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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19
DISAPPEARANCE OF CASHIER.
Stout Excited Because Husuinius Van
ishes After Dispute Over a Check.

ishes After Dispute Over Check.
Cedar Falls, Ia, March 14.-The
town of Stout. Ia, is much excited
over the disappearance of John HUSH
inius. cashier of the State bank of
Stout. He had an alteration with a
customer of the bank. The passbook
of the customer and the account which
he kept did not agree. There ap-
peared among his checks one which he
declared was forgery. In the heat
of the argument he openly accused
the cashier of forging his name and
scuffie ensued. in which the customer
did not loose possession of the check.
The sudden disappearance of the cash
Ter after this incident has given rise
to various rumors. A run on the bank
was attempted yesterday. but other
moneyed concerns came to the rescue
and no serious trouble followed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19

$Ioo. DR.. E. Detchon's Anti Diuretic
May be worth to you more than 500
If you have a child that soils bedding
from INCONVENIENCE of water during
sleep. Cures young and old alike. It
arrests the trouble at once. ST. Sold
by Engbertson's Pharmacy, DEBORAH,
Iowa. 2-1yr.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19

We sat at the table together.
She cast a shy glance over at me.
She certainly looked like an angel
Oh Charley! Please order me
Rocky Mountain Tea.
r.. A. Engbretson.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19
New Discovery for Blood Poisoning.

DR.. G. ID. Warmers Compound Of
Seven Cures, the Great Cancer remedy,
and for all diseases of the skin and
blood, from Contact and Secondary or
Hereditary Causes.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19
To Break up a Cold in One Night

To Break up Cold In One Night
or to quickly cure La Grippe take
Weeks Break-Up-A-Cold Tablets"
We will cheerfully refund the purchase
price If it fails to cure. Price 25 cents.
Wangler Bros. sole agents. 6-1yr
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19

Stop sthe Cough and works OH the C0Id.
Laxative Bromo- Quinine Tablets
cure cold in one day. No cure, no
pay. Price 25 cents. 3'03
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19
If You Want to
Save Money

Send In your name and address and
get our catalogue of all kinds Of Mer-
chandise at prices defying competition.
Fully Illustrated Catalogue sent on
receipt of 15c. for postage. KAHN,
GREEN q BERGER, T.. Berger Sue
cessor,) 257 to 26l Dearborn Street,
Chicago, Ill. 25-lyr.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19
SOME
RE E | ESTgTE
BARGAINS.
Good Farms at Different Prices
In.
North and South Da=
kota, Minnesota, Wis
COnSin and Iowa.

A fine list Of DEBORAH city property, which can be
purchased for cash or time payments at prices that
will surprise you. Also some fine farms in Win
nesheik county.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19
ASTH1A CURE FREE!
Asthmalene Brings Instant Relief and Per-
manent Cure in all Cases.
Sent Absolutely FREE on Receipt of Postal.

There is nothing like Asthmalene. 1t brings instant
relief in the 1t when all else fails
The Rev. G. f. WELLS, of Villa Ridge, ILL.,, says:
'Your trial bottle of Asthmalene received in good
condition. / cannot tell you how thankful feel for the
good derived from it. I was a slave, chained with
purd throat and asthma for ten years despared
of ever being cured. your advertisement for the
of this dreadful and tormenting disease asthma
and thought you had ovespoken yourselves, but
resolved to give it trial. To my astonishment the
trial acted like a charm. Send me fusze bottle"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1902-03-19

Athmaene
the POSTPAID
LUTEY FREE OF will write
Asthmaene will relieve
at
Company, l30th Y. Sold by all Druggists
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Look to the Feet.

