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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01
A Circus Worth Seeing.

There is II great rush for Dress Goods
ut Mcconnell ~ Co.'S clearance sale.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

ANDREWS is always crowded--witll
customers (49wG
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Hotel for Sale o. Trade.

Grand semi-annual clearance sale a
Mcconnell L. Co.'S.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01
FAR m ERS

FARMERS
10000 Pounds Wool Wanted.
J. G. Roller will pay Minneapolis
and st. Paul prices at the Central Ware
house in Mankato. 5Ow4
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

MONEY TO LOAN at seven per cent,
WI on first-class real estate security.
H. NJ. HAMILTON,
38-ly City Bank, MankatO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

The Adams s. French is as light as
any machine made. (52w5
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

MONEY TO LOAN
W. w. L. COON,
l7tf Mankato, Attorney at Law.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

MONEY TO LOAN.-Loans made at per
Vv1 cent. interest, and bonds negotiated at
his Office, opposite the Minnesota river bridge
M. g. WILLARD, Mankato.
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sew.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-07-01

lment, nelu NJ WHlte Dear ldSt week,
our respected townsman, Mr.. James
Cannon, was elected president for the
ensuing year. The next re union will
be held at St. James.
Wonder what has become Of our city
charter as amended at the last session
of the legislature. We sadly need some
ordinances conforming to the charter SO
that our street commissioner and board
of-health can have some authority to
enforce their requests.
Owing to the heavy blow at Sioux
City Tuesday night, the train due here
"Wednesday morning did not arrive I'M
til late Wednesday night, consequently
Haverley's Comedy Company did not
meet their engagement at the Opera
House, as u large crowd anticipated.
Mr.. Neil Daroch of Mapleton, had
thirty nine fleeces of wool stolen
from his premises last Friday night. 1t
was stored in Il small building short
distance from the house. Mr.. Daroch
learned that the wool was sold at Lake
Crystal, and has replevied the same,
+. c. Huntington, of the Window Re
porter, read our local last week about
the huge Strawberries Goodyear was
raising, and came down on the first
train to see them for himself. The mex,
day after his visit the patch looked like
melon ground after raid by cooners
DIR. +. J. Davis, Of this city went tG
Chicago last Monday as a representative
from this state to the convention to de
wise methods for cooperation in dealing
with smallpox. The researches o.
medical men should be to find remed,
for curing diphtheria Us we'll.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
AGRICULTURAL.

EFFECT OF HEAT os Hoes Hogs gener-
ally gain very little during the summer on
account o. the neglect on the part OF their
owners ID provide for their comfort. In
some cases their skin cracks open by the
Influence of the direct rays OF the sun, and
sores are formed which are infested by
insects The large amount OF tat contained
In the body of the hcg renders IT impatient
of heat, and means should be provided Tor
rendering the animal a. cool Ms possible.
The pastures In which hogs are kept should
be well supplied with water, not only for
drinking but for cooling purposes II
there aIe no natural streams or ponds,
there should be POOLS made In which they
Can wallow when they desire. They should
have plenty of grass and other green food,
as well as sour milk anu slops. Corn and
other heating articles of food should be fed
sparingly. Cooling shade is essential to
the comfort and well being of nogs during
the hot days of summer. Farmers who
have the advantage Of groves and forests
located on the banks of streams and rivers,
or on .he shores of lakes, generally have
little trouble with hogs during the summer.
The ground protected by the trees and
bushes remains cool and moist even when
that exposed to the rays OF the sun IS
parched and hot. The streams and ponds
afford water for drinking and bathing.
The hog ls cleanly animal when 1t is
allowed fair chance. If a hog pasture
contains nc natural shade and water, they
should be provided. Water can be con-
Quoted through pipes from springs and
wells at small expense, and made to
supply poels and watering troughs. Shade
can be afforded by planting trees or erect
ing sheds covered by straw or running
vines.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
The way Plate Glass IL Made.

