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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04

Pedro Alvarado. q Mexican multi
millionaire, has offered to contribute
fifty million dollars toward paying off
the public debt Of his native country.
He has made most Of his immense
fortune In mining during the past few
years and says that since he has got
his fortune ont Of the ground it is
right that he should give some Of it
to the government. He ought to live
in venezuela and settle their bills.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04

Thirteen members. of the present
Congress have died during the past
two years. making the mortality res
cord Of the Fifty-seventh Congress
the largest Of any in the history of
the government. The death rate was
three and one-half per cent.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04

The statue Of Speaker Henderson
which ex-Gov. Larrabee purposes to
donate to the town Of Clermont, and
which is to be erected in the public
park Of that town, is about completed.
The statue is In bronze, and repre-
sents the speaker standing with the
gavel in his right hand. raised as il
in the act Of calling the house ia
order, and under his left arm is a
orutch. This latter was Mr.. LARA
bees idea, - he desired to typify the
old soldier as we'll a. the statesman.
The sculptor has caught every express
sion Of the speakers face, every line
10 present, even to the wound under
the jaw. The statue is eight feet
high and with the pedestal will cost
In the neighborhood Of go. 600. and II
10 given to Clermont because In that
Vicinity Speaker Henderson spent hia
boyhood daya.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04

Dr.. E. ]. BuIgin, the great evangelist from Chicago,
will reach Decorah Saturday, March a. Sunday morning,
March he will begin series of union meetings for the
Baptist Congregationalist Methodist and German Meth
odst churches Dr. Bulgn will be assisted by singer
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04

The O. g. w. is now using the car
that 10 said to have conveyed Presi-
dent Abraham Lincoln over the B. g
o. during some Of bis noted trips
during the Civil War. For many
years II ran as q combination car on
the Mason City & Fort Dodge Ry. /.
which company bought 1t Of the b. &
O. One end Of the car was used for
express. and the other for smoking
compartment. Some time ago it was
sent to the O. g. w. shops in Oelwein
to be rejuvenated and made over.
Under fresh paint, and bearing the G.
@. W. brand it is now rolling over
the rails.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1903-03-04
Subscription Price $1.5O per year
ONCE BIT West Water Street.
Telephone No. Is.
CURRENT COMMENT
Congress adjourns today.

Lost-an idea-rhe Iowa idea. Why,
the idea!
New-York tribune., 1903-01-08
MORTGAGE TAXATION UNFAIR

,,n. nresent method Of mortgage taxation is
-,nfssr because Il reaches only a email proper
,fc, IF the whole and permits an excessive TAX
-11SI'ssexer NAV be the reasoning as to the pro-
-,ria+v or Justice of imposing such tax, the
9vne--tence OF other commemorative has demon
efrafed beyond any question or ooopt that the
New-York tribune., 1903-01-08
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION URGED

cannot urge too strongly upon the legisIa-
fure the necessity for immediate attention TO
this important problem and while recommending
that every consideration shall be given TO the
various interests involved. should recolect
that above every other claim the prosperity and
upbuiiding OF State foremost. While
New-York tribune., 1903-01-08
DECREASE IN REcovERIEs.

There have been fewer recoyeries during the
fo- 1902, 1.125. The physicians when asked for
the reason for this apparent decrease In the
rate of recovery state that II 10 because a diff
ferent class of patients is being received in the
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16

TO CURB A COLD IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Promo Qufnine Tablets. All druggists refund money if it fails to cure. E. W. Groves signature is on each box. 25c.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
MONKEY HATES HIM.
Young Man Is Not Persona Grata
 with Simian Pet.
70 wewId XIII Human T0rmentor If He Had a Chance-Tale of a Tame
 Coon Which Became Wild Again.