To the girl with a small allowance it
is special temptation to indulge in n
pretty hat and smart blouse and think
that the clothing of the lower part of
ones body doesn't matter because "uo
one sees" All, but people do see. and
a pair of well shod feet surmounted by
a neat petticoat bestows an air of we'll
to-doness on the most plainly dressed
woman.
And the clothing of our feet has 50
much to do with actual beauty.
Wear shoe that pinches ever so lit
tie and lines will appear on the fore
head. \ high heel and thin sole make
graceful carriage an impossibility
The muscles Of the foot are crampcd
and cannot obtain full play A sensi-
bic fiat heeed boot may also offend if
the heel is allowed to wear over The
tiniest unevenness should be remedied
at once.
MY dear" said a gentleman of the
old school to a girl-"my dear, study
department"
Watch the people who walk down a
street, and you will see that if a wom-
an walks really well she is apt to be
the admired of all beholders-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Poison of the Confined.

The centiped is popularity supposed
to carry sting on each foot, but
have several times handled them. after
their heads were removed. without the
claws producing any result. 1t is the
first pair of claws only that are ven.
omous, being hollow and provided with
poison bags like a snakes fang. The
largest | ever saw was eleven inches
in length, grewsome creature. A bite
from one of this size would most likely
have been fatal to a man in weak
health.
The tarantula, though his powers OF
cffense are nothing like those of the
scorpion or centiped, is, however. a
more unpopular character than either
The horror of these large spiders enter.
tanned by many people is curious and
unaccountable. have seen Australian
bushmen, who in everyday life scarce.
ly seemed TO understand danger, turn
white as sheet at the sight of a
small 'triantelope," as they called it,
Chambers Journal.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Freaks In Hunting.

The biggest authenticated bag Sc
cured at one shot of which have ever
heard consisted of one rabbit 1.-THE
cause of the SHOP, one beater, one on
locker ca French cook, boy and a
dog. | once shot nine snipe at a shot
but this was in South America. They
were on the ground. and they were
shot for the pot. | have read of a
sportsman mot Baron Munchausenl
who shot a bumblebee and butterfly
right and left, and indeed sometimes a
large bumbebee does for an instan-
taneous second look uncommonly like
a distant advancing grouse, just as
when on the alert for cartridges. the
fieldfares breasting the hedge often
cause a nervous twitch of the gun.
Curious circumstances sometimes oc-
cur out shooting. A friend walking in
line down turnip field saw a startled
hare running fast and straight toward
him up a furrow. He stood stlll. wait
ing for her to turn, but the hare with
her peculiar vision did not see him and
ran her head plump against his shin,
killing herself and very seriously bruis-
ing his .-Fortnightly.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14

Fox blades were celebrated all
through the sixteenth and seventeenth
centuries for their excellent temper.
and mention of them is frequent in
English drama. This is their history:
There was Il certain Julian del Rel.
believed to be a Morisco. who set up
forge at Toledo in the early part of
the sixteenth century and became fa-
nous for the excellence of his sword
blades. which were regarded as the
best of Toledo. That city had for
many ages previous been renowned for
swordmaking, it being supposed that
the Moors introduced the art, as they
did so many good things. from the
east.
Julian del Refs mark was little
dog. which came to be taken for a
fox. and so the fox blade" or simply
fox" for any good sword. See Hen
ry w." act 4, scene 4. Thou diest on
point of fox" The brand came to be
initiated in other places. and there are
Solingen blades of comparatively mod
ern manufacture which still bear the
little dog of Julian del Rei.-Notes and
Queries.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Effects of short Stockings.

