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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
Democratic Bad Faith.

In one way the Democratic party can
help the Republican party materially.
1t hates Senator Kellogg. 1t wants to
make the South absolutely solid in the
Senate, and cares not for justice or de-
cency, or the established rules of the
Senate, if it can satisfy its vindictive
feeling. There was a pledge, it is true,
that Republican and Democratic
Senator should be admitted Oh the same
ground, and not disturbed in their seats,
and the Republicans loyalty and honor
ably kept the agreement on their part.
II the Democrats see fit to break it. if
they please to establish precedent un-
der which, when the Senate becomes
Republican, the right of any Democratic
member to his seat can be questioned,
the Republicans may well thank them
heartily for their folly. 1t will seem to
the people of the North that Mr.. Kellogg
is illegally ousted, not because he was not
duly chosen, but because he was an eff
cient loyalist and is an active Republi-
can. 1t will seem to them that Demo
cratic vindictiveness and partisan greed
have once more trampled upon legal and
honorable obligations. In the Presiden-
tial campaign this bit of indecency on
the part of the Democrats will be men-
toned often, and we leave the sensible
Democrats themselves to say whether it
will help them.-Nev York Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
Spring Care Of sheep.

As many of our readers are keepers Of
sheep, and az it is quite probable, ut
present prices of wool, that many others
soon will be, perhaps n little advice on
the subject would be well received. 1t
is simply astonishing how many farmers
keeping sheep, and who ought by this
time to show the fruits of experience,
which are supposed to be gained by years
of constant pursuit, yet keep their tlocks
ut this most critical season of the year rs
if the question of increase and revenue
was Of no consequence. Sheep must be
kept dry, and they must have ration OF
roots or grain, and be kept from the
fields i'll the spring if lambs are expected
to live. No good farmer will allow the
first blade of grass to entice his sheep
out of their enclosure, which should be
large, dry, and, if possible, with
southern exposure. 1t is all nonsense
that coarse wooded, large sheep will not
thrive in confinement, and it is fallacy
to imagine that because, after running
i'll the fields through the winter when
there is spot of bare ground to be
seen, they begin to show it i'll the spring
by their weakness, they can he fatted up
by extra food all mt once.
Our experience has been, in the past,
that they will be very apt togrow worse,
many die, and others refuse to own their
lambs To get n satisfying result, let
their feed be nourishing and abundant
all through the winter. IL is true that
sheep will get their living out doors Mt
any time when the ground lis bare, and
the temptation is strong when the bleat-
ing flock are looking from their yards at
the bare fields, to let them out and save
| little hay; but have observed that on
farms where this kind of economy pre-
walls it Is no difficult matter to find here
and there the carcass Of an old eve,
whose digestive powers have managed
very well through the winter on the cold
rubbish left in the wake of n disappear
ing snowdrift, but whose days of useful
ness end with the spring.
There are thousands of good, intelli-
gent sheep owners in the United States,
who understand their own interest well
enough to avoid the above practice, but
in the New England states the storms
are too severe and sudden, and where the
sheep are let into the fields they are often
overtaken by cold or wet, the digestion
impaired, the appetite becomes tickle,
and they are ill-disposed to accept the
regimen offered and the confinement
which becomes necessary ut lambing
time, especially If the lambs are early.
1t would be much better to keep them
on good, regular feed, and in sunny,
roomy quarters, until their natural food
in the pasture is in sufficient abundance
to admit of their being turned out for
good.-G. H. p IN American Cattica-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
Liquid Manure.


