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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
STORY OF BONANZA DAYSa
Chance Remark Of Jim Flood Brings
Ruin to His Eavesdroppins ]
Gardener,

San Franeisco.-In the old aaye 4
excitement, when mining stocks w4u
on the jump and men became million.
aires over one days dabbNng, an -,
cidsnt occurred ct the country rssor
dence of James @. Flood, in Msalo.
when fairly well-to-do farmer foxnA
himself without home in the shoso
period Of one week. The mans name
was Hank, and being flrst-class ears
oener, he readily found employmsaa
ABOUT the residences of the wsAthH
owners OF mansions. In this way hs
was employed at the Flood residence.
Hank was lettering about the garden
one Saturday evening as the propris-
Tor, In company with Q visitor, was
looking over the stock.
Mr. Flood had just stepped out a
the hog corral. casually remarked u
MS friend that he would be willing ia
bet that Con would go up TO 300 be-
fore Christmas" Hank constructed
Con" to mean Consolidated Virginia
and. taking the tip. which he thought
would make him millionaire, he a..
posed of his holding Of $50 acres Of
tne land. his stock and, in brief, ~.
erythsng he had on earth, except has
wife and four bright little Hanks. The
proceeds he invested in Consolidated
Virginia stock, which was then ssllina
at SIS share.
Christmas came, but instead o1
Con" going to $500 it fell to $2s. n,
man was pauper. In lsmentiug ~
loss he incidentally mentioned 70 .
friend Of Floods how he lost all
Flood. who was generous to q fault1
sent for Hank and had him repeat Id
story When he learned Of his ehsneG
remark about Con going up to 900 be-
fore Christmas he fairly shook VIA
laughter and explained what 1t meant
1t was in reference to the gift Of
the young sow, made present to him
BY Con" o'Conner, who, in the fun
OF the thing, had called the pig Com
The bet alluded to the sow's increase
In weight to 300 pounds before Christ.
mas and not to Consolidated Virsinia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
GERMANS IN JERUSALEM.
Subjects Of the Kaiser Occupy Suburb
That Is Village Of
Teutons.

The German emperor's widely advsr-
tistd visit to Jerusalem was followed
by the founding Of an institute for the
study OF oriental objects, says the New
York World.' This has now been open
one year. and. according to A. Goodrich
Freer. author of Timer Jerusalem" it
has large attendance Of Germans, Jews.
Arabs and monks of various faiths.
The American school has never had
more than five students. The German
suburb is the largest and in trade the
most prominent in the city. Mr.. Freer
says that 1T is to all practical purposes
picturesque German village. having
Its own church, public hall, band. drill
hall, schools. farm, garden, and. OF
course, bierhalle.
Three immense orpHmages, a larxe
general hospital and ohildren's hos
pital maintained by the Germans are the
'niy Protestant institutions Of the kind
upon any scale OF suasuituas u JSruss.
Ken"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
PLANS MODEL COLONY
UNIQUE ENTERPRISE OF AN
INDIANA MAN.
Will Buy Tract Of Land In Washi1
ton Where He Will Build and
Conduct City as Christ
Would Do II

