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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27
ROCK COUNTY TO THE FRONT.

Rock county has come to the front
with her share of the additional
100000 asked by the Worlds Fair
commission. On Friday last. Sena-
tor LaDue sailed forth armed with
note for s430, payable Feb. 10, 1893,
to the order of Gov. Merriam and ask
ed for signers. 1t was the original
intention to secure 100 signers. max
ing a liability of $3.50 apiece. On
Friday, however, 10 were secured
without going outside of Luyerne.
and so the good work went on, and
there are now $50 good signatures TO
the note with more to hear from. II
the next legislature is disposed to
make an additional appropriation,
the signers will not be asked to pay.
If, however, this is not the case, the
liability is so small that no one, will
| feel it.-Rock County Neacs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27
WILL PRESENT THEIR VIEWS.

DR.. Briggs and number of other
clergymen, who take executions TO
certain interpretations of some por-
lions of the Bible, are. to deliver
series of discOurses in New York, up
on the position they take as regards
the Bible. The first one was given
last Sunday night and will be follow
ed upon succeeding Sunday evenings
by others. The plan of these gentle
men in presenting their side to the
public is most proper one. When
they have finished, the differences be-
tween them and their brother clergy
men can be easily weighed 10y the
public, and those who believe their
advanced views border upon heresy.
may possibly find nothing very heret-
ical in them after all. These who
criticise DR.. Briggs and his followers,
should remember that they are earn
est Christian men, striving to reach
the truth. and not attempting TO dis
mantle the church. If there are err
rors in the Interpretation Of certain
portions Of the Bible, they should be
corrected. Errors that have gathered
around the church have been swept
away in the past and it is barely pos
sible some yet remain which should
likewise be cast aside. It is only by
a free discussion of these questions
that the truth can be arrived at.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27
A PHILANTHoPIG MOVEMENT.

A movement has been started in
New York, which its promoters say
is destined to spread around the en-
tire globe It has for its purpose the
enlisting the earnest assistance of
men of all denominations. and also Of
the press, and by uniting the pulpit
and the press do a greater work in the
interest Of humanity, and make the
world better place to live in. More
than fifty New York ministers will
consider the subject in their pulpits
tomorrow, and it viii also be noticed
by preachers in many other localities.
The movement is backed by such men
as Dr. Burrell. President Seth Low.
of Columbia College. Bishop Potter
Chauncy II. Depew, Joseph Howard,
Jr.. Ex-Mayor Hewitt. Rev. Josiah
Strong, Dr.. Albert Shaw. Rev. Hebefi
Newton, DR.. Lyman Abbott, Richard
Watson Glider and many others.
It proposes TO take hold OF the vari-i
Gus evils that cluster around our great
cities. and many of our small ones
too, for that matter, and as far as
possible remove them. In one partic-
ular the promoters. of the movement
are very sensible. They propose to.
take up but one evil at time, and
when that is removed. or the public
thoroughly aroused, will move upon
another
Social problems will be largely dis
cussed, and naturally children win
come in for good share of attention.
In fact. among the first questions
which viii attract the attention of
the movement, are child-labor and
compulsory education.
The consolidation of the various de-
nominations and the press in this
work viii make mighty engine for
good, and then working together viii
cause broader growth of ideas. and q
more kindly feeling for each other up
on many questions, and will secure a
in reform movements
that has heretofore been impossible.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

The wheat receipts Of the principal
grain centers of the west so far during
November have been Is, soc. GOO bush
els against 1900, 600 for the same
weeks last year. The expectation OF
bread stuffs for the first ten months
for this year exceeds that of last year
by S50.000,000 of dollars, and it. is
thought viii reach $50. 1000, 900 10y the
close Of the year. The great increase
has occurred since August. No won
der that reports come from all direc-
tlons that mortgages are being liqui-
dated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

MINNEAPOLIS Journal; The State
Department at Washington will very
naturally make reciprocity a regular
feature of the diplomacy of the de-
partment. This viii necessitate the
appointment to the consulates of 9TH
er than mere politicians. Our consuls
should be men of business. able to
write and talk in the language of the
country TO which they are credited.
That is England's system. The con-
suls are always active in working up
foreign trade for British manufactur-
erS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

AN Albert Lea dispatch says: The
water works system recently COM
pleted for the ,city has finally been
accepted, and the city engineer has
charge OF it. 1t has cost about s25,-
600, and, considering its character, has
been built remarkably cheap. There
is high powerpump, affording direct
pressure, and an immense iron tank
on an eigty-five-foot tower with suffi-
cient pressure TO throw water from
the farthest hydrant twice the height
of every business house. Eight-inch
mains extend throughout the bust
ness and principal residence portions
OF the city, and it is believed more
complete and perfect system is not to
be found in the United States.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

