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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29
THE STRINGING OF WIRES
Amendment to Regulations, as Recon-
mended, Adopted by Commissioners.
Conditions Upon which Permit. Are
to BE Hereafter Issued-Attorney
Duvalrs Suggestion.

Mr.. W. c. Allen, the District electrical
engineer, several days ago recommended to
the Commissioners that article IL Of the
police regulations be amended so as to en-
able his department to fix the responsibility
for unauthorized stringing of wires and to
identify the workmen engaged in such
work. The matter was referred to the
attorney for the District, who today adj
vised the Commissioners to amend section
of the article in question so that It shall
read as follows:
No permit to string any additional wire
or to change the location of. or to repair
or replace any pole or wire, shall be issued
to any telegraph, telephone. messenger. sig
nal or electric lighting company, or to any
person or company owning, operating or
maintaining overhead wires or poles in the
District of Columbia, until such company
or person shall have filed In the office of
the Commissioners of the District of CO.
lCmbia complete list Of his or its poles
and overhead wires, giving their locations
and designating such poles and overhead
wires by numbers. and IL shall be unlawful
to string any additional telegraph, tele-
wire, or to change the location of any pole
wire, without a permit specifying particu-
larly the proposed location and change or
repair thereof. For every violation of any
of the provisions of this section the party
offending SHALL on conviction thereof in the
Police Court of the District of Columbia be
punished by a fine of not less than $40 nor
more than SO for each and every offense"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-12-29

Furnished by W. b. Hibbs & Co, bankers
and brokers, 141a F St. members New York
stock exchange. correspondents Messrs La
denburg. Thalmann & Co.. New York.
CHICAGO %
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
ALock Of His Hair.

A venerable, white haired clergyman
recently preached in the parish of a
friend. He had hardly got back to the
vicarage from the church when the door
bell rang and charming girl of 10
asked to see him. He received her.
They talked about the sermon and other
things until finally she asked diffident-
ly:
"Oh, won't you please give me a lock
of your hair9''
Certainly, my child" said the old
gentleman. fattered at the request.
"I'll send it to you tomorrow. and he
did.
On his return to his own home he
had five more requests of the same kind,
and he proudly boasted to his wife that
he was glad to see that he had not yet
lost his power to please. All went well
until his wife received this note:
''Dear Mrs. -, won't you please
ask your husband to send me just lit
tie lock of his hair? We have all been
taking lessons in making hair flowers,
So many of the other girls asked him
and he sent it to them-that thought
would rather ask you to get it for me.
Won't you please do this for me? 1t is
so hard to get white hair fer lilies Of
the valley.
This was terrible blow, and the less
now said about locks of hair in that old
gentleman's presence the better.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
A Great Electrical Display.

An interesting feature Of the cleo
trical display in connection with the
National Export exposition in Phila-
delphia next fall will be the plan of
special Illumination of the city hall
adopted for the period of the exhibit
ton. The building is a very imposing
structure, the highest point being 574
feet above the ground. and at present
there is a rim Of lights around the
base Of the statue Of William Penn,
which surmounts the structure. 1t is
claimed that these lights can be seen
at distance of 80 miles, says The
Western Electrician. Before the ex-
position opens ring of arc lights will
be placed around the rim Of PENIS
hat, over 500 feet above the pavement,
and long strings Of incandescent lights
will run from there to the roof of the
building. Every cornice will be stud
ded with lights and all sides of the
massive building will be emblazoned
by designs In colored lights.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
ADVERTISED A WEDDING.
A Suburban Railroads Novel Scheme
to Increase It's Sunday Trafflc.

