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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1913-09-12

will be investigated. The hearing
for confirmation of curb and gutter
assessments was set for Monday
morning, September. %.
The liquor license bond of Samuel
Dixson and son, Glen s. Dixson, was
approved, as was also the bond of
Gust Peterson.
resolution was adopted awarding
the contract for the Improvement OF
the West Mankato connection, to the
Good Thunder road to John Mccall
R. E. Brown asked that his alley be
tween Jackson and Cherry streets be
repaired and made more passable
The Mankato Spinning and Knitting
Mills company and the Minnesota
Packing company asked the city to
install fire alarm box at Front and
Willow streets for the protection OF
the two concerns. The matter was
referred to Councilman A. G. Lack
Guarantee Bond Accepted.
The guarantee bond of Fowler &
Pay for the use of streets in Man
kato was accepted.
Councilman John G. Gerlich be
walled the need of new stree
roller as the old one is ION the
blink" and it was decided to try tt
rent the roller used by the Nortl
Star Concrete company to finish VI
the work this fall.
City Attorney Arthur Schaub re
ported that E. G. Atkins, superintend
ent for the Milwaukee road hat
agreed to put in an alarm bell
the Front street crossing, as thu
council has requested.
The reports of the city clerk ant
the city treasurer were accepted AM
| filed.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
Miscellaneous.
LOST

In Lakeland, Saturday, July Is
a bag of gold; big reward awaits
the finder. II will be found or
Jeremiah's Bargain Counter, IN
front Of ,. B. Dickson's Grocery
Store and the reward will be paid
at Room No. IL, Futch & Gentr,
building. by Smith and McMullen
1907
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08

SITUATION-As carpen
ter foreman or tinisher; Is years
experience in all classes of build-
ings; now employed with leading
contractor. Must change climate:
have winter asthma; reliable ref
erence If asked. W. p. Lawrence,
LAGRANGE, KY, Box 81. 1144
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
DO YOU KNOW

That late invention enables the
washing of the most delicate Of fab
RIGS in soap and water? The most
delicate cloth or garment that you
happen to have will be washed If
you bring 1t to the demonstration
held on Wednesday and Saturday af-
ternoons at 4 o'clock, at 105 North
Florida avenue (the Peacock build
ing).
A truly wonderful demonstration,
you will say. Come!
1146 W. H. HEATH.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08

NOTICE
with the contract and the completed; and
Of lots liable liens for said hundred t6OO n feet
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
OF LAKELAND, FLORIDA.


Lakeland Of
the side Of Indiana
WHEREAS
o for
tot
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
$lO,83l.77


OF
lots g" either side said street one third Of the will
OF
dteis against
10 be
whole
Clerk. President Board Bond Trustee,
Public Works
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
FOR COUNCILMAN

The many friends and supporters
Of N. \. Riggins, residing in
Ward three announce him as aaa-
didate for Councilman to III CIT tLt
unexpired term of r. E. Sc;pNe!
in special election Sept. 2S next.
11fg
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
LAKELAND lnR

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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08

PROPERTY
and of a
Of
thuu the side New York has been paved and cud
be and
Of sidpav is
of
of said wo r
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
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C CIouGH Csrk President Po.L, y =, BBAssErT,
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08

II. n. lASSETT.
Vice President Board Of Bond Trustees,
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08

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has
sum of
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF LAKELAND 81 oR,pA


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the center
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08
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The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-09-08


on the day Of
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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Prince Kr0p0tlsin. the Russian revo
lutlonist once made an exciting es
cape from a fortress prison II st.
Petersburg. After Two years 10 the
prison he mad been removed TO the jail
hospital where plans were mdIured
by his friends f1r his eight lie was
allowed 10 walk for AN hanr each after
noon. guarded by armed Seniries. in
the grounds. A line of spies outside
maintained system Of Signals to NO
tify the prince when the adjoining
streets shonld he clear When an was
well a friend In kiosk opposite the
gate Played upon violin After one
or two false starts the vioiinist burst
Into a mad melody. and the prisoner.
ilnging of' an outer garment. leaped
for 1t. Sentries tried to stab him with
their bayouets; others hesitatcd to
shoot. believing That they could catch
him. a carriage with a racing horse
in the SHIFTS was waiting Into It
he spraug and they left at paliop.
His beard was cut or. his clothes
changed. and be spent the arst hours
Of his hiding In the best cafe in st.
Petersburg.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
NO 25


