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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
NOT iONSUE fUDlNARY.
Both Capturing the CAipmunk and Narrat!
ing the Adventure Prove Agonizing.

Both Capturing the CAipmunk and Narrat-
ing the Adventure Prove Agonizing.
Here is story ''in dictionary language"
as told by writer for St. Nicholas:
Being easily exuscitated and an amni-
colist fond of inescating fish and broggling,
with an ineluctible desire for the ambition
of care, | took a punt and descended the
river in a snithy gale. The water being
smooth, felt ] could venture with inco-
lumity as was familiar with the obuncous
river.
Having broggled without result, rowed
toward an eyot, intending merely to quid-
die, when | suddenly saw hackee. Wish
ing to capture him, decided to circum-
navigate and take him unaware Landing,
| derned myself where I could see the
hackee deracinating grass. He discovered
me and skugged behind a tree, occasionally
protruding his noll.
Selling a stick, I awaited the caput.
When the neb appeared, | feagued him.
The hackee, which is pedimanous, tried to
climb the bole. He seemed sheepish, and /
suspected him of some michery, especially
as his cheeks seemed ampuliaceous.
caught him by the tail, and he skirled.
Though he was sprank, held on with red
dour and tried finally to sowle him. The
hackee looked soyned and tried to scyle. ]
belabored him, and he clept, making Wig
orous oppugnation and evidently longing
1or divagation.
Then pirogue approached and an agri-
cultor landed. This distracted the hackee,
and sowled him, but dropped him because
he scratched so. l vowed to exunguIate
him when caught.
Borrowing fazz0let, tried to yend it
over the hackee's head, as a means of occe-
cation. The agricultor aided. He was not
attractive, seeming crapulous and not IN
like a picaroon. He had siphunculated
dinner pail, which looked as if he had been
battering it while plugging. But with a
stick and some string he made gin and
tried to make the hackee bison. This
caused punching by the hackee, who seized
the coadjutor's hallux. Thus exasperated,
the agricultOr captured the hackee without
any migniardise, but he glouted over the
bite, and his rage was not quatted until the
hackee was Itch. Carrying it to the punt,
sank into a queachy spot, which delayed
me until the gale obnubilated the sky.
While removing the pelage found the
Itch somewhat old because the swinker had
feagued the hackee, and SO 1 yended the
Itch away, went to market and supped upon
a spitchcoCk and hot bisk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
rHoJGHTLESS MINISTERS.
The Cheeky Drummer Catches Two d.
vines on "a Simple Proposition.

The Cheeky Drummer Catches Two d.
vines Simple Proposition.
Abashed at nothing, commercial
traveller in the south once propounded
question to couple of clergymen,
whom he encountered on railroad
train, which illustrates how easily a
man may be tripped on simple little
catch problem. The drummer entered
into conversation with the minis
tiers and entertained them amazingly
with his brilliant conversation, touch
ing men and affairs Gradually the top
les changed, until at last the talk was
of DIR. Talmage and his visit to the
Holy Land.
Speaking of the Holy Land, said
the graceless commercial man, Il was
quite interested to read in a New York
paper recently that a party of explorers
in Palestine had discovered huge heap
of bones, which. from their size and
quantity, are supposed to be of the chill
dren which Herod ordered killed. They
were found IN cave, which had been
closed for centuries, which accounts for
their preservation.
''Indeed' replied one of the clergy
men, much interested. Il had not
heard of it. 1t is certainly surpris-
ing discovery.
Eyes, continued the drummer,
land, oddly enough, while nearly half
of the bones were bleached white, the
rest were as black as ebony
Remarkable, calculated the cler-
gyman who had already spoken, while
the other looked at the drummer sus-
piciously.
"What is your theory?'.' he contin-
ued. DO you think it possible that
the bleached bones could he of males
and the black of females?"
Possibly" replied the more COM
municative clergyman, Il am not an
anatomist, however, and can t say what
effects long exposure has on the bone
of the sexes.
''And you, persisted the drummer
to the other what is your opinion?
Do you think it possible that the white
bones belong to male infants and the
black to female, or vice versa? That is
the problem that now exCites the dis
coverers.
Really, replied the other, Il don't
know but, possibly, as you first put it,
the white bones may be of the male
children, and the black of the female. "
Shortly after this the clergymen
reached their destination and left the
train. Just as it was about moving off
the drummer, who had been chuckling
to himself the meanwhile, thrust into
the hand of one card, upon which was
written the words:
Excuse me if | suggest that you
read your Bibles hereafter with greater
care. Had you done so in the past, you
would have known that boy babies only
were ordered slain by Herod. New
York Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
Tricks of the Champagne Trade.

