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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
,o,r RAIN THAN NECESSARY
r,. p,ospects for Corn and Tobacco
Crops quite Good

Tho following IS the weekly oioP
-. weather Bureau of virginia.
Vi INV picbmond va. June 80 1870
,o,aoncv towards a decrease
- tho excessive rainfall OF the P'S'
% T.. roticeable this week. although
g &C. still in excess of the anlou"'
ou,red for good crop growth OF tno In
nor cultivation and saving Vi ~, .
General IL may be said thaI Inv -
for corn and tobacco are soou' - Is
loi - 81. ,,,ade very rapid growth ana -
.,,aht,, On advance Of its usual IN
pp,.toa, ~ his time. while the latter haS
80 .,.o,,ieine ever since II was SET ~,
yrhoat harvest and haying is seheiaiS
eIshsd except in the western So 80
and oats is under way. some WITT W.T.. - -.
IN .trosbed Potatoes are mostly Hii-
proving. oor>.rA
TIDEWATER VIRGINIA.
,r,.o roirfau though still quite general
ord conious. is decreasing someWha'' %
Indicated by the reports OF our corie9poHu
- and teamwork has prosfesaeu
"a greater extent than lot e'v,a'
,,.ooI,s mast. on the Eastern Shofe Oh
oinia the rainfall has Deeh ilu0n -
than I'm other portions OF TINS 49,,
and crops present better appedi -" -.
In the trucking section about NoilOlh IN
ao++on and corn are reported injured py
O''eo,s;,,o moisture and cloudy weather.
80 notatoes are in bad shape. The ma
to,ity of counties report fine growth OF
corn but stalk spindly. wheat ABOUT
oil ont and oats harvest on. some Tar
ere viii begin to lay by corn next Weeh'
Tobacco growing vigorously; some dug
toning."
MIDDLE VIRGINIA.
E-reouent showers have been the rule
,brouebout this section. and too much
roin" is a general complaint Notwith-
standinf crops have been growing sleau-
u,, and seem to be in healthiul
rroroisirp condition. Framework has peen
intorfere5 with. and considerable nay
enoiled by the rain. Wheat is harvest
ing and some little threshed. wet "eatn-
or has caused it to sprout IN me shoch
here and there. With favorabie coHDl
,tions threshing will be general next
v,eel oats harvest is nearly fnlshed'
and having about done. Corn stil holds
fine. but chinch-bugs are damaging IL
somewhat Tobacco IS doing well in All
Counties. and but few complaints or TINS
cron are received. Wet weather mas
caused little "frenching."
THE GREAT VALLEY.
4 week Of rainy. sultry weather. All
growing crops have done well, but farm
.,orl, has been seriously interfered with.
Wheat harvest has been delayed, and
having possible only in few localities.
Potatoes generally are doing well but
some correspondents report the growth
of tons too heavy. Grass in meadows
light. Corn very promising. but would
be better for sunshine. Timothy Is slow
" improving. Tobacco is reported as
growing very nicely. Fruit is rather
scarce. Berries abundant.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
LADIES, RUSSIAN CRASH SUITS.
COHEN's BARGAIN RIBBONS.

