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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
AIDS TO MEMORY.

they Are Oftener Detriment Than 81
Any Real Value.
AS to the ordinary loss of memory
produced by advancing years, it is
strange how proper names are always
the first to go; even those of our init
mate friends often temporarily vanish
which, when we are about to intro
duce them to strangers, is rather en-
barrassing. Next to them, to judge
from my own experience, are synonyms.
This is inconvenient in literary COM
position. and necessitates the frequent
use of the sThesaurus," writes James
Payn in the Illustrated London News.
What is very unfortunate, this only
makes matters worse, for there is moth
ing more certain than that the constant
use of helps to memory causes its de-
struction. By constantly referring to
Q "ready reckoner" persons have been
known to have destroyed all power of
calculation. On the other hand, moth
ing SO strengthens the memory as the
exercise Of it, and when this is not in
permitted, but kept up as in youth, we
find that, as in the late Mr.. Brandram's
case, old age is no bar to the most per-
feet recollection. Indeed, it is
probable, as Sydney Smith observes,
-that-the decay of memory in old men
probably proceeds as frequently from
the very little interest they take in
what is passing around them as from
any mental decay. Sir Benjamin Brodie
held the same opinion: "The old man
is not stimulated by ambition as when
he felt that he had many years of life
before him. He has probably with
drawn from his former pursuits, and
has substituted no others for them, and
we know that the mind, as well as the
body, requires constant exercise to keep
1t in q healthy state"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Buried Together.

Albany, n. Y. Jan. 21.-The double
funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. Joachim Mans
field was held at New Baltimore. They
had been married 80 years, lived in the
rame house all that time and died with
in five hours of each other.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Rejecting Long Changer,

Rejecting Long Chances.
Miss Bryn-Mawr-Why did you dis
continue your college course?
Miss Vassar-Forty per cent. of the
women who take the higher education
do not marry.
Miss Bryn-Mlwr-Well?
Miss Vassar- Among the uneducated
the odds are 50 per cent. less.-Brook-
Ign Life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
LAW KNOCKED OUT
Supreme Court of Missouri Declares
Anti-Sunday Barber Law Void.

Anti-sunday Barber Law Void.
st. Louis, Jan. 21.-A special from
jefferson City, Mo-, to the Scripps-M Nc
Rae league says that division No. 2,
OF the supreme court. Tuesday morn
ing declared the anti-sunday barber
law void. Judge Burgess, who wrote
the opinion, held that the law was
special legislation, and in conflict with
the constitution, because a general law
would cover the case. The opinion is
concurred in by all the Judges. The
case was appealed from st. Louis, and
the decision completely knocks out the
Lancaster law"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Richest Salt Vein in the world.

Topeka, Kan, Jan. 21.-A vein of salt
300 feet thick, the richest in the world,
has been discovered under the town of
Little River. Rice county. 1t is 500 feet
down to the salt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
BOARD PK0CEEpINGs.


The following CLAIMS we're andited by
the board Of supervisors at the January
session 1886:
NAME NATURE OF eLAna Aar. A1Llp
Allen & Tyrrell coal furnished poor IA .,
Acres, Blackmar & Co book and blanks
Claimed l97 IS 1p3 s.
a,..a;ss p.t PHI 81 81
Alliance store goods for poor farm 80,
=. " -; ~ 20
!, -. ..,,.. :" - :" u 60
p,;.r,,, w .r,, ,,., 4halq oyer for trallscr pt
BROOKS b fixing pump etc Jail ) IN
Burgess ii q lumber for court house q AZ
BarreDger y GO ink for surveyor / ~
Burke " IN Justice fees 4 IN
I Ioone !, Dull ,, Dook 20 DOCKS 300
Buck commissioner of insanity IN
knllis q twp trlctce y,
Burke B,irkess VIZ g justice s fees 10 81
BnIgess = lumDer court house .2:92
i DuIns ~ II clerk VI eiection 6tO
Burgess & house rent Mrs Cummings Ia 90
GG i,s.,,i;. = saiary lor nov l0a w
cummings witnessg 8 As
CaMpDc1I Y Dailii dist court 40
cannon = GOODS LOT NlcCnrty 8 Oh
ChaInP pm + SALARY LOT Dec l04 on
Snainpiin l. DOCKS and stationery - 40
Culver postage and express 36
Caward A II mdse poor farm 81 "a
. - =. co Office 22u
Champlip E bal salary for Jan 1876 "a 90
ghnreh 7 v twp trustee and election 1OlO
Champlfn u i printing for schools 90 10
attending State Sup meeting
5i ~ Withdrawn
Craghll 70 draying for county a 50
CaWard mating Tor G II I 3S
conway w assessing saloons 400
paws W-tWp trustee 100
Des Dl0lhes scale 20 one 7oting booth 8 %
Dunn + II, M y, service for poor IL 80
20 90
Durgln.N assessing saloon 2 Ol
Evans goods Tor poor farm II 20
Fiaherty room for ELECTION cid 10 90 5 90
Flynn y board for prisoners $50
Fish u postage $50
sundries for county 8 25
Flaherty . supplies for Kate Forester 39S
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Rough Talk,

