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These floats deserve especial praise. and the two scenes depicted by them were true and showed the blessing of life insurance.
 AMERICAN-EXCELSIDR LAUN- DRY-This display represented cloth- ing being laundried and ironed by improved machinery.
 FOX BROS, hardware dealers, had very beautiful float displaying hardware. etc.
 ROBINSON BROS. plumbers-A display of bath tubs, in which sport ed several little negro boys.
 RIt HARD ALLEN INSTITUTE A large float handsomely gotten up- on which rode about thirty school children.
 THE ELKS were represented by vehicle dee oratel with elk horns, in which were four prominent Elks of the Pine Bluff lodge.
 AC DREYFUs. Clothier-A large float with four large pictures | in each corner, in one corner, was the picture of a cotton bale, the other was the representation of a mechan- ic at an anvil. the other pictures rep resented growing cotton and cotton l in process of manufacture. In the center of the float were seated four men dressed in extreme style. One wore dress suit, another was in crash, the third wore handsome dress suit and the fourth represented il laborer in laborer's costume. 4 1 display of fine goods was also made, The float was a handsome one, well gotten up.
 KASTOR X BLU UFHENTHAL-A most attractive float represented the firm 1t consisted of monn ment or pyramid at least twenty feet high, on top of which was small boy in a handsome shit. Th' remainder of the float was q displa, of gents furnishing goods. It wa most attractive float. THE HONNETT DRY GOODS co The rising and setting of the SUI was represented on the sides of thi
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THE PARADE FOLLOWED BY SPEECH-MAKING AND ADJUSTMENTS AT
 THE PARK.
Gov Dan Jones, Hon. s. M. Taylor And Others Among the
 Speakers.

