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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
Lewis and Clark.

A mighty team were these two.
Truly their works live after them.
ltis nearly 100 years since they
started on that great exploration
fathered by Thos. Jefferson, up the
Missouri and down the Columbia
rivers, crossing the mountains between
and the results of it and the deep
interest in it still lives.
Their first twinter-1S04-5-wa spent
among the Mandan Indians; the
winter of 1906 they passed near the
mouth of the Columbia river among
the Clatsop Indians. They crossed
the Rocky Mountains at five different
places, and Travelled sometimes in
canoes, sometimes on horseback, some
times afoot, and covered about 10, 900
miles in all.
Their adventures proved truth to
be as strange as fiction; their dis
coveries were of the greatest impor-
tance.
Wonderland 1900 just issued by the
Northern Pacific Railway Co. is large
ly devoted to Lewis and Clark's ex-
ploration, and is the only popular and
reliable narrative of that expedition
recently published.
The writer visited the important
places on the explorers route and
photographs were taken for specially
illustrating the article.
The book will be sent to any address
upon receipt of six cents in stamps,
by Chas. S. Fee, Gen. Pass. Agent,
st. Paul, MINI.
For rates, etc, address G.. d. Rogers,
SOB Locust ST., Des Moines, La.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
Weekly Crop Bulletin.
DeS Moines, Iowa, M;

DeS MONIES, Iowa, May II.
The conditions have been generally
favorable for planting corn, and in the
southern and central sections that
work is nearly completed, under very
favorable conditions for rapid germi-
nation. In the northern section plant
ing is we'll advanced and few days of
dry weather will be suffiient to finish
it. Reports indicate that termination
has been fairly good in early planted
fields, and in numerous localities culti-
vation is in progress. On the whole a
very large corn acreage is likely to be
planted somewhat in advance of the
average season.
Oats, spring wheat, barley and grass
are doing notably we'll in nearly all
parts of the state. Fruit prospects
continue to be good, and injury from
frosts has been very light.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
CAMPAIGN OF 1900
Iowa's Greatest Newspaper.

The Dubuque Telegraph needs no
Introduction. 1t has stood for years
as the foremost exponent of Demo
cratic principles as enunciated in the
Chicago platform.
1t is known throughout the state as
containing the ablest editorial page.
The articles from the pen of John
S. Murphy are recognized by the press
of Iowa as cogent and reliable eXposi-
tions of Jetfersonian doctrine.
During the present campaign the
Telegraph should be in the hands of
every voter.
In order to place the paper within
the reach of all, the following low
campaign rate, good until Jan. 1st,
1901, is quoted:
Daily, including Sunday, 25 cents
per month.
Semi-weekly, 16 pages, cents pei
month.
Address
THE TELEGRAPH,
Dubuque, Iowa.
Stamps taken,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
$1.oo PER YEAR
Saratoga.
Corn nearly all planted

Solu nearly dll planUeQ.
Dave Dunn has corn up SO that one
can see the rows across the field.
f. w. Lightner, travelling freight
and passenger agent of the Great
Western Ry., was looking after their
interests in these parts the fore part
of the week.
VIM. Pembleton and VIM. Taubman
returned from their Minnesota trip
bringing back a fine lot of fish which
they dis tributed among their many
friends.
They say that there is some good
land up in the country where they
were, but nothing to compare with
Howard county for fertility.
Dave Dunn, N. McKy, John Kakac
and Burt Dunn are over on the Iowa
fishing. We hope Burt will keep the
old boys straight.
Morris Fleming was out here doing
business with our machine company
the fore part of the week.
Our merchants, the Kakac Bros,
are doing a rushing business now-a-
days. We can buy goods cheaper of
them than anywhere else in the comfy
Chas. Sigler and men have about
finished a fine large barn for Conrad
Myers, out east of the burg.
We noticed several people from
Riceville out buying buggies of our
Machine Co.
Mrs. P. w. Clark is visiting in Rice
vile this week among her many
friends.
9. G. Ernest, the Riceyille banker
is building fine house in the east
part of Riceville. There is no house
in CreSco that can compare with it
when finished.
The good genial countenance of Mr..
German, uncle of our Supervisor, Mr..
Seavy, was seen upon the streets of
little burg one day this week. Mr..
! German is over three score and ten.
We hope to have the pleasure to meet
him for many years to come.
Emery Pembleton staid up in Mimi.
where he has a brother. Emery is a
good boy and we all miss him.
Some of our people attended the
Boston Boomers at New Hampton
last week and pronounced it a fake.
Henry Monholland captured fine
den of foxes which are now on exhi-
bition in Tom Kakac's yard. Remem-
Der that once upon a time a man
prominent in history captured 800 of
these animals and tied them tail to
tail with fire brand between and let
them loose and burned q q whole let Of
corn that did not belong to him.
Our creamery is doing rushing
business these days having put on
several new skimmers. Farmers are
beginning to see that it does not pay to
build up town 10 or Il miles away at
their expense. J.P.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18

