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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06


inquired, suspiciously.
"No, sir" Barbara laughed. Those
are mine. made them specially fos
you in memory of the old times
"Ah, we've never had any like them
since you left us for better place,
have we, Martha?" Nr. Ward said,
turning to his wife.
"No, not even the girls from Bar
bara's school can equal her" Mrs.
Ward answered, giving Barbara o
grateful look. The years had strength
ened their friendship and love.
81 don't soc that the training school
has solved the hired girl problem in
Crawford" Mrs. Vane said. as if vexed
at something she had heard. cal
though it is wonderful what has been
done in so short time"
"We've had our woes" Barbara an
swered, with sigh. 1T takes so
long to make people see the Divine
side of service. Now. Jennie, as good
and capable girl as she is, longs
to escape from the drudgery, as she
calls it, and become something be-
sides servant"
"As long as humanity is what it is,
imagine that will always keep the
problem unsolved. But am sure the
girls who go out of the school are
learning the beauty of service more
and more every year"
II can speak for the truth Of
that" Mrs. Dillingham; nodded yigor-
ously to Barbara across the table.
"The girl you sent me last week is a
treasure. She is neat, competent and
Christian. Lam ready to pay her the
maximum wages at the start"
Mrs. Dillingham; referred to scale
of wages agreed upon in Crawford
since the training school was started.
This scale was mutual agreement
between housekeepers and servants.
and was regulated by certain we'll
defined conditions of competency. It
provided for certain Increase every
month OF small amount, and had
proved mutually helpful as far as
tried.
"At the same time" Mrs. Ward said.
81 don't believe the servant girl prob
lem is mostly one of wages OF work.
l believe it is more question or an
understanding on the part OF those
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
SYSTEM OF IDENTIFICATION.
Capt. Kulp, Assistant Army Surgeon,
Suggests Simpler Method for
Use in the Army.

An army medical officer criticises
the method of military Identification
in vogue at all recruiting depots as
cumbersome, costly and expensive as
to time. Capt. John S. Kulp, assistant
surgeon, on duty in New York city,
suggests that the recruit, stripped, be
placed before big chart with arms
outstretched, and there photographed.
This will enable the plotting of every
linear measurement Of the body of the
recruit.
The apparatus required for the sys-
tenn consists of sheet of muslin 6h
feet square, stamped in figures, and
having black space on it for the re-
cording of the name and age of the re-
cruit, name of examining surgeon,
and date of examination, and a camera
which, for the sake of uniform results,
should have a fixed focus.
The photographs, Capt. Kulp sug-
gests, should be filed at the war de-
partment and indeXed, to permit ref.
erence and comparison on occasion.
The progress made in photography
makes it possible for photographs to
Dc taken on paper Which do not re-
quire developing, toning, or the fixing
of baths, all that is necessary being
immersion in water.
Capt. Kulp believes that the present
system is one which means great
loss of time in period of war, and
that the system he suggests would ac-
complish all that the present methods
Result of Their Neglect.
sour millS," urged tho agent, IL
steriized."
The housewife laughed scornfully.
"There is lot of foolishness about
sterilization and all sorts of health
precautions these days." she said. II
don't take any stock in it myself.
Our ancestors didn't resort to any
such methods"
True admitted the agent; land
look at the result. They are all
Gead."-Chicago Post.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06

