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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
THE FINANCIAL SITUATION.

The statement which President
Cleveland made in regard to the gold
reserve, that it would be considered
as so much cash, and used to meet
the demands for gold on the treasury
has quoted the excitement which ex-
listed the latter part of last week in
! financial circles. Friday and Satur-
| day Secretary Carlisle used the re-
serve fund freely, but yesterday there
was change, and the bankers came
to the relief of the treasury, and the
reserve was restored to its full
amount. How long it will remain so
is of course problematical. 1t may be
only day or two and it may be weeks
and months. 1t seems to be general
are disposed to, they can render the
assistance necessary to carry the gov
eminent through the difficulty which
confrOnts it. Some of the western
and southern banks have done noble
service in this line and unity Of
service would prove very beneficial.
The action of the New York bankers
has been taken, and undoubtedly
rightly so, to indicate that they want
ed the government to issue additional
bonds, and the course they have fol-
lowed for the past few weeks, has
been pursued in the hopes of forcing
such an issue, that they might be
used for speculative purposes.
The statement which the President
made regarding the use Of the gold
reserve, and the firm position which
Secretary Carlisle maintains against
the issue of bonds, is undoubtedly
having the effect of opening the eyes
Of Wall street that for the present at
least it is not master of the situation,
so far as the bond question is con-
cerned. Accordingly the news comes
that yesterday, as a result of the con-
ference with assistant treasurer Jor-
dan, at New York, the bankers of
that city partially agreed to exchange
fifteen or twenty millions in gold for
greenbacks. 1t may be simply a
shifting process but it shows what
can be done when it is understood
that bonds will not be issued if there
is any possible way out of the diff
Guilty.
The covering of gold into the treas
ury, which has been going on to
greater or less extent since Secretary
Carlisle took charge of the treas
ury, has illustrated one thing, and
that is, that the issue of bonds will
not serve as permanent remedy in
the difficulty which confrOntS the
treasury in the matter of gold export.
If the exchange of gold for green
backs, which has been going on, is
simply a temporary make-shift, as 1t
has been stated to be, then the issue
of bonds would simply be make
shift upon little larger scale. and
when the amount of gold thus secured
would be exhausted by export, the
treasury would be confronted by the
same difficulty which now cOnfronts
it, unless in the meantime some eff
fectual remedy should be resorted to.
If Wall street would come to the aid
of the treasury in the same manner
that some OF the western and south
ern banks have done, it would seem
that the question could be as well
solved without the issue of bonds and
SO save the increase in the national
debt
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
THE MATTER OF PENSIONS.

The matter of revising the pension
list has, been discussed considerably
by the Democratic press, and the con,
slant reiterationS Of the charges OF
wholesale fraud has caused wide.
spread attention to the subject. In
the current North american ReUieoC the
question is discussed at some length
by several writer's. Upon this subject
S. S. Burdette, past commander-in
chief of the G. A. R., says among
other things:
The outcry against the laws is not
so great in volume or nearly SO Vehe-
ment in form as it is against the
method and result of their admins
tration. 1t is insisted in many quar-
tiers that the rolls are encountered by
names not lawfully entitled to be
there. If this is true, it is indeed an
outrage, which calls for prompt cor.
rectiOn. But the very vehemence,
excess, and even rudeness, of some of
the aSSailantS give warning that their
charges ought not to be admitted in
any measure until investigation has
been had. If matters are as bad as
they are asserted to be, there hane
been worse than mistake and mis-
management: there have been fraud
and conspiracy. That all the proba-
bilities are against this is indicated
by the dearth of facts which the most
hostile have been able TO produce.
Nevertheless iteration and reiteration
have had their effect upon the popu-
lar mind. There ought to be search
ing inquiry through dispassiOnate
mot partisan) agencies. The great
body of veteran survivors will well
come this.
The closing paragraph of his article
is most pathetic one, in that 1t
touches fact which cannot be gotten
around. All too fast the brave boys
who faced the lannon's mouth and
saved "Old Glory" to wave over an
unbroken republic, are answering to
the last bugle call:
In the meantime the situation
might as well he faced. Relief to the
taxpayers is to come from the Scythe
of the great reaper. The beneficiaries
are old men now. If not by the actu-
al count of years, they are yet old be-
cause of the exposures and decrepi-
tudeS which came from their service.
All but one of the great leaders in
battle are dead: division Of their
follows joins them every year, A little
patience and the account will be
closed
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28

