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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
Oct, %, Nov 3-1O. 1905.
ORDER FOR HEARING GUARDIANS
M ACCOUNT.


STATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
Earth.-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the guardianship of Hazel
Cyphers. minor.
On reading and fling the Petition of Nelson
Steel and c. ID. Snow administrators of the
estate of Edwin Steel deceased. who at the
time of his death was the guardian of the
above named minor ssE
1t is ordered. pursuant to the prayer of said
D petitioners. that time be fixed for examining
and allowing their account. that said account
be examined. ami Petition heard by the Judge
of this Court on the 18th day of November.
sos. at 10 lock in the forenoon. of that day.
at-the court house in Mankato in said county.
And it is further ordered that public notice
be given to all personssnterested of the time
and place of examining said account. by pub
fishing copy OF this order in the Mankato
Free Press a weekly newspaper printed and
published at Mankato In said county. at least
once in each week for three successive weeks
prior to the day of such hearing.
Dated this oath day OF October. 1895.
Probate Cou Seal. WM +. HUGHES,
fts Judge of Probate.
IL. L. and J. W. schmitt, Attorneys.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
An Economical Commissioner.

Deadwood, S. d., Nov. AT a recent
meeting of the county commissioners of
~ ade county it is said that an item
,adng, Ribbons for the typewriter"
a,peared. One Of the commissioners OBJ
icctel to the paying of this item, stat
ing hat lie did net consider it t., bus
mess cf Mea e county to furnish eliot IS
for the typewriter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
TELEPHONE LINE EXTENSION
Rapidan and Mankato Line Is Adding
on More Subscribers.

I .
The, Rapidan and Mankato Telephone
company is unloading poles today which
have just been received direct from the
northern part of the state. This COM
pany claims to have the best service
of any farmers line in the state. 1t
is connected up with the Northwestern,
and this concern contributes largely to-
the excellence of the service. The Rapi
dam and NIankato line has recently
doubled the number of its subscribers.
Fred O. True is. president of the COM
apany and c. c.. johnson is secretary.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
Ask For Time.
From Saturdays Daily.

From Saturdays Daily.
The October report of the American
Merchants Protective agency is now
ready but its distribution has been post
poned until the first of next week in
order to accommodate a number of debt
ors who desire an extension of few
days time in which to settle accounts
so that their names viii not appear in
the report.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

Lawrence Mucha to Lucas Troendall.
nk, nwA, and swA, nwA, section "a,
Mapleton, for Sd. 466.
John c. Jones to James Z. Hart. mid
die 521a feet of lots and s, block %,
Warren's addition, for $3.50.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10
Bashaw Gets Contract.

Congressman McCleary has decided to
award the contract for putting in the
foundation of his building to Alex.
Bashaw, at $S77. Work will begin as
soon as the excavation is completed, and
will be pushed to completion this fall.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10

DR.. I. H. Bly,, Observation-Disclosures of
women. All Irregularities corrected
New book, rs cents. All you need to
know. Minneapolis Office, 3O6 Nieollet
avenue. Hospital in connection.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1905-11-10

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14

ner. Ii would be nice to write on each
card a Scotch quotation with a per-
sonal application. For the beauty Of
the party, "'Tis not a lip or eye we
call beauty, but the joint force and
full result Of all" For the oarsman,
my kingdom is the blue wave. my
boatie is my throne" All the courses
should be as typical of things Scotch
as possible, even the butter pats being
stamped with a thistle. Finnan haddie.
oatmeal jelly with whipped cream.
toasted johnnycakes. scenes, will be APP
propriate. A cucumber salad would be
nice, and orange marmalade for the
sweet course, served in an attractive
fashion, possibly in cut out sponge
cakes filed with the marmalade and
topped with a little whipped cream.
A SNOWFALL luncheon, with the dec
orations, menu and service as cool and
pure in character as can be devised, is
another timely suggestion: also a puz-
zle spread, where the viands are pur-
posely made q little complicated by
way Of %flavoring with intent to de-
ceive. Cards with pencils attached are
passed after each course. and the
guests are asked to name the ingre-
dents of the dish of which they have
just partaken. A prize is given for
each course or points are scored to be
counted at the end Of the luncheon.
GRACE GRISCOM.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14
q. she Is desperately anxious 10

