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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

THE legislature is limbering up
somewhat in the economical streak
which took such firm hold upon it at
the outset. The reporters for nine
daily papers in the twin cities, who
are working under pay forItheir re-
spective journals in reporting the
proceedings of the house, were on
Thursday voted $3.50 each-a total of
ST, 350-in recognition Of their SER
vices" The resolution for this little
complimentary gift was recommended
favorably by Mr.. Jacobson, chairman
of the committee on legislative eX-
penses, and it went through. Mr..
Feig, the running mate of Mr.. Jacob
son on economics. introduced resO-
luton the same day rappropriating
$3.50 to the telephone operator OF the
house, for the efficient services rem
dered by her." and that will go
through. Now before the session
closes, we may look to see the pay of
all the pages and dOorkeepers in
creased from $500 to $500 per day,
such increase to date from the open
ing day of the session. This is prac-
ticing economy with a very large e.
To the credit of Representatives
Cross and Gutterson, be it said, they
voted against this wholly unwarant-
ed appropriation.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

lawful limit, extra exertions were
made to elect Mr.. Lille. 1t is not
likely that the expose of Alderman
Peterson's motives by All organ of his
own party (which occasionally sup
ports a part of its own ticket will be
fully relished by that gentleman. But
then, the Review is given to stopping
over" and this is but another evil
dence of it being unable to suppress
party secrets from it's columns. What
if the present council should rise to
the dignity of its official duty in
this matter and increase the saloon
license to 81, 900? The law says that
the minimum fee for cities of 10000
population shall be $1,000, and even
the hand organ down the street will
not contend that Mankato has not
nearer twelve than ten thousand
people. Now that our neighbor has
called attention to the matter, the
outgoing council could not do a more
busineSs-lke act than to bring the
liquor license fee up to the minimum
amount allowed by law A few Of the
licenses expire in April, but
as the greater number do not expire
until July, it would be gross injus-
tice to these to allow the few to go in
under the $500 license fee, as the
state census will surely demand a
thousand dollars, and the enumera-
tion will be made before July lst.
And, again, if the present council dis
poses ,of this matter, it will likely
save the city twelve to 4. fifteen
thousand dollars, for it is well known
that a sufficient number of the in
coming council can be counted upon
to delay any action looking to the
increase of license for the next fiscal
year, beginning with July.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
THEEFFECTOF REPUBLICAN RULE

Senator Frye, Of Maine, in recent
banquet speech, gave utterance to a
patriotic thought, which will find a
responsive echo in the hearts of mil
lions, and which well illustrates he
loyal, go-ahead spirit of the Republi-
can party. He said: "Give US a de-
cade of Republican rule-ten years of
unlimited, uncrippled power, and we
will show the people the benefcence
of Republican legislation. Every
man who wants work will have it at
the wage rate of the browning year of
Republican rule-1S92. We will place
our flag on the seas of the earth, re-
store the merchant marine in it's
place, and will increase our white,
strong-armed squadron SO that it will
command the respect of all nations.
We will annex the Hawaiian islands,
fortify Pearl arbor, build the Near
aqua canal and marry the two great
oceans. We will show the people a
foreign policy that is American in
every fibre and hoist the American
flag on whatever island we think2best,
and no hand shall ever pull it down."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

The ReUaew is authority for the
statement that the election of Mr..
Lille as alderman from the Sixth
ward will have the effect of retaining
the saloon license where lit is. Evil
IDENTIFY, from this, the liberal league
believed that the state census would
give us more than 10000 population, a
point Mankato reached more than two
years ago, and to make sure that the
license would not be increased ito the
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
SKETCHES OF LINCOLN.
"Short and Simple Annals of the
Poor"
DATE AND PLACE OF HIS BIRTH

