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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-23
CALMAR.

(From our regular correspondent
Jan. %, 1901.
Mr.. Grasshorn has been sick.
Rev. Blessin was up from Eldorado
Monday.
The Hooms have returned from their
Wisconsin trip.
A number of the delegates of the
Spillville lodge took dinner in Calmar
Tuesday.
Since our last items the aged mother
of John and Hans Halvorson passed
into the unseen world. She was So
years old.
The Misses Cooper of Austin were in
Calmar over Sunday.
Misses Hattie Campbell and Gertie
DAILY had no school Monday.
Mr.. Becker's sister, Miss Tillie Becker
of Ossian, was up Monday.
Give us a winter of steady cold
rather than this changeable weather.
We prefer being cold to being sick.
Mr. and Mrs. John Rosstrotter well
come little girl to their home, who
made her appearance last week.
Ed Rjerke, who came home from
school at Milwaukee on account of poor
health, still stays poorly.
John Rosstrotter' mother came down
from Cresco last week.
A young Mr.. Knudson is taking
orders for HI. j. Giesen's store.
Andrew Bjerke was indisposed from
grippe several days but is about again
as usual.
Mrs. Potter will entertain the Ladies'
Aid Society next Thursday afternoon.
Mayme WEIGH, who spent several
months with her sister, Agnes Bennish,
at Breckenridge, Minnesota, has re-
turned home. She reports Mr.. Bennish
as having large mercantile business
at that place.
Mrs. Will Wager has sister visiting
her.
Once more we are called upon to
chronicle the death of one of our es-
teemed friends. Nellie Ryan Meyer,
beloved wife of Gusta A. Meyer, passed
into the other world at her home ore
and one half miles in the country last
Thursday morning, leaving to mourn
her husband and little child and
many near and dear ones. The gravity
her case presented at first left but little
room for hope for her, yet through days
of suspense these anxious ones hoped
on till death stilled forever the loving
heart of her they so fondly cherished,
and when the end came two lives had
drifted out upon Eternity's broad sea-
a mother and little child. Sad in
deed it seemed to see them thus to-
gether in one coffin, bringing its lesson
surely, this sad calamity to us, how in
the midst of life we are in death, and
we believe through the agency of these
things all are touched like the silver of
the refiner's crucible, which when pure
reflects His image. God knows best
and to him alike bow those of many
millions and the pauper at the gate.
The two sisters in the west, Mrs. Giles
Massen and Gertrude Ryan, were sum-
mOned here together with the husband
and children of Mrs. Wassen. The fu-
neral services were held at the Catholic
church Monday morning at $3.50 con-
Quoted by Rev. Father Norris, assisted
by Father Hogan of Monona. Many
and beautiful were the floral tributes
which covered the casket, and a large
congregation paid their last respects to
one who spent her life among them.
Miss Mary Ahern sang touchingly
beautiful song, full of comfort and
peace. The casket was placed in the
vestibule, where all passed by and
looked at the familiar face, after which
the interment occurred.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-23
Executors Notice.

Notice Of the appointment of executor of the
estate of Lizzie Hexom, deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed executor of the
estate of Lizzie Hexom, late of DEBORAH town.
ship, in the County of Winnesheik, State OF
Iowa, deceased, intestate, and has taken upon
himself that trust as the law directs. AL
persons having demands upon the estate OF
the said deceased are required to exhibit the
same; and persons indebted to the said estate
are called upon to make payment to
GEORGE M. SELSvOLD, Executor.
Dated at DEBORAH, Iowa, December 20, 1900
IA r. f. b. PORTMAN, Atty. for estate.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-23
$500.
DR.. E. Detchon's Anti Diuretic

May be worth to you more than 500
if you have child that soils bedding
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arrests the trouble at once. ST. Sold
by Engbertson's Pharmacy, DEBORAH,
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-23

Il would like to correspond with
parties DESTROYS Of making farm loans
in Stevens Comfy, Minnesota.
AZ FRED e. SMITH, Lawyer,
Morris, Mimi.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-23
The Greatest
Hair Grower
on Earth!

