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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09

Every child born into the world
with an inherited tendency to tor
turing, disfguring humors of the
Skin and Scalp, becomes an object
of the most tender solicitude, not
only because Of its suffering, but
because Of the dreadful fear that
the disfguration is to be lifelong
and mar its future happiness and
prosperity. Hence it becomes the
duty of mothers of such afflicted
children to acquaint themselves
with the best, the purest, and most
effective treatment available, viz:
the CUTICURA Treatment, con-
sisting of warm baths with CUTl-
CURA Soap, and gentle anointings
with CUTICURA Ointment, the
great Skin Cure. Cures made in
childhood are speedy, permanent,
and economical.
Sold throughout the world. cuticura Soap Csc, oint;
Pills. 25c. per vial of Coz. Depots: London, Charter
house So Paris 3 Rue de la Paix; Boston, l3 Columbus
Ave. Potter Drug Chem. Corps Sole Props
Ca Send for " How to Cure Disfguring Humors"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1904-09-09

Boys school suits, fall styles al Henry
E. Hance's.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

the only man who has made such
mistake.
Plentifully sprinkled in among the
professional poets and literary men
and women are my Lords and Ladies'.
Not for a moment does the Present
Editor" forget that he is editing a
volume of the gentry and nobility"
to whom his work is dedicated. The
Rt. Hon, My Lord Dillon, has some
bad verses on Spain" in the byronic
manner, and My Lord Dorchester is
given several pages for a sad and
silly apostrophe to an "Astrologer."
Friendships Offering" is illustrat.
ed with three or four ancient steel
engravlngs, representing such classic
scenes as "Eneas and Dido" views Of
Ispahan in Persia, and illustrations
for the Laughing Horseman."
All in all, Emily's was a valentine
we'll worth having. Since she wrote
her quaint dedication on its fyleaf
two English kings and one queen have
died, and the fourth monarch is now
on the throne. What valentine OF
the present year will be as well worth
looking over in 1875?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
~ |vNrSa-''FSt rSsaS'' SnSa""''vVOA.
s KEEPS UP CUSTOM 4
! OF THIRTY YEARS s
sIrNJi.s-ss.SJl..-asNJl,.~esNJl,a III

Big valentines and little valentines,
fat valentines and thin valentines,
white valentines and red valentines,
cheap modest little valentines and
proud and costly valentines-every old
kind of valentine dangled from
shelves and lay heaped on counters,
while half dozen clerks were busy
attending to the rush of ST. Valentines
day.
There was the young man with one
hand on money in his pocket buying a
white $1.25 valentine, with eyes riveted
on a red SO creation. Clearly, he wish
ed he could afford the red. In cor
ner, looking uneasy, were two young
women discussing animatedly heap
of pink and blue valentines.
Unnoticed by the crowd inside the
shop, a coach drew up to the curb.
1t was a most pretentious turnout"
with coachman and footman in livery,
with a pair of restless bays and with
shining harness mounted heavily with
glistening silver. The footman
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
LOVES Observation-Disclosures.

jumped to the sidewalk as quickly as
his tight-fitting buckskin breeches per-
mitted and opened the coach door. An
old man, very old man, alighted and,
resting on his cane. made for the
front door of the valentine shop.
None noticed the newcomer. Every
one was busy with his own affairs.
But the owner of the shop saw the
customer, greeted him pleasantly and
led him to a chair. A valentine the
old man wanted. The proprietor
seemed to know his man. A white
satin box long and wide, was produced,
and within lay what was likely the
most gorgeous valentine ever sent in
New York. It was brilliant crimson,
gold mounted and in the centre Of the
pillow, in oil, was a landscape, an
emblem and an inscription which the
writer. from afar, could not make out,
Evidently the old customer was
pleased. For some minutes he gazed
admiringly at the costly piece, then
closed the box, smiled approval and
left the shop, followed by clerk car
rying the box to the coach.
what does an old fogy like that
40 with valentine?" was asked.
The proprietor did not take kindly
to the question. That old fogy has
been coming here ever since l opened
this store. thirty years ago. The
old fogy is one Of the wedlthlest men
in this city. The old fogy regularly
orders his valentine three months
ahead Of time and pays as much for
them as many a bank clerk earns in
month. And when a woman has
lived faithfully for thirty years beside
man, the old fogy thinks she's en-
titled at least to one valentine a year"
And the questioner knew he had
touched a sore spot Of the old fogy's
friend.-New York Press.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
THREE
CARDINAL
POINTS
BLOOD
HEALTH
HAPPINESS

