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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08
He Missed Her.

A knife thrower who was per-
forming in an English music-hall
had a particularly attractive assist
ant, whose duty was to lean, with
outstretcned arms against soft
pine board. This board was sur
rounded with electric lights which
accentuated her beauty. TIE knife
thrower would then station himself
few feet distant and hurl knife
after knife at the board. These
knives would just Craze the skin
and plunge with thud in the board
and remain quivering. 1t was a
thrilling act, and when the last
knife was thrown the young women
would be so closely hemmed in by
knives that they had to be drawn
out before she could free herself.
One night the pretty assistant
was taken i'll and the performers
wife. was drafted for the work. She
was far from pretty; in fact, she
was distinctly homely. She walked
out on the stage and when she re-
clined against the board the pitiless
lights threw into relief her crooked
features, unshapely limbs and gen.
eral unattractiveness. The knife
thrower took deliberate aim, and
knife flashed across the room and
sank into the board by her head.
Just as the knife struck, a small boy
up in the gallery shouted with
wall:
"My Gawd, e missed 'er,"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08
FOR A SANE FOURTH.

VT is rather unfortunate that the
hvement for a sane and safe cele-
btion of the Fourth of July has
nGbeen given much serious atten-
tio,in Iowa. In many cities, out
sldsthe state-in many of the
largr cities, in fact-the move
mentor the elimination of the bar
barou celebrations has taken on
great ctivity Instead of lot of
hideous noises, and instead of the
sui wtse feature of the modern
-celebratbn-the death or injury of
so manypeople by the fireworks
route-ceebrations of an entirely
Inherent nture are to be provided.
There will pe no lack of sports, of
patriotic programs, of good times
for everybody, but the one thing
so dangerous, the indiscriminate use
of firework, will be abolished. If
fireworks cfany kind are used, they
VIII be discharged as a public spec
tacle, under municipal supervision.
Iowa cities ought to have a part
in this movement for sanity and
safety, for a conservation of lives,
and limbs, ant eyes, and fingers,
and feet.
1t is not necessary to make the
Fourth dull day for the children
or. for any one else. There. need be
no lack of patriotism; no lack of the
enjoyment which every one, young
or old, Graves on the national indie
pendence day. But, at the same
time it would be better to turn the
day into Quaker meeting than to
continue the slaughter which has
marred Fourth of July celebrations
year after year. Our modern meth
Cd of celebrating the birth of ma
tional independence is indefensible;
it is really idiotic. There are plen-
ty of ways to insure the best kind
of time without running the risk
of blowing out eyes, or otherwise
mutilating human anatomies.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08
WANT COLUMN.


Rates-One Cent per word. Moth
ing less than ten cents.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08
Savers and Spenders.


There are those who make sport
of their close-fisted and saving &C
quaintances and at the same time
they fan about the high rollers who
spend their incomes. as fast as they
are earned. why" they say, 1.-The
spender is getting something out of
life; he is enjoying things as he
journeys through the world. He is
generous, and his friends take
pleasure in his entertainments. .
Not quite so free in judgment please.
The spender leaves his widow with
an insufficient support. His chill
dren get no patrimony to help them
start in the world. He adds nothing
to the accumulated wealth of the
world. He builds no blocks, he
endows no hospitals. He lives in a
house owned by the close-fisted
saver. And when he goes hence he
leaves nothing with which his name
is associated that exists outside of
the memory Of his acQuaintances.
who will all be a gone generation
later. Money spending is pleasant,
saving means sacrifice. The one
only has to do with today, the other
takes note of tomorrow. The one
relies upon the continuance of good
health, the one prepares for sick
ness. The one is foolish, the other
wise.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08
Breakfasts Then and Now.

