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Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

GUyPowDER's FIRST USE
People outside Of military life who
have no connection with the max
ing Of gunpowder know it only as
a coarse, thick powder like sand,
which will fash of with a loud re-
port if shut up in case Of any
kind and set on fire.
1t is very queer mixture made
up Of three simple and well-known
substances, no one of which will
explode, although two will burn.
No one knows when or how it was
discovered, for as far back in the
dark ages as tradition will carry we
find that gunpowder, though not
used for guns, was known 1t was
no doubt looked upon with ave and
fear by the ancients on account OF
its flame, its noise and its rending
force, but their limited mechanical
skill could suggest very little use
for it.
Possibly it was used in warfare
long before the beginning Of histo-
~, but the first man in historical
times to form an idea of the terri.
Bile destruction which this awful,
bursting, fiery substance might
produce was an English monk nam
ed Roger Bacon. Monks in his
day were the chemists, scholars and
writer's of the world. and this Rog-
er Bacon travelled and studied much
and made continual experiments in
his laboratory to prove for himself
and develop what he learned from
others. He probably saw gunpow-
der among the Moors in Spain and
tried for himself its explosive eff
feet. Then, in the year 1867, he
wrote of it's composition, and in
his writing suggested that it could
be used in engines of war to deal
death and destruction to armies of
men.
Soon after Roger Bacon's time
his suggestions were taken up and
guns were constructed first by bind
ing iron bars together with hoops
to form tube, then by casting a
tube out of brass, with one end
closed. Stones of suitable size
were selected as shot, and the pow
der had to be carried around in
chests or barrels and shoveled into
the muzzles of the guns. In spite
of these drawbacks very large guns
were built, for there was one used
by Mohammed III, against the
Greeks at the seige of Constanti-
nople in 1853 which threw a stone
weighing 600 pounds distance of
one mile.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
Saint Maru's Beacon
WHITE MAGIC.

Against the weird close my heart,
And half in rride and half In fear
] said 10 Love and Lust: Depart;
None enters here.
A gypsy witch has ai1ded In;
She takes her seat beside my are;
Her eyes are innocent Of sin,
Mine Of desire.
She holds me with an unknown spell,
She folds me IN her hearts embrace:
II this be love, ] cannot tell;
watch her face.
Her somber eyes are happier
Than any Jog that e'er had voice;
Since am happiness 20 her,
j, too, rejope.
And have closed the door again;
Against the world close my heart;
bold her with my spell; In vain
Would she depart.
hold her with q surer spell,
Begged her magic, and above.
II hers b. love, cannot tell,
But mine IL love.
Arthur 6ymons In London Nights.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05


One afternoon Mrs. Blackie and
the writer, sitting on a garden seat,
noted a weary wayfarer with dusty
boots open the little gate and climb
up the footpath. He wore soft
wideawake and gray clothes, and
displayed no badge of saintship or
lantern Of philosophy. "A dominic
for pro- said Mrs. Blackie. The
professors voice was ringing out
from the open window of his turret
study, laden with soft Gaelic gut
turals. It ceased, and the dominic
stood under the porch. A few min
utes passed, and Bella came flying
to the garden seat. Please, mum.
it's Mr.. Herbert Spencer in the draw
ing room, and the professor Is not to
be found. He had closed his book
and gone by the back door to breathe
on the sublime heights" before din
ner.
Trembling with responsibility, we
faced the illustrious visitor, who re-
stored our composure by abusing the
highlands, libeling the iHnkeepers
and accusing our sex of bribing por-
tiers with threepenny bits, and SO
comprising every railway disaster
ever recorded. With some indigna-
ton we flung our gauntlet in the
face of the father of modern phi.
losophy, and it is to be feared that
he fled from such unwonted treat
ment. This has been a very stormy
interview" he said, and took his
leave. And just afterward, return
ing from his walk, the professor
missed his visit.-"John Stuart
Blackie," by A. NJ. Stoddard.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

