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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1881-08-26

President Garfield's condition has changed
considerably for the worse. The swelling OF
the parotid gland continues, and the infiamma-
ton resulting occasions the patient great I'M
rest. A dangerous feature of the new trouble
~ nausea and vomiting. caused by the effort to
disnose OF saliva resulting from the swelling.
During Yesterday the nourishment taken was
vomtod, and the patient refused further food.
The physicians are prepared for the worst,
and Dr. Boynton has expressed the belief
that, although the President may live several
days longer, he may die within few hours
While cleansing the wound on Saturday, the
surgeons found less resistance TO the passage
of the rubber tube and therefore allowed IL to
penetrate a. far as IL would OF Its own weight,
which was twelve aud one-half inches. Moth
ing new was nscertained in regard to the looa-
ton OF the bullet
WARRINGTON, Aug. 23.
The Presidents condition il somewhat more
favorable this morning. The indications are,
however, that there will not be any very do
cided Improvement for two or three DAYS.
There was no recurrence yesterday or last
night of the vomiting spells. The patient took
noulrshment both 10y the mouth and by
enema, and retained 10. He also
obtained considerable refreshing sleep. DIR.
Bliss says there Is not the slightest symptom
OF blood-poisoning. The President IL now
passing through period OF exhaustion, ~ the
surgeons term it. He must be sustained and
supported though 1t, or he may die suddenly
from inantion. He has never been watched
so closely az he u now. HIS pulse Is taken
every half hour. Although very weak, he pays
considerable attention to what "a trsnspiring
around him. What IL announced ~ delirious-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Not the Cat but a Oopperhead.

Says tho gainesville (Ohio) 1ele-
graph: Quite an unwelcomc, and cer-
tainly unusual. visior ttappeared in the
house of Mr.. Joel Crofoot, in Leroy, on
Saturday night. Mrs. Crofoot had been
ironing during the evening, and, having
hot FIRE, left the outside kitchen door
open. The kitchen floor is on the level
with the ground. the sitting-room floor
one step higher. About nine o'clock
she stepped down from the sitting-room
to the kitchen for the purpose OF hang.
ing some towels by the stove. and as
her foot struck the floor she felt what
she supposed was the cat, at the same
time feeling scratch on her ankle;
but noticing that the cat made no out
CRY, she looked to see what it was, and
the reader can imigine her consterna-
ton at discerning monster copper
head snake and realizing that she had
been bitten by 1t. She at once called
to her husband, who soon dispatched
the snake and applying camphor and
saleratus to tho wound, eame toPaines-
vile as soon as he could hitch up his
team and drive here. Going to the
residence of his brother, Mr.. A. d. Gro
foot, on St. Clair Street, DR.. A. l.
Gardner was summoned, who admins.
tered the usual aniidotes. The foot was
swollen to an unusual size, turned
purple, and caused some pain during
the night Sunday afternoon the pain
began to decrease and the swellings
to subside, so that she rode home Sun.
day evening. Mr.. Crofoot measured
his snakeship on Sunday. and found
him to be thirty-nine inches long and
and as large round as bis wrist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Beautiful Women,

It is not the smile of q pretty face,
the delicate tint of complexion. the
Turing glance Of tho eye, tHe beauty
and symmetry Of person. nor the cost
ly dress or decorations that compose
woman's loneliness. 1t is her pleasing
department. her chasto conversation,
the sensibilily and purity of her
thoughts, her affable and open dis
position, her sympathy with those in
adversely. her comfort and relief to the
distressed, and. above all. her humili-
ty, that constitute true loneliness. Dis
raeli observes: ut is at the feet of wo-
man we lay the laurels that, without
her smile, would never have been won;
it is her image that tunes the Tyre of
the poet, that animates the voice in the
blaze of eloquence, that guides the
brain in the august tolls of stately
councils. Whatever may be the lot or
man-however unfortunate, however
oppressed-if he only love and be
loved, he must strike balance in favor
Of existence, for love can illumine the
dark roof of poverty and can Tighten
the letters of the slave. Beautiful wo-
men may be admired, but who eau re-
frain from loving the impersonation Of
grace and virtue we every day encoun-
ter in the charmed circles of domestic
lifaps
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Baby on the Ocean,

