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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The Outlook last week in discussing
the post Office scandals gave nearly .
page to the defense OF James T.
Metcah, who was last week removed
from the head Of the money order de.
partment and whose case is q leading
topic in this section Of Iowa because
he was appointed from this district
and was for years we'll known editor
Of Lansing. II 10 conceded by nearly
all that the Postmaster General acted
hastily in removing Mr.. Metcaf and
that the latter is entitled to more
thorough hearing. So far the investi-
cation into the matter Of the RESPONSE.
bility Of Hermann, the lowest bidder
in the printing contract, afhrms Mr..
Metcalf's Judgment that he was not b
responsible bidder, having no plant
and no available money to build one.
It 10 said that concern which has
been manufacturing the paper for the
contracts and which had been recently
turned down by the firm which has
had the printing for many years, is
backing Hermann in order to get
even. 1t is the hope of the many
friends of Mr.. Metcalf in this section,
his old home, that his course may be
proven the right one and that his
office may be restored to him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01
The Democratic State Convention.

The death-knell of free silver as a
plank of the Iowa democratic plat.
form was sung by vote of 463 to 354
in the democratic state convention at
Des Moines last Wednesday. The
government ownership of railroads
hobby of Judge A. Van Wagenen. of
Sioux City, was also turned down by
vote of 628 to 1879, and as a conse-
quence his name withdrawn as can
didate for the nomination for governor
The contest over these two planks of
the platform constituted the principal
work of the convention, the following
candidates each being nominated by
reclamation:
For GOVERNOR. B. Sullivan.
For Lieut.. Governor-D. B. Butler.
For Judge of Supreme Court-John
r. Caldwell.
For Supt. of Public Instruction-A.
r. McCook.
For Railroad missioner-W. s.
Porter.
The preamble to the platform reads /:
"We find much in the domestic
affairs of the nation that ought to be
changed. The tariff policy. original
~ adopted for the avowed purpose of
raising revenue to meet the enormous
burdens Of the Civil War. has been
turned to the use of individual and
class interests until it has become the
creator of countless unearned fortunes,
and the shelter of huge combinations
of capital, organized in the form of
trusts, which are strangling COMPETE
tion in many of our industries. de-
stroying individual effort, crushing
ambition, largely in every line Of in
dustry and already acquiring power
which enables them to dictate in their
own interest the price of labor and
raw material and the cost OF transpor-
tation of finished products.
Further the platform reads:
ave are unalterably oppc sed to the
policy of imperialism by this govern
ment, instituted, fostered and main
tanned by the republican party. And
we demand that our government shall
declare it to be its purpose and with
out delay adopt such measures as shall
give to the people of the Philippine
islanus and Porto Rico their inalien-
able right to self-government.
1--WE condemn the republican party
for it's financial policies. which would
foist upon the country an unstable
currency, based upon uncertain private
securities. We protest against the
plan presented in the Aldrich bill
recently before the United States
senate. by which the money of the
nation shall be loaned to capitalists
upon the bonds and securities Of pri-
vate corporations, as an effort to give
value and stability to watered bonds
and securities of corporations and
trusts, many of which are maintained
monopolies in defiance of law and
public sentiment.
"We insist tnat the integrity of the
money Of the nation be guarded with
jealous care and demand that it shall
be sufficient in volume to meet the
needs of the business interests Of the
country, and that it shall be safe.
guarded by careful legislation 90 as to
prevent the gamblers Of Wall street
from cornering the money market.
thus infiicting untold injury upon the
smaller business men, the. farmers and
the labOrers of the land.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

There are now six man ufactories of
wooden tooth picks, all of them
situated near the chief sources Of lum-
beI supply-two in Michigan, two IN
Maine, and one in Boston, and one in
Pennsylvania. They are to be com.
bined into toothpick trust, q selling
corporation which will receive and
market the output Of all factories.
The price Of tooth picks has been
steadily declining, SO that at whole.
sale 1000 toothpicks are sold for two
cents. The combined capacity Of the
consolidated factories is 1000, 900
toothpicks day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The ladies Of Hauge's church in
Canoe township are arranging for q
picnic to be held on the Fourth Of
July ,on the farm of o. A. P. Haugen.
one mile south Of the church. Dinner
will be served and sale of fancy
work held, for the mission fund Of
the church. The pastor, Rev. Steiner
son, will deliver missionary address.
Everybody come.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Amounts $500 to 5000 on quarter
sections worth $500 to $1,000. occupied
by owner, bearing per cent interest.
For sale at par with accrued interest.
Lund's Land Agency, 800 LIST Ave. So.
Minneapolis, MINI. 1926
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01
Wall Paper.

