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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
A SPLENDID PRODUCTION.
One of the Largest Audiences of the
Year Sees Superior Attraction.

The high standard set by the man
ayers of the Grand for the season
of 1909 was in no way detracted
from in the magnificent production
on Saturday night of "The Great
Divide" The house was packed,
and every person was delighted with
the performance 1t was one of the
very finest things seen at the local
playhouse during the present sea-
son and that is saying a good deal,
for never have we had a season OF
such high grade bookings as the
present one. The story of THE
Great Divide" gives an opportunity
for the display of the finest instincts
of Interpretation, and the various
roles were carried with precision
and aptitude that impelled repeated
curtain calls after each act. 1t is
beautiful play, admirably staged
and acted, and made such hit here
that it will be welcomed again at
any time.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Grafters Work Slick Game.

A number of young people have
been the victims of smooth CRATER
who posed in the garb of an evangel-
list. Following a revival in central
Iowa, the exhorter called upon the
young people to prepare themselves
to spread the gospel and they should
be better fitted for this work by a
course in ministerial training, which
was to be accomplished through the
medium of the university extension
work. 1t was held out that COM
plete course could be taken and that
the best universities in the country
would supply the text books and con-
duct the course by correspondence
for the nominal sum of $54. Con-
tracts are said to have been signed
by a number. of young people who
undertook the laudable work in good
faith. 1t is now reported that these
contracts are turning up in the
shape Of notes in the hands of jus
tice of the peace with instruction:
from the holder to collect. 1t II
said that payment on the contracts
have been refused on the groun(
that they have been fraudulent,
| obtained.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Sold Diseased Meat.

A farmer living three miles east
of Rockford, Iowa, was fined $50
and costs for violating the pure food
law. He bought steer affected
with lump jaw for $3.50, the value
of the hide. He then butchered it
and sold the meat to his neighbors.
Suit was brought by pure food Of
fetal. The defense was that he had
cured the steer before killing it..
The prosecution introduced expert
evidence to show that steer with
this disease could not be made fit
for eating purposes by doctoring.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Boy Shoots Dynamite Cap.

Clarence Antonsen, aged II, pick
ed up a box of dynamite caps yester-
day, and set a match to one to see
it go off" Clarence saw it go off:
and today is in local hospital with
both his arms swathed in bandages.
Three fingers were blown from one
hand, and the other hand was MAIN
ed and bruised. The boy may lose
one of his hands. After the doctors
had sewed up Clarence's wounds
the boy informed them that he had
a whole lot more" of the caps in
his coat pocket. They found en-
ough dynamite to blow the roof off
the house.-Mason City Press.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
EASY TO MIX RECIPE.
MIX 1T AT HOME BY SHAKING
INGREDIENTS IN BOTTLE.
Simple Homemade Remedy. Hun
dreds of People i'm Vicinity Here
Will Welcome This Advice,
Says Local Druggist.

What will appear very interesting
to many people here is the article
taken from New York daily paper,
giving a simple prescription which
is said to be a positive remedy for
backache or kidney or bladder de-
rangement, If taken before the stage
of Bright's disease.
Fluid Extract of Dandellon, one
half ounce; Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsapar-
lila, three ounces. Shake we'll in a
bottle and take in teaspoonful doses
after each meal and again at bed
time.
A we'll known druggist here al
home when asking regarding this
prescription. stated the ingredients
are all harmless. and can be obtain
ed at a small cost from any good
prescription pharmacy, or the mkt
ure would be put up II asked TO &c
SO. He further stated that while
this prescription Is often prescribed
| in rheumatic Affections with splen
did results, he could see no reason
why IL would not be a splendi'
remedy for kidney and urinar.
troubles and backache, as 1t has
peculiar action upon the kldne,
structure, cleansing the most I'm
portant organs and helping then
sift and filter from the blood TN
foul acids and waste matter whic
cause sickness and suffering. mos
of our readers who suffer can max
no mistake in giving It triai.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Was Not a Bee Hive.

