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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
PAY POSTAGE IN BULK.
Bill of Interest to Mankato Manuiac-
turers and Wholesalers.
From, Moudou,c Daily
From Mondays Daily.

from MOHuayS Ddl4y.
Mankato manufacturers, who annually
mail thousands of identical circulars
are much interested in Congressman
Hull's bill authorizing postmasters to
accept mail matter of the third and
fourth class without stamps being af-
fixed and allowing the sender to pay for
the postage in a lump, and which will
become law, the first of July. The
postoffice department. considers Captain
Hull's bill one of the most important
and beneficial that has been enacted for
many years.
The law provides, however, that not
less than 1000 packages of the same
weight and class must be mailed at the
! same time in order to obtain the benefit
of the new law. The object of the law
is to save large concerns the expense and
delay occasioned in affixing postage
stamps to samples and other mai sent
out in great quantities.
For example, every spring the large
manufacturers throughout the country
send hundreds of thousands of packages
of mail each containing booklets and
other matter Under the existing rule
of the department a postage stamp must
be affixed to each package. Even with
the most approved appliances the affix-
ing Of postage stamps to packages is
slow and wearisome, and the expense is
big item.
Under the new law just passed. it WIFI
be possible for the paint men or the seed
men, or in fact any concern sending az
many as 1000 Identical packages, to-
find the amount of postage one parcel
will require, count the packages and pay
the post&gs bill in a lump sum- This
will save labor, money anu time to the
shipper, and it will save money in two
ways forsthe government.
Every packages. bearing. stanY must
IIs.-.---.a the. -'aw. be cancelled by hand.
The lightning macmsies cs<eesliny- 10000
letters an hour, will not operate upon
! packages, hence the expense to the gov
eminent of clerk to cancel by hand al
stamps upon packages.
To the amount saved in clerk hire may
| be added the cost of postage stamps AMI
incidentals in connection with their is
sue, forwarding, etc. The aggregate o
this saving cannot be even Appropriated
but the saving would be about 81 fol
every 100000 packages sent without
stamps.
1t is perfectly safe to say that Con
gresham Hull's bill will save to the gov
eminent an amount each year in ex
cess of his salary for five years, to say
nothing of the great saving of time ant
expense to the big business houses o.
the country sending out packages by the
millions, and in whose interest it was
introduced by Captain Hull.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
Association Field Day Will Be Held
Here May 21st.
New Him Was This City's Only Active
Rival For Event.
High School Boys Will Prepare fl
the Big Doings.
Everybody Should Help to Make Affair
Great Success.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
Professor Crandall of the Mankato
high school today received letter from
NJ. p. Fobes, superintendent of schools
at Marshall, and member of the eXecu-
tive committee of the Southern Min
nesota Interscholastic Athletic associa-
ton, stating that the vote of the various
high schools belonging to the association
on the question of the location of the
field meet had resulted in the choice of
Mankato. The meet will take place on
the afternoon of May q and will un-
doubtedly be held at Sibley park. The
boys of the Athletic association of the
local high school will at once begin. the
work of getting things ready for the
entertainment of the visitors. New U1m
was Mankato's only rival for the honor.
The boys of the Athletic association
have another task ON their hands and
that is to complete preparations for
the entertainment that will be given next
Friday evening in the assembly hall OF
| the high school. The Excalibre club OF
| the Presbyterian church will present
Cool CoIlegians," under the management
OF Mrs. Ell. E.. attersen.. The program
will also incll1Ee music and athletic fea
l,t,a~SsS. s'nsh ns tumbing and the like. a
delightful bra is in store for all wht
attend.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
RAISES FARM PRICES.
What Electric Lines Do for the Rural
tCommunities.

