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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07

was just mingling with Washington, the
planter, the neighbor, telling the negroes
where they would get off at if they didn't
pick cotton fast enough, or breaking
colts, or going to the churn and drinking
. quart Of buttermilk, and getting the
stomach ache, and calling upstairs to
Martha, who was at the spinning wheel,
or knitting wooden socks, and asking her
70 nx up brandy smash to cure his
gripping pains.
Then, when l looked at duck blind
out In the Potomac, near the shore. I
thought how George used to put ON an
old coat and SLOUGH hat and take his gun
and go out in the blind, and shoot can
Nas-back ducks for dinner, and paddle
MS boat out after the dead birds. the
way Grover Cleveland did century
later. tell you, old man, the way to
appreciate our great statesmen, soldiers
ana scholars is to think of them Just as
plain, ordinary citizens, doing the things
men do nowadays. 1t does dad and
more good to think of Washington and
his friends camping out down the Poto-
mac, on fishing trip, sleeping on bed
OF pine boughs, and cooking their own
PORK, and roasting sweet potatoes in the
ashes, eating with appetites like slaves,
than to think of him at state dinner in
the white house, with French cook
Disgusting the food SO they could not tell
what it was.
., had rather have picture of George
washington and Lafayette coming up
the bank of the Potomac toward the
house, loaded down with ducks, and
Martha standing on the porch of Mount
Vernon asking them who they bought
the ducks of and how much they cost
than to have one of those big paintings
In the white house showing George and
lafayette looking as though they had
conquered the world. If the photograph
had been invented then, and we could
Listen to the conversation of those men,
Just as they said things, it would be
great. Imagine George saying to La
9ayette, SO you could hear it now: stLafe,
that last shot at that canvas back you
made was the longest shot ever made
on the Potomac. 1t was a Jim dandy,
you old frog eater" and imagine Lafay-
cite replying; "You bet your life.
George. nailed that buck canvasback
with charge Of number six shot, and
he never knew what struck him." But
they didn't have any photographs in
those days and so you have got to imag-
ine things.
All the time at Mount Vernon /
couldn't get up meanness enough to play
any trick on dad, but picked up sort
OF horse chestnut or something, with
,prickers on it as sharp as needles, and as
we were getting on the trolley slipped
1t down the back Of dads pants, near
where his suspenders button on, and by
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
tooD7risas. ~. ~ wnli.n vance Cook

back into his chair, Il can't see"
''In his pocket-book Darrell placed a
slip of paper stating that, if he met
with foul play, the coroner would
please recall that Lester Murgatroyd
had sworn to shoot him on sight; and
that, If the bullet that took barrels
life bore the letter M it would be
found to correspond with other car
tridges in Murgatroyd's revolver"
DR.. Payton drew deep breath and
Merrick Strengthened out in his chair,
thrust his hands into his trousers
pockets and peered at Darrel through
half-closed eyes.
"The bullet that killed Sturgis bore
such mark" said Payton, slowly. II
probed for it myself and it hasn't been
out of my possession since"
'Why in the fiend's name didn't you
tell me something about that?" asked
Merrick, his indignant eyes on the doc
tor.
1.-THE jury knew of It," answered
Payton. 1--WE all kept quiet about it,
hoping that something like this might
develop"
"But what do we know about this
fellow" queried Merrick, jerking his
head toward Darrell; "he's a stranger
in camp and his story may be cut out
of whole CLOTH"
"A month has elapsed since the
shooting" went on Payton, addressing
Darrell. why have you kept silent SC
long?"
"The delay was unavoidable" replied
Darrell.
Possibly, but the chances are it has
defeated the ends of justice providing
what you say is true. If we can find
Murgatroyd's revolver in his posses
sion, Merrick," the doctor added, turn
ing to the marshal, "and If the re-
volver, after these four weeks, is found
to contain the marked cartridges, this
man proves his case"
barrels heart leaped in his breast.
He was sure Of Murgatroyd's guilt and
the fact that the revolver would now
be found upon him-barring the tech
meal point that it had been out Of his
possession for the four weeks-would
prove his guilt.
The technical point, which Murga-
troyd could not prove without barrels
help, was the only thing that could
throw a cloud over barrels theory
Darrell was just asking himself how he
should proceed in dealing with that
phase Of the question when another
diversion occurred.
Roy Lenyard stepped into the room
and moved resolutely toward the grouI
sitting around the lamp on the DESK
"Mr. Merrick," said he, sharply, 81
requested you to wait below until
rejoined you and the doctor"
Things happened up here, Len
yard" returned the marshal, that W,
had to look after. There was q fgh
Of some kind, as you can see,"-Mer
rick nodded toward the overturned
cabinet-"and Doc and I breezed in
But that don't make no difference
Here we are and II you've got care
up your sleeve now's your chance t.
| play IT.
"Then," cried Lenyard, whirling OF
Darrell and leveling forefnger in hill
direction, that man is Junius McClout
and demand that you put him unde
arrest. 1t was he, and not Nate Darrell
that killed the man you know as Jacl
! Sturgis!"
"Holy Smoke!" roared the marshal
on his feet in second. why, he'
all but proved that Murgatroyd did ii
First thing know you fellows II hav
1t on to me-or Doc, there"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07

