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The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1905-06-03

Toxic, June 1.-The captured Rus
sian battleship Orel arrived at the
Mazirui navy yard at noon yesterday.
The battleships Nickolai l. and Ad-
miral Seniavian and the coast defense
ironclad Admiral Aprexine, reached
Sasebo at II o'closk yesterday. 1t is
reported that the Orel and Nikolai l..
are slightly damaged.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17

would have seen this mans accursed
portrait.
The voices go on-growing more
loving. more sorrowful more despair
ing each moment.
A hand of ice seems 10 clasp Sir
Heron's heart. He forgets the tall
figure beside him. feels not the devil
ishly-joyfu eyes fixed on his face.
Proof still more damning II is a
strong man in the agony of discover.
ing that the one woman he has ever
loved the one woman on whose purity
and hoGor he would havr sgaked his
coul, false beyond all falsGness,
How long he stands there he knows
not, never will know. Suddenly the
voices case, the awful spell breaks.
and he starts forward
But again the hani restraints.
Heron! she whispers in his ear.
He starts and turns to ner, AMI
surely. if she could pity she would
pity and releht at the sight of his
haggard face ami bloodsnol eyes.
But there is no pity. no reenting,
1t is the hour of her revenge. For this
wretcned girl she-she, the beauty"
has been neglected, put aside. Relent!
Pity Who pitied her?
Heron she whispers. why should
you interfere? Let them go, they
are not worthy to triumph over you;
they will do it if you go to them.
He stops and shudders. and puts his
hand up to his brow. Then he turns
to her.
you are right" he says-and his
voice is so changed, so unnaturally
calm. that it strikes her with a sudden
sharp dread-"we have no business
here; let us go"
And. with the old courtesy that
even in the moment of his agony does
rot desert him, he stoops to pick UP
her glove, which has fallen. and takes
her hand upon his arm.
Once once only, he paUses. 1t is
when a low sob from the weeping CIR
strikes upon his ear: shudder runs
through him. and he half turns but
with a muttered oath that makes the
woman upon his arms tremble. he
moves away.
To be continued
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17

sheep mus be paid for separately
Thus: Suppose two sticks of tobacco
IL be the rate of exchange for one
sheep, it would sorely puzzle a Dam
mara to take two sheep and give him
two sticks.
Thus it would ap. aar that the mind
of man in childhood or in savagery is
not by any means SO superior to that
of the higher animal as is claimed by
some. Such animals are speeches.
by reason of an anatomical accident,
and not from an absence of ideas or
ignorance of words. Yet the faculty
of understanding words in so consid-
cradle a degree brings us to the very
border of the faculty of using words
with an intelligent appreciation OF
their meaning.
Now this is a fact of extraordinary
and thought are not confined eXclu'
sively to mankind But, on the con
trary, the higher animals share with
MS the capacity to understand words
aud ~ ords, moreover, so definite and
particular in meaning as is involved
i'll explaining the particular mesh in
large piece of wire netting. 1t
would seem. therefore that if these
animals could articulate they would
employ simple words TO express sim
pie ideas, For ii would not involve
the exercise of any higher mental
faculty to say the word come" than it
does to pull at a dress coat to ex-
press the same idea or TO utter the
word open, instead of mewing be
fore a closed door
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17
Lost.

Legends Of the absentm nded savant
are legion but the following, told Of Il
we'll known Phi d. OF this city perhaps
touches the climax, says a writer in
the New York Times One of the
charwomen IA the temple Of learning
with which he is associated choked
on a pin she had put in her mouth az
she went about her work. Rushing up
20 Professor Blanks sanctum, she
burst in the door without the for
mality of knock.
Professor, oh. professor" she
painted 1--WE swallowed a pin"
Never mild.' returned the student,
feeling absenuy abou the edges of his
lapel without raising his eyes from the
book before him. here's another one
vou can have"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17
HOW AN ANIMAL REASONS.
Instances Show That They often Un
der stand Spoken Words Perfectly.


