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The Cecil Whig., 1885-07-11

III Re. the mort gagged real estate of Emma Reed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
Lincoln's Scotch Cap.

Hon. f. b. Washburne, in the Novem
Der number Of the North american Re
rieW, recalls most wildly the exciting
days of 81, and corrects some popular
myths that have been so generally re-
ceived as to become almost part of his
tory. According to Mr.. Washburne, the
famous "Scotch Cap" which Lincoln il
supposed to have worn when he wen
to Washington, must go into fiction. He
says:
"There has been great deal printed
IN the newspapers about Mr.. Lincoln's
arrival in Washington, and about the
"Scotch Cap" and "Big Shawl" he wore
through Baltimore, most of which il
mere stuff. He had on soft
low-crowned hat, a muller around his
neck, and short bob-tailed overcoat
! must confess he looked more
like a well-to-do farmer than the Presi
dent of the United States"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
AMMONIA IN BAKING POWDERS
Scientific limcricdn.

Among the recent discoveries ir
science and chemistry, none is more i'm
portant than the uses to which common
ammonia can be properly put as 9
leavening agent, and which indicate thai
this familiar salt is hereafter to perform
IN active part in the preparation of oui
daily food.
The carbonate of ammonia is an ex.
ceedingly volatile substance. Place q
small portion of ii upon a knife and hold
over a flame, and it will almost immed.
lately be entirely developed into gas and
pass off into the air. The gas thus
formed is simple composition of nitro
gen and hydrogen. No residue is left
from ammonia. This gives it its super.
iority as Il leavening power over soda
and cream of tartar used alone. and has
induced It's use as supplement to these
articles. A small quantity of ammonia
i'm the dough is effective III producing
bread that will be lighter, sweeter, and
more wholesome than that risen by any
other leavening agent. When il is acted
upon by the heat of baking the leaven-
ing gas that raises the dough is liberated
In this act 1t uses itself up, az it were
the ammonia is entirely diffused, leav.
ing no trace or residuum whatever. The
light, fluffy, fiaky appearance, so desir.
able i'm biscuits, etc, and so sought after
by professional cooks, is said to be i'm
parted to them only by the use of this
agent.
The bakers and baking powder manu-
facfurers producing the finest goods
have been quick 10 avail themselves oil
this useful discovery, and the hand
soonest and best bread and cake are now
largely risen by the aid of ammonia,
combined of course with other leaven-
ing material.
Ammonia is one of the best known
products of the laboratory. If, as seems
TO he Justly claimed for it, the applica-
ton of its properties to the purposes of
cooking results i'm giving us lighter and
more wholesome bread, biscuit, and
cake, il will prove boon to dyspeptic
humanity, and will speedily force itself
into general use IN the new field to
which science has assigned il.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
Philosophy OF Sap Flow.

The sap of most plants Is taken from
the soil by the power of causing osmo
sis which the roots possess. This force
is known TO be sufficient TO raise the
fluid to height of over 100 feet un'
aided, and gives rise to what is gener.
ally known as '.root pressure. In the
stem the fluid passes through the YES.
sells or ducts of the pitted cells OF
plants which, like the pine, have few
vessels. These are all minute tubes,
in which the sap is supported by capil-
larry attraction, SO that root-pressure
is generally considered to be amply
sufficient to force the current to the
top of the highest tree. But its motion
upward is induced by the pumping &c.
ton of the leaves, from which large
quantities of water evaporate.
The ducts and pitted cells through
which the stream flows are not entire.
ly filled with sap, but include bubbles
of gas with it. As water is withdrawn
from the uppermost cells by evapora-
ton, the air in them expands to occu.
ply the additional space. and so exerts
less pressure than at first. This allows
some of the water lower down to be
forced upward and into them by the
elasticity OF the air bubbles in the 9th.
er cells, the adjustment going on from
above downward-the tendency being
to equalize the pressure throughout the
entire plant. While evaporation con.
tinues the equilibrium is never reached;
when it stops the balance may be affec-
ted, and the sap remain quiet, support
ed by root pressure and capillarity, un-
less some disturbing element is intro
duced.
This exact balance is probably never
reached, even when the leaves are oil
the trees. The sun warns one part OF
the stem more than another, and the
temperature of the whole changes from
hour to hour and from day to day.
Every change of this sort causes the air
within the cells to expand or contract,
and so leads to movement of sap
from the root upward or from one part
OF the trunk to another. The flow OF
the maple sap in Spring illustrates this
nicely. During cold night the air in
the trunk contracts, and the space il
occupied is filled with sap from below
ground. When the sun strikes the tree
the next morning and warns it up the
bubbles of gas again expand and drive
the sap out wherever twig has been
broken or q hole bored into the trunk
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Frank Leslie's Popular Monthly


