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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

Cured of Lung Trouble.

cit is cow eleven years since I had a
barrow escape from consumption, -
writes Q o. Floyd, a leading business
man Of Kershaw, S. O ST had run
down in weight to 1876 pounds, and
coughing was constant, both by day
md by pight Finally I began taking
DR.. Kings New Discovery, and con-
tinue this for about six months, when
my cough and lung trouble were en-
tirely gone and / was restored to my
normal W. light, ITO pounds. I" Thous-
ands OF persons are healed every year
Guaranteed at P. A. Olemmer's Drug
Store. sec and 500. Trial bottle
free. T
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
FARM FOR SALE!

1881 acres In Howard County, ]
mile east Of Maple Leaf, miles from
railroad All well fenced. The build
ings alone are worth $250O.(O. Price,
s84oo 90. Write for further particu.
lars to John WANDAs, Eft. Atkinson
Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Omaha. Neb.. Jan.

Omaha, Neb., Jan. 10.
CATTLE-Market unchanged. Native
steers, s4.00M6.25; cows and heifers, s2.75@
Ats western steers, S4.00d6.25; cows and
heifers. s2.7544.75; western steers, $3.50
5.40 Texas steers, s3.0O944O; cows and
heifers, $2.25Gt25; Gamers, s1.75as.O0;
stockers and feeders, $2.S0d5.OO; calves,
$30Od6.50; bulls and stays, $2.50@4.25.
HOGS-Market shade lower. Heavy,
s6.471AMG.55; mixed, $645a6.5O; light, 6409
$50; pigs, s525G6.25; bulk of sales, $3.50
$50.
SHEEP-Market steady. Yearlings,
s5.75ae15; wethers. s5.oO@5.eo; ewes. $4,000
$40; lambs. sG5047.50.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Queen Shows Mother Love.

London, Jan. 21.-The Madrid cor
respondent of the Standard says that
Queen Victoria of Spain wants to
nurse her coming baby herself, but
that she will not be allowed to do so
because it is contrary to Spanish Ell
quette. An English nurse has been en-
oaval
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

Heavy, impure blood makes a mud
dy, pimply complexion, headaches,
nausea, indigestion, Thin blood
makes you weak, pale. sickly. Bur
dock Blood Bitters makes the blood
rich, red, pure-reBtOreB perfect health
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Prince Of India in Aoer;c,

San Francisco. Cal, jan 16-Prince
Aga Khan of India, descendant of one
of the oldest and most distinguished
families of Bombay, arrived on the
Japanese steamer Hong Kong. He is
accompanied by several secretaries
&nd has come to study American in
<atries.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Ate Poisoned Canned Ernie

St. Cloud, Mimi, Jan. 16.-The five.
year-old son and the ten-months-old
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph I'm
dleke, of Meters Grove, are dead as
the result of eating poison believed
to have been gathered in canned
fruit. Four other children and thu
parents themselves are very ill, blu
are out of danger.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
THE MARKETS.
Grain, Provisions, Etc.

chicago, Jan. Is.
FLoUR-Firm. Spring wheat, special
brands, $500; Minneapolis, hard patent,
jute, A.00G4..10; straight, export bags, $500
@S.so; clear, export bags, s3.00d3.2O: low
grades, $3.50.
WHEAT-Firm. May, 76Aa771sc; May,
F6ss@77ssc.
CoRN-strong. May, 45d45ssc.
OATS-Steady. May, s7%@3SAc.
BUTTER-Steady. Creameries, per lb.,
29@31c; dairy, 2Od27c.
EGGS-Steady. Fresh eggs at mark,
new cases included, 21@23c per dozen;
prime firsts, 24c; extras 26c.
LIVE POULTRY = Steady. Turkeys,
per lb., 1O14@11c; chickens, fowls, SAG
l01sc; ducks, 10la@11c.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Chinese Coolies.