Marion, Ind.-To found colony a
Christ would do it. To build and con-
duct city as Christ would do It, 10 the
scheme of A. F. Norton, Of Marion, who
has IL department stores In Marion and
surrounding towns that hs conducts a
he Gays Christ would conduct them. He
sells for cash, receiving small profit,
refuses to sell tobacco, cigars or any
thing that would be an injury to anyone.
Norton has conducted Q number OF
railroad excursions a. he thinks Christ
would conduct them. He closes al Of
his stores when he conducts an sxcur-
sion to some lake or city for . day, tax
ing all OF his employees with him. He
has also conducted excursions to Call
fornia. and while taking his party across
the continent the officials of the Union
Pacific Railroad company were attract
ed by his business methods and he was
appointed land and passenger agent for
the company for Indiana.
Norton has decided to purchase q large
tract OF land in the state Of WASHINGTON
consisting OF many thousand acres.
When asked about his scheme he
talked enthusiastically. He said: II
have been working on the deal for some
time and have my plans about COM
pleted. will purchase enough land 70
that large fertile farms can be sold to
members of the colony. have not DE-
claed on the name to be given the town,
put have several names in mind. The
town will be free from the sale of liquor
and tobacco. The deeds for all land will
contain a clause making the sale OF
liquors on the land forfeiture Of title.
My colony would not be success Il the
sale OF into1icants was permitted.
Whisky and success are bitter enemies.
II man would succeed he must think
OF this. The people in my colony must
live ~ they believe Christ would have
them live"
Norton does not sell tobacco IN any
OF his IL stores and does not employ q
man who uses II. He thinks that man
who has worked day and earned his
wage 10 entitled to 1t and he pays his
army OF employees every night
Norton has the largest department
store In Marion, occupying an entire
block. He started small place In this
city about five years ago, naming It the
Gold Nine" His business increased 70
rapidly by his unique manner Of con-
Quoting It that he soon started No. 3.
He continued to start new places about
the city and surrounding towns until
no now has 10. His No. grew vntil "A
was necessary to erect additional build-
ings. A large brick block was added
this year and was recently occupied By
him with one Of the largest and most up
to-date department stores in northern
Indiana. In this place he has q rsstaur-
ant, grocery. meat market, dry goods.
boots and shoes, clothing and furnish-
ing goods. He employs large number
OF clerks In this store. but customers are
allowed to help themselves and turn the
cash ovsfto clerk.
Norton is recognized as q good BUSH
ness man, honorable in all his dealings.
Many call him religious crank, but his
business methods have been successful
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Abandons Society for s,et.

Another member Of the Ridgely fam
lily, one Of the most distinguished
colonial lines Of Maryland. has decided
to devote her life to the cause Of hui
mainly, following in the footsteps of
Miss Margaret Rdgely, who will shortly
TAIL for Africa as a missionary. Her
niece and namesake, Miss Margaret
Ridgely, daughter Of Mr.. John Ridgsly.
the present inheritor of the historic
family estate. Hampton, has given up
her position in society for career of
usefulness. and has entered Johns Hop
kins hospital to be trained nurse.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Smokes and Smokes,

Granger-How did he make Ill his
money!
Misunderstanding. He was tAs
greatest smoker In the world.
Granger-Dry up, Kimmins; you
can't make money by smoking.
Kimmins-He did. He smoked hams.
Royal Magazine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Besides Stamps.

Druggist-Well, had pretty good
day to-day.
Wife, thought you would have.
According to my count, more than 200
people entered the store.
Druggist-Yes; and the beauty Of It
is that eight of 'em wanted to buy
something. Courier-Jour-
nal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Hs'd Been There.

Passenger Ito bus driver)-Which are
the courts Of justice?
Bus Driver-Dunno.
Passengsr-What! not know whore
the law courts are?
Bus Driver - oh! thsm's he law
courts over there, but you said csuses
Of justice.-Ally Sloper.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
No CAUSE for Complatnt

And was your husband kind 10 you
during your illness?" asked the In
Quisitive woman of her seamstress.
Just as kind as could bs. ma'am."
was the reply. '"He was more like q
friend than q husband, ma'am."--Chi-
cago News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
What It,s Idka

X see that New York's subway car
ried nearly 100000 passengers Its
first month"
1T looks like success. eh7"
"Yes. It's just like picking vp
money under tbs street. Chicago
JoutaAl.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Chow They Lost Her."

eSS" A@ASy ASSs AeS@s
"Why did your cook leave 80 sud
denly7"
"She baked two cakes last Saturday
ono for us and one to take to her mar
sied sister. When she wasn't looking
exchanged them, and took for our
own use the one she had intended to give
away."-Royal Magazine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Old Story.

Greening-Last evening proposed to
a girl who is interested in photography.
Browning-Whatw was the result.
Greening-She got busy and oevel-
oped negative.-Chicago News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Where He Falls Down

He's deeply versed in the lole CT the ages.
He is one of the worlds most gifted sages,
lie could teach old Euclid without half
trying,
But he can't make a baby stop its crying.
Chicago Tribune
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
Had Been There.

