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THE PEPPER-sox TRICK.
An Interesting and Amusing Trick Easily
 Performed.

Procure a common pepper-box, and get tinman to unsolder the bottom. and then fasten on to it tube of tin that will just fit the inside of the box, like telescope. At the bottom side of this tube slit must be cut that will let quarter slip through. Tn the lid of the box duplicate top is to be fas- tened, leaving inside piece of tin, that will rattle when shaken. Now for tha trick. Take the box in the left hand, ask one of the company for a quarter, and to mark it that it may be identified. With the right hand draw off the lid. and request that the money be put into the box. It will of course slip through
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To onen Fruit Jars.

Fruit jars can be easily opened by a new device, consisting of piece of spring wire bent into double circle, with a handle on each end of the wire to contract the coils by gripping the handles together.
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New Yorl-Alar %

New York, Nav 9. To the Walker Drug Co. Pine Bluff, Ark.
 Gentlemen:-We have notified our Chicago house that you are cur Agents in Pine Bluff, Ark, for the Buckeye Camera and that you are to be protected in he sale of our goods in your city.
 Very truly yours,
 E. & H. F. ANTHONY Co.,.
 No. 59l Broadway, N. Y.
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To the Public:

TO the Public:
 We have, after considerable cor rpspondence and by purchasing a large line of Buckeye Cameras sp- cured the age icy of the Best Film Camera on the market. fact that we are ready to prove to any one
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! Screwny NecIga.

he been discovered that worn by women for I'd ruining the beauty remedies for seraWny Acks are in demand.
 aneral absence of flesh stul dieting will do all As many as five meals lndulged in, but they Tegular hours, allow. ne for digestion in be- milk buildings, eggs, est fruits and all kinds heat well cooked and altaken of till signs of visible. Then care a that one does not directioR and become Nlng to put on flesh, g acid, take plenty of M sleep and rest as N the neck and shoul- ssaggy, and more flesh desirable on the rest alrerent method must Ever oil can be easily cold water, with a award to remove the Shoulders must he water before retiring ad olive or sweet oil the morning, after ay and in a circular
 ten minutes, follow
 exercise with dumb.
 always greatly im- a the throat, as this
 lO do with breathing
 Qeep breath and hold
 able. Keep the neck
 RamIy covered.
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TRUTHS.

ER0s a fast bachelor to wise man to bluff a Q fight.
 \ hard cash makes the |askets.
 FhO cling to the an- s9sn in the mud.
 sa0les herself to light 9d fame calls.
 rare for the simple pre born, not maid. V most difficult thing
 ise was a mortgage. E'sle with milk of hu- 'Pat it's skinned too |'ss have been com.
 helpless oyster in
 'a never want cer.
 didn't see others
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
FORGOT TO RETURN.

Mr.. Morris, the second hand man, to-
day secured warrant for the arrest of
his former assistant, ] ohnDack, whom he
accuses of petty larceny. A week ago,
Dack asked for day or two off and at
the same time offered to collect bill of
s. in South Bend. Mr.. Morris granted
his request and was glad to have him
collect the bill. Oack did not return,
and Mr.. Morris investigated the matter
and found that Dack collected the bill
last week. His present whereabouts
are unknown.
Dack was arrested several years ago
on the charge of being implicated in
the robbery of the Mclean residence at
Lake Crystal, and was recently before
the police court on a petty charge.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
OFFICERS ELECTED.
Report of the Annual Meeting of the
North .Mankat0 w. c. T. u.

The North .Mankato W. G. T. U.
held their annual meeting at the M. E.
Chapel Friday, There were ten ladies
present. After the usual devotional
exercises the following reports of the
years work were given:
Work among woodmen, Sunday
School work, press work, mothers meet
ings, department of literature, flower
mission work and report of the L. T. L
branch. The latter reported % full
members and II company members.
The secretary of the union reported IA
active members and honorary, net
gain over last year, q The treasurer
reported between $50 and $40 raised for
temperance work. The following
officers were elected for the ensuing
year:
President, Mrs. F. J. Randall; 1st
Vice Pres, Mrs. N. Tidland; End Vice
Pres, Mrs. N. Walworth; &c.,, Mrs,
Chas Keene; Treas, Mrs. Aida Sherk.
lG was uOCluCO W thC odluC
departments of work another year, with
the same superintendent, with the ad-
dition of medal contest work. All
seemed anxious to continue the l.. T.
L. branch and to help it along so far as
it was possible. and Mrs. Randall was
appointed secretary with Miss Mae
Record, Mrs. Charles Keene and Mrs.
Sherk as assistants.
The time was far to short for. all the
business that should have come before
the meeting, and another business
meeting will be held at the home of the
president Aug. 9Th. at p. m.
The Loyal Temperance Legion will
meet every Friday at p. IN. at the
Chapel. Mothers please take notice
and send your boys and girls, whether
you wish them to become members or
not. The lessons are on alcohol and
the mind for the senior class, tobacco
for the junior class and scientific TEN
perance for the little folks, for the In
fantry. Parents are always welcome.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04

