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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
AN INDIAN MURDERER.
His Fearful Punishment by Primitive
Mexican Tribe.

Mexican Tribe.
Speaking Of primitive law among
Z the Mexican Indians brings to mind a
curious case that was told me some
years ago in the state of Oaxaca by an
old Zapoteca chief who had become
convert to Christianity.
He said that long while ago an
American botanist was travelling
through the mountains of Oaxaca
studying the rare and beautiful fora
Of that region. He had with him
mozo from another part of the coun-
try.
He carried several gold pieces sewed
in the lining OF his jacket The mozo
became aware of that faetrand one
day when the botanist got down on his
knees to drink at little spring the
mozo cut his head off with machete.
took the gold pieces and fled to the
higher sierras.
Not long after the body was found
by some Zapoteca Indians who had
seen the botanist in former days
studying the flowers and plants near
their village. They knew that he was
a harmless and good man because he
loved flowers. All Mexican Indians
love flowers. So they took the body to
the chief and told him what they had
seen and found. "Whatw he said
".Shall the kind stranger with the
white face who loved flowers and
sought not our goods nor insulted our
women come to such a dogs death
among us and not be avenged?'
He then dispatched four swift In
dian runners in different directions
with orders not to return without the
murderer. After a weeks time they
returned bearing the malefactor bound
in their midst. A council of cid men
was called. and the case was exam
ined. The guilt of the mozo was prov
ed, us he still had with him the strange
pieces of gold
Then the old chief gave the sem
tence. 1t was speedily performed.
They led the trembling murderer to
the center of the little plaza There
four green stakes were driven in the
ground. The murderer was stripped
naked and stretched by the wrists and
feet In the air among the four stakes,
to which he was dashed. Then the In
dams made great heap of unslaket
lime under the wretched mans body.
and when the heap touched his breast
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
Sheridan Made the Rhyme.

The prince regent, afterward George
W.. once offered ESQ to any one who
could find rhyme for 'porringer.''
This was merely child's play to Sher-
idan. who happened to be present
With scarcely a moments thought he
said:
The Duke of York daughter had.
He gave the Prince of Orange her. :.
And now. by POUNDS. I'll take your
pounds,
For there's rhyme to porringer!
London Answers.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11

You who have occasional trouble
from Indigestion, such as sour stomach,
belching of gas, sour risings and weak
stomach, should not delay moment to
help the stomach digest the food for
all these little ailments, annoying both
to yourself and to others, are caused
simply by undigested food in the stom-
ach. Kodol for Dyspepsia and Indi-
gestion taken occasionally will soon re-
lieve you of all the simple stomach all
ments that you now have, but which
may be more serious later. Try Kodol
to-day and take it on our guarantee.
We know it will do what we say it will
do. 1t is sold by Edward T. Tomas.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
Faithful Girl.

"You know. Miss Blank" said the
proprietor of a railroad station restau-
rant, there is a great deal in having
your sandwiches look attractive
Eyes. sir, know it. replied the girl;
II have done everything l could I
have busted those sandwiches every
morning for the last ten days!"-
per's Weekly.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
Art In Seine Hats.

Art In Selling Hats.
ut makes you lock small" says the
saleslady ITO the big woman who is
trying on the hat Sold
ut makes yen look plump" she says
to the slender woman. Sold.
sit makes you look young" she says
to the obviously middle aged woman.
Sold.
ut makes you look TALL" she says to
the short woman. Sold.
ut makes you look short" she says
to the tall woman. Sold.
ut brightens your face" she says to
the dark woman. Sold.
ut brings out your COLOR she says
to the pale woman. Sold.
And all the hats were alike.-Judge.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11

and sides they poured water ever Is
until the scnlling stenm of the burn
ing. lime had cooked all the flesh from,
the bones. Then they took the bones
and threw them into a hole on thu
mountain side.
And so was the stain of the muir.
dercd mans blood covered aud vcnee
arce was wrou: Int Ivy the Indians in
behalf of the white stranger who was
good and loved flowers. '-NieNican Elk
change
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
c. v. GREGORY.
Author of Home Course In Modern
Agriculture"

the drainage system Is the outlet. ~
the drain empties into a ditch or
stream stone bulwark should be
built up to keep the end tile from be-
ing washed away. The drain should
enter the stream above the level of the
water If possible. When it enters be-
low the force of the current is check
ed. and If the water is carrying much
silt SOME Of it will be deposited in the
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
See Us.

