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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
The Leach ROaStGr and Baker Co.

"Your pans give more satisfaction for light
bread than anything l ever used in my life"
"For fruit cake these pans will beat any other
pans used" "Your pans are needed for quick
cooking 'My cook thinks she cannot cook a
piece of meat without it," For turkeys they
are the boss" would not be without them
for five times their cost" These are the saw
ings of prominent ladies in regard to the Leach
Rooster and Baker My agents make from 81 s
to $50 per week selling these goods. Write for
terms at once to
THE LEACH RoAsTR & BAKER Co.,
16tf Paxton, Illinois.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Machine Agents Hired Again.

MASON Cry, Iowa, Jan 13.-Many of
the agents who were discharged by the
Mccormack, Deering and other harves-
ter companies have received notification
that their services would be continued
under former prices. There were sew
eral hundred laid off in Northern Iowa
who will now resume work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Postmasters Confirmed.
No Chan~e at I.incoID

LINCOLN, Neb., Jan. 13.-There is no
change in the situation regarding the
two governors. The quo warranto case
will come up in the supreme court dur
ing the morning.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Goes Hungry for Money.

DETROIT, Mich, Jan. 13.-Arthur Mil
meau, the rival of Succi, the faster, has
commenced a. thirty days fast. He will
abstain from all foods and liquids except
water He will receive purse of 81 900
if he is successful, and $500 additional if
he prolongs the fast to forty-five days.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Four Men Killed.

VICTORIA, B. c., Jan. ia terrible
accident has occurred here. While en-
gagged unloading salmon from the
steamer Danube the wharf collapsed un-
der the heavy freight and four men were
killed and several others injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Montana Lerislature.

HELENA, Mont, Jan. 12-After the
reading Of Governor Toole's message
both houses Of the legislature adjourned
until evening.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
New Railway Commissioner

New YORK, Jan. 12.-The railway ad-
yisory board met at the Windsor hotel
and after considerable discussion elected
the following commissioners: Messrs
Midgley, Finley, Fairthorne, Smilk,
Wing and Walker. Mr.. Walker was
elected chairman.
Postmasters Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 13.-The senate has
confirmed the following postmasters:
Iowa-A. w. Jameson, Ackley.
Minnesota Charles g. Mullen, Ma
della; W. II. Divey, Moorhead; Fl. M.
Serkland, st. James.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Arms for North Dakotans.

DEVILS LAKE, n. D., Jan. 13.-Gov-
ernor Burke has shipped eighty guns and
ammunition, to the sheriff here. The
arms were requested by the citizens as
q precautionary measure.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
COFFlNS FOR TWO,
DIR. Tanner Challenges Signor Succi to
Fast to a Finish.

CHICAGO, Jan. 13.-A special dispatch
from Clinton, Mo-, says: Dr. III. S.
Tanner, the man who was famous for so
long for having tasted forty days, now
lives on farm eighteen miles southwest
of this city He now challenges Signor
during the worlds fair, to test the mat
ter in ninety days fast on water only;
or, if Succi prefers, let the fast continue
from day to day till one or the other
Yields the contest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Senator Hearst Improvinx.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 12.-Members Of
Senator Hearst's family report the SEN
atar's condition rs much improved.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
Mason Dissents.

Chairman Mason dissents from his col
leagues in the following conclusions:
Where they find that the conduct of
Wood during the negotiations with Gov
ernor Foraker disclosed his depravity,
and believe that careful scrutiny of
the paper shows its false character; also
that the publication of the false paper
in The Commercial Gazette showing
Mr.. Campbell's name and suppressing
all other signatures, was almost as bad
as the original fabrication of the paper
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-01-16
NORTHWE STERN

Fast through trains are also run between
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Kansas City,
via Sioux City, with Pullman sleepers
the entire distance, st. Paul to Omaha,
Kansas City, Salt Lake, San Francisco
and Portland. Dining cars are run on
all through trains over this line between
Minneapolis, st. Paul and Chicago. Be-
sides being the best
LINZ
between these principal cities, the Chi
cago & North Western system of lines
composed of the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
neapolis & Omaha, Chicago & North
Western, and Fremont, Elkhorn & Mo-
Valley Rvs (all advertised as 'The
North Western Line, ") offers the quick
est means of reaching all cities and
towns IN the territory intersected by it.
In connection with Union Pacific the c.,
st. Paul, M. & o. Ry. also forms q
through line to the Pacific coast, operat-
ed as the Lake Superior, st. Paul, & IN
ion Pacific Line. All particulars, with
maps and time tables, may be obtained
at any station, or write direct to
T. w. TEASDALE,
Gent Passenger agent, st. Paul,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
Wild Beasts Far-sIphted.

