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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26


About +---Uy-tive or thirty men,
bers III st. JOseph's court No. 552,
Catholic Order of Foresters, wilt 60 to
Sleepy Eye tomorrow afternoon to in
stitute new court, which will start
in with twentysiX members.
The seventh division of the ladies
of the Presbyterian church drove out
to David J. Lewis farm, at MinneOpa,
last evening, in six big sleigh loads,
and enjoyed an oyster and. chicken
supper. All had good time, as such
affairs are always enjoyable.
Tuesday evening when Attorney
Young opened the door of his hard
coal furnace in his new house, an ex-
plosion of gas followed, sending sheet
of fame out. He ducked his head,
but the flame burned off his eyebrows
and some of the hair on his head.
Aside from this no Injury was done.
-LOsT-An old fashioned pocket
book containing a ten dollar bill. 1t
was lost in A. w. Robinson's lumber
yard or between there and the Omaha
depot. Finder will please leave it at
the FREE PRESS Office and receive re-
ward
Henry Whalen was arrested this
afternoon on complaint of Officer
Grout on the charge of disorderly con-
duct last Sunday. He was fined SS.e5
A companion is wanted by the police,
who say that there is another charge
that Whalen could be brought in on.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26
For Sale

Eighty acres of first-class land one
mile and half from Madelia, MINI.
Large maple grove, small house and
barn. Creamery near by. Not less
than $500. on down, balance on time to
suit purchaser. Address box 404, Ma
della, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26
Personally Conducted Excursions

Leave Sioux City every Friday via
the Union Pacific. No change of cars
to Odgen, San Francisco or Los
Angeles. Special attention paid to
ladies travelling alone. Ask your
nearest agent for Central Route folder
or address GEO. E. ABBOTT,
Gen'l Agt. q. 2. Ry.,
Sioux City, Iowa.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-02-26
TERRITORIAL SETTLERS
A PLEASANT GATHERING AT
UNION HALL.

A Well Prepared Banquet Served TO
$50 GuestS--Speakers Give Remir-
iscences of the EARLY Days~-Judge
Severance Relates q Remarkable In
lance of rlental Teiepathy--Fish
Stories Without Limit Related by
Gentlemen of Veracity.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
To PASS AWAY THE TINE.

President Lincoln. when he was a
young lawyer practicing in the courts
of Illinois, was nee engaged in a case
in which the lawyer on the other side
made a very voluble speech, fun of
lid statements to the jury. Lincoln
opened his reply by saying: my
friend who mas just spoken to you
wild he all right if it were not for
n thing and | don't know that you
ought to blame him for that, for he
can't help it. What I refer to is his
reckless statements without any
ground of truth. You have seen in
stances of this in his speech to you.
Now, the reason of this lies in the
constitution of his mind. The moment
he begins to talk all his mental opera
tons cease and he is not responsible.
He is, in fact, much like a little
steamboat that saw on the Sangamon
river, when I was engaged in boating
there. This little steamer had a FIVE
foot boiler and a seven-foot whistle,
and every time it whistled the engine
stopped"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

force of miners at work for many
months, and that it is one of the
richest things ever struck on the hills
no n who examined it for a moment
doubts. The present owners have re-
ceived a number of 1attering offers
for the ground, but have concluded to
work IL for themselves.
Squire Kimball. who has just ar
rived in Weaveryille, Cal, from Trim
ity Center, reports the richest find
ever made in that country. John
Graves, his brother and Mr., Carter.
owner of Gravel mine, on Coffee creek.
near Trinity Center, took out of their
claim in four days S7l .O00 in gold dust.
One piece weighed over fifty pounds,
three feet long, eight by three inches
= thickness. Gold was found in gra-
vel about thirty feet from the surface,
with no bedrock in sight.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

At one moment, while his enter
tainer was looking the other way, he
made quite a desperate effort to secure
mis- liberty, but q warning sound Of a
I'll ping nature compelled him to stop
with a suddenness that made the win
dows rattle.
And so he sat on. He sat on until
his friend suggested that the hour of
adjournment had arrived, and he still
sat on when all else arose. At last
he managed by dumb show to com
municate to his chum that something
was wrong. The chum, aided by the
girls brother, who arrived OPPORTUNITY,
succeeded in getting the sisters out of
he way, and in a few minutes later
the victim, chair and all, were hus-
tied out into a carriage that had been
summoned. He did not hear il, but
there was a Shrek of mirth as he
drove off that was renewed when the
chair was returned the next day.
And nov the young man swears he
Will never set foot within the hospit-
able house again, while the girls, who
are sincerely mortified at the tribula-
ton they un willingly caused him, are
pulling themselves how to make
amends.-St. Louis Republic.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
A STICKY CHAIR.
= Caused Embarrassment to the Man
Who Had Called.

