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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26
Prof. Sperati and His Luther College
Concert Band Arrived Home
Wednesday Evening From
Successful American
and European Tour.
VISITED TEN DIFFERENT
COUNTRIES ON TOUR
Reception Home Most Enthusiastic
Homecoming Concerts Draw
Thousands of Admirers
From Wide Terri
tory.

The Luther College Concert Band
composed of sixty talented young
musicians, under the high class lead
ership of Prof. Carlo A. Sperati, arr
rived home in DecorGh Wednesday
afternoon covered with laurels from
one of the most succe ssful Ameri-
that any band has ever made, after
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26

You haven't your religion on
straight if you tie your faithful hor-
ses to post in the sun and let them
stand for hours when mercury points
to 95 in the shade" declares the
'Waverly Independent. 1T viii help
you to enjoy your religion If you are
good to your horses.''
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26

The meat speculator ran up
against the meat eater who announc-
ed his readiness to so without Tor
a spell to the discontinue OF the
speculator. A general boycott OF
meat would shoot prices to pieces in
q week. The food speculator is no
friend of the producer or the con-
sumer.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26

After treating every Tom, Dick
and Harry he knows to ten or fif-
teen cent drink, that kind of a man
generally squares himself with his
wife by taking her a five cent pack
age of gum.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26

"A stock exchange is in some re-
spects like an American saloon. In
times of serious trouble both are
closed as a menace TO the general
we'll being" says the Council Bluffs
Nonpareil.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26

How would it work TO sentence
careless autoists to sixty days before
Liege.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-08-26

Time to begin mobilizing the corn.
huskers. The swaying stands are
getting ready for the volunteers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04
CURIOUS DEATH CEREMONY.
u Has Been Observed For Centuries In
Austria's Royal Family.

A strange burial ceremony has OBJ
tanned among the IIapsburgs. the oldest
Of the royal families Of Europe. for sew
eral hundred years Whenever the em-
pcror dies his body is carried by the
nearest way from the imperial palace
to the monastery of the Capuchin
monks OF the outskirts of Vienna. Only
u few officials form the nconspicuous
escort.
Arriving ut the door of the crypt Of
the monastery. which is found locked,
the master of ceremonies knocks upon
1t with his gold staff and demands ad-
mittance.
"Who is tlIcrc;" comes the voice of q
monk from behind the boltcd door
His royal majesty the emperor of
Austria. King of Hungary. duke of
Syria" rcciting the long list of titles
borne 10y the dead monarch.
I'VE know no such man" CURLY re-
plies the voice within.
Again the master of ceremonies
knocks and demands admissions; again
the voice of the guardian monk de-
mands who is there?" Again the
master of ceremonies recites the list
of honorS and titles borne by the dead
maD-and again the voice from within
replies I'VE know no such man"
\ third time the master of cere-
monies knocks. and Il third time the
monk within asks. who is thcrc?"
"Our brother. Joseph Hapsburg" (or
whatever was the simple name of the
dead king.
At this humble confession of the
equality Of the dead man with all hui
man flesh the bolts fly back swiftly.
ENTER. brother!' cries the monk. stand.
ing welcoming in the doorway, and the
body is taken within. Later the body
is returned to the palace and a funeral
with all the pomp of royalty is con
Quoted from the princely mansion. But
this first strange ceremony is never
omitted. -Washington Star.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04
RADIUM AND LIGHTNING.
And the Better Protection of Horses
During Thunderstorms.

Radium has been discovered vastly
to improve lightning rods in their pro-
lection of buildings during thunder
Of radium prevents any practical use
of the fact as yet But there Is very
fair possibility that the information
gained in this way will lead to new
form of lightning rod which will be
more efficient or that further expert
ments will show that tiny quantity
Of radium at Il reasonable cost will I'M
prove the protection.
The purpose of lightning rods, Of
course, Is to catch the electrical cur
rents in the air during Il storm and
lead them safely into the ground in
stead of allowing the lightning to pick
its own course down through house
OF church steeple. and their use is
based on the principle that metal rod
VIII give the electricity smoother
path of less resistance than ordinary
building material
The whole trouble with lightning
rods now is that, though they can be
made to do the trick If the electrical
discharge is near them. there Is no way
to lead electricity through the air to
the rod Radium will do this part Of
the work, ms has been demonstrated in
scientific experiments. Two MILL
grams of radium on the end OF rod
made the air II considerable distance
away vastly better conductor.
Thus any electrical discharge within
several yards of the rod had path
open for it along the radium rays to
the rod and then down the rod to the
enthusiastically Evening Post
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04
D0NKEYS IN EGYPT.
Brutaly Used Are These Despised
Friends of the Natives.

