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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17
Why Not?

Ore of Cresco's most thorough and
practical business men suggests
having the city unite with the Inde-
pendent District and enlarge its heat
ing plant sufficiently to run dynamo
to furnish electric lights for the city
and its people at cost.
And why not?
The school grounds embrace plenty
of room to erect a suitable building
for the boiler, engine and dynamo
outside the school building which can
be as thoroughly and efficiently heat
ed as though the boiler was located
in the basement of the building.
The schools would only need its use
during the day time, the city only at
night hence their respective interests
would not clash in the least. For some
reasons it would be better to have
the electric light plant and the water
works contiguous that the same
power might be used for both, and
the engineer who attended the one ir
charge of the other, so that in case o
fire he would be ready to give thu
alarm to the people by blowing th'
whistle and to Immediately apply the
pressure to the pumps. But this il
not contemplated in the franc his
the people are called upon to donate
to some person at the city election,
If the dynamo was at the schoo
grounds in connection with the heat
ing plant for the school building, by
means of steam whistle there the
people could be aroused and the engi
neer at the water works with them
who could Immediately apply the
pressure to the pumps. If it were
possible for the town council te
change its proposition from givine
away franchise to voting to author
ize five or six thousand dollars o
bonds to carry this scheme into effec
we believe it would meet with publi
endorsement and in the end would
cave the city and it's people from
many thousands of unnecessary ia:
burdens and contributions to tn
persons to whom the people ha
donated valuable privilege of levy
ing tribute upon both city ant
people.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17
The Easton Case.

This case transferred from Winne-
shiek county on change of venue ia
now on trial in Fayette county. The
Argo of the 18th says:
On Monday began the gathering OF
the clans in the Easton fraudulent
cases and yesterday morning
court opened on these matters, the
defense springing surprise by with
drawing their plea of not guilty and
asking that the indictment be quash-
ed on the ground that the foreman of
the grand jury was a witness in the
case, and when he was sworn instead
of calling in the Judge or the Clerk
to swear him one of the other jury
men performed that Office. The law
provides that the foreman can swear
member of the grand jury as q wit
ness, but nothing is said as to the
swearing in of the foreman by men,
Der of the jury. Another ground was
that the exhibits presented before the
grand jury were not returned with
the minutes. After several hours
spent in argument the Court adjourn
ed until nine this morning when the
state will be on deck and have word
to say on these questions, probably.
These cases promise to be hotly
contested on both sides and it is more
.than likely that three weeks will be
consumed on the trial. j. B. Powers
of Dub uque, H. T. Reed, of Cresoo,
Dan Shea, DEBORAH, and Clements &
Clemeuts of this city, represent the
defense. E. P. johnson, Ex-County
Attorney of Winneshiek, who so ably
conducted the Carter trial two years
since, Hon. j. H. Trewin. of Lansing,
H. p. Hancock, this city, and g. N,
Houck, of Deco 'ah, are conducting
the prosecution.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17
Wait for the Easter Carnival Apr.

