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The evening times., 1898-11-10
NEW CREDIT WAY.
25c Ladies' Hosiery. 12be.

l6 dozen, the banner lot, they're
imported and stamped by Louis
Hermsdorf. which is the guarantee
Tor fast black; they'll not crock
nor fade; real Maco yarn; double
sole, spliced heel Match 'em If
Price Ill
The evening times., 1898-11-10
Wrap department..

Odd lot of nine ladies' stylish
tailor-made suits of fine aIl-wooI
coyerts, in new blue, brown, and
green-all OF them have the new
flare skirts-made as carefully as
any garment you can buy
the regular SIC value On no
The evening times., 1898-11-10

Ladies silk elastic sarters. frilled
edge, satin bows and handsome
buckles. New Roman stripe plaids
Each pair put up in neat glass
box. 25c. quality. We shall s7a
sell Friday, cash or credit..l III
The evening times., 1898-11-10

Lot as dozen 16x32
Turkish towels. strongly
made. we'll finished and
Fsiss Fs3',y worth SC. r'iaay.s &c
The herald., 1898-12-18
THE DIAMOND STAR WENT, TOO
Jewelry Worth $4,000 Stolen in a
Chicago Hotel

Max Blumenthal reported Friday to the
police that diamonds and jewelry worth
$3.50 were stolen fro mthe apartments of
himself and wife in the Great Northern
hotel As yet the police have secured no
clue to the thief or theory as to how he
gained entrance to the room. The only
person known to have been in the room
during the absence of Mr.. and Mrs Blum
enthal was a chambermaid Katie Kayrei-
ess, and, although the police have ques-
toned her closely, t@ey have been unable
to secure any tangible results The woman
has been with the motel people for some
time and tells straight story of t-r where
abouts during the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Blumenthal have t~a
rooms. The missing articles included dia-
mond star with twelve stones. valued at
$1,000. The total loss is estimated at $500
On Friday afternoon Mrs Blumenthal
went out, leaving Mr.. Bumenthal in the
rooms. She locked their trunk containing
the jewelry and hung the bunch of KEYS in
The herald., 1898-12-18
WENT TO ALTON EARLY

Not only one of the best known, but also
one of the very oldest of the river captains
was Captain Iamothe. On the night Love
JOY was murdered he came to Alton, and
here he had lived ever since.
1t was in 1910 that he built and operated
his first steamer. the Eagle, forerunner of
the Eagle Packet line Then he bought the
Luella, pride of his heart, known as the fast
est boat ever operated on the Mississippi.
No "nigger squat on the safety valve was
needed when the Luela went into race.
Between 1910 and 1879 Lamotte owned as
many as half dozen first-class river boats
and largely controlled the business between
Cairo and Burlington. With the fortune
he acquired he bought in 1875 1000 acres of
rich farm land on the Missouri side of the
river opposite this city, and there he lived
the rest of his life.
Five Years ago, with the founding of West
Alton, his land greatly increased in value
Captain II. B. Starr, an old river man, and
now chief of police in this city told today
what the river captains thought of Lamothe
and why they likened him to Bludsoe "He
was a man." said Captain Starr, ''to i'm
press stranger-painstakin in his care for
the boat and crew, courteous to passengers.
and always unswervingly STRAIGHTFORWARD
and honest, he was the brand of men who
honored the river when steamboats, carried
the freight and passenger traffic of this
great middle region. do not know where
Hay met him, but | know we all likened him
to Jim Bludsoe, and he never resented the
imputation.'
The herald., 1898-12-18

