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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-11
FORT ATKINSON.

From the Times of June 6, 1902.
W. J. Huber was down from Protiv.
in Wednesday.
Lloyd and Jess Weller drove to
Charles City Tuesday.
Peter Anderson, of Calmar, made
this office pleasant call Tuesday.
Mrs. Geo. Huber has been very sick
but at this writing is slowly improv-
ing.
Frank Hoye of Jackson Junction was
rustling around in this city yesterday.
w. Novak, of Spillville, was trans
acting business in this city Wednesday.
Geo. Hauber and wife residing near
Ridgeway were guests of relatives
Thursday.
The Protivin Telephone Company
have a Car load of poles on track for
the Fort Atkinson line.
Jas. Mccarthy of Fayette was in
this city Wednesday looking after his
land interests.
Miss Mary Puffer went to DEBORAH
yesterday for visit with the Shema
family.
Miss Jennie Webster, of Sioux Falls,
is guest at the home of her aunt Mrs
G @. Krumm
John Schupanitz, one of Festina' s
enterprising merchants, was visitor
in this city esterday.
At Trinity church, Protivin, Tues
day morning, occurred the marriage
of Mr.. Frank Doubek to Miss Mary
Hatcher, Rev. Father Vrba officiating.
At the home of the BRIDES parents,
at Little Turkey, Tuesday, at eight
O'Clock p. M, occurred the marriage
of Mr.. Clarence Nichols to Miss Bessie
Lee.
AT st. Johns church, Tuesday, &C.
CURED the marriage of Mr.. Frank Lei
bold to Miss Mary Dobrodensky, Rev.
Father Kopecky officiating.
Joe Huber of Sumner township was
in town Thursday to have his hand
dressed by DR.. Horton; he ran the
point of knife blade into it and blood
poison set in making it very painful.
We hope the member will soon be as
well as ever.
d. X. Hayes, of the w. r. Stubs
Contracting Co., received orders this
morning to move the boarding cars and
his working force to the Elkader
branch, which is to be put in shape
under "hurry up" orders.
Thos. Trnka, of Honolulu, Hawaii,
arrived in this city Wednesday for
visit with his sister Mrs. James
Dvorak. Mr.. Trnka has been a resi-
dent of Honolulu for many years,
witnessed the downfall of Queen Lii
and the establishment of the republic
and the final taking over of the is
lands by the United States.
Messrs. p. j. Huber, +. A. Schroeder
and DIR. G. ID. Horton left Tuesday for
the wilds of Wisconsin where they
own large tracts of real estate. +. A.
Schneider and the Doctor shipped a
grubbing machine to that country and
expect to have a large tract cleared
and placed in readiness for next seas
on. They also expect to emulate the
example OF the famous Izaak Walton
and go fishing as that part of the
country is noted for its beautiful lakes
and the excellent sport they afford
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-11
500. DR.. &. Detchon's Anti Diuretic

May be worth to you more than 500
If you have child that soils bedding
from incontenence Of water during
sleep. Cures young and old alike. II
arrests the trouble at once. ST. Sold
by Engbertson's Pharmacy, DEBORAH,
Iowa. 2-lyr.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-11

Straw hats, thin underwear, low
shoes, negligee shirts, all selling
cheap at Bears.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-11
Exceptional Values for the
Next Week

Summer Corsets, all sizes 25c
Mems Balbriggan Underwear 25c
Lace Lisle Gloves and. Mitts 25c
SOC line of Ladies' Pat Leather
and Gilt Belts, large variety
to select from, only 15c
Clearing sale Of Ladies' Slippers
at 95c
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-06-11
Attractive Grocery Prices

High grade pat Flour 9Oc
Fancy Jumbo Lemons, per doz zoe
Calf evap. Pears or Peaches lOc
Heinz Sweet Pickles pr quart 25c
New Potatoes pr bushel, S1.25 or less
Old Potatoes per bushel, soc or less.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
CONCRETE CONSTRUCTION.
Methods of Building That Have Proved
Generally Satisfactory.


