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of that? I suppose he has an idea that
1t won't be admitted as evidence
against him. Want to see the thing?"
"Of course l do"
There it is"
This is what the other girl saw:
Dear Miss -: My for you
has been increasing so rapidly of late
that - cannot resist the opportunity
OF asking you to be - wife. If you
should marry - tomorrow -
would be the happiest of men. OF
course, you understand that - await
impatiently for your reply. Do not
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testimonial. Mira. LAWRENCE MAE
TIN, IL King St, Westbrook, Maine.
Mansion, Wis. Eat the Change Of
Life suffered with pains in my back
and loins until could not stand. / also
had night-sweats 30 that the sheets
would be wet ! tried other medicine
but got no relief. After taking enc bot
tie OF Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound I began to improve and /
continued its use for six months. Tho
pains left me, the night-sweats and hot
flashes grew less, and in one year was
q different woman. I know / have to
thank you for my continued good health
ever since" - Mrs. M. j. BR0WNEaI.
Mansion, Wis.
The success Of Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound, made from roots
and herbs, is unparalleled in such cases.
If you want special advice write 70
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (coHfi.
dential) Lynn, Mass. Your letter win
be opened, read and answered by .
woman, and held in strict confidence.
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CTO BE CONTINUED.)

ing and laundering it is indeed e
hardy husband who will seek to hint
at the possibilities of any married
woman being other than q concen-
trated vestal to the matrimonial altas.
And in those isolated instances where
he still has the hardihood he Is most
instantly and effectively squelched
and 10. onto the separation alimony 10
tucked an additional so per. The poor
hairless hen-pecked had better con
tent himself with his lot It Is bettes
to be bald and bossad than Dsvs
to be bossed ut An.
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keep - In suspense. Yours sin.
cerely. -. Name deleted.)"
The other girl handed back the let
ter.
That's the worst I ever saw" she
said. "Whatcha going to do about it p
The first girl laughed.
Fill In the blanks and accept him
OF course. Plain Dealer.
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and manage proceedings at law. 9th
erwise stated, the solicitor is what we
call an office lawyer" while the bar
rister does the work allotted by US to
trial counsel."-Hyacinthe Ringrose
In Case and Comment.
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No Chance for Mere Man.

New York gentlemen DESTROYS of d.
vorcing their wives seem somehow to
be ''in wrong" this season. What with
court turn-downs to the right and to
the left Of them and sallies Of femin-
istic lawyers in front Of them volley-
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Knew What He'd Do.

A British officer inspecting ssntries
guarding the line in Flanders came
across a raw-looking yeoRan.
What are you here for?- he asked.
ITO report anything unusual. sir"
What would you call Hnusaalr
Il dunno exactly, SIR"
What would you do IL you saw five
battleships steaming across that field
yonder?"
Sign the pledge. sir."-Bostan Eve
ming Transcript.
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REALLY A SIMPLE MATTER
Girl Knew Just Exactly What She
Would Do With That communi-
cation From George.

The young woman frowned and
shook her head.
George thinks he's awfully cute"
she said.
The other girl looked up.
What has George done now?"
He has sent me a censored pro-
posal of marriage. What do you think
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The Truthful Traveller.

ne 7 TUINIUT TTdVeTSF.
How did you find he In the
tropics?"
"All that | expected II to be-"
you were not disappointed them"
Not at all. | thought II was going
to be the next thing 10 Hades, and
1t was"
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WOMEN FROM
45 to So TESTIFY
10 theMerit of Lydia ( Pink.
hams Vegetable Com.
pound during Change
of Life.
Westbrook. Me. -"I was passing
through the Change of Life and bod

pains in my back
and side and was SO
weak / could hardly
do my homework.
| have taken Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound and
it has done me a lot
Of good. / will re-
commend your med
icine to my friends
and give you permis-
sion to publish nv
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Optimistic Thought.

When we know the ruling passion
of an individual we are sure to please
him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
THE RURAL CREDIT PROBLEM.

