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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15
MARCH APPORTIONMENT.

Blue Earth county has received
from the State School fund the
amount Of st. 634. 90, and it is divided
among the districts Of the county as
follows:
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

The following is list of unclaimed
letters remaining in the postoffice at
Mankato, Mimi, for the week ending
Anri1 II 1900
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15

For sale at Mortified Nursery,
Mimi, proved trees, fruits and flow
ers, seeds. Thirty varieties Of pota-
toes. Eggs from best fowls. Agents
wanted. 40t4 c. P. NICHOLS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-04-15
Children Cry for
Pitchers Castoria.

MONEY TO LOAN on improved farm
lands at low rates of interest and easy
payments. q. w. MEAD.
Room PIC Investment Building.
46tf MankatO, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-15

towns. but the lumber trust keeps lum-
ler up much higher in price than It |
ought to he and common lumber sells
ut from S. to $40 = thousand, though
by going to the saw mills, 20 or 80
miles up the rivers, it can be bought
for 81 to SIS, dealers here ray from 81. Is
to $2a thousand for cedar shingles.
and the cedar forests here are Of the
finest timber im,naRinable Cord
wood sells ut from 81 50 to $50 a cord,
and it is estimated that this town alone
consumes from 10000 to $4,000 cords a
year, not counting what the railroads
use in their engines which amounts to
several thousands more. Good wood
can be bought in the tree however, at
from Is to SO cents cord, the buyer
cutting and hauling it himself, or fa'-
len timber can be had for the hauling
Having curiosity to see where the
monstrous saw logs grew, the writer
in company with others took a trip to
the mountains last June where mil
lions of acres OF these "giants of the
forest" stood in their ''somber solitu-
de-, tall, stately and grand in their
gigantic magnihcence, a beautiful
spectacle to one who lived thirty years
years on the prairies. The gently
sloping foot hills with their intercept
ing valleys, varying in size from SEQ L"
s, 600 acres each where mostly prosper
ous farms were found, bc passed, the
hills began to grow in height: rs VIZ
ne,.Ied the mdoaMtN1ns. ike bFlI0ws on
getting out to sea, until onr road let
US to the foot of one of the smaller
mountains over which, it ran and over
which We were compelled to drive OF
turn back, the ascent, however, was
very gradual and by fu quently resting
our team we eventually reached the
summit, which Was quite level and
nearly destitute of timber, on reach
ing this opening another ascent was
made which apparently lifted Us Al
additional thousand feet into space,
when we were compelled to stop and
hold our breath at the magni6cence Of
the scene that burst upon our view
There 1T our feet, as one of the boys
remarked, lay the State of Oregon. al
the hills and mountains around u
seemed to sink rs We looked down
upon their peaks, covered with q vsriet
hue of green and gold. rolling away !,
the distance like AZ emerald sea in .
golden sunset. Back in the dim anC
misty distance stood the Cascade rang'
like MI army of soldiers drawn up II
line Of battle, with here and there :
snow-cxpped peak, as commanding
officers, while at their feet, in its peace
full security lay the Willamette valI' =
perfectly guarded from the destructive
storms and biting frosts Of the east b!
this invincible army. Keeping tit
gaze fixed on distant objects gave on
the sensation Of being suspended il
mid-air, causing slight dizziuess ant
desire TO grab hold of each other TO
safety as We stood up in the wagol
drinking in the beauties of the seen
> before US feeling for the ability to ut
ter the thoughts that arose within
TO RE CONTINUED.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-15
FRESH SEEDS.

FRESH SEEDS.
Any person wanting good seed call
on G. w. Brant he has the North Star
oats, Campbell's White Chaff Spring
Wheat, Dakota Queen Corn, Early
Butler Corn, Magic Millet. And =
variety Of improved early potatoes. 1914
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-15

GOOD ROOMS FOR RENT.
Furnished or upfurnished. Enquire
It 51-tf l.. b. BENNETT.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-15
TO BE CONTINUED.

Hay BUSINESS FOR SALE.
offer for sale my Hay warehouse
and business ut the Sioux Falls juno
tion, four miles from WorthingtOn.
This is the best outfit for handling hay
in Southwestern Minnesota. For terms
and further particulars apply to
n. "A. CALL.
lift P.O. Worthington, MINI.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-15
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Lawton e Hedbere. will sell or rent
your farm, write you . loan or insure
your property. Write us II ynn want:
to buyor exchangs. See our add.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-12-15
FARM FOR RENT.

