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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
have shared. Promotions and increases
OF salary have been obtained for a

have shared. Promotions and increases
OF salary have been obtained for a
price.
A recent Washington dispatch to a
republican evening paper in this city
said that
Although the crisis of the investigation
OF post od1ce department scandals is ex-
psoted to come this week, and result in a
number of arrests of persons both in and
out of the postal service, the astonishing
statement was made at the department this
morning that the qualifications Of fraud
and scandal and criminality are widening
ut such an sver-increasing pace that the
inquiry. which has now been in active prog
rssS for more than three months. will prob
ably last all summer and may possibly even
extend through the next session of oou.
gress."
A "high authority" in the depart
ment is also cited by the same cor
respondent as suggesting that
by the time the legislative body con-
postal service will be such that the re-
suits will occupy considerable portion OF
the time Of lighthouses. and make the mem
DRY of the famous star-route cases pale into
insignidcance."
In this emergency what Is the presi-
dent doing? Has he removed the post
master general who characterized the
charges as shot air" and denounced the
honest man who brought them as "a
wdnd-bag?" No; he has simply or
dered him not to talk.
Has he directed the suspension or
removal of any of the officials under
whose administration these frauds
and abuses have occurred? Only one,
and that tardily. Two of them have
been allowed to resign and another
has been given leave Of absence.
Has the president made any public
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
Dewitt Is the Name.

When you go to buy Witch Haze
Salve look for the name DEWITT or
every box. The pure unadulterated
Witch Hazel is used in making De.
Wits Witch Hazel Salve, which is
the best salve in the world for cuts,
burns, bruises, boils, eczema and piles.
The popularity OF DeWitt's Witch
Hazel Salve, DE to its many cures,
has caused numerous worthless coun.
terfeits to be placed on the marKet
The genuine bears the name of e @.
Dewitt s. Co., Chicago. Sold by
SbuttlewOrth Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18

A wild Duck Preserve.

A number Of Philadelphians are en-
deayoring apparently to monopolize the
duck shooting in Elsinboro, near Sa-
lem, N. j., this season, as the Taylor
farm, purchased by syndicate, is now
being made into a duck preserve, says
the Philadelphia Press. This is the
only artificial preserve Of Its kind in
the state and is a desirable location.
Wild celery, oats and other feeds have
been planted, and hundreds of tame
ducks Of the mallard variety are being
raised as decoys.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18

The worst feature about the post
office scandal is that so many con-
gressmen must have been aware of
some of the misdoings and participated
in the plumber to the extent of getting
their friends appointed to office or the
salaries of those already there consid-
erably raised.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
Democratic Ticket.

Governor. B. Sullivan, Union
County.
Lieutenant Governor. D. Butler
Iowa County.
Judge Of the Supreme Court. B
Caldwell, Tama County.
Superintendent of Public Instruc-
tisns-A. r. McCook, Howard County.
Railroad Commissioner-W. S. Porter
Hardin County.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
Announcement.

] hereby announce to the public
that am candidate for County Su-
perintendent and will ask the nomina-
ton at the republican county conven-
tion. f. A. WILDMAN.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18

The general scramble of the re-
publican politicians to get in place on
the Roosevelt band wagon is born of a
desire for political spoils. The repub-
lican patriot, whose main hope is for
the old flag and an appr,pria ton never
gets left II he knows Il,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
Announcement.

I hereby announce to the public
that I am a candidate Tor County
Treasurer and will ask the nomination
at the republican county conven ton.
JOHN KAKAC.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
Announcement.

hereby announce myself capdi-
date for Superintendent of Schools for
Howard county, subject to the action
of the coming republican convention.
CATHERINE q. CLINK.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18


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, 1903-08-18
Over-Mork 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, 1903-08-18
Eat All You Want.