der stand Spoken Words. Perfectly.
Outing.-We contemplate our own
minds, We have an immediate cog
nizance of a certain flow of thoughts
and feelings. But if we contemplate
mind in other persons it is not SO
/ We can only infer the existence and
the nature of thoughts and feelings
from the activities OF the persons
which appear to exhibit tn SINH
larly, wherever we find an animal
able to learn by it's own individual ex-
perience we have the same right to
human being other than ourselves.
For instance, a dog has always been
accustomed TO eat when hungry and
food was at hand. That may be due
to reflex action alone. But now sup
pose the dog has been taught not TO
eat until he receives a certain signal;
then we have exactly the same kind
of evidence that the dogs actions are
prompted by mind as we have that
Fec actions of man are so prompted
For instance. Professor ROmanes
said his friend Professor Gerald Ye0
had a terrier which was taught to
keep a morsel of food on it's nout till
II received the verbal signal paid
for" when it Immediately tossed the
food into It's mouth. Rorlanes thought
If worth y. Vile to carry the case fur
ther and willie the dog was expecting
said "Pjuaforp - The dog gave q
start and very nearly threw the food
on his nose, but Immediately arrested
the movement. evidently perceiving
his mis- axe. This experiment was
repeated many times and ALWAYS with
the sans result
Eyrance tell Of a chlmpanzee al
geological gardens In Londo~ tha
rad learned from It's keeper the
meanings Of 50 many words and
phrases that the keeper was able to
eT9lain 20 the animal what he wished
her 10 do. For example. she would
push straw through any particular
meshes in the network Of her cage
which he indicated by such phrases
as The one nearest your foot: nov,
,ae one ueyt the keyhole. now the
one above he bar and so nm. Sgch
proficiency is no. attained ~ q civu
lied child for several years. and Cat
ton 'a7- Of the Dammaras that eaet
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17
OUR POSTAL SERVICE.

r. r. Bowker in tie American
Review of Reviews.-The United
States post-office department is the
largest business and does the largest
single business in the world In the
year ending June 80, 1904, 1t transmit
ted through II, 131 post-offices approx
imately 9,500,000,o00 pieces of postal
matter, an average of lis 10 each man
woman and child in the country: re-
ceived from all sources S143,5S2, 1924
and paid out $751;, 562,116, leaving a
deficit of $S,779,492 to be paid from
taxes.
The British post-office in the year
ending March 81, 1904, transmitted
through 22,S50 post-offices 100000
600 postal pieces, an average of 10l
to each person in the United King
dom; received from postal exclusive
of telegraph service, not including
$l,300,000 estimated service TO other
departments of the government. ST.
100000, and paid out sos, 500 900, leav-
ing a profit of s22,000,000 in reduction
-. taxes
he German post-office, including
nuremberg and Bavaria, which
have separately administered postal
systems, transmits yearly through So,
600 post-Ofiices approximately $500,
100000 postal pieces, an average OF
107 per person; receives approximate
ly s125,000,O0O and pays out $4,000.
900 yielding a profit of nearly 5000
600.
But Uncle Sam must send a letter
$500 miles as the crow flies, or over
5000 miles as the letter goes, from
corner to corner of his big country
while the greatest distance within
the German empire is under S5t
miles. and in Great Britain from
Lands End to John o. Greats House
within 600 miles or less than the 63t
miles from our commercial centre
New York, to our centre of popula
ton, now within a few miles of Col
umbus, Ind.
A parcels post" has been cliet
lack of our postal system. In Great
Britain a parcel up to three feet in
length may be sent for threepence, Oh
6 cents. for one pound or less. and p
penny, or 2 cents, for each addftiona
pound. making thirteen pence or n
cents, for the maximum weigh. o.
eleven pounds.
The objection that the cost Of the
possible 1000 miles of land transpor
tation in this country would involve
loss on the heavier parcels might be
obviated by the adoption of a zone
system corresponding to the standard
time zones, under which a single rate
might prepay within a single zone OF
between two adjacent zones, a one
and-a half rate to a tHird zone and a
double rate to a fourth zone; so that
parcel might be sent from New
York for cents, to Denver for l.
cents and to San Francisco for II
cents pound.
The post-office department needs al
the hands of congress an organization
which shall bring its administration
up to the standard of private corpor
atoms, with well-paid executive OF
the highest ability as the right hand
of the cabinet officer, with competent
superintendent of transportation. ur,
ban Offices and delivery. rural Offices
and delivery, special delivery and
registry. money orders, supplies
equipment and repairs. corpespon.
dence and records, dead letters, in
spection. accounting and legal rela-
tons. making together an administra
tive council for the executive, as in
French post-office system
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17
One Gold and Another

