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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

away most of the time. When he came
home, he wanted his supper, or his
paper, and his wife dropped all her
merry ways. She thought he despised
them and in that she was wrong. He
liked to be amused, but he made the
mistake of accepting without thanks.
She thought him cold and irresponsible.
She thought him changed. 1t had come
to him before that Sunday evening that
shewas unhappy. Now he brooded over
it. Sometimes he reproached himself,
more often. as poor human nature goes,
he was out of patience with her. Day
after day, when he went home for his
monday dinner, the little kitchen
rocked of soapsuds. and the floor wna
damp from scrubbing. Often it was so
at night. He knew his wife was dis
contented.
you'll wear that floor out" he said
angrily, one night.
III wear the heart out of me first"
was the retort. And John went away
without kissing her good-by.
cts enough to make man stay out
of his home" he muttered. and then he
snw a train stop, and misunderstanding
he began to run. Tt had only stoppe1
Tor orders and began to move before
he came up. Looking along the track,
he saw. a woman catch the rail of the
last car and swing herself on. When
he reached the place, he saw a curious
black object on the bank. lie Jumped
the ditch and took hold of it. 1t was
a basket. lie opened it, beneath the
red semaphore light, started back with
muttered words, shut the lids tight
down, and ian down to his house. Mary
was wiping the tea things.
whats up?" she asked.
See here" he said, lifting both lids
of the o!d-fashioned market basket. a
little baby lay there. blinking. souirm-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
ARE RETIRED BY REQUEST.
Navy Department Loses Two yaluabl
Men from Engineer Corps.

Navy Department Loses Two Valuable
Men from Engineer Corps.
Two chief engineers of the navy h I'VE
just been placed on the retired list upon
their own applications, after 40 years.
service, though neither of them has
yet reached the retiring age.
One of them, Chief Engineer Kutz,
has been stationed at the Mare island
navy yard, and has been prominently
identified with the construction of the
machinery Of the ships of the new
navy, his last duty having been at the
Union iron works, San Francisco, prior
to which he was ut Cramps. Chief
Engineer Thomson has been on duty at
Cramps for several years, and for the
past six months at the Newport News
works, experimenting the machinery
of the kearsarge and Kentucky, his
previous duty in this line having spe-
cially fitted him for this work. Both
of these officers are recognized to be
among the ablest in the engineer corps,
and their retirement is generally re-
GREETED. Mr.. Kutz will engage in en-
gineering work in San Francisco and
Mr.. Thomson in Philadelphia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

arms. John came in, and she straight
way motioned him to silence.
"Why don't you set it down." he
asked.
II wuz waitin' fer you to turn down
the bed, fer she seemed SO comfortable
cuddled up here hated to rout her up,
dom the thing myself"
John'sboots were noisy. as he stepped
about.
Hadn't ye better go stockin.footed,
yell wake her up" suggested Mary.
John took the oath of allegiance to the
baby sovereign mentally and drew off
his shoes.
"-Ain't she a picture" asked the wife,
when she had nestled the wee thing
down.
II guess you liked holdin' that baby
in your arms" John began, and Mary
hid her face on his shoulder and cried.
"iou'll kinder hate to give it up,
won't yc? An the constablc's goin' to
see about 1t to-morrcr. 1 wuz down
there. That's what KEEP me SO late.
There don't seem to be any pcrticler
place fer TO put it, but he'll find out"
Mary was silent for little, and then
the baby stirred. She hurried over to
it, shaded the lamp and tiptoed back to
John.
Cant we keep her?" Mary began,
wistfully; "her little clothes was in the
basket and her food in a tin can, an
this note says about her,"
John read tho note, spelling it out,
and absorbing its meaning slowly.
u guess we kin keep her eff we want
to-" he said, judicially, and then, eager
~: "What'll we call her?"
II WIZ thinkin' Express 'ud be good
name" Mary answered.
TITS too long" John objected, "an'
it's onhandy to say"
well, Prcssie fer short, an Pressie's
real pretty name. It'skinder 'propri-
ate to call her somethin' like that"
Mary went on, for Mary was romantic
in her notions.
Poor little mite" John said, solemn
~. looking steadily at the same place in
the floor for several minutes.
Mary crept up to him and sat on his
knee. II didn't know what wuz wrong
with me, nor what l wanted" she
sobbed, but. John, eff can keep that
baby, there amt nothin' l want. She
won't cost much, john"
mo, it won't take much to board her.
an l guess Pressic'll hev to stay" John
made answer, and then they rose and
moved together to the door and out into
the starlight.
John was moist about the eyes and
happy ut his heart. He took ewand
strange delight in everything, in his
present and future. his home, the sky,
md his wife beside him. And they
planned and wondered what Pressie
would be like when she grew up. They
said one to the other what company she
would be, and how careful they would
have to be about the track.
III make gate fer the door," John
said, and he looked around for timber
us if he thought he ought to do it TO-
morrow.
"l'e won't hev time to scrub yer floor
SO much now" Johns tone was mis-
chievous, as he said It.
But Mary only sighed. long, deep
sigh of contcntment. Her childless
misery had passed away She had put
her lips to the cup of mothcrhood.-N.
y. Independent
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
SHOWN GREAT KINDNESS.
Considerate Treatment of Miss Clara BAR.
ton at Hands of tho Turks.

