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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
One Way to be Happy

Is to attend to the comfort of your
family. Should one of them catch
a Cold or Cough call on ] J Lowry
sole agent, and get trial bottle OF
Otto's Cure, the great German Rem
edy, free. We give it away to prove
that we have sure cure for Coughs
Colds, Asthma, Consumption and al
diseases of the Throat xnd Lungs
Large sizes SOC and Csc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Champion Shot of the World.

Miss Annie Oakley writes: Myself and many
of the Buffalo Bill Wild West Co., have given
Aliens Foot Ease, the powder to shake into
the shoes, most thorough trial, and it does
all If not more than you claim" 1t Instantly
takes the sting out of Corns and BunIons AL
lens Foot-Ease is a certain cure for hot, ach-
ing, nervous or sweating feet Sold by al
Druggi ts and Shoe Stores, csc. Sample sent
FREE. Address Allen $. Olmstead, lie Roy
New York. ssw4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

The attorney general has decided
that farm products over one year old
are taxable, and as a result some of
the folks who have corn stored in
cribs will be getting move on them
selves to get their money out of it -
Muscatine Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

when" says the Sioux City Tri-
bune. some of our slough-waier re
publican delegates to the republican
state convention this year see that
big brewery at Dubuque, how thell
eyes vii! stick out. Also their tongues
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Not Recinrocal.

"Some men," said Uncle Eben, sis
mighty proud oh dab ancestors. But
eft de ole folks was alive has my doubts
bout whethuh de feeiin' would be reci-
prossitied. "-Washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

| hereby announce myself as a can.
didate for county recorder subject tc
the action of the Democratic County
Convention. l.. +. GLASS.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Summer Months

are responsible for very large proportion Of
intestinal diseases. especially cholera morbus
diarrhoea, dysentery in adults and cholera in
fantum and infantile dlarrhoca in children
.SEYERA'S CHOLERA and DIARRHoEA CURE
quickly relieves the pain, checks the spasms OF
the bowels, cures in the shortest time. 1t is a
safe, quick and reliable remedy in all intestinal
diseases Of adults and children.
Price rs and so Cents.
In summer time many person feels tired
the muscles relax, one is unable to work
sEVERAs ST.. GOTHARD's OIL gives new
strength and elasticity to muscles. 1t is the
greatest PA1N-SooTHER, Price 90 Cts.
W. F. SEVERA,
Manufacturing Pharmacist,
Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
seyera's Family Remedies are for sale at a
druggists,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Miraculous Benefit
RECEIVED FROM
DR.. Miles New Heart Cure.

EALI p. EABCOCK, of Avoca, N. Y, a
veteran of the 3rd N. Y. Artillery and
for thirty years of the Babcock &
Munsel Carriage Co., Of Auburn, says: IT
write to express my gratitude for the mirac-
lous benefit received from DR.. Miles, Heart
Cure. Isuffered for years, as result ofarmy
life, from sciatiea which affected my heart
in the worst form, my limbs swelled from
the ankles up. bloated until l was unable
to button my clothing; had sharp pains
about the heart. smothering spells and
shortness OF breath. For three months 1
was unable to lie down, and all the sleep I
got was in an arm chair. / was treated by
the best doctors but gradually grew worse.
About o year ago commenced taking DR..
Miles New Heart Cure and it saved my life
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
For Sale.

AS good farm as in the county,
100 acres half mile east of Bonair.
Enquire OF or write to Thomas Riley,
Bonair, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Tor Sale.

Several good farms in Winneshiek
county, can be bought for small cash
payment, balance on long time If de-
sired. Addres III Fl. CULBEItT,
90tf Oresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
House and Lot for Sale.

A good six room house in eligible
location, good we'll, and in a good
neighborhood.
LARKIN MEADOWS,
S9mltaw Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Democratic County Convention.