The liquid excrements of all kinds of
stock are of more value for fertilizing
land than the solid excrements. Still
the great majority of farmers take no
pains to save them. Stables should be
80 constructed that the urine voided by
animals may run through shoots into
tanks from which it may be pumped ont
and sprinkled over the land, or be con-
Quoted into watts filled with absorbents.
The former method of disposing of
liquid manure is attended with more
trouble than the latter, and is produc-
tive of poorer results, unless the mate
rial is sprinkled over grass or poured Oh
soil planted with vines, bushes or plants
that require to have their growth stimu-
lated rs fast AZ possible. Currant
bushes, tomato plants, squash and mel
on vines derive very great advantages
from liquid manure applied at different
times during the season. They are
gross feeders and soon take up the solu-
bic portions of the solid manure that was
applied in the spring or the previous fall.
For most field crops it is easier and bet
ter to fix the liquid manure by means of
absorbents, such as dried peat or muck,
forest leaves, straw, refuse hay, sawdust
or any material employed for bedding
horses and cattle. The pores i'll these
substances will take up the liquid ma
nure and render it easy to handle. l.,
will also cause the substances with which
it is combined to decay very rapidly.
An excavation may be made in farm
yard, and rendered tight by stone, brickt
plank, or cement, into which liquid ma
nure can be easily conducted. If waste
vegetable matter be placed in this it will
soon absorb the liquid and become par
TALLY decomposed. This manure mill
may be kept in constant operation with
out expense.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
CHAPTER III.
MY REVENGE.

was half aroused by a touch on the
shoulder and opened my eyes, but the
semi-darlness was still before them.
Then voice knew said: "Tom's just
off, but the mornings wet and stormy,
sir. BE advised and stay below; you"
had lain down again and was asleep
once more before he had completed the
sentence.
I must have slept some time, when n
dull sound aroused me. l looked about
and it was not till the clock door burst
open and the bird came out that / recol-
lected where | was.
"Cuckoo - l counted six strokes.
Then the dull distant sound came down
upon the wind and / began to wonder
what ii was.
Athird time, louder, and now" hatter, !"
so to speak, as if the wind had caught
the noise and borne it against the stone
pillar wherein lay. could hear Dob
son and his companion hurrying to and
| fro and in few moments, as the former
passed the door, 1 called aloud and he
came in hastily.
"What's the matter, Dobson"
"Vcssel drifting in, disabled. Shell
strike, fear. They're signaling for help
don't we hear the guns?"
He was gone. Guns A vessel in dis,
tress Here was an adventure, indeed.
leaped out of bed and hurried through
my toilet, from time to time looking on
upon the angry, tumbling sea, driven il
before southwest gale, in broken hill
Of water.
1 assembled to the gallery, and the gran
deur of the scene beneath took my atten
ton for moment from the reeling zach
that was driving helplessly, it seemed
fairly down upon the cruel line of iagge.
rocks that were now and then visible t,
: windward.
"Now, mate, said Dobson, "you an,
me must take this job in hand. Wei
cross the rock before she strikes yonder
and save the poor fellows"
: To their astonishment volunteered t
to help.
: Excuse me, sir, but you amt an
good in this. You can bear hand o
t the lifeline, honsomdever; and if W
5 should not both turn up to muster
a why"
t Without another word they shoe
hands solemnly with me and with eac
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
Snakey.

The Los Angeles Commercial de-
scribes how Mr.. Richardson, of San
Gabriel, destroys gophers. He has a
favorite snake, which he takes by the
tail and carries to the mouth of fresh
gopher hole. When the snakes head
reaches the hole, Richardson let's go the
tail. and his snakeship glides in and
swallows the gopher. When hungry
the snake appears above ground, waiting
for the kind-hearted ranchero to waltz
him around by the tail to another din
ner of gopher meat. Snakey is said to
enjoy the business exceedingly, and al
though he takes gopher by wholesale he
likes to be retailed himself every day.
The method is little slow, and, in
localities where gophers are very numer-
Gus, it may take more than one season to
exterminate them; but it is neat, though
not certain in its results. Every agri-
culturist should get gopher snake.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
Political Assessments.

