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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14
W ANTIID,

A WOMAN TO COOK AND CLEAN FOR
a Family Of Three. Must be an eXpsri-
enced cook and first-class bread-maker
Gail at 1919 west Grace street between
the hours of 10 and Y y. " ap l2-3t'
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14
EMPLOYMENT WANTS.


4 COMPETENT COLORED GIRL AS
House Maid and Waitress. Must bring
good recommendations. Apply at once,
us Park avenue. ap li-lt
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14
By Sutton & Co.
Real Estate Auctloneers.
corner Tenth and Bank street,
TRUSTEES' AUCTION SALE

TWO-STORY DETACHED p,,,,.
DWELLING. u
AT THE NORTHWEST .CORNrp o,.
LAMB AVENUE AND KERSTiH, Of
STREETS BARTON HEHHTS,'
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W ANTfsD.

A POSITION AS TRAVELLING SALES
man. Best Of reference furnished. Address
BUSINESS" POI Northwest street. Raj
eigh, y. &. ap loot
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14
WANTED.

FOR DELIGHTFUL
Rooms. southern exposure. Also, Table
Boarders. Apply 20S east Franklin.
ap 9TH, Su&Tu
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14

Liberal Loans on satisfactory securities
Highest cash price paid for Old Gold
and SilNer 40 l0-3m
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-04-14
RICHMOND LOAN OFFICE.

LARGEST AND MOST RELIABLE,
PIG, 2lS, AND go NORTH NINTH
STREET.
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N ANTIlD.

REGISTERED ASSISTANT DRUG
Clerl.. State salary expected and refer
ence. DRUG CLERK. Dispatch office.
81 1f-2tf
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
ials of the entire system. Capt. Mer-
ry is an enthusiast over the south and
her prospects.-Times--Democrat,

When wear begins to exceed repair
in your body you are going to fall
sick. The signs of it are; loss of
flesh, paleness, weakness, nervous.
ness, ETC. The repair needed is food.
You think you eat enough, and yet
you feel that you wear out more It's
sue, energy, nerve-force, than your
food makes for you. The difficulty is
that you do not DIGEST enough. And
this is so serious it is worth sitting
down seriously to think about. If you
can't digest what you eat, take few
doses of Shaker Digestive Cordial.
The effect of it will be to increase
your flesh and make you feel strong
er. You won't fall sick. Proof that
it is in control of your repair appara-
tus. It's easy enough to test this for
yourself. Take u few bottles of Sha-
ker Digestive Cordial.
Sold by druggists at 10 cents to 81
per bottle,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

This is what is known as a l6-inch
gun, while the United States has never
before attempted any heavier piece of
ordnance than a 12-inch gun. The new
cannon, as stated above, would throw
a projectile Is miles; the nearest APP
proach to this distance heretofore was
the so-called Jubilee shot in England,
where the projectile travelled 12 miles.
All the metal used is fluid and
pressed. The specifications, which are
being adhered to strictly, call for the
most eSacting tests. 1t is necessary
that the gun should be composed en-
tirely of forged metal. The actual cost
of the gun itself will be $4,000. The
cost of the gun carriage and the tur-
ret for the gun when it is finally set up
will be about as great as that of the
weapon itself. Beneath a gun of this
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local application as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure deaf
ness, and that is py constitutional
remedies. Deafness is caused by an
iDflamed condition of the mucous lin
ing of the Eustachian Tupe. When
this tube is inflamed you have a rum
bling sound or imperfect hearing, and
when it is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the infiamma-
ton can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition, hear
ing will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out of ten are caused by catarrh
which is nothing but an inflaned con-
clifton of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of deafness Caused by
catarrh) that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for cir
culars, free.
F. j. CHENEY g. Co., Toledo, O.
ES'Sold by Druggists. 75c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Beauty, Utility and Value

Are happily combined in Hoods
Sarsaparilla Coupon Calendar for
1898. The lovely child's head in an
embossed gold frame, surrounded by
sprays of flowers in mosaic, the har-
monious pad in blue with clear fig
nres, and the Coupons by means of
which many valuable books and 9TH
er articles may be obtained, make up
the most desirable Calendar we have
ever seen. The first coupon article
is Hoods Practical Cooks Book, a
handsome, useful volume of $50 pages
Ask your druggist for Hoods Coupon
Calendar, or send cents in stamps
for one to G. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell
Mass.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

