Twice-a-week plain dealer., January 15, 1897, Image 3

About Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913

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SUFFERING IN 8ILENCE.
Women are the real heroes of the
world. Thousands on thousands of them
endure the dragging torture of the ills
peculiar to womankind in the silence of
home. They suffer on and on—weeks,
mouths, years. The story of weakness
and torture is written in the drawn
features, in the sallow skin, in the list
less eyes, in the lines of care and worry
on the face.
Inborn modesty seals their lips. They
prefer pain to humiliation. Custom has
made them believe the only hope of
relief lies in the exposure of* examina
tion aud "local treatment."
Take ten cases of "female weakness"
and in nine of them "local treatment"
is unnecessary, There is no reason why
modest, sensitive women should sub
mit to it. McEIiRfeE'S
WINE OF CARDUI
is a vegetable wine. It exerts a wonder
fully healing, strengthening aud sooth
ing influence over the organs of woman
kind. It invigorates aud stimulates the
whole system. It is almost infallible in
curing the peculiar weaknesses, irre
gularities and painful derangements of
woman. Year after year, in the orivacy
of home—away from the eyes of every
body—it effects cures.
WISE OF CABnui Is sold for $1.00 a
bottle. Dealers in medicine sell It. flit
bottle. n»nally care the worst cases.
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||8P ROBT.THOMSON,
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INTEKEST
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SUITS AUD PANTS
At the Lowest Prices ever heard of in Howard county.
Why buy a Ready-made Suit when you can get one
made to order that fits for the same money that
you would pay for a "hand-me-down.
A Good, All Wool Suit made to your
order for $15.
A Good, All Wool, heavy-weight Pants
made to order for $4
AL^ who are interested in furthering the sale of Hon.
Bryan's new book should correspond im
mediately with the publishers. The work will contain
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Gladness Comes
Wtransient
ith a better understanding of the
nature of the many phys
ical ills, which vanish before proper ef
forts—gentle efforts—pleasantefforts—
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge, that so many forms of
sickness are not due to any actual dis
ease, but simply to a constipated condi
tion of tlie system, which the pleasant
family laxative* Syrup of Figs, prompt
ly removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions of families, and is
every where esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that it is the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to get its bene
ficial effects, to note when you pur
chase, that you have the genuine arti
cle, which is manufactured liy the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists.
If in the enjoyment of good health,
and the system is regular, laxatives or
other remedies are then not needed. If
afflicted with any actual disease, one
may be commended to the most skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
one should have the best, and with the
well-informed everywhere, Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
Used and gives most general satisfaction.
Is not confined to music and painting. In
the Tailoring trade there is endless oppor
tunity to display skill and good taste. If
you want a suit for summer that is as near
•'. perfection as possible, call on
SIEMER,
THE TAILOR
LIME SPBIireS, IOWA
Hon. W. J. Bryan's Book
An_account of his campaign tou.r
His biography, written by his wife
His most important speeches ....
The results of the campaign of 1896.
A review of the political situation
AQENTS WANTED
Mr. Bryan has announced his intention of devoting
one-half of all royalties to furthering the cause of
-bimetallism. There are already indications of an enor
mous sale. Address
W. B. CQNKEY COMPANY, Publishers,
345-351 Dearborn St....CHICAGO.
RBESCOI UNION! SAVINGS!
i. J. LOVS'HY, V.-I'res. lioBT. THOMSON, Castile
A General Banking Business Transacte.
Special Advantages for Making Loans.
PAID ON TIME DEPOSITS
DIRECTORS)
J. LDWBY. ROBERT THOMSON. JOHN JtcCOOK. H.C.LPHICE
W.K. BARKER. JOHN THOMSON. W. DANFORTD.
Hurrah for Uncle Dan's Hardware Store
Hello there! Don't be in a hurry! Stop and see my choice stock
ON THE SOUTH SIDE, IN THE M'COLLUM BUILDING
I sell at bed rock prices in fact, goods measured in money are be
low par. The goods were bought for cash and will be sold for cash only
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III.
