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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
RELlCS OF MOUND BUILDERS.
Specimens Exhumed Found in a Sitting
Posture Facing the North.

Posture Facing the North.
Aitkin (Minn) Correspondence OF the
Chicago Chronicle.
n discovery of great interest to delv-
ers into the early history of the coun-
try was made in Aitkin county in the
northern part of Minnesota, recently.
Thomas Grogan. a timber estimator,
while returning from a trip among the
pine lands along the Rice river was re-
quested by Louis Oleson. farmer of
that vicinity. to visit an old-time ceme-
terry near the latter's farm. He con-
scented and Mr.. Oleson led him to the
spot Grogan was SO interested in
what he saw that he took pains to 10
cate the land containing the ancient
burylng place, the description of
which is as follows: The northeast
quarter of the southeast quarter of
section ,, township 46. range %, being
about four miles south or Kimberley.
and about l. miles from Aitlin, the
county seat.
The cemetery" consisted of three
great mounds. or what had once been
mounds, for all three We're sunken to
the level of the ground, eacn one shap-
ed like colossal grave. The outside
dimensions of the mound We're respect
lively 125. 10 and % feet in length by Is
feet in breadth, and that they were
very ancient was proved by the fact
that pine trees three feet in diameter
had grown upon them.
Grogan, assisted by Oleson. set to
work to dig into the smallest mound.
They removed about six feet of solid
earth and We're rewarded by finding a
multitude of human skeletons. all in a
sitting. or rather "squatting," posture,
all facing north, and all in a perfect
state of preservation.
They exhumed one skeleton, and be-
yond all doubt il must have been that
of civilized man, or. at least. of one
of far higher intellectual grade than
the Indians who inhabited this coun-
try when white men first made their
way into it. The bony framework was
very large. and evidently that of a
man of great physical power. and the
frontal development of the skull prov
ed that il must have once held brain
that no savage skull ever had use for.
and in size and shape would compare
favorably with any such relic of NOR
tally found in a graveyard of the
present day.
The whole mound was packed with
skeletons. and no doubt the larger ones
were in "A similar condition. but the in
vestigators went no further. They
carefully filled in the mound again and
intend to thoroughly investigate all
three in the spring.
OF what forgotten race the CHASTITY
find is a memento ii is hard To con-
lecture, but il Is certain that antiquar-
ians may find a priceless treasure by
looking into those mounds when the
grip of winter which now seals them is
relaxed. The land where the discoy-
cry was made was once covered with a
dense growth of pine, and was an ideal
hunting ground, as we'll as a rich farm
ing country. which it is to-day.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
BICYCLE HOSE CAUSE T7ousLe.
Philadelphia Principal Censures Girls for
Wearing Gaudy Stockings.

Before long the school board of PhiIa-
delphia will be called upon to determines
whether girls attending the public
schools in that city have the right to
clothe their neither limbs in hose OF
any particular color they may Choose
Professor Rorer of the Girls High
school in the Quaker City has assumed
that the girls have not this privilege
and that it is in the province of ths
teacher or principal to judge what kind
of garments the pupils will wear when
receiving instruction. The girls. like
their ancestors of old. have resolved
not to stand this infringement upon
their personal rights and are going to
fight the battle out to the bitter end.
All the trouble Was caused by one Of
the girls riding to high school on her
bicycle. She wore a jaunty cap,
jacket that we'll set off her slender
figure and a skirt most modest. But
she wore a pair of bicycle stockings.
variegated nrismatic, in which Slowed
all the colOrs of the rainbow and some
others. 1t is undeniably true that thess
stockings were loud. but they could nos
drown the chatter of half "a hundred
other young women when their eyes
We're first dazzled by them. Professor
Rorer walked down the class room to
iearn what caused all the noise and
laughter He saw the bicycte stockings
and winked like a man VINO stands in
ing himself he SAID severely to ths
young woman of the stockings:
Miss il is not foreign 10 INV duty a5
your instructor to teach you hoy to
dress and deport yourself. These stock
ings are not fit"
They do fit, professor, interrupted
the indignant girl.
Those stockings are not fit Cor you
TO wear" the professor continued. TN
moved. Accordingly. | viii place ira
dement's against your name
All the girls were angry and every
one determined not to accept the pro-
fessor as her fashion plate. According
ly. when they met in the gymnasium az
the opening of school the following day
they all wore short skirts that fell to a
point between the knee and the ankle
These skirts exposed a collection of
stockings that no one who is not color
blind could look upon. To make ir
worse the stout girls wore the gaudiest
stockings and the thin girls wore
stripped stockings. When Professors
Rorer entered the gymnasium TO call
the roll it seemed to him that he was
lost in a forest of BARRIERS poles
Young ladies'. he said. when no
caught his breath. your neither limbs
are not becomingly clad. Therefore
will place five demerit marks against
the name of each of you"
\ certain number of such marks
means suspension from school. This
scholars are intensely angry and are
more determined not to give up tina
fight.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