WORD with you-one that may sound
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that the rain falls to water the earth.
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/ may truthfully say Its successful culmina-
ton comes TO me as the result of years of in
cessant work, ofdays spent in toll and nights
In wakeful studiousness. Thus IL is am able
to say to you that
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1901-01-23
I Can Grow You a
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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

Accuracy is another bone Of contention.
High-pressure powder. according to the
claims of those opposing the weapon. Will
not give the regular results that lower
pressure powder would do. while wild shots
are apt to be more frequent than with the
revolver. This objection Is vigorously de-
MED by many marksmen. however.
One other objection. which seems rather
trivial, is raised on the ground that high
pressure powder is apt to cause a serious
accident IL the slightest defect exists in a
cartridge. II the nickel jacketins Of a bull
let should strip. for instance. and remain IN
the barrel after the weapon has been hred,
1t is certain hat there would be large do
ings. disastrous to the holder OF the weap-
on, upon the next discharge. AS this same
danger would exist in smokeless powder
rifles. however, and has never yet proved
a stumbling block. 1t is not likely to stand
in the way Of the magazine pistol.
The United States Ordnance Department
has taken 1000 automatic pistols Of a Ger
man make on trial. and these have now
been distributed to the commissioner and
noncommtssioned officers Of cavalry and ar
tillery. Each oficer il required to make a
report upon tho availability Of the weapon.
its endurance, its hitting power and accur-
acy, and its availability for the use OF
troops ut large. On this last question there
Is most difference Of opinion.
Many officers object to the automatic pis-
toll on the ground that its mechanism Is
less readily understood by the average re-
cruit, and that its extreme readiness of re-
loading, combined with rapidity of fire, is
conducive to q waste Of ammunition by the
soldiers. Whether this drawback would
not be Offset by the usefulness OF the weap-
on at close quarters is a point on which
they split.
That the magazine weapon IS the coming
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15
AUTOMATIC PISTOLS GROW
IN FAVOR WITH MARKSMEN.
Probabilities That Magazine Weapon Will Supersede the Revolver
in the Next Decade or So-Interest Taken in Work of the Police
Local Clubs to Meet in Revolver Match This Week.

Automatic pistols now hold the center OF
the stage. so far rs hand firearms are con-
cerned. and from an indications the present
generation viii witness the passing Of the
revolver to make way for the magazine
weapon. More and more favorable reports
ere received concerning the various auto
matte pistols now In service. and 1t Is pos
sJb3e that another decade may seo the re-
volver out Of date.
While the revolver may or may not b.
shelved in that time. the rapid spread OF the
hixh pressure, smokeless powder rifle OF
small calfber. and the success with which
the weapon has been used. makes II ex-
tremely likely that the automatic pistol viii
be adopted more quickly than was the rtne.
Come doubts were expressed about the STOP
ping power Of tho high velocity bullet OF
small caliber when the arm was frst intro
duced, but this has been dispelled 20 eff
fectually that less hesitation will be felt. in
mn probability. In adopting the small caliber
pistol.
Stopping power 10 the essential attribute
In . pistol. length Of rangs being leo I'M
portant than his property. Experiment.
with various high pressure automatic pfs-
tolls Of small caltber. using soft-pointsd bull
ieta. have shown that the smashing power
Of the expanding bullet II something ter
rinc. Nearly an these weapons are OF Long
range. - . result Of their high pressure
charges.
II the revolver = really superseded in the
next decade or %. its passage win mark the
shelving Of the disttnctively American
weapon. witch has been uncon1ciorsiy rec
ogniSed aS thO national arm for nearly Sev-
enty yeaIM Ever since The Introduction OF
the Colt rsvolvsr in the early thirties, h
Amsfscan history. and It 70 the revolver and
the reoenffng ride which are responsible for
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

