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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-06

G.. NJ. Cole passed a subscription
paper among our citizens last week,
and secured sum of over $63 for Mrs.
Jonas Lovelett. He informs us that
other subscriptions were taken up in
this vicinity. An effort is being made
by her friends to secure sum sufficient
to lift the mortgage of about $4OO on
her home Lake Crystal Union.
Come hither, o maiden fair and faithful,
The desire of thy heart is granted.
Before thee are the gates of unknown
beauty free, 'tisRocky MountainTea.
John G. Thro.
John G. Shelton has learned of the
whereabouts of his only brother, Samuel
Shelton, whom he has neither seen nor
heard from for thirty years. He was
supposed to be dead, but has turned up
at Leayenworth, Kansas, and if he can
arrange his business by the last of May
so that he can get away he will come to
Manksto then to visit his brother and
other relatives.
Masters g. McLauren have leased the
Payne building, formerly occupied by
T. 81. Andrews gun shop, and will
move in at once. Their present location
will be occupied April 18th by the Pol
chow barber shop.
Judge Ogle has decided the suit of
Geo E. Keene vs. P. s. Lobdell in favor
of the plaintiff, granting him writ of
restitution for the meat market.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-06

Ex-President Cleveland has pronounced
himself in favor of the Nicaragua canal
and the Hay Pauncefote treaty. Now see
the Bryanites climb over on to the other
side of the wagon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-06
WHAT DO The CHILDREN DRINK

new food drink called Grain-O? 1t is delicious
and nourishing and takes the place of coffee.
mEA more Grain-O you give the children the
more Haslth you distribute through their sys
TENS, Grain-O is made of pure grains, and
when properly prepared tastes like the choice
grades of coffee but costs about u as much. All
grocers sell it. 15c and 25c.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-06

Here's where the bankruptcy bill would
ome in convenient. Turkey owes Russia
fifty million dollars and doesn't act as if
she ever expected or intended to pay
Saltwater Gazette.
Well. it doesn't matter much. Russia
will serve Turkey for thanksgiving one OF
these days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-04-06

The hearing in the tax case has been
set for July nth before the supreme
court.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
NOT AS RICH as REPORTED.
Capitalist He II Generally
Pictured.

One of the South African papers hav-
ing published an exaggerated account
of the worldly possessions of President
Paul Kruger. London journal has un-
dertaken to get at the truth as to his
wealth. It is generally admitted that
the head OF the Transvaal rebellion is
the possessor of valuable property. en-
titling him to the rank of millionaire,
but that his real estate is worth "be-
tween e 100000 apnd 20, 200 ,OOO''
even the most credulous would be loath,
to take in without a grain of salt. The
South African paper goes on to state,
that abe owns $50 freehold farms. many
of them on the Main reef, which he
would not allow to be worked" but it is,
to be remembered that there are not.
a great number of farms on the Main
reef altogether. He is. however, known
to have sold one farm for $500 ,0oO He
is said to be the largest land owner in!
Rustenburg district, and the largest
in the Netherlands rail-
way, dyna mite concessions and Hath
erley distillery. This may be true, al
though there is no confirmation of it.
AS regards his alleged ownership of
a large and valuable estate in Cape
Colony. one in Holland, and also one in
Germany. little is known, but it is gen.
orally believed that he has taken care
to invest in property that cannot easily
be touched by the imperial power. He.
is credited with having two millions in
German consois, but whatever his hold
ing in that security amounts to there
are no data to go upon. as it is in the
form of bearer securities, whose own
ership could only be estimated.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
THE SURRENDER OF osMAN.
As Related by Stephen Crane In One
of HIS Latest Writ
ingS.

