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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-27
MANKAro FREE Press,
PERPLEXING.
THE STATUS OF THE TRACK
REriOVAL.

The Matter Considered i'm all OF its
Hearings Last Night. Cray
States the Position of the Omaha
Road. A. Willard speaks for
Willard & Barney. Two COM
mittees Appointed to Untangie the
Depot Hitch.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-27

JOHN BULL has another bitter dose
to swallow. He has been completely
defeated by this country in athletic
sports and lost in every event. This
is hard luck for him.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-27

Judge Mead made final decree
and distribution of the estate OF VIM.
F. Funk, deceased, today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-09-27
HAS TO GIVE UP.
THE STREET CAR SERVICE WILL
BE SUSPENDED.

Tracks Will be Torn up Next Week,
and Material Disposed THE Invest
ment Has Been a Losing One-No
Hope for the Company Since the
Action of the People on the Electric
Light Question.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

the band. We find that revolving this
wheel a horizontal motion is not any
more iirssomc than with "a vertical
movement and gives quite as saiisiac-
tory results.
Where there is but one connection II
requires a swift motion with the band
fy-wheel, but we have bad just the
same reading from same sample OF
milk on this machine that an $, one
" it'll double gear gave. Secure bottles
from reliable firm; they will send
pamphlet how 70 handle; also procure
cream bottles. "A cream and milk pipetf
combined. and an acid measure; these
cost % 10 30 cents each.
think many Of our young men, sons
Of dairymcn. would find IL no difficult
matter 10 construct and put into opera
ton good. cheap tester that will both
give pleasure and profit To the dair,
business. by following up the above
illustration and accompanying de-
scription. Try it and see If you don
succeed George T. Scott. in Ohio
Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

There is no make of churn that gran.
mates butter better than another. u
we discard the dash churn. The only
secret in the matter is 10 stop the churn
.t the right stage. and add the water.
So rs Ia harden these little granules oil
fat and give the fluids free exit IRON
the churn. In hot weather the gran
ulation OF butter Is all the more I'm.
portant. as there is the greater neeu O
getting the buttermiik out OF 'he mass
summer butter wants to he churned as
cool as possible. and il is here that the
owners az separators have the ad,an'
taye. that they can cream the fresh
drawn milk down to thirty-three PEI
cent of actual fat. and churn cream
, exhausti,ely at fifty-two degrces.wh'cl
Is the actual crystallizing stage Of but
ter. and get separators with little or NJ
washing. Practical Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

-ENace scratches on furniture. di-
rects M. New York Telegram. by rub
hing on some linseed oil. and then fol-
lowing with little shellac dissolved
in alcohol.
-Kuslx-In the forenoon mix to-
ge,her onr-half cup OF butter. one cup
OF sugar one aud one-half cups milk.
one egg. one cake 81 yeast and 10
make into s,iif dough. When risen 81
that the dough looks like honey-como
form iaio balls and let rise again ana
bake Chicago Record
Apple Charlotte: Rub the bottom
and sides ~ the pudding dish well with
butter. slice stale bread thin and line
the dish with IL Peel tart apples. cnt
in small pieces enough 10 nearly NIL
the pan. scattering bits Of butter and
sugar well through it. Soak slices OF
bread enough 10 cover the apples. put
a plate over 10 keep the bread close to
the apples. Bake in . quick oven
Womanxind-
Rice Buns: Necessary ingredients:
Four ounces OF -four. seven ounces OF
ground rice. six ounces OF sugar. Sin
ounces Of clarified beef dripping. tea
spoonful Of baking powder and two
eggs. First cream the dripping and
sugar. Nix the -four. ground rice and
baking powder together. Stir half the
-four. etc, into the butter and sugar
then add a beaten egg. more -four. etc
and the other eggs Flavor with va
| ,,;,l, .sxence and beat the mixture
twenty minutes. Grease some patty
mans and fill them two-thirds fuli o
this mixture. Place in hot oven an,
bake for FIFTEEN minutes When done
turn out on a sieve to cool. Iced
Mercury.
Frozen Eice: Two ounces OF rice
one pint Of milk, four ounces OF pow
dered sugar. one-half ounce OF gels
tine. one-half pint Of whipped cream
one tcaspoonful OF vanilla Boil tn
rice in water five minutes then pou
of the water and add the milk an
fayoring. Let all simmer slowly unit
the rice becomes almost a Jelly Nhe
the rice is well cooked add the sngs
and pcla;ine after they have hes
thoroughly dissolved in water. Put
on the ice to cool. stirring CONSTANT.
, then add the whipped cream. mixir
all thoroughly together. Put I'M
: mold with cover and set in ice and "a
} to form. Beaten cream. IN whicn a
: stirred grated maccaroons. may
poured over ii when served. -Bost'
Budget
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
PIONEERING SHRUBS.
hut Very Few Varieties Want ANY Frun-
Ing Ia Winter.