GUN EVER CONSTRUCTED.
sort there must be foundation of 80
feet of solid concrete.
While this huge ingot is cast at
Bethlehem, the finishing touches will
be added at the Watervliet arsenal, To-
Gated at West Troy, N. Y. Whoever
has been aboard of one of the big bait
tie ships, like the Iowa, the Massachu-
sets or the Indiana, will probably re-
member the huge guns forward that
impressed the observer with the idea
that they could annihilate anything.
Let it. be remembered that they are
mere toys as compared with this new
est ard biggest gun of Uncle Sans,
and fair idea of the latter's tremen-
dous power and size may be gained.
1t will be a sorry day for the hostile
war ship that tries to enter New York
harbor after this monstrous engine Of
war is mounted.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

The bankers of New York are op-
posed to the postal savings bank sys.
TEN. They declare that there is nc
longer any profit in the banking bust.
ness and in tie excess of their patri
otism they are going to prevent Uncle
Sam from engaging in it if they have
to do all the banking business and
shoulder all the losses themselves
Such unselfsh love for Uncle Sam
would be touching were 1t not SC
palpably ridiculous. Omaha World
Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

'1NGoT" OF THE BIGGEs.
Meigs, formerly of the United States
army, under whose supervision the
gun is being built, says of it:
Its projectile will weigh about 1900
pounds and it's velocity will be in tho
nclghborhood of 1000 feet per second.
The range of such gun would be very
great-not less than ten miles; and it's
extreme range, OF the utmost distance
to which 1T can throw projectile,
would be in the neighborhood of is
miles. Its power is SO great from tho
weight of the projcctile that no armor-
clad could receive blow from it with
out perforation of her armor."
Picture to yourself a gun that weighs
1ae tons. When that gun is placed in
a position to defend New York harbor,
which it will be one of these days, one
shot, If it-struck fairly, would sink the
best war vessel that ever was built.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

After the watermelon shown in the
picture had been photographed it was
carved, and the biggest colored man
with the greatest appetite ever known
south of Mason and Dixon's line could
not have eaten quarter of it. 1t is
said that fruit monsters of this sort
commonly lose their delicacy, both of
flavor and texture, But, this water
melon is an exception to all rules;
there was any amount of ,delicacy APP
parent to the fortunate ones who We're
given a portion of it. The melon
weighed exactly 1856 pounds, and was
81 feet in circumference. When
carved it made $50 slices, and one slice
was all that an ordinary person could
possibly eat at meal. Rocky Ford's
Watermelon day is the only festival
Of the sort observed anywhere. It is
attended every year by from 10000 to
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

divided among those who care to take
the trouble to remove them from the
grove. No illness ever results from this
wholesale consumption of melons, be-
cause no melon is eaten that is not per-
fectly ripe.
1t is probable that many of those
who read this article have unknowing-
ly eaten a Rocky Ford melon, because
the melons from that section of Colo
RADIO are shipped all over the United
States and sold as the product of vari-
Gus localities. It's apeculiar industry,
the raising of watermelons; but so
great has it become at Rocky Ford
that watermelon growers associa-
ton has been formed. All sorts of ex-
periments are tried to make the melons
grow large, and the melon in the pic
ture shows the best that has been ac-
complished.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
OUR CANDIDATE IN 1900
Grand Results-Small Cost.

What may be done toward the bet
terment of the world by system of
free lectures is told in the Outlook of
a recent date. The article is so per-
tinent and applicable to the condit-
ion in Cresco and to the effort toward
u course of free public lectures and so
lucidly portrays the benefits to the
people at large that we copy the ar
ticle entire and commend it to the
attention and consideration of our
business community. The article
reads as follows:
I'm 1889 DIR. Leipziger introduced,
under the Board of Education of New
York, course Of lectures given in
the evening in the public schools. His
idea was to extend the influence of
the public schools to all the people
who would avail themselves of the
opportunities. provided. During the
first year 1856 lectures were given, at
tended by %, 149 people. Every year
since has shown marked increase
both in the number of lectures given
and in that of the people who att end
ed them. In 1896 81 there were 1,O66
lectures given, attended by 426, 357
people. These lectures have been
justly termed the Peoples University.
That the title is deserved is seen the
more clearly when it is noted that,
while there has been a fivefold in-
crease in the number of lectures, the
increase in attendance has been
twenty-fold. Those who attend these
Lectures are almost wholly working
men and their families, and the sub
Jects cover the fields of science, his
tory, art, music, civic and national
government, geography, travel, and
literature. A large percentage of the
total number of lectures given were
on the every-day-science OF health
and hygiene. Heroes and heroines
have been made the subjects of spec
lal lectures AS positive return has
been made to the city for the money
expended in supporting these courses
of lectures as can be show for the ex-
penditure of money in any one de-
partment of city government. These
Lectures have been not only means
OF education, but also of recreation,
to thousands; they have provided
places where the young people from
overcrowdee homes in the tenement
house district all over the city could
spend an evening under proper edu-
cational, hygienic. and recreative
conditions. The lectures often sup
plement the work done in the higher
grades of the schools, and are recon-
mended by the teachers to their pu-
pills as supplementary school work.
In the broadest sense these courses of
lectures have provided opportunities
for culture, and the entire city is in
dehted to the wisdom and foresight
of DIR. Leipziger, who first conceived
of the possibilities Of education that
such courses of lectures would pro-
vide
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
OUR LARGEST GUN.