On the cold, cloudy morning of De-
cember II, 1877, when snow lay thick
ly on all the country, a sudden great
booming of guns was heard, and che
news flew swiftly that Osman had
come out of Plevna at last and was
trying TO break through the Gordon
his foes had spread about him, says
Stephen Crane, in the New Lippin-
colt. During the night he had aban-
doned all his defenses, and by day
break he had taken the greater part
Of his army across the river Vid. Adj
vancing along the Sophia road, he
charged the Russian intrenchments
with such energy that the Siberian
regiment stationed at.sthat point was
almost annihilated. A. desperate fight
went on for four hours, with the Rus
slams coming up battalion after bat
talon Some time after noon all fir
ing ceased, and later the Turks sent
up white flag. Cheer after cheer
swelled over tie dreary plain. Osman
had surrendered.
The siege had lasted 142 days. The
Russians had lost 10000 men, The
Turks had lost 10000 men. o
The advance on Constantin0ple HAD
been checked. SkobeleH said: "Os-
man the Victorious he will remain, in
spite Of his surrender"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
AN OPPORTUNE FIT.
1t Turned a Loss of a Million Dollars
Into a Gain of COnsider-
ably More.

Mrs. Henry Widmayer, Wall street
speculator in small way, tainted in
her brokers' office recently, being on
the short side of bull market at the
time, and while in a swoon things went
against her to the tune of $500. The
occurrence, says New York exchange,
recalled to veteran Spectator there
a coup which Addison Cammack once
made in original fashion. He, too, was
on the short side and the bulls were
raising merry hades, when he arrived
on Wall street from Tuxedo. At 1893
he was loser to the extent of nearly
100000. Suddenly he had a fit. He
fell on the floor and foamed at the
mouth. Doctors and things were sent
for, and news got out that Cammack
was dying. It spread like wildfire and
was in every office in the street. He
was big man then, dealing with the
boldest and strongest operators in the
street, and the prospect Of his death
sent the market reeling. In the mean
time the willy old fox had out 40 bro
kers selling short everything in sight,
and when the day and the fit we're
over he had not only recovered his
losses, but was 81 $50, 900 to the good
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
CANNON BALLS FOR SALE.
Extracted by the Hundred from the
Walls of an Old Safety Vault
in New York.

Workmen engaged in demoishing
the 4s-year-old five-story building at
the southwest corner of Wall and Will
liam streets have found a number of
eight-pound iron balls let into the
joints of the granite slab forming the
outer wall of the street vault in what
was the basement of the building.
About 200 of the balls have been found,
reports the New York Sun. One of
the workmen was sure he had discov-
cred some Revolutionary relics" and
succeeded in disposing of a number
Of the cannon balls" at so cents
apiece So many of the metal spheres
were discovered that the price soon
fell to tin Of beer The discovery and
sale continued Tuesday and yesterday
and as there are few slabs still in the
place there will proba bly, be more 'rel-
les" for sale to-day.
The demolished building was occu-
pied by the Atlantic Mutual Insurance
company and by the Phenix bank. The
vault measures perhaps Is by 20 feet.
The granite slabs which form it's outer
wall are IS inches thick. The top of
each one was followed out to receive
half the iron ball and the. bottom of
the next higher was followed out to
receive the other half. Possibly the
metal balls were put in to bother any
burglar who might seek to dig through
the wall.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
FRENCH LOSING GROUND.
Language Of the Republic Not ~
Popular On the Continent a.
1t Once Was.

Is French losing ground abroad
that is to say, is it being less spoken
and read by educated people on the
continent than was formerly the case?
This is question which has from time
to time given rise to interesting dis
cussion, and certain lamentations late
II uttered by a Partisan review have
brought it once more rather promi-
nently to the front, says the London
Telegraph.
There Is no doubt that during recent
years it las met with formidable rivals.
The tongue of united Germany is more
studied than it was in the old days,
and various enterprising nationahties
of the smaller kind are bestowing more
attention on their own language and
literature than they had had the OPP
portunity of doing for centuries. An
this may be readily admitted, and moth
ing could be more natural. The inn
mense facilities now given to travelling,
the enormous expansion Of interna-
tional trade and the impulse which
the nationality movement has received
were all bound to lead to thia result.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
THE .sHoLYBLooD'' IN BRUGEs.


