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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1885-04-24
Persian Paintings.

The palaces of Ispahan are decorated
with large oil paintings by the mos
eminent Persian artists OF their day
All are life size, and none are devoid o
merit. Some are very clever, particu
larry the likenesses Of Futteh Ali Shall
and his sons, several of whom were
strikingly like their father. AS Futtet
Ali Shah had an acknowledged family
of ~, this latter fact is curious,
These paintings are without frames,
spaces having been made In the walls
to receive them. The Virgin Mary Il
frequently represented In these mural
paintings; also Mr.. Strachey, q young
diplomat who accompanied the English
mission to Persia in the reign of oui
Queen Elizabeth, Is still admired as q
type of adoleseent beauty. He is repre-.
sented with auburn hair In the correc,
costume of tho period, and copies OF
his portrait are still often painted on
the pen cases of amateurs. These pen
cases, or kdlandGas, are the principal
occupation of the miniature painter.
AS one-fourth of the male population
of Persia can write, and as each man
has one or more pen cases, the artist
finds constant market for his wares in
their adornment. The pen case 10 q
box Of paper mache eight inches long,
an inch and half broad, and the same
deep. Some of them, painted by artists
of renown, are of great value, E40 be-.
ing common price to pay for such o
work of art by rich amateur. Several
fine specimens may be seen In the Per.
sian collection at the South Kensington
Museum. It is possible to spend q
years hard work on tho miniatures
painted on o pen case. These are very
minute and beautiful. The writer pos
sesses pen case painted during the
lifetime Of Futteh Ali Shah, King OF
Persia who reigned long and well. All
the faces-none more than o quarter of
an inch in diameter-are likenesses;
and the long black beard of the King
reaching to his waist, Is not exagger-
ated, for such boards are common In
Persia. -Chans6ers's Journal
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The Science OF Shopping.

Science has been defined to be the
best way Of doing thing. There Is q
best way Of shopping, as of doing
everything else, and at this time of the
year knowledge of 1t is Very useful.
In order TO practice this science, one
needs to know three things-what she
wants to buy (the genuine shoppers
are, Of course, women), what she has
to buy with, and where and how to buy
It. Half the vexation and unsatisfact-
oriness Of shopping comes from going
forth with no clear idea of what Is want
ed, no business-like adaptation of
means to ends and no knowledge OF
where to go. The scientific shopper
makes list; she limits the cost of
each article by the number to be
bought and the total sum to be expend-
ed, and she arranges her route so as
not to retrace her steps and 90 over
the same ground a dozen times. She
tells the clerk In q few clear words,
and always pleasantly, what she wants,
and decides with reasonable quickness
whether what Is offered viii suit.
Dawdling is fatal to success In shop
ping. -Bostoss Herald,
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pid IL Magne.lze Che Mouse9