The seasons first cold
may be slight-may yield
to early treatment, but the
next cold will hang on
longer; it will be more
troublesome, too. I'm
necessary to take chances
on that second one. Scott S
Emulsion is a preventive
as we'll as a cure. Take
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1905-05-17

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F j. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
We the undersigned have known f. J. Cheney
for the last is years. and believe him perfectly
honorable In all business transactions and finan-
cially able to carry out any obligations made by
their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN. Wholesale
Druggists. Toledo. o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all
Druggists
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17

figure without criticism, it remains true
that American steelmakers have been
able to ship rails to Europe, pay all
the freight charges themselves and meet
European competition, and to do this
not as mere means of getting rid of a
small surplus production but as regu-
lar thing with large part of their out
put.
"For another thing, Mr.. McCleary's
fact does not throw any light on the
Justice of the tariff on steel rails until
we know how much lower than the for
eign price the price in the United States
ought to be because of the exceptional
facilities for cheap production which the
United States now enjoys.
Son the whole Mr.. McCleary's fact is
much more interesting to his opponents
than useful to his argument"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Horace B. Greeley to Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway company,
100 foot strip across neA, sec. %, and
wiz, nwl4, sec. %, Beauford, for ST.
$50.
Henry L. Tuttle to Emory Pearson,
swA, seA, swA, sec. 81, and nwA, neA
nw1A, and SIC, neA, nwA, sec "a, South
Bend, for $3.50.
Johnna Talbot to Leonard Talbot,
nwA, sec. 10, and se1A, sec. 8, Pleas
ant Mound, for $4,000.
Thomas R. Glenn to Harry Mann, lot
5 and part of lot 6, block 46, Garden
City, for $500.
j. E. Neff to Thomas r. Glenn, south
A feet of lot 6, block 46, Garden City,
for 5000. =.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
Punctures Mr.. McCleary's Arguments.

Many of the republican newspapers
throughout the country are picking Rep
resentative McCleary's Boston speech in
pieces. Among others that have pune
tured his arguments is The Chicago Rec
ord-Herald, a newspaper that has advo-
Gated republican principles and policies
for many years.
Congressman McCleary of Minneso-
ia is now in the field to vie with Sec
rotary Shaw as discoverer of interest
ing facts about the tariff" says The
Chicago Record Herald. Gin a discussion
before the Economic club in Boston, at
which Governor Cummins spoke for
reciprocity, Congressman McCleary in
replying made the point that for the
last six years the prices of steel rails
have averaged 40 cents ton lower in
the United States than abroad. 1t fol.
lowed, of course, according to the speak
er, that the present tariff on steel rails
is now benefit rather than an injury
to the people of the United States.
"The interest in the fact that Con-
gresham McCleary cites-if, indeed; it
be facts greatly enhanced by what
he fails to tell about the industrial con-
ditions under which it has been observ-
ed. The six years just passed have in
Guided certain lean years when steel
rails were not wanted by American rail
roads, and when prices fell to remark
ably low levels. The steel-rail makers
sold rails for just enough to pay the
cost and reasonable profit at that
time. They raised the price again as
quickly as demand revived. An aver
age including these exceptionally low
prices is not fair figure to show what
is usual under normal conditions with
the present high protective tariff and a
partial monopoly of manufacture.
"Even taking Mr.. McCleary's average
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
JoTTINGS FROM JUDSoN.