Biliousness is condition character
lied by a disturbance of the digestive
organs. The stomach is debilitated,
the liver torpid, the bowels constipat-
pated. There is a loathing of food,
pains in the bowels, dizziness, coated
tongue and vomiting, first of the un-
digested or partly digested food and
then of bile. Chamberlain's Stomach
and Liver Tablets allay the disturb
ances of the stomach and create a
healthy appetite. They also tone up
the liver to healthy action and regu-
late the bowels. Try them and you
are certain to be much pleased with
the result. For sale by j. II. Luers
Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
CREsCO MARKETS
corrected each issue. \
A sprained Ankle Quickly Cured.

Sat one time suffered from severe
sprain of the ankle" says Geo. E..
Gary, editor of the Guide, Washington,
Va. AFTER using several we'll RECON-
mended medicinenS without success,
[ tried Chamberlain Is Pain Balm, and
am pleased to say that relief came as
soon as / began its use and complete
cure speedily followed. This remedy
has also been used in my family for
frost bitten feet with the best results.
| cheerfully recommend it's use to all
who may need tirst-class liniment. :"
Sold by j. H. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18

NASAL CATARRH quickly yields to
treatment by Ely IS Cream Balm, which
is agreeably aromatic. 1t is received
through the nostrils, cleanses and
heals the whole surface over which it
diffuSeS itself. A remedy for Nasal
Catarrh which is drying or exciting to
the diseased membrane should not be
used. Cream Balm is recognized as a
specific. Price 80 cents at druggists
or by mail. A cold in the head i'm
mediately disappears when Cream
Balm is used. Ely Brothers, Sc War
rem Street, New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18

Golden weddings are taking place all
oyer the country. The old couples
evidently took Rocky Mountain Tea
in their young days. 35c. Ask your
druggists, DR.. VIM, Connolly and j.
Fl. Luers Drug Co.
Ii sweet young widows want to
"ketch" some sweetheart in the sun
ny tangles of their golden curls, they'd
better take Rocky Mountain Tea.
Great Medicine. Ask your druggists,
DR.. VIM. Connolly and j. II. Luers
Drug Co.
A letter from John L. Bowman says
he has bought stock of merchandise
at Gravette, Ark, where he and his
family are now located. He also says
that Mrs. Bowman's health is better
than for some time, and that Johh
Mulholland will start north soon.
Bring your prescriptions and family
receipts to the j. FL. Luers Drug Co.
After you pay the doctor for your pre-
scription you can take it where you
please. We have the largest and most
complete drug stock in Cresco and use
nothing but pure drugs. Prices the
most reasonable in the city. Try this.
j. FL. Luers Drug Co.
The rains have made the pastures
and meadows in the best condition
they have been in for several years in
the early spring. The clover seems to
be in fine condition. On the Tinker
farm, field of clover put down last
spring shows what favorable winter
and spring will do for the crop. Be
side that we saw many other fine
fields in trip across the county.
John Madden, one of the pioneers
of the county, passed away about two
weeks ago. He was resident of
Alton where he settled in the early
settlement of the county in 1856 re-
siding near the ST. Cecilia church
and was laid to rest in the Catholic
Cemetery near that church. He was
an intelligent, honest man, and good
citizen; kind parent and obliging
neighbor.
Wanted, Immediately, a wide awake
young man to learn the blacksmith
trade. Also 10000 corn plow shovels
to sharpen and harden at once before
the rush, SO we can save you some
money. And want you to remember
l keep all kinds OF harvester and now
er sections and rivets to lit. Call at
once and be made happy.
Yours for luck,
G. w. WATRos, Cresco, Iowa.
At the term of court just held in
Winneshiek, all the saloons of the
county outside of Decoral were closed.
The ground upon which the decision
was based was that the mulct petition
did not show that the incorporated
towns had the requisite number of
names, as compared with the poll
books. Nor is it possible to make the
comparison for the reason that at the
general election the incorporation has
no separate poll book.
Next Wednesday afternoon there
will be game Of base ball at the
Fair Grounds between the profession
al men, managed by Robt. Thomson,
and the business men, managed by
Ole Lofthus. The admission will be
10 and Is cents, the proceeds for the
Oak Lawn Cemetery funnd. If you
want to see the best and funniest
game of the season come out and see
this mix-up of bankers, doctors
lawyers, dentists, hardware men
grocers, dry goods men and clothiers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
To Clean Nursery Bottles.

