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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

IF such ranters as Fish, Baker and
Company could have witnessed the
collection of farmers in the city Satur-
day taking out Mccormick machines,
they would have met unanswerable
argument against their stereotyped
cry, that the farmers are an enSlayed
impoverished class. These men were
a well dressed, cheerful company,
driving good teams and wagons, and
many of them with plenty Of money
in their pockets. The Mccormick Of
flee informed US that at least two
thirds of the machines will be paid for
by Nov. 1St next. 1t is an uncommon
thing nowadays for farmer to ask
machine companies to carry their pa
per more than six to nine months.
Mankato lumber dealers, also, report
that trade in their line is excellent
among the farmers, and that most Of
them pay cash, while few ask for over
three or four months time. Such
facts as these go more to the real
merits of the question than oceans of
Doc. Fishs vaporings, and have a
more convincing effect, too. Blue
Earth county farmers at least are
neither Serfs nor beg9ars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

THE Presidents cabinet reached a
conclusion Friday upon the silver
question which will result in bringing
into circulation the old "Trade dol
lar" in a renewed form. 1t will be
remembered that the "Trade dollar"
was redeemed in 1887, and reduced to
silver bars. This metal has been
stored at the minis in Philadelphia
and New Orleans, and pursuant to an
act of Congress of March 3, 1891, these
bars will be recoined at once into
standard silver dollars.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

THOSE who assumed that the de-
cease of Sir John Mcdonald would
terminate conservative predominance
in Canada are being disappointed,
for the new regime appear to continue
on in the same tenor. 1t was unreft-
sonable to expect any radical innova-
tion of the Canadian policy so long al
the Conservatives hold sway in the
mother dominion. A few bacarat Sc
ances among the royalty would be
more conducive to routing the con-
servatiye party than half hundred
deaths among their leading states
men.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

GEN. BAKER gave a lengthy ad-
dress at the county Alliance meeting
in Labor hall Thursday afternoon, a
synopsis of which will be found else
where. The General wakes warm and
eloquent when he drops on the sub
ject of state politics. He feels now
that he missed golden opportunity
in the last campaign by refraining
from taking Gov. Merriam by the
nape of the neck and shaking him
over hell" The expression, even
though it came from gentleman of
Mr.. Bakers suave manners and choice
rhetoric, is decidedly more forcible
than elegant, and now that we think
Of it, it may be as well for him that
he did not undertake the task. 1t is
just as possible that he, instead of
the Governor, would have been
ScOrched by the act. However, the
General must have something to fly at
to throw off his constantly accumu-
lating gall or he would be forgotten.
A man who fed and fattened off the
public crib for quarter of century
and then come down to the ''com-
mon herd" to exc out a livelihood
feels keenly the change. To review
the Generals remarks would be too
irksome. 1t is one of those airy des-
sertations characteristic of the pol
ished disappointed politician so long
fed on pap as to leave his stomach
ina dyspeptic state and his liver sad
ly out Of order.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

IT is reported that Mr.. Parnell has
welded the beautiful Mrs. O'Shea,
with whom he was connected in aseri-
Gus scandal a few months ago. What
ever else entities Parnell to censue he
must have due credit for stand
ing nobly by his companion in sin,
not DESERVING her in disgrace as is so
often done.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

CONGRESSMAN Lind was in st. Paul
Friday and to the reporters there
he reiterated his determination not
to be candidate for denomination,
and said, further, that he would not
accept denomination if rroffered.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

THE daily papers of the Twin Cities
report John F. Meagher, of this city,
as being an avowed Cleveland man,
and DESTROYS of seeing the eX-Presi-
dent again nominated. The Repubs
will not object.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

MANY Of the Alliance men of
the country are losing their ardor
in favor of the sub-treasury and gov.
eminent warehouse schemes. If the
Alliance will lop off two or three of
these eecentricities, their code of
principles will not vary much from
that of the other parties.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

