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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-06-28
BADLY INJURED.

Miss Vilata Johnson, who lives with
her brother on Center street, in going
down stairs Tuesday in some way
tripped and fell to the floor below.
She was picked up insensible and DR..
Steel was summoned. Up to this
afternoon she was still unconscious.
She is seventy years of age, and on
that account the accident may be
more severe, but her friends will hope
that she is not badly injured.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-06-28

Estimates on job printing will be
given freely at the FREE PRESS office,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-06-28
NOT. A. r. u.
1t Was Northern Pacific Employees
Who PiCniCed.

We are informed that the picnicers
who formed the big excursion to Lake
Madison Saturday were much in
censed at the fact that the Autographs
announced the affair as an A. r. U.
picnic They said that this was a
picnic of the Northern Pacific railway
employees and their families, and it
was the fourth annual picnic that
they have held.
The picnic passed off without any
accident or incidents to mar the pleas.
ure of the occasion. The big eXcur.
sion train left for the Twin Cities at
$40 o'clock, taking a tired but happy
crowd with it.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
FARM AND GARDEN.
TIMELY BEE NOTES.

THE apiary should be kept clean, neat
and tidy-clear of high grass, weeds
and rubbish.
DAMPNEss in hives is the most damag-
ing thing to bees during the winter
that can befall them.
A SUFFICIENT number of drones is
necessary, but an overproduction of
them should always be prevented.
NATURAL swarming is not to be com
pared with artificial swarming, or di-
viding up, in securing numbers, if the
proper plan is followed.
THERE is nothing gained on either
side by robbing. 1t is an injury not
only to the colony robbed, but also to
the one doing the robbery.
DIVIDING may be continued in safety
as long as the honey flow lasts, and if
afterwards we desire more increase, it
may readily be secured by feeding.
ONE of the first steps is to give an
abundance of room for storing honey.
This will arrest the first cause of
swarming to a considerable extent.
ALL surplus boxes should be ar
ranged so that they can be inspected
daily and removed as soon as they are
completed, occupying the space with
empty ones, and in this way giving
plenty of room at all times.
Much greater success is obtained in
securing straight combs by the use of
foundations, either by using full sheets
or starters of the same. But by proper
management success can be secured to
some extent, without either.
A COLONY selected for queens should
not be the one in which drones are
produced, as this will bring them too
near akin, which should always be
avoided. We should infuse new blood
In the apiary every year or two.
EMPTY combs are valuable. They de-
serve the best of care, and can be made
to last several years, doing good serv-
ice six months out of the year. Combs
that are new and bright are not near
ly SO liable to become infected with
worms as those of a dark color.
IN managing surplus boxes, use but
one tier at time, and after they are
about half full of comb add another,
but never put in on top of the one be-
ing filed. Raise the full one out and
place the empty one under it. In this
way the bees will occupy the whole
double tier at once.
CARE must be taken to remove all
section boxes as soon as they are COM
pleted and add empty ones, always
keeping the ones nearest full in the
he upper tier. If the colony becomes
so strong that two tiers of boxes will
not accommodate them, add third, or
as many as will give the bees working
'oom.-St. Louis Republic.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
Profit from an Acre of Hens.

1t is a progressive farmer who can
succeed in making one acre support a
COW, and he is then perfectly satisfied
with profit of $50 from her. If an
acre Of land can be made to yield any
kind of crop that will pay profit of
$50, the success attending such result
will be considered worthy of notice
Profit means, of course, all that por-
tion of the gross receipts which remains
after the full expenses are paid, and a
profit of $50 an acre is very large. 1t
is easy to figure ION paper the posi-.
bilities of an acre of land, but there
are facts abundant to demonstrate that
$50 is but small sum to derive from
one acre of land devoted to poultry
1t is rare to find case where large
flock of poultry has been given the
space of one acre that the hens did
not pay well, although due credit is
not always allowed for the "home"
market, which calls for poultry and
eggs, accounts not being kept with tho
family table. Farm and Fireside.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

