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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
A PARTY TRICK.
Your Boastful and Rash
Acquaintance.

Here is very simple way to quell q
boaster or anyone who is showing off,"
as some youngsters are prone to do
when party Of several are together,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean
You start the thing going by declaring
that you do not believe any of those
present can lift glass full Of water and
carry it five feet in. five seconds without
spilling most of it. Of course several
will at once claim the ability to perform
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Man Can't Understand

How his wife forgets her trials and
calls up smile every blessed night
when he comes home from work.
How she bears his tobacco smoke
and overlooks his slouchiness
How she gives up her girlhood
friends without word of regret
How she does the marketing on less
money than he.-Newark News
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
eNoooooo~~oo>o.o.oDo.oooo
THE ONE D1NAR.

recent coronation of King Peter, even
though they will not be able to secure
specimens. The reproductions given
herewith are enlarged. The stamps of
the five lower denominations COM
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
Fathers anal sona.

Descanting ON the changes in life
and work brought about by time. q
farmer said:
When was young used to think
my father had ma muckle sense, but
my sons look on myself as q born
eediot Prom "Reminiscences" by
Sir Archibald Ceikie.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
THE TEN PARAs.

memorate the coronation of King Peter,
while those of 5, 10, Is, Is and SO paras
bear portraits of the king and his grand
father, Karageorge. The three and i've
1inars, the highest values, are identical
IN design with the one dinar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
FOR THE PHILATELIST.
Reproduction of Stamps Issued t.
Commemorate the Servian
Coronation.

Young stamp collectors will be inter-
ested in the new issue of stamps Of the
Servian monarchy concentrating the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-01-18
CHAPTER XXVII.-CoNrINUED.

Copyright, 1908, by Lee and Shepard.)
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Bad BANKING LAWS.

In passing sentence on Day Dun
ming for fraudulent banking, causing
the s4s7,OOO failure at Corning, Ia,
Judge Hiram K. Evans stated that
there was hardly one of the twenty
judicial districts of the state but hal
one or more failures of that Kind in
the past two or three years, and that
in his own judicial district there had
been five failures in four of the seven
counties. For this reason, he declar-
ed, he would impose sentence such
that men holding banking positions
who violate their trust shall feel and
know, that, If convicted, they will re-
ceive substantial punishment" Judge
Evans, in lengthy opinion, analysed
the situation in the state as regards
the private banks as deplorable, and
stated that the previous good charac-
ter of the defendant was no excuse or
reason for Tightening the sentence in
this case for the reason that he had
taken advantage Of this good reputa
ton to take the money of the people
who had no way Of knowing the con
dition of the bank, after he knew that
It was insolvent.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Sell CITY Hall to Paw Bill.

George S. Westcott would have the
city hall and library building at Sixth
and Douglas streets in Sioux City
sold to satisfy judgment for about
$4,000. In lawsuit filed in the dis
trict court it is demanded that deed
fled on Aug, 9, 1899, transferring the
big stone building from the Library
association Of Sioux City to the city
Of Sioux City be Cancelled and set
aside. and that the title to the prop
erty revert back to the library asso-
citation. 1t is also demanded that an
execution issue for the sale of the
property in the event the judgment is
not paid. Fraud is alleged against
both the library association and the
city in the transfer, it being claimed
1t was done to hinder, delay and pre-.
vent the settlement of Mr.. Westcott's
judgment, which was obtained in
May, 1899, for damages to his private
building situated next door to the city
hall by reason of the big city hall
settling down on party wall.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
WHOLE STATE is ,NTenesrsp
Plan to Turn Waste Products Of Corn.
fields Inro Paper.


