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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
The Restored church-old Logs Pre-.
tected by Weather Boards,

wright came to the grant In com.
pany with Benjamin Larkin, in 1904
and preached in the beautiful grove
in the valley below the church. In
the church, in 1907, Rev. James Gar.
ner preached the first sermon ever
delivered on Christmas day by a
Protestant preacher in Indiana. He
took his text from the words: "They
have seen his star in the east and
are come to worship him."
The old log church passed through
many vicissitudes. 1t first stood on a
beautiful hill, on which is situated
the burying ground, where the mem.
bers of the Robertson family and
many pioneer Methodists are sleep.
ing. Many years ago the building was
removed from its original site, but
services were still held in it.
Then for many years 1t was used
as a stable, and rapidly passed into
decay. AT various times plans for
the preservation of the building were
discussed by Indiana Methodists, and
in 1902 the venerable Bishop Walden,
OF Cincinnati, in an address at the
deputy camp-meeting, in Jefferson
county, suggested that measures
should be taken to prolong the ex,
istence of the oldest church of the de.
nomination in the state.
Committees We're appointed to raise
funds and arrange for the restoration
of the building TO It's original site.
The logs composing the church and
the original site Of the church were
purchased. 1t was with great diff.
ficulty that the exact location was
discovered, but finally the church was
placed back over it's old found alton.
The restored church was carefully
weatherboarded and shingled to pre-.
serve the logs from the weather.
The interior has been restored to
its original condition. The church
was rededicated in August, 1904, with
imposing ceremonies.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18

was fnteresteu In my conversational
The lady had chance to go. The path
was open, but she fingered, she smiled"
you're liarr'
Munro was now very confident. "Am
I? Ask the boy; he saw her talking
with me. say the lady was gracious"
The gambler took on the air of IN in
jured comrade. Now, see here, Rob;
you're away out Of limits. l acknowl-
edge I've known a whole lot Of cheap
women, but that's all the more reason
why should be able to tell when l
meet the real thing. Her name is as
safe with me as with you. Probably
she's tied up back in the states any
way, SO that neither of us has any
chance Of interesting her. But it's an
open course and no favors, and so long
as she doesn't hand me out the icy
mitt' I'm going to make the most of
my chance, and from this moment"-he
took of his HAITI reform, throw up
my job at Hanley's. cut off booze
and shake Eau Claire"
Raymond was impressed by his RI
walls manner. "You can quit gam
bling, and hope you can leave liquor
alone, but I see trouble when you
shake Claire. But that doesn't matter.
For the sake of old times I want to
avoid quarrel with you, Jack. But 1
warn you that II Miss Rupert finds
your presence disagreeable you go, and
you stay! AS you say, she is probably
engaged to better man than either of
US. But she is here because of the boy,
and l feel certain responsibility for
them both, and the man who presumes
on chance acquaintance with her will
answer to me-"
"All right. Leave 1t to her, Rob-"
said Munro almost jocularly. IF she
turns me down I'll pull out Of my own
accord, lightning sure. Good night"
Raymond walked away with sense
Of failure. Munro had aaroitly writhed
out Of his grasp and was probably ex-
ulting at his own cleverness he was
troubled. too. by the confident tone
which Munro had taken In saying. 1.-THE
way was open; she fingered"
Out Of the tumult Of his doubt he
emerged with an accession of conf
dence In himself. "If it comes to
choice between us, my chances are as
good as Jacks. Her tolerance Of him
Is due to ignorance of his real charac-
ter. Mrs. Kelly must tell her"
He saw the light in Kelly's home,
and its allurement was stronger than
ever before, but he resolutely held his
way to his own Preside, there to bit
terly muse the entire evening over his
poverty and the false position in which
Munro had cleyerly placed him.
He repented Of his resolute passing
Of her door when he heard next day
that couple of the Independent opera
tors had spent the entire evening with
Kelly and that one Of them talked a
great deal to Ann. The sting of it lay
In the fact that Tracy was fine young
fellow, studious and capable. "You are
a fool" Raymond said to himself. "You
threw away chance to be happy.
Don't do it again."
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18

