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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
A PLUCKY GIRL.
Oregon Miss Has Hard Battle
with a Ferocious Bear.
Wounds Half-Grown Cub and Is Attacked
by tho Mother, Which She Succeeds
in Killing After Being Her
~. self Badly Injured.

Miss Jeanette Rose, of Randolph,
Ore, II years old, is the heroine of that
locality because of her brave encounter
with big black bear the other after
noon. She was strolling in an unfre-
quented place in the woods near home,
carrying a rifle with which she was
shooting rabbits and birds, when she
came upon bear cub. Without count
ing upon the consequences, Miss Rose
shot at the little fellow. The crack of
her rifle brought the cub to the ground,
wounded and squealing, and then, to
the establishment of the huntress,
Mother Bruin appeared on the scene
and took o hand in the affair.
The bear made a savage rush ut Miss
Rose, who reiterated with her face to the
beast, at the same time firing several
shots at her assailant. The Infatuated
bear reached Miss Rose with one of its
paws, striking her to the ground. For
tunately she was accompanied by a
small pet dog, which, instinctivcly re-
alizing its mistress danger, began snap
ping at the bear.
This distracted the enraged animals
attention before it had done more harm
than to break the girls collar bone and
bruise her face.
While the bear was making sad havoc
OF the brave little dog, Miss Rose arose,
fired again, and the bullet pierced bru-
ms heart. Exhausted and bleeding
she succeeded in reaching home and re-
lated her adventure. Relatives went
to the scene of the encounter and there
found the carcasses of the bear, the dog
and the cub, which had died from its
wounds.
1t Is proposed to send Miss Rose and
the stuffed hides of her game to the
Portland exposition next month, where
the heroic girl will prove greatattrac-
ton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21

river. He paid the telegraph operator
ten dollars for his immediate atten-
ton, and Immediately the news began
to go over the wire. All newspaper
matter was subject to censorship, and
very soon the operator told Carroll that
the commanding officer at Fort Donel-
son wanted to know who was sending
that long dispatch. 1t happened that
the commanding officer was Gen. To-
gan, and when the operator sent word
that it was Carroll he authorized the
report to go ahead. Thus it happened
that Maj. Carroll sent the first news of
the battle of Pittsburg Landing. and
! by doing so he not only accomplished
the greatest feat ever performed in war
correspondence, but ut the same time
gave the world n report which fairly
represented Gen. Grant, thereby fore
Sailing the reports which were sent
later in the interest of Gen. Buell. Con-
sequently, during his entire lifetime
Gen. Grant was a warm friend of Mai.
Carroll, and took occasion to demon-
strate his appreciation.
Maj. Carroll then secured leave of alb
sence, went to New York, and after
wards to Washington where he saw Sem
ator Washburn, and personally gave
him a correct account of the battle.
giving credit to Grant for his splendid
efforts, and correcting many misappre-
tensions which existed. 1t will be re-
membered that Gen. 1Iallecll gave Gre
dencc to Gen. Buell's report, and re-
lieved Grant of his command, humiliat-
ing the great soldier to such degree
that, but for the warm friendship and
urgent advice of Gen. Sherman and Gen.
Rawlins, Grant might have resigned
from the army. Senator Washburn
took Maj. Carroll to the white house.
where he had an extended interview
with President Lincoln, to whom he
gave valuable information concerning
the Illinois soldier who was Mt that
time being 1oundly abused and yillified
from many sources,
To the friendship of Maj. Carroll, Gen.
Sherman, Gen. Hawlins, Senator Wash
burn ana President Lincoln the country
is largely indebted for the subsequent
career of Grant; for, during those days
of misrepresentation and calumny, the
great soldier was moodily determined
TO leave the army. His friends We're
few, but they warmly espoused his
cause, comforted and encouraged him;
and very soon thereafter President Lin
coin restored him to command, and he
brought the war to conclusion with
honor to his flag, and with credit to HIM
self. And then he added lustar to his
laurels by his clemcncy to the con-
qucred, and by his declarations: "Iet us
have peace"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
The Opinion Of DR.. Talmage.

