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Smith with his squad rode into their camp and demanded their surrender and opened fire on them. Those that did not surrender took to the woods and left their horses, and those run ming the mill rushed out to see what the commotion was, only to find the mill yard in possession of Co. A,
 It was then about o'clock in the evening, and heavy rain storm was brewing, which I have always thought was our salvation, The lieutenant called us together, and gave us orders to set fire to their camp. get all the horses ready. detail a guard for the prisoners and be ready to march in the quickest time possible
 I gathered up 3 firebrand out of their campfire. and started in the first tent in the line, and kicked up the straw and applied the torch
 Tn 8 few moments we were on the and by this time the rain was falling in torrents. The lieutenant. instead of starting towards the Bluffs. started on the road to the main rebel camp, but only followed 1t until we were out of sight of the houses that the mill, and then took to the woods again.
 We got into Pine Bluffs the next about 1 o'clock.
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IRISH TONGUE CRUSHED OUT
Curious Story of How "TaIly-Stick" Was Used Decades Ago to Kill
 Gaelic Language.

The curious story of how the tally stick" crushed out the remains of the ancient Irish language among Irish children some decades ago was told the other day by T. P. O'Connor. the Irish political leader.
 "When the English were determined to make all Ireland over into sort of England" said MT. O'Connor, they used some most unusual means. Among these was the 'tallystick.' This was small stick of wood which each child was forced to wear on cord about his neck. Every time his par ents heard him say word of Irish they were supposed to cut notch in the stick, just as the American trap pers of the old days are said to have notched the stocks of their guns every time they killed an Indian. Then when the child got to school the next day the master counted the notches. And for each notch the child was giv- en one blow with switch-one notch. one blow; two notches, two blows; six notches. six blows Thus the Irish language was beaten out of the mouths of the Irish children.
 "In school the little ones were taught to look on themselves not as Irish children. but as English. They were not taught any Irish history, and the fires of patriotism in them were damped in every way.
 But of late years there has come mn great national movement in Ire land which has restored the ancient Irish or Gaelic tongue, and has made the people proud of their ancient liter ature. It has reawakened the pride of the Irish nation. A university has inst been founded in which the Irish language is now being taught by six or eight professors"
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Seventh Anniversary Number of the Los Angeles Examiner to to be published Dec. 25, 1910. A
 160 page paper profusely illus
 trated in half tones and colors, giving full statistics of this re- markable country, mailed to any
 address in the United States or Mexico, 10 cents q copy. Send it back East. Send OruerS anu money direct to the Los Angeles Examiner for the number ot copies you wish mailed to your friends. As the edition is limited an early remittance is desired.
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CAPTURE SMALL CREST MILL
Detachment of Missouri Cavalry Make Raid and Bag Lot of
 Rebels and Horses,

