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Times-promoter. (Hernando, DeSoto County, Miss.) 1898-1970, 1905-12-15
HlGHWAYMAN MEETS DEATH
Greed for Gold Causes WouId.be Robber
Love His Life.

| Love His Life.
Depot Agent KirkwooG shot and
instantly killed a highwayman
here last Friday night. The trag.
edy occurred between 9 and 10
O'Clock as Mr. K rkwood was leav-
ing the depot He had. just fin.
1shed locking up for the night and
as he rounded the corner near the
door of the colored waiting room
he was confronted with revolver
and the man holding it ordered
him to throw up his hands. These
useful me N bers were in bis over
coat pockets, and one of them
rested on Il otis rev elver. AS
his hand came out, the gun came
to, and, in the language of the
westerner, "come speaking" The
first shot struck the hold up man
ia the heart, and as he reeled and
fell, Kirkwood continued firing
until his gun was emptied. Only
one other shot took effect, strlk.
lag the victim ii the back. AS
the man fell dying to the floor, he
exc claimed, Lord, have mercy on
my family .
Mr. KIrkwood went back into
his Office and uotiied the officers
of what had occurred. Marshal
Gore, Deputies Counts and Weis-
singer were soon on the scene,
aud began an Investigation. The
gun carried by the man was s.
q w., eight inch barrel, A cali
Der, and while one cartridge had
been snapped, it is hardly posi-
BILE that this was done at the time
of the hold up, as the gun was a |
single action and Was cooked when
found Papers fotalsi On the body
showed the man' name to be
Jesse W. Lowe, of Monet, Craig-
head county, Ark A letter, sup
posedly from his wife, was found,
begging him to come home and
saying that the family we're in
needy circums stances.
An effort was made by Marshal
Gore to notify the family of the
dead man, but com munication
could not be established, SO the
body was buIied in the potter's
field at the poorhouse. Later,
however, the postmaster at No
nett, answering letter written
oy the marshal, said that the fam
ly lived near there, but we're re-
cent comers to that vicinity. A
etter was also received from an
officer in Abbeville, 5. G., saying
hat the description Of Lowe tai
led closely with that of man
wanted there for murder.
At the time Of the attempted
lold up, Mr.. Kirkwood had about
;460 on his person.
No inquest was held and no ar
est was made, the general opin-
on being that the man got what
II Il
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Bailey on Billiards.

This blizzard was much like the one
that struck DEBORAH, La. in 1912, when
Charley Palmer and Frank Burdick
lived there. The snow drifted on the
houses so they had to locate the Chin
neys with we'll augers. The increased
length of fiue gave such draft to the
stoves that they had to picket the house
cat to the leg of the what-not to keep
the draft from sucking her up the
chimney. 1t was nothing uncommon
to see housewife holding cat by
the tail, shouting for her husband to
come and close the stove hearth. -
Britt Tribune.
If we did not know the above to be
an actual fact, we should be inclined
to think it had been written by Mum
chausen, instead of the talented, face
tious editor of the Britt Tribune. But
what's the difference, anyhow; Mum
chausen and Bailey were chums in the
long ago, as everybody knows who
knows anything at all, and so whatever
may come from our friend Bailey has
all the prestige and all the weight that
attaches to the sayings of the veracious
Munchausen. Come off the perch, old
man, and have look at our ice cave,
splendid place to cool off.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Big Robbery at Manchester.

A daring robbery was committed at
Manchester one night last week. Men
named Verb and Pratt, and others,
drove to the store room of the Jones
Wooden Mill company and robbed it of
hunreds of dollars worth of blankets
and wooden goods carrying them away
in sleigh. Suspicion pointed to the
parties named and Sheriff Hennessey
Immediately searched the house and
arrested the inmates. Besides the
wooden goods, dressed chickens,
turkeys and pigs, the result of recent
WHOLESALER robbery, were found ON the
premises and unravels another mystery.
This arrest probably uncovers bad
lot of thieves whose depredations will
undoubtedly be stopped for some time
to come, as they were "caught with
the goods
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
YOn YOnSOn,

