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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19
ClRCuMSTANTlAL EVIDENCE.
An Experience Which Decided One Man
In Forever Discrediting 1t.

An Experience Which Decided One Man
In Forever Discrediting 1t.
"I do not believe that it is right to
convict a prisoner oil circumstantial
evidence, said a prominent citizen.
Whenever am inclined to believe
man guilty, always remember an expe-
rience in my own life when, If l had
been tried for murder on circumstantlal
evidence, / would have been proved
guilty. Years ago l was living In an
other city. was married to my second
wife, and it was neighborhood talk that
we did not agree ON account OF property
and my children We had had several
uuarrels, and our domestic relations
were rather strained. My wife became
desperately ill of fever, and it left her
mind in rather a shattered state
"She had become well enough one
day to go out for drive, and of course
accompanied her. We lived in large
house alone, and on returning she start
ed up the front steps, and as she was
weak / took hold of her to assist her.
just as / did so former servant girl
passed along, and she looked surprised,
as my wife suddenly writhed in agony.
She had rheumatism, and my grasplng
her caused her to feel very sensitively
my touch and to almost shrek in pain.
However, managed to get her up to
her bedroom, ON the second story, and
after she had lain down l went down to
the stable to feed my horse.
81 was out of the house only few
seconds when l heard cries of help and
saw several neighbors rush into my
yard Invent hastily in the direction in
dictated, and, to my horror, found my
wife lying PROSTATE under an open win
dow in the side yard. She had fallen on
the top of her head and would have had
her brains dashed out, but by good for
tune her head struck the soft soil of a
flower bed. AS it was, she was uncon-
scious for several days, and heard from
various sources that ugly reports had
been circulated to the effect that l had
been seen by the servant referred to
choking my wife, and that 1 had taken
her up stairs and had pitched her out
the window.
'Of course l knew that was limo
cent, but how could l prove it? For
weeks passed through the most awful
anxiety that any man ever did expert
ence. The officers were shadowing myev
cry movement, knew, and | felt that
all would be over with me if my wife
should die. However, to my great joy,
she recovered, and with her own lips
told how the whole thing happened. /
was at once reinstated in the good opin-
ion of my friends, but sometimes trem-
BILE even now when l think of what a
narrow escape l had from being con-
victed of murder. l tell you appearances
are often against the innocent, and this
incident has always made me very char
liable in my estimates of whether a man
is guilty or not. Louisville Courier
Journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19
Drawing 1t Fine.

Owner of Race Horse docking closely
at scales)-Jiffkins, you are trif1e over
weight. Can't you Tighten yourself a
little?
Jiffkins (the jockey)-Got on my
lightest suit, sir. Amt EFT bite today
and ave just trimmed my finger nails.
Owner-Well, go and get shaved
London Culver.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19
Theta Orionis.

In the constellation of Orion there Is
a star known as Theta Orionis, which,
when viewed through powerful tele-
scope, appears as a sextuple star, thus
presenting the magnificent panorama of
seven stars revolving about each other.
1t is to be supposed that each Of these
suns is encircled by planets. and these
again by moons
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19
What He Lacked.

"My husband has all the virtues but
one, remarked the wife of struggling
young doctor.
"What is that?" asked her sympathet-
ic friend.
Patients. replied the young wife
New York Telegram
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19
The India Rubber Variety.

Guest-Waiter, bring me steak and
some mushrooms.
Waiter-Yes, sab. You'll have to
wait a few minutes fob de mushrooms,
sab. They are being used on steak fob
another customer jess now, sab. -Nrw
York Herald
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19

The brother of Cetewayo, according
to Rider Haggard, was at one time al
most persuaded to become Christian,
but when he was told that he must put
away his wives he refused to accept the
condition.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19

Irish potatoes in store, with cellar
under them, will stand temperature
of 10 degrees, and without a cellar q
zero temperature will not hurt them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19

The average growth in white oak is
only about four one hundredths of an
inch a year.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-10-19

Sir John Lubbock is authority for the
statement that single bee, with all its
industry, energy and innumerable jour-
neys, will not collect more than a single
teaspoonful of honey during season.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-16
HARVARD'S HARD LUCK.
More Than Her share of Football
Accidents This Season.