In Egypt the donkey is the chief beast
of burden. Every farmer has mt least
two or three of them, and when he
friends on donkeys. He does not use
Il proper saddle. but has II couple of
sacks strapped over the animals back.
No reins are used and stirrtps are
never thought Of
The donlcys are sometimes used in
most brutal fashion. for their riders
guide them with Il stick. hitting them
ON the left side of the head when
they want them TO go To the right. and
vice versa If the dunkeys are not 90
ing fast enough some riders rub the
rough end of Il stick along the spine
or prick them behind the mock with
needle liked into the stick they use
for guiding.
When Egyptian women ride the
donkey they sit ustridc. and the young
fclluhah. or farmers daughter, can go
at great speed Most Of the Older
women. however. are either too poor
Ia afford one or too stout To balance
on one
II is common sight to see Il man rid
ing on Il donkey and his wife trotting
behind. barefouted and carrying IN
infant in her arms and Il large basket
on her head The Egyptian farmer has
no idea of wOmcn'S rights Resides
carrying the farmer to and f. m his
labor, the donkey has to cary bundles
uf birSeem or clover from the fields tn
the horses and bui1aloeS in the villages
and towns. for grass aud hay are al
most unknown In Egypt
When the don';ey is not beng work
ed 1t is roped to II peg in the ground
and its two front feet are tied to-
gcther. so that IL cannot move more
than two yards. 1t is the natives de
splsed friend
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04
Dependency Due to Indigestion.

1t is not at all surprising that persons
who have indigestion become discour-
aged and respondent. Here are few
words of hope and cheer for them BY
Mrs. Blanche Bowers, of Indiana, Pa.
For years my digestion was so poor
that could only eat the liahtest foods.
! tried every thing that heard of to
get reliet, but not Until about yeai
ago when saw chamberlain's Tablets
and got bottle of them,
did find the right treatment. ! soon
began to improve. and since taking a
few bottles of them my digestion Is
fue." For sale by all dealers.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04
@6TH ANNUAL MEETING OF Ma.
TioNAL AMERICAN WOMAN
SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.
ORGANIZED IN 43 STATES
Members From All Parts of United
States viii Be in Nashville, Tenn,
on November 10 and 11--Many
Prominent Women Leaders viii ee
in Attendance.

Suffragists from all parts of the Uni
ted States will arrive in Nashville,
Tennessee, on November 10 and IL, for
the Forty-sixth Annual Convention OF
the National American Woman SUI
frage Association, and the dele gates
will represent over sixty branches OF
the association v'.'ch have been or
sanized in forty-tAi ee states. There
will be women prominent socially, In
the professions and ia AL kinds OF re-
form work. Some of the delegates will
come from equal suffrage states, and
they Will tell the result OF votes for
women from personal experience
Among them will be Jane Adams, OF
Hull House, who is now an Illinois vo.
ter; Mrs. Mary c. C. Bradford, Super
intendent Of Public Instruction of Col
orado; Miss Helen Eaker, of Kansas;
Mrs. Frances Munds, of Arizona. and
Mrs. Catherine Waugh Mccullough, of
Chicago, well-known as a lawyer and
Justice of the peace. The most inter
esting women voters, because they will
be brand new ones, will come from
states where suffrage amendments are
to be voted on November Sd. These
states are Montana, Nevada, North and
South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri and
Ohio. Miss Anne Martin, President OF
the Nevada Equal Franchise Associa-
ton, writes that she can not miss the
National Convention, but, on the other
hand, how can she leave Nevada until
all the returns are in, and it usually
takes a week to know results there.
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04


