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Of iit,.t ,,i,a rstocratia tagu and tho vnnnt old
ma!, atnrsed, fur tho Wcsi. 1oser.nine', 70 push
lay IL hIr pn.h ani prevent this must nntn.urat
nnh 1nuHrtnis llntrnn fr',h ns'!iIR furfftEr. INT
,,t On th " s 'rr ,rs srasa ., ~ t 'i is aars md
tho old fellow hurried bnok to go"a at't' civilian
iE:ynnd tho i,ocky Mountains tho for, I.arn:
"pna.s p s's es's ~ the s 'i iii casf los,sx 10
lDver.
know y tint ha su'1.niy !aft thu garrison Sltl.
.et!nx ps5tX Was j. I, .y 9'ey i9 "e, ea r "r
; Ii" rest Tia % I'D Chit saw ti.t ills bon,,tifni
lrnlru tlower WINS fA't!na. Tie ryat Is roon to''l.
i,oautifa chd viii ito Hanctity M y Yrcat sor.
row resting & o. IT, % tt!o Grow rauimn ,no dea.
;sri.l M Ss1u! to trfn IL w6ns1 a ,S1 ah% s"S e e
soltiurs nnt left IN r,:ell some In1Ian disturb
a!ccs that wcro octH,rrsng ~ tho tune. md tho
tAon. 1t WIS In tho beautiful tlnys Of enrly
Rtltutnn. ntd tho rare c1.lluItnrnt Of tho
tn sK % Hr.es rary ay ny II
tho fn 1T IsG7 tho sbIfirrs wore foturhfg /. Tho
Rnrrlson. As they nnrr'nctcd lts familiar sur.
uot.suiirs,, al othor soltlisra IN tho garrisoa
mustered nroslna sotnc nbjcet. Latter they tils.
and thought lhMt something Of MI unusual ciiur-
nctcr ts',Ist bo traneptrt'R: -,
nearer MpproarIl, n,. tGs m n'ononas oD .'o,,
Of tl,1 scene; apultcd.l'aIl mud hls wlo!o
l'aud with, all tho sa!l!urs Of tl,c garrison
HaIomn Inhlul rites tho fnHcrMl III tho nil
Chluia !lauEhtrr and her child. Tho ti!sln ct'ats
the funtustlo atsre UNI ptu,ircsque display ot
cninr shown by tho l'raves. tlau wnIllnE If thn
lntian ws,istl. hnd tho funeral rites it,ntlG AZ
tho Bulritn lIul Impressive to Tho lnlt nf
i,ccte,i With thou. Thcsc ccrcInnnlcs wcra cet-
the, solrrs' cerv.nony Ut Fort 1aran,lc spoi!ed-
IAia urd hls wa,oIe band, tue 20 ChIst r!''ii,s
a cos9 fSSwsS alterx IL II s irxat ffr: 5 !s
ea1au with their llatr d,tcvced, ana nan9tnx
Loosely over their shoulders and tho front M nt
svli!ers sooll saw Tho plncc designed fur Pau
s ths rruss ce 81 a w x kut
| fnet Wide, n!nu fcct o,lR, aud fur feet deep:
hs box csital.led raul!ilt. anu n It tho ln,!tnis
sT;'u''ls. Aino,s ttt,ese a1tlelqs %o.e I.iisI!o
dies at,l two tiirks Win elegantly -uri,ntreniy
| ha1.d!rs. Thcru were nls0 thrco l,nsa and II
h!neh f arrt,'vs. n'atls utter the ftlsl,!n Of to
..Tls hox being iled md p!nced on tho po1cs.
forward. a n,tnhnr of lH,nies frosu nnts!dc "
tho t:rnlotcry were brt,i:HIlt ~. Out Of u! ti!t
GGst nS s s, e o5e s ws ~ H. @e ros @
&c. e"a gssi tf' to'' 0 st 'swa tss,
I,ony. fr,u, tho care bestowed in its sclne.
ton, WIS supposed TO bc ,llo host n tilo
r @ t3 1,rr aa thdt,g; y ~ ID TO ra III
'' far icl, si t It i IL excellsnsc % Thcso roi.!"s
Msro nrco!F!nF T. tno ln!l!'a @ , t""ngy. ao
happy bunting. Ihg sk!ns md lMl.falo 10
fnFntIFh Tin WittGF WnGtl fJiE N(bt1llE
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
RidicstIOtss SuicidinH.
