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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
A specimen Brick

the above expression was common
enough few years ago, but has now
been relegated to q back seat by some
of the newer slang. But few people
know how much of a chestnut" the
phrase really is-supposing it to have
been born IN the days of their fathers.
Its real age is not less than three thou
sand years. for an old Greek writer of
fables and parallels uses it in q short
story. A man wished to sell brick
house. The purchaser not being able
to 60 and look at the property, the ow-
ner dug single BRICK out of the wall
and carried it to his customer, that he
might judge what sort of house he was
trading fer. Specimen bricks" from
"The Burlington" are speed, safety,
sure connections, courteous attention,
solid comfort, living up to promises-in
short, all those filings that make per-
feet railroad. Tickets, time tables, and
any in 'ormat o. needed can be obtain
ed from the local agents of this or con-
meeting lines, or bv addressing w. J. c..
KENYON, Gan. Pass. Agent, c. B. & @.
R R., st. Paul, Mimi.
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First ms. Jan. Is; last Jan. 80.
CITATION

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth. In Probate Court
In the matter OF the estate of Thomas A.
Oliver, deceased.
The State OF Minnesota and the said Probate
Court to all persons interested in the estate of
Thomas A. oliver, deceased greeting:
Whereas, James E. Oliver of the county OF Blue
Earth, State of Minnesota, has filed his petition
in the Probate Court of the county Of Blue
Earth, for letters OF administration
to issue to James E. Oliver, upon the
estate of Thomas A. Oliver, late of said county,
deceased.
Therefore, you and each of you are cited and
required to appear at the office of the Judge of
Probate, in the city of Mankato in said county
of Blue Earth, on the 18th day of February, A.
D. 1891, at 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of that
day and show cause why letters of administra-
tion upon said estate should not issue to the
said James K. oliver, prayed for in said
petition.
In testimony whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the seal of the Probate Court
this 9th day of January, A. d. 1891.
[Sea w. B. TORREY,
fSeal) Judge of Probate.
GEO. w. MEAD,
Attorney for Petitioner
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MANKATo FREE PRESS
FRIDAY. JANUARY le. 1901.
THE APPORTIONMENT.

One of the most delicate as well as
important duties devolving upon the
present legislature will be the reap.
portionment of Minnesota into seven
Congressional districts in conformity
with the bill which has recently passed
the lower house of Congress and which
will very likely become a law. The
population of the State as returned by
the census bureau is 1,3OO,O17. This
number divided into seven equal parts
gives a unit of representation of 1856,
III. AS the Pioneer Press of the 5th
inst. truly says, how to arrange the
eighty counties of Minnesota into
seven cOmely districts of contiguous
territory, so that the aggregate popu-
latiOn Of the several counties compoS-
ing the same shall nearest conform to
the unit of representation is the prob
lem for the Legislature to work out.
The Pioneer Press proceeds to perform
the task of apportiOning the districts
hut if it really intended to arrange
the counties which it set apart as the
Second district into contiguous"
counties it failed most ingloriously.
For instance it reaches up into Big
Stone, Swift and Chippewa counties,
places them in the Second district,
and lOpS off into the Third district
Nicollet, LeSueur and Sibley coun-
tieS, the two former of which cannot
be taken from the second as it is now,
aOr may hereafter be constitutional
without severing them from terri
tory where all their interests lie The
Second district is, if we may be per-
mitted to suggest, can spare terri
tory with which it has nothing in com
mon. and it includes the counties of
Big Stone, Swift, Chippewa and Lac
qui sParle counties. These would pro-
badly belong to the Third district.
The FREE PRESS desires to pre-
sent list of counties herewith which
are bOand together by common ties
of commercial and agricultural inter-
ests, and if formed into district will
make the most contiguous territory"
which can possibly be devised, and
which is naturally bound together by
TWO tracklines of railroads running di-
rectly through the territory and par
allel with each other.
Here is a list of the counties with
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OUR NE1GHBoRHOoD.
STERLING CENTRE, Jan. 81.