Mapleton Enterprise: Joe Minkel is
one of those who find the poultry. husi.
ness profitable Besides raising full.
blooded birds for which he finds quite
ready sale at good prices, he has secured
an income of ten dollars per week from
the sale of eggs. Mr. Minkel keeps three
hundred chickens and averages about
one hundred dozen eggs week, which
he claims is more satisfactory than
dairying, as their income from eight
cows is about twenty dollars per month,
against double that amount from the
sale of eggs.
In the case of Peter Paff and Almins
Paff vs.. VIM. Schultz as administrator
of the estates of Catherine Paff and
Michael Paff, deceased, land Sarah Mess
a motion for new trial was .argued be-
fore Judge Severance Friday. w
N, Plymatt, representing Sarah Mess,
made the motion and Lorin Cray ap
peared for the plaintiffs.
Mrs. F. NJ. Currier and daughters
will spend the next week or ten days in
cottage at Point Pleasant. Miss Kittie
Carroll will be their guest over Sunday.
Judge Shissler Friday morning tied the
knot that made Betsy Nelson Mrs.
Knut Knutson. Both are from Lincoln
and were very joyous couple.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
REDUCED THE WIDTH.

The width of the Fourth street drive
way is to be reduced to fortyfive feet
in order to save the handsome shade
trees along that street, and also to beau
tify it, This has been finally decided
upon by the street committee of the
council and the board of public works
When the street has been completed
and grass has had time to grow on the
boulevards it is safe to say that none of
the property owners will want to change
back to a wider driveway.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
NO OPPOSITION.
North Mankato Council Wants the fire
Investigated.

President Hodapp, of the North
Mankato village council, states that
none of the members of the council are
opposed to haying the recent fire inves-
tigated, but on the other hand would
like to have it looked into. He does
not favor having the village authorities
make the investigation. but would have
this done by the county authorities.
If anyone should be found to be guilty
of having set the fire purposely, he
would favor having the law take its
course.
Excitement over the fire on the
Brooklyn" side is dying out, and it
would not surprise some people if the
matter was allowed to drop in a short
time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
HUESZY is IMPROVING.
he Will Survive If Inflammation Does
not Set in.

The wounded man at the city hospital
was able to write out his name Satur-
day, and it is Thomas Hueszy. Owing to
his weakness and consequent indistinct
pronunciation it twas at first thought
that he gave his name as Thomas
Hughes, and yesterday Mrs. Stenfast
understood it as Thomas Hills. AS
neither of these is Hungarian name,
it was thought strange. This is now
explained.
DIR. Davis visited Hueszy this fore
noon and found him looking brighter
and talking better and showing more
interest in regard to himself, all of
which are favorable signs. The only
unfavorable symptom was his high
temperature, which was 1921 last eve
Mug and 101 this morning. The cooler
weather today is favorable.
DR.. Davis states that if Inflammation
in the wound does not set in the man
will recover, but if it does set in the
outcome will be very doubtful The
fact that it is clean cut wound, with
no stitches of clothing in it as would be
the case if the bullet had first gone
through Hueszy's clothes, leads the doc
tor to hope for the best, as the danger
of germ infection is less. AS the
wound is small one in has been sealed
at the entrance.
Hueszy told Officer Bienapf this
morning that he has five brothers and
two sisters besides his mother in the
old country. He Is the Oldest of the
children. He did not vary his story of
his being held up by two men, and the
officer is convinced that he is telling
the truth. The other officials except
one or two of the night watchmen, be-
lieve that he was robbed and shot, and
the suicide theory in now generally dis.
carded
Hueszy's hands are hard and callous-
ed showing that he is hard working
man. Work is plenty this year, and
there appears to be no reason to set aside
his own account of the affair except that
the bullet did no go through his cloth
ing. If he was robbed it is evident that
his assailants wanted it to appear that
he had shot himself in order to clear
themselves, for they left the revolver
and their extra cartridges, and in shoot.
ing him it would have been easy to have
opened the front of his shirt and even
if it had not been opened in the scufde,
1t is fact that every official who has
listened to Hueszy's statement of the
case and everyone else who has not had
the statement second handed and who
has given the matter careful thought il
inclined to believe the wounded mans
account of the affair. Hueszy stated to
day that he believed that he could iden
tify his assailants if he could see them
He also said that he has no watch ani
did not possess one, so that money wal
the only thing stolen.
This is not the first time that a maj
has murderously assaulted at night il
Mankato for few dollars. The cas-
hould be thoroughly investigated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