A Suburban Railroads Novel Scheme
to Increase Its Sunday Trafic.
A novel advertising scheme was en-
ployed by one of the suburban railroad
companies of Syracuse the other day
which drew many thousand persons
to Lakeside park, on the shores Of
Onondaga lake. 1t consisted of bona
fide wedding ceremony, performed by
city pastor in the presence of a
crowd Of gaping rustics and city dwell
lers in search of novelty. For per-
centage of the receipts young farm
er who rejoices In the euphonious name
of Berta Marion Smith, and Miss Lii
liam Easterbrook, the daughter of a
milkman, consented to make their nup-
tial rites the subject Of public gaze.
Twenty-Five dollars was offered the
Rev. Henry o. Manchester, pastor Of
Danforth Congregational church, to
perform the ceremony, and he consent
ed, not understanding that the we'd
ding was to be public, says the
New York Sun. When he learned that
his fee was to come from the treasury
of the railroad company and that the
wedding was being advertised for all it
was worth as an attraction to the park,
he declined to have anything to do
with it. The services Of the Rev. A.
Oberlander, an Evangelical Lutheran
minister, were then hastily secured
and the nuptial knot was tied by him.
1t is estimated that the railroad COM
pany made the scheme profitable to the
extent of $1,000. The percentage due
the bride and groom will set them up
comfortably in housekeeping.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
DIR. JEKYLL AND MR.. HYDE.

The portrayal of the difficult dual
role of DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde by
w. III. Hartigan at Steyer's opera
house Saturday evening was excellent.
The audience was small but appreciat-
i've, as was evidenced by the continued
applause accorded Mr.. Hartigan
whenever he impersonated Mr.. Hyde.
The company was not above the or
binary in its support of Mr.. Hartigan.
however the entire performance is a
succession of surprises eliciting awe
and wonder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
How to Make Curry SOUP.

Skin, scald and chop two small onions !;
pare, quarter and chop large apple |;
wash half cupful of rice; melt table
spoonful of butter in pan and brown
the apple and onion in it; draw the
pan to the side of the fire; mix tea
spoonful Of curry powder with three
tablespoonfuls of cold water. Add it,
with the rice and three pints of stock,
30 the pan and boil until the rice is
cooked. Add teaspoonful of salt and
half a teaspoonful of cayenne extract.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
Two Little stories.

Here are two stories from Sir M. E.
nt-Duff's diary. The first records
the saying of Sir f. Doyle. when Lord
Houghton's death was rumored, that
''his exit is the result of too many en-
trees
The second. concerning definition
which Gladstone gave of deputation.
Is also given in the diary. 1t is ga
noun Of numbers signifying many, but
not signifying much.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
HOUSE FURNISHING.
Bow to Give n Small Room q Spa.
ciOus Appearance.

Bow to Give a Small Room q Spa
ciOus Appearance.
In small room the wall paper is a
very important item to be considered,
the size Of the room to all appearances
being diminished or increased by the
paper. Small patterns should invariably
be selected. while those of a neutral
tint are preferable. plain cartridge pa
pers and narrow borders generally
achieving the best result.
Carpets also largely influence the ap-
pearance of a room. In small room
large patterns must be eschewed, small
and simple designs being alone permits
sible, or if the floor is polished and
rugs are used they must be narrow
and have border.
Light is yet another influence to be
taken into consideration. A dark room
will invariably look small and poky,
whereas if a pretty bay window be
thrown out the same room would I'M
dergo complete metamorphosis. Cur
tains drapeS gracefully round a pole
and hanging down the side of the bow
add greatly to the spacious effect de-
sired.
A low seat filling up the window in
question, amply supplied with cushions,
is good method of using up space
without detracting from the roomy APP
pearance. A window of this description
is very much enhanced by the upper
third being formed of little lattice panes
or else of stained glass Cor even of imi-
tation).
The furniture is the next thing to be
considered. Old fashioned, large and
cumbersome pieces must be avoided
Indeed it is due to the small rooms of
the period that SO much gimcrack fur
niture has come to the fore However,
without necessarily employing GIN
crack stuff, we can furnish our small
rooms with dainty little Chippendale or
empire designs, which are eminently
more suited to small houses than ma
hogany, old English or rocco designs.
Old fashioned, comfortable, large
sofas and armchairs must not be in
dulged in. Corners must all be utilized.
lounges and sofas being fitted into the
same, above which some dainty shelves
should be put up for books and bric-a-
brac. Large tables must be avoided.
When possible, it is good plan to
remove dividing doors and throw two
rooms into one, decorating the division
with curtains which, draped from the
center to the side, should fall thence
in straight line.
Grand pianos or even "baby grands'
should find no place in small rooms, the
cottage or upright, on account of the
smaller space it occupies, being emf
nently more suitable, while the top lends
itself to decoration, forming shelf for
the innumerable bric-a-bra to be found
in the average drawing room of the
day, for which there is, however, but
little accommodation. Pictures, of
course. should be small very good
effect being obtained by number of
small paintings hung together, showing
no intervening space of wall, without
their sizes and shapes being taken into
consideration
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02

MIssIONFEsT.