The Democrats of Howard county will meet
in Delegate Convention at the Court House,
CIesco, on the 25th day OF August 1898, at 80
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose OF eecting eight
delegates to attend the State Democratic con-
vention to be held at Marshalltown on Septem-
BERTH 1898, at 10 O'Clock a. M, and further to
elect delegates 10 attend the Democratic Con-
gressional and Judicial conventions of this dis
trict.
The ratio of representation shall be one dele
gate from each township and one delegate for
each 25 votes or fraction thereof over 1g, cast
for F. E. White. democratic candidate for Gov
eernor at the election OF 1897
The different townships will be entitled to
the following number of delegates;
Albion. ...............3l Chester 49,. ....... 3
Alton ........... 40 Cresco ..... ........ rs
Forest City. Howard. ....... ...... S
Howard Center. 3 jamestown. ..... -. 4
New Oregon........ 8 Oak Dale. ............ 2
Paris. .......... Saratoga. ............. 4
The Chairman OF the township committees
are requested to call the caucuses in the differ
ent townships in pursuance of this call and to
make every effort to have large convention.
P. F. MCHUGH,
Chairman Co. Central Committee.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
This is talkative age, and We are a

This Is a laxative age, and we are q
talkative people; but we get many re-
minders that quality outranks guam
tity. Ten men speak volubly in
advocacy of proposition; then one
man, who knows more about the mat
ter than all the ten, utters few rea-
sonable words in good temper, and car
ries the meeting with him. Fair-mind-
ed judges say: "The others had the
weight of the argument" Moral: Be
master of the subject, and you will be
master of the audience,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

There is story going the rounds IN
England that when Gladstone orce at
tended service in a church in Scot
land he was disgusted, during prayer,
to hear the minister say: I'VE pray
Thee, Lord, to bless the prime minister
of this great nation, who is now wor-
Shipping under this roof in the third pew
from the pulpit"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

as IL by a miracle"
DR.. Miles Remedies
are sold by all drug
gists under a positive
guarantee, first bottle
benefits or money re-
funded. Book on dis
eases OF the heart and
nerves free. Address,
DIR. MILES MEDICA.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

seyeras Family Remedies are for sale at al
druggists
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16
Candidate for Recorder.

BY order OIL congressional Committee
DAN SHEA, Secretary
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-08-16

89m1taw
The herald., 1898-09-29
LAST TAPS

Garry him cut and put him away;
Reveilie no more wakes him how
We've sounded his last Lights out" to.
day.
And the dust has fatIen on lips and brow;
So leave him there, leave him there. resting
still,
With heed no more for retreat or drill.
Lead his horse back to camp again;
Lead the beast kindly, for don't you see
He frets at the guidance Of other men
He misses the press Of familiar knee;
So lead him back over the glaring sand,
Three voleys over the troopers grave,
And he moved mo eyelid at noise Of the
three
"Ave," the first to the soul Of the brave,
And the second "Godspeed" from the
company;
And the third said "vaie," and then we
turned
Arid left him awaiting what peace he had
earned
For the man who has left us to rest
awhile
We pity him, tying theme an alone
We recall old gestures and quiet smile;
But why should we weep for him NOW,
when he
Wanted Lights out" through eternity?
--Theorore Roberts in San Francisco
Post.
The herald., 1898-09-29
Sampson as a Password

He was looking lank and lean. He wore
| a threadbare suit of black and under one
| arm he carried volume. Under the other
there was an umbrella which had seen bet
ter days. He entered so quietly that Dod-
son, who was busy at his desk, did not hear
him.
II have here" he began softly.
Dodson wheeled in his chair and took in
the situation. II don't care what on havev'
he roared, Don't you see that sign, Ped
dlers and Book Agents Not Wanted or
are you bl!nd?"
"The life Of Samson" continued the
agent. with an apologetic SMILE
why didn't you say SO BEFORE" said
Dodson. subsiding.
'In one volume, price $780," continued
the long. lean man in black.
'Ill take it," said Dodson, shortly.
Good day, SIR
A few minutes later friend Of Dodson's
happened in and picked up the volume
Hello, old man." he said. as he looked
it over, II didn't know you went in for
Biblical subjects
II don't see the joke" answered Donson,
testify. II believe that in times like these
every patriotic American citizen sh ,uld
familiarize himself with the lives of our
ing history for this glorious country. We
neglect these things too long. propose to
keep up with the times"
you will have to hurry If you do" ans
wered his friend dryly This particular
Samson without the p has been dead for
1900 years. San Francisco Post
The herald., 1898-09-29
GEORGIA ELECTION, OCTOBER s

