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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
PASSION PLAY REALISTIC.
The Effect of the Acting Upon One
woman's Nerves.


In The Woman's Home Companion
Lillian Bell writes of her experiences
at Oberammergau and of the impress
sions made upon her by the great
Christ drama. She concludes with
these vivid words:
"As to the play itself, / wish l need
say nothing about it. My mind, my
heart, my soul, have all been wrench
ed and twisted with such emotion as
is not pleasant to feel nor expedient
to speak about. 1t was too real, too
heartrendlng, too awful. hate, l
abhor, myself for feeling things so
acutely. l wish l were a skeptic, a
scoffer, an atheist. l wish / could put
my mind on the mechanism Of the
play. | wish l could believe that 1t
all took place 1000 years ago. l wish
l didn't know that this suffering on
the stage was all actual. l wish l
thought these people were really Tyro-
lese peasants, wood carvers and pot
tiers and that all this agony was only
a play. l hate the women who are
weeping all around me. l hate the
men who are letting the tears run
down their cheeks and whose shout
ders are heaving with their sobs. 1t
Is so awful to see man cry!
But, no; it is all true. 1t is taking
place now. l am one Of the women
at the foot of the cross. The anguish,
the cries, the sobs, are all real. They
pierce my heart. The cross, with its
piteous burden, is outlined against the
real sky. The green hill beyond is
Calvary. Doves futter in and out
and butterflies dart across the shafts
of sunlight. The expression on Christ's
face is one of anguish, forgiveness and
pity unspeakable. Then his head drops
forward on his breast, 1t grows dark,
the weeping becomes lamentation, and
as they approach to thrust the spear
into his side, from which, have been
told, the blood and water really may
be seen to pour forth, turn faint and
sick and close my eyes. 1t has gone
too far l am no longer myself, but a
disorganized heap Of racked nerves
and hysterical weeping, and not even
the descent from the cross, the rising
from the dead or the triumphant ascen
sion can console me or restore my bal
ance. The Passion play but once In
lifetime"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
INFLUENCE OF BOSTON.
The Town Must Live Up to It's Repu-
tati0n For Beans.


'It is astonishing" said western
man, chow farreaching Is Boston and
some of it's best traditions. Naturally
enough, in the eastern sections of the
country this would not be extraordi'
nary, but that it should ramify the
whole land Is worthy Of remark. AS
an instance I may cite one of my own
experiences.
Several years ago tried farming in
western Kansas and made speciality
Of bean raising. l had had some ex.
perience in that line in Tennessee,
where l was born and raised, and
thought i could make 1t go in Kansas.
I raised fairly good crop the first sea-
son, and when it was ready for mar
ket visited our market town to dis
pose of it i'm bulk to commission man
there. He was not in his office when
called, and, being in hurry, went
to his home to see him.
"a lady, who l afterward learned
was his wife. met n Mt the front
door, and | asked for sIr. Blank. She
said he was not feeling very well and
was taking nap. / told her / had
some beans to sell, and, as | was in a
hurry and lived some distance In the
country, would like to see him, if pos
sible. She said she would call him and
asked me to take seat on the piazza.
He was evidently pretty hard to wake.
for heard her call him once or twice
before he gave any sign. Then she be-
came more urgent.
"'John, john she called, there's a
gentleman waiting on the porch to see
you
"'Who is he? inquired Blank.
~ don't know answered the lady,
but guess he's from Boston. He's
got beans to SELL
"And, mind you," concluded the mar
rator, II was never in Boston in my
life. "-Washington Star.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
CONGRESS IN BRIEF.
Work of the Lawmakers In the Senate and
i'm the House.

