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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
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Of Value to Farmers.
LeSueur Sentinel.

Prof. Edw. Soaring, principal of the
Mankato Normal school, writes the
FREE PRESS that he recently went
from the city into the country where
he has farm, and passed over road
that had been for years almost i'm
passable, but which, by aid of road
scraper, had been made nearly as
smooth as a new sidewalk. He
marked up his farm IS per acre in
consequence of the improved road.
There is lesson in this to the farm
ers of LIE Sueur county, in nearly
every locality. A united, determined
effort in each road district would, in a
single season, make good wagon roads,
which would not only be pleasure to
travel over, but would add great value
to every farm in the vicinity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
FIRE.

The fire-bell rang for the Fifth ward
just as the IL O'Clock whistle blewMon-
day and the crowd of working men out
for noon Joined the general rush to the
fire, which was in the barn belonging
to w. ii. Shepard, on the corner Of
Grove and Fourth streets. The flames
were very quickly subdued after the
fire company arrived. The total loss
was about S400, with $500 insurance
The fire originated either in an
ash heap near the barn or was
accidentally set by some small
boys in the loft, it is not known
which.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
RESIGNED.

Prof. H. P. Cushing, for several
years teacher at the Normal, has re-
signed, and intends to visit Europe
next fall for year or two of study.
Mr.. Cushing is a teacher of marked
ability and it will be very difficult to
fill his place in the Normal faculty.
He is well known among Mankato
people and his many friends will re-
greet to learn that he is not to return.
He takes with him the best wishes of
all who know him, and it is hoped
that his stay in Europe will be a
pleasant and profitable one.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
Buy the d. M. Osborn & Co. Bind

Buy the D. M. Osborn & Co. Bind
ers and Mowers. They are the best by
all means, besides that company was
not one of the organizers, nor at any
time had any connection with it's
plans or arrangements. You will re-
member Mccormick, Deering and
Woods were the CONSPICUOUS parties
of the American Harvester Co. and
intended to put the screws to you.
Don't patronize these screwers. Buy
the Osborn goods. For sale by j. G..
Roller, MankatO. W 51t3
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
Meeting of National Educational AssO-
citation at Toronto, July Il to II, 1891.

For the above occasion the Chicago
& North Western Railway Co. will,
from July to Is, inclusive. sell eXcur-
sion tickets to Toronto and return at
the very low rate of one fare for the
round trip, with $500 added for
membership in the Association. For
tickets and further information apply
to agents G. & n. w. R'y. STA
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19

Miss Fletcher seemed just entering
upon noble, useful life, and her un
timely doom reminds us very sadly
that death loves shining mark"
We all hope to understand it better
"when the mists have cleared away"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
ADDRESS BY REV. MIR. CRAFTS.


Mr.. Crafts spoke again last evening
to good sized audience. His theme
was 'The Instincts of Childhood and
How to Utilize Them in TEACHING. T"
He spoke as follows:
The Norseman first discovered
America, but made no use OF the dis
covery; later Columbus began to dis
cover it, Others after him found the
surface Of the country, and still later
jhe farmer and the miner carried the
discovery below the surface and there
yet more to be discovered about the
ointment. Childhood represents an
>ther continent and historical Pales-
4 inc the Morse discovery. Among an
lent historians we hardly realize that
4 here were any children, but in the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19

MONEY TO LOAN on improved farm
ands at low rates of interest and easy
payments. G.. w. MEAD,
Room PIG Investment Building.
46tf Mankato, MINI.
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J. G.. Roller sells the best and latest
improved corn cultivators. 51t3
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In calling for the above letters please say "ad-
vertised' and give date of list Letters remain
ing unclaimed at the expiration of Is days from
this date will be sent to the Dead Letter Office.
w. w. P. MCCONNELL. 2. NJ.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
.'a Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is a list of unclaimed
letters for week ending June Is, 1891.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-06-19
For Sale.

For Sale.
A span of haIf-blood Norman Mares,
four and FIVE years old.
Also, two young full blood Durham
Bulls.
The above stock for sale at bargain.
T. g. PEART,
P. O. Box 802. Mankato, Mimi.
32t
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21


