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The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-24

the results will be very gratifying in
the promotion of trade among all the
states and nations Of the western hemi-
sphere and in the establishment OF
more cordial relations among all the
people of the western world.
MARK BENNITT.
The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1901-01-24

lie best patents and straight FLOURS
Of ii. THOMASON'S.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

"T've done now" said Sam. with slight
embarrassment. 'T've been a writin'."
$50 I see.'' replied Mr.. Weller. mo TO
any young CONAN. I hope, Sammy"
why, it's nc use a sayin' 1t amt" r-
piled Sam. IT'S a valentine"
"a what?" exclaimed Mr.. Weller. ap-
parently horror-stricke by the word
"a valentine" replied Sam.
"Samivel. Samivel," said Mr.. Weller. IN
reproachful accents, Il didn't think you'd
ha' don 1t. AFTER the warnin' you've had
O. your fathers vicious propensities; arter
all I've said to you upon this kere very
subject; arter actiwally seem and bein' in
the company O. your own mother-in-law.
vich I should ha' thought was a moral les
son as no man could ever ha' forgotten to
his dyin' day! I didn't think you'd ha' done
It. Sammy. I didn't think you'd ha' done It"
These reflections were too much for the
good old man: he raised Sans tumbler to
his lips and drank or the contents
'wot's the matter nowf" said Sam.
"Nev'r mind. Sammy" replied Mr.. Wei
Ter. 18TH be . wary agonixin' trial to me at
my time o. life. but I'm pretty tough. that's
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
KICKED TWICE AT ONE TIME.

Manifess destiny h the science ov going
tew bust. or enny other place before VI git
thare. 1 may be rong in this continent.
but hat IL tho way 1t strikes me. and l am
so put together that when emmy thing
strikes me. I Immediately strike back.
Manifest destiny mite perhaps be
blocked out agin az the condishun that
man and things find themselfs in with q
ring IN their nozes and sumboddy hold ov
the ring. I may be rong agin. but IL / am.
awl 1 hav got tew ga II. don't kno 1t. and
what a man don't kno amt no damage tew
emmy boldly else. The tru way that mani
fess destiny had better be sot down IL. the
exact distance hat a frog kan jump down
hill with a striped snake after him: I cont
n but I may be wrong onst more, but II
the frog dom git ketched the destiny Il
jist b he IL a looking for.
When q man falls into the bottom ov q
well n makes up hiz minde tew stay
thare. that amt manifess destiny enny
more han having yure hair cut short Il:
but II he almoste gifts out and then falls
dow In agfn sixteen foot deeper and brakes
on his neck twice In the same phase and
dies and IL buried thare at low water. that
II manifess destiny on the square. Stand
ing behind . COW in fly time and Citing
kicked twice At ono time must feel a good
deal IKE manifess destiny. Being about ten
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

seckunds tew late tsw git an express train,
and then chasing the train with yurs wife,
and an umbreller In yure hands, In q hot
day, and not getting al near tew the train
az you waz when yu started. looks q leetls
like manifess destiny on . rale rode trak.
Going into q tempranse house and calling
for . little old Bourbon on ice. and being
told in a mild way that tho Bourbon IN
fist out. but they hav got sum gin that cost
y cents q gallon in Paris" sounds tew me
4 the manifess destiny ov mosts temp
ranse houses.
Nj dear reader. don't beieays In manifess
destiny until yu see It. Thars II such a
thing - manifess destiny, but when 1t &C.
ours It b like the number ov rings on the
rakoon's tale. ov no great consequences onla
for ornament. Man want made for a ma
chine. II he waz. 1t wax q locomotin ma
chine. and manifess destiny must git oph
from the trak when the bell rings, or git
knocked higher then the price ov gold.
Manifess destiny II . disseaxe, but it Ii
eaxy tew heal: I seen It In its wust
stages cured b saving Q cord ov drf hickory
wood. I thought I had Il onse. II broke out
In h shape ov poetry; ! sent . speciment
ov the disseazs tew q magazine. the maya
zine man wrote ms nex day n follsrs:
Dear Sur: Yu may be . phuls. but IN
are no poeck. lures. In haste"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03
THE NOBLE RED MAN.

