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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
Chicago, st. Paul, MINI. 8 Oman

ARRIVE. EAST BOUND. DEPART,
40 m No kansas City Mail Rex asa nc
4;O2 m No 4tst Paul&sioux City Ex4 O5p
$50 m No g. Mnpls & Elmore Pass 90 a N
8:45 m No 10 sElmore& Mankato Pass
ARRIVE. WEST BOUND. DEPART.
10 :45 p m No kansas City Mail & Ex 10 :4S p ms
IL :43 p m Nos tSt Paul Sioux City Ex / OS m
7:5Op m No sMnpls & Elmore Pass 500 p m
No7*Mankato& Elmore Pass 7:55 a m
sDaily except Sunday.
tDaily with Elegant Day Coaches Parlor
Cars and Through Sleepers,
Trains No. z and 10 Connect at Elmore with
Trains on c. & N. w. to and from Points In.
Iowa. -
F. @, WHITTLESEY,
Ticket Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
MANKATO STOCK MARKET.
WHOI,ERATE PRT01a
The Railroads
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Pau

Chicago, Milwaukee . st. Paul.
Trains arriving. Departing.
No. 101-12:30 p. m. No. l22 $50 q. m,
No. 119- 4:00p. m. No. 104-2:30 p. m.
No. 1873 7:oO p. m. No. 168-6:5O p. m
Nos. 1872 and 1O4 connect at Wells for points
east and west.
No. 1C4 makes connections at Austin with
Sleepers for Chicago, Milwaukee and all points
east.
No. 122 connects at Austin with through
trains to Kansas City, Omaha, St. Loais and
Peoria. J. G. MOORE, Agent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
Very Low Rates to Washington, d. c.

very Low Rates TO washington, ID. Z.
Via the North Western Line. Excur-
sion tickets will be sold at greatly re-
puced rates, account of N. E. A. An
nual Convention to be held July Up.
For dates of sale, etc, apply to agents
Chicago & North Western R'y.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
ADVERTISED LETTER LIST.

List of letters remaining uncalled
for at the post Office at Mankato.
Mimi, for the week ending June 3Oth,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
DAVIES ! X|LHARII,
1903 Odd Fellows Block.
MankatO, : /: Minnesota.
We Are Looking and Watching
for Snaps.
And we offer the following
genuine bargains: :

Price. Worth
80 acres Mcpherson twp. SO, 800 81 900
100 acres Rapidan twp. $500 6,400
80 acres South Bend twp. 1920 $500
40 acres LeRay TWP. 1,500 1000
40 acres Mcpherson twp. 1880 1000
so acres South Bend twp. $500 5000
100 acres Murray county,
snap. 80. 80. $500 1850
800 acres Mile Laos coun-
ty, improved. ;. $500 1850
4 residences, centrally located, on
monthly payments.
A few city bargains.
9We will trade good lands for city,
improved, assisting you to pay for
your farm by disposing OF your hold
ings here.
Land Excursion July 18th. Cheap Rates
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01

The highest prices paid for eggs
and butter at the Glass Block grocery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
Annual Cow. Nat. Educational Assn |
Washington, d. c., July 7-I2.

Call on or address f. @. Whittlesey,
at Union depot for rates and dates of
sale.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
Trans-r1ississippi Exposition, Omaha
Neb., June Ist to Nov. Ist, 1893,

For the above occasion the Omaha
Line will sell round trip tickets at ex-
ceedingly low rates. For all informa-
tion call at the Union Depot.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01

Int. Cow. Baptist Young Peoples In
lon of America,
to be held at Buffalo, N. Y, July IA
to II, 1898. Call on or address f. @.
Whittlesey, at Union depot, for rates
and dates of sale,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01
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. wheat, corn and dairy lands.
Small tracts near Mankato, cut up
to suit purchasers.
Cheap lots, we'll located, as we'll as
choice residence and business prop
erty. 1 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.
N. G. WILLARD,
Office at Oil rIill, head of
Elm Street, Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1898-07-01

ST. Paul, June 30.-The result of
the first ballot for governor was as
The Press., 1898-05-19
The Initiative Japanesa.

