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News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08
Please give me the rule of how to find

Please give me the rule of how to find
Easter Sunday.
Easter day is always the first Sunday
after the full moon which happens
upon or next after the DIST of March,
and if the full moon happens on Sun
day Easter day is the Sunday after.
There is also an old saying by which
Easter day may be found: "First comes
Candlemas Feb. p and then the new
moon; that moon out and the next
moons full, and the Sunday after is
Easter day."
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08
Reforner.

Barre granite has been useu in a rock
faced memorial erected over the grave of
John Bunny in Evergreen cemetery,
Brooklyn, NY, The diepanel is relieved
with artistic carving. the inscription be
ing Bunny"
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

Is there a Confederate organization
in the south corresponding to that of
the G. A. R.7 If so, please give the ad-
dress of its headquarters.
There is an organization of United
Confederate Veterans, one of the Army
and Navy of the Confederate States
and one Of Sons Of Confederate Veter-
ans. The headquarters of the first
named is in New Orleans.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

SEQ 75 is taking to the use of mechani
cal potatoe planters.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

Please publish the war prices, or the
highest price on wheat and corn during
the Crimean, Franco-Prussian and civil
wars.
p The high price for wheat in Chicago
during the Franco-Prussian war was
$1.32 in 1871. 1t sold the year after the
war as high as $1.61. The top quota
ton during the civil war was 1926 in
1864. During the Crimean war the
average price in England in 1855 was
equal to $226 bushel.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

Please state whether dew and frost
fall the same as rain and snow or are
they formed on the earth and veseta-
tion, caused by the cold air coming in
contact with the warmer earth, there
by condensing the moisture. Is frost
frozen dew?
Dew and frost are not precipitated
from above lil& rain and snow. They
are caused by the condensation of the
air coming in contact with colder OBJ.
jects at the surface of the earth, thus
causing the air to deposit the moisture
1t contains. Frost is dew frozen,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

If King Menelk is really dead, can
you give the date approximately of
his death?
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

When did steamboat navigation be-
gin on western rivers? When was the
first steam navigation of the Missouri
river?
The first steamboat on any western
river was the New Orleans, built at
Pittsburgh in 1911 for Nicholas j.
Roosevelt This boat was 116 feet
long, twenty feet wide and drew seven
feet of water. The New Orleans made
her first trip from Pittsburgh to New
Orleans with difficulty, being obliged
to tie up for some time at Louisville on
account of low water. She ran for two
years on the lower Mississippi. The
first steamboat navigated the Missouri
river in 1919, carrying United States
troops to post which had been estab-
lished at the mouth of the Yellowstone
river. The first steamboat assembled
the Wabash in 1928. An eastern paper
of May %, 1919, said, An association
is formed in Indiana for the purpose
of building steamboat to ply ON the
waters of the White river
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

should like to know the languages
chiefly spoken in the business sections
of South America.
The business language of the South
American countries is Spanish, except
in Brazil, where Portuguese is spoken.
There are many English and German
firms in the South American cities, and
it is always possible to find places
where English is freely spoken. But a
knowledge of Spanish is necessary for
business dealings with the people of
the country. Even in New York city
South American firms and agencies
employ men who speak Spanish in car
rying ON their business.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1916-03-08

Menelik died in December, 1913.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
The Greatest Thina.

"What Is the greatest thing in the
world?" 1t was asked the scholar. and
he gravely answered that learning is.
for it comprehends all and promotes
all. 1t was asked the artist. and ne
cried, art, for it combines matter and
spirit, both at their best" The preach
er solemnly declared. Religion. be-
cause it is light from heaven" The
lawyer argued, Justice, for it is the
soul Of peace and progress" Money
said the banker; lit is the spring of all
action" The young man full of hope
and spirit cried, Ambition" Out of
his garnered wisdom the weary old
toiler answered, Content The pair
Of lovers, hand in hand. Iisped to-
gether, Love-" The mother with her
baby at her breast smiled. Sacrifice"
The wild roisterer cried, Pleasure"
The wan invalid whispered, Health"
To shambling. grinning fool was put
the question. He simpered and said.
II don't know" And which, after all,
is really the wisest of them all-from
the scholar to the fool ?-St. Joseph
News Press.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
PROFIT BY THIS
Don't Waste Another Day.