The Harvard football team has had
most wretched luck all the season. Dur
ing the Summer practice. capt. Emmons
broke his ankle: but he will be In form
for the Cornell game here. IA week from
Saturday. About the same time. End
Rush stevens had most of his teeth
lcosened in collision. Then big Bob
Acton, the guard, dislocated his elbow.
Marshall Newell, last years great tackle.
has been graduated and Lewis, Hdrvard's
cleterest centre, Is barred by the four
years rule.
Mackie's work In the medical school
not be able to play with the team after
all. Connor, last year substitute tackle,
broke his Collar-bone the other day. Mon
ahan, right tackle last year, has been
mov,i up to guard. Thus Harvard has
practically an entirely new line.
Back OF the line she has been equally
unfortunate In the Andover game, George
Gray, the veteran halfback, who has
been putting up a great game, broke his
be In the hospital for the rest OF the sea-
son. Wrightington, another of last year =
backs, has been laid off with water on
the knee. Gentleman, who played half
back eXcellently In the Pennsylvania
game, has been unable to play because of
a srrained ankle.
Naturally, these numerous mshaps
have raised the hopes OF the Cornell
men. With a fine coach in Marshall
entire college. they have been working
hard and expect to make good showing
against Harvard, at Manhattan Field,
Saturday Nov. "a.
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MARTYR TO HER HOPES.
The Story of q School Teacher aCith
Literary aspirations.

playing an expanded symphony in vel
vet and feathers-just as / was in fancy
placing a laurel chaplet about the whit,
brow and thinking what a rare bas-re.
lief it would make.
Now this hat" she continued. e.
one of those dreadful things In life that
make you live up to them, whether you
will or not. The day .ecore | bought
1t was in an eminently proper state Of
mind. l had abjured the world and its
frivolities and had no idea that | could
so fall. really supposed that my back
bone was of stronger and better quail
ity. and that / had risen superior to
Partisan headgear But alas! my
thoughts, which ought to be now concen.
trated on the higher things of life, are
now either dissipated and aimless or
else engaged in formulating various tout
ensembles. in which this chspeau, need
less to say, takes a prominent part. In
fact, my dear, speaking Of living up to
things, / have calculated that It will
take just about my entire salary to live
up to this thing" She looked at the
offending hat disdainfully, even while
she smoothed one satiny ribbon.
OF course. asked her 10 put 1t on
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work out my literary salvation"


You'll do it--I know you wlll"' re-
plicd. enthusiastically. "And that hat
let me try /, on II II is becoming,
went you sell It 10 me? | want to have
a hand In giving YOU 4 moral push on
ward. You know you intimated that II
was retrogressIon and all that sort Of
thing for you TO succumb to the glories
OF millinery,
"Wfn you really take it," she said
eagerly. when | had decided that | looked
better i'm 1t than in my own. well, then,
II is yours" And without; sigh she gave
ii up. Splendid creature, triumph over
matter which not one woman in thou
sanl could have achieved. Then she fell
to calculating how many manuscripts
She colli send on, with stamps tnclosed
for return, for this, she assured ne, was
the most important part OF it all with
her.
See here" she said, opening her writ
ing desk: here are between thirty AMI
forty manuscripts, ranging all the way
from Sunday-school and sentimental love
stories, up through politics and polem!cs
To physchological things. l wrote them
last summer. | worked night and day
ana then in a frenzy, in deltrium, l
suaaderei my substance; in other words,
my first months salary, which-or part
Of which-shoull have gone reNSiously
for stamps on the world, the flesh ana
the devil. But you have rescued me,
she continued. "You have made me face
about, and these, every one of them, are
going OF this very night" She fingered
them lovingly
And so / left her. and the next Sun
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II was years ago, long before had
begun to discover that nearly every one
is interesting. She was poor. strug-
Cling school-teacher, but SO out of the
ordinary that 1 studied her.
have said that she was poor and
struggling school-teacher, but do not
let that call up before you visions Of
the overworked, weazen-faced, nervous
pedagogue. Instead of that she was a
remarkably fine specimen OF stately
Womanhood, not young, for she told me
laughingly one day when we were talk
ing ages, as women will at times with
kindred spirits, near and dear. that ten
years before she had been told that
she looked like a Roman matron.
so. II I looked like a Roman matron
D decade ago, and one. mayhap. in the
decline of life." she continued. mock
heroically, II must. indeed, look like
IN antediluvian now. But what do you
think Of my hat?" she exclaimed incon-
ssquenty. opsaing . bandbox and dis
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-16
IN BROOKLYN PlAYHOUSES.
1.-THE Devilbird" Presented mt the
Grand Opera-HOusc.