Some of the passengers were very
miserable in their bcrths below, but
baby, all unconscious of danger, seemed.
as usual, to thoroughly enjoy tho vari-
Gus ludicrous incidents aud small cath
strophes that always occur Oh these Oc-
casions. There was u good deal OF
loose water flying about, and not much
room oil deck. with all the boats on
board. A snug place was therefore
found for her, just inside the deck-house
door, where, enveloped in macintoshes,
she fairly screamed with delight as the
men slitherGd and fell about on tho
slippery decks. She thought it espsci-
ally amusing when the cock opened the
meat safe and leg of mutton flow out
in his face, while large piece Of beef
followed suit. striking him on the chest,
and completely knocking him over.
The cooks boy was bnsily engaged ut
tho same time in tho vain pursuit of
carrots. turnips, and potatoes. that
broke loose from the gelable bunk
ers, and wer0 floating about in the lee
scuppers, while few poor, miserable
looking. draggle-tailed cocks and hens
sought shelter beneath the sails. and
completed the picture of discomfort and
confusion. One of the hen-coops had
already been washed adrift, and its
twelve unfortunate occupants drowned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Where Did Potatoes Come From 2

Nobody knows precisely where the
potato came from originally. 1t has
been found, apparently indigenous, in
many parts of the world. Mr.. Darwin,
for instance, found it wild in the Chon-
os Archipelago. Sir w. j. Hooker says
that 1t is common ut Valparaiso. where
1t grows abundantly on the sandy hills
near the sea. In Peru, and other paris
of South America. il appears to be at
home; and il is noteworthy fact that
Mr.. Darwin should have noted it both
in the humid forests of the Chonos
Archipelago and among the central
Gillian mountains. where sometimes
rain does not fall for six months at q
stretch.
1t was to the colonists whom Sir
Walter Raleigh sent out in Elizaheth's
reign that we are indebted for our po-
tatOes. Herriot, who went out with
these colonists, anil WHO wrote an ac-
count Of his travels, makes what may,
perhaps. he regarded as the earliest
mention OF this vegetable.
Uuder tho heading Of Roots" he
mentions what he calls the "Openawk. T"
'Thcse roots" he says, .'are round,
some as large rs walnut, others much
larger. They grow on damp soils,
many hanging together as If fixed on
ropes. They are good food, either
boiled or roasted"
At the beginning of the seventeenth
century this root was planted, as a
curious exotic, in the gardens of the
nobility; but it was long ere it came in
to general use. Many held them to be
poisonous, and it would seem not alto
gether unreasonably so, either. The
potato is closely related to the daily
nightshads and the mandrake. and
from its stems and leaves may be ex-
tracted very powerful narcotic. In
England prejudice against it was for a
long time very strong, especially
among the poor.-London Farmers
Chronicle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
What VIA Live for:--

..What is lifep" some one asked
Montford. His answer is one OF the
most charming things ever written:
'"The present life is sleeping and wax
ing; it is goodnight on going to
bed, and 'gOod-morning' on getting
up; it Is to wonder what the day will
bring forth; it lie rain on the window
when one sits by the lire; it Is to walk
in the garden and see the flowers and
hear news from east. west, north and
south; 1t is to read old books and new
books; it Is to see pictures and hear
music; it is to have Sundays; 1t is TO
have breakfast and dinner and tea; IL
is to belong to town, and have neigh.
bors, and to become one in circle OF
acquaintances; it Is to have friends and
love; it Is to have sight of dear old
faces; and it is to know themselves
thought of many times a day, In many
places, by many children and grand.
children, and many friends"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Received q Sharp Retort.