On Sunday the United Lutheran
church held missionfest Oh Centen-
NAL Hill, in the grove back Of A. e.
Bakers residence. Services were con-
Quoted in the morning and afternoon,
with addresses by Hayme, of Eau
Claire, foreman of the church, Rev.
Ellestad, travelling superintendent OF
home missions, and the pastor, Rev. j.
o. Haugen, and an offering for home
and foreign missions taken. A basket
dinner was served at noon.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
M. E. CHURCH.

Rev. Guy p. Benton, the newly
elected president of the Upper Iowa
University, will occupy the Metho-
dist pulpit on Sunday, August 18th,
morning and evening. He is an
eloquent preacher and should be given
large hearing. Quarterly meeting
services will be conducted next sun
day, August 9Th.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
How to Make Potato Bread.

Boil four white potatoes and mash.
Add three eggs, one-half cup sugar, one
cup shortening, one pint of water, one
yeast cake, -four enough to make a
sponge. Let it rise two hours. Add salt
to taste; make up like bread. Set to
rise again; make out in pans. Rise and
hoEa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
BARTENDERs,,s vIcToRIoUs.

A ball game on the city park Friday
afternoon between an aggregation of
printers and bartenders was witnessed
by quite number. 1t was an inter-
esting game, the bartenders winning
by the score of 10 to IL.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
Birds Nests.

Some Australian birds lay their eggs
IN black sand. rs if aware Of its superb
or power of absorbing heat; others Sc
lect the ,neighborhood Of hot volcanic
springs, whose warmth plays an impor-
liant part in the Matching.
The mound builders collect heaps of
earth and leaves as much as 1S feet
high and 80 feet in diameter. and in
this hotbed their eggs are Matched.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
BUSINESS LOCALS.


F. J. Lang for Sign Painting.
Office rooms for rent. Inquire OF
Ed. Rudolph. l3tf
Binding Irvine, best grades, 10 and
IL cents at Greer, Halves & Co.
Get your bicycle repairing done by
Haase.
Money to loan on farm property at
5 per cent. w. f. ABBEY. 22tf
just received-a carload of Deering
binding Irvine. j. j. MARSH.
House and store awnings sold and
put up, and orders taken for tents by
Haase.
Every article of summer clothing
in cur store selling out regardless of
cost or profit. See us now; Ben Bear.
The Red Star roller bearing, gal
vanized steel swings, the best on the
market, are sold by Chas. Hegner
Rubber stamp ink for sale by The
DEBORAH Rubber Stamp 90. Head
quarters at POsten office.
Guns, rifles, sewing machine
needles, bicycle oil, fishing tackle, ETC..
cheap at Haase's repair shop.
-Hammock's of all kinds and prices
at Haase's.
Money to loan on farm property at
per cent. w. f. ABBEY. 22tf
Penny pictures and all the larger
sizes, the finest, at b. ]. Reynolds (33tf
-Haase repairs and RECEIVERS para
soils and umbrellas.
Money to loan on farm property at
5 per cent. w. +. ABBEY. 22tf
Investigate the Red Stars galvanized
steel lawn swing at Chas. Hegner's.
Will not shrink, swell or rattle to
pieces.
The Red Star galvanized steel
lawn swing has roller bearings and
always gives the best of satisfaction.
See them ct Chas. Hegner's.
What you want is not temporary
relief from piles but cure. DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve cures piles, and
they stay cured. Wangler Bros.
Photographers b. j. Reynolds went
out Monday evening and made very
fine picture of Camp Dewey. 23H
4 have plenty of good, clean and
safe storage room for rent cheap.-H.
J. Jennisch.
We are still making those up.to-
date stamp photos-two dozen for only
25 cents. Call at gallery and sit for
them, or send cabinet or any kind of
picture TO copy from. Original will be
returned uninjured. B. ]. REYNOLDS,
Bel Bear Photo Studio. 23tf
Picturesque DEBORAH" is finished.
Have you seen copy?
Don't miss getting copy of
Picturesque Decorah."
Send Picturesque DEBORAH" to
your friends. No better way to ad-
vertise DEBORAH.
The product of a years hard work
Picturesque Decorah."
The Valdez Business College gradu-
ates find ready employment. Complete
courses in Shorthand, Typewriting and
Bookkeeping. Instruction given by
experienced teachers; reduced tuition.
Send for catalogue.
AT last picturesque DEBORAH" is
out, and it is amply worth the time
spent i'm pref airing it.
Did you get copy of Picturesque
DECORATE"
"A special course in Algebra, Peda-
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all other certificate branches, will be
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free. Send for catalogue.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
BASE BALL.

