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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Kaiser Hit in Face with SNOWFALL.

Berlin, Feb. emperor William
was accidentally hit in the face by a
SNOWFALL while driving through the
Brandenburger Tor gate on Sunday.
The missile was aimed at private
person who was passing in an auto
mobile. The emperor, the Tages
Zeitung says, shook his finger at a
group of boys from which the snow
ball came, and they thereupon scam
pered away.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Finds Anchor of Merrimae.

Norfolk, Va.-As result of it's mud
hook getting afoul of something at the
bottom of Hampton Roads a fishing
schooner brought about the recovery
OF the lost anchor and chain of the
confederate armorclad Merrimac.
which was invinclble until the Moni.
tor was built.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Brushes and Combs.

Soap and soda soften the bristles of
brush and turn an ivory back yell
low; tablespoonful of ammonia in a
quart of warm water is sufficiently
cleansing. Combs should not be washed
il it can be avoided. as water is apt to
split the teeth. They can be kept
clean with a small brush which Is
sold for the purpose, and rubbed with
a cloth or towel.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08

Use little KoDOL after your meal
and it will be found to afford prompt
aud fficient relief. KODOL nearly
approximate the digestive juices. L.
digasts what youseat. 1t is sold on q
guaranteed relief plan. Sold here by
!. III. Luers Drug Co.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Snow Slide Takes Eight Lives.

Salida, Col, Feb. eight persons
We're killed and IA injured, two Of
whom are expected to die, in the snow
slide that came down Monarch noun
tain Monday night. The slide wreck
ed three buildings and partly demol-
ished a fourth.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
TerribIe Northeast Gale.

Chatham, Mass, Feb. Ga binding
snowstorm driven by northeast gale
of from so to 60 miles an hour made
Tuesday morning one of the widest
of the winter on this coast. Coast
guards were doubled, but the storm
was SO thick that it was impossible to
see beyond the inner line of breakers
and until observation could be taken
little could be learned of the fate of
the shipping which left Boston Mon
day morning bound south around the
cape.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
New Two-cent Fare Bill.

Senator Gillilland in the senate and
Representative Jones in the house
have offered new 2-cent fare bills con.
tanning new feature. While a rate
OF 2-cent is provided it also is pro-
vided that when railroads sell family
mileage books of 500 miles, good till
used at cents, they may charge
IN cents on branch lines alone,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Fix Time for Ra.lr ad hearing.


Des Notwithstanding on the rail-
road bills are to begin on Feb. 8.
Inc house committee on railroads has
nxed Feb. 8 for hearing on 2-cent
rare bills and the senate committee
mas fixed Feb. 10 for the hearing on
cne same subject. James Z. Davis,
representing the Northwestern rail-
road, appeared before the senate COM
mite on the Goth and made the di.
rect statement that this year there
would be no secret agents of the rail-
roads before the legislature. He gave
the names of the attorneys who wiz
represent the railroads in public
hearings before the committee and in
discussion of railway legislation with
the individual members.
1t had been the desire of Senator
turner and others interested in get
ting action by the senate first on the
z-cent fare proposition, to pusn the
Turner bill to immediate considera-
ton, but the railroad representative
explained that important hearings be-
fore the state railroad commission
involving proposed reduction of rates
On live stock would interfere With a
proper presentation of their side Of
the 2-cent fare proposition prior to
the house committee hearing. 1t was
stated that the hearing would take
several days. 1t is not impossible
that the senate will yet be able first
to act on this measure.
To the proposition of joint hear
ings, some of the committee objected
and Mr.. Davis, for the railroads, SAID
that on matters of the character ana
Importance of the 2-cent fare pro-
posal he believed here should be in
dependent action by the houses of the
legislature.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Quake Lasted 90 Minutes,

London, Feb. GA dispatch from
Prof. Belar, the seismologist, at Lai-
bach, Austria, reports that an earth
quake lasting 80 minutes occurred Sun
day about 1900 miles from Laibach.
Its maximum intensity occurred at
1926 a. m.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Pretty and inexpensive Curtains.