President Wilson is again urging
Congressman to establish a Rural
Credit system, and the agricultural
sections are demanding action.
1t is of course possible that illu-
sorry hopes have been held out to the
farmers of the low interest rates to
be secured under Rural Credits or
ganization. The fact that European
farmers borrow money for to 4
per cent in this way does not prove
the same thing can be done here.
Interest rates and labor have always
been low abroad. The machinery for
such an organization would cost
more in this country of higher salar-
les, and the American investor gets
a higher rate on his money.
Sill the American farmer is as
sessed a too high rate for his bor-
rowings Loaning companies make
too much money. Their service as
Intermediary is necessary TO give the
borrower security that the property
is duly examined and supervised. But
many little companies are doin&
this business On too small a scale
for an economical result. Their
charge for their service is too high.
The average lender on farm mort
cages probably gets about 6 per
cent Il the buriness were standard
izei, supervised, and consolidated
| so that farm loan would look as
good rs a railroad bond, the lender
might be satisfied with per cent
THE borrower would have to pay the
Intermediary service OF the Rural
Credit organization, and it is not
likely that he will pay less than 9
! per cent.
Some OF the farmers, particular
ly in the east, may get their loans
now for per cert. But the chance;
are that the majority pay to pei
cent including commissions and dis
coun's This is too much. If this
rate could be lowered by Rural Cred
its organizations, young men woult
be encouraged TO take up farming
and enc charge on food production
reduced.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
FITTING THE APPLE TO USE.
Practice of Buying Eating Apples
for Cooking Purposes
Expensive.

The man who buys lest apples.
regardless of the variety especially
suited for the purpose for which
he wants them, never gets what he
wants.
Buying eating apples for cooking
purposes or vice versa is an unsat-
isfactory and often expensive prac-
tice. On the other hand, knowledge
of apple varieties and the purpose
for which each is best fitted, will
give the buyer more satisfaction and
often leave him heavier pocket
book after the purchase.
"All apples are not good dessert
apples" says F. M. Harrington o.
the horticultural department of Iowa
State college,, and low priced APP
pie often gives the best value for
cooking purposes" He gives a few
pointers to help the usually disap-
pointed Jest apples buyer.
Grimes Golden, Jonathan, Deli
cious, Ortley, Winter Banana and
Spitzenberg are our best dessert ap-
ples," he says. "These are among
the highest priced apples on the
market. The Jonathan and Spitzea-
berg are also excellent cooking ap-
pies, but on the other hand, the
Ramlo, Gano, Ben Davis, Rhode Is
land Greening, Missouri Pippin and
York Imperial are the equal, if not
the superior, for cooking and at the
same time are cheaper by so cents
to a dollar per package"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
THE AUTO WASHER.

Mothers and parents should warn
maidens of the auto masher. People
generally witnessing suspicious cir
cumstances should spread the alarm,
says the Marshalltown Times-Re-
publican. Officials aware of the
masher should not hesitate to warn
him of the law when caught in his
deviltry. In fact, so many young
girls are fools that they should be
treated as such by society. The
auto masher is out to destroy them.
They should be kept out of automo-
bile parties unless the young man is
well known and thoroughly trusted.
Girls who pick M with strangers and
SO riding upon invitation without
the close acquaintance that would
justify their acceptance invite the
man to attempt anything, because
men know that self respecting girls
would not go with them. If girls
would only know that men look up
on them as fools or immoral when
they accept unwarranted advances,
they would realize that to ride with
an auto masher is the next thing to
putting up at hotel with a strange
man.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
HOW MUCH DID HE LEAVE.

The sad duty of recording the
death of his father recently devolved
upon Mr.. S. ID Henry, editor of the
Coon Rapids Enterprise. He did it
thus: He vas a good man. From
boyhood to old age he lived a clean,
model life," says the Marshalltown
Times-Republican.
1t was splendid legacy to leave
son. When men die the question
arises what did he leave?" Men ask
it over the graves of millionaires
and of wageworkers. 1t is an i'm
portant question asked in all SINGER
ity of kindness and interest. 1t is
one Of the questions curiosity puts
over our collins. what did he
leave"
This old man who passed left n
good name, christian example, y
prideful and loving memory that he
had been good and clean and all his
life. He left his son something bet
ter than money. Not that men may
not leave large property and clean
record but that often the fortune is
a monument written over with greed
and smirched with much that money
can not cover entirely out of sight
and memory. Perhaps the editors
father left property; but if so it ap-
pears minor consideration to the
fact that he left a record of clean
life and honesty of purpose and deed
and that men stood over his body and
said: ''He was good man."
How much more than that can any
man leave? What counts in the rec
ord of our years as men remember
us except the cleanliness and kind
ness and christian spirit that mark
and make men distinctive among
their fellows? What else endures?
The best legacy any son may re-
ceive from a father is that of the
memory of a clean and kindly man
who lived we'll and did his duty no.
bly, day by day, who kept faith with
honor and whose deeds follow him.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
FAIRS ATTENDANCE LARGER.
Iowa Exhibitions Had Increased
Crowds This Near. Business Bet
ter Than in 1914 Despite
Bad Weather.

