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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
ADVICE.

II suppose that in order to get on in
public life man ought to study polit-
ical economy"
Monty boy. Don't try to skimp your
legislature. What you want to study is
politicalliberality." Washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
Gard oil Thanks.

We wish to express our thanks to
all of the friends who gave us their
heartfelt sympathy and helping hand
in our sore trials.
MRS. PHILIP KRAFT AND CHILDREN,
ALSO HIS BROTHERS AND SISTER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
NOT Admftted.

Her Husband (annoyed)-You buy
so many things you don't want.l
Mrs. Bargyn-Hunter (sweetly)-Not
at all! Indeed, 1 doubt If there is any
such thing.-Puck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
Strong Imnginntion.

She-Mr. Jingle's writings show q
great deal of imagination, don't you
think?
He-Yes, they show that he imagines
he can write poetry-Philadelphia
Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
belmont for Conrress,

New York, Oct. 3.-Perry Belmont
was nominated for congress by the
democratic convention Of the First dis.
tRiet.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
THE MARKETS.
Grain, provt-ions; Etc.

Chicago, Oct 2.
FLOUR--Moderate demand, firm and 100
higher
WHEAT-Unsettled. October, 1880
T,sc; November. 77A@77Nc.
CORN-Firm. Cash, 40@42kc; October,
39hQ3sAc; November, 37Ac and 37h@37Mc: :
December, S4Nc and 35@35Mc; May, $50
85Sc.
oATs-Lower. October, 22@22Ac: No
vember. 22A@221ac.
s RYE-Market quiet and steady. NO. q
was 51hci No. 3 about 5O@5O1kc. October,
5lh@52o.
BARLEY-Quick sale and Arm. Screen.
ings quotable at 2S@S0o Feed and export.
39hQ40c. Low mailing, 41@4Sc Fair to
good, 44G63c. and choice to fine. 54@57c.
PORK, LARD AND RIBS-Aotive and
higher. Sales in January products: Pork
at su.76gn.s 216; lard at s6sO98. ae.1s; ribs at
se.S098.39h.
PoTATOEs-Barely steady Burbanks
and Rurals, 30@3sc; Peerless, s0932c; Heb.
rons and Rose, 2s0a1oI Early Ohios, 270sOo.
EGGS-Steady. Demand good. LOSS of.
cases returned, Quotably, 16c; at mark,
l0QSl4c; otty recandled, new cases included
quotably. 161ac
BUTTER-Quiet and steady Cream.
cries, extra, 21c per pound firsts, 18h@
iS.sc; seconds, l6Q16hc; dairies. .14@1sc; imi.
tation oreameries. 16@161&c.
LIVE POULTRY-Weaker TURKEYS. S0
Sci chickens, S1sc; ducks, So per pound:
geese. Ss.0o@6.00per dozen
New York. Oct. g. Z
FLOUR-Steady, with moderate trade,
closing unsettled with the late break in
wheat. Winter straights, $35503.85; Min.
nssota patents, $4.20G4.60.,
WHEAT-Spot easy. No. 2 red, Sl%c; Cd.
tons closed weak at A@hc net decline;
March. SbM@Ss4c, closed s5Ac; May, IS 7-18
@s6h, closed. $3.50; October closed sO3so;
December. s2ss@ss,4o. closed s2Ac.
CORN-Spot firm. No. O. 49c; options
closed firm at 1s@1kc net advance; May,
A1aQ41Bc, closed 41kc; October 45ND48c.
closed 4ec; December. 42A@42sso, closed
42&o.
OATs-Spot steady No. 2, 25,k@25Xc O;
No. 3, Sc; No. white, 27A@27xo; No. 3
white, 26&@27c: track mixed western, $50
2ethc; track white western and state, 2s1A
Q34c.
BUTTER-Barely steady. Creamery, II
g@c; June creamery, 1s@zMo; factory,
1Sh9161ac.
cHEEsE-Market firm. Large white.
nls@llAc; small white, 11N@l1%c; large
colored. 1lA011ssc; small colored, 11sc
EGGS-Firm. Western regular packing.
at mark. 12h@lSc; western, loss of, zoo.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
For Sale or Rent,

24O acre farm In Chester township,
Howard county. For terms address
JOHN a. GRAY, Lime Springs, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
] TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.

Take LAXATIVE BRoMo QUIN1NE
TABLETS. All druggists refund the
money if its fails to cure. e. w.
GROVES signature is on each box.
Sold by j. FL. Luers Drug Co. feb5y1
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
Live Stock.