STERLING CENTRE, Jan. 81.
Mrs. D. w. Grover is very sick.
Miss May Wildes visited, her sister
Jennie, last Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. Decker has sister visiting
her from Blue Earth City.
Elder Hayward will preach at the
Centre school house next Sunday even
ing, Dec. 18th. Everybody invited to
attend.
Messrs. Vanaernan, Tiller, Decker
and Fisk, of Amboy, were down to the
literary last Saturday night. That's
right boys, keep coming, We like TO
have you. Please bring the girls next
time. The question for debate for next
Saturday night is: Resolved, THAT the
Indians are justified in their present
course
A. III. Nienow came home from Ma
pleton to spend Sunday.
The Lurv Lake Lyceum will give a
box sociable at the Sanborn school house
on Wednesday evening, Jan. II. They
will have an excellent program; also
the reading of the Echo. The proceeds
are to go toward the purchase of an or
gan for the society. Everybody cordial
ly invited.
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A Strange Case.

had Mrs. H. A. Gardner, of VistuIa, Ind,
lived two thousand years ago she would have
been thought to be possessed by evil spirit
She was subject TO nervous prOstration, head
aches, dizziness, Dackache, palpitation and
forty to fifty spasms day. Though having been
treated by eight physicians for years without
success she was permanently cured by one bot
tie of Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine. trial
bottle of this new and wonderful medicine,
and finely illustrated treatise free at John II.
autees it,
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First ms. Jan. 16; last ms. Jan. 30.
CITATION.


STATE OF MINNESOTA County OF Blue
y Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of William
J. Roberts, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition OF David
Edwards and Joshua Wglev, administrators OF
the estate of William j. Roberts deceased, re-
presenting among other things, that they have
lawfully administered said estate and praying
that a time and place be fixed for examining
and allowing the Onal account of said admins
tration. and for the assignment of the residue
of said estate to the parties entitled thereto by
law.
1t is ordered that said account be examined,
and petition heard, by this court, on Thursday,
the 18th day of February A. D., 1891, at 10
O'Clock a. M, at the Probate office in the City of
Mankato in said county.
And it is further ordered that notice thereof
be Given to all persons interested by publica-
ton, once in each week, for three successive
weeks prior to said day of hearing, in the Man
kato Free Press, weekly newspaper printed
and published at Mankato in laid county.
Dated at Mankato, the 9Th day OF January,
A. D., 1891.
By the Court,
W. B. TORREY,
SEAL Judge of Probate.
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Marvellous Endurance,

The vast amount of labor performed by the
heart in keeping all portions of the body sup
piled with blood is not generally known. 1t
beats 100 900 times, and forces the blood at the
rate of 168 miles day, which is 100000, 900
times and s., $50, $50 miles in a life time. No
wonder there are so many Heart + Failures.
The first symptoms are shortRess of breath
when exercising, pain in the side or stomach,
tiutterng choking in throat oppre sion, then
follow weak, hungry or smothering spells,
swollen ankles, etc. Dr. Franklin Miles NEW
HEART CURE is the only reliable remedy Sold
by J. r, Jones'
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TIE W&Y 1T FIGURES.

Mr.. g. H. Carpenter, chief clerk of the
last house of representatives, and who
was candidate for the same position
this year, but got knocked out, has COM
piled table showing the amount of bills
presented for newspapers to the legis-
Iature two years ago and the amount
paid. It is interesting at this time in
that it proves what the FREE PRESS said
day or two ago on this very subject,
Here is the list:
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parceled out to the smaller metropolitan

parceled out to the smaller metropolitan
papers.
If this sort of robbery is further per-
mitted, those who vote for it should be
spotted. The fact that Republicans have
been guilty of such unjust leyying OF
sta funds for private use in the past
will not stand as an excuse for the pres
ent legislature. 1t is time to call a halt
on such unwarranted extravaganza, and
he who fails to heed the warning will
suffer the consequences.
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MINNESOTA'S LAW MAKERS.
The Occupation OF those who Mi AXE
up the Legislature.

