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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Memorial Post.

The following officers were elected in
Memorial Post at their meeting Sat.
urday night, for the year 1898:
S. D. Towne, Com.
j. G. Adams, s. V.
E. B. Champlaln, J. V.
D. P. Andrus, Surg.
N. s. Durgin, Chaplain.
P. O. Howe, @. M.
A. P. Moshier, o. d.
II. G. Howard, G..
Delegates to state convention, G. Fl.
Miller, Geo. r. Humphrey, with S. w.
Harris, Alternate.
Public installation of officers of G. A.
r. and ". r. o. at the Odd Fellows hall
on the evening of Jan. 4. 1898.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Or. Agnew's Ointment Cures Pilel

Itching, Bleeding, and Blind Piles.
Comfort in one application. 1t cures
in three to SIX nights. 1t cures al
skin diseases in young and old. A
remedy beyond compare, and II
never fails. So ts.-43.-Sold by
J. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
CRESCO MARKETS
Corrected each issue. J
Grubs for Sale.

About fifteen loads, good and dry.
Ali you can haul on hay rack for
IS cents. Call on julius Kaatz, first
house west of the first ward school
house, south side. ct.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Masonic.

A special meeting for the purpose
OF Installing the officers of Cresco
Lodge, No. $50, A. F. & A. NJ, will
be held Tuesday evening, Dec. 14th,
at 8 o'clock, p. m.
G. r. STORY, Secty.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Pioneer Phy.ician Deaa.

Springfield, ILL.,, Dec. 11.-Dr. Charles
F. Kuechler, prominent physician.
died Friday afternoon at his home in
this city, aged &c years. DIR. Kuechler
was the earliest homeopathic physician
In Illinois, settling hers = 1915.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Married

PoRTER-BEcK-At the parsonage of
the Methodist church, this city, Dec.
9th 1897. Mr.. j. G. Porter and Miss
Jennie Beck. both of Howard coun-
ty. Rev. Frank P. Shatfer, offici-
ating.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Another Prote.t from lana,

Victoria, B. c., Dec. 1.-THE steamer
Tacoma brings news that another pro-
test against the annexation Of Hawaii
has been forwarded by the japanese
government. The protest is said to be
quite similar to that on the subject
given once before by Count Okuma.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Hon. Charles Flei.chmann DEAD.

Cincinnati, Dec. 11.-Hon. C. Fleisch-
mann died at his home in Avondale
from paralysis. Mr.. Fleischmann
was born in Hungary in 1884 and came
to America in 1865, and to Cincinnati
in 1868. The foundation of his great
fortune was laid by the invention Of
patented machinery for use in distiller.
lea,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
Servants and Their Lovers.

In some places servants who are not
allowed lovers by hard-hearted mis-
tresses have recourse to all manner of
curious tricks to make their suitors
conscious of a. path made clear" Dur
ing the absence of their mistress they
place some handy article on the win
dow sash to convey such information.
A burning lamp placed in curious
way in window bottom, or blind
drawn partly down, are only few of
the many signs employed by love-sick
domestics, "We should never indulge
in such trickery," trim .housemaid
said the other day, "if mattresses would
treat US as human beings. We are
quite, as anxious to marry and settle
down as she. was; and the-very fact, of
her. being so stringent irritates us into
sunderhand dealings p TitcBits.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
ce1lbacy of Pope and Prie.t.

Peter, whom Roman Catholics count
as the first pope, was married; whether
his wife was alive when he was pope we
do not know. st. Sylverius, pope in A.
D. Sa6, was the son of st. Harmisdas,
pope from 514 to 523; whether the wife
of Harmisdas was alive during his porti-
fitate we do not know; she may have
seen her son pontiff. Although there
were many Papal prohibitions against
clerics marrying, they were disregard
ed very generally, and not until Greg
DRY Wis time, 1914, did celibacy be-
come a law of the Roman Catholic
church. Who was the last pope to marry
is not stated. Regular priests-mem-
bers of the monastic orders-take the
triple vows of poverty, chastity and
obedience; secular priests-those not
members of any order-are under the
rule of celibacy, and take VOW as we'll.
Chicago Chronicle.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
Returned Klondiker.

