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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
- 10 Horrors of
Rheumatism.
II 7eomau's at torture aOyhiah lasted three
years. of her struggles against the dyeagtaA disease,
and the good fortune MGt cyovvea her Efforts

could not feel needle thrust into my flesh.
~ was confined to the house three
years, unable to walk nearly half the time.
After those three slow years Of agony,
during which l spent probably $1,000 for
treatment and tried dozen doctors, gave
up hope of any release from pain, but death.
was cured, completely cured, by DR..
Williams Pink Pills fog Pale People. They
alone caused my recovery.
he first dose gave me appetite.
After the second dose slept soundly,
the first time within a year.
sent for dozen boxes. BY the time
had taken the contents of eleven boxes I
felt entirely well.
"The doctor said was cured. He was
greatly impressed, and since then he has
prescribed DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People for many of his patients"
Mrs. Fenly, together with her husband,
made affidavit to the exact truth Of the fore
going account before NotaryP P. N. Thomas.
The cure of the severest cases Of rheu-
n1at;ss,1 by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People has occurred in every state in
the Union, and its power IN ordinary cases
is proport-onately greater.
These marvellous vegetable pills 60 d.
rectfy to the seat of the trouble. They
build up new cellular structure in the
diseased parts by eliminating poisonous
elements and renewing health-giving
chemical forces in the blood.
They are for sale by druggists every
where; for SO cents single box or $3.50
for half a dozen.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
ITO be continued)
WORLDLY WISDOM.
Lord Clemmell's Rules Were We
Savanna nnaa

Lord ClemmelIA Rules Were Very
Severe Ones.
The Power of Perseverance - Sir
Henry Cavendish, the youngster, with
slight frame and very moderate pow
ers, by mere assiduity made himself the
first sailor, skater, billiard player,
fiddler, shorthand writer and master Of
several other accomplishments of any
man in Britain, by taking each in sue
cession, says Lord Clemmell's papers.
He rode from Derbyshire to London,
145 miles, from three in the morning of
a snowy day to six in the evening, very
moderate in eating and drinking, and
always far from the fire.
Knowledge of the World-Avoid init
macies. Never be intimate with any
man or woman but for the purpose of
answering your purposes upon them;
and never suffer either, upon the same
rank with you, to take liberties or to be
intimate with you. I never suffer an
injury from anybody but an intimate,
and every painful moment of my life,
every mischief done to me, has arisen
from intimacy = treachery, envy, in
gratitude, resentment arising from in
timacy. Suffer no man to come so near
you that you cannot call him "A1r."
with propriety.
Discipline of an Attorney-General.-
He should arise at four in the morning.
He should read without fire, standing,
If possible, until eight; he should exer-
else, battle and dress at nine; he should
see all persons until II; he should APP
ply every minute to three in court bust
ness; to four he should set down the re-
port of the day. He should not drink
wine at dinner, and eat but few
things, and not much. He should not
drink wine after seven, and from eight
to twelve he should apply to business
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
GIANT MULE COMES TO TOWN.
Halls from Missouri and VIII Go to
Join London Show.

Halls from Missouri and VIII Go to
Join London Show.
The largest mule in the world arrived
in Chicago on Saturday and is stopping
at the stock yards for short time. The
animal is not destined to be s1augh-
tered, but is bound for London, where
adventures await it as we'll as the adj
miring gaze of the British public, for it
is to become the star attraction in a me-
nagerie, where it will doubtless be
placarded as San average American
MULE
The mule, in spite of his undenied
claims to distinction, is not vain. 1t Is
accustomed to nothing better than
cornfodder and the pillow, which were
its daily lot in Maryville, Mo. Now it is
to have circus grooms and peanuts for
its daily portion. The mule is 10 hands
2h fncheshigh and weighs 1880 pounds.
1t is nine years old.
The Giscoverer of the animal is F. P.
Brown, a stock yards horse dealer, W..
found it on it's native heath in south
western Missouri. He believed that his
find was not in its proper environment
and succeeded in disposing of it to an
English animal tanner.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04