TO extensively explore that property this
winter.
Mrs. Howey and Miss Hill are spend
ing the holiday week in Helena
Mr.. and Mrs. j. II. Murphy cele-
brated their wooden wedding Tuesday
by inviting a few friends to dinner
Mrs. Helen 3. Griswold. formerly of
this valley, arrived from California the
first of the week. After visiting with
Mrs. NJ. a. Warren a few days she will
go to Wisconsin.
The following have been elected as
officers for the Order of Pendo for the
ensuing term: Rev. c. H. CRUDE, w.
c.; J. T.. Wild. V G.; J. II. Murphy,
secretary; Helen j. Warner, treasurer;
Iottie r. Warner chaplain; John Ber-
kin. guide; G. u. Robertson. warden; II
T.. Delaney. sentinel: E l. Fletcher. f.
Bernatz and c. Il. Robertson, trustees.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Enicacy of the Ram.

There is a class of ship which. while
not popular. if it has chance to show
its power in actual war l think will III
found very formidable, and that Is the
ram. Ii would be wise policy to station
one ram like the Katahdin. with such
improvements as time will naturally
suggest. in each of the Important h1x~
bors of our coast. There ARE oflic&(@
the navy of experience. skEI3 and
ment. who believe that III time u
manned. would be more effectI< I
pelling an attack than AIRY =
ships in the navy.-Gen-s Eu<en5F
the illustrated Americana -
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
Uncomfortable Circumstance.

From Pick-Aie-Up.
She-Mr- Brown does not pay his wiEc
much attention.
He-No; TN only time | ever knew of
his going ont with her WAS once when
the gas exploded.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02
The Rule works Both WAYS.


from HOus6hOId n 0rds.
Willie Smith was playing with the
Jones boys. His mother called him.
Willie. don't you know those are had
boys for you TO play with
YES mother. said Willie. Il know
that. but then m good boy for them
to PLAY with
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

From the Somervilse Journal.
.s~hy. no. said shes declsive1<
not marry YOU. of course. Why.
a week. while yon only get 81
We'll. he persisted. persnaslxz
makes sc week. now. doeSn<
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-01-02

Alaska furnished this sE<lA -
Of its quota 70 the ~. -
about 1. 500 100 pounds eSsnssr
cent. more than a y.-s.-..e -
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
Semi ON Sed.

During the week of October Bird to Sth
the Semi ON Sed Association of Des
Moines will give an exhibition unpar-
alleled by any similar attempt in this
western country. The magnificent
fireworks spectacle of the battle of
Manila Bay will be given at cost of
over five thousand dollars for this one
attraction alone. Nothing in any way
approaching it has ever been attempted
outside of Chicago and indianapolis.
In addition to this there will be a
"whole state fair" turned loose in the
streets. Exhibits of art, dairy, poultry,
horses, dogs, farm implements, etc,
and there will be peace jubilee, mag
nificent floral parade, Japanese fire.
works and ,burlesque parade, funniest
thing on, earth. One big attraction
will be f"horse Tacesn at the Kite
Shaped track. Three thousand dollars
in purses are up. There will be a grand
musical recital, shooting tournament,
etc. In every hour of both day and
night the entire five days of the Carni-
val will be crowded full of the most de-
lightful kind of entertainment. We
invite the citizens of Iowa and the sur.
rounding states to be present on this
glorious occasion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

5 is causing as much
ptions near Naples as
lat name at Santiago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
Congressional Nominations.

