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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07

due Is the success / working OF the plan
inaugurating c1e.-i courts Of appeals. In
regard to these tribunals the suggestion
is M a, in quarters entitled to the high
est consideration, that an additional judge
for each circuit would greatly strengthen
these courts and the confidence reposed in
their adjudications, and that such addi-
ton would not create q greater force of
judges than the increasing bushes of such
courts requires / commend the sugges-
ton to the careful consideration of con-
gress.
other Important Topics
Other important topics are adverted to
in the report accompanied by recommend
ations, many of which have been treated
at large in previous messages, and at this
time therefore need only be named. / re
fer to the abolition of the fee system as a
measure of compensation to federal Off
GERS; the enlargement of the powers of
United States commissioners, at least in
the territories, the allowance of writs of
error in criminal cases on behalf of the
United States and the establishing of
degrees in the crime Of murder. The es-
tablishment of federal court in the In
dian Territory is also strongly recon-
mended
Another subject of pressing moment re-
ferred to by the attorney general is the re-
organization of the Union Pacific Railway
company on basis equitable as regards
all private interests and as favorable to
the government as existing conditions will
permit. The operation Of railroad by
court through a receiver is an anomalous
state of things which should be termin-
ated on all grounds DDbIic and p7siv3tn aft
;'le earliest possible moment.
Federal Prisons.
Eight years ago, in my annual message,
%urged upon congress as strongly as
could the location and construction of two
prisons for the confinement of u. S. pris-
oners. a similar recommendation has
been made from time TO time since, and a
few years ago a law was passed providing
for the selection of sites for three such in
situations. No appropriation has how
ever been made to carry the act into effect,
and the old and discreditable condition
still exists.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT.

peal Recommended.
The report of the attorney general notes
the gratifying progress made by the SUI
preme court in overcoming the arrears of
its business and in reaching condition in
which it will be able to dispose of cases as
they arise without any unreasonable de-
lay. This result is, of course, very largely
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
Il 2os. 71ae5. Ths anm neossvnrY to meet

2O5, 71265. The sum necessary to meet
pension expeaai urss Tor toe year ending
June % 1885. is estimated at $40, 600, 600
should soon Reach the Limit.
The commissioner of pensions is Of the
opinion that the year 1885 being the Both
after the close Of the war Of the rebellion
must, according to all sensible human cal
culation, see the highest limit OF the PEN
sion roll, ana after a year it must begin to
decline
The claims pending in the bureau have
increased more than 10000 during the
year. A large proportion OF the new claims
filed are for increase of pension by those
now on the rolls.
The number Of certificates issued was
S0.213
The names dropped from the rolls for all
causes during the year numbered 1881.
Among our pensioners are 0 widows anil
8 daughters of soldiers Of the Revolution
and 40 survivors Of the war of 1912.
Purgation Was Necessary.
The barefaced and extensive pension
frauds exposed under the direction of the
courageous and generous veteran soldier
now at the head of the bureau leave nc
room for the claim that no purgation OF
our pension rolls was needed or that con.
tinued vigilance and prompt action are
not necessary to the same end.
The accusation that an effort to detect
pension frauds is evidence of unfriendli-
ness toward our worthy veterans and a
denial Of ther claims TO the generosity of
the government suggests an unfortunate
indifference to the commission of any Of
f9nse which has for its motive the secuP,
ing Of pension and indicates a willing.
ness to be blind to The existence of mean
and treacherous crimes which play upon
demagogic fears and make sport of the pa
triotic impulse of a grateful people.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
THE NAVY.
Secretary's Recommendation For New
Ships and Torpedo Boats Approved.

