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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18
BUSINESS LOCALS.

III you want 10 sell real estate
1T you want to bay real estate
If you want a situation
If you want to make loan
And have quick returns
Advertise in PUBLIC OPINION.
IF. j. Lang for Sign Painting.
New spring and summer goods
up-to-date at Fred j. Rosenthars. 6-3
Penny pictures are still being made
by Reynolds.
If you want prompt service, clear
ice, and good weight, order your sum-
mer's ice of Auchmoody. He has two
delivery wagons. Phone POS.
We buy and sell all kinds of second
hand goods. Call and see l.. R
Morrison.
TO secure the original witch hazel
salve, ask for DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve, well known as certain cure for
piles and skin diseases. Beware of
worthless counterfeits. They are dan
gerous. Wangler Bros.
Parties having sucking calves to
sell will please notify
GEO. A. PFIsTER,
Locust, la.
Everybody is having penny pic
lures made by Reynolds.
-Crayon portraits free with $500 in
tradeat Doughty's post office barber
shop. 6-5
M. b. Smith, Butternut, Mich,
says, "DeWitt's Little Early Risers are
the very best pills / ever used for cos
tiveness, liver and bowel troubles.
Wangler Bros.
The millinery department of the
Schuck Dry Goods Co., has again
demonstrated tie right W their claim
that they are the leaders of styles
Their opening Of the spring season
which occurred on the 5th and 9th, was
visited by crowds of enthusiastic
ladies and the expression Determination
which came from the throngs, clearly
showed their favor to, the beautiful
Persian aud English millinery, tn,
delicate hut beautiful pastel shading,
which predominant on all copies of tn,
imported hat, are especially adopted
to gain favor with the FASHIONABLE,
ladies who are posted and read up OF
the latest millinery fads. In an inter
view with +. f. Schuc< he informs u
that they are now doing . Wholesale a
we'll as retail millinery htfins~s
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

May z, Sept. "a, Nov. 26-Times of hold
ing court in 1900.
April 2O-Lew Morrison in "Faust."
April 26-Base ball, Luther College VS.. Upper
Iowa University, Fayette
April 2, June 4, Sept. 8, Nov. l3 Board of
Supervisory meet in regular session.
June l2lS-I4-June Race Meet.
Aug. % % 39-Sl-Winneshiek Co. Fair.
Dec. 8th-Hoyts "a Texas Steer at the
Grand opera house.
Plays coming to the Grand opera house
this season, dates not announced as yet:
"Shepard's Minstrels."
Faust"
"Devil's Auction"
VIM. owen, in Shakespearlan plays.
HoyI's "a Texas Steer"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18
House for Rent.

The j. w. Daubney residence will
be for rent at reasonable rates on May
LIST. This is a first class house with all
modern conveniences. Apply to Win
nesheik County Bank or to
S. V. POTTER.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18
LOCAL ITEMS.


