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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS
BY j. N. Smith, at the Farmers Institute
Recently Held at Lime Springs.

Recently Held at Lime Springs.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
My name appears on your program
for an address, now this puts me con-
siderably out of place, for man that
has trained his voice for years so that
when kicked over by an unruly COW
and soothed with pail of warm milk
he can say, 80 bossy!" in q quiet,
gentle tone, cannot all at once de-
velope into speaker before such an
audience as this. But I will have my
say just the same. I will take for my
subject, 1.-THE Farmers are Coming to
the Front" In nearly every paper
we read something about the farmer
coming to the front. Now say they
are not coming to the front, they
have always been at the front. Who
was the first man? What was he
created for? To till the soil. He was
farmer. Who came West to settle
the country and take it from the wild
beast, kill off the rattlesnakes, face
the prairie fires? Was it the merchant
or professor7 No. If it was he was
farmer then and at the front. There
are men in the room who have
watched the prairie fire all night
from their straw rooted barns. Their
stock, their wives their children we're
in danger. They were at the front.
They are at the front to-day. Many
of them have good barns, good stock
and good homes. They are men of
intelligence. What better can you
say of man than that he is good,
honest, hardworking farmer? The
time is not far distant when the farm
er will occupy the high place in
public opinion and public affairs that
to him belong. For he has no axe to
grind although he always has a dull
one at home, He takes broad view
of things and makes q good man
anywhere, if you can only get him
away from the farm and get him
interested. True there are good men
OuGsloo VI tuc ldIlus Oul WAcic olS
they come from? Nine times out of
ten they were raised on a farm until
they were past the years that make
or break and over the danger line.
Farming is good occupation for any
man. But to make the best of his
occupation he must be good farmer.
Must be raised on farm and must
have a good farm to work upon. Like
the English cook making rabbit soup.
The first thing on the recipe was to
catch the rabbit. The first thing is.
to get the farm. Some inherit the
farm. Some marry it. More buy it
on time and make it pay for itself.
The farmer has great deal to look
after. There are always improve
ments to make, weeds to kill, fences
to fix, home to sustain and often
a halt dozen little patches of brains
to cultivate, which must not be
neglected. On them the future
depends. There are more improve
ments being made for the farmer
every year. The farmers telephone
is coming to the front. They of all
men need the phone. They live at a
greater distance than their city
friends who cannot get along without
telephone. 1t connects the farmers,
connects them with their city friends.
connects them with the world, and
will some day remove the isolation
of farm life which has been its great
est barrier.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
Words of Truth.

We the undersigned druggists of the
Upper Peninsula of Michigan unite in
saying that Warmers White Wine OF
Tar Syrup has no superioras a throat
and lung remedy. 1t he's given entire
satisfaction in this part of the coun,
try and is one of the very best sellers
STAFFORD DRUG Co. Marquette. NJ ich
d J ATKINSON, Harbor Springs, Mich
j. M. PERKINS & Co. Negaunee, Mich
III. NJ. Powers, Ontonagon. Mich.
ID. L. MACDONALD, Calumet, Mich.
f. P. TILLsoN, Isbpeming, Mich.
A. j. SCOTT. Hancock, Mich,
RUDELL & CONWAY,
Sault st. Marie, Mich.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Secretary Gage of the treasury de-
partment sends in his estimate to
congress OF deficiency of $112, OOO,-
600 for the fiscal year, and Chairman
cannon oil the house committee plac-
es 1t at $159,OOO,0OO. This is high re-
publican authority upon the result OF
the much lauded Dingley bill. For
months statements as to this have
been met by elaborate denials from
all republican officials, but now the
election is over, and the facts are nee.
essary; the truth is shown above
Grand Forks Plain Dealer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
Sam Jones is credited with

Sam Jones is credited with uttering
the following: 'Do you know that
boys are more particular whom they
go with than girls are? You may
Think 1t strange statement, but it is
so. A girl will go on the streets in
open day with boy who gets drunk,
but the minute boy finds out that
girl gets drunk he wont go with her.
1 wish our girls would be as particu-
lar with whom they go, as the boys
are."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
The Successful Drama.

hear an excellent reply that Joseph
Jefferson made when somebody repeat
ed to him Zangwill's severe structures
ON modern playwrights and modern
plays.
Mr.. zangwill forgets," said the
venerable actor, that dramatist can
not write for one man alone. The play
that pleases one man is failure. It
is the play that pleases the dollar
and half man, the dollar man. and
the fifty-cent man that succeeds. The
dramatist must write for all three"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
Beauty Is BIooa Deep.

