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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-22
FARMING LANDS
CITY LOTS FOR SALE

Several quarter sections, improved,
near Mapleton.
Wild and improved lands near Red
wood Falls, also near Granite Falls
and other Minnesota Valley towns.
No. l wheat, corn and dairy lands.
Small tracts near Mankato, cut up
to suit purchasers.
Cheap lots, well located, as we'll as
choice residence and business prop
erty. take great pleasure in show
ing property and try to make terms
agreeable to purchasers.
Now is the ideal time to buy, as an
era of good times is just beginning,
and prices will advance at the close
of the Spanish war.
NJ, c, WILLARD,
Office at Oil Till, head of
Elm Street, Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-22


Although this was ten years ago, 1 have never
yet had a sign Of the disease to return.
W.R. NEWMAN,
Staunton, Va.
It is like self-destruction to continue
to take potash and mercury; besides
totally destroying the digestion, they
dry up the marrow in the bones, pro-
ducing a stiffness and swelling of the
joints, causing the hair to fall out, and
completely wrecking the system,
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

4 Cleveland drummer just in from
the Southwest, declares that there is
a hotel situated in a city made by
nearly all travelling men out of New
Orleans, and is run by IN eccentric
old chap who has named his rooms
after States. instead of giving them
numbers. Il went there first to il
quire Tor a friend, says the Cleveland
drummer, ''Yes," he's in Maine, re-
| piled the clerk, when | mentioned the
name. But he isn't in Maine, l
protested, for l happen to know he's
right in this hotel Then he explain
ed. While I was standing there wait
ing, the side talk at the desk was
enough to make a nal crazy. Gent
in Massachusetts is kicking, sir said
a bell boy; claims DAT teller in Utah
is all dc lime playin' de 'cordian at
nights Put him in Montana, re-
piled the clerk. No towels in North
| Dakota said Il chambermaid, and
that fat man in Florida wants 10 be
changed 10 Vermont My friend said
he'd been sitting in a little poker
game in Rhode Island, the night be
fore. and woke up in CALIFORNIA;
Didn't know how the dickens he got
there. The place interested me, and
l could hardly tear myself away. My
friend assured me that it was run
strictly according to State traditions.
He vas in Maine at first, but they
refused to send any beer to his room
on account OF the prohibition law, so
be had them to change him across the
hall to Kentucky, and now he likes 1t
so we'll he has concluded to stay in
definitely. l met the proprietor and
found him a rabid advocate of terri
toriai expansion. You see, he wanted
to build an annex
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
NEED OF EDUCATION.
Problem Presented in Government
O.: Cuba and Puerto Rico.
System of Free Public Schools to BE
Inslitated in Some shape
by the United State3
Government.

New questions are constantly rising
in respect TO the government of Cuba
and Puerto Rico, some of which are
not only Of great Importance, but
such as demand prompt attention.
Among these are matters relating to
public education, which, under the
Spanish regime, were dealt with IN o
manner entirely different from that
which prevails in the United States,
This subject is one to which the presi'
dent is already devotfng some atten,
ton and in regard to which his action
is awaited with interest.
In the Spanish West Indies the col
ored people, who forrnR large proper
ton of the total population, have never
enjoyed the privileges of common or
free schools, and the same thing is
true in a large degree of the whole
white population. IN fact. the educa'
t:onal FIELD il either Island is, comPar
atiYeiy speaking, d virgin ops. N?W,
ard by whom, it shall be cultivated is
4 question of practical moment. It is
not improbable that the agencies oil
private and associated b~enevolenc2
which were so powerful and useful
among the freedmen of the south in
the later years of the civil war and
long afterward will be found active IN
Cuba and Puerto Rico. There, as was
the case in the southern states, how
ever, the cooperation of the govern
ment will be necessary.
In the ease of the freedmen'sschools
in the south the government not only
furnished protection and supervision,
but money to assist in the payment of
rent Of school buildings and the wages
Of teachers. 1t has been pretty gen
orally conceded that that money was
wisely expended. Whether eXpendi,
lures for like objects in Cuba and
Puerto Rico, especially the latter, will
be regarded advisable remains to be
seen. but it is certain that the United
States cannot afford to neglect or ig-
more the common school as an element
or factor in the reconstruction of so.
ciety and government of these islands.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
MASCOTS.
Ioun's EilIy Goat, Dewey, knocks
Oat the PiG. BLAMED. Saved from
the Wreck OF the Eiycaya.

