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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30
LYING AND ITS EFFECT.
S. S. Club Discuss the Subject on a So-
Geological Basis.


Geological Basis.
The Social Science club met last
evening at the library rooms. There
was good attendance of members
and an interesting meeting was held
The program of the year was reported
oy the executive committee as fully
arranged, and was accepted by the
club. The matter of a place of meet.
ing during the year had been referred
to the executive committee to ar
arrange. The committee reported
that it had had two invitations as to
places to m5et: One from Rev, 4 W.
BestSie of the use Of his study, and the
other from S. R. Sow, of The Saul
paugh, who offered the use of parlors
there. The club after some discussion
instructed the committee to accept
Mr.. Beattie's invitation.
DR.. ]. Fl. James read a paper en-
Lying, It's Prevalence and Sociolog-
ical Effect" and presented most ex-
cellent one He took the matter up
in all its phases, from the little de-
ceptions of society and those cases
where some will varYSfrom the truth
to make their story seem the more
marvellous 10 the hope Of being more
p easing, to the dealing with children
and.th general practice Of deception
in all walks of life. Ever since Plate
In half testing mockery asked what
is Truth?" the world, he said, has in
one form or another repeated the
query and in all the years no answer
so convincing has been given as to
b3 accepted as final. He alluded to
M my reasons why men lie, how with
generations Of assembling behind US,
IL mas become part Of our natures to
disSemble. He also referred to the
effect that much Of the literature for
children has upon their minds, caus.
ing them 20 form wrong ideals in life.
He also PAID yellow journalism well
merited rebUke. Speaking of the
generally accepted opinion that in
these days mar. cannot do business
successfully if he1s thoroughly honest
lu'word AND deed he said he did not like
20 accept this as final until we shall
have received some authority to do
away with the teachings of the bible
by which book we must square our
lives and cOlduct.
The discussion was opened by Nell
son Weed and was followed in a gen.
eral way by the club and was OF a
very interesting nature.
The next meeting will be held on
Tuesday evening, Oct. 18th, when j.
r. Brandrup will read paper on the
Single Tax" and w. L. Comstock
will open the discussion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30
WANDERED AWAY.
Lady From Albert Lea Out OF Her Mind
in MankatO.

Tuesday afternoon and evening
there was wandering about our streets
a middle aged woman who was ap
parently out of her mind. She was
seen at many places, and spent the
night out Of doors. A young man and
woman, believed to be her son and
daughter, enlisted the aid Of the po-
lice last evening to search for her, but
she could not be found until this
forenoon, when she was found near
Ed. Bradley's store. The woman was
about 40, years Of age, and wore dark
dress with tan colored leather belt,
and black hat with green trim
mings' Her home is at Albert Lea,
but the young lady and gentleman
who were seeking her reside in Blue
Earth City.
The strange woman called at st.
JoS;ph's hospital, among other places,
and announced that she would like to
join the Sisters, but soon left. saying
that she had changed her mind. She
attracted considerable attention by
her actions. She was accompanied to
her home today.
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tor connects all OF the floors. There
are fire places in the hotel office. bank,
and Mr.. Armstrong; private rooms.
The floors Of the lobby, vestibules
and bank are all to be tiled. The
lobby is lighted by large windows in
bays toward Armstrong avenue, and
large stained glass windows at the
platforms in the main stair case.
When completed, the building will
cost about $40, 600 aside from the fur
nishings.
The hotel will be ready for opening
about Nov. 2Jth. Mr.. Armstrong has
on file numerous applications from
outside parties who desire to take
long time lease and furnish the hotel
throughout and conduct it in a first
class manner. He intends to select
from the list competent hotel man
and lease the building to him at a
reasonable figure.
The travelling public will appreciate
the fact that ST. James is soon to
have so fine hotel, and there can be
no question but that it will prove a
profitable investment. St. James is
one Of the best of the smaller cities
of the state, and her population is
progressive and enterprising. In
Mr.. Armstrong the city has a resi-
dent and business man of whom it
should be proud. His faith in the
future of the place has led him to
make large investment of money,
and the splendid hotel which he is
building will in turn help the town.
He should receive the encouragement
OF the people in general.
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The Free Baptist church, Of. West
Mankat0, which has leased the brick
Swedish church, has given up it's sep
arate existence, and turned itself over
to the First Baptist church, which
will hereafter conduct it as mission.
The Free Baptists found themselves
not strong enough to 60 it alone any
longer.
Alderman M. d. Fritz returned
home yesterday from Ohio, where he
has been visiting for two weeks past.
Mrs. Fritz and daughter will return
in week or two.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30
ONLY ONE BID.