Mush, we used to call it, and each
child, bowl and spoon in hand, a
big pitcher of milk hard by, await
ed the cooking process as mother
stirred and stirred and the mass
dubbed and dubbed. The corn
meal that went into it was taken
from big bin in a tin scoop and
slowly shaken into the boiling wa
ter until the experienced eye showed
that the mush was thick enough and
when done to a queens taste it was
ladled into the waiting bowls, the
milk pitcher was brought into re-
QUESTION and the meal was over in
short order. Breakfast food, we call
it now. 1t is gingerly shaken by
the kitchen maid from highly
ornamented pasteboard box, sim
mered until by dint of calling and
ringing the breakfast bell, the chill
dren come fretfully to the table,
when it is duly served, smothered
in sugar and cream, shifted at and
left as a contribution to the slop
can. Yes, it costs more this way,
but we have got to have it. And
so, of course, We have to pay the
bill.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08

A Turner picture has brought
$129,000, but if you put it in with
a lot of SO dry goods store prints
not one person in 100 could pick
it out. And that is not saying any
thing against the picture.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08

Why deplore the lack of great
men i'll literature, when John L.
Sullivan is going to report the
Jeffries-Johnson fight for several
newspapers?
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08

An excellent fig filling is made by
boiling one pound of chopped figs
and one cup of sugar together. Add
one-half cup of water TO form a
jelly.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-06-08

With hogs for mortgage lifters,
sheep for farm fertilizers, cows to
erect barns and houses, and hens
to pay the grocery bills. the Ameri-
can farmer and his wife can rest
easily In the assurance that the coal
strike will not effect them at once.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
SPECIAL TROPHY
FOR ONE LAP RACE
Bay Counties Field Day Conn
n1iffee ArrangeS for Invita-
fiOnaf Event

The bay counties field day committee
announced last. night that they would
give a special trophy for an invita-
tional one lap 1852 yards) race a the
meet on next Saturday Afternoon on the
university of California cinder path
The following athletes being gradu-
ates from schools composing the
league, have been invited to partici-
pate: Rodney Hollis and Cecil Caldwell
formerly of Cogswell polytechnic col
lege; Leo Meyer of Lowell, Edward
Macaulay of Alameda, Claude Moss of
Berkeley, Elton Mcnamara of Oak
land and Ralph Butler of the universi-
ty of California.
1t was decided that hereafter the
league would always hold one invita-
tional race for graduates of the league
at each semiannual meet
The officials for Saturdays meet are
all men of experience and have been
requested to be on hand promptly at
l o'clock, as the meet will be run off
promptly so that the spectators will
have time to see the final intercollegi-
ate baseball game, which will not start
until o'clock
The officials are as follws;
Referee. L. A. Wolff: starter Roy Cowles:
timers-Dsve Brown, Fred Koch. Walter Chris
Mfr. Woods. Herbert Hauser Joe r. Hickey,
AL Paul: clerk of course, Roy Butler; an
nouncer. e. Barnard: scorer. 81. Dozier; clerk
of field, Lin Dozier: inspectors-W. ciadius, A.
Clabrough. R. Bettoli, G. Jordan; measurers-
G. Dozier, H. Chapman; judges of weight
events. Gabbert A; Harlow. R. Scott, Her
events-Elton Mcnamara. W. Roberts, Il. Sal,
inger Al Crossfeld
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05

The collection of pound of nectar
require $4,000 foraging expeditions
by the bee.
The total value of church property
in the United States reported in
1906, for all denominations, was
s1,257,575,S SGT.
Submarine fog signals can be heard
The first census of the city of Bang
kok, recently taken, showed a popula-
tion of 62s,675.
Every winter more and more women
are going north to camp in the pine
woods and to hunt moose and deer
during the snowy season.
Although the first American patent
for a metal pen was granted Balti-
morean in 1910, it was half century
ish.
1t is estimated that the loss to the
state from forest fires in Massachusetts,
In 1909 amounts to s236,47S- There
were 1851 different fires, and the num-
Der of acres burned over was $42, sos.
Electricity has supplanted gas for car
lighting in nearly all the state rail-
ways of Italy, Switzerland and Dem
mark.
Since 1873 there have been 1921
cremations in Germany. In the United
States in the last year alone there
were 34,500.
Professor Adloing, director of the
veterinary school at Lyons, France,
maintains that he has perfected a
method of successfully protecting cat
tie against tuberculosis.
A Roman tomb of the second CEN
tury before Christ, containing mar
bic sarcophagus of exquisite work
manship five feet long and admirably
preserved, has been discovered at Gros-
sete.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
Archbishop IreIand's Statement

