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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
Her Gentle Dig.

Mrs. McSwctt-I think your friend
Binks is an idiot.
: Mr.. McSwatt-You're not a very good
Judge of men, my dear.
Mrs. McSwatt--Thats true--but /
didn't think you'd acknowledge it,
Cleveland Leader
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
How Hu,sasal,s.

They were showing ~ through the
conservatory.
This" said they, "is specimen OF
the royal palm of India"
Very interesting" we chortled, "and
have you a specimen Of the famous
Here we were compelled to chuckle at
our own humor-
"Ths famous itching palm ?"-Chicago
Sun.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
Coast-Lines and Character.

In an address delivered before the
Section of Anthropology of the Ameri-
can Association for the Advancement
of Science, Mr.. E. L. Blackshear main
tains the proposition that the scarcity
of islands, peninsulas and bays along
most of the coast-line of continental
Africa has indirectly exerted profound
influence on the character of the inhab-
itants Of Africa. by isolating them from
all the great world movements of his
tory Deprived of the stimulus of COM
mercial and maritime influences, they
have remained stationary and dormant
with regard to the organic life of the hui
man species. These characteristics, Mr.
Blackshear thinks, have not yet been
bred out of most of the descendants Of
African natives transported to this
country in slavery days.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
Very Good Reason.

Dick (who lad been to the circus
with young No.naa)- Why DO young
ladies like tbs circus Sc pl,.et.?
Ered--I SUPPOSE Lecause they have
Ri itching for the ring,-N. Y, Times.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
A Delicate Undertaking.
10 you admire frankness 2"

DO you admire lTaHKHess!
Eyes" answered Miss Cayenne; "but
l dislike unskilled attempts at it, 1t
takes far more than the ordinary com
mand of language for person to say
precisely via. he means. Evening
Star
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
w. j. MEAD
BUSINESS V!gLINlsT

AS am connected with tie LIE R.n
Harp Orchestra, of LIE Roy, Mimi, |
will furnish music for any ard al
occasiors at ii reason ableA late. W.
have the latest ard MI st carefully s, :
lectcd repertoire of new music III d
can furnish as m ny musicians as may
be desired.
can also giv,- Instructions To
beginners either IN he violin or q,
horns with valves Terms If ,ip,i.,.
for instruction. ~ .i'llcrrf tl;e ap,,N.
mentioned Instruments nude know
upon application.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02

a sedirnentors set
ting indicatesan
unhealthy con-
ditio1l of the kid
neys; if it stains
your linen it is
evidence of kid
ney trouble too
frequent desire
to pass it or pain
in the back is
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
Thousands Have Kidney
Trouble and Never Suspect It.
How TO Find Out

Fill bottle or common glass with your
water and let it stand twenty-four hours
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02
His Method.

SIS he "a good advertiser"
Eyes, his wife goes calling every
day." cleveland Plain Dealer,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1906-01-02

Thought It Was Empty.
Cholly-I have beastly cold in my
head
Molly-well, that's something
Cleveland Leader.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
FOIL DENVER BANK ROBBERS.
They Attack Cashier, but They Are
OVerpoWered.

They Attack Cashier, but They Are
OVerpoWered.
Dufield Knox Duncan and John Has
tings attempted to rob the bank at
Denver conducted by Edward Elwell,
but they were foiled and both were
captured. They entered the bank to-
gether and asked to be shown a safety
deposit box. Mr.. 44.well accompanied
them to the vault, where Duncan then
struck him with blackjack. ElwelI
grappled with his assailant and over
powered him. Hastings fed, but was
arrested a short time afterward at his
lodgings.
Duncan formerly lived in Syracuse
N. Y, and is said to be a member of
a prominent family. Hastings came
to Denver from San Francisco. He
lived in Cincinnati for number of
years. Both men have been employed
on local newspapers. Hastings recent
ly married Miss Katherine Jenkins,
formerly cashier in the Elwell bank.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
LATE sowN GRAIN DAMAGED.
But Big Crop of Early sOwn Wheat Is
Assured,


