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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06

or lizards, or tiny bits Of fish. Sure,
says the poor crayther, me heart Is
broke wild Il intirely.'
"'And isn't there any way ye can
get changed back AGAIN. says my
great-grandfather.
Just wan,' says the lady, Just
wan. TIL tell you what 1t 10. II you'll
give me three kisses, It won't be two
minutes afther 1t before I'm O beauti-
full princess again. And I'll marry you
and mako you prince, and we'n 60
back TO the dacent parts of the world
to live, and you'll have ell that heart
can wish ever after
"'Sure I'll do It, says my great
grandfather, 'and glad to do it, too
"And with that the fsh-lady swan
up to the edge Of the pond, and he
stoops over her and gives her first wan
kiss, then another; but before he gave
her the third the thought that all might
mt be right came into his moind.
Just kape them two,' says he to
the lady, and I'll 60 and ask Father
Mooney about 1t, and come back to
give ye the other He's knowledge
able person, Is the father, and II there's
deviltry In this he'll tell me.
"Oh, wurrah! The shrek the cray
Their gave and the way she chung 10
himl But he Just soused her under the
water, and off he went, thousand lit
tie diyils afther him. And crash came
something. and the next he knew he
was lying in the snow forninst his own
cabin, with his dudeen in his mouth
and black bottle In one hand, o shil-
lelah In the other, and Father Mooney
preachin' a lecture on temperance over
him, and remarkin' to the boyA that
was lookin' at him that they coltA see
what pass drink would bring o foine
fellow to.
+" Not drop have ] had this day,
says me great-grandfather; but the ides
had got into their heads. and they only
laughed at him; and the next day, when
he went into the woods again, to find
the cave, maxim up his mind to give
the other kiss, II was elane gone, and
search as he might he niver found 1t
again. And now you see 1t isn't bit
OF lie I'm telling you when / say that
II my great-grandfather hadn't been q
fool I'd have been living In ELEGANCE
this day, instead of backing these
boots.
"And maybe" added Con, picking
up the boots as he spoke, 'it's q prin-
cess you'd have been wan day, II you'd
said yes when I axed ye." ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
The Island OF Rest.

Midst the sursIns Of waves, in life's tempest
Whore the winds hold high court in the temp
uprIse ti a. an h Island. 'aodgiftsd and best
Though the langhinseyod childrsn may reve
In gladneGe,
May wreathe Farlands of JOY. cen from som
Their eyelids viii droop with the sun In th.
And close on the sleep.curtained Island Of
Rest.
To the toil.laden souls who are weary with
And who shrink from the struggle of csaselesl
There rises a Sefuse-life's surest and best.
The Misunderstanding island-the Island OF Rest
When the !. discords of life shatter health and
when the demon of Ore, through the veins
God sends his best cure to tho srIef.strioker
The strengthening island Island of Rest
There's the gem with It's lustsr, the gold with
There Is music and art with its magic OWNING
But man turns from all Of these gifts in the
or the great wonder.land-t Island Of Rest.
And when the hours and the days Of the year
are all done,
When the portal stands open. when we hear tbs
when loved ones are waiting. with what rap
turOus zeet,
Wen embark for the Island Of Infinite Rest.
ELLEN Dsre
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
Philosophy on the Bridge.

The wind blew strongly across the
bridge. The black Derby of large.
burly, red-faced man suddenly cleared
the iron fence and fell upon. the rail.
road track. The face OF the owner
grew redder as he leaned over the
pickets and saw q train approaching.
But he never moved a step, although
some thoughtless spectators looked on
to SEQ him follow the course Of his
property In mad resolution to rescue
II. A small boy on the roadway oppo-
site saw his plight, leaped from his
wagon, mounted the fence. picked up
the hat and handed 1t to the owner.
The red-faced man said simply,
Thank you,' and resumed his way.
Never 60 for q lost hat yourself" he
observed to q companion. During q
long experience Ihave uniformly OBJ
served principle In human nature
which invariably leads somebody else
to run and pick It up"
my dear fellow, replied his com.
panion, "the principle Is of universal
application. The great man 10 not the
one who does things himself. but who
can make others do them for him. w.
~ Z. Com. Advertiser.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
WHITE WILLOW wIND-BRAKEs.

