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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Lost HI. Grip.

LOST IT'S OTIps
Mr.. Speaker Cannon lost his grip not
long stnce-not his grip on his seat in
congress or his speakers gavel, but
the grip containing his campaign sta
tstics. Whether the world would have
been any worse of II the aforesaid
grip with its statistics had never been
found this deponent saith not. AT
any rate, Uncle Joe, in order to recover
his property, stirred up the Waldorf-As-
toria force from proprietor to porter in
a way that made their hair stand on
end la the quilts upon the fretful por-
cupine. II want that grip" yelled the
Speaker-a real genuine, ear splitting
yell, which made clerks, bell boys,
chambermaids and everybody else in
the vicinity jump. Then he continued
in this vigorous fashion to address the
hotel force: There's all the statistics
about the Republican campaign in it,
and am taking 1t to headquarters in
Illinois. If anybody tries to read those
tatistics at once it will be fatal, and
/ will have homicide added to my 9TH
er crimes. I know how to put them
out in instdllments, but they'll kill a
stranger sure"
AS good luck would have 1t, the grip,
with its precious contents, was at last
discovered, and the speaker went on
his way rejoicing.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Berlin Funeral Pile.

When Frau Clara Hahn, the wife Of
. prominent Berlin gentleman. from
whom she was separated. committed
suicide, she left instructions in her
will that everything she possessed
should be burned on funeral pile.
The police carried out these orders
to the letter, burning no fewer than
II chests filled with dresses. some
packages Of linen, ten boxes contain
ing hats, three dozen wells and hum
dreds Of lovs-letters.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Tho Treasury Deficit.

sho sSVao0Iy OVUVtSs
Evidently the rapidly increasing def
cit in the treasury is soaring Repub.
ncans within an inch of their lives,
consequently they are making heroic
but futile effort to keep the facts from
the public. The following notice has
been promulgated: by direction Of the
president officials will neither discuss
nor give out any information regard
Ing the annual estimates until further
orders" When will "the further Or
ders" be given? Probably not until the
battle is lost or won on the 9Th day Of
November. Can the public be fooled
In any such way as that? Hardly.
Somehow or somehow else the infor-
nation will leak out, the direction Of
the president" to the contrary notwith-
standing. And 1t ought to be scattered
broadcast. The people q .ould be dealt
with honestly, fairly, candidly and
fsarlessly. When Q serious charge was
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Democratic Convention.

The Democrats of Howard County are
requested to meet In Convention at Cresco,
WEDNESDAY, October 8, 1904,
at 2 O'Clock p. M. for the purpose Of placing in
nomination suitable candidates for the follow
ing offices:
Recorder.
Clerk OF the courts.
Auditor.
Supervisor for the First District.
county Attorney.
The several precincts will be entitled to the
following delegates:
Albion ............ ....2lNew oregon prec't Cd 9
Alton 1st prec't...... 7lVernOn s, prect 1st.. 4
Alton I'd prect a Vernon S. I'd prec't.. 4
Chester -. 2 Vernon s. prec't 3D.. 3
Forest City .......... soak Dale.....
Howard Center -. ...3 Paris LIST prec't.. .....a
Howard prec'G 1st ...5l Prris ed prec't. 3
Howard prec't 2.d 81 Saratoga ..............3
Jamestown ..........4 Vernon Springs out
New oregon prec't1 a side Cresco.. =. ......3
The committees of the different precincts are
requested to call caucuses for the selection of
delegates for their respective precincts.
By order of the Democratic County Central
COMMITTEE. JOHN M, CANNON,
Chairman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Cause Of Rural Depopulation.

A study Of rural depopulation near
Paris has been made by DR.. A. F. Pltoque.
He hnds that the causes include sanitary
ignorance leading to high infant NOR
tally, migration Of young people to
towns, effects Of CONSUMPTION, and alco-
holism. His suggested rsmedy-one
that promises success in Belgium-is
improved primary and technical educa-
ton, with special efforts to cultivate q
love Of farm life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
proke Into His House.

s. LIE Quinn of Cavendish, Vt, was
robbed of his customary health by in
vasion of Chronic Constipa tion. When
DR.. Kings New Life Pills broke into
his house, his trouble was arrested and
now he's entirely cured. They re
guaranteed to cure, 26c at p. A. Glenn.
tntfy Drug store, =
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
what we May Expect.