Such suffering as rheumatism causes the
victims upon whom 1t fastens itself is al
most uncomfortable.
Sufferers from the worst types Of this ter
fible disease will supply the missing hor-
rors In the following story from real LIE.
Those who writhe Under milder forms
Of rheumatism will be able to imagine the
feelings Of the tortured victim.
0Thc only Justification for making public
such heart-rending details is the fact that
the lesson taught will be helpful to others,
pointing the way to renewed life and health
to every sufferer from rheumatism.
The story is told by woman. Her
name is Mrs. Caleb Fen1y; she lives IN
St. Paul, Ind.
This is her account:
II am farmers wife. believe my
frequent exposure to the weather caused
my terrible attack OF rheumatism. Damp
weather always aggravated it.
My limbs would begin to swell at the
"This swelling would begin in the night,
at times. would awake In agony.
daylight would find my limbs purple
in color, swollen to twice their natural size,
and so racked with pain could not bear
to touch them.
Ny right arm and both legs were so
drawn as to be almost useless.
a.My skin became dry ard yellow.
"At times my limbs would pain as
though millions of needles were pr;ck;ng
them:
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
SYNOPSIS.

CHAPTER billy Bones, an old sea
'" GaA f9rsf" 11nnstranger. cauea Blacs
Dog" meets Bones; an interview ends in
fight and disappearance of stranger.
Bsnfs SHEETS apopsff htTSks comes to
inn. presses something in Bones hand
and lss s ors TSn oel9 ,hs;, vel Bones
which moment he is struck dead by apo
niavv
found a little round paper. blackened on
have till ten to-night'' Gold is found in
Bones sea chest, and an oilskin packet.
'" cHAP TER V Fon ma man pew, with
COMPANIONS attack the Inn Chagrine,d l., at
scatter Blind Pew is run down and killed
packet to DR.. Livesey. who, with Squire
Trelawney opens it and finds minute di-
rections for finding of vast treasure.
CHAPTER NII.-Trelawney fits up ex-
"e cHaPr e ss NII reaile Hawkins
Black Dog at john Silver's inn Black Dog
his identity.
CHAPTER IX.-Ship's captain thinks
some things on board somewhat singular
and asks to have certain precautions esl
the powder and arms astern and giving
the doctor and his friends berths beside
GH&PTER x.-"Hispaniola" begins her
voyage. Hawkins climbs into apple bar
rel and overhears plans of treachery on
foot among the crew.
CHAPTER NI.-Plot Qaid by Silver.
ships cooN) provides for the strike. for
possession of the treasure Immediately 1t
Is gotten aboard. Cry of Land hor'
heard.
rer's treachery to Livesey, Trelawney and
Capt. smollett, who hold eouneil Of var war;
In restlessness of men, and captain de-
cides to give the men an afternoon ashore.
Jim Hawkins slips off with them, but on
the island gives them the slip.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
MEALS AT A PENNY A DISH.
Experiment tai Mission Opened Up at
Kansas City, Mo.

An eNperime ntal mission. where the
poor are to be served meals at penny
dish, and bed for five cents, with
bath thrown in, has started at kansas
City, Mo-. under the direction of the
Church of the Seventh Day Advent lists.
One hundred and fifty cots have been
placed in a large room in a building on
the second floor. In the basement bath,
tubs and showers have been provided
together with room for fumigatine
clothes, and laundry In which man
may wash bis own Clothes. The meal
consists entirely of vegetables, meat be.
ing barred because of its expense and
the work of cooking it, and because the
management are believers In vegeta.
rianism.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
AIMED AT MRS. LANGTRY.
Jockey Club at Newmarket Adopts
Rule Excluding Outsiders.
Prince of Wales Given a Setback
AIso-Doors of Society Are Shut
Against the Jer-
sey Lily.