u
the Son OF man came not to he min
istered unto but to minister aid A6I
give His life ransom for many"
"The world will solve all hard ques-
tions If 1t only brings enough love
to bear upon Them" he said, looking
out earnestly at the silent, eager
young life in the circle "Love can
do all things. If only we learn that
service is Divine, we can learn how
10 make better world and redeem
our brothers and sisters"
He offered brief prayer that the
Father would bless all the lives pres
ent and all dear to them, and give
them strength for another days
work after nights peaceful rest;
and after the prayer the guests quiet
ly went away after strong hand
shake and hearty "God bless you"
from the young preacher and his
wife. All, Ralph and Barbara, only
the Judgment will reveal the number
of jewels in your crown. For you
have saved souls from death here and
despair hereafter.
When Mrs. Dillingham; went out,
as she walked along with Mrs. vane
and the Wards, for they lived only
ehort distance from the parsonage,
she said: "Well, there was a time
when no one could have made me
believe in the sort Of evening have
spent tonight. I rubbed my eyes
several times, thinking maybe I was
resurrected, living in another world"
II don't think the millennium has
come quite yet" said Mr.. Ward, mot
even in Crawford. And yet Barbara
and Morton seem to have made lit
tie one of their own around them"
Perhaps that's the way the big
one is going to Begin" suggested
Mrs. Vane, wisely.
When all the people had gone
Ralph Morton and Barbara reviewed
the evening.
"They had good time, am sure.
It's worth while, isn't it, dear?"
Eyes, even if haven't solved the
servant girl problem like mathe-
NAUTICAL thing with an exact answer"
Barbara said, smiling.
huAdA pTonomS are not solved
that way, Barbara. always feel
suspicious of an economic formula
that claims to bring in the millen-
MUM like an express train running
on a schedule time. But this much
we do know from our own expert
ence: Love is the great solution, the
final solution, Of all earth's troubles.
We know it is, because God is love.
And service between man and man
will be what it ought to be when love
between man and man is what it
ought to be, and not until them
II am glad" said Barbara, chat we
have learned that. I am glad that
we were born to serve"
"Amen," said Morton, gently.
Thanks be to God for the Servant
of the human race"
So hand in hand these two, through
their church and home, are minister
ing to-day to the needy of the broth
erhood. Hand in hand they look with
the hope of God for the dawn of a
better day and the victory which al
ways crowns the greatest Of all HUI
man forces, the love of man for man.
THE END
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Missing Man Returns.

Lars G. Lundgren, proprietor of the
Sioux City feed mill at Springdale,
whose mysterious disappearance
some time ago brought grief to his
family and worry to heavy creditors,
has returned home. He says his
recollections are very indistinct as
to his experiences, but that he was
affected by the heat when he left.
He had been under mental strain
because of his financial obligations,
When he came to. himself he was east
of Chicago and took the first train
for home. He declares his creditors
were pushing him. He will labor
earnestly to pay his debts.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06

EXPEDITION, A SUCCESS
Lfeut. Rorthnls s,o,.
Reindeer in Northeastern
Siberia

News was received at the bureau
of education of the entire success of
Lieut.. Bertholf's expedition after
reindeer in northeastern Siberia,
The information came in along cable
message from Lieut.. Bertholf, dated
Vladivostok, where he arrived a few
days ago after a perilous trip of
nearly 1000 miles by reindeer and
dog teams over the SHOWS Of sub
arctic Siberia. He informed the
bureau that he had purchased 500
deer at 10 rubles each, with pros
pect of 100 more.
The deer are now awaiting ship
ment and Lieut.. Berthof says that
he will charter steamer Immediate
~ and transport the animals to Port
Clarence, Alaska, where he expects
to arrive the latter part of August.
He says that it is entirely feasible
to obtain reindeer in the interior Of
Siberia far superior to the deer that
have hitherto been obtained on the
coast and transported to the various
reindeer stations on the American
side of the Behring sea. He asks the
authority of the interior department
to contract for 1000 deer to be deliv-
cred in the summer of 1902.
The interior department is greatly
pleased with the result of Lieut..
Bertholf's expedition, and it is prob
able that he will make another trip
to Siberia next year. The travelling
necessary to obtain the reindeer was
exceedingly difficult, and Lieut..
Bertholf, who is an officer in the rev.
enue cutter service, was selected be-
cause of his experience in arctic
travelling, obtained in the winter of
1s97-9s, when he was a member of
the famous Jarvis expedition to re-
lieve the ice-bound whalers at Point
Barrow in the Arctic ocean. AT that
time he made a sledge trip of nearly
1880 miles in midwinter and drove o
herd of reindeer before him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Reunited.

Rev. G. N. Shanks. of Portland, Ind,
became separated from other mem
bers of the family when but two
years old, owing to the death of his
father. The other day he received in
formation from his sister, Maude
Shanks, finally locating her near
Cedar Rapids. She visited him at
Portland and it was the first meeting
of brother and sister for 81 years,
each having mourned the other as
dead, though for score of years the
Indiana clergyman has prosecuted a
search, hoping that the mystery Of
Years might be solved.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Charged with Forgery.

