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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
A FEW SFASONABLE HINTS.

70 those possessing tender threats
we would say, never swathe them up;
fresh air will strengthen them.
People who sleep with their windows
open, no matter to how small an ex-
tent, are far wiser than those who her
metically seal themselves against any
fresh air till the hour arrives for them
to emerge again into the outer world,
with its often keen or damp atmos-
phere.
Coddling is perhaps the best way of
all to render people easy victims to
colds which very often pass by those
who merely go in for ordinary precau,
tons, such as changing damp clothes
and boots and putting on sufficient but
not superabundan of wearing ap-
parel and accustoming themselves to
go out in all weathers.
1t is well-known fact that the PEG
pie who live in temperate climates are
far more susceptible to cold than are
those in very cold countries. Damp
and darkness are our worst enemies
in this matter, and sunshine and air do
more to brighten away the demon of
colds, in whatever form, than do any
number of doctors or drugs,
Half After Midnight.
He-Now don't you bother to help
me on with my coat.
She-lt's no bother It's a pleas
ure.-Town Topics
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27

Two THINGS ia the treatment Of
nasal catarrh are now fully under
stood. First: the drying process is a
delusion that produces more mischief
than benefit. Second: science, com
mon sense and experience proclaim
Ely's Cream Balm to be ms tant relief,
and final, certain cure. Itcleanses the
diseased membranes and never makes
the patient sneez. Price so cents. Sold
by druggists and by Ely Brothers, Sc
Warren Street, New York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
Saved His Lite.

81 feel owe my life to Kodol Dys.
pepsia Cure, writes ii. G. Chrestcn.
son, Hay field, MINI. "For three years
| had dyspepsia so bad that | could
hold nothing on my stomach. Finally
l was confined to my bed Doctors
said | cnuld not live. | read your ,ad.
vertisement on kodol Dyspepsia Cure
and thought it it my case and com.
menced 1T use. | began to improv,
from abe first bottle Now am cured
and recommend it to all Shuttle.
worth Drug Co
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
An EvanpeIist's Story.

~ suffered for years with bronchial
trouble and tried various remedies but
did not obtain permanent relief until
| commenced using One Minute Cough
Cure, writes Rev. James Kirkman,
evangelist of Belle River, Ill. One
Minute Cough Cure affords immedi-
ate relief for coughs, colds and all
throat and lung troubles. For Group
it is unequalled. Absolutely safe. New
er fails and favorite with the chill
dren. -Shuttleworth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
THE BIG DIAMOND ON HIS HAT

while a pretty thing to look upon. was of
no practical use. But Benson's Plasters
are supremacy useful They relieve and
cure govt, rheumatism, neuralgia, colds
on the chest, lame back, etc., so quickly
and completely as to make you wonder how
1t can be. Better aow,-well tomorrow;
that's the way they work. Get the genu-
inc. All druggists, or we will prepay post
age on any number ordered in the United
States on receipt of Csc each.
Seabury & johnson, Mfg. Chemists, NY.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
The Trouble on the TORI ito.
By FRANCIS LYNDH.
By FRANCIS LYNDH.
Copyright. 1893, by Franco. L,pa,.,

being here for ono
"she isn't" he said, soberly. But
she has told mo what you didn't
think II was safe to toll me, II that's
what you mean"
shook my head. Tho ways of a
woman ara past finding out. What
possible object could she have in
signing her lovers death warrant
after that fashion,"
The flush under the bronze in Mac
pherson's face may have been no
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
Piles! Piles! Piles!

DR.. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
viii cure Blind, Blce ding, liberated
and Itching Piles. 1t ahsorhS the
tumols, allays the itching at once,
acts as pnultice, gives Instant relief.
DR.. Williams Indian Tile Ointment
is prepared ony for piles and Itching
Of the private parts, AMI nothing els...
Every box is guaranteed. Sold by
druggists, Sent by mail, for soc. and
Sl.0O per box. WILLIAMS M FIG Co.,
Prop IS Cleveland, Ohio. For sale by
Shuttleworth Drug Co. 97yl
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
Half After Midnight
Right.