FARM FOR RENT.
Eighty acres with good house and
barn two wells. &c.. u miles from
Round Lake Station. apply to
e. A. TRIP,
l7-4t : Round Lake.
The morning call., 1892-02-27
DOW PLACE.
The supreme Court SAYS 1t l. Not a
pnhlic Strect.

The Supreme Court Saws 1t L Not a
Public Street.
John A Wheau brought an action in the
Superior C0ur; IN December, 1855. to epi0in
Alexander Boyd and others from making
excavations in Dow place, a narrow street
running OF Second street, near Folsom,
which the plaintiff claimed was his private
property The Superior Court decided that
Dow place was pablo street. and Wheian
appealed.
The supreme Court yesterday decided the
matter in Nheian's favor. The lower court
held that Dow place was c0nclusjyely proved
10 be a public street because it was laid
down Is such upon what is called the En-
gjneers' Map and Humphreys Map OF the
City and County # San Francisco, and on
tina account would net allow Wheiau 10 in
t-0duce preferred testimony upon the point
that there had been no dedication by the
owner OF the land 10 the public use aud no
user thereof by the public as a street.
The Supreme Court, ln reversing the
SUleCi Courts decision, says: The land
here involved came direct TO the owner by
an aica!de grant and as private property.
His grantee, through meSne convey anceS,
chose 10 make the land now IN controversy
q way for The common benefit Of certain
owners Of lots who had purchased the same
from him.
" Whether it also became public street
did E0t depend upon the fact alone that the
land appears on these maps as a public
street but whether the proof showed that 1t
had been offered for dedication and accepted
as such by user or otherwise Upon these
points the evidence offered was admissible,
aud II WAS pTeiudicial error 90 exclude IT,
The Judgment and order should be re-
yrrSai -
The morning call., 1892-02-27
A rATLENAL RELATIONSHIPS.

An Oakland paper speaks Of c. P.
.Huatjact1u's Endorsement Of W. H. Mills
plan for the railroad company to buy I'D
and subdiyije the great ranches Of this
State ana sell them in small holdings as an
..illUs;ratiOn Of the paternal relation which
the Southern Pacific Company occupies
q toward tie STATE Of California"
. Just low tender and fostering is this
Fatertal relation on the part Of the railroad
cclapauy may he gathered from a consider
.:t.EtsH IF tie plan, which, as indicated. is for
t;at corporation to buy I'D large tracts Of
ssui1. throughout the State, cut them MP and
= Fttal TO Intending settlers, who viii i'm
1t.5e 81 plant orchards, build up towns
ami a.ecnme tributary TO the revenues Of the
.T9.ir1ad. This plan has been tried in the
Capay Valley, and ". II. Mills, its origin
ator estimates that every one Of the
orchards thus set out viii, when in bearing,
ldy tie railroad 500 year for freight. In
addition to the permanent source Of tidy
revenue thus provided for the company
7ould also realize an immediate profit, and
not IN ineonsiderabe one, from the ad-
vaneed prices obtained for the subdiYided
lsnd5.
a,Ifthe Southern Pacific Company desires
70 induce settlement in this State it is not
. necessary Tor it to buy ND big ranches at
wholesale TO subdivde and sell at retail
4 he company is already the largest land
holder IN the State and could confer a last
IEg benefit on the community by subdivid-
ing and selling some OF the millions OF
acres Il has possession &C. As il IS, there
are towns IN California that are absolutely
precluded from further growth; sections
shat are little more than waste tracts be-
cause the railroad. company holds the best
ard most available lands and refuses 20 SELL
There are good many reasons why the
company should not desire to dispose Of
these lands. In some parts Of the State
they yield q handsome revenue from ground
rentals; in other sections the property lies
File, but has prospective value. In the
event Of Mr. StaBfords per cent loan bill
; ever becoming law in this country they viii
assume an immediate value as the basis
uDon which the railroad company may OBJ
tain at nominal rate OF interest sufficient
p funds from the Government TO discharge its
debt to the nation.
The two standard objections TO Govern
meut control Of railroads are, first, that such
. control smacks too stronghold paternaIism 10
e be acceptable to the American people. and.
second, that 1t would open a way for the
= rule Of political schewers and corruption
lists in governmental circles. If national
Q psternalism could assume any form less
: acceptable to the American people than
this selfinstituted paternalism of the rail-
road toward California, or if Government
% ccatr0l Of the railroads could prevent a
worse record Of corruption and dishonest
legislation than corporate control has al
ready done. there are people in this State
who would ike to know II.
The morning call., 1892-02-27
THE FAILURE OF JUSTICE.

