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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06
THE WORK or CONGRESS.

With record Of gigantic under
takings to it's credit, congress closed
the work of the present session at
noon Monday. Here are some of the
mileposts Of this. the short session OF
the ffty-ninth congress:
Convened Dec. 8.
Nine million words uttered on floor.
embalmed in 5000 pages Of Congress.
sional Record.
Billion dollars appropriated for the
coming fiscal year.
Two big battleships authorized.
Campaign contributions from cor
porations prohibited.
Exclusion of Japanese coolies pro-
vided for.
Government given right Of appeal
in criminal cases.
investigation Of child and woman
labor ordered.
Salaries of cabinet members, vice.
president, speaker. senator's, and re-.
presentatives raised.
Million dollars loaued to Jamestown
exposition.
Appropriation made for Alaska
uAOu OAlOSIUlOus
River and harbor bill, carrying
$8S. 600. 600. passed.
General service pensions provided
for.
Hours of labor bill for railroad en-
ployes fixed.
REORGANIZATION of artillery corps
arranged.
Salaries of postoffice clerks and car
riers increased.
Pay to railroads for carrying mail
reduced by 81. .OO0. 900.
Free seed distribution continued.
Ambassadors ministers and con-
suls' salaries increased.
General immigration restricted.
Senator SmoOt allowed to retain his
seat.
Santo Domingo treaty ratified.
Ship subsidy bill passed by tht.
house. after being shorn of all its most
important features. The house re-
fused to subsidize steamer lines from
the Pacific coast to the orient and
from the gulf ports to the isthmus of
Panama.
Some Of the presidents recommen-
dations that were pigeonholed follow
Anti-injunctiOn bill.
Incorporation publicity.
Additional liability for employers.
Inheritance and income tax
Conservation of coal and oil lands.
Philippine tariff reduction.
Naturalization of Japanese.
citizenship of Porto Ricans.
Reorganization Of governmental sys-
tenn in Alaska.
Statute to enforce treaty rights.
Revision of laws for protection of
seals. Tst ...,.S
Reform spelling. also advocated by
the president. was knocked out.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06
Does Advertising Pay?

A strong illustration of the value
of advertising and what it does for a
business when judiciously followed,
was given at Butte. Mont. last
week when the four big daily papers
suspended publication on account of
the pressmen's strike. A dispatch
states that the sales of the big stores.
who are regular advertisers, fell off
over 60 per cent. This shows that GO
per cent of the merchants sales are
created by advertising. What is true
OF the big stores of Butte is true of
any store no matter how small the
place. in the same proportion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

Subscription Price $3.50 . Year

,Advestisln6 natess-Dsplay. IS cents per inch
each insertion. nat rate. Contracts for
1000 inches lei cents per inch. Locals 10
cents per line.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

-R. Barnett b Sons handle pure,
high grade maple syrup
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

The continued rise in prices effects
the newspaper man only on one side
OF the ledger. Within the past ten
years machinery. paper. type and
labor have increased about fifty per
cent. and still he sells his paper at
the same price as before. The time
is coming when there must be a
change somewhere. and it does not
appear at this time to be upon the
side of the cost of production.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

For the information of the many
people who use the common express
sion ''skidoO" and are not aware of
its origin and what % has to do with
it, we would say that according to
good authority, ''skidoo'' Is from
the race track which has only 20
starters. An extra starter has to
start from behind and is practically y
OUT of the race, so it is a case of %
for him the jockeys would say
Further, horse by the name of
"SkidOO" got this unenviable posi-
ti0n more than once. Then came
the combination of skidoo and 23.
A Burr Oak woman said to her hus-
band, "Pye just been reading an
article on electricity. Henry. and il
appears before long we shall be able
to get pretty well everything we want
by just touching u button. "You'll
never be able to get anything that
way" replied her husband. why
not Henry?" Because nothing on
earth would ever make you touch a
button look ut my shirt"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

