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rom the terrible suffering which she en-

from the terrible suffering which she en-
dured.
Mrs. Hull, who has worked among the
Chinese in this City for the past ten years,
said that she searched for girl who was
trying to escape and found her hidden
away under pile OF wood. The girl had
been com PEELED to lie down and the wood
was piled on her and she was kept in that
position for several hours while the search
was going on around q r.
Another girl had been hidden under the
sidewalk and kept there for days while
the house was being watched. Another
was hidden in a closet, and when Mrs.
Hull attempted to get into the hiding
place she was prevented by the officer who
accom- panied her and who, it was after.
ward learned, had received m oney from
the girls owner while the search was
being made. These are but few of the
stories which can be heard from the mis-
sion workers, and all of them show ost
conclusively that the petition has not
been brought forth until after all other
methods have failed
one OF the most in teresting documents
that can be found in connection with
chinese slavery is 8 regular bill of sale,
not only signed by the seller, but stamped
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1.-THE CALL DOING GRAND WORK.
Secretary Brown Hits Center and Suoossts Re,e
Chinese Slavery

SACRAMENTO, CAL Aug Io.-THE CALL doing grand work
only moral standpoint matter of protection to
many YOUTH efforts toward suppressng slavery of Chinese
women in California.
NV remedy would petition Congress deport to China all
Chinese found California
by Federal Government total sum would
The only other remedy authorities to
valuation of the slave by preventing Chinese mnora
question but that all Chinese women that
sold made matter merchandise immoral pur-
poses only
Destroy their calling and you make them valueess During
slavery days valuation fixed according the labor
the bondage could perform In other words thew
The valuation the Chinese
pends upon earnings in dpuab houses Suppress
ter by stringent legislation and the slaves will their
freedom
lSigned) L. H. BROWN Secretary of State
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with an imprint of the thumb as bind
ing seal to the bargain. This document is
written on red paper in deep black ink,
and bears the date of Quong Sui, twelfth
year, which makes it about eleven years
old. Following is translation of the
document, which is one OF four which
were taken with the girl when she was
rescued. The girl had been sold four
times and in each instance the bills of
previous sales went with her. When she
was rescued the owner exhibited these
bills in order to prove that she belonged
to him, and they were snatched from his
hand and kept with the girl. The docu-
ment reads:
1write clearly to you that give this girl to
borne myself She is my own child. Her
name is Tsau Fa. She is seven years old this
year. She was born at l or 2 O'Clock on the
4th day of July. /, myself, asked my relatives
but none were willing to care for her. After
ward one go-between named Chung Shi took
me to woman named Wong Shi. Wong Shi
saw my girl and promised to give me $SS:
Chung Shi took it away. Wong Shi took her
to her house to use. We three people talked
the matter over very clearly, not because
owed her any money nor did she steal the
girl The go-between did not compel me to o
1t, but was willing.
If there is any trouble afterward it is clearly
understood by the o-between and the woman,
this girl must follow this woman, who has
bought her, and she is to take care of her until
she is larger The mother cannot ask any
questions about her and the woman is not an
swerable to the mother tor what may be done
to the child or what happens TO her, whether
she lives or dies or where she puts her. This
paper is gotten up by the mother herself.
WANG SHI
Quong Sui, twelfth year.
The thum bmark was imprinted adjoin-
ing the signature, and ind Gated that the
document was done in legal form. The
other three bills of sale were of similar
character. and a popularity in one of
them is that the seller claims to be the
mother of the girl also. These docu-
ments, together with many others, will
be laid before the committee which comes
from Washington should the President
take action upon the petition. which he
undou btedlY will
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THE PETITION is BADLY NEEDED.
Stories Told by Those Who
Have Worked to Rescue
Unfortunates.
THE GOOD WORK GOES RAPIDLY on.
Many People Signed the Petition Yes
terday, and All Gave it Strong
Endorsement.
THE GOOD WORK GOES RAPIDLY on.