There are 10 farmers out of 1853 MEM
bers in the present legislature There
were 81 farmers in the last legislature,
which was made up of $50 members.
The occupation of the members as
compared with that of their predecess-
ors of two years ago is shown in the fol-
lowing list:
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Distress after eating, heartburn. sick head
ache, ard indigestion are cured by DIR. j. FL.
McLeans Liver and Kidney Pflets Qittle pills.
Sold by ]. Il. Jones, druggist.
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~ td!Q JOtdl..... ,SSo bS S4,S1I.SI
1T will be noted that the Twin City
papers, out of total of $4,S17,S7 paid
out by the legislature received the whole
amount with the exception of $l02.40.
As there are $50 "other papers outside
the Twin Cities" if equally distributed
the pro rata would be 80 small as to be
invisible to the naked eye.
Look at the main items. The Globe
claimed 81 ,l7S. 55and was allowed 1896 81.
The Pioneer Press claimed 81 $50 40 and
wss allowed 81 5000. The Minneapolis
Tribune claimed 81 $4,000 but so far as
heard from did not kick on receiving
81 ,263.l5. Thus, out of an aggregate OF
$4,7l5.47 paid to city papers, these three
smeguls rex eiye the handsome proper
ton of S., 1901 In other words the
total sum paid out by the legislature was
Just about divided Into quarters and the
.shree morning papers took three of the
quarters and left the fourth one to be
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No IMMINENT is in better repute or more
widely known thin DIR. j. III. Mel cans Vol
canic OilLiniment. it is a wonderful remedy.
S old by j. r. Jones, druggist
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Total. .....114l

To pursue the Investigation, taking up
the nationaIity of the members, the fol-
loving tables tell their own story:
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According to the official reports of the
secretary of state the political complex
ion of the two chambers runs:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-01
RICHER THAN &.
!. CRGSUS OF old.
fhe Wealth Of Cornelius Vanderbilt and
His Three Brothers.
What the Worldly Possessions f.the Family
Were Ihree-euarters of a Century Ago
:. : =. What They are Now: .::s,:


:: Seventy-fye years ago the earthly prop
erty of the house of .Nanderbilt1consisted of
a sandy farm ON: Staten Island. and a sail
boat that piled upland down: New York
Harbor.:. These. modest possessions have
since. grown until they now form the inl-
mense estate which, held tegether.asa sort
::of family trust by. the. sons "efzssthe late
: William. n. Vanderbilt,rnns far into the
hundreds Of millions Of dollars. The en-
tire previous history of tns world: cannot
.showa parallel to this fin anciaf romance of
nineteenth century America, :. 4: 4.
!: The gathered treasures of tile Lydian
( CrGs0s and the Roman Crassns would sink
into Significance beside the bond laden safes
:;Cf the Varderbifts. and Midas, whose magic
touch turned stones into gold, was, in com.
pariseH with these latter-day rivals. a mere
.piodding novice in the*art of multiplying
;.riches.. -: =. i.
:: And so vast have been the additions othe,
estate left by the first millionaire V ander-
i bilt, that his beqnests, great as they were,
!. have become oVeFshad0wed by tie acquisi-
tions of his son and grandson. ~: : j:
The late William II. " anderbit made
5 twice: as many millions in.seveH years as did
!: the Commodore in the whole cuutse of his
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-01
I STARTLING. new MATERIALS
Made Up Into Moaisl Costumes BY Rsdferl
Dainty Cfep0nS. -. II j
Special to the SUNDAY CALL,

NEW York, Oct. &C. 1S91t-A little Judi
clotls Wheedling, q good deal; Of desultary
all round and round .'Don't you think so??"
style of conversation, a sneaking sort: of
surveyor new patterns not yet shewn 10
any one: has given US tie general impression
that there are some startlingiy new things
coming out this season. in spite of the croak-
Ing Of: dissatisfied fabric-hunters that there
is nothing Few under the sun. French
cloths are the thing for coats. capes and
NANTES. Some OF them are surprisingly
like table cloths, those table cloths that one
sometimes sees, on rare visits to- buried
alive .atlnts in remote villages, in conJumc-
ton with group of wax flowers and horse
HAIR furniture. :: II my remark doesn't
recall the green table-cloth with the black
arabesque and bird pattern on II, and Tie
ink STAIN that Tommy made in the middle,
| 1t: Is not a property descriptive smile, and
unworthy Of one who has devoted three
quarters OF a lifetime to comparing the rela-
tive merit of :camePs-hair, and cashmere.
This soft and beautiful material, French
cloth, decorated with patterns of country
village table-clQths, is exceedingly fashion,
able, for eloaks and dolmaps, One sample,
which: gained a sure titieus view of, is
slightly different On stone-Gray gr0uAd.
f*a sort of black and gray snail appears ito
crawl. \ 0u are just getting used to his
prnXimity and restraining desire: to pick
him o # the material when you see anolHer
one a little distance off This material&is
very effective. and makes up we'll, though it
SOUNDS nasty. 1t made in divers colors,
the:sn being sometimes blue; sometimes
white. but always large and very exclusive.
:. Then there is the same material striped,
the alternate gray and white stripes being
DECORATED with large sprawling Egyptian
looking hieroglYphc les. .Thisis appropriately
named beige Francois d'Egypt. Then
there is a material which is very chic, dark
crimson seree. cloth, Of a pattern like thatof
parqueterie floors. This, trimmed with black
Persian lamb, Is very much anticipated as
future success. T. J:
For evening: gown to glisten is to be styl-
ish. Corded silks. with oriental patterns,
interviewer with gold and silver threads.
are mich worn already. They are not ex-
actly pretty-one feels that they area little
too suggestive of the BALLET and the SUPER
they are, ia fact, just the least bit in the
world tawdry: >. Much better taste is shown
in the delicate crepons and crepes. made ex-
ira thin, in the most delicate tones and
coiers-maize, biscuit, pink, pale heather,
twilight blue, copper color. pansy purple,
peacock blue, salmon, Cardinal, dove gray
and terra Gotta. These have little silk
/ pattern ON them very simple little pattern
generally, which makes them seem hething
-for Ife huta
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-01
HALLOWEEN IN i.
GREAT BRITAIN
Old Customs and Traditions. That Arc.
Remembered tp=Flis Day. "
One Celebration in Which Queen Victoria
Took. Part-Figures of Witches and !
- ;ogres- Festivities in Ireland. I.
Special to THE ;sUvpNY Gait


