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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
NEW MOUNTAIN MACHINE GUN
Great Interest Taken in Engine of
War Which VIII Be Tested by
the Army.

Great interest in taken In a new
gun built by the Bethlehem Steel COM
pany. 1t is three-inch mountain gun
of new design, which has now been
presented for test, with a view to its
adaptation by the army if it shall ap.
pear as superior to other guns Of the
same class. The gun is similar in ap-
pearnce to the Maxim ordenfeldt
mountain gun which has seen such
good service with our troops in the
Philippines, and which was made the
subject of an interesting report by
Capt. George W. Van Deusen, Six
teenth field battery, who went with
the guns from Europe to Manila, and
who is now on duty at Fort Riley.
The gun is smaller than the Maxim
Nordenfeldt gun and the equipment
complete can be packed on inter-
changeable saddles, an advantage not
possessed by other mountain guns,
which in transportation must have
their parts assigned to particular sad
dies.
The gun will be sent to Sandy Hook
for the Ballistic test by the army ord
nance board, after which the whole
equipment will be sent to Fort Riley,
Kan, for the field test under the SUI
pervision Of the commanding officers
OF the light artillery school. The tests
at Sandy Hook and at Fort Riley will
however, be under the general direc-
ton of the board of ordnance and fort.
ifcation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
WAS PLAYMATE OF KING.
Death Occurs at st. Joseph, Mo-, of
Exilsd Noble of the Danish
Court.

Death the other day removed the
seal from the lips of those who know
the life history of Frederick G. We'd
die, the former companion and play.
mate of King Christian of Denmark,
who lived in retirement near st. Jos.
eph, Mo-, for quarter of a century.
Exiled from his native land in 1850
with his father, who was an attache
of the court of King Frederick VII.
of Denmark, and who was banished
for political reasons, Frederick We'd
die came to America, where his life
was filled with hardships, with mar
row escapes and exciting incidents.
He was ~ years of age at the time
of his death, having been born in the
royal palace at Copenhagen in 1929.
There he lived with his parents dur
ing early boyhood, his father being
chief magistrate Of the royal court,
and, as such, the royal counsel of the
king. Young Weddle was educated
at court, where he was the playmate
of King Christian TX, the present
ruler of Denmark.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
IOWA STATE NEWS.
BIG DITCH DRY.
Thousands of Pounds of Fish Killed
In Calhoun County Because
of LACK of Water,

The big ditch that runs through
Calhoun county from Pomeroy 70
miles south has gone dry, and thou
sands of pounds of fish that were
in it have been killed. Included among
these fish were buffalo, carp, piokerel,
pike, channel cat and mud cat. They
got into the ditch from the Racooon
river during the spring freshets.
Nearly every year untold quantities
OF fish are destroyed in this manner.
All this might be prevented by put
ting a trap into the mouth of the
ditch. so the fish could not get from
the river into the ditch. The extreme
heat and drought of the past few
weeks has dried up all the ponds In
Calhoun county, even the largest
ones, SO that the only water is in
Twin lakes. There it is holding out
we'll and the lakes are full of ducks
that have congregated there after be-
ing driven away from the dried-up
ponds in that vicinity. There was
more water in the lakes this spring
than for nine years before. The
Gun Barrel slough poured water into
the south lake this spring in volume
equal to small river and kept it up
for number of weeks. The farmers
thereabouts tell of the prairie chick
ems being so hard pressed for water
that they come into the farmyards
with their little ones to drink out
of the troughs. They find friends in
the farmers much oftener than they
find enemies.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
JOKE ON SCIENTISTS.
Minister Tells the Secret of Famous
Calaveras Skull.
Los Angeles Preacher Says That n. C.
scribner Confessed He Started
Scientific Mystcry by Deposit
ing the Bones MS n Joke.

