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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
A Study in Hickory.

1t is a favorite pastime of our country
population during the long winter eve
nlngs to gather round the fire and
crack and eat hickory-nuts. 1t is an
amusement, too, peculiarly American,
and for the simple reason that in this
country alone are the nuts to be had in
any abundance. Perhaps, where al
monds or English walnuts are equally
common, cracking hickory-nuts is super
seeded by a resort to these other fruits.
They, however, are much easier to open
than the hickory-nut, and with thinner
shells are readily cracked at the table.
But in America, in those districts where
the peanut does not take the place of
other nuts, the cracking of the hickory
still continues. Whether it be the pecan
of Texas and Illinois. or the shell-bark
or mocker-nut of the Central or Eastern
States, the amusement is the same.
They are the best nuts the forests OF
North America produce, and some OF
them are thought to be superior in flavor
to the much-esteemed En- glish walnut
Year after year have hundreds and
thousands of bushels of the shell-barks.
the hickory-nuts par eIcetlence, been
gathered in various parts of the coun-
try. Among these, few can have failed
to notice the many differences they
present Some are small and nearly
round; some are long, narrow, and
angular; some have thick shells, and
some thin ones, us any one who has
cracked his fingers along with the shell
can bear witness.
According to evolutionary doctrines,
variability in an important feature is
an indication either of low state of
development, or that the organism is in
a state of advancement Various facts
show the latter to be the case with the
shell-bark hickory. The first stages of
the onward march must be sought far
back in prehistoric times, for it boasts
an ancient if not an honored lineage.
Before the hairy mammoth roamed the
forests of the Ohio Valley; before the
soil of Louisiana was yet above the
oceans waters; before the Ohio had be-
come tributary to the mighty Missis
sippi; before even the Rocky Mountain
range had been elevated above the
waste of waters, the ancestors of this
hickory fiourished in the land. But, be.
fore we study the ancient hickories, let
us examine the living trees and note
their peculiarities. -Joseph h. James,
in Popular Science Monthly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26

my husband will not think less of
you when tell him how faithful you
have BEEN"
In brief time the captain had writ
ten few lines, and. secure from fur
Their annoyance, once more she closed
the curtains for the night
Tine remainder of the Journey to New
York was uneventful. Madam A
had ample time TO realize the trouble
that had come to her. ''Iier only boy
a criminalr' over and over she said it,
and it was the burden of every thought
"My boy guilty and refugrcn' She
thought of his father-what would life
be to the proud man who lied him
son, should he meet criminais doom?
Why had they not kept him with them,
instead of sending him away? They
had hoped SO much alas! that this
should be the end.
Then she considered she doing
right to help him when Justice de-
manded his arrest? She Remembered
that Junius Brutus had PUBLICLY con-
demned and put TO death his sons for
conspirng against the infant republic
where natural affection had been sacri-
feed TO justice. All! she was no Spar
tan mothcr-shc was us anxious to
reach the point of security us the
trembling boy in the berth over her
head.
At last the train reached New York,
and they were safe. Once inside
hotel she turned to him, ..Now tell me
ALL"
but you are so tired. rest awhile
first In an hour you shall know all.
An hour later a rap at the door
reused her from her sleep of eXhaus-
ton. Letter for you, ma ami"
She did not know the writing. Had
her boy been arrested when he thought
all danger over? The first two lines
told her that life was not devoid of
hope.
DEAR MADAM A:
at will be a relief to you to know the
boy you have helped is not your own son.
George has written you of the chum who
so closely resembled him that we were
called the Twins of the university For
give me for taking advantage OF the like
ness to make you suffer. L did not do so
until every other avenue of escape was
hopeless. lie man you nave ulSSulSeu
and helped to reach safe harbOr is the
man who so nearly caused disaster and
death to many in your native city. Give
my compliments to Monsieur A, and
tell him, had he spent the evening of the
18th at home, instead of going on wild
goose-chaSe to Ottawa, he would have
found the villain he was after.
1.-THE watch and other jewelry l placed
in the drawer, as you directed. Please
keep them as souvenirs of this adventure.
May your own son never cause you half
the woe the counterfeit one has brought!
CHARLES AR OFT"
The train that went shrieking into
the city of - three days later had for
passenger Madam A. Every
body wondered how the dynamiter es-
capped. and many blamed the defective
police SYSTEM that had been unable to
secure him.
1t was weeks before Mrs. A told
her husband that while he was working
day and night to secure the miscreant,
she was bearing him away to liberty
under the sure shelter of her husbands
name. -Itd- Bits.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1886-11-26
At Midnight.

