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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-17

bought number of horses here the
past week. Those from whom horses
were bought are, Joe Bruels, II.
Phillips, Will Ward, Robert Schostae
and Doc Meary.
F.. r. Franske and family spent
Sunday with the Roerig family.
Stephen Foster, ST., who has beer
i'll for the past month is much i'm
proved in health.
Harry Fields who is attending high
school in Mankato spent Saturday
and Sunday with his parents.
George Cassidy has at last fallen
victim of the grip and is now wrestl-
ing with. mustard plasters and quinine
concoetions in the hopes of dislodgine
the demon before, spring
The Leo Hardware company is un-
loading car of wire and nails this
week. ia
Village caucus at the town hal
Saturday evening
Mr.. Hubert Bruells of Mankatc
will move out to occupy his residence
at st. Clair this month.
School News.
The primary room recently had {
real tea party at which several o.
their parents came to drink tea. Mat
Peska with his two little children
Joseph and Marcella, furnished much
entertainment. Mr.. Peska brought
his photograph, to the music o.
which the two children did folk dane
ing and marching.
Tests of seed corn made last weel
by Raymond Kruse, George and Car
Fitzloff and Duane Chase showed thai
the, two year old corn was by fal
the best. Two tests of over 80 to 81
per cent were made.
The Checker club in the higl
school is still fourishing. Some o.
the club, however, have deserted
checkers for hand ball, which was
introduced this week.
Monthly examinations occurred in
all departments last week.
The new library books have beer
much in demand the past month
Much interest in reading has beer
shown recently. Residents are well
come to take out books if they de-
sire. Application for a library card
can be made through any pupil OF
teacher.
The intermediate room has organ
lied a school society.
Visitors are always welcome al
school. CONSUMPTION will soon be
resorted to unless more parents come
in to see us. 10.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-17
Amboy. Couple Married.

Clerk of the Court Krost yesterday
granted marriage license to Eddie
u. Giese and Celia p. Merris, both OF
Amboy. The couple was united in
marriage by Judge Evan Hughes of
the probate court. ..ra
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-17
orpheus Club Meeting.

OTPheuS CIub WeetIn9.
The Orpheus club held regular
meeting last night and decided to
give a concert shortly after Easter
Miss Van Gordon, Chicago grand
opera star, who possesses beautiful
contralto voice. has been engaged as
soloist, and. will give selected pro-
gram of songs. She has appeared
with the Minneapolis Symphony or
chestra. and has made, very good
i'm preston in the large cities where
she has sung. The club is now en-
gagged in practice upon some new
chorus. numbers for the concert.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-17

william Ewing. is, in, the: twin cities,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-03-17

The bride is cousin of the Misses
Bangerter in this city.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
What is the connection be-
tween Whitaker, Drummond and
the mysterious girl? Is more
than one person eager to see
Whitaker dead?
CTO BE CONTINUEDD
HOW HISTORY Is DISTORTED
Curious Liberties Taken by Scholars
With Events in Other Countries, as
Matter of "Polcy."

Curious liberties have been taken
by the scholars of one country with
the history of another, the distortion
being, of course, due in many instances
found in a Russian textbook edited
by a greet Russian scholar, Hovaiski ::
Louis XVI was good and peace
full king. After a long and famous
reign, in which he was most happy
in his choice of minister Of finance, he
died quietly in Paris, beloved by all his
people His. death was caused by a
hemOrrhage
THE successor of Louis XVI was his
son, Louis NVII. During his reign
the brave, royal army, commanded by
Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte, captured
the largest part of the European con-
tinent for the French crown. But the
faithleSs Napoleon showed tendencies
toward miSusing his power, and was
suspected of harboring dishonest de-
signs against the legitimate ruler.
With the help of his majesty the en-
peror and autOcrat Of all the Russians
his plans We're frustrated, and he was
deprived OF all his possessions, hon
ors and rights to Il pension. He was
then eXiled to the island Of st. Helena,
where he died"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
On Euqenics.

