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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

the more serious pursuits of his
elders, and youngster seen rolling
.stone alleys" at time which should
be devoted to "hop-scotch" would be
as truly regarded as slack or shift
less as the mother who postponed
making over last years dresses and
"lengthening the girls last summers
skirts" until house-cleaning time. The
latter period is too narrowing for de-
scription in words, even the very forci-
bly, local phrases. To one who is par
tial to New England, it would seem
that in many published accounts the
vernacular has been very much
abused. 1t is true that as many vary
ing tales may be told of the speech of
the New England people as of the eli
mate of California, and equally true
that all may be correct, yet it is safe
to say that nowhere else in the Unit
ed States, among the same number OF
people, can so much genuine education
be found. Our farmers, many of them
very poor, manage to keep we'll in
formed on the general topics of the
day. Their books and papers are
freely loaned. Nearly every family
tries to send one or more boys to COLI
lege, while the girls at home study
hard to keep up with their brothers,
Many of the palmer people who are,
apparently, most careless in their
speech, know perfectly well how to
use correct language, but are like
David Harum in some respects. OF he
is like them. David would have made
an excellent New Highlander.
The people are absolutely inde-
pendent in their methods of thought
and the forceful terms which they
have inherited, as we'll as their rocky
estates, are so much a matter of Gus.
tom that they seldom think of CRITICS.
ing them, for among all the inhabit'
ants of the earth there are none with
whom habit is more controlling
force. 1t is often hard to tell whether
their strong ideas of right and wrong
are matter of principle or usage. In.
tegrity seems to be general charac'
teristic, unless-well, of course, wher
it comes to a "hoss" trade or "swap
PIN" knives or any transaction Of
that kind-why, custom arranges that
too. Speakingof custom: A well-to-de
farmer, j. e., one worth several thou
sands of dollars, sold his "hoss and
tixin's" when about 20 miles from
home, and started to foot it to hi!
house, where he had been born ant
raised" Some one offered him tick
ct las railroad was one Of the lates
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

The two bank officials who wrecked
the Vancouver bank and committed
suicide were victims of passionate
desire to "get rich quickly" 1t is a
too common failing in the United
States, and suicide is not the only
penalty. Even they who succeed
must pay price. Sometimes it is
added worries, and often, alas! it is
the gradual breaking of old ties, the
loss of higher ambition, the harden
ing of kind hearts and loss of faith
in human nature. Wealth is not all
of life, nor even the better part of ex-
istence. So say the sages of all lands
and all ages.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
A DEspoT1c SYSTEM.
Acts of United States Military Of
hcers That Are Worse Than
Imperialistic.

The World does not believe that
this country is in any danger of i'm
perialism-that is, if the word is
used in its strict sense, meaning a
system or state of imperial govern
ment. 1t is impossible to conceive of
the United States as anything but
republic in the fullest sense of the
word.
But it must be admitted that acts
of purely despotic power committed
by military officers of the United
States are becoming too common
and, what is worse, receive neither
rebuke nor punishment from the
president, who is sworn to uphold
the constitution, with all its guaran-
tees of personal liberty and Of free
dom of speech and of the press.
It is fact that Gen. Macarthur
deported from the Philippines a cit
izen of the United States and sup
pressed his newspaper for printing q
criticism of the administration of the
customs service at Manila which the
present exposure Of frauds there
more than justifes.
It is fact that Gov. Gen. Wood,
OF the army in Cuba, shut up and
sealed newspaper Office without
trial, simply by his personal edict,
because it printed cartoon which
was personally offensive to him.
It Is a fact that Gov. Gen. Wood
by another edict, imprisoned two
editors because he thought they hai
published libel.
We venture to say that with all tn,
outrageous acts of the imperial gov
eminent against the freedom Of thu
press in Germany, and on account O.
lese majestic, Kaiser Wilhelm ha!
never dared to disregard all phase.
of the law ana justice and all respec
for public opinion as fagrantly a!
Gen. Wood has done in these cases.
And yet it is often said that tn,
emperor is crazy! And yet Cuba il
held, by sacred pledge of congress.
unanimously passed, to be "free ant
independent!"-N. Y. World.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Never Pleased.