!, y certain Lucas avenue nome n
l. tv-o yivacious and accomplished
So11az still in their teens, have made
-onderful difference in the appear
If the interior. They have re
-t,rad and ~redecorated everything,
sd their latest achievement was the
-arornishing of half a dozen "occa-
sisnal" chairs in the parlor.
Two young beaux called n evening
,.st week and were ushered into the
narlor. The girls soon put in an ap-
paarance, and the quartet spent a very
n,easant and intellectual time. Now,
4 happened that n of the callers
seated himself on a newly vanished
oboir The weather had been quite
warm. and possibly the girls had not
suHiciently looked into the question OF
drivers when they did the vanishing.
Re this as it may, it is a certain fact
that after chatting pleasantly with
Miss Nellie for half an hour, the young
man desiring to change his pose, dis
covered to his horror and dismay that
he could not. He burst into a cold
p~erspiration. and his manner became
so embarrassed that Miss Nellie could
not help noticing it.
1T certainly is a little warm" re-
plied the youth, as he parted her
query,
"Then won't you sit nearer the win
dow; you'll get a nice breeze here?"
remarked Miss Nellie, with an impul-
sive solicitude that under ordinary cir
cumstances would have brooked no
denial, but this time the poor obejct
OF so much consideration awkwardly
declined to bulge. Unhappily, he was
at best a difident fellow, and the
thought of having to disclose what
had happened almost made him faint.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
TUMOR
Expelled by Lydia II. Pinkham'S
Vegetable Compound.
Interview with Mrs. II. A. Lombard.

! have reason to think that ] would
not be here now il it had not been for
Lydia 4. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound. 1t cured me of a fibroid turaor
in my womb.
Doctors could donothiug for me. ana
they could not cure me at the hospital
l win tell YOU about it:
had been in my usual health, but
had worked quite hard. When my
monthly period came on, | flowed very
badly, The doctor gave me medicine,
but it did me no good. He said the
flow must be stopped if possible, and
he must find the cause of my trouble.
Upon examination, he found there
was a Hbroid Tumor in my womb, and
gave me treatment without any benefit
whatever, About that time n lady
called ON me and recommended Lydia
Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
said she owed her life to it. 7
said l would try it, aud did. Soon
after the flow became more natural and
regular. | still continued taking tho
Compound for some time. Then tho
doctor made an examination again,
and found everything all right. Tho
tumor had passed away and that dull
ache was gone, Mrs. Il. A. LOMBARD,
Box II, Westdale, Mass.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

If you are going to Utah, California
or other western points, the Union
Pacific offers better facilities than any
other line.
Here are a few of the facts which
may save you much trouble
First. Double daily service via Omaha
or Kansas City to Denver, Cheyenne,
Salt Lake and Pacific Coast points.
Second. Fastest time to Utah aud
California points by several hours
Third. A solid train. the overland
Limited " runs on time every day In
the week, making the trip to San f an.
cisco in 2t5 days from Missouri River,
8days from Chicago, and a similar say
ing from other eastern points
Are not these facts worth consider.
ingY
For further particulars address
Il H. LOMAX,
Genl. Pass. 4 Ticket Agt,
Omaha Neb.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
i FIND Is MADE

Gold discoveries OF unparalleled rich
ness are not alone confined n tho
hlondyke region OF the frozen north
as was shown by the u~ncoverin on
the A. J. Smith group Of claims IN
Ragged Top, near Deadwood 6 n
OF a body Of ore assaying s1O4s nor
ton in gold. There are six elaine "a
D group Of siXty-fve acres and 10
ore body cuts them all. The pronort,
Is owned by a. ]. Smith DR. 7
Paddock and John Musselman Of Dood
wood, and Tobias Caster Of L3ncoIr
Men From eight cars shipped before
ne ne" strike q return above al ev-
perses OF $50 2 ton had been recelvod
D Yesterday n man alone took an,
ore which netted seos. There Il en-.
heient ore in sight to keep the presen,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
IN SUMMER.
Pestiferous Insects, However, Make
Life a Heavy Burden.