Eff dar ben anetang yu liak tn hav
vat yu haven't got or anetang yu got
vat yu don't want or eff yu want sumbody
to bi yur goods vat yu kant get red Of
or eff yu got stow to burn or eff yu liak
to sell evritang yu got or bi evritang
yu haven't got or trade sumtang for
noting eff yu want tn get vat sumbody
else don't want or want sumbody to hav
vat yu got or eff yu lost vat yu did hav
or eff yu got rooms to let up stares or
doun stares or hole hous to rent or eff
yu want sumbody tn eat yur bord or
eff yu want tn get bord tn eat yuur-
SEW or eff yu got organ tn trade for
peanna or eff yeou want to trade boss
for hired CURL or eff yu want mail help
or eff yu want yob or eff yu lost yur
kow or eff yer kow kant find yu or eff
yer want general housverk or soing tn
do or eff yu want pottery tn lac eggs or
eff yu want teasher for peanna or eff
yu want hands ON waist, or guide strong
skirthand or onest uprite peanna or
eft yu got laying hens tn sell or eff yu
want sumbody to work for yu or want
yurselv tn work sumbody els or eff yu
want hunting dog to shoot shikens or
eff yu want women to wash or borders to
eat, yust put ct in de Public Opinion
en- bi de jumping ymmeny, eff yu don't
get vat yu want or vat yu don't want
or sell vat yu got or bi vat yu haven't
yu got yu kan take ct out of
YON YONSON.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
The Education of the Jap.

Murray for the Jap'' says the mill
tant Yankee,
When he reads the Mikado's brave
deeds on the sea.
- taught him to use them torpedo
boats, thank We,
And he learned them there naval
manoOvers from me. "
Hoory nit der Yap," says the Ger
man with JUNCTION,
''Such beautiful tic-tacs already hat
he.
A pattle-shmoke var-lord in every
function;
He fights like Cherman-he learned
dot from me. -
"Salutez lie Japp' says the versatile
Frenchman,
''He has re eclat and re courage-ma
fol!
His dash would do honnair to Bona
parties henchman,
Who teach him Eat skill militaire?
-c'est moi -
so, take off the Japski !" asys Russia
in anguish,
''Such brave little fiendvitch I
never did see,
I'm sickski and soreski and painfully
anguish
And the jokeski of this is he learned
it from me ~
Wallace Irwin.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
The "BaIanced Ration"

So much nonsense is written about
the balanced ration" in feeding live
stock that it is refreshing to read the
common sense statement of 1.-THE
Feeders Problem" in the current issue
of The Iowa Homestead by Andrew
Boss, the we'll known live stock expert
of Minnesota Agricultural College.
Mr.. Boss shows that if steer is fret
ting about anything or uncomfortable
from any cause, the most scientific
ration in the world will produce un-
satisfactory gains. He. points out the
fact that the feeder must be a man of
resources and judgment and have an
intuitive knowledge of and sympathy
with the animal he is. feeding. We
heartily wish that every one of the
hundreds of readers of The Public
Opinion could read Prof. Boss's SPLEEN
did article and every one of the series
of articles by agricultural experts now
appearing in the columns of The
Homestead. We have splendid stock
raising country and just the type of
intelligent feeders Prof. Boss de-
scribes. We are glad to take subscrip-
tions for this excellent farm paper.
Come in and see us about it.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Prominent HOrseman Killed.

Charles Marquette, a prominent dea-
Ter in horses, met sudden death at
Independence Thursday afternoon. He
was shipping car load of horses east.
He left the barn for the depot with
four large horses. Half an hour later
some other men, who went up with
horses, found him lying just inside of
the gate of the stock yards, dead. It
is supposed that in some way in going
through the gate the horses crowded
him against the post.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Rural Carriers Well Treated.

About the best treatment accorded
rural mail carriers at Christmas time,
in this section, was that given Messrs.
Lee and Kjome of Spring Grove, the
former receiving 80 sacks of oats, 10
of corn, of potatoes, of cabbage and
carrots, buggywhip, pair of gloves,
one handkerchief and 81. so in money,
and the latter nine sacks of corn and
eighteen sacks of oats.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Drug Company Assigns.

