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The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-07

The following unions will hold sessions
tonight:
Carpenters. 63s, Labor Temple.
Horseshoers. Labor Temple.
Granite Cutters, Labor Temple.
Plastcrers, q North Main street.
Electrical Workers. IIanley building.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-07

FOR sALE-GooD NEW AND SEC
ond Hand Furniture Store. ss5-s5 wsy-
bosset st.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-07

STORE TO LET-ALwAYs UsED rcR
drug stor. Good location. : tenemsnts
10 let. 2 srusil and one large. Csll ~s
Robert Muir, - Elm IT.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-07
FINhNCIA' NEWS
New FORK Stock Market.

Reported for The News by n. CURTIS
E.LEdCHER CO.. street moor, Bani
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1903-12-07

NV order OF the mortagee. who hereby
gives notice OF her intentions To bid upon
said property at said sale.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
Reason for Dearth of Teachers.

Superintendent w. L. Freeman in his
communication to the newspapers of
yesterday referred to a dearth of teach
erS for the rural schools. This is not a
new complaint from county superintend-
ents. For several years past the cry
has been heard that there lave not been
teachers enough to supply the demand.
To a close observer of the tendency of
the times there is n good explanation
why the teacher is a scarce article-the
poor salaries paid to those who teach the
young idea how to grapple with the
various subjects which confronted them
daily is not a glowing incentive to
others to do likewise. The young lady
who musters up courage to teach school
in many of the rural districts at the
price paid is certainly entitled to a great
deal of credit. At best the work is not
the most pleasant, and not a few of these
teachers are compelled to act in the capa-
city of %janitor, unless some of the "big
boys" take this part of the contract off
their hands. Other disagreeable duties
confront them.
Nowadays and for several years past
young ladies from the rural districts and
lic NllidSto. anu Sllico, w., lOl Iidt iupc
ter, eschew school teaching and enter a
business college where they receive in
struction in bookkeeping and steno-
graphy. They afterwards become fix
lures in counting rooms and offices where
they command good salaries. Generally
they have but one "boss" to answer to
and their work and surroundings are
pleasant-much more so than those of
the bright young woman who is shaving
her life away in the 'little red school
house" Teaching is not as attractive
a means of livelihood to the fair sex as
it used to be.
As for the young men, the majority of
them would rather seek employment in
a brick yard han to bend the knee to
the men who make up the district school
boards.
The counting house, the law office and
other avenues of employment have en-
ticed away the pretty school ma'am.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
Told In Few Lines.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
A marriage license was issued today
to Roy Clapshaw of Medo and Ella Fans
Ike of Danville.
A daughter arrived yesterday noon at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Gerlich
IN Walnut street.
Potatoes are retailing at sixty-five
cents a bushel, as the supply has been
~replenished since the weather came off
favorable.
Marriage licenses were granted today
to Gustaf A. Harein and Ida M. Press
nall, both of Eagle Lake, and Reddie NJ.
Anderson and Matilda E. johnson, both
of LeHuillier.
Several farmers nave stated that the
corn continued to mature during the
bad weather of the past two weeks, and
they were surprised to see how far along
it is. Many are cutting their corn.
j. B. Ogle's automobile arrived last
night from Minneapolis, where he left it
a week ago on account of the muddy
roads. He managed to reach the city
through the mud, but more rain made
the roads impossible, and he came back
Dy Tall dHu ucClucu " sup II hloShil
back by freight.
The concrete work on the new Cable
mill bridge pier was not damaged by the
high water last week, although the water
went a foot higher than the concrete
work. The concrete work has set well.
1t is thought that the water has gone
down enough so that the work has al
ready been resumed.
The offer of free tuition made by the
Wisconsin Business University has been
extended to Sept. Both, owing to an err
ror in other advertising matter. If you
desire a practical business education and
a position, if you excel, send for cata-
logue containing full information and
nearly 1000 portraits of graduates whom
we nave assisted in securing positions.
Address, Wisconsin Business University,
La Crosse, Wis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
reelection by their more than satisfied
constituents. The people need reform
ing nearly as much as do the assessors.
False Advice.

