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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
May 10, GO, June 2

ORDER TO EXAMINE ACCOUNTS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
Earth-SS.-In Probate Court, Special Term
May 18th, 1899.
III the matter of the estate OF John
Roge' S, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of s. T
Mantor administrator, of the estate OF
John Rogers. deceased, representing among
other things that he has fully administered said
estate, and praying that time and place be
fixed for examining, aud allowing the
final account of his administration, and for
the assignment of the residue of said estate to
VI parties entitled thereto by law:
1t is ordered that said account be examined
anu petition heard by this court on Tuesday,
the 18th day of June, A. D., 1899, at 10
o'clock a. M, at the Probate Office in the City
OF Mankato, in said county.
And it is further ordered that notice thereof
be given to all persons interested by publishing
copy of this order once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing in
the Mankato Free Press, weekly news
paper printed and published at Mankato in said
county.
Dated at Mankato, the 18th day OF May.
A. D., 1899.
By the Court:
Probate Seal. VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26

Automatic Fire Protection Proves to be
Success.

A blaze occurred in the picking house
of the knitting mill Saturday, but not
much damage occurred. One of the
pickers struck spark and the dry
cotton took fire and blazed up rapidly.
Water was turned on, but the fire was
not extinguished until the soldering in
the automatic sprinklers with which
the building is supplied melted off,
when the blaze was quickly put out
The automatic fire protection proved to
be very successful.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
Annual Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the an
nual meeting of the Y. M. l. Co., of
Decoria, will be held Monday, May
Goth. at 900 o'clock p. m. for the cleo
ton of officers and transaction of such
other business as may come before it.
A. BURLISON,
Secretary
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
Cure When Others Fail.

Diseases of the Eyes and Ears, GRADUATED Lids,
Cataract, Cross-eyes Strengthened without pain or
danger. Discharging Ears, Deafness etc, Dis
eases of Nose and Throat, Catarrh, Bronchitis
Asthma, Diseases of Stomach and Liver, Dys-
pepsia Indigestion, Headache, BllllouSness
and Skin Diseases, Scrofula, Pimples, Blotches,
Eczema, Ulcers, etc. Nervous Diseases, Head
ache, Hysteria insomnia Lack of Vitality, Nerv-
business, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Functional
Heart Disease, Palpitation, Dizziness, Shortness
of Breath Heart Pains, etc. Glandular Diseases,
out pain-new method. Piles and all Rectal Dis
eases. Diseases of Women, Deformities, Lack
of development of any organ. Small and weak
parts enlarged and strengthened.
Middle-A8ed and Young Men,
suffering from Lost Manhood, Nervous Ply
steal Debility, Seminal Weakness, Lost Vigor,
Decline of Manly Powers, Drains, Discharges
and Losses. Varicocele and all the train of evils
resulting from Excuses, Errors of Youth, etc,
producing some of the following effects, as Nerv-
9usnsss. H Weakness Emissions PilmPes and
Absence of Will Power, Confusion of Ideas, Aver
sion to Society, Sexual Exhaustion, Pain in the
Back, Dreams, etc, blighting the most radiant
hopes, rendering marriage unhappy and busi-
ness a failure; sweeping thousands to
timely grave. No matter who has failed, consult
the doctor. He has cured thousands when they
had given up in dispair. A Perfect Restoration
Guaranteed. Consultation sacredly confden-
tial. Delays are dangerous.
MARRIAGE.
Married persons or those contemplating mar.
rage, who are aware of physical defects or weak
nesses which would render marriage disap-
pointment, would do we'll to call.
WEAKNESS.
In many cases drains occur unobserved by the
sufferer. To this hidden drain upon the vitality
may be attributed the cause of many diseases OF
the nerves, stomach, heart, kidneys and bladder.
LADIES'.
We have long given careful attention to the
treatment of diseases peculiar to women and our
method of treatment has been universally sue
cessful. No lady, married or single, need hest
tate to call for consultation, either alone with
friend.
REMARKABLE CURES perfected in old cases
which have been neglected or unskillfully treat
ed. No experiments or failures. Free Exami-
nation of the Urine, chemical and microscpical
in all cases. Bring specimen of urine. Cases
and correspondence strictly confidential and
medicine sent to any part of the United States
List of questions free. Address with postage.
DR.. DOWNING,
. S-~A CHICAGO, ILLS,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26

Mr.. and Mrs John E. Diamond and
sons and Miss Julia Severson, of Owa
tonna, went to Mapleton Friday to at.
tend a birthday party given by Mrs.
SeverSon, the mother of the two ladies
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26

The sale of lots in the new townsite
of Truman, on the Watonwan Valley
extension of the Omaha road, eighteen
miles from Madelia, took place Satur-
day. 1t was very successful sale, rs
lots being disposed of at prices ranging
from $500 to 800. A number of the lots
brought $3.50 to 5000. The sale was
much better than the one at Louisville
few days ago. The new town of
Nnrthrup, six miles from Truman, will
be much smaller place. Truman has
has the best location of three new towns.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
CONTRACTOR ARRIVES.
rlr. Booker Goes Out to Locate
His Camps.

