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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-30
Timber for Sale.

Standing timber for sale by the load
or the acre. Two miles west of Cresco
9.t3 N. Teshak.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-30
For Sale

or will let for the winter to party that
will give good care, an extra good
work horse. c A. Marshall
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-30
DreSSmdkinQ!

DreSSmdklng!
At reasonable prices. Phone 5s7.
MRS. FIELDS and MRS. ERB, 218 9Th
Ave. E., Cresco. 6tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1914-10-30

Bulk Apples at Kellow's at ST. 90 8
bushel or three bus hels for $2.75.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
German Idea Worth FoIIowlno.

No one has figured out the infinitesi-
NAL space of time it takes American
women to adopt, in city, town and
country, the latest fashion presented
in Paris. But American cities, ac-
cording to Frank Rooster, a consult
ing engineer and civic planning ex-
pert, are hopelessly behind the style
in municipal appearance, judging from
the German standard, which, Mr..
Rooster believes, is the very latest.
In the Travel magazine Mr.. Rooster
discusses What German Cities Can
Teach U.s." Like his book, Modern
City Planning and Maintenance" pub
lished by Mcbride, Mast & Co., it is
an urgent plea for American cities to
improve their appearance.
The beauty of German cities con-
sists in their attention to detail, Mr..
Rooster concludes. The attention
to detail is made possible by noIparti-
san and commission form of govern
ment. He gives some of the regula-
tons generally in force throughout
German cities, which America might
do we'll to copy.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
ALLOWS BILLBoARDs TO STAY
Decision of Wisconsin Court Prevents
City Doing Away With IN
slightly Structures.

The circuit court of Milwaukee coun-
ty, Wisconsin, has recently rendered
a decision that constitutes at least a.
temporary setback to the cleaner city
movement in that jurisdiction. A city
ordinance provided that no billboard
should be put up or maintained unless.
among other requirements, it be placed
back from the lot line or line of a,
navigable waterway a distance equal
TO its height. and be at least three feet
away, at each end, from other struc-i
lures or distractions. The court held
that the evidence Of any danger from
billboards did not justify any such re-
s~trictions, especially in view of the
fact that the ordinance required a.
space Of from two to three feet to
be left below the billboard; that such.
a requirement being unreasonable rem
dered the entire ordinance void.
The decision mentions the POSSIBLE
ity of the extension of the police pow
er to the promotion of purely aesthet-l
ic objects on the ground of the general.
good of the community but apparent
ly does not consider such an extension
a proper one.-Exchange.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

tend to pursue us. The actual distance
covered by the coach was less than a
mile. Tia sounds came clearly at
night from that mountain road--and
your imagination did tho rest. l do
not think he could have caught us
had not the route he was to take been
carefully laid out by us in advance.
Il am now taking my bride across
the frontier, where before the night
is gone, we shall DO united according
to the rite of ia Roman Catholic
church, which, as you know, are indis-
soluble. I'tru-t that l may have the
pleasure of your company as witness
es."
We'll" whispered Nikolai, after a
pause, eve thought that we were max
ing use OF our friend Schmidt, but it
seemc that he was making tools of us.
Confound him." he added, suddenly
enraged. I'VE played into his hands
at every step. Why, we even cranked
up his automobile for h.-n."
"And ran over the chamberlain" l
added, laughing at the recollection.
"And lost our ransom" continued
Nikolai in Z whisper.
"Well," l said, we're here and we
can't help it. And so let US say good
luck to them"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
RIots on the Landscape.

In the schemes for city planning
that are to be formulated what dispo-
sition is to be made of the billboards
which are so rapidly multiplying along
our highways and upon vacant spaces
generally? The billboard is becom-
ing a natural nuisance if it has not
already reached that unsavory distinc-
ton. 1t is garish, obstructive, vulgar,
unsightly and an offense to normal,
sensibilities. These structures, with
their tawdry and ever changing
proclamations, now line what would
otherwise be some of our most attrac-
tive b~oulevards, but whose outlook
upon the country through which they
pass is shut off by these monstrosi-
ties. They destroy vistas, they hide
the view of stream and hill and COM
pei relief in in~trospection or the re-
reading of newspapers with whose
contents we are already familiar
They are a barrier between man and.
nature and where the scenery is finest.
there they are most persistent in
seeking Judgment. A few years ago
the brewers of a particular brand OF
beer undertook to have the name of
their product stretched over the en-
tire eKpanse of Niagara Falls, but hap
PLY without success.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