Duluth Tribune.

Duluth Tribune.
Suicides are becoming of daily occur
renee. Some days there are a dozen Of
them. and the fact is, the thing is get
ting monotonous. We don't object, par
ticularly, TO this, because we have big
stock of people on hand, IN the world.
and the suicidcrs don't interfere with the
business, by shuilling themselves off, to
any perceptiblc extent the profits tail
up at the end of the year just about the
same. 1t is the way in which they go
about it, respectively, that disgusts us.
There isn't one in twenty that approach
Us Il gcntecl. neat style Of going to glory
One will slip out To the barn, take an
old halter strap, tie it to Il beam, put his
head through the place where the
Wien he 9 SSts 'T Tcady, anu Is i1a"u ..s..
ward looking about rs picturesque as q
last wears scare crow after hard win
ter. Another will saw his head nearly
off with "A dull razor, and after living
long enough to wish he hadn't made
such an unsightly mess OF it, climbs the
golden stair. Some will jump into an
old well, and smother themselves with
dirty water and lizards, and after their
friends spent great deal OF valuable
time in hunting the country all over TOR
ten miles in every direction, discover
their late lamcntcd friend in the old
well. besmcared with mud, SO that it
takes half days hard work to put hlm
into prescntable shape for respectable
funeral. Another will put his mouth
down over the muZzle Of heavily
charged gun in the parlOr, and utterly
ruin scventy-tivc dollar carpet anu
knock lot of plastcring Oft the ceiling.
Some Jump into the river, and become
great "what is 1t" to the catfish. And
so we might 90 on, enumeratlng the
various styles of doing it, all OF which
would be the most unromantic ways
imaginable. OF course, if we felt bent
upon self-dcstruction, our-self, we
should much prefer to be petted to
death, if we could afford to hire some
proper person to do it. But still there
are many other ways that might be
adopted, which would ncutralize the
monotonv. Even if person felt it his
duty to 60 out on the rope walk, he
owes to himself and the public, to take
little more pains, and have little
more style about him. He should dress
up in his best clothes, get very nice
new rope, decorate it with blue ribbon
wear MASKING button-hole bouquet,
and then pendulumize himself from the
stair bannistcr in the front hall. There
are various things that might be sug-
cested, that would greatly improve the
present style, and make the custom
more popular, no matter by winch route
the suicide might want to travel; but
we simply give the above suggestions
as sample of how either of the many
WAYS might be bettered, and how they
migh after their departure, instead OF
presenting a CHASTITY sight, leave chem
selves looking just too nice Tor
anything. UNCLE DUDLEY
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
AL About QHintne

New York Sun.
There are consumed in the United
States annually 100000 ounces Of
quinine. New Jersey is largely
responsible for this of course. Since
the duty on quinine was removed the
richest bark has gone to London and
the poor has come here. The quinine
extracted from each is the same in
quality, but more of the lower aka
lOids are found in the poorer grades
of bark. The stock IN the world s
market has increased in Ave years
from SO, l34 bales to Ito, Jos in 1880.
This increase is owing largely to the
increased popularity of quinine as a
tonic, and does not actually show an
epidemic of malaria. To-day there
is on hand in the united markets of
the world only about four months
supply.
Since the duty on quinine was
removed, it has become an article of
speculative trade, whereas formerly
it was a simple matter of supply and
demand. Owing to this the price OF
quinine has increased instead of
fallen off, as it was expected it would
do. This advance has not been felt
by the retail buyer.
Last year there was a fair, health
full demand and consumption of qui-
nine in the United States, unequally
divided between the East and West,
but aggregating ,0O0, 900 ounces. In
the East the consumption was extra
ordinary. In the West it fell of
proportionately. During January and
February of this year there was an
unusual demand for quinine in this
country, but it is considered to be
almost entirely speculative. Just al
this time dealers are waiting for ar
expected decline in price from $3.50 aI
ounce which quinihe brings at whole
sale. If the recent wet season Is follow
ed by a period of drouth, quinine viii
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both foreigners and French people.
