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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
EXECUTORS NOTICE.

Notice OF me AppOintmem Of Executors Of he
Estate Of Ptebe II. Tracy Deceased.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That the
subscribers have been duly appointed Exc
cutors to the estate of Phebe II. Tracy late of
DEBORAH Township, in the County of Winnie
sheik, State of Iowa, deceased, testate, and
have taken upon themselves that trust as the
law directs. All persons having demands up
on the estate ofthe said deceased are required
to exhibit the same; and persons indebted to
the said estate are called upon to make pay
ment To EMILENE BLoDGETT
ADELAIDE TRACY.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, February. Goth, 1885,
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
DEBORAH PUBLIC SCHOOL
Report of Treasurer, Estimates for
Next Years Schools and
Notice of Election.

TO The President and Directors ofhe Indepea-
dent School District Of DecoToh IO,cd.
present herewith statement of account of
the different funds showing receipts and dis
bursements for one year, from February %,
1897 to February 10, 1898, as ii appears from
the Tressurer's books as follows, to-wit
Teachers Fund.
TO balance Feb. D. 1897 ....... .........S2ll 237
TO amount received from 60. Treas
To amount nep IN "a received rom Co. Treas. " 40
-, urer, apportiop 2ent..:" " lSS
To balance recei we'd from L. A. Parks
Tullor.................. loS w
slO36i O5
Or.
Bp paid warrants as per
order of Board.....~.. S9l7S 70
Balance in treasury. 1885 30
Contingent Fund,
To balance Feb. %, 1897. 1898 20
To amount received from Co Treas
urer in taxes ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 4240 ~
To rebate on boiler pit...................... 90
s5Os2 OF
By paid warrants as per
order of boa ............ S3Sl4 81
Balance in treasury 100 Us
School House Fund.
To amount received of Co. Treas
urer
To %
S2222 81
BY overdnft Feb y, 1897 s 20 IS
By paid warrants as per
order of board.......... 2202 81
-S2222 81
hereby certify that the above statement is
correct. O. c. JOHNSON,
Treas. Ind. School Dist. of DEBORAH, Ia.
Decorah Iowa. Feb. 10, 1885,
Estimates for Ensuing School Year.
For the necessary expenses of maintaining
the school for the ensuing year, the Board OF
Directors of the Independent School District
of DEBORAH, Winneshiek County, Iowa. esti-
mate for the
Teachers Fund ,....,........ 5000 90
Contingent Fund. 90
School House Fund ............ 5000. 90
Dated February "A, 1898.
T.. w. ID. HOLWAY,
JUL j. HoPPERsTADT, President.
Secretary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
A Car Load.

J. j. Marsh has just received car
load of the celebrated Deere goods, such
as Sulky Flows, Disk, Lever Harrows,
Planters and corn plows.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09

Joe Barns, II years old, became en-
ragged at Miss Hartford, domestic, at
Oelwein, last week Monday and
threw chisel at her. The keen edge
of the chisel cut an artery near her
right shoulder and nearly resulted
fatally.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
Notice Of Election.

Notice is hereby given that an election of
the qualified voters of the Independent School
District of DEBORAH, in the county of Winnie
sheik and State of Iowa, will be held N the
City Hall building, in DEBORAH on the second
Monday i'm March 1898, when the polls will re-
main open from one O'Clock p. IN. to six
one director for term of three years and a
treasurer for a term of two years, and for the
transaction of such other business as may
legally come before such electors.
Dated February "a, 1898.
jul. j. HOPPERSTAD,
Secy. Ind Dist. DEBORAH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
IN SOCIAL CIRCLES.
Announcements and Reports of Enter
tanments, Social Gatherings, Etc
of the Current Week.