It is a fact that, with impover-
ished or unhealthy condition of the
blood, suffering, i'll health and un-
happiness must result.
Rich, Red, Radiant Blood means
to the possessor splendid health,
and health means happiness to the
vast extent physical condition may
exert its influence.
Do you suffer from nervousness,
weakness, brain fag, loss of energy,
a sluggish, tired body, with little,
if any, ambition and Vitality Do
you feel that you must have rest
and are unequal to your daily tasks
and responsibilities Does your
body ache and pain all over from
lack of circulation and proper nu-
trition1 Does your system need
to be built up and held there1 If
these and similar conditions exist,
speedy relief and permanent cure
are within your reach.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Character Of Day Changing.

Good st. Valentine is rapidly being
transformed from the patron saint of
loving hearts into the head Of a gift
enterprise. II he keeps up the pace
established for him this year he will
soon rival st. Nicholas.
It seems only yester-year since the
amorous swain gave expression to
his feelings in burning words, hidden
in the depths OF paper lace and impos-
sible cupids. Now the approach Of
the affectionate old saints day finds
the young mans thoughts. II not his
fancy, turning toward violets at ad.
vaDeed prices. bonbons In extravagant
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
ALAST CENTURY VALENTINE

early twenties, and contributed half
a dozen sets Of verses in heroic style.
Nor was Friendships Offering" with.
out names which are well known even
now. Miss Milford has sketch, 1.-THE
Lady of Beachgrove," full of old-fash-
toned sentiment and ladylike mystery.
Perhaps the best remembered things
about Miss Milford is the fact that
when she was only ten years old she
drew prize of 100000 in lottery,
and that after her father had squan-
dered her money she supported him
for years by the earnings of her pen
Robert Southey, then in mis- prime,
has long poem in the fat, little book,
and Miss Jane Porter, whose Scottish
Chiefs" and "Thaddeus OF Warsaw"
had already been printed, is represent
ed by melancholy tale.
Mrs. Opie mourns through a couple
of "Epitaphs for Friends" and mod
est T. Hood Esq, has an ode on
autumn, quite like the similar efforts
of young poets before and since his
time. T. Hood Esq. was not yet thirty
years old when Friendships Offer
ing" was printed. He had recently
left the engraver's trade for literature
and had hardly begun as yet to make
a name for himself in his new line.
Doubtless if the Present Editor"
could have foreseen that his modest
contributor was to write "The Song
OF the Shirt" and "The Bridge of
Sighs," and the other poems which
have made him famous, "T. Hood
Esq" would have been given more
prominence in the table of contents.
But the present Editor" is not
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Prohibits Arsenic.

Sweden prohibits the importation OF
articles containing arsenic. The law
particularly affects the importation OF
wall paper, carpets, dry goods and
textiles. While it is admitted that
aniline dyes, ocher colors and man
ganese oxide may contain traces OF
arsenic, yet there is no cause for fear.
ing injurious effects therefrom.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

receptacles and gifts quite out Of the
old simple spirit of the day.
A fashionable shopkeeper insists
that the vogue of valentine gifts is
largely a matter of evolution, and that
for several years they have been grow
ing more general, more personal and
more expensive. A young man who
usually is satisfied with sending the
object of his admiration flowers, bon
bons or books, now selects gift that
will show relations of a more intimate
nature. Fiances, especially, let their
Imagination and their purse-strings
run riot.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Adonts Decimal sxstam.