. LONDON, Oct. Is, 1sglJ-one often hears
it said that the old, customs and traditions:
are all forever passing away. Perhaps those
who feel and say this are themselves merely
growing away for: them, and in a manner
passing, through age and shifting condition,
out oftheir own former environment Some
of the;more.ancient customs are surely be-
coming obsolete, and with no loss 10 human
kind. But there Will ever remain to the
Christian world:a few Of the sweet old days
of mirth and me y-ma king which no change
or iconociasm can mar or dispel.:: :i=:
Halloween rs one Of these. 1t is growing
upon A meriean people: in. Countryside
quarters and even in city homes: :: The con-
,tinueus> strong, firm and fine incoming of
English Irish; and Scottish folk among
those who have preceded them long enough
to become distinctfyelye 'Anerican' is
gradually engrafting the best loved olden
memories upon our new social trunk Hal.
loween, next to: Christmas tide. must ever
remain the most cherished of allarecurring
yearly periods when tle mysteries have
most aAiuent and :the most forgivable. if
often gr6tesque,- expression, through the.
longings and vagaries of the human heart. !:
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1891-11-01

guests At Saint-G ratien Mathilde gave
fete in honor of the, Prince President in
1851. and many times aiterward the En-
peror:was her guest Among those Mathlde
has entertained were the Car Alexander Ii,
Queen Victoria, Abd-eL K4lder, Victor Enlan-
usl. the Kings Of Sweden and Portugal, and
many others. =.
=. The Paris home of Princess Mathilde is 90
Rue de Berri,: and in this house there are
three salons. Ofthese, the second is Ikea
pictHre-salery with its Geromes, Cabane1s
and Meissonlsrs, and in their midst Lee
fevre's portrait Of the Prince In peria. The
third salon is noted for its tapestries in
the center Is a 6 gan tic palm, and foliage of
all kinds is SO arranged as to make ten
smaller salons contained in larger one. On
a porphyry columns is Canova's bust of Ma
poleOn |. and behind Japanese poftere is
the dIning-rq0m where have been enter
tanned so MANY illustri0ns guests. j. H..
= Some day will appear the Souvenirs of
Princess Mathide, and, with her; literary
talent, experience and adventures, the work
will be Que OF the most readable published
in this age.
= :: BARONESS AL1HEA SALVADOR.
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xhsogrdphs OF Hafr from The Heads Of Criminals.
these there: are number Of illustrations of
detection Of forgery by photography. includ-
ing alterations OF figures upon checks, posts:
marks, etc. .: -.
;. The human hairs are Intended to Illustrate
a remar kable fact. namely, the hairs from
our heads possess a. recognizable ipdividu-
allty, Just as our features do 1T is not very
long since DIR: oeserich was consulted by
the police with regard to a murder. The
evidence presented to him was single hair,
presumably from the head Of the murderer,
the police having meantime arrested an as
sociate OF the murdered man, the color of
whose hair correspondent with the single
hair brought to the specialist. DR.. Jeserich
examined the hair and compared it: with
one from the head OF the suspect, and found
sufficient ydlssimilarity to Justify the belief
that he was not the man. But when the
real man was found the hairs were found TO
be Identical In character. Truly the time
cannot be for distant when we shall see the
grass grow.
In the detection Of forgery by micro-p pho
toRrapiiy 1t Is not so much the mechanical
difference of junction of lines, strokes, etc,
which are locked for as the difference be-;
tween the col0rs of the Ink in tie original
document and in the forgery. If the forger
dipped his pen In the same ink-bottle as the
wrlter of the check no difference would be
found in the cDloTs, but rs this can hardly
ever be the case there Is generally distinct:
difference in the color Of the inks which the
extremely sensitive plates of the micro
photographer render apparent. The moral
Tor employers is to have their own ink and
keep 1t under lock and key.-Pall Mail Ga
Zette.
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for -tiebutantts.

