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The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
SHORT ON NIGHTlEs
Community That Abhorred the Fril1s
and Furbelows Of Mod
ern Progress.

Nazareth, Northampton county, Pa,
Is close to nature. 1t is a settlement
of Moravians and Mennonites, with q
cemetery and ancient buildings thrown
in for good measure. 1t is content to
live the simple life, and abhors the in
1ovations and frills of what Is popu-
larly called progress, says the Philadel-
pl1a Telegraph.
A Philadelphia of veracity returned
the other day from a vacation spent in
The quaint old town. He gave a con-
yincing illustration of the simplicity OF
existence in the Northampton settle
ment.
When | unpacked my grip at the
inn before retiring for the night |
learned had omitted to include my
| pajamas. Looking out of the window,
which commanded a view Of the main
street, l saw the lights of n of the
two general stores which the place
boasts. A few minutes later | con-
fronted the proprietor. Suspecting
hat Nazareth might shy at pajamas, |
decided to let the town down easy, and
said:
al want a night shirt
''The storekeeper appeared tempor-
arily ~dumfounded, but finally a light
dawned on him. You mean a white
shirt?'
"sNo, / mean a night shirt. A shirt
to sleep in
Friend said the storekeeper, I
don't keep night shirts. Maybe Jones,
down the street, may have one.
while covering the distance to
Jones' store,' said the author of the
story, 81 soliloquized on life in Naza-
reth after a fashion not wholly fatter-
ing to the town. But Jones seemed up
to date, and hope revived within me.
Il need a night shirt and was told
you might have in stock
Jones merely smiled, and made an
swer: I've got one of my own. Mary's
got one. too"
1t ought, perhaps, to again be stated
that the returned Sojourner's vefacity
is not open to question. He added:
Controlling my inclination to laugh
in the shopkeeper's face, | remarked:
"tOf course. l wouldn't presume to
ask you to sell me your own or~Mary's
shirt, much less request the loan of
either. i find that l have come to this
| town without a shirt to sleep in, and
l desire to buy one
"tSorry, but l don't believe there are
a hall dozen night shirts in the town.
| said Jones, starting to put out the
ohts."
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
INGENUITY EXTRAORDINARY
Boat Adrift Is Recovered in a Man
ner That Was Truly Re-
markable.

eyes" said the narrator of the story, ac-
cording to the Chicago Tribune, I'VE got
into the boat and rowed out to the island,
eight miles away, and then we climbed up
the hill to get the view. Along. about
noon we went back to the beach and to our
CONSERVATION discovered that the boat
had become loose from its moorings and
had drifted across the bay to the other
side"
Wasn't that awful" exclaimed the
girl with the sympathetic eyes.
Eyes. There we were, eight miles
from the mainland, with no means of
communicating with our friends"
..Terrible!" said the girl with the
dropstitch waist.
"Nhat were we to do?
what, indeed?" echoed the girl with
the fluffy psyche knot.
Eight miles from the mainland, the
day drawing to a close, nc food, no shell
ter, and no way of getting word to our
friends. How were we to get that boat
over the yawning waste of water that
separated us from shelter and COM
fort:"
"But you are here now, so you must
have got the boat at last" said the girl
with the calm, self-controlled expression,
well, after sizing up the situation, We
sat down and talked it over"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

does better all day long if he starts
with the approving smile and the
wave Of the hand which q wife can
give.
Many things may happen in the course
of a single day. None of us are i'm
mune from accident. Men have before
now left home for a few hours and
been gone for many years. Let the
morning word be always one of cheer,
when it is the last word that can be
exchanged till the cleaning.
In this world of chance and change,
no duty is more incumbent on people
at home than to be encouraging and
cheering, and to take a rose-colored
view of whatever may be expected to
happen.
People who go about with long faces,
who yield to the blues, who are grabbed
and perverse. have a good deal to an
swer for. They lessen the sum of pleas
ure in the world. They make other
people sad and give the right of way
to melancholy, and dim the brightness
of the daily path. In a girls album the
other day saw this stanza:
Just as a place to live in
This old world is hard to beat.
There is a thorn for every rose,
But aren't the roses sweet?"
That is the sort of last word" which
we should be all the time saying. There
is little danger that we shall not be
sufficiently serious. Sobriety is in our
blood. Gravity is forced upon most of
us by our circumstances, and we can
not always be jolly. Yet there is no
need that we should go about dragging
on our feet the ball and chain of irri-
liability. moroseness or depression. Gay
ETY. is as virtuous and honorable in its
proper place and time as solemnity.
Hjalmar Boyesen. the Norwegian
poet. wrote an enchanting little lyric
all about a girl who was called the Briar
Rose. She went dancing through the
days, and when the other maidens were
milking the cows or spinning, she was
idle. Everybody condemned her, and
sympathized with her mother because
she had so needless a daughter. She
seemed as frivolous as a butterfly. but
there came a day when there was a
chance for an act of timely heroism,
and it was the little Briar Rose who
sacrificed herself and saved the town.
Friends. it does very little good to
scold and nag and condemn other peo-
pie. What we all need to do is to look
at ourselves. Are we willing to yield
the last word? Are we willing, first
and last, to say words that are genial
and helpful? AS the children sing:
Little acts of kindness,
Little words of love,
Make u earth an Eden,
Like the Heaven above"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
MANS SMALL A~NNoYANCEs.

