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The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
InstalIments All Around.

Patient (gloomily)-l don't seem 20
be gaining very fast, doctor.
Doctor (cheerfully) -YOg c2't ex-
pect to get well at one jump. You will
have TO regain your health gradually
day by day-sort of on the installment
plan. Is it we're.
Patient (brightening up)-Well. doc
tor, if this thing keeps on much
longer, I'm AFRAID that you will have
to collect your bill in the same way
Judge.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
AIR FLEET FOR ARMY.

The army already has three bal.
looms, additional to this new one. Two
are cylindrical, having capacities Of
$4,000 and $4,000 cubic feet. the small.
or bel = one-sixth the size Of the new
balloon. Their envelopes are Of gold.
heaters skin. They we're used at
Santiago during the Spanish-American
war. The third. bought in Germany
o after the war, is known as the
~"Siegsfeld balloon" its inventor. a
Prussian officer, having that name. IL
is a cylinder 25 feet in diameter by
40 feet long, and in flight Is intended
to be poised at about 20 degrees To the
horizontal. or at about the inclination
OF a kite.
II combines the kites virtue of GO
ing higher the sitter the breeze with
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
STRANGE WASTE OF WEALTH.
Palaces at Newport That Are Deserted
by Their Owners.

or all the appalling waste Of wealth
at Newport. there is none more mex
plicable to the outside world than the
leaving idle of establish
ments that cost millions to build, and
millions more to keep up. Some OF
these palaces have surrounding lawns
and gardens covering as much as ten
acres; but most of them lie close to-
gether in b%ewildering succession. In
Europe such magnificent structures
would each own a spacious park OF
many hundred acres. The Newport
villa is built, however. not for comfort.
not In rhyme or reason, but purely for
show. IL is a stage setting. gorgeous
surely, but suggesting neither solidity
nor ~permanency.
One is surrounded by n tree-crowned
wall, which cost over 500. 900. IL is
empty; the owner is away in Europe.
That white marble palace, a Wander
bilt residence. is also unoccupied.
There's The Breakers" also owned
by the Vanderbilts, the maintenance
OF which costs $500 900 a season. says
the Broadway Magazine. And the Ber-
wind villa, the garden Of which cost
hundreds Of thousands and yet 50 dis
pleased It's mistress that she turned It
over to her servants and will not enter
IT, Is also idle.
You note splendid trees in some OF
the yards. They have been transplant.
ed, most Of them, from many miles in
land. That beautiful tree with the
great trunk and spreading branches
vas hauled so miles by 10 teams OF
horses, with many tons OF earth cling.
ing to its roots. rs removal cost near
ly 81 900. But that is a mere item In
the sum total of Newport extrava.
gance.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
Rise of the Mermaids Explained.

markably interesting device by which
performers engaged in the spectacle
"Neptune's Daughter We're able to
remain under water for a considerable
time, to appear above the surface at
will, and to disappear again. The
principle Is well shown in the com
bination Of drawing and photograph.
Each mermaid Tor, in some cases,
each set OF mermaids) had her own
diving bell. Before the curtain rose
the mermaids took their stand under
the diving bells, which were then low
cred into the water. When the time
came for n mermaid 10 rise TO the
surface she held her breath, ducked
under the edge of the bell, a foot on
the small I;atform shown at the side
of the bell, and was raised to the sur
face by the attendant in the bell. The
working OF the device is easily illus
trated. Take a glass tumbler and
plunge it into the water, with the
mouth perpendicularly down. IL will
be found that very little water will
rise in the tumbler; but as air is com.
pressible, 1t could not entirely exclude
the water. which by its pressure con.
denses the air a little" The bells
are made of boileTplate, and have air
hose connections, telephone and cleo
trio light. The mermaids are pro
tected from cold by rubber under gar
ments, and their grease-paints are
waterproof. Directions to the per
formers are given by telephone anC
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
OLD WORLD FEUDS
HERE in AMERICA
NEW YORK'S CARNIVAL OF BLOOD
How the Hunchdkist, the Tong, the Malta, the Black
Hand, the Vendetta, the Athenidn Blood Pact, and
Other Complications, Have Been Imported ht2 the
Metropolis to Breed Violence.