II seems that some of the more i'm
pOrtant items which Gov. Nelson We
toed in the appropriation bill had
been provided for by special bills,
which had been signed and became
laws before the general appropriation
bill was reached. This indicates that
the Governor knew what he was about
when he used the blue pencil. Be-
cause of these special bills, the savins
by his vetoes is cut down to about
S1O0.0O0 or less,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28

DULUTH Neios Tribune: President
Cleveland forgot his patriotism the
other day when he joked with a com
pany OF British newspaper correspon-
dents about the making of tin plate
in America. asking them if they dis
covered tin plate factory in this
country to send him word. If the
president will look over the records of
the. bureau of statistics he will dis
cover that there is quite number OF
flourishing tin plate factories in
America. Probably there will not be
after his party get through with its
tariff bill.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28

THERE was deposited in the saving;
banks Of the state of New York dur
ing the year 1892 the sum of S2I1 ,459,
$40 against 1894, 128, 400 for the yeal
1891. The Withdrawals were only
1914, 12S, 400 against Sl9S, 1888, 40 70, the
year previous, leaving a gain of ST.,
100000 in deposits. The aggregate re-
sources of the savings banks IN that
state on January l, 1898, were S716,
454, 1862. This is pretty good show
ing for the people whom the free
traders tell US are groaning under
burdens imposed by the tariff, toe
heavy for men to carry.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28

MARSHALL Ne,oS Messenger: Judge
Speer holds that corporations are just
as amenable to the law as are labor
Unions. This may be startling to the
corporations, but it will strike most
people as correct.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28

bottle and take substitute.
w. R. WATKINS
Sole Proprietor of DR.. Wards Remedies,
WINoNA, MINNESOTA
To the Patrons of DR.. Wards Vegetable
Anodyne Liniment:
I, Richard Ward, known as DR.. Ward,
of Charlottesville, Hancock County, State of
Indiana, am the same Ward who for years
made and sold an article of proprietary med
icine known as wards Celebrated Lini-
ment." About two years since my attention
was called to the fact that certain firm of
druggists residing in Wabasha county, state
20 Minnesota, were taking the unwarranted
liberty of using my name in connection with
a liniment formula which [ never used or
acknowledged as my own.
In July, 1856, [ met poor, crippled
preacher on his way to Minnesota, and out
of pity for his forlorn condition, I gave him
a formula for liniment then in use, known
as DR.. Wilson's Botanical liniment. This
DR.. Wilson-Sand's liniment contains LARGE
QUANTITIES OF TURPENTINE, and in color
and appearance is calculated to deceive, when
substituted for DR.. Wards Anodyne Lini-
ment, manufactured by J. r. Watkins, Wi
mona, Minnesota. [ consider the medicine
made from this DR.. Wilson receipt as unfit
for internal use, and for such it was never
recommended.
On certain day of April 1892 the office of Justice Staey
in Charlottesville, Indiana shown this Wilson
certain right" attached, which read as follows
Pennsy vaniabug, July 10TH 1856.
This is to certify that Richard Ward have sold to j. Sands
the whole sole right of Minnesota territory to make and sell Wards
Linimen r. WARD,
in terms dO
the above including the signature FRAUD and FORGERY
not handwriting did authorize
me. also know that the Wion in the formula
changed to read 'Ward's."
etab Anodyne Lnmen that recognize j. r. Watkins of
Minnesota sole and only all the rights
had Wards Celebrated Lnmen and that have made
said j. R. Watkins due form tie world wide right
trade mark with full line of medicines
have authorized any else to my
have personal interest making the above statement
further the ends of justice and keep the public from
imposed upon.
Signed VI 95:' 5$ss4S RICHARD WARD.
Witnesses
STATE OF INDIANA, HANCOCK CoUNTY--ss.
Before Justice of the Peace, personally appeared
Richard Ward who being first duly acknowledged that he did
voluntarily the foregoing document and that every statement
therein contained the best of his knowledge and belief
In testimony whereof have heeno hand and official
seal this seventh day of February, A. D., 1898.
SYLVANUS G. STALEY, TsEn] \
Justice of the Peace.
BRADSHAW & THAYER,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28
ELECTION FOR POSTMASTER.

