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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
Chester.

Mr.. and Mrs. Fred O. Brown are
happy over the arrival of q baby boy
at their home, born Aug. 10, 1897.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bents are enjoy
ing like blessing May they realize
the wonderful responsibility and
bring those little lives to a splendid
manhood.
Miss Alma Combs is visiting her
sister. Mrs. Garrett, on her way home
from an extended visit at her sisters
in Siseton, OAK, and her brother in
Minneapolis.
DIR. and Mrs. Frank Freemire are
attending the state republican con-
vention at Cedar Rapids, this week.
The Doctor is chairman of the
Howard county delegation.
Mr.. Walter Barnes is talking of
moving into northern Minnesota. We
do not like to lose any of our good
families. Walter has gone to look up
a location.
Mr.. Zaun's people are entertaining
company from abroad.
Miss Eva and Master Ed Roper
spent the Sabbath at the Bulls
home.
Mrs. Haskins and Mrs. Roper were
in LIE Roy one day last week.
Mrs. Charles Meredith, while visit
ing near DEBORAH, was taken very ill,
they telegraphed for DR.. Freemire
and she has since been removed to
her home but is still very sick we re-
greet to say.
obstetrics congratulate Mr.. and
Mrs. G. A. L. LOOMS on the advent
of a little daughter in their home.
The Sunday School social that was
to have been on the Freemire lawn
last Fridaysnight was interrupted by
a big shower, but they speedily took
possession of the hall and pleasant
and profitable time was reported.
Mrs. Clint Essington enjoyed visit
from her mother and sister last week.
Mr.. Essington has some handsome
and serviceable pieces of furniture
for sale that he has made, such as
wardrobes, and kitchen or dining
room cupboards, which are very in
genious and convenient. He also
keeps quite a line of other furnishings
on hand.
The night watch of Spring Valley
was in town Monday.
Mr.. Ralph Larabee, of LIE Roy, was
in Chester Tuesday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
A LIVELY SEASON.
Preparations for Big Logging Opera
lions in Wisconsin,

1&epnFHtAons ZOE Dig logging opera
lions in Wisconsin.
Marinette, Wis, Aug. 1s.-All the big
companies are preparing for an early
logging season. The Fence River Log
ging company started work on camp
located on the south branch of the Fence
river. AS soon as it is completed, a
camp crew will be put at work. Five
more camps will be built Immediately
on the Fence and Pine rivers, and 300
men given employment. The company
will bank 100000 feet this winter for
the H. Witbeck company. Other COM
panies are rushing their men to the
camps. The Kirby Carpenter company
has sent crew of men north. Logging
contracts are being made daily and
there is no doubt that 1t will be live
ly winter in the woods
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
CREsCO MARKETS
Corrected each ISSUE. J
The Republican State Candidates.

The Republican State Candidates.
The Republican state convention
at Cedar Rapids Wednesday made
the following nominations:
Governor-L. M. Shaw, of Craw-
ford county.
Supreme JUDGE Judge Waterman,
of Scott county.
Lieut.. GOVERNOR. 9. Mi]lman, of
Harrison county.
Railroad Commissioner--C. L. Da
wilson, Of Sioux county.
Supt. of Instruction-R. Q. Barrett,
Mitchell county.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20

The PLAIN DEALER force, one and
all are notified of the 9th annual re-
union of the Mead family at the home
of Ira G. Mead, Busti, N. Y, August
20, 1897, and our families and friends
are requested to be present.
w. P. MEAD, President, Busti, N. Y.
Mrs. j. A. Roof, Secty. jamestown,
N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
Garbage Notice.

Cresco, Iowa, Aug. 8, 1897.
All parties are forbidden to deposit
any dead animals. garbage or other
material on the west 4 rods of the
NJ eng Sec. 81, SO, II. known as
the Cresco Garbage Lot, without first
having permission from the under
signed committee, duly appointed by
the City CounclD having charge of the
same. ]. P. Howe,
Com. : A. P. Mosher,
4t4o w. L. Richards.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20

Allen Miller of Lime Springs is au-
thorized to solicit subscription for the
PLAIN DEALER and to receipt for mon
ey paid on that account, also to ac-
comodate subscribers at that office, to
collect and receipt for sums due this
office. II
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
DeInand Their pav.

Racine, Wis, Aug. ls.-The police
force of this city is indignant and will
bring suit against the city for their
salaries. This state of affairs is caused
by Mayor Graham refusing to sign the
police pay roll, claiming there is not
enough money in the police fund to
meet the roll 800. ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
Under the han.

