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The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27

and flirting, etc, at West Point, and the
absence of a religious atmosphere. Does
she know how many godly and jealous
ministers of the Gospel (some eminent
missionaries), have come from West Point,
and not one of them ever disgraced the
profession, so far as l can learn? Per-
haps she has never heard of Cen o. o..
Howard, Gen. e. Kirby Smith, Capt. Sat
terlee and other Christian laymen, who
upheld the Banner of the Cross" as
braveIy as they defended the Stars and
Stripes or the Stars and Bars The stand
ard of morality and temperance at West
Point compares favorably with that of
our best colleges.
recently challenged all colleges, re-
lisious or otherwise, to submit to as
searching a double barreled Investigation
as West Point has passed through on
hazing and fist fights and then let the
general public give plain, Impartial. YER
dict. Colby University, formerly Water
vile (Maine) College, where / was hazed
more than fifty years ago, has just had
sort of Booz affair. William Phillips, Of
Bangor, Me, (my native city, a fresh
man, has been very i'll, after being hazed
hut his good mother. unlike Mrs. Booz,
says the family is not Indignant" over
his treatment, and as soon as he RECEIVERS
he will return 20 Colby which is a Bap-
fist institution. to finish his course. And
on the heel of this comes the announce
ment of the suspension of ten sophomores
at the Iowa State University for kidnep-
ing President Sites Of the freshmen, who
was forciby carried tenN miles into the
country and locked up two days This is
a duplicate of the late kidnapping at the
University of Georgia. These cases and
9TH % l,N, -, eI,1 l,,k
West Point is not "the only pebble on the
beach"
Since writing the preceding paragraphs
l have been made glad to see that the
cadets at West Point in all the classes,
have voluntarily promised TO hereafter
"set their faces against hazing and
fist fights. This is the only remedy for
these abuses, for no superintendent, no
commandant OF cadets at West Point, or
any other similar institution. can abol-
ish these practices by the strictest rules or
severest punishments. Why this cannot
be done I will show next week. In the
honor OF the students or cadets lies the
only safe course OF procedure. The oath
or affirmation required to be taken by
every cadet who enters the Virginia Mil
itary Institute closes with this "cinch-
err" as to the practice Of hazing: II fur
thermore promise, on honor, that / will
not engage in hazing while / am mem
Der of the Corps OF Cadets" Let a SINH
lar oath or affirmation put every student
or cadet in every college, university or
institution. on his honor not to engage
in hazing or first fights, and these some
times cruel and always Objectionable
sports will be benished from all our high
er institutions Of learning. But this re-
suit can never be attained by severe dis
clpline prompt suspension or dishonor-
able expulsion. Sidney Herbert.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27

IA Clear Field-Towne-D'A uber tells
me he's In love with his art.
Browne-Is he? Well. he need never
have any fear Of a rival.-Philadelphia
Press.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27
ia silk Swell PettiCOats- Grand Values for S
A Sale That Has Astonished Both
Patrons and Projectors.
It Proved the Very Thing the Public
Needed These Hard Times.

courtesy. Most of them are poor in purse
and feeble in health, but they love to
meet together and talk over old times
during the war. They will not be here
long, and their last days ought to be
cheered and frightened by our great
railroad corporations giving them cheap
rates to their annual reunions.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27

in London-"Yes," said the magazine
editor; I'VE are trying to arrange a mil
itary symposium" "Yes?" yes; we
hope 10 publish articles by several we'll
known generals, entitled. How 1 Didn't
Catch De Wet. Puck.
The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-27

week 1 will show that Supt. Sylvauus
Thayer, called the Father of the Acade-
N.Y." and Acting Superintendent Alden
PARTRIDGE, both eminent engineers and
instructors, were compelled to resign be-
cause their discipline was too strict. 1
will also give private cadet song on
Bob" Garnett's strict discipline as COM
mandant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
A Good Time Comin0.

