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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-04-23

That a Republican convention Of King
county be, and the same u hereby. called
TO be held at Armory hall. on the south
Fourth streets. IN the city Of Seattle on
the 9Th day Of May. 1885. at the hour Of
10 O'Clock q M. for the purpose OF select
ing sixty delegates to represen the county
OF King al the state Republican conven-
,jon 10 be held In the city OF Everett on
the 18th day OF May. 1896. at which stats
convention delegates to the national Re-
10 % e''oH n. c. GORDON. Chairman.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
A Yankee.in.laW.

The pedigree of the Grant family has
been interesting people good deal of
late. Not long ago sort of cousinship,
through their great-grandparents, was
traced between General Grant and JEFF
ferson Davis. More lately writer in
The Vermonter gave currency to the no
tion that Mrs. Grant was "a daughter
of Vermont. - A Vermont editor wrote
to Colonel Grant in New York for some
authentic information on this subject of
his mothers birthplace and he replied
as follows:
My mother was born in st. Louis, Mo. her
father was born at Cumberland. Md, and her
mother came from Pittsburg, Penn. Whoever
gave her birthplace as Vermont was mistaken.
My fathers family, however, came from
New England, Matthew Grant having settled
at Windsor, Conn.,, in 1886, and the family re-
manned there until my great grandfather, soon
after the Revolutionary war, went to western
Pennsylvania, where my grandfather was born.
Very truly yours, FREDERICK D. GRANT.
So it appears that Mrs. Grant was not
only not daughter of Vermont, but
not New Highlander, except remotely
by marriage-a Yankee-in-law, so to
speak. Boston Transcript.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
Geese That Made an Eclipse.

"While was on hunting trip at In
man, Kan, saw sight which few
sportsmen have ever SEEM" said Cook
Herman. "One night just as it was
growing dusk our party was hunting ON
a lake where we had been having good
success with duck. Suddenly the sky
seemed to be clouded over so that we
thought storm was coming up, but on
looking to see what was the cause of
the sudden darkness we discovered that
Immediately over us was flight Of
wild geese which literally covered the
sky for as far as the eye could reach.
do not believe would be exaggerating
if were to say that the geese in that
fight were numbered by the thousands.
For half an hour we watched them fly
ing by, forming all sorts of picturesque
groups like maps in the sky, shifting
rapidly from one combination to anoth-
or. They were flying just high enough
to be out of gunshot reach. but man.
aged to kill one tired straggler, which
had fallen behind one of the big punches
and ventured where he could be reached
by long shot. 1t was sight which
shall never forget, and I am still regret
ting that we could not have got crack
at them. kansas City Journal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
Cultivation of Violets.

Violets in frames require great deal
Of attention during the dark winter
months, and light and air must be given
ON every possible opportunity. 1t does
no harm to leave the frames covered
with snow for a couple of days in Sc
we're weather, but great damage is done
If snow is allowed to remain for a week,
when mold will spread with alarming
rapidity. Even if sunlight can be ad-
mitted for but three hours and little
ventilation given, it is surprising how
the plants are benefited. There are very
few days during the whole winter when
we do not give both light and air. Vio-
let's resent coddling, and air should be
given freely whenever the outside tenn
perature allows. IF the thermometer
registers several degrees below freezing,
even in midwinter, the sun warns the
frames sufficiently to permit moderate
amount Of air being admitted. Violets
In frames make much more work than
when they are grown in houses, and the
flowers are less convenient to pick, but
the quality Of blooms is as good in all
kinds, and much better in some, par
ticularly the single varieties. The flow
sring season, too, is little longer than
with those grown in artificial heat
Garden and Forest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
commandments OF Buadna.

