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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-23
CHAPTER XVII.

Richard Somers did not need his
pass that morning, nor have to ex-
plain why he. if paroled prisoner,
was wearing the uniform of confed-
crate officer. That uniform was his
salvation in his wild ride upon the
crowded. road, for aides and couriers
were rushing to and fro and no one
questioned him. Day was breaking
as he neared the front, and the tu-
multi of great battle surrounded
him. He passed cavalry. moving in
fantry and artillery, and was soon
swallowed up In the confusion. He
had no knowledge of the topography
of the country; there was no chance
to use pass in that mass of con-
fused men-he could only move for
ward with the host. An officer, rein
ing up violently by his side, gave him
an order to carry to struggling line
that, half envelopea in its own smoke,
reeled back in front of a wooded slope
on which some guns were being ham
died desperately, and on that slight
eminence as he approached in mad
gallop he saw at intervals the familiar
stars and stripes He passed the con-
federato Ane, at that moment badly
broken, its officers riding as madly
as he up and down 1t in an endeavor
to rally It. and seeing here his only
chance of escape, took it. Burying
his heels in the TANKS of the terrified
animal he bestrode, he headed
straight for the battery. He swung
back in the saddle as though endeav-
oring to stop runaway horse. A
little thicket screened him for one
instant, and emerging beyond that,
ho lifted his handkerchief in the air,
waved 1t and with the speed of the
wind swept on into the lines Of blue.
Strong hands seized the bride; and
then cheer went up from the bat
terry. Col Somers was with his own
again.
Somewhere in the records OF the
government is told how one battery,
the focus of artillery and infantry,
held back for hours the tide OF bat
tie that day; somewhere are preserved
the nance Of those who fell, and of
the few who. at last. with deapairing
strength dragged back the guns that
had not been dismounted, and saved
them from capture; but no official
record preserves the picture OF q
wrecked and half demolished cottage
BY tho roadside the body of frail
child dead In the arms Of o dead
woman vieable through the shattered
timbers. The picture lives to-day only
IN the memory Of soldier. who,
standing before IL moment under
the bursting shells of that June
morning, covered his eyes and MUIR
INJURED prayer.
To this same place in the after
ysnrs came one day in June a man
and woman who tenderly laid flow
srs upon grave beneath the one
w. SSSS~S \
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-04-23
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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
PERSONAL MENTION.

c. M. Heintz, the publisher Of Los An
geles, is a guest at the Grand.
A. wagner, proprietor of the Imperial
Hotel at Stockton, is at the Grand.
Edward Berwick, a prominent fruit
grower of Monterey is at the Grand.
Senator B. F. Langford of Stockton
was among the arrivals at the Lick yes
terday.
Burton E. Green, well-known business
man of Los Angeles, is registered at the
Palace.
Robert Ross, proprietor of Litton
Springs, is down here on business and is
at the Occidental.
B. F. Brooks, prominent oil man OF
Bakersfield, was among the arrivals at
the Palace yesterday.
Finley Peter Dunno, the journalist who
made himself famous by his Dooley sto-
ries, is a guest at the Palace.
P. L. Flanagan, a mining man of Reno,
is in the city for a few days and has
made his headquarters at the Grand.
Kit Chin, the well-known turf man OF
Kentucky, arrived here yesterday, accom-
panied by his wife. He is at the Palace.
Joseph S. Spear Surveyor of Customs,
and his wife, left last night for visit
to Boston and other Eastern cities. Tney
will return in thirty days.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

difficulty to be confronted is that of obtaining ade-
quate labor and when that has been provided it is
said the opportunities for manufacturing will be
limited.
We learn furthermore that there are two wants
that are Immediately urgent. The first is better
telephone service 1t appears that even in that para
disc the trail of the telephone fend is over all the
joys 1t is asserted that the miserable affair now
in use is by far worse than none ALL" and de-
mand is made that the operators in the central sta
ton be required to learn English That want, how
ever, sinks into nsignifcance in comparison with
the other want which is-nlarriageable young
women.
1t is stated positively that marriageabe young
women at premium in the Philippines.
There are in Manila many desirable young men
languishing away on large salaries simply because
they cannot find life partner on whom to expend
their earnings" The Critic asserts that the young
women sent out to teach school are finding great diff
fculty in holding their positions Simply because
they are being proposed so many times day that
they cannot devote the necessary time to their
pupils" The final word of warning is this:
Every man who comes to this cline should bring
with him a wife-that is providing his salary be not
less than $1,000 year"
Such are some of the conditions of Manila as set
forth by the Critic, We submit there is more real
business information in them than can be found in
big volume of official reports.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Emperor and Barber.