penders, made OF striped bed ticking,
hanging down: his hair touseled up until
he had taken out q yellow pocket comb
and combed it, and then yelling to Mar
tina to know about how long working
man would have to wait for breakfast.
BY ginger, cad inspired me with new
thoughts about the father of his country.
/ had always thought of Washington as
though he was constantly crossing the
Delaware in a shiff, through floating ice,
with cooked hat on. and his coat flaps
trimmed with buff nanleen stuff. a sort
Of a male Eliza ia Uncle Toms Cabin
gettlrg away f.ela the houaGs that were
chasing her to chew her pants. was
always thinking OF George, either chop
ping cherry trees, OF standing on pedes-
tai to have his pict,ire taken, but here
at the old farm With cad to inspire me. |
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
The Bad Boy Writes the Old Grocery.
man About George Washington
and Mount Vernon.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Ex-Governor OF Wisconsin, formerly pub
Usher of "Peck's Sum-" author of
"Peck's Bad Boy" etc.)
Copyright, 1901 by Joseph b. Bcwles.
Copyright in Great Brittany
NTASHINGTON, D. c. My Dear
wv Uncle Ezra: got letter from
my chum this morning, and he says he
was in the grocery the day he wrote, and
you were sight. He says that If am
going to be awayseveral months you will
never change your shirt till get back,
for nobody around the grocery seems to
have any influence over you. meant
to have put you under bonds before l
left, to change your shirt at least quar-
etrly, but you ought to change it by
rights every month. The way to do is to
get an almanac and make mark on the
figures at the first of the month, and
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07

when you are studying the almanac it
will remind you of your duty to society.
Dad and have been down to Mount
Vernon, and had mighty solemn time.
At Mount Vernon we found the old
house where George lived and died,
where Martha told him to wipe his feet
before he came in the house, and saw
that things were cooked properly. We
saw pictures of revolutionary scenes
and men of that period, relics Of the days
when George was the whole thing around
there We saw the bed on which George
died, and then we went down to the Ice
house and looked through the fence and
saw the marble collins in which George
and Martha were sealed up.
I was surprised at dad; he CRIED.
though he never met George Washing
ton in all his life. have seen dad at
funerals at home, when he was bearer,
or mourner, and he never acted as
though it affected him much, but there
at Mount Vernon, standing within eight
feet Of the remains Of George Washing
ton, he just lost his nerve, and bellered,
and felt solemn myself, like had been
kept in after school when all the boys
were going in swimming. If q negro had
not asked dad for quarter know dad
would have got down on his knees and
been pious. but when he gave that negro
swift kick for butting in with COM
mercial proposition, in sacred moment.
dad come to, and we went up to the house
again.
Dad said what he wanted was to think
of George Washington just as country
farmer, instead of general and presi-
| dent He said we got nearer to George.
| if we thought of him getting up in the
morning, putting on his old farmer pants
and shirt, and going downstairs in his
stocking feet, and going out to the kitch-
en- by the wooden bench, dipping a
gourd full of rain water out of a barrel
into an earthen wash basin, and taking
some soft soap out of dish and washing
himself, his shirt open SO his great hairy
breast would catch the breeze, his sus-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07

