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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
JOSEPH BOUsKA,
R. F. D No. 2, Calmar, Iowa.
South Dakota Correspondence.

AS Il goLeral ruie the South Dakota
farmer, after be has sown his grain,
aud later when he had laid by'' his
corr, can await the harvest with
practical certainty of reaping profit
able crop This year is no exception
to the rule. The prospects fo' y
bountitul crop of small grain have
seldom been better and the harvest
lis commencing with the bugbear If
black rust reduced to a very iES.g.nii,
cant scarecrow.
In past years, there have been
seasons when the corn crop was moe.
advanced at this date than IL is sat
present, but observers of crop cotdt-
lions aver with good reason that Ice
season is yearly growing later in
South Dakota. Ia several prect eiil z
years, the corn has been late, but
only the light frDsts appeared Def, re
| it matured, ard South Dakota corn
is becoming so accustomed to this
bracing climate that 1T rather enjoy,
an early frost than otherwise, ard
the big ears rrllinto the crib sound
and crisp, apparently bigger AID
better thar corn that had a mau
rapid, early growth. In short it
seems that there can be no spring s.,
backward that the urfailiEg IN t
iweathts ADD fr.queDt showers II
July aud Angus NH ar niing The
icnrn safely - atsSufis' wb l.. Ire
bearlier c'sl *rat,i4r Roots sJn s.s,.,
the small sraioln 4 surprising w'.y.
Form Il, / /. fsrms rs tails d to you
about spsii years AID sheat yeats,
as though season which was pro-
piliuu, 10 ue Mas not good fur tue
otner, but now nice adjustment nf
the acra!ihaied grabs has bern
at5ain,d ard it Is the rule IN hava
! bumper GRIPS OF Doth corn ard small
grain In the same Year.
And II ali means prosperity to the
farmer and r-sul AN. prosperity for
every otasr intere st ia the stats. a
man who travels In the country r
Gently st:,ted Lp the writer that i
puildl'g pHratiuas In the couhny
seemed Ia be aaiag on more exppns,v
lily ahao ~ The IL" S. Prsp=tiiy
lsm'lss fran every ii Id AID isr-ttl ctcd
| trum the t,eMly pN,t.td waftsar d
q, rt,nisad thousands of sup,ran,
'iaI farm nuiidirgs, aud the puss, ), +
of these h-lds ard buildings has no
reason tnenvy aty man on the face Of
| tha glabe.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
WILL RETURN TO TURKEY.
shaban Bey Gotsha, Banished by Sui
tan, to Defy Ruler-Big Re
ward for His Capture.

New York.-Despite the fact that
there is reward Of $35, 900 for his cap
ture. dead or alive, shaban Bey Cot
sha, one of the Albanian revolution
airy chieftains, now in America, is
about to return to the land from which
he was banished six years ago. Since
Shaban Bey became refugee he has
been touring the world in the inter-
ests of his 100000 Acknowledged,
who want education and civilization,
but cannot get it because the sultan
and his followers are against them.
Six months ago the young revolu-
tionary leader came to America to en-
list sympathy and form a committee to
cooperate with the Balkan committee
already formed in England. In Lon
don he had been entertained by the
earl Of Aberdeen, Herbert and Stephen
Gladstone, the bishop of Durham.
Lord Brassey, Lady Frederick Cayen-
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
sailor OIL n ehartless sea.

