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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-05-11
A HERMIT'S HOME.
How He Lives AMI Dsfes His Apache
Neighbors.


Professor Lennon and his wife re-
Gently returned from II botanizing trip
in the wilds of Arizona. The Professor
bore letters of introduction to II curious
old hermit, the only occupant of Rucker
Valley. calling himself Dr. Monroe
That was their objective point. As they
approached his cabin. the noise of their
feet stirred his hens to cackling, then
the upper part of his door opened. and
the old hermit appeared a little old
man with Il hooked nose like IN eagles,
II dilapidated straw hat over his right
ear. long, fine hair, strcaked with gray.
and piercing black eyes. His clothing
was half military and half frOnlicrsnGan.
liza read the letter and then opened the
lower part of the door and invited his
guests in.
The hermit entertained his guests with
stories of his life and Instruments of
defense. which consisted of certain
tunnel, SO ingcniously constructed that
il was worthy of description. Al the
back of the cabin some sacks were care
lessly hung. which, when drawn aside.
disclosed what appeared TO be u cellar.
but which really was the opening of u
tunnel l20 feet long. with II double cl-
bow in the middle and cabin at each
end. The tunnel was just high enough
for himself, and he was u short '1nan,
only about five and half feet high.
The bottom and roof were rough with
cObblc-stOnes. The middle was enlarged
to allow for strong defense. II was very
dark. and, unless one was acquainted
with il. il was of no use to try, Ia foiIow
H." hermit For defense, in ease he was
ovcrpowcrcd. he had an arrangement OF
fuse. carefully covered over with rock
and cobbles which. when fired, would
blow up everything.
This DIR. Monroe was II very intel.
ligcnt man, and had evidently moved in
high circles. He had some tweniy-thrce
occupations in life. from playing the
clarionct in circus Ia teaching school
in Virginia and praciicinS medicine.
Hanging over the fireplace were not less
than twelve hats in different stages Of
dilapidation, and he was never seen
without one of these on. lie never put
il square on his head, but always on Om
side. He kept eats and chickens, and
when asked why he did not have Il dog
ne Stiu liiit ScNcTti years ago iic htu Il
partner on Il mining scheme and they
had Il dog which was considered very
faithful. One day the partner returned
to the cabin to get dinner, and when DR..
Monroe reached il an hour later he found
his friend dead. The dog had not given
the alarm of the approach of Indians,
but had skullicd on and hid. Aftcl
thai he never had any faith in dogs
San Francisco HHrut Press.
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The following letters tell
their own story.

"NALDosrA, GEORGIA, July 20, 1882.
II sold one Of your Patent Dust Proof
Cases about ten months ago, and the other
DAY ii came back to me with the request to
make il wind easier. On examination found
that the stern was rusty, and inquired into
the cause of 1t. The gentleman stated to me
that he was starting sorle saw logs that hud
lodged In the bend of the river, when his
chain caught in II bush and threw his watch
INTO about twelve feet Of water, and he was
about two hours finding 1t. When he got Il
out IL was runningand he thought all right.
In about three months he found that the
stem was hard to turn and sent IL to me-
can say that the watch issull that the COM
pany claims for IL and recommend IL to MI
railroad and mill men.
$. w. BENTLY."
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rNnRAIE NOTICE.

STAlE or MINNESOTA, County ii Blu,
- Earth. IN rtnuut, Court.
Ina tho matter Il a." estate 'i Peter
Mckinney. ur,vt~. e.
Tn, stale al HEu.'. ..a G"a he said Prot :'t
Court &C. IA. persons fa., rested ~ ,ar v~'u,,
ot Pete. AC'asNu'N. 't'.. r.ts.a. Nt"thuE
Whereas, sG Instruments lE s. ri;ias. pup ut
ing De- TIE i:,,; Wal. .s:fI testament 81 PCluI
N,DNEHy. igtr e.! S..8 s"uu'H, lg- .a,"lN
h,ruGg.l,,.ta. - n. prH.a.r lsGlt ut a.,
county ,i b,Uc E.rln .ut alg!i,,tiNu hat
been mau, l. said Probate court for IN,
proof ut the Sala NH.
Therefore. yrG and each OF you, or,
cited and required L. appear NJ the rlhyy u
the Judge a., Probate IA ;ho city Il NInkgi,
IN SalI county. GA :a--. Iu Lay Of May. i'~3 Al
10 O'Clock IN the forenoon ~ th8I ,.;N, "u3 II
tcnd the probate of the s.ul VAL.
In testimony whereof . U:Ev hCr'uHio SCI
Inv h.:ld aud affixed N" :. 'I Ci Iac rohaJ,
=, tuII. this Isl day oi N.y. !. ID. Isl
49, GEO. ". MEAD,
SAL. Judge II Probate.
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a Life Saving Present.