Newton Lambert has more llinn'finco
in the course of his years of service been
heard to say that of all the odd sensa
tions he ever experienced that which,
possessed him on the occasion of hisre
porting for duty with his first com
pany was the oddest. Accustomed
during- his four years of cadet life to he
have with punctilious respect in the
presence of officers, young1orold,and ac
customed also through his two months'
detail at the academy that summer to
be treated with even the exaggerated
deference which the old non-commis
sioned officers seemed to delight in
showing to young- graduates, Lambert
was unprepared for the liail-fcllow-well
niet nature of his reception by the en
listed men and the absolute impnssive
ness of his one brother officer. Tl.at it
was utterly different from the customs
obtaining elsewhere in the regular serv
ice he knew very well. In visiting class
mates already 011 duty with their bat
teries among the New York and Xew
England forts, as well as during his
brief stay at the barracks, he had noted
the scrupulous deference of the veteran
rergeants when addressing their offi
cers. lie could understand awkward
ness and clumsiness among the recruits,
but the idea of a corporal chaffing him
on the cut of his clothes nnd—the idea
of a two months' recruit being a cor
poral, anyhow! Never in the tales told
of the Fire zouaves of 'G1 had he heard
of anything much more free-and-easy
than the manners of this camp of regu
lars. Never in his wildest dream had
he. figured such a specimen of the com
missioned officer as he found in Capt.
Close. In the contemplation of this
character the go-as-you-please style of
the enlisted men sank into insignifi
cance. Long years afterwards Lambert
used to go over this meeting in his mind,
and for two years, often importuned,
he would convulse his brother officers
by vivid description of it. But there
came a time when they no longer
laughed and he no longer told the story
mve to those he loved and trusted ut
terly.
Aroused by some unusual chatter
among the men, the tirEt sergeant of
company (j, smoking a pipe while work
ing over a ration-return, stuck his head
out of his tent and saw a young gen
tleman in a light-colored suit, courte
ously raising a drab derby in his kid
gloved hand, while he stood erect with
soldierly ease before the company com
mander. Sergt. Burns also noted that
some of the men were tittering and
all of them looking on. One glance
was enough. The sergeant dropped pen
nnd pipe and came out of his den with
a single bound, buttoning his blouse
and glaring about him as he did so.
"Hush your d—d gab, you!" he fierce
ly growled at the nearest group. "Get
into your coots, there!" he swore at
another, while with menacing hand lie
motioned to others still, whose costume
ivas even more primitive, to scramble
back to their tents. In ten seconds si
lence reigned throughout the camp al
most as complete as that which was
maintained, for that time, at the tent
of the commanding officer. Lambert
actually did not know what to say in
response to his superior's announce
ment. It was full ten seconds, or more,
before he determined in what form to
couch his next remark, ne had in
tended to say: "I have the honor to
report for duty, sir but a vague sus
picion possessed him that this might
be some game at his expense—some
prank such as old cadets played upon
"plebes." He compromised, therefore,
between his preconception of a strict
ly soldierly report and his sense of
what might be due his own dignity.
"My name is Lambert," said he. "And
I am here for duty as second lieuten
ant."
Slowly the man in the camp-chair
laid down his work, sticking the needle
into the flap of the tent and hanging
the thread upon it. Then he heaved up
cut of the chair, hung the damaged
trousers over its back and came pon
derously forward. Not a vestige of a
smile lightened his face, ne looked the
young gentleman earnestly in the eye
and slowly extended his big, brown,
hairy hand. Seeing that it was meant
for him, Lambert shifted his hat into
the left, leaning his sword agninst the
tent-pole, nnd his dainty kid—a wild
extravagance so soon after the war—
was for an instant claspcd, then slow
ly released. Capt. Close unquestionably
had a powerful "grip."
"Ilow'd you come?" he asked. "Kind
of expected you Monday evenin'—out
from Quitmnn."
"The general kept me over a day
or two to let me see New Orleans. lie
told me that you would be notified, sir.
I hope you got the letter?"
"Oh, yes. That was nil right. There
was no hurry. I didn't know as they
could get passes over the Northern. I
s'pose the chief quartermaster fixed it
for you, though?" And the brown eyes
searched questioningly the young
officer's face.