Labor Day in Pine Bluff was grand success.
 The parade, consisting of over fifty floats and civic and labor or. ganizations, was magnificent.
 The streets were crowded with citizens and visitors and something in the neighborhood Of 20, 900 people witnessed the demonstration.
 From an early hour people focked into the city fn every kind of conceiv- able conveyance.
 The railroads also contributed their quota of visitors. At 10 o'clock the Pine Bluff X Swan Lake train rolled in with its coaches filled with visitors and sight-seers.
 Excursion trains from Little Rock came in over both the Iron Mountain and Cotton Belt roads an half hour later and emptied their crowded coaches boswell the crowds that already thronged the streets.
 The parade was in progress at this time and the Little Rock visi- tors arrived just in time to witness the procession as it passed out Main Gfpaaf fO tho poriy
 A special train of six coaches over the Cotton Belt arrived from Jonesboro at 12:30 o'clock, too late for the passengers thereon to wit ness the parade.
 The following were among the distinguished visitors present:
 Governor Dan. ". Jones and pri- vate secretary, Mir. Arthur Neil; Secretary of State A. c, Hull, Superintendent of Public Enstruc- tion Junius Jordan, Land Commis- sioner J. F. Ritchie, of Little Rock
 The following officials of labor or gani2ations were be present:
 A. D. Garretson, order of Rail- way Conductors; T. R. Dodge, of Railroad Trainmen, Chas. w Maier of the order of railway Bremen, with the following officials of the Cotton Belt Route:
 Col. s. ". Fordyce, President J. A. Edson, General Superintend- ent; R. M. Galbraith, Master Me chanici W. Caughlin, superintend- ent.
 The parade was a magnificent success. Over fifty beautiful floats and number of labor and civi. organizations, including the Elks and the Uniform Rank, Knights oi Pythias. were in the procession, which extended over mile in length. The parade formed near the Bayou bridge on Beast Second avenue and moved at 10:30 o'clock.
 The line of march was as follows
 LINE cF MARCH,
 Commencing at Bayou bridge on East Second avenue and pro ceeded west on Second avenue tc Chestnut street, south on Chestnut to Fifth avenue, west on Fifth te Oak street, north on Oak street tC Barraque street, east on Barraqut 10 Main street, south on Main tc Jones Park.
 Capt. s. F. Hilzheim was in gener- al charge of the parade.
 Gen. H. King White was 1T charge of the carriages for visitors and speakers.
 Nothing happened to mar th' pleasure or success of the parade until the arrival of Kastor < Bluth enthals float at the corner of Maii and Second, when the large obelisk nearly 25 feet high, became entan gled in the telephone wires, break ing the wires and frightening tn horses, which for time oecam unmanagable and started up Wes Second avenue at preci?itons rat 4 4L 4 | &f S0ann
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PRICE, the barber, showed bar Der shop with u man being shaved ANNUNCIATION ACADEMY was represented by sail boat about fifteen feet in length, which was pro pelled by a bieA cle, This float was . very pretty one.
 A. BREWSTE9 X SON, dealers ir wall paper, brick, ete.,-a miniature house filled with wall paper, lead and paints.
 c. T. ABELES, dealers in sash doors, etc, an appropriate float showing the business Of its firm. NOWLAND X CLEGG, sand deal CTS, had q float of sand.
 ROBERTS X JOHNSON, real estate, fire insurance, had a float Of two houses calling attention to the fact that the firm did a real estate, abstract and fire insurance business. This float was nicely gotten up.
 PINE BLUFF BRICK co. was handsomely represented by an ele- gant float.
 J. H. TALBOT X CO.-This firm is the agent for the celebrated Tennes- see wagons, and several handsome specimens of these wagons were in the parade.
 R. k. ADAMS. the prosperous Noble Lake planter, had twenty-six bales of this seasons cotton in the parade.
 NJ. l.. CULPEPPER, sand dealer, had a float showing his business.
 A. A. MILLER, carriage painter called attention to his business by a creditable float.
 THE COTTON BELT RAILROAD was represented by two floats, one of the car department, showing the process of constructing freight car, the other was the machinery depart ment with worllmen at work with forge and hammers. The display was an excellent one.
 II. F. SEVEKE, grocer and meat dealer, made a handsome exhibit of goods and wares handled by him.
 THALHEIMER BROS, grocers, had two floats; one was an exhibit of groceries, the second was a cart dra VII by a donKey.
 J. H. DELBMON, timers float was good representation of the business of the firm, for itsho wed timers at work making a huge gal vanized iron tank.
 BRADFORD x KNOX, furniture ansi carpet dealers, were represented by three floats; one was handsome exhibit of furniture in miniature house, and in the house were num- Der of ladies. Another float showed the process of making mattresses and the third was an exhibit of fine carpets.
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Col Fordyce's speech will be found in full on page 4.
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labor by making one day out of the 363, a national holiday.
 He dwelt at length on the benefits aecruiug to labor from labor organi- zations, showing that labor and capital should go hand in hand if either prospered Labor was forced to combine and capitm had com bined, and without combines and unions, labor would fare sadly. He stated that wages had been upheld by labor organizations, that work | ing hours had been lessoned, and Chat even the celebration of Labor Day throughout the country was due to the lahor organizations. All of these things said the peaker had bean done peaeiblX, that no war existed, oi should exist between la- tor aud capital Each brought out what the other most needed Labor eatnot exist on itself. capital fer lime, can, hut the capitalist and the Rborer must go hond in hnnh for the success and the good of each.
 He paid President Fotdyce n slowing compliment. and said that f falI controlling spirits of great cor. porutious wer. as kindly disposed toward labor as was Col Fordyce. the world wonld he happier, better and more prosperous.
 He concluded by euloeizing the hrotherhoods aud especially the Brotherhood of Railway Conductors. i He said that the basis or the teaeh- Eings of this brotherhood was to make it's members ketter citizens. better servants, and above all to conform first to the laws of the land aud second to the laws of the broth Itrhood. The bevevolent features of the brotherhood, waa feature givs en especial attention by the speaker. He asserted that the order had paid out two and one-half millions of dol- lars to families of conductors where 1 the bread winners had been taken. away by death or disability. He stated that insurance in this kind of an order was one that it did not take death te win. "In it you did not have to die to make T winning,n said the speaker. Ut was always on. tap and you only had to be trim med down little to get your insur- ance.n
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r. R. DODGE.