Misses Edna Holway and Grace
Aiken received lady friends at the
home of the latter Saturday.
~
Mesdames Lockard and Holconb
entertained friends at the NJ. l.. par
sonage last Wednesday afternoon and
evening.
~
The Ladies' Aid Society will meet at
Mrs. Brickner's, West DEBORAH, this
Wednesday, afternoon. Tea from to
7<5clock. All are invited.
M
A good sized audience filled the seats
of the Grand Friday night to witness
Tim Murphy in "Old Innocence"
The play was comical one through
out and was well liked by those pres
ent, with the exception of possible
shortening of the performance in order
to catch the train.
~
"That Grip as given at Steyer's
opera house by Olga Lorraine and her
company Saturday afternoon and even
ing and Monday evening, was heartily
enjoyed by the good sized audiences
present. The performances were above
the average and the troop is composed
of some good actors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09

A vein of coal, seven feet thick, has
been found while drilling well, ten
miles south of Usage 1t is 200 feet be-
low the surface of the earth. Another
well near it is impregnated with oil so
that it is unfit for use. A shaft for
mining purposes will be put down to
investigate the find.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
The Local Markets.
Following are the DEBORAH markets
at the time of going to press:
Ladies,

the latest novelties i'm fashionable foot
wear is to be found in our spring stock.
We have the best filling, most stylish
and serviceable shoe for woman's wear
in the city. JOHN G.. HEXOM. 3-3
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
Klondike via c. M. & St. P. Ry.

Rates,frOm DEBORAH to North Pacific
Coast and intermediate points are now
First-class $2S.SS and Second-class
$24.SS. 5. V. POTTER, Agt. 3-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
For Sale.

-Four show cases and number OF
counters cheap. ID. +. Reed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09

Twelve coach loads of school chill
dren from Usage and Charles City went
to Des Moines Friday to attend meet
ing of the legislature.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-03-09
MARRIED.

PAULSON- THOMPSON-At DEBORAH, Ia,
March 3rd, 1898. Mr.. Sven Paulson. of
Springfield, Iowa to Miss Anna Thompson,
of Glenwood, Iowa, X. +. Gibson, j. p. offic-
iating. No l60
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12

gain, my doctor became uneasy. He I'D
something for which can never thank him
enough.
"He brought ne box Of DR.. Wii1iams'
Pink Pills for Pale People and told me
they would DO me more good than any
thing ne knew Of. He had used them with
great success in case similar to mine.
The case in question was that o. L.
Phillips, Of Petersvills.
ain all took nine boxes Of the pills.
need not 60 over my gradual recovery in
detail, but you must imagine my Joy and
relief when, after two months OF helpless
ness, felt life and strength return day by
day TO my dead limbs When had taken
the ninth box was completely cured.
~ an, hale and hearty to-day, with no
traces Of my awful experience, and give
all the credit to DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. They probably saved me
from the grave"
Mr.. Simpson, to give more strength to
his story, made affidavit 20 its truth before
Abner Norman, Notary Public at Rugby.
The power Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People in the vast number Of dis
eases due to impure or poisoned blood or
to arrangements Of the nervous system, has
been demonstrated in thousands of in
stances as remarkable as the one related
above. No one who is suffering can right
fully neglect this way to restore health.
Druggists everywhere sell DR.. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12
FROM ALASKA TO THE MINT.
How KIondike Gold Finds Its WAY
Into United States Treasury.