People are never satisfied" re-
marked the man with the mild eye
and the gentle voice.
what is the ditficulty?"
"There is no real difficulty. l have
merely been musing on how hard it
is to please. When l was boy peo-
pie used to scold me for reading ro-
mances and detective stories instead
of Shakespeare. Now that l have
grown older and really enjoy Shakes
peare, they sheer and ask why in
sist on being such an old fogy."-
Washington Star.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
The Pan-Amerlcan Exposition Held


Buffalo, n. Y. May LIST, to Nov. LIST 1901.
On April 3Oth, and daily thereafter
the Chicago Great Western Railway
will sell through excursion tickets to
Buffalo, good to return within Is days.
at a fare and third for the round
trip.
A special rate for every Tuesday in
May will be ONE FARE PLUS $1.00 FOR
THE ROUND TRIP. These tickets will
be good leaving Buffalo until midnight
on the Saturday following the day of
sale.
The lowest rates will always be in
force on the Chicago Great Western
Railway, and its equipment and &C
commodations are Unsurpassed.
The company has issued a neat IL
Illustrated folder, giving a map of Buff
falo and of the Exposition grounds. a
list of Hotels; time-card Of its trains
and their Eastern connections, and
much other valuable information.
For full information and Pan-Ameri-
can Folders, address any Great Wes-
tern Agent, or j. P. Elmer, General
Passenger Agent, lib Adams Street
Chicago. oct 1st
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

near the coast prepare seaweed for
use as fertilizer The summer eli
mate is delightful. The hills, lakes,
rivers and coast offer q great variety
of scenery and the majority of peo-
pie manage to enjoy life very well.
Fourth of July celebrations reach
high-water mark. Thanksgiving and
Christmas are seasons of great fes.
tivity, in contrast, perhaps, with the
workday life of the people in gem
eral. In the spring there is little
time for holiday making. Even the
old man, whose children have left him
and the mother alone at the old
homestead, is anxious to get out and
spade up my garden" His little
crop win be eagerly watched and
tended, and the date when mother
and had our first dish OF string
beans" be faithfully recorded in let
tiers often cause great anxiety to
their recipients. There is home and
welcome for the parents with the
children, but nothing would induce
the old folks to leave the scene of
their married joys and sorrows. They
prefer independence, and If their
children are thoughtless or unsnc-
ceseful the latter days of the elderly
pair are apt to be devoid of necessary
comforts.
It is q great mistake to endeavor
to classify New England people. Mo-
where is individuality more prom.
inent. Each man is a host in him
self.
Perhaps no phase of the life is more
fascinating than that found alorg
| the coasts of Maine and Cape Cod.
A few weeks spent here are full of
! interest in adventure, story and le-
gend. There is q sort of amphibious-
ness (if one may be allowed the
| word) about the life, which is ex-
ceedingly attractive. Fishermen on
the sea are quite different char
| acters from the same persons on the
land. There is much of superstition in
the makeup of many of them. Sea
stories from all over the world are
boiled together and spiced according
to local taste. Then, too, when one
listens to their relation of true sto.
ries of hairbreadth escape, one al.
most feels with them that they are
in special way under Divine protec.
ton. One old man said. in correct
language, too: 1--WE are under the
especial care Of Providence. fol
Christ selected His disciples from
among the fishermen And this
chosen one, with matted, shaggy hal,
and beard, walked proudly away
barefooted. EDWARD JULIAN.
| A citizen of Akron, O., has applied TO,
q divorce. In his petition he declares
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
M. e. Conference Dates.

Bishop Stephen Merrill will hold
Iowa conferences of the Methodist
Episcopal church as follows: Septem-
Der 5, Western Swedish, at Dayton;
September II, Des Moines, at Chart
ton; September 1s, Iowa, at Newton;
October 2, Northwest German, at
Corning; October 9, Northwest Iowa
at Algona; October 16. Upper Iowa, at
Yinton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Touching Her Heart.

Mrs. Dinwiddie-I am of so sensitive
a nature that cannot bear to go
about the streets at this season of the
year.
Mrs. Van Braam-What is it that so
works upon your sensibilities?
Mrs. Dinwiddie-I can't bear to- wit
ness SO many moving scenes.-Pitts-
burgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

A woman has consulted a Kansas
City lawyer about getting divorce
from her husband because in his cons
versation with her he confines himself
to the monosyllables Eyes" or no or
81 guess So" The attorney, says the
Journal, is at loss to know whether
to bring the suit, if he brings it at all,
on the ground of cruelty, indignities
or failure to provide. AS certain
amount OF talk is indispensably neces-
sary to woman, he thinks the suit
might be brought on the last-named
ground. However, if the man should
file cross bill declaring this to be the
extent of his vocabulary, no divorce
could be secured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Ready to Marry,

Friend-And SO you are to marry
George Slimpurse?
Sweet Girl--Yes, in a few weeks
now. 1t will be case of love in cot
tage, and we've found little gem Of
place out in the country. We shall
be SO happy.
II should like to meet him. Can't
you have him here to tea some night"
impossible, my dear. The cook has
left, and we are obliged to go to a
restaurant for meals."-N. Y. Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
cattle Ranch sold.