Emperor William of Germany has
taught his barber lesson. Very punetual
himself. the Emperor insists that his SER
wants shall also be punctual. and as he
noticed. some time ago that his barber was
almost always a few minutes late when
the time came for shaving HIM he pre-
sented him with a gold chronometer and
urged him to make good use of IT,
Much to his surprise the barber CON
tinued to be few minutes late aInrnst
every morning, and, after waiting in vain
for some sign of Improvement, the En-
peror said to him the other day:
.'Have you still the chronometer which
gave your"
''Yes, your Majesty. here 1t is" replied
the barber, taking it from his pocket
"Give 1t to me-" said the Emperor. "It
is evidently of no use to you and you can
have this one instead"
With these words he placed the hand
some gold chronometer on his dressing
table and handed to the amazed barber a
nickel-plated watch worth about a dollar
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
CONDITIONS IN MANILA.

N OWN in the capital city of the Philippines
there has been established an American
- journal under the title The American Critic
We have only the second number of the pub-
cation, but judging by that it is in the hands Of a
live and he fills it full of good substance as an
egg is full of meat
With genuine Americanism he devotes the most
extensive article in his paper to boasting about the
climate We informed that the Philippines have
climate peculiar to themselves that they are not
like other islands the parallels of latitude
The climate is not only sufferabe but tolerabe not
only tolerabe but pleasant" AS if this were not
enough tie writer gees on to say: THE intense,
parayzng heat of June, July and August as ex-
perienced in the United States is unknown to the
Philippines" 1t appears that more centenarians
have been discovered in Manila in the last three
years than in any other region of the earth, and
among them one who is I37 years of age
and mother who can boast of progeny of over
Goo human souls"
AS for prospects for Americans in the islands the
Critic says that present there are very few com
mercal positions open in Manila Living expenses
we learn are much higher in Manila than, in the
States, and to young Americans the general advice
is given "It is far better to stay at home and sell
ribbons at 10 cents yard on a salary Of $40 a
week"
There are, however, chances for somebody The
Critic asks: "Why does not some energetic indi-
vidual seeking large returns on small capital start
vegetable garden for supplying the wants OF
Manilas American residents7D Of such a man it is
said: mot only would he profit financially, but he
would be hailed far and wide as deiverer-one who
rescued his feow-beings from that awful craving
for green stuff that forces to great guam
titles of poor garden truck which could not obtain
recognition in an American market"
1t is announced that American manufacturing
plants will find great field in the Philippines
Sawmlls planning mills, iron works, furniture fac
tories and many other plants are in demand in
Manila and throughout the provinces The only
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Sympathy From New Zealand
The Katipo, Auckland. N. z.

Inc hdllpOb AuChIduuS n.
We have fully appreciated in the
spirit which actuated the administration
the total cessation of duty during the
hour corresponding to that at which the
mortal remains of the well-beloved and
honored President of the United States Of
America were consigned to their unpre-
tentious last resting place. Even were
our relations with that great nation,
which some writer has said holds the
future in the hollow of it's hand, point
ing toward rupture, instead of a juxta-
position that may, in a period which is
short in the lifetime of nations, lead to
the consummation Of an Anglo-American
alliance, we would deplore the loss which
Major McKinley's assassination has i'm
posed; but in the light of present events
we feel deeply the misfortune of our
American cousins, and our warm sym
pathy extends to the bereaved lady who
was for so many years a sharer in that
truly happy and edifying domestic life
which shall for all time be associated
with the memory of the late President
Mckinley
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Russian Prison Tortures.

