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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-27

New York, October 25.-The
Giants today won the game in the
worlds championship series. The
New Workers scored late in the bat.
tie. Up to the seventh inning they
had rung up cyphers and the day
looked rather gloomy for the Giants.
In the seventh they scored one run.
In the ninth they grabbed off two
more, making the game a tie. In
the tenth the Giants landed another
to their credit. The score was 4
to 8.
The following is the score by IN
nines:
Philadelphia 300oo000-3
New York 100000 1924
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-27
DEAFNESS CANNOT be CURED

DEAFNESS CANNOT BE CURED
by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear
There is only one way to cure deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies
dition Of the mucous lining Of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is
inflamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing. and when It is en-:
.irely closed, Deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken
out and this tube restored to it's nor
NAL condition. hearing will be Destroy
ed f,rever; nine cases out Of ten are
caused by Catarrh. which is nothing
but an infamed condition Of the mu-
cous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness Caused by ca
tarrh) that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars C-ce
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. TOled>, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Take Halls Family Pills Tor con.
stipation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-27

= "CiSOtIC anu dPPI SSIdICu ~ '"
+ as much in Mankato as any +
+ where during the trip" +
1. 1. I. 1. I. I. + I. I. I. 1. I. + + +
President Taft's visit to Mankato
yesterday was genuine delight,
both for the executive and the. peo-
pie. His smile and hearty spon-
taneous laugh captivated the crowd.
He left an impression for good on
everybody. Everybody can say
heartily: Come again, Bill" He
is a good mixer, and pleasant
companion. The right kind of blood
flows through his veins.
After being taken to the Mil
waukee station yesterday afternoon
President Taft stood for some time
shaking hands with people and tell
ing stories and jokes to the crowd
which had congregated near the
train to bid him goodbye. On each
side stood a secret service man.
While on the platform, little boy
wiggled his way through the crowd,
and coming near cried out: Hello,
Bill" Come here, you little ras.
CAL" said the president. 81 want to
shake hands with you," and the head
of the nation swung down off his
car and seized the lads hand and
gave it a hearty grasp.
Cautioned BY His Guards.
One of the secret service men
cautioned the president not to lean
out too far, but he paid no heed to
this, and every now and then hi
would lean over the railing to GRASP
some outstretched hand.
That the chief executive Of the
| United States is a great lover o.
children was shown during the pa
| rade yesterday. After leaving tn,
normal school, Mayor Taylor in
formed him that there was GROVE
of school children waiting for hin
in the next block
"Stop the car there" the presi
dent said, 81 want to talk to them.
Was Heartily cheered.
When his car was stopped before
-
sed them briefly and then smilingly
advised them to go home, take of
their shoes and change stocking:
so that they would not need to bt
absent from school. He wanted then
to keep dry and then asked God.
blessing on them. This brough
forth round after round of cheers
Whenever there were children
gathered in large groups he stop
ped to make few happy remarks.
}, When he came to the Catholic par
!, sonage, little girl, Bertha Schmidt
who boards at the Sisters home, raj
: out with a large bouquet of pin
and white chrysanthemums tied wit
, white ribbon. To this was al
: tached white hand-painted car
with blue for-get-me-nots and letter
, ing in red. One of the president
party took the flowers after the pre-;
, ident had taken them into his hands
He smiled profusely at this act O
| kindness, and expressed his appreci;
: ton of the acts of the children.
He stopped at the Union schoo
| and before the store of Charles Hof
man where number had gathere
} through the drizzling rain, an
+, where they displayed number G
= flags.
When he came to the Catholi
school, the children were about
give a short program which tn
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-27
I. + I. I. 1. + I. I. + + + + +
MAYOR TAYLOR SPEAKS .
ABOUT Mr.. TAFT.