Pretty and inexpensive curtains may
BIO made from Indian linen. Use a
tumbler for a pattern in scalloping
the edges, marking around its edges
with pencil. Buttonhole the seal
lops and work Q few rows Of polka
ssts tal!as the .hgtt saAslinA
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
10 Suppress Q. o. 0. Liquor Evil.

To Suppress 9. Q. D. Liquor Evil.
Senator w. d. Jameson of Page
county has introduced two bills which
he believes will strike hard at the
c. o. d. liquor evil. His bills provide
that the express companies shall keep
open record of all c. o. D. shipments,
so that the names of the consignees
of liquor may be published to the
world and the record used in evil
dence, and that the title of the liquor
shall vest in the person to whom it
is delivered at the instant of its de.
livery; and it is further provided
that the persons receiving the liquor
shall not give any of it away or con-
vey it more than 100 feet from the
point Of delivery.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
MY Litany.
0 Providence, deliver me

o Providence, deliver me
From the man who wants to tell me
a story;
Also he who has trouble with his
relatives;
The man who agrees with every
thing say;
The fellow who thinks, he is funny,
And the woman with loud voice.
Life
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
To Provide Fine for Delay.

Representative Harding is seriously
considering the Introduction of bill
which will compel telegraph compan-
les to pay penalty of $1OO for fall
ure to deliver telegram within a
reasonable time. He would relieve
them of liability for exemplary dam
ages and substitute the fixed penalty.
"The Iowa laws are such that 1t is
practically impossible to recover dam
ages for mental anguish and annoy
ance caused by the failure of the com.
pany to deliver telegram" said Mr..
Harding, land consequently the tele-
graph companies can deliver tele-
grams at will without being brought
to time. If a fixed penalty of, say
500, was imposed for failure to de-
liver message within a reasonable
time it would have the effect of i'm
proving the service and at the same
time doing away with lot of useless
law SUITS"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
New Anti-Pass Bill.

new Antl-PaSS Bill.
Senator Hughes has introduced an
anti-pass bill framed along the lines
OF the new federal statute prohibiting
passes. The act provides for pro.
hibition of free tickets, free passes
or free transportation" issued by any
common carrier of passengers, In.
Guiding steam railway, interurban,
railway, street railway and sleeping
car companies" directly or indirectly.
Nor may any such common carrier,
in the sale of tickets for transporta-
ton at reduced rates, discriminate
between persons purchasing the same.
Nor shall any person accept or use
any such free ticket, free pass or
free transportation except the per-
sons described in section of the
bill. The section makes large class
of persons exempt, but not more than
does the federal law.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
New York, Feb. s

New York, Feb. 5.
FLOUR-Firm but dull
WHEAT-Higher. May, S4hs@S4Hc.
RYE-Nominal
CORN-Dull and without transactions.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Dangers Of the Gum Habit.

Miss De Sweet-Pll never touch an.
other chew of gum as long as live.
Proud Mother-I am glad to hear
you say SO, my dear; but what has
reformed you SO suddenly?
Last evening Mr.. Richfellow pro.
posed to me just at the moment when
my jaws got stuck SO l couldn't say
anything, and he went off."-N. Y.
Weekly.
McHenry, N. D., Feb. 5-torty.eight
below here this morning. SO yester-
day. Everybody out of coal. No
trains. At Birds Island. Mimi, 1t
was SO below. At Goodrich, N. d.,
an unknown woman and Eve children
WsTs frozen 10 death last 6iglats.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08

Brute.
Knicker-When do you take the
heavy meal Of the day?
Bocker--When my wife cooks it,
NJ =. Sun.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
70 Enlarge Railroad Commission.