To cast, roll, polish and burnish plate
glass requires machinery of peculiar con-
struction, and ''plant" that is costly by
reason of its complex nature. The pouring
of liquid glass from the furnace upon the
cast iron plates, and the subsequent rolling,
are processes comparatively simple. ANY
housekeeper who has used a rolling pin ON
batch of pie-crust dough, performs an opera
tion very similar to this stage of plate glass
making. Ii is the succeeding process of
grinding and polishing and final Furnishing
that require time and costly mechanism.
After leaving the rolls and bed plate glass
is rippled and rough, and only fit for graf
ings or sky-lights. Each plate must be
transferred to machines that resemble the
tables of a railway. On the revolving plat
form the glass is cemented into bed of
plaster of Paris, and the machine started.
Bearing heavily on the surface of the gloss
are blocks of metal, and while in motion the
surfaces are kept supplied with sharp sand
and constant stream Of water. The next
stage of the glass grinding process is the
same as to machinery, but instead of sand
coarse emery is used. The finer emery Is
used in another revolving table, and so on
for half dozen times. The final polishing
is done by heavy reclprocating devices, fed
with rouge, and maintaining a constant
back and forward motion, and also lateral
movement over the surface of the crystal
All this requires the assistance Of q large
force of men, many of them skilled labor
ers- After going through these different
grindings and polishing, the plate that mca-
sursd an inch in thickness is only three
quarters Of an inch thick, has lost all its
roughnsss, and is ready tor the show win
dew Of the purchaser.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
Rugs.

Now that il is the fashion to dispense
with carpets and the use of rugs substi
tuted, the following homemade ones might
be fouhd useful in small bed chamber. in
stead of ths Persian snd other expensive
bought kinds. OF course the floor should
be painted, oiled, or have mating. For
a room that is used simply to sleep in, moth
ing can be nicer, as they can be taken up
and shaken without any trouble, and one
can breathe without feeling that they are
lnhaling dust from carpets al every inspir-
alton. Very handsome rugs can be made
OF burlap canvas at small cost The piece
of canvas must lie fastened TO stout frame
of the desired size for the rug, and then
narrow strips of red, green and gray fan
mel can be drawn in, p" in auy pattern de-
sired. The border should be OF solid color
gray is the prettiest, and is a neat finish
Loops must be left On the surface and the
whole carefully trimmed on when the pat
tern Is complete. If one wishes to have q
more expensive rug and purchase the ma
telial, Turkish toweling will be found cap
able OF great ornameniatlon. Pieces of
cloth or velvet can be cut into leaves from
cretonne aid stitched on. Ii is not best TO
cut each leaf separately, for the effect is
better if large cluster is laid on, and
veins made In the leaves of bright, heavy
silk a cheap, common table cover ingen-
ious fingers can make by taking gray can
ton flannel and cutting the cloth large
enough 10 cover the table and form a deep
drapery. Tnen procure some red velvcteen
or canton flannel, and cut out the leaves of
a rose or other flower, place them In shape
around the edge and overcast the edges
with silk. Tue stem or folage may be
cut OF some green velveteen similarly
treated, and then the VEINS and hearts may
be worked with light-brown crewels.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

Gypsum AID HOW TO APPLY T.-Gypsum
sulpnate of lime, is not strictly fsrtil-
;zer, ye: it acts directly upon the plant
and indirectly upon the soil as fertilizer.
When sown upon growing crops especially
clover and the grasses, it attracts and
gathers the ammonia of the atmosphere,
and fixes it upon vegetation, deliquescing
upon the leaves and spears, So that it is
taken up into the circulation. This am
monia not only serves as one of the nutri-
tive elements of crops, but is carried by
the circulation down into the roots and
acts as fertilizer in after years. Ii does
not benefit the crops upon all soils, for in
stance, il has not been found beneficial to
crops In the tide water district of Virginia,
as well as other localities. When clover.
grasses and other crops, are TWO or three
inches high, and the dews are heavy, SOW
the gypsum on the growing plant when
heavily laden with dew before evaporation
takes place in the morning. The plaster
adheres to the green crops, forming sort
of muciisge, attracting the ammonia, and
fixing it in the plants. One bushe1 or less
quantity will suffice for an acre, and do
Just as well as a large quantity Its influ-
ence is felt and seen, upon tine crops in a
few weeks after being sown. 1t Is good
for all garden vegetables and vines. and
busted upon them frequently, will drive
away insects.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

