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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-04-06
The Heroine of the Novelists of To-Day

May l be pardoned the impertin.
ence, but have of late taken some
pains to ascertain the age of the he.
rOine, the heroine of the contempt,
rary novel. Examining carefully, in
several instances, the data furnished
by her sponsors, l have sorted out
and tabu,ated certain general facts.
These facts show her age to be, new.
er under twenty; rarely twO-and
twenty; usually from twenty-four to
twenty-seven, twenty-eight, and even
there.above, giving an average OF
twenty-five (plus). While pursuing
these numerical calculations, l am
closely observing the herOine's face
There are no "telling lines" upon
the brow or about the eye. and her
color is still faultless. 1t is to be no.
ted, moreover, that she retains in her
manner wonderful measure OF
youthful vivacity and frankness. !
am far from caviling at the happy
ease and gracefulness with which she
carries the weight OF her years. This
is as we would have it; but the Gin.
gularity of the case appears, when
her age is contrasted with that Of her
predecessor, the heroine of the old.
fashioned novel. The latter is always
a jeune file, who, when the narrative
of her fortunes is concluded, has
scarcely more than crossed the thresh'
old of the twenties. Rustic and un'
schooled, or accomplished and sophis
ticated; phlegmatic or piquant, timid
or audacious, - whatever her temper
ament and behavior, she is invariably
lovely and of tender age. What wri.
ter of fiction in its early days would
have presented, or what reader would
have accepted, a heroine who did not
possess the two chief requisites. beau
ty and youth! OF beauty, 1t is still
expected the heroine shall have a GER
tain allowance. as a pair of fine eyes
or a /" sensitive mouth" AS to youth
the restriction no longer holds. WhS
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.c|" WATCHES ARE MADE

In Sold GOLD WATCH, aside from
the necessary thickness for engraving ana
polishing, large proportion of metal i;
needed only to stifien and hold the engrav.
ed portions in place, and supply strength.
The surplus gold is actually needless. 10
james Boss Patent Gold Watch Gases this
WASTE is saved, and soLIpITY and
STRENGTH increased by a simple process,
at one-half the cost. A plate of SOLID
GOLD is soldered on each side of plate
Of bard nickel composition metal, and the
til. re are then passed between polished
steel rollers. From this the cases, backs
tenters, bezels, etc, are cut and shaped b.
fies and formers. The gold Is thick
.ough to admit of all kinds of chasing,
engraving and engine turning. These
cases have been worn perfectly smooth by
ac without removing the gold. This Is
lie only case made under This process. Each
case IS accompanied sciM raid guarantee
signed by he manufacturers sca,raating It 10
uam 20 gears. 10000 of these Gases
" carried in the United States AMI
lanada. Largest and Oldest Factory.
:hl;sho1 1854. Ask vour .Jeweler
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MANKATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY, APRIL q, 1893.
MINNESOTA INTELLIGENCE.

