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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-10-10
Rheumatism.

Is quickly relieved and promptly cur
ed by Drummond's Tightening Rene
dies. The internal remedy is pleasant
to take, acts Immediately, does not
disturb digestion, and is for rheuma-
tism only in all its torturiIg forms.
The external preparation restores stiff
joints, drawn chords and hardened
muscles. Ii your druggist has not these
remedies in stock, do not take any
thing else. Send S.. to the Drum
mond Medicine Co., New York. and
the full treatment of two large bottles
will be sent to your express address.
Agents wanted. 36 IF
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-10-10
TO TEACHERS AND SCHOOL OFFICERS

AS l desire to see all schools sup
piled with teachers for the winter
terms as early as possible it is advis,
able for all teachers who have not yet
engaged a school for the winter term
to send in their names to this office al
once, and fer all directors wanting a
teacher for the winter term to like.
wise send in such information AT
once. Very truly yours.
ELLIS j. HOOK,
Co. Supt. 40-2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-10-10

A cold taken at this time of the
year is generally hard to get rid of
but it will not be able to withstand
Bees Laxative Honey and Tar.
That will cure all colds, coughs,
Group. whooping cough, ETC., by
driving them out through the bowels.
Ii you have cold, try it and il not
cured get your money back. No
opiates. Sold by Brunt q Parman.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-10-10

Public Opinion and Chicago
Daily Tribune, both whole year for
only 1915.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-10-10

Undoubtedly the most surprised
person in Nashua, or Iowa, Saturday,
was Mrs. w. f. Balsley, and we'll
might she be surprised. Upon going
to the postoffice for her mail, she was
not little taken aback upon opening
one letter from Fond du Lac, Wis, to
find in it money order for 80 for her.
The letter with the order explained
that the money was to pay for some
sewing done by Mrs. Balsley for the
writer 40 years ago. 1t is not known
what stirred the conscience of the
woman unless she 'got religion" or
something else but to Mrs. Balsley the
getting OF the money was like finding
it and brought to her mind "Better late
than never. Nashua Reporter.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1906-10-10
Look Out For II.

That the coming winter is going
TO be the hardest one for the past 20
years there are an abundance of signs
to show, and among them may be
mentioned the fact that
The corn husks are a foot and a
half thick, and all the stocks lean TO
the west.
The frogs have already begun
searching the bottoms of millponds
and mudholes to find out the deepest
places.
The geese. ducks and chickens are
growing coat of fur under their fea :
theirs and are rubbing borax Oh their
feet to harden them up.
All the one-eyed owls are leaving
the country month earlier than
usual, and the bob-tailed squirrels are
lying in sweet potatoes, as we'll as
nuts, for winter provisions.
The farmer who has taken the trou-
BILE to investigate has found that all
the toadstools on the old logs have
wrinkles in them. The last time that
this happened we had winter weather
that froze the handles off of plows.
Rabbits are sitting around with a
bumped up look to them, and field
mice have wrinkles in their tails. If
this means anything, it means 20 de-
grees below zero from November
through to May.
Cows are hunting around for pieces
of flannel to wrap up their tails in,
and hogs are roofing their way to the
middle of straw stacks. In Indiana
this is sure sign that the highways
will be blockaded with SNOW for
weeks at a time. =
The watermelon has an unusually
short season, carrots are so brittle
that you can't pick your teeth with
them, and the rail fences of the coun-
try show disposition to lie down
and rest.
The farmer who makes the weather
study has found that the clouds are
floating high, the geese squawking
louder than usual and the pOlecat
showing a familiarity that he has not
betrayed for 10 years past There
isn't the least doubt that we are in
for regular old buster, and the man
who pays his debts this fall may have
reason to regret it before spring. -Ex.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

