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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
fluctuatin9 Prices.

lloStuuSinS AlASSos
The prices of various farm products
vary from week to week and day to
day. Measured in money the price of
hogs has fallen in the last few days
from IS. 90 to So 40. The man at the
other end of the line who buys hogs
calls it decline in the market His
business is buying the products of the
f4rm and the price is measured in
money
.But the farmer who sells the hogs,
the cattle and the grain is doing so
for the purpose of buying money.
To him the fluctna ton is in the price
OF money. He finds that it takes
nearly twice as much hog to buy a
dollar, to-day that it required two
weeks ago. When he goes to the buy
er,instead of asking him the price of
hogs or of other commodities. what
he really wants to know is the price
OF the commodity known as money in
exchange for the commodity with
which he proposes to buy money.
1t makes it look blue to the farmer,
but to the man in the city who sells
the money it means prosperity. When
the price of the dollar is high the
price of the things bought with it is
low; when the value of farm produce
is high the price Of money is low, thai
is, cheap; yet the word che Up applied
to money to the joy of the capitals
drives the average farmer almost in
sane.
Abundant money in the hands o
the people makes money cheap but tn
things it is to be exchanged for ar
dear. Congested in Wall street afte
being taken from the people throug
unjust tariff taxation tends to max
money dear and all else cheap.
The Sl5S ,0OO, 600 of the peoples mol
ey taken from the public treasury an
loaned to the pet banks of the admir-
istration without interest only ge
into the channels of business thrOup
interest bearing loans, thus compe
ing the people to pay interest to tt
banks for the use of money belongil
to themselves.
Had the money been left in the pc
session of the people from whom
was collected it would have helped
maintain prices Of the commodities
the farm and the workshop.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
GETS sTUNG DAILY.
Practice of an Iowa Man to Ward
OF Rheumatism.
He Says There Is Little Profit in Bee
Culture Nowadays and Keeps
Apiary Solely to Prevent
Dread Disease.

Receiving the stings of bees daily to
prevent rheumatism would not be pop
ular remedy among people generally.
yet Myron G. Beals, Of Sioux City, Ia,
has been a bee culturist for years only
for the benefit which he says he receives
physically from the stings of his busy
insects.
Mr.. Beals is one Of the largest pro-
ducers Of honey In this country, having
several hundred hives. OF late years he
has expressed desire to retire from the
business Of an apia:!st, and would do
so but for the fears that if the stings Of
his bees upon his body are not contin-
ued, after his system has become inoc-
ulated with the virus, he will become a
helpless cripple from rheumatism.
Mr. Beals is sincere in his belief, and
points to the fact that his mother, who
lives in the east, is aninvalid from rheu-
matism, and sister is a cripple from
the same disease 1t is in the family
blood, he maintains, and the stings Of
his bees are his only salvation.
"rhere is no profit in the honey bust
| ness any more" said Mr.. Beals, "espe-
cially in the west. The country has
grown and settled up SO that the wild
| flowers are almost extinct, and the
bees have few sources of supply for
their raw material. / suppose l shall
keep my bees, however, as long as !
live.
ut is fact known to the medical pro-
fession that the sting of the bee has vir-
tue in curative way, and the virus can
be bought at the drug stores. scarce
| ly notice the stings of the bees any more,
as far as the pricking sensation is con-
cerned. 1t used to be painful, but now
can receive stings all over my head,
face and arms and scarcely notice 1t.
"Bee stings have killed many human
beings, as well as cattle and horses. II
a person not accustomed to stings were
| to receive as many as l do at one time
l don't believe he would survive the
experience. I believe the effect of be-
ing inoculated with the poison Of the
bee Is like having the system filled with
alcohol or any narcottc-the more yor
have had Of 1t the more you can stand
i There is nothing in the statemen
that it is possible to handle bees in {
careful or kind way and avoid being
stung. / have been in the business fol
good many years. and know they ar
no respecters of persons. You are ap
to get stung when you are not expecting
i 1t. When one bee in swarm stings 70,
you are almost certain to be stung agail
and again. for there is a certain odo
which seems to come from sting tina
attracts other bees and angors them
The more you fight swarm the NOR
you will be stung, for bees are peculiarl
subject to excitement.
\ Bee culture Ia one Of the most fas
ciniating studies. 1t is aa interestin
3 science / understand how to care TO
them, and want their stings. have oc
j casional rheumatic twinges in my mus
| cles that give me anxiety for fear shal
be subjected to the fate OF other mem
I bers of our family. and shall not ru
( any chances by letting 20 Of my bees"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
One More Guess,