The champagne trade has many tricks,
many secrets. The Frenchmen who manu-.
facture and those who deal in wines have
grown rich off the people of other countries.
The French themselves are not wine drink
ers, according to the sense of the term in
this country. They are the most abstemi-
GUS nation on earth. They are experts in
the art of palming of their stuff on other
nations at an enormous profit. So much
has been said and written about the mag
nificent vineyardsof the Rothschild family,
of Count Lagrange and others that the I'M
familiar world has grown up with the be-
lief that every brand Of champagne on the
market is backed by 1000 acres of grapes.
What an absurdityI Why, the only vine
yards that some of the greatest wine fl rs
own are in their cellars. They buy their
millions Of bottles wherever they can find
them and send them out over the world as
the product of certain vineyard.
They will sch you hundred different
labels, and the same wine for all. If you
are skeptical, you may write to the house of
Grandet Sec, or Wavre Sec, or Birotto Sec,
or any other Of the hundred, and the letter
will be received and answered promptly,
answered by clerk in the house of the
hundred labels. 1t is probably no exaggera-
tion to say that in this city the same wine
may be found under a dozen different
labels. That is one of the tricks of the
trade. II an agent can guarantee to sell a
certain number of cases in year he will
receive from this house the absolute right
to certain label for 20 years, and he can
choose any label he pleases. Oh, it is q
great business.-New York Tribune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
Dutv. Then Pleasure.

Mr.. Nasmyth, the inventor of the steam
hammer, once said: ''If I were to try to
compress into one sentence the whole Of
the experience of an active and successful
life and offer it to young men as a rule
and certain recipe for success in any sta
ton, it would be comprised in this: Duty
first; pleasure second.' From what l have
seen of young men and their after progress,
| am satisfied that what is generally termed
bad fortune ill luck and misfortune is,
in nine cases out Of ten, simply the result
of inverting this simple maxim. My own
experience convinces me that absence OF
success arises in the great majority of cases
from want of self denial and want of COM
mon sense. The worst maxim of all max
inns is, Pleasure first; work and duty sec
ond.' "-Scribner's Magazine
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
DRIVEN FIVE BLOCKS BY A CORPSE.
John Smith, While Dead, Sits Erect and
Holds His Reins Taut.

John Smith, While Dead, Sits Erect and
Holds His Reins Taut.
When John Smith, drive for Heis-
sler &c Junge. bakers, was making de-
livery at Twenty-fourth and State
streets Monday afternoon, he met his
friend FL. F. Mcdowell of the town Of
Lake. Smith and Mcdowell stood talk
ing by the wagon, at the edge of the
sidewalk, when Smith suddenly COM
planned Of feeling i'll. He pressed his
hand to his breast and seemed for
moment to have difficulty in breathing.
Then, saying he was better, but that he
ought to go home at once, he asked Nc
Dowell to jump in the wagon and ride
with him. Smiths house was at 1895
Atlantic street.
Smith got in with his usual agility,
and Mcdowell followed. Swinging his
horses heads around as he picked up
the lines and heading them south,
Smith chirruped and the wagon ratified
Off at lively pace. The bakery wagon
seat has bread box behind it, against
which the drivers head can lean in a
practically upright position. Smith
got sick again as the team started and
was disinclined to talk. Near Thirty
fourth street he pulled his hat little
over his eyes, and getting the horses well
started again he relapsed into silence.
Not wishing to disturb his friend Nc
Dowell looked about as the wagon rat
tied on south at rapid pace. The
horses were headed homeward, and Nc
Dowell thought it was their reckless
ness which caused the wagon to sway
two or three times and now and then
pass uncomfortably close to another We
hicle's wheels. Smith held the reins
taut. He did not speak, but sat stiff1y
with his head hard against the bread
box. From under his lowered hat his
eyes stared directly ahead. Dusk slight
ly yelled his features, and though Nc
Dowell thought several times that Smith
was entirely too oblivious to danger he
did not speak to him until they reached
Thirty ninth street and Riverton ave-
nue..
Then he asked Smith how he felt
There was no reply. Mcdowell shook
Smiths arm. Still the man did not
move. Mcdowell, still grasping the
arm, bent close to Smiths face and
gazed into the fixed eyes, but they did
not move. With start he realized
that he had been driven five blocks by
Corpse.-ChiCago Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
AN ISLAND THAT GROWS.
Once It Belonged to Missouri, but Now II
Is Part of Kansas.