Everybody wonders how and why we
sell em at such low prices.
3-inch All-Silk Black Satin Ribbons for
lie, cost Bic. TO import.
3-inch Black Gros-Grain All-Silk for l9c.,
2-inch Double-Face Black Satin Ribbon
for 1ic.25c. kind
White Satin Gros-Grain Ribbon inches
pinch White Satin Gros-Grain Ribbon
for l5c.
Colar-Width Dresden and Stripe Ribbon.
2-inch All-SlIIt Satin Ribbons, &c. a
yard.
Mems Department Bargains-a hint only
Of what's here.
Real French Percale Shirts. detachable
collar and cuffs. 1925 kind for 75c.
Mems Fine Soft Madras Neglgee Shirts
for soc.
Mems Fine French Percale and English
Cheyiot Shirts. 59c.-Sl.2j grade.
Mems Nainsook Shirts and Drawers,
tabernacle. for SOC.
Mems Fine Night Robes for 50c.-prettily
embroidered
LADIES LAUNDERED AND SILK
WAIST SPECIALS.
Sl25 and 81 Ladies' Laundered Waists
for Csc.
$3.50 and s175 Ladies' Laundered Waists
for 81.
IS and SEC Ladies' Laundered Waists
for 4Sc.
$50 and ss9S silk Taffeta Waists for
$3.50.
$3.50 silk Waists. in Light and Dark
effects, Sl.4s.
HOSIERY.
Ladies' 25c Hermsdorf Hose high
spliced heels and toes. for lie. a pair
Ladies Fast-Black Seamless Hose, first
quality. for &C. pair
Childrens Fast-Black Ribbed Hose fun
seamless, all sizes up to o for 6 lie
pair
Best l2iec value Childrens Fine Ribbed
Hermsdorf Hose. Isle finish. the best
25c. value, for l9c. PARISHES up to Q.
UMBRELLAS.
200 Ladies' and Mems Gloria Umbrellas.
26- and 2S-inch. with natural or Dres-
den handles. 69c. for 81 kind to-day.
100 Ladies Fast-Black English Gloria
Umbrellas. heavy stout steel frames
soc. value, for 25c.
CORsETS.
Our usual 75c. Nentilating Corsets for
soc
81 Ventilatiug Corsets, 69c.
An extra Long-Waist 6-HOOk Corded
Bust Corset. SOC. value. for Soc
LADIES' WHITE LINEN COLLARS.
All sizes i'm all STYLES Linen Collars, 12R
and 15c. values, for Zoe.
Guns 10 match, 10 and 25c.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
y. ". Bowe.
Real Estate Auctloneer.
TRUSTEE'S SALE
OF
A SMALL TRACT OF LAND
OK THE RICHMOND AND PETERS
BURG RAILROAD. A SHORT DIS
rANCE FROM MANCHESTER,
AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
y. ". Bowe.
~ Hrt. t...fHnral

In execution OF deed OF trust
dated May 10. 1852 and recorded
field county, IN Deed Book yo.iaimf
66. page Is will as substitute
trustee ,for 4. W. Grubbs the trustee
named IN said decd. being thereto r.,
quired by the beneficiary. proceed 70 sen
AT public auction. on lhe premises on
FRIDAY. JULY 10, lss5
AZ s O'clock p NJ the LAND conveyed
BY said deed. consisting % tract en-,
bracing 22is acres. less an area occupied
~ 0-ioot road along the western bolnl-
airy OF said land. situated on the RIO
mond and Petersburg railroad about ono
and a half miles from the city OF Kan.
chester and being lot No. 2 on plat
annexed 10 a deed from A. ID. Williams
10 John n. Taylor. bearing even date Win
said deed OF trust. and duly recorded 10
sail court. -
TERMS. Cash sufficient 10 defray tho
expenses OF executing The trust ana 20
pay an taxes due upon the said land. ana
a note for N3O.S7. with interest thereon
from May p. 1855 and another note for
yla3 66 With interest thereon from May
p. 1875. ard the residue upon terms 70 %
announced at the time OF sale.
EUGENE {. MASSIE.
IL substituted TRUSTEE
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
Society of Cincinnati.

The annual meeting OF the Virginia
Society OF Cincinnati will convene at l.
NJ today at Chamberlin's Hotel. Old
Point. Major Herbert A. Claiborne. DR..
Ben. Johnston. and +. II. c. Cabell, Esq,
Will attend the meeting
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04

WHEN REAL ESTATE IS SOLD THE
TAXES FOR THE CURRENT CALEN-
OAR YEAR ARE TO BE PAID PRO
RATA BY THE VENDOR AND THE
NENDEE.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04

WYTHEVILLE. VA, July 3.-(Special.)
Simmons vs. Palmer et ais. and Hum
phreys ct ais. VS.. Hoge. Argued and
submitted.
Trout VS.. Trouts Executor. Submitted
On brief
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
WANTED.

SIDE LINE.-GOOD SALESMAN CAN
secure protected route with free samples
weight 20 pounds. cost 500 from high
rated old establishment. Amounts large.
Commissions average SIS TO SIS weekly.
Factory 7. o. In. New York. ie ut
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04

POSITION AS MILLER N SOME
country mill; can do millwright work.
and, II necessary, can give best refer
Office ie 2S-sts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
WANTED.