A dispatch to the New York World
from London says: The report that
Mrs. Langtry will be again taken into
society is more than offset by a resolu-
ton that has been passed by the Jockey
club which is aimed directly at her and
the prince of Wales.
The resolution says that "for the fu-
ture ladies other than the wives, daugh-
tiers and sisters of the members of the
club will be admitted to the Enclosures
and private stands of the club at New
market and on other race courses only
on presentation of voucher signed by
member of the club, together with the
payment of one pound sterling"
Until the resolution was passed q
member of the club had right to pass
into the Jockey club Enclosures and into
the private stands any young women
whom he saw fit.
There has been general impression
that Mrs. Langtry has had the freedom
of the race track, but this is not true.
Until the death of her husband, two
months ago, she was kept out of the in
closures and private stands of The
Jockey club.
1t was on the day that her husband
died and the day that her horse Mer
man won one of the greatest racing
events of the year at Newmarket ane
nearly 100000 for Mrs. Langtry tina
the prince of Wales conducted her intt
| the Enclosure and within the pale O
Jockey club society.
This act-it has generally been called
breach on the part of his royal high
ness-made great stir. 1t was com
mented upon most unfavorably. Ever
the newspapers deplored it.
I This recognition by the prince o
Wales gives rise to the rumor that Mrs
Langtry would try to regain her oil,
place in society and that in this effor
she would be backed by the prince O
Wales influence.
AS matter of fact, it is doubtful /
Mrs. Langtry has any very great desir
to get into society again, and it is abso
lutely certain that she could not do S
if she tried.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
Chinese Question in siberia.

1t seems that the "Chinese question"
has arisen in Siberia. The Russian au-
thorities, alarmed over the large influx
of population from northwestern China,
have resolved to adopt restrictive meas
ures; but with 4o0,oo0,ooo Chinese on
the further side of a boundary nearly
twice as long as our northern frontier,
1t may be difficult If not impossible to
stop all the leaks. The opening of
China by the Russians, says the Phila-
delphia Press, may lead to the Mon
COLLATION. of Siberia instead of the ex-
pected classification of Manchooria.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04


possibility, but pleasure
There are to-day thousands of homes all
over the country that were once childless
and unhappy, but that to-day echo with
the laughter of happy babyhood, as re-
suit of marvellous medicine, known as
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. This is
the greatest of all medicines for women
who sufferer from weakness and disease of
the delicate and important organs that bear
the burdens of maternity. 1t makes them
healthy, strong, vigorous and elastic. 1t
makes them pure and virile. 1t allays in
fammation, heals liberation, soothes pain
nerves. II banishes the discomforts of the
expectant period, and makes baby's COM
ing easy and almost painless. 1t insures
the little newcomers health, and bounti-
| full supply of nourishment. 1t transforms
| weak, sickly, nervous invalids into happy,
healthy mothers. An honest dealer will
not urge an inferior substitute upon you.
II am now happy mother of fine healthy
| baby girl writes Mrs F. B. Cummings, of No.
1870 Humphrey Street st; Louis. Mo; Feel
more good than anything 1 have ever taken.
Three months previous to my confinement be-
gan using it. was only in labor forty-fve min
utesi With my first baby suffered IS hours
then had to lose him. He was very delicate and
only lived IL hours. For two years suffered un-
told agony and had two miscarriages. The
Favorite Prescription saved both my child
and myself"
Write to DR.. R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y,
| for free letter of advice, and enclose 81
one-cent stamps, to cover mailing only, for
| a paper covered copy of the Peoples
| Common Sense Medical Adviser" OF 81
| stamps for cloth-bound copy. A whole
tuedical library IN one 1900 page VOLUME,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
A MILLION DOLLAR CARGO.
Valuable Catch of Seals of the Rus
Sim Rarl.enfine Ral,rfnn-

Valuable Catch of Seals of the RUS
sian Barkentine Behrfng.
One million dollars is the estimated
value of the cargo of the Russian bar
kentine Behring, which has just arrived
at San Francisco. The cargo represents
the major portion of the business done
by the Russian Seal and Fur company
during the season just closed. By far
the most important item shown on the
manifest is the consignment of seal
skins. OF these there. are 1900. There
are several hundred bear skins, all Of
the finest quality,and a large number of
skins of almost all the animals found
in the arctic regions.
The Berhing also has on board the
fine collection of natural history speci-
mems made by Prof. Steinecher, while
he was acting as member of the In
ternational Sealing company. These are
consigned to the Smithsonian institu-
ton and to the British Royal museum.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04

with these were few scattered pines,
some so, some nearly 10 feet high. The
air, too, smelled more freshly than
down beside the marsh
And here a fresh alarm brought me to
standstill with a humping heart.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
INT There Isn't.

Mrs. Benham--l bought a book to-
day called Cooking Made Easy"
Benham-I wish there was some way
of making cooking easy to eat.-N. Y.
Trrth
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
Easily Proven.

she-George, do you believe that "out
of sight is out of mind?"
He-No! Turn the gas out and II
prove it,-Puck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04

The Institution Failure.
"He was brought up in reform
school, understand"
"Yes; but 1t didn't seem to work"
-Chicaro ,Journal
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
France In Africa.