sailor OH n ehartless sea.
She was making this abhorrent trip
In order that her brother might thrive
In his physical well being as well as in
his art. He had recently determined
on being an illustrator Of wild animal
books. "I'm going to study them at
first hand" he repeated often, ''the
way Melborn Foster has DONE And,
besides, want to illustrate fathers
journal" This journal, the record Of a
trip into the west made by Philip Ru-
pert before his marriage, had come to
be the most powerful influence in the
lads life. It was worn little red
book in which the father had written
the daily happenings and impressions
Of his trip, and its discovery by Louis
In box Of old papers had quite trans
formed his life. It had made him an
American, filing him with longing
for the ''Hesperian mountains" as
the father called the romantic land he
had seen but once, but whose splendor
lived with him throughout the remain
der Of his short life.
AS they sat at the table in the dining
car Ann again listened indulgently to
her brothers plans, and permitted him
to order the dinner and assume all the
manners Of grown man, honestly try
ing to conceal her own WEAKNESS of
spirit sincerely regretful OF her bitter
words on the ferry.
Louis was not weary. He eyed every
man who came In, avid to discover
some western trait, some outward sign
OF inward difference between himself
and his companions, but could not.
They were all quite commonplace bust
ness men, we'll dressed, close clipped
and urbane of manner. Some Of them
were evidently statesmen going over to
Philadelphia or out to Chicago, and
they all ate long and with every evil
dence Of enjoyment. Some of the wo-
men were young and pretty-students
returning to the west for their summer
vacations.
Once more in the privacy Of her state
room and looking out at the landscape
Keeling past, Ann sank back in her seat
wholly dismayed. "What in the world
can do out there7'' she asked herself
most poignantly. "Of course they don't
play golf or tennis, and can't ride,
and, besides, whom could I play with
Jeanette is not bit athletic" And
again the small round Of her interests
-she had no gayeties-was borne in
upon her. II shall die of Inactivity"
Louis excused himself quite formally
and went back into the smoking COM
partment to sit with the men, while
Ann, left alone. gave herself up to a
close, half ironic study Of the absurdity
Of her position. With dozen most de-
sirable invitations to distinguished Lon
don homes, with everything before hel
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07

part range. whose fame is Worldwide.
Ann experienced her first decided flush
Of interest as the swinging, reelins
rush of the train brought the great
peak into view, dim, blue dome
against the western sky.
At last, just as the red was paling
out Of the sky, the train swung to the
left on Its southerly course, and the
whole Rampant range began to stretch
and wind away to northward and SOUTH
ward, while between the plain and the
foothills rolled tawny sea Of sod,
deeply marked with ravtnes and dot
ted with pine clad buttes. The range
grew DINNER as they gazed, and at last
even Louis was content to sink back
In his seat and wait.
TT isn't bit as 1 expected it to be-"
he said, "but it is glorious. That pur-
pie green was wonderful. I'm going to
try to get that some time. 1t isn't as
PERCEPTIONS as the Alps, but it's superb
Just the same. and just think how much
wilder It was when father came herev'
I'm glad you were not disappointed
boy" she replied, laying her hand on
his shoulder and caressing his cheek,
'but you need rest You're seeing too
much" SIS.
The train was now winding down to-
ward Valley Springs. and only the
splendid sky line Of the range could be
distinguished as the lights Of the town
began to sparkle out Of the obscure
murk.
The porter. with brush in hand, came
down the aisle. '"rhis Is Valley Springs,
miss"
They were met at the car door by a
big. smiling man in modish summer
dress, while behind him stood pale,
sweet faced woman In blue.
"Hello, Donr' shouted Louis.
"Hello, laddie! How do you do,
Ann?" replied Barnett, and as Ann and
her cousin embraced the big man
caught Louis by the hand. "How's
your muscle, my boy? Got all your
traps2 Here, Tom!' he called to a
colored footman, @look out tor these
things
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
Very Low Rat "a Tuesdays

Every Tuesday, balance OF the year. the
Chicago Great Western Railway VIII sell
homeseekers tickets TO Minnesota, North Da.
kota and Canadian Northwest at about halt
rate; to other erritory first aud third Tuesdays
Apply TO any Great Western Agent or j. P, 81.
tmer, G P. A.. ST. Paul, MINI. state number In
party aud when going. dec 81
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
Unique Plea Unheeded.

An English laborer, who was
charged with stealing four fowls. said
that he had been punished once as
he ate part of one of the fowls. 1T
was like eating wood" he said. Il
have not been we'll since" He was
sent to prison for 81 days.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07

4 Impure blood runs YOU dowa--makes
you- an easy victim for uiganio
idiseaS. S. BurdocK Blood Buffers
purifies the biood--oures the cause
builds you up.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
Make a Success of Your Talents

The opportunity ofyour life is await ng In the
new to ms on the Chicago tlr at Western Rail.
way. Openings IN neatly all lin IS of business.
Write to-day to q, B. Magl.!. Mgr, Townsite
Department, OMAHA for fall information and
Copy of Town Talk., sep. Ii.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
A c.rtain cure Fur ,cn,np Feet

Aalsn's F,a'.EAse, a pr WIDER; cures
Tired Arliipa. Sweating, Swollen
feet Samp'a ssntFREE, also Samples
of F0bT EASE SANITARY CORN PAD,
q nnss irV'.ntinn. Address, Allen S.,
Olms' d, lie Roy, N. Y. sSw4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
cupid's Responsibility.