"Short stockings" says chiropodist,
"are fully as bad as short shoes. Many
customers who come to me with in
growing nails wonder how they were
produced when care has always been
taken to wear shoes amply long and
are greatly surprised when tell them
a short stocking will produce an in
growing nail Just as surely and about
as quickly as a short shoe. Mothers
are often careless in this respect, par
ticularly if they are buying stockings
for family of growing children. The
rapidity with which the different sizes
become Outgrown confuses them. and
the result is that the steadily charging
foot of the boy or girl slipping into the
early teens is very often not provided
for"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
The Old
Gray Mare
Ely GEO. M. BILLINGS.
B Copyright, 1901, by a. S. Richardson. 4
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Farmer John Carter had fed the pigs,
Shut tine henhouse door and come around
on to the side veranda to smoke his
evening pipe with his wife, Nancy, who
sat in the big rocking chair. She had
placed his pipe and tobacco within easy
reach. Farmer John sat down with Il
grunt, rubbed at his stiff knee a min
ute, and then, instead of filling his pipe,
he slowly turned to his wife and said:
Nancy, | want to know what's
wrong with our Milly."
"What on earth do you mean?" ex-
claimed the wife and ceased rocking
so suddenly that she almost shot out
of the chair.
Don't try to fool me-" he continued
as he slowly shook his head. Il amt
been askin' no questions before, but l
seen for two or three weeks that things
was wrong with NIilly."
She's been kind o. draggy since she
got wet goin' to camp meetin', but |
don't think we ought to have doctor,
do you?'
81 think, Nancy" he slowly replied
after half minute Il think I'm gon'
to find out what's the matter with
Milly, and if you won't tell me I'll 20
over and have few words with Sile
Johnson. Mehbe he knows"
How should he know?" asked Nan
cy as she rocked furiously
Dunno. but l guess I'll walk over
there tonight"
well, guess you won't. John Car
ter, why can't you mind your own
busincss:"
Dunno, but want to see Sile John
SON."
you are always polin' around and
maxim an old hen huzzy of yourself.
and expect you'll get up and put on
one of my dresses some mornin'. Now,
then, bein' you are so full of curiosity.
lemme tell you somcthin'. Our Miily
and Sile have had tiff"
Had row. chg queried John. as
he settled himself down to hear the
particulars.
mo. sir they haven'tr' she snapped.
81 said 4 tilt. and there's heap of diff
ference between tiff and row."
but they got mad at each other"
Yes, they did, and I'm backin Milly
for all I'm worth. You know the day
she went over TO Eli Warmers to see
Sarah? Well, there was windmill
man at Warmers that day, and be-
cause the two girls sung the Sweet
BY and BY while he played on the
organ Sias called Milly flirt."
"And she got mad?"
"Of course"
'And he got mad"
"Of course"
"And he hasn't been here for two
weeks, and Milly is goin' around look
in as if she wanted to die? | must 20
over and see Sile and tell him she's all
over bein' mad and wants to be friends
ag'in."
''What. What! John Carter, are
you a born fool?" almost shouted Nan.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Woman and Home.

A Chinese proverb says "A hundred
men may make an encampment. but ii
takes a woman to make home" 1t
is she who builds and consecrates that
most precious spot on this side heaven
which we express in the sweet word
home. Not walls or furniture or win
dows or curtains, but that nameless
and ineffable charm which glorifes
the lowliest hut. which fills with heav-
ems own radiance the humblest cot
tage and without which the palace
tloored with marble and glowing with
wealth and luxury is but a decorated
prison.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14

Public vehicles in Paris are allowed
to carry only as many passengers as
can find seats After that number has
been admitted no one is allowed to en-
ter. The explanation will serve to in
troduce an incident reported by cor
respondent of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
A crowd of men and women. each
with a numbered ticket showing the
order in which they were to enter the
next street car. stood at the Place de
PEtoile station when the downtown
car arrived.
Surveying the crowd, the conductor
cried out: Only three places in the
car. Who has ticket No. ~
With that Mrs. Blank of Chicago. the
stoutest woman in the American col
ony. approached. holding up the ticket
called for
'Step aboard, madam" said the con-
ductor. ringing his go ahead bell
"Wait. Wait. I've No. 2"' called a
little Frenchman.
''You're too late" replied the con
ductor. Every place is taken"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14