Washington, Jan. 4.-The Twentieth
century congress convened yesterday.
The senate began where it left off and
took up the army bill, which was
made unfinished business, displacing
the ship subsidy bill. Debate on the
army bill developed that an army
would be required in the Philippines
perhaps for years, and that the rebels
were very active. Resolutions in men,
ory of Representative Wise, recently
deceased, were adopted, and the senate
adjourned as a further mark of re-
spect.
The house put in its time on a reso-
luton offered by Olmsted of Pennsyl-
vania, providing for an investigation
of the abridgement of the suffrage In
the south with the view of cutting off
the south's representation In the house
in proportion to said abridgement Its
consideration was finally defeated Sd
to 81, and the house shortly later adj
journed.
Washington, Jan. 5.-The senate
did no miscellaneous business yester-
day of general interest. The day
was spent on the army reorganization
bill, and some progress was made.
The house sent Olmsted's resolution
relative to abridgment of the suffrage
south to the census committee, and
put in the remainder of the day on
the apportionment bill, without ac-
ton.
Washington, Jan. Tn the senate
Saturday the committee amendments
to the army reorganization bill to
which no objection had been raised
were agreed to, but none of the con-
tested amendments was considered. A
few bills of no general Importance
were passed and an executive session
was held.
The house put in the day entirely
on the apportionment bill. Hopkins
expressed a willingness to accept an
amendment to his bill which would
give an additional representative each
to Florida, Colorado and North Da-
kota, the three states with majority
fractions unrecOgniZed in his bill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Fire at Syracuse, Ind.

Warsaw, Ind, Jan. THE town of
Syracuse, sixteen miles northeast Of
this place, suffered loss by fire of an
entire block of business buildings.
The loss is estimated between $25, 900
and $4,000, with but $1,000 insur-
ance. The principal losses are Wey-
rick & Hinderer, dry goods; s. l.. Ket-
ring, brick building; +. l.. Hoch,
drugs; III. Il. Sloan, restaurant; @. H.
Conrad, grocery; Miller & Lehman,
notions; Mrs. NJ. A. Benner. millinery,
and DIR. b. f. Hoy, office building
and fixtures. Syracuse has no pro-
lection against fire. A bucket brigade
worked six hours to keep the flames
from spreading.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
FIEND sLAsHs GIRLS THROAT
Mas Nellie Morris Lies at the Point OF
Death at Hackney, o.

Death at Hackney, o.
Marietta, o., Jan. Tone Of the
handsomest young women of this city,
Miss Nellie Morris, aged 10 years, re-
siding at the suburban village Of
Hackney, lies at the point of death
and cannot recover as a result of q
fiendish assault upon her. The muscles
Of her neck are entirely severed and
the jugular vein barred.
Miss Morris, who is the daughter Of
Ben Morris, an extensive oil producer,
left her home to go to the village post
office, and upon reaching lonely spot
in q deep ravine, which she crosses
on the by-path, was seized by Walter
A. Woinstock, a man Of great strength.
She resisted him as best she could and
loudly screamed for help. After fight
ing the brute off for some time he took
from his pocket a razor and, cOmmenc-
ing at the left ear cut deeply from ear
to ear in an attempt to quiet the
screams. In his second attempt to
follow the same course across her
throat she grasped the razor and
struggled desperately to wrest it from
the man, and in the attempt her
hands and lower arms were literally
cut to pieces.
1t was but short time until a
crowd captured Woinstock, and but for
some cool heads he would have been
lynched ON the spot.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
MODERN MlSERS.
Men Who Starve Themselves
to Accumulate Money.

There is certain fearful fascination
about the stories of the misers of the
past. The money they accumulated was
of no more practical value to them than
the trinkets stolen and secreted by some
magpie or jackdaw. They hid it from
the sight and use of men and in silence
and secret gloated over the useless
wealth. To gather it they lived on
crusts or offal, grudged clothes to cover
them and fire to warm them, lived
starved lives and in not few cases died
of starvation. That was the old-time
miser. The modern miser resembles
this man of the past in the particular
that he frequently dies of starvation.
In his eagerness to gather money he
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09