The Secretary of the State Histori-
cal Society has the thanks of the
FREE PRESS for Vol 6. Part ,, of the
Society's publication. It contains an
account of the celebration of the dis
covery of the Falls of st. Anthony,
by Father Louis Hennepin. in 1850,
and much other valuable matter all
of which viii prove of great value as
the years go by. In collecting and pre-
serving these items of history, the
society is doing most valuable work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

Ar meeting Of the State Game and
Fish commission at st. Paul the other
day the annual report, which was sub
mitted. showed that the expenditures
for the past year were $500. Since
June 30, $500 of the appropriation of
$4,000 has been expended. It was re-
ported that nearly. 1000, 900 trout
had been distributed in Minnesota.
together with 10. ZOO, 000 wall-eyed pike
spawn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

The grain blockade or rather car
famine in South Dakota still contin-
ues and is proving serious thing for
the farmers. So far as the blockade
in Chicago is concerned, there is no
change. for although a large amount
of grain is shipped from there every
day, the rush OF grain from western
points keeps the channels full all the
time
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

THE st. Paul Globe says 'sthe year
1891 has been prosperous one," yet
when the Mckinley law was up for
discussion the Globe and other free
trade papers predicted all sorts of dis
asters TO the country should it be
adopted. The above is slight adj
mission that they were badly mis-
taken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

A DISPATCH from st. Paul in Thurs
day evening 'sMinneapolis Tribune says:
The announcement made exclusively
in the Tribune some days ago that the
Republican state central committee
would meet early in December was
confirmed Thursday when Joel p.
heatwole announced that the date
chosen for the meeting is Dec. -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

The various farmer organizations
which have been in session at Indian
apolis for the past few days have de-
clared in favor Of the Peoples party,
and split over the sub-treasury
scheme. If the boat is not TO wealth
er the first gale it experiences on the
political seas, what will it do in a hot
campaign?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

A JAMESTOWN, S. D. dispatch says
that but very little blowing has been
done in that vicinity, and that there
will be as great a demand for help in
the spring as there has been this fall.
1t also reports that 25 per cent. of the
wheat is still unthreshed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

A WASHINGTON correspondent says
that the speakership candidates are
after the Tammany tiger. From this
distance it looks as though the tiger
was after the Speaker. and as Tam
many is in the saddle, the tiger will
probably get what it wants.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

THE English Tories will go before
the people of England at the next
election with the proposition of ex-
tending the right Of suffrage to wo.
men who who are land owners OF
house owners. In this respect they
will occupy the most advanced posi-.
ton of any great political party in
the world.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

Gov BoIEs, Of Iowa, says that the
cornfields of that state should be
studied. The Governor ought to have
acted upon that advice before he
made bis famous eastern speech
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

IF Grover Cleveland should be nOm-
mated by the Democrats next year,
it viii be interesting to note whether
the New York Sun resumes it old cry
of, Democrats, get together
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27

Two centuries ago the death rate
of London was Sc per 1000. Now it is
put at u. The difference marks the
progress that has been made in sani-
tary lines.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-11-27
Opening of Fall and Winter
1901 SEASON 1892

We have just completed and ready to
show our new stock for the Fall and Winter
season now approaching. In consideration
of an enormous crop in our section of the
country, we have bought an unusually large
stock of goods, and like in everything else,
the more goods we can sell, the smaller
margin we can satisfy ourselves with. We
have prepared for large business this fall
in consequence of which we marked our
goods at Extremely Low PRICES.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07

ates, each double the size of the
"St. Louis" came into harbor and
anchored directly across her course
to sea. When the "St. Louis" came
to go out she sailed between the
two-without salute or recognition
her guns shotted, her decks
cleared, her men at quarters, primers
in the guns and lock strings taut.
But those were days in which it
would never have occurred to a
power like Chill to let a mob set
on American sailors ashore.
The est. Louis" Of to-day is a
receiving ship at League Island. It
would be we'll if the name were
again carried by some vessel of the
new navy, and if over her main
gangway were put to remind all
who saw it of the duty the Ameri-
can navy bears to American citi-
zens, Captain Ingham's last words
when he was begged not to risk a
fight against such odds in a crowded
harbor:
Gentlemen, the man must be de-
livered on shore or I will take him.
| cannot fail. My cause is just. /
have stated the time"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
Virtue Is Its Own Reward.
A few weeks ago a man eighty-si

