davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05
In SOCIAL CIRCLES.
Announcements and Reports of Enter
tainments, Social Gatherings, Etc
of the Current Week.

tainments, Social Gatherings, Etc
of the Current Week.
A club dance at Steyer's Wednesday
night was much enjoyed by large
number of our young people.
~
Miss Stiles held her dancing school
New Years afternoon, and good
many enjoyed the occasion.
Nv
Joseph Haines, d. ID. G.. M, of
Waukon, installed the officers of Win
nesheik Lodge No. SIS, /. o. o. F., last
evening.
Nv
Y The annual installation of officers of
Col. Hughes Post, No. 16S, and the
Woman's Relief Corps occurs at the
Post Rooms Friday evening.
~
The Woman's Relief Corps served a
New Years dinner to the G. A. r. and
SAbf ", with their families, in the
post rooms Saturday afternoon.
A large number of lady friends were
entertained by Miss Cora Bates last
week Tuesday afternoon, and party
of ladies and gentlemen in the evening.
~
large party of young people were
ertained by Miss Edna Holway on
thursday evening, in honor of Mr.. Ray
Palmeter, of Clear Lake. Marsh's or
chestra furnished music for the oc-
casion.
M
The immensely popular new play OF
Lincoln Carter's 1.-THE Heart of Chica'
go' will be given at the Grand Jan
18th. They carry more scenery than
any one night show on the road, and
the troupe is greeted everywhere by
crowded houses.
~
The comedy aside Tracked" played
before crowded house at the Crane
Saturday evening. The play was mo-
up to the average of those we are ac
customed to see in DEBORAH, but still
was enjoyed. The comedians were thu
ply redeeming feature.
~
The Colville concert at the Congre
gational church last Wednesday even
ing was one of especial merit
Besides the well rendered numbers 10y
Mr.. and Mrs. Colville, the audience
was delighted with an organ solo by
Mrs. f. j.. Weiser and two beautiful
selections by "Luren."
~
The friends and parishioners of Rev
and Mrs. l.. L. Lockard gave them
pleasant surprise on Friday evening, a
the M. E. church. Mr.. Lockard wa
presented with beautiful chair, ant
Mrs. Lockard with set of table linen
as a token of the esteem in which the.
are held by their friends. The occasion
was one long to be remembered by tn
participants.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

Dubuque, Iowa, Dec. 30.-The Dubu-
que Travelling Mems association held
its fifteenth annual meeting today.
The secretary's report shows the asscia-
ton to be in prosperous condition,
with a membership of 1858. The Off
GERS elected were: Joseph F. McFad-
den, president; H. B. Sheppard, vice.
president; J. H. Whatmore, secretary,
and George w. Myers, treasurer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05
If You Want

The BEST COFFEE that grows on
this earth, you'll find it in this
grocery. lie is Santovar coffee, and
our price is 80 cents pound. If
there was better grade to be had,
we would get it, but there can't be
nothing better for the money.
This is a strong statement, but the
coffee is here to back it up.
Pennington & Vance.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

The annual installation of officers of
Col. Hughes Post, No. 16S, and the
Woman's Relief Corps occurs at the
Post Rooms Friday evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

Oelwein, Ia, Dec. 31.-Additional in
terest has been aroused in the Citizens
bank failure, which was reported
several days ago. One of the losing de-
positors swOre out warrant today for
the arrest of H. c. Sturgis, cashier, who
shot himself, on the charge of en-
bezzlement. When the officer went to
the house to serve papers he found the
man had left for parts unknown. His
wife claims he went away yesterday.
1t is evident the wound was not as bad
as reported.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

Joseph Haines, d. ID. g. NJ, of
Waukon, installed the officers of Win
nesheik Lodge No. 5s, /. o. o. F., last
evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

The immensely popular new play of
Lincoln Carter's 1.-THE Heart of Chica-
go" will be given at the Grand Jan.
18th. They carry more scenery than
any one night show on the road, and
the troupe is greeted everywhere by
crowded houses.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

