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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

The applicant for divorce who
says his wife threw things at him
for nineteen years must be sue
cessful dodger to be alive now. How
would he do for base ball umpire!
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

We have no use for the loafer who
goes about telling how liberal he
would be II he had an Industrious
mans money.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

A exchange says that "sympathy
and bead hair area great deal aaike
- lot Of It y not the real thing
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

There Is an awful waste, extra
vagance and frightful lot of idle
ness in this world Of ours. Some
men worry themselves gray headed
trying to get and retain work. pos
sibly employing others and carrying
Q heavy load, and then there are an
innumerable lot who just don't care
q particle whether they work or not;
someway. somehow, they get along.
1t b making poor use of ones abil-
ity. however, this idle Indifference.
Get into the game. produce, do some
thing and keep busy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

When a man works hard and es-
tablishes good business, a couple
Of men settle down beside him ana
initiate whatever he does. And some
times the imitation - better tnan
|tAs psi(1pal.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

The transfer of a Presiding Elder
from one district to another without
an interval in the pastorate, was
quite unusual in the econ
omy of Methodism at that time. My
new appointment. therefore, came as
q surprise to most of the preachers.
Methodist ministers are among the
most loyal people in the world, and
with the exception of a little hand
ful-some of whom were themselves
aspirants for the office-the action
of the Bishop was quite we'll re-
ceived.
Knowing that we must of neces-
sity leave Epworth, our goods were
already packed when Conference ad-
journed. Nothing remained there
fore. but to charter a car, get our
goods on and move to our new field.
making our home at Decorah, where
/ had already rented house, which
we afterward purchased, and occu-
pied during my term on the district.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04

! Rear Admiral Winfield Scott
qcAlsy, the hero. Of Santiago. dropped
aa4 from heart failnrs ip New yofa
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04


While 1t was tten with no I
intention Of be fmade public. I
yet his life ha- sen filled with I
: such varied experiences. dating
from his birth in England. boy
hood, soldier. clergyman, legis-
lator. ETC., that we flnd much
which we believe will be read I
with interest by the public, and
We will therefore from time to
time az space permits publish
: sections Of this autobiography,
: should It prove of suhicient in
terest to continue.)
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(Continued from last week.
There are many occasions in the
life Of q Methodist minister when
the regular routine is frightened by
some happy incident or by the humor
OF some brother who bubbles over
with kindly wit. At one of our Dis
trict Conferences q preacher who
was holding down nearby charge,
In his report, which was given verb
ally. talked so long and so dismally
9' 'ne spil''usi conoition OF nis
'n' me. everyone was OUT OF
patience with him, and his gloomy
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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-10-04
s. N. FELLOWS,
NATHANIEL PYE,
A. M. MCINTOSH,
7. 7. TNNKADn

A>s As AOOAAnAs
After my report had been made to
the Conference, DR.. j. s. McCord, on
behalf of the ministers Of the dis
trict. presented me with q gold
watch. saying some very touching
things, to which responded as we'll
as l could, for tho beautiful gift.
There happened to be three Dis
trict vacanciet that fall, Cedar
Rapids and DEBORAH changing as we'll
as Dubuque. }. b. Albrook was ap-
pointed to the Cedar rapids District
and J. H. Rigby to the Dubuque Dis
trict. Several preachers serving
charges on the Decorah District had
been prominently mentioned in con-
nection with that vacancy and az all
Of them were good, capable men, It
was not 80 easy to make q selection.
On Saturday afternoon, Bishop
Merrill said to me: Brother Green,
do You think you can stand it IL 1
don't settle your appointment until
Monday morning: will it interfere
with your enioyment of the Sab
bath?" mot at ALL" replied, "the
matter is in your hands and what
ever you do will no doubt be for the
best"
On Monday morning the cabinet
was called together for its final ses-
sion and the Bishop said to us:
well. brethren. have decided to
place Brother Green on the DEBORAH
District; let us go to the church."
The appointments were then read,
and ] found myself at the head OIL
another district, on which I was des-
tined to remain for the next eixi
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-13

