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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

Governor Oummins announces the
reappointment of all of the state oil
inspectors except three, in whose dis
tricts there are contests. These are
the Davenport. Oreston and Council
Bluffs districts. Edwin II. Cameron
is inspector for the Davenport district
and Ed. q. Brown Of the Council
Bluffs district. Hugh M. Pickel of Des
Moines has been designated as chief
Inspector under the new law. The
inspectors who have boen determined
upon for appointment are:
H. M. Pickel, Des Moines.
Charles 8. Rogers, Mt. Pleasant.
Leroy Burch, Cedar Rapids.
A. II. Whitney. Fayette.
II. A. Santee. Cedar Falls.
s. W. Morgan, Marshalltown.
Frank B. Rogers. Britt.
Thomas Chantland, Badger.
W. j. Scott, Ida Grove.
W. A. Welch, Sioux City.
H.Shivers. Knoxville.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

memory remains among our people
and grows stronger year by year.
Memorial Sunday.
The Grand opera house was filled to
it's capacity on Sunday morning on the
occasion of the Memorial service.
The churches Of the city united in the
occasion, and the opera house had
been tastily decorated with flags, bun
ting. flowers and evergreen. On the
stage sat the members of the Post and
Womans Relief Corps, the ministers
of the city and the quartette.
Commander L. l.. Couse had charge
of the service and announced as the
first number a selection by the quar-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

tette, which was rendered in q most
excellent manner by Messrs. Ingvold.
stad. Riley, Adams and Ingvoldstad.
and Misses Bailey. Pollitt, Asseln and
Thompson, with Mrs. Nora Riley at
the piano. Following this Rev.
Margaret Olmstead Of the Unity
church read an appropriate poem.
Rev. VIM. Mcvettie of Grace Episco-
pal church read the Scripture lesson,
and DR.. Willett Of the Congregational
church offered prayer. Commander
Couse then read the list of departed
soldiers of Col. Hughes Post. after
which two vacant chairs, representing
the members OF the Post who had died
during the year, ]. P. Mckinney and
Byron CLARK. were decorated with
wreathes by two little girls. Rev. E.
g. Hunt Of the Methodist Episcopal
church then delivered the sermon Of
the morning, taking as his text the
12th verse of the SD Psalm. "Blessed
is that nation whose God is the Lord.
and the people whom He hath chosen
for His inheritance. It was o mas
terly discourse, delivered in clear.
eloquent tones, and was listened to
throughout with rapt attention. He
noted at length the hand of God in
the war Of the rebellion, and that this
war demonstrated that q republic
founded upon such principles as this
one was ever living. He eloquently
eulogized the soldiers of the war.
with special stress on the common
soldier in the ranks, and closed with
the thought that we can best honor
the heroes Of the war by our own
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01
0meial Paper Of Winneshefk County
and tho City Of DecorAh.

Entered at tho post once In Decorah
Iowa, - second Glass Mail Natter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

Senator Matthew s. Quay, Of Penn
sylvania. one of the most notable states
men of modern times. and man of
decidedly unique characteristics,
passed away on Saturday after pro-
longea illnsss. He had been in pub
lic life almost constantly since 1856.
and had served in many different
capacities.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

heroic deeds, expressed in eloquent
and patriotic language. After another
beautiful selection by the quartette
and the benediction by DR.. Willett
the service closed.
Memorial Day.
Monday was an ideal day for the
Memorial Day exercises. The bust.
ness men Of the city closed their
stores during the exercises. and the
day was given over to the purpose for
which it is intended. Quite q number
came in from the country to partici-
pate, and the program was carried out
with perfect order. The procession
formed on Main street in front Of the
court house, headed by the Luther
College band, followed in order by
the members of Col. Hughes Post. No.
1853. G. A. R.. the city fire department.
Luther College students, disabled
veterans, and the Womans' Relief
Corps and citizens in carriages. The
procession moved east and north to
Water street and west to the river,
where appropriate and impressive
ceremonies in respect to the dead OF
the navy were carried out, flowers be.
ing thrown into the stream, q, token
Of remembrance. The procession then
returned to the Grand opera house.
which had previously been filed with
citizens. With the arrangement the
same as on Sunday. the exercises
opened with selection by the quar-.
tette. after which Rev. E. G. Hunt
offered prayer, and DR.. H. H. Green
read the Memorial Day orders, the
quartette then singing another selec.
ticn. Then followed the address OF
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01
HONOR DEAD PATRIOTS
IN FITTING MEMORIAL SERVICES
Citizens of Dec0rah Unite With Veterans
in Remembering the Heroic Deeds of the
Nations Patriots, and Decorating
Graves of Departed Soldiers.

