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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
Cabinet session.

Washington, Feb. 25.-Discussion of
the Panama canal situation con-
sumed a large portion of the time
OF President. Roosevelt and the cab
snet at Tuesdays meeting.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
MAL. CLERKS CaEAA1ED.
Four Men Meet Awful Death in
Their Car, Wrecked Near
Berea, Ohio.
TWO 1RAgPs On FREIGHT ALSO KILLED
Passenger and Freight Trains ON big
Four Rond Colllde-Several Train
men Injured, In Addition to Mail
Clerks Who Met Denth-None OF
the Passengers Injured.

Cleveland, o., Feb. 25.-As the result
of head-on collision between u west
bound passenger train and an east
bound freight train mile or two east
of Berea, o., on the Big Four railroad,
Monday night, four nail clerks were
burned to death and several trainmen
We're more or less seriously hurt:
The dead: w. ii. Blackwell, head
clerk, Cleveland.
+. w. kriessman, Cincinnati.
q. w. Smiley, Cleveland.
L. NJ. Walworth, Cleveland, the
fourth victim, was not killed outright,
but was so badly burned that he died
within short time. He was unable
to make any statement, and had life
enough only to give his name.
Two men. names unknown, sup
posed to be tramps.
The injured: William Fish, Cleve-
about head and right wrist broken,
will recover; John Ferguson, freight
engineer, bruised in jumping. in
juries slight; Joseph Coulter, ex-
press messenger, crushed; not Sc
rious; L. E. Geesman, Linndale, pas
senger fireman, bruised about body
and head, injuries slight; Michael
White, passenger conductor, cuts on
head, thrown against door of coach,
slight.
The bodies of Blackwell, Smiley and
Kreissman were burned to crisp in
the fire that broke out in the
wrecked mail cars soon after the ac-
cident. Walworth was so badly
crushed that he died en- route to the
hospital. The mail cars were en-
tirely consumed, together with a
large quantity of mail. mostly des-
tined for Columbus, Cincinnati and
other southern points. None of the
passengers was injured. The acct
dent, 1t is stated, was caused by n
confusion of orders.
The badly charred bodies of two
men, supposed to have been tramps.
were found in the ashes of one of
the burned stock ears. The bodies
were almost entirely consumed, and
nothing remained by which they
could be identified. 1t is said that
two tramps boarded the freight train
as it passed through Bcrea.
Educators in the Wreck.
The passenger train was quite heav-
fly peopled. and many of the passen-
gers were school superintendent and
teachers on their way to Cincinnati to
attend a meeting of school directors
and teachers in that city.
The unfortunate mail clerks were
caught like rats in a trap within their
car, which Immediately caught fire,
and, being locked in, were unable to re-
lease themselves.
The scene of the wreck is but few
miles west of the city of Cleveland and
relief was started out Immediately on
hearing of the wreck from this city.
The injuries to the train crews con-
sisted mostly of cuts and bruises, and
are not considered serious. All but
two of the cars of the passenger train
were destroyed by fire. which probably
started from the overturning and ex-
plosion of oil lamps in the express
and mail cars.
Traffic on the Big Four line was
blockaded until early Tuesday. owing
to the wreck.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
Rssso-Persian pank.

St. Petersburg, Feb. 25.--The Russ o.
PERSIAN bank is being organized, with
branches at Moscow, Tifis. Bak. Fri.
nm, Tabriz and Tehersu
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
o Give Starving People Work

st. Petersburg, Feb. 25.-The car
has ordered the immediate construc.
ton OF the proposed IdenAlmi-Kayana
railroad, SO as to give, employment to
the Firms who are suffering from fam
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
Then He Was Onended.

Willie-She said that she loved me
more than / knew.
s. Wilhelmina-That's nothipg-N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
won,nn's Why.

"Yes, they were married secretly
and agreed to live apart year before
telling of H."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
Did they keep the secret?"

