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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-16
PERSONAL AND LOCAL.

From Thursdays Dolly.
David D. Hiebert, of Mountain
Lake, was in the city last evening.
Heavy suspenders 25 cent quality for
10 cents at the removal sale. Henry
E. Hance.
The graduating class of the Maple
ton high school for this year consists
of twelve members.
We will give you cut price on every
mans suit in our store. Removal
sale. Henry E. Hance.
E. R. Kennedy has received word
of the death at Burlington, VT, OF MS
Oldest sister, Mrs. Donahue, at the age
of rs years.
Boys and children's suits for less
than wholesale price at the removal
sale. Henry E. Hance.
81. l.. Howe, of Winona, is in the
city giving it new insurance rations
He will remain couple Of weeks,
and be assisted by his brother.
All wool boys knee pants, 10 cents
per pair-RemovA Sale price. Henry
e. Hance.
DR.. Schefcik of Mapleton has sold
his practice to DR.. F. J. Bomberger
of Minneapolis and will locate at
Hutchinson, where the Enterprise says
he is assured of large growing
practice.
Special prices on 100 dozen boys
knee pants at the removal sale. Henry
E. Hance.
Mrs. Peter Williams resides in Lime
township near Widell's quarry, gave
| a quilting bee yesterday afternoon, tt
which many of the old settlers of tha
township were present. A good ole
fashioned time was had and TIT
, occasion was another memorable ont
: in the lives of the old friends of Mrs
Williams.
} 1t doesn't cost you anything to lool
: and will save you money if you Blu.
at the removal sale. Henry E. Hance
DR.. G. b. Nerbovig, a graduate o
the Northern Illinois College o
opbthalmology has opened an Office il
: the Glass block, and will move hi
family here in the near future. Tn
doctor has fine suite of rooms and
large and carefully selected stock c
8 glasses.
Boys and children's clothing fo
. about wholesale price at the Remove
: Sale. Henry E. Hance.
:. Mr.. and Mrs. Russ Burrill, of Maj
kato, and Mr.. Chester BurrilL of Sar
d born, called on friends and relative
y in Kerns and Nicollet on Thursda.
Is Mr.. Chester Burrill is .on his wa
= home from Chicago, where he has ju
Il graduated from the dental universit.
n He will practice at Heron LAX
g where his friends hope he will me-
y with success.
le A rousing meeting of the Model
,, Samaritans was held last evening
- 1. o. o. F. hall. Deputy Carlson
the Imperial Council, of Duluth, W
1t present. Elaborate arrangements a
q being made for their next meetin
-, 70 May %, when the local council w
is entertain the st. Peter neighbors.
lg class of about 40 will be initiated tn
e. evening, the st. Peter team doing t
~ work. The insurance plan or the ord
,e is the best on the market and secol
he to none, a feature being its reser
e.: e; fund invested in government bono
80 Deputy Carlson is a gentlemen W
a. informed on all fraternal insurar
he and loyal Samaritan and will
ne glad to furnish all necessary inform
es ton. He can be seen at the Sta
BE house, where he will expel any dot
to in your mind as to non-fraternalis
10 until May 90, when loyal time "
be held at their council room.
N ~ eyBT
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-16
NEW SCHOOL BUILDING.

Bids for building the new two-story
brick school house at Vernon Center
were opened by the school board there
Saturday afternoon, J. B. Nielsen &
Co. we're the lowest bidders and Sc
cured the contract, their figure being
S7,277. Mahlke & Frankson bid
81, 800 and Otto Neitie bid ~, 1856.
The building is to have four rooms.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-16

: :1!'!!::: DEERE CORNPLANTER

Is we'll known through
out this section Of the
country for it's durability
and accuracy in planting
thatall there is necessary
to say for it is that
HANDLE 1T.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-16
SUMMER EXCURSIONS
To Madison Lake, EIysian ant
WaterviIIe.