terest 70 Not o Abate.
Washington Special In New York Evening Post
A good deal of concern 10 felt among per-
SOILS interested In educational topics IN the
fate of the national-universiry scheme. now
that Mr.. Edmunds Is to quit the Senate.
Your correspondent. in conversation with
the Senator. put the matter before him in
the form of question.
II have no doubt Mr.. Edmuuds an
swered. that the plan will be carried for
ward by the select committee which has It
in charge. The size of the committee aud
the character of It's mem bership are q suf-
ficlent assurance that the university bill
will be in good hands. The committee has
made its arrangements to sit In recess. en- as
to be able to present q report at the opening
of the next session of Congress-"
The body here referred to is known as tie
Senate select committee to estab the
University of the United States. The orig
inal members who hold over are Senators
Sherman and Dolph. Republicans. and
Harris. Butler. Gibson and Barbour. Demo-
Gratis.
1T will be general canse for regret,
Senator. that you did not retain the chair
manshiD of the committee long enough to
carry your idea through to success"
I'VE should probably have made report
at the last session of Congress. but that,
In my Judgment, 1T would have been un-
wise. The scope and Importance of the
plan as outlined in my bill are such that il
would not have received the consideration
II deserved, in view Of the absorption OF
the attention OF the Senate in certain other
subjects
You have not committed the care of the
project to any other one Senatorf"
IL have not. The committee is abund-
aotly able to cope with it,"
but will not your personal Identification
with it cause GOODNESS on the part Of
others. who will see no glory coming to
themselves from the agitationfD
II do not look for anything of that sort
The persons who are enlisted in this under
taking are thoroughly in earnest"
Have you any idea how the project
stands in the HouseT
mo. Some of its friends. however, who
have been actively engaged in cultiysting
sentiment for il there. informed me a
while ago that there were several members
interested in IL. Their names have for the
present escaped me; but it is evident that
the idea has taken root there"
The university extension scheme-the
one for making Washington the beadquar-
tiers OF a vast Chautauqua system-is In no
way connected with your planr
Not at all. know nothing of that ex-
cept what read in the newspapers. l am
interested, though. of course. in every
thing winch tends to the diffusion of knowl-
edge-provided only that il be knowledge.
indie ed.0
And shall you be at all active in the pro-
motion OF your university project from the
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21
CoLoRBD PosTMAsTERs IN THE SOUTH.

A great cutlery has been made by
Democratic papers over the appoint
ment of few colored postmasters in
the South. In most instances the pro-
test has originated in the South, and has
been echoed with added vigor at the
North. This is the dOugh-face spirit
that makes Northern Democrats more
vindictive on the race question than
those of the South.
Of course postmasters always should
be appointed for merit, and not for
color. The department would be GEN.
surable if it should knowingly appoint
any man, white or black, who was not
fit for the position and properly recon-
mended. 1t would be doubly censurable
if it should knowingly pass by
competent colored man and APP
point an incompetent white man
on account of race prejudice. 1t
is the established rule of the depart
ment to seek for competent men as post
masters, and in doing so it ia guided
largely by the petitions and recon-
is not always controlled by political
considerations. There are many COM
munities and settlements where compe-
tent Democrat cannot be found to take
the Office, and others where a cOmpe-
tent Republican cannot be induced to
serve. Thousands of fourth-class of
fees pay only few dollars year, and
it is an accommodation to the govern
ment, as we'll as to the people, for per-
son to accept such an appointment and
discharge the duties of the Office for its
meager emoluments. The result is that
under every administration a great
many small country Offices are held by
persons of opposite politics to the party
in power.
Other things being equal, every adj
ministration is expected to appoint its
own friends to Office, and where COM
petent Republican is recommended he
should be appointed in preference to a
Democrat, whether he be white or black.
A competent man is none the worse for
being black. No doubt. there are some
communities in the South where COM
petent Republican cannot be found to
fill the pcstofiics, and the administra-
ton has to appoint Democrats. On the
other hand, in cases where Repub-
lican is strongly recommended as fit and
competent. the administration is justi-
fed in appointing him without Institut.
ing any inquiry as to his color.
Referring to the appointment of col.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

IL IL Not Measured by the Opinion Of Poll
ticisns, but of the People.