II, in this dreary night, n voice should sound
And i'm the darkness light should fall around
My pillow from the face of one who came
Out of the shining world to call my name
And bid me leave the couch whcreOn alOno
lie and muse when half the night has flown,
To follow his bright feet along the way,
Up the gray lights into the golden day,
What earthly face would most wish to see,
What lips Ia kiss in parting ecstasy,
What hand To touch with lingering caresS,
What voice TO hear as grew motiOnless2
Beneath the stars one only heart would know
What face alone could parting peace bestOw,
What lips could weaken loves deep vibrant
thrill,
What hand could sooihc and bid the heart be
still,
What voice could cheer my spirit for the
flight
From the low carth-ands thro' the silent
night.
And would that one heart seek to find its
mate,
And undivided, tho it be so late,
Re-echo all the music of my own
In perfect concord of responsive tone?
l fancy that rusting stirs this air
And some sweet presence is approaching
there;
I hear the cchoing music, soft and low,
And heaven has come In mr-I need not 90,
David j. Hill.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
The Oneen Of England's Fortune.

A writer in Truth estimates that, in
GLIDING the Prince Consort's fortune, it
exceeds "a, 900, 900, and besides these
are the estates in Aberdeenshire, which
extend to 30, 900 acres, the Claremont
property, which her Majesty purchased
from the country three years ago at a
very inadequate price, and the Osborne
estate, which has enormously increased
in value, to say nothing of property at
Baden-Baden and at Coburg. 1t is
probable that the bulk of the Isle of
Wight property will be left by the
Queen to the Duke of Connaught, and
Balmoral and most of the Scotch prop
erty to Princess Beatrice, who also will
probably get Claremont. They will be
her Majesty's principal heirs, and a
very handsome provision has been made
for the children of the Duchess of Al
bany, and for the families of Princess
Christian and the Grand Duke of
Hesse. The Queen at the present time
makes large allowances to several Of
her younger children, and Prince and
Princess Louis of Battenberg derive
the bnlk of their income ON her
liberality. 1t has been reported that
bHey are 10 DC RIanteu Tue use Oh tue
Villa Hohenlohe, her Ma;esty's resi-
dence in Baden-Baden which has been
for several years unoccupied, as they
are TO live in Germany except when the
Princes professional avocations de-
mand his presence in Eng and. In
the -Four Georges great anna cement
is expressed by Thackeray because
George II. seized his fathers will, and
never would permit it to be proved, nor
was anything ever heard OF il after
ward, and it's suppression produced a
violent quarrel with the royal family of
Prussia. There is long narrative in
Horace Walpole's Memoirs about
this will; but it is rather odd that after
the lapse Of l34 years precisely the
same thing happened again, for the
Queen quietly took possession of Prince
Albert's will, and nothing has ever been
known of its contents to this hour, nor
does any one know the amount of prop
erty which he left.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