Our three years service expired Aug. 9, 1864. and on the 17th Lieut.. Groves, in command of IA men of Co A and 12 of Co B, 7th Mo Cav, left Pine Bluffs. Ark, at daylight on 9 secret march of 32 miles south to a grist mill, which Gen. Clayton was anxious to know whether the rebels were operating We were guided by Columbus Mar, who lived in the netghorhood of the mill He was loyal and brave.
 About noon we stopped back of 8 field, where the guides mother, wid- ow, lived, and about three miles from the mill. As soon as our horses were rested we started for the mill through the timber We had not gone far until we could hear the throbbing of the en- zine, writes w. H Craven, sergeant Co A. 7th Mo. Cav, of Milton Iowa. in National Tribune. We went within so rods of the mill, when the lieuten- ant concealed the command in a thicket and gave us orders to remain quiet until his return. He and the guide left
 In about an hour they returned, hay ing gone inside the rebel camp to a house which was not more than 200 yards from the mill, occupied by a Union family, As our guide was per sonally acquainted with the family and knew he could trust them, he had one of the girls go to the mill under the ruse of having some milling done. and get all the information she could in re gard to the location of their camp and the number of soldiers there, which she did.
 The lieutenant called us around him and said; Gen. Clayton sent me to find out whether or not the rebels were running the mill, which they are There are 100 men running and guard ing it, there are 70 now at the mill and 30 on a scout between here and Pine Bluffs, and have started since noon. Two miles south of the mill is their main camp, occupied by 4,000 infantry and cavalry, with two sec tons of artillery. I have fulfilled my mission It Is up to you if we go any farther"
 A tall, lank fellow by the name of Nichols strengthened himself up. and said: Lieutenant, we don't want to use ourselves up like we did today without getting one shot" "All right, 5 said the lieutenant; mount your horses"
 We were now about 30 rods north. east of the mill, and their camp was 300 southwest. We made circuit un. til we were almost west of their camp and about 200 yards from 1t, when we halted, and the lieutenant told Sergt. Smith of Co. B, to take 12 men of his company and charge the camp, and he would take the IA from Co A and charge the mill and gave me orders to take those left of Co A and not come into the mill yard until all of the men were in.
 The rebels were surprised, and did not discover our presence until Sergt
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The supply of talk always ex- ceeds the demand.
 Worr,' never accomplished anything worth while.
 There IS no time lock on the door of opportunity.
 All things came to those who go halt way to meet them. A loaded automobile IS. about as dangerous as an unloaded gun.
 Do you know that close friend is one who will not lend money :?
 If we never left anything un- done we would have nothing left to live for. It little troubles the flea how much you scratch after he has bitten you.
 Life soon denies all pleasures to those who deny themselves none at all.
 E Paper money was first men, -tioned in the Bible when the dove brought the green back to Noah.
 Do not trumpet out your de- Niltry; go about it quietly. It is the buzz of the mosquito, not the bite, which guides the slap.
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Saves an Iowa Mans Life.

The very grave seemed to yawn before Robert Madsen, of West Burlington, Iowa, when, after seven weeks in the hospi
 tai, four of the best physicians gave him up. Then was shown the marvellous curative power of Electric Bitters. For, after eight months of trightful suffer ing from liver trouble and yellow jaundice, getting no help from other remedies or doctors, five bottles of this matchless medicine completely cured him. It's posi- lively guaranteed for Stomach, Liver or Kidney troubles and never disappoints. Only soc at all druggists. x
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Shall Women Vote?

If they did, millions would vote Dr. Kings New Life Pills the true remedy for women. For banish- ing dull, Jagged feelings, back ache or headache. constipation, dispelling colds, imparting appe-
 tite and toning up the system, they're unequaled. Easy, safe, sure. 25c at all druggists. t
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In Requiem

By Robert Graham
 Copy writed by the "Devil'
 All rites preserved-in Eastside
 A local merchant in this town is fond of being lauded, considers that 1t is his due to ever be ap plauded. Yet he sends his ''job- work" all back east, because, there prices are the least. He rises in the early morn, with naughty brow depicting scorn for his competitor who dares to advertise his stock and wares This merchant, with his moldy stock, will yet receive a vital shock, for the people of the town will say: Like him we'll also send away" This man decries Montgomery Ward, yet says he really cant afford to pay the local printers rate for 'job work" that is up to date. Still, he expects the editor to roast" the mail competitor. But the editor knows that time will show and the moss back merchant will have to go, giving place and room to men more wise who have sense enough to Advertise!
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| nnk OutI

The habit of puckering up the lips Is said to be fatal to the contour of beautiful mouth, for the lips are so flexible that after awhile the pucker- ing habit becomes second nature to them and they stay puckered.
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Some Small Thoughts.

A leaky barrel is like coward; 1t runs.
 You can't keep a good ther- mOmeter down.
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@HE GREATEST OF O feast days in America
 cbor1d he one Of reiOiC-

