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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
4 HuSsOriSt's EUncN.


When Il man offers to read your
fortune out of the grounds of coffee
cup, set the man down us Il sorcerer.
The first time Il man sees IN Eng
lish railway coach, he thinks he has
struck Il travelling American photo
graph car. on rails.
Wonderful troop of Arabs the Red.
path L.yceum Bureau is sending
around the country. Can't speak Il
word of English, not one of them.
They all speak Arabic except one old
man who has lost ill his teeth; he
speaks gum arabic,
There are 10000 men in the United
States army. And it is stationed so
far apart that couple of roughs can
climb onto a soldier on duty and
pound the ambition clear ont of him,
and if he has lost his telephone the
poor fellow can't howl loud enough
to be heard by the man Oh the nearest
post. Really, we think affairs on the
frontier would be managed better if
We only had 100000 soldiers and
10000 politicians. But there again,
there wouldn't lie half enough poll.
ticians to 60 half around. Seems as
though there was bound to be trouble
no matter how you fix it.
Last year there were more tons of
shipping built OH the Mississippi
river and its tributaries than there
were on the New England coast.
That's it. you have to come west for
everything. Next summer we are
going to move the Concord school of
philosophy into DR.. Salter's orchard,
South Hill, and if ever Burlington
needs the Obelisk for lighthouse,
she can have it. Who says so! We
say so. We have no power to take
away the Obelisk! That dOsen't hin.
der us from saying we will take it,
does it! If you 60 to limiting our
words to our powers, you'll see that
this column shrinks right down to an
inch and half, and settle there
burlington Hawkeye.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

The old Puritan preachers of Crom.
wells time delighted to spread the
gospel by means Of books and tracts.
No sensational pnlpiteers Of our time
could devise more striking titles for
his works than those composed by
the rOundheaded clergymen. "SpOtts
that kill" and sold Wells Dug Out"
sound tame when compared with such
headings as the following:
"A Most Sweet, Detachable and
Perfumed Nosegay for the Saints to
Smell At"
"a Pair of Bellows to Blow off the
Dirt cast Oh James Fry"
"The Shutters Of Divine Love-"
"HOoks and Eyes for Believers
Breeches."
"High.heeled Shoes for;Dwarfs in
Holiness.
Crumbs of Comfort for Chickens
of the Covenant"
"a Sign of Sorrow for. the Sinners
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
The UDOriN'S Fair.

The New York Central road has
subscribed $3.50. 900 to the worlds
fair, providing 100000 is raised.
There are many nominations for pres
ident of the commission, among
which ara Gen. Grant, Samuel Til.
den, Hugh J. levitt, II. L. Stebbins,
John Sherman, F. Pierrepont Nor.
gan and William H. Vanderbilt. 1t
is thought that Gen. Grant would ac-
cept the position, and his name will
be urged by many persons interested
in the work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
Netc Use for Amber Cane Seed

Mr.. Asa Beebe recently left with
us some -four which he had procured
to be ground from amber cane seed.
The product much resembled buck
wheat -four, and when made into
griddle cakes had much the appear.
ance and taste of buckwheat cakes.
The batter is thinner and does not
rise rs light us backwheat, but by Il
little experimenting in mixing with
other -four or meal, it can evidently
be made an excellent article of diet.
Tally another for amber cane. 1t
will furnish syrup and the cakes to
so with it, Faribaun Republican.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

The London Economist estimates
that the immigrants coming to this
country during the current year bring
with them $35, 900, 900 in specie, while
the average value to the United States
Of each person in adding to the pro-
ductive resources Of the country is
1910, so that the number landing
this year constitutes an "actual Or
potential addition to the wealth Of
the country of 800. 600. 900.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

