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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23

A Mohammedan university 900 years
older than Oxford Is still fiourishing at
Cairo as in the days of Arabian con-
quests. 1t contains but one room, the
aoor 10 paved and the roof is supported
by ]O0 columns.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
First inS Oct. 9: last ins. oct. 20.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

S,TATE OF MINNESOTA, County Of Blu,
- Earth IS In Probate Court.
In the matter of the estate Of Leo PitZ
deceased.
Notice il hereby given to all persons having
claims and demands against the estate al
Leo PITT, late Of the county Of Blue Earth
deceased. that the Judge Of the Probate
Court of said county will hear examine and
adjust claims and demands against said estate
~ his Office in the city az Mankato, In said
county ON the 9Th day of January, and on
the 9Th day of April, lssj, On each Of said days
and that six months from the fifth day oil Oct
obcr 1855, have been limited ana allowed 10y
said Probate Court for creditors To prcscn,
their claims.
G.. w. MEAD,
Judge Of Probate.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23

The Arabs made pyramid of the
skulls OF Hicks unfortunate command,
which persisted in the Soudan before
Gordon went there. Of this expedition
10000 soldiers, including 1000 caval-
ry, persisted. and Loo, 900 rounds of
bennington ammunition. seven Krupp.
six Nor ienfeldt and twenty-nine noun.
tain guns were captured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
Bad Work

81 drink To make me work" said a
Young man. To which an old man re-
piled: CHATS right; thee drink and II
will make thee work! ] was once a pros.
porous farmer. had good, loving
wife and two fine lads as ever the sun
shone on. We had comfortable home
and lived happy together. But we used
10 drink ale to make us work. Those two
lads / have laid in drunkards' graves
Nv wife died broken-hearted, and she
now lies by her two sons. am seventy.
two wears of age. Had it not been fol
drink, might now have been an indie
pendent gentlemen; but ] used to drink
TO make me work, and mark, it makes
me work now. At seventy years of age
| am obliged To work for my daily bread
Drink, drink ! and il will make thee
ynrG ~
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
New Advertisements
We Caution all Against Them.

The unprecedented success and merit of Ely's
Cream Balm-a real cure for catarrh, hay fe-
yer and cold in the hcad-has induced many al
vcniurcrS To place catarrh medicines bearing
some resemblance I'm appearance style or name
upon the market, I'm order to trade upon the
reputation Of Elys Cream Balm. Many in
your immediate locality will testify in highest
commentator. Don't be deceived Buy only
Ely's Cream Balm. A particle is applied into
each nostril; no pain; agreeable TO use. Price
fifty cents; Of druggists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
Regulating the Elephant
ny KATE W. HAMILTON.

Everybody had heard that the great
elephant was loose, and several families
whose gardens he had torn up and whose
boys he had trampled upon were Ger.
tam of il. There was great excitement
and the town held n meeting to decide
what should he done. They did moi
want To extirminate him; i'm fact, many
of them did not believe they could ex,
tirminate him, for he was pretty big
elephant. Besides, he was useful in his
proper place-in shows, in India, and in
story-books.
"0ur best plan is to try and regulate
him, said an enthusiastic speaker. "Let
us build gates all along the route We
find he is going 10 take, and make hin
pay"
Eyes, but that leaves him roaming
round" shrieked an old woman. "Ant
! don't want my boy killed."
keep your boy away from him; that's
Your business. Why, madam, don't you
know that an elephants hide and tuski
are valuable for mechanical and surgi
cal purposes, and that he is useful II
! India? Besides there's the toll he vii
paw. We shall by this means get none.
enough into the public treasury to build
schools for good many boys who are
not trampled to death"
That's the plan. Regulate HIM! Regu
late him." shouted the crowd.
So they appointed great many com
mittees, and drafted constitutions ant
bylaws, and circulated petitions, ant
bv the time the elephant had killed sew
eral more boys and trampled down ,
quantity of gardens they had erected
very comfortable toll-houses for tn,
gate-keepers and gates for the elephant
and then they waited in great satisfac
ton to see the animal regulated.
Slowly the great feet tramped onward
slowly the great proboscis appeared il
view; and. with a sniff of contempt, thu
elephant lifted the gate from its hinges
and walked off with it, while the GROVE
stared after him in dismay.
"Well!" exclaimed the keeper, catch
ing his breath; eve haven't had mucl
money so far, but the regulatin' plar
would have been first rate if the ele
plant hadn't beena leetle stronger thar
| the obstruction
But they were not the first men MOI
the last who have tried to stop pretty
big elephant with a very slim gate.-For
mrd.
RaI Uork
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23

When Baby was sick, we gave her CAST0RIA.
When she was Child, she cried for CASTORIA,
When she became Miss, she chung to CASTORIA,
When she had Children, she gave them CASTORIA
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-10-23
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
Gov. Robie's Friend. the Enemy.

