Wednesdays
and Saturdays, reaching Los Angeles
in ~ hours and San Diego in 76M
hours. Returns from California Mon
days and Thursdays.
Equipment of suburb vestibuled
Pullman palace sleepers, buffet smok-
ing car and dining car. Most bnxur'
ions service via any line.
Another express train, carrying. both
palace and tourist sleepers, leaves
Chicago 1O:25p. m. daily, for Los An
geles, San Diego and San Francisco.
Inquire of G. L. Nicholson, General
Passenger Agent, Great Northern
Building. Chicago
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
The Hill of Zion yields
A thousand sacred sweets,
Before we reach the heavenly fields
Or walk the golden streets.

ucn ict Jul SOASS duOuuQ,
And every tear be dry;
We're marching through Immanuel's
ground
To fairer worlds on high.
1t is prosperity that kills, and trou-
BILE that saves. While the Israelites
were on the march, amid great priva-
lions and hardships, they behaved well.
After awhile they prayed for meat; and
the sky darkened with great flock of
quails: and these quails fell in great
multitudes all about them; and the
Israelites ate and ate, and stuffed them
selves until they died. Oh, my friends,
it is not hardship, or trial, or starva-
ton that Injuries the soul, but abundant
supply. 1t is not the vulture of trou-
BILE that eats up the Christians life; it
is the quails! 1t is the quails! You
will yet find out that your midnight
wrestle by the brook Jabbok Is with an
angel of God. come down to bless and
to save.
Learn again that, while our wrestling
with trouble might be triumphant. we
must expect that it will leave it's mark
upon us. Jacob prevailed, but the an
gel touched him and his thigh bone
sprang from its socket, and the good
man went limping on his way. We
must carry through this world the
mark of the combat. What ploughed
these premature wrinkles in your face :?
What whitened your hair before il was
time for frost? What silenced forever
so much of the hilarity of your house
hold? All! it is because the angel of
trouble hath touched you that you go
limping on your way. You need not
be surprised that those who have pass
ed through the fire do not feel as gay
as once they did. Do not be out of
patience with those who come not out
of their dependency. They may tri-
umph over their loss, and yet their
gait shall tell you that they have been
trouble-touched. Are we Stoics. that
we can unmoved, see our cradle rified
of the bright eyes and the sweet lips?
Can we stand unmoyed and see our
gardens of earthly delight uprooted?
viii Jesus, who wept himself, be angry
with us if we pour our tears into the
graves that open TO swallow down what
we loved best? Was Lazarus more dear
to him than our beloved dead to us?
No. We have a right to weep. Our
tears must come. You shall not drive
them back to scald the heart. They
fall into Gods bottle. Afflicted ones
have died because they could not
weep. Thank God for the sweet, the
mysterious relief that comes to US in
tears! Under this gentle rain the
flowers Of hope put forth their bloom.
God pity that dry, wlthered, parched.
all consuming grief that wrings it's
hands. and grinds its teeth, and bites
its nails into the quick, but cannot
weep! We may have found the COM
fort of the Cross, and yet ever after
show that in the dark night, and by the
brook Jabbok, we were trouble touched.
Again, we may take the idea of the
text and announce the approach Of the
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
John Chink's Queue Burnt or.

One of the strangest things ever lost
in fire was the queue of Chinaman,
which burned off during a blaze in his
laundry in Kansas City. The re-
mainder Of the unfortunate Monaghan
was rescued.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
Irrefragable Proof.

"Sprokett is in love with Ethel Gads-
by"
did he tell you so?"
mo, but he has replaced the picture
of his bicycle he used to carry in his
watch by her photograph. Washing
ton Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
Send 2S Cents in Silver

or stamps to the busiest JeweIry Store
In the World MERMOD 4 JACCARD'S,
Broadway, corner Locust Street, ST LOUIS,
and they will send you by mail prepaid
Solid silver Thimbie and their
Grand New Holiday Catalogue with its
5000 engravings OF the most beautiful things
in Diamonds Silverware, Jewelry anG
Watches. Send quickly, Christmas is coming.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24
Equal to the Emergency.