The following transfers of real estate
were filed Saturday:
Jacob Hauch to Joseph Barts, twenty
acres in nw4, se4and land in set. nw4,
set, and nj. nj, SET, set, and net, set
sec Is, Mankato, for $500.
Geo F. Jones to G. J. Laurisch sw4
set, and east 81 acres of set, sw4, sec IA
and nw4, NED, and east nine acres of net
nw4, sec. 20, Mapleton, for $4,000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
Teachers Examinations.

Teachers examinations for Blue
Earth county will be held on the 18th
and sth of August, 1899, at the follow
ing places: Mankato, Lake Crystal and
Mapleton. The examination will begin
promptly at 500 o'clock on the morn
ing of the 18th at each Of these places.
Candidates must be on hand with good
pen and ink at the hour named.
w. E. FREEMAN, Co. Supt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04

place for good swimmers, not to men
ton people who cannot swim.
MT. and Mrs. Whalen have the SYM
pathy of their many friends in their
sudden and double affection. The two
little boys were bright, promising chill
dren, and were pride and delight to
their parents and loved by all who
knew then.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
Chicago Great Western Increase.

The earnings of Chicago Great
Western Ry. Maple Leaf Route" fer
the third week of July, 1899, show an
increase of S1S,413 81. Total increase
since beginning of fiscal year July 1st)
to date, S79, 1884.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
AWARDED THE CONTRACT.

j. N. Day & Co. have been awarded
the contract for making certain altera-
lions in the postofice building for
grand and petit jury rooms. The con-
tract price is 81, 450. This bid was the
next above that of o. NJ. Hagwall who
forfeited his contract which was award
ed him last spring. Work will proba-
bly, be commenced next week.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04

The demurrer of the city to the com
plant in the Vosbeck case has been set
for argument on Aug. 4th.
Mapleton has decided to hold car
nival and harvest festival on Sept. Goth
and 21st next.
Robert Little and T. P. Hanna. of
Mapleton, were guests at the Clifton
House Saturday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04

Geo. Towne invited Mankato lodge
No. SO, K. of P. to his new restaurant
Friday evening after adjournment and
treated the members to ice cream.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04

Miss Laura Cooper, of Vernon, was
city Saturday and remained over Sun
day,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-08-04
CHANGE OF BOOKS
Patrons of the Schools Will be
Pleased.
Board of Education Rejects all Bids for
Heating Plant at the Franklin
Building.

All of the members of the school
board attended Friday nights meeting
except Capt. Keysor. Bids for putting in
a steam heating plant at the Franklin
building were opened, as follows:
E. c. Wickersham. -. so, 02O
Pond. Hasey & Co.. of st. Paul. 1896
Masters & McLaurin. ....... 5000
Mankato Mfg. Co.. 3,070
Mkto Plumbing & Heating Co -. 1921
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
{ FAVORABLE
REPORTS
DRADsTREET SAYS THEY ARE Al
MOST UNANIMOUS.
POSSIBILITY or " tR ~ TR Ans
NAAL STRENGTHENS WHEAT.
REVIEW OF THE GENERAL BUsI-
NESS or TIE COT NTnN.