A curious communication has been
made to the Academic de MEDICINE"
by NJ. Motais of Anglers, whose works
on the various diseases of the eve are
highly esteemed. He has closely ex-
ahmed the effect OF captivity on the
sight OF wild beasts, such rs lions
tigers, &c, and asserts that all
ANIMALS IN savage state are far
sighted. The same mark applies to
man in an uncivilized state, and even
to those who, though civilized. follow
avocations which oblige them to re-
man constantly in the open air, such
as sailors or farm laborers.
The same faculty subsists in Gagged
ANIMALS when they have been taken
after the age Of SIX or eight months;
hut when born in captivity, or kept in
cages when very young, they become
near sighted, which NJ. Motais attri-
butes 70 the narrow space in which
they are confined, and the training
winch obliges them to follow the eye
OIL the Keeper or tanner to obey his will.
The near-sightedness OF school chill
dren may in his opinion, be ascribed
TO the same cause.-the habit of con-
centrating. the sight on one point, and
the TACT that the power OF the visual
organ becomes modified according TO
the requirements to which it is subject
ed.-Murray's Magazine.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
Gum i'm Red.

When l went east recently, on the
sleeper with me was an elderly gentleman
accompanied by very pretty young lady.
Inc elderly gentleman asked her what
she was going t. tell about her trip when
she got home, and her tongue ratified AWAY
WIN low OF language that was charm
ing and showed that she was educated
an observant. But alas. Tho light n
the next morning blotted out tho good
opinion had formed about her. AS she
awoke heard her uncle ask her how she
slept and she said:
Uncle, l stiyed awake all night be-
cause | could not sleep and keen nv pum
in my mouth as other girls do; so laid
awake all night chewing it,"
Every male individual in the steamer
was disguised with her and from that mo-
ment she was changed girl in the
opinion of all.
ut is getting to be quite era for
6 rls % chew gum at night, and it is a
most ruinous habit They lose their rest.
uie their usually pretty Jaws and wake
up IN the morning peeyish, cross grained.
with sallow com lexion, their digestive
organs impaired and their beauty and
vivacity gonel
1T is fact that girls who make a
haoit or chewing gum are sure O lose
their plumpness and pretty cheek as 1t
deve ops the masscter muscles at move
the jaw, to the detrimcnt of tho fatty
substance that produces thep pcheeks.
this is not ALL It is sure to stretch
the mouth and spoil tho graceful pos tion
Of the lips, as wei as toprodu wrinkles.
|. certainly very DISGUSTING buf
think 1t will soon play out like he + Her
skatin craze.-Dr. II. w. Childs In Pitts.
burg Dispatch.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

the hours were as inmates. A..
she turned and re-entered tha ~
with tottering steps she reoa; S noos
room: once there, she gathesadp eo a
calmness wrote and folded 81 HI
carried it herself to Walter,aa not
and then, again in her own 81 foos|
her task over, she fell, witbona.n
ton or consciousness, on tho v ~ NJ
When Walter Elliot returna aGof
his ride, ne found upon his tax, fua
following note:- 'o'e u
"Grace has told me all; Won
free! YOU al
When she rejoined them IT,
morning, she was again calm d;s o neg
and even cheerful. Walter ana 1 ~
never knew the struggle and an uisa
this had cost our heroine, and n Wg1l
said to himself, "She is is too co, a'.s
love-" 'o'a 70
Grace went with Walter To b;.,
don home; Laura STAYED with ,I l0n'
uncle; when he died, she still kan s I as
house; though part of every vsar 10
spent with Grace. If you ask her wa Va
she was never married, she sm ny
shakes her head, and says She w vaa's
tended for an "old maid" and ba o % =
work out her destiny.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
How Thread is Numbered.

