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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-08
The Trapper's Revenge
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lOrlg1nal.I
A century ago, when that large strip
of territory then known as Louisiana
was purchased from France, the region
was very wild. Settlers were in dan
ger Of Indians (when the Indians were
inclined to be hOstile), but panthers,
wolves and other wild animals were
there, and they were always hostile.
Somewhere about 1920 a Scotcbman
named MacEwen, with his wife and
daughter, settled in Illinois on the edge
of what was then called the Grand
prairie Helen, the daughter, grew to
be very pretty lassie, and, as mar
riageable women were then scarce In
that country, she had number of
suitors. Among them was q young
trapper, MacDowell, whose father
MacEwen had known in Scotland. The
trapper was making money, and Mac
Even, being thrifty man, with an eye
to the value of property, made match
between him and his daughter. Young
Mcdowell was a silent, unobtrusive
fellow, who spent most of his time
out in the wilderness setting his traps,
so that Helen MacEwen had never
seen much of him.
Then came on the Black Hawk In
dian war, and after 1t was all over a
company of militia marching home
passed through the place where the
MacEwens lived. A lieutenant, Leon
ard Bright, saw Helen MacEwen and
fell desperately in love with her. The
soldiers passed on, but in less than a
month Bright was back, ostensibly
looking for an opportunity to enter
government land, but really to meet
the girl who had charmed him.
Mcdowell saw very soon how things
were going, but said nothing. Perhaps
If he were not out all day setting his
traps 1t might not have happened, but
Bright had ample opportunity and
made the most Of 1t. One afternoon
MacDowell, while at work in the
woods, saw Bright and Helen riding
on horseback along a road leading east
ward. The direction, toward the more
thickly settled country, put 1t into the
trapper's head that something was
wrong, though this was nothing more
than a mere suspicion. 1t was neal
evening, and Mcdowell went home
When supper time came and Helen had
not returned to her fathers house
Mcdowell knew that she had gone
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-08
There's pretty girl fin an,.:.Alpine
Fieudish Suffering

is often caused by sores, Ulcers and
cancers, that eat away your skin. VIM.
Bedell, of Flat Rock, Mich, says: Il
have used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, for
Ulcers, Sores and Cancers. 1t is the
best healing dressing ever found. I"
Soothes and heals cuts, burns and
scalds. 25c at Wangler Bros. IS. drug
store guaranteed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-08

TRAINS LEAVE DEBORAH As FOLLOWS
No. 5O4 Passenger, except Sunday las p. m.
No. 542 Freight, except Sunday =. s.: % a. m.
IRA ms ARRIVE AT DEBORAH:
No. 507 Passenger, except Sunday.l rs p m.
No. SAL Freight, except sunday -. 5:l5 p. m.
Sunday stock train leaves at Geo a. IN
For sleeping car reservations, tickets, time
tables etc.. apply TO any Rock Island ticket
agent. U. G. GRUVER,
Local Agent
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-02-08
Settlers Rates,

To points in the Southeast ON the
first and third Tuesdays of each month,
January to April inclusive the Chic.
ago Great Western Railroad will sell
one way tickets to points in Alabama,
Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana.
Mississippi, North and South Carolina,
Tennessee and Virginia at very low
rates. For further information apply
TO any Great Wetsern Agent or j. p.
Elmer, G.. p. A., Chicago, Ill. 3-lS
There's pretty girl in an Alpine
hat,
A sweeter girl with sailor brim,
But the handsomest girl you II ever see,
Is the sensible girl who uses ROCK
Mountain Tea.
r. A. Engbretson's
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
japanese are Short.

The japanese government has
been greatly exercised in its mind
over the low stature of the sol
diers, and it appointed commits
sion to study the causes of this
lack of height, and to suggest a
remedy. The commission has
published it's report, and it as
cribes the shortness of the Japan
.ese to the habit of sitting on the
heels instead Of on a chair. This
attitude, it holds, had prevented
the legs Of the japanese from
growing, and it suggests that the
children for the future be made to
sit Id European fashion. This is
a matter in which the query
why can't you leave it alone?''
applies with much force. The
legs Of the Japanese may be short,
but they are uncommonly sturdy,
and are capable of great feats in
marching. Moreover, it should
be remembered that short sol
|dier hears many bullets whistle
|harmlessly overhead which would
kill d taller man. In these days
of magazine rifles there is little
advantage III height, So it is just
as well for Japan that it viii Ger
tainly take many generations 81
sitting on chairs TO make the Jap
anese a tall race.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
Work on the Panama Canal.