The British government has taken
the first step toward the adoption OF
the decimal system of weights. The
Board of Trade will sanction the use
of a weight of fifty pounds, instead Of
the present standards of liz pounds
(called hundredweighD, and fifty
six pounds (called a half-hundred-
weight.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Primitive Dictionary.

A wcrd-book, which appeared In
1921, gotten up by Nathaniel Bailey,
a schoolmaster, describes a cat as "a
creature well known" and horse az
"a beast well known" His aim was
simply to collect all the words in the
English language, and he made no at
tempt to settle the use of standard
English, which was Johnson's aspira.
lion.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Use of Plaster in China.

The annual consumption Of calcined
plaster and wall paper cannot be estt'
mated. but it is very large. Most
Chinese houses are built Of cheap
brick, and are plastered both inside
and out Large quantities of plaster
are also used for the making OF Chi
nese graves, almost all of them being
entirely covered with it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A Missouri scientist declares radium
gives the hot springs Of Arkansas
their curative powers. Then the poker
table and the roulette wheel are not
absolute necessities.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Wu-Ting-Fang has been promoted.
But one trouble about being promoted
in China Is that it brings man just
that much nearer to the empress dow
ager.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Tickets 70 Pekin.

Round-trip tickets from London or
Paris to Pekin, China, by rail and
return by ship, with stopover privil-
ege at any port, are now on sale for
S204.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Mr.. Schwab admits that he Is now
out of job and unemployed, but as
he still has several million dollars
worth of securities he may be able to
get through the winter comfortably,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A San Francisco man has invented
an automobile which runs perfectly by
radium power. All the lucky public
has to do now is to get its automobile
first and then its radium.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A gentleman who resides in Switzer.
land announces that he has invented
an electrical contrivance which will
kill of an army at single shock. 1t
won't do. Where would the heroes
come in?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

It helps one to realize that his is
not the only business that is over
crowded when he reads that there are
more than 1000 applicants for va.
cant Brooklyn pastorate, salary s1O,.
900.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

The California girl who went to Den.
yer to meet her Kansas lover and to
wed him did nothing so very far out
Of the way. She will probably have to
meet him more than half way many
times in order to keep peace in the
family.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

One Of the judges of election arrest.
ed in Denver on charges Of violating
the election laws is a woman. This
slightly Jars the confident assertion
that when women get into politics
corruption will cease.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

What Russia is saying of that Thibet
expedition by the British, done be-
hind her back while she Is facing the
Japs, would not look well in diplo-
matte note.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A forty-story sky-scraper Is to be
erected in New York. At this rate.
light and air will soon be as thorough
ly monopolized as are some other
things in the big town.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A number of young girls in Hobo.
ken. N. j.. have been praying In
church for husbands. Their prayers
have not yet been answered, but some
Of their neighbors who have been out
hustling in the meantime have been
much more successful.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Remarkable Irish Echo.

The remarkable echo at Eagles
Nest, on the banks of Killarney, Ire
land, repeats a bugle-call 100 times,
each clear-cut and distinct.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

English women are rapidly breaking
away from the habit Of kissing one an.
other. This being leap year, there is
no reason why such foolish habit
should be popular anywhere.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A man of the name Of Chighizola
was defeated for public Office at Mem.
phis, Tenn, few days ago. 1t must
have required good deal Of courage
10 scratch him.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Gov. Dockery of Missouri says that
he can't tell the color Of one poker
chip from another. After that, we
refuse to play with Gov. Dockery.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Find Ancient Ruins.

In one of the streets of Vienna,
workmen have dug up part of the
stone flooring of Roman house dat.
ing from the third century.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
British and Irish Exports.

