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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
A Preference for the Rod.

Two-thirds of the small boys in the
public schools would rather take
thrashing than submit to any nice,
ladylike punishment, such as stand
ing in the corner on one foot or being
shut up in a dark closet So says a
teacher That is a fact, no matter how
eloquently those who don't know-and
half the people who talk don't know
may spout about the shame and ig-
nomy, not to mention the physical
discomfort, of whipping. No doubt
there is a certain amount of all three
Inconvenience attached to good
trimming, but in the opinion OF the av-
erage boy those disadvantages are of.
set by certain accompanying dignity.
To merit thrashing indicates that
the boy has done something worth
while 1t makes of him kind OF
hero. Punishment to the corner or the
dark closet and kindred minor punish
ments may be all very well for girls.
but boys yearn for something more
heroic l am not claiming, mind you
that this preference indicates highly
moral or commendable spirit; 1t is sim
ply the natural boys attitude.-New
York Press.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02

FIG. XIv-A SPLENDID TYPE OF SEED EAR.
the cob To secure this the ear should
be well filled out at butt and tip and
fairly uniform In size from end to end
The kernels should be SO firm on the
ear that it cannot be twisted In the
hands There should be no spaces
between the kernels next to the cob,
nor should the spaces between the
tops of the kernels be too great. They
should not be packed together too
tightly at this latter point, however,
as this hindars rapid drying out. The
rows should be straight and the ker-
nels Of uniform size.
In starting out to select ears of the
desired type the work can be done
much more quickly If the corn is laid
out on table or bench. Then by
taking an ear for a sample which
most nearly represents your ideal you
can so over the entire lot and quick
ly pick out the ears that are most
like it, The roint of selecting ears of
a uniform type is an important one,
as only in this way can the corn
grower hope to make Improvement
from year to year The methods Of
breeding corn to secure increased
yield will be taken up In detail in the
text article
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
iowa NEWS ITEMS
Interesting Notes From Various
Parts Of the State.
on THE TRAIL OF MURDERER
Officials Of Aor1hern Iowa on
Track Of Suspect.

The excitement over the tragedy at
Union continues undated in North
ern Iowa Sheriff Walsh received
word from Kelsey, in Butler county, to
to the effect that a man closely an
swering the description of the murder
err had been seen there on Tuesday.
Sheriff Hill of Butler county is now
trying to locate the fellow
A suspect under arrest at Toledo
answers the description quite we'll.
and is being held until his beard
grows to the length worn by the man
when seen at Union, Saturday. The
slayers clothes will be taken to To
ledo, placed on the suspect, and peol
pie from Union will try to establish
an identification.
The reward for the capture of the
murderer of Linn Trimble of Union
stands at 81 $50. The people of Edo
ra have raised by subscription $50
additional to the $1,4OO previously re-
ported. Another arrest was made at
Garden City, in the southwest part of
Hardin county. but the description did
not tally, upon investigation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Balancing a Flying Machine.

The balancing of a flyer may seem,
at first thought, to be very simple
matter, yet almost every experimental
had found in this the one point which
he could not satisfactorily master.
Many different methods were tried.
Some experimenters placed the center
of gravity far below the wings, in the
belief that the weight would naturally
seek to remain at the lowest point. 1t
was true that, like the pendulum, II
tended to seek the lowest point; but,
also, like the pendulum, 1t tended to
oscillate in manner destructive to all
stability.
A more satisfactory system, espe-
cialy for lateral balance, was that of
arranging the wings in the shape of q
broad V, to form dihedral angle
with the center low and the wing tips
elevated. In theory this was an auto
matte system. but in practice 1t hat
two serious defects: First, 1t tended t.
keep the machine oscillating; and sec
ond, its usefulness was restricted Il
calm air-Century Magazine.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
The Fatal chaminade.