in the central states the forests give
place to farms, in some INSTANCES not
even a woodot being spared1 The
people of this country unquestionably
have abused the privilege of doing as
they please with their own property
for their immediate financial better
ment, with the prospect of such prac-
tees resulting disastrously in the fu-
ture.
Much of the land denuded of its
timber is absolute forest land, fit for
no purpose except possibly grazing,
and not of the best character even for
that use. Nature will require
years to replace this protec-
ton so that a new forest may be
brought forth, and this change never
will be possible unless the woods and
small growth which nature uses as
2 basis of the cover shall be protected.
~ is impossible to secure the adop-
t,or os IT. looking toward the estab-
I liGn vi avs" W. Uew custom Of national
l iianne IL,;4S vi a despread public de-
mand for the change royen me over le
supporters to be an impAif anv have
existing customs. Few ~, t5a field
the effrontery openly to take', ae all
against the forestry movement .,es.
fair minded people realize the nee
sity of keeping part Of the country
protected by forest cover The claim
of science that forests are necessary
to protect the rainfall as an aid in
this regulation generally is admitted
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
SECRETARY THEIR PONY CART WASHINGTON

Rver-changing coterie of households
which 60 to make up the official circle
At the American capital has included
DO many junior members as at present.
At the head Of the list, of course,
tand the young people Of the White
House household. OF the half dozen
koung folks Of the Roosevelt clan,
Theodore. Jr., who is attending Har-
lard, and Kermit. the second son, who
8 away at school, now spend compare
Lively little time at the White House
pave at holiday seasons; but Miss
Alice, the flaxen-haired Miss Ethel and
|he younger boys, Archibald and Quen-
lin, are muck in evidence at the Presi-
lential mansion. and one and all go in
Tor riding, driving and the other strenu-
bus athletic pursuits in which their
parents take such delight. Vice-Presi-
lent and Mrs. Fairbanks have a family
bf sons and daughters which, though
widely scattered most of the time, is
feunite4 several times each season in
Washington.
During many administrations the
Presidents ofiicial family has been
|nade up Of men well advanced in
Fears, wh0se households included few
Foung people, but in this respect the
present Cabinet is an exception, for in
J majority Of the Cabinet homes young
america Is well represented. Secre-
larry Of State Root has two manly sons
Ind = daughter, Miss Edith, who is q
fhum q Miss Alice Roosevelt. Secre.
larry ofWar Taft has two lively chill
ren 4 daughter, who is playmate of
Ethel Roosevelt. and a son yet young.
p, who has the reputation of being
bhenomenAlly bright lad-a prestige
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
MISS OLGA NETHERSOLE.
This English Actress Would Refuse Divorce to Couples
Who Have Children

Miss Olga Nethersole the distin-
gulshed English actress who is now
producing in this country a new So
ciety drama, "The Labyrinth" speaks
with intense conviction against di-
vorces to families in which children
have been born to the marriage. When
the production of the play was first
preached to Miss Nethersole she was
more than willing to produce it
not alone for the excellent opportuni-
ties afforded her for dramatic inspira-
ton, but she found that it had a seTi-
Gus purpose in teaching humanity an
object lesson. In fact most of the
plays which Miss Nethersole has pro-
duced have hidden somewhere lessons
to be taught the founders of homes.
"Hervieu," she said in an interview,
"has shown in his drama, The Lady,
rinth,' the indissolvable bond the child
makes between husband and wife and
the terrible consequences of a disrup-
ton of such union.
What does marriage mean," she
asked, eff not parentage? The rela-
tionship and responsibilities, not of
uuSDdllu anu Wlle, DuI VI ldIuCl anu
mother, are those which should be ac-
cepted when a man and woman are
joined in marriage. To tear apart by
law the tie which binds a couple to-
gether, after they have brought chill
dren into the world, is to destroy the
home and to rob those children of all
the influences which develop them into
good citizens. Divorce is an injustice
to the offspring of marriage; it places
a barrier between them and one of
their parents-oftentimes both; 1t
warps their development; it embitters
their souls. No such dissertation Of
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
II Vas Only q Counterfeit.

