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New-York tribune., 1909-01-31

.Connell had better he careful what he does, re-
turned Rutherford " He'd better he Very sure Of
Whr did YOU leave the handling OF the affair 70
We'll he'd make good scapegoat II anything
goes wrong answered Rutherford with cynical IN
difference And the rest OF the crowd are thor
oughlv aware Of that" he added as the TWO de
scended 20 the street
NOV. as II happened Colonel Bill Hamilton was
~ not So olieless as he looked. After the hTst
exclamation and the first few confdenceS over the
drinks that he gave to the plain clothes man VINO
had so aEr1i-v sought get his story that event
fl. night Colonel Bill shut up like clam. The IN
tercs Of the stranger IN the story was susFlclous
Colonel Bill knew great many things that he had
not told and did not intend to tell unless II was
necessary Therefore. ne soon got rid OF his ne"
friend ami went TO his room to think It over
lie was morally certain that Gormly and the man
whom he had known as the boy George FordEce were
one and he same Fortunately he had always liked
Fordyre and ne was not disposed do anything
that would iniure him. He regretted extremely the
casual exclamation and the condolences he had gwen
his friend over cornwall glass IN an eo
cafe He was glad that he had checked himself III
MS revelations lust in time Meanwhile he intended
to DO a little investigating on hls"o"n account.
OF course he had heard, had everyone else IN The
United States. Il The renarkabIc campaign gt
George GOrmIv Tor the Tnayoratty OF New lcrA. lie
had not had great amount OF personal interest," III
the matter, however But when ne ldehtthed
Gornly with Forlyoe. thc affair at once engaged ms
kecrcst attention Since the day he had left kln
Devu Camp. be- had never heard one word Of ctthcr
the man ar the woman He had supposed. tS every
one else had that rhc- had IcTIShcd III the storm.
and though thcIr bodies had never been recovered
there were plenty 81 reason. tp account for that
Now that DO had lacHrh"d HormIy with rgTdyle'
he proceeded aaar. into the situation with great
thoralgfre.. Trlaufu and uucducated though he
arreared b. e.a. % IF much natural ability
ana r4ats-. lre.4se. + easy for hlm To- learn
H.. h7-..~. A., tI, life e.. h. friend since he came ~
Nee York iie had oul" 20 60 back over the MES
If The newspapers 20 find out that Although he
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-06-11
Kerns and Hebron

Ray Rist has new runabout au-
tomObile
Arthur Sharp is the proud owner of
an automobile.
Children's day will be observed at
kerns church next Sunday morning.
There will be good program.
Roscoe Eldred and son, Herbert of
Mankato are spending few days with
F. f. Jefferson and family this week.
Mrs. Walter r. Johnson is visiting
with her brothers family. p. Spears
of Wisconsin is also visiting his broth
en-, William Spears.
Mr. and Mrs. Ditburner will be at
home at the store at Kerns this week.
The people of this vicinity will be glad
to welcome Mrs. Ditburner.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. George Rash.
son last Wednesday, June 2. His
father attended the Woodman picnic
at Sleepy Eye, Thursday, to celebrate
the event.
The members of Wilkin Post wish to
thank the people of Kerns for the
royal way in which they were enter
tanned a week ago last Sunday at the
Memorial services.
DIR. Ralph Keene expects to be out
of the hospital at Rochester this week.
He will spend some time in this Wei
nifty with relatives before returning to
his home in Spokane Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. T. Hodson and Miss
Una Hodson attended the graduating
exercises of the Mankato high school
last Friday evening. Herbert Hold
son was one of the graduates.
X. Currier of CRANKY visited relatives
in this vicinity several days last week.
Mr.. Curier attended the graduating ex-
ercises at Mankato High school, Miss
Minnie Rist, his niece, was one of the
graduates.
The Ladies' Aid society was pleas
antly entertained last Friday at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Budde.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Budde of Man
kato were present. Mr.. Budde brought
out box of large oranges which were
much enjoyed.
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THEY GET CERTIFICATES
STATE EXAMINING BOARD AN
NOUNCES SUCCESSFUL ONES.
Certificates Are Issued to Thirty
New Applicants BY the
Board.

