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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Pigs Feet and Terrapin.

A observing business man, who has
had occasion to patronize at one time or
another nearly every restaurant in the
purely commercial section of the city,
has discovered an odd relationship be-
tween two articles of diet which rarely
if ever occur singly upon bill of fare.
"You can be reasonably sure" he said
the other day, that when you see liver
and bacon set down among the edibles
that you can also obtain chicken liver
omelet.' Perhaps this will explain" he
added cynically, ''why it is that so often
the liver of the first dish appears in small
triangular pieces in the omelets.
The gentleman might have transferred
his observances also to certain up town
restaurants which cater to the ''swell"
members of society. It's dollars to dough-
nuts that in at least one-half of those
which boast of their fine cooking, when
ever terrapin la Maryland or Philadel-
phia or any other style is to be had, it
will require but little urging to obtain
fried pigs feet.
Pigs feet and diamond back terrapin
do not closely resemble one another in
their natural state, but what difference
when they are stewed, either separately
or together. with Madeira wine and vari-
GUS concomitants! An epicure only can
detect the subterfuge by the slightly
larger bones of the pigs trotters. New
York Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
How to Select Good Helm.

One of the most astute business men
in New York city, who has through his
own efforts built up an enormous estab-
lishment, and who gives employment to
hundreds of men, some of them at very
large salaries, told me he had very little
difficulty in finding the right kind of
men for any department of his work.
was surprised to learn this and asked
him what was the secret of his success.
He said:
Il have men to whom pay as much
as $4,000 year. | have sometimes been
disappointed in my selection of helpers,
but as a rule never fail to get the kind
of man | want. My first rule is to Sc
lect for experienced help only the men
who have succeeded in what they have
undertaken.
'NO matter how prepOssessing man
may be, how taking i'll appearance or ID
apparent qualifications, never engage
him." he added, ''if l find that he has
made failure in anything. On the 9th
er hand, no matter how plain and u1l-
prepossessing man maybe, if l learn
from his story that he has been promoted
step by step; that he has always re-
manned in place until he was advanced,
and that every change he made was a
change for the better, engage him at
once. Such men never dissappoint me- y
New York Mail and Express.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Ice In the Government Buildings.

One gets vivid notion of the magni-
tude of the departments from the vast
quantities of ice and coal which are re-
quired to quench the thirst of the % 900
clerks and keep them warm. The treas
ury consumes ton and half of ice
daily, taking an average the year round
An equal quantity is used in the war,
state and navy building. But the de-
partment of the interior is the great de-
vourer of ice. Including the pension Of
fee, it gobbles up from five to six tons
every "a hours.
The quantities utilized are variable.
Each department makes it's own contract
for ice, bids being advertised for annual
ly. No definite amount to be provided
is agreed upon. The contractor gets as
much for supplying all the frozen water
required, whatever it may be. All the
departments, together with their branch
es, consume $4,000 pounds every day
Washington Star.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
IN THE HOUSE.

The house made serious efforts to
make progress with its calendar, con-
sisting of seven senate and 70 house
files, but there were constant Interrupt
tons, and but comparatively small
number Of bills were pa sed. Two or
three were defeated, notably S. F. 235,
Senator Motifs bill to compel farmers
to fence in three sides of their land be-
fore the railroad company whose line
intersects the land is compelled to
fence in the fourth side; also Mr.
Bjorges bill to reduce the rate of inter-
est from and 10 per cent to and 8.
H. F. I'll, Mr.. Langum's bill to tax
the gross earnings of drawing room
car and other companies, was, on mo-
ton Of Mr.. Greer, recommitted to MI.
Langum for amendment.
Mr.. O'Neill made an unsuccessful eff
fort to call up S. F. 200, the bill to pro-
vide for the erection of a state elevator
at Duluth. His motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill, which is now
No. 1876 on general orders, only received
SO votes and was lost
hltIS faSScu.
S. F. 4l4-Relief of jeremiah Sullivan.
S. F. ll4-FOr constitutional amendment fol-
taxation of inheritances.
;. +. 369-ReasseSsment in certain cases.
S. F. Embarrassing salary of supreme court
reporter.
S. F. 450-RecogniZances, etc.
S. F. 567-Repeal chapter 44O, special law
1891
S. F. 570-Wolf bounties.
S. f. 500 Bailiffs in court.
H. F. 672-Public watering places.
II. F. 264-Bonds of independent school dis.
tricts.
H. F. S24- Amending probate code
II. F. SS5-Substitute for SO3. Powers of park
boards
H. F. officiating to DEGREES in probate
court.
H. F. S23-Town insurance companies
II. F. 749-Reports of private bankers
A large portion of the days session
was spent in discussing the amend
ments to the capitol bill and the general
appropriation bill. Both measures were
finally disposed of
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
why People Dislike q Book Agent.

