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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

information address the president or
registrar at Hamline. Mimi, or Leo.
M. Crafts, M. D., Minneapolis. MINI.
The monthly report of Health
Officer Hielscher for June shows that
there were seventeen births and nine
deaths. There were three cases of
diphtheria and one of scarlet fever,
but all recovered, and there are no
cases now.
-Tourtelottte. hospital was self sus-
tanning during June for the first time
since it was opened. The amount OF
business has necessitated the secur-
ing of an additional Sister as nurse,
making five In all. The new manage
ment is well spoken Of.
The Mankato Steam Boiler Works
shipped large elevator boot tank to.
day to G. Q. Todd, Slayton, MINI.
The tank is made from boiler steel
and is very creditable piece of work.
They also shipped large boiler
smoke stack TO the creamery at
Waseca.
-Chas. Graf, assessor of Lyra and
Good Thunder, has returned a total
personal property valuation OF $685.
GIT for Lyra, against S27 ,525 last year,
and S23, $3.50 for Good Thunder, against
SlS, 1863 last year. Only the assessors
of MankatO city and Lake Crystal
now remain to be heard from.
1t is seven years since the Manka-
to Commercial College was establish
ed, and the growth Of this institution
is phenomenon. Starting with two
students in 80, it reached an attend
ance in '97 Of nearly $50 students.
Still when we consider that Actual
Business is taught frym start to
finish it ought not to surprise US.
The Taunton, Mass, Evening NeaUs
of June 3Oth contains an account of
the wedding of Miss Florence Evelyn
Soule, formerly teacher of music In
the Mankato public schools, and Mr..
Henry Porter Smith. The wedding
was q quiet one, and occurred at noon
at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs. L.
Soule. Only members Of the two I'M
mediate families were present, owing
to the serious illness of Mrs. Soule.
The many Mankato friends of the
bride will rejoice in her happiness.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
A CITY IN A VOLCANO.
fhe Picturesque and Peculiar Island Of
Saba, In the West Indies.

Tlia Picturesque and Peculiar Island Of
Saba, In the West Indies.
II you will take down your Biographies
and look on the map of the West Indies,
you will notice between the islands of
Santa Cruz and st. Christopher two small
islets which, unless your map is an un-
usually large and complete one, will have
no names given. These two islands belong
to the Dutch, and the most northerly and
westerly of them Is called Saba.
The Dutch are noted for their odd and
quaint customs and for their perseverance,
Holland being sometimes called the Gland
of pluck" but 1 doubt If anywhere in all
their possessions have these curious people
shown their queer and eccentric habits to
the way island of Saba.
The island is small, its greatest diameter
being not over 2H miles, and it Is nothing
more than an isolated mountain top rising
out Of the sea. The sides are very steep
and high, rising in places for a sheer 1000
feet. There Is no harbor, no beach, no
safe anchorage and no large trees on the
island. Although Saba has population
of over 900, yet you might sail all around
1t without seeing any signs Of houses or
settlements. If you wished to land or Ego
aboard, " as the Sabans say, you would have
to do so on shelving rock on the southern
side of the island, and here you would find
steep, winding flight of stone steps lead
ing up the rocky mountain side.
Following these steps, which number 800
and are called "the ladder" you at last
reach the top Of the mountain, and looking
inland see small, grassy plain covered
with neat, white, red rooted houses, the
whole surrounded on every side by tower
ing peaks and preoipices covered with beau
tiful tree ferns, bamboos and wild plan
tains. This little town, the only one on
the island, is known as the Bottom, a
curious name surely, but 1t is well named
nevertheless, for the plain on which it Is
built Is nothing more than the bottom of
the crater Of an extinct volcano.
Descending the slope into this squeerest
of queer towns, you find the street simply
narrow paths walled with stone, higher in
places than your head, while every inch Of
earth Is cultivated with true Dutch thrift
and industry. Here and there small patches
Of sugar cane, yams and arrowroot are side
by side with beans, corn and potatoes, with
palm and banana trees rising over all. The
population consists Of whites and negroes
In nearly equal numbers, while the blue
eyed and towheaded children play with
black skinned and curly haired pickanin-
MES, but all are Dutch In speech, manners
and looks. The houses, shops, gardens
everything is Dutch. "A. II. Verrill in ST.
Nicholas
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
CIRCUS DAY INCIDENT.

