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where FIuAy's carriage stood,
The bay horse stumbled and poor Joe,
just like a log Of wood,
Was hurled straight forward. and he fell
at frightened Flufy's feet.
Which Frightening her carriage horse. it
ran straight up the street.
But Fluffy soon controlled him; then she
bent DER PROSTATE Joe
(Ah. if he says the tactful word. she'll
surely not say No).
She stroked his forehead anxiously: he
opened both his eyes
(Now let him say the proper word and
he will win the prize).
The moments passed. his mouth was set.
he uttered not a word.
A pretty face above him bent, with grief
those features stirred.
"F1e's stricken dumb" Aunt Mary said.
mo. no, I'm not" said Joe
Now let him say the proper word, she'll
surely not say MOI.
II want to ASK he faltered- YES"
said Fluffy, "pIease cont stop"
did ever youth in such a place the vital
question popO
Il want to ask you if you know which
way my Cupid ran2"
Which spoiled his chances for that day.
the strangely Luckess man. ~SaE
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

,-"To>morrow," said Aunt Mary. I'VE are
going for a ride,
And you might happen by on horseback
Canter up beside.
Then Twill leave the carriage on a search
for flowers wild,
And while Pm gone just talk up quick am
ask the darling child"
Next day dear Fluffy and her aunt wen
driving, far and wide.
Il heard young Mr.. Traddles say h,
MIGHT go for a ride;
Perhaps he'll happen by ! think he's sue
a pleasant man."
Lets hurry home" said Fluffy. Just a
swiftly as we can.
S1I~a --
Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-02

TIN very much afraid that ! am fond Of
that odd Dick.
So let US turn the carriage round and
hasten homeward, quick"
Now as they turned the carriage round
they heard a rush Of feet,
And Joe was madly charging down The
pretty village street.
"Oh, here he comesl Ny what a paceI
HE has his Arab bay.
ne isn't riding Just for fun-why. Cupid's
run away" g.
Like thunderbolt or catapult or cannon
ball he came.
Bind s~taggersF' said the maiden aunt
my faith. the fellows Same"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
sCIE N TIFIc
Explorer Mikkelsen Explains. .

Explorer MikkelSen Explains.
Upon his arrival at New York last
week Captain Ejnar Mikkelsen of the
Mikkelsen- Leffingwell polar expedition,
which started north two years ago and
which has been credited with proving
the existence of land north of the un-
explored sea. explains that he didn't do
anything of the kind. His observations
indicate that there is no land there, but
he returns with the belief mistaken
that there is land north of the unex-
plored sea. This belief rests largely
upon the flight of birds in that direc-
ton. On his way back Alikkelsen
walked something like 5000 miles,
from Flaxman's island to Valdes and
Nome. Leffingwell remained at Flax
mans island to engage in survey work.
A Bulletin on Rabies.
Rabies aud Its increasing Preya-
lence" is the title Of a bulletin just is
sued by the department of agriculture.
1t ridic,les the idea commonly held
that the maidstone is a specific against
rabies and declares unwarranted the
common beliefs that mad dogs will not
go near wafer and that If dog crosses
a stream 1t is proof that he is not af-
flicted with rallies 1t is asserted also
that there il, no such thing as dog
days In connection with this disease,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

handed out by Vreeland, manager OF
the Metropolitan, for use in the second
Odell campaign in 1902, and in the
next year $4,000 was contributed, of
which $4,000 went to the Republican
committee and $4,000 to Tammany
Hall.
Prior to this, as testified by Ryan
himself, 100000 of the proceeds of the
fictitious railroad went to Whitney to
make good contributions he and his as
sociates had made "in the interest Of
the company" ostensibly, but in reality
to be used to prevent the nomination
Of Bryan at Kansas City. Ryan adj
mitted that part Of the money may
have gone to insure the election of Nc
Kinley in 1900 All of the blame for
these transactions was placed on Whit
ney, who is dead. 1t also turns out
that Ryan admitted to having acquired
half of the ferries road franchise own
ed by Brady. This would Indicate that
Ryan profited not only by the sale Of
the road to the Metropolitan, of which
he was an officer, but that he sold to
1t his share of the fiction, thus profit
ing from two sources. All of the
charges made by the stockholders are
dismissed upon legal technicalities.
The grand jury, however, declares that
the disbursements shown to have been
made We're deserving of severe con-
| demnation."
Rights Of Federal Courts.
The United States supreme court has
dismissed the application Of the state
OF Nebraska for an order to compel
the federal court in that state to re-
linquish jurisdiction over the states
suit against the railroads for refusing
to put into effect the two cent fare law
passed by the legislature. The circuit
court had assumed jurisdiction because
there was controversy between citi-
zens of different states.
Fight For Thaw's Release.
Harry Thaw has begun his fight for
freedom, getting a writ of habeas
corpus, which will have the effect of
bringing him into court to have the
question of his present mental condi-
ton determined This action is taken
without the consent of his family. who
wish him confined In the asylum for
the insane.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