"What is there about book agent OF
q peddler of any kind that is SO distaste-
full to the ordinary citizen of todayY'
said Martin Cole. 1.-The efforts of these
people to make living is conscientious,
and I am positive there is no work on
the face of the earth that is half so
wearisome or soul trying as this one
thing of canvassing books. There is no
satisfaction in it and not even good
living. Every one turns with disgust
from the book agent. Probably it is
because people cannot brook anything
outside of the regular lines of trade.
They prefer to have things in their pro-
per places-books in book store, candy
in candy store and the like throughout
the long list of earthly articles that
we use. Then they want the stores close
at hand, so that they can rush out and
secure what they want, paying spot cash
for it.
"These are what people term the le-
gitimate lines of trade, and they are.
Then when peddler arrives, the mer-
chant or the ordinary citizen Immediate
ly figures out that anything that must
be brought about to him to effect sale
must not be good. 1t is outside the le-
ultimate line, and if it were good it would
simply be placed upon the market
through the ordinary channels and left
for the public to conceive it's merits. So,
then, figure out that this dissatisfaction
with book agents and the like resolves it
self into the great law of order, which is
an innate desire in the heart of every
one. st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
THE LEGISLATURE.
IN HE SENATE.

ST. PAUL. April 1.-THE senate passed
resolutions Of S Senator's Davis and Nc
Hale, giving $3.50 each to Mrs. Bredetta
Clark and Miss r. A. Sellick, the tele-
phone and telegraph operators. Reso'
buttons giving the pages an extra $50
went over under notice of debate, as did
also resolu zion of Senator Tawney for
the payment of the attorneys who COM
posed the charter commission.
On motion of Senator Sanborn the
house resolution fixing the day OF final
adjournment April 10 was amended by
making it April 1S, and passed.
Senator Donnelly called up his ter
minal rate bill, which had been fixed as
special order. He offered amendments
striking out all but the grain rates, and
in the course of half an hours speech,
informed the senate that the bill cut
down grain rates from 20 to % per cent
1t failed by the lack of one vote-27 to III.
Fl. F. 907, the tax levy bill, was then
taken up and passed. The calendar was
attacked, and S. F. 436, the Crandall
bill repeating the tax for forestry, was
lost--19 to 8.
The Appropriation Bill.
The appropriation bill then came up
on report of the conference committee.
The committee reported that they rec
commended the reinstatement of section
Ii, with an additional 81, 900 for Otter
Tail county, and that the $l2,5O6 for
the Itasca park, be cut down to $4,000.
The other amendments were agreed to,
and the senate was informed that the
house had passed the bill in this shape.
Senator Donnelly moved that the con-
ference report be non-concurred in.
The motion prevailed and new con-
ference committee was appointed. The
road and bridge bill, appropriating $46,-
500, was then passed, although there
was not cent in the treasury for that
purpose
Bills Passed.
Work on the calendar was then re-
sumed and the following bills passed:
ST. 434-Relating to drainage.
S. F. 297-Relating to higher education.
H. F. 429-To furnish United States courts
with Minnesota reports.
H. F. 262-R Relating to labels.
H. F. 257-Relating to trials.
H. F. officiating to book accounts.
H. f. 1910 prevent the aduteration OF
honey.
II. F. ORequiring daily statements by the
state treasurer to the state auditor.
H. F. 35S-Relating TO the repositories of
state funds
H. F. 357-GivIng the state treasurer an ad
ditional clerk at 500 a year.
H. F. 879-The anti-scalper bill, 81 to IL.
H. f. 426-Reorganizing the labor bureau.
The appropriation bill came in from
the house again with the report of the
conference committee, in favor of strik-
ing out section II entire, and also the
senate amendment of $l2, 500 for the
Itasca park. This was satisfactory,
and the bill was passed by vote of 43
to 2, Senators Allen and Peterson, S.
D., voting in the negative.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Bargain Goods Factories.