4 survivor 81 TIE Spanish cruiser
Vizcaya landed at the navy yard. only
to be knocked out in one punch by
q billy goat. The survivor is Blanco.
a little black and white pig rescued
by the crew OF the Oregon from the
sinking Vizcaya or July3. The porEer
was enlisted as a mascot and is now
a n~aturalized Spanish Pig.
When the bat,leship tied up at Main
street navy yard Blanco made a brcal:
for shore leave. He shot down the
gang plank like a 13-inch projectile,
capsizirg a couple of sailors who tried
TO stop him. Once ashore Blanco los:
his range-fnder and ran rapidly in q
circle. a squadron of sailors trying 70
overhaul him.
Meanwhile the i"wa came in and
moored IS yards ; rn of the Ore
gon. The mascot ~ the Iowa is q
goat named Dewey. who has been seek
ing an engagement ever since he drank
half a gallon of war paint a month age.
The moment Dewey sighted Blanco
doing the merry-go-round act the goat
emitted 4 war:ike bleat and went
ashore before anyone could stop him.
With his head ltwered. Dewey started
in to break the record on a quarter
mile track with Bldnco as pacemaker.
The sailors say the race covered 10
miles. Anyhow, al the finish Dewey
overlook Blanco and fetched him a
frightful jolt. One blow was enough.
The pig rolled over on his back and
stuck his legs up as rigid as military
masts. All 500 tars were on hand at
the knockout. The crew of the Ore
gon carried POOR Blanco aboard and
revived him with a large dose of to-
basco sauce. Dewey was borne in
triumph to the Iowa and treated to
some more war paint.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
TO BE GUESTS OF FRANCE.
Formal Invitation for the American
Members Of the Peace Commisi
ziOn Is Expected.

In view of the early meeting at Paris
of the Spanish American peace com
missioners arrangements + already
under way for the entertainment of
this distinguished body. 1t is under
stood that the commission will be the
guests of the French government, and
while no formal invitation has yet been
extended there IS reason to believe one
will come in due time, and that the
commissioners will receive every our
tesy and attention which the French
government can bestow.
The meetings of the commission viii
be held at the French foreign Office,
in the sumptunus and historic salon
des ambassadors. It was here that the
famous congress of Paris met in 1856,
The salon is probably the most e!e-
giant official apartment in al! Europe,
being hung with Gobelin tapestry and
decorated with lavish frescoes and
works of art. Near the salon are pri,
vate chambers, suitable for commit
tee rooms and for the meetings of the
commissioners of the respective gov
ernments.
The several commissioners will
choose their w private quarters, al
though Secretary Day may be the
guest Of the UnitedStates embassy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

A profit of $500 an acre is rather
above the average, but a Carthage
man claims to have cultivated a patch
Of ground 42x90 feet in area in his
back yard the past season with cash
results on that ratio, the details Of
which the Press gives, thus: The ac-
tual cash sales from the garden ii ad-
dition to what the family use for
their own table were as follow: l.
matoes, $40. -: cantaloupes, 41c: cerl
3Oc: turnip seed, Ice: popcorn, @ac,
lettuce: 55c; rA4i..os, soc; b9ets: J52:
potatoes, SEC: 1,aE5 32.I2. %; 81:
cueumbers, @l.1": onions, 10: -
plan, 2tc: raznpaIas, $50; paf5aiEa
3l.5J. E0tal, ~ II. There "ere -
pumpkins from five plants which WuIe
marketable. they weighed from 8 =
81 IL pounds each. The lacoEe f-cI
this p;-ce of ground, in addition C
what he family required for their GIVE
use. is at the rae OF 0yer 800 PEI
acre
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
l. ! HELLO =!

