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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-12-30

Dec. %, 1914.
A Happy New Year to all.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Eimers and
children spent Xmas at the Herman
Bush home at Calmar.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Anderson and
babe visited at John Berg's in Wash
ington Prairie from Xmas until Sun
day.
August Peck and family and J.-V.
Decou and family of near Castalia
and Misses Pearl Weitgenant and
Mildred Doan of Ossian all spent
Xmas at Eber Decou's.
Miss Dora Lansing of Lawler Is
spening her Xmas vacation with
home folks.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-12-30
PLYMOUTH ROCK.

Dec. %, 1914.
A Happy New Year to all.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Hoyes were
Cresco shoppers Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. g. Monsen and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Sever Stin-
sen and family took dinner with Mr..
and Mrs. Ole Monsen Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hoyes and chill
dren were pleasant callers at the AL
bert Monsen home Friday evening.
Miss Myrtle Ellingsen came DOVE
from Kendallville Sunday for a few
days visit with friends and relatives.
Five Christmas fairies called at
the Albert Monsen and Joseph Johr-
sens homes Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Olaf Anundsen and
family, Mr. and Mrs. John Olsen and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Monsen
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. CLAUS Han
sen and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Sever
Stinsen and family, Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Midthus and Lars Wick took
dinner with Mrs. Nj. Olsen and fam
lily Saturday.
A few of the young men of this
vicinity were business callers at
Caledonia, Mimi, one day last week.
Miss Loretta Armstrong, Myrtle
Rache and Thelma Wanless are
guests of Mrs. VIM. O'Brien at
present.
Mr.. Lars Petersen and Hannah
Hansen were Sunday guests at CLAUS
| Hansen.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Hansen and
family and Mrs. Regina Olsen and
baby spent Sunday at the home of
Mrs. NJ Olsen
Mrs. Andrew Stinsen and family
and Mrs. ~ Ellingsen took dinner
at the ole Ellingsen home Saturday.
Miss Estella and Alta Monsen
spent Saturday night and Sunday
with their grandparents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Ole Monsen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-12-30
PE-RU-NA
The Travellers Companion

MIR. Arthur L.
Pierce, 261S Sher-
idan A V e., st.
Louis, Mo. "The
curative value or
Peruna is truly
wonderful. | think
II especially val
liable as a specific
for catarrh of the
system, and for a
man who has trav-
eled for years as
I have and who Is
certainly exposed
10 irregular meals
and uncomfortable
sleeping accommo-
dations. Peruna Is
one Of his best
and most needed
traveling compan-
ions. It throws
off disease and
t~oory him we'll i
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-12-30

Any of your doctors prescrip-
tions carefully compounded at Schim-
.ning's. 43-tr
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-12-30

Many a man has been bunkoed By
judging woman's disposition by her
smile.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-12-30

therefore heartily recommend It"
Those who object to liquid medl-
zines can now procure Peruna Tab
let's.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
JEWELLERS PAID FOR SPEECH
old-Time Methodist Exhorter Had
Strenuous Experience With Wild
Men In Wild Region.

John Lewis Dyer was an itinerant
Methodist exhorter in the early 'forties
in the Sioux country, and one Of his
strenuous experiences with white men
In that wild region is told in vol
ume, missionary Explorers Among the
American Indians" compiled by Mary
Gay Humphreys. At Lincoln City a
party Of Christmas celebrants called
just at daylight, reused up the preach
or, and told him he must go with
them to walkers" and either treat
or make a temperance speech. He
went. There were over 40 men, and
they called for chairman or modera-
tor; but they were too drunk to be
moderated. I got upon my box and
stated my arrest. and proposed to
make a speech. They said: Go on
said: Gentlemen, will tell you what
/ think. There Is not man here but
would be ashamed Of his father or
mother, his sister or brother, to
know just our condition here this
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
SYNOPSIS.
COPYRIGHT L2X2 z
tzN 6086S5AERRlX G0AART