The discovery of cement is credited
to two Englishmen, Parker and Wyatt,
who obtained this product for the first
time by the calcination of argillaceous
nodules (1795), and since that date it
has found numerous applications in
every department in civil engineering.
Among these applications of later date
| came the invention, by Leon Coignet,
of beton or concrete, of which he made
artificial blocks as hard as natural
stone. 1t has been impossible to dis
cover to whom the engineering pro-
! fession is indebted for the idea of
| imbedding a metallic skeleton struc-
ture within a mass of hydraulic mortar
or concrete; but a boat constructed in
this manner was shown at the Paris
exposition of 1885. About the same
time Coignet built some dams of iron
! and concrete, and five years later he
| applied the method to the construction
of floors
These early combinations, however,
did not show a satisfactory resistance
to tension, and the system was con-
sidered too dangerous for use in build
ing construction. 1t has been only
within the last ten years that practi-
cal engineers have undertaken to re-
enforce the portions of a structure I'M
der tension by members of iron imbed
ded in concrete, deducing the rational
methods of construction now known
and included in the general term of re-
enforced concrete. Very recently. in
/ u
rience of NM. Cottancin, Hennebique,
and Monier in France, of Melan in
Austria and Germany and of Hyatt,
Jackson and Ransom in England and
America, this method of construction
has been welcomed and accepted very
acknowledgement Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Union MEN And SOCIALISTS.
Have Spain in a Serious Predica-
ment With Strikes.
CIVIL WAR is IMMINENT.

Madrid, Feb 24.-The trades unions
are working actively to proclaim a
general strikes throughout Spain March
1.
The newspapers here comment on
the situation at Barcelona in a tone of
suppressed anxiety. While confessing
that the warnings have been frequent
and persistent for several years past,
they say that hitherto the lack of funds
and organization have compelled the
trades unions to yield, especially as the
employers were willing to grant the
concessions suggested by the authori-
ties to avert great difficulties. Now,
however, the employers are suffering
from overproduction and loss of the
colonial markets and are less inclined
to concessions, while the Socialists
have secured a majority in the Work
mems Clubs. The trades unions are
working with the anarchists to spur
the workmen to take advantage of the
difficult economic situation and ter
rorize the authorities into forcing the
employers to yield the demand for in
creased wages, shorter hours, etc.
Actual war prevails at Barcelona.
The printers on strike, have threatened
death to any of their comrades daring
to resume work. 1t is alleged that al
ready 200 persons have been killed and
100 wounded at Barcelona, but the
authorities conceal the real figures.
All the theatres there are closed. The
strikers assemble on the railroad
bridges and fussilade the trains with
stones. They threaten to use dyna-
mite unless the railroad companies
stop running trains.
The government is about to proclaim
that revolution exists, and all troops
are being prepared for it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

An old hen belonging to Mrs. NJ A.
Stormont began laying late in the fall.
and was so persistent that she laid
twenty-six eggs before she concluded
to stop. During all this time she had
neglected her moulting, and when she
finally got ready to shed her feathers
it was in the middle of winter, but the
old ones had lost their life and were
dry and harsh, consequently there was
no other way but to make the change.
In a short time she was almost bare
and suffering from the cold.
The Misses StoTmont, seeing her pre-
dicament and approaching the value
of her service rendered, determined to
come to her rescue. They accordingly
took the old hen into the house, took
her measurements, made a suit of fan
nels to fit, and then released her. Her
ladyship took the matter very philos
ophically, and hustled off to her COM
panions, apparently very comfortable
in her new suit.-Kirkwood Qll),
Leader.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

1t is estimated that more than $4,000
New Workers dine every day in the
underground restaurants, now so i'm
portant feature of the city's life. In
fact, ancient-looking rathskellers and
weirdly decorated dungeons one or
more stories underground are rapidly
becoming New .York's most popular
form of restaurant. Vast sums have
been spent in fitting up these unusual
interiors. There are dungeon restau-
rants in New York to suit every taste.
One may dine in a prison cell, served
by a waiter in prison stripes, and be
free to leave the place when the dinner
is over. Large parties may be served
in elaborate papier-mache dungeons
behind grated doors.
Until recently the first-foor restau-
rant, with wide windows looking di-
rectly upon the pavements, attracted
the majority of patrons. Hotel men
generally welcome the change, since it
enables them to utilize for R general
dining-room what has heretofore been
virtually waste space. In the business
section of the city as well as the fash
ionable uptown neighborhoods, this
preference for eating underground is
very marked.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
WELL MERIrED RgTRIsUy1osN
Two Unpleasant Naval Omoers Who Got
What They Deserved.

