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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
"Ar0und the Pan"

The most profusely illustrated book of
its kind ever published, is lasting
souvenir for those who did, and a
splendid description for those who did
not visit the Pan-American EXPOSE
ton, the latter class will find it most
reliable substitute for the trip. 1t is as
amusing for the young as it is intensity
interesting to the adult, and should
be readily accepted into every house
hold for the edification of young and
old. Agents outfit free upon receipt OF
fifteen (l5c) cents in postage. The
NUTSHELL PUB. Co., New York. 48z
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
They Are Going South

for the winter and have selected the
Burlington Cedar Rapids & North.
ern railway because it's the most
direct route either via Chicago or st.
Louis. The rates are always the
lowest over this line, and its agents
are fully posted as to the most con-
venient route of travel to all winter
tourist resorts.
You are invited to call on or write
any of its agents for full information
or address.
JNO. G. FARMER
A. q. p. Il L. A.,
t5-1-'02 Cedar Rapids. Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
California Excursions.

The choice of Three Tourist Cars
every week via different routes is offer
ed by the Chicago Great Western Rail-
way. For booklets or any information
apply to any Chicago Great Western
Agent, or J. p. ELMER, General Pas
senger Agent, Chicago, Ills. 4S-5
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
To The Deaf.

A rich lady, cured of her deafness
and noises in her head by DIR. Nichol-
sons Artificial Ear Drums, gave
1000 to his Institute, SO that deaf
people unable to procure the Ear
Drums. may have them free. Address
No 1912, The Nicholson Institute, $50
Eighth Avenue, New York. 1S-1-yr.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
The Handsomest Calendar

of the season lin ten colors) six beauti-
full heads ION six sheets, l0xl2 inches)
reproductions of paintings by Moran,
issued by General Passenger Depart
ment, Chicago, Milwaukee d st. Paul
Railway, will be sent on receipt of
twenty-five cents. Address +. A. Mil
Ter, General Passenger Agent, Chica-
go. sic
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
Holiday Excursions.

On December oath, 25th 81, 1901 and
January 1902 the Milwaukee will sell
Excursion tickets to all points OH it's
lines within 200 miles at one and one
third fare for round trip, except that
no tickets shall be sold for less than 81
return limit January 2, 1901.
s. V. POTTER.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
Low Round Trip Holiday Rates

in effect at all stations on the line of
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & North
ern Railway. Ifyou are thinking of
making trip during the holidays, ask
J. w. Lawhead agent of this Company
at DEBORAH for rates, limit of tickets,
etc., or address, Jno. G. Farmer, A. G..
P. & T. A., B., c. r. & N. Ry., Cedar
Rapids, Iowa. 49-4
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
Low Rates For the Christmas Holidays

The Chicago Great Western Rail
way will on Dec Oath, rs, 81 and Jan,
l, sell excursion tickets, good to return
Jan. 2nd, to any points within a dis.
lance of 200 miles from the selling
station, at fare and one-tbird for the
round trip. For particulars inquire of
any Chicago Great Western Agent. or
j. p. Elmer, G.. p. A., Chicago, Ill. SOC
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
Business Opportunities for All.

Location in Iowa, Illinois, Minneso-
to and Missouri on the Chicago Great
Western Railway; the very best agri-
cultural section of the United States
where farmers are prosperous and bust
ness men successful. We have a de-
mand for competent men, with the
necessary capital, for all branches OF
business. Some special opportunities
for creamery men and milieis. Good
location for general merchandise, hard
ware, hotels, banks and stock buyers.
Correspondence solicited. Write for
maps and Maple Leaf leaflets. w. J.
Reed, Industrial Agent, 604 Endicott
Bldg, st. Paul, Mimi. 3l-6 mo.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18

Are You Going to Florida. Old Mexico or
California for the Winter
If SO, better arrange to take adj
vantage of the very favorable excursion
rates with stop.over privileges and long
limits, i'm effect via b. G. II. Il N. R'y.
Please confer with agent or address
JNo. G. FARMER
A. G. p. & Il. A,
t5-l-02 Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18