Lottie Collinss Troubadors gave a
spirited entertainment at the Grand
Opera House last night. THE Devilbird"
new operetta, was the feature of the
bill Miss Collins was assisted by Fred
Solomon, Wood and Shepard, musical
comedians; Marion, Hayes and Marion,
Meers brothers and others.
THE Girl Left Behind Me" was given
in it's new form before large audience
at the Amphion Theatre last evening.
The scenes wherein life on the Western
frontier is depicted were marvellously
realistic. The characters were inter-
preted by n capable company. Rose
dale" will be presented at the Amphion
next week.
Robin Hood" was presented again at
the Columbia Theatre last evening by
the Bostonians. II. G. Barnabee, Eugene
Cowles, W.. II. Macdonald, Peter Lang,
Jessie Bartlett, paws and other
Maid OF Plymouth" will be sung by the
| same company next week.
"A temperance Town served to keep
Theatre last night. l.. r. Stockwell, as
Mink Jones; Lee Harrison, as Bingo;
Miss Anna Robinson, as Ruth, and Jen-
ME Satterlee, as Mary Jane, scored hits.
"A Temperance Town" will remain at
the Park for two weeks.
THE Ensign, naval war drama
which has met with considerable sue
cess in Brooklyn in the past, WIS pro-
duced at the Bijou Theatre last night
by an excellent company. Logan Paul,
who "makes up as President Lincoln;
Oscar Eagle as Gideon Welles. and
Frank Kennedy as Admiral Farragut.
gave realistic reproductions of the
originals "Ole Oleson," Swedish
dialect comedy will be given next week.
Gus Williams appeared at the Star
| Theatre last night in April FOOL The
piece has a plentiful selection of special
ties. In the company are the Conan
family. Ed Wiedman, Lorena. Darcy,
Josephine Fenton, George Brian and
Julia Barton.
At the .Gayety Theatre last night the
audience was treated to clever special
ties by Fred Wadmann's company. The
programme includes the Barra troupe,
| the Olympia Quartet, A. o. Duncan, the
Patterson brothers, w T. Denny, Rich
mond and Glenroy, Mile. Ottillie and Nc
Gee and Crimmins.
1.-THE Great Brooklyn Handicap was
seen for the first time in the Eastern
District last night, at the Empire Thea
ire The racing scene brought every
man in the audience to his feet, The
play will remain during the week.
The Clemenso brothers, musical aero
bats; Frank and Sadie Burt, speciality
artists; Agnes Stafford, blind singer
Eugenia Pollard, soprano; Minnie Schult
and the living pictures were included in
the bill at Huber & Gebhardt's Casino
last night.
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Contractor BuStin'S
TESTIMONY.

Duty iDrcls mo to speak can remain silent
no longer | suffered the turmcnts " liRdes,
Nights Ncro slocpless and followed by days Of
agony, Hope departed, aud a life OF torture
faced me, Such was my condition when | I'M
plored the aid " Dr, sprons. ot 70 West 22d st.
rhyscians " the highest standing pronounced
me incurahlc. My nervous system was completely
broken down. | had To eat ar die hut my stom-
ach and liver no longer discharged their tunc-
tons
pr. spreng discovered at once the root Of my
disease, - change soon came and rapidly i'm
proved. My perfect recovery followed and |
am now In excellent health. ! have devoted
much time to the study OF medicine. but the
skill OF Dr. Spreng surpassed my highest cxpecta-
lions Ny case alone sui1ccs to place him In the
front rank as specialist on diseases OF the
brain nerves stomach and liver, | say this
boldly Tor men Of national fame failed me In my
hour OF need. After curing me- | cannot see how
any disease can resist his skill Let others proat
by my experience. I shall gladly welcome all
seeking further information.
CHAs. c. BUsTIN.
No. 1853 East cath ST.. New York.
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and Bland Needham and Kelly, Marie |
Grifiith, Zoyarra and Mile. Phyllis.
lEnSnLR @ LII AI,c