Professional teachers certificates
by the state examining board. All are
college graduates who have taught one
year or more. The board has granted
renewals of thirty three certificates
which had expired.
New certificates for two years were
given to the following:
Beth Ames, Anna Bernard, Worth
ington; c. C. Brink, Tracy; S. n.
Coher, Crookston; Daisy Cooley, Elk
River; Rose Dengler, Madison, Wis.
L. f. Eickelberg, Adrian; Mabel B.
Eliss, Chicago, H.; Laura G. Frank
lin, Moorhead; Minnie C.. Gibbs, Ano-
ka; Lue s. Headley, Mankato; Mabel
f. Hubbard, Chaska; l.. V. KOos, Red
Lake Falls; George V. Kottke, Rem
vile; Myron F. Leslie, Jackson; Mar
garet o. MCGOWAN, Jackson; Ida Mar
shall, Blacl<foot, Idaho; +. c. Mere
dith, Worthington; R. b. Peterson
Dunnel J. w. Petersen, Mountain
Lake; Benjamin A. Polzin, Virginia
Alta f. Reilly, Northfeld; Ethel Rob
inson, White Bear; l.. l.. Sloniger, Ma
della; NJ. Winnifred Steele, Cherokee
Iowa; f. j. Sweeney, Melrose; Myrtle
Tart, Alexandria; j. f. Thornton, Benz
idji; Grace Z. Williams, Truman; B
#. Woodland, Mankato; Dell f. Yancey
Grand Rapids.
no fol-
given renewals:
c. Fl. Batson, Belgrade; F. l.. Bauer
Henderson; Z. b. Bergquist, Blooming
Prairie; f. Louise Bigelow, Owatonna
ID. S. Branerd, Slayton; Wesley c
Brown, Sank Centre; Mabel NJ Carson
Glenwood; Elizabeth Clark, st. Cloud
w. p. Dyer, Alexandria; Eva b. Oral
ing, st. Louis Park; B. Frank Me
Comb, William River; Peter Olesen
Pine City; L. Gail Powers, Belgrade
Margaret Rankin, Hibbing; c. B. Runs
void, Twin Valley; Aimee G. Runnels
! Mortified; Ferdinand Schumacher
Sioux Falls, S. d.; Emily F. Sheldon
Chatfield; Claude w. Street, Deel
| Lodge, Mont; II. r. Toning, Fertile
c. W. Van Cleve, GAINESVILLE; Bessie
Walton, Togo, Sask., Can; Agnes f
Wells, Duluth; Lydia d. Woodbridge
| Duluth.
The following who had been gver
certificates on examination received re
newals
Francis Cleary, Minneapolis; c.
Hendershott, Brooten; Fred Miles
West Concord: Albert S. Murray, Viii
ton; Mary Norton, ST. Charles; H
L. Priest, Maynard; d. Roddis, Cla
rissa; R. j. White, Amboy.
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RECIPE THAT CURES
WEAK men -FREE
Send Name and Address Todsy-You
Can Have II Free and Be Strong
and Vigorous.

have in my possession prescription
for nervous debility, lack of vigor,
weakened manhood, failing memory and
lame back, brought on by excuses, I'M
natural drains or the follies of youth,
that has cured so many worn and ner-
vous men right in their own homes
without any additional help or medicine
that l think every man who wishes
to regain his manly power and virtility,
quickly and quietly, should have a
copy. So / have determined to send a
copy of the prescription free of charge,
in plain, ordinary sealed envelope, to
any man who will write me for 1t.
This prescription comes from ply
stefan who has made a special study of
men, and l am convinced it is the sur
est-acting combination for the cure of
deficient manhood and vigor failure ever
put together.
L think / owe ii to my fellow man to
send them a copy in confidence, so that
any man, anywhere, who is weak and
discouraged with repeated failures may
stop drugging himself with harmful
patent medicines, secure what / be-
lieve is the quickest acting, restorative,
upbuilding. SPOT-TOUCHING remedy
ever devised, and So cure himself at
home quietly and quickly Just drop
me line like this; Dr. A. e. Robinson.
3S6 Luck Bldg, Detroit. Mich, and 1
will send you a copy of this splendid
receipt, in a plain ordinary sealed en-
velope, free of charge.
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LITTLE KINDNESSES.