4 good story is told by St. Barbe of the lmitativeness of the Japanese. which is easily credible, for was it not Jap anese who when he was told to make a coat to pattern-the old one being sent so faithfully did, he carry out the or der that 8 rent and darnt in one of the tails was carefully executed in the new garment?
 "At certain reception we were ask ed in morning dress. but knowing peo- pie wore their crush theater hats. When we got down to the gunroom, which was devoted to gentlemen's cloaks, the gentleman immediately before me took of his theater hat, crushed it against his breastbone, wrapped it up in his dust cloak and handed it to the Japanese in charge. s-~
 ''l took of my hat and dust cloak and handed them. To my horror the Jap took hold of my hat by the brim and crushed it against his breastbone as he had seen my predecessor do. Unfortu- nately that gentleman s hat would not work at first, and he had to use a great deal of force before the springs would fold down. The Japanese therefore saw nothing in my hats, unwillingness to work, but just crushed it and folded my cloak round it. As., -@-.
 "When I expostulated. he smiled and presented me with paper hower-I suppose as peace offering" '-
The Press., 1898-05-19
Kentucky. Freakish We'll.

"One of the most remarkable natural wonders ever saw," said gentleman from the Purchase today, "is an old un- used we'll on the Tennessee river. down In our country.
 "Nobody knows who dug the we'll or why it was ever dug. as it is not near any farmhouse or village. But the un- usual thing about it is its freakishness. For instance, last summer, during the drought, when water was at premium, I went to the we'll while fishing in the neighborhood and found it over half full of the coldest limestone aqua pura ever drank. But every fall and winter the we'll goes dry. and there is seeming ly no stream from which the well can draw its supply of water. An old man who lives near by told me that last sum- mer was the only time he had ever known limestone water to rise in the we'll.
 "Why, said the old river man in speaking of the mysterious we'll, T have drawn the very best of iron mineral water out of it at one time and white sulphur at another. The negroes say the we'll is haunted because steam rises from it in the winter time, when there is not drop of water in it. The blacks shun it as they would the boss denizens of the internal regions, swearing the water is poisoned and that a draft from it means death to him who swal- lows the potion. And it is as queer and freakish. a spot as eyer saw. Louis. vile Post.
The Press., 1898-05-19
London Bridge.

The Britons themselves were quite unable to construct 8 bridge of any kind unless in the primitive methods observ- ed at Post bridge and Two bridges, on Dartmoor, by a slab of stone laid across two bowlders- The work therefore, was certainly undertaken by Roman engi- neers. We have, in the next place, to in. Quire what kind of bridge was built at that time by the Romans They built bridges of wood and of stone. Many of these stone bridges still remain; in oth- CT cases the pieces of hewn stone still remain. The bridge over the Thames, however, was-of wood. This is proved by the fact that had it been of the solid Roman construction in stone the piers would be still remaining; also by the fact that London had to be contented with a wooden bridge till the year 1176, when the first bridge of stone was commenced. .4f.--.-. ... Considerations as to the comparative insignificance of London in the first cen- tury, as to the absence of stone in the neighborhoed, and as to the plentiful supply of the best wood in the world from the forests north of the city con- firm the theory that the bridge was built of wood. We have only, therefore, to learn how Roman engineers built
 bridges of wood elsewhere in order to know how they built 8 bridge of wood over the Thames.-Pall Mall Gazette.
The Press., 1898-05-19
A Phillips Brooks Anecdote.

At the dinner given. in his honor in Philadelphia Dr. Mcvickar,i the bishop ooadjutor of Rhode Island. told, this characteristic anecdote of the late Phil lips Brooks: II re. lember few years ago was travelling with one of the grandest bishops and one of the grand est men of the century I was sumter
 ing with him from church in Lucerne,
 in Switzerland, and he.said something so boyish and fresh, just as he was ever wont to do. stopped and looked at him and said, Brooks. it seems so strange that you should be 8 bishop He looked at me with almost startled expression,
 and he said. 'McVickar. it seems so strange to me that s~4netimes, when am putting on my clothes, | have to stop and laugh. It was just the fresh ness of that man which always kept him young. and which, am sure, you will understand as give it. for Iven- ture to say there has never beer, such a bishop In our, or any other church. i,assl
The Press., 1898-05-19
WHAT MISS CouLD's GIFT
 SHOULD TEACH.