''Thc Boston Grocery Store. OPP,
posite the POstot4ice is the place to
buy something good to eat. Their
show windows filled with Fancy APP
pies, Oranges, Bananas, Figs, Dates,
Grapes, &C., made our reporters
mouth water while making the rounds
this week.
1.-THE BoSTONH GROCERY STORE,
j. +. SCHwEPKER, Prop'r.
Opposite Post Office.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
Real EsIaIc FOR Sale.

Two lots in the town of Stroder-
vile, on one of which is z fairly good
dwelling house.
Eleven acres OF timbcred land on
Hickory Ridge.
Eighty acres of timbered lard with
in three miles of Egypt Mills.
Forty acres of timbared land about
two and a half miles of Egypt Mills
VIII be sold cheap for cash or part
cash and balance good paper.
For further particulars and de
scTiption OF land call on
BEN II. ADAMS.
DEMOCRAT Office. Cape Girardcau,
Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The other day an Alabama mob
lynched the wrong man, and they
deeply regret it," says the New Or
leans States. They might do as a
Texas mob once did. They hanged
a man for stealing a mustang and
shortly afterward learned that he was
innocent. After debating the question
they decided that the captain should
call on sthe widow and apologize.
Riding Up to the fence he called her to
the door and explained the mistake
that had been made, closing thus:
"Madam, the jokes on u.s."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

OF unusual Interest to every reader
OF this paper is the advertisement
elsewhere in this issue of the st. Louis
GlobC-Democrat, unquestionably ore
of the greatest of American Lewspa-
pers. That peerless paper can now
be hal by mail, every day, including
the big Sunday issue, for only six
dollars per year, and at that price, it
is certainly within the reach of all
who desire to read ANY daily paper.
Tie Weekly Globe Democrat is issued
in semi-weekly sections of eight pages
each, making it practically a LARGE
SEMI-W EEKLY, and almost equal to
the average daily. at ONE DOLLAR
A YEAR. This issue is just THE
THING for the farmer, merchant or
professional man who has not the
time to read a daily paper, but wishes
to keep promptly and thoroughly
posted. 1t is made up with especial
reference to the wants of every mem
Der of the family, not only giving
ALL THE NEWS, but also a great
variety of interesting and instructive
reading matter Of all kinds. Write
for free sample copies to Globe PRINT
ing Co., st. Louis, Mo.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The Hilo (Hawaiian islands Tri,
bune, q new publication which has
just come to hand from our far of
territory. contains many unique ad.
vertisements. y shoe dealer, for in
stance, uses half a column to an.
nounce that he has just received Il
large assortment Of dancing pumps
and one-strap sandals" aud another
merchant proclaims the arrival of two
carloads of beer and a lot of the latest
make typewriters."
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Until very recently the police and
military of the cities in the Argentine
Republic were classed on Z par with
the criminal population, and thugs
and even murderers were frequently
sentenced by judges to serve SO many
years in the army or on the police
force. The New York Evening Post
cites an instance where an Irish la
borer who had murdered a native in
Cordoba, Argentine Republic, was
sentenced to six years of police duty.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The New Lutheran Church News, a
religious paper recently started in
Germany, has just been discontinued
fer a curious reason. It's object was
to defend the doctrince of the verbal
inspiration of the Bible, and in his
valedictory the editor says that he
could not get any contributors to take
that side Of the question.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

A woman in an Ohio town is icing
tried for murder and Il witness testi-
fled that she committed the deed with
a sang froid. The judge stopped the
proceedings long enough to inquire
what sort of a weapon a sang froid is.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
Accordingto the Indiana state boar

AccoYdingto the Indiana state board
OF charities the number of insane in
the State is app ~oximately 4,300, or
one in 675 of the present population.
The Proportio. of insane in Indiana
is less than in the States OF Ohio,
Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, Min
nesota and Iowa. In some of the New
England States it is but approximate
ly half it is in Indiana.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
werk Ewes Made strong.

dim vision made clear, styes removed
and granulated lids or sore eyes of
any kind speedily and effectually
cured by the use Of Sutherland's Eagle
Eye Salve. It's put up in tubes, ami
sold on a guarantee by all good drug
pistS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
BaIlard,s snow Lfnement.