Flies will soon be here.
Phone the news to No. l5.
Beware the scandal monger.
Miss Minnie Wingard went to Chi
cagQ Saturday.
Herb. Goddard went to Madison,
Wis, Saturday.
-Geo/ Bieber was over from the Fort
Monday, on business.
John Foltz went to Ashland, Wis,
Manday, for short visit.
j. M. Akers was down from Bluff
sOn Saturday, on business trip.
Dan Price, of Burr Oak township,
was in the city Saturday on business.
Miss Lulu Taylor of Button has
been visiting We editor for few days.
Bro. Summers, of the Times, was a
business visitor from Fort Atkinson
Monday.
Misses Hattie and Hilda Johnson
returned to school at Albert Lea, Mimi
Monday.
We acknowledge a business call
froni Mr.. j. T. Ramlo, of Hesper, on
Saturday.
Mrs. r. A. Engbretson entertained
company of friends at tea Thursday
evening.
"A baby boy was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Mackenstadt on Friday
morning.
"A. G. Boyle came up from McGreg-
or Saturday, and spent Sunday with
friends here.
III. w. Haislet, wife and baby, of
Ridgeway spent Sunday at the home of
the senior editor
w. M. Gibbs and daughter, Miss
Anna, of Bluffton, attended Easter SER
vices here Sunday.
-Teshler, the st. Lucas blacksmith,
made an unsuccessful attempt to COM
NIT suicide week ago.
Geo. o. Norton went to McGregor
Monday, and will play with Carpen-
ters orchestra for week.
Lewis Morrison's presentation of
Faust" should be witnessed by a
crowded house Friday night.
Miss Clara Kirne went to Bremen,
Iowa, Monday, after an extended visit
with r. H. Miller and family.
Larson Bros. began to move into
the Bentley building on Monday.
They will have fine clothing store
in their new location.
Mrs. Roy Palmeter and babe re-
turned home to Clear Lafe Monday,
after visit with her parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. +. w. ID. Holway.
Faust" ms presented by Lewis
Morrison's company has national
reputation. Decorahians will have
anopportunity to see it Friday evening.
Jacob Larson, the hustling clothier
OF Canton, was calling on former De-
corah friends Monday. He did not
forget to leave the printers mite with
us before returning.
Prof. f. A. Wildman, of Fort At
kinson, has been elected principal OF
the schools at Chester for next year
A substantial promotion for a man in
every way capable to fill it.
%. ]. Saervold departed for Norway
Monday evening, where he will spend
year or SO visiting among his country.
men and studying their habits and
customs, gathering material forlectures
M. ]. Soukup installed handsom,
new wall case in his jewelry store las
week. 1t is beautiful large case
with sliding glass doors, and makes 9
fine addition to his already elegant
store.
j. T. Relf has rented the Prof
Markus building on Winnebago street
lately occupied by @. A. Neufert, ant
win occupy 1t about May 9Th. 1t will
be thoroughly renovated and repairet
and will make splendid place for hi
business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18

Those having furnished material
or labor toward rebuilding the city hall,
call OF the contractors at once and get
your money. M. c. STEYER & Son.
j. ]. Marsh has just received u Car
load of Deere Flows, Harrows, ETC., a
car load of Birdsell Wagons and car
load of Deering Ideal Binders and
Mowers.
For the best pillow work go to John
ONeil.
All photos made by Reynolds ART
first class. Penny pictures finished on
very short notice. Pear Photo Studio
--Dressmaking done neatly by the
Rice sisters. Rooms over X. l. Haugen's
store. S-2 pd
--E. Il. Auchmoody will make daily
deliveries of clear pure ice at private
residences. Phone POS.
"A fine crayon portrait Of yoursel
or friend free with every $500 In trad,
at Doughty's barber shop. 8-5
Rubber stamps, any size or style
mounted on self linking mounts O
moulding, at reasonable prices. AID
dress H. w. Haislet, or the Record
Ridgeway, Iowa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18
For Sale Cheap.

Three horses, standard bred:
One Lady's driver,
One mare yrs. old,
One three year old gelding, well
broken. DIR. HI. b. AMY.-S-3.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-04-18
HEDGES

The Thoughtful Housewife.
This cherished rubber plant of hers,
Since the day was warm and fair,
She set IL in the window,
That it might rubber there.
Detroit Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

washington, July 2. 1900.
Officially there Is still no war with
China, although official dispatches say
that the imperial Chiness troops attacked
the international marines under Admiral
Seymour, and among the killed and
wounded were Americans, and that all
the foreign ministers, who are reported
to have been safe at Peking week ago.
were ordered to leave that city within
tWenty-four hours and refused to do 90.
It is not quite clear who ordered them to
leave. For government to send min
lister his passport Is sometimes considered
an act of war. Our officials agree with
the Chinese minister to the United States
that there Is no war, but the killing goes
right along. The greatest shock that
Washington has received from China was
the news that the battieship Oregon,
which since her famous trip during the
war with Spain has been regarded as a
mascot, had run on rock and knocked a
big hole In her bottom and was in danger
of being lost, in case a big storm came on
before she could be got to port.
Observant men have long ago discov-
cred that the indiscriminate distribution
of public charity is an evil which often
outweighs the good, even when the cry
for charity Is of such a nature that 1t can
not be allowed to go unheeded. Addi-
tional proof Is furnished by a report of
Gen. Davis on the help given the Porto
Rico hurricane sufferers by the United
States government. The report says :
"The natives have become imbued with
the belief that the United States Is to sup
ply food, rebuild their homes, and give
them all the necessities of life for an in
definite period. 1t seems impossible to
make them understand that the aid was
only intended to tide them over and ena-
BILE them to recover from the great disas-
ter. These Issues of rations are pauper-
izing the people, and instilling into their
minds the idea that they have only to re-
fuse to work to be supported by the gov
ernment. In the opinion of Governor
Allen relief supplies should not be sent to
Porto Rico in the future, and supplies
should no longer be furnised the larger
and more prosperous planters, but should
be given only to the smaller planters, and
to them for only short time longer"
Official orders have been issued to cease
the free distribution of relief rations In
Porto Rico July 18th.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
THE HOSPITAL DOCTOR.
why He Did Not Visit the Patient
Who Was Dying.

