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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
VACATIONS COST MILLIONS
What the Government Pays to Give
It's Washington Clerks Outings
During the Summer Months.

The federal government is generous
to its hired help and goes down in
it's wallet to the extent of 100000
to give them summer outing at the
seashore and in the mountains. This
sum is for the army of employees in
Washington alone, and does not in
cl4de the thousands of others who are
on duty and on the pay rolls in other
places throughout this broad domain.
Liberal lawmakers decided that ten
months In year was long enough for
employees Of the government to work,
and that 80 days should be given for
sickness and 30 days additional for an
nual leave to rest up from the labori-
GUS duties. This law was for tho
clerks and did not take in printers.
pressmen, navy yard employees, but
eventually these were given the an
nual leave.
Unquestionably the government
spends more money for summer out,
ings than does any city in the United
States. and 1t is but just to the cor
porations and business houses Of
Washington to add that their em-
ployes are given from two weeks 70
80 days with full pay. thus running
up the total amount to not less than
$4,000,000, fair share of the $780,
100000 which it is estimated is sren,
annually for vacations.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
TELEPATHY TELLS DEATH.
Mother and Brother Nearly 900 Miles
Away, Awakened-At Same Mo-
ment Relative Dies.

While neither had previously given
0 thought to thinEs occult, Thomas
Muir and his mother. Of Plainfeld. N.
j., are now converts to the theory Of
telepathy.
When they went to st. Louis few
days ago all the members Of the fam
lily at home were in the best Of health.
Shortly after midnight of their Sec
end day at St. Lotus Muir awoke with
. start, found himself In q nervous and
apprehensive state Of mind, and was
not able to return to sleep.
Referring to the matter at the break
fast table, he was informed that his
mother had passed through an expert
.ence similar to his. They had AWAKE
.ened at precisely the same moment.
Before they had left the table q tels-
gram was handed to Muir informing
him that his brother had fallen from 4
ladder the day before and that he had
died at the very moment when the pair
at st. Louis, s25 miles away as the
crow flies, had been aroused from sIeep
by some subtle warning Of Ill tidiugs.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
CAN DETECT FALSE RUBY.
French Lapidary Discovers Method
Of Telling Imitation from the
= Genuine Stone.


Michel Pinier, well-known French
iapidary, has at last discovered meth
cd to detect false ruby, thing that has
puzzled all experts in precious stones
for many years. A lot Of sham rnbies
was brought to Paris some months ago
through an agency in Switzerland, and
then. were sold to some of the best Paris
jewelers..
Pinier discovered that the experts
had all been swindled. He says false
ruby invariably has soft tinge of color
that verges on the yellow, while in a
genuine ruby these characteristics are
never present. He says, too, that the
false ruby is formed by spherical bub-
bles. while in true ruby these bubbles
are rare and never symmetrical.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
ACCIDENTS LED TO RICHES
Incidents Of Treasures Being Found
Haphazard Recalled by New
Zealand Discovery.

The romantic story Of the young
man who has returned home to North
Shields, England, rich in this worlds
goods from having discovered gold
mine in New Zealand is not upprece-
dNnted.
The youth was about 20 throw
stone at wood pigeon, and as re held
It for moment to ta..e better aim, he
noticed something glittered in the peo-
BILE. Ee looked at it more carefully
End observed that there was o trace OF
gold. He proceeded then to examine
the ground on which he found 1t, and
ax again remarked the existence OF the
aams precious metal. He and friend
Immediately purchased small claim.
and having prospected it they found
that they possessed gold mine.
1t may be remarked that Oliver Mar
tins pickax struck the famous $500
nugget. the largest ever found in Cal
Hornia, when he was digging his part.
ner's grave; that the great mine OF
the Antilles was discovered through
the accident of rabbit running to
earth and an Indian trying to dig II
out; that the rich mine in Calaveras
county was brought to light by two
fuel CATERERS who were preparing an
earth oven to cook haunch of ven
1son; that another mine in Arizona
was revealed by the accidental explo
sion Of dynamite, and that the SECOND
largest nugget in California fell to the
lot of q young Indian who CHANGED t.
wash his overalls in the stveam wher'
1t was hidden
And now rich gold nine has beef
discovered at Toxic. capable of pro
ducing two or three million sterling an
/, nually, at a time when Japan needs al
! the gold 1t can amass.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Corn Sprouts in Larynx.

