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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26
Wonderful Cures

Perfected in old cases which have been neg
lected or unskillfully treated. No experiments
or failures. We undertake no incurable cases
but cure thousands given up to die.
Consultation FREQ and Confiden.-.,l.
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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26

GILBERT STUART'S WASHINGTON.
TIME chanting years sing Peace today
Sweet is the theme and grand
And sound the praise of him who frs.
Enticed her to this land.
Her light more clear
Shines forth each year,
TO all the world beacon bright,
Hopes never setting sun.
All nations voice their gratitude
To our George Washington.
THOUGH first in war and first in peace.
Yet more than this was he
We call him Father" for to us
He gave sweet Liberty.
Lift loud your song,
years, prolong
The anthem, and while time endures
Proclaim the victory won
First in the hearts of all true men
Aye lives our Washington.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26
IMPROVE ST. PETER SAND ROAD
Is One of the Most Important Thor
oughfares Leading Into Mankato.

Mankato. Mimi, Feb. II, l909.-To
The Free Press: While the good roads
movement is being agitated there seems
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26

Are you nervous and respondent; weak and
debilitated: tired mornings; no ambition
lifeless; memory poor; easily fatigued; excit.
able ana irritable; eyes sunken, red am
Dlurreo; pimpies on face, restless; haggari
looking; weak back; deposit in urine anG
drains q stool distrustful want OF con tidence
lack of energy and strength?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26
! 6be Cbor'xgg
| Of the Years
| By ARTHUR ]. BURDICK
Association
By ARTHUR ]. BURDICK

aaaassy VeSs~ 'A''1'''- =
YONG, loud and clear the chorus swells--
II. The voices of the years.
Each ringing with achievement grand
And calling to the spheres
TO look and view
One loyal, true,
Who snatohed from Tyranny land
The fairest meath the sun
And started Progress on her way:
Brave, noble Washington.
I'm him War found champion
h Courageous, dauntless, true.
His heart Of steel was tender, too,
And sympathy it knew.
And friend and foe,
When lying low, -.
Alike to him were brother men, -
His fellows, every one.
War was but Meroy's path when led +.
The soldier Washington.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26
Special Diseases of Men and
Women a Specia.ty

Blood Poison, Syphilis, Structure, elect. Sper
matorrhea. SaricOcele. HydTocele. and the
bility, Nervousness, Defective Memory, etc.
which ruin mind and body, positively cured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-02-26
Piles, Fissure,
Fistula, Hydrocele
Nervous Debility

Guaranteed Cured Without the Knife o.
Detention From Business.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
WHAT Is PEWTERp

Its Composition Regulated i'm Eng
land But Never in America.
You will often hear enthusiasts de-
clare that this jug or that jug is of
''old English pewter" OF course, this
may be true, but it is a fact that large
quantities Of pewter ware were made
in this country and it was not until
about 1910 that its making practically
ceased, says the Circle magazine. In
the first place. are you sure that You
know pewter when you see it? Hun
dreds Of pieces Of pewter" have been
shown to me which in reality were
white metal" or Britannia ware. All
of the delicately shaped pieces marked
Dixon & Sons" or "Vickers' and doz-
ems of other pieces unmarked and
which are proudly cherished, are not
pewter. Neither Dixon nor Vickers
ever made pewter; they were makes of
white ware and thousands Of pieces
England.
The composition Of pewter in Eng
land, the best quality, which usually
is marked with double x, was ar
ranged by law, and contained 100 parts
tin, eight parts of anthony and four
parts of copper. In America there
was no standard to which the quality
Of pewter had to conform, so that our
makers took advantage and put in as
much lead as they could, in many i:l-
stances the proportion being one-fifth
lead to four-ffths English block tin
for their best quality, and more lead
and less tin in their poorer wares.
There are many opinions as to the
best method of cleaning pewter, but
only one as to the perfect folly Of
having it "buffed." If you like every
thing to shine, then treat your pewter
as follows:
Take a piece Of fine wooden cloth,
upon this put as much sweet Oil az
will prevent its rubbing dry; with this
rub them well in every part; then
wipe them smartly with a soft, dry
linen rag, and then rub them off with
a soft wash leather and whiting. N
B.-If convenient, wash them in boil
ing water and soap just before they
are rubbed with wash leather and
whiting. This would take off the oil
more effectually and make the engra'y-
ing look brighter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
@1s.Sccret Service y@1o
United States,