The following story may be old to
some of our readers, but will do to
repeat: A new married couple were
putting up at fine hotel. The
groom was changing his clothes,
when wife" decided to go down
to the Office to mail some
letters. She tripped lightly down
to the Office and in few minutes
came back, and going to what she
supposed to be their room she
knocked and said LET me in hon
ey," getting no response she tried
again, and finally became insistent.
A masculine voice came from the
other side of the door in stentorian
tones, Madam, I'll have you un-
derstand this is bath room, not q
lee hive"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Electricity at Calmar.

Mr.. Burtis of DEBORAH was in
town one day this week in the in
terest of the Upper Iowa Power
Company to see what encouragement
might be given in the way of bust
ness in case the electric power were
extended to this place. He did not
make any positive figures, but as
sured us that they would furnish
electric power and lights cheaper
than we could furnish it by any local
plant.-Calmar Courier.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Daughter of the Revolution.

Mrs. Ida Harris of Waucoma has
received from Sharon, Mass, the
proofs that identify her as descen-
dant of Deborah Sampson, Revo-
lutionary war figure. Mrs. Harris
grandmother was a niece of Deborah
Sampson, who enjoys the reputa-
ton of having been the sole female
soldier engaging in the Revolution
airy war. She endured three years
of active service, disguised as male
soldier, and afterwards drew pen
sion for honorable service.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
Free Gifts To Brides.

In accordance with our custom for
several years past, we will present
every bride who lives in Winneshiek
county after her marriage receipt
for the Public Opinion for one year,
to encourage matrimony and the set
Ting of newly married couples IN
Winneshiek county. Send us your
name, residence and date of marriage
and we will send you receipt free
of charge. u.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03

We have a very large stock OF
all kinds of paper used In COM
mercial printing. the largest force
of lob printers In northeast Iowa.
the very latest and highest type OF
machinery of all kinds, and solicit
your job printing upon the basis Oh
good work at reasonable prices
Every Job that goes out OF TINS
office is guaranteed. both as to quail
ty and price.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03

The Eastern Iowa Buttermakers'
association will meet in Indepen-
dence, Thursday, March IL.
$4,000 worth of belt buckets is the
weekly output of the Lansing but
ton works, says the Allamakee Jour
nal
The first rural mail route out of
Prairie du Chen has just been es-
tablished and ordered into opera
ton.
-Foley's Honey and Tar cures
coughs quickly, strengthens the
lungs and expels colds. Get the
genuine in a yellow package.
In the February term of district
court of Buchanan county which be-
gan Monday, ten divorce cases were
on the docket.
The best known pills and the
hest pills ever made are DeWitt's
Little Fairly Risers. They are small
easy 10 take, gentle and certain,
and are sold by Engbretson's Phar-
macy. Mch
Bremen county is to have an
agricultural association as soon as
$4,000 is subscribed. Less than
$1,000 of the sum is needed. The
grounds will be located in Waverly.
Henry Reeves, the old reliable
hog buyer pays the highest market
price at all times, and handles more
hogs than all the buyers of northeast
ern Iowa combined. See him at the
Winneshiek County Bank or c. M.
& st. p. stock yards. 23tf
Iowas insane population has in
creased at the rate of $50 a year
for the last ten years. Four thou
sand insane now crowd the hospitals
of the state, and at the rate of in
crease, the present hospitals will be
crowded to their limit at the end OF
four years.
The preacher can always make
hit by denouncing the sins of the
next town, and the editor would
have less enemies if he confined his
comments to things that happened
some other time in the worlds his
tory.-Osage News.
Two old and prominent resident!
of Clayton county have gone TO theil
reward during the opening days~o
this week. We refer to Herman
linn, the Gutenberg merchant, VIII;
passed away last Sunday aged "a
years, and Joseph Peikert, Nc
Gregor harness store man, who dice
Monday at the age of 70 years.
Fonda has an attorney by tn
name of Frost, a merchant by tn
name of Blizzard, and section
foreman by the name of Snow. Pu
the three together and Fonda woul'
certainly have a business firm tina
would be able to freeze onto tn
most of the business going. Frost
Blizzard and Snow have certainl
being doing business in Fonda tn
past week.-Fonda Journal.
This is the most dangerous tim
of the year to catch cold, and 1t
the hardest time to cure 1t. If 20
should take cold, a few doses c
Kennedys Laxative Cough Syru
will act very promptly. Its laxatiy
principle cures the coud by drivin
it from the system by a gentle br
L lie Ii 4
dren especially like Kennedy's Lax;
tive Cough Syrup, as it tastes S
good, nearly like maple sugar.
is sold by Engbertson's Pharmacy
Me-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-03-03
VIII Paw Bridge Warrants.