N. Greiner, merchant at Rock
Valley, was arrested for uttering
forged paper. He purchased hard
ware stock and gave his note in pay
.ment for it, amounting to $4,000,
bearing the supposed signature of. his
father-in-law, Henry Henningfeld,
and his own. Greiner secured $1,000
from Thomas Berry on similar note.
The hardware stock is in the hands of
its former owner and Greiner's origin
al store is in the hands of his mother,
she having foreclosed $4,000 mort
gage upon it. Greiner is claimed to
have committed other forgeries,
amounting in all to $1,000. He is 90
and married.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06

Five years after this Barbara and
her husband were standing together
one evening in the dining-room of
the parsonage of Marble Square
church, evidently awaiting some
guests.
Ralph Morton was nodding approx
al of some little detail of the table
furnishing, and Barbara was saying,
$50 lovely to have the old friends
with US tonight, isn't 1t, Ralph2"
Indeed it is. Although could be
satisfied with present company" the
minister answered, CALAMITY. He was
still the lover as well as husband.
THAT'S selfish" Barbara smiled as
she came around to his side of the
table and stood there with his arm
about her, the love light in her eyes
as strong as ever.
II have never quite got over that
interruption Of Mrs. Wards the night
I courted you in your kitchen" he
said, laughing.
"You have had five years to make
It up, sir" Barbara replied, answer
ing his laugh with caress. and as
the bell rang she ran to the door to
meet her guests.
"We've all come along together, you
see," Mr.. Ward said, in his CHEEKY
fashion, as he entered with Mrs.
Ward and Mr.. and Mrs. Vane and
Mrs. Dillingham;. "We have been over
to the training school and looked at
the new addition. It's great help"
The minister and his wife greeted
them eagerly; and when they were
seated at the table after grace was
asked the talk naturally turned about
the work Of the training school and
its results. a neat-looling girl with
a pleasant, intelligent face came In
to serve the first course.
Jennie" Barbara said, with a
smile that revealed her winsomeness
and proved that the years had added
to it's power, "these are old friends
of mine. You have met Mrs. Ward.
This is Mr.. Ward, Mrs. Dillingham;,
Mr.. and Mrs. Vane, Jennie Mason" :
The girl nodded pleasantly in re-
Spouse to the words of greeting given
her, and when her work was over she
went out.
SIS Miss Mason one of your girls ~
Mrs. Vane asked, rubbing her nose vig-
orously, as her won't was when she
had some particular problem in mind,
"Yes, she is just out of the school,
She is really fitting herself for hos.
pital service, but wanted to take the
course, and is with me this winter"
ears these her mufHnsT' r.. Ward
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Why He Declined.

"Have a care, sir!" shrieked tho
Leading Lady to the Heavy Villain,
while she tried to pull her train where
the calcium light would strike it.
No, thanks" Kissed the Heavy VIII
lain, "I've just had one"
True, he had just secured his de
torce the day before, but it was so un-
like him to drag his family affairs to
the front in this manner.-Baltimors
American.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
A Sure Thing.

Promoter-Now. in case the stock
goes up you win.
Financier-Yes, but in case 1t goes
down?
Then l win. You see, this is sure
thing; one or the other of us is sure
to win State journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Low Rates to New York and RETURN.

The Chicago Great Western Rail-
way will sell round trip tickets to
New York and return, at very low
rates, with privilege of stop-overs at
Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Washington,
Baltimore and Philadelphia. For
further information apply to any
Great Western Agent, or J. P. Elmer,
Il. P. A., Chicago. sept. Is.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Runs Away ana Gets killed.

New York, Aug, 31.-Yesta G, one of
the fastest of the New York speedway
trotters, with a record of 2:o9A, was
killed Thursday night, as the result
of a collision with a street car. The
mare ran away with her owner, DR.
David Randell
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Little Pitchers!