Mrs. N. S. Sherer and daughter, after
an absence of three months visiting rel
atives in Kansas City, returned home
Sunday.
Miss Hannah Jensen, who is teaching
school near Madelia spent Sunday with
her parents.
Stacy Little and Charles Edwards
are on the sick list.
Florence and Dighton Little Jr. spent
Sunday with their aunt, Mrs. William
Roberts.
Miss Bessie Edwards has accepted a
position with Mrs. M. A. Foster in Man
kato.
Miss Flossie Dehring of Mankato is
visiting at the home of Miss Lizzie
Jensen.
Mr.. Tom Jones has returned from his
northern trip, and is stopping with R
w. Williams at present.
Rev. William Evans will preach an
English sermon at Zion church next
Sunday at two o'clock.
Dighton Little has been drawn as
juryman for the November term at
Mankato.
School in district No. 8 begun Mon
day with Miss Bennett of Mankato a:
teacher.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
GROWING UP

There's something the mat
ter with the child that fails
to grow up. A child that
grows up too much, however,
without proper filling out of
flesh, is almost as badly off.
Nothing will help these pale,
thin weedy" children like
SCOTS Emulsion. 1t supplies
the rounding out of flesh and
the rich inward nourishment
of blood and vital organs
which insures rapid growth a
healthy and uniform develop
ment.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
PICKED AT GOOD THUNDER.
Comings and Goings; Many Improve
ments Are Being Made.

Eugene Cummings, who is now tenn
porarily located at Louisville, spent a
few days here last week, returning Mon
day.
A party of young folks from here
drove to Mankato last Sunday and
brought DIR. Voges who arrived on the
noon train from the north with them for
a short stay.
j. G. Graham and Anse Hardy drove
to Mr. Graham's large farm northwest
of Amboy one day this week.
Mr.. Wood has completed his contract
with the mill and has returned to his
home in Mankato.
Mrs. Dennis McGrath of Mankato is
spending this week here with relatives.
Several carloads of heavy timbers are
being unloaded at this point for the
construction of bridges and culverts on
the new Milwaukee cutoff.
James Sheehy has charge of the sta
ton here in the absence of G. E. Stoves,
regular agent, who is visiting at his
former home in La Crosse, Wis.
Walter Redfern is making extensive
repairs on the Saxton house prepare
tory to it's occupation.
The ladies of the Episcopal church
gave a chicken pie supper at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. j. G. Graham last Sat
urday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. c. Barney, Clark
street, Mankato, are frustrating this
week at their beautiful country home
here.
Victor Wiegert has rented the Hiram
Graham cottage and will occupy it soon.
Mrs. Lossow of st. Clair is here Wis
iting with relatives.
Hamm's local beer warehouse, Weir's
icehouse and the village lookup have
fringed the Rapidan side of this village,
like Othello without an occupation for
10, these many moons. c. C. Bruscke
udS CduScu Tic DctI nOuSc W VAIN IL
chalk line into the interior of the first
ward where it now reposes on ten
foot stone wall and stands forth like
the Goddess of Liberty. w. II. Grew
then had the ice house removed up on
the hill and placed it on the warmest
side of the. trouble street, and what the
irony of fate has in store for the Gala
boose your correspondent knows not.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17