Miss Parvie-New-And wouldn't II
be splendid if should catch lord?
Miss May Yes, then you would
be laly.-Pick-Me. Up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Knew the Crltter,

DR.. Glade-Do you know anybody
who has horse for sale?
Drover-I reckon Hank Bitters has;
! sold him one yesterday.-Truth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
! Almost =
Distracted )

IND YOU EVER suffer from real nor:
YousnAse. zen every nerve seemed
to culver with peculiar. creepy
feeling. first in one place, and then another
and al Rsemsa Asally ia concentrate ina
writhins tumble in the brain, and you be-
come irritable. fretful and peevish; to be
followed by an tmpotent, weakened condi-
ton OF the nerve centers, ringing in the
ears. and sleepless, miserable nights?
DR.. Niles 5, Mrs: Eugene searles,
Nervins hart. Ind saysi ~ "Ter-
Restores a.s ' nearly ser'si in aaa n and
Hao1%h physicians were unable
AesAl .A' to help me. My memory
was almost gone and every little thing
worried me until 1 was almost distracted.
really feared Twas Becoming maniac. 1
imagined all sorts Of evil things and would
cry over nothing, II commenced taking DR..
Miles Restorative Nervine and four bottles
OF this wonderful remedy completely eured
me. and am as we'll now as l ever was.''
DE-. Miles Nervine is sold on guarantee.
first bottle will benefit or money refunded.
With His Uncle.
She--What! Going SO soon, Mr..
Brown? l will get your coat; it ia
hung up in the hall, isn'tit?
He-No, hung it up before came
ip.-Town Topics.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
with His Uncle.
No Mystery.

Mistress (severely)-How did this
fire happen to go outq
New Girl Gnnocently)-I guess you
forgot to tell me to put coal on.-N. Y.
Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28

| further submit for your considera.
ton statement of the expenditures of
Howard county for the year ending Dec.
81, 1888, as shown by record of warrants
drawn on the different funds and re.
deemed by the county treasurer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28
Highest of all in Leavenng Powcr-la attest u. S. Govt Ies
R1%!A!!! RRskidHs
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ABSOLUTELY PURE

On motion. the following bills for
school books were allowed and county
auditor instructed to issue warrants on
the proper funds for the several amounts:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-28

they Are Oftener q Detriment Than Of
ANY Real Value.
Evening star., 1896-12-07
Estimates and increases.

In the estimates for charitable and re-
iorinatory service the items OF proposed
increase are as follows:
Evening star., 1896-12-07
SAW THE POINT FINALLY.

man said: when was a young chan could
Use coffee and tobacco without their troubling me-
but as get along in years they both distress me.
quit tobacco, but cny got d little better: liver
stomach and bowels kept all out OF gear until fin
ally my old doctor told me that coffee had the
same poisonous alkaloids as tobacco. hut not quite
SO many. and advised me to leave Il of and give
nature a chance to build up. / didn't take mucI,
stock In the old mans advice hut found out I,y
trying II that he was just right. Still / missed
my hot drink at breakfast aad suppeT-tried ,ho..
oiate, bur that lacks the taste I like and tea
don't exactly go TO the spot. Lately have leen
drinking Postum Cereal Coffee and Ike il better
than the old coffee. Ii has that pungent taste that
fts my notion of hot drink and Il agrees with me
Well enough that have put on 10 pounds iu a
month. Ii Is made OF grains wholly and hr,ws a
deep, rich color like the finest Mocha Wife buy,
1t at the grocery and says it us about one.
third what coffee used to- Ii comes from BATH,
Creek, Mich.
Dr. Henry fcane. 80 Blue Island ave- Chicago
saysi The Postum has been tested ard found 10
Dc excellent
Beware OF the fraudulent limitations Of the
original Postum Cereal Grain Coffee Insist OIL
Postum.
Evening star., 1896-12-07
Reasons for increases.