AT q social gathering in Philadel-
phia, not long ago, composed OF gentle
men of Washington and that city, several
interesting "reminiscences and state
ments were given which are now for
the first time made pubic. Colonel
A. X. Mcclure, who was intrusted
with much of the confidential work of
the Republican campaign of 1864, re-
cited the particulars of an interview
which he had with President Lincoln
in reference to Republican prospects
in Pennsylvania. At this time, as will
be remembered, there was much dis
content in the North. and grave appre-
tensions were felt by the administra-
ton of Mr.. Lincoln as to the result in
the two great States of New York and
Pennsylvania, where dissatisfaction
was most rife. 1t was felt to be abso-
lutely necessary for moral effect on
the other States that the October cleo
ton in Pennsylvania should be carried
by the home vote. Colonel Mcclure,
after a most careful survey of the polit-
| zeal field, reached the conclusion that
there was the greatest danger as to
this of failure. He took the train for
Washington and laid all his misgivings,
| with his reasons therefor, before the
President. Mr.. Lincoln sighed and was
silent for awhile. He then said: "What
can be done?" Colonel Mcclure re-
piled: Il see nothing but to furlough
from five to ten thousand of the Penn
sylvania troops andlet them come home
| to vote. Advise General Grant of your
wishes that FIVE thousand be furloughed
at once from his immediate command
with permission to return home" To
this Mr.. Lincoln replied that he dare
not appeal to General Grant in such a
case, as he did not know whether Gen
eral Grant was for or against him. Col
onel Mcclure then inquired how about
Sheridan, who was then in the Valley
of Virginia. "Oh," said Mr.. Lincoln,
"Phirs all right" After some further
consultation it was decided that Meade
and Sheridan should both be communi-
Gated with by private messenger from
the President, with the request to fur
Tough certain regiments of Pennsyl-
varia troops under their command.
This was done, the soldiers went home
and voted, and Pennsylvania was car
ried for the President by little more
than 1000 on the home vote. Had it
not been for this, such was the distrust
and dissatisfaction at the time that it
might have lost both New York and
Pennsylvania at the Presidential cleo
tion
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
OBITUARY.
Death of Ex-Justice Ward Hunt, of the
United States Supreme Court.

United States Supreme Court.
Washington special
Hon. Ward Hunt, ex-Associate Justice of
the United States Supreme Court, died mt
ais residence in Washington, on the oath
Of March, in the seventy sixth year of his
age. About six years ago MIR. Hunt had n
paralytic attack. which completely disabled
him. Although Judge Hunt had attained
ibe age of seventy, he had not
heen on the bench ten years, and
could not retire on a pension. In 1882
Congress passed a special act granting him
the usual pension if he would retire, and
he retired and to some extent regained his
health, although he never fully recovered
the use of his right side. He leaves a
wife, who is much Frustrated by the Attic
ton. Justice Hunt was born in Utica June
IA, 1910, and has always resided in lis
native place. He graduated at Union Col
lege in 1928, and, turning his attention TO
law, attended the law lectures of Judge
Gould at Litchfeld, Conn. In 1865 he
was elected judge of the Court of APP
peals of the State of New York, which
position he held until 1872, when he was
appointed a justice of the Supreme Court
OF the United States. He received from
Union College and Rutgers College the
degree of doctor of laws,
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
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A. ~. KellDpp.

Ansel n. Kellogg, for many years res
ident of Chicago, died, March %, al
Townsville, Ga. He was President Of the
A. N. Kellogg Newspaper Company of Chi
caeo. He had been an invalid for several
years, and for a long time had been unable
to give his personal attention to the extern
sive business which he established. Mr..
Kellogg was born at Reading, Pa, March
20, 1892, and graduated with distinction mt
Columbia College, New York, in 1852. He
was a son of Frederick Kellogg and the
youngest of six children. He married Annie
f. Barnes n. Baraboo, Wis, Aug. 81, 1859.
After leaving college he removed to Bara-
boo, Wis, where he purchased the Repablic,
which he published during the war. He
was one of the pioneers of the ready print
industry
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
RABIES IN WOLVES.
N. Pasteur Not Discouraged by the
Death or One OF His Russian
Patients.


l1ufis bpcclhll
have just had the following interview
with M. Pasteur about the death from
hydrophobia Of the Russian Mujik, Ka-
iusurow:
Correspondent-was rabies the cause of
Kajusurow's death?
nj. Pasteur-Undoubted
Correspondent - DO you consider his
death shows that his treatment by inocula-
ton was inefficacious?
M. Pasteur-By no means. 1t proves
that the virus of mad wolf is more intense
and works more rapidly than the virus of
mad dog. Kajusurow was bitten March /.
He died OF rabies nineteen days after the
bite. He had only received seven inocula-
tons, and virus OF serious strength can only
be used on the sixth incubation. His wound
was terrible. Part of his jaw was torn away,
and the VOLTS fangs penetrated right
through and caused what amounted al
most 10 direct incubation into the brain of
the wolf s virus. / am informed by ply
sicians from Russia, where bites from mad
wolves are more common than those from
mad dogs, that death after the bite of a mad
wolf often occurs sixteen days after the
bite, and that 90 per cent of those bitten
by mad wolves die of rabies. Thus, in the
pure interest of science, the death of Ka-
JusurOW may De considered dement,. ne
autopsy made yesterday proves conclusively
that Kajusurow died of rabies. If the
treatment succeeds in the cases of the
eighteen others bitten by the same wolf
what demonstration can be more complete?
Corespondent-These Mujiks, then pre-
sent the most severe test that the prophy-
Tactic method has yet been subjected to?
Nj. Pasteur-Yes, think so.
While conversing those Russians Mujiks
whose wounds enabled them to leave the
hospital arrived at the laboratory. They
We're depressed at the death of their COM
rade, but were confident of the success Of
Nj. Pasteur's treatment SO far as they were
concerned. They all wore enormous boots,
and filled the laboratory with a most acrid
smell of Russian leather and tar. They
received their last incubation to- day, but
will remain in Paris a month longer. NJ.
Pasteur and DIR. Grancher visit the other
Russians, who are still confined to their
beds at the hospital, every day. The PRIEST
wounds are so severe that his lip and part
of his cheek are to be cut away in a few
days. Another Muiik is suffering from
fever. The Russian Ambassador and Bar
oness de Mohrenheim take great interest in
them, sending them Russian tea, vodka,
pickles, and other national refreshments.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01


