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Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
RepurEo TO Live CENTURIES
Holy Men In India Believed BY the
Natives to. d More Than 1000
Year, Old.

Hundreds Of Hindus believe that
Rishis and Sadhus; aged 1000 years or
more, are still alive. They do not care
to appear before the public. They are
living In some Himalayan caves. prac-
ticing yoga. Whether l.0OO-year-old
Sadhu has really been seen by any
body. there is no record; but many
people will tell you that Sadhus 300
years old or more are still to be seen.
Bahia Thakurdassji Is q renowned
Sadhu. He has many thousands OF
disciples, among whom several are Eu-
ropeans., His disciples claim that he
is more than 300 years old, but he does
not appear to be over 60. He Is a
power in India.
A Sadhu Of greater repute is Bahia
Satchitananda Bharau. he is the
Guru of the Nepal rajahs. He well re-
members the famous battle Of Panipat,
which took place in 1925 A. D. BE has
also met Gauranga, the famous preach
er Of "'Bhakti" (religion Of spiritual
love) +; Shinajl, the founder Of the Nah
rata power: and other distinguished
indians. He has thousands Of dis
ctples In different parts Of India.
Questioned az to how he attained such
u age, he has said that moderation In
diet, regular habits, and practice Of
'pranayam" are the secrets Of long
lie.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
William Penn.

The founder Of Pennsylvania, W.
liam Penn. was born In London OFT
II, 1914, and when ht came to America
in 1854 hs was yet yo66G man. he
stayed here for two years and then ~
tqE52ed f. Enf's:ns Ruf tlt9pFo tx, i. !a
Penn Manor, near SrastoI. {of abodi
two years. when he returned to Eng.
land, wh(fe he remained until hid
death at Ruscombe. Berkshire. in IT'S.
Penn was married twice and had four
sons, His humanitarianism made him
famous and his dealings with the In
dams strikingfy shows one Of the
many great principles Of his life. Penn
was q Quaker, and 1t is said that never
a drop Of Quaker blood was shed By
the savages in all the wars agaIpst the
white men Of the English co16Ries dur
ing one hundred years and bat %
treaty made BY Penn with To 1pdiens
was ever broken.-Chicaso Journal.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
9orneo's Housing Problem.

Ss'S~O ''SOOs'0 ssSSsSSyss
Housekeeping 10 Borneo has ito COM
plications. AS rule a large number
81 families live under one roof. On
an average there are 40, but instances
have been known In which a. many a.
400 persons were living together in .
single community house. The houses
are constructed on piles. with ladders
leading to the outer uncovered w.
rande, which runs the entire length Of
the house. The veranda 10 used moro
or less 40 q public highway. Anyone
passing through the village may climb
up the ladder at one end. walk along
1t and climb down the other end~in
the most casual manner. Just back
Of 1t lies a covered portion of the
house, and here most Of the work ID
carried on. Opening from the
veranda 10 q series Of Doors leading
into separate rooms. one belonging to
each family. Here the Dyaks do their
cooking, eating and sleeping, except
thst unmarried girls usually sleep In
q loft reached from the rooms, while
the boys occupy the inner verandA.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
Nature Leaking In,

don't know anything sweeter than
this leaking In Of nature through all
the cracks In the walls and floors of
our cities. You can heap up million
tons of hewn rock on a square mile or
two Of earth which was green once.
The trees look down from the hill
sides and ask each other, a. they stand
on tiptoe: aMhat are those people
about7" And the small herbs at their
feet look up and whisper back: I'VE
shall 60 and see." So the small herbs
pack themselves tup In the least pos
sible bundles and wait until the wind
steals them at might and whispers:
"Come with me" Then they 60 softly
into the great city-one to q cleft IN
the pavement. one to a spout On the
root, one 10 4 seam In the marbles
over a rich mans bones and one to
the grave without a stone, where moth
ing but the man 10 buried-and there
they grow. looking up from between
the LEES trodden pavements. looking
down on the generations Of men from
moldy roofs, looking out through the
cemetery ratings. - Oliver Wendell
Holmes.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
Rreaarxed husbands Heat.

