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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
SAYS IT'S A LIE.

Chief Officer Tod, of Steamship st. Louis,
Declares He Did Not Insult "Old Glory"
Il. Donald Tod, chef officer of tho
American line steamship st. Louis,
wore panied expression when he ar
rived in port the other highland heard
that some one had been circulating
stories about his trailing the Ameri-
cali flag in the dust while on a pre-,
yious trip of the steamer.
Mr.. Tod is something of a philos-
opher and took the matter good-na-
tcredly. Its one of those things which
we cannot help" he said. "Some one
had grudge against ME and took that.
means of getting square. 1t might be-
one OF the crew, or it might be any
one else. The statement is a deliberate
falsehood."
Three of the cadets on board the
steamship We're then called up and each
one denied that he had ever heard of
Mr.. Tod tearing down flag from their
quarters
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
STUMBLE LANDS HIM IN JAIL.
Sentence of Twenty Years imprisonment
for Eating Ginger Snana

Sentence of Twenty Years imprisonment
for Eating Ginger Snaps.
Charles A. Lang, who was sentenced
from Dawson county, S. d., 10 years
ago under the name of George Smith,
has just been released, having served
his full sentence. He was taken to
the asylum, a hopeless imbecile. Long
has, during his confinement, told sad
story.
lie says he got drunk and was stag
gering along the streets Of Mitchell
when he stumbled and fell into an
area way. He crawled from this into
the cellar of the building and then
walked upstairs, not knowing where
he was, and scarcely what he was doing.
He found himslf in a grocery store
and began to eat some ginger snaps,
when the night clerk bounced upon
him and he was arrested
He was tried for burglary, convicted
and sentenced to 20 years in the state
penitentiary. This sentence he served.
less the eight years good time which,
accrued to his credit.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
WARNED IN A Dt,EAM.
Singular Experience of w. A. Gentry,
Cincinnati Man.

Singular Experience of w. A. Gentry, .
Cincinnati Man.
w. A. Gentry, of Cincinnati, dreamed
on Sunday night that he had been
run over by an electric car. On Mon
day night he dreamed that he was the
victim of a cable car accident.
The succession of dreams SO i'm
pressed him that he bought two acct
dent tickets for $1,000 each, good for a
day, and made application in regular.
accident agency for pension of $25
week accident indemnity, $4,000 in
case of loss of limb, and $4,000 in case
of death from accident. This policy
had to go to New York for approval
and, to cover the day, he the other morn
ing took $4,000 one-day ticket.
AT three o'clock in the afternoon Mr..
Gentry stepped on the icy cross
ing and fell prone upon the street.
His left arm went directly under a
heavy coal cart wheel. He is at the,
city hospital, where it is the opinion
Of the surgeons that amputation will
be necessary. Mr.. Gentry is nephew
OF the late United States Senator
Kenna, of West Virginia. His home is
i'll Charleston, in that state. He is in
business in Cincinnati
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
LIKE A ROMANCE.
Oorean Queen, Supposed to Have
Been Cremated, Still Lives.
Body Of Ono of Her Ladies' In Waiting
Identified by King as Her Remains
to Save Her from Assas-
sins Hand.