a YOT day passed that the cap
tain Of the patrol did not ride
N down to the door of the Kelly
4 cabin and leap from his saddle
with some fanciful greeting carefully
and ornately uttered. So much he re-
tanned of his kentucky breeding.
"The sheriff's army grows apace, but
does not march," he announced one
morning.
Ann could not understand this hui
morous defiance of law-this colossal
recklessness. "What will you do when
1t does march?"
Meet it and bust It,"
"Tell me, now," she said to him at
another time, what is your real mo-
tive? Why should you be the cham
pion of the rights Of labor?"
He astonished her by giving back
earnestness for earnestness. "I'll tell
you, my lady. Labor has got to fight
This union is the coming thing. The
toilers have not only got to stand to-
gether, but they've got to drill. l hap
pen to have little military training.
and I'm going to give western labor its
first lesson In the power Of military or
ganization,
"Rob and Kelly both stand for the
thing that is going out. They think any
man has the same chance they have,
but tell you this union that they de-
spise is the coming order"
In truth, Kelly and Raymond were
watching Munro's rise to power with
growing uneasiness. He was now in
almost complete control Of the camp,
and though he still deferred to the I'M
ion and its committees, his reckless
bravery, his prompt execution Of or
ders and his knowledge of military
forms had made of him the chief
source of command, the only adequate
| regulative force on the peak. Those on
the outside did not hesitate to call him
1.-THE arch devil Of the district" and the
| whole western world was filed with
his doings, his reckless speeches.
His fame had fred the hearts of all
the dead shots and restless spirits of
the west, and from an irregular squad
Of twenty-five or thirty men his forces
had risen to nearly 200 heavily armed
and hardy horsemen.
Raymond, though keeping keen eyes
upon Munro, was unable to find cause
for war in any word or act of the gam
bier, nor could he fathom AIMS mind
either toward Munro or himself. She
appeared to find Munro diverting and
spoke Of him only in that way. If she
understood his "home life" it made no
change in her attitude. It was incon-
ceivable that refined girl should toll
crate a man who passed from one igno-
rant and vicious woman to another,
and yet AIMS greeting remained gra-
cious, II not friendly. What it was
when they were alone. he dared not
think.
AS for Raymond himself, he contin-
ued to punish himself by putting aside
the many opportunities which came to
] plead his own suit, and took morbid
sort Of pleasure In his remuneration.
.sXhEy. nm 10 ona. nnsn - lsast WIS
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
stllt.Marks on Old China.

Hunting for stilt-marks on old China
Is often good fun In itself. Almost
every old piece of fatware-i. g..
plates, platters, saucers, etc.-shows
three little rough spots. more or less
clearly marked on both sides, usually
In the margin. These spots We're made
In the firing. by the cockspur or stills
little tripods used between the
plates in piling them up in the kiln.
The three points where the cockspur
touched the plate caused defect in
the glaze. Unfortunately, stilt-marks
are not as sure guarantee of au-
thenticity as some collectors have
supposed, for they are not only easy
to initiate, but they are sometimes i'm
,perceptible on the old Staffordshire.
Furthermore, they appear very fire.
quently on modern tableware of the
cheaper sort, and so are no sign of an
tiquity-Country Life in America.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
AHsENT-MINDED PERSONS.
Domestic Dialogue Which Betray.
Laxlty on Both Sides of the House.

what did you do with my pocket
knife when you finished using it?
asked young nan of his wife as
they stepped FROM a street car re-
turning from Swope park yesterday.
A look of CONSERVATION spread over
the wife's face as she replied:
ooh! I'm SO awfully sorry. left
1t sticking in the tree after we ate
our luncheon. We were in such a
hurry to catch a car, you know"
you probably hold the record for
Observation-Disclosures retorted the half
angry husband. Just then she caught
him wiping the perspiration from his
brow with paper napkin which he
had placed in his pocket instead of
his handkerchief He had left the
handkerchief lying on the grass.
The family score is now even.-
Kansas City Star,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
British General Immediately dag
nosed Meaning of Shot.

