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H..

The first rule, against working on
Sunday, necessitlted q reimbursement
OF the Madigas' relation to their Sudra
employers. The serf may have his
one day in seven; the wise manager
gives his machinery, his brute beasts
a sabbath, as a matter of proved econ
omy. But when the thousands de-
manded it, and all on the same day.
and in harvest time as well as slack
seasons, it became u revolutionary
movement.
In the Podili taluk the mission
aries had n significant experience,
Here the MadiGa families were, as il
happened, of a superior Intelligence,
the Sudra families corrcspondingly
easy masters, The Madigas, being
converted asked to lie excused from
work on Adivaramu. the first day of
the week. The Sudras decided to set
the Christians down a peg. 1t was
harvest time. The MadiGas, having
taken part in the %plouChing and SOW
ing, We're bound to reap md were
privileged TO share In the ingathered
grain. The Sudras thrcshed on
Sundays; recalcitrant Nadigas thus
were made to suffer economic loss.
But on one of these Sundays the
mother of the munseff, head nan OF
the village according to the ancient
Dravidian order, staying at home, made
a fire to boil milk. She left the fire
for a minute, a basket of bran stand
ing near was ignitGl. The fire spread
Before the men could he recalled from
the field ten houses We're consumed
The grain that had been threshed on
Sundays 10 spite the V was
burned. The old mother hid for hall
q day, and when she rcappeared con-
tirmed the doubts already working
in the pagan mind by wailinr, Goo
sent the fire as n punishment" A
Judgment, That was the end of the
contention in that talGk. or county
The Sudras surrendered. Ponder the
~.nissionary's report: "The Christians
Thought that u Master Jesus hat
helped them in their difficult position
] told them they were right"
Thou shalt eat no carbon" de,
creed tho emissaries Of Chrlstendom
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MAETERLINCK'S FAILURES
Fame Came with Review OF fl'>
Year After Its Publication,

NJ. Maurice Maeterlinck hogan
erary career with three hUpat,a.
ures. The first was the uunlt Q '. B.
literary review. which Ql,'N|F 81
under the second the puhlI,1'" ' g.. 4
voluns OF poems. VIII Oh 'lll'd IL.
tract attention. and tie third Tire
OF a play, l. Princess Mll'n'
which he printed just twentN -HV"
with his own bsrts and g..F" 90
away. A year ut~, says ne i,"'
Chronicle, chance brought 4 copy
play into the hands Of NJ octaN" VI
beau, who wrote a glowing euloGy o. =
in the Figaro, and Maetorlinch 'Nl"'
one morning to find himself famous.
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H..

