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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
A Sentative Tenor.

Roger, the celebrated French tenor,
was exceedingly proud of his profes-
sion and was apt to take offense at the
least slight, whether intended or not.
On one occasion he was engaged for
the sum of EGO to sing at the house of
a rich financier who thought it the cor
rect thing to have the principal singers
of the day at his house parties.
Roger sang his first song magnifi-
Gently, but not the slightest attention
was paid him, the guests talking their
loudest Presently the host thought
that it was about time for another
song and sent for Roger, but he could
not be found and was seen no more.
On the following day Mr.. Plutus was
surprised to receive from Roger notes
to the amount of ESQ, with the follow
ing words:
II have the honor to return the EGO
which 1 received for singing at your
party, and l beg to add EGO more to
make up for having so greatly dis
turbed the conversation Of your
guests. "-London Tit-Bits.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Different Kinds of Days.

Five kinds of day are recognized,
and it has been said that the word
'day" has no real meaning without an
adjective defining what kind of day
is meant There is a civil day, the as
Economical day, the apparent solar day,
the mean solar day and the sidereal
day. The civil day begins at the mid
night preceding mean noon and con-
sists of twenty-four hours counted aft
er II O'clock. The astronomical day be-
gins twelve hours after the civil day,
or at the mean noon Of the correspond
ing civil day. These hours are reck-
oned from to "a 1t will be seen,
therefore, that while 10 hours IL min
utes Jan. 1 astronomical time Is also
10 hours II minutes Jan. l civil time,
yet % hours IL minutes Jan. / astro-
nomical time is also 10 hours II min
utes a. m. Jan. 2 civil time. There are
many anomalies growing out Of this
use of the civil day, and there are
many arguments in favor of using the
astronomical day. 1t is one of the re-
forms which undoubtedly will come
some time.-London Standard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
wisdom That Comes With Are.

well remember one case before
justice in which I acted as respond
ent's counsel in a criminal action and
in which an older and well known at
torney was my opponent. AS I thought
then and as / know now, the law and
evidence were well in favor Of my eli
ent, and at the close Of the arguments
I looked with great confidence for q
prompt acquittal. Judge of my aston
ishment when my unfortunate client
was found guilty and sentenced to thir-
ty days in Jail. promptly entered an
appeal and furnished sureties to pros
ecute the same. Before left the court
room the justice took occasion to take
me aside and say, young man, kind
er thought We were right, but knowed
Judge w. naming my oppOnent is a
sight older'n you be and sight better
lawyer'n you be, and so of course l gin
him judgment"-Judge Shute in Les
lies Monthly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
The Mirror Galvanometer

Some interesting tales are told of
Lord Kelvin's discoveries and how the
ideas of them came to his quick mind
For instance, this is said to have been
the way in which he found the mirror
galvanometer. He was puzzling over
the difficulty of perfecting the ordinary
Geographic apparatus used on over
head wires, which was not suited for
the varying current passing along ca
bles. The tagging Of the electric cur
rents had the effect of making them
run together into one bottom current
with surface ripples which correspond
to the separate signals Of the message
The problem was how to invent a
means of interpreting clearly and cas-
lily all the delicate fluctuations. One
day Lord Kelvin's eyeglass fell Off and
swung In front of the magnet, reflect
ing its movements, and instantly the
idea of the mirror suggested itself. So
a mOnocle has had direct effect on
science.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14

The well known call Of boots and
saddles" is really a corruption of the
old French signal boute-selle-"put on
your addles"-from bouter, to put or
place, and selle, saddle. The medieval
satSles were Of such a cumbrous and
heavy make that they were taken off
the horses whenever possible. In
Mathews Powerful FavOrite" of 162S
occurs the phrase ''the trumpets sound
ed boute-selle."
In 100 Steele wrote in the Taller,
''The sound was changed to boots and
saddle" but it seems probable that
the phrase ran in its present form be-
fore that date, possibly coming into
use during the civil war among the
Roundheads, to whom the old French
bOute-selle would seem pandering to
the cavalier and French tendencies of
the court.-London Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
The Bird of Paradise.

