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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
SUNNY WOMEN.

Who has not known the woman whose
disposition is described by that one word
esunny?n There's always laugh Turk
ing on her lips. Her cheeks are ever
ready to dimple in smiles. Her house.
hold influence is as Frightening and
stimulating as the sunshine. Nothing
can be crueler than to have this sunshine
blotted out by disease. But this is a
common cruelty. The young wife who
was the sunshine of the home becomes
its shadow. Every young wife should
know the value of DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription in the protection and pres
ervation of the health. 1t promotes
regularity, dries the drains which enfee-
bic body and mind, and cares infamn,a-
tion, liberation and female weakness.
It nourishes the nervous system and
gives to the body the balance and buoy
ancy of perfect health. It is strictly
temperance medicine.
NJ can say tina, your medicine cured 1ne,n
writes Mrs. Maud Pearce,. of Stoutsville, Fair
field Co., Ohio. al had suffered about twelve
years from female weakness and. had almost
given up, thinking there was no cure for me:
thought would try it, and can say that seven
bottles of your Fayorite Prescription made me
a W am now able to do my own Homework.
y bout twelve bottles in all of DR.. Pierce's
is. Took some of the Golden Medical
ny Favorite Prescription aud some of
-feasant Pellets"
y sgf. Pierce's Pellets cure constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11

not think, however, that the young
man was suited for soldier. He did
not think he could stand the rigor of
such life,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
AN ENERGEIGY MEETING.
Cape Colony Cabinet Is Convened
to Consider the Threat
ening Situation.
KITCHENER REPORTS Beers ON MOVE.
Are Scattering and Covering a Wide
Extent of Observation-Disclosures of
Liverpool Regiment Captured at
Helvetin Liberated by Boers-Earl
Roberts Hard Mt Work.

Cape Town, Jan. An emergency
meeting of the cabinet was convened
at noon Saturday. after a long CONSUL
tation between the British high COM
missioner. Sir Alfred Miner, and the
premier. Sir j. Gordon Sprigg. An
important pronouncement is expected.
Beers Pushing Ahead.
London, Jan. 7.-Lord Kitchener re-
ports to the war office. under date of
Pretoria, January 4, as follows:
THE Beers have reappeared along the
railway in the neighborhood of Rheinos-
ter, but it is doubtful if De Wet is with
them. With regard to the situation in
Cape Colony. the western command
seems to be making toward Calvin and
the eastern party appears to have broken
up into small parties. Another small
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
Grertings from HeIen Goula

San Francisco. Jan. IA letter of
holiday greetings from Helen Gould
TO the sick soldiers at the Preside
has been received at the general hos
pital and printed copies of the missiye
will be distributed to the mel.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
Shiloh's
Consumption
Cure =

cures coughs and colds at.
once. We don't mean that it
relieves you for a little while
it cures. 1t has been doing
this for half a century. 1t has
saved hundreds of thousands
of lives. It will save yours if
you give it a chance.
~ have received so much benefit from it, that
always recommend Shiloh's for coughs,
throat, bronchial and lung trouble"
CHAS. VANDERCAR, Waterford, N. Y.
shiloh's Consumption Cure is sold by all
druggists at 25c, 5Oc, 61.0O a bottle. A
printed guarantee goes with every bottle.
II you are not satisfied go to your druggist
and get your money back.
Write for illustrated book on consumption. Sent
without cost to you. s. c. Wells Co., Leroy, N.Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
CAPTURED BY FILIpINos.
Two Americans. Five Scouts and Two
Native Police Forced to
Surrender.

Manila, Jan. 7,-Private George Fl.
Ray, of the engineer corps, his assist
ant, Private Lyons, of company *,
Fifth infan$y, five scouts and two ma
tive policemen have been captured,
while on their way to Batac, by insur.
gents. On the receipt of the news an
American column was dispatched
against the Filipinos. but failed to
overtake the party.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11

London, Jan. THE Beers have re-
leased the members of the Liverpool
regiment captured at Helvetia Decem-
Der 30,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-01-11
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PHANTOM SHIP;
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THE FLYING DUTcHr1AN.
BY captaiD Farryat.
BY captaip MArryat.
CHAPTER XIX.

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02
GREAT BRITAIN'S WEAKNESS.
Inefficiency in High Places Threatens
Her National Life.

