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The Grit-advocate. (Julesburg, Colo.) 1899-1907, 1900-09-28
A Reminder.

Lucas began publishing the
Julesburg Advocate, having pur-
chased the property srom L. E..
Loveland. In July, 1899, the
present publisher of the Grit
Advocate leased the Advocate
from Mr.. Lucas, afterwards buy
ing the paper and combining it
with the Julesburg Grit, purchas-
ed from H. G. McNew. In the
purchase of the papers we rcceiv-
ed the subscription lists from the
former proprIetors and by that
transfer all the delinquent sub.
scriptions became payable to uSe
A considerable number of the
people whose names appeared on
the two lists have paid up
their arrearages, but there is still
a large number who have paid
nothing. Some of these peoples
arrearages run back as far as
1897. Those in this class have
now been owing us for more than
year-ever since we took charge
of the Advocate in July, 1899.
We know Of no reason why they
should not pay us. All of these
are prosperous, and the payment
of one, two or three dollars can
not have much effect upon their
bank accounts. They would hard
ly notice it, while if we should re-
ceive the one, two or three dol
lars from every person who owes
us such amounts it wnuld be a big
thing. We would then feel sure
of being able to exist through the
winter. In view of the fact that
all who owe us are amply able to
pay, and that we are badly in
need of money, we must respect
fully ask them to liquidate. We
shall appreciate a prompt settle
ment of their Indebtedness.
QUESTION ANSWERED,
Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale Of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
Grandmothers never thought of using
anything else for Indigestion and Bill
iousness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of appendicitis, ner-
vous prostration or neart failure, etc.
They used August Flower to clean out
the system and stop fermentation Of
undigested food, regulate the action Of
the liver, stimulate the nervous and
organic action Of the system, and that
is all they took when feeling dull and
bad with headaches and other aches.
You only need few doses of Green's
August Flower, in liquid form. to
make you satisfied there is nothing
serious the matter with you. For sale
by G. Lavelle
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
GREAT WHEAT SUPPLY.

Duluth Herald: Recent experiments
in the cross breeding of wheat, made
by the department of agriculture,
which under the direction of Secretary
James Wilson has been the well-man-
aged department of President McKin-
ley's administration, have led authori-
ties to believe that by good manage
menG and rotation of crops wheat yield
of the United States may be increased
to 900, 600, 600 bushels year. On the
same basis the worlds production
may be increased to 1000, 600, 600
bushels annually.
These experiments and calculations,
says the Pittsburg Dispatc b, naturally
rec all Sir William Crookes' some time
prediction of more or less distant
wheat famine unless science could sue
coed in extracting nitrogen from the
air for the fertilization of the wheat
lands. Obviously science will have
another hundred or two hundred years
in which to discover the means Of get
ting the nitrogen. The earth contains
much nitrogen yet, and judicious use
of leguminous plants in soils where
they thrive will increase the store.
Meantime if the talked-of world war
breaks out there will De fewer mouths
to feed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
You Get All the News in the Free Press--$lOO Year.
A TYPICAL WOMAN.
That is What Recent Writer Describes
George Eliot to Have Been.

For no Judgment of George Eliot
can be discerning which does not con-
slider the vital fact that she was even
in degree really typical-a woman.
She belonged to the subjective sex,
and is the most objective of novelists.
It is the fashion at present to neglect
the distinction of sex in speaking of
women, and pay them compliment, or
do them the justice treating them
severally as individuals, Disseminated
merely as men are Disseminated.
Nevertheless, until their distinction
in certain fields of activity is as much
a matter of course as those of men,
until there are no more "Woman's
Buildings" at worlds fairs, for ex-
ample, and the propaganda in favor of
the sex as an entity ceases to obscure
the individual standard which natur-
ally tends to get itself established if
let alone-anything.iike the eminence
of George Eliot's powers will be singu
larized because of theN possessor's
sex. 1t is, as yet, generally remark
able, worthy of remark, that a woman
should have reached such height of
accomplishment. But that her accom-
plishment should have been in the
field of thought rather than in that of
feeling, and so splendidly successful
in this field as almost to have origin
ated a species in the domain of fiction,
is--specifcally the notable phenomenon
in George Eliot's case. Why is she SO
unlike George Sand and Charlotte
Bronte-one may exlude Jane Austen,
in thinking of precedents. as exclus-
lively an artist. 1t is because of her
different and in the main superior
mental quality, and the greater sub
ordination of feeling to thought in her
original makeup2 Probably not.
Whatever George Eliot became there
can be no doubt that Mary Ann Evans
was woman in whom the idiosyn-
crasies of sex were particularly de-
veloped. AS to the existence of such
idiosyncrasies and their native, ele-
menal, and possibly ineradicable char
acter George Eliot herself never had
any doubts. The difference between
the sexes is one of the phenomena that
compose her material. Her writings
are full of man considered as man,
and woman as woman. She has wild
ened the sphere of woraan's interest
for us, but has not obseurel its iden-
tity. w. G. Cromwell in the Christmas
Scribner's.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
IN BANKRUPTCY COURT.
Creditors of J. G. Roller Petition to Have
Him Adjudicated Bankrupt.

