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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
IOWA PATENT OFFICE REPORT.

Dies MONIES. Dec. 1.-THE follow
ing certificate of title was granted
pursuant to IAN act to protect per-
sons, associations, unions of working
men. and others in their labels, trade
marks and forms of advertising and
has led to conflict of opinion in
which western inventors, who have
free access TO our patent office library
to examine the United States official
reports of all the patents issued since
1850 to the present time and can have
all the mechanical and legal work
done here that is necessary in prepar-
ing and prosecuting applications for
patents in the United States Patent
Office at Washington and thereby
avoid the investment of time or mon
ey required to go to Washington, or
to send their work and money to-
Washington attorneyss
II hereby certify, that in compli-
ance with the provisions of Chapter
SO, Laws of the Twenty-fourth Gener-
al Assembly of Iowa, IAN act to pro-
tect persons, associations and unions
of working men and others in their
labels, trade marks, and forms of adj
vertislng, Thomas G.. Orwig, of DeS
Moines, Iowa. has this day filed in the
office of the secretary of state q form
for advertisement described substan-
tally as follows: the title and main
features of said advertisement are in
the words "Iowa Patent Office" form
of said ad in detail hereto attached.
In testimony whereof, have here
unto set my hand and caused to be af.
fixed the seal of the state department..
Done at Des Moines, the capital,
this ninth day of April, 1892.
w. Nj. MCFARLAND,
SEAL Sec'y of State.
-
Valua ble information about obtain
ing, valuing and selling patents sent
free to any address Thomas G. &c
Ralph Orwig, Solicitors of Patents.
Every body in Russia is registered by
the police, and q record is kept of all
travellers, the time of their arrival and
departure.
A Scottish diver in the Clyde recent
ly eNcelled all European records by
remaining under water for forty min
utes, at depth of lS6 feet.
The most ancient coin in Europe,
the dueat, was first struck in the mint
of Venice, in the year 1854. The
building is still in existence.
A mule patrols the beach at st.
Augustine, Fla, in quest of turtles.
When she has found one. she turns it
on its back, and then ambles off to
inform her master.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
pANTOGRAPHS.

The up-to-date chemical blonde now
mas her hair Klondiked.
1t sometimes pays to be good, but
IT'S always good to be paid.
Some people waste q lot of time tell
Ing you what they said to somebody
else.
Honesty may be the best policy, but
life insurance is more satisfactory to
the widow.
The reason why some men have
money to burn Is simply because they
don't burn II.
II men We're compelled to bury their
faults the undertakers would have to
work overtime.
The man who takes m umbrella to
church and leaves it out in the vesti-
bule has got true Christian faith.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
ShilIeIahs.

The shillelah industry, or the max
ing of blackthorn sticks, is becoming
quite prosperous in Ireland. Happily,
the shillelahs are not now intended
rs in the days OF Donnybrook Fair
for cracking skulls, as may be mag
ined when we mention that the Duke
of York returned from Ireland with
one hundred of them to present to his
friends.
One of the most industrious makers
of these sticks is an old Crimean SOL
der, who lives in village in Come
mara. Hearing that the Queen suf-
fered from rheumatism, he sent Her
Majesty an exceedingly fine black
thorn crutched stick, with letter
guaranteeing it to DO one of the finest
aud strongest in Ireland. He has
now hanging in his little shop q
framed letter of thanks and portrait
of the Queen, which was sent him by
order of Her Majesty. Westminster
Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
from ENGLAND