Those who are interested in having the
petition to President Mckinley regarding
Chinatown matters put before the people
reported splendid progress yesterday, and
say that more than 100 names were added.
Additional copies will be made at once
and as many workers placed on ii as pos
sible in order that every body may have
chance 10 sign before it goes to the Presi
dent 1t is to be noted in this connection
that so far no person to whom the petition
has been presented has failed to affix his
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IN A BAD FIX,
Gut Lung Must Unde go the Fate
Reserved for All Chinese S aves
Here and at Home

Captain NJ. Thomas OF the Salvation
Army Rescue Branch, whose headquar-
ters are at S15 Sacramento street, is inter-
esting herself in the fate of Chinese women
who are brought here as slaves, and is
keeping track of them with a view to their
reclamation, many of them having ex.
pressed a desire 10 be saved from the hor.
rible life OF slave in the dens OF China
town.
Miss Thomas, in company with another
m member of the rescue corps, visited AS
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Bill of Sale Of Tsau Fa Mother, Wang Wong
Consider Cash.
TRANSLATION:

h borne She
m.T T Fa sbont ontn uhd
done name Chung
to lei houet tue talked
1.-The The oteMe not
; u wa
gn
O her Themohncn SIX
paper gt II b. e mother rhasAt
SHL
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LabOr's Great D,y.

District Council, Carpenters and Joiners, are
preparing for gigantic celebration of Labor
day at the Chutes. The sports viii commence
at 8 o'clock in the morning and will be con-
tinued throughout the day. Game and gate
prizes of unusual value and number will be
distri ibuted.
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TEN YEARS OF SUCCESSFUL PRACTICE
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sanity and premature DEATH quickly and perma-
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and nature cured
Write if you live away from the city. Book,
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and their diseases free application. Core
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SUPERFLUOUS HAIR
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Willis Polk's Insolvency,

c. Hirsch has been appointed assignee in
the case OF Willis Polk, an insolvent debtor,
with bond fixed at $25.
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The advertisement daily paper SAYS OF
Rpans Tabues Ever
with constipation its FORM acute fact times
to produce dreadful headaches that Notwithstanding the
work afforded by vocation the latitude it allowed me to
test my pedestrian abeswhich supposed be successful
OF dpacing conspatonI compelled
forego my pursuit of business Constipation seemed to
be hereditary rather than due causes
harder to relieve In extremity cen reored
measures but found be permanent In 1892
nected with the Times of E Po Tex Rpans Tabues brought
10 my notice. and used them with marked Nowadays
never suffer from such of constipation and the
headaches formerly experienced the least
te though when allow myself lapse for period into
uar become slightly conspated but by taking the
to directions bowels again perform their functions
highly pleasing manner"
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We solicit bids for this
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JobberS and Retailers.
VOICE-SINGING.

VOICES SUCCESSFULLY DEVELOPED IN
volume, compass and quality, and carefully
trained and prepared for Parlor Platform Con
cert, Choir, - age or Opera. Former pupils and
references: Franz Vetter, Dan Morrison a bbie
Whinnery Adelaide Detchon, Marie Hal;on
Barrilli Alhani, Lagrange, MarchesI, Amy Leslie
Grace GREENWOOD, Helen Potter
For terms and Instructions apply TO CLARKE'S
VOCAL STU dos 933 Market ST.
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tII1ia s'1Ss1,s ss OPIUM

The pure essential extract from the native drug Con.
tans all the valuable medicinal properties of Opium
without its noxouS elements sickness CT stomach:
no yomit ng mo costiveness no headache AL Druggists
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NOTARY PUBLIC.

A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC,
HSO MARKET II, OPP PALACE HOTEL
OCO Telephone $40 Residence e0e VaIencis
street. Telephone Church" ID
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26

RAILROAD WITHOUT CARS.
One In Oregon Tint Does a Big Bust
ness With Engines Alone.

There is railroad out In Oregon
which has no cars" said j. w. Cooper,
Jr, the railway man. This does noe
mean that the railway is deserted, fol
it does very good business. The rail-
road Of which | speak Is in the forest
of the Bridal Veil laundering compa.
". near The Dall,S. The trains in use
by the railway consist of an ordinary
locomotive, such us Is in common u -
On logging railways, and string OF
logs, each log being as large in diane.
ter. or larger. than the boiler of the en-
CINE. The sleepers between the rails
bsve boards nailed on them, and on
these boards the logs slide The boards
are CREASED. except Oh descending
grades. and the train moves at a pref
ty fast rate of speed.
when the end Of the road Is
reached the logs are run into a tiume
and carried two miles to the mill,
where they are enufactured into
boards. and then, after being made
into lumber. the planks are shipped. by
another fiume, two miles. to the plan
ing mill. Chicago Times Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
"Lorene:" Topeka Kansas.