Interview With Newspaper Man-Lin-
coins Reference to His Mother The
Family Record-A Tragic Death-The
Rowing Father of the President.
[From "The Life of Lincoln" by William H.
Herndon and Jesse W. Weik. Copyright, 1888,
by Jesse W. Weik. Copyright, 1892 by D. APP
pleton & Co.
Beyond the fact that he was born on
the 18th day of February, 1909, in
Hardin county, KY, Mr.. Lincoln usual
ly had but little to say of himself, the
lives of his parents or the history of the
family before their removal to Indiana.
If he mentioned the subject at all, it
was with great reluctance and signifi-
can't reserve There was something
about his origin he never cared to dwell
upon His nomination for the presiden-
cy in 1860, however, made the publica-
tion of his life necessity and attracted
to Springfield an army of campaign
biographers and newspaper men, They
met him in his Office, stopped him in his
walks and followed him to his house.
Artists came to paint his picture and
soulptors to make his bust. His auto,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

THE senate Friday passed Sena-
tor ,Miller's bill placing the express
companies of the state under the
supervision of the railroad and ware
house commission by a vote of % to H.
The meat inspection bill was killed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

The outcome of the election in
Chicago last week is said to have
given business men there renewed
confidence in the safety of property.
The anarchistic spirit which at vari-
Gus times cropped out in the munich
pal and state government was not re-
assuring.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

For the past three months the COM
mercial failures have been consider
ably less than for the same period in
1894, and the liabilities involved were
smaller. Another pointer that the
tide has turned.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

SENATOR STEVENS, Of ST Paul, got
away with his brother senators in the
matter of bills. He introduced As.
Senator Morgan comes next with 40
and Senator Wyman follows with %.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

THE legislature of Massachusetts
has added Minnesota to the list of
states the bonds of which may be in
vested in by the saving banks of that
state.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

Two weeks from Tuesday the leg
islature will bid adieu to law making.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12

disasters. Their journey began at "Mr.
PRICES tavern on the Rapidan'' When
only few days out, Hanks dogs leg
got broke. Later in the course of the
journey Hanks and another companion
became separated from the rest of the
party and were lost in the mountains
for two days.
In crossing stream abraham s sad
die turned over and his load all fell in
Indian creek" Finally they meet their
brethren from whom Hhey have been
separated and then pursue their way
without further interruption. Return
Ing emigrants whom they meet accord
ing to the journal of Calk, tell such
news of the Indians" that certain mem
bers of the company are "afrade to go
aney further {" The following day more
or less Generalization takes place among
the members of this pioneer party when
the announcement is made, as eleir
ohronicler so faithfully records it, that
"Philip Drake bakes bread without
washing his hands. This was an un-
pardonable sin, and at it they revolted. A
day later the record shows that 'Abram
turns back Beyond this we shall
never know what became of Abraham
Hanks, for no further mention of him
is made in this or any other history. He
may have returned to Virginia and be-
come, for aught we know, one of the
presidents ancestors ON the maternal
side of the house; but, if SO, his illus
trious descendant was never able to es-
tablish the fact or trace his lineage sat-
isfactorily beyond the first generation
which preceded him. He never mention
ed who his maternal grandfather was,
if indeed he knew
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
An Indian Tragedy.

His paternal grandfather Abraham
Lincoln, the pioneer from Virginia, met
his death within two years after his set
Element in Kentucky at the hands of the
Indians, mot in BATTLE" as his distin-
guished grandson tells us, "but by
stealth, when he was laboring to open
farm in the forest. " The story Of his
death in sight of his youngest son,
Thomas, then only years old, is by no
means new one to the world. In fact,
/ have often heard the president describe
the tragedy as he had inherited the
story from his father. The dead pioneer
had three sons, Mordecai, Josiah and
Thomas, in the order named. When the
father fell, Mordecai, having hastily
sent Josiah to the neighboring fort after
assistance, ran into the cabin, and point
ing his rife through crack between
the logs prepared for defense. Presently
an Indian came stealing up to the dead
fathers body. Beside the latter sat the
little boy Thomas. Mordecai took DELHI
crate aim at silver crescent which
hung suspended from the Indians breast
and brought him to the ground. Josiah
returned from the fort with the desired
relief, and the savages were easily dis
persed, leaving behind one dead and one
wounded.
The tragic death of his father filed
Mordecai with an intense hatred of the
Indians, a feeling from which he never
recovered. 1t was ever with him like an
avenging spirit From Jefferson county
he removed to Grayson, where he spent
the remainder of his DAYS.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1895-04-12
Lincoln's Father.