ST. PAUL, Mimi, April Arch
bishop ireland, after reading the re
port from Rome concerning the Roose
velt-Vatican incident, made the follow
ing statement:
OF one thing / am certain-the
Methodist propaganda in Rome is so
vile so calumnious in its assaults
on the Catholic faith, so dishonest
in its methods to win proselytes,
that the holy father is compelled
by the vital principles of his high
Office to avert at ali costs the
slightest movement on his part that
might. directly or Indirectly, be in
terpreted as abetting the propa-
ganda or approving, even by impli-
cation. its purposes and tactics.
Since the Fairbanks incident /
have received from Rome most re-
liable data that more than justify
any statement / have heretofore
made. or may at any other time be
prepared to make, with regard to
this Methodist propaganda. Indeed,
the Methodist minister in Rome,
Rev. Mr. Tipple, in his address the
Sunday after the Fairbanks incl
dent, gave an all sufficient indica-
tion of its rancorous spirit and Of
the egregious calumnies to which
ii resorts.
How far Cardinal Merry del Val
had reason to suspect from the
movements of the Methodists them
selves, or otherwise, that there was
peril lest Mr.. Roosevelt might even
ainwittingly be entangled in their
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
Continued From Page L

Vatican's assumption that he intended
TO be offensive. AS stated, this was
not the Vatican's view, Monsgr. Ken
nedy's messages being phrased so as
TO apprise him in a friendly way of the
Fairbanks incident
Rome is inclined, in view of Roose-
VeIt's circumspect conduct, to regard
the question as one of diplomatic
order rather than religious one The
coioneIs friends hold that the dignity
OF his former position as well as his
own would not permit him to take any
other course. That the incident will
nave an effect on Roosevelt's political
fortunes is believed by Catholics here,
put, as far as Roosevelt is concerned,
ne is not candidate for anything and
TINS does not enter into his considera-
ton of the matter.
Newspapers of Rome naturally score
Roosevelt's action. The palace is
greatly interested, but no expression
can be obtained from the entourage Of
the king.
On the invitation of the king Roose-
velt will ride with his majesty tomor-
row morning. Roosevelt has accepted
dinner invitation from the munich
pality for Wednesday evening.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
.SAVANT IS KILLED
AS BALLOON LANDS
Breslan University Professor
Meets Death After Long
Aerial Flight

BRESLAU. Prussia. April 4.-Prof.
Richard Abegg. professor of chem
istry at the University of Breslau.
was killed while attempting a land
ing following a balloon flight yester-
day.
Professor Abegg. who was fond Of
ballooning, ascended here yesterday in
the balloon Silesia, which belongs to
the Aeronautic society. He was ac-
companied by a woman relative and
Karl Gerstel, an engineer. Strong
wind currents were encountered, and
when the balloon reached the vicinity
OF Tessin, in Mecklenburg -Schwerin, il
was decided dangerous to continue the
flight Accordingly the valve was
opened and the balloon dropped slowly
to the earth.
Gerstel and the woman landed safely,
but before the professor could get out
of the basket a gust of wind caught
up the half Debated balloon bag and
dragged the basket along the ground
for some distance. Abegg's skull was
crushed and his legs broken. He died
soon afterward
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
WOMEN OF BURMA
WEAR SHEATH GOWNS
Gentler Sex Enjoys Greatest
Freedom

For woman Burma is a veritable
heaven on earth. No country else
where furnishes her more freedom,
more opportunity. Even occidental
countries can not vie with Burma in
this respect Mrs. Burman outshines
everybody and everything Moreover,
she is ubiquitous. You find her here,
there and everywhere, says the
Southern Workman. You stop at the
jewelry store containing millions of
dollars worth of pearls and rubies and
precious stones, and the person In
charge of the establishment is
woman. The salespeople are also
women. You go to a fruit stall and
it is a woman who owns and conducts
1t and sells you banana or mango.
At railroad stations Burmese
woman sells you the tickets, and fair
daughter of the land is ready to take
your dictation and do your typewriting
IL you are looking for an amanuensis.
The Burmese woman is not only an ef-
ficient business woman but a good
mother. Her duties as mother and
merchant do not interfere with each
other in the slightest degree. Added
to her superior intelligence, the Bur-
mese woman has good looks. She has
eyes. of a deep liquid black, or brown
bordering on black. The forehead is
usually high and well filled out, and
there is a purity of expression about
the face. Her head is oval and shapely,
this effect being heightened by the
manner in which she dresses her hair
in a big knot on top of her head. Her
dress is white with a tight fitting
jacket with large sleeves. the lower
part of the body is covered by a single
bright silk pettfcoat. which also is
tight fitting and displays the figure
like a modern sheath skirt. The
woman of Burma is cautious about
wearing ieWelry If she WARS apy OF
all ii must be of gold. She powders
her face .unsparingly and adorns her
hear WITH a few flowers, usually arti-
fetal ones.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
Cardinal Merry Del Val, papal secretary of state

