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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Republican Hope Blasted.

Judge w. H. Thompson, of Nebraska,
democratic state chairman, has return
ed from Miami, Florida, where, as was
to be expected, he spent much of his
time in conference on domestic affairs
with w. j. Bryan. His positive declara-
ton that Mr.. Bryan is in favor of Pres
ident Wilson'S denomination must
therefore be regarded as authoritative.
His further announcement that Mr..
Bryan. who is expected to be one of a
solid Wilson delegation from Nebraska,
will not attempt to inject planks into
the democratic platform, either on pre-
paredness or the administration policy
which would repudiate the president S
position must be accepted as
equally definite.
This news will be gall and wormwood
to opposition politicians who have been
sedulously spreading the information
that Mr.. Bryan has definitely broken
with the president, in the hope that the
poison would disrupt the democratic
party and Tighten the burden of the
republicans next fall The news that
Mr.. Bryan does not oppose Mr..
Wilson's candidacy and will not force
his personal opinions upon the party to
the point of splitting democracy will be
hard blow to the republicans Tele-
graph Herald.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
HUNGARIAN Faces.

l have never seen such interesting
photographers show windows as there
are in Budapest Partly this is because
the photographers are good, but partly
it must lie in the Hungarians them
selves-such vivid, interesting, uncon-
ventional faces. These people look as
if they ought to do the acting and
write the music and novels and plays
and paint the pictures for all the rest
Of the world. II they haven't done so
it must be because, along with their
natural talent, they have this Incidence
and tendency to flop and not push
things through.-Arthur Ruhe in Col
lier's Weekly.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
BIRD RoosTs.
Safety First 40 II 10 Practieed by the
Feathered Tribes.

Safety First az It 10 Practieed BY the
Feathered Tribes.
One Of the best ways to prepare for
a long journey is to make short one.
So we find that many birds, before
they embark on their great air voyage
which is to take them from their sum-
mer to their winter home. first make
daily trips between their sleeping quar-
ters and their feeding grounds.
This is the habit of our robin. Rob.
ms raise two and sometimes three fam
lilies in one season. When the first
family leaves the nest early In June
it is taken by the father robin to some
dense, leafy growth of young trees to
pass the night. To this place they re-
turn every night. Many other robins,
sometimes thousands of them, come to
the same woods. Such resorts are
known as robin roosts. In flying to
and from them the young birds learn
how to find their way.
Meanwhile mother robin is patiently
sitting on her blue eggs, from which
in about two weeks time another little
family will appear. In two weeks
more they also will be large enough to
leave the nest and can join their broth.
erS and sisters In the r00st. ~
Grackles, or crow blackbirds, have
the same habit. But since they have
only one family or brood both the par
ent birds 60 to the roost with their
young.
Sometimes the robins are Joined by
the grackles and both by the European
starlings, which, brought to this coun-
try and released in Central park, New
York, in 1890, have since become one
Of the most abundant birds in our mid
die Atlantic states. Such roost IS
visited nightly by many thousands Of
birds.-Frank NJ. Chapman in st. Mich
Qlaa.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Iondon's Bio Bell.

Big Ben" the bell in Westminster
clock tower, London, Is known the
world over, but it is incorrectly named.
Sir Benjamin Hall, the first commits
sioner Of works. during whose tenure
of Office the clock was erected, had far
less to do with it than Lord Grim
thorpe, who designed it and was the
moving spirit in its erection. In JUS
tice to him it should be known as "Old
Grim"-LondOn Mirror.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
MAKE YOUR .,~..
And the Lesson the ln,,.n
kea-'s =, ~,

And the Lesson the on,.,i ;..<,>
Meets Is L.-tr.
The advice of one of Tie lai'.st'. ,,.l.,..
of the country is that ever. nnc ,,tiaG!l
invest his surplus. whether i;.:.e OF
small, in dividend securities of the best
class, whether railroad. real estate or
farm mortgages or public utilities, for
ITO keep money idle is u costly oper-
alton"
Let every reader of this article re-
member that with as little as S. or $40
he can make first payment on the pur-
chase of first class 500 bond. Let
every reader who has few hundred
dollars to spare put it in good $500
or 81 600 bond on the partial payment
plan, and let it earn something. Five
hundred dollars invested In 6 per
cent bond with the income deposited
in a savings bank at 4 per cent? will
double itself in twelve years-that Is,
the $500 will have become $1,000 in
that time. This $1,000 at per cent
will earn SEQ year or over 81 week
for its possessor. Even at s per cent
it will double in fifteen years and at 4
per cent In eighteen years.
The lesson the small investor wants
to learn is that his money is just as
good as that Of the larger investor.
The former has greater need Of being
careful because he has less to spare.
Learn to be a careful investor. The
first thing the careful buyer does II he
wants to buy horse, COW, q house
or a farm, a bond or share Of stock
is to make a careful investigation
Schoolboys may swap the jackknives
they hold In their closed hands, but
grownup men ought to know better.
The humblest investor can buy with as
great safety as the proudest. for both
can deal with the same bankers or
brokers in these days when small lots
are popular with firms Of established
character.-Leslie's Weekly.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10