''Passes? No, sir I bought my tick
et -through—"
"No! Why, you needn't have done
that. The Quitman road's biddin' for
all the government freight it. can get
now. They'd have given you a pass in a
minute. 1 suppose you want to be
quartermaster and commissary And
again the brown eyes looked almost
wistfully into the blue.
"1? No, indeed, sir. don't know
pnything but a little tactics. What I
most want"—with a glance around
and an apclogeiical laugh—"isa chance
to wash o.T the cinders—and something
to cat. I'm hungry as a wolf."
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111 ill looked troubled. "I've
had my grub Ko've the men, Vcpt those
that come back late in the night—been
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Did yon try over at Toog'loo?"
"Everybody was asleep over there. I
left my trunk at the railway station and
walked out."
"Why, I told the sergeant to send a
mule in last night on the chance of your
comin' by the. 'Owl.' Didn't anybody
meet you?"
"There was a mule, but no body,"
laughed Lambert, "except a darky
asleep in a freight ear. The mule was
lying in the dirt, and snapped his liead
ptall when I tried to raise him."
"What becamcof him? He didn't get
away, did be?" asked Close, in great
anxiety.
"lie didn't try to," answered Lam
bert, in some amusement. "Like the
eminent liead of the laiev unpleasant
ness, all he asked was to be let alone. I
left him browsing in the public square."
"Ami the bridle an'saddle, too? Great
Peter! That's bad. Some lousy nig
ger's ,'ot hint by this time, or his trap
pin's at least, an' lie'll swi ar the I'reed
nian's Bureau gave him 'lie hull outfit,
and it'll be stopped against my pay.
Sergeant!" he called "wish you'd go
right down town an' catch up that mule
an'—"
"I can't go, sir," promptly answered
Sergt. Burns, hiu hand going up in un
accustomed saiuto in deference to the
presence of the new officer. "I'm busy
with them ration returns. Here, Fin
ney, you go."
"Go where?" said a young soldier
squatting: at his tent door and greasing
a pairof shoes with a bit of bacon-rind.
He hardly deigned to lookup.
"The captain wants you to go and get
that saddle mule he sent up last niglit
Jake must have gone asleep aud forgot
him."
"Would it be possible to send a wagon
for my trunk?" interposed Lambert at
this juncture, appealing to his superior,
Close hesitated and mnde no immediate
reply. It was the sergeant who took
the responsibility:
"I'll 'tend to it, if you please, sir. The
wagon's going up in ten minutes to
haul some grain. Be lively now, Fin
ney. Drop tliem shoes and start." And
Finney, conscious, possibly, of some
change in the military atmosphere,
gathered himself together and van
ished.
Meantime, in bis anxiety about the
government, property thus placed in
jeopardy, the captain see-ned lost to all
thought of the newcomer's comfort. It
was Sergt. Burns who came forward
with a camp stool and proffer of further
hospitality.
"If the lieutenant can put up with
such rations, I'll send something from
the cook-fire, sir," said he, doubtfully,
looking at his commander very much as
though he thought it high time for that
official to suggest something better,
Lambert said he should he most grate
ful if that coul'l be done—and if there
were no objections and lie, too, looked
expectantly at the senior officer
"I guess that's about the best we can
do," said Close, slowly. ''Tain't what
you've been accustomed to, but it's what
1 always eat. Send us up something,
sergeant—enough for two I'll take an
other snack with the lieutenant."
And in less than five minutes Lambert
and his new comrade were seated by a
little lire nil which a tin coffeepot was
hissing, and with a. broad pine shelf
upon (heir kneer.. from big tin mugs and
broad tin plates, were discussing
smoking repast of pork and beans, ti
the accompaniment of brrad and sirup
and ereaniless coffee. "It's the way
always prefer to live when I'm in the
field," said Close, "and it only costs you
nine dollars a month."
