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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-14

The per diem and mileage of men,
bers was allowed as follows:
NJ. j. Nicholson, days, 10 miles,
$3.50.
MA. Kubish. days IS miles, $3.50
r. S. 'WolfenberRer, days, 10 miles.
$3.50.
Edwin Hover, days. IL miles,
$l7.10.
@. o. Moore, days. miles, $40. 30
On motion adjourned to 1 80 p. IN. i.
October 8. 1904.
NJ. ]. NICHOLSON. Chairman
Attest: f. A. MASTERS.
County Auditor and CLERK of the Board
of Supervisors.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-09-14

Action on the O. SchieId Road Petit :
tion MOL 1923 was on motion deferred
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
Paul Revere, According to the Norsk
 NfchtiaeaIe,

Listen, Christina. and VI shol hear Bout midnight ride of Paul Revere. Seventeen hundred seventy five, Hardly geezer ban now alive. Who live har ven Paul ban volunteer Some British fallers ban getting gay So Paul yust giving his horse some hay And say ."Ay skol mak grand stand
 playi'
 Den he tai Yohn Brenk-Yohn ban his Who borrow venever Paul skol lend. @Yohn, yust go ID har in old church
 tower
 And yust so sune sum yu findout hour British skol march, give me good val And ay skoll hustle and ride lak hal. So op in the church go old yOhn
 Brenk-
 It ban first time in his life. ay tenk;. And von desc English get busy, he val And wave big lantern to his gude pal Maester Paul Revere. who yumo on And off for Lexington he skol tear! " e Mhiz!" he say; after dis, ay guess .Ay skol getting my picture in Success. Dey skol ten ay'm smart old son of q
 gun
 Ven ay gallop into Lexingtonw Val, he mak dis ride-yu bet yure lifel And fellers grab gun and drum and fife And march to scrap with desc British
 men.
 Maester Paul ban yolly brave hero den. And back in the church tower old Yohn Climb from his porch and talk gude
 drenk!
 Val, dis ban all, Christina dear. Bout midnight ride of Paul Revere.
 Milwaukee Sentinel.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

sult has been very remarkabls-hdeed. The number of cases Of malarial pois- oning. which between 1887 and 1902 had averaged over two thousand per year, was reduced to less than two hundred in 1s0s. and Of these only four Gall among the natives) proved fatal. Dis counting for the effects of quinine, large quantities of which were distrib- uted free of charge. and practically forced upon the inhabitants. and dis counting for the effects of a generally improved sanitary condition, the cause of this enormous reduction of paludism must still be sought largely in the ex- termination of the mosquito. As to the effects of the sanitary improvements proper. it is interesting to note that the total number of patients treated in the local hospital was. in 1sOs at least 50 per cent. below the average for a num- Der of years preceding.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
WHAT CAN BE DON'T.

The United States, working as a Board of Health in Havana, showed what could be done with yellow fever, and now the Suez Canal Company, lia, is showing what can be done with malaria. Ismailia had become almost uninhabitable for Europeans, and about the beginning of last year the company began work there. A regular anti-nlos- quito force was organized, one detach- ment taking charge of the town itself. another of its environs. Marshy places and stagnant pools were either thor oughly drained or covered over with thin layers of petroleum; the dwellings were cleaned out with thoroughness unknown to them before liberal uuan- titles of petroleum following the ordi- nary detergents, and no effort was spared in bringing about spotless con- dition of the town. At first the native population failed to comprehend the curious performances of the company's officers. But as time went on and the results became more and more appar- ent they too joined in the war, and soon the mosquito became a practically ex- tinct species the local scientists find ing it difficult to discover few speci- mems for purposes of research. The re-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
LieH7HaUsE POINT.