Charles F. Murphy. tests is the basis
for much gossip about the efforts Of
both factions in New York trying to
win the Nebraskan's favor. During
his trip through the state it was said
that friends of Murphy had come to an
understanding with Bryan, but the lat
ter consistently asserted his intention
not TO take sides In any state quarrels.
Bryan Hits at Socialism.
While in New York city Bryan spoke
at Cooper Uuion and answered several
questions put to him by the audience
One was, What is the difference be-
tween socialism and democracy, and
what would YOU do for the unemployed
If you were Gle; ted" Answering the
latter part first. Eryan said there were
two Kinds Of re'ief-temporary and per-
manent Tlesoverninent itself should
provide WOE, rs ioua as there is any
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
70 r EIGN
Death Of Campbell Bannerman.

Death Of Campbell Bannerman.
Great Britain's recent Liberal pre-
mier, Sir Henry Campbell- Bannerman,
died in the official residence at London
April %, his illness having been hope
less since April 5, when he gave up Of
flee. Heart failure was given as the
direct cause of death. He was in his
seventy year. A state funeral
was held in Westminster abbey. Ban
herman was consistent opponent of
jingoism all his life and did all he could
to avoid the Boer war. He was a
friend Of the Irish cause. He was pop
ular personally even with his political
enemies.
Italy Calls OFF War Fleet.
The porte having yielded on every
point in dispute with the Italian gov
eminent, the latter discontinued prepa-
rations for a naval demonstration
which had been planned on large
scale. The Intention was to seize a
Turkish islanu off the Asia Minor
coast. The trouble arose over the re-
fusal Of the Turkish government to al
low Italian postohices in Turkish terri
tory and also over the murder of IN
Italian missionary In Tripoli Turkey
held that. while 1t had tolerated the
postofiices of other powers, it had
never officially authorized them, but
Italy felt that for years the porte had
taken advantage of the mixed diplo.
matte situation to ignore complaints
made by Italy concerning the treat.
ment Of italian subjects. When the
porte learned that nineteen Italian war
ships were about to sail to enforce de.
mands the sultan's ambassador al
Rome was ordered to make peace on
| the Italian terms. This was done. Al
the same time the French dispute with
Turkey over the possession Of the Her.
aclea mines was acute.
How Haakon FIoored Socialists.
Chancellor MacCracken Of the New
York university, who has returned
from a visit to Norway and Sweden
where he arranged for an exchange OF
professors, tells Of a talk he had with
King Haakon of Norway about the
growth of socialism in his dominions
The king upon meeting group of So
cialists had listened to their opinion
that the wealth Of the land should be
divided up at given time among al
the people, whereupon the king re
piled by asking If they would consent
to redivision few minutes Later
with all the babes born since the last
division.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
The death.

