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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25

by the populists that made him firS
lose judgment in these nervous anc
excited people, and it was this deluge
of letters pouring in upon him during
his presidency Of the state alliance
more than anything else that made him
sick of the populist cause and caused
him to abandon it, which he did in the
following year.
Talking to a friend of this matter,
he said: Many of these letters were
pathetic. They urged that the two per
cent government loan proposition
should be crowded forward to compile
ton with all speed, and many of them
desired reply by return mail that they
might know just when to expect the
money. 1t was pitiful to see COM
munity of honest, well-meaning men
so carried away on so fiimsy and I'M
reasonable proposition"
About that time. through an inter-
view in the Kansas City Journal. Frank
McGrath gave it out that he despaired
of success for the Farmers alliance az
soon as he saw that into the new move
ment was drifting all the hysterical and
nervous mind force of the country
He saw that this two per cent govern
ment loan proposition was greedily
seized by these nervous and excited
men. He knew that, though the fall
lacy of the scheme would soon be ap-
parent, other financial schemes equal
~ catchy and equally impractical
would be suggested from time to
time. and by the appeal of these
catchy doctrines and by the APP
peal to class prejudice the weaker
and more hysterical part of the peo-
pie woGld be gathered together by de-
signing leaders into one vast army OF
excited and unreasonable men. and he
feared that such condition might be
the beginning of the end of the re-
public.
What Frank McGrath feared six
years ago has come to pass. All the
historical mind force of the American
people has been aroused by these catchy
doctrines and organized into one
mighty impulse to do-what? Does it
know what it will do? Just now this
impulse is for free and unlimited coin
age of silver. Six years ago it was for
the free and unlimited coinage Of gov
eminent farm loans. What will it de-
mand next year? Should it get into
power. this impulsive mind force, when
will it enact this free coinage law?
When Bryan is elected and when his
triumph has swept into the national
congress all these nervous and unsta~
BILE minds, when will they agree on .
flee coinage law? And what other dan
gerous and impractical measures will
be gathered in by this mighty drag net,
this organization of disorganized mind
force, this aggregation of visionary and
impractical men?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25
PEOPLE.

Dr. Walsh. archbishop of Dublin, Is
regaining his health by riding BIZ
cycle.
Upon the death of woman whose
name is not yet divulged Yale is to
receive $75O.000.
Bernhardt, who talks of playing
Lorenzo de Medici" in De Mussett's
"Lorenzaccio," may give her own
Hamlet" this year.
Douglas Tilden. the deaf mute scuip-
tor OF San Francisco, was married the
other day to Miss Bessie Cole, who is
also deaf mute
Rudyard kipling's greatest ambition
Is said 10 be TO serve as war corre-
spondeat. The next big war will take
him into the field.
Miss Mabel Beardsley, sister of the
only Aubrey. has left a place as high
school teacher TO become an actress.
She recently made her debut in Lon
don as Edith in Dearest Mama"
John Jacob Astor denies that he in
tends building a theater lat which
only first-eIa5s plays should be pre-
sented." He is not thinking of invest
ing his money in such enterprises.
Verdi tries hard to hide from the
world the very fact that he is writing
new opera. and some precautions he
took recently have led many TO suppose
he is at work on 'final" work.
A lady has been appointed a regis
trar OF births. marriages and deaths
by the guardians of the city OF London.
Miss kemm, the lady in question, has
for some time acted as assistant to her
father.
Portland man has in his possession
an interesting and valuable relic. 1t
is an act passed by the Continental
congress establishing a pay table for
the Continental officers, signed by John
Hancock. president.
Emperor Williams latest fad is te-
legraphy, and he is spending several
hours a week learning to send messages
by dots and dashes, He has already
made considerable progress as an oper-
ator Of the key.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25
WOULD YOU BELIEVE
That You Can Walk 8J,9J3 Miles an
Hour:

Hour:
Have you ever thought of the dis
lance you travel while you are out on
an hours stroll? Possibly you walk
three miles within the hour, but that
does not by any means represent the
distance you travel. The earth turns
on its axis every twenty-four hours
For the sake of round figures we will
call the earths circumference $4,000
miles. and so you must have travelled
during the hours stroll 1000 miles in
the axial turn Of the earth. But this is
not all. The earth makes journey
around the sun every year. and long
but rapid trip it is. The distance of our
planet from the sun we will put at o.
OOO,OO0 miles. This is the radius of the
earth's orbit-half the diameter of the
circle. as We call it, The whole diam
eter is therefore 1874, 900 900 miles. and
the circumference being the diameter
multiplied by 3.1416,is about SIS 900 900.
This amazing distance the earth travels
in its yearly journey, and dividing 1t
by 365 We find the daily speed about
1855, 900. Then, to get the distance you
rode around the sun during your hours
walk, divide again by "a, and the result
ia about $4,000 miles. But this is not
the end of your hours trip. The sun,
with its entire brood of planets. is NOV
ing in space at the rate of 10000, 900
miles in year This is at the rate Of
a little more than 43S,OO0 miles a
day, or 1880 miles an hour. So,
adding your three miles of leg travel 20
the hours axial movement of the earth,
this to the earth's orbital tourney, and
that. again. to the earth's excursion
with the sun, and you find you have
travelled, in the hour, S5,253 miles.
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IN THE BUTTERFLY NET

For quarter of an hour had a really
lively time. Mrs. Tremaine hectored
the Italian and the Italian objurgated
Mrs. Tremaine. Neither OF them I'M
derstood a word the other said. and |
had to act as interpreter and buffer.
Eventually, made the best terms
that l could. The Italian agreed, for a
consideration. TO allow US 10 keep both
monkeys for week. during which We
might discover their identity. Mrs
Tremaine quite readily agreed 10 the
proposal. for she was confident that no
monkey but JACKIE could possess
Jacko's virtues. l was more doubtful.
believing that the virtues were few
enough to be common 10 many mon
keys. And so it turned out. Both
monkeys made themselves quite at
home. ovsrate themselves equally. stole
as cieyerly, and, what was most re-
markabie. searched with identical per-
siStence for the deceased Captain Ire
maine. Twice that week had 20 catch
TWO monkeys, and when they were both
in the butterfly net they nearly killed
each other. Mrs. Tremaine used 10
look at them By the hour, and sob. and
call JACKIE softly. They both answered
to the name. II there was any food
about, and at other times preferred to
be the other monkey.
AT the end of the week the organ
grinder appeared punctually, and a
heartrending scene followed. No de-
cision had been come to till the morn
ing OF his arrival, and then Mrs. Ire
maine and Maud differed as to which
was the real JACKIE. The question had
to be decided, though il mattered little
which We kept. | suggested that we
should toss up. The flippancy of the
suggestion annoyed them and led them
to recrmination. but at last we agreed
to decide by lot, that being biblical
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Napoleon After the BATH. o, Dr,.a,

The night OK the 7th was spent in
iadecisiOn as TO any one or all OF these
ideas but in active preparation for the
retreat: any contingency might be met
or a resolve taken when the necessity
arose. During that night the emperor
took two warm baths. The habit OF
drinking strong coffee to prevent drow-
sineSs had induced attacks OF nervous
ness. and these were not diminished
by his load OF care. To allay these and
other ailments he had recourse for
some time to frequent tepid baths
Much has been written about a mys-
FERROUS malady which had been stead
lily increasing. but the burden of testi-
mony from the emperor's closest assoc
ciates at this time indicates that in the
main he had enjoyed excellent health
throughout the second Saxon cam
paign. There were certainly Intervals
OF self-indulgence and OF lassitude. OF
excessive emotion and depressing self
examination. which seemed to require
the offset OF physical stimulus; but
on the whole natural causes, complex
but not inexplicabie, sufficiently ac1
count for the subsequent disasters
Century.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25

