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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-21
FACTS ABOUT SIBERIAN RAILWAY
Admiral AlexeiR Says Original Route
Has Not Been Abandoned.

Admiral AlexeiR Says Original Route
Has Not Been Abandoned.
Admiral E. Alexeiff, of the Russian
navy, arrived at San Francisco on the
China from the orient en- route to St.
Petersburg. For over two years he had
been in command of the Russian squad
ron in Chinese, japanese and eastern
Asiatic waters, the cruiser Ruric being
his flagship. He has been relieved Of
his command and is going home to
await orders, accompanied by Capt.
Molas and Lieut.. Bakhmeteff of his
staff.
The admiral says 500 miles of the
Trans-Siberian railroad has been COM
pleted from Vladivostock eastward to
llhabaryoka. He insists that the orig
inal route has not been abandoned in
favor of shorter route through Man
churia to Vladivostock. Current re-
ports that the Russian government had
obtained a concession from China to ex-
tend the Trans-Siberian line through
Manchuria to Port Arthur as more fa:
yorable to tidewater terminal than
Vladiyostock are pronounced by him to
be untrue.
He says that syndicate of Russians
and Chinese will build railroad from
q port on the Trans-Siberian line in
Siberian territory to the same port
The syndicate is building its Manchuria
extension as an investment, because
it will run through rich and thickly
settled country. The road will cost
the Russian government about $261,
100000, its total length outside O.
Russia proper being 4,776 miles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-21
Married.

-WH1TE-At the residence of
M. M. Moon, Cresco, Iowa, Decem-
Der 16, 1897, by NJ. M. Moon,
Justice of the Peace, Mr.. Charles
Andrus and Miss Rena White, both
of Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-21

The person who disturbed the con-
gregation last Sunday by coughing
is requested to call on J. 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, 1897-12-21
Smallest Newspapers.

The smallest newspaper in the world
is published at Guadalay, Mex. 1t is
n Telegramo, and bears as its motto:
.Much Meat, But Little Froth." It Is
eight by two and oneJhalf inches.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1897-12-21
For Pneumonia.

DIR. j. G. Bishop, of Agnew, Mich,
says: 81 have used Foley's Honey aud
Tar in three very severe cases OF
pneumonia the past month, with
good results. Sold by J. j. Lowry
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