departments of the federal government employ experts
for the detection of specific oenses and though the OPP
eratons of the special agents of the POST OHce depart
ment of the Internal Revenue Bureau and OF the IN
spectos of Customs are conducted in secret the official
designation secret service has been narrowed SO tnat
It is applied only to that bureau Of the Treas
ury Department charged primarily with tne ouls "a
protecting good Americans from bad money
The scope of the work by the secret service or
the Treasury Department gradually enlarged untli as
shown by President Roosevelts last annual message II
every of inquiry set on foot to reach sus
pected wrongdoers. Soon after It's organization as
bureau secret service operatives ntrusted with the
duty protecting the person OF the PRESIDENT Inev
Of in exposing land frauds IN securing
evidence to abolish lotteries, in preventing smugghns'
in detecting Illicit dstng in exposing the cotton report
leak In the Department Of Agriculture In Investigate
ing naval officers, and, If Dame Rumor be not lying
jade watching Congressman But for the present. at
least obnoxious provision which prohibits detailing
from the secret service restricts the work OF the o
rea to the apprehension counterfters and the pro
lection Of the chief executive
The headquarters of the secret service are in the
Treasury building in Washington Here are the private
Offices Of the chief Of the division John E. Wilke and
his assistant William Herman Moran Mr. W1lkie Is an
Illinois In February 1893 he was appointed chief
of service by Lyman J. Gage Almost immed1-
atey he organized special force OF men to
checkmate Spanish spies during the spansh-Amercan
Through his efforts Spanish emissar1es were driven
this country and some Of their spies arrested
The personnel the secret service must for obvious
divided into secret service districts each
in charge Of operative who has assistants In add
the thus detailed to indicated geographical
divisions number Of trained detectives who
operate from central Office in Washington and who
may sent any place at any time Others are sta
toned foreign countries The chief guides and Oil
reefs the work, but the Solicitor of the Treasury must
approve his acts them valid From each oper-
alive daily report covering his work for twenty
hours is required These reports coming from all parts
of country keep the chief Informed to the acv1
ties not only his but of those of the under
Every large city has branch office of the secret
service every important movement of the work must
submitted Mr.. Wilke To his office in Washington
are sent exhaustive daily reports which give him
view Of the country whole and all articles taken
by agents Of the bureau such counereiters out
fits, spurious coins, DISCUSSES.
In the course of years large collection Of pho
tographs developed into complete rogues gallery
which, used connection with the measurements OBJ
tanned through the Bertion system smptfes identl-
fcaton of the foolhardy criminals who continue their
practices after first arrest.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Secrecy is so closely Swallowed by wrongdong Is so
eften allied with acts mankind abhors that lnsrncVe
W men shrink from all conceament save their own Ihe
mere fact that thing must be hidden, that 1t must
he kept in twilight zone and Is afraid OF suhght anu
,nsnecon presupposes that which Is evil and shamefui
Yet secret service is ancient and necessary lns
tton Since Moses twelve men into Canaan 10 IN
vesgate conditions bring him report concern
ing the land every government has made use OF the
service of informers time the necessity Is rec
ognized.
in the history of American republic Congress
concentrated $4,000 to be expended for secret service
abroad This drawn from the treasury by the Oh
recton of the President, without voucher except
the certificate of the Secretary OF State During tne
Mexican war $4,000 appropriated to be spent unoer
the direction Of President Much of it was expended
for the hire Of interpreters spies and guides Tor the
armv In suspended account Of General Buffers dur
ing the civil item for $50 paid for hand organ
and monkey was disaowed until he explained that hey
were purchased to enable young officer who was
lingust work his way into washington ulssuseu os
an Italian organ grinder.
When the civil broke out it found Washington
filled with Southern sympathizers. Among them were
women of wealth position who had various avenues
of access to plans Of the government Just BEFORE
the first battle Of Bull Run Of these, Mrs Rose
Greenhow, obtained from United States Senator IN
formation concerning the strength OF the Federal troops
which she sent to General Beauregard AS reward she
received from Confederate adutant the message:
"Our President General direct me to thank you
We rely upon you further information The Coined
eracy you debt"
Women haunted the doors of official departments In
the CAPITOL stole maps plans burned signal lights
and when captured begued the officers placed in charge
1t to organize special detective sys
tenn of espionage Washington for the protection or
the government against disloyalty. The methods OF
these wartime detectives led to bitter criticism Even
20 staunch Northerner as Senator Sumner wrote
letter President demonstrating against the treat
ment Of one his friends and constituents Franklin w.
Smith Of New York.
Refore the employment Of these wartime detectives
the government recognized the fact that it must
maintain corps Of trained investigators to cope with
yolators Of national counterfeters smugglers
moonshiners 1860 $4,000 appropriated for the
suppression of counterfetng to be spent under the d.
rection of the Secretary Of the Treasury The large
issues of bills made necessary by the war;
offered temptation to this especial crime In july
1884 the appropriation increased to 100000. The
Solicitor the Treasury given the supervision and
direction Of ferretng out the countee1ters
and so gathered about him corps Of men experienced
in criminal investigation This led to the establishment
of the work AZ permanent bureau, and though other
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
COOKING AT SEA.
Kitchen and Provision Rooms of
Modern Steams ship.