Kasota has voted strongly agains,
license.
Arrangements are being made by
G. A. II. Posts for Decoration day.
G. Hangar, IN extensive jeweler oi
Duluth, has assigned. No statement
A channel through the ice has bee II
cut across the river ut Red Wing ana
the ferry is now running.
Twenty-Five per cent of the hogs in
Mower county were lost during tn,
past winter by improper projections
from the cold.
1t has been learned that Louis N &.
Frank, of Lake Washington, LIE Su
eur county, was scalped by Indians
on the Little Missouri on Jan. 23 near
the Montana line.
The cloth peddlers are around
again. The st. Peter Tribune says
that Belgrade furnished twenty vic
tins last week. their purchases rang
ing from 800 to $3.50 each.
The Austin Canning and Preserv
ing company was organized on Satur-
day, with u capital stock of $4,000.
About $4,000 has already been re.
ceived and the rest is in sight.
The license people of Worthington
carried the day on the question of Ii
quOr OF no liquor, by vote of two to
one. For the first time in her his.
tory, Worthington will have regular
licensed saloons.
Some fine specimens of fish raised
i'm the Minnesota hatchery were on
Wednesday sent by Fish Commits
sioner Sweeney to the East to be en-
tered ut the forthcoming fish exposi'
ton ut New York city in April.
United States Commissioner Car
doZo examined into the case OF Frank
B. Robbins, charged with selling Ii
Guor without license in Todd county
Accused gave bail to appear before
the District court of WinOna in June
The northeastern WiHer.in its week
ly review says the millers are proba
bly, passing through one of the mos
depressing and unsatisfactory peri
ords that has fallen to their lot. The
mill owners are unreserved in declar
ing the -four market very sick--ever
worse than last week, and are shut
ting down. The first half of the weel
the daily average of produce was 10,
600 barrels. but this amount was re
duced one half the last three days o.
the week. Other mills are to be shu
down. Notwithstanding the adverse
conditions that at present beset thu
trade, the millers undoubtedly lool
for better times-for il reactiOn-be
fore many weeks roll round, and ar
outstanding their wheat that the.
may make the most of the epportuni
ty when it comes. The amount o
wheat in store in Minneapolis is 2,
l49 900 bushels. The receipts durin.
the past week were l4l, 500 bushel
against 182.500 for the same weel
last year, and the shipments of flour
SIS, 043 barrels against II, 2lO barrel
last year.
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A Reasonable Request.

A St. Louis girl thus appeals to a
journalist: 81 have worn one gown four
times this season, for the number OF
parties go to exceeds the number of
gowns l wear as four to one, and am
not ashamed of wearing one gown
many times. But am ashamed when
sec that beautiful pale blue silk.
with that familiar 'garniture OF lace;
described with microscopic accuracy,
so that all my friends may know that l
have been dancing again in that same
old rag. Won't you ask the managing
editors to insist that the reporters snail
not describe the same gown worn py the
same girls week after week to our
shame and confusion. but If they mus
put us in,' let them put us in afresn
and arrayed in new habiliments'"
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Kiss Ne Good. By."

That is phrase heard in the hallway
of many home as the man of the house
is hurrying away to exchange daily la
Dor for daily bread in the mart of COM
merce. Sometime it is the wife who
says it, sometimes infant lips prattle the
carcssing words, holding up sweet
flower face for kiss that is its warm
sunshine of life, and the strong man
waits moment to clasp his treasure
and is gone; and all day he wonders al
the peace i'm his heart, ut the nerve with
which he meets business losses. The
wifc's kiss, the baby's kiss did il. and
he realizes that il is not wealth or posi-
ton or luck that makes our happiness,
but the influence we bear with us from
the presence of those we love.
Kiss me good-by! Oh, lips that have
said it for the last time, would you ever
ask again in those pleading tones for the
kiss so tardily given? Would we not re-
member that the relation the flower
bears to the universe is rs carefully pro-
vided for as that Of the brightest star;
that the little action of a loving heart
goes side by side with the deed of heroic
worth; that love is the dew of life; that
the parting for day be the parting for
q lifetime
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Hans Yager Visits the Opera Festival.