This is a story that emanates from
Buffalo, New York:
$50 and get drunk again and when you
come here again we'll use you right.
You're entitled to a good drunk, and l,
for one, hope you can have all the fun
there in the few years you have to live"
Thomas MeMann, gray haired and tot
tering, stood before Justice Rockford at
the Third Precinct station this morning
accused of having been drunk.
No denial did he make, but he silently
presented his certificate of discharge
from the United States army.
"Where were you born!" asked the
Justice.
'In Ireland, Your Honor"
"You fought through the civil var +"
yes, Your Honor, l fought through
the civil war and through the campaign
in Cuba"
and you're dragged before me for
getting a drop too much. Get out and
get drunk again. There's many a man
that's born in America that has not
lone so much for his country as you
have. You're entitled to get drunk if
you want to. Get out; good-by, and
God bless you"
The heart of the justice no doubt is as
tender as woman's, but his advice is GER
tainly off color. The old soldier should
have no more right to make a beast of
himself than the balance of mankind.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
NOTES FROM SPRING ISLAND.

Miss Randolph is visiting her aunt,
Mrs. Randall.
MIR. and Mrs. j. E. Hart left for Walla
Walla, Washington, last week.
The Misses Austin entertained their
South Bend young friends Tuesday eve
ming.
Ed Austin will sell his stock and house
hold furniture at auction Thursday at
lao p. m.
A few people from hereabouts went to
the county fair. The attendance was
large considering the fair was held in the
most ~inconvenient corner of the whole
county. A general complaint is made of
the incessant loud voiced chatter kept up
during the addresses, by people who do
not care to listen, and have no considera-
ton for the rights of others.
The ice cream social held at the school
house Saturday night netted a goodly
sum. The entertainment was unusually
good. The Misses Mamie Skuse and Vera
Whipple played the organ nicely and
sang a very pretty selection. The charm
ing twin sisters, Goldie and Sylvia Whip
pie sang and danced like the fairies
which they closely resembled. Blanche
and Meredith Griffith sang two solos
which were well received. The choir rem
dered a pretty chorus and Grandpa Pow
ell closed the entertainment with a few
amusing remarks.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
VERNON CENTER.

A baby girl was born Monday to Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Brown.
Sheriff Williams was in Vernon We'd
nesday on business connected with his
office.
Mrs. Ed. w. Faley, who for some time
past has been quite i'll, is improving
rapidly.
Wyman Bros. shipped on Tuesday, a
car of their well known cheese to the
Mankato market.
A. w. Petrich spent Tuesday at Man
kato where he assisted in drawing jurors
for the fall term of court.
d. A. Wyman went to Mankato Tues
day and visited his daughter, Blanche,
who is attending the normal.
Mrs. Agnes Warham of Minneapolis
is visiting with her son, DR.. Thomas and
daughter, Mrs. Bert Cornish.
Gray & Ottersbeck shipped a car of
stock Wednesday to st. Paul, this
making their fourth in a month.
Mrs. Petrich and daughters, Sophia
and Selma. nave been spending a few
days at Amboy and W~innebago this
week.
George r. Gray, is attending the grand
lodge of Knights of Pythias in st. Paul
this week as delegate from Vernon lodge
No. l34.
Laura Jane Cooper has returned from
an extended visit to Milford, Ia, and
other points, and is now rusticating at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs, E..
A. Cooper.
ID. G. Scanlon, the well known Mime
apolis lecturer, will hold forth Sunday
evening, the 9th, at the Methodist
church, he having been secured through
the efforts of the local w. c. L. Z.
Richard Thew, who for some time past,
has had charge of the Hubbard & Pal
mer elevator, in the absence of HI. c.
Krause, left Tuesday for Mankato where
he has accepted a position with the Citi-
zens' Telephone company.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
Reform the People.