u Congressman Standish and the Woman.
believing themselves in love. spend q
trial week as !, man ma and nd wife In hotel
.aAsnAs. The Woman awakens to the fact
that she does not love standish and calls
s snsi sas dssyotion. Wanda Kelly teies
phone girl at the Hotel Keswick.- Wash
3ngton. IL loved by Tom Blake, son of the
one Of her reasons her determination, to
get revenge on Jim Blake for running her
father. Congressman Frank E. Kelly
Congressman Standish. turned insurgent
10 fighting the Mullins bill. a. measure In
the interests OF the railroads. The ma
tsh in the hope OF pushing the bill
through. Robertson, son-in-laW OF Jim
Blake. and the latter's candidats f9r
into his past. Jim Blake finds out about
the episode Of Aye years r back at the III,
the facts except the name of the Woman
and prop. ses TO use the story as a club
Baks to a9I bs the ather
fsmllySrow over the fathers political the
8'ories. Jim Blake lays a trap to secure
Kelly that he is going to, have a talk with
8tandish. and that at its conclusion the lat
ter will call up a number on the telephone
800 for that number. At the conclusion
%of the interview with Blake. Standish
gets q New York wire and calls Plaza
Miss Kellyfto call Plaza 1901 and get his
wife or enc OF the servants on the phone.
$ number called by Standish. Blake has q
story OF the standsh episode prepared
ready to send out as soon as the Wom-
ans name is learned. Tom Blake tells
his father Of his love for Wanda Kelly,
and a family row ensues. Blake's daugh-
ter Grace arrives with her husband. Gov
ernor Robert: n. Miss Kelly calls on
Grace to warn her that her good name Is
threatened by impending exposure }. of
8tandish and Is fnsuited for her pains.
Grace appeals to Standish to give up the
I fight in order to protect her name. He
refuses. Grace sends for Miss Kelly.
apologies for her rudeness and begs
will never betray the Woman.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
FIRST PARALYzE THEIR PREY
Wasps and Beetles Known to Admin
lister Anesthetics to Their Vic
Tins Before Killing Them.

4 That the sting of the wasp which
punctures the nerve centers OF a cap
tured caterpillar or spider usually
paralyzes the creature into helpless
ness, rather than kills it. Is well
known. The victim remains alive In
the burrow or cell in which the wasp
stores it as food for the larva which
will emerge from the egg laid In the
same cell. Therefore the newly
Matched grub f1nds ready for 1t a
provision of living meat instead OF
decayed carrion.
That wizard among entomolo-
eists, the venerable Fabre, has dis
covered similar, yet even more ex.
traordinary fact, in the history Of the
glow-worm beetle Qampyris); name
", that it anesthetizes the prey upon
which it itself feeds. SO that 1T may
consume It at leisure, and predigest-
ed. This beetle, whose brilliant phos-
phorescence attracts the eye in the
dusk Of summer evenings, habitually
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
NAPOLEON WROTE OF DEEDS
Great Soldier Told How He Used to
Play on the Feelings Of His
Soldiers. y Z

Great interest has been aroused
among military students and histo'
rians through the publication by Col.
Ernest Picard of selection from
hitherto unknown military maxims
and precents dictated by Napoleon
during HE imprisonment at st. Hell
ena. "a <. IA S5 81
The emperor attached great weight
to tact and skill in the treatment
of soldiers.
when used to say, he wrote. cas-
rode through the lines in the heat
Of battle, 'Unfurl your flags; the mo-
ment has come the French soldier
simply shook with eagerness.
Z AT such moment nothing seemed
impossible to me. The Thirty-second
demibrigade would have died to a
man for me, because after Tomato I
wrote, The Thirty-second was there.
and was at ease The power OF
words on men Is astonishing"
The following is Napoleon's idea
OF general: s.
IN time OF war men are nothing.
It Is one man who is everything. A
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04

"IfsI did" said standish. II would
be politically dead, You know that"
You're politically dead, anyway"
insisted Mark. IF this story will beat
you tonight it will beat you 20 years
from today. Particularly If this Won
an proves to be-,whatN shall we call
TIA trihe off color?"
Robertson" -'is 80
"Ah! That hurts, does it? Then
it's probably true. II the Woman Is
the kind that-that would not do you
credit, you can understand how much
more effective it will be-" s'5.5''
You are wrong!' denied Standish.
"She is Of good family. She"
"She may have been a good woman
when you found her." said Mark. But
there must have been bad streak IN
her, somewhere. You left her to- sink
as low as expect to find her and
drop that. Mark burst. out Tom
Blake, jumping from his seat and con-
fronting his brother-in-law. Don't!
can't listen to 1t any longer. Standish
+ is right. What you men are doing Is
vile. If you've got a scrap of man
hood left In the whole bunch Of you,
you won't drag this Woman into your
dirty schemes. l." G NE. =, b = 3.
"Oh."" drawled Blake with the air Of
a sleepy man bothered by q fly. for
the love of Mike, don't you butt In!
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04