A romance equaling anything which
Rider Haggard ever wrote comes from
Seoul, the capital of Corea, relating to
the conspiracy which broke out there
last November. The facts are known
only to few persons, one being the
king, and all have the strongest motives
for concealment.
1t will be remembered that on No
yember % an unsuccessful plot culmi-
mated in an attack on the palace by q
number of Coreans belonging to the
queens party.
The king and the japanese, being
warned beforehand, posted extra
guards and foiled the conspirators, the
object being to seize the ministers, ex-
pei the Japanese, free the king from
the latter's influence and restore the
queen, who was reputed to be dead,
but who was in reality alive!
The Russian secretary obligation wns
the leading spirit in the conspiracy,
and was deputed to convey the queen
from her place of hiding to the palace.
The failure of the attempt necessi-
tated the keeping of the secret of the
queen being in existence, which is now
for the first time divulged.
When In October the Coreans and
Japanese broke into the palace, the
queen, scenting danger, hid hastily
without speaking to her women = an
obscure clubhouse, saw the bodies of
her ladies in waiting dragged to the
pyre prepared for them outside, and
watched the completion of the tragedy
from her hiding place.
The queen was concealed for an
hour and half, every moment expect
ing discovery. She fled at last through
a secret passage to the old palace, and
thence, after changing her dress, made
her escape outside the walls of the city,
where she reached a place of safety.
When the japanese and Coreans ex-
nmined the charred bodies of the wom-
en- who had been burned, the king and
some others shrewdly feigned that
they had discovered the identity of the
queen in one of the victims, lest a
search should reveal her whereabouts
and lead to her murder.
The Japanese accepted the account
of the queens death as true. Three
Coreans We're strangled last week as the
queens murderers, while the trial of
Fiscount Mura and other Japanese
Officials is proceeding at Hiroshima for
the murder of q woman who still lives.
III Han Spin, the leader of the last
nbortive plot. is in hiding here.
An American friend who came here
OH the Russian cruiser Otvajny says
that Russia is using the supposed muir
der of the queen as weapon against
the japanese. although well knowing
its falsity.
The queen has been killed by rumor
twice before.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
FEAR AMERICAN COMPETITION.
German Manufacturers and Shippers
Alarmed at Decline of Trade.

German Manufacturers and Shippers
Alarmed at Decline of Trade.
In q report with the significant title
of German Fears of American Compe-
tition in the Worlds Market" William
D. Warner, United States consul ut
Cologne, tells of the alarm expressed
by the German people over the decline
of their foreign trade, and particularly
over the manner in which the United
States is looming up as Germany prin-
cipal competitor. The vast resources
of the United States and its wonderful
productive capacity are referred to by
the Germans, says Consul Warner, with
great anxiety lest it should become her
most formidable competitor. He con-
cludes with quotations from newspaper
articles on the subject to show how
much alarmed the German manufac-
turers and shippers are.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
SPAIN HOPEFUL.
Considers Prospects of Early Suppression
ut Rebellion In Cuba Favorable.

Considers Prospects of Early Suppression
af Rebellion In Cuba Favorable.
Madrid. Feb. GA meeting of the
cabinet was held Friday. ut which the
campaign III Cuba was exhaustively
discussed. 1t was agreed that the
prospects of an early suppression of
the rebellion are now very favorable.
More definite reports of the death
81 the rebel leader Antonio Macco have
been received here. 1t is stated that he
fell in the encounter between the Span
iards and insurgents AT Jaruc.
Senior Dupny de Lone, Spanish min
lister Mt Washington, has wired to the
government his belief that it will he
impossible for the United Suites to rec
ognize the Cuban insurgents.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Highest of all in Lcayenng Powcr-Iatcs u Gcv's Ps:
R>!aI! BBskiRS
ABSOLUTELY PURE
puttine 1t To Vote.

II need q new hat remarked the
man who had come in last at the club,
"and 1 don't know whether to get a
stovepipe or Fedora (
Suppose we put it to vote,' suggest
ed the man who had his feet on the
table. "1Nill you agree to be bound by
our verdict?"
EYES,"
The vote was taken. Six were in
favor of the stovepipe and six declared
for the Fedora.
II bow to your decision, gentlemen"
said the man who had come in last
although it looks like put-up job.
Twill merely buy tie."-Chicago Trib-
une.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
GAS IN A TREE.
When Match Was Applied 1t Ignited
Instantly.

Instantly.
a singular case is reported from
the southern end of Washington coun-
ty, Pa. Hunley Gooch and his son
Kit were coon hunting, and while they
We're chopping down tree for the
game kissing sound, accompanied by
an unpleasant odor, suddenly came
from the notch in the tree, says tile
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Young Gooch struck match to see
what was wrong, and Immediately fire
flashed all over his head and shout
ders, burning him severely. He made
desperate leap and landed beyond the
circuit of the flames. The tree contin-
ued to burn until the bark was burned
off several feet above their heads. Tho
AK, which was left sticking in the tree,
had the handle burned off. The man
had chopped into pent-up reservoir Of
gas,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
A Tree Knows Its Friends.

