Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-12


of Exeter as his suburb. and that the
vast stretch of country from Wash-
ington to Albany will be all of 1T "ayail-
able' to the active citizen of New
York and Philadelphia before that
date.
IT Will not hurt the feelings of the
American people to learn from recent
rn.,. s.,,,. dispatches of .
London newspaper
pos ~ "ios that the European
troops in China felt great relief at
the withdrawal of the American
forces, the latter, it is stated, being
too free and easy in their ways to con-
form to the military etiquette of the
old world Sighting men. Neither need
anyone believe that there should be-
stricter discipline in the American
army. a martinez rule which would
make of our soldiers the things Of
pipe-clay and goose-step to which Eu.
ropean enlisted men have been re-
duced, says the St. Louis Republic: The
American soldier has all the discipline
necessary to good campaigning and
superb fighting. He will obey his SUI
perior officer to the death. The more
perilous the position the more GER
tain is his obedience and answering
faithfulness. And thanks to the fact
that the American soldier is not drilled
and browbeatep into uniformed ma-
chine, he is capable of thinking for
himself on occasion. In the event of
q heavy loss of officers in action pur
troops do not become like lot of
panic-stricken sheep, which is the con-
dition reached by European soldiers in
such contingency. American en-
listed men have an initiative and an
individual aggressiyeness which pre-
vent this Generalization. They fight
with personal intelligence. Their non-
commissioned officers take the PLACES
of the commissioned officers who may
be killed in hot fight. Their enlisted
.1e1 1re5 Tee ranks rise to The demands
of the crisis. They fight their way
put, instead of surrendering because
they are oficerless. The American sol
der is free and easy soldier, but the
world hasn't his equal as a good sol
der. Let's be content with him, al
lowing Europe to make automata out
of her fighting material. Good, scrap
Ply, alert, self-respectipg men make
the ideal soldier. And that's the sort
| of man the American soldier is allowed
to remain, no matter how long he may
serve old glory in the field.
Because she was vaccinated and her
| fiance did not know it the marriage OF
a Wilkesbarre (Pa.) couple has been
| indefinitely postponed. The two went
to get marriage license. The vac.
cination on the prospective brides
arm was extremely sore and she wore
a shield. The intended groom noticed
| the lump under the sleeve of the lady S
dress, but did not know what caused
it, so, being in playful mood owing
to the prospect of the nuptials, he
pinched it, She whaled him with he1
parasol until bystanders rescued him
Then they went away by different
routes without buying the license, and
there is small likelihood that they will
| ever need one.
1t twas in a Pullman sleeper, and just
across from the bachelors berth was
a handsome little woman and he1
three-year-old boy, relates the Chica
go Daily News. Early in the morning
the two were laughing and playing to
getAer, and the good-natured bachelor
smiled to himself as he arose to dress
Suddenly little foot peeped out from
the curtains of the opposite berth, and
with twinkle in his eye, the bachelor
grabbed the plump toe and began;
hThis little pig went to market, thi.
little" "Ihat is NY foot, SIR sait
the indignant voice of the woman: Iht
silence which followed could be heard
above the roar of the train.
Bennington, VT, boasts of having the
| Oldest hotel clerk in the country Thi.
| functionary has Just celebrated hi
eighty-third birthday, and still stand,
erectat the desk and calls out "Frontl'
with all the yigor of many younge,
man in similar office. in other words
he still puts up a good 'FRONT.'"
The idea of muzzling cats to pre-
vent the slaughter of song birds /.
being agitated by the Natural His
tory society. The plan was tried or
small scale last year, and the mum
Der Of birds killed by cats in certain
sections was noticeably less thar
previous seasons.
The board OF civil service exam
| iners for the New York subtreasury
includes Ulysses S. Grant, republican
| and Edgar F. Lee, democrat. The for.
mer is nephew of the great gen
eral, and the LATTER bears The sans
relation to the leader Of the 'losl
canse." Gen, Robert =, Lee,