Secretary's Recommendation For New
Ships and Torpedo Boats Approved.
Attention is called to the report Of the
secretary of the navy, which shows very
gratifying progress in the construction of
ships for our new navy. All the vessels
now building, including the three torpedo
boats authorized at the last session of
congress and excepting the first class bat
tleship Iowa, viii probably be completed
during the coming fiscal year.
The estimates for the increase of the
navy for the year ending June 80, 1896, are
large, but they include practically the en-
tire sum necessary to complete and equip
all new ships not now in commission. so
that unless new ships are authorized the
appropriations for the navy service for the
fiscal year ending June so, 1897, should fall
below the estimates for the coming year
by at least So, 100000.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
PRESIDENTS MESSAGE
Mr.. Cleveland Presents His Views to
the Fifty Third Congress in the
Usual Manner.
HIS FINANCIAL SCHEME
Principally an Endorsement Of That
of the Secretary of the
Treasury.
HIS FINANCIAL SCHEME
WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Following is
the message of President Cleveland to

congress:
To the congress of the United States:
The assemblage within the nations leg
islative halls of those charged with the
duty Of making laws for the benefit OF a
generous and free people impressively sug-
gests the exacting obligation and inexor-
able responsibility involved in their task
At the threshold of such labor now to be
undertaken by the congress of the United
States and in the discharge OF an execu-
tive duty enjoined by the constitution, /
submit this communication, containing a
brief statement of the condition OF our ma
tional affairs and recommending such leg
islation as seems to me necessary and eX-
nedient
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
INTERIOR DEPARra1EN !.
Court For she A Adjudication OF
Contested land CT inns Desirable.

SOuES Tor ZIG IUuAc tI1On C)s
Contested land CT inns Desirable.
The report of the secretary OF the in
terror exhibits the situation OF the numer-
Gus and interesting branches Of the public
service connected with his department |
commend this report and the valuable
recommendation of the secretary to the
careful attention of the congress.
The public land disposed of during the
year amounted to 10, 405, 100.77 acres, in
GLIDING 28,87603 Of Indian lands
It is estimated that the public domain
still remaining amounts to little more
than 600, 100000 acres, excluding, however,
about 800, 600, 900 acres in Alaska, as well
as military reservations and railroad and
other select ons of land as yet unjudicated.
The total cash receipts for the sale of
lands amounted to g, 674, 285.79, including
$91, 9S103 received from The sale of Indian
lands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
Recommends New ships.

The secretary presents with much earn
estness plea for the authorization of
three additional battleships, and ten or
twelve torpedo boats. While the unarmed
vessels heretofore authorized, including
those now nearing completion, viii con-
stitute fleet which it is believed is suffi-
cient for ordinary cruising purposes in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07
An Honor For schofeId.

In recognition of the long and distin-
guished military services and faithful dis
charge of delicate and responsible civil
duties by Major General John M. Scho-
field, now the general commanding the
army, it is suggested to congress that the
temporary revival of the grade of lieuten-
ant general in his behalf would be a just
and gracious act, and would permit his re-
tirement, now near at hand, with rank be-
fitting his merits
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-07

The department expended in the fiscal
year 1892, s., 354 sos; and out of that sum
the total amount expended in scientific
research was $50 per cent. But in the year
ending June so, 1894, out of a total expend-
iture Of s., 94S, 9S8, 3S, the department ap-
piled 51.8 per cent of that sum to scientific
work and investigation. 1t is, therefore,
very plainly observable that the economies
which have been practiced in the admins
tration of the department have not been
at the expense Of scientific research.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
The Lord Pafd Him.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, April A..Rev:
Johnnie Brown, an old time "Hardshell
Baptist preacher, who lives now atsome
little town in Southern Tennessee, but
who is known and loved all over north
Alabama, has struck oil, fguratively
speaking. Years ago he lived In Bir-
minghan; and for many years he travel
ed through Alabama, preaching as he
went. Many stories are told of the old
mans peculiarities. For instance he
would never select text from the Bible,
but would always take verse from a
hymn. He would not receive any pay
whatever for his services. He had a tiny
little place on which he made scanty
living, and when out on his preaching
tours be was a welcome guest wherever
be stopped. During the war he built
little church at his own expense near his
native town. He wanted church Of his
own in which he could preach whenever
the "spirlt moved him." he said. The
old man is now over eighty years of age
but is still a vigorous worker In the
cause Of Christianity. Recently some
relative of the old preacher died in Texas
and it has developed that he left his
handsome estate, valued at million or
two, to the Rev. Brown. It is sincerely
hoped that there will be nc hitch in the
proceedings and that the good old ser
want Of the master has been 30 materially
rewarded for his patient self denial,
and his ardent effort to convert his fellow
men.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
Joseph Smith aid his Hat.