Captain John Pooley, who left Vir-
ginia City six weeks ago to scrape in
bushel or two of Klondike nuggets,
has got back. He only went up as
far as Juneau, where he took in the
situation critically, shook his Cousin
Jack noodle sagaciously and, like the
historical cat, came back. He was on
the Eastbound train passing through
Reno Tuesday. ...s. ..H-sE g..
"Hello. old sonl How are'ee comm
on: didn't spect to see me again quite
so soon did zee. This ere's the way
of it. I found some fellers / knowed,
and more 1 didn't know, and most of
'em busted or tryin to sell out and
get back home. tired of Klondide be.
fore they'd got half way there
Told all sorts Of tough, bad stories
about IT. .....
Duno's hard lookin place wuss'n
Penzance. Whole bloody country
isn't as good as Reno. Winter al
ready se,tin' in cold and mean, and
wasn't drop of good beer IN the
bloody place, and they SAID Skagger-
way and Chilcott was damn sight
wuss. Thought I'd just start back
before I got busted, and go up there
again next June when dogs are cheap
and grub plenty. Coin out to Idaho
now to look after a nine. Goodbye
old son! Come across any of the boys
just tell 'em that you say me."-Reno
Journal. ,.l..s,.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08

The latest Klondike new is given
by the Chicago Record. 1t says:
"Even the nuggets of gold which
leave Alaska worth millions Of dol
lars are so contracted by the intense
cold that when they are unpacked
and counted at Seattle they are found
to be worth only few thousands"
The Knights Of Labor journal gives
the following reliable receipt for con-
fidence pudding: Three gallons Of
confidence, l peck of international
agreement, quart of gold standard,
tablespoontuls prosperity; 2 quarts
Of sound money. and Z pounds of
protection. Boil the whole thorough
ly with ~ months of no work
and cut it after you are dead.
The undertaken engaged by the
county to put away the remains Of a
:, woman who begged for a living in
Now York city will not look to the
county for his pay. When the cloth
ing was removed from the body two
bank books, rep: esenting the savings
amounting to s2341O4, we're found in
pocket. Sewed in the lining Of her
dress was S25 in cash.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
a MIGHTY EMPIRE.
The Population and Military Strength
g. of British India. 81

The Population and Military Strength
g.. t of british India.
In view of the question raised by re-,
cent events as to the ability of India
to Withstand the attacks of the Afridis
and other tribes on its northwestern
frontier, it is of interest to note that
the population last February was $685.
100000, says the Baltimore Sun. The
area Of india is equal to that of ell
Europe, without Russia. Excluding
European languages there 7S languages
spoken, and 90 languages are spoken
by as many as 100000 each. AS re-
spects religion, 2O7,730, 900 are Hindoos,
S7,32O,000 Mohammez1ans, 7,O95,00O
Buddhists and LACY 900 Christians. The
differences of race, language and reli-
gion make cooperation against the
English practically impossible, 50 that
the difficulty in controlling the, coun-
try is not so great az it looks. The
army by which it is kept in order and
defended consists of .224,252 men, OF
whom 74,209 are British and 129,963 are
natives. To maintain internal order
there are 100000 native police. offlcered
mainly by Europeans. There are be-
sides the regular army some $4,000 vol
unteers and native troops, reserves, etc.,
for military service in an emergency.
Back of all is the British army, which,
numbers, including the $4,000 now in
India, some 2o7 900, with large resources
of volunteers from Australia, South
Africa, Canada, etc., available In time Of
need.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08

Emmett Index:-The story is told
Of Boise minister, and we wouldn't
like to tell which one of them, that d
member Of his congregation, by name
Miss Helen Hunt, picked up a small
bible lying in the aisle of the church,
one Sunday morning as she was hur-
rying out from service. As there was
nothing in the book to indicate to
whom it belonged she spoke to the
pastor and suggested that he an
nounce the fact OF her find on the
following Sunday. He did it in this
way: The person who dropped a
small Bible in flexible cover, In the
main aisle at last Sundays service
can go TO Helen Hunt fCr it. Then he
wondered why everybody smiled.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
WHEN you 40 TO kLonDlkE.