X. M. Kellogg. Michigan fruit grow
er, says that tree has its likes and dis
likes; that it knows it's friends and it's
enemies when they approach, and has
a degree of intelligence generally. He
believes trees are as alive to their sur
roundings as animals, and that their
sensibilities must be touched to gain
the best results. He has made a life
long study of fruit trees and fruit
growing. He exploited his theory at
the joint convention of western Mich
igan horticultural societies in Grand
Rapids the other dt,y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
sHAvlNes FOR HIS COFFIN.
Curious Paragraph from the VIII OF
George II. Merritt.

Curious Paragraph from the VIII of
George II. Merritt.
The will of George Fl. Merritt, for
many years u prominent merchant of
Michigantown, Ind, was probated the
other day. 1t contains the following
strange paragraph:
Sooner or later will be called upon
to leave this state of existence. When
that time comes, be sure that life is ex-
tinct, then a plain box, without paint
or varnish; in that a bed and pillow of
clean shavings. Wrap me in sheet, a
clean piece of muslin, lay me in the box
OH the shavings, nail down the lid, and
consign me to the grave without any
form of ceremony. Leave nothing but
the mound of earth with plain head and
foot boards to mark the spot"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
An Unfair Adrantace,

At the meeting of the Hold Carriers
association:
Clancy-Ar. Chairman, OF think we
should expel Murphy fur not attendin'
neetin's. Hes absent agin the noight.
Brady-Ye're no gintleman, Clancy,
fur t'malle thot complaint behoind a
mans Observation-Disclosures Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Going Too Far.

"This here new woman business is
gettin' to be too darned serious fer q
joke" said Uncle Hiram, solemnly.
whats the matter now?" asked his
nephew.
"Wa-al. l was down sorter lookin'
over the tough part O. your city, an
woman ran out of a house an grabbed
my OIL hat"
"oh, that's an old trick. Did you fol-
low her?"
Not much didn't"
Chat was lucky for YOU"
81 sorter reclsoned that if she got
this here new woman fever SO bad as
all that" explained Uncle Hiram, "she
could have the OF hat an welcome;
an / hollcred arter her that if she'd
give me her address I'd ship her down
q pair of overalls when get back to
the farm."-Chicago Post.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
An Awful Possibility.

"John, what would you do if bur-
glar should come in?"
I'D shoot him"
mo, no-you mustn't if he's in the
parlor."
"In the parlor?'
''Yes; think if he should bleed on our
new moquette carpet!" Chicago Rec
ord.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Tho Worst Whaling Season,

One dollar for nearly a year of very
hard work was all that the crew of the
whaling bark Lydia received when they
were paid off in San Francisco recently.
They worked for their food and share
in the profits of the cruise, and this sea-
son has been the worst whaling season
in many Years.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28

The greatest results in life are usu-
ely attained by simple means and the
exercise of ordinary qualities. These
may, for the most part, be summed up
i'll these two-common sense and perse-
yerance.-Feltham.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28

TO go beyond the bounds of moder-
alton is to outrage humanity. The
greatness of the human soul is shown
by knowing how to keep within proper
bounds. So far from greatness con-
sisting in going beyond the limits, it
really consists in keeping within them.
Pascal,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Large Cider Mill.

Melrose, Conn, has probably the
largest cider mills in the country.
which have used $4,000 bushels Of
apples the last season. They have
shipped their cider and vinegar to al
most every state in the union.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
GOLD AND SILVER WITH
GREENBACKs
THE MONEY OF THE PEOPLE.
The Rocky Mountain News
"a METROPOLITAN DAILY J

/.
Is the oldest and most wildly known
newspaper printed in Colorado. 1t
adopts, regardless of cost, every facil.
ity offered to keep abreast of the
times. 1t pays special attention to
the unparalleled resources of it's own
and adjoining states and territories.
Its mining stock reports are full and
accurate. Whoever reads The News
will be kept in touch with all national,
state and home reforms, and fully
posted on the development of the rich
gold and silver mines of Imperial
Colorado.
Suhscribe-or send cents for a
sample copy. Daily with Sunday,
81 SO per year. three months $1.9O,
per month 600. Weekly $1.OO per year.
Address NEWS PRINTING Co.,
Denver, Colorado.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Consistency ia a JeweI.