The observances of
Memorial Sunday
and Memorial Day
in Decorah this year
were as usual i'm.
posing and inpres.
sive. Although as
the years 60 by the
ranks Of the veterans
become thinner, yet
tine same patrioic
reverence and desire
to perpetuate their
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

By vote Of AL to 1873. the general
conference Of the Methodist Episcopal
church at los Angeles. CAL. on Fri
day decided not to make any change
in the church discipline in the matter
Of prohibited amusements, such as
dancing. card playing. etc. This
question has been agitated perhaps
more than any other before the con-
ference, and several plans were stg-
gested for changing the discipline re.
garding these amusements, but the
above action decides the matter for at
least four years to come.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

Japan has just paid over to United
States Minister Griscom $4,000 for
duties wrongfullv collected on 800 bar
rels of whiskey in 1900. The Japan
ese governments goes right ahead tran
sacting ordinary business just as If it
were not busy making q war record.
The United States Census Bureau
has begun the work of gathering sta
tistics of special classes of population
Including penitentiaries. almshouses.
insane asylums, etc. Director North
has appointed about 1000 special
agents for this purpose.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01
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Current Comment.

The United States has more battle
ships building than any other nation.
It is estimated that Is, 600. 900 votes
will bs cast at the coming presiden.
tial election.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

It seems the laoboring man is not
ground under the heel of monopoly as
much as he was. Powderly has a
good government job. Debs now gets
$4,000 q year as q railroad official ;
Sargent is commissioner Of immigra.
tion; and Coke, who marched his
rag tag army to Washington ten years
ago. is president of steel company
which has borrowed $500. 900 on mort
gage.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1904-06-01

Bob Cousins the eloquent congress
man from the fifth district of Iowa. is
said to have been selected to secoud
the nomination of President Roosevelt
in the national convention at Chicago.
and he may be derended upon to do
it right.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
A Good Scarecrorx.

Harlan w. Whipple, president of the
American Automobile Association, tells
this story at the expense of an en-
thusiastic "autoist" who Fast fall made
a tour of the White mountains, says
the New York Times.
The tourist, who was accompanied
by his wife and two other women, y
says President Whipple, was clad in a
long brown buster considerably the
worse for being spotted with axle
grease and Having been torn in sew
eral places. He wore the regulation
goggles and a visored cap. One day
he met a typical New England farmer
driving to the village behind a slow
moving steed. Thinking he would have
some fun with the rustic, he pulled up
alongside of his wagon and said:
Say, friend, do you suppose 1 could
get work anywhere in these parts to
tide me over the winter?
Looking sharply at him and his
outfit for a moment, the native re-
Piled:
There amt much dewin' round here
when the snow flies, but if ye'd a got
here month ago 1 cud hev gin We a
job as scarecrow in my cornffeld, and
I reckon ye'd hev made a pesky good
un, tew, in that ere git-up o. yourn.' 4"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
ELEPHANTS IN CEYLoN.
From the Lahore Tribune,


