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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-24
2 Farms for Sale.

100 acres J mile east of Bonair. and
100 acres miles northwest of Cresco,
on Bonair road. Land in high state
of cultivation; first-ciass buildings,
wells and windmills. Enquire Of J. A.
DRHIER, Box 222, Cresco, Iowa. 53m3
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-24

Don't miss the entertainment given
by the Ridgeway school, Friday even
ing, March 81, for benefit school Ii
brary. WAX Figgers," .Menagerie"
.'Hans Won Smash" Everybody come
and laugh.
Taken up at the Merrill farm. two
and half miles east of Saratoga. one
black boar pig, weight about $50 lbs.
Owner can have the same by paying
damages and for this notice.
GEO. MERRILL.
The Killen bankrupt stock, bought
by Az. Share, of Minneapolis hasbeen
sold to j. B. Caward,. of Cresco. Mr..
Caward and son Charles, and r. j.
Haz'edine arrived yesterday morning
take charge OF the stock which they
are already beginning to sell.-LeRoy
Independent.
A Sunday school was organized in
the old Humphrey District, in Lincoln
twp. last Sunday with an attendance
OF thirty six. The following officers
were elected:
Superintendent o. Farnsworth.
Assist. Supt.-Mrs. II. M. Feltus.
Sccy. and Treas. Miss Mary Werhan.
Janitor.-John Bisher.
An exchange puts it in about the
proper light when it says: "Mer-
chants who want the newspapers to
roast grocery peddlers and the like,
would make the newspaper men feel
more like doing so if these same mer-
chants would quit using gargling oil
envelopes, baking powder statements
and sidewalk advertisements and pat
ronize the home papers, as all live and
successful merchants always do"
WAUKoN. Iowa, Dec. II, 1904.
To whom it may concerns:
On the evening Of Aug, Z, 1894,
Prof. F. G. Eastman, OF the Upper la.
University, delivered his lecture on
The Fad and his Father" to about
2o0 teachers of this county and many
others. The thought OF the lecture is
good and the beanty OF the language
is seldom surpassed. All who heard
the lecture were much pleased with it.
feel that did not make mistake in
engaging Prof. Eastman to lecture be.
fore the teachers of this county.
| j. F. SMITH.
| Supt. Allmakee county
Miss Harriet I. Baker will appear al
the Baptist church Tuesday evening
March oath in the role of an elocution
ist, in which character she is scarcely
excelled. The press universally speak
in the highest terms OF her as reader
A talented and successful elocution
ist.-Fort Wayne Qndiana) Hub.
| 1.-The Marble Dream" recited by
Miss Baker, was a gem, and great,
pleased all.-Nora Springs Seminarian
In her readings she always uses the
best literature, and impersonates hel
characters in such way that tht
work seems a revelation.-Bronsol
! (Mich.) Press.
Her natural ability for her work
renders it pleasing from first to last
and would point to a brilliant futur
for her in the elocutionary world
! Avilla Indiana) News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-24
Program

of the concert at the NJ. E. Church,
Friday evening. March 81.
PART FIRST
Quintette.. .Mesdames Kellow, Moon,
White, Mcpherson and Felky.
Recitation..... ...... Miss Myrtle Combs
Duet...W. p. Lyman and Will Pat
terson.
Violin and cornet duet. Miss Hertie
Caward and Frank Lomas
Solo,. Mr.. w. P, LYMAN
Cornet solo...................H Homer Deane
PART SECOND
Duet............,.....P Prof. Perry and wife
Duet...".W. P. Lyman and Will Pat
terson.
Trio....... Mesdames kellow and Price
and Miss Gerrett
Reading I. w. Taylor
Selection................... Minstrelsy Club
Recitation. ......... Miss Mamie Sisco
Solo......................Mr. w. P. Lyman
Trio...... Misses Strother and Garrett
and Mr.. Burgess.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-03-24
It LOOKS LIKE Spring
DON'T IT?
WE'LL that's the reason have decided to make
Grand Closing Sale
Of 0vercOatS.
We don't want to keep coat half price it
just and see if we have your size Money
and business dull make prices that will up
the atmosphere and increase the circulation of money!
EVERY DAY UNTIL APRIL FIRST.
$7.85

