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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
Vaccination.

Probably at no time in the history OF
the world have sanitary and hygienic
laws been so carefully studied as they
are at the present Psychologists, have
made experiments upon the lower
animals in order to elucidate the causes
of certain diseases. hoping in this way
to discover a means to prevent their
appearance, and lately most surprising
results have been attained through
their efforts, and there is fair promise
that sanitary science will enable us to
entirely eradicate the more virulent OF
epidemic diseases. Lately the efficien-
cy of vaccination as o preventive OF
smallpox has been questioned by some
medical practitioners, and this fact has
given rise to considerable discussion
among physicians. The fact seems to
be that humanized vaccine gradually
loses its efficiency through successive
transmissions, and greater reliance
should be placed on the pure bovine
lymph than upon that from human
subject 1t must also be observed that
the immunity which vaccination secures
does not continue so long as it formerly
did. In Jenner's time it was thought,
and apparently with good reason. that
q single vaccination was sufficient for
q lifetime, but for some reason it is now
necessary to repeat the operation ut
short intervals to preserve immunity.
Whether this is entirely owing to the
deterioration of the lymph or partly due
to an increase in the virulence of the
disease itself is not known. Probably
few are aware of how greatly the NOR
tality from this disease has increased
of late years among vaccinated persons.
From 1919 to 1885 the percentage of
mortality was LIS: from 1886 to 1852
it was 60; from 1852 TO 1867 it had in
creased to 7.6. and now it is over 8 per
cent.-NeW York Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
How Peanuts are Cleaned and Prepared
for the Market.

Peanuts to be prepared for the mar
ket are placed in large cylinder.
from which they enter the brushes,
where every nut receives fifteen feet OF
a brushing before it becomes free.
Then they are dropped on an endless
belt. passing along ut the rate of four
miles an hour. On each side of the belt
stand girls, and, rs the nuts fall on the
belt. the girls, with quick motion Of
tho hand. pick out all the pOor-looking
nuts. allowing only the best to pass the
crucible. Those that do pass drop into
bags on the floor below. When the
bag is filled it is sewcd up and branded
as cocks" with the figure of roost-
or prominent on its sides. The peas
caught by the girls are thrown to one
side again. picked over. and the best
singled out, bagged and branded rs
''ships." These are as fine nut as
the first for eating. but in shape and
color do not compare with the ''cocks."
The third grade is branded as eagles"
These are picked out of the cuttings
of cocks" and ''ships." The cuttings
that are left from the ''eagles" are
bagged. sent to the top story, and what
little meat is in them is shaken out by
patent shelter. The nuts being shelled
by this process, the meat drops in bags
below, free from dirt or dust of any
kind, and is then shipped in 200-pound
sacks to the North. where it is bought
by the confectioners for the purpose of
making tally or peanut candy. 1t may
be here stated that a peculiar kind of
oil is extracted from the meat of tho
nut, and in this specially large trade
is done among the wholesale druggists.
There is nothing wasted. for even
shells are made useful. They are pack
ed in sacks and sold to stable-keepers
for horse-bedding, and very healthy
bed they make.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
Alaska Burial Customs.

The dead body is laid on logs or sticks
of timber raised couple of feet from
the ground, and then covered in with
other timber and stones, giving the
whole structure somewhat the appear
ance of a square pen or pile, with up
right posts or sticks at the angles. On
these funeral piles are placed one or
more mementos Of the departed, gener-
ally some implement or weapon used
by the dead man or woman in lifetime
in the case of hunter the weapon in
the use of which he excellcd. Upon
one mausOlcum saw rife, 6idaTka.
seine, spears, arrows, darts, etc., and
upon the bier of female was placed u
kanta q, a wooden bowl or dish used to
contain food. Such articles are religi-
ously devoted to this purpose, even il
they are all the property left by the de-
ceased. A widow may be in want, and
q son without rifle or a seine with
which to procure subsistence. but the
burial customs Of the tribe must not DO
neglected. These mementos are never
disturbed by the superstitiOus natives
but, left to bleach and rust through the
Arctic seasons. gradually 60 to decay.
The wooden parts Of the funeral pile
rot away. leaving the bones of the dead
expO ed to view. saw ono such case,
where tho grinning skull looked ont be-
tween the cracks of his crumbling
prison, seeming to invite the raids Of
the bone sharp. But the bodies OF the
dead are not always treated with con-
sideration. Sometimes they are rudely
thrown out upon the tundra and left to
be destroyed by dogs or wolves. A case
OF this kind occurred near one OF the
stations here. An Indian woman died
in a tent. and when the Indians were
ordered totake the body away they
threw it.out upon the ad jacent tundra
and left it rs food for birds of tho air
and beasts of the iield.-,San francisco
Chronicle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
Industrial Art in India