Ihe Boer war-humiliating, expensive
and melanch0ly-wilI have proved the
chief blessing of the century if its calam-
ltous lessons teach our belated public men
that the object of war office is to make
war, and that the endurance of our ma
tlonal system depends on the efficiency of
our rulers, writes Arnold White, the
London correspondent of the Philadei-
pnla Public Ledger. The lives of British
statesmen of the Nineteenth century.
small and great. prove that there is no
demand for foresight under our party sys-
TEN, since preparation is costly, and.
therefore, unpopular. Some of the fruits
OF our present political system have been
garnered during the Boer war
The following are specimens of the
crop: Mendacity in Parliament: peer
ages for the mendacius: congestion in
the public Offices; taxation eXemDtng mill
lions of the population. while pressing
heavily on the middle classes: incapable
administration; conformation of admins
tfatve failure: secret interference of the
fair sex in the affairs Of state; bad guns
and munitions hastily bought in Germa-
ny on false representation cabinet and
diplomatic service full of fine gentlemen
who deSpise trade and regard efficiency
as a middle-class fad; an education sys-
TEN thirty years behind that of the Unit
ed States: national physique enfeebled,
owing TO bad housing of the population;
their consumption of new spirits and ar
senicai beer and free trade in contagious
diseases; 10000 weakliugs in the regular
army, unfit for foreign service. but cost
ing the nation as much as efficient men
would do; and, lastly, our two main fleets
unready for war.
These are the results of expelling
knowledge from its proper place in the
state: of celebrating responsibility: Of re-
WaIding the incapable; of penSiOning the
idle. and of the bigoted T0ryism that in
the Eighteenth century sundered forever
the two branches Of the Anglo-Saxon
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02

Miss Fashion and Miss Fad have rut
their coquettish heads, toget her. and the
result is that in all of the little accesse-
rieS of costume to which he welI-dresst.gI
woman pays special attention. Made
mOiSelle du Beau Monde will show that
she is strictly observing Lent. OF
course her gowns will be demurely black.
but she will also carry ont her Leuteu
scheme of dress in the minor details Ex-
tremiSts will wear dirk purple gloves
with two clasps, short wrists and Paris
point stitching in black. Other gloves
worn during Lent win be the aIl-black
glace kid or black glance gloves with pur-
pie or with white stitching. having two
clasps at the wrist.
Even her garters viii receive Miss
Fashions attention The f.enten garter
will be a deep purple silk elastic covered
with gathered and rUffferf black point
d'esprit and clasped by a dull Silver
buckle. Another garter prepared by a
pretty Lenten penitent is of black silk
elastic. covered with sheer black net
through which thread of silver runs.
A small purple bow with short loops and
long ends is sewed at the side 4 less
elaborate garter is made of purple silk
elastic with dull silver buckle and pur-
pie bows at the side.
The Lenten Tady's prayerbOok will he
IN constant and daily use during the
forty days of penitence, and as it mus;
harmonic with the season of its use
she pays special attention to it, One set
of prayerboOkS is of smooth black Rus
STA leather. edged with an exceedingly
narrow band of plain silver with heavy
dull clasps Of the same Another bean
tiful set has n covering Of dark violp,
leather with silver lettering and cIaspS
Still another has covers of dark violet
with cross and lettering outlined in
gold. \ lovely Lenten prayerbook /,
covered with a soft. gray suede with
dull silver mountings. Gray. black and
violet lead in the favorite colorS fcr
Lenten services, while dull silver serve,
for the clasp and lettering. Some prayer.
books have tiny monographs Ca them in
silver. while others are ornate with
stamping; the palmer ones. however. are
preferred for Lent.
The prayerbook markers are silver
with metallic silver or deep purple ritz
hons
Some purple wells are seen in the shon,
for the Lenten lady. but as rule she
prefers the rather fine sheer black vel
with a tiny thread Of white running
through IT, Black Lenten wells have also
thread If purple in them, but i'm vel
even suggestion OF purple is rather try,
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02
NOT SICK, BUT SORRY
Some DisagreeabIe Features Al.
Birthday.