form that chung from the window sill,
and presently a tiny, slippered foot
protrude.
Luckily l kept my self-possession.
| ran back into the garage and began
%cranking furiously. don't know what
Nikolai did, but a moment later l
heard a stifled scream, the sound of a
fall upon wet turf; and then the
chamberlain, his eyes p~rotruding with
horror, backed toward the garage. But
all this while / was cranking and the
automobile was commencing to snort
like al impatient race horse. Next
momer : ,hmidt and Nikolai came
running into the garage, half leading.
half carrying the princess. They
placed her in the automobile and
sprang in. : cranked onco more; sud
denly the thing began to rtart, and az
i leaped in-there was no time to
steer O. anything but the center of
the Loor-the machine caught the
chamberlain In the middle of his broad
back and hurled him = dozen feet
away. l heard tho thud of his body;
and then he began screaming.
On thu instant a blaze of electric
lights appeared in tho vacated apart
ment of the princess.
Here! Get out of this!" yelled
Schmidt; and, pushing me aside, he
took the wheel. The machine was
leaping over the Prince of Cassel-Wex-
els rose bushes. We rushed across
tho broad lawns toward where an open
space appeared in the high wall that
surrounded the castle. "Close the
gatesl" l heard somebody yell; and
the cry seemed to be taken up on ev-
cry side. But they we're too late. Just
as the iron gates began to turn in
ward we were through with a bound
and a leap, and hurting up dust on the
highroad that led into Hoch Cassel.
1 heard the cries behind us die away;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
LEI0NIIZ1G1WN
0~MA0
oN0@2
PAYS TO. HAVE DEFINITE PLAN
Committee Of Experts on the Laying
Out Of Cities Gives conclu-
sion Arrived At.

A statewide meeting of those inter
ested in the moral and material well
fare OF their home cities vac recently
held at Philadelphia, Summed up, the
consensus of opinion was as follows:l
First. 1t really does pay to sacri-
fee immediate sales for the future.
Second. 1t really does pay to sac
riflce immediate prospects for greater
results by selling in the beginning
lots twice as large for less than twice
as much money.
Third. 1t does pay to keep the good
will of your purchasers, even at a mon
etary sacrifice, for their cooperation
Is essential.
Fourth. 1t pays to control your sit
uation, SO that you will get the &C
crued benefit of your own work.
Fifth. 1t really does pay to spend
more money upon the beautiful things.
Sixth. 1t really does pay to have
regard for a city plan as a whole in
every plat you file.
Seventh. And, in proportion to the
size of your city and the absorbing
power of your market, 1t does pay to-
look ahead and provide that your sec
ton of the city shall permanently re-
main available for the particular char
acter of residence property you select,
and so bind your own self, before youk
bind your purchaser, that your restric-
tons must live.
Eighth. 1t surely pays to use, in
such a development, the services Of
a competent and interested landscape
engineer-a real city planner.'"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

mean until our plans had been com
pletely worked out.
On the following day | managed to
put the princes largest automobile
out of commission by iniuring the mo-
tor. Then l reported the matter to
the chamberlain, who cursed me free
ly.
Every day we need that machine
for the guests who are arriving" he
said.
When he had cooled down l suggest
ed that Nikolai and / could repair the
damage that evening If we could OBJ.
tain a permit to remain in the stable.
He cast a sharp glance at me, hemmed
and hawed, and finally consented.
This was the first success; at. eight
o'clock we two were left alone Il the
converted stable where the machines
were housed.
mind you do good work." rumble
the chamberlain, coming or us sud
denly and finding us seated in e cor
ner discussing our project. Curse
you for a pair Of Yankee idlers. You
will mend that machine and make il
as good as new or stay here all night
until you have done So"
1 laughed when he vas gone. The
injury was soon repaired, and we re
manned waiting fc the appointed hour
to arrive. Once Schmidt looked in
cautiously and treasured us.
1T is all right, ! said. But he:
is one dificulty-happily not : Serious
one. His Highness the Polak Is out
on one of hic furious nigh rides. Goo
grant we do not run into h. bays, fol
they gallop like the wind, and HEAVIER
knows how many miles they could rur
before we distanced them. At clever
one of you watch the princess's win
dow. When you see the flicker Of {
match be ready"
At half-past ten, when the suspense
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
Joshlnu the Artist.