Hon. Samuel Gompers. president of
the American Federation of Labor, has
no influence, so we are Informed by
certain high and mighty Republicans.
AS heretofore related, some of them
even have the cheek to claim that his
opposition to measure boosts it rath-
er than retards it. If that be true,
strange things are happening-things
ineXplicable. For instance, some of us
about year ago made fight in the
house to prevent the employment of
Chinese coolies on the isthmian canal
President Gompers was on our side in
that fight, but the plutocrats rolled us.
Now, however, rejecting on the cleo
ton returns, the Republicans have sud-
denly concluded that President Com
pers and the rest of us were right all
the time and therefore they declare
that Chinese coolies will not be en-
ployed in building the canal, a fact on
which Uncle Sammy Gompers may
congratulate himself and union labor.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
Many Childr. n are sickly.

Mother Gray Il Sweet Powders FIR
Children, used by Mother Gray, a
uurse in Chlldren'S Home, New YORK,
Break up Colds in "a hours, cure Few
ishness, Hegdache, Stomach Trou b.
les, Teetfing Disorders, and Destroy
worms AT all druggists, Csc Sample
mailed FREE Address, Allen S Ohm
sted, lie Roy, N. Y. 38w4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

New York, Jan. 10.
FLOUR-Firm but dull.
WHEAT-Advances. May, Ss1s8Sstsc
July, S21adS2 9-16c.
RYE-Nomnal
coRN-Higher. May. 52A@52ssc.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
To Break in New Shoes ALWAYS Use

Allen . Foot. Ease, powder. 1t pre-
vents Tightness and Blistering, cures
Swollen, Sweating, Aching feet. At
all Druggists aud shoe stores, Csc
Sample mailed FREE. Address. A. s
Olmsted, LIE Roy, N. z. 3Sw4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

Judge Walter Evans of the United
States court for the western district of
Kentucky has a sort of patent right
on way to get his name int the
newspapers, and that is by declaring
important laws of congress unconsti-
tutional This habit of the judge
causes President Roosevelt to devote a
sharp paragraph in his December mes
sage to one of the judges decisions,
though he did not name the judge.
Now comes Judge Evans and "busts"
the federal employers liability act. At
this rate he will soon become persona
non grata at the White House.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

For mild, easy action OF the bow
els, single dose of Doan's Regulets
is enough. Treatment cures habitual
constipation 25 cents box. ASK your
druggist for them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

"Dr. Thomas Electric OH is the
best remedy for that often fatal dis
eaSe-croup. Has been used with sue
CESS in our family for eight years."-
Mrs L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. Y.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
PROGRESS,

The world moves. A Chinese repub-
lie is proposed. Doesn't that jar you?
The Democratic idea, like Tennyson's
brook, goes on forever. If Thomas
Jefferson Is. cognizant. Of what hap.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

"A Small Farm at a Big Bargain
10 acres; well improved, good build
ings, fenced and crsss-fenced, good
we'll and spring brook, all cultivated
except one acre Of nice, light timber,
20 bearing apple trees. Call at this
Office, or enquire of
JOHN BARRET,
r It d No. s. Cresco, Ia.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
O "a - TO 7I a.
Signature ss L>Z1AZzza

Stops itching instantly. Cures piler,
e1zema. salt rheum, retter. itch,
hives, herpes, scabies- Doans Oint-
ment. AT any drugstore.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22
II Is = Il II - II
:: Champ
81 Letter !
It + i II = = =

Especial Washington letter.
.HERE is at least one senator Of
the United States who is no
doubt thankful for the Browns
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-01-22