Hut Very Few Varieties Want ANY Prun-
Ing Ia Winter.
During the winter season very great
deal of damage is done to shrubs by
many who profess TO understand how
to prune properly and yet are entire
IL ignorant Of the whole business. Tins
IL dcplorably evident near all large
cities. where there are many men who
eall themselves gardeners. and who
turn many penny" by the work OF
pruning they get in the many small
gardens therein. Many Of these men
IRE entirely honest, but ignorant. Not
only are they ignorant to-day. but they
continue so from day 10 day, never
proiting from experience. Others
know better. but as the pruning means
work they slash away AT the trees and
shrubs. caring nothing whether the
owners get flowers from their shrubs or
beautiful shapes from their trees.
Ii would be great surprise TO the
honest primer 10 be told that. with
hardly AN exception. shrubs want no
pruning mt all in winter. yet it is true.
Excepting not more than a half dozen
sorts. shrubs flower from wood OF the
previous season, and when the last sum
mer's growth is Topped away the prom
ise of flowers entirely disappears lido
not say l never prune, for there Is some
times a little thinning out 10 do. and
sometimes long. struggling shoot
wants shortening in. TO give a bush a
good outline. and this work do. The
| hall lEnrSxf In ia
yiridissima) will serve as an iliustra~
ton. Left 10 itself, il is not a hand
some push. 1t makes very long shoots,
ESPECIALLY when the plants are vigo''
Gus. | have such n one in my garden
and but lately cut of the tops of some
Of the longest shoots. which had shot
far ahead OF the others. The length
cut off each was not more than two feet
and there is left four feet to each one
and, besides this. there are couple @
dozen other young shoots not topped a
all, so that l have yet an abundance
Young wood to give me bloom. II ha
rrieved and provoked me many tim
TO see collection of shrubs IN som
garden the young shoots of which ui
been entirely cut away. and in man
cases the owner would have bee
Thought to have been possessed G
enough intelligence to have prevente
the mutilation OF his shrubs. IL 20
employ a man to prune your shrubs an
he proceeds to cut away the wood G
last season. clear him out. for he eel
tainly is imposing on you as to n
knowledge
The proper season to prune shrubs
in spring or summer. as soon as II
lowering is over. Cut them back the
il they are not shapely. or II there is =
much old wood. But do not think pru
= ing has TO be an annual job. have SUE
shrubs as weigelas. SNOWFALL. deutz
nd and the like. which may be said new
he TO have been pruned. 4 little fing
ly and thumb nipping Of the ends of son
.el Of the growing shoots in midsumm
has been all sufficient for them.-Prs
1T teal Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
PERSONALS FROM EUROPE.

Pror. Huxi.EY's widow has recently
been granted pension OF 1900
Prince HENRY Of Prussias years
leave of absence is 10 be devoted to the
study Of constitutional history.
DuRISs the year ended September 5
Kaiser Wilhelm was away from Berlin
one hundred and ninety-hve days
This is forr days better than last year.
QUEEN MARIE Of Hanover. widow OF
George " and mother OF the duke
OF Cumberland. has lost the sight
of one eve and may lose the other; she
is seventy-seven years old
CoryT DE CAsrELLANE and his wife
(Anna Gould gave a grand conntr,
fete at the castle of Rochecotte, iadre
e,-Loirc. France. recently. -Four thou
sand persons dinei and danced in tn
mark
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
TnE PRODUCTS OF GENIUS.
A Tonoxro man has invented an over