The heart Of lnhn Fali"'. lord nt
barnard castle wh" died in 1863. wa>
"nlbalmed- and imi.rS j ~ nm ivory
aske, richly rnnr"!-'' with silver.
His aftectionate widow. DevOrgilla,
used to have this casket placed on the
table every day when she ate her
meals. and ordered II TO he laid on her
own heart when she was herself placed
In the tomb. She was !dhriet. accord
ing to her own direction. near the al
tar in New Abbey. which she herself
had founded In Galloway. and the
casket containing her husbands heart
was placed on her bosom. From this
incident the abbey received the name
of Dolce Cor. or Sweetheart Abbey
and for Its arms ''bore in chief heart
over two pastoral STATS. and In has"
three mullets Of five points"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
MADE BRITISH NAVY GREAT
According to Magazine. the "Reund
Fond" in Hyde Park Awoks 'S'
Ambition Of Youth.

Great Britain always has been q
great business nation. but she only at
talned her position of sea supremacy
In the eighteenth and nineteenth cen.
turtles.
1t came about in this way. A queen.
Catherine. c0nsort of George H.. was
interested IN laying out royal parks.
and In that end Of Hyde park that is
now called Kensington gardens she de-
cided whimsically that a patch Of wa
ter was needed. This Is the famous
Round pond, the germ from which the
British sea spirit was born. London
boys began to soil on the pond little
boats Of their own fashioning, but soon
shops sprang up to supply them with
mass production pattern ships aud
there is practically no amateur build.
ing today. 1t became the fashion for
superior boys TO wear sailor suits and
paintings Of little boys In the early
nineteenth century show that jaunty
ship in hand was considered artistic
and proper, too.
It was sea Imagination that tho
Round pond awoke In Great Britain,
and without 1t the greatest Of fleets
would never survive. It IL Sea imasi-
nation as a national faculty that
America needs and must have.
There should be a Round pond for
boy ship experimenters In every part
Of the United States.-The Nations
Business ..
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
speaklno and Listening.

A great deal has been written on tho
art of speaking; but . treatise on the
art Of listening would be more valu-
able. There are plenty Of good takers
in society, but good hearers are nre.
Carlyle's discourses, preached in. %
many volumes, with sad earnestness,
on the text "Silence 10 Golden." have
borne thus far but little fruit A
Frenchman once said Of gentleman
in company, In whom he could dstect
no other quality worthy Of q coupli-
ment, that he had a great talo6t for
silence" This apparent equivoque was
a real compliment. for Of all gtfts one
Of the very rarest is that self-co0trol
which enables one to hold his tongue.
Few persons have reflected how dim
cult It is to command that attention
and concentration j.. which con-
stitute a good listener. 1t requires not
only high moral but also rare intellec-
tual qualities. 1t il not, as one 10 apt
to suppose, merely passive state
william Mathews.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
USE roo MANY BIG w0Ros7
Modern Generation 10 "cs;jsd Down"
. BY Writer for the Employment
Veg Of "Nouth Filters"

~ Mouths are getting larger. The RIA,
son Is simple. Words are getting hte.
ger. ~ A''''-..
And In order to make simple things
complex. language architects are add
ing to the front and rear Of ordinary
words constantly. It requires elias.
tic lips to navigate the latest 1920
vocabulary
1t has come 10 pass that the bigger
the word the less it, means For in.
stance. "congreSSiona" does not mean
any more than its frs, sylinhle.
"con." If results are any criterion.
misrepresentation" stands merely fc:
false"
Movements against space-eating
words have not appeared to move
much. Simplif1ed spelling was popu
lar, but many persons thought 1t didn't
look "classy" on commercial and so
cial stationery.
Bald-headed men who spend their
lives on Grating committees continue
to announce that they advocate n
coordination Of facilities" which they
might simply say: Lets work to-
gether." 49,,
We pity the ordinary Zulu who talks
In grunts-but he Is years ahead Of
Us al tar as concentrated language Is
concerned. For instance, his mere
grunt means: xiii that garrulous mis-
sfonary, and put him In the pot for din
ner."-Life.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
A Financial Wreck.

Mumbleton tottered into the room
like A man Keeling under the elects
OF some terrible mental blow. His
wife looked at him aghast. "What
il IT." she asked, in trembling accents.
1T was not my fault" he murmured
lncoherently. 1--WE are penniless."
"Penniless!' she repeated, in q half
dazed way. 'Oh. tell me, have you
been specializing on that dreadful
stock exchange? Tell me you have
done nothing to tarnish your honor"
"Nothing-nothing!" he replied. "Oh.
thank goodness for that!" she cried.
Now I can brave anything. Where
has your money gomez" The wretched
man placed his arm around her and
gasped out: Il have paid the gas
Sill" 80" .-~--s.,...
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
Where Do Poets Compose?


