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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06

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From Saturdays Daily. 4

From Saturdays Daily -
Andrew Jacobson has been quite
! i'll. -,
R. Cole went to Minneapolis Tues
day. -
! r.. Cole was a Mankato visitor
| Thursday, 9&.%,s, s.
!, Mrs, William Cole spent Tuesday
1 in Mankato. =. -. -, :.
Mrs. Anna Mason returned to st
Paul Thursday. -
C, D., Babcock spent Monday and
! Tuesday in ST.. Paul. u.
| Miss Bernice Ostrander was {
+ Mankato visitor Friday .~.. Vs. ~
Mrs. f. L.. Warrant has been sicf
with tonsilitis this week. ...-
George Pulver and family were
home for Thanksgiving. ~
| Miss Julia Sword spent yesterday
with friends in Mankato.
-, Clifford Babcock of Hudson, Wis.
is home for his vacation.
Charles Graft was taken to the
Harlow hospital Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Olson visited
friends in ,Mankato yesterday.
Master Harold Anderson returned
Friday from Mankato hospital
Mrs. ]. II. Ream left yesterday
for Window to visit her mother.
Miss Mabel Hamstedt left Sunday
for Minneapolis to stay indefinitely
/ Miss Hazel Streeter of Mankato
is the guest of Miss Esther Bailey
Joe Olson assisted Mr.. Dondelingel
in his garage at ST. Peter Tuesday
Miss Florence Edge visited friends
Lat Nicollet the early part of the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Aim will en-
terrain the Merry Nh Fu's this ev
ening.
The base ball club gave a dance
in the village hall Wednesday ev
ening. :"
Mrs. George Bickel of Cordova is
the guest Of her sister, Mrs. w. ii
Powell. -........ ..-
Ethel Skipton Of Cleveland is visit
ing her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. II
/ Skipton.
! Mrs. w. S. Carpenter of Duluth
is the guest OF her sister, Mrs. A
d. Griffin.
Mr. Arnold of Minneapolis gave
a talk to the high school students
Friday afternoon.
Harry Ream returned Friday from
Minneapolis after few days visit
there with relatives.
Fred Fector of st. Paul arrived
| Saturday to spend month with
| friends and relatives.
Miss Edna Buell. came up from
lie Sueur Wednesday to spend
Thanksgiving at home.
William Cole was initiated into
the mysteries of the Knights of Ply.
thias order Monday night.
Union Thanksgiving services were
held in the Presbyterian church yes.
terday morning at 1880.
| Dr. and Mrs. w. IT. Powell entertain
ed number of friends at six o'clock
dinner last Saturday evening.
The Linger Longer thimble bee
was entertained by Miss Bernice
Ostrander Saturday afternoon.
H. Heidi and Mr.. Holm are in
voicing the stock in the Standard
Lumber company's yards today.
Harry Davis of Minneapolis son
! of the late S. l. Davis, is improving
nicely from his recent operation.
The C. "; McGraw and Bert French
families spent THANKSGIVING day
with Mr.. and Mrs. Clayton Moses.
/ Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Mounton
are the proud parents of a son who
was born Monday, November 25.
Mrs. C. N. Warrant entertained
the Ladies' Aid society of the Pres
byterian church Thursday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soderquist of La.
! fayette spent the early part of the
week with Mr.. and Mrs. Gates Youn-
gren. et
Miss Elsie Meister left Wednes-
day to spend several days with her
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06