SHOuIu De OIlS Ol ICJOlS- ing and thanksgiving by all the people. This is the thanks for the blessings of the year. Thanksgiving Day was first established in the United States by the Pilgrims at Ply mouth. New England, replac- ing Christmas as the great family festival, and has been gradually adopted in other parts of the country. Congress recommended days of thanks giving annually during the Revolution, and Washington, in 178o, after the adoption of the constitution. Other days of national thanksgiving have been proclaimed, and since 1863 the last Thursday in November has been annually proclaimed by the president as a national Thanksgiving Day.
 Let us be thankful that however difficult and full of temptation life may be, we are given wisdom that sufices for daily living. No part of man $ nature is so strengthened by right choice as the conscience. It is the still, small voice that we must listen for, and the oftener we hear 1t and obey the clearer and fuller Is its tone. It Is the delicate intuition
 
 that is dulled and finally des troyed by the doings of evil. Let us be thankful that most men are blessed with the righteous desire to do good and to deal fairly by their neighbors.
 Whatever may be the feel ing of the average citizen, the country at large certainly has a great deal of cause for thank fitness. It Is not plunged i'll any costly wars, it is enjoying a large measure of business prosperity, most industries are in a condition which ena- bles them to keep a full force busy at satisfactory wages, and the crops are so big that mere statement of their size in terms of bushels or dollars conveys very inadequate i'm pression of their value. Stand  ing out large in the totals is the corn crop of 3,ooo,ooo, 900 bushels-and corn has been selling lately in New York at 60 cents a bushel. For once the axion that big crops mean low prices does not hold good. It would seem as if the farmer, of all people, had a right to be thankful. And he has, but he would have a still better right If the proceeds of his la bors were not so inequitably divided. Too many nonprodu- cers take toll until, when the crops reach the consumer, they are marked up to figures which appall the humble wage earner. The farmer is the most prosperous man i'll the country today, and the rush of pupils to the agricultural schools and colleges proves that many are going to seek on the farms a portion of the prosperity which everyone attributes tO the far
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NEWSPAPERS

7HOSE NEWSPAPERS .U which are endorsing the
 Hitchcock plan of charg- ing increased postage for the advertising part of the maga- zines are only digging their own graves, for they will be the next sufferers. This Re publican administration pro- poses to save at the spigot, by advocating increased pos tage on second class mail matter and a reduction on first class mail from two cents to one cent for letters, while wasting millions at the bung- hole. But very few people have been benefited by the decreased postage on foreign letters from five cents to two cents, the banks and impor- ters being the principal bene- fciaries of the decrease. Con- paratively few Americans write to or receive letters from foreign lands, so the reduc- tion in postage is for the bene- fit of the few at the expense of the may who pay by far the most federal taxes in propor- ton to their incomes.
 To increase the postage on magazines will be likely to force the ten cent magazines to increase the price to fftCrn cents per copy, and the yearly subscription price will be in creased from one dollar to one dollar and fifty cents or even to two dollars. There again those with small incomes will suffer.
 While millions are annually wasted on extravagant appro- priations for the army and navy; for expensive commits sions for this thing and that thing; for highly paid attor- neys to investigate corpora tions by the Department of Justice, which has never re- suited in one malefactor of great wealth being put behind the bars, the saving by the Post Office Department is a mere flea bite. The evolution of the determination to make the postal service self-sustain- ing should be a lesson to news paper proprletors.
 The so-called reform began by refusing the cent pound rate to what the department in its 1908 report called trashy publications, issued principally for advertising purposes. There was not much objection to that; but 1t was just the opening wedge, for the next reform was to curtail the issue of sample copies; the next to cut off the giving of credit for subscrip- tions. Now the next reform" IS to charge extra rates for the advertising pages of maga- zines.
 All this, however is but pre- llmlnary to the real object, which is to cut off the free postage on the weekly news
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Gentle Roast" Does Work.

Caliente, New, is still on the map and will remain there as long as Robert Graham is editor and proprietor ofthe Prospector at that place. Editor Graham recently took exception to the practise of certain local mer- chants who were sending out of town for their work by publish
 ing the following article. The article netted him $2O in job work which he declares is more than any magazine would pay him for the same kind of Dope
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-19
CLAIM INNOCENT MAN IN JAIL.
Say the Prisoner, Who Was Lawyer,
if he Embezzled Anything, EN-
bezzled Own Property.

