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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07
Valuable Property for Sale.

The undersigned offers at a bargain
for thirty days his resident lots and
10, block s, in Van Brunt's addition.
on corner of Carroll and Van Brunt
SITS. Centrally located. Will sell
either or both lots. l, 2 and 3 years
time at s per cent on part Of purchase
of lot 10 If desired. These lots can be
divided on Carroll ST. so as to make
good building lots. will sell by divi-
siOns if desired. Also, l have house
and lot or lots on Bunker Hill for sale
cheap. From these lots you have a
good view of almost the entire city
and miles of valley. For price and
terms enquire at residence, 220 Car
roll St., Mankato. M. ROBLEE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07
THE X. OF P. MINSTRELS.

One of the pleasantest entertain
ments of the season was the K of P.
Minstrels last night, carried out by
local talent AS was to be expected,
the opera house was crowded, and so
well pleased with the entertainment
was the audience that every number
On the program was encored. In all,
nearly thirty young men took part,
and great deal of praise is due
them for the careful manner in which
they had prepared their respective
parts, and especially to those who are
not members Of the order.
1t would be invidious to speak par
ticularly of any individuals, and space
does not permit of extended mention.
The entertainment as whole was
great success. and one of which those
taking part have reason to be proud.
The receipts from the entertain
ment were about 5000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

The strongest recommendation that
any article can have is the endorse
ment of the mothers of the town.
When the mothers recommend it
you may know that the article has
more than ordinary merit. Here is
what the Centerville, South Dakota,
Citizen says editorially of an article
sold in their town: From personal
experience we can say That Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy has broken up
bad colds for our children. We are
acquainted with many mothers in
Centerville who would not be without
it in the house for a good many times
it's cost, and are recommending it
every day" 80 cent bottles for sale
by Fl. |. Perry, Druggist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

!. Three days is very short time in
which to cure a bad case of rheuma-
tism; but it can be done, if the proper
treatment in adopted, as will be seen
by the following fromJamesLambert,
of New Brunswick, Ills: 81 was
badly afflicted with rheumatism in
the hips and legs, when l bought a
bottle of Champerlain's PAIN Balm.
1t cured me in three days. / am. all
right today; and would insist on
every one who is afflicted with that
terrible disease to use Chamberlain IS
Pain Balm and get well at once" so
cent BOTTLES for sale by HI. L. Perry,
Druggist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07
WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

1. TO form new schools and place
all Of the people of our distLlct in a
Bible School.
2. To aid weak schools all we can
in every way.
3. To visit every one of the humid
reds of homes each year with "The
Word"
4. To scatter good reading autumn
leaves by way of books new, papers
clean, tracts pointed with gospel,
cards pure, to stop the awful tide of
vile literature now IN our midst.
5. To do all that the Lord Jesus
Christ would have US do for the chill
dren and youth. Byron wrote in 1920
these words about book that he read
when child: Il believe all the mis-
chief l have ever done or sung has
been owing to that book"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

The river continues to fall slowly,
having gone down about foot from
the highest point reached.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