The Littauer ship subsidy bill
passed the national House of Repre-
sentatives Friday evening by vote
Of l55 to l44. after taking six roll
calls. each of which brought out q
very close vote. After being pre-
viously defeated the measure was
stripped of its trans Pacific oriental
features and the subsidy for steam
ship line from gulf port to Panama.
The bill as passed provides for ten-
year mail contracts for lines of ships
hereafter built and registered in the
United States as follows: Atlantic
coast port or ports to Brazil, not ex-
ceeding $500. 600 per year for monthly
service or e600.O0 for fortnightly
service; Atlantic coast ports to Ar
gentina, same rates; Pacific coast
ports to Panama. Peru and Chile,
same rates; Gulf ports to Brazil.
Same rates. The bill provides for
annual maximum subsidies aggregat-
ing q. 600. ono and minimum subsidies
Of 81, 800. 900. depending upon the ex-
tent OF the schedules. Congressman
Haugen Of this district voted for the
bill.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

s The Iowa two.cent fare bill re-
ceived a severe jolt when the railroads
filed an appeal to the Iowa supreme
court against the bill ON the ground
that the state has no constitutional
right to pass tho measure because II
Is conhscatory. This means that there
will be NO two-cent fares In Iowa for
two years at least. The announcement
that the railroads intend to fight the
t&Oroent fare bill comes a. q thunder.
oI&plas 1t was generally believed they
would take their medicine. Now it IL
und srstood the railroads have decided
20 fight the law to the last ditch and
the filing Of an appeal to the supreme
nDurt will delay action ON the measure
for couple Of years At least with the
ultimate outcome In doubt
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

AT this time OF the year people are
naturally discussing in their minds
the question. where shall we buy our
goods? AS to our answer to this i'm
portant problem we refer them to the
advertising columns in this ISSUE
In our columns will be found procla-
nations from all the principal bust
meas houses in the city. Never trade
with man who does not advertise.
II You want nice. fresh, clean goods
at reasonable prices. find man who
does not advertise. and you will find
q man who is as rusty and old
fashioned as the goods which he is
trying to sell.
A state dairy train, similar to the
seed corn trains run over the state
some time ago, in charge of profes-
sors Of the state agricultural college.
started from Des Moines Thursday.
running over the Great Western ia
Dubuque by way of Waterloo and
Oelwein, thence to Council Bluffs by
way of Wavsrly. Hampton and Fort
Dodge. StOns were made at nearly
all stations. where valuable lectures
on the dairy industry we're given by
the professors.
It is related that girl working in
neighboring town ~ servant told
the housewife: "I'm going away.
mOm.'' Said the woman Indignantly.
"Suppose some one writes me for a
Recommendation, what shall tell
themy'' Said the girl: Tell them.
NOM, atood IL with you for week.
That recommend 10 good enough for
me. I"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

Ben Tillman appears to be using
his job as United States Senator
only as a stepping stone to higher
things He commenced yesterday q
tour in which he is already engaged
to deliver . lecture every week day
except three up. to November 20th,
for each Of which he will receive
$500, and his gross earnings for that
period will be 44S. 900. A Rift Of Rab
that will make man q fortune dur
ing single vacation from regular
duties ia worth cultivating.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

The foolish dictionary describes q
blush as a temporary erythema and
calorific effulRence of the physiogno-
my, archaeological by the preceptive-
ness Of the sensoriulh, in q predica-
ment Of inequilibrity, from . sense
of shame. anger Or other cause,
eventuating in paresis of the
vasemotorial muscular filaments Of
the capillaries, whereby. being di-
vested of their elasticity they become
sufYused with radiance emanating
from an intimidated praecOrdia.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

OMcs..o17 West water street.
Beth Telsphenes. Number. Is.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1907-03-06

It is no longer Secretary OF the
Treasury Leslie M. Shaw. Yester.
day he became president Of the
Carnegie Trust Company Of New
York. q new concern with an au-
thorised capital Of 5000. 600. He
will receive AN annual salary Of
$50, 900. the fourth best paid to New
York fimancier. He says he will still
keep his home in Iowa, and has
limited that he will remain Tin the
hands Of his friends" ~ to the fu-
ture politically.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
MOON CAUSES CRIME.
outrages Laid at Her Door by Sir
Conan Doyle.