A Nebraska correspondent OF the
Formers RepieW writes: Three years
ago set out several rows of white will
lows, one behind the other. eight, ten,
OF twelve feet apart, on the west and
north of where expected to build my
sheds, and hay-racks and barn. ! spent
one day With team. going for the slips
and putting them out. l cultivated
them two years. The second winter
they formed complete snow and wind
brake. set them ten or twelve inches
apart. Now they are from fifteen to
twenty feet high, and are of great value
In protecting stock from the cold in
winter, and make grand shade in
summer. Besides they are thing Of
bcauty-a Joy forever. II were going
to open new farm one of the first
things would do would DO to put out
a few acres Of these willows. Ihave .
cottonwood grove OF something near
three thousand trees, but for use and
service to the farmer, I think that one
acre of willows Is worth more than five
acres. of cottonwood. Ten or twelve
miles down the river are willow hedge
fences set out ten or fifteen years ago.
They are worth from, 80 cents to 81 per
rod for firewood. When cut down they
will sprout up again. The farmer can
grow no other timber to equal 1t for
profit. II you were here to-day and
see how comfortable my cattle and
hogs are. behind this 3-year-old grove,
you would agree with me. Too much
cannot be said in praise of these willow
groves, as wind-brakes on the prairies.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
The Club Man and His wife.

He is club man with a nice little
wife. Like many other married men
also possessing nice little wives, he has
grown careless In his attentions. He
runs down to the club nearly every
night. She stays ct home every night.
But then her place Is at home. A box
of candy makes amends for any slight,
thinks he. Now, she don't cry when he
Just goes out '.for an hour. She SIM
ply calls "good-by" from the head Of
the stairs, then goes into her room,
puts on her prettiest dress, dabs q lit
tie powder on her nose. and waits for
the door-bell to call her down. Then
she skips into the parlor and spends Q
delightful evening with another club
man-one OF those dear fellows who
hate to see . woman neglected. It's
all perfectly proper so far. But some
day there win be "a row. Then. poor
little wife, you viii be sufferer. "There
ID one law Tor the man and another for
the woman. ~ Sen Fraacisco Report.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
The Broncho.

A broncho is horse. He has four
legs, like the saw-horse, but is decided
" more skittish. The broncho Is Of
gentle department and modest mien,
but there isn't real safe place about
him. There Is nothing mean about the
broncho, though; he Is perfectly reas-
enable and acts on principle. All he
asks is to be let alone, but he does ask
this, and even insists on 1t. He is firm
in this matter, and no kind OF argu-
ment can shake his determination.
There is a broncho that lives out some
miles from this city. We know him
right well. One day man roped him
and tied him to put o saddle on him.
The broncho looked sadly at him, shook
his head. and begged the fellow, rs
plain as could be, to 60 away and not
try TO interfere with broneho who
was simply engaged in the pursuit of
his own happiness, but the man came
on with the saddle and continued to
agrees. Then the broncho reached
out with his right hind foot and expos
tulated with him so that he died.
When thoroughly aroused the broncho
Is quite fatal, and If you can get close
enough to him to examine his cranial
structure you will find cavity just
above the eye where the bump Of re-
morse should be. The broncho is what
you want to know just how high he is
strung, climb up onto his apex. We
rode broncho once. We didn't tray
sl far. but the ride was mighty exhilar-
ating while il lasted We got on with
great pomp and derrick, but we didn't
put on any unnecessary style when We
went to get of. The beast evinced
considerable surprise when We took up
our location upon bis dorsal fin. He
seemed to think q moment, and then he
gathered up his loins and delivered
volley OF heels and hardware, straight
out from the shoulder. The recoil was
fearful. We saw that our seat was GO
ing to be contested, and we began to
make motion TO dismount, but the
beast had got under way by this time.
so we breafhed silent hymn and tight
ened our grip. He now went OF into
spasm Of taii, stiif.iegged bucks. He
pitched Us so high that every time We
started down We would meet him COM
ing up on another trip. Finally he
gave as one grand, farewell nst and
we Glove the armament and split up
through the hushed ethereal until our
toes ached from the lowness Of the
temperature. and we could distinctly
hear the music Of the spheres. Then
we came down and fell In little heap
about one hundred yards from the
starting point. A kind Samaritan
gathered up our remains in cigar-box
and carried us to the hospital. As
they looked pityingly at us, the attend
ant surgeons marvefed as to the nature
Of our mishap. One said it was cy.
clone, another that II was q railroad
smash-up; but we thought OF the calico
hided pony that was grazing peacefully
In the dewy mead, and held our peace.
- Santa Fe IN. ny Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
How Meals are Served In New Or.
leans.

