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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
PROGRAM.

Music.
1.-The Recitation-How Conducted-What
should be accomplished?-E. j. Hook.
Discussion-W. NJ. Strand, Miss Lillian
Greer, Jos. A. Huber. Miss Marie Knut-
sen.
2-What things of a Social Nature should
schools attempt, and how?-Miss Mary
T.. Lundgren.
Discussion-Miss Edith Daubney, Prof.
f. A. Parks, Mrs. j. +. Wampler Miss
Gertrude Kaye.
3-Number Work.-Mrs Maggie Kelly.
Discussion-Lottie NJ. Johnson. Emma
Miller, Monnie Whalen, Nellie Kratz.
5-School Discipline-How can Pupils best be
taught Self COntrol.-D. =. Dempsey.
Discussion-Miss Mary T.. Stone, Jas.
Conover, Miss Fannie Holmes, stephen
Kruchek.
5-Interest-(d) Importance of; 10y Why we fail
to secure interest; (c) How best secured.
Prof j. III. Dobbyn.
Discussion-Mrs. NJ. Il. Engle, Miss
Lucinda Nelson, Gerha art Jergenson, Miss
Nellie Marsh.
TO the teachers whose names do not
appear on the program wish to say
that we shall all be pleased to have you
prepare to take part in the discussion
of any or all subjects named.
G. 0. HAUGEN, County Supt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

AMBASSADOR BAYARD is likely to be
a lonesome man when he returns to the
United States, owing to his disincli-
nation to associate with anybody with
out title.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

The Rt. Rev. Il. M. Linehan, form
erly an altar boy in the cathedral at
Dubuque, who has been in charge of
the FIT. Dodge parish for 26 years, and
who will be coDsecrated Bishop of
Cheyenne at Dubuque on the 24th, was
laboring on his first mission i'm Decorah
i'm the early eos
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

LYMAN GAGE, showed his hard,
horse sense when he declined dinner
his friends wished to give him as an in
dication of their pleasure at his having
been selected for Secretary of the Treas
ury. He told them that if they should
think, after his term in Office, that he
had done anything to deserve a dinner
he would be glad to have them tender
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

ONE of the grossest breaches of editor
ial courtesy that we can conceive of was
that of the Journal in commenting on
the letter handed to him by DR.. Daub-
ney for publication last week, without
publishing the letter. We find moth
ing in the comment that calls for an
answer, it being simply a reprint of
the Republicdn's ideas.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

THE report is current that Evange-
list Williams died recently while con-
ducting revival meetings in a Missouri
town.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
Teachers Meeting.

A teachers meeting will be held in
the public school building at Calmar,
Iowa, on next Saturday, February 20,
1897, commencing at 10:30 a. m. All
friends Of education are urged to be
present and to take part in the dis
cussions of the subjects outlined.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
Kindergarten.

The second meeting of the Decorah
kindergarten Club was held in Unity
church parlors Saturday, Feb. 18th.
AS one of the objects of this association
is to organize kindergarten, to COM
mence April 5th, it was thought ad-
visabe to appoint committee to visit
the homes the coming week and de-
termine the number of children who
will attend, in order that we may Sc
cure an experienced Kindergarten.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

THERE is much talk of erecting a
large Y. Nj. G. A. building in Chicago,
for the use of railroad men. A meet
ing was recently held, attended by
many prominent railroad men, who
were unanimous in expressing the good
done by this organization to railroad
men.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
No. So.
The Falk Concert.