But do poets ever write In gardens:
'"'ifI who was Ivy way Of being II
20, huilt himself a garden seat NJ
-',.nr park when he served Sir vii.
."',: Temple. hut I don, know that he
:,,,e poetry there. Rather, It was u
gee for reading Pope. in his pros
''rns days. wrote at Twickenham
'ih the sound of his artificial water
~ In his ears. and he walked to take
air In his grotto along the Thames.
- do poets really wander beneath
W moon to think their verses7 Do
" compose ION summer eve by
united stream? I doubt whether
ny conceived his "Elegy'' In an actu.
, graveyard. smell oil. One need
=, see the thing described upon the
~ moment. Shelley wrote Of noun.
ms. the awful range of Caucasus, but
>. eye at the time hooked on sunny
a'y. Ibsen wrote Of the north when
wing In the south. When Bunyan
wrote Of the ,i"i."!;,hie mountains HI.
:, ~ snug inside n jnil.-t.Aarlas s
i:roOss In the Century Magazine.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
GET DRINK FROM FLOWERS
Natives Of India 0lstilI Valuable Spirte
From Movwra Tree-sesds Also ~
. Yield Oil.

The flowers of Il. mowra" tree.
native to India. are highly valued for
food. They are rich In sugar. aad
an intoxicating drink is distilled FROM
them. A syrup prepared from them %
boiled down, yielding sugar equal IN
quality to date sugar. IL
In the central provinces of India
m0wra flowers are regularly used %
an article Of food by al least 1,OOOOOO
people, each person. consuming about
eighty pounds per anHuin. Through
out that country they are looked upon
as q valuable reserve in famine years.
Their fleshy, juicy, globe shaped corol-
las are collected when they have falt-
en-. and are spread out to dry on mats
In the sun. A single tree Will yield
zoo to 300 pounds Of flowers In
year. They are eaten either fresh or
dried, and cooked in many different
ways, with rice, shredded coconut q
d0ur. i
The bulk OF the crop Of flowers.
however, 10 used for the preparation
bf "daru," or mowra spirit. They are
eermented. sometimes with molasses
added, and the liquor IL then distilled
In crude apparatus With good dis
filling apparatus. 100 pounds 81 tho
flowers will yield i've and one-half gal-
Ions Of proof spirit. ~
It IL estimated that In the Hydera-
bad state alone there are enough
mowra trees to produce 10000 gal
ions Of. proof spirit per annum. The
seeds yield IN oil which Is largely
utilized In the manufacture Of soap,
candles and imitation butter. 4
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
EARLY EGYPTIANS AND MUSIC
Sands Of Slaves Furnlshod Sweet
Sounds for Their Masters Many
Centuries Before Christ.

We nrst near Of music In the land
Of the pyramids at the beginning Of
the nineteenth dynasty. about 1850
B. c.. when the power Of Egypt, which
had been steadily mounting during the
eighteenth dynasty, had reached it's
height under Rameses III. Passing
down the crowded streets. where,
through the open shop fronts, we may
see the artisans in thousands at work
at their laborious daily tasks. let US
go in quest Of music. We may traverse
the busy streets of Thebes or Heliopo-
lis in vain, and It Is not till the shades
Of evening fall and the entertainments
Of the wealthy begin that we discover
the existence Of music In Egypt at all.
We have to penetrate some brilliantly
lighted hall full Of guests and attend
ant slaves; and at the far end Of the
luxurious room we snail see band Of
men and women playing on their In
struments. amid all the clatter Of the
dishes and the chatter Of the guests.
They are all slaves, and before each
piece they play they do obeisance to
the master Of the house. The business
Of these slaves Is to attend the ban.
quets Of the great and play and sing
for the amusement Of the company.
We find them constantly represented
in sculpture In groups OF from two to
eight persOns-some women and some
men--playing on various instruments.
as the harp. pipe. flute, etc.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
DIFFER, OVER WHAT is JUNK
Opinions Of Men and Women sheaW
Decided Variance 10 to Imper.
49, tant Subject.