Here is a creation, which il is hardly
necessary. to say. is production of one
great artist in cloth. and all who run may
read the fetching and study of tie great
master Felix exhibited in the general style.
Its certainly peculiar, but it is the thing
just. now to le0k peculiar, The skirt is: of
bright red cloth, with triangle of dark
green velvet laid on ,cornerwise, across the
front breadth, and the black braid which is:
hing at the edge with round Jet beads is
diagnnaliyi laid on, the line of direction 1t
takes following the line of the velvet trian-
Gle. This braid is continued to within a;
little distance of the waist. where it ceases
in the form of, large zlgzag points. There
is a very short train to this gown. Tie
bodice is swallow tailed, not; meeting
across the chest. and slipping off over
the hips There is a very short train to this
gown, and a tight fitting waist~aat of the
green. velvet. opening tj show a dainty
white shirt front, decorated with a single
diamond star. A red clethI0s is placed at
tire angle of the opening. The sleeves are
braided like the skirt, and a tlfree-cernered
hat Of green felt with red plume is worn
with. this remarkably chic costume.
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ded life. Then there was the ''dumb-cake'
making for tairy-aded dreams; the .'chgrnl-
pies" with their buttons for old bachelors,
thimbes- for did maids and rings for the
lucky ones who should wed; the candle
and-swee.s." suspended and whirling be-
tween grinning faces, where teeth snapped
for bites and luck less frowsy hairwas singed ,
and a" hundred other innocent delights,
leading to :. The more serious affairs: oil
:'postman' s-knock" and .forfeits" where
genuine .old-fashIon kissing was there for
the fghting; and the struggle for your
rights with bouncing Irish lass from
the mountains insured her hatred If you
did not overcome: her, and a sore body or
broken bones ii You did and then. amid
deafehing clatter and chatter. Tie supner in
the great rom, piled upon tables like fat
stalls in a pethoric market, various, smok-
ing,awful ;bat with the jolliest hungriest
crew yon ever broke bread with in your
life And, oh, for room in which to tell tile
tales here told, Ito give;the songs here sung,
to reproduce with all their delicious -hori-
while oceans of tea flowed gurglipgly, and
the pOteen. as clear as rock water and as
gulleiesS of excise, went. ~: IL
: 4 ON ITS WINDING WAY. -.
.Kail-brose:- or cabbage broth is in
sepafable from the Scotch. Halloween feast.
MIschieyous boys push the Dith from the
stalk, fill it With tow which they set on fire,
Civ tifoH, lufVof5u VIC +lpuoCo
:ef folk who.ha given them offense, blow
darts of flame a yard in length, If on Hal
:. loween a farmers or crofter,s kail-yard still
nantains ungathered cabbages. the boys and
girls of the neigh borh0od descend upon it.
en:masse, and tile entire crop is harvested
in five. Minutes time and thHmped against
their owners door, which rattles as though
pounded by a thuuderouS tempest. In
some shires at the pulling OF ti.ekai :"
the youths of both sexes 90 into the kali
yard ~blindfolded and: in pairs, holding each
Others hands. They each pail the first
'.tmnt". or stalk that they fiud, not being
permitted j. TO make selection. All thus
gathered are carried back to the house for
inspection. The: straightness or crooked
ness, leanness or fatness. and other
peculiarities of the Stalks are indicative of
the general appearance OF their future bus-
bands or wives, while the taste of the pith
whether sweet. bitter or vapd, also fore
casts their disposition and character. But
the must singular of all beliefs In Scot
land regarding the cabbage is. con-