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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05

r. l.. Crescy, manager of the Equi-
table Life Assurance Society of the
U. s., has been in town for several
days.
breckenridge base ball team and
the third nine of Luther College crossed
bats Saturday, the latter defeating by a
score of 30 to 10.
Rev. S. r. Ferguson of Waukon
will preach the Memorial Sermon this
year, and Rev. A. g. Wilson will de-
liver the Decoration Day address.
DIR. Simmons has been invited by
the authorities of the State Dental So
ciety to demonstrate his hot air syringe
at the meeting of the State Dental So
ciety, held this week at Marshalltown.
The General Conference of the NJ.
E. Church convened at Cleveland,
Ohio, last Friday, May LIST. 1t is the
highest body of this denomination, and
is the largest assembly of its kind in
the world.
e. w. Cutting writes from Iowa
City that s. U. /. won the first game
of the Iowa Intercollegiate League,
played at Iowa City between the State
University and State Agricultural
College. Score toe.
There will be another meeting OF
women Thursday afternoon at 2:30 i'm
the Congregational church to supple
ment the meeting held by Mr.. Rankin
last Friday afternoon. 1t is hoped that
an equal number of women, if not
more, will be present, especially those
who expressed interest last week.
The Rankin meetings have been
held every night except Friday during
the past week, and will be continued
each evening of this week except Sat
urday. Over four hundred have signed
the pledge, and good deal of interest
is manifested. He is good speaker,
in an excellent work, and we are glad
to note his success.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05
THE DEATH ROLL.
MRS. FRANK DARLINGTON.

Mrs. Frank Darlington died at her
home in Highland, April 80, 1896, after
an illness of one week. She was a
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Bryant of
Allamakee county, and was born April
8, 1868. She was married to Frank
Darlington Sept. 10, 1890, and by this
union leaves daughter and an infant
son, who with her husband and many
friends, deeply mourn her loss. She
was lifelong member of the Episco-
pal church. The funeral was held at
the Friends church in Hesper on Sun.
day, DR.. Philip Slack officiating.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05
MRS. GEO. w. Bort.

MRS. Geo. w. BOTT.
Elizabeth Ann Bryant was born in
Topsham, Maine, June 4th, 1881, and
died at DEBORAH, Iowa, May LIST, 1896,
aged nearly IS years.
She was married to VIM. B. Ash Jan.
Z, 1872, and was left widow i'm 1886.
She was married for the second time to
Geo. w. Bot December Is, 1887.
Mrs. Bot was next to the youngest of
a family of six children. She lived to
see the entire family depart this life.
Mrs. Bot removed to DEBORAH about
years ago. The records of the Metho-
dist church show that she united by
letter Sept. 3, 1888. In early life Mrs.
Bot became a member of the church,
so we find she continued her relation
until death. Her last illness began
about one year ago, but she was not
confined to the house until December.
She has been great sufferer, but from
the nature of the disease, her friends
felt that death was inevitable After
so long suffering from disease she is
delivered, and we trust knows the re-
alities of the life where sickness and
death are not known. The funeral
services were held at the home in West
DEBORAH Sunday afternoon, Rev. +. p.
Shaffer officiating.
Mr.. Milward, of Minneapolis, was
an over Sunday visitor i'm town.
-ThOs. Fleming and wife was out to
the McClaskey farm, near Ridgeway
Saturday.
Yesterday was the Tooth anniver-
sary of the birth of Horace Mann, the
great educator.
The regular meeting of the WO-
mans Foreign Missionary Society
will be held at the M. E. Church Fri
day afternoon NJ two o'clock.
Miss Anna Wells and Miss Alice
Carver go to West Union to-day as
delegates to the District Convention of
the Epworth League.
The Snyder Brothers, with c. j.
Patten, of Charles City, Iowa, who
placed out so many orchards and vine
yards hereabouts last season, are here
again for the summer.
Sheriff Christen went to the asylum
at Independence yesterday with two
insane parties and and will bring
back Mr.. Ruth, p. CoOgan, Frank
Keller, Mike Bena and Mrs. Opera.
Caldwell can furnish you a large as
sortment of choice pansy plants, ready
to bloom, at 25 cents per dozen. Also
verbenas at so cents per doz; cabbage
and tomato plants, 10 cents per dozen.
Telephone AS. 11-2
Harry Spellman, of Cedar Rapids,
who enjoys wide acquaintance, here
gave very fine address at theS. of V.
campfire in Cedar Rapids last week
part of which was published i'm Thurs
days Cedar Rapids Republican.
Ben Bear went to st. Paul last
night to buy his stock of fur coats for
next winter. BY buying early Mr..
Bear gets his pick, and thus is enabled
to carry stock from which customer
can get what he wants and get it at
right prices.
We are glad to note a change i'm
the management of Valder's Business
College, whereby Prof. q. A. Oliver be-
comes a half owner, i'm partnership
with the former proprietor, Prof. c. H.
Valdez. Much of the growth and sue
cess OF the Institution has been due to
his ability and energy, and with two
such excellent men at the helm we feel
sure that this justly famed institution
will make Ureatar stridas i'm tha adnoo
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05
In SOCIAL CIRCLES.