gequently good. LAts supperA dyspepsy.
gas companies, thieves. ward politicians.
pretty waiter-girla. and other metropolitan
refinements, were unknown among them.
No savage in good standing would take
postage-stamps. You couldn't have bot .
coon skin with q barrel OF 'em- The female
Aboorygine never died Of consumption. be-
cause she didn't tie her waist up In whale
bone things; but In loose and howin' gar
ments she bounded, with naked feet, over
hills and plains like the wild md frisky
antelope. It was q oniucky moment for us
when Chris. 20 his foot onto these ERE
shores. It would have been better for rs Of
the present day II the injins had given him
q warm meal and sent him home ore the
ragin' billers. For the savages owned the
country. and Columbus was q nllibuster.
Cortez, Pizarro and Walker were one-horss
Observation-Disclosures was . four-horss
team n~ldbuster, n Q large yaller dog un-
der the Vaughn. ! say, In view Of b mess
we are maxim Of things, It would have been
better for u II Columbus had staid to
homo. 1t would haye been better for the
show dismiss. The circulation Of Vanity
Fair would be larger. and the proprietors
would all W. boozum pinsi Yes. sir. and
perhaps q ten-pin alley.
BY which I don't wish to b understood
a. intimatin' hat the scaipin' wretches who
are In the injin dismiss at the present day
are Of any account. or calculated to make
home happy. specially h sioxes Of Min
nesoty. who desarvs to b murdered In tho
first degree. and II Pope will only stay In
st. Paul and not 90 near 'sm himself. ]
reckon they will be.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

q consolation. a. the VERY old turkey re-
marked ven the farmer said he vos afeerd
he should bs obliged to kin him for the
London market"
"Wot'n be . trialf' inquired Sam.
TO sse you married, Sammy: to see you
. deluded victim and thinkin' in your In
nocence that it's all very capital replied
Mr.. Weller. IT'S q dreadful trial to a
fathers ~feslin's. that ere. Sammy"
Nonsense" said Sam, II amt q goin' to
get married. don't you fret yourself about
that. I know you're Q Judge o. these things;
order in POUR pipe. and I'll read you the
lstter,-therer'
Sam dipped his pen into the ink to be
ready for any corrections. and began with
q very theatrical air
".Lovely-"
STOP" said Mr.. Weller. ringing the bsll.
"A double glass O the inwariabla. my
dear"
VERY well. str." replied the girl. who with
great Quicknsss appeared, vanished. re-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

BAH That's tho third umbrella gone
since Christmas. What were you to do?
Why. let him go home in the rain. to DO
sure. I'm very certain there was nothing
about him that could spoil. Take cold?
Indeed, He doesn't look like one Of the
sort to take cold. Besides. he'd have better
taken cold than taken our umbrella Do
you hear the rain. Mr.. Caudle7 I say. do
you hear the rain? And, as 1 am alive, II
it isn't Saint Swithin's day! Do you hear
Il against the windows? Nonsense. you
don't impose upon me. You can't be
asleep with such a shower as tbati Do you
hear 1t. I say? oh, you do hear It? Well.
that's a pretty Hood, / think. to last for six
weeks; and no stirring all the time out of
the house. Pooh! don't think me a fool.
Mr.. Caudle. Don't insult me. He return
the umbrella? Anybody would think you
were born yesterday. AS II anybody ever
did return an umbrellal There-do you
hear fit Worse and worsei Cats and dogs.
and for six ~weeks-always six weeks-and
no umbreiiai :
I should like to know how the children
are to go to school tomorrow. They shan't
90 through such weather: I am determined.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

turned. n disappeared.
They seem to know your ways hero"
observed Sam.
Yes" replied his father. I've been here
before. in my time. Go on. Sammy"
Lovely creetur'.'" repeated Sam.
"'Taint in poetry. IL itr' interposed the
father.
mo. no." replied Sam.
"wery glad to hear IT," said Mr.. Weller.
"Poetry's unnatural. No man ever talked
IN poetry 'cept . beadle on boxin' day. or
Warren's blackin' or Rowland's oil. or some
O. them low fellows. Never you let yourself
down to talk poetry. my boy. Begin again.
Sammy"
Mr.. Weller resumed his pipe with critical
solemnity. and Sam once more commenced
and read a. follows;
LOVELY creetur' feel myself
damned' -
That amt proper" said Mr.. Weller, tax
ing his pipe from his mouth
mo: It amt damned" observed Sam.
holding the letter up to the light. 'its
'shamed.' there's . blot there; 4 feel my
self ashamed"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