All Iowa is interested IN the plan of
turning the waste products of the
cornfelds of the Western corn-produc-
ing states into paper, and paper of
such quality that it will compare fa-
vorably with the famous Japanese
vellum. W. R. Patterson, professor
of economics and statistics of the
State University of Iowa, investigat-
ed the process of the National Fiber
and Cellulose company, while in Chi
cago, in the interests of the CONNER.
cial museum of the university Just
common, ordinary cornstalks, $1,000
600 tons of which are allowed to rot
yearly in the seven Western states
producing the greatest amount of corn,
is the material from which, expert
mentally. the company has already
produced excellent paper at a cost
ranging from $50 to S25 per ton. The
cost vi manufacturing paper FROM
wood pulp or rags is estimated at
from $50 to s75 per ton. Oven $780,
000 have been spent in the perfection
of machinery for the y .dling OF this
material. An improyea threshing ma
chine, which separates the stalk from
the leaves, husks the cars, delivers the
j stalks bound in bundles ready for
shipment, and the parts of the plant
valuable for stock food into the barn,
has only recently been patented.
These bundles OF corn stalks are then
shipped to de-pithing plant where,
after passing through several opera
! lions, the pith is separated from the
! hard fiber surrounding the stalk and
| rolled an excellent quality of paper.
/ The hard outside fiber is used in the
! manufacture of box board. The COM
pany has an option on a paper mill at
Kankakee, ILL.,, where the machines
| have been operating successfully.
Every vestige of the stalk is utilized
! in some manner. The development
/; of this industry will mean much to
the corn-producer of the Middle West.
Its progress will be watched with in
! tense interest.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Merchants Are Losers.

The Sioux City Business Mems as.
sociation, organized to conduct a cir
Gus and carnival in Sioux City in
1903, will have to pay the bill of the
Fullerton Lumber company for nearly
$4,000 for the material in the fence
and grandstand at the park where
the unsuccessful carnival was held.
Judge Oliver has sustained demur-
rer to the petition of the business
men, who demanded in their suit that
the Fullerton judgment be set aside
The business men pleaded that the
contractor, Frank T. Houx, was liable
personally for the lumber, but the
court took another view of the matter
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Where JAMS Are unpopular.

There is at least one place in the
United States where the unaccountabls
mania for Japan and everything Japa-
nese seems to be dying out, and that is
California. The people out there do not
appear to be SO completely stuck on the
little yellow men as the citizens of the
rest Of the country. Quite the contrary.
Indeed, they are beginning to clamor
for q Japanese exclusion bill which
shall b fitting companion piece to-
tho present Chinese exclusion law.
What viii those enthusiasts In Ameri-
ca who have been shouting themselves
hoafse every time the Japs thrashed
the Russians think Of that? If the sen
timent In California is fair test, then
In the case Of the Japs it is like unto
the case as to mountains-"'T It's dis
tancs lends enchantment to the view"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Unreasonable Weather Retards Bust
ness Observation-Disclosures
Show Activity.

New York, April 22.-Bradstreets
says: Trade reports are irregular in
character, distribution of seasonable
goods at retail being retarded by cool
or rainy weather at the west, north
west and south, where truck, fruit
products and young cotton are report
ed damaged by frosts. Industries, how
ever. are active, jobbing trade at some
centers Is still good and retail bust
ness toward the latter end of the week
became more animated. Building is
brisk, money is firmer, bank clearings
having increased heavily, prices in gen.
eral display a downward tendency,
weakness in grain and securities being
especial features. Railway earnings
are still on the up grade and western
wheat crop prospects continue favora-
BILE, timely rains helping with the
wheat, though cold weather has de-
layed spring wheat and oats seeding
and corn blowing. While iron and
steel still continue buoyant, demand
for pig and old iron is less pronounced,
and the markets therefor present q
quiet appearance. American houses
are said to be figuring on the construc-
ton OF iron and steel works in Japan
and China. 1t is usually quiet season
for jobbers, but paints, oils, lumber,
plumbers supplies and building ma
terial are active, while agricultural i'm
plements are in good request. Here
and there industrial disturbances have
cropped up, but 80 far the situation
In this respect is very satisfactory"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28

Death Of a Biahoip.