He had not long to wait. Long be-
fore the moon twilight had gone out
of the sky he saw in 1t silhouetted
against 1t, the sight from which
he had once fed with such mad
terror-the broad expanse of the sky
mans wings.
Instead of firing, he scrambled up to
the top Of the nearest Ice hummock
and from there watched Cayley' flight
to his landing place.
He laughed aloud when he saw that
it was not in the side of the cliff. as he
had feared, but quite at the crest of 1t
where 1t was as accessible to man
who could climb bit as to one with
wings
He did not move from his attitude
OF strained attention, on the summit
of little ice hill, until he saw faint
glow of golden light diffusing itself
from the mouth of the tunnel that led
to the pilot house. Then, with that
queer shuffling gait of his, which was
neither walk nor run, he began max
ing his way inshore, over the ice. to-
ward the foot of the Cliff
Cayley's tunnel was not at right
angles to the crest, but bore of dag.
onally westward. Roscoe had noted
this fact, and he figured 1t out from
the top of the promontory. which
formed the western boundary Of their
strip Of beach, he should be able to
command view straight into the tun-
mel. Also. there was at this point a
precipitous trail up the cliff. No one
but Roscoe would have called 1t a
trail, but that was the way 1t existed
In his mind.
His calculation of the angle OF the
tunnel proved to be correct for from
his newly-gained coign Of vantage, he
could see straight into the pilot house
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-13

working without fatigue and without
termission-working SO long as the
moonlight lasted.
load when. glancing skyward to see
how long the light would hold, he
caught glimpse Of Cayley on the
wing The sight occasioned him no
return-not even momentary-of the
old terror. He cursed little because
he had not his rife with him; the sky
man soaring slowly and not very high,
presented mark he could almost GER
tainly have hit.
1t was surprising. of course. to see
him alive, but Roscoe, in his present
pernatural means to account for the
fact Indeed, he was hardly more than
a moment in approximating the true ex-
PLANTATION. There might well be, he
supposed, up somewhere in the face
of the cliff cave, or shelter, of whiuh
he knew nothing. and easily acces-
sible to anyone who happened to pos
sess a flying machine.
Skirting the cliff and keeping well
in its shadow, he made his way with
his last load. back to his cave. Here
he spent few minutes cleaning his
rife. making sure that the mechanism
Of the breech was working perfectly.
and filling its magazine full of car
trtdges.
The moon was Just setting. but the
sky was still bright enough to give
him a good hope Of making out Cay.
ley's winged figure against 1t.
Roscoe sQuatted down in the lee OF
the great hummock Of ice. surveyed
the heavens with keen. practised eyes.
munching on strip of dried walrus.
meat which he had brought with him
and waited very contentedly.
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-13
SYNOPSIS.

Philip cayley, ACCUSED Of . crime Of
Nm SSi;my yn, n disgrace sna Il; @ siiee.iSn don f9s e
aSs %ashss :S'VS %s ss.ns Nc
hs :hsn.a ASS senss cs H. h:d ns IN
eovers a yacht anchored IN ths bay. D..
siri's name Is jeanne Hi Fielding and that
q athos captain nGs Feldios sesa an areo
explorer. A party from the yacht is ma
thar ss nss aaSppsd aa
the surviving crew Of his wrecked whaler
Ing and hi. two companions. after the ex-
enormous ledge Of pure gold. Roscoe then
tss ruan of ia The 1a i Ss
Sig load ee gold 3s.nns tells Fsnshaw.
sky.man and SHOW: hint him the sn1 stick lick left @ by by
Cayiey Fanshaw declares that It 10 an
darts Tom Tan.ss% returns Ssea from shIos the
srry Ierty wn shns sDrasnsa Durssssa ans
e the searSSs1s Tom snsa Rss sHis Ss
enters an abandoned hut. and there nnds
ner fathers diary. which discloses the ex
plorer's suspicion of Roscoe. The ruff
nan returns to th. hut and sees Jeanne.
de IL intent on nurder. when the sky
man swoops down, and the. rufnan fees.
Jeanne gives Cayley her fathers diary
20 read; The yacht disappears and Ros-
goes plans to capture 1t are revealed.
Jeanne's only hope is in Cayley. The
sertousness of their situation becomes ap-
parent to Jeanne and the sky-man. Cay
ley kills a polar bear. Next he finds a
Glue to the hiding place of the stores.
Roscoe Is about to attack the girl when
he g sent fleeing in terror by the sight
OF the sky-man swooping down. Measures
arc taken to fortify the hut. Cayley kills
wounded polar bear and receives the
nrst intimation that Roscoe Possesses
firearms. A issure In the ice Yields up
Hunters body and Roscoe, finding II, re-
moves the dead mans rife. He discovers
that Cayley is a human being and not a
spirit. The ruffan is baffed in his plan
To murder Cayley when the latter and
Jeanne take refuge in the cave where a
curious storm keeps them imprisoned
They confess their love for each other
Sayley. resolving to seek the rufdan and
Kill him. finds Roscoes cave.
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-13
CHAPTER XXI.
In the Pilot House.

