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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
RAPIDAN MILLS, April Ia


Frank Spencer is confined to the
house with la grippe.
Julius Baker, of Kasota, visited his
brother, S. H., few days last week.
The roads are very bad and the hill
is almost impossible, requiring four
horse team to pull small load up it.
Notwithstanding the rumor that
the dam was all washed out and the
mill had floated about 40 rods UP
stream, and the Mill Co. were unde-
cided whether to move it back and
build new dam on the old site, or
let the mill remain where it was and
build the dam there, the mill is run
ming night and day, oil mill included,
at the old stand.
School began on Monday, Miss Mel
lie Waite as teacher.
Mr.. Phil Nelson has sold his farm
at Good Thunder and contemplates
the erection of house at Rapidan
Mills.
Mr.. Jas. Swanson, of Lake Crystal,
has secured the handling of the town
site of Rapidan, and as soon as the
weather is fit will commence grading
the streets.
Rush & Johnson are1 constantly
adding to their stock of goods and are
getting very liberal trade.
Mr.. Edgar Oily is assisting Miss
Mary Oily, the book-keeper at the
mill, for a few days.
Herman Schmidt leaves to-day fol
his new home in Detroit, Mich.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17

THERE is some slate making going
on in quiet way through the state, a
feature OF which is John Lind for Gov
ernOr. Congressman Lind might make
a very excellent Governor; but some
body ought to tell him that the pro-
lection Of his name upon the horizon
at this date is highly injudicious.
Names, like hot mullins, get stale and
cold when they are kept too long on
the table.-M5nneapolis Journal.
While the FREE PRESS does not
stand sponsor for Congressman Lind,
it will take the responsibility of say
ing for that gentleman that the use of
his name in connection with any slate
for any office is entirely unauthorized
and without his knowledge or consent.
1t is not the friends of Mr.. Lind who
are thus early and unwarrantedly con-
Meeting his name with a so-called
''Slate."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
A Wonder Worker.

Mr.. Frank Huffman, a young man
Of Burlington, Ohio, states that he
had been under the care of two PROM
inent physicians, and used their treat
menu until ne was not able to get
around. They pronounced his case to
be consumption and incurable. He
was persuaded to try DR.. Kings New
discovery fol-. Consumption, Conghs
and Colds and at that time was NOT
able to walk across the st9et without
resting. He found, before he had u.s.
ed half OF a dollar bottle, that he was
much better; he continued to use if
and is to-day enjoying good health.
II you have any Threat Lung or Chest
Trouble TRY it. We guarantee salts
faction. Trial bottle free at j. r.
Jones drugstore.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
First ms. April II; last May l.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
y Earth.-ss In Probate Court. Special Term
April ID, 1891.
In the matter of the estate of Amelia R.
SquairS, deceased.
On receiving and filling the petition of James
B. Coy of Mankato in said Blue Earth county
representing among other things that Amelia r.
Squairs late of saidCity ofMankato on the 9th
day of May, A. d. 1890, at said City Of Manka-
to died intestate, and being resident of this
county at the time of her death, leaving goods,
chattels and estate within this county, and that
the said petitioner is brother of said deceased,
and praying that administration of said estate
be to him the said James B, Coy granted
1t is ordered that said petition be heard be
fore this court ON Saturday, the 9th day of
Maya d. 1891 at 10 O'Clock a. M. in the
City of Mankato in said county.
eOrdered further that notice thereof be given to
the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons in
terested by publication once in each week fer
three successive weeks prior to said day OF
hearing, in the ManKato Free Press, weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato
in said county.
Dated at Mankato, the 18th day of April, A.
d. 1891.
By the court,
W. B. TORREY.
Judge of Probate.
G. w. MEAD,
Attorney for Petitioner
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
MAyhAio,TREE / HESS
FRIDAY, APRIL II. 1891.
THE DEXTER FOLDER.