and Bland, Needham and Kelly. Marie
Grifith, Zoyarra and Mile. Phyllis.
ROSTER & BIAL's.
Marie Lloyd made her first appearance
at Roster Il Balls Concert Hail last
night, and was warmly welcomed by a
very large audience. The Finneys,
champion swimmers, were seen for the
first time at this house, and another
novelty was the Hassan Ben All troupe
Of Arabian Serobats. Other artists were
Mile. Marietta Di Die, the Martinettis,
Tschernon, with his trained dogs.
HUBER'S MUSEUM.
The Chevalier sisters, Watson and
Irving, Taylor and Graf, Annie Bagge-
tlibuted to the variety performance in
the theatorlum OF Huber's Museum yes
terday. In the curio halls were a troupe
LIKES pig circus, In Palm r, the strong
woman; Strasburgcrs performing dogs,
Chock Saunders and Malaria, Mex
lean contortionist.
DoRISS MUSEUM.
"Deadwood Dicks Revenge" thrill
ing drama. was performed In the theatre
Of Doriss Eighth Avenue Museum yes
terday, with Miss Carrie Stanley as the
heroine. In the curio halls were Nir-
Sna K Knnpp the the f Masnf
Siren sextet, Kitty Gray's troupe Of
whistling girls Balbroma, the fire
king: Donald McGregor, the Highland
piper. and Olga.
IMPERIAL MUSIC HALL.
The living pictures are still a great
drawing card at the Imperial Music Hall,
and they attracted a great deal of atten-
ton last night. The variety artists were
Signora Tortaj ada, with her troupe Of
Spanish singers and dancers; Haines and
Pettingill Lew Hawkins, the comedian;
Pitrot the mimic; Mile. Anclon, the
trapeze performer, in very clever act,
and Harrigan. the juggler.
MINERS EIGHTH AVENUE THEA
TIRE.
The Irwin Brothers Speciality and Nau-
deville Company he'd the stage at
Miners Eighth Avenue Theatre last
night The organization, which Is a very
good one, included John White, with his
wonderful trick mules and ponies: John
w. Wood, the Mortons, Carr and Jordan,
the American Macs, whose comical!ties
were vastly appreciated; the National
Trio and Smith and Campbell.
MINERS BOWERY THEATRE.
Sam Devere, at the head of his own
speciality company, introduced a budget
u new jokes and songs to the audience
at Miners Bowery Theatre last night.
He was supported in his efforts by Ola
Hayden, the contralto; Lille Western
the Donovans, Rowe and Rentz, Nid ocq
and Evans and the sinuous Omene, who
executed the danse du ventre-or her
idea of 1t.
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how could I help it?-and then while
gazed admiringly at the charming
Cainsboroughic effect, / asked dreamily:
How has it ever happened that you
have never married."
Because the combination Is always
wrong" she replied, promptly. Men
who were interested in me / never cared
for. And men whom | cared 10: were
never interested in me. l have II by
heart you see," she interpolated, paren-
thetically. although l read once that
there were two things In life that needed
no apology-one was getting married
and the other was not getting married.
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could make deep and elaborate dado
Of my rejected postmarks-those emu
sions which have failed to hit the spots
In the editors eyes, II | may 50 speak.
In fact, the only thing l have to en-
courage me is that there's a something
in me that will not let me give It up,
Notwithstanding. rs long as that stays
with me and makes me Zee! like Grim
inal when | do things like this'-she
tossed the hat on the bed-'instead OF
saving up my money so that / can lay
on for a year and try myself for all
am worth at my writing, l cannot but
feel that some day. perhaps. may
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"There has always seemed such a sort