: When asked for his opinion
: of the president, Mayor Tay-
: Tor said today. "WeIl, he's
: got me beaten long ways
on the laugh. He's a fine,
: jolly fellow, and have
; better idea of him now than
: before saw him yesterday.
+ He's good story teller too.
+ He impressed me very much
, with his talks yesterday, es-
+ pecialIy those to the children.
! think he received as warm
: welcome and appreciated it
+ as much in Mankato as any
+ where durinu the trip"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-10-27

Minneapolis, October 25.-Julius
Bergerson, fifty-two years old, de-
clared yesterday that he would kill
President Taft upon the arrival of
the executive in Minneapolis. AS a
result he is being held in the coun-
ty Jail pending his removal to the
state hospital for the insane in Ro-
chester, to which he was commit
ter by Court Commissioner Bates.
Bergerson had told friends that
he intended to kill the president,
according to testimony offered in the
examination to determine his sanity
held at noon yesterday.
Visited Attorneys Office.
Bergerson went to offices of N.
D. Bessesen, an attorney, 307 Pal
ace building, and calmly told Besse-
sen that he would meet the presi-
dents train and assassinate the ex-
ecutive. Bessesen said Bergerson
had told him several times in the
last several weeks of his plan to at
tack the president, but Mr.. Besse-
sen said he had paid no attention
to the threats until yesterday.
MIR. Bessesen notified the sheriff's
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Senator John Calhoun is offered the
cabinet. He declares that II he accepts,
1t means that Texas and Oregon must be
f6e Of England Rith regard tn
Mexico, through Baroness Won Ritz, Sc
English ambassador. Pakenham. He
sends his secretary, Nicholas Trist, to
While searching for the. baroness home.
q carriage drives up and he Is invited to
says she is being pursued. The pursuers
are shaken or. The baroness consents to
has lost slipper. She gives Nicholas the
remaining slipper as a pledge that she
Nichoias gives her a trinket he intended
for his sweetheart, Elizabeth Churchill
Montreal on state tate business. by Calhoun m
who has become secretary of state, and
P warns TO PaSenham e that intelligence by
England in the affairs of this continent
gon with Great Britain cease. ana has
Fighf h The e SaGoness tsis NichoIas se
Ti1 do her best to prevent his marriage
to return her slipper. Nicholas enusts
the services Of Congressman Dandridge,
in the arrangements for the wedding and
entrusts him. with the return Of the slip
gets drunk and sends the slipper to Eliza,
beth. The wedding is declared on. and
Elizabeth's father. Nicholas is ordered
to gain access to a meeting of the Hud-
son Bay directors in Montreal and learn
England's intentions regarding Oregon
Nicholas sees the baroness leave the di-
rectors' meeting in Montreal, where he
had failed to gain admission She warns
him that his life is in danger and he &C
ceptS invitation to pass the night at
her home. She quizzes him to whether
his wedding took place, and gets sat
isfaction. She tells him that the slipper
she gave him contained a message from
the attache of Texas to the British am
bassador, saying that If the United
States did not annex Texas within 80
days, she would lose both Texas and
Oregon. He decides to take the message
to Calhoun
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
TOO MUCH FOR THE CORPSE
Exhibition of Meanness That GaIvan-
ICED the "Dead" Irishman Into
Indignant Life.

Don't be mean in your offerings,
said T. P. O'Connor, in a plea in New
York for the Irish cause. The Irish
can't stand meanness.
NO, no; the Irish can't stand mean
ness. Take O'Grady's case. You know,
In Ireland, some 60 or 70 years ago,
when a poor family lacked a coffin
they made the corpse beg for it.
This custom, alasl sometimes led
to imposture. Thus, Thirsty O'Grady
and his friends wanted money badly
once, and O'Grady was assigned to
act the corpse. So they laid him on
a bier outside the door and they put
a pewter plate beside him for the
pennies.
LAS O'Grady lay there, SO still, with
closed eyes, an old woman stopped
and dropped sixpence into the plate.
Then she began to take out change.
A penny, tuppence, threepence she
took out, and O'Grady couldn't stand
such meanness. Corpse as he was, he
said:
"'Arrah, now, don't mind the
change Washington Star.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
RESULTS OF FOOD.
Health and Natural Conditions Come
From Right Feeding.

Man, physically, should be like a
perfectly regulated machine, each
part working easily in its appropri-
ate place. A slight arrangement
causes undue friction and wear, and
frequently ruins the entire system.
A well-known educator of Boston
found a way to keep the brain and
the body in that harmonious co-opera-
ton which makes Joy of living.
1.-TWO years ago." she writes, being
in a condition Of nervous exhaustion,
resigned my position as teacher,
which I had held for over 40 years.
Since then the entire rest has, of
course. been benefit, but the use of
Grape-Nuts has removed one great
cause of illness In the past, namely,
constipation, and it's attendant evils.
81 generally make my entire break
fast on a raw egg beaten into four
spoonfuls of Grape-Nuts, with a little
hot milk or hot water added. ! like
1t extremely. my food assimilates, and
my bowels take care Of themselves.
find my brain power and physical
endurance much greater and / know
that the use of the Grape-Nuts has
contributed largely to this result
1T is with feelings of gratitude that
I write this testimonial, and trust 1t
may be the means of aiding others in
their search for health" Name given
by Postum Co., Battle Creek. Mich
Read the little book, THE Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's a Rea-
son"
Ever read the above Ietters A new
are .e1ssa., ae ana s ss fi1 es Aas.
interest.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
The f1ISyIyyIPRI BUBBLE
s b. orlIIzAGs;NgG GsKETINER