be wise and the song of the
poet is silent. Dives relinquisnes
his millions and Lazarus his
rags. !, The, poor. man is as rich
as the richest and the rich. man
as poor as the pauper. The
creditor loses his usury and the
debtor is acquitted Of his obi
CATION. There the proud man
surrenders his dignities, the pol
itician his honors, the wording
his pleasures, the invalid needs
no physician and the laborer
rests from unrequited toll Here
at last is Natures final decree
in equity The strongest there
has, no supremacy and the weak
est needs no defence. TIL might
lest captain ,succumbs to the in
vincible adversary who disarms
alike the victor and the van
QuiShed." .@.t.- s"'L e..
Brothers Myers and Stern and
karmany and COwles and Gary,
you have gone to the great
democracy of the countless dead,
beyond the pale of censure and
of blame. You cannot hear us,
you cannot see us today. You
sleep in peace; we waking toll.
You are untouched by pain, we
trust; we must bear the ills that
are. Yours is the knowledge of
deaths mystery; ours the privi-
lege to stand signaling over 70
the other shore, and from out
the silence and the distance, we
think there comes the responsive
whisper of once familiar voices.
What singular edification
there is in speaking we'll of the
dead and wishing them joy!
And what a comforting pleasure
doing good to the living and
making them glad! IL. ..
What is doing good to the liv-
ing save the inner promptings
of our better selves translated
into acts, into service? once
spent some time at place where
thousands of sick people were
gathered together from far and
near and many lands. There
were high and low, rich and
poor, men of wide .renown and
others to fame unknown among
them. There were the GONZALES
cent, cheerful and happy; and
also the nervous and cast-down,
waiting for the critical hour to
strike. The beautiful and i'm
pressive thing about it all was
the sympathy and fellow-feeling
that existed among the suffer
ers and their friends. All rank
and station seemed forgotten
in the one thought of doing good
to one another. 1t was all very
fine. And what is paying trib-
ute to the dead but an effort
on the part of the soul to strip
itself bare of all gross and hard
eXternals and melt them in
crucible of worship?
If, therefore, in such a frame
and mood of mind we shall ap-
proach our task today as that
the music in our souls shall be
in tune with what is best in
human life, we shall then gath
err strength anew for coming
struggles and see Hopes prom
Use shining brightly in those
words of mingled tears and joy.
In Memoriam.
Judge Oscar Hallam of st. Pal
elivered the memorial address, an
/ was a mastery effort and
eeping with the occasion. The a,
ress will be found on the thir
age Of this issue.
Rev. p. x. Edwards, the chaplai
{ the lodge. gave the prayer an
he benedictiOn.
This memorial service, which
n annual affair, shows more clea
Y than almost any other part {
he lodge work, of which the publ
nows anything of, the real objet
nd spirit of the order, and it is
ommendable spirit of charity an
Attorney NJ. r. Everett of Waite
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: WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR Z

"GA TEN .NONOi tONS run
DECEMBER.
Thisd-Wind and rain. 4
Seventh-variabie.
Eighth-coid, high wind, :
: Snow.
,Ninth-Fair. ~ :
Eleventh-Wind and snow.
= TWelfth-CIoudy, squaIiy.
Observation-Disclosures, wind.
Fourteenth-SnoW and rain.
Sixteenth--Fair and mild. :
.Eiehteenth-Remiss of cold,
- wind.
Twenty-third.-Fair and frosty.
Observation-Disclosures.
Thirtieth-Fair and mild. :
i. John M. Broome. :
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06

|. Attorney M. r. Everett of Water
Vile transacted business here to-
day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1912-12-06

Miss Margaret III. Barnes of no
chester was in Mahkato yesterday.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
Exploiting Porto Rico

Governor Cotton has recently re.
turned to Porto Rico, after spending
several weeks in the Capital and otheI
portions Of the states, where his pril'
cipal purpose has be- n direct attention.
to the rich commercial advantages Ui
the Island. He mas had Installed il.
New York what is known as the Port,
nico Ex 4lbit," and the idea that NO.
,hing but cyclones aud pestilence ar.
"raised" on the Island, is dispelied bs
the amazing display Of grains, fruits,
vegetables, etc. Governor Cotton as
serts that Porto Rico is one of the gar
den spots of the western hemispher.
aud with stab form Of government
such as now exists, he feels sure thar
Dy drawing attention to the Island,
that American capital and settlers
may be induced TO participate in the
upbuildiug of Porto Rico
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
Tillman 20 Come Back

The people Of the state of south Gar
DINA have chosen Ben. Tillman to sue
ceed himself in the United States Sem
e. The old time frey southerner, who
used to win pi- chfork and an angry
ongue, has become as meek as Moses,
and his appeal TO his people to ''iet
him die III the harness." evidently
struck a sympathetic spot among the
people of outh Carolina. Senator
liliman, while able TO carry on his
work, and attend the Senate sessions
regularity, is suffering from an incur
aUle melady, and is liable to pass away
at any time. He understands full we'll
the uncertainty Of his condition, and
from one who formerly acted much like
a savage at times, the old war horse hi q
become d man of tender sympathiee
aud exceptional qualities of forebea.
ance, with the result that his old enc
mics have gradually become his stead
fast friends.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
New Exposition Stamps