Mr.. NJ. E. Allison, Hutchinson, Ark,
saved his life by simple Trial Bottle
of DR.. Kings New Discovery, for Con.
sumption, which caused him to procure
a large bottle that completely cured
him, when Doctors, change of climate
and everything else had failed. Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Severe Coughs,
and NIL Throat ind Lung diseases, it is
guaranteed to cure. Trial bottles free
at John A. Samborn's Drug Store.
Large size 800.
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sHERIEF's FORECLOSURE SALE.
State Of Minnesota. County Of Blue Earth,
District Court, .iNth Judicial District
Charles {. Paige. I!uiutin,

District Court, .iN,h Judicial District
Charles {. Paige, i!u'uiih,
Nelson y. SrIsrr. Mary Nelson, Moses
Gates, Eliza Gates. \, J. Davis, william Bur
rill, r. 4. EHncld. and L. y. Holmes, defend
untS.
Nv virtue or Il jul.mca; aud decree OF the
District C.urt IA aii.. Tor Blue Earth County,
Minnesota, duly recovered and entered GA
the 2ird daN al April, 1873, lh The above GU
titled action, in 'nNOr at the plaiuiit, Charles
&. Paige, anu against The defendants, Nelson
4. Nelson and N,Scs GATES, for the sum Of
Seventeen Hundred, ThiriN-ninc and eighty
four one huItar'ths dplGiS, adlrds,i I" t'
due un the moCitI"c described IN tue com
plant iu The above Cuiitlrd action, and thu
sum at FDUi, Two :tud ninrtN-'uE one hlhd'
re,Ith- dollars ,,rSls. N hiCh Judgment ami de-
cree directed that the premises hereinafter
described, he Sold IL satisfy SAID amounts;
and la Nirtuc IL transcript oi Said JudG-
mcnt ana decree duly certified 10y III" ,lcrh
oi said court, and IT, me delivered wan NJ
Strartiuus Ia sell - therein dircri"d: and IN
pursuance 81 ihc >i'iliCS IN such C,'Sc mid''
aud provided Tor ihc lUrCcloSuFC ui mort
garpS ry action, iSrvrgc W. Monks, Sh"rlil
at said county, d. hereby gave notice maj I
Will sell ~ public auction, Il" thr law dirctl-
and as directed hN SiIa Judgment AMI decree.
the said mnrtwlc,d premises, lying ami being
IN said Blue Earth County, Minnesota. ana
described a. folluWs,NiZ The steam MIL al
Map!rtun and site. located an the west hall
of The northeast Ut'attcr Ot section four ~
in township one hundred ana hN" (lGal north
Of range twenty -s'IN t-N' west, ana mnfr par
ticularlN q, ScT!hvd ~ commencing at n point
ouv ~ rod north oi tho north sal" al the rail-
road easement where the railroad crosses
the county road running north AMI south
through he Ccuirr'i SAM section Tour az
running thence east eighteen tlN rods, ihcn'C
south about twelve ti-' rud>. la the nnIIi
border of said railroad easement. thence II. a
nofthNV>tCIlA dir'"tlun along Ill" border al
said railroad easement &" said comfy read,
thence nnrlh "nv ca rcd To- ihc place At L."
ginning. containing ah,NIt one acre ot land
ar - much thereof a. snail Lee urut sSarN e.
satisfy said Judgment AMI COSTS IL they shall
sell iur - muCn, al ihr tIpni door ~ tht
office uf the l;,rI lister al Decd, al Maukat"
ia said County, "n III" nh daN al Jane, .NS3
at ten O'Clock Ia the forenoon.
Maukatu, Mimi April -, lsSi
George ". MONkS.
SgyrIu 80 niuv hcn., MINI
L. Nm nm l'I-n. Al
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A @ A r d.

To all who are suffering from the errors
and indscrctions of youth, nervous weak
ness, early decay, loss Of manhood, Sc. will
send recipe that will cure you, FREE OF
CHARGE This great remedy was discovered
by II missionary In South America. Send II
self-adtlrcssed envelope to the REV. JOSEPH
7. INMAN, Station ID Nsw FORK city. a'yl
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THE NEW PATENT
DuSt-Proof
Stem Winding Open Face Case,
Manufactured by the
American Watch 60.
V AyTHA M SIS.