Rev. DIR. Dewitt Talnage has re-
Gently returned from a tour of the
country and attendance at the edu-
cational convention at Chautauqua.
Not only in big cities did the Doctor
mlngle with the residents, but in re-
mote and and sparsely populated dis.
tricts and in small villages and coun-
try townships, He is astonished at
the extent of the free silver sentiment
which he encountered. During nv
entire trip" he said to reporter, II
did not find more than two or three
men who are not silverites, The I'M
animity was astounding. The senti-
ment down South is universally for
the white metal. Bryan and Sewall
will get very large vote from that
section of the country. Iamnot advo-
eating either side of the political
question, but do not believe, with a
good many of my christian friends,
that in the success of that movement
the country will greatly suffer. In
oSSas L OC'4VNC UlldU If IdF S1LS Nh
PEOPLE WIN THERE WILL BE SUCH A
REVIVAL IN BUSINESS, and such q
BOOMING IN INDUSTRIES, which are
now inactive, and such general
general shaking up of commercial
interests that the country will be
sure to prosper"
This is the judgment of a man who
is absolutely unbiased in his political
opinions; one who has, moreover come
in contact with probably as large a
number of people of all classes, IN
different sections of the country as
any man living. His frank statement
of the situation, and his belief in the
great revival of prosperity if free sill
yer succeeds, should and without
doubt will carry conviction to many
who have been doubters.
Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
SEE M'KlNLEY IN THE CLOUDS
Inc Apparition Precipitates Fight Be
tween Two Farmcrs

AS a result of political quarrel Ell
Thomas and Edgar Bradford, two we'll
known farmers in the vicinity of La
mont, Mich, are lying at their homes
seriously injured, with the chance that
one or both of them will receive a term
in states prison.
The cause of the quarrel that led to
the fight was one of those curious nat
ural phenomena which appear in diff
ferent parts of the country. While
Thomas and Bradford We're discussing
the political situation in front of
Wright's grocery their attention was
called to a peculiarly formed cloud,
which was floating above them. BY
some vagary of the wind the masses Of
vapor composing the cloud assumed a
startling resemblance to silhouette
OF Maj. Mckinley, wearing q cooked hat,
as he is ordinarily represented in carl
cature.
Thomas, who is an ardent republican,
seized the occasion to assert that the
Lord Himself was with Mckinley, while
Bradford commended that the appear.
ance was intended to signify that after
November 3 Mckinley would be higher
than the clouds. One word brought on
another, until Bradford lost his temper
and struck Thomas in the face. Thomas
seized a wagon stake which was w.
ing near and rushed at Bradford, who
picked up stone to defend himself.
In the mixup which followed both were
so badly beaten that fears are enter.
tanned for their recovery,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
THE pERvIsHEs.
They Fight to the Death in the Face Of
Great Odds.

they Fight to the Death In the Face Of
Great Odds.
The dervishes have lost nothing of
their old valor. They heed death as
little as ever. saw them, says writer
In the London Times, stand undismayed
in the open and fight with logged de-
termination in the face Of our deadly
volley fire; they fought on with rife
and spear and knife when charged by
the cavalry; each wounded dervish, as
he lay bleeding to death on the ground,
was a dangerous and treacherous foe
until he had breathcd his last. They
even did what some authorities have
denied that any troops, however brave,
would ever do-they stood in groups
firing steadily into our ranks while our
Maxim guns poured their streams Of
bullets on them, moving them down
like grass.
I doubt whether any other men in the
world would have stood, as these men
stood, for nearly two hours, against
such fearful odds as were opposed to
them. But, If one may Judge from this
fight, the dervishes have changed their
old tactics; they have, to great extent,
abandoned the reckless rush Of spear.
men which used to distinguish Soudan-
ese warfare, and rely more on rifle fire,
in which their practice has considerably
improved. If trained and disciplined
(but 1t is very doubtful whether that
savage beast of prey, the Baggara, ever
could be trained) these men would make
magnificent infantry. They display now
as much amazing GOODNESS when acting
on the defensive as they did in their
furious charges Of former campaigns.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
THE GREAT BusTARp.
1t Has Been Extinct In England for More
Than Fifty Years.