A young man In light linen suitl
that would be noticeable in big
crowd tied his horse and surrey to
ring in the sidewalk beside the Saul
paugh, looked hastily around, noticed
his wife's pocket book on the seat,
chucked same In his pocket and hur-
ried over to the depot, where his
family were waiting for friends to
arrive on the noon train. The train
was late. so he returned at once and
drove around town for short time
and was again tieing his horse when
to his surprise he was approached by
a policeman with two other men, one
in black suit and nobby hat and the
other with coat over his arm and
saying that's the buggy" The one
in white looked up astonished and
was addressed by the policeman as
follows: -
"Did you lose anything from your
buggy?"
mot that know Of"
"This man 1.-THE cOatless one) says
this man 1.-THE one in black took a
pocketbook off the front seat fifteen
minutes ago and flew for the depot"
The man in linen reported that he
took the pocketbook himself, had
both his own and his wife's in his
pockets, and that the coatless man
must be mistaken.
The accuser looked sheepish and
said, 81 suppose I'll have to swallow
it."
The accused said never a word and
all were soon lost in the circus day
crowd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
THE BILL IN CONFERENCE.
Meetings Will Be as Nearly Continuous as
Endurance Will Permit.

Meetings Will Be as Nearly Continuous as
Endurance Will Permit.
WASHINGTON, July 8.-The first meet
ing of the conferees on the tariff bill
will be held as soon as the representa-
tives of the house are named and it is
possible for them to assemble. This
and subsequent meetings are expected
to be held in the room of the senate
committee on finance, and the meetings
will be as nearly continuous as the
physical endurance of the members of
the conference will permit.
The minority in the house will make.
no opposition to the Republican pro-
gramme Of sending the tariff bill to con-.
ference at noon. Both the Democrats
and Popuhsts see that nothing can be.
gained by the
Interposition of Factious Opposition.
No definite arrangement has yet been
made as to the time to be allowed for
debate when the bill is reported back
from conference, but little difficulty is
anticipated on tMs point.
AS to the length of the conference
there is difference of opinion among
the house conferees. Chairman Ding
ley, speaking of the conference ON the
Mckinley bill, said it lasted two weeks
and that there were not as many vital
points of difference between the two
houses then as there are now.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
IN THE SHADOW.

Oh, she will have the deep, dark heart, for
all her face is fair
As deep and dark as though beneath the shadow
of her hair,
For in her hair spirit dwells that no white
spirit is,
And hell is in the hopeless heaven of that lost
spirits kiss.
She has two men within the palm, the hollow
Of her hand.
She takes their souls and blows them forth as
idle drifted sand.
And one falls back upon her breast that is his
quiet home,
And one goes out into the night and is as wind
blown foam.
And is there any home for him whose portion
is the nightP
And is there any peace for him whose doom is
endless flight
o wild, sad bird o wind spent bird, o bird
upon the wave,
There is no home for thee wild bird, but in
the cold sea grave!
1.-THE Hill of Dreams" by Fiana Macleod.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

Indigestion is often taken for con-
sumption. The word consumption
means wasting away, and dYspeptics
often waste away as badly as con-
sumptives.
The reason people wasted away is
because either they don't get enough
to eat, or they don't digest what they
do eat.
If the latter is your trouble, take
Shaker Digestive Cordial This will
help you to digest your food and stop
your loss of flesh.
Shaker Digestive Cordial is made
from herbs, barks and the juices of
fruit, by the well-known Shakers at
Mount Lebanon. 1t possesses great
tonic and digestive powers.
Shaker Digestive Cordial has cured
many supposed consumptives (who
were really dyspeptics), by simply
helping their stomachs to digest their
food, thus giving them nourishment
and new strength.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottles 0
cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
A Short Lived Island.

In 1867 new shoal was discovered in
the group of the Tonga or Friendly is
lands. In 1877 smoke was seen over the
shoal In 1885 the shoal had become a
volcanic island more than two miles long
and $40 feet high, and a fierce eruption was
taking place within it. In 1886 the island
had begun to shrink in dimensions, al
though the next year its highest point was
1896 feet above sea level. In 1889 it's height
had diminished one-half, and the ocean
close around it was more than mile
deep. In 1892 the island rose only about
90 feet above sea level. According to the
latest information, its complete disappear
ance under the action of the waves wild
not be long delayed. YOUTHS Companion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
ELkS AT BARBECUE.

Visiting Brethren Enjoy the Hospitality Of
st. Paul For Seasons
MINNEAPOLIS, July 6.-The Elks sam.
pied St. Paul hospitality all day, return
ing to Minneapolis in time for the
''social session" in the evening. There
was q reception at Elks' hall, In the
Lowry arcade, between 10 and /, q
band concert in Rice park, reception
at the Ryan hotel, drive about the
city and barbecue at Como park. This
was put down in the programme as the
"gem of the day." Continuous music was
in order during the progress Of the bar,
becue festivities, several crack bands
having been engaged for the occasion.
Music, fireworks and Examinations &C.
cnpied the time between and 1890.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
People Who Want to Dispose of Alleged
Valuable Relics.