From the Portland Oregonian comes
the report that the hot winds of the
past few days have fastened the rip
ening of wheat and other cereals in
the Inland Empire. In the Palouse,
the fall and winter grain has come
through the ordeal very well and the
harvest is yielding an average of 80
bushels to the acre. Late sown grain
has been shriveled to some extent by
the intense heat.
In Sherman and Wasco counties the
farmers estimate the loss as high as
SO per cent, though it may be less. In
Sherman county some of the wheat is
being cut for hay, but as the price of
hay is good, there will not be much
loss.
Wheat harvest in the Eureka fiat
country, Walla Walla county, will be-
gin next week. Two days of hot wind
have done great damage to wheat in
the milk. The loss is estimated as
high as rs per cent to the late sown
wheat. In the Washtucna region har-
vesting will not begin for 20 days.
Hillside fall and spring wheat in Whit
man county has felt the ill effects of
the very warm days.
Umatilla county will turn out about
100000 bushels, despite the loss by
early freezing and the hot weather.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
CHAPTER xvIu

The evening passed as It had passed
q hundred times before. Captain Frere's
home was a cottage on the New Town
road, which he had occupied since his
appointment as assistant police magis-
trate, an appointment given to him as a
reward for his eKertions In connection
with the Osprey mutiny. His convict
servant had sat up for him, and, as he
entered the man handed him a letter,
bearing a superscription In a female
hand
''Who brought thisT' asked Frere.
hastily tearing it open to read.
1.-THE groom, sir. He said that there
was a gentleman at The George the
Fourth who wished to see YOU"
'You needn't wait" said Frere to the
man. IT shall have to go back again,
/ suppose" Changing his forage cap
for a soft hat, and selecting a stick
from a miscellaneous collection in a
corner, he prepared to retrace his steps.
'What does she want2" he asked him
self, fercely, as he strobe down the
mOonlit road.
The George the Fourth was a long,
low house, situated in Elizabeth street.
Its front was painted a dull red, and
the narrow panes of glass in its win
doWu, and the Ostentatious affectatiOn
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
FIVE PERSONS WERE MURDERED.
Father, Mother and Three Children
Killed in Their Beds.

NuISu III ! nSlF bSOSs
Isaac Lyerly, his wife and three
youngest children were murdered in
their home, one mile east of Barber's
Junction, N. c., during the night by
robbers, who then, after looting the
house, set fire to the bed on which Mr.
and Mrs. Lyerly lay. Two older
daughters who were sleeping upstairs
were awakened and rushed down just
in time to extinguish the flames be-
fore serious damage had been done.
Lyerly was a wealthy merchant and
farmer and the family was one of the
most respected in that section. Two
negro suspects have been arrested
One of these is quoted as saying few
Gays ago, after Mr.. Lyerly had refused
to allow him to cut his wheat:
"The old man may cut his grain, but
he'll never live to eat it."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
MORE MONEY FOR IRRIGATION.
Northwest Gets Greater Amount Than
Expected.

WI tIIWSSb SSAS OTCdtST AHOuuI IHdP
Expected.
The secretary of the interior has in
creased the appropriation heretofore,
made from the land reclamation fund
for six OF the most important irriga-
ton PROJECTS as follows:
Klamath, Oregon, from $1,OO0,00O to-
S2,OO0,COO; Hondo, New Meximo, from
$4,000 to $336OO0; Minidoka, Idaho,
from $1,9OO,OOO to 81, $50 900; Truckee,
Carson, Nevada, from $4,000, 900 to So
100000; Payette, Idaho, from $1,--.,-
900 to $1,490,OO0; Lower Yellowstone,
Nor tana, from $1,9OO,OOO to $2,7OO,OOO.
Tho increases were made because of
the advance in the price of labor and
building material
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
FOUGHT FIERCE DUEL.
Two Frenchmen Scrap over Dreyfus
Trial,

The scene Of tumultous disorder
which marked the enactment of the
law restoring Alfred Dreyfus to the
army was followed by a bloody duel,
lin which Under Secretary of STATE
Sarraut was dangerously wounded by
the sword of M. Pugliesi-Conti. The
duel assumed the aspect of a veritable
combat between the government and
the opposition, as M. Sarraut's sec
onds were Ministers Clemenceau and
thomson, while M. Pugliesi-Conu's
seconds, Millevoye and General
Jacquet, were drawn from the ele--
ments which bitterly resist the gov
ernment's rehabilitation of Dreyfus.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
nohhY,n Yernlnn.