BRINs HoNI SOMETHING every
farmer goes TO the nearest village to trade.
visit mechanic, or obtain his letters and
papers, at least once week. He often
takes load TO market, but he rarely brings
one home. He can, with very little trou-
ble, haul load of material that may be
obtained for nothing, and which will be OF
great benefit TO his land. Most village
people make no use of the ashes produced
in their stoves or the bones taken from the
meat they consume. Scarcely any brewer
has any use for the hops that have been
boiled in his vats, and the blacksmith
hardly ever saves the clippings he takes
from the feet of horses. All these msteri-
ais make excellent manure. A barrel of
shavings cut from the hoofs of horses con
tains more ammonia than is contained in a
load of stable manure, Applied 10 land
without preparation, they might give no
immediate results, but they would become
decomposed in time, and crops OF all kinds
would derive benefit from them. They may
be so treated that they would produce i'm
mediate results. By covering them with
fresh horse manure they will decompOse
very rapidly. They may also be leached
in barrel and the wate: that covered them
drawn off and applied to plants. Water
In which pieces OF horns and hoofs have
been soaked is an excellent manure for
plants that require forcing. Ii stimulates
the growth of tomatoes, rose bushes and
house plants very rapidly, and emIts no
offensive odors. A vast amount of fertIl
iz;ng material is wasted in towns that far
ners could obtain the benefit of with very
little trouble.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
~ r.-. .f Naea.-The mica

fze Usss ef Ntco--The mica cnieny
na with in commerce is OF that varisty
which is proof against acids anc intense
heat. Its .oughness, elasticity, and close
spproach to transparency naturally leo, al
first. to its use for windows, and especially
to its employment IN lanterns. II is found
in large quantities in North Carolina, where
there are unmistakable evidences that some
of the beds were worked a great many
years ago. The finer sheets OF mica are
now used for such purposes as the dials Oh
compasses, the lettering OF fancy signs
covering photographs, constructing lamp
shades, refiectors, etc. OF late mica mas
been used in the soles of boots and shoes,
as protector against dampness. The In =
vention consists of sheet OF mica embed
ded in thin coatings of cement and placed
in the boot and shoe between the outer and
inner sole, the upper leather tapping over
its edges, and covering the upper space
from the toe to the instep. There are many
other uses to which mica Is put, and 1t is be-
coming more and more valuable as the arts
and trades progress.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

For the purpose of determing the capaci-
ty of horse 10 undergo the p ivatIons inci-
dent to state of siege, a series of expert
ments have been made in Paris. The re-
suits show that horse may hold out for
twenty-five days without any solid nourish-
ment, provided 1t Is supplied with sufficient
good drinking water; that a horse can sub
slsts for barely five days without water ;
and, thirdly, that If horse is well fed for
ten days, but insufficiently suppned with
water throughout thisperiod, it will BOT out
live the eleventh day. A horse which had
received no solid nourishment for twelve
days was, nevertheless, in a condition to
draw a load of 800 pounds on the twelfth
day its fast.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

