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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-19
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Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-08-19

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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27
NUMBER so

States, and it so happens that the
United Stated maintains and
furnishes us with articles, which are
essential to our manufacturers. We
cannot exclude either without seri-
Gus injury to ourselves. / am not
prepared in order to punish other
countries, to inflict dangerous wounds
on ourselves. We must confine our
selves to those matters wherein we
will not suffer much whether impor-
tation continues or diminishes.
While we can not raise the price of
food and raw materials, there is an
enormous mass Of imports, such as
wine, spirits, silk, gloves and laces,
from countries besides the United
Stated which are merely luxuries,
and of which diminished consump-
tion could be risked in order to secure
access to the markets of our neigh
bors. | shall expect to be excom-
municated for propounding such a
doctrine, but | am bound to say that
| think the free traders have gone
too far.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27
No one will welcome the advent

No one will welcome the advent Of
pleasant weather more than the farm
er. 1t means much to him, especial
ly if he raises much corn, and farm
ing has so adapted itself of late years.
that even outside of the corn belt it
is most important crop. In what is
known as the corn belt, practically
no corn has yet been planted, and it
should have all been in the ground by
this time. Should the frost hold off
late in the fall there is no doubt
plenty of time for the corn crop, but
its planting cannot be safely delayed
much longer. 1t is to be hoped that
the rain spell is over and that
pleasant weather may follow for some
time. To the south and southwest of
us the destruction from the floods
has been great. 1t has been esti-
mated that the losses will reach Sl1,-
100000. Whether the final summing
up will Justify this sum or not, of
course cannot be said, but it is to be
hoped it will not. On the lower
Mississippi through the Arkansas bot
toms, it is said that crop prospects
are wholly drownded out. The de-
sire this spring has not been for arti-
fetal means to produce rain, but the
stricken people in the flooded dis
trict would gladly have hailed any
artificial means that would have pre-
vented floods.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27
FREE TRADE DEAD.

Lord Salisbury has dealt the free
traders cruel blow. They keep tell
ing all the time how England is pros
pering because of free trade, but the
English premier in speech delivered
at Hastings few days since, told a
different story. He was forced to ad-
nit that English free trade was a
failure and that England's only hope
was through protective tariff sys-
tenn. In the course of his address he
said:
England only maintains the po-
sition which she occupies by the
vast industries existing here; but a
danger is growing up. Fifty years ago
everybody believed that free trade
had conquered the world and prophe-
sled that every nation would follow
the example of England. The re-
suits, however, are not what had
been expected. Despite the prophe-
sizes of the tree trade advocates, for
eign nations are adopting protection.
They are excluding us from their
markets and are trying to kill our
trade. And this state of things ap-
pears to grow worse. We live in an
age of war tariffs. Another impor-
tant point is that while nations are
negotiating to obtain each others
commercial favor none is anxious
about the favor of Great Britain, be-
cause Great Britain has stripped her.
self of the armOr and weapons with
which the battle is to be fought.
The attitude we have taken in re-
garding it disloyal to the glorious and
sacred doctrines of free trade to levy
duties on anybody for the sake OF
anything we get thereby, may be no.
BILE, but is not businesslike. [cheersl.
On these terms you will not get any
thing. II you intend to hold your
own in this conflict Of tariffs you
must be prepared TO refuse nations
who injure you access to your mar.
kets.
We complain most of the United
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

AS an illustration of the possibili-
ties of sugar beet culture, an instance
is recorded of man at Grand Island,
Neb., who at a labor cost of $40 raised
36 tons of beets worth $3.50 ton, a
total return of S19S from a single acre
of ground With facts like this con-
tinually cropping out, farmers
will soon grow less cheap wheat and
cotton and turn to sugar beets. Then
will permanent prosperity for Ameri-
can agriculture be assured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27
THE Winona Republican says:

1t is estimated by competent judges
that the farmers of this county have
now on hand in their granarieS or in
storage very nearly one-third of the
entire wheat crop of last year and as
that crop is computed to have amount
ed to between nine and ten hundred
thousand bushels, this would mean
about third of million bushels
Some farmers there are who have sold
practically none of their wheat and
others but very small part. AS the
work of this season will now occupy
their attention for some months it
will probably be early in the fall be-
fore much of this will be marketed
and there will not be much then unless
prices are decidedly better than now.
The farmers can afford to wait around
here. and that is just what they are
doing,
The Winona county farmers cannot
be as badly off as the calamityItes try
to make out, or else they would not be
able to take things in such a leisurely
fashion.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

THE Democrats are very active in
helping along the interests of those
Republicans who would like to defeat
President Harrison's denomination.
There is every indication that they
are more afraid of him than they care
to let out. Grandpa's hat covers a
greater man than they figured upon
meeting.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27
MINNESOTA SUGAR.

The Minnesota farmer, says the St.
Paul Pioneer Press, who is keen for
new openings and on the alert for an
extension of his labOrs must be watch
ing with deep interest the develop
ment Of the sugar beet experiments
for his benefit. He, especially, has
reason to wish for proof of the prac-
ticability of introducing this new ag-
ricultural industry, although any one
really interested in the prosperity of
the state must feel its Importance.
To the farmer it would mean an oppor-
tunity for the further Investigation
of crops, which is being more and
more appreciated, and the true i'm
portance of which to the farmer is al
most incalculable. To the state in
general, the extensive cultivation of
the sugar beet would be valuable, not
only through added prosperity to the
farming industry, but through the
establishment of large refneries, the
employment of labor and the increase
of traffic.
There seems to be nothing in the
way of the establishment of beet Gull
tivation as prominent factor in onr
state agriculture provided the beets
grown are of suitable quality. In the
early days of experiment in the east
ern states, the production of beet SUI
gar was stimulated by means of boun-
ties of or 2 per cent. offered by the
state. Since the adoption of the free
sugar clause of the tariff bill and the
accompanying offer of a 2 per cent.
bounty on domestic sugar by the gov
eminent, there is no occasion for fur
ther artificial stimulus by means of
state legislation. The American pro-
ducer, once he establishes his farm
and his refinery, has considerably the
advantage of the European producer.
The latter has heavy duty to
pay either on the beets or on the
sugar. A comparison made not long
ago of the conditions of the industry
in Denmark with those possible in
Minnesota, shows the savings in this
state to be considerably larger than
the extra expenses. Labor in the field
costs So more per ton Of beetS in Min
nesota than it does in Denmark, and
factory labor costs $1.15 more per ton
of beets. On the other hand, the saw
ings in rent, fuel, and duty, mount up
to 1898 per ton, SO that the Minnesota
producer saves S3.4S per ton of beets
and S2.17 per ton of sugar over his
Danish competitor. These calcula-
tions are made on the supposition
that each man obtains per cent of
sugar from his beets. Whether the
Minnesota man can do this or not is
what we are waiting to be told by the
experimental station officials.
A favorable verdict frem them
ought to be the signal for an imme-
date stirring towards availing our
selves of a new and promising resource.
1t should see the setting apart of acres
for the cultivation of the sugar beet
and the building of manufactures
and reffneries at different points, con-
veniently located for the transporta-
tion across and throughout the coun-
try of the marketable product. The
most earnest commentator must be
given to the instigators and conduct
Ors of an experiment which may and
probably does mean so much of added
resource to the state for whose bene-
fit it was undertaken.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

HERE is sample of reciprocity's
work. Imports of -four into Hayana,
Cuba. for the quarter ending March
81, 1891 were 90, 125 bags, 1894 of them
coming from Spain, the other 6751 from
the United States: imports of flour in
to same port for the similar period
this year under reciprocity were 1O1,-
$40 bags, of which 101 ,06O bage came
from this country and $50 bags from
Spain.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