What They Deserved.
Captain ]. ]. Hunker, commanding
the naval station at Newport, is long,
slab-sided and lanky, and his chest
looks caved in. You would have to
jostle him for fear he would fall apart
in a hundred pieces. He is the
strongest man in the navy, and can
whip his weight in wildcats. In a
wardroom mess with Hunker once was
graced the American navy. He was
feet tall, Hercules in build, and could
put a longboat on his back and pack
1t ashore. For the first week that he
joined the ship he made it a hell for
everybody on her. On the seventh day,
when breakfast was over and he got
up to go out of the wardroom, Hunker
asked him to sit down again. He re-
queSted all the other officers of the
mess to go on deck and stay there till
he sent for them. They could see in
his eye what he intended to do, and
it was pity; he was thin as a rail
and stoop-shouldered-b as if with
a cough. But they went out and left
him with the giant. Ten minutes later
Hunker invited them in again. The
bully looked as if he had been through
a meat chopper. He went to bed and
stayed there for three weeks. To this
day he is an angel of grace and cour-
tesy.
1t will not do to mention this Of
ficer's name, but in the navy there is
commander who thought it part of
his duty to play the sneak act. When
the men were in their hammocks he
used to creep in on them in stocking
feet to see if they were talking or
otherwise infringing orders after taps.
One night a sailor reached up from
his hammock and smashed in his face
with a hammock hook The officers
of the ship, sitting as a court on the
sailor, acquitted him on his defense
that he thought the catlike intruder
was a thief trying to rob him. Off
GERS and men will have no sneak bus
mess in the navy.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

Topeka, Feb. GOV. c. Church,
State Superintendent of Insurance,
that the receipts of his depart
ment in taxes on insurance companies
and licenses issued to local agents have
aggregated 900 already this month
and that the total amount received
during the month probably will amount
to at least S95, 900. Last year the re-
ceipts of the department for the month
of February aggregated So, 900, while
the total for the year was Sis, 900. Mr..
Church thinks the receipts of the office
this year may amount to more than
S125, 900. The average yearly expendi-
lures of the department are less than
$4,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
A WRESTLING WOMAN
Copyright, 1902. by Daily Story Publishing company

swapping yarns with the unknown
over a cold bottle. He only got one
deer, but he declares it's a beauty,
splendid head, with eight points. His
name is Courtney Foster. Not bad, is
it? Again goodnight. X. A.
Baltimore, November IA, 1900.
Louise Dear-You will never guess
what happened last evening. About
quarter of nine; as sat trying to stifle
yawns and talk to that stupid Howard
Anderson, 1 heard the bell ring, and
began to hope for rescue, and it came
For who should walk in but Charlie
English and the man from Mainel
You may imagine how dumbfounded
I was, but the natural instinct of a
hostess saved me, and in a moment
Mr.. Foster was duly presented.
We had a most delightful evening.
in spite of my embarrassment, for, OF
course, he was too clever to hint at ouI
whistling duet.
Yes, I'm heartily ashamed of it now,
and l know the old adage concerning
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

Valley, Mo-. Feb. 24th.-There is a
man in this town who has undergone
a most remarkable physical change in
the last few months.
His name is Perry Nelson and those
who knew him but short time ago
are amazed at his present condition.
He had not been feeling well for
some time and suspecting that the
trouble came from his kidneys, which
he knew were not any too strong, he
determined to try a kidney medicine.
Dodd's Kidney Pills were highly
recommended and Mr.. Nelson began
a treatment Of them. He was reward
ed by complete restoration to vigor-
GUS good health. He says:
Il used six boxes OF Dodd's Kidney
Pills and they have helped me great
deal. feel like another man and can
recommend Dodd's Kidney Pills very
highly"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Advice That Wa. Not Wanted.