Commencing May 1st round trip
tickets will be on sale to above named
points as follows.
Madison Lake. daily, good three
DAYS from date of sale 50c.
Elysian, Saturdays and Sundays,
good following Monday, 75c.
Waterville, Saturdays and Sundays,
God following Monday, ST. 90.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-05-16
DEATHS ROLL CALL.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Louis W. Nourse, who was stricken
with paralysis Saturday forenoon, died
at seven o'clock Saturday evening at
his rooms at 521 South Front street.
He was a single man, about sixty
years of age, and had resided in Man
kato for a number of years. He sue
ceeded in accommodating some. prop
erty. He was we'll liked by all who
knew him. He possessed a quiet.
unobtrusive disposition, but was a
man of good sense and judgment. His
death is sincerely regretted by ell
who knew him.
A brother in Vermont has been
notified of the DEATH, and arrange
ments for the funeral will not be
made until he has been heard from.
The brother at Bellows Falls, VT,
today telegraphed that he would leave
there this forenoon for Mankato, and
that the funeral would be held in
Mankato. 1t will be held Thursday
afternoon, but the time has not been
fixed. It will probably be in charge
of the G.. A. R., as the deceased was
member. The interment will be had
at Glenwood cemetery.
Edward Amos Morse died at hif
home at Fennimore, Wis, last Wed.
nesday of consumption, aged about
thirty-three years. The funeral &C.
Cured there Friday
The deceased is survived by hi
wife. who is daughter of Capt
and Mrs. Clark Keysor, Of this city.
There are no children. The parents
Of the deceased also reside at Fenni
more. The sympathy of her man.
Mankato friends will be extended tt
| Mrs. Morse in her sorrow
| Mrs. Julia Loucks died last nigh
at midnight, at the home of he
daughter, Mrs. r. g. Eldred, o.
South Second street.
Fourteen weeks ago last evenin
Mrs. Loucks had stroke Of appoplex
and since that time has been confne
to her bed. For several days she ha
been unconscious and passed away las
. night without word. -,
d Mrs. Loucks was Be years cid, hay
, | ing been born in Clinton, New YorE
in 1S4e. She leaves three children
l mourn the loss of loving mothe,
: They are Charles H., Franklin w
9 and Mrs R. FL. Eldred.
The funeral will be held from tt
home of Mrs. Eldred tomorrow at
o. clock.
!, Mrs. Loucks has lived in Mankato
q out on the farm for the past thir
years and she will be missed by mar
who know her as true lady,
It Christian woman, and an afectiona
). mother. II may we'll be said,
- "None knew her but to love her,
= None named her but to praise.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
The willing Worker.

"Why is it," asked a modest young
breadwinner, that when l stay at the
office after hours to voluntarily do an
extra amount of work somebody who
is in charge pounces upon me as his
justifiable victim and gives me still
more to do?
THAT has happened to me time after
time in my business, and at each repe-
tition have taken a vow that if am
ever in charge of an Office shall give
any one of my subordinate who sits
down and does work which isn't specif-
ically required of him credit for what
he does do and let it go at that, with
out adding insult to injury, as it were,
by giving him something further to do.
"Of course it's an old saying that the
man who does the most work is the
man usually WORKED but it's discour-
aging, don't you think? Strangely
enough, though, he goes ahead and let's
himself be worked with only weak
objection to ease his feelings" New
York Mail and Express.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
A. Tough Negro.

Stories OF brute toughness and Ho-
meric endurance are tenderly preserv-
ed in the folklore of the water front
how, for instance. Scipio Flanagan,
"the biggest niger in the business"
supported the entire weight Of an i'm
mense packing case, weighing upward
Of 1,S00, on his PROSTATE body. The
negro held the hand truck to receive
the case, which in the hands Of half q
dozen men was being balanced at just
the right angle to slip into place. But
1t hit the edge Of the truck and knock
ed it away, and the negro unluckily
lost his footing and fell fiat with the
great box on top of him. He shrieked
in terror and groaned, it was said, like
a siren whistle, but when a gang of
fifteen men lifted the thing bodily and
pulled him out all he did was to screw
his fists into his eyes like a big child,
stretch his long limbs grotesquely and
return to work. OF course he talked
about this feat for many a day.-Frank
Leslies Monthly.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
THE JAPAN CURRENT.
Kuro siwo Piles Great Loads of
DriftwOOd on AInska's Shores.


