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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
j The White Rose Of Peace
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

STSHE warm May breeze was taking
unprecedented liberties with
Mrs. Merrick's spotless white
curtains, blowing them to and fro at
will, but Mrs. Merrick was too busy to
notice the fact. She was in the kitchen
piling huge baskets with the blossoms
which had yesterday laden the lilac,
rose and SNOWFALL trees. She was an
elderly woman, gaunt and active, and
she talked to herself as she worked:
There, I've done it all as George
would have liked" she said, che al
ways held that the privates should have
the finest flowers and the most of EN-.
did want to save them white roses for
his grave, but couldn't make up my
mind to it somehow. Ill just lay one
bud over his heart and III understand.
roses, and I don't believe there's an
other bush in the country except the
one Nancy has. Mother brought EN-
to us from Baltimore, / remember.
Well, l guess Nancy won't donate any
roses for Decoration day!" She laughed
scornfully at the idea.
Nancy was her only sister, and both
of them, newly married, had seen their
husbands march out when the first call
for troops came, but George Merrick
wore the blue and Richard Wilson
donned the gray. Both had come back
four years later, George to die within
q decade from the effect of his wounds;
Richard, with one coat sleeve empty, to
go to work where he had left off, tilling
the farm, which was his wife's. Each
sister had followed her husband, and
| the breach between them had widened
until they did not recognize each other
when they met.
mo, mine will be the only white roses
to-day" Mrs. Merrick repeated. She
started slightly as a shadow fell across
the floor. There you are, Capt. Stone, y
she said, still STOPPING over the bas.
lsets; Pm all ready for you. My
| flowers have done wonderfully this
year, and isn't 1t nice day, too? 1t al.
ways seems to me that something must
be wrong if Decoration day isn't clear'
There was no reply, and she glanced
|
elderly woman in a purple dress. She
was short, stout, motherly, and her face
was scarlet.
! "Nancy!" Mrs. Merrick cried. She
sank into chair, gazing at her unex,
pected visitor. Her first impression
was that some overwhelming misfor-
tune had befallen her and that her
sister had come to tell her of it.
Eyes, EN-, it's me. I'll go right away
If you say SO. I'm not one to go where
/ ain't wanted, but Richard said"
II haven't told you you amt wei.
come, Nancy Wilson. Walk in and take
a chair. If the flowers are in your way
I'll move 'em; they're for the soldiers
graves. ] suppose you've heard of Dec
Grafton day."
"Ill stay here, thank you. 1--we got
some news to-day. thought I'd tel
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
To Retire the Greenbacks.

When Mckinley was a candidate he
promised the people that, in the event
of his election, he would keep in circu-
lation, and as good as gold, all the diff
ferent forms of money then in use.
But the scarce money men, whose con-
tributions made his election possible,
had no idea that he would keep the
promise contained in his letter of ac-
ceptance.
Greenbacks are legal tenders. To all
intents and purposes they are just as
good as gold, and the scarce money
party has no use for them.,'
The republican caucus committee is
formulating scheme for the retire.
ment of the greenbacks from circula.
ton, and we have no doubt but what
it will have the cordial support of the
adminiStratio Democrat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Mr.. BRYAN Talks Sense.

In an interview at Chicago the other
day Mr.. Bryan reiterated his belief
that the Democratic National Con-
vention will ''reatfirm the Chicago plat.
FORM" But he added that "no man
has right at this time to say what
the Democratic platform will be. You
do not know what the next twelve
months will bring forth" And when
asked, "Will free silver be the domi-
nant issue in the next campaigh?" he
replied: at is altogether too early to
say what will be the dominant issue,
but Whatever the issue is the Demo-
cratic party will meet it squarely. .
-NeU York World.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Excursions via. Chicago Great Western Ry
Summer Season 1890