Ed. G. Dunn, of Mason City, has an
nounced his candidacy for the Office of
Democratic National Committeeman
against w. w. Marsh of Waterloo.
The election of National Committeeman
will take place at the Presidential Pri-
mary to be held Monday, April 10.
1t is rumored that G. A. Meyer Of
Calmar, twice Democratice candidate
for Congress from the Fourth Iowa
district, is being urged to become a
candidate for delegate at large to the
National convention to be held at st.
Louis. This position, too, is an cleo
tive one, to be determined by the peo-
pie at the Presidential primary election.
Mr., Meyer will undoubtedly consent to
make the fight, as there is no other
candidate for delegate at large in the
northeastern part of Iowa.
There will be no opposition to Presi-
dent Wilson, and the entry into the
race of these two men will give all
classes of Democrats an opportunity to
express themselve at the Presidential
Primary election. -Ossian Bee.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
RECIPE FOR GRAY HAIR.

To half pint Of water add OF. Bay
Rum, Q small box Of Barbo Compound.
and Y OF. OF glycerine. Apply to the hair
twice a week until Il becomes tho desired
shade. Any druggist can put this up or
you can mix 1t at homo at very little cost.
Full directions for making and use come
in each box Of Barbo Compound. 1t will
gradually darken streaked. faded gray
hair. and removes dandru6. It 10 excel
lent for falling hair and Win make harsh
hair soft and glossy. Il viii not color the
ocaip. 10 not sticky or greasy. and does no:
rub Of.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
No Novelty to Her.

Miss Gigglegum Single and romantic)
The shower Of SCOT and ashes from
Vesuvius must be an awe inspiring
sight. Would you not like to witness
it? Mrs. Pottson Pans married and
prosaic,-Oh, l don't know! I've seen
my husband take down a stovepipe.-
Judge.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Democratic State Convention.

A delegate convention of the Demo
cratic party of Iowa is hereby called to
meet in the City of Clinton, on Wed
nesday, May 10, 1916, at 10 o'clock a.
m.
The purpose of said convention IS the
filing of any vacancy in the office OF
delegate at large of alternate delegate
at large to the National Convention OF
the Democratic party to be held at st.
Louis on the l4th day of June, 1916,
also to instruct the delegates at large
and the District delegates to said con-
yention if such is the mandate OF the
Democratic voters as expressed at the
Primary election, and for the transas-
lion of such business as the convention
may deem necessary and proper.
The ratio of representation will be
one delegate from each county and one
additional delegate for each 200 voters
or major fraction thereof cast for Hon.
John T Hamilton for Governor at the
general election in 1914.
,Upon such basis the counties in the
18th Congressional Dist. are entitled to
the number of delegates as set forth
below:
I. Cerro Gordo 6, Chickasaw 10, Clay
ton IA, Fayette IL, Floyd 5, Howard Z,
Mitchell 5, Winneshiek 10.
All voters subscribing to the funda-
mental principles of Democracy are in
vited to participate in the election OF
delegates to this convention.
By order of the Democratic State
Central Committee of Iowa at meet
ing held February 2, 1916.
j. w. REYNOLDS, Chairman.
w, l. BRANAGAN, Sec'y.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Fresh Fish.

l am now prepared to handle all kinds
of fresh fish and deliver all orders.
You will find fish here every day in the
year. Phone 500.
25-tf j. w. WENTWORTH,
Market Street.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Liked Variety.

Judge-No two of the witnesses tell
the same story. Lawyer-I arranged
1t that way, your honor. I didn't want
the trial to be too monotonous for you.
Boston Transcript
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10

However mean your life is, meet 1t
and live 1t, not shun It and call It bad
names.-Thoreau.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Fer Sale Or Reat.

Nv house one block east Of Court
House. Enquire at Hunting Elevator
ri y ,-e-o,I 27-tf
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
Going Down.

