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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
A Northern Waterway.
Grand Things Predicted for the Commerce OF
AL 2i..n-


Grand Things Predicted for the Commerce Of the
Athabasoa River.
The project of the IIudson's Bay COM
pany in putting a steamboat on the
hthabasca river is movement that
promises the most important results to
that far-oif country, and is one OF the
most daring of the many flights OF en-
terprise that have marked the opening
up of the northwest, and much greater
than their other act of building tram
way around Grand Rapids and putting
steamers on the Saskatchewan. When
railway il built across an unopened
country, line of settlement is sure to
follow. and TO contribute largely to fur
nishing traffic for it; but this case is
widely different. for its mission will be
to open up country mt present unset
tied by any save the employees OF the
HudSon's Bay company, some mission
aries, few traders, and mere handful
of men who have gone in this season to
test the agricultural capabilities of the
country To which the Athabasca affords
the readiest access, and which is report
ed rs being equal in fertility to any part
of the continent. The steamer in ques-
ton is no mere toy affair, but will be
worthy of the noble stream it is to ply
upon. 1t will be provided with power
full machinery of the most modern char
acter. only equaled by that of the new
steamer now being placed on Saskatche-
wan.
Few people can form an adequate
conception of the difficulties to be over
come in taking the ponderous machine
ry overland to its destination, nor the
amount of labor that will be involved
in getting the necessary timber and ma
terial ready in those remote regions.
where everything is done by hand, and
where skilled workmen of the various
classes necessary to construct the YES.
sells must all be taken in by the com.
pany. Capt. Smith, so favorably known
on the Saskatchewan, will probably bt
sent north to superintend the construc.
ton of the new vessel. The machinery
etc, were taken to Carlton a short time
ago and dispatched to their destination
by the company's ordinary route. Tn,
successful working of this boat will give
an impetus to travel and trade that vii
soon make the present organized terri
tories, with their lines of steamers All,
railways, seem to be among the contra
| if not the eastern territories. This boa
will be the pioneer in opening up sys
TEN of magnificent water-stretches fa
grandcr and of greater extent than thu
famed St. Lawrence system. -Sdskdt
chctpdn Hcrdtd.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
The Wicked Editor.


F,0n The ArkdnSd,o TrareIsr.
A Little Rock newspaper man
while out in the country stopped ut
IA rude farmhouse for dinner. Think.
ing that his profession would insure
extra attention he remarked to the
farmer Needn't Put yourself to ex-
ira trouble for me, for am an edi-
tor" ~ what 2" asked the farmer.
regarding the visitor with newly
awakened interest. "a newspaper
man." "Wall, reckon you can git
smthing to eat anyhow. Some folks
mOut not Civ nothin' on this account,
but never was very particular. But
hold on. Editor did l understand
you to say e. Yes, sir, l am an
editor, and, however unfavorably it
may strike you, must say that / am
proud of my calling" I'll bet 300
that are one of the fellows that helped
to take hell outen the Bible. Reckon
you'd better travel. Never mind
that corn bread and buttermilk,
julie"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
Times Have Changed.

"I'm no hand to complain" he was
saying 10 a friend in the corridor of the
postoflice, ''but it makes me feel bad to
have man doubt my financial stand
ing"
HAS any one doubted it?''
'.Well, not i'm so many words, per-
haps, but l can see great change in
human nature. Three or four years
ago could buy trunk for dollar, ar
rive ut hotel in $500 hack, and live
on the fat of the land for three weeks
before had to skip. Alas! how times
have changed. Nothing less than an
SIS trunk will secure room. and you
can never tell when the clerk will ask
YOU to break $50 bill in order TO size
your pile. 1t makes me feel degraded
to have II man doubt me, and | some
times think ! might just rs well pay my
bill with Il bogus check rs to slip ont
the back way and leave my empty
trunk to square the account. - Wat'
Street NcUS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
The Seven Riddles of the World,