A high-browed young lady was pay
Ing on the piano to the great edifica
ton Of all the other high-brows pres
ent. After while she announced gra
ciously that she would play "a Cha
minade,' and proceeded to do so. Al
the close of it there was applause.
Then an unsuspecting low-brow piped
up:
by the way, what is Chaminade?"
He spoke as if not sure whether the
thing was more like chamois or a
serenade.
The young lady looked at him with
eringly.
"Chaminade is composer" she said
with much severity. That embarrassed
the low-brow.
why, l was sure that Grieg had
written Chaminade-a suite of Cha,
minades, in fact"
Not at ALL" repeated the severe
young lady. "Chimande is COM
poser"
"Oh, indeed" stammered the low
brow "Well, what did he writer"
He is she," the young lady in.
formed him.
What! Is that so? Weller"
At this point friends of the low-brow
stepped in and restrained him from
another possible fatal plunge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Bought His Own Work.

To come across bit of ones own
work in print Is an experience not
ordinarily exasperating to an author;
but Washington writer on scientific
matters was recently not very agree
ably surprised by such development.
1t appears that the writer was collect
ing material for monograph ON
electromagnetic, when word came to
him of valuable paper on the subject
not long before published In Berlin
journal devoted to science. Thinking
that the paper would be Of use to him
in the work in hand, he had it trans
lated. When the English version was
laid before him, together with quite a
bill for the translator's labor, what
was the disgust of the writer to find
that the article was nothing more or
less than German reproduction of an
article of his own published the year
before in an English journal. And he
had paid twice as much for the trans
lation as he had received for the orr
gtnal article!
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Home Course In
Modern Agriculture
VAI.-The Selection of Seed
By C. v. GREGORY.
Agricultural DiJision. IotOa STATE College
"
The Selection of Seed
By C. v. GREGORY,

balls are inside of hull that appears
perfectly sound from the outside, so
that the damage from smut is much
greater than would appear from sim
ply glancing over the field
Any method of treatment which will
destroy the smut spores on the grain
will prove effective, although the smut
which is scattered in the field some
times infects the plants the next year.
When rotation is practiced, however,
this is seldom the case, as the oat
smut will not attack corn. nor will
corn smut grow on oats.
The selection Of seed corn Is even
more important than the selection of
small grain, since so much less corn
Is required to plant an acre, thus per-
hitting Of much more careful choice.
The most important point to be consid-
cred in the selection of seed ears Is ma
turity. An ear that is not entirely ma
ture will be light, the kernels will be
loose on the cob and have dull,
chaffy appearance, and the germs will
be shrunken and the back of the ker-
nels wrinkled.
Such corn should not be selected for
seed because the amount Of food ma
terial stored in the kernel Is too small
to give the young sprout much Of
start. The germ is also likely to be
weak from being frozen while still in
the immature, watery condition. The
fact that an ear is not entirely ripe
indicates, too. that 1t belongs to
variety just little late for the local
ity
Ears that are not entirely ripe are
not nearly so valuable for seed as
| ripper, sounder ones, even If the latter
are not so large. By selecting only
ears Of this early maturing type a
strain of corn can soon be developed
which can be depended upon to ripen
in the particular locality in which 1t is
grown.
Since the size of the crop depends
to a considerable extent on the size
of the ear the seed ears selected
should be as large as is consistent
with early maturity. Mere size of
ear is not enough, however. The ears
| should be well proporticned and not
too big around for their length, since
ears of this sort are late in maturing
and slow to dry out. The size of an
ear should be made up of corn instead
of cob This means deep kernels and
a relatively small cob.
There must also be the largest pos
sible amount of corn In proportion to
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
OBTAIN NEWS OF DAUGHTER
Girl Tells Her Grandparents Of Their
Daughters Death.

Daughters Death.
To mourn daughters absence for
twenty years and have granddaugh-
ter unexpectedly appear on the scene.
was the unusual experience of Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Smith of Waterloo.
The aged couple last heard from
their missing daughter, Anna G.
Smith, twenty years ago, at Omaha.
A beautiful eighteen-year-old girl,
Miss Helen Coffey of Marshalltown,
called at their home and told that was
Annals daughter She is the perfect
picture of her mother, and is about
the same age as Anna was when she
was last heard from. The grand
parents threw their arms about her
and wept for JOY
Shangest of all, Anna G. Smith,
the long absent daughter, married Ed
mond Coffey soon after leaving home
twenty years ago and lived In Mar
shalltown many years, Mrs. Coffey
dying there eleven years ago. Her
parents never knew of her presence
so near to them.
Mlas SoAey ioeoleu Hei SiaiiuPa-
rents by a picture of her mother and
story of how anxiously her parents
have been seeking her.
She saw the picture and story and
came to Waterloo to tell Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Smith that their daugh.
ter was dead, and to let them know
that they had granddaughter whom
they had never seen.
The meeting was most affecting.
The aged couple embraced her and
while bemoaning their daughters
death, We're joyous TO learn that they
granddaughter
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
UNABLE TO SPELL CORRECTLY.
iilustrious Writers Among Those Who
Make Slips in Words.