Chicago, Oct. q.
HOGs-Market steady. Prices 2a5c low.
er. Sales ranged at s3.b014.sO for Pigs:
s5.10@6.5O for light; sSs5@5.O5 for rough
packing; s5.05@56O Tor mixed. and $1,000
oalh Tor heavy packing and shipping lots.
with the bulk of the sales at s5l6G5. IS.
CATTLE-Market unchanged. Prices
generally 10c lower. Quotations ranged at
$6.6N95S5 for choice to extra Steers; Is. 80
@560 for good to choice do; $4.Soa5.25 for
fair to good do; s4.3O@45O for common to
medium do; $4.0O9s25 for butchers Steers;
$4.60Q5.4O for fed Western Steers; $3.1O@
4.65 for Stookers and Feeders; $2.20G4.2 Is
for Cows; $3.5004.70 for Hehers; $2.76@4.25
for Bulls and Oxen; $4.00046O for Stays:
s3.25@42o for Texas Steers: $3.6O@4S0 for
grass Westerns, and s500@6.60 for Veal
Calves
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05

Hair chains and switches made to
order by w. j. Wells, Usage, Iowa.
Myself and agents have canvassed you
a number Of times, and you know
what | can do. Why not send me
your work? guarantee satisfaction.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
South Omaha, Neb., Oct. q.

CATTLE-Market steady to strong. Ma.
tive beef steers, $4.40@5.75; western tseers
and heifers, $3.0Og4.25; Gamers, $l.5O@8.O0;
stockers and feeders. s3.25@4.65; calves,
$2.50Q5.5o; bulls, stays, ETC., $2.5OQ4.e5.
HoGS-Market steady. shade to Be high
er. Heavy. s5.10@5. 171s, mixed, s5.76Q5. 20,
light, s5.1714@5.25; pigs, N.00@5.o0; bulk os
salos. s5.15G6.20
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05

For sprains, swellings and lameness
there is nothing SO good as Chamber
lain Is Pain Balm. Try 1t. For sale by
III Ell. Luers Drug Go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05
cREsCO MARKETS

Corrected each ISSUE,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-10-05

London, Oct. s.-There is no fresh
news from China except Shanghai ru-
NOR that the allies have captured Shan
Hal Kwan and report from Canton
that mission property has been de-
stroyed at Kung Nun, on the West
river
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05
P.T.FOYE
To-
FOYE 4 MORRISON.

possibly a trace of cheap coffee, roasted
and ground, and then put up in packages
with unveracious labels, and sold TO ship
owners II is boiled, of course. as though
II really were coffee. and when sweetened
with thick molasses it can be drunk-by
a sailor. The cheapest coffee in the mar
ket will taste better than this decoction.
and to give sailors genuine coffee would
cost the owner less than a cent a -day-fo
each man. When it is considered that
well handled deep water ship earns nearly
15 per cent. of her value annually the
substitution of such an aduiterant for cof-
fee cannot be called economy. 1t is heart
less. sordid meanness. But in this con-
nection it is gratifying to say that the
new scale of provisions prescribes coffee
in the green berry.
The tea, though Of the cheapest kind OBJ
tainahle, is genuine; for human ingenuity
has not yet discovered a way to manufac-
ture it, When that is accomplished, how
ever, American shipowners will, no doubt,
buy their share of the product.
Cheapness the Unvarying Rule.
The rule of cheapness holds good in "
=rv article of food bought for the crew.
If beef ten years older is cheaper than an
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

ner of manufacture. is of vary
ing degrees of hardness. II Is
made of -four and water plus very lit
tie shortening. and stamped before
baking into the familiar shape of soda
crackers, but there the resemblance
ends. These biscuits are much larger, and
often are so hard that they cannot be bit
ten, hammer or marllnspike being nee
essary 10 reduce them 10 pieces small
enough to be eaten. The cook breaks up
enough hard tack for the morning meal,
adds fresh water and allows the mixture
10 soak over night. In The morning he
adds a little slush and what scraps of
cold meat he has saved from the preced-
ing days dinner, spreads the mixture out
in baking pan, and roasts II to a rich,
ghstening brown. 1t reverses the attrib-
ute of the slnged cat. The addition OF
molasses before baking makes "dunder-
funk" of this connection. but molosses,
though cheaper than sugar, and hence
used to sweeten sailors coffee and tea.
is, nevertheless, an expensive article OF
food-hence, dunderfunk is as rare as
plum duff
The coffee just spoken of is not coffee
in the ordinary meaning OF the name. II
Is a combination of various cereals, bread
erusts, perhaps a little chickory, and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

