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have occurred In Armenia" etc. etc.-(Mr. Alfred
Austin's letter to . correspondent, quoted by
PuEch)
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hin, 70 hi. grave Some friends OF Rossett have
written about his cheerful port and no doubt the
nresence OF the man sometimes conveyed sense OF
bluffncss and Aeshy good nature. But no portraits
OF him are without hint OF the morbidity when
was rooted in his nature. Careless as this sketch
NAV seem II nevertheless bears tho mark OF truth
upon IT,
Iiouyhton & Miiflin preparing an elaborate
holiday edition OF Thoreaus Cape Cod. IL Is TO be
issued IN two volumes trnamented by hundred
reproductions of water-color sketches OF the most
picturesque scenes tho cape These sketches are
dekcately set forth the margins. and at the be-
ginning and end of chapters. Thoreau was never
more delightful than in this book. and so attractive
an edition will be heartily welcome.
Mr. Eric Mackay. who is struggling hard TO tie
a poet-and who has really convinced n certain
number CT paying readers in England that he Is
worthy Of the name-has been pagiarizng sadly
In n ao-called poem highly exalting the merits OF
his country ne exclams:
There's none drag US down
II ourselves be 10 our renown.
Shakespeare again. Mr.. Mackay may be bigger
man Than the Bard OF Avon but ne is hardly justi
fled In borrowing so impudcntly the last lines in
King John:
Nought shall make rue.
If England to Itself do rest but true
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

the county, and the only regret was
that there were not more prizes to go
around.
The Normal orchestra furnished the
music, and showed that it is rapidly
coming to the front in proficiency. Its
selections were much enjoyed.
Supt. Scherer requested the audi
ence not to applaude the different
speakers, and the request was
courteously complied with. The fol-
lowing program was then carried out;
"The Painter of Seryille: ;...,......::..
rhe Last Aulda A APafMTi Miller RaeFat
chow Drecker Saved the Train .....:.....
......,. ARCHIE Rairdon, jamestown
.Polish Boy" Minnie Ellis, Sterling Center
Sioux Chiefs Daughter" .:...1.
Farmer Feeds EN- Ara Frank Malion, Mcpherson
appeal to Arms Harvey Thew, Vernon Center
"..TIh hama 9 John Hanson 'Decoria
......St Stella Hanchett, jamestown
Thanksgiving Story. Sarah Davis, Cambria
First Settler Story, ada Duffy Shelby
is,
'How We Tried to Lick the Teacher"
-. .... Earl Van Sickle, Rapidan
MARY Queen of Scott" Luella Peterson, Lincoln
The judges were county superin-
tendents, G. G. Schultz, of Martin
county, J M. Nye, of Fraibault coun-
ty, and j. w. Olson, of Freeborn
county. These retired, and finally
announced the awards as follows:
Miss Ellis and Mr.. Van Sickle. gold
medals; Miss Cornish and Mr..
Williams, silver medals.
The judges gave the contestants the
following averages: Miss Alpers Stb,
Miss Miller 800, Mr.. Rairdon 69b, Miss
Cornish Sc, Miss Ellis S98, Miss Scar
ing 83, Mr.. Mallon 678, Mr.. Thew 70,
Mr. Hansen 663, Miss Hanchett SO,
Miss Davis 80, Miss Duffy 10, Mr..
Williams 79b, Mr.. Van Sickle S3B,
Miss Peterson 668.
The medals are beautifully designed
and appropriately incribed, and will
be highly treasured by the winners.
Miss Ellis, who scored the highest,
made very favorable impression by
her polite appearance, her fine articu-
lation, and the general effect of her
effort. Several of the others did al
most as well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28
PROF. LUGGER TALKS CHINCH
RIGS