Were it not that people fall in love
NO publisher could keep his office
onen for a week, and no bookseller,
either.-Boolys Of To-Day
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
For Sale.

The snuGh 'l9i ac' @, of tho north
Ieastq' arsef Of ssF 4, Howard Center
twp sa'~n as psfi =. the McHtyh
fa.n tHaRN. A.imr,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07

Regulates the. bowels, promotes
easy natural movements, cures consti-
patton Deans Regulets. Ask your
druggist for them. rs cents box.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07

Doan,, Ointment cured me- OF
Teczsmi that had annoyed me long
time. The cure va, permanent -
Hon S. W Matthews, Commissioner
Labor Statistics, Augusta, Me.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07

Baby won't suffer five minutes with
Group II You apply Dr.. Thomas Elec.
trio OH at once. II acts like magic
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-08-07
IFS Poland China and Duroc.
Jersey Spring Pigs for Sale.

-
These are very fancy, healthy,
growthy lot of pigs. They come from
the best strains of hogs in the country.
The Poland Chinas are sired by such
bears as Happy Klever ro4e7r, he by
Ed. Klever's Thickset 7r2z1. He is the
greatest prize-winner in the state of
Ohio. His pigs are winners also. Some
of my Poland Chinas are sired by Med
dler Io47e3. He is the pig that won
"1st under 6 months" at the DEBORAH
Fair last season and now is heading one
of the best herds i'll Nebraska. Also
some other good boars.
My Duroc-J Jerseys are sired by Clark's
Boy 424I3 He is one of the large kind,
heavy boned, straightforward; if moth
ing happens will grow to make 1000
lib. hog. Also by a few other good hogs.
My sows are all equally as good as
the boars.
Get pig from this herd and you will
have something that will improve your
herd.
Come and see. Farm one mile east
of Protivin. Or write to
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CHAPTER II

u NNs entrance into the Barnett
~ home cut her of from all con-
tact with life distinctly west
orn Che found horSalf s<iYJ
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SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR JUNE 10, 1906