The dancing-rOom, of vast proper
tions. was built at great expense,
specially for the ball, in the garden
of the house. 1t was brilliantly or.
namented with a dozen columns, and
lighted by as many gigantic chande-
liers, remaining, notwithstanding,
however, somewhat cold. The toll
cites of the ladies were of splendor,
but none of them equalled those of
the mistress of the mansion, and her
sister, the Countess Cesfetter. Those
toilettes were two poems, and well it
might be for she had twelve dresses
made from which to select one for
the ball, and the lace alone on it cost
$4,000. Two suppers were given,
one at O'Clock i'm the morning, and
Il second one at 4 o'clock. The sup
pers were served on long and short
tables, and with room enough for all
the guests to sit down together. The
menu was printed on bands of satin.
Silken scarfs were given to the ladies
Us favOrs in the German and to the
gentlemen were given silver medals,
engraved with the arms of the United
States and the date of the ball. One
of its novelties was combining with
the forty musicians of the orchestra
al equal number of men and women
singers, who accompanied the instru-
ments during the waltzes and other
6gures. This mingling of voices and
instruments had fine effect and
added to the animation of the whirl.
ing couples. The only drawback to
the reception was the absence Of
Queen Isabella, who is said to have
received the same evening in order to
revenge herself on Mrs. Mackay, who
refused the hand OF her daughter -
only school girl-whO kissed her
mamma in the early part of the fete
and went to bed like ii good little girl
to certain chamberlain of the
queen. Even crowned heads have
their petty iealousies like the rest of
human kind and take their revenge
in the same common way.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
ny NATIVE VILLAGE

There lies village In peaceful vale,
With sloping hills and waving wood,
around,
Fenced from the blasts. There never rudel
Bows the tall grass that covers all the
ground;
Aud planted shrubs are there, and chcrish'd
flowers.
And bright verd,Irc. born OF gentler show
orS.
Twas there my young existence was begun
My earliest sports were on Its fiowery greon
And often, when my schoolboy task was done
climb'd Its hills Ia view the pleasant scene
And stood and gazed till the suns setting ray
Shone on the height, the sweetest of the day
There, when that hour of mellow light was
come,
And mountain shadows coord the ripen'd
grain,
I watch'd the weary yeoman plodding home,
In the lone path that winds across the plain
To rest his limbs, and watch his child ut play
And tell him DER the labours Of the day.
And when the woods put on their autumn
And the bright sun came In among the trees
And leaves were gathering In the glen below,
swept softly from the mountains by the
WANDERED till the starlight on the stream
At length awoke me from my fairy dream.
An. uuppy nays tpO uuppy W TctuTH,
Fled on the wings of youths departed years,
A bitter lesson has been mine to learn,
The truth of life, It's labours, pains AMI
fears;
Yet does the memory of my bOyhOod stay,
a twilight of the brightness passd away.
My thoughts steal back to that sweet village
still,
Its flowers and peaceful shades before me
rise,
The play-placc, and the prospect from the
hill,
Its summer verdure. and autumnal dyes;
The present bringsits storms: but, while they
last,
shelter me In the delightful past.
John II. Brytat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
Cabinet KecredtiOns.

The members of the Cabinet some
times have very amusing interviews
with ladies, us the following will
illustrate :
Young Lady-."Mr. Secretary, l
have called to see if you can tell me
when Capt. is to be ordered
away, and where he will go to -
Secretary-"I really do not know.
Do yon wish him ordered away =
Young Lady-"No, indeed" (his
with Il very conscious look and a
slight increase in color; "Only if You
were | would like to know, you know,
for you see,' pulling out her handker-
chief and putting her little glOved
finger in her mouth la Maggie Nit
chell, lyon know, Mr.. -, now don't
yOuF
Secretary-"How should l -
Young Lady-"Then I'll tell YOU
this with look of DISCRIMINATORY.
"I'm going to marry him, and if you
are going to order him off, why we
want to get married before. That is
ALL
Secretary-"I have not thought of
ordering him away. and since he is
going to engage in such pleasant bust
ness will not
Young Lady-"Oh! Mr.. -, amt
you good! I'm so glad. Now I'll
have plenty of time to get ready.
Another young lady sends in her
card and is admitted, when the fol.
lowing colloquy takes place
Young LADY, have called to see
if you will not give permission to
Lieut.. - to come here from A-F'
Secretary--"Any of his near rela
tives sick ?" scanning her closely.