1t may comfort those persons who,
do what they will, are prone to errors
in spelling to learn that even such H.
lustrious men of letters as members
of the Academic Franchise have not
been totally exempt from that failing,
says the Boston Transcript. An anec-
dote is told of the late M. Castor
DENY. He ran one day beaming into
Remains study and said: II have q
piece Of news that will humiliate you"
What Is it?" Renan asked in surprise.
'My autographs are fetching higher
price than yours" "Oh, is that all?"
Renan replied But how have you
found it out?" NJ Boissier then re-
lated that on the previous day cou-
pie of letters had been put up at auc-
ton at the salesrooms in the Rue
Drouot. One by Renan had fetched
three francs. while one by himself had
been sold for five francs. DO you
know the reason?" Renan inquired,
and on receiving an answer in the neg
alive he said: well, l shall tell you
There are three misspelt words in
your letter, and | have it by me here
A friend was at the sale and, on per-
ceiving the mistakes, he went on bid
ding until he had secured 1t, and then
he brought it to me saying: You will
give this letter to M. Boissier. IT it
were allowed to circulate among the
public with it's grammatical ornaments
this might damage the Academic Fran
caise.'" 1t was not Renan who looked
silly that day.
Yet another anecdote in Illustration
of the fact that even academicians can
be caught tripping. One day at Com
piegne, in 1868, the Empress Eugene,
at the Initiative of Victor Dupuy, then
minister of education, induced the par
ty, largely composed Of academicians
to consent to write dictation got W
and read out by one of their number
Prosper Merimee. This was by way
of showing how hard 1t was that can
didates should be rejected because
they were guilty of q few errors. NO
a single academician came we'll ou
Of the ordeal or would have obtained
certificate in the particular competi
ton which the minister had in hi
mind. The emperor and empress hat
also written the dictation; 60 slip
were recorded against him and n
fewer than 80 against her.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Hit by Beer Bottle and Killed.

The playful attempt of crowd of
boys and young men to dodge beer
bottle thrown into the air and allowed
to drop among the crowd, has cost
the life of Lewis Weston, young man
of seventeen, of Centervile. About a
month ago he and some companions
were engaged in the sport at the Sun.
srine mine and he lodged into wall
and failing TO escape the falling boz
skull was fractured. He became s
sufferer and was operated on, but died
without regaining consciousness
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
CURE FOR HYSTERIA
RED-Hor IRON APPLIED TO
FLESH is MOST EFFECTIVE.
Il Is the Opinion of Physicians That
Too Much Sympathy Is Usually
Given to the Victims of
"Nerves."