From the Boston Evening Transcript.
Ever so much has been written about
the gold that comes from the Klondike,
but nobody seems to have thought of
inquirng as to what becomes of it af-
ter it has left the placer mines and the
Yukon region. OF course the miners
bring it into the United States by
steamer, done up in canvas bags and
all sorts of other packages. And the
bulk of it thus fetched to Seattle,
which is a convenient port. In Seat
tie there Is no trouble in converting the
raw material into the ordinary curren-
cy of the realm. The merchants ac-
cept it, by weight, as readily as any
other form of money, and the banks
are always ready customers for gold.
Most of the miners laden with the
yellow wealth, take it directly TO the
Seattle banks and deposit it, just as if
il We're dollars. They receive credit
for ii in the same way; but ordinarily
the banks act simply as agents for the
sale of the gold to the government
Uncle Sam, you see, adVertises to buy
all gold that is offered, with no limit on
the quantity. His purchasing office
nearest to Seattle, is at Helena, Mont,
So the banks, which eventually get all
the gold accepted by the merchants,
forward the stuff to the assay Office at
Helena and there it is received and
paid for. The payment is made i'm
mediately on its receipt by Treasury
checks.
If, then, you are a miner just re-
turned from the Klondike with a bag
of gold, you may convert it into every
day money at very short notice The
treasury check returned to you through
the bank is for only 9S per cent. of the
estimated value OF the dust and mug
gets. That you get without any delay
at all, beyond the time required for eX-
pressing the stuff to Helena and for the
return of the check by mail. The bal
ance due to you comes as soon as your
gold has been subjected to the neces-
sary assay. You have a right, under
the law, to receive gold coin for your
check, il you choose to ask for il. If
you make no such demand the treas
ury will give you paper money; but the
check is really payable in gold if you
want it. The idea back of this is that
any man has a right to offer raw gold
TO the United States government and
to receive gold coin in return.
This legal obligation is fulfilled at
| considerable cost by the government
Every gold coin contains its full face
value in that metal plus a percentage
of copper added To harden it. The
miuting Of it costs something, and for
this nothing is charged. In other
words, Uncle Sam gives a mauufac-
tured article OF money in return for
raw material. Furthermore, il must
| be considered that gold pieces suffer
| appreciable loss by abrasion while in
| circulation. Even gold coins in bags at
the treasury lose something Of their
value by being jostled about. This is
dead loss to the government, which
| protects itself only by fixing a limit
Of tolerance" as IL Is called. When
more than n certain fraction OF a. gold
piece has been lost by abrasion, it is ac-
cepted-only by weight t
1t is a rather interesting fact that a
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12

good deal of gold from Australia is now
coming into this country by way of
san Francisco. 1t goes directly to the
mint in that city, and is there convert
ed into coin. But Whatsoever the source
of the raw gold, the treatment it re-
ceives on reaching the mint or assay
office is the same. Each lot of Klon-
alike dust, with its sprinkling of tiny
nuggets, is nut into a closed vessel
called a crucible. The crucible is placed
IN a furnace, and when the metal is
mlted it is poured into a mould, which
forms it into a brick called bar"
While in the crucible the molten yellow
stuff is stirred constantly and thor
oughly, so that all the materials it con-
tains may he distributed equally
through the bar. For, of course, the
raw gold is apt to be combined with
more or less of silver, copper, and
even lead
The bar, when cool, is sent to the
weighing room, where the assayer
chips from It very small scrap, and
this scrap is put through an elaborate
process, for the purpose of determin-
ing exactly how much gold it contains.
Eventually it is reduced to bit of alb
solutely pure gold, and the weight of
this bit gives to the assayer his data
for reckoning the exact value of the
bar. On this reckoning the payment
check is made out. The gold brick,
being now the property of Ucule Sam,
is subjected to a chemical treatment
by which the silver and other impuri-
ties are separated from it and the yell
low metal is obtained in a perfectly
pure state In this state 1t looks more
like red gravel than anything else, and
nobody would think of stopping by the
wayside to pick up a handful of such
stuff
The "red gravel" is pressed by hy-
draulic power into big cakes, resem-
bling angel-food cakes in shape, but
much bigger. These cakes are worth
about $4,000 apiece. Next the material
of which the cakes are made is melted
again in crucibles, with the addition of
10 per cent of copper, and the stuff is
cast in bars for coming. Each bar is
sliced by a machine into several strips,
which are put under a powerful roller
and squeezed to just the required
thickness for the coins. Then the
strips are passed beneath a punch,
which cuts out of them the blanks for
the gold pieces that are to be. Various
mechanical processes requiring no de-
tailed description here, are gone
through incidentally, but at length the
coin blanks are put one by one in a
stamping machine, which gives to them
the beautiful designs that make the
gold pieces of the United States cur
rent at face value all over the world.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12