"Ah, will I never be released?"
walled the imprisoned heroine, beating
her fair white hands wildly against the
bars Of her window, while from behind
the scenes could be heard the hOarse
chuckle Of the villain. Many in the
audience were seen to apply their
handkerchiefs to their eyes. Her pray
ers for release rose again upon the
still air and lost themselves in the
echoing flies above Either git
habbyus corpus, Teddy" shouted a
friend from the gallery, 'er walk out
over de footlights" And the curtain
came down with a whizz.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

this week, so do come around at once
and play appreciative audience tor us.
We will promise to talk you deaf.
dumb and blind" Now, isn't that a
pleasing inducement?
Guess who is in the hotel? The I'M
known whistler. looking even hand
somer than ever!
He passed our table as we were at
dinner, and though 1 gave no sign of
recognition, I'm afraid 1 grew more
rosy than the occasion demanded.
How l should love to know what
luck he had, but now it's growing too
late to talk even about good-looking
stranger, so here is goodnight kiss
and l am off to dreams Do come
around Friday and tell me all that
has happened in good old Baltimore
town since l left it, and then give me
a chance to tell you about this trip,
the greatest one a sport-loving girl
ever had.
With much love. from
Katharine.
P. S.-Brother Tom and Helen have
the room next to mine. and Tom has
Just called to me that he has been
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
A VOLCANO is Born.

Chilpancingo, State of Guerrero,
Mex. Feb. 1s.-Great alarm prevails
here, as well as in Chilapa and Tixtla,
at the discovery of smoke issuing from
the openings in the summit of Temal-
ecatlalco There are seven openings
about $50 metres from the crest of the
mountain, from which thick smoke
pours, clearly of volcanic origin. Resi-
dents of the towns named threaten to
migrate to distant parts, SO alarmed
are they at this new indication of sub
terraneap disturbance.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

1t is related of King Charles TX. Of
France that, having suspected one Of
his cooks of stealing two silver spoons,
he resolved to try the effect of bezoar,
which at that time was highly recon-
mended as an antidote to poisons. So,
thinking a good opportunity had ar
rived for testing its properties, his
majesty administered to the unfortu-
nate cook first a large dose of corro-
sive sublimate and then dose of the
reputed antidote; but the unlucky man
fell victim TO the experiment and
died in great agony in seven hours. in
spite of other efforts to save him.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Favorable statehood Report.

Washington, Feb. 24.-The house
committee on territories unanimously
voted to report bills for the admission
of the territories of New Mexico,
Arizonia and Oklahoma. The vote
was taken up on motion made by Mr.
Moon of Tennessee declaring it to be
the sense of the committee that the
three territories were entitled to state
hood and that subcommittee be APP
pointed to prepare the bills The sub
committees, were appointed, and they
will perfect the bills promptly.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Ambassadors Have Sinecures.

For several years the ambassadors
from European powers to the Holy See
have enjoyed sinecures. The Russian
and German ministers are seldom
there They go to Rome to attend for
NAL ceremonies at which their pres
ence is required by the etiquette of the
Vatican, but return at once to their
homes as soon as these duties are per-
formed. The Spanish, Austrian and
Belgian ambassadors are the only ones
that regard their positions seriously,
and even they have nothing to do but
attend dinners and receptions given by
the princes of the BLACK" party.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
A New York Fire.

New York, Feb. 24.-Fire broke out
in the armory of the n. Y. n. G., des-
troying it and also the Park Avenue
hotel The financial loss is estimated
there were fifty dead in the corridors
and stairways of the hotel. A large
number of women were carried down
ladders The street railway car barns
were saved by hours of hard work.
Thousands of pounds of powder were
exploded in the Armory cellars, which
threw the walls of building outward.
There were many narrow escapes and
heroic work was done by firemen and
spectators
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
London Scared at Subsidy Bill.

London Feb. 2O.-The Daily Mail,
discusses the effect upou British ship
ping of the American ship subsidy bill.
The paper contends that the bounty
suggested by Senator Frye will com
pletely counterbalance the advantage
now held by British shipping, but that
the only remedy hitherto proposed that
American ships entering British ports
should be fined to the extent of their
subsidy, is impracticable and even if it
could be carried out, that it would not
meet the situation.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Adludl l1C.
Baltimore. February 10 1901

Baltimore, February 10, 1901.
My Dearest Louise-Let me whisper
bit of news to you about lovely
new ring that have just gotten. Now,
can you guess what the news is, and
who gave the ring? Of course, it's
Courtney Foster. 1t just couldn't be
anybody else in all the world and if
you think can begin to tell you what
a darling he is in this scrap of a note
you are much mistaken.
But come around the minute you
read this and such a talk as we will
have. So old proverbs count for
naught, and who cares if 1 did whistle
for my lad-and got him, though 1 still
blush when I recall the Maine expert
ence.
Hoping to see you soon. am. al
ways your devoted
Katharine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