Mrs. Halsey-You mustn't cry when
you cut yourself little. Harold. Be
man, like your papa!
Little Harold-R-B-But- boo-hoo-
bet you'd lick me if [ said the bad
things pa says when he cuts himself
Just teeny bit. when he's shaving!-
Brroklyn Eaole.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06

from the flames, the
streets echo with APP
plauding shouts.
And yet if that
woman had persisted
in the flames it is pos
sible that she would
have suffered less
than she suffers al
most daily from the
inflammation which
disease has lighted in
the delicate womanly
organism.
That fire of inflar1,-
nation can be put
out. The gnawlng
ulcer can be cured.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription not only
establishes womanly
regularity and dries
eilfeebling drains, but
it heals inflammation
and alterations and
cures female weak
ness. It makes weak
women strong and
sick wor,,er1 yue11
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06

NJ suffered fos four years with what four phy
sicians pronouuced liberation and prolapsus Of
the uterus, writes Mrs. Ada Brooks, of Kirby
vile, fancy Co, Missouri. aAlso Inflammation
Of bladder and urethra. My case was chronic
and complicated. Had several good physicians,
but kept getting worse Had been confined to
my bed five months when wrote to you
received your reply very soon and then dis
missed my physician and began taking Dr.,
Pierces medicines took eight bottles Of his
Favorite Prescription and Golden Medical
Discovery and began to get better at once. In
two months could sit up in chair. and kept
getting better. In four months could do all my
house work, including washing and sewing.n
DIR. Pieree's Common Sense Medical
Adviser, paper covers, is sent free on
receipt of 81 one-cent stamps to pay
expense of mailing only. Address Dr..
R. v. Pierce, Buffalo, N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Fire! fIPe!!

When that cry sounds how people
rush to help and syrnpathize! And
when some fireman rescues woman
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Lihrnrx FOR ReInit

Beloit, Wis, Aug. 31.-Andrew Car
negie has agreed to give Beloit S25, 600
for library, on the usual conditions
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06
Ana win Overcome others.

\ little common sense covers null.
titude of sins.--Washington Qa.) Dem.
ocrat
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-09-06


There were light refreshments
passed after an evening of animated
talk, interpreted with much good
music and several games, in which
Mr.. Morton surprised even Barbara
with his good spirit and an ability
like genius in setting everybody at
ease.
About ten o'clock the minister
called the guests attention to the
hour, and said, quietly: "We'll have
our usual service to close with"
Most Of them seemed familiar with
the custom at the parsonage, and
the company was soon quietly seated
in tbs two large rooms.
Ralph turned to Matthews Gospel
and read the passage in which Jesus
Christ, the Son of God, defines the
term brotherhood" "While He was
yet speaking to the multitudes, be-
hold. His mother and His brethren
stood without, seeking to speak to
Him. And one said unto Him, Be-
hold, Thy mother and Thy brethren
stand without, seeking to speak to
Thee. But He answered and said
unto him that told him, Who is my
mother? and who are my brethren2
And He stretched forth His hand to-
wards His disciples, and said, Be-
hold my mother and my brethren!
For whatsoever shall do the will of
my Father which is In Heaven, he is
my brother and sister and mother"
He commented on 1t briefly, and then
read the other passage which con-
tains the matchless statement OF
service as given BY Jesus again, For
The Forrest City times., 1901-07-05
DROUGHT AND IHE CROPS.
Summary of Reports on the Effect of the Hot, Dry Weather
 on the Crops.
SERIOUS DAMAGE IN SOME SECTIONS.
Relieved by Timely Rains, Notably in Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa DiscOuraging Conditions in Ar kansas and Missouri

St. Louis, July 2.-Following is summary of replies received by the Globe-Democrat to inquiries as to the effect on growing crops of the recent excessive heat and dry weather. With the exceptions of Illinos, Nebraska and Iowa, they indicate that unless rain falls soon there will be a great reduction of the corn crop:
 In Missouri the report is especially discouraging. The drought has con. tinued so long that irreparable dam- age has been done in many sections There is still hope of partial recovery in other sections if rain comes i'm. mediately.
 Arkansas conditions are also dis couraging. Corn is whitening under the rays of the sun, and rain is sorely needed to save even a moderate crop. cotton IS hardier plant, but it would also be greatly benefited by rain.
 Very favorable reports come from Illinois. Rain has been more plentiful than in some other states, and the greatest crops of the decade are ex- pected.
 Iowa had the benefit, Monday. of good rains, and the great corn crop is practically saved. Much uneasiness was felt up to that time, as the drought had been long continued and the heat was severe.
 In several counties in Kansas the farmers have already begun to blow up corn for replanting in oats. The drought is severe in the principal corn producing sections of the state. Other growing crop are also affected. Wheat was not affected. and the yield is estimated at 9O.0OO. .000 bushels.
 Rain fell in copious quantity, Mon- day, in Nebraska, and relieved the sit uation, which was becoming acute on account of heat and dry wather. A good corn crop seems now to be as- sured.
 Oklahoma promises phenomenal cotton crop, the acreage being great ly increased and the plant is in good condition. Corn, though not greatly damaged now, will suffer unless rain falls in few days. The peach crop is excellent, and 2,00o bushels are dai- ly being shipped to northern points. Other crops are in fair condition.
 Rain is needed to save corn in Texa. The yield has been reduced 22 per cent. already, according to estimate. Cotton is in good condition. Rice is looking we'll. The acreage. however, has been reduced about 25 per cent. owing to the oil excitement on the gulf coast.
 The drought is having disastrous effect in the Indian territory, and the yield will be reduced one-half unless rain falls in ten dayA
The Forrest City times., 1901-07-05
RUMORS FROM ABROAD.

