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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-09-28
tilaltis mississippi and Ohio
Railroad Company 50
CIRCUIT COURT OF TIGEUNlrED STATES
FOR mi FOURTH JUDICIAL CIR
CClrAND THE EASTERN DIS ..
TRICr OF VIRGINIA. . I'll.
William Butter Duncan and Samuel
I NJ p,,lou 'Suryi,in,s 'rrust,es

William Butter Duncan and Samuel
L, NJ. BaIlow, Surviving Trustees
The Atlantic Mississippi and Ohio
Railroad Company aud others
BY virtue of and pursuant to a
judgement and decree Of foreclosure
and sale rendered and entered at the
April term Of the said Court, 1879, in
the above entitled action, !, Matthew
+. Peasants master appointed there.
in to sell all aud singular the MORT
GAGGED PREM Isles, FRANCHlS-
ES, and PROPERTY. BOTH REAL
PERSON AL, and MINED. mention
ed in the complaint in the said action,
aud in the said judgement and decree,
being the same mortgaged, or intend
ed so TO be, to the plaintiffs and Fran
cis Skiddey, since d, ceased, by mort.
gage bearing date the 9th day Of Sep
TENDER, 1871, do hereby give notice
that on f. tf. li#lf0F WNlN
MONDAY THE FIRST DAY OF N0VEM
Der, AT ~ O'VL0CK NOON.
at the courtroom of the United States
Circuit Court, IN the Custom House.
in the city Of RE mond, Va, shall
proceed to sell at public auction, to the
highest bidder. the following describ-
ed PROPERTY that is to say:
ALL THE RIGHT, TITLE, CO B
AND INTEREST or THE
SAID ATLANTIC, MISSISSIPPI
AND OHIO II. r. COMPANY.
IN AND TO THE FRANCHISES
OF THE SAID COMPANY,
MS ENTIRE LINE OF
RAILROAD s..#
extending from Norfolk, in the State
of Virginia, to Cumberland Gap, in
the state of Kentucky together with
ALL BRANCHES OF THE SAID
LINE OF RAILROAD.
ALL REAL ESTATE, mH
RIGHTS or WAY, W
EASEMETs, FIXTURES,
MACHINERY,
ROLLING STOCK,
TOOLS, EQUIPMENTS,
RAILROAD SUPPLIES
AND ALL OTHER PROPERTY,
RIGHTS, PRIVILEGES. AND
FRANCHISES PERTAIN
ING TO THE SAID
RAILROAD.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-09-28

ar BRl9To,., with
East Tenn w Il Gh. L
r tor Knoxville, Chat.
tanooRa aud all points
In Geo' gid, AidJ1md,
Tennessee GiSSisSippi,
the West, South i0cSi
d"d Norih-iotsi, dad .(or
Cincinnati and poiuts
along the Ciuril natl So.
Railfuud,
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-09-28

DR., W q. Y. CuNgiSaHAN says Wo
ovo the health and strength We enjoy tot
nay, n not our life, TO the "teycn Springs
AfnaaliI
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1880-09-28

n. y. OSBORNE, MASTER OF TRASs.
Peterehurg, Va
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
A Lake Of SOap.Suds.

The San Francisco Chronicle in re.
cent issue says: The propeller Rocket,
which will soon be placed on Mono lake,
will have no trouble about floating, rs
the density of the water is remarkable,
being Just the reverse of that of Lake
Tahoe, in which the body Of drowned
person never returns to the surface. An
exchange says that for bitterness the
waters Of Mono Lake surpass those OF
the Dead Sea. They contain so much
alkali that on q windy day the lake is a
regular tub of soap-suds. The writer has
seen O wall of lather over five feet high
along the whole of that shore, against
which the waves were beating. Occa-
sionally the wind would take up bunch
of this lather Oh big AZ bushel basket
and carry it several hundred feet inland.
So buoyant are the waters of the lake
that quite party of men may navigate
them on raft made of four or five cot.
topwood poles, Out IN the lake are is,
lands Of rock Qava-ike concretions)
through which springs Of water boil up.
The water of these springs is like that Of
the lake, but in one place is q large
spring Of fresh water. This is near the
northwest corner of the lake, and at a
point where there is about nine or ten
feet of water. 1t is sort of fountain.
A column of fresh water some three feet
in diameter is projected upwards with
such force that it rises to height Of
at least two feet above the general level
of the lake in the form Of o mound OF
knoll, and makes q ripping noise that
can be heard O considerable distance.
but for the fact that this fountain has a
body of eight or ten feet of water to con-
tend against, it would probably rise to a
considerable height in the mir.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
Driving Ont the Gypsies.