N A'JR1A<t
 Second yice-Grand Master Brother hood Of Railroad Frninmen, was the next speaker. Mir. Dodge is a fluent talker and his words are forclbly 1riy9n home. He began by saying that we had met today to pay homeage to American workmen, the bone and sinew of America, the pre- tectors of our homes, firesides and loved ones, to those who did not
 fear to follow where duty called. Labor, said he, was the wealth pro-
 ducer of the world, and that lt was
 q shame that the greed of some cor
 porations ond capitalists sometimes
 compelled labor to resort to strikes
 in order to get shore ol that
 wealth and compel capital to do justice to labor. Combined inbor had been of vast benefit to the wage earners. Their hours had been les sened and their pay increased. BrotherhoOds drew men closer to- gether, creates a fellowship, and 1t Is a protection to labor organizations, by combines. has given confidence tt labor organizations. He did not believe that corporation had the right to ask a man to work for less than that man and his family could subsist on. He was not a revolu- tionist, but the revolution hepreach- ed was the one of the ballot. He urged laborers to use his method of redeeming their grievances against capital He believed that i. could be done. He urged wage earners not to follow demagogues in politics but.to do their own thinking, and to cast their ballots for friends of labor. He believed that there should be fewer politicians and more states men in the halls of Congress, and the iaboring men were to blame fl statesmen were not sent there as by their ballots they held the balance of power. At the close of MT. Dodgns' address Gen. White took the stand and said
 .In 1880 the census of the United States gave Pine Bluff population of 3.2S0 with an assessed valuation of $35O 900. It now has a population of IS ,0O0, with an assessed valuation Of 8 ,00O GOO. l now introduce to you Col. $. ". Fordyce, President of the Cotton Belt Railway, the man who has brovght abont this won- drous change.
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Fully 10000 people gathered at the park to hear the public speakers, see the base ball game, the balloon ascension, mule race and other fea- lures.
 At 2:30 o'clock the grand stand was packed with humanity, and after order had been secured. Gen. H k. White introduced, in q felicitious manner.
 HON. $. NJ. TAYLOR who was chosen to deliver the ad- dress of welcome.
 Mir. Taylor is peculiarly effective i'll making speech of ehis kind. His ringing words are so earnest, sin cere and notwithstanding that they go straight home to the hearts of his hearers, and on this occasion he ex- celled all past efforts. He weleom- ea our distinguished Governor, and State officers. Superintendent o'
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
Try Grain=O!
Try Grain-O!'

Ask your Grocer to-day to
show you a package of
GRAIN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place
of coffee.
The children may drink 1t
without injury as we'll as the
adult. All who try it, like
it. GRAIN-O has that rich
seal brown of Mocha or Java,
but it is made from pure
grains, and the most delicate
stomach receives it without
distress. Il the price Of
coffee.
II cents and % cents per
package. Sold by all grocers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24

what a fine sight it must be-the
sun rising over such country. How
would like to go up on the tower"
He looked straight into her eyes.
II truly believe it will be pleasant
tomorrow"
do you, really? In that case I'll
60"
"And-will you let me go with you?"
he stammered in a voice trembling
with hope.
She looked at him out Of her I'M
fathomable eyes.
"You are your own master"
This was the appointment that he
was now on mis- way to keep.
M. d'Herble was in doubt. she
might have been playing with me"
he said to himself; IF by chance she
has risen, hidden behind the blinds
she will be laughing at the sorry fig
ure 1 cut waiting here. What a ride
ulous role for me. Oh, If she were not
SO pretty" But a throb of hope caused
his heart to beat suddenly; he had
Just seen Tiger before the cottage
gate, his thin body trembling with
Joy as II he had met friend. and al
most at the same time Miss Edel ap-
peared, irreproachably dressed in a
mauve-colored gown, her golden hair
undulatlng I'm Ter a little straw hat,
her long gloves drawn over her arms,
her feet incased in yellow leather
boots.
Good morning." she said. This in
a tone so cold and matter-of-fact that
NJ d'Herble found himself powerless
to utter the thanks that he had pre-
pared. Silently they took the soi-
tary path that led through the woods
to the tower.
A damp odor exhlied from the
leaves and turf. A silence deep and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
WORLDS LARGEST FLAG,
The Monster VIII Consume 700 Yard,
of Bunting,

Capt. George c. Beckley Of Honolu-
In, who arrived here recently to take
back the new steamer Helena, lately
launched here, is having the largest
flag made of which shipping men have
ever heard. 1t will be of the eXtraor-
binary width of forty feet and will be
eighty feet long, consuming in all no
less than 700 yards of bunting, says the
San Francisco Call. This monster flag,
is to be raised on the Helena on the,
maiden trip OF that vessel as she leaves,
here for the Hawaiian islands. 1t is
Hawaiian flag, of course, and as
such will dwarf every other flag. no
matter of what nation, that comes into
port. When the Helena gets to Hono-l
lulu the flag will be taken down and
will finally be put on gigantic pole.
towering in the air from the heights of,
Punchbowl hill. The pole will be $50
feet long. 1t is to be made of mons
trous Puget sound fir tree and is now
en- route to the islands. The way Capt.
Beckley happened to get the idea of
is peculiar. He is commodore in the
Hawaiian navy. On the eve of his de-
parture for this country dinner was
given him by the employees of the com
pany and he received a present OF
fat purse. Capt. Beckley said, as it
was handed him: 1.-THE money will be
used in the purchase of the largest
Hawaiian flag ever seen in Hawaii. 1t
will be larger than the great flag of the
American league and will fly from the
foremost OF the Helena from San Fran
cisco to Honolulu. Then 1t will float
from tall pole in my yard on the
slope of Punchbowl hill" This is why
a heavy manufacturing firm here is
now busy with the great flag. 1T will
be the biggest flag Of which l ever
heard" said Capt. Beckley yesterday.
There isn't another one like 1t in the
world"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
Whales As Travellers.