Why He Did Not Visit the Patient
Who Was Dying.
Hospital doctors We're under discus
sion. Every man in the party had had
hospital experience at some time or
another, and each had a good word for
his particular doctor when the dis
cordant man came in. II tell you what
1t is," said he; there are some mighty
cold blooded men among them. was
In one of the big hospitals not long
ago, visiting a doctor friend Of mine.
It was night and there was not much
going ON. There were four or five doc
tors besides my friend around, and
some one suggested a game OF poker.
1--WE hadn't been playing long when q
nurse knocked at the door, and said,
Doctor, i think the patient In No. 8 is
dying; won't you come DOWN. Yes,
right away said the doctor. I'll draw
three cards. He filed his hand and
for about Is minutes, when there came
another knock at the door and the
nurse said: Really, doctor, that mans
condition 10 very serious. know he's
dying: won't you conner The doctor
said: Yes. yes; oh, / forgot. I'll be
there In just a minute I'll raise you q
quarter, doc
L "Well, he played that hand out and
the next one, and then he said. he
guessed he'd go see the patient The
nurse met him half way down the
stairs and told him the man was dead,
Now, what do You think Of that7"
Well. they get hardened, they see so
much suffering" said one Of the party
apologetically.
eff he'd gone when he was first call
ed, he probably couldn't have done
anything to save the mans life," said
the second.
"Yes," said the discordant man, "but
just as a matter of form he might have
quit after he filled that first hand"
"He might" assented all the party.
"But the man was going to die any
| way."-New York Sun.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

The dog catcher is not the only per-
son in the city who is sincerely hated
by both man and animal. There is q
cat catcher as well, and he comes In
for his full share of antipathy. He
makes living at the business, and q
very good one, it is said. Few are
aware of the fact that pussy's fur is a
very desirable article Of commerce.
There are any number of dealers In
this city who are glad to pay all the
way from SO cents to 81 for cats
skin, according to size and quality.
The method of catching the unsuspect-
ing cat is a particularly mean one. It
is a well established fact that cats
are very fond of catnip and will troop
after man who carries bundle of it.
This greed leads to the undoing OF
pussy, who will come to a stand IL @
bit Of the herb is thrown on the ground
and is thus made an easy prey. A bag
and a chloroformed sponge do the rest
and many household pet, the disap
pearance of which caused sorrow, can
be accounted for in this way.-Phila.
delphia Press
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
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An Immense / Sale
ANUFAC ACTURERS'
Sf6eKsD
$4,000 d ! y
IN NEW AND FASHIONABLE
Summer Merchandise
aa OFFERED.
IN NEW AND FASHIONABLE
OFFERED.

June goth is the great in
|ventory time, and just before
inventory is the harvest for
bargains. Manufacturers then
clear store houses and sample
rooms for the new season
ahead, and are prepared to
make almost any sacrifice to
effect prompt settlements :
This year we took advah-
tage of the situation and, with
half our store buyers and the
whole force of our New York
syndicate establishment right
on the field of action, among
the great concerns Of the me-
tropolis, bought up every de-
sirable lot of goods, at price
in sight.
Several lots Of these goods
are here and we present them
to the public as an example
of our power for their welfare
lin the open markets.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
A SPELLING TEST.

