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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23

Bryan is. The only way we could get
the money would be to borrow it Of
them, and 1 have not the slightest
doubt but that they would want the
notes payable in gold. applause and
laughter). 1 cannot see how prices
are to go up under this arrangement.
There is the taking statement that
free silver would help us to pay our
debts. / don't see how this would o.
cur, unless it enabled us to pay them
with fifty cent dollars, which would
be Infamous and reputation. We
have borrowed money to build our
court houses, school houses, churches,
roads, etc. We are told that with
free silver we can pay these debts
with half of the amount, and cheat
the lenders out of the other half.
Then there are men who loaned their
money to the government to
save the country during the
war, and the pensioners. Are you 60
ing to rob them one-half? There are
the laboring men. The dollar will buy
more today than ever before, seventy
per cent more that ever before in the
history of the country
A voice: "What about the seller?"
Judge Flandreau said that all the
seller would have to do would be to
double his prices. The laboring man
will not get any larger wages, for the
whole question of wages is governed
by the law of supply and demand. The
silver men must see this, for they
have little-if very little-sense
left. Why should we 60 against all
experience and butt our heads against
stone walls, because Mr.. Bryan tells
us to? (Applause).
The Bible tells us that we should
not have divers weights and that we
should not steal. Great applause). If
this talk will keep any man from vot-
ing for this scheme for his destruc-
tion, will feel gratitied.
Judge Flandreau spoke for an hour
and quarter, and when he concluded,
the band struck up lively air.
Master Roy Andrews delivered a
short recitation on whats the Mat
ter with Him?" He did it so ad-
mirably as to win hearty applause.
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Labor Wants a Chance.

Labor wants an honest chance to
earn an honest dollar, and if this is
given, the crown of thorns can be
lifted from the brow of countless
thousands of American workingmen,
and in no other way. The great vol
ume of business of the country is
transacted on credit. When the vol
ume of this is the greatest, there is
the most prosperity, and when it is
the least, there is the least prosperity.
This wind" as Towne calls it, fills
the believing sails of commerce.
Mary Ellen Lease said at Litchfield
recently that from 1865 to 1875 were
the most prosperous times. During
that time there was not a silver dol
lar or other coin to be seen, unless in
show case as curiosity. Another
speaker, talking of the "crime of 49,"
said, "Now let me tell you what the
martyred Lincoln said concerning the
crime of 1873" (Applause).
There is much carelessness of ex-
preston. l don't know but what l am
in favor of "free silver" Zone or two
Populists applauded), "l'll take all
of it that you have got" said Gen.
Clapp, turning to the applauders.
Great applause). There is difference
between free silver and the free coin
age of silver Bryan has no free silver
but what he receives as the paid at
torney and representative of the silver
mine owners,
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Thomas Jefferson's "Crime."

The speaker said that if anybody
ever demonetized silver and commit
tee "a crime" it was when Thomas
Jefferson issued an order to stop the
coming of silver dollars in 1906, and
for thirty years after which none were
coined. 1t 1853 Congress passed an
act debasing the minor coins seven
per cent, because silver was more
valuable than gold and was disappear
ing. The coinage of the dollar went
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Their knowledge of the Cura-
tive Properties Of Herbs
considered remarkable.
A noted Professor, Dr.. C. Won Spiegel OF
Saratoga, N. Y, credits them with
many remedies used by him in effect
inc difficult cures.
Useful hints to many who suffer, where
they might enjoy the Indians pro-
verbal good health and longevity but
fcr the prejudice of Ignorance.

The once existing idea that no possible
good CT knowledge could be obtained from
an Indian is fast disappearing.
When sach a man as DR.. c.. Won Spiegel
Of Saratoga Springs, in an article published
in the daily Saratogian of Sept. IA, states
that he is indebted, not only to the North
American Indians Kickapoos, Cheyennes,
Arapahoes, Pawnees, Apaches, Kiowas, Com
anches, ETC., but to the many so called uncivil-
!Eed nations of the most remote corners of
The globe for his enormous collection and
the knowledge Of their virtues, of roots, herbs,
barks, gums and balsams, by whose use he
las effected the most extraordinary cures in
:nnumerable desperate cases, it would seem
that che world at large should no longer
hesitate to look for help from such simple
but potent agencies no matter their origin
instead of dragging out miserable lives of
sickness that is aggravated by poisonous
mineral drugs.
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sweeping over the country, but it is
rapidly receding. We are going to
satisfy, not the money sharks of Eng
land, not the money barons of New
York, but Altgeld himself that it is
perfectly safe to make a contract
without putting gold clause in it.
Great applause).
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up FOUR CENTS.
Big Advance in Wheat Prices on the
Local Market.