The Woman's Relief Corps served a
New Years dinner to the G. A. r. and
SAspf ", with their families, in the
post rooms Saturday afternoon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

st. Ansgar, Dec. 30.-Special: A
frightful accident, by which human
life was lost, occurred yesterday morn
ing on the West farm, ten miles north
west from St Ansgar. While operat-
ing corn shedder r. r. Richards,
manager of the farm, got his hand
caught in the machine, and before it
could be stopped his hand and arm
were frightfully mangled. Medical
assistance was summoned at once, but
by the time the doctors arrived Mr.
Richards was rapidly failing from loss
of blood, and no effort was made to
amputate the fractured member He
died early in the evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

Cedar Falls, Ia, Dec. 3l.-Harry
Saul, the 20-year-old son of Elwood
Saul, was fatally stabbed in the breast
and head last night during dance at
the home of f. J. COPYRIGHT, by a
neighbor named Corwin, young man
with whom young Saul had quarreled
some days previous. They had a
quarrel over young woman and Cor.
win was knocked down and roughly
handled by Saul. Corwin left vowing
vengeance, and last night at the dance
as Saul was conducting his partner &c
her seat, Corwin approached him and
plunged large knife in his breast
afterwards struck him with the knife
i'm the head several times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

The Colville concert at the Congre-
gational church last Wednesday even
ing was one of especial merit.
Besides the well rendered numbers by
Mr. and Mrs. Colville, the audience
was delighted with an organ solo by
Mrs. f. j.. Weiser and two beautiful
selections by "Luren."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

A large number of lady friends were
entertained by Miss Cora Bates last
week Tuesday afternoon, and a party
of ladies and gentlemen in the evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

large party of young people were
ertained by Miss Edna Holway on
thursday evening, in honor of Mr.. Ray
Palmeter, of Clear Lake. Marsh's or
chestra furnished music for the oc-
casion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-01-05

The comedy aside Tracked" played
before a crowded house at the Grand
Saturday evening. The play was not
up to the average of those we are ac-
customed to see in DEBORAH, but still
was enjoyed. The comedians were the
ely redeeming feature.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
A NOlscless City.

No other city is as quiet as Berlin
Railway engines are not allowed to
blow their whistles within the city linn
its. There is 70 loud bawling by
hucksters, and man whose wagon
gearing is loose and rafting is subject
TO fine. The courts have large dis
cretion as to fines for noise-making.
Strangest of all, piano-playing is regu-
lated in Berlin. Before certain houI
in the day and after certain hour in
the night the piano must be silent in
that musical city. Even during playing
hours fine is imposed for mere bang.
ing on the piano. In Paris it is only
during the carnival and on fete days
that the sound of the French horn IL
tolerated. At other seasons it is rigor
ously prohibited by the police. German
intolerance of noise is not a recenl
thing. Wallenstein, who demanded alb.
solute quiet, had $50 houses torn down
in Prague and sentries posted all
around in the distance to secure silence,
There is tradition that still further
back in time Bohemian shepherd. see.
ing the monk Adelbert asleep, blew or
his pipe in mischief. The monk called
down the curse of deafness on him.
Syracuse Herald.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
HEROIC LIFE-SAvERS.
Exception, Was Lost I'm an At
tempted Rescue.

District Superintendent Jerome G
Kiah, with headquarters at Sand Beach,
Michigan, is one of the heroes of the
life-saying service. He holds the gold
medal, the highest award the United
States government can bestow for hero
ism in saving life. His name is associ-
ated with what was both one of the
most daring attempts at rescue and one
of the greatest tragedies of the service
"a tragedy which wiped out an entire
crew with the exception of this sole sur
vivor.
Mr.. Kiah was at the time keeper OF
the Point aux Barques life-saving sta
ton on Lake Huron. A vessel struck
too far out to be reached with the shot
and line. The peril of attempting q
rescue with surf boat was only too ap-
parent; but Keeper Kiah mustered his
men and made the launch. For awhile
their strength and skill enabled them
to surmount or push through the tu-
multuous seas; but once in the open
lake beyond the shoals, where the
storm was free to riot at will, the real
danger began. 1t was test beyond
human powers. The keeper remembers
that twice the boat was capsized and
was righted. After that he had a vague
recollection of the boat capsizing and
righting herself several times, and of
the crew clinging to it until, one by one,
the surfmen, perishing of cold, let go
their hold, and vanished beneath the
waves. He has dim remembrance of
the boat, with himself clinging to it,
grating over the shoal, and then being,
flung up on shore.
He was found by two men standing
with one hand on the root Of fallen
tree, steadying himself with lath in
the other, and swaying as if walking,
but not stirring his feet-a dazed, tot
tering wreck of his former self, mur-
muring in an incoherent way:
"Poor boys! Poor boys! They are
all gone-all gone!" Temporarily
shattered in mind and body, he was
obliged to resign from the service. He
was long in recovering, but finally il
was possible practically to reward his
bravery with the appointment to his
present position.-Gustav Kobbe, in
Century.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
seven wonder. Of the world.