closet. Mr.. Blumenthal left soon after
The chambermaid met him and asked him
not to lock the door, as she wished to take
care OF the rooms. Mr.. Blumenthal left,
and the servant says she completed her
work on that floor and then went shopping,
returning to the hotel at 6 o'clock. Mrs.
Biumenthal on her return took the keys
from the closet, finding them just as she had
left them, unlocked the trunk and discov-
cred that her jewelry was missing. She
waited for her husbands S return and finding
that he had not taken the jewelry away they
summoned the hotel clerk and reported
their loss to the police.
\ peculiar feature of the affair is that
the trunks and the room were not dis
turbed. The trunk containing the valuables
was locked and had not been tampered
with. The contents were undisturbed, with
the exception OF the jowelry and pocket
book. The transom is so small the detectives
say it would have been impossible for any
one to get in that way, and the chamber
maid insists she locked the dor, and the
police accepted her story. There is an en-
trance to room 60, but this door was kept
locked When the investigation began Mr..
Blumenthal discovered that it was un-
locked, and both he and his wife declare
they had not unlocked it. The question
that puzzled the police was how could it have
been unlocked except from the inside, as the
key was in the door. Detectives Frederick
and Valentine We're detailed on the case.
They were impressed with the servants
The herald., 1898-12-18

story, although they had no means of verify
ing it, She said she had no friends or rea-
tives in Chicago, and since last August she
had been at the Great Northern.
Captain Colleran was puzzled over the case.
eve have only three people to work on this
time, as there is nothing we can learn to
direct our work except from Them he said
I'VE are going to keep at this case and show
that a robbery of this kind can't be COM
mitted in big hotel like the Northern with
out our running it down."
Detective Br9derick said: 81 have been
unable to arrive at any fixed conclusion con-
cerning the matter. Of course, it would
have been possible for the girl to have taken
the jewelry, but we have no grounds for be-
lieving So 1T doesn't look possible to me
that sneak thief could have secured en-
trance to the room. The chambermaid
strikes me as a woman of only average in
telligence, and whoever selected the jewelry
did it with great care. There were num-
ber of other valuables in the room which
might have been taken along, but only this
jewelry, which could easily have been
dropped into pocket, was selected. Chi
cago Tribune.
The herald., 1898-12-18
PECULIAR P0lS0NS
GENERATED IN THE HUMAN BODY
The Result of Imperfect Dige estion OF
Food

Every living thing, plant or animal, con,
tains within itself the germs of certain decay
and death.
In the human body these germs of disease
and death (called by socialists Ptomai> -,
are usually the result Of imperfect &ssstion
of food; the result c4 indigestion or dys-
pepsia. s.n, ,h,.. ,,..Ln..- ,oo.
not promptly and thoroughly diGoS the
food. The result is heavy, sodden Hass
which ferments (the firsa process of decay
poisoning the blood, making it thin, week,
and lacking in red corpuscles; poisoning ted
brain, causing headaches and pain m thi
eyes.
palpitation and finally bringing on disease
Of this very important organ.
Poor digestion pisons the kidneys, Gauss
ing BriRht's disease and diabetea
And this is 90 because every organ, everA
nerve depends upon the stomach alone fol-
fnourishment and renewal, and weak diges!
tion shows itself not only in loss OF appears
and flesh, but in weak nerves and muddy
The great English scientist, Huxley, said
the best start in life is a sound stomach!
Weak stomachs fail to digest food properly,
because they lack the proper quantity Of
digestive acids Clactic and hydrochloric) and
Ipeptogenic products;. the most sensible
remedy in all cases of indigestion. il to rakd
after each meal, one or two 1t Hs..1lt's Dys1
lpepsa Tablets bsNsS they supply in Al
pleasant, harmless form ali the element9
that weak stomachs lack.
The regular use of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets will cure every form of stomach
trouble except cancer of the stomach.
! They increase flesh, insure pure blood.
istrong nerves, a bright eye and clear com4
plexion, because all these result only FROM
wholesome food well digested.
Nearly all druggists sell Stuart's Dyspep,
sia Tablets at 80 cents full sized package Cd
by mail by enclosing price to Stuart Co..
Marshall, Mich, but ask your druggist first
free. Address +. A. Stuart Co., MARSHALL
Mich.
The herald., 1898-12-18
An Opportunity in
Domestic Goods