ton at Hands of the Turks.
Despite all the trouble in which the
Turks are involved they continue to
show the greatest kindness toward
Miss Clara Barton, president of the
American Red Cross society, and her
assistants. Although the other relief
agencies are subjected to all sorts of
embarrassments, Miss Barton's agents
are being especially favored and are
not hindered in their worlt in the slight
est degree. In the dangerous districts
the Red Cross agents are guarded with
the greatest care. Miss Barton is de-
lighted at the situation of affairs and
ascribes the favors shown to herself
and her associates very largely to her
introduction to the porte in the first
instance by United States Minister Ter
rell, upon which occasion she an
nounced that her mission was without
creed or religion, but was one of hui
manity alone, and declared that the
Red Cross agents would not turn aside
from the suffering Turk to relieve the
suffering Christian,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
GOODS JOIN IN A RusHltt
Prompted by Fair Freshman Occur,
Ing the '96 Bench.

prompted by Fair Freshman Occulvbo
Ing the '86 Bench.
A jolly quintet Of Chicago universe = IL
goods furnished the, residents of
vinity and graduate dormitories wiger
lots of fun for about 80 1ninutes,A4ed
other morning. The fun was in the ma
ture of crush" between four seniors
and lone freshman, and when it was
over the latter bore the appearance of
one who had seen better days.
The rush was caused by action Of
the freshman who had snugly ensconsedt
herself on the bench recently placed
In front of Cobb Hall by the class of 90.
The bench was given to the senior col!
legcs with the understanding that none
but seniors be permitted to rest them
selves thereon and that if any fresh
rnnn be found there, quick action should
be taken in removing him or her, as
the case might be. Little thought the
proposers of the idea that the first Of
fender would be a coed, and, after the
first encounter, they are trifle fearful
OF what their harmless intention may
develop into. The freshman put up a!
plucky fight while the rush" lasted,
but as the odds were four to one against
her, she was forced to succumb TO cir
cumstances and when last seen was en-.
deavoring to rid herself of large chunks
of mud and mortar. The residents of
the adjacent halls were interested wit
nesses of the battle royal and encour-i
aged the fair freshman by yelling out,
such phrases as go it, freshy!" and
"Cheer up, 1901"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
WORK WHILE THEY 4
Plans Of the Venezuelan Co
sion for the Summer Mon1tK
Will Have Meetings as Often as lsp
Necessary-No Agent to Be Sent. a Il
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Furnish-t
Ing Valuable Aid.

