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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
THREE BIG BOATS TO Be euILT
Rockefeller,s Line to BE Increased :,
More Huge Freight Carriers,

Rockefeller's Line to BE Increased By
More Hsge Freight CARRIERS,
The eBessemer Steamship company,
John D, Rockefeller's big line of lake
steamers and tow barges, have closed
contract for the three largest ships ever
constructed for service on fresh water,
The contract went to F. w. Wheele e.
Co.. of Bay City. and is for one steamer
and two conxorts. The three must be
completed by next May, and all to-
gether will carry over 10000 tons of
iron ore on single trip on draft of
II feet. With the completion of the 20
foot channel their capacity will be
much greater.
The steamers dimensions are 475 feet
over all, 455 feet keel, 80 feet beam and
29h feet deep, exceeding in all dimen-
sions anything now afoat on the lakes.
The capacity Of the steamer will be 500
gross tons of iron ore. The barges will
be $50 feet long, so feet beam and gs5a
feet deep: They will carry 1000 gross
tons each.
The boats will cost between $500, 900
and 100000. They will be equipped
with everything modern tor the rapid
handling of cargo, and will be very
speedy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
One Short Puff CLEARS the Head

Does your head ache? Have you
pains over your eyes? Ii there u con.
slant dropping in the throat7 Is the
breath offensive? These are certain
symptoms Of Catarrh. DR.. Agnew's
Catarrhal Powder will cure most
stubborn cases in marvellously
short time. II you've had Catarrh
week it's sure cure. If it's of fifty
years standing it's just as effective
42.-Sold by ] j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
blizzard mt Cedar Rnpid.

After using 10 cent trial size Of
Ely's Cream Balm you will be sure
to buy the so cent size. Cream Balm
has no equal in curing catarrh and
cold in head. Ask your druggist for
it or send 10 cents to us.
ELY BROS, SO Warren St., N. Y. City.
suffered from Catarrh three years;
it got so bad could not work; used
two bottles of Ely's Cream Balm and
am entirely well; I would not be
without it.-A. G. Clarke, 841 Shaw
nut Ave, Boston.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
HELPS THE WHEAT.
Snow Fall in Kansas viii Benefit
tho Wheat Crop.
BETTER CONDITION THAN FOR YEARS
In Ncbrnsl<n, Iowa and south Dakota,
However, Great Inconvenience IL
Caused to the Various
Railways.

Topeka, Kan, Dec. I. = The first
snow of the season fell over Kansas, ex-
tending over the entire state. Reports
from I'LL parts of the state show that
the fall averaged from two to six inch
es. In some places the snow was
damp and in the southwestern part Of
the state It turned to sleet. The snow
generally was Of great benefit to wheat.
In central Kansas wheat goes into the
winter this season in better condition
than in ten years.
live stock have been received and It Is
not thought much damage has been
done. Friday morning the storm had
generally abated, and the condition
was not severe.
Heavy Fall In Nebraska.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 4.-Snow has fallen
in Nebraska continuously for "a hours,
and in some parts of the state it con-
tinues. 1t is the first general storm In
weeks. AT Omaha the fall amounts to
about eight inches. 1t is light and dry,
and while it flies easily on the wind the
drifts 1t makes are not formidable OBJ
stacles. In the northern part of the
state along the South Dakota line the
fall was much heavier. One point,
Harrington, reports le inches and still
falling at nine o'clock Friday evening.
Reports from western Iowa and South
Dakota are to the effect that the snow
is general throughout this section. AS
yet no damage is reported. The snow
will likely be badly drifted. This may
blockade country roads. The storm
has already stopped the gathering of
corn, with fully fifth of Nebraska's
big crop yet in the field. Railroads have
suffered some In consequence, the move
ment OF trains being greatly hampered.
Fenr a Blockade.
Des Moines, Ia, Dec. At has been
showing here for 80 hours without In
terruption. The fall has been between
Six and seven inches. Street car and
railroad traffic is much interfered with.
The snow is beginning to drift. II the
wind increases in severity railroad men
fear that all the roads centering here
will be blocked There are no present
indications of cessation of the storm.
The farmers will be much incon.
venienced in taking care of their stock,
but the great scarcity of water will in a
measure be overcome by the snow, e.
pecially when it thaws.
Sioux City, Ia, Dec. A foot of
snow has fallen here. The fall was also
heavy over South Dakota.
Blizzard mt Cedar Rapids.
Cedar Rapids, Ia, Dec. 4.-Cedar Rap
ids is the center OF one of the worst
storms in the history of the state. Snow
fell all day and it assumed the shape of
a blizzard. Six inches of snow are now
on the ground. Street car traffic is al
most suspended. All trains are more
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

Jealous Rivals Cannot turn back
the tide. The demand for DR.. Agnew's
little Pills ia marvel. Cheap to
buy. but diamonds in quality--banish
nausea, coated tongue, water brash,
pain after eating, sick headache,
never gripe. operate pleasantly. 10
cents.-44.-Sold by j. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

A Trenton, NJ. minister has solved
the question Of church contributions.
He has the prettiest girls in his flock
pass the box and the receipts jumped
up 80 per cent the first Sunday.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

There 10 considerable speculate, q
among the national bank wreekers
now in penitentaries as to which one
will be the next to receive pardon
from President Mckinley.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Lost.