The report of the minority OF the Sen
ate committee charged with the investi-
cation of the practice of making
political assessments is an interesting
and entertaining document. It is very
clearly shown that the report of the ma
jority is partisan and disingenuous in
character. For example, the report of
the majority cited the case of clerk in
one of the departments who refused to
contribute to a Republican election furd,
and whose salary was subsequently cut
down. The impression sought to be
conveyed is that this was done in order
to punish the refractory employe, where
as the fact is that the whole business was
managed by Democratic House of Rep
resentatives. The report of the minority
of the committee effectually disposes of
the hypocritical pretensions of the Demo.
cratic majority. But the whole case
could have been dismissed in a single
sentence, showing that the main reli-
ance of the Democratic party has always
been upon the time-honored custom OF
compelling office-holders to pay the ma,
ior part Of the expenses OF politica9
campaign. York Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
An Egyptian Fair.
tCairo Letter to the London G!obe.l


The sound of wild music from instru-
ments made deep in the heart of the
clark continent" mingles with shouts
and songs in hundred dialects. The
setting sun throws n rosy glamor over
all. A gong sounds from minaret, and
the watchman's cry, Allah"-the last
syllable prolonged neutrality-suspicious.
through the air. In an instant every
sound Is hushed, the angry dispute and
the frantic song stop short; the thou
sands turn with one accord to the east,
to touch the ground with their forehead.
The sight is Enthusiastically impressive.
We pick our way through the plain to
the town, ones attention being divided
between the lettering pegs and the heels
of the unbroken mules. In ten minutes
the bazaars are reached; here the days
business is giving place to pleasure,
Carpets, jewels, gums, spices, lamps
vessels of brass and silver, slippers, tur.
bans and weapons are being stored away.
Colored lamps are lighted i'll the cafes,
and dancing women prepare for action.
A good dancer, like a good skater, re-
quires but small space in which topper
form, and the art of the Egyptian fan
tasia consists in the movements of the
muscles of the back and loins, highly
developed from infancy. Song accom-
panies the dance, the sentiments express
ed being, however, rather advanced: "
But it is late, the air is sitting, and the
"hasheesh" smokers are getting mad
with their narcotic. They glare ut the
only two "Frangis" -Euroreans-p
ent, fiercely demand money aud Omin-
ousl v feel at their knives. They are
hundreds against two, and, although not
all drunk, few would mind "clearing
out" the Christian dogs; is it not the
prophets behest? The sight of two
prime six-shooters checks them for a
short season, during which We pay our
scot and prepare to leave. We reach the
hotel kept by a grimy Greek, and retire
to our uninviting couches, while sounds
of wild revelry continue throughout the
night.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
CHAPTER III.
IN TIE LIGHTHOUSE.

We entered the lighthouse together,
and as we assembled the winding stairway,
Dobson said:
"Did you bring aught with We, sir?'
ANY spirits? declare, Dobson, i
quite forgot. But I'll make tall right. "
Dobsoms reply had disdainful ring
in it rs he replied: 81 amt thinking OF
spirits. Have We brought any clothing
or anything?"
Just enough for night" replied
ga toothbrush. Why?" / produced my
late purchase AZ / spoke.
because look We here" he said, sud-
denly changing his tone. He led me TO
the windward side of the gallery, which
we Just then reached. "D'ye see yondeI
line upon the sea?"
"Yes-what Of it? It's a breeze com
ing up-all the better"
Gall the worser Last time see tina
with this moon and after these warming
was when the Ca'filly went down OF
yonder reef and only fifty was saved on
O. nigh 300 aboard"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04

The lightning has struck various
things in the outskirts of Manchester,
N. II. First, barn, cutting off three
braces and splitting the shovel handle
into three pieces. Secondly, "A horse
barnessed to a wagon outside, taking off
every strap, undoing every buckle and
leaving him completely embarrassed.
Thirdly, heap of cord wood, splitting
and pilingu nearly three cords: Fourth
ly. a farm house, entering the cellar,
skimming eight pans Of milk, going out
the chimney, slipping on the roof and
leaving hole as big as the house itself.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04

A SHORT time ago Secretary Eyarts
gave dinner to President Angel, OF
Michigan university, the new minister to
China. Among the guests invited to
meet him ut the festive board was Hon.
S. s. Cox. When Mr.. Evarts, present
ing the latter to President Angel, he
was astounded to hear Cox exclaim,
"Why, Jim Angell!" and that gentle
man responded: "Why, Sam Cox"
They had not met since they were class
mates at Brown University, third Of q
century ago.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
Adventure with q Flying Machine.
IParis Cores. New Orleans Picayune.l