Mr.. William H. Dali of the Smith
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that during the early days of the
whale fishery several well-attested in
stances occurred OF whales struck in
one ocean, as the Atlantic, being after
ward killed in the North Pacific, and
vice versa" This would indicate that
some whales are great travellers, for 10
get from the Atlantic to the North Pa
cific they would have To go many thou
sands of miles, passing either around
Cape Horn or around the northern end
Of North America and through Bering
Strait.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24

upon the Norman landscape which
still slept the trees were mo-
tionless and the fields stretched
out their dull green extent till
lost in the foggy distance.
Toward the east a rosy light was al
ready appearing in the heavens
NJ dHerble bethought himself of his
love, his morning rendezvous. In five
minutes he had dressed ana descended
to the garden, where His great Rus
sian greyhound received him with eX-
travagant demonstrations Of JOY.
BE still, Tiger"
But despairing of quieting him:
Well, come then"
The greyhound shot swift as an ar
row through the gate. His master
smiled as he saw him taking the road
the last cottage of the hamlet where
were living Mr.. and Mrs. Simons, rich
New Workers, and their daughter, Miss
Edel.
Il wonder IL she is up" said NJ.
d'Herble to himself But it was her
own proposition. Will she really
come? Will she trust herself to me
go with me to see the sun rise from
the top of the Tower d'Alaspret?"
For three months he had been fiirt-
Ing with Miss Edel, first in Paris, then
in the country, where he had persuad-
ed the Simonses to come 20 spend the
summer, in the hope that he would
there have fewer rivals. Already jeal-
Gus, indeed, and desperately in love
with the young American, he wished
ardently to marry her. Rich, noble
and possessing many excellent quail
ties, he felt sure of pleasing her par
ents-but would she consent? There
was so much coquetry in her manner,
and yet such reserve in those sudden
frozen silences that he had begun to
despair of understanding her. At
times, by her merry laughter, her rash
and tender glances, she gave him the
illusion of a delicious familiarity, a
moment after by an abrupt movement
she would put him back in his place,
sorely perpleXed.
Yesterday she had said to him,
POAAIlh6 Oul With HtI ulIlDItlld lHt
Tower d'Alaspret, which, from the top
OF mass of rocks, commands a view
Of the country for ten leagues around:
rs it true, this OLD woman's legend
that it is the custom with the young
lovers of this village to climb up once
alone by themselves to the top OF the
tower to see the sun rise?"
He had replied: Eyes, it is a local
superstition. The fiance never fails to
do this. 1t is supposed that if the
sun remains obscured or invisible in
the clouds the union will be an I'M
happy one. But if it shines out bright
and clear it is their future happiness
that it Eliminates"
She had laughingly answered: in
that case the sun in refusing to shine
must have caused many a marriage to
be indefinitely postponed"
And he: THAT has happened, though
rarely. Love prevails nine times out
OF ten; incredulous, they defy the aug
ury il it is unfavorable and accept
it only when it is propitious."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
TALMAGE'S SERMON.
SLAUGHTER OF MEN. LAST
SUNDAYS SUBJECT.
From the Following Text, Proverbs.
Chapter VII, Verse 2?: As an Ok
to the SIaughter"-Keep Clear of
tn Loan Sharks.

HERE is nothing
in the voice or man
ner Of the butcher
to indicate to the OK
that there is death
ahead. The OK
thinks he is going
10 a rich pasture
field of clover
where all day long
he will revel in the
r. l.-,x.&s
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
ON THE TOWER.

D'HERBLE awoke
exactly at the hour
he had set for him
self.
The pale, uncer-
tain light of a gray
dawn stole in
through the flow
cred curtains of his
chamber. He OPP
sned the window
ard looked our
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
She Was willing.

He-Will you marry me-
She-No. I'm not clergyman
He-Well, will you permit a Clergyman
TO marry u.s.
She-Yes, you to somebody else, and me
to, well, somebody else.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-08-24
Unima ginable Silence.

"You will be sorry for the way you haves
neglected me when / am silent in the
tomb +" said Mrs. Peck. Think of that"
My dear" SAID Mr.. Peck. as innocently
as he could, - cannot imagine such u
thing"