patience. she u desperately ANXIOUS 10
see you"
George shuddered and followed
Bawdsey down the stairs. 1t seemed
terrible 10 him that such a fragile little
creature as Miss Bull should he sub
jectcd to this disgrace. He did not
condone her crime. She had acted
wrongly and must take the conse
Quences. But he could not forget that
she was Dorothy's aunt, and he wished
he could see some way of resCulng her
from this dreadful position.
Miss Bull was, as Bawdscy had stat
ed, playing patience. Seated at the
very table where her victim had sat,
she dealt the cards and seemed quite
Interested In the game. Mnrgery was
seated In n chair near Mt hand, looking
with fearful eyes into the face OF her
friend. Beyond the fact that Miss Bull
was whittier than usual she showed no
signs of emotion.
You have come, George" she snid,
addressing him by his name. II am
glad to see you. Mr.. Bawdsey, you
may CO."
Bawdsey shrugged his shoulders and,
with n glance at George, went out.
After all, he had heard the story be-
fore md did not particularly care to
hear 1t again. BESIDES, Bawdsey II a
kindly man, and he felt sorry that he
had proceeded TO such extremitles.
Miss Bull shutlled her.pack of cards
and laid them away in Il box. ~ shall
play that gume no more. I have been
end has come, and ! am glad 1t has
come. I suppose you were astonished
when Mr.. Bawdsey told your" said
she, looking with piercing eyes ut
Brendon.
II was. never thought that you
you
THAT 1 would kill Mrs. Jersey" I'm
isled the woman quietly. "Why not?
She was a bad, wicked creature, and
caused the death Of your father. She
boosted Of It."
"Where7 When?" asked the aston
ished young man.
I'm this very room, in my presence.
But to make you understand l had
better tell you au."
Zone moment, Miss Bull. When you
told the fortunes on that night did you
ATTEND to kill Mrs. Jersey"
NO The death card did turn up.
That was q strange coincidence,
George. When I came down the stairs
l had no moro idea than you OF killing
the wretched woman"
what made you do III"
II am telling you," replied Miss Bull.
folding her hands on her lap. wait
and hear. Mrs. Jersey was very rude
to mo on that night. l intended to
demonstrate with her. She added in
suit to injury by locking Margery In
her bedroom, 50 as to keep her from
me. l heard her scolding Margery In
the passage, and when all was quiet
and Mrs. Jersey had gone down the
stairs l went up to Margery's room
and unlocked the door. Mrs. Jersey
had struck the poor child, and she was
sobbing on her bed. then determined
to 90 down for the second time and
see Mrs. Jersey"
For the second timer Were you
down beforeT"
II was replied Miss Bull calmly.
"T wondered who Mrs. Jersey had
coming to see her, particularly after
she had lost her courage when she saw
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14
The Misses Lawrence
have much pleasure in
accepting Mrs. Bailey's
kind invitation to cluck.

ggE fIEt
This was written on a card fllustrat-
ed with a clever pen and ink sketch Of
two eager chickens-presumably the
Misses Lawrence misunderstanding
with outstretched wings to reach a
sedate hen-s6pposedly the hostess
who was watching over a third chicken.
Another reply "a in this wise:
The old hen Of Croylands regrets very
much that she is not feeling strong
enough to join the hen convention on
Wednesday. She hopes the many hens
and little ducks will spend a happy after
noon.
The preparations for this convention
were very simple. The necessary num-
Der of programmes, made on unruled
sheets of white note paper, were dec
Grated at the top with colored pictue es
of hens cut from poultry advertise
ments. Inside was a list of the guests.
AS each guest arrived a programme
was given her, and she was old pri-
yately by the hostess the name of the
hen She was to represent, which knowl-
edge was not to be disclosed until she
had been questioned as to its color,
habits, ETC., and her quizzers guessed
which hen she represented. A great
clucking and cackling began in the in
closure on the lawn fitted up like a
poultry yard, fenced in with chicken
netting and logs supplied for roosts.
Directly each knew there was COM
petition, and great was the effort to
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14

