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Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
q kilIed: 3 Injured,

Minneapolis. Oct. 14.-Three per
sons were killed and three injured IL
a series Of accidents in the Twin
Cities. Those killed were: Martin
sather, electrocuted while working
on tho new Columbia Heights reser.
yoir: Louis Wolf, struck by switch
engine at Twenty-fifth avenue and
Second street, and Nicholas Gordon.
eff, buried in cave-in. while working
in a sewer in Blair and Hamline ave
.uues. st. Paul.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Taps for Major James UIIe.

Fargo, N. D., Oct. 14.-Major Jamei
Ulio, for twelve years professor OF
military science and tactics at the
North Dakota agricultural college
dropped dead in his home here Sun
day morning. Major Ulio was 81
years old.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Sir Thomas Linton Arrives

New York, Oct. 14.-Sir Thoma.
Upton, arriving by the steamer Caro-
lima, said he proposed to discuss witt
the New York Yacht club official.
terms under which he might challenge
for the international yachting troph,
which he has trie&ao lift.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Protest Against Profanity.

Columbus, o.. Oct. 14.-Over 1000
Catholic men, members of the Holy
Name society, paraded in silence and
without music of any kind through the
principal streets as protest against
profanity.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15

Two Escaped Convicts Captured.
Piqua, O., Oct. 14.-Wiliam Barnew.
graft and George Washington, two Of
the four prisoners who escaped from
the state penitentiary, at Columbia
Saturday, were captured here.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Auto PIunses Into River.

Green Bay, Wis, Oct. 12.-One mar
was killed, one young woman probably
fatally injured and another girl barely
escaped death when an automobile in
which they were riding ran into the
East river,
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Farm for Rent.

The los acre farm, known as the
Nichols estate, five miles Northwest
Of Cresco. Every acre of this farm
will raise corn. Also good buildings.
Address LUERs & CLARK Co.,
Cresco, Iowa.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Letters Will Be Used.

Indianapolis, Oct. 14.-Enough let
tiers are on hand before the jury II
the dynamite conspiracy" trial te
keep witnesses busy for week iden
tIfyine them.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15
Colonel Defends Record.

Oshkosh, Wis, Oct PA defense
Of his record on the tariff question
and an attack on Woodrow wilson's
position were made here by Colone,
Roosevelt.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15

We Are Making a Discount
of from 10 to so per cent on oil Wall
Paper in stock. Now 10 the time to
buy. !. a. CIemmer.
Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1912-10-15

ing her daughter, Mrs. Will hunting,
and family left yesterday for visit
with her son Charles at St. Ansgar.
Reinforced concrete and frame build
ing, concrete silos, barns, dwellings,
etc. Drawings, plans and estimates.
T. E. Killoren. Austin, MINI.
l hereby say that the story have
been circulating about Mrs. A. j.
Ev ans is wholly untrue and without
foundation. MRS. w. MACKENBURG.
LOST-On the streets of Cresco, on
Friday evening, Oct. 18th, lady s
gold, oval band ring. Reward for its
re turn. MRS. L. IvERsoN.
We need room. and for a limited
time will sell all Wall Paper in stock
at from 10 to so per cent discount.
p. A. Clemmer.
New and secondhand sewing ma
chimes for sale and rent-also repaired.
JNo. ]. VAN SLYKE, Singer Sewing
Machine Agent, Cresco, Iowa; Phone
Is.
On Thursday, Oct. 18th, on the form
er C. C. Burgess farm, a miles north
east of Cresco, &. Gerber and E
Sandmeyer will offer at auction IL heat
of horses, q head of cattle, SO heat
of hogs, corn in field, ETC., all on thu
usual terms. Free lunch at noon
Fineg an auctioneer and Tillson clerk
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
LIFE OF THE COUNTRY EDITOR.
Lots Of Fun, but No Riches, Elmer
Peterson Writes.

From a paper read by Elmer Peter.
son, editor of the Cimarron Jack.
sonian, at recent meeting of Kan
sas editors.
As a class, country editors are the
most versatile people on earth. They
have to cover a wide range of human
activities, and do So That is why
they, as a rule, are not great finan-
cial successes, and, ON the other hand
get the most fun out of life.
Specialization seems to be the in
exorable price of financial success.
Some country editors attain finan-
cial success by specialization in the
business end, others by paragraph
ing, others by chasing locals, others
by bearing down ON the subscription
hist pedal, others by job printing, and
so 1t goes.
The job Of a country editor is in
a class by itself. There is no more
similarity between the work of a
country editor and that of a city
newspaper worker than there is be-
tween peeling potatoes and playing
a tuba. The city man is a specialist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
Mistake Cost S2o,ooo,ooo.

