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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

pies with Attorney 81. L. Schmitt,
The samples consist of burned
granite rock and granite sand. The
rock is rich in some bright yellow
metal, which resembles gold in ap.
pearance and softness, and which may
be either gold or mica. E2
Mr.. Zeltenreich states that a Mil
waukee expert has tested the rock
and pronounces it gold bearing and
assaying s35 to the ton. He states
that Prof. Cox, of the Normal school,
pronounces it gold and assaylng IS
per ton. There is plenty of the rock
on the farm, and it has just been un-
covered. Mr.. Zeltenreich holds his
land at a high value. II the rock
would produce $35 worth of gold to
the ton, it would be profitable, to
operate upon. Mr.. Schmitt intends
to have further experiments made,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
MARIA KICKS AGAIN.
Like Bad Penny, She Reappears in
MankatO.

Maria Kicks, "the window smasher"
arrived in Maukato at eight o'clock
Tuesday. She got off Of. the Mil
waukee train and walked up town,
going as far as The Saulpaugh. and
then turning about and returning to
the depot. The police were then
notified, and the woman was locked
up in a cell at the city hall. *
Kicks has been spending the winter
in the insane asylum at Sioux Falls,
S. D., and was released three weeks
ago. She says that she came to Man.
kato then. and returned to Albert
Lea, Wells and Minnesota Lake. She
says that she was locked up at Albert
Lea and became enraged and broke
the windows. She was sent from
Minnesota Lake to Mankato yester.
day. She wanted to get off at Good
Thunder but the conductor wouldn' 4
let her, She then threatened to
break all the windows in the Car
when!she reached Mankato, but the
conductor was suffering from neural.
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gia and she did not want to disturb
him, so she states.
Kicks claims to have relatives near
Mankato. She talks freely of her
propensity to break. windows. and
says that it comes upon her at times.
This is not believed to be the case
by experts who have examined her.
1t is now the general belief that she
very seldom breaks windows, but that
she tries to make the authorities
think that she has this insane pro-
pensity, in order to gain free living.
She is generally given a meal and
ticket to some other town as the
cheapest way to get rid Of her. She
says that she does not like Mankato
for the reason that she is always
locked up in cell here, while in most
other places even in st Paul, where
she claims to have broken a great
many windows, she is met at the
depot by an officer, who buys her
ticket and sends her on. She wanted
to 90 to New Ulm or ST. James from
here. ...- s..ra0F rg...av-srrN a
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. LITERATURE.
Its Influence Upon the Charac.
,.ter,of asPeople.
Gen. Baker Comments Thereon In
as Most Interesting Manner.

At the meeting of the Social
Science club Monday, .tGen. j. q.
Baker read most interesting paper
on "a Nations Character as Influence
ed by the Reading Of Its People" He
stated shat D"in" the general term
literature, we do not include works
on sicence and mere erudition. The
object undoubtedly intended to be
covered, is the whole department Of
elegant letters which embraces the
mental activity of human genius in
poetry, fiction, history and the results
of the search of the mind in every
sphere of thought, observation and
speculation" He believes that every
great advance in civilization has been
preceded by a marked change and
improvement in literature. There is,
he said, no single cause which so in
fiuepces human action as does lltera-
ture. The energy and strength Of
great thoughts are forever at work,
and the effect of a great book works
for all time. What is termed litera-
ture is the most fascinating, absorb
ing and impressive force operating on
the mind of man.g 1t embraces books
both good and bad. Q 1t is a singular
fact that with 'all it's tremendous
forces and influence the children of
the brain were the last to be recogniz-
ed as property by statutory authority.
Mr.. Baker then reviewed the litera-
ture of the.t different nations of the
world from early times. He spoke of
the literature of Greece and
it's leffect not only upon Greece
in early day, but upon the
world through the centuries, and at
the present time. c The literature of
Rome remains, The said, an imperish-
able monument of her men of genius,
their literary works having Influenced
every age since the revival Of learn
ing. And in turn he referred to the
literature of Germany, France, Eng
land, and lastly our own country, and
the effect it has shad in moulding the
character of the people. If one wishes
to note how nations character
can be Influenced by single writer,
study Voltaire and France. He was
more read than any man Of his age
and colored French life. religion and
politics. His power and thought be.
got civil commissions. His influence
with that of Rosseau made the France
of the 18th century and his influence
still remains there.
He then referred to the writer's
clustered about Boston in the early
part of the present century out of
which grew what is known the Con-
cord school of philosophy, and the in
fiuence they exerted and still exert
upon the nation. He spoke Of the
large number of books that are put
upon the public every'year, and refer
red to their quality and the powerful
hold that books of any nature have
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ORDER REVERSED.
Henry Jones Wins His Appeal From the
.a Probate Court. asrogl5