THE reasons for the requests for in
creased sums are stated I'm detail in the re-
spective reports of the institutions, boards
and associations named. In general they
may be thus summarized:
Washington Asylum-Sl9 5S5-To syste-
Matte workings Of the establishment; to
provide specific salaries for employees in
and to furnish q suitable building for aged
female inmates of the almShouSe.
Reform School of the District of Column
bia for boys)-sl4,o34.-To compensate en-
ployes required by enlargement of the
reformatory and for agricultural ins r Ic-
ton of inmates and to provide an assembly
hall.
Columbia Hospital for Women-s5 O00. -
To supply sufficient fund for maintenance
the gross amount asked for being the same
as appropriated for the surrent year. IN
cluding reconstruction and repairs
"Freedmen's Hosp!tal-s1. .jG-To be ad-
ded to rent So to provide for heating
and lighting the premises used by medi-
cal department Of the Howard University
Reform School for Girls of the District
of Columbia-$S3. 11.-For salary of treas
urer, additional contingent expenses, end
for enlargement of the reform atory as pro-
posed and fully discussed last year.
National Association for the Relief of
Destitute Colored Women and Children
s1Oo.-To provide for necessary fencing end
walks On grounds.
Board of Chi,dren's Guardians-SS2Ja-
To provide for care in increasing numbers
of wards and feeble minded minors.
Evening star., 1896-12-07

'Of this amount Si2a, T1J is asked for
construc ton, leaving as increase for main
tcnance SI0.G9.:a.
This calculation does not take account
of deficiency appropriations made last VIM
ter follows. for services prior to the
present fiscal year: Washington Asylum,
s325; board OF chldrens guardians $3.50;
reform sc hool for girls, $500; Freedmlas
Hospital, Sl25; total, S5a3o23
Evening star., 1896-12-07
Water Proof
Floor Covering

For a perfectly waterproof floor
covering, artistic, sanitary, dur
able, easily kept clean and COM
Portable in both summer and Win
ter. the Linoleum and Cork Car
pets are without rivals.
Especially adapted for halls,
pantries, kitchens, bath rooms and
offices.
Our stock OF Linoleums and
Cork Carpets include all the best
grades made in the English,
Scotch and domestic varieties.
$50 designs-best colorings.
Regular 75 and SOC. Scotch Linoleums
sufficient for n kitchen,
Enntisl EnntEy Ss-,, % bath room. zSCe
Evening star., 1896-12-07

Ihe OINVtnHUr1PN.
Eastern D:spensary-S16. .J0o.-To initiate
emergency hospital service for the eastern
section of the city and for the purchase
by the District of Columbia of the prop
erty now occupied by the dispensary.
"WomenS Dispensary-S2W.-To make 6i-
rect appropriation for dispensary service
for females in the southwestern section of
Washington, for which $500 has hereto
fore been allotted out of the fund for !he
relief of the poor.
washington Home for 900
To make proportionate compensati tion for
the maintenance of destitute patients for
reasons substantially the same AS urged
in the annual report on charities and re-
forma tories for 1850
Industrial Home School-S36, ,0Oo.-To sup
port this industrial establishment, now a
strictly official one. and to erect n suita Ole
and secure building in place of the central
building now Insecure and beyond repair.
Evening star., 1896-12-07
CHARITIES REPORT
Superintendent Tracey Reviews the
Various District Institutions.
OF APPROPRIATIONS ASKED
A Deficiency Estimate for Damage
by the September Storm.
Z II E CHI RITIES BILL

The annual report of the superintendent
of charities was submitted to the Com
missioners today
superintendent Tracey says, speaking of
the damage done by the recent big storm: /:
THE appropriations for the current fiscal
year were barely adequate for the public
service required to be rendered, while The
character of the mischief done was such
that the least delay in remedying 1t. by
replacing roots and rebuilding partially de-
stroyed walls, would have been fatal. The
essential work of restoration has been
promptly performed with the utmost econ
omy practicable. The expense entaiIed has
In several cases seriously diminished the
fund allowed for annual maintenance. and
rendered the proper performance of need
ed public service almost impossible, with
out reimbursement Cor outlays forced by
The disaster. Under these circumstan noes it
seems just and for the public interest that
oeilclency appropriation should be made
OF Slo,5Sl or SO much thereof as NAV be
necessary to be allowed, on proof of paw
ments, for reconstruction and repairs
Estimates and Incrcascs.
In the estimates for charitable and re-
lorinatory service the items OF proposed
Increase are follows:
Evening star., 1896-12-07
Gers>,any's Protest.

