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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
WHITNEY COURTsHlP.
A Genuine Love Affair In Artistic.
cratic Circles.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt and Her HUI.
band Were Warm Friends fren
Early Childhood Days-WMl
&c to Europe This FALL

There is a romance connected with
the Whitney, Vanderbilt wedding which
has been but little noticed in the numer-
ding was the fitting finale of an old
fashioned courtship. Soon after tho
young heiress made her debut in society
1T came to the ears of young Whitney
that Miss Vanderbilt and Moses Tay-
Tor, an intimate friend of Willie Wander
bilt, were engaged to be married.
Young Whitney is, like his father, q
man of purpose and of action. He at
once went to Newport and sought Miss
Vanderbilt at The Breakers. The
gossips who whispered that these young
people spent great deal Of their time
together began to talk of another en-
gagement and this time their guesses
were correct.
Harry Whitney and Miss Gertrude
Vanderbilt have known each other from
childhood. Their love grew up as they
did. The Vanderbilt mansion on Fifty
seventh street, New York, is across the
way from the residence of the Whit
neys, and the association of the children
of the families has always been init
mate. At Yale college Harry Whitney
was the faithful friend and chum of
Willie Vanderbilt, the brother of the
bride to be, who died few years ago.
The close friendship of these schools
mates made young Whitney constant
visitor at the Vanderbilt house, where
he and Gertrude saw much of each
other.
Young Whitney and his bride are
spending their honeymoon at the mod
ern Eden, prepared by his father. Later
in the autumn they will go abroad and
spend the winter in southern Europe.
They probably will not go alone, for il
the statements of near friends of Miss
Nanderbilt's family are correct, her
cousin, Miss Edith Shepard, will also be
married by that time and both brides
and bridegrooms will travel together.
They will not return to this country un-
til next spring.
A third bridal party in the company
is not considered improbable. In fact,
many of Miss Amy Bends friends say
that, Notwithstanding the numerous
denials of an engagement between her
and William X. Vanderbilt, it does ex-
list, and that their marriage will be one
of the notable events of the carly fall
season in New York. Miss Bend is an
intimate friend of Miss Vanderbilt, and
it is likely that in the event of her mar
rage to W. X. Vanderbilt she will also
Join Mr.. Whitney and his bride.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
RLAIhE.s BIRTHPLACE.
lOld Home of His Boyhood at We
BroWnsville DESTROYED.

IOld Home of His Boyhood at West
Brownsville Destroyed.
The old house in which James G.
Blaine was born and spent his boyhood
at West Brownsville, Pa, has been torn
down. It fell under the doom of de-
struction because for many years it
had been going to ruin.
2 Only one man here seems to have real
lied the value us historic monument
OF that old home or to have had pride
enough in the memory Of the great man
who was born in 1t to preserve it. JOS
eph E. Adams, o school and playmate
Of Blaine, hoped to do SO and would
have done it had he not ben prevented
by q serious illness, which has made
him an invalid.
While the old building was in course
Of destruction the villagers possessed
themselves Of mementoes in the shape
Of bits Of wood, nails and pieces of
stone. Many Of the old nails have been
converted into rings, which adorn the
fingers Of the residents.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
FINDS A GOLDEN FORTUNE.
Wife Of Counterfeiter Ninger Not So Poor
aa supposed.


Five thousand dollars in gold coin
was found under the cellar floor of the
cottage at Flagtown, N. j., occupied by
Mrs. Ninger, wife of the celebrated
counterfeiter, who is now in Elmira
penitentiary for his crime. Mrs. Min
ger was just about to move. She called
in a trusted neighbor to did her in TAX
ing up the cellar floor and the golden
hoard was revealed.
The secret service agents in their
search explored every nook and corner
of the cottage. They confiscated sew
eral thousand dollars in bank notes
and bonds, and it was believed that Mrs.
Ninger was left almost penniless. Mrs.
Ringers neighbors were severely
shocked when it became known that
instead of being poverty stricken $4,000
had been saved from the wreck of the
penman's fortune.
Gustavus Wiedenmayer, the philan-
tLropic Newark brewer, bought Mn
gers cottage from his wife, greatly to
the joy of Mrs. Ninger, who, with her
children, will find home near the
pcnitentiary, and there she will live
and visit her husband as often as she
is allowed to until he has served his
six years sentence.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
FATHER MARTlNELLl.
VIII Reach This Country Early In Septem
1,nr To gunDnod SafHn