A professor In far western univer-
sity advances the theory that the pc
culiar virtues Of girls are due to clothes,
and that If the boys and girls were
dressed alike all would be equally
gentle and refined. Evidently that pro-
lessor has never been to a sewing So
ciety cat hgkt or taken into considera-
ttop the deeds Of the petticoated Turk
ish soldiers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
THE SOUTHWEST LIMITED
NEW TRAM .cHICAGo-KANsAs clTY.

NEW 4ASalN VII :.
The new short line Of the Chicago
Milwaukee & st. Paul railway has
b en- completed through Moline, r, OK
Island, Davenport, Muscatine, Wash.
ngtou and OtJumwa, and gives nen
I'D direct route between Chicago aud
Kansas City. The Southwest Limited
tile new electric lighted train between
these cities, makes its first trip De
amber 6 1t is handsomely equip.
ped train, carrying standard and com,
partmentSleepers nbServatiun-lihrar,
ar, dining car, chair Car and coach.
A second daily train between Chica-
% aud Kansas City is also offered via
he new iOu!e.
Additional information from any
aicket agent of tie Chicago, Milwau-
kee & St Paul railway, or 4. A. Mil.
Ter, general passenger agent, Chicag !.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Farms for Rent.

I have for rent the farm known as
the Durham farm in Oak Dale Town
ship, also the farm known as the Bull
lis farm in Chester township. l also
have few other good farms for rent.
JOHN NJ. CANNON Land Agency,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
The Man for Her.

Little Ethel-Reg Rex and is goip'
to be married wen we grow UP.
Nurse thought you didn't like Reg
gle.
Little Ethel don't; but married men
is never at home. and III yather have him
away all the time than any boy know
M -ytt.i8tk ~ z "a
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
To Colorado and California
via the Chicago, Milwaukee s. S
Paul Railway,


Double daily train service is now
ptfered from Chicago to Colorado anc
to California via the Chicago, Mil
@aukee s. st. pdu,- Union Pacific line.
Through standard aid tourist sleep
IT'S are operated batWeen Chicago am,
San Frahcisc"; and thrOu8h standard
sleepers and reclining chair cars be-
tween Chicago and Denver.
The new service to Colorado includes
train that Is on the road only on
night, leaving Chicago 0:45 III ,
reachii & Denver eaily the next after
4oon.
Descriptive folders and booklets
rom any ticket agAntnf thu Chicago
Milwaukee 81 ST Paul railway, or r..
\. Miller, General Passenger Agent,
IhicagO. dec Is !
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Pushing Hin, Alonx.

z Would you mind pinning flower in
my coat when I go?" asked young De-
Borem.
Certainly not" replied Miss Weary
I'm. 1T will afford me pleasure to do 1t
At once. p Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
only Remedy.

Young Man-Doctor, feel wretchea
All the time. nothing interests me, have
no appetite and can't sleep. What
would you advise me to do?
Old Doctor Marry the girl. sir; marry
The Eirl- Chicago Daily sssMn
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
In Doubt,

In Doubt.
His Wife's Mother-You must thinl.
I want to quarrel
He-Oh! ! didn't know whether vol,
wanted to quarrel or whether you'd
rather have your own way without
Guarrcling.-Puc,..,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08

The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fill
ter out the waste or
impurities In the blood.
If they are sick or out
Of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches andrheu-
matism come from ex-
cess OF uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08

kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble. because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick. kidney
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
1t used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their Begin
ming in kidney trouble.
II you are sick you can make no mistake
~ first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
a.sl the extraordinary effect Of Dr.. Kilmer's
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy Is
soon realized. 1t stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits Eyk
by al. druggists in fifty -
cent and one-dollar sig |g3 ~
es. You may have a s s E44s| ~
sample bottle by mail Home Of svampRoos
free, also pamphlet telling you how to fine
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kline,
& Co., Binghamton. NJ
Don't make any mistake, but re
member the name, Swamp-Root, DR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Ro and the ad
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on ever.
| bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08