Kitchen and Provision Rooms of a
Modern Steamship.
With a population of more than
1000 to be cooked for and fed, three,
four and FIVE times day for week.
and with no butcher, bakery and gro
Gerry "around the corner" the culinary
arrangements of modern steamship
must, Of necessity, be most complete.
Great cold storage rooms for perish
able provisions must be provided as
well as the appliances for cooking and
preparing the raw material. The
kitchen and provision rooms of the
George Washington, the newest steam
the largest German vessel af1oat,
which will arrive in New York June
20, are Of enormous dimensions. The
kitchens Of the first and second cab
ms are near the dining rooms Of their
respective classes. In them are great
steaming, stocks pots, ranges, steam
tables, and all modern machinery
which can in any way aid the chefs in
their work.
Many Of these devices, such as egg
heaters, potato parers, mincing ma
chimes, automatic egg boilers. coffee
mills and dishwashing machines are
worked by electricity.
In addition to the kitchens there are
on board icehouses for meats, baker
les, confectionery room and soul
cry rooms. In all, the kitchen and
provision rooms occupy space of
Al 900 cubic feet.
The cold storage and provision
rooms are so arranged that their con-
tents may be readily sent into the
kitchens by electrically operated dumb
walters.
The greatest attention was given ev-
cry detail of the provisioning and
kitchen accommodations in order that
the great number Of passengers and
crew might be properly and promptly
fed,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
The ValuableA.

The man with wife and seven chill
dren hauled UP in front Of the hotel
desk, registered, got his bellboy and
was starting off when the clerk, think
ing maybe he might jolly the new ar
rival, called to him:
II beg your pardon" he said, but
hadn't you better leave your valuables
in the safe?"
do you think l ought tor inquired
the man innocently enough, to hea.'
him say it.
We'll, it Is the best plan"
"AIl right" said the man, and, turn
ing to his wife, Here, Mary, pass the
children over to the gent behind the
counter. He'll look after them and
give lis a rest"
Whereupon the clerk apologlzed.--
Judge.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
.kziM&> Science
LIZ 3a No. ANp
|szss9lfVentiOn