1t IL Not Measured by the Opinion OF Poll
ticisns, but of the People.
Kansas City Journal
There is one lesson which the public may
learn from the enthusiastic reception
every here accorded 70 President Harri-
son. IL 10 not safe 10 measure a Presidents
popularity by the talk of politicians &C
Washington. Ii 10 usually the disgruntled
politician who seeks the interviewer and
discourses to him aud through him TO the
public upon the rulnous course pursued by
the President the great loss Of popularity
which he has thereby sustained and the
number of warm friends whom he has sue
ceeded into converting into bitter enemies.
The explanation 10 usually simple. The
politician has applied for some favor. Ee
has requested his own appointment or that
of some friend TO q desirable of1ice. and his
request has been refused He has then re-
called his valuable services 10 the Repub-
hcan party and his great instrumentslity
in securing the election of the President.
and has rallied at the ingratitude with
which he has been treated His individual
grievance ha6 teen magnliled into wide
spread dIscontent by the time that be pours
his tale of woe into the every-ready ear or
the Washington correspondent
These oft-repeated tales do have some e.
feet. and while the people are unable to To-
cate the alleged hostility 90 che chief exec
utive they begin TO think that IL must exist
somewh here. and they look for IL 10 crop out
eooner or later. There could be no better
opportunity for a display of this disaffec-
tfon than is afforded by the tour through
the country which President Harrison Is
now making, for while respect for
the office which he holds would prevent
any active demonstration of dislike. on the
other hand an unpopular President would
not be greeted with the enthusiasm which
has met President Harrison. A reception
Is not necessarily . welcome. and the Pres
ident has been welcomed bv vast throngs at
every city or village where his train has
stopped.
The people do not judge their President
by his treatment of this or that poll ticisn.
They judge him by his official acts. and in
the case of Benjamin Harrison they recog-
nize that he is always guided by sincere
determination TO do his duty. even though
be may thereby make enemies of politicians
whose ends he declines TO serve.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21
TIE PRESIDENTS SOUTHERN TRIP.

The Cincinnati Enquirer conRratulates
itself that the Presidents Southern trip
will not get an electoral vote from the
South and probably not even secure
him delegate that he would not get
otherwise. Suppose it does not; the
visit will still have had very valuable
results. That it has tended to soften
the asperity of Southern feeling and
develop the latent loyalty and patriot
ism of the people there can be no doubt.
For the first time in the history of the
country q Republican President has
traversed a large portion of the South,
meeting thousands of the people face
to face, exchanging hand-erasps and
kind words with them, and assuring
them of his honest and earnest purpose
to promote their interests. 1t is the
first time that most of them have ever
seen representative Northern Repub-
ican. The kind words and national
sentiments uttered by President Harri-
son will be remembered by them a long
time. They will never again think as
harshly of him and his administration
as they have heretofore. Perhaps they
will never again think as harshly of
any Republican administration, or of
the Republican party. This is not to
say that they will abandon the Demo-
cratic party or its so-called
principles, but simply that they
will be forced to admit that a
Republican President may be thoroughly
patriotic and national in his views and
just and generous in his feelings. 1t is
worth while to have sown such seed as
this in Southern soil, and to have started
the thoughts of SoutherH men moving
on this line. 1t is a great point gained
for them not only to listen respectfully
to q Republican President, but to ap-
plaud his patriotic utterances and give
responsive Endorsement to his broad and
national ideas.
AS for political Impressions. it must be
remembered that the President is not
addressing Southern audiences alone.
His speeches are read by hundreds of
thousands of Northern people every
morning, and, like his campaign speeches
in 1888. they are read with increasing
admiration Of his clearness of thought,
his felicity of expression, and the re-
markable self-poise that enables him
always to say the right thing in the
right way. The effect of his speeches
extends far beyond the audiences who
hear them. By telegraph he addresses
the whole American people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

Our immigration laws are not half
stringent enough. Neither are they en-
forced with energy enough. IL man is of
any benefit TO Us. let him come. If he has
money OF skill, We shall be glad To see him
But If he has nothing but rheumatism and
beggary TO contribute TO the general well
fare. If be comes from q poor house at home
for the sake of q change of diet In al Amer
lean poor-house. We not only don't want
him. but we won't have him. And III he
insists on coming. the only thing 10 do is
70 send him back. As for men with brains.
all right; as for knaves, cut-tbroats and
paupers, Europe 10 welcome TO them aud
can keeD than
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

C1nc1nnau commercial 0azetto
The great repu tstion W hIch General Harri-
son made in 1SSsis sustained by the speeches
which the President is making In 1891.
Coleridg &c said: Prose 10 words in the best
form; poetry the best words in the best
FORM The Presidents speeches answer 10
this definition of prose-and there -
an element of poetry beside. They
are instinct with patriotism and pub
lie spirit. They are full OF historic associa-
ton and of love OF country. They are
plain and simple. yet dignified andl noble.
They appeal to the common thought They
are not above the heads Of those who hear
or those who read him. They stir the blood
as if they were bugle-calls TO new duties
and fresh work. They make friends. ex-
citing no opposition, but enlisting sup
port and spreading abroad the knowl.
edge of and belief in the Republican
doctrine. lie has said no word that even
Punch would have left unsaid." and the
more he speaks the stronger grows the pub
lie sense of security in the man and the
principles of which he 10 the head and
front. His brief addresses at Chattanooga,
at Atlanta. at Birmingham. were models OF
What railroad speeches should be-. There
will be admirers of the Hoosier in the
South where there were none before, and
the further he journeys the stronger will
grow the public confidence in his capacity
and integrity of purpose.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