The list of nominations for congress
sional positions in the eleven districts
of the state is now complete. In each
district a fusion of the democratic,
peoples and silver republican parties
has been made. Following is a COM
plete list of the nominations by the re-
publicans and fusionists:
First district Thomas Hedge, Bur-
lington, republican; d. J. O'Connell,
Burlington, fusion.
Second district-Joe r. Lane, Daven-
port, republican; ]. J. Ney, Iowa City,
fusion.
Third district--David B. Henderson,
Dubuque, republican; J. HI. Howell,
Eagle Grove, fusion.
Fourth district-G. N. Haugen,
Northwood, republican,; T. T. Blaise,
Mason City, fusion.
Fifth district Robert G. Cousins,
Upton, republican; l.. j. Rowell, Tip
ton, fusion.
kOlAIh lLuCCy Sohd
loosa, republican,; j. B. Weaver, Col
fax, fusion.
Seventh District. A. T. Hull, Des
Moines, republican; e. .. Holly, Des
Moines, fusion.
Eighth district-W. P. Hepburn,
Clarinda, republican; G. L. Finn, Bed
ford, fusion.
Ninth district-Smith Mcpherson,
Red Oak, republican; J. A. Lyons, Gu
thrie Center, fusion.
Tenth dissrict-Jonathan p. Dolli-
yer. TT. Dodge, republican; Edwin
Anderson, Ruthven, fusion.
Eleventh district-Lot Thomas,
Storm Lake, republican; A. S. Carrot.
son, Sioux City, fusion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS.
Professor Diapers Sister Sat Thirty Min
utes For Her Portrait.

Professor Diapers Sister Sat Thirty Min
utes For Her Portrait.
Elizabeth Flint Wade has an illus
trated paper on "Photography-Its Mar
wells" in st. Nicholas. The author says:
The first accounts of this great dis
covery are very entertaining reading.
Professor Morse, the inventor of the
telegraph, was In Paris when the news
was published, and at once went to see
Daguerre's wonderful pictures. In de-
scribing them afterward he said that
moving objects made no impression on
the plate, for a picture taken of a
crowded boulevard showed it as if en-
tirely deserted, with the exception of a
man having his shoes polished. The
mans feet, he said, were we'll defined,
because they were kept stationary, but
he was without head or body, for these
were in motion.
| To America belongs the honor OF
making the first Photographic portrait,
the artist being Professor John Draper,
q professor and afrerward the president
of the University of New York. His
victim was his sister, Miss Catherine
Draper. He powdered her face, that the
likeness might be more quickly i'm
pressed on the sensitive plate, and for
80 minutes Miss Draper sat-or, at
least, tried to sit-as immovable as a
statue.
The first class in photography was
formed in Boston in the spring of 1910
by Daguerre's agent, Gourad of Paris.
The Rev. Edward Everett Hale, then a
student in Harvard, became an enthusi-
astic member of the class. In his diary,
under date of April /, 1910, is this en-
try: "On my way home / stopped at the
shop and got my daguerreotype thor
mometer. There seems to be great de-
mand; there were three or four other'
there"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
Half Rates to the Carnival.

The annual Fall Carnival will be
held at Cedar Rapids Oct. OF. The
B., c. R. & N. Ry. will sell tickets on
these dates, Oct. to 7, good until Oct.
s, at ONE FARE FOR THE ROUND
TRIP. The Carnival program in
cludes Bicycle and Horse Races,
Chariot Races, Triple Balloon Race,
Machinery Display, Indian Village,
etc. Each evening wonderful repro
duction of the Battle of Manila will be
given, showing American and Spanish
ships and Moro Castle. Fireworks
costing over $1,000 are displayed with
this great attraction. Gail on agent B.
G. r. & N. Ry. For rates and further
information. t10m-8d
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
Omaha Rates Reduced.

All agents of the B. G. r. d N. Ry.,
will now sell tickets for the Trans
Mississippi Exposition at Omaha at
rate of One Fare, plus five per cent.
for the round trip. Tickets on sale
daily until Oct. 81, good seven days
from date of sale. For rates and fur
Their information see B. G. r. & N.
agents or address
]. MORTON, G. P. & It. A.,
tl0-3l Cedar Rapids, la.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
What 20 Cents VIII Do.