One Of our well-known citizens Is
the possessor OF cat which Is great
pet In the family. Indeed, IL Is doubt
full II the family could keep house with
out that cat. That this is the "finest
cat in the world" goes without saying.
A few evenings ago the cat came into
the house bringing a mouse-no I'M
common thing for the cat to do, as 1t
Is good mouser. But the cat played
with that mouse for an hour and ahalf,
then set II up by the wall and went to
sleep. The mouse, though still alive
and apparently nninjured, remained
just where the cat had put it for so
long that the family became interested
in the mouse, and the gentleman pro-
ceeded to stir 1t up. The little ami
NAL started to run, went short dis
lance, and returned to the very spot
where the cat left It,. Then the gentle
man tried to entiee the mouse away
with bit OF cheese. This succeeded
only so far that the mouse would
leave its position, get the cheese, and
return. This was tried again and
again, and always with tho same re-
sult-the mouse returned to its former
position, as II under orders which II dare
not disobey, and the gentleman could
not drive it away by any gentle means.
Finally they let the mouse alone, and
1t remained quiet and apparently con-
tented. When the cat had been asleep
for considerably more than an hour the
gentleman walked her up to see what
would happen next. The cats first
look was toward where she had left the
mouse, and seeing 1t there all right
seemed satisfied. The cat looked at the
mouse and the mouse looked at the
cat, but neither moved. The gentle
man then stirred up the mouse with q
stick, when 1t started to run lively, but
was, OF course, soon stopped. This
was repeated, the mouse having no
hesitation in leaving the place, now the
cat was watching. The play contin-
tinued for half an hour or so, when the
family retired, and shortly afterward q
satisfied "meoow" from the cat told
that mousie was eaten. Now the fam
lily are very much interested in the
question: "What did the cat do to the
mouse to make it so anxious TO remain
just where the cat had left it until the
former could look after ftp Was IL an
imal magnetism, or was there some
subtle means of communication be-
tween them, and the cat told the mouse
to remain there, and the mouse did as
1t was told, except when interfered
with by more intelligent humanityP"-
Providence Journal.
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It is q curious fact that one of the most
famous poems of our language appeared
originally in a magazine that seldom
touches poetry at all, and the same Pc
riodical. after an interval of sixty-fve
years, now brings out another poem
very similar in theme. Bryant's ''Thana.
topsis" was first printed in the NORTH
american Review for September, 1917.
The May number of the ReVie,V, just out
has poem by Robert Buchanan on
''The New Budha." The critics found
fault with Mr.. Bryant's poem on the
ground that it was un-C Christian; il re-
mains to be seen what they will say OF
Mr.. Buchanan's. The question, "Has
Christianity Benefited Woman?" Is ably
discussed in this number by Mrs. Eliza.
beth Cady Stanton and Bishop j. L.
Spalding. President J. L. Packard writes
on "Why Crime is Increasing" and
David Dudley. Field on Industrial Co.
operation" while Prof Andrew F. West,
of Princeton, contributes an article OF
great clearness and strength on "What
Is Academic Freedom?" James Payn,
the English novelist, discusses Success
In Fiction" and T. +. Thiselton Dyer
Superstition in English Life" The
new department of Comments keeps
we'll up to the standard with which il
started.
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The Power OF Female Beauty

1t may be true, as the threadbare
saw has 1t, that beauty Is only skin
deep, but none will deny that 1t exerts
wondrous power. Graces of mind
and manner sometimes hide flaws in
face and form, but tho stubborn facts
of history point out sthat, from time
immemorial, beauty has had the best
of 1t. Paris and Antony we're not proof
against its wiles, and "Fair Helen Of
Troy" and Cleopatra still live, while
those once renowned for truth and
honor are consigned to oblivion. In
more modern days the same rule holds
good. The beauties nowadays WELD
the magic scepter with the Same po-
tency as of old. Is 1t strange, then, that
women should seek by every legitimate
means to look as pretty as possiblep
Some of them will, while engrossed in
the effort, argue that 1t Is a duty they
owe to society; but. looking down into
their heart of hearts, they will discover
more personal motive-usually man.
And the man, loudly decrying any art
used in the makeup of woman, If it
improves the subject will concede it 10
be legitimate, and admire accordingly.
The dainty devices of dress are along
with other little allurements, laid at his
shrine. Dodge the question as they
may, women dress to appear pleasing
in the eyes of men. Men no longer like
homespun, and women no longer wear
1t. Book muslin and blue ribbons are
passe, and "beauty unadorned" sleeps
with past ages. But while men continue
to be ruined by women's extravaganza
it is only fair that the saddle should be
put upon the right horse. Men admire
the filmy lace and mysteriously shadow
ed velvet as much after marriage as
they did in their sweethearting days,
and, although they may growl when
they come to pay the bills, they submit
to the inevitable. If all the women in
the world would league together to
return to pristine simplicity, and there
should be no sly, dissenting Eve to don
an extra fig leaf. there would result an
intolerable millennial sameness ;but just
so long as men are enslaved by the
tricks OF women's toggery, just 80 long
will women continue to dress for and at
them. ,.s... .......
The sensible will, however, not be
content merely to look pretty. She will
realize that II to a rosy cheek and
sparkling eye she can add cultured
brain, she will be doubly armed. In
these nineteenth-century days this
weapon is easy to procure. The girls
early education may have been sadly
neglected, but II she has learned to
read intelligently the battle is easy.
With tho multiplicity of books there is
no reason why she should not follow
out q course OF systematic reading,
which will wonderfully develop the
dullest understanding. II, in addition,
she can learn when to talk and when to
listen, so much the better. Humanity
is easily flattered, and there is no form
Of fattery so subtle as difference to the
words of others. To cultivate all of
the God-given graces is undoubtedly
the kingdom Of woman. Meantime,
however, it is quite worth her while to
remember that her strongest point is
beauty, even though 1t be but skin deep.
philadelphia Record.
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A BAKING POWDER TRICK