Mr.. Booker, member of the con-
tracing firm that is to grade the first
eleven miles of the Mankato & New
Ulm railway, arrived in Mankato this
noon. He went out along the right of
way this afternoon to locate the camps
for his men. His tools have not yet ar
rived but are on the way.
Six car loads of Mr.. Streeter's tools, to
be used in grading the middle section of
the road, have arrived. Five more car
loads are on the way. The work of
tearing up the earth will begin this
week, and the city is filling up with
men who want work on the grading.
There will be plenty of work for every
body and no man need go without job
this summer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
DO YOU KNOW
- THAT
DR.. Wards REMEDIES
FLAVORING EXTRACTS,
SPICES, ETC..
Put up by the J. r. Watkins Medical
Co., Winona, Mimi,
Give General Satisfaction
Wherever known.
Give General Satisfaction
w borouor Enoun

The reason is they are scien
tific preparations and are sole
entirely on merit.
These remedies have stood the
test of over thirty years trial in
this state, having always been
sold on the plan of satisfaction
or no pay"
Mr.. F. G. Thayer the agent for
this section of the state, has over
10000 regular customers in his
territory eight counties) and
could give hundreds of testimo.
malls if necessary as to the merits
of "Dr. Wards"
In fact DR.. Wards Remedies,
Extracts, ETC., can be acknowl-
edged standard of excellence
everywhere. Our competitors will
say they have something '.just as
good" or ''just the same except
in name" Don't be deceived; get
the best, get the genuine. See
that DR.. Wards, Watkins and
Winona are blown in every bottle
Remember every article is war
ranted.
Our motto: Satisfaction or no
pay.
Respectfully,
F. G. THAYER, Agent,
Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
DR.. Downing, President of the Down.
ing Medical Association and Ger.
man Medical and Surgical insti.
fute. Chicago. Illinois.

This eminent expert specialist well and favor
ably known throughout the United States for the
many wonderful cures of all forms of Chronic,
Nervous and Special Diseases that ba1ed the skill
Of other physicians and specialists; ably assisted
by full staff of skilled physicians and expert
specialists, whose experience in the largest hos
pitais of both Europe and America, enable them
to successfully treat obscure and chronic dis
eases. Their long experience, remarkable skill
and universal success entities them to the conf
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26
K RAY EXAMINATIONS.

Our offices have the most complete electrical
apparatus in the west, including most power
full and perfect Ray machine, with which the
innermost organs of the body may be readily
seen and examined. Obscure and difficult dis
eases positively diagnosed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1899-05-26

Fairfax Smith was down from Am
boy Monday on legal business.
Miss Helen Davis, of GAINESVILLE, visit
ed friends in the city over Sunday.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
A Woman's Way.

"Here is something that I would like
to approach very gently" said Mr..
Stoggleback. $50 as not to give any Of
Tense.
1.-The new wOman wants her rights
and her privileges, too, and Us a matter
of fact / am very glad she does cling to
her privileges, and I hope she always
will, which means that I hope she'll
stay a woman. But the way in which
she mixes her rights and privileges up
is sometimes a little confusing. For in
stance:
"When walking along the sidewalk
woman holds her course and let's the
man turn out, and she does this lust
the same down town in the busiest
streets as she would in a calm and quiet
residence street. You might think that
a business woman working among bust
ness men in a business part of the town
would adopt business methods in every
thing, and that when you met her in
the street she would turn to the right
as you do and as all men do, but she
doesn't. She holds her course, which is
very likely to be along the inner side Of
the walk, and expects you to turn out
for her, even if it carries you to the left
instead of to the right. She doesn't
care about that.
"No matter who she may be OF where
you meet her woman expects man to
turn out for her, and I hope she always
will New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
Too Much of 1t,