When Hamlet was about to commit
suicide he reasoned with himself as to
whether it was better for a man to be
dead than alive. When Plato showed
him how it was impossible for him to
destroy himself. that he would live on
in the next world, and that there would
be trouble there, Just as there is trou-
BILE here, he hesitated, saying, AYE,
there's the rub
Many voter in these United States
who has listened kindly to the silvery
voice Of the free silver orator, will
pause before he drops the ballot, and
say to himself. "Ay, there's the rub"
When We have shuffied off the gold
bug and the plutocrat, when we have
dismissed the trained minds from the
councils OF the nation, when the boy
orator is in the presidential chair, and
when all the other free silver orators
arc in the seats OF congress, when the
sober. experienced business mind of
the republic has been dethroned and
the inexperienced, experimental mind
Is enthroned in power, what ills may
come to the American people? Will
Altgeld Tillman, Waite, and PETER,
whispering in the ears of the boy presi-
dent, bring us peace and financial Sc
curity, or will they bring us ills that
We know not Of? It's an undiscovered
country, this Beulahland of silver and
two per cent farm loans.
They tell us that in this undiscovered
country each cloud will have a silver
lining, but We cannot see behind the
clouds and We know not what storms
of wreck and revolution may be gath
ering there.
What other new isms will be evolved
by the inventive genius of these new
and inventive statesmen when they sit
down in council to doctor the financial
system of this country? AS they have
roamed about among the people like
strolling minstrels, each has sung his
own particular song and each has start
led his audiences with doctrines unique
and original. But when they get into
congress, these men of new ideas, un-
der the stimulating influence of compe-
titlon, what new and yet npheard Of
experiments will they not bring forth ?
When populism had control In Kan
sas it enacted stay laws which were
intended to make every borrower a dis
honest repudiator, which drove out of
the state every dollar of conservative
low-rate money and cost the borrowers
OF the state $2,000,OOO annually in adj
vanced interest. They defied the laws
OF the state and surrounded the state
capitol with armed soldiery. The cleo
ton of Bryan and Organized con-
gress may mean to re-enact these Kan
sas scenes at Washington. 1t is not
so much the intent of these free silver
orators to be revolutionary that makes
them dangerous, but rather the reck-
lessness with which they invent new
doctrines and their inability to agree
among themselves as to just what they
do want and as to just how to bring it
about.
1t was two years and three months
from the time Cleveland took his seat
until the Wilson bill was passed. 1t
viii be three years from now before a
free silver law can be enacted. What
Will happen in the meantime2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25
JACKS LOVE AFFAIR
RI WONDER" I said.

WONDER" I said,
as l was looking
out of the window
Of Jack Trevor's
lodgings, why that
girls rushing up
the street without
her hat"
"Ah," he said,
coming to the win
dow, II thought it
must be she. She's
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25
THE M ARE M NJ A.
Large Tract of Insaiubrious Land Bor-
dering ON tho Mediterranean.
The name of Maremma is given to a
large extent of insalubrious land which

dering ON tho Mediterranean.
The name of Maremma is given to
large extent of insalubrious land which
borders the MedEanean, whether
insalubrious becauA pncultivated, or
uncultivated becauss is a
problem which has not yet been solved,
says Good Words. Though both mod
ern science and quickened national en-
terprise have of late years been applied
to it's solution, the results accomplished
have been unconvincing. The Tuscan
part of the Maremma stretches inland
nearly to Siena; beginning at the north
few miles from Leghorn, it extends
to the ancient frontier of the pontifical
states, from whence the same immense
tract Of sparsely cultivated and malari-
al territory continues under the name
of the Roman Maremma and Campagna
TO the gates of Rome. There Is no hard
and-fast border line between the
healthy and the unhealthy land but the
transformation is a gradual one, the
villages become rarer the cultivated
land diminishes, stretches of wood and
bog are more frequent until We no long
er see any houses by the roadside but
only here and there in the distance
some small gray hamlet perched on
the top of rocky hill. like roosting
falcon musing on the chase" On the
hillside near such GASES some field. a
few olive trees and then again begins
the woodland large forest trees, then
groves OF beeches and oaks looped con-
tinually Cor firewood. the forest full OF
dangers and alarms, with its ponds aud
bogs and labyrinths. hiding place or
anything from a ghost to a brigand-
ia short. the typical forest OF the
Maremma. Toward tie Mediterranean
coast the hills become less abrupt and
along the shore and up the broader val
leys which diyerge from it stretch i'm
mense extents of undulating grass
lands. seemingly uncultivated but
which really are sown piece by piece ia
regular rotation every ten years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25

The Methodist church has grown un.
til to-day one out of every fourteen
persons, one out of every five Chris
tians. and one out of every three Pro-
testant church members is a Methodist
Rev. w. ]. Thompson, Methodist
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25

you don't read novels as much as
you used to, Mr.. Beverly"
mo. there are so few women in fic-
ton nowadays that are fit to associate
with. It'll Bits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1896-08-25
Cause and Eject.