After long siege of ill-health some
years ago, during which was unable
to attend to my business, was finally
restored 10 my usual good health by
the use of DR.. Miles Nervine. / can
honestly recomend it as an excellent
remedy. HI. A. BARR, Carlisle, Pa.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18
WASHINGTON PRAIRIE.
From our regular correspondent,

From our regular correspondent.)
Dec. l6, 1901.
We are informed that bright we'd
ding bells will ring Thursday the 10th,
two of our best young people being the
happy cause of their ringing. May
success and fortune lead them on their
way. Rev. M. BMge will perform the
ceremony thatswill unite Mr.. Christian
Sivesind aud Miss Christine Evenrud
in happy union.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18

"A new and "up-to-date" line of pic
ture frame mouldings just received
ut Reynolds. Prices low.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18

Reynolds for Christmas photos.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-12-18

IF. J. Lang for Sign Painting.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
SUNDAY, DECEMBER Is, 1901.
A GREAT AND GOOD WORK.

Elsewhere in our issue for today there will, be found the first of 8 Series of ar ticles from the Rev. Edgar G. Murphy of this city. These articles will deal with subjects of current public interest and the first takes up the subject of the Sc pthern Education Board, recently or xanized in conformity with the instruc- tions of the annual Conference on Edu- cation in the South.
 This gathering, as Mir. Murphy ex- plains. was formerly called the Capon Springs Conference. It met last year at yVinston-Salem, North Carolina, and 1t has been invited by the Legislature of the State to meet this year at Athens. Ga, though this invitation has not yet been definitely accepted. It is to be hoped that some time in the future this dis tinguished company of educators and men of affairs may be able to meet in the city of Montgomery.
 The plans of the Southern Education Board as outlined by MT. Murphy, its Ex- ecutive Secretary, seem to touch our act ual situation with broad policies and with rare good sense. The full statement which we publish today should be care fully read The work of this important organization should be sustained at ev- cry point by the interest and confidence of our people.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
"A GoDsEND."

Under the heading Good News for the Farmers" The Limestone Democrat has this item:
 Mir. of this place. purchased last 1uly ten thousand bushels of corn to be delivered in January and February. He is BOW prepared to sell this corn to the farmers on credit, or anything else that they may need for next year, on credit. He is in fact able to furnish the farmers money where they can make him safe He is ready and prepared to do a $1OO 600 credit business if the farmers make him safe. This is indeed com fort to many of the best farmers In the county who have been fearful that they would find it difficult to get some mer- chant to carry them, owing to the short crop this year, but he is ready and pre- pared for this very emergency. This is a God-send to the farmers of Limestone
 Is it really "a God-send" to any portion of Alabama, which has been subjected to no great disaster for the farmers to have an opportunity to buy imported corn "on a credit? We do not know what price will have to be paid for this corn "on a credit"-perhaps considerably over one dollar per bushel-but We do know that there ought not to exist in one of the best sections of Alabama a condition of affairs which should cause the farmers to rejoice at an opportunity of buying corn shipped from some other State.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
vATN sPECULATIoNs.