Late Thursday afternoon, a petition
signed by b. M. Osborn & Co. and
other creditors was filed with A. o.
Eberhart, deputy clerk of the United
States court, asking that ]. @. Roller
be adjudged an involuntary bankrupt.
This throws over the arrangement to
settle Mr.. Rollers affairs outside of
the courts with Harry Paddock as
trustee. Mr.. Paddock represents Mr..
Roller and states that the latter may
conclude to file petition in voluntary
bankruptcy within week. S. B.
Wilson represents several of the heavy
creditors from abroad.
Mr.. Rollers assets foot up to $16, :
1872. 76, of which So, 111.03 consists of
notes, So, SS1.64 of accounts, So, 900 of
stock, and 81. 500 of real estate. The
real estate comprises twenty acres in
this county and four lots in st. Paul,
and is mortgaged to $1,000 The act
ual value of some of the assets is
questionable.
The liabilities are about So, 300, of
which 81, 900 is the mortgage on real
estate and So. 200 are notes and &C
counts for machinery, vehicles, etc.,
purchased There is but one small &C.
count for fuel.
The United States marshal will pro-
badly take possession of the stock
within day or two, pending the Sc
lection of trustee.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
RANsAcKED A TRUNK.

Hugh McMurtrie's carpenter shop
on Grove street was broken intoFriday
night and trunk containing clothing
and other articles belonging to his
daughter was ransacked. An attempt
to gain an entrance on the south side
failed, and then a window light was
broken out on the alley side. The
prowler used a lantern that he found
in the shop, and broke the lock of the
trunk with chisel. 1t is not known
what if anything was stolen. Mr..
McMurtrie reported the matter to the
police this forenoon.
The Elks lodge last night voted to
donate $50 each to the st. Elizabeth
Aid society and the Ladies Relief
society, to be used in their charitable
work. This is very good use to make
of surplus funds.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
D. G. DAVIES,
REAL ESTATE
We offer the following
Bargains for your In
spectiOn:. :.

A neat house with good cellar, well
and cistern, a good barn, three fine
lots, shade trees and shrubbery, price
81, 500.
A--wen built seven room house with
good cellar, well and cistern, frame
building, nice shade trees, can be had
for 81, 900.
A good brick house, good frame
barn, two fine lots, splendid shade
trees big bargain at 81, 500.
A six room house, a good cellar,
well and cistern, good barn, house and
barn new, and in first class condition,
will take small payment down, terms
on balance to suit customer, price
81, 400.
House and lot in good condition,
good well, for $3.50.
A fine brick house on Belgrade ave-
nue. for $4,000.
A large house, barn and full lot on
Pleasant street, for 50, 800.
A house and lot on Fulton street, a
bargain at 81, 900.
A better house on Fulton street
81, 400.
House and lot on Shaubut street,
which has been sold for 81, 900, can
be had if taken soon, subject to a lease
which expires March list, for $3.50.
A fine 100 acre farm three and a
half miles from the city with good
improvements, one Of the finest or
chards in the county, owner raised a
Thousand bushels of apples this year,
about 70 acres under cultivation, bal
ance timber and pasture, this farm car
be had at $50 per acre.
A 20 acre farm about eight miles
from the city, with fine buildings a
bargain at $50 per acre.
We have an equity in Blue Earth
county farm, that we will trade for
city property and can give purchaser
long time and easy payments on the
balance. This is good chance fo1
somebody to get good farm.
We have money to loan at reasonable
rates of interest on farm and city
properly. If you are in need of money,
see as before you make your loans.
See Ls in regard to rates, etc. on fire
insurance before you renew your
policy. We have line of the most
substantial fire insurance companies
doing business in the United States.
We have settled hundreds of losses in
Mankato, every one of which has been
settled satisfactorily and in full. For
further particulars write us or call on
us at our Office in Suite 1, Odd Eel
lows Block, Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
NEXT WRESTLING MATCH.
Rooney and McWeeny to Have Final
Try at it Jan. d.

