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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23

Jonathan Talcott. of Rome, n. Y.
writing about potatoes, says: / have
found by experience in cultivation
that the Beauty Of Hebron is, all
things considered, the best early pc.
ttto have ever grown on my farm.
That may not be true in all situations,
as the potato is liable To variations III
different soils and under different
circumstances. The variety that sue
cccds well in some localities may fail
IN others. The Beauty of Hebron
seems To be one of the sorts that
;l'lapts Itself to most soils. hence its
general distribution among farmers
would prove of decided benefit To the
farming community. sAl cultivators
OF potatoes should bear in mind the
fact that all early potatoes need richer
land Ia give their best yield than
those that mature later in the season.
Their period Of growth being shorter,
they require more nOurishment to
mature the crop than later maturing
sorts, u fact that many good farmers
overlooking when ltting their ground
for the potato crop.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23

'Ils virtues are unquestionabie ana It's
curative character absolute, as the writer
can personally stify. both from experience
aud observation. Write az once 10 HAfitpek
& IENNEy, Dcy street, New York, enclus-
Ing 81 ~ and you will receive by return
remedy that will enable You To hear ike any.
.a,iy else ana whose curative effects VIII ne
permanent. You will never regret doing so
Editor ef Mercantile Reriew.
- To avoid loss in the Mails. please send
money by Registered Letters.
Only imported by HAYLOCk JENNEY
Sole Agents Cor America. Dey ST., y.
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Striking Head Lines

Are used 10 call attention To the fact that this
Is an advertisement OF the CHlCIGO.
usSBE4skEg a, ST. "a III RAIL-
EiI.
Its EEG Trunk Lines traverse the best
portions OF Northern Illinois. WIS
COUSIN MINNESOTA, DAKOTA
and IOWA
Located directly on its lines are the cities
or CHICiEO, .HILWjCAEE, La
Crosse. UIHOn0, ST. PAIL, MN
NEiPOLIs, Ndais0n, P'Gi'i" al"
CHEN. Has0H Cfy. Sio"r Cify,
yausfon, albert Lea, a BEisDEES,
HTBEGTE. ROCE ISLAND, GE-
E.R HsPTDS, aud CoGStSS.
BLEFFS. as well rs innumerabie other
principal business cCutres and fav0rite re-
sorts: ana passengers going West. North,
South or East are able u use the CHfC.1-
90, MIEsVIUkEE 81 ST. PaIL
EfILIy; y TO the best advantage.
Ticket Offices everywhere are supplied with
Maps and Time Tables which detail the merits
of the line. AMI agents stand reaoy TO furnish
information, end sell tickets ut cheapest
rates over tho Chicago, .nittrdUf:ep q
~. f'auI RaIttcGU.
- 5. MERRILL, 4. V. II. CARPENTER.
C;enl Manager, Gen Pass. and Tkt. Agt
j.. I. CLARK, GEO. X HEAFFORD.
Genl. supt. Asst Gen. Pass. Ast
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
PROBATE NOTICE.

c,TATE OF MINNESOTA. County of Blue
. Farfh--ss In Pi obate Court.
In the matter Of the estate OF Harvey
Meacham, deceased. ,,n
Court to All persons interested in the estate
Of Harvey Neachanl. late of the County oil
Blue Earth. deceased. Greeting:
You and each OF You are hereby clted hnc
reouired personally TO De- and appear before
rho Judpc of Probate Of the County or Blue
Earth nj his Office In the city OF iankato IN
said county on the 9Th day of April, A.
lss !, at ten o'clock In the forenoon nt .na'
ment of the account of james Wilson. ad.
ministrator OF he estate Of the said Harvey
Meachan, deceased, and the distribution %
In Testimony whereof have hrreunto sci
NV hand and affixed the seal of the probat,
Court thts 10Th day OF March, A. ID. 1888.
GEO. w. MEAD,
,srn1 Judge Of Probate
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
Hear What the Deaf Say !