Father-"Why didn't you get your
degree?" Wild Student-"Because
was examined"
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poverty stricken people who are sick
and straving in the miserable levee
habltations, The rescue work Is
among fallen women. Those whip are
rescued are taken to home which has
been established for them in Engle-
wood. Miss Turpin spoke modestly of
the great good effected by herself and
assistants.
In the slums," said she, "the soldiers
all discard the army uniform, and go
about among the poor to do all that
can be done to alleviate suffering. We
find people in the most pitiable condi-
tons, on beds of rags,a and in filthy,
dirty rooms that are enough to alone
breed disease. We clean up such
places and get clean food and water
for the sick. Then we ask If we may
pray for them. Often we are attacked
and insulted, but it Is our gospel to
work for the distressed and never give
up. Sometimes we are in danger of
having our bones broken, or of being
thrown down stairways, but patience
enables us to endure it all and return
again to the places where we have
been treated the worst. There are now
under our care families who would ap-
parently starve to death if it were not
for us. But we do not boast of what
we do. We are to be of such use and
feel ourselves repaid foreverything.
1--WE don't encourage people to move
away from the slums. We would pre-
fer that they stay right there and then
by their precept and example after
conversion they will be Of immense as
sistance to us. Yes, do considerable
work in rescuing. From our two corps
the soldiers, most of them women, for
this work, although the two are quite
different from each other. Some
nights ago l went into one of the lower
resorts with my harp. The proprietor,
a woman, was just to order me out
when / struck q cord upon my harp
and began a song. She stopped and
did not interrupt me. sang the song
through and when had finished there
were tears in the eyes of several of the
girls who were standing about. That
has happened time and again. Some
times we talk to these poor girls on the
streets, and we have won many of
them from the lives they were leading.
We send them out to the home in En-
glewood, and there they are taught to
do something good and useful. Often
the proprietors OF the low resorts make
no objection to our coming in and sing
ing and praying"
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Eillamc1aI.
Tobacco Again Loomed Into Prominec,
Yesterday,

Tobacco Again Loomed Into Prominece
Yesterday.
New York, April Tobacco doomed
into prominence again to-day, the
dealings in the stock footing up $500
shares. At the opening the stock ruled
firm at S7%@SSA, but as the day wore
along there were liberal offerings Of
long stock on reports of the serious ill
ness of one of the southern directors
of the company. Another story was to
the effect that an injunction had been
or would be applied for to restrain the
distribution of the scrip dividend re-
Gently declared. The weakness Of this
speciality had no influence on the gen.
eral run of active stocks, which scored
net gains on the day.
In the early trading speculation was
strong, much to the surprise of the
professional traders, who were free SELL
ers of the market yesterday on the
passing of the Cuban resolutions by
the house. The impression was that
the action of the house would have an
unfavorable influence abroad, but as
matter of fact London paid little at
tention to the matter and early cables
showed that American securities in
London were on a parity with our clos
ing figures Of Monday.
Local shorts then started in to cover,
and prices moved up A@13s per cent.
ALL around. Sugar Union Pacific, Chi
cago Gas, the grangers and General
Electric were especially firm. Sugar
moved up to 1895. An advance in the
price of refined of 1-16 cent per pound
and belief that the company is in
control of the raw sugar market hav-
ing led to purchases of the stock.
Union Pacific sold up to 81 on the
progress making in the refunding
scheme. Louisville and Nashville,
however, was heavy on foreign sales,
and broke from 1875 to 4SA. There
was very little doing in the general
list, and the market held tolerabIy
firm. The strength of the sterling ex-
change was much commented upon and
there were rumors of shipment Of
81 900 gold by Saturdays European
steamers.
The Cuban question received less at
tention and the impression was that
the executive action on the matter will
be delayed for some time. Bearing
on the effiux of gold, it was announced
that several of the depositary banks
holding government funds on bond ac-
count had turned into the sub-treas-
ury a part of their holdings in antici-
patton of a call by the treasury de-
partment Tomorrow. AS foreign bank
ers are offering four months money at
4 per cent, the effect of a government
call at this time is problematical.
Speculation closed firm in tone. Net
changes show gains of Vol per cent.
Tobacco lost AS and Manhattan 1 per
cent In the specialties Nickel Plate
first preferred rose 8, to rs, and Nickel
Plate seconds 1ss to 325s.
Bonds were quiet and firmer Sales
were $653,O0O.
Following are the closing prices re-
ported by Prince & Whitley, bankers
and brokers, As Broadway, New York,
and Is Center street, New Haven:
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REPUBLICAN wARD MrEr1yos.