In SOCIAL CIRCLES.
The University Association will
meet in the High School room tonight.
There will be dance i'm Bovenizer's
Hall at Frankville next Friday night.
nv
The FIT. Atkinson camp of the Mod
ern Woodmen Association will give
an entertainment and dance in their
hall tomorrow evening.
NV
The Silver Greek Cornet Band will
hold another contest at Burr Oak
Thursday night. The prize will be
eight pieces of glassware.
NV
The young ladies of the M. E. church
will give May Festival at the resi-
dence of A. III. Groves tomorrow even
ing. Ice cream and cake will be served.
Nv
The Columbia Opera Co. will play
at the Grand some time this month.
They have SO people and enjoy most
excellent reputation. Date will be an
nounced later
Nv
The Congregational ladies hold a
supper and sale of useful and fancy
articles at the Treat building to-day.
the sale continuing through the after
noon and evening, and the supper from
six to eight o'clock p. m.
Nv
The Harriet /. Baker Recital
which will occur at the Unity Church
tonight, and the matinee at half past
four this afternoon will doubtless at
tract good attendance, as the repu-
tation of these entertainments is ex-
cellent.
Nv
A large audience assembled at the
Grand Friday evening to witness the
rendition of '"The Reveries of Bach
elor," under the auspices of Geo. @.
Gardner Camp, S. of V. The enter
tainment was directed by Miss Flor
ence Magill, of Moline, ILL.,, and the
success of it was largely due to her
energy in management. The statuary
was very good and showed graceful
ness of position which pleased every
one The Country Band" directed
by Geo. E. Smith, was pleasing num-
Der, and brought forth hearty laugh
ter and an encore. The Hoop Drill,
Tambourine Dance, Red and White
Drill, Scarf Drill, Brownie Antics, and
T.;v;1e Flag, were all carried out i'm a
very complimentary manner, and de-
FIGHT. lYsAsze audience, as did also the
musical selections. S. Halvorson play
ed the part of the Bachelor in capital
manner, and was the object of much
alteration. The prizes of rings offered
to the two persons who sold the highest
number of tickets were awarded to Miss
Grace Green and Master Roy Schenck,
respectively. A matinee was also
given on Saturday afternoon, attract
ing gOodly number of those who We're
not present the evening before, which
was heartily enjoyed. The Sons of
Veterans will realize snug little sum
of money from these entertainments,
and will also have the satisfaction of
placing before the public the capabili-
ties of our home talent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05

The University Association will
meet in the High School room tonight.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05

The FIT. Atkinson camp of the Mod
ern Woodmen Association will give
an entertainment and dance in their
hall tomorrow evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05

There will be dance i'm Bovenizer's
Hall at Frankville next Friday night
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-05-05

The Silver Greek Cornet Band will
hold another contest at Burr Oak
Thursday night. The prize will be
eight pieces of glassware
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
The Living Topics Magazine.

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It records such items concerning cur
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wears behind date of consultation; and
vet the average reader inquiries more
concerning things of the past three
wears than concerning things OF the
preceding three centuries.
Topics are treated in strict alpha'
betical orner, and as often as the al
phabet is covered a new volume be-
gins and the same course is resumed
Subscriptions only SO cents for eacf
500 pages. Specimen sent free on re
quest. John B. Alden, Publisher, II
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The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
Boating on the Mississippi.