From Mondays Daily.
The time is not far distant when
Martin county will be a net work OF
electric railway lines. Once the craze
starts and they will spring into exist
epce as rapidly as did the telephone. The
effect upon life and values of these ar
teries of commerce is best illustrated by
the experience of farmers in sis
ter state.
There are ninety miles of suburban
railways IN Iowa, including six differ
emit lines out of as many different towns.
The longest of these is the line from
Des Moines to Colfax, a distance of
twenty three miles, and this road may
be taken as nearest Ike the roads that
are likely to be built first in Minnesota.
The effect of this line on the value of
real estate alone along its course is told
by an Iowa paper in the following in
stance: A farm of 200 acres near Al
tonas was purchased at $S5 an acre
ius5l before the building of the line. Soon
after the line was placed in operation
across the farm twenty acres of it was
sold for Sl05 an acre. A little later the
owner of this, twenty acres refused $3.50
an, acre. Other sales were made from
the original farm of 200 acres until it
has all been disposed of at a profit of
over $1,000; to the man who bought it
just before the construction of the in
terurban. This was good average Iowa
land, no worse nor better than other
land along the route, and it is put for
ward as fair example of the value add
ed to land by the convenienees of inter
urban traffic facilities. Sea-
tinel,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
EARLY SETTLER DEPARTS.
Death OF Matthias Bartz, Pioneer and
Old Soldier
From Mondays Daily

rioh monudy Oduy.
Matthias Bartz died yesterday morning
at his home on East Main street, Of
pneumonia He was an early settler and
an old soldier He was born in Germany
| April LIST, 1926, and emigrated to Ameri
ca in lS46, settling in Wisconsin In
1857 he came to Blue Earth county
and located on farm in Mankato town.
| ship, where he continued farming until
he retired several years ago. He served
two years and nine mon his during the
war, and was pensioner.f His wife died
three years ago, and he is survived by
four children and three stepchildren, all
grown.
The children are Miss Ca herine Bartz,
whose present residence is unknown,
Miss Barbara Bartz, who lives at home,
John Barty, who resides in M lnkato, and
Mrs Annie Miller of Mankato town
ship. The step children are John Eel
Der of Decoria, Mrs. Mary Bruno of
Batelina, CAL, and Mrs. Caroline Van
thuine of East Mankato.
The deceased was well and, ,favorably
known, and his death causes regret
among all who knew him.
The funeral will occur at nine o'clock
Wednesday morning, from st. Peter and
Paul's Catholic church, and the interment
will be had at Calvary cemetery.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
1T TOOK NERVE.

That which is regarded by the Med
zeal World as clever operation, under
amazing circumstances, was recently per-
formed at st. Joseph's Hospital, st. Paul
The patient, young man, refused to
take anaesthetics, preferring to watch
the removal of his appendix; an exhi-
bition of nerve and strength seldom en-
countered. 1t is, nevertheless, a well
known fact that Pillsbury's vitos i'm
parts to the body just such power of en-
durance and self sontrol
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
CLARK MADE GOOD.
Throws Both Willard and Wood and
Cleans Up $50.

From w wednesdays D@hy.
Before a select few 1T Mankato Thea
tire this morning a wrestling match was
pulled off that was even more exciting
than any that has yet taken place in this
city.
= Several travelling men fell to discus
sing the relative merits of the wrestlers
in the city and match was soon ar
ranged between Clark, Willard and
Woods. 1t was stipulated that Clark
should throw both Willard and Woods
two out Of three bouts. Clark made good
besting Woods in twenty minutes and
Willard in thirty minutes. Clark clean
ed up something like $50, and he de-
clares it was easy money. However, out
siders are not betting much money OF
| the results of the matches.
| No one seems to know who this MAJ
Clark is.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
TWENTY-FIVE Unlisted.
More Young Men Ion Uncle Sans
Military SeEice.

