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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
Well Fed Fighters.

Says the London Chronicle: "Ad-
miral Dewey's interruption of the bat
tie of Manila bay to give his crews the
opportunity of breaking their fast re-
calls our own glorious LIST of June,
when Earl Howe, before he gave the
French such q hammering off Ushant
hove to for an hour before attacking to
permit Of his men fortifying themselves
for the coming fight with good meal
q pause which caused much conjecture
in the minds Of the astonished French.
II. has ever been the Anglo-Saxon way
to fight. II possible, on full stomach.
Wellington once said that if ever he
wanted an Irish or Scotch regiment
to reach particular point by certain
hour all he had to do was to promise
the former drink ON getting TO its des-
tination, the latter its pay, but that the
corresponding bait to an English bat
taliou was = good dinner cf roast beef"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
ORIGINAL NOTICE

w. A. HANSON | In the District Court OF the
VS.. Plaintiff State of Iowa, in and for
EMMA HANSON Winneshiek County, Sep
Defendant TENDER Term, A. ID. 1898.
To defendant Emma Hanson, you are here.
by notified that on or before the 10th day OF
July A. d. 1895 the petition Of Plaintiff in the
above entitled cause will be filed In the ONCE
of the Clerk of the District Court of the State Of
Iowa, in and for Winneshiek County, claim
ing of you decree of absolute divorce ON the
ground of wilfull desertion, and asking FOL
copy of Plaintiffs petition Is filed for you
and that unless you appear thereto ana de
fend before noon of the second day of the nexl
term, being the September term of the said
Court, which will commence at DEBORAH, Win
neshiek County. Iowa, ON the 10Th day o.
September, 1898 default will be entered agains
you and Judgment and decree rendered there
on as provided by law.
Dated goth day OF July, A. ID. 1895.
IA FRANK SAYRE,
Attorney for Plaintiff.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
Longing.

OF all the myriad moods Of mind
That through the soul come thronging
Which one was e'er so dear. SO kind.
80 beautiful, as longingf
The thing we long for, that we are
For one transcendent moment
Before the present, poor and bare,
Can make its sneering comment.
Still through our paltry stir and strife
CLOVIS down the wished ideal,
And longing molds in clay what life
Carves in the marble real.
To let the new life in, we know
Desire must ope the portal.
Perhaps the longing to be so
Helps make tho soul immortal.
Longing is Gods fresh, heavenward win
With our poor earthward striving.
We quench it that we may be still
Content with merely living.
But would we learn that hearts full Scoops
Which we are hourly yronging
Our lives must climb from hope to hope
And realize our longing.
All, let us hope that to our praise
Good God not only reckons
The moments when we thread his ways,
But when the spirit beckons;
That some slight good Is also wrought
Beyond self satisfaction
When we are simply good in thought,
However we fail in action.
Lowell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
Low Rates and Special 1yain to Cincinnati for
the G. A. R.-Chsap Excursions to Chat
tanO0ga. Richmond. Va. Etc.

Low Rates and Special 1bain to Cincinnati for
the G. A. R.-Chsap Excursions to Chat
tanooga, Richmond, Va, Etc.
For the National Encampment G.
A. r., Sept. 5th to 10th. the B., G. r.
& N. Ry. will sell tickets from DEBORAH
to Cincinnati and return at the ex-
tremely low rate of $l4.25. Tickets on
sale Sept. 2, 3 and A, good until Sept.
ID, with privilege of extension unit
Oct. 2, upon payment of 25c. addition
al.
A special train of Pullman Sleepers,
Free Reclining Chair Cars, etc., will
leave Cedar Rapids via this line Mon
day, Sept. 5th, and run to Cincinnati
without change or transfer.
Those who purchase tickets via b.
G. r. & N. will be given an opportu-
nifty to join Special Train Excursion
at a very low rate, to Richmond, Old
Point Comfort, and other eastern
points. AS the accommodations are
limited those who desire berth reser-
vations should apply at once to Mr.. f.
o. Soule, G. A. P. D., Cedar Rapids,
Ia, who will reserve berth and send
full information regarding routes.
rates, etc.
The Queen and Crescent Route will
sell tickets, good four days, from Gin
cinnati to Chattanooga and return at
rate of only $500
For further information call on
agents, b. q. r. & N. Ry.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
NIishts.

