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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16
Notice in Probate.
To Whom 1t May Concern:

To Whom 1t May Concern:
You and each of you are hereby notified to
appear at the Court House in Winneshiek
County, Iowa, on the LIST day of February A..
ID. 1909, at 2 O'Clock, p. NJ, to attend the pro-
bate of an instrument purportiug To be the
last will and testament of Margar ret Haas late
Of Decorah Township, in Winneshiek County,
Iowa, deceased, at which time and place you
will appear and show cause. If any, why said
will should not be be admitted To probate
In testimony whereof have hereunto sub
scribed my name and affixed the seal of said
Office, this Goth day of November 1905
s. z. BRICKNER,
Clerk of District Court
r. b. Portman, Attorney. 1913
SEAL
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16
Hardshjps Of the Very Poor.

Little Marion. having few real plny.
mates, has supplied herself with ser.
eral imaginary ones, with whom shs
has many surprising experiences. Her
mother recently overheard her playing
with her large family of dolls and en-
tertaining a visionary caller.
"Yes. Mrs. Sniff" she said. heaving
a deep sigh. I'VE are poor, terribly
poor. We are so poor that have to
spank my babies to keep them warm"
--Woman's Home Companion.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16
Notice in Probate.
STATE oFIOwA

STATE OF IOWA
COUNTY OF wtNNESHIEK
THE DISTRICT COURT THEREOF.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
GEORGE PHELPS, DECEASED.
TO ELIZABETH PHELPS.
\ SARAH HODGES NASH,
MARIA HOLLANp,
You, and each oryou, are hereby notified
that the hearing on the petition of the Ex-
ecutors of the Estate of GEORGE 4PH ELPS,
DECEASED. ASKING for a construction of the
Will of said George Phelps. Deceased, with
respect To the Legacies therein expressed TO be
pr able to each OF you, has been set for Two
O'Clock In the afternoon of he second day of
the next term Of laid court, which said term
is to be begun and held 1T Dec"rah In said
Co.'s ty and State. on the first day If Febru-
airy. A. ID. 1903, AL which time and place you
may APP ear, II you see fit.
S. E. BRICKNER,
494 Clerk of Said Court
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16
Quiet.

Patlence-Did you have quiet time
up In the country?
Patrice-Oh, yes. You see, auntie's
parrot had iuet died and the phono-
graph was out of order!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16
Public Opinion
Property Exchange

Public Opinion
Property Exchange.
yOu have which SELL list
doeSg
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16
Costs Sometimes.

There's no use talking about it-a
chronic disease is an expensive thing
% have"
''That depends. Mine never cost me
anything"
"What's your troubleY'
Kleptomania."-Clev Leader.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1908-12-16

"What part of the chicken will you
have, Mr.. Hallroom"
--.Sa2a-of the meat, If you please. -
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
BAD ITCHING HuMoR.
Feet Swollen-sIeep Broken
Cured in 2 Days by Cuticura.

Some two months ago l had a hu.
NOR break out on my limbs below my
knees. They came to look like raw
beefsteak, all red, and no one knows
how they itched and burned. They
were so swollen that could not get
my shoes on for a week or more. |
used five or six different remedies and
got no help, only when applying them
the burning was worse and the itching
less. For two or three weeks the suf.
fering was intense and during that
time 1 did not sleep an hour at a time
Then one morning tried a bit OF
Cuticura. From the moment it touched
me the itching was gone and l have
not telt a bit of it since. The swelling
went down and in two days | had my
shoes on and was about as usual
George B. Farley, so South State ST.,
Concord, N. H., May IA. 1907"
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
KNEW WHAT THE JOB MEANT.
Angry Citizen Put Ordeal Up to Street
Car Company.

