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The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-21
Tho ipp-willinmson wedding

Washington, Jan. 20. = Dwight
Trip. of San Francisco, and Miss
Corinne Williamson, daughter of Gen.
Williamson, commissioner of the gen.
eral land office, were married this even
ing at the Ascension church in this
city, and afterwards had reception at
the residence Of the BRIDES father. The
wedding was q brilliant affair with a
distinguished attendance, including
many senators and representatives, sew
eral members of the cabinet and judges
of the supreme court. besides a large
representation of society people.
Mr.. Trip and his bride went north
and will soon proceed to Scotland,
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-21

New York, Jan. 19.-To-morrow'
Public will show the course of the bus
iness transactions for the week, as dis
played in the clearing house returns at
the various cities, together with COM
parsons for the corresponding week
last year.
1t seems that New York has gained
49.8; per cent; Boston, 1873; Philadel-
delphia, A; Chicago, 414; Cincinnati,
30.2; New Orleans, 7.6; st. Louis, IL;
Baltimore, S.5; San Francisco, 1871;
Louisville, 20.3; Milwaukee, 1872;
Pittsburgh, 80; Providence, Al; In
dianapolis, 24.S; Kansas City, 1913;
Hartford, 26.5; Lowell, 1S.1. Only
three small towns show losses, as fol-
lows: Cleveland, 81. New Haven, 3.S;
Syracuse, 6.5.
New York's great increase is at
tributed to the stock speculation, which
has been beyond all precedent. The
exchanges are OF some value elsewhere,
but at New York of no value as an in
dication of the general condition of
business.
The Public comments as follows
Outside of the stock exchange there
was large and satisfactory business
with some symptoms of an attack of
the speculative fever, but the advance
in commodities has not, as yet, been
important, nor has the excitement been
great. Bad weather, ice in the rivers
and the almost impossible condition of
the streets, interfered greatly with the
movement of merchandise, but the
preparations for the spring trade are of
unusual magnitude, and the prevailing
feeling is confident. The general vol
ume of business is fairly indicated by
the exchanges outside of New York.
The contrast with last year is particular
ly encouraging, because the speculation
in produce and merchandise is now
confined within very moderate limits;
because the average of prices is lower
than it was one year ago, and low
enough to invite foreign buyers as
strongly as the prices of January, 80,
invited for sellers; because the COM
paratively regular increase of exchanges
at nearly all the cities, Notwithstanding
the low prices and the absence of spec
ulative fever shows that a greatly in
creased quantity of products is being
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-21
The Great English Remedy.

Is n never falling cure
for Nervous Debility,
Exhausted Vitality,
Seminal Weakness,
Spermatorrhoea, LOST
MANHOOD, ,Inpotency,
Paralysis and all the
terri BILE effects of Self
Abuse. youthful fol-
lies. and excuses in
mature years-such as
loss of memory, Las.
S l t u d @, Nocturnal
The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1881-01-21

$ & historical Dept; Cheyenne, Nyo.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
Diversified Farming.

The partial failure of the wheat
crop in some parts of the State the
present year has brought ont quite a
full discussion in the papers on the
subject of diversified farming, In
too many cases the editor pictures
the wheat farmer as an unregenerate
blockhead who persists in cropping
his farm year after year to his own
loss, when he should follow the adj.
wise Of the editor and ut once stock
his farm with thoroughbred cattle
and make his fortune. The frontier
farmer is generally short of cash
when he moves on his homestead and
is unable to stock his farm at once.
Wheat-growing opens to him the
shortest road to ready money with
small outlay of capital at the start
and every one wisely follows it. The
great mistake 10y many is, not in
growing grain every year, but in not
making provisions at once for a herd
of stock TO diversity his farming
operations. The farm should be
stocked gradually where money is
scarce, but not less surely, and with
in four or five years, with proper
care and thrift, the young farmer
will he able to tide owe Il year of
failure in the wheat field without
danger of bankruptcy and his wheat
lands are kept in a productive state
by the supply from the stock yard.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
4 Mortgage.