A big square peg cast longing eyes
At q small round hole in an oaken beam
And sighed and cried in great surprise
Because forbidden by fate to rise
And enter this goal of its wish supreme.
A country I'd Of lowly race
Yearned for the whirl of city life.
Abandoned a modest but model place
To find gilded but grim disgrace
Amid our metropolitan strife.
Twas ever thus Men never learn
The homely adage old time has writ
On pages of souls with pens that burn,
In symbols OF pain that writhe and turn
Success Is to stay in the spot you fit.
III. j. Butler in Munsey's-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
Our Six Year Old Daughter.

Our little six-year old daughter had
a very sore throat, badly liberated, and
coughed almost necessarily. Gave the
White Wine of Tar Syrup according to
directions and she began to improve
Immediately and soon got well. Mrs.
Groves and have recommended it to
others and we consider it the very best
medicine in use. Rev. d. H. Groves,
Pastor NJ. f. Church, GAINESVILLE, Mo.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
NOTICE OF EXPIRATION.
TO B~tneu aud Nelson or 10 ,onom Il may c

To Bartheu aud Nelson or 10 ,ohom Il may con-
Germ:
You Are Hereby Notified, Inst the follow
shiek County, Iowa, to-wit: Undivided 4-S5 OF
Lot 1, N. K. N. w. u Section 1889, contain
ing 261 more or less was sold for taxes of 1880,
on the LIST day of December, 1880, to j. q. Bar
been assigned to and are now owned by g. A..
Heath, and that the right OF redemption will
expire and q Treasurer's Deed for said land
sale be made within ninety days from the date
OF completed service of this notice. You Will
govern yourself accordingly.
Dated this 26th day OF July, A. d.: 1855.
q. A. HEATH.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
A woman's Hand.

A woman's hand-so weak to see,
So strong in guiding power to be.
So light, so delicately planned
That you can hardly understand
The strength in its fair symmetry!
A hand to set u nation free
Or curb a strong mans tyranny
BY simple gesture of command
A woman's handi
o man, upon lies troubled sea,
When tempest tossed by fate's decree,
Though fortune hold thee contraband,
Hope ON. for thou shalt win to land
II somewhere Is stretched out TO thee
A wounan's handl
-westminster Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
From an Old Minister.

/ have used Dr. Warmers White
Wine of Tar Syrup for sore throat,
weak lungs, coughs and colds; it sur
passes all other remedies l have tried.
With many thanks to the doctor for
his valuable remedy, l remain, Rev.
G. w. Hagans, Clyde, o.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
Homeseekers' Excursion.

The c. M. & st. p. Ry. will sell
Homeseekers Excursion Tickets July
10, Aug. and l6, Sept. 9 and 20 and
Oct. A and Is; same territory as hereto
fore. Inquire of S. v. POTTER, Agent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17

Mrs. A. G. Seavy Is prepared to
take orders for all kinds Of home bak-
ing. Fresh Boston Brown Bread on
hand every Saturday. 6O-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
Wanted.

A good steady boy to learn the bar
ber's trade. Apply at once.
JOE SHEMA.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
For Sale.

have some of the choicest building
lots in the city for sale. High, terraced
ard fronted by mecadamized streets.
j. w. DAUBNEY.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17
The Old Huntsman.

The Old Huntsman.
There's keen and grim old huntsman
On horse as white as snow.
Sometimes he is very swift,
And sometimes he is slow,
But he never Is at fault,
For he always hunts at view,
And he rides without halt
After you.
The huntsman's name is Death.
His horses name is Time.
He Is coming, he is coming
As sit and write this rhyme.
He is coming, he is coming
As you read the rhyme | write.
You can hear his hoofs' low drumming
Day and night.
You can hear the distant drumming
As the clock goes tick-a-tack,
And the Ginning of the hours
Is the music of his pack.
You may hardly note their growing
Underneath the MONDAY sun,
But at night you hear them bowling
= AS they run.
And they never check or falter,
For they never miss their kill.
Seasons change, and systems alter,
But the hunt is running still.
Hark! The evening chime is playing.
Ger the long gray town it peals.
Don't you hear the death hound baying
At your heelsf
Where is there an earth or burrow,
Where cover left for your
A year, a week, perhaps tomorrow,
Brings the huntsman' s death halloo.
Day by day he gains upon us,
And the most that we can claim
Is that when the hounds are on us
We die game.
And somewhere dwells the Master,
By whom it was decreed.
He sent the savage huntsman.
He bred the snow white steed.
These hounds which run forever
He set them on your track.
He hears you scream, but never
Calls them back.
He does not heed our suing.
We never see his face.
He hunts to our undoing.
We thank him for the chase.
We thank him, and we flatter.
We hope because we must.
But have we causeY No matterl
Let US trusti
"A. Conan Doyle.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17