DriftwOOd on Alnska's Shores.
In one sense the Kuro Siwo, or Japan
current, is the most interesting In the
world because many oceanographers
believe it was the direct means of peO-
pling America. This much at least is
certain: If a boat were to be set adrift
on parts of the Asiatic coast and sur
vived all storms, the Japan current
could be depended upon to carry it
across the Pacific and deposit it on the
American shore. Such a thing has
happened. In 1882 nine Japanese fish
ermen were left derelict and unable to
find their way back to shore. They
went with the current, and after
drift lasting during several months
they were carried to Hawaii.
Trees torn by storms from the banks
of Asiatic rivers frequently float across
the Pacific to the American coast. Be
tween Kakatag and Kyak islands,
about 200 miles northwest of Seattle,
enormous piles of this driftwood cover
the beaches. There can be no question
of the Asiatic origin Of the timber.
They are the trunks of the camphor
tree, the mango and the mahogany.
Logs 150 feet long and eight feet In di-
ameter are frequently found. Many of
them are seen floating shoreward, with
fantastic roots standing high above the
waves. In places the logs are piled
twenty feet high. They are generally
without bark, which has been peeled
off by the waves, and most of them
have become white and heavy from
impregnation with salt water. AS they
pile up the sands drift over them, and
gradually they sink out of sight, and
new beaches are formed. This process
has been going on for ages, and the
shore line is being steadily extended.
Excavations along the beach show that
texture of the buried timber gets hard
er and harder the farther in you go,
until in souc instances pe6ifaction has
taken place. Olher excavations show
logs that have turned to coal
The presence of Siberian, driftwood
on the shores Of Greenland convinced
Nansen that his idea of drifting across
the Polar sea in the Fran was logical.
Great quantities of the wood are an
nually cast on the coasts of Spitz-
bergen and Nova Zembla, and there
are tribes of Greenland Eskimos who
depend for sledge runners and other
wooden implements on the drift from
Siberian forests. For years they de-
pended for iron implements on the
hoops of casks which came to them
over seas.-Theodore Waters in Aims
lees.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
A Little Tna Sure

A well known Philadelphian is noted
for his inability to remember faces.
He has passed by his best friends on
the street as though he never before
had seen them. A woman of his ac-
quaintance is equally famous for ney-
er forgetting a face. She prides her.
self on this gift" and she declares
that the faces of every man, woman
and child whom she has ever met is
photographed on her memory. The alb
sentminded man. had passed her by
several times, looking blankly at her.
At last she said:
81 wager a box Of the best cigars
you ever smoked that 1 will recall my
self to your recollection the next time /
meet you"
The man in return wagered box of
gloves. One day the woman, going
along Walnut street, felt sure she saw
the man. He was abreast of her and
showed no sign Of recognition. The
woman had an umbrella with her. She
gave a sudden poke with it and hit the
mans ribs. Startled, her victim looked
up.
Madam" he began in confusion.
81 beg your pardon" blushed the wo-
man. IL struck the wrong man."
She had never seen him before in
her life.-Philadelphia Times.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
The Going to Theater Face.

Will some one please explain the go
ing to the theater face" of the average
New Yorkerf The question Is suggest
ed by a long experience in lobbies while
the auditors are passing into the houses
for the evening performances. The
writer stood for nearly an hour engag-
ed in the seemingly hopeless task of
discovering ''the cheerful theater goer."
But in they poured, men and women,
each and every one with firm set jaw,
gloomy brow and the look of despair.
Perhaps it is because the long distances
Travelled on crowded cars and the
thought of an equally uncomfortable
homegoing make night at the thea
ter seem just a bit like work to the
residents Of this narrow isle.-New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Only Two Held the once.

A town in central Illinois boasted for
many years Of most ornamental fig
ure which adorned the town square
seven days in the week. His name was
Price Poor, and in splendor of attire he
rivaled the Beau Hickman Of the capi-
tai. He had a numerous family, which
he kept well in the background during
the few hours he spent at home. In the
course of political events in Illinois
Price Poor was elected justice of the
peace. He was prouder of the office
than bird of paradise. The neighbors
shared his glory by reflection. One Of
them was seated in Justice Poor's sit
ting room one day soon after the cleo
ton and heard the justice talking with
his eldest son.
"Is we all jestices, pawT the boy
asked wistfully.
The old man had something Of an
impediment in his speech. Elmo, my
son." he answered; 'only chime and
eh-your maw."-Washingto Star
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Mushrooms Arc Filling.