In the whole range of sacred and
protane literature. perhaps there is
nothing recorded which has such
staying properties rs Il good mort
gage. y mortgage can he depended
upon TO stick closer than Il brother.
1t has a mission to perform which
never let's up. Day after day it is
right there. nor does the slightest
tendency 10 sluaIber impair its vigor
in the night. Night and day. Oh the
Sabbath, and at holiday times. with.
out a moments time for rest or rec
reation. the biting offspring of its ex.
istence-interest-goes on. The
seasons may change. days run into
weeks. weeks into months. to be
swallowed up in the gray man of ad.
yancing years, but the mortgage
stands UP III sleeplesS vigilance, with
the interest a perennial stream, care
lessly running on. Like Il huge
nightmare. eating out the sleep of
some restless slumberer. the unpaid
mortgage rears up its gaunt front in
perpetual torment to the miserable
wight who is held within its pitiless
clutch. 1t holds the poor victim in
the relentless grasp of a giant not
one hour of recreation not a mo-
ment's evasion of its hideous pres
ence. \ genial savage of modifying
aspect. willie the interest is paid the
very devil of hopeless destruction
when the payments ail.-Erch1age.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
How BOLIVAR TwistD WAS Oysatad.

Even the highest genius must some
times borrower, at least, appropriate
tho hints of others. Few, however,
could make so fine use of Q hint as
Dickens could. The true story of the
origin of ''Oliver Twist is not gener-
ally known. 1t is this: After the
amazing success of '.Pickwick Papers,"
DicKins was thinking of following it up
by a story of London life, with which
he was more familiar than with Eng
lish country life. just about that time
he happened to visit the studio Of
George Cruikshank. and was shown
some drawings the latter had made il.
Illustrating the career of a London thief.
There was q sketch of Fagin's den,
with the Artful Dodger and Master
Charlie Bates; pictures of Bill Sykes
and his dog and Nancy Sykes. and,
lastly, Fagin in the condemned cell.
Dickens was much struck by the power
of these character sketches, and the re-
suit was that no changed the whole
plot of ''Oliver Twist" Instead of
taking him through spiritless adven-
lures in the country, he introduced him
into the thieves dens in London,
showed up their life of sin, but brought
his hero through pure and indebted.
Thus it will be seen that George Cruik-
shank, not Charles Dickens, was the
original of the leading characters that
appear in 'Oliver Twist"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
Sheep Industry Before the Goodhue Couu.
ty Farmers Indstitute.

At the last meeting Ofthe GOOdhue
County Farmers Institute, consider
able part of the discussion was upon
sheep husbandry. Hon. j. Finney
made an address, which put the sheep
growing interest pretty near the
head of agricultural nee for
safety and certainty.
Mr.. Finney. according to the Ad-
r0nce. said that the first dollar he ever
owned he had invested in a sheep,
and for some forty years he had sell
dom been without owning Il flock OF
sheep. All his experience and all his
observations satisfied him of the prac'
teal advantage of raising sheep. lie
had seen a great many men fail in
different undeItalings-men of great
prudence and good judgment, farmers
who had gone into wheat, fewer who
had gone into cattle, q few who had
raised horses chiefly, and some In
almost all adventures made failures,
but he had yet to hear OF the first
MAJ who failed in sheep-raising, II
he used ordinary judgment. This
is an inducement to undertake the
business, but he would not advise ex'
elusive attention to any n thing
in agriculture, not to the raising OF
one kind of stock only. He had
found that the farmer who had some
stock of all kinds to dispose of, and
some of various kinds of grain was
the best off, year with another,
for when the prices were away off, Of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

We said in a former advertisement =" To a person of some
means, land is cheaper to-day, and in the long run, in Blue Earth
county at $50 per acre than at 50 or SD per acre one hundred miles
from timber. by the time the settler on these vast prairies has
made his roads and bridges, got churches and schools and bought
nrewood and timber until he can grow his own, his land will cost
INN more than $50 per acre" We repeat it again emphasized by
for hundred OF miles to the west-grcat losses of stock are reported
lost largely because there is no timber with which to utilize the
hay and straw for shelter.
We have a large amount of farming lands for sale in Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and can suit a customer either with i'm
proved o unnmproved.. Lands have been rising some since harvest
ana Will likely keep going up. AT present prices they will pay bet
ter as an investment than money at interest. Parties who are
thinking OF buying will get better bargains now than along towards
spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16