Green Bay, Wis, Aug. 1s.-Bishop
Messmer, of the diocese of Green Bay,
has issued pastoral letter enjoining
Catholic societies from conducting Sun
day picnics and excursions. The letter
also disapproves of Saturday night and
Sunday dances, and announces that
Catholics who persist in attending such
festivities will be denied the sacraments.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
Wisconsin Legislature Conyene.,

Madison, Wis, Aug. 1s.-The adj
journed session of the state legislature
convened at two o'clock Tuesday after
noon. A message from the governor
embodying several vetoes was read and
the report of the committee on re-
vision was received. After the reading
of the report recess was taken until
ten o'clock this morning.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20

have again been bothered by my
neighbors, who this time have torn
down my pig pen and last Sunday let
six cows in my corn field. / warn
them off my premises in the future.
BERNARD O'CONEER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
Live stock.

Chicago, Aug. II,
HoGs-Market fairly active. with light
grades strong and other lots weak to 30
lower. Sales ranged at $285U4.15 for Pigs;
tsS5G4.15 for Light; $36O@3.7O for Rough
Packing; sS.S0@4.05 for Mixed, and $500
LOO for Heavy Packing and Shipping lots,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20

Road Districts Take Notice !,
Call at the Cresco Brick and Tile
Works and look over the Celebrated
Monmouth Sewer Pipe, aud get prices.
N. B. WHEELER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

Chicago, Aug. II.
FkoUR-Fair demand and firm Quot
able: W!nter-Patents. A.40e.4.6o; straights.
N.1004. 20; clears. $s.75@4.Oo; seconds, $500
800; low grades. s1.b002OO. spring-Pat-
ents, 346o9b.25; straights. s4.oO@4.10; bak-
ers', $8.400370; low grades, $16002.00: Red
Dog. S1.lo01.25; Rye. s2.4O026o.
WHEAT-Active and unsettled. Sep
May. s5h@ssc.
coRN-Essier. No. g and No. Yellow.
e7%02shc; September. g5sep2sMc; Decem-
Der, 9h@29xo: May, s1NQs2Ac.
oATs-stssdy, with fair trading No. 2
cash. 17hc; September. 17H017&c; Decem-
Der, 1sH@1Sxe: May. 21@2Ac. Samples
easy. No. :. 17h@18Mc; No. 8 white, 1910
92ho: No. 3. 1s3s@1sAc: No. white. 21A@
ping business quiet. No. cash, 46046Ac.
and No. 8. 4b@4tMc; September delivery No.
z 4shc.
BARLEY-steady for low grades at ESQ
nc; good to choice scarce, in demand and
very firm at advanced prices. Ordinary to
good mailing, 2S@32c; choice. new. 34436c.
and choice old, 3S440c.
NEW POTATOES-Californ rose, 600
76c per bu.; early Ohios. 10000.
EGQS-Firm. Fresh stock, 11@12kc.
LIVE PoULrRY-Turkeys, 70l0c; Spring
Chickens. 9h@10c; Spring Ducks, s@Sao
per pound; Geese, ts.0o@S 90 per dozen.
BUTTER-Market steady. Creamery, u
@1sxc: dairy. s01Ac.
New York, Aug II.
FLOUR-Market unsettled by the weak
ness In wheat and closed lower to sell;
winter patents, $7605.25; winter straights,
N4004.60: Minnesota patents, s5.00@5.35.
WHEAT-Spot market weaker; No. 2
red, 94A@943ic; options opened weaker un-
der disappointing cables and active unload
Ing was heavy al! day, reaching the lowest
point In the afternoon. Influenced by renewed
long selling: closed 1A81kc net lower:
sales included No. 2 red August, closed 92c;
CORN-spot easier; No. 2, 221c; options
opened weak and declined all day under
better crop news and local unloading:
closed A@1tc net lower; August closed
a7Mc: September. 32h@331sc, closed 32Nc.
OATS-Spot firm; No. 2, 221kc; options
dull and easier with the other markets,
closing unchanged; August closed 22Ac:
6eptembe. 22922bc, closed 221sc.
RYE-Dull; No. 2 western. 471sc.
BARLEY-Dull; western, 29hc.
WOOL-Strong.
BEEF-Firm; beef hams, $2S.0O92S.5O
LARD-steady; western steam, $3.50; re-
hned firmer.
PORK-Firm.
BUTTER-Firm. Western creamery, II
0161ac: imitation creamery, 9kQl2c; Elgins,
Ice; factory. 7010hc.
CHEESE-4uiet. Large white, Sc; small
white, Sh@8Xc; large colored, SQSAc; small
colored. &c: part skins, 405hc; full Skins
2h@3c. :.
EGGS-Firm. State and Pennsylvania,
l4@16c; western, 15c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-08-20
Marrle ed.

