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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16

viding for radical change in taxation
system.
Law giving railroad commissioners
power to fix railroad rates, and max
ing their orders effective until over
lruled by court of competent jurisdc-
| ton.
Parole law, for all first offenders.
An act curing the defects in the
race track law, whereby the scheme
of the race track gamblers to open
up again was thwartcd.
An act providing for the removal
of every mayor, prosecuting attorney,
sheriff or other officer failing to en-
force the laws. Under this act any
citizen can file suit in court to have
the derelict official removed for neglect
of duty. The proceeding is civil
one. and if neglec: OF duty is shown
the official is ousted. This law af-
fords the people'a long needed remedy
against officials who in their public
duty forsake the service of the people.
An act extending the fellow servant
law to miners, thus afrording that class
OF men a great relief.
An act extending the jurisdiction of
the factory inspector prohibiting child
labor, with provi. ;ons for its enforce
ment.
No special session ever enacted so
many important laws, and few if any
regular sessions prior to Governor
Folks administration.
He has brought about reign of law.
with the result that crime is decreased.
immigration has increased, and the state
Is enjoying prosperity never before
experienced.
Law-Breakers Don't Like Him.
He has secured the bitter enmity
of all law breakers and their allies.
He has become the most hated man
in Missouri by crooks and outlaws.
and brewers, saloonkeepers, gamblers.
grafters and corporate monopolies who
would break the laws OF Cypress the
people, curse him and denounce him.
He is vilifed by all who hate right
and sympathize with vice, crime and
monopoly.
All he has is the support of the law
abiding people of Missouri, who be-
lieve in him and support him. The
enemies he has made prove his sim
cerity.
He refuses to permit the police de-
partments and boards under his control
to be political machine. He has
no machine except the heart and con-
science of the people.
He is conservative in charging wrong
doing, and would not Cypress lawful
capital or legal business, but once sure
of an evil he is radical in it's extermi-
nation.
Three years ago he said he want
ed no boodler's vote. Today he says
to the insolent outlaw, liquor dealers,
race track gamblers and criminal
wealth: Il do not want your sup
port. prefer your enmity to your
good will. If l can succeed in pleasing
the law abiding and displeasing the
lawless, l shall be entirely satisfied"
These are few things Folk has
done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16
DANGER IN DELAY
Kidney Diseases Are Too Dangerous
for Mankato People to Neglect.


for Mankato People to Neglect.
The great danger of kidney troubles
is that they get firm mold before the
sufferer recognizes them. Health is
gradually undermined. Backache, head
ache, nervousness, lameness, soreness,
lumbago, urinary troubles, dropsy, dia-
betes and Bright's disease follow in
merciless succession. Don't neglect your
kidneys. Cure the kidneys with the
certain and safe remedy, Doan's Kid
ney Pills, which has cured people right
here in Mankato
Mrs. John Arend, 1905 North Sixth
street, Mankato, Mimi, says: Prior
to using Doan's Kidney Pills, the kid
ney secretions were excessively free.
while at other times a retention ex'
listed. My general health was broken
down as a result of kidney disease
Sharp pains. like knife-thrusts darted
through my loins and at times extend
ed into my head. was miserable
when | first procured Doan's Kidney
| Pills from j. G. Thros drug store, but
three boxes of this remedy corrected
every disorder. The kidney secretion'
became normal, the pains in my bacl
disappeared and the trouble has never
returned. will be glad to tell any
kidney sufferer in personal interview
of the great benefit derived through
using Doan's Kidney Pills
For sale by all dealers. Price. 81
cents. Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo. New
York, sole agents for the Unite'
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-an
! take no other.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16
LIBRARY NOTES
SOME BOOKS FOR MOTHERS

Washburn-Study of Child Life.
Cottoi-Care of Children.
Hopeful the Doctor Comes.
Proudfoot-A Mothers Ideals.
Stockham -Tokology.
Tooker-All About the Baby and
Preparations for It's Advent.
Yale-Century Book for Mothers
Practical Guide in the Rearing OF
Healthy Children.
Martin-LuXury of Children.
Holt-Care and Feeding of Children.
Oppenheim-Care of the Child III
Health.
Warner-Tne Nervous System of the
Child.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16
Mankato characteristics