What the Biggest Piece of Ordnance
We Ever Ordered Looks Like.
copyright. 1871
How many people are there who
know just how the biggest gun the
United States government ever ordered
looks in its initial stage? Here is q
picture of the great ingot, just as it
was cast at the big steel works at
Bethlehem, Pa. When it is all COM
pleted it will be six tons heavier than
the monster Krupp gun shown at the
worlds fair in Chicago, and five feet
longer than the German gun.
The diameter of the ingot as it is
shown in the picture is six feet two
inches. Its length is 40 feet two inches.
1t will be by far the most powerful
gun ever constructed. Lieut. John F.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

The query of the London Times as
to what China gets in return for her
concession to Germany is easily an
swered. She gets left. Philadelphia
Ledger.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
THINGS OLD, NEW AND INTERESTING.
Some Novelties That Attract the Attention Of
This Busy World of Ours.

$4,000 persons, and sometimes the gov
crnor of the state is among the visitors.
Thousands of the melons are brought
in from the ranches and deposited in a
big grove within the city limits. At .
given signal all the visitors repair to
this grove and the watermelon feast be-
gins.
1t is poor year indeed for water
melons when Melon day sees less than
10000 of them at the grove. One of the
rules of the day is that every person
must carve his own melon, there being
no exception on account of sex, age or
previous condition of appetite. The re-
suit is that the spectacle is one never
to be forgotten, for neither man nor
woman appears at best either cutting
or eating a watermelon.
Everyone is supposed to eat all he
can, and the melons that are left are
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Mr.. Wolcott is proud in the knowi-
edge that if President Mckinley does
not favor the Gage currency plan he
can fall back on the Wolcott idea
and send the Colorado senator on
another jaunt at the expence of
patient people. =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

The indications are that the repub-
lican party is rapidly weakening in
the matter of currency reform, tho
the bankers still appear to own
the administration Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Just a Cold in the Head very often

developers into the most acute and
disgusting form of Catarrh. DIR. Ag-
news Catarrhal Powder relieves a
cold in the head in 10 minutes and
precludes the possibility of the ca
tarrh malady, but should catarrh
have gained Roadway this wonderful
remedy will cure it in wonderfully
short time. The Lord Bishop of To.
ronto over his own signature gives a
strong testimony to its curing quail
ties. -62.-So by ]. ]. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

The truly good Dr. Harper of Chi
cago university should call Mr.. Rock
efeller to the telephone and whisper
to him that soup and potatoes are
often more necessary than knowl-
edge of Sanscrit and trigonometry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Foley's Honey and Tar

Cough Syrup wherever introduced is
considered the most pleasant and eff
fective remedy for all throat and
lung complaints. 1t is the only promi.
nent cough medicine that contains no
oplates and that can safely be given
to children. Sold by j. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Argentina has 100000, 900 bushels of
visible wheat in prospect for export
this year. American farmers, how
ever, need not fear. Remember what
the Dingley bill did for wheat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Those Worrying Piles!

40V"e VV31Y1HS 1IIes! OHe uPEJII'
cation of DR.. Agnew's Ointment will
give you comfort. Applied every
night for three to six nights and a
cure is effected in the most stubborn
cases of Blind, Bleeding or Itching
Piles. DR.. Agnew's Ointment cures
Eczema and all itching and burning
skin diseases. 1t acts like magic. 81
cents.-63.- by J. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

IN every country the nation is in
the cottage, and if the light of your
legislation does not shine in there
your craftsmanship is failure and
your system mistake. Canon Far
rar
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

The indications are that the news
papers of America will generally sup
port political plank that denounces
government by injunction and edi-
torial supervision by district Judges.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Two Well Known Statesmen

talked for months, from afront porch
and the rear end of a car. Perhaps
the use of Foley's Honey and Tar will
explain why they could do this, with
out injury to their vocal organs. 1t
10 largely used by speakers and sing.
ers. Sold by J. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

s. ID. Nickum OF Indiana claims to
have invented n light that will burn
forever without costing cent. He's
the only man on earth prepared to
fight the Standard Oil Company.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
A MAMMOTH WATERMELON.
Measures Over Five Feet and Was
Crown MT Rocky Ford, Col.