all the mischief [ have even done or
sung has been owing to that book"
''Be not deceived, evil communica
tions corrupt good manners. u Cor.
1888. Deliver my soul from the
sword, my darling from the power of
the dog."-Psa. 22-20.
John RuSkin, in his autobiography
tells of the foundation on which the
character of this remarkable man was
reared 1t was the work of his
mother.
after our chapters (from two to
three day, according to their length)
the first thing after breakfast land no
interruptions from servants allowed.
none from visitors, who either joined
in the reading or had to stay up stairs,
and none from any visiting or excur-
sions, except real travelling l had to
learn few verses by heart, or repeat
TO make sure that l had not lost
something of what was already known;
and, with the chapters thus gradually
possessed from first to last, | had to
learn the whole bouy Of fine old
Scotch paraphrases, which are good,
melodious, and fOrceful verses, and TO
which, together with the Bible itself,
| owe the first cultivation of my
ear in sound.
Mr.. Ruskin prints his mothers list
of chapters, with which, thus learn
ed she established my soul in life" 1t
is as follows: Exodus Is and 16: Ii
Samuel l, from the seventeenth verse
to the end: Kings s.: Psalms %, 80, 80,
81, 1O3, liz, 1l9, 139: Proverbs 2, 3, 8,
II; Isaiah 5S; Matthew 5, 6, Z; Acts rs;
l Corinthians Is, Is; James 4; Revela-
tion 5, 6. And, truly (Mr. Ruskin
says though I have picked up the ele-
ment of little further knowledge
in mathematics, meteorology, and the
like, in after life-and owe not little
to the teaching of other people, this
maternal installation of my mind in
that property of chapters, [ count
very confidently the most precious
and, On the whole, the one essential
part of my education"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07
j. G, Roller has all kinds of grass
seeds for sale.

The matter of the estate of the
late j. j. Haggard was before Judge
Torrey today for settlement. A num-
Der of parties from Eagle Lake were
present. III
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

The specifications for the St.Paul
public building say that Mankato
cement must be used in it's construc-
tinn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

Work is progressing on the North
Front street hill. The stone that is
taken out above is brought down aud
used in filling in. Travel is interrupt
ed. When the work is completed the
grade will be considerably easier.
Roses, carnations in different col
ors on hand for the charity ball. H.
LorenZ 120 Marshall street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-07

Distributing Agents, sci Grand Ave., New
Haven, Ct. These genuine Indian Remedies are
not peddled but are sold at all drug stores.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

Physicians are not inclined to recon.
mend self medication to the laity.
Yet there is one needy says the Ameri-
can Analyst, which theg are almost
unable to supply. We refer to the
family laxative" The family ply
stefan is able to prescribe for the most
complicated and obscure of maladies
and yet is often puzzled to know just
what TO give when asked for u remedy
which can be kept in the house for
family use as q laxative, that shall be
effective, free from danger, and not un-
pleasant to take When bsent on our
summer vacation we were asked by four
different parties, representing as many
families, what we thought OF the
syrup of Figs Not one word did we
voidiEa on the subject, and we were
somewhat SURPRISED to find that there
was this small token of the very gen
eral use of thYt preparation. These
parties said they derived more benefit
from it and found it more pleasant to
take than anything of the kind they
had ever used. The simple question
with them was, is II a dangerous COM
pound2 We informed them that its
active ingredient was preparation of
SIENNA, and that it was entirely free
from danger. With this assurance
they volunteered the information that
they should continue to keep it in the
The therapoutical properties of SIENNA
)are so well known that comment on
this seems unnecessary. 1t might be
! well to notice, however, that Bartho-
low says it is "a very safe and service
able cathartic," and that it is "highly
priced as remedy for constipation.
He also makes the important observa-
ton that its use lis not followed by in
testnal torpor and constipation.
The simple truth of the mntter is, we
have altogether zoo few preparations
which we can recommend to our families
as effective laxatives But the Cali
/ fornia Fig Syrup company has one of
the most desirable combinations for
this purpose with which we are famil-
i'm The Fig Syrup company gives to
profession the composition of this
Nlration, therefore there is no secret
v it; the persons who use this laXa-
,peak in the highest terms about
Al we are pleased to notice that IL
number of physicians are pre-
ng it.
wed from the narrowest and most
standpoint the physician will
othing by recommending such a
Jparation us Syrup of Figs to his pa
nts; while viewed from the highest
stHandpoint of doing the best possible
Ply those who place themselves in our
care, we would say the profession can
not do better than give their indorse.
ment to such preparation.
IA Success at frat doth many times undo
Yen ut last
"Uauson's Magic Corn salve."
Warranted to cure or money refunded Ask your
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28
ENTRANCE TO THE GORGE OF THE LUALABA