All acts of living creatures become
bad by ten things, and by avoiding the
ten things they become good. There are
three sins of the body, four sins of the
tongue, and three sins of the mind. This
sins Of the body are murder, theft and
adultery of the tongue, lying, SANDER,
abuse and gossip; of the mind, envy,
hatred and error. Therefore give you
these commandments:
First. Kill not, but have regard for
life.
Second. Steal not, neither do ye
rob, but help everybody to be master of
the fruits of his labor.
Third Abstain from impurity and
lead life of chastity.
Fourth Lie not, but be truthful.
Speak the truth with discretion, fear
lessly and in loving heart.
Fifth. not evil reports, nei-
ther do ye respect them. Carp not, but
look for good sides of your fellow be-
ings, so that you may with sincerity de-
fend them against their enemies.
Sixth.-Swear not, but speak decent
ly and with dignity.
Seventh. Waste not the time with
gossip, but speak to the purpose or
keep silent.
Eighth. not nor envy, but re-
joice at the fortunes of other people.
Ninth. your heart of malice
and cherish no hatred, not even against
your enemies, but embrace all living
beings with kindness.
Tenth.-Free your mind of ignorance
and be anxious to learn the truth, es-
peoially in the one thing that is needed,
lest you fall prey either to skepticism
or to errors. Skepticism will make you
Indifferent, and errors will lead you
astray, so that you will not find the no.
BILE path that leads to life eternal =
Gospel of Buddha.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
The Expresses of Russia.

During the eighteenth century no less
than four expresses held sway over Rus
STA, and if perhaps the throne was unjustIy
usurped in more than one instance it can
at least be said of all of them that they
reigned more wisely than the emperors of
that period and that they have left names
more famous than those of their male
predecessors and successors. With all her
many faults Catherine the Great proved a
wise and powerful monarch, and much
that disfigured her history may be forgot
ten, seeing that she almost totally abol-
ished the custom of subjecting all Russian
prisoners to system of CHASTITY torture,
besides repeating many other cruel and
barbarous laws.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
This, If True, Is Most Remarkable.

The experiments of W. Ingles Rogers
would seem to show that real images of
objects are formed on the human retina.
Mr. Rogers looked fxedly at shilling in
daylight for full minute, then covered
the window of the room with a yellow
screen to exclude actinic rays, and fixed
his eye steadily on the center of a photo
graphic plate, keeping all his thoughts &C.
cupied with the image of the shilling.
After looking at the plate for 43 minutes
he developed it and found dim outline
Of the coin.
Continuing his experiments, Mr.. Rogers
produced "psychogram" in the presence
Of three trustworthy witnesses, the object
being postage stamp, instead of q coin.
The stamp was placed in strong light
and looked at for one minute, then remov-
ed, and Photographic plate put in its
place. Mr.. Rogers continued to look at
the plate for 30 minutes. 1t was then de-
veloped, and the image obtained was re-
produced in The Amateur Photographer.
Although somewhat vague, it shows that
an image on the retina can send out rays
capable of influencing a sensitive plate
and lends some color to the notion that
picture of his murderer remains in a muir
dered mans eye.-London Globe.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
Move Along.

The Indians view of the way In
which he has been treated by the white
man in this country was we'll given in
an anecdote related by Professor Eli
oott Evans of Hamilton college. The
famous Indian chief Red Jacket once
met Mr.. Evans granduncle, Joseph Ell
Gcott, at Tonawanda, Niagara county.
Mr.. Ellicott at that time was agent Of
the Holland Land company, which own
ID most Of the land in what was later
known as the Eighth Judicial district
Of New York.
The two men shook hands and sat
down on convenient log, both being
near the middle of it. After a short
time spent in amicable conversation,
Red Jacket said pleasantly, "Move
along, Joe.
Mr.. Ellicott did as he had been re-
quested, and the chief moved up close to
him. In few minutes came second
request, "Move along, Joe. 4"
Again Mr.. Ellicott complied, though
with considerable surprise, and again the
chief followed him closely. Scarcely had
this been done when Red Jacket again
said, "Move along, joe
Mr.. Ellicott was greatly annoyed, but
willing to humor the chief he moved
along" once more, this time reaching
the end of the log.
This was not sufficient to satisfy the
chief, however, for moment later came
the fourth request, "Move along, Joe. !"
"Why, man." cried the agent irrita-
bly,, 81 can't move any farther without
getting off the log into the mudr'
ugh" exclaimed Red Jacket con-
temptuously. "Just so white man.
Want Indian move along-move along.
Can't go no farther, but he say, Move
along"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
Dolls Brought Happiness to the Dying