BILL see the United States govern
ment is now engaged In Matching bugs
in the agricultural department.
Jin-I suppose in few years we'll be
receiving little envelopes from our con-,
gressmen flied with bugs.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Her Trouble

First Boarding Mistress-I've seen
1t figured out that people can life on
IL cents day.
Second Boarding Mistress-Ah! But
you can't get them to do it.-Brooklyn
Life.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
Where He Got n.

Happy Daize-Weary Willie got an
automobile.
! Plain Bill-Did he get It honestly?
Happy Daize-sursl He got 1t In Do
NECK. --Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04

made against Grover Cleveland In 1884
his orders to all concerned were, Tell
the truth" which did much to elect
him. The taxpayers of the land are
entitled to know the truth, the whole
truth and nothing but the truth touch
Ing the financial condition of the coun-
try so that they may put their houses
in order.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.

DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL TICKET.
For President,
ALTON B. PARKER
of New York.
For Vice President,
HENRY G. DAVIS
of West Virginia,
DEMOCRATIC STATE TICKET.
For Secretary Of State,
CHARLES A. DICKSON, Woodbury. County.
For Auditor of State,
EDGAR F. MEDARY. Allamakee County.
For Treasurer of State,
HENRY REIGELMAN, Polk County.
For Attorney General,
MAURICE O'CoNNOR, Webster County.
For Railroad Commissioner,
]. P. MANATREY, Jefferson County.
For Judge Supreme Curt,
J.W, SULLIVAN, Kossuth County.
For Electors at Large,
w. U. SCHMIDT, Scott County.
J.B. ROMANS, Crawford County.
For Fourth District Eleetor,
X. w. SCHUG, Clayton County,
For Congress 4th District,
WIN. o. HOLMAN, of Mason City.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04

matters It wifi be remembered rnar
when the last Chinese exclusion bill
was before the house I secured the
adoption of several amendments max
Ing the bill more thoroughly exclusive
Of every species Of Chinese labor to
prevent their competition with Ameri-
can labor. Among these amendments
was one which prevented American
shipowners from employing Chinese
sailors. The bill as it passed the house
was what the laboring classes wanted.
The senate passed much milder bill,
more favorable to the Chinese. When
the conference committee met I tried
to force this anti Chinese sailor clause
back into the bin. The committee was
Republican in the ratio Of two to one,
and under the leadership of the Repub-
llcan Senator Plat Of Connecticut 1t
refused to replace the aforesaid clause
In the bill. The news from San Fran
cisco shows that I was right in my
contention.
The Pacific Mail steamer Siberia re-
Gently brought to San Francisco 27O
coolies to be used In manning the new
steamer Manchuria. These coolies were
brought from Hongkong under con-
tract. They are now on the Manchu-
ria, which is engaged in making its
first trip to Asia. The attorney general
has held In two recent cases that this
Is lawful because there was no actual
landing on American soil; that the COO
lies were transferred from the deck of
one vessel to the deck of another in the
harbor. How the attorney general can
escape the fact that the United States
has unquestioned Jurisdiction inside
the three mile limit is past my compre-
hension. He admits that the exclusion
law protects the longshoreman on the
dock, but decides that 1t does not pro-
tect the sailor on the deck of the vessel
a few feet away, with the American
nag above his head. The Chinese work
for wages upon which q white man
would starve, and there is a crying
need for the protection Of the Amerl-
can seaman from this competition. II
a Democratic congress is elected this
fall think could safely guarantee
the passage Of such law. We came
very near to winning the last time the
question was up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04

Sailors Fight Chinese Labor.
BY those who take interest II such
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04
tn. Chicago Tribune. Testimony.