Lambert was too hungry not to rel
ish even such a breakfast. lie fancied
he heard something that sounded great
ly like a suppressed chuckle on the
part of tl|e soldier cook at his senior's
remark upon the cost of living in the
field, but sensations and expcriencea
were crowding thickly upon him and
there' was little time for trifles.
Through the good offices of Sergt.
Burns, a wall tent was pitched that
morning- for "the new lieutenant" to
the left of the domicile of the company
commander a wooden bunk was
knocked up in an "A" tent in the back
and Lambert began unpacking his
trunk and setting up housekeeping..
"I suppose I can get what furniture I
want in town," said he to Close.
"Depends on what, you want," replied
the senior, warily, "and whether you
care to throw awnv your money,
Whnt'd you want to get? Tlicy will
skin the last cent out- of you there at
Cohen's."
"I merely wanted some cheap trucli
for camp, and some washstand fixings,"
Lambert answered, falling into the ver
nacular of his comrade with the ease of
one just out of the national school
where every known American dialect
can be heard—"things I can throw
away when we leave."
Close was silent a moment.. "I can le
you have, everything you need, 'f yo:
ain't particular 'bout their bein' new
They're just, as good as anything you
can buy, and won't, cost you near so
much." Then, after a little hesitation
"They ain't mine to give, or I'd let you
have tliem for nothing."
Lambert had prceious little money
left, even after drawing his Novembe
pay in New Orleans but he had a big
mileage account to collect, for in those
1 days nothing was puid to the young
graduate in advance, even though he
had to liud his way by the Isthmus to
the mouth of the Columbia, lie thank
his comrade, and by evening was put in
possession of an odd lotof camp furni
turc, some items of which were in goo
repair and others valuable only as relics
of the war. A camp mattress anil
some, chairs bore the name of Tighe
nnd the soldier who carried them in re
piqrked to hi# chum: "The didn't burn
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everything after the lieutenant died,
after all, did tliey?" From which Lam
bert. drew inference that the property
in question had formerly belonged to
an officer of that name who succumbed
to the. epidemic of the previous year.
But the principal question remaining
unsolved was that of subsistence. War
ing and Pierce had told him that in all
probability lie would find that Close
was living- on soldier fare and had no
'mess arrangements" whatever. This,
as we have seen, proved to be the case—
and Lambert inquired if there were no
possibility of finding board. "Yes,"
said Close "Mr. Parnielee, the deputy
marshal, lives up the road about half
mile, and lie told me to say he'd be glad
to accommodate you." Lambert
lunched in camp at noon, and about
three o'clock came forth from his tent,
buttoned to the throat in his handsome
ly fitting uniform, his forage-cap
cocked jauntily over his right eye, and
pair of white gloves in his hand. A
soldier slouching across the open space
in front shifted to the opposite hand
the bucket he was carrying and saluted.
Close surveyed his trim subaltern with
out changing a muscle of his face.
What do they charge you extra for
them buttons?" he finally inquired.
Lambert said he didn't know. They
were on the cont when it came from the
tailor's. Would the captain kindly di
rect him to Mr. Pnrmelce's and permit
him to go thither? The captain gravely
said he need not ask permission just to
leave camp—even the men didn't do
that—and gave him the needed instruc
tions, winding up by saying: "Gotyour
pistol?" Lambert answered that he
never carried one.
"You'll have to, here," said Close, "or
be out of fashion entirely. I ain't got
one to lend, but if you've a mind to pay
less than cost I've got one that will just
suit you, strap and holster complete."
In five minutes the trade was made, and
Lambert had only eleven dollars left
when he started to hunt up Mr. Par
xnelee.
Close watched the erect figure of
the young fellow as lie stepped briskly
away. So did the first sergeant. Mid
way across the open space between the
tents half a dozen of the men were
squatting, in the bright sunshine, pipes
in full blast, engaged inn game of cards
that looked suspiciously like draw
poker, a gray blanket being outspread
and little piles of white field beans
decorating- its outer edge at different
points. Surrounding the players were
perhaps a dozen spectators, in various
costumes more or less soldieily. At
sight of Mr. Lambert in his trim frock
coat some of the number faced half
towards liim some, as though em
barrassed, began to edge away. The
gamblers calmly continued their game.