A high army officer whose fad was
ventilation was one day making an in
spection of a frontier post which was
much in need Of repair. In some places
the roof showed the blue sky overhead
and the walls were ornamented with
gaps.
The brigadier general was escorted
through the building by the colonel: in
charge, a sergeant going on before, as
is the custom, to warn the men to stand
at attention in honor Of the general.
As they proceeded the general asked:
"And how is the ventilation, colo
nel3"
Before the colonel could reply the old
sergeant, with a familiarity born Of
long service, said:
"Sure, general, and the ventilation is
bad, SOFT, vera bad, SOFT. The place is
all full Of holes, sorr. Detroit Free
Press.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
ABSORBED IN WHIST.
. Game That Cost General Double.
day a Fortune,

A Game That Cost General Double.
day a Fortune.
Not many years ago a famous whist
game was played at Sudbury, VT, two
of the sitters in being General Double
day and Henry Dater of the we'll known
firm Of Dater, Thompson & Co. 1t was
something like s or 10 cents a corner;
so you see it was easy for a man to lose
as much as 81. 90 in an afternoon. Play
began after the Sudbury dinner hour,
half past 1, and lasted until teatime.
The old ROSTERS became so wrapped up
in the game that nothing short of an
earthquake could have disturbed them.
Brokers In New York could do nothing
to shake the interest.
The game was played at the time Of
the historic Hannibal and St. Joe cor.
ner, engineered by Kennedy, Hutchin.
son e. Co., In the interest of their client,
John Duff Of Boston. Doubleday was
selling the stock short through Van
Schaick & Co., and at a quarter to 2 on
the eventful day he received a telegram
from his brokers advising him of the
blLuaG1Ou Iue game was stopped just
long enough for him to read it and lay
it aside. In 20 minutes a second dis.
patch arrived, was read and cast aside.
Doubleday was winning at the rate Of
85 cents an hour. What did he care
about Hannibal and St. Joe2 Later in
the afternoon a third summons came
from Van Schaick & Co., and at q
o'clock q fourth. Then Doubleday arose
and remarked: "Gentlemen, I have en-
joyed the game. My winnings are ex-
actly 81. 65. 1 must say good afternoon,
as it is necessary for me to take the first
train for New York" The next morn
ing his brokers informed him that he
could settle for 500, 600. At the time
the first telegram was sent he could
have settled for $25, 900, at the time Of
the second for $50, 900, the third 70,
$75, 900. He had ample warning, but
in the thick of the Sudbury game oil
whist he believed the rise was only q
threatening furry.-New York Press.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
CAMELS HARBOR HATRED.
Will Wait Until nm Opportunity Ar
rfyes For

Will Wait Until nm Opportunity Ar
rives For Revenge.
The Arab who has angcred a camel
will throw his clothes upon the ground,
and the Infatuated least, after stamp
ing on them and tearing them asunder
with his teeth, goes on his way, and
the driver is thereafter quite safe, as it
seems to be an axiom with the camel
that no mar shall be put in peril of life
twice for one offense.
The camel is stupid, a v when angry,
and then seems to become almost pre-
ternatural in carrying out its vengeful
designs. Palgrave relates the following
story Of q camel's revenge, which serves
to illustrate this point: ga lad of IA
had conducted a large camel laden with
wood from village to another at a
half hours distance. As the animal
loitered or turned out of the way its
conductor struck it repeatedly and
harder than it seemed to have thought
he had a right to do. But not finding
the occasion favorable for taking imme-
date quits it 'bode it's time That time
was not long in coming.
ga few days later the same lad had
to reconduct the beast, but unladen, to
his own village. When they were about
half way on the road and at some dis
lance from any habitation, the camel
suddenly stopped, looked deliberately
round in every direction to assure it.
self that no was in sight and, find
ing the road clear of passersby, made a
step forward, seized the unlucky boys
head in its monstrous mouth, and, lift
ing him up in the air, flung him down
again on the earth with the upper part
Of his skull completely torn off.
"Having thus satisfied his revenge,
the brute quietly resumed it's pace to-
ward the village, as though nothing
were the matter, till some men, who
had observed the whole, though unfor-
tunately at too great a distance to be
able to afford timely help, came up and
killed it. London Telegraph.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
FIRST TO 4 o ORANGES.
Jesuits Introduced Them Into the
Pelican State.