1T is now announced that Senator
Hill is writing a letter withdrawing
from the presidential race, but wheth-
er in favor of Cleveland or the much
talked of western man, is not stated.
However, on looking the field over
Hill doesn't seem to have much of an
interest to withdraw.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

A WINONA county farmer says that
the wet cold weather and the snow
storm yesterday are not without their
compensation. He is of the opinion
that had it been dry spring, the
chinch bugs would have eaten up the
wheat crop. This wet cold weather,
he says, will pretty effectually destroy
them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

The unanimous opinion of all who
have tested the working qualities of
American tin plate is that it is super
ior in every respect to the foreign arti-
cal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

DURING this last year the United
States shipped l. 53,000 barrels of ap-
pies. Arrangements have also been
made'for the direct shipment of Or
anges from Florida.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

GEO PECK, of Wisconsin, is getting
funny again. He processes to belive
that Cleveland could carry Wisconsin
by $4,000 majority.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1892-05-27

CHARITIES got S145, 900 out of Will
liam Astor's estate. Undoubtedly
William was not believer in Carne-
gie's Gospel of Wealth."
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
Went Back After the Scalp.

Boston Journal.
A wild-eyed citizen ran into the Office of
the health department yesterday and
shouted excitedly:
II had a sharp ight with il. but man.
aged to kill it. 1t was crawling IN Broad
way looking for some one to sting. but /
whanged it with my umbrella, and its
corpse is now lying in the gutter. / tell
you. gents. Pm dandy. and If there is any
reward / am here TO claim il"
What did You killT asked the clerk.
"A buuco steerer or % green-goods agentw
The citizen drew himself MP proudly.
mo funny business" he protested, lin q
public Office. The thing / slew was a
cholera germ"
What was it like" inquired the official.
well, 1t had long legs something like a
spider and ierce-looking eyes. 1 could see
from lts demeanor that it had just landed
and was ready for business
How big was itc'
About as big as bumble-bee. sup
pose if hadn't Jumped on 1t 1t would have
bitten n hundred people by now. I've read
all about these germs. l have, and il /
hadn't been around with my technical
knowledg &c 1t would have escaped observa-
, tion. The board of health ia putting up
some sort of a reward. isn't It'll"
What proof have We that you really
killed the GERM" the official wanted 10
know. did You bring the scalp alongl
The board isn't going TO pay out it's hard
earned cash without proof"
The citizen was taken aback. He hadn't
thought of this before.
1t was unreasonable IN me to suppose
yon would take my word without some out
ter dawned upon him. and then he drew
out o sheath-knife and started of on a dead
run after the scalp and the reward offered
by the municipality.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
John Drew Set. the Fashions.

New York Letter.
There is no fashion leader in New York.
although the only McAilister once aspired
to that function. But there are some midi
cations that the young men who like TO be
we'll dressed are going to take their sugges-
tions from John Drew, who is called the
hest dressed actor on the stage aud one of
the best dressed men off IL. Mr.. Drew Is
not Broadway promenader. but he some
times appears on Fifth avenue in the after
noon, and when he does the eyes of the
swells are UPON him. He causes a little
commotlon when he enters Delmonico's to
lunch. and he possesses To the highest de-
gree that art Of seeming to be unconscious
that he is observed. Mr. Drew ia adding to
q reputation won at Days. and It 10 now
admitted that he is the most finished like
comedian of the younger generation OF
American actors. He IL the only one of
them who bids fair to take Mr.. Jetferson's
place when he retires.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
Umpire 1heater.