Some men only need one match 10
light their pipes. unless it happens to
be the last match.
Isn't it exasperating to have the bill
collector drop into your office Just
as a friend is paying back the ten dol
lars you loaned him six months ago?
Doesn't it make you mad after wait
ing 20 minutes for your favorite bar
Der to get through shaving a mar TO
have the customer sit up in the chair
and order a hair cut and a shampoo?
No sooner does a man swear of
smoking than his friends present him
with cigars of every description; be.
fore swearing off he had a hard time
borrowing the markings" of a cigar
ette."
Isn't it annoying to keep your seat
In a street car while some woman
stands, and when you get to the end
Of your journey discover that the
standing female is an old friend OF
the family?
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

The Erie Railroad has arranged for the
immediate expenditure of S225 900 for the
installation OF the most modern and et-
ticient railway signal that has yet been
put ON the market. 1t is known as the
Hall Electric Semaphore Normal Clear
System, and is operated by stationary stor-
age batteries. The line between bergen,
n. j., and Middletown, a distance OF 6S
miles, is to be equipped at once. For
the first 80 miles, the signals will be put
two-thirds of a mile apart; for the rest
of the distance, about one and one-third
miles apart. 1t will require five power
plants for charging the batteries, which
will be located at Rutherford junction,
Ridgewood junction, Suffern, Oxford and
Middletown. The line to be protected has
two and four tracks at different places,
and is the most ~congested part of the Erie
System. Hitherto a manual block, which
is a tower with signals operated by a
towerman, has been used as a block pro-
lection, but it has been deemed best to
install an automatic sy@em for further
protection, and to accelerate the move
ment of trains. The new system will be
extended over the entire line in the future.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
Camel Leaders.

When a number Of camels travel, they
are usually led by a strong bull, who
keeps the rest in order. If the leader
should fall i'll, or be absent from any
other cause, the herd almost invariably
mutinies. In Asia Minor, the duty Of
leading camel v is frequently
.deputed to donkeys. This may sound
curious, but it must be remembered that
in the east the donkey is an important
animal.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
TUNIc FOR SMALL BOY.
Our Design Is Charmingly Simple
and Generally Adapted for the
One for Whom Meant.

This little tunic may be worn over
first k%nickers. or over short L~etticoats.
1t is of cream cashmere, trimmed with
silk-embroidcred insertion; but the pat
tern is equally suitable to be copied in
washing materials for summer wear.
The cashmere is finely tucked where it
joins the yoke, the tucks being about
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

"Confound it, sir!" carpingly cried q
hypercritical summer boarder, address
ing the genial proprietor of the Palace
Ice Cream Parlor, in Pruntytown. See
here, what | have found in my ice
cream-it looks like a bunch Of whis-
kers!"
$50 it dooz, for a fact; but / don't un-
derstand how it can possibly be whis-
kers,' was the reply, FER we made that
ere ice cream with shaved ice."-Puck.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
Girl with Thin Hair.

Stop shampooing it. Fill a thimble
with sweet oil. Every night dip your
finger tips in it and massage your
scalp. Part off the hair and be careful
not to get the hair oily. Run along
the line of the parting with your
finger tips. But do not get your hair
greasy.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
London's Consumption Of lee

London uses in way or another
quite 100000 tons of ice a year, and
Just at present is consuming consider
ably over 1000 ons q day. Although
q great deal of ice is made artiicially,
most Of that consumed here is natural
and Norwegian. The Norwegian ice
crop in an average winter varies from
half a million to 100000 tons. At least
half of this comes to the United King
dom, the rest going to the continent.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

three inches in length. A band of inser-
ton, bound each side with plain silk,
is carried down the center front, the
wristbands being of the same. The
waistband is of kid, and the trimming
is left to individual taste. The style is
suitable for a child from two to three
years old.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
Jumping at a Conclusion.