A few weeks ago man eighty-six
years of age, who had spent the
best part of his life in aiding the
workingmen and workingwomen of
the country, was sent to the County
In6rmary of Columbus, Ohio. His
name isWilliam Allen, better known
as LAND Bill" Allen. For fifty
years Mr.. Allen lived in Perry coun-
ty, was the owner of a valuable farm
and was surrounded by happy
family. He commenced the agita-
ton, travelling over the country at
his expense, delivering speeches and
lectures, addressing legislatures and
helping to mold public sentiment,
until at last the National Home
stead law was passed by Congress,
giving every actual settler 100 acres
of land. In Ohio his work led to
the adoption in that State of the
Exemption laws, by which the poor
man has so much property set aside
exempt from sheriff s or constable's
sales. The work brought Mr.. Allen
much praise but no pay, and he
spent his fortune in the cause. His
farm in Perry county was sold by
the sheriff some years ago. The
members of his family died one
after another, and now he is in the
Observation-Disclosures.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
A Bold Plot,

A plot has been discovered in
New York city to kidnap the chill
dren Of certain millionaires and
hold them for heavy ransoms.
Inspector Byrnes, it is reported,
nipped the plot in the bud, which
was being engineered by gang of
the most noted criminals in the
country. The plan was, in SUBJ
stance, that the first child to be kid
naped was little George Gould, Jr.;
the next was boy, the youngest
child of Cornelius Vanderbilt; the
next baby boy in the family of
J. D. Rockefeller, the $15O,OO0,OO0
magnate; the next young Chauncey
M. Depew, Jr., and SO on until it
was an almost positive certainty
that thousands could be secured in
the way of ransom. The only init
nation that Mr.. Gould had that q
plot had been formed to kidnap his
child was the attempt man made
to secure the friendship of his gov
erness. She was young, rather
good-looking Swedish girl, who was
trusted almost absolutely with the
welfare of the younger children.
Early in the morning it was her
custom and part of her duty to take
one or the other of the Gould babies
out in the park or for stroll along
the streets and avenues. The men
who were in the plot planned their
scheme we'll. First they were to
become intimate with, or rather one
Of them was to court the governess.
After securing her complementary
would have married her if necessary
they were to take her for long
walk, and when the opportunity
arrived, abduct her.-Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
NOTICE
Of Application for q Permit to Cut
Timber Upon the Public Mineral
Lands --Unsurveyed.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed will, in compliance with the Act
0fCongress approved March 3, 1891, apply
TO the Honorable Secretary of the Interior
ofthe United States for permit to cut
timber upon tract of public mineral land
situated about six miles, in westerly
course, from the town of Ketchum, Alturas
county, Idaho, l q miles from sawm.ll, on
the left-hand fork of what is known as Dry
such, commencing at stake marked No.
at point about 50 rods from mouth of
SAID Dry gulch, in a westerly course from
stake; thence in a southwesterly course
2o2 rods to a stake marked No. q; thence
IN a course about 20 degrees south of east
cry course POO rods to summit of noun
tam to stake marked S. E.; thence east of
north about 20 degrees. a distance of 252
fods; thence 20 degrees north OF west to
punt OF commencement, distance of 233
ioas, Also, to cut timber on creek about
No miles from sawmill, in q westerly
course, estimated amount of timber to be
Aooul 5oo,J0 feet, and no more.
A. ADAMS.
hetchum, August Z, 1891.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
People Who Make Us Unhappy.

The passion which possesses some
people to point out the unwhole-
someness of what we eat and drink,
is similar, l suppose, to that which
causes others to find fault with our
innocent pleasures. We are hurt
by neither one nor the other, and
they know it; but they resent our
innocent enjoyments. Every article
to which ordinary objection can be
made has long been tabooed by the
sanitarians; and how they have
commenced a crusade against straw
berries. If you pick them yourself
indeed, you only get the rheuma-
tism by STOPPING, but if you buy
them you don't know what you get.
Have you ever. they ask, seen q hop
picker? Well, strawberry picker
is worse than that. You would
never eat Strawberries and cream
again, but only strawberries dipped
in disinfectant vinegar. There is
only one thing more handled than
strawberries, and that's raspberries.
If this sort Of thing goes on, apples
and oranges will be held to be in
sufficiently protected; nothing will
seem secure to the fastidious but
Barcelona nuts which can only be
cracked in the door and then lhey
viii die Of indigestion. Exchange.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
Prevalence of Gambling.

