Decorah public opinion., November 29, 1895, Image 7

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A MOTORMAN’S LIFE.
PULLOP HARDSHIPS. EXPOSURE
AND CONSTANT DANGER.
The Great Strain on a Man’s Nerves Suffi
cient In Itself to Wreck Him In s Short
Time. The Experience of n Well Known
Motorman.
From the Cincinnati. Ohio, Enquirer.
The life of a motorman is not a bed of
roses. He is subjected to many hardships,
especially in the winter when be is exposed
to the cold and snow. Even in the summer
he must bear the intense heat which beats
down upon him. Considerable nerve and
self-possession is necessary in a good motor
man, for the lives and limbs of his passen
gers are at stake. One of the best known
electric motormen in this city is William
Frazer, who is at present running a car on
the Cumminsville electric line. He is not
only well known to his fellow employes but
to the pecple who travel on his car. Mr.
Fraser is a young mau about twenty-six
years of age and resides with his wife and
child at 144 Betts Street. Cincinnati, O.
About a 3'en.r ago Mr. Frazer was takeu
with serious stomach troubles. He bought
several kinds of medicine which were rec
ommended to him. but none of them seemed
to give him even temporary benefit. An
entnnsiasticadmirer of that famous remedy
known as Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People told him to try them. Frazer was
almost discouraged, but took the advice.
To a reporter of the Enquirer he said:
‘‘l can most heartily recommend Dr. Wil
liams' Pink Pills. They are all that is
claimed for them, in fact they advertise
themselves better than any medicine 1 ever
saw. 1 was seized some time ago with a bad
attack of indigesliou. My stomach hurt, me
nearly all the time and 1 could not digest
my food. The pain was almost unbearable
and I found nothing that would give me
- relief. -1 ooufess that when 1 bought the
first box of Pink Pills I hadn't much confi
dence in their efficacy because 1 had tried
so many things without success that 1 was
almost discouraged. Before I had taken
one box I was decidedly better. Two boxes
cured me entirely. While I have been under
the weather from other causes, my indiges
tion has never returned. If it ever should
1 know just what to do. I have so much
confidence in the efficacy of Pink Pills that
if ever 1 get real sick again with any disor
der 1 shall me some of them. Is is a pleas
ure for me, I assure you. to testify to thi
excellent qualitiesof these Pink Pills. They
not only tone the stomach, but regulate the
bowels and act as a mild cathartic.”
Mr. Frazer s testimonial means some
thing. He speaks from personal experi
ence and anyone who doubts that hare
ceived the benefits stated can easily verify
the assertion by calling on Mr. Frazer or
seeing him some time while he is on his car.
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills contain all ot the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are sold iu boxes at 50 cents
a box, or six boxes for $2.50, and may be
had of all druggists, or directly by mail
from Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Bcbenectady. N. Y.
Journalistic Finance.
Editor—Pm going to give a prize of $lO
to the girl subscriber sending me the hand
somest photograph of herself.
Manager—We can't afford it; we’re all
out of coal.
Editor—But wo can sell the photographs
to a cigarette factory for enough to buy
t» enty tons of coal.
How’s This!
Wee Ter SIOO reward for any case of
catarrh that can not be cured Ly Hall's
catarrh cure.
F. J. Cheney & Co., proprietors, Toledo,
Ohio.
We the undersigned, have known F. J.
Cheney for the last fifteen years, anil be
lieve him perfectly honorable iu all busi
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
- firm.
West A Truax, wholesale drugbists, To
ledo, Ohio.
Walding. Kinman & Marvin, wholesale
druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
• Hall's Catarrh cure iR taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mii
cuous surfaces ot the system. Price, 75
cents j>cr bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Testimonials free.
Hall's family pills, 23 cents.
A Waste of Good Material.
“Why is a great strong man like yon
around begging?
"All, madam : it is the only profession in
which a gentleman can address a beautiful
lady without the formality of an introduc
tion.”
A Chilli Cnjoyn
The pleasant flavor, gentle action and
soothing effects of Syrup of Figs, when in
need of a laxative, and if the father or
mother be costive or bilious, the most
gratifying results follow its use; so that it
is the best family remedy known, und every
family should have a bottle on hand.
Walter Besant is authority for the state
ment that there are fifty novelists in Eng
land who have incomes of s.'>.ooo a year or
over.
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by careful investments in grain through *
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can be easily multiplied by successful in
vestments. Highest Bank references. Op-
Eirtunlties excellent, l’attison & Co.,
ankers and Brokers, Room W, Omaha
Building, Chicago.
Geographers say that the entire coast
line of the glot** measures 130.000 miles.
The Sunny Ken Lais Talley.
FOR SALE—The best Improved
R&nche (farm) in Southern Colorado.
320 acres. Address F. P. Baker, To
peka, Kas., or N. R. Baker, Alamosa,
Colorado.