Monkeys have their likes and dis likes, just like men," said a young man who lives uptown to New Or leans Times-Democratar reporter, and I know it, because of my recent ex- periencesat my clearinghouse. The lady who runs the house has pet of this kind. He is an old-looking fellow. He looks like he might have. come down from prehistoric times. We call him Jo, and some of the boarders have great deal of fun out of the old fellow. But Jo,. fori some reason, has taken violentsdis- like to me, and he sdoes not fail to, show 1t whenever I get in his pres ence. His face Is perfect picture of terror when | enter the house, and I have been inclined to tease him since observing that he did not like me. This, of course, has aggravated the situation. His dislike has devel-e oped into sort of. .revengeful hatred, and he has shown a disposition to do mo bodily harm. l believe he would shay me if hea could, and my experience with him sduring the past few days has convinced me that will have to keep anseye on Jo or get hurt. I did not pay much attention to his.grimaces, his ferocious jabber-. ing, and things fsthat sort. l knew, he did not like me from these antics, but did not. thinkshis dislike was as violent as it is. A few days ago, when I entered that portion of the house where Jo is chained, he grabbed a heavy glass tumbler and threw it at me with fearful force. It missed my head by an inch and broke in hundred pieces against the wall. I made a few conciliatory re- marks, but Jo did not take kindly to my advances. It was several days later when threw a newspaper at Jo in joking way. It threw him ints 8 fit of rage almost instantly.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
BERTHA GALLAND ENGAGED.
Preparations Completed for Elaborate
 Production of Notre Dame.


 Production of Notre Dame.
 Miss Bertha Galland's advance rep resentative, Samuel Freedman is in the city arranging for the elaborate production of Norte Dame in which Miss4 Bertha. Ga1land, is starring under thea direction of Daniel Frohman, and intwhich 'sheswill be seen. as Esmeralda theaGypsy maid at Polls Friday even- ing Januaryt23.
 ''We are bringing the entire pro- duction here," said Mir Freedman to a reporter of this paper yesterday, and theatergoers will see NOtre Dame ex- actly as it was presented in Daly's theater last season. Mr Frohman is sparing no expense to present Miss Galland under the z most noteworthy conditions. He is as greatly inter- ested in her as he is in his other star, E. H. Sothern, whom he has sur rounded with such an elaborate pro- duction in Hamlet, which is at pres ent attracting so great attention in New York. We bring here 35 people who appear in the speaking parts of the play and besides this 5O extra people are used in the great mob scenes and stage pictures. The scenic effects are So elaborate that We have only been able to present the piece in large cities so far this season. They occupy space of two large baggage cars to transport, which, as you. know is an expensive luxury on the N. Y., can therefore be assured that Miss Galland will be seen under the most suspicious of circumstances. Miss Galland's portrayall of the picturesque role of Esmeralda, the Gypsy, has brought fher to the foremost ranks of popular feminine stars this season. It is role that is ideally suited to her as it requires fiery, impetuons, passion ate acting to portray and that as you know. is Miss Galland's style of act ing.
 Miss Galland has always had a love for New England as it was through the New England states that she first made her stage success and attracted the attention of Daniel Froh- man, under whose management she is now appearing. This was while. she was starring Jointly with Joseph Flaw orth and playing such important roles as Lady Macbeth, Juliet, Leah the Forsaken, sand Desdemona. She made her second great success here on ap- pearing as Princess Ottillie in sharing the honors with James K. Hackett in the Pride of Jennico."
 MT Freedman was specially selected by MT Frohman tosgo in advance of Miss Galland, as he has for years been connected with the most emi- nent feminine stars. He visited this city in advance of Miss Julia Arthur, during her first successful tour of the Lady of Quality and also in the same capacity for Miss Viola Allen in The Christian. MT Freedman thinks that Miss Galland has arrived at popu- larity equal to any of the foremost feminine stars of the country.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
NoRWAY's WINTER FUN.