WHEN YOU 40 TO kLoNDIkE.
The medicine chest Shouid hold piilS
pills, pill. 81 "a g.
Sweat under blenkts inS1umme1 or
get Rheumatism. 49, 49, - ~,
Take a chesshoard and men. They
prevent dementia.
Enough library, One Bible, one
Shakespeare. 4 ElS2 aSA e $50
Make caches on platforms six feet
high. Wolves.
Exposed portions Of the body freeze
in three minutes. ~
Silk should be worn next the body,
then wooden, then furs.
Everybody gets lice. Boih under
clothing. Freeze sleeping bags.
No thief gets a fairer trial anywhere,
nor any prompter execution.
No shelter is needed except when the
wind blows. All other times sleeping
bag answers all purposes.
In it's low temperature gold filling in
teeth contracts and falls out. Use ANAL
gam. Have your teeth examined before
you GO. You don't want toothache in
the KGondike.
Take plenty of -four. Buy all you
think you need, then buy more. Last
winter a man killed himself because he
had five pounds of baking powder and
no -four.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
LONDON MONEY POWER
ALARMED.

Money lending London is seriously
: alarmed at the prospect Of bimetal-
ism. or this there is no question.
The fears Of those who profit from
dear money, who cling to the gold
standard because it enables them to
rob their debtors, fears that silver
will be remonetized and this power
to legally rob taken from them, find
an echo in the London press. subser-
Went. as is the metropolitan press
everywhere, to the money power.
And as the alarm Of the money lend
ers of London grows, SO do the hopes
of the bimetallists in England and
Oh the continent Of Europe.
All money lending London is not
gold monometallic. but the greater
part is 1t was money lending Lon
don that cajoled the debtor nations of
the world into abandoning bimetal-
ism and throwing themselves into
hopeless financial bon 1age to the
creditor classes of Great Britain, and
having accomplished this, money
lending London does not care to see
severed these bonds of financial de-.
pendence. Cupdiity draws on the
money lenders of London to oppose
the restoration of bimetallism, to OPP
pose the undoing of the dear money
system that they have yoked to the
debtor hations of the world. The
closing Of the mints of the western
world to the free coinage and the tie
ing down Of the western nations to
the coinage Of gold for their supply
of money made a greatly increased
demand for gold, made gold dear and
prices low, SO that when debtors
came to pay their debts they must
give to their creditors more produce
than they covenanted to pay or. what
Is the same thing, pay in gold that
will buy more of the produce of
mems labor than the gold borrowed.
And sir CO 1873 gold has been doubled
in value and prices cut. in half, so
that the creditor can exact on loans
made prior to 1873 twice the value
loaned, that is if he can exact twice
the value if such piling on of burdens
has not bankrupted the debtor.
So it is that money lending Lon
don has grown in wealth and power
with the closing of the mints of the
western world to silver and the appre-
citation of gold. And at the prospect
Of losing this power to exact tribute
from the rest Of the world, the money
lenders or London, clinging to this
power, to the monetary system that
has enabled them to rob their debt
ors, take alarm. Thus it is that
most Of them are gold mon ometal
lists for they have protited from dear
money and they cling to that which
has enriched them by enabling them
to eubtly prey upon mankind
American.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
OUR SUCCESS

Has passed our expectations.
Our friends have appreciated the
concessions W have made.
The consequence is that in the
last two weeks we cleared out about
hundred suits and are now pre-
pared to show up as fine line of
new Goods in ..nsa ..r...
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-08
RANCH,
CATTLE AND
HORSES FOR SALE.

Ktfirst class opportunity Cor
anyone Wishing to engagein the
cattle business. Everything
needed for conducting q COW
ranch will be found on the
- promises. MS, 2.e
For further information write TO
Carat i Co., White Rock, Elko Co.
Nevada.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-24

the forests are supposed to. contribute
largely to the severity of the floods Of
late years. The spring rains that
formerly took months to reach tho
main river are now precipitated al
most at once upon the lower MISSISSIPPI
pi, causing great destruction Of life
and property. II all this extra water
could be carried off as fast as 1t ar-
rives, there would be no danger, but
owing to the tortuous nature Of the
channel and the distractions of the
delta this is impossible
In 1875 congress authorized Capt,
Eads to begin the construction Of jet
ties in the branches of the delta. When
the river reaches the delta 1t divides
and flows into the sea through five diff
ferent outlets, called passes. In these
passes Capt. Eads built long walls of
masonry combining the stream to
narrow channel, This had the effect
of quickening the current, which
secured out the bottom OF the channel,
deepening 1t and carrying off all OBJ
structions. Extensive dredging opera
tons were also begun for clearing the
passes and allowing the water to reach
the gulf more quickly
These are the plans upon which the
work of combining the Mississippi to Its
present channel is being carried on.
But 1t will probably be some time be-
fore the levees and jettes are of suffl-
cient strength and extent to remove all
danger Of floods. Whether the current
can DO Quickened enough to carry or
all the sediment and thus remove the
possibility Of shifting bars and chang
ing the channel Is doubtful question.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-24