ber Co succeed SaCOllL
The reported appointment of Father
Martinelli as successor to Cardinal Sa-
TOLL as papal delegate to the United
States has been confirmed by DR.. Rock
er, secretary of the legation, who has
just returned from his vacation. He
says there will be no official notification
of the change until the new delegate
arrives, and gives the following as the
order of procedure:
"Father Martinelli, on completing
his arrangements with his order, will
sail for this country, bearing creden-
tails from Cardinal Ledochowski, pre-
feet of the Propaganda Eide, to Cardinal
Satolli. The cardinal will then install
the new delegate in Office and explain all
the details of uncompleted business
affairs. According to our latest adj
vices, Father Martinelli will be conse-
Grated archbishop of a titular see, al
ways a preliminary step in sending q
diplomat of high rank. He will sail
from Genoa about the first week of Sep
TENDER. Cardinal Satolli expects to
leave America the early part of Octo-
her,"
In regard to his own position and that
of Father Sbaretti, auditor of the lega-
ton, DR.. Rocker says:
"The term of appointment is for four
years. Mgr. Sbaretti's term Of aud
itor will not expire before February OF
next year. It is likely he will remain
until that time, but it is also possible
that Father Martinelli may bring an
auditor with him. The Office of score.
tary has no stated period of service, but
is determined by the propaganda au-
thorities ms they see At"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
TO ALLoT LANDS TO INDIANS.

Surveys to Ne Made This Fall ON the
Rosebud Reservation.
Charles Bates, United States deputy
surveyor, has left with a party OF as
Aistants for the Rosebud Indian reser-
walton, where he has surveying con-
tract that will keep himself and men
busy until late in the fall. Many Of the
Indians on that reservation have ex-
pressed desire to receive allotments
Of land in severalty, and large tracts OF
the reservation are being. surveyed with
this object in view, it being the policy
Of the Indian bureau to allot lands to
Indians as speedily as possible. The
Indians on the Pine Ridge reservation
are an exception to those on other por-
,tions Of the Sioux reservation, as none
Of them has yet indicated willingness
10 receive their allotments. This Is
principally for the reason that Red
Cloud, their aged and respected chief,
is opposed to the allotment system, and
in difference to his wishes but few allot-
Inents will be made to the Indians dur
iu0 his lifetime,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
SHOCKED MIscHlEvoUs BOYS
street. Car Company Stops the Lads from
..Jumping" Trains.

Street-Car Company Stops the Lads from
dumping" Trains.
The Sioux City Qa.) Traction COM
pany, of this place, has invented plan
for keeping small boys from Jump
ing" its cars, which up to date has
proved successful. Some time ago the
company began running an advertising
car, within which was an organ SO con-
nected with the running machinery
that it sounded whenever the car was in
motion. As no passengers were carried
only one man was employed on board,
and his efforts were insufficient to keep
the urchins of the city from riding free
whenever they saw fit. The company
feared an accident, and to prevent one
finally ran rail of gas pipe around the
lower part of the car charged with just
enough electricity to give tingling
sensation to the hands OF the young
'sters who grasped it. The scheme was
a success, and the car went its rounds
iwho had not learned how the pipe was
loaded ran out at the junction of the
traction company's track with the
Central company's line and seized the
pipe near the front end of the car. At
the same instant he placed his bare foot
ON the charged rail of the Central. The
street sprinkler had just passed, SO
that everything was damp, and about
300 volts of electricity instantly found
their way through the boys body. He
fell with his feet in front of the wheels
Of the advertising car, and but for the
prompt action of the motorman in re-
versing his car would have been MANNED
for life. AS soon as he recovered from
the shock the lad sprang to his feet
with yell like Comanche and fled up
the street before his name could be as
certained. In spite of the traction com
pany's officers delight at the success
Of the experiment the plan has been
abandoned,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
VIEW THE BIG TURTLE.
Boston Interested in What Had BeeA
Mistaken for . Sea- Serpent.

