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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Judged by the elaborate and excep-
tionally beautiful holiday stocks now
on display here it is fortunate indeed
that this has been year of plenty
and prosperity.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Omce..3l7 West Water Street,
Both Telephones, Number IS.
Current Comment.

Rankin, of state marshal fame, has
"bobbed up serenely" again with the
approach of the state legislative ses-
sion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Figures giving the average cost of
living on Dec. 1, compiled by r. G..
Dunn & Co., show there has been a
marked advance in price as compared
with November 1, when it reached the
high water mark. In the lapse of
one month the cost of living has ad-
vanced from slO6.6S to Sl0s. II. the
highest since February, 1884.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

It's a pretty safe prediction that
Hon. Nate E. Kendall, the brilliant
orator of Abba, will be the speaker of
the Iowa house of representatives at
the coming session of the Legislature.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Twenty three life convicts have
filed applications for pardon by the
next legislature. 1t will doubtless
be "skidoo" for all of them.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Congress has dealt the Roosevelt
reform spelling Knockout blow by
including in the appropriations bill
a section prohibiting its use in any
printed matter authorized by congress.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

1t is given out with an air of au-
thority that Secretary Taft has an.
nounced his refusal to be candidate
for the presidency, or to accept it if
tentatively offered him. Here's an
other chance for Cummins.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

George L. Long, a well-known edi-
tor throughout Iowa, has left his edi-
torial chair for time and has en-
rolled as a student at the Iowa State
Normal school that he may have the
opportunity for a course Of study that
until now he has never seen the way
clear to pursue. Mr.. Long has for
years edited paper in Manson and
will leave his family there while at
nearly fifty years of age he follows the
career of a student. He has entered
the department of English and in
the Normal will have exceptional ad-
vantages in this line. From there he
hopes to continue his course in the
state university that he may be better
fitted for his work.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Bellamy Storer has addressed an
extraordinary letter to President
Roosevelt in regard to his dismissal
from the post of ambassador to
Austria. Copies Of the letter, to-
gether with the correspondence be-
tween Storer and the President, have
been sent to each member Of the cabi-
net and members of the senate foreign
relations committee. Storer severely
scores the president for summarily
dismissing him from the diplomatic
service, when he has reason to believe
he had given satisfaction to his own
government as well as the Austrian
government.
In letter of reply to Secy. Root
the President brands Storer as liar,
and Mrs. Storer as an intriguer. an
inveterate meddler, wire puller and
backbiter, giving them both the lie
and clearing himself from blame in
the matter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Better subscribe for Public
Opinion now for 1907 and get it free
until Jan. 1st.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

A subscriber writes: Il note your
statement that the way for wife to
insure her husbands love is to let
hi,l have his own way. l admit this
sounds unfair 60 the women, but it is
a fact in my own case. My wife re-
spects me, or seems to, and loves me,
or seems to. AS result, she gradual.
ly become. the greatest institution in
the world to me. When / attempt to
fool her. have no trouble, apparent
ly; and as result of my fooling her
so easily, become ashamed of myself,
and resolve not to do it again. Oc-
casionally / break my resolve, but l
am a great deal better now than ever
was before. AS result of having
wife that suits me and pleases me,
1 am gradually becoming better
man. The finest thing in the world
to man is a woman who suits him, a
woman he likes. For the first year or
two after my marriage, thought l
had made a mistake. but my wife was
so kind to me. and so helpful that /
gradually fell in love with her. 1
think thousand times more of her
now than I did when we were lovers
and we have been married good
many years. / don't know that her
plan would work In other cases, but
she !has certainly done great deal for
me. I often think that the best thing
that can happen any man is to have a
wife like mine. But believe as The
Globe seems to believe, that the bossy
wife is not good one. - Atchinson
Globe.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

The first comprehensive measure in
line with President Roosevelt's recon-
mendations ON the taxation of Inherit
ed wealth was introduced in the
House Thursday by Representative
Perkins of New York. The tax is
graded as follows: On amounts not
exceeding $40, QUO, no tax ON amounts
not exceeding SEQ, 600 at the rate of 70
cents per 800 of the clear value of the
interest of "the lineal issue, or lineal
ancestor, husband or wife, brother or
sister,; at double this rate when
the beneficiary is "the descendant of
a brother or sister of the person who
died." at three times this rate when
the beneficiary is brother or sister of
the father or mother; at four times
when brother or sister of grandfather,
etc.. and at five times when in any
other degree of collateral con-
sanguinity, or "a stranger in blood,
or body polite, or corporate.
On amounts exceeding $25. 900 and
less than 800, 600, tax of one and
, one half times these respective rates
on the excess over the lower limit is
imposed; between 500, 600 and $500,
600, twice the basic rates on the
excess; between $500. 600 and 81, 900.
600, two and one-half times; between
81, 900, 900 and $40, ,oOO.O 10 per cent
ON the excess over $1,000, 600 in addi-
tion to the basic rate of the preceding
class: 10 per cent on the excess up to
$40, 600, 600; 20 per cent on excess tc
$50, 900, 900, and % per cent on all
sums exceeding $50, 600. 600.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