"Say, Bobby" said little Bessie as
she struggled over the long words in
the stock reports, what is curb
stone brokerP"
why, a broker that sells curbstones,
Of course" elucidated Bobby.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
CrO be cOntinned.l


Dem OF Greeks must have been
sporty people," said little Remus,7 as
he studied his ancient history. "Dey
was always habin' contests OBJ all
kinds"
"Huh!" responded Uncle Jasper.
"Dey want SO much. Dey nebbeh had
eny pie-eating contests"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20

ats true, indeed" remarked Kwoter,
that 'one-half Of the world doesn't
know how the other half lives"
Perhaps, but they have their sus-
picions," replied Knox.-Philadelphla
Press
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
SeIf-EduCation.

Briggs daughter did very
well in literature, didn't she2
Griggs-Yes, indeed. l understand
that she made money enough on her
first novel to get herself an education.
Life
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
Chip on the OId BLOCH.

High Financier-My son, am pain.
ed to hear that you are at the foot Of
the class.
Son-Why, pa, judged from your
testimony that 1t was proper not to
know anything at all.-New York Sun.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
A NoticeabIe DiRerence.

after ALL" said the dissatisfied
chorus singer, what is the real differ
ence between me and prIma donnaF' p
About $3.50 a night,'"' replied ths
eminent manager.-CleVeland Pain
Dealer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20

ONLY 24O newspapers are printed in
the whole continent of Africa.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20
KILLED AT GRADE CROSSING.
Three Dead When Manhattan Beach
Express Strikes.

Express Strikes.
Three persons were killed Sunday
in a grade crossing accident on the
Long Island Railroad company's Man
haitian beach line in New York. The.
dead; Samuel Meanly. aged 81, hotel
keeper of Brooklyn; Samuel Meanly.
Jr., his four-year-old son; Annie Mean
ly, his five-year-old daughter.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-07-20

The reader Of the foregoing pages has
doubtless asked himself, "What Il the
link which binds together John Rex
and Sarah PurfoyT'
In the year 1925 there lived, at st.
Heliers, Jersey, q matchmaker, named
Urban Purfoy, He was a haRd-WOrk-
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

ball experiences. think baseball must have really
been as near Mr.. Germans heart as he said or he
would not in all the big affairs on his mind have
remembered the details of that time so WELL
II is not generally known that to his prominsncs
in baseball in the times Senator German owed
his first political apontment-that OF Collector OF
the 5th Maryland District That was in 1853
German was the hard hitting right fielder OF the
Nationals He was poorly paid postofflce clerk
of tho House or Representatives. but his energy
and activity attracted the attention of President
Johnson in more ways than one. German had q
diamond laid off the White House so that
President johnson could view the games.
President Johnson not unmindful OF young
Gormans energy and love for the game Just then
taking tangible form and becoming immensely
popular. The President returned Germans com
plrneut by instructng the Marine Band 10 attend
the games each time Germans team played He
only heaped this signal distinction on the young
man who led the Nationals. who were even then
regarded the strongest aggregation in the East.
but he personally attended the games and was one
OF the most ardent rooters.
Germans commanding presence in the games his
fine disposition and general popularity won the
President. 1t shortly after his election TO the
biggest job in the baseball world that President
him if he would take the place of collector. Cor
hesitated
The President saw tho reluctance In the young
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
PROGRESSIVE OKLAHOMA.
The Spirit of the People and Stories Of Their
Life and Work.

Oklahoma araazes fastener. The wide asphaleed
streets plate glass fronts OF department stores tns
clean stewaIks dressed unhurrted shoppers the
finish the metropolitan air you ind IN Oklahoma city.
for example seem uarvsls 70 IN territory only
seventeen years old But do not So
A New Yorker there on business complained
that fate thrustins into Wilderness, and rs
could him But coming
City in wonder he entered the dining
This he exclaimed this In Oklahoma Why, DO
you know added conhdentia1y, y even found 9
porcelain hatheub in my room"
We'll. said an OklahoCnsn drtly. don't they nave
those IN New York;
It better surprssdoettsr 70 say that ths
department to 90 largo business or that
trolley ride 70 the suburbs IS pleasant Indeed any
that satisfies tnterlocuror that you
pscte5 living a modern city though
he dashed into Oklahoma County but few ago
and snra-nhed for homestead Improvements have
marched sVftness Oklahoma Indian
ritory 1t bigger than sl the New England states
red lands with a the that state raises
from the Canadian border to ths beginning Ct the sub
tropics IN Florida and Texas. There no drones.
Everybody IS busy New land IS being broken New
New waterwOrks are being put How the work
be done fast2 In spent haf-hOur in tho
Commercial Club. IN that busy time half the leading
business IN to discuss enterprise other
in which all interested.
IF man comes here to business said the
secretary and he doesn't shoulder wheel
and cooperate push ths towns fortunes. hs
learns that the community does him Okla
gether and he turned TO speak with storskeeper who
had offered prize the Oklahoma farmer could
raise the best cotton: he
20 have the farmers raise good crops-Worlds Work
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
To the Day of His Death He Never the
Game-Other Characteristics of the Noted
Democratic Leader