During the summer months We are
making q discount on our already low
prices on wall paper and work. Work
done in country as we'll as in town.
H. A. Prastmark & Son.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The State University recently gave
. degree to . young negro and the
record he has made while in the uni
versity would be decided credit to
any white student. When he landed
IN Iowa City to begin his course he
had just one dollar above what was
required to pay his tuition and buy
HE books. He worked in q hotel to
pay his expenses and vacations worked
in the oal::mines near Ottumwa. He
will return to the university and take
q medical course and intends to prac-
tice among his own people. He is the
second negro to graduate from that
institution, the first one being now an
attorney Of repute in Des Moines.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Let's see. when has one of the recent
strikes resulted in victory for the
strikers? The Dubuque street car strike
was won by the company very de-
cisively. In Omaha the buildings
trade unions. which had been on a
three months strike. went back to
work beside of non. union men. The
Chicago bakers, walters and laundry
workers, none of them got what they
struck for-and so it goes in most of
them. Public sentiment with regard
to strikes and unions has undergone a
remarkable change in the past few
months and no one is to blame for it
but the unions themselves
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

On Tuesday afternoon, June %, the
death angel entered the home Of Mr..
John Bender, southeast of Burr Oak
and took the mother. leaving the hus-
band and three boys to mourn the loss
Of kind loving wife and mother.
Ida Katie Albers was born Dec. IL,
1858, in Winnesheik county, Iowa, and
June 8, 1892, she married Mr.. John
Bender. Three sons were born to them.
She was q true, dutiful wife and
mother and they had very nice home
with all modern comforts. Mrs. Ben
der had suffered q great deal, having
undergone two operations in the hos
pital, but since last fall, when she
had undergone the last operation she
had felt quite we'll, until about three
weeks ago she took sick with what
sho thought was q light attack Of la
grippe but it soon turned into typhoid
pneumonia and in spite Of all medical
skill and good nursing she could not
survive. She leaves besides her hus-
band and three sons, father, mother,
six brothers, three sisters and Q large
circle of friends and relatives to
mourn her untimely death. She was
thirty-four years, six months and
twelve days old.
Funeral services were conducted by
Rev. w. v. Schlung and her remains
were laid to rest in the Canoe cemetery
Of the German NJ. E. church last Fri.
day, June 26th.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

A Chicago lawyer fell dead just at
ter taking q drink of water. Paraly
sis Of the stomach. Paralyzed will
establishments.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

It is always best to wait for the
evidence before passing judgment.
When we hear reports detrimental
to young ladies and gentlemen. it is
better to be charitable. Today it is
somebody else's boy or girl. Tomor-
row it may be yours.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

To Rochester, Mimi, has been
given the credit Of opening the first
permanent resting room in the United
States. It is the outgrowth Of the
women's clubs, aided by the business
men. and it 10 now well.organized
Institution.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The county officials to be elected
this fall are Representative, Treasurer,
Sheriff, Superintendent, Surveyor.
Coroner and Member of the Board of
Supervisors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

We haven't felt called upon to make
any special ado about it, but we feel
that the last two issues Of this paper
were fairly good samples Of country
journalism, also.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

And now Grover Cleveland won't
have it. Where. oh, where is there a
man whom the democrats may nomi.
nate for the presidency?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Agricultural experiment stations are
now in operation in every state and
territory Of the United States. in
Guiding Alaska, Hawaii. and Porto
RIGA, and steps are being taken under
government auspices to establish
agencies for agricultural investiga.
tion in the Philippine islands. There
are sixty such stations. employing
nearly 1000 trained scientific and
practical men in their work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Joe Trigg aptly says: "The papers
have done a useless amount of rag
chewing over the franklin. Cerro
Gordo senatorial contest. 1t is SIM
ply a case where one good man goes
out and another good man goes in"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Chicago women threaten to establish
. newspaper and print anything
and everything exactly as it is.
which 10 another evidence Of the
growing popularity Of the strenuous
life among women.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Mrs. Jane L. Stanford, in q simple
way and without any ceremonies, las
week transferred the entire control o.
an endowment of more than $50, 600. OO(
to the board Of trustees Of the Lelant
Stanford university.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

A Minneapolis couple were married
the other day whose names were
jerry Strabuszynski jewicz and Rose
Chrzysztysxynskiiews. It Is said that
the mini ,ter died from lock-jaw after
attempting to perform the ceremony.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

United Consuls report that an excel
lent quality Of wheat can be purchased
in Manchuria at 80 cents the bushel.
This is raised entirely by hand. What
will be the result when modern ma
chine-y is introduced into that section?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The population of Ireland, which
fifty years ago was over 5000, 600, i
now less than 4, 800, 900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