County fairs of Iowa drew larger
crowds in 1915 and took in more
money than in 1911, in spite of the
unfavorable weather which prevail
ed during the period the fairs were
being held. The report of A. r.
Corey, secretary of the state depart
ment of agriculture shows that nine
ty-three county and district fairs
were held at total cost of $521.-
5000. The total attendance was
Lis, sos, a gain of 1884 over
the record of the previous year.
Fifty-siX fairs made money and
thirty-seven showed a financial de-
ficit. The total receipts of the
ninety-three eXpositions amounted
to 1854, 419.49, an increase of $780,
600 over 1914. The expense of OPP
Grating the fairs increased nearly
$4,000, Premiums awarded totaled
Sly, 438.10, an increase of $4,000
over the year previous. Purses offered
for races amounted to $127,951.22.
The associations paid Sl15, 227.34
for bands and orchestras, an increase
of over $4,000 over 1914. In 1914
the fairs cost $446,259.54. The
1915 eXpositions cost 1921, 1890.
The net profit of fifty-six fairs was
$40, 411.21. Paid admissions were
S38,047, compared with 1856 in
1914. The fair drew S47,569.S3
state aid Last year the state paid
$21,131.27 10 aid the fairs.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15

FOR SALE--Residence and three
building lots. Prices reasonable.
Thos. Rossley, DEBORAH. Att.
FOR SALE-A few choice Poland
China Pigs, from registered stock,
both sexes. Jno. A. Jewell & Son,
r. s, DEBORAH. 40tf.
FOR SALE-Two we'll improved
Winneshiek county farms. Will
be sold reasonable. Prospective
buyers will do we'll to investigate.
j. A. Holkesvik, Route 4, DEBORAH.
40-tf.
FOR SALE-Eighty acre farm,
Canoe Twp. d. A. Danielson, r.
3, DEBORAH. Write or call. 47-Spd.
FOR SALE-Pure bred Mammoth
Bronze Turkeys, Frank Foy strain.
Inquire Mrs. c.. A. Lange, DEBORAH,
Iowa, R. r. No. 8. 49-4
WANTED-Gir at Delco Cafe. 49-1
FOR SALE-Poland china pigs, male
and female. Prices right. II. Logs
don, DEBORAH. 49-2w
|FOUND-Brown Mackinaw coat on
Button road Wednesday. Enquire
at this Office 49,
FOUND-Auto tire on Water Street
Saturday. Enquire at this office.
49-2w
FOR SALE-Two year old roadster
colt and single work harness. En-
quire of G. II. Schultz. 50tf.
-Boarders, at sos Yer
non st. 5Otf
FOR SALE-A Registered Yearling
Poland China Boar. This is an eX-
ira good hog and will sell reason
able John Seegmiller, r. r. 4, De-
corah, Ia, Standard Phone. soft.
FOR RENT-Furnished rooms, elec-
trio light and hot water heat. In
quire G.. Hamlet, POI Broadway.
50-3w
FCl2 SALE-The Ole Rams ad farm
in Madison township, 50 acres,
with buildings. Call on or address
c. o. Blekeberg, route 5, DEBORAH.
Iowa. soft
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
Wireless Emphasis.

She sailed into the telegraph Of
flee and raped on the counter. AS
the clerk came forward to meet her,
he remembered that she had been
there about ten minutes before. He
wondered what she wanted this time.
Oh, she said, let me have that tele
gram l wro,e just now; ! forgot
something important. l wanted to
underscore perfectly lovely" in
acknowledging that bracelet. Will il
cost anything extra?
No, ma am said the clerk, as he
handed her the message.
The young lady drew two heavy
lines beneath the words and said:
It's awfully good of you to let me
do that! 1t will please Arthur ever
SO much.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
GASTRONOMuC EXPLOITS.
Colossal Amount of Food Consumed
on Thanksgiving, Christmas
and New Year.