AS g certain young artist of New
York sat upon his stool one day in
the A~driondacks, doing a bit of noun
tain stuff" there approached him from
the rear c native, evidently with ideas
Of his own touching art.
Did you yer try photography"
asked his
mo-" wa. the curt response of the
young artist, who continued his work.
ITS a good deal quicker" suggested
the native.
Il suppose 1t is" surlily assented the
painter, with another dab of the brush.
And" the native added, with a
dash of malice, "a good deal more like
the place."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

BILE as the blunder appeared to be, we
had left u revolvers in our best"
clothes.
"Hark," cried Schmidt again.
Above the whir of our automobile,
above the noise of the wheels, we
heard three sharp reports like pistol
shots. Schmidt smiled grimly.
THE prince is urging his horses
with his whip" he said, and drove the
machine on It full speed. We leaped
over distractions, we swayed from
side to side, coming within an ace of
overturning now in one ditch, now in
another. And all the while v heard
the sound of the galloping bays.
"He takes the shorter road down the
mountain" said Schmidt. "At the
crossroads, one mile ahead, vo meet"
We said nothing; there was nothing
to say. We sat in silence behind the
driver, whose arm still encircled the
waist of the princess; and she seemed
either to sleep or to be happy there.
1t was a strange denouement-that we,
who had planned t.s plot, should thus
play second fiddle u this clown.
The sound Of the horses hoofs grew
louder. The crossroads appeared in
front of US. And then, emerging from
behind a cluster of trees, galloping fu-
riously down tho mountain side, we
saw the coach Of the r-inco, and a
man upon the box who l.:shcd his mad
dened horses. Suddenly Schmidt
pressed the brake. There was a long
grinding skid-and we came to a halt
just as the driver pulled in his sweat
ing team and rushed for our machiI E.
Hold the princess" cried Schmidt,
and rushed toward him. And then
Well, l do not know how it hap
pened, but suddenly, before VIC could
collect ourselves for defense, the two
of them were upon us, and in a trice
we were pinned under them and help
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

the lights in the castle windows, now
all ablaze, drew together as we liter
ally cut off the highroad abruptly and
rushed the machine along a narrower
path that led into the open fields. The
night was dark, and here and there
tiny lights f1ickered in farmhouse
windows. Nikolai caught Schmidt by
the arm.
THAT is all very well, Schmidt" he
shouted, "but your way doesn't hap
pen to be ours. You are going in the
wrong direction"
l glanced at Schmidt. He sat i'm
passively in the seat, one arm encircl-
ing the body of the princess, who
seemed to have fallen into a swoon.
slightly parted.
ITO the devil with you'll" cried
Schmidt, throwing off my companions
arm. 'Listenl" he added.
On the highroad behind us there
came family to our ears the sound of
galloping horses. And there were six
or eight of them. / knew what threat
ened us. These were the bays of
Prince P~oniatowsh, and he had been
alarmed and was in full pursuit.
1t seemed incredible that he could
overtake us. Doubtless he had been
nearing the castle when the alarm had
been given, and was trying to inter
cept us by some shorter route, for the
sounds now came from a road parallel
with ours, some fifty yards away
which l could see cleaning like a
broad, white ribbon as the moon
emerged suddenly from under a cloud
I'VE must shake him off" Schmidt
cried. "Have you a p~istol?"
Neither Of us was armed. Incredi
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
~eerman.Amerlean Institute.