Many have lost confidence and hope
as we'll as health. because they have
been told their Kidney disease was
incurable. Foley's Kidney Cure is a
Guaranteed remedy for the discour-
aged and disconsolate.
Sold by j. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

LosT-In Pennsylvania avenue,
Washington, somewhere between the
Whitehouse and the Capitol, vigor-
GUS foreign policy. Finder will please
return to the state department
Chicago Record.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

Perhaps the Mckinley administra-
ton is real sorry that George WASH
ington and his associates refused
to accept autonomy about three gen,
erati on's ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

The Presidents talk about placing
the civil service on firmer basis is
calculated to transform the repu b.
lican party of Ohio into one gigantic
laugh.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

McKinley's prosperity has come. A
syndicate has been organized in New
York for the purpose Of securing alb
solute control Of the national banks
of the country,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

The naughty Council Bluffs Non=
parell says, that il it turns out that
Adam was a Chinaman it is no won
der that he got turned out.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

DR.. Agnew's Ointment Cures Piles
Itching, Bleeding, and Blind Piles.
Comfort in one application. 1t cures
IN three to SIX nights. 1t cures all
skin diseases in young and old. A
remedy beyond compare. and it
never fails. 80 ts.-43.-Sold by
j. J. Lowry. "
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
No Better Christmas Present

than a nice, enlarged crayon portrait
of yourself or some one dear to you.
You can get one tor $1.75 at Browns
Studio. See sample of work at store
below.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

The house will have to settle nine
teen contests. Not counting the one
between Mr.. Dingleys revenue pre-
dictions and the facts,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
LOCOMOTIVE A SUCCESS.

Makes Fast Time Mt . Trial Under
Unfavorablc Circumstances.
The Holman friction-geared locomo-
tive was tried successfully the other
day under unfavorable circumstances.
The trial was on the tracks Of the
South Jersey railroad. The weight of
the rails was 20 pounds and the sand
ballasted roadbed was poor where the
run was made. The locomotive, in
charge of Engineer McLain and Will
liam j. Holman, Jr., the SON of the in
ventor. with four coaches, started from
Winslow Junction for Cape May, a dis
lance of sc ITO miles. The distance
was covered in S. minutes. In this
run several spurts were made, and for
. distance of two miles at one place tho
passengers claim that speed Of l04
miles an hour was reached.
The engine, which weighs 70 tons.
made two trials over q measured'mile of
track, starting three miles north Of the
mile. It went over the measured mile
In the first trial in "A 3-5 seconds and
in the second trial In AZ seconds. I'm
fortunately for the exhibitors, there
were two curves in the track on which
the start was made and one at the
other end of the measured mile, which
caused loss of at least two or three
seconds.
This is the locomotive whose four
drivers are set on two small wheels, and
these In turn upon three others, which
rest upon the track. They are all pro-
PEELED by friction and notify cog.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

The reason a woman is in no hurry
to die is that she wishes to sweep into
heaven after everybody else is seated.
Puck
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

The person who disturbed the con-
gregatton last Sunday by coughing
Is requested to call on ]. J. Lowry
and get bottle of Foley's Honey and
Tar. which always gives relief.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

The platform adopted by the Re.
publican National Convention has
received my careful consideration,
and has my unqualified approval
William McKinley's Speech of Accep-
lance, June 20, 1896.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Height of Women.

English women, as a rule, are taller
than their American sisters and the
Yankee women, In their turn, can look
down at the gentler sex in France.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
kHYGElA G0RSEES.~
Farms for Sale.

l have large number OF very fine
farms for sale IN Howard county.
Some at special bargains. II YOU
wish to purchase it will paw YOU to
visit me. Prices are very reasonable
and terms to suit purchaser. / also
have farms in Minnesota and Dakota
for sale on installment plan. Why
pay high cash rent when the money
may be applied toward home Of
your own? Respectfully.
JOHN M. CANNON, Cresco, la,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
soc, go y Q. 9. fail, druSGiiIS refund mepsy.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

One of the most novel defenses ever
made in criminal case was made re-
Gently at New Haven. A man charged
with em|bezzlement pleaded that his act
was due to epilepsy, but the jury didn't
see it that way.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
For Sale.

