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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
Paper Bags For Travellers.

Comfort in travelling is an important
consideration, and the newest idea for
a journey is one worth regarding. Dodg-
ing railroad cinders and dust is some
thing not to be thought of. When a
thoroughly clean railroad trip is posi-
BILE. the millennium will have arrived,
and this period is still, according to all
beliefs, long distance off But, owing
to simple thought of practical man.
the traveller can now protect his or her
hat, which was out of the question be-
fore.
A humble paper bag, obtained from
the nearest grocer, is the god of the ma
chine. This is folded compactly and
slowed away in the pocket Tin the hand
bag or purse if the traveller is woman
and is pocketless). Before the cars start
the bag is opened, the hat placed there
in, the bag pinned across its mouth and
the whole laid in the rack. Thereafter,
until the destination is all but reached,
the traveller need have no thought OF
his headgear, for no dust or cinders can
reach it. 1t will be found in the best OF
condition upon opening. So simple is
this device that it is a wonder it was
never thought of before. New York
Herald
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
A Scotsman Who Ruled Russia.

Although not generally known, it is
a matter of history that an alien, a
Scotsman, once held the reins of gov
eminent in Russia, and to him that
country owes her civilization, govern
ment and present position among the
nations. Patrick Gordon was born in
Auchleuchries. Aberdeenshire, March
81, 1885. His father was Of the Haddo
branch of the Gordons, and his mother
was an Ogilvie. He went to seek his
fortune in Russia and became soldier
of great bravery in the Russian army
in the time of Alexis and had now
attained the rank of colonel. By his
bravery and success he gained the love
of the army and the esteem of the whole
nation and had under his control ~, 900
newly formed soldiery, who were un-
der foreign officers in the town of Mos
COW. Gordon himself had the czar's
command not to leave the capital, but
his authority extended over all provinces
except those in which the southern army
were engaged under General Shein, yet
the latter had express orders from the
car not to undertake anything of mo-
ment with General Gordon's advice. -
Scottish American.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
Both Eyes to Business.

He was typical street gamin, with
a backing kit slung over his shoulder,
and as he walked boldly into the store
Of a Wabash avenue optician his head
scarcely reached the top of the counter.
"Say," he asked Of an elderly gen.
tleman at the desk, "are youse de guy
wot runs dis joint?"
~ am the proprietor" was the re-
ply. "What can do for you, my boy?''
"Den I've got one o dem resserpros-
ity propositions ter shy at youse, said
the urchin. Gimme one o. yer chairs
an let me open up shoe shinery IN
front o. yer winder, seer"
"Not exactly" replied the optioian.
II fail to see what benefit / would de.
rive from such an arrangement.
well, it's like dis" answered the
youthful schemer, Eyer see. puts SIGH
a dazzlin shine on me customers kicks
dat it ruins dere eyes, an dey'll haf ter
come in and buy specks o. youse.
Savey?"-Chicago News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
Model Letter Writers.

A Boston publishing firm that issues
school readers recently received the fol-
lowing letters from rural school trus.
tees:
Mr.. - have baught all fables
Story Books and Novels am Coin to
! shall see the Board aboit it first. !
have Baught all School Books Requaird
l am Citing tieard of Bying Novels.
Yours, - -
Dear Sir
Can not Get no mobiles (novels) book
for Scool Book, he can reed Out of his
Reeders and not Out of the Fairtail
Stories Books Yours Truley
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07
ApprecIatiYe.

Don't misunderstood me, said Me-
andering Mike. II amt down on work. "
"You don't seem to have much affec.
ton fur it," replied Flooding Pete.
eyes, have. Work is q good ting.
If it wasn't fur work, how would all
desc people git money to give us?"--
Washington Star.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

view of the whole chamber. and when
! had the flash photograph taken left
candle burning and it shows as a
white spot in the picture.
Temperature. To give some idea of
the temperature 10 the cave at different
parts of the year, give below the re-
suits of my last years observation in
degrees Centigrade:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

If we knew the day of our death, it
would overstimulate the wise and par
alyze the fool. Boston Transcript.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