the time we sat down in the car the horse |
chestnut had worked down where dad II |
the largest, and when he leaned back |
against the seat he turned pale and wig
gled around and asked me if he looked
bad. I told him he looked like a corpse.
which encouraged him so he almost
tainted He asked me if l had heard OF
any contagious diseases that were prev
alent in Virginia, cause he felt az
though he had caught something. told
him would ask the conductor, SO went
and asked the conductor what time we
got to Washington, and then went
back to dad and told him the conductor
said there was no diseases Of any partic-
ular account except smallpox and yell
low fever, and that the first symptom of
smallpox was prickling sensation in
the small of the back
Dad turned green and said he had got
It all right, and had the darndest time
getting him back to the hotel at Wash
lngton. Say, had to help him undress,
and took the horse chestnut and put 1t
In the foot of the bed, and got dad in,
and went downstairs to see doctor,
and then came back and told him the
doctor said If the prickly sensation went
to his feet he was in no danger from
smallpox, as it was an evidence that an
old vaccination Of years ago had got in
its work and knocked the disease out Of
his system lengthwise, and when told
dad that he raised up in bed and said he
was saved, for ever since l went out of
the room he had felt that same dreaded
pricking at work on his feet, and he was
all right.
told dad it was a narrow escape, and
that it ought to be warning to him.
| Dad has to wear dress suit to dinner
here and cough up money every time he
turns around, cause have told the bell
boys dad is a bonanza copper king, and
| they are not doing thing to dad.
o, I guess am doing just as the doc
tors at home ordered, in keeping dads
mind occupied.
Well. 80 long, old man, have got to
go to dinner with dad, and am going
to order the dinner myself, dad said
could, and If 1 don't put him into bank
ruptcy, you don't know your little
"HENNERY."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
SCOTT & BOVINE, 4os N ss"; ss 81
Pianos and Organs

Pianos and Organs
tuned, cleaned, repaired and voiced.
I am a graduate and hold q diploma
from the largest piano tuning school
in the United States.
A. D. PATTERSON.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
.CreScO Union
Savings Bank
ROBERT THOMSON. Cashier

That ls'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.
Applications in youth makes
old age comfortable.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
oAsToHEA.
B..,, tba ), The Kind You Have Always Bought
' S.: :; .; l :, 4; 1;
Executors Notice.

Notice is hereby given to all persons interest
dersigned was appointed by the District Court
Of howard county, Iowa. Executor of the estate
Elizabeth McGrane deceased at e s 81 sa es.
tate. viii make payment to the undersigned;
and those having claims against the same VIII
present them legally authenticated to the saio
Dated. the seth day Of March 1905.
JOHN n. McGRANE,
COWS Executor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
SCOTS
EN- SO n

and it cures the cold. That's
what's necessary. Itsoothes the
throat because it reduces the
irritation; cures the cold because
it drives out the inflammation !;
builds up the weakened tissues
because it nourishes them back
to their natural strength. That's
how SCOTS Emulsion deals with
a sore throat, a cough, a cold,
or bronchitis.
WE'LL SEND YOU
SAMPLE FREE.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
ITO be continued.
The Better
Way

The tissues of the throat are
inaamed and irrita tie d.; you
cough, and there is more irrita-
tion-more coughing. You take
a cough mixture and it eases the
irritation-for while. You take
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
Pointed.

'He has his good points,
$50 I found out when he elbowed
his way through the car last night"
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1905-04-07
South American Cities.

Santiago de Chile, the third largest
city in South America, has now popu-
lation of 262.00O The largest is Buenos
Ayres, followed by Rio de Janeiro.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
LEWIS MONEY UP.