pays small heed to the claims of health
He eats anything, anyhow, anywhen,
and anywhere. He doesn't eat crusts
by any means nor spare his purse to fill
his stomach. The mistake he makes is
in thinking that when a man has filed
his stomach, that is the end of the bust
ness of feeding. Instead of being the
end of feeding it's only the beginning.
There is no value in food unless it is
digested, converted into nutrition and
assimilated. These processes depend
upon the healthfulness of the stomach
and the other organs of digestion and
nutrition. When these organs are dis
from the food received into the stomach
and the body becomes weak through
lack of nourishment. One day this
rweakness begins to find a special de-
velopment in some chief organ, heart,
liver, lungs, kidneys, etc, to which the
man succumbs. The doctors certificate
reads uheart disease" ukidney disease"
as the case may be.
But the real reading of the certificate
should be:
STARVED 10 DEATH.
The truth of this statement is appar-
emit. The body is sustained by food
digested and assimilated. But the body
is made up of its parts and organs, and
when the stomach is uweak," digestion
imperfect. and the nutrition extracted
from food inadequate to the needs of the
body, the result is shared by every part
and organ of the body. For this reason
no man is stronger than his stomach,
and no organ sustained by the stomach
can be stronger than the stomach.
Therefore when we hear of uweak"
stomach we are pretty sure we are going
to hear in time of uweak heart, 0weak"
lungs, cweak f" kidneys, or weakness of
some other organ of the body dependent
on the stomach and its associated organs
of digestion and nutrition.
Now these things being true when
man has heart utrouble," liver otrouble,"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09

kidney rtrouble,n ETC., where Is the 6fs
place to look for the cause of the dis
ease? Why, where else can it be bu
the stomach? The most probable cause
of these forms of weakness is de6ci
ent nutrition resulting from the wweak'
condition of the stomach and othei
organs of digestion and nutrition. And
if these diseases of heart, liver, lungs
kidneys, etc., begin in the stomach they
must be cured through the stomach.
IT'S AN EVERY DAY AFFAIR
to receive letters reporting the cure Of
diseased kidneys, weak heart, torpid
liver, or lung rtrouble {" through the use
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery.
But one may say, "Golden Medical
Discovery is a medicine for the stom,
ach and blood, in particular"
Exactly so. And that is why it cures
diseases remote from the stomach but
which have their origin in disease of the
stomach and other organs of digestion
and nutrition.
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry cures diseases of the stomach and
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09

malarial fever of about three years
standing and was under doctors care
for quite time" writes Mr.. J. F. Kidd,
of Parmleysville, Wayne County, KY.
UThey had almost given me up, and my
suffering was very great. My pulse was
weak, breath short and had severe pains
in back, head and legs. Had palpitation
of heart, and from June Ist, 1895, to
May Ist, 1893, was not able to do q
DAVIS work. I purchased five bottles of
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
and before had finished taking the first
two bottles was very much better of
my disease of three years standing. I
continued taking the medicine, and by
the time the FIFTH bottle was gone was
a we'll man. I can cheerfully recon-
mend DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery to any similar sufferer"
uIn 1898, one of my daughters was
suffering on account of severe cough,
hectic fever, wasting of flesh and other
symptoms of diseased lungs writes Rev.
Joseph H. Fesperman, of Barium Springs,
Iredell Co., N. c. III promptly gave her
DR.. r. v. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery, with gratifying success, and she
now enjoys excellent health. This ex-
perience caused me to recommend DR..
Pierce's medicines to my neighbors, who,
without exception, used them with Ia
vorable results. This being. true, here
by heartily endorse your medicines"
SIMPLY GRAND.
uYour book, the Peoples Common
Sense Medical Adviser is all that one
could WISH" writes Mrs. S. J. Simpson,
of ISL South Fourth Street, San Jose,
California, uand more than could be ex-
pected in one volume. It is simply
grand, and should be in every home"
DR.. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, 1908 large pages, is sent free,
on receipt of stamps, to pay expense of
mailing only. Send 81 one-cent stamps
for the book in cloth-binding, or sar
stamps for it in paper-covers. Address
DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
can and British missions. The British

can and British missions. The British
authorities here are surprised that any
one could have found cause for Offense
in the performance. The British de-
size to state that it was their inten-
tion to offend any one, nor do they be-
lleve that the performance could be
construed as offensive.
The preliminary joint note will prob
ably not be signed before tomorrow,
as everything will probably not be
ready before that day. Prince Ching
says the Chinese plenipotentiaries are
prepared to sign as soon the agreement
is before them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
rhe rir.,. K,naerr.rt.n

The first kindergarten was opened by
Froebel in 1887 at Brandenburg, Ger
many, and 10 years afterward he died
This short period was sufficient to es-
tablish a system Of education that has
made life different for little children.
When the king Of Prussia in 1851 for.
babe the establishment of kindergar.
tens, the old man died of a broken
heart. not dreaming that his life work
had been noble success.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Administrators Notice.