A red-hot iron applied to he flesh
is vigorous but none the less effec-
tive cure for hysteria. The physicians
have concluded that too much SYM
pathy is usually given in cases of
hysteria, and that a realistic shock
sometimes accomplishes more than
medicine. In fact, one expert at the
recent meeting of the American Asso-
citation of Obstetricians and Gynecolo-
gists asserted that physicians practice
more Christian Science than do the
Christian Scientists. The principal
paper was read by DR.. A. Morgan
Vance of Louisville on the subject:
"Hysteria as Surgeon Sees It."
Some of DR.. Vance's ideas follow:
"A physician asked me to go to q
place 100 miles from Louisville to see
his sister, who was bedridden and had
worn out her family and other rela-
tives being waited on refused to go
and said she would have to be brought
to me. Some time later the physician
asked me to go to hospital in Louis
vile to see his sister. She declared
she was going to die and that she
couldn't turn over when l told her to.
The devil you can't said roughly,
and grabbed her by the hips and threw
her over. l had her taken away from
lot of sympathizing old women, and
in short time she was walking
aronr
I was called to treat young WON
an whose leg had drawn up. Her
mother gave her trashy French novels
and wrote her 40-page letters; besides
she was surfeited with sympathy from
mothers. The leg was put In a plaster
cast for effect, and when l was cutting
1t out later she said: I know my leg
is going to draw up-I know it,! Just
as l was about to remove the cast
sprang at her and shaking my fist in
her face l growled: If that leg draws
up I'll break your d little neck!
She was refined and cultured girl
and the shock cured her Immediately.
DR.. John A. Lyons of Chicago told
an amusing story Of how he furnished
an infant to historical woman, wht
imagined she was about to become I
mother The woman's friends and rel
atives had been busy making bah!
clothes for months, and when thu
woman learned from the doctor tina
she had case of imagination SHE
went on SO that the doctor had to ge
a baby to wear the clothes that hat
been made He got one at hospita
and the neighbors don't know any
better, he said.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
is A GOVERNMENT AGENT.
Answer to lowa's Million Dollar Suit
Filed at Des Moines.

In its answer to Attorney General
Byer's million dollar penalty suit, filed
at Des Moines, the Western Union
Telegraph company declares it is
government agent, and not subject to
the laws of Iowa, and therefore ex.
empt OF the suit S7s9000 are penal
ties and 100000 are filing fees The
company's failure to file articles OF
incorporation caused the suit.
The Western Union company main
tains 1t esists and operates under
federal laws since 1t subjected Itself
to an act of congress, June s, 1867
This act makes it a penalty for tn
company to delay handling govern
ment matter first The company
states that the law under which the
suit is brought was not in force until
July 4, 1856. 1t declares its capital
stock is sl00000,O00, and its net
profits from 1895 to 1905, were s73
l64 400
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Soldier Balks Death Plot.

1t seemed to j. A. Stone, civil war
veteran, of Kemp, Tex, that aplot ex-
listed between desperate lung trouble
and the grave to cause his death. II
contracted stubborn COLI" he writes,
that developed cough that stuck to
me in spite of all remedies, for years.
My weight ran down to 100 pounds.
Then began to use DR.. Kings New
Discovery, which restored my health
completely, | now weigh l78 pounds. "
For severe Colds, obstinate Coughs,
Hemorrhage, Asthma, md to prevent
Pneumonia it's unrivaled. SOC. and ST..
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by P.
A. Clemmer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
CHARGED WITH FORGERY.

Son of Judge Weaver Of State Su.
preme Court Is Accused.
Walter Weaver, the young attorney
Of Iowa Falls, who recently surren.
dered to the authorities who were
seeking him on a charge of forgery,
was arraigned in court at Eldora and
entered a plea of not guilty.
The general superstition was that
Weaver would throw himself on the
mercy of the court. 1t Is said that the
young man will fight the case in an
defendant Is son of Judge S. NJ.
Weaver of the supreme court of Iowa
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach the
dis. .ased portion OF the ear. There is only one
way to cure deafness. and that is by constitu-
tionai remedies. Deafness Ia caused by an
inilamed condition OF the mucous Inning of tile
EuStachian Tube. When this tube IL intlamed
you have rumbling sound or imperfect hear
Ing, and when 1t is entirely closed, Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to it's normal
condition. hearing will be destroyed forever;
i've cases out of ten are caused 10y Catarrh.
which is nothing but an infiamed condition Of
the mucous surfaces.
We will give One hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness Caused 10y catarrh) That can
not be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. SEM for
circulars, free.
Ed. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Dtuggi-ts, Use.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Jacobson Farm for Sale

22O acres, acres timber, acre of
orchard, located 81 miles west of Pro-
twin, mile north of Saude; fences
good and buildings in fair condition.
The land is in high state of fertility,
and is especially adapted for the use of
a stock farm. Inquire of JAS. H.
JACOBSON, Saude, Iowa. 4lw4
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
PRISONER HANGS HIMSELF
Brothers, Who Were His Bondsmen
Had Surrendered Him.