T. has performed n miracle I'm my case:
have no mccarthy noises IN my head ana
heat much better.
have been greatly benefited.
Ny deafness helped great deal-think an
other bottle will cure me.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
NJ ANk 4 10
THE LEADING CITY OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

We offer you Lots in the city proper suitable for business
locations Lots in all the Additions OH long time parties WI"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23

Concerning cows and steers, the
form uf the feet Is an indication OF
the nature of the place in which the
animal has been reared. In stony
regions the hOOf grows round and
wears away (; on the contrary, III
soft, moist. and marshy districts the
nuofs lcnsthen and hatten out. anu
the same effect is produced 10y coli
,inement to the stable. The round
noof Is u very desirable quality. Con-
linued stall feeding renders the feet
10 tender that after some years the
animal can take no exercise. nor even
:umfUr;abIy travel over the pasture.
rhe foot grows long and thick, and
The creature is entirely untitled for
work OF for driving to any distance.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23

More or less sorghum has been
raised during the last year in twenty.
eight States of the Union including
twelve Of the Southern States. The
returns are 10y no means complete,
but they show that 1888, 0o8 gall ms
of syrup were made. and 509.I3l
pounds Of sugar. Kansas leads IN
The amount of syrup and New Jersey
in the amount of sugar. New York
state produced over 100000 gallons Ut
syrup and over 10000 pounds of SUI
gar. With these results before us,
IN All industry which is not more than
four ye.rs old At the most, we are
warranted in predicting grand AMI
speedy accomplishments. The sugar
has sold readily ut 3 CENTS per pound
and the syrup at 10 to 6O cents IA gal.
ion, according to locality. In live
years more We expect To see cane
growing one of the leading agricultnr.
al Interests Of the north.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
sHERIFFs EXECUTION SALE.

The above sale has been postponed until
Tuesday, March oath, 1854, AT 40 o'clock \. NJ.
and At the same place. ,,-,.,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
Manifest Destiny Points 10 MalkatO !!

as the great distributing Southwestern Mnesotaits
busy industries multiplying will be pushed to the mt"
supply the rapidly developing wants o the country beyond
us-a ootod will be worth fortune in the future
YOU want home if business location it and
lend Il hand to make
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
TIM 3 Err 1 A N . s 4!

We think the extension railroads greatly increase
call all kinds and timber However coal and
be used fuel timber absolute necessity for null
tude of purposes. The constantly increasing demand will rapidly
absorb surplus We look stronger and rapid
improvement in timber than in farm lands.
OF
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23

Sheriff or Blue Earth County, MINI.
J. NEwRAkT, attorney for Plaintiff, New
Ulm, MINI. .
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IHE:RIAI|
~ ~ - b HA Fl Ms H-H 81 Nh T.
~ * ~ n " n ~ q 49, e - ~ III ! 4
EMCDYNE IMMINENT e.

An English Veterinary Surgeon and Chemist.
low trayclin; In this country, says that most
al the Horse and Cattle Powders sold here
are ~crihloss trash. He says that Sheridan
Ionai,ion Powders arc absolutely pure and
Immensely valuable. Nothing ON earth will m
r.l % pint food. Sold everywhere, OF sent by
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-03-23
MAKE HENS LAY

Ike heus sylkc SherdAns Condition Powders Dose easpn-
mail or ettor- stamps. s. Jousson Co, BOSTON, MAse
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
LIBELs ON WESTERN PEOPLE.

a Western young lady, who has Just
returned from "Yurrop," talks knowing
ly OF ''the statue of Appoller with bev-
elled ear. "-[New York Advertiser.
He must have been from the West.
He was idling about old Burling slip,
when he took a stumble and brought up
in the river. A ready hand threw him
Il plank to sustain himself, and he was
soon hauled out.
"Gentlemen," he said, as he gave
himself Il shake, "what's your time worth
per hour""'
"'m getting twenty-five cents pei
hour" replied one.
"And you were about nine minutes
fooling with my case. About nine, bu,
we'll call it ten. Your charge should be
about four cents. About four, but well
call it five. haven't anything smaller
than dime, but one of you can run
across the way and get it changedv'
"Oh, we don't want pay" remarked
one.
"You don't? But you must accept OF
something. Here, boy, run over and
buy me couple of pears!"
The fruit was purchased and placed in
his hands, and as he put one pear in his
pocket and bit into the other one he re-
remarked:
"And if you ever come within fifty
miles of where my uncle lives, he'll be
glad to have you stop all night with him
He keeps hotel, and his charges won't
be over 81 !'-[ Wall Street News.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
MY LOST LOVE.