The Chicago Trfbune's Testimony.
That times are getting dull every SEN
sible man knows; that thousands of la
borers are without employment is also
true. Nevertheless Republican SPELL
binders and editors go on asserting that
times are SO prosperous that every man
who wants work can get 1t. Once in
awhile, however, Republican editor
blurts out part Of the truth. Here is
an excerpt from an elaborate editorial
in the Chicago Tribune. Republican
organ:
When country IL entering on good
times era, when consumption outruns pro-
duction. when manufacturers are working
their plants up to tho limit and are COM
petlng 20 warmly for labor that few men
are idle, as was tho case in the United
States. three or four years ago. strike
often 10 economic wisdom. When the
conditions are reversed, as they are now,
q strike II economic folly. For If any
man gives up his job there are other men
who are eager to take 1t at the wages
he refused.
There Is less work doing in this country
than four years ago. but by reason Of
heavy immigration and natural increase
there are more people to do the smaller
amount OF work. That means less labor
on the average for each OF them. It
means that the man who leaves the life
raft Of a Job because he thinks he is en-
titled to better pay may drown before he
gets another.
It is impossible to say how many able
bodied men are out of work, but the num-
Der 10 large. They come from iron mills
which are closed and from railroads
which are cutting down their forces. No
tice has been given that the Pullman
shops at Chicago will be closed soon be-
cause the railroads are ordering few cars.
6ix thousand men will be thrown out of
work. The packers have had but little
trouble in getting all the unskilled labor
they needed They had but to say they
wanted it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04

The wyoming Democrats have done
wise thing in nominating as their
candidate for governor this year ex-
Governor and ex-Congressman John e.
Osborne. Governor Osborne is a
young man, able, honest and forceful,
who has distinguished himself in sew
eral fields of human endeavor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04

Evidently the Washington Post, in
dependent, carries its nerve with 1t.
Not long since it accused the Hon.
Chauncey Mitchell Depew, Junior Unit
ed States senator from New York, of
lodging" That is simply awful.
Chauncey is one of the most amiable
and effervescent Of American publ
cists, and all papers and persons should
beware of saying disparaging things
concerning him.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-10-04

Bought and sold for cash or carried on reasonable
margins, upon which there will b charge Of u on
grain, v ON stocks
Write for our market letter.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10


The time of hatch. more than tbs
breed regulates laying.
In-breeding should not be tolerated
for more than two years.
Keep all buildings for poultry well
covered-with whitewash, put OH thick.
The best stock is the cheapest,
therefore, never sell the best and never
buy anything but the best.
Fowls in confinement need Il variety
of food, and one of the most import
ant of them is green food of some
kind.
Put good flocs Of hens in the plum
orchard and the trees will be less sub
ject to curculio and will produce good
crops Of fruit.
In no case can we make good, ma
ture fowls of poorly-fed and badly
managed chickens. 1t is economy first
and last to feed well.
SO far as can be done, green food
should form n part Of the daily ra-
lions through the year. as it seems
necessary to insure health, productive
ness and fertility.
IA stale egg which remains in one
position for number of days has the
yolk adhering to the membrane of the
shell. The position Of the germ often
causes the embryo chicken to hatch
either weakly or deformed.
The poultry business is one of many
details, and they need close following.
Unless person is willing to give ut
tention to little things, and not only to
them once, but many times, as occa-
sion may require, it is not advisable to
80 into the business very extensively.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10