Flatboating, barging and kneel-
boating were carried on between the
years of 1885 and 1876. Emigration to
the Ohio Valley became rapid during
that period, and much produce was
raised which was shipped down the
valley to Louisiana. This traffic was
at first carried on with hatboats and
barges, but kneelboats were after
ward brought into use. During the
wears from 1855 to 1903 the Spaniards,
who held the territory at that time,
established q custom house at New
Madrid, Mo-, where they collected
duties upon produce bound for New
Orleans. Many years agoan oldpilot,
named Louis Choat, died in this city,
aged sc. He gave the writer an ac-
count of the voyages he made to New
Orleans frem 1900 to 1872 with flat
boats and barges. He said that the
fiatboats in which they came from
Louisville were sold upon their ar
rival at this port forthe old plank and
timber they contained: that the men
would then cross Lake Pontchartrain
and take the Natchez trail, which led
through Mississippi into Tennessee,
and from this into Kentucky; and thai
they often had to fight off thieving In
dians. In this way, after travel o.
1000 miles on horseback and foot, they
reached Louisville.
His account of the ascent of the Miss
issippi is that the barges had sails ane
oars, but they depended more upor
the cordel, which was to send mel
ahead with ropes, which they made
fast to trees. Then the men on th'
boat would take hold of them, and
walking aft, force the boat up stream
1t required several months to max
the trip up from this city to Louis
vile. The price of freight was fror
&c to SC per pound, or s12O per ton
This boating they kept up until 1s1t
3 when the first steamboats, commence
making voyages from this city t
Louisville.-NewO Orleans Times-Demc
'crat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
Footpads on Wheels.

Paris has discovered a brand-new use
for the bicycle, Cycling, as every
body knows, is highly regarded in the
French capital, but this new phase of
it has never been thought OF. 1t is
simply highway robbery upon wheels.
a coachman, August Mondet, was
driving along one of the OUTER boule-
wards the other evening when two
swiftly moving cyclists swerved sud
denly from their course and spoke to
him. AS the coachman refined uptO ans
ver one of the men neatly brought the
horse to stop by barring the road
with his machine while the other leap
ed from his wheel and commenced to
scale the box seat.
Mondet had leather satchel about
him containing money, and his atten-
ton was divided between endeavorine
to keep hold of.that and to restrain
| his frightened horse, who was now
plunging and rearing at the machine
But he was a plucky man and by &
well-directed kick he sent his assail
ant tumbling in the road, at the SAM
time keeping tight grip on the reins
and then turned to look for the othe1
highway robber. This fellow hat
disnounted and now started in to at
tack the coachman. A desperat
struggle ensued, and Mondst woul'
probably have been beaten had no
another vehicle approached. At thi
the two robbers broke loose and
Jumping on their wheels, ''scorched
away into the darksning night.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
Not Leap Year. But She Won,

A young married woman, the wife ot
the private secretary of Western
Congressman, was one of a party the
other evening talking about leap year.
Il proposed to my husband, said she,
land it wasn't leap year and L am not
new woman" Every one was
anxious to hear how she happened to
do it, for she is lovely woman of the
womanly type, and the last one in the
world to ever aska man to marry her.
Then, too, she was a belle, and had
hosts of admirers, many OF whom
would have been glad to win her, says
the Washington Post.
why, 1 don't know how it happen
ed. You see Jack had been attentive
for years, and every little while would
tell me how much he loved me, and ask
me if | would care for him. put him
off, and then after two or three years
he began to neglect telling me OF his
love. In the meanwhile | learned to
love him, and tried in every way tomake
him speak, but when he called he never
wanted to see me alone, and always
tried to have some of the family about
When we were alone he was moody
and silent. and no amount OF sweet
ness on my part would bring him to
another avowal.
AT last he called and said that be
was going to Washington. that there
was no use of his. staying out West.
There were no ties TO hold him, and no
one for whom he especially cared. !
ushed my best endeavors to dissuade
him, and hinted in every way possible
that hemight expect a favorab BILE answer
| if he would ask me to marry him.
Jack said good night to the people,
/ and | went to the door with him. We
stood at the entrance some time, and
| tried so hard to bring him out, but
no use. He spoke of no one caring
| for him, and all that sort OF thing.
Finally We shook hands and he left.
saw him walk down the yard, and as
he reached the gate | called to him tc
come back. | had seen him leave me
| forever in that minute and could not
stand it. When he came up the steps
| said: Jack | care for yOu great
deal The rest naturally followed,
and we were married in the spring .
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
The Worlds Rivers.
Tigris is I.I5O miles long.