The commissioner of agriculture,
who went south two or three weeks
ago to select a suitable place for the
establishment Of an experimental tea
farm, returned TO Washington this
morning. He went first to Florida,
and examined the soil in the vicinity
of Jacksonville; thence he made a
trip up the st. Johns river, as far as
Palatka. lie intended to visit the
western coast, but was unable to do
so for want of time. He found the
plants which had been sent out from
the department growing in nearly
every place visited, and promising
excellent results. He then came
north to Charleston, and visited sew.
eral parts of South Carolina. lie
finally selected as the place most
suitable for his purposes, on account
of soil, climate and accessibility, Il
fam at Summerville, S. c., twenty.
two miles northwest OF Charleston.
on the line of the railroad between
Charleston aud Augusta. He secur-
ed Il lease for twenty years Oh 200
acres Of land, forming part of the
Middleton estate. The expert who
accompanied the commissioner has
had an extensive experience in tea
cultivation in India. He is to be
placed in charge of the work in
South Carolina, and will proceed 1T
once to prepare the soil for the recep.
ton of tea crop. An invoice of tea
seed is expected very soon from
India, and portion of it will he
planted Immediately. 1t is the Opin.
ion of the expert that the Summer.
vile farm is most eXcellently adapted
for the purpose for which it has been
selected. 1t is the purpose of the
commissioner. if the means are made
available, to proceed to the actual
manufacture of tea us soon as the
first crop is sufficiently grown To
warrant gathering, which will be in
about three years. Congress appro-
priated SIS 900 last winter for the es.
tablishment Of an experimental tea
farm. If the means are furnished to
carry on the work for few years,
the commissioner believes tea.culture
will become Il profitable American
industry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

At a recent meeting of the Olmsted
County Farmers Institute, mem.
Der related his experience in the use
of salt as fertilizer. Mr.. Levans
stated that he had purchased a ton of
salt and sowed from $50 to 200 pounds
to the acre. He found that the salt
we'll repaid him for the trouble and
expense in sowing it. The particu-
lar advantages gained were that it
gave body to the straw, and enabled
it to withstand the hard winds, while
the grade was greatly improved. He
sOwed the wheat first and as soon as
it came up he sowed the salt. Now
for the result. On that sOwn with
it yielded IL bushels of No. | wheat
to the acre, and on the other land
without salt he gathered six or eight
bushels of No. 9 and 3 wheat. Salt
increases the yield fully so per cent.
His salt sOwn wheat tested So pounds
to the bushel. Mr.. Leyans also ex-
perimented on piece of field on
which clover had been used the year
before, and here the same results
were perceptable. The salt cost
$3.50 per ton, or go cents per acre.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

When man apparently escapes
the consequences of wrong doing he
is apt to feel that he will always
enjoy the same immunity; but the
time is pretty sure to come when he
will get tripped up and suffer from
a severe fall. 1t is like the illogical
Dutchman who frOze his nose one
cold winter day. He said: ~ hat
carry dot nose fOrdy year, und he
never freeze hisself before. l don't
understand die ting
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Wells. Fargo & Co.'S. annual report
of precious metals produced west Of
the Missouri river, including British
Columbia, and receipts in San Fran.
cisco 10y express from Mexico, aggre.
gate-gOld, 1888, 500, 1S2; silver, $780,
OOO,364; lead, $5,752,390; copper,
$89S,000 Colorado leads with gold
of $2l ,2S4 ,9s9; California, 1926. 1855;
Nevada, SIS. Ol3,l 66; Utah, 80. 1858
Arizona, $4,472,47l. In comparison
with the product for 1879 California
shows an increase in gold of $579,579
and decrease in silver of $30O,873.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
It is sometimes questioned by mer-