Not many institutions for the pro-
motion of International understanding
can boast such a record Of practical
usefulness as the Amerika-Institut Of
Berlin, which this month completes
its third year. Founded under the
auspices of the Prussian ministry of
education, and located in the new
Royal library, it's chief province has
naturally been that Of scholarship.
But for the many Americans and Ger
mans who, in public, scientific, and
literary pursuits alike, find them
selves in need of information as to
what has been done across seas, 1t
has become an invaluable medium of
inquiry. It's services, again, to the
great number of students, govern
ment officials, professors on sabbath
cal leave, and representatives Of
learned societies who are annually
interchanged, ignorant often of local
conditions and even language, owe
a wide range. 1t has assisted the au-
thors of $500 German books to OBJ
tain a copyright in America; it has
encouraged the translation of books
and articles in both countries; and 1t
has accumulated a large library Of
Americana in Berlin, for the use Of
German scholars and exiles or visiting
Americans. Such an institution seems
peculiarly German in the very thor
oughness with which it has substi-
tuted systematic methods for the nat
urally haphazard mean of inter-
course; but it is all the more to be
wished that as between other Euro
pean nations and the United States
similar bureaus could be brought into
existence.-New York Evening Post
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

less. l felt a pistol pressed against
my forehead. l looked up into the
laughing eyes of Schmidt. And the
man with him was not the prince, as
1 had seer his photograph in the shop
windows of Hoch Cassel, but q young
fellow Of about Schmidt's age and
build and carriage.
Gentlemen" said Schmidt calmly,
since you are at our mercy, yield and
give us your pledge to obey our in
structions. l should be loath to kill
you"
"Who are your" spluttered 1Iikolai.
Herr Lieutenant Won Offenbach, at
your service" said Schmidt, bowling.
Gentlemen, my brother. Do you
pledge yourselves?"
We did. We had to. We got into
the automobile again and the five of
us proceeded at a more leisurely pace,
leaving the princes coach standing in
the road, the horses trembling and
%shivering in front of it.
IL will not ask you what your mo-
tives were, gentlemen, in seeking to
steal my promised BRIDE" sail the
lieutenant. ut may have been some
chivalrous intent, or some more sin
lister reason. But inasmuch as you
have played into my hands, l thank
you.
81 wi that at one time l had begun
to despair, imagining you to be spies
of the Polak, until happened to over
hear some of your very frank English
conversations, which, needless to say
/ understood perfectly. 1t was Their
that l contrived to have my brother
who was acting as the Polak's coach
man. run away with his team and pre-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
WHY TIE TERM HORSEPOWER
Originated With Watt, Who Produced
the First Practical Steam
Machinery.

When We say that an engine do
velops 100 horsepower we do not
mean that one hundred horses could
produce the samS result. And, as the
editor of Power remarks, there are
few engineers who could tell Just how
tho terms horsepower" came into
use. Its origin is related in the fol-
lowing quotation from "Farey on he
Steam Engine" published in 1927:
1.-THE machinery in the great brew
cries and distilleries in London was
then moved by the strength of Lorses,
and the proprietors Of those Jtablish-
:nent. who were first to require Mr..
Watts engines always inquired what
number Of horses an intended engine
would be equal to.
an consequence, Mr.. Watt made
somo experiments on the strong
horses employed by the brewers in
London, and found that q horse of
that kind, walking at the rate Of "a
miles per hour, could draw $50 pounds
avoirdupois by ear of a rope pass
ing over a pulley, so as to raise up
that weight, with a vertical motion.
at the rate of 220 feet per minute.
This exertion of mechanical power is
equal to $4,000 pounds Cor 52S cubic
feet) Of water raised vertically
through a space of 1 foot per minute,
and he denominated it a horsepower,
to serve for a measure of the power
exerted by his, steam engines"
This nofiynntn So Yn1Ioh hnunnd thn
capacity of the average strong horse,
says Power. Smeaton and other ear
ly engineers estimated that $4,000
pounds per minute was more accur-
ate.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
was beginning to be unbearable, the

was beginning to be unDearaDle, the
chamberlain paid us a surprise visit.
well fellows, have you mended the
machine?" he asked.
ut is getting on" said Nikolai,
~guardedly, ~assiduously bending owe a
spare tire, which he was carefully de-
flating.
1T must be ready by morning."
stormed the chamberlain, tearing his
hair. "His highness, the prince, re-
quires it to go to meet the parents of
His Higness Prince Poniatowski. Ten
thousand devils! it is the best and
fastest Of them all"
Calm yourself" said Nikolai. 81
mean, deign to be assuaged, Herr
Chamberlain. We have located the in
jury. By twelve it will be mended."
We hoped he would go. But he
stood there, having apparently taken
a sudden and unexpected interest in
the great racing automobile. We had
to explain it's mechanism to him; he
examined the motor, the gasoline
tank; he wanted the cubic contents of
the inflated tires. Did he suspect
something? We had almost given up
hope when, at five minutes before
eleven, he rose suddenly and stretched
himself.
THE devil, but my old back aches"
he said, in a Modified tone. His high
ness would raise the devil with me if
the machine were not in running or
der tomorrow" He strobe to the door,
and, as we followed him, l caught sight
Of a tiny squirt of flame at the prin-
cess's window.
The chamberlain perceived it, too,
He looked in establishment up through
the clustering ivy; and then-I saw a
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