observe an absence of that disposition
to carp at them which was so contempti-
bly, shown in the case of some of the adj
dresses made on similar occasions by
his predecessor in Office The DISPOSE
ton is not what is lacking. If President
Harrison were delivering a series of
dull, heavy, statistical speeches of the
sort his predecessor made, the "carping"
would be lively enough; and, as it is,
Democratic and muewump editors all
over the country, and not excepting the
Herald, are eagerly reading the reports
of those speeches, hoping they may see
q chance to '.jump onr their author.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

United States was SIC, 1884, 1868, while in
1890. under the tariff which Mr.. Niblack
declares hampers trade, the value of
the same products exported was $780,
264. 5e6.
If such really bright men as Speaker
Niblack could unload that Democracy
which makes them the vendors of the
worm-eaten chestnuts of the British
Golden Club, and would become in
vestigators of the facts furnished by
production and trade. they might be-
come useful and patriotic American cit
liens.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

THE waspish New York Evening Post
has called the attention of the President
70 his mistake in saying that al the po-
sitions in the government are open to
ex-confederates, and cites the fact that
they cannot hold commissions in the
army. Has any ex-coafederate COM
planned, and. if he has. why has not one
of the six Democratic Houses passed q
bill repeating the inhibitionf The sons
of ex-eonfederates are in the army 3
West Point graduates, and good officers
come Of them are.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

The statistics of our foreign trade
show that since the adoption of the Nc
Kinley tariff our imports have not only
been much larger absolutely than In
any former period of like duration, but
they have been larger in proportion to
population. The figures show that
while the law is affording additional pro-
lection and encouragement to home in
dustries, it has not checked importations
In the slightest degree.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

nopc NeNsJOtfnaf tbcmb
1t is SURPRISING strange to us that any
true Democrat can help but criticise the
acts of the last Legislature. That body was
overwhelmingly Democratic: its members
had promised the people TO reduce the ex-
brilliant salaries of officials; they promised
to reduce the burden of the people by low
ering taxes; they promised reform: they
promised to relieve the farmers and catch
tho railroads and other corporations which
they promised much. but wherein comes
the relief Reformf nothing! Taxes are
increased. railroads are smiling. county of
fcials will continue drawing big salaries,
new Offices, with fat salaries. have been
created; the Legislators paid thensel ves
drank and Toasted with Hobbies, forgot
their constituents, laid heavier the CALLING
burden OF taxes and returned Co their homes
to promise again what they will not do.
That Legislature was a fraud and fizz. a
disgrace TO tho Democratic party and q
source OF increasing burden to the people.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

'IAM one of the mugwumps who voted
for Harrison because had known him
for years. and knew that he is an able
and upright man." said q well-known
citizen of indianapolis; "but after read-
ing his Southern speeches, am sure l
never before fully realized his capacity.
am proud that he is an Indianian, and
feel that he reflects great honor upon
this State" There is good deal of this
sentiment of late in Indiana.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

THE action of Secretary Tracy in put
ting the employment in the Brooklyn
navy-yard on the merit basis is highly
commended by the advocates of civil
service reform. Ex-Mayor Seth Low,
of Brooklyn, now president of Columbia
College. has written the Secretary a
placing the selection of the working
force in the navy-yards on the basis of
merit he deserves the thanks of every
lover of his country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

SenattSr
Only as a citizen having at heart what
ever II good for his country. NV tirst care,
for the present must be for myself,
hence'-and the Senator smiled invoiun-
called up 10 bis mind-'.you must not ex-
pect TO see me running about the streets.
tearing around corners. or venting my en-
thusiasm IN any such violent way. shall.
nevertheless, continue TO feel the wsrmest
interest IN the National University move
ment. and shall do everything i can 90 .
private citizen 70 help it forward"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1891-04-21

PRESIDENT HARRISON is developing into
a fairish speech IN aker. even if his oratory
fall short of spell-binding.-Phila
Record.
"Is developing" is good. The Record
does not appear to remember the mar
velous series of speeches delivered at
indianapolis during the campaign.
which were the despair of Democratic
editors and correspondents looking for
"breaks" that they could criticise. 1t
has also apparently forgotten the later
series of admirable addresses made dur
ing the Presidents trip to Kansas and
Nebraska last fall. 1.-THE Record knows
a Democrat who can compare with Mr..
Harrison in the exercise of the speech
making art it will confer favor on its
party by trotting him out.