IL lS sometimes questioned Dy mer'
chants whether advertising pays.
The question will hardly bear dis
cussion in the light of the following
facts, rates for transient advertise
ments being figured: The Chicago
Iribune,it is said, fOra column a year
receives $4,000; the The New York
Heroid receives for It's lOwest-priced
column $780, and for the highest
S25S 900: the New York Tribune for
its lowest so, 764, and for its highest
Sss5 ,64S; and these papers are never
at a loss for advertisements to fill
their columns. Their patronage
comes not from any desire to assist
the respective papers, but from bust
moss men who find it profitable to
advertise.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Farmers, Gardeners, StOck.raisers,
Fruit-grOwers and Dairymen, are no
less manufacturers than are the
makers of cloth, and of Il thousand
other products resulting from the
application of labor and skill to raw
materials. by mechanically prepar-
ing the soil, sowing seed, cultivating
and gathering, we obtain grain. hay,
cotton, grass, roots, vegetables, fruits
and flowers, from the raw materials
in the soil and the elements supplied
by air and water-aided by the sun y
heat and light. From the grass, hay +,
grain and roots we manufacture meats
and dairy products. using animals us
the machines. After obtaining the
perfected results, the producers be-
come merchants or traders when
exchanging the surplus, not needed for
home consumption, for mOny OF other
articles. Dealers, shippers. trans
porter. exporters and importers, i'll
crease the value of raw or manufac-
tured materials by taking them from
the places where they are less wanted
to those where they are more wanted.
In brief, all the above classes are
occupied in producing articles of
value from those of no intrinsic value,
as grain from mold of the soil: or in
the value of articles by
change of form or change of location.
And all are equally pursuing praise
worthy occupation. Wd they and
their work are alike honorable, if
they are equally honest and indus
triOus. All the talk, or thoughts
about the occupation of II
or manufacturer, or inn
porter, being higher or more honor
able, or even more desirable than that
of Il farmer, are fallaciOus and mis-
The glare and glamour
arising from the fact that now and
then merchant. not one in a thous-
and. secures large wealth by Il favor
able combination of circumstances
and by extensive operations, should
not blind us to the fact that, in a
proportion to the numbers engaged,
a hundred times more farmers than
advance to independence
if not to great wealth. Ninety.five
out Of every hundred who enter upon
a mercantile life fail, or do not rise
above the condition of drudging EN-.
plOyees, with a bare subsistence not
one whit better than Is enjoyed by
the lowest farm labOrer. While on
the contrary few who earnestly fol-
low agricultural pursuits fail to Sc
cure. at least comfortable food and
and lodging, for themselves
and familics.-Americdn Igricaltur.
isl
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

The Grand Lodge of Free Masons
will meet in st. Paul OH Tuesday, the
18th of this month. NicOllet Lodge
of st Peter, No 81 will send the fol.
lowing not only worthy but good
looking representatives !: G. M. Ben
ham, Thomas Montgomery and G. S.
Ives.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Great credit has been claimed for
Gen. Mcdowell because he came all
the way from California to vote for
Garfield. 1t now transpires that the
government paid his mileage, and
that one vote cost Uncle Sam 81 200.
They can be purchased cheaper than
that i'll most localities.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Cincinnati artists are casting a
bronze figure Of Gen. James B. Nc
PhersOn, one of the nOblest heroes
who gave his life for his country. It
is to be Of colossal size, erected in
his native town, Clyde, Ohio.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

There is a great demand for grain
barges OH the Mississippi river. This
is the direct result of the jetties at
the mouth of the river. New Orleans
will yet he a great competitor of New
York as a grain shipping port.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Gen. Garfield has five horses-a
matched team Of light dappled grays,
fine pair of matched blacks. and a
Kentucky mare which he bought OF
Orvil Grant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

The Safe Deposit Company Of San
Francisco has laid down an iron vault
weighing 100000 pounds. 1t is he
lieved to be the largest in the world.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

The Department of Agriculture.
1877, estimates there are 1000, 000. 900
pounds of butter and 100000, 900,
pounds of cheese made annually in
the United States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Illinois claims to have made half
the farming machinery made in the
United Statee last year, $27 ,727 200.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

If our agricultural journals would
deal more in experience than theory
thay would benefit the farming inter.
ests much more than they do.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