Prof. Herbert L. Flower said in an
address on eugenics in Boston:
Youths point Of view is better
than ages when it comes to questions
of eugenics.
Here for example, is q dialogue to
prove my claim:
"A beautiful girl said on a white
beach to her fashionable mother:
"'Yes. mother, dear, l like Mr. Gobsa
Golde. but isn't he too old to be con
Sidered eligible?
THE fashionable mother compressed
her rouged lips.
Ion the contrary. my love-. she
said: he is too eligible to be consid-
cred old T"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
HAVE YOU ANY "SAND?'
By Louis Joseph Tance

II should be mysterousy beaten when stepped into
following should warned
would be killed think you'd hidingor
would the Mystery worst?
Supposed Hugh Whitaker York after
five
brilliant theatrical
Law, The
him. his former law
doubts the
murderousy assaulted
try place Strange things happen
imcnt.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
The DESTROYING ANGEL
By Lou, Joseph Fance 4e4sassasa.

Of embroidered Chinese brocade, stood
for moment in deep thought, her
head bowed, the knuckle of a slender
forefinger tapping her chin-charm-
ingly posed. Whitaker abruptly I'M
derstood why it was he loitered, peep
ing-she was absolutely beautiful. q
creature both exquisite and superb, u
matchless portrait for the galleries of
his memory
Something-a movement or perhaps
slight sOund-had drawn his atten-
ton from the woman. He saw the
other man standing boldly in full
moonlight, all his attention cOncentrat-
ed on the brilliant picture framed by
the window. He was unquestiOnably
without knowledge of the nearness of
the Other-of Whitaker in the shad-
ows. And though his back was to the
moon and his face further Swallowed
by peaked cap, Whitaker was abso-
lutely sure of the mamie was GER
tainly DrummOnd
Without pause for thought he sprang
toward him, in q guarded voice utter
ing his name-"DrummOnd! 7" But the
fellow proved too alert and quick for
him. Whitaker's hands closed on moth
ing more substantial than thin air; at
the same time he received blow upon
his bruised shoulder smart and forcible
enough to Stagger him and evoke an in
voluntary grunt of pain. And before
he could regain his balance the fellow
was thrashinS noisily away through
the woodland underbruSh.
Forthwith he struck off and blum
dered senselessly through the forest
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
BRIEF INFORMATION

Lightning is more frequent IN ILL
nois and Florida than in other states.
Fernando Ell Cano of Santa Rosa,
Cal, says he is one hundred and III
teen years old
There are said to be 800 uses for the
palmyra palm, which grows through
out tropical India.
The last boundary monument be-
tween the United States and CANADA
has been set. The work has been go
ing on for 100 years.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08

A Latin-American chamber of COM
merce has been formed in England to
promote British commerce with South
and Central America and Mexico.
For smaller cities and towns a re-
Gently devised fire alarm employs an
enlarged and more than usually pow
erful automobile horn, electrically op-
Grated, to sound signals.
Harness to be suspended from the
shoulders and extend through a coat
sleeve, to be invisible, has been in
vented to help men carry heavy ss,it-
cases.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
Too Much Cutlery.

How did you get along at the din
ner last night?" asked the woman in
the suburbs of her husband who had
been celebrating.
Didn't get enough to eat" was the
mans reply.
That's strange at big affair like
that
"Why, dear. do you know when I
got through there were ywo forks and
three spoons / never touchedl"
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
lin AGAINST Hard Task.

81 can't quite make up my mind
whether young Woggs is trying to be
a desperate or a mollycoddle." "Nei-
Their He is conscientiously endeavor-
ing to resemble the hero of the novel
his best girl is reading. '-Washington
Star.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08

J. w ScolIick. for 80 years a scien-
list in Uncle Sans employ, has re-
stored most of the skeletons which the
National museum exhibits as samples
of prehistoric mammals. In recent
years the work has grown SO that a
separate department is devoted to each
branch of bird and animal mounting.
Mr.. Scollick now prepares all the skel
etons of birds which are sent to the
museum for preservation.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
After the Honeymoon

docs your husband love you as
well as he did when you were first
doesn't make such fuss about it,
Puck.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08