spring that he gets enables him to lift
his foot more rapidly and repeat the
stride more quickly than the runner
who goes flat-footed. As length and
rapidity of stride are what give speed
in running, it follows that fiat-footed
runner can never be a fast one Anoth-
er reason against pounding away fat
footed is that the delicate mechanism
of the ankle, knee and hip is Jared
and may in time be injured.
The second point for runner to OBJ
serve is his method of breathing.
Breathe through both the nose and
mouth. Nearly every boy when he
first begins to run has the insane idea
that all the breathing must be done
through the nose. There was never a
greater mistake. When boy runs his
heart beats much faster than it does
ordinarily, and pumps out just so much
more blood. All this must be aerated or
purified by air from the lungs. The op-
preston that one feels when be-
ginning to run is due to the lungs de-
handing more air for the extra guam
tity of blood which the heart is send
ing out. Nature has looked out for
this, and provided way by which air
can be furnished to the lungs very rap
idly. 1t is very simple way, and con-
sists of merely opening the mouth.
Breathe, then, through the nose in
ordinary life as much as possible, but
when you are running or exercising
violently open the mouth and take in
air in deep, rapid breaths, not gulping
it in through the mouth alone, but let
ting the mouth and nose have each
their share.
Take a long a stride as possible, but
without overwhelming the body. Bend
the body slightly from the hips; for if
it be held too erect the stride will be
shortened. Let the bent arms swing
easily and naturally little above the
level of the hips. swinging out and back
with every stride. This keeps the
muscles loose, prevents them from be.
coming tired 50 easily as they would if
held rigid, and balances the body bet
ter. Take especial pains to keep the
body from being stiff; let it swing as
easily and lithely as possible. In
sprintilg the stride is shorter and
more rapid than in long-distance run
ming, and a sprinter usually runs with
body thrown farther back, in quite diff
ferent form from the long, easy lope OF
the distance runners. Scoville, Jr.,
in st. Nicholas
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
HsaINIIIIIli Ejiib ,ylytJI!M aN3
Esr,s, -.,l'f 4 ktSNH=NZz.A.
FIG. BOX FOR TRoUGHs.

being bent at right angles, driven
through the strips of wood and
clinched. The food is placed in the
trough by raising the cover of the box.
A tight cover il necessary to protect
he food from their droppings when
they jump on the box and make roost
of it, which they are certain to do
Feed at one time only what will be
eaten clean and keep the trough we'll
washed out. Nothing is more produc-
tive of mouth, throat and bowel diseases
in chicks than soured and musty food
or filthy feed trough.-Farm and
Home
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
HELP FROM MICROBES.
They Play an Important Part in the d.
gestion of Our Food.

They Play an Important Part in the Di-
gestion of Our Food.
Ordinary digestion is performed in
the Stomach and the intestines by
means of soluble ferments secreted by
the Organic cells, which attack alimen-
tary substances, dissociate them and
render them assimilable; and this is
perceived to be function very similar
to that of microbes. The digestive pas
sages, however, contain immense guam
tities of microbes continually brought
in with the food, multiplying infinitely
and performing exceedingly complex
Off les. Even if we take up only a few
of these offices we are compelled of
necessity to assume that they inter
verS in digestive operations, either as
aidsFo the organic diseases or as them
selves effective agents. NJ. Duclaux,
insisting on this point, has remarked
that Some celluloses are capable of be-
ing attacked only by microbes, no or
ganie juice having sufficient strength
to affect them. NJ. Pasteur does not
beliete in the possibility of digestion
in medium deprived of microbes.
Of the chemical activity of microbes,
what we know is as nothing in com
parisun with what it may be. Every
species, every race. every variety of
microbe is charged with a special func-
ton; the division of labor is carried
among them to it's extreme limits, so
much SO that in any chemical reaction
each microbe takes it's part in produc-
ing process at different stages.
Each variety has its duty in the work,
determines partial dissertation of the
material which another species COM
pletes, and so on to the extreme sim
plifcation of organic matter, reduced
to its elementary constituents, or to
such conditions as to be assimilable by
the plant.-L. Captain, in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
EVERYBODY LAUGHED.
Huge Crowd Amused by Terrier and an
IndestructibIe Rat.

