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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-04-24
STATE OF MINNESOTA, l
COUNTY OF Blue EARTH. ,

STATE OF MINNESOTA, !
COUNTY OF BLUE EARTH. o.
On this 18th day of April, A. D. 1896, before
me personally appeared George E. Brett, Lizzi
e. Brett, James &. Brett and Edmund Rausch,
to me known to be the persons described in and
who executed the foregoing instrument, and ac-
knowledged that they executed the same as
their free act and deed,
: NoTARIAL LORIN CRAY,
SEAL. Notary Public,
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1896-05-20

ALL VISITING OR so
"A JOURNING BROTHBRs and the
public generally are cordially invited to
Join with the Lodge In the observance OF
by ORDER OF THE COMMITTEES.
F5-7 tdl .-..sa. -. =.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
FIVE MAMMALS.
Wild Animals That Inhabited England In
Former Times.


The beaver is one of the five nam.
nalian animals that have inhabite d
England in former times, and have be-
come extinct within historic record ,ac-
cording 10 Notes and Queries.
They are the true brown bear, (Ursus
arctos), the beaver. Castor fiber), the
reindeer, CTarandus rangifer), the wild
boar, (Sus scrofa), and the wolf. tCan 5
lupus). The bear was abundant in the
north of England and in Scotland whe n
this country was in the hands of the
Romans, and many CALIFORNIAN bears
were imported into Rome. They dis
appeared altogether in about $50.
The beaver was numerous In some
localities in the north Of Wales in 90
and again in 1888. There are records of
them much later in Scotland.
Reindeer were abundant in Scotland,
and were hunted in Caithness in the
year 1859. -.t~ ..9.-
Wild boars were numerous when
large tracts OF wood gave them harbor.
they were hunted ny the Tudors. They
certainly existed in the year 1917, and
probably much later.
The wolf in England disappeared
about 400.
In Scotland wolves were numerous in
1877. According TO Pennant, they be-
came extinct in 1880.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
STILL USING Fl.INTlOCkS.
A Now Brunswick storekeeper Says HI,
Patrons Must Have Them.

Some regions are rather slow TO adapt
themselves to modern game-killine
implements. A Forest and Stream cor.
respondent got a letter from New
brunswick the other day which said
that tiintlock guns were still in use uu
n that country. The letter was FROM
a store keeper, who said that the store
had carried supply OF gun fints ever
since IT had been started by his grand
father, away back in 1876. Probably
ne would lose trade if he did not have
them in stock. II is not improbable
that Indians in the North Woods of
Canada still use fiintlock guns, but TO
use them so near New York as is New
Brunswick is curious.
y hlintlock gun, beside n modern
hammerless gun, makes contrast apt
10 he remembered. 1t has oeen pro
posed more than once that sportsmen
instead of using such deadly weapons
as modern guns. take up the old bow and
arrow, or some other primitive weapon.
The sportsmen that had killed a modern
Deer with that ancient weapon could
say that he was as good a hunter as
anybody. There are few or none that
can boast of such kill
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
THE 6ENEFlCENT CROW.
What He Does for tho Farmer Despite
His Regulation.

If farmers would make n study Of
natural history and its bearings oil
their property-the relation of hawks
ID their hen coops, for instance-there
would be better paying crops.
The Year Book of the department OF
agriculture tells about cow black
birds and what they eat. About $500
of their stomachs have been examined,
and of these 2,25S contained food. The
birds were killed in 26 states. Forty
eight per cent. of the food was animal,
4S per cent. vegetable and four per cent.
was mineral. The blackbird has "a
variety of things it eats.
THE animal food" says the report,
consisted of insects, spiders, myria.
pods (tlictIs3nds legs, crawfish, earth
worms, sowbugs, hair snakes, snails.
fishes, tree toads, salamanders (newts),
lizards, snakes, birds eggs and mice
To these might have been added young
birds, fish cast up by the tide, minnows
caught while swimming in shallow
water, and probably meat and carrion
of various kinds. Most of the animal
food is, of course, insects. These con.
stitute 40 per cent. of the total, the
other two per cent. being the larger
things, like mice. The animal food IS
taken mostly in the summer. Ia win.
ter the food is mostly vegetable matter
The Insects the bird kills more than
make up the damage ne does, especially
as his nest robbing appears TO be only
an accidental habit not often INDUCED
in. a large flock of the birds would Of
course destroy lot of grain. Some
$4,000 would eat about 5000 pounds
day, but they would consume as many
insects, which would more than de.
stroY the amount the birds do.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