The German military authorities are
experimenting with the application OF
wireless telegraphy to balloons carry
ing self-registering apparatus. One OBJ
ject is to make the balloons descend at
any desired moment. This is effected
by placing in the balloon receiver Of
electric waves connected with mechan-
ism controlling a valve. When a wire
less message is received the valve opens
and the balloon descends
The recent proclamations setting
aside the Ocala National Forest in
Florida and the Dakota National For
est in North Dakota bring the number
Of states possessing such forests be-
longing to the United States up to 20,
If Alaska be included. OF these for
ests, Arkansas has two, but all the
others, except the new ones in Florida
and North Dakota, are in the Rocky
Mountain or Pacific coast states. 1t is
expected that tie Ocala Forest area.
which covers POI ,48O acres, will be-
come densely covered with the sand
pine. No BART Of the area rises more
than $50 feet above sea-level. The
Dakota Forest Is in the Bad Lands re-
gion, and much is expected from its
least forested state in the Union. The
new forest covers 14.08O acres.
In many European cities extensive
use is being made Of high-pressure gas
lamps for street-lighting, and to some
extent the lamps are displacing cleo
tricity. They are furnished with in
verted mantle burners, and in Berlin
the gas is supplied through Names
helm steel pipe. In some Of the sys-
TENS the air is compressed, and in one
case pure oxygen is supplied to the
consumers In London a type of lamp
called "self-intensifying' is employed,
the air being compressed by utilizing
the heat Of the products Of combustion
to operate a heat engine. In Vienna
arc-lights are used to illuminate Il
park above the trees, and gas-lamps
are employed below. In connection
with these lamps, various automatic
lighting and extinguishing devices are
in use, and much taste is displayed in
the forms and arrangement Of their
supports.
Commenting on the ound-the-world
telegraph experiment recently made by
newspaper in Copenhagen, Ferdi-
nand Wagner says In a Berlin paper ::
There was nothing wonderful In the
result Two messages were sent by
the editor to himself at Copenhagen.
One went via Shanghai, New York and
London and the other via London,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

A busy clergyman declared recently
that the way he got through his work
was by violating most of the precepts
he had been taught in boyhood, fore
most among them, IF you want any.
thing done. do it yourself" The house,
keeper may take a leaf from his book
For example. the task which she turns
over TO her daughter lightens her own
hands and trains those of the little
maiden. he most fatal precept fol
mother to observe is, Whatever is
worth doing at all. is worth doins
well"-that is. If well" is interpreted
to mean las well as you can do it,
Here is a place for her to use that
judgment which comes so high in the
markets of the world and is too otter
held SO cheap in the home. LAS vel
rs possible Is none too well when the
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
DARK DoINGS.
The Reason One Woman Is Disguised
with the Voting Proposition.

The Reason One Woman Is Disguised
with the Voting Proposition.
When any one asked little Mrs.
Pratt her opinion on the question of
equal suffrage she had her answer
ready. II don't want to hear anything
about it," she would say pleasantly,
but firmly, land I'd just as soon tell
you why. It's because there's got to
be a concealment and mystery about
voting, and I like things open and
aboveboard. It's the way I was
brought up and the way 1 shall always
feel If I live to be a hundred.
''I've had one experience, and that's
all I want. A friend of mine talked
and talked to me about voting on the
educational question till at last / said
1 would, because 1 was brought up to
think a great deal of education, and
always shall. SO gave up an engage
ment to go to the polls and register
land the dress was almost spoiled on
account Of my missing that trying on,
too, because she didn't wait to see
whether it fitted or not, but stitched
the seams right up), and then I took
the greatest pains to go and vote just
as they'd told me to- and what do you
suppose Henry Pratt told me after
ward? My vote was thrown out be-
cause I had the frankness to write my
full name and address on it!
81 told Henry that nothing would
surprise me after that-nothing"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