Lynn, Mass, has bargain goods fac,
tory, which turns out cheap goods OF
excellent appearance for the bargain
counters. The American bargain seeker
has called for such things, and now if
shams are made to deceive him he must
not grumble. There are 16 of such bar
gain goods manufactures. and the bar
gain goods era is just now at it's zenith.
Exchange.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
THE LEGISLATURE.
IN THE SENATE.

ST. PAUL, April 1S.-The last days of
the legislature are always largely taken
up in voting gratuities to employees or
others and a number of resolutions
came in during the morning and were
| laid over Senator Lommen would
have the file clerks paid So day for the
entire session instead of So. Senator
| Day thinks that an extra $3.50 would
compensate G. w. Foote, l.. d. Miller
| and j. G.. Fowler for extra work done
at the secretary's desk. Senator Taw-
| ney called up his resolution of compen-
sation for the charter attorneys. 1t
was referred to the committee on
finance. Senator Little offered reso-
luton to give j. E. Miller 500 for ex-
ira work in connection with the heating
and ventilating of the senate chamber.
Chairman Glader of the engrossing COM
mittee got $l5 for labor performed in
his department by S. G. Bennett, and
Senator Stevens offered resolution
giving Pat Fortune an extra 500 for
services as clerk of the coal combine
committee
DOnnelly's Sensation.
Senator Donnelly at this point sprung
a sensation He said that Chairman
Comstock of the house committee on
public lands had seized upon the SEN
ate's joint resolution creating commit
tee to carry on the pine land investiga-
ahco,fal hi,,,co1f from
the sessions of the house with the evil
dent intention of preventing action by
the house, in the interest of the plum
derers of the states pine lands. He
therefore, by request of the governor,
offered another resolution, an exact
copy of the first, and had it passed un-
der suspension of the rules.
Senator Tawney. introduced bill re-
organizing the state board of health. 1t
passed.
Senator Day called up the Dunn
newspaper bill Senator Smith, J. D.,
opposed the measure, but it passed al
most unanimously. Following meas
ures also passed:
H. F. S53-Repealing a special law relating
to Reeds Landing.
H. f. lT-Relating to religious corporations.
H. f. Authorizing the issue of bonds by
Independent school districts in certain cases.
Many Bills Passed.
At 2:15 Senator ]. D. Smith moved to
permit senators to call up one bill each
for passage. The motion prevailed
both at the afternoon and evening
sessions and nearly 100 bills were passed
in this manner. Most of the measures
were unimportant from general point
of view. Whenever really important
measure was called up objection was
made and the bill would have to be
dropped. Considerable confusion was
created by certain members who
claimed they were being sighted and
many attempts were made to adjourn.
1t was nearly 2 a. IN. when the motion
prevailed.
Among the important bills defeated
in the senate were house file 106, amend
ing the law authorizing counties to vote
aid to railway companies, ETC., SO that
the vote shall be taken under the Aus
tralian system, and senate file 302, re-
lating to the management of the grain
and elevator business
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
IN THE HOUSE.

After the house came to order and be-
fore proceeding to business, Speaker
Lee stated that he had an unpleasant
duty to perform. He then laid before
the house the facts regarding the re-
fusal of Mr.. Bleecker to vote at the Sat-
urday night session on the report of the
Mile Laos pine land committee. He
said Mr.. Bleecker's conduct compro-
missed the dignity of the house and was
a gross violation of plain rule. Mr..
Blocker defined his position at great
length. He believed member should
be excused from voting when he was
conscientious in asking leave not to
vote. Mr.. German moved that the ex-
PLANTATION be accepted and the matter
dropped After some further discus
sion vote was taken and the motion
prevailed.
Insane Hospital Bill.
|, Mr.. Diepolder called up S. F. 465, the
bill to reduce the number of the board
of managers of the state hospital for
the insane from nine to five and make a
general change in the system of govern
ance. After reading the bill in full,
which occupied three-quarters of an
hour, Mr.. Winston proposed an amend
ment making the board consist of seven
members, one from each congressional
district, but the house refused to receive
it. The bill then passed "a to 3.
The Elevator Is Go.
At the afternoon session Mr.. ONeill
stirred up little rumpus by moving to
suspend the rules and pass S. F. 800, APP
propriating 100000 for farmers ele-
vator at Duluth. The motion was OBJ
posed from the word go, many members
speaking against it. When vote was
reached the bill PISSED 70 to 20. Scores
OF bills were passed during the day,
mostly of purely local character.
Among the important measures taken
up and defeated were the woman suf-
frage bill, the Fort Smelling park bill.
the bill providing for incorporation and
regulation of life and casualty in
surance companies, the anti-pool room
bill, the bill to limit the national guard
to q companies and Motifs railroad
fencing bill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Play Better Than Gymnastics.