A curious survival Of medievalism Is,
says a Brussels correspondent of the
London Chronicle, is to be witnessed at
Bruges, in the celebration of the seven
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
entry within the city precinctseof the
relic known as the 'sSaint-Sang," or
Holy Blood, said to have been pre-
served by Nicodemus and St. Joseph of
Arimathea- In 1149 it was given by
Baldwin Ill, King of Jerusaleme to his
brotherin-law, the count of Alsace,
who brought it from the Holy Land
and placed it at Bruges in 1850 From
that time It has remained in possession
of the town. The Holy Blood Is pre-
served in a crystal reliquary shaped
like a cylinder, both ends of which are
ornamented with crowns, made in 1855.
The chest in which it is kept is fine
example of The goldsmith's work of the
year 1917, being ornamented with pre-
cious stones of great values 1t is in this
receptacle that the relic is borne
through the streets of the city during
the first two Sundays Of May. The pro-
cession consists of seven groups repre-
senting the different parishes of the
city, each preceded by its cross bear
ers and acolytes, and followed BY the
parochial clergy. 1t makes a complete
circuit of the principal streets, and
concludes at the Place de Bourg, where
a temporary altar has been erected,
from which the cardinal arch bishop of
Belgium pronounces his benediction.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
DREssMAKER REMEMBERED.
Emma Eames, the American Prfma
Donna, Sent an Old Friend
Tickets to the Opera.

Those in Chicago who have known
Emma Eames, the prima donna, from
childhood will not doubt the story that
is being told illustrative of her thought
fulness and kindness of heart, says the
Chicago Chronicle. 1t was after Nine.
Eames had become famous and a we'll
known picture of her by her husband
was on exhibition in Boston that it
came out. The woman who knew En-
ma Games had gone down to see the pic
ture and as she stood before it she no.
ticed beside her plain, little old wom-
an. wearing circular and carrying
an old-fashioned reticule. The two
fraternized and the little woman with
the reticule told the other the story.
1t was before Emma Eames became
famous before she had gone abroad
sor sung in grand opera, that the little
woman was her dressmaker. Then
came the time when the ambitious
young singer started for the other side,
looking for fame and fortune. Before
she left she said to the little dress
maker:
eff 1 get to be great singer while
I am gone, Mary, when I come back
TO sing here you will be the first person
II whom shall send tickets"
"And when she came back she was
great singer" said Mary, telling the
story. land the first thing she did
when she reached here was to send
me tickets"
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
MARCH NOT FOR THEM.
But 1t Made the Newly Married Couple
Think Their Secret Was
Out.

Bardsley hated pomp and fuss OF
every sort connected with the mar
riage ceremony, and his fiancee dis
liked what he did, and they were well
pleased with their plan of eluding the
vigilance of their friends by marrying
without notice and going off to little
country town where they knew no one
and no one knew them, says the New
York Press. The day after their ar
rival being Sunday, they went to
church. appearing, as they fondiy be-
ieved, like staid, longwedded folk.
But as soon as the benediction was pro-
nounced they were startled by heariag
the jubilant strains of The Wedding
March" The owner of the epew in
which they sat, noticing their surprise.
explained. with what they interpreted
as a significant look, that the organist
always ''played the Wedding March,
when there was a bridal couple in
church. and there is to-day" he added.
Their circumstances Betrayed
the Bardsleys into asking: But how
did he know?' and then it came out
that the performance had not been
for their benefit. but for that of the
son of a pillar of the church and his
bride.
Eat any rate, it's most absurd cus9
TOM" growled the bridegroom, who
had sought to hide his torch under a
bushel and had failed, just as ordinary
bridegrooms do
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
WAS IN A HURRY.
Dig Elephant at the Philadelphia Ex-
position Got Hungry aAd Let
the Cook Know It.

There was big elephant at the Phil
sadelphia Export exposition with an in
stinct that approached very closely to
human understanding. He was one
of the most patient of animals, but
when hungry he demanded attention
in the most imperative way, says an
exhangeaof that city.
While quarters were being prepared
for him. the elephant was tied to a
post in the rear of a restaurant. The
smell from the kitchen was very appe-
thing to hungry pachy6erm, and one
day a gentle tap came on the kitchen
window. The chef paid no attention
and in a few minutes the tap was re-
peated, louder than before. This sum-
mons also passed unnoticed, but the
next one that came could not be mis-
understood. The end of the kitchen
was built of thin boards, and the first
thing the cook knew his pots and pans
were flying about the kitchen. The
angry elephant was failing the thin
partition with tremendous blows. The
frightened cook fairly few out of the
back door with a dish of apples and
other edibles so highly priced by ele-
,phants. and there was no further sum-
mons that day.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
GLOSSARY OF CHINESE TERMS
Key by Mean. of Which the News
from the Empire May Re
Understood.

