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ing sea water. At length. along toward after.
noon OF tho third day. ono OF the men in the
boat, q fellow of 20, peered out upon the horizon
and gave n scream of JOY.
:" SEQ n sail. / see n SAIL
I'VE who were still sane looked in the direc.
tion he pointed, but we couldn't SEQ any signs OF
tho sail. But that historical younEstcr persist
cd in his assertion, and just MS shutdown was
coming on we detected the sail sure enough,
and we holsted irnproviscd signals of distress.
The sail belonged to n Scotch bark. the Huron.
hausted from hunger and exposure. We gave tho
Captain the %lifcboal. II was all VIC. had TO show
our gratitude. The Huron had been short of water
herself. Next day she sighted the ship Lcbanon,
bound for New York with u cargo of railroad
iron. The Captain shouted through his trumpet
that he had picked up shlpwrcCkcd crew, and
that he hadn't water enough TO supply them ali.
Half of the survivors, myself among tho num-
her. all of us unmarried, were transferred to tho
that vessel I had ever eaten, but, great hcavcnsi
how gratefully We partook of 1t, remembering
the terrible experience through which we had
passed. ! had lost my brother In addition to the
hardship l had endured. 1t took us two weeks
to get to Quarantine. / was cured completely Of
uny desire to ship again.
Tho disaster WIS n tragic sensation in New
York for many weeks. Mr.. Collins's loss was n
death blow to the company. l had expected to
propeller. for she was TO blame for the collision.
but nothing ever came of II, and the pioneer
American transatlantic limo collapsed. Capt.
Luce never went to sea again. He was n man of
wealth, and he retired to his home Mt Yonkers,
where he died several years ago. So far as |
have been able to learn, he was the last besides
myself who survived tho wreck"
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From The London Daav Telegraph.


A train Mt Wimbledon was Just starting for
London when n young woman reached the sta
ton, and simply had time TO jump into the first
compartment she reached and flop down on the
cushioned seat. "Oniy then" she writes. did
! observe that | had. as n single fellow traveller,
IA man, young, well dressed. hut of somewhat
forbidding aspect. For the moment. however, |
did not feel in the slightest degree nervous, and
commenced to read u paper. After tho train had
passed one station / happened to glance toward
one end OF the carriage. / observed the man to
be greatly agitated. and gazing %intently in my
direction. Then he got on his feet. A sudden.
overwhelming fear took possession Of me-. He
was a murderer. l was certain. thought Of
shrieking Tor help, but my tongue refused to
move. The Inonstcr-for so he seemed 10 me
looked anYiously about him. apparently tomake
sure that he could not be observed from with
same moment putting his right hand in his
ovcrcoat pocket. Was II . revolver he had, or II
knife. or "A pcstle, or whati Springing TO my
feet | faced him in, despair. What do you
bent toward me, smiled grimly. and said; 'Ex;
apologies II ! have alarmed YOU. such "A thing
was the furthcst removed from, my thoughts.
The fact is. l have TO alight at the next station,
and since you entered the, train you have been
sitting on. my haiti l blushed my apologies.
Fortunately the hat was q soft one"
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WONDERFUL MRS. BILLTOPs.
Mr.. Bnltopa Greatly Impressed by Her Manner
or winding Up n window shade spring.