types--the women who want to rule,
and the women who want to be ruled,
Each type naturally prefers a different
sort of man. And, while women keep
the ideal of what they would prefer
somewhere in their imagination. they
succumb to the attractions of the
most incredible creatures. But this is
a great truth, that you can judge of
the woman individually by the sort of
man she attracts. Or | should say.
the sort of men she attracts. because
they are generally OF the same type
Like draws like.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
Line Of Least Resistance.

The waiter. in wishing me good
morning, remarked that the day was
much colder. | had as a matter OF
fact thought 1t particularly close and
muggy. but | agreed with him. At the
cioak-room. where a man, at a daily
remuneration of ~sixpence, takes
charge of a hat and o that would
repose on a chair beside me for moth
lng. had the courage. | al told that
Ahe weather seemed much more prom
ising: and again | agreed. although 1
mad no such belief. Finally. the SPLEEN
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

ing some of the tragic scenes which
occurred in that city during the recent
flood. ~recounts this episode, which
goes to show that even the most
awful disasters are not without their
occasional tinges of humor: A fat
man was sitting astride the roof OF a
barn floating complacently down the
stream. Some Of the rescuers on the
bank yelled to him and asked him if
he a hungry. Hungry? No!
There are fourteen hens in the hay
loft and they lay twelve eggs a
dayl"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

"A broker spent the Christmas hol-
idays en- a Georgia farm. The farm
er said to him. as he came back n
morning from a before-breakfast
stroll:
Been out to hear the haycocks
crow, l supposeT
Yes answered the broker-and
to tie a knot in a cord of wood and
watch the hired man milk the milk
weed"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
Confession.

Servant Girl-Have you any owe
letter manuals?
Clerk-Naturally a large, assort-
ment. Is it to be a higher grade?
Servant Girl (bashtully)--It's a SER
acknowledgements Blaetter (Munich).
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
Probably Assumed.

Automobile foot" is a new disease
for which DIR. Alexander Block of st.
Louis stands sponsor. Automobile
foot, due to lack Of pedestrian exercise
among Automobiles, is a weakness
that changes the walk into an ugly
hobble.
1.-The automobile habit is SO wide
spread" said DR.. Block the other day,
that our ignorance of walking
threatens to equal the brokers' ig-
norance. real or assumed. OF farm
life,
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
After the Enaaqement.

MotherII suppose, dear, that Jack
will be coming round to see me?
Daughter-Oh, that's all right. He
said he had see you and he wanted
to marry me Just the same.-Ex-
change.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

did creature who, in return for more
money. blows the whistle once for a
cab for me. said that It was a nice
day on the whole; and once more l
agreed. But what ! want to know IL,
what does the Recording Angel do
about this kind of thing?-Punch.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
Man a Norman LLkes.

do not think have any definite
opinion as to what sort of a man
women like best. say Ellnor Glyn in
the Strand. II always seems TO me
the sex is divided into two general
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

Judge-Yours is a very serious
crime, my a Fifty years ago It
was a hanging matter.
Horse Thief-Well, your honor. so
years hence it mayn't be a crime at
all.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21
Description.

Mother-What kind of a pain is it.
darling?
Sickabed Child-A big round pain
wiz iaggy edgesl-Punch-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1914-03-21

Hunger the Least OF His Troubles.
A Dayton, Ohio. newspaper, In reclt-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

Former Governor Joseph Wingate Folk of Missouri evil dently believes in the Show me, I'm from Missouri, theory. As chief counsel for the inter state commerce commi ssion he is right in the lifnelight just
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-05-26

now with railroad investiga- tions. Governor Folk fIat1y opposed Attorney General Mo
 Reynolds in the Charles s. Mel len case and is said to flavor further inquiries which do not meet the approval of the attor- ney general.