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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22
EprscopAT,.

Services Sunday, May Oath, at l0:45
a. M, and p. m. Sunday school at
u m. The choir will meet at the
church May Esd at 7:3o p. m.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22
COUPON

This coupon entities the holder to one soc.
package OF DR.. HOward's specific for the
cure Of constipation and dyspepsia ut half
price, Csc. ! Will refund the money to any
dissatisfied purchaser.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22
CHURCH NOTES.
EPMoRTH LEAauE

3.
Topic for next Sunday evenings de-
votional service, May oath, at 6:30 will
be. attendance on the means of
grace. !" ALI are cordially invited to
attend this meeting. Although it is
especially for young people, yet all
Others will receive cordial welcome.
Leader, Merrill White,
GERMAN LUTHERAN.
Services at Cresco, commencing at
10 a. m. Sunday school after service.
There will also be an election next
Sunday for delegate to our District
Synod's meeting at Straw bury Point,
Iowa. No service at Davis Corners
next Sunday, May 2tth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22
Popular-Rate Special Train Excursion
to Minneapolis and Minnehaha Falls

Popular Rate Special Train Excursion
to Minneapolis and Minnehaha Falls
Via the Chicago, Milwaukee s. st.
Paul R'y, on Saturday and Sunday,
May 23d and 24th.
Special Free Program and Attractions.
Balloon Ascension and Parachute
Descent at l:3O p. m.
Band Concert 200 p. m. in the pa
vslion at Minnehaha Falls Park.
Baseball Game at 2:30 p. M, Hop
kins Threshers vs. Lennon Ball Club
OF ST. Paul, at Mtnnehaha Falls Ball
park. General admission free to hold
ers of excursion tickets.
Also numerous other attractions.
Excellent electric line service between
Minneapolis and Minnehaha Falls, at
scent fare.
The SPECIAL TRAIN will leave Cres-
co Sunday at 5:57 a. M, oath, and re-
turning will leave Minneapolis at 6:45
p.s M, Sunday, May oath.
Excursion tickets will be good going
and returning only on above train and
date.
Round-trip rate from Cresco, $500.
For further particulars apply to the
ticket agent of the Chicago, Milwau-
kee s. St. Paul R'y.
The first United States census tax
ZEN in Howard county was taken in
1860, F.J. Mead Of the PLAIN DEALER
Having been appointed by Laurel Sum-
mers, of LeClaire, then United States
Marshal for Iowa. That census gave
the county 3,16S inhabitants, that Of
1870 gave 6,272, that of 1880 gave TO-
S3s, that OF 1880 gave 11,182, that Of
1900 gave 14,5l2. When the first CEN
sus OF the county was taken, the
PLAIN DEALER was in its second year
OF publication, and the male popula-
tion of the county, 81 years of age, by
a computation at that time, was 1872,
a large proportion were unmarried
men without families, trifle more
than one-fifth the present population
of Cresco. And it should be remem-
bered that all were poor and In very
humble circumstances. And this was
the basis for patronage and support
upon which the PLAIN DEALER PIN
ned its faith in its infancy, and in its
mature years it is not disappointed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-05-22
Chance for Plain Dealer Readers.
Coupon Worth a5c. If Presented at
p. A.sClemmer'S Drug Store.

In order to test the PLAIN DEAL
ER's great circulation and its superb
or advertising value, we have made
arrangements with P. A. Clemmer,
the popular druggist, to offer one Of
his best selling medicines at half
price to any one who will cut out the
following coupon and present it at his
store,
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Endless Chain Of Suggestion.