Contractors were not tumbling over
each other to bid on the proposed
Fifth and Pleasant street grading
jobs, proposals for which were asked
by the board of public works today.
No bid was received on the Fifth
street work, and Jacob Effer was the
only bidder on Pleasant street, his
figure being s47S, which is more than
was expected. The contract was
awarded and the council will have to
fight it out. The grading covers four
blocks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30
NOW AT REST.
Mrs. j. B. Ford Passes Away Tuesday
Morning,

NiUTUiDg,
Mrs. J. B. Ford died at six o'clock
Tuesday at her residence, at the
corner Of Fourth and Hickory streets,
after an illness dating back to April
10Th. She had been very low for four
or five days past, and her death was
not unexpected to those who knew
how serious was her condition. She
passed into Inconsistencies at ten
O'Clock yesterday forenoon, and did
not rally again.
Mrs. Ford was born near Hartford
Wis, and was forty-siX years Of age.
She moved to Mankato with tine
family of her father, Thos. DAILY, in
1859, and was united in marriage to
Mr.. Ford in 1875. She was
held in the highest esteem
by all who knew her, for
her many womanly graces. She was
q devoted wife and mother and an &C
tive member of the societies connect
ed with St. Johns Catholic church.
Her death is a source of sadness to
her many friends and acquaintance,
who extend their sympathy 10 the
sorrowipg husband and children. The
latter are Frank, Fred, Nellie and
j. Paul. Three sisters also survive the
deceased, Mrs. Frank Weir, Of Good
Thunder, Mrs. Agnes Riley, of Lake
CRYSTAL, and Mrs. Mary Daily, who has
for some years made her home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Ford.
The funeral occurred at ten
O'Clock Thursday forenoon from ST..
Johns Catholic church.
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THE PARK HOTEL.
St. James Magnificent New
Hosiery.
Detailed Description of the Fine BlocI
Which M. K. Armstrong Is
Having Erected.

St. James will soon have one of the
finest and most completely equipped
hotels to be found in the Northwest
outside of the large cities. 1t will be
a credit to Southern Minnesota, as
we'll as to the owner, Mr.. M. X. Arm
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be conveyed for the little support
that she will need during her short
span of life. Thomas Murray left no
children, and the widow and his
brothers are his only relatives.
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Judge Wilson has settled who
shall administer the estate of the late
Thos. Murray by appointing Martin
McHale administrator. Mr.. McHale
is cousin of Mrs. Murray. The will
named Patrick Murray as executor,
and Mrs. Murray at first wanted
Father Fox, of Mapleton, as admins
traitor, but Judge Wilson decided
that in view Of the circumstances it
would be best to take neither. There
seems to be three-cornered fight on.
Judge Severance has denied the ap-
plication of Samuel Sternberger for
permission to participate in the divi-
dends Of Longini & Thoms, on the
ground that the withholding of the
81, 500 mortgage from record was not
entire good faith to the other credi-
tors, and that Mr.. Sternberger had
full knowledge of the time limiting
the filing of claims, and that he did
not show due diligence in the filing
Of his petition.
The appearance of the Andrews
Opera company Saturday evening
tiled the opera house with a large
audience, as this company is favor
tie Mankato people, and many be-
sides the regular theatre goers were
present. Cavalleria Rustican and
wo acts of Martha were presented.
Mrs. Steel in the former and Mrs.
Caddie Lee Andrews in the latter
look the leading parts, and were cor
tally received by the audience.
Each filled her part most admirably.
Che other members Of the company,
including Ell. Andrews, Mrs. CLAYTON
and Jay G. Taylor, sustained their
we'll earned regulations as operatic
singers Of the first class. The An
drews Co. will always be welcomed to
20 Manka / {,
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SEVERAL JUDGMENTS TAKEN.

The calendar was called in the
municipal court Tuesday, and DISPOSE
tion was made of the following cases:
Z. w. and ]. G. Carey VS. G. &.
Knapp, order for judgment.
A. and j. Plout VS. Faddoul Kouri,
motion by plaintiff to strike out
answer, to be heard tomorrow at 1000
a. M.
L. Ficklestein VS. Faddoul Kouri,
same.
r. Restler VS. Faddoul Kouri, same.
B. Robertson VS. John Lamphier,
order for judgment for SIT 16 and
costs,
]. S. Rolf VS. Evan A. Parry, order
for Judgment for $16.25 and costs,
J. S. Rolf VS. A. F. Rabe, order for
Judgment for S11 and costs.
J. S. Rolf VS. VIM. Kothoff, order for
Judgment for S11 and costs.
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BOARD OF AUDIT.