Cnder the head characteristics of
a Minnesota City, The ST. Paul pio-
neer Press refers to Mankato as fol-
lows:
No city or town in the state of
Minnesota is more picturesquely located
than Mankato. The site is most beau
tiful. The city has five miles of elec-
tric railway. and it will be extended
to Lake Madison by the way of Eagle
Lake, and possibly to st. Peter The
manufacturing interests are not large
but very prosperous. We have the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16

Cures permanently the cases he undei,
md sends the incurable home without t8kinp
fee from them. Thfs is why he continues hi
visits year after year, while other doctors have
made a few visits and stopped. Dr.. Jones is
an eminently successful specialist in all chron.
tc diseases, proven by the many cures effected
in chronic cases which have baffled tha skill OF
other physicians. His hospital experience and
extensive practice have made him so proficien
that he can name and locate disease in a few
minutes. g.
Treats all durable cases of Catarrh and Luug
Diseases, Consumption in early stage, Stomach,
Liver, Kidneys and Bowels, Gravel, Rheu.
matism, Paralysis, Neuralgia. Nervous, Heart
Blood and Skin Diseases, Epilepsy, Goiter
Appendicitis. Rupture and Rright's Disease.
Diseases Of Bladder and Female Organs.
Absorption treatment given for Cataract and
Granulated Eyelids.
Special attention given to all Surgical
cases. and all diseases of the Eye, Ear, Nose
and Tn rOat.
Cross Eyes Strengthened without pain.
Glasses fitted and guaranteed.
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Wonderful Cures

Perfected in old cases which have been neg
lected or unskillfully treated. No experiment
or failures. We undertake no incurable cases
but cure thousands given up to die. a
Consultation Free and Confidential.
Reference, Drexel State Bank.
Address DIR. ADDISON-JONEs.
Las lakewood Blvd. Chicago
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LARGEST SIZED GLOVES GO
TO the FAIR WOMEN OF WEST


+ New York, April IA silk
+ glove manufactures of Jersey
+ City said in open court that
+ the larger sizes of women's
+ gloves are sent to the western
+ trade than are used by the
+ trade i'll the east, and that the
+ largest gloves of all go to st.
+ Louis.
+ The difference in the average
+ size between Chicago and New
+ York isn't much, although the
+ Cook county women seem to
+ have little larger hands, but
+ there is at least full size
+ added to the average when the
+ consignment is for St. Louis con
+ sumption, and for that trade
+ the manufacturers even have to
+ make Il special size, 0H..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16
Special Diseases of Men and
Women a Specially

Rlood Poison. Syphilis, Structure, elect. Sper
mstorrhea. Varicocele. Hydrocele. and tbs
effects of early Vice or Excess, producing De
bility. Nervousness, Defective Memory, etc.
which ruin mind and body, positively cured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16

Are you nervous and respondent; weak ano
debilitated: tired mornings; no ambition
hfeless: memory poor; easily fatigued; excit
able and irritable; eyes sunken, red and
blurred, plmples on face restless; haggart
looking; weak back; deposit in urine anj
drains at stool dstrustfu] want of confidence
lack OF energy and strength?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-04-16

REDMEN ARE FOR PROHIBITION
Indians to Assist in the Fight Against
the Demon Rum.
Spokane, Wash, April 13.-One thou
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Piles, Fissure,
Fistula, Hydrocele
Nervous Debility

guaranteed Cured without the Knife q
Detention From Business.
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At the Centenary Methodist church
there was also special Easter music,
the regular choir being assisted in
obligato work by Mrs. Minnie Hubbard
and Mrs. Harrison Schmitt.
Rev. Peter Clare preached forceful
sermon and there was an unusually
large attendance at all of the meet
ings. The church was decorated with
the usual Easter flower offerings.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
PE:--RU-NA

For Cramps In the Stomach of Six Years
Standing.
al was troubled with cramps in the
stomach for six years. ! tried many
kinds of medicine, also was treated
by three doctors.
"They said that ! had nervous dys'
pepsia. took the medicine for two
years, then got sick again and gave
up all hopes of getting cured.
81 saw testimonial of man whose
case was similar to mine, being cured
by Peruna, SO thought would give i
a trial. procured bottle at once,
and commenced taking it.
~ have taken nineteen bottles, and
am entirely cured. ! believe Peruna
is all that is claimed for t."-Mrs. j.
C. Jamison. 81 Marchant ST., Watson
vile, Cal.
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Tongue TWister5.