Through that old established and
thoroughly reliable house, the Mime
sofa Type Foundry, the FREE Press,
as previously announced, purchased
Dexter Folder and this issue of the
WEEKLY is presented as evidence of
its work. The machine, which is the
best folderever put upon the market,
takes the sheet from the press, pastes,
cuts and folds it ready for delivery,
and does it altogether more accurate
ly than the same work could possibly
be done by hand. 1t does it's work
rapidly, having speed Of from 1900
to $500 papers per hour. While SIM
pie in construction, as machines of
its kind 60 it is nevertheless compli-
Gated and as accurate as it is intri-
cate.
The FREE PRESS, by this late addi-
ton, comes to its readers vastly i'm
proved. The inconvenience of turn
ing the paper inside out is done
away with. 1t is cut at the top, past
ed through the center, and is as con-
venient for perusal as a book. We
have no hesitancy in saying that our
patrons will appreciate this improve
ment, and while a considerable ex-
pense to us has been incurred, this
item will be fully recompensed for in
the rapidity afforded the mailing de-
partment and in the satisfaction of
knowing that it will be appreciated
by our readers.
The AnOka Union and FREE PRESS
are the only weekly publications in
the State that can boast of placing
before their readers a quarto form
paper in this shape.
Mr.. G. |. Johnson, superintendent
OF the manufacturing department of
the Minnesota Type Foundry, and
machinist Of rare accomplishments.
set up and started the folder, and by
his many other kindly acts has put
the FREE PRESS under obligations.
We commend him and the firm he
represents to any and all of our news
paper friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
VERNON CENTER.

The brass band that disorganized
have reorganized again.
f. III. Burnes intends adding an adj
dition to his store.
Russell & Brothers shipped car load
Of horses to the Red River Valley.
Rev. Mulligan was called to Good
Thunder to preach the funeral sermon
o. Mrs. T.. Lehman last Sunday.
We are having plenty of rain and so
far, but little can be done toward
steding.
The funeral of Augustus NJ. Green
occurred here on Thursday afternoon
q last week, Rev. Mulligan conduting
tie services. The text was from
john 3-16. Notwithstanding the
ran the church was full. The floral
crosses and boquets were very beauti-
full His parents received word on the
Monday previous to his DEATH, of his
sicAness,-in Mapleton where he was at
tending school, and FASTENED to his
Dsdslde., He had taken cold and it
catGed inflammation of the bowels and
no mylical skill could save him. He
was bosn in Kasota, November Is,
1873. He was a bright boy and gave
promise ora useful life. He was
christian and his dying words were
that his family meet him in Heaven.
His death is a sad affection to all his
friends. He was buried in the Vernon
cemetery.
Mandie Hayes came home last week
for short vacation.
Miss Elite WILDER will teach in the
Cornish district this summer.
Miss Emma Drake, of Garden City,
visited friends south of Vernon.
Vernon school began last Monday
with the same teacher f. c. WILDER.
Mrs. Ida Green was called to Kasota
on Monday last, her mother being seri-
Ously iii.
Farmers are at work trying o,seed.
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STERLING CENTRE.

Peter Johnson will work for VIZ
Ml4inger up at ST. James this sumnlea.
Elder Hayward preached at the Geh-
tersschool-house last Sunday evening.
He will be here again i'd two weeks
e. B. Doty returned from Cedar
Lake last Wednesday, where he talks
OF going into the grocery tbusinesssa n.
W. G. Furman and SON, c., H., Ioanne.
from the same placerwhere G.hH!. FHr-
man has farm.sLE d0.3 OFT .hEnJI6t f.
Everybody invited to attend The
church next Sunday to the Christian
Endeavor. There will be several there
from Mapleton TO helpip the exercises
All those interested in al Sabbath
school 1.-THE Centre; shou4dicoHae, out
next Sunday at half past ten O'Clock
a. N. iya,t % d>inyr 6tnsmiEeqm. Tel
Chas. and A. H.5lNiehoW went to
Mankato last week.
Mr.. Fred Hugo, of Duluth, visited
his wife's folks Mr.. and Mrs w. Wells.
Miss Jennie Ellis has gone to Whine
bago City to visit friends.
School commences next Monday,
April Goth, with Miss Jennie Wildes
as teacher.
Miss Jennie Ellis visited with Mrs.
VIM. Ellis the fore part of the week.
Peter Peterson is at home now. He
has quit buying wheat for T. HI. Pea
vey & Co. at Amboy, till fall.
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I
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
y Earth.-ss. In Probate Court. Special
Term, April 18th, 1891.
In the matter of the estate of Julia A. Coy,
deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of James
B. Coy, of the City of Mankato. in said Blue
Earth county, representing among other things.
that Julia A. Coy, late of same City of Mankato'
on the Sth day of April, A. d. 1888, at said
City of Mankato, died intestate, and being q
resident OF this County at the time of her death.
leaving goods, chattels and estate within this
County, and that the said petitioner is son of
said deceased and praying that administration
OF said estate be to him, the said James B. Coy,
granted:
1t is ordered, that said petition be heard be-
fore this Court on Saturday, the 9th day of
May, A. d. 1891, at 10 o'clock a. m, at the
City of Mankato, in said County
Ordered further, that notice thereof be given
to the heirs of said deceased, and to all persons
interested, by publication once in each week. for
three successive weeks prior to said day of hear
ing in the Mankato FREE PRESS, a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato.
in said County,
Dated at the City of Mankato, the 18th day
of April A. d. 1891.
By the Court:
lsEAL.l w. B. TORREY,
Judge OF Probate.
G. W. MEAD,
Attorney for Petitioner
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First ms. April II: last May 1.