The TigriS is l.l5O miles long.
The Tlber is only go miles long.
The world-famous Orontes is only
240 miles long.
The Zambezi, in South Africa, is
1,SOO miles in length.
Slow rivers flow at the rate of three
to seven miles an hour.
Twelve creeks in the United States
bear the name of Rhine.
Every ancient city of note was To-
Gated on or near the sea or a river.
The Ganges is l,570 miles long and
drains an area of 80, 900 square miles.
The Hudson River, from its mouth
to the lakes, is 400 miles in length.
The Mississippi and its tributaries
drain an area of 100000 square
miles.
The branches of the Mississippi
have an aggregate length of $1,000
miles.
For over 1.200 miles the Nile does
not receive single tributary stream.
The River Jordan has its origin in
one of the largest springs in the world.
In Islands of two small size to have
rivers creeks are digniged by that
name.
The Connecticut, the principal
stream of New England. is $50 miles
in length.
During a single flood of the Yang
tse-Kiang, in China, 100000 persons
were drowned.
The most extensive protective river
works in Europe are at the mouth of
the Danube.
The Rhine is only 960 miles long,
but drains a territory nearly double
the area of Texas.
The Irish, in Siberia, is 2,2OO miles
in length and drains 900, 900 miles OF
territory.
The Nile, from its delta to the great
lakes of Central Africa, is over 4,OO(
miles in length.
The Thames of England is 22O mile:
long. The river of the same name il
Canada is 160.
There are twenty creeks in thi'
country which have been dignifet
with the name of the Tiber.
The Columbia River of Canada i
/, 400 miles in length; the stream G
the same name in Oregon is 600.
The Arkansas River is 2,170 mile
long, but at various points in it
course is very thin for its length.
The Potomac River is only 500 mile
long and in it's lower course is rathe
an estuary than stream.
The British islands are better pre-
vided with rivers than any other cour
| try of the same size on the globe.
The Mississippi a. the point whel
t it flows out of lake Itaska is ten fe'
: wide and eighteen inches deep.-N. !
Commsrcial-Advertissr.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
4 Prize-Fighter,s WIDOW.

The widow of John MOrrissey, the
prize-fghter and Representative in
Congress, is now nearly 20 years old,
and is in feeble health and destitute
circumstances. 1t is said that a fund
is being raised for her relief by some
of the friends of her husband. She
lives in small house in the north
ern part of New York. Morrissey
was at one time rich man-many
said he was a millionaire. By the
terms of the will she was to have the
remainder of the estate after certain
legacies were paid. 1t turned out
that there was no remainder. The
story of the uife of this couple was
romatic in many ways. She issl the
daughter of famous old Capt. svi.
Smith, of Troy, who once commasdi !
the steamboat Empire, whichR! \
from New York to Troy. She va II
beautiful girl in the days when Jh
MOrrissey was deckhand on
fathers boat, and she still retaLs,S
is said, marked traces ST her early
beauty, despite her years and the
many misfortunes through which she
has passed. The couple were married
at Troy, and so0n afterwards Nor
risy was graduated from the steam
beat business and obtained employ
ment as runner for an immigrant
house in New York. Here his pugil-
listic skill was developed, and he SCOT
had wide reputation as a fighter.
He went from Castle Garden to the
prize ring, then to the gambling houss
and finally to politics, serving tern
in Congress. His handsome wife wal
conspicuous figure in Saratogs
while ne was running his gambling
house there. She was always dressei
s. in gorgeous style and drove abou
the town in fine equipage.-Buffal,
Express
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
Missouri Notes.