Among the achievements of the
American people must be reckoned
their capacity to consume a colossal
amount of food, particularly on such
mas, and New Years dinners. The
sociologists might we'll investigate
whether any other nation ever exc
cuted such stupendous gastronomic
feats
The present generation has suf
fered to some extent in appetite be-
cause more of us live in door lives.
But still the American people are
very largely an out door race. A
great many people pursue athletic
sports. The immigrant classes come
from work in the fields and have
wide and hungry mouths. And the
proportion of people engaged in out
door work on farms is still large. AL
so there are many people who spent
their youth in the newer parts of
the country, doing pioneer work QUO
doors. So a very large part of our
people still live lives, or have ac-
quired habits that stimulate great
appetites.
The old fashioned housewife was
not ready for winter without vast
store Of pies, cakes, and preserves
But great as this store might be, it
rapidly melted into cayernous gull
lets.
The Thanksgiving and Christmas
dinners are still occasions in millions
of families where the national capa-
city for large eating is displayed. AT
ter the ordinary worker in shop o.
Office has partaken of one OF these
feasts, about all he can do is to liz
down and trust to a beneficient
Providence. After he has filled him
self with turkey and probably some
other fowl, he may be asked to feast
on some heavy course of game. And
the perils of voluminous dessert
have not yet even been sighted, The
townsmans undeyeloped nav gasps
and cringes before these barbara
banquets.
In town life the cost of living has
abridged these gorgeous iayouts. Bu'
in many a farm family, raising it!
own food on which no middlemel
or trusts lay a tax, where house
wives still glory in cookery, gas
tronomic triumphs are still recorded
that fully emulate the deeds of thu
fathers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
NEW 1916 AUTO PLATES.
Will be Green i'm Color And An Or
der for 100000 Has Been
Given.

The automobile plate for 1916-1S
will be Pullman green in color with
cream figure, w. s. Allen, secretary
of state announces. An order for
100000 pair of plates has been CIV
en-. The first shipment is expected
to arrive early in November.
The new plates are heavier than
the plate now in use and the cost
of sending them out will be $16,
OO0.
The new plate will be used for
three years. The series will expire
Dec. 81, 1918. In size the new
plate will be the same as that now
the plate will bear only the number
and the abreviation, Ia" No. in
dication of the year will appear.
The color of the 1915 plate, yellow
with a black figure was distasteful
to hundreds of auto owners. Pro-
tests were received repeatedly and
the Office was asked if it could not
supply the number plate in other
colors.
In picking the colors for 1868,
the secretary of state called into
consultation a number of experts.
Their opinion was that green with
a cream figure will be suitable to
virtually all of the automobile driv-
ers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
Loyalty Pays a Dividend.

We read much in the public press
today Of loyalty to our country"
1t is well, for if any man on earth
has reason to feel loyal to his coun-
try for benefits conferred, that man
is the American citizen.
But there is another loyalty which
ranks side by side with that of our
country, and that is loyalty to home
and home people"
We have a community here in
which any people might feel just
pride, and we have people wholly
on a par with the community, though
there are times when we are neglect
full of our interests and unmindful of
the disintegrating consequences
which invariably ensue.
Loyalty always pays it's dividend,
but loyalty to home and home people
pays a double dividend.
Let us be loyal to country by all
means, but let US be doubly loyal to
our home people and our home insti-
tutions for it is by this means only
that we may thrive, and flourish, and
grow as a collective unit in the mer-
its of the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
Only One Way.
reduced.

All these conventions are ancient
history and we are now in an era
of presidential primaries. The re-
publican party is fast surviving the
wreck Of 1912 and no good can come
to anyone by opening old sores. IL
Senator Cummins can get the re-
publican presidential nomination
next year, all Iowa will rejoice anu
the west will expect the east to join
hands to the end he may be elected
On the other hand, if an eastern man
is nominated, the duty of western re-
publicans is likewise plain. There Is
just one way open TO republican VIC
tory next year, and that way is
through a united party.-WebsteI
City Tribune.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
Inaersoll's Tribute TO Women.

