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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10

Gloves, mittens and und erwear at
half the usual prices, at the Model
One Price Clothing and Shoe House.
DIR. E. L. Halves, formerly of this
city, has embarked in the clothing
business at Redwood Falls.
Clothing at astonishing low prices
at the Model One Price Clothing and
Shoe House.
The number of world S fair rail-
road tickets sold at st, Peter during
the past six months was 1913.
The Normal school football team
went to St. Peter to play the St. Peter
team this afternoon. The st. Peter
team has been doing some hard work
practicing for this game.
"A syndicate of St. Peter young
men have organized and expect to
lease the driving park there and spend
several hundred dollars improving it.
The track will be conducted under
association rules.
One of the questions in U. S. his
tory at the teachers examination at
Good Thunder last week was what
were the provisions of the Missouri
Compromises" One young lady an
swered: 1.-The same as of other ar
mics. Pork, beans and molasses."
The FREE PRESS and Reuieav are
having tilt over the matter of daily
publishing the cases of diphtheria in
the city. We think if the publication
OF these cases were made authoritive-
ly it would be good thing. 1t would
prevent the aggravating reports of
cases for which report there is not the
least founda tion.- Mankato Journal.
Watch, wait and see where I am
going'' advertisement. Look up adv.
nd see where he is going.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10
Fact Worth Knowing,

For distance of 70 miles, the Nick
ell Plate Road is perfect air line.
This is the largest tangent in the U.
S. When going east take this rapid
ly growing popular road. superbly
equipped trains daily from the East 3.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10
For Sale.

Three grade Norman colts. geld
ing 4 years old; | gelding 3 years old; l
mare years old. Will sell on time.
For information apply to VIM. Stone
man three miles east of Garden City.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10

When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria.
When she was Child, she cried for Castoria.
When she became Miss, she chung to Castoria.
When she had Children, she gave them Castoria.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10
HELPS FOR HARD TIMES.

Christmas presents for nothing
handsome and valuable ones, too.
This sounds good these hard times
and the problem seems to have been
solved by the Weekly Pioneer Press, of
St. Paul, Mimi. An examination of
their extensive premium supplement,
just issued shows large and tempt
ing assortment of elegant premiums
offered to subscribers.
The premiums are all sent postpaid
and are guaranteed to be as repre-
Sented.
The Pioneer Press is one of the best
Meekly papers in the county and has a
large circu alton.
Send postal card for flee sample
copy and premium suppleme t, to
The Pioneer Press, St. Paul, MINI.
California green fruit crop sent east
of the 1892 crop brought 100000. If
you want to know how to raise fruit
address
CALIFORNIA BUREAU OF INFORMA-
TON, Room 139, G warranty Loan
Building, Minneapolis, MINI.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10

Buy your coal from J. G.. Roller.
Satisfaction guaranteed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-11-10

watch, wait and see where I am
going" advertisement. Look up adv.
nd see where he is going.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
LITTLE WOMEN,
Death Of the Original of Louise Alcott's
Weli-Known "Meg."

Death of the Original of Louise Alcott's
Wel-Known Meg"
Although Mrs Anna Bronson AL
colt Pratt, who has just died in Con-
cord, says the Boston Transcript, was
never in any manner connected with
public life and work as her famous
sister and father were for many years,
there is a sense in which she has been
very closely connected with thousands
who have never saw her. For she
was the original OF ''Meg." the sweet
eldest one of the four ''Little Wo-
mon" who have been like sisters to
all the young girls of America since
they first appeared in literature And
many women who used to know
Meg" 'Joe," ''Beth," and "Amy"
almost as we'll as their own sisters,
and who rejoiced in "Meg's" brave
industry and endearing womanliness
and happy home life, will feel pang
at the loss of familiar flesh and
blood friend of schoolgirl days, in
learning that "Meg," too, has fol-
lowed her sisters into that silent
land. ''Beth" died first, as in the
story, then the bright and talented
Amy" and only a few years ago
Louise AIcott, at once the prototype
and creator of "Jo," laid down her
busy pen The children of Mrs Pratt
were not the boy and girl who figure
as ''Daisy" and "Demi" in the stories
Of the Marches, but two sons, whose
place of occupation in the world is in
the publishing house whence came
'Little Men," and the rest OF Louise
Alcott's books. The younger one
took the name of John Alcott
legally in Difference to Louise Alcott's
will. The eldest son is E. Alcott
Pratt. His little son bears the name
Of Bronson Aicott, in accordance with
the wish OF his paternal grandmother,
Mrs Pratt, whose funeral recently
was In Concord. the quiet town
associated with so much Of the for.
tunes OF our American literature.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Self.Support at college.