1t Keeps the Feet Warm and Dry.
Ask to-day for Aliens Foot-Easc, a
powder. 1T cures Chilblains, Swollen,
Sweating, Sore, Aching, Damp feet:
At all druggists and shoe stores, 25e. i
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Some Early Howard County History
As Cleaned from the New Oregon Plain Dealer Of 1865

Try, with its vast and almost unexam-
pied crop of grain and its evidence Of
progress during the past few months,
in the way Of improvements, public
and private. At Ricevil!e the evil
dences of prosperity are very flatter-
ing to the young town. Many new
buildings have been erected the pres
emit season AID SOW val Others are in
progress of COAST. uct.u III town
b Is a capital hotel, kept by James
Hendricks; gri.,t and saw mill, own
ed by the Rice Br, i; Il blacksmith
sht p, b'ick yard aud two stores.
Messrs Fellows s. Wylie are the pro-
prietors of the best and largest of
these :as'itutio1s. AT Pettioo as We,
as usual, found home, ard the tray
elcr who cant fad rest there Is weary
indeed. In this p lrt OF the Country
we find two stores wit b respectable
stocks of god ; one by James Hall, at
Howard, the other by Darius E. Tot
ter, one mile south, situated in neigh.
boraoods we'll paopled and with llrga
means. Through Chickasaw county
We found the entire community much
wetJer than Howard, but rich in all
resources that devel p country. At
New Hampton, the county seat, a
new court house AID offices have been
erected for the transaction of county
business, highly creditable to The
place"
| IS, PIT o.
Marrisd.-In New Orestn, Iowa
Sept. 90. 1865, by R,v b. Hole IN ,,
Mr.. Ira t. Richardson to Miss Heller
M. Bowers"
: ''Chas. NJ. Pepin has psned choic
stock of family gruc. ries on the cas-
side of Main street, in this place.
"E w. Allen has becoma pure 1ase
5 of the interest of Pratt Wallace s
: McCulloch. The style of the new fri
= is Allen & McC llloch
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Over-Work Meakens
Your Kidneys.
unhealthy kidneys Make; Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Initiating Nam ma.

Initiating Mamma.
"This is your little girl, is it?" asked
the lady.
"Yes," replied the father, with some
pride.
How much she takes after her
mother! How old are you, dear?" con-
tinued the lady.
"Tell the lady your age, Elsie," said
the father.
Il wouldn't be like mamma if did,
papa" came from the mouth IF the OBJ
servant child.-Yonkers Statesman.
A Forerunncr of LOGnacity.
There's no use for me to suggest to
my wife that it's time to go home. She'll
talk for two hours yet.
What makes you think so?"
Didn't you hear her remark when she
started the argument"
"No; what was it?"
"She said: There's very little to say
on either side cleveland Plain
Dealer.
What Did She Mean:
"a kiss is an experiment."
Said Mary, with much merriment.
The man stood by,
Afraid to try
When that vas just what Mary meant
Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Curious Queation.


A curious question has been raised
here since the condemnation of one of
the bridges across the Coon river. 1t
is as to whether the bridge is one Of
the component parts of a highway, and
if the community can be compelled to
keep 1t up as part thereof. The street
car company first raised the question,
as it crosses the bridge in question
Its contention is that the city cannot
allow the bridge to become closed but
must repair it or reconstruct it and
keep it up SO that it is capable of
! travel. The theory is that the com.
munity could not for a moment allow
sunken street in the heart Of the city
to remain impossible longer than it
would require to repair the damage
and make the street capable of being
travelled. The bridge is as much a
part Of the highway as is any other
portion of the street, and the COM
munity is under just as much obliga-
ton to keep it passable The decision
OF the question, If it gets into the
courts, will be watched with much in
terest by all Of the public officials OF
/ the state
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
Politicians Interested,