here's another: The Eastern Argus and
Borough of Hackney Times, Borough
of Bethlem Green Times and Borough
of Shoreditch Times; and this one,
pretty nice selection for a great city:
The Country Gentleman. Sporting Ga
zette, Agricultural Journal and the
Man About Town" You can take
your choice when you get that paper
But London isn't the only place
where the papers have portmanteau
titles; in the provinces, too, they have
them, though perhaps not so complete
as in the city. Here is a country
papers name: The Altringham Divis-
ion Advertiser and Bowden, Lynn, Sale
and Cheadle Gazette. And here's an
other Of equal volume: The Rossen-
dale Division Gazette, with which is
incorporated the Bacup and Rossen-
dale News and Washington Gazette. 1t
will be noticed that a very large pro-
portion of the papers are named Ca
zette." 1t must be that the same lack
of any sense of humor that allows the
English to give such long names to
their papers forbids them to choose ap-
propriate names. Almost every paper
in England seems to bear one of these
names: Times, news, AuVef-
tiser" Gazette" or Echo" OF course,
there are others; but they are few and
far between. At Kidderminster, to be
sure, there is a Shuttle, which is ap-
propriate because Kidderminster is a
great spinning place, and at Ross the
paper has to be called the Man of Ross,
but almost everywhere there is dull
level of dismal names that is most dis
heartening to an American.
Here are two more to wind up with;
one is Scotch. the other Welsh. The
Scotch is this: The Banffshire Jour
nal, Aberdeenshire Mail, Moray, Nairn
and Inverness Review and Northern
Farmer, and this is the production of
Taffys imagination: The humble OBJ
server and News Record of the Cover
Peninsula.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12
SOME BRITISH NEWSPAPERS.
Strange Titles inflicted Upon Certain
Publications in England.

London Letter in the Sun.
A rule that applies principally to
newspapers in England is to the effect
that the less important the paper the
longer its name. Unless one has looked
over the lists of British papers he may
not believe this, but 1t is true, as the
following names will show. In London
these titles are borne and possibly en-
joyed: The Hornsey and Finsbury
Park Journal and North Islington
Standard and the Northwestern Dis
trict Advertiser and Camden and Kent
ish Town, Hampstead Highgate, Hal
loway and st. Pancras Gazette, which
latter, as its name indicates, is Con-
servative In its politics. It's all right
to be Conservative II you're built that
way; but think of asking your local
newsman for that paper. especially the
day after election, when you're in a
hurry for news. But perhaps you don't
buy this paper for the news. Now,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12

This is plain, straightforward account
Of farmer who worked too hard, who
became helpless through stroke Of pa
ralysis, but who had the good fortune to
be attended by an honest doctor, who cured
him by prescribing DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People.
The farmer is William Simpson. His
farm is near Rugby, Ind. Like thousands
Of other intelligent, Woodworking men Of
his vocation ne owns valuable property
and is considered by his neighbors we'll
to-do man.
Like thousands OF others he worked
through fair weather and foul to provide
comfortably for his household.
Like thousands Of others, on arriving at
the age when the strain Of toll should
slacken up and rest begin, the grim enemy
paralysis, clutched him.
His cure was so unexpected, so rapid and
complete, that it is a neishborhood wonder.
"Whi1e gathering heavy fall harvest"
ne says, u worked early and late. My
hired help left me and finished the fall
work alone. bot the end Of the harvest
found me exhausted.
About the first Of December had
stroke Of paralysis. We called in the doctor.
He said overwork had caused my trouble.
My left leg was dead and helpless; my
right leg was fast falling into the same con-
dition.
"After treating me week without any
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12
TUNNELS

In and about the region of Asheville
we find the grade is about ~ feet to
the mile for a run of twelve miles. Nine
large tunnels are whirled through by
the various trains, and the longest of
these tunnels, 1900 feet, was cut and
constructed at the tremendous cost of
one million dollars One-third of this
tunnel was pierced through solid rock
and the rest was arched with solid
brick, the whole affair being certainly
a triumph OF modern railroad egineer-
ing. This tunnel is known as the
Swannanoa, and has become historic in
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12

the records of railroad construction.
The line here twists and turns like
long snake; at one point seventeen
portions of the track may be seen at
once. while there is a grand curve
which is known as the "Beall Horse
shoe"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-03-12
Helped by an
Honest Doctor.