France has succeeded in placing the
first boat ON Lake Tchad. The Mar
ohand expedition to the Nile also car
red boat, which Is probably afioat
now ON the river above Nhantoum.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
Bottled Up!

Whether in the form of pill powder
or liquid, the DOCTORS prescription for
blood diseases is always the. same
mercury or potash. These drugs bottle
up the poison and dry it up in the
system, but they also dry up the marrow
in the bones at the same time.
The suppleness and elasticity of the
joints give way to a stiffness, the rack
ing pains of rheumatism. The form
gradually bends, the bones ache, while
decrepitude and he1plessness prema-
turely take possession of the body, and
it is but short step to a pair of
crutches. Then comes falling of
the hair and decay of the bones,-a con-
dition truly horrible.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
Largest Telegraph Office

The largest telegraph station in the
world is at st. Martin 's-le- Grand, Lon
don. There are about 5000 operatorA
1000 of whom are women.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-03-04
Hedge and Ditch.

A mile OF hedge and ditch equals an
asss Of land. IN $500
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13
seen this summer.


The long-tailed cut-away is fetch
ing garment on a slender woman, and
is nearer the mans coat, from which
it takes its name, than the short yer.
sion. Its tailor has, however, so far
ignored the limitations of his trade
as to build it not only of the most deli
cate colOrings but of the richest of
satin. peau de sole, or faille Francais,
cravating it with lace and topping it
with tulle turban, retaining only its
stitchings and general tailor cut, the
typical costume tailleur in contradis-
tinction to the plain Anglo-Saxon
tailor-built.
My hostess this spring in Paris, one
of the most dashing of the fashionable
automobilistes (who have given over
bicycling in town entirely to the bour-
geoisie), had such a satin tailor gown
designed for her mornings rides. 1t
was exactly the shade of the cloth lin
ings of her carriage. delicate green
ish gray that is best described as
putty. The trailing sheath skirt was
not fiounced, but spreaG out about her
feet into softly undulating flutes,
fine line of silk gimp above its hem,
the cutaway jacket rounded down
from each side of the bust into rather
long coat tails, and was edged with
a shaped band headed with the silk
gimp. The small pointed lapels and
the short open vest pieces were of
palest pink watered silk, the vest with
olive-shaped pink satin buttons on
each side. The turnover. rolling col
lar was faced with pima, and the
dainty tucked and embroidered white
batiste blouse was belted with lack
velvet and cravated VITA killed white
muslin. Her hat was a strange mix
ture of Picturesqueness and smartpess.
being OF white chip in the SOFTLY
dropping equestrienne shape of the
season, the fiat but scooped I'D side
ofams filled beneath with small Re.
naissance pink rosebuds. a scarf of
white tulle encrusted with blacl Loo.
motifs drsped about the low crown
and tied behind with floating ends
over cache peigne of roses. give
IT'S detail because, although the Jacket
has been already worn here, 1 have not
seen one yet quite so delicieuse as this
worn by my clever and aristocrat;c
engineer of the Faubourr.-
Town Topics.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13

Mp suspect Muttonheads inferno,
stupidity has been getting him into
trouble again. o
Tuck-Why?
Nip-Heard him telling q man dov,
u the club the other night that Fate
wss against him.
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13