For November comes with q most at.
tractive collection of reading and illus.
tration. Kentucky's great emporium
here 80 many have witnessed the great
Southern Exposition, is here fully and
attractively described and its growth
depicted. 1.-THE TrOtting-horse of Ameri-
ca" is well handled by j. b. Townsend,
who shows how steadily and wonderful.
ly the improvement in trotters has gone
on, till the present marvellous exhibi-
tons of speed have been attained. "The
POstmen Of the World" by Gordon
Cumming, is another record of modern
improvement, the quaint illustrations
taking us back To other times and other
places, where tortoises seem to have
been the symbol of mail-carriers. John
ston's Journey to Kilimanjaro" is an
extremely interesting account of the
first scaling of wonderful mountain i'm
the heart of Africa. Alexander Pope
and his Home. will please those of liter
airy taste; and A. X. Wallace discusses
'"The Protective Colors of Animals" in q
way to charm the least scientific. An
article which will be read with interest
is that of w. +. Mccain on cold Balti-
more Inns" full of chatty and pleasant
"reminiscences of the past, before the old
style inn had been superseded by the
grand hotel. Baltimore still preserves
some old inns full of quaint memories,
which are here most agreeably brought
before us. In addition TO these papers
there are stories, rOems and short arti-
cles in abundance. Published by Mrs.
Frank Leslie, So, So and 81 Park Place.
New York City, at % cents number, or
20. 90 year postpaid.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
A Strange Burial,

A strange interment took place il
Norris City cemetery, al NorristOwn
recently. Old Charles johnson was bur
led. Everybody in Montgomery coun
ty knew old Charles Johnson. He and
his brother Isaac lived near Hickory
town. Charles was 80 years old. but
Isaac has not yet reached 10. Many
years ago they kept the North Star no.
tel, near Hickerlown. which they had
inherited from their father, who had
received it from his father They went
into the lime business and grew rich.
The hotel requiring too much attention,
they gave it up and devoted their entire
time to the other business. How much
money they made nobody knows. but
the amount is estimated from 800, DOC
to 5000, 900.
With increased wealth came in.
creased parsimony. Their house was
always as neat as q pin, but no woman
has been in il for quarter of n centu-
ry. They once had a housekeeper, but
after she left they made no attempt TO
get another. Whether this was because
of their penury or their hatred OF wo-
mankind ono Knows, but IL is very
likely that both were the motives that
actuated them. Both, of course, were
bachelors. Charles was taciturn, close
listed, and worked like slave until
five or six years ago, when his left side
became paralyzed. The brothers lived
in constant terror of being robbed, but
Charles had u still greater fear He was
afraid that ghouls would steal his body
after death. Thirty years ago lie placed
$500 in his vest pocket.
when ! de-" said he to his broth
er, stake this money for the funeral
expenses, and have my body walled in
the grave"
In all these thirty years he carried
the money around with him. When he
died the roll of bills was taken from his
pocket creased and flimsy with age.
The body lay incased in a handsome
rosewood coffin, with massive silver
handles, and plate of sterling metal
bearing his name. When the grave
was reached the rosewood casket was
placed in cedar box. This was low
cred into strong casing Of brick and
cement, which had been built in the
grave. A heavy stone slab was then
laid on the mason work, and the grave
diggers shoveled the loose soil by the
side of the grave into the yawning aper-
ture that contained all that was mortal
of old Charles johnson.
He made two wills. but his fear of
death made him superstitiously post
pone adding his signature. and they
were never signed. His money. for
which he strove so hard, depriving him.
self of everything but actual necessities
to augment the pile, will be divided
between his brother Isaac, his sister,
who Is widow named Yerks. and the
children of another brother who died
some years ago.-Philadelphia North
american.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
First ius. Sept. Is: last Oct. 20.
SHERIFF'S EXECUTION SALE.