The German government has lodged an
energetic protest with the State Depart
ment against the action of the President in
imposing tonnage dues on German ships
tering American ports. The receipt of this
protest will be duly acknowledge, but
there the matter is likely to rest unless the
German governwent takes steps 10 remove
the charges on American shipping. which
formed the basis for the residents recent
proclamatiOn.
Evening star., 1896-12-07
Improved Methods.

The report says that recent careful i'll
spections of all the hospitals for which
rrovisions are made in the District appro-
priation act show a marked Improvement
In administrative direction in medical and
surgical service. and in prompt and har
mon1ous cooperation with local authorities
In the reception and care-of public patients.
AT the Central Dispensary and Emer-
gency Hospital says Mr.. Tracey. there Is
growing need for acquiring the. premises
Immediately adjoining the easterly end of
the present edifiee iii order 10 erect an
extension, including a stable for the ambu-
lance service, a laundry and other impor-
tant adjuncts. in respect to which the es
tablshment is still incomplete. The mater
was fully presented at the last session of
Congress to the Senate subcommittee of APP
pi opriations. and further application for
cffecting the change will be presented this
winter. 1t deserves favorable consldera-
tion.
Evening star., 1896-12-07

What do you think OF an Atlas for
Two Dollars: We have such an ar
tIcle, and as the stock is fast disap-
pearing, intending purchasers will
do well to drop in soon and secure
copy.
John 6. Parker,
de3-lGd 6!1-19 7TH ST. NV
Evening star., 1896-12-07
Medical Charities.

Medical charties-both hospitals and
dispersaries-need to be carefully guarded
against impostnre and the consequent mis-
application of public furds: while, On the
other hand. such relief is the last TO he
denied or to be deferred at the risk OF
serious possibly fatal consequences.
abuses can be mere easily prevented or
remedied i'll q concentrated service than in
one divided into msny branches, and it APP
pears that with the three dispensaries prop
er-the Women's, the Eastern and the Gen.
tral-where dispensary work is properly
sociated with emergency, surgical and med
ical care Of accident cases, supplemented
by the dfspensary branches OF the Freed
mems, Columbia, Children's and National
Homeopathic hospitals, and that of the
Washington Asylum, the fed of medical
relief is as well covered as should be at
attempted on public account through the
District appropriations. Physicians ard
medical associations naturally complain of
the unpaid competition of lavish medical
relief distributed to persons who are not
INDECENT but we'll able to pay their doctors.
Evening star., 1896-12-07

cAa make gay and unique Tree ornaments-.na-
terial at GouLD'S WONDER STORE. 4ol 9Th st.
nos lEl'
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30

They are the weakest, however
strong, who have no faith in themselves
or their powers.-Bovee.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30

Push: / struck an inland Indiana
town recently, and about the first thing
| noticed was fiaring posters announc-
ing the appearance of second rate
"star" at the local opera house that
evening. In the course of my business
| found myself in a drug store where
the advance sale of seats was held, and
after selling bill of goods, asked for {.
ticket to the evenings performance.
"Oh," said the young man behind
the counter. "those people amt COM
ing. They busted last week"
"Why don't you take down or cover
up the posters, then?" I asked.
"Oh, everybody knows they ain
coming. 1t was in the papers"
Sure enough. The managementtrust-
ed to half dozen lines in the local pa.
pers to counteract the influence of sew.
eral stands of red, black and yellow
posters.
And the papers did it. Probably
was the only person in the town who
had asked for ticket after the news
paper announcement.
Can you think of any better illustra
| tion of the relative value of newspaper
advertising, and the other kind?
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30

