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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
WELCOMED IN LONDON.
News From Pretoria Points to the Pos
sibiIity of Peace.


London, March 24.-The news that
the wandering Boer government
had entered the British lines Is re-
garded as having but one meaning,
namely, that another attempt is being
made to negotiate peace. The TACT
that the censor passed the news OF
this movement is accepted as con-
trmation of this opinion.
Nothing is actually known here OF
the intentions of Messrs. Schalkburg-
er, ReitZ, Meyer and Krogh. 1t is pos
sible they have only sought permission
to traverse the British lines in order
to consult with Mr.. Steyn and the
Boer generals, Dewet and Delarey.
But whatever their object the news
has been welcomed in London as point
ing to the possibility of peace. Some
correspondence which was captured a
short time ago when Mr.. Steyn mar
rowly escaped capture proved that he
and Mr.. Schalkbruger were anxious
to conclude peace. No extraVagant
hopes, however, are being built on
the outcome of the movements OF MI.
Schalkburger and his companions,
chiefly because it is feared that De-
larey, in the flush of his recent sue
cess, will refuse to be party to any
negotiations.
The war office has informed a repre-
sentative of the Associated Press that
1t has received no official information
either confirming or contradicting the
news.
Commandant Krogh is secretary of
the Boer government. He was for
merly administrator of Swaziland and
has not been prominent during the
war
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
SILK Cotton Tree.

Although the silk cotton tree is ma.
tive of South America, there is one
specimen Of it in Nassau, Bahama is
lands, that has flourished wonderfully
and is one Of the greatest curiosities
on the island. 1t was planted more
than 200 years ago by John Miller.
The roots seem to be unable to find
their way down after the manner Of
ordinary roots and so swell up like
great buttresses radiating round the
trunk of the tree, rising from the
ground to a height of from six to
twelve feet. They reach out to irregu-
lar distances, gnarled and twisted in
the most curious fashion. They turn
and bend and double a point in all
sorts Of unexpected ways and make
dark hollows and ravines, where the
darkies believe the elves and gnomes
make their home.
The great seed pods are filled with a
fine, soft fleece Of silk, which the ma
ttves use for filling their pillows and
mattresses. There are several speci.
mems Of the tree on the island Of New
Providence, but this one is monarch OF
them all
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
TRANSITION OF CUBA
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, GEN
ERAL WOOD AND OTHERS
IN CONFERENCE.
LEARNING ALL THEY CAN

The Governors Stay Is Short and Of
ficiaIs Desire to Gain as Much In
formation Regarding the Islands as
PossibIe-Mr. Payne Believes the
Changs, So Far as Postal Matters
Go, Can Be Made Satisfactorily.
Washington, March 24.-Matters in
cident to the transition of Cuba from
American to Cuban control formed
the subject of a conference of several
hours duration at the White House.
Those present included the president,
Secretary Root, Postmaster General
Payne and Governor General Leonard
Wood. General Woods visit here will
be very short and officials desire to
learn everything possible about the
condition of affairs while he is in
Washington. The subject was gone
over in many of its features and a
very general interchange of ideas eX-
pressed. Postmaster General Payne
had his first opportunity to meet Gen
eral Wood. Mr. Payne believes that
the change in the two governments,
so far as postal matters are concerned,
can be accomplished very satisfacto-
riIy, although he thinks it will be nee
essary, for a time at least, to retain
some of the postal officials Of the isl
and in their present places until the
business of the island is in smooth run
ming order.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
Dirty Patagonia.

"Patagonians are not giants, as some
have supposed and as the Biographies
teach" said q man who has travelled.
''They are large in comparison with the
other South American natives; that is
all. Everything is relative, you know.
But they are very fat. That is why
they can stand the cold so well. 1 have
seen Patagonian men and boys running
around unclad while was wrapped in
warm garments, with the snow falling
upon them in quantities and the wind
blowing bitterly. They are kept warm
by their fat-and dirt. Patagonia is
one Of the dirtiest places imaginable.
Don't go there if you hate dirt. That
is my advice to all who contemplate a
journey to the jumping off place of
South America"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
Hindaa weddings.