Boston Interested in What Had BeeA
Mistaken for Sea Serpent.
Thousands have visited the fishing
schooner Minnehaha at the wharf to
see the big loggerhead turtle supposed
to be the "sea serpent" which has been
seen along the Massachusetts, coast at
different times this summer. Before
holding any reception, however, it was
necessary to hypnotic him with an ak,
as his disposition was such as to make
it unsafe to have a crowd making any
close examination of him, while he was
alive. One of the men, therefore, dis
tracted his attention by allowing him
to chew on the end of hawser, and a
second hit him once on the top of the
head with an ak. The turtle was then
displayed in as attractive o manner as
possible, under an awning, and for q
small sum of ten cents the curious were
allowed to look under the covering and
nee what was left of the "only original
sea serpent" There were few people
in the crowd who believed that his tur-
tleship could stick his head up in the
air six or eight feet, MS he was reported
to have done, OF that he could under
any circumstances have been mistaken
for sea serpent. One old fellow, how
ever, said that one might readily be mis-
taken for sea serpent by person who
was not familiar with their appearance,
rs they swim with their head and tail
up, and, at a short distance, the round
of their back looks as though it might
be body instead of shell. He says
that what especially puzzled him is
what the creature was doing in this
latitude, for such creatures are almost
never seen north Of the Delaware capes,
and seldom north Of Florida. They do
mot like cold water, and, although it
might not be SO surprising to find one
in Vineyard sound, where the water is
warm in the summer, it is hard to i'm
agine why one should stay in the cold
waters of Massachusetts, bay.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
FARM ENRICHED BY FLOODS.
Indiana Man Profits by the Recent Heavy
Rainstorms.

Indiana Man Profits by the Recent Heavy
Rainstorms.
Ex-County Recorder c. B. F. Clark,
Of Indiana, visited his Carroll county
farm the other day and was surprised
to find it largely increased in size and
value. The farm is on low, Doggy
ground. Last year the soil took fire and
burned from May until Christmas, con-
suming seven acres of the productive
land, leaving depression of several
feet in depth where the soil was con-
sumed. On visiting the place the other
day Mr.. Clark found that the recent
floods had washed the soil from neigh
boring farms onto his own, completely
filing up the seyen-acre pit with rich,
loamy earth, though several acres of
his corn was destroyed in the landslide
that Injured to his benefit. His farm is
now worth as much as before the bog
fire, and the neighbors have no redress
unless they choose to haul their lost
soil back in wagons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
AFTER FoRTY-sEvEN YEARS.
Xndisnian Finds Ris wife Had Married and
Become Widow with Five Children.

Indianian Finds Ris Wife Had Married and
Become Widow with Five Children.
William Chamberlain, after an alb.
sence Of Al years, has returned to his
home at English Lake, Ind. It was IN
the spring of 1s49 that Chambers, then
young man, left his wife, a bride
of Is months, and one child, babe in
the cradle, to seek fortune for his
family. He sold all his property ex-,
cept the family home and with $1,000
started overland for the Pacific coast,
whence had come stories of fortunes
made in a day. Chambers took up a,
claim and letters to his wife told Of
the wealth he was steadily accumulat-
ing. He was gone q year, when the
letters stopped. The wife did not de-
spair, she still chung to the hope and
belief that he would return, but months
lapsed into years and still Chambers
was missing. Mrs. Chambers, after
ten years of waiting, concluded that
her husband was dead and donned wild
ow's weeds.
Fifteen years from the time Chambers
left Indiana Mrs. Chambers was again
married, and five children were born,
all of whom are living. Her second
husband was named Woke, and he lived
until 1891, dying at the age of 10 and
leaving his wife in INDECENT circurn-
stances. The other day Chambers, aged
60, his figure bowed with the weight Of
years, returned home. He did not ex-
5pect to find his wife, but it was to learn
her fate and locate the whereabouts
of the child, who had grown to man
hood, that he left California, where his
fortune had been made.
The sequel was that he found in Mrs.
Woke the bride of his youth. Cham
bers says that the success on which
he had first calculated did not ma
terialize. He became discouraged and
fearful that the news of his failure
would be crushing blow to his wife
he ceased to write to her. When the
time came that fortune was within
his grasp word came that she had died
of broken heart. He gave up his life
to the pursuit of wealth, at the same
time hoping that his fortune would
become the inheritance of his only son,
of whose whereabouts he was also ig-
norant. The long-separated couple will
again live together.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
NEW BICYCLE COSTUME.
Enables tho wearer to Do a Lightning
Change Act In Public.