Second hand hard coal heater, also
extra large hard coal store heater In
good shape b. Caward,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

Others and q number
OF remedies. spending
a large amount of
money, but finally be-
came SO bad that 1t was
unsafe for mo to leave
home. l commenced
using DR.. Miles Heart
Cure two years ago.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

For eighteen months have been we'll. AL
though e years of age can go where wish
and sleep all night and wake up as cheer
full as babe and completely rested"
DR.. Miles Remedies are sold by all drug
gists under q positive guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money refunded. Book on Heart
and Nerves sent free to all applicants.
DIR. MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart. Ind.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Don't Tobacco Shit and smoke Your life .r,,.

~" Ho""0tV SPIT aHu omuke IOur IHe AWays
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic, full OF life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
Bac, the wopder-worker, that makes weak men
strong, All druggists SOC or 81. Cure guaran.
tecd booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Coz Chicago or New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Then L

We believe that the Government of
the United States should actively use
Its influence and good offices to re-
store peace and give independence to
the Island.-Republican platform on
which WIN. Mckinley was elected
to the presidency.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
ldiotic sent,mcn,ality.

A murder trial always brings out
queer exhibitions of sentiment, and
among the queerest have been those at
the trial in Chicago of Luetgert, who
is alleged to have murdered his wife by
placing her body in vat containing
chemicals, where it was consumed. If
the charge is true Luetgertis one of the
most inhuman of monsters. If it is false
and his wife is living, as he claims, then
Luetgert by marrying again would COM
NIT bigamy. Yet women, young and old,
are not only willing TO take their
chances, but are Overwhelming Luetgert
with proposals of marriage. From all
sections of the country letters are COM
ing to the sausagemaker expressing be-
lief of his innocence and assuring him
that the writer's are anxious to become
Mrs. Luetgert No. 3. Just how the au-
thors reconcile the fact that the prisoner
cannot legally marry if his wife be alive
is not known, but each matrimonial
proposition is coupled with the state
ment that absolute belief in the inno-
cence of the man addressed is the i'm
pulse (which actuates the proposal.
Forty such communications have been
received within week.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

There have been patented all kinds of
schemes devised for the purpose of Sc
curing bottle that cannot be reflled
after having once been emptied of its
contents. A great deal of fraud is said
to be perpetrated by filling the bottle
of somestandard liquor with an inferior
grade, and palming it off as the original
bottling. An ingenious Philadelphia
proposes to accomplish this fly blowing
acoin in the body of the glass bottle, and
he thinks this will be tempting enough
to induce some one to break the bottle
as soon as it has been emptied.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

Ostrich eggs sometimes explode like
bombshells. A very large egg, in which
DR.. Baver, the American scientist, was
boring hole for the purpose of exc
tracting the contents, had become very
much added, and the gases generating
inside caused it to blow up in his hands.
the flying fragments of shell injuring
him severely. The ostrich egg shell is
about quarter of an inch thick and as
hard as flint. These would be just the
thing for "ham" actors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
Giving His SITTER g..

Alfred-Say. sis, did Mr.. Cumottin
bring my umbrella back?
Aneelina-Why, Alr. Cumofin did
not have your umbrella, Alfred. What
made you think that?
Alfred-Why, l heard him say last
night that he would just steal one
more, and l didn't see my umbrella to-
day.-Demorest's Magazine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14

Down in Texas little Miss Fife, of
Moran, wants to pick cotton against
little Miss Ward, of Meridian. Both are
six years old, and they weigh 4s and 40
pounds respectively. The Lone Star
state has her infant industries, and all
they want is an open field and no fayors.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
THE $50, 900, 900 PROPHECY.
Mining Expert fer Rothschilds Say
klOndike May Produce That Much.

Mining Expert fer Rothschilds says
Klondike May Produce That Much.
Mr., A, Rratnober, the noted mining
expert. who Is returning to London
from Alaska, where he spent several
months investigating the gold fields for
the Rothschilds, has left Denver tor
New York. Mr.. Bratnober, speaking Of
the prophecy that the Klondike will
produce $50. oo0, 900 within the nextyear,
sid: 1.-THE district will probably pro
dMce $5.ooo,ooo or SO ,ooo, 900 during the
twelve 1npnths we are entering upon.
Considering the age of the camp and
the stupendous difficulties to be over
come, 100000 will be highly credit
able to the camp and that means that
the prophesied s5o,ooo,Ooo may MAJ
terialize in the course of o few years,
Mr.. Bratnober advises all persons going
to Alaska to go in the spring, and says
prospectors must not expect too much,
as some claims are exceedingly good,
and others, even alongside of exceed
ingly valuable ground, are worthless.
He says the claims already located can
he worked mt in 7va vearo
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
For Sale.

