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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07
'cAsTALIA.

Mar. 6, 1900.
Snow shovels were in great demand
this morning. a
Born, Ward Tatro and wife, Feb. %,
a girl.
Guy Hinton came in from Milwaukee
last week for a flying visit.
The Womeu's Home Missionary So
ciety meet in the church parlors to-
morrow p. m.
Pres. Bookwalter, Of Western College,
Toledo, will lecture here March 20.
Mrs. w. f. Smith visited friends at
Clemont over Sunday.
Mrs. A. M. Thomas and children 20
to Dubuque to-day for weeks visit
with her sister.
Quite number of the Good Temp.
lars from here will attend Dist. Lodge
at Elgin this week.
Miss Bessie Rathbun is visiting her
brother at Arlington this week.
Kramer & Son received over thou
sand rolls of wall paper to begin the
season with.
Several from here attended the dance
ut Frankville last Friday evening and
report q pleasant time.
Willie Richards went into the Mil
waukee depot this week to learn tele-
graphy.
Walton Cornell has accepted posi-
tion in Ettledorf & Becker's store and
began his duties there yesterday.
Henry Carragher advertises large
public sale on his farm two miles south
OF town on Thursday, March Is.
w. s. Bailey is r.loving to Clermont
this week.
Miss Alma Lambert came up from
Dubuque to look after business interests
here.
Rev. Dickensheets reports splendid
results from the meetings at Forest
Mills. Up to last Saturday they had
over 80 conversions.
A Miss Sanders. of Postville, was the
guest Of the Smith family over Sunday.
A very happy wedding occurred at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. A. Boil
man, two miles east of town on last
Wednesday, when their daughter,
Stella, was married to Mr.. Hagland, of
Jackson Junction. On Friday evening
n reception was rendered by the bride
aud groom to their many Dung friends
here, and 1t was very pleasant and
happy gathering We join in wishing
them an abundance Of the good things
of this world in their new home
Miss Blanche Riggs had the honor
to be chosen as one of the eight contest.
ants in the 0ratorial contest at the state
Normal school, which wxs held last
Saturday evening.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

"A. X. he Fluent, editor Of the Jour-
nal. R ylestown. Ohio, suffered for q
number of years from rheumatism in
his right shoulder and side. He says:
my right arm at times was entirely
useless. ! tried (hamberlain's Pain
Balm, and was surprised TO receive re-
lief almost Immediately. The Pain
Balm has been a constant composition
of mine ever sii &c and 1t never fails"
For yale by Brunt n Parnan, druggists.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

p6Werfullv and ouiokiy Cures whsnall othss It'll
Young men win regain thar Isse manhood. anA old
men will recover their youthful vtsor b. ustne
-. ioss yitsisty' i%possncy S,sSsIy SnsSSssss
Loee Power. Failing Memory, WASTING Diseaees md
% s6scte Of sslftbuss or s1ceae md indiaefse3ea
which UNITS one for study. buslnsss marriage. n
isaersat nerve tonic and blood builder. hs11e-
tn6 back the pink glow to pale cheehs and ~
storing the nre Of youth. Il wards Oh ynsanley
ether. n esn be carried IN vest pocket. ~ natl
o1.oo par packaGs. or six for $500, with post
ave written guarantee - care - SefxD1
ohe Uensy. Circularfrss. AdAssa
Royal Medicine Co, "a el. H's:ssss.ssi
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1900-03-07

The product Of q year hard work :
picturesque DEBORAH"
The Conservative, 1900-11-08
Nebraska City
Manufactures.

The following list of the more important
manufacturing plants in Nebraska City
will be a standing advertisement in
THE CONSERVATIVE.
Persons addressing any of them, because
Of seeing this, will please mention Tm
CONSERVATIVE.
United Starch Company,
Nebraska City Iron Works,
DuIIenty PIow Co.,
King Press Drill Co..
Tank Building Co.,
Paul Schminke 4 Co. (FIour mII|s),
Mates Brewing Co.,
Chicago Packing and Provision Co.,
Hsbr. City Packing Co.,
Nebraska City Cereal Mills.
Nebr City Canning Co.,
The above named make the best quality
Of commodities. Their trade is con.
stantly increasing. All their patrons
are pleased. Try theml
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