The temporary loss of an important
paper once cost this country nearly
$2O,OOO,OOO. This was in connection
with the famous Alabama incident in
the American Civil war.
The vessel was quietly constructed
at Birkenhead, and launched on May
Is, 1852. Then, and not till then,
suspicion Of its true character was
aroused, and a case was prepared for
the law officers opinion. But the mes
senger entrusted with the papers put
them in the wrong letter box. Two
days passed before the mistake was
learned, and when orders were tele.
graphed to stop the vessel the Ala.
oama had steamed from the Mersey on
a voyage Of destruction for which we
mad to pay something more than the
price Of telegram.-London Chroni.
Gle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17

He writes paragraphs or attends DO
lice court or operates a linOtype-just
one thing and nothing more.
Out in the country town his com.
posibe brother is the whole works,
jumping lightly from the ink key to
the subscription book, sorting rules
or collecting bills, washing rollers or
writing paragraphs. He cannot be
master of all trades, but he can be
master of one which will bring him
the necessary ghost perambulator.
His position gives him an opportunity
Of having lot of fun out of life. II
he looks at things with a healthy
viewpoint. And so he goes on, the
average successful country editor,
"toiling, rejoicing, sorrowing," jack
at all trades and master of one.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
MANNERS WAIT ON LEISURE
Modern Day Discourtesy Seemingly
the Result Of the Universal
"Rush."

The young lady who described a
burglar the other day as a perfect
gentleman" wasn't very far wrong.
For burglars are among the few per.
sons who can afford the time to be
perfect gentlemen.
Gentle manners have had their high.
est development in periods when time
was of smallest Importance. The
elaborate code Of the French courts
was the substance Of ease. It was
bred with the care which only leisure
can provide. The gallantry of the
ante-bellum South was as famous as
the ante-bellum hospitality. The one
cost nothing of time as the other cost
nothing In effort. While people have
been struggling and humping and
showing in IL" and subway trains in
New York, the people who rode in the
crosstown horse cars-relics of an cas-
Ter decade-have been practicing a
politeness which, by contrast with the
boorishness so painfully evident else
where, was touching and exquisite.
The patrons Of the horse cars were
those with time to spare.
The rush of modern American life is
not an excuse for bad manners. But
1t is an explanation. We cannot preach
economy of time without forcing
economies in other things-and among
these are thoughtfulness and consider.
alton.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
DESERVED TO MAKE A SALE
Book Agent at Least Showed That Ne
Had the Valuable Quality Of
Perseverance,.

The book agent who walked into
Peter Stefen's Office looked like an
ingenious fellow, but Steffens, glanc.
ing up in a hurry, spied his trade
in minute and muttered to him.
self:
"Confound that boy. Now, how did
that fellow get in?"
Aloud, he said: You're wasting
your time here. / won't buy anything
today"
IF you'll only let me show you
NO." shouted Steffens.
ut won't take minute"
But, really, my dear sir, this Is
something out Of the common"
mo use. can't read" said Stef.
fens.
But your family, sir, would you de-
prive them
II would" said steifens, III had
any. I'm an orphan"
well, you might want something to
throw at the cat" suggested the book
agent.
do you think" demanded Steffens,
'that l would demean my cat by
throwing your miserable publication at
herr"
The book agent was only dashed q
second.
What about me-" he asked, insinu-
atingly. Don't you want something
to throw at me the next time l conner"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
FIJI Mines With Sand.

The owners Of many mines in Eur.
ope and Australia fill the abandoned
workings with sand, so that the mines
may becone once more a part of the
solid crust OF the earth. Old, worked.
out minSs srS often a menace to build
ings OF communities above them; and
protection BY ttmberfng, which is the
American method, affords security for
no great length Of time. Sand filling
has been pHcticed in the mines Of
western Australia for the last four.
teen years. W. H. Storms, writing
in the Engineering and Mining Jour-
nal. says that the cost In Australia is
about 20 cents for each ton of ore ex.
tracted.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
MBdrb1ra'S
Garden
b. Molly McMdSter

kCopyright, 1872 by Associated fitsrarY
I Press.)
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
ALL WINTER ABOARD WRECK
How Two Plueky Newfoundland Flsh-
ermen Rescued DereIIet Schooner
From an Iee-Floe.