For sale at a bargain, good six
room house in Baldwin's addition.
Five room house in Beadle & Strong s
addition easy payment.
For RENT Several good houses. ,
STOCKMAN & DORM.
Over Sobolik & Petersen Hardware
store, Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
The Poor Men.

She They say girls can't throw
straight but when girl throws sly
chances notice she generally hits the
mark. He (recently bitten)- Yes--the
easy mark.-Boston Herald.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
His Decree.

HAS the son you sent away to col
lege got his degree yet?''
81 should say so! Why, he wrote
last week that the faculty had called
him in and given him the third degree
That boys ambitious. "-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
CHAPTER XIII

CHAPTER XIII.
I'M was slow tonight. The big
show was nearly over, yet
many of the props used in the
" early part of the bill were still
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1909-06-11
Planning the Drainage System.

Planning the Drainage System.
In planning drainage system there
are three especially important consid-
erations-the depth and size of the
tile and the distance apart of the
drains. More tile drains are put in too
shallow than too deep. In most soils
four feet is about the right depth. In
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IenClOn from the Sd0lIdTldD, especially
the problem of dealing with wastes
and the safe disposal of human and
animal excrement. The use of this
waste for the replenishing of the soil
should be made both profitable and
sanitary. What is needed is the de-
velopment of some system whereby
the domestic disposal of all filth shall
be daily accomplished without the
contamination of either the air, water,
food, or soil. At present the farmer
and the village and suburban resident
has to develop his own system of keep
ing his premises clean.
First of all, clean spot for build
ing should be selected. A house built
on damp clay soil with shaded sunless
north exposure is a more or less I'M
sanitary dwelling, as is also house
located in filled-in land, especially
when the filling is composed of or
ganic matter from the city dumpings,
the basement and yard air being rem
dered more or less foul by the atmos-
phere being filled with the gases from
the organic decaying matter Of which
the soil is composed. The length of
time during which contagion will Turk
in the earth has not yet been deter
mined, since it differs with soil con-
ditions. Land we'll cultivated and ex-
posed to the influences Of air and
sunlight, will, no doubt, become free
from infectious material much sooner
than that which is shaded and undis-
turbed Growing vegetation, as grass,
vegetables, and flowers, also renders
ground more sanitary. Thing and I'M
derdraining will improve damp soil.
A receptacle to receive the domestic
cred from flies and mixed with earth,
lime, or charcoal, will aid in keeping
premises clean, as also a second pit
for barnyard and stable manure, so
located that any possible seepage
therefrom shall not be toward the
house.
mo decaying masses of wood, straw
or other animal or vegetable matter
should be tolerated on the grounds.
Even piles Of stone, brick and lumber
near the house become breeding places
for all kinds of insects and vermin.
Weeds and unmOwed grass, old cans,
boxes and low places which hold stag
nant water after rainfalls are I'M
healthy, communicating the air and
soil, and breeding malaria and yellow
fever insects, especially is this true in
the South.
ITO lessen the seasons disorders,
clean the yard as we'll as the house.
Let the head of each family appoint
himself home sanitary inspector and
discover and remove the unhygienic
conditions of his own premises. A few
days of ditching or carting of garbage,
of trimming up trees, and of making
the yard beautiful and sanitary, may
save hundreds of dollars in doctors
fees, days and even months of lost
time and invalidism, not to mention
death and bereavement. The wages
of workmen to make clean the house
and environment is an investment pay
ing several hundred per cent in health
L L.
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-01
Sanitary Homes on the Farm

