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The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29

heart beat with expectancy. She knew that whatever
Is been his fate he did merit cruel charge of
desertion, for he was grand and brave man.
'She worked increasingly get the charge re-
moved and years after the succeeded in doing
That lifted her sorrow slightly, but this Decoration
day is dreaded to her. She greves so to think
that she cannot care fer his grave and she all
cemetery
Rob was strangely silent after listening the
recital Of this little tragedy.
49, 1T Is very sad and strange" he said. refectvelv
told me" - "
i Will have to hear it other time, Rob,
TINS is my grandmothers house. and you go
back
Il am going in with you," he announced in deter
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29

cident of my grandmothers life during the war She
the wife of confederate officer and lived on tie
outskirts of Atlanta. Early morning a servant
into the house and told her that he had found
sick Yankee in the stable"
Mrs. Royce started. and eager look of interest
frightened her wan face Joeel yn's eyes grew
pectant.
"Oh. Rob-" she said, softly.
My grandmother resumed the young man. "ac-
companied the servant the stable and found tho
report be From the clothing and appear
of the sick she lying the floor she
knew him to be than common soldier.
He delirious and appeared to be very i'll. She
a had him carried to the house and nursed him
with the and tenderness she would have given
to her own. He lived but week"
Rob paused.
"Oh, is that alp
Mrs. Royce gave agonized
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29
Mrs. Royce gave an agonized cry.

found his pocket memorandum book
fy address pencil"
And the Mrs Royce, TREMENDOUSLY
was-Royce-he
Oft the vase erasedthe state Ohio
been husband If | could be sure" she
sweetheart who would
him ILL.,
carefully sketch"
he ooked?' impored
noticed the resemblance
as as the sketch
And 5 of her grandfather!
of Twill
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29

through
street She turned rised to
at but
found closed" - N - NV wv
Il spend the " my grandmother"
And she tire only member haven |
20 'N'
No Rob- not to-day This always grandma"
oh grandfather killed
feelin f ~ "NN"'
Worse than that Rob He belonged
Twill
Early in
meneed their march at night
The when anxiou
and
father All
he
the night
by buhwhaekers OF
had their
the
moved from the roll the Wordd eser
doobe
The Forrest City times., 1903-05-29
AFTER MANY DAYS
A DECORATION DAY STORY

wash by carryals filed
of
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
DIGS FOR BIG TREASURE.
Muskegon Han Making Excavation
for Hundreds of Thousands Of
Dollars in Coin.

James Anderson, Of Muskegon, Mich,
is now excavating under an old build
ing in that city in search of $3os, 900 in
Norwegian coin. The riches were sup.
posed to have been buried under the
shanty of Ole Larson, who told of it
on his death bed in October, 1901, to
Adolph Miller.
Larson said that one of the large
banks of the city Of Trondhjem, Nor.
way, was robbed in 1870 of the money
in question. John Jasperson was ar.
rested, charged with the crime, and
sentenced to prison for life. At the
same time Larson was convicted of as.
sault, ami was confined in the same
prison with Jasperson. Later Jasper.
son informed Larson where the money
was buried.
Larson was released from prison a
few years later, went to where the
hidden treasure was buried, secured
the money, and fled to America, and
before his death buried it in MuskeRon.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

the girl.
He would at least SO manage the
encounter that Miss Densmore would
have an opportunity to get beyond
the clutches of this monster, provided
she would avail herself Of the brief
respite he could offer her. Had the
reaction from her fright rendered
her incapable of fleeing? He die not
dare look about as he leaped agilely
now this way and now that, eluding
the raging creature who pursued him,
but he thought that she might still be
crouching not far away, too exhaust
ed to fly, gave him intense agony Of
mind.
Suddenly Dawson turned from him
with an oath, leaped the adjacent
rivulet, and plunged into the wood.
But little more than so yards distant
Rossiter was aware of Miss Dens-
more's retreating figure. He too
crossed the little stream at bound.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
FLIRTING A M1sDEMEANoR.
tslature Would Protect Girls
ana Teachers,