Once 1t Belonged to Missouri, but Now 1t
Is Part of Kansas.
In the Missouri river, near Leaven-
worth, there is an island which has
furnished the land law officers of the
government novel problem. This is
land was on the Missouri side when it
was surveyed in 1858. Now it is le-
gal part of Kansas. But that is not the
queer thing about it. Islands in the
Missouri frequently shift their ale
glance.
The trouble with this island is that it
has been growing. When the govern
ment officers surveyed it, they found
800 acres, and that was the amount en-
tered in the records. When two Leav-
enWorth men, Skillings and Diffen-
dorf, took out patents for the whole is
land the amount of land put in the pat
ents was 500 acres. But the island has
been growing through all of these years
in way Missouri river islands have
fashion of doing. There are now 1,400
acres in the island. A coalbed, it has
been discovered, runs under the island,
and that tends to make the land more
valuable.
Recently squatters have tried to take
possession of the surplus over and above
the 500 acres claimed by the patentees.
The later set up claim to the growth.
The land lawyers of the government,
after taking plenty of time to think
about the case, have decided that Skill
lings and DiHendorf are entitled to the
whole island under their original pat
ents.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
Ancient. but Lively.

Friends inclined to regard Father
Craw of the Hess road as an old man
probably do not know what they are
talking about. We have proof in point.
In addition to performing ministerial
and other good Methodist work enough
to weigh down an ordinary man, Father
Craw recently and just for fier and
little exercise himself tore down $50
rods of rail fence, dug postholes the
whole way and put up brand new
fence. We suppose he is over 70 years
of age, but if any one wants good
workman-whether it is preaching or
doing hard manual labor-we recon-
mend Father Craw.-Lockport journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
One of the Best.

THE best compliment ever had, !"
said a. we'll known lawyer the other
day, WAS paid by an old lady in an
adjacent town, where l once went to
take part in Fourth of July celebra-
ton. was young man and always
availed myself of every chance got to
spout. That day | was on the pro-
gramme to read the Declaration of In
dependence, and | put all the power
had into the lines.
"When the exercises were over, an old
lady, who was arrayed in her finest,
came up TO me and said, That is one
of the best declarations of independence
I ever heard; you must have spent a
powerful long time writin t."-Phila-
delphia Call.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
Furious Artesian Well.

A furious artesian we'll was struck in
Chamberlain, S. D., few months ago.
At first, it sent out 5000 gallons of wa
ter in a minute, but later the flow more
than doubled. Water is forced through
the pipe SO vigorously that the solid
eight inch stream is thrown over IA feet
into the air. The famous well at st.
Augustine, Fla, is the only well in the
country which approaches this in force
and quantity of fow.-New York Led
GER
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
An Extraordinary DereIict.

The most extraordinary derelict ship OF
which there is record is the bark Marie Ce-
leste, which was found in the middle of the
Atlantic deserted, with every sail set, din
ner half cooked in the galley and not a soul
on board, though she had every appearance
of having been occupied Immediately be-
fore The weather was fair and there was
g gentle breeze. She was towed into port.
but no explanation of the mystery sur
rounding the vessel has ever offered itself
London Million.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
She Went.

Principal of Young Ladies Seminary
NO, Miss Dodge, l cannot allow you
to drive with Mr.. Nassau this afternoon.
You know our rules are that no young
lady shall drive with man unless she
is engaged to him.
Miss Dodge-I know, but l hope to
be engaged before we get back. -Prince-
ton Tiger.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
A Considerate Due1ist.