Two young ladies, very gcntcellv
dressed, were lately riding in bus.
One of them, whose features were more
remarkable for an excessive promin-
ence of nose that any thing else. ex-
hibited to the other likeness of her.
self, which she sail had just been
taken, and they were engaged in dis
cussing its merits, when an elderly
lady got into the bus. She was evil
IDENTITY one of those inguisilive vet
good-natured souls who take n deal of
innocent liberty in the world without
thinking any harm. After riding a
short distance, she held out her hand,
and said 10 the lady with the picture:
"Please let me look at it,
Her modest request WAS met with an
indignant frown, and the reply, us
the case was returned to the lplv's
pocket:
ats none of your businessr'
The old lady settled back in her seat
very complacenlly, when the com an
ion of the one with tie picture asked:
"What do you wish 10 do with il?'
20. nothing" replied the old lady;
81 only wanted to see how successfully
the artist had put So large nose on 50
small plate"
The lady with the likeness covered
her face and dropped her veil during
the remainder of the ride.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
A Telescope Story.

An extraordinary story Is told re-
specting monster telescope made by
Professors Lefevre and Longtour,
French scientists, erected at San Fran
cisco. The lenses are twenty feot in
diameter, and this is what happened
when the astronomers and their friends
turned the instrument to the heavens:
IN. Dufrere was the first to apply his
eye to tho eye-piece of the telescope.
For fully five minutes he looked on its
speechless amazement. then, without
word, turned away to hide his emotion.
One by Que those present tested the tel
escopc, exhibiting their establishment
in various ways. The planet which
happened to cast its beams upon the
great speculum was Mars, and the rev.
elarion is too wonderful for credit. The
eye-piece of the lowest magnifying
power was first placed on, when the
planet presented most astounding
sight. Tho powerful lens brought the
surface Of tho planet nearer than that
of the moon has ever been brought by
the most powerful Telescope. The
green of the sea was brought out in
unmistakable color, and one could nj
most imagine he could see tho waves
upon the surface. There before the
eye was spread out splendid panora-
ma of hill and dalo, dark patches that
must be covered by forests, great yell
low patches that looked like autumn
fields, silvery threads that must be riv-
ers, and several unmistakable volcanoes
in action"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
The Complexion Of Criminals.

In speaking Of q prisoner who had
Just been sent back to the cells of the
Butler street police station in Brook
Ign, Sergeant Dyer said: II don't like
his color. In fact, it betrays him."
When asked to explain. he said: 1--WE
can nearly always tell a newly dis
charged convict who has served a long
term in prison by his color, which
comes over his face because he is de-
MED the sunlight. Many a man has
been picked up by that fact. and detec-
tives keep it constantly in mind. The
face gets a pallid look, with a yellow
ish cast. All of the noted thieves who
have served for long time in prison
get this hue. Some Of them are sharp
enough to try to overcome it by cos
metics, and they are us particular about
fixing up their complexion, under the
circumstances, as woman going to q
bali, for they know that the detectives
will spot them II they once get a
glimpse Of their Color"
do not other mon than criminals
have the same complexion"
"Yes, night editors. That's where
we get mixed sometimes" --Neo York
Sun,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Diamonds,

Il is hard to believe that the diamond
flashing with light can be any relation
to the piece of black, grimy charcoal
with which you build your fire. In I'll
the world there are not two things
more unlike. But, strange to say,
they are precisely the same. The CHAR
coal is carbon. and so is the diamond
carbon crystallized. What is it that
makes the diamond so valuable when
the charcoal is so cheap? Is 1t the
specialization Well, not altogether.
In 1921 Frenchmsn named Latonr
really succeeded, ~ he thought, in
manufacturing diamonds. That Is. he
succeeded in crystallizing carbon. Bat
he could not make the crystal scintil-
late light. It was hard enough TO
scratch glass and steel, and could not
be scratched itself by other stones. 1t
was crystallized carbon; there WAS no
doubt about that. But it had no fire;
it shed no rays. and people did not
want it. It is this power OF rcfraction
that distinguishes the diamond from all
its limitations and from all other forms
Of carbon, and gives it its great value,
that makes the Koh-i.noor worth mil
lion of dollars when you can buy 2
pailful Of charcoal for ten cents. This
great diamond reposes in glass cage,
strongly protected with iron bars, in q
stone-walled room of the tower of Lon
don, and Is guarded by several soldiers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Living BY Rule.