The great cattle ranch in Sherman
township, Monona county, which has
been for some years owned by Horace
G. Chase, of Chicago, has been sold to
E. B. Kipp, of Evanston, H., for $4,000.
There are LAO acres in the ranch, and
the price paid was $a5 per acre. This
ranch was generally known as the
Round Grove ranch and was Senator
8. P. Yeoman's first investment in Mo-
mona county soil,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Hender.on Initiated.

Members of Elkahir temple of Mys-
tic Shriners met in Dubuque at the in
vitation of the local branch of the
order. There was parade about
noon. About 40 new members to the
order were initiated, among them be-
ing Speaker d. B. Henderson. A ban
quet at Hotel Julian concluded the
event.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Must Have Jared Him

"And them" she said in telling OF
the romantic episode, "she sprang to
his arms"
"She did,"
"Of course. Do you doubt it?' ;.
"Oh, no." he replied, "but, after see
ing her. can't help thinking that it
must have Jared him quite bit.'-
Chicago Post.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

"The Doctors told me my cough was
incurable. One Minute Cough Cure
made me we'll man." Norris Silver,
North Stratford, N. H.-Because you
have not found relief from a stubborn
cough, don't despair. One Minute
Cough Cure has cured thousands and
1T will cure you. Safe and sure.
Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Imperial Council, Mobiles of Mystic Shrine
Kansas City, No., June l1-1g, 1901.

For this annual meeting of the
Shriners the Chicago Great Western
Ry., will on June $40, sell excursion
tickets to Kansas City, good to return
round trip. For further information
address any Chicago Great Western
Agent, or j. P. Elmer, General Pas.
senger Agent, Chicago. June II
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Wise beyond HI. Years.

Anxious Mother - Tommy, your
teacher says you are the poorest
scholar in your class.
Tommy-That's nothing. It is only
because / don't answer all the ques-
tons she is asking every day. 1t isn't
wise to tell all you know to woman,
even If she does happen to be school
teacher.--Boston Transcript.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
n Lutte Too Eaat

Look here, sir" said the irate GUS
toner to the dry goods clerk; "you
sold me piece of goods warranted a
fast color. 1t was green when I
bought it, and now it has turned to a
sickly blue in less than two weeks"
well, madam" expostulated the
clerk. you could hardly expect a
color to go faster than that."-Leslie's
Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

Good luck simply thrusts itself upon
some people. A New York society girl
got married recently to man who
claimed that he was a French count
and who now turns out to be horse
doctor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
HABIT RULES THEM.
The Average New Highlander Wor-
ships at Traditions Shrine.
Home and Social Life in the states
Founded by Pilgrim and Puri-
tan Ancestry Revered
More Than Wealth.
Especial Boston letter.

N7OW we have planting time" in
~ New England. Except in the
larger cities, the spring work"
is occupying the general attention, to
the exclusion of all else. In this me-
thodical corner of the country the di-
visions of the seasons are especially
accentuated. The boys games show
the line of demarka ton as plainly as
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Dyspeptics cannot be long lived bt

Dyspeptics cannot be long lived be-
cause to live requires nourishment.
Food is not nourishing until it is di-
gested. A disordered stomach cannot
digest food, it must have assistance.
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure digests all kinds
of food without aid from the stomach,
allowing it to rest and regain its nat
ural functions. Its elements are ex-
actly the same as the natural diges-
tive fluids and 1T simply can 'thelp but
do you good. -ShuttleWorth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

The men in the steel trust abso-
auteIy control, through that influence
and others allied with it, the repub-
Hcan party, and so long as the repub-
Ican party remains in charge of the
government they will lose neither
dividends nor sleep.-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

Unknown practical jokers created
sensation in Redwood, N. j., one even
ing lately by bringing to town and
turning loose swarm of strange cats,
which have been making life miserable
for the residents ever since.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Order of Forresters of Iowa, at
New Hampton, la. June Hip, 1901.

For the biennial convention and re-
union of this order, the Chicago Great
Western Ry., will on June 1912, sell
excursion tickets to New Hampton,
good to return June 18th, at a fare
and one third for the round trip. For
further information address any Chi
cago Great Western Agent, or j. p.
Elmer, General Passenger Agent,
Chicago. june II
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

In the schedule of New York
bankrupt recently filed in court it APP
pears that he owes $50 for beer and
see for pew rent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

The following plaintive note was
picked up in the street at Clarksville,
Ind.-''Dear May: The reason didn't
laff when you laft at me yesterday IN
the postoffice was because I have a
bile on my face and kant laff, if l laff
it will bust, but love you old Gweet
thing, bile or no bile, laff OF no laff, you
know that p. S. Burn this up"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

Danger, disease and death follow
neglect of the bowels. Use Dewitt IS
Little Early Risers to regulate them
and you will add years to your life and
life to your years. Easy to take and
never gripe.-Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

BY applying prolonged pressure Of
$4,000 pounds to the square inch q
Montreal professor makes marble how
.ihe molasses.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
A Natural Result.