"Another one of those lobbyists ap-
preached me to-day with an insulting
proposition" said Congressman Graphter.
s'Oh! john" exclaimed his wife, then
you can afford to buy me that sealskin
sacque now, can't you?"-Philadelphla
Ledger.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
IN POOR HEALTH.
PAINS IN BACK.
SICK HEADACHES.
PE-RU-NA CURED.

Mrs. Lena Smith, N. Cherry street,
cor. Line, Nashville, Tenn, writes:
~ have had poor health for the past
four years. pains in the back and groins,
and dull, sick headache, with bearing
down pains.
s.Af friend, who was veryenfhusiasfic
about Peruna insisted that / try 1t.
81 took it for ten days and was sur
prised to find that ! had solittle pain.
81 therefore continued to use it and
at the end of two months my pains had
totally disappeared.
81 have been i'm the best of health
since and feel ten years younger. i
an very grateful TO yOu.'
Catarrh of the internal organs gradu-
ally saps away the strength, under
mines the vitality and causes nervous
ness. Peruna is the remedy.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
An Explanation.

Jeweler-Your watch seems to be
magnetized. Have you been near a
dynamo lately?
Young Man-No; but IEer-called
on a very attractive young lady last
night.-Chicago Daily News.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

pearance. It was in 1908 that Doan's
Kidney Pills helped me SO quickly and
cured me of those troubles and I've
beer well ever SINCE
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists. Price, SO
cents per box.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

had eye trouble,
backache, catches
when lying abed
or when bending
over, was languid
and often dizzy
and had sick head
aches and bearing
down pains. The
kidney %secretions
G too copious
and frequent, and
very bad in an
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
Hard Record to Beat.

Friend-Do you think that automobiles
will eventually take the lpace of the rail
roads?
Auto Enthusiast (gloomilyl-I hardly
think so. The railroad killed $4,000 peo-
pie last year in this country alone.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
He Was Stingy.

Harduppe-Closeist likes nothing better
than to have some fellow ask him for a
loan.
Borrower-Is that so?
"Yes: it gives him so much pleasure to
refuse. philadelphia Record.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
SALT RHEUM ON HANDS.
Suffered Agony and Had to Wear
Bandages All the Time-An-
other Cure by Cuticura.

Another cure by Cuticura is told of by
Mrs. Caroline Cable, of Waupaca, Wis,
in the following grateful letter: MY
husband suffered agony with salt rheum
on his hands, and / had to keep them
bandaged all the time. We tried every.
thing We could get, but nothing helped
him until he used Cuticura. One set Of
Cuticura Soap, Ointment and Pills cured
him entirely, and his hands have been as
smooth as possible ever since. | do hope
this letter will he the means of helping
some other sufferer"
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
Advice.

The Bride-He offered to toss up a cent
to decide whether / should have my way
or he should have his. o course, that
seems fair
Married Friend-Nonsense! Don't you
make any concessions whatever.-Cleve-
land Leader.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
There Is Money

in taking subscriptions to the Four
Track News, the great illustrated monthly
magazine of travel and education. A
quick seller. Very liberal terms. Large
Profits. Agents wanted everywhere.
Write George H. Daniels. Publisher. Z East
And Street, New York, for full particulars.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

One doctrine which is common to all
s~atirists of society is that the age they
write in is the worst of all known ages.
the lowest point of degeneration yet
reachea.-N. Y. Times.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

Piso'sCure cannot be too highly spoken Of
as a cough cure.-J. w. OBrien, 322 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, Mimi. Jan. 6, 1900.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
Couldn't Be Worse.

Visitor at Seaside Boarding House
l say, landlord, your food is worse than il
was last year.
Landlord-Impossible, sir!-Judy.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

The average wage-earner who has paid
his rent, the groter's bill, and bought a
few tons of coal, needs 40 definition Of an
~'Irreducible minimum."-Washingto Post.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
DEATH SEEMED NEAR.
How ! Chicago Woman Found Help When
Hope Was Fast Fading Away.