Persons troubled with indigestion OF
Dyspepsia can eat all they want il
they will take Kodol Dyspepsia Cure.
This remedy prepares the stomach for
the reception, retention, digestion and
assimilation Of all of the wholesome
food that may be eaten, and enables
the digestive organs to transform the
same into the kind Of blood that gives
health and strength. Sold by Shut
tleworth Drug Co.
Educate Tour Bowels Win Cascarer.
f;aady Catharttc, cure constipation forever
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18

kidney Uouple.
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.
If you are sick you can make no mistake
~ first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and 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 EvEn
by all druggists in fifty al3Hss.1Jk1Az
cent and one-dollar sig stRai;;
es. You may have esssaasl.G9a !sssEs3@
sample bottle by mail Home Of swampRoos.
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out If you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Mention this paper when writing Dr.. Kilmes
6. Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Do. make any mistake, but re.
member the name, Swamp-Root. Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad.
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
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Especial Correspondence

Especial CORRESPONDENTS
. ECENTLY l have been on a
lecture tour to the Pacific
. coast, and my observations
make me believe that Democ-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18
POLITICAL DRIFT.

BYRON W. HOLT.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-08-18

San Francisco July 2e-A colossal deal
which is of the greatest Importance to
the Pacific coast in general and of tho
northwest in particular Is announced to-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-18
THE TOME CT BErNHARDT.
Always Visits Tier sepulcher Be-
fore Makinga Trip Abroad {
Paris Letter % Philadelphfa Ledger.

Paris Letter TO Philadelphia Ledger.
All that Sarah Bernhardt does
has an interest for Partisan and for
all the world as well. She is SO
wonderful at her age. Everyone is
divided between amazement at her
and wonder as to how long she will
last. As Theroigne, in Hereieu's
"Theroigpe de Mericourt," which
she is playing here now, she looks
17-not day older.
1t may be interesting to know
that Sarah Bernhard has her tomb
built. 1t is at Pere la Chaise, only
a step behind that of the Rccham-
beau family, where Americans al
ways stop to see the two cannon
from Yofkstown that serve as COL
umns on each side of the tomb
doors. Sarah's tomb is a simple
canopy of polished graystone, un-
der which is a coffin of stone. On it
is cut in big letters the one word,
Bernhard"
1t is a story told in Paris, and
believed that the tomb is empty
and that Sarah comes there on All
Saints Day and always before leav-
ing for tour abroad to pray and
leave a wreath of flowers. For my
part, | think the tomb is not empty
but that is belief l could not
support by proof-but on the day
that Sarah is buried l am sure
something will be said on that mat
ter which would be out of place
now. Until then Parisians will be-
lieve that among Bernhardt's queer
goings on is that of decorating her
tomb that is to be-of paying pious
visits to the spot where she is to
sleep her long sleep. 1t would not
be out of harmony with her nature
were it true.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-18
KauhInan's
Built Order Gar ments

- EzE<-
Are cut to individual measures
and constructed by expert tailors
Suits from $14 to $35. Kaufman
has a representative in this town
who will be pleased to show you
nearly t400 new and handsome
fabrics. 1t will pay you to see
= E. DEL VALE, at
Forto's Office, Local Representative.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1903-02-18
Walter B. Austin.

QE Cts. Mexican coin, per
JOhundred old newspapers
at this Office.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Still Another Ticket.