A Maine correspondent of the Atlanta Con-
stitution wrote several days ago of visit to
the home of Gov. Robbie, and spoke of the
pleasant relation existing between the gov
ernor and Colonel Lucius M. Lamar of Mis-
sisSippi
Il shall never forget that man, said Col
onel Lamar, recalling the subject, "and
though it has been over twenty years since
have seen him, it seems but yesterday. In
the battles around Richmond was wounded
several times, and at Garnett's farm so seri-
ously that my death was expected. Twas
carried a prisoner into the Federal hospital
and the physicians at once decided that am
putation of my right leg from the thigh, in
which | was wounded, was necessary. They
were ready to begin the operation, to which
strenuously objected, and, turning to an Of
fcer who stood by, appealed
MY God, sir don't let them do thisw
He interfered, and my limb, and probably
my life, was saved. The officer was Major
ROBBIE, now Governor Robe of Maine"
Never did Drawer soldier shoulder rifle
than Col. Lamar. He was among the first to
volunteer and the last to surrender. He sue
ceeded the gallant Barton as Colonel of the
Eighth Georgia Infantry, after lie had been
in the service but a few months. During the
present session of the legislature, of which
he is one of the most valuable members, his
striking figure is an object of interest at the
capitol or in the arcades of the Kimball
House, where he is surrounded by groups of
friends, of which he has many throughout
| the State. Attention is at once attracted by
I his dark flowing hair hanging in curls over
| his broad shoulders 1t is not generally
known that it is worn this way to cover a
heavy scar resulting from wound received
one of the most desperate charges of the
war.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
THE RADICAL PROGRAMME.

The recent speech of Mr.. Joseph Chamber
lain, the recognized leader of the English
Radicals, is exceedingly moderate in its de-
mands, and when compared with his
past utterances seems to imply a very
considerable weakening on the part of
the Radical party. There is very little, if
anything, in it that moderate Liberal of
the Harrington stripe cannot assent to with
out surrender of any of his principles or
traditions. Mr. Chamberlain's attitude on
the Irish question is that no doubt of the
great body of Englishmen. Homerule he
will have none of, but he is willing to make
certain concessions to the Irish in the way of
local self government and a modification sof
the land laws. Some months ago one of the
combinations of the coming election seemed
likely to be union between the Parnellites
and the Radicals, but Mr. Chamberlains
speech has put an end to any prospect of that
kind. A union between the Conservatives
and Parnellites is now much more probable
than an alliance between the latter and the
Radicals.
That Mr.. Chamberlain's speech reflected
the sentiments of the Radicals in their full
strength is improbable or that it is to be
PAOeNA
him or them of the demands for radical re-
form which they have put forward in the
past is equally improbable What it. means
and all it means is that in order to prevent
an open rupture between the Wing and Rad
ical factions of the Liberal party which
would enure to the advantage of the To-
ries, the latter faction has decided to hold its
demands in allegiance for the present and try
and be content for time with very much
less than it wants and means to have in the
future. AS a result of Mr. Chamberain's
concessions we shall probably see the Wings
and Radicals again united for the purposes
of the coming campaign, and both of them
again training under the leadership of Mr.
Gladstone. The union is one inspired sim
ply by policy. AT heart the two wings have
as little in common as the Wings and Tories,
and eventually they are destined to fly apart
Mr.. Gladstone's genius and tact has man
aged to hold them together and probably will
continue to as long as they last But when
his mighty influence is gone the Radicals and
Wings will no longer be found marching un
der the same banner
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

Major Houston of the marine corps, who
is in charge of the Washington navy yard
barracks, says that one-fifth of all the boys
examined are rejected on account of heart
disease, induced almost invariably by cigar
cite smoking There seems to be something
about the cigarette that makes it more hurt
full than the pipe or cigar, though perhaps
the facts that being more largely smoked by
boys who are peculiarly liable to in
jury from tobacco than are either the pipe or
the cigar, their effects are greater on that
account simply.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

Miss Sweet, the Chicago pension agent,
gives the following reason for her resigna-
ton ''Since the time was requested to re-
sign, last April, by Commissioner Black, l
have desired to become independent of the
whims of political schemers. At that time
something was due my friends and myself,
and l refused to comply with demand
which seemed to me to be most unjust. But
when last week position at large increase
of salary was offered me by one of the lead
ing firms of the city to manage branch OF
its business in the east, Immediately ac-
cepted the offer, and at once sent my resigna-
ton to President Cleveland to take effect
September 30.'
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The British papers are making fools of
themselves by their comments on Mr.. Hend-
ricks' speech. Some of them even pretend to
think that it is a proper subject for diplo-
matte correspondence. The speech was one
of the very few Mr.. Hendricks has made that
he has no reason to be ashamed Of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