Mrs. e. T. Gould, Ola w. Lake Street,
Chicago, ILL.,, says: Doan's Kidney
pills are MI that saved me from death
of Bright's Disease, that / know. I
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29
YIELDING LAST WORD
HOME HAPPINESS SHOULD NOT
BE STRAINED TO BREAKING.

Silence at Times Requires Much Self
Control-Politics Too Dangerous
for Family Talk-Inficting Ones
Fads on the Family-Case Where
a Little War Would Have Been
Preferable-The Last Word Before
the Days Separation--Gayety as
Virtuous as ~Solemnity.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

After all that has been said and done,
the cold truth of the matter seems to
be that a combination of water wagon
and brewery truck won't work.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

de man wifi a clean conscience" sa,d
Uncle Eben, feels mighty comfortable, but
he doesn' do near de b~raggin' Of de man
wifi no conscience at all."-Washington
Star.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

We have noticed that merchants who
live over the store usually do WE'LL
Atchison Globe.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

Many a young man asks for a girls
hand when what he really wants is her
fathers pocketbook. = Philadelphia In
Qulrer.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

One theory is that Laku is referred to
as "the Black town" by reason Of Its
large Tartar population.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

A man may be a hopeless idiot, but no
woman will admit it after he has pro-
posed marriage to her.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Tupelo journal., 1905-09-29

It's a fine thing to be your W master,
if you don't care about pay days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-29
FORFEITED TO STATE.
Sale of 264 Pieces of City and Country
Land Booked for November.

Sale of 264 Pieces Of City and Country
Land Booked for November.
From Thursdays Daily.
Auditor Weaver has prepared list of
264 pieces of property that have been
forfeited to the state because of failure
to pay taxes, and these will be sold in
November. Some of the taxes date back
as far as 1886, and half of them or
more are cases where half of years
taxes have been paid and the other half
forgotten.
The purchaser can issue notice of eX-
piration of redemption, and at the end
of sixty days all of the property that
has become the property of the state
prior to the Anderson law of 1902 and
that has not been redeemed, can be
decided by the governor to the purchas
ers, and the sales will be absolute
Most of the property on the list is
city property, and much of it is valu-
able. Mr. Weaver intends to send no.
tees to all of the owners so that they
can still pay up and save their prop
erty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-29
DIRE DISTRESS.
1t Is Near at Hand to Hundreds of Man
katO Readers.

1t Is Near at Hand to Hundreds of Man
katO Readers.
Don't neglect an aching back
Backache is the kidneys cry for help
Neglect hurrying to their aid means
that urinary troubles follow quickly.
Dire disaster, diabetes, Bright's disease
Profit by Mankato citizens ex.
perience.
Mrs. Charles Baker, of All Van Brunt
street, says: II have a good word to
say for Doan's Kidney Pills. | suffered
from an excessive of uric acid in my
system causing stomach trouble, heal
ache and dizziness. | brought on this
condition by striving to accomplish too
much work. Ny husband suffered from
a lame back, and being advised to use
Doan's Kidney Pills he procured them
from j. c. Thro. They did him much
good and | thought my kidneys were
affected. | also took the remedy Doan's
Kidney Pills did me more good than any
other medicine | ever used. They toned
up my system. | commenced sleeping
soundly nights, got rid of the feeling of
languor and in fact felt better in every
way"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York
sole agents for the United States.
Remember the name, Doan's, and take
no other
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-29
JOTTlNGS FROM JUDS0N.
Personal Gossip and News Notes Col
iected in That Town.

Miss Mary Phillips of Tracy visit
ed with her aunt, Mrs. Mary Jones,
last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. f. Jones were Man
kato callers last Saturday.
Eddie Lewis has gone to Lake City
on looking up land tour
Mrs Edith Hollander and children
are visiting her parents at Judson.
Edwin Evans is head cook and bottle
washer and also doing the farm work
for E. n. Jones this fall.
People from Judson and vicinity
about eighteen in number, left from Jud-
son station bound for Tracy, Mimi, to
attend the quarterly meeting held at
that place this week.
John c. Roberts bought bunch of
steers of w. j. Roberts last week.
R. O. Roberts has rented the farm of
F. R. Roberts for the coming summer
and is busy blowing the same.
E. n Jones has been summoned to
appear as petit juror on the United
States district court held at Minneapo-
lis next month.
William j. Jones sold bunch of cat
tie to C. S. Thurston last Saturday.
Hugh Jones is on duty at Eddie
Lewis's while the latter is off
Evan Roberts has finished his time
at R. P. Williams and is now at home
R. T. Thomas was on the sick list
last Sunday.
Mrs. j. NJ. Thomas is visiting with
Mrs. William w. Thomas this week
School in District No. SO will begin
Monday in October.
Mrs. G.. C. Jones was among the
Tracy meeting goers last Tuesday.
Rev. w. E. Evans of Mankato preach
ed at Jerusalem and Salem churches
last Sunday.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-29