The Nashua Drug company, one of
the largest business firms of that place
has made an assignment for the benefit
of its creditors. For some time there
had been rumors that the institution
was not on a sound financial basis, and
at the beginning of the new year
when bills began to come in, they
were forced to the wall. The amount
of Indebtedness is placed at over $50, 600
with assets that will probably not pay
out over 80 cents on the dollar.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
0elwein without Saloons.

The saloons of Oelwein are closed.
On the expiration of their mulct tax
for 1904 the council of that city refused
to grant new licenses, and since the
eight saloons of the city have been
closed. Noncompliance with the
regulations is given as the reason for
the refusal tol grant new permission to
continue the business.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
A Real Cabbage Snake.

If any of our readers would like to
see cabbage snake, just step into
Geo. Glaciers hardware store where
there is one ON exhibition. Mr..
Glaciers daughter, Mrs. Nellie Sher-
man, found one 141a inches long in a
head of cabbage and brought it down
to show her people. 1t has very small
white body, but under magnifying
glass its head looks like any ordinary
snakes head -Edgewood Journal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Headquarters Highland Mobiles.

For several months past there has
been sharp contest as to which Iowa
city would secure the headquarters of
this order. The new headquarters
will be established in Waterloo. Here
tofore the head Office has been in Des
Moines. = -.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11

The sweetest earthly name, there is
no earthly name half SO sweet and
endearing as that of mother. How.
pity the woman who goes through
this life and no one to call her mother.
How proud it makes woman feel to
have young man step up to her in
company and call her mother. Young
man or young woman if you have q
mother living, love her. One little
rose to her while she is living is worth
vastly more to her than all the
flowers you can pile on her coffin after
she is dead. One little kind word is
worth more to her than all the money
you can expend at her funeral. Your
mother may be growing old, if SO, love
her, be kind to her. She loves you
and will do more for you than any
other person living, SO take her as the
best friend you have OF ever will have.
II there is another name sweeter and
more endearing than that of mother
i never heard it. Sioux Valley News.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Hints for the Housewife.

A pinch of salt put into starch will
prevent its sticking"
A bit of raw onion will remove fly
specks from gliding without injury
to the gliding.
A rough flatiron may be made smooth
by your rubbing it when warm over a
teaspoonful of salt.
The white spots on vanished
surface will disappear if hot flatiron
is held over them for second.
A tablespoonful of powdered alum
sprinkled in barrel of water will
precipitate all impurities to the bot
tom.
Dip your brooms in kettle of strong
suds every week or two; they will last
longer and be easier on the carpets.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Doctors Have a Fist Fight.

Two prominent physicians of Charles
City, DR.. j. Niemack and DR.. A. r.
Brackett INDUCED in a fist fight Thurs
day at the home of a patient. Niemack
swore out warrant for Brackets
arrest. The physicians have been at
outs for years.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11
Make a big Haul.

Thirty thousand pounds Of fish,
mostly carp, buffalo and perch, is the
record of one haul of four fishermen
at point just opposite Keithsburg
below one of the wing dams near
Muscatine
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11

What do you think is funny story?
A ST. Paul girl laughed SO hard she
dislocated her jaw, and this is the
story that made her laugh A man
was shaving and cut off the end of his
nose. He dropped the razor, and
cut of tho end of a big too. Grabbing
them up, he ran to doctor, who acct
dentally transposed them. Now the
man has to trim toe nail at the end
of his nose, and take off his shoe to
sneeze. Would you dislocate your jaw
laughing at this?-Achinson Globe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-01-11