'wery good" said Mr.. Weller. ''Go on"
".Feel myself ashamed, and completely
Girl I forget wot this ere word Is said
Sam. scratching his head with the pen. in
vain attempts to remember.
why don't you look at II, thsnr' inquired
Mr. Weller.
$50 I am . lookin' at IT," replied Sam.
but there's another blot: here's . c. and
q g. and Q a."
'Circumwented. p'rhaps." suggested Mr..
Weller.
"No. II amt that" said Sam. 'oircum-
scribed,' that's It."
That amt as good . word ~ ofrcum-
vented. Sammy" said Mr.. Weller. sravely.
Think notT' said Sam.
"Nothin' like it." replied his father.
But don't you think 1t mean more7' IN
Quired Sam.
We'll. p'rhaps It's q moro tenderer word"
said Mr.. Weller. after q few moments re-
Election. go on, Sammy"
Feel myself ashamed a completely
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

The rcd man of the forest was form'iy
a very respectful person. Justice to the
noble aboorygine warrants me In sayin' that
orrigernerly he was q majestic cuss.
At the time Chris. arrovo on these shores
q allood to Chris. Columbus), the savajis
was virtoous and happy. They were tn
nocent Of secession. rum. craw-poker. and
s~infuiness gin'rally. They didn't discuss
the slavery question as a custom They had
no Congress, faro banks delirium remens
or Associated Press. Their habits was con-
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

MOI they shall stop at home and never
learn anything-the blessed creatures!-
sooner than 80 and get wet And, when
they grow UP. I wonder who they'll nave to
thank for knowing no~thing-who. indeed.
but their father. People who can't feel for
their own children ought never to b
fathers.
But I know why you lent the umbrella
Oh. yes; I know very we'll I was going out
to tea at dear mothers to-morrow.-you
knew that,-and you did It on purpose.
Don't tell me; you hate to have mo 60 thers.
and take every mean advantage to hinder
me. But don't you think II. Mr.. Caudle.
No, sr: II 1t comes down in buckets-full.
III go all the more. No; and / won't have
q cabi Where do you think the moneys
to come fromf You've got nice high no.
tions at that club of yours. A cab. indeedi
Cost nj sixteen-penoe at least-sixteen-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. for there's
back againl Cabs. indeedi I hould like to
know who's to pay for emf I can't pay for
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

Il was six men Of Indostan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
Though all Of them were blind.
That each by observation
Might satisfy his mind.
The First approached the Elephant,
And happening to fall
Against his broad and sturdy side
At once began to bawl: 3
God bless me! but the Elephant
Il very like q wailr'
The Second. feeling Of the tusk.
Cried. 'Hoi what have We here
30 very round and smooth and sharpf
To me tits mighty clear
This wonder OF an Elephant
Il very MD > spear"
- Hnsrx .rneoachea NJ eni~al
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

Ars. Heartless: "Just to think, my hus-
band fell and broke-and broke-
Mr.. eimpythetik: There, dear. I heard
all % It: the poor man broke his leg:
it's . great afniction. / know. but"
Mrs. Heartless: '1Oh, ! didn't mean that:
you h4annft heard the worst He Was ear
- teuke n teesr-o1ne eeats JseEnal
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

And happening to take
The souirming trunk within his hands.
Thus boldly up and spaks:
Il see." quoth he. 'the Elephant
Is very like q snaksr"
The Fourth reached out his eager hand.
And felt about the knee,
what most this wondrous beast b Ike
Is mighty plain quoth he;
':sis clear enough the Elephant
II very like q tree!"
The Fifth. who CHANGED TO touch the ear.
Said: Zen the biindest man
Can tell what this resembles most;
Deny the fact who can.
This marvel Of an Elephant
II very nke . a
rhs Stxth n6 sooasr bad begun
About NJ beast y GzeoA
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

what Q hazo-ohSp mat bel
'Ohi would I wsrs . mermaid now,
For then ia follow him,
But ohl+rm not q fish-woman,
And % I cannot swim.
.Alasi I was not born beneath
The Virgin and the Scales,
80 I must curse my cruel starA
And walk about In WaleA"
Now Ben had ailed to many q place
That's underneath the world;
But In two years the ship came homo
And all her sails were furled.
But when he called on Sally Brown.
To see To- she went On,
He found she'd got another Ben.
Whose Christian name was John.
20 Sally Brown, o Sally Brown
How could you serve mo sof
I've met with many q breeze before
But such . blow"
Then reading on his 'baccs box
He heaved a bitter sigh,
And then began to eye his pipe,
And then to pipe his eye.
And then he tried to sing .Arrs Well"
But could not though no tried:
His head was turned. and 80 he chswed
His pigtail till he died
ms death. which happened In his berth.
AZ forty-odd befeIl.
They went and told the sexton, and
Ths sexton TOLD the bell.
IT. Hood.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