Corroborative evidence continues to reach
the Journal regarding Colonel Lemanouski,
his service under Napoleon and bis career
as a lie cturer in the West about $780, Some
of those who heard him lecture have al
ready stated that he described with great
vividness and power the uncovering of the
TEXTURES of the Inquisition during Napo-
Icons campaign in Spain. His description
of the incident was so graphic as to indi-
cate that he must have been a personal
actor in it. Evidence is now at hand prov
ing that he was Judge c. G. Blnkley, of
Richmond, Ind, has sent the Journal a
copy of small pamphlet which has been
in possession of his family since he was a
small boy. 1t was published by the Ameri-
can Tract Society," No. $50, and is entitled
Destruction of the Inquistion at Madrid"
Following is the opening paragraph:
Colonel Lemanouski, formerly an officer
under Napoleon, gives the following vivid
sketch of a scene of which he was an eye
witness: In the year 1909, being at Mad
Roman Catholic Inquisition in the neighbor-
hood of that city. Napoleon had previously
institution wherever his victorious troops
should extend their arms. / reminded
Marshal SOult, then Governor OF Madrid.
of this decree, who directed me to proceed
to its execution on this far-famed estab-
lishment. With my regiment, the Ninth, of
the Polish Lancers he gave me two others,
one of which, the Observation-Disclosures
tenth. was under the command of Colonel
De Lille, who is now, like myself minister
of the gospel. With these troops / pro-
ceeded to the Inquisition which was about
five miles from the city. 1t was surround
ed with a wall of great strength and de-
Tended by about four hundred soldiers.
When we arrived at the walls | addressed
one of the sentinels, and summoned the
holy fathers TO surrender 10 the Imperial
army, and open the gates OF the Inqusi-
ton. The sentinel, who was standing on
the wall, appeared to enter into converse
ton for few moments with some one
within, at tie close of which he presented
his musket and shot one of my men. This
was a signal for attack, and l ordered my
troops TO fire upon those who appeared on
the wall. 1t was soon obvious that it was
an unequal warfare. Our troops were in
the open plain and exposed to a destruc-
tive fire. We had no cannon. nor could
fully resisted all attempts at forcing them
1 saw that il was necessary to change the
mode of attack, and directed some trees
TO be cut down and trimmed and brought
on the ground to be used rs battering
rams. Presently the walls began TO trem-
Bile, and under the well-directed and perse-
vering application of the ram breach
was made and the imperial troops rushed
into the Inquisition.
The narrative then describes the inter-
view with the inquisitor general and other
officials Of the establishment: the search
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He has done for them. through his contri-
buttons to the Harper periodicals, what
Bret Harte did for the Californian pioneers
and Rudyard kipling for the soldiers and
sailors of the British empire.
Book reviewer of the London Mail: There
need be no grumbling nowadays about the
expense of popular novels. AS the copy
right of the works of favorite authors
lapses publishers are not slow to issue
cheap editions have received this week
from Messrs. Downey & Co. half a dozen
OF their best novels by the most popular
authors namely Henry ESmond, oil
Yer Twist Mr.. Midshipman Easy" The
O'Donoghue, Basil" and "Frankenstein. :
with cut edges in the style of the French
yellow back. these novels are issued at the
very small price of sixpence.
A London letter says: Gradually we are
having all the romance knocked out of the
world In a literary paper appears this
morning the following paragraph: The re-
issue of Diana of the Crossways" in the
edition de luxe of Mr.. Merediths works,
contains a predatory note as follows: "A
lady OF high distinction for wit and beauty,
the daughter of an illuStriOuS Irish house.
came under the shadow of a calumny. 1t
has latterly been examined and exposed as
oaSeleSS- The story of Diana of the Cross
ways is to be read as fiction. The refer
ence is to, the, story-incorporated in 'Di-
Times the news of the intended repeal of
the corn lava story which Lord Dufferin
has lately shown TO be entirely lacking in
foundation. With Mrs Norton no longer a
political offender, with Boadicea a myth
imagination. what is to become of our
ideals and our herOineS %
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SHREDs AND PATCHES.

Woman is seldom merciful to the man
who is timid.-Edward Bulwer Lytton
We knew it would happen-an Atchison
baby has been named Bike. Atchison
Globe
The readiest and surest way to git rid of
censure is to correct ourselves.-Demos-
themes.
This is thankless world man gets
no credit when he pays cash. - Cleveland
Leader.
Rest satisfied with doing well and leave
others to talk of you as they please
Pythagoras.
You need help in order to raise laugh,
but you can heave a sigh alone-Cleveland
Leader.
Say, pa. what kind of pans do miners
use when banning gold?" Dust pans. my
son."-Puck.
HE said he was a slave" "And she?'
"Oh. she told him she was an abolitionist."
San Francisco Examiner.
The man flaps about with a bunch of
feathers the woman goes to work softly
with cloth.-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The Only Way-"There is only one way
to tell a mad dog" 'How's that?" Tell
him by long-distance telephone. Truth.
The woman who marries a man for the
purpose of reforming him never wants for
occupation fterwards.-Somerville Journal.
He is happy whose circumstances suit his
temper; but he is more excellent who can
suit his temper to any circumstance
Hume.
First Moth lin the cedar chest-Did you
have a good dinner? Second Ditto-Great.
All wool and a yard wide = Philadelphia
Record.
A woman should never accept lover
without the consent of her heart nor hus-
band without the consent of her Judgment
-Ninon de PEnclos.
No matter how grown up we are there
are times when inconsistencies and a longing
for mothers love make children OF us
again.--Philadelphia Times.
Mrs. Brown-Jones-They say there will
be no marriage nor giving in marriage in
heaven. Her Observation-Disclosures what makes
it heaven.-The Yellow Book.
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LITERARY NOTES.