WINS this morning In the Sitting room.
Miss Bull had gone out and had left
Margery to make up some accounts.
The girl was laboring away ut them
and getting into q hopeless mess. |
came to speak with her and offered to
do them. I soon put the accounts to
rights and then began to talk Of Miss
Bull"
"Why Of Miss Bull?"
"Why"-Bawdsey pinched his lip
II thought at the time that Margely
was guilty. and that If In talking ia
her | laid the blame on Miss Bull the
girl would speak out"
"Wcll you accused Miss Bull Of the
crime?'
"In a way l did. Margery denied It,"
what did you sny?
'sThat she might as well confess.
declared that l had evidence to prove
Miss Bulls guilt, and that she would
be arrested when she came back. I de,
clare. Mr.. Vane, l thought the girl
would strike me. She was like a Wild
cat"
II wish she had" growled George.
"She said III ! arrested Miss Bull she
would kill me. ! said, AS you killed
your aunt She up aud said. Yes. l
did kill her. Miss Bull is innocent, and
you know she u.s. OF course, when she
admitted the fact, l at once began to
suspect Miss Bull"
why did YOU do thatY"
because If Margery had been guilty
she would not have owned up. But II
Miss Bull was guilty. Mareery would
certainly take the guilt on herself.
While Margery was threatening me
and taking the guilt on herself, Miss
Bull came In. That stupid girl al to
her and fell at her feet, crying that I
knew oil, but that she would die for
her dear Miss Bull"
And what did the woman say"
"She asked me II I knew. I said I
did. She demanded how l found out.
l told her that that was my business.
She began to smell a rat and suspected
that l was bluf1ng. She would have
held her tongue, but, Margery was In
such terror FOR her friend that she
came out with the whole story"
"The girl is half witted. All this may
I not be true"
ooh, yes, 1t Is. When Miss Bull saw
that the game was up she sat down
and admitted that she had killed Mrs.
Jersey. She also said that she vas
glad the truth had come to light"
"she was raving," said George in
credulously.
NO; she wasn't. She told me the
whole story in the calmest manne
just as though she were asking me to
have a cup of tea. Then she asked me
to send for you and sat down to play
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14
Dafn1ieS For the
Summer Table

0EEF OLIvES.-Take thin slices
OF cold beef four inches long.
Make q forcemeat Of bread,
herbs, salt and pepper and q little MELT
ed butter and milk. Place the force
meat in q line along the slices Of meat,
roll up and tie with white cord. Place
upright in a pan Of boiling gravy and
simmer gently ten or twelve minutes.
Take Off the cord before serving.
Salmon Pudding.-To q nice salmon
steak add half its weight in finely
crumbled bread and one tablespoonful
of butter. Carefully knead the mass.
season with pepper and salt and add
two well beaten eggs. Place the mix
ture in q creased mold and steam one
and a half hours. Serve with white
sauce. Canned salmon may be used.
Celery on Toast.-Thoroughly clean
and trim stalks OF celery about three
inches long. Tie in bundles like as
paragus and boil in the usual way UNI
til quite tender. Drain and arrange on
pieces of hot buttered toast on q hot
dish. Pour over the whole some cheese
sauce sprinkled lightly with chopped
parsley. Garnish the dish with crisp
fried croutons and sprigs of parsley.
SeHVo mAAlcOidtcAy OtA1cGNAA0 t0OE
sauce will become tough.
Fish Pie.-One ounce Of butter, one
onion, n ounce Of -four. one pint Of
milk, three egrs, one and a half pounds
Of Goldfish. chopped parsley, cayenne
pepper and salt. Fry two tablespoons
fuls of minced onion in the butter:
then add the flour and gradually the
milk. Season with salt, cayenne and
parsley. Boil the eggs till hard and
free the fish OF skin and bones. Grease
a pie dish, put in a layer Of fish, then
a layer of sliced egg, and SO on till all
is used, seasoning a layer Of egg.
Over all pour. the sauce. which should
be Geld when used. Cover with a good
puff paste and bake.
Simple Tomato Salad.-Take SIX to.
matoes, remove the skin by dipping
them in boiling water and peel with &
spoon. Cut into thin slices. Chop q
medium sized onion very fine and
sprinkle 1t over the tomatoes, together
with a seasoning Of salt and pepper.
Pour over all four t~ablespoonfuls OF
ala oil, to which is added a Teaspoons.
full Of white vinegar.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14
Need of Fresh Air.