Here Are Some Tomgue Tvv1sters
with Whfch tn Grapple.
II you can spell every word correctly
In the following rhymes all legitimate
expressions you may consider yourself
qualified to enter q spelling bee:
Stand up. ye spoilers, now and spell
Spell phenakistoscope and knell;
Or take some simple word as chilly
Or gauger or the garden lily. s5
To spell such words as syllogim
And lachrymose and synchronism
And Pentateuch and saccharine,
Apocrypha and celadine,
Jepnine and homeopathy,
Paralysis and chloroform,
Rhinoceros and pachyderm,
Metempsychosis, gherkins, basque,
Is certainly no easy task. ~ seg
Kaleidoscope and Tennessee,
KAEntehatka and erysipelas VI ,siEE "a
And etiquette and sassafras L s.5s,
InfallibIe and ptyalism,
Allopathy and rheumatism 14 sa3 ~
And cataclysm and beleaguer,
Twelfth, eighteenth, rendezvous, intriguer,
And hosts of other words all found
On English and ON classic ground;
Thus Bering strait and Michaelmas,
Thermopyla, jalap, Havana,
Cinquefoil and ipecacuanha
And Rappahannock, Shenandoah
And Schuylkill and Thousand more
Are words some prime good spoilers miss
In dictionary lands like this.
Nor need one think himself scroyle
II some Of these his efforts foil
Nor deem himself dndone forever
s4 To miss the name Of either river,
The Dnieper, Seine or Guadalquivir.
. Lewiston (Me.) Journal
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

They dined well, if not wisely, in the
old days described by Sir Algernon
West in his "Recollections." He says:
"Thanks to the introduction of smok-
ing after dinner, wine drinking is now
over. What it was in old days ap-
pears most incredible. The late Lord
Clanwilliam told me of one occasion
when he had dined at friends villa
near Putney. The dinner was extraor-
dinarily late for those days-at 8
o'clock.
when they at last rose from the
table and went up to their rooms, Lord
Clanwilliam flung open his window
and saw the haymakers coming into
the field.
"'I wonder he thought, what hour
they begin work And on consulting
his watch he found it was 8:30-the
haymakers were returning to work
from their breakfast. New York
World
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
The Irony of Fate.

The Irony of Fate.
Speaking of the queer fukes Of luck
in the goldfields of Alaska, a writer in
Ainslee's Magazine says:
"Often after the pile is made acci-
dent, disease or death steps in to pre-
vent it's legitimate enjoyment.
"One man dropped dead when at the
weighing of the first clean up he found
himself a rich man. There was some-
thing wrong with his heart. He had
the physical strength to make the fight
against bad food and water, to endure
the back breaking toll Of developing
and working out and all the strain Of
the uncertainty that went before. The
supreme moment of success was more
than he could stand, and the use Of
the gold passed from him with it's ac-
quirement.
"a certain James Meade lay down
with typhoid fever in an outlying camp
just as he was starting for home with
the accumulations of the year, and he
and his bag of dust entered Dawson
together on a litter. 1t took six men
to bring him in-alternating four to
carry and two to rest-and he paid
each man SIS a day. Once in Dawson
Meade seemed to grow better, and
when his sailing day came he walked
to the boat. He reached the wharf and
fell dead as he was about to go
aboard @ ... .
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
STAFFORD SPRINGS.