from England.
The mans name was Ray. He was
n young. bright-eyed mulatto, and his
wife's name was Ava. They had three
little children. born since they came
10 America. My aunt told me the fol-
lowing history:
The colonel had always been kind to
Ray, | think. He never whipped him;
Ray never needed 1t. Up to the time
Ray ran away always thought my
husband kind and just man.
Ray and his family were all the
slaves we had. They had always seem
ed contented with us, and when the
law was passed setting all slaves in
the state free / had no thought that
ltay would wish to leave US.
I did not think they would wish to
leave us. but 1 told the colonel that
they knew they were free. He looked
concerned.
II don't think Ray will go away, ="
said /.
He'd better not" said the colonel,
looking threatening.
the next day. 1t is likely that the col
onel fancied he meant to be disobe-
dent and impertinent because he
knew he was no longer slave; but he
knocked him down and horsewhipped
him.
ran out. The colonel had just flung
down the cowhide and gone out by an
other door. and Ray was crawling up
from the door.
Ray" said I, what is the natter"
And then, as he turned and looked at
me without speaking, his eyes full of
anguish, his lips quivering, his poor
faithful face all swollen, burst out:
"Oh. Ray, I'm SO sorry for this. l
don't want Ava to see you this way.
You must battle your face and Shout
ders and lie down here on the hay"
ran for pail Of water. His shirt
was soaked with blood. With my own
hands I tore it down the back and
bathed his poor. torn shoulders. They
had been protected only by thin cot
ton. and every stroke of the rawhide
had cut into the flesh. He seemed stu
pid-like to what l was doing for him.
but he obeyed me and crept into tho
hay and lay there all day. The colonel
had gone to the village.
wouldn't tell Ava where Ray was;
but toward night / know she found
him. for she came in from the barn
half blind with crying.
Before dark Ray came out and did
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21

and you will show yourself a man in
forgiving him."
II told you I would forgive him fol
your sake" he answered.
baths d his shoulders with the balm
and left him the shirt and the blanket
He said he should not come into the
house to sleep: it was cooler there in
the hay. He called gently: Good
night, Mrs. Richardson" when / went
away.
The colonel did not come home till
late. My heart sank. For the 3-et t:2'S
in my life 1 saw my husband drunk.
He didn't ask for Ray, but went to bed
without word.
In the morning he got up with blood
shot eyes and frightful temner.
The colonel usually went among the
stock before breakfast. He didn't &C
that morning. / suspected that hi
dreaded seeing poor faithful Ray. But
after breakfast he went out.
was bathing and dressing the baby
when he came in again, his face like
thunder-cloud, the bottle Of liniment in
his hand.
Thankful" said he, "have you been
coaxing up that cursed nigger?"
Il did all I could for him." said /,
quietly pinning the baby's blanket.
Well" said he, "he's gone now, az
l expected, and I'm going after him."
l laid the baby in it's cradle and hur-
ried to Ava.
DO you know where Ray is?" said l.
Eyes, missus," said she, dropping
her face into her arms upon the kitch-
Ell table. Hes gone to Groton."
The next thing we saw was the col
onel on his great gray horse galloping
out of the stable-yard. There was
coll OF rope on the horn of his saddle.
Late in the afternoon l heard a
scream from Ava. / sprang up and ran
out as horses feet came into the yard.
1t was the colonel's horse, dark with
perspiration and trembling. There was
a rope tied to the horn of the saddle,
and something attached to 1t that
dragged on the ground. The colonel
jumped down and united the rope. /
went out few PAGES and turned death
ly sick. Rays insensible face was
turned up to me from the ground. He
hardly looked like anything human.
for he had been dragged four miles
over the road at the end Of that rope.
He lived just an hour.
The colonel had found him at Gro
ton finally; had got possession of him
somehow; had bound his hands be-
hind him, tied the rope around his
breast and made him run at his horses
side for two miles. At last the poor
fellow dropped. The colonel whipped
his horse into a gallop and reached
home in an hour.
/ helped poor Ava watch over her
husb"ud to the last; but he never
knew her. l gave her money to have
him decently buried. When l could be
no more help to her l took my child
and went back to my fathers house.
l prayed to the Lord to show me my
duty; but l never could make ur my
mind to sit down at table with mur-
derer.
The colonel never came near me.
don't know whether or not he ever re-
pented that dreadful deed. After left
him he went down South and bought
plantation and spent the rest OF his
life there.
This was my Aunt Thankfurs story.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Common Hereditary Trait,

doctor, what do you regard as the
surest hereditary trait-that is, what
popularity is most likely to be in
herited?"
'My observations lead me to believe
that the desire to escape work is about
The mast common thing that people
inherit, Chicago Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Population or Russia.