nonsense. and you make it all the
worse. How far is this going"
ITO the sum of S10,000," was the re-
ply. UNLESS that amount is forthcom-
ing you will see your husband on his
way to India with Ramchunda Singh
l have also a tender and a susceptible
heart, and ! should dislike for less to
relinquish my claims to the affection
Of one whom | much admire"
Ramchunda Singh placed a fat hand
on his chest and rolled his eyes up
ward.
-Four days afterward William Peter
son Sprengle came home white with
rage.
MARY" he said, 81 am done with
this theosophy forever, That scoun-
drel Ramchunda Singh has fed for
parts unknown. Quite by accident he
dropped letter in my office in which
he referred to me as the old idiot
upon whose ignorance he was impos-
ing. Never mention his name to me
again"
Il hate to think he was an impostor,
William" replied Mrs. Sprengle, "for
before he went away gave him quite
a sum of money. However, if you
wish. the subject of theosophy will
never again be mentioned in this
house"
Over the door of an animal store in
Calcutta there is today the sign Ram
chunda Singh" and within sits an af-
fluent Hindoo. smoking his pipe and
taking his i'll gotten ease.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
THE NURSERY.

The apartment should be ventilated
during the night as well as the day.
Gas stoves consume the air required
by the child and are not advisable in a
sleeping room.
Cold feet. so it is said, are to a great
extent responsible for the digestive
troubles prevalent with children.
A child should be taught to take
care of his own clothes as well as to
be neat in putting away his toys and
keeping his small possessions in order.
a child's appetite is pretty fair in
dictator of health. SO if it fails and
the failure is not due to indiscretion in
diet see whether it is worried over les.
sons and has enough sleep.
Butter is very important item Of
the daily food for children, for it is
the most easily digested of all fats,
and if the little ones are allowed plen-
ty of it many a doctors bill will be
saved.
Until children are six or seven years
old they should have twelve hours
sleep every night, and in addition to
this the infants should have nap of
two hours or more either in the morn
ing or afternoon.
To promote children's appetites take
care that they have plenty of outdoor
exercise and that they have only such
simple, homely food as they can di-
gest If this be done, there will sell
dom, if ever, be any cause for anxiety
on the score of lack of appetite.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14

A Chicago girl. in looking over
book of autographs of famous people,
one day ran across this letter:
Dear Miss X.-Your note requesting auto
graph is a model. Please start a school OF
collectors WILLIAM GILLETTE.
Chicago. Oct I, 1897.
This letter Immediately interested
the girl and she inquired by what
method her friend had secured so fiat
tering a reply.
The cwner of the letter explained
that she had sent the actor a blank
sheet CT paper with the words, Your
autograph. please written at the top
of the sheet. This she sent with Il
stamped envelope for reply.
THE brevity of my note evidently
pleased Mr. Gillette. for no doubt he is
bored to death with many foolish notes
from hundreds of matinee girls and
other autograph fiends like myself"
she said
The rival collector was struck with
the originality of the idea. and. think
ing to repeat her friends success in Sc
curing such Il fine note. said. Il think
l shall try that plan also. and then l,
too, shall have some clever little let
ters to add to my book"
That same afternoon she sent card
with this brief phrase. Your auto
graph. please" to Mr.. Richard Hard
ing Davis, and within few days she
received the following dry response
written on the same card beneath her
short request:
You seem pressed for time.
r. II. DAVIS.
Saturday Evening Post.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
lie GRAspED THE SITUATION AT A GLANCE.

HE GRASPED THE SITUATION AT A GLANCE
cy, as she rose from her chair. Don't
you dare stir one single step! You'd
make pretty muss of things if they
was left to you. wouldn't your
But something has got to be done"
he protested with anxious voice. Mil
~ and Sile have been lovin each other
over two years. and we mustn't let 'em
fall out over a little thing like that"
"What's got to be DONE for one
thing. is for you to keep out of it.,
Milly has got mother, and that
mother sits right here. and what she
don't know about lovers quarrels you
needn't try to learn her. Now, you
mind what | tell you. I'm expectin'
Sile johnson will come sneakin' around
any day, but if he does don't you say
one word about the quarrel Jest treat
him as if you didn't know anything
had happened. He begun the quarrel,
and he's got to be the one to eat hum
BILE pie"
"But suppose he sticks out about it
and busts up the marriage?"
81 shan't suppose nothin' of the
sort. If he doesn't fall off the barn
and break his neck. he'll be back here
and very humble within two weeks"
Mrs. Nancy Carter thought she knew
young Silas Johnson pretty well and
that he didn't differ much from the
generality of lovers. but she was mis-
taken. He was an obstinate young
man. and. though it caused him loss
Of sleep and appetite, he refused to be
the first to give in. One word from
Milly would have brought him over
to the Carter farmhouse on the jump,
but, backed by feeling of injury and
her mother, she refused to speak it..
1t thus came about that the tiff
threatened to have disastrous conse-
Quences, and there was possibility of
two lives being wrecked. One even
ing when she was forced to realize
this Nancy quietly asked Of her hus-
band:
"John, did you see Silas anywhere
around when you was passin' the farm
the other day"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
A Wagner Find.