One virtue of the mushroom that Of
tentimes is not realized by its cham
pions even is its nutritive qualities, for
it is often considered fit only for a
sauce or side dish. Recently I ate
dinner with a friend who is a bon vi
want and gifted with an abnormally
large appetite. To my surprise, he or
dered nothing but mushrooms, bread
and butter and, of course, drinkables.
We had mushrooms raw, stewed, fried
and broiled on toast. 1t was my first
experience, but I found them excel
lent. l certainly thought they would
not "stay by me-" but, to my surprise,
for many hours afterward 1 had as
complete a sense of fullness as rare
roast beef or juicy steak ever impart-
ed.-New York Telegram.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
A Very Old English Cloth

Fustian is a species of cotton cloth
much used by the Normans, particulars
ly by the clergy, and appropriated to
some orders for their cashubles. The
Cistercians were forbidden to wear
them made of any material but linen OF
fustian. A stronger description was
first manufactured in England at Nor.
wich, temp. Edward vi.
1t was much used for doublets and
jackets in the fifteenth century, at
which time it appears to have been i'm
ported from Italy. 'Fustians of Ma
pies" are named in petition to parlia-
ment from the manufacturers Of Nor
wich in 1854. The name was corrupted
in England into ''futianapes" and 'fus-
tian and apes"-i. e., "fustian a Ma
ples."-Notes and Queries.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
MEMORY DOES NOT FAIL.
II Simply Gets Weak and LanguiA
For Want of Use.

For Want of Use.
Memory does not "fair' Except in
loss Of all the faculties); it simply gets
weak and languid for want to use, Just
as the physical organs do People Of
ten say. my memory is falling" when
1t is really as good as ever If they
would give it a chance.
a word, date, q name, an incident,
comes up, or rather fails to come up
when you want 1t. There seems to be
no possible way of remembering 1t.
You make two or three efforts, give up
and say, There's no use; it's gone
from me-"
Nonsense! 1t hasn't 1t is there just
as much as it ever was, only there are
Il lot of things over it. Keep at work,
bring your will to bear upon it, try and
try and try, and after awhile you can
get 1t.
And, better, you will find that the ex-
ercise required in remembering it will
help you next time, and that a little
toll and determination put together
will accomplish wonders in the whole
range of the faculties.
Look over your memory, see where
you are most deficient and exercise il
in that respect. You can do it at any
odd time; while you are walking, rid
ing, resting after a days work, listen.
ing perforce to a dull speaker. Don't
let few failures discourage you. The
long corridor of recollection lined upon
both sides with valuable material will
be opened for you because of your i'm.
portunity if you use it.-Everywhere
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
DISTILLED WATER.
1t Is the Purest, Best and Only Alb
sOIutely Safe Water.


Boil gallon of water until there is
but a quart left, and the quart will
contain all the impurities of the gal
Ion and be nearly four times as i'm
pure as before. Continue the boiling,
and all the impurities animal, yege-
table and mineral, except the gases
thrown off-will be reduced to one sol
i'd mass. The water which is evapo-
rated and passed off as steam is very
nearly pure. But, you will say, it kills
the dangerous germs. We will sup
pose it does, but their remains furnish
material for bacterial life to feed up
on. Do you relish the idea of eating
in food or drinking their dead and de-
composing bodies, which poison the
water by their decomposition? The
fact is scientific investigation has prov
ed that boiling only kills the feeblest,
the least injurious, germs.
Try simple experiment. Put un-
boiled city water in one bottle and the
same that has been boiled for half an
hour or more in another, cork tightly
and keep in the sun or in warm place
for week or longer and note the diff
ference. The unboiled water will show
a marked depreciation in looks, taste
and smell, but that which has been
boiled will be so much worse in these
respects that no one would think of
using it. In comparison with these
you can submit properly sealed bot
tie Of pure distilled water to the same
conditions, and at the end of a year it
will be found to be as pure, sweet and
perfect as when first bottled.
The purestiand best and the only alb
solutely safe water to use for drink
ing and the preparation of all foods
and artif1ciaE drinks is that produced
by distillation, but the most imperfect
one produces a water far superior in
purity and 'healthfulness to the very
best spring waters under their most
favorable conditions. The nearest ap-
proach to it in purity is rainwater,
which is distilled water of natures
own production, when collected on
clean surfaces, in uninhabited sections,
where the air is pure and uncontami-
mated by smoke, dust, city and factory
gases, ,etc.-Sanitarian.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Hi. second Leg Pension.

The British admiral Sir James Cor
don was humorist in his way, and it
is related of him and Admiral Pell that
sure hours by running foot races, be-
ing quite evenly matched, Sir James
having cork leg and Pell one Of
wood.
AS an instance Of his fondness for
practical joking a story is now told:
Sir James during battle toward the
end of his fighting career had his
wooden leg shot away. The old sea
fighter at once applied for second
"leg pension" and cheerfully drew it to
the end of his days.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
The ConcressionaI Record.