In every Indian village. says the Art
Amateur, all the traditional handicrafts
are still to DO found at work. Outside
the entrance. on an exposed rise OF
ground. the hereditary potter sits by
his wheel moulding the swift-revOlving
clay by the natural curves Of his hands.
At the back of the houses which form
the low. irregular street there are two
or three looms at work in blue and
scarlet and gold. the frames hanging
between the acacia trees, the yellow
flowers of which drop fast on the webs
rs they are being woven. In the street.
the brass and cOppersmiths are ham,
mering away Mt their pots and pans |;
and farther down. in tho veranda of
the rich mans house. is the jeweller.
working rupees and gold MODES into
fair jewelry-gold and silver earrings
and round tires like the moon, brace
lets and tables and nose rings. an!
linking ornaments for the feet, taking
Iii. designs from the fruits and flowers
around him, or from the traditional
forms represented in the paintings and
carvings of the great temple which
rises over the grove of mangOes and
palms at the end of the street above the
Undiscovered village tent.
AT half-past three or four in the af-
ternoon the whole street is lighted up
by the moving robes Of the women
going down to draw water from the
tank, each with two or three water
jars on her head; and. SO going and
returning in single file, the scene glows
like Titian's canvas, and moves like
the stately procession of the Panathe-
naic fricze. Later, the men drive in
the milk-gray kline from the moaning
jungle. the looms are folded up, the
coppersmiths are silent, the elders gath
er in the gate. the lights begin to glim-
mer in the fast falling darkness. the
feasting and the music begin, and the
songs are sung late into the night from
the Ramayana or Mahabharata.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

nEFAULT having been made In the condi-
- lions of u certain mortgage executed by
Christopher Weigcn, Jens j. Aspass and Le-
andcr G. TOrrcsOn, mOrtgagOrs, to George Gull
yer and John Harrington, mortgages, dated
February Bird, A. ID. 1871, and recorded In the
Office of the Register of Deeds In and for the
county of Blue Earth, in the State Of Minnie
sofa, ON the 9th day Of April, A. ID. 1871, ut six
O'Clock I'm the afternoon, i'm Book OF Mort
cages, on page So by which mortgage there
was conveyed and granted the following de-
scribed real estate situate in the county or
Blue Earth aforesaid, tO-wit: Lots Nos. Two
(2) and Fifteen 05), in Culver and FarringtOn's
Subdivision of the Southeast Quarter OF Sec
ton Three 90, Township One Hundred and Six
400, Range Twcnty-sevcn t27), tO secure the
pay ment of the sum of One Hundred and FIFTY
Dollars, with interest at the rate OF 10 per cent.
per annum, according to the conditions OF one
pr0missOry note, bearing same date rs said
mortgage, made by said christopher Wcigen,
Jens ]. Aspass and Leander TOrreson, to said
George Culver and John Harrington, partners,
there being due and unpaid upon said note
and mortgage at the date of this notice the
sum of One Hundred and FOrty-five and SOl0O
Dollars, and no action or proceeding at law or
otherwise having been instituted to recover
the amount of said mortgage debt or any part
thereof Now, therefore, notice Is hereby
given that by virtue and in pursuance OF a
power of sale I'm said mortgage contained and
herewith recorded, and of the statute i'm such
case made and provided, the above described
premises will be sold ut public auction, ut the
front door of the Office of the Register or
Deeds in and for said county of Blue Earth,
and ut the city of MankatO therein, on Satur-
day, the 18th day Of October, A. ID. 1881, at !
O'Clock in the afternoon, to satisfy the amount
of said mortgage debt then due and unpaid,
together with the costs and expenses of such
foreclosure proceedings, including twenty-five
dollars attorneys fees us stipulated in said
mortgage and the said mortgage will be
thereby forcclOsed.
Dated Mankato, Sept 2. 1881:
JOHN HARRINGTON,
Surviving Partner of the late firm
of Culver Il Harrington.
BROWN g. WIswELL.
Attorneys for MOrtgagees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
M ANKAT0
THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
"A r NJ LAND S !