Every body knows the sizes of thread
Every seamstress knows whether she wants
No. or 80 or 1870, and knows, when sbo
hears that number, about what size Is tho
strand referred to; but how the numbers
ha pen to be what they are and lust
what they mean, not one person In q
Thousand knows. And yet it is q simple
matter to explain, was tho information
accorded reporter by an employee of one
of the largest spool cotton manufactures
in the nited States. When $40 Yards of
yarn weigh 7, 900 grains, pound of cotton,
the yam is No. /. If 1,GSO yards weigh a
pound 1t will I've Nc. 2 yarn. For No. so
yarn it would take fifty multiplied by $40
yards to weigh q pound. This is the
whole OF the yarn measurement. The
early manufactured thread was three-cord-
and the thread took Its number from the
number OF the yarn from which it was
made. No. 80 yarn made No. so thread,
though IN point Of fact the actual calIber
OF NO. 90 thread would equal No. 20 yarn.
Icing three 20 strands.
When the sewing machine came into
the market as tine great consumer, up-
reasoning in its work and memorable In
It's demands for mechanical accuracy, six
cord cotton had to be made as a smoother
Product. AS thread numbers were already
established, they were MT altered for the
new article, and No. 60 six ord and No,
6o three-cord are Identical in size as we'll
as In number. To effect this the six-cord
has to he made of yarn twice as frm AS
that demanded by the three cord. The
No. 60 six-cord would be six strands of
NO. 10 yarn, Three-cord spool cotton IS
the same number as the yarn is made OF.
SiX-cord spool cotton is double its number,
AS simple thing as thread is, there are
1000 different kinds made.-New York
Mail and Express.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

Eyes. Business is the only question
between us now.
sit down. l can't talk to you while
you stand up there. And I've lots to say. 4"
TO show how little she feared him she
obeyed
''Now," he said, ito come to the point !;
what proposal have you to make? Pm
your husband, and with all your put-on
pride and carelessness, you know l have
the whip-hand at last"
II will do this" she said. ''0n certain
conditions l will give you one-half Of my
income. "
And how much may your income be Pr
1.-Two thousand Ave hundred year,
am told"
"You lie," said Hervey coa,sely. 1T
is more"
Beatrice flushed. She half rose from
her seat, then returned to it without
troubling to reply.
Take 1t for arguments sake, it Is So"
said the man. Now for the conditions.
That you never seek me, never trouble
me, never make known to any one that l
am your wife"
You have kept the secret then?"
zone other person knows it, my faith
fur servant"
That bag! OF course you hoped
shou die in the five years"
NO" said Beatrice simply; 'but l
hoped l might"
Tho duel was progressing. The advan-
tage as yet had been to Beatrice. Horvey's
turn was to come.
Listen" he said 81 have also a pro-
posal to make, and conditions" Beatrice
bent her head.
"fou have two thousand five hundred
a year. The hundreds are quito enough
for woman to live on the thousands
shall be mine"
ITO BE Continued
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COURT PRESENTATIONS
Money not Always the "Ona, q
same"tO Royal Courts o.

Money not Always the "On., o
same"to Royal Courts. ~
Half of the American woman
perhaps all of them, who spend thai
money and energies in obtainin, .
presentation to royalty-at the no;,
OF the bayonet, so to speak-hayeh n
one idea in view. 1t is to saw H..
have been at close quarters with II.
Queen of England, and breatbed a.
same atmosphere for about two ar,
one-half seconds as that pudpv In.
vlrtuous monarch. This is sometb;u.
to relate to ones relatives at bom!
perhaps. The cost OF presentation
as every one knows, ranges fror
hundreds to thousands of dollars hr.
OF course, the good American like N,
Mantalini "dem'ds the expense. and
is only too thankful if no divorce M,
scandal prevents the Lord Chambe,
lain from ordering a taboo at that ~
any other royal function in the bers
after. Judging, however, bv tn.
names which have already been ssn
in by that exalted functionary. tk
over rich citizen of the United Stats
does not always get there. The linz
1T seems, can be drawn, even at n
Court presentation Let us be eratshl
for so much, although it breaks n
millionaire cart or two to find th
Mighty Dollar is not sesame in roya
Il Il
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
WILL.