The total value of goods of British
and Irish produce and manufacture
exported to the United States in 1909
amounted to $11S,SO4,565, an increase
of S27, 100000 over 1901.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

A minister has made a fortune by
inventing a non-reflllable bottle. But
how did minister come to recognize
the Importance of this means Of
grace?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
lmnroved Tvnewriter.

A new typewriting machine returns
the carriage automatically when the
end of line is reached, so that the
operator is not compelled to pause.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Import HimaIaya Yaks.

Farmers in northern Sweden are ims
porting domesticated yaks from the
Himalayas, these animals standing
the severe Scandinavian climate ad.
mirably.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Three real battles have been fought
in Uruguay recently. Has the gentle
art of blufTing failed to get foothold
In Uruguay?
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Considering what he has done, 1t Is
hard to realize that Rudyard Kipling
was only SO on his birthday, Dec. 80.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Human nature is not so bad, after
all. Ninety-nine people out of every
hundred that you know would rather
do you a favor than an injury.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

On one or two previous occasions
the Japanese have shown that they
can do something else besides raise
chrysanthemums.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

This is poor time to buy maps Of
the world. The accurate map of to-
day may be all wrong before the year
Is ended. s.a.a
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
Reindeer Flesh.

The flesh of the reindeer may now
be bought at any time in the Berlin
markets. 1t is brought frozen from
Finland and Lapland.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Government clerks ask for shorter
hours. But at last accounts they had
not gone on strike and tied up the SER
vice.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

The only wonder is that living in
New York does not result oftener In
making men old and decrepit at the
age Of 20.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

In order to bring ort all his really
good points an eccentric man has to
die.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

DR.. Roux of the Pasteur institute at
Paris says radium kills mice. Away
with the traps at once!
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

1t is perhaps worthy of note that M.
Santos Dumont came over from
France by the old-fashioned route.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

Wheeling put out 1O3,OOO,O00 stogies
in 1903, and strangely enough, doesn't
seem to be ashamed of 1t.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11

do Angora goats pay2" asks the
Boston Advertiser. Don't know. Never
sold them anything.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1904-02-11
EUPARILLA

Is a Blood Purifier and Tonic with
out equal. 1t will increase vital
activity. 1t will give you the buoy
ant and happy feeling Of youth re-
newed and health restored. =
You can purchase al your DTu0gtsPa
Arizona republican., 1904-11-27

Plehve. Mirsky is a liberal an in innate friend of Count Tolstoi, and is in deep sympathy with the aspirations of Russia's liberal loyalists. He is in favor of a gradual progress. under widened education, to a form Of repre- sentative, constitutional government under the emperor. Against him of course is arrayed all the forces of re- action, headed by the grand ducal un- cles and cousins and the Russian priesthood. On the one hand it is his task to hold in check the revolution ary forces and direct them along peaceable channels to the goal and on the other to overcome the opposition of the privileged classes. overcome the opposition of all the czar's royal rel atives and hold the ear of the czar against the enemies of the liberal movement. It is a task which calls for both great strength and great luck. Prince Mirsky has already shown that he is one of the strongest men in the emperor's service, but the royal mind with which he is contending is so un- stable that luck is bound to be an inn portant factor.
 As minister of the interior Prince Mirsky is the most powerful official of the empire, but the chances seem to be more than even against his success.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-27
EcoNoMIzlNe VITAL FORGE.

As result of careful study and many exhaustive experiments the writer is convinced that the average man or wo- man uses up in the performance of or dinary everyday ats from three to fifteen times the amount of vital force necessary. The vitality so wasted is in many cases sufficient to make all the difference between weakness and strength, between sicknes and health or between failure and success.
 The ways in which vitality is vast ed are many and various. We need consider but twO-incOrrect posture of the body and excessive muscular action. Anc-her. and most far-reac ching factor in nervous vital waste is lack Of con trol of the emotions. A bent body is strained by its own weight-so we find that among people having such bodies the mere act of holding up the body in standing, walking and moving about re- quires from four to ten times as much vital outlay as the straight body-Dr. w. c. Latson in Success.
Arizona republican., 1904-11-27
Little James