WoLF-LEFFLER-At Cresco, Iowa,
by M. M. Moon Justice of the
Peace, August IS, 1897, Mr.. Vim. A.
Wolf and Miss Anna p. NJ. LETTER,
both of Howard county, Iowa.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
THE CARIBBEAN.
Captain Mahan on the Strategic 4mpo~.
 tance of the Land Girt Sea,

Captain Mahan on the Strategic Impo3-
 tance of the Land Girt Sea.
 Causes superfcially very diverse, but essentially the same in that they arose from and still depend upon lack of lo- cal political capacity, have brought the Mediterranean and the Caribbean, in cur own time to similar conditions, re- garded as quantities of interest in the sphere of international relations. What ever the intrinsic value of the two bod les of water, ill themselves or in their surroundings, whatever their present contributions to the prosperity or to the culture of mankind, their conspicuous characteristics now are their political and military importance, in the broad. est sense, as concerning not only the countries tat border them, but the world at large. Both are land girt seas; both are links in chain of communiea- tion between an east and a west. In both the chain is broken by an isthnus Both are of contracted extent when compared with great oceans, and in consequence Of these common features both present in an intensified form the advantages and the Limitations, politi- cal and military. which condition the influence of sea power.
 This conclusion is notably true of the Mediterranean, as is shown by it's his tory. It is even more forcibly true of the Caribbean, partly because the con- tour of its shores does not, as in the Mediterranean peninsulas, thrust the power of the land so far and so sustain edly into the sea; partly because, from historical antecedents already alluded to, in the character of the first colo nists and from the shortness of the time the ground has been i'll civilized occupation, there does not exist in the Caribbean or in the gulf of Mexico apart from the United States-any land power at all comparable to those great continental states of Europe whose strength lies in their armies far more than in their navies
 So far as national inelinations as dis tinct from the cautious actions of states. man, can be discerned, in the Mediter- ranean at present the sea powers, Great Britain, France and Italy, are opposed to the land powers, Germany, Austria and Russia, and the latter dominate &C., tion. It cannot be so in any near future in the Caribbean. The Caribbean is pre-. eminently the domain of sea power = Captain A. T. Mahan, U. s. E., in Harper's Magazine.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
A BEES RESTLESS LIFE.
It Begins Work When Three Dass old
 and Dies at Forty-ave.


 c. w. Reynolds of Los Angeles one of the oldest travelling men in the United States, has q ranch of which he enjoys telling even more than he does of the experiences through which he has passed during his half century upon tke road. The ranch is near San Diego, Gal. The chief product is honey. This product is gained from two apiaries, which MT. Reynolds visits every time his business permits him to go to south ern California.
 In my apiaries. which aro cared for by my son, said he, there are 140 stand of bees. The honey season lasts from April to July. Last season my bees yielded 40, 900 pounds of honey, which sells Ill that country in bulk lots at 4 cents pound. Two of the hives gave over 600 pon1ds each. For ten years I have been interested in bees i'll 6 small way, and take greater interest in them every year. A hive or stand of bees is worth $2. 50. In it are the queen, the drones and the workers, a total population of from 10000 to 20, 900 bees.
 "This very good sized colony" he continued, resides in hive or wooden box In the hive are a dozen frames 1 3 by inches In these the bees make or deposit the honey, a foundation of wax having been first placed ill each frame by the beekeeper, so that the bees may have something to build upon. Tho honey is taken out of the frames every other week during the honey season. While doing so there is little need of protecting the hands The bees seem to be most inclined to sting one in the face. So, as precaution, the man who is removing the honey from the hives wears straw hat, from the brim of which is hung a silk veil, like they have to do up in the Klondike country to ward off the summer mosquitoes.
 s'The queen is an absolute monarch within her dominions. She is the un- disputed boss of the job. An ordinary bee lives during the working season on. ly 46 days. Young ones are being hatch ed out all the time. A bee goes to work at the tender age of 3 days and hustles like 0 veteran for 42 days. Then it is just naturally all tired out, I suppose, for it dies The queen lives longer, and when Q young queen comes into exist enoe in the hive she drives the old queen out. Her loyal subjects follow her in her banishment, and that is what makes the swarm.
 "In southern California the bees make water white honey when the black sage is in blossom. When the white sage is Towering, the honey has an amber tinge. In winter the bees make no hon. ey. Seventy-tive carloads of the article Rre shipped out of San Diego county in good years. "-Denver Republican.
 There has been some discussion rela- tive to the tariff as to whether funeral monuments are works of art Decided ly not that is, hardly ever.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
 PLACE NAMeS
somo Odd and Curious Names sI Places
 In Massachusetts.