The revised returns of the Russian
census gives the total population Of
that country at 129,000.0OO. This
makes Russia third in rank among
nations, China coming first. with an
estimated population of 1000, 900, ANA
the British empire next, with POS, O00,-
coo.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
In tho Klondike.

'Kind SIR" faltered the beggar, F."
won't you give a hungry fellow Sl0,-
lOO0?"
'No," answered the man, brusque-
Ily. "I daresay you would at once
spend it for glass of cheap beer"
In the Klondike, as elsewhere, char
ity was kind and endured much and
all that, but it had to be careful
Detroit Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Over the Wire.

AT metropolitan telegraph office
the telegraph clerk "a young many. af-
ter repeated calls on the instrument to
a young lady clerk, at last got re-
sponse. He telegraphed back to her
vehemently: 81 have been trying to
catch you for the last hour"
In moment came the reply: "Pooh!
that's nothing. There's q young man
here has been trying 10 do that for O
year and hasn't got me yet. Tit
Bits,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Pure Water.

There IS very simple way TO inter
water perfectly that is strangely little
known; it is not adopted to filtering
large quantities, but it may be invalu-
able to the sick nurse or the mother of
delicate baby or to the traveller who
is encountering water of especial i'm
purity. Filtering paper and medium!
sized funnel are all that is needed; the
paper, little as you know of it, can be
bought ut any pharmacy, aud is very
cheap; it comes prepared to fold in
side the funnel, then gently pouring
water in the funnel, the paper strains
it perfectly pure; of course heavy
stream would break the paper, and
pint or two is about all that can be
filtered at once without spending
great deal of time upon it, but little
perfectly pure water is often invalu-
able, and this is often the easiest way
to get it.
And always remember that almost
any drinking water fresh drawn is
purer than any water that has been
standing in the air in open vessels
even half an hour. Too often we think
only whether water that has been
standing is cold or warm. Now, cold
water absorbs more injurious gases
and absorbs them faster than warm.
Set pitcher of ice water in an in
habited room. and in few hours it
will have absorbed nearly oil the
respired and perspired gases in the
place; the air will be purer, but the
water filthy. At an ordinary tempera-
ture pint of water will absorb pint
of carbonic acid gas and several pints
of ammonia gas. Children should he
taught not to drink water left stand
ing indoors. st Louis Star.
He Makes Artificial MIX.
w. J. Cook, of Chicago, says he
can make artificial milk. He does
this by means of combination OF
chemicals. The product is said to
look like milk, to taste like it, and to
have the nutritive qualities of the
genuine article. Besides penetrating
the mysteries of the tactical fluid which
has for so many centuries nurtured
man in the infant stage, Mr.. Cook
further makes the startling statement
that COWS were never intended by the
divine economy to be milk producers,
but merely beasts Of burden.
Hyde Park and Englewood residents
have tested Mr.. Cooks artificial milk,
and they all pronounce it q very supe-
rior article. Members of the Labor
Exchange in Englewood gave Mr..
Cook an opportunity to prove that he
knew what he was talking about. Mr..
Cook brought along five-gallon can,
and gave each person glass of his
milk. He then sent out for an equal
quantity of natural milk. Everybody
seemed to like the kind that Mr.. Cook
provided, and all agreed that the cow
had a dangerous rival.
Mr.. Cook now performed wonder
full experiment. He sent downstairs
for two glasses of milk. In one was
the natural staple, and the other con-
tanned the composition. They were
permitted to stand in an ice-box, and
were produced after stipulated time.
1t was found that the artificial milk
had twice the amount of cream on its
surface possessed by the quality pro-
vided by natural means after passing
through the mysteries Of the dairy
New York Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
OUR BUDGET OF HUMOR.
iLAUcHTER.2RoVoKlNc STORIES FOR
LOVERS OF FUN.