Nearly all marbles are made at Ober-
stien, Germany. There are large agate
quarries and mills in that neighborhood,
and the refuse is turned to good account in
providing the small stone balls for experts
TO ''knuckle" with. The stone is broken
INTO small cubes by blows of light ham
mer. Then small blocks of stone are
thrown by the shovelful into the hopper OF
a small mill. formed OF a bedstone, having
Its surface grooved with concentrate fur
rJws above this is the runner, which is
of some hard wood having level face on
its lower surface. The upper blCcA is made
to revolve rapidly, water being delivered
upon the grooves of the bedstone where the
marbles are being rounded. 1t takes about
fifteen minutes TO finish half bushel Of
good marbles, ready for the boys knuckles.
One mill will turn out 100, 900 marbles per
week
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

FoR TEE RSIoK.-frequently We find sick
people whose stomachs reject all Kinds of
nourishment, until conditions follow that
are in many cases fatal. l have never
known the simple saucer of parched corn
pudding refused The corn is roasted
brown, precisely as we roast coffee, ground
as fine as meal in coffee-mill, and made
either into mush, Cruel, or thin cakes,
baked lightly brown and given either
warm or cold, clear, or whatever dressing
the stomach will retain. Parched corn and
meal boiled in milk, and fed frequently to
children suffering from summer diarrhoea,
will almost always cure, as it will dysen-
terry in adults.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

according to NJ. BOgdaaoff, who took
part in the Russian North sea expedition
last sum .er, the present system of pursuing
whales with steamers and bullets has so
greatly increased the number killed annu-
ally as 20 have marked effect upon the
fisheries on the Normanic coast. Former
ly the whales drove immense shoals of fish
to the coasts in the spring; now the num-
Der of small fishes coming to the coast has
much diminished. The use OF gun powder
on whales has removed much of the dam
ger OF whale fishing heretofore experienced
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

WrjsIno shout some phenomena OF
eptics NJ. Trsvs mentions the fact that the
dsme of a lamp appears brighter, and that
an upright post, shaft or mast is seen more
distinctly through q vertical than hori-
zontal slit, but that q house, landscape
or the disk of the sun or moon is better
observed when the slit is horizontal. Pho-
tographs present more or less clear defini-
tion according as the light passes from tn ;
kind of object exposed to the sensitive
plate through an opening or sl'1 OF q nori-
zontal or vertical nature. The results are
ascribed to the action Of diffused light
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
The importance of pure water cam

The importance of pure water cannot be
oyer-estimated. Every act of life consists
in the oxidation Of the material of which
our body Is composed; this oxididlzed ma
terial must be dissolved, fosted of, and
thrown out of the system in solution, while
at The same time fresh unOxidlzed material
must be fioated into the body to replace
what is thrown out. Thus the agency Of
this process-the water We drink-should
be pure The effete material in the blood
Is more likely to prove injurious than even
the noxlous gases in the house drains, bad
as they are
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

Bronze for art purpose is made of ninety
per cent copper and ten per cent TIN; the
colors are produced in variety of ways,
and the value of bronze is gauged by its
weight, excepting in csses where the figure
is rare, then a small figure is held at high
price. In bTonzes where figures are grouped,
the figures are made separately and then
placed in position on the plate or pedestal.
In all excepting small bronzes the figures
are hollow, made so by the artistic use Of
cores in the molds.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

GREASE is fatal to all insect lite. Insects
breathe by means OF small pores on their
sides. Grease or oil that comes in contact
with the insects closes the pores and stops
the breathing. Mercurial ointment kills as
much by the lardIn it as by the mercury
that is, so far as the vermin are concerned,
but moi as to the animals that lick it off
from their bodies, SO that almost any oily
or greasy application will be destructive to
insect vermin that infest animals, if it is
applied where 1t will DO the most good.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

Cutting Holes in Glass.-The opera
tion of making holes and sections in giass
and porcelain Is often troublesome and
unsatisfactory one The firm of Richter
& Co., i'll Chemnltz, have found way of
so impregnating thin German silver disks
(l5 TO % MN. diameter) with diamond, that
when fitted to quickly rotating tool, these
cut through glass or porcelain in few sec
onds, or effect any desired carving with
great accuracy. With cylinders made on
the same principle, round holes can be
quickly and exactly made. The wear of
the implement, even after much use, il
hardly perceptible.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