Jacob Riis, the sociologist, in an ad-
dress to a workingmen's club, praised
generosity.
81 see handful of children here he
said. MAY they grow up generous.
May none of them grow up into such
a man as an old banker whom | know.
"He is a millionaire banker, and he
lives in palace, but his heart is as hard
as steel and as cold as ice,
Zone of his men completed, the other
day, his twenty-ffth year of service
For twenty-five years this honest man
had worked for the banker faithfully.
He and his chief we're both poor at the
beginning, but where, in the quarter
century, the banker has accumulated mil
lions, the faithful, middle-aged book
keeper has accumulated only a few
hundreds His salary, you see, was only
SIS week.
"He didn't think the banker would re-
member the twenty-fifth anniversary of
his engagement, but the old man did
That morning he handed the bookkeeper
a sealed envelope
George, he said, to-day ends the
twenty-hfth year of your work for me,
and you have worked steadily and we'll
In this envelop is memento Of the
OCCASION
"The bookkeeper opened the envelope,
trembling and eager. Within lay his en-
ployer's photograph. That was all.
"In the face of disappointment so
bitter the poor fellow could say nothing
"'Well,' asked the banker, what do
you think of itp
ats just like you,'" said the book
keeper simply.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

might. Therefore, l say if you would
keep your best beau limit your hugs"
This is unqualified commentator
given by Mrs, S. M. Cory, of the So
ciety for Political Study OF DR.. T. S.
Hanrahan'S rules for courtship. The
doctor, rector of the Sacred Heart
church of West Fitchburg, Mass, out
lined his ideas of the curtailment of
tenderness in a sermon to young
women.
Lights in the parlor," he said,
Should not be turned down too low.
Don't be stingy with the gas. The final
hug should be at 10 o'clock sharp.
Young men should not stay later than
this hour.
81 thoroughly agree" declared Mrs.
Cory, with the 10 o'clock theory on
stay-at-home nights. | am a firm be-
lever in no chaperons, and think the
young man should take his girl out and
entertain her during the period of
courtship if anything in that line is to
be expected of him as a husband, If
he is content to sit about the house all
the time it is bad sign.
"The matter of turning the lights low
is largely dependent on how pretty the
girl is. If she answers the description
of certainly plain, | should suggest that
little softening of the illumination
might be a good thing.
"A mother and a father cannot too
thoroughly investigate the character of
the man their daughter is to marry.
And right here | should like to explode
the theory that a good son makes a
good husband. / think, on the contrary
the good son is so wrapped up in the
virtues of mother that it frequently
blinds him to those of his wife.
"A long engagement is bound to be
bad. Warmed-over sentiment is much
like warmed-over potatoes-hat and
tasteless. The fire and spirit go out Of
the love-making, and there you are"
Despite this opinion Mrs. Cory
laughs at Dr. Hanrahan's statement
that he cannot see what people find to
talk about when they go together for
years.
"Love-making, which makes the low
ers such a nuisance to others" she ex-
planned, SIS so all-absorbing that it sup
plies all conversational needs, as any
body who has ever been in love can tes-
tify."
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
SPANS KING TO WE'D.
THE YOUTHFUL PRINCESS OF
ENGLAND is TO BECOME THE
SPANISH QUEEN.