Into the third major requirement,
as into the others. the conventional In
terest entered; though not the eco
nomic interest. At festivals for idol
worship the Madigas performed GER
tain functions fixed by ceremonial
custom. For instance, they and none
other had charge OF the drum beat
ing. The dance Of possession, the
SWAN, was their peculiar prerogativc
Or duty. The intention back OF it
all was that the Madigas should iden-
tify themselves with the fiends and
demons of the land and keep them i in
check. Then there would be no small
pox. no cholera, no cattle disease and
no famine The Madigas, the pariahs
in general. may be descendants of a
tribe suppressed through the ages; as
this book puts 1t. and who shall say
that the elder fashions in ethnology,
simpler than the modern. may not
have been at least as near the essen
tial truth: 1T is a matter Of con-
lecture whether they belonged to early
c~migrations Of the Dravidians or
whether they were pre-D ravidians.
They were there when the Dravidians
ana hAAeo ~ RNA iloD kIOiIA
the lost continent Lemuria." The
Brahmans degraded the Madigas.
They took the Dravidian Sudras in,
n left the Madigas out OF their
caste system. To the four great
castles OF India John Bull added one.
the Panchama, to give the pariah
population a STATUS" a caste of out
castles is not a concept that impresses
Iavorably the Western mind. but -.
At any rate, the Madiga part in the
idolatrous festivities was of ancient
standing and a fixed part of the
scheme of things. The Indo-Aryan
Brahmans. meaning to be teachers
and priests Of the Dravidians, wisely
adapted themselves ostentatiously to
the culture of those they meant to
rule. They. like the Sudras. believed
in demons and they, like the Sudras,
We're glad to give the Madigas
thing to do.
IL too courage to refuse to beat the
drums. We have said this reform
was not economic in its bearing; yet
it had actually something of the force
and effect of a labor strike. II
brought the Madigas into opposition
not only with the Sudras but with
he Brahmans. England had pro-
claimed religious libe~'y for British
subjects when the Government was
transferred to the Crown in '5S; but
10 get the pariahs counted in was a
problem and "A task. To get the ma
tive officials of various grades in line
with the white mans views OF liberty
and equality was "A slow Job. Right
there the missionaries did perhaps
their most useful work. There was
no help in those times from the "en-
l~ightened" Hindu. 1t is in a truly
picturesque" style that DIR. Clough
tells his story of a long, brave fight
against almost ~insuperable obstacles.
The sense of intrusion on a civiliza-
lion certainly respectable is Quoted
by the tale OF results unquestionably
beneficial in respect not of creed but
in the business of living. Were the
English countries half as ready to re-
ceive as they are to give they and
others might be twice as "well off"
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fiuence of a Gaelic imagination.
dreams are the light feet Of goats
on the crags Of the world" Nc idle
singer Of an empty day is Mr.. O Sheel.
He has n world Of his own which It
is a pleasure to he permitted to visit.
And in the everyday world, even in
the miscalled prosaic corner Of IL next
beyond the East River. he finds ma
torial for pleasant rhyming. He sings
of Huntington Street-Brooklyn":
Huntington stree, is a little street.
It's far from stylish and scarcely neat.
II starts at a dock and ends In a ditch;
You may go from one end, ! don't care
which.
Right to the other end all the way.
And you won't ind much that Is bright
or gay.
But the little houses of Huntington street
Are n pleasant sight for the EYES to greet.
Being old and simple and quaint and
strong.
As they long have stood and will stand
there long.
Each content with Its cosey place.
And showing the world a cheerful face.
Now surely It was this sturdy smile
Which the little old houses wear all the
while.
.,-..,
To hurry and hasten the ,prins TO greet.
with little green leaves spread out in the
sun.
Ere any trees elsewhere had begun.
. nrst of all in the city's gray
They started their green dance one nne
""s'
N"' '"e'c "'s" IN w the Nor'h SO s~eet
\ spot as dIngy Huntington street.
Looking end to end. and l don't care
which
mere " starts IN a dock or ends In n
ditch.
Not all of Mr.. q Sheets yerse is
40 unaffected, omfo oh,,, "ro,ror"
II is pleasanter than some of it's more
ambitious companion pieces.
In 4 FIorcnhnc Cyclc and other
Poems, by GERTRUDE HUNTINGTON Nc
GIFFERr CPutnams), a wide range i'm
topic and mood liz confined within the
items of a simple catalogue of travel
and vision. Rome and Venice are
Jung az well as Florence. The twi-
light Of Tuscany gardens; the bells.
the sights and sounds Of Italy yield
graceful verse. though IL may be
thought to be Italy Of the Americans
rather than of the Italians that is
celebrated. Other countries Of Eu-
rope appear also in the travellers
notebook Of rhyme. and the verses on
..carxa,i,. T. ,a,aI ~.
10 us pecuiiariS characterlstlc
Like the little sins grca, soul. ignore.
The l.;tle sins we love them for.
me, c.uster sEF with sr'nare ana grim.
"'""s ~ 'c'ere"' peuee "i'h'h'
Not demons accurst. nor a sin bred crew.
But the yagran' faneles some old prizes,
knew
throne
Now doomed forever to dwell In v,one.
III SO much OF present day verse
JouN CURTIS UNpERwoop's Procession
ais Mitchell E~ennerlev, suffer. from
its authors habit of low IN,
path of less, resistance. There Is foo
much OF the first impression TOO little
reelection and selection. The sing.
song meter and the easy word or
; phrasc ara welcomed boyor5 their do
s.rt Mr. Underwood c,,ssiNes bis
stuff: Cosmics. mode-ns women
arts. regions main pcop,e moods
things. Keats uttered n poets pro.
test acainst catalogues but they are
heluful To restless readers Modern
names are not poetic: Nacaulav
doing "Horatius at the Bridge"
would have APPRECIATED his blessings
If he could have seen this modern
product:
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SOME NEW BOOKS.