The phrase which describes man
whose statements are not to be i'm.
plicitly accepted as talking through
his hat is not the modern invention
many consider it. he dates it back
to the second decade Of the present
century and fixes It's birthplace at
Palmyra; in Wayne county, N. Y. It
owes its origin to the founder Of Nor.
monism, who was the first Of mortal
men to "talk through his hat if
history is to be trusted.
Joseph Smith was, in his youth,
the possessor Of a peculiar shaped
stone that resembled in its outlines
child foot. 1t came to be famous
as the "peek stone" and the "Palmy-
ra seer stone" With it the embryo
prophet fooled the credulous people
Of that then sparsely settled region.
Placing the "peeker' in his "stove-
pipe hat" in which he buried his face,
he was able to see very remarkable
things, buried treasures, subterranean
waters, property stolen and hidden,
cattle lost and strayed, which, in ac-
cents mufaed by his interposed head
gear, he revealed, as they appeared to
him, to his awe-stricken listeners. He
talked through his hat. The fame Of
his powers spread abroad. he who
wanted we'll located, he whose prop:
erty had been stolen, or whose cattle
had strayed, went to Joe Smith and
besought him to "talk through his
hat. " Later, when the. revelations
proved misleading and credulity Yaned
the phrase came to be used satirically
and in it present sense.-Rochester
Democrat and Chronicle.
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Five Minutes for Matrlmony.

I had to wait at the depot after the
other passengers had scattered.in or
der to see the agent, and when our
business had been concluded l noticed
young colored woman hanging about.
She seemed to want information, and
I mentioned the matter to the colored
porter. He walked up to her and
brusquely demanded:
sNow, den, what 20 reckon 70 want
to find out?"
"Gwine to find out bout Abner
Jones" she replied.
'Did 70 'spect him to meet yQ'
yeref"
eyes"
can den 70 was gwine to git mar
ried to him?"
eyes"
"Shoo! Waal, Abher Jones he
won't dun be round yere to-day. He
married my sister last week, an de
happy couple hev gone to Opelika fur
de honeymoon. Was yo' all ready to
marry him?"
eyes"
aCum right down fur dat purpose,
eh?"
eyes"
"shool jest whit mint. Say, yo'
Jim out darr'
Jim was young colored man who
was unloading cotton from q draw on
the platform. He came up to where
we stood, and the porter said!
Jim, dis yere pussun cum down to
marry Abner Jones, but Abher he dun
got married to my sister. IF she wants
a husband, den she orter hev one. I'm
gwine to leave yo' alone wid her jest
five minutes. !"
''We walked down to the end Of the
platform and back, and Jim and the wo-
man came out Of the waiting room hand
in hand.
Call dun settled 2" asked the por-
ter.
eyes," replied the pair in chorus.
''Den go uptown and git hitched by
de preacher, and may de Lawd have
mercy on yo'r souls.
cit was pretty sudden, was mt it?"
/ queried of the porter as We stood and
watched the happy pair going up the
street.
"Shool What's de use in fussin'
around bout gittin' married?" he re-
piled. ''I'ze bin dar bout seben
times myself, an de very worst one
of de lot was a woman dat purtended
to be shy and den kept me waitin'
40 minits befo' she said yep!'-M.
Quad.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
Husband and Wife.