By sending the above amount to
The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Mich,
they will send you The zwice-a- Week
Detroit Free Press, from date Of receipt
of your order until January l, 1899.
This special reduced rate Is given to
introduce the paper to new readers.
The Ts0ice-a- Week Free Press is .
clean, up-to-date family newspaper,
and everyone should take advantage
Of this special offer. The greatest
value ever offered for 20 cents. Send
In your order at once.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

ONE thing noticeable during Satur-
days convention was the utter inabil-
ity of the court room to accommodate
those who attended the county conven-
ton. The delegates and others who
We're present will recognize the need of
new court house more than ever.
This is only minor necessity COM
pared with the safety of county records,
however.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

THE North Iotod Times is just in
structing the McGregor people in the
art of football playing; how game is
played, the positions of the players,
and the manner in which scores are
counted. ''Sufferin' Mosesw Don't
your readers know nothin' 'cept "out-
ings?" Did you ever hear of the "war
with Spain" or the Declaration OF
Independence"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

Mr.. EDWARD A. FITz GERALD will
contribute to the October number of
McC2ures Magazine an account Of the
first ascent to the summit of Aeon
cagua, the highest peak of the Andes,
and with the exception of a few peaks
'e Himalayas, the highest in the
|. Mr.. Fitz Gerald's party were
back many times by distresses
ifficplties that byaraeni of less
than the highest courage and endur-
ance would have been. accepted as in
superable; but they tried it again and
again, until finally the summit was
won. The article will be Interestingly
illustrated from photographs taken by
the partv.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

HAVE the road supervisors of this
county complied with the law which
requires that all weeds along the pub
lie highway shall be cut on or before
August 18th, and that in case it is not
done by the property owners, it shall
be done by the road supervisor and
charged to the property? The law is a
good one, and should be enforced.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
Homeseekers Excursions.

The G. M. & st. p. Ry. Co. will sell
Homeseekers Excursions to very
many points as heretofore on Sept 8
and 20 and Oct and Is at one way
fare plus two dollars for the round
trip. s. V. Potter. Agent.
18-tl0m1Sd
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

For the story of the siege of Santa
20 de Cuba, as it affected the people
directly involved, on either side, in
their personal safety and comfort and
their daily lives, there is no document
yet published equal to the October
number of McCure's Magazine. Mr..
Stephen Bonsal, in an article entitled
"The Fight for Santiago" describes
the campaign as it effected the Ameri-
can soldier, writing from his own OBJ
servation and experience; while for the
experiences of the panic-stricken and
halfstarving people shut up in the
city of Santiago we have very re-
markable diary kept by the British
Consul at Santiago, who was all the
time In the closest relations with the
Spanish authorities, and was expend-
ing-as it later proved-his very life in
relieving the general suffering.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
/. Faif Meeting.

We wish to see you all at the court
house in DEBORAH, Saturday, Oct. 18th,
to elect officers for the fair of 1899,
listen to the report Of present officers
and such other business as may come
before the meeting. If
BEN BEAR, II. l.. CoFFEEN,
Pres. Sec'y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

The special features of the October
number of Harper's Magazine are
'"The Santiago Campaign, by Casper
Whitney; ION the Roof of the World,
Notes on my Journey Through ASIA"
by Sven Hedin; "Our Navy in Asiatic
Waters" by William Elliot Griffis and
"Our Future Policy" by Hon. ]. G.
Carlisle. There are further INSTALL
ments of 'Social Life in the British
Army" and IAN Angel in a Web"
by Julian Ralph; Mr.. Smalley con-
cludes his interesting papers on "Mr.
Gladstone" and ''The Span o. Life"
story by William McLennan and J..
N. McIlwraith is begun. The number
contains also several short stories,
poems and the drawer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

We indeline to the opinion that it is
all right ut our nice girls should get
married a pr they have taught school
two or thu 3 years. Teaching wears a
woman ut faster than maternity.
We cann6 pension our worn out teach
ers and 1t is better for them to quit the
business before they become broken
down.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28

