Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1904-01-08
matter might play smash with an am
bilious young man.

If tie spirits OF the mighty dead
take any interest in mundane affairs,
wonder what one Napoleon Bonapartc.
WHO selected his marshals by their
noses. thinks Of the clpcrs Of one of
his collateral descendants, sIr. Charles
j. Bonaparte, WHO thinks that the fit
ness of any man for any place can be
determined by civil service cXamina-
tons. Tie founder of the family had
very practical ideas IS to men and
t''i.i.3s. Tested ": evil serve, exa,.:-
ins:.o.ls. it is G,-.,,,.i;.l Whether y.
che! .S,,y an;! Jon.l..ii ,a.i1;.. .:-o'.,t
crs: haze r;a"i 10 &c ra,.li OF cul.
.'a".!s. Gu !; ...:::::l - Nap. con il.:-
SET Wn.i:.i i.;i,c ~. ,.d :,'.:t,it l,ys On Il
scale of 102, a,.i ,.a N@;.i l. i !,.y;
faxed liue'! Letter rs 10 - e,;:Iol::n:5.
The oil: saying "iE.Hrer:erc Il; !.ai.yi
sel-ocl. hut fecis will learn in No Off,
err finds Ks latest illustrates, in the
carcrs of the Turks. Tier rci.cc
t!lor.iit it fine f,;a 10 heat al Ma
icai, ccns"l ct Aie..a,.s,i "a lrca,is.y
be m;snf;i.iy aal .coaga:se;,,,sly dis
cir!r::2d lis du:y. The sultan l.s;
lea1,.:,d tlsc lss:on .hat il will nos 40 I,
foci WITH and la;.i,ia@t Americans IL
beng ccni.,"il:l 10 30 down on rs
'ai;r:o..i,clrs a:d i:ui..iA.y ;.,,o,osi:c 10.
tie Gangs CT liz; u.:a2"i:ars. Safe IL
aiy t'at lie Will reccaa li.nsclf IL
c.crp:D: eff lie Leads Of Tie aforesaid
;:clilcncI.
via. la hc"au.a OF that goodly ar
"a" 81 hilarious orators ", . org a lit
lie Willie ago wers holding Charles NJ
.'rl.v-ab up 10 The yau.h of the land
as 4 pattern and eXcmplai.: Have tie
ras-".a:ions IS 10 Ii. operations Of tho
.:hipit!i;t;:n:s !rust ;ngth:ns 10 do with
their painful silence? schw'!b is IS
gcod now as wien they praised him
| 40.
"Tl;c early bird catches the worIl.'
Evidently Congressman Charles T.
| Nulic- OF Illinois believes in that piii-
lcsGpEy, for lie has had his congrci-
sionnl committee set his nominating
convention for Feb. t. Perhaps Mr..
Fuller is in favor of long canvass
| Gi.er the nomination.
| Rev. Dr. Wilbut. +. Crafts. superin-
! tendent OF the International reform bu-
reau. must be Il blood relative of the
late Mr.. Hercules, who in his day
achieved undying fame by performing
twelve great. labors. DR.. Crafts has
two already on his hands, which are
quite likely to engage his energies for
some time. lie PROPOSES to bounce
Reed Smoot out of the senate and to
compel Marcus AlonZo Hunna to- shut
immoral plays out of his Cleveland OPP
era house. lie says he has written
Senator Hanna two letters of admoni-
ton, to which he has received nothing
more than curt acknowledgements. Be
licving that "the third time is the
CHARM" he is tncubating still another
II that does not bring the Buckeye boss
to terms DR.. Crafts proposes to appeal
to the law.
General John G. Bates, commander
or the department OF the lakes, reports
that "the character and appearance OF
recruits are not up to the standard OF
former years, the number Of undevel.
oped youths being especially noticea.
BILE" Evidently the beauties of the
Philippine service are no longer entic.
ing and irresistible.
The Republican leaders in Missouri
and Kansas are fixing to run races
with each other as to which shall be
the first state in the Union to instruct
for Roosevelt. Great is the band wag
on, particularly with such Jehu al
Colonel Theodore!
Mzlub AIl