After the bottle has been used, rinse
it thoroughly in warm water; then fill
with warm water containing a. tea
spoonful of Gold Dust Washing Pow
der, and let it stand, shaking every
now and then Ii rubber tube is used
let it remain also in the watsr. Rinse
through several clean waters. Gold
Dust is much more effective than soap
to clean them, as it removes all specks
and notes clinging to the bottles.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
Real Estate for Sale.

in Howard county, Minnesota and
North and South Dakota. Some of it
improved farms, some railroad and
wild lands. For further information
inquire of Owen d. Lovjoy. Cresco;
E. A. Miller, Elma; Jas. Walton, Lime
Spring and NJ. Foye, Chester, and LIE
Roy, MINI. apr %
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
House and Lots IN cresco

The NJ. r. Ling nine room house,
two lots, well and cistern; east of the
residence of DR.. Kessel in the north
east part of the city. For price and
terms enquire of Danl. Howard,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18

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 l can do. Why not send me
your work? guarantee satisfaction.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
Baptist Church, Sunday, May 20

Morning Subjects Prelude. The
need and effects of discipline in the
church. Acts. V.
Sermon-'Sowing" being the second
of a series of talks on spring.
Evening prelude. Eden. Gen. II.
Sermon-The making of woman, her
place, and relationships.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
Take Notice.

For sale on Market street, Rec
Warehouse, Telephone No. 81, for two
weeks only
Buckwheat Seed.
Millet Seed.
Lawn Grass Seed.
Seed Corn.
Come and ask for prices.
W. N. GRAF s. Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
Pasturage.

| 10 acres of good grass and living
stream OF spring water and plenty
of shade. An ideal home for cattle
and horses. Call on
67tf N. B. WHEELER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
For Sale.

dwellings, business places, and
one of the best farms in Howard
county. All very desirably located.
C.. +. MILLER.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18
D. A. Lyons,
Dealer in Farm Implements


Headquarters for All that is Best in Farm
Machinery, Buggies Wagons, &c. We
carry the Most Complete Line to
be found in any retail estab-
lishment in the northwest
All goods Warranted. It will be a pleasure
to show you Our stock and guar
antee to treat you right.
Here is Partial List of a few of the Lead
ing Makes handled by us.
Threshers and Engines:
Gaar Scott & Co. Advanbe ThreshDg Co.
Binders Mowers and Hay Rakes:
Deeing Harvesting Machine Co.
Carriages, Buggies and Spring Wagons:
Kngman Galbaath Co. Racine Wagon Carriage Company
Kbinger & Co,
Hay Leaders:
Rock Island. C.B.&Q. Deere & Co.
y Corn Planters.
Deere & Co.. Hayes Moline Champion
sulky Plows and Corn Cultivators:
Deere & Co.. j. Case Plow Co. Potter Plow Co.
Janesville Machinery Company.
Farm Wagons:
Weber T. g. Mandt. l.. Q. Rud
Disc Cultivators:
GAINESVILLE Machinery Companp,
Harnesses:
The complete line of Hand Machine Made Double
Single Harnesses in the county.
Binding Twine:
Will be Of the Best Qualities Possible Prices
Orders will be promptly filled.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1900-05-18

TO Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. l0c or ESQ
II G. G c. fail to cure. druggists refund mopeH
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
A BOGUS GHOST IN PARIS.
How He Tric<ed a Merchant Into e,x,nv
 Him Money.