Tue Chicago Great Western Ry will
have on sale ut all statiors excursion
tickets for the following meetings to
be held during tie summer season at
very low rates.
General Assembly, Presbyterian
Church, Minneapolis, Mimi, May 18th
to Juue lst. One fare plus $500 for
the round trip.
National Baptist Anniversaries,
San Francisco, Cal May 90 hto 50th.
One first class fare for the round trip.
Anrual meeting, Imperial Council,
Ancient Arabic Order Mobiles at the
Mystic Shrine, Buffalo, N. Y, Juue
14th 10 18th. One fare plus 50 90 for
the round trip.
Annual Reunion r. p. O. E., St.
Louis, Mo-, June goth to 23rd. One
fare plus So 90 for the round trip.
Annual Convention, United SOCIETY
of Christian Eudeavor, Detroit, Mich ,
July 5th 10 10Th. One fare plus So OF
for the round trip.
Annual meeting, National Educa,
1ional Association, Los Angeles, Cal
July 18th to 14th. One fare plus So OIL
for the round trip.
National Convention, r. Y. p. u.
of America, Richmond, Va, July 10 L
TO 10Th. One fare plus $500 for the
round trip.
| Other meetings to be announced
later For full information call Or
any Agent Maple Leaf Route" OF
address, T. FL. Lord, General Pass
g. Ticket Agent, 113 Adams st
[ Chic go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30

y
the clover and the sun of summer
shines,
And the shadows on the grasses are the
shadows of the pines
Comes q people forth to duty meath the
banner of the stars,
And the Nation weaves a chaplet for the
heroes of her wars;
For the men who went to battle, for the
tender and the true
Who are sleeping in the sunshine in their
uniforms of blue.
Where the Shenandoah's music wakes the
echoes of the glen,
And the Mississippi PUSHES past the busy
haunts of men,
From the shadow of Katahdin, with his
eerie crest of SHOWS,
To the land of endless summer where the
Sacramento flows,
There are camps forever silent, for no
drums within them beat,
And the bugles of the battle blow no
"Charge!" and no "Retreat!'
But upon heroic bosoms falls the scented
bloom of May,
And a grateful Nation kneeleth on her own
Memorial Day.
One can almost hear the music of the
mighty, marching lines
AS they swept in matchless phalanx meath
the cypress and the pines,
But the lannon's rut is hidden by the lily
and the rose.
And the veterans march together who in
battle met as foes;
A grand. united Nation stands beneath OUT
banner free,
One In purpose, one in glory. from majestic
sea to sea;
Fearing none and crowned with spendor,
scars our eagle in the sun.
Asproud as when he scared above the plume
of Washington.
Gently from the hands of beauty love-in-
vested flowers fall
Not hero's grave is missing. there is love
enough for all;
Blossoms fair for those who battled where
the British guns grew still,
And a people rose to grandeur from the
slopes of Bunker Hill!
Roses red and white for thousands who at
home and far away,
In the shadow and the sunshine. camp for
ever and day;
Let the Southland's proud palmetto touch
the Northland's gentle pine
Where the birds are singing sweetly on the
battles ghostly line.
We've seen the sons of those who met as
foemen on the plain
Beneath the folds of Freedoms flag their
young blood shed like rain,
| Until the wretched wrath of hate fed
shrieking on the blast.
And Peace looked down upon our land and.
smiling. said! Eat lastl''
| One flag for all Americans. no matter where
they be!
| One flag above our heroes graves upon the
land and sea!
| And flowers for the brave who sleep where
| soft the breezes blow,
And the singing southern rivers thro' a land
united flow.
| The veteran crowns his comrade to the
music of the drum,
| The Nation weaves heroic wreaths. and will
| for years to come;
In the cycles still before US. in the centuries
to be
The rose will fall upon the brave who res,
twixt sea and sea;
And Columbia, fairer. greater as she
mounts the heights of fame,
Will carve on her respondent shield will
pride each heros name;
And the tide that rushes outward to the
countries far away
VIII tell the beauteous story Of our lands
Memorial Day.
T. C. HARBAUGH.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Secretary Gage is Alarmed.