In winning salvage the Newfound+
landers do not seem to reflect upon
the length Of hardship and peril to
which they must 90. This is charac-
teristic Of their lives in every respect;
It Is a proverb with them that they
90 when they can, and leave getting
back ito luck and good conduct" Not
long ago an American fishing schooner.
abandoned by her crew Tn the Strait
OF Belle Isle In early winter as hope
lessly lost, was carried OF in the ice
noe. II was the slimmest chance IN
the world that the derelict would ever
be seen again. There was not the
slightest expectation, indeed, that she
would be; the Underwriters paid the
insurance settlement without COM
plant or question, and crossed the
schooner of for lost But the schooner
was not lost. She was sighted In her
wanderings BY two fishermen. They
boarded from shore, found her hard
and fast IN the Ice, but still tight and
worthy, a craft 10 their taste, a valu-
able property TO which they must
cling, no matter what came Of II. II
cost them dear; the ice would not
loosen It's grip on the schooner-nor
would the fishermen. They might from
time to time have escaped ashore; II
would have been the part Of wisdom,
perhaps, and certainly the part Of eau
ton, to do so; but rather than abandon
their salvage these two cheerfully
reckless fellows stuck to the ship for
the rest Of that bitter winter. When
navigation opened in the spring of the
year, the first mail steamer sighted the
craft, still fast in the Ice and manned
by two gaunt skeletons. They had
subsisted through the winter on one
barrel Of -four and some frozen herr
ing. Having accomplished this, It was
child's play for them to take their
prize to port when the foe released
her.-George Harding, in Harper's
Magazine.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17

kCbpyright 1872 by Associated Literary
! Prees.)
Janice was not In love with either
of her two good-looking suitors. Meth.
Or Jimmy, big and blonde, nor Carroll,
1.-the and dark, had caused her butter
ny heart to thrill.
But Janice realized that either one
was worthy Of her hand and she had
decided to accept one Of them.
(Which shall 1t be?" she asked half
aloud. Even as the question formed It.
self she caught sight Of Jimmy's motor
cycle and at the same time remem-
bered Caroll's reputation as a sprint
or. Janice smiled.
II will marry the one Of you who
FIRST brings me a bunch of one hundred
pink sweet peas" she exclaimed sud-
denly.
Both men cast aggrieved eyes at
her. Sweet peas were as yet a scare
ity, owing to the youth of the season,
and there was but one garden in the
village that boosted a green house.
That one was a mile Or more from the
outskirts Of the village.
Zone hundred pink sweet peas!" she
called after them. Carroll had turned
swiftly and swung into his steady ath-
letic run and Jimmy was dragging his
motor cycle from under the apple tree.
Carroll was a good three squares away
when the cycle went of like shotgun,
causing Janice the usual Jump at its
fierce chugging.
She sank down onto the cool YER
anda and then jumped up suddenly. A
man had turned in at the gate. A
flush swept over her face and her
eves sparkled. "Billy!" she cried out,
Fl thought you were in South Africa!"
The man took both little outstretched
bands. 1.-THE same lovely Janice" he
smiled. MAY u"
Down the road a man on wheels and
man on foot raced toward the long
green house in the distance.
Out in the garden, with pink sun
bonnet hanging from strings about her
neck, Barbara tended her rows Of bud
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
HAD TO EAT HIS PARTNER
George cohan's Story Of Actor Who
Had to Wait Too Long for
Engagement.