Air is a life preServer. 1t is the par
ticular friend of man, and he who bar
ricades the doors and windows against
this life saving friend gives a cordial
invitation to disease and death to enter.
Open the doors and windows and let
the sunshine in and let wind blow
through the rooms every morning, for
they are disinfectants performing labor
of a sanitary nature.
Breathe long and deep. Fill the lungs
to their utmost capacity with pure air
several times each day and keep the
home well ventilated night and day and
remember that when night comes on
all the air you have in or III of the
house till the next morning is might
air" and you cannot bottle day air
enough within the sleeping room to
last through the night, SO by all means
let the air circulate through the Dom
and thus keep a fresh supply Of this
life giving element constantly with you.
More fresh air is required during
sleep than when awake, for increased
quantities of poisonous products are
given off from the lungs and skin at
this time, SO each respiration renders
the air in an unventilated room more
unfit to be breathed again.
Keep the windows sufficiently open
so the fresh might air" a come in
from one side and the impure air can
go out through the other.
The upper sash should be down one
inch and the lower sash up n inch for
each person sleeping in the room.
A lamp burning in the room should
be counted as equal to one person. and
a gas jet equal to six or more persons,
according to the size of the burner.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14

girl had been here. Mrs. Jersey said
that 1t was the same stiletto with
which Percy had been killed, as Lola
had received It from her mother. That
put the thought into my head that God
intended Mrs. Jersey should be slain
with the same weapon with which my
darling had been stabbed.
." accused Mrs. Jersey Il having
killed Percy. She glo1ed In the fact
that It was through her he had died.
She declared that If Ireland had not
held her hand she would have laid him
dead ut her feet. She exulted that tho
Incident had fulfilled her intention and
tainted me with the fact that I never
became hts wife. / was very quiet"
added Miss Bull, her eyes glittering,
"but my blood was boiling. Mrs. Jer-
sey turned her back on me, with an In
solent laugh, ana sat down. The stilet-
to was on the table. Her head was
turned away. l softly took the dagger
and
Miss Bull rose. George, you now
know all. Col No. do not shake hands.
I have avenged your father, and I sx-
pect l will BIO hanged"
MarRery burst out into renewed
weeping, and Miss Bull soothed her,
talking to George the While. '"Tell my
sister," she said, that the name Of
Howard will not be mentioned. l will
die under my false name. No disgrace
will be brought on her. Al to Dorothy"
here Miss Bulls eyes grew tender
mo disgrace viii befall her. Marry
her, George: love her. make her a good
husband and take this kiss to her from
q sorely tried woman"
Before the astonished George knew
what she was about he felt q pair OF
cold lips pressed to his own. The next
moment she had pushed him out Of the
room and had locked the door. That
was the last George saw Of her.
Whether Margery had agreed to die
with her or whether Miss Bull, know
ing what q miserable life the girl
would lead after her death, compelled
her to take the poison will never be
known, but when the door was burst
open the two women were found on
the foor in one anothers arms. On
tho table was an empty glass, and it
was ~ascertained that Miss Bull and
Margery had taken prussic acid.
Bawdsey entered the room an hour
after the death, alarmed by tho 81
lence. He found that his prey had es-
capped. Miss Bull was buried under
her false name, and Margery was bur-
led with her. Nothing Of Miss Bulls
sad past or Of her killing Of Mrs. Jer-
sey came to light.
Six months later George vane was
seated in the library Of the mansion
In st. Giles square. 1t was after din
ner, and Lord Darlington occupied his
usual chair. The old man looked
brighter and happier than he had look
ed for many years. Daily George grew
a greater fayorite with him, and on
the morrow George was to DO married.
Lord Darlington had insisted that ns
1t was his last night as a bachelor
George should dine alone with him and
would not admit even Walter. Its
the last time I'll have you all to my
self, George" said the old man pit
eously. After tomorrow Dorothy will
possess you"
mot at all" replied George, you
will have US both. We will come back
from the honeymoon In a month, and
hen we will live here. 4 lady in the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14
MISTAKES MADE 81
UNWISE PARENTS.