''No, indeed. She sued him for d.
vorce in three months, charging him
With willful absence. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27
what the Copper said.

q young man by the name of St, John
cried aloud when his corns We're stepped
on,
AND the prospects were bright
For terrible fight
Buffalo Express.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1903-02-27

Advertiser-From your references
l see you've had four places in the
last month.
Applicant-Yes'm; that shows how
muchin demand am.-Chicago Daily
News.
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Open the Windows.

The English, says the London Hos
pital, are always boasting that they
are cleanly people, and undoubtedly
an upper-class Englishman does spend
an inordinate amount of time In
cleansing himself. AS Punch, has it,
"'e's orful proud of is flesh els" But
the average Englishman with his
woolen shirts, which are only washed
in tepid water, his cloth clothes,
which are never washed at all; his
carpets, which retain the dust of years,
his stuffy woolen covered furniture
which lasts for generations. and his
beds, which are hardly ever unpicked
or stored, Is by no means the cleanly
animal he thinks himself. Still, even
these things would not be so bad if
John Bull would but insure q free
current of air through his living
rooms. But that is just what Mrs.
John Bull will by no means allow.
Fresh air is "smutty" and night air
is unhsall.sssss;:'ssS nhsal.ss: sS fHe Hisds must
be Shut. Yet all through the winter
there are almost dying people, lying
out on the verandas of hospitals and
sanatoriums along the Thames and
near the Hampstead marshes. Nev-
ertheless, the unhealthy, fog-laden.
miasmatic air actually cures many Of
them. The truly unhealthy air Is the
"stuffy" air.
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York and also the Oldest.

York and also the Oldest.
In 1850 The Sangeriust celebrated its
fiftieth anniversary with a large celef ration
in New York City. The following is his
testimony:
"About two years ago caught severe
cold while travelling and which settled
into catarrh Of the bronchial tubes, and so
affected my voice that | was obliged to
cancel my engagements. In distress | was
advised to try Peruna, and although 1
had never used patent medicine before,
l sent for bottle.
Words but lily describe my surprise
to find that within few days was
greatly relieved, and within three weeks [
was entirely recovered am neverSwth-
out it now, and take an occasional dose
when; 1 feel run down. ..'-Julian NVeiss!itz
If you do not derive prompt and salts.
factory results from the use of Peruna
write at once to DR.. Hartman, giving a
full statement OF your case and he will
be pleased to give you his valuable advice
gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus,
Ohio.
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A Nickel in an Egg.

Mrs. Fred Kennedy, a young matror,
had a queer experience with al egs q
few evenings ago. She was making a
cake, and when she broke one Of the
eggs into u dish the contents went
into the receptacle with a peculiar
"plunk." She investigated and founo
q nickel that had been in the egg.
Mrs. Kennedy examined the shell
and found the secret Of the phenome'
non. The shell OIL one side was cracked
open just the width of the coin. II
was evident that the coin had dropped
into q basket of eggs and had struck
this particular one, making n clean
break III the shell. The "sllin" Of the
egg had brought the edges Of the frac'
ture together again, and the properties
OF the white Of the egg had sealed it,
indianapolis Sentinel -.
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MUSIC HYPNoTiZES HIM.
Old Walter Drops Everything when Or
4 chestta Plays Certain March.

Old Walter Drops Everything When Or
chestta Plays Certain March.
; In q certain fashionable restaurant
the other night the orchestra struck up
certain popular march, and Instantly
an aged colored waiter at the other
end Of the room set down q tray OF
food that lie had been about to serve.
"Oh, bullyw he murmured, and he
walked down to the little group Of nu-
siclans and took his station beside the
leader. There was n look Of delight In
his eyes. He stood listening In absorp-
tion to the melody till 1t ended.
Meanwhile the party that he was
neglectlng were crnnlng this way and
that, looking for him.
"Where can the old fellow be?' they
said. "Therc, OIL his tray, is our soup,
getting cold; but he has disappeared.
He must be ILL.,"
. Just then they caught sight of the
waiter. The lively piece was now
over. and the aged serving man was
patting the leader on the back, chuck
ling and expressing Ills CONGRATULATIONS.
When he was through lie returned to his
patrons. and with an apology for his
delay, served the soup.
. The head waiter q moment later
stopped at the table. ~ hope" he said,
,"that you will pardon that old man.
He is good walter. faithful old soul,
but he is q slave to that oiie piece OF
music. The orchestra cannot strike 1t
up but he drops everything. forsets
everything, and gets right In among
the music. There lie stands until The
piece Is over, when, with sigh, he
comes to, thanks and congratulatcs the
leader and resumes Ills work. No other
music affects him in the least. He
never seems to notice at other times
that the orchestra Is playing. That
march seems to hypnotic him, and he
can't resist drinking 1t all in. AS il
gives him so much Joy we put up with
it, for he is q good waiter, a faithful
Old soul, ne having been 'connrcteu WITH
the restaurant twenty years"
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Tho Training of n Snles Lady.