Hindoo weddings usually come in the
hot months, when the families have
leisure to prepare for them, but an as
trologer must select an suspicious day
for the event. The groom is ready for
his preliminary game of diplomacy,
which is scarcely more than bluff"
This is a pretense to visit the sacred
Ganges at Benares and wash away his
sins in it's healing waters Generally
there would not be time before the
wedding day to complete such jour-
ney when the groom undertakes 1t, but
the readiness must be shown, and the
company sets out. When the brldes
father meets them and dissuades the
groom from such an undertaking, ne Is
very ready to stop. He is assured
moreover, that his sins have not been
so grievous as to need cleansing before
his nuptials. If the brides father is
satisfied with his spiritual condition,
the young man may need say no more,
but he returns and prepares the thall,
or gold badge, that all married women
must wear suspended from their necks'
-Woman's Home Companion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
To Prnmnfn Marriages..

1t is a superstition in some parts of
England that after a young couple
have departed for their honeymoon hot
water should be poured on the thresh-
old in order that other marriages may
follow. With this end in view the
brides girl friends will sometimes
drench the doorstep with boiling wa
ter from kettles heated for the purpose
of keeping the threshold warm, says
Home Notes.
In Iceland another plan is in vogue
There the bride, on reaching her hus
bands house, has to give a dinner
cooked with her own hands to show
how we'll she has been instructed in
the parental home. If she succeed in
pleasing the guests, her skill does not
only rebound to her own honor, but
also to that of her whole family, and
her sisters, having shared in her edu
cational advantages, are considered
likely to make good wives.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
How the Cobra Gives Warning.

The most dangerous reptiles of India
and Africa are the cobras. No snakes,
not even rattlesnakes, are more dread
ed, and with reason. AS the rattle
snake warns the ear by its significant
rattle" so the cobras warn the eye by
the mode in which they expand the up
per part of the body when irritated.
This expansion is produced by a sud-
den movement Of the ribs of that re-
gion Of the body. Usually they incline
backward, but the animal when irritat-
ed makes them stand out at right an
giles to the body and so, of course,
forces outward the skin which covers
them. Thus the neck, or part just be-
hind the head, becomes greatly ex-
banded and flattened, as it also does
though in less degree. in the Austria
Ian blacksnake.
This expansion is called hood, and
so the animals are called hooded
snakes. In some Of them there is on
the back of the hood a dark mark,
something like pair Of spectacles, and
they have therefore been called specta-
Gle snakes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
BRITISH SOLDIERS KICK.
Have to Pay for Accoutrements Taken
by the Beers.

London, March ga member Of
the South African constabulary has
written a private letter complaining
of a matter which has not yet been
mentioned publicly and which the
writer declares is having an i'll effect
on the British cause.
This is the treatment of men who,
having surrendered to the Beers, have
been sent back stripped. He quotes
the case of six of his comrades who
were accommodating on farm. Sixty
Beers appepared and captured four OF
the Englishmen, who were returned
stripped of everything. The com
manding officer informed them that
they would have to pay for the horses,
saddles, rifles and ammunition.
The writer adds that the command
ing officers are complaining against
this ruling and say that the effect will
be that the men will shirk their duty
rather than be captured, if they are
to be fined so heavily.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
Too Realistic.

During a performance OF captain
Lapalisse" at a Valencia theater some
years ago an incident occurred which,
for lifelike effect, left nothing to be de-
sired. During the said play some OF
the actors mingle with the spectators
in order to cooperate from the body OF
the house. No sooner had Miralles, the
actor, taken his seat in the stalls than
a daring pickpocket robbed him of his
gold watch. MiralleS seized the man
by his coat collar and called out in a
deep bass voice:
"Police! Help! Thieves"
The audience, taking this little cpl
sode to be part of the performance.
roared with laughter. Even the police,
men joined in without stirring hand OF
foot.
"This is no farcer' cried the actor in
tones of despair. 1.-THE fellow has got
my watch!'
The voice sounded so natural that
the audience broke into loud applause
at ''such excellent fooling." Meanwhile
the thief managed to break away from
his captor and escaped.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
CHINA is INUNDATED.
Treatment of the Powers Places Her
on Level With Korea.