The advocates of the free coinage O
silver, have, for years. been reiteratinc
the statements that the act of 1873
stopping the coinage of the silver dol
lar, was surreptitiouSly passed; that
the members of congress, even, did no,
know what they were voting for. apd
that the act was passed at the instiga-
tion of men who were interested in
forcing a corner on gold. They have
repeated these statements so often
That many have convinced themse Ives
Of their truth. Even so well-inform
man as +. A. Bake, in his recent
ratification speech at the Auditorium
IN Detroit, declared that it was a
''stealthy" act. The also speak of the
Jaw as having ''demonetizcd" silver.
An inquiry as to the exact facts in the
case is pertinent at this time.
There had been no general revision
of the coinage acts since 1887, and no
amendments adopted since 1853. In
1870 the secretary of the treasury, Mr..
boutwell,. framed bill intended to
bring under ore chapter all the acts
relating to the coinage since the mint
was established in lob This was
printed and copies of il sent 10 experts
throughout the country; and after their
suggestions had been considered il was
introduced in the senate and referred
to the committee on finance April 2s.
1870 1t did not pass the senate until
Jan. 10. 1871, having been for some
months upon the files of members i'm
printed form. Previous to its passage.
which was by a vote of 36 TO IA, il was
discussed for two days. Senators Sher-
man. sumner, Morrill,, Bayard and
of others having taken part in
the discussion.
The bill did not pass the house Of that
congress. but was introduced in that
branch of the next congress March 9.
ISL, by Hon. VIM. ID. Kelley. of Penn
svlvania. Ten months later. Jan. o.
1872. it was favorably reported by the
house committee on coinage. weights
and measures, Mr.. Kelley saying that,
i'm that committee. lit received as care.
full consideration as | have ever known
a committee to bcStow upon IA meas
nre. 1t was discussed in the house by
Messrs. Kelley, Garfield, Maynard,
Dawes. Holman and others. and Nav
e, ls72, II was passed by vote of 10 |
10 49, II went TO the senate and. with
passed that body Jan II, |
SD, after "A discussion which took M |
9 columns of the congressional Globe |
IN the house il was again printed. with |
he senate amendments. i'm some of |
which the lower body failed 10 concur |
Conference committees were appointed |
md their report was agreed upon by |
10Th houses. the bill becoming law
Feb. IL. 1873
1t will thus be seen that the bill was
before congress and it, committees
learly three years. II was printed as
document II times. and in
he report of he deputy controller of the
urency twice, making H. j nes in al
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Sound Argument From Eminent Bimct-

Gold is recognized as the universal
standard of value. 1t is the measure
that must be used. 1t is the measure by
which your wealth must be tested. y = >
The wealth e the United States j.
tested by the same rule. IL has been
and always will be the touchstone of
measurement, and when you depart
from that and Try to figure up any other
measure which the world does not
recognize You get into confusion. Sen.
ator William VI. Stewart.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Free silver and the Debtors

