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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
sUpT's REPORT.
Some Items Cleaned From MIR. Freeman s
Annual Report of Schools.

County superintendent of schools,
w. 3. Freeman, has prepared his report
to the state superintendent, for the
past year, and from it we CLEAN the
following items of general interest:
In the independent and special dis
tricts of the county, which comprise
Mankato, Lake Crystal, Garden City,
Amboy and Mapleton, the number of
pupils entitled to apportionment is
2, 47S Those not entitled to apportion-
ment, because not of school age or not
attending 40 days, 235, making the
total enrolment, 2,713. The number
of pupils between and years was
626; between 8 and 16, 1722 between
Is and 81 years, 358. The average
length of the school year in, the county,
given in months, is 8, and the num-
Der of visits made by the county super
intendent, 10. The average number
of voters present at school meeting
was 153. The average number of
teachers employed were males and 81
females, and the average wages paid
per month were, for males $73 and
females $780, OF the teachers employed
"a were high school graduates; 56
normal graduates, and II college
graduates.
There were no new buildings erected
in these districts during the year. The
school houses consist of three frame
buildings and seven brick buildings.
Value of all school houses and sites,
$137, O21; seats and desks, So, $50;
school apparatus. so, 06S.
They contain six libraries have adj
ded 100 volumes the past year, have
total of 3.076 volumes, valued at
1858. There were no trees planted on
grounds in these districts the past year.
The aggregate indebtedness of these
districts reaches $416, 900. The aver
age rate of special taxation for the
year beginning August 1, 1900, s
11.3 mills. The amount paid for
teachers wages was 500. 857. Fuel and
school supplies So, 1852. Is. Repairs
and improving grounds, So. 35s "a.
Bonds and interest. So, 594 so. Lii
brary books, 1896. 43, text book, $SS. 10.
Apparatus, 1888. 36. Other purposes,
81, 678. 80.
In the 142 common school districts of
the county the number of children en-
titled to superintendent was SO, 531 not
Untitled thereto, ss8. The total en-
rollment was 4419. The average
length of school in county in months
was 7.5. The total number of visits
by superintendent was 2O4, and s
point districts were not visited. The
average number of months of school
voted for the coming year is little
over 8 months. The average number
of voters present at the annual school
meeting were II.
The number of districts loaning
books free to pupils are Al. and aver
age cost of text books per pupil in
these districts is returned at 30 cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
Some Suggestions That Will Interest
Patrons and Others.

PdLr0nS anu UInerS.
Postmaster General Charles Emory
Smith has issued an order for the
guidance of parties and others inter
ested in the rural free delivery system
that should be read by those doing
business Herewith. The following
are the points referred to:
On and after August /, 1900, the
drop letter or one cent rate of post
age will not apply within rural free
delivery limits. The two cent per
ounce rate will be expected within
such delivery upon all first class mat
ter except postal cards.
The introduction of rural free deliy-
cry will not increase or otherwise
modify the present rate of postage on
second class matter.
Rural free delivery carriers will not
bring to the postofice mail matter
collected by them, which may be de-
livered on their routes before complet-
ing their trips.
Stamps upon mail matter collected
by rural free delivery carriers includ-
ing those on matter delivered en- route
as directed in sectin 8, will be cam
celled by them and reported to the
postmaster. who will derive the bene-
fit of the cancellation if the Office is
fourth class.
Until suitable rubber cancelling
stamps can be supplied by the depart
ment. rural free delivery letter carrier
viii cancel stamps with the indelible
pencils recently furnished them for
use IN registered letters.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
OCTOBER SIXTH.
The Date On Which Senator
Nelson Will Speak.
Mankato People Will Give Him a ROus-
ing Reception On That
Occasion.

Chairman Ewing received a telegram
Friday morning from the Republican
state central committee that Senator
Knute Nelson had been booked for
Mankato Saturday evening, Oct. 9Th.
Mr.. Ewing on receipt of the mes
sage, Immediately engaged the opera
house, and every arrangement will be
made to give the senator genuinely
warm reception.
Arrangements will be made for the
presence of the Swedish American
quartet of Gustavus Adolphus college,
of st. Peter, and no efforts will be
omitted to make the meeting rous-
ing one.
Senator Nelson is making an excep-
tionally strong and telling speech this
year, and his coming will be looked
forward to with anxiety by all inter
ested in the issues of the campaign.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
WILL SUPPORT Mckinley.