Cayley had been right in assuming,
as he did in his conversation with
Jeanne. upon the subject, that Roscoe
and the other people OF the Walrus
had never noticed the ice chimney, nor
suspected the existence OF the pilot
house upon the clin-head. Also, he
had followed correctly the track OF
Roscoe's mind in the deduction that
the two latest castaways upon this
land-that is, Philip and Jeanne
must have perished in the great storm
which began on the night when he
fired the hut. and continued for SO
all trace OF reckoning.
During the storm he had lived in
the cave, much as Philip and Jeanne
had lived in the pilot house on the
cliff: he had, that is to say. in some
purely automatic fashion. kept on ex-
isting. The mere momentum OF a ma
ture mans vitality makes It hard for
him to die. But when the storm
abated and milder weather came, he
bestirred himself. as Cayley did, and
set about digging tunnel of his own
through the great drift which had
blocked the entrance to his cave.
The next time the moon came up,
after he had completed the tunnel
from the cave, he set out down the
beach toward the ruins Of the hut.
1t was not mere curiosity which
attracted him. nor any lurking fear,
but simply the hope Of making some
salvage from the wreckage Of the hut,
or possibly. from the bodies Of his two
victims. in case he was lucky enough
TO find them. He had no doubt at all
that they were dead.
His pleasure over the quantity and
condition Of the stores he found in
the ice cave compensated for his
disappointment over not finding the
bodies of his two latest victims.
Evidently they had not even at.
tempted to use such shelter as the ice
chamber afforded. for It showed no
mark Of human habitation at all. They
had probably wandered outside and
died In one Of the nearby drifts. Per.
haps he would find them some day.
For the present. however. the stores
occupied his whole attention.
Very methodically he set to work
carrying them on to his own cave,
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-13

she was safe, he told himself. She
was armed with q heavy revolver. was
. good shot and had plenty OF nerve.
She was in q place, tho only avenue
Of access to which would give her
tremendous advantage over any in
vader. 80 that, even supposing the
worst-supposin& that Roscoe's abb
sence were taken to mean that he had
gone to make an attack ON the pilot
house, there could hardly be doubt
that Jeanne would kill him.
His reasoning was all based on tho
assumption that the pilot house was
inaccessible to any wingless creature
except by way Of the ice chimney.
Even now. when his fear for the girl
was amounting to a superstition OF al
most irresistible intensity, 1t did not
occur to him to question that.
He steadisd himself as best he could
and crouched down in the shelter Of
the big rock to await Roscoe's return.
He had hardly settled himself here
when he saw something that made
him shake his head impatiently. and
swear little. It was the winking
glow of an aurora borealis, on to the
north.
Cayley gazed at the spectacle unwill-
ingly. but still he gazed. And, some
how. though he fought the feeling des.
perately. 1t began to assume a per-
sonal significance to him-a signif-
canoe of mockery. The whole sky was
Quivering with vast, silent laughter.
Was 1t because he, with his fancied
cleverness and daring in finding Ros-
GOES lair and waiting for his return to
it, was really doing precisely the thing
that Roscoe would have had him dot
Were those sky-witches laughing over
what was happening up at the pilot
house while he sat here and waited
No intelligence. no sane power of
consecutive reasoning can resist this
sort of thing definitely. and at last
Cayley's power of resistance came to
an end.
He sprang to his feet, at, last. drip
ping with sweat, in spite of the cold,
caught up his bundled wings, unfurled
| them and took the air with a rush.
Once he had jerked himself aloft to a
height little above the crest of the
cliff. 1t was hardly more than a mat.
ter Of seconds before he came oppo.
site the dome-like mound of snow
which covered the pilot house.
There was no light shining out OF
the tunnel entrance. But that was
as he had expected 1t to be. He made
it out easily enough; and in another
moment had alighted there.
| "Jeanne!" he called.
| II was not the exertion Of flight, bu,
sudden intolerable apprehension that
made him breathless. The word had
halted little In his throat Exact
ly as he uttered It he saw down the
tunnel. and in the pilot house itself
a tiny spark of fire. and heard the
click Of steel against flint.
What the spark Illuminated were
the fingers Of a gigantic. hairy hand
"Jeanne!" he called again. and now
his voice came clear enough. wait 9
minute and I'll make a light for you
Gilpin observer., 1911-07-13
SHAPTER xxI.-contlnued.