She sat on the top step. a ruefpf- r..i
object in the noon sunshine. Eyen ', ~
postman pitied her ''.
Sick -
NO. Only sorry"
What's up"
Its my birthday I'm T."
The postman shouted with Ole. t..
she looked soberly sadder than Lef,r. ''l
Don't like to be 4. Ell? Dom t.l
well. ell 2 'i irsl
Yes. | feel well But I'm hungry
Had breakfast?"
No. Nurse is away at her sis+.,.
wedding. and cooks cross. Mann.
making me sweet little dress f"r ,,.
party tonight, and I'm not hothprina b 'y
Iherell be things to eat ut the mart,
And I'm going" panty
Where's brother?"
Brothers making me a iumniDc-iaer.
for my present. and he slapped me he.
cause | peeked."
More. blessed to give than to receive %
unused the postman. And so you baf.r
had no food, ehI"
oh, yes. l haven't not had nothing
I've had piece of bread and an i,irI. :
Boston Transcript.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02

over the little pinafore of kitchen gar
den, with the peoples. bachelors buttons.
and gardeners carriers standing up here
and there among the cabbsges. which
was the pride of the mistress of Drum
quhat. Beyond the garden were the corn
slopes. whitening in the brisk air Of a
splendid autumn. Then. over the corn
fields rose the sullen eyebrows of the
mOGrs and the rolling upland which the
sun was now turning into leagues Of
purple till it reached, in long. straight
horizon line. the rippled margin of the
clouds of evening
DO yeu remember" said the old man.
speaking as though in a kind of dream,
that night at St German. when
Won and j walked along the
great terrace by the pavilion of
Francois Quatre. All, how many
yours and mine. Nelly! You We're a
STRIPPING of 10, just bursting out of your
plain frocks into womanhood We
thought then that in year we could
give France her own. and pull down the
throne of the man of December! But
the time Is not yet. 1t comes, though
il Is near,''
The old mans eyes glistened. There
was shining radiance in them. and as
he spoke the great, quiet eyes of Nelly
Anderson caught fire. There was ALWAYS
q siumber0us spark like the imprisoned
hre-iame in the opal in the solemn depths
Of their violet. The London officer raised
his head and listened with unconcealed
interest. Even Mrs. MQuhirr. whom
the accumulated excitement had crushed
till demands Were made upon her hospi-
talities. brisked up a little. and once
more placed the tray of refreshments.
and the plates of scenes and the basket
of Shortbread within reach of her unwill-
ing guest. As he listened his hand kent
stealing out uneonsciously, and while his
eyes never left the face of Felix Durand
his inner man was undeniabiy being duly
fortified. The mistress locked pleased
and to this day holds secret, pious
opinion that the immediate event was as
much due to her scenes and 'greybeard"
as to Mr.. Durand's messages.
We did not pull the gray Emperor
down. Nelly, though we gave him a
shake" said Mr.. Durand. But many
things have happened since then If you
only wait long enough. you will see a
man in his true COlorS. Nothing is so
sure as the retribution of pretense.''
DO you remember, Felix" said the
young woman, in quite another voice to
any that she had ever used since she
came to Drumquhat. something clearer
and sharper-"No, you can't have forgot
ten the walks through the forest between
St German and Poissy. and the chairs
piled III the great open spaces under the
trees. You We're good TO me, your words
were true words. and everything you told
me has come to pass
Continued Next Weekly
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CHAPTER XIII.-(Continued@