There is no chance, no destiny, no fate
Can circumvent, or hinder or control
The firm resolve of determined soul.
Gifts count for nothing; will alone is great (;
All things give way before 1t soon or late.
What obstacle can stay tho mighty
force
Or cause the ascending orb of day to waltz
Each well-born soul must win what it
deserves.
Let the fool pirate Of lnck. The fortunate
is he whose earnest purpose never
sWervcs,
Whose slightest action or inaction
serves
The one great aim.
Why, even Death stands still,
And waits an hour sometimes for such will.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

Mrs. MAUD b. BooTH, commissioner
OF the Salvation Army, says there is
more vice In London than In New
York, but in proportion to population
there is more suffering in New York.
She thinks this comes from the fact
that there is the greatest commingling
OF races in the world to be found in the
lower quarters OF New York. and the
fact that so many can only talk a
strange language has much to do with
suffering. Vice reigns supreme among
the lower classes In London. The same
class OF English country folk are the
purest people in the world. She thinks
this difference is caused by the want OF
proper government. Modern municipal
government, she says. put a premium
on immortality.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
Printers Epltaphs.

One of the oldest epitaphs upon
printer is that inscribed upon mon.
ument erected in st. M-.ry's Church,
Datchet, to Christopher Barker, at
one time printer to Queen Elizabeth.
1t runs as follows:
Here Barker lies, once printer to the Grown,
Whose works OF art acquired great II.
nown;
Time saw his WORTH and spread around bis
lame,
That future printers might imprint hi
But when his strength could work the PCS
no more,
And his last sheets were folded into. store
Pure faith, with hope (the greatest treasurs
given),
Opened their gates and babe him pass 10
heaven.
In different strain is the next cpl
taph we shall quote. 1t purports to
be written by the defunct himself but
whoever wrote it showed pretty
turn for making q merry uuip OF Sc.
rious topic. No better idea Of death
being q releasefrom cares and troubles
could be conveyed than in the follow.
ing lines:
No more shall copy bad perplex my brain,
NO more shall types small face my eyeball,
strain;
No more the proofs foul page create mo
troubles
BY errors, transpositions, outs and doubles;
No more to overrun shall begin;
NO more be driving out or driving in;
The stubborn pressman brow now may
scoff,
Revised, corrected, and finally worked OF
Here is a curt complaint:
Weary of distributing pye,
Pressed out of life, | now must die.
I've cut my stick, my fount is sped,
MY case is empty as in life my head.
IN TACT, my last impression is-I'm dead.
Manchester times.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

The smuggling OF opium on the
frontier between the United States and
Canada is an iniquitous traffic that can
hardly be stopped while the extremely
high duty makes the business 80 profit
able. Either the duty should be re-
duced, Or better still, guards should be
stationed at the point where this SNUG
gled opium is disposed OF, and the
smugglers be severely punished. Only
poor cheap kind OF opium comes in
this way. but it is becoming 80 abun-
dant that 1t supersedes in many drug
stores the better opium on which full
duty has been paid.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
Cupid Watered the Right One

About 4s years ago there was young
lady in Lincoln county who had two
sweethearts and, not being able to decide
between the two, she sci out two wild 10,
Gus bushes In he yard, naming one for
each OF her lovers, and believing in the
old adage ''if he loves Inc .ha bush will
grow " and 'ac ording her faith, so It
happened unto her." One of the bushes
very soon withered, but the other flourish
cd and, In the course of tiho. she married
the gentleman for whom the growing bush
was named. They reared large family.
VINO are well known throughout several
counties, and the locust bush also grew
and multiplied. This may Gem to some n
ialry DRY, but it is absolutely true.--At-
lanta Constitution,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

The only object which any man can
have in becoming skillful at his trade.
excelling in his ability to produce, is
that he will be able TO demand higher
price for his labor. There is no doubt
OF the fact that soma men are worth
more than others. Where it is possible
to have work done ON the piece sys-
lem each man gets paid according to
his skill and productive capacity. but
this system cannot be employed on all
classes OF work. As general rule, a
good workman, one who is skilled Mt
his trade and is working to excel. new
er has any difficulty about finding en-
ployment, and seldom ever has occa-
sion to complain of his wages, and 1t
is question which all should carefully
consider, whether or not they are to be
benefited by joining trades union.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
How a Snake Hunts OuaiI