in Rome as insulting agitation anC
offensive proselytism which constitute
a real warfare against the pope and the
Catholic religion" Monsignor Falconio
papal delegate to the United States. to.
day commented on the Roosevelt Incl
dent with the Vatican.
The papal delegate declared neither
the pope nor the cardinal secretary oi
state was TO blame for the situation
which he described as the intolerablt
condition created for the holy see BY
the Methodists in Rome"
Monsignor Falconio said:
So far I have received no com
munication from Rome and know
only what appears in the public
press It is certain that the pope
has the highest esteem for Colonel
Roosevelt. both as a private indi-
vidual and as former president of
the United States; also that he was
looking forward with pleasure TO
meeting him.
In the case of Colonel Roosevelt,
as of Fairbanks. ii was not at all
question of religion but of the
self-respect and dignity of the
apostolic see. Colonel Roosevelt
Protestant church in Rome and
even, as would have appeared from
reports, to the Methodist, after his
reception by the pope.
After all that has been said it is
unnecessary to insist that their
insulting agitation and offensive
proselytism constitute a real war
fare against the holy father and
the Catholic, religion, and that in
the very heart of his ancient and
venerable solitude II must be re-
membered that the holy father still
considers himself a sovereign ruler
and as such is recognized by other
nations.
Besides as the head of at least
250,O00, 600 Catholics he has a right
to special consideration and ought
himself to be best judge of what
that means. Every government
has its etiquette or rules TO protect
the office and position of its ruler.
The circumstance that in Rome the
Methodists have organized them
selves as an anti-Vatican party
makes it impossible for the holy
father to recognize them in any
way. much less to strengthen them
in the eyes Of the Catholics of
italy.
It is extremely unpleasant. to
say the least, that this violent stu
alton should have become public on
the occa sion of the visit to Rome
of distinguished American citizens.
However. neither the holy father
nor the cardinal secretary of state
is to blame for the intolerable con-
dition created for the holy see by
the Methodists in Rome.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
TACOMA WILL HOLD
COMMISSION ELECTION

TACOMA, Wash, April tacoma
will hold its first election tomorrow
under the commission form of govern
ment for mayor. controller and fouF
councilmen. There are seven candi-
dates for mayor, six for controller
and 33 for councilmen. II no choice
is made another vote will be taken
on April 19 on the candidates receiv-
ing the highest number of votes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
DR.. BURKE'S TRIAL
DATE SET BY COURT
Grand jury COrrects Indictment
Charging Physician With
Malpractice
[SeeeiaI Dnpateh o "a can

SANTA ROSA. April Things
moved rapidly with DR.. willard P.
Burke in Judge SeawelI's court room
here today. When the abortion case
was called at 10 o'clock In the morn
ing the court sustained the demurrer
OF the attorneys for the defendant and
made an order resubmitting the case
to the grand jury.
The grand jury was in session at the
time, and District Attorney Lea took
the matter up with them at once. The
result was that during the afternoon
another indictment was returned
charging Doctor Burke with the COM
hitting of an abortion of Mrs. MOll OF
SebastopoL This indictment corrected
what was held 10 be a fatal defect in
the original indictment.
The first indictment returned by the
grand jury, charging Doctor Burke
with having exploded dynamite in the
tent of Louetta Smith with intent to
injure a human being. was set for trial
September L.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
Methodist Issues Statement