OF Chinatown the old Dowager
Empress served notice on the men
whom she knew to be responsible for
the gun fighting In the narrow, smelly
little streets that unless they stopped
their foolishness in New York she
would find It incumbent upon herself
TO put TO death their relatives at home
in China. more particularly parents
and grandparents.
Had Origin in Home Quarrel.
The police had never been able to
make any of their accusations of muir
der stick against the suspects who
trailed at the slipperless heels Of con
sumptive, oily little Mock Duck. But
the old Empress knew the way. The
poli:A know and so does the rest Of
the town that in a general way of
speaking the hostile factions were di-
vided then, and are still divided, for
that matter, into tho Hip Sing Tong
and the On Leong Tong. But il wasn't
until months after the active warfare
ceased that the truth came out that
behind the whole thing lay the rival
ry between the Reform party in China
and the party which is faithful to the
~reigning dynasty. Complications grow.
ing out of the struggle for the pie gov
and fan tan concessions-gambline
privileges to put it in plain English
had inhamed the belligerents, but al
the back of It lay a 5~O-year-old quar-
rel on the other side of the earth.
Frequently in one or another Of tbs
three large and well-dehned Italian
settlements there occurs a murder
which cannot be attributed merely e
a row over chianti in some base
ment drinking place. The police sapi
entity say BLACK Hand" arrest a few
suspects, misspell the names of tn,
prisoners, keep them awhile and turn
them loose for lack of evidence Oh
which to hold them longer.
Last fall three such murders oc
CURED in rapid succession on the low
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14

the balloons ability to stay aloft after
the wind has died down.
The new balloon and its prototypes
will not be flown captive" in the ordi-
nary drills, but are designed for flights
to great heights and over long dis
tances.
Our new war balloons will he equip
ped with the most improved telephoto
camera, which combine the functions
OF Photographic and telescope instru-
ments. This instrument, first per-
fected by Dallmeyer. al English opti-
clan, was used by the Japanese as EAR
ly as their war with China.
A Wow can. with such cameras. be
made OF a fort. n city OF a whole bat
tlefeld from a height of two or three
miles If the air Is clear. 1t is discov-
cred. too, that such comeras reveal
many objects on the surface OF the
earth which escapes the naked eye.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14

New York.-The time was, and not
so very long ago, when any murder in
New York which had in It any amount
of mystery and which could not be at
tributed to one Of the causes which
commonly bring on murder-jealousy
or temper or robbery-was apt TO be
laid at the doors of one or another OF
the gangs that infested the city. Eth
90 Il was supposed that tho gang had
n grudge against the victim and 50
arranged to destroy him, or that the
gang had been hired to remove him
and had planned the job and done it
according to contract.
But within the last few years an
element more dangerous. more SIMS.
ter and far more subtle has crept into
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
Electricity for Bananas.

Bananas are now ripened by cleo
tricity with great precision for any
required date. An alright case fitted
with electric lamps contains the
lunches, and ripening is fastened un'
der the combined influence of the arti-
fetal light sad heat. The process
varies according to the number OF
lamps turned on, experience enabling
the fruiterer to fill his orders at am
specified time.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
Nearly ANONYMOUS.

Blackanwite-I feel that I'm not get.
ting a fair show in Scribharp's.
Oyles-Why so?
"Why, of course, there's my sigma
ture on the drawing; and they print
my name at the bottom and yer the
top and in the contents and in the
spiel about This months Serb
harp's'-"
"Wel?'
"Well-that's only five tines
Puck.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
Not Work Of "sIacls Hand"

II didn't look In the least like the
work of the Black Hand, for the Black
Handlers in the main are a lot Of crude
coarse performers who customarily
enforce their demands for tribute by.
blowing in the front of a grocery with
dynamite or stabbing some stubborn
tradesman between the shoulders.
Eventually It came out in a round
about fashion that the three dead men
had all been members Of the genuine
article, the High Malta, in the Old
country, and although they have new
er been able TO prove 1t the detectives
OF the italian bureau are morally GER
tain that two chosen instruments Of
the mother OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, as
1t happened, and both of them dead
shots-were sent all the way here
from Sicily to kill OF the luckless
three for the unforgivable crime of be-
traying the society to the authorities
before they took themselves out OF the
province. Similarly some blood vendet-
Ia which had it's beginning 80 or 70
years ago in Palermo or Calabria is
liable to prove fatal to a prosperous
padrone in Mulberry Bend tomorrow.
What has been known as the Orient
al quarter, where the Arabs and Syri-
ans live-down on Washington street,
in stuffy old-time houses that squat al
most in the shadow of the tallest OF
the skyscrapers-furnishes an out
break for no apparent reason occasion
ally. Generally no lives are lost, foI
the Syrian is VIGOROUSLY a bad shot
but there is always a heap of lndis
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
channn In Bill Of Fare