A bill was introduced in the Missouri
senate the other day to make it mis-.
demeanor punishable by fine of not
less than $25 nor more than $50 to tlirt
with boarding house girls, the spinster
principals or the teachers, the last two
classifications being added to the bill
in order to prevent tho charge Of spe.
cial legislation. The bill in full reads:
1T shall be unlawful hereafter for
any person OF persons to communicate
with the inmates of any female semi.
nary in the state of Missouri without
first obtaining leave, orally, by writ.
ing, signs, or otherwise, and it shall he
unlawful for any person or persons to
stand, loiter about OF infest public
roads, streets, alleys, or sidewalks
when there shall approach or pass tn,
inmates of any seminary"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
COAL SUBSTITUTES.
Scarcity Of the Natural Product Stirs
Ingenuity Of Inventors.
Efforts Being Made to Discover Proc.
esses of Making Briquettes.
Which Will Be n Cheap
and Good Fuel.

The use of general waste, in bri.
quette form, is on result of the
coal scarcity. Briquettes of coal dust
nave been turned out for several
years, and are now made in larger
quantities than ever before. Even
the chimney dust of blast furnaces
in the iron districts of this state has
been converted to fuel uses in the
same form, but this briquetting of
the sweepings of city streets is the
extremist result of the grievous con.
dition caused by the anthracite coal
strike
Vegetables and woody fiber, ami.
NAL hair and flesh, and coal dust and
screenings will burn and produce
heat, but in their isolated form not
in sufficient quantity to be of much
use. In many English towns tho
city's waste is used for burning TO
generate steam or electric power.
But schemes under consideration now
by considerable number of inven-
tors and practical business men are
to utilize this waste material direct.
BY mixing this waste in proper pro-
portions with pitch binder, and
then COMPRISING it into small, con-
venient sized briquettes fairly good
fuel is obtained. This fuel, like all
briquettes, is free from dust and
ashes, and it can be handled easily
without making everything dirty with
which it comes in contact.
The utilizing of the city's waste
material for biquetting is dependent
largely upon the cost of the work
and the binder. Pitch is the most
expensive part of the briquettes, even
when coal dust is used as the raw
material, but experiments have lately
enabled manufacturers to produce an
excellent binder at very little cost.
In most of the American coal bri.
quettes the pitch binder represents
only from five to ten per cent. OF
the whole mass, while in Germany
and England the binder has run as
high as Is and 90 per cent.
New machinery for collecting, mix.
ing, COMPRISING, and drying bri.
quotes made of the different waste
materials has been designed and
made in the past few years, and the
improvements in this direction prom.
Use further developments.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
A knight Of the Highway
BY CLINTON SCOLLARD,
Author Of "a Man at ''The Tory" Etc.
Copyright 1901. by B. lpplno. Company, an rights reserved.
SYNOPSIS.
BY CLINTON SCOLIARD,

CHAPTER Phillip Rossiter, a young
cellege-bred man, through lack of deter
mination and will-power, had descended
to the level Of common tramp. He
has stolen ride on freight train and
by chance gets off at Illica, a town well
CHAPTER II.--While iounginE on the
river bank next day he hears a cry for
nelp ana saves young man, Joe Becraft,
from drowning. The latter seeing what
Rossiter is and wishing to help him asks
Phliip to accompany him to the hop
nelds where he Is going to work. Philip
CHAPTER I1I.-They 60 to barber in
town who improves Philips appearance
and later, in company with Joe's mother.
sister and brother, they leave for Mr.
Si1At1EK .iV.-on the way Philip rec
osgnlzes many scenes familiar to him in
ms college days, and the contrast be-
tween his bright ambitions of those days
ana his present low condition saddens
C1AfrER Vat the hop-neids Ros-
sitter meets Miss Merton and her cousin,
Miss Sylvia Densmore, of Illsca He is
fascinated with the beauty and charm of
the latter but tries not to let her know
1t. He has resolved to reform and is
happy to know he is again man. While
out strolling one evening he meets
Whiskers." tramp of the lowest order
he had once known. Philip knows his
pr SasTH msa1 V1 m nc KS9d Merton no ss
fields for. pleasure, learn that Rossitcr
Is well-educated and are consequently
mystified to find him working in q hop
field.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