The problems and enormous IN:
dertakings of the construction oi
the Panama canal is told of IN The
Review of Reviews BIZ John Bar
rett, the United States Minister
to Panama in d most comprehen-
sive and interesting manner &c
claims that the entire work can be
completed and The canal ready fol
use III ten years, and gives good
reasons for the assertion. lie
places great confidence ID the abil-
ity, efficiency and honesty Of
Chief Engineer Wallace. who has
the supervision Of the entire
work. a good many people are
not aware that the work has al
ready begun on this enterprise,
and often ask the question, when
is the actual work Of cutting The
canal to beging United States
Minister Barrett says work not
|only has Begun, but is being car
|ried forward with relnaI kabIe sue.
cess, considering all the hin
ORANGES and embarrassment that
|conflont the chief engineer Id the
Inauguration Of such 4 mighty un-
|dertaking
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
Al Queer Game.

The police Of jackson are
wrestling with new and peculiar
form of confidence game. Joe
Mullen, a negro, was arrested by
Officer William Dennis on the
charge of impersonating an
officer. 1t has since developed
that Mullen represented himself
as detective and placed under ar
rest another negro named Will
Quitman, stating that it was bis
intention to take the prisoner to
New Orleans to answer a charge
pending against him there. He
kept his prisoner in confinement
for several days and it is alleged,
filed him up with morphine.
EQuitman's wife and mother, learn.
ing Of the trouble in which Their
relative was involved, gave Null.
| len $65, and the latter promised
to release the prisoner, but on tbs
lday following demanded $50 more
land the two women were trying
TO raise the money when Officer
Dennis got wind of the affair anC
placed Mullen under arrest
City Prosecutor Thompson il
somewhat inclined to Che opinion
that Mullen and Quitman wer'
working 4 confidence game to de
fraud the latter's relatives. III,
case will doubtless be reviewed b,
the grand jury
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
A Year OF Wal.

The Yicksburg Post reviews the
war between Japan and Russia, in
the following brief editorial; and
asks what will another year
bring forth?o
The war between Russia and
Japan has now been in progress
one year. Negotiations designed
to induce Russia to abandon all
pretensions to Korea having fail
ed on FEBRUARY 5, 1904, the Jap
anese minister at st. Petersburg
announced the rupture of dipIo-
matte relations. The contents Of
the Russian reply sent to Toxic
on February 9th were known to
Japan before it could be present
ed, and were so unsatisfactory that
the Japanese minister at st. Pc
tersburg was recalled on the same
day. Two days after the sever
ance of diplomatic relations, ia
pan struck her first blow: The
main feet of Japan, under Admi-
raj Togo, suddenly attacked the
Russian naval force at Port Ar
thur, and the war began in real
earnest.
To-day Japan's flag flies over
Port Arthur; the Russian fleet is
destroyed, and Dalny is in the
hands OF the japanese. The Rus
sian army has been driven step by
step northward two hundred and
fifty miles to the Shakhe river.
Japan is in control Of Korea, and
her fleet is supreme in Oriental
waters. The armies of Japan and
Russia are facing each other near
the Shakhe and Hun rivers in
Manchuria, and another general
engagement is imminent. In the
meantime Russia has had and is
still having great trouble at home
with her own people, while the
people of Japan are united, and
the same spirit Of enthusiasm
which characterized them at the
beginning is in evidence.
1.-THE war has been il progress
a year and the end is not In sight.
What will another year bring
forthg That is a question which
all The powers Of the earth are
considering every day. :
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