This case is formed in one solid piece with
out joint or seam opening in tront only. thus
avoiding the usual Gap, and securing greater
strength and durability.
Thcsc Watches are all open face. The bezel,
into which an extra strong crystal is fitted
with an especially prepared waterproof ce-
ment, is attached tn the case by screwing il
thereon, and thus forms an alright junction
with the body of the case, which is proof
against dust and moisture.
To railroad men, travellers, miners, lumber
men and others who are almost constantly
exposed and who have To make frequent re-
ference Ia the watch, these qualities are of
the utmost importance
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Antwerp. q city of 100000, had no
water supply hut wells and canals, and
in 1879 works were built to filter the
water of the Nethe by passing them
through filters of sand and spOngy iron
and gravel. The plan has proved sue
cessful, but the supply is very small ac-
cording to American ideas, being re
ceived in a tank of only $4,000 gal.
Ions.
A writer in the New York San who
claims to have ''seen the misery and un
happiness of such marriages." beseech'
es his fellow-men 10 'snot marry wo
man with a profession, for you marry
the profession, not the woman.n
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New Advertisements
NEWSPAPER FOR SALE Z!

A long established newspaper, of fine cir.
culati0n, with M excellent stock of material
aud good jobbing patronage, for sale ut q
bargain. The publisher, who has run the pa
per over twenty years, has made enough cut
of il to be able to rest the remainder of his
life. Location I'm Minnesota. Also u fine
newspaper in West Virginia, well established
and hay ny an excellent circulation and good
jobbing business, for sale, on account OF i'll
health of the publisher Either of these Of
fees can be bought on favorable terms-part
cash, and part secured by mortgage. Per-
SONS having the requisite amount vi capital,
and possessing proper business experience,
will lind either of these newspapers rare
bargain. Address BARGAIN, care Dauchy
& Co, New York City.
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From statistics preserved ut the Office
of the Troy Steamboat line it appears
that there has been no colder season
along the Hudson than the one just fin
ishcd since 1913. This year the river
has been closed l20 days. During the
Winter of lS35-3G it was closed I2j
days, and in lSi2-i3 for l3G days. The
Winter of 1873 IA was IN exceptionally
mild one, thrty-one days being the
period during which the Hudson was
closed
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ALMOST AS bad.
What the Perplexed. Physicians do j

What the Perplexed Physicians do in
Cases of Emergency.
an tell the honest TRUTH" answered the
doctor. "Bright's Disease bothers the medi-
cal men almost as badly as cancer does.
Having passed a certain stage, both point
straight To eternity 1t may be unprofes
sional to let out tho secret, but whenever n
patient comes to me with Bright's Disease.
or any kidney trouble acting like II, l tell him
to put on BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS
PLASTER without delay"
The doctor spoke BY tho card. The Capcinc
goes right to the spot. If you can be helped
the Capcine will do 1t. Look out for frauds.
Is the word CAPCINE cut in the middle of
the plaster? II so, you are all right. Price %
cents. Seabury q Johnson, Chemists, New
York. Highest awards.
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TIME Err LAND S!

We think the extension OF railroads greatly increase
the call for all kinds wood and timber However coal and
hay may be used tor fuel timber absolute necessity for null
ttudc OF purposes The constantly increasing demand will rapidly
absorb surplus We look for stronger and rapid
in timber than in lands.
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"CLINTON. IOWA. April 90. 1851

CLINTON. iowa, April 80, 1851.
81 wish You would send me a spring for the
VIM. Ellcry Watch - = Blythe way this Ell.
lcry is II watch sold I'm your Screw Bezel
Case tn II farmer last fall. The first of Janl-
airy he lost the watch in the woods, and found
IL this week In about one foot OF water. 1t
had lain three months and over I'm snow and
water with but.slight injury to the watch
only II hair-spring.
&. s. RAYMOND"
The above were very severe tests, and de.
monstratc beyond doubt. that for any re,
sonable length of time during which watch
might he under water Il would receive no in
jury whatever.
We make these cases in both gold and sill
vcr, and as Il Perfectly Dust-Proof Stem
Winding Watch Case, Challenge the
World to Produce its Equal.
For Sale by all First. Class Jewelers..
4oma
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M ANK ALTO
THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