Teacher Cat night SCHOOL, = What 10
the Deserted Village?"
Shaggy-Haired Pupil-It's any village
when the regular day passenger train
goes through.-Chicago Tribune.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
The Natural Result.

113S ISeetek3 w 3eSSek31s
1T looks as if the people were getting
on to US at last" said the crooked poll
tician What will we do?"
Time, I'm afraid" replied the other,
despondently Chicago Journal.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17

The Limitations Of Our Language.
"She seems to be woman of unusual
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17

"Tact is no name for it. She's had
the same housemaid for nearly two
years. Chicago Record Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
A. o. U. w.

a. @. u. w.
Regular me ting Cresco Lodge 1st
3rd Tues each month, in O'Mal
3 Hall. Visitors always welcome
B. WOODWARD, GEO. MILLER,
Recorder. N. "
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
OF Course She coul,

Of Course She Couldn't.
He--What would you say if l kissed
GU?
she-How in the world could say
inything with my mouth coyered?-
sonhers Statesman.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
ROBERT THOMSON. Cashier

That is'to. say, depend up
on yourself. Have you'a Saw
ings account?
The man or woman who ex-
poets to make money had bet
ter learn how to save some
thing out of their present in
come.
Fortune. is for those who by
diligence, honesty and fru-
gality place themselves in a
position to grasp hold of for
tune when it.appears in view.
Application. in youth makes
old age comfortable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17

Merely Prediction.
A French seeress gives us a frenzied
prediction Of the horrors for the year.
to take the place of ''Bedelia."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-02-17
WHY?

why do you still keepyour
/ money hid in a sack or box
in the attic or in a tin can
under the barn?
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
THE CHEEKY. SOCIAL" JOHN KNOX.


seem rather in luck in the way of recovering
treasures of forgotten verse. John Knox tells
us that the -Four Maries of Queen Mary had an
unpleasant 'bruit" or reputation in the ball
lads of the period. though the English Ambas-
sadOr, great fliTt Of theirs. writes all of the
Maries are good" KnoX's one attempt to fix
scandal on Mary Livingstone is a failure; dates
disprove it, Now 1t is certain that scandal was
not all on one side. Probably. certainly,
there were ballads about Knox: now lost. like
those against the Maries. This lends interest
TO the following rhymes found by in the
charter chest Of Mr.. Seton-Erskine of Setons-
tarVet. in Galloway. The handwriting is OF the
own time My conjecture is that the song
which shows an intimate acquaintance with the
tattIe or 1o62-'60. is n reshaping by a poet ia
miliar with Burns of an older and cruder ballad
or Queen Mary's own date Indeed. IT is so
Obliged to omit the stanzas describing the noe
turnal adventures OF the brethren" when they
leave Knox's wine and the poet sings.
stotter through the stinkand Sde.
a well known and malodorous purlieu of the
Bordeaux. too, we find. in that old Edinburgh
mouse or his CHEEKY. social man, with faces
that loved him" Sheriff Guthrie X. c.. in
rather colloQuial address which read In THE
Christian World Pulpit" appears to regret that
Knox was not a total abstainer. Here l dissent
from the learned Sheriff. but in any case we
have only documentary evidence that the Re
former possessed a hogshead, not a pipe OF
wine while our authority his secretary, does
not say that the wine bordeaux" 1t may
have been Burgundy. an Anjou or other wine.
Carlyle Is not a strictly accurate historian; in
fact. Thomas Carlyle. in what he says OF Knox,
makes Q series of "howlers." However. here is
the ballad of Knox's wine party, with the
ception OF the regrettable concluding stanzas,
which omit. They are obviously tho inven-
tons of party spirit, then running so "high,"
perceive by more senses than one in
the chronique scandaleuse which Is part of
''Knoxs gift to Scotland
Johnnie colt pipe o. wine
And godly neebours to prize;
Twas no TO hear him preach an whine,
Twas no 20 Join the pBalrnodal
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
suLLY's coURrsHTP.