he always fond OF baseball He was OF
the organizers, crack centre fielder and field cap
tain of the original National Club Of Washington,
long before the professional leagues instituted
German and Atkins Lawrence, the actor. were
clerks in the Treasury together in those days Cor
mans ability 10 manage men really developed
in his handling of the baseball team. Colonel
George Dunn. OF New York; BILLY Williams and
John Berthong members OF Germans team.
A year or so ago. when Mr.. Lawrence was play
ing In Baltimore. he heard that the Senator was at
Democratic headquarters in conference with other
state leaders. The actor called the Senator,
and told this story of his interview:
II went to the hotel, but found lot OF red tape
In the way OF seeing him. 1 was fatty refused
admission 10 him at first, but when 1 convinced
them that had nothing TO do with politics and
was simply an old baseball acquaintance they took
In my card The Senator sent for me directly and
received me in the most pleasant way.
q" You don't remember me- Mr.. Gorman?' said
g oh. yes. L do. Mr.. Lawrence he said. You
played with me the old National team; 1 re-
member you WELL
II told him had hSe to grind and waE no
politician but wanted 10 see him simply for tho
sake OF old times. There were a number OF men
there who looked like politicians but they waited
III the old baseball man had his chat and Mr..
German seemed TO enjoy 1t well as myself
1t brought back the old times when we two
National boys dropped the OF politics and
ths stage and had ten-minute talk about base
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

MT Rayner's declaration The letter was the SEN
when I ehe campaign, but German only smiled
and pIeasanIIII ms Iiehd5 5 bitterly denounced Ray
Ts,es otnu III VIII continue to reVolye"
ter ana bis al ne ever did say. Mr. Rayner's let
Tyban c 80 cndleng0 remaining unanswered.
Dsrro Sehator GorrnaR spoke to a great crowd OF
ave- 49, IN tNis city In the Campaign or 1903.
Sne stage some enthusiast shouted out so1IstbtDSs
MI cnr gnoe 70 an attack that had been made upoa
"!sn !sa1 a wave OF his hand: ''
nAvay 1rn1iu; don't let that worry YOU u has
know thst Tn1, me. me- and have had LOT OF H. 7
ont IN As. and knowing that. would not be vt-
As q nsh,e nssJhT,seTeisins for the world''
dSslfssS' and no one knew Il better than ne NJ,
NOT bsva' 20 speak IN large han. because he ala
'eTsnces reach the public throuEh the ss Ns "
f, wnen the delegates gathering h, tk,icsyr
SSrsng him 10 enter against CTeValsnd s Tvs wSrs
Nar-So RANSOM introduced some OF his sfalvsrS
them said; Senator there are 1oS az, - % ~ UnS or
20 vote for you for President - W. "s'''lhs
There Senator said ~ on ms 81, uSHai pleasant way
ttiends. you heard that There are a 6,, s9 5l-9
dats7'' ''' ~" WON'T hesitate TO be eants
o. Yes. there are hundred thousand OF them rsadx
man but not one OF them has a vote b, ~, & We -
Ms W convention, which chooses the can,iidate
strong following In the convention 49, ,s7 had
Sould not De nominated. After an All Mos "a. g
frisnd ths % newt TaS leaders no said 70 his Maryian
fne situation Is simply this: II r lat - -
ia,S bnc's 1as'' Sonventi0n could beat Mr. Cs,e
that convention are bitterly oppcseT t JnlFd os
forces are SO well 'e Ior me But the Cleveland
Name nS vii mean simply deadlock aSI vs. oI my
ana p CueHeisnd LEN nor VIII be nominated Sr nSsner
ssehsions IN the Republican parrv ha o. the dis
'eas' 1ouot that he will DO elected "''' hos tns
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
RESPECTED SUNDAY.