A German, Herr Baumgarten, recently
tried at Leipsic a navigable balloon OF
his invention. 1t is an ordinary balloon,
with three wicker cars, each provided
with ten wings, moved by crank. The
inventor stood in the middle car; assist
ants were in the other cars; all turned
the wheels which moved the crank.
There was an immense crowd. When
the ropes were released the balloon
slowly rose; but as it grazed roofs, the
assistants leaped out. They were panic
stricken. The balloon, relieved of so
much weight, rose rapidly until it was
1000 feet high. The terror of the
crowd was great. They could see the
poor aeronaut making frantic exertions
to prevent being swept away by the
wind. Suddenly the balloon began to
fall with frightfiil rapidity; it had burst.
The eronaut was not, however, severely
wounded, and he will soon make another
experiment. He is confident he has in
vented q navigable balloon.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
OLD sD DAvlD,s AT RADNoR.
BY n. W. LoSorrLLow.


What an image 81 peace and rest
~ This little church among It's graves
AL IL 10 qliet the troubled breast,
HE wounded spirit, the heart oppressed,
bere may find the Icpose IL Graves
See how the Ivy climbs and expands
Over this humble hermitage,
And seems b cares with It's little hands
The rough, gray stones, n child that stands
Caressing the wrinklcd checks OF age.
You cross the threshold, and dim and small
Is the space that serves for the sheperds fold;
The narrow aisle, the harc white wall,
The pew :, and the pull ST quaint and tall,
Whisper and say, Alas! We are old"
Herbcrt's chapel at Bemerton
Hardly more spacious is then this,
But poet and pastor, blcut in one,
Clothed with a splendor, as II the sun,
That lowly and holy edhoc.
Il Is not the wall Of stone without
That makes the building small or great,
But the sbul's light shining round about
And the faith that oyCrcoucth doubt,
And the love that stronger II than hate.
Were ] pilgrim in search Of peace,
Were pastor Of holy church,
More thana bishops diocese
Should prize this place Of rest and release
Prom further longing and further search.
Here would stay and let the world
With it, distant thunder roar aud roll:
Storms dSnut rcnd the sail that u furlcd,
Nor like a dead leaf. tossed aud whirlcd
In an eddy uf wind, is the anchored soul
-LiupiHrOf,.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04

Brown DYE FOR HAIR.-The most
ready way to color the hair brown is TO
use permanganate Of potassa, one
ounce Troy, in quart Of water. The
hair should first be cleaned with d.
luted ammonia, and, when dry, the
solution should be applied. Care
should be taken not to discolor the
skin; but, il by accident it should be
spotted, it may be cleansed with d.
luted hydro-chloric acid.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04

subject for the consideration of fruit
growers associations. His suggestion is
proper and timely. for these sparows
multiply proGgiously and are spreading
r:pidly throughout the country. Fore
wardel is oftentimes forearmed. --Prairic
Farmer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-04
English SparrOws and Small Fruit.


considerable discussion for two or three
years past His family increases so
rapidly that most of our large towns
and cities are already quartering his
progeny, likewise his cousins, and his
uncles and his aunts, and their descend
ants in large numbers.
In regard to whether these birds are
benefit or an injury, the weight of argu-
ment has thus far gone to prove that
they are not a desirable acquisition.
They are exceedingly pugnacious, driv-
ing away almost every other bird that
comes within their reach, or attempts to
build its nest in their vicinity. But the
most serious count in the Indictment
against them is the injury they do to
fruit; not 80 much to the fruit itself, but
to the bushes and the trees during the
winter. A case in point has recently
come under observation. Mr.. J. New
hall, of Toronto, Canada, has hithe2to
been an advocate of the English spar
rows, and frequently defended them in
the public prints, but he has had an ex-
perience with them the past winter which
has cooled his admiration. He has red
current patch to which the sparrows paid
great attention. Curiosity led him to
investigate the matter, when, to his sur
prise and CONSERVATION, he found every
bush entirely denuded Of every fruit bud
as clean rs if it had been rubbed down
with leather-gloved hands. Not bud
left! Further investigation showed that
his Glass Seeding plums were nearly
stripped Of every bud also, and his May
duke cherries were considerably dam.
aged. Mr.. Newhall now thinks that il
these sparrows increase in the same ratio
for the next three years that they have
the past three, it will be useless to ut.
tempt to grow small fruits in Toronto
He thinks also that this matter is o 81
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AHAIRpIN factory at Germantown, Pa.
turns out SOC, 900 week.
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CRANBERRY Culture.