Paper made from seaweed is grow.
ing industry in France. 1t is so trans.
parent that it has been used in place Of
glass.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

"A foul breath Is one OF tue greatest
Affections that man or woman can
have. An affiiction not only TO them
selves, but to those with whom they
come i'm contact. A foul breath is u
great discourager of affection. Itwould
probably be more SO ifpeOple only real
lied just what bad breath means Bad
breath is one of the symptoms ofconsti-
patton. Some of the other symptoms are
sour stomach, loss ofappetite, sick and
bilious headache, dizziness, heartburn
and distress after eating. These things
mean indigestion. They lead to dys-
pepsia and worse things. They all
start with constipation, and constipation
is ineXcusable because it can be cured
cured easily, quickly aid permanently,
by the use of DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
let's. They give to nature just the little
help that she needs. There is no case
of biliousness, constipation, indigestion,
''heartburn," or any of the rest of the
nightmare breeding brood, that these
little "Pellets" will not cure.
Send q cents in one-cent stamps
to Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso-
citation, Buffalo. N. Y, and receive Dr..
Pierce's 1908 page Common Sense Medi-
cal Adviser, illustrated
When you ask for De Wits Witch
Hazel Salve don't accept counterfeit
or imitation. There are more cases of
Piles being cured by this, than all others
combined. Wangler Bros.
When you have eaten too much,
or when you suffer from any form of
dyspepsia or Indigestion, remember
that Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests
what you eat. Itcures the worst forms
of Dyspepsia. Wangler Bros.
"A cough is not like fever. 1t
does not have to run certain course.
Cure it quickly and effectually with
One Minute Cough Cure, the best rem
edy for all ages and for the most severe
cases. We recommend it because it's
good. Wangler Bros
Constipation prevents the body
from Kidding itself of waste matter.
De Wits Little Early Risers will
remove the trouble and cure Sick Head
ache. Biliousness, Inactive Liver and
clear the complexion. Small, sugar
coated. don't grippe or cause nausea.
Wangler Bros.
Late to bed and early to rise, pre-
pares man for his home In the skies.
But early to bed and little Early Ris-
er, the pill that makes life longer and
better and wiser. Wangler Bros.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-12-07

up by the ground would flow and seep
through crevices into the cave and ice,
consequently, would appear early
Somewhat such conditions prevailed
this year, for warm days appeared quite
early in the spring. If, per contra, the
ground is not open until in April, as
was the case i'm 1895 and 1896, the APP
pearance of ice is consequently delayed.
I'm 1895 according to Mr.. Nordheim)
ice did not make its appearance until
May %.
The dry condition of the ground and
the mild winters of few of the previous
years bear the responsibility for the di-
minished quantity of ice in those years;
for the requisites of the formation of ice
at any place are water and sufficiently
low temperature of the surroundings to
freeze that water.
After seeing the facts given above it
would be absurd to think that ice
forms in the hot summer and thaws in
the cold winter, as is the common no
ton about the phenomenon. The low
est temperature is in the winter. The
heat of the summer has great difficult
ty in reaching the ice on account of its
sheltered position. Nevertheless it is
that which thaws the ice and raises the
temperature of the surroundings above
freezing. A comparison of the figures
showing the temperature at "division"
and outside the cave proves this beyond
small opening, as it naturally was, it is
my belief that the temperature of the
interior of the cave would be lower in
the summer than it is, and the ice
would not disappear as soon rs it does.
1t will he noticed that attribute the
cause of the low temperature in the
cave in summer to the storage of cold
i'm the walls communicated to them by
the cold air of the winter havinga place
to enter and place to escape.
| ] hold it true that it is cold of win
ter that is the cause of the formation OF
ice i'm any ice cave, for no ice caves are
reported from places where there is nc
winter, while ice caves are found in
France and Switzerland, where winter
prevails through part of the year, and
Furthermore, that the cold from the out
side reaches the interor, either directly
through the rock lin which case the
cave cannot be at great depth), OF
more likely is brought in by the air
not necessarily through the ice cave
proper, though possibly, but probabl,
through crevices near the walls of the
| interior, so as to freeze them and thus
affect the temperature inside.
That evaporation and expansion may
aid l will not dispute, but | absolutely
disbeIieve that they are the only causes
In August and September the breez'
still penetrates the cave, water is still
found in the cave, but no ice forms.
! Note.-In the southern part ofstowl
is an ice well in which, during summer
ice is found Explanation similar t.
the cave would apply here. | hop
this paper will please all who tak'
interest i'm caves, and ice, caves especi
ally.
- foul breath is one OF the creates
Affections that a man or woman cal
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