John J. Rooney and James Nc
Weeny have signed articles of agree
ment with the Mankato Athletic club
for holding another match in this city,
at the opera house Tuesday evening,
Jan. 22d. The style is to be catch-a
catch-can and the match goes to the
winner of two out of three bouts.
Police Gazette rules shall govern. The
referee, who shall be selected by the
club, may bar any hold that he sees fit
to. There is to be side bet of 800.
The strangle hold is barred and fly
ing fall shall not constitute fall.
1t is proposed to have five or six
bout sparring match as part of the
program of the evening, and couple
of sparrers from the Twin Cities may
be secured for the occasion. The spar
ring will be for points. and purse
will be hung up, to go to the winner.
Rooney announces that this match
will be his last appearance on the mat
in Mankato, his duties on the Chicago
police force, to which he was recently
appointed, taking up all of his time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
GRAND LARCENY.
G. L. Benedict Is the Complain
ing Witness.
Charges Herman Meyer, of Appleton,
with Disappointing $500 While
Acting as Agent.

Chief Bowen returned from APP
pleton, Swift county, Minnesota, on
the 10 :35 a. m. train Friday. having in
his custody Herman A. Meyer, whom
C.L. Benedict accuses of grand larceny
in the second degree. Mr.. Benedict,
who signed the complaint, alleges in
it that Meyer did on Jan. 18th last
convert to his own uses $500 that was
the property of the complaining wit
ness, while said Meyer was acting as
agent for said witness.
Meyer denies the charge and believes
that the matter can be Strengthened
out without his being brought into
court. He was born and raised in this
county and formerly went to school to
Mr.. Benedict. He moved away some
three years ago, and has lived at APP
pleton since last spring. He states that
he and his mother entered into an
agreement whereby the homestead in
this county was to be sold and part
Of the proceeds used to purchase 80
acres of land in Chippewa county,
which he-.was to have, and 200 acres
was to be paid for from the crops and
to belong to her, and she was to live
with his family there, and he was to
farm the entire tract. He disposed of
an old threshing machine belonging
to his two brothers for 5000 and five
horses, and he turned this money and
the horses over toward paying for the
land. His mother did not sell the
homestead and he could not make any
further payments, and the land was
lost, together with what had been paid
upon it. He was acting as agent for
his mother and not for Mr.. Benedict.
All of this occurred two or three years
ago.
In the meantime Mrs. Meyer year
ago last summer married an old gentle
man named Harold, postmaster of
Harold, Wis, and turned her bust
ness affairs over to Mr.. Benedict, who
has been acting for her
The trouble lies in the use made of
the proceeds of the threshing machine.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
GETTING CLOSER.
Robt. S. Hughes Majority Seal
ed Down to One.
Inspector Evan Hughes Revises His Re-
port, Probability of
Tie Vote,