Prof. Lugger's report of the Expert
ment Station, which is about to be
made public, is likely to prove of much
interest to the farmer. A portion of
it is devoted to the chinch bug,
synopsis of which is given by the Min
neapolis Journal, as follows: ga good
farmer, says Prof. Lugger, or one that
is an agriculturist and not a pirate, a
man that feeds his land as he expects
to be fed by it in return, never suffers
as much from chinch bugs as an ig-
norant and slOvenly one Chinch bugs
prefer sandy soil or poorly cultivated
SOIL simply because in such fields the
plants are small and of irregular
growth, thus permitting the sun to
strike the soil directly, it not being
shaded by the foliage. A good farmer
will enrich the sandy soil to such an
extent as to produce strong and uni
form stand of plants; he will not culti-
vate poorly good soil; neither will he
be robber of the soil by continuing
to remove crops year after year with
out returning something to the soil in
the form of manure to keep I'D it's
fertility. A good farmer will escape
many losses by insects and pests where
a poor farmer would suffer. AS long
as it is the aim of the farmer to grow
upon the biggest scale possible only
one kind of crop, just that long nox-
ious insects will be numerous or even
increase still more in numbers. If
more diversified farming were the rule
and not the exception, as it is at pres
ent, fields containing the same kinds of
plants would be more or less widely
separated by fields containing other
kinds of plants and insects would not
find 1T so convenient to multiply with
out let or hindrance.
"In regard to the coming season.
Prof. Lugger says that, as the autumn
was very dry, the insects that escaped
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record. 1t is record that any party
or individual may well be proud. But
reviewing it's record is not all that
the Republican party does. and the
assumption of the Leader of it's adopt
ing "meaningless or double meaning
resolutions is not justified by the past
record. The Republican party has
always had habit of redeeming it's
pledges, and there is every reason to
believe that it will continue that COM
mendable habit in the future. But
perhaps the Leader, which is greatly
struck with the song of the free silver
monometallists, will regard any
pledges made by the party which do
not include the ideas of the silver
mine owners, as meaningless or
double-meaning." If it expects this
there is every reason to believe it will
be disappointed, for there is no indi-
cation that such pledges will be made.
Neither is there any indication to
warrant the assertion which is some
times made that the party will go to
the other extreme and declare in ia
vor of gold only, but that it will favor
practical bimetallism. And the plat
form pledges which it makes thisyear
will beredeemed, because the party
will doubtless be placed in position
next November, where it can do so.
There are many silver papers which
directly or indirectly intimate that
because matters which were pledged at
Minneapolis in 1892, were not brought
about, that whatever the party may
pledge this year, particularly as re-
CARDS questions of finance, will go
much the same way. But it is safe to
say that had the Republicans been
put in power in 1892, everything pos
sible would have been done to have
redeemed those pledges. No party
ever existed that has more faithfully
redeemed it's pledges than has the
Republican party.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28
THE DECLAMATORY CONTEST.
Fifteen Contestants Try For the Gold
and Silver Medals,

The first declamatory contest open
to the common schools of the county,
held Friday at the Normal hall,
was great success. County Superin-
tendent Scherer conceived the idea
and the credit is due to him alone,
His purpose in having the contest,
which he proposes shall be an annual
affair, is to increase the interest for
good reading among the scholars, and
to create more interest in public
speaking and develop the talent which
there is in the county. Amy
scholar who has attended district
school of the county for forty DAYS is
entitled to enter the contest.
Ten townships were represented in
this contest, scattered over all
parts of the county, and often repre-
sented by boy and girl contestant.
Friends of each were present, and the
hall was nearly filled, fully 500 people
being present. The contest was con-
cluded within a reasonable time and
was not tiresome. The result showed
that there is fine array of talent in
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28
PURE WATER SUPPLY.

DR.. Cyrus Edison in a recent maya
zine article on poisons in food and
drink, shows that water is the most
dangerous substance that can be in
troduced into the human body unless
it is perfectly pure. He says that it is
a notable fact that little or no atten-
tion is paid to the sanitary condition
of the water works by our large cities,
and that impure water is much more
deadly than sewer gas or any of the
other known means of contamination
and disease. Few, if any of our great
cities have pure water supply, and it
is doubtful if the condition of the
smaller cities is much better Their
water supply is generally obtained
from some source, where the prevalent
idea is that it is pure, but little or no
effort is made to find out if it is, and
as little effort is often made to see
that it is kept pure, should it happen
to be so when first obtained.
iU 10 q IIdUUOl VI OOuSI dUuldUlOu OudU
Mankato has pure water supply, and
that in it's transmittal to consumers
it is kept absolutely pure. Recently
the sediment which is found in the
bottom of the reservoir, was subjected
to an analysis, and it was found that
no impurity of any kind was contained
therein, and various analysis of the
water has shown it to be of most
healthful character. Taking DR..
EdisOn's statement as basis that
nothing more harmful to the human
system can be introduced than impure
water, Mankato can readily recognize
the great. boon it has in its pure
water supply, and the great vigilance
which should at all times be exercised
to see that it shall be kept so.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

In his desperation, Senator Petit
grew seems to have told the truth as
to the free silver Scheme-that he
would demonetiZe gold. But the free
silyerites would not be obliged to take
the trouble to demonetize gold.
Authorize the free and unlimited
coinage of so cent silver dollars, and
gold would disappear without being
demonetized. Numerous advocates of
free coinage have at times stated in a
semi-private way that they were not
so much interested in the coinage of
silver as in the issuance of unlimited
quantities of paper money. There is
no question but that a victory of free
silverites would be characterized by
the widest imitation ever known of
fat money. a
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death from the disease are very likely
in healthy condition and will doubt
less survive the winter and be ready
to multiply again this spring. IT.,
however, the spring should be rainy
there is little doubt but that the dis
ease will appear again in all regions
in which numerous spores are left be-
hind. Moisture alone will not kill the
eggs and young larvae, but wet sea-
son will rapidly lower their vitality
and dispose them to contract the dis
ease.n
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

