Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-06-30

ms fist that ifate brute into insensis
bility, bound her hard and fast with
grapevines, as Delilah bound Samson,
and then, having killed her with club,
turned her over to his fellow blackber.
~ hunters. So long as that tale goes
Colonel Roosevelt cannot write Fix
celsior'' on his banner. He will have
to seek the bears again and keep doing
something; otherwise Doty Of Kountze,
Tex, will wear the belt as bear batter,
or, rather, bear beaten He should
also receive one of Andrew Carnegie's
hero medals. Likewise James ]. JEFF
tries of California; who recently re-
6esd from the roped arena because
there was no one worthy Of his fist,
may be compelled by public opinion
10 change his notion and return to the
ring to meet Doty Of Kountze,, Tex,
the only man, living or dead, that ever
defeated a bear with his fists. Other
wise people may doubt the Jefrries
valor. Doty had no idea when he was
pummeling that bear in that Texas
blackberry patch that he would cause.
CONSERVATION and Jealousy both in the
White House and in, the princely man
sion Of the retired Jeffries. Lord BY
ron said. 81 awoke one morning and
found myself famous Same way
with George Doty of Kountze, Tex.
He led, for few minutes, at least, the
strenuous life for sure.
A Humbug.
Civil service reform as practiced by
this administration is a mysterious
thing, an elusive thing. a deceptive
thing-a humbug. The pretense Is that
men are appointed to once by reason
Of their tness-which is not true, for
at this writing a general shakeup In
federal Offices is going on in Illinois In
order to aid Uncle Shelby NJ. Cullom in
his efforts to prevent Richard Yates I'd
from cabbaging his toga. Hopkins il
helping Cullom, no doubt with the un-
Outstanding that Cullom is to help him.
which is "spoils" politics all around, !.
Over in Indiana the two United States
senators-civil service reformers both,
with their mouths and their mouths
only-are fixing to have an internal
revenue collector fred, not because he
is incompetent, but because il he holds
on the balance Of power betwixt them
will be endangered. "Spoils" politics
once more. Oh, hypocrites and Phari-
seesl
"Seest thou a man diligent In his
businessl He shall stand before
kings" That's one of those sententious,
epigrammattcremark which earned for
Solomon the title Of 1.-THE wise mani
In fact, 1.-THE wisest man." He was
correct. The case Of my friend, Cole
mel q. w. Stephens Of Columbia, Mo-,
proves It BY diligence and psrssver,
ance he has built up In small inland
city one of the largest pubhshins
houses In the world. Recently he was
elected president of all the reunitsd
Bapists in America, and IL the depart
ed spirits Of the mighty dead take any
interest in mundane affairs John tie
Baptist must have been greatly de-
lighted In looking down upon the mag
niflcent and mammoth convention over
which Stephens presided. 1t was what
another Of my friends, Colonel II. Mar
tin Williams, would call ga coekss."
Now Stephens goes to Europe IN the
double role q representing oil the Bap-
lists Of North America In great DOW,
WOW in Landon and the editors az
America at another great powwow -
Belgium, thereby standing before nd
ward VII. and Leopold II. He u tho
best looking Of the three. s.
Mr.. James, Dalrymple of Glasgow,
Scotland. appears to- have proved q
boomerang to Mayor Dunno Of Chica-
co. who imported him for the purpose
Of securing his more or less valuable
advice ae to municipal ownership. He
declares against 1t for American cities
ON account Of politics. He says that
as we do, things here now public own
ership would build up an impregnable
political machine in Chicago. 500 z
When Major William Warner was
elected to succeed General Francis Mar
ion Cockrell in the senate Of the Unit.
ed States he was probabl the happiest
man in America. It is doubtful wheth-
er he is SO happy these hot, June days.
The boys-the Republican boys Of Mis-
souri---are after him hotfoot to get
them good fat places. They're hungry
-awfully hungry. He has furnished
them some pap, but, like Oliver Twist,
they cry for more, and their never ceas-
ing cry is causing Senator Warner loss
Of sleep, loss Of appetite, loss Of flesh.