In the new Ceylon Handbook and
Directory an interesting record is that
of the export of elephants from the
island during the past forty-one years
In 1903 there were only eight of these
pachyderms sent out of the country
one to British India and seven to Ger
many.
The price paid for these animals was
$500 rupees, giving a modest average
of 1926 rupees each. A royalty Of zoe
rupees per head was imposed in 1873
and the number of elephants export.
ed, which had fallen low before then
dwindled in the next few yeasr to three
and even to one. In 1882 the royalty
was reduced to Rs 100, in the hope
that business might revive and en-
coura cement be given to supplying
the new demand for Ceylon elephants
in the continental menageries. The
rajahs courts in India had previously
formed the chief market for them. The
total number sold in the time treated
of was 2,225, or an average of fifty
six per annum.
Mr.. Alfred Clark. an expert, esti-
mates that there are now only ZOO
elephant in Ceylon. The royalty ir
1891 was again raised to Rs 200.
Whether the effect Of this will bt
to permit the animals to increase ir
undue proportion to their available
haunts or that sportsmen shooting
elephants will counterbalance the de-
crease in the export remains to be
seen
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
CURRENT COMMENT.

William Jennings Bryan in the Com
moner Dem.) says: This nation that
spent four years bringing seeding
states back into the Union, recognized
a seeding section of Colombia with
inexcusable haste! If 1t had been Eng
land. Germany or France, instead of
little Colombia, we would now be en-
gagged in a bloody and expensive war.
But, 1t may be said, that the Presi-
dent would not deal that way with a
large nation. Then shame on a Pres
ident who would bully a little repub-
lie like Colombia and treat it as he
would not treat a big European gov
ernment!"
The Philadelphia Record (Dem.)
says: President Roosevelt does not
speak in the campaign from considera-
lions of official propriety, but it is
plain enough that he has inspired Phil
ander c. Knox. Senator by syndicate
selection, to make a malignant attack
upon the character of Alton b. Parker.
Knox knows even less of the politics
of New York than he does of the pol
itics of Pennsylvania, and that is
saying a great deal. He has merely
made a parrot-like repetition of what
Roosevelt has whispered in his ear
concerning Judge Parker, David B.
Hill and August Belmont. He is
therefore only proxy in the work Of
slandering Roosevelt's political enc
mics"
The Pittsburg Post (Dem.) says:
1.-THE majesty and authority of the law
demanded by the American people has
degenerated into running amuck.
They are in fact laughed out Of court
by the late attorney general, acting on
a.. ,f Rnncnxyalf
And why should it not be a matter Of
sport and ridicule? The Supreme Court
of the United States opened wide the
doors to the Attorney General and the
President, were they disposed to take
up and enforce the decision involving
the constitutionality and rightfulness
OF the Sherman law But not sign
has come from either OF them. The
trusts are more powerful and more as
sured of their great power to-day than
they were before Attorney General
Knox took the field against them"
The Galveston Daily News Dem.)
saws: The climax Is certainly reach
ed when this candidate. who misuses
even the power of the high office In
his own interest, actually approves
rank and costly campaign documents
ike that cooked report OF Commits
sioner Wright, fashioned to prove that
wages have increased more than prices.
or when the candidate, pretending 10
he silent himself. orders cabinet off,
GERS and other employees OF the govern
naent TO canvass for him. and an Act
ing Secretary OF State TO reply on
ciaiiy 70 charges made by an oppos-
ing candidate. Tho American people
have been duly warned. They have
FOUND sufficient warnings IN Mr.. Roose-
veips open misuse OF a high Office and
Migrant abuse OF power. There has
been in this country heretofore no
such daring misappropriation Of pub
I nc service and public money"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30

What do you want, little boy:" she
asked, says the New York Press.
as this where Mr.. Smith lives,