This price will take in all our
1000, 1900 and 1880 Box Goats
and listers.
anybody to wear.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

American legislation has made Amer
lean money acceptable for its face value
whenever and wherever it is presented.
Already the mere threat of debasing it
has sent the American dollar to n dis
count in Canada. We propose in the
future that there shall be no discount
on the stamp of the United States, and
that the money earned by the Amer:-
can citizen shall be worth exactly what
it pretends TO be worth, not in this
country merely, but in every corner of
the habitable globe.
1t is claimed that the gold basis of
our currency has brought about de-
felt. There was no deficit until the
Wilson tariff bill reduced the revenues
below the expenditures. With gol1
basis to our currency and tariff suffi-
Gent TO raise revenue for our expenses.
we not only incurred no deficit, but be-
tween 1878 and 1892 we paid off 1,0oo,-
100000 of our national debt"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
Not In Evidence.

We are told by the "Dryanites" in
definitely that there are many terrible
free silver centers in the west outside
OF the distinctively silver mining states;
but where are they? We wish some
body would point them out to us, with
the evidence to sustain the character
attributed to them. Out west people
were told that even in Vermont there
were many such places; but they did
not show up at the late election. Mr..
Sewall was made the running mate Of
Bryan on the supposition that Maine
was solid for population; but the cleo
ton there dissipated that hope pretty
effectually. The indications are that
the repudiationists are bluffing uncon-
scionably. though perhaps less polite
term might be used to describe their
assertions. According to the reportn
that come from our own correspondents
and those we find in the most trust
worthy newspapers throughous tho
west the tide is running the other way
Enthusiastically and irresistibly.-N.,Y.
Sun.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
wHIDDEN GRAHAM.
The Loudest of Takers.

A free coinage advocate was harangu-
ing a crowd on the public square in n
noisy way the other evening when a
young man pushed his way to the front.
MAY l ask you question: he asked.
Certainly" said the free coinage
Rhouter.
How old are you?" asked the young
man.
'SiXty-three years" was the reply.
"How much are you worth?"
"Not dollar"
"Just as 1 expected" Then, turning
to the crowd, the young man SAID:
"Here is man who admits he is 63 years
old, and that he has never accumulated
a dollar, and yet he is trying to outline
to you financial policy which he thinks
the United States government should
follow"
Turning on his heel he walked rap
idly away, leaving the crowd to ponder
on the object lesson he had given it,
Cleveland Leader.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

means simply that the government
abandons all control of any limitatio
of the amount of American silver cur
rency. 1t means that any attempt by
the government to keep silver at a par
with gold is to be abandoned. 1t trans
fers the regulation of the amount of
silver dollars from the United States
government to the silver mine owners,
not OF the United States only, but of the
world. Anything short of this would
not be unlimited coinage.
The holder of bar silver, moreove-.
is to have it coined by the government
free of charge, and the silver dollars
which are thus to he issued in quanti-
ties, limited only by the amount of sill
yer on and below the surface of the
earth, are to be 16 times as heavy as
the gold dollar, though gold is not mere
Iy ~ times but more than 30 times as
valuable Us silver.
THE Chicago platform further insists
that these dollars made thus from 50
cents worth of silver shall be taken in
every debt, public and private. instead
of gold. and it forbids any man to make
a contract specifically payable in any
other kind of money.
This is not bimetallism, it is silver
recommendation, for it is matter of
history that when one nation alone has
coined two metals at a false ratio the
better coin is boarded for speculation,
while the baser coins only pass from
hand to hand among the people.
I'VE have to-day three kinds of money
in the United States. The gold coin of
the United States is worth what il
claims to be worth, because whether as
coin or as mere shapeless lump of
metal. it is exchangable for that
amount in any spot in the world.
The paper promise to pay of the
United States. the 'greenback.' is worth
what it claims to be worth. because the
United States rcdeems that promise on
demand in gold.
THE national bank note is worth
what it claims to be worth, because il is
issued against United States bond,
and that United States bond is to-day
payable in gold.
The silver dollar and the silver GER
tiicate are received for their face value,
not because the lump of silver in the sill
yer dollar is worth, 100 cents. but be-
cause their amount is not unlimited,
but limited. and because by accepting
this silver money instead of gold for
taxes and all government purposes the
government. Is enabled 10 keep certain
limited amount Of silver up to a parity
with gold.
Every piece OF currency in the hands
OF the American people to-day rests
upon this gold basis and buys what II
does buy because It is upon gold basis.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
Quality Not Considered.