Mr.. Louis Falk, the celebrated Chi
cago organist, assisted by the church
choir and Miss Ella Treat Will give
concerts at the United Lutheran church
tomorrow afternoon and evening, at 3
and 7:3O o'clock, respectively. The
Milwaukee train will be held until ten
o'clock in the evening to enable par
ties from abroad to return after the con-
cert. The programs are as follows
AFTERNOON.
sonata In ..Mendelssohn
2-TeDeum -, uan Alzamora
3-Ja) Pastorale. ...........l
b) Evening song WachS
Louis Falk.
Fear not ye, o Israel-tenor solo,. Buck
>. HalvOrSOn.
5-Yarlations on popular air".........:; Buck
6-Overture, Mauritania" Wallace
double Male Quartette ............
S-Funeial March and Seraphlc Chant.
Gvilmant Louis Falk.
9-Mighty Jehova...:....... Nv. Bellini
lO-la( Noctorno; Chopin
(b) Tempar March,. Best
Louis Falk.
EVENING.
1-a) Offertoir in F minor. .Lemmens
b) Meditation on......... .CIausmann
Louis Falk.
2-Te Deum um........................ Juan AlZamora
Choir.
3-Fantasie on National Airs.................Fa Falk
Louis Falk.
f-ItuOT
a. E. Ellickson.
5-Ja JWedding Hymnl
(b) (Prayer............S.. ! ........... Lemaigre
6-Overture, .Hunyadi Laszlo o.........,.....E .Erkel
Louis Falk.
Woman, behold thy son, duet. Mercadante
\. +. Eiiickson and Jul. j. Hopperstad.
S-(a) Reverie and Romance .......... .Schumann
(b) Spring Song .Mendelssohn
Louis Fak.
9-Mighty Jehova ............V. Bellini
Choir
10-Life on the Ocean, descriptive Falk
SynOpsis:-scenes on board of ship. /
Sailor Chorus; the fiddler; bagpiper. .
Evening twilight; song of the boatswain;
"Rocked in the cradle of the Deep" rip
pling waves; distant thunder; storm In
creases; confusion; prayer; storm dmin-
ishes; crew give thanks
Louis Falk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
RAILROAD TIME CARD.
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway
DecOrah Branch.

Passenger depot corner Water and Day
streets. Telephone SEA.
Depart. Arrive.
St Paul, Mplis, Sioux
City, Kansas City Stl0:l5 q. m. t4:25 p. m.
and St. Louis)
Omaha, Sioux City,
Cedar Rapids, Chi 1925 p. m. tl2:45 p. m.
cago & Milwaukee.
Dubuque, Chicago & 4ooo - ~ oooo -,
st. Louis Qimited) ''''o r. in 'No a. III
DAILY Daily Except Sunday.
Burlington, Cedar Rapids Northern
Train No. 50 (passenger) leaves Decorah at
$3.50 p. M, and No. 81 (Freight) at 600 A. NJ.
No. 81 Passenger arrives at ESQ p. M, and
No 53 (FreighD at 500 p. NJ.
The 1880 passenger makes close connection at
Cedar Rapids with through trains to Chicago,
st. Louis. Kansas City, Omaha, st. Paul and
points beyond. All trains daily except Sun
day. c.. s. RICE, Agent.
j. MORTON. Gen. Ticket & Pass Ag't.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
2SGc Cetnte~
AKERS 4 GREEN, Proprietors.

Is published ON Tuesday of each week at De-
corah. Winnesheik county, Iowa. Publica-
tion Office at 2lI West Water Street, over
McCauley & Carolan's grocery store.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16
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Offers Advertisers a good means of reaching
the people of Winnesheik and Howard coun-
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-02-16