Here is a rib-roaster from The st.
Cloud Journal:
"Those who have followed the pro-
ceedings of the state board of equaliza-
ton have abundant evidence of the N
nual farce enacted by assessors and
boards of review and so-called 'equali-
zatiOn.' We do not believe in all the
townships and cities of Minnesota that
there has been one just and impartial
assessment within the history of the
state. 1t is simply a bad guess on the
part of the assessor, muddled by the pro-
vacations of property owners and then
further confessed and COMPOUNDED by the
city and county boards. When the assess
ment roll reaches the state board it is
abortive and chaotic, and however intel
igently and honestly this board may
strive to make it fair and equitable, it
is simply impossible. Some men pay
more than their share of taxes, many
more pay less and others escape altogeth-
er. The most successful tax dodgers are
those who have the most property, and
many a rich man annually takes a false
oath, and thereby rObs his %neighbor.
The assessment of personal property is
a premium on falsehood. 1t will never
be anything else. The remedy is to as
sess real estate. franchise, and incomes
over a certain amount"
The Journal should blame the people
for ~electing men who are not competent
to perform the duties devolving upon
the office of assessor. 1t is well-known
that in many counties men are chosen
for this important position who are not
eonversant with values, and beside that
a great many assessors do their work
more in the hope that they will not
create any enemies than they do from a
desire to make the proper kind of an
assessment. They have an eye on the
future, hoping that they will be given a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
GARDEN CITY NEWS.

Miss Myrtle Aldrich is visiting in Man
kato.
Mrs. David Schields and son are here
visiting relatives.
D. Ward and Alfred Merservey drove
to Mankato Monday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Daffield, a
daughter, last Sunday.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Spur Thomson,
a daughter, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bruce are visiting their
son, Mr.. Eugene Bunce.
Mrs. Munson of Mankato visited Mrs.
Hattie Coffman last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clough and Mr.. and Mrs.
Black drove to Mankato Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ora Swan of North Man
kato were up to their farm Sunday.
Mr.. Will Over was a guest of his Sis
ter, Mrs. John Miller, over Sunday.
Mr.. John Miller and his brother, S.
Miller, drove to Minneopa Falls Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Warner entertained the
Methodist Episcopal church choir Satur-
day evening.
Mr.. Marsh Lamberton visited at his
wife's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. Warren,
over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Pepper and family
were guests of Mrs. Gerry, Mrs. Peppers
mother, during the fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Over, who were
out from Mankato to attend the fair,
were guests of their niece, Mrs. John Mil
Ter.
David Fairchild was here to visit his
relatives Monday. He left Tuesday to
go to Minneapolis where he will have
his eyes treated.
A special election was held Tuesday
for the purpose of voting on the propo-
sition to appropriate money to repair
the BoyntOn hill. The proposition was
defeated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
GOOD

Mrs. William Falancer spent Monday
at Mankato.
The cement sidewalk is growing slow
ly but surely.
r. L.. Hauk is cutting a splendid crop
of fodder corn this week.
Miss Selma Just is nursing Mrs.
Beorge wager, who is quite ill.
Mrs. George Doty visited with Mrs.
Thomas Benedict last Monday.
Charles Annis and family were pleas
ant visitors at the Doty home on Sun
day last.
Quite a number of farmers around here
are pushing threshing even so far as to
thresh on Sundays.
Mr.. Callahan and Mr.. King of Mankato
are the carpenters who are building
George Doty's new house in town.
Charles Guederian is here from Alex
andria looking after his farm interests,
and thinks things look rather discourag-
ing.
Miss Alma Billet who has been away
sewing at Rapidan, returned home last
Wednesday.
Thursday, the oath, is the beginning
of autumn. Leaves are beginning to turn
and many are falling.
Mrs. Rudolph Just is at her fathers
home, Mr.. Gustave Meilicke, at Win
dom, called there by the serious illness
| of her father.
Where is everybody moving to-" is
the question asked these days. Emf
grafton to the west is quite lively. Must
be there is no mud there.
Several farmers around here, are losing
all their apples. Apple thieves seem to
abound lately, playing havoc with the
neighboring orchards. If the thieves are
ever caught it will not be funny for
them for they won't fare very well, at
the hands of the enraged farmers who
have lost from three to five barrels of
apples in one night. And in connection
with this several of our "young Ameri-
cans" have been playing Jokes" which
may end rather disastrously for them.
For when a farmer goes out to pillow and
finds that his plow has been taken apart
and the different pieces scattered all over
the field forcing him to spend half a day
getting them together again, why such
a joke may not 60 down very well, and
suspected parties had better be more
careful in the future.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
The Redemption of Mud.