M. Cordier, retired merchant of Paris much given to consulting srir;t. in emergencies, has been tricked ;n 9 rather amusing manner by an aHa+epr ghost, who resided in rooms eontien- eus to those of the ex-business man says the London Telegraph. The lat- Ter lately told friends and acouain+. anees that he had a melancholy mes sage fran spfritland to the effect that hls son, Who traded in Tonuuin had been murdered by pirates. The dis honest neighbor, hearing this. knocked one night at M. Cardier'e wall. and an nouneed that he was a spirit wbo wanted money for masses to be said in certain church for the repose of the soul of the retired merchants son. A sum of 160 francs was required. and the phantom asked M. Cordier to be good enough to put it under the first chair on the left side Virgins altar in the church of Saint Sulpice. It ap- pears that M. Cordier deposited sey- eral donations for the ghost under the chalr, and the money was regularly taken away. In the meantime. the son supposed to be dead came home from Tonquin unharmed and unburt, The young man had, in fact, no adven- tufe with pirates, and was engaged in very prosaic business ma 5ters during bis stay in the far east. The son laid 9 trap one night for the g&ost. who was invited by Cordfer senior to walk into his fiat in the dark. No sooner had the spirit entered the room than he received blow on the head from a big stick brandlshed by the traveller from Tonquin. The guilty phantom fled, but was pursued down the stairs and into the street by father and sen. The spirit r~oved to be very sub- stantial adFenturer, who was recog- nized by the police as a person much wanted for acts of swindling of a di- Yersifled and in some instances of a very ingenious sort.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
..,etNd or osTREcHEs.
r.rms Now Carried on Tn the ss Tinted States.

Tgrms AN
 flse United States.
 ara now i've ostrich farms in
 Inslg ,,ted states-two in California,
 lfe ona1 rexas one in Florida, and ons
 'ne ,ri,ona. ,+ The last named. although
 Al.D a,r oest. is the largest and most {ne .'sbing yg in the country. It is To-
 poai,7 'i roar Phoenix, and the Salt river
 FatSr ua,. seems we'll adapted 70 the Af-
 aans' ostrich. No protection whatever =a0aa aanire5 for the birds during the
 s ator tor They graze the entire year in
 aalds the same as horses and cat
 and are healthy and thrifty. The
 2, in charge of the Arizona farm, 5 asa lpe snent 15 years handling ostriches a, conth Africa, says the birds do just W woll in the Salt River valley as in
 frica and that the climatic and other Il aa5itions surrounding them here seem ss well adapted to their requirements z those existing in their native home #. flor the birds attain the age of four s,rooks there is little danger Of tSeir svng from natural causes for many Svears. lt is not positively known how Eopg an ostrich will live under normal |sonditions. but there are birds on South African farms which are believed to lbave reached or passed the century Imark. many of them having been in |eaptiYity there over fifty years. Most |people have the idea, obtained. prob- |sbly from their old geographites when |tbey were children, that the female ostrich, after laying her eggs ii a nest seooped out of the desert sands, cov- ers them up with the sand and leaves them. trusting to the heat of the suh to hatch them. This is not the fact. The birds always pair off during the breeding season, the male bird making the nest by resting his breastbone on tae sand and turning slowly round and round, scratching the sand away with hs feet until shallow hole is made, some three feet in diameter and about q foot deep. The female then lays. usu- ally, 15 eggs, and the birds take turns sitting on them, the female sitting turing the daytime and the male at light, except that the male allows the emale about an hour in the middle of he day to feed. when he takes hei ,lace on the nast.-Boston Herald
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
Terrifying, lrdeeo.