Than FIFTY Years.
The great bustard formerly hnunti
ed all the level counties of England,
and was particularly common on Sails,
bury plain. From the reign of Renryl
VIII. repeated measures were passed
in order to protect it, and it is express
" included under the head of game in
the statute of the first year of the
reign Of William ~, which codEiedand
reforwed the laws relatingtogame.T The
close season for bustard shooting was
anatis from the first of Ala1'ch to the first
offSeptember. But the nat i've buaarl is
now extinct in England. The last was
Killed at Swaffham in Norfolk, in 1888.
Any that have been shot since have
been merely casual visitors, probably
coming from the plains of 6axony. Tho
causes Of the disappearan CO of thesbus-
tard are, firstly, the spo TT they If
forded, for they were hunted with
greyhounds as well as sh lot; secondly,
the increase in the amour, sof cultivated
land. This largest of E, .ropean birds,
weighing as much as 80 pounds, could
no longer find any suffi, lent suppo1N
on the closely cropped p, hins Of Eng
land.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
A Great Pulpit Orator Praises Bryan.

teV. MyrOn heed, DenVer'S famous
preacher, at the conclusion of O re-
cent morning discourse said:
l am very grateful to God that
democratic convention has been in
spired to give to the people of these
states democratic platform. have
read it carefully and it sounds like
Jefferson and Jackson and Lincoln.
l want everything there is in that
platform and more, but l remember
there is more to follow. AS first
course for 1896 it will do. 1t will leave
me with an appetite. There are other
years and other things.
This platform is not built for ''the
god of things as they are" to stand
upon. THE god ot things as they
ought to be" stands on this platform.
The man fits the platform. He is
older than the man who wrote the
declaration of independence-the
man who believed all the people
knew more and wished better than
any one man,
He is older than the preacher of
the sermon on the mount.
The miracle of st. Peter in the lnan
he healed of helpless ankle bones was
in nothing so great as the fact that
the man was over forty years old. He
was "set" bones and muscles fixed in
lameness; nothing elastic in him. Not
q man over fifty believed in Harvey's
discovery of the circulation of the
blood. Not man over or uuder fif-
ty believed in Columbus. 1t required
a woman to believe better half of
the world. "Fhe crime of being q
young man" was soon outgrown by
Pitt and Burke. But what they said
when they were young has never
been outgrown.
cannot say better praise of two
Americans than to say that William
J. Bryan begins at SO where Lyman
Trumbull left off at 49, One color
bearer falls, but forward the colors
90
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
SMITH D. FRY.
TO HURRY UP THE MAILS.
Scheme to Facilitate the Collection and
Dispatch of Postal Matter


Dispatch of Postal Matter.
Continuous daytime collection of
mails in the big cities, with the size
of the various districts doubled and
the sorting of the mail in the collection
wagons ready for immediate railroad
dispatch without passing through the
post offices, is contemplated in an ex-
detrimental scheme the post Office de-
partmcntwill undertake soon, probably
in both Washington and New York.
The plan as now designed, and of
which Second Assistant Postmaster
General Nelson is the author, is an
entirely new one. Two large collection
mail wagons, manned by postal clerk
and driver and equipped with the reg
ulatlon sorting boxes and mail pouches,
and each drawn BY two horses, will
make continuous round of the col
lecting places throughout the city.
The outside mail gathered will be
sorted and delivered direct to street car
mail lines or other means of directly
reaching the depots, while local mail
will go to the city delivery department
of the post Offices. This system will
secure significant saving of the de.
lay in transmission. .-.-.,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Echo Answers Why?

An exchange asks the reason why,
if one dollar is as good as another,
and if all kinds of Am erican money
pass at face value the world over, the
Wall street brokers 10 not take silver,
greenbacks and national bank notes
and allow the gold to remain in the
treasury. The exchange will please
ask the Gazette something easy. Such
questions as the above are likely to
find one not prepared with an ans
wer.-Cedar Rapids Gazette.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Diminntive Aueur,.