The solution of scientific mystery
which has puzzled biologists and au-
thorities on the antiquity of man for
IS years was explained the other day
when minister of Los Angeles, Cal,
confessed that the mystery started as
a practical joke.
In 1868 an imperfect human skull
was found in a deposit of gravel, known
to be ancient, in gold :i!ine in
Calaveras county, Cal.
The latest volume of reports from
the Smithsonian institution contains
paper by Prof. William II. Holmes
describing recent researches in refer.
ence to this skull made by him and
Prof. W. J. MCGEE. Prof. Holmes ex.
presses doubt, but does not consider
his conclusions decisive. This report
having come to the notice of Rev. w
H. Dyer, an Episcopalian clergyman
OF Los Angeles, CAL, he told the story
which solves the mystery.
In the '70s he was missionary at
Angeles camp, near which the skull
was found. During that time R. C
ocrloner, VINO kept a store at Angelel
camp, confidentially confessed to hin
that he had conceived and carried on,
the joke. He took an old Indian skull
went to the bottom of the shaft while
the workmen were away and buried II
in the auriferous gravel. There it was
soon found, and the papers We're filled
with speculations Of writers as to tn.
antiquity of man,
(The above undoubtedly refers to the dis
covery upon which Bret Harte founded hi
famous poem in which is related the discus
sion in scientific society: upon tn
stanislaw." over the finding of some sup
posed human bones in mine. When tn
discussion is at its height one member de
eiares they are the bones of his mule
which fell into the mine several years be
fore. Then fight occurs and one of thu
specimens strikes Johnson
land stretched him on the floor,
And the subsequent proceedings intereste,
him no more.'')
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
HOW TO SAVE CROPS.
Letters to All State
Institutions.

John Cownie, of the state board of
control, under the auspices of the
board, has sent circular letter to
all the superintendent of the state
institutions urging them to diligent-
ly cultivate the growing crops on the
institutions farms. Mr.. Cownie says:
THAT is what the corn and vegetables
need Active cultivation of the corn will
save hundreds of thousands of bushels
in Iowa this year. If the farmers would
heed the advice in the letter we have sent
out I am confident that they would ma
terially reduce the Loss they fear that they
will suffer.
1.-The fields of Iowa are full OF fox tail
and weeds. Weeds grow whether there
is moisture or not. The lack of cultiva-
ton will permit them to choke out the
grain by absorbing all the moisture in
the ground. Stir up the soil and dig them
up and the corn and vegetables will get
the moisture out of the ground and out Of
the atmosphere BOTH
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.

Too tight shoes are always worn
at the expense of health, for their
wearer gives up walking exercises on
account of the suffering and difficulty
it involves.
Everybody knows how valuable a
few drops of household ammonia are
for all cleansing purposes, but not
every one knows how refreshing a
tablespoonful OF it is in the daily
bath.
For one who loves dainty bath
there are many simple ways of medi-
eating or pertaining it. Almond meal
Is always nice; oatmeal sewed In a
bag OF cheesecloth and then thrown
in the water for a few moments is
good for the. complexion.
For bathing tn face to remove
sunburn, milk, buttermilk or lemon
juice are all good Very good, too,
is the water, cold, in which cucum-
Der has been boiled. Equal parts of
rosewater and glycerin, with few
drops of benzoin, will work wonders
on rough skin. This should be
dabbed on nightly.
The nutritive value of any fruit de-
ponds chiefly upon the starches and
sugar which it contains. Dates, plan
tains, bananas, prunes, figs and
grapes contain the most starch and
sugar, and therefore are the most
nutritious foods. Cherries, apples,
currants, Strawberries and grapes
contain considerable vegetable acid
making them valuable as blood puri.
fers.
Here is lotion for the woman
who is troubled with freckles: One
ounce vaseline, two tablespoonful
strained lemon juice, half pint
elder flower water, one ounce white
wine vinegar, one ounce Jamaica
rum and one ounce alcohol. Sponge
the face with this every night after
washing, let dry on, and then rub in
a very little good cold cream. This
lotion will fade the freckles so that
they will be scarcely noticeable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
TEACHERS INSTITUTES.
superintendent Barrett Says tho
Cause for Lack of Enthusiasm
Is Extreme Hot Weather.