During the past year the police OF
st. Paul made 2,181 arrests and had
1900 dodgers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

stood In tower In tho wet,
And New Year and Old Year met,
The winds were roaring and blowing;
And said: 20 years, that meet In tears,
Have ye aught that is worth the knowingI
Science enough and exploring,
Wanderers coming and going,
Matter enough for deploring,
But aught that il worth the knOwing!"
Seas at my feet were flowing,
Waves ON the shinglc pouring,
Old Year roaring and blowing
And New Year blowing and roaring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Yesterday. about noon. those who
were so fortunate as to he ont of
doors were treated to Il rare and bril-
liant spectacle. The heavens were
clear except that the air was full of
frost. and the sun shining brightly.
About the sun was Il large white cir
Gle. with four bright mock suns :"
dividing ii into quarter circles. At
the same time another similar circle.
but not quite SO bright. bclted the
entire heavens, about midway from
horizon to zenith, its southern eX-
tremity running directly through the
sun and cutting the smaller circle in
half from east to west. AT the points
where the larger circle crossed the
smaller, the "mock suns" were al.
most as bright rs the sun itself, daz-
cling the eye and leaving the impress.
sion that there were three suns in the
heavens. In the larger circle were
eight "mock suns all quite bright
and dazzling. But the most beauti-
full and wonderful of all was half
circle, a few degrees north of the
the first or smaller circle, and within
the larger one. rs bright and brilliant
as any summer rainbow and present
ing all the prismatic cOlors well de.
fined. 1t is utterly useless to attempt
to describe the beauty and brilliancy
of the scene Or give any reason for
the appearance of the phenomenon,
but it undoubtedly rests upon the
fact that the air was full of frost and
the sun shining brightly. The streets
were full of people gazing at the
strange sight. 1t was not very cold
at the time, the mercury indicating
Is degrees above zero.- Faribault
Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

A sausage factory, with capacity to
make 5000 pounds of sausage daily
has been started in Omaha.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
4 STATE WITH No DEBT.


The State of Illinois occupies an
enviable position. Perhaps no other
State in the Union can be said to be
In so prosperous a condition linan-
cially. All the outstanding bonds Of
the State have been called in for re-.
demptiOn by the Governor, and hold
ers have been notified that interest
Oh them have ceased. They amount
all told, tOsOnly about $250,000, and
the money is in the treasury to pay
them. When they are paid the State
will be without debt. Not only that,
but the future expense of conducting
the state government is provided for
without levying Il tax on the people.
When the Illinois Central Railroad
was chartered ut. the instance of
Senator Douglas, Il provision was in
corporated in the charter that the
company should pay ! per cent of its
gross earnings into the State treasury
This was deemed proper and just,
lnasmuch rs the company was voted
IL large donation Of public lands in
the state 10 aid III building and equip
ping the road. The railroad has
become ~ immense and powerful
corporation. doing an enormous bust
ness. The PERCENTAGE that the State
receives has grown with the growth
and business and earnings of the road,
until it amounts 10 enough to dcfray
the annual expenses of the State gov.
eminent. The railroad company has
tried iime and again TO escape from
the effect, of this provision of its
charter. but without success. That
the courts might have no margin for
lineSsing. and 10 place the matter be.
You'd Il pcradventure. the same pro.
vision was incorporated into the new
State constitution, which was framed
and adopted few years ago, and
thus it became fixed us Il part of the
organic law of the State-Out of reach
of courts; and Legislatures alike.
The healthy financial condition of
Illinois suggests the fact that the
State has uniformly elected Republi-
can Governor during the past twenty
four years. and has had Republican
Legislature twenty years of that
time. 1855 Joel \. Mattison, .the
Democratic Governor of the State re-
issued Sl30.0O0 of State canal scrip
which mad long before been paid Off
and retired. He appropriated the
proceeds of the rc-issued scrip to his
own use. Don Morrison, in "a public
speech at Springfield afterward,
charged the robbery upon the gallant
Governor Bissel. But Mattison was
proven the guilty party and made 10
disgorge, and Morrison has been dead
i'm that State ever since his speech
against Governor Bissel. Mattison's
term Of office expired with the year
1856, and the people of Illinois have
never elected Democratic Governor
since, and they probably never will.
Would it be 'crowding the mourners
too much. to suggest that the people
of Missouri might be relieved of their
State debt. sooner if they would copy
the example of the IllinOisians in
dealing with their delinquent state
officers kaHsds C;fV Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13