In Thomas, rowing and shiftless, to
whom was reserved the honor of an
illustrious paternity" are we alone in
terested. He was, we are told, 8 feet 10
inches high, weighed 1876 pounds, had
a we'll rounded face, dark hazel eyes,
coarse black hair and was slightly stoop
shouldered His build was so compact
that Dennis Hanks used to say he could
not find the point of separation between
his ribs. He was proverbially slow of
movement, mentally and physically,
was careless, inert and dull, was sinewy
and gifted with great strength, was in
Extensively quiet and peaceable, but
when reused to resistance a dangerous
antagonist He had liking for jokes
and stories, which was one of the few
traits he transmitted to his illustrious
son, was fond of the chase and had no
marked aversion for the bottle, though
in the latter case he INDUCED no more
freely than the average Kentuckian Of
his day.
At the time of his marriage to Nancy
Hanks he could neither read nor write,
but his wife, who was gifted with more
education and was otherwise his mental
superior, taught him, it is said, to write
his name and to read-at least he was
able in later years to spell his way
slowly through the Bible. In his re-
ligious belief he first affiliated with the
Free VIII Baptists. After his removal
to Indiana he changed his adherence to
the Presby terians-or Predestinarians,
as they were then called-and later
united with the Christian-vulgarly
called ampbellite-church, in which
latter faith he is supposed to have died.
He was carpenter by trade and essay
ed farming, too, but in this, as in al
most every other undertaking, he was
singularly unsuccessful. He was placed
in possession of several tracts of land at
different times in his life, but was never
able to pay for single one of them.
The farm on which he died was one his
son purchased, providing life estate
therein for him and his wife. He never
fell in with the routine of labor; was
what some people would call unfortu-
nate or unlucky in all his business ven
tures-if in reality he ever made one
and died near the village of Pennington
in Coles county, Ills, on the 18th day
Of January, 1851.
His son, on account of sickness in his
own family, was unable to be present at
his father bedside or witness his death.
To those who notified him of his proba
BILE demise he wrote: 81 sincerely hope
that father may yet recover his health,
but at all events tell him to rememb Der
to call upon and confide in our great
and good and merciful Maker, who will
not turn away from him in any extrem-
ity. He notes the fall of sparrow and
numbers the hairs of our heads, and he
will not forget the dying man who puts
his trust in him. Say to him that if we
could meet now it is doubtful whether
it would not be more painful than pleas
ant, but that if it be his lot to go now
he will soon have joyous meeting with
many loved ones gone before, and where
the rest of us, through the help of God,
hope ere long to join them. +"
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
NOVELTIES FROM ENGLAND.

A LoEDoNER makes money by lend
ing 81 900 notes to be exhibited at we'd
dings as the gift of the brides father.
WHAT would that doughty old mon
arch Henry VIII. say to this era of
women's clubs? In 1547 he issued an
edict commanding that women should
not meet together to babble and talk,
and that all men should keep their
wives in their houses"
SEVERAL young women in London
have ii;.xge--s started novel and sensible
dressmaI7i:sssgy- adjustment. They take
last seasons dresses make them
over in the prevailing fashion, No
entirely new dresses are made, and the
charges are reasonable.
AN incandescent methyl alcohol lamp
was shown recently to Queen Victoria
by the inventor. 1t gives six times the
light of a kerosene lamp. TO show that
it is not explosive it was thrown, at the
queens request, on heap of sand; the
glass broke, and the alcohol flowed
around the flame, but it did not burn.
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
/, .soMALs PICKED As- .oA-