Not long ago there entered the ONCE
Of the superintendent Of trolley line
in Detroit an angry citizen, demand
ing Justice" in no uncertain terms.
n response to the officials gentle
inquiry touching the cause Of the de-
mand, the angry citizen explained
that on the day previous as his wife
was boarding one OF the company's
cars, the conductor thereof had
stepped on his spouse's dress, tearing
from it more than a yard OF material.
81 can't see that we are to blame
for that" protested the superintendent.
What do you expect US to do, get her
q new dress"
mo, sir, l do not" rejoined the
angry citizen, brandishing a piece OF
cloth. What l propose Is that you
people shall match this MATERIAL
Harper's Weekly.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
HELPFUL
ADVICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
fidence. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help yourcase. Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond a doubt the power of
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

There is Catarrh in this section OF the country
than other diseases put together and until the
few years supposed To be incurabe. For great
many years doctors pronounced II local disease and
prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing
TO with local treatment, pronounced IL ncurable
Science has proven Catarrh % be dis
and therefore requires
Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. J. Cheney
Co., Toledo, Ohio, s the only Constitutional cure on
the market 1t s taken Internally In doses from 10
drops 10 teaspoonfu IL directly on the blood
and mucous surfsces of the system. They oner one
hundred dollars for any case Il fails TO cure Send
for circulars and testimonials.
Address. r. J. CHENEY CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Take Hairs Family pills for constipation.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
Wore Out eobby's Patience.

Bobby was on a visit to his uncle,
q good old orthodox deacon, in the
country. The two were the best OF
friends, and Bobby always sat at the
deacon's right hand at table:
At dinner that day grace was long,
and Bobby was very hungry. Finally,
in the midst of it his patience gave
out; he pounded on the table with his
little fist. Amen. now, Uncle Hor-
ace! Amen!"
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN,

For thirty years Lydia e. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, made
from roots and herbs, has been the
standard remedy for female ills,
and has positively cured thousands of
women who have been troubled with
displacements, Inflammation, ulcera-
ton, fibroid tumors, Irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, that bear
ing-down feeling, flatulency, indiges-
ton, dizziness, ornervous prostration.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
LYDIA <. PINkHAM'S
VEGETABLE COMPOUND

to conquer all female diseases.
Mrs. Norman r Barndt, of Allen
town, Pa, writes:
Ever since 1 was sixteen years of
age had suffered from an organic de-
rangement and female weakness; in
consequence 1 had dreadful headaches
and was extremely nervous My physi-
clan said must go through an opera
ton to get well. A friend told me
about Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound, and took it and wrote you
for advice, following your directions
carefully, and thanks to you 1 am to-
day a well woman, and am telling
all my friends of my experience"
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
Triumph of Mind.

Victim of Delusion-Doctor, I'm
awfully afraid I'm going to have brain
fever.
Doctor-Pooh, pooh, my dear friend!
That's all an illusion of the senses.
There Is no such thing as fever. You
have no fever, you have no br-h'm-
no material substance upon which
such a wholly imaginary and suppo-
sitious thing as a fever could find
any base of operation.
Victim-Oh, doctor, what a load you
have taken from my-froIn my
have "a mind, haven't l, doctorf
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

l was in misery, and had despaired of
ever getting cured when decided to
try Doan's Kidney Pills. One box helped
me so much that 1 kept on until en-
tirely cured"
Sold by all dealers, so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
Eoeentriclties Of Genius.

Genius is freakish. 1t is claimed
that the brilliant DIR. Johnson used to
touch every post in his pathway"
II know .one of them geniuses."
"And does he touch every post he
comes across?"
mo; he touches every friend he
comes across, or everlastingly tries
to."-Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
Another Consideration.

'If we don't preserve our forests, /"
said the man who gets enormously in
earnest. what is posterity going to
do for great statesmen"
Il don't see what that has to do
with It."
Nearly all the great statesmen I've
read about learned their lessons by the
light u a pine knot t."
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

ago / began to notice
sharp pain in the
kidneys and a bear
ing down sensation
through the hips,
dull headache an d
dizzy spells. Dropsy
appeared, and my
feet d ankl q 8
swelled so I could
not get my shoes on.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
Imnortant 10 Mothera.
Signature ofC


Youth is the best time for the
building of character and the forming
OF principle. and the future depends
on the decisions and actions Of the
present.-Rev. G.. Denton.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
A Loqlcal Conclusion.

"Mr. Pursington says he believes a
man should pay as he goes"
Judging from the way he gets in
debt, he must be accustomed to trav-
cling backward. "-Washington Star.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
u Cures While You Walk.