The buying of Lighthouse Point by some smart men and their plan to dis pose of it to private buyers has called new attention to what it's usefulness might be as park for New Haven. and there is some talk about acquiring it for that purpose. Of course the city has debt enough. Any city has. But also cs course if the city doesn't buy Lighthouse Point for park there will be lasting and growing regret. East Rock and West Rock parks are good illustrations of what timely and mod erately costly action can do for a city. and if Lighthouse Point is taken for a seaside park that will be another illus traitor. But whatever is done we hope that there won't be a New Haven de- bate over it.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
4 AsroRYoFLoYnAxD ENTERPRIsH

4 STORY YOFLOVE1ND ENTERPRISE
 There can be no doubt that polyga- nous Mormons are dreadful people. Everybody who isn't Mormon says so. Their polygamous performances are both immoral and illegal. But it is in- teresting to notice what can be done in the land of the free and home of the brave without being immoral or illegal. A young Indiana lady furnishes the il- lustration. She has been married six times in nine years, and still is at liberty for matrimonial ventures. The
 first husband was Jesse Hammer whom she married when she was twen- ty years old. She was divorced from him three months later, and two months afterwards she married him again, a second divorce following in less than four months. Her next husband, Lem uel Moore, was sent to prison, and she obtained a divorce from him. She nov ed to Tipton and there married Levi Jack, from whom in less than year she obtained a divorce. The trouble killed this husband it is said. Then the young woman married Eli Coates at Tipton and lived with him two years. when she was given a divorce on ac- count of cruelty. She then married Ed Hunt, from whom she obtained di- voree after six months.
 Some will think this young woman ought to be headed off but we don't think so. Let her go it and show what unlimited love and unlimited enterprise can morally and legally accomplish.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

will promise to spank her''-BrOOkIyn Life.
 Hicks-'Conscientious, is he?" Wieks -'I should say so. Why. he went out the other day, and left a sign on his office door that he'd be back in half an hour. and- hang me. if he didn't keep his word" d."-PhiIadelphia Ledger.
 Ethelinda-"Maud Wintergreen is telling her friends that she could have get Jack Bigmun if she had only said yes" Gwendolen-''That's what Jack thought. and he never gave her a chance to say it."-chicago Tribune.
 Goodness only knows said the old parson, I've had hard time separat- ing the good from the bad" Excuse me- spoke up the doubtful deacon, but are you alluding to the consrega- tion or the collection boK2"-Chicago Daily News.
 q wasn't always in this condition, !" said the ossified man in the dime muse um.
 How did it happen" said the obese lady.
 S4tA OllCS gave iiiS sAic Aioi 1'S heart. and it spread. explained the hardened freak-Chicago News.
 At a recent examination at public school the examiner was asking q class of small boys some questions to find out their intelligence. He wandered through different subjects when a very little boy jumped up and exclaimed:
 .r,f txr11f r7an ask you a question:" "No,' said the inspector. Then the question came:
 Why did Eve never catch the mea- sles?"
 This the inspector could not solve. so he gave 1t up.
 Because she'd Adam, said the small hoy-Tit-Bits
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
FEEDING 1HA W0ELD.

We have been feeding the world" a long time, and probably that fact will be mentioned by the campaign orators this year. But the indications are that we are going to have more competition in that line than we have had. Can ada is going to be one of our competi- tors. A bulletin issued by the Cana dian officials shows the yield for six years of the principal crops of the Northwest Territories, spring wheat, oats and barley. From 1898, when the total yield of spring wheat was 5,717, ,l49 bushels, there has been a steady ad- vance, with the single exception of the bad harvest in the year 1900 until last year showed a total of l6,534,30S bush els. In six years. therefore, the yield of spring wheat in these territories practically trebled. With oats the pro portion of gain has been even greater. The yield for 1898 was 3,136,122 bushels, and for 1903 14,626,57S bushels, nearer five than four times the crop yield six years ago. Last year more oats were raised in the Northwest Territories than in the combined years 1900, 1899 and 1898. Barley too shows great gains, the figures running 463,67S bushels in 1898 and 1,796,0SS bushels in 1903, an ad- vance of almost fourfold. To make the showing even more striking it may be stated that the yield of the principal crops of the Northwest Territories in 1898 was a little over 9,0OO000 bushels in wheat, oats and barley, while in the year that closed with December last the yield of these three cereals amounted to almost 33,000,0OO bushels.
 Many enterprising farmers have late ly left this country for Canada, and farming there is evidently going to have a boom.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
AN OLD ENGINE DRIVERS TALE