Alt Tor the Easter carnival apr.
Cresco Department Store opening
next week.
Easter Carnival in the opera house
Monday April 3rd.
Home made French Cream Candy at
the Easter Carnival.
Miss Julia Byrnes will have Millin-
cry opening March 21.
Cabinet photographs 81 90 a dozen
at the Russell Studio.
Apron Sale at the Easter Carnival,
April Srd at Opera House.
Mr.. Angel of Charles City was in
Cresco most of this week.
For an elegant supper 60 to the
Easter Carnival, April 3rd.
Miss Lauraine Mead will be home
Monday or Tuesday next.
| j. M. Bowers and wife returned
from Sioux Falls the first of the week.
j. c. Webster has a registerd Clydes-
dale stallion for sale or trade, cheap.
/ D. A. Fifeld is seriously ill with
grip and its resulting complications.
There is no tobacco trust. 1t is only
a community of interests" dontyer-
know.
Frank Lomas went to Decorah last
Saturday to see play by Rober,
Mantell.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Geraty have
little son born to them on Thursday
March 9th.
The Keokuk papers say "whiske.
is on the RISE" It's different with tn:
consumers.
E. D. Brian went to Dell Rapids
S. D., last week, where he will prob
ably locate.
Ralph MoCloud went to Elgin, Ill.
on Tuesday last to attend the funera
of his father.
The Political Equality Club meet
7 with Mrs. Media Clark Thursda
! March %, at 2:30 p. m.
Anton Betzina has sold his farl
near Lourdes and orders hfs PLAI
DEALER sent to Rogers, N. D.
A A. Bouska, former clerk IN th
= Alliance store, has accepted a positio
; in the Railway mail service.
100 beautiful patterns in mems far
cy hosiery to select from.
II The Owens Clothing Co.
Wait for the grand opening of Mi
linary goods March 2lst.
MISS JULIA BYRNEs.
We are showing all the new style
fads and fancies in mems shoes.
The Owens Clothing Co.
We are selling boys heavy Caud
Rubbers, sizes 4, 5, and 6, for 25cts.
Il The Owens Clothing Co.
Miss Julia Byrnes has just return,
from the city with the largest stock
Dr. Millinery goods ever brought to Ores
George 4. Slawson and wife singh
evangelists of Chicago, are assisti
r Rev. Shafer in church work this wee
Miss Jennie Thompson is report
: slightly improved, and her friends a
encouraged in hopes of her recover
Spend next Friday evening with Ru
yard Kipling at Congregational chur
:. Hear his funny stories. Laugh a
4 grow fat.
- Miss Genevieve Kelly, of Rockwe
arrived Tuesday and intends to spe
III the summer with her sister, Mrs.
G. Barnes.
The Woodmen Of the World are p
pairing to give their first annual b
,c in O'Malley's hall, probably on Nj
8 day, April 8.
- The new liveryman, Mr.. Wealth
bee, and his family, has moved i
the Miller tenement, SO long occupi
A by L. H. Sisco.
" Scrotula, salt rheum and all disea
caured by impure blood are cured
Hoods Sarsaparilla, which is Am
ica's Greatest Medicine.
VIM. Friend was so unfortunate
to receive a severe kick from a
one day last week, the injuries lay
o. him up tor several days
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17

Polling Places Spring Election.
First Ward-Thomas building.
Second Ward-Grand Jury room.
Third Ward-Over Connolly's Drug
tore.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17
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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17
For Sale!

Forty acres OF land inside the cor