The now woman (in French)-
Mime. dc Maintenant.
An Isle in the Water" is the title
of new book. Where else should
ian isle" be? In u lamp?
Favorite song on the Stock Ex-
chauge-"Oh, what a difference in
the morning.
Appropriate decoration for a Obi
kor's" buttonhole-The cyclamen.
Dentists motto-Tooth will out.
They were discussing the merits
of various Oxford colleges. well, "
said certain matron emphatically,
II would never send any son of
mine to such place as Belial COL
lege, Oxford.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

Each state is supposed to have a
militia, composed of men from 10 to
Is, capable of bearing arms. but in
nearly all the states the militia or
ganization is very incomplete. The
number of militia actually organized
is not far from 1000
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

AFTER THE REFUsAL.-Bixby
Well, | may be poor but I'm Ger.
tainly happy.
Mabel: That's why you're hope
less. Ii you were only normally
miserable | might consider, but i
couldn't think of yoking myself
with freak.-Exchange.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
Beacon Hnrs Glory pepar,sd.

Who among the prophets could
have foretold 20 years ago that real
estate on far famed Beacon hill
would have deprecated in value
more than in any other section of
Boston? And yet there is the fat,
and it illustrates how the whims of
fashion dominate over all things
terrestrial. Boston Herald.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

BACHELORS LoGIC.-"Why don't
you get married." said Y. to a
friend of his.
Because, in the first place de.
test women on principle: secondly
and chiefly, because marriage wonld
interfere with my literary work. "
What class of work ?"
II am writing love stories. -
Tit Bits.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

If the present ratio of increase in
manufacture is kept up for 25 years,
the United States will be as impor-
tant a manufacturing as it now is an
agricultural country.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

In families well ordered there is
always one firm, sweet temper,
which controls without seeming to
dictate. The Greeks represented Per-
suasion as crowned. -Bulwer.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

The Chinese pen from time i'm
memorial has been a brush made of
some soft hair and used to paint the
curiously formed letters of the Chi
nese alphabet.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
The Compliment
OF imitation has so frequently been
paid BY fss ntemporarIes 90 the
Philadelphia Record

Philadelphia Record
in recent years that those Of their leaders
-. who are not thoroughly
wide-Awake
would almost be excusable if they
should occasionally lose sight of the
fact that born
Leader Of Newspapers,
like any other originator or pioneer,
IS never contented except in
The Foremost Position.
When "ThePhiladelphia RECORD" I'M
dertook nineteen years ago to demon
trate that the best of morning papers
could be made and sold for one CT. pub
fishers were generally skeptical. But
the world of readers were not asleep.
Consequently "The Record" was not
long In reaching a commanding posi-.
ton, and, improving on this, its circu
lation and influence were finally rec
ognized among the foremost Of Amer.
ica's great journals. Hence the com.
pliment of imitation which is nov paid
TO II in every city of note from the At
Iantic coast to the Mississippi Valley.
Every city worth mentioning now has
one or more good one cent dailies.
though so recently as only 10 years
ago Philadelphia and "The Record
stood afnna sx. e
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

The word worship originally
meant nothing more than to honor.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05

A LUCKY MANS WIFE.-She il
never martyr.
She never divulges her methods.
She never apologies for the food.
She let's every one have affairs Of
their own.
She never describes her aches and
pains.
She never dwells on unpleasant
"reminiscences.
She never communicates any
news before dinner.
She is always polite and cordial
to the children's friends.
Disorder of temporary nature
does not visibly disturb her.
She never tells her husband any
thing of the least unpleasant char
acter.
She never corrects the children
in the presence Of any persons,
even the family.
When the family diatribe threat
ems she knows how and when to
deity change the subject.
OLD HoBBIEs.-Everyone is said
to have a touch of insanity in his
or her composition, so likewise the
misery spirit will be found in near
ly everyone.
There is a well-known million
aire who supports a newsboys'
home, but who can never resist the
temptation of trying to buy news
papers from them at half price.
One of the Rothschilds bestows
thousands Of dollars upon hos
pitfalls, and is so misery with pos
tage stamps that he does anything
rather than buy his own postage.
A very rich woman, who owns
houses and lands. gives them away
willingly to members of her family,
but boards every scrap of lace she
can find. What is your pet hobby
in this regard?
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
Cne Buzz Mans Paper