To the honorable board of county
commissioners of Blue Earth county,
MINI.
Gentlemen: The board OF audit
would most respectfully report that
they have this day examined the con-
ditions OF the county treasury and
the treasurer as shown by the county
auditors books liable for the sum of
S16, 2S0 So, for which the treasurer ex-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30

Respectfully submitted,
Mankato, Sept. 81, 1898.
P. A. GUNDERS, Co. Auditor.
STEPHEN THoRNE, Cl'k of dist. court
CHAs. GRAF, Chm. County Board.
All of Blue Earth county. Mimi.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30

First National bank, ......S $40. 50
National Citizens bank, 80. 1852. 81
Man kato National bank. -. l,974.S5
Marston, Larson & Davis bank l,495. "a
State Bank of Mapleton, -. 1,644.I2
Bank OF Amooy,.. 1926. 10
Bank Of Mapleton (old bank 3.67l.45
State Bank of Good Thunder, 1903 20
Currency, checks and cash
items, Observation-Disclosures. 562 81
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-09-30

*This amount of 1851 As is a de-
posit in the Mapleton bank which is
inSOlvent,
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-08-21

gage a French fleet which had ap-
peared off the Isle of Wight, in 1545. or
was sunk by the enemy in the engage
ment which ensued. Chroniclers diff
fer as to this point. The gun is fast
ened to a species of wooden stock like
the barrel of a rifle.
In 1927 the English attacked Mons
St. Michel with a formidable siege bat
terry of ''plusieurs achin ~epouvant-
ables.'' as says the French narrator.
and among them were two enormous
bombards. The bore of the larger OF
these was 10 inches in diameter. and
that of the smaller about IL inches.
They were each about twelve feet in
length. and hurled huge granite balls
of from two to three hundred pounds
weight with crushing effect.
In 1873 Louis XXI Of France had a sim
liar weapon which fired 5O0-pound shot
with a charge of three hundred pounds
of powder. Among those big bonn
bards." as the English and Italians
called them, '~'quenon" the French, and
"beechsen" the Germans. were several
notable pieces, such as the "Dulle
Grolte'' of Client. and Mons. Meg
still frowning from the ramparts of
Edinburgh castle. This famous can
non is said to be the oldest in Europe
with the exception of a somewhat SINH
lar piece at Iisbon 1t vas built for
James III. of Scotland. for the special
benefit Of the Douglasses, whom he was
besieging in the Castle of Threave. in
Galloway. in the year 1855. In the mid
die of the last century this memorable
cannon was removed to the Tower OF
London, but on the representations Of
Sir Walter Scott. the great novelist. Ii
was returned to Scotland and placed in
its present position.
The Turks were fond of using big
guns and did so both at the siege Of
Constantinople and at that of Rhodes,
when IL was defended by the Knights
Of St. John. Their guns were not very
dissimilar in construction To Mons. Meg
and other guns of that period in the
West, but even bigger. A number OF
them are still in battery and form a
portion of the defense of the Dardan-
Giles. They were known as "kemer-
ticks" and were constructed by Hun
garians in the Turkish employ. They
were of 27-inch caliber. throwing stone
balls from $50 TO 200 pounds, and
could only be fired -four times during
the day. one Of them burst at the
siege of Con~stantinople AT the first
discharge. with destructive effect.
Bishop Pocock describes one Of iron.
80 feet long. in two parts, after the old
way OF working cannon Of iron in sew
eral pieces. The bore Is two feet. so
that a man may sit in IL. two and a
half uuintals Of powder are required TO
loa II. and it carries a ball Of Il quin-
tails" The size Of these old-world
monsters may be realized from the
fact that on one occasion SIX midsh.p-
men crawled into n OF these at Cha
nak
As a contrast TO these short. gaping
relics OF the middle ages. : Queen
Elizabsth's Pocket Pistol" which looks
ont over the Channel from the heights
~ Dover castle, as # IL were ready to
try and perform the Impossible feat
b. aFnna1 e. HE -. ~ H-HHLa.E-- "a
tich:
Load me well. and keep me clean.
And III carry my balls 70 Calais
Green"
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danger on top Of the powder maya
zine. The other two are the artiller-
lists. and the gun is probably a breech-
loader.