Autograph letters of Wagner have
been discovered in use as jam pot
covers. \ German journalist found
them at the house of two maiden la
dies, sisters of a musician long since
deceased. who had formerly been in in
innate correspondence with the author
of "Parsifal." The ladies were exhibit
ing to him with much pride their cup
boards full of jam when the journalist
he recognized as that of Wagner The
superior thickness of the paper. which
almost resembles parchment. had sup
Piled the reason for its application to
this domestic use.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
simplicity In Table Decorations.

Elaborate and expensive floral cen
terpieces are not necessarily the most
beautiful. Simplicity often rules the
world of art and nature. Who would
consider as beautiful ut first thought Il
few sprays of the leafy growth of the
garden asparagus together in small
vase with like number of golden CO.
reopsis? The effect is charming if the
vase also be simple. This should be re-
membered, that vase of flowers is in
tended to display the beauty of the
flowers and not mans handiwork in
molding or coloring the vase.
The umbels of white flowers of the
wild carrot are very pretty in vase dec
oratlons, yet how few persons would
think of gathering them for that pur-
bose!
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
SINGH
AND THE
. PURPLE PENCE
By John Walker Harrington.
Copyright, 1901, by j. w. Harrington.
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NTWTV's-Nt-V'V'NN
Ramchunda Singh first heard or the
purple pence as he was pouring yellow
powder upon the simmering contents
of a chatting dish. He was curry COOK
in Cherry's restaurant at time when
a new fad had just arrived in New
York. Ramchunda Singh was sure
that the fad would be short lived,
and. being a Hindoo person of ready
resources. he sought to find another
means of livelihood. Life had not
been pleasant since by strange chance
Ramchunda Singh had imbibed intox-
.lcants. He had been left stranded in
New York on the day the steamer on
switch he was a tender of wild ami
mails had departed for the ports Of
THE orient. For several years Ram
. chunda Singh had come over the sea
whenever a consignment of lions and
tigers and elephants had been sent to
the South street animal dealers. He
tried to get Scalds to employ him, but
trade was dull, and Scalds said that
be preferred the Irish to the Hindoos.
So 1t was. that Ramchunda Singh,
educated Hindoo, learning of the new
fad from the Sunday newspapers, had
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
Injurious Quietness

There is SUCH a thing as Injurious
quietness. This is especially noticeable
in sickroom, and this display of 81
lence is usually annoying to a patient.
Running about and shouting. of course,
should be avoided, but the customary
noises of the household should not be
suppressed. Most annoying of all to a
patient is the loud whisper. 1t is
worse than loud talk.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14

When gloves are taken off. they
should never be rolled in a ball, but
carefully pressed out fiat and laid in A
glovebox longer than they are. All
holes should be mended as soon as seen
and buttons replaced. AS all gloves
get to smell queerly if worn any length
of time. small sachet of violet pow
der should be placed in each one. and
on fine days they should be hung out in
the air and sun. When dirty, have
them cleaned several times before buy
ing new ones.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1902-02-14
A Window Mon.

A good thing to polish windows with
is a small hand mop made of scraps of
chamois. Bits no larger than a silver
dollar can be used. String them all to-
gether on piece of strong Irvine and
tie into bunch. When dirty, wash it
out, dry and. before using, rub it soft
In your hands. The mop improves
with usage.