submitted commission which,
country were anon competitors. ..s RI .
symbolic OF
outseched and
Crucihxfon
high peculiar posi-
Of head thrown slightly back
Of
welcoming Ss -. d
with figure
marble Figures OF Lombardy popular trees Will form
leaving facing facade
matter being pending
Tidal Basin in
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
all u. SORTS / ! OF +: HINTS ! !! ).
IDEAS PASSED FROM ONE HOUSE,
. KEEPER TO ANOTHER. !.
For Quick Removal Of Ink Stalns-T0,
Curl Feather Properly and Quick. 4
Iy-EconomicaI Substitute for
the Ordinary Starch.

| To Remove Ink Stains.-Having'
found out another method for taking
out ink stains, I pass it on to others:i
Rub the ink stains on linen with q
ripe tomato cut In half, and the stains
will disappear when the article H.
washed I also find tomato very good
for taking the ink stains out of dark
cloth, sponging with cold rain water,
after using S%s
How to Curl a Feather.--If you
would like to know how to curl
feather, you will find the following
very good Sprinkle the feather with
salt, then shake in front of a hot ire.
To Preserve Gas Mantles.-To make
gas nantes last longer and to give
them more brilliant light when they
are new, find it very good to i'm
merse them in glass of vinegar for
a minute. and then hang them up and
thoroughly dry before using. &
Baking Hint.-Here is discovery
which has been of great help to me:E
When making fruit pies, to keep them
from boiling over. make a funnel OF
CREASED paper and place it in the CEN
ter Of the pie. &595
To Clean Mackintosh.-For clean
ing macintosh find the following
method excellent: Dip the garment
first in cold water, then with scrub
bling brush and yellow soap proceed
to scrub it all over. having spread 1t
fiat on table. When the dirt is re-
moved, dip the cloak in repeated wa.
tiers until free from suds, but do not
wiring it. When finished, hang It up
in the air to dry, or In an airy room,
but not near fire., #-
To Remove Varnish Stains.-Hav-
ing made a discovery In removing var
nish stains from white goods, pass
it on to others: Moisten the stain
with ammonia, then put on few
drops of turpentine and roll It up.
When this is finished. leave it rolled
up for about Is or 20 minutes. Then
wash out with soapy water, rinsing
well, and dry in the sun. "a,
For the Laundry.-Haying discov-
cred good substitute for starch that
will not stick to the clothes or rot
them, pass it on to others: WASH.
and rinse the clothes as usual, then
rinse In skim milk. .&
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
IN LINE WITH TRADITION

When Hamilton Fish. Progressive
took seat in the New York assembly
January Z, as representative from Put,
nam county, he was entering the legis.
lature at twenty-four, the same age at
which his father entered the assembly
just 40 years ago from the same con.
stituency.
In addition he is probably, by a
considerable margin, the youngest
member Of the state lawmaking body,
just as was his father when he enter
ed the lower house. IN 81
Z. And the comparison and coincidence
do not end there, for each has been a
chairman Of a political county commit,
tee In Putnam. The father for many
years captained the Republican com.
mittee, and the son is now the head OF
the Progressives. The father Is now q
Progressive. 5y.
When Mr.. Fish took up his lawmak'
ing duties he was the third Of the
same name in direct line, and the lat
est in a long family history to serve
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04

= RI Ri q. 8. NJ w. a. & .
morning They stamped and roared:
That's so,' all over the house, And
next l continued. II we were not 80
drunk we would not be here Cheers,
That's SO, too all over the house.
And If we were little drunken,
we would not do what we are doing.
(Cheers.) wound up and was about
to leave, when the Judge said: I move
that we vote that everything Mr.. Dyer
said is true,' and they gave a rousing
VOTE. He said, The ayes have It, but
that must not go yet, and made and
put motion that they all give Mr..
Dyer one dollar apiece. and that was
also carried. They took the hat. got
$50, and I thanked them and went
home to breakfast"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
FAVORED FOR HIGH POST.