We have no indication of the exist
ence of cycle of seven wonders until
about the end of the second century b.
c. Then appears, in an epigram of
Antipater of Sidon, an enumeration of
seven great works, which prove to be
the very ones later appearing as the
seven wonders. They are: a. the
Walls of Babylon; (2) the Statue of
Zeus at Olympia; (3) the Hanging Gar
dens of Semiramis at Babylon; (4) the
Colossus of Rhodes; (5) the Pyramids
of Memphis; (6) the Mausoleum of
Halicarnassus; (7) the Temple of Diana
(Artemis) at Ephesus. Within the next
century, Yarro, by his leisurely allusion
to the septem opera, betrays that the
saying had already assumed current
proverbial form. Diodorus, in the Sec
ond half of the same century (first B.
c., speaks, too, of ''the so-called seven
works." and Strabo, little later, uses
the very phrase, ''the seven wonders" !"
From this time on, at least, the septem
miracula have an assured place in all
the common lore of Rome. The little
Greek treatise, ION the Seven Won
ders," which has come down to us in
incomplete form, and under the name
of Philo of Byzantium, an engineer of
the second century b. c., is really, as its
style and artificial purisms amply
show, the work of some rhetorician of
the fifth or sixth century after Christ,
and in no wise chargeable against the
otherwise blameless record of the ex-
cellent man of facts and machines. The
list it gives is the same as that found
in Antipater's epigram.-Prof. Benje'
piR Ids Wheeler, IN Century,
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
EAGLE COATED WITH ICE.
Maine Weather Too Much for the
King of Birds-Easily Captured
In Icy Fetters.

A large bald eagle was captured
at Rockford, Me-, few days ago
by party of men out sealing
on the ice-pack in the bay. One
of them deserted black something
standing upon small hummock. At
first it was supposed to be bit Of
wreckage, but when the boats got near
er it was seen to be an eagle.
One of the party started out to stalk
it, and the others laid by to watch.
Presently they saw the hunter lift his
gun and take aim. A moment later he
took it down and, arising, walked up
to the eagle, which did not move.
On joining the first man the hunters
found that the eagle was covered with
ice, and that its wings were securely
|frozen to its sides. The bird was un-
able to move, and after being bound
with rope was put into the cabin of one
of the fishing boats.
A few minutes later there was tre-
mepdous ado aboard the boat. The
warm air in the cabin had released the
birds icy bands and it was Tapping
about the cabin, overturning crockery
and smashing the glass in the skylight.
One of the men jumped into the cabin
and tried to grab the bird. He was
knocked over, severely clawed and,
thoroughly dazed, was dragged out by
his companions.
When the bird had tired wreclxing
| things in the cabin some one suggested
| that it be smoked into stupefaction. So
piece of tarpaulin was set on fire and
hurled down upon the cabin stove. In
its fright this was knocked of the
stove by the bird, and the boat was in
fair way of being burned up when
| one of the men ended the excitement
by firing two charges of buckshot into
| the birds head.--N. Y. World.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04