The contest between County Com
missioner Robt. S. Hughes and
Elliot A. Epson over the commission
ership in the third district is narrow
ing down and becoming more interest
ing. Evan Hughes, the inspector who
on Saturday claimed that Mr.. Hughes
was elected by three majority, has re-
vised his figures today and gives Mr..
Hughes. only one majority. He filed
his report this afternoon. Mr.. Hughes
attorneys claim that he is surely elect
ed.
As stated Saturday, A. R Pau Jr.
and G. J. Laurisch have agreed upon
a report which gives Mr.. Epson three
majority. This was filed this after
noon. 1t statas that Mr.. Epson OBJ
iected to the Butternut Valley vote be-
ing counted because the ballots were
not shown to have been kept by the
proper officials since election. The OBJ
lection was waived as far as the in
spection was concerned. The Butter
nut Valley town clerk was present at
the recount, but the person who was
town clerk at and imme diately sub
sequent to the election was not present.
These inspectors give Mr.. Epson
500 votes, Mr.. Hughes 400, and reject
six. The attorneys on both sides OBJ
ject to "a votes in all. Of the six re-
jected, one was for Epson and five fol-
Hughes.
The entire vote of Cambria was OBJ
jected to by Upson's attorneys because
the judges of election had not placed
their initials on the ballots as pro-
vided by law.
Evan Hughes finds that Epson re-
ceived SOB votes and Hughes 504. He
did not reject any votes, but counted
each one according to the evident in
tent of the voter.
The contest will come up before
Judge Cray for trial the same as any
other suit at the special term on Jan.
7th, if Mr.. Hughes concludes to GO
ahead with the contest. Mr.. Hughes
has not been seen since the recount,
and it is not known whether he will
proceed further. If he does decide to
go on, it is the general opinion that
the entire matter will rest upon how
the court will decide upon two votes.
1t is generally thought that the two
votes for Mr.. Hughes where the cross
is placed just above the right place,
and the one vote for Mr.. Epson where
it is marked just below the propel
place, will be counted. 1t is also
thought that the ballot where all the
Republican candidates have figure
one Il J after them and the Democratic
candidates cypher (0) will be count
ed for Mr.. Hughes. In these four cases
the intent of the voter is very plain,
when all quibbling ID laid aside. This
will reduce Mr.. Upson's majority to
one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
from a hot
Royal Baking
Powder biscuit
whetS the
appetite. The
taste of such
a biscuit
sweet, creamy,
delicate and
Crispy--is d joy
to the most
faStidiOuS.
THE CLAIM ALLOWED.
Life Insurance Money Nearly Lost by
CareIessness of Lodge Officers.

Life Insurance Money Nearly Lost by
Carelessness of Lodge Officers.
Arthur Schaub, deputy high chief
ranger of the Catholic Order of For
esters, has succeeded in having death
claim allowed by the high court of
the order in Chicago in the face of
many obstacles. Eighteen months ago,
Albert Troska, of Minnesota Lake,
died suddenly of heart failure, follow
ing the footsteps of several others of
his family. Three or four months pre-
vious to that he had joined the court
of Foresters at Minnesota Lake and
insured his life for 81, 900 in favor of
his brother, Philip. When Albert
died he was twenty-one years old and
his brother eighteen months younger.
Philip is cripple and is obliged to
use a crutch, and for this reason very
general sympathy is felt for him.
When Albert joined the court the
affairs of that organization were in a
very chaotic condition. There was
fractional strife, the secretary resigned,
and it looked as though the court
would go under. No records were
kept for a long period and when Philip
Troska put in his claim he had no
proof that his brother was member
of the order or that he had directed
the insurance money to be paid to
Philip. The state ranger declared that
the money could not be collected and
that any efforts looking toward this
end would be useless. There was a
record of Albert's application for
membership, and of his being voted
in, but no record of his initia-
ton or of his medical examina-
ton. He had never been reported to
the high court as member and no
certificate of insurance was ever is
sued to him. For nine months the
efforts of the officers of the court to
have the claim allowed failed.
When Mr.. Schaub made an official
visit to the court at Minnesota Lake
nine months ago, he learned of the case
and undertook to secure the allowance
of the claim. He secured numerous
afidavits covering every possible point
in the case and forwarded them to the
high court. The high medical exam
liner found a notation on his records
that the certificate of the medical ex-
animation had been received by him
and accepted and sent back to the Min
nesota Lake court. 1t became lost, but
the medical examiner at Minnesota
Lake remembered that Albert had
named Philip as his beneficiary. The
high court raised many objections,
but Mr.. Schaub made the point that
Albert had complied with the laws of
the order and all blame rested upon
the officers of the court, and the fur
Their point that Philip is cripple and
deserving of sympathy. He comedies
that it never could have been success
fully prosecuted at law.
The claim was allowed the latter
part of November, and the money will
be recei we'd tomorrow or Monday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
MASONIC ORPHANS HOME.
Why Cannot MankatO Exert Itself to
Land This?