The Venezuelan government has pre-
sented to the Venezuelan commission
the second volume of it's certified comics
OF Spanish archives bearing upon the
boundary dispute and has promised the
third aud concluding volume in a few
days. These books consist of about 800
printed pages each and are so exhaus-
tive of the material believed to exist
among Spanish historical records that
the commission has concluded from
their examination that it will be super
tiuous, in all probability, to send any
agent to Madrid for original research
as 1t was at first thought to be neces-
sary. 1t will trust entirety ssA}vses
British blue books and the Venezu.ou;,, :,
documents, as it is believed that mel - 20
government has overlooked any 'e0 20
dence at Seville or Madrid. 10" Oh
The commission is expecting fl Ivy anu
important results from the inve)f death.
lions OF its representatives in Hos visitor
and Rome and has decided in viz,
the character of the evidence, passed
being developed not 10 attempt toronto to
definite conclusions on the
points at issue with unnecessary
but to wait few months longer
arriving ut decision of the d W e'e.
All the members will continue lie OF :
studies of the evidence, and the res
which have been presented by the COM
missions experts, and although sepa-i
rated much of the time from their coll
leagues. will each be in close touch with
their offices at Washington during July
and August.
Justice Brewer has already gone to
Lake Champlain and Prof. Gilman to-
North East Harbor, Me. Both have
their secretaries with them and expecti
to accomplish more work in the next
month or so than they could do in
Washington during the heated term. 6
Prof. Andrew d. White, is now at !
Ithaca, and Judge Alvey is at Hagers-,s
town. Md. They have agreed to meet
the other members at any time duringls
the summer that a consultation may ben
thought desirable, and it is probablel
that such meeting will be held nexhh
month at Boston, Secretary Male.
Prevost having taken a cottage nc;
there at Beach Bluff. Mr.. PrevostM
be in Washington at least twice mont ese'
during the summer and will be in con-ay
slant communication with the commits
sioners. !
The clerical force will be kept at the
headquarters in Washington and will b
be busily engaged in keeping up the rec :
ords, reports and map work not yet :,
completed. f"
Commissioner Coudert is the only N
member who will go abroad, and he,
will visit Rome to examine and repors It
upon an interesting collection from +b
vatican of material affecting the cas,e scl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
INeERsoLL BLAckBALLED.
Rejected by Swell Country Club Because
of His lnfidelity.

Because Col. Robert G. Ingersoll is
reputed to be an infidel, the committee
on membership of the New Ardsley Ca
sino association has rejected him as a
member. The casino has q beautiful
park between Dobbs' Ferry and Irving
ton, and is the finest and richest country
club i'll America. About all the million
aires having homes in this vicinity are
members. One of the members the
other day intimated that Mr.. Ingersol,'s
name had been dropped from the pro-
posed membership list on account of
his disbelief in Christianity. The wom-
en- especially objected to him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
His Old NIastar.

dc ole marster what l had befoah
de wah was a gennerman," remarked
old Nose to another aged relic of ante
bellum days.
you betdar was heightened genner-
mans in dose days." his friend replied.
"Now you's talkin'. remember how
time and agin my ole marstcr kicked me
often de front steps, and q mint arter-
wards lie had done plum forgot all
about hit. Der amt no noah SIGH gen.
nermans nowadays. "-Texas Sitter.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
ing ana crying little.
where did you get that, j ohm Bray ~

ing ana crying little.
where did you get that, j ohm Bray ~
He told her.
"Take it back" she cried. "I'll have
no girls brat around me-"
Hadn't we better keep it till morn
in? I'll let the constable or somebody
know about it. Then they kin take it
away"
well" Mary asscnted. IAN I'll take 1t
out; it's all crowded up there"
John went off to his work. and Alary's
tea dishes stood while she lifted out the
tiny baby and tended to it. There were
clothes and food in the basket and a
note, besecching the finder to care for
the three weeks old baby girl. Mary
wept and crooned by turns over the
wee, dark-haired thing, and presently
it went to sleep in her arms.
Nine o'clock came, ten, half-past ten,
and still Mary sat with the baby in her
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
.cHIcAeoAN's ODD INVENTION.
Devlses Fishing Rod That Jerks tho
Fish to the Shore

Fish to the Shore.
A new friend of fishermen has been
found in Chicago in the person of Oscar
Plath, n butcher of 1926 South Artesian
avenue. He has been granted patent
on fishing rod that will meet the APP
proval of latter-day disciples of Izaak
Walton. Plath claims to have discov-
cred the solution to the problem, how
n man may fish and sleep at the same
time. The rod and holder are poised
and cooked upon strong spring. In
this position 1t may be left on the
shore by itself after the owner has
baited the hook and cast it into the
water. When fish seizes the bait the
tug it gives the line opens trigger and
the fish is jerlsed ashore and landed
high and dry by the uncoiling Of a
spring
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