Clean blood means clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cathar-
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all i'm.
purities from the body; Begin, to-day to
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarets,-beauty for ten cents. All drug.
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, Zoe, 25c, soc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

For frost bites, burns, indolent
sores, eczema, skin diseases. aud es-
pecially Piles. De Wits Witch Ha-
eel Salve stands first and best. Look
out for dishonest people who try to
initiate and counterfeit it. It's their
endorsement of G good article. Worth
less goods are not initiated. Get De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve
Tuers g. Towrv
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
LAND FOR SALE.

100 acres of land one mile from
Button. Has good house, a fine
well of water, about 90 acres under
cultivation, balance grub land. Terms
half cash. balance on long time at s
per cent interest. w. III. BENTLY,
34m2 Bluffton, Iowa
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
Many A Lover

Has turned with disgust from an otherwise
lovable girl with an offensive breath. Karl's
Glover Root Tea purifies the breath by Its ac-
ton on the bowels, etc., as nothing else will
Sold for years on absolute guarantee. Price
25 Cts, and 80 cts. Luers Lowry Druggists.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Don't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Yoar lille Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag.
netic. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To-
BAG, the wonder-worlSer, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, SOC or 81. Cure guaran-
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

received the bottle of White Wine
of Tar of Syrup. One of my children
was very sick with Group, and as your
medicine was pleasant to take I gave
it and it gave almost immediate relief
would not be without it, and / also
recommend it as a medicine that
should be at all times in every family.
West Union Oregon.
REV. H. STAUP.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
Young Mothers.

Group is the terror of thousands Of young
mothers because its outbreak is SO agonizing
and frequently fatal Shiloh's Cough and Con-
sumption Cure acts like magic in cases OF
Group, 1t has never been known to fail. The
worst cases relieved Immediately. Price IS cts
so cts. and $1.O0. Luers g. Lowry Druggists.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Give me liver regulator and
can regulate the world said genius
The druggist handed him bottle of
De Wits Little EARLY hisefe, lhs fa
nous little pills. Luers s. Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
What Is Shiloh?

grand old remedy for Cough, Colds and
Consumption; used through the world for half a
century, has cured tnnumerable cases of incipi-
ent consumption and relieved manyin adyanc-
ed stages. If you are not satisfied with the re-
suite we Will refund your money. Price 25 cts
so cts. and $500. Luers & Lowry Druggists.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Not one child dies where ten form
erly died from Group. People have
learned the value of One Minute
Cough Cure and use it for severe,lung
and throat troubles. 1t Immediately
stops coughing. 1t never fails
Luers 81 Lowry.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
You Try II.

If sniioh's Cough and Consumption Cure
which is sold for the small price of 25 cts, 80
cts, and s1.O0, does not cure take the bottle
back and we willrefund your money, Sold for
over fifty years On this guarantee. Price 25 cts.
and 80 cts. Luers g. Lowry's Drug Store.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Before the discovery of One Minute
Cough Cure, ministers were greatly
disturbed by coughing congregations.
NO excuse for it now. Liners az Lowry
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
Sick Headaches

-, - s'SeHS1e&0IIN0y
The curse of overworked womankind, are
quickly and surely cured by Karls Glover Root
Tea, the great blood purifier and tissue build
er. Money refunded If not satisfactory, Price
25 cts. and 81 cts. Luers & Lowry Dfugg,sts
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Consumption Cure Warmers
White Wine Of Tar Syrup, the
best cough remedy on earth, cures
a cold in one day if taken in time.
Is and SO cts. Ali druggists. 96
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
!" Durability is
Better Than Shoqy. /"

