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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-28
Farewell Recital.

Marie Collins will give her farewell
recital Saturday evening of this week
at the M. E. church. The program
will be the very best given by Miss
Collins in this city, and everyone is
assured of rare treat. The best
musical talent in the city will assist.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-28
TORE ECONOMY.
The Estates" and the Milwaukee,
Head=ChOpping Again.

Hea0=(nOpplHS AGAIN.
News is received in this city today
that more beheading is to take place
January 1st on the Milwaukee system.
The United States Express eompa-
ny and the Milwaukee road have en-
tered into an agreement whereby the
work of the express messenger and
the baggageman is to be combined in
one man, and either the services of
one or the other will be dispensed
with, each of the companies to pay
half the salary. Retrenchnent is
given as the reason for the more.
Hundreds of men all over the north
west will be thrown out of employ
ment. The plan has been operated
for some time on the Milwaukee be-
tween Chicago and Minneapolis and
the companies are evidently satisfied
with it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-28
FIREMAN HURT.
Louis Wilkinson Falls on a Slippery
Roof.

While at work on the roof of Pow
er'S residence this afternoon, Fireman
Louis Wilkinson. lost his footing and
was thrown down, his shoulder being
sprained and temporarily paralyzed in
the fall. Captain Hanna ordered him
taken to his home.
Abby Lewis also received a fall
which shook him up considerably.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-28
ANNUAL ELECTION.
Young Mems Investment Company
Choose Officers.

The annual election of the Young
Mems Investment Company held it's
annual election of officers yesterday,
and the following were chosen:
resident-George Pond.
-President-LOrin Cray.
Treasurer-JOhn Thomas.
Board of Directors-George Pond,
Lorin Cray t. r. Coughlin,L L. Lampert,
G.. Cornell.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-12-28

Come and see those arctic over
shoes at the following prices: 1901
$40, $l.14, S1.19, Sl.38, S149. The
Mode Clothing and Shoe House.
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ELECT|C Magazine.
OF

Foreign Literature, Science and Art
''The Literature of the World"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
Profits in Pecan.RaiSinC.

A Texas man who has a pecan or
chard in bearing has the following to
say about it:
l am more than satisfied with my
investment in pecans in this section,
along the valley of the Pecan bayou,
in Brown county, and were it posi-
BILE for me to put in double the
amount of land | now have (Which is
400 acres, with IL, 600 trees on same),
l would certainly embark in a SINH
lar enterprise. AS to the amount of
the trade in Texas | am not prepared
to give you any definite information,
but l can say there was m year here
at ~Brownwood alone that there was
shipped out 800. 900 worth of pecans
in a season. ! will present some fig
ures to show the profits that can be
obtained from an acre Of trees when
they come into full bearing.
Twenty-Seven trees can be grown
in one acre. When they come into
full bearing these trees will each
yield annually about eight bushels
(SOme bear as much as twelve BUSH
elS). This makes PIC bushels to the
acre. Extra large nuts bring from
81 to Sc per bushel, while small nuts
bring from $3.50 to So. Suppose we
estimate the value at -. This would
give you for me years crop 1864.
The cost Of gathering would be nom
inal, say 1914, a a patent sweep could
be constructed to sweep them off the
ground after the first frost, which
opens the burrS. This leaves a net
amount of $500 per acre. Suppose
we take off $400 for contingencies,
and we have $500 income from one
acre. l would rather have a pecan
farm than stock in any bank.-San
Antonio Express.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
Making All Possible Amends,

The man had a stub of whiskers on
his chin which wagged when he
talked, and kicked up their heels
when he brought his Jaws together.
GAS l was Sayin," he remarked,
"when l was out West l seen 'em
hang a man to a TELEGRAPH pole for
stealth a hOss,"
"Whose hoss:" asked a person Sit
ting on a molasses barrel.
"Nobuddy knowed."
How'd they know he stole it,"
"They ketched him ridin' it,"
"Mebbe 1t was his'n."
"Pr'aps."
"Did the owner ever claim the
hosp"
"Not that l ever heerd."
"Then it must a been his'n."
"Pr'aps."
what become of it?"
They he'll it three months fer the
owner to claim it, and then they sold
it fer $S7."
what become Of the money!"
"Well, they spent it fer a monu-
ment fer the man they hung. They
might IA made a mistake, and they
wanted to do the fair thing by the
deceased. detroit Free Press.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
THE MERCHANT AND HIS CUSTOMER.