"The bill Of fare for Sunday dinner
will be shredded chicken. instead OF
baked chicken" announced the old
farmer to the group of city boarders.
"H'm!" grunted one pessimist.
what caused the changer"
What caused the change? Why.
by heck. one OF them thar racing au
tomoblles just ran through my whole
flock OF poultry
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14

menians-men who can speak the
tongues of these conspirators and who
will join their societies. share their
intrigues, help them plot their black.
mailings and murderings and then at
the proper time betray them to the
notice.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14

New York's crime records. Old World
feuds and vendettas have been trans
planted here, and, seemingly, the soil
of the new country has proved amaz-
ingly fertile to their growth. Every
few days or weeks brings an assassin
alton or an outbreak which can be
traced in a way to Old World infu-
ences. Very often the police are able
TO show that the thing was plotted in
some out-of-the-way elbow of Europe
or Asia, although what the motives
n what the immediate influences
which prompted the crime are things
that the keenest of the detectives and
the cleverest OF the newspaper men
can never exactly find out.
Feuds Hard TO Understand.
Before them rises the barriers of
foreign s-ecretiveness, fear and
s%trangeness of language-barriers
which efectually preclude the punish
ment for the shooting or stabbing or
dynamlting, as the case may be, al.
though sometimes the tool who pulled
the trigger or sank the blade is made
10 suffer. The ponance which New
York pays for being an asylum and a
refuge for all, people Of the world Is
written in red letters. For with the
new blood and the good blood we get
in nearly every immigrant ship that
touches these shores some of the
seeds Of a legacy of hate which dates
back perhaps a hundred years to an
ancient political or religious quarrel
that we cannot fathom or understand.
In the old days a crime which had
about It the signs OF generalization
had also, generally speaking, the ear
marks of some gang leader and bis
merry men. There were policemen
who could tell at a glance whether the
credit for a sordid slum tragedy prop
erly belonged, say, to the followers Of
Humpy Jackson, that talented CUR
fighter who toted his hardware in his
hat. or whether it should be added tC
the tally Of the clan of the ambideX
trous and ambitious Nine-Eyed Donni
gan. But since Eat.Em-Up Jack Nc
Manus started down the Bowery on,
night over two years ago and cam
back in an ambulance with his skull
caved In by a gas pipe there has no
been n gang murder which showed evi
dence of having been worked out be
forehand.
Ended Chinatown Trouble.
These times that's all changed AM
done away with. IL is the intricatl
feuds OF the foreign-born that ar,
cooked up on embers with which thi
country has no part or parcel whicl
beget the bulk of the unexplained an
unpublished crimes of the tenemen
districts and the quarters where tn
aliens of the community make thel
homes. For three years a desperat
quarrel ragged In Chinatown. 1t cost tn
lives Of between Is and 20 Chinamer
Three we're killed i'm one night at tn
Chinese theater in Doyer street. Sue
denly it ended short OF and ther
were no more killings.
The police took the credit for NAL
ing Chinatown nee more safe for tn
tourist of the rubberneck hack and tn
curio buyer. AS a matter OF fact the
had nothing to do with II. Moved b
the prayers OF the Chinese merchant
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
Had a Fellow FEELING.

you were very lenient with that
conductor" said the first passenger.
oh" replied the other, were all
liable to make mistakes"
"Ahl perhaps you were a conductor
yourself Rnre.
no, Sir; I'm a weather fo~recaster.'
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14

by red and green signal lights. Many
have thought the scene an illusion
produced by an arrangement of mir
rors; this should enlighten them.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14

er east side. one in Chrystie street,
one In Forsyth street, n in First
street, a few doors off the Bowery. In
each instance the victim was shot
through n window and likewise
through the head. All three jobs bore
the workmanship of the same practic-
ed hand, or set Of hands. Said the po-
lice. "Black Hand" which is a blanket
expression, covering for them a multi
tude OF sins.
The daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 190?-1908, 1907-09-14
BREATHING UNDER WATER.
Mystery Of the Mermaid Scene in
"Neptune's Daughter" Explained.