The instances in which a girl has
succeeded in entirely supporting her.
self are very rare, writes Anna Rob-
ertson Brown in the second article of
the series on "The Girl Who Goes to
College, in the Ladies' Home Jour-
nal. think she ought not to try to.
A college course, just as it stands, is
enough for any girl, however strong,
to attempt to carry. Extra calls on
her strength are very apt to make her
break down. Most colleges offer
scholarships, awarded by faculty
option. by competitive examination
or by the giver, but they are, OF
course. too limited in number to be
generally available. But there are
several ways in which girl may
provide for a part of her expenses.
She may borrow monnv. with the
understanding that it is to be repaid
from the salary received in teaching
after graduation; and some girls
study and teach alternate years
Tutoring and prizes for scholarship
may be made to help, and reading or
writing by the hour. copying. mend.
ing, of1lce-work, cataloguing, draw
ing, and other technical work for the
scientific departments, library-work,
and assistance in. the laboratories;
but such work is often at a serious
risk to scholarship or health or both.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
How Cigarettes Are Made.

The details of the manufacture of
cigarettes are kept to greater or
less degree secret by the manufac-
turers, each of whom has his own
particular combination of tobaccos.
None of the brands on the market is
composed of one kind only. The re-
cipe Is not divulged outside of the
Ann. But this is not all. The origi-
nal mixture is merely basis for ar
tiflcial flavoring. To begin with,
various essential oils are added. The
list OF these includes rose, rose geran-
ium, vanilla bean, Tonka bean, and
licorice root. These ingredients are
added after the tobacco has been
chopped into shreds in readiness to
be rolled into cigarettes. Finally
the particular drug chosen, in the
shape of liquid solution, is sprayed
on the material with an atomi-
ger. while the tobacco is stirred and
mixed. The quantity employed is
very carefully judged, SO many drops
being allowed for each cigarette.
For obvious reasons cannot mention
all the drugs that are used in the
manufacture OF cigarettes, but there
is no doubt that opium, valerian and
cannabis indica are utilized to the
largest extent Each manufacturer
may be said to create a special drug
habit among those who smoke his
brand, so that they are not satisfied
with any other.-Troy Times
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Tickled the Tailor.

In Buda -Pesth lives an old tailor
whose business it is to mend uni
forms. His great wish when he was
young was to serve in the army, but
he is so diminutive in size that he
was refused. To get over his disap-
pointment he became an army tailor,
and began to collect military relics,
OF which his little house is so full that
there is scarcely any room left for
himself and his small wife Arch
duke Eugen discovered him some
time ago, and told the aged Field
Marshal Archduke Albrecht about
him. When he went to Buda -Pesth
recently the two archdukes visited
the tiny tailor together, and made
him tell his story and show his treas
ures. 1t was the happiest day of his
life, and Archduke Eugen's order of
a uniform delighted him hardly less
than the Archduke Albrecht's send
ing him his photograph and a purse
of gold.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