To the Editor of the Telegraph: Sec
rotary Gage has written letter to the
Central Council of the Sound Money
League, from which the following eX-
tracts is taken:
''On the free silver issue Bryan can
be beaten in 1900. But he is not beat
en- yet and he will not be beaten until
the votes are;cast and countedon cleo
ton day. 1t is time to recognize the
fact that he is a mgSterful politician
whose ambition and industry are equal
ly great and whose purposes are to-day
just what they were two years ago. If
he wants a denomination he will get it
and if he gets it he will have to be
reckoned with as dangerous opponent
down to the closing of the polls on
election day."
"Sound Money!" the organ of the
League, reproduces the above extract
and supplemented it with the follow
ing editorial comment:
Secretary Gage takes exactly the
right view of the situation. The sup
porters of honest money and practical
currency reform must hold themselves
in readiness to defend next year the
ground they won in 1896. The secre-
tarys pointed warning is worth more
to the country than volume of exul-
tdtion over what happened two years
ago"
The secretary is evidently alarmed,
though the so-called sound money press
has from day to day asserted that the
silver question is dead. Mr.. Gage,
however, finds it sufficiently alive to
give him and the gold bugs much APP.
lprehelision.
The confession that Mr.. Bryan is a
| ''masterful politician" from so high an
official and champion of the single gold
standard is at onre compliment and
an indication that he is feared by the
administration. Why should Mr.. Gage
give this pointed warming" if the sill
YER issue is dead? Why should Mr.
Smalley, the editor of "Sound Money,
and the secretary of the league, urge
upon ''the supporters of honeStmoney'
the necessity of holding "themselve!
in readiness to defend the ground wol
1896" if that ground is in no danger O
being wreSted from them?
| Secretary Gage declares Bryan mus
be reckoned with as dangerous
| force",dangerous only to the none.
power-if there is no vitalityin the fret
silver issue? Mr.. Gage has made ;
most significant admission, which
shows that he is fearful that Mr.. Bry
an will be elected president in 1900.
There is not democrat living to-da
who is so much feared as Mr.. Bryan
| There is not a leader in the part
whose influence Secretary Gage Or an
supporter of the single gold standar
so breads as Mr.. Bryans. To the nor
opolists, trusts and gold bugs he is
dangerous force;" to the common pee
pie he is a most benign and helpful
force. That characterization of MI
Bryan, coming from the source ltdoes
. is high complement to him. Itcon
!, pels the conclusion that Mr.. Brya
, will be the logical candidate of til
y democracy next year, and that his e
ection is sure. Mr.. Gage in his ''poin
= ed warning" has exposed the fears
, the administ ira tion. SILVER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30

The agricultural implement manu-
facturers got together in Chicago this
week and made general advance of
fifteen percent on all agricultural ma
chinery, and the farmer twill have to
pay the freight" Ii there is anything
which the farmer uses which is not
now in the trust, please keep quiet
about it, for if any one finds it out it
will be trusted before night. These
highway robbers have been licensed to
bleed the people by the Republican
party, and the more their revenue, the
more money they will have with which
to corrupt the voters to retain their
power and prestige. -,Stae Adre,tiScr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
We Are . Grateful Nation.

There are some who. declare that
fckleness is an attribute of the Ameri-
can character. Would they dare say
as much could they see the long process
sion which goes forth from city and
hamlet alike on Decoration day to lay
tribute of flowers and honor upon the
graves Of the nations dead? Would
they repeat the sheer if they could hear
the reading Of the poems our noblest
poets have written of their glorious
deeds; If they could listen to the songs
composed in their honor and sung by
the piping voice of age and the shrill
tones of childhood; if they could hear
the most famous orators rehearse the
victories of heroes who died, perhaps,
ere they were born? No, surely if our
critics were with us on one Decoration
day, they would cease forever to call
tickle the people which so gratefully re-
members its victorious dead.
An Important Question.
Ifyour friends Or nelghb)rs are suner ne
from coughs, colds, sore throat, or any throat
or lung disease dncludDg consumption, ask
them if they have ever used Otto's Cure. This
famous German remedy is having large sale
here and is performing some wonderful cures
of throat and lung diseases. No matter wha
other medicines have failed TO do, try Otto!
Cure. Large Sizes csc and SOC. Sold by Lure.
Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Cresco, Iowa. May la, 1892 7lwa