DI virtue of an execution issued out of and
- under the seal of the District Court for
the county of Blue Earth and State of Mime
sofa, ON the 10th day Of September, A. ID. 1855,
upon a judgment in favor of :. 4. Snow
against Charles Stannard, whose full name is
Charles }. Stannard, rendered I'm the Mankato
Municipal Court ON the 10Th day of August
1885 for $2lD damages and 81. costs making
So IS in all, before J. L. Porter. ESQ, Judge ui
the Municipal Court of the City of Mankato I'm
and for said county of Blue Earth, i'm an action
in which ;. I, Snow is plaintiff, and Charles
Stannard whose full name IN Charles l. Sian.
nard is defendant, a transcript OF which jutlp.
ment was duly filed and dockcted I'm the of,icc
Of the Clerk OF the District Court for the conn.
~, OF Blue Earth aforesaid, ON the 10Th ,lay of
August 1885,, have this l.th day of Scptembe,
4. ID. lisa, duly seized and levied upon ali thc
right, title ana interest OF the said Charlie.
Stannard, whose full name Is Charles J. Sian
nard in and In the following described rea
estate, situate in the county of Blue Earth ant
state al Minnesota, to-wit: Lots Nos eight AZ
and nine lsl, in Block No. thirty-eight 1881 In
the city ~ Mankato I'm said Blue Earth count,
Minnesota, according To the SURVEYS and platc,
of said city of Mankato, made by 4. r. Folsom
ana T.. ID Bruner. which are ON record i'm th,
Office Oi the Register of Deeds of said hin,
Earth county Notice ~ hereby given thai
will sell nj public auction Ia the highest bid,ic
Tor cash the above described real propcrty o
so much thereof rs may bc necessary on IN,
3lst day of October, A. ID. 1885,
AT ten o'clock in the forenoon M the front ,,oo
of the Office Of Register of Deeds i'm and IN
the county of Blue Earth aforesaid al Nankn
In therein, To satisfy the said execution, "a
gether with the interest and costs thereon am,
- 10 costs thereon since Judgment
Dated september lith, 1870.
Sheriff Of Blue Earth County
W, L.. COON, Attorney for Plaintitf
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ny NJ, E, SENyOSS.

A saloon man in Big Rapids. Mich, being
crowded by some point Of law, closed his doors
and hung In the window the announcement,
CLOSED for an Invoice"
CLOSED for an invoicc;" but Gods books alone
Can reckon the ''stock" that this dealer did
own.
God only can number the crimes he hath sold,
Or the inducements" he renped with his har-
vest OF gold.
What mortal could tell The foul language, and
breath
That tins soul hath dealt ont from his palace
of sin,
To tho worlds degradation. while selling his
GIN
what mortal conld number the hearts that he
broke,
Or the souls that he robbed, by the murderer's
stroke.
or their temples of God; or the children who
cried
For tho bread by drink frienzied parent de.
MED.
And yet. he in willing to add TO his stock
A dozen more MURDERS the nation to shock.
A gross of hcnrt-breaks for poor sOrrowinp
| wives,
Or thousand street -bra wis, to en,lan niger men,
lives.
He will order an invoice of anguish and shame
To deal out DER his bar (nnder some Other
name).
Aud forget that the reckoning day drawetl
| nigh,
Then his hooks will not tally with those KEEP
on high
IL the men AMI the women who know what Il
| right,
With the children should join in destroying
| this blight,
Then "Closcd for an Invoice" each "dive'
would display.
And the goods not arrive till the great Judg
| ment Day.
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Since last October

have suffered from acute inilamma
ton in my nose and head-often in the
night having to get up and inhale salt
water for relief. My eye has been, foi
a week at a time, so conld not see.
have used no end of remedies, also en-
ployed doctor, who said it was impure
blood-but got no help. used Ely's
Cream Balm on the recommendation o.
a friend. was faithless, but in few
days was cured. My nose now, and also
my eye, is well. II is wonderful how
quick it helped me. Mrs. George S
Judson, Hartford, Conn. Easy to use
Price 30 CENTS
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COMMUNICATED.
OTsEao, Mich, Oct. 81, 1885.