shively For Vice President.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

murdhrous spitball They pull tn braid iv tn little girls. They fire base balls through tn windows. Sometimes Jumps iv chewin' gum are found undher their desks, where they have stuck thin f'r further use. They shuffie their feet wAIn I'm nervous. They look around thim whin they think I'm not lookin'. They pass notes grossly insultin' each other. Moral suasion does no good. have thried writin to their parents askin' thim to cripple their offspring, an tn parents have come over an offered to fight me. I've thred keepin' thim afther school, maxim thim write compositions an shallin' tn milk teeth out iv thim, but to no avail. Me opin- yon is that tn av'rage small boy is a threcherous, dangerous crather like tn Apachy Indyan an that tn on'y thing to do with him is to slam him with a wagon spoke, says he.
 An tn boord iv iddycation is dis cussin' tn petition. It cant quite make up it's mind whether Solomon wasn't right. Solomon said, accordin' to Hogan, spile tn rod an save tn child. He must've had large family if he was anywhere near Tiddy Rosenfelt's law iv av'rages. I don't see how he cud've spared time f'r writin' firm correctin' his family. He
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
NHfzB
By Frank C. Carpenter
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was first offered to the English, but they were not able to build the bridge in the time required. and the Americans took the job and finished 1t. Atbara is now one of the railroad division points, and 1t Is where the road across the desert to the Red sea branches off. As we stopped at the station our engine struck me as being familiar I walked to the front of the train and examined It. Sure enough. 1t was a Baldwin. and with the name philadelphia" standing out in the full blaze of the Nublan sunl A few moments later, as I was crossing the Black Nile over the steel bridge which our builders put up, felt that I was not so far from home, after all. ] was being hauled by an American engine over an American bridge, and that in the heart of the Nu- bian desert, more than thousand miles up the Nile. The thought makes one proud of our American mechanics and Of American enterprise.
 About 100 miles south Atbara we stopped at Shendi, where the Queen of Sheba is said to have lived. This is 3. station on the east bank of the Nile, about five hours or more from Khartum. It is 8 considerable town with railroad shops. about which are greatepiles of steel ties such as are used in the construction of desert railways. They are merely shells of steel. so made that they can be half
 buried in the sand and still hold the rails. The telegraph poles are also of steel, the
 white ants of this region making It inn possible to use wood for such purposes
 The Shendi of today consists of an old and new town. The latter has been laid out by the English and it has a park in
 the center watered by the Nile. In an-. cent times there was a great city here
 It was the capital of the country and tho
 residence of the Queen of Sheba. It k
 said that the queen went from here down
 the Nile and crossed to Palestine. where she had her Irritation with King Solomon. The Abyssinans say that she went back by the Red sea and stopped in their coun try on the way. While she was there she bore a son, whose father was Solomon and who is the head of the line of kings which rule Abyssinia today. The Moham medans, on the other hand, say that the Queen of Sheba did not live here at all. They claim that her residence was in Yemen. Arabia and that Solomon went there to visit her. The queens name was | Bilkis. She was witty as she was | beautiful and she gave the wise Solomon | many q riddle which he was puzzled to ] answer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

must've set up nights. Annyhow, tn, boord iv iddycation is dlscussh whether he was right or not. don know mesilf. All l know is that II was a life insurance canyasser or d coal dealer or something else that made me illegible to be mimber " a boord iv iddycation, an an able-bodied man six feet tall come to me fir per mission to whale boy three feet tall, I'd say: I don't know whether ye are compitint. Punishin' people requires special thrainin. It ain't iv'rybody that's suited fir tn job. Ye might bungIe it. Just take off ye'er coat an vest an step into tn next room an be examined An in tn next room tn ambitious iddycator wud find James J. Jeffreys or some other akely efficient expert ready fir him, an if he come back alive he'd have a certy-fcate en- titlin' him to whack amy little boy he met-except mine.
 Sure there'd be very few people to say they believed in corporal punish mint if corporal punishmint was gin ral I wudden't give amy wan tn right to lick child that wanted to lick child. No wan shud be licked till he's too old to take a licking. If it's right to larrup an infant iv eight, why ain't it right to larrup wan iv eighteen? Supposin' that Prisidint
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
st1 t3'SSs

Hadley iv Yale see that tn left tackle or tn half back iv tn foot ball team wasn't behavin right. He'd been caught blowin' a pea shooter at lh pro-fissor iv iliminthry chemisthry, or pullin' tn dure bell iy tn pro-fissor " dogmatic theosophy. He don't know amy diff'rent. He's not supposed to realize tn distinction between right an wrong yit. Does Prisidint Hadley grab tn child be tn ear an conduct him to a corner iy tn school room an wallup him? Ye bet he does not. Prisi- dint Hadley may be a bold man ill raisin' money or fhranslatin Homer, but he knows tn diff'rence between courage an sheer recklessness. If he thried to convince this young idea how to shoot in this careless way ye'd read in tn pa-apers that tn fire departmint was thryin' to rescue Prisidint Hadley firm tn roof iv tn buildin', but he de- clined to come down.
 But what wud ye do with a child that rayfused to obey ye?" demanded MT. Hennessy.
 Not bein' ayther parent or an iddycator. niver had such a child" said MT. Dooley q don't know what I'd do if l was. Tn on'y thing l wudden't do wud be to hit him if he cudden't hit back, an thin I'd think twice about it. Tn older I grow tn more things there are l know I don't know annything about. An wan iv thim is chidher. I cant figure thim out at all.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