Mud-rather a dirty subject to talk
about, yet it is claimed that mud has its
uses as we'll as abuses. 1t is alleged
by scientists that mud can be trans
formed into fuel. This news should
make the coal barons a little more ten
der-hearted and cause them to reduce the
price of anthracite, but like all other
members of the human family who con-
troll a monopoly they like to work" a
good thing as long as they car do so.
But we were discussing mud in connec-
ton with fuel. Some day people will be
ordering mud from the dealers instead of
coal. Nothing is impossible in this age.
Yankee ingenuity has not reached its
limitations and it is not likely to for
some years to come. The man who has
discovered the new process by which mud
can be made over into fuel is Prof.
Charles L.. Norton of the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. This learned
gentleman has proved that mud when
properly dried is a good fue for ordi-
nary use, while coke that is made from
it contains fully sixty per cent as much
heat production as that made from the
best coal. One of the experiments yet
to be conducted is that of drying mud
and pressing it into briquettes on Il large
scale. to determine whether a fuel SO pro-
duced can be put upon the market at a
price that will make it worth the labor.
The professor has been conducting his
experiments i'll Iowa and he gives out
this Statement: ANY farmer who owns
an acre of bog that run twenty feet
deep, which is by no means a rare depth,
has on his place the raw material of
about 10. 100000 pounds of air-dried mud,
which il equal. in heating power to at
least 1890 tons of good coal. Surprising
that the farmer used twenty tons a
year for household purposes, his mud bed
would therefore keep the family warm
600 years. The coke and the briquetted
mud. it should be said both burn with a
hot fire, leaving only from six to twelve
per cent of soft ash. In some of the
familiar mstellurgical processes the coke
has been shown to serve e~Xcellently, and
as a substitute for charcoal in working
iron it has been proved satisfactory.
Mud, air-dried in parcels of consider
able bulk and used in open fire-places,
has been found to give out a clean flame,
with little smoke. and to make a hot
fire from which an extremely pleasant
Odor eInanateS. This fuel, II 1t does not
contain silt from outside, will be dis
covered to carry from ten to eleven
per cent of ash-mostly a very fine DUST
of silica that is derived probably from
the SILICA of the grass stems. The heat
ing value of this dry mud will ordinarily
vary from two-thirds to three-fourths
the fuel value of New River bituminOus
coal; and, indeed, in some samples it will
run much higher. In general, the mud
that lies far below the surface of the
bog will burn best, because, by lapse of
time, the roots and fibers have become
more fully decayed. In fact, the older
the deposit the better mixture are the
various elements, the more solid the mud
when it is dry, and, probably, the great
er the quality of fixed carbon it will con-
tain"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
COWS ARE HAPPY.
Those Around Madison Lake Wei
come Cheese Factory.
THURSDAYS Daily,