them that a peacock was born to be vain
and couldn't help 1t. One day the news
came to us that our peacock was dead. We
saw the farmers wife pull all the feath-
ers out of his tail and then throw his
body over the fence into the bushes. Most
OF the fowls said they were glad of IT, but
called them around me and said
My friends, while the peacock was
too proud to speak to us and felt himself
900 good for our society we must re-
member that he never injured one of
us. l think It is our duty to give him
q ecneral."
The rooster. the drake and the gobbler
sold they thought so. too. The peacock
had never spoken TO them, but as he was
dead they could forgive him. It. there
fore, came about that all OF us marched
down TO the fence, crawled through. and
stood around the body of the once proud
bird. There was hole near al hand, and
/ said;
Friends lea US bury this cold corpse"
Yes. let us bury IT," said the rooster
And be sorry that he Is dead" said
the drake.
with the help of two geese and a duck
pushed the body into the hole, and then
the rooster looked around upon his hock
and said: o
II went four OF you TO MI this grave.
and while you are at work the rest Of us
viii look sorrowful."
Four hens began scratching at the dirt,
and although the ground was pretty hard,
they soon had the body covered out of
sight. When this was done. l said:
we con not put up a tombstone at
his grave but let us bid him farewell"
Then the geese and ducks quacked, the
turkeys gobbled, the ROSTERS crowed and
the hens clucked. and after a tapping of
wings we went back 10 the farm yard
and the funeral was over. As there had
been no friendship between the peacock
and us think we deserved praise for our
conduct. AS the rooster said while we
were going back to the yard;
when a peacock Is dead and has lost
oil his coil feathers and been thrown over
the fence, we must forget that he was
vain and bad tempered"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

new law, but is giving them the old, ia
miliar bootleg beverage Of the FULL
and-plenty" days.
Now. let no optimistic, law-abiding
reader believe that this settles the whole
matter-that shipowners and shippers VIII
Immediately store their lazarettes with all
this good provender. On the contrary
they are calmly ignoring 1t. as they are
Ignoring another section of the same law
which prohibits assault on a sailor.
The law must be enforced. ship by ship
crew by crew. The penalty for non-ob-
servance of this scale is a sum ranging
from fifty cents to a dollar a day for each
man of the crew. Owner after owner
must be mulcted before the example is set;
then they will gladly respond rather than
pay double wages for a voyage, which Is
practically what the enforcement would
amount to-
But when they have come to terms what
will have become of the cook? He VIII
certainly have TO learn more of his trade
or vanish from the scene. What will ne
do with that daily allowance OF lard2 Con-
sidered alone, ID means nothing; but there
Is a tri-weekly allowance of dried fruit
and hour-the latter in addition to the
daily fresh bread and biscuit. Baking
powder is left out Of the scale, 50 we can
not predicate tea biscuits. Duff would not
be dun without the shortening of slush.
There Is no escape for the cook. he VIII
have 70 make pic.
Pie for sailors!
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

ether kind equally vile in appearance and
cior, Il will be selected; for their is no
provision for official inspection of stores
under the laws. new or old. The cheapest
and dirtiest sweepings Of the MILL labelled
flour, will answer for sailors duff and soft
tack. ard the molasses is the last dregs
of the vat.
There are ports In the world whfrc
chicken Is cheaper than salt meat; and in
these ports the captain never hesitates 10
lay in as many fowls as will remain alive
until killing time. and a the next port in
varlably has yarn 10 tell OF the total de-
pravity of sailors. which, though he may
not be aware Of 1t, has been told and re-
told for generations. Yet he keeps on tell
ing Il. aud when he hears IL from the lips
OF otehr shippers, either rejoices at the
confederation or resents the plagiarism.
according to his mod The yarn. heard
the other day for the twentieth time. and
given with the variations of the laE mar
iator, runs as follows:
BE Gawd, I laid in full an plenty at
Anier Pint o. chickens an they lived
high forrard-had chicken three times a
day: an be Gawd, fore a week went by
they came aft in a body an wanted their
whack O. beef and pork--didnt want no
more chicken--wanted their bloody whack.
An give it to 'em-pt EN- on the allow
ance-no more. Give 'em their salt horse
and hard-tack, be Gawd. Shows what
sailors are. Feed EN- high and they growi.
Starve EN- on government whack an
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05
Gray Goose T a1es.
BY A GRAY GOOSE GANDER.
He Tells of the Death and Funeral
of the Peacock