The Pulse of New York" company will
appear at the Empire Theater the week
commencing tomorrow night The piece
is from the prolific pen OF Howard F. Tay-
lor. author of May Blossom" Caprice"
etc, and comes with high recommends
tions, after having made successful tour
of the country. That the melodraina we'll
presented is q highly acceptable form of
entertainment to the public has been
demonstrated over and over again: but 1t
must he we'll presented, both as TO scenery
and the company. TO be appreciated. Dra-
matte ability is required and this is fur
pany of players. The company Is
iirst-class in every respect. OF the
scenic attractions. the steam pile-driver in
operation. glvcn in the first act. 10 ono of
the most striking. The elevated railroad
Is also another striking achievement In this
line. In the third act pleasing specialties
are introduced. The scene showing Pier
I'll of East river il q very ingenious piece of
stage work. The great fire scene is one of
ever offered 20 the public. lii odd in con-
ception and deliberately worried out. the
episode which shows the heroine Jumping
from the window of q New York mansion
iut0 net held by the hremen, being espe-
cially realistic. The theater-going public
of Indianapolis should avail themselves OF
this opportunity 10 witness iirst-class
production by q tirst-class company.
The "Spider and Fly" at the Grand.
Mr.. NJ. Il. Leavitts spectacular panto-
mime. Tho Spider and Fly" piece that
Is well known here. will be presented at
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

pretend to be wax figures, and the potion
accordingly makes them automatic figures
of Hamlet and OphelIa. worked on tho
penny-in.the-slOtp principle, notion which,
III Mr.. Gilbert's hands. results in a great
variety of absurdlties. Miss Russell has
the part of tho village beauty Teresa. In
love with herself. The first act presents a
picturesque view of an Inn in Slcillan
mountain pass. and the second IS of q
Dominican monastery by moonlight.
Archie Boyd, the Joshua WhItcomb of
the Western old Homestead" company,
Will star next season. He has Just signed q
three years contract with Manager Harry
Clapham. OF DOckstaders ministries. and
VIII take the road In q play somewhat SIM
liar to the one in which he has made q rep
utation. The management of The Old
Homestead" hold to the belief that "the
PLAYS the thing" They are of the opinion
that star does not contribute to the popu-
larity of this piece, and that as long as the
principal part is intelli gently acted it is
bound to be effective. Mr.. Boyd. however,
seeks the greater reputation that is sup-
posed to attach to the player whose name
appears in big black type. and as he is not
pany, he has decided to obtain stellar dis
tinction through his forthcoming venture.
Sol Smith Russell has made discovery.
He has been playing piece called The
Poor Relation" for several years. and In 1t
there is q scene where q woman appears
about her husband. whom she has not seen
for five years, and then her child is carried
in to her. and the child is iust beginning to
lisp the name papa. But the child is only
two years old. This Indicated that there
was o discrepancy some where to q citizen
of Seattle, and the citizen wrote Sol Smith
Russell long letter, asking how 1t was
that o wife should have twO-year-old
baby when her husband has been away
from her for five years. Mr.. Russell-whO
10 the pink of propriety-gasped. rushed for
the manuscript and walked the actress up
In. the middle Of the night TO tell her that
the age of the child must be increased at
the performance the following night Then
he wrote long letter to the citizen of
heartfelt and unquestioned sincerity. and
commented upon the fact that such an in
consistency as this had existed In the play.
and had gone unnoticed by literally hum
dreds of critics and hundreds of thousands
of people before whom the play had been
performed for three years.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
Knew How to Become Known.

Detroit Free Press.
Gentlemen be said, as the crowd gath
cred around him. IL ask you to vote for me
that this congressional district may be-
come better known. promise you that III
ever 60 to Congress i will make lily name
o household word throughout the length of
the land, and wherever 1 am known the
district i come from Will be known.
This is no idle boast gentlemen. know
whatl am talking about. and can and will
fulfill my pledge
After the crowd had dispersed one of the
candidates friends asked doubtfully:
"Arn't you taking q pretty largo con-
tractf'
"Oh. no." was the prompt reply.
Don't think you arc q second Daniel
Webster. do youf"
Certainly not"
Think you can teach some of the old
timers their business. / suppose"
Not ut ALL"
well. what Is your scheme, thenY
20 III go without socks. or say Where
was i att wear blue overalis on the
street and tell peoDle they're good enough
Tor me. or do something of that sort. Dom
you worry yourself about me. i can make
myself known just as easy ana quick as
other people once get into Congress-"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23
Inductivs Reasoning.