Garvin and Toole, or Toole and Gar
vim, is a new ticket fresh from the
mint. They are the only two demo-
cratic governors in states north of the
Ohio and the Potomac. Governor Gar
vim is governor of Rhode Island, an
ordinarily republican STATE, but state
that had a boss who@e name was
Brayton. and the people had tired of
him. He is Senator Allison's lieuten-
ant, but Senator Allison has money 70
burn, and his reelection to the senate
is not endangered by The upheaval in
his state.
Governor Toole lives in faraway
Montana, and he is a democrat dyed
in the wool, although he ran on the
labor and on the pupulist ticket also.
But he is a democrat, and no one in
h.ontana questions his democracy. He
may have had supporters of all sorts
and conditions of politics, but his own
brand of democracy Is beyond suspic-
Ion.
We have these two democratic gov
ernors who In evil days overcome all
obstacles and snatched from the ruins
the laurel wreaths OF victory. Why
not then put them on a presidential
ticket? They are get-there men, and
tLat is the kim we Will need in 1904.
The Rockies and the dee1 blue sea,
even the 400 in the Newport colony,
could then shake hands while they
boom the ticket. True, Rhode Island
ard Montana are not mighty states,
and Governor Garvin might not be
able to deliver the goods next year,
but Governor Toole could undoubtedly
hold his state in line, which is more
than Mr.. Cleveland or Mr.. Olney
could do. In this view of the case the
ticket should be Toole and Garvin,
for we need a man who can carry his
own state as chief standard bearer,
and also a man whose democracy is
Deyonu dispute.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Cardinals.

For years past 1t has been believed
by many Catholics that Archbishop Ire
land of st. Paul would some day be made
a cardinal" remarked a prominent Cath
ole. But the list of prelates who will
be raised to the cardinalate this year has
been published and it contains no Ameri-
can name.
II do not believe that Archbishop Ire
land will be presented with the red hat
until the vatican decides to make also the
archbishop of New York cardinal In
other words, two Americans instead of one
will be made cardinals but when that
will be no one in this country knows.
Archbishop Chappelle of New Orleans is
frequently mentioned as a coming cardi-
nal, and many well informed ecclessias-
tics believe that he will be invested with
the red hat within the next two or three
years"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
A GREAT INVENTION.

From Life.
Yes, sir. The telephone is the great
est invention of the age. Let me give
you an illustration of what it can do
You know that 1 live out in the coun-
try?'
yes"
"Wel yesterday morning after I
came to town my cook left suddenly,
whereupon my wife Immediately called
me up and told me about it
How much did it cost?"
"oh, a mere nothing = twenty-five
cents"
What happened then?'
'Well 1 Immediately called up the
manager of my servants agency. Had
some little trouble in getting her, 1t is
true, but 1 got her.
What did she say?''
Told me to call up a lady in Plain
field who had cook who was going to
leave. 1 did So"
'How much was thatT'
"Oh, fifty cents. 1 found out that the
cook was there all right and that she
was a good cook So then I called up
my wife again"
twenty-five cents more"
Eyes. Told her about the lady who had
the cook In Plainfeld and advised her
to call her up and talk about 1t. She
did so.''
How much?'
"Oh, about fifty cents. Well, sir, will
you believe It, she engaged that cook
over the telephone"
ibid the cook come?''
mo. Fact is. she didn't show up, and
my wife came to town herself today
and got another. But that isn't the
point. What ] wanted to show was
what can be done with a telephone"
LAS near as I can make out, the tele-
phone cost you couple of dollars and
took up time enough to disturb your
whole day. Why. If you hadn't had
telephone in the first place you wouldn't
have known your cook left, and anyway
1t didn't make any difference, because,
after all. your wife had to come in and
attend to the matter personally"
by Jove. you're right. I'll have that
instrument taken out of my house at
ONCE
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
NEW YORK'S HISTORY
NOW COVERS $50 YEARS

absence of a mountain chain that did not
hamper her communication with the west,
as was the case with Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Charleston. The slow develop
ment of transportation facilities and the
science of ignoring mountains gave New
York time to establish supremacy over
her commercial rivals. This was perma-
nently fixed with the completion Of the
Erie canal, connecting the Hudson with
the great inland seas. in 1925. New York
nearly doubled her population in the ten
years following the opening of the canal,
Increasing from $4,000 in 1870 to 100000 in
1880. Her growth from that time has been
by leaps and bounds. $4,000 in 1860; 1,5l5.-
900 in 1880, and nearly $500, 900 in 1900, with
nearly a million more people in adjoining
New Jersey cities, who are prevented
from being numbered as citizens OF the
metropolis only by the presence of state
line.
New York is old, too, In the worlds
history. She was established 125 years be-
fore the United States was born. and
outranks in age the present German enl-
pire. the republic of France, and the
kingdom of Italy. When New York was
an infant Holland was a world power.
and the possessions of Spain were dis
tributed around the world.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
cUHA's INDEPENDENCE.
From Bradstreets.