While on q secret mission to Paris in 1853
Eosny had fallen in love with the daughter of
she President St Mesnlin. The young lady
Bas handsome and kind, but while paying her
his addresses he heard of a Mile. de Courtenay,
who waS reported TO be beautiful. well born,
and wealthy besides. Prudence suggested that
he should make her the Baroness de Rosny, but
he already half committed to the other.
one day az an inn In Nogent and found to his
dismsy that by unlucky chance both ladies
were lodged In it Mile. de st. Mesmin in the
left wing and Mile. de Courtenay in the right
Both were ready TO marry him, and he was
ready to marry one of them, but could not de-
eide which. II was very awkward position for
the waysTing lover. and at first he thought of
Saving himself by instant flight. While he hest
tated. Mile. de 81. Mesmin's younger sister saw
him and expressed her surprise that he had
been Ealf hour in the house without visiting
fhsm The decisive moment had evidently come
Turn TO the right" whispered the friend who
was with him; he did so, and Anne de Courtenay
became bis wife-CH. c. Macdowell, in Mac
rntians Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
NELSON'S CRAVING FOR FAME

When Nelson died. hundred years ago. In
the very hour OF victory. It seemed impossible
that his fame should be increased-for, as
Southey said in his well-known and admired
peroration, IF the chariot and the horses of fire
had been vouchsafed for Nelson's translation
he could scarcely have departed In brighter
blaze OF glory" But all through tho century
the great chorus of praise has swelled steadily
time has but increased the splendor and mean
ing of his name.
This fame this dear place in the hearts of
his countrymen, was the sole reward Nelson
craved for all his services and sacrifices. Even
when young and comparatively unknown he had
a kind Of prophetic insight of the fame that was
to come. TN my minds eye" he once said Il
ever saw radiant orb suspended which beck
oned me onward to renown." And he told his
wife. with magnificent confidence, on another
occasion. zone day or other will have a long
Gazette TO myself; feel that such an oppor-
tunity will be given me- 1 cannot. II am In
the field or glory, be kept out of sight His was
temperament eager for praise-nis irupetuous,
sensitive disposition could hardly exist without
It, and happily his deeds were so splendid and
his nature loyable that his contemporaries
gave It him lavishly. There is but one Nelson
said grim old ST, Vincent cumming up the YER
dict or all who knew and fought with him. not
less than tho verdict of posterity' After the
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
DANTE's LOVE FOR BEATRICE.

The leading of illumination by love of
intensifcation Of consciousness and understand
Ing, embodied in literary record is the case Of
Dante. Innunerable preposterous dolts of COM
mentators have offered us the inner intentions
Of the story Of the Vita Nuova. the allegories of
the revelations of Beatrice in the Commedia.
The world has produced literary artist Of
higher power than Dante. and writer ever
devoted more intense and self-cOnscious labor
to hammering his language to present exactly
what he meant 10 present. which not allie
gories but direct and vivid impressions. The
best way to understand Dante is TO begin by
assuming that he means what he says The
best way to begin TO understand the Vita NuoVa,
and through it the related elements OF the
Comnedia is to read 1T for what it processes to
be, a record OF vivid experience and impressions.
Their mystical meaning was mostly much of
puzzle TO Dante TO any one else. The COM
mentators have evidently, most of them, forgot
ten that they had ever been in love, consider
1t undignifed to remember what really befell
them when they so. II only q sufficient
number of people in love could directly portray
their experiences as Dante did, we should &C
quire very valuable mass of material for the
critique of the formulating habits of human
consciousness.
Unfortunately, few lovers have the necessary
literary capacity for expressing the content of
deep experiences, the faculty for noticing
their own expressions; they are greedily eX-
elusive and egotistical to their ecstasies, a
vice which they disguise by the pretext Of dell
cacy OF sentiment they startled and dis
concerted at their symptoms, and finally
they arc srieVously incapable of apprehending
one another, failing which they share with
many other contributors of phenomena 20
psychical research-(Sydney Olivier in The
Contemporary Review.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
NO YELLOW PERIL.