Margaret Bottome in "Heart to Heart
Talks" in The Ladies' Home Journal re-
lates this pathetic incident of her minis
trations to the sick: Just before I left
for Europe last summer a great box came
to me filled with dolls, all dressed, and
the request came with it that 1 should
have them sent to childrens hospital.
There is a hospital in the city of New York
for consumptive children, as we'll as for
older people with the same disease, and
gave the dolls to a physician who is con-
nected with that hospital. He said after
ward he wished could have seen the chill
dren trooping toward him, each carrying
q doll. But the most touching thing to
me was what the nurse told the doctor
that after every child was furnished with
doll there were number left, and the
poor women dying with consumption asked
If each might have doll. They all want
ed them, and to each the dolls were given,
and the nurse said she could not have
dreamed of their being such a comfort to
those poor sick women. There were just
enough dolls for each to have one. All,
who can tell the thoughts they had of
earlier days, when they took little wee
one close to their heart, as they now took
those little dolls!'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
The Corbins Were Fighters.

From correspondence with Mr.. Lem
uel Healy, town clerk of Dudley, Mass,
and with persons in Connecticut, it is
found that 15 male members of the Cor
bin family were soldiers of the Revolu-
tionary war. They all hailed from Dud-
ley, Mass, and Woodstock, Conn.,, the
latter at that time being part of the
colony of Massachusetts,. All are buried
near the home of their youthful days.
The following are the names Of the Cor
bin heroes: Amasa Corbin, Asa Corbin,
Asahel Corbin, Clement Corbin, Daniel
Corbin, David Corbin, Elijah Corbin,
Elisha Corbin, Eliphalet Corbin, Eliza
jah Corbin, John Corbin, Jonathan Cor
bin, Moses Corbin, Peter Corbin, Will
liam Corbin. Worcester (Mass. Spy.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
HERE'S A QUEER ARGUMENT.
How an English Rector Defends His Visit
to q Theater.

A travelling theatrical company recently
arrived on an extended visit to Killa-
marsh, an important colliery center in
Derbyshire. The rector, the. Rev. f. j.
Metcalfe, we'll known and highly popu-
lar clergyman, visited the theater For
this he was criticised by some of his par
ishioners. He has therefore issued the fol-
lowing letter to his flock:
MY DEAR PEoPLE-As some concern has been
expressed by some of you because l have
now staying in this village, it may be well for
me to give an explanation of my SO doing. /
am responsible before God for doing all can
and giving every opportunity to all in this
parish to be brought under the influence of the
Holy Spirit. A theatrical company comes into
this place with every probability of staying
some time. They do not come here to break
either the laws of God or man. Their profess
sion is quite lawful one. Now if every one
who Is respectable keeps away from these
places what will they become? Centers of sinl
Whose fault is it, then, that this is the case?
Is it the fault of the company who come here
to amuse the people2 ! say it is not. 1t is the
fault Of those persons who think themselves
too respectable to ego to such place" The
proprietor of company like this here now is
only too thankful to have the help of good
people to raise his performance and make it of
q more refined and improved character. What
q pity it is that some of our people are such
towards that they must set upon our young
men and boys instead of coming to me. If /
am doing wrong, why don't they come and
tell me and teach me better, instead of throw
ing their sneers out at those who can't help
what do. "Hes a nice sort of leader" they
say, but those who say these things are not
those who would be led anywhere better An
other thing they say is, che would not do it,
only he wants some money out of them. +"
This is one of those humping lies that people
like to say about parson. Well let them say
it. 1t won't hurt the parson, and it pleases
them.
st. James Gazette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
EDNA LYALL'S PERSONAGEs.
The Authoress of Donovan" "We Two"
ETC., Tells of Her Literary Work.