Enables tho Wearer to Do Lightning
Change Act In Public.
] have been wondering whether the
new bicycle costume from Paris would
overcome the obduracy of the skirtists.
The pantaloonists are now Reinforced
by divided skirt SO artfully made that
the division is scarcely perceptible in
walking. For that exercise it has an
adroit apron down the front. When the
wearer is about TO mount her bicycle
che doffs the apron, fastens the skirt
round each leg, and dawns upon the
fascinated male spectator in q suit of
lnickerbockers. 1t is most ingenious
and tasteful continuance, says the
Sketch, which ought to FIJI the skirtists
with envy and the ribald skeptic with
remorse. The only drawback is that
the dofing OF the apron and the tucking
of the kpiclkerbockers are performances
which require some nerve in public. ;.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
FARM FOR SALE.

One mile west Of KeGdallvilIe an
about 8 miles northeast of Cresco
c consisting of 1853 acres in a fine state
of cultivation. The Kendallville
school house is on the farm, which
has two good unfailing wells, new
barn 34x4O, a comfortable dwelling
house and an abundance of timber
for the farm. For price and terms
address PHILEMON TOWNSEND,
s3m6 KendallviIle, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06

DIR. David Kennedy's Favorite Rem
edy of Rondout, N. Y, has never once
failed to cure disease where. the di-
rections with the medicine have been
followed.
The testim ,nials of thousands of the
most prominent men and women of
this country, have been published in
the press from time to time, stating
that Favorife Remedy had restored
them to health and strength.
Francis Albert, the popular clerk of
the Phoenix Hotel, at Hampton,
Iowa, relates tue following: II paid
out over forty dollars to doctors when
| was sick with severe attack of
kidney and liver disease, but they all
failed to give me any relief, l then
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
AthIet,cs Among Clerks.

Among the big wholesale houses in
the City of London athletics IL careful
" fostered by system of clubs, which
enjoy the patronage and support Of the
heads of the various firms. II would
surprise most people tolearn how many
really brilliant athletes are to be found
among the ranks Of dry goods clerks
III the British metropolis.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
TEN MILTON sIcYcLEs USED.

Estimated the Wheelmen Of tho World
Ride 90, 900, 900 Miles Every Fine Day.
It Is estimated that 10, 000, 900 bicycles
arc In use In various parts Of the world.
If. throughout half the world,
the lay 10 Ane-and 1t is the
half which has mary bicycles
It Is fair to assume that half the
O.0OO. 900 cyclists will mount their ma
chimes and go for spin Of go miles;
the 100000 consequently traverse 9
total distance of 10O,OO0,0O0 miles
more than 1000 times round the world
n one dayl
The two wheels of the machine make
about 200 revolutions per mile; conse-
4ne4tay {hs 10000, 900 wheels heve put
4a.aA IN pQe, az, Qeo EsSR1pt!eas;i
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
NapoIeon,. Old House.

A French engineer has conceived the
Interesting idea of reproducing the
house in which Napoleon lived at st.
Helena as an attraction during the Paris
exhibition in 1900. The house will be
an exact copy of the original, with pano-
ramic canvases representing the nat
ural surroundings.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
Longevity and Late Hours.

A German doctor who has been COL
lecting information about the habits of
long-liyed persons. finds that the majori-
ty of those who attained old age In
dulged in late hours. Eight out OF ten
persons over 80 never went to bed till
well into the small hours, and did not
get up again till late in the day.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
SIGNALING At SEA.
Diversity of Opinion About the Relative
Merits of Light.