If you have terrible pain in the
small of the back, get a bottle of
Snow Linement. 1t will positively
cure it and AT once. Try it and re-
omendit to your friends. Sold at
Wilson's drug store.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The only way for Hobson 10 keep
the women from kissing MIN is TO
place a muzzle over his mouth like the
farmers put on their colts when they
want to wean them from sucking.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

\ Stockton thief sold his plumber
for Sl4 and with the money paid an
honest debt. AS soon as the moral of
this incident has been studied out it
will be duly announced.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

When the American saloon men get
over in Havana they VIII not be long
learning the natives the American
ways and they will soon have the Gu
bans drinking American booze.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The SeGal:a Democrat pulls down
its Vest. as it we're, o n the expansion
question. THE Democratic party has
everything to loseand nothing to gain,
it insists, ''by a factious opposition
to the treaty with Spain. There is no
wisdom in wasting energy fighting the
logic OF events"
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
Opposite Post Office.
Lung Irritation

is the forerunner to consumption. DR..
BGll's Pine-Tar-Honey will cure it,
and give such strength to the lungs
that a cough or a cold will not settle
there. Twenty-Five cents at all good
drurpistS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The Democratic papers in this
county haven't had d word to say
about court house rings since the
election. Two years from now they
will break out again, however.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
Christmas and New Years Holidays

Chr1stmas ana New hcar's H~Ol1dnys
For the above occasion the Illinois
Central railroad will sell excursion
tickets to all points on its lines with
in d distance of 200 miles at Ia fare
for the round trip. Tickets to be sold
Dec. "a, p, %, 81, 1898, and January
LIST and 2nd, 1899, limited for going
passage commenced on date of sale
and for return passage until and in
Guiding January 18th, 1899.
]. Z. DUNCAN. AGENT.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The general belief in Milwaukee is
that the twn men who lost their lives
while working in a brewery in that
city died happy.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Gen. Wheeler says the Democratic
party is not opposed to an adequate
increase OF the United States army.
Mr.. Bailey, however, will have some
thing to say on this point. The
Baileys and not the Wheelers are
running the Democratic party. There
is ii chance. indeed, Wheeler may DE
ran out OF That party. Bailey is On
his trail already, and as Bailey re-
Gently got &n Endorsement in tee
Democratic caucus he has a right TO
consider that his party indorses all
his 70 lies, including that lunacy in
volved in the assault on Wheeler for
trying to be Il patriot and a Demo-
crat In good standing at the same time.
At Santiago Wheeler doomed up large
but in a Democratic caucus he would
be only a feather weight in the scale
as opposed to Bailey Wheeler is IL
poor authority on Democratic policy.
In becoming an all-around American
he ceased TO be an orthodox DCmo-
Observation-Disclosures.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
Hunts Cure

Cures all skin diseases in all its va
rious forms. No internal treatment
necessary. Failing money returned
to purchaser.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Congress sman Vandiver has man
aged to get his i&me in the news
papers. He blew out the gas in his
room in a hotel in Washington. He
says he was almost suffocated when
he got out Of his room. His physi-
clan says he will live to serve his term
out in Congress.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

y temperance lecturer says the whis
key drinker is committing suicide on
the installment plan. This is rough
on the Democratic politicians.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

A man would rather spend five dol
lars foolishly than to lose a nickel
through q hole in his pocket.-Wash-
ington Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

The 9th Missouri-our Southeast
Missouri hoys-wiil>p-nd their Christ
mas in Caha. The ships are now
sailing with them
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
snarl.s On the Mediterranean.

One direct result Of the sqes essai
has been fhe irtroduesoa into the
Mediterranean Of sharks, which PFC
Horsfy were unknown there.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
The Eagle, King OF ali BIRDS,