Treatment of the Powers Places Her
on a Level With Korea.
Picking, March 24.-There is little
discussion, either among the diplomats
or the Chinese, of the Franco-Russlan
declaration, and this declaration is gen
orally regarded as making for peace.
The Chinese newspapers are empha'
sizing the humiliation of China saying
she is treated by the powers as though
she were incompetent to defend he1
own interests and that she is placed
upon level with Korea.
The Chinese foreign Office is prepar.
ing to send independent ministers to
establish legations in Italy, Austria
and Spain. The Chinese ministers to
Great Britain, Russia and the United
States have been heretofore, respec'
lively, accredited to these nations.
The dowager empress has appointed
VIVA Mu Lun to be president of the
imperial university to succeed the
Rev. w. A. P. Martin, who was recent
ly relieved of the presidency of that
Institution. Wau Mu Lun is progress
siye and learned official.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
March 21-28, April 4, 1902.
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE ON FILING Pc.
Triton TO MORTGAGE LAND.


Triton TO MORTGAGE LAND.
cTATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth.-ss. In Proba tie Court
In the matter of the Estate of Andrew L.
Hustoft, deceased.
On reading and filing the petition of Peter
Ellingson, administrator of said estate, setting
forth the amount of personal estate that has
come into his. hands, the disposition thereof.
the amount of debts outstanding against said
deceased, as far as the same can be ascertained
with the charges of admins tratlon, and the
taxes, assessments and other charges, which
are an existing lien upon his estate, and the
improvements which are necessary for the pre-
servation of his real estate end description
of the tracts of land of said deceased which II
is proposed to mortgage, ard praying that IL.
cense be to him granted to mortgage the tracts
of land so described,
And it appearing by said petition that the
personal estate of said Andrew l.. Hustoft de-
ceased is insufficient to pay his debts, with the
charges of a6ministI alton and to pay any taxes.
assessments or other charges which are an
existing lien upon his estate, or to pay Tor any
improvements which are necessary for the pre-
serVatioD of his real estate or any part thereof
1t is therefore ordered, That all persons in.
terested in said estate appear before this Court
on Saturday the 18th cay of April A. ID. 1902,
at 10 o'clock A. NJ. at the Pro bate office In the
court house in Mankato in said County, then
and there to show cause (if any there be- why
license should not be granted to said administra
tor to mortgage the said real estate of said de-
ceased for the purpose of obtaining funds for
the payment OF such deptS, charges, taxes as
sessmepts and liens and for the making of such
necessary imp ovements
And it is further ordered, That this order
shall be Iublisl ed once in each week for three
successive weeks prior to said day of hearing In
the Mankato Free Press, weekly newspaper
printed and published at Mankato in said
county
Dated at Mankato the 7th day of March,
A. D. 1902.
By the Court,
WIN. F. HUGHES,
probate Court Seall Judge of Probate.
H. L. & j. W. schmidt, Attys. for Adm.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
The First False Hair.

In very early days, as now, the hair
was sometimes thin, and it had to be
eked out in various ways to make be-
lieve that nature had been spendthrift
to all alike. About the first description
extant of woman's hair speaks Of
plated locks" known as Gretchen
braids" to u.s. To make these braids
seem longer silk the color of the hair
was braided in. Then they took to
putting the braids in cases of silk,
elongating them with all sorts of stuff
till they looked like umbrellas in Gov
ers. The Chinese pigtail is a modifica-
lion of this STYLE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
March 1929, April 4, 1902.
ORDER FOR HEARING ON CLAIMS.

cTATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blue
- Farth-fs. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate OF Emma 1.
Barnard. deceased. -,
Letters az ministIation on the estate OF
sald deceased being granted unto Epa f.
Barnard. of said county:
1t is ordered that all claims and demands OF
all persons against said estate be presented 70
this court for examination and allowance, at
the Probate office in the City OF Mankato ID
said Blue Earth county, on the following uay
viz: On Monday, the 9th day otSeptemEers
A, D.. 1902 at 10 O'Clock i'll the forenoon OF
II is inrther ordered, that six months from
the date hereof be allowed to creditors to pre-
sent their claims against said estate, at the ex-
piration of which time all claims not presented
to said court or not proven to its satisfaction,
shall be forever barred; unless for cause shown
her time be allowed.
Ordered further, that notice OF the time and
place OF the be airing and examination OF said
claims al demands shall be given by publ1ca
ton of this order for three successive
weeks lrior TO the day appointed for such ex-
animation in the Mankato Free Press, a
weekly pewtpsper printed and published at
the city OF n ankato, in said county.
Dated at the City OF Mankato the 18th day Of
March, A. D., 1902.
By the Court:
probate Seal.] WIN. F. HUGHES.
Judge OF Probate.
H any Paddock, Atty. fer administrator.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
A Blind Mans Perception.

One of the priests of st. Francis Xa'
vier's church devotes himself to work
among the blind and the deaf and
dumb. He says that, contrary to the
general impression, the blind are pecul.
fairly happy and fond of jokes.
Illustrative of this, not long since
a blind acquaintance of his whose re
naming senses, like that of all blind,
are exceptionally keen, was in room
where were some lady visitors. Final.
~ one of the ladies left.
"What remarkably white and perfect
teeth that lady has!' laughingly re.
marked the blind man.
"Why, how do you know?" asked
Father Stadelman.
Because for the last half hour she
has done nothing but laugh!-NeW
York Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
|IT MAY MEAN PEACE
PROMINENT BoER OFFICIALS ON
THE WAY TO ORANGE
RIVER COLONY.
PASS THROUGH PRETORIA

Believed They Intend to See Lord
Kitchener, Who Is at Present Try
ina to Get DeIarey-The News Is
Welcomed in London as Possibly
Meaning End of the War, Though
Hopes Are Not Raised High.
Pretoria, March 24.-Acting Presl-
tent Schalkburger, F. w. Reltz, ex-
secretary of state of the TransVaaI,
and Commandments Lucas Meyer and
Krogh arrived here during the day on
a special train from Balmoral, about
30 miles east of here. They reached
Balmoral under a flag of truce.
Upon arrival Mr.. Schalkburger and
his party drove Immediately to Lord
Kitchener's headquarters, where he
had an interview with the British gen
eral. The Beers afterwards proceed
ed to the railway station and en-
trained for Kroonstad, where they
will go out under safe conduct. For
a week past Mr.. Schalkburger and his
colleagues have been stationed al
Rhenoster Kop, north of Balmoral,
where they have been closely pressed
by British columns. Dispatch riders
entered Balmoral Friday night and
notified the British of the approach OF
Mr.. Schalkburger and his party.
It is reported that the Boer position
e. Rhenoster Kop had become almost
hopeless and that Mr.. SchalkburgeI
once narrowly escaped capture.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
WeIIin-tnn,s Goodness.

The Duke of Wellington was one day
sitting at his library table when the
door opened and without any an
nouncement in stalked a figure of sin
gularly i'll omen.
"Who are your asked the duke in
his short and dry manner, looking W
without the slightest change of coun,
tenance upon the intruder.
81 am Apollyon. l am sent here tc
kill you
"Kill me? Very odd"
81 am Apollyon and must put you tc
DEATH"
obliged to do it today?'
81 am not told the day or the hour
but must do my mission"
Every inconvenient very busy; great
many letters to write. Call again OF
write me word. I'll be ready for you
The duke then went on with his cor.
respondence. The maniac, appalled,
probably by the stern, immovable old
gentleman, backed out of the room and
in half an hour was in an asylum.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
EFFECTS OF VIBRATION.
Wounds Have Heen Healed by Souni
Waves of a Violin.