New York.-The management Of
the New York Hippodrome used a re-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27

j. E. Briggs was down from Burr
Oak yesterday, on business trip.
Ed. Rudolph and son Charles are
here from Sioux City, to spend few
days.
Read A. Neish & Sons great dress
goods sale ad on last page Of this
ISSUE
Miss Rhoe Hislop came over from
Waukon last week, for few days
visit.
Fix up for cold weather. Get
some storm windows at Bakers lum-
Der yard. Aft
Mrs. A. G. Darcy of Cresco has
been visiting friends in the city the
past few days.
Fancy table dairy butter at B.
Barnett & Sons. Selling at "a and
25cts. per pound.
Peter Hong went to La Crosse
Monday, where he will take treat.
ment at the hospital.
Miss Clara Baker arrived home
last Wednesday from visit with rel.
atives in Minneapolis.
We have the best cloak and fur
department in the city call in and let
us show you. A. Neish & Sons.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Luros and Mrs.
J. Jackwitz went to Minneapolis
yesterday, for few DAYS visit.
Ed. Holverson has opened bar
Der shop in the basement of the build
ing occupied by A. Neish & Sons.
We have the reputation of andl-
ing the best syrups, try them and con-
vince yourself. B. Barnett q Sons.
We have also just received lot
of fresh candies, and all kinds of
mixed nuts. B. Barnett & Sons
Stop at Bakers lumber yard and
get some of those secondhand win
dows and doo:s before they are all
gone. Att
Our Dry Goods department is do
ing more business than ever before
Goods AMI prices always right at Mott
q Co. 45tf
AT no time do we sac rifice quality
to name low price. Muller Bros ),
jewelers. and Opticians, Citizens
Bank Bldg. 41tf
The Lucey- Deborra company will
appear on the Burr Oak lecture course
at the /. o. o. f. hall on Thanks
giving evening. With Lucey as a
noted impersonator and Deborra a
famous harpist, they are assured a
good entertainment.
Mr. and Mrs @. l.. Ward of Madi-
son, Wis, and Mr.. Lanes father of
Barry, ILL.,, arrived Yesterday morn
ing. to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Ethel Reed Lane. Fred Reed also
came home for the funeral also Mrs.
Lanes grandmother.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
BULLETIN OF COMING EVENTS.

Nov. 2S-Thanksgiving.
Nov. 29--Lecture, l.. @. auditorium,
Prof. G. T. Flom, State University.
Nov. 29-Auction sale, Mrs. J. o.
Everson, s miles south of Burr Oak.
Dec. 1--Elks Memorial service, Grand
opera house.
Dec. 5-Auction sale, Geo. M. Sells
void, Glenwood township.
Dec. 9-"What Happened to Jones
at the Grand
Dec. 10-Dubuque District Dental
Society meeting, DEBORAH.
Dee. 11-12-Winnesheik County Sun
day School convention, DEBORAH.
Dec. christmas.
Lecture Course, 1907-0S:
Dec 4-Frank r. Robertson.
Feb. 14-John Temple Graves.
March 10 - Clarke.
- Luther College Band.
School Meetings.:
Nov. 23-Ossian
Nov. 30-Decorah
Dec. 14-Locust
Dec. 20--Plymouth Rock
Jan. 11-Calmar
Jan. 1S-Ridgeway
Feb. 20-Decorah County meeting
June l4-County teachers institute
opens.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Mrs. E. W. Hoyt went to winona

Mrs. E. w. Hoyt went to Winons
yesterday.
Get to know MS. Left Button
sells everything. If
Bakers lumber yard for storm
windows of all kinds. Aft
Kerosene oil at twelve cents per
gallon at B. Barnett q Sons.
C. Christen arrived home Sunday
night from business trip to Duluth,
MINI.
Miss Mary Liquin went to Omaha
yesterday to enter the M. E. hospital
as nurse.
Home Brand goods will make your
Thanksgiving dinner taste excellent
Adolph Gievre
Why not buy tea of B. Barnett &
Sons, when you can get good tea at
a reasonable price?
w. S. Bucknell expects to depart
for the Panama tomorrow, to resume
the digging of the canal.
Mrs. w. J. Norton is entertain
ing her nleces, Misses Wilma and
Hazel Eddy of Cresco this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bagsby of Edgewood
arrived yesterday for visit with
their daughter, Mrs. j. w. Stops.
r. f. B. Portman went to Cedar
Rapids on Friday, TO Inspect the
Knight Templar commandery of that
city.
The Wooltex Marchioness loose
coat, 90 inches long for we'll dressed
women, sold only at A. Neish &
Sons.
Misses Matilda and Rose Branden-
burg, of Webster City, are visiting at
the home of their sister, Mrs. Fred
Walter.
The Unity ladies held a Thanks
giving sale in the ST. Cloud basement
yesterday. which was literally
patronized
Mrs. VIM. Beard and Miss Emma
arrived home last Wednesday from a
two weeks visit with Mrs. Angie
Wilson at Mt. Vernon.
Misses Ruby Ward and Ruth
Siihring arrived home from the state
normal school at Cedar Falls last
evening, to spend Thanksgiving.
We were misinformed last week
with reference to the purchase of the
Sisters residence by John Plank. 1t
was John Nelson who made the pur-
chase, hence this correction.
"A. J. Cratsenberg departed on
Monday for the west, to spend the
winter. He will visit Salt Lake City
and various other western cities, and
spend some time in southern Califor-
MIA before returning.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Notice of Appointment.