Capt. J. B. Eads has returned from
Vera Cruz, on board a Mexican war
steamer. The Mexican government
gives Capt. Eads' company the right
to build ship railway across the
isthmus of Tehauutepec, grants it
1000, 900 acres Of land on the shore
Of the Pacific Oh which to build the
terminus of the railway, and establish
harbor; empowers it to charge and
collect a toll of IS per ton on the
freight of ships and cargoes passing
over the road. The right is also
given for a railway and telegraph line,
on which only the customary rates
Can be charged. In return for this
Capt. Eads agrees to carry on the
railway all ships of war, mails, etc..
free of charge. The building of the
road must be commenced within two
years, and completed in ten years
from May l. 1881.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
NOTICE.

fI'O BANKS AND BANkEl,S.-Scalcd pro-
i pO-al> VIII lac received 10y The Board oi
Audit of Blue Earth County. Minnesota, mp
~ noon. January 9Th 1881. al the Office of the
Auditor ul said county. for the payment of
Interest un monthly balances Of funds that
may De deposited lay the Treasurer of said
county for The year ending December 81. ISL
in accordance win Chapter ~. General Laws
OF 1873.
Proposals niI-i conform 10 said act in every
particular. JACOB BORN,
Chairman Board of Audit
MauAaIo, Dec. 18Th. iosp
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-01-13
ADVERTISING RATES :

LOCAL NOTICES will he inserted mt the fol-
owing rates-Five lines or less 80 cents; 10
cents for each ADDITIONAL line.
Jon PRINTING, both Plain and Ornamental,
executed with ncatpcss and promptncss and
AT prices that VIII compare favorahly with
any other job Printing House in the country
IL NIGHTS OF HONOR, No 2Oya
The above Lodge will meet the first and
third saturday evenings of each month. nj
the Odd Fellows Hall
The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-05-24
By Sutton & CO..
Real Estate Agents and Aucti0neers,
HOS Main street.

COMMISSIONERS SA l. f OF M
" PROVED AND UNIMPROVtD PROPER
TY. SITUATED On LOUISIANA. ORLEANS
AND FOURTH STREETS. RO'hEIIS.-By
vlrtHa OF decree of the Chancery Court OF the
cifS If Richmond entered the lst day Of March,
1881 in the case OF >harkey, &c. rs tinnegan, We
SHALL as special com misslOners thereby appointed,
proceed 10 sell al public auction on
WEDNESDAY, MAY %. 1881,
on the premises, at 81 O'Clock r. NJ, the following
Drop. rty-tO VIII:
First. LOT FRI ntng 49,, feet on the corner Of
Louisiana and Fourth streets. ana running buck
100 feet with a DOUBLE FRAME TENEMENT
thereon.
second. VACANT LOT in rear Of the above
prop, ry and fronting 40 feet on Fourth street ana
r. inning back between narael lines b64 teet.
TnirO. LOT fronting 80 feet on the north side or
Orleans between Third and Fourth streets, and run
ming back between parallel line, 80 feet 10 a ten
foot alley. with FRAME DWELLING thereon.
TERMS: one third cash; balance AT six and
twelve months, with interest aided, and title retain
ed until the purchase money Is paid, AID convey
ance ordered by the Court.
The above property VIII he sold at the risk
ano cost of Jtmes Finnegan and Mari Sharkey,
who purchased he same at public auction on March
g. 1881, ana. fainng to comply with the terms Of
sale the curt has ordered resale Of the property
M their cost ami risk j. V. RtDDY,
f. &. CABELL.
nv Post Special Commissioners.