Country 1nnkeeper Ito guest)-I hope
you've been comfortable. We don't put
on no style here, but everything is
substantial. l always buys things that
don't wear OUT
Guest-So I noticed. That cake Of
soap in my room is the most substan-
tial thing I've struck for q good while
no wear out to that.-N. Y. Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
New Hammerles, Gun.

A corporation to manufacture new
hammerless gun, the invention of a
young mechanic, is being formed in
Baltimore. The lock is the new fea-
ture Of the invention, and it is said to
be simple and strong,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Very Dear.

Mrs. Spendall-Just look at this love
,ly bonnet, John, that ! bought to-day.
Mr.. Spendall (resignedly)-Well. hew
much?
e. "Only SIS. and it is such beauty.
Don't you think it is, dearp
ayes: very dear."-rexas Siftinrs-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
A EOxy Man.

Mrs. Hicks-I'd like to know what
you could have to say to that disrep-
utable-loolling dog catcher.
Hicks-l told him, if your poodle got
lost, to come around and would give
him dollar.-Truth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
A Cruel Brother.

She-I wonder which most men pre-
fer-dark-haired girls or light-haired
girls?
Brother (absent-lnindedly) = Light
headed girls!-St. Paul's.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Disquietins.
Her ewes flashed.

Her eyes flashed.
81 would do anything for q great
NAME" she exclaimed.
lie glanced uneasily in the direction
of the door.
MADAME" he faltered, 81 must ven.
ture to inquire if you have matrimony
in view or are you an autograph fiend?"
Detroit Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Three of a Kind.

Griggs-Do you mean 10 say you have
been married three years and have three
children?
Briggs-Yes, and that isn't the worst
of it,
Griggs-What do you mean?
Briggs-They are all the same age
Bay City Chat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
No Law Against It,

"Just as we arrived" the driver of
the patrol wagon testified, "the pris-
oner and some more of his gang were
trying to drop Officer McGobb through
the sewer manhole."
Sure" said Mike the Brute, 81 didn't
know there was any law against drop
pin copper in the slot" -lndianapoli
Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
A Mourning Hat.

Friend-I see that you have broad
band of Grape on your hat. For whom
do you wear it?
Mr.. Shabby Gcnteel-Ou account Of
the mournful condition of the hat it.
eelf,-Tit-Bits
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Are Not Liable for the Debts.

Chicago, Feb. 1l.--Judge Horton de-
cided Tuesday that the stockholders OF
the Pacific Railway company are not
individually liable for the debts of the
company, amounting to about $2,o0O,-
mn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Yife,s Cruel Thrust.

II wonder" said the man who had
been out for the evening, why some
bright women marry such insignificant
husbands
William" she said, admiringly, you
are really too modest; you nearly do
yourself an injustice. '-Washington
Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Large Orders for Horses.

A firm in Buffalo, N. Y, has orders
70 supply bus and cab companies in
London with 5000 hoIses.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
A Tale of Woe.

1omlinson-Blame the luck! I lost
valuable silk umbrella yesterday.
Hankins-How so?
Tomlinson-Maddox came along and
recognized it.-Puck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Sat eight o'clock the orchestra was
rapidly filling up.'-Life.,
Joshua's Feat.

Whose policemen could not be outdone
For we read in the battle. which Joshua
fought.
That he even arrested the sun.
N Y Recorder
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Devon 1. Land Of Orchards.

The principal county in England for
fruit cultivation is Devon, where there
are 25.oSs acres Of orchards. ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Anti Mic
Have You Tried 1t?