KiplingS Captains Courageous has re-
Gently appeared in Russia. in serial form.
Mrs James T.. Fields has competed her
biography of Mrs. Stowe, and her publish
ers are preparing to issue it in October.
The interesting announcement is made
that Captain Mahan will write summary
of naval history for the use of schools and
colleges.
Mr.. Harold Frederic has written a novel
in which he has departed from his familiar
American scenes. The new book deals with
English life.
The Rev. H R. Haweis, who has made
a special study of the history of musical
instruments, has written book on "Old
ViolinS," which is to be published very
soon.
A new book by Pierre Lott will make its
appearance in October. 1t will consist of a
number of short stories, articles already
published in periodicals and newspapers.
be called Souvenirs d'Annam."
Mr. S. r. Crockett, he of the "Stickit
Minister" is a Scotch giant, six feet five
inches tall. He is a great user of the type
writer; he writes himself, and is said to
turn out fifteen thousand words a day 1t
is rumored that his new story, now on the
stocks, is to be largely photographed.
John Fox, jr., the author of the admir-
able serial, 1.-THE Kentuckians," now APP
pearing in Harper's Magazine, lives in Vir-
ginia He is a graduate of the Harvard
class of 1883. His Cumberland Vendetta
attracted some attention, but the present
novel is superior to that, and shows that
the young author IS capable of growth
According to the Book Buyer one marked
tendency of collectors may be noted. which
has been developed within the last year,
and that is the collecting of first editions
of Rudyard Kipling. 1t may be called a
craze. The Allahabad issues of his vari-
Gus tales bring pounds where they Were
published at rupees, while plain Tales
from the Hills" and Departmental Dit
ties" in first edition, come dangerously
near the 500 line in prices paid for them.
Mr. Thomas Hardy is said to be very
sensitive to weather influences. II is his
habit always to visit the places described
IN his novels. and he is reported to have
declared to a friend IF it hadn't been
such a dreadful day when l visited Stone
decided Tess must die" And this decision
was final although Mr.. Hardy, While his
story was appearing serially. received
many letters Including one from an old
gentleman of eighty, report says) implor-
ing him to end the tale happily.
Owen Wister, whether as man or author,
is most interesting personality. After
graduating at Harvard his allegiance seems
to have been divided between music and
law. and before making final choice Of a
profession he determined to pursue a
course of musical study in Germany. AL
though it resulted in high h0nors, he finally
declared for law. and opened an Office In
Philadelphia. But ii was neither as musi-
clan nor lawyer that he was destined TO
become known TO the world. His vacations
were spent in Wyoming The strong. free
air Of the plains impregnated his blood
diers. from being merely observed, became
known and sympathetically understood.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

for and discovery of secret cells and dun
geons; the horrors there described; the re-
lease of the prisoners. more than hun
dred in number; the rage of the soldiers at
the discoveries made and their punishment
OF the torturers and the affecting scenes Of
recognition between the prisoners and their
relatives and friends. It concludes:
When this work of recognition was over,
to complete the business in which / had en-
gagged, l went to Madrid and obtained a
large quantity of gunpowder, which L
placed underneath the edifice and in it's
vaults, and as we applied the slow match
there was a joyful sight to thousands Of
admiring eyes. The walls and massive tur-
rets OF that proud ediflce were raised
towards the heavens. and the Inquisition
or Madrid was no more.
This was written by Colonel Lemanouslki
himself, this evidently being the correct
spelling of his name 1t shows that he had
been an actor in the stirring scenes which
he described in his lectures and had helped
to make history. Whether he wrote the
Life of Bonaparte," published in Salem in
1878, is still in doubt. and perhaps will al
ways remain so. But the question still re-
ours, If he did not write it, who did?
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gayety of the campaign.