Mr.. and Mrs. W. T. Vermillion on
the Saluda side, opposite Donalds
! were in town last Saturday, buying
| goods. Mr.. Vermillion is the head Of
a remarkable family and he has had
| somewhat d remarkable career.
He was married forty-one years ago,
when he was only twenty-one years of
| age, His wife; Miss Harriet Vaughn,
| of Grsenville county, Was three years
| younger. They have lived happily
during all their married life. To them
| have been born eighteen children, ff-
teen of whom are now living-three
having died in infancy.
Mr.. Vermillion has no education at
all; but he appreciates the disadvan-
tages Of a lack Of an education, and
has given all his children the rudi-
ments of an English education, so that
they may not labor under the disad-
vantages to which he has been sub
jected.
Although be was pennyless On his
marriage, he and his faithful wife have
supported their family, and saved
enough money to buy the good farm,
on which they now live.
He has been scrupulously careful to
avoid debt, and raises his own meat,
corn and all kinds of food for his
family and his stock.
He thinks the poverty Of our peo-
pie may be accounted for on the mis-
application Of the ready money which
comes into their hands. Instead Of
making few debts, and paying W hat
ever may be owing, too many keep
their money for speculation or to
spend, and in the end find themselves
embarrassed. He is as much indebted
to his wife's efforts and intelligence,
as to his own energy and good judg-
ment, for the success which he has
attained. With wife having less
ability, and less fidelity to all their
best interests, they would not be in
comfortable circumstances.-AbJeville
Press and Banner.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
4 Point for Southern Farmers.

The following, from the Atlanta
daily Constitution, Of the 14th inst. !,
should receive the attention of all
those who are interested in farming.
Judging from all the reports that we
have seen, as to the small grain crops
in the west, what the Constitution
says is true, hence it behooves our
people to be prepared for the emer-
gency when it comes:
''The recent untimely cold snap has
played havoc with the grain and for
age crops in the west. Wheat and
oats have been so materially damaged
that the output will hardly suffice for
home consumption.
The prices Of food crops this year
will probably reach high figure.
This is something for southern
farmers to consider very seriously.
They make a great mistake at any
time when they send to the west for
grain and forage, but if they do it
this year the consequences will be
ruinous.
Before it is too late our farmers
should strain every nerve to produce
food and forage crops that will sus-
tain every man and beast in the south
and leave surplus for export to the
Instead Of buying these supplies
this year at high prices, let US get
ready to sell them to the millions who
will need them in the vast region
where short crops will make the peo-
pie dependent upon other sections.
We must live at home this year and
sell supplies to our neighborsl"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
Well Prepared.

A minister wife, who is not so Sc
riously minded at all times as her
husband is, tells some laughable sto-
ries relating to marriages ceremonies
which he performed while they were
living in anewly settled district in the
backWoods of Cahada:
The minister always felt it his duty
to give each young couple little Sc
rious advice before he performed the
marriage ceremony, and for this pur-
pose he usually took them aside, one
at time, and talked very soberly to
each of them regarding the great i'm
portance Of the step they were to take
and the new responsibilities they were
to assume.
One day he talked in his most ear
nest manner for several minutes to
a young woman who had come to be
married.
"And now," he said In closing, II
hope you fully realize the extreme
Importance Of the step you are taking
and that you are fully prepared for it. y
"Prepared?" she said, innocently;
''well, if 1 amt prepared, [ don t
know who is. I've got four common
quilts and two nice ones, and four
brand-new feather beds, ten sheets
and twelve pairs of pillow slips, four
linen table cloths, a dozen spoons and
good six-quart kettle. If I amt
prepared, no girl in this county ever
wasIn
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
An IncIdent OF the Crilnean War.