"A man up In my country had mel
ancholy experience" declared Senator
Frye, of Maine. This man deter.
mined to get shave every other day
and to let every barber cut his hair
who suggested it. At the end OF a
week three different BARRIERS had in
timated that the hair needed trimming
and were told to go ahead and trim.
AS the hair was now beyond the trim.
ming stage, the fourth BARRIERS adj
vice, that clipping would be benef.
cial,' was accepted. Now thought
the man. the next barber will be sat.
isfied that when | say shave | mean
shave and nothing more. Yet when
the fifth barber mentioned singing he
permitted his closely cropped hair to
be singed The sixth night was on a
Saturday. He went to still another
said shave no barber would have the
| temerity to hint at an attempt to re,
duce the length of his hair.
Ibid you ever try DR.. Comeup's
hair resturer?' questioned the barber
as he took up bottle.
'"The Indians had a quicker way of
getting at a, mans scalp than these
BARRIERS" commented Senator Chand-
Ter.
Yes" said the Maine statesman,
but we are living under modern. not
ancient arism."-Detroit Free
Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Chamherlain's Sinule Glass.

A London writer remarks that the
precise value of the part which the
eyeglass and tho orchid have played
in Mr.. Chamberlain career may east
ly be over-estimated, but 1t is certainly
not small one.
Judging from his published portraits
Mr.. Chamberlain took to the eyeglass
comparatively late in life, for neither
as town councillor nor as mayor OF
Birmingham does that now insepara-
ble monocle figure in his photographs.
Curiously enough, the earlier cartoons
in the Birmingham comic papers, al
ter Mr.. Chamberlain entered the
house of commons, drew him as wear
ing his eyeglass in the left eye, but
this was probably slip of the pencil.
Mr.. Chamberlain, like his son, invar-
iably wears it in the right, where 1t
appears to be permanent fixture
The orchid Mr. Chamberlain did not
adopt apparently until after he had
built Highbury, and it may be re-
marked that whenever he sits to a
photographer he discards the flower.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Twin Beds in Favor.

I'VE are making more twin beds this
season than ever before" said man
ufacturer to a New York Times writ
er. persons who are refurnishins
their flats after the summer holidays
always ask to look at them. even If
they do not buy; but many buy who
say they have slept in the ordinary
double beds since they We're married.
Some purchasers tell me their doctors
recommend twin beds as cure for
nervousness. A. restless person sleep
ing in double bed might kick about
and deprive the other occupant of
sleep. On the score of comfort. the
single beds commend themselves
Some persons want more clothing
than others. and the single beds per
NIT each person to do as he or she
pleases on that score Only a few
years ago twin beds were show win
dow novelty"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

very still for while, thinking, In hia
weak. dazed way--and them
"'Do you know, Sweetheart he said,
4 think somehow I'm not afraid of-of
animals any more; couldn't we have .
IA lion ut our-weddingT
Sweetheart laughed.
"'Wouldn't dog door cow
"'No,' he returned. with the child
ish perslstency Of the weak, 4 want a
lionv
"'We'll make a tour of menageries
on our wedding trip she smiled.
mo he pleaded Che had evidently
accepted unquestioningly her arrange
ment for immediate nuptials); 1t will
be long time before we can take a
wedding trip-and l want the lion at
the wedding-now!
"Then the doctor came back. aAl
took In the situation, after word or
two. His patient was cured even be-
yond his hopes, but he chung to the
within, which was, In truth, just the re.
tiex phantom Of his madness-he
craved childishly now the one thing
he had all his life dreaded.
"WOuld bear dor the old man
asked, as il the sick mans desire
We're the most natural thing cOnceiv.
able.
"'Yes, bear will do Royal an
swered, for all the world like little
child deciding upon new toy.
Sweetheart opened her eyes, but
held her peace.
"'All right, We'll have one here by
daylight-and the minister'll be here,
too, and you'll be well man before
you know it,
1T was certainly the weirdest cere-
mony ever seen. The December dawn
was just creeping through the shut
ters-the big. brown cub, whose mother
the clergyman from the other side of
the mountain had killed two winters
before, and which had since lived in
his house and grown up with his chill
dren, sat solemnly on the bed. Roy's
arm about his neck, while his other
clergyman himself stood before the
three, reading the service. for some
inexplicable reason the cub seemed to
take q violent fancy to Roy, and was
reluctant to leave him when his mas
ter's duties were over, so we let him
stay, and Royal fOndled him as he
never had even a dog in all the other
years of his life. When at last he
was able to be moved, and the Cali
fornia trip was replanned for the three,
the cubs master was induced to part
with the pet, and when last heard
of them-they had settled near Bos.
ton, think-the big, brown cub was
still one of the family, which had been
increased, also, by n little Royal, whose
playfellow he was, and who loved all
four footed things as he did his own
kith and kin."-New York Times.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
News of Dog Society.