pcous penetration she turned suddenly to the clerk
Isn't this the time when gets double stamps?"
she demanded.
He gazed at her with slightly flushed face,
wherein mingled respect and evaporation. Il
think it is, he confessed.
Then III have thenl-double six hundred
dollars worth" Then she turned to / think
| see Katie's wedding present in the distance
After spending great deal of time and energy
in which Lou rose to the eXigences of barter like
Sans GeHe-we presented with nearly ton of
green coupons There were thousands of them,
literally. felt as if | had robbed national bank;
Lou inclined to the notion that it stage money.
The upshot of the situation that we had to buy
a small suitcase in which to bear away the spoils
lust as leaving the gentle young clerk
fastened up to u.s. He seemed less gentle and
affectionate
And when shall | have the boat shipped?" he
asked briskly
We stared at him blankly; then stared at each
other more blankly. Suddenly we collapsed against
a counter and shrieked with laughter.
We have no place to send it presently man
aged to get out, except our fiat"
don't think the jantor would let us keep boat
The clerk never smiled. :" But you must have it
sent somewhere
See here, young mani" retorted. Il tell you we
have no place to put it. Can't we tie it here quietly
in your shop until tomorrow? and meanwhile we'll
Oh, yes, he grudged, you can do that"
Lou insisted kissing vessel good-by.
Don't let anyone hurt it, will your" she begged.
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banks, we've got six hundred and eighteen dollars
in the trust company.
Dare your" asked Il have my check-book."
Her gaze rested on the boat. III die if | don't
have it..
Thank Heaven, then, you are spared to me- Loul
She flew to me. There no one looking save
the NJ B. MY dear, my dear!" she cried, kissing
me inadvertently on the end of my nose, we can
90 abroad and-I don't care!'
Wen go in boatp' l cried Joytully- And
I'm sick of saving money, anyway.
See here, >" said to modestly entering young
man. we've got to buy this thing. We can't
afford it, we don't need it, and we'll probably have
to spend the summer starving rapidly up and down
the rivers in it; but We'll take it..
4 thought you'd want it, he grinned.
You're thoughtful young man., | grinned
back land you have doubtless ruined two decent
Young lives by your actions this day.
l wrote the check-for all we had in the world
without CULVER of emotion for Sicily and gave it to
the patient clerk. Lou hoped between and the
NJ. B. in nervous ecstasy. He bearing
fortune away-to see if it was good, l suppose
when she gave little gigging scream.
What is it, Lou?" l demanded
"Katie"
Oh, gracousl 1 forgot about Katie!"
What shall do? She'll never forgive us!
And money is gone"
In the midst OF our feverish gaiety the young man
returned. VIII you take trading stamps? he
asked monotonous1y.
Why, yes, OF course We always do, said Lou
What do you do with em?" l asked of her
covertly
"Shl I'm not sure yet" With air of sus-
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Or overfeed it, put in or pet it too much
And please see that it has nice comfortable place
to sleep in.
What about all these green things that firing
out to carry?" | asked Lou, when we were
dazed by wandering about outside once more.
Why, dear, don't you see? Wen take them to-
to place and exchange them for things.
Sounds vague but interesting.
You get everything I'm told, that you can't use
in your own house
Yes; but what then do want Of"
Can't you see? Stupid! They're for Katie.
Well furnish whole house for her..
| was deeply impressed. And do you mean that
we've got motor-boat and also a wedding present
for Katie-at whack?
lust that" radiated Lou Isn't it 1ovely?"
Well by Jove!" l marveled. You are wonder
full'
Have you just discovered that" she modestly
Let's get right home and decide where take
boat for its summer vacation.
1t won't be Sicily
No" laughed Lou happily, 1T won't but oh,
my dear. wherever it is we'll love it
Rather, said heartily. / want to tell Martin
Cressy.''
After several blocks of silence she murmured:
"Whatn name it?
"Whose?" said l absently. "Katie's? Oh, oursl'
I'D thought of Green Trading Stamps, offered
Lou tentatively.
Too commercial" I objected. Let's call it
call it A. w. l. S. eh?"
What's that-a name?" she inquired
"Of course. A. w. l. S.-A Winter in Sicily
oh, bullyi" said Lou.
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r TALE the acts of
~ life are guided
and guarded
by folklore. Present.
day proclaimed skep-
ticism to the contrary
Notwithstanding, this
statement is ready of
proof. Which being
the fact, it becomes
an of-course that SO
vastly important a
matter as love should
be of all things richest
in it's literature of pre-
dictions and omens.
The " Who?" and the
" When? and the
How? of courtship
and marriage all are
foretold.
Such changes, how
ever, are to the out
ward seeming only.
Love alters not with
the passing centuries,
nor has it's lengthy
creed lost materially
of the ceremonial ten
cts of an older daV.
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There is that old warning couplet:
Change the and not the letter,
Change for and not for better.
Miss Brown may ignore it to become Mrs. Bevers,
and Miss White may laugh at it while telling her in
Inmates that she is to be Mrs Wells; but do not both
of them in that very laughing, doubling apology
thereby prove this a1l-but-immortal folklore of
marriage, even though daughters of the newest
of the centuries, they decline wholly to be bound
by it? To be sure elder and unmarried sister
no longer feels it incumbent upon her to dance bare
foot at the younger maidens bridal, to ward off
the hideous threat of spnsterhood, nor has that
venerable prophecy its one-time weight-about
Thrice bridesmaid never a bride but, for the
rest hymeneal superstitions practically album
dant and as revered they were
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Cupid Fixes the Month