A game of base ball at Conover, Sun
day, between teams representing Con-
over and Spillville, :resulted in a vic
tory tor the former, by the score of
10 to A.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
DECLARATION OF THE FREE.
The Last Composition of the Late
Robert q. Ingersoll.

ROBERT u. IngersOIl.
We have no faisehoods to defend
We want the facts.
Our force. our thought. we do not spend
In vain attacks,
And we will never meany try
To save some fair and pleasing lie.
The simple truth is what we ask.
Not the ideal.
We've set ourselves the noble task
To find the real.
II all there is is naught but dross,
We want to know and bear our loss
We will not willingly be fooled
BY fables nursed.
Our hearts by earnest thought are schooled
To bear the worst,
And we can stand erect and dare
All things, all facts that really ara.
We have no God to serve or fear,
No hell to shun,
No devil with malicious leer,
When life is done.
An endless sleep may close our eyes,
A sleep with neither dreams nor signs.
We have no master on the land,
No king in air.
Without manacle we stand.
Without prayer.
Without fear of coming night,
We seek the truth, we love the light.
We do not bow before guess.
A vague unknown,
A senseless force we do not bless
In solemn tone.
When evil comes, we do not curse
Or thank because it is no worse.
When cyclones rend, when lightning blights,
IT'S naught but fate.
There is no God of wrath who smites
In heartless hate.
Behind the things that injure man
There is no purpose. thought or plan.
The jeweled cup OF love we drain.
And friendships wine
Now swiftly flows in every vein
With warmth divine,
And so we love and hope and dream
That in deaths sky there is CLEAN.
We walk according to our light,
Pursue the path
That leads to honor's stainless height,
Careless of wrath
Or curse OF God or priestly spite,
Longing to know and do the right.
We love our fellow man, our kind
Wife, child and friend.
To phantoms we are deaf and blind.
But we extend
The helping hand to the distressed.
By lifting Others we are blessed.
Loves sacred fame within the heart
Al f.,, LII. .xso
While the miracles OF art
Their wealth bestow
Upon the thrilled and joyous brain.
And present raptures Danish pain.
We love no phantoms of the skies.
But living flesh,
With passions soft and soulful eyes.
Lips warm and fresh
And cheeks with health's red flag unfurled.
The breathing angels of this world.
The hands that help are better far
Than lips that pray.
Love is the ever cleaning star
That leads the way,
That shines not on vague worlds Of bliss,
But ON paradise in this.
We do not pray or weep or vail;
We have no dread,
No fear, to pass beyond the veil
That hides the dead,
And yet we question, dream and guess,
But knowledge we do not possess.
We ask, yet nothing seems to know.
We cry in vain.
There is no master OF the show
Who will explain
Or from the future tear the mask,
And yet we dream, and still we ask.
Is there beyond the silent night
An endless day?
Is death door that leads to igH?
We cannot say.
The tongueless secret locked in fate
We do not know-we hope and wait.
Truth Seeker Of June 8, 1899.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
SEWING CIRCLE.

The ladies of the Womans' Relief
Corps have organized Sewing Circle,
and will meet at stated intervals for
this week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
1. O. G. T. SOCIAL,

The local Good Templars lodge gave
an ice cream social on the West De-
corah school grounds last Wednesday
evening, which was patronized by
quite number.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
MERCHANTS IsHUT OUT.

The Merchants ball team of this city
crossed bats withi the Fort Atkinson
nine Sunday, being defeated by the
score of to 0.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
Lost or Stolen.