1873 pounds is the proper weight, and if
she be we'll formed she can stand an
other ten pounds without greatly show
ing it. When her arms are extended
she should measure from tip of middle
finger to tip of middle finger just five
feet five inches, exactly her own
height. The length of her hand should
be just tenth of that, and her foot
just seventh.
The distance from the elbow to the
middle finger should be the same as the
distance from the elbow to the middle
OF the chest. From the top OF the head
to the chin should be just the length of
the foot, and there should be the same
distance between the chin and the arm
pits. A woman of this height should
measure twenty-four inches about the
bust, if measured under the arms, and
fortythree if over them. The upper
arm should measure thirteen inches
and the wrist six. The calf OF the leg
should measure fourteen and one half
inches, the thigh twenty-five and the
ankle eight.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30
THE PERFECT WOMAN.
What is Requisite, According to the Arab
Standard

If any woman wishes to know
whether she is a perfect specimen of
her sex, the New York Weekly says,
she has only to apply the first rules
laid down for ascertaining the fact.
First, as to height, tastes differ, but
the Venetian Venus is five feet FIVE
inches in height, and this is held by
sculptors and artists to be the most ad-
mirable stature for woman.
AS for coloring and shape, here is n
code laid down by the Arabs, who say
that a woman should have these things:
Black-Hair. eyebrows, lashes, and
papils.
White--Skin, teeth and globe of the
eye.
Red-Tongue, lips and cheeks.
Round-Head. neck, arms, ankles
and waist.
Long-Back, fingers, arms and limbs.
Large-Forehead, eyes and lips.
Narrow-Eyebrows, nose and feet
Sfnall-Ears, bust and hands.
! For women Of fiYe feet FIVE inches
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30


The western railroad lines hav-
ing refused to grant the thirty
day limit on return tickets re-
quested by the G. A. R., the
"boys" will either have to back
down from their position or call
the national encampnent at some
other point, and Commander
Walker says: "Well, that Sim
ply lets St. Paul out of it. That
is all there is to that. The en-
tire matter will now be reopened
and another city be selected for
the encampment."
When informed that the roads
of the traffic associations had de.
clared that they would not grant
terms more favorable that those
already offered by the Western
Passenger association, Col. Walk
er replied: "Then there will bt
no G. A. r. encampment thi:
year. We must have thirty-da,
tickets or we will not have an,
encampment."
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30
WASHINGTON LETTER.
From Our Regular Correspondent.
WASHINGTON. Jan. "a, 1896.

WASHINGTON, Jan. "a. 1896.
Nothing of a startling nature
accompanied the holding of the
national silver conference in
Washington this week. Nearly
one hundred ardent and enthusl-
astic friends of silver held secret
sessions and ratified the deterni-
nation reached at the last confer
fence to hold national conven-
ton and put a national silver
ticket in the field. The silver
men in congress were conspicuous
by their absence, and it was prob
ably their absence which caused
Senator Stewart, who took part
in the conference, to say that
there were men in congress talk
ing silver who were traitors to the
cause. The delegates to the sill
yer conference expressed conf
dence that the silver men in the
republican and democratic par
ties would nearly all go to the new
party after their national conven-
tions, unless one or the other of
shem should put a silver plank in
heir platform, which is not re-
garded as probable. The popu-
lists are not willing to be swal-
owed by the silver party, because
hey think they are in better
condition to do the swallowing,
, laving shown a strength Of ST.,
$500 votes, while the strength
IF the new party is yet to be
hown.
The Monroe doctrine is still
apable of furnishing sensations
order. The reporting Of the
esolution affirming that doctrine
y the senate committee on for.
ign relations, had nothing sen
ational about it, although many
yho thoroughly believe in the
octrine thought its wording
omewhat unfortunate, and un
ecessarily explicit. But it ha!
een followed by several sensa
ional features. There is an ap
Farently conserted effort on tn
art of a coterie of big newspa
ers to stir up opposition to tn
esolution, and the adrninistra
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30

The republican state central
committee will meet at Huron
Feb. 4 for the purpose of selecting
a place for holding the state con-
vention to elect delegates to the
national convention.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30
The Congregational college at
Redfeld burned Sunday evening,

The South Dakota Sunday
school association will hold Its
annual meeting at Parker in
May.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30

Theodore Runyan, U. S. en-
bassador to Germany expired sud-
denly at Berlin on the 9th inst,
from heart failure.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1896-01-30

From reading the Washington
Times one is made aware of the
fact that Editor Blake has COM
menced pushing the pencil once
more.