the yield bad in one thing. something
else, then, usually maintains the
average resources. But IL one must
raise any stock exclusively. he would
by all means advise him to raise
sheep,
Because the sheep keep the land In
better condition than any other
stock.
Then pound of mutton can be
made cheaper than a pound of beef
or pork. 1t is even profitable to
raise sheep for mutton alone. The
mutton is worth as much rs beef, and
costs less, and the wool IL entirely
clear gain, less the cost of shearing
and marketing.
Sheep will eat what other animals
will leave I; not the dirty fodder that
has been trodden or befouled. for
sheep are the cleanest feeders, but
they will eat weeds which other
stock will leave untouched.
They are the easiest handled, the
easiest raised and the most prolific.
They can be more easily fenced in
or fenced ont than other stock. Two
boards and q wire above would turn
sheep.
Sheep.raising never keeps up with
the demand for mutton or wool.
The business is never O~verdone, 1t
would be more profitable to-day in
Minnesota if more were engaged in 1t.
The price of wool was lower than
it would be if the interest were
larger, if there was more wool to be
had and buyers and dealers in wool
we're accustomed to the Minnesota
market. But sheep are rs profitable
as cattle or hogs if the wool brought
nothing.
Farmers can not afford to farm
without some sheep. He would not
have his family raised in ~ignOrence
of the innocence and ~playfulness of
lambs except as those read Of in
books he would not have the soil
crying out against him because of
its poverty.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
A Small Fortune for q Lieutenant.

A young gentleman in this city re-
Gently received information that a let
ter bearing his name, with the prefix
'Lieutenant,'' was in the Post Office.
and he was requested to call and see if
it was intended for him. He went to
the Office accordingly, and stated that
lie had nc right to a military Or naval
title, although he had been Lieutenant
at a military school some years before,
and the letter might have been written
by q classmate. The letter was accord
ingly handed TO him, and he opened it
and read it as follows: "Dear SIR: DO
not think that your gallant conduct in
rescuing two ladies from drowning ut
-. in 1873, has been forgotten. by
the will of a near relative of one of
them, Just deceased, you are set down
for q bequest of $27, 00O." The young
man had never performed the gallant
feat thus recounted, and vas reluctant
ly compelled TO admit that he had no
claim to the letter or fortune. Whether
the right man has yet been found is
not knOwn.-B0ston Journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
Boston Baked Beans,

Ihe fame of Boston baked beans has
spread far and wide, but it was not
til within a few years that the world ut
large had an opportunity to judge for
itself regarding the merits of the ar
ricle. Since baked beans have received
the attention of Gamers, Boston's fav-
orite dish has acquired a fresh popular
ity. The suggestion that baked beans
from q Colorado dealer in that line of
goods, who. in conversation with n
canned goods manufacturer in this city
in the spring of 1877 hazardcd the
opinion that this food product would
meet with ready sale in the West. The
manufacturer was favOrably impressed
with the idea and an order for twenty
cases was placed then and there. 1t
matters not that circumstances prevent
ed Colorado from becoming the first
bean-eating state outside of New Eng
land; the credit for the suggestion still
belongs to the ''far west" The Boston
firm above referred to sent sample pack
ages of canned goods to Messrs. H. X.
4 F. B. Thurber. of New York, who
pronounced them ''just the thing"
Chicago also took kindly to the new
food product, and the business 10
grew to large proportions. Although
there are several concerns in this city
engaged in canning baked beans, n
firm practically monopolize the bust
ness; and in making o statement of
their operations, the rapid growth of
the industry is we'll indicated. In 1877.
the first year they began the business,
the sales of canned baked beans were
confined almost exclusively to the east
ern states, and about 200, 900 cans were
marketed. In 1879 the trade had ex-
tended all over the country, and some
375, 900 cans we're disposed of. In 1880
Europe and Australia had become pur-
chasers and the sales amounted to 900,-
600 cans, while the present year the
firm proposes to pack and ship away
1900, 900 cans. South America is just
taking hold of the article, and the de-
mand from this source will swell this
years trade very considerably. After
q repeated experiment it is believed
that the height of perfection has been
reached, and that canned baked beans
are identical with the dish which for so
many years has been one Of Boston's
institutions. They are baked in steam
r~etorts. and are SO prepared as to make
the quality uniform. Packed in three
pound cans. containing two and three
quarters pounds of beans and one-quar-
ter of a pound of pork, they may be
shipped to any part of the globe. Their
introduction into Europe and Australia
under the name of "beans and Bacon"
the homely title ''pork and beans'' not
being attractive to the fastidious for
eigner. When it is remembered that
in the centennial year canned baked
beans were an unheard-of luxury. the
fact that the world will consume Mt
least 1850, 900 pounds of the product
this year may be accepted as a proof
that there is something new under tho
sun. ~ Manufacturers Gazette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
MANKATO FREE PRESS.
FARM and Aousehola.
Tho Hog Crop.