Notice is hereby given that there
are now funds on hand to pay all
outstanding bridge warrants OF Win
neshiek county and persons holding
same will please present them for
payment as soon as possible.
G. Jorgenson, Co. Treasurer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
ma NIeERIAN BABY.
Water Soaked Inside and Outside at
tho Morning Toilet.

Water Soaked Inside and Outside at
tho Morning Toilet.
NIatrons of the west may be inter-
ested to hear the details of the Nige-
rian native bnby's morning toilet.
Anything over three months old is no
longer "baby" to the native mater
familias and is bathed with the other
children, generally numerous brood,
In the chill morning air before sunrise.
The little mite yells Justify while the
cold water is splashed over its brown
body and generally continues the cho-
rus when put aside to dry. Towels do
not form pnrt of the household equip
ment. The bathing process finished,
the infants are subjected to n sort of
water cure treatment. Tho mother
seizes a child, scoops up handful of
water and, Using her thumb as kind
of spout. squirts It with extraordinary
dexterity into the youngsters mouth
and down its throat. Protests In the
shape of loud gurgles, horrible chok-
ings and desperate struggling are quite
UNDECIDED. The steady stream of wa
ter continues TO pour down the child's
throat until the mothers practiced
touch on the patients tlstended stom-
ach tells her that tlielllnlt of capacity
has been reached. All babies are sub.
mitted TO this treatment, which is be-
lieved to have most strengthening
effect.-London Standard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
STUNTED OAKS.
Miniature Trees That Arc Grown In
China Bowls.

Miniature Trees That Arc Grown IN
China Bowls.
In the window of florl-t stood some
quaint china bowls, in each of which
grew tree-not shrub, L'.t Il full
sized tree, dating back many years.
ayes" replied tho florist to the writ.
er's inquiry, "they are real trees oaks.
naples and beech trees. We get them
from Japan, where the secret of how
to rear them Is known only to a few.
They are raised from seeds or special
ly selected cuttings, which are watch
ed and tended with that marvellous
patience inherent in the eastern races.
Fifty years may pass before the tree
is considered salable. During this pc.
riod the plant is trained and Its nat.
ural tendencies subjugated to the will
of the renrer. The gardener pruncs
and trims and rears and directs With
what Carlyle called genlus-'an inf.
Mite capacity for taking pains way
ward twig may be bound up for two
or three years TO insure Its correct
growth. Periodically the tree Is re-
pottcd. Each time this happens the
roots are carefully examined and. use:
less fiber cut away. Everything is
done to concentrate the life OF the
tree In the smallest possible space.
And in time, after years of labor, tho
plant loses its ability to send out long,
lusty shoots and becomes delightful
miniature of its larger brethren."-
Montreal Standard.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
THE SUBTLE FEMALE.
How She WhesdIes and HuIIles the
Poor Man Creature.