A good Wilberforce story is told by
the Rev. r. II. Ditchneld IN ''The Old
English Country Squire" In the old
days the average squire believed In
taking his religion easily and comfort
ably. and his pew was often the most
luxurious in the parish Mr.. DitohHeld
describes It as "a coy. sleep provoking
structure. curtained on. wherein was
often a special fireplace. the pew being
furnished like drawing room. II the
clergyman was rather too long preach
ing his sermon the squire would poke
the fire somewhat impatiently and Wig
orously. 1t Is reported that sherry and
biscuits were sometimes served by a
livery servant and that the squire used
10 have his letters and newspapers de-
livered to him IN his pew and to read
them during the sermon.
when Bishop Wilberforce was
shown luxurious squire's pew. with
special fireplace, armchairs and every
convenience. and when the clerk asked
II the bishop could suggest any i'm
provement or the addition OF any fur
niture Wilberforce quietly whispered
to the clergyman by his side. "A card
table,"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Sir Henry Roscoe tells this Of the
scientist Faraday and his assistant.
Sergeant Anderson: Anderson was
the sole assistant to Faraday and Of
course was utterly uneducated in scieu-
tific matters. but he could obey orders.
which is not always a characteristic Of
an educated man. One day Anderson
was told by Faraday to keep stirring
pot containing some chemicals over
fire until he returned. Faraday being
In the habit Of going upstairs to tea in
his rooms and coming down directly
afterward to work in the laboratory
during the evening. For some reason
be was prevented from coming down
again and forgot that he had told An
derson to watch the pot On coming
down the next morning be found An
derson still stirring the pot. having
been at it the whole night and thus
carrying out the order which was Civ
en- him.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

An example Of eating to wager in
the good old times Of a hundred years
ago is TO be seen in the following news
paper scrap: "A singular wager was
decided yesterday at a public house in
Shepherds market. A man Of the
name Of Bushel In that neighborhood
undertook for the trifiing bet Of one
guinea to eat and drink In the course
of twenty minutes the following arti-
cles-viz, six pounds Of trlpe. two doz-
ems Of large onions in sauce. two three
penny loaves, three pounds Of pota-
toes and three pots Of porter. the whole
of which. 10 the great astonishment OF
the company, be dey0ured in fifteen
and one-half minutes, and such was
his voracious appetite that he exclaim-
ed that If any man present would treat
him with bumper Of brandy and half
as much more as he had eaten he
would tuck it in."-London Spectator.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

'The Anglo-Saxons," said scientist
Of the British association. "have a
great love OF hanging. and the science
has constantly improved. In medieval
times many Of the places where they
hanged people were provided with a
kitchen with big pots Of pitch. The
bodies were pitched all over and made
waterproof and able TO resist the at
mosphere. Then they were hung out
as warning to other offenders.
Hanging was also used as an an
aesthetic in connection with the old
practice Of killing man for high trea-
son by hanging. drawing and quarter
ing him. This kind Of hanging did not
necessarily hurt man, for five men
hanged in 1447--gentlemen belonging
to the Duke OF Gioucester-ha been
marked out to be quartered and drawn
when their pardons arrived. They
We're cut down and soon were none the
worse."-London Cor Baltimore Star.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

By far the most remarkable of edible
flowers is that culled from the butter
tree of India The blossoms of this
singular tree are the chief means Of
subsistence with the Bills and other
Indian hill tribes. An average tree
yields from 200 to $50 pounds of pulpy
bell shaped flowers that when they
drop off during March and April. the
hot months Of the Indian year, are
eagerly gathered by the natives. They
have when fresh peculiar and lus-
cious taste. but the fragrance Of them
is not pleasant and is best and most
briefly described as 'mousy.r Usually
they are cured in the sun. shrivel to
one-fourth Of their size and then re-
semble nothing so much as raisins.
The natives prepare them for food by
boiling or using them in sweetmeats.--
Suburban Life Magazine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
TENNIS is ANCIENT.
The Game Had Its Origin In tho Old
Days Of kniahthood.