Waterloo spent 81, 292, 945 ON improve
ments during 1904.
The authorship contest in Chickasaw
county is to go to the district court
Waterloo is starting campaign to
capture the G. A. R. encampment for
1906.
Senator Dolliver will deliver the
commencement address at Nashua
next June.
The superintendent of Fayette Co.,
is hunting for teachers, being five short
for rural schools.
The Western Poultry Fanciers AS
ISOLATION meets in convention at Cedar
Rapids Jan. 1921.
The Spring Grove Herald says that
$35, 900 were spent in improvements in
that place last year.
There are 500 cases ON the docket for
the next term of court at Waterloo.
Forty of these are divorce cases.
The new waterworks system at West
gate has been tested, found satisfactory
and accepted as far as completed.
Lars Peter Hansen of Cedar Falls put
$500 of his hard earned cash in tin
can and hid it in his cellar, and some
body stole it.
The Odd Fellows at Sumner got one
of their members an artificial arm and
hand to replace in part what had been
lost by an accident.
Fire at Cresco last week destroyed
the Huesselmann meat market and
Macarthur harness shop, with nearly
all of their contents.
The two theatres at Mason City are
engaging in merry war. The Wilson
is making things lively for the remod-
elled Parker house.
The city council of Oelwein has pur-
chased a tract of forty acres of land
near the city at $40 per acre, to be
used as city cemetery.
The Fayette county board of super
visors has established "stone pile"
on which boarders at the county bastile
will be allowed to pound out their
board.
President Geo. E. McLain, of the
State University, will speak before the
farmers Institute and Teachers
Aoooo;of;o,, Of Eayatfa ON tba ax,ap;no,
of Tuesday, Feb. 2.
Charles Wegner of Postville dropped
dead last Wednesday in the Milwaukee
stock yards at that place, while talk
ing to a man who had just weighed
some cattle for him.
Sunday was the 45th anniversary of
the founding of the Congregational
church of Usage, and the event was
deliberately celebrated, Gov. Cummins
being one of the principal speakers.
The trial of state VS.. Clark, man
slaughter, began in the district court
at Manchester last week. The defen-
dant is charged with so mistreating
boy of unsound mind that he subse-
quently died.
The lightning bug is brilliant, but
he hasn't any mind; he meanders
through the darkness with his head
light ON behind. Likewise the foolish
merchant, whom no one can advise !;
he declares there's nothin' doin', when
asked to advertise. Eek.
The city council of Oelwein at their
last meeting appointed committee to
confer with President Stickney of the
Great Western railroad to prepare final
plans and'select site for building q
public park in accordance with his
offer to furnish half the money nec-
cessary to buy the land.
We regretted our inability to accept
an invitation to participate in the
dedication of the new $40, 900 public
library at Mason City yesterday. The
building was built by funds contri-
buted alike by Andrew Carnegie and
the citizens of Mason City and is q
magnificent structure.
The Monticellonian., 1905-03-30

artheless. 10 grind The father and his 4ost had come in meanwhile for tae eye ming meal but Nee-ta paid seant atten- ton to their coming. and with dowueast face busted herself with her grinding.
 \ little vessel containing a thin, sweet syrup extracted from the roasted leaves of the mescal plant. was set on the floor in the middle of the room by the side of another vessel con aiming rolls of The corn just cooked The "GoFerra- dor" and his guest seated themselves on the floor. and the host. bidding the off cer follow his example. seized enc of the rolls and after dipping il in the syrup, threw his head far back and dropped the dripping mass into his open mouth
 In the meantime the mother had re- called that. in following the customs of her people. she herself had once ground after her task was done as her daughter was now doing. to convey the inl0rma- ton she was 100 bashful 10 give directly, that she was in love and had picked out the man she wanted for husband. At last Nee-ta confided to her mother, who had sat down beside her. that her affec tion for No-ko-mo. a young Moqui who lived near by. had prompted her per sistent grinding.
 When the evening meal had been dis patched the kind mother hastened to the home of No-ko-mo's parents with a handful of the meal her daughter had ground. Nee-ta waited anXiously to learn how the gift would be received. knowing that if it was refused her grinding had been in vain. Fortunately the mother of the young man hastened to accept the gift, and with gracious words asserted that no such properly ground meal had ever before left me- tate. A scant wedding ceremony soon followed. and No-ko-mo hastened home directly thereafter wi5h his bride.
 On the following morning Nee-ta, who. in common with other Moqui maidens. had previously worn her hair in immense coils. one on each side of her head. appeared with her dark tresses tied in knot al the back of her head to indicate that she was now married woman.
 No-ko-mo,s father had built his home according to the customs of= his people upon a first story of stone masonry, to serve as a fortress in case ct need, With here and there a hole lett. through which a spear might be thrust or an ar row discharged. A ladder rested against the wall. reaching to a broad landing on top, from which a doorway led into the famly living room that had been erected upon the fortress And now No-ko mo quickly went to work to add still another story with a landing, on top of the room occupied by his father. In the end the building. like many oth- CTS in the Pueblos. presented @ terraced front towards the rising sun. In the third story of this building No-ko-mo and his bride eventually made their home and. ascending to their aerie at night, pulled up their ladder and slept in faneied security from all dangers that might assail
 H R. BRlNKERHOFF.
 Co!ore! | 2 A Retired.
The Monticellonian., 1905-03-30
MEDICAL MENTION.