How She WheedIes and 5uIIles the
Poor Man Creature.
AS woman gradually impressed upon
man the futility of strutting around In
fnery and the necessity of being prac-
tically useful his garb has become moro
and more sober and workaday In APP
pearance. Ethnologists tell us that
the decorations of primitive man were
intended to fascinate feminine eyes.
but woman presently began to mako
1t clear that she was not hunting for
"a fine, snowy article" but something
solid and plain and useful, warranted
to stand wear and tear. AS for the or.
namental role, she was going to repre-.
sent the family herself in that line.
In fact, when one reflects how man
has been stripped of gauds and vince
died out of his fllpperles one by one.
one cannot help feeling a tender pity
for this victim of feminine self aggran'
dizement. Poor umid tremblerl a
vague, general fear of the female sex
haunts him. Afraid of being married
against his will, he is circumvented by
some subtle female creature who makes
him think that 1t is his will to marry
her An observer remarks that man
very often in running away from the
right woman runs straight into the
arms of the wrong woman. And the
wrong woman, that great opportunist,
is always waiting there to block his
headlong flight and switch 1t toward
the altar.-New Orleans Times-Demo
Graf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
rHE BAsILIsK.
How tho Fabulous MonatOr Was Pic
Tured nv Ancient Writers,

How tho Fabulous Monster Was Pic
tured by Ancient Writers.
The basilisk was the most famous
of the many fabulous monsters of me-
diaevaI folklore. According to the
popular notion, 1t was Matched by n
toad from an egg laid by the cock of
the common barnyard fowl. In the
ancient picture books 1t was usually
represented as an eight limbed ser.
pent or dragon, sometimes with and
sometimes without wings. Its name
is derived from basiliscos, meaning n
little king, and was applied because
the creature was figured with circle
of white spots on its head which much
resembled n crown. The cockatrice, a
species of basilisk, besides having n
crown, possessed comb which was
an exact counterpart of the cocks
Pliny assures us that the basilisk
had voice which "strhck terror to
the hearts of men, beasts and ser.
penis" The Bible classes It with the
lion, the serpent and the dragon as
one of the most formidable creatures
Old writer's Pliny, Baseho and others
SAY that Its bite was mortal in every
case, that its breath was suffocatlng
and that no plant would grow in the
vicinity of It's lair. Its dead body
was often suspended In belfrles to pre-.
vent swallows from building there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13

Tnis lie what Hon Jake Moore.
Sta Warden of Georgia. says OF
Kolol For Dyspepsia: "E O De.
Witt q %, Chicago lll-Dear
Sirs-I have suffered more than
twenty years from indigestion.
About eighteen months ago had
grown 40 much worse that could
not digest crust of corn bread
and could not retain anything on
my stomach / lost 25 lbs; in fact
I made up my mind that l could
not live but short time, when a
friend of. mine recommended Ko.
dol. consented to try tito please
him and 1 was better in one day.
/ now weigh more than / ever did
in my life and am in better health
than for many years. Kodoldid I
1 keep bottle constantly, and
writo this hoping that humanity
will be benefited Yours very
truly. Jake o Moore, Atlanta, Aug
10. 1904" Sold by all druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
THE RIvER NILE.
Ancient Crooks and the ProeesS OF
Sterilixina Water.

Ancient oreeks and the ProeesS o.
sterilizine Water.
The ancient Greeks already recon-
Ynended the use OF sterlllzed water.
RUFUS of Ephesus, in the hrst century
OF this era, taught that "all water
from rivers and ponds is bad except
that from the Nile. Waterfront rivers
which flow through unhealthy soil,
stagnant water and that which flows
near public bathing places Is harmful.
The best water is that which has been
boiled In baked earthenware vessels,
cooled and then heated second time
before drinking
This hyeienic prescription was In
tended both for healthy and sick peo-
pie, since 1t was applied to the armies;
During marches and in camps pits
must be dug successfully from the
highest point to the lowest level of the
place. These holes should be lined
with clay such as is used for making
pottery and the water should be made
to percolate through 1T. Tho winter VIII
leave all It's impurities in these pits"
1t may be inquired how tine ancient
Greeks, knowing the processes of ster.
ilization aud filtration of water which
they applied to that of the most llmpid
rivers, should have drunk without pre-
cautions the water of the Nile, which
our microscopes allow us to declare
"sound," but which is In appearance
the most worthy of suspicion Of all
and is so muddy, SO yellow, that 1t re-
sembles wine.--G Gazette des Faux:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
rhn-Hnnnn ramnernturo.