The Democratic patrons o of the
Eagle Lake poStotfice held an election
Saturday to choose between the candi-
oates Tor postmaster, IN compliance
with the suggestion, request or order
or the Democratic county committee
by order OF the town committee the
election was held at Morris hall. The
meeting was called to order by A. c.
Smith, chairman of the town commit
tee, and Chas.l Chase was elected
chairman. Henry Ruegg and A. c..
Smith were appointed tellers.
There were 20 votes cast in all, and
or these e. f. Dunn received 50 and J..
d. Morris II.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1893-04-28

p. Coughlan and family have NOV
ed from Agency hill to 2l2 Fifth
street.
The terribly muddy condition of
the roads is an efficient barrier to
farmers coming in, and a speedy hay
and wood famine is probable.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
The July Wide Awake

Has a leading article of great interest
by George Bartlett, devoted to q de-
scription of Concord Dramatics." or
private theatricals in Concord in the
days of the Little Women" Maud r.
Burton and Elizabeth Cummings have
good Fourth of July stories. Cromwell
Galpin's historical story of the Welsh
discovery Of America before Columbus
is both picturesque and instructive.
Caroline Ticknors Summer boarder''
story of "Fantine" is timely and sug-
gestive; Eta b. Donaldson describes "A
Unique Farm in Africa" for the raising
of ostriches), and J. P. H. Gastrell tells
of Electric TricAs." Annie H. Ryder
has a practical nineteenth century
talk with boys and girls, "In the Look
out with Columbus;" Jeanette A.
Grant furnishes q delightful account
of that portion of the Scottish high
lands which some readers have travelled
in fancy "With the Lady of the Lake"
and the Wide Awake Athletics article
is by John Graham of the Charlesbank
Gymnasium, and is devoted to 'Out-of.
door Gymnastics"
Price 20 cents number. At the
news stands; or direct from the pub
fishers, D. Lothrop Company, Boston.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
A THRIFTY GLASS.

An Instance of the ExtOrtlon Practiced BY
81 PawnbrOkers.
He is not much of pawnbrolker who
allows an opportunity to make an hon
est dollar escape him without taking
advantage of it.
One of the best-known pawnbrokers
ber of impecunious customers one day
last week when a well dressed foreign
er stepped in, handed him remarka-
bly, fine diamond ring and asked how
much he would advance ON it.
The pawnbrolxer glanced at 1t q
moment and asked: ':How much do
You want?"
II don't know" was the hesitating
answer. SIS it good for eighty dol
lars?''
Without answering the pawnbrolser
walked to the back part of the shop
and disappeared for moment. Then
he reappeared, threw eighty dollars on
the counter in front of the foreigner,
and asked what name he shonld put on
the ticket.
Il don't want any money" exclaimed
the man. Il only wanted to know how
much you would be willing to lend on
the ring
''What name shall put DOWN." was
the pawnbroker's sole response.
Don't put down any name," said the
stranger, showing some excitement. Il
tell you 1 dom. want the money. 1t
isn't my ring at all. It's friends
ring, and I want to find out what he
can raise on it,
There's your money" replied the
pawnbroker.
''But l don't want it, tell you,
only
"Well, then, you can leave it there
for somebody else to pick mp. Here's
your ticket. can't spend my time
bothering with you any longer"
The foreigner protested in excited
tones and insisted that he must have
the ring at once. Finally the pawn
broker, with the air of a person who
was doing a great personal favor, told
the stranger that at the regular rates
it would cost him two dollars and forty
cents interest to recover the ring.
''But," said he, ''as you say it's mis-
take, I'll let you have it for dollar
With disgusted air the man took a
dollar from a well-worn purse, gave it
to the pawnbroker, who picked up the
eighty dollars and handed back the
ring. ,'F
AS the stranger turned to leave the
pawnbroker told him to tell his friend
he could have sixty dollars or one hum
dred dollars on the ring any time he
| wanted.
Then, us the door closed behind the
foreigner, the pawnbroker remarked
to clerk. ''That was mighty fine
diamond. I'd like to get it for three
hundred dollars."-N. Y. Herald.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
august.
Flower

Miss c. G.. McCLAvE, School
teacher, 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
Y. "This Spring while away from
home teaching my first term in a
country school I was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
called dyspepsia. After dieting for
two weeks and getting no better, a
friend wrote me, suggesting that I
take August Flower. The very next
day I purchased a bottle. I am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
helped me so that I have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." Q
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
THE SPIRIT OF EMULATION.