A white fox terrier with brown
markings on head and ears; name
Patsy. Owners name on collar Re.
ward if returned to 500 West Broad.
way. 2l-tf-pd.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-08-02
WHERE THE PEOPLE GO.
Announcements aud Reports Of Enter
tainments, Theatres, Public
I Gatherings, Church
Meetings, etc.
BAPTIST CHURCH.

PreachingE at thea Baptist church
next Sunday morning and evening, at
the usual hours.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
THE KANALO SUGAR CO.
BIG NEW PLANTATION STARTED
TODAY.
Ten Thousand Acres of Land, Valuable
Water and Cattle-Captital 81 200, 900
Ali Stock Subscribed.

Kamalo Sugar Company, Limited,
has been quietly started and the stock
has already been taken. Allotment
notices were sent to subscribers last
night and the first assessment must be
paid on or before the 26th inst. Frank
Hustaces office has been besieged to-
day by subscribers paying up.
The Kamaloo Company has 9,9i4 aC-
res of the best land on Molokai. OF
this large tract $500 acres are imme-
diately available for sugar cultivation.
The rest is suitable for stock raising
and the company now has over 300 head
of cattle upon it. OF the land 2,S95 ac-
res are in fee simple and a long lease
is held for 7,049 acres.
The company has lease of one-half
interest in the water right of Peleku-
nj and will purchase in fee simple the
other half interest. a half interest in
the Pelekuni lands will also be pur-
chased. The securing of water rights
is a valuable thing to the company as
it is intended to furnish power for OPP
Grating wells and for other purposes.
Only a few days ago the Cross syndi-
cate purchased all the stray water on
the Island of Kauai for the same pur-
pose Attention is just now attracted
to the immense possibilities in this line
and the great value of flowing water.
The water from the rights now held
can be utilized for watering all of the
upper lands of the plantation, and the
question of obtaining artesian water
on the estate is an assured fact. Close
by are the wells of the American Su-
gar Company, in full and successful op-
Grafton. Mr.. Kleugel, the engineer,
made a thorough examination of the
prospect some time ago and his report
to the promoters is of the most en-
Couraging nature. He states, i'm fact.
that the lands are of the best and that
water in abundance can be procured.
The same report is made by other ex-
pertS.
1t is the purpose of the company to
purchase $50 acres more of good cane
| land, making over 1000 acres owned
absolutely in fee simple. Outside plan
ters will put in about 400 acres of cane
| to be ground at Kamalo mill.
The sugar cane venture at Kamalo
| is not a new one, although it has not
| before been attempted on big, modern
| lines, as at present. Years ago a plan
! tation was situated there and the rec
| ords show that the output was eight
| tons to the acre on some of the low
! lands without fertilizing.
! The agency of the company will bC
! in the hands of one of the most proml
meme sugar agencies in this city.
| The promoter is Frank Hustace.
The capital of the company is 81 ,000
O0O divided into $4,000 shares of S2C
| each.
| The lists were not open to the public
but the entire number of shares was
| subscribed for in a few hours
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1899-04-21
SUGARFOR REMONTHS WITHIN NSURGENT LINES
NEARLY $4,000 TONS SHIPPED
FROM HONOLULU.
The Custom House Value of Sugar Ex-
ported for the Quarter From Homo
lulu Aggregates $4,574,S66.S4

Nearly $4,000 tons OF sugar were
shipped from Honolulu during the first
three months of this year. Fifty-one
vessels were employed in carrying it..
The total custom house value is given
as s4,574, S66.S4.
This does not include the sugar ship
ped from the other ports of the Islands,
from which there was shipped about
$1,000000 worth during March alone.
The sugar export figures from Homo
lulu for this year by months is as fol-
lows: January, 1858 tons. valued at
81, ,276 519.70; February, 17,271 tons, val
ued at $1,379, ,47019; March, 25,077 tons,
valued at 81 ,91S, ,S76.95.
March was a record month in the
number of vessels clearing from this
port and in the number of vessels car
rying sugar. There were SO vessels
cleared and of these Is carried sugar.
The clearances and the vessels carry
ing sugar have been, by months: Janu-
ary, 81 vessels cleared, II carried su-
gar; February, SO cleared, 16 carried
sugar; March. SO cleared, Is carried su-