Huge Crowd Amused by a Terrier and an
IndestructibIe Rat.
A rat, terrier and small boy caused
thousands of people to congregate on
West Madison street about nine o'clock
the other night, and it was not a real
rat, either. The rat. which was a most
misunderstanding rubber affair, was con-
nected with long, thin pipe and a
bulb. Every time the boy squeezed the
bulb the rat would leap forward in a
most lfelille manner and the ladies on
the street would Shrek with terror and
gather up their skirts. This delighted
the crowd, which surged down on the
boy and the rat from every direction.
The fun was kept up for an hour or
more, even the policeman on the beat
stopping now and then for good
laugh. Suddenly, however, a sleek
looking rat terrier sprung through the
crowd and made for his mortal enemy.
Down he pounced. The boy gave the
bulb jab and the rat leaped about six
feet. Again the dog made a spring.
This time he caught the rat in his teeth
md the pressure caused it to give out a
mOSI iIellhe squeak, winch QeIlSnueu
the dog and audience alike.
By this time the street was packed.
Time after time .he dog would shake
the rat and put it down, only to see it
leap again, to the wild delight of the
crowd. For the first half hour it was
mere play to the plucky little terrier,
but after awhile things began to grow
monotonous. The dog lay down for a
rest and the rat jumped over him. This
was too much for canine flesh and blood
to stand; he loaped up again, and now
the contest kept up until the dog fell
from sheer exhaustion. Painting and
with eyes protruding, he made a few
more Intellectual snaps at the rubber
rat, then turned over on his side and
laid his head on the pavement. His
owner worked his way through the
crowd, picked up his pet in his arms,
uttered a few remarks, and offered to
lick the man who had killed his dog.
The crowd jeered and dispersed, while
the small boy strolled down the street
in search of another ambitious rat ter
rier.-Chicago News.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
THE QUEENS EQUIPAGE.

and the complacency of the donkey
suggested that he almost understood
the honor which was being done him.
The donkey, whose name is Jocko, has
an interesting history.
During previous sojourn in the same
district, the queen was one morning en-
joying herself incognita, in the open
air at Acquisgrana, when she saw a
peasant leading along by the bit a
donkey which looked as though it had
once been fine animal of his kind, but
now seemed to be almost starved. He
was lean, languishing, evidently suffer-
ing.
The queen asked him if his donkey
was for sale.
THAT depends, signora," said the
man. IF l were to sell him, now, how
should get my living?"
''How much did you pay for him?"
"a hundred francs"
II will give you two hundred, and
you can buy another donkey"
The man cold him to the unknown
"signora," and poor Jocl1o at once be-
gan new life. Abundantly fed and
carefully groWmed, he blossomed out rs
royal favorite. The story spread,
and the queen could take no more
promenades with convenience, for she
was certain every day to encounter
several peasants who tried to sell her
decrepit and half-starvod donkeys. She
bought none of them.
During her late visit the queen drove
through Acquisgrana with Jocko, and
his former owner, the peasant, saw the
equipage go by. The donkey was fat,
glossy and glittering with buckles of
silver and gold.
"Alas!" exclaimed the peasant.
"When 1 sold my donkey, why didn't I
throw myself in?"-Youth's Companion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
PINNED TO THE GROUND.
How an Enraged Cow Managed to Whip
a Grizzly Bear.


CASUALLY COW does not stand much
chance when she engages in hand-to-
hand conflict with a grizzly bear" said
Colorado stockman to a winter for
Dumb Animals, but several years age
one of my cows killed one of these ami.
mails and came out of the struggle with.
out a scratch. The COW had recently
had calf. 1t being her first-born, the
mother was exceedingly vicious, and il
was unsafe for stranger to approach
her, as her horns were long and point
ed. The cattle-shed had matched
ROOF, and was scooped out of the hill.
side short distance from the house.
zone night bear, having smelled
the presence of COW and calf, mount
ed the roof of the shed and proceeded
to force an entrance by scratching
through the thatch. The cow at the
same time detected the presence of the
bear and held herself in readiness to
receive the intruder. The noise of
terrible struggle aroused me, and grab
bing lantern 1 rushed from the
house, and opening the shed door found
the COW in frantic state, bunting and
tossing to and fro some large object,
which evidently had lost all power OF
resistance.
sit turned out to be good-sized
grizzly, which had been run through
and through the body by the courageous
mother. The little calf was nestled
in a corner, sleeping peacefully, and
seemed unmindful of the maternal
struggle. suppose as soon as the bear
gained an entrance through the roof it
was pinned to the ground by the cows
horns before it had time to do any
damage"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
He uil1 Not Droun Himself.
(From the Troy, N. r, Times. }