To Elect Delegates to the Town Conven-
tion Call Issued by Chairman Mac
donald.
The chairmen in the several wards in
the city and town OF New Haven are
hereby notified to call meetings Of the
republican electors on or before Mon
day, the 18th day of April, for the pur-
pose OF eleoting delegates to the town
convention.
Said delegates will elect the dele
gates to the republican state and dts
trict conventions to be held in New
Haven April 81 and %, 1896, for the
selection of delegates to the republican
national convention.
First ward, six delegates; Second
ward, nine delegates; Third ward, six
delegates; Fourth ward. eleven dele
gates; Fifth ward, five delegates; Sixth
ward, five delegates; Seventh ward,
five delegates; Eighth ward, eight del
egates; Ninth ward, twelve delegates;
Tenth ward, eleven delegates; Eleventh
ward, six delegates; Twelfth ward, six
delegates; Thirteenth ward, three dele
gates; Fourteenth ward, three dele
gates: Fifteenth ward, two delegates.
JAMES III. MACDONALD,
aS st Chairman r. Il. Com.
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Reached an Agreement.

Washington, April THE conferees
on the agriculture appropriation bill
reached an agreement to-day. AS
passed by the house the bill carried
$3,215,392 The senate increased this
amount by $11S260, The senate con-
ferees agreed to recede from amend
ments carrying $7S1SO, leaving the bill
as agreed to appropriating So, 1872,
or about $1,000 less than the amount
for the curren fiscal year. The items
of $13,720 for the division of seeds and
of $65,000 for the publication of the
report on dairy farming are the more
important of those stricken from the
bill in conference.
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EtMamcyA1.

Investment Securities.
rs shs N. Y, N. H. s. III. RR. stock.
10 shs So. New Eng. Tel. Co. stock,
10 shs N. III. Water Co. stock.
rs shs Boston Electric Light stock.
SO shs Swift & Co. stock.
So, 900 borough of Bethel, Ct, As, due 1925
$1,000 Town of Orange, Ct, 4's,due1916
$4,000 Lynn s. Boston RR, gold SIS, due
1924.
So, 900 Waterbury Traction Co. gold SIS,
due 1928
So, 600 So. N. e. Tel. Co. Deb. SIS.
81, 900 Swift & Co. 6's, due 1910.
For sale by
NJ. B. NEWTON & CO.,
Investment Bankers, SO Orange street.
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combined crews of one hundred per-
sons, all of whom suffered severely
from the intense cold and exposure
which they underwent for several
nights. A number of the men were
badly frost bitten. They We're rescued
and brought home by another vessel.
The crews lost everything. No further
news have been received from the seal
ing steamers.
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Crews suffered Severely.

st. Johns, N. f., April 7.-Schooners
Wilhelmina and Mary Ellen were lost
in the Straits of Bell Isle on March
II while engaged in the seal fishery in
the Gulf of st. Lawrence They had
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Harnden.

Hamden republicans are requested to
meet in the town hall on Thursday,
April 9, at 8 p. M, to elect delegates
and town committee. Per
TOWN COMMITTEE.