A correspondent of the Novostf has
boldly raised the question, Does torture
prevail in Russian prisons? In order, as
far as possible to get at the truth of the
matter barristers who have had charge
of the defense of political prisoners ana
have had frequent intercourse with their
Gents in the period preceding their trial.
have been interviewed. None could give
a certain answer. All were clear
that nothing of the kind takes place be-
fore trial., but none would answer for
what occurs once the portals of the con-
vict establishment have closed upon The
condemned agitator. Only one had any
direct evidence to offer. He was a bar
rister who defended Solovioff who in 1877
fired at the Emperor Alexander IL This
gentleman states that by chance he met
the car on which Solovioff was being con-
veyed to the gallows "His fingers said
the lawyer with a shudder, had to me
all the appearances of having been
crushed" and he added significantly, II
think my eyes did not deceive me-"
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
DEFECTIVE TIMBER LAWS

~ CONSIDERABLE space is given in the report
OF the Secretary of the Interior to recon-
- mendations in favor of legislation designed to
regulate the sale and of timber on the unappro-
prated and unreserved public lands 1t is stated that
the experience the department has had with the pres
ent law is sufficient to show conclusivey that unless
the law is repealed radically amended it will result
in the complete destruction of the timber on the
appropriated and unreserved lands
AS an illustration of the effectiveness of the law
attention is directed to the section which provides
that any person who prosecuted for trespass on the
public tmbered lands may be relieved from prosecu-
ton by paying equal to 81 so per acre for the
land on which the timber was cut. Under that
clause the department reports four cases involving
72o of valuable timbered lands, the timber on
which worth several thousand dollars where the
offending parties escaped prosecution by paying the
wholly inadequate sum provided by the statute
In addition to the inadequate penalty for the pun
ishment of trespassers the law affords considerable
opportunities for fraud The report says that during
the past year quite number of these frauds have been
discovered Prosecutions pending against sew
eral offenders for perjury and subornaton of perjury
and suits have been instituted to vacate the patents
upon entries that obtained by fraud embracing
upward of $4,000 acres By reason of all these de-
fects the Secretary declares that the passage of bet
ter act on the subject is absolutely imperative to the
protection of the timber.
The matter is the more important because the
United States has longer any forests that it can
afford to waste. Forest protection has, in fact be-
come very live issue in this country and the peo-
pie beginning to understand the value of wood
lands to the community as whole
Commenting upon the change in public sentiment
concerning forests the report says "The rrigators
OF the West have been specially active in urging the
necessity of complete protection of the forests from
fire and other destructive agencies and i'll asking that
the be extended to include all areas of public
land from which issue streams of Importance as
sources OF water supply The extreme drought in
many parts of the country during the past year has
seriously diminished the flow of the mountain
streams Together with the deplorablc scarcity of
water in portions OF the West during the three pre-
cedng years, it has called public attention as never
before to the vital necessity of forest preservation
and reforestation"
Of course the preservation of the forest reserves
and the protection of the unreserved timber lands are
not identical problems but they have the common
end of checking the waste that is going on among
the woods OF the national domain. Both subjects
therefore, are deserving the immediate attention Of
Congress. AS the Secretary says action is i'm
Perative at the earliest possible date"
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Late "Girl-Catchers. "

The songs that are going the rounds Of
New York just now and will soon be
floating across the continent to San
Francisco are what are known in the
trade as girl-catehers. They are of the
Annie Rooney type so popular few
years ago. On every street corner you'll
hear crowd of young men warbling
Sweet Annie Moore with a footnote at
tached to it telling people to pronounce
Moore" like the word more" Here are
some of the words:
Owen Moore was the name Of sweet Annie's
papa.
And he owned big grocery store.
Tho Owen willing to pay what he owed
Poor Owen kept on owing more.
Now business was bad and twas owing to this
From the neighbOrhood he moved his store
I know he could borrow and Danish this sorrow
II he'd only bring us back sweet Annie Moore.
CHORUS.
Annie Moore. sweet Annie Moore,
We will never see sweet Annie any more
She went away. summers day, ~,
And Wen never see sweet Annie any more.
other girl-catchers popular just now are
Dolly Gray. Mamie" Il Can't Tell
Why L Love You, But I Do and s.Sweet
Sixteen" They have taken the nIacss
of the coon songs. The favorite- now ar
Coney Island, the beaches and on the ex-
cursfon boats is Mamie % Here is a
little of it.:
Mamie was a grille. Mamie was her name.
Everywhere that Mamie went something went
the same. 4
She took well at parties. very well in fact
Mamie was kleDto-mamie, kIeptomamiac
Once she took notion in a dry goods store
She would be a lady. that and nothing more.
But bold floor walker made her put it hack
Mamie took a sealsxin, Mamie got the sack
CHORUS.
Observation-Disclosures, don't you feel ashamie
Tell me. are there any more at home like Won.
Disposition shady, but perfect lady
A beginner, but winner,
MAMIE.
Mamie took satcheI. now she has the grin p
She took case Of whisky, then she took a
trip.
When in court next morning Mamie took her
place.
She had Judge who never drank. so he
threw out the case.
She took line Of streetears. never took them
back. I
They can never catch her. she didn't leave
track.
She went into a coal yard and took the scales
But the scales were honest. they gave her
weigh.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
A CHANCE TO SMILE.