Allyn brothers are putting down a ce-
ment sidewalk along the front of both
their old and new stores.
L. A. Proctor, the station agent, is
loading his household effects into a car
today. One reason for this is that Mr..
Proctor, after a diligent search for the
last month, cannot find a house for rent
in town, and another is that he is about
to receive a better station, but has not
yet learned definitely which station will
be given him. Mr.. Proctor has worked
solely for his employers interest while
here, and deserves a promotion.
Geo. II. S~wearingen, cashier of the
bank, and his father drove to Mankato
today.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. Zuel are enter
tanning their friends, Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt
of Lake Crystal. Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt
next month 90 to California for the win
ter.
Mrs. Thomas Smith has moved back
upon her farm, and her house in town is
now occupied by Lester Fish, of the
hardware firm.
T. B. Murtaugh> and daughter Annie of
Tracy were here over Sunday, coming
to attend the A. o. H. exercises in com
memoration of the one hundredth ami
versary of the death of Robert Emmett
Mr.. Murtaugh was for several years the
mainstay of the Hibernian lodge here.
and is always a welcome visitor.
j. H. Roemer has rented L. j.. Muir
laughs farm for next year. Mr.. Muir,
laugh goes nortle, buy land.
Next Monday will occur the wedding
of Frank B. knott and Miss Winnie
Thayer. Mr.. knott is a son of Hugo
knott of North Mankato and is teller OF
the Bank of Madison Lake. The bride is
a daughter of Mrs. Lily Thayer of this
village.
1t may be announced that this vii
lage will have a cheese factory. The
gentleman who was here to see the peo'
pie offered to establish such an industry
if his rent for the first year was paid
The business men will see that this is
done. The milk glands of the COWS in the
neighborhood are already pulsatlng witt
new life.
Mine Host Southwick of theLake house
is enjoying a good trade these days. Ole
patrons Of his house know just what
day in the week to drop in to get a nice
| piece of fresh fish cooked so as to make
your teeth water.
An apple fourteen inches in circum
ference and weighing fourteen ounces
is on exhibition at the postoffice. L
was raised on the Simonds farm, neal
| CORTLAND. Several other apples, nearly
as large, and grown on the same farm
keep it company, and show people wha'
Ninnesot can do in the way of producing
fruits.
George NJ. Phillips and ii. r. Week
ing of Mankato were here Wednesday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
BOYS, Don't Loaf.

There is nothing in the loafing habit.
The Blue Earth Register wonders why
so many boys loaf around on the street
in the evening. The Fairmont Sentinel
says as a rule the conversation of those
who spend their evenings in that man
ner is anything but profitable, eleyating
or instructive. One young man recently
told the writer that it was a habit. He
said he had been a victim OF it, but after
being sick a short time and having to
stay at home, he was very glad to say
that he was no longer bound by it. Some
sort of IN epidemic that would make all
the young fellows sick would be profit
able for the town if it would have the
same effect on the others as it has on
this one. This applies especially to boys
who are attending school.
Were the young men and boys who
spend much of their time on the streets
evenings to make the acquaintance of
good books they would soon get over the
loafng habit. Loafng leads to drink,
drink leads to something worse and the
end of the lOafer is generally disgrace.
There is nothing in loafing. 1t is not
a profitable occupation, and the young
man who spends his time in such a man.
ner will never amount to anything. The
men who have the handling of large
enterprises did not spend their evenings
or the street corners making idle re-
marks and filling the pavement with
tobacco juice. Fame never picked out
the boy who loitered on the street
O. nights. Men who look after govern
mental affairs were not loaing about
questionable places when they were
growing up. Loafers are never converted
into presidents, United States senators,
congressman or successful business men
Boys, don't loaf. If you must have rec
reation engage in honest sport, something
thing which will cultivate the mind as
well as the body.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
T A

There is reason to believe that the an.
nual convention of the German Catholic
Benevolent Aid association will come to
New Ulm in 1904. Sunday afternoon at
a meeting of st. Joseph's Unterstuet-
zungs Verein, a resolution was adopted
authorizing the directors of the society
to extend an Invitation to the convention
and they will put forth every effort to
obtain recognition for New Ulm. As this
town has not had the convention for
exactly ten years it would seem hat the
chances of getting the meeting are of
the best and the local delegates expect
to be given preference.-New Ulm Re
view.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1903-09-25
ASK YOUR
Hundreds of Mankato Citizens Can Tell
You ALI About 1t.

lou AL ABDUL IL.
Home endorsement, the public express
sion of Mankato people, should be evil
dence beyond dispute for every Mankato
reader. Surely the experience of friends
and neighbors cheerfully given by them,
will carry more weight than the utter
ances of strangers residing in far-away
places. Read the following:
MRS.. Hinton of 1855 Minnesota
street says: 81 became frightened for
the lameness across my lions chung to me
and 1 had a dull depressing backache all
the time. There was pain in my head
and up the back of my neck. I read
about Doan's Kidney Pills and procured
a box at j. c. Thro's. After taking the
remedy l found myself so improved that
/ do not think / have had a backache
since, and l have been gradually relieved
of depression"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and take
no others.