According to those high In the con-
fdence of church circles in Rome, VIII
liam Cardinal O'Connell, archbishop OF
Boston, was at one time seriously con-
sidered as the successor Of the late
Cardinal Rampolla. who was archpriest
of St. Peters An official bulletin
few days ago, however, announced the
appointment OF Cardinal Merry del Val
to that high Office. IA
Incidentally, the rumor OF the pos
sible appointment of the noted Ameri-
can prelate was received in Rome
with the expression of warmest ap-
prevail. Is
Regarding the then possible call to
st. Peters, the impression prevailed
in the Eternal City Catholic circles
that the Boston cardinal could have
had the post If he had SO desired. Not
withstanding Cardinal Merry del Val's
appointment, these same circles are
inclined to believe that the future
holds great honors for his eminence.
According to time-honored tradition,
the Office of archpriest of the greatest tel
for the papal secretary Of state. On t
pope he leaves the state chancery and
ton cardinals, and according to this Il
Cardinal Merry del Val.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04

The situations punk enough as 1t is,
without your laying your trophies OF
idiocy at its feet" ~
"Idiocy?" fared Tom. Perhaps
common decency's better term. Or
perhaps In your vocabulary the two
mean the same thing. You men are
known as political leaders. The pub,
lie looks to you for examples. And
yet you stoop to a currish trick like
this! Isn't there enough wilderness In
the whole lot Of you for a single voice
to protest against such use Of q WON.
ans name? You've just been told
she's OF good family. That she has q
name to lose. And you answer: .Po.
litical necessity You. know this story
will destroy at least two lives. Prob.
ably several more. And again you an,
swer: Political necessity You have
the power to ruin these lives. II you
use that power. I tell you now, one
and all--my father as we'll as the rest
I'm ashamed to have breathed the
same air with you'll"
Good night. Tom" drawled Blake,
his .irate sons direction. q
NO" corrected Tom, ''good-by."
"Its up to you." yawned Blake.
"Good-by," reiterated Tom, stamp
ing from the room and slamming the
outer door OF the suite behind him.
The others stared after him In dull
wonder. But an exclamation from their
host suddenly shifted their attention.
"'Grace!" cried Mark in surprised
disapproyal.
She had come, unnoticed, from her
hiding place behind the inner door
and was standing among them before
they were aware of her presence.
Mark" she painted. "I-I heard
what Tom said. And he was right.
You must not
please keep out of this. Grace" re-
quested her husband in dire embar.
rassment. "You don't know anything
about 1t. You couldn't possibly
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
Chocolate Toasted Pie.

One-half cup Of sugar, three-fourths
cup Of butter, one-half Of milk. one
egg, one cup flour, one heaping tea,
spoon Of baking powder. one-half OF
vanilla. Bake In two layers.
Filling cup Of milk in double
boiler, one eggs, one-third cup of su.
gar, one tablespoon Of flour. When
egg, sugar and -four are well beaten
add to hot milk and cook until II
thickens. Flavor with one-half tea
spoon of orange extract II, ~
!; Frosting One heaping teaspoon Of
cocoa. Turn on boiling water sufficient
TO- make thick paste, then add com
fectioner's sugar and boiling water,
until Of the right CONSISTENCY to
spread. Flavor with one-half teaspoon
Of vanilla. %.i KS. ii
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04

great general Is not an ordinary man
Military genius is gift from heaven.
but the most essential quality for q
commander-in-chief Is firmness oi
character and the resolution to win
at all COSTS
Next to the qualities Of the com.
mander, whose surest way Of win.
ming was, he thought, ito exaggerste
ones own forces and minimize those
Of the enemy" Napoleon considered
strong artillery the prime factor IN
success.
IF had had 10000 more rounds on
the evening of Leipzig. should today
be master Of the world"
In speaking OF a national army. Of
which he was, of course strongly IN
favor, Napoleon insisted that al
Frenchmen should consider the laws
of CONSUMPTION necessary and sacred
If they do not wish to see their homei
devastated"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
Thin piahcIoth.

Our supply OF thin dishcloths Civ
Ing out when we were at an isolated
summer cottage, a friend recommend
ed ordinary white mosquito netting.
writes Good Housekeeping contribu.
tor. It sounded absurdly inadequate,
but proved more satisfactory in every
way than the cloths woven for the:
purpose. It was thin enough to go
easily into pitchers and small cups: II
was pleasant to handle; it scalded and
dried easily ana quickly, and 1t was 50,
cheap there was no temptation TO-
keep it after It began to grow dingy.
It was necessary to make the cloths
double and larEe-say IL by "a inches.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
Nut Puddino.