somo Odd and Curious Names sl Places
 In Massachusetts.
 In tho Middlesex fells some good old colonial names arc preserved, like Jin. glejerry hill and Shillyshally brook. Spot pond was named by Governor Winthrop, who discovered it in the win. ter, because of the many rocks shaa showed through the ice and spotted the surface. Powderhorn hill ill Chelsea is said to have been bought from the In dians for hornful of powder.
 The fact of misfortune to divers tn. known persons-whether trivial or great does not appear-finds record iii Bad Luck brook and swamp in Rehobeth, Bad Luck mountain ill Granville and Bad Luck pond ill Douglas. There may be some association between Burneoat brook and pond ill Leicester and Spencer and Burnshirt river, likewise in Worces. ter county.
 Drinkwater river is felieitous nams for stream of good water. It is in Hanover, and possibly there. may have been family of that name in the neigh. borhood Strong Water brook in Tewks- bury has quite different associations Sought For pond, in Westford, suggests 8 long and baffled quest for tho spot through the wilderness in the olden days. One of the least eupbonious oi names IS Skug river in Essex and Mid. dlesex counties. 1t is worthy place among such English names as Worm. wood Scrubs. park in London.
 The legend about the names of the group of islands on the south coast pre-. sents an instance of how fancied Fesem. blanoes give rise to stories. It is related that these islands once belonged to a man with four daughters. To Nancy, the oldest, the father gave the first choice, and the fact that Man took it" is recorded in the name of Nantucket, the island she selected. Nantucket, of course, is ill reality an Indian name. Martha's Vineyard and the Elizabeth islands went to Martha and Elizabeth respectively, while for the fourth daugh. ter, whose name has been lost to mem- ory, there was nothing left but the most remote and undesirable of the group, which was called No Mans Land, be- cause it's owner was woman. The Elizabeth islands, in fact, were named for Queen Elizabeth by Bartholomew Gosnold, their discoYerer. whose name bas been given to tie town that eolns Orises them. Boston Tremscrint
 About the Same.
 By the way, where is tho major nowsdays?" asked the mutual friend.
 He is in an institution for the trent. ment of the feeble minded" said the colonel, with trace of aorimony in his voice
 "You don sayr'
 Well, sah, the$ don't call the place by that namo, sah. But you can see for yo'self that it amounts to the same thing. It is water cure establishments sah. '.-,G Cincinnati Enqnirer.
 The medical departments of the queen g household costs e2, foo yearly and com. prises 24 persons.
 4
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
Uncle Nnte,s Break.

One of our neighbors, Uncle Nate, as we call him, was greatly bothered by a whipporwill that came nearly every night and sat on q rock in his back yard and sang his love song, or whatever it is, until Uncle Nate was nearly wild. One night he lay awake, and, as he said, stood it just as long as he could, when he got up, and, taking down the old gun that was loaded with a fox charge, he went to the back door, and, drawing bead on the rock, which he could dimly see in the faint starlight, blazed away. Then, in the pleasing consciousness of @ good deed well done, he again sought his couch.
 In the morning his first care was to reload the old gun, as there was no tell ing when it would be needed. After this task was finished he started for the back yard to gloat over the mangled re- mains of his tormentor, but what were his horror and disgust to find that in- stead of holding on the rock he had completely riddled his wife's best wash tub, which was turned bottom up about four feet from the rock.
 The disappointment was bad enough, but when Aunt Hannah came out and saw the ruin, Uncle Nate afterward de- clared, it was worse than the whippoor- vii, and he made a break for the barn, his usual haven of refuge ill such cases. Forest and Stream.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
The Decline of Man,

There seems to be some uncertainty as to the size of our great mother. The French orientalist Henrion, member of the academy, however, fixed it with 8 precision satisfactory at least to him. self He gives the following table of the relative heights of several eminent historical personages:
 Adam was precisely 123 feet inches high.
 Eve was precisely 118 feet 9. 75 inches high.
 Noah was precisely 1O3 feet high.
 Abraham was precisely 27 feet high.
 Moses was precisely l3 feet high.
 Hercules was precisely feet high.
 Alexander was precisely 6 feet high.
 Julius Caesar was precisely 3 feet high.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
GEa@..szs2a-
HE DID.