Probably no apparition of the mon
ster he expected to find there-no
sight of him towering expectant.
armed. anticipating all that Cayley
hoped to do, and ready to Illustrate It,
could have been SO terrifying to Philip
as the thing he actually saw, which
was-nothing. At least, SO far as
hrst glance into the cave would re-
veal. his enemy was not there
Cayley shuddered. not with fear.
and yet with a sensation stronger
than disgust. 1t was as II a leopard
had been standing over the deserted
lair of hyena. A wild beasts lair
II was and not human habitation.
The floor was Uttered with feathers
and half-gnawed bones. The rocky
walls dripped with oil SCOT of his hor-
rible cooking. The foul air Of the
place was actually iridescent. But
the real horror Of It lay In the fact
that Roscoe was not there.
Cayley's reasoning faculties attack
cd that blind. irrational horror with
all their force. From the condition of
the fire 1t was evident that Roscoe
had been gone several hours. It was
almost certain that he would return
soon. Cayley's arrival in his absence
really gave him an immense advant-
age. A man always comes unwarily
into the place he calls home. II Ros-
coe came back now he would have no
chance at all against Cayley's quick
spring and the flash of the long knife
blade.
Certainly It was reasonable to ex-
pect that Roscoe would wait for an
other moonrise before setting out on
any serious sort of expedition and, II
that assumption were correct, he
might be returning to the cave at any
moment.
He strobe abruptly back to the cave
mouth. AS he did SO, however, his
eye alighted on something that made
him pause-something SO strangely
Gut of keeping with its surroundings
that 1t caused him-or he thought that
was the reason-a sense OF recogni.
ton. almost of familiarity.
The thing which 80 evidently did
not belong to Roscoe that It seemed
almost to belong to Philip himself,
was a gold locket. 1t lay on a fat bit
OF rock, which seemed to serve Ros-
GOES purpose as table. The objects
which surrounded tan irregular
piece Of raw walrus hide, an over
turned bottle of whale oil, with q
smudgy wick In It, sailmaker'a
needle and some ravelings Of canvas,
together with some scraps of food-all
spoke SO loud Of Roscoe and made such
a contrast with this bit Of jewelry that
Cayley's action in STOPPING to pick II
up was automatic.
He held 1t In his hand a moment as
II he did not know quite what to dc
with It, then put :. In his pocket and
went out Of the cave. Only during
the moment when It had first caught
his eye had It really commanded his
attention at all. BY the time he got
outside Of the cave he had forgotten
It.
Two or three breaths of the clear
air outside Of the cave were all he
needed to revive him. physically. But
to his surprise they did not suffice tc
rid him Of the feeling which he re
garded as superstitious, namely. the
impulse to ny back to Jeanne as fast
- wing could carry him.
He had every reason to believe that
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-12-17
The Christmas FurS You Are L
 ing for at Little Prices