lon; after which I suggested a stroll
about the town for time.
Before we started, / asked him to
step to my room, where had left my
pipe. My eye fell on the commode's
top, casually. I saw that it was bare.
recalled the strange warning of the
baroness the evening previous 1 was
watched! My apartment had been en-
tered in my absence. Property of
mine had been taken
My perturbation must have been
discoverable in my face. What ISIS
it?" asked the old man. You forget
something's"
NO" said 1. stammering. TT is
nothing"
He looked at me obviously. WELL
Them 1 admitted; 81 miss something
from my commode here. Some one
has taken it,
1T ISIS of value, perhaps?" he in
quired politely.
well, no; not Of intrinsic value.
Twas only slipper-of white satin,
made by Braun of Paris
zone slipper? OF what use"
1T belonged to LADY, was about
to return it, 1 said; but 1 fear my
face showed me none too calm.
Each man studies for himself his
own specially" unused the old man.
You hat perhaps studied the species
of woman. Once, also L"
We walked, nay friend musing and
babbling, myself still anxious and un-
easy. We turned out of narrow
| Notre Dame street, and into st. Law
ence Main street. AS we strolled
noted without much interest the mot
| ley life about me, picturesque now
with the activities of the advancing
| spring. Presently, however, my idle
gaze was drawn to two young Eng
| lishmen whose bearing in some way
| gave me the impression that they be
longed in official or military life, al
though they were in civilian garb.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

tinent! On this continent, where it
did not originate and does not belongI
1t ISIS discovery! Science shall hear
of it. 1t ISIS the link of Asia to Amer
lea 1t brings me famei"
He put his hand into a pocket, and
drew it out half filled with gold
pieces and with raw gold in the form
of nuggets, as though he would offer
exchange. l waved him back mo, %
said L; you are welcome to one of
these disks, If you please. If you
wish, will take one little bit of these.
But tell me. where did you fnd these
pieces of raw gold?"
Those? They are notings. 1 recol-
lect me / found these one day up on
the Rogue river, not far from my
cabin 1 am pursuing q most beauti-
full moth, such as hat not in all my
collection So, fall on a log; / skin
me my leg. In the moss 1 find some
bits of rock. recollect me not where,
but believe it wass somewhere there.
But what find now, here, by a stran-
ger-it iss worth more than goldi My
friend, thank you, 1 embrace you. 1
am favored by fate to meet you Go
with you to Washington? Yess, yess,
/ go."
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

You know what it ISIS, Ell ?"
mo, except that it is Indian made"
He scanned the round disks care
fully. Watt" he exclaimed. 81
show you something's"
He reached for my pencil, drew
toward him a piece of paper, taking
from his pocket meantime a bit of
string. Using the latter for radius,
he drew a circle on.the piece of paper.
Now look what I dol" he said, as
1 bent over curiously. "See, 1 draw a
straight line through the circle. 1 di-
vide it in half, so. I divide it in half
once more, and make a point. Now 1
shorten my string, one-haf. On each
side of my long line 1 make me a half
circle-only half way round on the
opposite sides. So, now, what l got,
Ell? You understand him?"
/ shook my head. He pointed in
turn to the rude ornamentation in the
shell clasp. declare that then
could see a resemblance between the
two designs!
at is curious" I said.
''Mein Gottl it ISIS more than curl
Gus. 1t ISIS wonderful I hat two Anna
zonias collected by my own hands,
and IL species of my own discovery,
yess, in butterflies alone. That iss
much? Listen. 1t ISIS notings! Here
ISIS the discovery"
He took a pace or two exeitedly,
and came back to thump with his fore
finger on the little desk.
What you see before you ISIS the
sign of the Great Monadi 1t ISIS
known in China, in Burmah, in all
Asia, in all Japan. 1t ISIS sign of the
great One, of the great Two. In your
hand ISIS the Tab Gook-the Oriental
symbol for life, for sex. Myself, hal
seen that in Sitka on Chinese brasses
1 hat seen it on Japanese signs, in one
land and in another land. But here
you show it to me made by the hand
of some ignorant aborigine of this con
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
CHAPTER xVII.-continued.