DeWitt's Little Early Riscrs act as
a faultless pill should, cleansing and
rcviving the system instead of weaken
ing it. They are mild and sure, small
and pleasant to take, and entirely free
from Objectionable drugs. They assist
rather than compel.
j. III. LuerS Drag Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30

In recent address to the democrat
&c editors of Indiana, Mayor Carter
Harrison, of Chicago, said that SO far
as he was personally concerned the
Chicago platform in its entirety should
be readoptcd for the fight of 1900. But
he thought the great fight for the
Democrats to make would be fight
against the trusts. He said: $50 far
as Il am personally concerned, the
next national convention can do no
better thing than to reatiirm the Chi
cago platform as it stands, with such
additions as the eXigencies of the times
will demand. ~" Manchester Democrat
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
How is vour wifa2

Has she lost her beauty? II SO, Constipation
Indigestion. Sick Headache are the principa
causes. Karl's Glover Root Tea has cured these
Is for half "A century. Price IS cts. and so cts.
Money refunded If results are not satisfactory
LURES & LOWRY. Druggists.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30

What you want is not temporary re-
lief from piles but cure tostay cured.
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye cures
piles, and they stay cured. Soothes
and quickly heals old sores, scalds, cuts,
burns, wounds and skin diseases.
j. III. LuerS Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Administrators Notice,
ME. j. II Evans, DcccnScd.

ESTATE OF Ms. J. J. EVans, Deccased.
Notice is hereby given, that the subscriber
has been duly appointed administrator to
the Estate of Mrs. j. L: Evans. late OF Cresco,
In he county OF Howard, state OF Iowa,
deceased, intestate, and has taken upon
himself that trust by giving bonds as the
law directs. All persons having demands upon
the estate OF the said deceased are required tc
exhibit the same; and persons indebted to tho
said estatearc called upon to make payment &c
All. EVANS,
Administrator.
CreSCO Iowa Nav l2 1889. 7lW3
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
Does This Strike You2

Muddy compilations, Nauscating breath come
from chronic consumption. Karl's Clover Root
Tea is an absolute cule and has been sold for
fifty years on an absolute guarantee. Price IS
cts. and so cts, Luers & Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30

came over her, in a flash, that she had
forbidden her friends to mention her
sister or her affairs in her hearing.
Nancy, having done the same In hen
own case. Her throat was dry, as she
said:
And what did Richard Wilson say
when he saw his son in the blue?"
"He said" the guest drew herself up.
proudly, che said that as far as he was
concerned, the war was over "a years
ago. and if he had 40 sons he'd give 'em
all to the union now. Well, guess
must be going; Richardll be tired OF
waiting"
Nancy, oh, Nancyl"
EN-, sister Emil"
They were weeping in each Others
arms. Nancy spoke first'
"Em, was always union at heart, but
followed my husband, as woman
should. I've got every rose from my
white tree out there in the buggy
thought you might like them for
Georges grave"
81 just will" Mrs. Merriek cried.
Then, stepping to the door, she shaded
her eyes with her hand. Good morn
ing, Richard!" she called to the patient
figure seated in the buggy. 81 just
wanted to tell you that peace has been
declared" ELISA ARMSTRONG
A New Railway.
The improvem ents that have been
made during the past few years ln its
track, roadbed, bridges, trestles, tun.
ne!s, etc, have virtually made q new
road of the NORTHERN PACIFIC. The
road bed has been widened, trestles
filled in. new and heavier steel rails
laid, grades cut down, wooden bridg.
es replaced by steel ones, curves tax.
en- out, tunnels lined with brick arc
concrete, end improvements made
wherever possible. Hundreds of thou
sands of dollars were spent in this
way during 1898 besides large sums ir
previous years.
New and mammoth locomotives cap
able Of dra wipg the heavy trans con
tineDtal passenger trains at seventy
have been bought. Progress and at
der Of the day. Such road, SOLID
SMOOTH, SAFE, it is u pleasure to rid,
over, especially as it runs through III,
finest scenery of the North western
Empire and touches ali the create
cities found there. Pnllnan's hes
cars, both Tourist ard First Clas
Sleeping Cors, and a royal Diaing Ca
are part of the through trains from
st Pau! and Indianapolis to Tacoma
Seattle and Port'ai4d; Il dis ance of2,
600 odd miles Your bed room ant
dining room are carried along "itl
yon all the way-where you are the.
are, where you go, they go.
If you 60 into the Nor! Invest thi
year use this route. III the ineantim
seud to CHAS s. FEE, Gau'i Pass
Agent. ST. Paul Minu., six ce uts o
WONDERLAND '99 AID read nbru
that couotry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
zTHE@
NATIONS
X DE i xf. *