Probably no famous bird has a small
er habitat than the bird Of paradise,
whose beautiful feathers are SO highly
priced in the millinery trade. No one
knows why the varieties of this beau
tiful bird are confined to the island of
New Guinea and the neighboring
coasts Of Australia. There are many
other islands not far away where the
conditions would seem to be equally
favorable to their existence, but they
are not found among them, and if we
should ever see hunter of the bird OF
paradise we would know that he was
a native of New Guinea or the neigh.
boring mainland of Australia or had
visited those regions.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
The Lost ChOr0.

He was a young man in lodgings,
and he was learning to play the cornet.
There was no disputing the earnest
ness and perseverance of this embryo
cornetist. Every evening during the
late heat wave he threw his window
open and blew away at the Lost
Chord" 1t was ever the Lost Chord. y
In the commercial room of the hotel
opposite the knights of the road sat
scribbling off their orders and hurting
anathemas at the head Of the young
man player. Finally they held coun-
Gil Of war and determined on his de-
struction. Cutting off window cord,
they rang for the boots and ordered
him to take 1t across to the musician,
with the following note:
"Dear Sir-Make no more trouble
over your Lost Chord We send you
a substitute, which we hope you will
find long enough. We will arrange
with the coroner and guarantee a de-
cent burial"
The doleful notes of the Lost
Chord" were not heard in the street
ACKNOWLEDGMENT Globe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Everything Here short.

The late NJ. A. Lower, the antiquary,
is responsible for this Lullington anec-
dOte
One Sunday morning the curate. a
man of diminutive stature. preached
from the shortest text in the Bible.
"Jesus wept." to a congregation of a
dozen people, and the offertory realized
only IS pence, whereupon a stranger
remarked that it was the smallest
church, the smallest congregation. the
smallest parson. the shortest text and
the smallest collection he had ever
Westminster Gazette.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Tree Life.

Have you any idea what is the aver
age length Of trees life? Information
gathered by the German forestry COM
mission assigns to the pine tree 700
years as maximum length Of life,
425 years to the silver fir, 275 to the
larch, 245 to the red beech, 210 to the
aspen. 200 to the birch, ITO to the ash.
145 to the elder and $50 to the elm.
The heart Of the oak begins to rot at
about the age Of 800 years. OF the
holly it is said there is specimen
aged 40 years in existence near AS
chaffenburg, in Germany.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
The Missionary,s False Tooth.

A well known Church of England
missionary among the aborigines Of
Queensland, Australia, gained great in
fluence over a certain tribe in a very
peculiar manner. This tribe had the
queer custom Of having the front tooth
of the upper jaw knocked out The
missionary by accident had lost this
same tooth and replaced it by false
one. When he got talking with the
aborigines, he would pull it out. point
to the hollow place and say, "Me,
brother, belong to your In this way
he gained the complete confidence of
the tribe, converted every member of
it to Christianity and introduced as
much civilization as they were capable
of assimilating.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Looking Down Into -Four States.

From Mount Genevieve. peak in
Gilpin county, Colo. person can see
into four states and one territory. On
a clear day the observer can discern
the Uintah mountains Of eastern Utah.
the Medicine Bow range of Wyoming.
the tips of the Rockies in New Mexico
and the principal peaks of Colorado.
The plains stretching to the east are
plainly visible clear into Nebraska.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
UnDreDared.

Hostess pairing off her guvsts)-Mr
JUSTIN, will you take Miss Smith out
to dinner? Mr.. JUSTIN (his first ex-
erience)-Er-Mrs. Jones, let me whis-
per something TO you. left my money
in my other clothes. I've only got 10
cents about me. Please let some other
man take her out.-chicago Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Improving the Time.