A Tonoxro man hasinvcnted an oven.
through which. In the process OF bak'
ing. fresh air is constantly circulating.
Meats baked in II have n delicious
flavor.
A tricycle.. for printing advertise
u1ents On sidewalks. is in use In Paris
The back wheels have broad rims, and
these contain the types. which are au'
tomatically linked.
A NEW method Of spelling natural
scenery for advertising purposes has
been devised in Switzerland Large
white and yellow letters. placed on the
bottom ~ the lake Of Geneva. arc made
visible on the surface by refraction-
Ara recent meeting of the B.lIoor
society in England Mr.. Hiram Maxim
referred to the flying machine, and sale
his experiments were Mt a standstiii
not from any want OF faith In the prof.
ect, but for want Of time.
AN artificial Iarynx has been invent
ed BY Prof Stuart. Of the University 0
SYDNEY. and tried with success on
man who had lost his voice. TIL
mechanism can be regulated so as =
make the voice soprano, tenor, con
tralto, or bass. at will.
| PETER COOPER HEWITT, the wealth
son Of one Of New York's most famou
mayors. is n prominent club man an
a society leader. but he passes most
his time in perfecting ingenious labo
saving devices His latest invention
a machine which has greatly simpl
fed glue-making.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
AMONG THE SHOPS.

Some Shadows That Autumn YashtOns Are
Now Casting before
The smart white mohair gowns OF
the summer serve admirably as derni-
saison dinner toilets
New belts are of soft gay plaid silk.
knotted under metal clasp at one
side. and are suggestively named
toreador.
All browns with reddish tinge are
liz especial favor for the coming cool
season. though no wardrobe VIII De
complete without one good black gov n
for the street
The most modish and Partisan house
dress seen in a high-class worxroom
had the double Vatican plat at the
front instead of the back The neck
was Gu. la pompadour. and the plan
extended from it to the hem OF the
gown. As far as the waist line hand
sorne lace fell each side OF the plat
nassing over the shoulders to form a
sailor collar over the princess back OF
the gown
Wide effects continue in millinery
The early autumn hats look very mucf
overloaded in their abundance OF os
trich plumes. wide ribbons ana e'Ao
crate ornaments
The women who come back to tow
with black mohair gowns lined in col
ored silk to match the bodice worl
with them need only a small. full cap
Of black velvet. trimmed with jet Van
dykes. TO have handsome early autun
toilets
Framboise or raspberry red Is co
or that will I've much seen in millinery
felt bonnets and hats being shown Q
this tint--N y. Times.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

Perhaps the oldest thing In prison
methods in the always novel west u
the treatment Of inmates OF the coun-
" jail at Cathlamei. Ore. Three times
a day. every day in the week. they
are taken out Of jail and escorted TO
the dining-room Of one OF the several
restaurants and hotels in town, ana
there they take their meals In more
comfort and ease than many OF the
people who have To work for the priv
ilsge of eating. The keepers oil res
taurants and hotels refused to make
bids for furnishing food TO the JAN
and this picnic for the prisoners is the
result
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

!. EXCELLENT TESTER.
,,.a. Here Given Expisi" h"" one
ian l:e Made at Home


Gan Ise Mad. nj n"m'.
~. universal favor with which the
,.,....L tester IL regnrde! 10y progress
ave dairymen almost makes ~ 'h''o-
'l,,e,ion an absolute necessity IN every
.,.ll regulated dairy. The seemingly
,ou pricr of dairy products, with me
,.rosp.ct Of high-priccd rations, woui"
,.dente a greater reason for every iarm-
Who has herd Of COWS TO know just
hat each individual animal l. dong
49, him in return for the feed fed To
,hem. Even when feed Is plenty anu
Law in price. il is not within the bounds
4, economy to shiftlessly feed "A cow
ia, has poor assimilative powers ana
ais under the light Of figures 20 give
!. net profit to her owner, To continue 10
,,ssp her and still reduce the profit al
.ro,her that gave milk Of IA high testing
value.
Many dairymen have provided them
.ehes with a tester and are acting IN
,bis regard wisely. but very large ma
;ority have either carelessly neglected
70 supply the need or do not care to go
20 the expense Of purchasing one Tor
their few cows.
The present crop conditions inOhio
will demand that many OF us must cut
down our stock or purchase feed az
outrageous prices, hence the necessity
OF the elimination OF those animal
which are the poorest producers ut the
nail and churn and the keeping of those
which will come nearest making prof
liable attachment to the farm or VIII
uroyc a source Of revenue regardless o.
high-priced feed.
For the purpose Of encouraging thu
introduction OF the tester Twill give az
illustration with description OF cheap
reliable one. that can be made and oper
a,ed at very low cost and give Just a
good results as those purchased
creamery supply companies.
The agricultural press has given $
much upon the manner OF use ana man
mutation of the tester that little upo
that point will be necessary at this tim
further than to say that the creates
care and exactness must be brough
into play from the beginning to tn
close Of each test. otherwise no goo
can possibly accure from its use.
In the first place. an old sewing ma
chine that can be bought very cheap 9
donated, must he secured. One tha
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