Prof. Du Bois-Reymond is one of the
most prominent members of the Berlin
Academy of Sciences. When he de-
livcrs his popular lectures there is not q
lecture-room in Berlin large enough to
accommodate his hearers. He is far
from being theist; still less is he a
Christian. In an address delivered by
him on 1.-THE Limits of Natural
Science" he propounded what he called
''The Seven Riddles of the World"-
riddles which have never been explained.
and the majority of which never can be
by mechanical laws.
The first riddle is the nature and es-
sence of matter and force.
The second is the origin of motion.
The origin of life is the third.
The fourth is the apparent design of
nature.
The fifth is the origin of conscious
ness.
The sixth is the origin of national
thought and language.
The last is the freedom of the will.
OF this Du Bois-Reymond says: "Our
seventh difficulty is none if one resolves
to deny the freedom of the will and to
declare the subjective conviction of free
dom as an illusion; otherwise it is mex
plicable."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
Nothing Short OF Unmista!sable
benefits

Conferred upon tens of thousands G.
sufferers could originate and maintain
the reputation which Ayers SARsA.
PARILLA enjoys. 1t Is compound oi
the best vegetable Alternatives, with the
IodidcS of Potassium and Iron, II all
powerful, blood-making, blood-cleanSin.
and DEMONSTRATING and is the most
cilectual of NIL remedies for scrofl-
lous. mcrcurial, o. blood disorders.
Uniformly successful and certain, il
produces rapid and complete cures Of
ScrOfula, Sores, Boil., llumOrs, PIN
pies, Eruptions, Skin Diseases and all
disorders arising from impurity of the
blood. by is invigorating effects il
always relieves and often cures Liver
Complaints, Fcnl.l" Weaknesses ami
Irregularities, and il q potent rencwrr
of waning vitality. For purifying Til"
blood il has 40 rq::al. 1t tones Up III .
system, restores ;l!d preserves t."
health, and impGrtS vi"or ard cncr'-''
For forty years it H.; b '2n in cx:;'r>'.
use, and is today ~" no It e..
medicine for TIE SIT ING Sic..::.
Fo. :;:.lc Ley IL o. -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
Good Suggestions.

Don't live i'm the back end of your
house. The boys will prefer the Sill
loon to the kitchen. Don't he afraid
of the coal or wood pile. 1t is cheaper
to have Il warm parlor than to pay
liquor bills. Put books and papers
upon the table instead of wine and
cider. Clear brains will honor the
family record more than drunkaris.
Marry into the cheerful family and
keep clear of the grumblers. Pull
the latch string i'm for gossip, and
hang it out for the poor, that yours
may he the house of mercy. In II dy.
ing world don't spend much time on
rulllrs and killing flies. Yonr chill
dren's bodies are more valuable than
fine clothes, lace curtains and BrIls-
sells carpets, and their souls are of
eternal worth. Don't starve to day,
To riot to- morrow don't hoard scrimp
for years that You may he generous
in your grave. BE your own almon.
er, ami see your children's happiness
while they are still under the parental
roof. Better have Il Sunday home
service than break Your neishlor's
Sabbath 10y visiting and dining that
day. Money laid out in song books,
organs, music teachers, and tuners,
pay com bound interest, bringing
health to the body, quiet minds,
bolm To minds, and makes the home
AN ante chamber to the choir above.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
A Famous Relic,


Everybody knows under what circum-
stances Henry Nv. was aSSaSsinated by
Navaillac. The assassin, passing his
arm through the window of the coach,
struck the monarch two blows with II
knife, the latter of which pierced his
heart. While still brandishing the knife
he was arrested by the orders of the
Due dEpernon, the knife being wrench
ed from his hand by Plctro de Malaghi-
no, an Italian attached to his suite, who
afterward declared he had dropped the
weapon in the crowd. 1t would appear,
however, that MalaghinO, who was Il
great amateur of curiosities, kept his
historical relic until his death, when he
left it to his descendants. 1t is difficult
to say how it came into possession of
Maurice de SAKE afterward; but GER
tain it is that a month before his
death the marshal made it present
to his physician, Senac. Snnac be-
queathed it to his son, M. Senac de
Meilhan, who presented it to the Mar
quise de Crequi. ut whose death it be-
came the property of the Baron dc
Blacheford. her cousin, when it was
again lost sight of for nearly sixty years,
until it turned up the other day in the
bureau of the commissary of police in
the Quarter Latin. being then owned by
a student whose father had been stew
ard to the Raimboval family. This stu
dent had been for some time in the
greatest poverty, and had been heard to
say that life was becoming burden to
him. The other morning he found him-
self absolutely penniless, prey to hal
lucination that the knife had brought
him i'll luck. Determined to put an
end to his existence, he plunged it into
his breast. Fortunately it WAS too rusty,
blunt and hacked about to do much
harm, and the unhappy youth only sue
ceeded in intlicting Il wound from the
effects of which he will be cured in a
fortnight. Ever since the story became
known the bureau of the commissary
has been visited by a number of coilec-
tors, each of whom has been until now
under the impression that he was the
sole pOssessor of the actual knife with
which Henry w. was slain.-IHitadet-
phta Telegraph.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
Given Away.