New York. Spptcmhcr 23.-Brad-
streets Weekly Review says: salts
factory trade and price conditions APP
parcnuy viii reign. - few, in fact,
are the reports of poor trade that ia
vorallc reports may be said 10 be al
most unanimous. An expanded vol
umc Of fall trlde is indicated by the
aggregate OF bank clcarings for the
week. though REPORTS from some mar
kets point 10 the greatest rush being
over. Prices rs Il rule maintain all
their former strength. decreases being
few ana relatively unimportant. In
several lines. notably cereals, cotton,
petroleum. iron and steel the tendency
has been toward higher levels. Steady
demand for export and confidence IN
all of this years wheat crop being
needed have proved stimulating in the
face Of heavy receipts and admittedly
large present supplies. Possibility Of
war in the Transvaal. too, has been an
additionally strengthening feature
Iron and steel are higher on Il mOder-
ate volume Of new business and the
steady placing Of orders Indicates con
fidCnce IN present values well on into
the middle of next year.
ihc scarcity of beef cattle is reflect
ed in still higher prices. and strength
j. shown in domestic hides. which also
feel the impetus of steady demand
from manufacturers of leather. Most
lines Of manufacturing return Strik-
ingly good reports, notable in this re-
Spect being cotton and WOODEN goods.
The coal trade reflects weather and
trade conditions in It'll further i'm
proved demand and predictions are of
further advances later in the season.
Demand for luE.bcr, though interfered
with 10y strikes at Il number of mar
ketS. is reported very strong. and
scarcity Of cars and of boats is re-
ported quite generally in the west.
This scarcity 90 transportation. how
ever, is not limited to the lumber trade,
simila4' reports coming from the coal
AMI iron industries.
Wheat including -four. shipments
for the week aggregate 4.'i3O 80 bu.
against 4.536.j52 bu last week and D,
"a, 92I bu in the corresponding week
Of ISIS.
Corn exports for the week aggre-
gate 3.194 40 In. against 3.2S2. 1J1 bu
last week and 2.,i25.292 Du In this
week Il year ago.
Business failures for the week mum
her III. as compared with 40 last
W EEK and Isl in this week Il year ago.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
President VIII Not visit Michigan.

Washington. September %. Senator
I.urroWs cailcd on the president TO IN
wife him u visit Kalamazoo on his
way east from the trip through the
DakotaS The president told the sena-
to" he would he very d To 20 TO
Kalamazoo and also To Detroit not TO
mention several other Michigan towns
To which he had been invited by mem
bcrs Of the delegation in congress ana
committees of private citizens, but
that every minute Of the period OF his
absence had been mOrtgaged in adj
vance and he would be unable to add
to his itinerary.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
EIGHTH CONVENTION
OF the Bethany Sunday School AssO-
citation,

1t will be held at the Harrison school
house on Saturday, October p.
PROGRAM
AFTERNOON.
l:30- Singing by convention.
1:35-Scripture Reading and Prayer by
Rev Mcclure
l:5O-Address Of Welcome by Superintend-
ent.
2:OO-Response by Noah Wilson.
2:l0-Singing
2:lj-Needs OF the Sunday School by Elder
Humphrey.
2:30-Benefts OF the Sunday School by
Rev. Mcclure.
2:45-Dscussion
3:00-Snglng.
300 Relation of Sunday School to Church
by Mrs Thomas Hunt.
Bis Discussion, led 10y j. liollon.
3:30-Queston Box, conducted by Rev. j..
A McGreaham.
Electing Delegates to State Conyen-
ton.
Singing.
EVENING SESSION.
7:00-Song Service, led by Mrs. +. Il. Hast
ings.
7:l5- Promise Meeting (let each one bring
a bible promise).
Prayer by Rev. Dean.
$50 Singing.
7:35-Duty OF Officers and Teachers by
George Graham.
I'D Discussion.
7:55-select Reading by Kate Sias.
s:O0-Address by Rev. Dean.
Singing.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

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body a martyrdom TO the mind. The irrcg
ular and painful periods of maidenhood
were looked upon as a part of the common
lot Of woman, and so, neglected. Wife
hood brought with it facilitating drains,
and the trial of motherhood left an inlamed
and liberated condition of the womanly
organs Then followed the slow decay of
body and mind the one tormented with
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marriage, can undo these sad consequences
II is the hand of science which offers af-
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Nothing is "just as good - for women as
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Women single or married will find inval-
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Medical Adviser Sent free on receipt of
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Send 81 one cent stamps for paper edition.
For cloth edition 81 stamps. Address Or.
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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
Pleasant Valley.