Herr Hans Yager went to the Opera
Festival last night. He went on foot
and an admission ticket presented him
by II friend. Hans being more OF
philosopher than musician, never saw
But, Notwithstanding the grandeur of
ala Traviata,' as given by the grandest
company and in the grandcst hall on
earth, he was not happy.
Il understand yon was ut the grand
opera last night, Mr.. Yagcr?'
''Dot singin' show YOU means, eh?"
eyes, the grand opcrain Music Hall "
Eyes, pellet vas been deere, abcr
ouf got him to Offer agin do ! stay to
home
"Ah! Why is that. Mr.. Yagcr?"
"Vcll. | tells Won. Ii vas holdings
but II dream pisncss fon der end to der
bcginnin."
ayes. you speak truly; it appears as
IL grand and heavenly dream. a person
when there, scarcely knows whether he
is standing on his head or his feet, so
greatly carried away is he with the grand
music, singing and acting"
You don'd know OUT you vas stanin
on your headt or feed, eh? knows vat
| vas standin' on; Iyas standin' on mein
feed; and | don'd vas CARRIED away
ncidcr Wished vas CARRIED away TO
lager bier saloon hundert times.
"Why. how was that? Didn't you
enjoy the opera?'
"Vcll, | tells you, mein fricndt, how
dot vas. You see got me n tollar dick
et-a whole tollar dicket, and ven got
in der hall. | gone me II sead set down
on und purity soon gwick dere comes q
leedle squird Teller NIT ribbon on him.
and he say me. dot sead vas tOOken?
Und when say. Il could schmile ii was
tooken; wasn't pig genough to tOOken
it?' he say, Dot sead belongs to dis
shentlemen,' What he gOts nit him. Und
den when | him ask, How do dose GONE
when pays mein tollarP he say, You
must got a schtand-up sead for elm toll
lar Den gotme up and look me all
der moosic hall aroundt and don'd can d
see no schtand up seads. Und when !
ask him. Where vas dem schtand up
seads?' he say. up aginst der vail
Und when say. Dot vas hellum a
pisiness; you drinks vas n circus and
gan aginst der vail set?' der peoples all
lafl and he said, Il must gOt you ar
rested OUT YOU don't GONE oud. Und
when | got me mad and say, Pull down
your west up he gall bolicemans.
and don'd want to schtop der show and
l gone me oud bchindt der seads and
schtand up nit more as hundert more
fools"
well. Mr.. wager, | had 10 stand too.
But wasn't it grand ailair-wasn't the
orchestra and singing grand?"
'.Vell, tells you; Ouf it vas grandt.
don'd see it; and | got me mad all dcl
dimes nit dot band man What sets in del
middle and makes up and down nit dot
schtick and don't blay on any horn. He
tries to beat der pand and der pand tries
to beat him; and dot singin' dOn'd got
no 'Wacht am Rhine in him. and dem
singers make SO mooch noise like Il hun.
dcrt and fifty Tom oats When 'dey vas
screnadin' vOne Molly CAT. 1t vas al
like Tom cat dream to me and | go
me oud und gone in a lager bier saloon. '
-Kentucky Suite JOarnat
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The Bad and Worthless

are never imitated or coanterteitsd. This Is s.
peeially true Of family medicine. and IL is
positive proof that the remedy iaaitated is Of
the highest value. AS soon rs it had been
tested and proved by the whole World that
Hop Bittsrs was tho purest, best and most
valuable family medicine on earth, many
limitations sprang up and began to steal the
notices In which the press and the people of
the country had expressed the merits OF H. d.
and in every way trying to induce suffering
invalids TO use their stuff instead, expecting
to make money on the credit and good ma me
Of ii. B. Many others started nostrums put
up i'm similar style to H. B., with variOusly
devised names in which the word "Hop" or
"Hops" were used in u way to induce people
to believe they were the same as Hop Bitters
All such pretended remedies or cures, no
matter what their syle or name is, and espec-
tally those with the word Hop" or"HOps" In
their name or In any way connected with
them or their name are limitations or count
erfeits. Beware of them. Touch none of
them. Use nothing but genuine Hop Bitters,
with a bunch or cluster of green Hops on the
white label. Trust nothing else Druggists
and dealers are warned against dealing in
i'm fatiaus cpuptQrf0itR.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