Wilmington. N. c., April 22.-Right
Rev. Alfred Augustin Watson, bishop
Of the Protestant Episcopal church for
the east Carolina diocese, died at his
home in this city Friday after an i'll
ness of nearly two years, following a
stroke Of paralysis. Mr.. Watson was
born in New York August 81, 1918.
He came south before the civil war.
During the war he was chaplain of the
Second regiment, North Carolina state
troops.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
II II Il e 8 II Il
= = CHAMP
:: CLARKS
- :. LETTER

Especial Washington lsttsr.1

Especial Washington Hsttsr.1
~ nee upon time, SO the story
runs, there was boy too in
dolent to say his prayers, so
he wrote him one and glued it
to the head of his bed. When he tum-
bled in at night he would point to it
and say, Lord, thems my sentiments"
/ am In the same frame Of mind touch
ing the news to the effect that they
have succeeded in Identifying the
bones Of our first and greatest naval
hero, John Paul Jones. OF course ev-
cry patriot would rejoice If his body
could be recovered and buried In Amer
lea. OF course, also, he ought to have
been buried here when there was no
doubt about the Identity of the re-
mains. There would never have been
any trouble about the matter had our
then minister to Versailles, Gouverneur
Morris, attended to his business instead
of dancing attendance on the fine la
dies of gay Paris. But the so called
Identification Is decidedly gauzy. The
st. Louis Post-Dispatch expresses my
idea exactly in this vigorous fashion:
At distance tho identification Of the
body of Paul Jones is not satisfactory.
There was no inscription on the CONN.,
no uniform. sword or decoration to distin-
guish the remains from those of other 90
cupants Of st. Louis cemetery. The phys
ical features Of the body itself might be
possessed by 1000 or 10000 men Of that
time or this The ''peculiarities' mem
toned in the cablegram are not peculiar
tiles. How many men are exactly" nve
feet seven inches high7 Besides, Is 1t not
reasonably certain that Paul Jones' body
has shrunk since his death1 Why should
he be unique In this respect? How many
men have dark brown hair slightly streak
ed with gray? The arrangement Of his
hair corresponds with that in vogue amons
gentlemen of that time. The face 10 clean
shaver. How many gentlemen OF 1T9s
on the linen which looks like q ~ or az
inverted Up" which reminds one Of thu
cloud seen by Hamlet which looked like {
weasel or a camel or q whale. 1.-THE bod,
was carefully packed" Anything ex
traordinary in that? Tin foil was wrapped
about the limbs, presumably for sea
transportation Why Is 1t presumed
And, even 80, does It prove the body to b
John Paul's?
Those who seek shall md. and Genera.
Porter may claim the triumph due te
working faith but when the object OF the
search is hero's bones lost for hundred
years skeptical people must be pardoned
II they require clearer proof than 10 Of.
fered in this case.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
DELCASSE WANTS TO RESIGN
FRENCH FOREIGN MINISTER AN.
NoUNcEs INTENTION TO QUIT.
Cabinet Colleagues Taken by Surprise,
and Urge Him to Remain
in Office,

Paris, April 22.-After notable SER
vice Of nearly eight years in the direc-
ton of foreign affairs Theophile Del
casse on Friday Informed President of
the Council Rouvier of his desire and
intention to resign. This announce
ment came as surprise and shock
to NJ. Delcasse's colleagues of the cab
4net, who Immediately took steps to
endeavor to secure reconsideration
Of his determination. A cabinet coun-
Gil was held in the afternoon, at which
casse, laid the situation before the
ministers. It was the unanimous de-
Termination Of the council that the
interest Of the country at this partic-
ular time required that M. Deloasse
retain the portfolio of foreign affairs.
Accordingly, at the conclusion Of the
council, M. Rouvier proceeded to the
DUAL d'Orsay, where he held an OK
tended conference with the minister
Of foreign affairs. The president Of
the council, voicing the wishes Of
President Loubet and the ministers,
earnestly besought M. Delcasse to TO
tain his place in the cabinet. 1t is evil
dent that M. Rouvier's earnest appeal
caused M. Delcasse to waver in his
discrimination. When the president of
the council came from the interview
he stated to his colleagues that he bore
favorable impression Of its results.
M. Delcasse, he said, had given NO
final answer, but had promised to re-
serve his determination until to-day
when a final answer will be given
: 1t is believed that M. Delcasse will
yield to the insistence of Presiden
Loubet and the president of the coun
Gil
The motives leading up to M. Del
casse's sudden determination to retire
from the cabinet are primarily at.
trfbuted to internal controversies ovel
the Moroccan question; and this tt
some extent has been accumulated BY
similar controversies over French neu
trality in the far east. The opposition
have been quick to seize upon botf
questions, and headed by socialists ane
hationalists, have directed their crit
ac,-ms against M. Delcasse. The 80
cialist criticisms have been particular.
~ vehement during recent days on the
Moroccan question, and this appears tt
have finally decided M. Delcasse tt
surrender the question into othe,
hands. It Is felt that his retiremen
now would be hailed in Germany a
German triumph, and this is one o
the main considerations leading M
Rouvier to earnestly appeal to NJ Del
oasse to remain in the foreign Office.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Blows His Head OF