Dawson flung look back over his
shoulder. In the race he had per-
haps Is feet the advantage, but Ros-
sitter was the more nimble, and the
gap between them speedily narrowed.
Soon the two men were not more
than five feet apart, and then Daw-
son tripped and sprawled headlong.
The root upon which he caught his
foot, like wary wrestler, flung him
sideways. His crown crushed
against tree-trunk, and he collapsed
into an inert mass. The pole-puller,
thinking him dead, bent over him, to
discover that he was only stunned.
STOPPING above the repulsive and
evil face, an itching crept into Rossi-
ter's fingers to seize the hairy throat
and choke out the foul life once for
all. Then a question smote him, and
he started back. Would the path he
had followed until so short time
previous ever have led him to be-
come such loathsome thing? He
shuddered. With this later thought
that which had cried murder" in
his ears slipped from him. Now he
recalled Miss Densmore, and glanced
quickly about. A score of yards away
stood the girl, her figure tense, her
eyes burning upon him in the green
gloom. He FASTENED towards her.
us he dead?" she asked, almost
in whisper, as he drew near.
NO." he returned, land more's the
pityl-though perhaps I shouldn't
say it,-he's only stunned"
She made no reply, but began
walking forward by his side unstead.
lily. He saw that she was shaking
from head to foot, and he did moi
know what to do or say, Would she
bear up2 he wondered. It was sheer
grit that was keeping her from Civ
Ing way, that was evident. Why
didn't her cousin appear? Where was
she all this time? If she had re-
turned to the house for any reason,
it was taking her internationally
long to make the trip there and back,
it seemed to him.
All at once Miss Densmore turned
her drawn face, into which the blood
now flowed, towards Rossiter.
"Oh, I can't thank you'd she be-
gan, .there" are no words,
He cut her short.
II did nothing" he said. "Fate, or
whatever you like to call it, protected
you. But how did you chance to be
alone?"
"Miriam-Miss Merton-went up to
the house for book. We had come
down to the spring at the wood-edge
to read, and by mistake she brought
the wrong novel. She insisted on GO
ing to change it"
GSylvia! Sylvia!" voice, in which
there was note Of alarm, cried at
this juncture.
eyes, here I am" responded Miss
Densmore, and an instant later she
and Rossiter stepped into the log
ging road short distance from the
spring and its shielding willow-tree,
beneath which Miss Merton was
standing.
ITO be continued
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

set aside for the use of the supreme
court, and it is so used until this day.
The larger room, which had been oc-
cupied by the house of Representatives,
was set apart, by joint resolution Of
congress, to be used as q hall of statu-
Aryi "Eaeh state, now loyal to the
union, to have the privilege OF placing
therein the statues CT two of her most
distinguished citizens"
Virginia was not then "loyal to the
union" and she is not entitled to the
privilege of placing any statue in that
hall, nor can such privilege be secured
without special legislation which the
congress would be 10th to enact. The
time may come when the name of Lee
will be as highly respected as that of
Grant or of Lincoln, but the time has
not come now, not yet. If the men,
bers of the legislature of Virginia
were aware of this simple fact Of his.
tory CONCERNING the origin of statuary
pail, and the language OF the joint res
plutioa setting it apart for that pur-
pose, they would not have spent SO
much time and energy this winter in
debating the accomplishment of a de-
sire. which, however dear, is impracti-
cable.
During the civil war, because of its
environments, because of the constant
presence and mobility Of hundreds Of
thousands Of soldiers, Maryland re-
manned in the union, albeit everybody
knows that Gov. Hicks and the people
Of Maryland were as anxious to Sc
eede from the union as was Virginia or
any other southern state. No matter
Maryland remained in the union, and
recently that state took advantage OF
this fact by sending to the statuary
hall the statues of two of her most dis
tinguished citizens; and they We're un
yelled with the greatest Of pomP sTl
ceremony.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
Lost
The Use of Arm.
Heart Trouble.
Could Not Eat, Sleep
or Walk.
nr. A31es' Heart C,,r>
DR.. Miles Heart Cure
Cured Entirely.