Gov. Cunmins will go to Boston,
December 10, to deliver an address be-
fore the Merchants and Bankers club
in that city. He will talk on "Our
Foreign Trade" The Iowa politicians
and public men are watching with
considerable interest to see what he
will have to say along the lines OF the
commercial relations of this country
as affected by the tariff. as this was
the principal issue in the recent cam
paign, and as it is also the issue in
fractional politics within the republi-
can party. In addition to this address
OF political character, the governor
will be the guest of the Iowa club al
Harvard university, which he will
address on the evening Of December
IL. The club has Its annual meeting
and banquet that night and the gov-
ernor will meet the principal members
Of the faculty OF the university.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
New Mine InsDector.

A new state mine inspector has been
chosen by the governor to succeed J.
E. Stout, of Des Moines, who resigned
from the position recently. Mr.. r. T.
Rhys, of Mystic. received the appoint
ment, at salary Of $4,000 per year.
Only Mr.. Rhys and one other man
were eligible for the appointment,
they only having passed the required
examinations. given at the regular
times. Mr.. Rhys will shortly enter
upon the duties OF his Office.
,i,'ss LEON BROWN.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-12-08
RAILROAD DISASTERS in THE STATE
Iowa Commission Engaged Investigation Into the Cause in the
Past Two Years-To Honor Dead Veterans
- News of Interest
Other News of Interest
rsnecial OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

pie would care to see would be one
prohibiting the use of the word mu-
tual in the names of concerns which
really are not mutual, but which, UNI
der the present law, have the right to
the use of the word.
Epileptic Colony.
The state board of control has re-
newed its recommendation to the
legislature for the establishment Of an
epileptic colony in this state. 1t has
been pointed out that there are at least
4,500 people in Iowa who are eligible
for such community, and that large
number of persons SO affected are now
in the institutions for predetermined
and insane hospitals. These should
be removed to colony by themselves.
as they are not properly placed at
present. A 1000 acre farm, on which
suitable cottages could be erected.
would meet the requirement and would
afford treatment and care for this class
Of unfortunates which they are unable
to get at present
MisQuoted.
as to his idea with refernce to changes
which should be made in the pardon
and parole laws. He was quoted as
saying he thought that the power
should rest in the judges who pro-
nounce the sentences. This would re-
quire an amendment to the constitu-
ton, and then it is doubtful If the
power could be SO vested under the
system of government which has the
three coordinate branches. executive,
/ legislative and judicial. But the gov
ernor did not recommend this change.
He thought that the power should still
rest In the chief executive, as now, but
J that the courts should have more pow
er of recommendation.
Colored Infantry.
Two companies Of colored infantry
have been ordered to the army post in
Des Moines from one of the regiments
stationed at one of the other posts
About so government convicts also
have been ordered here. These me1
will be placed on the post grounds anG
required to help in shaping them up
preparatory to opening the post as {
park. The negro soldiers will guart
the convicts as they work. There ha.
been no difficulty about the labol
question at the post except on one oc
casion when union bricklayers strucl
because nonunion brick had been sup
piled by one of the contractors. TIL,
government directed the return of tn,
brick and this incident was closed i'm
mediately. When Congressman Hui
first asked the labor of the community
to assist him in securing the post hi
made condition that, so far as he wa
able, only union labor should be EN-
ployed thereon. Whether objection
will be made to the convict labor i,
not known.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
CONTRACT WORK.
Sewer on Lawson Street From Walsh Ave
,,,a Weida Auenue

Sewer on Lawson Street From Walsh Ave-
nue. to Weide Avenue.
Office of the Board Of Public Works,
City of ST. Paul, Mimi, July 81, 1903.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Public Works in and for the cor
poration of the City of ST. Paul. Mime
sofa. at their Office in said city, until p.
M on the 18th day of August, A. D. 1908,
for the construction of sewer on Lawson
street from Walsh avenue to Weide ave-
nue. in said city according to plans and
specifca lions on file in the office of said
Board
A bond with at least two ca sureties in
sum Of at least twenty 600 per cent or a
a certified check on bank of st. Paul. in
sum of at least ten (10) per cent of the
gross amount bid must accompany each
bid. Said check shall be made payable to
the Clerk of said Board.
The said Board reserves the right to re-
- - JOHN S. erode,
President.
Official: R. L. GoRMAN,
Clerk Board of Public Works.
Aug. l. 1909-10t.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02