Tongue twisters are the actors
bane," an actor said. Lose your head
on the stage, and you are bound to
say Now Rababbas was bobber,'
for 'Barabbas was robber.'
"On a first night heard tragedian
refer to the Deity as "a showing leop-
ard when he meant a loving shep-
herd
"You make me boff and a sky
word l once shouted in tank
drama.
MY uncle. divine, concluded an
address on the suffrage before a wom-
ems club with the terrible words: But
l bore you; | will cease; do not wish
to address a lot of berry wenches.'
My poor uncle meant weary benches.
Il was duke in recent problem
play, and when my servant asked me
one night II / had any luggage, / re.
piled: Only two rags and bug
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CHILD ATE cuTIcuRA OINTMENT
Spread Whole Box Of II on Crackers
MOT the Least Injury Resulted.
cutlcura Thus Proven Pure and Sweet

A New York friend of Cuticura
writes:
My three year old son and heir,
after being put to bed on a trip across
the Atlantic, investigated the state
room and located box of graham
crackers and box of Cuticura ONT
ment When a search was made for
the box, it was found empty and the
kid admitted that he had eaten the
contents of the entire box spread on
the crackers. It cured him of a bad
cold and | don't know what else"
No more conclusive evidence could
be offered that every ingredient of Gu
ticura Ointment is absolutely pure.
sweet and harmless. If 1t may be
safely eaten by young child, none but
the most beneficial results can be ex-
pected to attend its application to
pected to attend its application to even
the tenderest skin or youngest infant.
Potter Drug 4 Chem. Corp, Sole Props, Boston.
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SUFFERS FOR YEARS;
THEN CURES ECZEMA
Patient and Little Granddaughter Both
Secure Permanent Results from
Wonderful Liquid Remedy.

Mrs. Alfred AlGrich, of Pompa-
noosuc, VT, AM her little granddaugh-
ter were both cured of itching, burn.
iry skin diseases by the use of ordi-
nary oil of wintergreen mixed with
glycerine. thymol, etc. the case hav-
ing attracted considerable attention
among medical men.
Mrs. Aldrich writes: II had sores on
my face for three years and during all
that time I tried everything l could
lind. | took any amount of blood medi-
Cines and used all kinds OF healing
salves. one day my husband told me
to try the oil of wintergreen II. u. D.
Prescription, and | am only too happy
to say that I am not only cured, but
also my little granddaughter"
The long experience of the best phar-
macists has given the druggists every
where great confidence in ID. ID. n Pre-
scription. especially when used with D..
ID. u. Soap. and we suggest that you
ask your druggist.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1909-04-08
THE CRACKING OF PANT.
Property Owners Can Save Money
by Learning the Cause.

Do YOU know what is wrong when
paint peels, or cracks or otherwise
necessitates premature re.paintingY
Well, sometimes st hasn't been
properly applied-the surface being
damp or there being too much turpen-
tine or too much drier.
But. nine times out of ten. the
trouble is caused by adulterated
white lead.
To avoid all such trouble. every
houseowner should know in n general
way. when surface is in proper con
dition to receive paint, what kind of
primer and finishing coats different
surfaces require and how to avoid
adulteration in materials.
A complete painting guide. includ-
ing a hook of color schemes specif-
cations for all kinds OF painting work.
and an instrument for detecting adul-
terations in painting materials, with
directions for using it. can be had
free by writing National Lead Com
pany, 1902 Trinity Bldg, New York.
and asking for Houseowner's Paint
ing Outfit No 49,
This company, the largest makers
of pure white lead. invite tests, by
means of the blowpipe (included IN
outfit, or in any other way, of the
purity of the white lead sold under
their famous Dutch Boy Painter"
trademark That trademark on keg
of white lead is in itself an absolute
guarantee of purity and quality.
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SISTERS TRICK
But It All Came Out Right.