The finding of grain of corn in the
throat of little girl in vermilion, s.
D., which had sprouted and to which
several sprigs were attached was the
unusual experience Of surgeons there
recently. A few weeks ago Henrietts
Hendrickson. mere child, while al
play in corn bin. swallowed a grair.
which lodged in her throat It caused
her little inconvenience until a few
days ago, when her condition becam.
alarming and doctor was sent for
An examination by surgeons revealed
the presence Of proturberance in the
throataand an incision was made. The
grain OF corn was then found as de.
scribed. The case is regarded as a re,
markable one.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
HIS DREAM Is UPSET.
LEBAuDY MUST EsPoUsE KORAN
TO BE KING.
Mohammedan Official Asserts That
French Millionaire Has Gone
Back on Promises Made
to Mussulmans.

AS sequel to the remarkable story
Of Lebaudy's final bid for the empire
Of the Sahara, through the sultan-it
Is interesting to notice the attitude OF
Nohammedans to M. Lebaudy and his
venture.
The other day Mohammed ell Mamoon
Sohreworthy, the highest Mohamme-
dan official in England, expressed him
self very fully. He is the secretary OF
the Pan-Islam league. He said:
"It is a strange, romantic story that
is now coming to light Did we believe
that M Lebaudy would build great
mosque in the Sahara, and in time re-
vive the past glories of Islam? We
did, devoutly. All true Mussulmans
hope that the world will one day see
a powerful and united Moslem people.
and we thought that Lebaudy might
unite the Moslem powers in one COM
mon cause against the powers of Eu-
rope.
Unsolicited, Lebaudy came to us
for help. Again and again he renewed
his profession of faith as Mussulman
He received presents from us as q
Moslem sovereign. He kissed the holy
Koran in my presence as token of his
sincerity. M. Lebaudy's dream of en-
pire might have been realized if he
had used legitimate means. Mussul.
mans would have stood by him hac
he kept true to his word, but now M
Lebaudy is known throughout the Mo.
hammedan world as the man who has
Knocked it's religion.
81 once wrote to Lebaudy about hi!
scheme: You ltnow full well that YOU
. empire is at present only an empire IL
name. You do not own single incl
Of ground in the Sahara. Not singh
man in Morocco or in the Sahara &C
Z knowledges your title or is your friend
: Your only hope Of becoming king Il
Q more than name, your only chance @
3 ever obtaining the land you desire, lies
4 first and foremost, in your provin
a Yourself to be an honest and tru
! Mussulman; second, in gaining tn
a friendship, alliance and recognition Q
q the sultan of Morocco, and, third, /
4 obtaining the allegiance Of the Sahara
- tribes. If you desire this, say 80, an
n prove it by your deeds. Act the kin
and play the kingly part, and ever
J. Mohammedan will stand by you an
!, your dream of empire will be rea
4 led"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
scr1Nrrr1c SPECIALS.

Miss Mary A. Booth, Of Springfield,
Mass, Is well known in the scientiha
world. She Is one Of the few women adj
mitted to the Royal Microscop;cal 80
ciety Of London.
The corona Of the sun weighs about
100000 tons, according to Prof. Au-
gust Svante Arrhenius, of the University
Of Stockholm, who has Just made visit
to the Lick observatory at Mount Ham
ilton.
Solar activity is rapidly increasing,
six Independent sunspots having been
counted by Prof Stentzel, Of Berlin, In
1891, seven in 1902, SO in 1903, and ~ in
1904 up to August 49, On the day mem
toned, one enormous group had total
length of 69, 4S9 miles.
That eggs decrease in weight during
incubation has been proven by careful
wsighings by Mr.. H. S. Gladstone. The
average loss of pheasant's egg from the
first to the twenty-first day was found to
be two drains IL grains, and one egg
which weighed II drains 10 grains when
laid had become reduced to 10 drains ten
grains on the twenty-third day.
There are bacteria and bacteria. Dr.
Charrin, French psychologist, has been
experimenting upon rabbits with various
vegetables sterilized by the most approved
processes, and he has shown that it is
erroneous to declare that the less bac
terra there are in our daily food the bet.
ter. What is required is to weed ou
the harful organisms from the beneficen
kinds. The rabbits fed ON sterilized foot
soon died from maladies set up by non
assimilation of the vegetables, but othe
rabbits flourished on similar sterilize,
vegetables tina, had been afterward witt
suitable bacteria.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Meets PecuIiar neat h