LII lulS TOOTH, Sdlu The OIIldul6nldl
surgeon, opening a door, zone of my
assistants is removing the horizontal
wrinkles from a mans forehead. I
want you to see how it is done"
The patient lay back in the operating
chair. He was about forty-five, and
he wore handsome clothes. Horizontal
wrinkles furrowed his forehead, giving
to the skin a loose, baggy mussed look,
similar to the look of a coat that needs
pressing.
The skin has loosened here" said
the ornamental surgeon, touching the
patients brow. ut has stretched. We
must tighten it up-make it fit. Then
the wrinkles will disappear
A transverse line, three inches long
and a half-inch wide, was now shaved
clean of hair on the patients skull,
about an inch above the forehead. The
operator then took a hypodermic syr-
inge and squirted under the skin a
quantity of cocaine.
THAT is a local anaesthetic,' he said.
''There is no feeling in that region now.
1t is quite insensible to pain
He made a cut with lance across
the transverse line, separating the skin
there. Then he began to draw up the
skin of the forehead. Tighter and
tighter he drew it, till the wrinkles had
all disappeared, and till, at the place
where the cut had been made, there
was surplus of nearly an inch of
skin. Now he sewed up the cut he had
made, and the surplus of skin that was
left over he cut off with surgical scis-
sors.
1.-The operation is DONE" he said, and
the patient rubbed his smooth, tight
fitting forehead, and studied it closely
In the glass. He seemed amazed,
pleased, little uncomfortable.
The hair growing in again will soon
cover the slight scar in the scalp caus-
ed by the incision," said the surgeon
He said he was going to make a
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
DANIEL. KELLY
Real Estate Snaps.

Nice -8-room house, Fuller ST., newly pa
pered and painted, not far, s2,650; 7-room
house at st. Paul Park, $500; two nice lots,
house, Fauquier St, near E. 7th St, $1,75O;
store and rooms above, Minnehaha St,
81, $50; nice 8-room house, Euclid ST.,
$1,000; S-room house Goodhue ST., near
w. 7th ST., $50; store and full lot, low
price, Minnehaha ST, terms; lot, Charles
St, near Dale, 500; lot, Laurel avenue
Victoria, $1,000; lot, Dayton, will sell away
down, see me about it, don't tarry; three
nice lots near Summit avenue. $500; lots
Lincoln, $3.50; lot on E. 4th, near Earl
$3.50; can sell. two very cheap lots, Min
nehaha, $500 each, one corner; 60 lots in
Midway, between the cities, $4,000; SO, 100
will buy groom house on the hill, hot
water heat, hardwood floors and snap.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02

1875 Dayton Avenue-This house is plac-
ed with me for quick sale at 81 200
Nine rooms, hardwood finish, combina-
ton heat; has all improvements; lot is
40x160 to 20 foot alley; south facing;
the yard is in perfect order; fruit trees
in rear; look at this house If you want
home; don't miss this chance.
$a2o0-A nice home on Iglehart, south
facing; hardwood floors, furnace heat
bath, gas and nice yard; east of Avon;
get my card and look it over If you are
looking for home.
I have number of fine vacant lots on
Dayton avenue, south and north facing,
for sale; also on LAUREL Hague, Mar
shall and other streets in the neighbor-
hood.
I have houses at all prices from 81, 200 to
$4,000 on st. Anthony Hill.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-08-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

City Engineers Office,
saltwater, Mimi, July %. 1903
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office until 7:30 p. m. on August 4, 1903,
and then opened by the City Council, for
the furnishing of all the material required,
and the construction of pavement upon
Myrtle street, in said city, from the east
side of Second street to the west side of
Third street, to-wit
First-For brick upon concrete.
Second--For sandstone upon concrete
According to specifications on file in
this office.
Right reserved to reject any or all
bids Bidders bond or deposit. 81 1000.
By order of City Council.
MYRON SHEPARD,
City Engineer.