Astronomers and other scientists spend a great deal of their time trying to ac- complish the wholly impossible, and es- peciaIly in connection with the heavenly bodies. To calculate the phases and movements of the stars and planets is we'll enough. To speculate on the infiu- ence they have on man, if they really have any, is also well, and to try to es- timate the sizes and distances of the mighty worlds which surround ours is not a serious waste of time, for all these are in the interest of science and are not entirely beyond human effort.
 It is only when these scientists under take to settle the question as to whether those other worlds are or are not inhab- ited that they leave the domain of the possible and launch into the region of the absolute unknowable. By no process of reasoning and by no method of compari- son is it yet possible to prove that living beings exist on other planets or to tell what these beings are like.
 If we knew that somewhere in the wide ocean there was an island which had never been visited by civilized man we might with some degree of positivity de- eide that there were inhabitants on it. More than that. reasoning from analogy we might undertake to describe those in- habitants with some hope of success. We would reason that any considerable body of land lying in the habitable regions of the globe would have human beings on it, and with certainly a possibility of suc- ] cess we might infer that they were like 1 those who lived on others of the many islands of the ocean.
 In the case of the planets, however, we have no such analogies or any founda- ton upon which to base a theory. We have nothing in history, sacred or pro- fane. to point out the way or even to | start us on the right line. We know that this earth of ours Is inhabited and there l all human knowledge ends. Men reason that God would not have created so many immense worlds for no other purpose than for the beings on this comparatively small one to look at and speculate about They agree that, with the exception oi the sun and moon, the other heavenly bodies are not absolutely essential to oul welfare or happiness, and that We would probably get along comfortably if there were no stars or planets in all the uni
 verse. And thus reasoning, they contend that God did nothing without purpose and that He would not have created tho
 almost innumerable worlds around ui and left them uninhabted.
 That is all well enough from a specU
 lative standpoint. but why go further anC
 assert that there are inhabitants on som' of these planets? And why go still ;
 great way further and undertake to de
 scribe these beings? Yet that is jus
 what astronomers are doing for Mars
 Here. for example. is one Professor Ba
 ker of the University of Indianapolis
 who declares himself a convert to tn theory that the planet Mars Is inhabite,
 and that its people are exceedingly in telligent and enterprising." Then. be coming more positive, he adds:
 The Martiaus are a people of stupend ous power and wonderful engineerin skill Were 1t possible to signal them
 there is little doubt but that they woul
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
THEY ARE GETTING UNEASY.

The Portland Oregonian is beginning to see that tarin reform is not altogether "an irridescent dream" but that those. who oppose it or affect to sheer at 1t may find something more than they ex- pect in the near future. In a recent is- sue The Oregonian says:
 The tariff we take it, is going to be reformed in good time-perhaps not right away. but yet eventually, and the ques- ton Is frequently broached-by which party? There Is a natural feeling that unless the Republican Party undertakes the task speedily and thoroughly, 1t will be torn from power and the Democrats will be restored. Democratic papers like The Louisville Courier-Journal and The Chicago Chronicle look confidently for ward to Republican defeat on this very issue, and The Boston Transcript, Re- publican, only expresses a very general conviction in its own party when 1t says that postponement such as Grosvenor and Payne advocate is "the very thing best calculated to bring up the tarin as an issue in 1904"
 Our Portland contemporary, like quite a number of other Republican newspa- peTSs rus App@tSusiy Jo0@ SSssSAA 'NS w open to the strong opposition both in and out of it's party to the present tarin laws, and while it labors to convince It. self and others that there is no possibil- ity for the Democrats to come into power on the tariff issue, it Is easy to read between the lines and see that 1t Is not altogether as easy in mind as It would have its readers believe.
 Looking at the question from strictly party point of view it would be much better for the Democrats if the Repuo- licans would turn down all propositions looking to tariff revision. The Democratic Party has always made its best and most successful fights on the doctrine of tariff for revenue only, and with the | money question out of the way it would
 stand a good chance to succeed in l9o' on that issue, unless the Republicans | forestall 1t by the adoption of such re
 forms as will practically leave Demo
 crats nothing to fight for. We feel sur' l that the financial question will not o'
 allowed to divide and defeat Democrat
 in the next national contest, but we arr
 not so sure that the Republicans will no
 steal our thunder and leave us practical
 Iv without an issue. Be that as it may
 it is certain that some of them are not a
 cock-sure of their position as they hay l heen
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Letters to The Editor.
MAJ. MoNTaoMERYs REMAINS
Some Important Light on His Last
 Resting Place.