Lieut.. Derby, who wrote the"Squibob
Papers" at one time had his head
quarters next to Gen. AugurA. Augur
had a number of children, and some
times they made n good deal of noise.
One night the children were making
considerable noise, when there came a
tremendous pounding on the partition,
and Derby called out: "Augur! Augur!
wish you'd make those gimlets Of
yours keer. ouietl"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21

Ex-Congressman Bourke Cochran
wound up several years of cratic
politics by declaring for Mckinley.
His declaration is worth just one
vote, provided Bourke doesn't change
his mind again before election day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
MAI. CARROLL'S SCOOP.
Great Feat Performed by a War
Correspondent.
He Sent News of the Battle at Pitts
+. burgh Landing Three Days In
Advance of the Official
Reports.
Especial Washington Letter.1

Regular readers of newspapers are
familiar with the fact that modern en-
terprise is nowhere better exhibited
than by daily newspapers in their eff
forts to gather all of the news of the
world. Each newspaper tries to get
more news and better news, and in bet
ter form, than any of it's rivals. When
an important item of news is secured
by one newspaper only, none Of the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
An ELOQUENT Gown.

Mr.. Crimsonbeall-Wha kind of a
dress do you call that red affair Mrs,
Styles has on, to-day?
Mrs. Observation-Disclosures calling
gown.
We'll, goodness knows, it looks loud
enough to call."-Yopkers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
A BETTER Reason

Mack-Is it true that Bullion daugh.
ter eloped with his coachman?
Wyld-Yes.
Mack-I suppose Bullion is furious.
Wyld-I should say so. He says he can
never set another coachman that will
suit him as well.--Brooklyn Life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
SNAKE SEVENTEEN FEET LONG
Shot to Death in Berry Patch in West
Virginia.

Mrs. Ann Christopher and her little
son Frank were picking berries on the
farm of John a. Martin near Reedsville,
w. Va, when she discovered an inn.
mense snake lying alongside of a basket
She had already filled. She sent her ~
tie boy to stone quarry near by to.pall
men at work there to kill the sny Ike.
-Four came to the rescue, bringing,fheir
picks and shorels, but when they1found
that the snake was monster none of
'hem cared to go near enough to the
reptile with any weapon at hand, so one
OF them went to his home. and brought a
shotgun and rifle. The snake Ind to be
shot several times before it was killed.
Measurement showed it to be II feet
long and 10 inches around.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
"WIlere Are We At"

THIS question perplexes the whole business
world. People interested in the Northwest
can ind where they are at by consulting an at
las containing fine up to date maps and much
valuable reference and descriptive matter: sent
70 any address for 10 cents in stamps by F. L.
WHITNEY, G: =. & Il, A., Great Northern Rail-
way, st, Paul, MINI,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
A Business Proposition.

TIE owners of a large body eff land on Wild
vide 1t into tracts to suit buyers and sell at SIC
and upwards per acre, on long time, and nc
payments the first year. Produces all stable
crops; has close markets; schools and churches
1,70O population; mild climate. For further in.
formation address II. E. WORKMAN, Seattle
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Farms on the CrOn Plan

no you want to buy lands in the far-famed
graln.growing. district of the Red River
Valley OF North Dakota. Remember they are
the best wheat lands on earth. Write to us and
get particulars We can sell you farm and
take pay from share of the crop.
GRANDIN & EDWARDS Mayviile, N. d.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Business Chances.

INDUCEMENTS offered to men with capital
and experience to bulld and operate flour
mills, oatmeal mills, feed mills, tlaXmills, paper
towns on the Great Northern Railway in the
Northwest. Address A. A, WHITE, 1920 Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
According to Greeley /:

uGO West - But before you go, write
~ 49, to L. i. Whitney, g. p. &
7. A. G. N. Ry., st. Paul, Mimi, for printed
matter descriptive of the Northwest country
which offels SO many inducements to new SET
1ers and investors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21

1t Is said that in France the prot,uc-
ton of beet root averages IL tons per
acre.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Coolest Hour of the rwenty.rour.