Don't Pay Rent;Buy Lot and Build House.
am offering. for the money, the
best residence lots in DEBORAH. Will
sell for part cash, balance on monthly
or yearly payments. In Paine d
O'Connor's and Day Il Paine's addition.
HERBERT ID. PAINE.
Sampson Block.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1898-08-17

Westminster Gazette
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
About Lightning Rods.

Rods, although they may not entirely
protect building, may preserve it from
being seriously damaged. The jefferson
physical laboratory of Harvard uniyer-
sity is protected in the following man
ner: Each of the chimneys is provided
with rods which are connected with
conductors running along the caves.
From the corners Of the roof conductors
are led to the ground and are connected
underground with n conductor which
entirely surrounds the building and
which is connected to permanent wa
ter supply at least ten feet below the
surface of the ground Iron pipes are
driven to reach this water supply. This
is as near an approach to a cage as cir
cumstances would permit.
A trolley car has a lightning rod in
its trolley, which is connected through
its motor with the rails and the ground.
1t is not beyond possibility, however,
that discharge descending the trolley
arm should refuse to go through the mo.
tor and should seek quicker oscillating
path through the car This is not likely
to happen often, for the network of the
trolley wire and the telegraph lines of a
town or city, together with the electric
light wires, separate and divert into
many channels the electrical disturb
ance The great increase of wires in our
cities serves to protect from great dam
age by lightning for many paths are
offered to the discharges, which are
thus broken up into more or less harm
less sparks Professor John Trowbridge
In Chautauquan.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
nov IN -lo1 N1onlNr look-.

While the machines are being put
to their official test an agent OF the
Post Office is TO be in constant attend.
ance at each He will explain the
working Of the machine to the public
and see that no one campers with the
mail
The charge for registering a lettel
Is cents in addition to the regular
letter postage. The mechine makes
the same charge, assuming That IA sim
gle 2-cent stamp is sufiic eut for the
regular postage Under the law let
tel prepaid by one 2-eent stamp must
be forwarded and any extra postags
collected at the other end.
To work The machine. you drop a
silver United States dime into a spout
al the upper right hand side A square
iron cover flies up automatically and
reveals n roll Of white paper Oppo.
site certain lines you write the name
and address Of the person To whom
your letter is u be sent. and your
own name and address. At the right
hand upper end OF the machine is a
small lever You press this back and
the letter slot In front opens and int
this YOU drop your letter Then you
seize the handle OF a big crank al the
rings. As you do this the iron cover
closes and locks over the writing tab
let. Now YOU draw forward the biz
lever until a bell rings As YOU do
this duplicate OF your writing. on Il
separate slip Of paper. Is slipped out CT
the machine al the left hand side and
upon this paper is imprinted also the
Post Office date marks. the serial mum
Der OF the letter and the signature o.
the Postmaster This Is your receipt
your original writing remains in the
box until the letters are removed. and
then u goes with them. IT the SANE
time that your receipt is printed tn,
letter IS dated
The next thing is 10 gel he letter to
the Post Office without giving the let.
ter carrier n chance 20 tamper with
either the letters or the originals OF
the receipts The hOS has homer
bottom so constructed that It can be
opened only when the mail bag IA at
tached to il. The mali bag can't be
opened, either. except In conjunction
with the hopper or al tho Post once
The strip on which are written the
names and addresses drops into the
bag with the letters
The dimes fall into brass cylinder
IN the ORDER IN which they are drop
ped into the machine and the pest
man. II he finds bad one. can tell at
once, by running them over in order.
which letter II belongs to- Such a
letter will be held and its sender notI-
fled TO pay the postage In good coin
and get his bad coin back.
Aside from this, the machine is con.
structed to throw ont bad coins II they
are under weight. When the coin first
drops into the slot 1t goes into a deli.
cate balance, where 1t is wei shed. If
ii is too much worn TO be current the
scale rejects 1t. and instead OF passing
into the machine and starting the post
ing operations. the coin drops out OF
hole in the front of the machine and
falls to the floor. The inventor saws
he has spent three years in perfectins
the machine
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
CALIFORNIA.
Personally Conducted Tour via Pennsyi-
wanna Railroad.