A duel with pistols was to take place be.
tween couple of Frenchmen. one OF
them was 15 minutes behind time. Bo"lng
politely, he said:
Gentlemen, / am sorry to have kept you
waiting You needn't have waited for me.
You should have gone right on without
tne. "-Tammany Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
COnSiderate.

why don't you take me with you
sometimes of evenings, dear? | get SO
tired of staying at home alone.
Because | cant afford to dress you
as well as myself. | don't want to be
seen around with woman dressed as
you are. "-ludianapolis Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-01-26
A Contributors, Climb.

Have you a Contributors club
here?" asked the author.
"We have" replied the weary ed
itor. John, hit him a clip with that
hickory ATLANTA Constitution.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24

PENNsYLvAAaA gets alo-her hard
lick: Pennsylvania is a biackpatch
on the maD OF the uo;ou. it is the
home of tue robbie. b1rous and the
white slave drivers of America.
Typical American labor was long
ago driven from tire miues and fac
tories of that stale. Intelligent,
indie pendent wor:;ing men are not
to be found there to auy great ex-
tent The tariff robbers pocket the
profits derived tn -ough govern
ment aid and then bi~e the cheap
est and most ig lora u labor to be
found in Eurooe. The American
laborer VINO TO; ne cIy N, Ge his home
in Pennsylvania is now tramp or
living in anothecS,ate.- -[Des Moin-
es Qa.) Leader.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24

QUTE a sensation was created in
Memphis the o;n"c day when the
Protestant Pastors association
came out ia a lengthy cd vigor-
ously attacking the Catholic church
and de;enGipg The American Por-
tcctive association The COtholcs
are charged with being engaged in
conspiracy to control every office in
this country, from President down
to constable, in The interest of the
Pope, whom they characterize as
the arch enemy of American insti-
tutions, The Protestant pastors
announce that they will wage a re-
lcntless war on Catholics in future
and no man will be supported for
Office at the coming elections who is
a believer in the Catholic religion
-IEX
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24

MHE Bcicc-Gorman-Hill combine
has forced the Senate Finance com
mittee TO place a duty on sugar,
lead, iron and coal-all of which
we're placed on the frce list in the
Wilson bill. Thus the Democratic
party is occed TO an 3It OF t'each-
cry TO the people by a few men who
act ftom selash motives o. as the
asents o. molopolies ald coroora-
tions. What a pitvit IS ihe Wilson
bill can't be passed without their
votes. .-TEc.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
CONGRESSIONAL CONVENTION.

The Third Congressional Demo-
cratic Convention is hereby called
to meet at Prescott, Ark, at noon
ON the 10th day of June, 1894 for
the purpose of nominating a Demo
cratic candidate for Congress from
said district, and for the transaction
Of other business, In the prelimi-
nary organization of said convention
each county will be accorded the
same number of delegates and votes
as such county is entitled to in the
State Democratic convention to
be held on the 9th day of June,
1894.
The county conventions for this
district are requested to select del
egates to the Congressional conven-
tion at the same time that the del
egates to the state convention are
chosen j. II, CRAWFORD,
March l6, 1894, Chairman
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
Ballard's Snow Liniment.

This invaluable remedy is one
that ought to be in every house
hold. 1t will cure your Rheumatism
Neuralgia, Sprains, Cuts, Bruises,
Burns, Frosted Feet and Ears, Sore
Throat and Sore Chest. If you
have Lame Back it will cure it, II
penetrates to the seat of the dis.
ease. II will cure Stiff Joints and
contracted muscles after all other
remedies have failed, Those who
have been cripples for years have
used Billiards. Snow Liniment and
thrown away their crutches and
been able to walk as well as ever,
1t will cure you. Price 80 cents,
Sold by Smith Drug Co. l
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely de-
range the whole system when en-
tering it through the mucous sur
faces, Such articles should never
be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold to
the good you can possibly derive
from them. Halls Catarrh Cure,
manufactured by f. J. Cheney &
Co., Toledo, o., contains no mercury
and is taken internally, acting di
rectly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you gel
the genuine, 1t is taken internally
and is made in Toledo, Ohio, by F
]. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free
Sold by druggists, price Zoe pei
bottle.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24