The city of Szegedin, in Hungary,
which from time immemorial has been
greatly troubled with gypsies, and which
has imprisoned, logged and threatened
them with the wheel and the gibbet, but
all in vain, has lately revived an old de-
vice which it seems did once before drive
them away. Expelled one day they
would return the next and steal every
thing that they could lay their hands on,
until the heads OF the city authorities
came near bursting in their efforts to de-
wise some means of securing immunity
from the thieving hands of the Phara-
ohs," as they are called by the Hun
garian. At Inst the authorities
caught q caravan of gypsies ard
shaved them clean, leaving not a particle
of hair on their heads or faces. Thus
sacreigiously handled, the Pharaohs
long gave the town a wide berth. The
memory of the truly barbarous treatment
having grown dim with the lapse Of
years, the gypsies have settled down
again upon Szegedin. So Szegedin has
revived the old tactics, and in spite OF
the wanderers threats of dire vengeance
has once more shaved them all, without
regard to sex or age. They have depart
ed in wrath and humiliation, and Szcge-
din hopes again to pass some years in the
peaceful enjoyment of its own eggs and
chickens.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
Gas and Water Pipes ~ Lightning Rods

During the hot weather with its heavy
thunder and lightning, it is unpleasant
to note an article in the Journal Of Ieie-
graphy by 80 eminent an electrician as
David Brooks, substantially to the
effect that the common lightning rod is
of little real value. The idea of the
lightning rod is to provide better con-
ductor than the object we wish to pro-
tect, but the difficulty is IN making O
proper connection of the rod with the
earth. In joining a copper wire with
iron wire seven times as large and of
equal connecting capacity, the end Of
the copper wire must be enlarged to the
size of tho other, and, consequently, Mr..
Brooks holds that in making q joint
with the earth "the end of the lightning
rod should be enlarged in as great pro-
portion az the earth's specific conduct
ing capacity is less" Therefore, with q
half inch square rod, he holds that the
ground plate must be 270 feet square, in
order to expose o surface to make joint
of equal conducting capacity to sec-
ton Of the rod. The fault and Insult.
cient connection of the rod with the
earth, he thinks, is the reason Of the
failure of nearly all the lightning rods in
common use.
In this article, Mr.. Brooks says that
thirty years close observation Of the
effect Of lightning upon buildings, he
has never known Of case where the oc-
cupants were injured when the building
was fitted with gas and water pipes.
The buildings where sometimes fired by
the electric fluid passing from the light
ming rods or metallic roofs to the gas
pipes, but there was no injury to person
in any part Of the building below the
higher points u.s. TO wsen RreaS,
came TO the conclusion that "gas and
water pipes are the best lightning rods
ever erected, because they are electric.
ally in perfect connection with the earth;
They should extend to the very top Of
the building, or be connected by rod
running to the elevation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
How Chinese Maidens Love.


People complain a good deal of the
sensational character Of English novels.
But the widest plots given in these dc
not equal the everyday occurrences OF
Chinese domestic life. We know, fol
instance, that young ladies who are
crossed in love do sometimes die Of q
broken heart. But we don't exactly find
in the London Gazette-which is pre-.
cisely the same sort of paper Us the
Pekin Gazette-the sort OF notice which
follows:
"January 81. His Majesty the EN-
peror directs the proper board to bestow
the usual mark Of imperial favor on the
daughter of man in Pekin named He
En- Tsao, who, hearing Of the death OF
her betrothed, vowed eternal celibacy,
took poison and died" I do not know
il that sort of loyalty to ones love ID
quite commendable; but the Chinese
think differently. .,a
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
BETWEEN the Henri Rochefort of thu

BETWEEN the Henri Rochefort of the
Empire and the Henri Rochefort Of to-
day there In little resemblance. He used
TO have angular features aad frizzly hair;
he has now filed out has become almost
fat. His external appearance is more
correct. and almost fashionable. He
wears light paletot over black frock
coat and trousers, Q lustrous silk hat,
and gray gloves. His hair is now cut
close, and the famous tuft has been sac
rifced. Even the imperial has disap-
peared from the chin. The compexion
is tanned, and the face in becoming fuller
has caused the prominence Of the cheek
bones TO disappear. The eye has also
lost its brilliancy and limpiility. The
Legendary Rochefort has in fact disap-
peared.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13