Mr. Biltops Greatly Impressed by Her Manner
or Winding Up n window shade Spring.
"Youo open tho drawer in the kitchen nearest
the hall, and on a tin pie plate you will find q
steel fork"
That is what Mrs. Billtops said to Mr.. Bill
tops when he had asked for something with
which to wind up tho unwound spring in tho
roller OF a window shade. Did Mr.. Billtops find
the steel fork on the tin pie plate in the drawer
nearest the hall In the kitcheni We'll, ask him!
He did; and he not only found It there, but he
found it with the sharp points of It's primly
parallel, prongs pointed safely away from him,
He cnrried the fork into the dining room, but
there Mrs. Billtops took 1t from him and wound
up tho shade herself. Mr.. Billtops observed
that the tines OF the fork were just wide enough
apart to ut snugly over the flat-sided spindle of
the fixture 80 that 1t was perfectly easy to twist
the spring up with II. He learned, indeed, that
Mrs. Biiliops kept this fork for the express ppr.
had seen her wind up this spring with It, and
then throw the little side piece. that held II,
into place again with a single touch of a hair.
pin, why. he was more than ever convinced. II
that was possible, that Mrs. Billtops was a
wonderful woman.
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count the possible consequences Of proximity to
such company, but when the bull fell doad
among tho burrows 1 found that the atmos.
plhore was so laden with tho mephitic odor Of
tho occupants of tho prairie dog town, that
attempted. TO secure the head of my
buffalo, but the odor was so sitting
that | was forced to abandon my trophy. But I
could not abandon tho odor OF the place 30
easily. 1t chung to me with such persistence
rest of the party for tho remainder Of the hunt.
They could not stand my presence.
Tho hunt lasted for about an hour. When
the party assembled Mt the rendezvous 1t was
found that twenty bulls had been killed. OF
these Gov, Sprague, bagged Ave. His. friend
that had endorsed him and chased him more
than n mile over tho prairie. He had used up
all his ammunition during the chase, but had
failed to bring his tough antagonist down."
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and his entertaining cats a large hole in the
has an allowance, as all Generals have, for horse
hlre. There Is no place on Governors Island for
S S9TSe So and S So the e. General msr. , usually ~ keeps scGI.I his ! in
poses largely. Gen. Merritt is a widower, but
he doyotes, much time to society, and is a great
he Is living Mt the Waldorf, in this city. On the
1t OF May. however, he expects to open and
life. which was interrupted by the departure OF
New Workers will have their first glimpse of
rides at the head q the military division in the
parade at the dedication Of Grants tomb. They
inch a soldier. He was graduated from West
Point on July l. 1860, and entered active SER
G Gene m fh iS fiSSEs,a Te ARMY ana a T ons9 So,s ap be al cid q
army, men, and students OF the civil war know,
for his brilliant work In the cavalry. He fought
most notably at Beverly. Ford on the Rapp0-
hammock, and there earned n rare compliment,
the personal commendation Of that severe dis
ciplinarian, Gen. Buford. He soon became one
Of Sheridan's most trusted and efficient officers.
IL was Merritt who, almost unaided, fought tho
After tho war he went West and engaged In the
Indian fighting that made tho seventies and
early eighties memorable. It was he who in1s76
trying to effect a junction with the Sioux In
their great depred9tions OF that year, It was
and Yellowsto %%S expodition tn later ten0T He p saw H riot
IVY ds7Z IN at omf tSs, In In S sss sammd T al 70 ,hg riots f%ooS of
that went to the relief OF the soldiers besieged
at MIX Creek by the hostile Utcs. II was Mcr-
rift who chased the Indians from White River,
where. they. had committed many massacres.
clear into the mountains, where he held them
cornered when he was recalled. After that no
was Superintendent of the West Point Acad-
envy, and since then he has commanded various
posts, mostly department places, at different
stages OF promotion. He Is now nearly 81 years
old, and his III at Governors Island will
probably be his last in the army. He is ranked
only by Gen. Miles, who is two years younger,
and will therefore retain general command of
the army until after Merritt ~retires in 1900.
Gen. Merritt has therefore. achieved the highest
honors that can come to him In the military ser
vice of his country, unless Gen. Miles should die
before Gen. Merritt's term OF service expires.
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Crops IN TIE sOETH.
more Corn and Less Cotton" tho Present
Ruie or the Farmers Down In Dixie.