"Kaskelrs multicharge gun" how
ever, surpasses them all for an extra
mental Tun OF a recent date. and ar.
unsuccessful one. II has been nick
named the "Old Saw" and was maSs
OF cast iron. The idea was to accel-
crate the speed of the projectila
through the barrel by its passing over
four receptacles for powder. which the
flame of the original discharge wouls
ignite in succession. A second AMI
modified gun was built of steel. but
these weird pieces of ordnance will not
probably be repeated.
A gun made use of by the Sepoy mu-
tineers. at Meerut. in 1857. is cons
structed from the iron socket OF a .ai-
egraph pole. strengthened by bindings
OF telegraph wire. and fastened 10 the
carriage by iron hoops. The wheels
and carriage were castings and a rough
~elevating screw terminating in a ring.
was provided. Several Of these were
made and loaded with chopped wire.
Probably they proved more disastrous
20 their makers han TO the British
soldiers. Another illustration shows a
steam gun. a weapon that has several
times been tried. but never so sue
cessfully as 10 supersede the ordinary
~gunpowder cannon, or ven to COM
pete with IT. A steam cannon in
vented by Joseph Perkins. was con-
structed in this country in 1894. and
was said 20 fire $50 bullets a minute.
The one shown in the sketch was
known as the "winans' steam bat
terry" and was used in protecting a vi
aduct on the b. and O. Railway In the
American civil war. II was provided
xv{fh hFIIaf-nrnAF shfaIl anl Rrol
from 100 10 500 balls a minute. Whether
il ever too part in active hostilities
cannot be stated.
G. FIELD. Major Z. NJ.
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that they were made in Holland. The
date on them. 1913. assigns them a on
siderable age. They are OF a pecu-
liar construction. consisting Of an inner
and outer copper tube. the space be-
tween being filled with a cylinder OF
pine covered with leather. The out
sid is beautifully decorated and brill
liantly freight. The knob at the breech
end is in the form of an elephants
head. and pulls out. disclosing the
touch-hole. while the handle represents
nude wrestlers. The carriage is also
a work Of art. 1t is made of oak. We
neered with pear wood. which Is
carefully polished. while the numerous
bands and rosettes are OF polished
steel. deeply engraved and filled In
with black. which has the effect of
throwing up the design. II would al
most seem from It's weak construction
and elaborate decoration that this gun
was designed for some purpose OF show
rather than OF use. still there were a
good many guns of peculiar n some
what similar construction in use in the
seventeenth century. These were the
leather guns used by Gustavus
Adolphus In the Thirty Years war.
Their inventor was either a Colonel
Wurmbrandor. or. according to other
authorities. Col. Robert Scott. The
bore. or inner tube. was of copper.
rather thicker at the breech end. and
strengthened by iron rings. The whole
after being plated with three layers OF
mastic. was then trapped round and
round with several coils of rope and
Irvine. A Goa of plaster followed, TO
give IL an even surface. and finally II
was enclosed in a leathern covering.
Being very light for their size. they
We're very portable. and so frequently
found to be Of great use: but the
charge was necessarily light and they
retained the heat after firms so much
that at the battle of Leipsic. in 1881.
the charges lgnited as they were being
placed in the guns. This led TO their
being discarded as dangerous.
But for eccentric pieces of ordnance
We need not go bach 10 the middle ages
or even TO the last century. though the
gun and it's motor car" shown in the
picture are in all conscience striking
enough. Most likely IL never had any
existence outside Of the old print which
has preserved the inventors project
A short note explains that the ma
Chine is mad TO travel by means OF
the man at the handle in the rear. How
this grinding business made the
ponderous affair move Is hard 10 sur
mise. The man In front OF him is the
steersman, who, with a pair Of reins.
turns the front wheels in the desired
direction. He is seated in a post Of
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MUSEUM FOR CANNON CUR|0S
The Whole Array of Guns Is Not Worth Powder and Shot
For Offensive Purposes Nowadays, But 1t Will
Make a Wonderfully interesting Show
as Curiosities.

