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Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18
rusion and the robbing of their

trusion and the robbing of their
graves.
The yachts party soon had an
experience with the wind. A black
fog cloud came sweeping down
over the island and the wind blew
a hurricane, dissipating the fog and
blowing until two o'clock in the
morning. The landing was made
in a heavy sea-a dangerous oper-
alton. The single inhabitant, a
French herder, was standing on the
sands, looking typical Robinson
Crusoe. He had a big hat strap
ped on under his chin, an old lash
ioned shotgun over his shoulder,
a cane in his other hand. Two half
breed shepherd dogs crouched
near him. He evidenced no desire
to hear from the outer world; his
one wish was for beans, which,
unfortunately, could not be graft
fed. He had small fortune at
hand in the antiquities which he
could pick up, but he was un-
doubtedlY loath to despoil the
graves, though not averse to point
ing out the skeletons which had
been uncovered here and there.
Everywhere the wonderful evil
dences OF the wind were apparent.
In one canon the writer photo
graphed a section that seemed to
have aim ost been carved by Titanic
hands. There were great faces,
impossible forms OF ANIMALS, deli
cate lacelike tracery, all creating
a weird effect.
The island seemed to be in the
grasp OF Innumerable sand glaciers,
which, instead OF moving down,
moved up, and were ever shifting
in the wind, The canon IN which
the so called wild woman is sup
posed to have lived is visible. A
more deserted spot 1t is difficult to
imagine--a river of sand winding
up from the distant sea and cover
ing everything. Here and there
rise strange tree like shapes that
resemble the trunks Of spectral
trees, and which but add to the
Weirdness OF the scene. Ever"-
where were evidences OF former
occupation. Some OF the party
dug into the mounds, where curl
Gus stone slabs marked perhaps
the graves OF the ancestors of the
wild woman. Pearl fishhooks,
bone pipes, and a flint spearhead
were found, standing possibly just
where they had been lett; and tons
OF implements have been taken
from the surface OF the sand dunes.
In one canon a remarkable drapery
of sandstone is being worn out by
the wind. In others caves were
found, one with strange hiero-
gly 9hics painted on the stone.
Everything here tells OF desola-
ton and Death; the sands strewn
with the bones of a lost race, the
deep canons filling up with the
deadly sand that conceals the re-
mains Of unnumbered people who
lived here in the past. The wind
does not always blow at San Mic
olas. The summer is the season
Of winds; in winter days and weeks
follow when the island is at peace
and the sand dunes seem sleeping.
But fierce winter storms come sud
denly, and the island is not in good
favor among the uavigators Of the
Pacific,
Washington sentinel., 1899-11-18

WANTED - SEVERAL BRIGHT
w and honest persons to represent US
as Managers IN this and close by counties;
Salary $500 a year and expenses.
Straight, bona ide, no more, no less.
salary. Position permanent. Our ref.
erences, any bank in any town. II Is
mainly Office work conducted at home.
Reference. Enclose sell addressed
stamped envelope. THE DOMINION
CohPANT, Dept ). Chicago.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27
BUSINESS LOCALS.
F. j. Lang for Sign Painting.

IF. ]. Lang for Sign Painting.
Ask for Tyler's horse radish.
Cigars by the box at Trzcinski's.
AT DEBORAH Institute, book-keep-
ting and shorthand each, Sl.0O in ad-
dition to the regular monthly tuition.
Leave orders for plain and fancy
cakes at Baker & Co.'S.
New classes will be formed in all
of the Valdez Business
College and Normal School, Monday
Jan. l.-45-l.
Don't miss getting a copy of
picturesque Decorah."
Fresh oysters all the time at
Bakers Bakery.
Parties who wish tc board and
room students, will please drop postal
to Valdez & Oliver.-45-l.
We buy and sell all kinds of second
hand goods. Call and see l.. r.
Morrison.
Wanted by March LIST. 100 tons
rags, rubber, iron, copper, brass, zinc
we pay 81 per 100 lbs. for rags. d. f.
Reed.
Look over l.. r.. Morrison's stock
of second hand goods, you may find
just what you want.
The product of a years hard work
picturesque Decorah."
All kinds Of second hand stoves
for sale very cheap at L. r.. Morrison's
Just received car load of good
winter apples, which will be sold al
So. 90 per barrel. F. J. Rosenthal.
Special Bargains In Dinner and
Tea sets, Chamber and Toilet sets, Jar
diners, Cuspidors, etc. for the next 81
days at H. J. Hutchinson's,
Best assortment Of fine apples IS. On
per barrel, at Fred j. Rosenthaps.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27