do you know anything about history!
asked one of the examiners.
'.Yes, sir said the boy who wanted to
be a West Point cadet. II know it is
mostly lies"
This was thought at first to be a covert
thrust at Historian Maclay, and for a few
minutes the lads fate hung in the ball
ance, but eventually he passed.-Chicago
Tribune.
Miss Tellit-Susie Anteek says that
young Rirner, the poet. has written some
verses entitled Lines to Susie's Eyes"
Miss SezZit-Well 1 don't call it very
kind of him to draw attention to her
crows feet.-Baltimore American.
Bacon-Is your wife improving in her
cooking?
Egbert-Oh yes! When I first began
to eat her food had to have the doctor;
now 1 just have to take some little thing
for indigestion which happen to have in
the house.-Yonkers Statesman.
'Is oleomargarine alone made from the
fat of cattle?"
''By no means The goat also furnishes
a strong butter. New Haven Palladium.
ct sometimes think myself he's not
good actor
Good? Why, I'm willing to bet even
his liver doesn't act right. New Haven
Palladium.
'It is an error to allow automobiles to
whirr along even faster than the BIZ
cycles"
''still to whirr is human. Philadelphia
Times.
Mr.. Kennard-I had a very strange
dream last night. Lucie. I thought saw
rrrffh
Mrs. Lucie Kennard-Well, and what did
you say to him?
Mr. Kennard-I asked him what he was
running for.-Town and Country.
"Oh. yes, he adores me. I've known it
for a fortnight
''Then, what's bothering your
Whats bothering me? Why. I've got to
wait for him TO find it out. Brooklyn
Life
De Wolf Hopper was once a witness in
a suit for slander, and the opposing coun-
sci in the courtroom said:
You are an actor, I believer"
YES" replied Hopper.
''Is not that low calling?"
81 don't know, but it's so much better
than my fathers that 1 am rather proud
of it,
''what was your fathers calling. may I
ask?''
"He was lawyer" replied Hopper
Detroit To-day.
Now, Mary" said a mistress to her
newly imported maid, Gin. the kitchen
there is pet tortoise, and L hope you will
be very kind to it. Do you know tor
toise when you see one?''
NO mum; shure and what loike is it?"
After having explained it to her the girl
went and brought it forth.
'Is that it, num-
Eyes"
"Shure. that is what Oi was using to
break the Goals wild London Answers.
Marie B. of Waverly-No, Marie, just
because the young man writes you a let
ter on fly paper, you need not jump at
the conclusion that he is stuck on you.
No Observation-Disclosures American
The naturalist was angry at his mis-
chievous son.
Young man." he sharply said, when I
get you in the house 1 will take great
pleasure in giving you handsome lick
ing"
The boy looked around.
"You must excuse dad" he said to the
assembled guests. Sometimes he's a little
careless in his pronunciation It's really
a lichen that he means to give me- Amt
it, pa?'-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03
Californians in New YORK.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-The following
Californians are in New York
From San Francisco-F. Roster, at the
Manhattan; Mrs. Bruguiere, H. P. Wilson,
at the Victoria; ]. Gales, at the Sturte-
want w. Gilwood, at the Sinclair; e. Jen-
kins, at the Morton: H. Law, at the
Grand Union; E. Martin and wife, at the
Herald Square; b. Mayors, at the Albert;
E. McGettigan, at the Grand; H. c. Min
ton, at the Savoy.
From Los Angeles-H. F. Brewer, at the
Kensington.
From San Jose-N. ]. Stewart and wife,
at the Sturtevant.
From San Diego-W. H. Carlson, at the
Astor.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