Athens. o., April 22.-Jacob stoifer,
aged 60, farmer living two miles west
Of Athens, killed himself Friday by
blowing off the top of his head He Sc
cured shotgun and, placing the muz-
zle of the weapon in his mouth, pulled
the trigger with his foot. He is sup
nosed to have been temporarily insane.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
HAPPENINGS IN IOWA
EVENTS OF A WEEK THROUGH
OUT THE STATE.
One Man Fatally Hurt and Three 9th
err Persons, Severely injured in
an Accident to Street Car
in Dubuque.

Thomas Moore was fatally hurt and
three persons were severely injured
at Dubuque Sunday as the result of
the rupture of brake chain on an
electric car while descending Hill
street. The car contained sixteen
passengers. 1t ran wild for 800 feet,
left the track at curve and tore the
front out of building. Moore, who
was standing on the sidewalk, was
struck by the car. His hip was Ero-
ken and he was internally injured.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Churches support the Movement.

Women who started the campaign
at Sioux City against Sunday theatre
cal performances profess great salts
faction with the fact that at the
churches Sunday some $500 persons
declared In vote for the movement,
while but few were against it. 1t Is
found that the Iowa state laws do not
forbid Sunday theaters, and that an
ordinance will be necessary to pro-
hibit the performances. It is likely
that such an ordinance will be intro
duced in the city council.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Killed by a Colt.

In the presence Of his mother and
his twin brother, who watched the
awful tragedy powerless to prevent it,
little Albert Peterson. son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles Peterson, was dashed
against the side of q house at Des
Moines and instantly killed. A colt
which he was leading became fright
ened and with the halter rope tied
around his waist the little fellow was
dragged fifty yards and finally killed.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28

Rev. John Reid, Jr., of Great Falls,
Balm to- me. / can emphasize 1n} ef his
statement ut is positive cure for
cartarrh IL used az directed. Rev.
Francis Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
church, Helena, Mont.
six weeks I believe myself cured of
catarrh.-Joseph Stewart, Grand Ave.
Buffalo. N. Y.
The Balm does not irritate or cause
|sneezing Sold by druggists at 50 cts.
or mailed BY Ely Brothers, Sc Warren
g., NAw York.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Baseball.

National league games on Friday: At
Chicago Cincinnati, 5. 8, 2; Chicago, 2,
60.
American league: At Boston-Ph ila-
delphia, 5, 8. Q; Boston, 4, 81.
American association: At Louisville
Louisville, 1. 4, 1; st. Paul, 1,5. /
seven innings, darkness).
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Woman Commits suicide.

A maiden sister of Mrs. Henry
PLACER, who had been spending the
winter with Mrs. PLACER, committed
suicide at the PLACER home at Grundy
Center. She had found some loaded
shells and, while the family were in
the garden, she slipped out to where
the guns were kept, opened her cloth
ing over her heart, pointed the gun
at her heart and pulled the trigger
with q lath, and death resulted in.
simultaneously.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Farmers Threaten Boycott.

One hundred and fifty Hardin coun.
~ farmers threaten to boycott the FL
dora merchants because their names
were placed on list and druggists
warned not to sell them liquor. The
trouble IL the result Of fight made
against issuing permits to druggists
Of Hardin county. The anti-saloon
league and merchants deny completely
In making the list.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Gets Chance of Venue.