persons who enter an elevated car
think that their last moment has come
just as soon as the elevator operator
begins to perform. There is a cruel
scowl on his face generally, and he
whangs and bangs the gate as if he
wished it were passenger Before
starting the car he turns round and
glares hatefully at every one. Peo
pie shrink as far from him as possible,
feeling that he may explode at any
moment and wreak terrible vengeance
upon some one. No one can under
stand what the boy elevator boy says
when he talks. He has the same con-
tempt for the English language that
he has for everything and every one
else. If a passenger asks him ques-
ton the reply is short sharp bark and
a snap. Those in the car jump with
fear. Few care to beard the elevator
boy in his cage Elevator manufac
turers all say that the girl elevator
boy Is sure to arrive in all large cities
very shortly. The makers are hurry
ing things up so that she can work
the elevator with the least expenditure
Of force.-San Francisco Chronicle.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

glass by electric furnace, and is said
10 have adopted in its construction a
hint which he derived from an acct
dental breakage. Passing through his
works one day, he saw the globe of an
electric light crack, and a piece of the
broken glass dropped upon the white
hot carbon points and was almost in
simultaneously melted. Thereupon he
had box or vat made upon the in
terror of which were brought together
pairs of carbon rods, powerful currents
being sent through them to secure
great heat. Immediately below them
was channel for the passage Of sand
and other constituents of glass, and it
is found that these are reduced to the
vitreous state in as many minutes as
it requires hours to melt glass under
the old system.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

fore their eyes, and the rise and fall
of the boat. together with the shifting
scenes, complete the illusion that one
Is really on board a steamer, cruising
in front of some of the well-known
seaport cities OF the Mediterranean.
1.-THE Celestial Globe"-another "side
shows a sphere IA feet in diameter
and surrounded by terrace 200 feet
above the ground. The exterior OF this
immense globe is decorated with as
Economical and NEUROLOGICAL figures,
which, being Illuminated at night from
the interior, will be visible from all
parts of the exposition grounds. In
side the globe, electric elevators and
broad staircases will conduct visitors
to a second sphere 110 feet in dame
teri, representing the center of the
planetary system. The sun, the moon,
the stars and the wandering comets
will all be visible, while in the center
will be seen the earth diameter %
feet), slowly revolving on its axis.
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paris letter.


Visitors to the exposition who make
their entrance by the Place de la Con-
corde will probably wonder whether
they are the victims OF hallucination
or the subject OF a seasonable practi-
cal joke. They will be confronted
with weird-looking structure, which
a momentary examination will show
them is in reality house.
But it Is not an ordinary dwelling
place. Architects usually have weak
ness for laying their foundations upon
a solid substratum of earth. Not so
the designer of the MANOR a ZEN
vers." He has laid the foundations in
the clouds, and the only communica-
tion with mother earth is by way Of
the chimneys and turrets of his feudal
mansion. Nevertheless, there is no
danger OF its falling into space with
its occupants, for, be it noted, this
topsy-turvey mansion is not uninhab
tied
The visitor draws closer and glances
at the windows; people dressed like
himself look out. To his establishment
they are as topsy-turvey as the house,
for their feet point skywards and
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

boys in China, as there are here in this
country. The boys are respectful and
polite to all who are older than them
selves, and while they have their plays
and their fun, they do not think it fun
to hurt any one. The boys here in
America do not know what long school
hours are. | went to school early in
the morning before the birds began to
sing. After that We went to breakfast
and then to dinner and in the evening
to supper. Those were long. long
days, the boys here would say, but we
Chinese boys did not say anything
about it. We just sat on our stools
and sung out our lessons all at the
same time as loud as we could. Va
cation came along in the harvest time
when the rice was gathered. Then we
played at flying kites. We did not, as
boys do here, fly kites any time. No,
there was a season for it, and we flew
them at no other times. The boys in
China walk on stills just as boys do
here, and play at blindfold, hide and
seek and leap frog, but all in a differ
sport fighting beetles. We would find
these on the fields and train them to
fight, and we would lay wagers on
which would win just as you do here
on prizefighters. No neighborhood in
China can afford to have a bad boy in
it. Suppose at Chinese New Years
when we are all shooting firecrackers,
some one would shoot a revolver.
There would be great trouble. Not
only would the one who shot the re-
volver be punished, but his relatives
and neighbors and the magistrate Of
the district would be punished or rep
rimanded. because in China such things
must not happen. A stranger could
walk through my village day or night,
with no one to hurt him. He would
be safe all the time. 1t is not so in
this country. We had great sport in
shooting at sparrows with bow and
arrow, and nobody ever shot at per-
sons, as some boys do here with air
guns. The boys in China laugh a great
deal, and laugh very loud sometimes,
but they have plenty of sport without
hurting any one"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
THE GRAND CLIO BE CELESTIAL.