An rgument something Ike this Is
often used with the debtor classes by
the free silver advocates WAT IL the
prices OF what you buy 10 advance, as
well as the r''"us Of what YOU scif'
You are still a gamer in the debt pay
ing power o. th, surplus. You TAKE
100 bushelG az wheat to market now
and get so for it; You pay SO for a
suit of clothes and have SO left To an
ply on your mortgage. With free sill
yer coinage YOU would get SlOO for
your hundred bushels Of wheat Even
if you did have - pay double price foI
he suit of clothes. YOU wonld still have
$50 left 10 pay on the mortgage
Ther, would &c two bitches in this
plan of operations. In tie trsl place
the prices of farm products would not
be at all likely 10 increase as rapidly
as those manufactures. a large part Of
which are imported. Imported goods
would have to bc paid for on a gold
basis. and the increase in price would
be immediate. The very platform
which declares for the free coinage of
silver, declares 'alsO a ,ainst protec-
tive tariff, and in the absence Of the
home market which the latter should
aid in furnishing, farm products would
not keep pace with manufactured
goods in the enhance ment of price.
But the worst hitter in the program
proposed would be Just here The re-
suit of the election will be known next
November. The new congress will
not, in the ordinary course of events
meet until December of the year fol-
loving, and il would be some months
after that before such legislation as
that proposed could bc crowded through
the two houses. Even if an extra SEES
sion was held in March, il would take
months to get bill through 1t would
be from one to two years after election
before the new measure could become
operative. Meantime gold would be
driven out OF cirea.atioa,. and much of
1t sent abrUau, c2GS.nS e great con-
traction of the available currency,
Wherever cblisaIi,n> become due cred.
itors would insist upon immediate pay
rAent, or else, if renewals were granted,
upon additional security with the stp-
ulation that payment should be in gold
There are scores of millions of dollars
of mortgages IN Michigan alone that
are past due, but that are allowed to
run as long as the interest is paid.
The same self interest that gives tie
debtor desire to pay these in fftv
cent dollars. would lad the creditor ~
secure payment while the gold stand
ard prevailed, or else TO secure future
payment in gold. lie would have the
advantage OF time, and with part due
obligations no law could sop him.
There would be ten foreclosure suits
where now there is one. and no
bidders except the mortgages, Be-
sides this first pinching time i. would
take years for the newly coined silver
to fill the gap occasioned by the with
drawal Of the 5000, 900 900 in gold now
held in the country. Whatever bust
ness structure might ultimately be
reared upon the silver basis, and it
would probably be a fimsy one, its
foundations would be laid in the almost
bankruptcy of what are now
the debtor classes. -.T-y7vvs-7,~,~.-.
80 Al f-.. .@.rly---.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Fill islanders All Get Married.

An unmarried man or woman of mar
riageable age is something that is rare
ly seen in the Fiji islands. The reason
of this is not far 10 seek. The natives
believe that if a person dies while in an
unmarried state his or her soul is
doomed TO wander about through end
less ages of eternity in an intermediate
region between Heaven and hades. At
the end of each moon they are allowed
to look into Heaven, but are never per-
mitted TO enter.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
silver, Copper and Then Paper.

The owners OF copper mines need no
be elated with the idea that Tie arEu
ment for cheap silver dollars is a still
better argument for cheaper copper dol
lars. We shall not drop 10 a cope
basis. The ultimate resting place IN
the Popocrats is Predetermined ~ thcii
platform assertion of the rigi &C. e.,
government 20 issue legal ten !,i rs2cl
notes. That Is the cheap morey parsai
into which all the advocates % reuu
ton are logically drawn.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Prond Sister.

1t is always pleasant TO see IA sister
radiantly happy over her brothers sue
cess. An exchange reports an instance:
May-Just think, Bob is playing on
the Yale football team!
Clara-That's jolly. What is he, half.
back or quarterback?
May-Neither. He's n drawbacks.
Charley Pruyenne says he's the great
est drawback the team ever had.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
furniture Scratches.

When furniture gets very much scratched
and tho scratches are deep, they may be-
filled up as follows: Dissolve some yellow
beeswax in sufficient turpentine to make
It the consistency of thick treacle and ap
ply It to the furniture with a wooden cloth
Polish briskly with cIean wooden cloth
until dry, when the wood will be muof
improved Ia appearance. Home News.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
hinglY Monarch.

The only European monarch who pos
sesses the ideal kingly dignity is King
Oscar. He is very tall and very hand
some man, with graceful and easy
carriage and faultless bearing. Add
10 this felicitous memory for names
and faces, fluent command of six lam
guages. striking courtlineSs Of mar
ner' and the secret of his popularity is
revealed
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Cycle ENnreas.

An enterprising cycleman at Paris
proposes 10 establish cycle express
company" there. Packages intrusted
TO this company will be delivered i'm
mediately per cycle, instead Of lying
for hours in the Office. as often happens
in the ordinary express service.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
TRAINS LEAVE ALMA

& MUSKEGON R'Y
Lv Ashley for Detroi
at 1910 p. n.
Gle Sc connections ar,
made at Owosso Junct'I
with all trains of D., g
II. & VI R'y.
BEN. FLsTcHER, T. =. A
Detroit, Mich,
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
Dr.. Niles Pain Pills stop Headache.