Wheat took Jump Monday on the
local market, the price paid being four
cents higher than Saturday. The
quotation today is "a cents. This
sudden rise is in line with great activ-
ity in the wheat markets at Chicago
and New York, due to the large ex-
port demand. The annual govern
ment report just out shows that there
is a great shortage in the crop in
India, Great Britain, Russia and
other foreign wheat producing coun-
tries. This would indicate thai there
is a substantial basis for the advance,
and that 10 cent wheat will soon be a
reality.
The lowest point which the market
reached was AZ cents the middle of
August, and the advance of % cents
means an increase of the value of the
crop of So 30 on every acre of wheat
land in Blue Earth county, on the av-
erage of fifteen bushels to the acre,
when the crop has not yet been dis
posed of. Taking the wheat area in
the county to be 10000 acres, the ad-
vance would mean s19S,OOO if none of
the crop had been sold.
One year ago today, wheat was
quoted at 4S cents bushel, so the
farmer today receives 16 cents a BUSH
ell more than he did year ago, on
this days prices. Corn, Pork, cattle
and other products have also adj
Yanced
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23
THE POSTAL CARD VOTE,

The Chicago Record postal card vote
shows the following totals for Nc
Kinley and Bryan up to Thursday
night:
Chicago-McKinley, 1,716; Bryan,
1906.
Illinois-McKinley, 1885; Bryan,
4,163.
Missouri-McKinley. 2,476; Bryan,
1850.
Overwhelmingly, 4,49S; Bryan, L.
801.
Misunderstanding, 1882, Bryan,
2,0S7.
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Potatoes.

The undersigned having made a
speciality of the potato for few years
and having tested a number of varie-
ties would say that 1 have several
varieties of extra early which offer
at reasonable prices. They are all
dug and in fine condition. First come
first served.
d. AWAY,
Eagle Lake, MINI.
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Bryanites Answered.

The next question is how are you
and to get any of this money? ZAP
plause) The bullion is where these
men live whose paid attorney Mr..
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23

j. G.. Roller wants Barley, Rye,
Oats, Glover and Timothy seed and
will pay more than any else. 1868
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Debts Due to Enterprise.

We should enquire whether the
conditions can be removed, and if
they cannot, then adapt ourselves to
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-10-23

Never were reliable goods sold for
such money. Model Clothing and
Shoe House. 1872
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To the Farmers.

I want your chickens, calves, hogs,
cattle and sheep, and will pay highest
market price at the packing house
Chas. J. Macbeth, Mankato. 14tf.
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lieve 1t and settle down quietly to a glass
Of soothing punch and club business.
Andthis brings one to the emateriaLfeatures
of this nany-sided club. The cuisine is pre-
sided over by Phoenix Armstrong, who
comes of family OF stewards and caterers.
His whole family are enlisted to supply the
wants of the club. On the Hanging of the
Crane" the opening night of the club,
Phoenix was assisted hy the only VIII
lam the Sweet William" known TO fame
both sides of the water, who invented a
punch and christened it with Strawberries
the illustrators Club Punch
LOOKING FORWARD.
The feature of the club is assured W
L. Hearst has purchased a life member
ship. His is the initial step for newspaper
proprietors TO follow. Next year there is
to he a clubhouse Oh Washington Square, in
which eight members have pledged them
selves to take studios. thus defra wing the
first expenses of the building. A large
room for sketching, supplied with models
and materials, will be part of the new club
house-its working part.
Were the moneyed conditions lacking the
future of the club would still be a certain
thing. The members embrace, besides the
old blood of the illustrators, world, the
young, active spirits, the ambitious ones
who in five years are bound to be known
to art everywhere. Its president, formerly
of brakes Magazine, afterwards director of
the Herald forces and now OF the Tribune,
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SIMULATE DEATH Tol LIVE.
Lethargy Lasting for w eeks Pro
duced by East Indian Fakirs.
Hodjc0L Journal