To appreciate the value of The Con-
gressional Record one must see it used.
1t is the only means by which members
themselves keep informed of the prog
ress of legislation when scores Of
measures are often considered in
day. 1t is on the desk Of the president
of the United States and is read by
every executive officer, from cabinet to
chief of division. Every government
in the world envies ours the possession
of such n publication, forming at once
an Indispensable current record and
permanent history of events even more
valuable through the centuries.-Argo-
naut.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Cignra and Tobacco.

There are between 100000 and
100000 brands Of cigars sold in this
country, and your average smoker
thinks that every brand means a differ
ent kind of tobacco. AS matter of
fact $50 is an outside estimate of the
different kinds of tobacco that can be
procured from all sources, and even ex-
perts can't tell some of these apart.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Tilden,s Dog.

At one of the early dog shows Sam
uel J. Tilden bought an immense Great
Dane dog. whats his nameT asked
q visitor.
"Ask him." said Mr.. Tilden.
what good would that dO%
ITS his name," was the reply.
So it was-"Askim."
The dog knew a number Of tricks,
but would only perform when fed.
He'd make good politician" said
his owner as he gave him BONE
New York World.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Lottery Methods.

An English writer declares that finan-
cial morality, imperfect as it is in our
day, is superior to that Of the epoch
that came to an end in 1926 with the
abolition of lotteries. Take a single
instance. Lord North in 1779, while
the American war of independence
was in progress, issued 10000 lottery
tickets, 10000 of which were given as
bribes to members of parliament"
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Heidelberg Castle.

The castle Of Heidelberg is the lar
gest in Germany. 1t stands $50 feet
above the Neckar river and was occu-
pied as castle as early as A. D. 1894.
In cellar in one corner Of the ruins
is the famous ''tun" or monster cask,
capable of holding $4,000 gallons. This
was for the storage Of wine used by
the nobility who dwelt in this castle.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Quite Different.

DR.. Young B. Ginner-Did 1 under
stand you to say you were never sick
and therefore didn't have any regular
physician?
Krusty-Not at all. 1 said we didn't
have any regular physician and are
therefore never sick. - Philadelphia
Record,
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
Equal.

Some years ago at Mardi Gras ball
at the Hopkins Institute of Art man,
masked, approached a woman, masked,
and asked her for a dance, as is con-
sidered right and proper at Mardi
GraS.
"But don't know you, SIR" said the
lady in her most icy tone.
"Well, Pm taking as big a risk as
you are" retorted the man.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
VIII Get His Deserts.

Naggus Qiterary editor, inspecting
manuscript = Your story is good
enough so far as have got, Borus, ex-
eept that the hero is rather fine drawn.
He's entirely too good for this world.
Borus struggling author)-I know
it, Naggus. 1 kill him off in the last
chapter.-Chicago Tribune.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
An 1nter1oper,. Explanation

"Now, then," cried the deep voiced
woman, what has made female suf-
frage possible"
male sufferance," replied the rude
man who had no business to be there
at all.-Philadelphia Press.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
His idea of Success.

"What is your idea of successr'
Success" answered the man who
has realized a few ambitions, sis mere
ly the attainment of condition which
causes people who knew you years ago
to look at you and smile and say, "A
fool for luckp Washington Star.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
At the Parting of the Ways.

''Do you take this man to be your
welded husband?" asked the Justice
of the peace.
81 don't know whether to do it or
not, SQUIRE" said the young woman,
wiping her eyes. "He's got the money
from me to pay for the license. don't
like to marry man of that kind, and
yet hate to see 81 wasted. Chicago
Tribune
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
His Propensity.

81 never forget joke that 1 once
hear" remarked Borem.
NO." rejoined Guyer, "and you don't
give any of your acquaintances a
chance to."-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25
DOR,a Teeth.

De Style-He pulled fifteen teeth
from me.
Gunbusta-He's no dentist.
De Style-I know 1t, but he prted
open the dogs mouth and yanked him
of.-New York Telegram.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25

Mr.. Fatley-Yes; Pm a self made
man.
Professor Studiosis- the
material at bargain sale?-Chicago
News.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25

This would be a much more peaceful
world If lots Of grown up people as well
as children could only be seen and not
heard.-Chicago News.
Amador ledger., 1902-04-25

The specter of unpaid bills never
haunts those who buy only what the!
can afford.