Bishop g. B. Galloway went Ia
deliver his lecture Oh Lamar,
there was held conference bes
tween The bishop and President
w. 4. Lowrey, Of Mississippi
College. President Lowrey is at
the head of the executive commit
tee Of the State Prohibitionists.
The situation was thoroughly
gone over from the prohibition
standpoint, and it was decided TO
have meeting Of the Prohibition
Executive Committee in this city
at some time III the near future,
at which time arrangements will
be made for holding d large Pro-
hibition State Convention ii Jack
son, either ID July Or August.
Bishop Galloway today gave out
the following interview ID regard
to the fight that is to be carried
on by the Prohibitionists:
We are going into this fight
ID thorough earnest, and will
leave no stone unturned to nip the
the open saloon movements in the
bud. The organizations will be
made especially strong in Kinds
and Yazoo counties, and we are
determined that not another sa-
loon shall be opened Ia Mississippi
where local option now exists.
Ill will also say that the State
Convention to be held in jackson
in July or August, the exact date
( to be determined BY the executive
committee, will doubtless have
something to say that will be Of
much interest to the Legislature
when it meets in jackson next
January
When the Legislature was in
session last winter a strong effort
was made to get a State Prohibi.
ton Law enacted, but it failed oil
passage in the House, never hav-
| ing reached the Senate. If it is
decided to make a try for statute
Try Prohibition at the meeting oil
the Legislature next winter, il
will be necessary to have the Gov
ernor grant the Legislature per-
mission to consider the subject, as
| it will be a special session, when
only revenue and appropriation
bills can be considered, unless the
Governor gives his permission in
a message to consider other meas
ures. This would not apply to an
amendment to the Constitution
providing for submitting to the
people an amendment declaring
for Constitutional Prohibition.
The Prohibltionists are determin-
ed, if it is possible, not to lose
any ground and will work to this
end.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
}. 7. HOBBS, Editor and Proprietor,
IN SCHOOL DAYS.
tJohn Greenleaf Whittler.)

tJohn Greenleaf Whittier.)
stlli sits the school house by the road,
A ragged beggar sunningi
Around it still the sumachs grow.
And blackberry are running.
Within, the masters desk is seen,
Deep-scarred by taps official;
The warping floor, the battered seats,
The jack-knife's carved initial:
The charcoal frescoes on its wall;
It's doors worn still betraying
The feet that. creeping slow to school.
Went storming out to playing!
Long years ago, winter sun
Shone over it at setting;
Lit up its western window panes,
And low caves Icy fretting.
1t touched the tangled golden curls
And brown eyes full Of grieving
OF one who still her steps delayed
When all the school were leaving.
For near her stood the little boy
Her childish favor singled;
his cap pulleu low upon a lace
Where pride and shame were mingled.
Pushing with restless feet the snow
To right and left, he fingered,
As restlessly her tiny hand
The blue-checked apron fingered.
He saw her lift her eyes; he felt
That soft hands light caressing,
And heard the tremble of her voice
As if a fault eonfessing:
I'm sorry that / spelt the word;
hate to go above you,
Because the brown eyes lower fell
Because, you see, love YOU
Sweet memory to a gray-haired man
That sweet child face is showing.
Dear girl! The grasses on her grave
Have forty years been growing!
He lives to learn, in Life's hard school
How few who pass above him
Lament their triumphs. and his loss,
Like her because they love him.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
They All Want PardOns.


Nearly every county paper In
the State contains one or more pc
titions for pardons for executive
clemency Of one kind or another,
else they have contained such
publications during the past few
months.
Few persons are ordered by the
courts, these days, to be hanged
whose friends or relatives do not
at once begin a movement for the
communication of their sentence to
life Imprisonment, and those who
are ordered by the courts to spend
the balance Of their life, or even a
short term Of years, in the peni-
Tertiary, ask for pardon.
1T has come to pass that no man,
white Or black, thinks the State
or the community IN which he has
lived, should insist on his punish
ment for crime. Those guilty Of
the embezzIement Of large sums
of money which has been entrust-
ed to their care, who have stolen
"a horse or robbed a store, have an
idea that they are just a little bit
better than the average convict,
and no sooner are they behind the
bars and clothed in a regulation
suit OF stripes, than they set in
motion machinery to get them
selves out, and then stalk around
as il they were the injured party
and that the community in which
they happen to live owes them an
apology.
The man who kills bis neigh
Dor, his wife or his sweetheart
and is ordered to the gallows, has
no hesitancy in asking the COVER
nor of the State for commutation
to life Imprisonment, no matter
how heinous the crime, and the
fellow who is sentenced to the
penitentiary for life wants a par
don after but a few months on the
State farm.
Fortunately for the State, Gov.
Vardaman has turned a deaf ear
to many of these supplicants.
Fathers and mothers whose hair
betoken the flosts Of many win
tiers and whose old frames stoop
and bend beneath loads of care
and the weight Of years have been
sent on their sad way with the
message that the edict of the
courts must be obeyed regardless
Of the appeals made to the pardon
ing power, but occasionally there
is a case that turns out different
II, because Of mitigating circum-
stances.
Nay was said to Mr.. and
Mrs. Gammons, the parents Of the
Yallobusha county young man
who paid the penalty of his crime
at Water Valley last week, the
double murder being the most
brutal and atrocious in the crimi-
nal annals Of the State.
Since that time, short as it has
been, the attorneys for Simon
Simmons, one-legged negro who
is sentenced to die on the gallows
at Clarksdale on the 18th of
March, have petitioned the Gov
ernor to grant a pardon on the
ground that the negro has only
one leg and was therefore unable
to defend himself. Clarion-Led-
ger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
The Old BLACK NANNY.
4 Pathetic Scene al the Funeral 81
Mrs. Hunter.