DIR. Kuhn has had occasion TO observe Two
cases the genuineness of which he had no
reason to doubt one of the fakirs in ques-
ton had been inferred for six weeks and the
others for ten days. The faklrs, who are
hysterical to the highest degree, possess The
faculty OF producing aTtIlclally cOndltlon
Identical with cataleptic ecstacy. They use
all possible means, such as modification of
the BODY bv O. special diet, the internal en-
piuymrnt OF different plants known only to
themselves and the adoption of peculiar
posture of the body Tor many hours. When
they have practiced this for sufficient
length of time, they assume one or The
postures prescribed by the sacred books of
the Indians and fall into Experimentation
induced by looking fiXcdly at the end of
the nose.
Hasheesh is still made use of by them to
diminish the respiratory force, for this hyp-
notic. when associated with other plants and
employed in peculiar manner makes up
for the loss OF air and nonrishment.
The fakirs have hallucinauons when
hypnosis begins; they hear certain sounds,
see angels and their faces express feel
ing of happiness But little by little con-
sciousness disappears and the body nc
quires peculiar rigidity. This is evi"
IDENTIFY says the writer, matter of self
hypnotlsm in hysterical persons, who are
sufficiently predisposed TO 1t. This lethargy
is looked upon by people as death, and WHEN
the subjects are aroused, tbs God who has
brought them TO life. In Greek or Roman
literature, says the writer, We may find
accounts of persons who have died and re-
turned again te earth
There Is snothIng astonishing In hese facts,
for Bouchut, In his treatise on the signs
which enable us to recognize real death, re-
ported the case of woman who had been
lIsiufer m order that n fir lend might look
at her again. She was found to be alive,
and lived for many years afterward. A lso,
In the department of the north. there was a
case reported of a girl who had remained
In a lethargic condition for several years
She had fallen into this condition on hear
ing that she was to be arrested for hav-
ing committed a crime.
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excellent girl artists or New York-the
club is racked and torn. Youth, finan-
cial complications aud the lack OF a home,
keep back the words they fain would speak
the words of invitation. And for the
present it is agreed that the club motto
must be: Men, not principles
The art committee having the decoration
of the rooms in hand, is headed by c. II.
Wright, of the New York Herald, no W called
to Paris TO head the American department.
OF the same paper. The others are w. b.
Price, of the Herald; E. Fuhr, of the same
paper, and T. Dart Walker, all we'll know.
names. Through their hands must pass the
pictures that grace the walls of the new
ciubrooms, ana 10y them will be rejected the
unworthy fads of these Beardsleyan days
and the craZes that make poster art Il
burden. But many good Impresslonist
idea will be given life and strength by
them and la uncneu upon the llluLulueu Sea.
AS so much that is ideal and beautiful
fills an artisLs life, so there are disagree
able spots beneath the smooth surface.
To offset The roughneSs and TO keep the
artistic temperament bubbLing, many
joke is perpetrated by the illustrator with
publishers and art directors as victims.
one Of these art directors, George
Palmer, head of the New York Journal art
department, is particularly the butt of
fun because of his failhfulness TO his news
paper and his tendency to get dollar for
dollar from his artistic subordinates, to
whose mind a dollar is something nasty
to be without, but ii is nothing more, and
who regard pencil as an implement to be
welded, not driven.
CLUB JOKES.
At the first meeting of the Illustrators
Club, F. c. Drake, the president With
sly wink at Harry Dart, took Palmer aside
and said:
Palmer, old man. we have been brought
into this thing on false idea. You and
/. us art directors, are to be Set aside and
ignored We are interested in saving eX-
penses. These artists are interested in
making money. They have ba nded to-
Gether to form a trade union to keep up
the prices of work. They will raise col
umn rates and where Will we be? They
have brought US into this to defy us and
you'll see if they don't do it,
Hardly had the meeting been called &c
order when up rose Davenport. the car
tOonist OF the journal ma the bosom friend
of w. r. Hearst.
Boys" said Davenport waving both
arms, 1.-THE time has come for US to be free.
We must crush these heads of art depart
ments 0nd down the bosses. Let labor he
exalted and capital trampled under foot"
II agree with your yelled Walker of
Harper's.
Frantic cheers rent the air.
Then up rose Palmer with face like
scarlet and a tremor of suppressed ex-
element in his voice. Il ca N ha rdly
believe" said he neutrality-suspicious.
OF your calling ng-and-and--''
Put him DOWN. yelled the others
And 1t was not until the president, with
solemn assurance, told the jealous Palmer
that 1 [ was "all ioke' that he could be-
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IA great many people contend that 1t
was first found in Kentucky. but this is
not so. Blue grass is a native of the
Wabash Valley in Indiana. II was found
by William Henry Harrison's troops during
the solemn march to Tippecanoe in 1911.
Harrison gathered a small army at Ohio
Falls and started North. AT VincenneS
the gallant heroes realized that they could
not so 200 miles up the Wabash without
feed for their horses. General Harrison
had two cribs OF corn a Terre Haute and
persuaded the men TO goon. AS they came
on with hungry horses and scant feed
they found the ground covered with blue
grass.
six miles west of Newport on the Col
lett farm was found bOuntiful supply of
blue grass. Some places in the bottom it
was growing three feet high and such
feed had never been heard OF by the Ken
tucky soldiers. A t State Line CITY more
blue grass was found and from there to
Tippecanoe the whole line OF march was
covered with blue grass. The seed was
carried back to Kentucky and SOwD there,
but they could not make it thrive alone in
Tie warm soil and il had to be sown with
oats and rye.
Mr. Sandusky, the father of the prcSenS
family OF that name. told me in an early
FAY that no blue grass grew in kentucky
until after it was imported from India na .
| Tom Downing of Terre Haute was an
ardent admirer of Henry Clay, and once
| went to visit him at his home near Ash
land, KY. After seeing the fine farm,
well set in blue grass Downing suggested
| that Mr.. Clay let him have some Of the
| seed to take back to Indiana
| Tom, don't make a fool of yourself,
! said Clay. the grandsire of Kentucky blue
| grass is growing around your house and
| in the fence corners of your fields. We
| got the seed from Terre Faute and the
| middle Wabash and after a hard struggle
| got it to grow here in its present luXur4
! iouSneSs.'' -
The morning times., 1896-05-17
Result of Depllatories