In the last decade the increase in
wealth was one-seventh greater than
the increase Of population.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Did you ever notice that the maj
who meets the high and lowly with I
"howdy" and . smile il the man who
IL generally successful?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Six presidents of the United States
both Harrisons, Grant, Hayes. Gar.
field and Mckinley were born in
Ohio.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Within the past six months there
have been incorporated in the United
States 100 companies with an aggre.
gate capital stock of 81, 500. 900, 900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01
Entered at the post ONCE in DEBORAH
Iowa. as second Glass Mail Matter.
Subscription Price $3.50 per year.
Omce-817 West Water Street.
Telephone No. Is.
CURRENT COMMENT

The republican state convention is in
session at Des Moines today.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The statement that one battleship
costs more than the valne of the ninety
four buildings of Harvard university
has been questioned. but the official
reports state that the Oregon, which
is the most expensive battleship in the
United States navy. cost SO, 1915, 032. rs.
The valuation of all the buildings
and land of Harvard university is
s., 800, 900.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The little. provincial. way-back
town Of Keosauqua, Iowa, numbering
ut it's last census scarcely 1900 people,
has. however, Furnished to the United
States two United States district
judges, one United States circuit
judge, one United States supreme
Judge. three United States senator's.
two members of congress. one nominee
for governor, three millionaires, two
Of them having colossal fortunes, one
attorney general Of Iowa. one secretary
of state of Iowa. and one member Of
the presidential cabinet. Among
these men are Senator W. A. CLARK of
Montana, the late A. g. Davis Of
Montana, Judge Caldwell, United
States Senator Gorge g. Wright,
United States Senator j. B. Howell,
Judge George W. McCrary. secretary
of war under President Hayes. and
John F. Dillon, the renowned attorney
of New York City. counsel for the
Gould interests.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Among the facts worth knowing
about Iowa are: She has 229, 900
farms. 10000. 900 pigs, 2.s25, 600 popu.
lation. l.500,OO dairy cows, three
state colleges, 50, $50. 600 acres Of corn.
800, 900 school children, farms worth
q, 900 on the average, has furnished
seven cabinet officers, protects her fish
and game by ESQ wardens. has six
cities Of more than $4,000 population
each, teaches 148 blind and 722 inmates
Of industrial schools. Iowa contains
. greater proportion Of tillable land
than any other state in the Union.
Iowa is one Of the four states not men.
toned in the United States census
report a. having used fertilizers on
the soil.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Salt by the barrel at J.C. Hexom.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Utah is one of the largest states in
the union; it is nearly 300 miles
square. The per capita production Of
Utah amounts to 5000. Her popula-
tion is 100000 the gross products,
nearly $54, 10000 Of this amount
nearly $50, 200, 600 comes from the
mines and over one-third of the
mineral output is silver. In 1850
there were $1,000 Mormons in Utah.
In 1900 there were 100000.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

VIM. E. Curtis, the noted correspon-
dent of the Record Herald. is in Des
Moines representing his paper at the
state convention this week. In yester.
days paper he goes outside of the con.
vention proper to give brief sketche
of the friendship of Col. Henderson
and Elk. Gov. Larrabee in their younger
days which has never been broken IN
later life ana which reached it's climax
in the unwilling of the Henderson
monument at Clermont recently.
Mr.. Curtis writes Q very interesting
chapter on the association Of these
two men, which is read with especial
interest by many in this corner Of
Iowa where the events narrated took
place.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

Chicago boasts to be the first city in
the United States whose physicians
have succeeded in securing from Den
mark q perfected apparatus for effect
ing the famous Finsen light cure of
cancer, lupus, and kindred hitherto
incurable diseases. The cure has Oh.
tanned such q worldwide reputation
that just now the Finsen Institute of
Copenhagen is crowded with patients
from all over the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-07-01

The emigration figures for May 1908
show that more than twice as many
persons emigrated from Denmark to
America as during the same period
last year. and the American fever"
shows no signs of abating. 1t is
shown however that the money sent
back by Scandinavian settlers in the
United States Offsets to large degree
the loss to the country caused BY the
emigration of so many of its best citi-
zens.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-28
TrammeIs of the Past,

The Maine legislature threatens to
cut off the appropriations for the state
university at Orono unless it quits
teaching Latin and Greek. But how
can it get away from the past?
The Pope in his Latin poems cannot
get away from the past; he employs
metres used 20 centuries ago by thai
cheerful heather Virgil and by others
less notable.
The common knowledge of cult
waited persons in civilized commune
ties" is Latin; that is, all the long
words but one in the phrase are OF
Latin origin. English prose cannot
be written without Latin words.
Sir Henry Maine, the great writer
upon law, said that, except the blind
forces of nature. nothing moves in
the world that is not Greek" Even
the Christian religion rests upon Greek
texts: the Roman civilization in which
1T first fiourished was of Greek origin
No modern poetry has equalled in
depth of feeling the fragments of lit
tle-known ancient authors preserved
in the Greek anthology. Even the
translations into English from it by
dull scholars are far beyond the aver.
age of original English verse.
The philosophers are the men most
important to the worlds progress; al
philosophers go to school to Greece
and must continue to do so.
Even dramatic and literary criti
cism, if it is worthy, consciously OF
unconsciously follows the principles
laid down for the critics art by Aristo.
tie.
The modern student cannot get
away from the a%ncients by not study
ing their languages, for they are in all
languages; nor away from their insti
tutions, for they are in all institutions
nor away from their laws, for they arc
in all laws.-New York World.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-28
The Spread of Tipninu.