y gentleman weighing 431 pounds Is
visiting in Stanberry.
The Hannibal BARRIERS did not open
their shops last Sunday.
\ number of Sedalia leap year girls
secured a team and wagon and tele-
graph school students and drove out
to High Point to attend a debate.
They returned at 10 o'clock and de-
livered the boys to their respective
homes.
Seventy-five babies were pheto-
graphed in turn at Louisiana the other
day.
Poplar Bluff will have a circulating
library.
Cole County is making good roads.
! The gold in Stoddard County Is
lasting in quantity.
The canning factory at New London
has contracted with parties near that
town to put $50 acres in tomatoes.
The vast alluvial bottoms of the
Missouri in Carroll and adjacent
counties are being gradually redeem
ed through drain tile and good tillage.
Mrs. Hammond, wife of Jehn Hays
Hammond, the American who Is IN
trouble in South Africa as the result
of the recent inIasion of the Dutch
Republic, is q first cousin of Mrs,
Hannibal Armstrong and Miss Ella
Harris of Clinton, Mrs. Hammond ,:
father being a brother Of the father o
the Clinton ladies' named.
| Col. A. NJ. Coffey, of Knebnostsr
celebrated his s2d birthday anniversa
ry last Saturday. He was member
, Of the General Assembly in 1850 ant
under Polk's administration was al
| Indian agent, Secretary of the State
: Grange for several years and Post
) master of KnobnOster in Cleveland I
! first term.
, Fisherman Bedgood has just ship
} ped $500 pounds of fish, the result o
) one days fishing in the Missour
: River.
: Harry Morrow, aged IS years, wht
, had lived for many years at Goats
: Vile, died Thursday of last week
Solomon Hubbard. another old citizel
: of Coatsville, aged 81, went with som'
. friends to the cemetery on Friday tt
5 locate burying spot for Mr.. Morrow
: and while there took suddenly ill ant
] died in few minutes.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
ROYAL ToMsS IN CYPRUS
Discoveries of Recent Archaeology
cal Explorers

discoveries O1 IstSSAh ~
cal Explorers.
DIR. Max 0. Richter. who has spent
thirteen years in archaeological eA-
ploration in Cyprus, recently gave
before the Royal Institute oI britlsh
Architects an interesting account OF
his important discovery ef royal
tombs at Tamassos. and summary
of the evidence on which Is based his
theory that Graeco-Phoenician archl-
lecture found in Cyprus supplied to
the Hellenes the materials for the
formation ef the Ionic Greek volute.
DIR. Richter has established .satisfac-
tOrilv that the tombs, as we'll as
many other CypriOte antiquities, be-
long to the end of the seventh or be-
ginning of the sixth century before
Christ. He had also shown conclu-
siyely that the stone architectural Or
namentation was intended to represent
earlier wood construction: and that
many of the forms are still found IN
the woodwork and architecture OF
houses in Cypriate villages. His ar
gument for the derivation of Ionic
forms from Graeco-PhOencian sources,
however, starting from premises thai
are the subject of hot disputes among
archaeologists, presents a theory Still
in the form of hypothesis, which his
array of facts and ingenious grsup'
ings sof pictures certainly render
plausible.
DIR. Richter, like many others,
thinks that the origin Of the Ionic
capital is to be found in the forms o
the Egyption lotus. He believes, too
that Cyprus was not only a meeting
place for Greek, Phoenician anc
Egyptian art, as is generally admit
ted. but that the period of Cyprlot'
art is earlier than that OF archaic
Greek art, ard that, consequently, l
was from Cyprus that the character
istic archaic IoniG forms were obtained
by the Greeks OF Asia Minor and bel
las. instead of the converse, which L
the common opinion. The forms wer'
not original to Cyprus, however; thel
elements came either from Egypt o.
Mesopotamia. DR.. Richter does no
undertake to decide this question
though his own opinion is that Egyp
is the main source, as when we cal
trace definite Phoenician influence Il
art it is on the side OF ugliness rathe
than beauty.
The preofs offered in support OF nj
theory by DR.. Richter are too tehnl
cal to be judgedsby any but experts
especially when 'unaccOmpanlned b,
his Illustrations. But the fundament
al Graeco-Phoenician model, whlcl
according to his demonstration CAV
rise to the Ionic volute may be seen L
New York on the sarcophagus iron
Amathus and on the two gold brace
lets from Kurion in the Metropollta
Museum of Art.-New York Sun.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-01
Dont,s for rBustIe-wearers.

Don't buy the largest one the stores
supply.
Don't be the first person in your
neighberheod to don the hustle.
Don't dare to laugh at the camel
once you have donned the hustle.
Don't wear the heaviest hustle on the
market and then wonder what tires
your back so.
Don't forgetthat the hustle is a dress
shortener, and that the bustle-wearer' S
skirt must be longer than those of the
woman who doesn't wear it.