We cannot help noticing the liberal
offer made to all invalids and sufferers
by DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption. You are requested TO call al
John A. Samborn's Drug Store, and get
a Trial Bottle free Of cost, if you are
suffering with Consumption, Severe
Coughs, Colds, Asthma, Bronchitis.
Hay Fever, Loss of Voice, Hoarseness,
or amy affection of the Throat or Lungs
1t will positively cure you.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
MANKATo FREE Press.
FRIDAY, OCTOBER Is 1882.
A Street Scene.
"Nfy God. the child!n

"My God, the childn'
Wild and shrill this cry pierced the
mir, last evening, at the corner OF Vine
and Fourth streets. 1t was woman's
voice; the hoarse shouts of II carriage
driver followed, the horses plunged and
reared. rush took place. and the little
morsel of humanity was snatched from
beneath the grinding hoofs by wom-
ans arms and brought in safety to the
sidewalk. The frightened child was
soothed and petted by her rcscucr, who
never gave Il thought to those who were
indebted to her for II life saved.
Give me the child"
Again it was woman's voice. low
and sweet but stern, and the mother
snatchcd, rather than took, the little
toldler from those arms which had
proved so true and strong in the hour Of
need. The expression on the mothers
face showed u conflict, struggle be-
tween contempt and gratitude, desire
to thank her bcnefactor and snatch the
baby from possible contagion. IL was
the look of the matron upon the out
east. 1t was the gaze of conscious vir-
tue upon open vice.
The look was sufficient; tear stole
down the painted cheek; the mute look
of an animal pleading for mercy came
in the eyes of the erring sister, but met
no reply, and the little girl was handed
over TO the mother. whose straight-laced
virtue prevented her from thanking her
preservcr. us her tightly laced corsets
had prevented her from attempting to
save it.
..If you call on Mr.. -, in the morn
ing, he will reward you for your ser
vices" was the cold return the woman
received. 4 look of intense agony over
spread the features; the now empty
hands were pressed tightly against a
heart which was bitterly wounded. and
the lady swept on, regardless of the few
words which fell from the trembling
lips, but which would have given food
for reflection had they been heard.
Its Georges child"
She had saved the life of the child of
the man To whom she owed her fall. and
his wife deemed contact with his victim
scarcely preferable to death.
The whole episode was of but short
duration; it was simply - short society
drama which came near being TRACE
dy. Dramatis person;e-a lost woman,
a saved child. u virtuous matron, and
an absent man. who has to answer be-
fore his God for Il soul murdered, and |:
life visited, for, rs Shelley says:
mo mercy now can clear her brow
For i!is worlds peace to pray,
For the sin fnrgi, en- 10y Christ in Heaven,
by man III cursed away"
The poor woman arranged her dress
which had been torn in her heroic ac-
ton. wiped the blood from her hand
and arm, for not altogether scatheless
had she passed through the ordeal, and
went her way. 1t was nothing but &
street scene. yet it conveyed the lesson
that all that is bad is not worthless, and
that the good at times might be little
better. Drummer.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13

Even Montana must have its sensa-
ton. An old Chinaman found dead at
Park City is said to have been rich once
in China, and to have been engaged in
q conspiracy which resulted in his
death sentence and the confiscation of
his property. He escaped from prison,
emigrated to America, and was q mark
ell man even here. suffering many perse-
cutions from the'Six Companies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
A patent has lust been secured OF

A patent has just been secured on an
invention which will be of great value
to those who are obliged to go through
life on crutches. 1t consists of
crutches set on rockers which are
faced with heavy rubber band The
user thus moves forward eight feet at a
step, with smooth, even motion, which
does away with the jar experienced in
the use Of the ordinary crutch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
A Wild Woman in Missouri.