As regards an invasion of Central amid West
ern Europe by the yellow peoples, the experience
of the Russo-Japanese War would appear to es-
tablish that it is the widest chimera- In pres
ent circumstances. the advance of the yellow
races by land is impossible until they shall
have either entirely subjugated Siberia and OBJ
tained full and unhampered command OF the rail-
ways and all other communications, or else have
established communications suitable for the re-
quirements of modern warfare across the deserts
on the western Chinese frontier, driven the Rus
slams out of Central Asia, and thoroughly sub
dued the Mahometan population of the Central
Asiatlc khanates. The difficulties encountered
by Russia in dispatching and maintaining
mics on the eastern frontier of Siberia, although
their line of communications traverses their
own territory, are nothing In comparison with
what would be the difficulties of yellow army
with a line of communications through q hos
tile country and faced on the Urals by the full
power OF Russia, under conditions the most IA
Yorable possible for the Russians. And before
Central Europe be reached European Rus
sa must be conquered The feasibility OF such
operations has only to be examined, for the idea
to be at ones and definitely reJected.-Black-
woods Magazine
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

slipping along in deep blue water twenty or
thirty feet out. call the water blue for gen.
orally 1t was sapphire hued the Mediterra-
nean but now and again we passed over patches
where the nature of the lake bed changed 1t
so transparent that when calm. one could see
the bowlder covered bottom at great depths; but
IL was dead sea, without weeds or fish or any
signs OF organic life. Some of the rocks of
which the cliffs were composed were themselves
of a dark green color, species of coarse Jade,
Uttered with crystals and bright coored pebbles.
We had another days run in the little Alys
before we reached the end Of the lake and the
six weeks, and here she was taken out Of the
water, her dark green almost unrecognizaole
from demonstrations of salts. but otherwise none
the worse for her journey in uneXplored waters.
-(Major r. l.. Kennion. In Longmans Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22

church and placed near the high altar While
the service was performed; but instead or glVlhs
the usual responses the people all brayed =. az
loudly as they could A hymn in praise OF Ihe
ass was also sung, the congregation joining ds
loudly as they could in the hee-haW chorus:
This HYMN is written in a strange mixture OF
French and medieval Latin, and consists OF nine
verses and a chorus: IL has been translated anu
we quote three of the verses so as to give some
idea OF it's absurdity:
From the country Of the East,
Came this strong and handsome beast'
This able ass, beyond compare,
Heavy loads and packs TO bear.
Now Segnior ass, a noble bray,
Thy beauteOuS mouth at large dlSplay'
Abundant food our haylofts yield,
And oats abundant load the field.
Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
True Il is his pace Is slow,
TIL he feels the quckened blow,
Till he feel the urging goad,
On his hinder part bestowed,
Now, seigniOr ass, etc.
With your belly full of grain.
Bray most honored ass Amen!
Bray out loudly, bray again,
Never mind the old Amen;
Without ceastng bray again,
Amen! Amen! Amen! Ameni
Hee-haw! Hee-haw! Hee-haw!
-(Macmillians Magazine.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-22
CHICKENS MATCHED BY BEES.

An ingenious and original American, 49, 49,
tending his bees i'm an ordinary beehive. h's,S~ -,
one day while handling a swarm that the , rJ
perature within e . hive appeared 10 Dc 81. ~,
10 that in his incubator. He thereupon put 80
matter TO the test by means OF the therInoi ibt
and found that his senses had guided MN SI,s
1t then occurred 10 him that he might coli hi,,v
the industries OF honey making and egg ma ' .s
and make the superfluous warmth rom tiiv .Ssr
provide the necessary temperature Tor the 49, - "a
placed twenty eggs in the upper portion or 49, 80
hive and separated them nom the Wo,.eto3
apartments Of the bees by means OF 20 v
cloth The eggs were further protectee ~ ~
cushions made from a quilt and lert IN snvs
unique position for the requisite number o. , ~
Eighteen Of the twenty eggs were satsleIi stsns
Matched. The sensations of the young ch.0 sJSslr
on realizing the nature and occupations OF .u -.
foster mothers are not recorded.-(ChaliiO''
Journal