"Junk is that pile Of old clothes my
husband doesn't wear and won't let me
give away. Says some day he will
wear It on a fishing trip. That pile Of
magazines he is saving till he flnds
time to read them is junk; that COL
lection Of pipes he never smokes 10
junk. Oh, II you want to know what
Junk Is ask any married woman. She
knows"
Ask man.
sunk? Well. don't know q bet
, ter way to define the word than to
give an example. My wife has chests
and bureau drawers filled with table
cloths and remnants Of calico, lace
and all that sort Of stuff which she
never uses. That's junk. She has all
her old hats in that large box on
top of the closet shelf. That's junk.
We are only two in family, but she
has enough dishes to serve twenty
people and enough pots and pans to
cook for forty. That's junk. Oh,
should say offhand that junk Is the
accumulation of things around house
for which a woman has no immediate
use and may never use. That's
pretty good definition Of the word. Ask
any man. He'll tell you the same.'
What do you think Is junk New
York Evening Sun. ,.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
Fake "Josoes" for TraveIsrs.

VUeAO vVOOO SVV SV0VVSObOs
Quantities Of hideous idols known in
the trade a. "josses" are supplied trav.
elers and curio dealers In Canton and
Annoy, China. They are fakes pure
and simple, and have no relation to
any oriental religion. Ingenious de-
sisners have produced a great variety
Of obgoblins-such, for example, a.
the hunger god," with the face Of .
tiger and ferocious fangs. Most Of
them are Of clay, turned out from
Wooden 81 &etal folds, dipped In mcit-
en- glass and allowed to cool. A fairly
expert Chinese workman can make
100 In a day at a cost Of three cents
apiece. The European or American
tourist pays S.. Real josses may be
worth q lot Of money, especially If
Carved 6Qt Of jade. This is g material
iteaHy btlzed In the Orient, and q
ta44 IDOL I Inches high and as many
&entpr1ea old has been known to sell
fof 40, 900 In Canton.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
WHERE KING ARTHUR LANDED
rintaool, On the North Coast Of Corn.
wall. Fleurss In Tsnnyson'e =
Famous Poem. .a

Everyone who has read the legends
Of King Arthur. or. who has ,conned
Tennyson's "Idyils of the King" wish
es to- see Tintagel, that place in the
north coast Of Cornwall so deeply i'm
pllcated In the Arthurian legend. Tho
legend of Tintagel Is that Arthur came
ashore from the sea in storm and
flame, story excellently well suited
to the Cornish love of marvels.
The place generally known to tour
lists in Cornwall as Tintagel Is In fact
the village of Treven... and Tintagel
itself is the ruined cystic and head
land, solitary, beyond it and beyond
the wind.swept church where the gray
green lichens grow long on the gram
lite.
The headland Of Tintagel. dark and
craggy and almost wholly separated
from the mainland. Is said to take its
name from "Dun-dagel." the "safe for
tress :" famous from earliest times as
place for retreat and defense. On
all such rock Businesses the primitive
peoples who Inhabited their coast-iine
created what are known as ''clih-cas-'
ties" You see this remarkable place
best from its eastern side, and from
the sands below the slaty cliffs. From
this point Of view the great gloomy
cavern eaten out by the sea In the
headland, some day completely to sur
round 1t, can be clearly seen.-Chrts-
tian Science Monitor.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
- 1Ne a.
Her First 1hov0ht,

A woman from the middle West
spent . few weeks in Gloucester last
sumner and in conversation with q
new acquaintance she made known the
fact that it was her very first glimpse
Of tie ocean. ',
IT must have been quite a treat,"
remarked the other. "And how did
the ocean impress your"
, well" was the reply, when l saw
the amount Of water they have here
It struck me that fish might be little
theaper."-Boston Trapseript'a-- =
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
Getting Action.

= A doctor received a note asking him
to 90 at once to case Of smallpox.
but to his surprise, on arriving ct the
patients bedside he found that It
was merely q case Of rheumatism.
But this Is very plainly not small
pox," he said.
well, DOCTOR" replied the pan, -
he shua.ed one foot over the other, TO
tell you III truth. we knew L was
rheumatism, but nobody IN tho house
could spell the word, and W th4uSht
smallpox would do just a. we'll until
you came, and probably bring yos
quicker"
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
Water Stored in Form Of lee:

With the idea of getting away from
the expensive construction of dams for
the purpose Of storing water, the sug-
gestion has been made that the water
be stored In winter in the shape Of Ice
and allowed to melt as It may be de-
sired in summer time. This would in
sure water In sufficient quantities f2f
small irrigation systems 1t least and
certainly would cut down the expense
Of storing. In addition to this 1t
would AFFORD work for a certain class
of labor which usually is not occupied
st this season Of the year.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
FAMOUS OLD GERMAN CASTLE
seh,ess Eta, sullt In The T~sIfth Can.
fury, tie Center Of Some
=. 49, Famous Legends.