Passenger depot corner Water and Day
streets. Telephone 56a.
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cupants, one might expect to find only bare walls and few rude utensils. he will see displayed a motley collection of pottery, brassware, bottles, bird cages, and sometimes even fine specimens of old Moorish swords and Roman lamps from the nearby ruins of libra. One might imagine that he had gotten into an underground pawnbroker's estab- Ishment. After all, this is character istic enough. By hook or crook, fair means or foul, the gypsy is great col lector, as his neighbors soon learn to their cost. Not all the rock chambers, however, are thus elaborately fur nished; many are as barren of orna- ment as the caves of their prehistoric prototypes.
 Perhaps I must modify my state ment that the Spanish gypsy does lit tie except beg, borrow or steal, for have discovered that the maiden who brings around the milk of a morning is of gypsy extraction. The narrow lanes which wind tortuously among the caves of these nomads are alive, not only with juvenile Gitanos and Gita- mas, but with the omnipresent goat and donkey, What use their owners have for the latter I have yet to discover; but the former is, in a way, a mine of wealth. The goats of this milkmaid are lactiferous-the source of her mer- chandise. They are brought up oppo- site your door, perchance, one of them Is called to attention" and then the small vender produces from the folds of her garment a black and battered tin cup. By milking into this vessel fast and furiously, she contriyes to ere ate froth that more than half fills the cup, which is not considered good value for the purchase money by thrifty housekeepers.
 Nor is this her only artifice, for she carries another up her sleeve in the shape of rubber bulb, filled with water, which she occasionally squeezes, and thus prevents the milk from in- turing her customers by it's richness. Ny landlady tells me there is no limit to the cunning of this artfuI maiden, who invariably cheats her unless she watches necessarily.
 The Spaniards are loud in their de- nunciation of the tricks of lbs Grin gos," as they call the Yankees; but it Is doubtful if the "cutest' of American millxmen would go as far as to take a portable pump around with him, for the 1octoring of his milk.
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the rays and when concave it coneen- trated them at a point much nearer than the parabolic mirror. In both cases the result was the same; the amount of light focused on the sele- nium was diminished, and this variation was in exact correspondence with the sound waves acting on the mica. The variation in the conductivity of the selenium varied the strength of the elec- tric current passing through it in the same manner, and the sounds were re- produced in the usual way.
 The rest is merely a question of the size of the apparatus and its perfect ad- justment. If a reflector-or a series of refectors made to vibrate in unison by means of an electric current-large enough to turn an appreciable beam of light upon the earth could be set up in Mars, and parabolic receiver of ade- quate dimensions constructed upon the earth, the speech of the Martians might be heard upon our planet. The theory is flawless.
 Nor does the actual accomplishment of this feat of bringing to the ear of man sounds produced in other worlds seem wholly out of the question, when we consider the astonishing accuracy and sensitiyeness of modern scientific instruments. A deviation of less than the one-thousandth of an inch in the polished surface of the object lens of a big telescope would render it worth less. The chemical constitution of a star too remote to be seen by the naked eye is disclosed by the spectroscope; and by means of the balometer-a sort of representative celestial thermometer its temperature may be registered with surpassing exactness. It is doubt less an astounding project-this of tele- phoning across the abysses of empty space-but in view of all that has come to pass it is just as well not to be too dopmatic.
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Plque will be very popular material this season. It has so long been asso- ciated with outing and yachting dresses that it is hard to consider it aside from them. Yet, while these suits will still be made of it, it now has a higher aim
 French dressmakers are using pique as a foundation for handsome embroid- cries of jet and colored silks. Bodice fronts are made of it, embroidered in jet and gold thread, intermiXed with white satin applique. Of course, a bodice of this kind can easily be ar ranged at home.
 A gown which illustrates the new use of this material is of white pique, with plain skirt, save for the plaits of green mousseline inserted at one side The bodice is of the new shape, crossing in front to the left side. It is entirely GOV cred with white satin and gold thread embroidery. Even the puffs over the arms are worked, although the lower sleeves are of plain pique.
 The bodice closes under three plait- ings of green mousseline, the collar is of white satin and lace, and the waist is also encircled by the same.
 While 1897 is first and foremost gold year, steel will also be very popular. It is not only employed in embroidery, but figures in many of the new buckles and buttons.
 Parasols promise to be an important feature of the wardrobe of the summer girl of '97. Every kind will be seen, from those of plain silk and gingham to the parasols costing several hundred dol lars apiece.
 Black and white promises to be most popular combination-a very wise selec- ton, since it can be worn with any gown.
 Next in order will be geranium red. A parasol offered at one of the large stores is of red taffeta, covered with rufiles of mousseline de soie of the same coloring. The handle matches the silk, and is of a piece of bright red coral.
 The black and white parasols have a very attractive feature in the gay silks with which they are lined Green, rose, salmon and robin's-egg blue are the favorite colors. These parasols arg
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current of electricity is made to pass through the coil of an electric magnet. causing it's magnetism to vary in like manner; and this, setting in vibration q second diaphragm in exact syncftro- nism with that in the transmitter gives rise to air waves precisely like those produced by the speaker. Thus, al though the sound itself is not transmit ted over the line, as it is through a speaking tube. we have at the further end an exact reproduction of the origi- nal sound waves.
 It is clear that any other method of varying an electrical current in corre- spondenee with sound waves would an swer the same purpose. It was only nec- essary to find proper medium; and in view of the peculiar property of seleni- um already explained, it occurred to Prof. Bell that if he included piece of this metal in an electric circuit, and could discover way of varying the in- tensity of the light that fell upon it. he could reproduce a series of sound waves which in every particular would echo those at the other end of the line which gave rise to the variation. Exepri- ment proved his theory correct; he sue ceeded, literally. in talking along a ray of light.
 His mode of procedure is as follows:
 Taking as his source of light a pencil of sunlight admitted through small aperture, or an arc lamp the rays of Ehich were rendered parallel by being pissed through a suitable lens. he re- 'ected these rays to the point where the message was to be received by means of a thin diaphragm of mica. which, being silvered, served as a mir TOT. In order to intensity the effect a parabolie mirror was set up at the re- ceiving station into which the rays were directed and by which they were fo- cused at a single point. At this point was placed bit of selenium included in a local telephonic circuit; and the apparatus was complete.
 So long as the refecting diaphragm which it will be remembered was a plain surface of silver rmica-remained quiet. all the rays were concentrated upon the selenium at the focus of the parabolie mirror, and the electrical cur rent remained steady; but the moment sound was uttered through the trans hitter, the sensitive mica was set in vi- bration, becoming alternately concave and convex. When convex it dispersed
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THEY DWELL IN CAVES.
Spanish Gypsies Who Live in Holes
 Scooped in the Rock.
veritabie Curiosity shops-Great Col iectors md Great Frauds-Gypsy MilI<mnid with a Pump Up
 Her Sleeve.
Copyright, 1S97.l