If the young officer had looked as
though lie did not notice them, the
chances are that, though he passed
within ten feet of the group, no one
cf the party would, in proper nnd sol
dierly style, have noticed liini, but Lam
bert had seen enough "slouching" for
one day, nnd bis youthful soul was up
in arms. lie looked squarely at the two
men nearest him as he rapidly ap
proached, whereupon one of tliem nerv
ously tugged at the sleeve of a third.
Others, after one furtive glance, pre
tended they did not sec the coming
officer and became absorbed in the
game. Ten strides and lie was opposite
the group nnd not a hand had been
raised in salute, not a man wns "stand
ing attention." Then he halted short,
Faying not a word, but the two men
r.earest knew what was locking, and,
in a shamefaced, shambling way.
brought their hands np to the cap visor.
One of these was a corporal, and twv
other non-commissioned officers were
nmong the players. For a moment
there was an embarrassed silence. Then
Lambert spoke—rather quietly, too, for
him:
"Corporal, hove these men never been
taught, the salute nnd when to use it?"
A sergeant among the players slowly
found his feet. Others seemed to try
tc slink behind their fellows. The
corporal turned red, looked foolish and
only mumbled Inarticulately.
"What- say you, sergeant?" inquired
Lambert.
"Why, yes, sir," said Sergt. McBride,
uncomfortably. "So fnr as I'm con
cerned, I can honestly say I did not
sec the lieutenant coming but, to tell
the truth, sir, we've got out of the habit
of it in the company."
"Then all these men who are still
seated here know they should be up
and standing attention?" asked Lam
bert, as coolly as he could, though his
blue eyes were beginning to flash. He
htid heard some tittering among the
gamesters, two more of whom were now
getting up.
"Yes, sir at least mc.^t of them do.
Only, Capt. Close don't seem to mind,
and—"
"That'll do—I am waiting for you
two," said Lambert. And the two who.
Were
luMd by a little Brs.
hanging their heads, had been tittering
into each other's faces, finding their
time had come, slowly and awkwardly
found their feet, but not the erect po
sition of the soldier.
"So far so good," said Lambert, calm
ly. "Now, sergeant, explain the rest
to tliom, as they seem to be uninstruet
ed recruits."
There was a general titter at this.
One of the two was an ex-sergennt of
ten years' service—one of John Barley
corn's defeated wrestlers, llis eyes
snapped with wrath, but lie knew the
lieutenant "had the best of liim."
"Don't muke it necessary for me to
repeat the lesson," said -Lambert, be
fore moving on "especially you, sir."
And the ex-sergeant was plainly the
man indicated.
Up at the end of the row Sergt. Burns
brought his broad palm down on his
thigh with a whack of delight, then
glanced over to sec how the captain
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The captain was carefully counting
over the "greenbacks" he had just re
ceived, and, with these in hand, turned
into the dark recesses of his farther
tent. The episode in front was of minor
importance.
"You got a rakin' down, Iliggs,**
laughed some of the men as the lieu
tenant was lost to sight beyond the
wagon, while tne victim of his brief
reprimand glowered angrily after him.
"Dam young squirt!" snailed the fel
low. "I'll learn him a lesson yet."
"No, you won't, Biggs," was the
quick rejoinder of McBride. '"He was
perfectly right, as you ought to have
t-ense enough to know. I'm glad, for
cne, to see it, for this company has sim
ply been goin' to the dogs for the last
six months."
["To be continued!
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thee to temper man we had been brutes
without you." Woman more than merit.!
all the good things that have been said of
her by the wits and poets of all times.
When man lauds woman and her charms
and virtues, lie has in his mind's eye an
ideal. That ideal is always a healthy wo
man. No man makes pretty speeches and
witty toasts about woman, with the picture
in his mind of a weak, sickly, nervous wo
man, tortured by pain, and suffering from
depression and-despondency. It is in the
power of every woman to be some man's
ideal if she will but build up and guard
her womanly health.