porate limits of Cresco. Also my
livery stock. Desire to sell out slick
and clean before the first OF April.
3Stt HOLLIS WENTWORTH.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic 100 or ESQ.
II @. O, g, fail to sure, druggists refund money
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-03-17
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barrel screwed in front of the receiver,
the mechanism of which is said to be
exceedingly simple. The cartridges are
attached to revolving brass band.
which works automatically, each shot
that is fired bringing THE next cart
ridge into position The cannon is pro-
vided with a butt not unlike that Of an
ordinary rifle, which isssteadied in the
same way as the rife butt against the
shoulder of the artilleryfnan who is fir-
ing. Its total weight without the sup
ports is a trifie over fifty pounds.
Two men are required to fire this
mitrailleuse, one to load and the other
TO point it, 1t can be fired. however by
one man in case of necessity, though, of
course. at a slower rate. When COM
paratively careful aim is taken 100
shots can oe fired a minute, but if de-
sired from 500 to 600 shots minute can
be fired. The cannon comprises an APP
paratus destined to prevent it grow
ing hot. 1t viii be mounted in three
different ways. according as it is in
tended for use in naval warfare, in
mountainous districts, or for ordinary
field firing. In this latter case it is pro-
vided with shields TO protect those
working it against rifle fire.
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suggest his next maneuvers. and she
detests his enemies and the English
with wholesome Vigor
Madame THEIRS, like Mrs Kruger
cared nothing at all for the glories of
her husbands position. and was rather
contemptuous of her lofty social posi-
ton as first lady of France, but she
thoroughly sympathized in his love of
power and in his passion for saving
She economical, scrimped ard screwed
to help him add to his fortune, letting
his guests go hungry from his table
in order to save a few pennies and
even went so far as to correct him for
offering visitor a whole peach when
half one would serve
Quite an ideal combination of domes-
tie talents and true intellect is exem-
plified in Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, who.
as housekeeper, has very few rivals,
and who, at the same time is a thor
ouShly sympathetic companion TO her
able and busy husband. Mrs Roosevelt
never finds herself too busy to see that
her husbands favorite rice pudding is
done to a turn. Her housemaids are
pinks of domestic precision, and her
larder always fortified against the col
onels impromptu dinner parties got up
by telephone. Indeed, her smile of con-
fident cordially never waivers when a
half dozen unexpected guests claim her
hospitality at the shortest notice: but
with uniquely varied domestic cares she
finds time to keep pace with her hus-
bands political as well as social and
literary interests. or packs up at a hint
to go junketing about the country on
speechmaking tours By this ready
responsiveness she has contributed not
a little to his success in life: all of
which goes to prove that when a great
man does marry wisely and WELL he Sc
H. l. IL
his climb up the ladder. of fame
FANNY ENDRES
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Saved the Reporter.
(Chicago Inter-Ocean.)