Taking It year in and year out. the
coolest hour of each "a is five o'clock in
the morning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
Pcriis OF Wealth.

Jinks-Every day l read in the
papers about some great man being in
jured by smoking. The last one is the
prince of Wales. The doctors have
stopped him. Now must say, as 1 am
q smoker myself, such things trouble
me.
Winls-oh. don't worry. All those
men are rich, and can ctford to smoke
real tobacco-N. Y. Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
"77" for GRIP.

Sold by Druggiss sent prepaid receipt of price,
&c., for $780, may be assorted except Nos 50 and
80, put up in sl.o size only.
DR:HuMpHRxys' Enlarged Revised) MALHpFREE
HUMPHREYS MED CO., III 1ls William ST., New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-08-21
He Knew ulnsaIf.

she-This road is very steep. Cam. !
get donkey to take me up?
He-Lean on me, my darling!-Tit-
Bits.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-08-05
A Chance to Make Money.

/ have berries, grapes and pea
ches, Il year old, fresh as when
picked. l use the California cold
process, do not heat or seal the
fruit, just put it up cold, keeps
perfectly fresh and costs almos,
nothing; can pnt up IL bush.l in
ten minutes. Last week sold Iii
rtctions to over 1870 families; All,
one will pay dollar for directions
when they see the beautiful sam
pies of fruit. AS there are many
people poor like myself, l consider
it my duty to give my experience
to such, and feel confident any on,
Can make one or two hundred dol
lars round home in few days. |
will mail sample Of fruit and com
plete directions, to any of you,
readers, fol eighteen two cent
stamps, which is only the actual
cost OF the samples, postage. etc,
to me. FRANCIS CASEY,
IL st. Louis, Mo.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-08-05

GREMlLLloN. = Francois Gre
million died at the family residence
in Alexandria, La, on Friday, Ju.
ly 31st 1896. The deceased was
Is years of age. His remains we're
sent TO Ayoyelles parish for inter.
ment, where be had resided Until
about two years ago, when lie
moved to this city. fife leaves two
sons engaged in merchandising in
this city aud numerous descend
ants to mourn his demise. The
DEMOCRAT sincerely condoles
With the afflicted family III the
great bereavement Which they
have sustained.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-08-05
A Serious Cutting ARRAY Between
Boys.

Sunday afternoon, just after the
arrival Of the north bound Texas
y Pacific passenger train, u Sc
rions cutting atfray occurred be-
tween Hugh Williams and Bob
Lambert, white boys, about Ii or
10 years of, age, on the depot gal
lery. II appears that the boys
had q difficulty the evening b.
fore, but had separated without al,
amicable adjustment Of the differ
ences between them.
Upon meeting the next after
noon, the trouble was renewed,
with the result that Williams drew
his knife and stabbed Lambert in
the back and cut a deep cash
across his thigh. The wound in
the back is considered serious, but
not necessarily fatal.
Williams was arrested Monday
morning and cau,mitteh to Jail 10y
Constable M. W. Baltic, where ne
will be held to await the result If
the wounds INFLICTED upon Lam.
bert.
The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1896-08-05
Ice Cream Made BY a New Pro-
cess.

| have an Ice cream Freezer that
will freeze cream instantly. The
cream is put into the freezer and
comes out instantly, smooth and
perfectly frozen. This astonishes
the people and crowd will gath
er to see the freezer in operation
and they will all want to try the
cream. You can sell cream as fast
as it can be made and sell freczers
to many of them who would not
buy au old style freezer. 1t is
really curiosity aud you Can sell
from 50 to s. worth ct cream and
six to twelve treezers every. day.
This makes a good profit these
hard times and is a pleasant en-.
ploymeDt. j. f. Casey Il Co.,
ll43 st. Charles St., st. Louis Mo-,
will send full particulars aud in.
formation in regard to this new
invention Oh application and will
employ good statesmen on salary.
KATIE NJ.