Reports received from most of the
western states indicate that fat hogs
will he scare and high ut the season
when they are generally marketed.
There is not the usual number of pigs
in the country. and there is a dc.
iciency of food with which 10 fatten
them. Two causes have operated to
reduce the number of stock hogs.
The cold weather during the early
spring months killed many young
pigs in Iowa and other western states.
The high price of pork during the
summer months induced farmers to
dispose of most of the hogs they had
that were in a condition to be slaugh-
tered. There has been no unusual
mortality among hogs since the com
mencement of warm weather. Cholera
and some other diseases are reported
in Il few sections. but they have not
been general in any State. lts must
be remembered. however. that cholera
is most likely 10 prevail and prove
fatal after hogs are put on Il diet con-
sisting of little else than corn.
The condition of hogs is generally
reported a poor for this season of
the year. Those that were in good
flesh have passed into the hands of
the butchers. In Ohio and Indiana,
where hogs are generally kept in
pasture during the summer, a severe
drouth has prevailed for nearly two
months. AS Il consequence. the grass
and clover have dried up, and in some
places there is a scarcity of water.
In these States farmers are reluctant
TO feed % TO hogs ut present prices,
rs they think il will bring more
money if sold on the ear. In most
sections there is. or will be. sufficient
corn 10 fatten the hogs and to supply
the other home demands for this
crop.
The reports appear TO show that the
number of hogs in the west is at least
- per cent. below the average at this
time of year: that they are of small
size and i'll poor condition. The
prospect for heavy hogs that will
yield a large amount of lard is eX-
ceedingly poor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
How Russia il Governed.

The governing forces of Russia are
very imperfectly understood in this
country. Among these governing bod
les is, in the first place, the Council of
State. Composed of the highest digni-
taries of the Empire. all appointed by
tho Car. this body plays the role of a
legislature. 1t is supposed that all the
laws of the country are framed by 1t.
but, in fact. nothing of the kind ever
takes place. The council is not an rs.
sembly of legislators; it is rather an
asylum for the ex-ministers and ex-gen-
erals who. through age and infirmities,
have become unfit for active service.
II. perchance, an energetic and ambi-
tious person enters this discrepit coun-
Gil he may easily acquire a great inHu-
enc Then comes the governing sen-
ate. the highest judiciary tribunal in
Russia. When he created the senate,
Peter the Great left at its disposal the
imperial crown itself. But. as the sen.
atOrs were not elected but appointed by
the Car, they naturally became the
obedient tools Of the administration,
and Don lost all political power. Now
the senate is nothing but a mere wheel
in tho complicated bureaucratic ma
chine. His majesty's own chancellery,
formerly composed of the four sections.
must not be overlooked. 1t is true, the
~chancellery has lost its prestige (and
most of its Odium) since the abolition
of the third scction-the Russian inQui-
sition. But its dreadful power may be
resurrected at any time, though per-
haps in a different shape. The chief of
the state police naturally becomes the
master of the Car, and, therefore, he
stands above the laws of the country.
The minister of the interior is ut pres
ent the chief Of the state police, and,
therefore. the minor Czar-that Is, the
real ruler of the country. The com.
mittee of ministers has absorbed the
powers both Of the council and of the
senate. As the ministers are irrespon-
sible. each of them is a real ~autOcrat
in his own branch of the government.
And, as there are no well defined limits
between the different branches, there
is no end of collisions and wars in the
administration, and there is no ade-
quate authority to settle rival ministeri-
al pretensions. The Car, council, sem
ate and ministers can merely issue
ukases and orders, whereas the judy
ment of the ukases and orders is the
special function of a strong and WELL
organized body called the bureaucracy.
The Russian bureaucracy is an omnip-
otent, ubiquitous, omniscient institu-
ton. In the Cars country nothing
can be done without the bureaucratic
machine, and everything is done in the
way prescribed by tho machine. The
bureaucrats form a caste by themselves,
and no individual minister or Car can
change the traditions and character Of
this aste.-PhIadeLphia Telegraph.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
Toh1o Manners.