The walls rise nearly perpendicular
in every part, and are formed of bare
crystalline rock. Here and there in
some crevice little soil has formed,
Just enough for tuft of grass or a
puny tree to take root.
At the level of the stream one can
see only little ribbon of the sky
above, for at that great height the
top of the walls seem almost to touch
one another, and the trees at the top
overhang the edge and shut out nearly
every glimpse of daylight. At the
bottom of the narrow gorge the little
river glides swiftly, sometimes
almost with an unbroken sur
face, and then again dashed
into foam by thousands of
rocks, whose tops rise above the sur
face; and then again the water ponrs
tumultuously over the edge of a de-
clivity, and then plunges on series of
rapids.
In distance of forty-three miles the
river drops l,5OO feet, and then it
energies upon the plain, and forgetting
its mad career, it flows plaeidly along
TO join the Luabula river, and at the
junction of the two rivers the true
Congo or even the great river itself,
where it tumbles along in rapids for
235 miles, between Leopoldville and
Matadi, presents spectacle so savage
and so violent.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28
THE NEW CHAPLAIN.



Rev. f. b, Bagby, the chaplain of
the house of representatives, is only 2s
years of age and looks even younger.
He is a member of the Christian church,
to which Mr.. Garfield belonged. He
was born in King and Queen county,
Virginia, and grew to manhood in
Richmond. He graduated at Kentucky
University and received the degree of
bachelor of divinity at Yale, His first
charge was in the mountains of West
Virginia, where he preached for three
small churches. He was stationed for
a short time at Newport News, Va.
and was engaged in evangelistic work
for more than a year. In this he was
very successful, securing large num-
Der of converts to the churches he Wis
tied. In 1891 the Vermont Avenue
Christian church of Washington built a
mission chapel at the corner of Ninth
and D streets northeast. Mr.. Bagby
dedicated this chapel and held series
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28
.Gorge.

an arrow for many mile was entirely
out of the common in Congo eXplora-
tions. The explorers were Lieut..
Francqui and DIR. Cornet, in the service
of the Congo Free State. They traced
the Lualaba river from its fountain
head, and made discovery that, as far
as is known, is duplicated nowhere in
Africa.
Imagine a narrow stream flowing
placidly between its rather low banks.
1t has gradually been gathering vol
nme from little contributions that a
dozen or fifteen tributaries have sup
piled. The channel is quite deep,
though not wide. Nearer and nearer
the water approaches mountain pass
TO the north, which at distance APP
pears to have no passage through.
Suddenly the water rushes into a rift
in these hills, and for many "A mile it
tumbles along, zigzagging between
two gigantic, perpendicular walls of
solid rock. Sometimes it falls head
long as a cataract, and then again il is
merely rapid, with speed five times
as great as that with which ii enters
the hills.
This great gorge has iortuous
course bending first to the east and
then to the west. 1t is nowhere over
1852 to $50 feet wide, and It yises 900
feet above the level of the stream.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

obtained great influence over the car
and soon advanced to the highest
places in the empire. In time he be-
came the most important and most
feared man of Russia. In l727, how
ever, he fell suddenly into disfavo1
and was banished to Siberia, his i'm
mense fortune being confscated by
the crown. He became insane there
from brooding over his fall and losses
and died in 1880. His son was re-
stored TO favor, however, and the fam
lily quickly regained its prominence.
The fortune Of the last Meutschikoff,
running into the millions, will go to
distant relative, Prince Spgarin
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28
LUALABA'S GORGE!
QUEER STRETCH OF RIVER I
THE CONGO STATE.
The Gorge of the Lualabn Where the
water whlrls Down for Mlle5 ct a
Lightning speed-A Picture pf the
Gorge.