There are Lots of blooming flowers
That the frost nips in the patch,
But we've other kinds of bloomers
That the frost can never catch.
farming by Irrigation.
l’each Day at Grand Junction this year was
the most successful yet held. Thousands
were there uud everybody was satisfied. A
grout uutiiy decided to locate there. Zeph.
Ghua. Kelt, 207 Boston Building. Denver,Cato.
“I hear that your husband enjoys poor
health.” “Yes. He’s a doctor, you know.,’
I believe Plso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boy’s life last summer.—Mas.
Ai.i.is Douulass. Le Roy, Mich.,Oct. 550.’94.
Strawberries in marketable quantities
were gathered in Greenville, Ore., last
week.
If the Haby 1s Catting Teeth,
He sure and use that old and well-tried remedy. Mss.
Winslow’s Sootmimu sysop fur Children Teething.
The entomologists have captured and
named upwards of 21.000 varieties of but
terflies.
PITS—AII Fit* stopped free by Dr. Kline's Ore.it
Nerve Restorer. No Pll.after the hrsiday'k u»e.
Marvelous euros. Treat lKenn< I mn) 1-oMle free t»
Fit cases, beuti to Or. kino ,IUI At cht>U,l'i.Uu.,l‘ab
An article on the mint of Great Britain
in a current English magazine states that
its annual profits are sv!,f>oo,(JOO.
“lassos’* Magic Corn Salve.”
Warranted to euie or money refunded. Ark you!
druggist for It. Frioa ib cent*.
Every thought which genius and piety
throw into the world, alters the world.—
Imnos.
Hegemon's< mii,,,.. . , vviiliOiyr.rins,
Cures Ctmuned Hundsionl r 111. .Temp rnr Horn Feet,
Chilblains,Files, £<. Id >•. t'Ui - • 0...N0W haven, t 1.
TELEPHONING ON THE CONGO.
Drums with Which the Natives Are Able
to Communicate.
Capt. Five, a Belgian explorer, says
that the people of the Congo have a
curious and interesting method of tele
phoning. For a long time he refused
to believe that the natives really had
the power to communicate with others
at a distance, though articles had been
sent to him in answer to such commun
ications. At length, one day, journey
ing on the river by pirogue, and being
about fifty miles from Basoko, he de
termined, instead of stopping, to press
on to the village. Then one of his peo
ple offered to telephone to the village
that the party would reach the place to
ward evening and would like to have
supper prepared on arrival.
A native with a drum then began to
beat it after a peculiar fashion, and
presently announced that he had heard
a reply. He then rolled the drum for
some time and tranquilly returned to
his paddle. Capt. Five waited with
much interest to see whether his ap
proach would beexpected.and wasaston
ished as he neared Basoko toward even
ing to recognize on the bank one of his
fellow-explorers. Lieut. Verellen. A
fire was burning ashore and supper was
being made ready. Capt. Five, after
greeting the lieutenant. inquired
eagerly how he had learned of the ap
proach of the expedition. The lieuten
ant replied that the news had been
brought some hours before by a negro,
who said that a white man was ap
proaching by the way of the river and
would need supper.
The drum used by the natives for this
purpose is a small but noisy affair of
wood. It is constantly employed in
communicating short distances, in
order to save time and trouble. In this
instance there had evidently been re
lays of drummers along the whole fifty
miles from the point where the original
signal was given to near Basoko. The
natives are able, with their drums, to
signal messages of considerable length.
This particular instance is recorded in
La Flandre, a Belgian publication.
CENFVA’S GREAT FOUNTAIN.
It Is Three Hundred Feet In Height —
The Largest in the World.
The fountain that the municipality of
Geneva has recently established at the
entrance of the port of that city is cer
tainly the largest fountain that exists
upon the surface of the globe, since it
is no less than 300 feet in height, says
the Philadelphia Press. It may be seen
from a great distance in clear weather,
detaching itself like a great white sail
flapping through the effects of the wind.
The city of Geneva possesses a most
complete distribution of water under
pressure, the motive power for which
is obtained from an artifleial fall estab
lished upon the Rhone at the point of
the lake. The water for domestic pur
poses and for the running of certain
motors is raised to the height of 215
feet above the level of the lake. Fpr
the distribution of motive force it is
raised to a height of 460 feet. The res
ervoir is an open-air one and is situ
ated upon the top of Bessingers. at a
distance of three miles from the turbine
building. A very ingenious regulator,
Invented by Mr. Turrettini, assures the
uniformity of the piping.
The length of the first pipe line is
about forty miles,and that ofthesecond,
about sixty. It Is to this latter that
the fountain conduit is connected. The
latter is set in play only on Sundays.
It Is sometimes set in operation also in
week days in the evening. Instead of
a single jet of great height several are
then utilized that do not rise so high.
Powerful electric-light projectors,
placed in a structure near by, brightly
illuminate them with their rays of var
ied colors, which transform them into
a luminous fountain of the mo3t beau
tiful aspect.
CHARGE OF THE BATTALION.