1t is stated that tabloid restaurants" where COM
pressed foods are served, have been established in
New York and Brooklyn, and give promise Of being
successful despite the competition of ordinary res
taurants nthose cities it appears there are always
enough people who wish to try the new food to make
the sale OF it profitable, even though few of them
wish to try it more than once 1t seems, then we
must count the tabloid among the novelties that have
come to stay.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

r AETES EADS HOW, than $1OO0000, and
already a estimated at $25OOO will keep
selling newspapers Louis He is heir to half the
estate, held by his mother, who lives In the
Lindell Boulevard, while he in
on sleeping in a fve-cent lodging house.
How the that is his already. His
grandfather designer Eads etty at the
mouth the Mississippi, him $4,000. His father be-
que much This eccentric young
man. student philosopher insists
giving the income to Peoples and Welfare Associ
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

One of the good results of Roosevelts ability to
compel every caller to to the point and
state his request without waste of time is that it en-
abes the President finish with each in short order
and thus have time to and to hear another In
consequence of that faculty he is said to be the most
approachable President we ever had He listens to
no very long, but he listens little to all who
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

fortune that comingS1
poor the Mayor promptly refused the
gift. This lives what he earn nnselr anu
sell newspapers.
who How has word or
He welto-dO socially pronf-
nent, they would know who he is
day he earned cents and the second the
profit % Pussy Heath star news
himself friend. the who
millionaire whose ambition help 1owly
and the unfortunate
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

A clever young man in New York went to the citv
prison, permitted his hands and be bound by
ten pairs of handouts and his legs to be chained bv
sacdes in two places then he freed himself from the
bonds in just eleven minutes 1t would seem that
nothing can hold the youth, but somebody should put
him into Wall street and give Morgan lead pipe
cincfl on him and then see what he would do
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

NEILSON-T. G., City. Adelaide Neil
son, distinguished actress, died in Paris In
1880.
SOUNDS, City, 1t is said that on a
still day the human voice may be heard
at a distance of $50 yards, rifle $500 yards,
military band 500 and cannon 5000.
CHIEF OF -POLICE-R. S., City. The
charter of San Francisco provides that
the chief of police shall be appointed for
period of four years and shall receive
an annual salary of $4,000 a year. The
late William P. Sullivan Jr was ap-
pointed chief on the 18th of February.
1900.
THREE DOLLAR PIECES-Ed., City
There is a premium for SS pieces of every
year from 1854 to 1862 down to 1889, ex-
| cept the years 1874 and 1878 The premium
offered is from 25 cents to s23, according
to scarcity and condition The date for
which the highest premium is offered is
1873.
LIVE CATTLEAS., City The follow
ing Is given as a method for determining
the weight of live cattle without the use
of scales: Take the girth and length in
feet, multiply the square of the girth- by
the length and multiply the product by
1856. The result will be the answer in
pounds. The live weight multiplied BY
sos gives near approximation to the net
weight.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

The inability of humanity to see more than one
thing at time is shown in the attention given to
Miss Stone and the complete indifference of the pub
lie to her companion who was kidnapped along with
her. She is in great danger as Miss Stone and is
having just as hard time but she gets no press no
tces, and if she took to lecturing she could hardly
draw crowd with free admission.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

A Philosopher Wife-There is a burglar
down in the cellar, Henry
Husband-Well, my dear, we ought to
be thankful that We are upstairs.
Wife-But he'll come UP here.
Husband-Then we'll go down in the eel
lar. my dear. Surely a ten-room house
ought to be big enough to hold three peo-
pie without crowding g-Boston Traveller
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

The recent order granting free admission of Christ
mas presents sent to officers or men in the army in
the Philippines, but denying the privilege in the case
of gifts sent to employees OF the civil government is
hardly fair. Uncle Sam is rich enough and ought to
be broad enough to all his servants in the Phil
ippines alike in little matters of that kind
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-03

pa" said little Willie, "why do thew
speak of the milk in the cocoanut'? It's
more like waterI'
Exactly replied Mr. Gilman; "and
that's why they call it milk, very prob
ably. Philadelphia Record.