1t is now authoritatively denied that the
administration intends to boom the Warner
silver compromise The President will take
radical ground on the silver question in his
message, and will recommend unequivocal-
ly the repeal of the present law.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The wind failed again yesterday, and the
yachts could not go over the course in the
specified time. So there was no race. Per-
haps it would be well to postpone the race
now until the equinoctial gale gets along
That will furnish wind enough.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

A man by the name of Gray challenges
Senator Hoar to produce evidence that i'm
plicates the Hon. Eben F. Pillsbury in the
Maine count out. Whereupon the Boston
Journal promptly furnishes the senator with
this letter left behind by the Garcelon con-
spirators in the Maine council chamber:
AUGUSTA, Nov. 7, 1870.
Bro Pratt:
Yrs. received. I think if the clerk does not
make his record in open town meeting it is fatal
Let me know what town it is SO that | can calcU-
late on results. Have you found any other irreg-
ulariteS? In haste
E. f. PILLSBURY.
1t was written to a man who was travelling
about Franklin county for the purpose of
ascertaining if there were any Irregularities
in the returns in Republican towns which
would warrant their rejection, by which a
senator would be gained for the conSpirators.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
THE PRESS.
SATURDAY MORNING. SEPT. ~.

We do not read anonymous letters and commuI-
cations. The name and address of the writer are
in all cases Indispensable, unnecessarily for pub
lication but as a guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve
communications that are not used.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The old and absurd story is revived that
Gen. Plaisted viii be appointed postmaster
at Augusta. All the objections to Col. Nor
ton apply to Gen. Plaisted and with a good
deal more force.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

There seems to be a complete calm in the
Portland Collectorship matter. It's the
calm, however, that precedes the storm.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
A chance to win $4,000.

The results from the use of the extract of the
South American Moxie Nerve Food Plant have
excited medical and observing New England the
last ten weeks, as never before. We are a people
with worn out nerves, abused with stimulants,
drugs morphine, severe mental labor, excitement,
and sexual excesses. This food can recover the
whole field. Though harmless as milk, inside of
eleven weeks, in Lowell alone, it has recovered
305 cases of nervous and mental exhaustion from
one to twenty years standing. Some were help
less, two mentally nbecile, three had paralysis,
one was blind. Two cases of insanity were cured
in Boston, but the friends will not allow use of
names, both in high life. 1t makes healthy peo-
pie clear headed, vigorous, and able to stand
twice their usual labor with less fatigue, Con-
tinued, it binders exhaustion of brain and
nerves from excessive labor. It stops nervous
alone, has taken SO 900 bottles In ten weeks. AS
we have no room for testimonials, we offer $4,000
to any person who can show our statements to be
untrue Eleven old drunkards say it stops the
rum THIRST. For sale by all apothecaries and gro
GERS; 80 cents quart bottle, $3.50 dozen
Oouble extracts, 80 cts, and $500 Dozen Peo-
pleSay 1t is the best beverage in America. The
Soda Fountains have it,
MOXIE NERVE FOOD CO., Lo,Ueu, Mass.
Iyzo eod&w12Wnrm
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The New York Tribune suggests that mas
much as the new star will only be here a
short time it had better be called Grover
Cleveland.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

A New York paper says that it will not be
long before Ward is on the wrong side of the
prison walls. We thought that was the case
noW
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The campaign in Virginia is in state that
is very properly described as red hot. Had
the days of the duel not gone by there would
be tremendous revival of the revolver
trade
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The decision of the full bench of Manitoba
afsirming the correctness of the proceedings
of the Riel trial and the legality of the YER
dict closes every avenue of escape for the
rattle-brained rebel but one-the clemency of
the government. AS the probability that he
will suffer the extreme penalty increases the
clamor of his friends grows louder and more
threatening. Ominous mutterings come from
the French half-breeds of the Northwest of
open revolt if the sentence be carried out.
Riel is not of the stuff of which heroes are
made, but he seems to have strong hold
upon the French of Canada, and his taking
off will undoubtedly greatly embitter the bad
feeling which already exists between them
and the English.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

Election day in England has been fixed for
November IA. From this time on the stream
of eloquence will flow fast and furious
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
TINE FOR JOHN KELLY TO RETURN.
New York Tribune.