New York. Nov. 80. - Lack of oxygen
IN the room where he slept caused
The death of Charles Krasny, machin-
tst, living in Newark, N. ]. The one
aoor and window were 50 tightly closed
- to make the room practically air.
light. When he retired. Krasny
started q small gas heater. This
and his breathing soon exhausted the
oxygen in the room and Krasny died u
Ais sleep. j
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
Tho Kind You Have Always Bought
s' ss:s: -: ;, &mAzzzz1

Business opportunities for NJ
bankers. hlsrksmlfhs !.
In 300 towns on t
, hicagn Great Western Railway
Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Missouri
Send for maps and Maple Leaflets an
ask specttic information from W. !
Reed, Industrial Agent, 604 Endico
u ", st. Paul, Mimi. dec31.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Terrible Possibility,

"Yes," said the man from Michi-
gan, I'VE are going to appeal to con.
gress to pass more stringent law
against the wasteful destruction Q,
tmber-land."
Lumber getting scarce up there?'
asked the man from Georgia. ~
LUMBER" repeated the Michigan-
der. What do we care about lum.
Der? We've got to protect the break
tast-food industry, haven't we? And
u the sawdust gives out, where will
we be?"-Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Wedding Party Slaughtered.

Wedding Party Slaughtered.
Belgrade, Servia Nov. 3O.-A wed.
ding party near Monastir. Macedonia,
has been attacked and slaughtered BY
Greek bands, according to telegram
received at the foreign Office. Thirteen
Of the party were killed and five were
wounded. The Greeks escaped to the
mouutains.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Meets Death In odd WY.

tOna, the 12-yeRr-old son Of Carrie
Watson, Is dead Of lockjaw at Corydop,
Ind, resulting from fractured bone Of
the arm. Several days ago the boy was
attempting to ride calf in field. The
animal was playful and threw him 70
the ground. He fell on his left arm, the
bone OF which snapped and, protrudins
from the flesh, stuck into the ground. He
was pinned. unconscious, for several
hours, until discovered by accident BY
a laborer returning home in the even
ing. Specialists were summoned, but
their utmost endssvors were without
avail.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06

C.,.M.'&,St. PAUL-R. r.,
Time Table.
Trains leaves Cresco as follows:
PASSENGER GOING EAST.
o. m Daily except Sunday, fol
McGregnr and Dubuque.
:52 p. m. Daily for Chicago.
$3.50 p. m. Daily except Sunday for
Milwaukee.
FREIGHT.
$50 NJ. carries passengers to Calmar
IL ~, accommodation.
PAssENGER'aoING WEST.
4:30 a. NJ, for st. Paul 8 Minneapolis,
connecting at Austin for South
ern Minnesota points.
l2:4S p. M, for st. Paul & Minneapolis
FREIGHT.
10 o. NJ, accumulation.
3:10 p. NJ, carries passengers.
Coupon tickets On sale for all poins
10 q S. and Canada; also Steamsh
ckets. M. J. WHITE, Agt
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Disaster in a Mine.

Duluth, Mimi, Nov. 30. = Through
the caving in Of 45-feet- high bank at
Mountain iron open pit mine, Matt
Rikka and John kogla, two miners,
were suffocated to death
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Not Alwavs

A Syracuse woman who had been writ
ing verses feared she was going insane
and took poison. Is writing verses 4
cure sien. asks the Buffalo Express.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Final Hearing Begun,

Washington. Nov. 3o.-The final
bearing by the interstate commerce
commission in the mater of the CON-
plant Of William r. Hearst against the
coal carrying roads was begun here
Tuesday. Several witnesses were
heard.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Advice.