NO interest, and am poor. I sold that
little picture you liked Tor eighty pounds,
and have been spending that in seeing
all the great art galleries Of Europe. II
Ia nearly exhausted now" he concludes.
laughing.
by the time Marthe comes back 10 tell
me That coffee is ready, we seem to b.
quite old friends. "Who is that lovely
little thinRp" he asks. She in perfect
Greuxe. That Is just the head want for
my picture. ! must sketch her."
Must your" l said dryly. 81 don't
think her aunt will allow it"
But You will ask her for me, won't
your" he pleads. "YOu don't know
what help it will he for me. See! l
will show you the sketch for my picture,
and you can judge" aud he fetches his
portfolio and, selecting adrawing from it,
places it before me. The moment sec
it am conquered.-Igo over to the enc
my without o struggle. II liz full Of
genius; and see that Marines head il
principal figures.
So the following morning he makes
his petition to Madame, warmly second
ell by me. To my surprise she consents
Mt once. 1t does not seem to enter her
head that there can be any possible dan
ger to Martha in being painted ty q
good looking Englishman. Is che not
well-brought-up young person? And il
she not engaged to Oscar?
So young Stirling sets up his easel
among the flowers i'll the sunny court
yard, and begins to paint Marines
Greuze-like head against background
Of vine-leaves. generally come and sit
by with my book or work and play pro-
priety; but in spite of this, | can see
that Oscar does not like the arrange
ment; in fact hear him demonstrating
with his mother about it. She is gene
orally slave to all his caprices, but
Stirling has bought her over completely
by promise of copy of the
picture he is painting of the girl, to
hang in her satOn.
Nonsense, my son" she says, answer
to his objections. "Where is the harm {?
I am in and out Of the court yard all the
time; and Madame is generally there
with her work."
EYES," Oscar says with n dark look in
his eyes; "but he admires her. know
he does Ivy the way he looks at her."
Cici!" eric 8 Madame, "only listen to
the child Do you suppose he would
want to paint her if he did not admire
her, great baby?"
But Oscar looks unconvinced as he
walks away, and I see panied express
sion on his face as he looks across to
where Marthe is laughing gaily at some
thing the painter has just said to her.
As he 40 looks, Stirling goes over to
Marthe and, taking her chin in his hand,
turns her head into the right position,
from which it has slipped-a natural
action enough, rs every artist knows.
But Oscar does not know, and l think it
is only my presence which prevents his
giving more significant expression to his
feelings than the muttered .Sacr-r-rc,
with which he swings through the arch
and down the village street.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13

him-nther heavily, / am afraid. But
when / return home and place Oscars
release in his mothers hand, duly signed
and attcsted, I am more than repaid
when / see her joy, which, although
she isa French woman, is too deep for
words.
80 We have q gay wedding before ]
leave st. Pourcain, and by Oscars spe-
cial request, the bride--who looks love-
ly enough to turn any mans head
wears as her sole ornament u silver
chain and locket, and We are all very
content and happy, with tho exception
of the old captain, who says that have
robbed France Of good soldier.
Marthe il rs happy us the day il long.
She often writes to me. Oscar has
never been jealous again; and hereto
though l am, am TO go over this year
to attend the christening of the most
wonderful bGbc which has ever been
born beneath the shadow Of the Trois
Etoiles.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
Domestic Recipes.