The zvealM of the multi
naflionafres Is not equal to
good health. Riches qvHhout
health are a curse. and yet the
rich, the middle classes and
the poor alike haze, in Hood's
Sarsaparilla, a paluable as
sfstant in getting and main
tanning perfect health. It
neOer disappoints.
ScrofuIa-"T Three years ago our son,
now eleven, had serious case OF scrofuls
and erysipelas with dreadful sores, discharg.
ing and itching constantly He could not
walk Several physicians did not help for
sixteen months. Three months treatment
with Hoods Sarsaparilla made him per-
fectlY well. We are glad to tell others of 1t %
MRS. DAVID LAIRD, Ottawa, Kansas.
Nausea -" Vomiting spells, dizziness
and prostration troubled me for years,
Had neuralgia, grew weak and could not
sleep. My age was against me, but Hoods
Sarsaparilla cured me thoroughly. NV
weight increased from 125 to 143 pounds. I
am the mother of nine children. Never felt
SO we'll and strong since was married as
90 now" Mrs. NJ. A. WATERS, 1929 33d St.,
Washington, d. c.
Eczema" We had to tie the hands of
our two year old son ON account of eczema
on face and limbs. No medicine even
helped until we used Hoods Sarsaparilla.
which soon cured" MRS. A. VAN WICK, l23
Montgomery Street, Paterson. N j.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic lOc OF &c
II c. c, G. fail to cure, druggists refund money
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Dr.. Bulls Cough Syrup Is Almost
valuable remedy for all throat and
ung affections. 1t cures cough or
cold in one day. Doses are small.
Result sure. Price 25c. a bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

Eaacato Your Bowels With Cascarets,
NC esc Hc.C g fall, druggists refund tnene az
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24

-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Suaranteed tobacco habit cure, makes weak
men strong, blood pure Soc 81 All druegists
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1899-02-24
hoods SaeJqbMM
Ea7slE5l25lz11
An Oregon Minister,

Hoods Pills cure liver ills the non Irritating and
only cathartic 10 take with Hoods sarsapariIIa
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1899-03-04
"chiidren Not Allowed"

1 don't know whether you know it
or not, but the owners of certain apart
ment houses here in town have set
themselves to undermine the founda-
tions of society by discouraging the
acquiring of families. If you have one
child they will receive you within their
walls freely. If you have two chill
dren they let you come in but they
eye you with suspicion, and If you are
SO extravagant as to possess three,
they'll none of you, and you'll have to
apply elsewhere. Sometimes they are
even stricter than this. A woman I
know went to one of the brand-new
apartment houses and had consulta-
ton with the janitor..
"How many children have your" he
demanded.
s'Two," she confessed, respectfully.
Cant take anybody with children, y
said he.
'sBut all mine are grown and married
and live away from home," she pro
tested.
.'Can'thelpits !. he replied. .'Them''
my orders. The owner told me not t.
rent fats to anybody that had chill
dren, and I can't rent you one. IT.
against orders. Washington Post.
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Choice Repartee.

Some one, blaming a little girl for
her extravaganza, said: "You should
not burn the candle at both ends. :
"Why, is not that the way to make
both ends meet?" retorted the child.
The Hon. Sir M. Grant Duff. who
noted down this repartee in his
"Diary," mentions also the following
good riddle: "When the day breaks,
what becomes of the pieces?" "They
90 into mourning" The following
are among the items of pleasant gossip
to be found in the 'Diary":
An English peer coming out OF the
House of Lords met Disraeli for the
first time since he became Lord Bea-
consfeld.
"How do you like this placer" as ked
the peer.
"Well," was the reply. ri feel that
I am dead, but in the Elysian feldsP
At meeting in Exeter Hall Bishop
Wilberforce spoke eloquently, and al
the close of his address the people be
gan to 60 away. A gentleman, who
according to the programme, was tt
speak, said to the Bishop:
1T need not speak. I hardly think
they expect me-" II
ITO be sure they do" tetorted the
prelate; "don't you see they are al
going?"
An English Duke, while being
shown the collection of birds In
museum, asked the name OF one O
| them.
"That howl" said the attendant
ga what?" exclaimed the Duke.
ga howl" repeated the men, witt
even more distinctness, whereupon
bystander, seeing the cause OF tn
Dukes mystification, said, You,
Royal Highness, e says hits howl.
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ON THE STAGE.