When the post office department got
out d set of stamps Tor the Chicago
Worlds Fair, new branch of useful
uess was discovered for the postal au-
'thorities Every exposition since that
ime has demanded and secured an is
sue of stamps. Now comes san Fran.
cisco, which all of US will have to help
advertise on our correspondence. A
new two-cent stamp in commemordtiob
OF the Panama Pacific Exposition i'll
San Francisco in 1915, has been ap-
p1 owed by Postmaster General Hitch
cock. 1t is about an iuch wide and an
inch and a quarter long. 1t bears an
engraving representing the t}atun locks
ot The Panama Canal, showing q steam
ship emerging from the northern lock.
and another Vessel being raised In the
southern lock. La the middle distance
IS group of tall trees, and in the
background lies the hills Of the 18th
mus Across the top are the words:
III 5. oStage," aud directly below
,hese lines: "San Francisco, 1915. NJ
coior has been selected for the stamp.
Ihe Postmaster General has also ap-
proved designs for new one. FIVE, and
ten cent Exposition stamps. They will
all commemorate historical events OF
the Panama Pacific regions.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
NATIONAL AFFAIRS
How Expensive is it to be Congress nan?

How Expensive is it to be Congress nan?
Former Representative Bowers of Mis-
sissippi, who asserts that he 'retired
voluntarily" statement one sees fire.
quently in the political news nowadays,
since this is graceful gay TO quit, has
given an interview to Washington cor
respondent. because could not make
ends meet on the salary of Member
of Congress, quit says Mr. Bowers.
Il figured out, and found was no l. .ng-
er getting any returns from my law
practice. had family growing up,
and found it necessary to make more
money, SO I went back to the law, and
[ am mighty glad of it. The uncertain
| ty of tenure of Member of Congress
m axes it all the harder for Congress
ran. | have been referring to the men
ho have served for several yes rs in
he House"
| A congressman receives an annual
salary of $500, aud twenty cents per
mile travelling expense, free office rent,
stationery and postage. He also ha-
$l25 month clerk hire, and although
ur. Bowers declares that approximate
ly 5000 year is inadequate for con-
sressman. yet the latter have repeated
" declared that the $500 year that
heir secretaries get is ample. Fignr-
.ng that Mr.. Bow ers has four moni hs III
nome where he can attend to personal
business each year, it is seen that his
real salary for actual time spent in
Washington is approximately s 1000 per
| he south and elsewhere practice petty
.aIceny by drawing their $125 month
| Jerk hire, and then engaging steno-
.rapher who does all the work for from
forty to sixty dollars month. The cou-
sressman pockets the rest. Fortunate
| ly this is not general custom, though
actually dues exist in notable cases.
without dlsputiug that Mr.. Bowers cau
make more money in Mississippi than
i'll he Capital, one cauIIOt help Onder'
i.,g III view Of the futile attempts Of the
! secretaries to secure All increase, and in
.lew of their ability to pay their own
.'ailroad fare aud live Oh their salaries,
just " nat difference there is in the quail
y of meat upon which Mr.. Bowers and
lis class of congressman ''doth feed. "
washington is not nearly as expensive
place in which to live as New York'
Chicago, and most other large cities
nd some of these congressman who
caunou snake ends meet" in Washing.
ION, should furnish bill of particulars
Tor the enlightenment of the general
,,utllc. However, while Mr.. Bowers
n.y have found ,hIDgs hard here, it Ii
.oticeaOie that most cohgressmen not
oAlS are abe to i've comfortably here,
out are able to send u few dollars home
eacn payday for deposit Ill their local
ua.k.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
The Mexican Intervention Scare

Recent reports concerning Mexican
Intervention originated in the highest
official quarters, and there is pretty
good reason to believe the President
gave some rather stiff intimstions TO
the press, as good many of the reports
originated from Beverly. Things have
been pretty bad in Mexico for long
time, but the best official information
is that conditions have improved some
what, and the complaints form A'neri'
CANS have diminished. Just now all
who know the Mexican situation scout
the idea that intervention is desirable,
and the only justification for talk of
this nature at this time is being traced
to the exigiences of Am ricsn national
politics.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
Attitude Of the Filipinos