He Tells of the Death and Funeral
of the Peacock.
Let me tell you that geese, ducks, tur-
keys and hens on a farm are never
friends with the peacock He is a vain
bird. as you all know, spending most of
his time admiring his feathers, and his
eggs are never used for food and he him
self is too tough for eating. He has also
got a bad temper. AID the other fowls
keep clear of him and let him go his own
way
On our farm the peacock was spoken
Of as the finest bird for miles around. and
he was too proud to even notice our roos-
ter with golden feathers. He spent most
Of his tine walking TO and fro in the
front yard. and whenever people passed
alorg the highway he would spread his
ia and cry ont to attract attention. Many
and many time have heard people ex-
claim:
Just look at that peacock! DID you ever
see such fine plumsge in all your life! An.
but he is fine bird"'
/ st,ee4ia Hike to have been friends with
the peacock, but even though he knew l
was the Oldest gander on the farm and
was in charge Of flock of twenty geese,
he felt himself far above me. When I tried
to talk with him he spread his tail and
strutted up and down and said:
"Grandaddy Camden. / want nothing 10
say TO a common fowl like you. You are
good hearted, but you are only mud
puddle goose. Every one who passes here
a6mires me. but If any one happens to
catch sight Of you they simply laugh at
you for an old goose
I lei him alone after that. The other
fowls used 10 get angry with him and
sheer and call names, but / always told
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

mast in a Yankee ship meant four or five
months on diet that would not be pre-
scribed for convicts. II was based, more
or less, on the old government scale OF
provisions naval war ration of biscuits,
beef, pork. -four, peas, tea, coffee, sugar
and water, with various substitutes, such
as rice and barley for -four, molasses Tor
sugar, fresh meat for salt, etc. In the
good old days this ration was ignored,
the owners furnishing far better allow
ance; and, though it has been ignored ever
since, as far as quantity is concerned, II
has approached closer and closer TO II In
quality, the slight improvement being in
the addition of some of the substituts.
Cooking ON shipbOard.
So. as can be seen, the cook had little
trouble with his bill of fare. Not much
can be done with a piece of salt meat
except to boil It until soft enough 10 mas
ticate: for, at II is boiled in salt water,
further continuance on the stove would
nos sweefen IL. And dried pease can only
be boiled-but in fresh water. When beans
are furnished as a substitute, or variety,
they might be baked to advantage but
this would be q bitter injustice TO the
cook Flour can be disposed OF in but
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05
RAUSCHEs LIVE IN A TREE.
The Queer Home of a German Fam
lily in New Jersey.

Prom the New York sun.
Paterson. July z.-John Rausch. with
bis vie ard three 1fiiaser. lives IN tie
branches Of a big walnut tree near the
Junction Of Ka,z avenue and the new
Pempton read. above Haiedon TIE hab-
ltsrion is one that has aroused the Gu
ylosity q sightseerz for many miles
around here. but William Buschmann
declares that il has SPOILED. temporarily
a least, his scheme for max ng the p ace
an IDEAL spot for summer cottages.
Rsusch Is a German laborsr who came
70 tnlx country some years ago. and has
lived around Hsisdon since. He never
earned more than d2llar day, yes cut
Ct that NJ saved enough 70 bring his
family from The Old country He wanted
home Of his own. ard Mr.. Bauscamann
sid hun a lot on the installnent plan.
There was a condition nat he purcha er
should begin 70 erect home On the prop
er within six months. Rausch had 10
TnCney, but that did rot worry him. He
got a number % packing cases ard piled
them up around the large walnut tree
which stcod in the middle Of the lot. Then
he appeared on the scene with a ham
Iner. chisel. a small barrel OF nails and
4 bucksaw
Rausch used the cares to box In the
Tee. II NoS very rQlfiy lnes as me
man has no knowledge Of the building
trade. He formed two floors by piscing
out the branches with the sides Of the
packing cases and the family sleeps in
the upper one among the branches Of the
trse. During a wipd they are rocked as
Il in a hammock The floor Is uneven
and SLOPES dar gerously. but the Rausches
Do not ssen TO be worried by this. A
couch, two beds, several leather trunks
and a locking glass are ali the furniture
they have on the upper foor.
Downstairs is the dining room where
Mrs Rausch sits knitting beside an old
fashioned round table, the picture Of con-
tent She ascends 70 the apartments up
stairs by haIf-stair- half-ladder affair
but the children have a sort Of runway
down which they slide. Rausch has con-
structed a max, shift roof on his queer
abode by intervening the leaves with
r eCes Of ola tin.
Rausch has steadily resisted all ad-
vanc4s locking 10 his disiodgment. and
seems perfectly satisfied with his mansion
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