Than. seizing IN the swinging tai.
: That fell within his scope.
Il See" Quoth he. { Elephant
Il very Ike q ropei"
And 90 these men Of Indostan
Disputed loud and long.
Each In his WI opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each were partly in the right,
And all were in the wrong!
MORAL
So oft IN theologic warn.
The disputants. I ween,
Rail on in utter Ignorance
OF what each other mean.
And pirate about Al Elephant
Not . Of them has scent
-. a Sara
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-03

Young Ben he was . nice young man.
A carpenter by trade;
And he fell In love with Sally Brown,
That was q lady's maid
But a. they fetched . walk one day,
They met . press-gang crew;
And Sallis she did faint away.
Whilst Ben he wa brought to-
The boatswatn swors with wicked words.
Enough to shock q saint
That though she did seem In . 1T
Twas nothing but . feint
'coms. siri." said he. mold up your head.
He'll b ~ good a. me-:
For when your swain Ii In our boat,
A boatswain he win be-"
So when they'd made their game Of her.
And taken Oh her elf.
She reused. and found she only was
"A coming to herself.
And ID he gone. and ID he soner'
She cried Ind wept outright:
Then I win to the water side.
And see him out Of sight"
A waterman came up to her. -
Nov, young woman" said he.
IF you weep on %. you viii make
Eye-water In the sea-"
\
ALAS! they've taken my beau Ben
To sail with Did Benbow";
And her woe began to run afreshs
A II she'd said Gee Wool
Says he They've only taken him
To the Tender ship. you sci"
sThe Tsn6se shiB~ eried oally Brou1
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10
REDUCTION In GAS.
Company Reduces it to Sl.5O per Thou
sand During Summer Months.

Mr.. G. A. Case arrived in the city
last week and will remain during the
early summer months in the interest
of the Geo. NJ Clark Stove Co. of Chi
cago. He has closed contract with
the Mankato Gas and Electric Light
Co. for one hundred new pattern
Jewel steel gas ranges, which the
company is placing through its terri
tory in limited quantities in order to
advertise them, and is making price
about half what they regularly sell for.
The Mankato Gas and Electric Light
Co. has offered to assist the stove
company as well as local consumers of
gas by laying service pipes and max
ing connections free of charge and in
addition will increase the discount on
gas to fuel consumers during the sum-
mer months so that the cost of gas will
be reduced to 81. so per thousand cubic
feet, which is within 20 cents of the
st. Paul price.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10

York plans. They considered that
these plans give the best general ar
rangement, as we'll as the most con-
venient; that the space is economical
better than in the other plans; that
better material is called for in the
construction, and the construction is
better and that a handsomer building
is provided for.
Messrs. Thro and Bierbauer objected
to sending the plans on to Mr.. Ander
son without recommendation. They
showed the advantages offered in plans
submitted by the local architects, and
the desirability of keeping the 81, 1870
that goes to the architect at home.
The merits of all the plans have been
considered very fully, and the friends
of the New York plan seem to be in
the majority on the board, not count
ing Mr.. Noe, who is absent but who
is said to favor the New York plan.
The board will not hold another
meeting until Mr.. Anderson's decision
has been rendered
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10
AFTER MORE GOODS.

Sheri IF Gerlich and Fred Kron went
to st. Paul this morning to look for
more stolen property belonging to the
latter. ssThey got on tract of some that
Peters had sold and hope to locate it.
There are no new developments in
this case. Peters states that the night
of the robbery, when the goods were
divided in his brother laws barn
between the three participants, the
other two left the bolt cutter. He took
it and shipped it to Minneapolis with
his goods. Then he loaned it to Rus
sell, who he thinks used it in the
Sleepy Eye robbery. Russell took it to
the pawnbroker' with the stolen
Sleepy Eye goods.
The pawn broker is to be indicted,
so it is said.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10
MRS. PEERMAN'S DEFENSE.
Two Parties From EIysian Will Testify
in Her Behalf.