Other delegates, who are leading their
state campaigns this year, will De Mrs.
Harriet Taylor Upton. of Ohio; Mrs.
Draper Smith, of Nebraska; Miss Jean
nette Rankin, of Montana; Mrs. Clara
l.. barrow, of North Dakota; Mrs. Wal
ter McNab Miller, of Missouri, and
Mrs. John Pyle, of South Dakota.
OF course. Or. Anna Howa d Shaw,
President of the National Suffrage Assoc
ciation who is the orator OF the cause
and universally loved because OF her wise
enthusiasm, her sympathy and her great
sense of humor. Will be there. and Mrs.
Carrie Chapman Gait, President Of the
International Woman Suffrage Alliance,
and also Chairman of the Empire state
Campaign Committee, whom every con-
yention proves the greatest statesman OF
the suffrage movement, FOR she IS elo-
quent and at the same time JUST, loSlcal
and far-seeing.
The call for the convention says; our
task win be to formulate Judgment on
those great issues of the day which near
iv concern women; to choose leaders who,
during the coming year who are to guide
the fortunes of our cause ana, nhaily, 10
Seliberate how the whole National body
NAV. on the one hand, best give aid and
succor to the states working for their own
ACCOMPLISHMENT, and, on the other, press
for federal action in behalf of the women
Of the nation at large" The call Is sign
ed by the National officers: Or. Anna
Howard Shaw, Moylan. Pa; Miss Jane
adams. Chicago: Mrs. Desha Breckin-
rIdre' Lexington. Ky: Miss Caroline
Ruutz- Rees Greenwich. Conn; Mrs. SUI
san w FitzGerald. jamaica Plains, Mass. ;
MIS- stanley Mccormick Boston; Mrs
James Lees I.aidlaw, New York. and Mrs
Josenh Tilton Bowen. Chicago
The daytime sessions of the convention
will be devoted to business and the eve
nings to public meetings The National
of,icers have urged all the members OF
The Executive Council to meet In Nash
,,iIle on the morning of November II and
devote the entire day 10 conference on
co that constructive plans can be sug-
eesied TO the convention, and no time Will
r. snent in futile discussion The first
reguiar session of the convention will be
on November 18th. II is expected that
he most Interesting discussion will lol-
low the report of Mrs. Medill Mccormick,
NJ Chicago Chairman of the Congress
sionoi Committee of the National Suf-
frage Association, as delegates from all
over the country will express their views
tiopai work and on the campaigns for the
I,ristow and Shafroth amendments to the
constitution OF the United States one
session will be devoted to a lively con-
ference on methods for organizing and
campaigning. in which II Is expected that
al treasurer. Mrs. Stanley Mccormick.
will present the budget for the coming
wear. Mrs Cyrus Field. OF New York.
viii report on the National Suffrage Pub.
fishing Co. business corporation formed
the United States. and officers for the Ma
tional Association will be elected.
on Thursday. November ~. II H. ex'
pected that Gov. w. b. Hooper. Of Ten
ssssss; Mayor Hillary Howse. OF Nash
The Breckenridge news. (Cloverport, Ky.) 1876-1955, 1914-11-04

Vile: Mrs Crozler- French. President o.
the Tennessee Suffrage Association, ana
Mrs. Guilford Dudley. President of the
Nashville Suffrage Association, Will wei
come the convention. DIR. Shaw viii MAKE
the annual address on that evening, ana
the convention viii celebrate the NoVem-
Der Sd victories for women suffrage.
Friday, November IS, Voters Evening
will be held under the auspices OF tne
Mems League for Woman Suntage, win
Mr. James Lees Laidlaw, of New YORK,
presiding. AT the evening meeting or
Saturday there will be a discussion OF
state and National campaigns, win MIS-.
Carrie Chapman Gait, of New York MISS
Alice Stone Blackwell. OF Boston, editor
of the Womdn's Journal; Mrs, Antoinette
Funk, of Chicago. and Mrs. Glenna Smith
Tinnin, of Washington. among the SPEAK
ers. Miss iona Gale will read new
Friendship Village story. with Suffrage
moral.
on Sunday afternoon there will be q
mass meeting. at which the speakers VIII
be Miss Jane Adams, Mrs. Rosika
Schwimmer, of Budapest; Mrs; RaynohI
Robs,ins. Of chieago and Mrs ps sc.
rettry of the International Woman SUI
frage Alliance, and Is "A most active work
er for the cause in Hungary. she ~ now
making a speaking tour in ohio, where
her audiences are most enthusiastic over
her cloquence and wit Mrs. Raymond
Robbins is well known as the President
of the National Woman's Trade Union
League, and Mrs. Breckenridge. OF course,
needs no Introduction to southern audi
ences.
Sunday evening the officers OF the Ma
tional Association will give a reception to
delegates and friends. on Monday eve
ming the great new moving picture SUI
frage play, Your Girl and Mine viii be
presented. This play comes out under
the Joint auspices of Mrs. Medill McCor-
mick and MIR. William y. Selig, who. be
sides being one of the largest producers
in the moving picture world, is said TO be
a convinced suffragiSt as we'll Mrs Nc
Cornick and Mr.. Selig have financed the
production, ,he proceeds of which Will 60
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
;BEQUESTS ALL COULD ENJOY
Money Left for Public Parks Would
Keep Donors Memory Ever In
! Remembrance.