II trust in Providence" says
Georgia philosopher. but work
while ! trust."-Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27

Educate Your Isowels With Cascarsus.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever
WcsS5c. g, G, G, tail, druggists refund uouey
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
All the More REASON

She-Let's sit out the next one.
He-Why, l thought you were fond
Of dancing.
She am.-Dstratt Erss pyess.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-12-27
The La W

a0u ulSu duO
women sin
each day
against the
laws of health.
Those who
will not heed
Natures
u,orpsp~~ M.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

States. 1 had letters to it's superintendent
from the director of the mint at Mel
bourne and its president, Prof. Fred. Mar
tell, very kindly showed me through it dur
ing my stay in Ballarat The college is built
right over gold mine which belongs to
1t. 1t operates this mine chiefly to teach
it's students. The mine has it's shafts and
its workings. 1t is a paying property and
the boys go down into it2and do the mining.
thus learning practically just how gold
should be gotten out of the earth. Con-
nected with the school are all sorts of re-
duction works operated by the students
1t has cyanide plants, a chlorination plant
and all the various means of extracting the
precious metal from the ore. There are
large chemical laboratories. many assay
furnaces, and in short, everything needed
for such college.
For Catching Flour Gold.
In this school l saw a new Australian in
venton for catching the finest of gold dust
which might be of value in the placer
mines of our western states. and also in
the gold sands of Alaska and the Pacific
coast. We have a great deal of flour gold
in our western rivers, gold so light that
it floats away on the surface of the
water, so light that the most of it cannot
be saved, although all sorts of processes;
have been attempted to save it, The same
kind of gold is found in New Zealand and
some is caught there by the plush covered
tables of which l wrote in former letter
By this new invention the ore dust is float
ed over inclined iron plates, which have
little ridges upon them. SO raised that the
gold is caught as it goes over them. Prof
Martell told me that 9S per cent of the
gold was saved by this means. The gold
dust sticks to the iron, while the
lighter dust is carried on by the water
At intervals the plates are turned up, a
hose is applied and the gold washed off
The machine could be built, l should Judge,
r.. 4
be fitted to the Idaho Washington and
others of our gold fields. It Is used for
all sorts of free milling gold. I saw ore
crushed to a powder and run through q
Evening star., 1901-05-18

where you can travel for hundreds of miles
and see nothing but sand and rock, but the
sand and rock are mixed with gold"
The chief trouble continued the miner,
lis the lack of water. 1t is impossible to
get enough to wash the gold out and we
have tanning mills through which the dust
is run. The faES blow the sand away, and
as the gold is heavier it drops to the bot
tom. OF course, a great deal of gold goes
off with the sand, but enough remains to
make it pay"
How the Governments Help Miners.
In such places water is worth money. In
the Coolgardie fieldsit has brought as much
as % cents gallon, and there is a regular
business of taking salt water from the
lakes and wells and running it through con-
densers to make it fresh.
The government does all it can to help
the miners. In western Australia an ap-
preparation of S12 800, 900 for waterWorkS
for district was recently voted The
government is laying POO miles of water
pipes there through which it will pump five
million gallons of water per day. 1t has
set aside million dollars for reservoirs
and artesian wells, and it has it's engineers
prospecting for water with diamond drills
In the Coolgardie district nineteen tanks
and reservoirs have been built with a ca
pacity of 9O00O,0O0 gallons. Artesan wells
condenSing machines of various kinds Cool
gardie has 10000 people. and it is connected
with Perth, the capital, by railroad.
The government of New South Wales has
offered a reward of $4,000 for the discoy-
cry of payable quartz alluvial gold at
depth of 1,5O0 feet and promises to pay
$4,000 If such material be found as far
down as 1000 feet. The mines of that
state are now only about LOCO feet, but
the people believe that the gold exists at a
lower level, and the government is willing
to reward the successful experimenter
The Victorian government paid Har-
graves for his discovery of gold. and West
ern Australia paid him to come out and
prospect there. 1t has since paid other
prospectors and similar actions have been
undertaken by the other colonies
Mining Schools of Australia.
Nearly every of the Australian col
onies has its mining school and mining
museums. All of them have their geolo-
gists and geological surveys, which give
reports on mines and other such matters
The people are looking out for new things,
ard they pursue the mining industry quite
as intelligently We do.
One of the best mining schools of Au-
stralia is in Ballarat 1t has four hundl ed
students, and is, l venture. as well equip
ped any mining college of the United
Evening star., 1901-05-18
Good Effects of Apple Eatinr