One often secs women whose faces, uSu-
any the upper lip, are disfigured by a
growth of stiff, thick hairs.
This is almost invariably the result OF
trifling with some depilat tory which is
declared to remove safely and easily any
down originally upon the skin. Too much
care cannot he taken with the complex
lon, and any such Disagreement should
never be meddled with, but taken TO
some reliable specialist for treatment
Many time has the writer heard women
tell Of some ointment or other application
which they were using for this downy
growth, and never once has it failed that
in the end, they made it far worse than a
first.
Electricity seems to be the only safe
and sure way Of removing these super
fluous hairs without the chance OF their
coming back heavier than before.
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BARRIERS INVESTED READILY.
Bought Old Horseshoes From ,
Stranger for Dime Each.

Stranger for Dime i Each.
Ne,o York Journal
a stranger wandered across the klyn
bridge the other day. Where the roadway
opens out upon Sands street he espied a
pile OF old horseshoes. These had been
picked up by the bridge police on the road
way.
Say, officer, what are you going to do
with that old iron?' the stranger asked.
Nothing; you can have it il you will
cart it away" was the reply.
So the horseshoes disappeared. There
were about fifty Of them, all old and rusty.
Two hours later a stranger walked into
a barber shop at 81 Sands street.
Say boss" he remarked to the barber;
here is a horseshoe l picked up just
outside your door. 1t ought to bring
you luck. See, I've touched it up little
with gold paint. Do you want it?''
or course the barber did, and he could
not refuse the strangers modest request
for dime, Just for Kne trouble
The stranger journeyed on. From shop
to shop he wandered throu ghout the length
and breadth of Sands street, in each place
repeating the same story of how he had
just found the shoe lust outside and
making a request for dime All his
stock was disposed of at last.
Today there are just fifty golden horse
shoes hanging in conspicuous places in
Sands street shops, and each proud owner
viii tell you that his lucky horseshoe was
The morning times., 1896-05-17
POLITICS IN VENEZUELA.
ROthschild Betrayed His Thorough
knowledge to GuZman Blanco.
San Francisco Ware

Guzman Blanco, for many years dictator
for Venezuela, called upon Baron ROths-
child for the purpose or negotiating loan
for his government. He remarked, by way
OF compliment, on the honor OF intervie W =
ing the head Of the richest banking house in
the world. And H. returned the baron,
lam honored by receiving can from the
richest man on earth
"You overestimate my resources an
swered BlanCo. Il am not nearly so riCh
as reported. But even were / possessed
OF as many thousands as they say, my for
tune would still fall short of your own -
Who but BIanco,'' said RothSchild, has
estates comprising hundreds of thousands
OF square miles OF territory? Who else
has an income OF 81 100000? Who else
has $500 600 sIayes?''
Blanco smiled sweetly, and replied:
Baron, see you understand the politics
OF Venezuela"
The morning times., 1896-05-17
For WearInp OunIitins.