tor of the Estate of LOnisa Knorr. Deceased.
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed administrator OF
the estate of
LOUISE KNORR
late of DEBORAH Township, in the County
OF Winneshiek, State OF Iowa, de-
ceased, intestate, and has taken upon
himself that trust by giving bonds as
the law directs. All persons having demands
upon the estate of the said deceased are re-
quired to exhibit the same; and persons
indebted to the said estate are called upon
TO make payment to
WILLIAM F. KNORR
Administrator
Dated at DEBORAH. Iowa. Nov. Is. 1907.
47-i FRANK SAYRE, Atty.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
Notice..

It's a good time to have your
cisterns cleaned before the fall rains
set in. Repairing at half price. All
work guaranteed. r. W. futile, sos
W. Main ST.. or telephone Groff's
hardware store. 47-2
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27

Just received a lot of fresh prunes,
raisins and all kinds of dried fruits
B. Barnett & Sons.
Get to know us. Left Button
sells everything. If
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-11-27
LOCAL ITEMS.

Twelve pages today.
Thanksgiving tomorrow.
Let everyone give thanks.
Robertson lecture next Wednesday,
Only four weeks until Christmas.
This office will be closed all day
tomorrow.
Miss Susie Anderson went to
Oresco Saturday.
Miss Mary Foley of Elma visited
in the city last week.
Now is the best time to commence
your Christmas shopping.
Fl. .. Schenck OF West Union was
DEBORAH visitor Saturday.
Mrs. H. Norby left Saturday for
ST. Olaf, to visit her daughter.
Highest quality goods at the low
est prices. B. Barnett & Sons.
Misses Cora Dickinson and Nellie
Barker went to Cresco Saturday.
A. j. Owens of Lawler transacted
business in the city last Wednesday.
john Bernatz went to Kansas
City on Monday. on business trip.
Wednesday is the last day of our
special linen sale. A. Neish q Sons.
-Supt E. j. Hook went to Ossian
Saturday to attend a teachers meet
ing.
Mr.. J. o. Johnston of st. Paul,
was a visitor with relatives here last
week
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Johnson went
to Minneapolis Saturday to visit a
sister.
Misses Malloy and Schupanitz of
Ossian were in the city shopping last
Friday.
Home Brand goods will make your
Thanksgiving dinner taste excellent.
Adolph Gevre.
Mrs. M. p Moran and daughter
Miss Myra went to Cresco. Saturday.
to visit friends.
Miss Mabel Bernatz was the guest
of he sister, Mrs. FL. j. Giesen, at
Calmar last week.
Mrs. A. J. Dyrland went to Nor
way, Iowa, on Thursday. for a visit
with her daughter.
Misses Ida Thompson and Dena
Ruen arrived home on Monday from
Elkader, where they had been on
business
&C. l. Holcomb arrived home on
Friday from Fox Lake, MINI. where
he has been visiting his daughter for
some time.
Miss Julia Thompson, who has
been visiting her sister Mrs. VIM.
Seoder, returned to her home at
Ridgeway, Saturday.
Mrs. Andrew Hanson went last
week to Estherville, Iowa, where she
will spend several weeks visiting
with her son Oscar and family.
Rev. M. Borge went to La Crosse
Monday to accompany his daughter.
Miss Aagot. home She has been TAX
ing treatment in the hospital there for
several weeks.
Ed. Brakeman arrived home Fri
day from Independence. where he at
tended the annual meeting of the
Northeastern Iowa horticultural
Society. He was honored by being
reelected Treasurer.
-Thos Weldon, the popular hack
driver had the misfortune on Satur-
day night to lose one of his horses by
collie. He had a well-matched team
and the loss is very unfortunate for
him.
Conductor Jalmar Larson was
down from Great Falls, Mont, last
week, for visit with his wife and
son. who are spending the winter
here. He departed Yesterday for Win
nipeg, Canada, and will run train
this winter for the Canadian North
ern railway, making the change on
account OF health.