or have to sail over what was before
farm or plantation, and leave the
previous course some distance to one
side. This has frequently led to dis
putes and law suits between farmers
whose lands had been seized by the
river and those on the other side who
suddenly found large tracts Of rich, fer
tile soil added to their domains.
To this habit the river has Of deposit
ing sediment along its banks must also
be ascribed the numerous twistings and
turnings in the channel which follow
one another so closely A small bar or
other obstruction starting out from the
shore catches the silt as 1t comes down
and soon builds up curving bank that
turns the course Of the stream, Still
the water keeps adding more matter to
1t and extending 1t further and further
around until the river is flowing in an
opposite direction to that II ought to
follow. Sometimes 1t almost describes
complete circle before 1t Is turned
again in the right direction, The
whole course of the Mississippi, from
the mouth Of the Missouri down, Is
series Of large, graceful bends, one after
another. The distance from ST, Louis
to the sea as the river makes the jour
ney is 1900 miles, but in a straight
line 1t is not quite 700 miles. Thus,
because Of the distractions which the
river is constantly carrying down and
placing in its own path, 1t Is obliged
to travel nearly twice as far as Is neces-
sary between these two points
Look on any large map of the Mis-
sissippi valley south of Mason and
Dixon's line, you will see on either
side of the river, and quite distinct
from 1t, large number of small, cir
cular lakes. Some of these have mere
" slight bend, while Others have the
shape Of horseshoes. These crescent
shaped lakes indicate the fact that at
sometime in the past they formed part
Of the course Of the Mississippi. But
finding that 1t was going in the wrong
direction, the river must have broken
new path through its soft banks and
left the curve to one side. Besides
these "cut-offs," as they are called, a
great number Of peculiar mounds, such
as form the banks of the stream, are
scattered through the territory ad-
jacent to the river, showing that the
Mississippi must have passed over
good part of the valley at different
times in the past while on its way to
the sea.
This fact explains the remarkable
fertility Of the land near the lower
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-24

put on my fathers big felt hat, stuck
the biggest carving knife in my belt
with the pistols, grabbed my rife and
began to parade up and down the ROOM
When had kept this up for a little
while, happened to look at the door
and there 1 beheld man who was
watching me with a smile on his face.
/ gave start, in which joy and terror
were equally combined, for the man
was of slight build and had black eyes
and a black mustache I was sure that
it was Don Pedro, although he wore
the ordinary citizens dress l deter
mined then and there to capture him.
Levelling my rifle at the mans head,
l cried
Throw up your hands, stranger!
Don't move, on your lifep'
"Eh?" said my Don Pedro. "Why
-
Hold 'em upw 1 repeated savagely.
and my visitor obeyed me.
"Now, walk inp l said, still keeping
him covered. "And sit down on that
STOOL"
with pleasure" said my captive;
'but, my dear young man, are you not
making a mistake? My name is
Don"
"Ah!" cried triumphantly. "You
admit it, although you are very cool
about it-and 1 admire you for it. We
western men like true grit!"
am almost sure my captive chuck
led at this.
"But wait" went on, delighted at
the sensation 1 would make when the
men returned; "wait till the others get
here! Don Pedro, do you see that tree
out there? Watch 1t, for there you'll
swing"
My prisoner paled.
Look here, young fellow" he said,
still keeping his arms elevated, "you
present decidedly warlike appearance
in that rig, and your actions are de-
cidedly unpleasant. Don't you think
you had better let the joke drop?"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-24
LITERATURE.
The Diseases of Modern and tho Health
of Classic styles.