What dye know about thim little vans that ye have so carefully reared be lavin' thim in tn mornin befure they got up an losin' ye'er temper with at night whin ye come home IF m wurruk? They don't know ye. an ye don't know thim Yell niVer know till 'tis too late. Eve often wondhered what a little boy thinks about us tEat call oursilves grown up because we cant grow amy more. We wake hlm up in tn mornin whin he wants to sleep. We make him wash his face whln he knows it don't need washin' thin as much it will later, an we sind nm back 10 comb his hair in way he don't approve iV at all. We fre hlm off to school just about tn time iv day whin amy wan ought to be out iv dures. He trudges off to brick buildin an a tired teacher tells him a lot iy things he hasn't amy inthrest in at all, like how nanny times sivin goes into a hundred an nine an who was King ivy England in thirteen twinty-two an where is Kazabazoo on tn map. He has to set there most iv tn pleasant part iv tn day with sixty other kids an ivry time he thries to do anything that seems right to him, like jabbin' a frind with a pin or caryin' his name on tn desk, tn sthrange lady or gintleman that acts as his keeper swoops down on him an
 makes him feel like a criminal. To'rds evenin if he's been good an repressed all his nacharaf instincts he's allowed to go home an chop some wood. Whin he's done that an has just managed to get few iv his frinds together an they're beginnin' to get up inthrest in tn spoort iv throwin' bricks down into a Chinese laundhry his little sis ter comes out an tells him he's want ed at home. He instinctively pulls her hair an goes in to study his les sons so that he'll be able tomorrow to answer some ridiklous questions that are goin' to be asked him. Afther awhile ye come home an greet him with ye'er usual glare an ye have sup per together Ye do most iv tn talkin which ain't much. If he thries to cut in with somethin' that intilligent peo- pie ought to talk about ye stop him with frown. Afther supper he's al lowed to study some more an whin he's finished just as tn night begins to look good he's fired off to bed an th' light is taken away firm him an he sees ghosts an hobgoberlins in tn dark an tn next he knows he's hauled out out,h lv bed an rade to wash his face
 An so it goes. If he don't do amy iv these things or if he doesn't do thim tn way ye think is tn right way some wan hits him or wants to. Talk about happy childhood. How wud ye like to have twinty or thirty people fssuin' foolish ordhers to ye, maxim ye do things ye didn't want to do, an niver undherstandin' at all why it was so? Iris like Twin on this earth an bein' ruled be tn inhabitants iv Mars. He has his wurruld. ye can bet on that an 'tis mighty important wurruld. Who knows why kid wud rather ate potatoes coked nice an black on fire made of sthraw an old boots thin tn delicious oatmeal so carefully an so often prepared fir him be his kind parents? Who knows why he thinks . dark hole undher sidewalk is rob
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

road, and in addition there is the big pas sengers travel from Cairo to Alexandria and from all parts of the Delta.
 The next division above Cairo goes 10 Assiout, which is two or three hundred miles further north. Then comes the road from Assiout to Luxor ending up with the narrow guage line from Luxor to As soun. All of these divisions are through the narrow valley of the Nile, with the destrt in sight all the way. For almost q thousand miles above Cairo the cele- brated Nile strip varies in width from nothing to about nine miles. In many places it is less than three miles wide. The river winds this way and that, but the railroad is comparatively straight. and it is often far off from the river amid the sand and rocks. Such parts of the strip are uncomfortable. Al times the sands are binding, the dust fills the cars and our eyes smart. These discom- forts are somewhat obViated in the first class cars. All of them have shutters and double windows 10 keep out the dust, and the inner window panes are smoked glass to lessen the glare. With the shut ters up it is almost dark in the cars and when down both windows give the 'inte rlor the appearance of twilight. When the white glass alone is used the rays are blinding. and the sun comes through with such strength that it is not safe to have it strike the back of ones neck as he sits in the train.
 Through Nubia By Rail.
 found the conditions even worse in the Nnhian desert, which I crossed on the railroad from Wady fIalfa to Berber. Thai region is about the hleakest and dreariest on earth. It is all sand and rocks. with here and there a low thirsty mountain. The Nubians themselves call it "the stone belly and the name Is well chosen. The cars must be kept closed
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