Count Karl Stuergkh, prime minister
of Austria, was shot dead while at din
ner at a hotel, by DR.. Friedrich Adler,
editor of a Vienna periodical. Three
shots were fired, each taking effect.
News of the assassination spread like
Wildtire through the German capital
and caused one of the greatest Sensa-
tons of the war. Extra editions of
leading newspapers, were put upon the
streets Il few minutes after the shoot
ing had been reported to the police.
While Count Stuergkh was one of the
most distinguished and revered states
men in Austria-Hungary, he has at no
time taken a decisive part in the af-
fairs of his nation except in purely
democratic matters. Count Karl
Stuergkh was tifty-Seven years old and
had been for years leading figure in
Austrian uublic life
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08

A German Zeppelin was sold for
charity in London October 10. Thou
thousands of pieces of the Zeppelin
brought down by Flight Lieutenant
Robinson, V. c., near Cuf1ey, for the
benefit Of the Red Cross.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-08
IN THE FATHERLAND
INTERESTING BITS OF NEWS
FROM THE GREAT GERMAN
EMPIRE.
WHAT'S DOING IN OLD HOME
Summary of the Most Important Hap
Penings in the Land of the Kaiser
Timely Items for the German
Readers.

Hugo MuenSterherg, professor of
psychology at Harvard university, in
an address before the International
Political club of the university, assert
ed he had been reliably informed that
Russia and Germany would sign terms
of Il separate peace before spring and
that after this peace there would be
an alliance between Germany, Russia
and Japan. Il know from reliable
sources" he said, that Russia is out
of joint. is half bankrupt is starving
and Will be ready for a separate peace
before spring. The result is to be
an alliance between Germany, Austria.
Russia and Japan. Japan and Russia
are pushing toward this combination
and an overwhelming majority of the
German people would welcome ii to-
day. 1t is the old Bismarck tradition
that Germany ought to be the friend
of Russia and that such an alliance
would be her SureSt protection. II
we really want to bring peace for a
generation there is no hope but to
bring Germany and England TO an un-
derStanding before Germany and Rus
STA have made peace and formed an al
lance. Neither the English nor the
German people want this peace today,
but they ought To want it, for once the
new alliance is formed it will seek tp
crush the ambition Of England for
world power. Some neutral groups in
Europe are seeking to bring about this
understanding between Germany and
England. Yet real success can be eX-
pected only if the government of the
United States undertakes this master
work"
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"Your surroundings here are gor-
geous," he said bluntly. But you're
unhappy. Wretchedly unhappy. What
is the matter? Tell me, Janet"
"Oh, Tom !" she walled, tears gush-
Ing to the big, sad eyes. 81 am SO I'M
happy So miserable! I'm such a
failure"
"You?" he cried, In denial, "a fail
ure? Never in this wide world! You
would be a success anywhere. L"
SIN not a success" she wept, "Tm a
failure. A CHASTITY, stupid failure. Marc
says so. He told me SO only this
morning"
"Marc?" he repeated. "You mean
your husband? He said you were a
failure? The cur! WhyT
"We-he gave a dinner here to O
number Of boon companions Of his.
Some Of them were people I didn't
like. And I asked leave to stay away
from the table. That made him angry.
He said / must be present. So ! had
to be. There was a great deal of
drinking. And-and / didn't like the
way the people talked-even the
women"
81 know. / know. Go on"
zone of them made fun Of me for
not drinking. And Marc heard it. Aud
he got angry again. And he shouted to
me not to be a little puritan fool. And
after dinner that odious old Colonel
Harding tried to make love to me Oh,
it was horrible! This morning l told
Marc about It."
"Good for your approved Tom.
"And he's gone out to thrash him?"
"No," she replied. "He told me I
was an idiot to be shocked at such
trifes and"
"He did! The BEAST"
"And then he said l was a skeleton
after the feast and a 'kill-joy' and a
little country prude,' and / began to
cry. / couldn't help 1t, though he al
ways gets angry when 1 cry. 1 tried
ever so hard not to, but 1t was no use.
And when / cried he flew into q rage
and caught me by the arm and shook
mt and"
"He dld-that?" shouted Tom, white
with righteous indignation. I've
heard there were men who were so
beastly as to show cruelty to women.
but l never"
'Oh, it doesn't hurt so very badly
now" she tried to soOthe him. "And,
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at all. But ] couid zee low happy Il
would make him.
SO I have promised to marry Mr.. Lam
der. We are to be married very quietly
this afternoon. And this evening we go
Dear, I can't write any more. II you
are heartbroken over this you rave at
least the comfort OF Knowing that I still
love you and that ! shall love you forever
and ever. / can never tell you that again,
for shall be another mans wife. But
II is true.
Forgive me, dear. dear Tom, for the
grief I am causing you. But-my first
duty was to father. Help me to be brave.
JANET.
Tom looked up from the letter, his
face white and haggard. Across the
breakfast table he met his sister
Miriam's gaze, maliciously triumphant.
Miriam, too, had just received a letter
from Samoset. And she cried In shrill
delight.
What do you think, Tom7 Janet
Gordon was married yesterday Mar
ried a rich man from New York. Threw
you over for a man with more cash
and better looks and city ways. I al
ways knew she was"
Tom thrust back his chair from the
table and cut short his sisters spite
full speech by stamping out Of the
house.
Straight to the factory he went,
moving dazedly, like a man in a night
mare. On his arrival he was sum.
moned into the superintendent office
and WINS there notified that his worlr
had been so satisfactory as to warrant
his superiOrs in giving him q much
higher position.
This new position in the factory was
n toward which Tom had been fight
ing his way for months. 1t had been
the goal of his hopes. For it ~entailed
n salary on which he could afford to
marry.
The good news was now as dead sea
fruit to the heartbroken man. Yet 1t
reused him from his daze Of numb mis-
cry and awakened in him once more
the ambition to fight on.
He had hitherto worked with love as
his hoped-for prize. Now, love was
dead. And he vowed that, henceforth.
ambition should be his aim In life. He
would throw himself, heart and soul,
into his career. He would sacrifice
everything to success. He would win
wealth and power to atone for the love
he had lost. He would deaden unhap-
piness by an orgy OF work.
For the next year or so Tom Mer-
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terror Of the house and brought Tom
Mercer running put to his wife's aid.
Forgetful of his recent illness and Of
the Doctors warning against overexer-
ton, Tom responded to the cry and In
stinctively rushed forth. For the mo-
ment excitement made him strong and
vigorous again.
AS he flung open the front door and
stepped out onto the veranda Tom
found himself face to face with the one
man In all the world whom he least
expected to see-the one man on earth
whom he hated.
"What are you doing here?' he de-
manded harshly.
Janet threw her arms around Toms
neck, weeping Historically. But stirred
by the stark terror in her eyes Tom
put her gently aside and whirled fierce
ly upon Lander.
"What have you been saying to herr"
he questioned, his eyes ablaze.
II have been holding a personal and
private talk with my own falthless
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30