It is not now tho custom, as Il used
to be, to wait until every n is helped;
haste or impatience are out of place,
but it is proper to cat whenever the
food Is placed before one. One is not
expected to ask twice for soup. fish, or
salad, and is seldom helped . second
time to desert.
Preference for white or dark meat,
rare or we'll done, should be expressed
without hesitation. and all food taken
or declined promptly and in courteous
terms. Well-bred people never handle
the glass. silver or china unnecessarily.
or the food; they never make bread
pills. or drink OF speak with food in
their mouths. or leave the table while
eating, or complain Of the dinner.
Whom the child is strong enough to
manage q fork, give him one instead of
a spoon, and when the dignity Of q
knifo is arrived at. teach him tho use
Of it, and also, when done with tho
knife and fork, to lay them in close
parallel across the plate, tho handles to
tho right.
Teach him to uso a spoon properly
to lay it in the saucer while no drinks
his tea noiselsssly. (holding the cup by
the handle), to leave it in the saucer II
the cup is TO be re-filled. and TO place il
in tho empty cup when done.
Young people should not be allowed
to flourish their bread in the air while
spreading it with butter; it Is to be laid
ON tho plate; neither should they sop
up gravy or soup with lots Of bread, or
scrape their plates clean or tilt their
soup plates in order to drain them dry,
or take the meat OF bones with their
fingers. The mouth should be careful
ly wiped before drinking, and the glass
or goblet lifted without putting the fin
gers over the brim.
Table manners forbid nil unnecessary
Gathering of knives and forks. Salt is
taken on tho knife. which is tapped on
the fore finger of tho left hand, instead
of the fork. The hand is the proper
medium for removing grape skins and
fruit pits from the mouth to the plato.
and the napkin should hide all use OF
the toothpick.
Vegetables are generally eaten with
q fork or o spoon. Asparagus may be
taken in the fingers; water-cresses, eel
cry, radishes and olives are always so
eaten. Cheese is generally taken with
o fork.
Economical h housewives cover the ia
BILE with a square of baize. canton fan
mel. or cloth of some kind, v which
the linen one is spread; this improves
the appearance. keeps the cloth from
wearing at the edges Of the table, and
prevents noise.
However n may economic in
household labor. good taste and much
painstaking should govern the appoint
msnts of the table and dining-rOOm.-
An attractive table is a good appetizer
and has something to do with good be.
havior. Human nature is easily affect
ed by the atmosphere with which it is
surrounded; children cannot be expect
ed to behave we'll in an hour given over
to fretfulness, disorder and furry.
Table manners for the housekeeper be-
gin in seeing that her table is neat and
attractive, and calculated to inspire
che~erfulness; from it she should Danish
as far as possible. all vexations. cares
and worries. Clara Francis.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-16
A Thoughtful Wife.

Wife Gust returned from q shopping
tour)-COme and see what I've got for
you. Eugene.
Eugene-Ah, just like you. darling;
always thinking of me.
He advances as his wife remove the
wrapping and exposes some fine draw
ings from a neighboring marble yard.
Husband starts back and exclaims ex-
citedly, 'Gracious. Laura! what did
you bring those things here fOrp"
Thoughtful Wife-Well, Eugene. |
heard you complain of feeling unwell
this morning, and ] thought you would
like to look at some tombstone pat
terms.