A,'mandate had goheS.fcrth to the
effect that certain suburb Of Sebas-
topol should be raided by select body
Of English. The attack was to take
place at midday, when the enemy were
at dinner.
1.-THE venture was so quickly e3ecu-
ted that it was completely successful.
The occupants Of the cottages had
fed, leaving their dinners untouched
on the table and the canaries in their
cages. In one cottage was found child
about six months old, clothed, and
asleep in its cradle.
An officer carried away the little
one as prisoner of war and sent the
news Of his capture to headquarters.
Word came at once from Lord Raglan
ordering that flag of truce should be
sent out next morning and that all
possible search and inquiry should be
made for the mother of the child.
Some Of the officers were amused that
so much trouble should be taken about
a stray baby, but the chiefs orders
had to be obeyed.
No mother was forthcoming, however
to acknowledge the lost waif, But there
was a woman in the rife brigade who
had a baby a few weeks old who was will
ing to undertake double duty. About
three weeks elapsed, and then Raglan,
the good, sent another messenger of
his staff, who had forgotten all about
the adopted child, directing that in
quiry be made after "the mother and
her twins"
Word came back that the two chill
dren were thriving admirably, but
that the mother herself looked worn
and tired.
''How many cows are therc?'' asked
Raglan.
Zone, SIR was the reply.
"Then," said the self f-denying chief,
"send the woman down bottle Of
milk every morning.
After this the little army protege
became very popular. A chaplain
christened her Alma, and at the end
of the war the Queen adopted hel
and gave her a liberal education
"Seuenty gears of life in the Victorian
Era"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25
A Home.Made Safety Lamp.

To instantly obtain a light sufficient
to read the time by watch or clock
at night without the use Of matches
and without danger is an easy matter.
Take an oblong vial of the clearest
glass, put into it a piece of phosphorus
the size of pea, unon this pour some
pure olive G.! heated to boiling point,
filling the bottle about onc-third full.
Then cork tightly. To use the light,
remove the cork, allow the air to enter
and then recork. The whole empty
space in the bottle will ;hen become
luminous, and the light obtained will
be a good one. AS soon as the ligh mt
becomes dim, it's power can be in,
creased by opening the bottle and
allowing fresh supply of air to enter.
In very cold weather it is sometimes
necessary to hold the vial in the hands
to increase the fuidi5y of the oil, and
one bottle will last winter. Ills
ingenious contrivance may be carried
in the pocket, and is used by the
watchmen of Paris in all magazines in
which explosive or infammable MA
terials are stored.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1894-04-25

A Kentucky Judge has decided
that man who gives up his business
to court a girl in behalf of another
man gets his pay as he goes along,
and cannot sue for compensation in
money.
The function of the negro's
black skin is now supposed to be the
conversion of the suns light into
heat. The heat thus generated re-;
mains in the skin, never penetrating
to the deeper and moro vital tissues.
When he visited the cemetery,
Mike Donovan noticed on tombstone
the following inscription Sacred to
the memory Of lawyer ind an honest
man." "By the powers,' said Mike,
"that's a strange custom to bury two
men in one grave
- In water in which decaying vege-
tables have been infused the micro
scope discovers little animals 80
minute that 10, 900 of them would not
exceed the bulk of grain of mustard:
Yet these creatures are supplied with
organs as complicated as those OF a
whale.
= In the famous cellars Of the Ho;
tel de Vile, at Brement, there are
dozen cases of wine that have been
preserved for two hundred and fifty
years. Considering the cost CT main
tanning the cellar, rent and interest
upon its original value, q bottle Of this
choice wine has cost 100000, and q
single drop could not be sold without
loss under $40.
= The weight of different kinds Of
wood is exceedingly variable. White
pine is the lightest Of the common
woods, cubic foot Of it weighing "a
pounds willow wood weighs 36, red
pine 81, yellow pine SO, and pitch pine
43. Poplar weighs 46 and hickory
81. Logwood weighs 81, mahogany
66, live oak 67, and lignum vitae, the
heaviest of all, weighs SO pounds to
the cubic foot. A block Of lignum
vitae, thrown into the water will sink
like stone.