NEURALGIA cured by DR. Miles PAIN
PILLS. One cent dose" At all druggists
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

Stop suffering Try Or Miles Pain pills.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

TOLEDO. SAGINAW
Leave Ashley.
$50 a. IN. for Muskegon
$3.50 p. m for Muskegon
JNo. W. LORD.
Traffic Manager,
Detroit
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

All pain banished by Or Nile. Pain Pi!a.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

Nobody need have Neuralgia Get Or Miles
Pain Pills from druggists. "One cent "A dose
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

Stop suffering Try pr. Miles Pam Pills
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25
TIE ONEN 3Oth Day.
II E.NEDx

produces the above results In 80 days II act!
powerfully aud quickly. Cure, when all others TAI
Young men VIII -,.tl thor lost manhood apd ole
men Will Recover their youthful Ngor by usiul
ktfINO. 1t quickly aud surely restores Nervous
ness, Lost vitality, Impotency Nightly Emissions
Lost Power Failing VI Mo-y. Wasting Diseases and
all effects OF selabu~e or excess and indiscretion
which units one tor s'u1y bushes, or marriage. II
not only cures by starting 20 the seat OF disease bat
Is great nerve tonic and blood builder. bring
ing back the pink glow to pale cheeks ard 20
storing the fire of youth. 1t ward, of INSANITY
and Consumption. Insist on having REVIVO, nc
other. II can be carried in vest pocket BY mail
Si.OO per package, or six Tor $500, with a posi-
tive written guarantee To cure or refund
the money. Circular tree. Address
ROYAL MEDICINE CO.. So River ST.. CHICAGO, ILL
Sold in Alma by b. s Webb
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

That LaIue BACK eau be cured With
DR.. Miles NERVE PLASTER Dnly 30.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1896-09-25

DR.. Miles Nerve Plasters for Rheumatism.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24
ENGLAND AND VENEZUELA.

Washington, June % Julian
Pauncefote, the British ambassador and
Minister Andrade. of Venezuela, have
been negotiating of late upon the settle
mcnt of the Uruan affair and incidentally
toward opening NEGOTIATIONS on the
boundary question proper. There have
been delays due to the north or more
taken in the transmission of mail to Car
acae andrcturn, 50 that thus far the ne
.sotiations have not proceeded beyond an
Introductory stage. II is the pcudency
of these negotiations to which Mr. Cur
ION, under secretary of foreign affairs. re
ferrcd to in his public statement before
the House of Commons last Friday when
he spoke of the instructions given To Sir
Julian to communicate with Minister
Andrl,lc and to the latter's failure thus
far to respond.
At first some question was raised here
"a To the accuracy of Mr.. Curzou' state
mcnt. "a officials doubted whether Mr..
Andrade had received from sir Julian
any suggestion toward negotiations on
the. boundary. 1t i appears however,
that. these doubts referred To technical tie
tails, and that i'm Il general way Sir Julian
and Mr.. Audradc have been negotiating
on the lines stated by Mr.. Curzon. There
appears to he considerable diplomatic
fencing in the matter just at present
From the British standpoint Sir Julian
overtures to Mr.. Audrade afford the lat
ter AN opportunity To submit propositions
which may bring the govrnments to
9cther
But from the Venezuela standpoint the
British oyerturcs should consist of def
mite propositions instead of suggestions
that Venezuela should submit PROPOSE
tion>. The NeneZuelanS say there is
nothing for them tn propose except arb
tration, which they have proposed time
and again This involves nice diplomatic
distinctions a. to who shall make the
overtureS embracing exact propositions
and meanwhile there * constant delay on
these technicalities owing to the time
consumed in the mails between Washing
ton and Caracas.
The arrest of Mr.. Harrison, chief of the
British surveying party on the British
Venezuela boundary, has not been COM
municated to the officials here 1t APP
pears to he conceded. however. that Har-
rison was in the wrong if the dispatches
are correct in stating that he was on the
west side of the Cuyuni River. Mr..
Chamberlain, secretary of state for the
colonies. laid down the Cuyuni as part of
the provisional boundary, pending Il set
lement so that it is said the British will
not make the contention that Harrison
was right i'll proceeding beyond iths pro
visional boundary. This takes from the
incident its serious aspect, as Harrison is
not likely to be supported by the vigor-
Gus British protest that was at first an
ticipated.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24
GEMS OF THOUGHT.