To understand war, says the author
of "A People at School," is an in.
stinct. To illustrate the aphorism, he
tells story of an English general
whose understanding of sounds was
phenomenal. One night, he says,
after dinner they were all sitting talk
ing at headquarters They were ex-
pecting an attack, and sentries and
pickets were posted far out beyond
the stockade.
Suddenly we heard one shot; Of
course, every one jumped up. The
bugles sounded; the men fell in; the
officers ran to their posts. Gen. Sy.
mons alone had not moved After lis
tening intently for moment or two,
be had sat down again.
myself was between two minds,
whether to go out with one of the par
ties hastily assembling outside, or to
stay with the general So I stood ir-
resolutely by the door,
"You can sit down." said Symons;
1t is nothing. A sentry has let off his
fife by accident. That is ALL"
So 1t proved. While he was leaning
Upon his rifle it had gone off, and so
aad his fingers. Companion
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
"Dlop til" he CURLY commanded. "Dlop
nm ~

cook of the household, rushed into the
room and flung himself on the mad
wretch. His long fingers encircled her
throat. "Dlop it!' he CURLY command
ed. "Dlop gunw For few moments
the woman struggled, then the re-
volver fell to the floor, and Nora
snatched it up.
Woo turned the gasping, hiccoughing
creature to the door and flung her out
upon the ground. "You dunk. Go
home. Stop home. Me sable you-you
sable me-" he said as he bent above
her.
Ann interposed. 'Don't hurt her,
Woo"
He stood beside her while she slowly
regained a sitting posture. "She belly
dangelous. Me go tell Munlo. She
fght-me kick"
The poor creature now seemed dazed
and broken and began to weep, and
with her tears became as abjectly pitt
full, as pathetically tawdry, as she had
been hideous and menacing In her
wrath. Ann shuddered with q bitter
nausea, disorder that was half phys
tcal weakness, half mental repulsion
There was something CHASTITY beyond
words in this creature sitting In ut.
ter abandonment in her rumpled fin
cry, which the pitiless sun dissected
STOPPING, she took the miserable one
by the arm. Get up. You must no,
sit there"
Slowly the woman rose, all thought
Of revenge swallowed up In wave OF
maudlin self pity, You're all agin
me-all of We! guess You wouldn't
like it to have your husband stolen by
another woman. You let me alone!
she said to Woo. with a flash of anger
''You pigtail, what business you got tc
lay hands on white lady?"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18

VIII not prosecute her" he said saw
agely and bent his best energies to the
work Of developing his mine.
One afternoon Us Ann and Mrs. KEEL
~ sat sewing and chatting together
woman suddenly appeared in the open
door. She was large and high colored,
her hat was awry, and there was a
wild glare in her eyes and look in
her face that froze even Nora into ST.
lence. Both stared at their strange
visitor in breathless apprehension till
she pointed her unsteady finger at
Ann and hoarsely cried out:
$50 you're the one that's cut me outr'
The muscles of one check contorted
and her eyelid dropped like that of
paralytic as she fixed baleful look on
the astonished girl. After moments
pause she stepped uncertainty upon
the threshold and leaned against the
jamb. "Well, you'd better watch out.
If you don't give him up, I'll kill your
"She's crazy" whispered Nora.
The intruder fumbled in her absurd
ly famboyant skirt and at last drew
out pistol. NOW you better hop!"
she said, with menacing calmness.
Ann rose, white and calm. "Who
are you? What do you wantY
"Wbo am I? I'm Jack Munro's wife,
that's who am. and want you to let
him alone, that's what want. You
can understand that, can't your Her
big, fabby face again contorted hor-
ribly.
Nora found tongue. 'rYou go away
or I'll call Matt"
Call him. What do care for hint
I amt afraid Of no man livin'. No,
sir; let him come. But got no war
with you; you're all right. But that
thing there, with her fancy dresses
I'll pink her with bullet II she don't
let my Jack alone"
If the drunken creature had swept
handful of mire into her face Ann
more degraded. Fixing look of dis
dain on the woman, she said: you are
quite mistaken. Your Jack is less than
nothing to me. I despise him and all
he represents"
The other wildly laughed. "Ah, yes,
you can talk-you're smooth-but /
know!" She began to buster. "If you
hated him, why do you talk and laugh
with him? saw you yesterday" She
raised the pistol. II tell you, I'll blow
you into kingdom come if you don't
promise right now to give him upw
% h1 +ho To-
at play just outside appeared in the
doorway, and the sight Of them steeled
the little mothers heart. go away,
darlin's," she called to them. "Quick,
run for dadv'
The woman turned to see who was
behind her, and the desperate Nora
seized her by the wrist. "Give me the
gun!' she called.
II won't! Lei go mep' shrieked the
Intruder, jerking hard in the effort to
free her hand.
Ann seized the other arm. IT prom
ise," she said quietly, fixing her eyes
full upon those Of the Infatuated wo-
man, who ceased to struggle. "Now
go away"
"You promise?"
II promised"
The woman again laughed harshly,
drunkenly. II don't trust you. I'll kill
you; then know. Let go mel" she
called. "Let go or I'll smash your
facet"
"Matt! Oh, Mattw called Nora as
she chung desperately to that terrible
wrist.
Help came from an unexpected quar-
ter. Like a flash, Woo, the new Chinese
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18