their heads are directed towards the
ground.
II anxious to solve the mystery and
to learn how il has become possible
for mere humanity to emulate the fly,
and walk upside down, the visitor will
only find his bewilderment increased.
In fact the apparent intention of the
designer Of the MANOR" is to instill
lasting doubt in the minds Of men as
to whether they do really stand on
their heads or their heels.
Immediately the visitor enters he at
once becomes part and parcel of the
topsy-turvy scheme. He is ushered
into a room, and gradually it dawns
upon him that he is really walking up
on the ceiling. He looks anxiously
round him for something to clutch;
there is nothing.
He takes one cautious step-anoth-
err He has achieved the impossible;
he has learned to walk with his head
where his heels should be. The lesson
thus being learned, he will find it pos
sible to enjoy with equanimity the
ordinary doings of humanity from his
novel point of view.
He may proceed to a bath room and
perceive a steaming jet of hot water
spouting upwards into the tub. He
may proceed to the dining room, where
the laws Of gravity being suspended,
the table remains unmoved directly
over his head, and all the parapher-
MALTA Of the table, the plates, the cut
lery, the flowers, sustain their posi-
tions without any more effort than the
guests dining thereat.
Thence he may visit the kitchen,
apron, Is busily engaged in his usual
duties. The cook let's fall saucepan
lid; unconscously the visitor puts up
his hand to protect his head, but there
is no need for him to do so, since,
like everything else in this abode, the
saucepan lids obey laws of their own.
Then there is the drawing room,
where, standing alongside the chan
delier, he may avail himself Of the UNI
eNampled opportunity afforded him for
studying the art of the Partisan Golf
feur as displayed upon the head of a
lady who at the piano beneath is tin
king out the tune of the latest popular
song. Even CULVER in all his travels
never witnessed anything more slngu-
lar.
This ingenious production is the idea
of a Russian engineer, and a French
architect is responsible for the build
ing itself while British capital has
made its erection possible Needless
to say, an ingenious arrangement of
mirrors is responsible for an illusion
which for elaborate detail easily tran
sends anything previously attempted
In the same line.
Another feature of the exhibition
will be the "Mareorama." IL differs
from the ordinary cyclorama chiefly in
the fact that the spectators, instead OF
standing on a circular platform find
themselves on a genuine vessel and
experience most OF the sensations Of
being at sea. Immense canvases I'M
roll slowly, steadily and noiselessly be-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
A Years Progress in the Kiondlko.

Two years ago the difficulties OF
reaching the Klondike were thought to
be of such nature as to preclude the
probability or even possibility of Daw-
son ever becoming a place of perma-
nent habitation. The trials of the Chill
koot and White passes were exploited
in magazine and journal from one end
of the continent almost to the other,
and the wrecks of humanity, and par
ticularly Of the thousands of beasts
that lay scattered along the trail-the
tribute to the Sahara turned to shame
were appealed to as grim testimony
of the almost insuperable barrier
which separated man from the object
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Another KIpiing story.

Just before the famous writer left
England he was lunching at a restau-
rant in Fleet street much affected by
the literary and artistic set. In bit
of absence of mind Kipling got up from
his seat and began walking away with
out paying his score. The waitress,
with little readiness of wit which de-
lighted the whole room, called out
"Mr. Kipling-Pay, Pay, Pay" the
well-known refrain of the Absent
Minded Beggar." 1t is a story that
will often be told against the author OF
Tire much-discussed patriotic poem
London Madame.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
To California quickly and Comfortably

To California Quickly ana Comfortably
Via Chicago, Union Pacific and North
Western Line. The Overland Linn
tied" leaves Chicago daily $50 p. M,
arrives San Francisco the afternoon Of
third day, and Los Angeles next morn
ing. No change OF cars. All meals In
dining cars. Buffet, smoking and IL
brary cars, with barber. THE best or
everything" "The Pacific Express"
leaves Chicago daily 1920 p. m, with
first-class and through tourist sleepers
to California Personally conducted
excursions every Thursday. All agents
sell tickets via Chicago & Northwest
ern R'y. For full information and IL
Illustrated pamphlet apply to
W. b. Kniskern, ~ Fifth Avenue,
Chicago, III.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
MARCH AND APRIL
Are tho Most DisagreeabIs Months or
the Year In the North.