HE w rs r E R N
head sources of the
Congo river were
visited for the first
timely white men
last year, and the
story they have
told of the great
gorge they saw and
of the stream that
plunges through it,.
almost as swift as
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

LAne's MedlcImc moves the Row.
oIs Each nay. In order to b9 bsilthY
this is necessary. Cures constipation.
headache kidney and liver troubles Aud
regulates the stomach and boweA Prias
Soc and q 90, at all dealers
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28
Endeavor society is one of the largest
in the city, and the Sunday school fills
the church to Overlooking.


thu IaIHI Ut NII0 IHtHIHUHIhUH h
The last representative of the
famous Russian family of Mentschi-
koff died short time ago in Baden
Baden. The founder of the family
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

Nou eauuot ton how sharp dogs teeth
nro ly the way he barEs.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

They who never make mistake, maven
make anything.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

The City OF Benares, on the Ganges,
is to the Hindoos the hottest place on
earth.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

a man il rarely tempted unless he wants
70 he
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

DR.. ). a. Hunter, Specialist
In diseases Of the Throat, Lungs aud
Heart CntGrrh and Deafness. $40 Main
street, Dallas Tex Send for pamphlets.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

There i- ro killing the .u,rcioo shat de-
roit has onoe negotttu
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

The world deals good.natur,Gy sitl
good natured people
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

Good manners is simply gpIj mfire
polished np bright.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

Subtlety may deceive YOU intssrRr
meyer will
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

shilOh's ConsutnptlOn IWrs
i sold guarantee. II cures luclpitur tpn1rut-
ton II IS the best Cough Cure. 25ct' 81 Filtt
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

Fame, to dead man, is of just ebout as
much Importance as legacy.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

"IIanson's Magic Corn Salve."
Warranted TO cure or money refunded. Ask your
.ruggist Tor It. Prce 10 cents.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-12-28

"A Success at frat doth many times undo
zen ut last
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10
FOURTH DAYS SESSION.
The Colored Methodist Reformers Still
at Their Work.

The colored Methodist reformers met
yesterday at 10 o'clock a. IN. The re-
ligIous services were conducted by the
Rt. Rev. VIM. E. Johnston, D. D. The
roll was called and the minutes of pre-
vious days sessions were adopted.
The committees on temperance, church
and country, admission, circuits and sta
tions, publication, finance and railroads,
presented their reports. The RI. Rev. G..
w. Macklemore OF the Christian church,
and Rev. Willis Berryan, of the colored
Baptist church OF this city, were intro
duced into the conference. The Revs. Nj.
B Gelzer, Shem II. Hayward, were re-
ported for unceremoniOus practices and
desertions, and their names were
eXpungeG from the roll, and they were OK
PEELED A great deal of work was done
by the conference, looking to the future
campaign of the church. This denomina-
ton has two annual conferences, number
ing over fifty ministers in each; its mem
bcrshlp scattered in Georgia and South
Carolina is more than 5000 aud it owns
church property amounting to $4,000
he appointments will be read out to-
night.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10
CURRENT TOKENS.

The gold coins of the United States.
you see, are the peoples money, Uncle
sam issues them at its own expense. the
yellow metal in them being worth their
face. But the silver dollars and subsid-
larry pieces are circulated by the govern
nent on its own account, the profit on
them being TO its own advantage. In
trinsically they are not equal to their
face value; in fact, they are merely
tokens. the stamp of the treasury making
them current. Accordingly, the govern
ment feels obliged to redeem them at anv
time without deduction, so long as thew
are in a condition to be identified In a
sense, they are obligations to pay. 1t is
quite otherwise with gold.
With gold coin there is loss of no
small consequence by abrasion in bags at
the treasury, through rubbing against
one another; but with silver, this dam
age is not important enough for consider
alton. Bars of pure silver-99-1OO fine
are made at the minis and sold to Jewell
crs and other merchants, not so much for
their benefit as to save from destruction
the coins, which would otherwise be
melted for use in the arts. Coin silver is
90-l0G fine; sterling is slightly better, or
925-1.0OO tine-such being the legal make
up of British silver pieces.
NEW USE NEEDED,
what silver most needs is the discovery
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10
A WESTERN RESERVE SERPENT.
Longer Than From One Tree to An
other and Proportionately Big
Around.