Notice of the appointment OF administrator
of the estate of Johanna j. Sonstrud, deceased.
Notice Is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed administrator TO the
estate of Johanna j. Sonstrud, late of Madison
of Iowa, deceased, intestate, AID has taken
upon himself that trust by giving bonds as
the law directs. All persons having demands
upon the estate of the said de ceased are
required TO exhibit the same; and persons
indebted TO the said estate are called upon u
make payment to
q. o, BLEKEBERG, Administrator.
Dated at Decorah, Iowa, Dec q 1900
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
A Prominent Chicago Woman Speaks.

Prof. Roxa Tyler, of Chicago, Vice.
President Illinois Woman's Alliance,
in speaking of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, SAYS: II suffered with a
severe cold this winter which threaten
ed to run into pneumonia. tried
different remedies but / seemed to
grow worse and the medicine upset my
stomach. A friend advised me to try
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and ]
found it was pleasant to take and il
relieved me at once. / am now entirely
recovered, saved a Doctors bill, time
and Suffering, and L will never be
without this splendid medicine again"
For sale by Wangler Bros.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
ch,id Eat, Poisoned Pills,

Mount Vernon, N. Y, Jan. 5.-Hav-
ing mistaken a box of strychnine-
belladonna pills for candy, Hattie, the
5-year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Arthur II. Ford of haywood, Ills,
who was stopping in Mount Vernon,
ate them and died shortly afierward.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford are spending the
winter at the handsome Ford home.
stead on Chester hill, Mount Vernon.
Little Hattie, who was a brlght-eyed
tot with long golden curls, was play
ing near bureau when she found the
hnx of mills and ate them
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Fee Comnlexiou Reautifier.

We want every lady reader of the
PUBLIC OPINION to try Dwight's Com
plexion Beautifier, the most elegant
preparation for the toilet table. 1t is
pure and harmless, and once used you
will always want it. Price SOC. To
induce trial of it we will for a short
time only send FREE full size, Fifty
Cent box of il to every lady who will
send us her postoffice address and 10c
to pay for packing and postage. Only
one free box to each address. Cut out
this notice and send 1t with your order
at once to ID. w. CUSTER & Co., Hunt
ington, w. Va. 49tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09

Persons who suffer from indiges-
ton can not expect to live long, be-
cause they cannot eat the food required
to nourish the body and the products
of the undigested foods they do eat
poison the blood. 1t is important to
cure indigestion as soon as possible,
and the best method of doing this is to
use the preparation known as Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure. 1t digests what you
eat and restores all the digestive or
gans to perfect health. WaDgler Bros.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
ASSERT AGUINALDO Is DEAD
Filipino Children Make the Report Ia
Benjamin Idle Wheeler.

New York, Jan. 5.-Benjamin Ide
Wheeler, president of the University
of California, who is now staying at
the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, has re-
ceived information from secret sources
in the Philippines to the effect that
Aguinaldo is dead, and that his death
occurred no less than six weeks ago.
The news has been kept secret by
Aguinaldo's followers, 1t is said, for
the purpose of prolonging the rebel
lion.
President Wheeler obtained this
news, he says, through several Fill
ipino children who have been placed
in his care by their parents. Two are
the sons of Buencamino, formerly an
active leader of the rebellion against
the Spanish.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
The Mothers Fayorite,

Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is the
mothers favorite. 1t is pleasant and
safe for children to take and always
cures. 1t is intended especially for
coughs, colds, Group and whooping
cough, and is the best medicine made
for these diseases. There is not the
least danger in giving it to children
for it contains no opium or other
injurious drug and may be given as
confidently to a babe as to an adult
For sale by Wangler Bros.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Quality and not quantity makes
DeWitt's Little Early Risers such
valuable little liver pills. Wangler Bros.
To The Deaf.