Young Lady sir. His friends
want to see him so much, and you
can have him come if you want to-"
Secretary-"Oh! | see how it is
If you will say you are his sweethear
he shall come"
| Young Lady-"Yes, sir, he is J!
saying this with both hands hiding
her face.
The Secretary says that he gave
permission to that officer to come
telegraphing to him to that effec
within the hour. All Secretaries are
not like the one we are speaking OF
80 young ladies must not presume
upon the above incidents, for the!
might not he us successful as our TIVE
fair friends were.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
out Door Iir and ErPrrisP

Dr. Owswald in Popular Science Monthly.
The surest of all natural propylac-
tics is active exercise in the open air.
Air is a part of our daily food and by
far the most important part. A man
can live Oh seven meals week, and
survive the warmest Summer day
with seven draughts of fresh water.
but his supply of gaseous nourish.
ment has to be renewed ut least four
teen thousand times in the twenty.
four hours. Every breath we draw
is Il draught of fresh oxygen, every
omission Of breath is an evacuation
of gaseous recrements. The purity
of our blood depends chiefly on the
purity of the air we breathe, for in
the laboratory of the lungs the
atmospheric air is brought into con-
tact at each respiration with the fluids
of venous and arterial systems, which
absorb it and circulate it through the
whole body ; in other words, if q man
breathes the Initiated atmosphere of a
factory all day and of a close bed
room all night, his life blood is
tainted IA 900 times in the course of
the twenty-four hours with foul
vapOrS, dust, and nOXious eXhalations.
We need not wonder, then, that ill
ventilated dwellings aggravate the
evils Of 50 many diseases, nor that
pure air should be almost a panacea.
Outdoor life is both a remedy and
a preventive of all known disorders
of the respiratory organs ; cOnsump.
ton, in all but the last stage of the
deliqaium, can he conquered by trans.
ferring the battle-ground from the
sick-roOm to the wilderness of the
next mountain range.
Asthma. catarrh and subercular
phthisis are unknown among the
nOmads of the intertropical deserts.
us well us among the homeless hunters
of our Northwestern Territories.
Hunters and herderS, who breathe
the pure air of the South America
pampas, subsist for years on Il diet
that would endanger the life of IA city
dweller in Il single month. 1t has
been repeatedly observed that indi.
viduals who attained to III extreme
old age were generally poor peasants
whose vacations required daily labor
in the open air, though their habits
differed iq.alWqstsgerN nthfGr9h"4ntu
in various countries of the Old World
depends not so much on climatic
peculiarities or their respective de-
gree of culture as Oh the chief occu-
patton of the inhabitants; the starved
Hindoo outlives the well-fed Parsee
merchant, the unkempt Bulgarian
enjoys an average longevity Of forty
two years to the West Austrian citi-
zen $ thirty.iive.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
Substitutes for Lumber.

Northwestern Lumberman (Chicagol
We are in receipt, from Mr.. 5. W.
Hamilton of Lawrence, Kansas, OF
sample of lumber made from straw,
manufactured after process patented
bv himself. the particulars of which he
does not explain. lie informs us, how
ever. that he can manufacture lnmber
like the sample sent, in any desired
length, from l2 feet upward, and to ~
inches in width at cost competing
with the better or finished grades Of
pine, although he does not inform us
whether this competition will apply
equally to sections where lumber is
comparatively cheap, as at Chicago, and
at Western grain producing points AS at
Kansas. We imagine, however, that
the expense will vary but little at any
point where straw is Obtainable in large
quantities.
The manufacture is, of course, con
fined to grade which will compete
with the better of lumber, as there
would be no object in filling the new
product with knots, and shakes would
scarcely be obtainable even if desired,
while sap and dccayed wood must be
limpossibilities. The sample sent to us
will hold nail as well as wood, is
equally susceptible TO high painting
finish, and can be polished to as high a
degree as it is at all desirable. Being
made water proof, we can discover no
possible reason why it should not be as
durable, or even more so, than pine or
even oak, while its adaptability is evil
IDENTIFY as great for roofing purposes, as
for the fine work of a dwelling.