Exceptional bargain values for the Up-to-Date
No limit as to quantities. except will not sell tc
merchants.
Good standa rd Calicoesin dark coors worth &C. 3Ibt
Yard-wide best American Percales, in light and dark
colors; at .....:........... TIC
Amoskeag Dress Ginghams, dark colors, look like
WOOL worth 10c for only y.;...;....;.......... SIC
Good Heavy Unbleached Canton Flannel; for.
Splendid Bleached Canton Flannel; a........... .6hc
Good Quality White Shaker Flannel; only
Fleeced back Vienna Cloths very handsome, dark col
ors and patterns; 1Oc value in any store in town;
special .........
The herald., 1898-12-18
BLUDsof IS DEAD
PROTOTYPE OF HAYS HERO
PASSES AT ALTON
Famous Old River Captain, William P.
Lamothe, Wealthy, Wide Known
and Proud of His Distinction

CAPTAIN William p. Lamothe, Mississippi
river boat captain, and original Jim Bud-
soe." is dead. From all parts of the Mis-
sissippi valley steamboat men and pioneers
gathered at Alton, ILL.,, to attend his fun
eral. They paid their greatest tribute of
respect to the man who so well represented
in actual life the virtues and rugged qualities
of their class. and whose marked personality
has entered forever into the popular poetry
of the land.
jim Bludsoe-'he weren't no saint but
she seen his duty-a dead sure thing.
CALLED HIM GOLD BLUDSOE'
That was the way John Hay, poet and
newspaper man then. and secretary of state
now, put it-and everybody recognized, or
thought he did, the picture as that of Cap
tain Lamothe. "Old BIudsoe" he was
called by the river people from that day to
this.
Nobody knows Just when Colonel Hay first
met the river captain, or where he had a
chance to observe him. Indeed Lamothe
never admitted that he was the original OF
the poem. nor did he deny it, and secretly
both his friends and he were proud of the
characterization. As to Colonel Hay, he is
not so proud of that early literary effort of
his now, and people do not find it easy 70
learn from him the source of the character.
COLONEL HAYS POEM
At any rate, this is the poem with whose
hero Captain Lamothe was one in person
atty:
JIM BLUDSOE
Wall, no, l can't tell whar he lives,
Because he don't live, you see;
Leastwise, he's got out of the habit
OF livin like you and me.
Whar' have you been for the last three
year
That you haven't heard folks tell
How Jimmy Budsoe passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Bell?
He weren't no sant-them engineers
Is all pretty much alike
One wife in NatchezU Under-the-H Hill
And another one in Pike.
A keerless in his talk was jim,
And an awkward man in a row:
But he never flunked and he never lied
/ rekon he never knowed how
And this was all the religion he had
To treat his engine well;
Never be passed on the river;
To mind the pilots bell;
And if ever the Prairie Bel took fire
A thousand times he swore
He'd hold her nozzle agin the bank
TIL the last soul got ashore
All boats has their day on the Mississip.
And her day come at last.
The Movastar was better boat.
But the Bell she wouldn't be passed.
And so she came tearing along that night
The oldest craft on the line
With Niger squat on her safety valve
And her furnace crammed. rosin and ni,o
Ihe 1lre burst out as she cleared the bar.
And burned hole in The night,
And quick as a flash she Turned and p,ada
For that wiler bank on the right,
The herald., 1898-12-18