anyway, it wasn't as painful as when
he struck me. He"
HE struck your painted Tom, al
most inaudibly. "Struck your Janet,
I'll kill him for that"
"No!" she fmplored. "No! You
mustn't. You must promise not to. I
couldn't bear that. L"
Listen to me-. Janet. This man
has treated you with abominable cru
city. Cruelty is not a legal cause
for a divorce In New York state ;
more's the pity. But it is. in Connect.
cut. Let me take you back to Hart.
ford. You can stay with Miriam there
and establish a Connecticut residence
AS soon as you have established II,
bring suit for divorce against Marc
Lander on grounds of cruelty. After
that-unless you've stopped loving
me-"
"Tve stopped loving you.
Tom," she told him.
II have many good friends among
the Hartford business men. 1 can
easily get one of them to give you
a job. A job that will support you
while you are waiting for your d.
vorce decree. You can find a good
boarding place and"
In his eagerness he caught both her
hands In his rs he urged her to con-
sent to his plan. And at that moment
the living DON portieres were Jerked
apart and Marc Lander slouched into
the room.
He stopped short on the threshold at
sight of Tom Mercer. He saw that
Mercer was holding Janet's hands.
ST came back home for some mail /
forgot" said Lander. striding forward.
"And it's lucky i did. If / dropped In
here oftener in the daytime I'd prob
ably walk In on more little love scenes
like this"
Marc" gasped Janet.
Tom, without a word, stepped be-
| tween the t~hreateningly advancing
man and his trembling wife. His own
| fists We're clenched, and his face was
dangerously calm. Miro looked sneer.
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GERS example was one which his en-
ployer pointed out to lazy toilers.
Word of his prowess reached the
home Office In New York, and he was
sent Tor to confer with the directors
there on a scheme he had outlined. He
convinced the directors Of the schemes
value and. to his amazement. was ap-
pointed superintendent Of the entire
Hartford factory.
The man was a dynamo of energy
and Of executive genius and the direc-
tors fastened to recognize his abili-
ties before some rival firm should do
so.
Tom Mercer left the general offices
Of his company after the directors
meeting and started toward the Grand
Central station on his return Journey
to Hartford. CHANGING at the station
clock he saw he had missed the train
he had hoped to take and must wait
nearly two hours before the next would
start.
With time on his hands and nothing
to occupy 1t his mind flashed yearning.
ly back to Janet. Janet was living
somewhere In New York. What harm
could II do either Of them If he should
call upon her for a half hour while he
waited for train timer
With an exclamation Of delighted as
constituent Janet ran to welcome the
guest. Almost incoherently Tom re
piled to her impulsive greetings.
Presently the two emerged from the
half light Of the hallway into the sun.
lit living room. There Tom halted and
stared In frank and distressed amaze
ment at the woman he loved.
For the past year or two hac
wrought startling changes In her.
She was dressed In a style that
seemed to Toms unaccustomed senses
nothing short Of queenly. But she was
thinner and much paler than of old
and she had wholly lost her air OF
youth and gay vigor. She looked pal
lid. iistiess, iii. Her eyes were dark,
ringed. And they were infinitely sad
almost frightened. and were fraught
with a mute appeal that went straight
t. Toms heart.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-30
Eleventh STORY
The Lost Paradise.