We offer Lots in the city proper suitable for business
locations Lots in all the Additions long time if parties will
improve.
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"lIs N.uuvs are uuqucStiouahlr and IL
curative character absolute, ~ the writer
can personally testify, both from experience
aid uh-. gNaJi.u. Write ~ once To HAYLrCN
y I.NNgE.. p,y street, New York, CHCi,,s-
iUg :! ~ and yalI will receive hy return Il
remedy thtt viii enable yen a. hear like ANY =
body else ANA whose curative effects w!h br
permanent. You Vii never regret doing 50
-i,i,'.r az Nsrrug.iiJ Erri'lr
- Toav.ii loss in the Mails, please send
money ny Registered Letters.
Only imported by HhNLOCk X IENNEl
sole Agents for America +. Dcy ST., y. Y
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A Perfect Remedy in 20 Diseases.

hSHFIEtD MASS.
am vergng on eighty years, and deem il
my duty To suffering humanity To say that
my long life is due Ia Brandreths Pills which
have been my sole medicine for half cen
fury. know the last fOrty-thrce years Of
my life is owing solely to their use. Your
Pills saved me many times after the best
medical skill In several States had given me
up as hopeless. have had many converts to
purgatien with Brandreth's Pills; and haze
seen them perform almost miracles of cure.
For children. a few doses have cured measles
scarlect fever, and whOoping cough. In I'LL
female troubles and weakness i have never
known them To fail In adult males ! have
known them to cure the worst cases of dys.
pepsa, rheumatism, kidney diseases, dysen-
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and apoplexy have yielded to II persistent
course Of Brandreth's Pills. In fact j have
found them the true Life Elixir. They act as
continual preventives against the effects Of
time. disease, and labor.
JOHN II. MANN.
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Striking Head Lines

Are used ~ can attention toihc fact that this
i an advertisement; of the CEFCfGO.
HILWis fisE AZ ST. P1IL H.tIL-
EiI.
Its FIGHT frank Lines traverse the best
portions of Northern Illinois. Eis-
COUSIN MINNESOTA. DlKGTf
and 1914.
Located directly on its lines are the cities
of CHECsGO, MILUITKEE, La
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NEiPOiFS. Madison. Prairie dH
CHEN. Mason CIfy. SiOHr CifY,
IGnEfon. albert Lea. 1BEkDEEN,
DgRSOIE. ROCK ISLAND. e.
DlR RAPIDS, aud tOISCfL
BLFEES. rs well as innumerahle o,hcr
principal business ccutreS and fayoritc re-
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South ar Fast are able To use the GHlG1-
90. NfLb'iIkEE a. 1T. PiTL
KlILUtS Ia the best advantage.
Ticket offices everywhere are supplied with
Maps AMI Time Tables which detail the merits
OF TIA" line. ana agents stand ready L. furnish
information, AMI sell tickets AT cheapest
rates over the CLir6DO. .HifW0dEre a.
NJ. PAM E6ifTay.
:. y MERRILL, A.N. II. CARPENTER,
Gcul. Manager. Gen. Pass. and Tiki. Agr
J. 4. CLARK, GEO. H. HEAFFORD.
Gcnl. Supt. Asst Gen Pass. Ayt
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EARS FOR THE MILLION F.!
FOl ChNO'S RalSam OlShark'S Oil

Positively Restores the Hearing. and is
the only AhSulutcCure for Deafness known.
THIS oil Is distracted from peculiar species
of sulnll White shark, caught In the yellow
Sea, known as CNRCuARoDoN RoNpEiETrii.
Every ,hincSc fisherman knows it, Its Nir-
tirS ~ u restorative Of hraring.was discover
81 lay n BUDDHIST Priest about the year lilo
Its cures were So numerous ana many So
Sccminsly miraculous, that the remedy was
officially proclaimed over the entire Empire
Its u>r brCamc 80 universal that for over .ho
years no Deafness has existed among the
Chinese people. sent, charges prepaid, Ia
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The most reliable, carefully prepared ant
purgative of the present age IL
B R A N DRETH'S PILLS

They are compounded of Roots, Herbs and
Gums of the most healing and beneficial kind.
As II Family Medicine they are unrivalled,
curing Headache, Constipation, Liver Com
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blood of all notwithstanding on the Liver,
Kidneys and other important organs, rcmOv-
ing the waste tissue, and adding years to the
lives of all who use them.
For fifty years they have been Used by the
American public, and their constantly in
crcusing sales show how they are apprcc iatc cd
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Manifest Destiny Points 10 Malkat0 /!

the great distributing center OF Southwestern Mesotats
busy industries, fast multiplying will soon be pushed the
most to supply the rapidly developing of the country beyond
foohOld will be worth fortune in the future
you hOmc if You business location
lend ~ hand to make
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Hear What the Deaf Say