Jesuits Introduced Them Into the
Pelican State.
The orange Of Louisiana is an excep-
tionally fine variety of that fruit, and
commands a good price in the market.
The orange vas first introduced into
colonial Louisiana by the Jesuits, hav-
Ing been first grown by the members of
the society on their grounds, which
formerly comprised that part of the city
Of New Orleans which constitutes the
lower part of the first district, down to
Common street.
While st. Bernard and .Plaquemines
parishes are the chief centers of the
orange culture Of Louisiana, the fruit
also grows we'll in the parishes Of Or
leans, Jefferson, st. James, st. John
Baptist, st. Charles, Assumption, st.
Mary, Terrebonne, Lafourche, vermil-
ion, Cameron, Iberia and Sabine. The
orange tree begins to bear at about the
seventh year, although 1t Is not reck.
oned to have reached its full growth
until Its twelfth or fifteenth year.
The orange. culture In Louisiana Il
f~SSSy e"o AVSV HAOAo0OA0 AAAuDWy W
the state under favorable conditions. a
full grown tree producing from 1000
to g., 900 oranges, the fruit on the tree
generally selling for go a thousand,
and as some Of the largest orchards In
the state yield aasmany as &, 900, DOC
oranges their market value gives 9
princely income to the owners Of the
trees. Comparatively q very small acre
age Of the state Is devoted to the growth
Of oranges-possibly not more thar
. 1000 acres. z
The sweetness, delicacy and juicinesl
Of the Louisiana. orange, the best o.
which are regarded in5the markets out
side Of Louisiana as superior to even th,
oranges Of Cubs.sto which: Island tn,
fruit Is indigenous, render the Louid'
ana oranges highly priced IN the nortl
and west Of the Unitadsstatss, go ,muol
&C that the supply 80 not b. any mean,
equal to the demand-NSw Osasaul
PtcAyune.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
n. Wanted !. Pension.

Opie Read tells a funny story Of a
colored man who had conceived the idea
that he could get a pension from the
government. He went to a pension
agent to learn what steps it would be
necessary for him to take to bring about
the desired result.
"Were you really in the army. Sam2"
asked the agent.
"Yas, sab. Indeed I was, sab. I was
in de army for more'n a year, sah."
"What regiment were you in, Sam2''
"Waal, sab, l don't just this minute
recommember, but I'ze gwine to bring
you all de papers, and dat will explain
de matter"
"But you surely remember whom you
were with, Sam?"
"Oh, yes, sahl l recommended dat
all right. I was wild my young master"
"Oh, then you were in the Confeder-
ate army, were your"
"Yas, sab; vas, sah."
"Were you ever wounded, Sam3"
"Yas, sab; indeed I was. See dat
scar, sah2 I got dat scar in de army.
sah."
What was it hit you, Samf"
"Waal, sab. it was a skillet, sab. In
deed it was. A big iron skillet, sah."
CHOW, see here, Sam, what chance
can you have to get a pensionP In the
first place you were in the Confederate
army, and then the only wound you re-
ceived anyway was from a skillet.
What in the world has our government
got to do with your casef"
"Waal, sab, it was a government
skillet. sab. Chicago Times Herald
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
A Bit of Ribbon.

A London paper tells this story of the
final signing of the Spanish-American
peace treaty: "Every diplomatic instru-
ment bears a seal from which depends a
ribbon, and when the seal was about to
be affixed to the treaty the commission
ers, both Of Spain and America, ex-
pressed a desire, in graceful acknowl-
edgment of the courtesy shown by
France, that tine dependent ribbon
should be tricolored. Search was forth
with made high and low in the Quai
d'Orsay, with the result that in the for
eign Office of the French republic not a
bit of ribbon of the French colors could
be found.
cat this critical ju%ncture a brilliant
inspiration flashed across one of the
heads Of the department.. Co. he said
to a messenger, to M. K, the con
fectioner, in the Rue st. Honore, for a
pound of chocolate cakes and be sure
you ask him to tie them up with a tri-
color ribbon With that bit of confec-
toners ribbon the treaty of peace be-
tween Spain and the United States was
sealed"
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
English Penny Novels.

Penny NOVELTIES differ from one an
other in externals rather than in in
ternals. The get upof the better sort is
neat and attractive. The type is clear,
and the covers might even be called
''artistio" in the catholic sense of the
term. The inferior kinds are. indiffer:
emily printed ION gray paper with blunt
type" and there are many degrees Of
excellence between the two extremes.
All except one have illustrations rang
ing from the rudest of woodcuts to the
smudgiest Of process plates. OF
course the artist selects the most sensa-
tional incidents for his pencil to adorn.
The stabbiug Of the heroine's father by
the villain disguised as the hero, the
kidnapping Of the heroine by Black
Tom and his gang Of gypsies at the in
stigation Of her jealous rival, the horse
whipping Of the villain by the hero in
"faultless' evening dress these and
their like naturally present themselves
as thoroughly suitable. and congenial
subjects. -Blackwood's Magazine.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
TAYLouRs AMI sMYTHs.
They Were the Commonest Trades
In the Thleteenth CAnfuHx