"Al1 this talk" said the old-fashion-
ed gentleman, 'of setting forward the
date of the Presidents Inauguration
to April 80 seems out Of place to me.
The interval between the popular cleo
ton and Inauguration is long enough
now. Why do some people want the
date changed? To insure better weather
to afford an opportunity for display
md to give everybody concerned
corking time. But the Inauguration
Of chief magistrate should be a high
and solemn ceremonial and not an oc-
casion for extravagant display.
Whether it should be a time for gen
eral rejoicing depends. Rejoicing Is
not a compliment to the outgoing Pres
ident. The incoming President is to
be tried. He faces SOLDERING RESPONSE
bilitles, and the people with him face
perplexing uncertainties. All this would
seem to mark the day as day for
fasting and prayer rather than for
dancing and jubilation." These may be
d-fashioned notions, but are they so
far astray? For the heavy duties that
lie before the new President it would
seem that a solemn scene in the Senate
chamber, before the high dignitaries Of
the nation, and then quiet for intro
spection, would be better preparation
than a ball and the fanfaronade Of the
mob. There will be plenty of time dur
ing the four years for the people who
are exclusively inclined to visit Wash
ington and engage in the social whirl.
Instead of going to all the trouble to
alter the date, in the hope of thereby
propitiating the weather, why not make
the inauguration a quiet and befttting
ceremony, and arrange a grand elbow
out" If such needs be, for later date?
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

The necessity for a reorganization OF
the medical corps Of the army has
been the subject OF discussion for some
time, and many reforms have been sug
gested by those most competent to ad
wise. Too little attention has been &C.
corded, while peace reigns, to this less
picturesque but equally vital part OF
the nations soldiery. In the ordinary
duties of the army there is nothing tc
make manifest the requirements for G
thoroughly trained and supplied medi,
cal department. But let active hostili.
ties begin and the army be i'll prepared
to tend the sick and wounded. and we
should then see wherein we had failed
to perfect the medical service.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Little incidents crop out now and
then which make one smile at the old
idea Of the mental incapacity of WON
en-. In one New England college, tie
students attained sufficient rank ii
scholarship to win the Phi Beta Kappa
key, and nine of them were young WON
en-. The dean said that the rank OF
the men in the class was perfectly sat
isfactory, but, as one Of the students
put 1t, THE sharks for study were al
among the girls"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Shanghai and New York. The first to
arrive at it's destination was the one
which was sent by way of Shanghai.
1t had to be retransmitted eight times,
and was received at the Copenhagen
Office in three hours and twenty-three
minutes after it had been sent away.
The time seems short to circle the
received notice in advance, and If the
trial dispatch had been given the right
Of way, the time would have been re-
duced almost to the Shakespearean
limit"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Beat the yolks Of four eggs,
eight tablespoonful of powdered su
stew one-half pound of dates until
der, add little lemon extract, and
this to the first mixture. Cut and
In the white Of four eggs, well bea
with sprinkling Of orange peels,
in slow oven and serve with va
sauce.-Elizabeth Gregg, Columbia,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Into one pint Of sour cream stir
teaspoonful Of soda which has been
solved in two tablespoonful of wa
water, add the well beaten white OF
egg and one-half teaspoonful Of s.
When the cream foams up add enol
sifted -four to make soft dou
Roll, cut out and bake in a quick oV
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
Cruel Religious Custom.

There is cruel custom prevailing in
many parts Of the Telugu country in
India in connection with the worship
Of the village deities. At the end Of
a sacrifice small cart, with four, five
or nine pointed stakes standing up
right at the corners and sides is
brought to the image. Pigs lambs and
fowls are then impaled alive upon
these stakes. The cart is dragged in
procession to the boundary of the
village. The animals die in agony on
the way land are taken off the stakes
when the cart reaches its destination.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Cougars, coyotes and bears are ter
rorizing the inhabitants of the Four
teenth Ward in Seattle, but this will
not cause any surprise to Europeans
who believe bison continue to roam
the streets of Buffalo and that Chicago
is frontier settlement where the merI
wear leather breeches and carry Bowie
knives
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09
Baked Apples.

Baked apples, with dates, is n
tive combination. Large, solid ap
are cored and filed with washed
stoned dates, sprinkled with powd'
sugar, basted with lemon juice, bu
and hot water and baked till soft
moderate oven. Apples are good b
in like manner with figs or ste
prunes.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-04-09

Arrangements are making in Moscow,
with the consent Of the government, to
publish complete edition of the writ
ings of Tolstoi. This is one of the re-
suits of the Russian revolution that be-
gan few years ago and is still in
progress. Time was when much that
Tolstoi wrote was not allowed to cir
culate in his native country.