When did the habit of tipping bar
bers and hair dressers originate?
do not believe it was known to the
Londoner of so years ago. / may be
mistakenly knowledge of that time
is based only upon hearsay. But is
it not a modern innovation? And il
we are to give these little presents
to the artist who cuts our hair, ii
gifts are to he showered in this reck
less profusion, where, l ask, are we
to stop? Why should we not hand o
few pence to the diapers assistant
who brings down shirts and collars
from inaccessible heights behind an6
spreads them Oh the counter for oui
inspection? Why not to the bootmak
er. the grocer, the t~obacconist? Pos
sibly the fashion may already be grow
ing in this direction. | grow old and
make no pretence of keeping up with
the times. Nor have l money enough
to throw about recklessly. To my
mind the practice of giving g~ratuities
is dangerously on the increase; it is
becoming a menace to every reason
BILE citizen. would have it put down
with a strong hand.-Pall Mall Gaz
cite.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-28

der troubles before they reach the seri-
u stage. Read how easily it can be
done.
w. ]. Hill, Of 40 South Union street.
Concord. n. c., proprietor Of hardware
and harness store, Justice Of the Peace.
and IN of the best known residents
of that city, says: "Doan's Kidney
Pills proved n very efficient remedy in
my case. l got q box at the Gibson
Drug Store and used them for dIsor-
dered kidneys and backache, from
which l had experienced a great deal
of annoyance, trouble and pain. The
kidney s~ecretions had bothered me for
a long while, were very irregular, dark
colored and full of sediment. The Pills
cleared 1t all up and / have not had
an ache in my back since taking the
last dose. My back Is much stronger
and my health generally Is improved
a great deal. l am glad TO make q pub
lie endorsement of the Pills, trusting
that it may be the means of relieving
some other sufferer"
A FREE TRIAL of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Hill will be
mailed to any part of the United States
on application. Address Foster-Mil-
burn Co., Buffalo, n. Y. For sale by
all druggists, price so cents per box.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-28
Lawyers Fees.

There was a time when lawyers
gowns had pockets in the back, in
which a client could deposit an hon
orarium" without giving a sordid,
mercantile character to his relations
with his counsel. But ex-Judge Por-
ter says the law isn't what it was
even fifty years ago, and has passed
the days of the honorarium. Lawyers
are simply the paid employees of their
clients" One of the evidences of the
change is that the Law association Is
urging a bill to protect lawyers against
the loss of contingent fees by settle
ment Of cases out Of court. Contin-
sent fees were unprofessiUnal once.
1t will also be noticed as O change
that it is O necessary to protect
lawyers from their clients.-Philadel-
phia Record.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-28
Dr.. iedin a Wide Traveller.

DR.. Anders Sven Hedin, the illus
trious traveller, who lately returned
from q wonderful Asiatic Journey.
was born at Stockholm on Feb. 10,
1865. Stockholm, Upsala, Berlin and
Halle contributed to his education
and his first expedition was through
Persia and Mesopotamia in 1855.
In 1880 he wcs a member Of King
Oscars embassy to the late shah of
Persia, and in the same year began
a journey through Khorasan and Tur-
kestan. In 1893 he started on what
proved to be a four years expedition
through Asia from Orenburg to
Pekin, via Lop-nor and Thibot, and
bis late journey through much Of the
same country and including severe
trials in the Cobb desert was begun
in 1893 and ended only last
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1903-05-28
Strange Company of the Dead.

In the near future the almoners of
Christ's hospital, London, will carry
into effect their intention to me
the human remains that are inferred
within the precincts of that ancient
institution. A strange crowd-four
queens, lords and ladies, knights end
monks, and many persons of high and
low degree-rest there, where once
the Gray Friars placed their dead and
many old Blues sleep beneath the
~cloisters, having been buried there, so
was the custom, by toTchlight. Also
there lie the body OF Isabella of
France, the wife Of Edward II, with
her murdered husbands heart upon
her breast. Her ghost was always
said to haunt the cloisters. So also
do two rapacious favorites of Richard
II and Dame Alice Hungerford, who
brutally murdered her spouse In the
year 1924.