An authority upon chemistry waa featuring before a well-known woms ms club and illustrating his remarks with experiments. All went well until he paused moment and then said. sI,m very sorry, but I must ask any of tbe ladies who use face powder con- taining bismuth to leave the room dur ing this experiment, as the gases l am about to set free have peculiar affin- .tv for bismuth and turn it purple.s Whereupon the entire audience save three courageous sisters rose and hed from the room.--St. Paul Globe.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
Rnxs Find False Teeth.

Albert Brown, all aged and paralytie citizen of Paterson, N. J.. was out and in set of false teeth for two days. He swallowed them Sunday, and as he could not speak the whereabouts of the artificial grinders was a mystery. II was decided that since he could not have walked away with them and could not have thrown them away be" cause of his paralyzed condition, he must have swallowed them. The K rays discovered th3 missing set ot mouth upholstery snugly reposing in the upper part of the esophagus. They were successfully removed and clamp ed to their proper position,->New York Journal.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
A Four-Legged Criminal,

A mastiff was trained to assist thieves in Paris. It was in the habit of bounding against an old gentleman ana Knocking them over in the street. A lady" and "gentlemau"-owners oa the dog-would then step forward to assist the unfortunate pedestrian to rise, and while doing so would ease 0im of his watch and purse.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
SINGING AT THEIR WORK.
psrkIes Accomplish Much Moro Whoa
 They Can Make Music.

Contractors in south Missouri em-
 ploy many negroes to load railroad
 ties on the ears of the Memphis rail- way, says the Kansas City Star. The ties are cut in the woods, hauled to the railway in wagons and dumped in piles along the side of the roads Ths
 negroes then take them up, tie by tie. and run with them up the blanks to the cars, where they drop them in regular order. These negroes are paid
 price for each tie they carry, so they
 vie with one another to earn the most
 money in one day. They become go
 expert at the work that an old hand
 can throw a heavy tie on his shoulder
 50 that it will balance, and then, with
 out holding it, he will run, both hands
 pressed flat against his sides, Up the
 gang plank to the car. The negroes
 are so accustomed to the whrk that
 they seldom drop tie and seem never to have sore shoulders. One may see gangs of dozen or more of them, all singing and whistling. Each sings at the top of his voice or whistles as loud as he can, and every tune is different.
 The effect is amusing, but beyond de- seription. The men carry their ties at trot all day long. An inspector stands beside the plank that goes up the car to examine the ties being load- ed. It is amusing to hear the inspec- tor call negro halfway up the plank With a tie on his shoulder to throw it away among the heap of bad ties. The negro gets no credit for his load and goes back swearing at his bad luck, while his companions stop their music and burst into loud, uncomfortable laughter. All these negro tie carriers nave deep grooves in the right shoul- der, where the ties have pressed, but the flesh is calloused and seldom sore. The men make good wages, most Of them S3.50 day. They spend all Of It. Very few of them save their money.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-11-15
EARLY LAMPS AND wIoks. -
she LaFter Were Commonly thr pith
 of the Rush.


 of the Rush.
 1t would be hazardous to e. ,iecture what the first wick consisted of. but when we come to consider the iron lamp or "erusie, We know that the WICK commonly used was the pith or the rush, which was gathered and par tlally stripped of it's outer green cover Ing, cut into proper lengths, dried and tied up into bundles ready for use. The Iron lamp was hammered out of one piece of iron in stone mold. This was usually done by the blacksmith, and the moids are still to be seen in museums, in the hands of private col. lectors, and, no doubt at some of the country blacksmith shops. They are of uniform shape, with some slight va- r'eties. The lamp consists of two cups. 3ae suspended above and inside the other. The suspender is so fixed and notehed as te enable the upper cup, which holds the oil and wick. to be shifted, and to keep tue oil constantly in contact with the wick. The lower cup catches the drip of the oil, which can be easily replaced in the upper cup by lifting It off until the oil IS poured Into it. The upper cup has sometimes B moyeable lid. There is a remarkable resemblance not only between the iron 2rasies in this country, out to those on the continent and in Egypt. They preserve the same general shape, but differ il the material from which they are made. The Pompeian lamps, or at least some of them, might be described as three crusies in one The cup of the lamp Is the same, but it has provision for three lights. The oil used in the Scotch lamps was of the eoarsest kind. On the west coast the oil used was, a4id is stil fish oil. The material for wieka was variable.