She is the Niece of this Country's Re-
cent Guest, Prince Louis of Batten-
berg Princess Ena the Royal
Beauty of England.
All eyes will be turned toward Spain
next May when the young. King AL.
fonso XIII. will take the most beauti-
full and popular Princess of England to
be his queeN
The young girl who has at last been
selected to share the throne with AL
fonso is the Princess Ena of Batten-
berg, only daughter of Princess Henry,
the youngest sister of King Edward.
Ever since Alfonso became King Of
Spain, and even when his mother
acted as Queen Regent, his picturesque
personality has been the talk of two
continents. Long before he reached
the manageable age, even for a king,
a new bride was picked out for him
every day, and to members Of his suite
he would often say:
Whom am to marry to-day? The
newspapers surely have found me an
other wife!"
But now that question no longer
agitates Alfonsos court, for the beau
tiful Princess Ena has been chosen
after search which led the young
monarch all over Europe. Country af-
ter country was visited, but the fas-
tidious young king was often con-
fronted by more fastidious young prin-
cesses, and after he had been out on
his search for a while he found that
royal princesses were not so anxious
to become Queen of Spain as he had
thought back in his luxurious palace.
When Alfonso visited England few
months ago there were dozens of young
noblewomen paraded for his inspec-
ton, but his eyes flew to the young
Princess Ena, and Alfonso, the unim.
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Few monarchs have had the mece,
oric career of this young King OF
Spain, and if the Princess who is to
become his consort follows out the
rules which have always governed heI
happy young life Alfonso will have at
last found someone to keep him in the
way he should go-an achievement
which has never heretofore been ac'
complished.
He has frequently ridden out of the
palace disguised Is 2 sold..eeg. r.- guard
Of even a peasant, and has gone for
miles horseback riding or to attend
some little fete which has come to his
notice. Days have elapsed during
which the queen mother and the entire
court have searched high and low for
the boy king without avail, but before
the incident could be made public the
young monarch would come riding
back the way he had gone, happier for
his boyish prank and checking remon-
STRANGE with the assurance that Il am
the king"
The Princess Ena is regarded as the
beauty of the royal household. She is
but eighteen years old, and is the
only girl in the family. Her three
brothers adore her and are constantly
giving her ripping" good time. Her
elder brother, Prince Alexander, was
recently in this country as a MILDLY"
with the fleet of Prince Louis Of Bat
tenberg, his uncle.
This charming young woman made
her debut last February at Bucking
ham Palace and created furore She
Is the fayorite godchild and likely to
become the principal heiress of EN-
press Eugene.
Princess Ena is an enthusiastic sail
or and motorist, and is the constant
of her mother on numerous
little trips in their yacht and through
the beautiful country for which their
home, the Isle of Wight, is noted She
is especially gifted with dramatic abil-
ity, and in a recent amateur produc-
ton given in Kensington Palace she
played the part of a vivandiere with
marked success. She sings and dances
exceptionally well.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
FORESTRY A NECESSITY.
A BROAD, NATIONAL SYSTEM OF
PRESCRIPTION NOT A FAD
NOR A FANCY.
The Editor of the American Lumber
man Urges Irrigation and Forestry
observation-disclosures Some Noted
Authorities.

observation-disclosures Some Noted
Authorities.
S FROM the American Lumberman" of Dec. 2, 1861
D., .ooro,st.. the American Lumber
mon ronrints H., this issue a part of
the speech of George Ii. x NJ jo"o a. Ia v4
ecutive chairman of the Natseo,n 1914 e. q
cation Association, delivered -, IL
| the American Forest Congress at WASH
| ington, d. c., in the early part of Jan
uary 1905. This address has much
to commend it to the business men
of the country. 1t was termed the
sensational address Of the congress,
and perhaps deseryedly so called be-
cause it sets forth in illuminated
words the necessity of inaugurating a
systematic movement looking toward
the rehabilitation of forest lands and
the planting or treeless areas.
The gentleman who delivered this
able talk on forestry spoke from ex-
perience and close observation. He did
not dillydally around with the usual
commonplace platitudes about the I'M
portance of forestry, but by illustra-
ton showed for what purposes the
forests were intended and the COM
mercial value of their importance as
compared with the recognized bulWarks
of the nation. While he conceded the
necessity of an army and navy to
guard invasion and to protect and up
hold the rights Of the people in for
eign countries he called particular at
tention to the desirability of maintain
ing an adequate forested area in order
that the commercial interests of the
United States might in like manner
be preserved.
Mr.. MaXwell's arraignment of the
national lawmakers and his comments
on the shortsightedness of those in
charge of business interests were time
ly. While not subscribing fully and
unreservedly to the views expressed
the American Lumberman believes that
his severe condemnation of past and
present methods and practices will
bring forth good results and that its
republication will again turn public
attention to the necessity of adopting
laws which will correct evils in the
future and provide a system of a juster
administration of the public land laws.
The attitude of the public toward
forestry and irrigation is a peculiar
one. Men evidently fail to recognize
any personal interests in such ques-
lions. Some are totally Indifferent;
others admit the desirability of es-
tablshing reserves but want to leave
it to those who are more directly
concerned. Still others are lukewarm
and, while readily admitting the bene-
fits of forestry and irrigation pro-
jects, content themselves with waiting
until there is more visible likelihood
Of the movement being successful.
Still another faction is made up of
those who are openly opposed to all
forestry schemes, many national irri-
cation projects, and government inter-
Vention in such matters.
Until within recent years the forests
of the country as whole have been
controlled by private owners. The
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