&sCoLAh6 < 4oSS'
 Editor The Advertiser.
 In your editorial columns of December 12 you ask "Can any of The Advertisers Tallapoosa exchanges or readers tell us with certainty where the remains of Major Lemuel P. Montgomery now rest?" To one who has lived many years near Dudleyville, Tallapoosa county, this would have been an easy task five years ago-now, after nearly every witness has died or moved away, we will be com pelled to rely on hearsay testimony.
 I have been trying for a year to obtain all the evidence I could get on this sub ject, and hope when you have given this letter publicity, 1 may get more.
 Here's what I am trying to prove: That. in 1887 or '3S, Colonel William Nor gan of Chambers County, with a com pany of militia from Chambers and Tal- lapoosa Counties, guided by Americus Hammock, a negro who had been a mu- sician drummer or fifeD in Jackson's s army at the battle of the Horseshoe in 1874, did disinter from a single grave the remains of Major l.. P. Montgomery known to be his by bullet hole in the skulD and did convey said remains to Dudleyville and there rebury them with | military honors in what is now the front yard of MT. A. H. Mcintosh. | That is the story as I have heard it | from my parents and grandparents for | fifty years.
 My grandfathers settled near Dudley vile in 1882. Both of them were sons of Revolutionary soldiers. One of them had fought with Floyd at Auttose and Cali bee in the Creek war and often talked with his children on such subjects. l I will be glad to correspond with any one who can give me information on the matter Colonel William Morgan has two sons living, Mir I. T. Morgan, near West | Point, Ga, and MT. Frank Morgan, neal | Waco, Tex.
 George W. Vines, M. D.
 Dateville, Ala, Dec. fl, 1901.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Brewery Workers, Union.

Cincinnati. Dec. 14.-The election of of- fcers of the Brewery Workers Union, which was taken on the referendum plan was announced here today. Julius Zorn of this city has been reelected secretary. Louis Kemper of New Jersey. financial secretary; William Traulman, Cincinnati. editor National Journal. Executive Board Charles Pommer. New York; Gustav Richter. Milwaukee; August Priestebach. St. Louis; Frederick Zeep, Cleveland; Charles kindlc, Milwaukee and Hugo Seitholt. PittshuTg. Over 2i GOO votes were cast
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
understand and reply, as they are race of enormous brain development.

understand and reply, as they are race of enormous brain development.
 And yet he Is carefuiato add, and more than once repeat. that it is impossible to communicate with them" We can well believe that portion of his argu- ment. and it occurs to us that this ad- mission knocks all the props from under his theory and Is fatal to all his claims As we have never communicated with any of these people and 1t is admittedly impossible to do so, upon what founda- ton can he rest his assertion that there are any inhabitants? With thousand times more confidence might we assert that there are people at the North SPole and describe their appearance and cus- toms, for this would only be reasoning from what we already know and deduc- ing facts from what we have seen on the portions of the earth with which we are familiar. It is all a waste of time and learning. When men depart from the known and knowable they are up in the air, so to speak. and have neither guide nor compass.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
A NEW PARTY SUGGESTED.
Lord Rosebery May Forsake the
 English Liberals.

London, Dec. 4.-The most talked of man in England today is Lord Roseberry In anticipation of his speech on Monday, Chesterfield Is filling up with special cor respondents who send long dispatches describing the local excitement. None seem to have the faintest idea of what Lord Rosebery is likely to say. His cryptic forecast of his intentions have raised public curiosity to a fever pitch.
 It is rumored that Lord Roseberry in tends to at least lay the foundations oi a new party which will have himself, Sii Edward Grey, Herbert Asquith and Henry H. Fowler as it's stars.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Helping the Poor.

Geneva Reaper.
 Montgomery has a big scheme on foot to beln inc poor of that city during the holidays Montgomery big-heartedness should be followed by every town in Ala bama, both large and small Every com munity has its poor; ant no more geI- gno who have to splre in this worlds goods than to divide with the poor and needy The Great Father will be 10th to reject those of His children whose brows are not bedecked with the wreath of Char ity, when thev go to plead for, entrance into eternal life. Let us help the poor
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
A Great Pity.