Il haze heard O. man that was driven
| to his grave wi the deeyin' o woman :
tongue: but it rims in my held that the
name o. him wasn't M'Whurr, but maybe
Adair. Yen pit me RIGHT gin I'm wrang,
| Jeunett"
"I'Il pit We RIGHT. ye insolent wumman:
I'll haze We proclaimed through a the
countryside as the harborer Of thieves an,
waur nor thieves. XII max ye kenned
for what ye are through the six PARISHES,
We erin'. iIl-t0ngued randy. that ye are,
conn., and nnShin' yerSeF forrlt, You an.
your gypsy folOwin'. on the hooses o,
them that has characters TO keep up
Il dinna think that We wull. Jen." said
Mrs M'Quhirr, Serenely.
An wha will prevent me, | wad like
to KEN | haze iuist ta'en eneuch frae
you am Yours. settin' my ain mans BIRTH
or against me, an comm here wi yer
lees an yer impotence. III max Gallo
wa over het to baud We, I'll guar We
birsle. an when ae sides dune, faith, III
turn ye.
Ma, said the mistress Of Drumquhat,
ven no do that"
AN what for no:" said Janet, tossing
her head i'll the air.
"Juist because my mans the Jerk .
the sessions" said Mary MfQuhirr.
"
ter said Janet
Vera likely no; but, Jannct, when We
begin 10 talk about characters maybe
yell mind that Saunders MacWhurr
keeps the session records"
The anger faded suddenly out of Ian
cts face. 1t Whtened and seemed to fall
inward. The belligercnt crook of her ell
bows Strengthened. The net had closed
upon her. and she knew thar she was at
her adyersary'S mercy. The session rec
ordS are in Scotland the nearest thing to
the great books of the Recording Angel.
They lie added the victor, for the
sake of driving the truth home in cor
ain bedroom press at Drumquhat."
Janet capitulated.
Come this way she said without an
other word.
Mrs. M'Quhirr put her umbrella over
her shoulder. as the regimental colOrS are
held aloft after victory, and followed the
vanqUishcd along the echoing passages
of the house of Deeside
Janet opened the softly turning. padded
door of the library, and motiOncd Mrs.
MQuhirr to go in. She entered and
saw beautiful sight. On the high oak
en- seat under the great window sat n
beautiful old man, asleep over his book.
his hair lifting slightly with the vagrant
breeze from the 'orchard. Opposite on
the sofa. pillowed among papers. was
the golden head Of her boy, the truant Of
the moors. and beside him there was an
other head. its golden fleece of curiS ly-
ing upon his cheek. 1t was little Marion
Durand who had fallen asleep upon hcr
knees 10y the side of the incest boy she
had ever seen. Upon the faces of both
there was the rosy flush that comes in
sleep 10 healthy infancy. 1t was the
fairest picture that Mary M'Quhirr had
ever looked upon. but somehow she was
not SO happy as she ought to have been.
Why she could not tell; but she had tn
grace to be ashamed of the jealous feel
ing.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02
STORIES OF GREELEY.
Characteristics of the Editor of the
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Maj. George s. Williams tells the fol
lowing story in the Inland Printer con
corning Horace Greeley:
Stanley Huntley was sent to report a
meeting OF the Farmers club for the
Tribune. The members became involved
i'll a wordy quarrel over the merits of Il
new potato and made themselves ridicll-
lous. Huntley had ii keen sense of hui
NOR and wrote a very amusing account
of the meeting.
The next day Mr.. Moore the city ed
itor, told Huntley that Mr.. Greeley
wished to see him. The reporter raped
at the chiefs door. and, hearing the
squeaky Come in stood waiting.
What do you want?" demanded Gree
ley. angry at being disturbed.
You sent for me, sir. My name is
Stanley Hnntley"
The hell it is, SO you're the damned
fool that wrote up that Farmers club
meeting. You made them look like Il
pack of fools, and so they are. But you
Oughtnt TO have done it. | know they
are lot of fools, but it mustn't be said
SO i'll the Tribune, for, young man, I'm
the president of the Farmers club"
a bit of election news was accidentally
Greeley told the editor that he was a
damned blockhead.' The editor at once
resigned, but was sent for day or two
after
Il understand, sir said Greeley. that
you have refused to edit the weekly be-
cause | called You a damned blockhead.
Now. don't be foolish. and go back to
work | wouldn't give button for any
man who had been on the Tribune three
weeks without being called damned
blockhead Sometimes I'm a damned
blockhead myself"
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02

A GALLOWAY HERD. ~ s.. R. .;dB syss:s.u
g Aabor of ~The Lilac Sunbonns" Raiders" 1.-THE Sdck
= Minister" bog Myrtle Peat" Etc, Etc. = y = =

were new interest for him in the lad
but he made no further remark When
they came through the ''liggate' which
led into the farmtown, Saunders met
them, i'll rough homeSpun just as he came
from the hayfield. He looked inquiring-
~ at the newcomer who remained silent
as though unaccustomed TO give infor-
nation regarding himself. Archie Grier-
son explained, somewhat unwillingly.
that this gentleman had come to see AIRS
Anderson. pausing to give him an oppor-
tunity of explaining further.
we are pleased to see YOU" said
Saunders MQuhirr, with his usual cour-
tesy. The man nodded curly. but with
no sign of any reciprocal warmth of feel
ing.
will ye come benz said the master.
They went through the blue kitchen
door. past the cool water cans in which
the sunshine was Pickering. into the
room" where sat the mistress and Wal-
ters mother. expecting quite another Wis
itor. Mrs. MQuhirr rose Hospitality to
give her visitors seats. 1t crossed her
mind that the newcomer was someone
whom Mr.. Durand had sent. But the
visitor. though not unkindly in his private
relations, WAS in no mood for courtesies
He looked straight at the younger
woman. who sat unconcerned over her
work. her beautiful hands moving to aud
Your name is ellen Anderson. is it
not?" he said in a high. distinct tone.
She looked up with her first calm
glance at him, and replied simply;
THAT is my Nance
Then said the man. Il arrest you in
the Queen name for the murder of Her
bert Peyt0n.
If the Trump of Judgment had sudden
ly pealed in that fair, well-garnished
room in the farmhouse of Drumquhat, il
would have caused infinitely less conster-
nation. The mistress clutched the man
tepiece to keep herself from falling
knocking down a pink china dog. and
STOPPING daZedly to pick up the pieces
She was for once quite bereft of words
Saunders stood moment and then
strobe forward to take the man by the
neck. Archie Grierson moved instinct
| lively towards the woman who had be-
come his life, whose nimble fingers had
not ceased even with the startling dee
laration. Walter ran to his mother and
chung round her neck. ignorant of what
had happened, but conscious that some
sore evil had befallen. and that this man
whom he had brought to the farm was
the means of it.
Nelly Anderson herself was the only
perfectly-calm person in the room. She
finished her seam. calmly folded it away,
and rose to her full height lifting her
boy III her arms with n strong uncon-
SclouS movement.
1T is quite true | had forgotten: |
will so with yOu." she said
1t was the man who had watched the
cab drive away from the hospital door
nearly six years before The Silent foot
of Justice had followed her far.
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A MAGNIFICENT MOMENT.
How Augustus Hare SqueIched Scot
fer in Rome.