any single day. 1t is not remarkable
that the experts should have been
puzzled by so strange phenomenon,
says the New York Tribune.
The latest contribution of the dis
cussion is made III Science, by Prof.
Grover Il. Gilbert OF the United States
geological survey. He regards the slow
extrusionof the mass as true volcanic
eruption, Its unique feature being the
rate at which the lava cooled Had
this been faster or slower than 1t was,
the effects would have been different
AS 1t was, the molten rock was chilled
just fast enough to keep 1t rigid when
u rose out of the throat of the vol
cano. Though 1t had dark exterior,
the column was, in Prof. Gilbsrt's
opinion, incandescent within. This ex-
pert further suggests that the loss of
heat resulted less from contact with
the walls of the passage through
which the lava issued, OF with the air,
than from the cooling of the contained
gases by expansion when pressure Gil
them was relaxed.
Whatever nlny he Thought about The
latter part of this explanation. the
former will certainly commend itself
to the approval of the unlnitiated.
From the escape of steam and the
rapid disintegration Of the obelisk, 1t
seems probable that it was intensely
hot, and therefore had been manufac-
tured recently-that is to say, soon
after the outbreak Of May. 1902, be-
gan. Prof Heilprln, of Philadelphia.
expressed the opinion two CT three
mouths ago that perhaps the column.
was plug of old lava which had
served rs n stopper to the crater ever
since the eruption of 1851. Perhaps IL
is to combat that view that Prof. Gil
bert now writes to Science, though he
makes no specific reference to Prof.
Heilprin. Whether or not 1t is now
feasible to obtain definite evidence on
the age OF the column Is doubtful. The
washington geologist suggests that
proof or dlsproof might result from an
inspection of the remnant, but such
an examination, even if made in the
near future, might not dispel uncer-
tainty on any other point
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10

town when the miners, with their
wives and families, were celebrating
the Fourth of July. The young men
and women Wore I'll manner of gro-
tesque and gaudy costumes, and among
them was one who attracted the at
tention of the multi-millionairc. She
represented the Goddess of Liberty.
She was a mountain gtrl-lithe, sup
pie, dark-eyed, dark-haired, with white
teeth and radiant smile-and her
age was about 10. The Senator was
told that her name was La Chapelle
and that her father was a French
Canadian medical practitioner who
had gotten into trouble because he had
not been licensed to practice. The
Senator took Nh interest in the fam
lily, helped the father and when lie
died extended financial assistance to
the widowed mother and the chill
dren. The girl was endowed with UNI
usual intelligence and the rich Sena
tor sent her to seminaries in this coun-
try and colleges abroad. She has lived
at Paris for some time and the little
mountain girl from Butte is now said
to be polished, gracious woman who
will shine in any circle of society.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10
Money in berries,

Puyallup, WASH. is the home OF
man who gets $1,000 year from Ole
acre planted in berries. His crop con-
sists of the Washington dewberry and
red raspberries. The little farm is IN
the center of the city and contains a
neat six-room cottage and nice front
lawn. A COW and flock of 200 chickens
assist i'll making the income approx.
matets1, 600 every 10 months.
The owner is almost an octogenar.
ian. He merely sits on the porch and
watches the pickers gather his golden
harvest. The chickens do not injure
the berries. but destroy the bugs and
keep down the grass and weeds. The
berries are marketed through an asso-
citation of local growers. A yield of
$50 to COO crates is considered the av.
erage from an acre.-Commercia Trl
hume.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10
Selecting Seed Corn.

The true selection of better breed
of corn is not confined to the selection
OF the best ears by any means, al
though this is the popular idea OF corn
Improvement. AS every corn raiser
knows, certain seed will raise corn
that is almost ideal, so far as the ear
goes, but there are but few ears on a
plant.
This being the case, 1t is evident
that the true selection of corn is the
selection of the plants which show the
desired characteristics all through their
growth up to the time of harvest. so
that the plants should be closely
watched from the time they break
ground and thus securing the habit of
growth as well as the perfection of ear
so desirable.
Z Many of the plants will make a
stronger growth than others and ripen
the full crop earlier; If such plant
is what is desired, it can only be found
by watching its growth through the
season. Then if the yield is all that
is desired one comes pretty near hav-
ing the ideal plant and one which is,
probably. capable of even greater i'm
provement.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10


n Chicago concern is engaged in
making dried or desiccated eggs. The
company uses $4,000 cases year, and
sends the product all over the world.
The concern buys every class of eggs,
fresh, cracked or Gull eggs. The worst
of these are sold for tanners use, even
the shells are marketed. Eggs which
pass inspection are made into the pat
ent product described. Eggs for ship
lnent to the mining districts OF Alaska
and other distant points are carefully
dried by heat, without being cooked,
and without destroying their flavor,
and they are then shipped in this con-
dltion, like evaporated apricots or APP
pies. They are costly by the time they
reach the camp, but not more so than
many. other articles which the miner
must have.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10
HooDwlNklNG A LION.
How Hunter Saved His Life by a
Ruse.