The secretary of the treasury has in
structed the collector of customs at Detroit
not to collect duty on bicycles brought from
Canada into the United States for tempo
rary use by their owners. 1t is a common
in Windsor, on tho Canadian SIDE to put
their wheels on a ferry boat, to be used
on this side when necessary. The collector
decided to impose in such cases the regu-
lar duty of As per cent. on manufactures of
steel, but the secretary of the treasury
overruled him. The secretary is right Com
mon sense ought to teach a customs officer
that an article brought into the country
by a transient visitor for temporary use is
NOT subject tn dutV
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05


Mr.. Lincoln once remarked TO a fellow
passenger on the old-time mud-wagon
coach, on the corduroy road which ante
dated railroads, that all men were prompt-
ed by selfishness in doing good or evil. His
fellow-passenger was antagonizing his po-
sition, when they were passing over a cor
duroy bridge that spanned a slough. As
they crossed this bridge and the mud-wagon
was shaking like Sucker with chills, they
espied an old raZor-backed SOW on the bank
of the slough, making a terrible noise be-
cause her pigs had got into the slough and
were unable to get out and in danger Of
drowning AS the old coach began to climb
the hillside Mr.. Lincoln called out Driver
can't you stop just a moment?" The driver
replied, IF the other Teller don't object
The "other feller'-who was no less a per-
sonage than at that time Colonel E. D.
Baker, the gallant general who gave his
life in defense OF Old Glory at Balls Bluff
did not object" when Mr.. Lincoln
jumped out ran back to the slough, and
began to lift the little pigs out of the mud
and water, and place them on the bank
When he returned Colonel Baker remarked
Now, Abe, where does selfishness come in
on this little eplsode?" why bless your
soul Ed, that was the very essence of sell
fishness. I would have had no peace OF
mind all day had I gone on and left that
suffering old SOW worrying over those pigs.
! did 1t to get peace Of mind, don't you
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

OF them did that anyway, but they resented
coercion. They made no open protest, how
ever. but bided their time until week or
so ago, when a plan was formed to secure
the passage of an ordinance making 1t
disorderly conduct for man to leave his
seat between the acts. The ordinance was
introduced, and then the saloon keepers
took alarm, fearing that under such a rule
they would lose trade. Their attorneys are
instructed to put up the personal---very.
plea The matter is not yet decided, but,
of course, no city council will dare to in
terfere with the sacred liberty of an Amer
lean citizen to get a drink. even if he has
to walk over a dozen women to do it. The
proposed ordinance will not be passed, but
the determined Atlanta ladies win then de-
mand the repeal of the hat ordinance on the
same personal---very. plea and will probably
gain their point. They are determined to
teach that Council to mind its own
business, and already it probably wishes it
had done SO.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

The nomination of the Hon. Seth Low for
mayor OF Greater New York, is, under the
circumstances. an event of almost national
interest. 1t is made so by the fact that
Mr.. Low is brought out as the representa-
tive of all that is honest, decent and whole
some in municipal politics and of the forces
that make for good government against
those which make for ring rule and cor
ruption. AS these warning forces exist in
ali American cities it will be a matter of
great interest to see how such a contest
In the commercial metropolis of the coun-
try will turn out.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.

Mrs. AIphonse Daudet once told of an old
aunt who slept in the rooms next her room,
and who every evening recounted all the
doings of the day to the portrait of her
husband, dead years before.
Mr.. Alma Tadema has just finished a
picture called Melody" which has found
a purchaser in the United States One
woman Is listening TO the music of a flute
which her companion is playing.
Joseph Jefferson. the veteran comedian, is
now great-grandfather. His great-grand-
son was born Sunday afternoon in New
York. and is the child OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Glen Marlborough Mr.. MacDonough, who
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

The double explosion Of natural gas at
Broad Ripple yesterday was the most de-
structive and distressing accident that has
occurred in the State from this source
since the discovery of natural gas. The de-
struction of property alone would have been
serious, especially in small place, but
the loss of life was far more deplorable
The occurrence shows that people cannot
be too careful in dealing with the forces of
nature. The presence of natural gas is not
easily detected; it accumulates without CIV
ing any sign and is terribly destructive in
it's explosive effects.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

Teaching children to read by the word
systematic one now in use in all up-to-
date primary schools-is believed by many
people to account for the prevalence of poor
spelling among the rising generation. An
other curious result is noted by an observ-
er, namely. the difficulty youngsters taught
by this method have in finding words in the
dictionary. They did not learn the alpha
bet in the usual way, and though, when
they have learned to read iuently, they
know their letters" they do not know
them in their order. and therefore the word
alphabetical has little meaning for them
In dictionary or index. MoGern education
al methods are, no doubt. highly scientific
but the old ones had their merits.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