4ho <AutuOESSS OI ''DOnOVan, I'VE IWO,
ETC., Tells of Her Literary Work.
Edna Lyall, the famous English author
ess, writes Of ''My Early Literary Infiu-
ences" in The Ladies' Home Journal and
says concerning her methods Of work and
some Of her characters: sit was not, how
ever, hero worship of the great characters
of the past alone which Influenced my fu-
ture career as novelist. Often oharac-
ter in real life would suddenly stand out,
as 1t were, from it's surroundings and be
come to me for no particular reason the
hero or heroine of my next story. A
child, who at Christmas tree seemed in
tent on finding out what the other children
wanted, and seeing in an unobtrusive,
tactful way that the hostess understood
their wishes, became for time my hero
Inc. A oonsumptive looking assistant in
music shop, who seemed too good for his
surroundings, but was alert and ready and
civil, though apparently with one foot in
the grave became the hero of childish
story called 'Mervyn's Ordeal. remem-
Der there was a wicked uncle in it, who
forged the hero's name and made him
falsely suspected by his employers, and
that agony point was reached when the
falsely accused Mervyn, suffering mental
nAo puySlCd1 COfuouGS, was S6G TO tune
pianosl He CALAMITY supported two sis
tiers. chose their lodgings for them in a
dreary side street, leading out of Kings
road, and recollect that their diet consisted
largely of Dutch oheesel This was the
forerunner of the Hardy Norseman.'
but no one brought so much pleasure
to me in sohoolroom days as the celebrated
Welsh singer, Edith Wynne, for whom
must always feel gratitude and affection.
Quite unknown to herself, she was, by her
beautiful voice and perfect oratorio sing
ing, giving untold delight to her small dew
otee at Brighton, who at that time, being
orphaned and unhappy, doomed, more
over, from frequent attacks of ophthalmia
to spend many weeks in idleness, sorely
needed help and comfort. This devotion
to public singer led me to take the great
est interest in the musical world, and
whenever the state of my eyes permitted
1t I was scribbling at story about
charming Irish soprano named Cecil
Keoghn, who was the prototype of DO.
reen.' /"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
HISTORIC WELAKA RIVER.
It Is One of the Most Interesting Streams
In America.

III AhcrkCds
The historic Welaka river, the modern
st. Johns, is to the stranger one of the
most interesting rivers on the American
continent. 1t is unique in many particu-
lars which go to make up river. Find
ing its source in the far south, it flows
northward for nearly all it's length, until
reaching the metropolis of Florida it
turns eastward and pours its great volume
of waters into the ocean. This fact seems
the more strange since the universal opin-
ion prevails that the extreme south is low
and flat, and would leave the impression
that the river ran up hill as it cuts it's
way through the much higher land Of our
northern boundary.
This, however, is minor point of inter.
est compared with the wild appearance it
presents to the eye of the stranger as first
he beholds it, with its somber cypress, al
most awaking superstition, and the swamp
hickory, with it's peculiar foliage and small
but rich, sweet nut, upon which the far
famed razor back hog, alike with the beau
tiful gray squirrel feasts in profound ST.
lence, but doubtless with voracious appe-
tite. A large part of the shore on each
hand conveys an idea of vastness of ex-
panse because impenetrable to the eye
This somber scene is relieved by the stately
palmetto, on which are often festooned
from tree to tree the wild convolvuli.
When seen in the early morn, as the pala-
tial steamers, seagoing and river, swiftly
make their way up and down the majestic
stream, these turn their beautiful cup
shaped flowers, white as snow, toward the
coming king of day, sparkling with dew
drops.
The broad savannas occasionally lie al
most apparently on the level of the river
itself. On these queer formations abound
wild flowers of every hue, shape and bo-
tanical order, making one vast picture,
framed in the surrounding forests, enliv-
ened all over with birds of every hue and
sweet song, while the strong, green
growths present tropical vigor of life
which is really an inspiration to health
and strength. Times Union.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
TENNYSON'S TWO LETTERS.
One Was For Declining and the Other For
Accepting the Laureateship.