The creature beg n to pour forth a
hood Of vile epithets, directed toward
the patient Woo, who tried again and
again to lift her and was in the midst
Of howl Of wrath when Matt came
round the corner of the house.
whats all this?" he asked sharply.
The woman suddenly rose to her feet,
well aware that a man had arrived,
and began to humble and weep again.
Nora ran to her husband. ooh, Matt,
drive her away. She tried to kill u.s."
"Who is she? Who are you, and
what are you doing here anyway"
The woman, quite dismayed, began
to retreat. Its all right. She prom
ised. I'm going now"
+ Woo explained: "She Munlo's wife.
Belly dlunk-allee same Clay. Take
um gun-go shoot lady" He pointed
at Ann. ME choke UNI. She fall on
glound. No get up Nola catchee gun"
Kelly followed the invader. "You go
back to where you came from and stay
murderin' omadhaun"
Ann Went to her room and flung
herself down upon her bed in such
abasement as she had never known in
all her life. She could not deceive
herself. She had brought this horri-
Bile assault upon herself by something
more than tolerance of Munro.
The woman's ignorance and taste
lessness, her common voice. her badly
fitting garments, her Incredible base
ness of speech. all came back. Gam
Rupert rival to that being! OF
course she had never for an instant di-
eectly encouraged Munro, and yet he
had appealed to her and she had lis
tened.
"Rob should have warned me-" she
complained, her mind going back to the
man she could trust. At the moment
she could not see or would not &C.
knowledge that Raymond had ventured
as far as he dared in revealing Nun
ro's private life. She was too angry
with herself and every one around her
to be just. AS her flaming wrath died
she grew cold and bitter. This is
what comes of going outside ones own
proper world. / shall leave the peak
1t once, and hope shall never see it
Or hear it spoken of again."
Ito be continued.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
Old Church as 1t Appeared Before It,
Restoration.

church one upon another is stated
by Rev. George X. Hester, an early
circuit rider, to have been organized
at Nathan Robertson's home in April
or May, 1903, by Rev. Messrs. Ben.
jamin Lakin and Ralph Lotspeech. It
is said to have been the first Meth
odist society in Indiana.
Among the ministers who preached
at Robertson's in the early days was
the dauntless Peter Cartwright, the IA
nous circuit rider, who Is said to
have been the only man who ever
won an Office over Abraham Lincoln
In contest before the people. Cart
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
CHAPTER XVI.

n YOT a day passed that the cap
IN tain Of the patrol did not ride
NJ down to the door of the Kelly
L cabin and lenn from his saddle
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18

FAD ,ue soLD1En-s INSTINCT
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
DOMESTIC NOTES.

Mr.. Polar-Dearest, I've brought a
gentleman home for dinner.-Chicago
Daily News.
Big Bite.
Fam had been fishing OF the stern
of the ark since breakfast. Suddenly
he gave lurch and shouted. excitedly:
"Come here. pop; I've caught New
Jersey"
What" exclaimed Noah, incredu-
lousy. "Do you mean. to say you have
made such catch as that?"
Sure, pop. How is this for an &C.
topus &c Chicago Daily News.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
Millinery Hint.

A simple addition which the most
ordinary mi.iner can make to her
hat with good effect is the trick of
putting fiat choux Of tulle or NOUS,
seine back of the roses or rose she
puts on it.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-09-18
FARMERS AND HoRsEMEN!

Are your horses afflicted with
HeavesP II so you should at once
procure bottle OF LUERs' HEAvE
DROPS, sure cure for Heaves, Short,
windedness, Coughs and Indigestion.
For sale by HI. Luers Drug Co.; P,
A. Clemmer; VIM. Connolly, and
Tomas s. Milz. 93yl.
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-12-01
A DOCTORS TRIALS.
He Sometimes Gets Sick Like Other
People.