llshment where articles Of value, such
as jewels, carpets, arms, and the like
are sold, there is a regular formula
gone through, without which the
transaction of business is supposed to
be out of the question. The stranger
comes in, and if noticed at all by
the proprietor it is with a grave bow.
A mat is indicated, on which the
visitor sQuats as uncOmfortably as he
can, and an attendant brings a pipe
and cup of coffee. The goods asked
for are spread out on the floor be-
tween the two, and serious business
begins with smoking. After a few
whitfs, the visitor asks how much he
is expected to pay, and for a few mo-
ments the merchant smokes in
silence, disregarding the Ques-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
THE OUNCE OF PREVENTION.
Care Alone Makes Doctors ImperviOls to
Disease.

Care Alone Makes Doctors ImperviOIs to
Disease.
"PeOple wonder how doctors can
prevent themselves from carrying dis
ease" remarked a physician the other
day. 1T is simply care, and nothing
else, that makes a physician seem i'm
pervious to disease. And the method
is so simple that many people would
never notice that a doctor was taking
any precautions whatever. Now, for
instance, l go to the door of a room
which contains a patient having some
contagious disease. / give a knock;
perhaps a voice from within will say
Come in but / make no move. L
wait there until someone opens the
door for me. By touching the door
knob l might come in contact with
disease germs. | go into the room;
90 over to the patient; perhaps feel
the pulse or look at the tongue, al
ways careful that none of my clothes
come in contact with the bed cloth
ing or anything else in the room.
After this l prescribe my medicine
and leave. | never sit down in a
room where there is a contagious dis
ease. After leaving the room l wash
my hands in water containing BIZ
chloride, and | an as perfectly free
from disease germs as when l entered
the room. People do not seem to
know that you must come in contact
with the germs before you can carry
them. Now all these precautions,
with the exception of washing the
hands, would never be noticed in a
sick room, yet | am most careful to
carry each one out. Frequently l do
not have to wash my hands, as it is
not necessary to touch the patient.
In such cases / always have the door
opened for me when L come in and
60 out. A careful doctor does not
carry disease; but some are apt to
overlook the Importance of these
little sanitary rules and their patients
suffer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

In putting away empty combs for
future use, sprinkle a little dry salt
over and into them, and put them in
a dry place, says the American Guilt
vatOr. This will help to keep out
the moth, and as it will shake out
when they are taken down for use it
will do no harm, and, in fact, the
bees will like a little salt. Although
it has often been asserted that the
honey bee gets no honey or nectar to
convert into honey from the blossoms
OF the red clover, we do not consider
this proved. 1t may be that some OF
the stems of the bloom are not as
long as others, or that in some the
nectar rises higher, and certainly
this is apt to be the case with the
second crop clover, but it is very GER
tain that honey bees may always be
found in a red clover field when in
bloom, while if they could obtain
nothing there, their instinct would
teach them to avoid it.
Some practical bee.keepers, who
measured the depth Of the corolla Of
the clover blossom, or the length Of
the bees proboscis, Though they may
know from experience the length Of
his sting, are very sure that they do
make honey from the red clover.
There are a great many patent bee
hives upon the market, and some
highly recommended that have not
been patented, but the hive that
suits the greatest number Of expert
enced bee-keepers is the safest one
for the beginner to use until he has
had experience enough to suggest his
own Improvements. Whatever the
form adopted use none but the Lest
stock. and have them well MADE by a
good workman.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