AGENTS. 800 WEEKLY SALARY TO
right parties. Little work, a snap for some
one; new scheme; failure impossible, write
for special proposition. LOCK-BON 530s.
Boston. Mass ap lS-Sa, Su, Tux W3m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
TRUSTEES SALE
on

VALUABLE HOTEL, COTTAGES. AND
GROUNDS.
AT CHESTER. IN CHESTERFIELD
COUNTY,
AT JUNCTION OF r. AND p. AND
=. AND =. RAILROADS,
THIRTEEN MILES FROM RICHMOND,
NINE MILES FROM PETERSBURG
BY virtue OF a deed Of trust, dated Sep
TENDER IA. 1885. duly recorded, default nay
ing been made ia the payment Of the DEBT
therein secured. and being required so 20
do by the beneficiary | shall, on
FRIDAY. JULY 10. 1896.
at 4 o'clock p. NJ. on the premises. offer
for sale at public auction, that FALUA-
BILE REAL ESTATE at Chester. Ches-
terrified county. consisting OF large Hotel.
containing fifteen rooms, with eastern
and southern porticos. three cottages,
two Of four rooms each. and one Of three
rooms, and the grounds wherein the
buildings are situated, containing about
four acres. This IS a delightful summer
resort The buildings are within fifty
yards of the depot. and are situated upon
a beautiful shady lawn. About ten pas
senger trains daily stop at the station.
A valuable spring OF mineral-water is
within 80 yards Of the hotel. No place
in the vicinity OF Richmond has superior
advantages as a place OF residence for
persons doing business I'm the city.
TERMS: Cash. sufficient 10 pay costs
Of trust and the balance due on the
debt amounting TO about. not In excess
OF. s. 000 and the residue upon such credit
as may be announced at the time OF sale.
PHILIP V. COGBlLL.
jy3 Trustee.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
WANTED.

A NEAT. TIDY WOMAN, WITHOUT
encumbrance. to Cook. Wash. and Iron
for small family. Good home 20 the right
party. References required. Apply at
once at ll23 west Main street iy 4-st
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
Sits AND SKIRTS,


sent us lor our Reunion Sale. VIII sell
at less than cost rather than return
'em.
Colored Duck Skirts, extra fun, for
tZi2c. 49,.
Colored Duck skirts. 9 yards wide, Light
and Dark colOrs. Tor Ssc.
White Pique skirts, very full flare, made
OF very best quality welt. for S2.yo
Black Mohair skirts for Sz9S 10 ~.
LADIES' RUSSIAN CRASH SUITS,
trimmed with buttons and lace insert
Ing. regular $3.50 quality, for 50.
Handsome Grass-Linen Suits that sold
for $40 now S6gS.
Ladies' outing Dresses. from - 10 10.
KID GLOVE BARGAiN-DAh.
Ladies' White French Kid Gloves, 4
buttons, embroidered backs, our Sl.Z5
kind, Toe. to-day
Ladies' kid Gloves. In all the new
shades, Sl.50 grade, SOC. a pair
Sl.75 grade OF Ladies' Kid Gloves, all
for r4fr
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04

recorded in the Clerks office Of the Cham
Gerry Court Of the city OF Richmond 1 VII
sell at public auction. on
THURSDAY. JULY Q. 1896
at p. NJ, on the premises the truly
ATTRACTIVE DWELLING located 80
above described This property IS FASH
IONABLY AND CENTRALLY Loo
GATED, and was finished throughout
without regard TO cost The house coa-
tains ten rooms. and is elegant in az
its appointments. The frescOlug aIl
gas and electrical equipment is probAly
not surpassed by those OF any other dWtA-
Ing in the city 10 is heated throlshl..
by the most modem steam fixtures, ana
lighted by gas and electricity To iac,
everything that viii add 10 the comfort
and convenience OF the occupant Is i0 p.
found IN this gem OF a home. Inefe 1
also a costly thrce-st0ry stable on IN'
premises, Nth all Improvements, inrlul.Ns
elevator, and having accommodation
several horses and vehicles. ine D..
fronts p feet and extends back 80 ieci
inch TO a wide alley.
1t Is seldom that such property is p4.
uuon the market. and those who wlnt
LUXURIOUS HOME. al figures Breliy
BELOW ITS COST. should attend ms
TERMS: one third cash. and balance IA
equal payments 40 six. twelve ana eitN-
teen months. with interest added ana 80
cured By deed Of trust on the properly
or all cash al the option OF the purchaser.
SAMUEL REGISTER
ie2s Trustee
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
THE COHEN co.
EMPLOYMENT WANTS.
WANTED,