The Mapleton Enterprise quotes Fred
Frey, S. Mahan and J. N. Waddell, of
Beauford, all life long Democrats, as
stating that they shall vote for Nc
Kinley this fall. They state that times
are good and they see no reason for a
change and they approve Mckinley
policy. From Decoria it quotes G.
Cooper as saying that some fifteen ac-
tive Populists and Democrats will sup
port Mckinley and the Republican
party this fall.
The Free Press is also in possession
of the names of several Democrats in
this city who for various reasons do
not wish them to be made public who
viii vote for Mckinley this fall IF
the same ratio of changes should be
kept up all over the state, there would
be gain for Mckinley in the state of
from Is, 900 to 30, 900 votes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
BROKE A LEG.

Mapleton Enterprise: Francis Mead,
an old man living on the Chase farm
with his son, W-n. Mead, met with an
unfortunate accident last week he be-
ing thrown off horse At the time of
the injury the old gentleman thought
that he had received nothing more
than general shaking up and few
bruises and that he would be all right
in few days Not improving as ex-
pected, DIR. Schefcik was called when
it was found that Mr.. Mead IS right
leg was broken. The doctor reduced
the fracture and at last accounts the
invalid was recovering nicely.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
CALLS A HALT.

Free Press: Permit me to call at
tention to the spirit of lawlessness
which seems to pervade a number of
the bicycle riders of this city. Many
of our citizens have been to consider
able expense in identifying their
lawns and grass plats between the side
walk and curb-thus gratifying the
tastes of the owner and adding to the
beauty of the city-yet it is necessary
to enclose the lawns with barbed wire
fences in order to keep them from be-
ing destroyed by the bicycle riders.
Our ordinances very generously permit
the riders the use of most sidewalks
when the streets are in bad condition
but if the privilege is to be abused I,
bicycle rider myself, would be glad
to see the riding on sidewalks pro-
hibited entirely.
T r. THOMPSON
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
QUARANTINE TO BE RAISED.

st. Peter Herald: The quarantine
placed upon the ST. Peter state hos
pital will be raised tomorrow and the
residents of the institution will again
be permitted to come and go as before
The case of small pox was transferred
to the pest house almost as soon as the
case was discovered and the victim has
entirely recovered. No other cases
have appeared in the city and there is
no prospect that further cases will de-
velop.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28

Two suspects were arrested at
Charles City, Iowa, for being impli-
Gated in the robbery of articles from
freight cars, and breaking into the
depot Office at Blue Earth City few
days ago. Immediately after the rob-
berry detectives were put upon the case
by the railroad company and they
were Tuesday rewarded by finding
some of the goods stolen from the cars
at Charles City A description of the
men who were disposing of the goods
was secured and an arrest of two an
swering the description was made.
Their hearing was held at Blue Earth
yesterday
Sanford Billings was again arrested
today for being drunk He will have
a hearing tomorrow morning. This
is his fourth arrest and he was only
few days ago released on bond for a
similar offense.
In the case of Mrs Ottelia Bruske,
of Nicollet, who was killed the eve
ming of Sept 1st, by being dragged
along the road while hanging to road
cart, the deputy coroner of Nicollet de-
cided that an inquest was not neces-
sary. Afterward the husband of the
deceased decided that a crime had
been committed and asked for an in
vestigation. In accordance Herewith,
the st. Peter Herald says that an in
quest was held and all the testimony
possible secured, as result of which
the jury decided that Mrs Bruske
came to her death by falling from her
cart and being dragged, and that no
blame was attached to any person.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28

The Mankato Heating and Plumb
ing Co. have about completed the con-
tract for the laying of the water mains
at Slayton. In all about 10, 600 feet of
pipe were laid. Chas. Yates who had
the laying of same in charge, will re-
turn Saturday evening.
Kate Hochstein was again arrested
last night. An effort is being made by
the officers to place her in the school
of feeble minded.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28

Wanted Man and wife to work on
farm by the season. Address Box 2O3,
st. Peter MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28
Bryan Coming.