FROM wednesdays Dah'
Twenty five recruits have now been
enlisted in Mankato inc the service of
Uncle Sam since the temporary re-
cruitino station was Established at the
CITY hotel by Sergeant Buckley of ST..
Paul on Feb. IL. Tn last three, all
of whom enlisted in TIN cavalry service,
are: Henry Larson of Mankato; John
e. Rice of st. James; and Richard j.
TAYLOR of Mankato. Mjor Taylor, who
commands the permanent station at st.
Paul, was in the city his morning and
went through the formsot enlisting these
three men. Major Tailor left for st.
Paul on the early afternoon tram. The
three recruits left this afternoon for
the Jefferson Barracks. near st. Louis,
Mo.
Sergeant Buckley expects 60 spend
few days next week at st. James, to see
what can be done Their. He may do a
little recruiting there and then place
bio placards around the village, directing
young men who wish 20 enlist to come
to Mankato.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
BELOW THE ESTIMATE.
Contract for Matchmaking Eagle
Lake Road Awarded.
From Wednesdays Daily.

From Wednesdays Daily.
The board of public works opened bids
this afternoon for the macadamizing of
Rhine street from the city limits wester-
ly 1,507 feet, as follows: Geo. w.
Monks, $l,249; H. A. Hurd & Co., ST.
25075; A. Bashaw, $l,29S; I. R. Cough
lin. 81 ,247; Effer & Bros, $l,205. The
contract was awarded to the last named
bidder.
The city engineers estimate was ST.
255. The specifications provide that the
macadam shall be twelve feet wide and
one foot thick. Rhine street is other
wise known as the Eagle Lake road.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29

The remains of the late Mrs R. D. Price
were yesterday shipped to Langford, s.
D., where they were inferred. They were
accompanied by the husband. Several
of Mrs Prices children reside at Lang
ford, and for that reason it was select.
ed as the burial place of the deceased.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
FRACTURED THE BONE.
From Wednesdays Daily.

While Lambert Schaub of Indian Lake
was riding on load of hay yesterday,
the hayrack tipped over, and he fell to
the ground, breaking the bone of his
left leg between the knee and hip. He
was delirious for time yesterday. He
is ffty-seven years old, and an uncle of
Attorney Arthur Schaub.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
R. F. D. MEN TO MEET.
From Wednesdays Daily.

I1UIfI w cuIItSuIy IdIIy.
The Southern Minnesota Rural Free
Delivery Carriers association will hold a
meeting in Mankato May for the pur-
pose of electing delegates to the state
convention which will be held here in
June. The session will be held in The
Free Press building. This association is
entitled to five delegates,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29

DR.. Bolkcom has had years of expert
ence both in hospital and in private
practice and stands at the head of his
profession. He comes prepared and will
take time to fit any eye with glasses and
to perform any operation no matter how
difficult. He carries with him complete
line of surgical instruments, apparatus,
ETC., some very new and modern conven-
fences. One of them is an electrical ap-
paratus for examining the nose throat
ear and internal cavities. 1t is small
derful discoveries Of the age and the only
one in use in the State of Minnesota
Just imagine putting an electric light
down your throat, in your ear or in your
a class of sufferers that he wishes par
ticularly to meet. those who can be
| treated, and cured with his improved
method with from one to three treat
| ments. There is no pain, nor soreness,
| no stopping from business, no interior
ence with ones regular habits to those
treating with DIR. Bolkcom.
eyes, weak watery eyes, ulcers of the
T, eve, growths over the sight, cataract and
| all durable diseases of the eye. Cross eyes
straightened and cured in five minutes.
Diseases OF the Ear.-Running ears,
| sore ears, dry scaly ears. itching ears,
wax in ears, noises in ears and deafness.
| etc., and many cases that have been inn
properly treated, easily restored to
health ~
Nose and Notwithstanding early cor
sumption. bronchitis, asthma. catarrh.
constitutional catarrh and .pleurisy, quick
i ly relieved and permanently cured.
| Dyspepsia, Sick Headache.-Diseases of
! the stomach. liver kidneys, bowels.
bladder chronic female Diseases deformi-
| ties, slow growth in children and all
| wasting diseases in adults treated with
expertness and quickly cured.
| Diseases Of Men.-Nervous debility,
| dizziness; confusion of ideas, defective
memory. seminal weakness and lost
| manhood positively and permanently cur
ed by DIR. Bolkcom's improved treatment.
Blood and Skin piseases-Dropsy.. &c
sy, swelling of the limbs. eruptions, open
sores, sore throat, falling of the hair.
| ETC., treated and cured with mild and
| harmless remedies.
Cancers, Tumors.LGoitre. piles. vari-
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the hypodermic injection method. one of
| the most scientific and certainly sure
cures of the twentieth, century.
| No incurable cases taken. Consulta-
| ton and examination to- those interested
| DR. BOLKCOM
A Minneapolis.
Do.to, pIooE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-04-29
A FEW GOOD FARMS
Read and Reflect