AN OLD ENGINE DRIVERS TALE.
 Old man John P. Cousins native of Ireland, Confederate soldier, for forty
 four years in the service of the lines now operated by the Illinois Central. and For thirty-five years an engineer, yesterday told a strenuous story of a
 race between Gov. Warmoth and Lieut. Gov. Pinchback to sign bill of the negro Legislature in the old days, when
 wood was used instead of coal.
 MT. cousins was born in Ireland sixty
 two years ago. When a small boy he
 came to this country and took up his residence in New Orleans. His parents
 died, and he was taken in and brought up by H. L. Kelsey, the man who set
 the first type on the Picayune, way back in 1887. He was a very kind man." said MT. Cousins, "and he often used to tell of his experiences in setting type for the Picayune, with his cases placed over some dry good boxes. He was a friend and admirer of Gen. Walker for many years and until Walker was shot in
 Nicaraaua."
 Tn 1858 Cousins entered the service of the old Jackson Railroad, or the Jack
 son and Great Northern Railway. He remained with them and was fireman during the war between the States, carrying Gen. Joseph E. Johnston to land from the field headquarters each
 day, and remaining until there was but thirty miles of road left Then he joined the cavalry branch of the Con- "a fe foi1obf tho Stars and Bars until they were made to represent a lost cause at Appomattox. Returning to the railroad, he was an engineer until three years ago, when be- eause of his long and faithful service, he was given retired position in the |poydras yards. It was there that he was found in reminiscent mood.
 II want to tell you of an exciting race we had against time more than thirty years ago, in September, 1872. I don't remember the exact date. but it was the time Gov. Warmoth raced all the way from New York, with Lieut-Gov. Pinch- back, back to Louisiana.
 You see. it was this way: Warmoth and Pinchback had gone to Washington and New York for some reason or other. Warmoth had gone on to New York, and Pinchback was to meet him there, but had only reached Washington. When they were gone a scheme was fixed up whereby the negro legislature passed bill which would really have placed the entire affairs of the state in the hands of the .niggers.' Warmoth would not sign such bill but Pinch back would, and it was the game to get Pinchback into the state to sign the bill before the arrival of Warmoth. x
 'Pinchback had arranged with War moth to meet him in New York, but when he got to Washington he gave him the slip, after learning of the passage of the nigger bill. and hurrieS off towards the state of Louisiana as fast as a train could carry him. Friends of Warmoth had, meanwhile, heard of the scheme, and that Pinchback was on the way, and so they telegraphed him of the fact and told him to hurry on home. He im- mediately jumped on a fast mail train and came along as fast as he could, but twenty four hours behind. The chances were against him.
 "They came at a great rate down through the states until one night
 Pinchback got to Jackson. We had
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

heard of it, and several had determined that he should not sign that nigger bill When he got to Jackson. where they changed crews. and the train stopped. some one told the lieutenant-governor that there was some correspondence and mail locked in the dispatcher's of flee. He left the train and hurried over there, short distance away, and en- tered the office where the clerk was sit ting. As soon as he got in the door was slammed, shut and locked. while the train wooded up and went putting away without the passenger so anxious to go-
 The anxious state official 'cussed' and swore vengeance, and remained in a tearing rage all night. and the clerk was mad, too; but there they stayed. Governor Warmoth was. meanwhile, making fast time-a record run. in fact from New York. and at 9:05 he ar rived on the fast through train bound for New Orleans. He had caught up with his lieutenant, and the race was won, as far as Pinchback was con- cerned.
 But that was not all of the story, nor of the fast run. I was the engineer on the train leaving in a few minutes for Louisiana, and my fireman was Tom Brooks. and my conductor William Fitzpatrick, now an auctioneer in New Orleans. We decided to make as fast time during the remainder of the trip.
 Upon the arrival of Governor War moth. Pinchback was released from his confinement, ever ymuch chagrined. but still boiling with rage. The governor came to me and asked me if we would let him ride with us, and, as we had won what we were after. we let him get on. and the party started for New Or leans.
 My engine was named Black Prince, with four big drivers, two on each side, and four little truck wheels. We used wood in those days. and so we loaded the box, and with Q puff and a roar we were off at 9:07 We filled it full and made the old Prince sweat as it puffed along faster than ever before in it's his tory. Over the bridges and through the woods and across the fields we went, stopping every sixty miles or so to wood up again.
 When we got to Amite City there was a nigger delegation of great self importance out in front of the platform, fianked on all sides with nigger gals, waiting for Pinchback to come to sign
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
EXPERIENCES.