America is a great country. In variety
and grandeur of natural scenery it is
unrivaled. It's wooded heights, its
fertile valleys, boundless plains, its
rugged and rocky mountains, its great
lakes. its balmy slopes are the admira-
ton of all mankind. To traverse this
great country, to behold its diversities
and its wonders, is liberal education,
revelation, to the immured metropo-
Titan citizen. The Personally-Con-
Quoted Tour to California under the
direction of the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company which leaves New York ON
Januarys, 1898, affords most excellent
opportunity to view the vast variety
and boundless beauty of this marvel
GUS land. The party will travel west
ward in special Pullman cars in charge
of Il Tourist Agent and Chaperon,
stopping en- route at Omaha, Denver,
Colorado Springs, Manitou, Garden of
the Gods, Glenwood Springs, and
Salt Lake City. In California visits
will be made to Monterey and the
famous Hotel Del Monte, Santa Cruz,
San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego,
Riverside, San Bernardino, Redlands,
and Pasadena. The party will return
on the Golden Gate Special, the
finest train that crosses the Continent,
leaving Los Angeles February ?, and
stopping at Tucson, Ell Paso, and st.
Louis. Eighteen days will be spent
i'll California Round-trip rate, in
chtding all necessary expenses during
entire trip, $685. from all points on the
Pennsylvania Railroad System east of
Pittsburg 1880 from Pittsburg. For
itinerary and full information apply to
ticket agents, or address Geo. W.
Boyd, Assistant General Passenger
Agent, Broad Street Station, Phila-
delphia.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
a Lucky Find.

Two men walking on Campbell street
toward Twelfth one night were accosted
by a negro woman who was excited
kin either one of you mems give me
o match?' she sad
What fort"
Il lost quahtah down there, an l
want to hunt fur 1t. y
She was given several matches and
ran ahead and began striking matches
and looking along the sidewalk. When
the two men came up she had stopped
hunting and had apparently found the
coin.
We'll, did you find it" inquired one
of the men
mo, but done find this horseshoe,
an that's better'n two quahtahs, -" she
said. Kansas City Star
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
A BEES RESTLESS LIFE


G. w Reynolds of Los Angeles, Cal,
one of the Oldest travelling men in the
United States, is II years of age. MI
Reynolds has a ranch, of which he en-
joys telling even more than he does
of the experiences through which he
has passed during his half century up
on the rond. The ranch is near San
Diego, Cal. The chief product is
honey This product IS gained from
TWO apiafies, which Mr.. Reynolds yis-
its every time his business permits
him to go to Southern California,
In my apiaries. which are cared for
by my son" said he. there are 10
stand OF bees The honey season lasts
from April to July. This season my
bees yielded 10000 pounds Of honey,
which sells in that country in bulk
lots at / cents n pound Two Of the
hives gave over 500 pounds each. For
Ten years | have been interested in
bees in a small way, and take great
er interest in them every year. \ hive
or stand of bees is worth SD. In II
are the queen, the drones, and the
workers, a total population Of from
10000 to % 600 bees.
This very good-si2ed colony, he
continued, resides In a hive or wood
en- box. In tie hive are a dozen
frames l3X7 inches. In the the bees
make or deposit the honey founda
tion OF wax having been first placed in
each frame by the beekeeper. so that
the bees may have something TO bald
upon. The honey is taken ont OF the
frames every other week during tb-
honey season While doing so there is
little need OF protecting the hants.
The bees seem to be most inclined to
sting one III the face. So, as Il prer1H-
ton, the man who is removing tie
honey from the hives wears straw
hat, from the brim Of which is hug
a silk veil, like they have to do up in
the klondikc country to ward on the
summer mosquitoes
he queen is an absolute mon
arch within her dominions She is
the undisputed boss of the job An
ordinary bee lives during the working
season only forty five DAYS Young
ones are being Matched ont all the
time \ bee goes to work at the ten
der age of three DAYS. and hustles like
veteran for forty-two days Then Il
is just naturally all tired out. / spp-
pose, for it dies The queen lives
longer and when a young queen comes
into existence in the hive she drives
the old queen out. Her loyal subjects
follow her in her Punishment and that
IS what makes the swarm.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05