We inherit nothing truly but what on I
actions make us worthy of.-Chapman.
There is no compensation for the yyo-
man vino feels that the chief relation of
her life has been II mistake She has lost
her crown.-ieorge Elliott.
Though sorrow is said to develop the
virtues it develops them only in virtu-
ous people, for this cleansing of the con
science takes place only in persons natu-
rally clean.-Modeste Mignon.
At the bottom of every leaf stem is n
cradle, and in it is an infant germ: and
the winds will rock it, and the birds will
sing to 1T all the summer long; and next
season it will unfold So God is working
for you, and carrying forward TO the per
feet development all the processes of Your
lives. Henry Ward Beecher
Myrads of our fellow creatures have
persisted because those around them did
not know how to feed them The time.
indeed, is ut hand when systematic lee
lures on food will be part of medical edu-
cation, when the value of feeding in dis
ease Is admitted to be as important ms
the administration of medicines. -
Fothergill
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24
A SWINDLER ARRESTED

Kansas City, Mo. June % The Jour
nal announces the arrest at Ncosho. Mo-
by Deputy United States Marshal Pear
man. of II swindler who had eludcd the
agents of the Treasury Department for
three years. The chief OPERATOR who is
known as j. r. Bell, alias James f.
Swartz, is in Jail at Springfield Along
with him are VI. y. Maginnis and Thomas
Robbins, heretofore respected citizens of
Ncosho, who are said to have become his
dupes
Bell claimed to he Il secret agent of
President Cleveland administration. and
carried an alleged commission bearing the
forged signature of w. G. Gresham, Sec
Rotary Of State dated August %, 1899
The pretended mission of the swindler
was to distribute campaign funds for the
national administration, and he claimed
to he able TO give out To favored ones
greenbacks that had been presented to
the government for redemption and can
cellci. He claimed that instead of de-
strOy ing these bills the administration
stored them in the Treasury vaults to be
distributed by him for campaign pur-
poses.
From each of his dupes the swindler
eXactcd an initiation fee of $3.50 and he
represented to them that the number of
citizens admitted To the brotherhood was
so regulated that each member would be
given $1,000 annually to distribute.
Notwithstanding that the scheme was
clearly fraudulent the authorities have
evidence that the swindlcr has been ex-
tcnsively working in Texas, Kansas. Cen
trial Missouri and Tennessee.
The swindlcr was greatly assisted in
convincing his dupes by an accomplish in
Washington. from whom he received Il
daily mail, including Treasury reports
and other statements that were appar~
entity sent to him in frankcd envelopes
These were exhibited as an evidence of
his authority. Bell claims to be Cali
fornian.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24
PLATT Is ALIVE.

New York, June 23.-The first big gun
of the Republican campaign in this city
was fired at Carnegie Music Hall this
evening. The meeting was held under
the auspices of the Republican county
committee and Thomas Platt broke II
mc-honored custom by making II speech.
The list of vice presidents included many
of the prominent Republicans of this
city Among them We're Mayor Strong,
Gen Samuel Thomas, William Brook
field, Whitelaw Reid, Joseph II. Choatc,
Gen. Arson G.. McCook. Theodore Roose~
welt, John :. Wise and : V Il Cruger
Scarcely any of the antiPlatt Republi-
cans, however. We're present. Congress
man Frank :. Black, of Troy, was the
first speaker He praised Mr. Platt as
being One Of the greatest political lead
ers of the times When he concluded
Mr. Edward lauterbach, who presided,
introduced Mr.. Platt saying that Mr.
Platt was ii peerless leader and had re-
turned from st. Louis convinced that
Mark Hanna is first class -" When
Mr. Platt AROSE to respond he was loudly
checrcd The cheers were renewed VIII en
he said that his presence there proved the
falsty of the old proverb that dead men
tell no tales - May my words sink into
your minds" he added, las those of =.
man who has risen from the grave and
that often
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-06-24
MUCH IN LITTIE

The oldest family in the British Isles
is the Mar family, dating back to 1093
The English language is annual V en-
riched by the addition of 100 new words.
TO salute with the left hand is a deadly
insult to Mohammedans in the East.
London in monetary value, is worth
two and half times as much as Paris.
During the last two centuries the
wealth of Great Britain has increased
forty fold.
People eat % per cent. more bread
when the weather is cold than when it is
mild.
In Paris there is il wine house for every
three houses. That is nearly equal to
Wichita
cycling track is being laid in the
ground of II Belfast college for the use Of
scholars.
The new spring comets are little
lighter i'll color than formerly. and have
very long tails.
In smith county, Kan, stands IL church
built of sod taken from the surrounding
prairie.