It is not too much to say that the failure
of the Jury in the Curtis case 30 agree has
filled the public mind with disappointment
The facts of the case were so clear, the
shooting of the policeman by the tipsy actor
was so iudefensible that it did not seem
possible for Justice to miscarry. There was
really no defense. II was impossible to
DENY the facts and in law the killing was
without Justification The killing Of q
policeman in the discharge Of his duty
should be punished, for if policemen are not
sustained by public opinion they will not
take risks to preserve the peace and arrest
criminals. Yet through the obstinacy of two
men, as to whom the chief OF detectives and
the detective IN charge of the case state that
one was intoxicated when he first went into
the box and was taken care Of by the other,
a salOon-keeper, with whom he had no pre-
viuus acquaintance, a new trial has become
necessary.
Tie public viii not waste much time over
tie current explanations Of tie event which
impute superior ability to the prisoner
counsel. They viii be more likely to look
at the matter as another argument against
tie rule Of law which requires the unani-
nous verdict If twelve men to find a verdict
Frequently when trial jury retireS the
minds # majority Of the panel are a blank
IJ usually turns out that there are enc or
two cl-ar-headed men who have come e. a
conclusion en- the evidence, and, after brief
discus ion. NEST of the others accept their
views from conviction that they are safe
ruf!pS
The morning call., 1892-02-27
SALTON SEA.
Dire Disaster Predicted When the Noun
tain Snow MeIts.

Dire Disaster Predicted When the Noun
tain Snow MeIts.
The SaltOn Sea is rising rapidly and
repetition OF last winters excitement and
danger is anticipated. Where there was
not a drop Of water last year at this time
q great body now spreads itself, being from
three to five miles in length and half mile
wide. The formation of this body OF water
last year took place only after the ella and
Colorado rivers had received their annual
contribution of melted snow and began to
attract attention as late as August. The
snow in the mountains is heavier than ever
before, and 90 the large body of water al
ready formed will be added this year In
Vulnerable mountain streams, which will
undoubtedly swell the sea 10 an extent
hitherto unknown.
The Southern Pacific people are much
worried over the situation and not without
good reason when the above facts are taken
into OnsderatiOu. In conformity 20 their
interest, however they are trying to make
the best Of a bad fix and.say that, though
the water should rise five feet higher than
last season, only four miles Of track would
be submerged. 1t is estimated that depth
Of seven feet would he required to over
flow . miles Of track and depth of % feet
10 cover 90 miles Of rOudbed.
Residents in the vicinity Of the lake dis
seat, however, from this estimate and eX-
press themselves as convinced that slight
increase in the depth attained in August
will overflow a hundred miles of track
which lie in the desert below the sea level.
crease Will take place when the mountain
SHOWS melt, but the question is concerning
She extent OF this increase. Predictions of
dire disaster are plentiful.
The morning call., 1892-02-27
PEOPLE TALKED ABOUT.

Queen Victoria firmly believes that OBJ
jects made by blind persons bring luck.
Miss Frances T. Willard, President 81 The
W. c. T. L.. viii have sumner cottage
built al Mount Desert.
Senior Don Antonio del Castillo says that
5000 tons Of meteoric stone fell from the
moon in bis part Cf Mexico recently.
Squire johnson, a Justice of the Peace at
Grays0n, KY, has enrolled himself as a
scholar IN a country school near bis home.
lie Is 40 years old.
When TenuysOn is invited to read aloud
from his works he almost invariably picks
cut the "Ode or the Death OF tie Duke Of
Wellington" first, and then MAUD"
Sir Morell Mackenzie kept sixteen
servants, besides a private coach for him
self ana another for his wife. and spent
every cent Of his 100000 a year income.
Tie engagement is announced in Paris Of
the Duke Leopold IOTlGnIa to Donna
Amelia COlOnna, sl5ter-ln-law Of Mrs
Mackay's daughter, the Princess Coi0nna.
The only child of the late Crown Prince
Rudolph OF Austria. the ArChduchess EiiZ-
abeth, now years old, is particularly fond
Of horses, in which her father also took
great delight.
The six Shields brothers Of Collin
County, Tex, have an average height Of
feet inches, and Colonel Henry ThurstOn
Of Titus County, Tex, towers up TO the
height Of feet inches.
When Generals Schofe!d and Howard are
retired the last officers Of the regular army
who commanded corps during the civil war
will have been taken from the list.
Rider Haggard at one time wore a gold
ring taken from the mummy OF the Egyptian
Queen Taia. In its place his finger now
bears a sIgnet ring found with tho coffin OF
Rameses the Great, the Phara Oh Of the OPP
preston.
Bret Harte's manuscript of a story was
once refused by the publisher James Fields
Of Boston. A few years later Fields paid
$4,000 to Harte for all stories the latter
should write during the year. Harte fur
nished the Atlantic a few stories ana made
$500 out Of tie deal.
Minneapolis has secured Professor James
X HosmeT, long a resilient Of ST. Louis, to
take charge Of her public library. Professor
Hosmer has been for twenty-six years a
teacher, and for the last eighteen years he
has filled the chair Of German ana English
literature at Washington University in ST.
Louis.
Franklin Simmons. the sculptor, who is
spending n few weeks in Washington, OBJ
tanned sttings there soon after the late war
from many Of the Union generals. He is
now at work on a statue Of Grant Tor the
Totunda of the capitol. and expects to COM
Ilete it in two years. IL will be Of marble
and seven feet in height
The morning call., 1892-02-27
"nEC1FRoCITY PAYs."l.