The Yukon river is absolutely closed
to travel save during the summer
months. In the winter the frost king
asserts his dominion and locks up all
approaches with impenetrable ice and
the summer is of the briefest. 1t en-
dures only for ten or twelve weeks,
from about the middle of June to the
early part of September. Then an un-
ending panorama of extraordinary
picturesqueness is unfolded to the
voyager. The banks are fringed with
flowers, carpeted with a~ll-pervading
moss or tundra, Birds countless in
numbers and of infinite variety OF
plumage sing out a welcome from
every tree top, Pitch your tent where
you will iii midsummer, a bed of roses,
a clump of peoples and a bunch of
blue bells with adorn your camping
blue bells will ndorn YOU camping.
But high above this paradise of almost
tropical eyuberance giant glaciers
sleep in the summit of the mountain
wall, which rises up from a bed Of
roses. By September everything is
changed. The bed of roses has dis
appeared before the icy breath of the
winter king, which sends the thermom-
eter down to so degrees below freezing
point. The birds fly to the southland,
the white man to his cabin, the Indian
to his hut and the bear to his sleep
ing chamber in the mountains. Every
81 raDm harnn1nC a cheat .nF Too ,,y,
tain and valley alike are covered with
STOW.
That part of the basin of the Yukon
in which gold in greater or less guam
titles has actually been found lies
partly in Alaska and partly in British
territory. 1t covers an area of some
10000 square miles. But so far the
Infinitely richest spot lies some 100
miles west Of the American boundary,
in the region drained by the Klondyke
and its tributaries. This is some 300
miles by river from Circle City. which
marks the e3treme limit beyond which
even flat-bottom boats cannot find a
navigable passage,
This radiant picture has its diverse
side. In the first place, the heat is
as terrible as the cold in winter. II
frequently mounts up to 100 in the
shade.
Horsefiies, gnats and mosquitoes add
TO h joys Of living throughout the
entire length of the Yukon valley
The horseHy is larger and more polr-
nantly assertive than the insect which
we know by that name. In dressing
or undressing it has a pleasant habit
or detecting any bare spot in the BODY
and biting out a piece OF flesh. leaving
a wound which in a few DAYS later
ook like an incipient boil. Schwatka
reports that one of his party so bitten
was completely disabled for a week
AT the moment of inhiction," he adds
IL was hard to believe that n was
not disabled for life"
The mosquitoes, according to tbe
same authority, are equally distressing
they are especially fond OF cattle. but
without any reciprocity OF affection
According to the general terms of tbe
urYiva OF the fittest and the growth
or muscles most used 10 the detrjmant
OF others. says the lieutenant in an
unusual burst Of humor. "a band If
cattle inhabiting this district in ,be
iar future would be all tail and M
Dody, unless the mosquitoes sbonId
experience a change of numbers"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
WHEN IT'S
Sometimes a Man May Have Views
and Nothing but Views.

Down with monopoly" exclaimed
the grocery man Indignantly. That's
my sentiment every time, and | don't
care who hears it,"
"There is no doubt that the trusts
are exercising a tremendous power in
the business of this country" replied
the man who had come in to get a
package of smoking tobacco.
1T is a shame and a disgrace. They
are forcing down prices so that it is
almost impossible for the smaller
dealor to make a living. 1t makes
my blood boil to think of the way
in which they stamp out competi-
toni"
"How do they go about it?"
why, sir, if they find that some
body's goods are being sold instead of
t. eirs, they will cut the price of their
commodity so as to bring ii lower
than the other firms, and so leave him
no ground to stand on! That's where
the dealers profit goes. Take, for. in
stance, that package of tobacco, | used
to get fifteen cents for that"
How much do you want for 1t
now?"
Ten cents"
Ten cents! That's as much as Bob
son charges. He has the reputation of
being the dearest man in the neighbor-
hood, too"
Does Bobson only charge ten
cents?"
That's ALL"
"Are you sure?"
Positive"
"All right, you take it along for
eight cents. When the day that
I can't undersell Bobson. I'm ready to
go out Of businessl"-St Louis Repub-
lie.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
CURED OF CHOREA.
How a Young Lady of Du fage Was
Freed from ST. Wins Dance.
Fron The American, Neleark. OHIO.