Jno. G. Thro. member of the Demo-
cratic state committee, has been in
formed that Hon. w. J. Bryan will
speak in Mankato Tuesday afternoon,
Oct. I'd. He comes on special train
from st. Paul, and goes from here to
Winona.
Mr. Thro will make necessary ar
rangements for Mr.. Bryan's reception.
and if the weather permits an out
door meeting will no doubt be held
Otherwise. the opera house will be
used.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-09-28

Rev. DR.. Driver took the noon train
for Minneapolis, where he will deliver
a lecture this evening.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
Exp-oF-THE-cENTURY WOMAN.

Here at the end of nineteen hundred
years
They tell us woman is creature
'new! 80
Methinks she always like herself APP
pears,
This human opal Of the changing hue.
She Is as limpfd as the morning dew,
Yet is she ofttimes wiser than the seers,
What man dares say he reads her
through and through,
Here at the end of nineteen hundred
years?
The same as when men fought for her
with spears
Is she today who leads them on to sue,
Yet always, when some closing epocn
They tell us woman is a creature new.
She is made out of honey and of rue;
She Is made out Of laughter and OF
tears.
Regarded from whatever point of view,
Methinks she always like herself ap-
pears.
She is a thing of many hopes and fears.
Of many virtues, yet Of vices, too.
Touched with the flames of two oppos-
ing spheres,
This human opal of the changing hue.
An angel or a demon, false or true
AS man may fashion her. He who has
VIII harken and be warned. Yet they
are few,
Here at the end of nineteen hundred
years.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox in the New York
Journal.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
MEDICAL NOTES.

There Is no drug yet discovered so far
as we know, unless it is alcohol which
distinctly adds force to the body when it
Is taken. All of the so-called strength
ening remedies" which enable a man to
accomplish more work when he is I'M
der their influence, do this, not by add
ing units of force to/hiS body, but by
utilizing those units Of force which he
has already obtained and stored away
as reserve force by the digestion of his
food. Koia, cocoa, excessive quantities
of coffee and tea and similar substances,
while they temporarily cause nervous
work to seem lighter, do so by adding to
the units Of force which a man ought to
spend in his daily life those units which
he should most sacredly preserve as his
reserve food The condition of the indi-
vidual who uses these remedies when
tired and exhausted, with the object of
accomplishing more work than his ia
tigued system could otherwise endure, is
similar to that of the banker, who, I'M
der pressure Of financial difficulties,
draws upon his capital and reserve funds
to supplement the use of those moneys
which he can properly employ In carrying
on his business. The result in both in
stances Is the same. In q greater or less
time the banker or the patient, as the
case may be, finds that his reserve fund
has disappeared, and that he is a pecu-
mary or nervous bankrupt.
One Of the early signs Of consumption
is the so-called Tuberculosis red line"
along the gums. It's absence encourages;
it's presence, on the other hand, may be
due to other causes than tuberculosis. 1t
may be seen in the neighborhood of ca
rious teeth, or where tartar" incrustS
the crown of a tooth It's diagnostic value
is thus qualified dubbed finger tips are
common to phthisis, with many other
wasting diseases or conditions, which in
terfere with nutrition, such as valvular or
other heart affections Morning sick
ness and want Of appetite are common
forerunners of consumption. To the same
category belong distaste for fatty foods
and capricious appetite. Interrupted in
spiration is sign Of doubtful value. 1t Is
so often present in nervous youths or in
nervous or chlorotic girls that it's dag
nostic Importance is largely discounted.
Among the earliest physical signs of
phthisis we should include lessened move
ment Of the chest wall (expansion).
Those predisposed to tuberculosis
should lead an active open air life. They
should breathe pure atmosphere by
night as we'll as by day. Close attention
should be paid to the dietary, which
should include milk, eggs, fish, butchers
meat, nourishing soups and fresh fruits
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