State Superintendent Barrett is Wis
iting the county teachers Institutes,
lecturing about four or five times
week and between times sweltering
on the road or in hotels. He says:
There is no use trying to concentrate
the attention of the teachers when they
are seated in a room on which the sun
beats with full force on three sides. 1t
is impossible to have enthusiasm under
such conditions. If I were running the
institutes I would have them open at 1880
in the morning and close at noon, CIV
ing the teachers an opportunity to find
cool, shady spot, If such thing can be
found. Nothing is gained by keeping the
teachers at work two sessions a day in
this weather. 1t would be better-far
better-if we could have the Pennsylva-
MIA plan, under which the county super
intendent is authorized to dismiss all the
schools in his county at any time in the
year and hold an institute of one or two
weeks, the teachers receiving their pay
while attending the institute In this
way the institutes are scattered through
the cooler weather, and much more Is
accomplished than is possible here where
many of the institutes are unavoidably
held during the extremely hot weather."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
WAY STATIONS.

Between 1860 and 1870 British rail.
ways increased $40 miles year. The
present yearly increase is POI miles
year.
In Japan 1856 miles of railway
owned by the Japanese government
earns one-third more yearly than
2,s42 miles owned by private COM
panies.
The 10 railway companies of Eng.
land and Wales employ between
them $4,000 men. The Scotch and
Irish companies employ 10000 men
between them.
Belgium has 2eh miles of railway
to every 100 square miles of surface,
Great Britain comes next with II
miles, and Germany third with IA
miles. The American proportion is
six miles only.
The art or science Of reducing the
weight of steel cars to the minimum
point and of maximum loading ca
pacity has produced a car weighing
Is tons that will carry load of SO
tons. suoh cars are being turned out
rapidly in one or two of the great
steel mills of Pennsylvania.
Remarkable progress is being made
in locomotive construction by the in
crease of heating space. Imagine an
intense fire ~ feet long by so feet
wide and you have an idea Of the
enormous heat required to create
steam to drive locomotive. The
heating surface of some recently
made engines of enormous capacity
is 1901 square feet,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
COMBINATION EFFECTS.
Railway Magnates Put Up a BLUM to
Fool the Confding
People.

The giant railroad combination is
evidently organized to fleece the public
and thus pay dividends on their wa
tered stock, not only at its par value,
but on the market price of various
stocks, many of which are quoted far
above par and greatly above the intrin-
sic value for which the roads could be
replaced. The great railroad mag
mates insist that the combination will
benefit the public and better the con-
ditions of the men employed, but this
is evidently said to fool the people.
Freights have already been advanced
from 80 to so per cent, according to
the Washington Post, which says:
Prominent western merchants, all
heavy shippers of merchandise, are
preparing to call to account before the
interstate commerce commission the
heads of the various railroad combina-
tons and the community of inter-
ests" alliances of the trunk lines
throughout the country. The charges
are made that following those move
ments Of consolidation freight rates
have been advanced from 80 to so per
cent. through quiet and organized
manipulation of the various classical
lions of commodities. Behind the
movement to attack this scheme OF
freight advances, by applying to the
interstate commerce commission for
relief, lies the plan for a still more Wig
orous blow. The compliments intend
to demand that congress shall take a
hand in forcing the formation of uni
form classification of freights which
shall be effective on every railroad in
the United States.
1t is encouraging to note that these
prominent merchants" are to take ac-
ton; hitherto they have stood aloof
and left the burden of fighting the rail-
roads to the ''grangers" and others.
Their plan of demanding congress to
give them relief is the only one that
will bring results, though it is very
doubtful if the coming congress will be
found willing to pass any bill that will
really hurt the railroads. Nearly every
republican member will ride on free
pass, not only for himself, but for his
family, when he comes to Washington,
and the general managers who have
granted him this favor of course ex-
pect protection and favors in return.
About one year from now the eau
cuses and conventions for the nomina-
tlon OF congressman and of legislative
candidates who will elect United States
senator's, will be meeting, and then is
the time for those who want to curb
the rapacity of the railroad trust to
get IN their work, and in 1903 some.
thing may be accomplished,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
PRESS COMMENTS.