An old subscriber asks the best way
to change piece of meadow land cover
ed with grass into cranberries; and hav-
ing had some experience in cranberry
culture for Il few years, L will make few
suggestions for his benefit. If l knew
the exact nature of the soil, | should
know better how to advise him. The
best kind of soil for cranberries is peat
or bog soil. There should be main
ditch or drain with dam mt the end
through the centre of the meadow, and
smaller bitches leading into it, and these
bitches kept nearly full of water. The
grass should be removed, and if there
be no sand in the soil, layer of sand
should be spread on, from two to four
inches deep, according to the depth of
muck.
The dryest part Of the summer is the
best time for preparing the land, plough
ing and plating it off, and heaving the
soil up i'll beds of about four rods wide.
The furrow should be run straight, and
the vines. dropped in about one foot
apart. Put the vines i'll 80 they may
stick up between the burrows. The
ground should then be rolled down
thoroughly. If sufficient vines for every
furrow cannot be had, only place them
i'll every other furrow. But it is best to
set them thick, so that the ground may
be well covered with the vines. The
vines should be hoed the first year to
keep the grass down. Shut down as
soon as the cranberrics are picked, and
keep the vines under water from the last
of September until the middle of May,
or until there is no danger of freezing
nights. When you draw the water of
leave the bitches full, so that the ground
may be kept moist, and not dry up i'll
time of drought. If your ground needs
no sand, you have only to plough eight
or ten inches deep, and drop the vines;
then roll, and open your bitches, and
your cranberry patch is finished, and
without any great expense. The vines
can he set by hand. Point handspike
at the end and put n piece of iron over
the poiut, and make holes with it, and
drop the vines in and press the soil
around with the foot.-O. IL. Butler, IN
Maine Farmer.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-10-14
LEGAL NOTICES.
PROBATE NOTICE.

CTATE OF CALIFORNIA, COUNTY OF sAcRA-
- mento. In the Superior Court. In the
matter of the estate of H. B. CoTTING, de-
ceased In the Superior Court of the county OF Sac
ramento. The People of the State of California,
send greeting In pursuance of an order OF the Hon.
Robt. c. Clark, Judge of the Superior Court of the
county afort said duly made and entered the 18th
day OF OCTOBER, 1850, notice is hereby given that
MONDAY, the 25th day of OCTOBER, 1850,
at 10 o'clock A. N. of said day, at the Courtroom,
at Court house, in the county of Sacramento, has
been appointed as the time and place for hearing
the application Of G. III. J0ST praying that
document now on file in this Court, purporting
to be the last will and testament Of H. B. COT
TING, deceased, be admitted to probate, and that
letters testamentary be issued thereon to him with
will annexed, at which time and place all persons
interested may appear and contest the same.
1t is further ordered by the Court, that notice
hereof be made by publication for ten successive
days in the RECORD UNION, newspaper printed and
published in said Sacramento county.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said Court
hereto affixed, this 18th day Of OCTOBER, A. D.
1880
[sEAL.l THOS. b. BERkEY, Clerk.
By W. B. HAMILTON, Deputy Clerk.
L. s. TAYLOR, Attorney for Petitioner.
Ol3-10t
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BRUxER d BRUSER,

4 TTORNEYS-AT.LAw AND NOTARIES PUB
"A lic will practice in all the Courts Special at
tention paid to Probate business. Office in Bryte's
Building southwest OF Seventh and streets.
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