Miss Helen Gould's tender of $100, ,OO0 to the federal government for war expen- ses was at first made through the presi- dent, who wrote in reply that he was not authorized to accept such contributions on behalf of the government, and who suggested that if it were to come in some other form, as a contribution to the equip ment of the navy, there would be no diffi- culty. It appears, however, from our Washington correspondence, that Miss Gould could find no better way than to give the money directly, and it was sent to the United States treasurer, who con- verted 1t into the cash box as rniscel- thanks to the generous young, woman. Her conduct was plainly inspired by high iy patriotic motives, and is to be grate- fully remembered by the people. It is not altogether what was to have been expect ed of the Gould fortune.
 ,. But we need hardly say that the exam pie is not one to be forced upon the, at tention of other wealthy people as worthy of emulation. The government of the United States is not proper object of charitable notice. It is self-supportfng in the sense that 1t lives, not upon the voluntary contributions of the few, but upon the regulated contributions of the few, but upon the regulated contributions of all. It Is strong or weak financially according as the great mass of the people are well-to-do or poor, and the situation can never be otherwise until 1t becomes a government of, by and for the few. Then, and not before, may 1t look to the charit- able dispositions of individual fortune pos sessors for the ways and means of war, and of peace no less than war.
 The way for the rich to display prac- tical patriotism is not through individual cash contributions to the public treasury, which at best could be but drop in the bucket beside the mighty volume coming in from the penny-by penny. collections among the millions of loyal subjects but through @ willingness, evinced as we'll in times,of peace as war, to bear just share in the burden of government, and to &C., cept such reforms in taxation as may seem to be called for in securing a more reasonable and equitable distribution of that burden, according to the ability to bear it. The gift of Jay Gould's daughter will have served great purpose if 1t can be made to convey this lesson.-Spring- Iteld Republican. -4... .;ss1ts s..
The Press., 1898-05-19
aA 7++tf etEQnRtfN.@

We should never accustom ourselves to saying that an article was "mad in Jermani" or "mad in Trans. "' Nor is it necessary that we should. have ai- ways thought the spelling reformers mistook the conditions of the problem. Our spelling may be cratic, but the printed word is a kind of visual counter. We learn to recognize it and to spell it by the eye How often do we feel that a word looks wrongly spelled? Words have to be taken en bloc, and it would be exactly the same with the "fonetio' monstrosities proposed as their substi. tutes In reading we never get at the sense of a word by. spelling it, and "cough" and plough '',, although theo- retically anomalous and incongruous, present no practical difficulty. Still, spelling might in certain cases be sim. plified with advantage. +'Program'' and "jewelry" are better than the accepted forms programme, :" jewellery.
 At present English is like 8 luxuriant garden running wild. It needs trim. ming and wedding.
The Press., 1898-05-19
....
Chased Up . Tree and Lived on Po..urn..

Chased Up Tree and Lived on Possum.
 A negro, being hotly pursued by dogs that were guarding farmhouse in the owner's absence, fled to- a swamp and climbed a tree. for safety. In telling about it afterward he said: t:ae5, .,., ,,i. .,
 "Yes, suh, wuz in a tight place, tell you. Up dat tree went. an dar I staid fer two days an nights, wid dem dogs keepin guard at de foot. When dey'd git tired, dey'd relieve each yuther, but dey wuz always a couple CT dem on duty all de time, SO darL wuz an .'fraid ever minute 'ud bring de farmer wid his gun.l'',.. ...,, ,;,,.s...t.
 "And you had nothing to eat all that time?''
 "Oh, yes, sub; wuz we'll fix in dat respec'. I lived high, so ter speak.
 "And what did you live on?''
 "Well, suh, ter make Q long story short, der wuz 8 possum up dat tree likewise, an, bless God. he WIZ ez i,fraid CT de dogs ez wuzI'-Atlanta Consti- tuition.
The Press., 1898-05-19

MT. John Peterson, of Patoutville, La. wss very agreeably surprised not long ago. For eighteen months he had been troubled with dysentery, and had tried three oi the best doctors in New Orleans, besides half dozen or more patent medicines int saceiped very little reiiet-, Chamber. lain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhpa Rem edy, having been recommended to him he gave it a trial, and, to his great sur prise, three doses of that remedy effected a permanent cure. MT. Wm. McNama 6 we'll known merchant of the same place Is we'll acquainted with Mir. Peterson and attests to the truth of this state ment. This remedy is for sale by E. K Taft, Stafford Springs, and G l.. Phillips South Coventry.
The Press., 1898-05-19
The Origin of ssrommy Atkins. ]"