Clara-Didn't your best fellow lose an arm in the Spanish war?
 Maud-Yes, but he still has enough to go 'round.-Life.
 Skinfint-'If anything should happen to me. dearest, you will be all right. Eve just insured my life.' But sup pose nothing does happen to you?"-- Life.
 Haroldi If you don't give Mary one of those apples at once, I'll spank you.' Harold-'B Boo-hool I'll give 'em both to Mary if you you--you
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

that bill, which they had embossed and all ready for his signature. But we whizzed by at great rate of speed and left them far behind. They did not know their champion was on the train, and don't know how long they waited for the ant-governor, who never signed the bill. Nor did Governor War moth, who came to prevent it's being signed.
 We continued our ride, making the old engine puff and work mighty hard, until at last we pulled into New Or leans, after having made the fastest time on record up to that time, two hundred and six miles in five hours and ten minutes.
 Those were great old days. The
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

south had not yet recovered from the effects of the war, and evidences of the old regime were to be seen on every hand. Before that, during the war, I used to take General Johnston to and from his headquarters before Grant at Vicksburg. There were no telegraphic orders in those days, and the engineers were allowed to use their own judg- ment. Before that, and at the begin ming of the war. carried most of the Confederate troops as far as the road went on their way to the front in Vir- giria. New Orleans Picayune.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

The South has increased its popula- ton only sixty per cent. in the last twenty-three years. but it has increased its industries two hundred and fifty per cent. and it's railroads nearly two hum dred per cent.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

It is stated that over 2,7O0OOO tons of dust elected from the Soufriere volcano in St. Vincent have fallen on the Island of Barbados. The dust. contrary to ex- pectations. has been found to have no fertilizing value.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

can you better anoFd-fo have me in congress and absent from the sessions. or have this man in congress and have him present at the sessions?" Toombs was elected by his usual huge major
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19
THE WEEKLY JOURNAL, Issued Thursdays, One Dollar Year.
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants. Rents and other small advertisements One Cent Word each in- sertlon. Five Gents Word for full week sertion, $I. 20; each subsequent insertion, 40 cents. one week, SS.20; one month, S1O; one year, $40.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

The famous cedar of Lebanon which has guarded the southern entrance of the old Chelsea Physic garden for more than 220 years, has been cut down, says the London Chronicle. In 1883 four Lebanon cedars, the first ever intro duced into England were successfully planted in the Physic garden. Two of these trees, after fiourishing for nearly 8 century, were removed, partly on ac- count of their decayed condition and partly because it was thought their shade injured the growth of the plants for which the garden was specially in- tended, and the managers of the gar- den. in a frugal spirit, disposed of the timber for e23 9s Sd. In later times. however, the historic interest attaching to the two remaining trees was better appreciated, and when in 1S46 large branch was blown down in gale, the Society of Apothecaries used the wood to provide four chairs for their hall.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

DELIVERED BY CARRIERS IN THE CITY, 12 CENTS 4 WEEK, 50 CENTS A MONTH, S3 FOR SIX MONTHS. $6 A YEAR. THE SAME TERMS BY MAIL. SINGLE COPIES, 2 CENTS.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