The article on Prevalence o1
Gambling" which is published in
the October number of the Forum,
is one of the clearest and best ex-
plantations of the almost universal
prevalence of gambling that has
appeared for many years. 1t is
written by w. B. Curtis, editor of
the Spirit of the Times:
1T is safe to say" writes Mr.. Cur
tis, "that there never was time in
the history of the world when gam
bling was so rife among all classes
of people as at present. In fact many
legitimate branches of business are
tinged with the hue of specula-
ton; those persons who do not bet
on horse races or in stocks, crafty
their speculative tendencies by dab
ling in rural town lots, in mining
shares and in various other so-called
business enterprises, the methods
of which are really variations of the
methods of gamblings by the rou-
lette-wheel with twenty eagle birds
instead of one. The same class of
men who, in the last century, wa
gered thousands and hundreds of
thousands ON the turn Of a card or
on the emptying of a dice-box, now
speculate in the stock, produce or
the cotton exchange, and on horse
racing, which is at present the great
est of all gambling games.
Mr.. Curtis, after citing figures to
show the vast scale on which betting
is carried at horse races and in
lotteries, presents some interesting
views on the moral effect of this
vice upon those who indulge in it
persistently. Gambling" he says,
lis reprehensible, but the spirit
that underlies it is noble. A gen.
uine gambler is a great man gone
wrong, and gambling is misdirec-
ton of courage and energy and
enterprise-of all those attributes
that make man most manly. The
same mental qualities that enable
a man to await without a tremor
The turn of card that carries his
fortune, or the stock quotation that
may make him a beggar, will lead
him to face death unHinchingly at
,he call Of glory, of honor or of
luty; will bring him first over the
when forlorn hope
saves the army, and will nerve him
20 risk his life for others at the
hrottle, in the surf, amid flames
md smoke or in a hospital"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
Advocates the Use of Alcohol.

The great storm of discussion
which DR.. J. Mortimer Granville
started in the London Times by his
outspoken advocacy of a monerate
use of alcohol has now subsidized,
and the doctor, rallying from the
torrent of expostulation, sarcasm
and denunciation outpoured on his
devoted head, has taken breath and
restated his position. He stands
manfully by his colors. After re-
iterating his hatred and contempt
for drunkenness, he says: "Absti-
nence all the world over and in all
ages has taken, and still takes, the
backbone out of man and leaves
him a limp, invertebrate animal
with a pulpy brain, feeble intelli-
gence, and a will which lacks the
power to assert its authority over
the instincts and propensities it was
made to control. Drunkenness sus-
pends the action of the will, and if
often repeated it destroys the power
it has too frequently enslaved but
a moderate and wise use of alcohol
in suitably apportioned quantities
is not only desirable but advanta-
geous to the healthy not less than
to the sick. The weak minded and
short-sighted practice of 'tippling'
and treating with drinks at odd
intervals throughout the day, with
no better excuse than Having a
thirst or feeling low is one of the
silliest and most irrational to which
any sane man can we'll adict him
self. Cannot man be friendly in
business or in social intercourse
without helping the object of his
friendliness to get drunk? Mean
while, there are habits to be cor
rected, not crimes to be punished
as faults are avenged in the nursery.
Let drinking be put on a rational
basis; let the people be taught how
much absolute alcohol they ought
to consume in twenty-four hours
never more than two ounces-and
let them be told, or take pains to find
out for themselves precisely how
much absolute alcohol each favor
ite beverage contains and arrange
their drinks accordingly; and
drunken England will be drunken
no longer"
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
What Needlewomen Should Know.

That rubber nipple worn on the
fore finger of the left hand will pro-
tect it from those pricks, second
only in annoyance from the pricks
of a guilty conscience, so often seen
on the finger of even an expert
worker.
That the silk or cotton must be
inserted in the needle with the end
nearest to the spool first.
That in choosing buttons, those
with only two holes make a garment
set better and are more easily sewed
on.
That in sewing on a button, a
pin or needle must be put across
the button and the thread passed
over it, so that a good neck is left
between the goods and button.
That celluloid thimble is better
than metal one in warm weather
or if the finger is at all sore.
That in tearing goods the edges
should always be held so that the
torn edges will curve under to pre-
vent raveling.
That in gathering, the coarse
thread is better than doubled fine
one, as was formerly used.
That when smoothness is dispen-
sable, underclothes wear better when
the seams are unfelled.
That, Notwithstanding grandmoth-
er's teachings, pillow-cases wear
better when made crossways of the
cloth.
That fine black Saxony darns
hosiery better and more quickly
than OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07

The KEYSTONE is the sole representative
OF the Great Upper Wood River. Sawtooth
and Smoky mining regions, and, located
as 1t Is In the very heart of the most prom
lslng mining country OF, the face of the
earth, and leaving nothing undone to pre-
sent its readers complete synopsis of all
mining news and developments, as we'll as
matters of local Importance in and about
Ketchum, it is an invaluable guide for cap
ital and informant to the settler of every
craft and position. Subscribe for it, read
it, and let your friends read it,
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-11-07
A Minister'S Anxiety for His Flock.

This is the way a Macon, Mo-, min
lister prayed recently for some of his
flock: 20 Lord, we pray that the
excursion train going east on the
Hannibal and St. Joseph Railroad
this morning may not run off the
track and kill any church members
that may be on board. Church
members on Sunday excursions are
not in condition to die" etc.