OTsEao, Mich, Oct. 81, 1885.
Editor Free PresE
Thinking your many readers would
like to here something about Michigan,
| will endeavOr to give some items COM
ing under my observation.
The leaves are falling even before the
frost has nipped them. They are ripe
and yellow. They have served their sea-
son and are returning to their native
dust.
The farmers have gathered a most
bountiful han vest, and prices are fair.
For No. / winter wheat, So cts; oats, %
cts; corn, 40 cts. /; potatoes, 30 cts; win
ter apples per brishel, 40 to 90 cts; but
ter, Ia cts. Farmers here think that
they are not Justly dealt with when they
compare the price of winter wheat with
the Minnesota spring wheat, only from
to 8 cents per bushel IN their favor.
But when one considers that many of
the mills are using the old burr for
grinding, no wonder the the price of
wheat il low. We farmers of Blue Earth
county and vicinity should appreciate
the milling interest at home. l fully be.
lieve that If the mill Of r. ID. Hubbard
4 Co. was destroyed wheat would de.
cline 5 to Scents per bushel in and about
Mankato. And while the millers are
making money ont of their close atten-
| ton to business, / cannot condemn their
policy. All men, including farmers
SOW and reap with the expectation oil
making money
The once noted peach orchards of st
Joe are now no more. Where few
wears ago farmers made their fortunes
in raising peaches, the entire peach or
chards have been lost by the disease
known as the yellows. Although farmers
are still growing some large orchards
from Grand Haven along the lake shore
over one hundred miles north, yet the
yellows follow close on their tracks, anC
are consuming their best orchards. il
il believed that i'm ten to fifteen years
peaches will be curiosity in tins state
They have been selling for $500 pei
bushel this season. In some parts o
Michigan apples are very good, but thu
weld is light, and farmers that are ablt
to hold their fruit expect $3.50 to $3.O'
per barrel; while some are selling fo
less, il is those who are compelled I,
sell.
The largest portion OF this state la
been dense forest of pine. The sol
} looks to me about the color of Manka
TO birch pulverized, yet it produces goot
crops without much dressing. SOm'
! fields of winter wheat have produced B
to 40 bushels per acre. Kalamazoo, AL
Logan and Kent counties average IL
bushels of winter wheat, No. grade
! weighing from IS to 65 lbs. per bushel.
Everything is looking quite green, ex
cept what is turning by age. No frost il
this part of the state except one ligh
white frost on the night of Oct. 18th. N
damage.
There il one thing that farmers TAX
great interest in, and that is county fairs
They make them success.
One thing in Michigan that ] am sorr
to see is excessive drinking of hard cider
Old and middle-aged men ruined, an
young men, boys and maidens by tn
l hundreds are following in the sam
track, until they are disgrace to decen
: society. HAIL COLUMBIA.
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First ins Sept. Is, last Oct. ~.
MORTGAGE SALE

nEFAUL 1T having been made i'm the paymcut
OF the sum of Four Hundred Twcniy-onc
ami h-lOo dollars (si2l G5D, which is claimed to
oS que u. the date of this notice upon a GER
laln mortRage, duly executed and delivered by
Mary Alexander ana jose phi L. AIexandcr
In Edinburgh American Land Mortgage Com
pany Limited, hearing dae the LIST day of
January, A. ID. lsS0. and with A power off s,Ir
therein contained, duly recorded i'm the Office
oi the Register al Deeds in and for the county
oi Blue EHrth and State of Minnesota ON thg
10Th day of March, \. ID. 1880. al 3 O'clock p
NJ, IN book III Of mortgages ON page 1871 and
no action or proceeding having been institut
cd. al law or otherwise, Ia recover the debt
secured 10y said mortgage, or any part thereof
NOW therefore notice Is hcrcby.giVen that 10y
virtue OF the power of sale contained i'm sait
NOR gage, and pursuant to the statute IN
such case made and provided, the said mort
gage will Ice forccloSed by a sale of the prem
Uses described In and conveyed 10y said mort
gage, viz; The east half of the northwest
quarter NJ section Number thirtv-onp t3l1 IN
Township Number one hundred and eight los
north ANA range twenty-five ls5l west of IN,
hith principal meridian, situated in Blue Earti
county and state of Minnesota with m,
Entertainments and appurtenanccS which sal,
viii he made 10y the sheriff of said HIun Earl
county, AT the front door Of the Court House
IN the cltA ni Mankato in said county an,
state, ON the
3Oth day Of October. 4. ID. 1855.
al 10 o'clock A. NJ of that day. nj public ven
due, To the highest bidder for cash Ia nay sal,
debt ana interest, and the taxes. if any al
said premises, ana TWENTY-FIVE dollars nj
torncy's fees as stipulated i'm and by said mort
gage IN ease oi foreclosure and the disburse
ments allowed 10y law; subject Ia rcdemptio,
al any time within one year from the ,lny a
sale, as provided hy law.
Dated September IL, a. ID lSSj.
EDINBURGH AMERICAN LAND MORT
GAGE COMPANY, LIMITED, Mortgage
KINGSLEY X SHEPHERD, Attorneys,
Chaticld, MINI.
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An Ancient Receipt for Making Thunder