1t takes a hundred men to make
an encampment, but one woman can
make a home. not only admire wo-
man as the most beautiful object ever
created but | reverence her as the re-
deeming glory of humanity, the sane
tuary of al the virtues, the pledge of
all perfect qualities of heart and
head. 1t is not just nor right to lay
the sins Of men at the feet of women.
1t is because women are so much bet
ter than the men that their faults are
considered greater. A mans desire
is the foundation of his love, but a
woman's desire is born of her love.
The one thing in this world that is
constant, the one peak that rises
above al clouds, the one window in
which the light forever burns, the
lone star that darkness cannot quench,
| is womans love. 1t rises to the
greatest heights, it sinks to the low
est depths. 1t forgives the most
cruel injuries. 1t is perennial OF life
and grows in every climate. Neither
GOODNESS nor neglect, harshness nor
cruelty, can extinguish it. A woman
love is the real love that subdues the
earth; the love that has wrought all
miracles of art; that gives us musi2
all the way from the cradle song to
the grand closing symphony that
bears the soul away on wings of fire.
A love that is greater than power,
sweeter than life and stronger than
death. u
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15

1.-The truth is" declares the Ne
yada Representative, that the coun-
try is ripe for big republican ma
iority, sweeping the grand old party
back into power in senate, house and
White House. The one prime condl-
ton is that the party next year in
its national convention be true to its
fundamen al principles and quietly
relegate from the places of greatest
prominence the men who were con-
spicuously identified with the pro-
ceedings Of the last national conyen-
ton"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
Crowding Out The Knocker.

Truly the knocker has fallen upon
hard times. The virtue of the pres
ent day of strenuous activity is that
it has no time or place for sloth or
envy, says an exchange. 1t crowds
to the rear the man with the hammer.
1t moves on past him, leaving him
alone with the crouch. The only
way he can catch up is to drop his
handicap and hurry. People have
plenty of time to work at that that
is worth while, or even to play, and
it is one of the wholesome indica-
tions of the healthy life that people
in this country play as hard as they
work. But business and pleasure
have turned their backs upon the
knocker, setting their faces to bright
er skies. So if you are at outs with
somebody settle the matter with
him; do not bother me with it. That
is the answer of the world today, a
good one, too. Even in sports this
wholesome spirit prevails; indeed II
dominates there perhaps more than
anywhere else. 1t takes the form
of intolerance, it is so pronounced.
1t is the spirit of manly age, big
age and fast, too big and fast to
slow up for the little fellow.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
WANT COLUMN,
Rates-One Cent per word. Moth.
ing less than ten cents.

FOR SALE-Bay gelding, five years,
1000 pounds, drive single in team,
or in saddle. Good town horse.
Phone 424. 46tf.
LOST-Jet necklace with carved
head for centerpiece. Finder leave
at this office. Reward SOL
FOR RENT-New fiat in the Hutch
inson building on Main street. Is
heated and has all modern up-to-
date improvements. Now ready
Apply at Hutchinson's Grocery.
46-tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15
Eound Eating Raw Rabbits.

Creston, Ia, Dec. 1.-TWO male in
mates Of the state asylum for insane
who were discovered near Cromwell,
and one of whom was captured, 9TH
er making fight, were covered with
blood. The captured man said they
had been killing rabbits and eating
their flesh raw, explaining the blood
spots.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15

There are folks who spend their
time trying to create trouble who
imagine that they are of some SER
vice in the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15

DR.. Woods Hutchison comes forth
with the statement that rattle snake
bites are not fatal, and substanti-
ates his theory with the assertion
that he has been investigating twen-
ty years, and while he has come il
contact with several scores of people
who had been bitten, has yet to heat
of one authentic fatal case Come to
think of it we never heard of a per-
son or any animal dying from the
bite of rattle snake. Have YOU:
While we are talking about it, this
discovery comes out at an opportune
time. After January 1, snake bite
remedy will be hard to get, and n.,w
it will be no longer needed.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1915-12-15

We have never heard of a ghost
hurting anyone, but most of us would
rather take cur chances with bruis-
er