In his early he made resolution TO leave
politics behind when he entered the family circle
and TO refrain from any mention of business on
Sunday. To the day OF his Death he kept rigidiy
his resolve.
Mr. German lived the simple life down on his
farm at Laurel. in Howard County. In the sum
mer II was his habit TO rise at o'clock and by
z be out with the farm laborers on the fields He
was q thoroughly practical farmer.
To his neghbors the Senator was "Mr. German -
and few Of them addressed him by his title
Everybody in that part Of the country knew him,
and he in turn had extensive personal ao-
quaintance. He called nearly every one he met by
name, including the colored people. With the
friends the Senator had known from boyhood he
was on terms OF intimacy. He called them by
their Christian names and wished them to address
him as Arthur" though in some instances there
was a reluctance on the part of others to comply
with the Senator's desires Many OF the associates
J or his early youth hesitated to become familiar
/ realizing that their boyhood friend had achieved
mora than the ordinary amount of fame
Laurel was the railroad station used by the s.n-
ator and his family. The Senator and his usfa
| went TO the Presbyterian church at Laurel and
| were regular attendants as well as liberal con.
| tributors.
| While the Senator liked horses, he cared l,ttI,
Tor racing. but from his boyhood until his deati
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10

hal1-ore' June CspeciaD-The late Senator
man ioT thirty years the boss OF the Mary
-@-'e 'tilocratic machine drank neither whiskey
l-o VINE and me only form in which he had used
.opacco ior years was occasionally 10 hold an un-
-'sn'eo Havana cigar between his lips for a short
VINE atter dinner, when IN the company OF poll
uc@Is or other male friends, and then 10 cast the
"eeo away unsmoked He used 10 say he took
a cigar with his friends only 70 be sociable Al
though Champagne luncheons We're served at the
sessions OF the Democratic State Committee Mr.
Gorman's glass always turned down and when
the cHnking and story telling got IN fun swing
lie would Invariably retire The Senator ,n bts
early political career seldom entered the poker
games curing the legislative sessions at Annspoiis
!" Als later years he abhorred gambling in any
1orfi' even the friendly game OF chance To a
young member OF the Legislature who has since
risen IN politics the Senator once SAID when asked
how 70 succeed IN politics:
Keep clear head ana a stin tongue. studv me-,
aio clafacter' and beware of 100 mucl. liquor and
caros Always stick your party"
AT. Gorman's old friends and assorIates g., ,ba
party management Ike Free Rasfn and Murrav
Fanciver say that the Senator never lost bts
temper In politics lie was always calm under
IRE which made him q great general
Not f4any men We're treated 10 personal attacks
as hlefclless and bitter those lie withstood IN
ais Time He was called every bad name on the
Sallngsgate calendar and he smiled all the while
ano made no repy. II was ore OF his Fundamental
PRINCIPLES TO deny nothing. Enterprising reporter,
arsNe written long fictitious "inter11ews' with him
ac7 he merely smiled. His enemies IN MarvIant
in tised him Of al The political crimes committee
The state, and he went on his way unrunled
upon and time again his chief followers turnel
hAst tim Each time he waited his opportunity q
en- Throughout his entire he tough
New-York tribune., 1906-06-10
JAMES r. STEWART. of New York:

Just so long as we insist on being called
Negroes by our friends Will the offensive term
niger, be in active use by our foes. II we could
induce the succeeding generations OF smertcans to
forget the word Negro, that insulting word mig
go out of use Therefore, I say, let my race IN
America put forth every endeayor TO get them
selves called black blacks.
There are several good reasons for this:
% No need be ashamed to be called q
black any more than he need be ashamed to be
called white or red man. The adjective
applies clearly to his color and not to his race AS
the black man in America develops and improves
he does not want TO be constantly reminded (by
OF the African tribesmen from whom his ancestors
came but since his color will remain the same,
no matter how highly Americnnized and eleva ed
and refined his character may become, it will b,,
reflection him to call him a black which
describes merely the shade OF his skin.
90 Who Will say that the color black is not
Just as good as white or red or brown or yellow?
Who can say that black is not popular a shade
In America to-day, on the whole. as any other?
Cast your eye over any crowd of white meh in
America, and you VIII black coats black
hats, black trousers black neckties than you will
white red yellow ones And Is IL not
the custom Of the white man. when he wishes
TO show most respect to his dead. to don black
raiment? l tell YOU there exists no prejudice at
all against black color for clothing or deccra-
uon. and the prejudice against a black skin will