r. 2
 The name of Tommy Atkins which il sobriquet of the British private sol dier in all parts of the world, had an official origin and was originally used in the instructions to noncommissioned officers for purposes of illustration, al John Thomas is often used on election forms. ,.,-,... ........ .-.t,st
 Sample blank returns were furnished to show sergeants and corporals and re. cruiting officers how genuine ones should be made out, and Tommy At. kins, private, Company B, was the fo' titious name always used. Model indi. vidual reports were also included in the regulations, signed Thomas At. kins, private, Company B, ,! or "Thomas Atkins, corporal, Company O." or "Thomas Atkins, X, his mark. ,'
 Hence when a recruit arrived at . garrison the soldiers usually addressed him as Thomas Atkins until they found out his real name: Drunken soldiers re. ported themselves as Thomas Atkins when they were taken to a police sta- tion until the public took it up, and Tommy Atkins became an affectionate synonym for the gallant warriors of hel majesty's land forces. s.-London Globe.
The Press., 1898-05-19
From Her Point of View.

A lady who saw that her servant girl seemed to take certain interest in the objects of art in her parlor said to her. (Which one of those figures do you like best, Mary?' .. -. a. Ill.,, "This one, num-" said Mary, point ing to the armless Venus of Milo.
 "And why do you like the Venus best?"
 "Sure, it's the aisiest to doost, mum. '' answered the girl. Harlem Life.
The Press., 1898-05-19
BIRTHS.

AN ENTERPRIsING DRUeGIsT. = There are few men more wide awske and enter prising than E.. K. Taft, who spares nc paine to secure the best of everything in his line for his many customers. They now have the valuable agency for Dr. Kings New Discovery for Consumption
 Coughs and Colds. This is the wonder. full remedy that Is producing such a furol all over the country by its many startling cures. It absolutely cures Asthma, Bron
 chitis, Hoarseness, and all affections oi the Throat, Chest and Lungs. Call al above drug store and get a trial bottle free of a regular size fol 50 cents and $1
 Guaranteed to cure or price refunded. 5
The Press., 1898-05-19
A GRouNDLRss APPREHENSION

So much has been said in the public prints and elsewhere as to possible dis turbances and trouble on the Atlantic coast, in view of the present war, and al. so of the lurking danger in submarine mines and torpedoes with which our har. bors have been protected, that the timid. ity of 8 large number of people has been increased, and many have refrained from making their annual spring outing to one of the seaside resorts.
 The best proof that these dangers are imaginary is found in the fact that the great coastwise lines continue to operate their schedule aninterruptedly. For in- stance, the steamships of the Old Domin. ion Steamship Company, running be. tween New York and Virginia, have lost none of their trips, and do not expect to do so. T fs4
 To the many attractions of this com pany's short sea route along the New Jersey, Delaware and Virginia coasts which is considered free from all risk, is added the gathering of warships, stripped for action, in Hampton Roads.
 Inter est in Fort Monroe, Old Point Comfort, Newport News, Hampton Roads and Washington has never attained 6 greater height since the civil war.
The Press., 1898-05-19

see for several minutes. could not stand very long without feeling sick and vomiting.
 also had female weakness, infam- nation of ovaries, painful menstru- ation, displacement of the womb, itch ing of the external parts, and alteration of the womb. I have had all these complaints.
 ''The pains had to stand were some thing dreadful. My husband told me to try 8 bottle of Lydia E. Pinkham's medicine, which did, and after talk ing it for a while, was cured"
The Press., 1898-05-19
His Explanation.

Gentleman-Well. Pat, I see you have a small garden. E >2*aaS .s <& -'--
 Pat-Yes, sur. ,s@,,.~7- -
 "What are you going to set in it for next season?h.- -.-~-s:@~ .t'...
 "Nothing, sur. set it with potatoes last year, and not one of them came up." @es 't
 "That's strange. How do you explain itf'
 Well, sur, the man next door to me set his garden full of onions.
 Well, had that anything to do with yourspotatoess not growing?''Es
 "Yes, sur. Them onions was that strong that my potatoes could not see to grow for their eyes watering. .''- Strand Magazine. fsaftss4.
The Press., 1898-05-19

To give you an opportunity of testing the great merit of Ely's Cream Balm, the most reliable cure for catarrh and cold in the head, 8 generous 10 cent trial size can be had of your druggist or we mail it for 10 cents. Full size 50 cents. -@
 ELY BRos., 55 Warren St.. N. Y. City.
 It Is the medicine above all others for catarrh, and is worth its weight in gold. I can use Ely's Cream Balm with safety, and 1t does all that is claimed for it.--B. ". Sperry, Hartford, Conn.
The Press., 1898-05-19
Happy rinnss.
tEEb33s