Madge-she is singularly deficient In
the subject of history.
Marjorie-What else could you ex.
pect, when she spends her time read.
ing the popular historical novelist
Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

Eczema, saltrheum, letter, chatting,
ivy poisoning and all skin tortures are
quickly cured by DeWitts Witch
Hazel Salve. The certain pile cure.
Shuttleworth Drug 90.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

Rich men are often careful to avoid
small expenditures of money. A WE'LL
known Philadelphian, who is reported
to be more than millionaire, walked
into the news stand in Broad street
station and asked for certain Boston
paper. Glow much is it?" he inquired.
give cents" was the reply. The rich
man jingled some coins in his trousers
pocket. 81 really don't want to read
It," he explained. II just want to
glance at the financial column He
opened the paper to the desired page,
ran his eye quickly up and down the
columns, and smile of satisfaction
spread over his rugged features. Then
he folded it up again and handed it
back, laying down copper coin In
payment for bis look.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

We, the people of the United States,
are remarkable in our knowledge, I'M
x,. der presumption
of law. The law
presumes that we
know the law, and, though Mr.. Bundle
may be right in saying that the law is
an ass in its Prescriptions, its pre-
sumptions control Us just the same. 1t
is never an excuse to plead ignorance
of the law, for the magistrate who
does not know the law, judges who
give opposing views of the law and
courts that cannot agree on what the
law is, will tell you that you do know
the law, because the law says that you
do. This is very complimentary to the
layman just think, says the New
York Herald, what we know under this
legal presumption. Besides the UNI
written law that we have inherited
from the ages, we know millions of
of our annual state legislature-be-
sides so other states and territories, il
we happen to be in them-down to and
including the volumes of enactments
of our board of aldermen and our
health department regulations. You
| may go into the law library in the fed-
eral building, wave your hands over
| the tens of thousands of volumes and
say: 81 know all this" and can then
prove your statement by the authors
ties themselves. Mr.. F. S. Wakefield,
tally clerk of the house of represent
atives, has prepared list of little
we know that emanated from the Fiji
ty-sixth congress. According to his
| figures the house passed 2,204 bills and
resolutions. If that is an average,
| think what it means when multiplied
by Sc. Then add to it the volumes OF
laws that have found birth in our leg
islature, and the intermittent stream
ever flowing from that source, with
which are mingled municipal laws and
| regulations. Each individual who has
| reached the age of discretion is told
by the law that he knows them all.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

At Wilkesbarre, Pa, a black art doc
tor, locally denominated Hex, was
lately called In to treat the sick COW
of q local farmer, and Immediately
suggested that the animal would res
cover provided a naked woman walked
about 1t nine times and stepped over
it four times. These difficult condi,
tons were complied with by the farm
er's wife at her husbands earnest So
licitation, the latter being probably
less anxious as to his spouse's con-
tracing pneumonia than at the idea
of losing COW. Despite all this, re-
marks the Philadelphia Times, the
COW, unreasonably, continued to grow
worse, and actually died. There isn't
much moral to the story, but what
there is would indicate that cows cost
money in Wilkesbarre, while wives are
to be had for the asking.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

A citizen of Akron, O., has applied for
divorce. In his petition he declares
that his wife has left him % times, and
that he has at last grown tired of such
foolishness. The last time his wife de-
serted him she said she had gone for
good.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07
Atlantic and Pacific

The Atlantic contains cubic miles
of natef; the Pacific, 141,oco,oO0.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-06-07

pf. Niles Nerve riastsrs for Eheumasism
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1901-05-27
KNOCKED DOWN ARD ROBBED.
Charles mury oi.FairiicId Has Encounter With
Four Highwsymcn.

About 1899 Saturday evening, az
Charlie hurry of this town was re-
turning to his home in the lower part
of tho town, he was accosted by four
men who asked him for a match. He
did not have any with him and as he
was smoking cigar, he handed that
that to them instead. He had no soon
or done this than he received blow
from a club in the hands of one OF
them. knocking him down and render
ing bin senSelcss for time. They then
searched his pockets and secured about
$40 in money. hurry has just return
cd from thr Roach river region. where
ne haS been working on the drive win
Il number OF other men from tins
town and vicinity. and had just re-
ccivcd his wages. He was man about
20 years of age and has been resident
OF our town for about 10 years. no
clue has as Yet been obtained as 70 Inc
identity of the villains. Officer PERI
saw three men hanging around the
street at about O'Clock Sunday morn
ing, and whistled, when they starter
and disappeared. 1t is thought fhal
these were the same fellows who roo'
bed hurry.