1t Sprouts in Early Youth and Grows to .
Green Old Age.
Two little chaps were standing on an
east side street yesterday in animated
conversation.
"'We got er new baby" said the one
with the long-tailed coat, exultantly.
''Shooks--babies amt nothin'! My
fodder got er new hod with Brussels
carpet onter the shoulder cooshin!" re-
piled the one with the flannel shirt,
shifting.
"My fodder gifts drunk ev'ry Satady
nightr'
''Humph! He needn't be so stingy
about tiny daddy gifts fuller n goose
twicet a week regler-your pa amt got
no gitup about him, my daddy says"
II bet We he has as much as your fod-
der-we're goin' ter have new cellar
door, anyway-an' we've gotta crinkly-
topped yellow tile unto our kitchen
chimbley, SO there!"
''Well," said the second, with little
sigh of envy that would not be sup
pressed. 1--WE amt goin' ter have no
new cellar door-ner no yeller tile onto
our chimbley-but," and his voice grew
triumphant once again. "dere's tree
foot er water in our cellar, and dead
cat wot's swelled up like er berloon-
an if you was any good friend of mine
I'd let ye see her float"
AS they went down the alley togeth-
er the one with the long-tailed coat
was begging strenuously for just one
peep at the feline foater.-N. Y. Ad.
vertiser.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07

Capt. West in the year 1910 bought
the present site of Richmond, Va, for
''some copper" The Dutch governor,
Minnit, bought the whole of Manhat-
tan island, the present site of the city
of New York, ''for sixty Dutch guild
ers, some of them being of doubtful
metal" Lord Baltimore's company
bought thousands of acres of fine lands
for less than the number of glass
beads, including the site of the city of
Christiana, ''for which was paid one
iron kettle of the bigness of five quarts
or thereabouts." Roger Williams
bought Rhode Island, ''Little Rhody.''
for ''forty fathoms of white beads,
strung" It has only been two hun
dred and sixty-five years this spring
since the site of New Haven, Conn,
was bought for "twelve coats Of En-
glish cloth. twelve spoons of mixed
metal, twelve hoes, twelve hatchets,
twelve porringers, twenty-four knives
and some French knives and spoons."-
st. Louis Republic. .: :
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
HONEY AS A FOOD.
cacts C0ncerning It Taken From . Chem.
lists Laboratory.

tacts Concernlng 1t Taken From . Chems
lists Laboratory.
Honey is usually considered q health-
full article of diet, and q most delecta-
ble morsel to roll under the tongue.
But from the chemists standpoint,
honey is anything but a delectable NOR
sci. There is in reality no pure honey.
1t is not adulterated, in the usual mean
ing of the term, but it is full of other
denominations which render it unwhole-
some as an article of food.
In gathering honey, the bees gather
pollen from the flowers, and dust and
germs from the atmosphere collect on
their wings and bodies, SO that by the
time they are ready to go to the hive
to deposit their load of nectar, they
have quite an accumulation of
refuse to deposit with it. Chem
lists have found bits of broken legs,
broken wings, and many queer things
in honey, and this is one way by which
to test genuine honey; adulterated hon
ey never contains such things With
the nectar the bee also carries off the
essence of the flower itself-its peculiar
odor. This gives the honey its flavor.
the same as the flower fronp which it
was gathered. Honey made from buck
wheat is always distinguished from
that made from clover. There are also
volatile substances carried away with
the honey, and some of these, in fact
all of them, are more or less poisonous.
The honey of Trebizond, which poi
soned the Greek soldiers some two
thousand years ago, is still poisonous.
The bees here gather their honey from
poisonous flowers, and consequently
the honey is poisonous.
In the body of q bee will be found q
little sac of poison, from the contents
Of which the bee injects drop into
every capsule of honey that he makes.
This substance is forlnic acid, and is q
deadly poison. This is the poison in
jected by the sting of q bee, and per-
sons have been killed by q single bee
sting. Honey always contains little
of this poison, and that is why some
people are always made sick by eating
it. A young boy found the poison sack
one day, while dissecting bee, and ate
it. He thought it was the bees honey
sac. But he soon found out differently.
Tho poison made him very sick. He
had a frightful headache, his head was
giddy, his heart palpitated, and he was
in great distress for several hours. He
recovered, however, but honey has ever
since had the effect of making him sick
in the same way, if taken in anything
but small doses.-Good Health.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
p,Tn AND POINT.