an ideal hero in the world of letters
Young Apache is grandson of the
great Chief Cochise During the In
dian outbreaks twenty odd years ago.
when the troops of the Federal army
were busy year in and year out the
child, now full-grown yorng man,
was taken captive with many others.
He was sent TO the garrison at Fort
ress Monroe, and being an unusually
bright and intelligent child, received
schooling while there Being quick
70 learn, an apt pupil and possessing
a remarkably retentive memory he
made rapid strides in advancement.
When General { ppinger, L. S. A f.
was engaged in operations against the
uprsings OF the Bannock Indians. the
young Apache was placed in command
OF the Generals scouts and won high
honor and distinction for his meritor-
ious and brave services.
As an example of the youths bril-
liancy 1t is said that, while engaged as
a scout. although young 10y, he also
essayed newspaper CORE ;pondence
and many of the Eastern and Western
newspapers al the time Published his
reports OF the work executed by the
Federal troops against the Ind ans.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
MADE IN MAINE.
Interesting Facts About tho Genesis oil
spoois and Shoe Pegs.


Oxford county, Me, turns out near
ly all the spools on which the sewing
thread Of this country is wound, SAID
a Wholesale dealer in such articles 10
the writer The spools are made
from white birch timber and they are
produced by the million in oxford
county. There are many other parts
of western Maine. also. whore the in
dustry is important. There are num-
erous saw mills in that part of the
state which are kept busy all the year
round saving white birch logs into
strips four feet long and from one
10 two inches wide and OF the same
thickness. These strips ere sent to
the spool factories, where they are
quickly worked into spools by the
most ingenious labor-saYirg ma him
cry
The strips Of white birch are fed
into one machine, and they are net
touched in fact. are hardly seen again,
until the spools, all finished for III II
ket except polishing, drop out by TIE
bushel from another machine several
rods away from whore the strips
started IN. The spoOls get their gloss
by being rapidly revoRed in barrels
turned by machinery. The pGlish re-
suItiug from the contact OF the sp0Gls
in the barrel
In the backw6eds vii .les Of Ok
ford county one sees scarcely any
other industry bat spool making. and
every person in the e.ahbOl hood IS
in some way interested in the best
ness. The factories have beea eating
into the Maine birch forests for Setfs.
but there still seems to be enough for
the timber left to feed the machinery
for many years to come. hundreds Of
thousands of feet of logs are cut and
sawed into spool timber annually
"Shue-peg factories are also an i'm
portant branch of business once pc
culiar to Maine. although it has Of late
been followed TO some extent in other
eastern states and is spreading to the
hardwood forests of northern Penn
sylyania Maple is used largely i'll
the manufacture of shoe pegs al
though white birch is used AT some
factories. Shoe pegs are sold by the
bushel and are worth all the way from
70 cents to 81 bushel according TO
quality More than $l50000 was re
ceiyed by Maine shoepeg factories
last year for goods
a curious and profitable business
has grown up in the Maine woods near
the saw mills in the utilizing Of the
immense quantities of saWdtst by com
preston. Thousands of tons o. this
waste material are bought for a mere
nothing. and are pressed into compact
blocks and bales, and in this form is
finding ready market for kindling
and fuel in eastern cities.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1898-01-05
Arnhinn Hnrse. In IiaiiI.

Arabian horses manifest remarka-
Bile courage in battle. 1t is said that
when horse OF this breed finds him
self wounded. and perceiyes that he
will not be able to bear his rider much
longer, he quickly retires from the
conflict, bearing his master 10 a place
of safety while he has stlll sufficient
strength But il. on the other hand.
the rider is wounded. and falls to the
ground. the faithful animal remains
beside him. unmindfrl of danger.
neighing until assistance is brought.