From Bradstreets.
This week witnessed the completion OF
a year of independent administration In
the island of Cuba, and the anniversary
of the beginning of self-government for
the people of the island mas naturally
prompted some comparisons by way OF
retrospect. 1t may be recalled that pre-
dictions of failure were common enough
at the time the period of American oc'
cupation came to an end These have
not thus far been borne out. Economic
conditions in the island were not OIL the
best when 1t entered on its Independent
career, and at times since 1t has seemed
as IL a period of disaster impended. In
spite of untoward circumstances, how
ever, the country has got on pretty
we'll Order has been preserved ana
sustained effort has been made to keep
the pace set by the United States Off
Gals in the promotion of public WORKS
and of sanitary and educational I'M
provement The leading men in Pubic
life seem to have been anxious to demon
strate the capacity of the people LOT
self-government; the bulk OF the popula-
ton are developing habits OF Industry
and patience and there has been some
investment of foreign capital. Industrial
conditions in the island will admit OF
much improvement, but there is no Ieel-
ing of encouragement about the luture'
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
The Knights TempIar.

1.-THE representative communicates
of Knights Templar on the Pacific coast
are busy making up a programme for the
triennial conclave of the grand encamp-
ment which opens in San Francisco,
August, 1904" said a Templar.
1.-The conclave committee recently APP
pointed by the grand commandery of Cal
ifornia has opened capacious offices for
headquarters in building of modern con-
struction, where the work is being pushed
with tireless energy. California Comman-
derry No. /, stationed at San Francisco, Is
preparing to entertain on a lavish scale,
and will unquestionably surpass all its
former efforts on this line, as Its fund for
this purpose will be adequate to meet all
possible demands.
Prizes to be given to the victors In
the competitive drills will aggregate in
value at least $40, 600, and may reach dou-
city have their thinking caps on, and are
vieing with each other as to the designs
for the prizes, 80 that the committee max
ing the final selection may have the most
artistic creations of the silversmiths art
from which to make selection.
"San Francisco is developing wonder
fully. There seems to be a mania for no.
tel building among the millionaires Of the
city. By the time the grand encampment
opens Its session several new and elegant
caravansaries will be running. There will
be no dearth OF accommodations of the
best character. San Francisco will be
equal to the comfortable housing of the
million. The climatic conditions of San
Francisco insure delightful weather in Au-
gust. There will be no hot spells to wilt
parading knights and no excessive charges
to bankrupt visitors. The parade ground
of the military reservation at the far
famed Preside Is a historic spot. The
memories of the place will be an inspira-
ton to the competing drill corps. The en-
vronments of San Francisco will be
sources of delight 20 visiting knights
IF representations, based on inquiries
and pledges of attendance are reliable 1t
is fall TO presume that the conclave of
1904 will eclipse in splendor and magnitude
all its predecessors, especially as the rates
to California and return will be based on
$50 for the round trip from Chicago.
Alabama will be we'll represented at
the triennial. Cyrene commandery No.
10 of Birmingham has San Francisco
club and 1t will have a membership of 100
or more when the time comes
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Odd querlcs and remnants of wit.
Much Ado About Nothing
An Oratorlcal President.