IL IS during the Norwegian winter that the mostc harcateristic sports in 'tahr country are held When the nord are frozen after the snow has IaIlen, the water is covered with the prfgnf, shining ice, and like the guals during the summer, the Norwegian boys now glide about onstheir skates where, in July and August, they had crossed in sailing boats. But when the snow covers mountain, valley and ford many feet deep, snow-shoeing, or ski-lobning, as<it is scalled in Norway, becomes universal, not merely as a sport, but also as 8 necessary way, of travelling.
 The skiesrare made of wood, gener- ally of ash. It is the most suitable wood for the purpose, but they can also be made out of pine, or birch, or almost any wood in which thet grain runs straight, and which is not too knotted. But woods like ash, which is both hard and flexible. are admirably adapted for skee-making. The skeas are some 10 feet long and about 4 inches broad, and taper up in front in a graceful curve. A very slight groove about half an inch wide runs all along the middle of the skee from front to back, giving a tendency to keep it steady in one direction, and to prevent it, to some extent, from sliding to one side. About an inch back of the mid dle of the skee, a Top is made out of twister willow or, in recent years, fre- quently out of leather-covered bam- boo, forming a firm but flexible sup port or the foot about two inches back of the toe. Another loop of leather covered bamboo runs from the base. of the loop for the toes and all around the heel, while one strap combines the two isdes of this loop under the foot. The skee-runner then finishes the fas- tening by buckling as trap over his in step.
 This peculiar arrangement of loops and straps allows the runner to move his hel in a vertical direction so far that he could, although with effort, put his kne down to the skee in front. of him, while his toes still remain in the loop: but in a horizontal direction the foot is arrested; the knee must follow every small movement of the foot to the right or left-From c. ,E. Borch- grevink's 'Skeet-Jumping in Norway in Christmas St Nicholas.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
LAIoGE REWARDS.

The biggest reward ever given for a thing not intrinstcally worth penny changed hands when Clements Mark ham, the Diamond King" recovered his lost watch charm.
 He owned a bullet which had wound ed his grandfather, Lieutenant Mark ham. in the Crimean war, and he nat urally set great store by it. 1t al ways hung on his watch chain, but one day it broke away and was lost while he was trying to pass through a great crowd of sightseers during the late Queens jubilee in London. He ad vertised in nearly every paper in Lon don next day offering $50 for the re covery of the bullet, and when no re- ply arrived he put the price to G100. Three days later an ex-pohceman, named Brooks, found the lost charm on the roadway in St James street and took it to its owner, who, he declared shed tears of joy on getting the prized bullet back. The offer of s 100 had caused great lot of talk, and the ind CT even then hardly believed that such a sum would be given for an apparent tride. But the delighted owner not only paid him at once in notes, but made it guineas instead of pounds, and told the lucky finder to come to him if he ever were in difficulties;
 Gladstone once lost a pocketbook in the streets of York, and advertised for It, not saying what price would be given. It was of no possible use to anybody but the statesman himself but contained budget of notes on Homer, whom Gladstone was translating. The pocketbook was found by one Orton, a young clerk In York bank, and he forwarded it to Hawarden Castle. The G. o. M. returned to the finder check for 811O, saying that the notes in the portfolio represented the work of whole years spare time, and the re- ward was still below the mark, if any thing. That clerk, by the way is now wealthy business man of Manches- ter.
 1t is hard to imagine that any one would set much store by bad shilling. put 8 coin of that kind dated in the year Queen Victoria came to the throne was Tegarded as mascot, priceless in value, by the late Sir Arthur Sullivan. It was once passed on the great com poser for a genuine shilling. and so far from being annoyed afterward ha declared that it was the luckiast en- blem he ever owned; but Sir Arthur ike many musicians and poets was a little superstitfous. He carried it about with him for ten years, and when he lost it one day at Henley re- gatta he was inconsolable He of fered s1o, 920, and finally $50 for its recovery, and during six weeks he de- clared scores of bad shillings were at- tempted to be palmed off on him as the "one and only" Finally, an old man named Bowring, retired waterman picked 1t up on the towpath and took 1t to its owner, receiving the reward and the composers grateful thanks.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
Senator Quay remains, confident ane

Senator Quay remains confident ana obdurate. Thesstatehood bill~has right of+wayg every %day after 2 o'clock and he and, .-isslieutenants swin yield to no other smeasr1re. He says that sooner or later the opposition will have to yield, he will not. In the meantime a large fnumber of important measures are pressing for consideration, snotably the army reorganization bill, just passed by 'the. house, the militia reor- ganizatfonvbiH sto~which. some time has already beenadevoted, .the immigration bill and thes Cubans treaty. The ratifi- cationsof the 1atterris conceded,by near ly all its former opponents and it is not believed there will be any great de- lay ins securing san executive session for it's consideration. N
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16