A nude colored woman, wild as a
gorilla, is startling the people of the
MARVEL section, twenty miles out on the
Midland railroad. She has been seen
several times, and the last time threw a
young lady who was notwithstanding
into hysteria, and with 4 grunt, not un-
like that of wild hog. jumped up and
ran into the forest. At the time of her
discovery she was burrowing into the
side of the road catching and eating
crawiish, which she ate, claws, hide and
all. AS yet nothing can be ascertained
rs to her identity. but steps will etaken
to that end. She is very black, and
foams at the mouth when angry like a
wild animal at bay.-Globe Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13

CTATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
- Earth,-SS. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of Francis A.
Pcrcivai, deceased.
The state of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court Ia ali persons Interested in the estate
of Francis \. PcrCiVal, late of the County of
Blue Earth deceased, greeting:
You and each Oi you are hereby cited ami
required personally to be and appear before
the Judge of Probate Of the County Gf Blue
Earth AT his Office III the CITY of MHnkatO, in
said county on the Both day of October, 1852,
al 10 O'Clock in the forenoon of that day then
and there To attend the final settlement of
the account of :. w. Burgess administrator
de bOnis non of the estate of Francis \.
Pcrciyal deceased and the distribution %! said
estate.
In testimony whereof ] have hcrcunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
court this End day of October, \. ID. lsS?.
G.. w. MEAD,
tSEAL.D Judge of Probate.
THOMAS & WASHBTRS,
Attorneys foi Administrator.
lJw3
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13

COal-ashes do not contain much plant
fooa, and their value is mostly mechan-
zeal. Wood-:ishes are rich in potash,
one of the three substances the most fire.
quently lacking in poor soils. This
potash is very soluble, so that fresh
ashes is IA quick-ac!ing fertilizer. Leach
ell ashes have the larger part of the pot
ash removed, and they are of much less
value.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
TIM 3 Err A Nd S /!