Governor Haskell of Oklahoma adj
dressed the democrats of Wichita, Kan,
saying in part: Republication never
was further away from Lincolnism than
it is to day. Show me abe true adher-
ers to the policies of the nations great
est president and l will show you a
democrat. Roosevelt may talk of the
good things that are in store under re-
publican administration, but when it
comes to practical thing, as railroad
rate bill, Aldrich compels him to sub
side. When it concerns reform meas
ure, Cannon compeIs him to wait until
after the next election. When he
speaks of currency reform, Cannon
and Aldrich both say, Wait a little
longer Is it any wonder then that
Roosevelt in his desperation and disap-
pointment, issued his $4,000 word spec
ial message last January confessing
that the thirty-eight years of republi-
can government brings us to the point
where he himself condemns everything
as radically bad and is wholly unpre-
pared to suggest efficient remedies.
Fortunately there is a remedy. Bryan
ism is in actual practice in Oklahoma,
expressed in the most practical consti-
tuition ever written for the government
of the people and by the people. We
have fully demonstrated that Organism
means good common sense and efficient
government when put to test. If
spread from ocean to ocean it would
mean new era, where the govern
ment would be ruled by the people in
stead of being controlled by special
intorocfc -
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
INDUSTRIAL
Mine Strike Settled.

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A joint committee representing the
operators and the 100000 idle miners
In the central competitive district COM
prising the coal fields of western Penn
sylvanfa, Ohio and Indiana met and
adopted the report of the scale COM
mittee unanimously. Work in the dis
trict was resumed April 90 with the
best of feeling between the two par
ties.
The most important features of the
agreement are the adoption of the old
rate of 90 cents ton for mining coal;
referendum vote to be taken by dis
tricts and a call of the committee to
receive the returns of the vote, the
referendum to be on the proposition
to make the agreement hold good for
two years; a uniform screen of one
and one-fourth inches, an eight hour
day, and the referring of all local diff
ferences as to prices and conditions to
the districts for settlement.
Pennsy pischarging More Men.
The Pennsylvania railroad continues
" ISuuSC ITO WI mig 1OISc, duu II ~
said that by May the number Will
have reached $4,000. 1t is understood
that this step is in preparation for a
reduction in wages after the first Of
next month. The cause of the last lay
off was the dissatisfaction felt by old
employees who had been working on
half time since last fall. These have
been put Oh full time and the differ
ence made up by discharging newer
hands.
Chester Prefers to Walk.
Since tie arrival of the state troops
at Chester, Pa, the local traction COM
pany has been running cars at irreg-
ular intervals under guard. but very
few people have patronized them ow-
Inn to sympathy With the strikers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
Disastrous Texas Floods.
Making Good,

There is no way OF making lasting
friends like sMaking Good;n and Doctor
Plerce's medicines well exemplify this,
and their friends, after more than two
the hundreds Of thousands. They have
made good" and they have not made
drunkards.
Z, A good, honest, square-deal medicine Of
known composition is DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. 1t still enjoys an im-
mense sale, while most Of the prepara-
lions that have come into prominence II
the earlier period of its popularity have
gone by the board and are never more
heard OF. Theirs must be some reason for
this long time popularity and that Is to
o oe ao gan IN its superior merits When
or for liver and blood affections, Its supo.
rior curative qualities are soon manifest:
hence 1t has survived and grown in pop6
ular favor, while scores Of less meritorlous
articles have suddenly flashed into favor
forgotten.
For torpid liver with its attendant
indigestion, dyspepsia, headache, per-
haps dizziness, foul breath, nasty. coated
tongue, with bitter taste: loss of appetite,
with distress after eating, nervousness
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. ft;s
an honest, sQuare-deal medicine with all
Its ingredients printed on bottle-wravper
no secret, no hocus-pocus humbug,
therefore don't accept a substitute that
the dealer may possibly make little big
ger profit. Instst on your right to have
what you call for.
Don't buy DR.. Plerce's Favorite Prescrip-
tion expecting it to prove a ucure- all.n It
Is only advised for woman's special ail-
ments. It makes weak women Strong and
sick women well. Less advertised than
some Preparations sold for like purposes,
ITS sterling curative virtues still maintain
It's position in the front ranks, where IL
stood over two decades ago. AS an in.
vi9orating tonic and strengt hening nerv-
Inc 1t Is unequaled. It won't satisfy those
of alcohol in 1t. =, =
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets, the o,tot.
mn Little Liver Pills, although the first
PHI Of 1.1 their kind in the market still lead,
and when once tried are ever afterwards
IN favor. Easy to take as candy-one to
eQ,l1led.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