From the Journal of Agriculture
The apple is such common fruit that few
are familiar with its remarkable eff1cacions
properties Everybody ought to know that
the very best thing he or she can do is n
eat apples just before retiring for the night
The apple is an excellent brain food he
cause it has more phosphoric acid in easily
uisesteu shape than any other vegetable
known. 1t eXcites the action of the iivar
promotes sound and healthy sleep and thof, ,
oughly disinfects the mouth That is not
all The apple agglutinates the surplus
aclds OF the stomach, helps the kidney Sc
cretions and is one of the best preven+ias
known of diseases of the throat
Evening star., 1901-05-18

$500 600 900 worth of gold and at the pres
ent time 5000 miners are working there.
The men are paid $3.50 week. They
work eight hours day, with half holi-
day every Wednesday. Most of the mines
have day and night shifts, three sets of
men being employed to fill out the twenty
four hours
AustraIia's Big Gold Production.
A steady growth is going on in Australia's
gold production. Every state Is increasing
it's product and new mines are being dis
covered in all parts of the country. Some
of the largest mines today are in Queens
land and Western Australia, in places where
gold was not known to exist until few
wears ago Mount Morgan, the richest
gold mine of the world is in Queensland.
II is a mountain of iron and gold which
has vast fortunes In sight. New South
Wales produced a half million ounces of
gold in 1899 and Western Australia turned
out more than million and half ounces
in 1900 Indeed, Queensland and Western
Australia are now the leading gold pro-
ducers. In 1900 they produced more than
two and one-half million ounces of gold,
or more than three-ffths of all the gold
mined that year in Australasia. The pro-
duction Of the whole continent and New
Zealand in 1900 was more than $1,000 900,
and in 1899 more than $4,000, ,OOO or almost
three times as much as it was in 1890.
Desert Mines of West Australia.
Indeed, it is hard to appreciate the enor-
NOUS extent of the undeveleped gold coun-
try in this part of the world. I have talked
with miners from Western Australia. Thev
tell me that the most of that vast terri
tory has not been touched. Said one min
ing expert:
''The gold we know of extends over an
area of more than 600,OO squares miles.
You can take dirt from the road at any
point along a thousand miles, wash It and
find color. Many of the camps are so far
in the interior that camels have to be used
to carry the supplies. Prospectors travel
on camels. and the ore Is taken out upon
camels There are parts Of the country
Evening star., 1901-05-18
Powdered Glass In Candy
From the London Chronicle.

Nearly half century ago the Lancet
headed an agitation for pure sweets. and
lead, mercury and arsenic have gone out Of
fashion with confectioners. But from the
Lancet of today We learn that glass has
come in. Sweets are often made to glitter
by means of splinters of glass; which imi-
tate the look of sugar, and now that sugar
is taxed instead of windows we may expect
the diabolfcal process to grow in favor Our
contemporary has specimens in its Iabora-
tory covered with jags Of glass, than which
few more powerful irritants Of the infant
stomach could be devised.
Evening star., 1901-05-18
Springtime I'm BfllviIIe.

From the Atlanta Constitution.
The cemetery fence looks cheerful, with
its new shroud of whitewash.
Chills and fever arrived on time yester-
day. Well. the old town needed a shak-
ing up.
The doctors gave a picnic yesterday In
the old cemetery grounds where all their
patients are.
Our Billville boys are fixing to graduate
In Greek. Meantime their daddies will
continue to plow In dialect.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

screen which had 1890 holes to the square
inch. holes small that you could not
prick your hand with a pin through them.
The dust was run through these holes and
over the plates with the result of a saving
OF 9S per cent of the gold, as L have de
Scribed.
During my stay in Ballarat / have visited
some of the mines. They are very carefully
managed, but Seemed to me dirtier than the
big quartz mines of our country. The tim
bering is not as well done, and some of the
machinery is antiquated.
BalIarat in 1901.
The Ballarat of today is not like the Bal
larat of fifty years ago Then it was n city
of tents. Now it has perhaps less people.
for its population is only 10000, pat it is
as we'll built as any city of its size any
where. 1t is typically Australian. The
streets are wide and well paved as those
of Washington. The chief one is lined with
marble statues, and there are statues scat
tered throughout the large park in It's sub
urbS. 1t has good stores, banks and public
buildings. 1t has a theater which will seat
three thousand people, an art gallery con-
tanning some fairly good paintings, a stock
exchange and mechanics institute with
a library of 22, 600 volumes. 1t has four
Christian denomination under the sun. 1t
has flour mills, woolen mills and iron foun-
dries. 1t has good public schools and many
Evening star., 1901-05-18