Judge Severancetiled decision Mon
day in the matter of the estate Of
John P. Jones, deceased, Henry Jones,
appellant, VS.. VIM. Jones, John Ed
wards. Eugh Jones and Thos. Jones,
respondents. He finds that the petit
tioners and respondents are not en-
titled to have the premises in ques.
tion set apart as the homestead of
John P. Jones. deceased, and to have
the same vested in the children and
heirs at law Of the same, to-wit:
William, Hugh, Thomas and Henry
Jones and Jane Edwards. He there
fore reverses the order Of the probate
court. A stay of twenty days is
granted. '-' u $50 .~sssa'-'s4i5
The land involved in the decision is
the ne4, sw4, and the nw4, SET, section
10, 108 west. VIM. f. Hughes is at
torney for the appellant, and Lorin
Cray for the respondents. I'D 5-S-
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INSURANCE ADJUSTED.
The Fire Bug Said to Be Suspicioned and
no More Fires Expected.

The Citizens Fire Association has
paid in full it's loss .on 'the personal
property of B. D. Pay & Son. being
the first to turn over the cash.
: R. r. Briggs, for the German In
surance company, of Freeport, ILL.,,
which is represented in Mankato by
H. P. Christensen, today adjusted the
loss on Nels Anderson's barn in North
Mankato, allowing the 5000 carried.
In speaking of the recent fires in
this city. Mr.. Briggs said: If
these barn fires do not stop, the rates
will have to be increased or no barn
policies accepted. The companies
have felt for some time that the
rates on barns in Mankato, St. Cloud
and Faribault ought to be made
double those on residences. These
three cities have been affected with
incendiary sfres. Two or three
months ago, the St. Cloud fire bug
was caught and sent to prison. He
turned out to be fireman. There
was standing reward of a dollar Of
fered for the fireman who was the first
to each fire, and this man took the
reward fifteen or twenty times. He
was finally detected and made full
confession. The fire bug at Fari-
bault is pretty definitely located, and
I understand since coming here that
suspicious are had as to the fire bug
here and that no more fires are likely
to occur"
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upon the mind of the young. There