Next Wednesday Georgia will hold the
last state election previous to the No
vember elections. The chief interest in
the Georgia contest, outside of the state,
centers in the fusion of Populists and
Republicans, in opposition to the Demo-
Gratis. The Republicans i'm Georgia, it
may be supposed, are not so bitterly op-
posed to fusion as they are in California.
1t is not new thing for the Populists
and Republicans of Georgia to join
hands in a union ticket. Two years ago
the Republicans voted for the Populat
candidate for governor, with the under
standing that the Populists should vote
for the Republican presidential ticket.
The result was a union vote Of S5,S32 for
governor, but only 60091 for president.
indicating that nearly half the Popuists
refused to vote for Mckinley.
So far as the Democratic majority In
the state is concerned, no adverse com
binauion can overcome it. Last year
Bryan's vote was 81, 232, and his plurality
34,141. This was not true indication
The herald., 1898-09-29
Bread in Berlin

The handling Of bread by bakers and
their assistants Is one of those things
which people who are particular in regard
to what they eat are constantly discuss
ing. with a view to getting a change made
in this direction Of what they regard as
cleanliness. but, It must be confessed, with
little II any success. In Berlin, however
the public agitation on the subject has
resulted in a solution Of the difficulty
which precludes the possibility of unclean
hands touching the loaf. This consists in
using paper bags made to fit the shape Of
the loaf, but rather larger. AS soon as the
loaf Is taken from the oven it is at once
put into the bag. the ends of which are
twisted thus preventing the possibility OF
it's contents being defiled either by dirty
hands or by gathering dust in its transit
through the streets, or from being allowed
to fall on dirty pavements, as so frequent
ly happens with careless boys who deliver
the daily loaf at our doors. The idea might
be fitly emulated by the bakers in this
country. for paper bags are echeap.-Cincin-
natl Tribune.
The herald., 1898-09-29

ant newsboy and hurried forward. He had
hardly gone a quarter of block when he
was again accosted. and again 1t was o
paper vender, who said: There Is some
thing on the back of your coat SIR" Mrs.
Robson looked her always Immediately
clad husband over for the second time.
and discovered another bur sticking in the
middle OF his coat, and again Mr.. Robson
separated himself from the twentieth part
of q dollar In favor of his observant news
boy friend.
Just as Robson and his better seven
eighths turned out of Broadway into Thir-
tieth street he was again held up by a
street gamin, and looking quickly around,
discovered one Of that worthys pals en-
deavoring to conceal a small tin blow-gun
with which, together with the bur projec-
tiles, he had been bombarding the come
dian all the way from the Imperial
Robson didn't say a word. He just gave
up another nickel, as meek as a lamb
sadly remarkng to his wife the while:
True, true, too true, one-half Of the world
never knows how the other half makes a
living. New York Journal
The herald., 1898-09-29
THE ARMY INQUIRY

The president evidently sees the i'm
portance of broadening the original
scope of his inquiry into the conduct of
the war. At the outset 1t was narrowed
down to three branches of the war de-
partment. The protest Of press and peo-
pie throughout the country, however, has
apparently forced the president at last
nominally to cover the whole military
establishment. The popular demand is
for an investigation from top to bottom,
and this, at first glance, the president
seems to have provided for.
1t is rot We'll, however, to be very sam
guine about the researches of this com
mission. Note, in the first place, that
with reference to a general investigation
the president guardedly says that it is
his desire that the entire military or
ganiZation should, if it should be neces-
sray, be made the subject of inquiry"
Who shall decide to what extent it is
The herald., 1898-09-29
NO PARTNERSHIP CANAL