It is reported that group of French-Swiss capitalists has formed a syndicate to construct several rail- ways in South Russia.
 The Russian minister of railways has prepared timetable showing that when the Trans-Siberian railway is finished the journey around the world car be made in B days.
 Since the Louisiana and Texas farm ers learned to raise rice by irrigation they have invested s5.000, ,000 in 1880 miles of canals, capable of flooding 3o0.000 acres, and spent s1.7O0,0 in building 30 modern rice mills. Under the new system the rice lands pay a net profit of S15 an acre.
 There are now in Italy 3,179 kilome- ters of street tramways worked by mechanical power, 263 kilometers of these by electricity. and the remain der by steam power. They are owned by 64 companies and private concerns. The town of Milan owns only 5H kilometers, while the two largest companies control 261 and 2o5 kilometers respectively.
 The Kansas wheat belt centers around Wichita. Within a hundred mile radius of the town fully 60 per cent. of the wheat of Kansas was raised, while in 17 counties of southern and central Kansas 50 Der cent. of the yield was reaped. In nnorth- ern Kansas but little wheat is raised.
The Forrest City times., 1901-07-05
BROKE THE 100000.
How . Literary Woman Got So she Could Write on Saturdays
 as We'll as Not.

There doesn't seem much left to say about the feminine imagination. So many stories have been told of its ex- | travagances that none of them can now surprise the nearer, so the story told by one woman to group of friends the other evening created but passing interest, relates the Baltimore News.
 This woman keeps the wolf from the door with the point of her pen, and she declares that to save her life she cannot work on Saturdays. On any other day of the week it is not difficult to turn out-grind out, she calls it- a fair amount of copy" but on Sat L. lrdays her brain seems set at play" like an alarm clock and write she can- not. Some times she thinks this is be- cause of a marking back in her mind to her school days, when Saturday was a genuine holiday, and nothing could induce her to touch a pen or a pencil or a book during it's halcyon hours.
 However that may be, few weeks ago the woman went to work early at her desk one morning. It was Friday, she thought, and she had much to do, for she knew that tomorrow she would have to take holiday, whether she wanted to or not, because of the prejudice against working on Satur- day held by her mental forces. By one o'clock she had accomplished a good- ly amouat, and she lay down her pen with sigh for moments rest. Then her eye fell on calendar, and To! it wasn't Friday at all, but the fatal last day of the week.
 The woman gasped when the full force of the discovery broke upon her, and then she wheeled right around and went to writing again.
 "One hoodoo broken, thanks be-" said she to herself, and so it was, for she's had no difficulty with her Sat- urdays since, but can write away as blithely on them as she can on Mon. days or Tuesdays.
The Forrest City times., 1901-07-05
WILL"REMEMBER THE MAINE"
Keen Appreciation in England of MT. Bakers Gift of the HOs-
 pitaI ship Maine.

London, July 3.-The editorials in the morning papers express keen ap- preciation of Mir. Bakers gift of the hospital ship Maine. The Daily Chronicle after recalling the fact that it was ship in Boston harbor which caused the first quarrel between Britons and Americans, and the further fact that the Alabama near ly brought the two nations to blows again, says:
 Tt is ship which, in Mir. Bakers graceful phrase, is 'an emblem of the cordial relations existing between the citizens of the United States and those of the mother country
 Great Britain and America will have to cultivate the art of forget ting. but Great Britain will 'Remem- Der the Mains.'"