ct of palest blue satin, the finishing
eminently tailor-like with shaped
bands about the edges, and small col
lar and lapels faced with white satin
foulard sprinkled with blue chenille
polka dots. Black velvet Vatican bows
accented the crimped white chiffon
vest, and about fine choker, passing
under the white tulle bow under the
chin, there is to be a dog collar of jew
els-whether from Bond street or the
Palais Royal 1 shall not tell. 1 con-
fess to being not above a judicious
mixture.
l belt my jackets inside, burt the
willowy tighten one of their innumer-
able belts outside their silk visites
and are correspondingly happy. At a
luncheon this week, a graceful young
woman wore an Eton jacket Of black
taffeta which had two long slender
coat tails behind reaching a third of
the way down the collente skirt of en-
broidered ecru muslin over white In
dia silk. Some very sheer embroider-
ed white batiste was appliqued all
about the edges of the jacket with a
narrow gimp of russet-colored guip-
ure, the blouse was of plated white
muslin with a cravat bow of the same
and twist of turquoise satin was
pretty about the slender waist, this
passing under the tails but showing
below the short jacket sides.
The old-fashioned basguin is re-
called by another form of black taffeta
jacket. which made its appearance at
Newport this week on a distinguished
woman who dresses always in the best
of taste and very modestly. The jack
ct reached a third of the way down
her skirt. was cut all in one piece, and
was tightly fitted even in front, where
it fastened invisibly down the left
side. the edges trimmed with
shaped band of taffeta stitched on.
"a oCit VI uidCh SciSct dcce0tuatc0 the
of her figure and the tight
ness of the jacket, and the deep, oval
shaped opening under the chin. oddly
the cut of a mans dress
waistcoat, had a shaped band about
it in place Of collar and lapels. One
beautiful button of cut jet and steel
fastened the jacket on one side of the
opening, the buckle on the belt match
ing, while the close, unjockeyed
sleeves and the clinging, trailing skirt
we're of charming shade of blue
'oulard, crossed obliquely with hair
ines of white in couples. The plas-
ron was of plated white muslin, and
blue taffeta ribbon was passed twice
lbout the choker and bowed under the
hin, squarely. 1t was one of the
'martest and prettiest frocks I have
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13
Fashions of the Day.

The shirt waist has at last found
not its successor, but its rival. You
are skeptical. sunbonnetted summer
maid, with your haberdasherie so in
tensely mannish, or so ravishingly
Gallicized into femininity! If you
owned up pathetically 20 two score in.
stead of boasting so saucily of one
you would not welcome hot weather
and the English rigidity of shirt and
cravat with such jauntiness. Even the
negligee smartness of a guipure blouse
belted with satin and cravated with
chiffon, despite its soffening effect up.
on the skin barely threatened with
Times impress, reveals all too frank
1y the gentle rotundity of luxurious
life.
We, to whom our figures are a con-
slant source of anxiety, hail with re-
joicings the coming of the silken
jacquette-visite. and We can do so safe
" without making the fatal admis-
sion, before it is forced upon us, with
or without the illustrative pas" that
81 am not SO young as used to be-
No. summer maid, the taffeta jacket
is distinctly youthrul-you should
have one yourself to be quite elegant
even with your plethora of starched
or blousing smartness-a youthfulness
too, which has a certain dignity de-
MED the shirt waist.
Secondly, it is deliciously cool, since
it has not only no lining, but no dress
froufroutante and diaphanous and
foaming over in soft wilderness upon
the neighboring lapels. being one of
those characteristic bits of feminine
artifice which pin about the throat,
tie about the waist, hook to the sides
of the visite, and are altogether a
snare for the unsophisticated hostess
who entreats one to take off ones
jacket.
Thirdly and lastly, its comfort is
undOubted. Comfort! The word is a
confession. You, you saucy summer
maid, find it easy to bear lightly the
petty fortunes of fashions most bur-
densome within, either from the elias
ITCHY of youth or from a most conve-
nient vanity. But we, who are pre-
pairing to drift into that decade in
which turks middle age, with its in
creasing fulness or scrawniness of
contour and increasing laxity of car
riage we find we must suddenly choose
between comfort and vanity, which de-
cision We are conscious will retain us
in the fashionable ranks of youthful
or relagate us inevitably to
the dowager lines.
Fashion is often kind, never kinder
then when she proclaimed the reign
Of the little taffeta garment i'm which
find myself SO contentedly CARRIED,
in the morning with a pique skirt, in
the afternoon with a lace or muslin
one. Ny black jacket is tucked all
over vertically in tiny cords, and the
front is a lacey mass of ivory white
md creamy yellow, than which moth
ng can be more becoming to any
The fiaring collar, lined with
he same becoming froth, droops low
,ehind as though weighted down with
is filling. and is infinitely more be-
coming, to any but the most swan
rocked, than an outstanding Medici
Meet. 1t looks very well with a nuns
eiling skirt of the blue violet of dis
ant shadows, the small hat of shirred
lack silk muslin, with a front brim
urned back with bunch of unripen-
The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903, 1898-08-13

Msy-l don't see Why you envy Miss
Dyer.
Psnela-why, her fiance is the only
man here.
May-She is to be pitied. She'll lose
him.