line urSt part OF the strange reul-llle
romance of Tom Mercer and Janet Cor
don was more or less like that OF an
old-time English melodrama. But the
latter and more tensely exciting part
OF II was like no other story W told
since the birth Of time.
They were brought up together. Tom
and Janet, In the historic little village
OF Samoset, on the very edge Of the
creek that formed the borderllne be-
tween New York and Connecticut.
The village itself was on the New
York side of the creek. But In two
good strides and without getting wet
above the knee, q man could easily
step into Connecticut.
Hiram GOr~don-Janet's father-was
the "blg man" of Samoset. His house
was the most %pretentious, his lands
were the broadcast In the little COM
munity.
He and Tom MERGERS father had
been chums from their college days.
And Tom and his sister Miriam were
ever welcome guests In the big Cor
don house. Since the death Of their
parents the two Mercer children had
been all but adopted by Hiram Gordon.
Miriam Mercer was a prim, unattrac-
tive girl, with O sharp tongue and an
oddly soured nature. Gordon's influ-
ence had secured for her the position
of principal Of the Samoset grammar
school. And she spent most Of her
time Mt her duties there, growing more
and more aloof from her old friends.
From the first, she had disllked Janet
Gordon and had vainly tried to influ-
nee Tom against her.
As for Tom, himself-from child
hood he and Janet had loved each
other. tn, r fathers had smiled on
the pretty romance. And when, In
young manhood, Tom asked Hiram
Gordon's permission to marry Janet
the request was heartily granted.
The course of true love gave every
promise OF running with a most I'M
eventful smoothness, flawed only by
Miriam MERGERS sour and futile oppo-
sition.
Hiram Gordon was the president and
chief stockholder OF the Samoset bank.
Tom had a position of trust under him
and on the first of the year was to sue
ceed the retiring old cashier. This
would mean for him an income on
which he and Janet could very COM
fortably marry.
Then, oil at once, the placidly un-
eyentful happiness of the two lovers
received a sharp setback.
A fever of stock speculation had
swept the country, as reaction after an
was affected by 1t. He SAVIOR thought
be saw--a chance to turn his comfort
able fortune into enormous wealth.
He specialized heavily, not only with
his personal funds. but with those of
the bank as well. And presently came
the collapse of the bubble Of false pros
perity that had lured SO many thou
sand people into crazy investments.
Panic reigned In Wall street. Dozens
OF banks were wrecked. And, with an
army OF other u~nfortunates, Hiram
Gordon lost his nl.
Gordon could have faced the loss of
has own fortune. But the fact that
dozens OF people had been impoyer-
ished through his folly was more than
~ could bear.
He made q hurried trip to New York,
Trying there to raise funds to his
investors losses. He found the New