Little Bobbie left his mothers lap
and climbed up on his fathers knee.
do you love papa more than mann
ma? 2" asked Aunt Kate.
NO." replied the youngster. 'But
mamma and l are both going to heav-
en-, and grandma says papa won't if he
don't stop smoking in the parlor, so
Am going to see all of him can now"
Cincinnati Commercial Trih dne.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Oh. That Roy!

I'D cheerfully lend you my whistle
II had one, Charlie" said the curate,
"but Ravens such thing"
well, papa says you have" replied
Charlie, "and that you wet 1t dozen
times q day."-New York Times.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14

Overheard during the private theat-
ricals: She-How well your wife plays
Lady Geraldine, Mr.. Jones! / think
the way she puts on that awful affect
ed tone is just splendid. How does she
manage it? Mr.. Jones with embar-
rassment-Er-she doesn't That's her
natural voice
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Noble Enough.

Miss-Of course you know, baron
that my father is not in the remotest
degree Il nobleman. He-Say no more,
beautiful one. A man who will give
his daughter a dowry of a million is
noble enough for me-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
More Thar "a Match For Him.

Tom-Somebody ought TO warn Mrs.
who's paying attention to her, is a mis-
cradle fiirt. Jim-Hem! Better warn
Smirks. Mrs. Prettiface is widow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Early EnpIisI..

Bachelor confess | can't under
stand what your baby's saying. Bene
dick-It is a queer language, isn't it,
Bachelor-Yes; sort of early English
Answers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14

PA, what is reparteeT
'Oh, merely an insult with its dress
suit on. my son."-Puck.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14
Interested.

"Do you believe in marrying for
money, Mr.. Hansom?"
II dunno. How much you got r,'-
Fort Worth Record.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-12-14

TO some the past gives only regret,
the present sorrow, the future fear.
Lambert.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
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at home, so he had to seek another
market for his craft They say he is
as full of tricks as a Latin diplomat,
and that he has earned $4,000 in six
months.
Did an eavesdropper ever hear good
OF himself? 1 have to take refuge be-
hind my napkin as the talk turns to
foreign newspaper correspondents.
The American reporter is too brazen.
He tackles king with as much con-
hdence as a book agent would ap-
proach a factory manager. He fears
his editor, but after him, has no re-
spect for God, devil, or public opinion.
/ desperately order my waiter around
as some of my fellow writer's are YER
bally torn limb from limb.
The band is playing in the Plaza.
The Sousa two-step sounds miles
away. Instead of being a full band it
might be a photograph in a barrel.
The arc lights wink solemnly among
the trees, and then flare up as they
signal back and forth along the ave
nues. The waiter clears away the
plates and brings the coffee. What is
all this hubbub at the table on the
right? A Yankee drummer and a
native are threshing out a hot argu.
tive countries.
The American says he shipped a
horse from Chilli to Argentine, and the
railroad people pasted a big tag on
his hip. It took an hour to wash the
glue out of the animals hair. A Yam
kee would have tied that tag on the
halter. Some of the carts in use
are almost as heavy as box cars, and
the animals are hitched to them as
loosely as boys would harness goats
Why not have fewer pounds of cart
and more pounds of cargo? Some day
when the raw product that is hauled
in these big carts comes into compe
tition with similar stuff from North
America, it will be undersold, because
the Yankee makes constant study
of simplifying and cheapening his
methods of production.
The walters are brushing up the
crumbs and counting their tips. A
| hay mist of cigar smoke swirls
| through the cafe There is a las
clinking of glasses and pushing bacl
| of chairs. "Buenas noches' is the
way to say good night in Spanish.
linger to take my last look from SAINTS
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

The pride of Santiago and of Chill
is the wonderful hill of Santa Lucia
1t is a towering pile of volcanic rock
so covered by trees and vines and
flowers that it looks like a great gar
den hanging in the air. Its sides are
scanned by walks and roads that coil
about it like the clinging folds of
a serpent, and to follow them is like
turning the pages of book of views
Here is a spreading tree with vine
about its stout trunk, and a flower in
full bloom among it's thick branches;
there is a white fountain with goldfish
1eaping about the feet of the stone
mermaid reclining in the water; in
that grotto the marble image of a
saint has been bending over its pray
er book for so many years that a
cushion Of moss has grown about its
knees, and a coat of dust has settled
upon its shoulders.
Below is the vista of the city, it's
many blocks looking like tiny squares
in a great checker board, split here
and there by long, slender streamers
of green, which are rows of trees
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23