How a sister played trick that
brought rosy health to coffee fiend is
an interesting tale:
Il was coffee fiend-a trembling,
nervous, physical wreck, yet clinging
to the poison that stole away my
strength. / mockcd at Postum and
would have none of it.
One day my sister substituted a
cup of Postum piping hot for my morn
ing cup of coffee but did not tell me
what it was. noticed the richness of
It and remarked that the coffee tasted
fine hut my sister did not tell me
| was drinking Postum for fear might
not take any more.
She kept the secret and kept CIV
ing me Postum instead of coffee until
/ grew stronger, more tireless, got a
better color in my sallow cheeks and
a clearness to my eyes, then she told
me of the health-giving, nerve.
strengthening life-saver she had given
me in place of my morning coffee.
From that time / became a disciple of
Postum and no words can do justice
in telling the good this cereal drink
did me. | will not try to tell it, for
only after having used 1t can one be
convinced of its merits"
Ten days trial shows Postum's pow
eF to rebuild what coffee has de-
stroyed. There's Reason"
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. 1.-The Road to MELVILLE"
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time 10 time. They
nre genuine, true, and full of human
interest.
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The Secret of Success.

The motto of success was given in
this tale, told at banquet:
A Swede among the miners in the
west was noted for always striking
pay dirt. His fellows thought that
there must be some secret to the UNI
usual success of the Swede and ques,
toned him as to how he always sue
ceeded in finding the spot where the
gold cropped out.
We'll, Ay don't know eff Ay can tell
anytang bout dat answered Ole. "Ay
only know dat Ay yust keep on dig
gin. "-Milwaukee Free Press.
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The Policeman Speedily Retreated.

four stalwart members of the Los
Angeles police force.
The other afternoon the chief of po-
lice received a message from Visalia,
a suburb. Now Visalia has a mar
shall, but il is timid sort of mar
shall on occasions, one of them being
when malefactors of great snakes lock
themselves up in their houses and
say: Come get me and snaky"
So the marshal of Visalia tele-
phoned to the chief of police of Los
Angeles and the chief of police of
Los Angeles sent four tried and true
members of the force to bring back
the snake thief dead or alive.
There was hurried consultation of
bluecoats outside the White residence
which resulted in an attack in force,
other three bringing up the rear in
single file, ready to right about face
at the first hiss.
Policeman No. / knocked on tho
door. Nothing happened out of the
ordinary. White came to the door
and asked what was wanted. He
asked it, but he addressed four mem
bers of the Los Angeles force, who
had speedily retreated to the road
way.
did you steal a snake?" was the
question.
Sure, | stole a snake, four-foot
one, or larger" was the answer
There was a sigh of relief when the
thief added that he had sold the snake
and did not have it with him.
Then the policemen were at home.
White was arrested and brought to
Los Angeles, where he awaits the
pleasure of the court
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HEARS CRY OF DYING FRIEND
Hartford Insurance Man Has an w.
usual Experience.

Hartford, Conn.-Though nobody
ever accused William A. Moore, first
vice-president of the Phoenix Mutual
Life Insurance Company, of being
spiritualist or member of any of
those kindred cults, nevertheless Mr..
Moores former incredulity is stagger-
ing under remarkable psychological
vision and a weird conversation which
he thinks he had at the moment that
his friend Richard P. Romaine, presi-
dent and general manager of the Wind
sor Locks Paper Company, died re-
Gently. Mr.. Moore is vainly seeking
an explanation OF the marvellous phe-
nomenon.
Just before closing time Mr.. Moore,
having signed his mail, was doing on
a couch in his private Office, when he
was suddenly aware of a familiar
voice calling appealingly: VIII!
Win"
who is it?" he asked.
It's |, Romaine,' came the reply. in
short accents. Bewildered, Mr.. Moore
shook himself together and searched
Ills oillSc, anu AiiSh, phi Stihs OpCu TIC
door into the main office, had the tel
ephone operator hurry call to the
Romaine home. When he asked for
Mrs. Romano he was told that she
could not answer just then, and he
inquired how Mr.. Romaine was get
ting along.
He died about two minutes ago.
replied the maid, And now Mr. Moore
wants an explanation as to how his life.
long friend communicated with him
at the moment of death.
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Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer-
ing women ! am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter" --MRs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RED, Graniteyille, VT.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and I'M
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such record
Of cures of female ills as has Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
For more than 80 years 1t has been
curing female complaints such as
inflammation, liberation, local weak
nesses, fibroid tumors, irregularities,
periodic pains, backache, indigestion
and nervous prostration, and it is
unequalled for carrying women safely
through the period of change Of life.
1t costs but little to try Lydia Il.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and,
as Mrs Barclaysays, it is worth noun
tains of gold to suffering women.
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Can't undress Both Twins.