We think the extension OF railroads west must greatly increase
the call for all kinds timber. However much
hay be used tor fuel timber absolute necessity for null
titude of purposes The constantly increasing demand will rapidly
absorb surplus We look II stronger rapid
improvement in timber than in farm lands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
PROBATE NOTICE.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, County at Blue
- EArIh.-In Prnlntr Court Special Term.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County at Blue
- Earth.-ln Probate Court Special Term.
Ia the matter at the guardianship "f Mary
Dumunt, minur
On reading and filing the petition nf Anton
LaChapell. guardian -. said miner, represent
ing among other things. thai the said ward H.
seized uf certain real "stui" III sand state al
Minnesota, and Thai II H. necessary that the
s:tmt should tt' sold. ami pTslNIng Tor license
Ia sell the same; and il appearing To the
court. from sand pctltI"n. iiHt II ~ necessary
for the best interest al the sand minor t. sell
said real estate: Ii is ordered AMI directed
that the next al kin To- said ward, and all per
sons Interested in said estate, appear hciOrc
the Judge of this Court. on the 18th day al
November, \. ID. lSN'., AT l" clock \. VI, nj
the Probate oili.,' in the city at Mankato IN
said County. then aIH there I" show cause uf
any there shall bcl Why license should not bc
GRANTED for the sale of said real estate, ac-
curling IL tho prayer ui said petition.
And il j. further ordered. that copy al
this order shall hc published for four success
sivc weeks prior I" said day al hearing, the
last of which publications shall La al least
fourteen DAYS Is.iur, tho said daA Ot hearing,
In the Mankat" fREE Pass. Il weekly news
paper. printed it Manknt" Ia said county.
Iiyth.. Court CIV. MEAD,
Probate Judge.
Dated nj Mankato. the 18th day at September,
\. ID. lSN2 iiwl
SHERIFF"S EXECUTION SALE.
Dl virtue al IN execution issued out al ana
ID under the S,al uf the District Court in
and for the county If Blue Earth ami stat
al Minnesota. upon a Judgment rendered ami
.iockctcd in sand county, on the 2lth day of
July \. u. 49,. for the sum of four hundred
and SVVcntN-cight ami iitty-iiNc one humid
rcdth dollars. in AN action wherein Maria
Furmau was plaintiff, and 4. L. Furnan was
defendant. | nave this LIST day of September
y. ID. lSS2. lyTicd upon all the right. title and
interest of tn" said defendant, 4. L Furirlan,
in and To- the follow ing described real estate,
situate IN the county If Bluc Earth AMI state
of Minnesota. knpNu and described Il" fol
lows: Beginning III IL point which bears
north ~, degrees east - ig-lnu chains from
the Quarter stake between sections nine -
and sixteen u6l in township les Range =,
north chains L. an ash tree "n the right
bank a: the Maple river, thrnCr north ~ de-
,srrrS west 1f-lW chains. theme south ~ a
degrees east Fi-isl chains Ia the place az
beginning containing .i-lGr acres Of land.
Now, therefore, notice l. hereby gwen that
Twill sell tha above described real property
tOthe highest bidder for cash 1T public auc-
tiOn at the front door of iii" Office at the Reg
lister of Dc,-iS, 0i Blue Earth county afurc-
said i'm the City of Mankatn. therein. on III"
nth day Of October, y ID. lSs!. N ~ a clock
in tn" forenoon nf that day IL satisfy the
said execution, together with the interest and
costs thereon.
dated ScpJ. lSt, lsN2.
GEORGE W. MONKS.
sheriff of Blue Earth County.
Z. \. FOSTER, Attorney for Plaintlti.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13

ITS virtues are unquestionabe and its
curative character absolute, tho writer
can personally testify, both from experience
and observation. Write at once to HAYLOCK
Il JENNEY, Dey Street, New York, enclos-
ing ~ 90 and you will receive by return
body else. and whose curative effects will be
permanent. You will never regret doing So
-Eiit0r Of Mercantile RerietC.
eS-To avoid loss in the Mails, please send
money by Registered Letters.
Only imported by HAYLOCK & JENNEY
Sole Agents for America. 7Dey ST., N Y
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
M ANK Alto
THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

We offer Lots in the city proper suitable for business
locations Lots i'll all the Additions long time parties will
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-13
Manifest Destiny Points to MankatO!

as the great distributing center OF Southwestern Mnnesotats
busy industries fast multiplying, will soon be pushed to the
most supply the rapidly developing country beyond
foothod now will be worth fortune in the future
you want omc want business location it and
lend a hand to make
The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1882-09-16

Mai. John Henry Brown returned yes.
terday from five months to day trip
through Northwestern Texas. He belong
ed to a corps sent out by the state to survey
and locate school lands. He reports buffa.
10 hunters having nearly completed the
determination of that animal In Texas.
Where drovcs of 5000 were seen grazing a
fcw years ago not 800 are found now. He
says these professional hunters have bless.
ed that country in two ways. In the first
place IN killing off the buffalo they have
knocked the main prop and stay of Indians
from under them. They cannot live in a
prairie country where this animal does not
exist, and with the exception of around
some lakes along the New Mexican from,
tier the race which novelists defy and SEN
sible people love about as much as they do
tiger or a rattlesnake, have left and are
now engaged IN scalp farming farther west.
The second blessing, he says, is the increase
of grass otherwise consumed in enormous
quantities by the buffalo. Formerly 1t re-
quired the product of grass of whole coun.
ties to support them. But as they recede
the cattle ranches advance, and as they ad-
vance the regular farmer In turr follows.
This is the other side of the buffalo ques.
ton, concerning the extinction of which
so much sentiment has been uttered lately.
-Ddllds (7cr) Times.