lift hadn't been for DR.. Miles Remedies
would not be here to write this letter. Two
years ago last June lost the use of my left
arm, could not use it and could only move it
with the help of my right hand. My heart
was SO weak could not sleep nights for
smothering spells. Twas out of sorts all over
and could eat nothing. grew SO weak that
could not walk without Staggering like a
drunken man and my home doctor said he
could do nothing for me. was in SO much
pain / was almost wild. l could not take
morphine nor opium as they made me worse.
So l got to thinking about DIR. Miles Heart
Cure and Nervine and the more / thought
about it the more wanted to try them.
wrote to the DIR. Miles Medical Co. for ad-
vice which followed to the letter. l can.
say today that am glad l did as am awell
woman now; can work and can walk two or
three miles and not mind it. l can also use
my arm again as well as ever. You do not
know how thankful l am for those grand
medicines DR.. Miles New Heart Cure
and Nervine. think DR.. Miles Remedies
are the best in the world, and if should get
sick again / should take the same course.
The remedies also helped my daughter Vida
90 wonderfully that should have writer
you before to thank you, but wanted to be
sure that the cure was permanent, which I
now know to be the case."-Nrs. Frank
LOOMS, Allen, Mich.
All druggists sell and guarantee first bot
tie Dr.. Miles Remedies. Send for free book
on Nervous and Heart Diseases. Address
Dr.. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
A Remarkable Ease,

One of the most remarkable cases Of
a cold, deep-seated on the lungs, caus-
ing pneumonia, is that Of Mrs. Ger
trude e. Fenner, Marion, Ind, who
was entirely cured by the use Of One
Minute Cough Cure. She says: 1.-THE
coughing and straining so weakened
nae that I run down in weight from
las to 92 pounds. I tried a number Of
remedies to no avail until used One
Minute Cough Cure. -Four bottles of
this wonderful remedy cured me en-
tirely of the cough, strengthened my
lungs and restored me to my normal
weight, health and strength
1 ShuttigWuyth QSuH Go.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
1mprovins the breed Of c.t,.

The very latest wrinkle in the cat,
world is the breeding of short-haired.
cats, just the common OF garden var.
iety of cats. 1t is marvellous what a
few short generations of care and
breeding will do for poor pussy, who
takes her outing on the alley wall or
means about the door of some deserted
house. After scant joys and many
hardships she is at last to see high Life.
She is to be bred for the same points
as the Persian.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
Artists canal-Doat Home.

w. o. Nieuwenkamp, one of the mos,
famous artists of Holland, has taken
to canalboat, big boat with all
modern comforts and filed up with
in to resemble an old Dutch interior.
He recently returned from tour
through the canals to winter at Am
sterdam and the canalboat gallery is
now the resort of fashionable psople.
Nieuwenkamp says that in his boat he.
can journey, be at home and work at
the same time. He and his wife frame
his pictures, print and bind his cata-
logues.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

III HE lggerance OF some pa-aple
be appallin'," said Irish Mary,
~ who sold pies to the soldiers
of the Army of the Potomac.
All OF her pies were covered, and
one of the soldiers asked her how it
was that she could cut into pies with
such accuracy and give them whatever
kind was asked for. She pointed to an
imprint and said: "Yez see that II. NJ,
don't yez?"
THAT names IT'S Mince!' "she said,
dramatically.
But when one of the boys pointed
out the fact that she had just cut an
apple pie that had ''T. NJ" on it, she
said:
"The iggerance of some pa-aple is APP
palm. That names: ''Tain't Mince.' T"
Well, the ignorance of thousands of
educated people, on some points, is ap-
palling. A niece of the writer, high
school and college graduate, young
woman of considerable force of char
acter, who has been reared and excep-
tionally we'll educated here, recently
made the assertion that the national
house of representatives is superior to
the senate, because the right to raise
the revenue is vested in the house of
representatives by the constitution;
and she informed her veteran uncle
that "as money is the source of power,
and the house raises revenue, it has
greater power than the senate"
But she easily learned in the course
of conversation that the senate is CO.
ordinate body, and, by its power of
amendment, usually has really more to
do with raising revenue than does the
house, in which the revenue bills origi-
nate.
But one of the most astounding man
ifestations of lack of information
among people generally believed to be
well educated has been set forth by
the legislature of the grand old state
OF Virginia during the past few weeks,
The memory of Robert E. Lee, the great
confederate military genius, is dear to
the hearts of all of the survivors of
his armies; and it is particularly dear
to the people of Virginia because he
was Virginian. That is all right, and
perfectly natural. Nobody quarrels
with that sentiment; but, on the con-
trary, it is commended, because worthy
of commentator.
The members of the legislature of
Virginian, however, ought to be aware
OF the fact that the memory of Robert
E. Lee is not so affectionately cher
ished by all of the people of this re-
public. And when they seriously en-
terrain the idea of presenting statue
OF the confederate leader to be set up
in statuary hall in the great capitol
building, they ought first tSaascertain
if it is at all within the range of possi-
bilities for them to induce the accept
ance OF such statue, for erection In such
place.
The history of statuary hall ought to
be known to all of the people of vir-
ginia, and to all of the people of the
republic; but it is not. The great hall
was occupied by the national house of
representatives for almost so years
previous to 1864. In that year the new
marble north and south wings of the
capitol were completed, and occupied
by the senate and house of representa-
tives, respectively. The room formerly
occupied by the sseenF.aats was formally
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
Deafness. Cannot he Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There Is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness ia
caused by an infiamed condition of the nu.
coYs lipi1g of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets infamed you have rumbling
entirely closed deafness is the result. and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con.
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an inflamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case of Deafness (caused by catarrh that
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure
Send for circulars, free.
F. j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
snl Sold BY Druggists. 75c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