AAeS were INC COmfnOnest VfA0ei
In b Thirteenth Century.
The manufacture of leather in tn.
thirteenth century seems to have beer
important. showing that leather jerhn.
and breeches were commonly worn. We
have 10 skynners, 40 barkars, 8 sad.
.delers, 8 cordeweners. 1877 souters,
(shoemakers) and 8 glovers. The sur.
name feuster Is a trade name denotine
q maker Of pack saddles.
The commonest trades are taylour and
smyth, since one lived In almost every
village. The %taylours number 4O7, Of
whom 40 are called by the Latin name
of cissor. In addition to 261 smyths,
several are specialized. There are two
arusmyths, three lokesmyths, three
g~oldsmyths, FIVE ferours (shoeine
smiths) and six marshalls (farriers).
The wright wrought both in wood
and metal. The number catalogued is
1875, of whom 81 are called by the Latin
name faber French favre), one Of the
few cases in which the Latin transla-
ton Of a trade name has become a COM
mon surname. The vryghts' trade, like
that OF the smyths, was specialized.
The a%rkwryght made the great arks OF
chests in which the clothes or meal
were stored. and we find a plowwryght,
q wheelwryght. two shippewryghts, II
cartwryghts and two glasswryghts (gla-
ziers), who were probably concerned
with the windows Of churches. Glass
windows in houses were rare, as is still
the case in Sicily or Epvnt.
The bakesters are few (15), suggesting
that families baked their own bread.
There are 26 butchers (aeshewer, boche,
or carnifex), whence Labouchere, while
the surname potter shows that this
trade was in existence. The fysshere
(4S), were opulent. being taxed 10 times
as much as laborers. Notes and Que.
ries.
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
THE FLORIDA CENTRAL { PfN,NsuLAR Raj
ROAD.

o,...... . o..:.....
~" "'0 v''..e'' . 70 FLORIDA
IRON t"e northwest: Chicago or st.
Louis to Jacksonville within &c Hours
Cincinnati to Jacksonlle in "a nonrs.
The ce,ehr,..d c;,o;.... c,.S:IN-,
ane seieDIateo !inclnnat, r lorlda and
trs; ya1 can neo Is a sqlid ~vestlbuled
s Sinans CONSISTING snd OF me pullman buHed
;ne :PC;n sa;n osougn' coacnes leavt
Queen snd rr esesy morning ny the.
f 1Sai'.a, :mu SlSsceht, ana arriving IN
hi; H Tomte tber s''y n siso morning. an over
.m,S aou'e NEE Is Also an evening de-
E;nc;nnat; i'y ahEF ,1t acFgsa sisepe h from
suan;nm 'iiaA'"s JaeksohViiie the next
The 5o,,.o :. ~, ~. o..o.o. c
IN Chatt,nooa, ', the eaS o XdeenG GLescent
Fvere.t md a.. III Eio o39.a Sa Naiiway TO
The Dickinson press., 1899-02-25
NOT THE ONLY ONE.
Spencers In That Locality Were
Thick ms Dlackberriea.

Spencers In That Locality Were as
Thick as Dlackbcrries.
Ahalf yearly meeting of the directors
who manage the Northampton private
asylum had just broken up, and Lord
Spencer, a member of that body, desir-
ing to reach Althorp Park somewhat
more quickly than customarily, deter
mined to return home by a route which
intersects the grounds of the asylum
and which is rarely used save as a sum-
mer parade for the unfortunate lunatica.
Arrived at the gate which separates the
asylum from the outer world, Lord
Spencer, much to his annoyance and
disgust, found it securely locked. A
keeper, however, happening to come in
sight just at that moment Lord Spencer
lost no time in explaining to him the
nature of his wishes.
The man surlily replied that his or
ders were to the effect that no one
should pass through that gate except
due notice were given to him to the
contrary by the authorities, and that,
being a married man with q wife and
a large family, he failed to understand
what special advantage was to be gain
ed by tr~ansgressing the rules and thus
placing his situation in Jeopardy. OBJ
serving that the fellow was growing OBJ
durate, Lord Spencer thought it best to
reveal his name and rank, imagining
that a knowledge Of the same would re-
call the man to his senses. Nothing Of
the sort happened, however.
The stolid features of the keeper sim
ply relaxed into a broad grin, and as he
turned to depart he gently explained
that Lord Spencers in that particular
locality were as plentiful as blackber-
ries in the autumn time. Explanations
and expostulations were useless, the dis
comfted earl being forced to return the
way he had come.-Wit and Wisdom.