What do you want, little boy?" she
asked, says the New York Press.
as this where Mr.. Smith lives,
ma'am?"
Yes"
1.-THE Mr.. Smith that runs the bank?"
"He is an officer in a bank.
1.-THE Mr.. Smith that went on a troll
ley car this morning."
IT presume he went on a trolley car.
us he the Mr.. Smith that was in
that street car accident?"
II haven't heard of his being in any
street car accident"
Didn't hear that he'd sprained his
ankle jumpin' out of the car when the
train run into it"
NO. Little boy. you frighten me.
What has"
Didn't hear how he run to a drug
store fur a piece of court plaster to
stick on a little cut he'd got over one
eyer"
Not at all. For mercy's sake"
HE isn't in, is he, ma'am?"
mo, he's"
Names Henry E. Smith, isn't it?''
Yes, that's his name"
Then he's the same man. He won't
be here for an hour or two, l guess,
cause he's stoppin to have one of
his teeth frightened that got knocked
a little bit loose when he was jump
in out of danger, y know"
Little boy, tell me the whole story.
1 think I can bear it now
well, ma'am, he's in the hoSpittle
with four ribs broken, an one legs
in a sling, an his nose is knocked kind
of sideways, but he's gittin' along all
right, an he'll be out again in about
a month, an here's a letter FIR the
doctor tellin' We all about it, ma'am."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
SOWING THE WIND.

Every day that passes furnishes
some new examples of the truth in
Hogarth's picture of the idle appren-
tice ending his life in shame on the
gallows. Though one hundred and fifty
years have passed since the artists
pencil told the story, yet were he alive
to-day he could draw his subjects from
murderer Duncan is in point. OF good
family. with more than ordinary abil-
ity, and with a good education on
which to build. he buried his talents
in idleness and wasted his substance
in riotous living. As result, within
a few weeks his miserable life will end
by the laws decree at the hands of
his outraged fellowman.
The case of this man, so well remem-
bered by Savannahians, is but one of
myriads that might be taken to illus
trate the necessity of reaping what
we sow. The law is relentless and
cannot be escaped, and if to-day we
SOW the wind. in the harvest of the
future we must reap the whirlwind.
The ones that escape the reaping are
so very few that they but furnish the
exceptions which prove the melancholy
truth Of the law and its merciless man.
date. Though in many cases the final
catastrophe is long postponed, yet all
that is sown must sometime bear its
harvest.
Idleness but furnishes the desire for
those passing pleasures which with
their madness Danish ennui. At times
during the revelry over the wine cups.
in the bought gaiety OF singing and
dancing women, and in the flush of
winning at the gambling table, the
harvest is forgotten in the excitement
of the sowing. Eat. drink, and be
merry" is the natural toast when the
blood tingles with the wine-warmth,
when the senses swoon in the hot
breath of the lasclvious bacchanalia,
or when the heart beats high as IL
counts the gains so easily won with
the painted cards. Yet even then the
whirlwind harvest Is forming, forming
with disgrace. ruin. and death for the
wind-sowers. and as surely as they
| have sown they must reap.
At the poker-tablc. at the house Of
the fallen. and over the wine-cups-
| Chose inseparable companion vices OF
/ idleness)--too many Of our young men
are to-day beginning to SOW the wind
esoopav ar later fhey f,nuet ycav, 81,
whirlwind, and the pity il that they
will carry down with them IN the rusf
Of ruin the broken hearts Of those who
loved them and did their best 10 III
them for brighter harvest. The very
attractiveness OF these vices makes
them the more dangerous and tho NOR
! potent tempters 70 Anal ruin. Unit
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
Affected Her Faith.