The pre-eminently recreative exercise
is play. This natural gymnastics brings
with it an attraction that animates the
most Indifferent and gives inspiration to
the most phlegmatic. And what a con-
trast there is between pupils exercising
in play and those upon whom syste-
matte gymnastics are imposed-between
English school children, for example, and
French!-M. F. Lagrange in Popular
Science Monthly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
PENSIONS !!

If you wish to file claim for Pension either
under the old or new law, call on or correspond
with the undersigned, having had twelve years
practice before the Department at Washington.
Your claims will have the beneneft of this ex-
perience if intrusted to my care.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
DULUTH GREAT WESTERN.
An Old Road Renamed and Sup
piled with Cash.

DULUTH, Mimi, April fat a
meeting held here the old Duluth, Red
Lake Falls and Northern railroad was
revived and directors elected, among
whom are some of the heaviest local
men. The road is to be called the
Duluth Great Western and will run to
the Mesaba along its whole length and
into the wheat country. The Central
Trust company, of New York, acts as
trustee, and $3.50 mile is arranged
for for the first 100 miles and $4,000 a
mile thereafter. For terminals in this
rity $5OO,O0O is arranged for. These
will be on Minnesota Point. Active
work begins in May.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Supposed to Have Shielded

LIE SUEUR, Mimi, April 1S.-Dora
Kachal, girl II years of age. is sup
posed to have committed suicided by
drowning in the Minnesota river. She
left home because her father scolded her
for some slight offense and her clothes
were found later ON the river bank.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Appeal to England or GERMANY

Boston, April 17.-Hawaiian Minis
ter S. Mott Smith, who is in Boston.
says that the provisional government of
Hawaii will now appeal to England or
Germany for support, and that each of
these nations stands ready to respond to
my overt lres-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
G. SCHMIDT & SON,
Farm Machinery!
The best all guaranteed Ste Machinery Money Refunded

position sell the wholesale
Seeders and Drills Steel Lever Haow Budong Disk Harrow,
and Grand Deteur Corn Cuvatos and other
and Hay Leaders, Yankee Hay Rake Weir Economy
Subbe suy and Gang ows Osborn Mowers and New Osborn Binders
the latest improved lbs. 1horse foot Binder
Advance Engine and Seperators Auman Thresh
Sackers and Clover Hus Davis Sewing Machines
Graders Wagons Bugg and everything need Besides will buy
thing have sell highest market price Call before you
buy. You will get strictly deal honest goods
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
Fire in a, Mine

HAzLEToN. Pa, April 1S.-Fire is
raging in Crystal Ridge mine, about a
mile from here. The fire department
OF this place has been summoned. Five
men are said to be in the mine.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-07-19
PROMINENT PEOPLE.

JuLrs VERNE has written seventy-iour
novels.
OK an average, the letters received by the
Emperor OF Germany number GOO day.
SAMUEL MISruRS PECK, the Alabama poet,
Is running turkey farm nj Tuscaloosa.
GOVERNOR FLOWER, OF New York, IL one OF
the best amateur trap-shooters in America.
W. A. DEHARIrY, the Mayor OF Elwood,
Ind, is only TWENTY-FIVE years old, and is
probably the youngest mayor In the country.
TuE Princesses OF Siam have such names
as W.;lat-ulongkorn and Siraponsophon-
which will make Eululia sound sweeter than
ever.
The Army OF the Potomac, encamped at
Boston. elected Major-General Nelson A.
Miles. United States Army, President OF its
organization.
REV. W. II. TURNER'S. pastor emeritus OF
the First Unitarian Church In Philadelphia,
was ninety-ope years old few days agD. He
is the Oldest living graduate Of Harvard Uni
versity and is the only survivor Of the class
sfle2o.
SENATOR SHERMAN has moved into his new
residence. which is one the finest in Wash
ington. IL is said TO have cost Sl50,0O0
Senator sherman has made great deal of
money In Washington real estate and still has
large holdings there.
Ir Is reported that the King OF Greece in
tends to abdicate in favor Of the Duke of
Sparta and retire TO his modest summer
home on the Island OF Corfu. His Majesty
finds II impossible to cope with the present
financial difficulties OF Greece.
MISS EMMA SrcKELs. the Indian philan.
thropist, has three proteges, who are Won
ders in the musical world. They are the
Misses Blueiacket, and they sing like night
ingales. or real Cherokee origin. they have
ha rinbpet nf pnpnpr-pOlorab glxiu bright pet
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-07-19