Bring in your rags, rubber, iron,
ETC.. at once to d. Z. Reed.
Try some of our nice layer cakes.
Baker & Co.
Rubber stamps, any size or style,
mounted on self linking mounts or
moulding, at reasonable prices. Ad-
dress III. w. Haislet, or the Record,
Ridgeway, Iowa.
II will repair watches, clocks and
jewelry, also spectacles for half price.
w. Z. DOwnie, the best repairer In
northern Iowa. In opera house store,
DEBORAH, Iowa.-443.
The Chicago Chronicle stands at
the head of Americas great dailies.
All departments Of the Valdez
Business College and Normal School
will reopen Monday, Jan. l.-45-l.
-Decorah Institute is prepared tC
make 1t most profitable and pleasant
for the large number of students thai
will be present Jan. l, 1900. Bes1
course in shorthand, bookkeeping
entire cost eacb-$4.0O per month.
-Get your watch repaired at once
for half price, this offer good for only
weeks. Downie. the expert repairer
In opera house store open $50 A. M. t.
lSP. M.-44-3.
Desirable steam heated rooms fo
rent In the +. c. Shaw building
opposite Grand opera house.
Does your neighbor take PUBLIC
OPINION: The chances are he does
but If he doesn't, tell shim what 20,
think fit.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27

/ Don't miss Walker Whiteside to-
morrow night.
DIR. F. w. Conover returned from
Wisc' nsin Saturday.
Roy w. Relfha accepted a position
in M. II. To sens jewelry store.
VIM. Hurd and wife went to
Charles City Saturday, for holiday
visit,
Our sincere thanks is extended TO
the people of Winneshiek for past
business favors.
&C. Erickson and brother, of Mabel,
Mimi, were agreeable callers at this
office last Wednesday.
Bro. e. l.. Coffeen, of the WaukOn
Republican, was in the city yesterday,
en- route to Des MOines.
Prof. Alois F. Kovarik went to
Spillville Saturday, to spend the holt
day vacation with his parents.
L. J. Halse. of Bluffton, took the
train here Saturday for Waverly, to
spend the holidays with a brother.
Miss Bertha Wildly arrived from
Waterloo Saturday, for visit of two
weeks at the home of r. H. Tracy.
-Thos. Halse is out from Milwaukee,
Wis, ON visit with relatives at Bluff
ton and other points in the county.
Worth going to see-"Passion
Play,n-Catholic church, Thursday
evening, Dec. 2Sth. Admission 25cts.
The Methodists will commence
the remodeling of their church next
week. They have accepted an invi-
tation to occupy Unity church until
their edifice is completed.
At the residence of B. F. Kimball
on last Friday, occurred the marriage
of Mr.. G. w. Miller, of Eldorado. to
Miss Laura L. Lee, of Douglass, Iowa.
Rev. A. w, g. Smith officiating.
Congratulations.
Albert Nelson and another boy at
Hesper were chopping wood last We'd
nesday, and one of the axes slipped,
striking Johnson on the hip, chorping
off piece of the bone, and cutting an
ugly cash in his thigh.
Too many advertisers figure adver-
Using as an expense, however, and are
more interested in getting it down as
close as possible instead Of figuring it
as an investment, and trying to see
how much they can get out of it.
Rev. l.. j. Anderson, who has
been away holding services in different
Norwegian communities, returned to
DEBORAH last Saturday. Mrs. Ander-
son returned last week from an extend
ed visit with her sister and other
friends in Chicago.
--Decorah merchants generally are
we'll pleased with their holiday bust
ness. We have taken paines to inquire,
especially of those who advertised with
us the past two weeks, and they all
unite in saying that although trade
did not open briskly, yet the volume
of business done was much larger than
usual.
Mothers Favorite Hymn" is the
title of beautiful song just published.
The words were written by Rev. H. H.
Green, d. d., formerly of DEBORAH,
and the music by VIM. j. Patterson, of
Cresco. The song is selling rapidly
and is on sale at the Marsh Music
House. Both words and music unite
in making combination which
pleases all.
Some years ago MIR. Walker
Whit sside played Richard III. in a
small town in the west. His imperson'
alton of the crooked backed tyrant was
received with much favor. The week
ly paper, commenting upon his per-
Torrance. said that the people were
greatly pleased with "Whiteside's act
ing of Richard the Third-but II
seemed pity that such promising
actor should he cripple"
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