In the middle ages, anybody at all dis
tinguished by knowledge of science was
credited with the art of flying, and in
deed in many cases did not scruple to
claim 1t. Albertus Magnus was one of
these, but refused TO give particulars to
the world at large. He tells us, how
ever, how to make thunder. Says he:
'"Take one pound of sulphur, two pounds
of willow carbon, and six pounds of rock
salt, ground very fine in a marble NOR
tar; place where you please in cover
ing made of fying-papyrus to produce
thunder. The covering, in order to as
cend and float away, should be long,
graceful, and well-filled with this pow
der; but to produce thunder the cover
ing should be short and thick, and half
full. "-W. II. Mather, IN Popular Science
Monthly for Norember.
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Isl ms. Oct. :: last ins. Oct. -
PROBATE NOTICE.

SrATE OF MINNESOTA, county of Bin,
- Earth. In Probate Court. Special Term
In the matter Of the estate Of John T. Just
deceased
ON reading ana filing the petition of ANAL,
just, ADMINISTRATIVE of said estate, Scttinl
forth the amount of personal estate that ha,
come Ia her hands, and the disposition thereof
the amount of debts outstanding against sal,
deceased, and a description of all the rca
estate Of which said deceased died seized an,
the condition and value of the respective por
tions thereof: and praying that license hc 1,
her granted Ia sell a portion OF the real estate
of which said John 4. just died seized: and /
appearing 10y said petition that there is no
ADMINISTRATIVE In pay said debts. and that il I
necessary IN order 10 pay the same, Ia sch sal,
real estate.
IL is therefore ordered, thai all persons i'm
terestcd in said estate appear before tn
Judge Of this Court, on the 18th DAY of Nov
cmbcr, A. ID. 1855, AT IL O'Clock A. NJ, al IN
Probate office in the city of MankatO, i'm sal
county then and there To- show cause df am
there be- why license should not lac grantee
To said administrators To sell said real eStat
according 10 the PRAYER Ot said petition.
And IL IL further ordered that copy of hi
order shall bc published for four sncccssiy,
weeks prior 10 said day al hearing, the las
of which publications shall he al least -four
teen days before said day of hearing, in tn
MankatO Free Press. n weekly newspaper
printed and published nj MankatO in said coun
~, and personally served on all persons inter
cSted I'm said estate, residing in said county, a
least fourteen days before said day Of hearing
and upon all other persons interested, accord
ing 10 law.
Dated AT Mankato the 3Hh day of Scptrmhc
4. II. lsSj.
I'v the Court.
G. W. MEAD,
Judge Of Probate
DANIEL BUCK,
Attorney for Administrative
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First ins. Oct. 9-Last Oct -.
PROBATE NOTICE.

S,TATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
> Earth.-ss In Probate Court.
IA the matter Of the estate of william Proch
deceased
The state Of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court To all persons Interested in the estate oil
William PrOch. deceased Greeting:
You and each Of you are hereby cited and
required personally 10 bc and appear before
the Judge of the Probate Of the county al
Blue Earth, AT his office in the city of Man
katO in said county, On the lat day of Dcccm-
that day then ana there To attend the final set
Element of the account Of Amelia RabenhauSt,
administrative Of the said estate Of the SAID
William ProchI, deceased, and the distribution
of said estate.
Ia testimony whereof have hcrcunio set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court this 5ih day Of October. A. ID. 1855.
G. w, MEAD,
IScall Judge of Probate.
W. y. PLYMAT,
Attorney for Administrative.
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l'ANlfi. III ~
Attorney for Administrative.
First ins. Oct. {; last inS. Oct -.
PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
- Earth-ss. In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate of William +
llcdlUn deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the said Probate
court 10 all persons interested in the estate al
William +. LiedlOn. deceased. Greeting:
whereas. Ottelic f.. LicdlOfi of the county oi
liue Earth, mas lately delivered To the Probate
~'ohrt OF the county Of Blue Earth an instru
nrnt lu writing purpOrting Ia TIE the last will
ana testament of William +. LicdlOn late Of
aid county. deceased, and has applied To said
fruhatc court for the proof of the said will.
Therefore, NOu and each Of YOU are cited
hhd required to appear AT the office of the
Judge 81 Probate in the city of Mankato in
-aid county, On the 3lsi day Of OctO-
Ter, A. ID. lsS', at 10 O'Clock ia the forenoon
viii
Ia testimony whereof have hcTcuuto set
my nand and affixed the seal Of the Probate
Court this Eth day ui October, A. ID. 1855.
e.. W MEAD,
lScall Judge ot Probate.