Up to and incluGing San Francisco,
President Roosevelt had delivered 1876
public addresses. In twenty months,
IN other words, he had talked to the
people 1876 times, or at the rate of ten
month, or one every third day. So
much oratory is apt to be fatiguing-to
the hearers, and cheapening to the
speaker. The man who talks too much
is apt to be rated lower in popularity
than the man VINO does not talk at all,
or who talks very little. But Mr..
Roosevelt seems to have pulled him
self through without any serious i'm
pairment OF his popularity and there
fore of his chances to secure delegates
to the nominating convention.
And yet he has said many things
with undue emphasis on intensity-too
strenuous in speech, and he has back
ed and filed on many public Issues.
At the outset he was as good tariff
revisionist as the late Mr.. Mckinley,
but in the end he became stand-pat-
ter. He advocated a constitutional
amendment as the only safeguard
against the trusts, while now he is sat
isfied with couple Of slight statutes.
He has taken the back track so fire.
qrently he will never publish his
speeches in a single volume. They
would read better In detached volumes,
at least a hundred miles apart.
Presidential oratory has heretofore
been Of cautious nature, limited in
amount, and thoughtfully prepared,
but Mr.. Roosevelt speaks on slight pro-
vocation at any time and on any sub
Iect. The effect of so much oratory
and so many expressions of opinions
upon his stock of ideas and his method
of expression and vocabulary remains
TO be measured. II he can stand the
ytrain-if he can retain his popularity
under such flood of oratory he Is
bomb-proof, and not even the hardened
old leaders in the ssnate-its Allisons
Ind Aldriches. and Pratts and Mark
Hannas-can dictate to him. He has
at any rate spoken so much that he
ear be quoted in favor of nearly all
shades of opinion. ana this gives him
, certain vogue that will either trip
him UP or land him winner again in
the White House.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
Cotton Here and Elsewhere.

The bull leader, W. P. Brown of New
Orleans. who steps to the front when
Farmer Suliy becomes tired of raking
In profits, says cotton is going up on
Its merits. He says consumption has
outstripped production, and he seems
to think cotton will continue to be
high, 1t being question whether we
can raise enough to supply the world.
A eleven-million bale crop is no longer
sufficient, unless high prices come in
to limit consumption.
The French Union Coloniale and the
British Cotton Growing association are
both endeavoring to promote the grow
Ing of the plant in Africa-the British
in West Africa and the French In
Madagascar or In North Africa The
former say we will soon spin our entire
crop, and English mills must look else
where for supply of raw material,
and Great Britain. France, Germany
and Belgium are each and all turning
to Africa as source of supply. Africa
has plenty of cheap labor, and plenty
oil uncultivated lands, but whether sun
and moisture and soil are there COM
bined in proper proportions in order to
render a commercial crop possible re-
mains to ne seen. The chances are
that such a combination will not be
readily found.
And yet if we carry prices too high,
and especially if our Sullys and
Browns play many antic1 in the cotton
market, cotton will be grown in Africa
under discouragng circumstances, as
1t ir in Egypt To-Day, where no rain
falls, and irrigation is depended upon.
We might In this way lose our practi-
cal monopoly in the growing of the
staple. We grow eleven million bales,
while the rest of tn world grows but
two million bales. net counting the de-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-05-25
THE RRookslDE.

BY Lord Houghton.
1 wandered by the brookside,
1 wandered by the MILL
I could not hear the brook flow,
The noisy wheel was still:
There was no burr of grasshopper
No chirp of any bird,
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound l heard.
I sat beneath the elm tree,
I watched the long, long shade
And, as It grew still longer,
l did not feel afraid;
For I listened for a football,
l listened for word,
But the beating of my own heart,
Was all the sound l heard.
He came not. no. he came NOT,
The night came on alone
The little stars sat, one by one,
Each on his golden thronei
The evening wind passed by my cheek
The leaves above were stirred
But the beating of my own heart
Was all the sound l heard.
Fast silent tears were flowing
When something stood behind'
A hand was on my shoulder
l knew its touch was kind
1t drew me nearer-nearef-
We did not speak one word'
For the beating of our own hearts
Was the~on1y sound we heafd