Merits of Light.
There is q great diversity of opinion
in the British navy as to the merits
and dement's of colored lights for signal
ing. Most of the young officers are
strongly in their favor. AS they point
9ut, a signal on this system can be kept
showing as long as required, while any
amount of repetition of flash-signaling
may not, under some conditions, render
it ineligible with any degree of GER
tainty.
The British naval authorities, who
have been indefatigable in testing new
systems OF signaling, both for day and
night purposes, have recently made
trial at Portsmouth of the Sellner sys-
TEN, invented by an officer in the Aus
trian navy. This system consists of
two lanterns, each capable of produc-
ing five classes of light, namely, white
and red, white occulting, red occulting
and red and white occulting. Thirty
different combinations are placed on
the code. Electric lights are used for
the lanterns, and though, for the pres
crt, separate batteries are used for the
lights and for the signaling apparatus
by which the lights are changed and
| obscured at will, it is intended that
eventually one dynamo shall supply all
OF the current required. a record of
signals sent by the apparatus is OBJ
tained by an attachment which prints
the message sent automatically. No
difficulty was experienced in reading
the signals at distance of six miles
or more. The objection raised to the
system is that the mechanism is far too
delicate and complicated, though the
results obtained with it far exceed those
possible with the present Morse fash
| signalling.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
The Cat in Ancient Egypt.

Among the ancient Egyptians the cat
was sacred to Isis or the moon, temples
were raised and sacrifices offered In its
honor. and its body embalmed after
death. 1t was customary, too, for the
family in whose house tie cat died TO
shave their eyebrows as . sign OF
mourning for the defunct puasy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
Aphasin

Some curious forms Of aphasia have
been noticed by DR.. Pitres among per-
sons who speak more than one language
fuently. Patients do not lose control
OF the words equally in every language
that they can speak. Usually there ia
general aphasia; then. as the patient
improves, he becomes able to under
stand and then to speak the language
with which he is most familiar, and
later with the others.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
ma stnrtInr Point.

Whites Have you read the new
novel, "When His Love Grew Cold?"
shuHlea--No; but Judge it must
have been the first time he saw her In
bicycle. costume. Philadelphia North
American.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
A slight Change of Con ditlon.

Gabriel had blown blast on the last
trump, and Cholly crawled from under
q tombstone.
"Dueced wacket!" he exclaimed.
tits the resurrection" explained Ga
brieI. you've been dead, you know"
HHavc I, wcally? Thanks, awfully,
assuah you. Neyah should have noticed
ft."--I,ay City Chat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
Women 1.-Two Longcr.

The statistics of life insurance show
that in the last 25 years the average
woman's life has increased from near
ly AZ to nearly 46, or more than eight
per cent. while mans life average has
increased from nearly AZ to "A, which
Is per cent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
Diamonds After All

She told him hearts were trumps
In tender. joking way,
And he thought himself the highest card
And sure to win the day;
But when another sutton came,
With the cruelty of her sex
Che very deity turned him down,
And calmly made 1t next"
Chicago Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
smo,ee Con.nmine.

A new method OF preventing the ea-
cape OF smoke from furnaces has been
devised by a Glasgow inventor. 4 door
Of peculiar construction causes the
smoke to whirl in eddies until 1T L. con-
sumed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
For Sale.

4 I will sell my abstract, real estate
and Insurance Business. Good oppor-
tunity for some young man; can give
good reasons for wanting to sell. For
terms apply to 4. r. THOMPSON,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
Jinrikshas In London.

London society was startled on a re-
cent Sunday by seeing half q dozen
jinrikshas drawn by coolies at the
church parade in Hyde park.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
4 Unique Business.

One Maine man has gone into tho
unique business Of raising doves for
weddings, parties, etc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06
You Arc Invited

to become well and strong. An in
vitation is given to you to get rid
of your sickness and diseases and
remain we'll. Sound in Body.
Sound in Mind. The time is at
hand when these sicknesses will re-
main only on those who are ignor.
ant Of Natures laws or who will
not obey them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-11-06

Xx/ANTED-FAI MEN OR WOMEN
w to travel for RESPONSIBLE established house
in Iowa. Salary $50 and expenses, Position
permanent. Reference. Enclose self-aldres-
sed st imped envelope, The National, Star In
snrauce Bldg, Chicago.