We said in former advertisement -" To person of
MEANS land is cheaper today and in the long rum in Blue Earth
county $50 than at 50 So per hundred miles
from timber By the time the settler these praries has
made ms roads and Bridges got churches and schools and bought
rcwood and timber until grow his own his land will cost
him more than $50 acre We repeat again emphasized by
results OF hc October blizzard the stormswep praes lying
for hundred of miles to the wc-rcat stock are reported
lost largely because there is timber with which utilize the
hay and straw for shelter
We have large amount Of farming lands for sale Blue
Earth and adjoining counties and
proved or unmroved Lands have been rising
" Will likely keep going AT present prices they will bet
ter as an Investment than money interest Parties who
thinking Of buying will get better bargains than along
spring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE.

NOTICE is hereby given that u mortgage
N made by VIM. II. Wilson and Clista Will
son, his wife, mOrtgagOrs. to William F. Lewis,
mortgagee, will be fOreclosed and the same
is hereby foreclosed, by a sale under power
therein of the mOrtgaged premises for de-
fault of the payment of SAG. 40 claimed to he
due thereon at this date
Said mortgage is dated April 20, 1873, and
was recorded in the Office of the Register of
Deeds, Blue Earth county, Minnesota, on June
IL, A. ID. 1873, at o'clock p. m, i'm Book 's'' OF
Mortgages, page rs.
The real estate mOrtgaged and to be so sold
il lot eight 81 i'm block five (5l of Given and
Lewis addition to MankatO, Mimi. according
to plat of same on file in Office Of Register Of
Deeds for said Blue Earth county.
The sale will be made on October I'D, A. ID.
1851, at 10 o'clock in the forenoon, by the
Sheriff of said Blue Earth county, at the front
door of the Office of the Register Of Deeds in
the city of MankatO, Blue Earth county,
Minnesota, to pay said debt and costs and dis
burscments and $25 attorneys fees.
Dated Sept. /, 1881,
WIN. F. LEWIS, Mortgage.
CIV GILMORE,
live Attorney for Mortgage.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
Rad Tboughts.

Bad thoughts. il cherished. blight
virtue. destroy purity. and undermine
the stablest foundations OF character.
They are like rot in timber; like rust in
iron. They eat into the man. And
when the process has gone on for
while, and there comes the stress of an
outward temptation, down they 60 into
a mass of ruin! Ships go out to sea, all
bright with fresh paint, their sails all
spread and streamcrs flying. and never
come back. never reach port. WhyP They
met storm and went down. because
they were rotten. Under the paint was
decay! just SO bad thoughts. vile, inn
pure thoughts and imaginatiOns. rot
the manly oak Of character, rust the
iron of principle. slackcn all the stays
of virtue, and leave tho man, tho wO-
man, to the violence of temptation,
with no interior of reserve power to
withstand the shock. Bad thoughts
ted and fattened are the bottom vice Of
society.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
Selling Yankee Notions.

"What are Yankee NotiOnsP" asked
n Tribune reporter, Of the head OF ono
Of tho largest houses displaying that
sign in New York.
yankee Notions?" he replied. "You
will have TO ask me an easier one, il
you expect an answer. That title in
cludes moro articles than could name
over in a weeks time. We supply al
most every branch of trade with great
many things: fancy articles for drug
gists. including toilet soap, face pow
der and patent clothes-brushes; knick-
knacks for dry-goods houses. from a
fancy needle-case to q pin or fine
tOothed comb odds and ends for hard
ware dealers, rs patent trolling spoons
and flatirons fancy articles for milli-
ners and furnishing goods houses. from
hairpin to patent garter; many
things for toy and book stores match
safes and cigar cases for tobacco deal
ers {; In short, we give to every business
some Of tho innumerable trinkets and
contrivances that are tho results OF
Yankee ingenuity"
lis not your business. then, different
from others in its methodist"
ut is. And what's more. each Yam
kee Notion House is different from all
others of its kind. in articles handled
and in methods. We never can take
clerks from other businesses or from
other houses in our own trade. We
have to take young boys. fresh from
school, and train them to our methods.
might explain our tricks and methods
TO you for month. and you wouldn't
understand them. The general public
has only hazy idea of our trade. and
we don't wish it to have any clearer
knowledge. We don't know very much
about the WAYS Of other firms. and we
don't intend they shall know ours. The
trade is as old as Yankee ingenuity,
and has grown with the country. and
beyond 1t, too"
.Do you export notionsp"
20. yes. Foreigners are beginning
to find out that the Yankees invent a
thousand and ono convenient little
knickknacks such as they never dreamed
of. We send all manner Of things to
every country Of Europe. to Africa. Asia
and Australia. l expect We will be send
ing patent splits to the Cannibal Islands
before long"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
The Craze for Red.