PRESIDENT FAURE is the first of the
French presidents with sufficient CON-
nand Of English to speak it Auently.
FLORENCE NIeuTINeALE and Jean
Agclow celebrate their seventy-iif.l !.
.irthday this year. Each lives in Lo,
ION, Miss Nightingale in the Wcs5 cn6
md Miss Ingelow ia Kensington.
TIE king Of Dahomey was educated
n L. ance and speaks French fiuently.
The story goes thathe became a savase
because of certain disappointments in
l love affair."
ST. PATRICK was an Englishman, il
Or. Nicholson, of the Bodleian library
is right. He thinks he has found out
from the tripartite life of the saint that
ne was born at Davcntry, near North
arnpton.
II. NJ. STANLEY recently made queer
suggestion for raising money for a
children's hospital in which he was in
terested. As African mothers are fre-
quently glad to get rid of their babies,
he proposed that wagon load of black
babies should be procured and ex-
hibited in the streets of fashionable
London
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
NOTES OF THE RAIL.

JAMES J. HILL, president of the Great
Northern railroad. was freight agent
on the steamboat docks of st. Paul
twenty-five years ago at salary of SAC
a month.
IT took 1000 men an entire day to re.
move recent landslide on the Penn
sylvania road, near Huntingdon. While
the work was in progress Is miles OF
solid trains were halted on either side
of the obstruction.
THE tunnels leading to the new union
depot at Columbus, o., will be kept free
frorn smoke by means of an inverted
trough arrangement, through which an
artificial draught will be kept up.
TIE rapid transit line at Manitou,
Col, has been completed from the Col
orado Springs station to the Manitou &
Pixies Peak cog road station, a dis
tance of two miles, making a continu-
ous line from Colorado Springs to the
summit of the peak
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
BREvlTlEs.

THE shortest sign in Chicago: DR.. n.
Re.
THE bubbles in champagne are caused
by the liquid carbonic acid evolving
into carbonic acid gas.
The skeleton of ali average whale is
said to weigh no less than 1000 pounds.
This is not fish story. The whale is
not fish.
IT is said that at present there are
more than one hundred callings, occu-
pations and professions open to women,
and the list is constantly increasing.
A PIECE of glass lodged in the eye of
Oliver Snyder, of Harrington, Ind,
thirty-three years ago. There it re-
mained until the other day, when a
doctor removed it.
IT is reported that at some of the
markets in Minnesota wheat five and
six years old has been brought in by
farmers, the owners saying they would
hold all intermediate crops.
THERE is man in Hammond, ILL.,,
who believes in advertising. He has
this notice in one of the street cars: ~.
N. Blank, justice of the peace. Mar
riage ceremonies performed on short
notice."
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
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Globe is Set Back.

A dispatch from Washington
says on July lst. the postoflicc
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
Infant Colonies.

The infant son of the prince of Bull
garia, now year old, has, in honor OF
his first birthday, received his promo
ton from the rank of lieutenant colonel
to that of colonel commandant of the
Fourth regiment Of Hussars. He is one
of about hundred colonels who are
still in petticoats and knickerbockers,
every male member OF the reigning
house of Russia receiving patent OF
colonel at his baptism, while German
princes of the blood receive their first
commission on their tenth birthday. =
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
Her Toes Turned Blue.

Mrs. Jane Carl, of GAINESVILLE, 0,
is a sufferer from peculiar disease,
which is attracting much attention
among the members of the medical
fraternity. Three weeks ago she
felt slight sensation of pain in
her small toe, and noticed that the
member had turned blue. In a
few days all her Toes and fingers
became likewise affected, and have
rotted off. Physicians say she can
not recover.
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
THE WRITER'S.

DU MAURIER is gathering in about one
thousand dollars month as royalty on
plays based on his story of HTrilby."
Miss WINNIE DAVIS, the daughter of
the late Jefferson Davis, is writing an
"old-fashioned" love story, to be called
THE Yelled Doctor"
ANTHONY TRoLLoPE, in the course of
thirty-five years, wrote sixty novels
and made a total of s350,0O0 from the
same. To-day his works are almost
unread.
JAMES WHITcoMB RILEY declines to
make any platform engagements for
next season, but will remain at home
and finish novel on Hoosier life, on
which he is engaged.
THE crown prince of Siam is among
the boy authors of the world. He has
written several stories for English
children's magazines, and can write
luently in three European languages.
ROBERT Louis STEVENSON made over
his birthday by deed of gift to a little
girl who felt cheated because she was
born on the goth of February, and so
had had only two birthdays in eleven
years.
MISS MARY ABIGAIL DODGE Gail
Hamilton, the trenchant writer and
cousin of the late James G. Blaine, who
was reported to have suffered stroke
of paralysis in Washington, is suffer
ing from overwork and is not seriously
i'll.
MARY CowDEN CLARKE, the author of
the Concordance to Shakespeare, will
in june next be eighty-six years old.
Douglass Jerrold once complimented
her in this way: son your first arrival
in paradise, madame, you must expect
kiss from Shakespeare, even though
your husband should happen to be
fhara
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
LIE FARM.