George 3. Grier, representative from
Poweshiek county. plans to intro.
duce a bill providing for two new
members Of the board of railroad COM
missioners and empowering and in
structing the board to make a thor.
ough examination of the railroad bust
ness of Iowa. The enlarged commits.
sion will be required by the measure
to make such examination Of the rail.
roads as was made by the insurance
commission of the insurance com.
panies last year with the hope that
the legislature will be better quail
fed to pass laws regulating the rail.
roads, after the report of the commits
sion has been made, and that the justi-
fication for revising freight rates or
allowing the present rates to stand,
may be clear.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
To Draft Primary Bill.

A joint subcommittee of the house
and senate committees on elections
has been authorized to draft prim-
airy election bill. Both the Peterson
and Crossley primary election bills
were referred to this subcommittee at
a joint meeting of the committee, and
every effort is to be made to secure
a report at an early date. The joint
session of the senate and house cleo
lions committees was held at the call
OF Senator Wilson and Representative
Darrah and Senators Crossley and
Peterson appeared before the meet
Ing. Senator Peterson was the first
called upon and explained his bill,
pointing out that it contained the
most desirable points of the Illinois
and Wisconsin primary election laws.
He dwelt at some length upon his
provision for different colored ballots
for each party and the making of af-
fidavit of party affiliation in case a
vote is challenged. Senator Crossley
followed Senator Peterson. He ex-
planned that while his bill bore his
name 1t was not entirely the product
of his own brain, but it contained the
suggestions that had been made by
senate and house committees since
Senator Crossley introduced his first
primary election bill four sessions
ago. 1t also contains what are deem
Cd the best points of the primary cleo.
ton laws In operation in all the states
that have them. The Crossley bill
further provides that all party bal.
lots shall be the same color. Both
bills provide that an elector need not
determine his party affiliation until
the day of the primary and both in
clude all officers, not excepting a Uni
ted States senator. While the Peter.
son bill provides for nomination by
petition, Senator Crossley explained
that, as his measure in no way eff.
fected the status provided for general
elections, the present laws governing
nomination by petition will still stand
should his bill become law.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
@aNMy1Izss - saSze@yySs
HNsg DIES MONIES LETTER 80
Ss9 Items of Interest Correspondent at SS#g
E8#fe}sz> the State Capital. IEaRg

and competing dealers or buyers or
to divide between them the aggregate
or net proceeds of the earnings of
such dealers or for agreement upon
regulating or fixing the price which
any other grain dealer shall pay for
grain and to form, enter into, or main
tain any trust, pool, combination, or
association of persons which has for
Its objects the prevention of free
competition among buyers or sellers
or dealers in grain.
In case of such a pool. the bill pro-
vides the offender shall be liable to
those injured for the full amount Of
damages sustained. For violation OF
the act a penalty is also made of a
fine not less than $500 nor more than
$4,000, and half the fine imposed shall
go to the person who shall furnish
information on which conviction shall
be found, and Imprisonment in the
county jail not exceeding six months
or both fine and Imprisonment.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
prohibits Lono Hours on Railroads.

Prohibits Long Hours on Railroads.
Representative Marston has intro
duced bill making it unlawful for
railway company to require or allow
any person connected with the move
ment of any rolling stock to remain
on duty for longer than sixteen con-
secutiye hours. The bill Is SINH
lar to the LaFollette-Dolliver Dill
that has passed the United States SEN
ate, and is now in the hands Of the
national congress. Working upon the
assumption that many of the recent
railroad disasters were caused by
overworked employees in the train and
operating departments of the rail-
roads, the object of the bill is to pre-.
vent their working longer thar an
ordinary man can we'll stand. 1t is
taken into consideration that many Of
the railroad employees, while not re-
CURED to work additional hours, put
in extra time for the extra pay that
they may earn, and SO it is stipulated
that the companies can neither re-
quire nor allow their employees to work
more than sixteen consecutive hours.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1907-02-08
Boston Traffic in a Bad Way.

Boston, Feb. 6.-The traffic of
greater Boston was seriously hamp-
cred by the storm, which developed
Monday night and grew in strength
during the early morning, bringing
with it the heaviest snowfall of the
winter. The snow was caught up by
the northeast winds into troublesome
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
Book vandals at Washlnnton.