The average IdTIuer gives UuC hCIlS
attention to the surroundings of his
home Too often is filth in the way
of pig pens, chicken yards, water clos
cts, ETC., allowed to be placed in close
proximity to the house and are not
even kept as clean as they should be.
Physicians and students who have in
vestigated the matter find the sur
roundings of the home to mark In a
wonderful degree the health and hap
piness of the home.
This being the case, how necessary
that the surroundings of our homes
should receive proper attention. Kate
Lindsay in Good Health" tells some
plain truths which all should observe.
She says
earth, air, fire and water were the
four elements of the ancient philoso-
piers. The chemist of today manipu-
lates and makes his various COM
pounds with the 70 and 80 elements
discovered by the scientists. Yet so
far as the everyday health of the peo-
pie is concerned the sanitary environ
ment of the individual and the nation
has to do with the earth, air, food
heat and water Upon the hygienic
and Clearly conditions of the home and
home environment, upon how the do
nestle life is conducted depend the
moral, mental and physical welfare of
the people and the existence and sta
bility of the nation. Go into the slums
of great city, even into the back
streets of smaller towns, and note the
unclean, reeking courts around which
the block of tenement houses are built.
Every family in these congested cen
tiers of population contributes it's COM
plement of filth to the back court floor,
made more vile and filth-reeking by
the limited air space allotted to the
denizens of such communities.
years ago in the cities Of England
and continental Europe the sitting of
the courts became the dread of the
community. The plague-infected pris-
oners brought out from the unsanitary
prison dungeons spread disease and
death to other homes. Both the cot
tage and the palace were contaminated
by the infection of the jail, while dis
eases and death were spread in the
neighborhood of the seat Of justice.
Sometimes so deadly were the court
sittings that they were called the
black assizes'
To-day the jails are cleaner, and
the prison inmates are not so likely
to carry the deadly infections of a few
centuries ago to the court room when
they are brought out for trial. But
still mankind goes on defiling air and
water, suffocating and poisoning them
selves in the vile emanations from the
purifying filth they barber in and
around their habitations. Select for
example the average urban building
site. 1t may be an acre or half-acre
lot; it may be the 50-foot front, where
there is no sewage system, all the
refuse and excrement of the family be-
ing stored away in the soil, often along
The ranch. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1902-1914, 1909-10-01
The Home Allen z9a;'> a B;


horses, poultry. The writer has seen
all these conditions within the narrow
compass of what remained of 50X10C
foot lot after the house was built
Often a pig or a goat shares the linn
tied backyard with the children. The
front of the house near the sidewalk
of some well travelled road or street
is all day enveloped In cloud of dust
The back yard, which properly cult
waited and clean with a grassy lawn
should be a sanitary spot for the fam.
ily's recreation ground is merely a
place for the storage of filth and rub
bage. scarcely an improvement for out
of-door life over the indoors, at least
during the day.
"Clean, roomy parks are demanded
by the city sanitarian for the slum
children to recreate and play in. Why
not have clean yards instead Of piece
of ground Uttered with excrement OF
animals, the air filled with foul odors
from cess pools, earth closets, stables
and the like-a place where flies and
other noxious insects breed in warm
weather and in whose rubbish heaps
the vermin of the rodent family OF
mice and rats live and multiply
All the filth which is piled up around
the home finds ready entrance into
the interior of the house, in addition
to making the yard an unsanitary
place for the children and adults to
recreate in. In Porto Rico the most
common cause of death, and the most
frequent disorder Is anemia, due to
the infection of the body by hook
worms. These parasites find their way
into the body through the skin and
are swallowed also from hands soiled
by unclean earth. The barefOOted boy
is in most danger. The soil Of the
Southern States is now infected by
this parasite, and many cases of the
hook worm infection is the result. The
common round worm eggs, and also
the pin worm ova, are taken into the
body by swallowing animal excrement
which contains the eggs of these para
sites. Many infectious germs lodge in
foul infected soil such as tetanus bac
illus, typhoid microbes and infections
causing dysentery. Then stable, barn
yard and other manure heaps are the
favorite breeding places of flies, while
stagnant pools form Matching beds fol
mosquitoes, larvae, etc. All these in
sects are contagion carriers, bringing
infectious, decaying, fermenting foul
matter from the rotten garbage heap
manure-pile, barn-yard cess-pool and
foul earth closet into the house.
"By all means clean up the slum
tenement districts, but let us not for
get that the dirty farmhouse or the
suburban yard is just as dangerous
and just as disease-propagating as the
vile filth of the city slum. The child
of the country and of the town should
have clean playground, and this can
not be had if the house site is the
dumping ground of all the filth pro.
duced by man and beast.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
Bridge letting.