Wounds Have Eeen Healed by Sound
Waves of Violin.
A man was conveyed to a hospital
in Paris suffering from an accident
which resulted in a serious wound.
This wound refused to heal, and all
the various treatments applied to it
failed to effect the desired end. The
man was attacked from time to time
by violent paroxysms, and death ap-
peared certain. At length the surgeon
enlisted the services of good violin
player and treated the sufferer to a
musical remedy. The patients parox-
ysms ceased, and from that time the
wound began to heal. The violin play
ing was continued at intervals till re-
covery was assured.
In another case the wound continued
to suppurate despite all that could be
done. The patient was calm and re
signed, but nothing could be done for
the wound. The violin was called into
requisition in this instance also, and
the instrument was played close to the
injured part, which was barred for the
Sspose. Inc surgeon soon observed
q change. The wound assumed a
healthier appearance, and the process
Of healing began and progressed rap
idly
It is an undoubted fact that certain
vibrations can effect cures, but the vi
brations must be strictly in accord
ance with the malady or nature Of the
wound. Some enthusiasts go so far as
to assert that the character Of individ-
uals can be changed by the constant
application of the proper vibration
Parsons Weekly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
Leaves Used For Paper,

Leaves of trees were used for writing
purposes very early by the Egyptians
and probably by the Greeks. The Hin
docs continued the use Of this material
until within a few centuries. Even at
the present time books of leaves are
not uncommon in the south of India
and the island Of Ceylon. The leaves of
some Asiatic trees, from their size and
smoothness, are admirably adapted for
books. If we may judge from the name
'1eaf" being still applied to the paper
of books, we should imagine these
leaves to have been formerly the prin-
cipal material in use.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
Bids Wanted

The congregation of the Lutheran
ST. Johns church at Willow Creek is
to erect a dwelling house on section
2, of town of Pleasant Mound. Sealed
bids will be received at the parsonage
on or before March 81, 1902, on which
day the building committee will meet
and the job will be let to the lowest
bidder. The committee reserves the
right to reject any or all bids. Plans
and specifications can be seen at the
parsnoage.
A. N. SCHNEEBERGER,
Pres. Building Com.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
LONDON PRESS COMMENT.
Take 1t for Granted That the Beers
Are on a Mission of Peace.

j
Are on a Mission of Peace.
London, March 24.-Few of the pa
pers here comment on the news from
Pretoria. These take it for granted
that Mr.. Schalkburger and his COM
panions are on mission of peace and
again engage in discussion of pros
pective terms, expressing the hope
that the overtures may have a sue
cessful outcome. The presence of Lu-
cas- Meyer is regarded as significant,
as he is an intimate friend of Louis
Botha.
The Daily Chronicle, commenting
upon the absence of Botha from the
delegation, suggests he is standing
aside owing to the failure of his over
lures of year ago, and considers that
although the conditions Lord Kitch-
ener then offered to Botha have been
annulled it is highly probable that
peace may still be arranged on sim
liar lines, but that the Beers cannot
expect more lenient terms.
The Daily News remarks that set
Element would be possible if the Beers
were treated like civilized COM
batants, "but men do not surrender
Internationally just after taking one
of the enemy's generals and four of his
p1lnS"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-28
ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF. VII

ORDER FOR HEARING PROOF OF. WILL
& TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth--ss. In Probate Court
In the matter of the estate of Betsy
DuTkee, deceased
Whereas, An instrument in writing, purpOrt-
ing to be the last will and testament of Betsy
Durkee deceased, late of said county
has been delivered &c this court,
And Whereas, Henry G. Tibbitts has hleo
Herewith his petition, representing, among
other things, that said Betsy Durkee died
in said county on the 8th day of March, 1902
testate. and that said petitioner Is the
executor named in said last will and testament,
and praying that the said instrumeL may be
admitted to probate, and that letters testament
tary be issued thereon to him said Henry u
Tibbitts.
ment, and the said petition, be heard before
in the City City y of ManEato, in said county,
on Saturday the 5th day of April, AID. 1902, at 10
o'clock in the forenoon, when all concerned may
appear for or contest the probate of said In"
stru ment.
And it is Further Ordered, That public no
tice of the time and place of said hearing be
given to all persons interested, by publication
of these orders for three successive weeks
prior to said day of hearing, in the Mankato
Free Press, a weekly newspaper printed
and published at Mankato, in said county,
Dated at the City of Mankato this 18th day OF
March, A. d. 1902
By the Court,
probate Court Seal1 VIM. F. HUGHES,
Judge of Probate.
Geo. w. Mead, Atty, for Petitioner.