<" I'll caddy for you," said Jack at the start AS he stolo a shy glance at tho maid of his
 heart. Flo picked up the niblick. the brassy and cleek, She grasped her pet driver, too busy to speak Her club, soon she soled it, hazard within, And sat on bunker o'ercome with ohagrin. T How are you?'' cried Muggins -Four down,
 she replied. "Never mind, 7 said whisper "Will you be
 my bride2' Twas Jack who had spoken. 'Why, yesl" an
 swered she. 9I'l marry you. Jack, if you Il caddy for me.
 Harvey Wiclxham in New York Sun.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24
 Atmospheric Teml erature.

The temperature of the atmosphere cools, on an average, about one degree for every 300 feet that we ascend or warns at the same rate as we descend. The mean temperature at the north pole is and at the equator between 80 and 90 degrees We can. therefore, get into temperature one degree colder for every 70 or 80 miles that we travel north, and in a temperature one degree warmer for every TO or 80 miles that we travel south. Philadelphia Times.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-11-24

Two ladies driving along the Bathurst (N. S. w road recently overlook a small boy trudging wearily along on bare feet. When given lift, it was found he had walked from Lawson to the valley (l2 miles, to buy loaf of bread, which was penny cheaper there. Twen ey four miles to say pen nyl
, 1897-12-09
HE KNOWS HOW.
A Laramie Concern Which Has Made
Advertising Profitable.

The Republican and Mayor Miller
do not agree upon political questions
and he does not go to the same church
that We do. but there is one question
upon which we are in full concert
that it pays to advertise. Elsewhere
in this issue he has an announcement
which has doubtless already Attracted
the attention of all the readers OF This
paper. occupying rs 1t Ices IA half page
of space. In writing his advertise
for the Temple of Economy. Mr..
Miller goes directly to the point, stat
ing facts clearly and without cQuivo.
and what is more. he always
has just what he advertises and dis
poses of the goods at the advertised
That is why his advertising
has been so effective. During all the
dark days of the business depression.
Temple of Economy was ever kept
before the people in a way that has
been most effective. Keeping ever
lastingly at it brings success.
, 1897-12-09

Time was when the logs were drawn
over roads ct SHOW and lee on the great
rude slrtlgcS to the banks Ot some river
drawn out on the Ice and l,ti until the
sprIngtlme. when they would he hoatpd
down stream To the mills I'm some
places the system Is still IN vogue, but
i'll large measure all tins has been
changed. Logging ralirOnd> have been
built into the forests. enabling the own
ers of pine lands to reach forests far
from any stream Spurs from the mann
branch OF tn" trad are bullt out HE the
fingers on an enormous hand c!utchlmg
at the dctcn>rlssS pines After II turtu
Gus passage through the paths Of the
woods the log Is loaded upon the skid
way-an incline leading down to the
railway track The ,hr,lS are long,
tough poles III tamIrark or some hare
wood, placed about 20 feet apart
The logs easily roll down on these
sklds and are drawn by horses up ON tn"
short. Wild freight cars and a. fast a.
one car Is loaded another takes it,
place. until u tram of perhaps 30 cars
is made up Tn" road Is u very rough
one, and the trains are supplied with
the best of airbrakrs Tor the grades are
steep, and great care must be Exercised
or the trans will break III two and
disaster and possibly loss Of life viii
follow II Il part of one of the trans
breaks away and starts down the grade
Mountain climbers. the powrrfu! Ell
glncs III use III mining regions, are u
~ ,t IS tI, " -
, 1897-12-09
KICKS FROM EUROPE.
Claim That the Trust of the Stock
holders Has Been Violated.

New York. Dec. S.-The following
telegram has been sent to the attor-
ney general at Washington by Robin
son & Leslie, a firm of London account
ants. acting for a group of holders Of
the Union Pacific reorganization COM
mittee certificates for the Union Pa
cifc stockholders: we notify the
government thai the committees bid
involves a departure from the terms
of its trust under the trust agreement
declared January 90, pursuant to
which the stockholders paid nearly
SO, O0O. 900. The committee is not per-
mitted to issue more than $4,000 900
in bonds for the purchase of both the
Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific. I'm
der the bid for the Union Pacific line.
that purchasing issue is practically
consumed. thus violating the trust to
the stockholders. This substantial
deviation from the conditions Of the
purchasing trust invalidates the bid.
Therefore the government is notified to
hold the moneys received or receiv-
able, as trustees, under the commit
tees of the trust, and % as the prop
erty of the government"
This notice with accompanying doc
ument. has been lodged with the Unit
ed States consul in London.