The Scorcher's Creed-LiteraIIy So--Eow
He Fools Folls--In Their Stateroom-
A Crying Tatter--A Belligerent-Thc
spoiIs-After the Scrimmage, Etc, Etc.
Count that day lost
Whose low, descending sun
Views no poor wretch
Ger whom thy wheel has run.
Cleveland Leader.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Reversing the Rule.

Parson-''Young man, in order to
succeed in any undertaking in life
you must begin at the bottom and
work up"
Young Man--''That was not my
fathers motto. He began ut the top
and worked DOWN" q
Parson-"And made failure of it,
no Doubt"
Young Man-"Not on your life. He
made n fortune digging wells. Chi
cago News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Retired From the Ranks.

Wallace-"What is the reason
Johnny isn't wearing his Little De-
fender badge any more"
Mrs. Wallace-"He doesn't seem to
be so fond of ministering to dumb an
finals since he held poor, little, half
frozen bee in his hand to get it warm.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
She Had Time to XIII,

1T trust, Miss Cutting" remarked
young Borem, as he rose TO depart af-
ter prolonged stay, ''that 1 have not
taken up too much of your valuable
time"
''Not atsall, Mr.. Borem, replied the
fair damsel; "the time you have taken
up has been of no value to me what
ever, / assure you"
Then he went forth into the night
and wandered slowly down the street
wrapped in heavy mantle of thought.
Chicago News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Mothers-in-Law In AbyssipIa,

Abyssinia's social code provides for
q fair chance to young married couples
by forbidding the brides mother to
visit her daughter till year after the
marriage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Explained.

'What is meant by the saying that
speech is silver and silence is golden?"
''It costs more to make man keep
still than to make him talk. Life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Proves 1t.

Mrs. Watts-'"The doctor says
good cry is healthful.
Mrs. Potts-"I know it is. A good
cry gained mo trip to the seashore
last year, and I came back feeling bet
ter than had for oh, ever so long"
indianapolis Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Easily Identified.

Mr.. Suburb--"Where on earth is
pur hired man? / can't find him any
where"
Mrs. Suburb-''There is somebody
over in Farmer Hayseed's meadows,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21

but can't tell whether it's our man
or not.
SIS he standing up or sitting DOWN."
STANDING"
cit isn't our man. New York
Weekly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
In Their Stateroon.

Brown-"Confound you, you're u.s.
ing my toothbrush"
Sonderhausen -''I beg your par
don. I linked it vos re ships. -
Pick Me-Up.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Cupid EconomizIng.

"Jack and Julia are surely en-
gagged"
"What makes you think SOP"
"He brings her chrysanthemums
now instead of roses; q chrysanthe-
mum will last whole week. Detroit
Free Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
After the Scri manage.

'"They say that your son has a re-
markable head on him, Grumpy"
"Most wonderful thing ever saw,
since that last football game. De
troit Free Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Literally So.

'Why DO you call him a dead game
sport?"
Because he invariably purchases
his game of the butcher after each of
his hunting trips"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Infantile wit.

Mamma, I dess you'll have to turn
the hose on me-"
"Why, dear?"
"'Tause I've dot my 'tockings on
wrong side out. Chicago Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Unsafe.

First Nurse-"I'm afraid T can't
come with you tomorrow.
Second Nurse-"Why not?"
"Well, 1 don't like to leave the baby
with its mother. Brooklyn Life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
A CRYING Matter.

She (at the theatre) -"Isn't this an
awfully sad play?"
He-''Very. Even the seats are in
tiers. Chicago News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
nryan,, Present to Weaver.

PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 13.-William
Jennings Bryan has ordered rare set
of Thomas Jefferson's works to be
presented to General Weaver, of Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
a Beliigerent.

Yeast-"What kind of paint does
your wife use?"
Crimsonbeak-"I think it must be
war paint"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Coming Back.

1t was the beginning of their we'd
ding trip.
Dear" she inquired anxiously,
Sin the excitement of leaving, did
you say goodby to papa and mammal"
"No," he replied, 81 said 'au
reYoir.'"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
HOW He FOOLS Folks.

"Does he ever tell the truth?"
"Oh, yes. When he wants to de-
ceive people. Life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
The Spells.

Citizen-t'To tell the honest truth,
do you think you are earning your
salary?"
Office Holder-"M T earned it
four times over in the campaign. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
THE STORY OF RAY.
BY u, ".

HEN l was a little
girl they passed a
law in Massachu-
sets setting IL
slaves free @. My
Aunt T h a n k ( II |
married a Richard
son, and Colonel
Richardson had a
whole slave family
that h a d come
w it'll h | m over
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Precipltous Love.

PrecipItOus Love.
Bertha-"Do you believe in love at
first sight?"
Ethei-"I believe there are persons
one is more likely to love before one
has had time to get acquainted with
them than afterward. Boston Tran
script.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1897-12-21
Foolish Fellow.

Foolish Fellow.
He-"What would you do if I were
to kiss you?"
She -"How singular! Twas think
ing that very thing"
Yet he sat there and kept on Won
dering.-Chicago News.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-27
THE SEMI WEEKLY ONO DEMOCRAT TUESDAY APRIL o. 1897

er to scorn and derided him with
suggestions about his toilet, and in
vitations to "cheese it, and to
'come off" and rats" and such like
revilement, and instead of needing
him, they threw onions and carrots
and over-ripe hen food at him. And
then they again prepared to assault
the citidql.
The old hunter took their insults
in silence and held his temper when
an onion knocked his coonskin cap
off. But when an overdue egglet
exploded on his upper lip he began
to lose his patience.
Realizing that he had nothing to
hope for now, Wetzel drew up his
proud form to its utmost height, and
looking down in scorn upon his
enemies he drew from his breast
pocket the fatal document, and
clearing his throat he shouted at the
top. of his voice:
"You have defled me and now you
shall go to your awful reward"
Continued next week.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-27
the world

A reporter recently called at this famous
seat of learning and was shown into the room
of the President, Prof Alvin p. Barnaby.
When last seen by the reporter Prof. Barnaby
was in delicate health, and much indisposed.
To-day he was looking well and hearty, and
apparently in the best of health. In response
to an Inquiry the professor said:
ooh, yes, am much better, | assure you,
than for some time. You see | had hard
time of it for several years. / am now in
perfect health, and very much encouraged,
and then my recovery was brought about in
rather a peculiar way, after all"
"Tell me about it, said the reporter.
"Well, to begin at the beginning" said the
professor, g. was about hs stout d lad for my
age as any of the boys, put in my'time
studiously Mt school, eudeavoring to educate
myself for the professions. After completing
the common course came here, and graduated
from the theological course. | then entered
the ministry, and accepted the charge of a
United Brethren Church at n small PLACE, in
Kent County, Mich. Being of an ambitious
nature, / was a constant student, and applied
myself very diligently TO my work and studies
In time began to notice that my health was
failing, and after awhile it began to interfere
with my duties My first trouble was indi-
gestion of the stomach, and this with other
troubles also brought on nervousness
"My physician prescribed for me for some
time, and advised me to take q change of eli
mate, as it was my only remedy. | finally
did as he requested and was some improved
Soon after this | came here. | was professor
in physics and chemistry and later on was
financial agent of this college. The change
seemed to agree with me, and for awhile nIy
health was better, but my duties were heavy,
and again found that my trouble was return
ing. This time !. was more severe and in the
winter l became completely prostrated.