All kinds of schemes and tricks are
resorted TO by unprincipled persons to
obtain unfair advantages over their
neighbors. The latest and most dishon-
est of these that has come to our notice
is one by which certain manufacturers
of baking powder have sought to preju-
dice consumers against the use OF other
brands that have an established reputa-
ton as the best and purest in the mar
ket, for the purpose of introducing their
own. Their method, we are informed,
is to heat can of baking powder Of q
we'll known brand over lamp or stove,
when, if there is gas given off having
the odor of ammonia the powder is con-
demned as being made of ammonia and
unfit for use. The prejudices of the I'M
suspecting are thus excited against the
baking powder submitted to the 30
called test, and the grocer who has a
quantity of it on hand suffers serious
loss in consequence.
If the intelligent consumer will stop
moment to think, she will readily per-
ceive that this "test," if successful,
proves nothing but the superiority Of
the baking powder tested. The aim Of
all baking powder makers is to produce
an article that shall most readily, under
use, give off Its leavening gas. The pow
der that does this with moderate heat,
at the same time evolving the largest
quantity, is scientifically the best.
There is probably not an article pre-
pared for food that cannot be manipu-
lated to prove that something is wrong
about it; and when q person goes into a
kitchen or before housekeeper who is
not to be presumed to understand chem
ical relations, and performs an expert
ment of even the simplest character, it
is not difficult to impress one that some
thing awful is the matter. AS to baking
powders, we could suggest dozen tests
that would be as ridiculous in giving
fair idea of their relative merits to an
uninstructed mind as the one here men,
toned.
The true domestic value of a baking
powder consists in its purity, whole
someness, and leavening power. 1t is
only the chemist, with his chemical ap-
pliances. who can determine these quail
tiles, scientifically and exactly. Aside
from this, the best test for baking pow
der is to try II in making bread, and see
which makes the most and the best. To
this practical test all the established
brands have been put, and housekeepers
have very generally made up their
minds which they prefer, and the trick
sters will find ultimately that a brand
that has been household favorite for
years will not be displaced by reason of
any tricks which they may show
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e Frank Leslis's Popular Monthly

For May deals largely with original
and timely articles. It opens with an
article by w. A. Croffut, the well-known
newspaper correspondent, entitled "The
Birth of New Party" Alvan s. South.
worth describes "The New State of Con.
co." and its importance to the trade and
commerce of the world. The Egyptian
question comes in for its share in the ar.
tfcle on Col. F. g. Burnaby, with por.
traits of Burnaby and his wife, views o.
his home and scenes in his early career
Popular science is provided in "a Feath,
err" by DR.. Hans Gadow, with fifteen il
Illustrations showing feather in every
possible form and stage of development
The story element is well kept up. Gar
rett Walkers serial, "The Death mark, ,
reaches its thirty-third chapter, anG
there are six short stories. "Brant shoot
ing at Cape Cod, by Orville Deane, will
please the sportsman; the article oil
"Deaf mutes," the philanthropist; "Ir
the Alsatian Mountains" by Katharine
Lee, the travellers; and "The Vegetable
Wonder of Mexico" by Emily Pierce
the botanist. All of these articles are
illustrated, some of the pictures beinj
very beautiful. There are several poem
of considerable merit, and numeroul
short articles, interesting and timely
Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, SO, 81
and 81 Park Place. New York.
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MANKAro FREE Press.
rRIpAY. APRIL IA, 1856.