The next process is cutting the blanks.
This is done by steel punches worked by
machinery. The machines cut out the cold
metal in much the same way that the
baker cuts dough in making gingerbread
men or animal crackers. The only differ
ence Is that the gold is cut out by a steel
disk worked by steam. You hear it chop
chop. chop as il punches out sovereigus an
ninety to the minute, or at the rate Of
So 900 per hour.
Each blank Will make a sovereign. and il
has just that much Of gold I'm IT. Each
blank is weighed TO see that IL is absolute
ly accurate, and is then run through a
coming press which stamps the image OF
the king upon it and at the same time
presses in the milling about the edges All
of this work is done with cold steel press
ing upon the cold gold. The only heat after
the melting is that which comes from the
friction caused by the enormous weight on
the metal. FRANK @. CARPENTER
Evening star., 1901-05-18
street Extension Payments.

The treasury of the District is, being en-
riched by the payments being made by prop
erty owners of the benefits assessed against
their holdings by the juries in the street
extension cases. While the awards in
these cases were paid at the time of the
confirmation by the court, the benefits were
not on account of the doubt as to the con-
stitutionality of the act under which they
We're made. Since then, as is well known
the Supreme Court has pronounced the act
in this particular good law, and so the as
sessment against the property holders will
have to stand. According to the opinion
of Mr.. w. z. Richards, civil engineer of
the District office, in charge of this depart
ment, the clause of the law which provides
for the payment of interest on the amount
due from the property until it is paid be-
comes operative from the date of the con-
frmation of the award by the court
The situation of these cases may be
learned from the following table, prepared
by Mr.. Richards, which shows the division
OF the cost OF acquiring the ground for the
streets between the government of the Dis
trlct and the property holders What the
1orner PAID Is under the head Of damages
Evening star., 1901-05-18
BLOOD POISON

Is the worst disease earth. yet the easiest to
cure-N HEN YOU KNOW WHAT TO Do. Many
have plmp;"s. spots the skin. In the mouth
ulcers. falling hair. bone pains. catarrh and don
know II Is BLOOD POISON. Call and get
BROWNS RLnOD CURE. 81 90 per bottle: lasts
ope month. For sale only by +. s williams K Co.
1he Temple Drug Store. ID and Peuna. ave.
ny1-1St-Io
Evening star., 1901-05-18
The Payment of Taxes.

This year, for the first time, the taxes on
nent, instead of in semi-annual payments.
The suspension of the tax payment due
last November was made in order that the
office of the assessor might have an op-
portunity TO install the card system A
law was enacted by Congress in June last
in regard to the payment of taxes and it
was supposed by those interested in this
le egislation that provision was made for
the annual payment of taxes perma-
nent feature of the fiscal affairs of the
District. The assessor Mr.. Darneille, is
doubtful, however, whether or not this is
the case. The clause of the law bearing
on this subject is as follows:
That for the fiscal year beginning July
/, 1901. and thereafter taxes on real and
personal property may be paid in two in
stallments. as is now provided by law
Mr. Darneille points out that while the
language gives permission for the semi
annual payment, it does not provide that
such payments shall be made, thus ap-
parently leaving it to the option of the tax
to the District the entire amount of the
tax in one payment. Further. the law
does not provide for the remission of the
penalty in the event the next six months
period is passed over. 1t seems to Mr.
Darnelle that the penalty of l per cent
per month would run against all tax ac-
counts that We're not paid in November
next for example. If that nstruction is
correct, then of course there will be a re-
turn in the fall to the old system of pay
ing taxes in semi-annual payments 1t is
probable that some case will be brought
in the courts to test this important dues
ton
Evening star., 1901-05-18
Making Gold sovereirns.

ployed wear thick gloves, or their hands
would be bliStercd
Evening star., 1901-05-18
The Erection of Houses.