Paul Radloff, prisoner In the
county jail at Marshalitown, who had
just been surrendered by his two
brothers. as his bondsmen. and who
was facing a sentence OF ten years
for arson. cheated the penitentiary
some time during the night by hang
ing himself in his cell Radloff took
his shirt, fastened 1t about his neck
and tied the other end to his cell door
He then jumped from bench Other
prisoners found his dead body in the
morning
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
MANY IOWA JAILs FILTHY
Professor Ensign Also Says They Are
Schools of Crime,

Professor Forest Ensign of the Uni
versity of Iowa before the tenth an
nual conference of charities and cor
rection at Des Moines, said:
MANY Iowa jails are frightfully
filthy In most there is no separation
Privacy is impossible decency a
luxury Young and old. first offend.
ers and degenerate vagabonds. inno-
cent suspects and past masters in
vice meet on common ground. The
Jail under these conditions becomes a
school Of crime"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Revenge on Snake by Law.

Senator Robert Quigley introduced
a bill placing bounty of Is cents on
the head of every rattleshake killed
in Iowa TIE bill follows closely up
on the serious illness of former Sena-
tor Byron Newberry, whose poisoning
by the bite of rattlesnake last sum
mer made it impossible for him to
make an active campaign and he was
defeated
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
cumm,ns Declared Senator.

Without very much ceremony, the
general assembly. in Joint session.
heard the report of the voting for
United States senator In each house
the formal declaration that Albert B
Cnmmins had received clear ma
jority vote for United States senator
from Iowa, for six years Cummins
received l12 votes to 40 for Claude r
Porter. Democrat.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
coNGRA7uLA1Es OLD NAV
Mason City Man Receives 300 Postal
Cards on Ninety.seventh Birthday.

SdTQS OH lNlHely'SSvSulH CiTtHudy,
Congratulations and good wishes.
In Natures aristocracy rank depend
on age. thus each may. in time, be
come a nobleman w ]. Bryan"
Such wss the way the peerless
One" addressed postcard that helped
form a shower of 800 received by
Isaac w Harrison of Mason City on
his ninety-seventh birthday. The old
man enjoyed Mr. organs tribute
equally as much as any of the numer
Gus cards he received. but equal to it.
was one that came from Midway. KY,
from Hiram Gratz, an old colored man
now past seventy.
Gratz, as a boy ard young ma
was slave owned by Harrison in
Kentucky. Harrison was once offered
$500 for Gratz, but refused to sell
because he did not want to tear the
boy away from his aged mother,
whom Harrison also owned.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
Body AfIoat on Ice Cake.

The body of Waite HicoX, a promi.
nent farmer of Dnnkerton, was found
on cake of ice in Waterloo. His po-
st,on would indicate he fell sixty
feet from railroad bridge. When
found he was breathing his last 1t
is possible Hicox was hurled to his
death by tramps. His body was res
cued by men let down by ropes from
the bridge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
How to Interest.

And, mother" begged the debut.
ante, will you not teach me your art
of conversing interestingly"
TT is simple, my dear" replied the
experienced matron. "All you need do
is to make it point to use the word
you oftener than the word r"
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
switchman Killed on Track.

Joseph Wilson, switchman for the
st. Paul road, seventy years of age,
was killed at Dubuque by switch en-
CINE while picking up coal on the
track
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
MARTIN MAKES CONFESSION
Burglar Admits He Was implicated in
Murder

Phillip Martin of Montezuma, who
Is serving thirty-five years sentence
in the Fort Madison penitentiary for
the murde, of an old man name
Roads. near Brooklyn, Ia, four years
ago. has confessed iii writing to ha-
Ing been implicated in the murder
Martin was convicted on strong cir
cumstantial evidence. but there have
been many who doubted his guilt. In
his confession he says the murder was
committed accidentally while he and
his pal We're breaking into the house
to rob ROais
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-02-02
ARE TO HAVE HORSE RACING
Mason City Horsemen Guarantee
Purse Amounting to $4,000.

Mason City will have horse racing
next season. A number of the lovers
OF harness horses got together and
guaranteed purse of $4,000 for races.
They pronose to have the best tina
can be secured.
Mason City is member of the
Cedar Valley association, which meets
this week at Albert Lea, Mimi, and
at that time arrangements will be
completed for the meet.