therefore. still originates, still leads,
and publishes MORE NEWS TO the
column than its neighhors of larger di.
mensinns
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
News C0nciseIy Published

without the omission of anv essential
feature is still the BEST NEWS, not.
withstanding the once more prevalent
ten ency to pad il and stretch il out,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
The Daily and Sunday Record

With their several inimitable and
always instructive features in a, dition
TO the days news from all the world
are now almost unrivaled circula
ton as IN good qualities. With an av
erage daily circulation of over 166. 600
copies. and an average of 100, 900 ON
Sundays, "The Record is still, regard
less OF all imitation, easily leader OF
leading newspapers. A paper So good
With 10 to IA pages for one cent. is still
very properly a favorite. Though low
in price, II is never cheap. but spares
no expense that will give its readers
the very best and freshest Information
of al that's going ON srnnnd Imam
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
THE DAILY EDITION

OF THE Philadelphia Record" is sent bv
mail for % Per year. or 25 cents per month
The price of the daily and Sunday issues
together,
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1896-11-05
EVERY DAY IN THE YEAR

Holidays and all, is a per year, or 25 cts
per month. Address the Record Publish
i3g Company, Record Building, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
July II Aug %.
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

Default having been made in the conditions
Of certain mortgage executed by William j.
Dunn and Anna Dunn his wife mOrtgagOrS to
the Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Asso
citation, corporation duly created and ex-
listing under and by virtue of the laws of the
oath, A. D. 1896, and recorded in the Office of
the register of deeds in and for the county of
Blue Earth, in the State of Minnesota, ..on the
First day of June, A. ID. 1896, at o'clock in the
afternoon, in Book As of Mortgages, on page 80,
by which mortgage there was conveyed and
granted the following described real estate
situate in the County of Blue Earth aforesaid
to-wit: Lot Nineteen Q9) of Fletcher's sub
division of lot One (D in Block ~ of Cummings
addition to Mankato,, except the Westerly
Four a. feet of said lot Nineteen (19), to secure
the payment of the. sum of six hundred and
eighteen dollars, with interest at the rate of
eight per cent per annum according to the
conditions of a certain promissory note bear
ing same date as said mortgage, made by the
William j. Dunn and Anna Dunn to said
Mankato Mutual Building and Loan Asso-
said note and mortgage. at sthe date of the
notice the sum of six hundred and thirty
and 36-1OO dollars, all of which said mortgage
now declares to be due and payable to it. That
said mortgagors have neglected to pay the
taxes assessed and levied against said land be
fore the same became delinquent and said
mortgage has been obliged to and did on June
1st, 1896. pay said taxes against said land
to the sum of Nine and 20-100 and the same is
due and payable to aid mortgage with eight
per cent. interest as provided in said mortgage
and no action or proceeding at law or otherwise
having been instituted to recover the amount
of said mortgage debt or any part thereof
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue and in pursuance of a power of sale in
said mortgage contained and Herewith re-
corded and of the statute in such case made
and provided, the above dercribed premises will
be sold at public auction, at the east front door
of the court house, in and for said county of
Blue Earth and at the City of Mankato, there
in, on Saturday, the 10Th day of Augusta d 1896,
at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, to satisfy the
amount of said mortgage debt then due and I'M
paid, together with said Nine and 2l-100 dollars
taxes paid by said MORTGAGE as aforesaid with
interest thereon at s per cent. from June 1st
1896 together with the costs and expenses of
such foreclosure proceeding, including twenty
five dollars attorneys fees as stipulated in said
mortgage; and the said mortgage will be
hereby foreclosed.
Dated July 18th, 1896
MANKATO MUTUAL BUILDING AND
LOANS ASSOCIATION. Mortgage.
THos. HUGHES.
Attorney for Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
Senator'S Invitation to Candi-
date Bryan Causes Discus
sion in York State.
Taken for Granted That For
NAL Declaration of Sup
port Is to Follow.
Affair Arranged Through the
Medium of State Chair
man HinCkley.