Longer Than From One Tree to An
other and Proportionately Big
Around.
From the Ravenna Democratic Press.
The pretty little town of Hiram is the
bright crown of one of the hilliest and
most rugged sections of the Western Re
serve of Ohio. For many years it has
been believed that some kind of a mon
ster inhabited the extensive marsh above
the rapids. Many sheep and calves pas
turing along either border of the swamp
have mysteriOusly disappeared, and the
disappearance were so frequent as 10
render the pasturing of such precaricus
and Improbable. There is a tradition
that some early settler in Troy, while
hunting, had seen q huge serpent be-
tween the rapids and Troy bridge. But
the story was considered a myth, till last
Friday evening, when the mystery was
solved. "
Mr.. George w. Davis, who lives mile
or more south of the Rapids, and whose
farm slopes gently from the road west to
the river, nearly a half mile, saw plainly,
just before sunset, huge black serpent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10
IN SOUTH ANfERIcA.

~ oOlAh AAEhltA-
The richest veins of silver in Chile
were found by a mOuntaineer named
Godoy, who hunted guanacOs in the
Andes. One day, being fatigued, he sat
down under the shelter of a huge rock
and was struck by the color aud bright
ness of a projecting part. He Clipped of
a piece of the stone with his knife, and.
finding that it cut like cheese, took a
specimen. Metallurgists declared that
it was cloride of silyer-otherwise known
as "horn-silver, because it has some
what of the texture OF
horn. The mine developed silver in
masses, but GodOy sold his share,
dissipated the proceeds aud died
without penny. Among the employees of
the mine discovered by Godoy were two
brothers named BoladOs, who gained a
miserable livelihood by carrying wood on
the backs of asses to the smelling house.
One day they came across a crevice in the
earth, opened by an earthquake. in which
was an enormous block of silver ore.
From this block more than sixty-fiye quin-
tails of silver were taken by merely re-
moving the soft crust from the mass. 1t
was worth altogether 100000, which the
brothers squandered in gambling and
otherwise, being left poorer than before
the discovery.
SILVER IN THE BIBLE.
The first mention of silver occurs in the
Bible, where Ephron values his field at
400 shekels of silver, which are weighed
out to him by Abraham. 1t is stated later
on that Joseph's brothers sold him for 20
pieces of the same metal. Silver and gold
were used by weighing long before they
were coined. The ratio at which they
had previously gone into use by weight.
In Greece and the Greek cities of Asia
Minor the ratio was IL to l, but it fell to
10 to / after the conquest of Athens In
ancient times gold was the variablemetal ;
it tiuctuated greatly in value, while silver
was always the commercial standard.
Here are a few unclassifed facts:
The total production of silver since the
year 1900 is reckoned at 400, 900 000
pounds
The ring" of silver is best initiated in
counterfeit by an admixture of pow
dered glass with base metal
The silver dollar of 1904 is worth 5000
the silver quarter of 1927 is worth $40;
the half dime of 1902 is worth $50; the
scent silver piece Of 1872 is worth $50,
and the dime of 1904 is worth "a,
What would happen if the United
States treasury threw It's stock of silver
in the market
The most frightful financial panic that
has ever been seen would ensue. The
$500, 900 900 worth of the metal now held
by the treasury more than equals the
present circulation of silver in the world.
Such action on the part of this govern
ment, happily impossible, would almost
destroy this substance as money, reducing
it to the status of base metal. After all,
it is only rarity that makes value. / gold
were plentiful as iron, it would fetch no
higher price,
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10

Mrs. Comehome-You say you are good
washer and troneri how do you tell when the
irons are too hoty
servant docking for place)-HowY BY
smelling the burning linen, mum. of course.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-12-10

Merchants and dealers
are invited to inspect our
stock of Dolls, Toys and
Holiday wares. An immense
variety at the lowest prices
in Savannah.