In proof that reciprocity pays Jhe New
! or6 JJuHGl of Finance has the following:
IL tile i've months ending September, 1890,
our exports II steam engines and machinery 10
Brazil amounted To- value 10 S233,316. In 1891
the exports 20 The same country in the same
Period amounted 20 SI.29902o. The Increase.
cue wholly 10 reciprocity, is Slo6+.645.
The Examiner gives this item the benefit
Of its circulation with the remark that Iii
reciprocity pays So well with q single c0un-
try u is pretty good evidence that the Dem
CCTaUc policy Of reciprocity with The whole
world would make The United States rich
The Democratic policy OF reciprocity with
the whole world is of course free trade.
We regret 10 see our contemporary show
disregard Of essential conditions which in
dlcates a habit IF superficial thinking.
BtiZ.l produces articles q food that We i'm
port largely. These articles are Of such inn
poriance % us that we imp rted them with
Cut much regard % reciprocal trade. We
paid Brazil for her coffee and sugar In gold
10 such AN extent that the balance OF trade
was from three t. five to one against US.
ReDUbI an reciprocity obtains for certain
American products IN Brazil an advantage
over similar products from other countries.
UndeT this arrangement BraZjl is importing
goods from the United States somewhat in
proportion TO her exports to the United
States. Now, If we apply this Republican
TecIproc .ty 10 England what would be the
result2 EaEland produces the same kind
OF goods as tie United States. Il produces
nothing Of any consequence that We do not
produce. II the American market should
be- opened u English goods ana tile English
market 10 American goods tile advantage
would lie WIKI the nation that could pro
duce at the lowest cost. Our manufactured
goods are now substantially excluded from
The English market by the fact that En-
gland produces the same kind of goods be-
low the American cost. Reciprocity with s
ration that exports articles we must import,
and imports articles that may be obtained
IF ether nations rs well as from Us, pays
because il gives Us an advantage in such a
nations MAJ ket 40; possessed by competing
nations. Reciprocity with both the British
and tie Spanish West Indies VIII doubtless
pay as well IN proportion to the trade Of
these Islands as reciprocity with Brazil.
Bur Democratic reciprocity would admit
free articles which we can produce at home,
as well as articles which we Of necessity
import. Republican reciprocity pays but
Democratic reciprocity would swamp our
principal manuiac urIBg Industries.
The morning call., 1892-02-27
SHINPLASTEES.