OOnI VaoeS VuOepSb 0oJs
When you are worried by back
ache;
BY lameness and urinary disord'
erS-
Don't experiment with an untried
medicine.
Follow Cresco peoples example.
Use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Here's Cresco testimony.
Verify 1t II you wish:
Conrad Meyer, retired farmer. 400
w. Second Ave-. Cresco. says: "A
cold which settled in my kidneys
brought on an attack of backache
about a year ago. could hardly get
dressed mornings, because the pain
was so severe across my kidneys.
The action Of my kidneys was too fire.
ouent and the kidney secretions were
unnatural. I got dizzy spells and !
came near falling over. Two boxes
of Doan's Kidney Pills, procured from
the MILF Drug Co.. cured me-
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't SIM
ply ask for a kidney remedy-set
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
cured Mr. Meyer. Foster-Milburn Co.,
Props, Buffalo. N. Y.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
For the Book Borrowers.

What one of us in school years did
not write in his arithmetic, geography
or speaker:
Steal not this book for fear Of shame
For here you read the owners name.
Some antiquarian once made the
statement that Jean d'Orleans. Conte
dAngouleme, was the first to write a
verse threatening any book theft. e.,
borrower, with terrible punishment,
Philip Hale writes in the Boston Her
aid. He wrote this. captured In the
Hundred Years war and a prisoner in
England for thirty-three years. The
book was Chaucer's Canterbury
Tales The common stanza among
English schoolboys is:
Steal not this book for fear of shame
For in it is the owners name.
And when you die the Lord will say.
where is that book you stole away?
But your confirmed borrower OF
books has no fear of punishment in
this world or the neXt.-EXchange.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
When |. Z. Bath Not . Bath?

Sometimes l lived with my grand
mother. She always bathed me herself
before she put me to bed. The bathtuh
was very long and deep Grandmother
stood on the step which ran beside it
with a big towel pinned about her.
She held my neck tightly between her
thumb and second finger. scrubbing
me with her other hand slipped and
fell from one side to the other. spla.
ing the water high over the edges. s.
that when she finally lifted me to TT"
floor the towel and her dress wer"
drenched.
There" she would say, that IS
hardly better than a sponGing of You
won't sit still while give you real
bath"
l used to 80 to sleep wondering how
she would give me Il real bath katb
crime Keith in Atlantic.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Mirror sunsr.titions.

The classic legend Of Narcissus prob
ably has its origin In the belief that IT
q man sees his image in water he will
die Nor has the idea vanished in our
own day. Professor Frazer. in his
Golden Bough," tells US that in Old
enburg it is thought that If "a man sees
his reelection after death he will die
himself Therefore all the mirrors in
Il house of mourning are covered with
white cloth, and in some parts Of Ger
many everything that glitters or Is ca
pable Of refiecti0n-even windows
clocks. etc.-is covered. The same GUS
tom prevails in parts Of England and
Scotland and in Madagascar. When q
man is dying the SUM Mohammedans
of Bombay cover the mirrors in his
ROOM And not only this. but they ha-
bitually follow the same practice In
their own rooms before going to sleep.
thinking that in sickness or sleep the
soul is especially likely to slip away.
According to Professor Ralston. the
Raskolniks look upon mirror as an
accursed thing. the invention OF the
devil. though it is not quite ertain that
their objection arises from the cause
ahder cohsideration.-New York Post
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
DARING WHALERs.
Risks They Take When They Dive
With the Harpooned Animal.