such Il thing is recognized even bv
the Turk himself, so, perforce, he
sits, and adapts his shop to himself
In such a way that when Allah sends
a customer the shopkeeper is not
obliged to get up to wait on him.
His whole stock !: trade is within
reach OF his hands, ana when any
thing is wanted he simply reaches
out and gets it, takes another Whit
of his pipe and waits for the Gus
toner to buy. If the latter does so
we'll and good: if not, no change is
observable IN the demeanor of the
merchant; he is not visibly e,ated by
a good day, nor visibly depressed
when there are no customers, for
Allah is great and will send bread
somehow" His fatalism is the
secret of his equanimity, for he
is perfectly convinced that if
Allah leans for him to get
rich Allah will send him the custom
els. while if Allah has determined
That he is to be or to remain poor no
amount of eXertion on his own part
can Illustrate the DEGREES of fate.
The same philosophy influences his
dealings with his customers. If they
are to buy, it is kismet. and there is
no need for him to exert himself: if
they are not to buy, he will have
wasted his labor, 50, Allah Bismil-
lah, let them alone. And he does it,
too, for if he were agraven image he
could not display much less interest
in the words and actions Of his Gus
toners than he does.
When a customer enters an estab-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

while squatting on the earth. He
had two Instruments, one resembling
a spade, but with ashOrt handle, the
other much like a small Ratchet.
With the latter he chopped out a
square block of soil, and, this accom-
plished, he laid down the Ratchet,
took a Whit Of his pipe, and with the
space turned over the block he had
detached. He thus worked slowly
backwards, turning the earth as he
went. and signally triumphing in his
ability to farm without standing up
to do it.
This, however. is only an extreme
case, for, from the Sultan who sluats
on a divan while receiving Ministers
OF State, to the harem beauty, who
is never represented say as reclining
among her cushions, everybody sits,
and everybody regards any occupation
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
The Causes of Painting.

Painting proceeds from different
causes, the most common being a dis
turbance of the circulation Of the
blood in the brain. For an ordinary
fainting tit lay the patient fiat. Great
harm has often resulted from The
treatment by ignorant persons in try
ing to make the patient sit up, or
propping up the head on pillows.
To send the blood back from the
heart to the brain. the fiat posture Is
absolutely necessary. Let the patient
lie so that the feet are higher than
head, throw the clothes about the
chest and throat open, sponge the
face with cold water and give some
cold water to drink.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
.ultan's People All Sit.

:, +. impossible for people of the
,.,o,n country, with their habits
.,irrjng. bustling industry, and
ii, tndisposition to allow a single
mont Of time TO 90 to waste, to
a%rnri,te the Incidence that per-
f.. All classeso of people in the East.
T. philosopher Buckle, with an in
L ~, refinement that does credit
r.. mental acuteness, finds in the
|n,ote Of a country a reason for al
T., any and every popularity Of
Eorqrtcr. and there is, no doubt,
l'ch importance to be attached to
4, consideration. But the climate
h., wholly responsible, for in India
I.nn is as hot as in any part of
! world. and yet the people have
kits Of industry that contrast
kc,ely with the constitutional in
b.nre displayed everywhere in Tur-
| and the countries which are now
H. one time have been under
r;jsb control. For the "unspeak-
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

The constitution Of the United
States provides that ne State shall
coin money: but it seems that in
dividualS might do so, up till about
the time OF the late civil war. or
course, it has always been against
the law to counterfeit or initiate the
coinage Of the United States. and 50,
necessarily, a coin issued by a pri-
vate mint would have to be 50 dis
tinct in shape or markings as to show
that it was not intended to pass as
Federal money. For this reason the
$50 dollar gold coins or tokens issued
by several private minis in California
during the flush times Of the sos
were octagOnal in shape.
Gold coins were also issued by the
MormOns of Utah at about the same
time, and the same thing had been
done by parties in Georgia and North
Carolina.
Probably the latest of these pri-
vate minis was the one established
in Denver in the early SOS. 1t is
said that the coinage OF this establish
ment being brought to the attention
Of Secretary Chase, that eminent
iinancier was much astonislxd to fird
a respectable firm Of binkers en-
gagged in making and uttaring money,
and was still further surprised when
the Attorney General of the United
States declared they had the right to
do SC.
This incident caused the passage
of a law absolutely prohibiting in
dividuals from issuing or circulating
anything intended in any manner to
serve as money. -Washington star.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