Frequent complaint has been made of late because members of congress have absented themselves from sessions. This reminded Congressman Hardwick, of Georgia, of an occurrence many years ago. Robert Toombs was a can didate to succeed himself, but was &C., cused by an opponent of being absent great deal The matter was brought up by his rival for the nomination at a joint debate, and this was Bob's reply:
 "Fellow citizens, for the sake of argu- ment, we will admit that the charge brought by my opponent is true, and that have been absent from the ses- sions of the house. Admitting, as I say, for the sake of argument, that it is true, l will ask you this question: Which
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

The Iowa Supreme court has handed down an opinion in favor of certain Andrew McClurg, deacon of Method ist church in Valley Junction, Iowa, against the mayor and chief of police of that town whom he sued for dam ages, alleging they burst into his house at night and arrested him on the the ory that he was chicken thief, be- cause some thoroughbred boodhounds had followed trail from a hen roost to the deacon's residence. In the lower court the good deacon's claim for dam ages was thrown out on a legal tech nicality, and also on the ground that the mayor was justified in thinking the dumb brutes' instinct might be re- lied on. The Supreme court takes a contrary view, however, and orders a new trial Ten thousand dollars is ask ed by McClurg.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

There are many things in Kansas. Thus we read in the Americus Greeting that "the Rev. w. L. Richardson. the preacher. painter and poet of Dunlap, came down on Monday and commenced work on w. H. Patton's residence. He will paint it outside and in. and paper most of the rooms. He is a brilliant conversationalist, good musician and 8 prominent member of the gun club"
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

The Dowager Duchess of Abercom is the oldest living British peeress. When she was born to the sixth duke of Bed ford. by his second wife, Napoleon's re- treat from Moscow was still before him, and George III. was King, with eight years more to reign. Thus this vener- able lady has lived in five reigns, and through the whole of three, although one of those was the longest on record. She was married nearly seventy-two years ago and has lived to see grand child's grandchild.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-04-19

The skin of the largest grizzly bear ever killed in Colorado will be an ex- .hibit at the Worlds Fair in St. Louis. The animal was local Character" in the neighborhood of Delta, Colorado, where he was killed on the Grand Mesa, and was known as Old Two Toes, from the circumstance of having lost all but two of the useful appendages referred to from one of his feet in a convenient is placed steel trap in cub days. He weighed at his death twelve hundred pounds, and measured fourteen feet from the tip of his nose to that of his stub Of tail, and twenty-two inches across his head.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-05-03
apo il Today.p

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put off till tomorrow what you can do
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haps weeks. Take some reliable rem
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thousands Of apparently hopeless
cases Of lung trouble. New trial bot.
ties, 25c; regular size, 75c. At all
druggists.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-05-03

The city of Muskogee has just fin
ished the removal of the bodies from
the old cemetery to the new one. The
local papers tell of some strange In,
cidents connected Herewith. but the
following is the most remarkable:
There were two metallic coffins
found in the old burying ground. one
Of them was that in which were bur
led the remains of Myron p. Roberts.
He was newspaper man and died
twenty-five years ago. He started the
Indian Journal, now the Phoenix. the
first paper that was ever published in
Indian territory The worlmen re-
moved the casing over the glass in
the coffin and looked at the body.
There was no evidence Of decomposi.
ton, the beard and hair was stil
combed and the clothes were as they
We're the day the interment tool,
place"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-05-03

Editor lsonberg, always on the look
out for the betterment Of mankind,
offers the following bit Of interesting
advice: "The time when the thunder
rolls around over the shingles and the
stock drift against the fence and get
killed by stroke of lightning that hits
the wire half mile away, is here
Not one head is lost in this matter
save through the carelessness of the
owner. a number nine wire, twisted
about the strands in the fence and
sunk in the earth four or FIVE feet, viii
give almost absolute immunity from
such loss il placed every hundred feet
on pasture fences"