The lake of Neuchatel is the largest
in Switzerland not bounded by any
foreign country. 1t has a superficies
of 134 square miles. Its greatest depth
is 512 feet, and just opposite the little
village of Auvernier, close to Neucha-
tel, there is a buried mountain, eight
cen feet below the surface. The little
mountain rises in the middle of the
lake, opposite the mouth of the Arouse,
tc a height of $50 feet from the bot
tom. A huge enterprise is, it IS ru-
mored, on foot to erect hotel on the
top of this mountain.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Lnst Barn and staIIinns.

Washington, Kans., Feb. 24.-An in
cendiary fire destroyed the large horse
barn of Thomas Kirkland, on his stock
farm near this town, together with all
its contents, including eight animals, of
lions, supposed to be worth from 81 900
to 81, 900 each. One of the horses was
insured for 1000 and the aggregate
insurance on all the property was
land saw the fire he tainted and fell in
the road
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
The siberian Earthquake.

Baku, Russian Transcaucausia, Feb.
1s.-The district headman of Shamaka
telegraphs that the town is now almost
completely destroyed, only dozen
houses being left standing and that the
loss of life was very great. The church,
the mosque, the barracks and the treas
ury were destroyed. Twenty-fivet hous-
and inhabitants are without food and
shelter The shocks continue. Hun
dreds of bodies are buried in the assures
and the debris, of which 300 have been
dug out
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
THE LAST SUPPER" HYMN.
Possibility That 1t Has Come Down tc
the Present Time.
Katharine.

Possibility That 1t Has Come Down to
the Present Time.
On that climacteric evening, when
He and His disciples sat at their last
supper, after he had blessed the bread
and given it to them as His body, and
the wine as His blood, and had de-
clared: But l say unto you, 1 will
not drink henceforth of this fruit of
the vine, until that day when 1 drink
it new with you in my Fathers king
domi" it would seem that the emo
lions of the moment had risen to that
point where words do not bring COM
fort; and so 1 find the might of music
working in the next verse (of Mat
thew XVI, 800, which records, And
when they had sung an hymn they
went out into the Mount of Olives"
If we but knew the tune of that hymn.
Here. you observe, as far back as the
beginning of our era, we find the
world in possession of a stock of
tunes. There can be little doubt that
the melodies which the disciples sung
with Christ in person were handed
down and formed the body of those
collections which Bishop Ambrose, and
after him Pope Gregory, brought to-
gether, and it is possible enough that
the hymn which Christ and His apos-
ties sung was sung yesterday in some
church of America, for we have tunes
in our Psalmody-not to speak of the
Gregorian tunes still surviving as
plain chant in the Catholic churches
which have come down from quite i'm
memorial times, and the path of
church music, as I have shown, leads
directly back to this hymn which was
sung on the evening of the last sup
per.-Sidney Lanier in Lippincott's
Magazine.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27

Chicago, Feb. ia permit was
issued for the construction of what is
planned to be the largest office build
ing in the world. The building is
projected by the First National bank
officers and Will house, when completed
5000 people. This building will stand
at Dearborn and Monroe streets and
will cost 5000, 900. Work will be be-
Gun in the spring.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Rome's Original Seven Hills.

The Palatine is one of the seven
hills upon which Rome is built, and
the only one which is now practically
clear. The rest are covered with mod
ern buildings, and the diggers and
filters and graders, the superintendents
of streets and the architects of build
ings have taken such liberties with the
original topography that it strains the
imagination to see them as they used
to be-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1902-02-27
Sorrows of a Queen.

The queen of Belgium, who has Just
celebrated her sixty-first birthday, has
had more sorrow in her life than falls
to the average share. Her only son,
the duke of Brabant, died suddenly I'M
der circumstances which suggested
poisoning; her son-in-law was the
Crown Prince Rudolph, who ended his
life in a most tragic manner; her ia,
vorite nephew was killed in an acct
dent, and her sister is in a lunatie
asylum not far from the palace al
Brussels.