The best of known remedies for all forms
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It allays and eradicates pain. It soothes in
flammation. It invigorates and purities. It
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depression and despondency. It is the dis
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physician to the Invalid's Hotel and Surgi
cal Institute, Buffalo, N. Y. If you wish to
know more about it write to him.
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It is as easy to be well as ill and much
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are tiny, sugar-coated granules. One lit
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cathartic. All dealers in medicines.
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Wo' havo at our disposal thirty
copies of the National Recorder,a large,
eight page weekly publication of
Washington, D. C., devoted exclusive
ly to information about new ideas,
new inventions, discoveries and pro
gress in general. Until all havo been
disposed of we shall give to each new
subscriber or a person renewing his
subscription, both the PLAIN DEALER
and the Recorder one year for $1.00,
the price of each being $1.00.
It is well known that the goldbug
democrats were merely McKinley
stool pigeons, but it looks mighty
raw when the fact comes out that
Paltner himself voted for McKinley.
Not a single gold democratic ticket
appeared in the precinct where he
and his son voted.
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It appears that in 1873, the Iowa
legislature in that year demonetized,
or debushelized, the bushel basket so
that it is no longer a legal measure
in the state. The only legal bushel
is CO pounds. The fact just leaked
out in a law suit at Cedar Rapids
recently.
If there isn't money enough made
by the government to pay the taxes
after tilling other legal requirements
then the selling of property for taxes
is a confiscation. There's a good
chance to make some instructive
figures on this subject.
Sound money and prosperity must
surely be around here some place,
but echo answers, where? Oh yes
here it is. On the okl bill boards that
were covered with posters last fall,
"Vote for McKinley and Sound Mon
ey aud Prosperity."
For Sale or Bent.
My house and property in New Ore
gon. Title perfect price right terms
satisfactory. Enquire of Geo. Bly, or
of A. J. Mintey, near the premises.
n25w3 C. S. BLY.
For Sale-
A small house, story and a half and
two lots two blocks from the first
ward school house. Tirna given lor
part of the price, if desired.
H. Croxton.
Aii wjsier lu a Pipe.
A curiosity from the oyster beds was
shown in New York several days ago.
Henry Davis, a I5oek Hill oysterman,
while tonging on lluntingfield, caught
a perfect young oyster, 2x2Vi inches,
which had grown in the mouth of an old
clay pipe. The oyster was so tightly
wedged in tliebowl as to render it im
possible of removal without breaking
the pipe.
A Thumbscrew Torture to the
BIGGEST NERVE is
SCIATICA.
USE
St. Jacobs Oil.
It turns back the screw* It unwinds
the twist. It soothes* It cures.
NO FURTHER PAIN.
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the ballot box.
how to scheme around to
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Special Des Moines Correspondence.
The county auditors' state associa
tion will hold its annual session in
Des Moines January 27-28. A meet
ing of the county supervisors of the
state is also called for the same date.
The state camp of Modern Wood
men of America will be hold in Des
Moines commencing February 2. The
secret work will be exemplified by a
team from Gus Smith camp. A large
attendance is expected.
The Farmers Tribune, the leading
state reform paper ot Iowa, has
changed its form from eight to sixteen
pages, and declares its intention to
make greater efforts than ever to hold
up the silver and other necessary re
form measures, and if the Bryanites
of Iowa will rally to Its support, and
at the some time give the local silver
papers the encouragement they de
serve, the goldbugs will never again
be able to carry the state, even by
Wallace's Farmer is elucidating a
plan whereby the railroads are to ship
cattlo into Iowa from the west and
south, allow them to he taken off and
fattened on Iowa's surplus corn, and
then take them on to Chicago at no
extra cost. Not a bad scheme, if the
railPoads will agree to it, but it's
amusing to watch the antics of some
people after using their influence to
get farmers to vote themselves into a
hole, try to retain a plac* in the con
fidence of the farmer'by
Fine Weather Calendar.
The PLAIN DEALER has received
a Cardui Weather Chart and Calen
dar for 1897 from the Chattanooga
Medicine Co., manufacturers of Mo
Elree's Wine of Cardui and Thed
ford's Black Draught. This is one of
the best calendars ever published.