There is nothing quite so interest
ing in this world as other peoples af-
fairs.-Puclk.
While q man is watching his enc
mics his friends get away with him.
Atchison Globe.
Many thought appears profound
because the writer didn't explain It to
himself. Truth.
We made our worst mistake when
we begin to correct the mistakes of our
friends. .-Elmira Gazette.
An amateur would never take part
in a concert if he didn't believe he could
do better than he really can.
-" That young Muchdust has lots of
horse sense" "How's that?'' "Never
bets dollar on 'em."-Buffalo Courier.
With dudes as plentiful as they are,
the average society girl ought to know
q soft thing when she sees it.-Troy
Press.
Teacher" When water becomes
Ice. what is the great change that takes
placer" Pupil" The change in price. ''
Detroit Tribune.
How He Won Her.-Lady-"H How
much are your strawberries?" Hucl.-
ster-" Two pints to the quart" Lady
-"Give me all you have. Detroit Free
Press.
Who are those girls playing four
handed pieces on the piano?'' Zone of
them is the daughter of the hostess. -
'And her accomplice?" - Fliegende
Blaetter.
A Paradox Sometimes men
achieve q reputation for modesty
which argues such advertising of that
virtue as might astonish large bill.
board.-Judge.
"A line in one of Lewis Morris
poems says: ''The old thoughts shall
never more be thought Mr.. Morris
can never get the support of the funny
papers for the laureateship on such a
platform as that.-Indianapolis Jour.
nal.
Uncle Clover Clearing music at
Chinese theater)-"Mandy, guess we
better not go in just yet awhile.''-
Mandy-''Why not?' Uncle Clover
''Well, guess they're havin' trouble
with the bees swarming." - Inter.
Ocean.
-He-''What is that awful girl play
ing?" She-''You horrid man! She is
playing one of Mendelssohn's Songs
Without Words.'" He-"It's a thou
sand pities that the great Felix didn't
compose some songs without sound.'-
Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Mrs. -"What's the
matter with the horse car, Jube, tina,
it don't come along?" Mr.. Winter
wheat (of Hush Center. Kas. s.)-''Hush
Mariar, er the folks ill hear We. II
tain't a horse ker, but one of then
there cables. She'll be here direckly
now, fer b. gosh! I've just dropped 8
nickel in the slot."-World's Fair Puck
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
A SLEEPY OLD VIRGINIA TOWN
Where. . Native Says, Nothing Has Moved
Since the War.

Where. Native Says, Nothing Has Moved
Since the War.
II consider Alexandria, Va, the dead
est town in the United States" re-
marked Washington man the other
day to a Tribune reporter. ''No doubt
there are worse places to live in, but
considering its opportunities-itis is only
six miles from Neutrality-suspicious.
dria really takes the palm for non-pro-
gressiveness. Thirty years ago the
population was trifle larger than it is
now, and ten years ago there was a line
of surface cars in the principal street.
suppose the population grew too lazy
even to ride in street car, however,
for the cars are gone now and forgot
ten, except for a bit of track here and
there.
''Last fall went over to Alexandria
from Washington one evening to make
call. It was dark, and couldn't see
the numbers on the houses. After a
ffuitless search for some ten minutes
along the silent street noticed mid
dle-aged man calmly smoking pipe on
the front steps of a house few doors
away. -
81 beg prrdon, / said as politely as
I could, but will you kindly tell me
which way the numbers run on this
street?
"He took his pipe out of his mouth,
slowly knocked out the ashes, and said:
Just got ter town?'
We'll, yes,' replied, a little sur.
prised. .
'Evenin' boat?' -
eyes
"'What number yer lookin' for?'
" 'Forty-nine.'
"It's the other side, four doors be.
low
II thanked him and turned to go.
"'Hold on a minn:t, he called; what
did you say about numbers runnin'?'
- I'asked which way they ran in thi.
street, said.
'''Wcll, they don't run. he rejoined
fumbling AROUND for a match; they
don't even walk. There hain't nothing
run in this town sence the war; N
Y. Tribune.
Griggs courier., 1893-07-07
A Neat Design.

Customer-Many of my friends are
wearing scarf-pins showing the bust
ness they are in. am a carpenter;
have you anything suitable for that
trade?
Jeweler Showing masonic pins)--
Certainly, sir; here is a large assort-
ment, just in. You will easily rec OF.
nize your implements-the square and
compass.
Customer-But what is that &C. for?
Jeweler-Oh-er-for 'gimlet,' you
knOw.-PuclS.