Dec. 2S-Walker Whiteside in "The Red
Cockade."
Dec. 2S-"Pa,sion Play" at the Catholic
church.
Jan. Il-Concert and dance by "Frohsinn"
singing society.
Jan. l7-"Because She Loved Me So" at the
Grand.
Feb. 5, May Z. Sept. "a, Nov. 26-Times of
holding court in 1899.
Plays coming to the Grand opera house
this season, dates not announced as yet:
Because She Loved Me &c."
'Zaza."
Remember the Maine"
Shore Acres"
Faust"
Lewis Morrison, in Frederick the Great"
"Chiid of the South"
Don't Tell NV Wife,"
18th Little Minister"
Paul Gilmore in "The Musketeers."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

Happy
New Year.
Start 1900 right.
The cold continues.
Make resolutions now.
1880 has four days left.
Passion Play Thursday.
Catholic dance Monday.
Renew your subscription.
The Board meets Monday.
We close New Years day.
Walker Whiteside tomorrow.
Send this paper to your friends.
City schools open next Tuesday.
--"Frohsinn's" festival, Jan. 18th.
Did you have Merry Christmas?
&C. ]. Weiser left Monday evening
for Chicago.
IT. w. Hazleton was over from
Caimar Friday.
May 1900 bring you health, happi-
ness and prosperity.
Miss Mollie Peterson was over
from Calmar Thursday.
Bert Woodland went to Cresco
Saturday, to spend Christmas.
The Misses Lennon went to Monona
Saturday, for Christmas visit.
Miss Mary Uhley is spending the
holidays at her home in Castalia.
Bert Porter is here to enjoy the
holiday vacation at S. w. Fields.
Miss Lottie SERVER, of Elkader, is
visiting here during the holidays.
Henry Elvidge arrived home from
Omaha Saturday, for the holidays.
Miss Elizabeth Kaye, of Calmar,
was in the city Saturday, shopping.
Mrs. A. J. Houck came down from
Ridgeway yesterday, and wentto Pres
ton, Mimi.
Il. f. Davidson came up from Nc
Gregor Saturday for holiday visit
with his family.
Ben Bear, Edward and Gertrude
went to Chicago Monday night, for a
few days visit.
H. F. McCusker and wife, of
Ocheyedon, are spending the holidays
with relatives here.
w. A. Burdick and wife rejoice in
the birth of a bouncing baby boy, last
Thursday morning.
-Supt. E. J. Hook and wife are at
Des Moines this week, attending the
State Teachers Association.
Mr.. VIM. Thompson, wife and
daughter Maggie, are visiting at
Waucoma during the holidays.
Mrs. q. H. Hitchcock and daughter.
Mrs. Helen Merrill, went to McGregor
Saturday, for visit with friends.
Ben Hendricks and wife were
down from Charles City over Sunday
and Christmas, visiting relatives.
-Chauncey Ammon and wife, OF
Baskerville, Iowa, were guests at the
Hughes home during Christmas time.
-Chas. Trzcinski has been suffering
with severe attack Of pneumonia fol
aweek past, but Is better at this writing.
Samuel Dixon, wife and son ar.
rived from Manchester, Iowa, Friday
for holiday visit with DEBORAH rela.
tives
Thomas Burgess and wife, of Bluff
ton township, arrived home Saturday
via DEBORAH, from three months visit
in Canada.
Misses Jessie and Mabel Kratz, o.
Ridgeway, spent Sunday and Christ
mas day with the family of their uncle
Geo. Kratz.
The Catholics of this city have Sc
cured the world renowned Passion
Play" Go and see 1t, Thursday even
ing, Dec. 2sth.
--Lost-A ladies' purse, on tn,
streets of DEBORAH, Saturday, Dec. 23rd
containing So in money. Finder return
to this Office. 45-lpd
Mr.. Steensland, the teacher a
Highlandville, took the train here 70
his home at Saude Saturday, to spent
the Christmas vacation.
Receiver w. H. Dent received tn
checks for the four per cent dividend
to depositors in the dcfunct FRS
National Bank last week, and has beef
delivering them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27

We take invoice January 1, and our whole line of
JACKETS will be closed out at Great Reduction. Come
before the sizes all broken. ....t
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1899-12-27
COLI 6 Shaw
Furniture 0ld Undertaking.
A Full line of CASKETS.
Mr.. .Golz has devoted life time to his
profession and understands
sff it thoroughly.
Barthell Building, West Water St.
DEBORAH, Iowa.
DEBORAH
Steam Laundry.
MILLER 6 SON,
ProprietOre.
All Glasses Of Laundry Work.
SATISFACTION GUARANTEED.
0av wsecr will call for and Deliver WsrF.

oav w,ecr will call for and Deliver wsrs.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
Z SOLDIERS DEATH.