(An Expert Review of the Operations
 in Front of Port Arthur.)
 Tn Japaknees they sez to theirselfs: | This here Port Author is about tn 'ruffest Proposition 'at we ever been Up Aginst. We don't seem to be mak- in no hedway aginst it a tall. We took it wunst ten Yeers ago but sence then it must "a been Braced up some fer it don't seem to fall so esy, as it ust to- Tn Chinees had it then. Tl9' Chinees is more POliter n tn Rushins is. When we sent word to 'em fer to Srender they repiize with Plashure.' but when we ast Generic Stussle to give up Port Author he used Lang widge which was OfaI to Heer an which they don't allow to be sent over tn Tellyfoam or through tn Mails. An more'n that he sed at tn next Japaknees he cot fn Port Author with a Messidge to Srerder conceded about his person would be Rufiy Dealt with. This shoes at tn Rushins aint no civ iliZed Nashun but is a Savidge People which revles in Bludshed and Seems of Croolty"
 Tn Japaknees had tn Wor in tn Fur East "prearranged.'' They crost th Yalu on SkedooI time. Evry time tn Rushtns retired tn Japaknees sends out word at it was all "prearranged" fer some Yeers till tn World at was IOollin' on begun to cry Fake an they Hist tn Combatants an ast fer to have in Box Offs Reseets back.
 Tn Japaknees sends word at it was 'prearranged" at Port Authord fall about the middle of July. They named h. date which was tn Birthday of tn Crown Prints. But tn "prearrange- Inent" went Kong an tn Japaknees they sez: Well, it don't make much Difference. Les let it go till Septeni- Der when tn Emperess has a Birthday an we'll give her Port Author fer a Birthday present"
 September come an went an tn Japaknees they sez: We gess we bet ter let It go now till November Four which is tn MlckadoO's Birthday It don't make no difference who gifts tn Birthday Present jist sos it's kep in tn Ryal Fambly." They cuddent make no Impreshun on November Four an then they sez to theirselfs: They aint. no more Ryal Birthdays very soon so T
Arizona republican., 1904-11-27
ButIer Does Some ConfessIng.

Edward Butler, the democratic boss of St. Louis. has been doing some con fessing on his own hook. For the last year or two MT. Butler has noted with supreme disgusttthat his former tools and pals, under pressure from Prose cutor Folk, were confessing their part in the bribery scandals, and evidently he thinks the time has come for him to join the procession.
 He frankly explains why St. Louis went republican at the last election-it was because no frauds were practised. Butler says that for twenty years he he been stuffing ballot boxes and vot- ing repeaters and rolling up democratic majorities in some of the wards of St. Louis, and that this year he quit. % He intimates that the men who were chiefly benefited by his methods were not appreciative-pres ably Joseph Folk was among the ingrates- and so this year he decided to keep his hands off and let the people of St. Louis have a fair election.
 Probably without intending it, MT. Dul4G4 HOAHlS d LilOIdl TOT all the lIlDG of practical politicians In every state, in every city and in every com munity. there are ambitious, respect able" men ready to profit from the dir ty work of professional politicians and lying, vicious newspapers, but it is seldom that the men who do the dirty work get any reward worth having When men with little scruple and less foresight stand ready to steal an cleo tion or debauch a city council CT a Legislature for partisan purposes, they should reflect that the praise they re- ceive from their party associates is only for the moment. The benefcia- ries, while accepting the results, de- .spise the tools that produce the results.
 In his old age Butler walls that there is no gratitude in the breasts of office seekers and ohiceholders. It is remark able that he has been so long in finding this out MT Folk. nice gentleman that he is, probably had a well defined suspicion that his own election as pros eeuting attorney under Buffers tute- lage was obtained by fraudulent meth Ods, but this did not deter him from