There has always seemed such sort
of fatality about IT," she went on,
that 1t has occurred to me more than
once that perhaps the gods were really
saving me for a career-the career l
have dreamed of since n child"
THAT explains it, ! exclaimed. 1T
has always seemed to me that there was
a something in you that bore you along
IN this world, away above the general
current in which we poor, common
mortals were foundering, and enabled
you to treat the petty annoyances and
worries Of this life almost as though
A0sy had no existence"
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COOK GANG ON THE ROAD.
officials Apprchensivc of Railway
"HOld-Up" In Arknnsns.
Try Associated Press.

ny Associated Press)
FORT SMITH. Ark, oct. 1.-THE off,
Gals OF the St Louis and San Francis
co road are concerned over the news
that an armed body OF men has been
seen near Bentonville. heading for their
line.
As the southbound Frisco" express
was pulling out of Buttcrneld, It was
noticed that one of the red lanterns had
been stolen. The conductor was made
more unesay when a deputy sheriff from
Sloan Springs notified him that several
members of the Cook gang armed to
the teeth, had been seen between Sloan
Springs and Bentonvilc, riding towards
the latter place. The railroad officials
are exercising extra precautions to pre-
vent train robbery.
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Absurd creature" she responded.
lightly. How you overraae me! But
1t is a fact" more earnestly, that |
really have an object in life. Know,
then. oh seeker after truth."-very
tragically-"that have literary aspira
tons"
Tell me all about" l cried. Il know
you would be Just TIE one TO make a
success Of it,"
"Oh. my dear" was the reply, "If
you only knew how long l have been
trying. and how very humble and linn
tied was my success. you would qualify
your assertions somewhat. Why,
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Personal. .,l

day, when / saw her at church. and she
smiled on me blthely, as my gaze wan
dered to the little, old, last-season's hat.
while the one she would so have graced
was perC he'd on my own sadly insignih-
cant Uranium. l had wild thoughts Of
dying and leaving her everything-the
hat. Of course, included-for 1 knew she
would not accept anything under any
other circumstances. But I did not, as
you see. live TO tell the tale, and how
it all came out-thIs really, truly story,
as the children say.
And now for the grand finale.
Yesterday | received a letter. and Q
somewhat bulky roll, In the same hand
writing. OF course. l opened the letter
first. 1t was from her, and ended thus:
And so to you, my good angel, I send
my first 'way-up production, the first
that has pierced through to the inner.
favored circle
"Perhaps | am not happy over the
high-water mark. And perhaps do not
think Of the inspiration you have been
to me, for oh, my friend, II is an inspira-
ton TO know that one person believes in
your work with eager anxious eyes, even
though she may be hundreds of miles
away, as you have been.
Tell me you are proud of me. Thine
eser EMILY"
! opzned the roll eagerly. The maya
zine was fairly swathed In pepper. At
ilst. however extrlcated 1t. My heart
thrilled with pride as l gazed at her
name in the table of contents, and az I
read her brightly fascinating story, I
only murmu.ed. II always said so."--
Chicago News.
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SHOT A MAN AND WENT CRAZY
Teacher Kills an Ex-Mnyor In n
Quarrel Over Land.
nv Associated Press

by Associated Press)
PERRY, o. r., oct. Ice. T. Hand,
professor in the Kildare High School,
shot Georse r Reiser, formerly Mayor
Of Arkansas city, four times near here
yesterday. Reiser died instantly. Both
men were contestants for the same piece
of land, and the killing was the result OF
the quarrel over II.
After the tragedy Hand started to give
himself up to the officers, and became
insane. He screamed and could be heard
for miles. Both men were prominent.
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WILL PLAY NOV. 10.
The Date of the Princcton-U. of T..
Game Agreed Upon.

PHILADELPHIA, oct. l6.-Nov. 10
has been fixed as the date for the big
football match between the University
of Pennsylvania and Princeton.
The question OF the selection of
grounds has not been settled.