Judge of Probate
G. W. MEAD, Attorney for Petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17

MRS. E. W. HALFORD, wife of Presi.
dent HarriSon's private secretary, died
yesterday morning at her home in
Washington. Deceased had been an
invalid for many years, and while
hope for her permanent recovery had
long since been abandoned, her death
came at a time wholly unexpected.
Mr.. HalfOrd was prevented from &C
cOmpanying the presidential party to
the Pacific coast on account of his
wife's condition, and the news of her
death will be a source of sorrow to the
President and Mrs. Harrison on their
journey.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
"NOT ONE BID"

The following, from an Eastern pa
per, indicates how shy money loaners
are of taking Minnesota risks pend.
ing the existence of the present legis-
lature:
Some time ago it was remarked that
Eastern money lenders were turning
Western borrowers away empty be-
cause of their soft money ''heresies. -
Whether this same influence had to
do with the refusal Of the East to bid
for Minneapolis court house bonds is
not known.
1t is said that bids were opened at
St. Paul the other day for $1,000, 900
Minneapolis bonds, and although the
committee had sent out over 100 let
tiers to the most prominent financial
institutions, capitalists and Investors
in the East, not single bid was 'ro-
ceived. The committee was disposed
to lay the entire blame at the door of
the Minnesota legislature. which is
making changes in the
mortgage and loan laws.
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County of Blue Earth. - ioo''e oour''
Special Term, April Is, 1891
In the matter OF the estate of Florance E.
Coy, deceased.
On receiving and filing the petition of James
b. Coy, OF Mankato in said county, representing
among other things, that Florance L. Coy, late
OF said City of Mankato on the 9th day of April
A: d. 1891, at said City of Mankato died intest-
ate, and being a resident of this county at the
time OF her death, leaving goods, chattels and
estate within this county, and that the said pc
titioner is brother of said deceased and pray
ing That administration of said estate be to
him the said James B. Coy granted.
1t is ordered that said petition be heard be-
fore this court on Saturday, the 9th day of
Maya d. 1891, at 10 o'clock a. M. at the City
OF Mankato, in said county
Ordered further that notice thereof be given to
the heirs OF said deceased and to all personsl in
terested, by publication once in each week for
three successive weeks prior to said day of
hearing in the Mankato FREE PRESS. a weekly
newspaper printed and published at Mankato
in said county.
Dated at Mankato, this 18th day of April,
A. d. 1891.
By the Court.
W. B. TORREY,
Judge of Probate
G. W. MEAD, Attorney for Petitioner.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-04-17
Sick Headache.

LOOSE'S RED CLOVER PILLS
cure Headache, Dyspepsia, Indiges-
tion, Constipation. 25c. per box, s box
es for 81. For sale by JnO. r. Jones.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31
Care of ParIor and Bedroom.