The cave dwellers about whom so much has been written are supposed to be extinct, but began to doubt it when saw the dwellings and habits of the Spanish Gitauos, or gypsies. They are certainly degenerate enough to be lineal descendants of the men who scratched rude pictures of the man. moth on the shoulder-blades of the ani- mals upon which they feasted; and they still dwell in caves, for I have seen them.
 Almost in the shadow of the frown- ing Notifications of Granada, crouching amid the ruins of civilization to which their ancestors contributed nothing, a tribe of this worthless race lives to-day in eaverns seooped out of the rock. They seem absolutely unaffected by the modern spirit of progress which is walk ing up even sleepy old China. They beg, they steal, they dance and sing; they have their king and queen; they are always half starved, yet ever gay and tght-hearted.
 But they are picturesque, even if dirty and ragged; they are quaint, if mal- odorous. Conscious of their inferiority they instinctiyely resent the intrusion of strangers and allow inspection of their persons and habitations only after the bestowal of liberal largess. Copper coins flung to the crowds and silver given to the heads of families will, how ever. cause the knee to bend obsequi- ously and the door of every hovel to fly open. By the judicious distribution of about quart of coppers, l was even able to secure photographs of them and their caves and before I left there was general scramble for the place of honor in front of my camera.
 If one is allowed glimpse of the in- terror of one of these caverns, he is like ly to get surprise. Some of them are Feritable curiosity shops. Where, in view of the apparent poverty of the oc-
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conical bullets begin to break his ranks" Financial considerations and the difficulties in getting parliament to vote the necessary credits for the re- organization and development of the Prussian army occupied the mind of the prince of Prussia. as they continued to do long after he became king and subsequently German emperor Nor do these interesting volumes fail to throw light upon the illustrious writer's personal character and temperament. which are particularly illustrated in the memorandum on Differences of opinion in 1S47 between the prince of Prussia, as commanding general, and the governor of Berlin regarding the jurisdiction of the latter The grave sense of responsibility which weighed upon William 1. throughout his whole life and in whatever capacity he might be occupied is constantly in evidence throughout these pages. as when he re- fers to the feelings with which he sits down to write in the consciousness that the matter in hand concerns the whole future of the Prussian army. ."-London Times.
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often adorned, too, with artificial blos- soms matching the Things in coloring. Geraniums and jacqueminot roses are the prettiest.
 Sunburst parasols and parasols with heavy embroidery are among the more expensive. A white silk model has heavy embroidery in shades of green, with here and there a rhinestone glis- tening like drop of water on seaweeds. Parasols for daily wear have handles of natural wood. A very dainty blue silk parasol has q natural wood handle, finished at the end with a bit of mother of-pearl, colored blue. It is now quite a fad to use mother-of-pearl in this way, colored to match the silk covering.
 THE LATEST.
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walking costumes is of tan-faced cloth. In the back it is plain, save for three rows of stitching across the bottom. The back piece does not end in the shoulder seams. but is brought forward to form strap on each side, under which plaited fronts are fastened. These plaits fall loosely to the waist line, and are lined in silk that contrasts prettily with the gown.
 An almost necessary adjunct to q bolero is fancy belt of some sort Rib. bon makes many charming models, loosely gathered and pointed front and back. Swiss embroidery is also advo- cated, to be worn with white boleroa over colored silk girdles.
 Nor are kid belts despised. Not only will we wear colored kid belts, but white ones as well. The latter are the favorites. They have a peculiar cluster of stitchings along the center, pro ducing a very smart effect.
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planet. There is but one possible me- dium. It is proposed to telephone along the rays of shaft of light It has not only been proposed-it has already been done; though not through inter planetary distances. But if light can carry sound for single mile, it can carry it to the ends of the universe; :; and this, perhaps, is really no more wonderful than the fact that through light, by means of the spectroscope, we can analyze the remotest star, and say with certainty that it contains iron and sodium and other well-known metals Let us not be nasty in setting limits to what science may do by unexpected methods.
 Photophone is more exact name for ali instrument which carries words on the wings of light; and so it has been christened by it's inventor, Prof. Alex ander Graham Bell, who, it is reported, is now busily engaged in perfecting it.
 His success in this bold attempt to substitute bundle of light rays for the electric current and the telephone wire depended upon peculiar prop erty possessed in any appreciable de- gree only by the metal selenium, upon the electrical properties of which light has marked influence. 1t was found that when this metal, which in many of its chemical and physical properties resembles sulphur and tellurium, is subjected for some time to a heat of 100 degrees and then slowly cooled it assumes a crystalline structure the elec- trical qualities of which vary remarka- bly, with the intensity of the light to which it is expeosed. Thus a given spec inien, the resistance of which in the dark was 1900 ohms, when exposed to diffused daylight showed a resistance of only 600 ohms.
 Now when one talks through an or dinary telephone transmitter, his voice causes a thin sheet-iron diaphragm to vibrate back and forth and this vibra- ton causes a corresponding variation in pressure upon q piece of carbon which forms part of an electric circuit. Thus the conductivity of the circuit is varied, and what is called an undulat- ing current results, the variations in strength corresponding exactly to the compressions and rarefactions of the air produced by the sound waves. At the ether cpd of the line this varying
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ON 4 RAY OF LIGHT.
Plan to Use Vibrating Etherio Waves for Telephonic Purposes.
Speech with Mars PossiDIe-The New Invention Is Called the PhotO- phone, and .eFeIephone Bell"
 k Working on 1t.
 EICopyright. 1S97.1