Mrs. Peerman- Hamilton Williams
principal witnesses when her case
comes to trial in June will be Mr. and
Mrs. Orrison of Elysian, with whom
she was staying when she was arrest
ed on the charge of bigamy. Mr.. and
Mrs. Orrison recently visited the fair
prisoner at the county Jail and offered
to furnish bail for her, but Mrs Peer
man refused it, preferring to remain
in Jail, where she is given a good
many liberties. Mrs Peerman has
made her home with the Orrisons ever
since she left Peerman, until the last
year or so. They expect to testify to
the effect that Mrs Peerman's prose-
cution was instigated by the jealousy
of Hamilton, who is now in Saltwater
serving time for larceny. 1t is claimed
that Hamilton made the remark that
if he was sent to Saltwater no one else
should have the woman. Mrs Peer
man kept house for Hamilton for a
year or more, but was never married
to him.
Mr.. and Mrs Orrison claim to have
witnessed the words spoken that led
Mrs. Peerman to believe that divorce
had been granted to her, "You are a
free woman, now" They also claim
to have witnessed the service of di-
vorce papers on Peerman by D. G.
Sexton, and against which Peerman
did not make defense.
Mrs. Peerman's people live in
Seattle, Wash, where her father is
said to run commission house and is
we'll known. She states that her
family are we'll to do but know moth
ing of her trouble. She says that she
will not let them know; that when
she gets out of her trouble she and Jot
Williams will go to Seattle to make
their future home.
:. Mrs. Peerman states that she was
fifteen years old when she married
Peerman. 1t was an elopement, and
there turned out to be incompatability
of temperament. When they agreed
upon divorce, Peerman took one of
the children and she kept the other.
Peerman placed his in the state public
school at Owatonna, and for this rea-
son she wants both of the children as
signed to her now and will fight the
divorce proceedings commenced by
Peerman, mention of which was made
by the Free Press Yesterday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10
Real Estate Bargains.

Which Davies & Fiero would like to
show you.
Fine seven room house, two good eel
lars, good well and cistern, large brick
and small frame barn, lot 70 feet front
age, we'll located. A bargain at So, :
3O0
A splendid seven room brick house,
fine cement basement, good we'll, nicely
located, bargain at 81, 900.
Seven room frame house, good cei-
lar, soft water, well, good barn, half
acre of ground, nicely located, 81, 7OO
One of the best residence lots on
Belgrade avenue, a snap at 1876.
A nice level lot in West Mankato for
$125
Four good lots in West Mankato, if
taken together, can be had for $500.
Other lots in all parts of the city.
$40 acres, house, barn, good grove.
good we'll, 100 acres under cultivation,
purchaser gets one third of the crop, a
snap at $35 per acre.
80 acres only three miles from Man
kato, bargain at 500 per acre.
100 acres four miles from Mankato,
good buildings, fine orchard, rs acres
under pillow, snap at $50 per acre.
100 acres FIVE miles from Mankato
500 per acre.
|. 40 acres 10 miles from Man kato-- $50
per acre.
20 acres eight miles from ..Mankato,
81, 500.
90, 900 acres fine land, soil deep
black loan with clay subsoil, the best
thing now open to the homeseeker.
Write or call for particulars.
We have money to loan at low rate
of interest. Have list of houses and
rooms for rent. We also represent
thoroughly reliable fire insurance COM
panies, and would be pleased to insure
your property. Call or write us in
regard to anything in our line, at our
office in Odd Fellows block.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1901-05-10

For Sale-A 3-year-old horse, broken
to drive and ride. w. A. Funk.
Mrs. Daboll, who lives on Florence
street. was operated upon yesterday
for cataract. Several years ago she
had cataract removed from the other
eye.
On Saturday afternoon, May 18th,
at one o'clock, test is to be made in
front of the fire station on South Sec
ond street of the Irvine sold by the
Mankato dealers and Saltwater prison
Irvine. The object is to show the COM
parative weight and length of the
Irvine in balls, and thus to prove that
the Irvine sold by the Mankato dealers
is as cheap as prison Irvine.