David Kelly of Surry has hada queer
experience, and in consequence believes
that a smelt will never die SO long as
it is kept frozen stiff. Some time age
he was fishing on Morgan's bay, where
he captured dozen or more smelts.
which he left in pail in his little
shanty, expecting to return soon and
resume work. Being called to Boston
to attend the funeral of relative, he
did not return for several days. Then
he took the pail filled with snow and
ice, in which were the smelts, and
placed it in tub, pouring over 1t few
gallons of warm water in order to get
the fish out whole. He then went to the
village, where he stayed three hours.
When he returned every smelt was
alive and swimming around In the tub
Lewiston Journal.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Astronomers say that one million
shooting stars fall into the sun for
every one that comes into our atmos-
phere.
Fully nine-tenths of the stars lie in
a belt of the heavens about 60 degrees
wide, through the center of which runs
the Milky Way.
In some parts of the Milky Way
the telescope stars are SO numerous
that as many as 1000 may lie within the
limits of space which might be covered
by the moon.
According TO the computations of
Prof. Hamy, the black race embraces
about one-tenth of the living members
of the human species, or 50,000,O 900 in
dividuals.
parent wings, and these are thought by
Haase to be even more effectual for
protection than conspicuous warning
stripes or other markings.
Prof. C. Lloyd Morgan has, in his new
book on ''Habit and Instinct" advanced
the theory tnat, While the Calls anu
alarm notes issued by birds are prob
ably due to simple instinct, their songs
may be TRADITIONAL; that is, handed
down from generation to generation,
and perpetuated through the faculty OF
imitation.
Birds have an extremely rapid blood
circulation, their average temperature
being from 1O3 to 110; they all have
wings or something that represents
wings, though they do not all use them
for flying. and they are universally pro-
vided with clothing which has been
| declared to be one of the most decora'
tive things in nature unless flowers may
be excepted.
The depth to which the suns rays
penetrate water has been recently de.
termined by the aid of photography. II
has been found that at depth of 50;
| feet the darkness was to all intents and
purposes the same as that on clear
but moonless night. Sensitive plate
exposed at this depth for considerable
length of time gave no evidence of light
| action,
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
STRANDED.
LOUISIANA

Let me live little longer.
Maybe the tide will turn:
Tomorrow, a little stronger,
/ may fight. endure and earn.
Precious the load carry,
Sweet the bitter demand
OF the voices that stab and harry
MY heart for the work Of my hand.
Yet, all day. the sun Is splendid;
who feeds its glorious fire?
Who leads, till night Is ended,
The stars that never tire?
Oh. life, life. life! In the weather
Trembles the Joy Of it,
When birds wing on together,
And the fields with bloom are lit.
But /, am sore and failing.
And the sources round me fail;
Ny heart, my heart is wailing.
Hearing my loved ones wall.
And lift this question to Heaven.
Reverent. despairfng. fain
To keep the faith: Why am driven
Sheer on the spikes Of pain?
Does 1t ease Thee. Lord, my aching?
Does II warm Thee, i am cold?
Do they comfort thee, the quaking.
Wan lambs within my fold?
Yet life little longer.
Maybe the tide will turn;
Tomorrow little stronger,
/ may fight, endure and earn.
Maurice Thompson. in N. Y. Independent
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04

where many of those gray-haired par
ents who had been left in the old
earthly homes had gone. He spoke for
an hour, and no one disturbed him, and
the cowboys leaned forward to catch
every word he uttered.
At the conclusion of his talk they
sang an old-fashioned hymn, and every
body was invited to come up and give
their hands if they desired to live better
lives.
Old Zeph Bowers was the first one to
come forward, and he was Immediately
followed by the rest of his crowd. They
were all in earnest, too. Whether any
of them ever became religious don't
know, but do know that for the time
being they were changed men. They
attended the camp meetings every
night, and they were as quiet and or.
derly as anybody in the audience.
That song, which reminded them OF
their old homes and brought back to
them the scenes of their childhood and
youth, quieted and quelled them be-
cause it touched the tenderest chord in
their hearts. 1t awoke in their natures
the one fond memory which no man
ever outgrows-home and its sacred
ties and associations.
One little girl, with that sweet OLD
song, had accomplished what all the
men in Dodge City could not have done.
She had tanned, as if by magic, that
crowd of lawless cowboys, and had
made lambs of them. But no one won.
dered at what she had done. Everyone
felt, after hearing her, that it could moi
have been otherwise.
No amount of preaching, no amour,
of pleading or reasoning, would ever
have brought those men to sense oi
their duty, but simple appeal to their
feelings had worked wonders. Others
had appealed to their minds-she had
appealed to their hearts.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
SILENT MONEY MAKERS.
Penny-in-thc-SlOt Machines That
Have Earned Fortunes for
Their Owners.