Ten beats of healthy pulse are equal to nine seconds.
 Color blindness is, curiously enough, found mainly among the educated classes, of whom no fewer than four per cent. have this defect.
 According to a doctor the voices of singers and actors can be much better preserved if used in theaters lighted by electricity rather than by gas
 In 1877 only six per cent of British children were unvaccinated Now the proportion of abstension from lnfantile vaccination has risen to 34 per cent. i'll towns and 25 per cent in country districts.
 Dr. William Henry an English phy- sician, states as result of experl- ments that in all forms of animal life, insects included, exists the taste for alcohol. He says that fishes are the only real "teetotalers" in creation.
 The statistics of last year" de- clared Dr. Edward Martin, director of the department of public health and charities of Philadelphia, showed 3,052 deaths from tuberculosis, and 3,l9l deaths from pneumonia. They show also while tuberculosis is de- creasing, pneumonia is increasing. It is of the utmost importance that the public becomes aroused to a realiza- ton of the gravity of the situation and that it be advised how to protect it. self"
The Monticellonian., 1905-03-30
Effects of Prosperitv

In the six years of the country's greatest prosperity. from 1897 to 1903 average prices of breadstuffs advanced 65 per cent, meats 23.1 per cent. dairy and garden products 50l per cent and clothing 24.l All these were products of the farmer and stoekman who profted more than any other class of the community by these advances. The miner benefited 42.l per cent. by that advance in the average price of metals. The only decrease in the average prices of commodities In that period was in railway freight rates, which decreased from .79S per ton-mile in 1897 to 763 in 1903, loss of A per cent The report of the Interstate Commerce Commission shows that the average increase in the pay of rail- road employees in that period was tri1e above 8.5 per cent.
The Monticellonian., 1905-03-30
THE MOQU| PUEBL0S
INDIAN TRIBE THAT TRACES
 ANCESTRY TO JAPANESE.
Army Officer Tells of His Visit to This Picturesque and Interesting Race Romance of Nee-ta and
 No-Ko-Mo.

The MoQui Pueblo Indians of Arizona are. perhaps. the only aboriginal inhabi- tants of our broad land who have re- tained unimpared the customs and practices of their medieval ancestry. The origin of these strange people, 1t is claimed. can be traced through the Aztec tribes of Mexico. from which peo- pie they came as colony centuries ago. back to involuntary emigrantS borne to the western shores of America by drifting junks from the coast of Japan. If these tracings are true, as they seem to be the ancient customs of the 'Flowery Kingdom" may possibly be more faithfully preserved on the arid plains of America than within the home land itself
 Possibly a glimpse al some of these customs may not be without interest. At the request of the Moquis. an officer of the army visited them a few years ago to witness an issue of annuity goods. and while on that duty was the guest of the "governador" in his home on the sum- nit of a great, flat-t0pped butte. Soon after the officers arrival. Nee-ta. 9 little maiden daughter of the family, began to grind corn for the evening meal, crush ing the grains between the stones of q metate. or house mill When the meal was ground the mother placed 1t in a wooden bowl and moistened it with va ter Then spreading a thin coat of dough upon hot stone. she permitted 1t to bake, after which she twisted it into roll like a cigar The good mother had her mouth full of water and as the bak- ing proceeded thinned the dough from lime to time by ejeeting small stream into ii from her mouth
 When sufficient meal for the baking had been ground. Nee-tas task for the time was over. but she continued, neY-