REV. DIR. TALMAaE last Sunday preach
ed discourse on the question OF roller
skating, and 10 sermon among all the
able ones he has produced has received
30 universal perusal nor SO much com.
ment as this one. To give our readers
an impression of the eminent divine's
line of logic we quote short portion OF
the discourse. 1t must not be taken
from this, however, that he Is friend
of the Kinks as they are, but as they
should be.
To me, rightly precautioned roller skating
Is the most beautiful and healthful exercise
ever witnessed, 1t eclipses In gracefulness
and healthy movement all the croquet and
coasting and lawn tennis and football ana
moonlight gliding over frozen ponds and all
1t IL good for the lungs, good for the limbs,
good for the circulation. good for the spirits
l see I'm IL possibilities for the best, exercise
the gymnasium with more exhiiiration of
| the spirits. II has all the exuberance or the
| skat ny pond on which our fathers and moth
ers used to dart out, tlppetted and furred, with
none OF the dangers OF breaking through the
| ice. IL hns all the vivacity OF out door games
without being dependent on condition OF the
weather. 1t would be grand thing II all our
L
evening take round at this merriment. The
| women OF America who decline the stout
| brisk walk, called the constitutional, which
keeps English women roseate and strong
/ would do we'll II almost every day or night
| they would leave darning and mending and
| bread-making and parlor busting and table
| setting and housekeeping for one hour and
Join the whirl of skating rink. Some OF these
| hollow checks would MI up and some OF these
lack-luster eyes would get back their lost
| light, and stoop shoulders would become erect
| and incipient consumption and merciless
neuralgia and nervous prostrations would
| take everlasting departure. IL would be well
| II the stranger In our hotels, after spending
the day In purchasing goods for his western
| house, would In the evening 20 to some re-
| spectacle rink and hire pair of skates, and
| independent of everybody and interfering
| with no ono, take an hour or Hight In the
| charmed circle and under the inspiration OF
| the orchestra, and then go back 70 his hote
and say his prayers and go to dream Of home
In denouncing the present customs al
these resorts he says:
Let us have no more OF the vulgarity Of
| young women alone and unattended skating
| In rims and forming indlscriminate acquaint
| ances Such persons should be properly
| chaperoued and the "well-dressed devils'' whC
| haunt such places for sinister purposes shoul(
| be promptly kicked down tho steps the mo
ment they make any unwarranted advances.
He gives some timely counsel II
young ladies and in his denunciation o
Irritation he frankly informs them tina
Filtration is damnation."
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" Maryland, MY Maryland"

"Pretty Wives,
Lovely daughters and noble men,"
"My farm lies in rather low and mi.
asmatic situation, and
"My wife p
"Who2"
"Was very pretty blonde"
Twenty years ago, became
"Sallow |"
"Hollow-eyedW
"Withered and agedp'
Before her time, from ....
"Malarial vapors, though she made no
particular complaint, not being of the
grumpy kind, yet causing me great un-
easiness.
"a short time ago purchased your
remedy for one of the children, who
had very severe attack of biliousness,
and 1t occurred to me that the remedy
might help my wife, as found that our
little girl, upon recovery had
"Lostl"
"Her sallowness, and looked as fresh
as a new blown daisy. Well the story ID
soon told. My wife, to-day, has gained
her old-timed beauty with compound
interest, and Is now as handsome ma
iron (f do say 1t myself as can be
found in this county, which is noted foI
women. And have only Hop Bitters
to thank for 1t.
'"The dear creature Just looked over
my shoulder, and says i can f1atter equal
to the days of our courtship, and that
reminds me there might be more prett,
acires i my brother farmers would do al
l have DONE"
Hoping you may long be spared to dc
good, l thankfully remain,
Beltsville, Prince George Co., Nd, /
May 26th, 1883.
az None genuine without bunch o.
green Hops on the white label. Shun all IN.
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His Loss Was Her Gain

"Well, madam" said Fashionable
physician to wealthy lady patient, "ii
you don't like my prescriptions, per-
haps you had better try Parker's Tonic,
or some other quack stuff" "You don't
mean 1t, Doctor" she anwered, "but
your advice may be good for all that.
Sometimes what You call 'quack stuff is
the best and most scientific medicine af-
ter ALL" She got a bottle of Parker's
Tonic and it cured her of neuralgia aris-
ing from disordered stomach and nerves.
She told her friends, and now they all
keep q doctor at home in the form Of
Parksr's Tonic,
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA. County OF Blue
~ Earth. In Probate Court.
In the matter OF the estate OF Charles Mans
field, deceased.
The State of Minnesota and the said Probate
Court 20 all persons interested in the estate OF
Charles Mansfield, deceased. Greeting:
Whereas, Louisa Mansfield, of the county OF
Blue Earth, State of Minnesota, has 1led her
petition in the Probate Court OF the county
OF Blue Earth for letters of administration TO
issue to said petitioner, upon the estate of
Charles Mansfield, late OF said county, de-
ceased.
Therefore. you and each OF you are cited and
required to appear at the ONCE OF the Judge of
Probate, in the city of Mankato in said county,
on the End day OF May, 1855, ut ten o'clock
in the forenoon OF that day and show cause
why letters of administration upon said estate
should not issue TO the said Louisa Mansfield
as prayed for in said petition.
In testimony whereof i have hereunto set
my hand and affixed the seal of the Probate
Court. this 9th day OF April. A. ID. 1855.
G. w. MEAD,
ESsal Judge of Probate.
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A Vain ahla Madioina