A distinction which needs to be FREE
quently made and constantly insisted
upon is that between millionaires and
plutocrats. The millionaire Is not nee
essarily plutocrat. Look, for exam
pie, upon the life history of Peter
Cooper. And we are not sure that the
plutocrat. is necessarily a millionaire,
for many of the most sinister and con-
scienceless defenders Of all powers and
expressions of corrupt wealth are
cheap fellows, dependents, parasites
and paupers.
The plutocrat is a man who holds
that wealth, instead Of manhood,
should govern land; he Is man
who, having wealth, uses it to secure
power over the lives and fortunes Of
his fellows; the man who buys cleo
tions and the officers elected; the man
who coerces, by his control of sources
Of employment or the sources of cred
it, working men and debtors to do his
political bidding. The Rockefellers and
Pierpont Morgan are typical pluto
Gratis. New York Journal.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

His boss went dead an his mule went
lame;
He lost six cows in poker game;
4 hurricane came on summers day.
And carried the house whar he lived
away;
Then earthquake came when that was
gone,
An swallowed the land that the house
stood on!
An the tax collector, he come roun'
An charged him up fer the hole In the
groun'!
An the city mnrshal-he come In view
An said he wanted his street tax, too!
Did he moan an sigh? Did he set an cry
An cuss the hurricane sweepin' by?
Did he grieve that his ole friends failed
to call
When the earthquake come an swal-
lowed all?
Never word of blame he said.
With all them troubles on top his head!
Not him! He climbed to the top
o the hill,
Whar' standin' room wuz left him still.
An, barin' his head, here's what he
said:
81 reckon it's time to git up an git:
But, Lord, hain't had the measles yit.
Atlanta Constitution.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

Divide anything up into parts and
you magnify it. A certain wise man
took this way to give his wife an idea
of how much $1,000 is. She had no
idea Of money. Her purchases were
enormous. 1t happened one day that
her eye fell upon magnificent ring,
and she coveted 1t. 1t cost $1,000. But
what was $1,000 to her, in comparison
with the ring? OF course her husband
consented to the purchase. What else
could dutiful. affectionate husband
do? But he tried this method OF edu.
eating his wife concerning the great
price of the ring. He instructed his
banker to send her the $1,000 In small
pieces-pennies, dimes, quarters. IN
came the money, bagful after bagful.
She never had such an idea of $1,000
before. When the money was piled up
before her 1t alarmed her; the price
Of the ring went up hundredfoio'
and was considered at once an extrav-
agance which she Of her own option
abandoned.-NewO Orleans Times-Dem-
ocrat.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

It is something unusual for French
and other European writers to study
American finance. Monsieur r. G. Le-
wy, a well-known financial authority,
has written for the Revue des Deux
Mondes an article upon debt and tax
alton in the United States, in which he
expresses the opinion that the new
taxes resulting from the Spanish war
will make 1t necessary to conduct our
financial affairs with more care and
scrutiny than has been our custom. He
also remarks-what Is so obvious that
1t should be a commonplace with US
that II we adopt an Imperial" policy
our people must be prepared to bear
burdens of taxation similar to those
under which the European nations are
grooming. His goodwill toward us is
shown in his expression OF hope that
the great republic will remain faithful
to the traditions Of moderation, wis
dom and reason bequeathed to it by its
illustrious founders.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25
Moving Out of the West indies.