Augustus Hare tells an amusing story
of one of his charming peripatetic lect-
ures i'll Rome. He had conveyed his lit
tie flock. which included. ut least, one live
prince, through the Palace of Caesars,
and had gathered them near the Forum,
Wnen he obserTcd a mysterious stranger
who had attached himself to the party
looking more and m0ye angry every
minute. At length this interloper could
stand Mr. Hare no longer. He burst
forth in denunciati0ns. ''All that this
person has been telling you" he informed
the party in Il loud voice. about the
Palace of the Caesars, ne has had the
eifrontery TO relate tu you as if it were
his own. Iou Will lie astonisTIed, gentle
men and ladies, to hear that il is taken
word for word-word for word. without
the slightest acknowledgement from Mr.
Hare's Walks in Rome. =" "AI | said. :"
says Mr.. Hare, was oh. | am So
much obliged to You. did not know
there was anybody iii the worId who
would defend my Interests SO kindly. l
am Augustus Hare. " Il was mag
niticent moment.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1901-03-02
Dealing with Grimes in Canao.

(From the Chicago Times Herald on Ian %
1901 -'
The citizens of the Dominion of ron-
ada have just cause to be proud of tboir
record as law-abiding people. The an.
nual report of the criminal statistics OF
the Dominion, which has a population
of over 100000, shows that there
were only twenty-five indictments fo,.
murder in 1899. of which only two
were left without final action FIeran
OF those indicted were hanged, nine ac-
quilted and three confined as insane
Canada is country of vast propor-
lions. Its people are scattered over \
wide stretch Of territory, making police
surveillance particularly difficult and
in many districts impossible. Yet =
city like New York or Chicago alone
furnishes a far greater criminal Hsr
every year than the whole vast stretch
of territory from Quebec to Vancouver
The Canadians ascribe their immn.
nifty from crime to the promptness with
which punishment is meted out to Of
tenders. When a man is caught red
handed in the act of robbinG another
he is not released on straw bail nv
some Justice of the peace from the
slums, to go out and repeat the offense
Sharp and sure justice is meted ont to
criminals of all kinds. the result being
that when the guardians of the public
peace succeed in bringing a thug to the
bar they are seldom called upou 10
hunt him a second time.
Furthermore, there are few court de.
lays in Canada when a criminal il
brought to book. They have no Dreyer
cases over there. There are no meth.
DDS whereby Canadian criminals can
have the proceedings stayed from
month to month and from year to year
or after being convicted, appeal from
one court to another until witnesses
die of old age or opportunities for cor
ruption can be found.
Nor does this swift method of treat
ing with wrong-doers in Canada leave
the innocent unable to properly defend
themselves. They have all the oppor-
tunities and privileges that our own
laws extend to them. The extent 10
shield the guilty is lacking-that is ALL
The above taken from the editorial
COluLill VI the L gives SDiuE
idea of the immunity from crime that
exists in Canada, and this is one of the
many inducements held out for Ameri,
cans to settle in the district known as
Western Canada. The season of 1901
will see few new sections of the coun-
try opened up for settlement They are
attractive in every respect. 1t is under
stood that one of the best Indian re
serves in the famous valley Of the
Saskatchewan will be opened up this
year, and an invita- ton is extended to
those desiring homes to make inquiries.
The price of the land is said to be nom
inal. Besides these lands, the several
railway companies have lands to sell;
also the government For particulars
write to the agent of the government,
whose advertisement appears else
where