Dog Society News" is the head UNI
der which department in a Benton
Harbor paper is conducted. The mat
ter Is collected and edited by bright
young woman and she has perhaps
made the newspaper hit of Michigan's
chief fruit shipping point.
The reporter in making rounds about
the city was told so much about pet
dogs, cats and horses that she was pro-
vided with an item or two each day,
and publishing them, she found that
they made friends and subscribers for
the paper, so she is keeping 1t up,
The doings of dogs of all degrees
are accurately chroncled. The city
has larger number of blooded dogs
than any other city in proportion to its
size In Michigan, and when an item
gets into print it creates more talk
than does a paragraph about a human
being. kansas City Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
paris, wonderful Clock

The Grand Palais in Paris possesses
wonderful clock, which was shown
in the Paris exhibition of 1855. 1t was
the work of Collin, and has just been
oyerhauled. 1t is claimed for this
chef d'oeuvre, says the Debats. that it
does not vary more than the hundredth
part of a second in year. 1t is four
and half meters in height, and indi-
Gates the time in the twelve chief cities
of the world each city having its own
dial. The clock not only marks the
wear, month and day Of the week. but
its pendulum forms barometer OF
singular precision.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Quail Adopt Chickens.

"A strange case Of adoption was re,
lated to the writer by Earl Cox. Mon
day" writes a rural route correspond
ent of the Trenton Republican-Appeal
About six weeks ago. while Mr. Cox
was blowing near Liberty schoolhouse
he found flock of young quails with
which were two little "dominecker'
chickens. Monday he saw the same
grown, still with them. answering the
call of the mother quail. when they
became separated, as quickly as her
own brood. kansas City Journal.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
spottins Lisht-Finsered Gentry.

A policeman on the lookout for
pick-pockets in crowd does not
watch hands, but faces. If a person
in the crowd is paying no attention to
the common centre of attraction. but
is engaged in viewing his neighbors'
clothing, that person, he knows, Is apt
to be a pickpocket. The suspicion
may be strengthened by the nervous
or cautious way in which the thief oc-
casiCnally turns his head, presumably
to ascertain if he is watched. Pick
pockets never wear gloves and sell
dom work in the street in cold wealth
er, for the cold numbs their fingers
New York Press.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
KEPT 1T DARK.
A Secret Regarding a Good Looking
but Not a Good SeeInu Horse,

but Not a Good Seeing Horse.
a well known uptown man who Is q
loyerf OF fine holsenesh saw fine
buggy horse which he thought he
wanted. He located the owner and
asked the price. One hundred dol
lars" was the reply, After looking
the animal over and trying her speed
he concluded 1t was good trade. and
ut once wrote out check for the
amount The next day he found that
the mare was blind, but this did not
hinder her speed or detract from her
general appearance, He drove che
animal for several weeks and sue
oceded In attracting the attention Of
another lover of horess, wac made a
proposal to buy.
We'll" said the owner, II gave
500 for her. but I'll let you have her
for $l25 II you want to buy"
After looking the animal over and
taking short ride behind her, the
man decided to buy. He paid the
money and took the mare, When the
animal was Embarrassed the first
thing she did was to run against a
post; then, by way Of emphasizing
the fact that she was blind, she fell
over barrel. The next day the buy
err came back with blood in his eye.
Say, you know that mare you sold
me?" he began. wells she's stone
blind"
Il know it," replied her past owner
with an easy air."
well, you didn't say anything to
me about It," said the purchaser, his
face red with anger.
well, I'll tell YOU" replied the 9TH
err; ''that fellow who sold her to me
didn't tell me about it, and l just con-
cluded that he didn't want it known"
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrl that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known n. J.
Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business TRANSACT
tions and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm.
W-.. Ss'h-.rs saAV~ oiasata t'-" ooists Toledo
U.
WALDlNa, KINNAN 4 MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, Toe. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Disappointed,

Seeing Scotch boy fall into the
water at seaside resort, a man
jumped in and brought him safely to
shore, where his father had been
standing, apparently anxiously watch,
ing them. The father looked at the
son for few moments. Then an ex,
preston of displeasure passed over
his face. "Whaur's his bunnet!" he
demanded of the rescuer.-Scottish
American.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Why the curfew Did Not Ring.