outrages Laid at Her Door by Sir
Conan Doyle.
Sir Conan Doyle having successive
ly cleared two innocent men charged
with the preparation of the horrible
cattle manning outrages at Great
Wyrley, in Hertfordshire, seems at
length to have brought home the
crime to one of those numerous Great.
ures with unbalanced minds who
should be kept under severe restraint,
but who are allowed to remain at
liberty, owing to the fact that their
dementia seizes them merely at stat
ed epochs, and is restricted to GER
tain class of acts, leaving them in an
absolutely normal frame of mind at
all other times and in all other par
ticulars. Sir Conan, by means OF
Sherlock Holmes" lines of investiga-
ton, first ascertained the significant
fact that the crimes In question, so
falsely ascribed to the unfortunate
Edalji, were invariably committed
when the moon was full. This con.
WINGED him that he had to deal with
lunatic, for, as an Elizabethan dram
atist puts it, when the moons in
the full then wits in the wane," and
there is no doubt that the old sup
erstition to the effect that the moon
causes and aggravates insanity has
some foundation for its existence. In.
deed, the very word ''lunatic" testi-
fies to it, since the word, etxmolOgt'
cally considered, means moonstruck.
Sir Conan Doyle's discovery will now
render this conviction as to the pow.
ers of the full moon more pronounced
than ever.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
GIRL FOUGHT AssAILANT.
Took Pistol And Knife From Man
Who Attacked Her.

Hagerstown Especially Roy Nc
'Pherson, charged with attempting to
assault Mary Harriet Rice, the young
daughter of Daniel Rice, on the
street shortly before midnight, was
held for court by Justice Hoffman
in $1,000 bail. Mcpherson con-
Quoted his own case. He tried to
prove an alibi, but failed.
Miss Rice positively identified Me-
Pherson as her assailant. She testi-
fed that as she was walking home
after calling on a friend Mcpherson
accosted her and then tripped her up.
She fell to the ground, and he drew a
pistol, which she grabbed from him
and put into her pocket.
Then he drew a knife, she said,
and threatened to kill her. She told
him she was no coward and did not
care if he did kill her. She wrested
the knife from his hand and threw
it across the street Her screams
for help brought pedestrian to the
scene, and as he approached Nc
Pherson fed.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
State Of Maryland
SET ATTIRE IN DEBAUCH.
Drunken Man Saturated With Coal
Oil And Burned.

Cumberland Especially. States
Attorney Muslin A. Wilson is inves-
tigating the charge made in the ante
norton statement of Wilbur Hite,
who died recently at Cresaptown,
that while intoxicated his clothes
were saturated with coal oil by
companion. who then set him afire.
Hite fingered eleven days in agony af-
ter he was discovered in an abandon
ed hut and removed to his home. In
his statement he accused George
Hershberger,, aged seventy, a for
mer saloon keeper, with the crime.
On the night of October II Hite
and Hershberger, with Joseph Grant
and John Shelly, all residents of
Cresaptown, went to deserted cabin
on the Winchester road, quarter
of mile below Cresaptown, where
John Shelly is alleged to have had
secreted several gallons Of whisky.
All that night, it is alleged, the
men caroused and are said to have
become very drunk. Early Saturday
morning the cries of one of the men
who had become partly sober attract
ed people passing, and upon entering
the log cabin Wilbur Hite was found
a mass of burns from the waist down.
He was suffering great agony. A
physician, who was summoned, found
him unconscious. Every vestige of
clothing had been burned off and the
flesh scared to the bone.
Members of Hite's family say that
so far as they know there was no
i'll feeling between Hite and his COM
panions, and they cannot assign any
reason for the deed, unless it was
the act of man frenzied with liquor
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
WELL FITTING HARNESS.

One of the most successful stage
drivers of the old-time told me, years
ago, that horse would last a third
longer and do better service if its
harness fitted in every part-and /
think he was right. Take a look the
next time you drive out and see if
the horse is the right distance from
the carriage to insure the minimum of
force in moving same and yet not hit,
If the collar fits, the breastplate or
holdback is not too high or low or
the saddle too far forward A bust
ness man, or better still a woman, will
at a glance detect anything wrong.
Coachmen and stable boys are reason
ably careful, but it is the eye of the
master which is wanted to correct or
confirm and the faithful servant will
welcome such oversight. A few days
ago saw small horse wearing a
heavy harness, hitched to a coupe
while close at hand was large horse
decked out with almost a pony har-
ness, drawing dog cart. The whole
thing savored of the ludicrous. Could
the two have been changed, there
would have been harmony of parts
DR.. G. M. Twitchill in Suburban
Life"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
Co-RECEIvER ASKED FOR.
Embarrassment OF Car Work May
Be OF Short Duration.