York, Pa.-Twin boys which arrived
recently at the home of Charles Neff,
Spry farmer, are giving the house
hold more than the ordinary amount
of anxiety which attends to the care
of two normal babies.
So much alike are the Neff twins
that the parents are in constant dread
that they may get mixed About one
they constantly keep red shawl, and
about the other white shawl They
are particularly careful never to un
dress both at the same time.
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More Than One,

A young fellow, whose better-half
had just presented him with a pair OF
bouncing twins, attended church one
Sunday.
During the discourse the clergyman
looked right out at our innocent friend
and said with thrilling eloquence:
Young man, you have an important
responsibility thrust upon you"
The newly fledged dad, supposing
the preacher alluded to his peculiar
home event, considerably startled the
audience by eXclaiming: Yes, | have
two of EN-. Liverpool Mercury.
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PRIZE BURGLAR SWlpES
REAL BOA CONSTRUCTOR
AND POLICE FORCE OF LOS
ANGELES IN FEAR AND TREM.
BLING, ARREST HIM.

Los Angeles. Cal-Dld you ever
steal boa constructor? Well. there's
a man in Los Angeles did. Carried
1t right out of another mans house
and sold 1t. Four and half feet
of it there was, all alive and wriggly.
So Los Angeles claims to have the
prize thief of the United States.
This was a real boa constructor,
too, not one of the kind you see
after 3 a. m. as the schooners slip
uneasily across the bar. Its genuine
ness is vouched for by no less per
son than William Leroy, its owner;
Sylvester White, its abductor. and
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judging by Size.

The Georgians of Augusta are chuck
ling over new story about Mr.. Taft,
who drove out one afternoon to see a
Georgia planter. The planters cook,
a very old woman, takes no interest in
public affairs, and she did not recog-
nize the portly guest.
What did you think of that gentle.
man. Martha?' the planter asked, after
Mr.. Taft had driven off.
well, sir" old Martha replied, 81
can't say as / saw nothin' pertickler
about him. He looked to me like the
kind of man as would be pretty reg'ler
to his meals. "-Louisville Times.
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a Modern Miracle.

81 caused the dumb to speak to-
day."
How was that?"
~ was stopped in the street by a
beggar with an I Am Deaf and Dumb
plaoard on his breast, and when ex'
pressed the opinion that he was an i'm
pcstor he Immediately recovered his
speech and in vigorous Anglo-Saxon
requested me to go to-er-the place
that the new theology tells us doesn't
exist, and mind my own business and
ued mind his."
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Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. MS they cannot reach the dis
eased portion OF the ear. There Is only way TO
deafness. and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by iniiamed condition Of the
mucous lining OF the Eustachian Tube. when this
tube is lnaamed you have a rumbling sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when II Is entirely closed Deaf
is the result, and unless the Inflammation be
taken out and this tube restored to It's normal cond
ton. hearing will be destroyed forever; nine cases
out of ten caused by Catarrh. which il nothing
but nfiamed condition of the mucous surfaces
We VIII give One Hundred Dollars for any case OF
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggists. 7bc.
Take Halls Family pills for constipation.
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lasting cure, not
merely a temporary
benefit. Profit by
the example of
Rev. j. NJ, Sumeld.
of 2179 S. Sth ST.,
Lincoln, Nebr., who
confirms "A report
of his cure after
several years. II
told in a state
ment made for pub
LEGATION in 1900 how
Doan's Kidney Pills
had relieved me
after other rene
dies had failed"