r. W. Edwards, of Lansingburg, was
Frustrated by sunstroke during the war,
and it has entailed on him peculiar and Sc
rious consequences. At present writing
Mr.. E. is prominent officer of Post Lyon,
G. A. R., Cohoes and a past aide de camp on
the staff of the commander-in-chief of Al
bany Co. In the interview with a reporter.
he said
81 was wounded and sent to the hospital
at Winchester. They sent me together with
others to Westinghouse ride of about 100
miles. Having no room in the box cars we
were placed face up on the bottom of fiat
cars. The sun beat down upon our unpro-
teoted heads. When reached Washington
was insenSible and was unconscious for
ten days while in the hospital. An abscess
gathered in my ear and broke; it has been
gathering and breaking ever since The
result of this 100-mile ride and sunstroke
was heart disease, nervous prostration, in.
somnia and rheumatism. A completely
shattered system which gave me no rest
night or day. AS last resort took some
Pink Pills and they helpedme to wonder,
full degree. My rheumatism is gone, my
heart failure, dyspepsia and constipation
are about gone, and the abscess in my ear
has stopped discharging and my head feels
DIS CLEAR DIS ID Utll WllGu UClOrG IL 1ClU dS
though it would burst, and my once shat.
tered nervous system is now nearly sound.
Look at those fingers" Mr.. Edwards said,
lido they look as if there was any rheuma
tisIn Gneref" He moved his fingers rapidly
and freely and strobe about the room like a
young boy. "a year ago those fingers were
gnarled at the joints and so stiff that could
not hold pen. My knees would swell up,
and could not straighten my leg out. My
joints would squeak when l moved them.
That is the living truth.
when l came to think thatI was going to
be crippled with rheumatism, together with
the rest of my ailments, l tell you life
seemed not worth living | suffered from
dependency. | cannot begin to tell you,"
said Mr.. Edwards, as he drew long breath,
what my feeling is at present. l think if
you lifted ten years right off my life and
left me prime and vigorous at forty-seven,
could feel no better. | was an old man
and could only drag myself painfully about
the house. Now can walk off without any
trouble. That in itself" continued Mr..
Edwards, would be sufficient to give me
cause for rejoicing, but when you come to
consider that | am no longer what you
might call nervous and that my heart is APP
parently nearly healthy, and that l can
sleep nights, you may realize why | may ap-
pear to speak in extravagant praise of Pink
Pills. These pills quiet my nerves, take
that awful pressure from my head, and at
the same time enrich my blood. There
seemed to be no circulation in my lower
limbs year ago, my legs being cold and
clammy at times. Now the circulation
there is as full and as brisk as at any other
part of my body. l used to be SO light
headed and dizzy from my nervous dis
order that frequently fell while crossing
the floor of my house. Spring is coming
and never felt better in my life, and am
looking forward to busy season of work"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
LEARNING TO RUN,
One of the Most Healthrul Exercises
Boy Can Take Up.


Running is one of the best of exer.
cises for the whole body. 1t rounds
out hollow chest, drives the oxygen
into the farthest air cells of the lungs,
wonderfully increases their capacity,
and develops the leg, thigh, stomach
and waist muscles. But it must be
learned, just as skating, swimming and
bicycling have to be learned, and there
are two things that must be kept in
mind by the learner. The first is
whether in sprinting, distance or cross
country running-to run entirely on
the ball of the foot, or, as they say on
the track: Get up on your toes!" BY
striking on the ball of the foot. which
is a sort of natural spring board, the
runner takes long stride and the
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
FIG. THOUGH FOR SMALL CHICKS.

trough is made of tin as shown in
Fig l. 1t is % inches long and
inches wide, each half being 2, inches
wide and II inches Deep with square
ends soldered on. Tin is best as it is
easily washed and kept clean. This
trough is set inside of the box, seen in
Fig. 2, the same in width and length,
inside, and s inches high. 1t has a
hinged cover fastened down with a
hook and handle to lift by. Each side
is open and fitted with wire oars placed
inches apart, each end of these wires
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
TROUGH FOR POULTRY.