son my farm one-half mile from Langdon, /
raised 800 acres. 5000 bu. wheat 15O0 bu. bar
ley 500 bu OATS 5000 bu. vegetables, and sold the
same for IS, 1O4 Also sold hogs and stock raised
the same year to the amount of $1,000, making a
total income of Sc, 304 for one year."
D. J. Mcmillan, State Treasurer
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-15
Good Stories..
TOLD BY coNGREssMEN -


Washington Times: While discussing
the postoffce matter" remarked Repre-
sentative Adamson of Georgia, "I-heard
one OF my friends say that 1t was hell for
producing Dub This remark reninds
me of a notice l saw stuck on the post
office door in one of the small towns in u
mountain county of my state.
II was up there on some legal business
and had occasion to go to the rostoftice.
which was located in one corner of a COM
bination grocery and dry goods emporium
about 10 by Is feet. The postmaster had
heeV there ever since the days Judge
Emory Speer represented the district in
congress, and while he was q good post
master and knew every man. woman and
child In the county, he didn't have much
book larnin.' On the day of my visit I'm
Gle Dave as he was Familiarity and affec-
tionately called. had found a letter with
out a stamp affixed, and he tackled 1t up
ON the wall, writing under It:
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-15
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N TKBR ESkSn Or ~
W~A hEREAEM ~
NZ1Ng nSAELn@5~2~
eupy.du1 800 ~ WI HE1a57 - dEEM 5R7Gi Rlsa75 Re,textn -,,.,.

DR.. Trentham drew from his pocket a
letter which he read by the hight of Il
reading lamp. 1t was from hisNadopted
son, Die Earle, a rising young bar
risrer, between whom and the doctor
the strongest possible affection existed;
ond place at dinner was always laid;
he often came from the Temple to his
old home in Harley street.
But instead of Dick today had come
q letter. II know" it ran, you will
be surprised to hear hat 1 am engaged
to be married; it has all taken place In
a hurry because She is unexpectedly
going away. And then II
transpired that "she" was an actress,
an American girl, Eva Casillis. III will
look in on you in the morning." the
writer concluded, land will then tell
you more"
With & slight frown DR.. Trentham
replaced the letter in his pocket; he
hid hoped great things for Dick, who
would marry, Of course, someday-but
an actress.
For sometime the doctor sat notion
less, gazing intently at the glowing logs
for there We're faces in thu fire to-
night, n memories gathered round
him with the dream of bygone days.
FIRST and f,.tEacst the memory of a
woman--tlhe only woman he had ever
desired TO can Wife. The day he had
wooed her came back, With a quick
heartbeat and Il throbbing pulse. She
was in the hay field among the hay
makers-he recalled the turn of her
head as she looked round to greet him
with a smile on her lips. His ideal
wore a pink cotton frock that was just
the color of her cheeks, and a sunbon-
net hung round her neck by the strings,
leaving her head with its curling brown
hair, exposed TO the sun.
One of the glowing logs fell from the
fire and the dream changed.
1t was October. She was coming
down the lane, treading softly on the
thick carpet of beech leaves. the red
light from the setting sun striking be-
tween the tail trees and bathing her IN
light from head to foot.
1t was the day that the letter had
com from the lawyers telling him of
his great aunt's death. and of his sud-
den undrearned of accession to her large
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-15
WORLDS SUPPLY OF OPIUM.
Industry is Far More Extensive Tina
lis Commonly Supposed.