II has performed u miracle In my ease.
have no GnCarthly noises in my head and
heat nuICh hsttCr.
have been greatly benefited.
My deafness. helped u great dcal-think AN
either bottle " III care me.
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Saved.

i r l.. = W
There were times during the Sepoy
rebellion in India when men were more
to be dreaded than wild beasts; but the
following mino{ incident of that reign
of terror shows how the lives Of two
English sold iers, exposed to both perils,
were strangely saved through the pref
erence Of a tiger for native flesh. The
young men had been suddenly captured
on rear-gnard duty by prowling band
of Moslems, and were being marched to
the place of imprisonment and torture.
At the first nights camp, they were
meditating escape in the vain hope that
their guards would fall asleep
] Two hours passed. The fire burned
low, and in spite Of the danger of their
situation, were just dropping off to sleep
when there was tremendous roar-a
rush of some great body passing over
them; a scream from one Of the natives;
yell of terror from the rest.
A tiger stood with one OF the guards
in his mouth, growing fiercely, and
giving him an occasional shake, as a cat
would shake mouse, while one of its
paws held down the PROSTATE figure of
the other.
There was a wild stampede. Men
tumbled over each other in their efforts
to escape from the terrible presence
and then. getting to their feet. started
oil at full speed. For moment the
English soldiers had lain paralyzed BY
the sudden advent OF the terrible man
eater, and then had like the rest darted
| away. .
ITO the jungle!' Ned exclaimed; and
in an instant they plunged into the UNI
dergrowth, and were forcing their way
at full speed through it.
Man-eating tigers are rarely found in
pairs, and there was little fear that an
other was lurking in the wood; and even
had such been the case, they would
have preferred death in that form, to
being murdered IN cold blood by the
enemy.
Presently they struck on track lead
ing through the wood, and followed it,
until in five minutes they emerged on
the other side. AS they did SO they
heard report of firearms in the direc-
! ton of their last hating place, and
| guessed that the peasants we're firing at
hazard in hopes of frightening the tiger
| into dropping its prey. AS to their own
| flight, 1t was probable that so far their
enemies had not thought of it.
The first object OF the fugitives was to
get as far as possible from their captors,
who would at dav-break, be sure to or
ganize a regular hunt for them, and &C.
cordingly they ran straight ahead until
in three quarters of an hour they came
| into wide road.
Towards morning they spied large,
fortified house, evidently the abode OF
some! person of consequence. and de-
termined to climb the garden. wall, and
risk the chances of finding shelter and
and protection. The house fortunately
proved to be the home of a Hindoo lady
Of rank, who sylnpathized more with
the English.than with the Mohammedans
and by her kindness they were put in
the way of escape and final restoration
to their friends.-In Times of Peril.
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Hannibal Hamlin on Spain.

In a recent conversation with cor
respondent of the Cincinnati Enquirer,
Hannibal Hamln said ofSpain: "Spain
I consider to be improved as a kingdom.
The present king has been at work to
regenerate his land and 1 think is doing
SO. There is more pride and character
in Spain than in all the rest of Europe,
but OH account of the climate there is a
prevailing Incidence which represses
the activity of the people. They all say
to. morrow when you propose anything
to be done. l have had persons come
to me to get my official signatures on
papers, and when I would take up my
pen to write it they say, "Your excel
lency, let me come back Tomorrow"
and were really panied to find that I
wanted to do an act on the spot. That
disposition runs through, their govern
ment.
II recollect that there were some ci.
CARS sent to ME, and it is the custom to
let them come in free, but in order to
have little agreeable red tape an appli-
cation must be made in writing. The
cigars were sent to me, and when had
smoked up the last one in the box, sew
eral months afterward. along came the
permission to bring them in. Spanish
women are very beautiful, but they do
not wear after youth. There is great
mortality among the children in Spain,
and l ascribe it to their parents keeping
them up half the night, as they sit out
on Il e public promenade till long after
midnight. The Moors were unques-
tionably the able men of Spain, ana in
driving. them out the Spanish people
wrote the edict of their own decay. Yet
went over to the Barbary states to
look at the Moors, and also found that
10y losing Spain they had lost their civ
ilization. All the great and all the best
public works in Spain are of Moorish
He eaid that the Portuguese were
superior race to the Spanish in practical
sense, industry and development. The
King of Spain spoke English, but his
wife spoke it better, and at times cor.
rected him when he was in an inter-
view with Mr.. HamlinS He said she
was not pretty, but, made an excellent
Impression by her earnestness and gra-
ciOusness.