Devices Which Secure Cleanliness and
Keep the Birds Healthy.
Soft poultry food thrown on the
ground or on a board is quickly.
trampled and befouled so that it is UNI
fit to eat, Placing it in shallow pan
or trough helps the matter little, if,
any. The best way of feeding is to
use covered pans or troughs which per-
NIT poultry to obtain food and at the
same time keep them out of it with
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

When Marquis De Lafayette was re-
ceived in great state in Alexandria. the
the market and church town of Wash
ington in 1924, an eagle, obligingly
loaned by museum man, was perched
upon the floral arch of welcome. At
precisely the right moment the royal
bird tapped his wings and uttered q
scream of victory, being impelled Tiers
to by bright boy with pin
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

You shall do both, even if you are a slab
reinforce digestion, insure the conversion
of food into rich and nourishing blood, and
recoverappetite and sleep by the systematic
use of the great renovator of health,
strength and flesh, Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which also remedies malarial, kid
ney and rheumatic trouble, nervousness,
constipation and biliousness.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
Tobacco Sinking Breath.

Not pleasant to always carry around, but
1t don't compare with the Notwithstanding
power that tobacco keeps at work night and
day to make you weak and impotent. Dull
eyes, loss of interest in sweet words and
looks tell the story. Brace up-quit. No
To-Bac is sure, quick cure. Guaranteed
by Druggists everywhere. Book, titled
Don't Tobacco Spit or Smoke Your Life
Away" free. Ad. Sterling Remedy Co.,
New York City or Chicago.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
THE FARMER Is HAPPY,

The farmer reporting 60 bushels Win
ter Rye per acre; tons of hay and SO
bushels of Winter Wheat has reason to
be happy and praise Salzer's seeds!
Now you try it for 1896 and sow now
of grasses, Wheat and Rye. Catalogue
and Samples free, if you write to the
John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, and send this slip along. GKl
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

Mother am not whipping you be-
cause you went in swimming, but be-
cause you told me story about it.
Boy (blubbering)-Well, if you didn't
want to whip me anyhow, what did
you ask me about it for?.Detroit Free
Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
THE QUEENS DONKEY.

Why Its Former Owner Wished He Had
Sold Himself.
Queen Victoria, during her recent So
journ at Cimiez, on the French Mediter-
ranean coast, was often seen to drive,
on pleasant afternoons, a very sleek
and comfortable-lool1ing donkey. The
aged queen, holding the reins herself,
seemed greatly to enjoy her drive,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
George Was All Right.

Her Mother-I abhor kissing. The
idea Of placing your lips to the lips of a
mani
Herself - But don't, mamma.
Georges mustache always prevents It.
Brooklyn Life.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

Said little Angelina My mamma fastens
strings
Around her finger so that they will help her
think OF things
So thought I'd put few around my fingers
So
Just to keep me from forgetting my lessons,
don't YOU Known Y. World.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

81 CONCLUDE that's fly" said young
trout. You are right, my dear" said It's
mother, but never jump at conclusions
Household Words.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
THE WEARY WOODEN SOLDIER.

My wooden head is cracked across,
I've lost my youthful charms;
I've lost, alack, one wooden leg,
And both my wooden arms
Full many fight have I been in
'Twixt Fred and brother Hugh,
I've been officer and private
Owe been ammunition, too).
I've been used to poke the fire with;
I've been dipped into the ink:
Aid I've made u perilous journey
Adown the kitchen sink.
I've been drowned. and I've been married;
I've been buried. and dug up;
I've been worried" round the garden
By that seven-months -old pup.
In short. this mortal life is such
That though I'm truly brave,
I long, with all my wooden heart,
For just quiet grave.
-Theo Bernard, in Harper's Young People.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

AN ALTBI-"Where were you when the as
sault occurred 2" asked the judge of the vic
tim "Sure'n Oh dun no., yer honor. He
hit me so hard OH couldn't say."-Harper's
RaZar
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

WE speak of some men as all wool, prob
ably because they shrink at nothing.
ton Transcript.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-08-08

THE success of church-choir singer is,
after all, matter of chants.