IF every partisan could gain his re-
ward for ''flopping" from one party to
another so readily as Gov. Boies, of
Iowa, did it might pay to flop occa-
sionally. He has been an ally of De-
mocracy but about eight years, yet
he has his second nomination for
governor.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

MAJOR STRAIT eX-member of Con-
greSs, is now named as a gubernatorial
possibility in Minnesota in 1892. There
will be no dearth of candidates, SEEM
.ingly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

THE recent stormy weather has been
prolific Of number of disastrous
wind storms, chiefly in states south
of this latitude.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

II has been reported that Mrs. Jno.
A. Logan was married recently, but
the rumor is stoutly denied by that
lady'S friends.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

NEBRASKA, Iowa and Kansas have
been deIuged with rain recently and
much damage is reported from some
sections.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

The National Editorial Association
meets in ST. Paul next month, and a
royal time is anticipated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03

Hon. WaI. GLADSTONE is said to be
in feeble health.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-07-03
MANKATo FREE Press.

II D LODGE meets Thursday eve
n. Z ming of each week in Odd Fellows
Hall, corner Jackson and Second streets, at
O'Clock. All members of the order are cordi-
ally invited to attend. 43
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
BEYOND THE SUNSET.

The road that passed his fathers door
He thought stretched On forevermore;
Through fragrant wales of tangled grass,
Ger many misty mountain pass,
Out into wonders unexpressed
Beyond the cloudlands of the West
Through lands and cities of renown,
To where the mighty sun goes down.
And so he left his fathers door
Aud said, II viii return no more"
He travelled forth beyond the bridge,
He climed the lofty mountain ridge,
He passed the river and the town
To find out where the sun went down;
But when he sank at close OF day,
The sunset still was far away.
He trod through many q wind-swept glen;
In mighty towns he mixed with men;
The breath OF many an Allen breeze
Tossed him DER unfamiliar seas;
He breathed the spicy gale that blows
From Southern archipelagoes,
And in the quiet Eastern calm
He sought sweet sleep beneath the palm,
But when he looked at close of day.
The sunset still was far away.
He thought to leave his fathers door,
And travel on forever more.
A withered pilgrim, bent and gray,
Kept on his unfamiliar way.
Deep versed in lands, man of men,
A universal citizen.
He circled all the earth; once more
He stood before his fathers door
Though many years his father slept
Upon the mountain side unwept-
He stood there wrinkled worn and brown,
he stood there as the sun went down.
And i'll the twilight dim and gray
The sunset was not far away.
Out from the many millions hurled
He sank down weary OF the world,
With all his tried iOUruPV DER
To die beside his fathers door.
And said, sad smile on his brow,
Il pass beyond the sunset now
S. w. Foss, in Yankee Blade.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
A GYPSY GHOST.
Ohio People Excited over a Lively
Phantom.


Special to the Cincinnati Enquirer.
MECHANICsBURG. o., July 11.-About
three miles out of fredericksburg, on
the pike leading to Irwin station. stands
a reputed haunted house. The house is
a small one-stOrv frame structure,
rather rudeiy fashioned, and bearing
traces of having once upon a time re-
ceived a coat of white wash. The
structure is situated a considerable dis
lance from the highway, and stands
upon rather an elevated piece of ground.
1t is rather a notwithstanding spot.
Upon the left of the house a small
creek picks its way through a ravine,
upon either side of whose banks -four
ish myriads of 'cat-tails." Facing the
house, upon the right of the road. is a
dense growth of timber. The history
of the haunted house is as follows:
A few years ago man accompanied
by woman of middle age, who claimed
to be his wife, rented the house and
about an acre of land surrounding it..
for the purpose of following farming on
a small scale. The couple were very re-
tired in their habits, and seemingly
cOurted secluSion, as far as it was in
their power to do So They sacredly re-
Trained from giving out to the world
anything relating to their former his
tory. except that they had belonged to
and deserted wandering band of gyp-
sizes. whose vengeance tbey believed
would eventually fall upon them. The
land, which they claimed they desired
for farming purposes, never exhibited
any crops, with the exception OF a few
small beds of vegetables close TO the
doorway.
However. the mysterious couple
seemed to live, but whether they en-
joyed life no one in the vicinity of Me-
chapicsburg ever knew. The strange
actions of the couple caused the citizens
to cautiously speak of them to one an
other as being cOunterfeiters.
One night as party of base ballists
were returning from a days sport at
Marysville, and just as they were driv-
ing past the haunted house, piercing
shrek, seemingly woman's, rent the
stiffness of the night and filled the
vicinity with its echo. The scream or
Shrek apparently issued from the
haunted house, for Immediately
in white dashed from out the
doorway into the moonlight, and gliding
toward the party of travellers. wildly
motioned and gesticulated for them to
move on. But instead of needing the
motion of the figure the entire crowd of
young men leaped from their carriages
and started for the haunted house; in
fro Mt of which stood the mystery. whose
appearance was now that of statue.
The party had advanced but short dis
lance when suddenly and in some upex-
plainable manner the specter van
ished, but where no one could
tell One of the men stepped up
to the door and raped, but there was
no response. He then tried the door.
which yielded, and, followed by his
friends, he marched into the room. A
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09