EVERY true Arkansan will hearth
ly endorse the sentiment expressed
in the following from the pen Of
Col. w. Jasper Blackburn, editor Of
the Free South: eve think the
newspaper is hard up, which seeks
to find something wrong in any rec
ord which Col. James Mitchell may
make, He is an honest, brave and
generous man; and the man who
charges him with being otherwise
is not posted, or is wilfully vicious
and slanderous.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed,
and not less than one million people
have fonnd just such a friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
tion, Coughs and Colds. If you
have never used this Great Cough
Medicine, one trial viii convince you
that it has wonderful curative
powers in all diseases of Throat,
Chest and Lungs, Each bottle is
guaranteed to do all that is claimed
or money will be refunded, Trial
bottles free at Smiths Drug Store,
Large bottles SOC. and $l.00, /
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24

The Fort Smith Times attributes
Senator Berry's vote against the
confirmation of Peckham to the
Senator's partiality for David b,
Hill. It,would be fairer to attrib-
ute it TO his partiality for the De
mocracy of Arkansas, who have no
sympathy for mugwumpery, in high
or low places, He represented the
Democracy of Arkansas in that
vote. RI Fayetteville Sentinel
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24

THEY say that Vice-Presideut
Stevenson is in training as the pres.
dental candidate of the Democrat
ic pa 'ty in 1896 He'd make a dan
dy, 'Rah for Adlai and the other
fellow We don't know who the other
fellow is, bat it don't make any
difference 1t would be a tough one
we could not swallow with Steven
son in The lead.-[New Orleans
Free Press.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
San Francisco $23,eo Single Trip,
$44, 40 Round Trip.

The Texas & Pacific Ry., is selling
tickets to San Francisco, Los An.
geles, San Diego and points in Cali
fornia at the above rates. Round
trip tickets are good for 60 days re-
turning and to stop of in California
c. E, SwINDELL,
Ticket Agent.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
rnR srArE SENATOR.

We are authorized to announce D. l..
King. of Lafayette county, as a candidate
for State Senator from the Twenty first
Arkansas district, comprising the coun-
subject 10 the action of the Democratic
parity
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
Nasal Catarrh
Originates In Impure Blood
Hoods sarsaparIIIa Perfectly cures

FOOu OuTSdPaTllld TcTiSSIy SdT0S
We do not need to watch intently to see or
hear the victims OF catarrh on every hand. The
frequent cough, the blowing Of the nose, the
dlsageeable hawking. the foul SMELL and other
symptoms which betray the presence of this
very dssgreeable disease, are noticed very gen.
orally The disease is an Inflammation Of the
mucous membrane. Its direct cause is impure
blood. It's cure is Hoods Sarsaparilla.
&c. l. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass:
II was first troubled with nasal catarrh in
1870, but 1t did not give me much trouble until
1880, when became so weak that could not
do any kind of manual labor. l moved from
this state to Mississippi thinking might find
some relief. At the same time l was undergo
ing treatment for my complaint After a short
time returned to Texas and continued doctor
ing for the disease but did not realize any bene-
IT. was very low when decided that would
Try Hoods SarsaparlIla
and am compelled to state that before had
takenal of the first bottle felta radical change.
Tho terrible headache spells had left me and
my appetite had come back. felt that was
going to get well so l purchased another bottle
and felt 80 much better after taking it that
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
ron MAYon or wnsr rrxARKANA.

We are authorized to announce I. f.
Tierney as a candidate for the Office of
Mayor of The city of TeXarkana, Tex, at
the approaching election.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
FOR CoNGRFss-THuRD DISTRICT.

We are authorized to announce Thos.
c. McRae as candidate for the FIFTY
fourth Congress, from the Third Arkan-
sas District subject TO the action of the
Democratic District Convention.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
FOR CIRCUIT JUDGE.

owe are authorized to announce r. d.
Heam as a candidate for Circuit Judge
OF the Eighth judicial district, subject to
the action of the Democratic District con-
ycUtiOu.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
EoR GoYERNoR.

EThe TEXARKANIAN is authorized TO an
nounce James p. Clarke, OF Phillips coun-
ty. as a candidate for Governor of the
state of Arkansas, subject to the action
Of the Democratic party.
The Daily Texarkanian., 1894-03-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The following are ourrates for announc-
ing andidates-positively CASH IN ADJ
VANCE. otherwise no announcement VIII
be made. Rates include daily and weekly
Is nos nf the VFNARKANIAN