UPPER RED Hook, N. Y, Aug. 3D.
The fact that w. j. Bryan, Democratic
nominee for the presidency, will lunch
with Senator Hill, the leader of the
party organization in this state, became
known during the day to the little
party of politicians inhabiting the Red
Hook hotel and inspired more antlcl-
patory discussion among them than any
other incident of the candidates East
ern trip.
Every one assumes that Senator Hill
has resolved to support the nominee OF
the party else. they argue, he would
hardly invite him to sit at his table.
And the lunch is taken as g practical
announcement of HILLS determination,
which is expected to be followed by q
more formal declaration of the senator's
attitude. When Mr.. Bryan arrives in
Albany he will have
Two Hours for Refreshment
before the speech which he is billed to
make. He will spend these two hours,
according TO the programme Whlch. mas
been arranged for him, at Wolferts
Roost, the handsome residence of SEN
ator Hill.
This visit, having been arranged that
the Democratic candidate and the sena-
tor may come to an understanding if
they have not already done so. will
mark distinct epoch in the campaign.
The fact of the invitation from Sena.
tor Hill, which message comes, it is un-
derstood. through Chairman Hinkley of
the state committee, is taken by the
politicians here as an answer to the
question which has stirred the state
since the day of the Chicago conven.
ton whether Senator Hill will support
the ticket.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
Catarrh Cannot be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as
they cannot reach the seat Of the dis
ease. Catarrh is blood or consti-
tutianal disease, and in order to cure
it you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly, and acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces. Halls Catarrh Cure
is not quack medicine. 1t was pre-
scribed by one of the best physicians
in this country for years, and is reg
ular prescription. 1t is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with
the best blood purifiers, acting direct
ly on the mucous surfaces. The per-
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f. J. CHENEY & CO., Props,
Toledo, 0.
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
CALLED ON M'KINLEY,
Two Thousand Pennsylvania Farmers
Make q Visit to Canton.

Two Thousand Pennsylvania Farmers
Make Visit to Canton.
CANTON, O., Aug. 24.-More than
two thousand farmers, mechanics
and other citizens of Newcastle, Ell.
wood and other parts of Lawrence
county, Pa, visited Major Mckinley at
Canton. They came in special trains
over the Baltimore and Ohio to call on
Major Mckinley. They reached Can.
ton shortly before noon. Along their
long journey they had many recruits.
When they had paraded to the McKin-
ley home, 5000 people crowded over
the bare lawn and surged into the
streets round about. And then it
rained, while bands played and thou
sands of enthusiastic voices cheered and
cannons doomed and steam calliopes
lent their noise to the medley of the
crowd.
The people stood through the rain for
an hour. They waved their banners
and beat their tin helmets. They car
ried inscriptions, eve want back the
good old Mckinley times;' "We want
the furnaces and factories started, not
the rich mems silver mines )" Honest
money and chance to earn it" Free
trade makes cheap men," "Free silver
makes cheap money" "We want work
and work paid in good money"
The presentation was made by
ex-Congressman Oscar L. Jackson,
and Mr.. Mckinley responded briefly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth,-ss. In Probate Court, Special
term, August 18th. 1896
In the matter OF the estate of Andrew An
On reading and filing the petition of Charles
Graf, executor of said estate, tsettin
forth the amount of personal estate that has
come into his hands, the disposition thereof
and how much remains undisposed of; the
amount of debts outstanding against said de-
ceased, as far as the same can be ascertained;
the legacies unpaid. and description OF all the
real estate, excepting the homestead, of which
said deceased died seized, and the condition and
value OF the respective portions Or lots thereof:
the persons interested in said estate, with their
residences; and praying that license be to him
granted to sell the northeast quarter of the
northwest quarter and the north half of the
southeast quarter and AL OF that portion OF
the west half of the southwest quarter which
lies north of the right OF way Of the Winona &
st. Peter railway, all in section two
(2) in township one hundredand eight (lOS)
north OF range twenty-six (26) and the east
two (2) acres of that portion OF the west half
of the northwest quarter of said section two 81
which lies south of the Wisconsin, Minnesota
and Pacific railroad right OF way.
And it appearing by said petition tina
there is not sufficient personal estate in the
hands of said executor to pay said debts, legar
cies or expenses of administration and that tits
necessary for the payment OF such debts,
legacies or expenses to sell all OF said real
estate.
1t is therefore ordered, That all persons in.
terested in said estate appear before this court
onSaturday, the1 hdayofSeptember, "A. d. 1896
at ten o'clock a. M, at the Probate Office in the
city of Mankato, in said county. then and there
to show cause tif any there be) why license
should not be granted to Said executor to
sell so much OF the real estate of said deceased
as shall be necessary to pay such debts, legacies
and expenses
And it is further ordered. that this order shall
be published once in each week, for three success
sive weeks prior to said day of hearing, in the
Mankato Free Press, weekly newspaper print
ed and published at the city OF Mankato in said
county.
Dated at Mankat o, the 18th day of August
A. d. 1896.
By the Court:
probate Seal I GEO. w. MEAD,
Judge of Probate
Thos. Hughes, attorney for administrator
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
His Mission to the Hostile Mat
abeles Reported a Pro-
nounCed Success.
Promised Them Certain Re-
forms and the War Con-
sidered at an End.
Requested the Hon. Cecil to
Remain in the Country
to Care for Them.