It looks as though the heroine of
"Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight
has a rival down in Cape Girardeau.
a little girl whose father rings the
curfew there wanted some little
friends to stay and play while
longer with her the other night, and
so that they would not be frightened
home by the curfew, she hid her IA
TIERS nat. She delayed the ringing
of the bell half an hour,-Kansas City
Star.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
lutherans Lead.

The Lutheran church ranks first
among Protestant denominations in
the United States, having 1900 congre-
cations and membership Of 1900, 900,
48 theological seminaries. 43 colleges,
SO academies. 10 young ladies' semi
naries, % hospitals, So orphan asy-
lums, 20 homes for the aged and eight
deacOness houses.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Tho French Recruits.

The number of recruits accepted for
the French army for 1904 is only 1866
600, against 233, 600 for 1908, although
the difference in the number of men
OH the lists is not more than 500. The
decrease of $1,000 is due to II more
rigorous examination of the conscripts.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Three Generations of " Comps

Three generations Of one family are
compositOrs in the office Of the Tren-
ton (Mo) Experimentation They
are Grandpa" Allen, aged sixty-tive:
his son, G. A. Allen, who is foreman,
and the latters son and daughter,
Thomas and Mabel, aged fourteen and
sixteen reSpectiYelY.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
HE ThoIIuhf-

I'm going to tell him what think
of him." said the angry man. What
do you think of it."
81 Think was the reply, that he
must be a smaller man than you are
or else you think pretty we'll of him. F"
Chicago Post.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Takinu II as II Comes.

Jack-How do you like this wealth
err?
Old Crusty-What difference does
it make how l like it 1t wouldn't be
changed, no matter how much OBJ
jected to it.-Someryille Journal
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

Prosecution of two feminine Eddy
ties for practicing medicine without
license has been commenced by the
State Board Of Medical Registration Of
Indiana.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

A curious days happening at Hutch.
inson, KAN, was an invasion of thou
81 nds of grasshOppers. The following
morning they had disappeared, where
uoua Lnaw ar cured.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

The Peabody fund, which for many
years has been devoted to the aid Of
education in the south, now amounts
to 100000.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
Very Little to Know,

1.-THE fact is, my husband doesn't
seem to know his own mind"
"Oh, that's very small matter.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

The consumption Of sulphur in Mex.
leo exceeds 100000 kilogrammes an
nually, more than half Of which is i'm
ported, although there are in various
parts of Mexico immense deposits Of
sulphur as yet unwOrked.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07
w. L. DOUGLAS U.s.;
s3.se g SHOES %s!SS9E:
You can save from So to IS yearly BY
wearing w. L. Douglas $3.50 or So shoes.

They equal those
that have been cost
ing you from $4.W
to $500. The i'm
mense sale Of W. l..
Douglas shoes proves
their superiority over
all other makes.
Sold by retail shoe
dealers everywhere.
Look for name aud
price on bottom.
That Douglas uses Cor,
ona Colt proves there II
value In Douglas shoes
Corona IL the highest
grade Pat.Leather made
Fast (DI0r EVeiPis used.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

There's, enough fun in the world for
everybody to have some.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

lam sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-MRs. THOMAS RoI-
BINS, Maple St., Norwich, N. Y, Feb. II, 1899.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

FITSpermanently cured. No fits or nervous
ness after first days use OF DR.. Kline's Great
NerveRestorer. $2trial bottle and treatisefree
Dr.R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 931 Arch st., Phila., Pa.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

All creameries use butter color. Why
not do as they do - use JUNE TINT BUT.
TER Color. &.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

A free Pasteur Institute is to be estab.
lished in New Orleans.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