When Thomas Dering-Mainwar1ng
of Virginia, aged % and fairly well
off, went to Paris on visit OF leisure
and pleasure, he met so many Eng
lishmen who called themselves
Smith-Brown or Brown-Jones that he
calmly cut out his hyphen and called
himself Dering. 1t was the family
name anyhow, the Mainwaring tag
having been tackled on with a golden
hammer, and he did not feel any the
worse for shortening his signature.
In Paris he foregathered with Gull
1aume Henri Francois Ste. Marie
d'Auvergne who had name enough
for both of them. Henri, as he pre-
ferred to be called, was a graduate
of the Ecole Polytechnique, sort of
Frenchified equivalent to the Ameri-
can West Point, and, having money
and a desire to be easy, had bought
himself out of the army through one
of those processes peculiar to the re-
public of Rochefort.
Among other pleasures to which
Henri with the superauity of title in
Quoted his Virginian friend was a
sale d'armes. The master of the place
was a wary cool old sworder,'' who
had served his time in Africa, in Chi
ma and in vain endeavor to stem
the outward rush of Uhlans from be-
yond the Rhine. By the looks of him
he might, too, have served some of
his time in the galleys; but he knew
his business, which was fencing, and
he took an epecial fancy to Dering.
"Ahi" he would say, Sinking vii
lainously and sending in high thrust
in carte that fickered past the ear
like a snakes tongue, lit is you, mon
sieur. who have the true fencing
form-not too tall. not too broad
and the eye and the wrist. After all
that is 1.-THE eye and the wrist.
The riposte with simple disengage!
Touche, Bon, Bon!"
Dering learned most of the illnesses
of fine art, won first honors in a
great assault fought a trif1ing duel
or two and took ship at Havre
la Gascogne'' reached New York
on the 25th of April, 1898, and Dering
found the town wild with excitement.
Congress had in effect declared war
against Spain. His country had aris-
en- like a slumbering giant and yawn-
ed and stretched its arms. All of the
male behring's had fought under the
crimson flag of the confederacy, and
that was one of the reasons why the
present representative of the line hur-
ried home as fast as a train could
carry him and Joined the first regf
ment which was sent out. 1t is true
that this regiment got no further
than Florida, but that was only be
cause the fun was over too soon. 1t
is true also that part of it was sent
to Havana when hostilities closed, and
Dering was among the lucky ones
There he did provost duty in a town
which needed provosting badly for q
few days, and then simmered dowr
into fairness.
Rosa Villareai, daughter of a Span
ish merchant, walking around and
around the plaza while the band play
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1904-07-23
WRONG TRACK
Had To Switch.

Even the most careful person is apt
to get on the wrong track regarding
food sometimes and has to switch
over.
When the right food is selected the
host of ails that come from improper
food and drink disappear, even where
the trouble has been of lifelong stand
ing.
From a child l was never strong
and had a capricious appetite and I
was allowed to eat whatever l fancied
rich cake, highly seasoned food, hot
biscuit, etc.-so it was not surprising
that my digestion was soon out of
order and at the age of twenty-three 1
was on the verge of nervous prostra-
ton 1 had no appetite and as 1 had
been losing strength (because 1 didn't
get nourishment in my daily food to
repair the wear and tear on body and
brain) I had no reserve force to fall
back on, lost flesh rapidly and no med
icine helped me.
Then 1t was wise physician or
dered GrapeNuts and cream and saw
to 1T that l gave this food (new to mel
a proper trial and it showed he knew
what he was about, because 1 got bet
ter by bounds from the very first.
ter I was in better health than ever
before in my life, had gained in flesh
and weight and felt like new person
altogether in mind as well as body
all due to nourishing and completely
digestible food. Grape-Nuts.
This happened three years ago and
never since then have / had any but
| perfect health, for 1 stick to nv
| Grape-Nuts food and cream and stiII
! think it delicious. I eat it every dav
never tire of this food and can en-
| Joy a saucer of Grape-Nuts and cream
when nothing else satisfies my appe-
tite and it's surprising how sustained
and strong a small saucerful win
make one feel for hours" Name Civ
en- by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich.
/ True food that carries one along and
there's reason Grape-Nuts 10
| days proves big things.
] Get the little book. The Road To
MELVILLE" In each pkg.
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and bickered like a fame" Twice It
was within half an inch of the breast