It is difficult matter to describe what
care should be taken of the parlor, for
each individual has a special taste of fur
nishing and decorating, which seems to be
the entertaining subject among many
women. This room, although little oc-
cupied requires ventilating every morn
ing, and the shutters should be allowed
t. remain open through the entire
day. The same advice may be applied
to the bedroom or chamber with little
more emphasis, and an earnest plea for
plenty of fresh air, and a greater welcome
extended to the purifying rays of the
ascending sun.
1t is an unhealthy practice for elderly
people to sleep in the same bed with chill
dren, and as few as possible should be con-
fined in the one room. No fire, heat. nor
light of any kind should be burned all
night, for they impoverisb the air and I'M
questionably feed upon our very vitals."
Cold, damp beds are extremely dangerous,
and no one should enter the chilling sheets
without first having wrapped themselves
securely in d good wooden blanket.
The housenaid should never forget to
turn the mattresses in the morning and to
thoroughly air the sheets, quilts and pill
lows. Water that has stood in a bedroom
over night is not considered pure, and
must therefore be used for washing pur-
poses only. The spare room should be
cleaned ard heated at least once a week, to
prevent the settling of killing dampness.
DIR. John Shippman in Halls Journal.
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Have a Good Fire.

No intelligent woman would think of sit
ting down TO sew with needle devoid of a
point, or attempting TO write without pen
or pencil, yet many one will ruin tenn
per and food by attempting TO cook with A
poor fire. Sometimes, it is true, economy
must he closely studied, where the stove
has done duty for manyyears, and the way
Is not clearly shown TO obtain a new one with
modern improvements. But many house
wife will spend much care and labor in the
preparation of some elaborate dish, and
then spoil the whole by attempting to cook
it with an indifferent.fire. Although more
or less cooks burn their food, the greatest
evil seems to arise from too slow fire, so
that from the oven emerge soggy pie crust,
heavy cake and partially cooked roasts.
A well beaten omelet is spoiled because
the fire being low, the cook does not wait
for the frying pan 10 become thoroughly
heated, trusting to "luck" that it will
come out all right" The doughnuts "soak
fat" because the fat had not been brought
to the proper heat. Fifteen minutes are
wasted in stirring a pudding, because it
would take the milk so long 10 come to a
boil that the impatient cook added the
eggs and corn starch before the milk
boiled. Many a woman spends all of Sat
urday forenoon with her baking. which
might easily have been done in two hours,
and with better success, had she begun
with good steady fire.-Inez Redding in
Good Housekeeping.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31
Nature as Our Kind Helper.

Nature is always on the side of the right
and the good, whether in morals or in
physics. Moral health and physical health
are, in the higher and the lower sphere re-
spectiveSg, perfect well being, and where
there is an absence of moral or physical
health nature provides for its restoration
A bad man, not utterly lost may become
good. A diseased man, not too far gone,
may become sound again.
The simplest form of physical recupera-
ton is the healing of a wound. Bring the
parts together and keep them so, and soon
the discovered muscles and nerves and
blood vessels come again each TO his fell
low, and all the life processes go on as be-
fore. If it is impossible to unite the parts,
nature, taking more time for it, fills up the
gap with new flesh and leaves nothing but
a scar.
Even parts of internal organs, brain,
stomach, liver, intestines, etc, may be cut
away aud perfect healing take place In
the case of wounds or ulcers too large to be
otherwise healed, bits of skin may De
transferred to them from other parts of the
body or from the body of some other per-
son, or even from some young animal, and
each bit will become the center of a new
growth, and the wound thus he healed com
pletely and with little or no Disagreement
And this power Of regeneration is not
confined TO the flesh Not only do broken
bones readily grow together, but even IL
large portions are removed, new bone NAV
fill up the space between the severed parts
and thoroughly reunite them.-Yauth's
Companiou.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31

suvm who is the best hand at making n =
story is chosen to be driver. If none of the
boys feels equal to the position grown
person may fill it. Then TO each one Is
given the name of something in connection
with a stage coach or the harness-such as
pole whiffietree, thorough brace, trace, col
lar, reins, etc. Every player having re-
ceived name, the driver takes his stand
where the whole circle is under his eye
and proceeds 10 relate a thrilling narrative
of the adventure of a coach on rough
and muddy road in the dead of night,
which should simply be narrowing rec
ord of disaster.
Whenever the word pole, whiffletree,
collar or reins comes in the players bearing
that name must spring from their seats,
turn completely around and sit down
again. Whenever the word stGgecoach
is mentioned all the players must jump
up, turn around and then exchange seats.
The failure to do this promptly in either
case entails forfeit, and when the story is
ended the forfeits are to be dealt with in
the time hOnored manner.-J. Mcdonald
Oxley in New York Herald.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31
The Pulse.