Gibbs-Kickshaw is younger than his
wife. isn't bef
Dimiaick-Ycs, but he doesn't like il
known. How did yon find 10 outl
Gibbs-From Kickshaw himself.
Dimmick- mpossible,
Gibbs--iss; he told ma that man ought
to marry o woman six years his junior.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1892-10-23

A new play that has duplicated In other
cities, the strongly marked success it
achieved in New York, during Its original
presentation there, will BIO produced for
the first time In indianapolis at the Grand
Opera-house next Thursday night and
during the remainder of the week. 1t Is
comedy drama. of an original kind. en-
titled Friends" The play has to do with
two young men. one poet and the other q
musician, who have sone dress suit and
two good-sized hearts between them"
The musician loves an opera-singer who
confdes to the poet that she cares for the
musician in return, and though her conf
dant is also In love with her, his friendship
leads him to hide his affections and work
in the interest OF the other man. There is
villain in the shape of an opera director
that seeks to marry tine heroine because he
knows her to he the heir to o title and tort
une. In the end his scheming comes to
naught and things are adjusted In q way to
suit the sympathetic spectator.
Friends was written by Edwin Milton
Royle, Young man who has for some time
been identified with leading theatrical
attractions. This is his first play
to be produced and he has reason to
with, for nowhere has il been given
where il did not create favorable impress
sion. IL ran in New York at the Standard
1heater for SIX weeks Manager A. +.
Hartz has been fortunate In securing the
entire original cast. and will present it
here in quite as good style as when seen In
New York. The cast includes Miss Selena
Fetter. who is o well-kuown leading lady,
and who. In the part of great singer, it is
said. displays some very clever acting. +.
ID. Lyons plays the part of an old
man who il addicted to the use of liquor.
and, in his part. adds success tohis many.
other members of the company are Clar-
enbe A. Handyside, who is also WE'LL
know leading man, and has been favorite
for some time in New York; Lucius Hen
derson, fine musician rs we'll as actor.
and in this play has an opportunity of
showing his skill in both. There are also
snch well-know n people as Theodore Ham
llton, Bertha Livingston, Louise Wakelee,
Katie Baker and A. &. Hilsdorf, as well IS
the author, Mr.. Royle, who plays one of
the leading parts
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-02-12

Wainwright Company had the aiyan-
taSe OF more and il%andsomcr
In the scene III the third act. when
Juliana is call upon to choose be-
tween her father and her husband.
the acting of Miss Gage was par
ticularly appreciated by the audi
ence. The company as a whole is a
good one. VIM. Lloyd, who took
the character of Rolando, the Wo-
man hater, last evening being partic-
ularly strong. Kent Thomas, as
Lopez the peasant, also made a hit.
Sour Boys will be the play this
afternoon at the the Matinee, while
PygmaIion and Galatca will close
the engagement this evcning.-Ilcl-
ena Independent.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-02-12
A Worthy Petition.

A petition to the Senators and
members of the House of Represent
tatives at Washington is being cir
culated in favor of the establishment
of a Land district, with head office
at Great Falls. No doubt it will be
signed by every resident, as all are
interested in having the Office located
there. 1t is more convenient and
every one who is connected with
mines, timber or farming claims,
has more or less business with the
land office. We trust that it will
not only be largely signed, but have
the desired effect at headquarters.
A bill has been introduced making
Fort Benton the seat of the land
office. but we need not point out to
any n here, the greaterconvenlcnce
of having it at Great Falls. The
petition will be at the Herald Office
Saturday for the convenience of
those, who do not have Il chance to
see it elsewhere.