The Diseases of Modern and tho Health
of Classic Styles.
Modern literature has been more or
less sentimental since Petrarch, NOR
bidly subjective strain has existed In
it since Rousseau, while of late quail
ity Is beginning to appear which we
cannot better describe than as neurotic,
says the Atlantic We simply say, to
paraphrase an utterance of Chamfort's.
that the success of some contemporary
books is due to the correspondence that
exists between the state Of the authors
nerves and the state of the nerves
of the public. Spiritual dependency,
which, under the name Of acedia, was
accounted one of the seven deadly sins
during the middle ages, has come in
these later days to be one of the main
resources Of literature. Life itself has
recently been defined by one Of the
lights of the French dellquescent
school as IAN epileptic fit between two
nothings,"
1t is no small resource to be able to
escape from these miasmatic exhala-
lions Of contemporary literature into
the bracing atmosphere of the classics,
for Of him who has caught the pro-
founder teachings of Greek literature
we may say, in the words of the "iml-
tatlon," that he is released from a null
titude Of opinions. We may apply to
authors like SOphocles and Plato, and
to those who have penetrated their
deeper meaning the language the Budd-
hists used to describe their perfect
sage-language which will at once re-
mind the scholar Of the beginning Of
the second book OF Lucretius when
the learned man has driven away van
ity by earnestness, he, the wise, climb
ing the terraced heights OF wisdom,
looks down upon the fools. Serene he
looks upon the tolling crowd, as one
that stands on mountain looks down
on them that stand upon the plain"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-24

former course. This yearly action Of
the Nile in flooding the adjacent coun-
try and leaving it covered, when 1t
withdrew, with surface of rich, fer
Tile mud, made deep impression upon
the ancient Egyptians and they wor-
SHIPPED the river as a great god. The
Mississippi acts in the same way, with
the exception that 1t is as irregular and
uncertain as the Nile is regular and
certain. 1t is also, in conjunction with
the Missouri, the longest stream in the
world, having total length of 1900
miles.
While the Nile has been rolling along
Tor ages in the same channel, the Mis-
sissippi has been roaming all over It's
valley, twisting hither and thither,
building up banks and then cutting
through them and suddenly abandon
Ing the old channel for new one. It
is doing the same thing today, and for
the last thirty years the government
and its ablest engineers have been
studying the difficult problem of how
to make the Mississippi river stay
where 1t is and keep within its banks
The cause of the trouble lies in the
large amount of silt, fine earthly sedl-
ment, or slime, which the Mississippi
Is constantly carrying down and
emptying into the sea. The vast
length of the Mississippi and it's tribu-
taries, measuring 5000 miles of navi-
gable waters and draining an area of
l,244,O 900 square miles, must account in
large part for the great quantity of
this matter, but even when these facts
are considered the estimate must still
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-06-24

Mississippi. A great part of 1t has
been built entirely of this rich river de-
post, as the delta is being built at
present, while the rest has been thick
ly coated with 1t during the various
times that it formed part of the river
bed. This part Of the valley is ac-
knowledged to be the most productive
land in the world. 1t is composed
largely Of mineral substances but con.
tains also considerable vegetable mat
ter, making 1t the richest fertilizer
known. 1t grows wheat, corn, cotton,
sugar, rice and all manner of vegetables
in wonderful profusion and in a very
short time. One acre produces
seventy bushels of wheat in a single
crop, whereas thirty bushels is con-
sidered good in other places
No one can find any fault TIL the
conduct Of the Mississippi in former
times, for it has made the country
through which 1t flows worthy of its
title, THE Garden Of the World" But
now things are different. The land
has all been occupied, the people are
engaged In filling the soil and they
want the river to leave them alone.
They would like it to forego the wan
dering habits of its youth and settle
down into one certain course. But this
the river Is loath to do. Many schemes
have been suggested for compelling 1t
to stay where 1t is, but the levee and
jetty system seems to be the only
feasible one.
The first levee was built as long ago
as IT'LL In that year De la Tour,
French engineer, constructed one about
mile long for the protection Of the
infant city Of New Orleans. From that
small beginning they have been gradu-
ally added to until now they extend up
the east bank almost to Memphis, and
up the west bank to a point opposite
the mouth of the Ohio. But although
they are being strengthened each year,
they are still far from perfect. They
have to stand an enormous pressure,
especially in flood time, and as the
only earth available for their con-
struction is the soft soil that is found
in the vicinity Of the river, they are
easily acted upon by the water
The clearing away Of distractions in
the rivers all over the northern part
of the country and the destruction of