1t is remarked by those who are familiar
with conditions here that this season more
than perhaps any other in recent years
will be known a period of activity in
home building. If apartment houses can
be looked upon as belonging to that class,
then undoubtedly this will prove to be the
banner season of those of recent years in
providing house facilities for the growing
population of the city. Even without TAX
ing apartment houses ino account, there
has been a noticeable revival in house
building, and of a character that is not as
much speculative as usual.
In other words, the individual builder Is
more in the market and the demand seems
to be keeping pace with the supply. 1t is
observed by dealers that there are few in
stances of the buying of unimproyed prop
erty for speculative purposes, and that
in nearly every instance the purchaser of
this class of realty has building scheme
to carry out. 1t is also noted that while
the prices obtained in some instances show
that the values are well sustained, there
is also evidence that the cheap properties
are in the market.
Evening star., 1901-05-18
PURCHASE OF LARGE RESIDENCE SITES
L a Y 2 \ Y NJ E N T S

A building is to be erected on the brow of
the hill in Tenleytown for the use of the
Masonic lodge which was recently organ
lied there. Action was taken by the Grand
Lodge in compliance with petition OF
MasOns headed by William A. Conley The
new lodges will be known as William R.
Singleton Lodge. in honor of the late sec
retary of the Grand Lodge.
A new entrance is being made on the cast
side of the residence of Mr.. C. A. Num- at
the northwest corner of Scott circle and
Massachusetts avenue. from plans prepared
by James G.. Hill, architect In addition to
this new approach which will be from 10th
street, changes are being made in the main
hall
a row of siX-three-story houses is being
built by Francis A Blundon 1st street
between T and L streets northwest.
1t is the purpose of DR.. Ralph Jenkins to
improve the lot recently purchased by hin.
Immediately to the west of his present res
idence, 1872 Massa chusetts avenue, by the
erection of house for his own use. When
the new structure is completed he will dis
pose of the dwelling he now occupies.
Large Residence Sites.
During the past week announcement was
made of the purchase by Mr.. Lars Ander-
SOII Oi d Spacious DuHulDS site on -hdSSd-
chusetts avenue near Florida avenue, where
he proposes to erect residence for his own
use.
He paid for the ground about $4,000, which
places this home site, in this respect, at
least, in the class of expensive pieces of
property within the city limits bought for
such a purpose i'll recent years. Counting
this purchase, and including the site bought
few weeks ago by the French government,
where it is proposed to erect an embassy
building. there have been this season thus
far four residence sites bought ranging in
price from $4,000 to nearly 100000.
When these homes completed they
will be notable additions to the number of
spacious and handsome houses in the city.
The tendency on the part of people of
means to provide for themselves homes in
this city, of which the transactions men
ton may be regarded as the evidence, has
been a more or less marked feature of the
market here for several years past. The
net result of what has been done in this
particular is shown in the groups of line
residences about the city, which elicit the
admiration of visitors.
Evening star., 1901-05-18

in fy rel Greene.
or @ lies " "lnsyen hn
h Hd VIII shemb b~nwm
Evening star., 1901-05-18
Mr.. GUIDES New Residence

Mr.. Adolph Guide is about to erect a hand
some dwelling on the site now occupied by
his present residence on Good Hope road.
Anacostia. Work has been begun in the re-
moval of number of buildings and stables
to make space for the house now occuniad
by Mr.. Guide, which is to be relocated The
new structure will contain all modern i'm
proVements and will be a notable addition
to the locality. The details Of its buiIdin :,
are now being given consideration.
The representative., 1901-11-21

The Bellows electrical typesetting ma
chine, invented in this city, has been
sold to New York syndicate who will
place it on the market in Europe. The
machine can be manufactured and sold
much cheaper than the Mergenthaler,
and, it is claimed. more type can be set
with it as well. The new device weighs
but 600 pounds and can be operated by
one-quarter horse power. It will now
be in order for the Mergenthaler trust
to bring out that new machine of which
we have heard so much, and which is
said to be simpler and cheaper than
the present heavy, unwieldy linotype.
Meanwhile, it is hardly to be expected
that the printers will view the introduc-
ton of these labor savers with equa-
nimity, or Sang froid," as one of them
put it, but it is pleasant to note that
many OF them are discussing the propo-
sition of public ownership of the tools
of production-Cleveland Citizen.