<<Vxy7 ELL, SIR,' said MT. Dooley' N/ q see that some school
 w teachers down east have
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10

to keep out the dust. They have double windows and shutters, and in addition wooden hoods over the windows, in order that the direct rays of the sun may not shine in. The cars have double roofs, and the doors have windows of smoked glass. There is so much dust that it comes in when everything is shut, and the porter brushes out the cars every hour.
 The scenery is dreary. The only water is that pumped from artesian wells, and the stone stations have no green what ever about them. The stations have not even a name.s They are known by num- bers; and their only inhabitants are the railroad employees. This Is the condi ton all the way from Wady Halfa to Abu Hamid which is a port on the Nile some distance above the fourth cataract
 Soudan Military Railway
 This road is a part of the Soudan military railway, which extends from Wady Halft to Halfaya The line all told is 576 miles long. and it has gauge of only forty-two inches. It Is the road which was built by Kitchener during the war with the Mahdi. It was constructed in less than eighteen months by the English engineers and the soldiers and is one of the most remarkable examples of railroad build ing on record. large part of 1t was laid at the rate of one and one-foufth miles per day. and at one time more than three miles were laid in one day. The track was constructed during the h hottest time of the year, and the work was so well done that trains carrying 200 tons and drawn by engines weigh ing, without their tender, fifty tons could travel safely over it at the rate of twenty five miles per hour. It was built through a waterless desert which had never been mapped until the sur veyors went over it, and the survey
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-11-10
How great steam route across Africa is being constructed
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and southern ends of the system. The southern section is now about a000 miles long. It has been extended from Cape Town northward distance of almost 4NO miles above the Zambesi river, and there remain only 450 miles to construct be- fore the trains can connect with the lit- tie steamers now on Lake Tanganylka. This section will probably be completed in the near future, as the late MT. Belt, one of Cecil Rhodes partners, set aside in his will at least s6, Oo0,000 for that purpose. l have before me diagram recently issued by the African World which shows the line of the route, and the extent of water and rail 1t will con- tain when completed According to this the total distanc, will be about 5900 miles, of which about 1000 miles will be railway and the balance taken up by the rivers and lakes to which have referred.
 Up the Nile By Railway.
 l should like to take you with me over this first great section of the cape to Cairo railway. We shall need four days to go from the Mediterranean to the june ton of the White and Blue Niles, where l now am, but the trip will be comfort able and there are great sights all the way. We start at Alexandria, the chief seaport of the Nile valley, and, in three HOurs, our express train carries us across through the delta to Cairo. Both Alex andria and Cairo have good railroad depots. The first city contains more than 100000 people, and the second more than 100000. so that there Is a rapid and frequent train service between them.
 We take the express, and as we go first class we must pay cents a mile. The second-class fare is only half as much as the first, and the third is still cheaper Every train has first, second and third class cars. Those of the first are divided Up into compartments and are patronized by tourists and officials. The second-ciass cars are much like those of our American trains, having an aisle through the center they are used by merchants, commercial travellers and well-to-do natives. The third-class cars are cheaply gotten up and their seats are wood benches; they are always filled with the common Egyptians and foreigners seldom travel In them Our tickets are little blue cards with the price printed upon them in English and Arabic. We have to show them to the guard as we enter the train. and they are not examined again until they are taken up at the gates at the depot as we go out.
 We have some trouble with our baggage. for like the ordinary Americans, we are loaded with trunks Only 55 pounds can