Tho rage for red shows no signs of
abatement during the dog days, and
the hotter the DAY the more turkey-rcd
and crimson dresses arc to DO seen.
Bold cc.crs anG aulacious combina-
tons that would have stamped the
wcarer ~ insane u few years ago. now
rule. Every style and complexion
pleases itself with raging garment,
and iurkey-red cottons that were once
tolerated us u vag Try fit for Mt. Desert,
are now sent over by French Dress
makers covered with embroidery and
lace rutlles. and combined with every
Imaginable color. A bit of rod ribbon
on a blue dress. or blue ribbon on
red dress. give sometimes q happy
touch Of color. but an overdress Of blue
yelling and n turkey-red skirt are glar-
ing and angry masses that few can
look on. Hardly any costume escapes
the touch of red. and what with tho
sashes. the silk stockings and mits that
go with the dresses. they arc bound to
be frightened with 1t in some way. A
late fancy has boon tho uso of the silk
poinpOns as hair ornaments. A Gre
tonne fan with huge flowers on one
side. and a plain surface of rcd satin
on the other. mouned on olive-wOOd
sticks. is tho great fancy. and such o
one was waved tho other morning by
the lady who has the credit Of owning
and wearing tho most diamonds In Sar-
atoga. Tho dress of the lady was quito
rs ultra fashionable rs her fan. consis-
ting of French creionnc. with hugo
and brilliant peonios the size Of u din
ncr-plate, outlined on background.
A basque of closely shrred rod surrah
surmounted the wonderful peony skirts,
aud abundant lace ruillcs relieved tho
costume slightly. The people gazed at
ter the figure. rs we'll they might. but
the lady lifted up her expensive dress
and walked of under the shade Of her
red umbrella, wholly uncOncerned.
When this envied woman, whose cos
tunes are beyond counting. appears in
all her jewels, quiet little man is soon
to continually shadow her footsteps.
entering room when she enters, and
following her closely through the gar
dcns, and along the crowded streets at
night. To him is cOntided the lady and
her Jewels. -.Sd,UfOgd Letter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
PICTURESQUE Scenes in Buenos Ayres.

The fine effects in color here strike q
visitor ut once. The boatmen who
come in pretty sailboats to take you OIL
the ships arc carelessly dressed with
gay shirts and caps. each somehow hit
ting the right color for his complexion.
He takes you part way and transfers
you to bronzed fellow in a rowboat,
who rows or paddles standing up. fac
ing the bow. and throwing his whole
body on the oar. He leaves you at the
central pier. about twice the length OF
the Coney island iron pier. and very
pretty structure. There the customs
officers, gentlemanly fellows, examine
your baggage. IT'S a great thing to DO
an officer here. They are all uniformed
and carry short swords which tho
police used instead of clubs. A GUS
toms inspector has an eight-oared barge
at command, with trained and uni
formed crew. The captain-general also
has his seamen, uniformed in blue and
white-striped shirts. navy-blue trousers
and jackets, and white duck sailor caps
with gold letters and black bands on
them. 1t is a pretty city, reminding
one of Egyptian. Moorish. and Spanish
street scenes. The first strange thing
one notices is the plaza or park along
the whole water front. Pretty, quiet
walks run along under strange palms
and pines. and past fower-beds. foun-
tains, and statuary. One walk leads
along the balustraded seawall where
one can look down on tho dark washer
women. mostly Italians, and many Of
them beautiful, in variegated dresses.
barefoOted and barearmed, washing
the citv's sOiled linen at low tide. There
they sit on the mud banks. and slap,
and pound, and rinse away in the dirty
water. One wonders how they can ex-
pect to cleanse anything. but they do.
aud hang out the garments over acres
of tho low, moss-covered fiat. You
would hardly believe that vessels are
unloaded by carts here. Immense two
wheeled trucks, drawn by mules or
horses hitched tandem, arc driven out
to the lighters in the water, and, though
the waves come to the horses necks,
they carry their loads high and dry to
the shore. Some vessels, too. get
stranded quarter of mile away from
shore, while others are discharged at
the central pier. where there are rail-
road tracks and small locomotives to
land the merchandise. The buildings
are mostly of soft brick, plastered over.
and generally Of a quiet buff color.
The sidewalks and streets are narrow.
and there are no trees in the streets.
At Il distance. however, tho trees of the
JaitOs. rising above the roofs. make the
city look well indeed. The sidewalks
run under lofty vaulted arcades, max
ing them very cool in summer.-COr.
" y. Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
"Jiutlemauly Ladies'"