In Montana on Sunday snake was oh.
served which could iml a.e the whistle of
the bob White' with ease. While II
was under surveillance it ,r.uched in the
long prairie grass and emitted n call as
plainly as any partridge ,oul |. Continu-
ing the effort, 1t soon heard an answer.
ana moment later young quail alighted
almost ut its mouth. Cui k as q Hash II
sprang upon IS victim; there WAS a mo-
mentary iiutter of wings, stray feather
or two an then the snake remained mas
ter of the field. To those who doubt this
story the prairie is still shown as proof Of
the vcracity OF the narrators. -Philadel.
phla Times.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

THIS is an age for practical and
thoughtful men in every line of trade
or profession, and there is every en-
enlargement for those who are am
bilious and energetic. There was
never time in the worlds history
when the opportunities were so great
und openings more numerous for the
attainment of position and influence.
For the workingman there is every
opportunity to rise, TO become skilled
and competent artisan, to excel in his
line OF work.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
CHAPTER XXI.

NAMING PROUD KNEES BEND.
Hervey inspired by an exquisite refine
ment OF malice made his rooms as untidy
d unpleasant looking as possible. and
gave orders IT, the servant not TO attend tn
them. He proposed to bring BeatrIce
down ON her knees and to one of her
type, he felt that the process would be
doubly disagreeable when it took place
In such place as this. His personal
appea ance, too, he arranged to cores
pond with his surroundings, and then
gave orders that if lady called she was
to be shown up at once.
Promptly at l2 o'clock the door opened.
ana Beatrice stood before him. Hcrvey
looked az her and In sneering tone said:
wei, my afectionate wife you've
grown INTO quite fine piece of goods
quite tip topper, no end of n swell.
you haven pined much for me, | guess. ;,
She shlvered as she heard his voice and
coarse, mocking compliment. but she kent
her proud eyes on him. .'You have some
thing to say to me-say it, She spoke
sternly. 'S
Say l should think It was for Won
to say something You who sent me To
herd with felons for five years. You who
would not stretch out hand to save me.
What have you to say?' lie spoke with
q vicious bitter intonation.
She said nothing She might have told
him of misery which she had undergone.
misery which she had to undergo. TO which
his well-merlted punishment was MS
nothing. 80
Nearly five years. he went OH. ..tbinlk
OF that-dull dead drudsery. Week after
week, month after month, year after wear
the same. All through you-throuch Won
And now, my sweet wife, which do Won
expect mo to do, to strike you or TO k'ss
you?'
"'fou have done both to me. she said
slowly and bitterly. 1.-THE memory of Tho
kiss is to-day more degrading to me than
that of the blow. lie scowled as her
seorn stung him-scowled and took an
other step toward her
There was sharp pointed knife living
on the table, Beatrice's fingers mcchan.
lcally rested themselves on the handle.
III you touch me" she said quietly. ~
think shall kill you.
The man knew she meant It. lie threw
fully. '0''"
Come" he said, ''let us 10 to busi-
nes-." ~ W '"''-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14
FARMER EMO ON PREACHlN.

Well. wife, town sermons, seems to mo,
Are like the ridin' plough,
They're easy, purity kind o. things,
But don't go deep, somehow.
They take ye over lots o. ground,
An science styles is such,
Both In the sermon and the plough,
That one don't feel it much.
To day our preacher skinned along,
An 'peared TO do heap,
A cuttin, kivrin' Of the weeds
He oughter ploughed in deep;
An when he halted at the end,
An got his team ungeared,
The devil LATED to see the tares
A CROWN, I'm afeared.
This scientific ploughin', now,
An science preachin', too,
Both run too shaller for the work
The pint has got to do.
You've got 10 let the traces out
An change the cleyis pin,
Then hist the handles, hold 'em tight,
Aud let the pint go in.
-Lu b. Clarke
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-05-14

RUSSIA in Europe, with an area two
thirds Of our own, greater popula-
ton and an ancient settlement has
only four cities OF 200, 900 inhabitants
or over, while we have sixteen. Ger
many, with $50 inhabitants to the
square mile against our twenty-one to
the square mile, has only eight cities
OF 200, 1000 inhabitants or over, and
France. with an almost equal density
OF population, has but four such cities.
No European country has more than
one city OF o million inhabitants or
over; we have three.