The friends of Mr.. Tjernagle OF
Story county, are said to be prepar-
in 10 publish a general statement
for circulation throughout the state
in regard to the status of his case,
which last year caused considerable
comment because of it's peculiarities.
They will make out a very plain
case of Incarceration of a man in
nocent Of the crime of which he is
accused, and thus an indictment of
the system under which our criminal
code is administered.
Mr.. Tjernagle was convicted and
given sentence in prison for en-
beZZlement, upon the evidence of an
old man named Seiverson, the en-
bezzled property being two or three
seems that the two had had various
transactions and some years ago
Tjernagle. who was a lawyer took
up the notes and gave his own note
in return for $500. Afterwards,
financial reverses having come upon
him and he being unable to make
immediate payment, he was accused
of embezzlement of the notes. On
the trial Seiverson denied the $500
note.
After the courts had got through
with the case and as a last resort
the home of Seiverson and obtained
from him permission to look through
an old trunk which he had brought
from Norway and in which he kept
his old papers. The search for the
missing note was made in the pres
ence of Seiverson and it was found.
When the old man saw it he broke
down and recalled then having re-
ceived it and admitted that his mem
cry had failed him on the trial.
When the matter came up for
consideration for a parole the old
man, whose testimony had convicted
Tjernagle, verified the story of find
ing of the note. But it seems that
Tjernagle, having had variegated
career had many enemies and they
have insisted that the note was a
forgery.
There the matter rests; but Tier
nagle is serving time in prison while
the note he gave is held to be good
and the property said to have been
embezzled was his own.
Tn case has caused a great deal
of Indignation among the Scandi-
navians familiar with the case and
it is said that all the facts will be
published by the friends of the VIC
tim.-Ex.
Tjernagle was formerly resident
of this city and is well known here.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-19
NOTICE OF REGISTRATION.

Notice is hereby given the Regis
tration board will be in session at
the following dates and places, from
FIRST WARD.
At Stiles Hotel on October 27-2S
and Nov. 9Th. At F. Helwig's Cigar
Store Nov. 8th.
SECOND WARD.
Ingvoldstad's Office on October
27-2S and Nov. 9TH. Ingvoldstad s
Office on Wash. St., Nov. Sth.
THIRD WARD.
City Hall on October 27-2S and
Nov. 5th. McCusker's Feed Store
Nov. Sth.
FOURTH WARD.
Hose House No. October 81
% and Nov. 5th. G.. F. Bakers
Office Nov. Sth.
FIFTH WARD.
West DEBORAH Town Hall October
27-2S and Nov. 5th. Stoddard' S
Store Nov. Sth.
And the following are appointed
Register Clerks:
FIRST WARD.
II. T. Barthell Chas. McMasters
SECOND WARD.
+. III. Baker Tom Conner
THIRD WARD.
c. w. Freeman ID. b. futile
FOURTH WARD.
Peter Whalen John Hargreaves
FIFTH WARD.
Chas. Trzcinski A. NJ Kelley
Attest: +. w. DAUBNEY,
Mayor.
F. Nj. HUGHES, City Clerk.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-19

When you buy a "Meritol"
product of the American Drug and
Press Association you get some
thing absolutely pure and of real
merit, selected by the directors of
the Association as the best known
article for the purpose intended,
Endorsed by the leading physicians,
druggists and newspaper men OF
the country. The local membership
in the association and its sole repre-
sentative in this place is the d 'ug
store of Brunt & Parman. Ask for
"Meritol" goods.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-19
Homesteads i'm South Dakota.

If you wish fine Homestead in
Meade or Perkins counties, S. Oak.
write to w. NJ. Strand, Sulphur, s.
Oak. He will locate you on one OF
sell you good REIMBURSEMENT
cheap in a cuntry where land is now
selling for from $500 to $500
per acre. 42-3.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-19

A specific remedy for each all
ment, the best that brains and
money can produce-the "Meritol'
line of the American Drug and
Press Association, Brunt & Parman
local representatives.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-10-19
BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Official Publications of Adjourned
Session of County Legislators.
THE SCHEDULE OF ACCOUNTS
Much Time Spent in Canvassing
Bills Against the County and
Ordering Payment.
October 10, 1910.