Grandmother Goodley. Balancing around on slim attendance at prayer meeting)=-Well. you know. the hap or three are met together.
 Miss Goodley-Er-usually two. I think. Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Press., 1898-05-19

GREAT EXCITEMENT IN TowN over the remarkable cures by the grandest specific of the age, Bacon's Celery King, which acts as a natural laxative, stimulates the digestive organs. regulates the liver and kidneys. and is nature's great healer and health renewer. If you have Kidney, Liver and Blood Disorder do not delay but call at our store for 8 free trial package, E. K. Taft, Stafford Springs w. P. Fuller, Somers. Large sizes 5Oc. and 25c.
The Press., 1898-05-19

Mrs Keeley. the veteran English &C., tress, tells an anecdote of a young ac- tress who in the play is boy She is taken before a judge, who asks sternly, 'Now, where are your accomplices?" And the young actress, by . happy thought, improved on the authorrand answered in artless tone: "I don't wear any They keen un without"
The Press., 1898-05-19
fnrhef j. a1eaiiare's s
+ Springfield, May 1898.

* Springfield. May 1898. Two weeks ago in New York over 5o,ooo rolls of car pets, valued at nearly $2, ,ooo,- 900, were sold, at auction, by w. & J. Sloane for the great concern of Alexander Smith & Sons Carpet Go. These manufacturers, loyal to their work people, had kept their mills running through the dull times rather than close down and had thus accumulated this tremendous stock of new, fresh goods, which they took the quick and sure method of auction to dispose of. The sale was considered a great success. Buyers from all the large cities in the coun- try were on hand, and thus the goods were quickly scat tered throughout the United States.
 But the prices realized were much below reg
 ular Market Values. | Of course we attended this
 sale, being in splendid con-
 dition to take advantage of just such an opportunity, and
 bought largely of the best
 things and the biggest bar
 gains.
 l And thus comes about
The Press., 1898-05-19
This Great Sale of
 CARPETS Which is setting all New
 England a-talking.

Prices are below any that such have ever sold for be- fore, or will again for some time, when these are all gone. Included in this sale are Tapestries, Moquettes, Vel vets, Administers, etc. Also Moquette Rugs, purchased at the same time.
 Best things will goto quick est seekers.
The Press., 1898-05-19

The Vatican organ officially denies that the church of Rome leans toward Spain in this war: It says an attitude of abso- lute impartiaHty is maintained at the Vatican, and this is no doubt the fact
The Press., 1898-05-19
A Wonderful Statement
From Mrs. J. s. McGll1as, of HIS Kilburn
 Avenue, Rockford, III.

ssI was dreadfully il-the, doctors said they could cure me, but failed
The Press., 1898-05-19

~ uo 6os ."Igayeup in despair and took to
 my bed. I had dread full pains in my heart, fainting spells, sparks be- fore my V eyes, and z sometimes I would
 get so blind
 I could uo-
The Press., 1898-05-19

The store of Cladius Harvey at the Hollow was entered on Sunday morning last, by breaking a window, and cutlery and few other small articles taken, the whole value of which would not exceed $25. The thieves coolly used lemons and other fixtures to concoct lemonade, while they drew freely on MT. Harvey's stock of tobacco, pipes and like notions. Probably those engaged were boys, whose motive was not so much for profit as mis- chief. The same night hen and brood of young chickens were taken from the henery of MT. Moore of the same village.
 There were eight persons confined in Holland jail April 1st, 1868. During the year 27 were committed for the following off-nces: Assault, 8; larc ny, g; horse stealing, 9; stealing from the person, burglary, obtaining goods under false pretences, fornicaion, drunkenness, l each; all other offences. 8. Of the num- Der committed were females. BIRTHS.
 In Stafford Springs, May 7th, 1868. a son to John Brosuan; 11th, a son to John Comfort; same day, daughter to James Hampston 14th, son to Jabez Sidaway.
 In Willington, 14th, a son to Daniel F. Knight. - .-.sa .- "
 MARRIAGES.
 In Stafford Springs, 17th, by& NV T. Worth, Geo. w wilcox ands : Duncan hotBr of Stafford 2"
 In Willington, by Justice Harvey Bid- well, Thomas Anderson and Mrs. Sarah Goodwill.
The Press., 1898-05-19

Upward of 10000, ,O0O flags have'been sold since the blowing up of the Maine, and, as there are only two bunting facto- ries in the country, the government can- not procure flags enough for its use. Just such a condition of the bunting market was never known before.