You have a refined. sensitive and
.onfding nature and anything rough or
boisterous jars on your nervous sys-
tenn and has tendency to reduce your
vital force. You will manifest consid-
cradle enthusiasm with very little en-
enlargement and will appreciate and
treasure up kind word TO the same
extent that you will remember an in
Jury II anyone abuses you. You will
forgive but cannot forget them. Your
talent runs in the direction Of some of
the fine arts but whenever ycY have
made any attempts to study anything
YOU have found 1t necessary to over
come obstacles in your path. You are
a firm friend on every occasir !. Your
love affairs do not run smoe i long at
a time and If married. your hus-
band has a spirited temper and will not
permit anyone to interfere with his
business no matter IL he Is right or
wrong and as rule he Is not able to
successfully execute what he plans.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
Poppies Two Hundred Years Old.

The extraordinary resuscitating
power of light received a very curious
illustration few years ago in the
silver mines at Lauriam. The mines
nad been abandoned more than 1000
years ago as unavoidable, and consisted
for the most part OF the Stag" pro-
duced by the workings OF the miners.
An enterprising Briton discovered that
the Stag contained plenty of silver
which could easily be removed by
modern appliances. When the Stag was
removed to the furnace the next visit
to the mine found the entire space COW
cred with a gorgeous show of peoples
from the seed left under the Stag when
the mine was abandoned. After their
twenty centuries rest they had bloomed
as vigorously as ever, without the aid
of single drop of water or any restor-
alive other than the rays of the sun.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
culture

bush cut out, to let in sunlight; short
en- ends.
Q.-What causes pear blight? A
No answer: a great unsolved problem.
Q.-Best ten varieties of winter ap-
pies? Ats mistake to set ten va
rieties; get fewer varieties; good ones
are: Greening, Hubbardston, Northern
Spy, Ben Davis, Canada Red, Golden
Russell, and Baldwin; best five varie-
ties summer apples are: Red Astracans,
Gutenberg, Alexander, Early Joe and
Primate. The Yellow Transparent
promises well; in Southern Illinois it's
morey maker. The Nero and Jeffris
are fine early summer apples; another
is the Gravenstein.
Q.-Best five plums? A.-Winter
Damsel, Shropshire, Green Gage, Lom-
bard and the Grand Duke. Another
lot OF five are: Black Diamond, Mon
arch, Danish, Stanton and Burbanks.
Q.-Name best five peaches. A
Early Michigan, or Lewis. st. John,
Kalamazoo liberia and Fitzgerald;
these are in the order Of ripening. Lot
2 are Early Crawford, Engle, Mann
moth, Bronson. liberia and Shocks.
standard varieties. Lot are Early
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
8. A. G: Ciarksville, lows.

According to data you are mixture
of the signs Scorpio which Mars rules
and Sagittarius which Jupiter rules.
therefore Mars and Jupiter are your
ruling planets or signifcators. Saturn
is co-signifcator because on the as
cendant. You are medium height or
above; medium to dark complexion hair
and eyes; full face; the hair grows
very luxuriant. You are very ener-
getic and ambitious; you naturally take
the lead in anything you become in
terested in. You dislike subordinate
position Of any kind and should al
ways be at the head of your depart
ment. You Will be subject to chronic
headaches in the early part OF life. You
have a fine intellect and can readily
learn almost anything. You also have
very good command Of language. You
are quite secretive in your nature and
do not tell everything you know. You
should secure finished education and
make a salaried position your main OBJ
ject by which to secure your money.
You will not be very fortunate in any
thing connected with love and mar.
rage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
olive Culture in India.