'he sultan nobody runs save
most urgent prOvocatiOn, and
waking is done it is under
Protest. Sitting is better
'dhd.4g' and lying down prefer
U eitLer. To one who has
lf''c H. the Turkish plan of
PRESENTS difficulties that are
~! >urmOunted. IL the first
Western knee joints seem to
ne power of adaptation to cir
Sl'e> that characterlzes the
y. me Orient. When seating
according to the formula
'H cases made and pro-
'he Turk will first cross
7s then, by gradual
gradations, and not too
VII. allow the weight of his
y Oe>cend upon them until
Leu uh the floor or divan,
Nv IS not only solidly estab-
| .1V uaS before him an impro-
''c' On which he can deposit
ana tobacco, his glass of
.',9Nlnont, or even utilize as
lesk. His knees are flat on
rA' ms whole picture one of
"'e,illnent and comfort. The
western climes tries it and
Hhees sticking out at an
ks,''' anything but graceful
auI''' while in ten minutes his
"'he in the most distress
Id 'ntF and the pains in his
|a1,' VeV VIII compel him to rise
In, 'oF relief. But to a Turk,
A., HoSs-lcgged on the ground
IN OF satisfaction; he will
ken1 ems position all day long,
krd tise and shuttle off in his
! oin,pperS as though stiffness
S were an unknown guam
h 4a nTal posture has an i'm
N1ect OF business, or what
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

passes for business, in the land NJ
tne true believer, for, as far as posi-.
6le' everything is done sitting down.
IN a Turkish bazaar the shons ara
all small, to accommodate the busi.
ness 10 the posture that is preferred
10 an Others. or course, if the Turk
could transact business lying down.
ne would like that even better than
sittlng, but the impracticability Of
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

Turk is not only himself utter
ayersc 10 any eXertion, but has
property Of being able to COM
picatc his aversion in this partic-
IL others, and it is only a ques-
II time when all with whom he
Ies in contact become like him;
perhaps, but sufficiently
b. the resemblance to be reCog-
strangers it is a matter Of the
|ost establishment how lazy a
= can lee, ana how repugnant to
Turkish intellect the idea Of any
OF cy"rtion can become. In the
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

II the visitor is experienced In ORR
entail dealing ne will receive this an
nouncement in solemn silence, and
after cue elaboration will make an
offer of about One-fourth of the mer-
chants demand.
A basis is now laid for negotiations,
and the dealer protests that he will
be ruined by accepting one plaster
less than the sum originally named,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
Good Dog.

Mrs. Jennie y. Lane, of Smethport,
Pa, has a big newfoundland dog
which is a frst-class substitute for IA
nurse. 1t takes the baby riding in
the carriage every day. The dog
holds the handle with its teeth and
wheels the coach as carefully as the
infants mother could.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
Diminutive Flour Mill,

Turriana is said to have fashioned
miniature mills shat would run
themselves" so minute that a monk
could carry one in his sleeve, yet so
powerful that they would grind
enough wheat in a single day to make
bread for eight men.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

ton. 1t is repeated, when, after
a sufficient interval has elapsed to
satisfy his dignity and give him time
to think the matter over, the dealer
names a price about four or six times
what he is quite willing TO accept
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
LAIN
A LIE TURK
BARELY STANDS UP.

n,,t sits While Serving Custo-
o,tipels sit on Duty-The Farmer
1is Garden While Squatting Cross
SPADE
uccd on the Ground
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

at which he cannot work while seated
as fit only for an infdel and unbe-
lieving dog.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

ny the "
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the lower
When the
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self for the
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IS are HI
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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

fore laugh.
etc line it
than when
1 the fed
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(!s g feet 4
ching him.
is the bcs,
ench heels.
20 pounds,
lnds. The
known tC
baseball
err since he
lc to Yale,
Fed that he
n the dia.
catcher on
in college.
kderful rec.
lore strike
twirler in
lie the nine
played -four
+ field and
captain Of
r year, and
ant college
Dry. Carter
the tallest
he field To-.
Oklyn, and
1.-The prom
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[g. Murphy
S a brother
tic trainer.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-30

DuS
t swimmer
distances,
keeping UP
swimming
md ever Oh
small OF
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APO mile,
ma Flying
ket ran ri
averaging
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1894-01-12
PATENTS.
NOTICE TO INVENTORS.

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