our esteemed contemporary We have
repeatedly declared that criminals
were only hardened by corporal pun
ishment. We now discover that we
have been altogether wrong, and
chat"
"Don't. DON'T" shouted the burg
lar, as Mr.. Boneset spat on his hands
and flourished the broomstick ."You
didn't get all my money. II you let
me go will tell you where l have
hidden $500"
"Well?"
I'm that left boot Take it off
and let me go, and you'll never see
me around mere again"
Mr.. Boneset pulled off the boot and
found tive $40 bills in it. He put
them in his pocket and asked
''Got any more?"
Holding the burglars revolver in
one hand: and using the knife with
the other. Mr.. Boneset soon freed
the fellow from bondage. He had no
pluck left He got upon his feet
with a groan, opened the kitchen
door as commanded, .and the edi-
tor followed him round the house to
the front gate. The man hadn't a
word to say. He gained the high
way and dragged himself out of sight
in the darkness, and has never been
heard OF in the village since. Mr..
Boneset looked after him for a long
time, and then slowly re-entered the
house, hunted up paper and pencil
and sat down and wrote:
''Our Victory-From the numer-
GUS letters received from subscribers,
we are satisfied that we have won a
complete victory over our esteemed
contemporary in the discussion re-
garding criminals-how they are made
such, how they should be treated,
what kindness will do for them, etc
We shall, therefore, pursue the SUBJ
ject no further, but devote the space
to additional local and general news
of interest to our many intelligent
subscribers. Utica Globe.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
STORIES OF ThE NEW CRUISER.
How Captain Phillip Was Instructed BY ~
Army OMcer-Lieut. Msson's Catch.

How Captain Phillip Was Instructed BY ~
Army Onscer-Lieut. h1ason's Catch.
During the trial trip of the war
ship New York some good stories Of
the new naval flyer were told by tho
officers, two OF which are reproduced
In the Boston Journal Capt Philip
said that about six months ago, while
the ship was in dock at Philadelphia,
he was standing on the upper deck
and supervising some work. Two
well-dressed men came along and one
began to explain to the other the use
of the various appliances OF the yes
sci. Now, Capt Philip is portly
man. with big, good humored face.
and does not In the least look like
naval officer when in ''undress" So
the visitors evidently took him to be
some unimportant lAndsman. The
stranger, who was showing off his
maritime knowledge" pointed out
the hammock MEETINGS, and explained
with great solemnity that they were
the armor of the ship, behind which
the crew sheltered themselves when
they went into battle. This aston
ishfng statement almost took the
Captains breath away, but he sue
ceeded in holding his peace. But
more was to come. The guide, lay
ing his hand on one of the immense
ventilating pipes by which fresh air
is conducted to the boiler-rooms be-
low, said, with an air of Importance:
''This is the smokestack. This was
more than Capt Philip who is q
most aflable man, and who hates to
have American citizens make mis-
takes, could stand. He approached
the pair, and in courteous manner
informed them Of the true names
and purposes of the hammock net
ting and the ventilator. The stranger
drew himself up with great pride and
said loftily:
Il don't know who you are, sir,
but l am Capt Black of the army
and ought to be able to tell smoke
stack when I see it,"
"You certainly should" answered
Capt. Philip. turning away. And
now he says that II he should hear
a man tell another that an S-inch
rified cannon was potato. masher
for the crew he would not correct
him, but let him 20 his way in igno-
rance.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Points About Needles,

The great sail needle, which has to
be pushed with steel palm, would
puzzle most people; So too, the
broom makers needle, which must
also be pushed with a steel palm,
writes L. G. Vance in the Ladies'
Home Journal. The curious knit
t:hg-machine needle, with latchet;
the arrasene and crewel needles, and
the needle for shirring machines; the
weaver's pin for picking up broken
threads, with an open eye in the
hook. The needle, as we see it to-
day, is the evolved product of GEN.
turtles of invention. In its primitive
form it was made of bone, ivory or
wood. The making of Spanish nee
dies was introduced into England
during the reign Of Queen Elizabeth.
Point by point the manufactures has
improved.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
BETTER than Patent.

'Secrecy is better than pat
ent," says Thomas A. Edison, ..be-
cause your patent will be stolen, and
as soon as your rival secures a ma
chine like yours, your invention is
valueless and row have no advantage
over him. II isr.always nest to keep
the secret, IL IL can possibly be
done.
Some of the most valuable invcn-
tons have never been patented, and
are kept as secret process. Take
stub steel. 1t is used all over the
world for making certain kinds of
fine springs. We use several hun
dred dollars worth of it here in this
laboratory every year, and it is reg
ular article Of commerce And yet
there are only two or three men in
existence who know how stub steel
Is made. 1t is made by one family
in England, where the secret has
been banded down from generation
to generation. That secret has made
the fortune Of that family.
THE dyeing of sealskins is another
secret. Sealskins can he dyed at only
one place in the world, London,
where alone the secret is known. 1t
was originally discovered by an Amer
lean, a Vermont man, who went to
England, and the secret has been
kept there ever since. Thousands OF
dollars have been spent in this coun-
try In trying to dye sealskins, but
without avail.
'The Kelley gold cure is case in
point where millions of dollars have
been made out of secret process. In
many Of the largest factories in this
country strangers are not allowed to
pass the doors for fear of some secret
process leaking out, and the workmen
are sworn not to divulge the facts
"Generally one workmen knows
only one part of the process, and not
the whole of it. l could mention
thousands of productions in common
use whose manufacture is a secret
Most of these are made in Europe,
like Chartreuse, whose secret is kept
by the monks of the monastery of
Chartreuse, where the liquor is made.
IN, Y, World.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
The Destroying Crickets in Idaho.