Plans aud specifications are on file
at the County Com missioners office
in Danville, Pa, for three l3l Steel
Bridges with concrete floor one "a
feet long by IA feet wide; Que 26 feet
long by IA feet wide and one 24,feet
long by IA feet wide. Bids will be
received until u O'Clock noon, Satur.
day, August 18th, 1909, the said bids
to be opened at / 80 P. NJ. A certified
check must be deposited with the
Commissioners Clerk at or before 10
O'Clock A. NJ. Saturday, August 14th
by each bidder as follows: $500. 90 for
large bridge and 5000 90 for each of
the smaller bridges.
The County Commissioner reserve
the right to reject any or all bids.
BY order of she County Commission
ers,
Attest Horace c. Blue, CLERK.
Aug. ..
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
Welded IN
THE Church

Miss Anna Mae Fry of this city and
Mr.. p. b. Andes of Vsndergrift, were
united in holy matrimony yesterday.
The ceremony was performed in Pine
Street Lutheran church at 10 40
o'clock, the Rev. O. r. Botsford past
or Of the Holy Trinity Lutheran
church. of Berwick, officiating. The
bride and groom were attended by MI.
and Mrs. John D. SwanRer of Milton.
The wedding march was rendered by
Mrs. Marie EdmondsoD, Of this city.
The ceremony was witnessed by a
few immediate friends Of the bride and
groom. The church was decorated with
palms. cut flowers, sc.
Following the ceremony wedding
dinner was served at Heddens' restaur-
ant.
The bride is the daughter Of George
A. Fry OF this city and is most highly
esteemed. The groom is widely
known and popular. He is principal
of one of the schools at vandergrift.
The newly welded couple left on
the y :51 D. L. q ". train for an ex.
tended trip. They will reside at Van
dergrift.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
IMPROVEMENTS
ON SOUTH SIDE

A stroll about the south side reveals
good many Improvements there, sou 9
on feet and others completed
The residence OF DR.. n. Nj. Smith.
Gesrhart street, has been Vemodeled
and repainted. Among ths improve
ments is bay window and a veranda,
covering the front and the side of the
dwelling.
Elias Woodruff is laying a concrete
pavement n front Of his residence on
Gesrhsrt street. He is doing the work
himself
JACOB IssEer is also laying con-
crete pavement in front of his dwell
ing, Avenue E, Riverside.
J. c. Yesger, Avenue G, is repaint.
ing his dwelling.
Wesley Morrall on tbs same street j.
also re painting his residence.
John Landau has begun WORK on a
new dwelling Gu Gearhart street;
J. T McCloughan and Frederick
Mol, Avenue &, have each built 8
front vera1da 10 his residence,
\ concrete walk is being laid at the
parsonage Of ST Peters Methodist
Episcopal cnurch A concrete floor
has beeu laid also in the cellar OF the
parsonage.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
THE DEAD FISH
ARE REMOVED