"
principles of Christianity into direct
contact with business life throughout
the city. Meetings were not confined
to the churches alone. but were held in
the workshops, in theaters, in saloons
and on the streets. And in it all the
local church leaders were kept in the
foreground rather than the visiting
evangelists. The result of this policy is
to enable the churches to get the full
benefit of the work and to carry 1t on
regularly. All the Protestant denomi-
nations were interested. and 221
churches participated at once Many
wealthy men contributed literally to
the expense fund. DR.. Chapman and
Mr. Alexander will carry on their work
next at Norfolk, Va.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

Those who did ride were Jeered by
the crowds of spectators. The real
cause Of the strike seems to have been
obscured by earlier dispatches. The
men say that their wages were re-
auced about cents an hour without
the slightest notice until they had
worked under the new scale one whole
day. They had no union, but the peo-
pie stood by their demand for arbitra-
ton Of the dispute, which the COM
pany refused. They were willing to
work under the reduced scale pending
the result.
Pensacola Riots Renewed.
After week of quiet, during which
troops kept the striking street car men
In check at Pensacola, Fla. the city
again was in turmoil April 81, when a
mob attacked a car and wounded the
conductor, perhaps mortally. Before
the troops reached the scene the mob
had dispersed. and no arrests were
made at the time.
Must Seat All Passengers.
The public service commission Of
New York city issued an order requir-
ing street car companies to provide
sufficient cars and right conditions for
seating all Of the passengers. An ex-
ception is made during rush hours.
The minimum number of cars to pass
on busy streets in each fifteen minutes
it is thought will have to be twenty
FIVE. The order will go into effect
April 81.
Singer Tower OutrivaIed.
The tower of the Metropolitan Life
building at Madison square, New York
city, which was to have been 66S feet,
according to original plans, is now to
be stretched still little higher and
when completed will measure 700 feet
from sidewalk to top. The Singer tow
er Is 812 feet high.
podsing Of the Harvester Trust.
Golfers Weekly gives publicity to
the case Of Walter Merritt, who had
his right arm crushed while working
as an electric repairer In the factory of
the International Harvester company
at Chicago through the carelessness of
a cheap and inexperienced operator of
a crane. After Merritt had come out of
the hospital the company's legal agent
offered him $50 to sign release of all
obligations. The crippled man refused
and sued for $4,000 damages. Not only
was this suit fought by the company
with crooked methods by paying wit
ness to go out Of reach of the court
but the head of the law firm which
handled the case, Roy o. West, who is
also one Of the tax board of review for
Cook county, has been in a position to
omit from assessment millions worth
of the property of the trust. This same
man Is chairman Of the Republican
state central committee of illinois, Re-
Gently the Tax Reform association ask
ed the courts to compel West and his
associates to assess the McCormicks
and others who own most of the Har-
vester stock. These two lawsuits tax.
en- together reveal the operations of the
industrial system which makes Grip
pies and lodges taxes" Both suits are
still pending. The facts are used as an
argument for the liability law.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

letCer OF con-
graduation from the pope. Next day
the Knights of Columbus gave grand
banquet to Archbishop Ryan and other
prelates. Cardinal Gibbons figured In
all the ceremonies.
Confirms Church Tradition.
The Paris Les Annales tells Of re-
cent discovery Of an ancient parchment
in village of upper Egypt which goes
to confirm momentous tradition of
the Roman church touching the au-
thenticity of portrait Of Christ jeal-
Ously guarded in the Church of st. Bar
tholQmew at Genoa. Able Gaffre is the
finder Of this document, containing a
detailed account of the mission Of
Thadeus, who was sent as the bearer
Of letter from Christ to King Abgar
OF Odessa, accompanied by portrait
Of the Christ. Abgar had professed
conversion and asked to be healed of
leprosy. The parchment has twenty
beautiful miniatures illustrating the
story.
Simultaneous Revival Results.
The City of Brotherly Love has just
passed through new religious expert
ence-nalnely, six weeks series of
stirring meetings under one general
management represented by the Chap
man-Alexander forces, but conducted
simultaneously in numerous churches
Under the name of the Kings bust
way. and it was the application of
modern business methods in alliance
with the press Of the city that brought
success. The North American in par
ticular set a new pace in the recogni-
ton of this great activity as legiti-
mate field of news for the community.
The underl lp2 idea vas to hgiag the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