BY A YOUNG LADl WITH EXPE-
rience, Position as Teacher in a private
family with young children. French
English, Vocal and instrumental Music
taught on Piano and Organ. References
given Address Miss y. Y. H., care Post
master. Cats Milk Post-Ofiice, Amherst
county, Va. jy AIT,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
WANTED,

A GOOD COLLECTOR IN REAL ES-
tate office one that has been in the
business preferred Salary small. unless
party can bring business. Address
THOMAS. care Dispatch iv Lit
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
WANTED.

TRAVELLING OR RESIDENT SALES
men. either on a commission or salary
basis TO sell Lubricating-, Lard, and Lin
seed-Oils. Liberal Inducements offered 10
men of experience. Sample outfit fur
nished free. Established over twenty-five
years. Address THE a. G.. HARBAUGH
COMPANY IS and 90 River street. Cleve-
land. y. iN 4-1M
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
BY y. W. Bowe,
and
A. l.. AdamsOn,
Real Estate Auctioneers.
COMMISSIONERS SALE


Real Estate Auctloneers
COMMISSIONERS SALE
~ OLA
VERY VALUABLE AND HIGHLY.rNt.
PROVED SUBURBAN FARM.
I CONTAINING q ACRES or LAND
FRONTING ON. THE PETFRsBrRd
FROM MANCHESTER. IN CHS.
TERRIFIED COUNTY, VA.
BY virtue OF decree OF the Rus,iru
Court OF the city OF Manchester ln -
suit OF Brown, Davis & Co. for ana ais
vs.. T. j. Mcmahon. etc. entered March
p, 1896. the undersigned special commits
sioners Will sell, az public auction. on tie
premises. on
FRIDAY. JULY 10 1896.
at $50 o'clock II. NJ. that certain FARM
containing 3 ACRES or LAND. F'rt
between the Petersburg turnpike and he
Richmond and Petersburg railroad ANA
bounded on the north by a e0-fOot rosf
and on the south by the lands OF John ri
Taylor. The improvements consist of rn
attractive dwelling OF some six or seven
rooms. barns. etc, orchard. and sflr.
on said turnpike. This Is very valuable
and attractive property ard should at.
tract the attention OF investors.
TERMS: one fourth cash. ana Oh,
balance In 6, r. and IS months. deferred
payments 10 be eyinced by negotiable
notes. bearing interest. title o. Boz fo.
tanned by the Court I'LL all tho purchases
money Is paid.
JAMES PLEASAN,rs
J. NJ q. FITZPATRICK.
-. J.. PCLBTAM,
l.. II. WELLS.
Special Commissioners
In the Clerks Office of the Hastings Co1r,
OF the city of Manchester
Brown. Davis ~ Co. and als.... PlaincTS
against
l.. J. Mcmahon and ais. o.. Defendant.
/. H. +. DuNal. Clerk OF the said court
do certify that the bond required ~ tts
special commissioners by the decree ren.
dered In said cause on the 2st day u
March. 1885. has been duly given
Given under my hand as Clerk OF SAID
court. this oath day OF June 1896
Jy 1 H. y. DDNAI. Clerk
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
AUCTION SALES.--FUTURE. D.v.