The pulse is felt by placing the tips of
one or more of the fingers upon the radial
artery, near the wrist, and holding them
there several minutes. Care must be taken
not to so compress the artery as TO stop
the circulation. Note is taken of the fire.
quency Of the beat. Tie pulse is quick or
slow, weak or strong, regular or irregular
When one or more beats are omitted it is
said to be an intermjttlng pulse Often it
is necessary TO compare the radical pulses
with each other, as well as With the i'm
pulse of the heart, in order to ascertain
whether differences in rhythm are present
The pulse is the index of the circulation
and aids in determining many morbid con-
ditions, but as a whole it is not of as great
Importance as some of the older writers on
medicine would lead us to suppose. Still
it is the duty of the nurse TO become ia mil
lar with the normal pulse, and learn to de
teCt any change in the pulse in patients
under her charge, so As TO report intelli-
gently such change to the attending ply
stefan. A feeble, rapid pulse always indi-
Gates weak heart, and in fevers should
put the attendants upon the alert-S.
Francis Brown, NJ. D., in Housekeepers
Weekly
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-01-31
Ills of Eabyhood.

1t is notable that fever or any inflamma-
tory diseases will produce much greater
scceleration Of pulse in a child than in an
adult. Often a slight attack of indigestion,
which man would not notice. will make
a baby's pulse run very high; and there is
often exacerbation toward evening An
irregular intermittent pulse is Indicative
of fully developed meningitis and other
severe organic diseases of the brain. But
sometimes it comes from disease of the
heart, and TO decide it's cause one must be
careful to consider other symptoms
The bsby's stomach is very small in pro
portion to its size, and the intestinal diges-
tion very rapid Therefore during the
first few months OF its life it takes very
Gttle food AZ A time Ii by any chance the
stomach is overloaded nature resists, and
the contents are simply thrown up 1t is
important, then, that "A mother should
know that when milk comes mp infer
mented just as the child has swallowed it,
the stomach has taken in more than it can
hold, and there need not he necessarily any
difficulty with the food.
Besides, it is fact that the liver. which
Is very large in proportion TO the size Of
the child, sometimes presses against the
stomach, if the baby is laid on the left side
after nursing, and this compression may
cause vomiting; so it is wise always to
have new born baby, indeed any child
net large enough 10 turn itself laid first
an its right side 10 sleep This makes
room for the stomach. and prevents any
pressure Upou the heart.-Dr. Juls Holmes
Smith "a New York Ledger
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About Boiling Mont.

There is no process Of cooking which re-
Quires so much care and is so often neglect
Ell aS boiling. This Is the most extrava-
CANT method Of cooking any meat, if the
water in which the meat Is cooked Is Lot
utilized a. stock. Of necessity no meat can
be boiled without losing Some Of its nour.
ishing qualities and enriching the water in
which it is cooked. The French process Of
braising, by means of which meat is close
~ covered and slowly boiled in a stock
which becomes gradually absorbed by the
meat, Is the only one by which the meat
does not suffer actual loss. There should
be a slight ehulltiou at the edge Of the
pot, nothing more. This ebulhtion should
he kept up steadily until the meat Is ten
DER. and no longer. as nothing is more in.
furious 70 any boiled dish than 10 allow
the boiling TO stop or to cook it after it is
doRe.-EXchange
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cHARrRs / crRRTF-

per arm. 151I inches, and forearm 14'i
inches. His first public contest was al
London, Ont, in 1885, when he worst
ed j. d. Mccall and others 1t putting
the shot. On Nov 10, ISIS, he was de
feated il a shot putting contest with the
famous John d. Mcpherson for a gold
medal aud 500 at Toronto.
In 1859 Currie made a tour Of Canada
and the United States. At Toronto, Aug
3 he made two great records by putting
the Il pound shot y It. IL in, and the Il
pound shot 81 e. IN. He then challenged
Mcpherson aud Duncan c. Ross 70 2
heavy weight handling contest FOR 8, 900,
but the chsllengs wa not accepted a
Few months ago be again nosds tour OF
the States. winning NUMEROUS prizes AZ
Boston. Philade. phis ard New York Cur
re and his brother RoDzh are credited
with the remarkable feat q having saved
81 twain q inch hard maple log IN "a
seconds When Currie Is at bone be q
one Of the proprietors Of the Royal hote.
Il PARK Hill