The only surprising thing about
reduction OF the time between New
York and Chicago Is that 1t has come
80 late. Twenty hours are ample for
. little less than thousand miles.
The waste OF time that has deferred
until 80 late a day the arrangement
VI this new table between the lakes
and the seaboard has been at sta.
lions where the switching OF rolling
stock, the transfer OF baggage ano
mails and the appointing Of coaches
have been done without that dis.
patch that has characterized the run.
ning OF the fast expresses. An aver.
age Of fifty miles an hour Is fairly
rood, but 1T is not phenomenal. In
TACT, the American railway system
has scarcely kept pace with the de.
velopment OF the ocean steamship
Iervice. Passengers arrived In Chi
ago Saturday who took ship al
Queenstown the previous Sunday.
All the difficulties Of ocean travel
taken into account, this is more i'm
pressive than making 1000 miles in
twenty hours without a mountain
fange 10 cross and with no engineer
ing problems Of any perplexing nature.
The railroads throughout the coun
try are likely to be stimulated TO i'm
proyement OF their schedules by the
new express trains between the lakes
and the Atlantic. The Southern ser
rice, 80 far as II Is controlled Ia
Southern centers, Is In urgent need
OF speeding. The Southern planten
ought To insist on better time for the
valuable but perishablc frcights they
send 70 Northern markets. Southern
business men have everything to gair
, by bringing South and North more
closely together. There has been
considerable improvement during tn,
past year In means of communication
between Chicago and the Gulf: bu,
the manipulation OF neither passenger
nor fast freight trains is yet wha,
intelligence, energy and little more
outlay OF money would easily make IT.
The next step for Northern ant
Eastern, as we'll az Western ant
Southern railway management, ought
to be popularize the improved servic,
by lowering the rates. Travel is like
postal service-the cheaper the staml
the greater the number Of letters
The lower the railroad ticket tn,
more the thousands that will use IL
| Chicayn Harnll
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-07-19
woman,s Influence in China.

The laws and social customs of China
make womans life most restricted
pne in every way; and yet, in spite of
Ill disadvantages, In no country is fe-
male influence more powerful. The
women of China are the very backbone
Of the Nation, seeming to be born with
I natural sense of honesty which is
conspicuously absent among the men.
While the mendacity Of Cinnamon is
proverbial, the women are, ms rule,
truthful, and have great strength OF
character. They make good wives,
struggling bravely TO restrain their
husbands from ramshu drinking, opium
smoking and immoderate gambling,
vices for some of which most of them
have propensity. They are dutiful
daughters and devoted mothers. II
is only surprising that there are moi
more good men to be found among
deeming quality, however, is the warm
affection and respect he generally feels
for his mother. Their filial obedience
is indeed remarkable. A mandarin
some forty years of age will calmly re.
mark that he must go here, or that he
cannot 60 there, because his mother
has hidden or forbidden him TO do so !
And woman's influence is not alone
confined to the domestic circle. 1t is
well known that Li-Hung-Chang, the
great man of China, consults Lady
Ii" on matters of importance, and 70
her credit let it he said that he is al
ways foremost in favor Of progress and
q more enlightened way of governing
the country. The Empress Dowager
is also woman of great intelligence ;
indeed, when the disadvantages of her
education and mode of life are taken
into consideration, il must be admitted
that she is one OF The most remarkable
women of the age. That she is not,
however, quite exempt from feminine
vanity is shown by the fact that she
was not long since admonished by the
Board of Censors for dressing toe
vouthfully. New York Post.