Many of the Japanese whalemen are
most expert and daring men. After
whale has been cornered, harpooned
and is slowly giving out from exhaus-
ton the nimble expert Of the whaling
crew must prove his mettle.
The skilled Jap, after jumping upon
the animals back and cutting two
gashes in the head, one on either side,
through which rope must be run and
tied, cannot always perform his work
In one trial. Often the animal makes
a deep dive. But the little Jap must
hold fast to his quarry and dive also,
trusting to the fates that his own air
supply in his lungs will last as long as
that Of the whales.
The Jap is safer from being drowned
than from being crushed by the infu-
rated animals tail. If the little Jap
lets go it usually means his death, SO
he hangs on to the diving quarry. Ere
quently these whalemen lose their
lives from drowning, but the members
Of their crew look upon this misfor-
tune with something Of a fatalistic re-
gard.
But the main business in hand Is
the capture of the whale. AS the fight
progresses and the maddened, fright
ened mammal grows weaker and final
ly is dying the boat crews row closer
to the body and pray for the ease Of
his departing spirit. Members Of the
crew will call out the words, "Joraku,
joraku, joraku!" and on the third day
after the mammal has been hauled
ashore service is held and prayers
offered for the animals future content
ment Of spirit.
AS soon as the animal has been tow
ed to the shore line he is cut up, the
Japs making huge excavations and
penetrating inside the animals body.
as though entering mine shaft or
gallery. 1t is a grewsome sight, but is
looked upon purely as matter of
course among the Jap whalemen.-
Exchange.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
HOLD UP YOUR HEAD.
Il Will Stimulate You Mentally as Well
as Physically.

In letter to Robert Grimshaw OF
the New York university William Null
doom gives advice that it would be well
for every man and woman, boy and
girl in America to take TO heart He
says:
II was taught IN early manhood not
to throw my shoulders back, stick my
chest out, draw my stomach in or hold
my chin down like goat preparing to
butt, but to always try and touch some
imaginary thing with the crown Of my
head II one tries to do that-first un
derstands how to try and then tries
he doesn't have to pay any attention
to the rest Of his physical being. Tha.
effort to touch something above him
not with his forehead, but with the
crown of his head, will keep every par
ticle Of his body in the position that
nature intended 1t should be.
And as boy was advised to fire.
quently back up against the wall and
make the back Of my head, my shout
ders. hips. heels all press against the
wall at the same time. and In that way
get an idea of what was straight, or. in
other words, how crooked ! was becom-
ing by dropping"
Both to young and old Mr.. Muldoons
hold your head up suggestion is in
spiriting. Try it. The effect physical
~ and mentally is immediate. When the
head goes higher the impulse is to deep
er breathing. A man finds more elias
ITCHY in his limbs. He steps out with
more ease. There is more spring to his
gait. He isn't numbering, shambling
creature, but man alive. With the
elevation Of the crown Of the head
there seems to come clearer thinking.
a more buoyant feeling and a brighter
outlook. and Finance.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Bit, Of Swedish History.

Gustave III. Of Sweden was assassin
ated at a masked ball: hence the opera
"Un Ballo In Maschera," although Yer
di was obliged to change the name of
the ruler and the scene Of tragedy from
those In Schibe's rbretto which served
for his opera.
A queen dowager Of Sweden died OF
apoplexy while witnessing play en-
titled Life Is But Smoke" She was q
Frenchwoman named Clary. Berna
dotte married her when she was seven
teen years old aud he was twice her
age Joseph Bonaparte had married
her younger sister.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
op.o tn, Eye. Under Water.

Practice opening the eyes under WA
ter in swimming, for with favorable
conditions there is much to be seen and
enjoyed in the queer, ghostly light be,
low. The ability to see when below
the surface may some time prove of
priceless value. 1t is one of the attri
butes of swimming. and it may be-
readily mastered. But do not open the
eyes until we'll below. The closed lid
is an ample protection when one is
plunging from any height. and it should
remain closed until the first swift!
downward rush is ended.-All Out
doors.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
School Building. August 3lS. hester.
Iowa.
Iowa.