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NJ u mf Nav 'i"' '.D, '"""'
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49, 'h"i -" 900, ~ l"', hN' 'n'''
.'th am h'' '"l 'i'' "' 'N"'
'f~i over O. '.'' '"' 1000.
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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
\ CHA MONSTER.
An Arizona Monster that is a Savage as
aDog and Fights Like Viper.

William Blackheath, when he re-
turned from six months sojourn in
Arizona, brought to the Comstnck, Nrv.,
the skin OF what he, for want OF Il better
name, calls a ella monster, but which
is evidently that of saurian OF 4 differ
ent species. The skin now measures
seven feet from tip to tip, and it has evil
IDENTITY skunk some inches in driving.
Though about the color OF an ordinary
ella monster. the reptile is evidently Il
kind OF inland crocodile, or, more prop
erlv, cavman. Is it had not the webbed
feet OF the crocodile.
The strange saurian was found in
small valley in the WhcatStone Noun
tains. When alive it stood two feet
high, and its body, Just back OF its fore
legs, was over three feet in circumfer-
ence. The creature was as savage as 4
bulldog and as full OF fight as a viper.
1t was found 10y the dogs OF Mr.. Black
heath and partner. When the men ar
rived at the haunt of the reptile-tO
which they We're attracted by the fierce
and peculiar barking OF their dogs, three
in number-they found that one dog had
already been killed and the others were
badly cut up and covered with blood.
The creature displayed such activity,
and was so diabolically vicious that the
two prospectors feared to 90 near it, be-
ing armed with nothing better than a
prospecting pick and Il shovel with a
short handle.
Finally the thing got one OF the dogs
by the foreleg, and finding that it held
on like terrier, with no signs of loos-
ing its hold, Mr.. Blackheath ran for
ward and struck his pick into its head.
Even then the reptile held on, and it
was not until it had been struck several
blows with the pole OF the pick, that its
jaws relaxed and it gave up the ghost.
| When the dog was released it was found
that his foreleg had been broken at a
point about two inches above the knee.
Mr.. Blackheath says that he has met
with several OF the creatures known as
ella monsters that were two feet and
two and a half feet in length, but never,
| before or since, saw, or even suspected
the existence of one So large as that
whose skin he possesses. 1t was Il sur
prise to all the white men in that sec
ton, but some of the Indians asserted
that far south in the Sierra Madre Noun
aims they had seen some that were as
large or larger.
Unfortunately, in faying the saurian,
Mr. Blackheath's only idea was to have
the hide tanned and made into boots
and CATERS, therefore he lid not preserve
the feet, otherwise the skin might be
stuffed and mounted by taxidermist.
He says the teeth OF the creature were
over an inch in length, were sharp as
needles, and in shape rescmblcd the
teeth of a XII Virginia City, (Nev. }
Enterprise.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
ANIMALS IN FICTION.

lIippopotamus is not an accommodate
Ing word for Verse, and when it is re-
fcrred to it is as behemoth, or river
horse, when it becomes "scaled" and
''spouting', and, therefore, more or less
fabulous or more or less mixed I'D with
crocodiles and whales. Montgomery
however, calamity takes the whole name
into a line, and for his isolated courage,
in spite of his absurd Misrepresentation
OF the comfortably browsing pachyderm,
deserves quotation:
"The hippopotamus amid the food
FleXile and active the smallest swimmer,
But on the bank Unbalanced and intirm;
He grazed the heritage with huge head declined,
Or leaned to rest against some ancient tree.
But | confess that the river-horse has
less significance than many animals.
There is much, of course, that is pleas
ant enough in the manner of its liie-its
lazy, lounging existence in warm
streams, its circumstances OF perpetual
plenty, its innocent pastimes when I'M
disturbed, its helplessness when at
tackled. But, except as living a slothful
and apparently useless life under condi-
tons of unalloyed hippopotamus happi-
ness. as symbol for pure, feral enjoy
ment in its utmost expression, this mon
strous grotcsIueness-as if from some
great chronicle OF Pantagruel'-th
familiar OF old Nile in his cradle, has
little to commend it. As behemoth it is
delightful fiction, but in its actual
carnal bulk it is only a hippopotamus.
The Rabbns said that there were never
more than two behemoths at time in
the world. They inferred this from the
compassionate goodness of the Almighty.
For if there were to be more than two at
time they doubted if the whole earth
could provide them sufficient sustenance.
1t is Il pity in one way that the day OF
beliefs in unique existences is past, for
what zest it would have lent to travel
and sport ii there had been a possibility
OF meeting with the pair of hppopotami,
the phoenix, or the only unicorn. Nor
does Montgomery hesitate at the giraffe,
| (thOugh he scans its name in two shorts J
But the very few others who refer to the
animal prefer to call it ''the camel
leopard" Hood has sportive ode to
the great anti-climax," as he calls the
animal, $50 very lofty in its front, but
SO dwindling at the tail" but he does
not exhaust, or even tap, the potential
tiles Of fun the giraffe suggests: "For
this sky-raking animal, that passes all
its life, so to speak, looking out of a
fourth-story window, that looks out the
birds nests as it browses, and seldom
sees the ground except when it lies down
on it, is about the best instalment of the
impossible that has been vouchsafed to
u.s. Belgravia.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
FIVE OBEDIENT HUSBANDS.