ssIt Is still more unlikely that this congress will adopt any legislation worth mentioning for the regulation or the suppression of the trusts says a staff writer on New York paper. ''Our legislators are far too much di- vided over the question of the right way of procedure. MT Littlefield of the house has one plan. Senator Hoar another, and Attorney General Knox a third, besidesa great host of proposals from people of less authority. MT Lit tlefleld' d's.plan amounts to nothing more than strengthening of the Sherman law to regulate commerce between the states. MT Hoar would go much far ther. He would make both the recipt- ent and the grantor of unlawful favors, such as coming from the railroads have enabled the trusts to crush out their competitors, equally liable for the offense. He would shut every offend ing corporation out of both foreign and interstate commerce. And he would lCAA CNC1J IO1 pOAdLI0AA LO dGOpb SuCA a system of publicity as would make it possible to detect violations of the law. The proposals sound vigorous, but they would not be workable. Just as the railroads have defeated every attempt of the interstate commerce commission to, stop favoritism, by their ingenious plan of sham rebates" for injury to goods in transportation, so they would defeat Senator Hoar's at tempt tosbind them down to obey the law. The matter is much too complex to be thus dealt with. And the sen ator also gives us no remedy against the existence of the trusts already in the field, which practically control the production of long series of articles. His plan looks only to the future. MT Knox shows all a lawyers anxiety lest congress- should do something vigorous. Yet he, too, would punish the receiver as well as the bestower of unlawful fa- vors, and he has great hopes of what might be done by'legislation forb idding all sorts of monopolizing procedures. He would also establish national con- mission to deal with the matter, un- mindful of the confessed failure of the interstate commerce commission to ef- feet anything in the matter"
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
nYPHoID AT, ATLANTIC CITY.

t K :. a 4
 The Atlantic City board of health, with the aid of physicians of thatTcity and of Prof A. c. Abbott, bacteriologist of the University of Pennsylvania, and Prof Henry Leffmann, chemist have been making an exhaustive inquiry into the cases of typhoid fever which oc- cured there last summer and fall, and have reached the conclusion that the typhoid conta zion, must have been from some foreign source, which cause, however, has been absolutely removed for the future.
 A report has been issued showing that of the seventy-two cases, out of 100000 population, two-thirds were permanent residents and the remaining one-third located in various hotels, no one Of which had more than four cases. Most of these hotels have their own in d1vidual artesian well water supply, While the permanent residents use the city water. This positively removes the cause as being from the water SUD- ply. The inquiry finally reached the fact that the entire trouble had been caused through a break in the sewer pipes which crossed the Penrose canal Whdch vicinity was used by the three largest oyster dealers in the city for Ireshen1ng their oysters for the mar ket. and that the cases occurring in hotels were in houses that purchased Lheir oysters from one of these three deaaers. while other hotels in the city who did not patronize these dealers.hal not reported single case of typhoid.
 The board of health has uuarantined Ihe waters in question and the sewer break was promptly repaired, so that the authorities feel assured that alI danger is now removed,
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16

The stockholders of the c. R. & L.. Co will not declare many dividends from yesterdays profits. The run ming ofsthe cars yesterday was farce pure, and simple. 1t looks as though Managert Sewell wasstaking this meth od.of 'breakingsthesnew men in and at the same stimes giving out to the pub lie thatsthe snon-unionists are experi- enced hands. If MT Sewellf has the reliable gang she ttel1s about, why not get:them to work. and let the public see how this acrair is going to turnl out These new men aare getting $250 per. day and stheir eating for just slayfng aroundsthe shotd. The old men were given from $1.8os Ito $2.1o and find their own4food. If this doesn't look like case of MT Sewell biting off his nose; to spite his sface, 7 there ~nev- CT was ssuch case. { The strike has been going for nearly six days now andtthe timeshas come to end,it. The merchants are complaining and so are the people that want to spend their money at the stores of these same merchants. Let us hope that some force or agency willRmake Mir Sewell see the folly of trying to run his troll ley service with a lot of men cooped up in the car barns.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
CITY WITHOUT A CEMETERY.