Aliens Foot-Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous, and swollen, aching
feet. Sold by all Druggists. Price 25c; Don't
accept any substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address Allen S. Olmsted. lie Roy, n. \.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
For c idren teething, softeps the gums, reduces
tamn alton, aays pain, cures wind collie 26c bottle
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

FITS. st. vitus' Dance and Nervous Diseases per-
manently cured by DR. Kline Great Nerve Restorer.
Send for FREE 500 trial bottle and treatise. DR..
X. IL. Kline, Id. g3l Arch Street Philadelphia, Pa.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

Hope for the best, then try your
best to realize your hope.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

Many a wise-looking man is unable
to deliver the goods.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

After pleasure follows pain, ant
after pain follows virtue.-W.
Locke
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
THE PROXY
By STELLA McALLISTER SLACK
Copyright. by Daily Story Pub Coz

Eyes, records. Blankety blank rec
ords-and you make tracks, tool"
Freddy seized his hat and made a
dive for the door.
Get dozen records!" yelled Rus
sell after the departing man; you'll
need every one of EN-"
In ten minutes Lord was back again,
breathless and enthusiastic.
In less than no time a blank record
was in place, and Russell stood, ready
to set 1t in motion.
"All ready, old man." he said;
stand up near and smile at the lady
now begin"
Suddenly all Freddy's eagerness, en-
thusiasm and self-confidence forsook
him. His jaw dropped and he gazed
at his friend helplessly.
Good heavens. Toni" he cried,
blankly, what shall l say?"
Say? Well, I'll be hamstrung!
Have l got to propose for your"
Freddy few mad.
mo, you haven't" he raped out;
land If you'll just leave me to myself
few minutes I'll do my own propos-
ing!"
Left alone, young Lord approached
the photograph with a return or all
his self-confidence. He reached for
the lever and opened his mouth. 1t
stayed open.
"Jehosephat!" he exclaimed, at last.
His cuffs came ripping off, Then he
lighted a cigar and, Topping down in
a chair. gave himself up to media
ton.
An hour later the door OF Russelrs
sitting room opened and Freddy en-
tered, subdued and chastened In
spirit.
Tom was again at his drawing.
board.
How many Of those records did you
spoil?" he demanded.
Lord sank dejectedly into a chair.
'T-ten!" he answered family.
Russell snorted.
That tenth record was a peach, -
continued Freddy, disconsolately. 81
was getting on fine with it, when the
thing went wrong somehow, and-and
i swore at it! Then l gave it up"
Il could have told you at the very
first that you'd have to write 1t out
and read it into the machine" com.
forted Tom.
Freddy seized a pencil and drew
the tablet toward him. He cLewed the
lead a moment and then flung the pen
Gil down.
"Oh, come, now" he said, stubborn.
ly, Il can't write things-never wrote
a letter in my life, not even to my
mother. Always sent kilograms, don't
you know"
It's taken long time to reach the
point, but l knew 1t would come to
this" said Russell desperately. Then
he commenced writing.
He covered several pages with the
bold, angular writing of a draughts
man and tossed them across to Fred
erick
The young man read 1t through
carefully, with knitted brows, then
raised his head
1T sounds wooden!" he complained
Russell stared a moment.
It's that or nothing" he remarked
CURLY.
We'll, you don't need to be nasty
about it, said Freddy, looking hurt.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05
A KENTUCKY CASE.
That viii Interest All Suffering
Women.

Mrs. Della Meanes, 1923 e. Front
ST., Maysville, KY, says: Seven years
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

The following afternoon Frederick
Lord presented himself at the home of
Miss McAlden at five o'clock, the
blood pounding in his ears and his
heart doing stunts inside him.
He had previously sent the precious
record by messenger, with note
stating that he was sending her q new
Shubert record, never heard in pub
lie, and requesting her to crafty a
within of his by going to the music
room alone and listening to the record
quite by herself. He would call at
five o'clock to ask her opinion of it.
The maid ushered him into the IL
brary, where he found slender, dark
eyed girl curled up in big easy chair,
gazing dreamingly into the open fire.
She rose quickly as he came toward
her, and waited, looking very shy and
adorable, until he reached her side.
They looked at each other a mo-
ment
"Did-did you mean 1t, you bolo
MANI" she whispered, coyly, after a
time.
Freddy's head commenced to swell.
Mean it," he repeated proudly.
Am man to do thing of this sort
for IA joker"
Five minutes later Mary Alice lifted
her head from the broad, manly bosom
of the selfsatisfied Mr.. Lord.
How did you ever happen to think
of t?" she said, toying with the flower
in his button-hole. II always knew
you were dreadfully clever" she con-
tinued, gazing upward with fond,
proud eyes; "but / never dreamed you
had such acuteness, such-such origin
atty, Frederick. Oh, think II was
the sweetest proposal girl ever re-
ceivedl"
Freddy threw his chest out.
Yes" he boosted shamelessly; 1T
was an entirely new and original idea
for proposal-1'm going to have 1t
patented"
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