The most important duty under the
protocol Of peace, next to directing
cessation of hostilities, was the APP
pointment of commissioners to ar
range and execute the details OF the
evacuation Of the Spanish islands In
the West Indies. President Mckinley
was the first to make appointments.
and he selected for the Cuban commits
sion Major-General James F. Wade,
Rear-Admiral William T. Sampson, ana
Major-General Matthew c. Butler, and
for the Porto Rico commission, Major
General John r. Brooke. Rear-Ad-
miral Schley, and Brigadier-Generai
William w. Gordon. The protocol says
the islands shall be Immediately evac-
uated; also that the commissioners
shall meet within thirty days from the
dato Of signature to arrange and exc
cute the details. In the case OF Cuba
this will be slow proceeding, but
any necessary delay will be an ad-
vantage to the United States In post
poning to a more propitious season o.
the year its permanent army OF occu-
patton. It may not be possible to ful-
ly complete the evacuation OF Cuba ana
adjoining islands before Thanksgiving
day.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

The farmers in the Missouri valley
when they borrowed money, between
the years 1854 and 1872, on farm
mortgage paid invariably as much as
IL to IS per cent interest and some
times as much as 40 per cent per an
mum. But in this issue Of the Con-
sentative money to loan at per cent
per annum on farm mortgages Is ad-
vertised and anxious to be employed.
-Morton's Conservative.
Yes, and from 1854 to 1872 the farm
err paid that rate of interest, made
money, paid off his mortgage, bought
more land and got rich. When the
farmers got cheap interest he also had
cheap produce to sell and the produce
was so much cheaper than the inter-
est that the poor fellow went broke,
his mortgage was foreclosed and he
and his family were turned out to
grass. Twenty thousand mortgages
have been foreclosed in Nebraska since
the era of so-called cheap interest and
hardly single foreclosure was ever
made in the state before 1873. We know
many business men in the state that
paid "a per cent interest and still made
a great deal Of money and when the
interest reached per cent those same
men became bankrupt. The reason for
this is that in the first period every
thing else was high, business was brisk
and profits were secure, but as interest
went down the price Of commodities
went down also, people were doing
business on constantly falling mar
ket, the merchants margins were all
gone before they could sell their goods
and Of course they went broke. II
Mr.. Morton can show nothing in favor
of the gold standard in Nebraska ex
cept 10000 foreclosed mortgages and
10000 broken merchants, he and ais
Conservative had better quit business
and go goose hunting with Grover tho
s.-Nonconformist.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25
Cha nRea In London POste.

London's postal department has de-
cided to expend the sum Of 100000
on a scheme which makes provision
for dealing more efficiently with the
ever increasing postal work in the city
and provides better accommodation for
the telegraph and postoffice staffs.
Three new buildings will be erected
at once. The east block OF the St
Martin lie Grand buildings will be de-
moliehed and a new structure will be
erected suited to modern requirements.
This will involve an expenditure OF
a15O.o0o. The department has also
purchased business premises In many
streets, which will be demolished ana
handsome buildings erected which are
designed to accommodate 5000 tele-
graph clerks. This will also give space
for dining and cloak rooms for these
men. A large postoffice will be built
In the East Strand.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25
midas Scourre of Snakes.

Snakes are one of the scourges OF
India. Thousands of people die yearly
from their bite. In the last twenty
two years the number Of deaths at
tributed to this cause has reached the
enormous total of 433,2S9. Snakes APP
pear to be much more deadly enc
my Of man than wild animals. In the
same period wild animals have only
killed 64.2S4 persons. On an average in
India 10000 people perish yearly by
snakes and wild animals. The number
of deaths in recent years has shown
q marked increase. In 1875 the number
was 21,266, in 1896 1t had risen to "a
835. Bengal is the most dangerous
province to live In, for the Bengalese
snakes are responsible for half the
deaths from snake bite. The loss Of
cattle has also been very great. Since
1875 about 100000 animals have been
destroyed. Wild animals are RESPONSE
BILE for nine-tenths of the cattle killed.
In 1896, for instance. 7.143 animals died
from snake bite. but 1897 were killed
b. wild beasts.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