The onward march Of the crickets
in Idaho is described by the cores
pondents as something more terrible
to the tanners than an army with
banners The little pests made their
appearance in Northern Idaho in May
and have been moving toward the
south and east ever since, eating
every blade OF grain and grass on the
way. and even destroying the foliage
and fruit. Tle farmers have been
crushing them with rollers, burning
them with sage brush fires, and roast
ing them as they swim across the
rivers and bitches with burning oil,
but they still move ON by millions,
undaunted by the slaughter and UNI
dismayed by anything except a lack
OF verdure. just how far they are
going is matter of much moment
to the farmers of the mountain
region. Nebraska State Sournal.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Delicious Mixed Pickles,

Let five dozen small cucumber
stand in strong brine for three
days, writes Eliza II. Parker IN a
column of Southern Receipts for
Pickles" in the Ladies' Home Journal.
Wash through cold water several
times Put half gallon of strong
vinegar in Kettle, with one ounce
OF mustard-seed, one of juniper ber-
rles, one Of celery-seed. half a dozen
small onions and u small lump OF
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Ducks, Eiderdown and Cushions.


In parlor talk by Young woman
who has spent considerable time in
the Scandinavian Peninsula, the
speaker gave some interesting bits of
information about the elder duck,
from which the elder down of com.
merce is got. These ducks are, 1t
seems, under royal protection, and
the down may not be taken from the
birds themselves But the merchants
outwit the ducks and, incide ntally,
their royal protector, by robbing the
nests
The mother, in fitting up the habi-
tation for her coming family, lines it
throughout with the softest down,
which she plucks from her own breast.
And when she has carefully covered
every bit of the cOzy home the ruth
less trader steals it away from her.
Then she is robbed, indeed, tor she
has plucked her breast bare.
The male bird here comes to the
rescue and spares picking from his
softest plumage. This, too, is torn
away by insatiate man; but the male
duck, who knows thing or two, can
never be coaxed to duplicate the lin
ing which he has once furnished. He
picks up his family and miQrates
south. =.
=. AZ, . I'D
1t is these thrice stolen paddings
which make up the elder down ex.
port, and we cushion-loving women
may pause and reflect as we loll
against their softness of the patient
and repeated disappointment which
their procuring has cost some other
female-though only ducks.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Large Hog.

LII a Western town there lives q
woman who has a genius for large
stories AS she is accustomed to say,
she ''scorns petty details"
At a tea-party she entertained the
company with a description of a hog
which her father fattened to the
enormous weight Of 5000 pounds
''Oh, my dear" calculated her hus.
hand, ut must have been 500
pounds
"Why, Edward Babb:tt!" exclaimed
the narrator with evident disgust
1.-THE skin weighed that!'
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Sympathize with the Children.

There are some people whoscome
into our lives like CLEAN of sunShine.
We feel unaccountably rested and
chee.cd and refreshed after seeing
them. II we go to them in trouble
they have time to sit down sud listen
to the story OF our worries All ankle
ties without fidgeting to get Away to
something else. They enter into our
cares as if they were their own, and
in some inexplicable way our burden
grows lighter as we tell how heavy It
IS, and we are comforted. They have
the power OF substituting 1.-THE gar
ment of praise for the spirit of heavi-
ness;;" they have the blessed gift Of
sympathy.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Nervous Ailments Among Indians.