WHEN REAL ESTATE is SOLD Tgp
TAXES FOR THE CURRENT CAr,Ev'
OAR YEAR ARE TO BE PAID Pro
RATA BY THE VENDOR AND THE
VENDEE. '
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04

BY Augustine Royal & Co..
Real Estate AuctloneerS.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
BUSINESS WANTS.
WANTED,

MORE GOLD FOR STOVES, TIN ROOF.
ing. Plumbing. and Gas-Fitting. Rubber
Gas-Piping, and Large Gas-StOves Case
line. l5c. No discount on silver at
LEIDYS STOVE-HOUSE. 1853 east
Franklin street Phone. 1865. my 3l-ts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04

LOST, AT THE JEFFERSON ROOF
Garden BLACK LEATHER POCKET
BOOK. containing papers or no value ex
cept TO the owner. Liberal reward for
It's return TO jon, G.. MILLER at the
jefferson. iy i-lts
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
TRUSTEE'S SALE OF THAT MOST
Desirable Franklin Street DTellilg
No. 4O7 WEST,
ADJOINING THE BEAUTIFUL AND
SPACIOUS GROUNDS OF THE
COMMONWEALTH CLUB.

BY virtue OF a deed Of trust 10 me ne
undersigned. dated May q, 1896. and duly
recorded in the Clerks office Of the Cham
Gerry Court Of the city Of Richmond 1 VII
sell at public auction on
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
Saturday, Bargain Day

leave no stone unturned in order
to meet their pubIic'S demand.
The array of special prices for
to-day spreads over many coun-
tiers.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
LOST. sTRAYED. AND FOUND.

LOST. BETWEEN FIRST AND CARY
10 Broad 10 Mechanicsville turnpike. a
POCKET-BOOk. with papers and small
amount OF money. Reward for same II
returned 10 Stall No. &c, First Market
~ Az
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
RROAD-STREEr PROPERTY.

In execution OF the decree referred o.,
below. will sell By public auction. oa ne
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1896-07-04
RICHMOND, VA., JULY 4TH.
Store Open To-Day Until
IL O'clock

in order to accommodate the hun
dreds of out-of-town folks going
away.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
BIG TELESCOPE FoR PERU.
"A Photographic instrument to Take Pic
lures of the Sky.

a Photographic Instrument to Take Pic
lures of the Sky.
It is learned from Prof. Pickering, of
the Harvard observatory at Cambridge,
says the Springfield (Mass.) Republic
an, that the university has completed
arrangements for shipping to the OBJ
servation station at Arequipa, Peru, the
famous Bruce Photographic telescope,
which is the largest and most efficient
instrument of its kind ever constructed.
This is regarded with special interest
by scientists, owing to the fact that the
latter station has recently been the
source of some important stellar dis
coyeries, and the authorities at the
Harvard observatory confidently ex-
poet that with this powerful adj
idition to the facilities there it will
elicit many more accessories to as
Economical science. Coming SO soon
after the completion Of the great tel
escopic lens by Alvan Clark at Cam
bridge for the Chicago university, this
new contribution to astronomy has re-
inforced the claims of Cambridge as the
central contributor of America, both as
to the pursuit of stellar science and the
production of the greatest instruments
Tor the purpose.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Worse Than Reported.

Boston, Jan. 1s.-In letter just re.
ceived from Rev. H. N. Barnum, d. d., of
Harpoot, eastern Turkey, where the
property of the American board was
burned, he says that reports have been
secured from 176 villages in the vicin-
ity of Harpoot. Those villages con-
tanned 15,4OO houses belonging to
Christians. OF those 1854 have been
burned and 15,s45 persons have been re-
ported killed. DIR. Barnum adds: "The
reality, fear, will prove to be much
greater
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Mother uoose .Adantad.

The poet Of the West Baden journal
sings thus: "sing song of penitence
q fellow full of rye, four and twenty
serpents dancing before his eyes. When
his eye was opened he shouted for his
life, wasn't he pretty chump to go be-
fore his wife, His hat was in the par
lor, underneath chair, his boots were
in the hall, his coat was on the stair.
His trousers in the kitchen, his collar
on the shelf, but he hadn't any notion
where he was at himself"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Business Chances.

INDUCEMENTS offered to men with capital
l and experience to build and operate iiour
mills, oatmeal mills, feed mills, flax mills, paper
mills, starch factories and creameries in new
towns on the Great Northern Railway in the
Northwest. Address A. A, WHITE, 1920 Pioneer
Press Building, st. Paul, MINI.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
A business Proposition.