You gave on the way a pleasant smile
And thought no more about it;
1t cheered a life that was sad the
while
That might have been wrecked with
out it;
And so for the smile and it's fruit
age fair
You'll reap crown some time
somewhere.
You spoke one day cheering word,
And passed to other duties;
1t warmed heart, new promise stirred
And painted life with beauties.
And so for the word and it's silent
prayer
You'll reap a palm some time
somewhere.
You lent hand to fallen one,
A life in kindness given;
1t saved a soul when help was none,
And won a heart for heaven;
And so for the help you proffered
there
You'll reap joy some time
somewhere.
e. d. G. BICKERS
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viously had not been reported in suffi
cient quantity to Justify listing them
separately. These are gum and beech.
The purchase of gum ties in 1908 ex-
ceeded 100000, while but slightly more
than $1,000 of them were reported in
the previous year Of beech ties, the
purchases in 1908 amounted to nearly
$4,000. against but little more than
81 900 in 1907. These are woods which
are distinctly not suitable for cross
ties unless they are given preventative
treatment. Their increased use, there
fore. is one of the many results of
the progress of wood preservation in
the United States. For many years
beech has been one of the principal
cross-tie woods in Europe, where ats
value when given chemical treatment
was long ago recognized. 1t is not un-
common for European roads to secure
from twenty to thirty years service
from beech cross-ties. Untreated they
would not last long enough to warrant
their use at all.
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BOARD VISITS SCHOOLS
Looking Over Buildings to Make the
Needed Repairs.

The members of the school board
visited the different school buildings
yesterday morning, for the purpose of
seeing what repairs will be needed. 1t
was found that number of minor re-
pairs and Improvements, to floors, walls,
furniture, etc, will be needed at the
different buildings. The most extern
sive Improvements will be needed at
the West Mankato building, where it
is proposed to install sewage filter
system, and closets and water connec-
lions. The expense of this will posi-
bly, be $1,000, but it is thought that
the repairs at the other buildings will
not exceed $500, unless it should prove
necessary to replace the mental roof on
the Pleasant Grove building, which was
not laid right. Ole Nelson agrees to
relay 1T and guarantee it.
The school board will probably meet
next week to act on the matter of
repairs, and to transact other business.
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JOHN H. HOHMANN IS PRESIDENT
st. Peter and PauPs Society to Have
Gymnasium and Reading Room.

A second meeting of those interested
in forming gymnasium in connection
with st. Peter and Paul's Catholic
church was held at the school hall
last evening, and was attended by
forty or fifty young men. A great
deal of interest was shown, and a per-
manent organization was formed by
electing John H. Hohmann president,
Frank Stahl vice president, Frank Wa
gen secretary and Fred Walser treas
urer j. H. Thro, John n. Deglman
and Fred A. Weber were elected trustees
the annual dues at So.
Donations from other than club
members were received last night to
the extent of trife over $780, 1t is
proposed to proceed at once and secure
the paraphernalia, and prepare the
rooms. 1t is proposed to have several
features, such as reading room, pool
tables, etc.
The new club will include the mar
ried men and young men of the church
and the name of the club is the St
Peter and Paul3 club. The object
of the club is to promote the social
welfare of the young men of the par
ish. The present billiard and pool
room will be overhauled, and reading
rooms, card rooms, gymnasium, and
baths provided.
Stirring addresses were made by the
pastor of the parish, Rev. S. NJ. Huber
S. j., Joseh H. Thro, H. F. Leonard
and others. 1t is the hope of the pas
tor and also of the officers of the
club that all the men of the parish
will assist in making the club sue.
cess as nothing will be left undone
by the officers to make the club rooms
comfortable, attractive and pleasant
for the young men,
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NATIONAL YOEMEN MEET
MINNEAPOLIS ENTERTAINING 1900
DELEGATES OF BROTHERHOOD.
Representatives Come from Twenty
eight States and Canada; Ses-
sion Began Today.