Fresh interest will be aroused IN the
Nicaragua canal project by the compile
tion, just announced, of the preliminary
survey. 1t is reported that the engineers
declare the plan simple and devoid OF
any engineering difficulties. They also
give the impression that the work can
be accomplished more quickly and at
less expense than has been commonly
supposed.
With the feasibility Of this great pro-
| ject assured, and the reasonable GER
| tainty that congress will favor it, an i'm
portant question now presents itself.
Under existing treaty relations with
| Great Britain any canal or other means
of communication across the isthmus
! at Nicaragua would be sort OF partner
| ship enterprise between that power and
the United States. The Clayton Bulwer
treaty made in 1850 explicitly provides
| for joint control of any such transit.
| The great flow of emigration to Cali
fornia Immediately following the dis
covery Of gold made it obvious that a
W
future necessity In order promptly to
head off other nations and make general
provision for contingencies the sugges-
ton was offered of treaty designed to
place the control of the route in the ex-
elusive hands of the two governments.
This was negotiated by Clayton and
Bulwer, and was ratified by the United
States and Great Britain.
The treaty provides that neither the
United States nor Great Britain shall
ever obtain exclusive control over any
means of communication between the
Atlantic and Pacific by ship canal by
way of the Nicaragua route. In case of
war between the two powers it provides
either shall pass freely through the
canal. The construction of the canal is
urged in the treaty, but no allusion is
made to the manner in which that should
be accomplished, whe ther by national or
corporate enterprise.
The treaty provides that the canal
when constructed, shall be neutralized.
i. e., kept forever open and free by both
governments, and further that they
will extend their protection to any other
practical communications across the
isthmus.
Sufficient of the gist of the treaty Is
here presented to show that the first
practical step toward a waterway by
| the Nicaragua route is to dissolve this
partnership with the English. The Clay
ton-Bulwer treaty must be abrogated
Conditions have materially changed
since that treaty was enacted, and the
United States is abundantly able to con-
struct and operate the canal without
partnership interests.
The herald., 1898-09-29
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER go, 1893.
LATEST REPUBLICAN BLUNDER

The latest and most extraordinary de-
vice of the Republican bosses of Cali
fornia to fool the public is thoroughly
exposed in today's issue of The Herald
Briefly the facts are as follows:
Henry T. Gage was scheduled to make
a speech in San Diego last Monday
evening.
Mr.. Gage made a speech, a steno-
graphic report of which is published in
today's Herald.
The San Francisco Call on Tuesday
morning devoted it's entire first page and
two columns and half Of it's second
page to a report of an alleged speech
delivered by Mr.. Gage at San Diego on
Monday night.
BY irrefutable testimony it is proved
that Mr.. Gage never delivered the
speech published by the Call, or any
thing in the least resembling it.
The deductions are only too obvious
A speech was written in San Francisco
for Mr.. Gage. which was not surpris-
ing precaution. AT the last moment Mr..
Gage appears to have jumped over the
traces and instead of delivering the
speech as ordered, chose to nun his own
course The San Francisco Call was not
Informed of the sudden balk on the part
of the Republican candidate and richly
deserves its fate in being exposed as an
arrant and unpardonable fakir.
MFR. Gage will be heard from in this
city tonight and presumably will seize
the occasion to extr1cate himself from
the very awkward quagmire in which
he and the managers of his campaign
must find themselves embedded.
The herald., 1898-09-29
ORDERED TO Rustic

Nothing but anxiety about the politi-
cal complexion of the next congress can
account for the practical notice to gov
ernment office holders that they must
get into the political field and work.
The precedent established by President
Cleveland has been suddenly ignored.
Employees of the government are abb
solved from censure for "pernicious ac-
tivity" by the present administration.
They are also fnferentially told that they
are expected to get out and hustle for
the salvation of the grand old party.
The postof1ice department, apparently
speaking for all branches of the service,
nullifies the Cleveland precedent with
out any evasion. "Postma sters, clerks
and other employees may participate in
primaries, attend conventions as dele
gates, take the stump and otherwise ac-
lively engage in political work" Thus
the reform of a glaring abuse, for which
a Democratic president was warmly
praised, is annulled by Republican ad-
ministration.
There is good reason to believe that this
deplorable backward step of the ad-
ministration is traceable to the Repub-
lican congressional committee. This
committee, which has special oversight
of the congress districts, does not dis
guise its alarm at the outlook for the
Fifty-sixth congress. 1t does not hesi-
tate to admit that there never before
was stronger incentive for, or greater
need of hard, earnest, constant and
united political effort than there is in
this fall Of 1S9S."
In tracing the cause for this manifest
alarm we find some significant intima-
tions cropping out from the same source
In Washington. Internal party quarrels
In several congress districts, are alluded
to as dangerous to success in the COM
ing elections. 1t is admitted that two
Republican districts in Virgin ia are rem
dered doubtful from this cause, and that
there are two more In North Carolina
one in Kentucky and several in Pennsyl-
vania. These are only a few well-known
instances Of jeopardy from fac.ional
trouble. A wider range of similar diff
Guilty is suspected, and hence the grav-
ity Of the situation and the necessity
for bringing into the campaign every
available influence.
The most interesting feature of this
dilemma, so far as outsiders are con-
cerned, is the admission by Republican
gress districts results from quarres
1ver the distribution of patronage and
the control of party machinery The Of
fetal spoils have not been fairly divided.
Arrogant leaders have in their own in.
The herald., 1898-09-29
Spain's Big Building