He hath left you all his walks.
Ills private arbors, and new planted or
chards,
Ion this side Tiber; he hath left them
zz,ou ~r@S=eA-9---17~ @-r
sSKnd to your heirs for ever: common pleas
TO walk abroad and recreate yourselves.
Julius Caesar.
i Why do not more persons wishing.
Ito benefit the people after their de-
mise leave, for park purposes, their
private gardens to the dear public?
What more elective way to insure
remembrance after one is gone could
;;be dev. ed! Those who provide In
their wills for silly shafts OF stone,
!etc., do the public no lasting benefit.
nor do they perpetuate memory OF
the donor, for they leave nothing
worthy of remembrance or that proves
either boon or benefit to their fel.
bowman. Parks, either large or small,
,are imperishable monuments to the
;fellow-being who, in his wisdom,
,craved remembrance from his kind.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
JAcKRABBIT STOPS A TRAIN
Little Animate Body Was Hurled
Against the Air hcse, Setting
tho Brakes-

How jacluabbit stopped the crack
Great Northern express train is re-
lated by H. H. Dean OF Hfllyard,
Washington, the engineer who stood
at the throttle when the incident oc-
CURED. Here is the engineers own
version Of the affair:
1--WE were coming through Naylor
when the accident occurred, declared
Mr.. Dean. 1--WE were bowling along
about so miles an hour. pulling our
full complement of coaches, when ]
saw a jackrabbit coming toward US
full speed in the middle of the track.
The animal evidently was confused by
the brilliant glare from the electric
headlight and made no effort to get
out of the way. Just before we struck
him he stopped and crouched down.
and after the engine pilot passed
over him the airbrakes began to
work and the train came to sudden
stop, the air, register showing the
brakes set on the emergency.
''The fireman and I got out to In
vestigate, and found that the air-hose
had been uncoupled between the en-
gine and tender. There were blood
stains and pieces Of fur on the coup
ling, and it was evident that the body
Of the rabbit had been thrown against
the hose with sufficient force to break
the connections"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
Misuse of Vines.

The mission Of the vine, in its rela-
ftion to dwelling houses, is to soften
the harsh, monotonous lines of archi-
lecture, to extend its beautiful tracery
partially over the sides Of the building
so that sprays Of stem and foliage
have their beauty accentuated by q
suitable background. Its misuse con-
sists of allowing it to grow in thick.
iened mass, obscuring all lines of arch
itectural beauty, shutting out light
and air, thus conducive to unhealthful
atmosphere. funeral aspect and gen
!eral air of depression suggestive OF
,tomb-like darkness and silence. Vines
are glorious in their proper use, but
become nuisances by abuse.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
Hone l&||}0
! I OWNT71r s
IS HELPS
WORK OF CIVIC SECRETARY
tNs,u Town ofSiciai Has Become an Inn
poreant Factor In Amer
can Life.

/, There is a new ofncial in American
Acity life-the civic secretary. He rep
sresents the link between educatlon
and life In the big cities. For num-
!oer Of years American educators nave
ibeen striving to bridge the chasm tnat
jsesmed to exist between educatlonai
ilnduences and the every day lives OF
!the people. BY means OF evening
lscnools, Libraries, extension lectures
land more recently civic, social ana
recreational centers much has been
idone. 1t has remained to COMBINE
these connecting educational forces
under one active officer, and this mas
tzen accomplished by the new posrtlon
lof civic secretary.
The civic secretary at Duluth, Mimi,
lis appointed by the board OF public
!welfare OF that city. He has charge OF
iau the local social center work. Plans
ito secure the same sort OF officer are
,reported to be under way In several
icthsr cities of the middle west Tne
joficial may not always be called the
;.~civic secretary" but his functions are
.isenerally the same. He organizes edu
!eational extension work; gives lnteill
igent and sympathetic aid to play ano
recreation; stimulates discussion OF
ipublic problems; in short, he consoil
4dates and directs the civic agencies OF
1.-THE community for the beneht OF al
iIhe citizens.
. In Superior, Wis, "city exposition
tas planned by the civic secretary, who
lis here called director Of the civic
center department" In this city ex
position not only local Industries bu'
the educational and municipal institu
;tions will have an opportunity to e1
,hibit their methods and results. The
exposition idea is only single item
in large program mapped out by the
director. There will be various socla
and recreational activities, lecture
courses, civic and ward improvement
clubs, and a clipping bureau will b'
established to collect information OF
isocial, civic and municipal matters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
Aroused English Admiration.