1t almost looks as though the time
were not far off in this country when
money would not secure for its pos.
SCISSOR either man or woman &c
do the mental and dirty work of life
a time when the necessity of doing
such work for others for pay would
cease to exist; when every fellow
would have to milk his own COW
clean out his own barn, black his own
boots, saw his own wood, and every
woman wash her own dishes. make
her own bed, cut, fit and make her
own dresses and cook her own meals.
Should this time ever come il will
first compel a greater degree of CO.
operation between neighbors and the
introduction of a simpler style of liv.
Ing and entertaining company, which
will do away with much senseless So
cia, rivalryAwhich now prevails and
which is wholly indefensible; IL would
encourage the raising Of children and
their training as family helpers and
IN many other ways would not be .
bad thing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
Stock tor the New Faro,

The point should be remembered
by any man opening up farm il
a new region at all remote from
market that he will make headwa,
very much faster by keeping stock
Of some sort than he will trying tc
raise grain to sell. In the newly op.
ened sections pasturage and mead.
ow land is very abundant. We recall
the case of an old fellow who, forty
years ago, located on the Minnesota
prairies. All his neighbors went tc
raising wheat to sell, which they had
TO haul forty miles to market. He
broke up only just enough of his
farm to produce what grain he need.
ed for his own use and devoted an
of his time 10 the care of cattle
which buyers took at his door. The
result was that he made five dollars
where his neighbors made one, and
made the money with one-half the
work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
Unclaimed Moneys,

Nearly every bank Of old establish
ment has on deposit sums Of unclaimed
money. The aggregate Of all thes,
sums. il it could be told. would aston
ish the world. These moneys in the
Bank Of England are estimated vari
ously. some placing the aggregate
amount at less than $5OO.OOO and some
at many times that sum. In the Bank
OF England. as In all banks in this
country and in England, the total
amount is made up Of small sums. Ac.
cording to law. the Bank of England
should give public access to the list of
such lost moneys. whereas 1t never does
anything Of the sort. When challenged,
1t Invites legal action. but no one cares
FOR a legal contest with the Bank of
England. so the question never is faced.
How do these unclaimed moneys ac.
cumulate? Largely through the omis-
sion of stockholders to claim dividends
and through the fact that many people
die without leaving behind them a
strict account Of their investments.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

The original of the singular saying
A skeleton in the closet" which is
found in almost every language in Eu-
rope, Is found in one of those curious
collections of stories which the monks
or the middle ages were fond of max
Ing both for their own amusement and
Tor the instruction of youth. In one of
these collections, compiled by an un-
known hand about the middle of the
tenth century, there is story of a
wealthy lady who, having a secret
grief. confided it to friend who was
apparently a perfectly happy woman
She was the wife of nobleman who
lived In his castle in the south of
France. She and her husband were
outwardly on the most loving terms.
Not care cloud seemed to cast a
shadow on her path.
After hearing the story of her affiict-
ed friend the noble lady took her by
the hand and led her to a secret cham
Der adjoining her bedroom. there OPEN
ed the door of closet and exposed a
skeleton. Know, my friend" she
said, mo one is happy. Every day l
am forced by my husband to kiss this
grinning death head, which is that of
gentleman who was my husbands RI
val and whom l would have married
had not my parents willed otherwise"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
Cheap. Yet Good.

We invite attention to the econom
ical and gastronomic possibilities con.
nected with corn and the COW and
their respective products in these
days of high priced breadstuffs. Try
bowl of puddin' and milk, eaten on
the back porch, while the oriole sings
his FL Captain song in the swinging
branches of the elm which shades the
milk house. Work the hen and the
cow and the corn into an old fash.
Toned lnjun pudding and throw in a
good big handful of raisins. Try n
corn meal fiapjack, golden brown. hot
from the griddle, fabricated with
creamery butter and honey. Get
some old gray-haired mother from
Vermont to show you how to make a
rye and Injun loaf. There is not a
mothers son of you all but would feel
better it you would try these things
and give the baking powder biscuit
rest.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