The amateur collector of curiosities
generally has an exaggerated idea of
the value of his treasures. No sooner
does he get hold of something which he
considers unique and interesting than
he fanoies that every museum in the
country will jump at the chance of pur-
chasing it from him. With this idea he
is continually calling upon museum
keepers and trying to persuade them
into exhibiting his so called rarities.
The curator of popular northern
museum has been much worried in this
way during the last year or so. Only
the other week a white haired old man
came to him and showed him dagger
which was said to be the weapon used
by King John in stabbing the boy
Prince Arthur. The dagger was quite q
modern affair and showed no signs of
age, but the old man stuck to his de-
scription strenuously.
"My dear fellow" he said to the Gu
rator in patronizing tones, eff you are
so blind to your own interests as to re-
fuse this dagger, it is no concern of
mine. 1t has been in our family for CEN
turtles, and we are descended in direct
line from Hubert de Bourg, the noble
man who refused to allow Prince Ar
thurs eyes to be burned out with red
hot irons. I'll give you one more
chance, and if you won't have it I'll
take it elsewhere. "
Needless to say, he had to take it
elsewhere.
Another crank drove up to the mu-
scum gate one afternoon ON dray, to
which was strapped big, cumbersome
writing table. The curator FASTENED
out to meet him and was just in time
to prevent him bringing the piece of
furniture bodily into the hall.
On being asked for an explanation,
the visitor said he had decided to pre-
sent the museum with priceless treas
ure in the shape of writing table used
by Sir Francis Bacon. He had been pre-
serving it for long time, he said, in
order that he might write its history,
which he had at last completed in a
manuscript volume of $40 sheets. The
curator, who is, of course, an expert,
examined the desk and declared it to
be worthless. 1t had apparently been
used in schoolroom until it had got
too rickety for service and was then dis
pensed with. AT any rate, it couldn't
have been more than 70years old. This
report was communicated to the visit
or, who thereupon took to raving like
a mailman and became so violent that
he and his treasure had to be moved
along by the police.
Royal relics are much in favor with
amateur collectors, and, though some of
the curiosities submitted to the museum
recently have been thought worthy of
place on the tables, the majority have
proved to be hopeless rubbish. London
Tit-Bita
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
ANNA DIEMEL TESTIFlES.
The State Elects to Prosecute on t1s
Missouri Shipment.

The motion. made by the defense In
the Anna Diemel case yesterday after
noon in the district court, that the
state elect on what count to prosecute
the case, was sustained by Judge Sew
erance after much argument between
the attorneys. The state elected the
carload of horses, mules and harnesses
sent to Missouri by Mrs. Diemel.
Mrs. Diemel took the stand in her
own behalf at 4:30 p. m, yesterday,
and was on most of this forenoon.
She was given severe cross
examination. She denied any wrong
doing, saying that she simply carried
out her husbands directions. ]. W.
Bowe was the second witness sworn
for the defense. At noon about ten
witnesses remained to be examined
for the defense, and 1t was thought
that they might get through by night.
The case will be argued and sent to
the jury tomorrow. This is the last
case to be tried at this term Of court.
The term has been a long one,
hanging on about six weeks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

THE Fairmont Ne,os says that the
only ''hard times there are In Ma rtin
county have been caused by the hog
cholera" Now the question Is did
the gold standard cause the hog
cholera? The Popocrats have attri-
buted nearly every i'll suffered to the
gold standard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
FRANCES KLlNdRL's TROUBLE.

Mrs. Frances Klingel made COM
plant in the municipal court this
afternoon Of her husband, M. J.
Klingel, who she says threatened to
kill her on July Fourth. She says
that he has not lived at home much
during the past two years and is now
working at Albert Lea. She desires
that he be brought back to Mankato
and put under bonds to keep the
peace, but does not desire to live with
him again.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
A DELUsioN OF THE WHEEL.
Disappointing Men and Women Who Look
Well When Seen From Behind.