The pagan sympathies of many
readers will turn to the object of the
workings Of the man, mission and
movement" recorded by the Rev. DR..
JOHN f. CLouoH in Social Christianity
In the Orient CMacmillans). for there
are many folks who sincerely wonder at
the missionary ardor of conquest by
conversion. But there is in DR.. Coughs
history, written down for him
by his wife, Emma Rauschenbusch
Clough, Phi. D., member of the Royal
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
Ireland and mitglicd der Deutschen
Morgenlacndischen Gesellschaft.' aside
from the rather uninspiring record OF
ecclesiastic campaigning. "a broadly
humanistic vein. most marked perhaps
In chapters on "A Social Revolution
and Impact of " est Upon East"
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n1avOTX. 'WfItfGn down fnr him
by his wife. Emma Rauscbenbusch
CIough. pb. n member ~ tho Rova,
Asiatic Society of Great Britain and
ireland and mitglicd der Deutschen
Observation-Disclosures Cese,,scbaf, (" aside
fror, tho r,,Sor u,ir.,,r,nr r.oora -,
ooo,osio.,,o oauna,nn,.. s..s,,..
I."N" o'o""'9
"""io''' q" '''oSt ','a'Neu perhaps
q" Siaao'eiS vi n Socla' i'eVoiutioh
ana y or west Upon East"
-
4.
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- ne"',s nan +" century ago
.na' LII Nioush oesan MS missionary
Iapors among h Teiegus. n south
lndian people, about 2O.OOO.OOO In
number, living in the northern part
of the Madras presidency. Christian
teaching was "ineyitahly" attended nv
social excitemepts "Tbe Hindu. co,n.
h,roa a., ,hair ,o.i,,,n,. a.. ..,l~t-.
80. -. 'oi.s,o"
-" ~. 'o'iVe.s"''oh aihohs
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AZ, ard mo os no So, -. Goa.
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mo .oro prohr,,n " ,r,.,,.a,n., a.,.
tocra, "ory,god mo In doha,o e,rn-
inc o,,ostiors ~ mo os Foe, as no'I,
an.uer them These n,oro 800 10
tbor,,.
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OF the hook record char,ctcris,,c Amsr,.
can experiences in the middle West Of
the Is50sl Were the Hindus not a
great people. skilled In all the sciences.
with a grand system of religion. when
your ancestors were "i'u men, eIothed
~. "s =. u"h IN n Iunsle'
Ina,,, =. - p,s, sa
ooa have given =, ,onr ,ro ~ u., would
n NOT have been Give, IA tho u,rdns
written In sacred sanskrit. when YOU
were jungle mem Is not all that 4,
contains and much more written in the
vsdas? Shall we throw away these
sacred BOOKS written a thousand years
oe''re TINS Jesus ohI's' was porn shall
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w. ,n'ns 'h"t CONSTITUTED Ineir
day: they must sion eating carrion.
they must no ,onrar vorshin idols
The timid heard the message and NM
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
AUGUST.

When August comes burning, il
sets us a-yearning for deep wooded
valleys where cool shadows play,
where quiet and solitude bring on
the peaceful mood needed for rest
from a hard business day. We long
for the river where scarcely a culver
disturbs the still water as onward
it flows; its peace and its quiet de-
tract from the riot of business hours
filled with their cares and their
woes.
All of which comes from the Office
poet who prefers letting his angelic
temperament watt itself through the
ethereal realms rather than to at
tach himself to type case or print
ing press. The experienced man
sees it differently: Mosquitoes in
vite us to come, let them bite us
while wading through briars and
weeds to our neck; and armies of
chigre climb on us and figure which
one can dig deepest into us, by heck.
Some of our maiden ladies may
remember that August has not al
ways had its present name. Back in
the Alban or Latin year it was
known as "Sextilis," meaning the
sixth, as it was then the sixth month
Of the year. Later, however, it was
dedicated to the honor Of Augustus
Caesar and the name changed to Au-
gust. It's meaning is sacred, ven
cradle, majestic, grand, etc. August,
too, always has held it's own in the
making of history. 1t was during
this month in 1892 that Isabella
queen of Spain, after having seen
some wonderful moving picture OF
America sent Columbus over to
claim the territory for her. Henry
Eighth, in 1884, divorced himself
from a troublesome spouse by tax
ing her joy-riding in London ant
dumping her into the Thames. The
car and Henry's conscience, so his
tory indicates, were alike undented
The Standard Oil trust had it's be
ginning in August, 1859, when tn
first oil well is said to have beef
bored.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Representative Haislet Here.