One often heSitates over new gown
which must be worn as what is known as
"a back suit while considering its pos
sibilitics of wear. a broken plaid is eX-
cellent for not showing SOIL and Il Cheviot
wears like iron, Us does a dark gray flannel
of good quality. The always popular blue
serge never lasts very we'll, but black or
blue mohair brilliantine is excellence itself.
II shakes off the dust. it does not wrinkle
badly andit always has adressed-up appea T
ance, which is sometimes one of the greatest
OF considerations.
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REID's QUESTION ANSWERED.
How Stop Was Put to the Tribune's
InterrOgative Headlines.
Nom 1,o,.I Ho,c,,r,,

Before Whitelaw Reid became minister
to France he devoted a good deal OF bis
time to the conduct of his paper, the
Tribune. The copy editors who put up.
the headlines of stories of the day fell
into the habit OF making most OF them
interrogative, as for Instance: WAS 1t
Murder or Suicide?" or Did She Kill II i'm
for Love?" or will the President Sign It?"
etc.
The entire paper was specked with iu-
terrogation points. This thing had been
going on for weeks, till one day postal
card arrived, addressed to Mr.. Reid,
and marked personal. 1t read as fOl-
lows:
Pm getting awfully tired of your ques-
tions Why dont you find out something?
A great ne wspaper is supposed to know
everything, and ought not to annoy its
readers with needless Inquiries. This MORN
ing you ask: VIII Mr.. PIatt Consent
How the hi do | know'?'
That night an order came that the
Tribune must ask fe wer questions.
The morning times., 1896-05-17
INTERESTING MATTERS OF CURRENT COMMENT

affords a rare backing for the club COM
bining influence, personality aud strong
artistic taste. il
The so-cailed Bohemian. side OF club life
is missing in the Illustrators CLUB. Straight
whisky and a O-cent limit bound the bad
ness. The absinthe, the abandon and the
Ninilism of too many Partisan clubs is not
within the bylaws ofosthe Illustrators
Club. C.t s, RUSSELL
The morning times., 1896-05-17
EASY TO IDEN TIFY.
Directions That Made Things SatisGac-
tory for All Hands.
not, nj

Detroit JOurndt.
Some time ago an amorous young man
sent letter to a German lady and this
postscript was added:
That my darling will make no mistake
remen.b Der that i Will wear Il light pair OF
trousers and dark cuJaway coat. lu my
right hand | will carry a small cane, and
In my lert a cigar. Yours ever, Adophe-"
The father replied courteously, stating
that his daughter had given him authority
to represent her at the appointed place
at the time agreed on. His postscript
was as follows: dot mine sou may make
no mistakes will be dreshed in IEine shirt
sleeves. / Will wear in niue right hand a
Club, in my left hand l will wear a SIX
shooter. You Will recognize me by de
way l bats you on de head goople times
twice mid be Club. Wait for me at de
corner, as / have Something's In p0rtant to
inform you nit. Your trent, Heinrich
Muller.''
The morning times., 1896-05-17
A Photograuller's Experience.

A photographic asserts that IL anyone
wishes to study the inherent vanity of
his kind, the occupation OF taking pic
lures is the place to do so. Men are quite
as vain a. women, he adds, and if anything
still more anxious t, have their bad points
softened and their best ones brought out.
And the uglief the subject the more con-
ceit and strange Self-satisfactiOn is dis
played.
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picked up lust outside the door"
Tie stranger-wef, he rStorned to New
York iust $500 better OF than when he
crossed the bridge.
The morning times., 1896-05-17
ORIGIN OF BLUE GRASS.
Not Originally II Kentucky Product
for 1t Came From Indiana
T1dj0uuDOIjs TG1tr,l1I

81 notice by the papers that somebody
In the south part Of the State wants to
know where blue grass first started" +" said
Professor John Colett, eN-State geoIog1st.