" been fired at the rate Of 11s shots q
minute. merely to Illustrate their speed Of
operation. This excessive speed Is hardly
likely to ever become practical. however. as
It will merely encourage q waste Of ammuni-
ton IL adopted in the military service.
Inventors Of the various pistols claim with
reason that the explosion Of the cartridge
directly in the barrel in place of in a oyl-
Under does away with the escape Of gas to
be found in the best constructed revolvers.
Increased velocity is given the bullet by the
high pressure powder used while the soft
pointed missile expands upo impact crea-
ting an ugly wound.
Opponents Of the weapon. howevr. claim
tina expanding bullets viii not be permitted
in civilized warfare, on account OF the
terms agreed upon at the Geneva Conven-
ton, so that the weapon has yet to prove
its utility as a military srm- The nickel
or steel-jacketed bullet. they claim. will go
directly through an enemy. making an un-
important wound and failing all together
in stopping power unless a vital point -
hit
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

WRITTEN FOR THE SUNDAY REPUBLIC.
According to Jack Dunleavy. the local
pugilist. who fought a draw with Bob
Douglass Thanksgiving Day. the most i'm
portant blows OF recent battles have been
sort-arm hooks and iabs, which start but a
few inches from the opponents Jaw or
body. IN nearly every recent fight Of i'm
portance. he claims, these blows have
played the leading part.
Especially was this true. he stated, IN the
Young Corbatt-McGovern fight at Hartford
Thanksgiving Day. 1t was a right hook to
the jaw in a hot mixup which Won the
battle for Young Corbett. while scarcely
three weeks before Danny Daugherty. Nc
Governs sparring partner. went down to
defeat before Harry Forbes as a result OF q
blow on the jaw, which was between a
right hook and a right swing.
Take the Fitxsimmons-Corbet battle at
Carson City," said Dunleavy. land you find
the same blow figuring. II you have ever
seen the pictures Of that fight you will
have noticed that Fftz draws back his arm
but q tribe before delivering the blow
which was a short-arm affair on the solar
piexus. 1t WIS a short blow, but 1t did the
business.
"Corbett and Mccoy both used this short
3ab considerably in their battles" he went
on. illustrating on his sparring partner.
while here. "and he stepped in with a right
hook is the blow that knocked out Nc
Govern. It is a short right-hook with the
force Of the body and shoulders behind IT.
This long left jab." he proceeded, again
Illustrating on his boxing partner. was
greatly favored a couple OF years ago. and
is generally used. II was Dick Burgess IA
vorite blow. and too close adherence to this
style OF fighting was responsible for many
of his defeats. Dick Burge. like most Eng
lish lighters. had a stereotyped style of
wearing his opponent down with long. left
tabs and using his right altogether for
blocking. Burge rarely used a hook in his
nghtA. As a result his opponents knew ex-
actiy style to expect when they met
him.
THE hook and short-arm tab. used with
out drawing the fist back at all, but giving
II force by using the shoulders and the
weight Of the body. Is the most deadly blow
In the ring to-day. 1t IS easier to land
than q swing, and while many knockouts
that the man knocked out was worn down
by Q steady succession of hooks in close
work before the swing was landed"
I'VE hear \ great deal about the dearth
Of heavyweight material in the country to-
day" said q well-known sporting man last
week, but I believe that in our colleges
tertal which would class with any ever
produced in this country. II some OF the
young athletes In the Eastern colleges could
be induced to enter the prize ring. I believe
that they could more than hold their own
with any heavyweight boxer In the ring
to-day.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

same result would be ound If pugilism
would be taken UP.
'One Of the leading candidates for JEFF
rtes's title Is Tom Sharkey, a sailor, who
could certainly never earn more than $O a
month in any other business. Yet he can
enter the prize ring and fight for a sum.
even II he loses. which many young college
men struggle years to acquire. I firmly be-
lieve hat nothing but foolish dread OF
public opinion keeps young college men
from getting more than an even nance at
such q sum, and I also believe that with
proper training every big. Eastern college
could produce a man who could defeat
Sharkey.
.'The sailor. of course. has practiced for
years at the game and would be a hard
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