Few set tables. You are served, in
the morning before you get out Of bed
with Q cup Of coffee as good Is can be
found anywhere in the world, and some
bread Of little Creole piccrust cakes.
There is no trouble about your meals.
There Is O restaurant on every corner or
so, or you can have your meals served
hot, and at the most reasonable rates.
As general thing, however, they do
not "go in heavy" for breakfast here.
Your coffee Is supposed to satisfy you
until midday, when you take slight
lunch at some saloon. About in the
evening you sit down to the big meal Of
the day. Supper there is none. unless
you drop In at the theater, after which
you eat something light. Thus, ct
least, you will find the natives doing,
and those who have boon visiting New
Orleans each winter for years viii tell
you that IL Is the most comfortable
way to live here and best suited to the
climate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06

Mr.. Beecher has three golden-throat-
cd canaries in his study. They hang In
the sunny bay window, in gilt cages,
covered with rose-pink tarlatan. Every
morning the great preacher feeds them
and talks to them, and they sing while
he thinks Of bis Sunday sermons. He
says they help him to think, and often
give him new idess.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
IMPROVED RAIL FENCE.

Rail fences are still economical in
some g parts of the country
Where the lumber costs nothing
they are cheaper than fences made Of
barbed wire. The rails are liable to be
displaced BY animals or blown down
by the wind. To avoid these difficulties
correspondent Of the Toronto Globe
makes these recommendations: After the
rails are laid up in the usual way, six
or seven, according to their thick.
ness and regulation height, q four-inch
nail Is driven into the bottom rail, to
about half an inch from home, and one
on the other side also, about six inches
from the end and parallel with the
ground; now procure strong wire, such
as fencing wire but WITHOUT barb, make
loop or eye on the end, and hitch on
the nail, bring the other end Of the
wire over the top, and down to the
other nail, make loop, and hitch on
also; the wire when hitched on nails to
have an inch or two of slack; now, un-
derstand me, the nails and wire are to
be between where the rails cross or In
tersect each other. Now get short
handspike, and insert 1t between the
rails OF their intersection and pry down,
the wire will now be strained tight; put
q toggle, wedge. or fat stone between
the rails so pried apart to act as key,
and push 1t In as tight as possible,
about midway between top and bot.
tom; the corner will now be firm and
secure against the rubbing or throw
ing down by cattle. As further pre-
caution against the tremendous power
of the wind or any rocking motion,
short brace reaching from the ground
In q diagonal direction and pushed snug
and tight under the top rail, and secur-
ed by nail driven through 1t into the
rail under, on the inside corner of all
the panels. The bottom rail should al
ways be the thickest, and smallest at
the top, IL any difference exists in size.
As all wood shrinks or swells accord
ing rs the weather H., in a droughty
time, should You find that the fence is
not as tight as when put up, tighten as
before directed by means Of handspike
and key.
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that IL, precisely that part whicn we
should expect to find well developed.
This state Of affairs could not fail to
impress thoughtful students Of agricul-
tural science, and cause them to seek
out the reason why method, which 10
apparently based upon q correct
principle, and which has been executed
with 80 much labor and care, has yield.
ed, on the whole, such unsatisfactory
returns.
Quite recently, two German investi-
gators, Professor Paul Wagner In
Darmstadt, and Professor G. Drechsler
in Gottingen, have given special atten-
ton to this question, and have reached
some interesting and important re-.
suits, u brief account of which may
not be uninstructive at o time when
such general attention is being given
to agricultural experimentation. These
two experlmenters have worked quite
Independently Of each other, and their
substantial agreement is strong evil
dence Of the correctness Of their con-
illusions.
We have said that the fundamental
Idea OF the field experiment Ii essential
ly scientific; but, while this Is true,
a more critical examination shows that
the way in which this idea has been
carried into execution has been far
from scientific. The scientific method
of experiment requires two things l.
All the conditions of the experiment
must be identical, with the exception Of
the one whose action Is to be tested,
and that must vary to q known extent.
2. The limits of error of the method Of
weighing, measuring, etc., used, must
be known, to the end that we may know
whether any difference which may be OBJ
served is accidental or significant.
The field experiment, as commonly
executed, has sinned against both these
requirements, but particularly the first,
in that it has assumed uniformity Of
conditions instead of proving IL. One
Of the most important of those condi-
tons is the soil. II has too frequent
ly been assumed that simple inspection
Is sufficient to assure one of the uni.
formity OF this factor, but this is far
from being the case. Professor n. p.
Armsby, 90 Popular Science Monthly
for Eeb ..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
FARM TOPICS.
Farmers Who VIII be Likely to Find the
Production of Flaxseed Profitable.
THE FUTURE OF FLAX.