FOR the days of engaged Impotence and blissfu
planning, the well-observed dictates of Dan Cupid
all but endless. First must be considered the
month To begin with, Lent is barred for Married
in Lent, you'll live to repent and the average girl
will decide such question without hesitation,
at the cost of waiting forty days longer May too,
is held unucky. Perhaps this belief goes back to
Ovid's time for the Latin poet laid ban upon the
month that in which fell the celebrations in honor
of the great dead. Perhaps Putarch laid his wiser
finger the root of the evil, in calling attention to
the fact that a May wedding sighted both Venus
and Juno, whose months were, respectively, April
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By Warwick James Price

where the jingle is per-
haps widest known of
all:
Monday for health,
Tuesday for wealth,
Wednesday the best day
of all;
Thursday for losses,
Friday for crosses,
Saturday no luck at all.
So comes at last the
day-and it is safe pre-
dieting that at least the
she of the " high-con-
tracing parties" will,
first thing of all, fly to
the window for a look
at the weather; for
HAPPY the Dr1de the
sun shines on.
And when she begins
to don those pretty
things that represent
the busy labors of hap
Ply hours, what then?
Well, she will put on her
right shoe before her
left, that points to sue
cess in life. She will
Use no ninS. thev be-
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and June Perhaps the fifth month is really
Queen of Scots began her own much married and
none-too-f fortunate career. The truth, though its
origin is obscure down this, that those four
weeks of lavishly beautiful stage settings are yet
looked upon askance.
Not one of the months but has its prediction.
Thus runs the best-known of the formula:
Married in Januarys boar and time widowed you'll be
before your prime;
Married in Febr VS. sleety weather life you'll tread in
tune together;
Married meath Apriis changefu skies checered path
Married when bees Ger May-booms fit, strangers
around your board will Sit
Married in queen-rose month OF June, life will be
long honeymoon;
Married Julys ower-banks blaze bitter-sweet
ries in after days;
Married Augusts heat and browse, lover and friend
in your chosen spouse l. ..,
your life will flow;
Married when leaves in October thin, toll and hardship
Married in wells of November mist Fortune your we'd
d1ng-ring has kissed
Married in DAYS of December cheer Loves shines
brighter from year to year.
1t may seem arnusingly evident from this that
the at Cupid's shrine have tried hard to say
nice things of pretty nearly all the units that go
build up the year E. playing safe, would be the
used of their craft by the betting fraternity
Work for the Bride-To-Be
EVERY single day of preparation has its own
woman in the case. If she is wise, she will add to
her inward reoicings, well satisfy the Fates by
doing herself a good part of the work upon her
trousseau. And by all means should she help mix
the bridal-cake; she may not spoil it, and she
tany will advance her chances for that JOY of life
which (of course) she deserves
Everyone knows it is bad luck to put on the
entire wedding outft before the final dressing for
the ceremony itself, and almost every bride knows
that the color of her gown for that most fnoentous
of all moments is a matter not to be settled merely
by what is becoming. What is written in the
hymeneal law and prophets2
Married in gray you will go far away;
Married in black, you will wish yourself back;
Married in brown you will live out Of town;
Married in red, you will wish yourself dead;
Married in pearl you will live in a whirl;
Married in green, ashamed to be seen;
Married in yellow, ashamed of your fellow
Married in blue, he will always be true;
Married in pink, your spirits will sink
Married in white, you have chosen Alright.
Then, arises the question of the day of the week.
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token spite She will take good care that the Only
man-in all the-world doesn't her till she comes
at last to be joined to him for life for there's say
ing about the i'll luck of that, too.
Mr.. Bridegroom (of whom scant notice is taken by
the orgnators of all this mass of sage advce) here
comes in for single warning: He is not to stand
gate this wedding -rnorn. If he does, look outl
Of the march to the church there is much to say.
The fairies of i'll omen announce that no funeral
must be met the way, and they foretel dire
while the ceremony is going on. The fairies of
promises declare that the attending maid who
guests when Miss has become Mrs will be first mar
RED, and that she who gets the ring deep buried in
the great cake, will join for life the man of her
hearts own choice before the year is out
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The Best Man of Old Time

THOSE same bridesmaids, it is relevant to remark,
were in the once upon time regarded as no
presence should attract the evil eye, and so divert
from the bridal pair the i'll in the air around
The original best man, too, far from the purely
ornamental creature into which he has degenerated
to-day. He seems to have made his debut when
weddings were strenuous affairs; when the groom,
more likely than not carried off his chosen one by
force or craft and made his peace with the old
folks afterward if he could. In those days the best
man had to be just that.