Days Of Knishthood.
By many people tennis Is thought to
be an essentially modern game. but 10
reality 1t is probably one Of the most
ancient ball games and was a sport
long before cricket was dreamed Of.
Though undoubtedly not existing dur
ing the Arthurlan period. tennis. or. as
lt was called. "tenez." Is mentioned
In the Arthurlan legends. written In
1900. and the knights Of the round Ia
bic were pictured as engaged in the
sport when the weather was too hot
FOR Journeys or iousts.
From a simple beginning and through
many centuries, the Intricacy Of the
games rules have been developed.
writes a contributor to the London
Times. Its present name seems to be
corruption for the term ''tenez.
which the server used In the same way
ready is called out now. In the be
ginning the name was jeu de paume,
taken from the fact that the bah was
struck with the hands instead Of with
a racket Later the hand was incased
in glove. and still later the glove was
covered with strings running criss
cross. FROM which condition there was
but a short step to the short handled
racket.
In feudal times the courts were mere
ly open grass plots. oftentimes the
lawn Of a castle. and not till late In
the seventeenth century was the court
ineiosed, when walls were built as
backsteps. Now most Of the modern
English and French courts are entirely
inelosed with four walls and a roof
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
cgEcKMATING JUSTICE.
An inside View Of the Way Criminal
Cases Are Handled.


In Courts, Criminals and the Ca
mora" Arthur Train. the author. once
an assistant district attorney In New
York city. says that our present system
OF administering justice offers no de
terrent to the embryonic or profession
al criminal. The administration Of jus
tlce is clever game between Judge
and lawyer in which the moves are
made with a view to checkmating Jus.
tice. not in the trial courtroom, but be-
fore the appellate tribunal two or three
years hence
"Niy young feller.~ said a grizzled
veteran Of the criminal bar to me long
years ago after our jury had gone out.
there's lots Of things In this game
5ou amt got on TO yet. Do you think
! care what this jury does7 Not one
mite. got a nice little error into the
case the very first day. and I've set
back ever since. s'pose we are con
victed7 I'll get Jim here 1.-THE prison
erl out on certificate. and it'll be two
years before the court OF appeals will
get around to the case Meantime
Jim'll be out maxim money to pay me
my fee. Won't you. Jim7
Then your witnesses viii be gone.
and nobody'll remember what on earth
It's all about You'll be down in Wall
street practicin' real law yourself. and
the Indictment will kick around the of
fee for year or 50, all covered with
dust. and then some day I'll get a
friend of mine to come In quietly and
move to dismiss. And it'll be dis
missed. Don't you worry Why, a
thousand other murders will have been
committed in this county by the time
that happens. Bless your soul, you
can't go on tryin' the same man for
everl Give the other fellers a chance
You shake your head7 Well. it's a fact.
I've been doin' 1t for forty years. You'n
see."
And did. That may not be why
men kill, but perhaps It may have
something to do with 1t.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
Advartisinu oxsrIooked.

It was shortly before the funeral Of
a well known person, and a certain
manager had just placed a wreath in
as conspicuous position as possible
But he didn't like the look Of the very
small card attached thereto, and so he
fastened on one considerably larger
with "From the - theater' on it.
"How does that look uow?'' he said
to one of his company who stood near
"Oh. it's all right responded the actor
whose sense of humor is just as great
as his unquestioned dramatic ability
but why not add. Every evening al
9T"-Pelican.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
WENT DOWN WITH HIS SHIP.