He smiled. at ISIS not a chance,
but a certainty" he said. ct wass
only agreed last night. England will
march this summer 700 men up the
Peace river. In the fall they will be
across the Rockies. Sol They can
take boats easily down the streams to
Oregon. You ask if there will be
troubles. I tell you, yess."
What time can England make
with her brigades, west-bound, my
friend?" 1 asked him casually. He an
swered with gratifying scientific pre-
cision-
From Edmonton to Fort Colville,
west of the Rockies, it bass been done
in six weeks, and five days, by Sir
George himself. From Fort Colville
down 1t ISIS easy by boats. 1t takes
the voyageur three months to cross,
or four months. 1t would take troops
twice that long, or more For you in
the states, you can go faster. And
ahI my friend, it ISIS worth the race,
that Oregon. Believe me, it ISIS full
of bugs-of new bugs; IL news species
hat discovered and named. 1t ISIS
something's of honor, ISIS it not?"
What you say interests me very
much, SIR" 1 said. 81 am only an
see the world little bit. You seem
to have been engaged in some scien-
tific pursuit in th:t country"
"Yess," he said Mem own govern
ment and mein own university. they
send me to this country to do what
bass not been done. 1 am insecto-
logger. Shall 1 show you my bugs of
Oregon? You shall see them yess?
Come with me to my hotel. You shall
see many bugs, such as science ,hass
not yet known"
1 was willing enough to go with
him; and true to his word he did show
me such quantities of carefully pre-
pared and classified insects as I had
not dreamed our own country offered,
Twelve new speciesi" he said, with
pride. "Mein own country will gift
me honor for this. Five years I spend.
Now 1 go back home.
81 shall not tell you what nickname
they gift me in Oregon he added,
smiling; but my real name ISIS VOL
fran Won Rittenhofen. Berlin. it wass
last my home. Tell me, you go soon
to Oregon?''
That is very possible" answered;
and this time at least spoke the
truth. 1--WE are bound in opposite di-
rections. but If you are sailing for
| Europe this spring, you would save
time and gain comfort by starting
from New York It would give us
great pleasure if we could welcome
so distinguished a scientist in Wash
ington."
No, / am not yet distinguished.
Only shall / be distinguished when I
have shown my IL new species to
mein own university"
But it would give me pleasure also
to show you Washington. You should
see also the government of those
backwoodsmen who are crowding out
to Oregon Would you not like to
travel with me in America so far as
that?"
He shook his head doubtfully. Per
haps 1 make mistake to come by the
st. Lawrence? 1t would be shorter to
go by New York; Well, I hat no
hurry 1 think it over. yess-"
But tell me, where did you get that
leetle thing?" he asked me again pres
emily. taking up in his hand the In
dian clasp
Il traded for it among the Crow In
dams
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

Presently the two halted, and sep
arss ed. The taller kept on to the east,
to the old French town. At length /
saw him Joined, as though by appoint
ment, by another gentleman, one
whose appearance at once gave me
reason for a second look. He &C
costed my young Englishman. and
without hesitation the two started on
together. AS they did so 1 gave an
involuntary exclamation. The taller
man / had seen once before, the
shorter, very many times-in Wash
ington.
'Yess," commented my old scientist
calmly; $50 strange. They go to-
gether."
''Ah, you know them!" 1 almost fell
upon him
"Yess-last night The tall one ISIS
Mr.. Peel, a young Englishman; the
other is Mexican, they said-Senor
Yturrio, of Mexico. He spoke much.
Me. wass sleepy then But also that
other tall one we saw go back-that
wass Capt Parke. also OF the British
navy His ship iss the war boat
Modesto fine one 1 see her oftea
when walk on the riffer front, there
1 turned to him and made some ex-
cuse. saying that presently would
join him again at the hotel Dream
lily as ever, he smiled and took his
leave For myself, walked On rapid
" after the two figures, then block
or SO ahead of me-
1 saw them turn into street which
was familiar to myself They passed
on. turning from time to time among
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
PAINFUL FINGER NAILS CURED