0FOWh III hOclNy fOru, SO1s
copyright, 1871
Once year at Rocky Ford, Col,
they have what they call Watermelon
day. The accompanying illustration
shows the dual lions of the last occa-
sion. The melon, which measures a
trife over five feet in length, is the
worlds record breaker. Not even in
Maumee, where potatoes grow SO tall,
was anything like this ever accom-
plished by nature.
Lion number two is State Senator
Swink, the father of Melon day, and
one of that fast-disappearing list of
honor men," the Colorado pioneers.
Senator Swink and the watermelon
both challenge admiration for their ex-
traordinary qualities.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Mr.. Sturgis,preeident of the defunct
oelwein, la, bank, seems to be a.
nervous sort of an individual. After
looting the bank he was too impa-
tient to wait for presidential par
don and skipped out between two
davs
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

A Smithsonian Instit ution profess
sor says that the desire to murder or
to steal may be removed by the doc.
tors knife. There is no doubt of it;
in fact any old knife will do it.-Salt
Lake Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

VIII should know that FoLEY's
ioo HONEY AND TAR is absolutely
rme best remedy for all diseases of the
throat, Chest or Lungs. Dealers are
authorized to guarantee it to give
satisfaction in all cases.
Sold by j. j. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Woman Why-You have sallow

Woman Why-You have sallow
skin, Pimples, Ernptions, Discolors
ations. Why resort to cosmetics and
powders to hide the effects? DR.. Ag-
news Liver Pills regulate the system
and restore to the cheek the health
full rosy bloom and peach bush of
youth. From one to two pills dose,
will clarity and purify the complexion
in short order. 1Oc for 40 doses. Ga
Sold by J. J. Lowry,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Heart sceptics are Convinced In 80
Minutes. DIR. Agnew's Cure for the
Heart gives relief in 30 minutes in the
most acute cases of heart disease.
One dose is oil that is needed to con
vince the most sceptical. Thousands
of lives have been saved through its
timely use. 1t is one of the wonders
of modern medical science.-Gl.-Sol
by J. j, Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Dingley's views on the situation
may fill hiatus in general opinion,
but that revenue gap is still in the
treasury. = Philadelphia Times.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke -Four Life Away.

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take NoTo-
BAG, the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, soc or 81. Cure guaran-
teed Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling I;e'"ea-' m. r'>'"ern nr New York
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Equal and exact justice to all men
of whatever state or persuasion, relig-
tous or political. Thomas Jefferson.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

BY the eternal the people and not
the money power shall rule. AN
drew Jackson.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Those 10000 cotton operatives won
dering why Mckinley said 1T was
'better to open the mills than the
tnints."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

No-To- BAG for Flity Gents,
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men atrcng, blood pure Soc, 81. All druggists
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
For Sale

On Berg addition, new house with
five rooms, cistern and cellar, with
small barn, on Second street. 81,
block A, lots 4, 8. 8, Z and s. Mostly
set out to small fruit. Inquire of
J. G. O'NEILI..
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

as IL by a miracle"
DIR. 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 MEDJcA,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

Educate Your Bowels With Cascarets.
Candy Catharttc, cure constipation forever.
'Oc. 26c. II C. G. G f-h druggists refund money!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18
nho. n. KELLOGG.

HOLD-FAST cI SEHSER LINE
will buy, is sold only through lncal agents. Sim
pie and strong; can be put up anywhere; Sc
curely holds rope or wire; instant adjustment
and removal of line; no props needed Seels on
sight. Popular price. AGENTS wanted every.
where. Exclusive territory. Attractive terms.
Premiums and progt- sharing. Anyone may be-
come agent. SAMPLE PAIR by mail 25c.
KELSO NOVELTY co., 5sS Locust st.
31w4 Philadelphia. Pa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1898-01-18

m Hsa fS i Fills Sas ssa Snsss sy Pr
The Wadsworth dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1892-1899, 1898-07-23
No OF Days In Love.

The decision Of the supreme court of
Georgia holding valid a marriage con
tract made On sunday will be approved
in the court of Cupid in accordance with
the law of love, which regards as it's
own every day in the 500. The highest
tribunal in Georgia declares that there
is no such thing as a dies non where
nlatrimony is concerned. The case be-
fore it involved property worth 81, 900,
900, which, by the decision, goes to
Reuben Hayden, a popular young man
of Atlanta.
At the trial in the lower court Mr..
Hayden wished to introduce as evidence
the marriage contract of his grandmotb-
er, from whom the property in dispute
came. The defense objected on the
ground that the contract was made on
Sunday and was therefore illegal. The
objection was sustained in the court be-
low, but when the case came before the
supreme court the contract was declared
legal.-Exchange.