L seems strange that there should be ad-
yccates # a proposition TO authorize State
banks to issue currency. The people Of the
United States had experience with that kind
IF currency before the war, and that expe-
rieuce should serve at least three genera
tions. When all memories Of the condition
Of cur currency in the period jus; before the
discovery Of gold in California have died
away c may require another lesson. Ad-
mitting that laws should be enacted in all
the States surrounding the issue Of currency
with all possible safeguards, bank bills of
one State would he at a discount in another.
a person going from California 10 the States
west Of the Rocky Mountains would neces-
sarily provide himself with the currency of
the localities he intended to visit. Bills on
certain banks might pass current in inan-
Cial ceuters where the standing q the bank
was known, but 10 people unfamiliar with
banks bills from distant banks would either
be rejected or received with misgivings.
Aside from the danger OF insolvent banks
there would be the danger Of being imposed
upon with counterfeit bills. Not one Cali
fornisn IN tel can distinguish a well exc
euted counterfeit Of legal tender from the
genuine, and vet there are but two kinds Of
bills 10 become familiar with--the greenback
and the national bank note. The former is
issued by the Government aud the latter
Endorsed by it. No one need look at ma
tional bank note to see what bank issued il;
the iBdorser is better security than all the
banks put together. Under a law authorz-
ing State banks 70 issue currency there
would be hundreds Of banks Of Issue No
one not an expert could distinguish between
the genuine and the counterfeItin one-tenth
Of the currency that would be iu circulation
Another argument against State currency is
that there is no need Of a change. In thirty
years no person in the United States has
lost a dollar in the form Of currency. Ma
tional banks have failed, but ,heir currency
has been redeemed dollar Tor dollar.
The morning call., 1892-02-27
PIONEER FRUIT-GROWERS.
They Meet in Convention TO Exchange
"Reminiscences.

"Reminiscences.
Some time ago the California State Hor-
ticultural Society invited all the pioneer
horticulturists of this State to meet in this
city for the purpose Of consultation. The
desire was to obtain, If possible, the early
record of the Industry in this State, and to
learn from those who had laid the foun-
datiOns of the present great horticultural
interests the story of the beginnings.
In accordance with the invitation the fol
lowing were present: James Shinn OF
Niles, E. L. Crane, San Lorenzo; Judge
Blackwood, Haywards; W. B. Best Stock
ton; L. J. Sanderson, San Jose; Daniel I.
Adams and w. a. L. StrattOn, Petaluma;
w. II. Robinson, San joaquin; r. hiI"eT'
Berkeley; Dr. Gibbons, Alameda y.
Peasants, Winters; IL NJ. Larue, Saera-
mento; Secretary MaSllp. Secretary oil the
State Board of Trade; Professor Hllgard,
C. II. Allen, and +. J. WicksOn, Secretary
Of the State Board Of Horticulture.
Professor Hilgard of the University OF
California was chosen to preside and IN call
ing the meeting together said the object OF
the gathering was 10 obtain information rel
alive 10 the history Of horticulture during
the pioneer days OF the State. Al that time,
he stated, were laid the foundations for the
great undertakings which have made Cali
fornia the greatest fruitgTOwing State in the
Union and he felt that the time had come
when the details Of the early achievements
so far as possible to learn should be placed
on record.
Speeches were then made by II. Nj. Larue,
d. T. Adams. Judge BIackWood. James
Shinn, W II. Robinson, +. l.. Crane and
others, in which they stated their early eX-
perieBces and spoke Of the struggles OF the
early fruit-gr0wers.
Professor Allen. from the Committee on
Organization. reported that they had de-
c.drG TO have prepared a series Of papers to
be published in book form upon the follow
ing subjects: Apples and Pears. OLIVES
and Figs" Peaches" ''ADricots,' Citrus
Fruits" Grapes" "Prunes and Plums,
Almonds" Nursery Pioneers" small
Fruits, Societies and Exhibits" Early
Vegetables and Flowers" The Mission
Fruits" aud Insects and Diseases"
After some Little discussion this was laid
on the table and q resolution passed in
structing the committee TO proceed uron a
geographical basis In consequence Of this
a capable man will be selected from each
county OF the State 20 write up his imme-
diate section. The work. when thus done,
viii be gathered together and condensed by
the committee.
IN adjournment was then taken.
The morning call., 1892-02-27
HARD on room DEBTORS.

The New York Assembly has under con-
sidersion a bill which does away with the
ordinary processes Of law in collecting from
poor debtors. Il provides that any dealer
in meat or provisions who has bill as large
as s. and less than 500 may, without serv-
ing q summons, send a Sheriff to seize
enough property Of the debtor to secure the
debt The property so taken is to be held
subject TO a suit. This is bad enough. but
the bill proceeds 70 provide that 90 per cent
of the wages due from any third person to
q customer who is thus sued may be taken
by the Sheriff as security for the ultimate
payment Of the claim. Under this bill the
hundred-dollar class Of customers could
only be proceeded against by the ordinary
processes, but So debtor may be caught
in a pinch and the bed Of his wife and chill
dren held as security for the payment Of
his little debt. One would say that in this
country the rich have a sufficient advantage
over the poor without subjecting the latter
to summary processes in the collection OF
debts