upon the mind of the young. There
he said, a flood of harmful and
actually vicious reading daily issuing
from the press the poison of which
saturates the youth of the nation and
the fires of passion'are fanned'and the
imagination corrupted thereby. Bet
ter the child should not read than to
devour such pernicious stuff. Better
the reading of "Mother Goose" with
her quaint wisdom and genial actions
than this Shiny, filthy stuff, which is
eating like q cancer into the body of
our youths. 49, .-- - ~
He severely criticised the press for
the wide latitude it exercises In the
publication of much which he term
ed unfit to 60 before the public or in
to the homes of the people. Its
privileges or freedom must not be ill.,
terfered with, hut thought that its
tone ought to be elevated. The scan
del which 1T daily contains would be
better were it left out. "If," he said,
"the editorial profession was all it
should be, the lever of Archimedes
would be nothing to It's power. But
we do not find it an ideal profession
Its bill of fare, he said, was made for
a thousand different tastes and appe-
titles without reference to the moral
tone or effect. -. 80. s.
In concluding he said it is not war
and heroes which survive. The
Pharaohs, with their chariots and
horsemen, are buried in the waters of
time, but Moses in his written re-
cords, lives ON. Caesars prodigious
Gallo wars are forgotten, but his
commentaries are text books in the
universities of the world. 1t is letters
which are the glory and power of a
nation. 1t only remains to purify,
elevate and sanity this power to the
good of the human race. "But good
literature will abound in good and
evil. with potencies both grand and
destructive, if man alone is to fur
nish our moral standards, God did
not build this world and people it
with immortal beings without lodg-
ing in it's great coil Of energies an
antidote against the fragrant corrup-
tions of the human heart. Indeed 1
feel assured. that with all our pro-
gress, with all our brilliant litera-
ture. with all our education, general
depravity would 60 on increasing and
multiplying with an accelerated pace,
save for that one positive and omnip-
otent power, viz: Christianity. I
declare to you this night, with all
the emphasis of which I may be cap
able, that if Christianity is to lose a
growing empire over the hearts Of
civilized man all the literature of the
world, outside of the new testament,
cannot save this republic from ulti-
mate ruin and wreckage. Amid the
forests of your literature, the deluge
of your books, the flood of your
journals, the standard of the mighty
Nazarine must be reared, pushed on
ward and maintained, if you would
preserve and purify the moral char
acter of these United States and of
the world"
A sharp discussion followed which
was generally engaged in by those
present and touched many points of
the subject. The next regular meet
ing of the club will be held on Tues
day evening, April 5th, when g. M.
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the energies relax, and an unspeak-
able languor pervades the wornout
body, Every one knows the i'm
portance of thoroughly cleansing
the blood and purifying the system
and thus avoiding the deadly ty-
phoid fever and other dangerous
diseases which crowd the path of
summer. But it is equally impor-
tant that the right remedy be taken
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
he
Purifier

at this critical period-one which will purify and
build up the system at the time. For this pur
pose nothing can compare with Swift's Specific
Is. S. S. few bottles just now will thoroughly
cleanse the blood and renovate and strengthen the
system, improve the appetite, and impart new life
and vgor to the entire body 1t is the best system
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
HAS THE SAMPLES.
The Dec0ria Gold Miner Exhibits Some
-. Gold Dust

Julius Zeltenreich, who owns the
farm on the LeSueur river where it
is claimed that gold has been dis
covered, mention of which has been
made in these columns, was in the
city today and left number of sam.
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). :. s, and do not be imposed
upon by accepting an inferior ar
ticle without merit or reputation
A larger profit to an unscrupu-
lous dealer will induce him to offer
you a substitute composed of harm
full drugs and chemicals. S. S. S.
is natures remedy, being made from
roots and herbs
q a thered from THERE IS
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builder because it is the best blood remedy-the
only one, in fact, which is purely vegetable and
guaranteed to contain not particle of arsenic,
curry, potash, or chemical of any kind. S. S. S. is
far ahead of other blood remedies, for it does so
much more. 1t promptly reaches and cures deep
seated, obstinate blood diseases which other RENE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01
SYSTEM
BUILDER

natures effort to throw them off, a struggle
to which the system is unequal unless
properly assisted. Boils and pimples and
an incessant WEAKNESS tell the story, The
appetite fails just when good one is needed,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

ing which takes possession of the
system every spring and summer
is caused by an impure condi-
ton of the blood. The accumu-
lated impurities of a wear combat
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

natures store-house. It is not a
drug-shop preparation, and no
tinkering drug-clerk can initiate
it by mixing a few chemicals
from his stock. Remember that
there is no substitute for S. S.
blood remedy. 1t is truly thu
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-04-01