Dan McKetrick. the manager of Will lie Lewis. New YOrk's best lightweight puglist. last night deposited S1,O0O alongside of that put up last week by Al Herford, the manager of Joe Cans, the lightweight champion of the world.
 In depositing his money last night McKetrick said:
 Lewis will fight Cans for the light weight championship of the world any time or place after four weeks have elapsed The weight must he 133 pounds ringside, and while we would prefer some other club than the Flu reka of Baltimore, which is owned by lIerford. this Is not essential. providing that IIerford will consent to some reputable referee other than the official referee of his own club. Any one of T number of well known men will suit Lewis.
 .'l am now waiting to hear from Her. ford as to where we shall meet to ar range the final details of the match
 Tn regard to betting a thousand dol lars on the outcome. I will gladly do so. but only at the odds that are in force at the ringside on the night of [ the fight. Ii would he unfair for Her ford to expect me to bet at evens when he we'll knows that his man will be a two or three to one favorite ''I have two offers for Lewis to fight Battling Nelson. one from Butte and the other from San Francisco. hut I would prefer to tackle Cans first. he cause he holds the worlds title that Lewis is after. hope the whole af- fair may soon he consummated."
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
THE PUGILISTS. CORBETT. WAS
 A FAILURE,
Disappointed His Friends In a Six Round Bout With Erne-kid Mccoy Has a Man For Jeffries.

fnlladelphla, April 4.-Young Cor bett had another chance to retrieve himself last night at the Washington l Sporting club, this city, in six round bout with Young Erne. local man, but the best he could obtain was d draw. And he was lucky at that for had not Erne been overawed he might nave easily OutpOinted his rival. It was disappointing mill, most of the | time being wasted in clinches. Cor bett's fight was failure, and his showing demonstrated that he has gone back at least 90 per cent.
 By the time the main bout was put on the clubhouse was packed to it's utmost capacity and standing room was hard to find. Many New Workers were in the crowd determined to find for themselves whether Corhett had really gone. back. It was 1O35 before the principals in the wind-up ap- peared in the ring. and the mill began five minutes later. COrbett looked beefy, while Erne was trained to the hour.
 Ene made the start and put q straight left to the face. Corbett was short with a right to the kidneys. while Erne poked left on the nose Erne jabbed COrbett on the mouth. and in return the Denver man put three straight rights on the ribs. ; Erne continued to jab and seemed to have the better of this round. Erne began the second round by whipping 1 left to the wind and cleverly tucked left swing for the jaw. There was l a brief miX-up and Corbett landed twice to the ribs with the right. Cor bett kept at Erne's kidneys. while Erne scored three lefts to the face. This was also Erne's round. They rushed to a clinch in the third and the referee had to part them. Corbctt swung the right hand, landing on the head and sent Erne to the ropes. He followed with an upper cut and Erne in return jabbed Cor bett on the face twice with the left COrbett continued to bore in and got home punches on the body without let up. He cut Erne's eye with, "a left swing and smashed him in the wind. having things his own way easily in this round
 Erne was much in evidence for the first minute of the fourth. but after that COrbett managed to get to Erne's kidneys and body. and got an even break in this round. They rushed to a clinch in the fifth without striking blow, but when they were separat- ed the gruelllng began in real earnest. A miX-up. vicious and determined. en- sued. COrbett doing the better work. But his efforts seemed to tire him. The fighting was SO fast that neither side heard the bell. and the referee had to separate them. Corbett had q shade the best of this round.
 Corbett landed three rights over the kidneys in the sixth and Erne swung two rights and two lefts on the jaw In clinch Erne fell through the ropes, but got up smartly and swung hard rights to the jaw.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
Agile Won the Derby.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, April 4.-Captain s. s. Browns handsome bay colt Agile, by Sir Dixon, dam Alpena, ridden by Jack Martin, romped home an easy winner in the Tennessee Derby at a mile and an eighth, defeating John Smulski, the Ellison candidate, and Jack Lory, representing the stable of John w. Schorr. by five lengths. Rams Horn and Whippoorwill. the entry of Captain W. S. Williams. were with drawn. Agile was prohibitive favor- ite in the betting. The Derby was probably the richest stake ever offered in the south. being worth S1O.535, with SS,S0O to the winner.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
' THE DIAMOND. DOlNGS IN
 THE SOUTH
Nationals Still Winning and the Americans Losing Results of All Other Games Played