An Arizona astronomer claims to have
demonstrated that the so-called "twinkling'
of the stars is caused by the presence in
the atmosphere of innumerable little air
currents or waves, which dart through the
air and cause a break in the light from
the star 1t is claimed that these little air
currents can be distinguished through the
twenty-four-inch telescope very plainly on
nights when this twinkling is observed most
by removing the eyepiece of the instrument.
The theory seems SO simple and natural
that one wonders the discovery was not
made before.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

1t will hardly do to doubt the word of a
member of Seattle's Y. NJ. c. A, to say
nothing of that of Prince Luigi, neverthe-
less there are features of that Alaskan
mirage story that suggest a fake of eight
or ten years ago. At that time pictures
were circulated which professed to be photo
graphs of a city in the air, seen in Alaska,
and which excited much wonder until some
one discovered that they were pictures OF
Bristol, England AS it was hardly possible
that a photograph of an English city could
project itself upon an Alaskan sky interest
in the matter suddenlv ceased
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

The careers of such men as w. Russell
Ward, who recently figured in the sensa-
tional elopement with Mrs. Bradbury, of
sure to be brief and are apt to end tragical-
ly. They are Unbalanced creatures in the
beginning, and in the impossible attempt to
crafty all their fancies are pretty sure,
sooner or later, to lose the balance entirely
and go to destruction
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
Quickly Built Houses.
New York Evening Post.

Y y
The saying about houses growing like
mushrooms in the night" has almost been
realized in Westfield, Mass. whose citizens
have recently been entertained by a race
between builders 10 capture the prize for
the first house TO be built on a newly
opened residential tract. For five days one
contractor had the field to himself and the
work of building proceeded leisurely. Then
rival contractors appeared on the scene,
and five days later two houses We're ready
Each is a frame structure with exterior
painted and with the interior neatly fin
ished even to the papering and In one
case with gas fixtures In place. while each
IS completed as to plumbing. heating. etc.
The houses are nearly of a size. the larger
one containing nine rooms. whose average
dimensions are 14xf4 About twenty men
were employed on each house and the
work was pushed day and night; To the
ordinary observer the houses have the
same appearances as those which have been
six months or a year In process OF con-
struction-
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Timmins,s Mistake.

Timmins-I wish had taken up the dra-
matte profession instead of going into
poetry.
Simmons-More money in it?
Perhaps. 1 had not considered the sor-
did SIDE But / was thinking of the cinch
on posterity. When they come to compare
me with the poets of future days there will
be my works as a basis, but if 1 had been
an actor and some old toothless grandpa
should shake his head and say, All! you
ought to have seen Timmins in that part,
there would be no data for refuting him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

between Oct. and Is. Perhaps the school,
houses cannot be had then. but the city of
Cincinnati can find some shelter for 10000
visitors. To make the date of the Cincin-
natl encampTnent early in September will
subject those who could make such a date
to the suspicion of purpose to reduce
the pension roll by Fastening the death
of as many old men as can be induced to
march on the asphalt of Cincinnati in a
temperature of 90 degrees.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05
A Preiudiced View.

Willie-By jove, l don't think this idea
of the trust in raising the price Of cigar
cites to meet the additional tax was good
business 1 feared they would just lower
the quality instead.
Uncle Bill-Perhaps they couldn't.
Superiority of Man.
81 guess I amt SO coarse said the pa
tient animal.
ooh. 1 don't know" retorted Balaam
''You could not make a man of yourself
if you talked for decade, and I can make
an ass of myself in five minutes dis
course"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-09-05

The defalcation of Charles NJ. Charnly, of
Chicago, an elder in the Presbyterian
Church, and custodian of several religious
trust funds. proves to have been a pc
culiarly aggravated one. 1t is said that no
less than sixty Presbyterian colleges which
were helped by the College Aid Society last
year will be badly crippled by the defalca-
ton and the entire educational work Of
the church will be temporarily paralyzed