New York Mail and Express: The death
on the firing line, in Luzon, OF Lieutenant
Colonel Guy Howard will cause sincere sor-
row in a wide social circle In this city.
Colonel Howard was the right sort" brave.
frank. stalwart and soldier from head to
heel. During the two years that he was a
lieutenant attached TO the stan OF his dis
tinguishcd father, General o. O. Howard,
on Governors island, he made a host OF
friends in and about New York-eyery one
OF whom will be his mourner.
Boston Transcript sympathy will go out
to General Howard from millions in his hour
Of bereavement. His son, Colonel Guy How
ard, who was killed in the Philippines. was
an accomplished and jealous officer. who had
more than twenty years OF active service
to his credit. or course, long experience ot
war had prepared General Howard TO realize
that his son, like every other soldier was
exposed to all the chances of service in the
field; but the fathers heart is the same
whether 1t beats under a uniform or in plain
clothes. 1t must be a consolation TO the
veteran general to realize how deep and
widespread is the sympathy the public feel
for him.
Philadelphia Times: For the friends an
ktnsfolk of the men who fall in an effective
battle there is the consolation that they gave
their lives gloriousy for their country's
sake. 1t is the sacrifice of noble lives with
cut apparent purpose or result that gives
bitterness to grief Here Is poor General
Howard now one Of the oldest general Of
, ficers on the retired list of our army. called
on to mourn the loss of his son, Lieutenant
Colonel Guy Howard, killed in one OF the
fruitless skirmishes in the Philippines He
was shot on the firing line, doing his whole
duty as soldier. but with the sad intelli-
gence comes no word to indicate that any
thing was accomplished by the action in
which he was engaged or that his death was
otherwise than needless sacrifice. These
are the fortunes of war, and we may be
sure that the crippled old soldier who has
himself seen such hard service will not be-
grudge even his nearest and dearest to the
nag they both have followed. The younger
Howards life was not more precious to him
than the many that have been frittered away
In the Philippines. But one conspicuous
death like this draws attention sharply to
the seriousness OF what is going on over
there and the awful wastefulness with which
the campaign has been conducted.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
SECULAR SHOTS At THE PULPIT.

Somervile Journal: The minister always
regards his Sunday morning sermon as a
success IL nobody in the church yawns while
he Is delivering it,
Minneapolis journal: Some New York
man, name not given, dropped 100000 into
Rev DR.. Simpsons contribution box last
Sunday and the minister unloosened an amen
that started off the choir. Speaking OF con-
tributions, this is no pants button era.
Boston Transcript: A New Jersey editor
has been deposed from church membership
for the "unchristian conduct" of using a
camera on Sunday. If the pictures he took
are as bad as some of the amateur photo
graphs it has been our misfortune to see,
who shall say that the punishment is too
severe.
Philadelphia Press: Tho sermon OF Rev.
Dr.. Charles A. Briggs, in the church Of the
Holy Communion, New York, on Sunday,
defending bible research, was a most
scholarly and spiritual reply to the rather
emotional and material abuse with which
his position has been attacked and himself
belabored His contention for the real word
of God as against errant human traditions
is strong argument and one difficult for
his opponents to overcome, since he abates
nothing in the way of reverence for the
bible and even appears more scrupulously
reverent than his critics Whatever may be
thought Of certain features of the Briggs
controversy, 1t must be said to the credit
Of DR.. Briggs that he has not carried con-
troversy down to the levels Of Dr. De Costa.
He reveals broader tolerance and his dig
nified attitude might we'll be initiated by
other poemcists.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29