Reporter-Mr. Editor, can you
City editor-Go to Hades!
Reporter-That's an out-of-town assign
nent and I'd like have an order on the
cashier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24

wind, in the ripple OF the brook Jab-
box, the promise made so long ago,
ringing down the sky: "Thy fatherless
children. l will preserve them alive;
and let thy widows trust in me!' Some
one said to very poor woman, How
is it that in such distress you keep
chenrful?" She said, Il do it by what
| call cross-prayers. When | had my
rent to pay, and nothing to pay 1t with,
and bread to buy and nothing to buy
Il with, / used to sit down and cry
But now I do not get discouraged. II
l go along the streat, when l come to
a corner of the street, / say, The Lord
help mep l then go on until l come
to another crossing of the street, and
again l say, The Lord help me! And
so / utter prayer at every crossing;
and since / have got into the habit OF
saying these cross-prayers, l have been
able to keep up my courage"
Learn again from this subject, that
people sometimes are surprised to find
out that what they have been strug-
Cling with in the darkness is really an
angel of blessing" Jacob found in
the morning that this strange person
age was not an enemy but God-des-
patched messenger to promise prosperl-
ty for him and for his children. And
so. many a man, at the close OF his
trial, has found out that he has been
trying TO throw down his own bless
ing. If you are Christian man / will
go back in your history and find that
the grandest things that ever hap
pened TO you have been your trials.
Nothing short of scourging, imprison-
ment, and shipwreck, could have made
Paul what he was. When David was
fleeing through the wilderness. pur-
sued by his own son, he was being pre-
pared to become the sweet singer of
Israel. The pit and the dungeon were
the best schools at which Joseph ever
graduated. The hurricane that upset
the tent, and killed Jobs children,
prepared the man of Uz to be the sub
ject of the magnificent poem that has
astounded the ages. There is no way
to get the wheat out of the straw but
TO thresh it. There is no way to purify
the gold but to burn it. Look at the
people who have always had it their
own way. They are proud, discomfort
ed, useless, and unhappy. If you want
to find cheerful folks, go among those
who have been purified by the fire. AZ
ter Rossini had rendered "WilliamTell"
the five hundredth time, company of
musicians came under his window in
Paris and serenaded him. They put
upon his brow golden crown of laurel
leaves! But, amid all the applause and
enthusiasm Rossini turned to a friend
and said, Il would give all this bril-
liant scene for a few days of youth
and love" Contrast the melancholy
feeling of Rossini, who had everything
that this world could give him, with
the joyful experience of Isaac Watts,
whose sorrows were great, when he
says:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-11-24

There are no errors
In the great eternal plan,
And all things work together
For the final good of man"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-02-08
THE OSTRICH FEATHER INDUSTRY.
Interesting Facts Concerning the Col
lection and Treatment of Them.

Interesting Facts Concerning the Col
lection and Treatment of Them.
From the Philadelphia Times.
AS is we'll known, feathers, especially
those of the ostrich, are used more from
year to year as garniture for hats and
dresses. The color scale of the Paris syn
deal chambre glitters in all the giaring
colors of the rainbow, and number OF
changeable tones were incorporated like
wise, all of which are applied to feathers.
Vienna and Berlin strive with each OF her
for the control of the ostrich feather mar
ket. The Vienna manufacturers are adopts
in the art of imparting an excellent ap-
pearance to even the worst raw material.
Even the so-called spadonnas, the hairy
tips of the tail feathers Of the young cs-
trich, which are of an inferior value they
understand how to beautify by dyeing ard
plating as if they were prime No. l. By
plating means the patching together Of
single pieces, to obtain a full filst-ca SIS
feather, and almost every feather. even the
costliest, is plated. This applies principal
ly to the feathers of Vienna ''manufact-
ure."
The Berlin ware, however, is still honest,
and for this reason its manufacturers have
a difficult strife with those of Vienna. The
Berlin manufacturers thoroughly under
stand the bleaching. dyeing, steaining and
curling of the feathers, and besides, they
use superior raw material.
1t is astonishing to read the quantity
of ostrich feathers annually used in tie civ
ilized world. Newspaper articles sometimes
speak in exalted terms OF the rocco time,
with its extensive use of feathers used by
rich and noble ladies. but the total amount
used at that time fades from view when
compared to that used at present. The
data of the six annual auction sales held
in London in 1894 show that in all of them
were disposed of 30S,7 pounds, at a value
of f5S4, 600.