Baltimore Especially A bill ask
ing for the appointment of a CORE
ceiver for the South Baltimore Steel
Car and Foundry Company was filed
in the United States Circuit Court
by the Canton Iron and Steel Com
pany, of Delaware, on behalf of itself
and other creditors. The bill re-
cites that the plaintiff is creditor
of the car works to the extent of
l$44,906. The South Baltimore Steel
Car and Foundry Company went into
the hands of receivers Wednesday
Joseph R. Foard, one of the re-
ceivers, said that the plant would
be kept running, and that he hoped
the embarrassment of the company
would not be of long duration.
The Indebtedness of the company
totals 1855, 877S0, according to the
answer which is filed asserting to
the appointment of receivers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
THE AGE OF SHEEP.

No one likes to be deceived OF
hoodwinked into buying something he
feels sure is being misrepresented to
him. While this is true in all cases
it is particularly so in live stock de.
tails. Every experienced sheep
man is able to tell the ages Of his
sheep by their teeth and those who
intend to go into the business should
know for their own protection.
Until sheep are four years old Their
ages may be accurately determined
by the size of their front teeth.
Lambs have small straight teeth OF
almost equal size, with spaces be
tween them. At from fifteen to eigh'
teen months of age the first pair OF
incisors appear in the center. At
from twenty-one to twenty-fouI
months of age, the next pair of per
manent teeth appear, one on each
side of the yearling teeth. The third
pair come at from thirty to thirty
three months and at from thirty
eight to forty-two months they have a
full mouth or eight permanent
front teeth
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
The Haunted World.
ISL NuS tb0diteS0 sES'
Yonder fall Of the leaf, yonder splash

Yonder fall Of the leaf, yonder splash.
ing Of water,
Have all one meaning to me;
Under the mute, wet rocks, over the
breathing tEeetops,
A voice speaks breathlessly,
Ushered into the woods mid the still,
slim trunks of the pine,
Waving the redeemed boughs, and
tearing the tangled vine
The wild worlds misery.
Far have l sped from men, far from
the steel-stone city,
To meet with God in the woods,
To see the beauty of earth as it spins
with the flaming planets,
And steep myself in its moods;
But, oh, not far enough to escape the
anguish of man!
On every leaf it is stamped, on every
blade is its ban;
Into the wind it swung, into the
stream it ran,
And, lol in the sky it broods!
james Oppenheim in the Century
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
SUICIDE IN JAIL.
Detected Thief Hangs Himself With
Rope Made OF Blanket.

Hagerstown (SpeeiaD. Henry
Waters, aged about forty-five, COM
mitted suicide in the jail at Waynes-
boro. He was detected stealing brass
from the Geiser Works and placed
in jail. In the morning he was
found dead. He had hanged himself
with rope made out of blanket.
For weeks large quantities of pig
brass had been stolen from the Gels
er Works. Several thousand pounds
was traced to Hagerstown, having
been sold to junk dealers. Watch
men were stationed in the Geiser
plant to trap the thief Presently
Waters drove up with wagon. At
ter unscrewing the hinges from
door he entered the building, carried
out 900 pounds of brass, and placed
1t on the wagon. AS he was about
to drive away he was placed under
arrest.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
DRUMS VS.. RATS.

The beating of drums has been
found eficacious by Newton W. Rush
in clearing out a ratinfested farm
near Washington, Pa. Rats were SO
numerous they ate the fodder and
nipped his cattle. He engaged four
friends to help him, and they beat
five snare drums about the house and
farm buildings, causing the rats to
scatter. Rush says he has not seen
rat about the place since.-Country
Gentleman.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
Hole Burned Through Body.