Man Is not machine, that must DO
turned in q certain direction or it will
be destroyed; nor like locomotive,
which must run on one fixed track or
not run at all. The Architect of all
worlds made rs for acting under O
great variety Of circumstances. and in
infinite wisdom and benevolence has
given TO man q mechanism of wonder
full adaptability. by which he can live
beautifully on land or sea, in the val.
leys or on the mountain tops, in the
tropics or at the poles, on the barren
rocks or in tho rich savannas. Our
modes of life must be adapted to our
ages, our occupations. and the pecu.
liarties of our constitutions. There are
certain general principles which are
applicable to all. Every man should
be regular in the habits of eating;
should have oil the sound sleep which
nature will take; should be in the open
air an hour or two every day. when
practicable, and should have a pleasur-
able and an encouraging remunerative
occupations; and they are the happiest
who are in this last category. At the
same time, if a man accustoms himself
to GO to bed at nine o'clock, he need
not break his neck or make himself
miserable, II circumstances occur to
keep him up an hour or two later now
and then; and so with eating, exercise,
and many other things. No one ought
to make himself o galley-slave to any
observance; occasional deviations from
all habits are actually beneficial. .
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Advice % Husbanda

Place confidence in your children.
DO not let them know your suspicious.
Commend them for their efforts, and
encourage them, with your interest.
Be moderate in the number of your
intimate friends, and rest assured you
can have no better or trustier confident
than the woman who bears your name.
The superiority of man has always
boon acknowledged. but husband
should have manly understanding
enough not to assert 1t over his wife.
BE strictly moral; make your habits
classical; you are the criterion of your
wife and family. II they are not what
they ought to be, you are the respous-
IDLE party.
II your wife is out of temper, fail to
see 1t, remembering that there are a
thousand minor vexations about her lot
Of which you are entirely ignorant.
Never speak harshly.
There are two ways Of governing a
family; one by brute force, the other
by firm but gentle authority. The first
is very effectual. and will secure not
only ready obedience and submission,
but the undying animosity of your I'M
Let domestic matters, alone; you
know nothing about them, and If you
did they are not the kind of cares for q
man to assume. Be the cashier and
make your wife business manager of
the home. II she proves incapable,
offer suggestions which she will thank
fully receive II made in the right way.
Avoid contradicting your wife; you
never did it before and should not do it
after marriage. II you indulge In .
lively argument or sharp dispute, con-
clude it with some good humored pleas
antry to show that you are neither to
hurtyourself, nor intend that she should
be. In all your arguments and contro-
versies never make her uncongenial
friends or relatives the subject and do
not review the mistakes or misdeeds of
her past life. There may have been .
thousand follies which vanity or mis-
fortune drew her into, and which al
ways defeated their purpose, but you
will be most kind and she most CRATE
full II you do not open with remem-
ORANGES wounds which you cannot heal.
Do not humiliate your wife by max
ing her feel her dependence. Never
buy her dresses, hats or other wearing
apparel. as you rob her Of half the de-
light-that Of shopping and exercising
her individual taste. Give her an al
lowance and pay it regularly as you do
your servants, and never be sordid
enough to bring her to an account
about the way she spends it. She has
sensibilities on this point that you are
bound to respect. Do not grumble
about the grocer and butcher bills till
your bread and butter almost chokes
her and she wishes she was in the bot
tom of the lake with milestone around
her neck. She is the weaker, and at
your mercy. and if you fail to properly
care for her you are q perjurer.-Chi-
cdgo Herald
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
A Wild Monkey,