just before oeuor Quez.n, the Com
.nleslouer tor the PHILIPPINES, left ful
.hsnlIa, he made statement TO the If
lect that he had had u serious row with
The War Department, which Is III charge
VI iusular affairs, and therefore the rea.
governing power of our possessions.
Aue department answered That IL WAS
Auaw are Ut any open dlsagreelnehte
VIA the Oenor. lhe latter WAS an act
We factor in the fhiiliplue rebellion
.xalusL the Un TED o,ates, and was
member of AguluSidu's staff. He Is a
.dLIve Ut Tie ls!audS, and is credited IN
aenIug.vu Will being a koUu ueSi.o.
1--we wire. He does not fall TO empha'
SIZE the fact that he is i'll Washington
y virtue of having been chosen at a
popuiar election, and any interterenc-
with his course by the United States
authorities he unhesltatlngiy attacks
As "unwarrauLed interference" Mr
Que4 Oh is vigorously opposing all plans
attended to extend the trade relations
uetween his islands and the U. S. on
he grounds that 1t would increase the
nold of the parent government, and
make ultimate independence just that
much harder to secure. If Quezon il
! ty pic4l of the Filipino, and is not far
| above the avera.e In poiut of intelli
,euce-and he Will tell you he is only
air sample, then the qualifications OF
those people for seif-government,i is be.
yond question. The War Department
officials in commenting on the recent
| outbreak of the commissioner declare
tina, he is v.ly emp lug Lu "piay Poi
iIlcs," and just now there is peace an.
harmony because Quezon is on the
high seas bound for his far-away home
with mission to repeat, and empha,
size, 10 his people, that they must be-
ware of Uncle Sam, aud resist the
greed, hand # the Yankee tradesman
WHO is try ing 10 get into the Filipino
M .rket. The Seno, says the greatest
danger TO the independence of his peo
pie lies in the direction of the develop
ment of trade.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
Tremendous Republican Split

This election shows that. Roosevelt
and Taft will split the Republican vote
IN two in every state in the union, and
hat the Democratic party is united
1t Is only possible, but very probani.
that Woo irow wilson will Garry aboui
AZ states out of the total 48 in the un-
Ion.
However. the Democrats must keep
up their campaigning and not permi
the battle TO lag through over confid+'
ace. Standpat sm is sinking Taft like
:. milestone aud Teddy is soaked i'll
S aud ard Oil to the neck.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
Knox in Japan

Reports from Japan indicate that
Secretary of S ate Knox is having a
good time at the funeral of the Mikado
and is doing the United States proud
i'll displaying his load of gold tinsel
and il flging high with Zig st.f cf
utt1ci Is. ia Inc court circles of the
"yellow empire"
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28
St. PauPs Episcopal Church

Services will he held SUNDAY
evening at 8 p. m., at St. Pau's
Episcopalchurch. Sunday School
at 10 A. m.
The Winslow mail., 1912-09-28

Everyone is a beauty! A large
line of Ladies Hats tor Fall anil
Winter. No two alike. Babbitt
Bros. Mere. Co. /
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-01
They Saved His Life.

Does it pay to stop your motor car
after an accident and go back to see
what has happened? Two young mo-
florists on the south side believe It
does.
With a green chauffeur these two
boys were trying out a new model
touring car. They were sitting in the
back seat when the greenhorn at the
steering wheel gave it a twist and
came within an ace of hitting an old
man at a crossing. The victim was
SO shocked that he fell to the pave
ment. and crowd gathered in an In
slant.
Looking back. the motorists decided
that things looked bad, but that they
had better go back and see whether
the old party was killed. Finding him
all right, but winded. they took him
for nice ride around the parks. So
pleasant did they make II, for him that
when they took him home to his wife
he introduced them as "The two young
men who saved my life."
They are now thinking of applying
for Carnegie medals 80
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" MUCHANKESTER
AZUSZP4u0xS RylNExYzk

You seem to be raising first-rat,
hell all by yourself"
on, be reasonable, Solomon. You'c
gone down to the steamboat land
Ing said the Judge plaintiveIy. BY
way of answer, Mahaffy shot him 9
contemptuous glance. Take a chail
do, Solomon" entreated the Judge
When did l ever sneak a jug into
my shanty?" asked Mahaffy sternly
evidently conscious OF entire recti
tude in this matter.
Il deplore your choice OF words
Solomon" said the judge. you know
damn well that IL you'd been here |
couldn't have got past your place
with that jug! But let's deal with
conditions. Here's the jug, with some
liquor left In there's a glass. Now
what more do you want?"
Mr.. 'Mahaffy drew near the table.
sit down." urged the Judge.
Il hope you feel mean" said Ma
haffy.
IF it's any satisfaction to you. |
do" admitted the Judge.
You ought to-" Mahaffy drew for
ward a chair. The judge filled his
glass.
What's the news from the land
ing?"
Mahaffy brought his fist down on
the table.
Il heard the boat churning away
round back of the bend, then / saw
the lights. and she tied up and they
tossed on the freight Then she
churned away again and her lights
got back of the trees on the bank
There was the lap of waves on the
shore, and was left with the half
dozen miserable loafers who'd crawled
out to see the boat come In. That's
the news six days a week."
By the river had come the Judge,
tentatively hopeful. but at heart ex-
pecting nothing, therefore immune to
disappointment and equipped for fall
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-01
CHAPTER VIII.
Boon Companions.