OMRLRTs. six eggs, stir in one
teacupful of sweet milk and one-half tea
spoonful of salt; butter omelet pan free
ly, pour in, ret over moderate fire, keep
raising edges; when firm and rich
brown on the under side, turn together
and 10y doubled on the plate. The pan
should never be washed, but rubbed with
q wooden cloth.
To CLEAN WHITE SHETLAND SHAwLs.
Put the soiled article into large
bowl; throw over it half a teacupful OF
-four, "dry" rub thoroughly, as If wash.
ing them, then thoroughly shake out the
-four. Ii the article il not clean, repeat
the process in clean -four. Articles
cleaned by this process will retain a new
look as long as there is one thread left.
BLUE FOR CoTToN.-For pounds
cloth, dissolve 8 ounces copperas in suf'
ficient water to cover the cloth, soak &c
minutes, add 8 ounces prussiate potash
to clean water; put the cloth in this and
let it stand 80 minutes; then air the cloth
and add 3 ounces more prllssiate potash
dip again and mir it, then add ounces
oil vitrol; strain and dip again, then
rinse well.
Por-Ups.-Two eggs well beaten; two
teacupfuls of milk, and -four enough to
make thin batter; first mix together the
-four and milk smoothly; just when they
are ready to go into the oven add the
eggs beaten very light; fill earthern tea
cups half full of the batter, with small
lump of butter on top; place the cups on
dripping pan and bake III hot oven.
A. tor, MI
gar, or sweet sauce.
DATE PUDDING rather moist
date, use one pound; stone and chop
fine; add to this q pound and half OF
bread crumbs, half a pound Of finely
chopped suet, which You have carefully
washed, in half pound of O s":: ar put
salt-spoon of salt, one half &: grated
nutmeg, and teaspOonful Of ground
cinnamon; beat into this four eggs,
whites and yolks; mix all well together;
put in mold or bag and boil for three
hours. Eat with wine sauce.
FISH Soup.-Fish soups can be made
of very delicate taste, but there is nc
space to enter much upon them. Take
half pound of beef or lean ham, chop il
fine, add havoring, simmer for half an
hour, add to it one pound of fresh fish
and some vegetables, including half q
finely-chopped onion, or parsley; simme,
another half hour; have either steamed
rice prepared or toast cut in very small
squares; pour the soup through seive,
either on rice or toast or two eggs beaten
up, and this soup will invigorate you.
CHUrNEY.-One pound salt, one pound
mustard seed, one pound stoned raisins,
one pound brown sugar, twelve ounces
garlic, six ounces cayenne pepper, two
quarts unripe gooseberries, two quarts
best vinegar; the mustard seed gently
dried and bruised; sugar made into syr.
up with pint of vinegar; gooseberrief
dried, and boiled in quart OF the vine.
gar; the garlic to be well bruised in q
mortar; when cold, gradually mix the
whole in large mortar, and with the re.
manning vinegar thoroughly amalgamate
them. To be tied down close; the long
er kept the better.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
UNDER TsaE MANGO.

ltnao. A.. 49,, = -
Ths s,' ~. s Hn,n mango snsdc,
INV MI Sston ioo' vas planted down,
-" iae wofr sordiy frown,
's i"usco ny soe sWarifnG nood.
~Tnsns ana crSrine round thcm,
~ ~ anneht cure ana dorm they told.
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VI "o" s'os' ouN gusruiah hsmc
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>ac~ey hugh"i the fnghshui~n,
.. Ivy one, oy two by thru; -,
Sn Ws', ,n. arep coM shAu. I" inc pou9hs
'""of INC 'nsnRoe'
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rss "s ~. 80. s"u.s ." .
ror ,,.'ss ~. W., :, .ss. ~. 49, anu I'm,
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~"s "s' "''
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M, ,n,.. 1., s sasn sN"H'
Isn,hin, ia.,,,' ~ III, se. S"i;
Hinder the mango sh.de WV N'
Bright IN starlight and ,nooplrht-
Planned Nv the river hrrcyc,
The silence of the Jungle darL,
And thr vhish AT The .axin, ,r,.
Suddenly stood hcf,rr them
An old whitr-hcapi,d man;
In his lifted hand a skull he held
A. M. hittrr spcrch hccnn ~ i'
And ty Ills fathers ushes
By their drsccrated graves
lie cursed the spoilers az thcy Law.
Tie cursed the house that st"od that day
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13

each after they have lain scattered on
the ground about three days. These
stacks remain untouched, soy, two
weeks, unless rain occurs, in which
case the heaps arc opened on fair day
and piled again. At the expiration OF
the two weeks the stacks are spread and
raked frequently for during three bright
drying days, when they are ready to
house. The stacking affords an oppor-
tunity Tor the bulbs to sweat and keeps
them in measure from the weather, all
Of which renders them less liable to
sweat after storing and imparts q
brighter, clearer appearance than when
the onions are left scattered on the
ground to cure.
Farmers there are whose rule it IL to
push : on the onion crop Ss soon ss PGss H.
their interest to delay sale until the
middle Of October, while some keep
their crops through the winter for high
or rates in the spring. When onions are
to be disposed off previous to cold
weather they may be laid on loose floor
or in any dry place where there is free
circulation OF air. Hitis desired to keep
them through the winter onions are best
stored where frost will not effect them
and where no loss will be sustained from
heating and growing. They should not
be put in cellars unless remarkably dry
and cool. A lattice-work bin affords O
good storage place, provided it is raised
q little from the floor and erected in
dry, cool building.
A popular mode OF storing onions
when freezing weather sets ih il to
spread straw to Il depth of twelve or fif-
teen inches upon barn or garret floor,
then a layer Of onions from six to ten
inches thick, covered in turn with lay
er of straw, say two feet in depth, and
held in place by old boards or rails.
Onions may he kept in small quantities
for home use by the primitive method of
tying upon strings and suspending from
the beams in the cellar or garrett, or
by spreading thinly upon shelves.
Freezing does onions little or no IN
jury, providing always they are thawed
out gradually. As this cannot be iu-
sured the safe plan is to protect them.
II they should become frozen, however,
avoid stirring or uncovering them until
thawed out. Mould and rot are not
likely to occur if onions are thoroughly
cured previous to storing; are kept in a
dry, cool place and are not bruised
~ y WOrld.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
Fall Seeding OF Grass with Oats.