With the opening of the convention
of the Brotherhood of American Yeo-
men, in Minneapolis, it has just
dawned on the 1000 or more delegates
from twenty eight states and Canada
that st. Paul, which has nine home
steads and is one of the important
cities embraced i'm the order, has no
official delegates to the gathering, and
that is all because of one of the finest
exhibitions of courtesy in the history
of the organization.
The delegates to this national, or,
rather, international convention, were
elected at the various state meetings
The Minnesota convention was held
in st. Paul, April 6, at which time the
state delegates for the present con-
were made according to the member
ships of the various HOmesteads and
as there were such rivalry and con-
siderable dispute for places, the st.
Paul Homesteads quietly pulled out of
the race. The st. Paul Homesteads
were the hosts, and that was the rea-
son they pulled out.
The present convention in Minneap-
oils will remember that st. Paul is on
the map, however. as all of its dele
gates are to visit the SANITY City
Homestead in Odd Fellows hall, East
Seventh street, Thursday evening, and
they expect to have the time of their
lives. j. B. Murphy, 1864 Wesley ave
nue., st. Paul district. will have charge
of the entertainment.
The convention proper begins to-
morrow, but most of the delegates are
now in Minneapolis. The only bust
ness today will be a meeting of the
national correspondents, or clerks
This meeting is more for the purpose
of getting acquainted than anything
else. One of the features of the week
will be the prize drill contests in the
Armory, Wednesday evening.
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Y. M. C. A. TENNIS CLUB.
Permanent Officers Elected Last Even
ing at Association Rooms.

ing at Association Rooms.
AT meeting held last night at the
Y. NJ. c. A. attended by dozen men,
interested in the game of tennis it was
voted to organize club. After a
thorough discussion of the game itself
and the possibilities of a club, perma
nent officers were elected j. A. Ber-
quist was elected president. Jay Wy
song vice president and Dr.. E. w.
Benham secretary treasurer. A COM
mittee of three, consisting of Messrs.
w. T. Crawford, Charles PEPPER and
Thomas Jones was appointed to draw
up set of rules and bylaws govern
ing the club. This committee to re-
port at the next meeting of the club
with further suggestions regarding
membership, tournament, etc. The next
meeting will be held Monday night
the l4th. at six o'clock at the asso-
citation building. 1t is planned to
serve luncheon and everyone inter
ested in tennis is invited to send in
his name to the president and be pres
ent at the meeting
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OUT OF The GINGER Jar
From the Farm journal.

1t is important to have clear vision
Even the potato must have sound
eyes.
Neither a boil nor cabbage amounts
to anything unless it comes to
head.
One of the most insidious and un
expected forms of attack, is to tread
upon tack.
There is quite difference between
tine door jamb and the jam that moth
er used to make.
You can not always gauge the i'm
portance of man by the angle al
which he wears his hat.
"There is the wreck of time" ex
claimed Jones, as his clock fell from
the second story window.
There are no stripes on fiagstone
but if one falls on it hard enough h
will be likely to see stars.
Some of the neckwear worn by
fashionable young men is so loud tha
YOU can hear it in the next block.
A simple worm went out to play
Upon an April morning;
An early robin CHANGED that way
Without a chirp of warning;
And that is the end of the story
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dent, giving him practically unlimited
latitude-so much in fact that many
good lawyers claim it is clearly un-
constitutional.
The drawback clause has never seen
the light of day yet. So far the COM
mittee itself pleads ignorance of what
it may be. And yet these are the vi
tai parts of the bill. Their applica-
tion may make a prohibitive duty or
may on the other hand reduce a duty
below the proper revenue producing
point No senator can tell just exact
ly what sort of duty is being placed
upon any given commodity until he
knows what these two sections of the
bill are. For this reason their dis
cussion is likely to start prolonged
and acrimonious debate.
The tariff makers have been on the
Job six weeks now, and they are not
more than half way through The
items likely to cause delay that have
been mentioned apply to the compile
ton of the senate bill. After the SEN
ate passes the bill it is variously esti-
mated that it will be in conference
from two to four weeks. The house
will not know the bill when it comes
back, and as most of the members
have been home and heard a good
deal of "cussing" the tariff, they are
not likely to be in a humor to accede
to the senate's demands for increased
duties. In that case the delay in
conference will be even greater than
has been expected, for the. senate is
in no mood to recede from the posi-
ton it has fought so bitterly to at
tain.
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No Commission to Be Appointed

Governor johnson may decide to
abandon the idea of conservation
commission for Minnesota. The gov
ernor said today that for the present
at least he would do nothing in the
matter. A lack of money, he explained,
precluded any activity on Minnesota's
part.
II do not necessarily mean money
for salaries. as / know I could easily
get the right men who would do this
work gladly, without pay" he con-
tinued, "a work of such magnitude
cannot be carried on without ex-
penses of some kind. There must be
clerks, and a vast amount of CORE
spondence.'
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PAID $56,ooo,ooo FOR CROSS-TIES.
Railroads Are Now Using Various
Kinds of Lumber.