81 have suffered from the same trou-
BILE painful finger nails) at different
periods of my life. The first time of
its occurrence, perhaps twenty-five
years ago, after trying home remedies
without getting helped. / asked my
doctor to prescribe for me, but it was
not for a year or more that my nails
and fingers were well. The inflamma-
ton and suppuration began at the
base of the finger nail. Sometimes it
was so painful that I had to use q
poultice to induce suppuratioa. After
the pus was discharged the swelling
would go down until the next period
of Inflammation, possibly not more
than a week or two afterwards. These
frequent infiammations resulted in the
loss of the nail. I had sometimes as
many as three fingers in this state at
one time.
Perhaps ten years later 1 began
again to suffer from the same trouble.
Again 1 tried various remedies, among
them a prescription from doctor OF
a friend of mine, who had suffered
from a like trouble. This seemed to
help somewhat for a time, but it was
not permanent cure; next tried a
prescription from my own doctor, but
this was so irritating to the sensitive,
diseased skin that l could not use It
1 began to use Cuticura Soap and
Ointment 1 had used the Cuticura
Ointment previously on my children's
sca1ps with good effect. 1 did not use
the Soap exclusively, but rubbed the
Cuticura Ointment into the base OF
the nail every night thoroughly, and
as often beside as 1 could. had not
used it but a few weeks before my
nails were better, and in a short time
they were apparently well. There
was no more suppuration, nor inflam-
nation. the nails grew out clean
again. One box of Cuticura Ointment
was all that I used in effecting a
cure" (Signed) Mrs. I. J. Horton,
Katonah, N. Y, Apr. IS, 1910. On
Sept. 81, Mrs. Horton wrote: 81 have
had no further return of the trouble
with my finger nails
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
Accepting Misfortune.

There are many ways of accepting
misfortune-as many, indeed, as there
are generous feelings or thoughts to
be found on the earth; and every one
of those thoughts, every one of those
feelings, has magic wand that trans
forms on the threshold, the features
and vestments of sorrow. Job would
have said: THE Lord gave, and the
Lord hath taken away; blessed be the
name of the Lord; and Marcus
Aurelius, perhaps. IF it be no longer
allowed me to love those 1 loved high
above all, it is doubtless that 1 may
learn to love those whom love not
yet"-Maeterlinck
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
A Hint.

Teacher have been trying for
some time to get the room so quiet
that we could hear a pin drop. 1 have
dropped the pin several times but
you have been making so much noise
that 1t has been impossible to hear it.
What do you think we had better do,
children"
Reddy Backrow-Tie a dumb-bell to
1t next time, teacher.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18

ing three bottles ] noticed a change.
My appetite got better, SO I kept on,
never discouraged. Finally I seemed
not to cough so much and the pains in
my chest got better and could rest at
night.
ST am well now and cured of a chronic
cough and sore throat. I cannot tell
you how grateful 1 am, and ! cannot
thank Peruna enough. 1t has cured
where doctors have failed and talk
Peruna wherever go, recommend it to
everybody. People who think they
have consumption better give 1t a
trial"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
The Lords Advertisements.

Willie had been to see his old
nurse, and she had shown him her
treasures, including some very strik-
fngly colored scripture texts which
graced her walls.
A few days afterward his aunt gave
him dime to spend at a bazaar.
Seeing that he seemed unable to find
what he wanted, she asked him what
he was looking for.
81 am looking for one of the Lords
advertisements, like Mary has in her
ROOM" said Willie
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
HAD THROAT
TROUBLE SINCE
CHILDHOOD
All Treatments Failed. Relieved
by Peruna.

Mrs. VIM Hob
mann. z764 Lincoln
Ave, Chicago, Ill,
writes:
'T suffered with
catarrh of the bron-
chial tubes and had
a terrible cough ever
since a child.
ST would sit UP In
bed with pill o w s.
propped up behind
me, but s till t b g
cough would not let
me sleep. I thought
and everybody else
that I had conSump-
ton.
$50 reading the
papers about Pc
runa I decided to
try, wi h o u t the
least bit of hope that
it would do me any
good But after TAX
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
On the Stage.

We've got to get somebody to play
this light part
why not the electrician?"-B alti-
more American.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1911-02-18
CHAPTER XVIII.
The Missing Slipper.

There will always remain something
to be said of woman as long as there is
one on earth--Baufiers-
hostelry of my friend jacques Bertil-