In 1891 the Late Eugene ". SIM
alley wrote an autobiography,
which was published In the Nor
Invest Magazine, under the title
of "RecOIIectiOns of Man of It
fifty" The G b e has selected
"a number of extracts from the s.Fl
ecOIlectfOns," which show the re-
markable life of the late editor,
publisher and sound money adj
vOcate. Following are the extr
acts;
II write these recollections for my own
pleasure. For more than thirty years I
have written for
other peoples infor-
HSlSO"o' nation or entertain
Memories ment; written of
politics and war, of
men and their opin-'
ions, of books and travel, of a thousand
forms of human activity, and always with
a view to interesting readers of the print
. ed page. 1t seems to me that at fifty
I have earned the right to take a vaca-
ton, to write of things personal to my
self, to become reminiscent for a time
9nd to say to the reader, if you are bored,
why skip this and turn over the leaf.
81 have always maintained that boy
who grows up In city Is unfortunate.
He knows little Of nature, To him the
trees have no individuality, the birds have
no language and no peculiarities. while
the many phases of the skies and the
seasons possess for him but meager
interest We children knew where the
first violets blossomed by the brook,
where the wintergreens grew in the
woods and when the red squaw berries
would ripen. We waged war with wood
en- swords on the armies Of thistles and
mulleins by the roadside; the wild cherry
trees and the slippery elm trees we re-
garded with lively affection, and we
almost wept when our favorite chestnut
tree in the clearing was felled to serve
as fence rails.
1.-The district school house was about
half mile distant from my fathers
farm. Two terms of school of three or
four months were held each year, one in
the summer and one in the winter The
winter term was. always taught by
man, for then the big boys who worked
in summer on the farms appeared among
the pupils and were supposed to be be-
yond the governing capacity of the young
women who taught the summer terms.
The teacher always boarded around,
spending more or less time with each
family, according to the number of pupils
each sent to school, This arrangement
required good deal Of shrewd planning
on the part Of the teacher to suit the
convenience Of parents and to avoid CIV
ing offense 1t would have been fatal to
a teachers popularity to discriminate
against the poorer families where the food
was coarse and the sleeping accommoda-
lions had to be shared with the children
Every family was entitled to It's due share
Of the pedagogue's society, but each
housewife wanted tho winter visit timed
so as to come after hog killing when
there would be fresh meat in the house.
and the sausages would be ready and
cellar shelves"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

MEN MIR. sMALLEY MET.
Horace Greeley,
John ID. Rockefeller,
Abraham Lincoln,
James A. CART cid,
James G.. Blaine,
Gen. u. g. Grant,
Gen. Phil Sheridan,
Gen. w. II. Sherman,
Gen. Schenck,
Schuyler COIfax.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
'RECOLLECTIONS OF A Man OF FIFTY"
EXTRACTS FROM THE

EXTRACTS FROM THE
PERSONAL "REMINISCENCES
OF THE LATE
E. V. SMALLEY,
WRITTEN FOR THE
NORTHWEST MAGAZINE
TEN YEARS BEFORE
HIS DEATH.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
PRINTER AND sCHooLMAsTER.

when I worked at the printers trade
in New York the St. Nicholas was the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

THU anu IUUIIu WUTK
as a compositor in
the job Office of the
Herald. The editor
Of the paper. Mr..
Benedict. noticed
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
Friendship
of Blaine.