Even doing good to people is hard
work II you have too much of 1t to do.
No one knows this better than the
Woodworking, conscientious family
doctor. He has troubles of his own
often gets caught In the rain or snow,
or loses SO much sleep he sometimes
gets out of sorts. An overworked
Ohio doctor tells his experience:
About three years ago as the result
Of doing two mems work. attending a
large practice and looking after the
details Of another business, my health
broke down completely, and / was lit
tie better than a physical wreck.
Il suffered from indigestion and
constipation, loss Of weight and appe-
tite, bloating and pain after meals,
loss of memory and lack of nerve
force for continued mental applica-
ton.
Il became irritable, easily angered
and respondent without cause. The
hearts action became irregular and
weak, with frequent attacks of palpi-
tation during the first hour of two
after retiring.
Some Grape-Nuts and cut bananas
came for my lunch one day and
pleased me particularly with the re.
suit / got more satisfaction from 1t
than from anything / had eaten for
months, and on further investigation
and use, adopted Grape-Nuts for my
morning and evening meals, served
usually with cream and sprinkle OF
! salt or sugar.
my Improvement was rapid and
permanent In weight as we'll as in
physical and mental endurance. In a
word, ] am filed with the Joy of liv-
ing again, and continue the daily use
Of Grape-Nuts for breakfast and often
| for the evening meal.
The little pamphlet, The Road to
Wellville,' found in pkgs., is invari.
ably saved and handed to some needy
patient along with the indicated rem
edy." Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Greek, Mich. There's a rea-
SON"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-12-01
GAVE DRUMMER A SCARE.
Delayed Telegram Suggested Awful
Possibilities.

There was a travelling man." said
the night operator, whose wife pre-
sented him with son while he was
out drumming up trade. The doctor
got the mans address, and, since his
wife was doing none too well, wrote
out message giving him the news
and telling him to return.
The doctor gave the message to
the cook, who couldn't read. She
forgot to send it. and the next day tie
drummer came home of his own "ac-
cord.
He stayed day or two, found his
wife doing all right. and set out on
his rounds again. Nothing. as IL hap
pened, was said about the forgotten
telegram.
And at the end of the week the
telegram was remembered by the
cook. With an exclamation of horror
you know she couldn't read-she
hurried to the office and sent to the
drummer that delayed message. When
he got it that night he was terrified.
What he read was this:
Another addition-a son; your
wife very i'll; return at once.
He took the midnight train for
home. He was like a. man in trance.
Another he kept muttering in a
dazed voice. 'Impossible!'
"On getting home he was so reliev'
ed when everything was explained to
him that he decided not to fire the
cook, after all"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-12-01
NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT.
Man Has Good Reasons for Looking
at Inside of His Hat.

IT see here that a woman writer
wonders why a man always looks in
his hat before he puts it on" said the
reflective man as he looked up from
his paper. Here is what she says:
When a man puts on his hat he most
always looks inside It first. What he
expects to see remains mystery, but
he looks for il all the same. That's
easy. He looks in his hat to see IL
the knot holding the inside band to-
gether will be at the back of his head
when he puts IL on. Now ii she'll tell
me why woman always pulls down
her veil and purses up her mouth be-
fore she steps out of doors, well call
it. square.
Funny, the things YOU read in the
Sunday papers. ] see here that an
other Chicago professor got up on his
hind legs to declare that there should
be schools of love, and the young
should be educated in love- Slush!
Schools of love aren't necessary. The
young of the softer sex inherit suffi-
GENTLY large stock of knowledge on
this subject from their mothers, and
what they can't teach the young
men it isn't necessary for them to
know"
Charlevoix county herald., 1906-12-01
WORST CASE OF ECZEMA.
Spread Rapidly Over Body-limbs
and Arms Had to Be Bandaged-
Marvellous Cure by Cuticura.

"My son. who is now twenty-five
years of age. when he was four
months old began to have eczema on
his face, spreading quite rapidly until
he was nearly covered. We had all
the doctors around us, and some from
larger places. but no one helped him
a particle. The eczema was something
terrible, and the doctors said 1t was
the worst case they ever saw. At
times his whole body and face were
covered, all but his feet. I had to
bandage his limbs and arms; his
scalp was just dreadful. A friend
leased me to try Cuticura, and / be-
gan to use all three of the Cuticura
Remedies. He was better in two
months: and in six months he was
we'll. Mrs. r. l.. Risley, Piermont'
N. H.. Oct "a, 1905"