Sealed proposals viii he received by +. D.
McWiliiams, Secretary, Chester lndepend-
enl school District, chester. loNa. at the
Ger man Savings Bank, until p m, Aug
ust 81 1916 for the eiection of II twoStory
brick sch oil Building in Chester, Iowa. for
all la Dor and material for general construc-
ton. and until ; p. M. Sept. "a. 1916, for all
labor and material for heating, ventilating,
plumbin electric wiring and equipment,
all in accordance with plans and specifics
lions furnished by F. II. Mosse II Co. Archi-
tects. Rochester, Minnesota.
Bids will be received separately. Bids to
be submitted only on form of bid supplied
by the Architects Bids 10 be accompanied
by a certified check for 21s per cent. or per
cent of the amount of bid las designated In
the specifi Ca tions), payable to +. ID. Nc
Williams. Secretary.
Copies of above plans and specifications
may be seen at the office OF the Architects,
at the Builders Exchanges. st. Paul and
Minnea polls, at the German Savings Bank,
Chester, Iowa, after August 18th, for gen.
eral contract, and after Sept LIST for other
contracts.
Extra copies of he plans and specifica-
lions may be obtained on application to the
Architects, with deposit Of $500 to insure the
return of plans and specifications to the
Architects and that q bonAfide bid will be
submitted Successful bidders must furnish
. surety company bond in full amount Of
contract. The right is reserved to accept or
reject any or all bids sofa
F.. II. MOSSE & COMPANY, Architects,
Rochester, Minnesota
E. D. McwILLIAMS, Secretary,
Chester Ind. School Dist. Chester, Iowa
AuH 1st 1915
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Rouqh Wooinq.

Courtship and marriage customs
among the Greenlanders were in early
times simple and unceremonious. We
are told that when lovelorn youth
made up his mind az to the girl he
wanted to adorn and be useful in bis
hut of ice and snow he went to her
house, seized her by the hair or wher
ever he could secure good grip on
her and dragged her to his own do
main, where she was expected to stay
without any further marriage cere
mony. If an aftiuent bridegroom he
would perhaps soothc her lacerated
feelings by presenting her with new
lamp.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
ANCIENT V,A7 WEAPONS.
The 6attieax, the Haiberd and the
Armor Smashing Mace.


Probably nobody ever enjoyed being
killed in battle. But there is certainly
a choice us to now the job could be
done If you had to pass out, how
much nicer it would to have high
class swordsman turn the trick! He'd
go to work SO courteously and do such
neat, genteel job that you couldn't
help feeling you had died in good So
ciety. But nothing Of the sort about
being killed with an ak. This would
be one Of the most untidy ends a man
could meet.
The big Ratchet, however, and its va
riOus descendants We're long favorltes
for taking people apart, and even at the
time that everything which could cut
was made of flint it was in popular de-
mand
Later on we find the real battleax the
fayorite weapon of the Celts and the
Scandinavians.
The halberd was the next step Cup or
down, as one looks at those things).
This was combination of ak and
spear; broad blade backed with a
hook and tipped with spear point, all
mounted on six foot haft. Humane
chap who got it up! 1t was invented to
give q single man on foot chance
against one on horseback. And it did
If you missed your jab you could still
take a healthy swing with the AK or
pull him off his horse with the hook. A
whole regiment with spears might hold
off a cavalry charge, but in individual
contests the soldier with the halberd
stood the better chance.
The ak was especially favored by the
Swiss, and they did so nicely with it
that it spread and became the principal
weapon of central Europe for nearly
200 years. One English variation, the
bill, had more of a sickle shaped blade;
but, like the other, it was effective.
After one big blow you had case for
the coroner. not the ambulance.
Other cheerful products Of those days
was the mace This was club OF iron
or steel, blossoming out at the business
end into projecting ridges of metal.
The operator grasped it with both
hands, gave it whirl and then smash
ed his opponent. Armor was useless;
it crushed right through.
Philip II. Of France had a royal
bodyguard of sergeants-at-arms. who
carried maces-real ones. King Rich
ard l. took up the idea, but after
awhile the good, stout old weapon lost
its punch, so to speak. 1t got to be
only symbol Of authority, pretty
ornament at fancy ceremonies. The
house of commons in London has one
dating back to 1910. 1t has the royal
crown on top and is lueged around
from time to time to show the king Is
boss.
1t occasionally happens that mem
Der of our own congress gets obstrep-
erous and won't behave when the
speaker talks nicely to him. Then the
latter gives the order. and the ser
geant alarms comes down the aisle.
carrying the big silver mace. This
means that Uncle Sam has stood all
he plans to stand and that the row
must stop at once.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
All Banda Alike to Her.

A little girl was greatly interested in
watching the men in her fathers or
chard putting bands of tar round the
fruit trees to prevent ground insects
from crawling up and asked great
many questions. Some weeks later.
when out with her mother, she noticed
a gentleman with mourning band
round his left sleeve.
Mother" she said, whats to keep
them from crawling up his other arm!
London Globe.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
She Ran For President.