man to handle; but give a powerful! young
football player two years steady practice
be. He would apply intelligence to his
work and would think out methods for him.
self. Sharkey would probably be hale killed
in a fast football game: could not the men
who stand such a game stand anything
Sharkey could? .
when money becomes much harder to
knows how hard it is to get just now..psrses
OF 10000 and $4,000 will not be left for a
few heavy weights to gobble up. Just think
o Of It; a P pT2gs Sf ss ass foF q n match si besase so
Jefries and some good man. yet the c1oice
of his opponent is practically limited 70
jenkins, the wrestler. is probably just out
for advertising. and 1t Is not his game any:
way. I predict that another decade Will
see the same improvement IN .ne cas- hav Se
seen lately in other branches OF sport and
business which were formerly considered
not the proper thing
Sam Harris is now out with the announee.
ment that he will present Young Cospett
with Sl0.CO0 II the champion will stand be-
fore Terry McGoyern for ten ROUNDS. I ms
sounds ID vsr ,n. Te ,he On %,l pa Hebrew ea' viii ii hedge
II young Corbett accepts his offer. and VIII
claim that he only offered to bet $nuw on
the side. No one who knows HATS FL
momev ~ nnv sort unless he has the best
of the deal.
While Young Corbett is rapidly using Up
refusal to fight again, it must be admitted
that Harris is simply getting a dose OF ms
own medicine; He made ,, asRiIan'y which
were unfair to the challenger and Kept
dangerous men. like Benny, ianger. WaitLns
Indefinitely or simply put MN OF MN b ,m
possible conditions. NO" lie l. h1uiis ~"
such treatment feels.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-12-15

po,nv y.nper and Joe Bernstein will
e1S. ~ chicaeo next Wednesday evening.
t hsn1 bont being being one scheduled IS an indica-
ton Of the revival of the sport IN Gn!caeo:
Considerable interest is being displayed IN
the outcome Of the battle
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-24
At w aShingtOn.

President Roosevelt left ~ ashington
at 4 80 Monday afternoon for Farming
ton, Conn on special train On We'd
nesday the President went to Yale Uni
versity, where the degree of Ii. D. WAS
| conferred upon him. He returns to
Washington today.
The United States court of claims,
Monday, reconvened, after the recess.
The entire number of cases disposed of
during the year was 1898 When the
court took its summer recess there were
so cases which had been submitted and
were awaiting decision, 80 of which were
French spoiation claims,
Acting Adjutant General Ward has
been informed of the depar ture from
Manila of the transport Mcclellan for
San Francisco with three companies of
engineers aboard.
The navy department has been inform
ed of the departure of Rear Admiral
Remey aboard his flagship, the Brook
Ign, from themulpo, Korea, for Vladi.
vostock, Russia
President Roosevelt, Saturday, talked
to several prominent Southern men
about the criticism which has come from
Booker / Washington as guest at din
ner The President said he regretted
that the southern people had seen At to
censUre him for exercising an undis
puted right in inviting Prof. Washing
ton To due with hun. He thought that
if the southern people really understood
the situation there woull be no COM
plant of his course, senator AcLaurin
and Gen. Wheeler assured the President
that the situation was not understood,
and that the sentiment expressed by
some of the newspapers of the south did
not represent The feeling of the majority
OF the people of that section.
Reports from Washington show that
the war department is determined upon
a vigorous and aggressive campaign in
the island of samar. Additional forces
have already been placed at the disposal
of General Hughes, and these are to be
still further augmented. In this there
will be an active cooperation between
the army and navy. American troops
will work the coast lines, while the cam
paign in the interior is TO be given over
largely to the Macabebes whose work in
Luzon proved to be so effective.
Word was received at Washington,
Tuesday, that the transport sheridan
had arrived at Nagasaki in disabled
condition and would not be ready to
leave that port for three weeks The
Sheridan was on her way from Manila
to San Francisco. She carried about
800 short term soldiers. $50 sick soldiers
and 10 insane soldiers,
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-24
The Water Beetle,