joyed. The subject of the evening was
Ethelbert Nevin, and the following program
was rendered:
Before the Daybreak" (Nevin), Miss Cogs-
well; Serenade (Nevin) II. l.. Pierce;
Stella Confdente" (RobandD, Mrs. A. c.
Smither; Violin Obligato, Miss Cogswell;
Little Boy Blue (Nevin), Mrs. C. +.
Washburn; "Funf Hundert Tausend Teu-
fels," William II. Klusemann; Deep in
Roses Glowing Heart" (Nevin), Miss Sarah
Cogswell. with violin and cello obligato,
Miss Cogswel and Professor Cogswell;
chorus work, "The Wreck of the Hesperus,"
Gounod Club.
The Tuesday Morning Musical Club met
this week with Prof and Mrs. Cogswel.
The program included the following num-
bers: Duet, THE jolly Blacksmith
Lange), by Miss Hill and Miss Suzanne
Cogswell; ave Maria" (Gounod), by Miss
Evelyn Hamburger, with violin obligato by
Miss Goggswell; Wanderers Night Song"
(Rubenstein), by Mrs. r. Howe and Miss
Sarah Cogswel; Greeting" &C. b. Hawley).
by Miss Frda Hellman; three selections
from Foote-(a) "To Blossom" (b) "Sum-
mer Longings." (c) "A Ditty," Miss Su-
zanna Cogswell; "My Heart is Thine"
(Sopio), by Mrs A. c. Smither; "Song of
the Nightingale" (Chadwick), by Mrs. c.
f. Washburn: "The Village Biacksmith's
Bride (HolzeD, by Miss Sarah CogswelL
The herald., 1898-12-18
There was runnin' and cursin', but Jim

There was runnin and cursin', but jim
yelled out
over all the internal roar,
"I'll hold her nozzle agin' the bank
Till the last galoot's ashorew
Through the hot, black breath Of the
burnin boat
Jim Bludsoe's voice was heard,
And all had trust in his cussedness
And knowed he would keep his word.
And, sure's you're born they all got off
Afore The smokestacks fell,
And Bludsoe's ghost went up alone
In the smoke of The Prairie Bell.
He weren't no saint, but It Judgment
I'd run a chance with Jim
'Longside of some pious gentlemen
That wouldn't shook hands with him.
He seen his duty a dead sure thing,
And went for it thar and then.
And Christ ain't a-goin' 10 be too hard
On a man that died for men.
The herald., 1898-12-18
A Question

Speech was given unto man
That his thoughts might be impaired;
Why, then. do so many men
Straightway leave off thinking when
Once their tongues are fairly started
Cleveland Leader
The herald., 1898-12-18

We are direct importers and jobbers of D
prices a. retail are in most cases less than
age dealer pays for the same goods.
12l2-inch Doll. kid body, black hose. patent
leather shoes. ..........
Pinch kid-body Doll, with closing eyes,
black hose and blonde hair ir......................
Jointed Doll. 10 inches long, genuine French
bisque full jointed. closing eyes................
Larger Sizes, 75c and $l.U.
kid-body jointed Doll. Is inches long, smil-
ing faced. blonde hair: only. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The herald., 1898-12-18
Xmas Cards and Views

Xmas Booklets ........5c to 25e
Xmas cards and Envelopes &c to
Photo Views of Southern California. per Dozen 81 &
Photo Views of Southern California 15c
Book of Views, comprising twenty of the finest
10x13 inches, in volet-colored folder OK
The herald., 1898-12-18

The Ruskin Art club met on Wednesday
as usual and after a brief business session
adjourned to attend the funeral services of
one of the most beloved members of the
club Mrs d K Edwards
The herald., 1898-12-18

Admiral Schley is now attending about
six banquets a week. Let him have a cara
These things are more dangerous than
Spanish fieets.-Cleveland Leader.
The herald., 1898-12-18

Raphael widespread
months He party
the portfolio neior
addition his of
The evening times., 1898-12-05
Two Pointed Questions Answered

What is the use of making a better ar
ticle than your competitor if you cannot
get a better price for it?
Ans-As there is no difference in the
price the public will buy only the better.
so that while our profits may be smaller
on single sale they will be much greater
in the aggregate.
How can you get the public to know
your make is the best?
If both articles are brought prominently
before the public both are certain 10 be
tried and the public will very quickly pass
judgment on them and use only the bet
ter one.
This explains the large sale on Cham
berlains Cough Remedy. The people have
been using ii for years and have found
that ii can always be depended upon.
They may occasionally take up with some
fashionable novelty put forth with ex-
aggerated claims, but are certain to re-
turn to the one remedy that they know to
be reliable, and for coughs, colds and
Group there is nothing equal to Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. For sale by Henry
Evans, Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
9SS F Street northwest and Connecticut
Avenue and S Street northwest, and 1923
Maryland Avenue northeast
The evening times., 1898-12-05
s.: !: /: Z
THE GREAT PROVIDERS.
The Tremendous Buying Power Of a Dollar

illustrated
including Lamps Pictures Chairs
The evening times., 1898-12-05
Cancers Cured Without the Knife