Advice.
mo" she declared, 81 will never
marry any man who hasn't grit
enough to go and ask papa for me-"
That's all right, but you ought to
remember that your father has a
weak heart, and sudden joy has often
been known to prove fatal in such
cases."-Chlcago lie ord erald.
BITS OF VERSE.
There's a Star Shines Bright.
Don't you keep a-sighin'
When Trouble Is In sight;
Hear the skies Yeplyin':
There's
Brishtp
Though the storm is fallin',
Storm Is fast in flight;
Hear the hills a-callin':
'.There's a
Brightv'
Sweetest bells a-ringin',
In the lonesome night;
Heaven an earth a-singin':
There's q
Bright"
IF. L. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitu
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
A Wealthv widov.

Mrs Russell. widow OF Henry 0rinnell
Russell, of Providence. R. l.. 10 the ricA-
est woman in New England. She Aae
t2o.0o0.00o and no ehildysA :.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Rutchers End strike.

Chicago, Nov. 30. The Hammond
Packing company's butchers have
abandoned their strike on, advice Of
President Donnelly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
A. D. PATTERSON.

Eczema, scald head, hives, itchines
of the skin OF any sort instantly re-
lieved, permanently cured. Doan'
Ointment, At any drug store.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
0AsToHEA,
Bears tie 11hs Kind You Have Always Bought
''', Is lsHAzzzzx

Neglected colds make fat grave
yards" DR.. Woods Norway Pine
Syrup helps men and women % hap.
~ alll ~ ~
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Pianos and Or6anS

tuned, cleaned, repaired and voiced
l am a graduate and hold diplom
from the lareest.piano tuning .schoo
In the United States.
A n % rr,,,,,,,o.,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-12-06
Administrators Notice.
.,ate of Jane Johes, Deceased,

Sotice is hereby given, That the subscriber
the estate Of Jane Jones. late Of
toga twp. in the County of Howard.
n. of Iowa, deceased, lntestate, and has
Ell as the law directs. All persons
iavng demands upon the Estate of the said
'ecraSed are required to exhibit the same; and
e"sons indebted to the said Estate are called
p'h to make payment TO
Executor.
eco. Oct. 2s. 1904 2sws
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

John Barrett, recently minister to
Argentina, who is now being trans
ferred to Panama, has many accom-
plishments. but Spanish is not one of
them, says the Washington CORE
spondent of the New York Tribune.
When Mr.. Barrett was sent to Bue-
nos Ayres few months ago he bought
Spanish grammar and phrase book,
and devoted several hours a day to
examining Castillan on his way down
the South Atlantic. But fiuency in a
foreign tongue does not come in a
minute, even to the Enthusiastically
fluent, and the diplomatist would have
been much at sea still had it not been
for capable interpreters in the employ
of the legation at Buenos Ayres.
An American who attended a public
function at which Mr.. Barrett was a
guest in Buenos Ayres last month re-
cites the following monologue which
Mr.. Barrett delivered to a prominent
Spanish woman who opened a CONVEX
sation with him in her own tongue:
Spanish 1 no talk. study Spanish.
Get along well. Think speak Spanish
soon. Very fond of Spanish. Delight
full language. So easy. So simple So
much like French and Latin. Sweet
sounding tongue. So musical. Charm
ing language. So easy"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
PERSONAL.

-Brown-'I understand your $500
didn't go very far in that grain DEAL"
Green--"I should say not. 1t was mere
ly drop in the bucket shop.
go Daily News.
He had play produced by an
amateur company. the other night.
believe. Who was the hero of it, dc
you know?" II was one. sat through
it."-Philadelphia Ledger.
Ibid you go into that speculation
you were talking to me about?" 'Yes.'
What do you expect to realize from
it?" Just at present there's a strong
prospect that will realize what a fool
I was. "-Philadelphia Press.
do you believe" she asked, that
a genius can possibly be a good hus-
band?" We'll" he modestly replied, 81
would prefer not to answer that ques-
ton. But my wife ought to be able
to tell you. Chicago Record-Herald.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
Military Bookkeeping.
From the London News.