In the South, they are the pleasant
est and most agreeable. The trees and
shrubs put forth their. buds and flow
ers; early vegetables and fruits are
ready for eating. and in fact all nature
seems to have awakened from its win
ter sleep. The Louisville & Nashville
Railroad Company reaches the Garden
Spots OF the South, and viii on the
first and third Tuesdays OF March and
April sell round-trip tickets TO all prin-
cipal points In Tennessee, Alabama,
Georgia and West Florida. at about
half rates. Write for particulars OF
excursions to p. Sid Jones, ID. p. A.,
in charge of immigration. Birming-
ham, Ala, or Jackson Smith. ID. p. A,
Cincinnati. o.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
= Nars ago a landowner MAD

A feNaars ago a landowner made
bis pLghbor tear down and rebuild
fpfstory block because it overreached
SIX inches into the next lot A still
more selfish contention concerns the
proprietorship of five inches of space
three hundred feet above the sidewalk.
The bringer of the suit declares that
neighboring cornice projects five inches
over his own modest roof, and he
claims large damages therefor. For
once Doctor Hale's Took up and not
down" seems at fault. Thackeray's
irony is more apt; IF your neighbours
foot obstructs you, stamp on it; and
doyou suppose he won't take it away"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

horace Greeley, the famous editor,
az thrashed over the question Of
Fusn's rights with an able represen-
e of their sex, and wound up with
I,.Atention that in times of war
women were useless. What would you
49, he demanded, lin the event of a
evil war? Just what you would do,
Mr. Greeley" replied his opponent,
ppnptly; L should stay in my office
nd write articles urging other people
toeand fight"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Muskrnt Meat PaIafahIe.

Muskrat meat, Pennsylvanians along
the Schuylkill valley say, is more deli
cate and sweet than rabbit. Care has
to be taken, however, not to break the
bag Of musk-a pouch the size OF a
walnut, filled with highly perfumed
white paste and located in the intes-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

of his search. To-day, and since July
Of the past year (S99), steam rail-
way traverses the full forty-two miles
of the White Pass trail, and the trav-
elGr enjoys the beauties of the sub
Arctic landscape in much the way that
he enjoys the trip through the Allie
ghany mountains in the east, or the
prairies in the west.-From an article
by Prof. Angelo Heilprin, in Appleton's
Popular Science Monthly for February.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

rate the flesh with a musky odor and II
is then inedible, as though 1t had been
boiled In cologne. The muskrat is said
to be even cleaner in its eating than
the serpent. 1t washes all its food.
Green corn, tender young grass, salads,
apples, wheat, nuts and sweet potatoes
are the things it lives on.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

In New York hospital moving pic
: nave been made of epileptic pa
ccaH az we'll as Of persons affected
locomotor ataxia. This is follow
the example set in Vienna, where
ng pictures have been made of cell
And 'tS'~geons performing critical
legaons. The purpose in both cases
-nable students and practitioners
ady the peculiarities of diseases
SHE methods of distinguished oper-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

The accompanying illustration is n
scene which goes to show just what an
expert sharpshooter the average Boer
still is. This scene represents the
Boer method of killing cattle for food.
The Boer does not poleax his beef, but
has It driven up by the herdsmen. He
then casually selects the animal he
wants and puts bullet through its
brain with the utmost nicely. When
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Sir John Murray in a recent address

Sir John Murray in a recent address
drew vivid picture of the time, in
the remote future, when temperatures
as low as those which Professor Dewar
PES in his experiments at the
~ Institution will prevail all over
The atmosphere and the
oceans will then have disappeared
within the rocky crust of the globe,
their elements having entered into
new combinations. In other words, to
use Sir John Murray's expression, 1.-The
waters of the ocean will have become
solid rock" But over their surface
will roll the waves of new and most
wonderful sea, "an ocean of liquid air
about forty feet in depth" At that
time, of course, life as we know it will
have vanished from the earth.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