THE commission chosen by President
Mckinley to investigate the conduct Of
the war now consists Of the following
nine persons, who held their first meet
ing in Washington on Saturday:
Major General Greenville. M. Dodge.
Colonel J. A. Sexton, of Illinois.
Captain E. P. Howell, of Georgia.
Major General J. M. Wilson, chief
engineer, U. s. A.
Charles DENLY, of Indiana. late min
lister to China.
Former Governor Urban A. Wood
bury, ofVemont.
Former Governor James A Beaver, of
Pennsylvania.
Major General H. McCook, of the
army (retired).
DIR. Phineas S. Conover, of Cincin-
natl.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-09-28
those who were a week
. hands of their friends, I"
surrendered to the enemy"

of the floating debt of Iowa
EN- paid off, and all of the per
:. warrants redeemed. The re-
lin der will be squared up before
anoth year has passed.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-09
ELECTRIC TrolIeys For Freight.

The transportation Of merchandise is
q feature Of the long distance trolley
lines TO which little attention has yet
been paid, but which has great possibil-
tiles. These lines offer remarkable OPP
portunities for the Development Of con-
venient express and parcels delivery
service between cities and their suburbs
and even far out into the country.
Freight could also be cheaply carried in
this way from town to town, and a
large business might be built up in the
transportation of market produce and of
milk from the country into the city.
Platform cars might be arranged so that
heavily loaded wagons could be taken
bodily for long distances at material
saving in time and expense. The relief
of the highways from heavy traffic
might thus.be very great 1t would al
so save the community large expenses
for repairs and renewal of roads, for
there would be a corresponding reduc-
ton in the wear and tear of the way
from heavy teaming and the destructive
chopping action Of steel horseshoes. -
1.-THE Trolley I'm Rural Parts y by Syl-
vester Baxter, in Harpor's Magazine.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-09
Dontb be la Emp Lowe Price
G 1tE nd oW pP RGE S So Ri TOS A. CARTEN

then nothing less than a recreation and
new birth, in which the superabun-
dance OF sordidness is left out of their
being will avail; if it is because of the
former, then they should be so changed
that the end sought shall be attained
But is it not also the fault OF the mem
bers themselves? Is there not lack
of that generous friendliness that
should enkindle the spirit of fraternity
within the breast of the newly-made
member. Friendship creates friend
ship; love begets love; and it Is only by
the exercise of those principles that
the newcomer is drawn toward his fell
lows by the golden chords of sympathy.
Thus insincerty is rooted out from
the nature and the warm glow of
friendship implanted in its stead. 1t is
"A germ worthy of the tendercst Guilt
walton and preservation from the chill
frosts of selGshness.-The Chosen
Friend.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-09
A New Firecracker.

The United States consul at Shang-
hal thus describes a new Chinese fire
cracker: sit has two chambers, separat-
ed by plug of clay, through which
runs a connecting fuse. There is also a
fuse extending from the powder in the
lower chamber through the side of the
cracker When the cracker is to be fired,
it is set on end and fire set to the fuse
The powder exploding i'll the chamber
throws the cracker high in the air,
where the second charge is exploded by
fire from the fuse extending through
the plug between the two chambers. In
the manufacture of these the clay is
first tamped in with a punch to form
the separating plug The lower cham
Der is then loaded with powder and
closed by turning over the paper at the
end. The upper chamber is loaded and
closed with clay. A hole is punched in
the side of the lower chamber with an
awl, and the fuse inserted through this
opening F"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1898-06-09
Grating Insects.

The New Jersey state experiment sta
ton nj New Brunswick has been graft
ing insects and producing monstrosities
by grating half of one insect upon hall
Of another The experiments were the
subject of a paper read by Professor
Smith before the New Jersey Micro.
scopical society. "All that is necessa
to do, ;" said Professor smith, lis to &
any number Of pupT Of rloths, ~
them on ice, cut of their heads or the
tails, solder them together with parafiin
wax and let thrm grow " Dr. Smith
showed how Professor Crampton Of
Ithaca, N. Y, had soidered the head Of
one moth to the tail of second, how
he had united heads Co hcads, abdomcns
to abdomens, back. O. backs and breasts
rs breasts. A fair percentage of the Us.
sects live