the home should be permitted by law"
But what of the many cases in which
repeated cruelty makes it impossible.
for wife to live with her husband?"
was asked.
Such domestic tragedies occur, it is
true, and occur with sad frequency"
Miss Nethersole replied. But even
then there should be no absolute dis
ruption of the marriage tie. Separa-
ton solves the question. Let them
live apart, although still married, and
perhaps reconciliation will take place,
and happiness come out of misery, in
the end. Then the children will still
have a father and mother, although
they may spend most of the time with
one of their parents. There will at
least be no possibilities of placing
them under the care of another mother
or another father, by a second mar
riage. A spiritual nucleus, about which
the home again might unite, would still
exist.
Uniformity is the first step that is
needed in the formation of the divorce
laws of the United States. There are
different codes in almost every State,
and one may be criminal in one and
not in another. Then the divorces are
easily granted on too many grounds.
In England there are three causes for
which divorce may be secured-infdel-
ity, cruelty and desertion. In this
country there seem to be half dozen
or more, but America is ahead of
France at least in one respect. There
people who may have been divorced
may not remarTy each other. Such a
law is sin, for in the reunion of the
pair lies the only hope for the saliva
ton of the home"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

private secretaries to their fathers. A
son of Vice-President Fairbanks is as
ISOLATED in this capacity with the pre-
siding officer of the United States Sen
ate, while Jasper Wilson, son of the
Secretary of Agriculture, has served
his father in such a capacity for years
past. Likewise, Senator Foraker and
many members of both houses Of Con
gress have installed their sons as their
assistants.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
FORESTS SHOULD BE CTED.
An Address Before the American
Forest Congress.


Forest Congress.
In the American Lumberman's ex.
haustive report of the proceedings of
the American Forest Congress, held in
Washington, d. c., in January last,
in the installment presented March "a
was given the address Of George H.
Maxwell, executive chairman of the
National Irrigation Association. In
view of the early meeting Of
congress Mr.. Maxwell's recommen-
dations, which follow, are timely and
valuable.
1 think the mistake we make today
and always have made is in looking
upon this question of forestry as in
any sense sectional question. 1t is
necessarily as much a national ques-
ton as is the maintenance of an army
or the construction OF navy. Gap
plause)
l wish I had the power by some
telepathic process of impressing upon
the mind of every man present the
picture that is in my own mind as 1
stand here.
l crossed the Mississippi river on my
way to the west a little over two years
ago on ferryboat on which was
loaded a train of overland passenger
cars; and as we crossed that great
river opposite the city Of New Orleans,
during one Of the greatest floods in
years, the water was almost up to the
tops of the levees on both sides of the
river. 1t was a serious question
whether the city of New Orleans was
not in danger; and as we landed on
the west side of the river we looked
down over the bank and saw the PLAN
tations away down below the level of
the water and exposed to overflow and
destruction any moment that artificial
barrier might break. Before we had
gone twenty-four hours farther west
the levee did break and one Of those
great crevasses was formed and it
practically destroyed the crop for that
season over a large area; though other
localities and the city of New orleans
We're saved by the diminished pressure
of the food on the adjacent levees.
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preponderance of the country covered
with forests had deluded the people
into a belief that they were of minor
importance as forests and of primary
Importance as manufacturing materials.
The result has been that under pri-
vate administration the forested areas
largely have disappeared and at the
present time little if any attention
is being given to providing for a sec
ond growth. In the north the fires
destroy what the loggers leave and
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

On the subject the attitude of the
people as whole is this: Yes, for
estry is a mighty good thing, but
am too busy with my little affairs to
take any personal interest in it and
then l would not be directly benefited
in any way. Let the other fellow who
is going to get some advantage from
it fight for it," 1t is about time for
the public to wake up and begin to
take notice. Mr. Maxwell's speech
strikes a high note and should create
sufficient noise thoroughly to awaken
the sleepers.