Spain possesses one of the largest build.
!ngs in the world. 1t Is at once palace.
museum, library, a picture gallery, a
monastery, a church and a burial place.
This wonderful edifice Is called the Es-
corral, although the name Is very gen.
orally corrupted both in England and
America into "Escurlal."
The Escorial was commenced IN 1868 by
order Of Philip IL of Spain, and was In
tended partly as royal burying place
for the kings Of Spain and partly as a
commemoratton Of Philips victory over
the French at St. Quentin in 1857. 1t 10
built entirely of granite and measures
744 feet in length by $50 feet in breadth.
At each corner IS tower 200 feet In
height. The building Is supposed to rep
resent an enormous gr!diron lying upside
down. and this shape Is believed to have
reference to st. Lawrence. who was
martyred on a gr.diron.
Twenty-one years was spent In building
Il and t cost over $4,000, ,0O0 It has been
twice partly destroyed by lightning and
was sacked by the French soldiers In 1905.
There are 1Oo0 doors and II 900 windows
New York World.
The herald., 1898-09-29

necessary" to go? With this conven-
lent proviso it will be very easy to stop
at any stage If the ice ahead looks thin.
The work outlined for this commission
Is not probably an investigation at all.
1t is merely an inquiry. An officiaf In
vestigation implies a minute eXamina-
ton into all phases of the matter In
hand, an exhaustive research covering
all obtainable data. The presidents
committee, as it should properly be
called has no power to accomplish such
an Investigation. 1t may ask questions,
but it cannot compel answers. Any wit
ness, in the course Of examination,
might turn on his heel and walk away,
and this alleged investigating commits
sion would be powerless to prevent him.
1t is folly to assume that any good can
come of a board of inquiry that has
no authority to compel attendance OF
witnesses, to oblige them to answer
questions, and to enforce demands for
papers and other data. Subordinates, ror
example, are not likely to volunteer In
formation derogatory to superior ofn-
GERS. The president himself sees the
futility of such an examination. lie
saws that If the commission should find
any difficulty in securing the attendance
Of witnesses, or In procuring papers, ne
hopes the matter will be brought to his
attention, when he will do all In his
mower to overcome the difficulty. A ci-
pher represents all his power in the
premises.
The personnel of the so-calned COM
mission, as whole, does not inspire pub
lie confidence. There IS not a man OF
special eminence, and but few Of them
are known at all to the average intelli-
gent American. The board will have no
very difficult task, however. in view OF
its impotency, as already pointed out.
But NO doubt 1t will subserve the pur-
uose of its being if 1t stops, even for a
time, the popular clamor that compelled
semblance of action by the president.
1t Is to be hoped, of course, that some
good results may be the outcome of this
Inquiry. Evidences of mismanagement
and blundering incompetency crop out
so generally in the whole military estao-
lishment that the commission ought TO
find some evidence, even II it gropes
blindfolded. The chances are as mil
lion to one, however, that at the end Of
the commissions labor the country will
be no wiser than it is today as to the
iniquity of the war department.
The herald., 1898-09-29
"BERTIE THE LAMB"

Stuart Robson had just finished an excel
lent dinner at his hotel, and together with
his handsome wife, was hurrying back tc
Wallacll's for the evening rehearsal OF
1.-The Meddler," when wee small boy
with a wee small voice, and just as wee 8
bundle of evening war extras, rushed
alongside and said:
"Please, mister, there Is sutthin' on the
back of your coat"
whats that?" asked the comedian.
you've got sutthin' on the back of youi
coat" repeated the boy
"WtNtever is it, my dear?" said Robson
turning to his wife.
"Only a bur, and do believe It's been
there since we came back from the High.
lands this morning Stuart"
The comedian dove into his ticket pocket
and. extracting a nickel placed 1t In the
outstretched but dirty hand Of theobserv-