Iae most effective remedy
ice on horses ana colts that h;
LED is sperm oil. 1t will promp
IS cestroy every louise ana nit
also ren.o oandruif, art, ef
saving t. e skis clean and the ha J
a nice condition. There is nottl
least dan 5er OF takiny OF the ha
o. inJUfins the animal in any wag
-lo(-
So much depend.a pom Il c pro,
er application OF water tnat il
rigation is often a failure becauas
Of a lack Of attention to this par,
Of the work. Evenness of di
trlbution at the proper time is very
important. Generally speaking al
bitches in the temperate zon,
should be ready to receive water
by May Goth. The first water is
turned upon the pasture, meadow
or orchard. Let the water remain
until the ground is thoroughly wei
and soft as deep as it was plowed,
then let the water out of the ditch
little further on, continuing until
the field is all irrigated.
Every crop tells when it wants
water. The grasses, clover and
small grains have language which
cannot be mistaken. Whenever
their green color becomes very
dark and sickly, turn on the water.
When corn needs moisture its
leaves become curled in the morn
ing. Carrots cannot bear an ir-
rigation by flooding after they are
half grown; if covered with water
the crowns decay. All species OF
Of the cabbrge family require a
great deal of water All plants in
a dry climate should be pushed in
their early stages by judicious
application Of the proper amount
Of water. In general too mnch
water is applied, which is a sad
mistake. When to irrigate and the
proper amount Of water to apply,
the farmer himself must decide.
The humidity or dryness of the
atmosphire, the condition and
position of the soil, must be con-
sidered in common-sence light.
Anyone can soon learn about the
degree of moisture in the soil neces-
sary for the healthy growth of a
plant; and the nearer uniform the
condition of the moisture, the more
vigorous and healthy will be the
crop.
The best time to irrigate is early
in the morning before the sun be-
comes hot, or in the evening when
it is about to go below the horizon.
A good time is when cloud comes
up and a shower is expected. The
work should not be done when the
sun is shining hot, as the plants
are liable to be scalded. | prefer
beginning at 4 o'clock in the after
noon, often keeping it up until
midnight, especially on moonlight
nights. At the Utah station the
total yield of straw and grain was
Is per cent greater on plants ir-
rigated at night.
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
THE SUMMER GIRL,

She is pretty,
She is bright,
She is ever
A delight.
She is short and
She is tall,
She Is great and
She is small.
She is brown eyed,
She is blue;
She is tickle,
She is true.
She is, pink checked,
She is pale;
She is healthy,
She is frail.
She is wealthy,
She is poor;
She is anything
But sure.
She is gowned in
White or blue,
Gray or pink or
Soft ecru.
She is fluffy,
She is trim,
AS she may be
Plump or slim.
She is guiltless,
She is wise;
Even stupid
When she tries.
She is dainty,
She is sweet,
In the house or
On the street.
She will flirt you
If she can;
So be wary,
Foolish man.
She's delightful,
But you'll learn
That she doesn't
"Care a dern."
She is all things
In a lump,
And she knows that
Mans a chump.
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05
CHURUTI NOTES.

M. E. CHURCH, REv. d. ROBERTS,
Pastor-Service held every Sab
bath morning and evening. Sab
bath school at 10 a. m. Glass
meeting after mornings service
every, other Sunday. Weekly
prayer meeting on Thursday at 7
-p. m.
Graham guardian., 1895-07-05

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