From the american, Aettark, ono.
Miss Francis T.. Barber. daughter of
Mr.. Franklin c. Barber, of Outage, Ill,
who is one of the best known citizens OF
Du Page. for the past year has been IN a
pitiful condition from chorea, commonly
called St. Nitus' dance. Miss Barber is
a music teacher, and over-work ana a
highly nervous temnerament brought on
the disease. The best physicians We're
called, but they could do nothing FOR the
yoanE lady. and she got 50 bad and the
spasms became 50 fierce at times that II
often required three or four persons 10
hold her. The contortions Of her face at
such times were fearful 10 behold. While
Miss Barber was thus suffering, with no,
seeming prospect of relief. the distracted
father and mother heard of DIR, Williams
Pink Iills. and as a last resort they deter
mined TO try Them on the daughter.
After taking less than one box of the
pills the spasms ceased and the twitcling
Of the face became less and less violent.
Before four boxes had been used NIL signs
of st. Nitus' dance had gone, her health
was restored, and to-day she is one of the
healthiest and rosieSt girls in Du PAGE.
In six months from the time Miss Sar-
Der began to take the pills she was able
to resur g her occupation as music teach
err. and never felt the slightest synptoNns
of the old maiady. The young lady is the
niece of X. T., Barber, Esq the we'll
known lawyer of Joliet.
Or. Williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness TO the blood and restore shat.
tered nerves. They are for sale by all
druggists, or may be had 10y mail from
Or. Williams Medicine Company. Sche-
nectady. \. Y. for 80 cents per box, or
six boxes for $3.50.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
Shake Into Your Shoes

Aliens Foot-Ease, n powder for the
feet. 1t cures painful, swollen, smart
ing feet. and instantly takes the sting
out of corns and bunions. It's the
greatest comfort discovery of the age.
Aliens Foot-Ease makes tight-tittIng
or new shoes feel easy. II IS a certain
cure for sweating. callous and hot,
tired. aching feet. Try 1t to-day. sold
by all druggists and shoe stores. BJ
mail for - cents, in stamps. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen >.
Olmsted, lie Roy, y. y.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
Gross Outrages

Upon the stomach and bowels arc perpetrated
by multitudos of injudicious people who, upon
eSperiencins the annoyance Of constipation in a
slight degree, infltrato their bowels with
drenching eyacuauts, which eufeehle the mites.
final membrane to a serious extent, sometimes,
even, superinducing dySeutery or piles Hostet-
ter's Stomach Bitters is the true succodaneum
for those nostrums, since il is at once iuyigorat-
ing, gentle aud etTectuaL II also banishes dys.
pepsta, malarial complaints, rheumatism aud
kidney troubles.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
Try Grain-O, Try Grain-O!

ASK your grocer to-day 10 show you a
package of GRAIN-O, the new food drink
,hat takes the place Of coffee. The chill
dren may drink without injury as well as
the adult. All who try il like it..
GRAlN-O has that rich seal brown Of
Mocha and Java, but it is made from
pure grains, and the most delicate stom-
ach receives il without distress. One
fourth of the price of coffee, l5c and 23c
per package, sold by all grocers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
HIS REALISM.
He had Said a New Thing, but he got
it Where the Chicken, Etc.

THAT installment of your new story
was very interesting said the editor
OF the story page. But there was one
thing about your manuscript that |
failed to understand. ] thought for a
minute that you were forgetting how
to spell"
IF there is anything I pride myself
on it is being a good speller. | have
often wished that | had put in the
time | spent in acquiring the art Of
spelling words of six syllables in
learning to calculate compound inter
est"
~ know that. Your reliability in
that respect made the sentence that
I refer to all the more mysterious"
Maybe it was a slip Of the type
writer"
Possibly. It would have looked Hb-
surd If I had not happened to catch
it. At the bottom Of the last page,
instead of writing: ITO be continued
in II next, as is customary, you put
TO be Continued in Our Necks.'
And you changed it?"
"Of course"
I'm sorry you did. | wanted this
story to be particularly realistic. |
wrote 1t In Our Necks' because that's
where we writers Of this style of fc-
ton invariably get it from both the
publishers and the critics. Detroit
Free Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

The dark accounts of the condition
of affairs at Skaguay are confirmed
Miners are breaking down under the
strain and crime is rapidly on the In
crease.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