was the most agreeable and interesting
man among the nine members of the COM
mittee He had been an editor at one
period of his career, and he liked news
paper men. He had taught school too,
and we compared experiences in that line
He was very industrious at that time
and very ambitious. He had planned his
life for years in advance, and. he carried
out his plans almost to the letter. one
day he told me that the military commit
tee would not be of much Importance
after the army was organized, and the
odds and ends of the war legislation dis
posed Of Financial questions would be
paramount He intended to be upon the
appropriation committee in the next con-
gress; two years later he would be Cha r.
man Of that committee; then he would be
speaker of the house, and afterwards he
would go to the senate. 1t all came
about exactly as he proposed 1t Should
Our friendship began In long talks before
the wood fire in the committee room, con-
tinued for seventeen years, until L moved
to Minnesota and left a great gap Of dis
lance and changed occupations between
me and the associations OF Journalism
and politics in the East.
Grant then had his headquarters in
the city and was frequent caller He
used to stand with his back to the fire
and chat in quiet tones about the events
of the war, then so fresh in mind. He
was still in the prime of life-not gray
hair as I remember, and with none OF
the heaviness of frame that came in later
years The common impression of him
as a silent man is not altogether correct
To strangers he had very little to say
but with people that he knew and liked
he was very fluent and graceful ta]ker.
Another of our visitors was Sherman,
who looked more like lawyer than a
general, with his high forehead and his
nervous, intellectual face, and his TALL
gaunt figure. He was a most entertain
ing talker, and always seemed to be
trimming over with ideas. Sheridan I
saw less of, although he came up from
his command in Texas to confer with
the committee. He was of under size,
stocky and muscular with round head
and a rugged red face, and he looked
every inch a fighter. Thomas, the hero
of Chickamauga, was tall large and i'm
pressive, and had leonine countenance.
He was slow to speak, and his words al
ways seemed we'll weighed before utter
ance He impressed every one as re-
markable man-serious, conscientious,
courageous and intensely patriotic. I
might make a long list of the generals
with whom I came in contact in my du-
ties as clerk, but the younger genera
ton knows little or nothing Of host
of men who were famous then. Only a
few great names have come down from
the war period with what promises to be
the luster Of enduring fame"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
Song Of the NeU Century


o WUNG in the Purpose of the Upper Sphere
LNplfaM We sweep on to the Century anear.
r. But something makes the heart of
ET bode,
WMEAM MVN For Labor is the Sphinx beside the road;
NrAc1 GNe And we must answer it's dread Question
~ AWN yea,
Or perish the tribes of yesterday
HlNKEzn Thunder and earthquake crouch beyond
IBIHfhTTTTTnliD e the gate;
TIlE5z51Y But fear not greater than his fate
MC2~<N And one will come with Answer--with a
GYnm>
IN kl5D fRD1 Wherein the feet morning will heard;
W N + One who will feel the grief in every breast,
VIZ I OK The heart-cry Of humanity for rest.
va r So await the Leader to appear
AN 90 Thinker and Doer and Seer
1TbG O The hero who will fill the Labor Throne
IN va And build the Comrade Kingdom, stone by stone
OK That Kingdom that is greater than the Dream
Il Breaking through ancient vision CLEAN bv
N 4 Something that Song alone can family feel
W X And only Songs wild rapture reveal.
qAN6 Thrilled by the Cosmic Oneness he will rise
X Youth in his heart and morning in his eyes;
While glory fallen from the far-of goal
o Will send mysterious spendOr on his SOUL
Him shall all toers know to be their friend;
q Him shall they follow faithful to the end
Though every leaf were tongue to cry "Thou must"
Q He would not say the unjust thing is just
&A Not all the fends that cry in the eclipse
BM Shall shake his heart hush his lyric lips.
B HH His cry justice it will stir the stones
EW From Hell black granite to the Seraph thrones.
Earth listens for the coming of his feet;
The ehushed Fates lean expectant from their seat
He will be calm and reverent and strong,
Andcarrying in his thought the fire of song
Will send cry upon these weary men,
A cry o make the heart grow young again,
q cry to comrades scattered and affair."
2 "Be consolidated star by circling star;
Give to all mortas justice and forgive
License must die that Liberty may live.
Let Love shine through the fabric Of the state
Love deathless Love whose other name is Fate.
IAN Fear not we cannot fail
MM The Vision will prevail.
VII the Oath God, and fast,
Through death and Hell, holds onward to the last"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07
LIFE AT RANDOLPH.

Speaking of his life in the little vii
1age of the center Of Randolph. after mis-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-07

VINO nad just DeS III
to make himself
prominent in ma
tional affairs. His
name was James G.
Blaine. To me- he