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is introduced a paste compound OF
certain properties Of gasoline and
powdered charcoal, on top of which
is packed tightly some fibrOus ma
terial, such as cotton. Through Il
pipe in one end of this cylinder is
forced atmospheric air, subjected TO
Il greater or less degr of compress
sion, according rs heat or light is de-
sired, and the product that results
from this combination and these con.
ditiOns is led from the other end of
the cylinder into the receiver, with
which pipes are connected, which
convey the air, just us cOal-gas is now
conducted, and may be burned i'm Il
similar manner. The degree of heat
from this atmospheric fluid varies
with the compression the greater
tn. pressure the more the heat; and
under sufficient and easily attain
able compression very intense light
is produced, and heat 80 intense as
to astonish all who have witnessed it,.
Once the machinery is set up, all
that is necessary is to keep a constant
draft of air in the cylinder, which
can be pumped in with suitable APP
paratus. Mr.. Reynolds has his lab.
oratOry fitted up with one of his ma
chimes, and pipes conveying the air
to the various chambers of the struc-
tire are temporarily fixed along the
walls. The light from the burners is
far more intense than common gas
six.fOOt burner while the heat from
one jet is sufficient to melt a one.
fourth inch iron bar in thirty seconds.
A chemical analysis of the gas con-
veyed from the receiver has been
made, the result showing that, under
ordinary circumstances, eighty per
cent. was oxyhydrOgen gas, while
with extra pressure ninety-fve per
cent. has been obtained. Reynolds
claims that he has had four lights
burning for four weeks. with an in
tensity double that of ordinary gas,
at an expense of only ten cents.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-05-12
HO,c The star Route Men NOnis,a'
ted Hancock

Washington Telegram TO Inter Ocean.
The discussion of Star-rOute mat
tiers is bringing to light a succession
of curious things. II is reported now
OH authority that should be good that
Gen. Hancock owed his nomination
at Cincinnati to the star.rOute ring,
This does not imply any knowledge of
the frauds on his part, nor even any
intimation of the source of certain
support that proved potent at the
convention. 1t will be remembered
that the Democratic House commit.
tee reported against the increase of
the appropriation asked by Brady.
This was in accord with the senti.
ments entertained by Speaker Ran.
dali. The attorney, McGibben, and
the contractors, Salisbury, Patrick,
Price, and others of the ring, were
active Democrats. A mutual friend
presented the case to Senator Wal.
lace, to the effect that the passage of
the appropriation was political
necessity. 1t was election year. If
the Democratic Congress refused the
appropriation there would be such
indignation in the West that the
party would meet certain defeat In
the fall. When the bill came to the
Senate, it was referred to a sub-com-
mittee, of which Wallace was Chair
Journalist connected WITH Il W GeeEEttAiii In
ton Sunday paper $1,000 to arrange a
meeting between salisbury and the
Senator, and prepare a statement OF
the contractors side of the case.
Wallace and salisbury had an inter
view at which the arguments for the
appropriation were presented i'll a
long written statement. The mutual
friend also arranged that salisbury
should appear before the Senate com
mittee, it having been decided to
have another investigation by this
committee, independent OF that
made by the House. Mr.. Salisbury
appeared. The same friend fur
nished Wallace, it is said, with ques
tions which must be asked the witness
in order to elicit the desired answers
The result of it all was that the
Senate Committee reported in favor
of the appropriation, and when Sen
ator Wallace made a speech on the
floor he adopted the language OF
Saulsbury's statement which hat
been prepared by the journalist al
luded to. The result was the measure
went through. 1t is not alleged tha
Wallace had any idea of Il swindle il
the operations of the ring, but tool
the course he did entirely from polit
ical motives. He, as is well known
was the determined enemy of San
Randall, and as part Of the tran
sactiOn secured the aid of the con
tractors to defeat him in his owl
State. The ring, in carrying out this
part of the programme, furnished
800, 900, to be used in Pennsylvani:
to send an anti-Randall delegation tt
Cincinnati. 70 supplement this. the
McKibbons and others went to Gin
cinnati with the sinews of war ant
spent $780, more. This was tn
secret of the Hancock boom, asid
from few Southern States whicl
sent instructed delegations, and tn
fact seems to be indisputable tina
the sudden and easy nomination o
Hancock was due to this $4,000
ljudiciOusly appropriated to his use.