WeU When Seen From Behind.
81 have found that the experience was
the same with both the men and the wom-
en-" said a regular bicyclist, "and during
two years of observation I have never
known the rule to fail. The slim, tailor
made woman, who looks tidy and pretty
from behind and is as a matter of fact
neither young nor pretty when her full face
Is seen, is already an old theme for comic
papers and jokers, but 1t took the bicycle
to put a new phase on the theme. Nine
times out of ten the woman who sits erect
wears we'll fitting suit and displays
particularly slim and graceful figure is
certain to be-well, old, when you ride past
her and look around to get good view of
"a Sha is. ukalv to be thin. with
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

THE Sioux City Journal says that
Bryan has promised to make a few
speeches in Iowa in the fall, and
then remarks that White, the fusion
candidate for governor, makes much
the same kind of speech that Bryan
does. This indicates that the Popo-
Gratis there are preparing the road for
q Republican majority from $4,000 to
100000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
Meet Next at New Orleans.

MINNEAPOLIS, July 8. - The Elks
grand lodge has decided to hold the next
annual meeting at New Orleans. Invi-
tations were extended on behalf of New
Orleans, Indianapolis, Omaha and
Grand Rapids, but New Orleans won on
the first ballot with five votes to spare.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

CHICAGO now claims population
of 100000. And when the times,
that are fast growing better, get fair
ly good again, she will doubtless add
another 100000 and make it an even
20,000,00O. Greater New York will
have to look out for this western
GIANT
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

The Fourth of July reports show
that the men with the easily frigh-
tened horses drove right around
where the danger was, so as to get
their "trotter" used to 1T.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

So rapid has been the change in the
English language that the English of
today bears no more resemblance to the
English of 1000 years ago than 1t does
to German.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

THE damages in Duluth from the
storm last Friday night are estimated
at S150,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

The Bank Of England employs about
/, 100 men, and has salary list, includ-
ing pensions, Of about 28eO, 900 per an
aum.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

There is a growing demand at the
libraries for works on electricity. 1t is
a branch of science so new in the mod
ern sense that its literature as yet may
be called meager. -Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09
BEND and Ratobford Conferred.

COLUMBUS, o., July S.-W. P. Rend
and President Ratchford had private
conference. Mr.. Ratchford declined to
give it's purport.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-07-09

Buy your binding Irvine from ].
G.. Roller. STD
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-26
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-26

1t is certain that some house to
house canvass for accommodations
during drill week will be made. While
this is being done it is to be hoped that
the work will be more systematically
arranged than during the cattlemen's
convention. Scores at that time COM
planned of not being able to secure ac-
commodations, and at the same time
there were dozens of houses that had
agreed to take guests to whom no APP
plication was made during that entire
week. These people had prepared to
take strangers, were supposed to be on
the lists of the committee, their houses
were on the line of the street cars and
not far out, and yet not one applica-
ton and all their preparations were for
nought. There is not the least neces-
sity for this condition Of things.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-26

principal sum, and has made default
in the payment Of the interest thereon
which became due since March LIST,
1896, and the said F. Poeschel, owner
and holder of said note, has demanded
the execution Of said trust and reques-
ted me to advertise and sell said prop
erty Hereunder.
Now, therefore, I, Gus Peltzer, trus-
tee, hereby give notice that in accord
ance. with the terms and conditions
and provisions of said deed Of trust,
will on the first Tuesday in July,
1897, the same being the sixth day
of the said month OF July, 1897,
between the hours Of ten o'clock a m.
and four o'clock p. m, at the court
house door of BeXar county, Texas,
in the city Of San Antonio, after CIV
ing due notice Of said sale, of the terms
Of the same and the property to be
sold, sell the premises above described
for cash, and will make to the pur-
chaser a good and sufficient warranty
deed to the property sold, and receive
the proceeds Of sale and apply them
first to the payment Of expenses of ex-
ecuting said trust, (2d) the payment Of
the principal and interest of said note,
and (3d) the remainder as in said deed
of trust directed.
Witness my hand at San Antonio,
Texas, this 18th day of June, A. D..
1897. GUS PELTZER,
6-15-21t Trustee.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-26
SATURDAY, JUNE &c, 1897.

That Texas building at Nashville is
all ready for occupation. but there is
not the smallest prospect of its ever
being utilized for the purposes of its
erection. 1t stands there a monument
to the dont-care-a-tiveness of the
state. Had it been possible to fill it
with the ebulitions of state gas there
would be no dearth of exhibits, but to
fill it with the actual products of the
farms and the mills and the shops of
the state is another matter. Texas
is too busy caring for the biggest crops
in her history to care for carrying
Shem to Nashville to show.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-26

Judge Bradley is generally COM
mended by the eastern press for his
plea for the liberty Of the press, in his
recent opinion as to the guilt Of the
newspaper correspondents, Shriver
and Edwards, charged with alleged
contumacy in refusing to answer ques-
lions put by the court. This decision
is timely, for it upholds the sacredness
of the confidence reposed in newspaper
men. Without this the real power of
the press as a guardian Of the public
interests would be gone.