There were five of them together, and
it was late. They had been drinking
Finally, one of them looked at the clock
and said
"What will our wives say when We
get home?"
"Let them say what they want to
Mine will tell me to 20 to the mischief
responded No. =.
"Pll tell you what we will do. Let
us meet here again in the morning and
tell our experiences. Let the one that
has refused to do what his wife told him
to do when he got home pay for the
nights entertainment"
That's good idea. We all agree tc
that"
So the party broke up, and the men
went to their respective homes. The
next morning they met at the appointed
place, and began to tell their expert.
ences.
Said No. /:
"When l opened the door my wife
was awake. She said: a pretty time
of night for you to come homel You
had better 90 and sleep in the pig-pen
for that is what you will come to soone,
or later Rather than pay for what we
drank last night did what she told me
to. That lets me OUT
Next"
No. . cleared his throat and said:
"When | got home, | stumbled over a
chair, and my wife called out: There
you are again, you drunken brute! You
had better wake up the children, and
stagger about for while, SO they can
see what drunken brute of father they
are afflicted with So woke up the
children and staggered about until my
wife limited to me to stop. She used q
chair in conveying the hint. That lets
me out"
"Next!"
No. 3 stood up and said
81 happened to stumble into a pan oil
dough, and my wife said: Drunk again
Hadn'tyou better sit down in that dough p
So | sat down in it, and that lets me
out"
"Nextr'
"NO. said:
al was humming tune, and my wife
called out There you are again Hadn't
you better give us a concert" | said
Certainly and began to sing as loud as
| could, but she told me to stop or she
would throw something at me, so !
stopped. That lets me out"
No. 5 looked very disconsolate. He
SAID:
81 reckon I'll have to pay. My wife
told me to do something none of you
would have done if you had been in my
place"
"What was it?"
"She said: so you thought you would
come home at last! Now, hadn't you
better go to the well and drink couple
buckets of water, just to astonish your
stomach" That was more than l bar
gained for; so its my funeral"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

THE VERY LATEST STYLE OF SMART
DoG.-This story is told of the sagacity
OF the dog of Texas gentleman. He
followed his owner to a gambling house
recently. 1t is against the rule, but still
the proprietor did not turn him out, so
he fingered near the poker table. Sud-
denly, when his owner was betting large
y on three aces, the dog flew at him as
II mad, and bit at his legs and tore his
coat and broke up the game All threw
down their hands in the melee, and then
the dogs owner saw that his opponent
had flush. Since that he has refused
offers OF large sums from Texas gentle
men Of the strictest honor.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
A Daughters Nissry

eleven years our daughter suffered OF
a bed of misery,
From complication of kidney, liver, rheu
matte trouble and nervous debility.
"Under the care of the best physicians,
"Who gave her disease various names,
" But no relief,
And now she is restored to in good health by
simple remedy as Hop Btters, that we had Stunned
for years before using 1.-THE PARENTS.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
THE LATEST BONANZA IN CALIFORNIA

BIEBER, CAL.-Mr. Thomas p Ford, editor
of the Mountain Tribune. of this place, pub.
has worked wonders in his family, and that he
would not be without it. He states that
among all the people ST. Jacobs Oil is the
most popular medicine ever introduced.
A young lady who was being stared at too
earnestly drew Il veil over the seen.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