dies have no effect whatever upon. It mat
tiers not what other treatment has failed,
S. S. S. cures Catarrh, Eczema, Scrofula,
Rheumatism, Cancer, and Contagious Blood
Poison, even in their worst stages. Insist on
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Is needed by every at this season of the year.
The lack Of energy and depressed. listess feel
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49,,
1841,

has faithfully abored for their prosperity happiness for
the improvement of their business interests
educa0n for the elevation of American true
WOmanhOOd
III HAS told at the esde interesting stories
Of the dOings of the world the nation and states.
LII HAS advised the farmer the methods of
cuvatng and harvesting his and the proper to
convert them into the largest possible amount Of money
1T HAS led i'm all matters pertaining to the farmers
villagers aud for half century has held their
dence and esteem.
1t is the NEW YORK WEEKLY TRIBUNE and we furnish #
with the FREE PRESS year 25 cash in advance
Aaass.. all order. The Free Press.
Write and address postal card send it Geo Best
Weekly will mailed you.
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SENATE.


one hundred-niuth Day, June %.
The current account appropriation
bill occupied the major part OF the ses-
sion. The Senate continued to strike
out the items in the bill placed in it
bv the House from the deficiency ap-
preparation bill.
The Special Committee having the
tax bills under consideration favor of
the passage of the bill repeating the
so-called Schedule z of the tax law.
The committee is unanimously in favor
of this action. The reason assigned
by the minority, Senators Baldwin
and McCandIess, is that under its pro-
visions different assessors have been
able to tax properties valued at prac-
ticaIIy the same amount at varying
rates. The Committee state that diff
ferent plantations have paid taxes as
reckoned per ton of sugar produced
all the way from 81 cents to $1.56 per
ton. The majority, Senators Brown,
Lyman and Wilcox, stated that Seized
ule E could have been made to work
well and satisfactorily If properly I'M
derstood and administered. The fault,
the Committee stated, is not in the
law, but in the manner of its being
administered. The whole committee
favored an income tax. The majority
believed that the income tax bill sent
up from the House should be laid on
te table. They maintained that the
bill was not properly passed by the
House. that on the third reading it
did not receive the necessary major
fty Of the elected members OF the
House. and that it therefore might be
declared unconstitutional The minor
fty differed on this point and discuss
ed the question of parliamentary law.
They recommended the passage of the
bill, but striking out the word equca-
tfonaI in the list to be taxed.
The Committee discussed fully the
question of double taxation as they
interpreted it. The minority methods
that even if by the different metOds
there were an overlapping, as for
instance when there is a tax on in
come earned and expended under the
head of cash on hand and on income
direct, the system is not double tax
alton in an Objectionable sense, nor is
double taxation Objectionable from a
constitutional standpoint so long as
it is proportional and does not am
cunt to class legislation.
The last House amendment to the
Appropriation Bill directing the en-
pIoyment on public works of 80 per
cent. natives, Americans or Europeans,
or any one of these was stricken out
by the Senate.
Notice was given of the signing OF
several acts by the President.
At u O'Clock the Senate adjourned.
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The best at the lowest
price at HOPES.
4 Warm
Weather
Policy.

During the last fortnight we have
refrained from talking shop for three
reasons:
F'irst-Every one felt so wrapped
up in the Boys in Blue" that they
did not care much about furniture or
listening to any lengthy talk on our
part.
Second-The weather having been
such that people would much rather
stay at home and keep as cool as posi-
bile in preference to moving around
in the sun.
Third-This reason Of course is of
more interest to us than to our GUS
toners, unless they are directly in
terested by having goods in our re-
pair shop. Regardless of the hot
weather we have had as much, and
some days more, than we could handle
in the repair and upholstery depart
ment. So that while you folks have
been entertaining or keeping quiet we
have been operating a bee hive.
We do not object at all, in fact we
will be more than pleased to see the
orders roll in to such an extent that we
would be forced to employ additional
uphOlsterers.
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HOUSE.