Tsung Ii yamen-The foreign office.
Bow Wong Wui-Society for the pro-
lection of the emperor = the reform
party.
Ye Ho Chuan-Society commonly
known as the Boxers - literally,
righteousness, harmony and fists.
Kwang Yu Waffle young emper-
or's chief adviser and the leader of
the reform party.
Lung Kai Chu-Second adviser of
the emperor and reform leader. Com
ing to America.
Kwang Sui-The young emperor.
Fan Kwei-Forsign devil.
Fu-A prefecture.
Chintal-Governorg general, usually
experimenting two provinces.
Chun Chi-The general council of
state.
Chung T'ang-A grand secretary of
state, of whom there are six.
Futai-Governor of province.
Hui-A club or association.
Hsiang-A village.
Hsien-A district.
Mel Ko-Grand secretariat and i'm
perial chancery.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
A SOLDIERS DOG.


Pats picture was in the Royal Scot
fish academy, representing him as a
smooth-coated little tyke, says Cham
bers' Journal. He was of nondescript
breed, but OF great intelligence and
well versed in the performance of
tricks. He had travelled, evenfful his
tory. One master was killed in ac-
ton; but brother officer adopted the
quaint white mongrel as his special
charge. Pat was in an Afghan cam
paign, which proved fatal to another
regimental dog. John Harrison. re-
triever. John often followed his mas
ter, the colonel, through Edinburgh's
gray streets. The heat on his last for
eign service was, however, too much
for him, and on the march to Kandahar
John was shot for fear he should lag:
and rests, like many another warrior,
in a grave where q Briton had laid him.
Pat. being small and short-haired,
withstood the Indian heat. He went
with his second master to Egypt, but,
the glare of the sands threatening to
impair his already failing sight, the
four-footed veteran was sent home on
sick leave. He never rejoined his High
landers; but by special desire, when he
died at his Midlothian retreat, he was
rolled in the coat the soldiers had made
for him of their regimental tartan and
buried in the well-tended niche in the
crown of the City of Winds.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
HORSES CARED FOR IN BATTLE
Veterinary Surgeons Look After the
Wounded Animals with the
Utmost Concern.

Horses wounded On the battlefield
are duly attended to when no danger
to human life is involved, says Pear
sons Magazine. The veterinary sur
geon is expected to follow close on the
fighting line, and, together with
number of aids, to inspect properly
wounded animals and give instructions
for their removal or slaughter, as the
case may be. The veterinary surgeon
is naturally exposed to considerable
danger, but if his work is not carried
out during the progress of hostilities it
cannot be accomplished afterward, for,
is allowed to proceed to the rescue of
the wounded men under the red cross,
the members of the army veterinary
department. are not permitted to at
tend to the injured horses, because
they are not under the protec-
ton of the Geneva convention, which
makes no provision whatsoever for
wounded animals.
At the conclusion of the battle, If it
has been decisive and one or the other
of the comba tant armies have been driv-
en- from the field. a party of veterinary
surgeons, with their assistants. is sent
out to examine every animal that has
fallen, and to shoot such as are badly
wounded. Those suffering from only
slight wounds are collected and taken
to the veterinary hospital lines. formed
as fixed camps and established on
similar basis to those of the royal army
medical corps.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
MAKE STEERS GET Up.o
Get the Animals on Their
Feet.