The new republican platform IL
rather long for party that processes
to be running on the simple issue o1
Observation-Disclosures Enquirer.
Mr.. Hanna's fine work in the
Ohio state convention may be taken
as an indication that he expects the
Buckeye state to furnish the next
president, regardless of Mr.. McKin.
ley's observation-disclosures World-Her.
aid.
IF Senator Hanna can organize
machine in few more states which
will do his bidding as unquestionably
as does the Ohio machine, he can
either be the republican nominee for
president in 1904 or select the gentle
man upon whom that honor shall fall.
Peoria Transcript.
The formation of trusts al
ways results in cheapening the prod
uct, as we have been so often assured
by the trust magnates. Nevertheless,
1t may be well to note the fact that
the price Of linseed oil has been con.
stantly on the jump since the Linseed
Oil company was bought by the Stand
ard Oil people.-Hartford Times.
There are significant signs that
the republican party is being divided
by discord. That party is likely to be
seriously disrupted III congress next
winter over the tariff question, and
who shall say that that party, which
arrogates to itself all the virtues,
and is insoleht in its assumption of I'M
paralleled powers, may not go to
pieces before 1904 through internecine
acknowledgements Telegram.
Those who have been induIginp
in the delusion that the ship subsidy
steal was dead will receive light from
the resolution of Mark Hanna's Ohio
convention indorsing the piratical
proposition. Mark Hanna is deter.
mined to have his pound Of flesh, and
he and his associate bandits are max.
ing every preparation to put the next
congress in condition such that thew
can force this measure through.-In.
Gianapolis Sentinel.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
Never Met Sampson.

In an interview concerning the
Sampson-Schley controversy Admiral
Cervera says: ~ do not know Admiral
Sampson. I have never met him. "
And yet Simpsons picture is to be
engraved on the medal that commem-
crates the American victory in a
battle in which Admiral Cervera,com-
manded the opposing fleet; and friends
of Admiral Sampson insist that he is
to be given the credit for the Santiago
victory.
Admiral Cervera, however, has con-
siderable to say of Admiral Schley.
Cervera knows Schley. He met him
on the 3rd day of July, 1898, in Santi-
ago bay, and although schley was the
conquering hero of that occasion, Adj
miral Cervera speaks of him as brave
sea fighter, and as gentleman as
courteous and generous in victory as
he was courageous and capable in
ba ttle.-Omaha World-Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
OF MORE OR LESS INTEREST

A ship load of FYlipinos are to be
tried on Hawaiian sugar fields.
An enormous increase in shipments
in general merchandise is being made
from all Pacific ports to oriental mar
kets.
A New York judge decides that in
surance companies cannot be COM
PEELED to make good damages result
ing from explosions.
Onefourth of a pound of paint is
allowed for every square yard Of prim-
ing coat, one-sixth of pound per yard
for the succeeding coat.
A section of the Rocky mountains,
between northern Idaho and the Can
adam Pacific railroad, 200 miles long,
is to be explored for the first time.
The Bank of New York has Just
put in vaults made of steel foot thick.
All the compartments have sensitive
doors that give an alarm on the slight
est jar.
1t is stated on the authority of a
Chinese tea merchant that the glaze
on the paper covering of tea chests
is due to preparation composed
principally of the refuse of sharks
fins, tails and skins.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
------------------- -
Men Who Were There.

Dewey was there when his victory
was won. Perry was there when his
victory was won. Farragut and Por-
ter were there when their victories
were won. Sampson was fifteen miles
down the coast on an errand that q
steam launch could have performed
just as we'll as the battleshlp New
York when the victory of Santiago
was won. Yet Sampson gets the prize
money, the medal and the support of
the navy clique, while Schley, who
was in the battle and won it gets
nothing but censure from the pin
headed bureaucrats at Washington
World-Heraid.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