For Sale. rs
One of the best farms in Howard
county, one half mile from Bonair.
Enquire Of or write THOMAS RILEY.
n108m3 Bonair. Ia
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
The Yellow Fever Scare.

How unreasoning the yellow fever
scare in some sections of the south has
become is shown by the following good
story, which is told by the New Orleans
Mmes-Democrat: "a citizen of small
town on the line of the Illinois Central
railroad in Mississippi was in the rail-
road station day or two since when
the operator received q telegram from
New Orleans intended for merchant
of the Mississippi town. The yellow
fever seems to be getting ahead nicely
remarked the operator. 'How's that?'
inquired the citizen. Just got tele-
gram from New Orleans, and it, liz
that telegram from New Orleans"
Yes; why?' Never mind why. You
just keep away from me. don't want
to get near that there yaller paper;
that's why. And look here, young fel.
Ter, if you take any more of them things
you'll get run out of town, and don't
you forget 1T. I'm going to report you
to the board, you see if I don't And
away went the panic-stricken innocent
posthaste to sound the direful alarm"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-14
<sah Cruzfli .. 1lt
: DANIEL MYERS.
OF Pennsylvania.
A Living Object Lesson for Or. Miles New
Heart Cure.

EWEART DISEASE is durable. "For over
IN forty years, writes Daniel Myers of
Two Tavcrns. Pa, on Aug. 10, 1896,
II suffered with heart disease. Firsta slight
palpitation, gradually growing worse. Then
shortness of breath, slcepiessncss, smother
Ing sensations aud much pnin in the region
OF the heart alarmed mo and consulted a
physician. Receiving no benefit / tried
The Press., 1897-12-30
A Dom Pedro Fete.

The recent funeral of Mime. Furtado- Heine, which took place at the chateau of Rocquencort, recalled pretty story of a marvellous fete given few years ago in honor of Dom Pedro II of Brazil. In September, 1890, the emperor, then but recently exiled, after reign of 50 years, was staying at Versailles, pass ing the autumn months with his daugh- ter, the Comtesse d'Eu. One day, as he passed before the iron railings of the garden of the castle Rocquencort, he saw the splendid hothouses and the mass i've beds of flowers. Curious to know who lived there, he said he would much like to visit the estate. Mime. Furtado- Heine hurried to receive him and showed him round the garden and through the hothouses. Madame, said Dom Pedro, q see the vegetation of my country; the trees are the same, and I breathe and smell the same flowers. owe to you the first joy that have felt since my exile. Thank you, thank you '' ''I hope the emperor will feel at home here,'' said Mime. Heine. My doors will ever be open>to receive your najes- ty." A week after Dom Pedro returned and consented to remain to dinner: The walls of the dining room were decorated with rose leaves of every color and The park was illuminated, and a splen- did concert was given in his honor San Francisco Argonaut.
The Press., 1897-12-30
yRussia's Future.

All. that Russia requires is @ farsight- ed. heroic czar who. comprehendIng the needs of today as Peter the Great did those of 200 years ago. shall complete the work begun by hum. commit Russia Irrevocablyto occldehtallsm and liberal ism and thus earn 'for her the sympathy and respect ainstead of the jealousy and dread of other nations Should such a czar arse 1t would be wisdom on the part of Europe to allow Russia to grati fy her two legitimate ambitious, III the pursuit of which she has hitherto been thwarJed. especlatty by Great Britain These ambItI0fis are D To complete the subJugat Iep iofa the barbarens Tar tars by annexlngr Turkey to her domin ions, and 2t to possess; Ice free ports for the development of a navy and of mer chant shipping ., While as despotic. she ought to be thwarted Tn every way as liberal. she ought to enjoy all the rights of liberal nations and be permitted to have her own way Ill Turkey and China, just as England has had hers ID Egypt and India +tlberai1 Hussla.. with her long cherished ambitions ouce satisfied, would be pot only the peace keeper of Europe but also uue ofslts most potent civllizing Influences, equaIllng perhaps surpassIng SC. gifted IS her people the other nations Ill culture. humanity and righteousness But whether Russia IS to be blessed with liberal czar or not there Is no reasonto fear her. supremacy It she remain coarseiy despotie. It can not last if she becoue liberal It can be only blessing Forum.
The Press., 1897-12-30

citability, irritability, nervousness, sleeplessness, and the blues, yet do nothing to help themselves. These indicate womb complications.
 Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound will relieve all this trouble.
 MRS. CHAs. KING, 1915 Rosewood St., Philadelphia, Pa., says:-
 ''I had bearing-down feelings, back ache, burning sensation in my stom- ach, chills, headache, and always had black specls before my eyes. l some times had four and five fainting spells a day. had several doctors, and tried many patent medicines. 1commenced to take Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and never had anything give me the relief that it has. l can truthfully say it has cured me-"