A rich lady, cured of her deafness
and noises in her head by DIR. Nichol-
sons Artificial Ear Drums, gave
$40, 900 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. 18-1-yr.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
NO HARM IN THE SHOW.
British Pantomime at Picking, However
Hurt Somebody's Feelings.

Picking. Jan. 5.-The British for
clgn Office notified General Gaselee
yesterday that an American correspon-
dent had stated that British pantom-
inhe which had been running In Pc
king caricatured the empress dowager,
and was exceedingly offensive to the
Chinese, and that If this statement
wis true the performance must cease.
The pantomime, which ran for three
dys in the Christmas week, is said to
live been harmless and to contain
bthing that would hurt the sensibili-
les of the most sensitive. 1t was made
10 Of purely local skits, regarding
sot and the propensities of the allies.
\ 1T was named aladdin, or the Loot
L kLamp." 1t was very funny, and
II sed everybody. The proceeds were
d Ned equally between the Ameri-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Beat Out of an Increase of His Pension.

A Mexican war veteran and promi.
nent editor writes: Seeing the adver.
tisement of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, am
reminded that as soldier in Mexico
in AZ and AS, 1 contracted Mexican
diarrhoea and this remedy has kept
me from getting an increase in my
pension for on every renewal dose OF
it restores me-" 1t is unequaled as a
quick cure for diarrhoea and is pleasant
and safe to take. For sale by Wangler
Bros.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Old Fashioned Cold cures

are going out of date. The busy man
of today cannot afford to lie abed a
whole day and undergo the martyrdOm
of the sweating process. Krause's Cold
Cure are capsules Of convenient size,
and can be taken without danger while
performing your usual duties. They
cure in "a hours. Price 25c. Sold by
r. A. Engbretson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
Head Feels Like Bursting.

Maybe you were out late last night?
If you had taken a Krause's Headache
Capsule before retiring your head
would be cool and clear this morning
Take one now and you will be all
right in an half hour. Price 25c. Sold
by r. A. EngbretsOn.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-09
fALK OF REsoRTING TO FORCE.
knhghai Report That the British Are to
Seize Something.


Shanghai, Jan. 5.-The French in
tend to send force overland from
Tonkin to Chen Tu, should the Chi
nese court go there. ut is reported
on the best authority" says the Chi
nese newspaper Chung Wei Jill Pao,
'that foreign power, probably the
British, will resort to force, first seiz-
ing Chu Ran, unless the persons guilty
of the massacre of Christians at Glue
possible that Sir Ernest Mason Satow,
British minister to China, is moving
in the Glue Now affair. Among the
bank notes which the Chinese paid to
the foreign consuls as indemnity for
the missions destroyed at She Klung
were f5 notes that had been raised to
f15 notes and f10 notes that had been
raised to 600 notes.
Washington. Jan. 5.-The attitude
of Russia in Manchuria has given rise
to considerable apprehension here. AS
Indicated in recent news dispatches, q
series of regulations has been promul-
gated by the Russian government for
the administration of affairs in Man.
churia, which would seem to the Off
CldlS ucIC W an dDDItllcu-
sion that a permanent occupation OF
that territory, with its population of
20,000,000, is in contemplation. 1t is
believed that some representations
either have been or will be made on
the subject to the powers.
When the Russisn government an
nounced its intention to withdraw its
troops from Picking it also solemnly
declared that las soon as lasting or
der shall have been established in
Manchuria, and Indispensable meas
urse taken for the protection of rail-
way construction. which, according to
formal agreement. China assured,
Russia win not fail to withdraw her
troops from these territories of the
neighboring empire, provided the ac-
ton of the powers does not place any
obstacle in the way Of such meas
ufe"
The contention of the Russian repre-
sentatives here Is that the conditions
laid down in this pledge have not vet
been realized, and they insist that
there is nothing in the published reg
nlations which would warrant the as
sumption that Russia Is not acting in
perfect good faith In this matter. To
clear up any doubt that may remain
on this point. however. it Is probable
that an explicit official declaration
from Russia will be invited on this
boiut