Secretary Shaw does not understand
why there should be any question as
to the feasibility of averting panics if
the secretary of the treasury should
be given 800, 900, 900 to deposit in
banks or withdraw from circulation,
as he deems fit. To the secretary Of
the treasury the plan he outlines is
self-explanatory. His idea is that
whenever money was scarce he would
let out enough of his 800, 600, 600 fund
to relieve the stringency. II the
money was needed in New York it
would be sent there. II it was needed
in London. Mr.. Shaw would deposit,
say $50, 600. 900 in New York. with the
understanding that one-half of the
amount was to be sent abroad to ease
the strain there. Anything approach
ing panic conditions in London, Mr..
Shaw contends is quickly reflected in
New York financial circles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

In his biennial report, State Super
intendent Riggs recommends the pas
sage of law forbidding fraternities
and sororities in the public schools
of Iowa. He says that secret societies
are becoming quite universal in high
schools. and believes them extremely
detrimental to the highest efficiency
ON tie part of the pupil.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-12-12

The school law which went into
effect October lst of this year, pro-
vides that county superintendents
visit each school in the county twice
a year and teach one-fourth day at
each visit. This is demanded so that
the superintendents may bring new
methods of teaching before the teacher
and thus assist in improving her
work. This will necessarily bar out
of the superintendency men who
have not had special training and
late experience in school work.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
MOTOR CAR AND CRIME
Continued from page 4

the damage will be paid by the insurance
company. Seeing how matters stand, public
Indignation has caused the inhabitants of
certain districts to retaliate against this new
type of tyrants of the road by raising BARR
cades, laying traps, placing obstacles in the
way, and throwing stones.
1t would be difficult to suggest remedies
for all these evils. An industry like the motor
car trade which last year brought a profit of
one hundred and eighty millions to France,
and perhaps double that amount to England,
and produces type of vehicle SO rich in advan-
tages as the motor car which reduces distance
to minimum doubles the facilities of trans
port both in peace and war, and bears us with
perfect ease to the hunting field and to the
race course, is not one that could be suppressed;
but measures should be taken to diminish dan
ger, by substituting electricity for petrol,
which would prevent explosions and cont1agra-
tons; by constructing special roads at motor
lists expense for their sole use; and finally by
insisting upon all chauffeurs furnishing salts
factory proofs, not only of their technical
ability, but also of good conduct and moral
strength, and prohibiting their being insured
against their possible victims.
In order successfully to combat criminals
furnished with automobiles, it will be neces-
sary to supply the police with very high speed
cars and encourage the study of special tactics
for their capture, such as movable barriers on
the high roads, for instance.
In any case, the advantages and pleasures
of the automobile are so numerous that we
may well put up, temporarily at least, with a
few drawbacks which, after all, are common,
although in less proportion, to carriages, trans,
and railways. He who remembers the fear and
horror which greeted the first trials of these
latter, and how for time all large cities
refused to admit them to their centers, rele-
eating them to the outskirts, and reflect how
these fears gradually diminished so as to
appear absurd to to-day may conclude that
time will be the best remedy for the misdeeds
of motorists well as for the complaints of
their victims.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
A Cheerful Ceremony

A odd funeral was that of John Under
1 \ wood of Whittlesea, Cambridgeshire, Eng
land, in 1888. The arrangements were made by
himself previous to his death and were carried
out to the letter follows:
Six men carried his remains to the grave
yard none of the relations or friends attended.
The coffin was painted green, and. contrary to
custom, the body lay in it in his everyday
clothes. The six men sang at the grave the
last stanza of the second book of Horace.
Under his head was placed Sanadon's Horace
at his feet Bentley's Milton, in his right hand
a small Greek Testament. in his left hand
a miniature edition of Horace, and Bentley's
Horace under his back. After the ceremony,
the six men went back to the house and re-
ceived cold supper, and after the cloth was
taken away they sang the thirty-frst ode of
the first book of Horace. drank a cheerful
glass and went home about eight o'clock P. M.
His will provided that his sister receive
thirty thousand dollars, provided that she
carried out the conditions of the will; which
also provided that the six pallbearers receive
fifty dollars each, on condition that they
would not come to the funeral in black clothes.
The last clause of the will says: (Which
DONE l would have them drink a cheerful
glass and think no more of John Underwood"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23