Determined 10 restore heaAh TO a man stricken
00M PARALYSIS, the physician prescribed tie remedy
that has Pro0ed most pOaoeyjM IN such cases and
Effected a complete cnre Il sea,niyg and ksSon
for hard a0orkeyS.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08

A leading trade journal has this to say
with regard to the textile manufacturing
situation: I'm New England the situation
continues to receive the careful attention
of mill owners, and the prediction seems
justified that at no distant day there will
be an alliance of New England capital
with the South's capital and natural ad-
vantages for the production of all grades
of textile goods, which will bring to the
South the position in this industry which
she should occupy by reason of her labor,
climate, legislation and location as regards
the supply of raw material"
The South would welcome any influx of
New England or other Northern capital
which might come to her for investment
The field is open, and the oppor-
tunities are good. The textile mills
now in operation in the South
have demonstrated that they can
manufacture their wares at profit while
the mills of New England making similar
goods find it necessary to reduce wages
and cut off time. And this fact is no better
known to the people of the South than
to those of New England. 1t is conceded
by the latter that the South has a virtual
monopoly in The production of the coarser
qualities of cotton cloths. Judging from
the quotation at the head of this article.
however, it appears that the New Eng
landers are becoming pretty well salts
fed that the time is not far distant when
the South win no longer be content with
making only coarse cloths. She is at
present making inquiries as to why she
cannot make the finer goods, and Is ind
ing the facts to be favorable to her
About the only reason why the South is
not now making the finer goods is that she
has not the mills. These, however, Will
come later. 1t may be that they will come
through ''an alliance of New England cap
ital with Southern capital and resources -
but they will come at all events. The
South is accommodating money of her
own for investment, and is investing it
with good judgment. The greater number
of Southern enterprises are the outcome of
the enterprise and investment of her own
people Much Northern money has come
into the South, of course, but the bulk of
improvements and enterprises have been
paid for with Southern money. While.
therefore, the South would gladly welcome
the capital of New England in the develop-
ment of her manufacturing possibilities
she is not dependent upon outside aid.
She has riches to offer, but she is not beg
ging people to take them.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-08
DancerOus journalism.

The yellow kid journals of New York
are potent agency in forcing the coun-
try toward war with Spain. Their sensa-
tional dispatches. published under highly
sensational headlines cause an intense
feeling of unrest in this country and Eu-
rope. Spain accepts them as Indicating
in this country sentiment for war. and
she urges forward her preparations 10
meet that condition of affairs. In this
country, SPANS war preparations are re-
gerded as indicating troublous times ahead
and the administration and Congress, I'M
der the pressure of the prevailing feef-
ing of excitement and unrest are forced
in the direction of war.
The feeling in respect TO the yellow kid
journals and their fake war stories is pref
ty well illustrated by an article which
appeared in Sundays Philadelphia Times.
The article was as follows:
THE boss yellow kid journals got aw-
fully mixed yesterday, and they are now
reforming the very commendable work of
each proving the other a liar.
THE New York Journal of yesterday
has full page heading illustrated by two
steamships and immense job type running
clear across the paper as follows: "Spai,
borrows millions to buy ships to fight
while we quietly sit by awaiting develop
ments.'
THE New York World of yesterday has
big job type display on the first page, not
quite so elaborate as its fellow yellow kid,
the Journal the most conspicuous head
line of which is as follows: Spain has
not bought new warships because she has
no money
The one significant feature of this con-
fiict between the yellow kids is that ono
has really told the truth"
Having made directly contrary state
ments concerning the matter in question:
one of them made a correct guess, but
as they generally deny their statements
the following day. very little reliance Is
to be placed upon their guesses.
1t would be ever so much better for
both the United States and Spain If the
newspapers could maintain the attitude
recommended by ex-senator Edmunds.
Late one night last week the World sent
Mr.. Edmunds a dispatch, asking for an
expression of opinion on the duty of the
hour" If it should be proven that the
Maine was destroyed by Spanish treach-
cry. Mr.. Edmunds answered.:
" The duty of the hour is dignity, self
possession, patience. We are brave enough
and strong enough to wait We ought
not to consider in advance of the naval
report the existence of such a horrible
possibility as you refer to-"
1t is said that Mr.. Edmunds answer,
! not being in the line of the Worlds policy,
was not printed in that paper. 1t was
given publicity through another channel.
1t is regrettable that there is such jour-
nalism as that under consideration, be-
cause its possibilities for harm as so great.