does not cook for the captain and other
Officers; this is the stewards duty.
The sailors who eat the food the cook
prepares are prone to consider that it
would be more IN accordance with the
Eternal Fitness of Things if he spent more
time on the food and less on the galley;
but, as they are not supposed to be judges
of food, their opinion is never asked, and
would not be acted upon is proffered.
But on the whole not much time is need
ed to prepare the food furnished by ship
owners Forty years ago American ships
bore a worldwide reputation for good liv-
ing, but that reputation has dwindled with
the deterioration of American shipping I'M
til-up to the going into force of the new
Seamens law of 1S99-singing before the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05
BETTING HIS OWN MONEY.
Pierce Declares He VIII Knock Cor
coran Out I'm Their Fight.

coran Out I'm Their Fight.
No. hght thar has been arranged in sa-
vannah in recent years lie attracting the
same notice from the sports as that be-
tween corcoran and Pierce The way the
enthusiasts are taking hold makes the
hearts Of the pusilists glad and they are
confident there viii be some thing worth
pulling down in the way of house re-
ceipts when she bout is pulled of.
Betting f. going on at a lively rate
Strange to say. for this - very I'M
usual thing. Pierce seems 10 have a
great big wsd. and he has enough conf
dence in himself 10 bet Il. He has shree
or four bets made already. with the money
Up. ana nobody can accuse him OF having
weakened al any time. lie Is in the
game tor all he can get out OF It. and put
ting up @ pretty good bunch on che side,
looks 10 him like an easy way OF reliev-
tns hts opponents admirers OF any super
fuous coin they have.
Pierce IS Offering what Corcoran's sup
IoriNre bsiieye IL pretty easy money,
though the fact that he offers It and
shows such extreme confidence in himself
makes many willing 10 let IL alone. The
LOU Vile man says he can and will
knock Ccrcoran out He made a bet that
be would. a knot Of sports were talking
absut the night he other day. and Pierce
was in the bunch. lie spoke up ANA said he
would knock CorcOran out before the
tWeniy-iive rounds were over. A local
nan and Pierce then went IN on a bet OF
$50 even that corcoran would be knock
"a out Other bets are even. and are on
the decision.
n Is said there will be more money
gvB
tavannah The way the admirers OF the
nstic art are talking about II indicates
thgt thia Will b. The case. II is also
probable that the twenty-five rounds viii
draw big house. for II is known what
so-t ~ nshiing corcoran shows and the
reputation Pierce brings with him gives
assurance that he will mix things up.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-08-05

Following IS the sgrez nent signed By
the two 1ghrerE.
Articles Of agreement entered into This
first GsD day Of August. 100. We ths
undersigned. Tom Coraorsu Of EzVzn-
nsh. Ca. q the frs1 part. and George I.
Pierce Of Louisville. KY. of the second
part. do hereby agree 20 box twenty-five
fz5J rounds. under the auspices OF The
Austral Athletic Club. At the Savannah
Tneater. On Friday. Aug u. 1850: said con
test to be governed ~ the Marquis ot
Queersosrry rules. ard 20 be for the vel
terweight championship % ire South.
Said contest 10 take pace II q padded
ring ard glOyes 20 Be used shall Be q Eve
90 ounce weight. as prescribed y are
code
we. the principals. agree 70 box with ore
arm free ard 70 protect ourselves On the
breaksWsy. The weight agreed upoC
shah BE- one hundred and forEy-fve C451
pounds give Or take FIVE % ponds. and
al d guarantee 70 make ne aid 20 pounds
on noon Of the 18th inst. ne GeposiJ the
sum u fifty dollars (S5g with the represen-
tsilve OF the Austria Athletic Club. II
either principal weighs over Inc said 20
pounds or noon Of the f7th inst. he SHAH
forfeit mis- deposit oE 80 70 his adversary.
The party Of me first part and the par
~ Of the second part agree 70 engage IN
ssid contest for the considers ton Of = per
cent Of the gate receipts 70 The winner
ard = per cent 70 the loser, after all ex-
pens@s have been deducted As a guaran-
tee of goa faith We Do subscribe our
selves. Tom corcoran.
of the First Part.
Geo. L. Pierce.
"Of the second Part"
Both men assert that they H1lI be down
20 the weight Al which they agree 10
agnt- Pierce had a good deal 70 take Of
az the start, but they say he IS getting I'd
Of il In fire shane