.,.TATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
- EtItu. Ia Prrbat" Court.
IN the matter of the estate of Maria L.
PrTkiu-. deceased.
The State # Minnesota and the saii Probate
Court t. all persons interested in the estate
.F Maria T Perkins, late 81 the county OF
Blue EI:ta G..cea.'i. Greeting:
Wlrr-l- h,h.,y C0fimuu % the county q!
Efsa gHr:u has Acknowledgement! u the Probate
court ~ 3a. county of Blue Earth an instrlI-
meat IL wsli'lE pIrpurtins {" bc the last Wall
and testament II Marin ! Perkins. late of
sand county. deceased, and has applied To said
lfr .bsft. court for the proof ~ said VIII.
therefore YEA AMI each of you are cited
ami occurred tp appear ut In" Office of the
.Il.rl. ~ Probate in the city OF Mankato IN
said county On IN. tn day of April lss', M
ton u'ri ak IN Th,. forenoon ut that day and
ATTEND the pIphaJ. Of said will.
Ia testimony whereof have hercunto sci
my r.tfit and affixed the seal of the Probat,
CGuIt. thfs ~, l.y oi March. \: y 1885.
GEO. W. MEAD,
TSFN1 Judge OF Probate.
39yy3
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rRnBATE NOTICE.
l,ThTE OF MINNESOTA. County Of II

I,TaTE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
- Ealth.-sS Ia Probate Court.
Ia the matter ui the vsIat.' ~ Mary IL wall
son. deceased.
The state 80: Minnesota anathe SaidProhatc
Court u all persons Interested in The estate
q. Mary =. Watson, deceased, greeting:
Where's Edward 4, Watson, a. thv county
a.! Blue Earth. state of Minnesota, has hlcd
his petition in the Probate Court ot biuc
Earth county. Tor letters of administration
20 issue 10 said petitioner upon the estate ui
MARY b Watson, hate 90 said county, de-
ceased.
Therefore You am each 81 YOU are cited and
required 70 appear a; the office ~ the Judge
~ Probate in ~" City uf Mankat". IN SAID
county. ON the g;h day uf April, 1883, NJ IL
o'clock. ia Inc forenoon az that day. and show
cause why letters OF administration upon said
estate, should not issue 60 the said Edward /.
Watson a. prayed Tor in said petition.
IN testimony whereof have hercunto set
my hand and affixed the sea. of the Prohat,
I UEri this l+th dJy at March. \. ID. lsN3.
G.. W. MEAD,
SEAL Judge Of Probate.
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New Iron Bridge over the Yazoo River

New Iron Bridge over the Yazoo River.
The Memphis. Vicksburg. and New
Orleans, or what is better known rs the
Wilson line of railroads, is now build
inc quite n large iron bridge over the
YazOo River. some twelve miles above
Nicksburg. Tenn. The construction of
the piers for the bridge has been vigor-
ously prosecuted for sometime past.
The point selected is unusually difficult
and expensive for the construction of q
bridge, as there is no bedrock or other
material within reach for the founda-
tons to rest upon, and the river, even
at low water, is nearly 40 feet deep.
The bridge will consist of three spans
about 800 feet long each, two of them
fixed spans, and the third. draw span,
located i'm the middle of the channel.
These will be some 6 feet above the
level of extreme high water and slight
ly above the elevation of the banks on
either side. There will be five piers,
one at each end on the bank and three
i'm the river. To obtain the requisite
supporting capacity, piles-lOO in the
pivot and ~ in each of the other two
channel piers are driven to a depth of
40 feet into the river bottom. The out
fit to drive these piles consists of reg
ular pile driver engine, with 1000
pound hammer. Skinner steam ham,
mer weighing 600 pounds, and large
duplex WorthingtOn pump to supply a
water jet, when this can be used in
place of driving, or to assist the latter.
When the jet can be used to advantage,
pipes are so arranged that one or more
powerful Jets are brought into play at
the point Of the pile, eXcavating a hole
for the latter to sink into. The caissOn
for the first pier is 80 feet in diameter,
with sides 2 feet thick and 6 feet high;
the roof consists of solid timber and is
7 feet thick.
The piers, when complete, will con-
sist of piles sawed off level with the bot
tom of the river. Surrounding these is
solid platform, (the roof of the cais-
sony of timber z feet thick, on which
will rest the piers proper, which will be
one continuous mass of concrete. The
cost of the entire structure is estimated
at from $225,O00 to $250,0O0.-Scien-
tifc american.
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PROBATE NOTICE.
CtTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y EaI1h--- la Probate Court

CtTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y E8I1h.--- In Probate Court.
Ia the matter Of the estate Of Calvin Rose
deceased.
on product ion al writing, purpOrting to
hc a duly authenticated copy of the VIII oil
Calvin Rose, late of Pontiac, Michigan, dc,
ceased. aud the probate thereon IN Oakiiini
county Michigan. and also the accompany
ing petition or Benjamin + E,wood, OF rald
oakland county. representing among other
ruiUgs that the said Calvin Rose lately dicd AT
Pontiac Michigan; that said in-ti uinent IS u
daily authenticated copy Of the last VIII OF
said deceased amt the probate thereof, ana
iha; the sad petitioner l. niincd therein IA
sole executor. ana praying that said copy ana
the probate thereof u" filed and recorded ~
the las - ill ANA testament of sidCalVin Rose,
,lccC and that letters be issued thereon
II is ordered that said petition and the PROOF
of -aid instrument 10 heard before TINS court,
al the probate Office In the city or Hankato,
in said county Of Blue Earth, on the .ith
day of April. \. -. 1855, at 10 O'Clock IN the
forenoon of that day.
And il j. further ordered that pubic notice
OF the time aud place oi said hearing DC giN'
en 10 all persons Interested. 10y puDlcatloi
OF these orders for three weeks SucccSSlNely
previous To- said day OF hearing, IN tht
Mankatu Free Press. Il newspaper printed anc
published at Mankato, in said Blue Ea:tf
county.
nv thrt,uIirt g. W. MEAD,
IG,ys Judge of Probate.
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PROBATE NOTICE.
SrArE OF NINSESoTA. County o:

lTATE OF NINSESOTh. County q; Blue
- Fgrth.--ss In T. phatr Court.
In tue matter OF tho estate Of Harvey
Mpagham. decreased.
Tho state of Minnesota aud the Sald PROBATE
Court t. an peers sons interested in the estate
Of HarygN Neacham. latc of the County OF
Bile Etrth. deceased Greeting:
You ANA each ~ you al" herrh! citcd anu
REQUIRED personally - 10 and appear before
tGe Judge al Probate oi the County OF Blue
Esrla M his Office in tue city Oi Mankai" In
saTl county on rhc t'h day Of April, y. ID
U.s. . "a Irl! ,'cl. cil ia the forenoon of that
Cav. lG.u and there - attend the tnai settle
m9ut 10. tl. account 80 James Wilson. al
lulai-tratur II he estate 81 the said Harvey
Moavuaal. deceased. aud the distribution oil
said estate
II testimony whereof 1 have hereunto sci
nv uaul and affixed the seal OF the Probate
Clar. fll- 10th GaN Of March, \. u. lssi.
GEO. ". MEAD,
SEAL Judge Of Probate.
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EXECUTION SALE.

Dy virtue 80 an execution issued out of and
II uudsr the seal of the District Court In
:..,i Toy The county ot Blue Eurth and State
81 Niuu,s ia. upon Judgment rendered
and dnolls,Sd i'm said county ON the zlst day
June a n. 1881 Tor the sum ~ ono hundred
and twenty and is-lA dollars, ia an action
Wherein Aultmau 4 Co. were plaintiffs.
and w. II. Sui h>on WAS defendant, have
ihis Ssth In, of February. A. ID. 1855. levied
upon "a, the right title and interest Of the
sSii defendant. ". T. Smithson In ANA To the
Toll wing described real estate, situate IN the
county Of Blue Earth, and state Of Minnesota
known ana described as follows: Northwest
gsa., or OF section No. Nine, (a) and the north
EHli of the southeast quarter ~ section No
-Four, g.. township No. one hundred ana SIN
tlgN range No twenty-eight. (ssl. Now,
therefore, notice Is hereby given that will
sell TIE ah we described real properly 10 the
highest bidder FOR cash AT public auction nj
The front door of the Office Of Register ~
Deeds g. Blue Earth county aforesaid, in the
CITY 81 Mankato therein on the 18th day oi
APRIL \. II, lSSS az 20 o'clock III the forenoon
II that day e. satisfy the said execution. to-
y.slsr with the interest and cost thereon
nsSSd February 18th. 1883.
GEoRgE w MONKS,
Sheriff of Blue Earth county. MINI
Il. 4 Foster,
Attorney for Plaintiff. Mauknto, MINI.
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FAR M LAND S p!