match was lighted. and the party
glanced around, Not a sign showed
them that the house had ever been oc-
cupied. Chagrined and mystifed at
their failure. the gentlemen started for
their carriages, when, glancing in the
direction of the ravine, one of them was
startled to observe the identical white
figure standing by the side of the creek,
in the midst of the waving ''cat-tails,"
gazing at the party with folded arms.
They again headed themselves toward
the mystery, which, as before seemed to
vanish into air. This settled it with the
gentlemen, and they gave it up in dis
gust. They drove on homeward and
related the circumstances, and numer-
Gus different ones through curiosity
were led to nightly visit the haunted
section, and were not disappointed in
seeing the ghost, if such it is. For a
period the apparition disappeared, and
visitors to the spot were disappointed
for some time at not observing the mys-
terry, but it has again made its appear
.ance, and affords nightly entertainment
for curiosity seekers as it prOwls around
through the ravine near the old house.
All efforts to gain near approach to
the Specter prove futile, and all efforts
to solve the mystery up to this time are
unayailing.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
OGONTZ GIRLS.
They Can Turn Out and Do Mile
and Half Spin Easily.
Philadelphia Inquirer.

Philadelphia Inquirer.
A gentleman spending a night with
friend on the Chelton Hills arose early
the other day to catch train for New
York. While driving to the station he
passed the former place of Jay Cooke,
now used as a school for young women,
and looking at the grounds he saw four
teen young women running in Indian
file up driveway. Each young woman
wore a loose bodice and short skirt of
dark blue, black stockings and low,
flexible shoes. They held their heads
up, their shoulders down and back, and
kept their mouths closed. On they ran
rapidly, following an instructor, who
led the way along the winding road UNI
til they disappeared.
"Bless my SOUL" exclaimed the
astonished New Yorker. "Who and
what are they ?"
That's the Ogontz running class"
replied his host with a smile. almost
any fine spring morning you can see
these girls start out for a mile and a
half spin. The teacher of gymnastics
is always with them and sees that none
overtaXeS herself"
The running class was organized
year ago. and is one of the features of
OgOntZ gymnastics.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09