A woman prominent as a Christian
Scientist tells this story on herself,
in the Baltimore American. She was
calling on a friend, one who was not
"in science" but who had the matter
under consideration, when Ida, the s.
year-old daughter of the hostess, en-
tered the room, wringing her hands
and wearing most, doleful express
sion.
why, dead, what's the matter?" ask
ed the Scientist.
II got most awful tummy ache, "
replied the youngster.
"A stomach ache? Why dearie, II
YOU had my faith you wouldn't have
any stomach ache" said the visitor.
And IL you had my tummy ache
you wouldn't have any faith" walled
the little girl.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
In the Benguiat museum at the
Worlds Fair there stands out. amid
the priceless treasures of the most
perfect art handicraft of all ages
and lands. a brilliant bouquet of col
or that irresistibly draws the eye.
On investigation it proves to be the
state coach of the King of Portugal,
all in red and gold, with decorations
of the period and style of Louis
Quinze. There are four wheels, the
est, being about four feet nine inches
in diameter.
The tires are studded with heavy
knob headed nails, which have been
the subject of heated discussion. One
theory is that they were put there by
the Kings orders, by way of penance,
to give at least touch of irregular
ity to the motion of the vehicle; while
others hold that they are merely evil
dences of the carriage makers lack of
skill, or of the backward condition of
his art, the tires being nailed through
out, instead of welded to the wood.
According to another hypothesis they
were intended to prevent the vehicle
from slipping when on a steep grade,
and therefore to be looked upon as
up-to-date contrivances similar in
principle to those found on the
wheels of agricultural engines.
The body of the coach is panelled
in vernis martin, with paintings of
classical subjects-nymphs and loves
and beautiful women in extreme dis
habilIe. 1t is lined with Genosese
brocade velvet fringed with gold, and
is swung, like George Washington s
coach, on immense strips of ex-
tremely thick leather, which take
place of springs very satisfactorily.
Ones imagination is thrilled by the
thought of the splendors and gaieties
in which this court equipage played a
part during the heyday of the eight
teenth century. But never again will
it be the center of a splendid caval-
cade Of mobiles and statesmen, never
again will royal princesses lean from
it's velvet windows to greet their IA
vorite gallants, never again will kings
be slain or betrayed upon it's deep
cushions Its days of glory are over,
henceforth it's only mission is, like
Richard of the Lion Heart, ito point
a moral and adorn a tale"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-10-30
POWER OLE THE PAST.

Western society is apparently rudely
shocked by the conduct of the two di-
vorcees, Lawrence c. and Genevieve
Phipps, formerly man and wife. AS far
as can be learned from the newspa-
per dispatches all that they have been
guilty of is riding together in an au-
tomobile and enjoying themselves gen
orally. Because such a course is con-
trary to the sentiment that a severance
of the marriage tie should mean the
breaking off of all social intercourse,
society is shocked"
Be that sentiment right or wrong,
the Phipps case calls attention
to the trivial grounds on which
divorces are so often granted,
grounds that the bewildering elab-
orateness of legal verbiage and the
eloquence of the pleas of the attorneys
have seemingly dignified into causes
of great moment. After the decree
has been granted by the court and the
pitiful tale of petty discords is ended.
however, the divorced husband and
wife may see the insignificance of the
causes which led to separation.
We have called attention heretofore
to the fact that hasty marriages are
fruitful of divorce, and it is not to be
doubted that the haste with which di-
vorce suits are instituted is also one
of the chief reasons for the increase of
the evil. A false pride works against
the withdrawal of the proceedings
when they have once been begun and
the libel is pushed forward until it
eliminates in a decree.
Then follows a natural revulsion of
feeling. The ghosts of the past come
forward and in eloquent silence plead
for a restoration of the union. Memo
ries of the courtship, the honeymoon,
the first days of housekeeping unite in
their pleading with the recollections of
the birth of the first child, the joy OF
parentage, in the rearing of the off
spring and the happiness born of little
arms sweet-necklacing the years. Or
there comes the bitter-sweet sorrow of
the hour when both parents stood by
the open grave of the one who went
away, and comforted each other as
best they could. These and a thousand
others unite to prove. that the past,
despite its troubles. was filled with
joy that made it dearer than the emp
tiness of the present.
If these things were taken into con-
sideration before the divorce proceed
ings were instituted it cannot be
doubted that the divorce evil would
grow less. If the human mind can be
taught, through the schools and the
churches, to dwell more on its joys
than on it's sorrow, great forward
step will have been made, not only in
lessening the divorce evil. but in the
lettering of humanity and the aug
menting of it's happiness. The power
of the past has proven sufficient to
work great reforms in the individual
and to partially rectify many an err
ror, and if the Phippes have
found that they have erred
in seeking a divorce, we con-
fess that we can see no better way
Of rectifying the error than that of en-
tering on a second courtship, filled
with memories of the past and pledges
for the future.