Redd-He started out with a $4,000
automobile.
Greenland what car is he using
now?
"a street ar"-Yonkers Statesman
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
The "RepublicanI Democrat. y

The republican democrat prom
ises to be quite the common and proper
thing for thinking Americans of all
classes during the coming summer and
fall, if present indications and tenden-
cies continue as they are at the pres
ent.
Republican voters for half a century,
not few but tens of thousands OF
them, are expressing those sentiments
and expressing them because to ex-
press anything else would be akin to
being p-American, to being disloyal to
the American flag and all of the things
for which it stands.
That this is no mere statement and
not backed by fact is illustrated in
Jacob H. Schiff who, speaking at the
Republican club in New York city re-
Gently, described himself as "repob-
Iican democrat" and said that Presi-
dent Wilson was the first democrat for
whom he voted in fifty years. Contin-
uing Mr.. .Schiff said:
..My heart is for the republican
party, but my common sense makes
me democrat. Then he uttered this
impressive warning: Standing here
on holy republican ground, say with
out fear or favor, if you renew in the
next presidential campaign the tariff
agitation of the past; if you threaten
the country and show it you want re.
newal of special privileges and high
protection, the people will have none
Of it. The people have learned; the
workmen and the farmers have both
learned; and they cannot be misled any
longer. l do not say that because
love the republican party less, but be-
cause l love it more.
The country is full of men in the
same frame of mind. No people know
better than those of the great farming
middle west that the tariff as pro-
lection to infant" industries did its
work we'll, so we'll that those Gin
fants'' grew to be the giants OF the
land and fatted themselves to monster
proportions on the earnings of the far
mer and the farm hand as well as or
the factory employe.
To be known as republican demo
crat" this year will be to be known a:
progressive citizen and loyal citi
zen.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-03-10
For Sale.

N. B. turkey toms and:Bourbon Reds.
z. A. KAPLER JR., Ri. 5, Cresco, Iowa.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-03-17

no chances. binding him with greater
care .nan before, and fitting gag into
his mouth to silence any possible cry
for help. Noreen stood close to the
door. apparently listening for some
noise without, yet occasionally direct
ing her glance toward us anxiously
Are you ready?" she asked in low
whisper.
Yes; but tell me your plan. ! need
to know what character ! am to en-
act-Raymond?"
mot at first; not In the hall. That
would be useless, as there is 1ght
burning. Listen" and she grasped my
sleeve in both hands in her eagerness
to explain. There is a sentry sta
toned outside this door-the colonels
orderly, presume, but fully armed,
and two others at the front entrance
These are twenty or thirty feet away.
and out of sight from this door. / am
not particularly afraid of passing
them"
"It's the fellow stationed here?"
"Yes; he will be suspicious OF .
stranger coming out with me, for he
has seen everyone who came in"
"There is only one course to pur.
sue, then. We must trust to force,
and a quick assault which will give
the fellow no time to raise an alarm.
The Holly chieftain., 1916-03-17
i COpE/SICHJ
%.cHcCZU2c kO
SYNOPSIS.

Confederate Sergeant Wyatt is sent
Green Briar. He meets a mountaineer
named lem Taylor. At a house beyond
Hot Springs they meet Major Harwood
TaylOr murders Harwood and escapes.
Wyatt changes to u. s. uniform. escapes
70 the Green Briar country and goes to
HarwoOd's home. where he finds NOreen
HarwOOd He Introduces himself as Lieu
tenant Raymond. Parson Nichols comes
TO the house and Wyatt forces him to
confess that ne has been sent in advance
Of Anse Cowan. who proposes to marry
Noreen at once. and SO quiet title to the
land In dispute between the Cowans and
Noreen's dead father. Anse Cowan and
his gang arrive. Wyatt tells Noreen who
he Is. They force the preacher to silence.
Unable to escape while the gang Is on
the frs: floor and around the house.
wyatt proposes to marry Noreen and
protect her from Cowan. She accepts and
Wyatt forces the preacher to marry
them. COwan's gang Is driven off by
Federal troops. one of whose officers is
the real Lieutenant Raymond. Wyatt Is
trapped. though Noreen attempts to de-
for trial as spy The camp comman-
dant and Captain Fox visit Wyatt In his
cell In the courthouse basement. He re-
fuses clemency In return for information.
and uses his boyhood's knowledge of the
building to escape to the attic and thence
to the sherff'S office by means of dis
used. oid-fashioned chimney. He washes
OF the SCOT and changes clothes in the
deserted washroom, and reconnoiters.
He surprises Raymond and the camp
commandant
The Holly chieftain., 1916-03-17
Q!leP[D MIST
A ULf OF CIVIL STRIFE Y.
6rRANDALL PARRISH II
I MeSIRAIloNS zl!s27:E &6cpphQDfS