CThe Russians report that the Japa-
nese vessels bombarded Vladivostok
from a distance too great for shots to
take effect, at cost to themselves of
about &20.Oo0.)
The foe came proudly to the fight.
His guns loud thunder shook the
main.
While we. secured by space-and
right
Were wrapped in undlsguised dis
dain.
We saw them come, by Folly led,
And calmly we retired to bed.
But our accountants were alert,
We gave to each q little slate,
And. on their reckoning. assert
The foes expenditure was great;
We valued every shot and shell
That short o. our entertainments fell
A trigger pulled-there fourpence
went
A barrel -ninepence there:
The shot--there seyral pounds were
spent
To be dispersed upon the afr.
Ten piston strokes AZ twOpence oacb--
And thus the total cost We reach.
Win all the Items noted down
~ proper cOiumna ffTalRbf and neat.
We kpow within, say. halfsa,crown.
What cesi ihaf outing ~ fhs 0eet.
Apa y ihif s0fi u tligR goes on.
ltH hgnline strength VII goon be gone.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
lADEA 10 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MISUNDERSTANDING Lodge, No. Is,
F. and A. NJ
Special Notices-Mark Apple, Auc-
ton Sale Confirmed. I. D. LaRoche.
Business Notices-Dayton Bicycles,
Walter F. Higgins; A Popular Place,
Sommers' Cafe; Sour Oranges, Hardee
G. Marshall.
Easter Goods-Daniel Hogan.
Very Specialize Southern Grocery
Company.
Champagne-Moet & Chandon White
Seal.
Foods-Postum Food Coffee.
Whiskey-Hayner Rye.
Warburines-Row Druggist.
Grocers and Butchers-Henry Solo
mon & Son.
For Your Ladies-At Lattimores.
If They Bother You To-night-The
Solomons Co.
Mrs. Thrifty Housekeeper-The Del
monico Co.
Auction Sales-Two two Story
Dwellings, by l. d. LaRoche, Auc-
tioneer; Splendid Building Lot, by C.
H. Dorsett, Auctioneer.
Medical-Dr Bulls Cough Syrup;
Herpicide; Ozomulsion; Stuart Dys-
pepsia Tablets; Pyramid Pile Cure; DIR.
Pierces Golden Medical Discovery.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost; Personal; Mis-
cellaneous
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30
Better Than That.

Henry M. Earle, the lawyer, is tell
ing his friends of a conversation be-
tween two of his Office boys which he
overheard last week, says the New
York Times. The lads are hard work
ers, ambitious, and on more than one
occasion have given evidence of pre-
cocity. Mr.. Earle was reading in the
library the stenographers were out to
lunch and it was unusually quiet. The
boys were in the adjoining room, and
the door stood ajar.
Lets get out of this law business
and make some money" said the
younger, who is about, H. ete
''What'll we do2" said his associate
a boy of the same age.
ooh, start a bank"
What on in heavens name?''-
We'll, a good front" -
Mr.. Earle thought that the young
man who understood the value of q
good front was in a fair way to sue.
coed, when he heard the other Lad
say:
Don't you think a good backing
would be better?'
The Savannah morning news., 1904-03-30

81 hear all you fellers telling stories,
said the conjurer, who is in league with
all the evil spirits, including dialect,
according to the New York Telegraph,
''und l want to tell Won myseluf. There
was a Teller in Chicago, he is Dutch
und he amt got no place to go und
nothing to eat. He is poor, and he is
Dutch.
so what does he do Won day he
comes down der streed and meets a
friendstershis is coming down der streed
too.
so he sayes to himself, Here is
where 1 should gedt a chenst to get
someding to eat and a place to sleep
80 he sayes to his friendstershis,
Give me someding to eat, fifty cents;
! get also place to sleep
His friendesayes: Such a business!
I am tickettaker down to Hagenback's
animals
so he sayes: What do I care he'll
about Hagenbacks animals? I want
fifty cents for supper and a bed
so he sayes: Here is fifty cents;
also you should get two dollars day
to be a bear. The bear is dead
80 he sayes I'll done It, and he
gets into a bearskin and he is the
bear for two dollars day und every
ding is good. Plenty to eat und d
place to sleep.
"They prod him with iron sticks nit
prongs, und he goes:
'U-r-ggg-rrrh!' Such a noise.
But one day the fool lecturer puds
him in der cage NIT der tiger.
Der tiger is coming nit der nails
ouidt to smeck him so he will die
- 'Dunt smeck mel he says, aind't
a bear. I'm only a poor Dutch
'Dund be afraid said the tiger L
vund hurt you. l am a Dutch my
self