Miss Ruth Walker Is home from Mt.
Holyoke college.
Rev. John Clark of Waterbury was in
town over Sunday.
Attorney Danahey is spending vaca-
tion at Willimantic. ~
Mrs. Arthur johnson is visiting at her
old home in Vermont.
Regis J. Cloutier of Worcester spent
Sunday with friends in town.
Miss Teresa Clark, who Is teaching al
Greenwich, is home for the summer vaca.
tion.
Mr.. and Mrs. FL. F. McIntire of West.
field, Mass, are guests of his parents at
Orcuttville. q
Miss Anna Smith of Hartford Is the
guest of her consins, Misses Carolyn and
Sophia Brown.
Mrs. Herbert Parker and son of Bridge
ton, Me-, former residents, are visiting
friends in town.
the opening of Forest Lake garden in
Palmer yesterday.
Fred Burwell, with his friend, A. Dick.
son, both. of Waltham, Mass, are camp.
ing at Crystal Lake.
Mrs. B. F. Taylor, accompanied by
Mrs. N. D. Fenton of Monson, has gone
to Crescent for the summer.
Mrs. A. W. Walker, Clarence and Miss
Alberta have gone to Mrs. Walkers old
home at Orleans on Cape Cod for month.
A. o. Brooks has gone to Block Island
to take charge of Brooks party from
Springfield now stopping at the Hygeia
hotel.
Rev. Julian s. Wadsworth gave very
interesting talk on the "Passion Play" as
produced at Oberammergau at the Meth.
odist church Sunday evening.
A. D. Brown has built high board
fence between his hotel property and his
new block. Later an addition will be
built to his hotel, as more sleeping rooms
are needed.
The Sunday Block Island train passed
through for the first time last Sunday
There were few passengers, the rate be.
ing too high for the general public. The
round trip fare on this train is the same
as week days-$2.5O to Watch Hill ano
SO to Block Island.
The chimney of Faulkner Co.'S. mill
was struck by lightning last Thursday
evening during the shower. The light
ming followed the chimney part way dowr
and glanced to the roof, removing some
of the slate. No damage was done to the
chimney and but little to the roof
A plan is on foot to close the stores
Wednesday afternoons during July and
August The merchants seem to greet
the idea favorably, and there is reason tc
think that the plan will be tried. In 9th
er towns where it has been given tria
much satisfaction is felt with the plan.
The carpenters are making repairs OF
the Baker block which was recently dam
aged by fire. The lower rooms have
been sheathed, new staircase has beer
built, and the windows have been re
placed. The stores damaged will bt
sheathed and metal ceilings will be put In
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
A QUEER OCCUPATION.
Gathering the Down of Cattails I
the Jersey Meadows.

Gathering the Down of Cattails In
the jersey Meadows.
One of the queerest industries has
grown up ON the Hackensack meadows,
an otherwise apparently useless bog
upon which it is unsafe for man or
beast to venture In the summer GER
tain parts of the meadows are covered
with dense growth of cattails. They
grow particularly rank and large.
Sometimes the tail, or furry part, Is
foot or more long and thick in proper
ton. The light, furry down is long
and soft, bearing close resemblance
to down when first taken from the
stalk.
Certain people always more or less
quick to see the advantages of waste
product have begun gathering the seed
down from cattails and are making 1t
a considerable business. Just before
the ice is gone in the spring is the
time selected. Provided with a large
sack in which to store the feathery
products, the gatherer goes about
among the tall flags, pulls off the down,
deposits 1t in his sack and takes 1t
home. 1t is not particularly pleasant
piece Of work, because the little bits of
down fly all over one, getting in the
eyes, the nose, the mouth and ears, and
completely cover ones clothing. But
it furnishes work, and men and women
do it.
It Is taken from the sack, carefully
spread where it will dry thoroughly,
and it is then ready to be used in pill
lows or wherever else genuine animal
down is advisable. 1t doesn't last long,
because it's fibers lack elasticity, but
for time the pillow will be as soft as
any.
Those who gather it make reasona-
bly, fair pay at it, though hardly enough
when the danger and the disagreeable
character of the work are considered
New York Commercial Advertiser.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
How's Thisi

We oner One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's
Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props, Toledo, o.
We. the undersigned, have known F. j. Cheney
iOr the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and f1nan-
cially able to carry out any Obligations made by
their firm.
WEST TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
gtsts, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces 81
Lne system. Price, 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists. Testimonials free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

A gentleman recently cured of dyspep.
sia gave the following appropriate rem.
dering of Burns famous blessing "Some
have meat and can not eat, and some have
none that want it; but we have meat and
we can eat,-Kodel Dyspepsia Cure be
thanked" This preparation will digest
what you eat. It instantly relieves and
radically cures indigestion and all stom
ach disorders. w. D. Heald.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05
- - n / -
s @ n A GAIA DRAL..a

1hs minister's mystic walls upresr
In times rich hues against the slys
Fair sentinels that year by year 1is
Have watched slow centuries 60 BY.
Within such perfect calm doth reign
As by no word may be exprest;
For, though without men war with pain,
Here weary souls awhile may rest;
And, resting, gather strength anew
Mid.dim memorials OF the past; a-
( The faith our fathers held holds trus ~
Ger diverse ways loves light to cast. =.
20. N. Paine In Chamber Journal.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1900-07-05

1t has been demonstrated by experience
that consumption can be prevented by
the early use of One Minute Cough Cure.
This Is the favorite remedy for coughs,
colds, Group, asthma, grippe and all throat
and lung troubles. Cures quickly. w.
d. Haald.