A heroic lady, seventy years old, liv
ing in Norwich, Conn, while walking
along a bridge, recently, noticed child
water. The lady Immediately gave the
alarm, but not waiting for help to come,
jumped into the river and succeeded in
rescuing the child as it was sinking for
the last time.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
ARE YOU GOING EAST I

Or do you wish to send TOR friends in the East
If 70, remember that the Union Pacific Rail
way is the great short line; that it carries
emigrant passengers in nice clean sleeping car.
attached to fast erness trains and the rates by
this line are as Low as by other lines who
carry emigrant passengers on slow freight trains
Kmigrant passengers holding tickets via
Union Pacific Railway arrive at Chicago, St.
Louis and New York two and three days in
advance of competitive lines.
Tickets to friends you wish to send for are
telegraphed to them at our expense.
For full information concerning this Great
Through Car Line, call on or address
ID. w. HITCHCOCK,
General Western Passenger Agent,
No I MontpO,nary Street San Erancisco
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

+The celebrated Vegetable Compound for
females, which, within few years. has made
the name of Mrs. Lydia +. Pinkham known in
every part Of the civilized world, relieves suf
ferring by the safe and sure method of equaliz
ing the vital forces and thus regulating the or.
ganic functions. 1t is only by such a method
that disease is ever arrested and removed.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

Van Vert, a convicted Ohio burglar
serving 4 sentence OF five years, having
been pardoned on condition, that he
leave the State and abstain from the use
OF intoxicants, violated both conditions
and was the other day returned to the
Ohio penitentiary to finish his term. l
is said to be the first case under the con-
ditional pardon law, which went into
effect this year.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

You cannot spend money in luxury
without doing good to the poor. Nay,
you do more good to them by spending
it in luxury than by giving it to them.
You make them exert industry, whereas
by giving it you keep them idle John
son.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

Whenever you commend add your rea-
sons for doing so. 1t is this which dis
tinguishes the appreciation of a man of
sense from the fiattery of sycophants and
admiration of fools.-[ Steele.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

Golden Medical Discovery" is not only &
sovereign remedy for consumption, but also fol
consumptive night sweats, bronchitis, coughs
Influenza splitting of blood, weak lungs, short
ness of breath, and kindred affections of the
throat and chest BY druggists
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
ADVICE.

"Inl whether +, marry 90 net o. marry
l. q question that puffles me .urrly. Harry.
What would you advise well. ! II Tell You
what.
Said Harry: II think you hal better knot
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
SEND A POSTAL CARD.

And Sullivan's, the leading Cloak and Suit
House of San Francisco. will mail you copy
list of fall and winter styles. SULLIVAN 5
CLOAK AND SUIT HOUSE, 10 Kearny street
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

Courage is noble trait. With some it re-
quires greater courage to live than it does t.
die When disease racks the frame, wher
sores cover the person, when aches are in every
joint, when the muscles are soft and flabby
when the least exertion gives fatigue, wheI
the mind is filled with gloom and dependency
what is there in life worth living, and YET
many exc out just such miserable existence
living only for those who love them. When il
is generally known that Browns Iron Bitter,
will cure the above disorders how many heart
will be made glad? How many homes mad,
happy2
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16
John E. Snow G Co.'s
John Wigm0re, HH I1SsIR

CABINET WOODS and VENEERH,
Ship Timber. Locust Treenails. Deck Plugs, etc.
l2s-l47 spear St. and So.ss Howard st.
San Francisco. and l5e State st., Boston Mas.
JOHN wroHoaI Bossou." 4 A wfoxoaE ST
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

Two or three weeks ago shower Of
green frogs fell at Cairo, Illinois. They
must have been awfully green to fall
there where there are already ten times
more frogs than people
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-11-16

No SYMPATHY FOR HM-"So you adj
nit having stolen the box of blacking,"
said the justice to Il little colored boy
who was up for stealing box of black
ing from grocery.
eyes, sab, l tuck de blackin'"
"You should have known better than
to do that. That was very stupid"
"Jess, what tole him, jedge," spoke
up the father OF the boy. Il done
broke up a barril stave on him. for bein'
so stupid. Oar was pair OBJ high
priced boots on de same shelf an de
fool boy tuck a cheap box oh blackin'
Sock it to him, jedge. hain't got no
sympafy for dat kind OF a offspring. Use
Altered he am gwinter to grow up an
disgrace de hull family"