Thoroughly sift together one pint
OF -four, two teaspoonfuls Of baking
powder, one-half of teaspoonful Of
salt and one-half OF a cupful Of granu-
lated sugar. Beat two eggs, add to
them one cupful Of milk. Stir into the
dry mixture, add a scant half cupful
of melted butter and beat hard. Stir
in one cupful and half of broken or
chopped nut meats, turn into q butt
tered mold. cover closely and steam
for three hours. NJ
's3 Sauce.Cream well one heaping
tablespoonful OF butter, gradually add
one cupful of powdered sugar. beating
until white. Gradually work in tho
.yolks Of three eggs beaten with three
tablespoonfuls Of rich cream and ia
vored with one teaspoonful Of vanilla.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
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Perhaps" she 'retorted desperately
II may understand it far better than
you do. You say there's a woman con-
cerned in It. This scandal will pillory
her and" ]. S Il 4 = Is (, a
THAT type Of woman belongs in the
pillory.' Y,
You are cruel!'" she cried. you
yourself admit that there is a chance
the Woman may have repented. Are
you going to refuse her the benefit OF
that CHANGER" y
The chance is too small to be CON
sidered. Don't let's talk OF it. You
can't ,5t$- =
Then" she continued, unheeding,
There's something else you don't con
slider. Sc may have married. She
may be the wife OF some honorable
man who loves her and thinks she is
perfect. All his heart and all his
ideals may be bound up In her. Are
you going to ruin his life, too?"
Dear" sneered Mark, "the sort Of
Qike the man who teaches his wife
to be a dead game sporty deserves
what he gets. And generally he gets
1t. Though. in both cases, he doesn't
always find 1t out. Don't waste sym
pathy on him. II he married her he
probably knew what she was. II he
didn't know, it's time he learned. No
sane man should want to live In q
FOOLS paradise ~ Ess4 < (. ,5
But her family! Her parents? Her
brothers or sisters? Surely they aren't
to blame. And they will be disgraced,
too Il !. II n W
Such things are rather apt to run
in families. Cankered flowers don't
grow from clean roots. You're vast.
ing lot OF sympathy over woman
and man who are unworthy to speak
your dear name. There are your IA
Their and the rest. getting out Of the
elevator now. Go to bed, dear girl,
and try to get "a good rest. Don't sit
up for me. I'll probably be up all night
on this Standish affair. Good night,
sweetheart. A.
AS he bent to kiss her, her arms
chung to his neck like frightened
child's. She tried to speak. faltered,
and hurried from the room.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
MRS. WHrTNEY'S DESIGN ACCEPTED

Plans for the Titanic memorial sub
mitted by Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney
Of New York have been accepted by
the Washington ID. c. Fine Arts
commission. The memorial is to be
erected here to commemorate the he
roism of the men who sacrificed their
lives that the women passengers OF
the vessel might be saved.
The announcement was made by
Mrs. John Hays Hammond, secretary
Of the Titanic Memorial association.
which has raised $4,000 for the erec-
ton of the memorial. She Is also
chairman of the committee that finally
passed upon the designs. @a-s'
Mrs. Robert Chew, chairman OF the
District of Columbia association, re-
ceived a letter from Mrs. Hammond
communicating to her the fact that
the commission had approved the de-
sign submitted by Mrs. Whitney. Mrs.
John Hay, president of the Titanic
Memorial association, also announced
that Mrs, Whitney's design had been
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04

hunts and seizes upon certain small
snail In order to eat it. The curiou.
thing is that the beetle anesthetizei
the mollusk at the first attack. pre-
venting it from escaping by with
drawing to safety deep within it,
shell. Upon finding the snail. tht
beetle dashes forward. and thrustins
out its sharp, curved mandibles, re
peatedly stabs the side of the body Of
its prey. After a few punctures the
snail becomes tnsensible and remain
in that deadened state for three OF
four hours-a time. more than suff
cient for the beetle to complete iti
meal. :. .A - --...
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-02-04
Rulwers Deafness,

Il Byron was possessed Of an enor-
nous vanity Sir Edward Bulwer-Lyt-
ton was quite his equal in that re-
spect. There was medium by the
name of Home who in the course Of
an eventful life held spirttualistic
meetings in the United States, Eng
land. and on the continent of Europe;
was expelled from Rome as a sor-
cerer; married twice. each time to q