Mrs. Hunter.
Those scores of friends of the
late and lamented Mrs. John Hun
ter, who were at the First Pres
byterian church Yesterday to pay
the last sad tribute to her memo
Try, may have observed a neatly.
dressed old negIo woman who sat
well up ID the Amen corner, and
whose frame seemingly shook
with great emotion. She was
deeply impressed with the SER
vices, took careful note Of all
that was going on, and when at
The close the pail bearers started
slowly down the aisle she could not
suppress the feelings that we're
bursting her faithful old heart
and gave vent to tears as well as
the murmurings of the sorrow
that she felt.
She kept a respectful distance
during the exit from the church
and was the last to leave. Arriv-
Ling at the door she inquired of
some Of the ladies who were stand
ing about;
Kin eny OBJ you ladies tell me
Whar dey is gwine to bury my
dear Miss Rosega
The information desired was
given, and seeing the interest that
was manifested in the black face
to the Bonded form, some one
asked:
Aunty, why do you wish to
know where Mrs. Hunter is to be
buried, and why do you call her
your dear Miss Rosego
Bless de Lord, honey, dat was
my young Misses: We was rails
ed togedder way back yonder in
old Verginy, and played togedder
as chillun around Massa Farra's
home. OATS been er long time
ago, but we have kept friends all
the time. / cum down heah to
Mississippi wild her pa, DR.. Far
rar, DR.. Stephen Farrar, when he
went over to dis little town oh
Brandon to live. Dat was when
| was er fifteen year old gal, an
now Use more'n eighty. Use de
last of de family so fur as | know,
dat is left, an ] don't spose it, II
be so very long fore Use called
befo' de Hebbenly Master, too
a hack was driven up to the
curb and the old woman was help
ed to join the procession to the
cemetery, where she stood with
bowed head till the last clod had
been placed upon the grave of her
Miss Rose, and then driven to her
home on Orange street, this city,
where she lived for several years.
This devoted woman is Aunt"
Charity Farrar, one of the few of
the old time Southern darkies left
| this side of the Great Divide a
genuine old black nanny, and as
| all of them proudly boast from
Old Virginy. !" Such devotion as
existed between the master and
the slave, the white child and the
negro child Of that long ago day
and generation will never again
be experienced in this world, and
such striking examples of that
affection as we're given in the
above incident are even now few
and far between. The old woman,
negro woman, if you please, has
loved and respected the Farrar's,
their children and their children S
children all her life, and in return
has been their constant care.
No matter to what great age
Aunt Charity may attain, she
will never know a pinch of hun
ger nor want for any of the neces-
sites of life so long as any mem
Der Of her Miss Roses family
may be left. Clarion Ledger.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22