wall of the house, his feet were caught
in the rung, and he was drowsily con-
tent, sitting there in his shirt sleeves,
his wife beside him and the long, pure
twilight deepening into lauguorous,
fower-scented night.
"Ycr fow'rs is dom pretty we'll,
Mary" he began, presently. Mary had
been crouched on the step, her elbows
in her knees, her face buried in her
hands, and she had been so long silent
that he wanted to hear her speak, to
know if she were weeping.
ooh, yes" she answered, without en-
thusiasm,
There were no tcars In her voice, but
the tone was hopelessly drcary.
EYER 'sturtiums amt blowed yit," no
continued, with IL wish to enliven her.
mo, jist buddin'."
"Ap' the sweet peas?" with a move
mcnt toward the window where the
thrifty. vines were climbing up their
tuut white strings.
"Thcy'll be out in week." and then
the silence grew around them again.
'"rhere's the down express" John VOL
untecred after q long pause. A puff
of smoke rose over the cutting beyond
| the bridge, the headlight lenped into
sight, the whistle screechcd its warning
and the train Numbered by, it's window
lights shooting in and out on the curve
like sparks tossed on hurricane.
"rhere they CO." Mary said, envious-
ly, comm here an gon' there, SEEM
things am people, an enjoyin' their
selves, an we jist stick here in the one
| place like the powders over on the
roadside"
Her tone was hard, the infection was
a complaining one.
II guess you git pretty lonely, some
days." John ventured, letting his chair
down on it's front legs, and putting his
| clumsy cnress.
"Oh! it's awful, john" she said,
brokenly, taken off her guard by the
tenderness, when I've washed an
cleaned myself an there ain't nothin'
more to do. 'Tain't but what / could
do knittin' or SEWN for winter, but I
can't get the things to do with. Then
the trains keep goin' by, an hate the
people who kin go to places. Id go
ravn' mad, eff didn't do somcthin', so
I allus go an scrub up the kitchen floor.
1t works off them feelin's, an some
| days l do it morpin's an afternoons
too"
why don't you go over an set with
Jim Lawson's Wife," John suggested.
"I don't like her" Mary answered
promptly, fer she's allus braggin'
bout her babies"
GLOW many hcv they got?" asked the
husband, carelessly.
-Four" the chiIdless woman at his
side whispered.
Mary had been tailoress before She
was married. She was ambitious be-
| You'd her fellow-workcrs, deft with her
needle, quick with her tongue, and She
dreamed of future far different than
the life of John Rray's wife. But ten
hours day at a sewingmachilie wears
upon a woman. John asked her to
marry him, and she thought the little
brown house would be a paradise. She
kept the rooms spotlcssly neat, she
| planted and tended the flowers, md
| helped her husband in the strip of land
where their vegetables We're. She had
been married four years. Johns salary
was no higher the house began to look
little shabby here and there, and Mary
pined for companionship and grew bit
ter as she saw her ideals of life being
slowly strangled one by one. John was
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
HER LONG REIGN.
Queen Victoria Enters Upon Her sixtleth
Year as Ruler of England.

UHecH Vtctof1h Ihtcrs upon Her SlXtIeth
Year as Ruler of England.
The queen has entered upon the Goth
year of her reign. If she lives to COM
plete the year her reign will have been
the longest OF any British sovereign.
George III. reigned SO years and 9G days.
Beyond the usual ceremonies of Access
sion day there were no celebrations,
these having been postponed until the
end of the year, when there will be
jubilee fetes similar to those held in
1887. on the occasion of the 5Oth year of
her lnaiesty's reign.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
BOY DIVES FROM EAps BRIDGE.
lie Plunges Head First from the Struc-
ture to the Water BeIo

ture to the water Belo
Albert j. Baker, aged 10, -ns,
with his uncle, J. w. Ginder, M
first dive into the Mississippi riA
other day ever taken from the \
bridge.
For weeks young Baker has bee..,
fired with an ambition to jump off the.
big bridge and has been practiclng al,
most daily at the natatorium. He was
particularly anxious to jump head first,
and not feet first, as all the jumpers be-
fore him had done. This he did, and he
did it well and successfully, making the
first bona fide dive ever made from the
Eads bridge.
The distance from the top of the
bridge to the water is 125 feet. Baker
struck the water head first and soon
came up. He swan about ESQ feet to-
waiting tug and was taken on board
without having received a hurt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
Approximate.