All persons afflicted with tumors Of any kind
should consult the cancer specialist, DIR. Charles
Allen. Living witnesses testify to his skill An
experience OF nearly forty years ensures success
Don't use the knife, it hastens death. Patients
Don't allow your family physician to prejudice
you in this matter Consider your own safety,
and learn that there is who can cure this
disease. while Others fail. Don't delay. SANI-
TARIUM- 1a20 St NV. no29-tfe en
The evening times., 1898-12-05
THIS PAPER IS PRINTED

With Ink furnished by JAENECKE BROS & FIR
SCHNEEMANN. New York City. my24-tf-en
The evening times., 1898-12-05
Surprising all clothing sales!

making sale of Mems and Boys Clothing
especially Overcoat Department. Ovecoas being sold at
before The
daily Tenni evidence that this sale
confidence Honest clothing
opportunity this be
again So Tenne fears
competition.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-28
DIED,

L1BBEs.--In Orleans twp, Winneshiek
county, Iowa, January %, 1898,
Susen Jane Libbey, wife of N. B.
Libbey, aged SO years, s months
and days.
Deceased was native OF Sanford,
York county, Maine, where she was
born May 5, 1888. In 1851, with her
widowed mother she moved to New
Hampshire, coming to Iowa in 1857,
remaining two years, when she re-
turned east, marrying with Nathaniel
B. Libbey, May 6, 1860. In the spring
of 1862 they came to Iowa, built the
home where they since lived. In the
fall of 1886 while on visit to their
old home in Maine, they united with
the old school Baptist church at North
Berwick. The cause of her death was
a cancer which commenced its growth
about thirty six years ago, its progress
being very rapid during the past two
years. She was an atfectionate daugh-
ter, loving sister, faithful wife, a
true friend, and good, neighbor. Her
patience and cheerfulness were a
marvel to her friends who from day
to day Witnessed her bodily pain and
suffering as her life was slowly but
surely ebbing away.
I .
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-28

We offer for sale our Blacksmith
and repair shop including stock, tools
and machinery. For further informa.
ton inquire or call on
KELLY BROTHERS,
dec 81. Chester, Iowa.
The Usage Sun reports the Board OF
Supervisors of Mitchell county as
almost coming to blows with the re-
tiring treasurer, Sheehan, upon his
final settlement and retirement from
office. This one of the outcomes OF
their embezzlement cases, with prob
ably more to follow.
A few days since Robert Phelan
picked up a roll of bills in the post
office and bareheaded rushed out in
pursuit Of a gentleman whom he
thought was the loser. Finding him,
Robert told him he wanted to sec him
at the Office at once. Arrived there,
Robert asked him if he had any money,
he replied yes, and putting his hand in
his pocket found his money gone. He
said he had lost thirty five dollars,
a 500, a $40 and $5 bill, all paid him
a short time before. During all this
time Mr.. Phelan held the roll of bills
which he had not opened, but doing
so, found the amou Mt and the denoml-
nations as set fort h.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-28