has but one answer to make. It is that
this is free country and any one has
the right to employ as he pleases, with
out dictation; II the laborer does not
like it he also is free to go somewhere
else. But this answer, be 1t ever SO
plausibly stated, does not and cannot
suffice in all cases. When corpora
ton employing men in such numbers
that they form a community of them
selves misuses those men and refuses
their appeals for arbitration, the affair
ceases to be private matter.
1t is the false notion that large cor
porations may regard their affairs as
wholly private, no matter how large
community, how big an element in the
body polite is made to suffer, that lies
behind such actions as those Of the
operators at Virden. Every large en-
ployer has particular duties to the pub
lie; so has every large organization OF
labor. The fact that state boards OF
arbitration are in existence Is recog-
milton of this condition. 1t is time
that the fact be impressed upon people
who, like the Virden operators, refuse
to recognize the public character OF
their connection with labor. To ad-
NIT that labor sometimes makes extor-
tionate demands in no way relieves the
employers of their obligation to the
public. The public itself will lend It's
influence to oppose extortion on either
side.
II the result of Gov Tanners unique
way of dealing with a strike situation
shall be that the duties owed to the
public by the managers of large indus
trial operations shall be more clearly
ascertained, and enforced, he will have
helped to win battle far greater than
the one he set out to win. And the
fact that the specific point he tried to
make cannot be made under existing
laws, will not materially detract from
the weight of his achievement. Wheth-
er his radical and unique action will
have such result the future must de-
termine.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25
TEN GOOD REASONS.

A few years after the British govern
ment had purchased and operated the
telegraph system in that country, the
earl of Montrose sent to the house Of
lords report, from which the follow
ing is a brief extract:
l. 1t is the governments business 20
transmit intelligence; and that BUSH
ness includes the use of the telegraph
and all other appropriate means of
transmission.
2. II rates remained the same, an in
crease OF profit instead of loss was TO
be expected by reason of the economies
that would result from a united tele-
graph in combination with the postal
service. The people could keep the
rates up and realize large profit, or
put rates down, thereby increasing the
usefulness of the telegraph and taking
their profit in the form Of more and
better service for the same money.
They did the latter and, as a matter
Of fact, they have saved at the low
est estimate s150,000,O00 in twenty-five
years. The telegraphing they have
done would have cost them at least
$50, 000.vO0 more than it has cost, in
GLIDING expenses of operation, extern
sions. repairs, interest on the capital.
water purchase and all.
8. 1t stands to reason that servant
appointed and paid by himself, and
whose avowed interest and effort are
to line his own pocket with the ut
most possible "giltiness" consistent
with his personal safety, will not con-
duct your telegraph or any other bust
ness of yours as we'll as you can do It
yourself or have it done by your own
agent. AS matter of fact, the public
telegraph service turned out to be vast
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1898-11-25

OF these items, of course, coal, salt,
minerals and manufacturing products
cannot be credited to the farmers.
Taking the six items Of agricultural
productions, and the years output
amounts to $157 ,253,320. To these
items, however, must be added garden,
orchard, vineyard and other unenume-
rated products, which Mr.. Bonebrake
thinks make up half the living of The
farmer and his family" Say we put
the value Of these items at SIC, 0O0, 900,
which is very liberal. That gives us
a total Of $167 1920 as the aggregate
or gross value of what was produced
in one year by 16G,UvO farmers, an
average Of s. oO7.55. This is the aver
age value Of the whole crop, including
everything produced on the farm.
NOW, what would We fair average
daily income for an average farmer
that he might keep up the farm, repair
and purchase tools, implements and
machinery, pay hired help, taxes. and
other usual and necessary demands,
besides maintaining his family of say
five persons? Would SIS day be un-
reasonable? You say no. Then we put
1t at rnat. Omitting Sundays we have
S13 days in the year. whic... at IS a
day, amounts to $1,565. or $557.45 more
than he gets according to Mr.. Bone
brakes showing.
Instead Of IS day, the actual return
shows only 1921 day. And this is
the wonderful prosperity of Kansas
farmers that is going into history.