REATER love hath
no man than this,
we say, as we
pause above t h e
graves of those
who died for their
low
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-05-30
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lkAhBs :<ss> I|E,
MENeR,l.AsAL..E'
DAN.. <%sSS~

HERE the flowers in
their beauty set
the woodlands all
aglow,
And the crystal rivers,
laughing to the dis
tant oceans flow,
Wa ar 49, H.,
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-18
Waikiki Licenses.

The three light wine and beer licenses in
the Waikiki district give authority to the
holders to sell wine and beer within 600 feet
of both a school. house and church. Up to
the End inst there was another, the original,
license at Waikiki, held by w. c. ]. Gilman,
but on the date of expiration, Nov. 2, Mr..
Ottman was told that his license would not
be renewed, as there were already too many
saloons in his district. The last license
granted was three weeks ago, or week be.
fore Nov. Q. As Mr.. Gilman had the original
license and, as Marshall Brown states, always
complied with the law, never giving occasion
for visit from the police, he hardly sees the
Justice of the treatment that has been &C
corded him. If the Government is to restrict
the number of Waikiki licenses to three he
naturally has good reason to ask why fourth
license was granted before his expired? The
three last licenses issued are fragrant viola.
ton of the law, as they permit the sale of
Intoxicating drinks within 600 feet of school.
house as we'll as a church.
Austin's Hawaiian weekly. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1899-190?, 1899-11-18
Ocean Depths.

Sir John Murray has, in recent paper
(Royal Geographical Society's Journal, Octo.
ber), published his presidential address to the
geographical section of the British Assoca-
ton at Dover, and even to the ordinary nom
scientific reader his wonderful resume of what
has been done in the way of exploring the
oceans depth must be as enhancing as a
fairy tale. The mere mention of such a
chasm as that existing in the south Pacific,
between the Kermadecs and the Friendly
Islands, where depth of bl55 fathoms, or
$50 feet more than five geographical miles,
has been found, strikes the lay mind with
awe. Mount Everest, that stupendous Hima.
layan peak whose summit scars far above the
utmost efforts of even the most devoted
moutaineers, a virgin fastness hooking mans
soaring ambition, if sunk in the ocean at the
spot just mentioned, would disappear until it's
highest point was 5000 feet below the surface.
Yet out of that abyss rises the volcano mass
Of Sunday Island in the Kermadecs, whose
crater is probably 1000 feet above the sea
by the Challenger depths of over 5000 fathoms
mated at 100000 square miles, or about
per cent. of the total water surface of the
globe. Within these depths are found many
lower deeps, strangely enough generally in
comparatively. proximity to land, such
as the Tuscarora deep, near Japan, one in the
Banda sea, that is to say, in the heart of the
East India archipelago, etc. Down, down
into these mysterious waters the ingenious
sounding machine runs, taking out its four
miles and upward of pianoforte wire until the
sudden stoppage of the swift descent marks
the dial on deck with the exact number of
fathoms reached And yet so vast is the
ocean.bed that none can say with any GER
tainty that far greater depths may not yet be
found than any that have hitherto been re.
corded, amazing as they are.