II observe" remarked a shrewd and
successful promoter of industrial en-
terprises, shat some one has invented
a penny-in-the-slotm machine for pump
ing the pneumatic tires of bicycles and
carriages. If all the good things said
about the device are true the inventor,
it is to be hoped, will profit handsomely
by his discovery.
Sew persons are aware of the money
making possibilities of slot machines.
They have been called the little, silent
workers. and they transact their busi-
ness so unobtrusively that capitalists
are inclined to smile at the mention of
their earning capacity.
''The man who promoted the weigh
ing machines worked with coin in the
slot made 100000. l don't know how
much the inventor made. Of the
slot machines the three most profitable
are those that tell your weight, sell you
chewing gum or show you pictures.
81 once Investigated the earning ca
pacity of slot machines for an inventor
and there was such Col. Sellers COM
plexion about the figures that / was
surprised. Slot machines are cheap to
make, for they are usually made from
east or stamped metal, and the first cost
is usually comparatively insignificant
They require very little care, and when
the pennies and nickels accumulate
rapidly the dollars take care of them.
selves.
It's the little things that pay best
after all. There is something pleasing
and at the same time amusing in con
templating a machine that sells air, OF
another that sells you Information
often unreliable-about your weight
My experience in business is that thu
best things to sell are those which car
profitably be disposed of at prices rang
ing from one cent to ."-N. Y. Her
/ add
The Colfax chronicle., 1898-06-04
eir efforts to break up the meet

their eHOrts 10 preah up 'ne n@@V
ing"
Il can only do my duty" the minis
ter replied. 81 will not forsake the
Gospel that may save my life"
The brother said no more, but sat
down resigned. He knew those cow
boys, and he pitied anyone who was
so reckless as to cross them. That
they would shoot the preacher he was
firmly convinced.
After awhile quiet was restored, and
again the minister attempted to speak,
but instantly the hubbub arose in all its
fury. The yells were louder and deep
er than before and pistols popped thick
leaving the tent in semi-darkness.
Others of the congregation stole away
and went home.
For a moment the minister stood in a
deeply thoughtful attitude, then he mo-
toned to his little daughter, who sat
| lust below him. She came upon the
stand and he whispered few words in
her ear. She nodded and smiled, then,
stretching forth her hand to command
attention, began to sing. The song she
sang was "Home, Sweet Home" At
first only those Immediately about her
| heard her voice, but by degrees the
| noise subsidized and her voice reached
| farther and farther out over the tent.
| Within two minutes deathlike still
ness reigned.
| The child's voice was soft and sweet,
| ard l doubt if any prima donna ever
| put more feeling into that dear old song
than she put into it that night. 1t was
a cry from the heart for the old home,
and not repetition of another's words.
1t was not song, but longing desire
"a piteous plea. 1t went to the heart
| of every person in that audience and
carried him back to other days. Even
the cowboys began to think over the
past and to recall their old homes in the
east. They remembered suddenly the
gray-haired mother who had believed
in Christianity and had found such COM
fort in it, and of the old father who had
lived such quiet, peaceful life, finding
his greatest pleasure in reading the
Bible.
There was no more yelling, no more
jeering, but in breathless silence those
rough cowboys listened to that old song.
1t had touched tender spot in their
hearts, and had subdued and tanned
them completely, and before it came
to an end tears glistened in the eyes OF
more than one of them. At the conclu-
sicn the minister arose and made some
appropriate remarks, keeping his voice
in tune with the sentiments the singing
had awakened. He spoke feelingly OF
the old homes his auditors had left in
the east, of the happy scenes of child
hood, and of the great love and good
ness of the old father and mother. He
carried his hearers back to those happy
home days which no one ever outlives
He warmed and softened their hearts
and brought tears to their eyes.
Then he appealed to them in the name
of Christianity, and drew beautiful
picture of the great Heavenly home