Candidate Bryan has a great deal to
say nowadays about the quantity" of
money in circulation. Never in the his
tory of the world has the quantity of
money had less to do with its value or
purchasing power than It present. Dur
ing the war, when both gold and sill
YER were driven out of circulation, 'shin-
plasters," stamps and other forms of
paper money took their plsre. To-day
the use of credits is almost universally
employed in the settlement of accounts.
Not less than 90 per cent. of business
transactions are adjusted in this way.
From this single fact may be CLEANED
how little sense there Is in the Bryante
babble about "cornering gold" 1t is
not quantity, but quality. of money
that counts. During the last IS years
the quantity of gold money in the
United States mas nearly doubled, and
during this era the country reached the
climax Of prosperity.-N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser. I
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
THE LEADING TOPIC.
An Apt Quotation from Lincoin-The Fs-
BILE of Honor and Its Moral.

4 =
| bic OF Honor and Its Moral
The following extracts are from q
recent speech delivered by Curtis Gould
of Boston. in Cooper Union hall. New
York:
Thirty-six years ago when the ma
ton was upon the threshold of great
moral crisis, Abraham Lincoln, in
Cooper institute. urged the people to
do nothing through passion or i'll tenn
per. Sophistry,' he added. can no more
create n middle ground between right
and wrong than it can between the liy-
ing and the dead
The United States stands again upon
the threshold of great moral crisis.
Ii is proposed that every debtor. that
the United States itself. shall aban-
don the honor and wisdom of ciyiliza-
ton for the low cunning of the savage.
II is proposed that we shall forever
deprive the government of the United
States of the trust and confidence, not
OF foreign nations merely. but of our
own citizens. 1t is proposed that we
shall swindle those who have trusted
the government out of half their money.
IL is proposed that we shall pay in sill
yer where we have borrowed in gold.
> There is n fable of ancient Italy
that tells how fire and water and honor
started out together through the
world.
Fire said: ii am lost seek where
We see smoke. for where smoke is there
shall We find fire.
Water said: If am lost seek where
We see green trees, for whore verdure
is there shall ye find water.
Honor said: If am lost. seek not
Mt all. for when honor once is lost it |
never can be found
The moral of that fable is true not |
Of Italy nor of America only, but of |
al countries and of all times. Dis
honor and prosperity can never he
pound in wedlock. The deliberate be-
rayal of trust is never twice success
'ul The swindler of to-day is the
bankrupt of Tomorrow.
The free and unlimited coinage of
ilver. at the ratio of sixteen to one.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

They have carried every county in tho
state.
They have elected a unanimously re-
publican senate and LAG out of ISL mem
bers of the house.
They have cast the largest republican
vote ever known in Maine, while the
democratic vote is the smallest ever
known, except that of two years ago,
when the democrats allowed the cleo
ton to go by default.
The city of Bath. the home of Arthur
Sewall, one Of the appendages to the
Bryan ticket, cast a total vote of no.
Of these votes 1910 were republican, n
gain of 600 Mr.. Sewall was beaten in
his own ward by 1s2 out of 242 votes.
Mr.. Sewall was beaten in his own family
by vote of to /.
The city of Portland gives Powers, for
governor. plurality of 1897. gain of
1,451 over 1892.
Mr.. Manley. playfully and yet ex-
ultantly, asks: what more could
Maine have done for the cause of good
government. honest money and pro-
tection?" Nothing more, Mr.. Manley.
Republicans outside of Maine are not
unreasonable. They do not want the
earth. They are entirely satisfied with
Maine. both for September and Novem-
ber.-Chicago Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