Boon Companions.
Some time later the Judge was
aware OF step on the path beyond
his door, and glancing up, saw the
tall figure OF man pause on his
threshold. A whispered curse slipped
from between his lips. Aloud he
said:
rs that you. Mr.. Mahafy?" He
got no reply. but the tall figure. pro-
PEELED by very long legs, stalked into
the shanty and pair of keen, rest
less eyes deeply set under high, bald
head were bent curiously upon him.
Il take It I'm intruding." the new
conner said sourly.
why should you think that, Solo
mon Mahaffy? When has my door
been closed on your" the Judge asked.
but there was guilty deepening OF
the flush on his face. Mr.. Mahany
glanced at the jug, at the half-emptied
glass. lastly at the Judge himself.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-01

ure. By the river had come Mr.. Ma
hairy. as unit as the Judge himself,
and for the same reason but sour and
bitter with the world, believing al
ways In the possibility OF some mir
acle OF regeneration.
At the judges elbow Mr.. Mahafy
changed his position with nervous
suddenness. Then he folded his long
arms.
You asked II there was any news.
Price; while We were waiting for the
boat a raft tied up to the bank: the
fellow aboard Of it had a man he'd
hshed up out of the river. a man
who'd been pretty well cut to pieces. I"
Who was he?" asked the Judge.
Nobody knew. and he wasn't con-
scious. shouldn't be surprised II he
never opens his lips again. When
the doctor had looked to his cuts. the
fellow on the raft cast on and went
on down the Elk"
1t occurred to the Judge that he
himself had news to impart. He must
account for the boys presence.
While you've been taxing your
whiff OF life Down at the steamboat
landing. Mahaffy. I've been experf.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-01
JUDGE,

Perhaps you'll contend that the ole
order is overthrow, that family has
gone to the devil? You are right, and
there's the pity of it! The socia
fabric Is tottering-I can see 1t tot
ter" and he tottered himself as he
said this
We'll, I'm an old mantle spec
tacle won't long offend me. Ill die
presently" He was so profoundly
moved by the thought that he could
not go on. His voice broke, and he
buried his face in his arms. A sym.
pathetic moisture had gathered In the
child's eyes. He slipped from his
chair and stole to the judges side.
I'm mighty sorry you're going to
die"
Bless you, Hannspal!" cried the
Judge. looking wonderfully cheerful,
despite his recent bitterness of spirit.
I'm not experiencing any of the pangs
OF mortality now. My dissolution amt
a matter OF tonight or tomorrow
there's some life in Slocum Price yet,
for all the rough usage, Ell? / think
you'd better go to bed"
Il reckon had." agreed Hannibal,
slipping from bis chair.
We'll, take my bed back of the
quilt You'll find a hoe there. You
can dig up the dirt under the shuck
tick with (which helps astonishing
ly. What would the world say II II
could know that Judge Slocum Price
makes his bed with a hoe!"
Hannibal retired behind the quilt
do you find 1t comfortable?" the
Judge asked. when the rustling of the
shuck tick informed him that the
child had lain down.
Yes, sir" said the boy.
Have you said your prayers!" In
quired the Judge.
mo. sir. | amt said 'em yet"
We'll, say them now. Religion is
as becoming in the young as It is re-
spectacle in the aged. I'll not dis
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1912-06-01

Clergyman Covers About $4,000
Miles Year In Arctic Region
Visiting Missions.

Nome, Alaska.-Steamboat, canoe,
reindeer, dogs and snowshoes are used
by Bishop Rowe of Alaska, in cover
Ing bishopric of 100000 square
miles. over which every year is WIS.,
iting his missions he travels a dis
lance equal to the circumference of
the globe. In cheerful performance
OF his hardy duties he proves himself
one of history's long line of adventur-
GUS frontier churchmen-perhaps the
last, Darlington Weems says, in tell
ing OF the bishop in Worlds Work, for
the frontier will soon be a memory,
and Alaska is the end. Peter Trim
Bile Rowe was born in Toronto in
1859, and was tried and tested for
his arduous life's work by moving,
after his graduation from Trinity col