Fated Titanic.
The story Of brilliant career termi-
Mating III abrupt tragedy has been writ
ten by S. + Bullock In his Life OF
Thomas Andrews the designer Of the
Titanic After studying at the Royal
Acadenlical Institution at Belfast An
drews entered the Harand & Wolf
shipyards as apprentice. In 1904. At
the age Of thirty-oue. he was made
chief designer Later he became 9
managing director
Andrews sailed on the Titauic. Ger
tain. as he wrote to his wife. that the
ship would do the old firm credit" A
survivor has told bow. after the COLI
sion, Andrews busted himself with
helping women into the boats and dl
recting the rescue work in other ways
This is the story Of his last moments:
One met him bareheaded and carry
ing lifebelt on his way to the bridge
perhaps TO bid the captain goodby
Later an assistant steward saw him
standing alone In the smoking room.
his arms folded over his breast and the
belt lying on a table near him. The
steward asked him. Aren't you going
to have try for it. Mr. AndrewsT
He never answered or moved "Just
stood like one stunned"
Others saw him few minutes before
the end on the boat deck, our final and
grandest sight of him. throwing deck
chairs overheard to the unfortunates
struggling in the water below.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

And don't forget to climb. boy"
said the later day Polonius as he part
ed from his college bound son; "climb
and keep a-climbin'."
q won't forget. dad" said the boy.
"Goodbyr
He didn't forget
Three days later he climbed over the
prostrate forms of twenty-seven dis
abled sophomores and. climbing the
creased pole to the hated upper class
emblem. yanked 1t from Its fastenlngs.
thereby winning place In the esteem
Of his fellow students that score Of
scholarships couldn't equal Cleveland
Plain Dealer
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20
PAINTING A HORSE.


upset MeisSonfor.
In other days, on the Boulevard
Malesherbes. Edouard DetaiIle aud
Meissonier. his master, lived In ad-
Joining houses. Their workshops al
most touched each other. 1t happened
that Detaille was painting some caval-
rymen furiously charging the enemy.
He found it necessary to excite the
horse posing as a model to give the
appearance Of frenzied gallop. But
1t was in vain that the jockey. who
held the bride. smacked his tongue;
the animal drowsed.
Detaille then ordered another do
nestle to strike upon a Chinese gong.
For fully FIVE minutes the horse was
terribly frightened, and the painter
was delighted But the animal soon
became accustomed to the tomtom
and drowsed again. To draw the
valiant steed from his torpor it was
necessary to strike the bronze disk
with greater force. This was done
1t was as if cannon was being fired
Or the other side of the wall Meis-
sonier was painting. quite gently, Ma
poleon |. mounted upon white horse.
in repose, observing in the distance
the catastrophes of an immense bat
tie. He had mounted horsemaE in a
gray redingote upon the beast that
served as model AS the blows were
struck on the gong in the ateller of
Detaille the imperial mount shook and
snorted In fiery way, which was far
from pleasing to Meissonier
So he visited his pupil, and an ar
rangement was effected Detaille was
to paint his gaIloping horse in the
morning anu Meissonier his unmoving
steed in the afternoon. 1t was in this
way that Napoleon |. was enabled TO
keep firm seat in the saddle.-Cri de
Paris
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Nearly everybody believes that Ben
Jamin Franklin was the inventor aud
constructor OF the first lightning rod
In this particular they are mistaken.
as the first lightning catcher was in
vented by a poor monk of Bohemia.
who put up the first lightning rod on
the palace of the curator of Preditz.
Moravia. June 10. 1854 The appara-
tus was composed of pole surmount-
ed by an iron rod. supporting twelve
curved branches and terminating In as
many metallic boxes filled with iron
ore. The entire system Of wires was
united to the earth by large chain.
The enemies OF the inventor Jealous Of
his success, excited the peasants of the
locality against him and under the pre-
text that his lightning rod was the
cause OF the excessive dry weather had
the rod taken down and the inventor
imprisoned.-Argonaut-
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