know that deep within your heart OF hearts
You hold me shrined apart from common
things.
And that my step. my voice. can bring to you
gladness that no other presenco brings
And yet. dear love. through all tho weary days
You never speak one word OF tenderness,
Nor stroke my hair. nor softly clasp my hand
Within your own in loving, mute caress.
You think, perhaps should be all content
TO know so well the loving place hold
Within your life. and 30 you do not dream
How much long to hear the story told.
You cannot know. when we two sit alone
And tranquil thoughts within your mind are
stirred.
Ny heart is crying like tired child
For one fond look, one gentle. loving word.
It may be when your eyes look into mine
You only say, "How dear she ia to mo I"
Oh. could read IL in your softened glance,
How radiant this plain old world would be.
Perhaps, sometimes, you breathe secret
That choicest blessings unto me be given,
But IL you said aloud, God Bless thee, dear"
should not ask greater boon from heaven
weary sometimes of the rugged way,
But shou you say, Through thee my life Is
sweet"
The dyearest desert that our path could cross
Would suddenly grow green beneath my feet.
It's not the bsundless waters ocean holds
That give refreshment TO the thirsty flowers,
But just the drops that, rising to the skies,
From thence descend I'm softly falling sho wers
What matter that our granaries are filed
With all the richest harvsst's golden stores,
III We who own them cannot enter in,
But famished stand ber4re the close-b barred
doors.
And 40 tits sad that those who should be rich
In that true love which crowns our earthly lot
Go praying with white lips from day to day
For loves sweet tokens, and receive them not
The 4dudnce.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

The 14th has always heen considered
in England peculiarly unlucky for
brides. Why. tradition saith not. In
the Orkney Isles the bride selects an
evening for her wedding when there is
a full moon and q flowing tide. In
Scotland the last day of the year is
considered lucky; the brides prospects
in life are supposed to be brilliant.
Sunday is great favorite with brides
in some parts of England and Ireland.
The French demoiselle, however,
thinks the first Friday in the month
particularly fortunate for her nuptials.
In Sweden the bride on her way back
from church has pieces of bread in her
pockets. These sho throws away on
her road to her home 70 insure her good
luck. 1t is ill-fortune to the one who
picks up the crumbs. If the brSe
loses her slipper on her way from
church she will lose all her troubles,
and the one who picks it up will gain
riches.
In every country it is an unhappy
omen for the wedding to be put off
when once the day has been fixed, and
in Eng,an it is believed great mis-
fortune will ensue if a bridegroom
stand. if only for moment, at the
junction of crossroads on his wedding
morn. In England, so, it is thought
a sign of bad luck if the bride fails to
shed tears on her wedding-day, or if
she turns back to take last look at
herself in her wedding toilet
Among the English lasses it is bad
| luck for bride to look back or go back
when once she has started tor the
church, or to marry dressed in green,
or to let the ceremony go on while there
is an open grave in the churchyard.
When the bridemaids undress the bride
they must be sure to throw away all
the pins, to make sure of good luck to
themselves as we'll IS for her. If a
single pin be left in the brides raj
ment, woe unto her. And if bride
maid should keep one of them she will
not be married before Whitsuni;de or
the Easter following. Therefore bride
maids in England are not given to pre-
serving the pins from the bridal cos
tunes. III the bridal party venture of
the land they must go up stream, and
the bride, to make certain of good luck,
must, on the happy day, wear something
old and something new, something gold
and something blue" IT she sees q
strange cat that day she will take it as
an omen that sh is to be very happy
and if on the morning of her wedd ng-
day she steps from her bed on some
thing higher than the floor, aud then
on something higher still, she will rise
in the world from the time of her mar
riage. To make sure of this, the maiden
has chair and q table at her bedside,
and steps from one to the other on ris-
ing from her slumbers on her wedding
morn. On leaving her home, and on
starting from the church to return, she
is very careful to step out with the
right foot first and is careful not to
address her husband after they are wed
without first calling h m by his full
name. The break of the wedding ring
is sign that the wearer will soon be Q
| widow - Erch1NOp
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