United States exports 1lO.G6 per cent,
willie British exports increased only
1917 per cent. In 1870 Great Britain
did trife more than IS per cent of the
total Of the commerce of the great in
dustrial nations, while in 1895 her
share was trifc under 30 per cent
I'm twenty-five years she had not only
not held her position, hut she had lost
some of the trade she held i'm 1870 and
gained nothing by the commercial ex.
pansion of the world"
As TO the causes of England's COM
mercial decadcncc the writer cites
three. The principal cause, he thinks,
is extreme conservatism and the indl-
vidual Englishman's obstinncy. There
is an indispostion to accept any i'm.
provement that is of foreign origin. An.
other reason Is that England has so long
held the monopoly of trade, has been
so long the worlds banker as well az
the worlds master of water transport0.
ton, that she has become Indifferent to
and almost contemptuous of rivalry. The
third reason is that the old-fashioncd,
safe system Of doing business has been
superseded by a new method, under
which business Is conducted by others
than those who are really at the head of
1t. Doubtless these account in part for
the decline of British trade, but they
do not wholly explain it. There is n
deeper cause, perhaps to be found in the
economic policy of England.
1t Is interesting to note, at all events,
that the countries which have made the
greatest progress in the last quarter of
century and whose competition with
England is proving most damaging to
the trade of that natiOn-Germany and
the United States-are the best exem-
plars of the policy of protection. Since
Germany adopted that policy she has
made rapid strides in industrial devel-
opmcnt and is still pushing forward,
her rivalry in the worlds markets being
nearly or quite as much feared by Eng
land as that of the United States. AS
to this country, the commanding posi-
ton it occupies among industrial ma
tions is due absolutely TO protection and
the maintenance of that policy, with
such notifications as changed conditions
may render eXpedient, is still essential
to our further industrial and CONNER.
cial progress.
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
IMMIGRATION STATISTICS.

The official figures OF immigration for
the year ending June 30 last have been
anticipated as to the total and part of
the details, but there are some features
of Commissioner Powderlys report
which had not been made public before
and are interesting One of these Is
the large number of illterates that came
into the country, n total of 60,446 who
could neither read nor write. We do not
know that this Is exceptional and prob.
ably 1t Is not, but at any rate it Is n mat
ter which seems worthy of more than
passing attention. While the report does
not classify the illiterates by nationali-
ties, ii Is to be presumed that the larger
portion of them came from Italy, which
sent over nearly 10000 more immigrants
last year than the year before. Another
interesting fact is that the number of
males who arrived was very consider
ably In excess of the females, though
| over 10000 of the latter came into the
| country, lit appears that there are still
attempts to evade the alien contract la
Dor law, TAI laborers under contract
\
that the number of such persons not ad-
mtted last year was II per cent in eX-
cess of the number for the next preced-
ing year and legislation is recommended
to enable the commissioner general 10
have Investigations made at the centers
of labor in this country to which con-
tract labor Is destined 1t il perhaps
| Ia, hnt
corporations disposed TO violate the alien
contract labor law, but 1t Is gratifying
to know that they meet with little sue
cess.
An important recommendation of the
commissioner general of immigra-
ton is that the immigration
laws be extended to the islands
now held under military authority,
which he says would avoid many EN-
barrassments, The press synopsis of the
| report does not state what the embar.
easements are, but there are obvious
reasons why 1t is desirable that the laws
he extended To Porto Rico and the Phil.
ippines If not to Cuba. There are
other suggestions of the commissioned
which appear 10 be judlcious, particu'
larly those with reference to immigra'
tion on the Canadian border, 1t is pointed
out that immigration through Canada
has largely increased and there is con
sequently growing urgency for better
regulations.
The total Immigration for the year was
3ll,7l5, an increase over the preceding
year OF S2,i16, The improved conditions
Omaha daily bee., 1899-10-29
, DECLINE OF BRITISH COMMERCE.

The war in South Africa, If protrncted
commerce. The trade of Great Britain
with that region amounted to Il CON
siderable sum annually and while of
course not all Of it will be lost that
which the war will destroy will GER
tainly he felt by British manufacturers.
loss elsewhere, for Great Britain is in
no direction expanding her commerce
and generally she is not holding her
own against the active competition that
she il meeting in the worlds markets,
principally from the United States and
Germany,
\ writer on the condition of British
trade says: IF, during the next twenty
five years, Great Britain loses her trade
as rapidly as she has during the quar-
ter of II century from 1870 to 1895, she
will have yielded her prmacy as the
greatest of the worlds commercial pow
ers, If, in the quarter of "A century end
ing in 1924, the same industrial prog
ress is held by the United States as has
marked the closing years of the pres
ent century the United States will lead
the world in export trade, with Ger
many second and Great Britain third"
He points out that Germany now con-
trolls certain industries formerly monOp-
olized by Great Britain and that the
scepter of the iron and steel trade has
passed into the hands OF the United
States, asserting that the belief of some
English students of trade movements
that England has nothing to fear from
its commercial rivals is erroneous
This writer presents strong array
of statistics in proof of his statement
that England is steadily losing her con.
troll of the worlds markets and as they
We're compiled from British Board of
Trade returns they must be considered
to be as trustworthy as il is possible
TO obtain. These show that in the quar-
ter of century from 1870 to 1895 Ger
man exports increased 1890 per cent,