Lteut.-Gen, G. Diby Barker. COVER
Tor of Bermuda, and wife. are in New
York, and will make a tour of the
United States and Canada.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

Charles NJ Charnley of Chicago,
treasurer OF the Presbyterian Board OF
Aid for Colleges. is charged with hay
Ing misappropriated $50, 900.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

When the hair begins to fall out or
turn gray, the scalp needs doctoring,
and we know of no better specific than
Halls Vegetable Sicilian Hair Remover.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

At an auction sale In London 81, 1850
was paid for a Stradivarius. This Is
believed to be the highest price N OF
these instruments has ever brought at
a public sale.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

Look sharpl II is time 70 begin when your
skin breaks out IN pimples 70 use Glenn's Sui.
phur Soap.
Hil's Hair and whisker Dye, blackor brown. yDc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

American iron and steel selling in
England, American tin plates in
Wales, and now American butter in
Australia
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
USE YOUR REASON
And Profit by the Experience Of
other People.
a public sale

There are thousands Or people who have
becn cured Of nervous trouble, scrofuIa
sores. rheumatism, dyspepsia, catarrh and
other diseases Boy purifying heir blood
with Hoods S~arsaparilla. This great
medicine viii do the same good work for
sou il you will give it the opportunity.
II viii tone up your system. create an APP
petite and give sweet. refreshing sleep.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

Missourians are picking a second
crop of strawberries and counting
themselves Goubly lucky.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

News has reached Sydney, n, s. w,
that the governor OF German New
Guinea was killed by natives, Aug. q.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23
Hairs Catarrh Cure
l. a constitutional cure, Price Is cents.

Col. Thomas Marshall of Virginia, Is
reported to have made important dis
coveries of gold in Venezuela.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-09-23

lATrMTp r.. q. WILSON d Co., Washlhg.
fHlcHN ton, D c. No charge till patent
obtained SO PAGE BOOK F1sE,
WIS PUB UNION 2l-39
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-25
SAMARITAN VIZ -HoCNgo.

All of His Good Advice Seemed to
.-.. .s he Useless. e..
The ;mtih who knew II little OF every
thing looked at the pas. :. ger III the
seat ahead of him and finally leaned
forward, says the Cleveland Plain
Dealer. L@'s - 2 aEy.:@ 49,. T. h..
Excuse me-" he said, "but you real
ly ought to shake off the cares of bust
ness and go somewhere for complete
rest and quiet" !iaflg u - ..g'a3 ~. ..
"You mind your own affairs" said
the other man; gruff1y. a
The sympathetic passenger looked
hurt. 20 q. ~ ~ .-..t ..
/ "Of course" he said, "your case is
nothing to me. I only proffered the
advice in spirit of friendliness. At
the same time anybody can see at a
glance that you are suffering from, too
close confinement {. 70 .i-..a s.@ .
q "There now, let up on that" said the
gruf man. SCI don't want any more of
your chaff." - ~ - - '3a,; : r. -
Whats money to man in your con-
dition" said the sympathetic passen-
ger, iwfthontaheeding the rebuke.
Mighty little" growled the gruff
PoSoChSCIs ...' . .
you'll never pardon yourself for
this neglect" said the sympathetic
passenger. So ,,'.& - ~
II wish COULD" said the gruff man.
What you need is to get out and
drink in the free air of nature" said
the sympathetic passenger -
You bet'it is" chuclled the gruff
man, ~ ss,so 10. all
His chuckle turned to q laugh that
shook him so thoroughly that some
thing tinkled at his wrists! Heheld up
his arms, and 10! he was handcuffed!
Turning to the Mortified passenger, he
hoarsely whispered:
Ten years in the pen; ha, ha, hal"
And the sympathetic philanthropist
sunk back in his seat dumb with hor-
TOR.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-10-25
500 Reward 800.

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages,
and that IL Catarrh. Halls Catarrh
Cure is the only positive cure known
to the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being d constitutional disease, re-
quires constitutional treatme Mt.
Halls Catarrh euro is taken inter
nally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system
thereby destroying the foundation OF
the disease, and giving the patient
strength by building up the constitu-
ton and assisting nature in doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith IN its curative powers. that thew
offer One Hundred Dollars TOR any
case that it fails to cure. Send for
list OF testimonials.
FL. CHENEY q co.
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, 76c.
Halls Family Pills are tbs best.
a.. ~