The Falls of Hobabanilla, in Cuba.
are to be the source of power for use
in lighting Cienfuegos and operating
fOrty-three miles Of electric railway in
and near that city.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

mans experience bore this out.
Continuing. he says: II did not
know the cause Of the trouble. but
1 am led to believe now that 1t was
first brought about by jumping In and
out of the wagon and in some way !
may have strained my back.
~ was constantly growing worse" he
continues, land l became very much
alarmed about my condition. I knew
that something had to be done or serious
results were sure to follow. l went to
specialist here in Sherman, and under
went a rigid examination"
Then he relates how the doctor told
him that 1t was a serious case. but that
he could cure him for fifty dollars.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

GRITTY OF a high
err recommendation
than ! can find
words to express"
This Is what Mr..
J. II. Plangman (of
Sherman. Il e x.)
says OF Doan's
Kidney Pills. He
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teetbine, soften the gums, reduces inhamma-
ton, alays pain, cures wind collie. Csc. a bottle
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

The coal handling machinery at
Boston wharf recently lowered the
Worlds record by raising coal from a
Steamer ninety feet to storage pockets
at the rate of 800 tons how nh"
capacity Of the shovel was two tons.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

The population of Abyssinia il about TO-
OO0. 900
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

sinss the ab SsEnpt5RyR5 o of shs var y
been used. MEAD
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

HAVE you any desire to b man ag,ini Il g. send
can be accom- plished without failure. @ CARMAN.
6yV Franklin Avenue. Brooklyn. N. Y.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

at the rate OIL oZO IONS an how F't,o
capacity Of the shovel was two tons.
With 1856 pounds of smOkeless pow
der the new forty-five caliber, twelve
inch gun will send an S5O-pound ar
NOR piercing shell through 10 $40
inches of Harveyized nickel-steel ar
NOR ut distance of a mile and half.
It has been suggested that, in view
of recent developments in ionic inves-
tlgation, all matter may be composed
of q single ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
This protyle is supposed to be manu-
featured by destructive processes from
concrete matter in the Crookes tube.
The results Of the change from steam
to electrical power on New forks cleo
trical railways are q reduction of cost
per passenger. from 224 cents under
steam to 1893 cents, and an increase In
gross earnings of 100000, accompan-
led by decrease in expenses OF
| sos, 1000.
At a recent meeting Of the Leipsic
Medical Society DR.. Braun described
new method of painless dentistry.
1t consists in the use Of suprarenalin
and cocaine, which makes the gums SO
| insensitive that the dentist can hold
up the extracted tooth before the pa
tient knows what has happened.
The famous collection of meteorites
of the late Russian Privy Counselor,
Julian SiemaschkO, will go to the city
of New York. The American meteor
lite hunter, Professor Henry A. Ward,
of Milwaukee, few weeks ago at
Charkow, Russia, bought the collec-
ton for $4,000 from Miss Siemaschko,
a daughter.
Another Largest automobile in the
world is a harvester in Southern Cali
fornia, The machine Is sixty feet long
| and thirty feet wide. The motive pow
err is furnished by oil. Eight men are
required to run it. AS the machine
starts off the grain begins falling in
sacks on the opposite side from where
It was cut and the straw drops into a
cart behind.
1t is not known just how long mos
ouitoes can live, but their average life
is much longer than is ordinarily sup
nosed. Thousands Of them live
through the winter, alternating OF
asleep in dark places in barns or house
cellars. In sparsely settled localities
where they cannot find such places
for shelter, they live through the win
ter in hollow trees; and, even though
the temperature may fall far below
freezing they are not winter killed
but on the approach Of warm weather
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

A Maryland widow Is just cutting her
eye teeth at the age of 100.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07

The United States now takes half Of
the worlds crop of rubber.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-11-07


This Is precisely
what kidney trou-
BILE will do with the
body.
1t does not al
ways show itself
at first, but APP
pears just in this
way, when some
unusual movement
or action brings
sharp pains and
exhaustive aches,
telling of sick kid
neys.
So Mr.. Plang-