For the first time on record news
bulletins taken by wireless were re.
Gently displayed on moving train,
when passengers on an American rail-
road were astonished to see the lat.
est foreign and home dispatches
spread before their eyes as they were
being whirled along at go miles an
hour. The Scranton Times sent ESQ
words from the wireless station to the
moving train. the messages dealing
with internal and external affatrs. A
few days previously the same railway
company successfully experimental
with the transmission by wireless OF
running orders to train staf.-Lon'
don Mail.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
APPROVE SAFETY FIRST IDEA
Railroad Employees Enthusiastically
Respond to the Request for
Greater Degree Of Care.

A student of railway economics
saws the greatest problem the rail-
road has to solve in its efforts to con-
serve human life is to find ways TO
protect those who will not protect
themselves.
One serious feature Of this problem
WIS the carelessness Of railroad en-
ployes. but conditions are vastly bet
ter than they were a few years ago.
In order to make their employees
more careful, the larger companies
have inaugurated a system OF sur
prise tests" These are conducted
among all classes OF employees.
Such tests are given at unexpected
times and under unusual conditions,
SO that they reveal to just what ex'
tent rules are broken and risks taken
A record of tests made last year by
che Pennsylvania lines is an excellent
indication of the hearty support that
employees are giving this great "safe'
ty first" movement.
And the purpose Of such tests is to
insure the safety both OF employees
and the public at large. Railroad Of
ficials realize that II the two classes
are to be properly protected, every
employe who has anything to do with
shop practice, with maintenance OF
way, or with the operation OF trains
must refrain from taking chances
of any kind.
Employees, the Pennsylvania finds
are gladly cooperating to this end
Agreeable results have marked every
stage of the safety campaign, to sucf
wn extent that the number OF caset
s6f carelessness or negligence reported
is less than one per cent. of the tota
number Of tests made.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01

This invention is particularly di-
rected to mechanism adapted to be
actuated by a train approaching the
crossing, the control being effected by
means of suitable electric circuit.
The principal object is to provide a
crossing signal adapted to be actuated
when a train approaches the crossing
in order to give warning to those in
the vicinity Of the crossing, the con-
struction contemplating a signal char
acterized by an oscillating arm.-Sc1-
entific American.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01

: He hath left you all his walks,
Ills private arbors, and new planted or
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
Basic Idea of City Planning.

The basic topic Of city planning is
ithe clear recognition of the fact that
no one can accept responsibility for
ANY smallest element in the complex
unit that we call city without par
;ticipating also in the joint, undivided
and complete responsibility for the fu'
ture excellence or inferiority Of the
city as whole, says Frederick Law
.Olmsted, in the American City.
This joint responsibility Is one which
cannot be shifted, even though our
knowledge and powers be inadequate
to the task of meeting 1t completely.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
San Diego to Have Civic Center.

San Diego, Cal, is to have civic
center and the Business Mems and
,Civic association are determined 20
make it model of its kind. The idea
OF locating it so that the courthouse
will be on the north. the park in the
center and the city hall on the south,
with the enlarged San Diego hotel on
4xhe west and the chamber of COM
imerce on the east of the park, has
aroused the admiration and enthusi-
tasm of a!::.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1914-04-01
Rabbit Stops a Train.

Traffic at Fraserturgh (England)
railroad station was held up for Is
minutes by rabbit When Signalma'
Morrison pulled the lever to lower the
signal for an oncomilg train the
switch failed to act. Investigation wa
made, and the rabbit was discovered in
the detector box. 1t had been trapped
when the lever was pulled, and one le;:
was firmly fixed between the govern
Ing points.