An interesting series of experiments
In the cultivation of the olive tree have
beeu lately in progress in India. At
tention had long been called TO the i'm
mense growth of wild olives in the
hills below Murrea. and n large num-
Der of the best trees have been import
ed from Italy for the purpose of max
ing CRAFTS upon the wild varieties,
which. in their present condition, are
quite unproductive. 1t is yet early to
speak of the result of the experiments,
although Olive-growers say that the
tendency of the fruit is TO resist the
method on account of its "fatness."
1t is ordinarily propagated by cuttings.
1t delights in billy ground, and thriveS
abundantly in barren districts which
can scarcely maintain the poorest veg
citation. The words ''oil out of the
flinty rock" are as literally true as
they are strikilgly picturesque, the
most rocky tracts of country in Pales-
tine being i'm variably the most thickly
covered with olive trees. This poverty
Of the soil seems also n necessary con-
dition so far as delicacy of flavor is
concerned. The small. hard fruit of
Syria still maintains it's distinction on
this ground. while the olives of Spain,
as If finding both soil and climate too
luxurious, are apt to become coarse
and even rank In flavor. The fine quail
ity Of the olive grown on the Pacific
Slope encourages the belief that Cali
fornia may become the olive-producing
country of the world. OF late years
the Italian olive farmers and mer-
chants have been a little over-anXious
to "do business" and the crops have
repeatedly failed. immense quantities
of cotton-seed oil have been imported
from America. which, under that des-
ignation, is never more heard Of.
While both the fruit and the soil OF
Southern France are practically unri-
vailed by those Of any other country,
an oil famed and priced even in that
country Is produced nj the little town
of AK. in Provence. The'"swee: oil OF
AK" is a revelation to the uninitiated.
1t is of the palest and tcnderest green
color, with primrose "2ouquet" and n
buttery consistency which is unequal
led The virgin oil does not retain it's
freshness for more than q few weeks
without some kind Of treatment in
yOlving the use Of sugar or salt, but
the first expression Of the newly gath
cred fruit is said to be eXquisitely deli
cotp
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
ALASKAN CURIOSITIES.
Some of the Strange Things Which
Travellers Find I'm That Country.

Some of the Strange Things Which
Travellers Find I'm That Country.
Prof. l.. l.. Dyche Of the University
of Kansas returned from Alaska on
the City of Topeka, and left last night
by the way of California for his home.
Prof. pyche went to Cooks Inlet es-
pecially in search of natural history
specimens. He assembled to the source
OF the Knik river with an organized
expedition, which was a success, al
though the obstacles to be overcome
were appalling. The native boatmen
stripped naked and with rOues pulled
the boat up the turbulent river. Prof.
Dyche obtained specimens of n new
mountain sheep. twelve Immense
mOOseheads, caribou sea otter, birds
and other small animals. On July IL
Prof. Dyche saw eight inches of snow
fall. and on Aug. II six inches fell. He
saw three smoking mountains and eX-
perienced an earthquake. He found
coal lodges. but the coal was so soft
that it could be whitfield with knife.
Prof. Dyche said:
THAT country is one-half made. 1t
will be Il good country when 1t Is fin
ished. The glaciers are slowly doing
their work; the mountains are smoking
and the rivers are vomiting out guam
titles of quicksand. 1t is n new coun-
try. Let ii alone. and some day it viii
be Il good country
Prof. Dyche met Princess Tom. 3
famous Yakutat princess, wealthy be-
yond all other Alaska Indians. She
has $1,000 in gold twenties. On her
right arm she wears five bracelets.
each hammered out of gold twenty,
and on her left arm she wears ten
bracelets. each made from n SO gold
piece. She has hundreds of blankets.
sea otter skins, etc. and owns q
schooner and two sloops. She is sixty
five years old and has just obtained
her fifth husband, Il man twenty years
old, for whom she paid 800 blankets.
The Thlingit women manage the house
holds and hold the purse. The rela-
tiOnships are traced back through the
mothers side. 1t is, in fact, almost n
savage realization Of Lytton's Con-
ing Race. correspondence st. Louis
GlObe-Democrat.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
Michigan, st. Johns, liberia. Kalama-