still we went on, trusting to a compass
and charcoal marking on the wall to
find our way back. During the last few
hundred yards we had heard the muir
muir of water that grew louder as we
came on. We followed the noise, and
at last found its source-a splendid
waterfall. 1t was not big stream, but
it leaped thirty feet. 1t hardly gathered
after the fall, when it gurglea away
into hole and disappeared again.
Passing by the waterfall, a verltable
grove of high pillars confronted us.
Through these bars, as through a
prison, we could barely make out the
CLEAN of water. 1t took some time to
get past those pillars, but when we did
we found ourselves in veritable fairy
land.
Before us was beautigUl little lake,
with a surface as clear as that OF a
mirror, rejecting the tesselated roof dis
torted by the glare of our torches. On
every hand glistened the curious forms
that the lime-charged water makes. Be-
hind the pillars the waterfall rOared.
On the other side of the chamber still
larger cataract reached from floor to
dome. But this one was still. 1t was
cataract in stone, perfect i'll every de-
tail. The water trickling over the
rocks during all the years had built it
up to what we Saw-a waterfall frozen
in the midst of its rushing. Above us
were a myriad of bayonet points, each
tipped with a star, for the drops of
water caught the light of our torches
and showed US armament as glorious
as that shone on the pines half a mile
above our heads.
We hated to leave, but our light be-
gan to burn low, and we hurried back
to where we left the extra torches. Day
was breaking when we reached the
mouth of the cave, and, wet and hungry
as we were, we tumbled into our blan-
kets and slept through the day.
Every day for a week we went as far
as we could into tho mountain, and yet
at the end of that time there seemed
almost as much UNEMPLOYED as we had
gone over.
The two vertical divisions of the
main cave were found exceedingly in
teresting, though hardly as picturesque
as the upper cave already described.
The 4th of July was the last day
spent in the cave. On that day the
branches of the upper main cavern
were taken in succession. Travelling
was exceedingly difficult. There
seemed 10 be more water here than
anywhere else in the cavern, and the
passages were smaller and r0ugher than
in any other part.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
COAT OF ARMS.
Ingalls, Trying to Find Out the
Standing of His Ancestors.

Ingalls, Trying to Find Out the
Standing of His Ancestors.
Washington Special.
Mr.. ingalls,, when in the senate, re-
peatedly paid his compliments to Eng
land in a way that emphasized not only
his love for republican institutions, but
his contempt for kingcraft and the Gus
toms of established arist0cracy He
was not included among the lion-tamers
in congress, but now and then he
cansed the animal to roar as loudly as
anv of those who made business Of
that sort of thing.
'Mr. President, there are but few
Americans who do not regret Waterloo"
said the senator from Kansas on one oc-
casion, when delivering before the SEN
ate one of his noteworthy speeches.
There grew out of that remark and 9th
ers like it the impression that Mr.. In
gals is at heart cordial hater of the
mother country.
But according to story in circulation
here that impression needs correcting.
Mr.. ingalls,, if this story be believed,
has not severed his connection with his
English ancestors. nor even lost his III
tereSt in them, but several years ago
nearest to the region where the old
Ingalls, stock once fourished on the
tight little island and asked for full
account of the old worthless. what prop
erty they had owned. what offices they
had held, and, incredible as it may
seem, description of the family coat
of-arms, if any. The consul executed
the commission, and forwarded every
thing obtainable about those of the
ingalls, name and blood who i'll times
past had lived in England.
There is nothing to show that, as yet,
any use has been made of the news on
this side of the water. Undoubtedly,
however, the ex-senator is at work on
the family tree, and the inquiry has
arisen here: Was it for knowing that
this Republican had an English coat-of-
arms concealed about his person that
the plain farmers OF Kansas turned him
down last winter?
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
RAVENOUS RATS.
They Eat a Family of Small Boys
in a PENNSYLVANIA Town.