Hon. H. w. Haislet, wife and son
arrived last Friday from their home
at st. James, Mimi, on visit to
Mrs. Haislet's mother, Mrs. S. j..
Fraser. Mr.. Haislet still drives his
old reliable Ford and made the trip
from st. James in it, and we pre-
sumo he used it to good advantage
last fall, as he was elected to the
Minnesota legislature last Novem-
Der and served in the 1915 session
at st. Paul. MIR. Haislet is editor OF
the st. James Independent and his
town is the home of Hammond the
democratic governor of Minnesota,
and of course Editor Haislet was one
Of his staunch supporters. Mr.. Hais-
let was elected from a strong repub-
lican district, which speaks we'll for
his fighting proves in the political
field. We have known Mr.. Haislet
for a great many years, and we feel
that he will ably represent his dis
trict. He is a live wire and he
made his presence felt in the 1915
session.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Awarded Scholarships.

Miss Leila Marsh, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. c. S. Marsh and Allen
Wells, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Mark
Wells, have been awarded scholar
ships. These two young people grad
uated from the DEBORAH high school
last June, and the honor awarded
them is one to be proud of. They
had their choice of any state college.
Miss Marsh chose the State Normal
at Cedar Falls, and Mr.. Wells chose
Grinnell College. The young people
will get their tuition paid for a year
We understand that Mr.. Wells will
attend Armour Institute in Chicago
after his years work at Grinnell.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Broke All Former Records.

The Star theatre broke all previ-
Gus records in point of attendance
last Saturday night. Manager Relf
states that they showed to 1900 peo-
pie, which is some attendance, we
must say. 1t was one of the most
expensive Saturday night shows he
ever put on, consisting of eight reels.
He showed Americas sweetheart,
Mary Pickford, in "Fanchon the
Cricket" besides the famous Pathe
News, and two reel Keystone
comedy.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Concert or Rain, Which?

For the third consecutive week
we are going to announce a band
concert by the DEBORAH Merchants
band. Said concert, providing it
does not rain the night before and
the morning Of next Sunday,
will take place that day. The
last two Sundays it has been too
cold and wet and the concerts were
postponed. The park commission
ers and band management will have
to muster up courage and advertise
their concerts, rain or shine. We
are all so used to rain now that we
think we could worry through an af-
ternoon of it at a band concert, il
would help cheer us up.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
The new KNIGHT MOTOR HERE
ACHIEVEMENT IN
HISTORY OF AUTOMOBILE
BUSINESS.
Rud Bros, DEBORAH Agents, Have
This Wonderful Knight
Motored Car in
DEBORAH Now.

Since it became known that one
or the big American manufacturers
was to build knight motored car
to sell in the thousand dollar class,
speculation has been rife as to who
the manufacturer is, and what the
actual price of the car will be.
Charles Y. knight, inventor of the
famous knight sleeve valve motor,
states that he has been literally
swamped with letters from all parts
OF the country, requesting further
information on this latest entry into
the automobile field.
During the past few weeks, -
says Mr.. Knight, my Office has been
showed under with correspondence
from interested motorists, asking
for details. To me, this is positive
proof of an extensive market for q
Knight-motored car selling for so
low price.
THE whole trend of motor car
design today is toward silence.
smoothness of operation and COM
fort. And the sleeve valve motor is
conceded by most experts to be the
one logical medium through which
all three of these requisites are
made possible.
"A few years ago the noise ema-
mating from the motor cut little fig
ure in the selling of a car. AS ma.
ter of fact, shrewd statesmen have
been known to make capital of it..
If the prospect was sportively inclin-
ed, they found little difficulty in
convincing him that the noise indi-
Gated great power of the motor. But
the buyer of today is not easily feni~
ed. The smoother and quieter the
action of the motor, the greater the
appeal of the car.
1T is the silence and comfort Of
the knight motor that have made
it a popular favorite throughout the
world. This type is regarded in
Europe as the browning feature Of
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
WINS PRIZE.
DEBORAH Furniture Co. HOnOred
Among Leaders i'm Great
National Contest.