Field Experiments In Agriculture-Whit
Willow for Land-Brakes.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
DIFFICULTIES OF AGRICULTURAL Elk.
PERIMENTs.

When, however, we come to look for
the results of all this work, we find
them surprisingly neager in compari,
SON with the expenditure Of time and
labor which they have cost That many
valuable results have been reached
goes without saying; but, relatively,
their number Is small, while the mum
Der Of uncertainties and contradictions
d remarkably great. The weakest
portion Of agricultural chemistry i
that relating g fertilizers and manurss
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-03-06
Test Your Baking Powder To-Day |!

Brands advertised ~ absolutely pure
CONTAIN AMMONIA
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the TEeTi
Place q can top down on hot stovs until
heatsd. then remove the cover and smell. Achsm.
tstwtll nes DO rsQuirsd 20 detect the presence OF
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
FiliaI Devotion of "a Bird.
lst- NfchOlae

We have a saying that charity begins at
home. and it has been added that a great
dea CT the charity that begins at home stays
there. OF this narrow sort of benevolence
too, we find examples among the animals.
There is the barbet, for instance. II is q
solitary bird, and sits most of the time in
morose silence on a twig, waiting for its food
Tin the shape of al insect) to fly by. Some
times II is said TO rouse Itself and make a
descent upon the nest of some smaller bird,
and eat all the little ones.
Certainly one would not look for any sort
OF benevolenc9 from such bird; and yet
ii offers very striking and very beautiful
example of the begin at home and.stay there
kind.
The celebrated naturalist Levsillant, who
has told us so many interesting things about
the birds of Africa and South America, says
that he discovered a.oet's nest in which
there were five birds. Four of them were
old and weak that when it was put into a
cage with its comrades 1t could not move,
but lay dying in the corner where il had
been placed.
When food was put in the CAGE the poor
old bird could only look at ii longingIy,
without having the strength to drag itself
within reach OF il. Then it was that the
younger birds manifested a singular
spirit of kindness. Quickly, and even with
al air of tenderness, as 1t seems, they car.
ried foon to the decrepit old bird, and fed ii
as If il Rad been only a fedgling. Struck
by this spectacle, the naturalist examined
the nest from which the birds had been
taken, and found it was full of husks and
the remains of insects, showing plainly that
the old bird must have been maintained q
long time by its vigorous companions,
which probably were it's own offspring.
Further study of other birds of the same
species convinced the naturalist that it was
fOr eEor ~ inf hfr1o 10 ho
cared for oy the young and strong.
There are several species of barbets found
in Africa and South America, and though
not graceful in shape, many OF them are ex
ceedingly beautiful in plumsge. They gel
their name from the French word barbe
meaning beard. because they have tufts oil
stiff hair at the base of the bill. Naturalists
place them in genus called Bucco, and
some persons call them puff bird, because
they have an odd way of putting out the
feathers al over the body, which then looks
n ore like bale of feathers than bird.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18