/ tIonists. Read the platform adopted by
democratic national conventions in former
years and you will see that tn : last Chicago
convention rejected all the rest traditions
of our history and adopted much OF the
revolutionary creeds OF the populis.s and
free silverites AMI socialists, dictated by
Altgeld. Tillman e. Co. They repudiated
you and yopr party and your principles.
They have no claim TO your support. Let
us defeat them
What Mckinley stands For.
Comrade Mckinley stands for all that
America must now uphold. He has been
CHOSEN as the candidate OF the party which
is resisting national dishonor. You and
l can do no better than give our votes to
our comrade. who manifested his love for
MS country by shouldering his nIisiet and
serving for nearly two years as n private SOL
der. His promotions were fairly earned by
his courage and his faithful performance OF
the duties OF an enlisted man in the ranks.
His comrades may we'll trust him. He
VIII see to 1t that the principles for which
you and he have suffered and sacrificed 40
much, and for which so many OF our COM
Tades gave their lives. are preserved and
perpetuated. A few days ago / met many
thousands of our comrades at St Paul
during the national encampment Among
that vast multitude only heard one voice.
and that was for Mckinley and national
honor" Once, only once did l hear the
name OF Bryan. and then the cry was NO
use for Bryant" This will he reechoed by
the American people in November-"No
use for Bryan"
Defeat OF Bryan Sure, But 1t Should be
..-. Made Crushing.
In this contest We must not be satisfied
with mere success. The defeat OF Mr.. Bry-
an Is sure. 1t is our patriotic duty TO make
his defeat and the defeat of all he repre-
sents so crushing that neither he nor his !
allies can hope for political resurrection.
Comrades, let us stand together once |
more for our country. its peace andHwcl-
fare and honor. Let US put patriotism |
above craftsmanship Let US stand together
ouching elbows as Comrade Mckinley |
stood with you in the ranks in 1851. Fra
ernally yours. D. SICkLES.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
BAPTIST ASSOCIATION.
Petition Circulated to Get Up an Excursion
to Visit Mckinley.

ST. Louis, Sept. 19.-At Fridays SEES
sion of the National Baptist associa-
tons sixteenth annual convention
petition to get up an excursion party 10
visit Maj. Mckinley at Canton received
200 signatures.
Rev. G. l.. L. Taliferro, of Philadei'
phia, conducted the devotional exer-
cises; Rev. j. II. Robertson, Little Rock
Ark, preached the introductory ser
mon. ~
The representatives of the home mis-,
sion board occupied the remainder ol
the morning session. The afternoon
session was given TO discussion of report
and addresses, Rev. G. W. ID. Games
Little Rock, and +. X. Love, OF SaVaii'
nah, Ga, being among those VINO 'ooA
part. h
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
c.,,,.,.,. Cou.,n Married.

Lexington, KY, Sept. 19.-Secretary
Carlisle's cousin, Miss Annie IT, .ai
isle, well-known in Washington 50.
ciety, was married here THURSDAY
night to George p. Chinn. son OF 'n'
widely-known turfman and politician'
Col. Jack Chinn. They left immedia'e
ly' after the ceremony for Washington
The bride is the daughter of j. d. Oai
Isle, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

The average plurality prior to 1890
therefore has been little over 1900,
and, taking these figures as basis for
comparison. the gain has been over a.
900. AS compared with 1892 it is over
$4,000.
The republicans of Maine have not
only returned their four congressman,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
HOW WILL YOU VOTE?
Tho Lines OF Division Between the Two
Parties.
DISHONESTY

DISHONESTY.
Everybody W h o
wants less money or
wants his money TO
be worth only one
half of its present
value should vote for
the party W h / c h
promises TO give US
53-cent silver dollars.
which will drive our
$500, 900, 900 OF gold out
NJ circulation,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
TIMES ARE HARD,
Michigan Methodist Ministers suner iof
the Necessaries of Life.

the Necessaries Oh AAie'
Lansing, Mich, Sept. 19.-One OF tn'
presiding elders reported to the Men.
igan Methodist conference THURSDAY
that some of his ministers had repor'eu
that during the last year they ol'en
have left their tables with their hune'f
unsatisfied in order that their children
might have enough to eat. The reports
generally show that the ministers na'e
been great sufferers because OF tne
financial depression. scores OF salaries
being in arrears. All other collections
averaged well with those Of previous
years
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
THE VICTORY IN MAINE.
A Telling Blow for Good Government and
Honest Money.