The motion Of counsel for Thomas
Denison, charged with completely in
the robbery of James Pollock of $780,
900 worth of diamonds, for a change
of venue from Harrison county was
granted last week by Judge Green at
Logan. The case has been transfer
red to Red Oak, Ia, In Montgomery
county, where 1t will come up May
2, before Judge Macy. No serious OBJ.
lection to the change was interposed
by the prosecution.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Asylum for Mrs. Craven.

The Des Moines county commission
ers of the insane last week at Burl-
ington adjudged insane Mrs. Nettie
Craven, who once sued the estate of
Senator Fair, alleging that she had
been common law wife of the sena-
tor. Mrs. Craven became violent
and attempted to escape by climbing
through window to the roof of a
hotel, but was captured by attendants.
She was taken to Mount Pleasant
asylum.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28

ana moderate. Ills desires for a rise
In the tariff appear to extend only 10
spring wheat. His constituents mostly
live by producing wheat. He wants to
see them prosper. Therefore he is In
favor Of taxing Canadian wheat to
such an extent that every man, woman
and child in America will be COM
PEELED to pay more for bread. The cpl
taph on Sir Robert Peel's monument Is,
"He gave the people cheap bread" and
he 10 one Of the immortals. Hans
brough would reverse the Peelplan. Safe
to say that no shaft will be erected to
his memory by penny subscriptions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Electricians Elect.

The Iowa Electrical association ad-
journed its session at Dubuque last
week after selecting Des Moines for
the next convention and electing Off
GERS as follows: President, l.. Austin
Burt, Waterloo; vice president, A. w.
Zahm, Mason City; treasurer, A. Malt,
Belle PLANE; secretary, A. w. Porter,
Eldora.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Vaccine or No School.

Fifteen hundred pupils in the pub
lie and parochial shoots at Council
Bluffs were taken from their studies
last week and will be required to re-
main away until they are vaccinated
as the result of a recent decision of
the board of health. The members Of
the board of education appealed to
the courts, which sustained the health
board
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Print shop burned.

The printing ONCE of the Reinbeck
Standard, the only Democratic paper
at the town of Reinbeck, burned to
the ground with all the contents. 1t
was operated by w. w. Castor and Is
q total loss.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Banker indicted.

q. H. Skinner Of the private bank
ing firm OF e. H. Skinner & Sons.
Birmingham, L., has been indicted by
the grand fury on nine counts for
fraudulent banking. The banks de.
hoit win reach probably $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Valuable Horses Burned.

Frankfort, KY, April 22-Fourteen
thoroughbred horses, among them Visa
la, entered in the Lexington (Ky.)
Futurity, persisted in flames which
early Friday destroyed the barns of the
Frankfort Driving association here.
The loss is fxed at $4,000.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Silent Lcnislatora.

Some editors who ought to know bet
ter are trying to confer fame on a
member Of the British parliament be-
cause he boasts that during his twenty
four years Of service IN that body he
has never made speech and never In.
tends to do 90. Pray. wh.t credit -
that 70 bin? There Is Time to wake
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Bonfire Fatal to Woman.

Mrs. John Hagestrom is dead at her
home in Sioux City as the result of
burns received while burning rubbish
in her back yard. Her clothing
caught fire and she was fatally burn
ed. She was forty-one years of age
and is survived by husband and sew
eral children.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Telephone Property Sold.

The property, franchise and all ap-
purtenances of the United States
Telegraph and Telephone company,
with exchanges in fourteen counties
in Northwestern Iowa, were sold at
Waterloo last week to Thomas Casca-
den of Waterloo for $4,000 at a pub
lie sale on order of the federal court.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28
Eruption Of Vesuviu,

Naples, April 22.--The eruption Of
Mount Vesuyius is increasing, and fire.
auent explosions are heard Streams of
lava are running down the mountain,
and the crater is emitting smoke ashes
and red hot stone.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-28

Feel tired, no appetite, cannot sleep
work or eat? That's spring tiredness
and will disappear at once If you take
HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain Tea this
month. IS cents, Tea or Tablets.
Sold by Dr.. Connolly.