George NJ. Cohan, at an after.theater
supper at Delmonico's, was talking
about the turkey trot."
There's moving little story about
the turkey trot,'" he said, with his
dreamy smile, "a story that illustrates
well the vicissitudes of an actors
life.
IAN elderly actor said in despair to
a theatrical agent one day:
ais there nothing you can do for
me? I've hung around your Office, out
of work, for eight months now
THE agent, as he polished his dia-
mond ring with his red silk handker.
chief, answered thoughtfully:
Look here. Bring yourself up to
date. The turkey trot" is all the 90.
You train some animal or bird to do
the turkey trot" with you, and I'll get
you on one Of the circuits at a three.
usure salary.
The old actor thanked the agent
gratefully. He bought an ostrich from
a retired circus man, and after a lot
OF hard work he taught the bird to
turkey trot' with him splendidly.
Then he reported himself to the agent
again.
But the agent for all his promises,
had nothing to offer. The poor fellow
turned up every day for a while, then
evew other day, then every third day,
and at last a week went by without
his appearance at the agents office.
Then the agent sent for him, and
said:
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
Much Like Modern Audience

The tricks Of theater audiences have
been remarkably similar in all ages.
Alciphron, who wrote OF the later At.
tic comedy, shows that the claque was
known then, and also young men Of
the town" who took a malicious de-
light in Kissing a play on the stage.
Theophrastus, who died in 2SS B. C.,
sketches among his characters" the
man OF superior taste, whose pride it
was to hiss when everybody else ap-
plauded, and to clap when the rest
were silent; and the annoying person
who would hum or whistle an accom-.
paniment to every tune that pleased
him. And Aristotle himself refers to
spectators who brought out provisions
during the dull parts of the perform
ance.-IGndon Chronicle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17

ding sweet peas. She caressed each
blossom with loving hands and shipped
with her big scissors while she
hummed tuneful air.
! So busy was she with her flowers
that when two men seemed literally
to pounce upon her she smothered
startled scream. One was painting and
Ibreathless, the other was reeking with
dust and the odor of oil.
Il want one hundred pink sweet
peas!" demanded the voices in perfect
unison.
! Barbara had recovered herself and
now smothered a laugh.
81 have not two hundred pink bios.
Sons in my garden" she told them.
"Only one hundred" both men cor
rected. They glowered at each other
with such ferocious eyes that Barbara
half retreated toward the house.
Her wide, beautiful, startled eyes
brought both men to their senses and
q realization of the spectacle they
presented. Jimmy smiled sheepishly
and apologized for his abrupt speech
and his bedraggled condition. Carroll
assumed his most deferential tone and
Informed the girl in the pink sunbon-
net that they were there on wager.
Barbara laughed merrily. She
seemed to have grasped the situation
as II by intuition.
You are both tired and hot" she
said with quick sympathy, so If you
care you may go and rest in that little
summer house by the trees. There is
pump just beyond at which you can
refresh both the exterior and interior
man. | will endeavor to find a hun
dred pink blossoms" she laughed
again. after that you will have to
toss for them"
There seemed to be punches of
them in that green house." Jimmy sug.
gested but with eager interest. He
watched the pink clad figure bending
over the flowers.
Il send all my hot house blossoms
TO New York" the girl tod them in
her sweet voice. "The few early out
door ones are all I have to SELL"
There may not be a hundred in any
case" remarked Carroll with a sug.
. gestion Of hope in his voice.
Barbara smiled under cover Of the
pink bonnet. Perhaps not" she said,
trying to keep the laughter out of her
voice. I'm that case" she added, 'the
girl Of your wager-will have to try
another method" The eyes under the
bonnet smiled at each man in turn.
II will do my best-however," she con-
soled them.
Jimmy glowered at Carroll and Car
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
A Mood.


, The following delightful bit by John
, Galesworthy is from the Atlantic
Monthly: A quiet owl stole by in the
field below, and vanished into the
heart of tree. And, suddenly, above
the moor-line, saw the large moon
rising. Cinnamon-colored, it made all
things swim, made me uncertain Of
my thoughts, vague with a may feel.
ing. Shapes seemed but drifts Of
moon-dust, and true reality nothing
save a sort Of still listening to the
wind. And for long l sat, Just watch.
ing the moon creep up, and hearing
the thin, dry rustic of the leaves
along the holly hedge. And there
came to me this thought: What ia
this universe-that never had begin.
ming and will never have an end-but
a myriad striving to perfect pictures
never the same, so blending and fad.
, ing one into another, that all form
one great perfected picture7 And
what are we-ripples On the tides Of
a birthless, deathless, eQuipoised Ore
;ative Purpose-but little works Of
Art!
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17