To make ones voice heard on anoth- CT planet! To hear the actual words and tones of beings-if they exist and have speech and reason-who are sepa- rated from us by millions of miles of empty space! There is nothing, prob ably, which to the ordinary man would seem more nopelessly impossible than this
 To those who have some knowledge of science the difficulty would seem even more insuperable. Sound is the vibration of air; in vacuum silence reigns forever. If lifted above the at mosphere, the widest elangor of bells would be stilled; the heaviest cannon would hurl it's bolt without a whisper. How, then, is it conceivable that any sound should ever be carried through the insterstellar void? How signals might be transmitted to the eye-frOm Mars, for example, if creatures of sui fcient intelligence dwell there-is easily understood But sound-that is quite another matter
 Yet science has solved the problem. This does not mean that apparatus of sufficient power and sensitiveness has actually been constructed; the difficult ties in the way of am experiment. on a scale of such magnitude are too formi- dable, and the cost would be ruinous. But the means have been found; the imPossibility has vanished; the re- lnainder of the problem is mere me- cbanical detail. Just as the telescope may conceivably be perfected until we can see the minutest objects and look the Martian, if he is there, in the face, so, by the perfecting of this new sort of telephone, we may hear his words, if he has the gift of speech.
 For the instrument by which all this is to be accomplished may be very prop erly be called telephone-but with a difference. Of course, no wires can ever be stretched from the earth to a flying