Wheel. ~, puehei
has large fly wheel on which band
runs the pulley for propelling the
works az the machine will necessarily
be the best and the larger the fiy wheel
and the smaller the pulley the better.
Usually most machines have smart
aboyt or 10 inches to which this puley
about or 10 inches to which this pulley
is attached at one end and crank
wheel at the needle end. This smart
and its equipments can he removed
from the arm and used for the shaft on
which the arms for the buckets and bot
ties are to be attached
A table or stand Of some kind must be
provided as foundation upon which to
construct the machine. Often the
stand OF the old sewing machine Will
answer quite well by screwing on q
piece of Finch plan% under the top
about feet in length. extending out on
one side a sufficient length To attach the
nv wheel, as Indicated by the dotted
lines in cut. Any old table that is 3is
feet long makes q first-ratc pedestal.
The arms i are made from ihs Inch
galvanized strap iron. foot long, and
riveted to the crank plate on the shaft
with two holes Mt c. drilled in each erd
on which the buckets arc hung from
wire hooks soldercd into the buckets
The latter are 2 inches in height and Ia
inches in diameter.
Sometimes the bearings of the shat
can be utilized in hanging u in an up
right position. plumbed and made u
run true. The pulley wheel is located
at the table where the shaft passes
through. allowing the shaft to eNten'
nearly & inches above the stand and SUI
ficient distance below TO get stead
motion. either in iron or wooden bear
ings.
From the shaft center measure GU
&c inches on the four sides. inscrib
lines and take quarter round and forr
ledge nj the line with flat side ou
Then construct box out of some ligh
,s-inch material, 10 inches high. 50 this
II viii drop over the outside of I'll
quarter round. Cut out holes at b ], Il
band. This top or box is q neccssit.
70 protect the operator, as the brcakin
If . bottle with acid In IL strikes II
face. We warn not to leave on tn
cover nndcr my circumstances while =
volving the machine.
The drive or fiy-whcel should
arranged so IL can be moved away fro
- small pulley, thus tightening Z
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

Shirt waists 81 WOODEN materials Will
be in existence this winter as much as
those Of wash goods were in summer.
plaids are much liked for misses and
vounr women: changeable effects are
eagerly sought for in all kinds Of
goods. For instance. red and blue
changcable waist may he worn with
red or blue skirt. varying the stock
collar TO match the skirt. One o.
changesble green and gold may b
worn with a black or green sksrt-
Womsukind.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

Dvxvye Sent. 1o.-My journey from
Cbics,,o was over the Chicago. burlington
n Quincy Railroad. one Of the best man
aged systems in the country, should says
Judging By the civility Of the employees tn'
con fort Inexperienced, the excellence OF H.
roadbed. and the punctuality OF arrival;
a. tuahy reached Denver ahead OF uine. ts'
paul. Minneapolis, Omaha and Kansas CITY
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
HOuSE.CLEANiNG TIME.
sharp-wut~d Women Look Well to the
Minor tetaiss.

sh.rr-wtt~d Women Look Well to the
Minor "details.
Sharp-witted city housekeepers do
not derend upon servants cleaning
,heir own rooms without supervision
An ounce Of prevention that may save
a pailon of cure is 10 thoroughly be-
sprinkle the servants sleeping quar-
ters with gasoline in the interim be-
tween the departure Of one and the
arrival Of the next incumbent Her
trunk and its contents " they nave
come from other quarters less care
fully looked after. should be thorough
IL searched. Hence an eye should he
kept on the room from week TO week.
II clothes closets have moths in them
In spite Of your careful spring at
tempts to keep them out burn sulphur
IN them. Put the sulphur in an old
porcelain dish and set in wide pan o.
water, light the sulphur and shut tho
closet up. Don't 60 far away. or leave
the blaze long UNDECIDED. With th'
nan Of water there is. however. next y
no danger that spark will fly on an'
set ANYTHING on fire. The scintilla o
possibility. though. should not he over
| looked.
DO not take the screens out 81 door
and windows yet awhile The ME
will creep into the sunshine in III
middle IL the cool autumn days an
ponr into the house for weeks after
i late enough for them TO he gone
making havoc Of the newly decorate
chandeliers and regildcd piciur
frames and whi,ened ceilings - ;
Louis Republic.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