Miss Laura Meyers, of Wichita, has
been here visiting Miss Daisy Trester
Mrs. Harry Diffenbacher and daugh.
ter, Irene, are visiting with relatives
in Kansas City.
Miss Anna Krause of Lacrosse, has
been here visiting her brother, Adam.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Sim.
mons, Saturday night, baby girl
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
New Foundation for Cathedral ru.sn

New Foundation for Cathedral rurSN
The tower, 142 meters high, 4
srasburg Cathedral rests on fouuds-
lions that are nearly $50 years old.
and have evidently become unsound
since for some five years past the
doorway has shown cracks, which
are continually widening. The rem,
edy that has been decided upon BY
an international commission Of archS.
tects Is rather Surprising. The towe,
Is to rest on a platform constructed Of
oak tree trunks capable Of support.
ing the eight million kilos which Il
weighs. The cost Is estimated at
more than ss,ooo-From the ARCH
tectural Review.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17

well, I've fixed you up at last.
I've booked you for that turn Of yours
at -
But the old actor interrupted, sad.
ly:
It's too late now he said.
Too later How is It too later
said the agent, frowning.
Tive had to eat my partner NUT.
tered the old actor.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-05-17
A leaal Mind.

mo use whispering soft nothings to
that girl-she's law student"
She's very happy. How does being
q law student affect her case!
We'll, she's quick to detect the In
competent, the irrelevant, and the i'm
material"
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-14
A MOVEMENT TO END
 THE LAWRENCE STRIKE
Agents to Meet Committees of Their
 Own Employees Today.

Lawrence. Mass, Feb. 13.-Agents of six of the large mills against which the textile strike, now in it's fifth week, is directed. have agreed to conferences with committees of their own employ es, selected by the Central Labor un- ion, In response to letters sent out by James R. Menzie. secretary of the Central Labor union. the agents of the Wood Washington, Prospect and Aver mills of the American Woolen com psny, the Pacific and Arlington mills will meet the committees tomorrow. The agents of the Atlantic. Everett, Lawrence Duck and kunhardt mills nave yet to be heard from, but inc Central Lator union officials confident ly expect favorable replies,
 While the representatives of the American Federation of Labor were announcing their plans to settle the strike, the general strike committee of the Industcial Workers of the World WAS in sesslen in anether part of the city, declaring the strike all but won and maintaining that the strfeers
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-14
LOST SLEEP TEN YEARS

Any one who knows Mir. E. r. Sugg, of Tsner, V. C.. will tell you that he speaks nothing but the truth.
 Air. Sugg has suffered greatly from 5iaeplessress and in a recent letter says For ten years I have suffered greatly from a nervous ailment which caused me to lose at least three hours lf needed sleep every night
 y tried everything I could find to Te relief. and finally ono bottle of Ninol gave me more relief than all other remedies. l am grateful to Ninol for my present good health
 Many persons who arc in a nervous, run down condition get 90 they can not sleep. and this IS almost certain fo wreck their health unless the right steps are taken
 our delicious cod liver and iron emedy without oil, Vinol builds up ths body and nourishes the nerves with pure. rich blood, and makes it possible to get natural, restful sleep. Ne guarantee that Vinol wiu do you good (noney back If it fails), md if sou are weak, nervous and sleepless, rou certainly should try Vinol. Broadway Pharmacy, c. C. Engler, Norwich, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-14
House for General Woodford.

A farm of 76 acres owned by Ed ward c. Birge of Greens Farms has lately been sold to General Stewart l., Woodford of New York There Is an old house on the property that has revolutionary history. General Wood ford will make improvements in the property and will occupy the old house. It is also reported that Gen eral Woodford's nephew, Frederick c. Tanner has purchased the farm ad- joining, which belongs to the estate of Charles Mills. This farm consisted of fifty acres. With it MT. Tanner se- cured eight more acres from Henry Mills. It is expected that he also will make elaborate Improvements.
Norwich bulletin., 1912-02-14
$8s7.5o FOR A LEAK.
Jury in Common Pleas Court Finds
 Rain Damaged Rombere's Goods.

A jury on the common pleas court at New Haven recently brought in a verdict for the plaintiff to receive s36750 in the suit of Abaham Rom berg against Jacob Cutler. The plaintiff claimed that he rented the store at S9 Washington avenue from the defendant and that the roof leak ed so that dress goods and other goods were wet and partly ruined. Two truck loads of damaged goods were exhibited in the case and were carted into the jury room for inspec- tlon.