During the preliminary trial of the
Jester case at Paris, Mo-, last week a re-
porter for ST. Louis daily had reason
to be grateful to w. S. Forrest, the Chi
cago lawyer. But for the prompt action
of Mr. Forrest the young fellow would
now be looking for a job on another
paper.
Late one evening an important piece of
evidence came out. Newspaper men
swarmed around Prosecuting Attorney
Rhodes office determined to make the
most of the situation. The st. Louis re-
porter was missing. He was across the
street at hotel, uproa-iously drunk and
past caring even for scoops. Mr.. For
rest learned of the situation. The reporter
was a good fellow, quick and courteous.
and the lawyer had a friendly feeling for
him. So Forrest went TO local news
paper man and said:
Il wish you would write this story up
in good shape and send the dispatch TO
the E naming the ST. Louis reporter S
paper-'and sign his rame to il, please, y
added Mr. Forrest.
The next morning the correspondent.
thoroughly sober, walked into the court
room and held out his hand to The Chi
cago man. Mr.. Forrest. I'll do anything
for you" he said. He had seen his paper
and realized how he had been saved from
a bad beat
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Bear Raising q Profitable Business


the pelt will always harbor a reproact
in its black softness-
A Bear Hunt.
When we heard a distant "ah-hooing"
from the dog in the lead Bog knew a
bear had been located and quickly
slipped the couples and away the dogs
went with Bog after them He loses
no time, for the dogs in worrying the
bear are sometimes wounded or killed,
or their courage broken so that they
will never fight again. The chapparel
and chinese thickets parted seemingly
of their own volition to let Bog pass. so
swiftly did he get through the thickets
which held me back. l had to make
my way guided by the bowling and
barking of the dogs, ana when / came
up Bog had one dog by the collar and
the others were bowling and prancing
about the base of a great sugar pine
Away up in the tree was bruin. He
painted from his enforced run and climb
and looked down at us with a what
can-you-do-no now air as if he felt him.
self absolutely secure He leaned his
ugly head down and peered at us, keep
ing it constantly wagging. knew
Boys law that no bear might be shot
except through the head-if I missed
that ungainly wagging head Bog would
be disappointed, for whomSoever he
honored with a shot at his game he
expected to invariably hit their mark
Two or three failures meant a lapse of
friendship.
And Then the Bear Fell.
I fired The bear looked down sur
prised as If she wondered what We were
doing 1 fired again. Striking and
bouncing from the limbs. accompanied
by shower of twigs, the bear fell with
a great thud among the bowling dogs.
Thpr hoOan hnnt for her CuDSL
and the dogs trailed them for half an
hous before we found them. There were
three, like half grown kittens. and Bog
put them in his coat pockets and we
took them home for Mary to raise. In
a couple of years they would be OF
value enough to shoot for the pelt and
fat
Only one dog was seriously hurt in
the fight. He came out of it with a
badly scratched face which Bog care
fully dressed when We reached home.
He examined all the dogs, washed their
wounds and tied them up. One dog he
had held by the collar during the fight
to restrain him He had been his best
hunter in days gone by. One day he
had gone out hunting without Bog who
was cutting wood out on the hills.
Hearing the "ah-hoo.' which told him
Violet had a bear he hurried toward
the sound with his rifle Violet was
worrying the bear, biting his heels and
exasperating the beast, who got in some
good defense against the dog, whose
worrying agility offered no front for
fight Bog shot the bear, but Violet
would never willingly go near another.
She started out all right and trailed till
the bear was in sight, and then she
would go home by the shortest route
She got all the bear she wanted in her
single handed encounter.
HELEN GREY.
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that the inventor is confident that in
the new vessel there will be a complete
absence of vibration. 1t is easy TO
understand that this is a matter of the
greatest Importance in launching a tor
pedo or firing guns.
The one point to which the opponents
of the turbine have chung is the asser-
ton that with the terrific speed which
1t imDarts it will be impossible to re-
verse vessel so quickly as can be done
with those of less speed. OF course il is
matter Of prime Importance that a
torpedo boat destroyer should be able
10 stop, TO turn and to run away
performances in this respect, Mr.. Par
sons is confident that the Viper viii do
all these things, as well as any other
vessel, if not better
or course the only way to reverse any
ship is to set her propellers to revolving
in backward direction. On the Viper
this can be done to all intents and pur-
poses instantly, and the fact that she
carries four screws to each propeller
enables her to overcome the forward
impetus more quickly than can be done
in the case of a vessel with single
screw propellers- Therefore the Viper
can come to stop as quickly as an
ordinary vessel in spite of her greater
forward speed, and she can run back
ward at rate estimated by Mr. Par
sons as sixteen knots per hour, or
rather less than half speed. On the
other hand, the Viper'S engines can be
worked up to top notch of efficiency
much more quickly than those of the
ordinary type. She can go from a
standstin 30 full speed in about thirty
seconds, instead of in ten to fifteen
minutes, as is required by reciprocal
ing engines. This is factor in inn
parting agility which is of the highest
Importance
An Event of Importance.
On all of these accounts the result of
the Viper's trial test will be looked
upon with the keenest interest by all
naval men. If she proves a success it
will mean that all the torpedo boats
and torpedo boat destroyers in exist
ence today, representing investments of
hundreds of millions on the part of diff
ferent governments, are put out of date
by that very fact. The usefulness of
such boats lies in being able to outrun
and outmaceuver all other crafts. AS
socn as this superiority disappears their
usefulness IS gone.
There is no reason TO doubt that the
Viper viii prove a success. Her builder
is serenely confident. Moreover, he as
serts, not without reason, that within
ten years all steamers travelling busy
passenger routes and making short
journeys-such as cross-cEannel and
coast boats-will be driven by turbine
motors.
The British government, too. seems
to have confidence in the new boat. for
they have already ordered another to
be built on practically the same plans.
Evidently the English naval experts be-
lleve that the turbine vessel is the COM
ing type, and desire to be first in the
feld in securing representatives of it.
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WIVES OF SOME GREAT MEN.