Indianapolis. April 1.-The hand some new Washington base ball park. probably the best equipped and most modern in the American association. was christened yesterday in a well played game between the New York Nationals and the HoOsierS. Early in the day Jupiter Pluvus got busy with his sprinkling can and for a time sue ceeded in damping the ardor of the enthusiasts. When play was called at 3:30 o'clock. however, hy Peek Boo" Neach, who was himself famous player in his day, nearly 2.000 cnthusi- asts were in the grand stand and bleachers.
 Mathewson was selected by Manager McGraw 10 serve benderS, shoots and curves to the athletes who will do bat tie in 1905 for the honor and glory of Indianapolis under the field leadership of Billy Hallman, the former second baseman of the Philadelphia Quakers and Dutch dialect comedian in winter "Matty" was in fine form at critical stages and his superb work in the box was much appreciated hy American as sociatiOn fans who had never seen him at the slab before. The score:
 R.H.E. New York .. 70 o f % o ? O s 1 Indianapolis o o O 0O2 ? OO-3 10 8 Batteries-MatthewsO Elliott and Bresnahan; McGee, Nickens, Quesser and Berry.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
LETTER MINE WRECK
Fifty Miners Entombed by
 Explosion at Zeigler.
FIFTEEN BODIES BROUGHT UP.
Rescue Party Worked All Night, but Are Hindered by Deadly Gas.
 Steel Cage Blown Five .' Hundred Feet.

BENTON H., April 4-Some fifty miners have been entombed in Jo- seph Letters mine at Zeigler by a terrific explosion of gas, and 1t is probable that thirty or more of the buried men are dead. Thus far fifteen bodies have been found. The ex- plosion, it is said, was due to the fact that the Letter mines are not worked on Sunday, thus allowing gas to ac- cumulate in the lower workings.
 When between thirty-five and forty five miners had descended into the mine a terrific explosion blew the mouth of the mine high into the air. One of the steel cages was blown to the surface from the bottom of a 300 foot shaft. The shock of the ex- plosion was felt at Benton, twelve miles northeast of Zeigler. team ster driving along a road half a mile from the mine was covered with fall ing cinders, and debris covered the floor of his wagon half an inch deep. One miner was killed and four were severely injured at the mouth of the shaft in which the explosion occur red. The work of rescue was begun at once by miners, who were arriving when the explosion took place. But the main shaft was demolished so that rescue work has to be carried on through the airshaft.
 This has hindered the work of aid ing the entombed men to such an ex- tent that late last night only fifteen bodies and one injured man had been brought to the surface. These bodies were found forty feet from the bot tom of the airshaft, this being as far as the rescuers have been able to pen citrate the shaft.
 The bodies of the dead are so black ened that they cannot at once be iden- tified. Rolla Campbell is the injured miner brought out of the shaft, and it is said that he cannot live. Campbell is conscious, but he is unable to give any explanation of the accident
 There was much excitement among miners when the accident became known, because there had been strike of long duration and many conflicts had occurred between strik- CTS and nonunion miners.
 An all day investigation tends to show that the catastrophe was due to the accidental explosion of accumu- lated gas.
 Joseph Letter is expected to reach Zeigler today, although reported to be on his way to Europe. Search for bod ies continued all night. Nearly all the bodies found show no marks of injury, indicating death by asphyxiation.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1905-04-04
WRESTLING. NO MATCH
 YET MADE
Roach and Foley Have Not Yet Reached an Agree. ment - New Wrestler Here to Meet the Russian,

The match between Jack Roach and Jesse Foley has not as yet come to any head and it probably will not right away. Roach and his manager, James \. Carroll were in Danbury last week and met Foley. but the backer of the latter. the well known Al Russell. was unable to be present at the meeting Both of the wrestling experts seemed to he willing to make match. but Foley decided to wait until he could secure backing for the amount de- manded by Roach and his manager. \ match between these two experts ought to be good one, if the weights are made. Both are clever, know the tricks of the ga0.e and each is strong and heady. Incidentally it can be stated in connection with the matches that Roach has wrestled during his ca reer, he did meet Billy Cnaki of Bridgeport in a preliminary match in this city. when Cnaki was first brought out.