Psra4yE relief in some form, anticip-
sted IS ehe result Of the committee 5
visit TO harrisburg, ths residents OF
the upper eui Of town are doing what
they can 10 relieve the highly unsan-
itsry conditions caused by the old
canal
In the fi.st place tae fish killed by
the acids contained in the sewage from
the hospital have nearly sll been drag
ced out Of the canal and buried. a lot
Of BOYS took the initiative in this
matter and worked quite diligently
for day or so, At present few dead
fish are 30 be seen. The cooler wealth
er. too, has improved conditions some
what
Residents at that part Of town state
that the members of council are in
error in stating that the culvert pipes
are anywhere clogged. Such a oondi-
tion did exist, but persons affected by
the nsd odors on the cana! themselves
took the initiative and opened the pipe,
AibD-LE LihA ttiSAtbN AtAN tNN HESt -uh"'A4
water would drain down through the
channel.
The movement Of the water, how
ever, is prevented by dense growth
of cat tails near Railroad street
The citizens are much disappointed
tbEt council did not order q trench
opened through this section of the can.
a. when the matter was brought up at
the last regular meeting OF that body.
They insist that relief in some mea-
snre would be Immediately derived
from opening a drain, as great deal
OF the water would be carried off with
a corresponding diminution of the ef.
6uvium and she general bad effects
that attend the noisome and stacnant
deposit that at present hlls the canal
nearly halt fall.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
Getting Ready For a Fresh Start.

Gwendolyn de Courtenay, the hand
some society favorite, was nervously
agitated. Even a blind baggage car
could see that She paced up and
down in front of the large cheval
glass in her room. Evidently she was
greatly aggrieved over something.
Finally her high strung nerves got
churned up to such a pitch that she
lost control over herself and began 10
clutch and tea: wildly at her hair, pull
ing it out in large handfus
Your sympathetic nature is around
and you cry: The poor woman is tenn
porarily insane. Why doesn't some
one stop her before she does herself
bodily injury; she must be in terrible
mental agony to stand the pain of
pulling her hair out by the roots"
But hist, Re not too lavish with
your sympathy. friend. Up to now
Gwendolyn has pulled off only four.
teen pounds OF puffs, three miles of
interlocking switches and a few de
tachable curls. She has some distance
to go yet before she touches the real
cross your heart hair Gwendolyn is
merely distracted because her maid
cannot get her floating hirsute equip
ment on in becoming array. She il
simply getting ready for a fresh start
Puck.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
WHERE SPRINKLING
IS NOT PRACTICED

Sew people who live in those parts
OF town where street sprink!ine Is one
Of the luxuries indulged in daily can
form any adequate idea Of what an in
tclerable nuisance the dust is in other
parts of the borough where the streets
are not regularly and systematically
sprinkled.
At such places there is positively no
relief from the dust 1t lies several
inches deep in the streets The side
walks are even powdered with dust
and reveal the footprints Of pedes-
trians. Not only are the lawns aud
fences coated with dust but also the
doors and window frames of the
houses, The difficulty OF keeping the
interior Of dwellings clean and pres
ensabIe under such conditions can
easily be imagined.
II ava'ls but little IL one. or even
half a dozen residents on a square,
sprinkle in front Of their dwellings
Dust knows no boundaries and go long
as spot remains anywhere about that
Is not gegularly sprinkled there Will
be dust in the air and all will share
in il alike.
Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1909-08-12
The Pyrophore.

A living light, called the pyrophore,
makes illumination cheap and conven-
tent in Brazil. The pyrophore is
monster trehy, an inch and a half
long. With one it is possible to read
fine print, and three will light a room.
The Brazilian peasant. wheh~he trav-
erses by night the perilous forest
paths of his country, fastens to each
shoe a pyrophore. Thus illuminated,
he has no difficulty in avoiding poison
Gus snakes, pitfalls and wild beasts.
The Brazilian coquetty 1astens in her
hair or her corsage a pyrophore in
cased in white tulle. The effect is as
Of a great luminous pearl or opal,
When a pyrophore's light goes out it
is not necessary to fill him up with
oil, to drop a coin in him or to throw
him away, but moments ducking in
cold water sufIices. Thereafter his
three little lanterns, one on the breast
and two on the back, emit again as
bright q radiance as ever. The pyro-
phore, as all nature students know, is
called vulgarly cuengo. but scientific
ally the name is Coleopter serricorn
stermose elaterides. - Cincinnati En-.
uuirer.