placed anywhere
attracts and kills
nil flies. eat.
clean. ornamental.
convenient, cheap.
Lasts all se0-
SO n. Absolutely
harmless. cannot
spill or tip over.
will not soil or in
jurs snyth Ing.
Guarnn eed eneo
tive. OF al dealer,
or sentprepafdfor
Ave-, nreokiyn, y. Y.
The Yale expositor., 1908-06-05

Defiance Starch-Never sticks to
the iron-no blotches-no blisters,
makes ironing easy and does not in
jure the goods.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
More Could Troubles.

New York, April S.-Howard
Gould's answer to the application of
his wife, Katherine Clemmons Gould,
for a separation for alleged abandon
ment, cruelty, and non-support, has
been filed in the Supreme Court. 1t
covers twenty-eight typewritten
pages, sets forth many alleged short
comings of Mrs. Gould, among them
intoxication and misbehavior at va
rious times and places, and names
William F. Cody (Buffalo Bid as
one whose relations with Mrs. Gould
were illegal, and also Dustin Far
mum, the actor, as person with
whom Mrs. Gould was infatuated,
and who, according to the affidavit.
met Mrs. Gould in many cities.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
POLICE CLUB ANARCHISTS.
Gathering of Agi,ators I'm Println
Office is Quickly Broken Up.

Paterson, n. j., April 9.-Barre
by the order of mayor Mcbride
from holding an advertised meeting
in Turner Hall, Paterson, n. j., the
local reds" with Luodvico Cuminita
and La Question Sociale" group {
their head. retreated to the Office OF
that publication, at 73 Prospect
street, Paterson, and attempted to
hold the meeting in defiance of the
municipal authorities.
Before the meeting was fifteen
minutes old, Captain Taylor, at the
head of a special detail of fifty po-
lioemen, rushed the printing Office,
ordered Caminita to disperse the
crowd, and when he demurred,
brought in his men and dubbed the
anarchists into the street and of
the streets.
While the anarchists offered no
physical resistance they left the hall
in a sullen and vengeful mood and It
was the opinion of those familiar
with the situation that the suppress
I've measures may resort in violence
before the anarchists are driven out
of Paterson.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
Wheels Are Turning.

Buffalo. N. a., April S.-After
four months Of idleness, the rail mill
OF the Lackawanna steel plant and
the furnaces that feed 1t have gone
back to work. AS consequence two
thousand steel workers and laborers
have been added to the working force
increasingly from twenty-fiveh hundred
to forty-five hundred men. The full
force Is seven thousand men.
Pittsburg, Pa, April S.-About six
hundred additions. men were put to
work when the open hearth furnaces
and the shaping and structural mills
of the Homestead steel works re-
sumed. Notices were posted an
nouncing that several departments in
the Howard Axle Works would re-
sumo work at once.
New London, Conn, April S.-The
Mantle Manufacturing Company, OF
East Lynne, is running overtime to
fill orders. The mill employs about
$50 men.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
To Fight Aidrich Bill.

Chicago, April "a combined at
tack upon the Aldrich currency bill
by some of the most powerful fnan-
cial interests in the country will be
the outcome oil an important con-
ference of the National Bank Presi-
dents held in Chicago.
The meeting was attended by near
ly every President of National
Bank In Chicago. Without dis
senting voice the bankers declared
that the following provisions in the
measure should be vigorously op-
posed. Increasing the amount of
cash reserves banks must keep in
their vaults and prohibiting banks
loaning money to concerns in which
their officers or directors are inter-
ested.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
TAKE OFT MANS HEART.
Surgeons Perform Operation on Atb
Icte Stabbed in Street ARRAY.