re- 1t were possible to ascertain the
number of cases in which children have
disappointed their parents" by not
having followed the particular voca-
ton designed for them by fathers and
mothers the figures would certainly be
surprising. The young people are
usually blamed for this deviation from
the plans arranged for them, but there
is much injustice In that censure.
1t is very natural for a father to en-
terrain hopes that his son will be-let
us say-an artist, but it is very unwise
to spend money and time in an en-
deavor to realize those hopes without
being fairly sure that the lad will re-
spond. Yet that Is exactly what many
people do.
An instance of this kind occurs to my
mind as 1 write. A lad was destined
by his father to become a photographic
artist. The fond parent mistook an
ordinary knowledge of the art of draw
ing straight lines and simple
the knowledge gained by every ele-
mentary school pupil-for an indica-
ton of latent talent. The wish was in
this case father to the thought.
The lad had nj taste for the art, and
certainly no talent, but the father could
not see the true state of things. The
lad was placed under good masters; he
was sent to Berlin to become h pupil
of one of the best men of the time, and
he returned a hopeless failure. In his
anger at the sons supposed unwilling
ness to fulfill his parents wishes the
wealthy father turned the young man
adrift with a small sum and refused to
have anything more to do with him.
Again, a mother may set her heart
upon a daughter developing into a mu-
steal genius and nay make the poor
girl stick at her practicing during every
spare minute Of the day without at
tempting to ascertain whether the girl
has the necessary Unborn ability. Here,
too, disappointment must follow.
That is not the worst of the matter
unfortunately. The youth or maiden
has spent all the best time of life in an
uncongenial and practically useless oc-
cupation, and there Is not enough time
left afterward to pursue a vocation
which would have been congenial and
for which the boy or girl had some ap-
titude.-H. N.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-09-14

house will make a loe Of difference.
You won't know this place whsn Dor
othy is fitting about
Don't! Her mother 10 the kind Of
woman who Tits"
ION, don't think we'll be troubled
much with Mrs. Ward. Since the
shock inflicted by her sisters sad death
she has become religiOus.s
Bah! That's only a phrase. Poor
Miss Built" said Darlington Il like
to think of her under that name. She
had a sad life. l don't wonder she
killed herself. Do you think she was
mad, GeorgeT
mo. But 1 think the memory ok her
wrongs, which wero all caused BY Mrs.
Jersey, was too much for her. She wal
mad for tho moment, but she told me
the terrible story in the calmest man
ner."
"And who came in at tho front door
that nightT' asked Darlington.
"No one. After the murder Miss
Bull opened 1t to fy-panfc struck, /
expect-but Margery came downstairs
and stopped her. Miss Bull closed the
door ana remained to face tho worst"
"well, she II dead and buried, and
the scandal Ia laid at rest, unless that
Bawdsey revives it."
"Oh, you can trust Bawdsey," said
George, smiling. "He and Lola aresr
quite happy, and she has almost for
gotten me. I got q letter from Blwdrgs
sew the other day. He Is acting e. higf1
wife's agent, and they m mailing o.
lot Of money" /
"All the better. He won't talk about
that business. BY the way, I forgot to-
ask you about Ireland's money!
"The money he left to me? I hAvo
settled that on Dorothy. How suddar
" he died." said George redecdvelyi
'Just an hour after I left the house"
We'll, Eve thousand q year II not to
be despised. Have You settled II all on
DorothyT
every penny. Don't you approvsf'
"Oh, yes, 90 long as Mrs. Ward
doesn't get It"
'You can depend upon that, ID. But
Dorothy VIII have it-Dorothy, whom
/ shall . tomorrow cEUwned with
orange blossoms, and'-
Darlington laughed, but not unkfnd-
". wei, well. Better Orange bios.
SONS than yellow holly"
George nodded. II hops never % see
yellow holly again." he said, and Der(
rington agreed. 30 their c~onvegsat1ons
ended ON tho threshold Of Georges
new life with that LAST reference 70 the
old.