One of the leaders in the great
National contest of Hoosier Kitchen
Cabinet agents this year is the De-
corah Furniture Co. of DEBORAH.
The contest was the greatest in
the history of the Hoosier Company.
Forty-fve hundred dealers took part
in towns of every size and condition.
More than a million dollars worth Of
the famous Hoosier step savers were
sold.
In writing the DEBORAH Furniture
Co. the Hoosier Company said:
1T is great pleasure indeed to
send you this check which you won
in the Hoosier prize contest during
the spring. The money represented
by this check is only a portion of the
real advantage we feel that the prize
contest has won for you. 1t is no
small thing to stand among the win
ners of one of the hardest fought
prize contests ever held in this coun-
try"
Although The DEBORAH Furniture
Co. modestly maintain that the
Hoosier sells itself, because of it's
wonderful convenience and low price.
every one will join us in congratulate
ing them on the successful efforts
which have won this honor for them
and DEBORAH. They finished four
teenth in the contest of over 1890
dealers and received a substantial
prize check.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Agent for Saxton Car.

F. A. Kuntz, the local agent for
the REQ has taken the agency in De-
corah for the Saxton, a popular pric
ed car that is giving great satisfac-
ton. Mr. Kuntz and Geo. Schamel
went to Waterloo Friday after one of
the cars, a fine five passenger ma
chine. With the REQ and Saxton
Mr.. Kuntz has two great cars. His
new garage is rapidly nearing com
pletion, and in a few days he will
have everything in readiness.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Ole Nelson Sells Home.

Ole Nelson sold his residence pro-
perty on the West Side just west OF
the j. j. Marsh home to Ed Hanson.
The deal was made Monday and we
understand for a consideration of
$4,000. Mr.. Nelson owns a fine
building lot on this side on River
side avenue. The lot is located be-
tween the Gus Hanson and H. f.
Barthell homes and Mr.. Nelson ex-
poets to start the erection of a fine
modern home there which will he
ready for occupancy this fall.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
gnblie Opimiulr.
Graceman Going to New York.

Harry Graceman leaves this week
for the New York markets to pur-
chase his fall line of cloaks, suits,
coats, dresses, etc. Mr.. Graceman is
going early to get the choice of the
different lines, and he expects to
have at least part of his stock here
ready for fair week.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Charles Hiatt Dead.

A gloom was cast over this COM
munity last Sunday when a tele-
gram was received from Fair Oaks,
Calf, telling that Charles Hiatt OF
that place had died at his home
there the previous day. We are un-
able to learn any particulars at this
writing further than that the re-
mains will be brought to Hesper
for burial We will publish an obit-
uary notice next week.
Later-word has been received
that the body is expected to arrive
here about next NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Record
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Boy Scouts Regulate Traffic.

The city of Harlan has introduced
an innovation in regulating auto
traffic and protecting the lives and
limbs OF pedestrians. One Boy Scout
is placed on each corner of the
square and he carefully directs the
autos and the pedestrians in the
proper way. The Boy Scout troop
there numbers thirty-two members
and is under the leadership oil
Scoutmaster o. A. Broyles.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
NJ II. Church Notes,

Sunday Services, 1880 A. M
The Pastor will occupy his pulpit
next Sabbath. Subject: Forfeited
Blessings Special music. Every
member is requested to be present.
All cordially invited.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-07-28
Helping Hand Society.

The Helping Hand Society will
meet Friday July Goth at the Yeo-
man hall and will be entertained by
Mrs. Margaret Vine and Mrs. Albert
Atkinson. Everybody cordially invit-
ed.