ROME. April 4.-Rev B. NJ Tipple
pastor OF the American Methodist
church in Rome, after being received
by Roosevelt. issued a statement
expressing the greatest. satisfaction
that the eX-president did not have an
audience with the pope. The statement
said:
While the work of Methodism in
Rome started the rumpus. il is no
longer a question Of Methodism or
any other ISM but of toleration
Mr.. Roosevelt has struck a blow
for twentieth century christianity
The representatives of two great
republics have been the ones to
put the vatican where ii belongs
President Loubet refused to ac-
cede to vatican conditions, and now
Mr.. Fairbanks and Mr. Roosevelt
come TO maintain the dignity and
Independence Of American manhood
in the face Of vatican tyranny.
The vatican is incompatible with
republican principles This is
bitter dose for patriotic Catholics
in America to swallow. ] wonder
how many doses of this sort they
viii take before they revolt Is
Catholicism in America to be
American or Romanish? II Roman
ish. then every patriotic American
should rise TO crush ii, for Roman
Catholicism Is the uncompromising
foe Of freedom.
After the Fairbanks episode the
Methodists never dreamed the
vatican would commit a similar
blunder with Mr.. Roosevelt That
IL has done so has added proof that
the policy prevailing there is the
same yesterday, today and for
ever. The vatican is the vatican.
The world advances, but the vati-
can never
Americans can now better un-
oerstand how ii is the Roman
church has lost France and is
losing Spain and Austria.
Sharply Criticises Methodists
WASHINGTON, April SHARPLY crit
icising the work OF the Methodist church
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05

In the United Kingdom 1900. 900
tons of coal and 60,000,000 gallons OF
oil are used annually in gas making.
The only paper money that is ac-
cepted practically all over the globe
is not money at all, but the notes of
the Bank of England.
Honduras now permits free importa-
tion of fence wire and staples to help
the agricultural and cattle raising in
terests of the country.
The worlds market for rice meas
uing this market merely by the i'm
ports of the principal countries of the
world, amounts to from $780, 900, 900 to
$500, 100000 per annum.
There are 1,250 street and interurban
railway companies in America, with
a total of $4,000 miles of single track
and $4,000 passenger cars. The total
number of passengers carried annually
is 10,000,000.0o0 and the gross annual
income is $4,000, 900.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
BIG CATHOLIC COLLEGE
DESTROYED BY FIRE

BERNE, April 4.-Switzerland' Iarx-
est Catholic college. the Maria Hilf
located near Schwyz. with the church
library and valuable scientific collec-
tion, was burned last night. The 500
students and professors had narrow
escapes.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05

Frederick Yates, who has gained
fame In London as portrait painter,
is coming here for a stay late In the
summer and his friends are looking for
ward with pleasant expectation to the
visit in September or October. The
artist will remain here for several
weeks and during his stay will be the
house guest of DR.. and Mrs. George H.
Powers at their home In Clay street
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
peshes. 1 am not in a position to
Say.
Not Religious Issue

DETROIT, Mich. April 4.-Bishol
John Foley of the Roman Catholic dio
cese of Detroit, in speaking of Theo
dore Roosevelts failure to have an au
dience with the pope, said:
1t is an affair between gentle
men, and to make a religious issue
of it is absurd. There are certain
conditions surrounding an audience
with the pope. and since Mr.. Roose-
welt decided he could not comply
with the conditions it was impos-
sible for him to be granted an in
terview
1 have too high a regard for Mr..
Roosevelt to take the slightest Of
fense at his attitude He has
shown marked courtesy to Catho-
lies whenever he has come in con-
tact with them and we all realize
that he would never intentionally
offend those of 01r faith
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
THE ROWARDENNAN HOTEL

250 yards from the depot at Ben Lomond, win
be opened on April 4; hours from San Fran
CISCO
Mr.. Jack Lacey, for the last i've years man
ager OF the Casino Grill at Santa Cruz. viii be
In charge OF the dining room. which insures
unsurpassed service. The hotel. with accOmmo-
dations for $50 guests, viii be run on the Euro
pean plan-rates 81 so per day and up. Music
and entertainers win be hand
The Supervisors Of Santa Cruz, Cal. have
now put the road from Mayheld. over the sara
toga grade. In hne condition for automooiies:
lake a week end run to the BIG BASIN
PARK BIG JEFFRIES TRAINING AND TIE
BIG TREES, all same road Trout hshing
opens April /. The hotel Is niles from the
Brookdale County Fish Hatchery Fine boat
ing and bathing In the San Lorenzo river, cleo
trically lighted at night. For reservations write
or wire Management HOTEL RoWARDENNAN,
BEN LOM0ND.
The San Francisco call., 1910-04-05
HOTEL pLEASANTON
545 TURK STREET

545 TURK STREET NEAR POLK.
Family and commercial hotel: rooms, detached
bath, 81 per day; rooms. private bath. S1-50 day.
restaurant attached Take Eddy car at ferry:
manager.