| OCloUeI lU, lSlU.
1870 p. m. Board met as per
adjournment, all members present
and called to order, minutes of pre-
vious meeting were read and ap-
| proved.
Moved, seconded and carried that
$7.12 be refunded to M. A. Heck,
same being a double assessment.
The remainder of the afternoon
was taken up in listening to argu-
ments of several persons on various
matters.
On motion adjourned to $3.50 a.
m. Oct. IL. 1910.
October II, 1910.
$3.50 a. m. Board met as per
adjournment, all members present
and called to order. Minutes of
yesterdays meeting were read and
approved. Moved, seconded and
carried that a refund of 1852 be
allowed Nancy Dickinson on the
1908 tax list, the same being a
clerical error in figuring taxes on
the actual value in place of the
taxable value.
The Chairman appointed Geo. J..
Cooper and o. Nj. Selnes to destroy
the ballots cast at the Primary
Election held June 2, 1910.
The remainder of the forenoon
was taken up in auditing claims
against the county
The bills as audited were on mo-
ton allowed and the Auditor in
structed to draw warrants on the
proper funds in payment of same
The minutes were read and ap-
proved.
B. E. JEWELL, Chairman.
Attest: l. LINNEVOLD,
Co. Auditor and Clerk for the
Board of Supervisors.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20
THE SPECIAL SESSION.

The legislature met yesterday in
special session with a quorum in each
house In the absence of Lieutenant
Governor Davidson, who was attend
ing his mothers funeral, Senator A.
]. Harper president pro tempore, call
ed the senate to order, and presided
during the organization. Speaker
John Marshall was in his chair in the
hall of the representatives.
The governor is quoted as saying:
There will not be much in the mes
sage. ! am going to ask the legisla-
ture to repeal the present INSURANCE.
law and pass a good one That will
be enough fireworks for a day or two"
There is no end of speculation as to
what the legislature will do. Some of
the members wanted to adjourn until
after the primary election, but the fact
that there was more than a quorum
in each house and the business-like
spirit manifested We're highly graft.
flying to those who want no foolishness,
There is reason to hope that whatever
is-submitted will be attended to with.
out unnecessary delay.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

The Eagle Pass Guide says: ut is
easier to make men do something by
playing on their preiudices than it is
by appealing to their intellect or sense
of Justice. Not all men, but the great
majority. do their reasoning by their
likes and dislikes." This is true of
many. no doubt, but as people become
better educated and more capable of
understanding the relations between
things prejudice loses its hold on them.
Let every voter in Brazos county lay
aside prejudice and passion and vote
according to his honest convictions
next Saturday
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

that the Chronicle and Post persons
are muddled histor, ms, but he can
not let pass in silence an imputation
that the News folks are weak in the
Scriptures. Wilt specify time, place
and occasion wherein and whereon
this otherwise faultless publication
fell down on the Bible?-Galvesto n
News.
The Eagle cannot give the date, but
not long ago the News spoke of Isaac
selling his birthright. The parties to
that memorable transaction were Is
aac's sons, Jacob and Esau. The mis-
take, however, might have been no
fault of the editor but typographical
error.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

The Waco Times-Herald thinks
there is as much chance for James
HAYS Ouarles to ascend the throne of
England as there is for William Poin'
dexter to win the nomination Judge
Poindexter. his campaign manager and
many of his friends say he is certain
to win the nomination. If neither the
Times-Herad nor Judge PoindeXtef Is
under the spell of a delusion, Cot.
Quarles will soon be swaying the scep-
ter of an empire on which the sun
never sets.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

Delicious canteloupes, better than
Rocky-Fords. two for a nickel. The
reputed site of the Garden of Eden
in the Harilah district, drained by the
sources of the Euphrates and the
Hiddekel, is described as a surpass-
ingly fertile fruitful region, but it can
not be equal to the Mesopotamia Of
Texas.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

In about half a dozen sparsely set
tied counties no primary will be held
because the local jobs are not worth
enough 10 Justify the expenses of hold
ing the election and there are not
enough patriots willing to serve with
out compensation. Defeated candi-
dates will find these counties useful
in explaining the result.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-07-20

Many Bryan people have put locks
on their stables and carriage houses.
This is wise precaution at all times,
but there is less danger now for a
while than there has been heretofore
and will be again after the recent cpl
sode shall have been forgotten.