Peel has not read syllable of Tenny-
son. But Mines showed him 'sI.ocksley
Hall' and ULYSSES" and the pension Of
e200 was Immediately granted And now,
on the death of Wordsworth, another prime
minister has to admit that he knows moth
ing whatever about Tennyson. Lord John
Russell wrote to Rogers:
"As you would not wear the laurel
yourself I have mentioned to the queen
those whom thought most worthy of the
honor. Her majesty is inclined to bestow
1t on Mr.. Tennyson, but l should wish,
before the offer is made, to know some
thing of his character, as we'll as of his
literary merits. l know your opinion of
the last by your advice to Sir Robert Peel,
but should be glad if you could let me
know something of his character and po-
sition.'
This is indeed quaint. But no doubt
Rogers was equal to the situation. More
than six months passed after Wordsworth's
death before the office was filled up, but
the offer came to Tennyson at last He
has himself given a curious account of the
way in which he received it. He told his
friend Mr.. Knowles:
1.-THE night before I was asked to take
the laureateship, which was offered to me
through Prince Albert's liking for my
In Memoriam,' dreamed that he came
to me and kissed me on the cheek. said
in my dream, Very kind, but very Ger
man. In the morning the letter about
the laureateship was brought to me and
laid upon my bed. 1 thought about it
through the day, but could not make up
my mind whether to take it or refuse it,
and at last wrote two letters, one accept
ing and one declining, and threw them on
the table, and settled to decide which I
would send after my dinner and bottle of
port"
1t is rather curious that Tennyson, in
his first appearance at court, exactly fol-
lowed Wordsworth's precedent. He dressed
at Rogers, and wore the old poets court
suit just as Wordsworth had DONE II
we'll remember" says Sir Henry Taylor,
"a dinner in ST. James place, when the
question arose whether Samuel's suit was
spacious enough for Alfred" But the
laureate managed to make it do.
OF Tennyson, merely as laureate, there
is fortunately little to say. He did not
write much in his official capacity. The
lode on the Death of the Duke of We'll
lington' would probably have been writ
ten even If Tennyson had never had any
thing to do with the lord chamberlain. 1t
was not because he was a laureate that
Tennyson was patriot. His other pieces,
on royal weddings and so forth, are slight
and unimportant.-Tem Bar.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
The Causes of vagabondage.

The principal causes or sources of vaga-
bondage, as I understand them, may be
briefly recapitulated:
First.-The love of liquor.
Second. Wanderlust, the love of wan
dering.
Third.-The county Jail, owing to the
promiscuous herding of boys and homeless
wanderers with criminals.
Fourth. The tough and rough element
in villages and towns.
Fifth.-The comparatively innocent but
misguided pupils of the reform school,
Though not, properly speaking, cause
of vagabondage, the reimbursement of
law is it's nursing mother and misguided
and misapplied charity it's base of opera
tions. The tramp evil is not SO much
disease as symptom of public i'll health.
AS such, and all the more because it Is
such, it deserves to be more thoroughly
Investigated, more reasonably apprehend-
ed, and more boldly treated.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
Tender Hearted.

Here Is Georgia goose story: Two gen.
tlemen were standing on street corner
when they were approached by man Of
fering for sale two dressed geese. They
decided to purchase, but the dealer insist
cd on selling the two fowls to one man.
Accordingly one Of them bought the two
and sold again to his friend.
After the transaction was completed the
goose vender was asked why he wouldn't
sell the fowls separately. Said he:
"That old goose and gander have been
together 80 years, and wouldn't separate
them for any consideration. Atlanta
Constitution.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
The Conductors Wrong Assumption.

Old Lady-Will you tell me, please,
when we get to Windsor street?
Polite enthusiastically, madam
when the Car reaches Windsor street,
it is crowded with passengers, but the
obliging conductor brings it to full
stop and waits for the old lady to get
out. She calmly looks out of the car
window without stirring.)
Polite Conductor (vociferously) -
Windsor street, Windsor street, lady
Wasn't here where you wanted to get
out?
Old Lady-Oh, bless you, no! I didn It
want to get out here at all. You see,
my daughters husband bought the third
house from the corner there the other
day, and, as Twas going by, just want
ed to take look at it.-Somerville
Journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
The Pastor Scored One.

1t was in Caribou church that the
choir did not put in an appearance at
the opening hour. The pastor arose,
glanced at the empty choir seats and
said: ST see the singers are absent this
morning. Let all arise and sing, Praise
God, from whom all blessings flow.
Lewiston Journal
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-14
Buddhist Temples.

An endless number Of curious things are
found about Buddhist temples. Among
others there are little wooden gods for
babies diseases, around which children's
bibs are tied, and there are other gods
which are supposed to help babies in teeth
ing. There are some which are good for
stomach ache and others which will cure