Do you use tobacco? Do you
want to get cured! d. you have
sleepless nights? Are you all run
down and don't know what ails you.
Tobacco is sapping the life out OF
more people today than all other
diseases put together. Why! you.
spit your life away. The nervous
system becomes diseased, giving
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Catarrh Of
the Stomach, Heart Disease, Loss
OF Memory, Blindness, Dimness of
Vision, and many diseases of alike
nature. In fact, it will bring on
all diseases flesh is heir to. IT'S
the starting point for immortality,
drunkenness, morphine and opium
habits. 1t is the curse Of the boys,
laying the foundation of a life OF
misery and want. Mothers, have
you a boy, husband or brother
who uses tobacco? Do you want
them cured! Then praise God
from whom all blessings flow.
ANTI MIC is the life-saver of all
who will faithfully follow the di-
rections. Why do we claim ANTI
MIC will cure you? Because it
acts directly OH the blood, renov-
Ing the poison from the blood; acts
directly on the liver and stomach,
building up the whole system, Civ
ing tone and strength and making
q new being out of you.
Write for circulars giving full
information to
PATTERSON REMEDY CO.,
Cres.o, Iowa.
To Whom 1t May Concern:
knowing the composition of
HAnti- Mic" as sold by Mr.. VIM.
Patterson, | can say that 1t con-
tains nothing injurious to the sys-
tenn. | further declare that l
have no interest in the sale thereof.
GEORGE KEssEL, M. u.
Feb. 6, 1896.
I have used "Anti-Nic' and I'll
has cured me Of tie tobacco habit,
and | know it will cure all who fol,
low the directions.
WILL PATTERSON,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28

Nine. Modjeslsa's theatricalcompany
was disbanded ut Cincinnati, o., the
27th, on account Of her sickness.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Easily Explained.

MAD dog saved my life once"
mercy! How?"
"Didn't bite me."-chioago Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
Exactly.

After the lottery awards:
"Where did you get that blank
look?"
"Drew it!"-Chicago Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
The Same Surprise In store.

Again it comes. that northern blast,
To make us think 1t queer
Next summer, as We did the last,
That Ice should be SO dear
-Washincton Star
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-02-28
nrlnr rheir own Red Clothinr.

In small hotels in Russia each guest
ls expected to bring his own bed cloth
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
THE PtNoBscor FREsHEr.
Water Constantly Rising and Additions to the
Ice lam Feared.

Bangor, Jan. 2l.-The water has risen
over two feet in the river since Tuesday
night, and, Wednesday, there was no fall
over the dam at Veazie. The anchor ice
has not budgsd an inch yet and many
think that it will not as long as the cold
weather continues. Tuesdays rain started
the ice in the river aud this will increase
the size Of the jam.
The ice jam at Veazle still remains
firm although a large amount of dyna-
mite has been exploded in the effort to
start the ice. Bangor is without street
cars or electric lights because the Public
Works Co.'S dam is flowed out by the
water.
During the freshet at Bradley, caused
by an ice jam below the village. five
houses were inundated, and their occu-
pants moved to the second floors. The
lower streets were flooded three feet deep,
and one dwelling was SO deeply sub
merged that the family were oblige. to
make their escape in boats.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1896-01-02
TIE BOSTON JOURNAL
Returns to Its Former Manage ment Stephen
0'Meara Again Its Editor.

Boston. Jan. 1.-The Boston Journal
will say editorially, tomorrow:
The Journal returns, today. to its
former management This means stall
wart support of the principles and public
policies for which it has stood for more
than generation.
1t will continue to represent fully in
New England the Republican part of the
country. 1t will voice the Republicanisln
OF New England in Its broadcast sense Its
national reputation for clean. aggressive.
editorial opinion on all sub
jects, will never suffer.
The journal will represent the best
cnmwercial interests of buston and New
Englsnd. First of all, the Journal will
be newspaper. 1t will not descend to
cheap sensationalism, nor will it iniure
itself by prudish methods.
The editor and publisher In whose
hands the management will rest, knows
the Journal and its readers from an actual
experience with it and them OF more than
90 years He realizes that in the present
day, newspaper will not succeed il it
offers an inferior product"
Stephen o Meara, who becomes again
the editor and publisher of the journal.
resigned, last March. He was for six
years auditor and treasurer Of the New
England Associated Press.