ExcitemeDtisr running high in Temple,
a nearby village, says a Reading pa
correspondent of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat, and mothers have been filled
with feelings of horror ever since
yesterday morning, when the citizens
aWoke to fiud that whole family had
been visited during the night by most
unusual and remarkable experience. The
family was that of John Reubright, en-
gineer for the Temple Furnace compa-
ny. Some weeks ago a colony of Nor
way rats was discovered on the premises.
They were supposed to have their quar-
tiers in the stable, but no nest could be
found. Whence they came 10 one knew,
and their presence was unsupported till
the entire colony was found. They were
large and ferociOuS, so much SO that
they attacked the person who found
them, and would probably have bitten
him had he not driven them Oft with a
club. For a whole week after they
were discovered nothing was seen of
them. and no traces were found until
Yesterday morning. William Reubright.
aged sixteen, and Paul, babe of eight
cen months, sons of John Keubright,
and Willie LutZ, aged five years, his
gransOn, slept together in room
through which large chimney passed.
Shortly before daylight the other six
members of the family were awakened
by cries and shrieks of pain and fear.
They rushed to the room IN which the
three children slept just in time to see a
dozen or more huge rats escape through
a hole which they bad dug in the CHM
ney. A haSty examination of the boys
showed that the ferocious beasts had at
tackled and bitten them all. The fing-
ers of Paul, the baby, were chewed
to the first Joint, and his hands were
severely bitten; Willie LutZ was bleed
ing from a dozen wounds on the face
and ears; while the feet and other por-
tons of the body of William Reubright
were badly injured. DR.. Huyett, the
family physician, was called at once.
The wounds were cauteriZed and every
thing done to prevent blOod-L oiSon-
ing. The children are still in great
pain, and danger is not passed, al
though the wounds hyve commenced to
heal. They are being watched carefully
by the doctor, but he does not feel that
they are out of danger. Itappears from
investigations made to-day that the rats
had colOnized in the stable. and from
there dug tunnel to the house, where
they entered the huge chimney, and
from there dug through to the
sleeping room, where they attacked the
boys. The rodents are described by
those who have seen them as being of
unusual size, over twice as large as the
ordinary rat, and are said to be so fierce
and strong that no cat, and none but
the largest dogs dare attack them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
A Duel Over a Mere Trifie.

LOuuOu DdllH NEWS.
A duel with swords, which has been
fought at Agram, in Hungary. between
a young officer in the reserves and his
once-intimate friend, the son of a
wealthy proprietor. is described by our
Vienna correspondent as resulting in
CHASTITY and dangerous wounds to both
combatants, the officer having received
a deep wound across the left temple
and nose and dangerous cut in the
arm, and his is; opponent c. cut which, be-
down the forehead over the nose and
cuts the lip in two. He also was
wounded in the arm. Our corr espond
ent says the dispute which led to this
ugly combat was about the merest
trifie.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
Proof Positive.
Boston News.

DOSIUH 4NtWS
Mr.. Oldwedde-Maria, you remarked
this morning that l never loved you
and married you only for your money, l
believe.
Mrs. Oldwedde-Yes, and 1 don't
think you ever did.
Mr.. Oldwedde-Well, I've been look
ing through some papers of mine to-
day, and came across a bill for nine
teen hammoeks that we wore out during
our honeymoon.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09
Bent Not Only With Years.

Philadelphia Times.
why, he's seventy years old, almost
bent double, and yet you married him."
what if he is bent? You must re-
member he's carrying 100000 life i'll
Suran ce.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09

The wealth of the United States
amounts to s62, 500, 100000. distributed
among 100000 families. There are
1876, 900 families which have all average
wealth of S1S6,000.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09

A swarm of bees got loose In a Michi-
gan Central smoking car near Saginaw
the other day, and the profanity of the
occupants Of the car is said to have
killed vegetation in that vicinity.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1891-06-25
Facts About Yourself;


The. average number OF teeth, is: 49,.
The weight Of the circulating Blood is
29lbs~
Theaverage weight OF an. adult is
15Olbs. Coz. .a:..-.. ...~.
The brain OF a man exceeds: twice
that OF any other animal.
A man breathes about 20 times q
minute, or 1000 in an hour. "
The average. weight OF the brain OF a.
man is 3Blbs; OF a Woman 2lbs. 11oz.
Five hundred and forty pounds, or
one hogshead and one, and a quarter
pints of blood pass Through the heart
in one hour. -~s. ...
The average height OF an English
man is SIT. 9in.: of a Frenchman ST..
4in.; of a Belgian SIT, 6Ain.
The heart sends nearly 1Olbs. of
blood through the veins and arteries
each beat and makes four beats
while we breathe. once. -...-
One hundred and seventy-fve mil
lion cells are in the lungs, which would
cover q surface thirty times greater
than the human body. -..
The average of the pulse in infancy
is 100 per minute; in manhood, 80; at
sixty years, 60. Thepulse of females
is more rapid than that OF males.