Put to the test of the thermometer
1t appears that the normal tempera
ture OF the body is almost invarlable
regardless of latitude or season. Put
ting the bulb of the thermometer un
der the tongue of an Eskimo at the
frozen north or of man under the
blazing sun of the tropics, we find that
in each case, the body being In n state
of health, the temperature is about the
same, the difference not amounting tC
degree. we may say absolutely that
the average normal temperature OF
human being is about $50 degrees
r.. Just as we may say that at sen
level water boils at 212 degrees r.
New York American.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
CURIOUS FLORIDA HERB.
Red Plant Which Feeds Upon Ante
and Other Inseots.

Red Plant Which Feeds Upon Ante
and Other Insects.
Almost everybody knows there are
such things as insectlvorous or carniv.
orous plants, but 1t is doubtful II many
know we have any such plants grow.
ing right here In southern Florida.
Nevertheless there is n plant. or rath-
er, herb, growing here which is really
insectivorous.
1t is likely that on account Of its be-
ing extremely small 1t has escaped
attention. In fact, 1t seems to have
been overlooked by the botanists also,
as We are unable to find 1t classed
among the sensitive plants.
This Is an annual herb, and the en-
tire plant, including the flowers. is OF
deep rich red color. 1t rarely reach;
ed height of more than three inches
and Is never so broad. The leaves nrc
spatulate when undisturbed and pre-
sent many small fibrillae and secNete
at their tips tenacious fluid which is
capable of holding the very small In
sects, such as ants and tho like. upon
which 1t feeds. When any of these get
lodged In the fluid and disturb these
fbrlllao the leaves slowly acquire n
deep cut shape and sometimes curl
completely up over their Victim. When
they have absorbed the insect they
slowly recover their original shape,
leaving only the skeleton of tho insect
remaining.
These plants grow on the very low.
fiat, poor and sandy lands. They up
pear In the late winter and early
spring months.-Punta Gorda Nla)
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
An Easv lob.

Indifference displayed in the face of
the uncertainties and dangers of life Is
characteristic of the wessex jewellers
in the Islands of the Vale" according
to Eleanor G. Hayden, the author of
the book of the title, who supports her
statement with story Of humorous
turn.
A certain cottage and its old mistress
had improved so greatly In comfort
and appearance that a visitor shrewd
ly surmised that the son of the house
a lazy ne'er do well. had turned over
new leaf. He inquired about 1t.
Eyes, sir, my sons in work now"
said tho smiling old mother. "Takes
good MONEY, he does, too. All he has
to do is to go twice day to the clrcus
and put his head In the lions mouth
The rest of the time he has to him
aelfO
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1909-01-13
WHAT TI8R RIDNEYs DO.
Their Unceas1ng Work Keeps
Us Strong ana Healthy.

q il.
Their Unceaslng Work Keeps
Us Strong ana Healthy.
Allthe blood In the body passes
through the kidneys once every
three minutes The kidneys filter
the blood They work night and
day. When healthy they remove
about 500 grains Of impure matter
daily, when unhealLby some part
of this impure matter is left intbe
blood THE brings on many die.
eases and symptoms pain in the
back, headache, nervousness hot
dry skin, .rheumatiem, CONT, gravel,
disorders of the eyesipht and hear.
ing, dizziness, irregular heart, de.
bility, droweiness, dropsy, deposfts
in the urine. eto. But il you keep
the 6lters right you will have no
tronbIs with your kidneys.
Mrs Sarah Wheaton, living on
Decatur street, Point Pleasant, w
Va, says: 1T gives me pleasure to
recommend Doan's Kidney Pills
which can be procured at Hooffs
drug store, as ! know that they act
up 10 repre- sensations Different
members of my family have used
this remedy with excellent results
and as kidney cure it is a posi-.
tive specific. know of many
others who have used Doan's Kid
ney Pills with excellent results"
For sale by all dealers Price 80
cents. Foetor. Milburn 90, Buff,
falo, Nsw York, sole agents for the
United States.
Remember the name oan's-
and take no other.