"When did that famous defense of
the pass at Thcrmopylac take place ?''
asked Dolly Cumrox, who is studying
the classics.
Il can't say" her father replied,
with any precision. I have bad MEM
DRY for dates. But it must have been
since the interstate commerce COM
mission was estnblished."- Washington
Star
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
A Complication,

Enumerator-Married or single?
Madame-Married-t
Enumerator = Husband living or
dead?
Madame-My first husband is living.
The second one is dead.
Enumerator-Come, come, madame,
no trifling.
Madame-I am not trifing. am a
DIVORCE by my first husband and IL
widow by my second.-Bay City Chnt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
Liying ln street Cars

John v. Bohannon, of Baltimore, and
his family have for their home four I'M
used street cars, which he has had
moved to a piece Of ground in the sub
urbs, where he does not have to pay any
rent. He bought the cars for ten dollars
each. and he declares that they make a
comfortable dwelling.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
Largest Locomotive Boile,

What is probably the largest boiler
Of the locomotive type ever built was
recently designed by Mr.. f. w. Dean,
mechanical engineer, of Boston. The
boiler is ten feet in diameter, has two
corrugated furnaces, and has $500
square feet of heating surface.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
Justtnable Homicide.

Now. prisoner" queried Justice Grufr
How comes this person dead?"
He asked me If twas hot enough"
Discharged" the justice said.
kansas CITY World
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
A Large County.

San Dernardino, CAL, is the largest
county in the United States, covering
21,172 square miles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
Our Wool Product.

The estimated wool product of the
United States in 1895, sheared, butchered
and pulled, is 300, 74s, 900 pounds,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14

Siberian Runaways.
Only two per cent. of the Siberian
runaways escape with their lives.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-07-14
PRESSIE.
BY ELLA S. ATKINSON.

Ohm BRAY and his
wife sat at the
door Of their little
home Sunday even
ing. lie was bag
gage master Mt the
b r o w II station
along the track,
and Sunday was
his one night off.
He had tilted his
o1,,;,. l,ocl, To t|,c
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21

The Texans who had previously been
repulsed were reforming their shat
tered ranks close TO him.
Throwing off his cap and drawing his
sword be rode up TO them like a fiam-
ing centaur.
In voice that rung like a bugle he
shouted Men, shall our conrades be
destroyed before our eyes and our helr
be withheld? Let every brave man fol-
low me-"
Without waiting to see the effect OF
his words he started forward. His sud.
den and striking appearance and stir.
ring appeal electrified the emotiona
southerners. and with q wild yell the
regiment broke into a double-quick
The distance was short, and in a few
minutes the little column broke into
the federal ranks with irresistible
weight Everything went down before
them. The rctreating confederates see
ing help at hand rallied and renewed
the charge, and in five minutes the fed
erals were in full retreat
Col. Gregory had secured another
horse and rode up alongside John to
say: God bless you, John, you have
saved us all; but Henry and Lanvale
arc both down. l don't know how badly
they are hurt"
Johns heart smote him as he thought
of his wicked wish toward Lanvale, and
Graham guardian., 1896-02-21
CHAPTER XIX.
THE SECOND DAY.

At six o'clock in the morning, he was
in the saddle, and from that until ten
o'clock was in rush OF orders. At that
hour the fighting was getting warm,
and news from the right was not favor
able. The general sent John back with
orders to Georgia brigade mile or so
in the rear to reinforce the right, and
to guide them. 1t was nearly noon
when they arrived at the scene of the
heavy fighting and found the right
hard pressed.
The federals had developed uncxpect-
ed strength and were fighting desper-
ately. John stopped a few moments to
see how matters were going, when he
saw Col Gregory's regiment make a
desperate charge on body of the
enemy who had just repulsed q similar
charge of another regiment. They
were met with equal resolution and for
stubborn fighting. Then the superior
weight of the enemy began to tell. The
Texans commenced giving ground, very
slowly at first, but with constantly ac-
celerated speed. He saw the colonel
and Lanvalc making frantic appeals to
the men not to retreat. He saw, and
groaned as he saw it, the colonel and
his horse go down, and shouted joyful
ly as the next minute he saw the gal
liant colonel on foot, cheering on his
men. He felt that his wicked wish about
Lanvale was likely to be gratiied, and
all in a moment, the wickedness of it
came to him. He tingled with shame
down to his very toes and in second
his resolution was taken.