Only one woman was ever Il preSl-
Dental candidate. In the campaign OF
1854 Mrs. Belva \. Lockwood was the
candidate of the Equal Rights party.
advocating woman suffrage. She oh
tanned only about 200 votes out OF Il
total of 100000. Mrs. Lockwood i'll
1873 had been admitted to the bar of
the supreme court of the District OF
Columbia and in 1879 was admitted to
practice in the United States supreme
court
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Recreation.

i Recreation is essential to good
i health. The object Of recreation
+ is to give our tired and hard
+ worked minds and bodies, as the
+ case may be. much needed rest
= and to give the unused side of
+ our physical or mental makeup
i a chance for exercise and devel-
+ opment.
+ The person who makes his Nv
+ ing by the use Of his mental
= faculties should seek recreation
= on the golf links. tennis courts.
= in the automobile, the garden or
= lawn. He should try hard to for
= get his regular work. The men,
q tai worker needs physical diver
. sion.
q But the labOring man who
q spends all his energies at hard
q physical labor needs mental d.
Q version. And the laboring man.
Q MS well as the mental worker,
Q needs fresh air and plenty OF it
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Circuitous Route,

Mrs. Wayupp- Where did Mrs. De
Style get her new hat? Mrs. Blase-
That's Il problem. She bought it with
the money which her husband Dor
rowed from her uncle. vino had won it
in a poker game from her brother. to
whom she had loaned it shortly after
her mother had taken it from her
fathers pockets and given it to her for
q birthday present.-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegraph.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
CSzaa Of the Planets

An ingenious way of comparing tn,
sizes Of planets with the sun is su2
gested by French scientific writer
Let the earth, he says. be represented
by u twenty franc piece; then Venus is
Is francs, Mars =. Mercury Z. trana>
$50, Neptune $40. Saturn 1.S4O. Jupite'
6,SOO and the sun 6.7SO.OOO.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Didn't Care For Il.

Ever try liquid soap?" asked til
barber.
NO, and don't want to- replied thr
man in the chair.
why not?'
"Oh, well, if have to eat soap Ia
Just as leave chew it as drink it,
YOnkers Statesman.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Mohammed.

MOhammed was born about the year
$40 A. D., at Mecca. the son Of Add
Allah, of the family Hashim, and
Amina. Of the family of the powerful
tribe of the Koreish. The number OF
the followers Of Mohammed is estimat-
ed to be 1864 80.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Proner Siun.

II think. instead of tobacco stores
having them, cut rate ticket offices
ought to have wooden indians as
signs"
why so?"
ITO show there is a scaiping bust
ness going on inside" = Baltimore
American.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
All Weather Good.

Sunshine is delicious. rain IS refresh
ing. wind braces up. snow is exhilarat-
ing. There is really no such thing as
bad weather-only different kinds OF
good weather.-Ruskin.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Embarrassing.

Conjurer-Now. to help me with this
next trick. l want the services Of boy
just any boy in the audience-yes.
you will do. my little man; come along
Now, you've never seen me before.
have you? Boy dnnocently)-No,
fatherLLondon Telegraph.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
headed the Money.

Bookkeeper-Td like an increase in
salary, sir.
Proprietor-An increase, you say?
How great?
About $50 per iaonth."
'Are you planning to get married?
mo. sir: want to get divorce
Puck.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
Money hv the 6ushel.

She-What's this l hear about you
getting a large sum of money from
some woman? He-SOme ones beer
kidding you. Who was the woman
She dnnOcentlyl-Why, May Wheat
they told me her nane was.-Bostol
Transcript.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
sort Of a Warning.

A Mohammedan barber advertises as
follows in the East Indian Picture
Magazine: ''Mahomed OSman. haircut
ter and clean shaver tientlemen's
threats cut with very sharp raZorS
with great care and skill No irritating
feeling II forwards y trial solicited
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1916-08-11
OF Course.

"How do you suppose Solomon evel
managed thousand wives?"
IF l knew that I'd be as wise as
Solomon