The business education Of shop girls
Is continually stimulated by means OF
lectures given by the buyer, who is the
real boss. "Try," he says, ito make
your customer take the goods Will
her, to avoid deliveries, but don't carry
this out too strictly, for if your custom
er is the right sort it is we'll to accom-
modate her.
"Try to have as few C. o. D. sales as
possible" is phrase frequently dinne6
into our ears TRY to sell hard selling
goods" Is another frequent remark ol
the buyer. Each department is under
the general supervision of a buyer
who not only buys the goods, but alst
sees that the girls sell them. At the
end OF the season, if any particular de
partment is not success, that depart
ment may be abolished, and the buyer
will be out of a job. He is, therefore,
very anxious to get rid Of the goods,
particularly Of the hard selling ones
more anxious, perhaps, than the firm it
self.-Leslie's Monthly.
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A Boy and a Pointer Pup.

Often at Intervals, curing that day,
the dying boy asked after his dog.
Along in the Afternoon he raised his
head, and in his delirum called the
dog, and instantly the pointer was at
the window. For hours he had been
walking, unobscrved by the anxious
watchers inside, up and down the mar
row veranda that ran along the side
of the boys bedroom window. At the
sound Of his masters voice he stood
up and beat the window with his front
feet. At the sight of him the boy
seemed to forget his suffering, and,
smiling, begged them to let the dog In.
Baltyne-big, brave Baltyne, with
tears washing down his wind-browned
facc-looked at the door and the doctor
nodded. Then Baltyne opened the door
that led to the. little veranda and the
dog glidcd in. His whole frame quiv-
cred as he entered the room, and as he
caught sight Of the boy he uttered q
little teetcring whine that grew until
he reached the bed. AS the boy wound
his arms around the dogs neck the
whine swclled into cry-not bark
nor growl Dor yet melancholy howl
that dog will do away in the dark
ii sobbing cry, not unlike that which
came from the other side Of the bed
where the boys mother was kneeling
Almost Immediately the boy became
calm and sank into sort of stupoI
that was like sleep. When he had
closed his eyes Baltyne lifted the old
dog tenderly and put him outside the
room. At the door the dog turned his
head, looked back ut the bed, and ut
tered q low, quivering cry-that was
all.-Cy IYarman, in Lippincott's Maya
vin
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9. B. g.. SENT FREE.
Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Cancers,
itching Eu1nors, Bone Pains.

Cures Blood and Skin Diseases, Cancers,
Itching Eumors, Bone Pains.
Botanic Blood Balm q. q. b. cures
Pimples, scnbby, scaly, itching Eczema,
Ulcers, Eating Sores, Scrofula, Blood
Poison, Bono Pains, Swcllings, Rheuma-
tism, Cancer. Especially advised fer chronic
cases that doctors, patent medicines and
Hot Springs fail to cure or help. Strength
ems weak kidneys. Druggists, 81 per
large bottle. To prove 1t cures D. D. B.
sent free by writing BLOOD BALM Co.,
70 Mitchell Street, Atlanta, Ga. Describe
trouble and free medical advice sent In
sealed letter. Medicine sent at once, pre-.
paid. All We ask is that you will speak o
good word for B. B. B.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