It consists of twelve sheets of paper,
13x20 inches in size, all fustened to
gether with a gilt tin strip and a
brass loop hanger. Each sheet con
tains tho calendar for one month in
large figures that can be read across
any room. Under tl:e figures patent
weather signals indicating Prof. De
Yoe's Weather Forecasts for every
day in the year appear. The moon's
changes and legal holidays are also
shown. The calendar is valuable in
any home. We understand a few
copies of it can be secured by send
ing 10 one-cent postage stamps to tbe
Chattanooga Medicine Co., Chatta
noga, Tenn.
The law requires that the banks in
the United States hold in reserve
over one billion dollars cash, leaving
only about a half a billion dollars of
money for purposes of business
which is less than ten per cent of
actual needs. How long would the
people put up with an issue of
postage stamps not adequate to the
demands of business? There's afield
for thought.
"Wonderful South American Blood Care
Qutekly dissipates all scrotulous taints in the
system, cures pimples, blotches uml sores on
tlie face, tlioi-ouirlily elenases tlie blood ot
boils, carbuncles, ab.sce3»cs and eruptions,
render tlie skin clear. youa^r and bsautitul. It
you would escape blood peison wltli all Its
train ot lion'ors, do not rail 10 use tills master
ly blood puiilier, wiiieli ins performed such
stupendous cures in all cases ot shattered con
stitution and depravity ol the btood. Bad
health sanities bad blood.
.Sold by Dr. J. J. Clemmer, Druggist, Cresco,
town. 88yl
Just before election a Maine shoe
factory posted notices that if Mc
Kinley was elected, wages wovld be
advanced. He was elected, but in
stead of an advance the wages have
been cut more than twenty-five per
cent. Of course the operatives wanted
to be humbugged, and got what they
wonted.
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telling them |||1
make ex- ,V-S
rtwMn
penses. These same farm journals ?V*-
will advocatc political systems calcu
lated to make low prices and unprolU
able farming, tell their readers it is
all due to an overproduction, and then
devote page after page teaching the
farmer how to produce more. Such
bosh is tiresome.
A committee headed by Colonel Wi
Gatch is preparing a plan to change §||jc
the method of taxation in the state,
which they will ask the legislature to &fg
adopt. It is to assess all property at !i||
its full value instead of about one-halt
or one-third, as now. This, they claim
will allow a very low levy and make
it appear to the outside world and to
prospective investors that we are not
burdened to death with taxation and -^1
may make those who have the taxes
to pay feel as though they are getting
otf lighter, even if they do pay as
much or more than over. It looks
very much like a scheme to enable
cities townships and counties to issue
moro bonds so as to keep them pour
ing more and more money into the lap
of the idle rich. More bonds, more
money, is the cry of the money kings,
and there seems to be a large per cent
of our politicians ready and willing to
assist them in fooling the people into
granting the favor.
Des Moines enjoyed an intellectual „i
treat three nights last week. It was
the occasion of the series of lectures^
from that talented and eloquent evan- nj
gelist. Rev. B. Fay Mills. "The So- ,*j
cial Perils'' was his theme and right'
well did he handle the subject.
Wednesday night he startled some of
his hearers by declaring that our eco-*
nomic system is founded on selfishness
md while we boast of our wealth we
ignore our poverty that men are'
cheaper than gold and even in the,1
church we find a limitation of concep- A
tion and a paralysis of service along"?1•'J
the line of true Christianity and good
government. He says our systems en
courage and foster a greed for gold'
and an unrestrained indulgence of the^'^
degraded appetites and lusts of man,
while all brotherly love and care for
righteousness are discouraged and~
made unpopular. His bold criticisms
of all modern institutions, including
the church which he says pretends to
be that which it is not. has set many
to thinking, and some people who :::,
joined in condemning Bryan followers
la the last campaign as anarchists and
lunatics because of their advocacy of
measures calculated to curb the on-a•
ward march and unhoiy sway of plu- A.
tocracy, now feel ashamed of them-«
selves and wonder if they, themselves,
would not do well to emulate the ex
ample and become that kind of an an
archist.
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