The great carniyorous water beetle,
The dytiscus, after catching and eat
lug other creatures all day, with two
ainute intervals to come up, poke the
tips of its wings out of the water and
jam some air against its spiracles be-
fore descending once more to it's sub
aqueous hunting grounds, will rise by
night from the surface Of the Thames,
lift again those horny wing cases, I'M
fold n broad and beautiful pair of
gauzy wings and whirl off on a visit
of love and adventure to some distant
pond. on to which it descends like a
bullet from the air above.
When people are sitting in a green
house ut night with no lamp lighted,
talking or smoking. they sometimes
hear a smash as if a pebble had been
dropped on the glass from above. 1t
is a dysticus beetle whose compound
eyes have mistaken the shine of the
glass in the moonlight for the CLEAN
of a pond.
At night some of the whirlgig bee
ties. the shiny beanlke creatures seen
whirling in incessant circles in cor
ners by the bank. make quite audible
and almost musical sound upon the
water.-Spectator.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1901-10-24
Equity Case at Augusta.

The equity suit of the Lockwood Co.
of Wateryille, and the Hollingsworth &
Whitney Co. of Winslow, to restrain
about 30 millmen on the kennebec river
and its tributaries from throwing refuse
in the kennebee river will be heard be.
fore Justice William p. Whitehouse of
the supreme court at the court house at
Augusta, today, beginning at 10 o'clock.
The Lockwood Co. will be represented
by Charles F. johnson, Esq. of Water.
vile, and the HolliDgsworth & Whitney
Co. by Leslie c. Cornish. Ed. Of Al
gusta.
The defence will be represented by ex
Attorney General Orville D. Baker,
Frank A. North, Esq, of Boston: Elmer
E. Richards Esq, j. F. Holman, ESQ.,.
and Frank W. Butler, Esq, Of Farming.
ton; Danforth & Gould, A. X. Butler.
E.q., Walton & Walton and Forrest
Goodwin, Esq, of Skowhegan; and
Frank L. Ames, Esq, of South Nor.
ridgewock.
The following are defendants
Bracket & Andrews. Bingham; Stepher
Rolfe, Embden; The Crockertown Lum.
Der Co., Crockertown Plantation, {. II
Bartlett, New Portland; jerome D
Hewitt, Lexington A. NJ. Thompson &
Son, Athens; r. 5. Clark, Leroy Walton
and Bradbury Bros, all OF Athens; C.
IL. Allen, Mercer; John Frizzell, Mer
Ger; William l.. Walker, Starks; South
ern Manufacturing Co., Brighton Plan.
tstion; W. H. Clark, Caratunk Planta.
ton; Smith & Lovtjoy, Industry; Johr
+. Rackiifi, Industry Charles A. Gould
Pennington; Sewall & Wright Chester
vile; Elisha Park, Chesterville; Dear.
born Sanborn, Wilton; George Stinch-
field, Cheslerville; Luther Curtis, Farm.
ington; Charles II. Watson & Co., Farm.
ington; Gordon Bros, Livermore; Fred
Prince, New Sharon; William Croswel
and Nathaniel Harding, both of New
sharon; Mason Il Harris. Oakman A.
Moody and Frank 6. Penney. all of Ca.
naan; 5. A. Nye & Co., Fairfield; Rodol.
phus Booth6y, Athens; G. T. nodgkin,
" Co., Temple; Frank l.. Wilder, Farm
ington; Rogers Bros, flagstaff Panta.
ton; Eben S. Miller, Norridgewock
Hackett Bros, New Vineyard; Winfield
S. Dodge, Salem; David Butler, New
Portland; Carl lewis, Freeman.