In spite of the Watchfulness of the
employees Of the Library of Congress
book scribblers are said to have be.
come common nuisance in Uncle
Sans large and artistic reading rooms
up on Capitol Hill. 1t is also said they
have made their marks" on volumes
in the public library. A librarian of
experience, in discussing this subject,
said the men or women who indulge
in book scribbling are usually cyclists
who think the book is valueless after
they have read 1t. Sometimes they
strike out the passages they do not
like, while those that appeal to them
are heavily underscored or placed in
brackets.
IT IS said considerable time is ex.
pended by attaches of libraries in eras-
ing the work Of the scribblers, includ-
ing criticisms or suggestions written
on the margins Of the pages.
In many cases the officers of the
libraries learn who defaces the books,
but in almost every instance the per-
petrator denies the deed He is evil
IDENTIFY ashamed of the thoughts he was
so proud of when he wrote them in
the margin of the book.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
GOOD JOKE on STUDENT.
Fell Victim to the Old Game of "catch.
ing the Snipe."

A number Of George Washington
University students who are in the
employ of the geological survey during
the summer months, near Browning.
Mont, recently sprung the old game of
catching the snipe" on one of their
number, junior student of the uni
versity.
For those who have never heard of
the game it will be explained as it
was played upon the victim. A large
sack and two candles were secured,
after which, to divert suspicion, foot
race was arranged, and of course, the
junior had to lose, and thus he was
to hold the bag. The entire party
started out after dark and took such
an irregular course that the intended
victim did not know in what direction
he had Travelled from the camp. After
going about three miles it was decided
that they could catch "snipe." The
juniGr was told to lay down on his
stsanach and hold the bag wide open,
the two candles being lighted on eth
er side. The other boys then started
off. presumably to drive in the "snipe,"
but instead went directly to their
camp and to bed.
When they started to depart the
victim called to them, "I'll wait here
until you come back" He waited! At
one a. m. he began to get suspicious,
but then he was afraid the boys might
think him gutter if they came back
and found him gone. At two o'clock,
however, his convictions were confirm
ed. and he left for home, but found
to his dismay that he was lost. After
a great deal of tramping about on
the prairie he came to railroad de-
pot, which was four miles from the
camp. He followed the tracks and ar
rived shortly before four o'clock and
found all of the jokers in their hunks
The boys have branded him "snipe."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

have some tea, If it won't be too much
extra trouble. Too much coffee is bad
for me, find, though I'm crazy about
it. Jim Weed was a great hand for
coffee"
Now, how would you like this
collar finished off? You might have a
little narrow edge of black velvet.
Black-even touch-gives such char
acter to a costume. l see they are
wearing dash On most of the French
creations. l make it a point to keep
posted-'course that's part of my bust
ness. Did you know that Mr.. and Mrs.
Judge Gillsley aren't getting along
very well together? Yes, l know quite
a lot about 'em. Mrs. Gillsley's an
awful nice little woman Makes quite
one of the family of me- The Judge,
though, never has much to say. He's
a queer sort of man. Why, if you
want to have it tucked, I guess we've
got goods enough. OF course | never
gossip from house to house-but /
know you can be trusted with any
thing. Did / tell you about Kittie TT.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
Improvement at the Capital.