To late for last week
Everything was badly damaged by the
frost
The rain " as fine and just what every
one was wishing for.
Putting in wheat and cutting co IN
is the order of the day,
The Saints are holding meeting in a
tent on Mr. Brice's corner at the Valley.
Mrs. Rhoda Morley, formerly of this
place but now Of Grand Rapids, was The
guest OF Mrs. Lite Brown and Mrs Geo.
L. Fsrnswortn a few days last week.
Mrs. Clinton Macarthur left for Wex-
ford county, last Tuesday, where her bus
band had already gone.
Miss Eta Seely of Owosso has been
spending few days with her cousin,
Edgar Farnsworth.
MIS-. Packard of Pleasant Ridge is
visiting her daughter, Mrs. Edgar Farms
worth.
James Boley, who has been working
for J. G. Raymond some time, took the
train for Sherman Monday night 10 WISH
his father, who moved there in July,
Dorm Stahl expects TO move into his
new house this week.
Mrs. Edgar Farnsworth and daughter
Lima took trip to Breckenridge
Wheeler and Merrill last week. They
visited at Byde Eastman's, formerly Of
this place, but now living near Merrill.
Messrs Jack Brown and Hubbart tool
in the encampment at Glare last week
They report good time.
Mrs. +. Stabl Of Coe and Arthur
Foglesong and wife were visitors at Dorir
Stahl's last week. The ladies wer'
Dorlp's mother and sister.
A subscriber TO the LEADER living a
Pleasant Valley failed to get their pape
last week. Don't know whether tn
fault was with the editor or our pos,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
WON'T Sell Their Guns.

Washington September 23.-Word
has reached the war department that
Gen. Otis has sought to initiate the
policy employed in cuba Of buying FIJI
ipiuo arms and that his efforts have
been unsu .ceSsfIl. The natives were
given to understand that on surrender
of gun the military authorities would
pay $40 ana qua. antce immunity from
arrest for previous armed opposition
10 the United States and protection for
the future notwithstanding this
tempting offer. but one bona iide SUI
rcnder of a gun is reported.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29
HOW IT SPREADS.
People All Over rlichigan Talking
About Ii.

How it spreads
Can't keep good thing" down.
Ever notice how good things are i'm
itatedl
Better the article, more imtators.
Fortunately the public has a safeguard,
Praise can't be inflated.
And true praise takes root and spreads.
Claim is one thing, proof i another.
Claim is what The manufactures says,
Proof is what the people say
Everywhere in Michigan people say.
Doan's Kidney Pills cure sick kidneys.
Cure all kidney ills.
w. s. Kllmer Passenger Engineer on
the VI. G. Ry. residing al No. PA Orange
St. Jackon, Mich says In 1895 had
considerable trouble with my kidneys
from tire result of severe cold which set
there Il ough tried every means al hand
and treated with doctors the p, ms through
the small of my back become more pers
fatent and severe. To add To my troubles
the kidney secretions were unnatural and
irregular AT last | was obliged to lay off
work. When at home getting no better
under the treatment / was then taking
some one advised me to use Doan's Kid
ney Pills and procured a box more out
of curiousity than from any expectation
that they might help me. Now L want
this thoroughly understood. when / fin
ished the box / went back to work with
ont a pain or an ache. But to make mat
,ers doubly certain took second box
Since III IL time, and that is three years
ago, | haye nei ther had an ache or pain
Is il any wonder that at this date, 1898
| recommend Doan's Kidney Pills"
Doans Kidney Pills for sale by al
dealers. Price so cents. Mailed by
Foster. vi In I'm Co.. Buffalo, N. Y. Sole
agents To- ne u. Remember the mare
Doyp's nd take po Substitute.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1899-09-29

Onr NJ. f.. friends are pleased that Rev.
Aylesworth was returned 10 this charge
for another year.
d. Rolfe and wife Of Traverse county
are visiting friends in this village this
wccf
The village voters hava decided we
don't need waterworks, that's night.
What's water neede for? of course the
town may catch fire and bum up, but
even then it would be cheaper TO rebuild.
f. Hardgrovc is going TO start mill IN
Crawford county this fall.