it; but another woman, the wife of a wood
cutter, as poor as the first, but more humane
took pity on the baby and fed it to quiet its
cries. While undressing it she Joyfully
surprised to find bank note for thousand
lire hidden among its garments.
There is still another class of ottenSes IN
which the motor car takes part, and this,
although not so grave, is not the less fraught
with danger, because it affects the safety both
of those within the fatal vehicle and those
without, especially carriers, cyclists, and the
occupants of carriages. These are all at the
mercy of madrnen who dash out unexpectedly
from side roads abrupt bend of the
roadway, fall down on them like a thunder
bolt and leave them crushed, wounded, and
scorched.
1t is a perfect hecatomb, and the number
of the victims grows larger every day, be it
account of the speed of motor cars, or
because of rash wagers on speed, or because
among the numerous motorists there are many
whose unbalanced minds consider the public
roads to be their own particular domain, in
which they exercise the right of life and death
the passers-by. Moreover, the chauffeur
himself often yields to excitement and a
increasing velocity of his machine, and ceases
to regard obstacles and the state of the ground
he is traversing, and after crushing everything
that chances to be under his deathly wheels,
he ends by smashing his own bones, if For
tune, who favors the foolhardy, does not fling
him on soft meadow, in which case he escapes
with slight bruises.
1t may be added that this danger is rendered
still greater and more shocking by the fact
that the human life extinguished by the
chauffeur in his hurricane-lilse progress is paid
for in advance by insurance companies. In
the same way as plate glass is insured against
breakage, SO the chauffeurs are guaranteed
against the consequences of crushing honest
citizens; a contract which not only would
seem immoral, but is most certainly fatal,
because it encourages an ever increasing ten
dency to risk homicidal velocity. After all,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Without Nail or Shroud

~ MOTHER quaint funeral was that Of John
n Gay. By his order his grave was dug
one year before he died, and his coffin made
at the same time without nails or screws.
Each of the pallbearers was to receive one
dollar and twenty-five cents done up in paper
The inscription on his coffin written by
himself read as follows; Here without a
nail or shroud doth lie, or covered with a
pail, John Cay"
The inscription, written by himself, which
was placed on his tombstone reads as follows
In coffin made without a nail,
Without shroud his limbs to hide;
For what can pomp or show avail,
Or velvet pail to swell the pride?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Fooled His Wife

DERHAPS one of the queerest of funerals was
L that of Samuel Baldwin of Lymington. 1t
seems that this English squire and his wife
were in the habit of quarreling nearly every
day. In one of their wranglings, the wife got
the better of old Sam by telling him that some
day she would dance over his grave.
This worried the old man, and to spite her
and to prevent her from carrying out her
threat. he arranged with his executor that
he should be buried in the sea, outside the
Needles. To confirm this statement there is
this entry in the old Lymington church regis
ter: Samuel Baldwin, Esq, sojourner in this
parish, was immersed without the Needles, >
sans ceremonie, May 2oth, 1896"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Penitential Candles

0LD John o. Gaunt, who lived in the north of
~ England and died in 1899. made the follow
ing arrangements in his will for his funeral:
II desire to have burning around my body
on the day of my burial as follows: first ten
great candles in the name of the ten Com
mandments of our Lord, which l have too
wickedly transgressed; and besides these ten
that there be placed seven great candles, in
memory of the seven works of charity which
have neglected, and for the seven mortal
sins. l will that there be five great candles
in honor of the five principal wounds of our
Lord Jesus Christ, and for my five senses
which have negligently wasted, for which 1
pray Gods mercy; and in addition to all the
aforesaid candles 1 will that three be there to
the honor of the Blessed Trinity"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
SOME QUEER FUNERALS
When the Dead Helped Trade

A Captain Taylor, his wife and daughter, of
n old Brig House, England, were buried side
by side, standing up in their graves.
Two hundred years ago it was the custom in
England to keep an open coffin or chest in the
parish church, for common use to carry the dead
to the graveyard in. The body was wrapped in
coarse linen, and held together with bone pins
A few years later an act was passed by Par
Lament, ordering that all bodies be wrapped
in woolens instead of linens, in order to build
up foster the wooden industry, which was
then in it's infancy. The parish vicar was re-
quired to report that the burial took place in
wooden according to the act.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Rehearsed His Own Funeral

CHARLES v of France on one occasion
- celebrated his own funeral Some years
before his death he caused his tomb to be
built in the chapel of the monastery, and was
carried thereto as if he was dead.
The King was placed in his coffin, and
the burial ceremony enacted with all due
solemnity. Tears were shed as if he was in
the calm sleep of death. Chants and prayers
were said over him, and then the mourners
left him in his coffin in the chapel, where he
remained for about two hours.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
A Cynic's Wishes

A N old bachelor and cynic made the following
L \ conditions in his will: That instead of the
tolling of church bells. there should be bass
drums, flies, and fddles: that any of his rea-
tives who shed tears at his funeral should be
disinherited and the one who laughed loudest
should be sole heir; that instead of the house
and church being draped in black, they should
be decorated with flowers and the green
branches of trees. 1t is said that the conditions
of the will were carried out to the letter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-09-23
Brunettes Use
CARMEN POWDER