The oldest of the great public
schools is Winchester, founded in
1873.
Three English universities elect five
members of parliament, four Scotch
two, and one Irish two.
The crack scholars of Harvard 1901
were Freund, Bauer and Petersen
two Germans and a Swede.
Japan has two imperial UNIVERSE
ties, one at Toxic, the other at Kioto.
The latter is only three years old.
Rev. Washington GLADDEN., of Co.
lumbus, o., has been appointed Ly-
man Beecher lecturer in the Yale di-
vinity school for next year.
Charles A. Smith, of Minneapolis.
has presented 25,ooo,0O0 feet of tim
Der, valued at $4,000, to the Swedish
Lutheran college at Lindsborg, Kan.
The manuscript of an appeal for
funds for Dartmouth college, dated
1881, has just been given that college
by the estate of Miss Hopkins, of
northampton, Mass. 1t is signed by
Washington, r.. Lincoln, Livingston,
William Moore, Robert Morris and
other historical persons.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
CaIve in New Role,

The sensation of the coming sea-
son of grand opera at the Metropoli-
tan opera house, New York, will I'M
doubtedly be the production of Isl
dore de Lara's opera, "Messaline, )"
with Calve in the title role. The ia
nous prima donna is said to in
terpret the character of the notorious
Roman empress with extraordinary
realism, De Lara's score is not high
ly considered by European critics, and
the moralists have made vigorous at
tacks on the libretto, which IL said
to be over the line of the permiss ble
in its tale of one of Messaline's numer-
Gus intrigues.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
Earth wan BE DESTROYED.

Rev. Fl. King, holiness minister OF
Bethlehem, declares that the present
hot wave will eliminate in the de-
strnction of the earth by fire, as fore
told in the Scriptures. He declares
the weather will continue to grow
hotter and hotter until the sun will
rain down in pieces on the earth and
consume it. He has made a close
study of the Bible and claims that
all the prophecies in regard to the
last days have been fulfilled save one,
and that is being rapidly accom-
plished,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
Kentucky Editor. visit st. Louis.

St. Louis, Aug. 5.-Several hundred
members of the Kentucky Press asso-
citation, with their wives and daugh-
tiers, arrived in st. Louis at five o'clock
Saturday morning en- route to Salt
Lake City, on special train over the
Louisville & Nashville. They were met
at Union station by President D. R,
Francis, Breckenridge Jones, j. d,
Dozier, John Schroers, William S. Nc
Chesney and Perry Bertholow, who
acted as reception committee on
behalf of the Louisiana Purchase Ex-
position company. The visitors were
driven over the worlds fair site.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
willing to Pay forpence.

Paris, Aug. Sin the course of an
interview with Mr.. Kruger, published
in the Figaro Saturday, the ex-presi-
dent of the Transvaal said: 1--WE have
already once proposed peace directly
to Great Britain and we will not re-
new the propositions. All we are
willing to give for peace is money if
Great Britain asks it. No price is too
dear to obtain independence and the
right to live as a free nation"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
Result Of a QunrreI.

Charles McClumsy, livery stable
employe at Spirit Lake, shot Mamie
Reed three times. He then turned
the revolver on himself and fired
three bullets into his head. The girl
was not wounded fatally, but Nc.
Clumsy would probably die. The
woman came to Spirit Lake five weeks
ago from Paramount, MINI. She and
McClumsy are said to have been en-
gagged for some time, but later the
engagement had been broken.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
Equal SURFACE campairn.

The strongest campaign ever made
in Iowa by the Iowa Equal Suffrage
association is to be made this fall in
order to line up in formidable shape
before the next legislature to secure
the passage of suffrage bill. 1t has
been decided to secure about half a
dozen prominent national organizers
to come to Iowa to help strengthen
the weak counties and organize I'M
organized counties in order that
every representative and senator may
have suffrage constituency.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-08-09
E.tabli.he. New Diocese,

Washington, Aug. 5.-The papal
briefs erecting the new diocese of
Altoona, Pa, and appointing Mgr.
Eugene A. Garvey, the vicar general
of Scranton, as the first bishop of AL
toona, have been received at the
apostolic delegation here and for
warded to the new diocese. Cardinal
Martinelli has indicated his desire
that the new diocese shall be formed
as early as possible. Archbishop
Ryan probably will consecrate the
new priest.