Il am glad your name is Mary" sal
Mr.. Slowcoach to his sweethear,
whom he had been counting for severa
years.
"Why so?"
Because | was reading today ant
came across line which said, Mary /.
the sweetest name that woman eve
BORE"
THAT is POLITICALLY expressed. Nv,
heard my father say it to my mother
whose name is Mary. 1t is from som.
poet, isn't itY'
81 believe So"
But have also heard my father sax
that there was even a sweeter name
than Mary"
Il think he must have been mistak.
en-" said the lover as he tenderly press
ed his sweetheart's hand.
mo; ! do not think he was mis-.
taken"
what was the other name?"
A beautiful blush suffused the charm
Ing maiden's cheek, the silken lashes
fell and yelled the lovely eyes, and in a
tone as soft as the whisperings of an
Eolian harp she murmured:
wife"
The cards are out.-London Answers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
The Same Old Story.

Not all of life's tragedies are noted
Rivalry, jealousy and passion find
plenty of victims among the lower or.
ders of creation. On our lawn one
morning the past week we noticed
two male robins engaged in desper.
ate duel. Two game cocks never
fought bloodier battle. They were
so absorbed in their strife that they
paid no attention to us, permitting
us to approach within three feet of
them. One had a broken leg and one
wing so injured that it could hardly
fly, but for all that he was forcing the
night and had the uninjured bird well
nigh whipped out. 1t is to be hoped
that the demure and interested cause
OF all this strife, who sat on a nearby
tree watching the scrap, was at least
generous enough to smile on the vic.
tor, battered up though he was, and
not fly off with the whipped but hand.
somer party TO the conflict.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
Sensible Girl.

One of our nice girl graduates o.
'o1 has hired out to her mother to dc
the house work for the family. While
this may look like coming down
from the somewhat exalted plane OF
the average high school graduate, we
still wish to commend this young lady
for doing most sensible and prac.
teal thing, for nothing is more GER
tain than that thorough knowledge
OF home-making and housekeeping
Should be associated with good edu-
cation in scholastic lines. 1t comes
to be the fate of most women that
their world is in later years bounded
by the horizon of home, and the wo.
man who can best manage and direct
the intricate machinery of home life
will secure the largest share of pleas.
ure and happiness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
Mistaken the Birds.

We note several references in tn,
papers of the west to focks of pas
senger pigeons being seen at vari
Gus points. We think that the OBJ
servers in these cases were mistaken
in the identy of the birds and that
what they thought were wild pig.
cons were the golden plover, bird
which has the same irregular line
OF flight as the pigeon. 1t is doubt.
full If there is single flock of wild
pigeons left north of Kentucky, and
almost equally doubtful if there are
any south of that line.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
Indians Not Farmers.

Indians as agriculturists have no
been a very great success. The fac
is the red man does not like to work
in which respect he resembles very
many of his white brothers. Their
from time immemorial the squaw by
custom and tradition has been re
garded as the bearer of burdens and
the worker of the red mans house
hold. Some of the tribes in the In.
dian Territory, a small remnant OF
one or two tribes in Wisconsin, with
a few OF the Chippewas of northern
Minnesota. represent about all of the
Indians which have adopted modern
methods of agriculture successfully
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
REAL ESTATE AGENCY.