lncontlnence OF water during. sleep
stopped Immediately by DR.. E. Detch-
on's Anti Diuretic. Cures children
and adults alike. Price 81. Sold by
j. j. Clemmer, druggist, Cresco,
Iowa.
Don't forget the masquerade ball at
Bonair Friday evening, Feb. 4th.
Similar prizes as those given at their
New Years ball will be given, and
the Fisk orchestra will make the
music.
Remember our picture offer to both
old and new subscribers is still in
forcer Bring in your pictures right
away if you want one, as we are now
getting lot together to send to the
artists.
The Cabinet Photos that you can get
for 5000 per dozen at w. Browns, are
+, not cheap picture, but are the best
that can be obtained at any price, as
the many will testify that are having
/ them taken.
1t is hardly necessary to call atten-
tion to the large ad, on our second
page, of the New Oregon Nursery-lt
speaks for itself. Mr., Mitchell is the
Oldest nurseryman in this section, and
when he speaks it is we'll to listen.
This office has just completed
several thousand 24-page seed, plant
and tree catalogue in the German Ian
guage for Jos. Kapler. 1t is some
what out of the ordinary line of work
done in an English newspaper Office,
but those are just the kind oi jobs we
delight in.
Lorens Swenson, of the Caward &
Swenson Co., is working on the mod
els of two large sizes, So and 100 horse
power, OF their Faultless Stump Pull
Ter, designed for use in large timber.
especially in the Hinkley burnt dis
trict of Minnesota. The fame OF their
machines continues to spread, last
week one of their machines going to
California.
Walter Baker & Cos. cocoa prepara-
tion and chocolate, which are regularly
advertised through the PLAIN DEALER
are represented in Cresco at the stores
Of Glass & Barker and Glass & Graf
by Mr.. Constable and a lady at eact
store, where the most deliciously pre-
pared cocoa beverage, steaming hot
will be served free all day Friday tt
, as many of the people of Cresco ane
, vicinity az see fit to call and test it,
quality and flavor.
!, Among the many industries tina
s might be proitably introduced il
Cresco, there is probably none tha
promises better returns than a can
9 ming factory, for such vegetables a
\ are adapted to our soil and climate
and such as are usually put up In tha
way. A few acres of sweet corn, o
fine marrow fat or other kind of gar
i den peas, of tomatoes, OF beans, whic
i could be attended to upon any farm
/, without detriment to other crops
would yield liberal return for tn
time spent in its cultivation. Besid
that the canning factory itself woul
= give profitable employment to fiftee
. or twenty persons during the cannin
season, also give profitable work
It persons who might be employed
v making the cans requisite for the us
of the factory. This is a matter thu
:. might be proftably considered /
Bents Il Upton or w. B. Perry,
ID perhaps others Of our people.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-28
sHERIFFs SALE,
STATE OF IOWA.
Iop CnJINrVY

STATE OF IOWA.
HOWARD COUNTY.
In the District Court OF Howard County, State
BY virtue of general execution issued from
the office of the Clerk OF the District CourI OF OF
Howard County, State OF Iowa, In faror Oh
Willard L. converse. and against Il; ID: Caay,
dated Jcnuary goth 1885, and to me
directed commanding me that OF the goods
chattels, stock or interest in any company,
debts due, property in the hands OF third per-
sons, lands and tenements twhicn are not t eI- X
% Cady, make or cause to be made the SUN sum
of Two Hundred Dollars and one Dollar costs
| Of suit, with interest ana Cos0s, 81 l
have levied upon the following described real
estate. lying and being situated IN the county
of Howard and state of Iowa. namely:
The east half (eIa) of Lot ten ll0l BLOCK SIX,
teen (6) in the village of Cresco, howard
And hereby give public notice that shall
offer for sale at public outcry, at the Couri
House door in Cresco, county OF Howard ano
| State OF Iowa, on
| SATURDAY, FEBRUARY a6. 1885,
between the hours of O'Clock a. m. and O'CLOCK
| o. m. of said day-sale to commence at the = noul
or O'Clock D. M of said day; and VIII sell ~, u
the highest and best bidder therefor In caSn gnt
above described property, OF suIllcenS SheaeV eti
to satisfy the above debt with interest ana costs
Dated this 26, day Of Jan. 1895
| A. C. CAMPBELL,
/ Ao>vo Sheriff OF Howard County
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-28
Crockery at Cost.

$1,000 worth of fancy decorated
china, fancy glassware, chamber sets,
water sets, and lamps at cost for 80
days only. Come in early while my
stock is complete and take your
choice.-Wm. Kellow Jr.