''The old Seventeenth street canal of
malodorous memory" remarked one of
the oldest inhabitants of WASHINGTON.
will soon be thing of the past. I'm
der the systematic march of improve
ments inaugurated by Col. Bromwell
and Maj. Crosby, the army engineers
having dual jurisdiction over Potomac
park, the canal is being filled I'D and
a causeway built across its mouth.
The canal is about half a mile in length
and runs from a point near the inter-
section of Seventeenth and B streets
in a southwesterly direction to the
river. In the old days it was an i'm
portant auxiliary to the sewer system
of the District, but it is no longer used
for that or any other useful purpose.
Although ugly in itself, being covered
with slime, its shores are lined with
beautiful willow trees, which will prob.
ably be utilized in the permanent i'm
provement Of the reclaimed area. One
of the objects Of filing up the canal
is to permit the construction of
macadamized driveway along the en-
tire river front from the west side of
the inlet to the tidal basin to the ex-
IRENE western end of Potomac park at
Twenty-sixth street, near the old OBJ
servatory grounds. Persons who have
not visited this section of the re-
claimed area of the old Potomac fats
can scarcely realize how comrIeteIy
transformed it has been into a L4auti-
full park, with driveways, foCt this,
gardens and splendid trees"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
MR.. SUGGS AND HIS SYSTEM

Once more Mr.. Suggs' cheeks grew
round and round; once more his eyes
bulgnd out and his face grew purple.
Once more he paced the length of his
porch and back. Again the neighbor
| said Good morning." and this time
Mr.. Suggs blHw out his breath in a
raUcous "Three-ee-ee,
Again his shoulders were curving
forward, again his cheeks were sink
ing inward-5ut the neighbor ran
across the lot and demanded:
What in the dickens do you mean
by snubbing me, sir? I'll give you to
understand I'm as good as you or any
body else, and when say Good morn
ing it's up to you Or anybody else to
acknowledge it,
Mr. Snggs gaspsd and replied.
Good morning, then, dodgast It!
I'm taking one Of these deep breathing
courses, and you ehoked me on right
after the third inspiration, and now
I've got to go back and begin all over
again"'-Judge.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07
PUT END TO cENoTAPHs.
Senator Hoar's Plea Did Away witt
"Works of Art"

The late Senator Hoar made q char
acteristic speech wnen he was mem.
Der of the house on the subject of the
cenotaphs in the Congressional GENE.
terry. 1t was upon the occasion of the
passage of the bill which finally abol-
ished by law the erecting of monu-
ments in the Congressional cemetery
unless they were above remains in
tered there. The bill proposed that
all monuments thereafter to be erect
ed be in the form that had always
been used. Senator Hoar offered an
amendment striking out the provi-
sion, and in support Of his amendment
he said:
Il wish the gentleman having
charge of this bill would allow an
amendment. 1t is certainly add
ing new terrors to death to propose
that In any contingency, whatever may
be the poverty or degradation of any
member of congress, his body should
be put under a structure similar to
the cenotaphs now there, which are
only excusable on the ground that no.
body is buried under them. I can.
not conceive of an uglier shape to be
made out of granite or marble than
those cenotaphs now there. To pro-
pose gravely to require by law that
for all time structures of that fash
ion shall be placed over deceased con-
gressmen seems to me a little too
bad. / move to amend the bill by
striking out the words in the form
of the cenotaphs heretofore provid-
cd"
Senator Hoar's amendment was
agreed to. 1t was hardly necessary,
however Since that time but few
monuments of any sort have been
erected for officials in the Congress
sional cemetery. Sentiment seems to
have changed. Perhaps great men
are Scarcer,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1907-09-07

Mr.. Pulsifer Suggs appeared on his
front porch just as his neighbor came
out on his own steps. The neighbor
glanced over and saw that Mr.. Suggs'
cheeks were pulled out and that his
eyes seemed to be bullying. He OBJ
served also that Mr.. Suggs walked
methodicalIy the length of his porch
then turned and retraced his steps,
cheeks still pulled and eyes still bulg-
iRg.
Good morning." called the neigh
Dor cheerily.
"One!" said Mr. suggs with a
mighty out-puffng of breath. Then his
cheeks sank in and his eyes went
back to subnormal. while his should
ers curved forward and his chest be-
came concaye. His waist-line aIss be
came smaller, and Mr.. Suggs walked
the length Of his porch and back in
this shape, while the neighbor looked
ON with amaZement.
Good morning!" the neighbor said
again when Mr. Suggs returned to his
end of the porch.
"Two-oooot" Missed Mr.. suggs with
tremendous thrush of breath.