London, Aug. ia muGeum for an
cient and modern cannon, showing the
evolution of the heavy guns of today
from the old wooden tubes in use when
gunpowder was first invented, is talked
of as an interesting possibility. 1t is
gravely argued by one nan who favors
the plan hat an alliance between Great
Britain and the United States is a GER
tainty, and that war must soon be
abolished-hence, the time is ripe Tor
the opening of a museum for the cam
non that will soon be a relic of fight
ing days, so hat future generations
may be able to study the weapons of
their ~forefathers of the ~gunpowder per-
iod. An enthusiast has gotten up a
list of the curious cannon in existence
TO serve as a nucleus for the museum.
Among them are many quaint guns.
First, there is a machine gun of
which the tripod stand, at any rate, is
almost identical with that now used for
two or three patterns of machine guns,
while the gun itself has nothing par
ticularly antique about its appearance.
Yet 1t is nearly two hundred years
since this machine was designed by one
Puckle, who may thus be regarded as a
forerunner of the famous Mr.. Maxim
and his deadly little gun, from which
the bullets can be poured as water from
a hose. Puckle was born two centu-
ries too soon, not only from the greater
scope his inventive genius would
have enjoyed nowadays, but because
he would have found a conspicuous po-
alton in the ranks of those who cry
out against the ''unspeakable Turk"
For his weapon was unique in that ii
had q second set of chambers firing
square bullets for the especial benefit
Of TURK. thc ordinary set, firing round
.ra arg intended for use against
Christians. Puckle evidently thought
a Turk deserved as nasty a wound as
DoSsIbIe. But Puckle cannot claim TO
be the first inventor to design a ma
chine gun.
A two-wheeied car. on which were
mounted four breech-loading pieces OF
email CALDER. was constructed in Flan-
ders as far back as 1347. \ Scotchman.
too. William Drummond by name. pat
ented a thunder carriage which Is
supposed to have been 2 machine gun.
IN 1925. nearly a hundred years previ-
Gus 10 Puckle and his invention.
II is remarkable that the very earli-
est types Of canno were open at both
ends. Probably the rear end was closed
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by a piece of wood or iron slid over It,
and supported by two small stakes
sunk into the ground, so that this
primitive weapon may be called a
breech-loader. Most people are in the
habit of talking of the old muzzle-
loading guns" and considering breech-
loading cannon quite a modern inven-
ton; but in point of fact, the latter
system was employed in almost all
the first cannon that were constructed
in Europe at any rate-and IL was
only the crude mechanism that was
employed to close the breech that rem
dered it inferior to the muzzle-loading
guns that supplanted it for some hun
dreds of years. though almost up TO
the beginning of the present century
breech-!oading pieces of small caliber
were made use of on the upper works
of ships. A small gun of the kind
called a "falconet' or a "Paterero,'
with it's shoulder piece and swivel, re-
minds one of the quick-firing guns that
adorn the upper decks of our modern
naval monsters. Its fire for a time was
probably fairly rapid. as several du-
~plicates of the iron chamber contain
ing its charge of powder and ball were
provided. These were lifted in AMI
out by the handle, and wedged in their
place before firing.
But wha the old cannon lacked in
rapidity of fire and power. they made
up for in the formidable character OF
their names and titles. Here are a
very few from a long list: BasiiiSk,
Bastard. Bombard, Cannon-Royal,
Cannon = Serpentine. Dragon = Nolant.
Minion. Murderer. Saker or Sacre. RI
%baudequin. and a host Of others as gro
teSGus.
The early ramon were very short N
comparison to their bore In some the
diameter of the bore vas ten inches,
but the powder chamber was consi1-
erably smaller. As lme went on, the
advantages Of leneth in a gun were re-
cognized as giving greater accuracy
ana penetration. so that longer wen-
IONS, such as that used by Columbus
and shown in the illustration, came
into vogue.
\ gun ished up from the wreck Of
the Mary Rose. and now at the Tower
is Interesting as showing both the con-
struction ms breech mechanism Of tie
guns in use in the infancy Of our sail
ing navy. This ship. which had been
one of the largest in Henry Wills fleet.
was either overseI or capsized by =
squat when standing u past 81. EEel-
ems with an English squadron. TO en-
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The Best Remedy for Flux.

Mr.. John Matthias. a well known stock
dealer of Pulaski. Ky, says: after suf-
fering for over a week with iux. and my
physician having failed to relieve me. I
advised 10 try Chamberlain's Collie.
Cholera and D~iarrhoea Remedy. and lave
the pleasure OF stating that the half OF
one bottle cured me-" For sale by drug
gists.