and bickered like a far1e-" Twice 1t
was within half an inch of the breast
bone, twice it drew blood from the
right arm, once it SCARED the cheek
Silvera was fast weakening His
breath came in gasps; each success
siye lunge was slower, each parry
more wild. Dering smiled and lunged.
The Spaniard dropped to both knees
and thrust upward with all his force.
1t was ..Tancred's blow" long barred
in honorable dueling- There was
shivering, splintering ring and his ra-
pier fell in fragments, broken against
the Americans hilt- For a moment
Dering hung poised, his weapon
drawn back ready to dart through the
heart of the covering wretch before
him. Then he said Taught" spat in
disgust, and turned toward Hardy. Es-
cobedo stepped forward, launched a
string of vituperative Spanish and
tweaked Silvera's beard. The gentle
man, still on his knees, seemed glad
to be alive
At the moment there was rust1e
in the underground and Rosa Villa
real came flying, love and fear in her
dark eyes, her red lips pale She
passed Dering like a fawn and threw
herself headlong upon the neck of the
Spaniard.
would they murder him, my love.
my darling," she cried. Then, jerk
ing herself upright, she pointed a
small, quivering forefinger at Dering.
and Kissed:
"Gringo, assassin, go!"
"Say, old man. Hardy asked, as the
cab rolled toward the city, where on
earth did you learn that parry?"
Dering stared vacantly out of the
window.
Finally, after very long pause, he
asked: What was that you said?'
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Automatic Loom.

Two Burnley (EmglanG) operators
have devised a new type of automatic
loom, which embodies all the features
existing in the Lancashire loom, and
by tae Introduction Of a hopper con-
tanning victim steel tubes and some
simple mechanism on the Stay On
automatic loom is produced. When
the welt thread breaks the welt fork
sets in motion and mechanism which
forces the old welt out of the shuttle
at the top, and a full tube immedi-
atcly takes it's place.
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lining the avenues; and to the cafe
on the summit people are always COM
ing and going-the people who pro-
vide the tone which is the life of the
picture.
1t may be impolite to repeat what
one overhears at dinner, but 1 cannot
resist telling some of the interesting
things l heard as 1 sat in my corner
of the old cafe on Santa Lucia. At
table a stranger is being told the his
tory of Santa Lucia. In the begin
ming it was merely a barren rock lift
ing it's bald head above the dusty
plain. In its bosom there were num-
berless caves where robbers fed after
committing their nefarious acts. 1t
was safe retreat for thief and assas
sin. And many a maiden was forcib1y
carried to captivity in this rookery OF
devils imps. Now the robbers are
gone and their haunt has become one
of the fairest garden spots in the
world.
The arrival of another party.
arouses new interest, and the little
gossip bees begin to buzz The rob-
bers and their dark deeds are soon
forgotten as the dowager seats her
self and begins her study of the wine
list. They say her thirst is quite in
keeping with her size, and that after
her third glass of wine she always
tells stories that make the men laugh
and the women blush. The slender lit
tie girl in pink belongs to a good
family that is very bad off financially.
The girl is pretty and sweet, and it is
to be hoped she will marry well. A
rich foreigner has called upon her sew
eral times. Every one hopes he will
propose If he does, the roomers
will be turned out, and next year
the mother will have a new gown
when the president entertains.