A Pon-Tlrtuifi of One of the Moat Im
politic Kfforla of a Great Hattie.
The battalion has been on its feet
since daybreak; there was a scanty
breakfast, and while the men ate it
in the distance are sounds of the com
ing battle. The flies on the march are
closed up, every sense is alive, dust
everywhere, then smoke, the galloping
of horses, hoarse shouts, orders and
counter-orders; the battle grows apace,
men here and there go down, but the
eight companies are there; the captains
march close by the men; sometimes,
through the smoke, they catch a
glimpse of the colonel leading on in
front; each man knows his right-hand
man; no one looks behind him; some
where quite close is Tom or Dick or
Harry, the good men they have chosen
as the best, and as long as they go on
the rest will follow. So the din in
creases, the earth is reeling under foot,
shells burst beside them with a horrid
shriek and fling out quick death; can
anything alive come out of this hideous
turmoil? Still they press on; a captain
picks up the rifle of a man who has
fallen and speaks a cheery word —all
can’t be lost when an old friend can
make a joke; another instant, and a
cool voice they’ve heard before rings
out an order —it is easy to obey what
they’ve learned to obey for years—a
clash of bayonets as they fix them in
smart time together, a pause, a gasp
for breath —“Charge!” and the long thin
line cleaves through the smoke and
din and is out upon the other side and
in the sunshine once again, cheering its
lungs away; the battle and dear life
are won.
Kot'itl Distinction.
“Oh, look, George, our name is men
tioned before the Wilkinses. What
fun!”
“Why, of course it is. It’s in alpha
betical order.”
“Oh, but they'll be just as savage
all the name."-Ally Sloper.
NEWSY TRIFLES.
The British isles comprise 1.000
separate Islands and islets, without
counting the juttlngs rocks or isolated
pinnacles.
It has been estimated that electric
railways have already displaced in the
United States no less than 275,000
horses.
The pear crop in Georgia this year is
the largest on record. It is estimated
by those in a position to know and to
judge correctly that it will exceed 300,-
000 barrels.
The ‘life tree” of Jamaica is harder
to kill than any other species of woody
growth known to aboriculturists. It
continues to grow and thrives for
months after being uprooted and ex
posed to the sun.
It is a singular coincidence that In
South Dakota a week or so ago it was
necessary to close the schools on ac
count of the Intense heat, and two days
later they were closed again because of
the excessive cold.
Just laws are no restraint upon the free
dom of the good, for a good man desires
nothing which a just law will interfere
with.— Froude.
A woman won't lie for her own sake
nearly so easily as she will for the sake of
somebody else
Is a prize fighter and champion in every contest with
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NEWS' f MORSELS.
California has produced a sweet
scented violet the size of a large pansy.
The orthodox Hebrews date from the
creation, which event they place in the
year B. C. 37C0.
{ According to the computation of the
i Russian chronologists, the creation
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The tendency in modern building in
j England is toward the abolition of
I stairs in favor of inclined planes.
Honduras was named by the Spanish
j in allusion to the depth of the water on
its coast. The word means "deep
water."
The peach blossom has been selected
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state.
A hot bath, with or without soap, is
a sedative and a help to the body when
| exhausted. It is best taken at night
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Doctor—l must forbid all brain work.
Poet—But may I not write some verses'
Doctor—Oh, certainly.
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PRAISE OF THE MOUTH.
The Picayune'* Rhapsodlat Eulogizes
This Useful Member.
Some one has fallen in love with a
mouth, and his mouth is full of praise
and song. To him some mouths look
like peaches and cream, some like a
hole chopped In a brick wall to admit a
door or window. The mouth Is a hot
bed of toothaches and a baby’s crown
ing glory. It is patriotism’s fountain
head, and the tool chest for pie. With
out It the politician would be a wan
derer on the face of the earth, and the
cornetist would go down to an
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Much more than a mustache depends
upon the mouth.—New Orleans Pica
yune.
A lady engaged a boarding place in
Portland a few days ago. and the tirst day
she forgot the street and number and was
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Timely Warning.
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house of Walter Baker & Co. (established
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freight train at Huntly, Mont., recent
ly, the trainmen discovered a young
and handsome woman and a boy riding
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proved tramp fashion. The woman
gave her name as Mrs. Peterson, and
said her husband, a barber, had de
serted her and a baby several months
ago at Billings. Besides herself and
baby, she had a mother and a little
brother to support. A few days ago
she spent her last money to purchase
tickets for her mother and baby to
Sheridan, Wy., where they have
friends, and one night she took the lit
tle brother climbed on the brake beam
of an outgoing freight, and had been
riding nearly all night when discov
ered. The trainmen gave them a place
in the caboose the remainder of their
journey.
The Marquis of Salisbury, while living in
the Australian gold diggings in 1852. occu
pied a little log hut, which is still carefully
preserved as a a relic. Salisbury at that
time was Lord Robert Cecil.
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