Single muffs, in black only; @ OS
 worth regularly $5. Special -. pAscC Extra fine black hair fur set, large new shaped huff with heavy shirred satin lining, splendid neckpiece to match, go OK worth $20. Set for ............ VOsOO Genuine red fox or natural fur set, new style huff and neckpiece, handsomely lined worth $37.50. The COY R0 set " .................... VAssOO
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-11
EVERY MAN NEEDS ONE
Not Properly Protected Unless a Wo-
 man Cares for Him

From the Chicago News.
 A New York woman has been told by court to chastise her husband if he doesn't behave. Other women with the proper muscular development will not wait for the court s decision to get busy.
 In Germany women are now doing pro- fessional chauffeur stunts, but the knowl- edge that the fair hand of a woman mace him bite the dust will not ease the pain of the man who is being hurried to the hospital
 A Texas widow recently married man she had had arrested for picking her pocket. No doubt she reasoned that any man who was able to find a woman's pocket without assistance would be handy to have around the house.
 Don't get the idea that women are less intellectual than men. The brain that can comprehend the fancy work dia- grams outlined in the household maga- zines is certainly equal to any proposi- tion that might be put up to jackpot legislature.
 What a continuous picnic it must have been for the men who lived in the good old days, when, if a husband died, his wife was creamated along with his bodyl How solicitous then a woman must have be- come whenever her husband had a pain anywherel
 Now comes the report that a woman in Milwaukee has had a mil<man arrested for adulterating the milk with water. Ard Milwaukee daryman who doesn't know enough to fill up his cans with what made the town famous instead of water ought to be given a chance to mediate six months in the village bas- tile.
 Occasionally a woman gives the eternal fitness of things an awful jolt. An unso- phisticated friend of mine spent many years in learning to speak seven lan- guages fuently; then a little woman with only a common school education Putted into his peaceful life and married him. and since then he hasn't had a chance to get in word edgewaYs.
 A magazine writer says it is only mat ter of time until the women of this coun- try will dress like the men. If this
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-11
ADJUSTMENTS
The Classy Schiller Players

Three Weeks an emotional drama in prologue and four acts, by Elinor Glyn. produced at the Bijou under-the direction of Harry J. Thomas.
 Following is the cast of characters
 Paul Verdayne, Clifford Bruce.
 Sir Charles Verdayne, his father, Harry Thomas.
 The King of Sardalia, John Todd. Dimetry, body servant Of ''The Lady, Rolla Lloyd.
 Captain Grigsby, Paul's godfather, For est Seabury.
 Vcrchoff and Petroutch, kings officers, John Wood and Albert Benson. Vasili, body guard of "The Lady,' H. T, James
 Thompson, Paul's valet, Dawson Nc Crary.
 Spy, Bob Baker.
 Head waiter, Ebert Benson. Waiter, William Killian.
 "The Lady, Queen of Sardalia, Nora Shelby.
 Anna, her maid, Marie Grayber. Lady Verdayne, Paul's mother, Helen Scott.
 Guards, waiting women, rabble, etc. Prologue: Her majestys boudoir-"Sar-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-06-11

prophecy comes true what will the hero inc who has been Tagging trains with her red flannel skirt for the past 60 years do when she discovers a bridge on fire and suddenly realizes that the limited ex- press is less than a mile away?
 A woman in real life has nothing in common with novel heroine. In the book when she is i'll she becomes pale and big eyed, and looks like an angel in a loose white garment that may or may not be a wrapper. But in real life she has a red nose, swollen eyes, tangled hair, and a red flannel rag soaked in goose grease about her neck and if the hero kisses her he can taste quinine and rhubarb for the next 2i hours. Nevertheless, every man should have woman to protect him.
 Did you ever know woman to blow out the gas or be buncoed by a stranger who wanted to borrow s2.9S to pay a freight bill?
 Does she ever buy gold bricks or lose money on a sure-thing game?
 If she happens to have a roll of green backs on her person does she flash il when she has occasion to buy ice cream soda?
 Does she need male protector? Not much.
 But every man who has occasion to wander from his own fireside should have a woman along to act as guardian and keep him from making a bigger fool of himself than he naturally is.