Washington, June S.-During the
year 1908, the steam and electric rail
roads of the United States purchased
more than 100000 crosst ties, cost
ing, at the point of urchase, over $780,
DOC, OO0 an average of fifty cents per
tie, according to statistics just made
public by the Bureau of the Census in
co operation with the United States for
est service. This was some 100000
ties less than the quantity purchased
in 1907, when the total was approx
mately l53 100000, the highest ever
recorded The decreased purchases in
1908, were, of course, chiefly due to
the business depression which affected
every line of industry. This forced
most of the roads to purchase only the
ties which were absolutely essential for
renewals, and heavily cut down the
purchase for new track. In 1908 only
,43l 900 cross-ties were reported as
purchased for new track as against
23,557 900 i'm 1907. OF the total num-
Der of ties purchased for all purposes,
the steam roads took approximately
ninety-four per cent, leaving about six
per cent for the electric roads.
1t is very interesting to note the
wide range of woods used for cross-ties.
The preliminary report by the Census
Bureau lists separately fifteen classes
or species. OF these the oaks are now
and have always been by far the most
important The oak ties amounted to
more than 4S,0OO,000. or forty-three per
cent of the total quantity purchased
Next to these ranked the southern vel
low pines, with 2l,500,0O0, or nine
teen per cent of the total. 1t will be
seen that the oaks and southern pines
combined furnished nearly three fourths
of all the ties bought by the railroad
companies last year Cedar and chest
nut supplied more than 100000 ties
each, and Douglas fir nearly as much
About 100000 tamarack ties were
purchased, nearly 100000 sypress ties
and in round numbers, 100000 each
of western pine and hemlock. Red
wood, white pine, lodgepole pine, gum
beech, spruce, and several other woods
were used in smaller quantities.
While the oaks, and particularly the
white oaks, have always been the pre-
ferred woods for cross-ties and still
form large proportion of the total
the increasing prices which the roads
have had to pay for satisfactory oak
ties are forcing them to look more
and more for substitutes. This ac
counts in part for the great variety OF
woods reported. White oak, untreated
makes tie which gives excellent ser
vice for many years, but it has beer
found possible to take woods which
naturally are not durable, give them 9
treatment with either creosote or zinc
chloride, which will prevent decay, and
thus get much longer service from them
than can be secured from untreated
oak ties. Among the woods which
have been most largely treated so fan
are the yellow pines, articularly lob
lolly pine, Douglas fir, western pine
and lodgepole pine.
This years statistics adds to the
list two kinds of cross-ties which pre-
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5, 1909, In grading down the hill op-
posite the old hotel site owned by my
father years ago, the workmen yes
terday found a human skeleton. 1t
was in the middle of the road. and
this has been road for between
fifty and sixty years. Some bones,
the arm and thigh bones, were in fair
state of preservation. and some of the
teeth perfect. How long the remains
have been there, and whether white
man OF Indian, is of course, matter
of conjecture, If these bones could
tell their past history, it might be
interesting at least
church.
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DEATH OF MRS. MARY GRASSER
Another Pioneer Lady of Mankato
Passes Away.
From Mondays Daily.

Mrs. Mary Grasser died at the home
of her son, Nicholas, HOG Marsh street
yesterday afternoon, of general
breakdown. She would have been sew.
enty four years of age next August
She came to Mankato from Belgium
fifteen years ago, and had lived here
ever since. Her husband died in Bel
gium, but she is survived by four
sons, Nicholas and Christ of Mankato
Peter of Nebraska and Andrew of Med.
zeal Lake, Wash. She was a member
of the Ladies' Sodality of st. Peter
and PauPs Catholic church, and had
many friends who will regret her tax.
ing off.
The funeral services will be held al
nine o'clock Wednesday morning at the