Land This?
Cereal chapter No. 2, Order of the
Eastern Star, held its annual election
of officers Wednesday and chose the fol-
lowing:
Worthy matron-Mrs. Mary G.
Durkee.
Worthy patron-W. N. Plymat.
Associate matron-Mrs W. F. Jew
son.
Secretary-Mrs M. D. Fritz.
Treasurer-Miss Fife Mead
charlottesville Marcella Dow.
Associate Miss Agnes
Rice.
The chapter voted a contribution to-
ward the erection of home for the
widows and orphans of Masons, which
is to be constructed as soon as a stated
sum of money has been raised fer the
purpose.
Cereal chapter is the Oldest in the
state, Notwithstanding that its num-
Der is two, and it would be highly
proper that the home be located in
this city. Mankate has a central,
healthful location, building material
is cheap here. and there is every rea-
son why the home should be located in
this city. Let the Masons start the
ball rolling, and everybody will help.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
POINTERS FOR AUDITORS.
State Auditor Dunn Sends Out Letter
of Instructions.

State Auditor Dunn has sent out a
letter to the county auditors advising
them regarding their authority in con-
nection with real estate disposed of at
the recent forfeiture sale. In his let
ter Mr.. Dunn says:
SIN many counties in the state it
is the practice to take only one tax
Judgment against real property sub
sequent taxes. when delinquent, are
merely added to and become part Of
the original judgment. The recent
forfeited tax sale included delinquent
taxes for 1895 and prior years. Those
tracts sold at the forfeited sale to an
actual purchaser, who has refused or
neglected to pay the subsequent taxes
1896, 1897, and 1897 therefore stand
on the records without judgment for
the taxes that are delinquent. The
question has arisen how to treat such
tracts to obtain judgment for the
taxes that are delinquent in order that
collection can be enforced. In my
opinion, one Judgment should be taken
for all the years delinquent.
Remember this circular letter refers
only to tracts sold to an actual pur-
chaser at the forfeited sale, leaving
the 1896 and subsequent taxes unpaid.
All tracts that were bid in for the
state rest upon the Judgment already
obtained and are not referred to in this
connection.
Remember, also that the penalty of
1 per cent only for each year should be
added to the taxes, because interest
begins to run from date of entry of
Judgment and not before. !"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
THE SUNDAY SlHOOL.
Many Things of Which Its Graduates
Are Ignorant.

The failure of the Sunday school as
a means of giving a systematic and
thorough knowledge of the Bible is
great. A teacher in city high school
asked an advanced class of 40 or 80
pupils who had been drilled for years
in the Intermedia ate Sunday School
Lessons, how to proceed in order to
teach Palestine, and not one could give
the desired information. Then she
asked the class in what part of the
world Palestine is located, and no one
knew.
That is very good specimen of
Sunday school teaching and can be
paralleled anywhere by those who will
take the trouble to ask a few ques-
tions. The ignorance of the Bible on
the part of most persons of average in
telligencee is something amazing.
The simplest questions will elicit no
answer on the part of most such per-
sons.
That educated persons know some
thing about the Bible may be assumed,
but not unless the training goes much
beyond the standard of the common
school. Again and again it has trans
pired that those VINO were generally
we'll informed who were fairly well
educated and regarded as bright and
clever. were almost totally ignorant of
the Bible Their Sunday school train
ing had given them no knowledge of
the book hat WAS of any value, and,
hoYeSei i1pcn they might have read
it since il AS o them a sealed vol
ume- sim 1rsl script.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE.

Three good papers every week and
a fine picture all for 81. 80.
The Free Press has made arrange
ments whereby it can furnish the
Weekly Free Press, the Minneapolis
Twice-a-W Week Tribune, and beautiful
picture, "The Horse Fair, for 81. 30
to all who pay in advance. This is
a fine offer, and is certainly COM
bination from which you will get the
worth of your money.
Call or send at once to the Weekly
Free Press, Mankato, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-12-21
NEW MACHINE FIRM.

1t is rumored that W. R. B. Smyth,
R. F. Lamb and possibly John Dona-
hue, John Mullen or L. o. Randall.
have formed partnership and will
conduct a wholesale and retail bust
ness in farm machinery in the old
Long building on Hickory street, for
merly occupied by the Fruit Commits
sion Co. John N. Hall, agent for it,
states that Mr. Lamb has taken a
years lease of the building.