An old stock shipper was instructipg
some new hands at the business in one
of the hotels the other evening. They
were discussing the problem of hogv to
keep cattle from falling down in
crowded cars and how best to force
them on their feet when they did falH.
As most people know, says the Chicago
Chronicle. when a steer "gets down" he
is pretty likely to be killed by the 9TH
er steers hoofs, and that he has to be
resolute and determined to get up If
he would avoid death In that way.
One shipper said he had stuck the
goad into them an inch and a half
without forcing them to use their ut
most strength to push their way to
their feet The old shipper said he al
ways took the tobacco out of his
mouth and rubbed it in the eyes of
the down" steers, and that the pain
was SO severe ''the steer would push
his way through the top of the car. il
need be. to get out of his misery" A
bystander remarked: There are men
in this world who would quitethe live
stock business before they would in
dict such cruelty" The old shipper
laughed % him.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
CHINESE NABOBs, IN MANILA.
Occupy Residences That Are Equal
in Elegance to Those of
Europeans.

In the better residence quarter of
Manila there are several stately man
sions, built and occupied by China
men, that are the equal of the finest
that Europeans inhabit. One of these,
in particular, is used for the barracks
of two companies of the Thirty-sixth
infantry, says the New York Post. A
lawn, filled with palms, surrounding
a large fountain. lies in front of the
house, while beyond the narrow pas
sage leading through the inner court
a spacious back garden replete with
flower beds and gravel walks slopes
down to the swiftly-running Pasig.
The paving of the court is of marblei
blocks. and the stairs leading up to
the living-rooms are of the same mate
rial. Upstairs, the sides of the main
hall are lined with French plate mir
rors that extend from the inlaid hard
wood floor to the ceiling. The owner,
who leased the house to the govern
ment, left fine grand piano for the de-
Rotation of the soldiers when off duty;
Many deliberately carved pieces of fur
niture were found stored in one of the
rooms, besides tapestries and paintings
that would delight the eye of con-
noisseur. A large bathroom and an
extensive kitchen, provided with cook
ing apparatus of the latest American
design, composed the rear rooms. Ev-
erything that could be desired to make
life comfortable in tropical climate
was in evidence
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
POLICE CAPTAIN COMPOUNDED.
Stray Child at the Station Has q Pat
Answer for the Omcer's
Query.

Capt. Hayes, who is stationed at the
Thirty-ffth street police station, will
question lost children with caution in
the future. Fife Armstrong, four years
old, whose parents live in Stewart av-
enue, wandered from home and be-
came lost. An officer found her play
ing in the sand and brought her to
the captains Office, says Chicago pa
per.
"What is your name?" the captain
asked.
She told him, and though there were
several officers around she showed no
signs of embarrassment. Not only did
she tell her name, but she began talk
ing about other persons she knew. She
didn't know where she lived, though,
but as Officer Armstrong lives in the
Thirty-ffth street district the captain
thought he had clew.
SIS your father a policeman" he
asked.
NO." my father isn't policeman"
she said. ''He works."
Capt. Hayes made no further effort
to learn the identity Of the child, but
an hour later the mother of the little
one came to the station and found
Effe playing house back of the SER
geant's desk.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1900-08-17
OUR GOODS IN CHINA.
The American Consul Says There IL
Great Market There for
Cotton.

Consul Wildman, writing from
Hong-Kong, China. says: eff proper
ly placed before the Chinese, Ameri-
can cotton goods will obtain the same
foothold in southern China that they
have in northern. The present impor-
tations are not nearly sufficient to
meet the requirements. It must be
borne in mind that the Chinese never
wear wool-not even in the depth of
winter; that, generally speaking, the
entire population clothe themselves
in cotton all the year round. Their
bedclothes, umbrellas, and, in few
instances, boat sails are made of cot
ton, and the consumption is practical
ly unlimited if they are made in ac
cordance with native requirements.
The cloths should be a strong, coarse,
unbleacne.. cloth, 22 inches wide, re-
tailable at about five cents q yard, or
SO cents gold per piece of nine yards.
There is also a virgin market for a
cotton cloth which, tanned or other
wise treated, would prove rainproof.
All cotton goods would have to be put
up in lengths to suit the peculiar re-
quirements of the trade for which
they are designed, and such details
could best be learned after having
made trial shipment. AS I have
pointed out before, it is impossible to
do business with Chinese by CORE
respondence, and the most that con-
sui can do is to supply hint"