Charlotte, N. C. Especially VIII
liam Templeton, an employee of the
Southern Power Company, of this
city, was instantly killed near Besse-
mer City, N. c., by current of cleo
tricity, which burned a hole four in
ches in diameter through his body.
When discovered his hands were still
clasping the wire. Templetan was
fixing the company's telephone wire
when he touched large transmission
wire.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
LEG WEAKNESS.
Now that the young ROSTERS arr

running at large they will grow rapid
ly if properly fed, but should the
weather become damp they may sud
denly show weakness in the legs. II
they eat, and seem we'll otherwise,
they will soon become strong again,
as the weakness is caused by the birds
growing in height rather than in
breadth, the legs seeming to grow
longer. Such birds show these symp'
toms OF weakness more on a sudden
change Of the weather than at any
other time, as if subject to rheama-
tism. Keep them in dry place. reed
plenty of bone meal, and they will not
only easily get over it, but eventually
VIII BE the largest ones in the flock.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
Found Dying Beside Track.

Cumberland Especially - An I'M
identified man was founde beside the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad track
near Meyersdale with a fractured
skull. Letters bore the name of
John Hoehena, but gave no other
clew to establish his identity He
died at the hospital without regain
ing consciousness. Murder is sus-
peeted, and the police are investi-
ating.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
GMlMCW
STRIPPINGA

Don't let your COWS stand in a mud
pond and then expect your milk to
keep sweet. Milk drawn from COWS
that are smeared with mud half way
up their sides is not only filthy. but
absolutely dangerous to the consum.
er.
If separator agent or any one
else tells you that you need wash a
separator only once a day, kick him
off the farm. A cream separator is
good thing. Get one by all means
but keep it clean.
The skim milk from the separator
is an excellent feed for pigs and poul.
try. 1t is an important source of
profit that the dairyman should not
lose, sight of.
The most sanitary and most salts
factory way to deliver milk is in bot
ties; but these bottles should be
thoroughly washed and sterilized be
fore being reflled.
Remember that after cleanliness in
milking comes prompt cooling of the
milk. Milk must be cooled as quick.
ly as possible to a low temperature
if you wish it to keep sweet any
length Of time.
Look we'll after the health of your
cows. Damp, dark stables lead to
disease, and especially to the spread
of tuberculosis in the herd. The milk
from unhealthy COWS is not safe to
use. This is especially true in cases
of diseased NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Hen.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08

The salamander looks like q lizard.
but its character is that of the frog.
The old story that the salamandeR
can endure fire is unfounded.
1t is stated that a chameleon which
is blind loses its power of making it.
self of the same hue as its surround
ings.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08

An important secret Of the treat
ment of this trouble is to make a
free opening from the bottom of the
foot. Next once day, with small
syringe, inject into the opening made
in the sole quantity of this mix
ture: Two ounces of the sulphate OF
zinc, eight ounces of rain water. A
mild poultice, applied to the sole dai'
ly, will be beneficial. but the entire
foot should never be poulticed, as a
strong poultice around the whole foot
in this disease is apt to poultice of
the whole hoof.-Wisconsin Agricul
turist.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08
oUITTOR.

This serious disease is known by
a painful swelling which forms just
above the hoof, which soon breaks
and discharges pus of the same ma
ture the fistula and poll evil dis
charges. The horse is feverish and
excitable, and off his feed; holds his
foot from the ground. This is often
a very persistent malady and may be
caused by a nail wound. bruise on
the sole, or matterating corn or
sand crack.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1907-11-08


the water or not. At any rate, do
not suppose that they wanted to add
murder to their crime. think that
they had simply tried to brighten me
away.
when had made my way through
rank growth of marsh-grass to a
point several yards from the water.
and out of revolver-range. paused
to examine the injury to my arm.
Blood was flowing freely from the
wound. but l found that 1t was not
very deep. knotted my handker-
chief about my arm, and then dashed
on, determined to reach the draw IN
time to hold up the schooner.
1.-The dangerous part of the marsh
on this side of the river extended for
some little distance farther. But
ran on carefully, skirted three sticky
slough-holes. and without accident
reached higher ground. The tug was
two hundred yards in advance of me
now, hurrying on with quickened
throb of the engine. l exerted my
self to the uttermost, but could not
gain, running as l did through a mea
dow of rank grass and rushes. The
tangled growth tripped my feet, and
every little way would stumble and
fall headlong.
my strength was rapidly being ex
hausted; soon began to feel that