When the House came to order yes
terdav. the Loan Bill was brought up
for consideration.
Rep. Loebenstein presented the fol-
lowing resolution which was laid on
the table until there should be a better
attendance of the House:
ssResolved: That it is the sense OF
the Legislature OF the Republic OF Ha-
wall that all disabilities imposed upon
those persons found guilty of partlcl-
pating in the instruction OF 1893
should be removed"
A. B. LOEBENSTEIN,
PAUL ISENBERG,
w. c. ACHI,
D. H. KAHAULELIO,
S. K. KAEO,
S. w. KAAI.
The Loan Bill was taken up for con-
sideration. Rep. Loebenstein urged
that the item for $4,000 for break
water and wharf, Hilo bay, be raised
to 5000 This was finally passed
after much discussion.
Under suspension of rules the fol
lowing concurrent resolution from the
Senate was received:
"Be it Resolved, That the Minister
Of Foreign Affairs be authorized and
requested to stamp and forward let
tiers written by United States soldier;
and sailors while in Honolulu on thei1
way to the Philippine Islands, with
out charge"
The vote was unanimously in favor
of this.
Other items in the Loan bill were
discussed and passed and, at u noon
the House took a recess until p. m
At that hour the greater part Of the
members were aboard committee
boat welcoming the transports, anC
there was no session.
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NEW UNDER THE /
SIN

Sun.
Never since the discovery % this
beautiful Paradise Of the Pacific has
q first class iron fence mot wire or
wood, but all maIeable Wrought and
Steel been heard Of at such prices, 80
inches high IS cents per foot; 81 in
ches high 60 cents per foot. Erected
complete in Honolulu. painted one
coat at factory and one coat after set
up. We have beautiful line Of diff
ferent styles and prices Of fencing:
also, Vases, Chairs. SetCees. HiCching
Posts, Rabbits, Lawn Ornaments,
Stable Fixtures. etc.
We import all kinds Of Structural
Iron Work, Building Material, JaiIs
and Bridges, and Wire Work OF all
kinds. Cemetery Ratings and Grave
Guards, Gates of all kinds and sizes.
Don't be selfish but throw your
grounds open to view (Which IS mod
eTn) and allow strangers and others
to feast their eyes on your beautiful
tropical grounds and a the same time
make it private with a neat Iron
Fence. You viii not have 70 figure
one minute to see the economy from
any standpoint in these fences. They
have not an ounce Of cast iron, are
guaranteed against breakaga and will
last SO to 100 years.
Call and examine our goods, and
get our illustrated catalogue and be
convinced.
THE HAWAIIAN IRON FENCE co.
J. H. ANKROAI. Prop,
315 Fort street, opposite VIM. G.
Irwin & Company.
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Mr.. P. Ketcham of Pike City, Cal,

Mr.. P. Ketcham of Pike City, Cal,
says: During my brothers late sick
ness from sciatic rheumatism, Cham
berIain's Pain Balm was the only re-
medy that gave him any relief" Many
others have testified to the prompt re-
lief from pain which this liniment af-
fords. For sale by all druggists and
dealers. Benson, Smith & Co., Ltd,
wholesale agents for Hawaiian Islands.
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Baseball Game.

The ball game for the benefit Of the
Red Cross Society will probably be
played on the base ball grounds at
$3.50 to-day. Admission free to all in
U. S. uniforms.
An effort will be made to have one
of the mines from the transports meas
ure bats with one of the town teams.
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Table Talk.

The biggest shell doesn't always hold
the biggest kernel. 1t doesn't take a
page of advertising to tell of these
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GEORGE SHARRICK.

At Tacoma. Washington, February
D. 1898, George Sharrick reduced the
indoor record to 1:45 fiat, on a
WHITE.
If you are a rider and want to buy
a wheel and don't buy THE WHITE, -
YOU don't have the best mount. Paci-
fc CYCLE &, Meg. Co., Agents.