In railroad car the seats were all
full except one. winch was occupied by
a plca>ant-lookinr lrishman. and nj
one OF the stations 4 couple of evident
" wcll-brtd and Intelligent young la
dies came in 10 procure seats. Seeing
none vacant. they were about 10 go in
10 the next ear. when Patrick arose
hastily and offered them his seat with
evident pleasure.
But You will have no seat for your
SELF respondc one of the young la
dies. with smile. he>itating. with true
poliieue>>. Ia accept ii.
'.Niver mind that" said the gallant
Ilibernian; nd rifle upon a cow-catch-
ar 10 New York any time for smile
from such jini.cmanlv ladies'
And i.e retired hastily into the next
car amid the cheers of his fcl.ow-pas-
sengers.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-30
Mexican Propensity for Stealing.


A correspondent of the Now York
Tribune, writing from Mexico, says:
Washerwomon pawn the clothes OF
unsuspecting and trusting Americans
when given them to be washed, and
moro than ono engineer has had TO
visit some empenO and pay down the
cash for garments that were already
his, to get them out Of pawn. Either
one by one or all in lump, these gar
ments are gathered into the NAV of the
Mexican suncle." The statement OF
my friend. the machinist. may be color
ell by q sad experience, but there is
much truth in what he says; it is only
fair toward those OF our countrymen
contemplating coming here to give the
actual colOring of the dark side as well
as tho bright. In regard to stealing,
this ] know, that nothing along tho
line of the great ''Mexican" railroad
from Vera Cruz to the City of Mexico.
is loft outside after dark !; nothing that
the strength Of two men can lift. Even
tho car-cOuplings arc taken inside the
station and locked up. This road once
introduced air-brakes on their cars. but
the workmen punched holes in tho
pipes and stole the tubing. so they were
taken of. On tho NATIONAL road.
and doubtless on all others also, they
stole the bolts that fastened the rails to
the ties, until they were finally riveted
on. One of gang of workmen under.
took to steal the cap OF cartridge OF
dynamite, and the result was that he
and several others went to their reward.
Instances might DO multiplied to show
that the bulk of the mixed population
of Mexico are thieves and beggars. II
is impossible TO mention the term steal
ing without finding victim. Two
evenings ago l was Mt the house OF a
prominent American here, whose wife
that very day had had valuable watch
stolen from her they were in consul
tation that same day with the chief OF
police about the possible recovery OF
some furniture stolen from them few
weeks before. That afternoon l met
missionary. well known here, who
showed mo watch that had been
stolen from him and which he had only
regained by paying $55 to recover il
from pawn. The wife of high Amer
lean official in Mexico told me that
same evening that at tho first oilcia
dinner given by her husband she lost
50 many spoons and forks that there
were hardly any left that evening
Though there is no other city of any
size near this; though the streets swarm
with policemen and the customs OIL
cials search-or have the right to searci
ALL merchandise arriving and depart.
ing through the city gates. property
once lost is rarely recovered. Even in
the event of tho identification and the
arrest Of the thief, it is so difficult to re
cover stolen goods that they are in thu
majority Of eases left with the magis'
trafe