Industry is Far More Extensive THAI,
is Commonly Supposed.
Scientific American: Few people have
any idea of the vast areas given over
wholly TO the cultivation OF opium. The
consumption and the manufacture of
this drug, far from being on the decline,
are on the increase to an almost in
credible extent. The greed for gold is
far more predominant in the human
makeup than is the phiianthropic spirit
which seeks to elevate mankind, though
Its purse may suffer in so doing. Eng
land reaps more benefit from the Guilt
walton of opium than all other nations
put together.
In the district of Bengal alone there
are nearly 1000, 600 acres devoted ex-
clusively to the cultivation of the pop
Ply. Its cultivation is legalized and In
every way encouraged by the British
monopoly Of this industry in India. The
two principal districts are presided over
by and under the direct control of Eng
lish officials residing at Patna and
G%haziphur. The Bahar agency embraces
an opium field of about 500, 900 acres
and that of Benares is a close second
with a73, 500 acres.
There is a fierce dispute going on
just now as 20 the relative merits or
dement's of opium. Many eminent men
in the scientific world openly declare
that opium is a blessing. The govern
men. experts in the country where it
grows go so far as to say that opium
is a blessing instead of a curse to the
natives. However, the vast majority
of mankind will long be Of the undivid-
ed opinion that opium is the most all
crushing curse that aff1icts man. The
enthusiasts, or. rather, extremists, Of
the International Anti-Opium society
picture the condition of India under the
ban of opium in the most dreadful
Gamer possible. According to one Of
these men, all Of the GOO, 0OO, 900 of hu-
maj beings in Asia are exposed to the
evils of the opium trade as legalized by
the British government,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-04-15
ODD ROCK WALL. OF TEXAS.
Supposed to Mark the Boundaries of q
Prehistoric Fortress.

Galveston News: Near Rockwalll is
one OF the most curious formations In
Texas. This town and county were
named after it n many contend that
in spite of the opinion of scientists to
the contrary the formation OF the prod
uct of the toll OF a prehistoric race of
people.
The rock wall, as 1t is known, ex-
tends along three sides of the town,
but generally at some distance from it,
although to the south 1T is to be found
within 200 or 800 yards of the corpora
ton line. No one seems to know just
how long 1t is, but races of 1t have
been discovered across the river in
Dallas county.
origin to a volcanic upheaval. 1t is
composed of stones which are three OF
four inches in width, two or three
inches thick and from six to eighteen
inches in length. They are piled on top
Of n another, just like brick. and with
the same regularity.
All of 1t is underground. At some
places it comes to within ten feet Of the
surface of the earth. In others one will
have to dig down to twice that depth
before its top is touched. In the To-
calities where it is nearest the surface
plowshares have turned over many of
the stones and some OF the fields are
plentifully besprinkled with them.
Wells nave been dug down by the side
Of the wall for a distance of fully fifty
feet, but it extends down beyond that
depth.
The stones are of a light yellow color
n evidently have mica in them. There
are some streaks. too. which closely re-
semble White marble. The substance
is very hard, II When exposed to the
elements does not d~eteriorate. This is
attested by pieces which have been left
exposed for more than a generation.
Another curious thing about it is tflat
there is no other stone in the county
which is just like it. Rockwell county
has some fine building stone, but 1t is
of an entirely different kind. 1t re-
sembles more nearly than anything else
the bricks Which are manufactured
from the clay found in his section.
Many believe that this wall was built
by prehistoric men as a for%tiication
for a settlement which once stood on
this Very spot Asked to explain why 1t
is that the wall is now underground,
they cali attention to the belief of geol-
ogists that once the Red river found it's
way to the sea down through this val
ley and that 1t was miles in width. This
black dirt, the theorists contend, is a
mixture of ~alluvial deposits and clay,
and these deposits. they say covered
up the wall.