We said in former advertisement: =" To person OF some
MEANS land cheaper today and the long Blue Earth
county 500 than at So SD hundred miles
from timber BY the time the settler these vast pares has
his and bridges got churches and schools and bought
rewood and timber until he grow his Own his land will cost
him than $40 per acre. We repeat again emphasized by
results lying
for hundred of miles to the weseat losses OF stock reported
lost largely because there timber with which to utilize the
hay and for shelter
We have large amount of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and suit customer either with ira
proved unmproed Lands have been rising since harvest
and will likely keep going up AT prices they will bet
ter investment than interest Parties who are
thinking Of buying will better bargains than along towards
spring.
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A Vexed Clergyman.

Even the patience OF Job would be.
come exhausted were he preacher and
endeavoring to interest his audience
while they were keeping up an inces-
SAINT coughing, making it impossible
for him to be heard. Yet how very
easy can all this be avoided by simply
using DR.. Kings New Discovery for
G Consumption, Coughs and Colds. Trial
bottles given away at ]. A. Gamborn.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STAIE Of MINNESOTA, County of Blue
= Earfa-sy. IN Probate Court.
L. The matter of the estate OF Saphronia ID.
fr.~.stg. decreased.
The ~fafr " Minnesota and the said Probate
Carr To pll persons interested in the estate
of SIllhrunia T. iri-nic. deceased. Greeting
Whereas an Instrument ia writing pGrport-
Ing t. ac the lat viii ana Testament oil Saph-
roma /! Fri-hiC. late Of the county oil Bluc
Earth stat, II Iiunc-rfH, deceased, has late
" toe en- delivered TO the Probate Court of the
county Of Blue Earth.
Therefore YOU ana each Of yOtI are hereby
cftelurd REQUIRED 10 appear al the office OF
rEa Judge al Probate IN the city of Mankato
In 81 ia suuatg on he l1th day of April l>s3, nj
u O'Clock IN the forenoon 81 that day anu AT
fond the probate Of said viii.
IN testimony whereof | have boreunto sci
my hand aud affixed the seal OF the Probate
Court. this 18Th day of March, \. ID. loos.
49, GEO. W. MEAD,
SEAL Judge of Probate.
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NOTICE 10 CREDITORS.

In pursuance of an order ot G.. W. Mead,
Judge Of Probate for the county Ct Hue
Sarth. made nu she 18th day of March, 1855
notice is hereby given L. all persons having
,iaiur against Lewis Pitcher, late ot the
county of puc Earth, State Of Minnesota,
deceased. that said Judge of probate Will at
tsud for the purpose ot examining AMI all
lowing such ClGiWS NJ his office, IN the city ot
HauEato an said county, un the 18th day OF
June aud ou the 18th dan ut September, 1883.
1t % ., lock ia the forenoon GA each OF said
dsy., and that six months from the date oi
said ORDER has been allowed aud limited Tor
iha creditors of sand deceased. Ia present
lnrir claims against The said deceased In the
sid Judge ot probate for his examination
ana approval
Dated this 18th day nr March. \. - 1855
-. N PALMER,
Administrator uf the e<tat. II Lewis Pitcher,
,l.FFl-RA 3~Nt