STEAMBOAT FRANK, a Modoc Ind an,
who was captured at the time of the
Modoc war, and who is still prisoner
of the United States, is attending, by
permission of the Government, the
Oak Grove Seminary in Maine. He
now calls himself Frank Modoc, and
is studying for the ministry. He is
making good progress in his studies,
and is apparently devout Christian.
He is proud of his descent from long
line of Modoc chieftains, and conducts
himself with true Indian dignity
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

Among the collection of Indian curl
osiiies owned by Major Long, Of the State
Soldiers Home, is an old British flag given
to the Indians at the Sault long before the
war of independence, as peace Offering,
by the ambassadors of the English Govern
ment. 1t was presented to him by O-shaw-
wa-no- ke- wau-ze, the old Indian chieftain.
O-shaw- ste. was chief of the Five Nations
many years ago, and was ranked with Red
Jacket and Pontiac as an Indian orator.
warrior. and leader.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01

place. and is Of practical nature TO
recommend itself to the simplest COM
prehension. A dog went mad. 1t was
not very large dog. and it came spring
ing along in the young woman's vicin-
ity. She did not run away, but stood
her ground bodily, and when the dog
got close enough to her she clapped
over him the washtub. Then she sat
down upon the washtub. She was n
full-sized, buxom young woman, such
as Kansas frequently produces; and
that washtub staid just where she had
put it, though the mad dog bounced
around inside with the greatest vehe-
mence They had no difficulty in killing
the dog through the tub. No one fears
hydrophobia, and even the young lady
who sat upon the dog with the tub be-
tween them is considered out OF danger
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
FOUR MEN KILLED.
A Train i'm Texas Plunges Through Tres
tie, Causing Fatal Results.


kildare TEX special
A terrible accident occurred about two
miles west of this place, resulting in the
loss of four lives and the serious injury of
one of the leading business men of Cass
County. At the time mentioned, the log
train on the jefferson Lumber Company
logging railway, running from Kildare
down into the pineries, was running at n
high rate Of speed coming toward town.
The train consisted of an engine and
three heavily loaded fat-cars, and was
in the middle of $50 foot trestle fourteen
feet high, when the structure sud-
denly gave way, letting the entire
tain through, instantly killing the
engineer, w. w. Skidmore, and three ne
gro who had boarded the train only'a few
moments before it reached the trestle. The
bodies of the negroes we're crushed to Jelly,
the great logs rolling over them and flatten-
ing them out TO the thickness of ones hand.
Mr.. 5. +. Bemis, one of the proprietors of
the jefferson Lumber Company, was sit
ting in the cab when the train went down,
and while Skidmore, the engineer, was
killed, Mr.. Bemis escaped with several
serious wounds, but il Is thought he will
recover. His legs and hands are terribly
scalded by the escaping steam, but he had
presence OF mind enough to threw himself
on the ground, face down.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-04-01
Fooled Her.

you bet fooled my wife the lst day
of April" said one man to another the
other morning.
"How did you fool her?"
"Why. 1 went home at dinner time
and pretended to be as mad as the
dickens about something, and when she
asked me what was the matter ripped
and snorted around and told her it was
none of her business, and that if she
didn't keep her mouth shut I'd box her
ears. And, will you believe it, fooled
her so badly, pretending to be angry,
hat she hauled off and knocked me
down with skillet. Exchange.