Detractors of Mr.. Bryan claim that
he has never done anything practical.
Bless you, he has never had an oppor-
tunity. Many of the reforms he adj
vocated have been successfully taken
up by the administration. His worst
doctrine was free silver and even that
was not half as crazy a financial propo-
sition as the clearing house check year
just successfully passed through.
Hawkeye Beacon.
Now, what do you think of that, COM
ing from the pen of the Chairman Of
the Republican County Central Com
mittee? Rogers is an honest editor. =
Clayton County Democrat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
[WlCs-a-WfEK Plain DEALER.
BY MEAD PUBLISHING CO
Official Paper Of City and County.
Organism.
Bfyan1sm.
From the Des Moines Capital:

From the Des Moines Capital:
Hon. George w. Clark of Abel, ex-
speaker of the Iowa house, made a
speech at Jefferson, and if his doctrines
on the tariff are correct he ought to
vote for Bryan, He is in the wrong
camp-when he is in the republican
party-on the tariff question.
We admire ex-Speaker Clark. But
we have been told many times that he
is practically free trader. And his
speech seems to indicate it. He quotes
approvingly the following words: ''The
total graft in the Dingley tariff in the
ten years of its existence has amounted
to not less than SIS, 600, OOO, 900, or one
half the total value of the total rail-
roads in the United States, less their
bonded Indebtedness. These words
sound wonderfully familiar. But they
sound strangely coming from arepubli-
can. We publish ex-Speaker Clarke's
speech in full. We are not 'tgarblng"
it, but clip it from the columns of the
Register and Leader.
If the republican speakers in the
coming campaign make the speech
which ex-Speaker Clark has made the
country will go democratic by 1000, 600
majority. Whittier are we drifting?
To which the Dubuque Telegraph
says: To the rocks, Colonel Late, to
the rocks washed by the water of the
creek that's salt, where no persim-
mons grow, and where are countless
graves of mutinous pirate crews that
fell one upon the other and battled tc
the death.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01
Can Predatory Wealth Control This
Government.
G0Vernme

There are hundreds of millions of
water in the capital stock of the steel
trust. Behind these hundreds of millions
there is no actual value, except tariff
wall To keep that tariff wall up to a
prohibitive level is worth tens of millions
to this single trust, and there are up
wards of 200 smaller trusts similarly
conditioned.
If money can control the politics Of
this country these trusts will control it.
Honest citizens, who want no legis-
lative privileges, will not contribute
fifteen or twenty millions to any cam
paign committee, or even one million.
But the trusts, if they can continue to
rule, can afford to buy elections at
almost any price, and they will continue
to contribute the price as long as cleo
lions can be purchased. Manchester
Democrat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1908-05-01

the period from July to the middle
Of August being so called because then
the dog star Serius is above the hori-
zon with the sun. The Pasteur treat
ment Is credited with having greatly
lessened the mortality from this disease
among human beings.
Over the Alps by Water.
II. g. Hunting reports In the Tech
nical World Magazine how an Italian
engineer named Caminada has under
taken to transport freight across the
Alps from Genoa to Basel by novel
system of water tubes, linking the Med
iterranean with the Baltic and North
seas. The tubes are to be constructed
in pairs parallel at inclines correspond
Ing to the natural contour Of the land,
with open water levels Mt convenient
intervals. Water derived from the
mountain streams and lakes will be
used to fill the tubes, while gates at
each water level SO control the inflow
and outflow that while the water is
rising as one of the parallel tubes is
filling up the other tube is emptying
into 1t. Thus boat fioated into the
upper end of one of the tubes passes
down the incline to the lower end as
the water level falls, and at the same
time this water, let into the twin tube.
may lift another boat from the lower
end of the incline to the higher, The.
boat, both in rising and descending, Is
kept at a proper depth Of water by
two running sheaves placed upon the
Prov and below the stern respectively,
which will guide the boat on its way
with two rails fixed longitudinally on
top and bottom Of the, lock, springs be-
Ing provided to avoid shocks. +