Henry Dixey will still cling to vau-
deville this winter.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kendall will produce
their new play, "The Eldest Miss Bios
SON." at the st. James, London, this
month.
1t is unlikely that Olga Nethersole
will produce "The Termagant" in
America. She now contemplates CIV
ing a version Of Romeo and Juliet"
It Is said that Olga Nethersole will
have to do a tremendous business with
"The Termagant" in America II she
hopes to retrieve the losses she has
sustained with the piece in London.
Charles Wyndham, In view Of the re-
cent accident to the Prince Of Wales
will provide in his theater In London
an elevator running to the royal box
so that his royal highness may see
the play without imperiling his limbs
on the stairs.
Wilson Barrett is reported to hav'
discovered an infant prodigy In Aus
tralia-a little girl Of the name 0
Clitheroe, who played the child II
THE Silver King" with remarkable
power. 1t is not improbable that MI
Barrett will take the child to Englan'
with him.
Mime. Melba has heen spending he
summer holiday on the upper Thames
hut has now left England for France
She sails soon for this country. M
Jean de Reszke, with his wife and hi
brother, were recently in Paris for
short time. but are now on their wa
| to their estates in Poland.
II is estimated by those who ough
to know that J. NJ. Barrie's royaltie
from "The Little Minister" will uls
mately amount to s250,ooo. The piec'
IN addition to playing to between $40
600 and $4,000 week in America, ha
begun it's second season in London
the Haymarket -theater. where the al
diences are enormous, and it is ais
| going in Australia to very large houses
| It seems, however, to be q permaner
kind Of success.
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where Men Must Be worshiped.

Woman's present position in India
is realistically set forth in the follow
ing extract from a Government prize
book for the girls schools in the Bonn
bay Presidency:
If the husband of q virtuous wom-
an be ugly, of good or bad DISPOSE
ton, diseased, fiendish, irascible, q
drunkard, old, stupid, dumb, blind,
deaf, hot-tempered, poor, extremely
coxetous, slanderer, cowardly, per-
fdious and immoral, nevertheless she
ought to worship him as god, with
mind, speech and person. The wife
who gives an angry answer to hel
husband will become village pariat
dog; she will also become female
iackal and live in an uninhabited
desert. The woman who eats sweet
meats without sharing them with bel
husband will become a filth eating vii
lace SOW. The woman who speaks
unexpectedly to her husband will b.
dumb in the next incarnation. Th'
woman who hates her husbands rela
tives will become, from birth to birth
muskrat, living in filth.
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HOW His Head was situated.