now turn that chair, SO the back will
be this way. and-sit down."
He knew what I meant, and there
was an ugly look in his eyes, but I
gave him no time for action. l gripped
him by the collar. twisting my
knuckles into his throat, and thrust
him down into the chair seat with a
violence which caused the fellow to
gasp for breath.
You move when l speak," said
threateningly. This is no boys play.
Now put your hands back-oh, farther
than that; cross them over each other.
Come. do you feel the steel! do not
like you any too we'll, Raymond; |
know your treachery."
Il did nothing against you." he pro-
tested. wriggling about to gain glimpse
of my face. II had no authority
here"
mo. but you had influence, and used
1t against me. l got the story straight
enough. and can guess the reason
Sit back straighter; there, reckon
that will hold"
l stood off and looked at the two
of them, surprised at the ease with
which l had accomplished the result.
but entirely at sea as to my next move
ment. No plan, no hopeful possibility.
occurred to me; l could but stare va
cantly at my two prisoners, and about
at the walls of the room. Raymond
was jammed back into one corner
farthest from the door, his face white.
every bit of nerve gone, and red
welt showing where my grip had con-
tracted the flesh. The fellow actually
looked pitiful he was so completely
cowed. But Pickney was of differ
ent kidney. He sat glaring angrily
at me across the table, with face red
as the rising sun. straining at the
tough leather, his lips muttering in
coherent threats of vengeance.
'I'll get you yet, you ID rascal"
! heard him growl, "and stretch your
neck without any trial"
And I'll gag that mouth of yours"
l answered "and keep it still for
awhile. oh. yes, you'll open up, my
man! l know trick that will make
you bite the tighter I pull the cord.
How about you, lieutenant? Would
you like dose of the same medicine?"
! stepped across to him, strip of
cloth in my hand, but just at that In
slant the latch of the door ratified as
though hand without gripped it. 1
had barely time in which to leap back
against the wall, hidden from view,
when the door opened inward. All
saw was the glimpse Of mans hand
and sleeve. The fellow must have
perceived nothing to alarm him, for
he merely held the door ajar.
"A lady to see the colonel" he an
nounced briefly. "Just step in, miss"
saw her advance two steps, and
then stop motionless, with half-sup-
pressed cry of surprise The sentry
could not have heard the slight ex-
clamation. for he closed the door, the
The Holly chieftain., 1916-03-17

You go out alone, leaving the door
slightly ajar. and engage him in con-
versation. Did he appear to be genial
when you met him before?"
"Yes. rather eager to talk-a young
man"
Good; then you can gain his atten-
ton for moment. Stand SO that his
back will be to the door,"
you are not going to kill him.
There will be no necessity; once
get my grip the affair will be over
you understand"
Her lips were firmly set, her eyes
gravely earnest. the light fell full
on her face. could not refrain from
touching her hand.
you will let me thank you!"
please do not speak of that-every
moment now means so much. Yes,
understand perfectly; shall 60 now?"
l nodded. Drawing slightly back be.
hind the door, I thrust both revolvers
into the belt had retained; this was
to be an affair of bare hands-swift,
merciless, noiseless.
She grasped the latch, lifted her
eyes to mine for bare instant, then
stepped out into the hall. her lips smil-
ing, as she paused moment to glance
backward into the room.
Very we'll, colonel; l shall certainly
take her your message" she said
gayly, "and l thank you so much"
Her fingers released the latch, leav.
ing the door standing ajar.
"Oh, sentry she said pleasantly,
but with guarded voice, 81 know it is
perfectly ridiculous, but strand of
hair has become entangled in this
clasp Would you kindly see If you
can free it?"
Certainly, MISS"
heard him set down his musket
against the wall. and step forward.
"On the other side" she suggested.
''lf you turn this way you will get the
benefit of the light; it is caught in
those crossed sabers, l think"
She stepped back as gripped him,
steadying the musket to keep it from
being Jared to the floor. gasp, and
one convulsive effort to break loose:
but with the first jerk backward had
him off his feet. helpless, my arm cir.
cling his throat, holding him in wise.
l dragged him forward through the
door, and flung him to the floor face
downward
Not cry. son." l commanded
sternly. I'll not shoot unless have
to. Hand me the rope cord in that
upper desk drawer. Noreen; yes,
that's 1t. Now, Jack, put your hands
behind you! Rather surprise paxty.
wasn't it,"
The fellow stared up at me, and
grinned.
You sure did put it over me that
time" he admitted, touch of genuine
admiration iE his voice.. who ara
yer, may | ask?"
tTo BE CONTINUED.)
The Holly chieftain., 1916-03-17
CHAPTER XIX.
The Lady Chooses.