Enid, Oklahoma, is the only city of it's size in the United States that has no cemetery. The town is eight years old and has population of nearly 5000 but has never had regular bury1ng ground of any description. There Is an undertaker's establishment in connection with a furniture store, but there has not been natura1 death in several months. Most of the inhabi- tants are persons who moved in from other states, and when, after some mis- understanding, one of them is killed, 1t is the cuctom for, the relatives to send the body back to the home state for burial. Enid has gained a reputation for-Stssfreedcm. from natural deaths. I
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16

but he exercised a bit of cunning which I did not think was in him. He held on to the newspaper with one paw, and he held it so that it would conceal his other arm and paw. had no idea what Jo was doing until he hurled big lump of coal at me. He missed me again, and got out of his range as soon as possible. Since then I have had nothing to do with Jo, and in the future will give him a wide berth. I do not care to be killed by monkey, and am sat isfied that Jo would kill me if he could. He has murder in his heart, so far as am concerned, and he has proved the fact by his conduct to- ward me during the last few weeks"
 Speaking of pets,'' said man from Arkansas, reminds me of a rather singular experience I had in my boyhood days with pet coon. had picked the little fellow up one rainy day at the foot of Crowley's ridge, few hundred yards from the St. Francis river, and he was nearly dead at the time. He would have died if I had allowed him to remain where I found him. He was very docile, and in short while he was a boon companion of the children in the house and he entered into all kinds of rollicking games with them, and was never happier than when he was snugly resting on the shoulder of one of his companions. Naturally we all became very much attached to him. One day we concluded to take the young coon down to the branch with us on sort of outing. It was a low, marshy section of the pasture, with heavy mint beds, and was the home of many crawfshes. As the coon discovered a mud chimney which stood up above the crawfsh nest he seemed to know instinctively what it was and he made dash for it. He demolished the chimney in short order, and showed his right arru down into the crawfsh nest. He yanked a crawfsh out in short or der and devoured it. A remarkable change took place in the pet. He became wild again and thoroughly violent. We could not touch him. He fought viciously and growled all the while The taste of wild food seemed to have crazed him. It brought back all the wild instincts in him. He was as if he had not been tanned at all. We had to let him go, and it was my first and last experi- ence with a pet of this kind."
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
NOW IS YOUR CHANCE

Why be troubled with ieakins roof when you can get new one rea sonably by seeing Charles F. Ariller carpenter and builder; shop, 40 Bene dict street; house and phone, 179 Wal nut street; call, 14S.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
HEARD INxPAssING

There is a Hve-oak in Florida that covers a quarter of an acre of land. It's branches are as big as ordinary tree trunks.
 The pension office has had an appn- cation for pension from veteran of the Spanish war on account of corns contracted by wearing army shoes"
 F. Augustus 4Heinze had a barroom fight recently and number of prize fighters happened to be present. Their comments would make interesting read ing.
 The inventor of the marshmallow candy has justfdied in Rochester, N. Y. Ills namewas Frederick A. Jockey, and he was born in Alsace- Lorraine, CT years ago.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
Az the storlx sees 1t.

First Stork-I just left baby at that millionaire's house.
 Second Stork-Funny things these human beings. I've just delivered three to one woman in tenement, and her husbands out of work and they haven't cent.-Brooklyn Life.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
.PENMANSHIPl l PROF HoLLE7 !

Eenche1 every pupil 10 write f1na fapid. businesS hand. In q course of 1a private lessons and no failures. Au Kinds of pen work executed In tha highest degree of art
 187 BANK ETRMET.
Waterbury Democrat., 1903-01-16
Removal Sale.

$1OO0 Worth of Umbrellas, Trunks and Bags, Dress Suit Gases at your own price. Our rent in our present location has been doubled, and to en- able us to maintain our reputation for good goods and suall profits we are compelled to get out. We don't want to move any more of our present stock than we can help. so have placed the prices at very low figures. 'Sell cheap and sell heap" Every ar ticle fully guaranteed. Never mind how we sell at such prices; you get them; that's sufficient. 1t will pay you to come to us. We can and will save you money this time Umbrellas recovered and repaired in best man. ner. This is the place.
 179 Bank, corner Brand St. Waterbury Umbrella and Trunk Mfr.
 Trunks and Bags repaired.