| No. l5-lGO acres q mile from Artesian. s.
down. S-''V'
No; 2.-lCOO acres of fine timber land, prin-
clpaily walnut and oak, very valuable for
lumber, miles from the county seat of Scott
county, Tenn. Some timber tracts in this
locality no better are held at $40 per acre
Inls tract will go at the low price of $40 per
| acre either as whole or divided. A big in
vestment for some one to buy 1t and cut the
Timber for lumber. Would trade for income
town property, or improved farms.
No. S7.-A $1,000 stock of groceries. notions
etc, ana two story double store building, alt
for $500, in Winnesheik county. Will trad,
for land in this county.
No. l5:-l6O acres in Wichita county, Kan,
q mile from Coronado station ~ mile from
Leot, the county seat; is free from sand
graYel or gumbo, IS acres broke, balance In
naive grass; very fine piece; price $40 per
No; 39-A bargain in hotel, the Park
Hotel IN the town of Calmar, Ia, formerly
held at 81 900, now offered for the low price q
1910. Owned by an aged widow who s
quick If you want it.
NO. 4O.-A qnarter section of as fine piece
OF land in as good country as ever lay out or
doors miles from r.. r. town. All in crop,
one,tnlru OF crop going to purchaser, located
IN Hamlin county, 5. - price SiSS5 per acre.
No. H.-A level and excellent quarter. all
tilla6le, adjoining the r. r. village OF Rec
i Hielggnts, Hand county, 5. d. 1t is worth
SlUOO OF any ones money.
No. "a piece of mill property, including
also good house, barn, ETC., on Turkey
river, IN Winnesheik and Fayette counties, in
ioW w. VIII sell $500. $500 down; will trade
at 5000 for N. Dakota land.
No. O.-A bargain: 100 acres u miles
southeast of DEBORAH. good house and gram
airy and warm stable, well and Windmill
price only $40 per acre, road to DEBORAH level
NO 52-A farm of l55 acres. miles west of
Lansing, no acres under plow cheap build
lngs' some timber, price 1923 per acre.
NO: 5l.-Imprnved farm, $50 acres. good
buildings, springs, ITO acres cultivated
oalahce umoer ana pasture, price S25 per acre,
A number of quarter sections In Hand and
hyde counties, $. D., fine soil, at $500 per
quarter, cash. VIII soon be worth double.
5. r. wager, Agent,
Calmar, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

We are again asked about the
squirrel-tail grass, the pest of the
lawn. We have practically extermi-
mated il from our lawn by close and
frequent moving with the lawn
mower just as it gets ready to
throw up the seed head. The cut
tings should be gathered in grass
catcher and burned as soon as they
are dry enough. The whole secret
of getting rid of it lies in prevent
ing it from going to seed upon the
lawn, as the plant is an annual and
propagated solely from the seed
borne the previous season. If not
looked after it will ruin the lawn in
two seasons.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

Inc rata morgana is singular aeria
phenomenon akin to the mirage. 1t i.
seen In many parts of the world, but
most frequently and in greatest per
rectlon at the strait of Messina. be
tween Sicily and Italy. So many CON
dltions must coincide, however, tina,
even there it is of comparatively rare
occurrence. To allow of it's production
the sun must be at an angle of As de.
grees with the water, both sky and sea
must be calm, and the tidal current suf.
nclently strong to cause the water in
the center to rise higher than on the
edges Of the strait. When these condi.
lions are fully met, the observer on the
heights of Calabria, looking toward
Messina, will behold a series of rapidly
changing pictures, sometimes of most
exquisite beauty.
castles, colonnades, SUGGESTIONS OF
beautiful arches, palaces, cities. with
houses and streets and church domes.
mountains. forests, grottoes, will ap-
pear and vanish, to be succeeded per
maps by fleets of ships, sometimes
piacidly sailing over the deep, some
times inverted, while a halo like a
rainbow surrounds every image. 1t is
supposed that the images are due to
the irregular retroactive powers of the
layers OF air above the sea.
which magnify, repeat and distort the
objects on the Sicilian shore beyond.
put to the Italians these singular ap-
oearances are the castles of the Prin-
less Morgana, and the view of them is
to bring good fortune to the
)eholder.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

A very pretty illustration of con-
nubial felicity we have been watch
ing lately connected with the nesting
of pair of grosbeaks near window
OF our home. where they may be
watched. Both birds helped build the
nest and during the incubating period
the male bird put in most of his time
on particular limb of tree near by
singing his best; when the young
birds opened their hungry mouths he
was on deck with plenty of fat grubs.
This husband and father was true to
his wife, his home and his family, in
which respect he set good example
to men In general.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

One of the biggest fool things
which we notice in connection with
the creamery business is the effort
on the part of the managers to save
SIS month on the salary of the but
ter maker and then lose anywhere
from $50 to $3.50 month in low
cred grade of butter made by a
cheap man. This is almost as fool.
ish as to oonsign a lot of butter to
some irresponsible and unknown
commission firm because they prom.
Use a half cent better price than
has been obtained heretofore.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
A lake bed covering several nunareo