INC Lazy Nnoo6eS.
She came across toward me. her
back to the others, and spoke swiftly,
yet in low voice which did not carry
to their ears.
There is only one way possible for
you to pass out of this building and
through the camp safely. There are
guards everywhere, and the orders
are very strict; but l think we can 20
together. l know the countersign-
Captain Fox is officer of the day, and
trusted me with 1t. lift you only
had a uniform! Where Is the one you
wore?"
MY trip through the chimney left
that in rags" l answered, impressed
by her earnestness. and getting my
wits together.
She glanced about the walls of the
room. a frown between her eyes.
"Then we must forage from the en-
emy." with a little, nervous laugh
"You would never pass the sentry in
the corridor wearing that suit. You
will have to take the lieutenant's coal
and cap. Be quick about it-and-and
you need not be particularly gentle on
my account"
Nor on my own. either-Fox In
formed me Of what he told you"
was not long about the Job. no,
did Raymond make any resistance tr
the exchange forced upon him toot
The Holly chieftain., 1916-03-17
CHAPTER XVIII.
! Make Two Prisoners.

l saw him stare. open-mouthed, as
though at ghost. There was star.
tied look in his face, but no recogni.
tion. The same swift glimpse had re.
vealed to me a discarded belt on the
end Of the desk. in which glittered the
pearl handle of revolver. With one
step forward l had the weapon in my
possession. and sprang between both
men and the doCk
mot single move, gentlemen!" l
commanded crisply. yet not venturing
to speak aloud. for fear of guard
outside. Lieutenant, place your gun
on the desk!"
He had it half drawn, but my weap.
on was aimed straight at his head
What the HE'LL" he sputtered
Never mind! Do as l say first. and
then ask questions-take It by the
barrel: now slide 1t across to me-"
My eyes glanced aside at the face
of the other. who was looking up,
scarcely comprehending even yet what
had occurred, and recognized Colonel
Pickney. So l had blindly strayed
into headquarters! Raymond gasped
like fish out of water. and the fiorid
features Of the colonel expressed a
chagrin too deep for words. thought
he would explode. he sputtered so be.
fore he could give vocal utterance to
his discovery. 4
by G.. It's that d-n spy!"
What" and the lieutenant took a
step forward, only to shrink back as
my revolver came to a level.
ANY noise either of you make will
be the last sound you'll utter in this
world. Lieutenant Raymond. will
trouble you to step around back of the
desk-no. the other way; advise you
not to be tric1y Colonel Pickney, sit
up in your chair. and put your hands
behind you In through the openings
in the chair back Oh, yes you will!
Don't be fool. man! What is this
a hair trigger"
never saw anyone more thoroughly
angry: he would have killed me with
the utmost pleasure. and. indeed, for
an instant. expected him to actually
make the attempt. But my eyes
glared into his. and the man was not
insane Slowly. reluctantly. as though
actually forced into the action, his
arms were thrust backward into a pos.
ture of helplessness. His lips sput.
tered. but he could not even swear.
Nov. Raymond. take that belt and
bind him." commanded sternly. Go
to it. and be quick. Remember have
a gun in each hand. That's it-now
catch the buckle"
Pickney choked with rage to which
he dare not give vent, and the hands
Of the lieutenant shook as though from
chill. His face was so white l began
to think the fellow had a streak oi
cowardice In him. but his very feal
might give him recklessness. showed
the muzzle of a revolver against his
coat.
Nov this other around his legs;
strap him tight to the chair. Very
good. indeed: you are learning youl
trade"
tested the taut leather with one
hand
THAT will hold you, colonel. all bu
your mouth. and I hope you hav'
enough sense left to guard that your
self. Raymond" and my glance swep
the walls of the room hastily, Il re
gret troubling you SO much; 1t is lik,
adding insult to injury-but would yo,
reach me those overalls hanging OF
the hook behind you? Thank you