The renrk is often made that the
ianier OF Rs9-19OO has been, in a great
OF the country, bad for some
snches OF business because of its
adness and dryness. The statement
quite undeniable, since business"
netically means the spending of
oney and not the saving OF it.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

DR.. Thomas Wilson of the United
States National Museum, discussing
,ua.s;es the problems of American an
~, points out among the pc
yet unexplained, that a
country lying between the
and the Pacific contains
Sel lumber of stocks, or families
. M. languages than all the rest
North America combined. The ar
and spear-heads of the Pacific
,ast are notably different from those
AZ other parts OF the country. Pottery,
though made by neighboring peoples
Mexico and in the Pueblo county,
cent from the arts of the Pacific
I5Mhile, on the other hand, the
~fokpecimens of basketry perhaps
tie world, either in ancient or mod
I'm times, are to be found in Califor-
MIA. Doctor Wilson regards the ia
nous Calaveras skull as a genuine
tyelic of ancient man on the Pacific
nope.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
BoYHooD DAYS OF MoY KEE
Cninama Talks OF His Childhood Days
In the Old Country.

In the oiu country
when | was a boy" said Moy Kee,
tea merchant, laundryman and inter-
prefer to an Indianapolis News man,
Il went to school in my native village
of Shrinking, eighty-seven miles from
Pekin. was seven years when
started to school, and, of course, the
teacher was a man. We sat on stools
with desks before us and studied
aloud. At 10 years old could write
very well, and had to learn every word
of a long lesson by heart. The teacher
had a stick. and sometimes, but not
often, he would punish a boy, either
by striking him on the hand or on the
seat Of his trousers. There are no bad
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
GIRLS RUN ELEVATORS.
City of Boston Has Them In That
Capacity.

Girl elevator boys are the latest
thing in Boston. In this respect the
city is now ahead of New York. The
girl elevator boy is the product of the
electric elevator, which can be run
without much expenditure of muscular
energy. The apparatus does not have
to be hauled up and down as when OPP
Grated by the ordinary steam or hy-
draulic power. 1t is worked by the
simple process OF throwing over lever
and any child can do it. In some Of
the skyscraping Office buildings timid
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Wanted.

Butternut meats, well selected Must
be in halves as much as possible. In
any quantity from one to so quarts
Address, stating price per quart A. L.
NORTH, 90 Clinton ST., Detroit, Mich
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22
Do Your Feet Ache and Burnq

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
East. a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions, Swollen, Hot and
Sweating Feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, Csc. Sample sent FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

he goes out after game, he is even
more skillful in bringing down food for
his larder He can pick off with the
utmost unconcern a deer at a thou
sand yards, and while going full gall
lop on horseback. Although the
younger generation of Beers are not,
perhaps, such expert marksmen rs
their fathers. the present war in South
Africa has shown that their shooting
Is by no means to be desnised
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

Papa CATER the company is gomez
Dorothy, why did you not obey me
when / spoke to you? Dorothy-Oh
papa, hated to before all those peo-
7le.-Truth.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

Inc man who will pay real money
Tor ths privilege of witnessing the blum
be6e put up by Jeffries and Corbett
ed not draw upon the public for
.vmpstby-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1900-03-22

iFuseli. an eminent historical painter
as rather fond of sarcastic remarks
{ the expense of his friends. North
BE. a contemporary, exhibited his
Judgment of Solomon" Fuseli look
al IL with a smirk on his face. How
YOU like my picture?" inquired
orthcote. Much" was the answer;
ne action suits the word. Solomon
as out his fingers like pair Of open
sors at a child, and says: Cut it.
e Il much" Northcote remem-
this when Fuseli exhibited a pic
representing Hercules drawing his
W at Pluto. How do you like my
ire?" inquired Fuseli. Much,
Northcote; at is clever, very
or; but he'll never hit him." HE
<.l hit him." exclaimed the other,
that speedily" Away ran Flu
with his brush, and as he labored
i've the arrow the true direction he
heard to mutter: "Hlt him! BY
tier but he shall hit himi"