New York. April with thres
stitches In his heart, twelve stitches
in the pericardium, the bag which
incloses the heart, and two of his
ribs removed, Robert Inglis, 30 years
old, Of No 90 Palisade Avenue. Yon.
kers, is making fight for life in St
Joseph's Hospital in that city. In
an alteration in the street with
Pole, Inglis was stabbed in the heart
with a knife. The vitality of tho
young man was so remarkable that
he called out for the police to aid
him and to arrest his assailant, iden.
titled his assailant after he had been
arrested and then underwent trans
fer of two blocks to the hospital,
where he was under ether two hours
while the surgeons operated on him.
He Is still alive and the surgeons
say they believe he will survive the
injury and the operation.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
SAYS JAPAN is PREPARING.
Hobson Declares that We Should BE
Ready for Any Emergency.

Washington. April 9.-Pointing
out what he declared to be the pre-
carious condition of the National de-
fence of the United States both in the
Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, MIR. Hob
son of Alabama, in a speech on the
Naval bill. made plea for two bat
tleships of $4,000 tons displacement,
in addition to the two authorized by
the Naval Appropriation bill.
The possibility of conflict with
Japan was discussed at length by Mr..
Hobson, 1T Is true that America
only asks fair chance and no favor
simply the open door policy In
China-but this policy goes contrary
to japanese ambitions"
Pursuing his analysis of the con-
jitfons in the Pacific, Mr.. Hobson de-
clared that I'VE cannot ignore the
fact that Japan has undertaken stu
pendous war preparations which has
doubled the national debt of Japan
since the war with Russia ended. 1t
is estimated that she has between
100000 and 100000 men under
arms yet there is no menace from the
armies of Siberia or the armies Of
China or the armies OF Europe. No
nation since the world began has
ever maintained such an army under
such conditions, except as prep
aration for an early campaign of ag-
gression.''
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
OlSUma On Our Great Fleet.

Toxic. April Count Okuma re-
ceived lately a delegation of Japan
ese residing in Sacramento, CAL, and
Japanese newspaper men of San
Francisco, who wished to get his
views on the emigration problem.
The Count is reported to have said:
1T Is very difficult to find out the
object of sending the American bat
tleship fleet to the Pacific at this time
A good deal has been made of the
movement by the European press, and
1t is looked upon there as an occur
renee of unusual significance. But
Japan has received the assurance Of
the United States Government that 1t
Is not intended as a menace to Japan
but is merely undertaken to train Of
ficers and men.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
Naval and Military Expc-
dition To Be Modified in
Venezuelan Waters.
BATTLESHIPS TO LEAD
Demonstration Will he Made As
Soon as Congress Gives the Word
--Directions Given Are Being Guard
Ell Closely and Transmitted Vcr-
hally from Bureau to Bureau.

Washington, April 9.-Plans are
being elaborated in detail for the
mobilization of a joint military and
naval force in Venezuelan waters as
soon as possible after President
Roosevelt obtains Congressional
sanction to resort to force against
Castro. 1t may not be deemed nee
sssary by the administration to make
mis- martial demonstration, but the
War and Navy Departments are both
mapping out a tentative military
movement.
The President cannot constitution
ally declare war against Venezuela.
Legislative authority would be re-
Quired for a such a campaign. and
the present preparation of plans is
understood to be merely in accord
With the policy of mapping out cam
paigns for possible emergencies. The
directions given in the present in
stance are, however, the most OK
pifcit made since the army and navy
were ordered to prepare for partici-
patton in the international relief
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1908-04-09
w. G.. Smith n Sufcide.

Waverly,N. Y, April S.-Wulter G.
Smith, ex-Captain of the Seventy
2ourth regiment of Buffalo and later
ASHER of the Marie Antoinette Ho-
sel of New York, committed suicide
ssre by shooting himself in the brain.
fhe body was found by two fisher
aen. 1t was lying face downward
n the mud and underbrush four
niles from here, on the banks of the
;usquehanna River. 1t was at first
'slieved that Smith had been mur-
,ered, but the Cororer and medical
Examiners say the case is one of sui
4de. Capt. Smith disappeared from
ew York last January. He was
'reasurer and Secretary for the pro-
'rtetors of the Marie Antoinette Ho-
el.