The SchlOss Eltz. famous old castle
on the River Moselle. destroyed by nre
recently was the only castle of the
scores along the Moselle that had
never been captured by storm. never
surrendered and never despoiled. 1t
was built early In the twelfth century,
and the territory it governed became
famous because Of the ''peace Of Eltz,"
a peace that was regulated by an oath
taken by all subjects of the ruler, and
by his own family. The oath provided
that anyone who killed or injured any
one else should be banished forever.
Guests were obliged to take the oath
upon entering the castle, and were
governed by 1t as long as they stayed
In the territory.
The castle had four chateaux, one
each for four branches Of the family,
and these circled the castle house
itself. Many legends grew from the
old walls. the best known being that
Of Agnes, a beautiful girl who refused
to wed with q rival lord, and when the
lover appeared at the castle gates with
an army to seize her she donned armor
and led the attack that resulted In his
death and the defeat Of his army. As
the soldiers fed. however. q bowman
turned and sent an arrow that found
q place in the heart Of the girl. Her
armor is still shown at the castle with
the hole In the breast where the ar
row entered.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
GROWING Roses In Francs.

The French farmers set their bushes
In rows about four feet apart on ths
gentle slope Of the hills. and, 10 far ~
IA possible, where they have . SOUTH
eastern exposure. Young shoots are
taken from five-year-old busheA and'
when they have grown, they are
trimmed to about foot in height. ana
such buds a. appear are picked o.. to
preserve the vitality in the bush ana
to assure q large crop for the second
year: =.
After the bush attains the age OF
seven years it does not produce the
quantity or quality Of oil, so It 10
pulled up and a pew one planted In
its place. The rose harvest begins
in April, runs through May and June.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
orDaIn Of "canard."


az. s1s.'a as ., ": y, s:' , !: r;
= &d hoS @dch he could na} 8 hl
tlS4s b\QeIS related In : c3nY{Aclni
thfh4Af thtt he had been trying Oh
$9Afmeht. He said he had 6eSerld
twAQty ducks, one Of which he c6t Ii.
to pieces and threw to the nineteen,
who greedily ate it up. He then out
up one after ANOTHER until the nine
tenth, which he threw to the sur
vivor, therefore the duck that was left
had really eaten the whole nineteen,
proving the, Unsuitable quality Of .
ducks appetite. From this hdud OF 4
story came the word canard, French
for duck, as applied to- q whole cloth
sahrica ton.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
as.,nino of Word SLOGAN"

The hut of the Navajo Indians Is
called hogan" 1t consists OF
conical framework covered with poles.
bark and earth. The main beams turn
north, south and west, while the en-
trance is on the east side. Sometimes.
the shelte. of the Pima tribes are also
called :hosans.. ,...
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Rev. Cecil johnson, who is attend.
ing theological school in Rochester, N
T., came Thursday morning to spend
the holidays at the parental George
L. johnson home.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Ralph and Rayburn Weber left Fri
day last for Ridgeway, and will spend
the holiday season at the home of
their grandfather F. f. Donovan.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Miss Louise Grinhaug has returned
from Gencseo and Davenport, where
the home Of her mother, Mrs. Inger
Grinhaug.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

MI. and Mrs. E. NJ. Baumgartner, of
Lime Springs, were Cresco business
visitors Friday.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24
E,enhants Killed for rusks.

The tusk Of the African elephant L.
the best and greatest source OF til.
ivory Of commerce, and it is estimated
that 10000 Of these animals are killed
annually for the purpose Of securing
the tusks. Some tusks reach the
length Of nine feet and weigh more
than 200 pounds.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur MiddlebrO0k
are expected this week from Hazen
N. D., for an extended visit with num-
erous relatives in this vicinity.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Reginald Barnes is home from
Davenport, where he is attending the
Palmer school of Chiropractic, to
spend the holidays with home folks.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Mr.. and Mrs. E. 1. Withers, who
have spent the past year with their
daughter, Mrs. F. A. LANCE, and family
left Friday for their home in Alberta,
Canada. Their son, G. L. Withers,
came from Canada recently to accom-
pany them home.
Cresco plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1913-1945, 1920-12-24

Mrs. C. F. Viebrock and two chill
dren, who have been guests at the
Henry ,viebrock home, returned Fri
day to. their home at Saratoga.