MYTH eyes black brown and tresses of like
w color your skin requires Carmen Powder.
Every woman knows that powder
is suitable for all skins, but she does know the
reason why. Carmen Powder is made for you -; it
is good for blondes-their skin is diferentbut
it is just what you want.
Fine. soft. adhesive delightfully."- perfumed. 1t doesn't
show unpleasanhy does it blow off Very little is
needed give your complexion the refinement you desire
Price, SO Cents per Box.
Made in four tints-white. fesh pink and cream, by
STAFFORD-MILLER Co, ST. LOUIS, MO-,
who will send any part of the United States postage
paid, receipt of price.
Write to the makers for generous sample box of
any desired tint sent free by mail.
For sale by the following wellknown druggists and many
others everywhere
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-03
KNITS FOR 275 RELATIVES
Aged Woman Works to Supply Xmas
Presents to Throng.

TAYLORVILLE, ILL.,, Dec. g.
Knitting busily in the apparently
hopeless task of supplying 275 des-
cendants with stockings for Christmas
Mrs. Jacob Dearinger, of Christian
county, mas little time for idleness.
necessarily, her pipe being
a great solace in her old age, she is
busy from morning until night with
her needles, and is very expert in her
knitting. She has just celebrated her
ninetieth birthday. having been born
in Jesasmine county. KY, in 1916.
Her maiden name was Elizabeth
She married Jacob bearing
err Sept. 1, 1886, and to them were
born sixteen children. The fifth gen.
Grafton comprises eleven children.
the grand total of descend
ants of the old lady up to 275, more,
it is believed than any other resident
Of the United States.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-03
ScOtland's Great Genius.


In one of those interesting literary
conversations the record Of which adds
so much to the charm of Boswell's
johnson" the name of George Buchan-
an, one of the greatest scholars of the
sixteenth century and the most ex-
quisite Latinist Of modern times, was
mentioned. A Scotsman who was
present, knowing the doctors antipa-
thies and seeing, as he thought, an op-
portunity of cornering him, said, "Ah,
DIR. Johnson, what would you have
said of Buchanan had be been an Eng
lishman" "Why, sir" said Johnson
after little pause, Il should not have
Englishman what will now say of
him as Scotsman-that he was the
only man of genius his country has
produced" Buchanan's consummate
ability was recognized by his contem-
poraries; but, like many another genius
before and since, he had his share of
the sings and arrows of outrageous
fortune" He read Livy with Mary,
queen of Scots, and was appointed tu-
tor to her son, James 1. Political in
trigues drove him to the continent,
where he taught at Bordeaux and had
Montaigne among his pupils In his
old age he returned home and wrote
his History of Scotland" and died so
poor that his means were insufficient
to defray the expenses of his funeral
London Express.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-03

testimony was all against Cooper. He
had been cruel to his wife, the wit
nesses said; he had failed to provide
property for his family; he had been
stingy, and wanted the family to live
as if they were poor The jury granted
to Mrs. Cooper a divorce and $4,000.
Soon after this Clara Stokey, who,
with her sister, kept a dressmaking
establishment at LeavenwOrth, Kan,
came to Topeka to visit a real estate
agent. She was told of Cooper and
she signified a willingness to join
him. She found him too saving and
soon left. She sued for a divorce and
was granted $1,000 alimOny Then
Cooper refused to pay the lawyer who
defended him and the attorney got
judgements for $1,000.
In the past week Mrs. Virginia
Bowers suit against him for breach
of promise has been on trial. She was
until recently his housekeeper, and
the jury has given her $4,000 as heart
balm.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1906-12-03
Pages 1890.

In the little town of c. lived three
maiden sisters by the name Of Paige.
They were meat" as the villagers call
it. in its most accumulated form, and
they loved the small boy best afar off.
IN consequence of which they were a
bright and shining mark for the FRANKS
that youth seems to originate for its
scOrners.
One day the front gate strayed from
ITS wonted place with thS assistance of
two small neighbors. Then came a
reprimand from each of the old maids
and barbed repartee in return, as usual.
Following this exchange came a COM
paint to the parents of the offenders.
At the table that night papa was re-
quested to reprove Jim and Ted for
impertinence to the Misses Paige.
What did you say to them?' de-
manded papa, with the requisite frown.
Didn't sarse them at ALL" replied
jim. with a grin. Il only said, Page
forty, page fifty and page sixty an
they got mad at it."
Ted caught sight of pas twitching
muscles and added, Gee, but they
were just hoppin'."
wen, don't let it happen again"
answered pa as he hastily attacked a
piece OF apple pie.-New York Press.