is noted for its keen sight, clear and
distinct vision. So are those persons
who use Sutherland's Eagle Eye Salve
for weak eyes, styeS, sore eyes Of any
kind or grauulated lids. Sold by all
dealers at p cents.
TAKE THE s.CAPE-IRON NOUN
TAIN ROUTE" FOR ST. LOUIS.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Ii!c M~dsEiugtOn correspondent OF
an E.ast-la paper says there is a
chance tnat The Philippines viii be
maze independent under the prOtec-
toratc OF England. France, Russia,
Japan, Germany and this country
There is not the faintest probability,
it is safe to say, that any scheme like
this will ever be carried out. Nor is
there any likelihood that anything of
the sort is thought of by anybody in
a responsible position in connection
with this government. So far as re-
garGs the immediate future the fate of
he Philippines may be regarded as
liked. They viii be he'd b. the United
States and administered IN the way
which seems most likely TO this gov
eminent to protect the interests of the
United States and the inhabitants OF
the islands. Nobody supposes the
Philippines are TT for independence.
TEey will, however, under Americau
sway, get all the home rule they can
stand, and thus viii have a measure
OF liberty never before accorded to
them, and at the same time have In
order and a stability which would be
impossible undera native government.
There will be no joint protectorate.
The Americans will be the dominant
power in the Philippines, and they
alone will be responsible to civiliza-
tion for the management of the affairs
OF toe islands. Democrat.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Hobson is all right. He IS a young
mar now. When he grows older he
will quit kissirr.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Hobsor i a~t"";shing the world.
He has sis~au :: -rcater number of
women in pahi" Tan any other mar
living.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
4 Life tor soc.

Many people have been cured o
Kidney diseases by taking a SOC bottle
Foley's Kidney Cure.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

When the Twentieth Kansas left To-
pelia for California, Une Of the boys
took along Il game rooster, which mas
since remained with the regiment ii
all It's movements. in Il letter from
Honolulu one of the soldier CORES
ponden!s says that his rog-tecr,
which. by the way, has been named
Dewey, was the only live thing ON
board ship, except the sailors, that
did not get seasick. He fiuttered about
over the decks as his fancy guided
him, and every morning his lusty crow
awole the echoes OF the Seagirt dawn.
lie whipped everything we came
across in San Francisco" writes the
correspondent, and when we get to
Manila, the land of cockfigEting, we
expect 10 show the native that there
are other Deweys i'll the field. Heres
looping tnaC the Kansas rooster w4.i
cJ-qreronevery bloody battle-ground.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24
Leave Cape Il:35 a. N.

Leave Cape ll:35 ii. m.
30 minutes for dinner at Delta.
Reach St. Louis one hour earlier
than via Illinois Central Il. Il.
Fare II way %4.10.
Round trip S.. 90.
L. 3. COCHRAN, Agent.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Foley's Honey and Tar gives quick
and positive relief in all cases.
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

Sold by Druggists, or sent prepaid Oh
receipt of price, Csc, or 5 for 81.
m HrNpEHEYs' HOMEOPATHIC IANUAI
OF DISEASES MAILED FREE.
Humphrey Med. Co., Ill William St.. N.x
The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-12-24

SATURDAY, DE p. 1898
The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1898-05-14
LIFE IN CAMP
Troops at Tampa Give UP Hopes of
Early Movement

TAMPA, Fla, May 13.-Joseph e. Wheel
er, the old Confederate cavalry leader re-
Gently commissioned major general Of vol
unteers, will command the United States
cavalry in the Cuban army of invasion.
Gen. Wheeler reached here tonight from
Chickamauga, under orders from Gen.
Miles, and reported to Gen. Wade. He will
at once take command of the cavalry
which, 1t is expected, will be organized into
a brigade.
Major Garlinton will be inspector general
of cavalry.
Once more have the 5000 United States
troops at Tampa and Port Tampa unpacked
their baggage and settled down into the
dull routine of camp life. There Is appar-
emily little doubt that 1t was the intention
to have every man, horse. mule and pound
of supplies on board ship by Sunday night,
and to have the big fleet of transports on
the way to Cuba by Monday. But the APP
pearance of the Spanish fleet Off Martinique
and the almost hourly expectation of con-
flict between the Spaniards and Admiral
SIMPSONS fleet has resulted in another
postponement of the invasion of Cuba.
Nearly 1000 troops, regular and state mill
tia, arrived in Tampa today and went into
camp. OF the regulars, the Sixth cavalry
and the Third cavalry arrived from Chick
amauga and pitched their tents in West
Tampa. Fifteen trainloads of troops from
Chickamauga are scheduled to arrive In
Tampa tomorrow over the Plant system.
The Florida Central and Peninsular will
also bring in a large number. Five COM
panies of Florida militia came In during the
day.