Michigan, st. Johns, liberia. Kalama-
zoo and Stevens Rareripe.
Q.-Name five good pears. A.
bartlett, Anjo. Howell, Lawrence. Kee-
Ter or Bose.
Q.-Shall We cut back eight to twelve
year old trees that are very high? A.
Yes; cut back to three or four year
old; form a new head.
Q.-How many acres Of cow peas
shall we SOW to the acre? A.-One-
half to one and one-half bushels, ac-
cording to variety.
Q.-Does it pay to set peach trees in
this years strawberry bed? A.-No;
rather have berries.
Q.-Is there any harm TO a peach or
chard IL sown to clover and then plowed
under? Alarm comes in growing
1t in the orchard.
Q.-Give best method pruning grape
vines. A.--Follow either the Knifiin or
Renewal system.
Q.-What is best treatment for plums
that are not bearing? A.-Take off
two-thirds of top and graft some new
fruit to tree.
Q.--How do you get rid OF gum on
peach tree? At is sometimes caused
by unripened wood: treat TO get ripe
wood: it's a preventative only: no rem
edy.
Q.--Is there a Late Barnard? A
Late Barnard Is Shows Orange re-
named.
Q.-What causes plum trees 10 lose
foliage in August? A.-Fungus dis
ease; use Bordeaux mixture late in the
season.
Q.-What causes spots on the Bar
nard peach? A.-Thousands would
like to know this.
Q.-Would you set plums where an
old apple orchard had been? A.--Crop
to grains: III. ID. Perkins has had sue
cess; do not plant In same spots, how
ever.
Q.-Will 1t be any advantage to SOW
! oats In strawberry bed as mulch? A.
Yes. II you have no other way to
| mulch; get good clean seed.
OWN 1t do to trim the peach tree
before February list? A.---March Is
preferable.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
Orchard Cultivation PAYS.

The Nebraska Agricultural Expert
ment Station has issued bulletin from
which the following practical conclu-
sions are drawn:
Trees in cultivated ground have a
darker and more vigorous foliage than
those in sod ground, with less yellow
ing. dronping OF leaves, or willing in
hot windy days.
apes averaged Ia per cent greater
weight on cultivated than pasture land
and II per cent greater than on moved
land.
AS to moisture, for every 100 barrels
OF water In twenty inches depth of soil
land.
Evaporation, as any one might sup
pose, was found proportionate to velo-
city Of wind.
Farm House Cellars.--Most cellars
are not only too warm, but too damp.
The latter evil is easily remedied by
putting a few Jumps OF unslaked lime
in various parts of the cellar, where it
will absorb the surplus moisture. 1t
will also help to absorb the odors OF
decaying vegetables. which are held in
the moisture of the air. which Is sweet
ened when they are removed. To keep
roots in cellars, some dirt should be
thrown over and sifted among them.
This will also protect them from being
frozen, II the cold weather causes the
thermometer to sink below the temper
allure for freezing
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
Causes OF Death.

Prof. Snellison says that only 900
persons in 100000 according 10 medl-
cal authority, die from old age, while
1000 succumb to govt. 1S.400 to
measles. 200 70 apoplexy, 1000 to cry
sipeias, $500 to consumpt ion, $4,000 to
scarlet fever. $4,000 to whooping- cough.
10000 to typhoid and typhus, aud 1000
to rheumatism. The averages vary ac-
cording to locality. but these are con-
sidered accurate as regards the popu-
lation of the globe as whole.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26

quently adulterated. and there are
abundant opportunities for fraud in its
purchase. Farmers and planters fire.
quently complain Of the ineffectiveness
of Paris green after use on their cotton
but they failed TO take samples in ac-
cordance with the above law, and there
fore have no means of definitely deter
mining whether fraud had been prac-
ticed. Many farmers and planters in
central Louisiana have made report of
the ineffectiveness of paris green used
on their cotton during the present sea-
son. This is reported after a failure,
but they failed to take samples in ac-
cordance with the above law, and
therefore had no means of ascertaining
positively whether fraud had been per-
petrated.-L EXP. Sta. bulletin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-01-26
WHAT FRIENDSHIP is.

To God, thy country. and thy friend
be true.-Vaughn.
A friend should bear his friends in
firmities. -Shakespeare.
Had friendship fingered. hell could
not have been. Maria Brooks.
Thine own friend and thy fathers
friend, forsake Proverbs.
BE slow in choosing a friend; slower
IN changing. BENZ. Franklin.
He is friend indeed who proves
himself friend in need Plauuls.