Tho San Jose Gal Herald says
that certain Mr.. S., in that city,
gentleman with marked penchant for
pet animals, bought wild monkey,
and undertook to tame him. On the
whole. he had an unpleasant experience.
The monkey turned on him, and
the result was that Mr.. S. had to pur-
chase new suit of clothes. After the
monkey had finished his work, S. was
a sorry sight to behold. He might we'll
say. with the old pioneer. when 1
came to this Safe, hadn't rag on
my back. Now am all rags" SINH
lar scenes followed, and the monkey
grew to be the bane of MIR. SIS ex-
istence. A few weeks ago, he was seen
with his hand in a sling. On being
asked tho cause, he answered that the
monkey had bitten clean through his
hand. Then he tried to sell his pet,
but no one appeared to want it for
gift. About two weeks ago the monkey
escaped from his owners house, and
feeling full of life and fun, concluded
to have a time, So he got into DIR.
Bentley's Office on the Alameda, by
some means, and prepared for an old
fashioned good time. There was no
one in the room. and the monkey,
thinking probably that the doctor had
forgotten to properly mix his medicines,
took down all the bottles in tho estab-
lishment and poured from one into an
other. He put cathartic pills into the
whiskcy, ink into the paregoric, and
castor oil into laudanum, and so on.
Not liking the smell of some of the
bottles, he poured their contents on the
floor. Papers were scattered in every
direction, the ashes taken from the
CRATE and thrown upon the floor. When
the doctor came in, he found the mon
key sitting at the desk with his spec
tacles on, looking over his accounts.
After paying for the damage, Mr.. S.
got the monkey into bag and went
of. He returned, but the monkey has
never been seen since. The deed had
no witnesses.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
Some Feminine Peouliarities.

There are little peculiarities indivi-
dual to the fair sex which are both cur
ious and amusing. Why does woman
SO often drop her fan or her handker-
chiefp That has puzzled many mas
culine brain. There are two reasons
for the accident. if it may 30 be called
for want of better word. First the
fair creatures tongue runs so fast that
the wagging of the organ loosens the
tension of the muscles of the hand !;
second, the fan or the handkerchief is
purposely dropped that "horrid man"
may show his gallantry in picking it
up, and ton chances to one the lady
purposely beats him in that operation
after he has bent his rheumatic limbs
in All effort to be gallant. She is salts
fed with the display OF servility. Why
do women when looked at by man
proceed at once to chew their lips, or
convulsively press them together in the
intervals of chewingp That proceeds
sometimes from modesty, which urges
them to do something that they may
divert their minds from the masculine
impudence or admiration. or it may
suggest that the owner has very kiss
able mouth, the lips Of which bitten
will become beautiful red, or it may be
the result of the unpleasant feeling of
new set, or the oscillatory movement
of an old set, of artificial teeth. You
need not pay any money for the show.
and yet you can take your choice OF
reasons. Why Is it that women with
fine eyes roll them toward the ceiling
or the skyp That is easily answered.
They wish to look angelic, and they
usually do. But last OF all, why is It
that q woman whose male escort has
urged her to sport in the festive surf
will 90 into the water ankle deep, give
little scream and refuse to go q foot
furtherp Here one is invading delicate
ground. There never has been an in
stance of woman of fine physical pro-
portions refusing to show them In .
wet, clinging bathing suit, but there
are numerous instances of women made
up by the dressmaker who do not wish
a beau to know how much he is to mar
ry of what he externally sees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-11
A Great Singers Meanness.

Between Patti and her sister Carlotta,
as the world knows, there is undying
hatred. The last mentioned is . great
artist and woman Of great heart. She
is really loved by many in her career,
and when dreadful operation was per-
formed on her in Paris two years ago
the whole world sont messages, letters
and dispatches, all Of anxious inquiry,
but from the sister whose arms had
proffered many childish embrace
there came not one word of love or
sympathy. All the whilo that Carlotta
Patti was In the hospital with the good
sisters Of St. Joseph Adelina was at
the Hotel du Rhin, and during fourteen
anxious days, while lowering between
life and death, an own sister, she never
sent word to know how she was, and
said, when asked to come and witness
the operation and join in the sentiments
taken with the family before the chlor-
oform was given, that "she did not care
whether she lived or died, and not to
annoy her any more" Mme. Stra-
kosch did not dare tell Carlotta the
truth, and the poor invalid believed un-
Ill sho was quite out of danger that an
old feud had been healed over, and
that q favorite sister had scarcely left
her bedside during 30 terrible trial.
We will not repeat what Nine. Carlotta
said when she learned the truth. 1t
was tho talk Of all Paris.