Hidden in the grass, malaria out wai's oul
arnroa,.h- 10 spring at and fasten its fangs
up1u US There is, however, a certain anti
opte 10 its venom which renders u pc weress
for evil. Hostetter's Stomach Bitterss TINS
acknowledged aud world -famedspecihc'n nd
Il Is, besides this, q thorough curative Ior
rheumatism, dyspepsia, liver complaint con
s,;nation In grippe and nervousness IN con
yaIescencc and age 1t is very serviccable.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

The work of the farmers alliances
leagues and clubs may matcriaiize 'nto
the good country roads they are so Wig
orously working for; but in the mean
time the bicycle has and will master
better than any other vehicle known
the rough highways all about us
Sarah c. June, Albion. \. >.
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,ob.<, Of all IN powe-Latest US. Govt Report
R3H!a!!!I! R Rs*asSE
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ARSOIUTELY PUEE

"You ask me to marry you, Georgei' she
said. slowly. "Do you know that ! AM
rlchi- Yea" sTn my own rightf' Yea ~
And that you will nave TO come TO me Tor
moncylp "Yes" "Evcn for a cab fare -
Yes" "And that you will have 70 VAIN
are willing 70 marry mo and take Tho
chancesi, Yes" s.Then | am your.
George, and l hope you may be happy
Household Words.
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and very secure bridge where single
log cannot I've used as strlnger. mans
can be added along either side Tor
greater security To the top.-Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25
KNOWLEDGE

Rri,rs comfort and improvement and
tends to personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many. who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
les. expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products 70
the needs of physical being, will atsss
the value to health Of the pure hqu,o
laxative principles embraced IN the
remedy. Syrup Of Figs.
Its exec Hence is due to It's presenting
IN the form most acceptable and Pie.S
ant TO the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties of aperfect iax-
alive; effectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feven
and permanently curing constipation;
II has given satisfaction to millions ana
met With the approval of the medical
nroe.sion. because it acts on the Ard
news Liver and Bowels without weak
eninr them and il il perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
syrup of Figs is for sale by all drug
fists in soc and 81 bottles, but II Is man.
nfsctured by the California Fig syrup
| Co. only, whose name is printed on every
package, al,o the name, Syrup OF fiss
snS being we'll informed, you VIII mol
accept any substitute if offered
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Hairs Cztarrh Cure
Is taken internally Price s5c.

SERVANT ,1rplying for .plnce)."And
shall require the address OF your last serv'
ant" Mistress Whatever Ioft ETY.
ant .syYhy. TO get your character from her,
Of course. Judy.
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SECURE FARM BRIDGE

An Easy Thing to Build IL One Knows
How 10 DO IL.
Haphazard construction OF farm
bridges is a risky matter. the safety
of valuable animals being often thus
put in jeopardy. The accompanying
Illustration shows an easily constructed
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

..Drn YOUR rncle remember you In his
,xnl,,, ayes. dear old fellow he left me
his best wishes IN . special codicil."--
Harper's Bazaar.
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81 WILL kill him. cried the poet, III j
have TO tie him fast and read him 70 death
with one Of my own sonnets."-Harper
Bazlr.
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BErcuAM's PILLS for constipation loc ana
a. Get the book rrccl atyour urursiss
ana ca by IL Annual sales 600, co. boxes
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

IN case Of doubt i'm a Kentucky poker
game always draw both -WashingtOD
Post
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WE have not been without Piso's lure Ior
Consumption for ~ years--LizziE ,a ahnAl''
Camp ST. Harrisburg, Pa, May 4, ~.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

.r.x'r that q new ringf' sits new to
rer-Life.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1895-10-25

How PAST we learn in day Of sorrow.--
H. Bonar