While viewing the large beet field Of
Mr.. Warren, our attention was called to
q field of English grass seeded in Sep
TENDER last, from one-half Of which hay
had Just been harvested at the rate of
some two or more tons per acre, while on
the other half the yield was so small that
it was almost impossible to cut 1t with o
scythe or machine. These two parts
were alike in character, and had been
treated precisely alike, as stated by the
proprietor, with this exception: that por-
ton where the grass was stout had one
bushel of oats per acre sown at the time
of seeding to grass. The oats made sufi-
cient growth during the fall to afford a
good mulch to the young grass during
the succeeding open winter. What little
snow fell was kept from blowing of, and
the alternate freezing and thawing of the
surface was, in great measure, prevent
ed by the slight covering of oat leaves
which, after hard frosts, fell among the
young grass. Mr.. Warren formerly
worked farms in upper Canada, where
this practice was found quite beneficial,
and he believes it will prove equally 30
here in New England. The extra cost is
o mere trifle, while the dead stalks and
leaves finally act as fertilizing material
for the grass crop. We consider the ex-
pertinent one well worthy Of trial by
Others.-N. Il. Farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
OK YOkos.

There are three points about an OK
which are more liable to be made sore by
ordinary work in the yoke than any
others, viz, the top of the neck and the
two shoulders. We often see oxen with
sores Oh each of these places. Sore
shoulders are often caused by the bow
being too wide. Sometimes it is caused
by the bow being too square or too
sharp ON the outer edge. The bow
should be perfectly round at the shout
der joint, and of such width as to
come between the neck and shoulder
joint. If any man doubts this, let him
put heavy crowbar on his shoulder and
in the right spot, and walk eighty rods
and then put it on his shoulder and walk
back, and then see where the bite comes.
The drop Of the staple, as general thing,
should come down about half way from
the top of the ox's neck to the shoulder
Joint. Oxen when drawing ON the lead
need more crooked yoke or a longer
staple than when drawing on the nib. In
conclusion we will remark that too little
attention is paid to this subject by our
farmers. There is not one yoke or set of
OK bows in five that is made to suit the
oxen that are worked in them. Hence
sore necks are the consequence, and the
OK falls away in flesh. caused by this
daily punishment; better pay little
more for your yokes, and get those made
well.-J Il. Hcrsey.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-08-13
Cutting Clover.

Management after cutting: If the
growth be only moderately heavy, the
day warm, with drying wind, and the
soil not wet by recent rains, clover may
be cut in the forenoon, and put in the
stock late in the afternoon, or certainly
the next afternoon, or hauled directly to
the barn in the afternoon of the second
day. The inexperienced should remem-
Der that the stems and heads of clover
contain great amount of moisture, and
often is not as dry as it would indicate
from handling or appearance, hence,
large quantities are not unfrequently
badly damaged in the NOW or stack by
hauling ere sufficiently cured.
But the true way is, after it has be-
come quite thoroughly cured, to rake it
up and put in well-shaped cocks, taking
pains to have them well topped out so as
to shed rain, and let them stand for ct
least day and half, or longer, If pos
sible; during this time they will have
partly passed through the sweating pro-
cess, and during the process of handling
over in hauling every part is quite thor
oughly aired and may in this condition
be stored away in bulk with but little
danger of must or NOW burn. Very
little, if any, salt should BIO used in the
curing of clover, for its tendency is to
draw moisture, which is the very thing
that clover does not require; air-slacked
lime, two or three quarts to the ton OF
clover, is excellent, but it must be evenly
applied. The dew is very injur, ous to
the color of clover, for o heavy dew will
turn the clover black; SO, if possible,
cut, wilt, and get into the cock the same
day.