Judge A. G. Mayors died al bis
home in Brandon Fast night, after
q protracted illness, aged ST..
Judge Mayors was not sick old
age simply wore him out. He
was one Of the most distinguished
citizens of Mississippi and leaves
d host of friends to mourn his
loss. He was appointed to the
bench first by GOV. j. Nj. Stone.
That was ID 1876, directly after
the negroes and the Republicans
had been run out Of The State cap
I itoI. He served continuously for
twenty years under Stone, one
term, Lowry two terms. and
again under Stone retiring when
Gov. McI1auEin came into Office.
Alonzo q. Mayors was born in
Winchester, Wayne county, in
March, 1921, and was therefore 10
the 84th year Of his age. He was
admitted to the bar before he was
q years of age, and began the
practice of law as the partner Of
John Watts, at Paulding.
Later, when his partner was
elevated to The Circuit Court
bench, he entered into partner
ship with Judge Henry Mounger,
at Raleigh, About that time be
was married to Miss Lizzie King.
daughter ofsAndrew King Of Ran
kin county, who died four years
after. Later he was married to
Miss Mamie McLaurin, of Gov
ington county, and by that mar
Iriage became the father Of four
children, all of whom survive him.
Judge Mayors had persistently
refused to enter politics, a field he
was fitted by nature to adorn, and
had more than once declined to
run for Office. He was nominated
by the Wings for Congress against
A. q. Brown, but declined to
run. He leaves one brother,
Capt. P. X. Mayors, editor Of the
Pascagoula Democrat-Star, wild,
ow and four children, Mrs. Mary
Green, Of Meridian, ID. M. May
ers, Of Brandon, III. M. Mayors,
of st. Louis, and Mrs. Mamie
Dantzler, Of Moss Point. CLAIR
Ledger.
Following is an interesting rem
Iiniscence in the long life of Judge
Mayors and is told by a Jackson
correspondent:
Bishop Galloway went over to
Brandon yesterday to attend the
funeral Of Judge Mayors, and is
reported to have been one Of the
principal speakers at the funeral.
Judge Mayors has been a life long
Methodist and it was through his
efforts and his generosity that the
brick church house was built at
Brandon some twenty years ago.
The writer remembers very well
how $100 Of the building fund
was raised. It was known to a
few Of the intimate friends of the
Judge that he was a fiddler, and
on the occasion of a concert that
was given by local talent to raise
funds for the new church, the late
Col. "A. j. Frantz, editor of the
Brandon Republican, proposed be
would give ten dollars for every
tune Judge Mayors would play on
the stage. The Judge responded
with ten tunes, such as the I'm
fortunate Purp," Arkansas
Traveller the "Old Blue Sow, "
"Natchez Under the Hill, z etc,
and got his money on demand.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

Because a jolly crowd stood
deep in the snow at Terry the 9th
err night and Justify sung The
Good Old Summer time, = the
staid editor of the Tribune accuses
John Barleycorn Of being leader.
They were only 'seein' things at
night, I" doubtless.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

1t will be comforting to con-
sumptives in all parts Of the world
to know that the aborescence and
qualification of the crystals Of
the phthisigeneous microbe pro
duce the incurable phthisis. !"
This is what DR.. Won Sheron says,
and everybody knows who he is.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

t'The State of Missouri, = says
Gov. Folk IN a message recon-
mending the amendment or repeal
of the breeders law, is wealthy
enough to support the State fair
without making it owe its exist
ence to the licensing of q practice
that degrades youth and pollutes
the morals of men. /" AS remedy,
tie governor advises that a new or
amended law shall prohibit pool
selling anywhere in the State on
races to be run either within or
without the State. The evil is
pool gambling il any form, and
The legislature is called on to end
it in Missouri.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

The Laurel Chronicle of recent
date aptly says: Hog and hom-
my, peas and pea nuts, peaches
and potatoes, turkeys and turnips,
cattle and chickens, mules and
molasses, bees and beans will
place the average farmer inde-
pendent of the willy ways of the
bulls and bears.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

An association Of citizens is be-
ing formed in jackson for the
purpose Of bringing about $50
Chinese cooks and house servants
to that city from the Pacific coast.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

Frederick Sullens, one of the
best newspaper reporters in the
South, and for a number Of years
past city editor of the Clarion
Ledger, is now employed on THE
staff Of the jackson Evening
News. The News is to be con.
graduated on it's enterprise Id SCI
curing his services.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22
Lost Certificate.

Lost Certificate of Deposit No. 1884, for SIO5,
due Jan. 20, 1905, in favor of Mrs. Sophie Brew
er, has been misplaced.
Payment on same is stopped and the pub
lie is warned not to negotiate for same.
W-Fb I5. COMMERCIAL BANK.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

Many thousand head of cattle
have been frozen to death on the
Texas prairies.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

The backbone Of the bad wealth
er is hard to break.
The leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1895-1905, 1905-02-22

In a conversation with a young
lawyer, a few years since, he said,
Society is exceedingly corrupt. /"
He meant fashionable society;
with which be was identified. Of
that society, personally, we know
nothing. The people we mingle
with make no pretension il the
way Of fashion They are not
corrupt, but plain, honest people,
the worlds backbone, and they
are largely il the majority The
young lawyer became disgusted
with bis set, and left it for better
company We are not tempted N
that way. John W. Boswell