Nothing proves the skilfulness and ability
of John Kelly as political leader better
than the present situation in Tammany Hall.
1t is divided into cliques, each of which is
ment's warning. All that holds them down,
apparently, is the possibility that their old
leader may soon return to manage the or
ganization. The gratitude of politicians is
aso ba ra If se tb ats uha
in Tammany now are those upon whom Mr.
Kelly has heretofore heaped the most favors.
There are Purroy and Croker, for instance.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The trouble between Spain and Germany
seems to have quoted down. The Caroline
Islands are hardly worth fighting about.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12

The Philadelphia Press alleges that Collec-
tor Cadwallader of Philadelphia has been
guilty of attempting to coerce his subordin-
ates by calling them into his presence, ques-
tioning them about their past political acts
and insinuating that if they desire to keep
their places they had better see to it
that they vote. the Democratic ticket
in the future. The Press says it
has conclusive evidence of the truth of its
charges. The President ought to order an
investigation Immediately. Such acts as Mr..
Cadwallader is accused of constitute the
most offensive of partisanship, and man
guilty of them ought to be summarily dis
missed.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
A HINT TO POSTMASTER PALMER
North American.

Postmaster Huidekoper may be credited
with having observed not only the letter but
also the spirit of the civil service law in So
Letting the assistance of prominent business
men in the appointment of the messengers
required in the new special postal delivery.
If the boys, after showing ordinary ability,
are approved as to their personal and moral
habits by those who are likely to know most
about them, there is every probability of a
service which will be a model in every re-
Spect.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1885-09-12
CURRENT COMMENT.
AN HONEST CONFESSION.
Springfield Republican.

AN HONEST CONFESSION.
Springfield Republican.
There was probably some suppression or
intimidation of the cOlored vote IN South
Carolina and Mississippi.
NEW SPECIES.
Springfield Union.
Out west the man who growls one day be-
cause it is too warm, and the next day be-
cause it is too cold is called "a weather Mug
wump.
AN ISSUE THAT WILL HURT IF RAISED.
Columbus Journal
Democratic Congressman from the North
may do well to take notice that an tissue to
their prejudice may be made if they persist
IN dlsfranchising Union soldiers because
they happen to live in Dakota.
AND NEVER HITS A MAN WHEN HE is DOWN.
Philadelphia Press
The report that Col John Rodgers Nc
Lean, the able and irrepressible editor of the
Cincinnati Enquirer, is plotting to defeat the
reelection of Gov. Hoadly lacks the essen
tial element of probability. Col. Mclean is
not in the habit of shooting at falling bird
GOV. HoADLY's PREDICAMENT.
North American.
Senator Sherman has very promptly re-
piled to Gov. Hoadly's attack, and has pref
ty conclusively shown that the real point at
issue-the free exercise of the franchise by
the people of the Southern StateS-waS care
fully avoided by the Democratic orator SEN
atOr Sherman reterates his charges in very
specific terms, and it now devolvcs upon
Gov. Hoadly to prove with equal directness
that those charges are. unfounded. LII he
cannot or does not do this, he must be taken
as admitting their truth.
The National tribune., 1885-06-25
DEAFNESS.
Increase of Pension Asked For.

bill for increase of rates allowed to the
above class of pensioners viii be presented at
the coming session Of Congress. And IN order
that we may be united in the matter, our deaf
comrades are hereby requested TO see their
CongreSsmen during the Summer and Fall and
urge an increase. The present rate for total
deafness is Sl3. This is not enough, because
the faculty of hearing is of prime importance,
not only in the ordinary pursuits and business
of life. but because it is the avenue through
which we receive and enjoy most of the intel
lectual and moral pleasures of lie.
great many soldiers and sailors of the late
war were made wholly or partially deaf through
the conclusion of artillery and other. causes,
and this becomes serious obstacle in our efforts
to provide for ourselves and families Indeed.
hearing is next in Importance to the sense OF
seeing. By it we derive knowledge from lee
lures sermons instruction from teachers aud
in social converse: and it affords us pleasure by
listening to the deep tones of the organ, the
sweet strains of the human voice, and the
cheering notes of the feathered sOngSters;
and it may be added that all the harmonious
and varied rural sounds animate and exalt the
heart, and contribute to our most serene and
heartfelt pleasures.
1t has been truly observed that impairment
of hearing. in proportion to its intensity, be-
comes one of the mosT severe atflictions incl
dent to mankind. 1t is to some greater loss
than that of sight. To the naturally intelii-
gent the loss OF hearing will he more grievous
than the deprivation of any of the other special
senses and particularly to those whose daily
resource and comfort is social intercourse; de-
prived of hearing they are deprived of all ex-
ternal source of happiness.
Comrades afflicted with deafness are request
ed to communicate with w. Foster, lndianapo-
lis. Ind. or VIM. Simmons, Secretary, Surviv-
ors' Association, West Gulf Squadron, Philadei'
pha, Pa.