the work of the church has gone for
word and prospered in all of its
branches. The membership of the
church, Sunday school and Young Peo-
pies meeting have greatly increased.
During its fifty years of existence the
church has been under nine different
posters. namely: Rev. Jenkm Jenkins,
Phillip Peregrine, David d. Jones, T. G.
Jones (Tavalaw,) William Powell,
Humphrey Jones, John E. Jones, j. Irds
Jones and T. G. Griffiths.
This PASTORAL care, however, only
covered twenty eight of the fifty years,
and hence for about twenty two years
of the time the church has been pastor
less.
Again, during the twenty eight years
of pastorship, those serving were obig-
ed to devote half their time to other
churches who were yoked with this
church under common pastor.
During the twenty-five years that the
church was pastorless its pulpit was sup
piled portion of the time by the fol
lowing persons namely: Henry Hughes,
Rev. DIR. David Davis, Rev. Christian
Mowry of New Ulm, Rev. Griffith Sam
uel, Rev. William Williams. Rev. Griffith
Roberts of Horeb church, Rev. VIM NJ.
Jones of Judson and Rev. Nobis of New
| Ulm. Most of the time, however, while
the church was deprived of preaching
service, prayer meetings were held in
their stead, thus in some form or other,
the services were regularly kept land most
always found helpful in building up the
Christian character and the growth of
spiritual life among us. The children
have been taught the Word of God, and
so brought up in the fear and admoni-
| ton of the Lord.
In looking back over the rough this
church has journeyed during the first
fifty years of its existence, we cannot
but feel and believe that God has been
| with it in all its trials and difficulties,
and when it went astray from the true
path He kindly guided it back to the
right course. Hence at this jubilee
| meeting we can see that the Lord has
fulfilled the promise that he made to
| His church that the children shall take
the place of their parents. The fathers
and mothers who have served the Lord
in this church during the last fifty
years have almost all gone to their heav
emily rest. Very few are left now and
they are near the end of their journey.
| Only one of the charter mmbers is alive
today, namely, the brother Owen Roberts
of Lake Crystal; five or six others who
were present at the organization still
survive, namely, Mrs. Richard Jones,
Lake Crystal, Thomas d. Williams of
Lake Crystal, William E. Davis and per-
haps one or two others.
| About seven or eight remain of those
| who came to the church about two
weeks after its organization. Now in
closing, my sincere prayer is that the
God of the fathers may abide with this
church forever more, to guide and bless
| it in all its Christian services, so that
it will be power for good in this COM
munity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
Captured a Coon.
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
The members of the Concordia band
will have coon lunch tonight served in
the band room. Saturday night DIR.
R. M. Dodds and 0. w. Morrow drove
to near Lake Ballentyne and gave the
formers coon dogs some sport. A thir-
ty-five pound coon was the result of
the chase. The animal was found in
the center of corn field, and put up a
good fight, but could not hold out long.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-17
HATTIE N. MCCONNELL, Plaintiff,

blue Earth. District Court, Sixth Jul
HATTIE N. MCCONNELL, Plaintiff,
Paul F. Eckstrom. Theodore Eckstrom,
James b. c. Brown, Jonas Mohr John
h. Huiras, Luther G.. Barrett, Gather
inc Whalen, Owen Herbert, w. w.
Webb, Francis NJ. Selby, Edmund NJ.
Pope, Edward Jarman, Mathew Thomp-
son, Isaac Woods, William w. Evans.
Danial Evans Alden Bryant, William
j. Macaulay, A. F. Clinton, John Pugh.
L peo R. MORSE Justps White Abigail SSsi
Brown, Sarah E. Hughes Jane Will
liams, Joshua Barnard, Elijah S: B.
Vail, Herman ID. Burnett, Daniel Will
liams, Joshua Barnard, Jr William
Mueller. Adam Bausman, Hainsworth
Mitchell. Anna S. Brown, Walter
Brown, Charles Brown, John r. Jones,
Unknown heirs of James Finley, de-
ceased, Unknown heirs of Jonas Mohr,
deceased, a. e. Goodsell, David p.
Davis. Jr. Ole Johnson. Horton II
Nelson, Henry S. Holman, Lester Pat
terson, A. p. Halfhill. The Town of
South Bend and all other persons or
parties unknown claiming any right,
title, estate, lien or interest in the real
estate described in the complaint here
in, Defendants.
Notice is herby given. that an action
has been commenced in this court by the
above named plaintiff against the above
named defendants; that the object
OF said action Is that the adverse claims
of the defendants and each of them to
the land herein described be determined,
and that it be adjudged that plaintif IS
the owner in fee of said land free and
discharged of any claims on the part OF
the defendants, and that defendants and
each of them have no estate. title, right,
claim. lien or interest whatsoever there
in, and that the premises affected by
this action are situated, in the county of
Blue Earth and state of Minnesota. and
are described as follows: All of blocks
II, ~, IS and as. also lots Z, s, 9, 10, ii and
II of block g. also lots Z. and OF
block So, also all of block &C except lot 2
thereof, also lots T. and 6 of block 90,
also lots 2 3, 4. and of block Is all of
the townsite of South Bend according to
the plat thereof on file and of record in
the office of the Register of Deeds of
said Blue Earth county; also outlots 6.
Z s. 8, 10 and IL of said townsite of
South Bend; all streets. alleys and
Levee appurtenant to said lots and
blocks also Front street appurtenant to
block 50 and 20 in said townsite of South
Bend.
Dated Nov 16. 1905
THOS. HUGHES.
Attorney for Plaintiff,
Mankato, MINI.