Tuscaloosa Gazette.
 It is a great pity that the Governor or South Carolina refused to accept the re- signations of Senators Tillman and Me Laurin. Possibly both of them would have been defeated and the Senate mem bership improved by the accession ot two Senafors who would not wash their dirty linen" in the national halls of leg islation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
What Ails the Churches.

It is really not very hard toget people to go to church, not so hard as many think Give them able, eloquent ser mons and the pews will be full. or course, the ideal condition is when they attend from a sense of religious duty, but that we fear is not always to be expect ed. The same lack of interest that keeps citizens away from important public meetings when they know the speeches will be dull makes them stay at home on Sundays when there is no eloquence to attract them.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
A Strange Fatality.

Wetumpka Herald.
 It is a strange fatality, something far beyond OUT comprehension, that men who have been brought up in the school selves hlp as "the holier than thou crowd who have organized themselves in to a faction of the Democratic Party of Alabama for the avowed purpose or If would be wise, in our opinion. that said unholy combination be instantly dis, solved for fear that their latter, end will be worse than their former
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Italy Not Alarmed.

Rome, Dec. 1.-The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Signor N. Prinetti replying to an interpolation in the Chamber of Deputies today, assured the House that Italy had nothing to fear from the recent French activity in the Medteranian and Africa The conditions were perfectly satisfactory.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
What's the Matter7

HanCeVilIe Hustler. ...,
 Some of those church people around town with brains like humming plrds mined'' to run the city government next year. They are not our mayor, yet; nor nor a majority. And if they. expect to build a bonfire on the night they succeed let them lock up the wood house now
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Maintaining a Record.

aahe close of November furn,shes urn
 Hrires for circulation compnauon A.-.w,th
 The November tabulation presentea he.ewt,s ,,s points out the fact that the spienale .Ts nre- lion high water mark obtained eu.ue S
 eedinr six months is being maintahneo1. h..a
 The Advertiser still stands easiiy .. . nS EIs of aii morning newspapers in the state a,sncs Ot hama in point of news, charaS.er' .nens "a srd Circulation, guaranteeing to it's patgghs a bet paid issue greater than the somoHsnss s,H sn inc cfat. os ,AIabama according to the neuI-e vtvsn by inc American Newspaper Directory
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Holds on to Booker.
Marion Standard

The Republican pie-hunters have got ten the President. befuddled. He don know whether to recognize the Vaughan or Bingham faction. Shelley ana JoIn- ston, or to keep on appointing Demo crats. But he still holds on to Booker Washington as his mascot.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
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the poor and upon the bread of the poor Herr Bebels eloquent outburst was the warning Of patriot, and it's superheated portions do not impair the stern facts and savage consequences he presented
 Herr Bebel's phrase seems only happy now It may become grimly historic.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Violating the Constitution.

Springfield Republican.
 Whether the Southern States are Nlolat- ing the fifteenth amendment-as they undoubtedly are in some cases-is a question for the United States courts ana not partisan majority of the house to pass upon. and when it has been duly deter mined, as 1t will be ere long, then the one and only thing to do is to see that the unconstitutional State acts are made in- OperatiVe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15
Glass Roofs in Massachusetts.

Washington Post
 How would it do for some of the Massachusetts Congressman to let the South alone and endeavor to improve the morals of some of the mill towns Of the State they represent. According to the official and unofficial reports vice exists in those communities to an alarming eX- tent. and the blame does not lie wholly upon the lower classes.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

The Springfield Mass) Republican thinks if the 14th and 18th amendments have been violated in the South 1t is a subject for the courts to decide, mot partisan majority in Congress" But is there not a partisan majority in the United States Supreme Court?
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

Speaking of the McLaurin-Tilman fra cas, The Manchester (N. H) Union phil osophically prays that the worst man may get the worst of it." Our contem- porary might have dropped a hint as to which is the worst
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-12-15

The Canebrake Herald remarks that Whenever a funny man is shy on some thing about which to write he tackles mule" Well, if he tackles the behind end of a mule he isn't likely to be "a funny man" any longer.