A lake bed covering several nunareu
acres was drained few years ago
the bitches dug being based upon a
most careful and technical survey and
estimate of the probable rainfall OF
the watershed of which the lake was
the natural reservoir. The lake was
drained and its bed converted into
fields of corn, potatoes and small
grains. One June day fall OF over
one foot of water was precipitated
upon the watershed of this lake bed
In the course of two hours, the result
of q cloudburst. This upset the cal
culations of the engineer and convert
Cd the reclaimed fields into lake
holding ten feet Of water. This fase
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

We saw a man with a load Of shell.
ed corn the other day which he had
hauled into market from his farm
he had scattered about three bushels
OF corn on the highway between his
nome and the depot all for want OF
cloth TO cover a crack under the
end board of his wagon box. We
knew a man who had stolen a load
OF wheat to be trailed and caught
by just such a trick.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

A writer in a Minnesota paper
states that the prairie chickens of
that state will hatch out two broods
this year, the spring weather having
been so favorable. This is a mistake.
The bird rarely ever brings out
more than one brood in season un-
less the first setting of eggs is de.
stroyed in some manner. The quail
Will often, in the latitude of Mis-
souri,. bring off two broods in year,
but the RULED grouse and the prai-
RE chicken never.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

We turned over some blue grass sod
q short time ago which had not been
disturbed for years. Inside of ten
days we found sqnirrel-tail grass, pig
weed, fox-tail, pursely and other
weeds growing upon the surface of
the inverted sod. Where had those
seeds been all these years and why
had they not terminated before? is
anyone wise enough to answer this
question? We are not.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

A good deal of transplanting may
be done successfully during the wet
June days-beets, cucumbers, melons.
strawberry and raspberry plants may
all be then safely transplanted If
care is taken to take plenty of earth
with each plant.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

II is quite likely that the fuel sup.
plies OF this country will undergo q
very marked change should the re.
cent discoveries of fuel oil prove to
be permanent in their supply. Oil as
a fuel has many advantages over
coal In that it costs far less to trans
port it and produce it, is smokeless
and self feeder for all furnace
work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

In the sharp competition between
the water way and the railway for
the freight traffic of the country the
water way is getting the worst Of
it. improvements vet to be made in
railway transportation will still fur
ther reduce the cost Of carriage and
the vast sums being spent by the
general government in the attempt
TO make the rivers of the country
navigable is likely to be money
thrown away.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26
FOrethOught,

Your letters to me-" said his aft
anced bride one day. fare so cold and
formal"
surely. my dear" exclaimed the
literary celebrity. stung by her re.
proach, when they are published after
my death they will be found to be
models OF composition. breathing the
most exalted sentiments and couched
In absolutely correct English"
go Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

A man who will cut down a lot of
grass ON Saturday afternoon will not
have to argue with himself very long
as to whether he should take care
OF 1t on Sunday. The wrong lay in
the cutting Saturday, more than in
the gathering on Sunday.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

We have the report of Vermont
creamery and it shows that its pa
Mons received Is cents per cwt. for
Apr1l per cent milk. The western
orsamerisS made a better showing
than this.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

Sir Walter Siemens estimates that
the power generated at the falls of
Niagara and mostly going to waste.
represents horse power the equiv
alent OF that obtainable from all the
coal mined and consumed in the
whole world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

There are some gophers in South
Dakota and under the state law the
townships pay a bounty for the tails
OF the little pests. just one county
had to pay the sum of 5000 recently
on $1,000 gopher tails.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

Bad smells around creamery
Will always reach to New York, fol-
there is one thing which is as &C.
curate as a well regulated Their.
mometer and that the nose of the
expert tester of the big cities.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-06-26

10 is much easier to plant shade
tree too near the house than it is to
cut 1T down years after when it be-
comes nuisance and a menace to
the health of the family.