An opinion is gaining ground that
nervous ailments are by no means ex-
clusively the product of fn-de-
steele age, or even of highly deyel-
oped civilization. DIR. Rose, of the
Georgia Medical College, propounds
theory that any sudden change in
the social habits and conditions of a
race, at any stage of advancement, is
sufficient to produce epilepsy in large
quantities, aud instances are given of
its prevalence among many savage
peoples, notably the Hurons and the
IroquOis at the time of the Jesuit
mission, and more particularly still
the Sibaritic tril,es, who may be
thrown into commissions by suddenly
tapping on their huts Pub
lie Opinion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
sLuM 7ER.
Bx CECIL N. SMITH.


Night had fallen, the glowing sun
9ank In the west its 1abors done
whispering breezes soft and low
Over the earth commenced to blow:
Sad yet sweet
Was their soft refrain:
Day 10 ended;
Sleep again.
On the thirsty meadows brown and drv
Tne sun had started from brazep sky
north where the yellow corn fields spread.
Inc poppy reared its flaming head
Wild flowers closed
Their sleepy eyes;
Slumber cometh
When daylight dies.
From her leafy nest in the stately trecs,
lame q birds sweet song on the evening breeze.
From ner iv1ed nook on distant light
Inc white owl screamed to the gathering night.
Sighed and shivered
As If to say
Death la near
At the close Of day.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

alum. Let come to boil, and pour
over the pickles for three mornings,
heating the vinegar each time. Put
the pickles III wide-mothed bottles
and seal u
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Women as Telegraph Operators.

Women have proved themselves
skillful and satisfactory as telegraph
operators. This is proved by the
fact that there are no less than
$1,000 thus employed in this country
alone. Think what fate would
have been theirs century ago, when
SO few avenues were open to the self
respecting but poverty sticken
women,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

THE first year after girl graduates,
she makes the same disheartening
struggle to live up to her ideals
that she makes after marriage.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-08-31

the policemen of New York City from
the Shackles of sin.
An exchange correctS Il notion that
the revised version of the Bible is in
snail demand by pointing out that this
is only true of the New Testament,
which was published separately years
before the Old. and which like all the
others copies of the New Testament is
little called for in comparison with
the complete Bible. The sale of the
complete Bible has been very large.
A minister of the established church
Of Scotland of the broad school. meeting
a member of his congregation making
his way home somewhat OBVIOUSLY. ac-
costed him thus: John, l thought you
had taken the pledge" Sac 1 did. sir
replied the culpTit, but it's ane thing
TO take the pledge and quite another
thing to keep it, as We ken we'll enough
WI respect to the Confession Of Faith. .
4 worthy man, retired and sensitive,
had lost his wife and asked privately
to be remembered in the minister's
morning prayer from the pulpit but not
TO have his name mentioned. The min
lister prayed most eloquently for "our
aged brother upon whom the heavy
hand of affection had SO lately fallen ~
At this point an elderly man, whom
the minister had that week married to
Il very young wife, arose with bounce
and tramped down the aisle muttering
loud enough to be heard: TT may be
an afiiiction, but [ don't want to be
prayed for in that fashion"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1893-08-31
THE LEGEND.

This is the sorroWfuly story
Told when the twilight falls
And the monkeys walk together
Holding each others tails:
Our fathers lived in the forest,
Foolish people were they:
They went down to the cortland
To teach the farmers to play.
Our fathers friSked in the millet,
Our fathres skipped in the wheat,
Our fathers hung in the branches,
Our fathers danced in the street.
''I4.r1 came the terrible farmers,
Nothing of play they knew;
Only they caught our fathers
And set them to labor, too.
Set hem to work in the cortland,
With ploughs and sickles and
fails,
Put them in mud-Walled prisons
And cut off their beautiful tails.
Now we can watch our fathers,
Sullen and bowed and old,
STOPPING over tie millet,
Stirring the silly mold.
Driving Il foolish furrow,
Mending a muddy yoke,
Sleeping in mud-Walled prisons
Sleeping their food in smoke.
we may not speak to our fathers,
For if the farmers knew
They would come up to the forest
And set us to labor, too!
This is the horrible story
Told as the twilight fails,
AS the monkeys walk together
Holding each others tails.
-Rudyard Kipling in Yankee Blade.