Wives of great men all remind us
that no great genius is ever satisfied
with a mate whose talents are purely
domestic. and to hold the affections of
a gifted husband a woman must be
something else than merely a good
housekeeper. A dozen points to this
moral may be cited. and none will serve
TO clinch the argument more firmly
than the case of Richard Wagner and
his first wife. In his youth the great
musician chose partner from the
stage; a plump, pretty and pleasing
little person wiSo was thoroughly de-
voted TO her husbands physical we'll
being. who did not hesitate TO stand at
the washtub when the author of iris
tan" and Isolde couldn't afford a
laundress. who kept his garnet home in
Paris the pink of cleanliness and con-
trived meals for him from the scanti-
est provisions that ever feh to cook s
lot AS a housekeeping wife, of the type
St. Paul so highly recommends, che
was near perfection, but she could not
understand her husbands musical pas
sions and yearnings, nor did She have
much patience with his ever banging
piano, and after having devoted her
youth and strength uncomplainingly to
his service, she found that he bore her
no more love than man might feel for
q faithful but stupid servant.
In very painful contrast TO this tale
of unrequited service and devotion is
the matrimonial relations of Mozart
and his wife. Poor overworked genius,
He welded pretty, gay Constance
weber who loved to lie abed late who
kept her pink palms smooth as satin.
who thought it no injustice for her
busy, harassed husband to cook and
serve his meals himself as best he
might and VINO spent all the money ne
earned on her frills and furbelows.
Well. he welded her and loved her with
q rererent. unselfish ardor and emotion
That brings. tears to your eyes as you
read his story. He thought her much
too fine and dainty 10 bother with dirty
cooking utensils: he worshiped her
beauty arrayed in fine frocls and he
left little tender missives pinned to her
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best appliances under the reciprocating
/ system. In fact, the only limit of speed
is the amount of steam power that can
/ be applied. The Turbinia's screws were
run at $500 revolutions per minute,
which is ten times the rate attained in
vessels Of the ordinary type
Another advantage of the turbine
I system is that it utilities practically the
whole power of the steam. As the
steam travels away from the boilers il
/ constantly expands, of use, and
therefore exerts less pressure to the
square inch. But by increasing the
size of a shafts collar and of the blades
/ which ii carries the same number of
! revolution per minute may be obtained
/ from steam of lower pressure. In
the Turbinia they passed through three
of these phases, beginning with q
/ pressure of 225 pounds to the square
! inch and emerging with a pressure of
less than pound, while by the ar
rangement described the three shafts
all reyoived at the same speed.
Enormous Steam Power
The Turbinia had three propellers all
driven by one set of engines The
| Wiper, carries double set of engines
port and starboard-e working two
propellers. The horse power of her
engines is 10000 lin reality it is prob
ably more than that, against the 1000
horse power of the Turbinia, and she is
expected to make something like forty
knots an hour. considerably SURPRISING
the Turbinia's record of thirty-five
| knots.
The Viper has boilers one-ffth larger
| than those of the ordinary torpedo boat
of her size; there are nearly 1000 feet
of additional heating area When one
reflects that by using turbines 90 per
cent increased efficiency is obtained
from the steam, it will be seen that in
/ the matter of available steaIh power
the Viper possesses an immense ad-
vantage over other ships. Another fac
tor which adds to this advantage is her
extreme lightness; her tonnage is a
third less than that of other destroyers
of her dimensions. She has twice the
horse power of these thirty-knot boats
TO drive less body weight. Certainly
that makes the claim of superior speed
look reasonable.
| From the Viper's boilers the steam
passes to two high pressure turbine
motors which drive the two outer pro-
peller shafts. From there il is con-
Quoted to two low pressure and two
reversing turbine motors. driving the
inner Shafts. These propellers. it
should be borne in mind. do not pro-
iect bevond the stern of the vessel
They leave the engine room at a slight
downward angle which carries them
further below the surface than would
be possible if they extended directly
astern, and gives them a grip of the
water which the light draught of the
vessel would otherwise prevent The
forward screws are some thirty feet
ahead of the stern. By thus separating
the screws each set has its own water
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Fifty miles an Bour on tie Ocean
Like the
FlOed-
Official Trials Scheduled to Few Days.

fixed at such an angle that the steam.
as it enters the chest, exerts its power
against them and turns the shaft
Similar blades are fixed to the inner
walls of the chest in a stationary posi-
ton. These are interposed between the
rows of revolving blades and slant in
the opposite direction in order to turn
the full force of the steam directly upon
the latter. The steam passing through
the chests strikes the face of the hum
drecs. of little blades and turns the
shaft. The action is the same as that
of water in driving turbine water
wheel The device seems simplicity
itself, although it has taken fifteen
years of experimental work on the part
of Mr. Parsons to bring about its sue
cessful application to steam propulsion.
1t is easy to see that by applying the
steam in this manner so that the
motion is steadily in one direction a
much higher rate of speed is possible
than could be obtained even with the