thrown Of keeping up the !ortit1de Of the
multitude ana educating the ina nation
till il can see something beyond the crimi
pal on triai-can perceive his victim, aud
become conscious Of the majesty OF law.
The masses must be taught 10 recognize that
killing without legal reason Is OF itself, and
without relation either TO circumstances or
TO the character of the victim, one OF the
gravest of offenses, ss well against society as
against morsls-agains ciety. which ceases
If private war is Above , revive; against
morals because Their hrsL law Is self-restralnt
under pr0vocation. Even III the very few
cases where the moral law has not been
broken the social law has and scanIttsl
should be accompanied by the fullest recog-
milton of that fact. The publicists must
help the people out OF their moral middle,
or, so far from seeing society advance, we
| shall see il RELAPSE into the old savagery,
when insult was avenged By assassination,
and men cared nothing for life If only they
| might have full revenge. The respect Tor
| human life, If il increases at al, does notln-
| crease fast enough to protect civil zstlon
| without the aid both Of the law and Of opin-
| ion the latter Of which, IN the decay oil
certain punishment for murder, tends TO
become fiaccid. If il Is trif1e to kill a man
because you have only him TO eat, what is II
| to kill him because his wealth would make
whole frmilies happy ?-the very creed OF the
poisoneTs. We never remember before to
| have seen so much or such widespread evi
dence of the misdirection OF sympathy.
The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-01-18
POISON q COMMON DEATH.
Laudanum and Morphia the Most Fatal
and Common of POisons.
TChsmbers' Journsl1

Laudanum and Morphia the Most Fatal
and Common of Poisons.
chambers Journal
In the year 1881 there were 500 deaths re
corded in England alone from poisoning
while the year 1882 shows record consider.
ably in excess of this, viz 500, or one in
every 500 of the total deaths registered.
CHANGING over the various posons, We find
that the well-known preparations of opium
laudanum and morphia-opium itself being
included-hesd the list, having caused
eighty-five deaths.
This might have been expected from pre-
partitions so largely used IN domestic rene
dies; bat the seventy-eight deaths from lead
poisoning which follow 90 surprise us in
view of the fact that the conditions which
produce So we'll as the conditions which nit
igate or counteract the effects OF this subtitle
poison are now so we'll known. Lead is fol-
lowed by the four stronger acids-hydro-
chloric, nitric, sulphuric and carbolic -
which among them have caused thirty-four
deaths under the same category. Arsenic,
again, caused nine phosphorus, eleven;
chlorodoyne, six; choral, fourteen; chloro-
form, four; soothing syrup, four, with a
host of casualties from substances of minor
importance.
Reading between the lines OF the Registrar
Generals report, which is not difficult to do
with the help of the medical journals, we
Will find that there are two prolific causes of
these accidents-frst, the giving or taking
Of overdose of certain remedies containing
poison, and, second. the substitution of one
bottle or substance for another, as, for exam
pie, whsre number of substances are con-
gregated together, as In the case of the do.
nestle cupboard. In the first class may be
instanced the giving of overdoses of opiates
or soothing preparations to children; the
;aking of overdoses of narcotics or soothing
compounds, such as chloral, by habituai
drinkers, and the general familiarity which
the handling or using of these powerful
agents frequently begets in those habitually
using them. In the second class may be
iDstanced such mistakes as the substituting
of one bottle containing, say poisonous lin
iment for mixture intended for internal
administration; the hasty and foolish Prac-
tice of quaffing off draught from any bottle,
or dish without examining the contents,
and, lastly mistakes caused from accumuia-
ting within easy access powerful medicines
in the hope that they may come ofNfuture
uSe.