Ruse.
Lions, 1t seems, take to man-eating
only as means of self-defense or
when they become too old to be a
match for the wild prey, the flavor of
which they so much prefer. says the
Hour Glass. Old hunters declare that
they never knew lion really to
stalk" man; that, as rule, they
rather turn up their noses" at civiliz.
ed flesh and are more OF less easily
diverted from the scent. In Days
and Nights by the Desert" Parker Gil
more tells of n trick he once played
OH one Of these animals.
Il was hunting ostriches," he says
"At bend in the ravine the bird dis
appeared and was about to follow it
when by the merest chance looked
behind me and, to my surprise and
horror, saw that n large lion was not
only 20 yards behind me and evidently
stalking me as carefully as had been
stalking the bird. If / could have
gained tree should certainly have
climbed it in hurry; but no tree was
near. To make run for it would
have brought the lion upon me at once.
kept steadily along the edge Of the
ravine till came to a place that prom
Used shelter; it was a drop Of four feet
to a ledge about thirty inches wide,
and afterward perpendicular descent
of 80 to GO feet, terminating in guam
fifty of broken powders and jagged
stones.
with as little appearance Of alarm
rs l could assume l sat down on the
edge of the precipice, ever and anon
taking careful glance behind me to
see where my foe was. About 20 rods
behind me were few ragged bushes.
Behind these the lion had taken shelter
and wns keeping careful scrutiny
upon my every movement. Darkness
was rapidly coming on; when slipped
from my seat and dropped down to the
ledge. Instantly | slipped off my coat
and hung it on the muzzle Of my mus
ket and showed 1t up over the upper
ledge where l had SO lately been sit
ting. Scarcely was this done when
my coat was torn away and my gun
hurled to the bottom Of the gully. But
they did not go alone. No; my assail-
ant was with them, and there he re-
inained all night, grumbling over his
disappointment at not having me for
supper. A colder night l have never
passed, but had to make the best of
it. In the morning found my assail-
ant had smashed his foreleg in the fall.
The musket was not much injured and
soon ended his suffering"
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1904-08-10
RIVER MONSTER IN AFRICA.
Amphibious Animal Ia between mn
Elephant and Hippopotamus in Size.

Amph1O1Ous Animal In Between nh
Elephant and Hippopotamus in Size.
If Sir Harry Johnston had not re-
Gently returned from Uganda with the
first skins of the okapi there would be
more reason for receiving with incred-
ulity the story of a French traveller,
says NJ. TITLES, writing from Mole,
that while exploring the northern Con-
go three years ago he heard from the
natives of ian enormous amphibious
animal something between the ele.
plant and the hippopotamus in size.
and in nature very ferocious toward
man. 'Unbelieving. he paid little at.
tention to what had been told him.
However, later, when in the neigh.
borhood Of Dali, near the Great falls,
the accounts We're given with more de-
tail. The animal in question, or at
least one Of its species, lived near the
source of The AIourk; it lay In wait for
the canoes, upset them, and In prefer.
ence attacked the women and children
Twice the natives fetched me to see
1t as 1t slept on the sandbank. But
OH each occasion it had disappeared
when got there.
"On returning from my travels 1
asked many questions about this ami
NAL, but it was unknown. On the
coast never heard 1t spoken of. But
since my arrival here l have had re-
peated descriptions of 1t. The people
of the upper ogue give it the name of
the nzemedzin (the water tiger. Ser
geant Sans of the Mole tirailleurs shot
one recently at less. than twenty me-
tiers, but, unfortunately. the wounded
animal escaped him.
The people here make out that the
nzemedzin is smaller than the descrip.
ton given by those of the interior. Its
color is n light tawny gray, dotted
with black spots; the hair rough, in
stead of smooth, as in, the otter; the
tail long and powerful. the paws short
and webbed and fitted with very sharp
nails six or eight centimeters in
length. The nail is horny. as in the
tiger. The animal only lives near wa
terfalls and is carniverous. 1t snatch.
es women and children as they battle
and deties even the crocodile"