DEAR SIR:-At the time / received a
bottle Of your White Wine of Tar Syrup,
which was about the first of last Janu-
airy, was troubled with Sore Throat
and Hoarseness, and 1t relieved me at
once. And, sir, believe it TO be val
liable medicine, and just what you rec
ommend 1t. Yours truly,
Rev-D. +. Renfro,
Pastor M. Z. Church.
Salem. Dent Co Mo. a
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Mr.. A. Nichols,

of this place, says he suffered from Ca
tarrh for years. He purchased bottle
of Ely's Cream Balm of us. He is now
almost cured, and SAYS you cannot rec
ommend it too highly. We are selling
more of Ely's Cream Balm than of all
other catarrh remedies, can hardly keep
supply on hand.-Evers Bros, Drug
Cists, Indepence, Iowa.
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PROBATE NOTICE.

STATE OF MINNESOTA, County of Blue
~ Earth.-ss In Probate Court
In the matter OF the estate OF William j
Roberts, deceased.
The State OF Minnesota and the said Probate
Court TO all persons interested I'm the estate OF
William j. Roberts, deceased. Greeting:
Whereas, Daniel Edwards OF the county OF
blue Earth, has lately delivered 10 the Probate
Court Of the county of Blue Earth, an instru.
ment in writing purporting 10 be the last will
and testament of William j. Roberts, late oi
said county, deceased. and has applied 10 saic
Probate Court for the proof of said will.
Therefore, you and each OF you are citec
and required 20 appear at the office OF the
Judge of Probate in the city Of Mankato II
said county on the 9TH day OF May 1885, at tel
o'clock in the forenoon of that day and attenC
the probate OF the said will.
In testimony whereof have hcreunto Sc
my hand and afiiXed the seal of the Probate
Court this Sth day OF April, A. ID. 1885.
q. W. MEAD,
[Seall Judge OF Probate.
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An English nobleman who had a
large farm In Worcestershire, which
went begging for a tenant at $5 per
acre year, recently determined upon
managing 1t himself. He began the
work, and now has upon the place Co.,
600 plum. trees, 900 pear trees, 5000
damsons and $50 cherry trees. OF small
fruits there are 10000 black currant
bushes, 100. 900 raspberries, 10000 red
currants, 100000 gooseberries, while
100 acres are entirely devoted to straw
berries. There are also 10, 900 poplars.
100 Scotch firs and 100 cobnuts, plant
ed for sheltering purposes. There is al
so an apiary Of 40 swarms, ana q rab-
bit warren, from which o,OOO animals
were sold last year.
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NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

CTATE OF MINNESOTA, County OF Blue
- Earth SIS In Probate Court.
IN the matter Of the estate OF Dwite II
Alling, deceased.
Notice is hereby given 10 all persons having
claims and demands against the estate OF DIV ito
II. Alling, late OF the county of Blue Earth, de
ceased, that the Judge OF the Probate Court OF
said county will hear, examine and adjust
claims and demands against said estate, at his
Office in the city OF Mankato In said county, on
the End day Of July and on the 3rd day OF
October, 1885, at ten o'clock In the forenoon
On each oi.said days. and that six months from
the date hereof have been limited ana al
present their claims.
Dated April 5, 1885.
ID. G. WESTON.
administrator of the estate OF Dwite II, AL
ling, deceased.
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I Dan Honestly Say.

DR.. WARNER:-I can honestly say that
I was decidedly benefited by the use OF
your White Wine of Tar Syrup.
Respectfully yours,
Rev. M. w. Diggs.
Fort Recovery, Ohio.
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ON CornAn

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