AN advertising solicitor on Columbus
newspaper compares his business to the
game OF faro and says the fascinating in
hIences of each are about the same. A
dull day is bad luck-a sleeper or two
picked up now and then, but the cards
against him. A day with plenty of pay
locals is white chips, playing TO moderate
luck. But the exciting time OF the game
is when he rakes in red chips in the shape
of big display ads.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
Ii You Are Sick, Read

the hidney-Wort Advertisement in another
column. and it will explain to you the rational
method Of getting we'll Kidney Wort Will
cave YOU more doctors bills tnan any other
medicine known. Acting with specific energy
on the kidneys and liver. It cures the worst
diseases caused By tneir dersngement Use
It at once. In dry and liquid form. Either is
equally efficient. the liquid is the easiest, but
the dry Is the most sconomical.-Interior.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
TIE minister asked the Sunday schoo

The minister asked the Sunday school {:
''WIth what remarkable weapon did Sam
son at one time slay the Phihstines n For
awhile theie was no answer, and the min-
lister, to assist the children little, CON-
menced tapping his jaw with the tip of his
nnger, at the same time saying ''What s
this-what's this :" Quick as thought a
little fellow quite innocently replied !:
The jawbone of an ass, SIR"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
An Odd Place to get Water.

A new source of water supply in the
vast desert mountain ranges OF California
and Arizona is worthy of note. No rain
falls over wide area. Ii is covered with
cactus plants OF every variety, ard they
are juicy. Millions of land torto.ses feed
on these plants and Indians make soup OF
them Inside of each is an anatomical
tank that holds about pint of water.
Many are cut open TO get at this tank.
The water is palatable. Thus meat and
drink ale supplied and the dry cactus
makes excellent fuel. The law of COM
pensation is here forcibly illustrated.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
Neyoda's mountain mahogany appea

Nevoda's mountain mahogany appears
to be tree worth looking after by arbori-
culturists. 1t will burn brightly long after
the timber of other trees are reduced to
ashes, and then give long, glowing char
coal fire. When well seasoned the wood
IS IS dense as lockwood, has fine grain,
and has properties which admirably adapt
it for carving and other uses in the arts.
When full grown this mahogany of Nevada
does not exceed three feet in diameter.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

WHEN corn and oats are ground up TO-
gether they afford an excellent feed for
horses, when fed with hay or wheat straw
which furnish bulk. When the grain is so
ground together, in equal parts By weight,
ten pounds of it with twenty pounds OF
the cut straw mixed with 1t, will make
three fair rations, or one days's feed for an
average horse having moderate exercise.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

IHE teacher had grown eloquent in
plcturing to his little pupils tie beauties
OF heaven, and he finally asked: "Wha.
Kind OF little boys so to heave Z" A lively
little fourteen -ysars-old boy, with kic ding
boots, fiourished his fist. swell, you NAV
answer, said the teacher. Dead ones, !"
The little fellow shouted at the extent of
his lungs.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20
Wonan's Wisdom.

'She insists that is more Importance,
that her family shall he kept in full health,
than that she should have all the fashiona-
bic dresses and styles of the times. She
therefore sees to it, that each member of
her family is supplied with enough Hop
Bitters, at the first appearance of any symp-
toms Of i'll health, to prevent u tit of sick
ness with its attendant expense, care and
anxiety. All women should exercise their
wisdom in this WAVED.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1881-07-20

BONNET BAsKETs.-ln some English
houses bonnet basket is found in the bed
room assigned to each guest. A flat wicker
basket with a cover, large enough to hold
two or three hats or bonnets, may be lined
with pink OF blue diagonal silesia, the top
interlaced with ribbon to match, which is
tied in bows at the corner of the lid. A
square of fringed-out linen with design
OF daisies embroidered In the center, can
be made to embellish the lid, If desired.