The New York Mail and Express
trys to make itself believe that
it is well posted on Minnesota politics,
in the course of an editorial upon
Senator Davis definition of the Mon
roe doctrine in which it attempted to
make out that it is something entire
different than the doctrine as pro-
claimed by Monroe, says, referring to
presidential matters, that Mckinley
as actually invaded Minnesota and
made off with good share of the
eighteen votes, and declares hey
thus rendered it impossible for Mr..
Davis to enter into any dicker with
the state bosses in the east. In the
first place how does the Mail and Ea-
press know that a 'good share of the
eighteen votes" of this state will be
for anyone else than Davis. They
have not been selected yet, so that in
this respect it is simply talking
through its tiled head covering.
There is no indication that the dele
cation will be other than for Senator
Davis, so long as there is any possible
chance to secure for him the nomina-
tion. In the second place Mr.. Davis
is not after the delegation for trading
purposes, and if the time should
come that the delegation would turn
to others than the senator it will not
be turned upon trade for him, but
will be left to it's own will, as he has
repeatedly told his friends he had no
trade to make He is simply can
didate for the presidency, and moth
ing else.
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With such words of praise from man of
II. Won SpiegePs standing, a regular physi-
ian, a graduate and member of several uni
ersities, man who has built up an enviable
5putation by his many cures, some of which
ave been almost miraculous, we are doubly
ncOuraged to call the attention of suffering
1manity to the merits of our all-powerful
1ecifics, The KickdpOO Indian Remedies.
The best known of these is kickapoO
ndian Sagwa, that greatest of blood puri.
ers and corrector of all arrangements of the
Eomach, kidneys and liver. 1t is purely
3getable and contains no poisonous ingre-
ents whatever. Thousands are enjoying
1althy, happy, active lives today, who but
II its timely use would now be leading the
iserable life of dependent cripple, or filling
premature grave, the victims of bad
,!ood, nervousness. consumption, dyspepsia,
rheumatism, dropsy, kidney and liver
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Each year it becomes better known and
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IS use and sing its praise.
We want sufferers everywhere to give it a
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he Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co., New
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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.
ing difficult cures.
Useful hints to many who suffer, where
they might enjoy the Indians pro-
verbal good health and longevity but
fer the prejudice of Ignorance.

The once existing idea that no possible
good or knowledge could be obtained from
III Indian is fast disappearing.
When such man as DR.. G. Won Spiegel
# Saratoga Springs, in an article published
II the daily Saratogian of Sept. IA, states
at he is indebted, not only to the North
.apahoes, Pawnees, Apaches, Kiowas, Com
.lches, ETC., but to the many so called uncivil-
ii nations of the most remote corners of
GLOBE for his enormous collection and
= knowledge of their virtues, of roots, herbs,
tfks, gums and balsams, by whose use he
IS effected the most extraordinary cures in
Vulnerable desperate cases, it would seem
lat the world at large should no longer
ESTATE to look for help from such simple
hit potent agencies y no matter their origin
= instead of dragging out miserable lives of
sickness that is aggravated by poisonous
mineral drugs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

Ex-CoNGREssMAN HAUGEN, in an interview
few days ago, expressed surprise at the growth
of sentiment in Wisconsin in favor of free silver
coinage The cause of genuine bimetallism
makes steady growth.-Duluth Herald.
Yes, the cause of genuine bimetal-
lism makes steady growth, but it
should be distinctly remembered that
free silver coinage is not genuine BIZ
metallism. 1t simply means silver
recommendation.
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DOES AS 1T SAYS.

The Montevideo Leader says that if
the Republican convention INDUCES in
a lot of cheap clap-trap oratory
and fulsomepraise of itself and in a
lot of meaning less or double meaning
resolutions, look out for big stampede
of voters out and away from that party.
The course of the Republicans has
been such that in its national conven-
lions It'll able to point with pride to it's
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SENATOR HANsBRoUGH is said to
have consented to write a paper on
the attitude of the metropolitan press
toward congress. One on the attitude
which the senate seems unable to as
sumo toward business, would appear
more to the point.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

THE principal and interest at the
time of redemption on the bonds
which the present administration has
issued, will amount to S5O7, O93, 900.
This is only small fraction, however,
of what the change that was wanted,
will cost this country.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

MAYOR JOSIAH QUINCY, of Boston,
wants Secretary Olney nominated for
the presidency by the Democrats, and
says that with him success would be
certain. But Mr.. Quincy did not state
on what his hopes of success were
based, doubtless because it would have
bothered him to have done so.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1896-02-28

SECRETARY CARLISLE has emphati-
cally declined to be a candidate for
the senate in Kentucky. Great head.
He knows without being told that it
would be useless.