TIE owners of large body eff land on Whid-
vide it into tracts to suit buyers and sell at $40
and upwards per acre, on long time, and no
payments the first year. Produces all stable
loo population; mild climate. Forfurther in
formation address h. E. WORKMAN, Seattle,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
According to Greeley:

ssGo Waef >, But before you go, write
Nv VSSls TOT. i. Whitney, G. p. &
7. A. G. N. Ry., st. Paul, Mimi, for printed
matter descriptive OF the Northwest country,
which offers SO many inducements to new SET
1ers and investors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Flathead Valley. Montana.

crops without iri igation. Forests of pine.
fir and cedar. Mines OF precious metals and
coal. Delightful and healthfnl climate. Adapt
supply and power. No extremes OF Temporal
ture. Market facilities. Homes for all. For
further Information, address c. E. CONRAD,
Kalispell, Mont.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
"Where Are We At"

THIS question perplexes the whole business
world; People interested in the Northwest
las containing fine up to date maps and much
valuable reference and descriptive matter: sent
to any address for 10 cents in stamps by F. !.
WHITNEY. g. p. s. T. A., Great Northern Rail-
way, st, Paul, Mimi,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24

The officials of the Treasury depart
ment report $s,0O0,0O0 more of gold
certificates in circulation than of sill
yer dollars; yet any meIchant or bus
mess man handles hundreds of silver
dollars to one gold certificate. Gold
and gold certificates don't circulate
among the people, and yet the 1884,
100000 of this money is counted by
the treasury department in it's claim
that the country has $s1 per capita
in circulation. The LIST of December,
1895, the treasury department stated
the amount of gold in circulation as
$500, 1871 $50, and the amount of silver
dollars as $50, 443, $40. From this off,
cial statement we learn that the sill
yer dollars in circulation among the
people are but little more than one
tenth of the amount of gold claimed
to be in circulation. We venture the
statement that there is $1,000 in bust
ness transacted with silver dollars to
one dollar with gold. The gold is not
in circulation among the people nei-
ther are the gold certificates, and the
people know it whether or not it is
known in Wall street or at Washing
ton. And of the gold certificates
claimed by the treasury department
to be in circulation, we very much
doubt any merchant, farmer, or bust
ness in Howard county ever having
seen one in the channels of trade and
business, while nine-tenths of the
paper money handled by them are
certificates which call for and are re-
deemable in silver dollars. We will
give one dollar for the privilege Of
looking at gold certificate paid to
any farmer in the ordinary course of
business. Nearly all of the farmers
get silver certificates or silver in the
regular course of business.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Her Opinion.

Her Opinion.
ga man ought to know more than
his wife does," said Dicky Doddles.
do you think SOP" responded Miss
Bobleigh, with o slight sneer.
"Of course. shouldn't marry q
woman who knows more than I do"
"You are very romantic"
"It seems to me that / am very prac-
tical."
Not at all. You have your mind
fixed on an impossible eal."-Wash-
inpton Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
walrus Whiskers for Toothpicks.

/ A peculiar but profitable industry
which DR.. Benjamin Sharp, of Philadel-
phia, discovered among the natives Of
Alaska on his recent trip to the Behring
sea is the preparation and sale of walrus
whiskers for toothpicks. Nature has
armed the walrus with growth Of
whiskers which extend three or four
inches out from it's snout, with the ap-
parent motive of enabling it to detect
the presence of an iceberg before actual
contact has resulted. These whiskers
are quite stiff, and this quality improves
with age. When walrus is killed the
natives proceed to pull out, with the aid
of rude pinchers, each separate whisker.
After a thorough drying they are
arranged in neat packages andexported
to China, where they are considered o
necessary appurtenance of the Chinese
dude.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Takes Charge of a Busted BANG

Washington, Jan. 1s.-Acting Comp
troller Tucker Saturday directed w. u.
Boden, national bank examiner, to take
charge of the failed Farmers national
bank, of Portsmouth. Q.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1896-01-24
Trying to Improve 1t.

She-Can you tell me who that ex-
ceedingly plain man was you were
speaking to just now?
He-That was my brother.
She (much confused)- beg par.
don! I had not noticed the resen,-
blance.-Pick Me Up.