BULUwAYo, Aug. 24.-The mission of
Hon. Cecil Rhodes to the Matabeles is
reported to be pronounced success.
The natives have yielded and the war
is considered at an end. Cecil Rhodes
inspired the confidence of the Matabele
chiefs by going among them unarmed.
The chiefs complained that i'll usage by
the native police provoked the rebellion
and Rhodes promised them that re-
forms in this respect would be inau-
gurated at once. Earl Gray, who was
appointed to administer the affairs
within the jurisdiction of the British
South African company, believes that
the surrender of the natives was prac-
tically unconditional.
The war with the Matabeles, which
began in South Africa early in 1896, in
many respects resembled the early In
dian wars in America.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
WANT RHODES TO REMAIN
Matabeles Like the Style of the Noted
South African.

Matabeles Like the Style of the Noted
South African.
LONDON, Aug. 24.-According to spe-
cial dispatches from Buluwayo received
by the London papers the Matabele
chiefs promised not to fight the English
forces provided Cecil Rhodes would
agree to remain in the country and care
for them. They also asked for the re-
moval of prominent government Off
cial, of whose conduct they COM
planned bitterly. Cecil Rhodes replied
telling them that the official referred
to had already left the government
service He then asked the chiefs
whether they were for peace or war,
Secumbo, the leading chief, laid his
gun and assagai before Mr., Rhodes and
signified that they were in favor of
peace. Cecil Rhodes promises to spare
their lives, but said that the surrender
must be unconditional At the conclu-
sion of the conference Secumbo cried /:
go in peace, my father, greatest of
chiefs" After describing the scene,
Cecil Rhodes is reported to have said (:
1T was one to make life worth living"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-08-28
An Eminent Minnesota Judge.

DEAR SIR: l have always been very
much opposed to patent medicines,
and considered them universal hum
bug, with but very few exceptions
AT various times l have been troubled
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ticularly during the winter. About a
year ago 1 was suffering with an at
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was advised by a friend to try bottle
of your White Wine of Tar Syrup. 1t
helped me in very few hours. l
used but one bottle and now my lungs
are stronger than they have been for
years. Iwould cheerfully recommend
it to members of the bar that are in
any way troubled with throat or lung
diseases. JUDGE M. B. KOON.
Minneapolis, MINI. Sold by all
druggists.