struggling to unclasp my hands. You
won't? We'll, take it, then!
GAS he painted out these words be
showed me from him with all his
strength, and then, as fercely closed
upon him again, drove his fist with
all his might into my face.
"When I unclosed my eyes little
later I found the doctor bending ten
derly over me. Sorry, old chap, awful
sorry he said, regretfully, but you
had 1ae nearly at the last gasp. What
on earth was the matter with you,
any way?
"sWhat's the matter with me now?
I cried staring wildly into his face.
T can see you. doctor, you yourself
don't see bone. l can see every
thing all right, even the red Oh your
nose
"'You CAM exclaimed the doctor.
l'Are you sure you can? Hooray! Hoo
rayr he went on, as nodded my head
positively. You're cured, hope. 1t
must have. been the shock OF my bow.
You've heard Of such things, two
shocks balancing each other, one ere.
ating an abnormal state of things, and
.the other restoring the normal, haven't
you?
GAS I was still trying to realize that
indeed I had returned to n world OF
form and color there came shulllins
into the room the most withered, mon.
key-like, hideous old Filipino hag a
man ever shuddercd at.
"'Great Scott, doctor, what's that! l
gaspcd, glaring at the old witch, fascl.
mated by her unspeakablc usllness.
"That" chuckled the doctor. why,
that's your most adorable bag Of bones.
the one you're crazy in love with
"And 1 actually felt pang at my
loss."-New York Times.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

The pamphlet "Stassfurt Industry" just
published, contains an interesting descrip
ton of the famous potash mines in Ger
many, from which oil the potash imported
into this country and used for manuring is
derived. The chapter about the use ol
potash In agriculture as ono of the most
important ingredients of complete fer
tilizer adds largely to the value of the
book, and among the many fine illustra-
tions those showing the experiments at
Southern Pines, N. c., ore of particular
interest to practical farmers. Copies of
this pamphlet can be had free by writing
to the German Kali Works, 90 Nassau
street, New York, N. Y.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06
Hypothet etlcaI Questions.

Somebody has defined Hypothetical
question, favorite legal device for
confusing witnesses, as "two hundred
words Of technical dictionary tied up
in a bow-knot" Others besides law
yers can tie such knots, however.
Sometimes a harassing cross-examiner
finds himself entangled. A correspond
-ent. Of the New York World says that
on train from an interior county seat,
crowded with lawyers, witnesses, jur-
ors and litigants, sedate looking
man approached q young attorney
from Syracuse.
81 am one of the ta1esmen you
pitched into pretty hard yesterday"
the man said, as an introduction, "and
l have been q little curious about you
ever since"
The passengers were all interested,
and the sedate man continued:
"You seem to be person Of supe-
rior intelligence, and there are one or
two little matters 1 want to ask you
about. Now, if were to say to you
that the three faces which include a
triedal angle of a prism are equal In
all their parts to the three faces
which include a triedal angle of a
second prism, each to each, and arc
similarly placed in all their parts,
what would you understand by it?"
why, really, sir-um-er-
Don't mean to tell me you're
stumped by little one like that? Well,
never mind. here's something easier.
If l were to suggest to you that Il
certain object is polyhedron ip which
two of the faces are polygons. equal
in all their parts and having their ho-
mologous sides parallel, what would be
the impression conveyed to your
mind?"
"Well, the subject-er-is-er-one
I've never looked into deeply!" gasped
the young lawyer.
"Mean to own up that you wouldn't
know it was just plain everyday
prism? I've got boy who isn't
through high school yet, and he could
have answered those questions with
out stopping Ito think. I feel better
now"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06
ROYAL INDIGNATION.

"You say the king Is angry with
you?" said one courtier.
"Yes,' answered the other. HE has
threatened to bring proceedings for
lese majestic, simply because I remark
ed, The king can do no wrong. He
says he wants me to understand that
the king can do anything he chooses,
right or wrong."-Washington Star.
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HIS ANCESTOR.