Honest Money.
In looking over the battle ground of
Maine, strewn with the dead and wound
ed popocrats and populists and their
shattered paraphernalia, as the smoke
clears away, one realizes for the first
time the real extent of the magnificent
victory achieved by the republicans.
They have rolled up nearly three
times the greatest gubernatorial plu-
rality ever known in a presidential
year. as will be seen by the following
table:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody w h o
thinks MS wages are
now toe high or that
the prices of his ne
cessities are too low
should vote for the
silyerite candidates.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

DThe free coinage silver dollar will
or will not be worth as much as the gold
dollar-that is, 100 cents. If is, as the
silver men--or some of tbem-contend,
it will not help man to pay his debts,
not in the slightest. 1t will take just as
much work or just as much produce to
get it as IT now takes to get the gold
dollar.-N. Y. Tribune.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
Pope Wants Anglican Clergy to Return.

London, Sept. 10. = A dispatch iivn
Rome to a news agency hers says ina
the pope has issued prone uncen.nII
in which he says: "After loig stuuy
must confirm the DEGREES OF my pre-.
cessors that all ordinations made unu.'
the Anglican rite are absolutely u.s.
valid" His holiness also entreats ~ Az
Anglican clergy to return to the ''
Ollie church.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

DMcKinley's election will put money
in circulation. men at work and credit
above par.-Chicago Times-Herald.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

as was to have been expected, but they
have made them beneficiaries of the
general increase. as will be seen by the
following tables:
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody w h o
believes that the
government can and
ought 10 make some
men rich by issuing
nat paper dollars or
half fiat silver dol
lars should vote for
the party which will
Try TO carry out
those schemes.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody W h q
thinks that men who
borrowed 100 cent
dollars should be en-
abled by law to Ray
their debts in dollars
worth SO cents should
vote for a deba sed
and nuctuating sill
yer currency.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody W h o
knows that congress
cannot create a dol
lars worth of prop
erty and that IL the
government makes
some men riCi. by
law IL takes I h G
wealth II gives them
from some other men
should vote for the
party which is OPP
posed TO the idea that
the governments fiat
makes money valu-
able.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody W h o
wants the country TO
be prosperous, conf
dence restored, tapi-
tai abundant a n d
banks willing and
able 10 make loans
should vote with the
men who stand for
honest money and a
stable financial sys-
TEN.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody w h o
wants TO see hard
times. brought on by
lack of confidence on
the part of investors
and business men,
and g financialranic,
caused by the gcner-
al calling in or loans.
should vote with the
silver agitators who
are unsettling trade
and industry.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
HONESTY.

HONESTY.
Everybody w h o
wants cheap money
that ! S IN c u c y
which is loaned at
low rates of interest
should vote for the
arty W h 1 C h is
pledged TO maintain
the present standard
of value under which
our stock of money
has increased a n d
interest rates have
steadily declined dur
ing the past % years.
Everybody W n o
wants a able meas
ure of values which
will be just 10 both
debtors and creditors
and will best serve as
a medium o e X
change should vote
for the gold stand
ard, which the ex-
perience OF all coun-
tries has shown 20 be
better than silver.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26

Everybody W h o
believes in common,
everyday honesty
and in the obI'ga-
ton OF debtors TO re-
turn as good money
as they borrowed
must OF necessity
vote I h IS y e a r
against the party Of
reputation.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-09-26
Not Democratic.

To those who. like myself, have adj
hered to the democratic party. let me say
that the platform and candidate pre-
sentedt by he Chicago convention are
not democratic. They are disowned and
denounced by millions of the best demo-
Gratis In tho land. No mar OF recognized
authority In flnsnoe indoses the financial
policy of the Chicago platform. You are
mot populists. nor socialists, nor revolu-
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1896-12-26

1.-THE popular idea that the age of a
horse can always be told by looking at
his teeth" said a veterinary surgeon,
sis not entirely correct. After the
eighth year the horse has more new
teeth, so that the method is useless for
telling the age of a horse which is more
than eight years old. AS soon as the
set of teeth is complete, however, a
wrinkle begins to appear on the upper
edge of the lower eyelid and a new
wrinkle is added each year, so that
to get at the age of horse more than
eight years old he must figure the
teeth plus the wrinkles" -"