The Youths Companion tells story
of woman on board ship who saw q
sailor fall and cut mis- head badly. She
was solicitous in her inquiries as to
his welfare when she saw the captain
that night, and would undoubtedly
have continued her sympathy had not
a rough sea called to mind her own
sufferings. Four days later, when
she emerged, white and weak, from
her stateroom, she suddenly remem.
bered the poor sailor. In the course
of the day she saw him, With strip
of plaster on his forehead. "How il
your head?" she asked, kindly, as ht
passed her bent on some duty. "Wes1
by south, ma'am," was the reply, dc
livered with respectful but hs&y clear
ness, and he was gone.
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the broken language of the tribe he
endeavored to convey the impression
that he had become inbued with a
spirit of their god, which forbade his
death. This, however, had no effect
on the medicine men and the CHIEF;
for, while they listened respectfully
to his haraiigue, preparations for the
ceremony vent steadily forward.
On the morning of the fatal day he
was aroused at an early hour by two
attendants of tbs medicine man and
hustled unceremoniously into the
priests tent, where he was stripped
of his insignas of honor and hurried
toward the fatal spot. The sun was
we'll up when the tedious ascent be-
gan and Hepworth dragged along as
slowly as possible, glancing often
anxiously at the sun, which was beat
ing its fierce rays on the mountain
side. As he came in sight OF the altar
he craned his neck and observed the
sunlight stealing toward the stone.
Turning, he again warned the priests
that divine wrath would be hurled on
them and their altar if they attempted
to proceed with the sacrifice, but
their only answer was to push stead
lily on. Below him, gazing upward.
we're the villagers, some watching the
proceedings with anxiety, for they
moro than half believed what he
said.
They had arrived at the stone altar,
and Hepworth had to again appeal te
the priests, when there was loud ex
plosion and the altar was hurled
, heavenward with deafening noise
while the priests fell upon their faces
| When the cloud of smoke rolled ava.
the crowd on the hillside could b.
seen prostrating themselves and bow
ing toward Hepworth. He was es
corted back to the village and treated
as a god. Nothing was too good to
, him. He was allowed the full ibert.
of the island, and two months after
g ward succeeded in fitting out his boat
and one night showed off in the direc
: ton of Manila, arriving at the ISLAM
/ of Luzon after two days sail.
1 During his incarceration Hepwort
t had employed his time mining the al
: tar with the powder from the flask h
had preserved. A fuse was made OF
a piece of reed stuffed full of powde
f and fire was furnished by the crystal
a of Hepworth's chronometer, which b
g had fastened together and filled wit
water, thus forming burning glas
g Thoug Oh now we'll along in years nj
v Hepworth is hearty, and, with h
' wife. enjoys life on the Hawleyte
y farm.
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moving the hunting that was in their
way.
About halr-past four q shower-a
most fortunate one for Captain Fox
plans. came on. and he invited all Into
his luxurious cabin.
AS Lea was passing down from the
quartcr-deck, she laid her hand on
sailor's shou' der, who was there for the
purpose, and she heard Ralph Denham
thrilling whisper:
my God! Why are you here?'
To those coming behind 1t looked as
II she had slipped: as it was she stag
gercd into the cabin, white as ghost.
-Frenauld, / will go down and hold
the attention of the people. Send q
message to Hedges, tell him / have
changed my mind, and he must follow
me 10 Montauk in the morning. DO
not waste second in getting the ship
under way. This Is our chance.
AYE, aye, sir, replied Frenauld.
Captain Fox spread before his visit
ors his wealth OF pictures and rare
eurios. He showed them the cream o
the plunder OF q score of gallant ships
Ue dazzled them with strings OF pearls
He flashed on them emeralds and dia
monds. till they forgot where they were
Meanwhile the anchors were belnj
hoisted and the sails let down.
Half-past five came, the turn OF IN
tide.
The wind was In the west, and tn
Wanderer caught the breeze, and to tn
horror OF the crowd on shore, WATCHING
the p operations without seeing any
thing of their friends, the stately ship
ike a great white bird, flew out OF IN
hlrbOr.
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German military authorities have
found employment for the Mennonite
private who refused to bear arms
through conscientious scruples by as
signing him to the company OF labor
ers at Madgeburg. They had tested
his religious convictions previously
by keeping him in prison for nearly
three years on charges Of insubovdi-
nation.
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CHATTER XXvI.


rocToa HEDGES HAS HIS EYES OPENED IN
VERY UNPLEASANT WAY
Do,tor Hodges was the first one in
the party TO discover the ship was IN
motion. He did not suppose that Capt.
Fox knew it, so he shouted out:
why, Captain, the ship is sailns
away N.
Il know it," said the Captain, with an
easy manner and smile, inten~ei 10
calm the anxiety on every lace; l
wanted TO close up the entertainment en-
by giving you little surprise we
s6aiI take a sail OF few miles. wind
and tide are favorable. and before dark
l will have you all safe at home, Don
fear"
Fox, who was In the companion-way,
waved his hand to his guests, ana
FASTENED on deck. n
Bravo, Frenauldi' he said to MS
lieutenant. Now get all the Sea Hawk
men between decks, order them down
for enrolment, and then see that they
can't come up again till we let them.
All right, sir. replied Frenauld.
The bunting. awning, tables and mu-
sicians had disappeared, and in every
way the pleasure ship at anchor was
transformed into war ship under sail