"As dead as a doornai" at FIRST
seems utterly senseless, but becomes
lively and picturesque when we re
member that knockers were once uni
versally used. Beneath the knocker
In order to prevent dishguring the
door, large nail or bolt was driven
An impatient caller. waiting for the
door to be opened. would frequently
use the knocker with great force. and
the Responsiveness of the nail gave
rise to this expression.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20


One OF the most detailed accounts Of
the Japanese bath in good native ho-
tells which have not come under for
eign influence Is given by Mr.. Stat
ford Ransome i'm Japan In Transi-
ton" II IS commonly a rectangular
structure OF wood. let in SO that the
top is about flush with the fioor. filed
with cold water through a bamboo
tube and heated by fire underneath
or by the side 1t starties us to read
that the water is rarely changed more
than once or twice a day, so that from
a score to hundred OF persons may
use the same But Mr.. kansome ex-
plains why this is not the dirty ar
rangement II seems. "lt would be IL
the japanese treated the bath as we
do-that is to say, as a place to wash
in-but he does not. He gets into his
bath for the purpose Of raising the
temperature Of his body after he has
been thoroughly washed all over
London Chronicle.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Thomas Carlyle. the sage OF chel
sea-" died without winning much per
sonal popularity, a fact, however
which is forgotten in admiration of hi.
genius. Carlyle exerted a greater In
fluence on British literature during the
middle Of the nineteenth century and
on the religious and political beliefs OF
his time than possibly any other Brit
ish writer He never wrote line that
he did not believe, aud in regard to
style he certainly had no superior.
From the position of schoolmaster in
an obscure village this great Scotsman
rose to be leader in the world of let
ters.-London Graphic.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

One night at court ball in the TUT
leries Napoleon III. was so attentive to
a beautiful young woman as to excite
comment among the other women At
last in response to direct tribute to
her beauty she said:
"Ah. but your majesty compliments
me too much!"
"How remarkable" he replied, with
a twinkle in bis eye, that you should
say Just what every other woman here
is thinkingl"
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Influenza derives its name from an
Italian word meaning influence. 1t
was thus entitled by the Italians In
the seventeenth century because they
attributed the disease to the influence
of the stars. A very common belief is
that iniiue~z- is a comparatively mod
ern disez4e. disassociated from a gen.
eral class by latter day medical men.
but this is far from being the case,
for the illness has been mentioned by
ancient writer's as far back as the
fourteenth century, there being rec
ords of It's appearance In France In
1911 and 1903.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

An Arkansas hunter fred one shot
at flock Of ducks and brought down
three. They fell In the river. He ran
downstream to where there was a log
and. holding to 1t. caught the ducks as
they tioated down. As he stood in the
water fish wedged into the legs Of his
trousers so tightly that as he waded
ashore button few off and killed a
rabbit that was sitting on the bank
St. Louis Post Dispatch.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

What is inconsistency asked the
curious one.
We'll" responded the wise one. ut
Is that spirit which moves n woman
whose sleeves stop at the elbow to
scold her husband because he hasn't
any cuffs on" Exchange.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

'I wouldn't shave myself today
said she quietly.
"want to insinuate that I've been
drinking eh?' he stormed
mot at all. but that isn't cup Of
lather you brought in from the kitchen
tust now. That's charlotte russo"
Washington Herald.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Bridegroom ito his young wife, over
fond Of dressl--The dress you have on
pleases me greatly. l should like al
ways to see you In 1t, my darling.
Bride-I viii fulfll your wishes.
will have my portrait painted in 1t at
Ince, aud you can hang the portrait
over your desk--Fliegende Batter.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Editor lhanding back manuscript
You ought to take this story TO doc
tor Of literature. Author puzzled
Why? Editor-The plot is weak. the
tcnstruction very bad. the style nerv-
GUS and the sentiment decidedly sick
ly.--Pearson's Weekly.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1913-06-20

Clergyman-Madam, you must be
eonsoied with the thought that your
husband is at rest. widow-Do you
mean that he didn't have any before
be died?-New York Press.