One of these is a statue of John Han
son, OF whom superficial readers of his
tory have never heard read or remem-
oered. And yet John Hanson was not
only one of the great figures of the
ante-revolution, not only great citi-
zen OF Maryland, but also of the en-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
Gigantic Mining Operation,

One of the most gigantic mining
operations ever undertaken is about
to be carried out at Cripple Creek, Col.
A tunnel no fewer than IA miles in
length is to be bored in order that the
minerals may be brought through and
forwarded to the coast. The real ad-
vantage will that the ore will then be
able to pass from the mine to the port
over comparatively level plane of
transit, whereas now the mineral has
to be transported over the range of
mountains.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

Palmistry, graphology, phrenplogy,
even pedology and kindred sciences
which reveal or are said to reveal char
acter, are popular, particularly among
English-speaking people.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

An air ship 1872 feet long is being
built at Nantes, France. That is alto
gether too big. When it comes down
it is liable 10 hitesome innocent by
standsr.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
Wantedl

100 horses years and upwards,
weighing 1000 pounds and upwards
for the Eastern markets. Will be at
,Ruddy's barn during the .spring ; and
summer. 6Stf %. ANDERsoN.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03

Information from representatives of tn,
Great Northern Railways at
NEW YORK, 4l3 Broadway.
BOSTON, Gil Washington St.
PHILADELPHIA, $50 Chestnut st.
BUFFALO, 408 Prudential Building.
PITTSBURG. 902 Park Building, ste Ave
CHICAGO. go 8. CLARK st.
MILWAUKEE, 66 Wisconsin ST.
DETROIT Nor. S. S. Co.'S Dock.
CINCINNATI, 9Th and Walnut Streets
sE:LQUkS, sos CARLETON Building.
BE. PAUL. 1872 RobeEt STREET.
MINNEAPOLIS. 400 NicQllet Avenue.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
Pupil of VIM. Fl. Sherwood,
Chicago,
TEACHER OF PIANO PLAYING
ASSISTED BY
MISC EFNEVIFUE nISSMnRE

Miss Mead is conscientious and
intelligent music teacher.-Wm. e.
Sherwood.
Miss Mead studied in Boston one
year, part of the time was under my
immediate instruction in the branch
of piano. Miss Mead is very studious
and her progress was entirely salts
factory. She has had experience In
teaching and it affords me great
pleasure to recommend her.-F. M.
Dauis, Professor of Piano and Vsoli,,,
Boston Training School of Music.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-03-03
THE STATUARY HALL
Most Interesting Spot in the Great
Capitol Building.
Maryland's Contribution to Its Treas
ures Consists of Bronze Like
nesses of John Hanson and
Charles Carroll.
Especial Washington Lett.r.l

HE iggerance of some pa-aple
be appallin'," said Irish Mary,