Didn't think that I could speak,
eh?" said Bragg, eXultantly, after his
first attempt at pcst-prandial oratory.
well, confess l can't imagine any
thing so marvellous that has happened
for years"
Nothing like it In century, eh?"
"Oh, longer than that Not since
Balaam's time. ."-Philedelphia Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

Here was that high-bred assurance
of self of those who have never known
the shock of cross word, and who
are as free from a sense Of bonds as
any creature of philosophic anarchy
From "The Yellow Van" in the No
yember Century.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

She was, of course, not wholly lgno-
rant of the popularity which makes
our older societies, seen from above,
but a descending scale in parasitism,
and, from below, Jacobs ladder lean
ing on the stars.-From "The Yellow
Van" in the May Century.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

If you want sport, as fine art. !ou
must seek it in a country which Is too
small or too thickly peopled to let any
thing happen By accident, even hens
egg.-From 1.-THE Yellow Van" in tho
May Century.
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WQMAN,S WAY.

Mabel-Let me tie your necktie,
daddie.
Daddie (who has been there before)
Certainly, my dear. What is 1t this
time-a new hat or q motor-car?-
Pick.Me-Up.
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CAUTIOUS.

Traveller Ito beggar)-You ought to
take off your hat.
Deggar-What, and get cold that
will cost a dollar to cure?-LAraldo
[taliano.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

Po-ru-na Preventive and Cure for Colds.
Mr.. c. T. Given, Sussex, N. B., Vice
President of '"The Pastime Boating Club
writes:
"Whenever the cold weather sets in
have for years past been very sure to
catch severe cold which was hard to
throw off, and which would leave after
effects on my constitution the most OF the
winter.
'Last winter l was advised to try
Peruna, and within five days the cold was
broken up and in FIVE days more was
well man. / recommended it to several OF
fny friends, and all speak the highest
praise for it. There Is notht,tO tt6c
I'e,rlnG for catarrhal aft ttctions. 1t
Is tceiL nigh tnfalLfbIei.as u cure, and
j gladly endorse it," C r. GfUen.
a Prominent Singer Saved From Loss Of
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

JUNE TINT BUTTER COLOR makes top
Of the market butter.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

With some people falling in love is large
ly matter of habit.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

Mr.. Julian Weisslitz, l75 Seneca street,
Bgffalo, N. Y, is Corresponding Secre-
tary of The Sangerlust, of New York; is
the leading second bass of The Sangerlust,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

The fellow who tells you disagreeable
things about your neighbors will tell your
neighbors the same things about you.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

FITS permanently cured.No lts or nervous.
ness after first days uso OF DR.. Klines Great
NeryeRestorer. s2trIal bottleand treatise Tree
Dr.. R.H. KLINE, Ltd, 991 Arch St.. Phila., Pa.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

Piso's euro for Consumption is an inialllble
medicine for coughs ind colds.-N. w.
RAuuEr, Ooean Grovo, n. J., Feb. II, l9OO,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

Mrs. Winslow's SoothlngSyrup for children
teething ,softon tho gums, reduces lnfamma
tion alloys pain ,curos wind collie. Csc. abottlo
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sinn Roward. 500.

Tho readers Of this paper will bc pleasedto
learn that thoro is OF least one drehded dls,
easo that science has been able to cure IN oil
Ire STAGES. and that IL Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is tho only positive cure now known to
The medlcul fratornity. Cutarrh being con,
stitutionnl disease, requires u constitutional
treatment. Halls Cutarrh Cure is taken intor-
nnlly, acting directly upon tho blood and mu-
cous surfaces Of the system, thereby destroy
ng the foundation OF tho disease, nnd giving
the patient strength by building up, tho con-
stitution and assisting nature IN doing lts
work. Tho proprietors have so much fai5nln
its curative powers that they offer ono Hun
dred Dollars for any case that 1t fails to euro.
Send for list Of testimonials. Address
F.J. CHENEY & uo., Toledo, v.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

It has often happened that cables have
been destroyed by submarine earthquakes.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-05-06

Africa has nearly 700 languages, and this
fact presents great difficulties to mission.
airy effort