of these offices he held at the time OF
his death He was member of the
Knights of Pythias, Elks, A. 0. U. w.
and Modern Woodmen of America
lodges in this city.
Two years ago last July DR.. Steel was
united in marriage with Miss Irma
Prengel of Milwaukee, and she and
their little daughter, aged six and a
half months, survive him. They have
lost kind and loving husband and
father Mrs. Steel is Frustrated by her
husbands death, having attended him
dutifully day and night for several days
past.
The deceased carried $500 life in
STRANGE, in the A. O. U. W., and Modern
Woodmen, and in old line companies.
He had also accumulated some other
property, so that fortunately those de-
pendant upon him will be left in com
fort.
The life insurance carried by the de-
ceased was distributed as follows: FL
deity Life Insurance company of Phila-
delphia, $4,000; A. O. I. W., $4,000;
Modern Woodmen of the World, $500.
Besides the other fraternal societies
that he belonged to, enumerated above, he
was social member of the Modern
Woodmen of America and also of the
Knights of the Maccabees.
The funeral services will be held from
the residence Saturday at 2 p. IN. Rev.
George H. Davis, late rector of st.
Johns Episcopal church, will conduct
them. The interment will be had at
Glenwood cemetery.
The following pail bearers have been
chosen: Active: Drs. j. w. Andrews,
J. S. Holbrook, j. c. Holman, j. NJ. Ed
wards, A. o. Bjelland, G. R. Curran.
Honorary: Drs. z. G.. Harrington, j.
H. James, j. A. Hielscher and c. d.
Snow, j. c. Thro, Nelson Weed
The druggists of the city have decid-
ed alto attend the funeral in a body.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-09-29
JURORS PICKED OUT.
Result of the Selection Made Iester-
day Afternoon.

From Fridays Daily.
The following will serve on the jury
at the November term of the district
court: Grand jurors-William Kraus,
Beaufort; George Scheurer, Mankato
township; Tudor c. Jones, Cambria;
Patrick McTighe, Lime township; Emil
Knutson, Rapidan; f. E. Craver, fourth
ward, city of Mankato; Thomas Carey,
Medic; j. R. Ashworth, fourth ward,
city of Mankato; Mat. Nostdahl, Lin
coin; Ed. Stems, Eagle Lake; c. g.
Francis, Ceresco; Charles Ficks, Man
kato townships Charles Poster, James
town; T. Sullivan, Danville; Brown
Reeder, Shelby; August Mann, Lime
township; c. w. Johnson, Judson; Will
liam Moore, Mapleton township; Ed.
Bradley, fifth ward city of Mankato;
Carl Peterson, Lake Crystal; M. b.
Hart, Garden City; L. NJ. Anderson,
Eagle Lake; John Osten, Lake Crystal.
Petit Jurors e. d. Faley, Vernon
Center; Christ Wrucke, Lyra; Henry
Schultz, Lime townships; L. p. Carl
son, second ward, city of NIankato; w.
d. Tompkins, third ward, city of Man
kato; John Treanor, ST., Danville;
Thomas Riley, fourth ward. city of Man
kato; Julius A. Schwarz, Pleasant
Mound; P. Leary, Decoria A. j. knight,
Mapleton township; j. H. Thompson,
fifth ward, city of Mankato; d. Little,
Judson; A. T. Rempferd, Shelby; JOS
A. Beach, sixth ward, city of Mankato;
H. Hodapp, Decoria; Lytle Miller, Shell
by Fred Allen, third ward, city of
Mankato; d. F. Rasdall, Mcpherson;
Dave Davis, Judson; n E. Fuller, Am
boy; Fred Alderman, Sterling; Amel
Muellerleile, Madison Lake; Charles A..
Gilman, Garden City; John E. Owens,
Butternut Valley; Andrew Johnson, Lin
coin; William NJ. Jones, fourth ward,
city of Mankato; ASA c. Edgerton, Gar
den City; H. W. Madigan, jamestown;
Julius Miller, Lime township; Griff
| Jones, Lake Crystal