Ruie or the Farmers Down In Dixie.
BY some the increase In corn culture in the
Southern States since 1890 is ascribcd to a
competition begun eight years ago in one Of the
agricultural papers. which offered "A cash prize
to the American farmer who raised the largest
crop to the acre OF any cereal. The prize for
wheat went to Utah, for oats TO New York. for
barley to Ohio. and for corn, strange to relate.
to South Carolina. One farmer in Marlborough
county, In that State. established his claim to
have raised II crop from one acre OF $50 bushels.
and the awarding OF the prize WIS n revelation
TO many Southern farmers who had uniformly
regarded cotton as the staple agricultural
product OF tho South, and had seen neither
reason nor profit In the cultivation OF corn.
Since then, whatever the reason Of the develop
been, II is n fact that IL has been enormously
Increased, and the Western States no longer
BY the Official census OF 1850 there We're pro.
duced in, tho United Stntes In that, year l.75O..
DOC, 900 bushels of corn, and by tho figures of
years later. the corn crop OF tho United States
was 2,l50,o0o,oo bushels. The increase, how
Southern States; Alabama incrGased from 25
TO - million bushels. Arkansas increased from
"a 20 80 million bushels, more than double.
bushels. Georgia from % to A. million.
Florida from 3 10 q million, and Texas. most re-
sippi Increased from II TO 30 million bushels,
and South Carolina from IL to 20. While the
Southern States have been increasing their corn
product, the former corn States have either
mnde no gain or have been falling off. From
1880 10 1893, Iowa increased only from 275 to
29s million bushels. Indiana from ll5 to l2l,
Wisconsin fell of from 81 to 80 million bushels.
Ohio from Ill to 81 million. and Illinois. once
the chief corn-produCing State in the corn holt,
from 1926 to 255 million bushels. In the same
period New York declined from % to IL million
bushels. The corn product OF Pennsylyania fell
OF from 45 to 43 million bushels. and in
other States OF tho East or middle West tho
propor,ionate decline was practically the same.
The South j. the region in which there has been
a material increase In corn product.
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SALISBURY, Nd, April ls.-There is one point
in the Chesapeake Bay where the tide has q
definite period to change. and that is the mouth
at its mouth. and Turkey Point, at its head. 1t
is always low ti'c at Hoopers Straits when the
moon rises or setr. At tho same time II Is high
tide at Sandy Point, up the bay, and at New
Point, mouth of York River, at the same mo
ment. And at every point below the York River
time; and at every point from New Point Com
fort to Hoopcrs Straits 1t is flood tide at that
time; and at every point between Sandy Point
and Hoopers Straits IL Is ebb tide at that time,
or when tho moon rises or sets; and at all points
head Of tide water in every tributary Of the bay
above Sandy Point
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That horrible story about the Atchis0n school.
boy who assaulted his teacher with u razor
hoy used, and the country correspondent didn't
know how to spell It
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got panic stricken. and deserted the steamer.
boat we were witnesses of q scene that
used to see every time closed ny
boat was nineteen feet long: and thirty-two per
sons had climbed aboard. The load brought tho
gunwalo within six inches OF the water. To
sized her. All those who were working al tho
raft had to keep beating of, men and women
aboard. They were drowned before our eyes. |
saw women climb down tho ropes with little
only to BIO forced Off into the water to be-
drowned by others who. were descending the
same ropes 1t was a sight to make ones heart
There were plenty OF lifo preservers; but
a predicament of that kind ! Life prcseryers
were passed around among the passengers, The
women put them on under their arms. and the
life proservers slipped down to their hips when
when the women fell into tho water the life pre-
servers tilted their bodies over head first, so that
women got hold of the improviscd RATS, and
they fought each other to keep their hold. Men
and women were clinging to boxes and crates In
the waves all around the sinking steamer.
"At 4 O'Clock Capt. Luce was standing, OF, tho
roof Of the wheelhqnse, holding an invalid boy,
the roof with him. We could see then that 1t
big side, wheeler should go down, and at Ago.
with the Captain and the six passengerS
she t fosnS stGs boy we stu had On cut sme tSe pain,sr
that held tho lifcboat TO hcr a little
while before, and had worked off, for
would create AS she sank. Somehow the wheel
house was wrested free from the deck when the
steamer went down, and the Captain and the
men with him clung 10 IL and got IL turned over
bottom side up. 30 that they could chamber into
II like n big wooden box, and after drifting
about for thirty-siX hours they were picked up
by the ship Cambria and brought to land.
We rifted around in. tho metal llfcboat for
and in the wild excitement OF the panic we had
lost our oars. We had TO use planks TO keep
the boat head on the waves. The agony we en-
of the men went crazy under the strain. Two
Of them were apparently driven mad By drink
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-12
nay LOCATE ELSEWHERE.
Attorney Rutan Takes a Trip to
Southern Texas.

Attorney A. M. Rutan is at Port
Arthur, Texas, new city on the gulf
coast with very promising future.
He left Mankato week ago with the
intention of being gone about three
weeks. Among his intimate friends
there is knowledge that he has gone
with one object in view to look over
the country with the possibility of
making his permanent home there.
Mr.. Rutan has for some time cherish
ed desire to live in the south, and if
there should appear to be good open
ing for one in his profession at Port
Arthur or elsewhere he would proba-
bly, remove there with his family.
J. A. Lewis, father-in-law OF Mr..
Rutan, was asked today in regard to
the rumor that the latter was about
TO move from the city, and replied
that Mr.. Rutan was in the south,
with the possibility of his moving
there as one of the purposes in view
in taking the trip.
Mr.. Rutan is a bright young lawyer,
and his numerous Mankato friends
will hope that he will remain here.
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Why Should the Evil Continue.
New York Herald:

New York Herald:
"Mr. Cleveland's veto of the immi
grafton bill is unfortunate for the
country. 1t is true, as he says, that
the United States has welcomed i'm,
migrants from every cline, and that
they have contributed to our national
development and citizenship. 1t is
not less true that the country has
been overrun with ten-dollar aliens,
whose cheap labor has driven Ameri-
can wage earners out Of employment,
fomented labor troubles, and brought
on strikes. We have had enough OF
the sort of immigration of which
Europe is only too glad to get rid.
The bill passed by congress drew the
line at illiterates. Nearly 10000 of
this class, aliens who could neither
read nor write, were dumped on our
shores last year from three European
countries alone. With this mass of
ignorance, as the statistics showed,
poverty came hand in hand. In our
native-born population illiteracy is
deemed national evil. To prevent
it nearly 100000, 600 a year are spent
on public schools. Why should the
nation welcome or receive this evil
from abroad?"
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On complaint of Lowry Hook,
Officer Daniels went to South Bend
yesterday afternoon and arrested two
young boys, Rosco Conklin and Jay
Tyler, on the charge of grand larceny
in the second degree. Mr.. Hook
claims that they stole watch from
his house March 1st. He has found
the watch in the new pawn brokers'
shop in this city. There have been
one or TWO other burglaries in South
Bend. The examination of the boys
is set for March 18th at 1000 a. M,
and they were committed to jail, be-
ing unable to furnish bail.
City Treasurer Williams called on
the county treasurer this afternoon
and drew the money due the city, a
little over $4,000.
Sheriff Bowen left this morning
for Saltwater, taking Clarence Crook
to the penitentiary to begin serving
his term.
Judge Mead made an order yes
terday admitting the will of Patrick
Burns to probate.
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If you trace dyspepsia to it's source,
it would lead back to our kitchens.
La fact the secret of good health is
good cooking. If well cooked, foods
are partly digested; if poorly cooked,
they are less digestible than in their
raw state. If you are a victim Of
faulty cooking: that is if you suffer
from dyspepsia, the rational cure must
be looked to for in an artifcially di-
gested food, and food which will at
the same time aid the digestion of
other foods. Such a preparation vir-
tually rests the tired digestive or
gans, thereby restoring them to their
natural strength.
The Digestive Cordial, as prepared
by the Shakers of Mount Lebanon, is
just such preparation, and asingle
10 cent bottle will convince you of it's
value. If your druggist doesn't keep
it, he will be glad to get it through
his wholesale house.
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The legislature of North Dakota
has submitted constitutional
amendment to the people of that
state to be voted on at the next cleo.
tion, defining who shall be electors,
providing an educational test for the
voter, and also says that the legisla.
ture "shall prescribe the penalties
for falling, neglecting or refusing to
vote atany general election. 1t is
thought that the amendm end will
be adopted by the voters. If it is, it's
operation will be watched with in
terest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-12

HE consideration Of the arbitra.
tion treaty will not be taken I'D by
the senate until the extra session, as
that body adjourned sine die yester.
day. Senator Davis as chairman of
the senate committee on foreign af.
fairs will have charge of the treaty,
and it is said that several important
changes will be made in it before it is
again reported back to the senate
1t is thought that with the chang es
to be made there will be no great diff
ficulty in it's being approved after the
senators have talked about it to
their full pleasure.
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academy and naval appropriation bills

academy and naval appropriation bills
ought to be consolidated into one.
By such consolidation much time now
wasted in irrelevant general debate
and formal proceedings would be
saved to the house."
Ii President Mckinley helps con-
gress out along the lines that Chair
man Cannon suggests, he will surely
accomplish much good for the country,
and may succeed in inaugurating a
carefulness in the making of esti-
mates that will be followed through
out the future. His experience in
congress surely ought to help him in
this respect. But in connection
herewith the appropriation COM
mlttee has got to exercise it's judg-
ment in this matter, and use the
pruning knife quite as freely as the
executive and his official advisors.
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ditional sale or not, and the whole
matter has tn he gone over.

ditiOnal sale or not, and the whole
matter has to be gone over.
In order to give the attorneys time
to look up the law, court took recess
until 1:30 O'Clock.
| When court met this afternoon, the
attorneys were we'll fortified behind
ranges of law books, and Mr.. Pau led
off. He admitted as general PROPOSE
tion of law that one crime could not
be proved in order to make out another
case. He held that this case was one
of series of larcenieS, committed by
different parties, and would under
take to show that'there was general
understanding, and that there was a
conspiracy between Mr. and Mrs.
Diemel and. perhaps others. The first
thing on the program had been for
Diemel to leave, then Mrs. Diemel
was to sell the remainder of the prop
erty, get the money for it aud join her
husband. Mr.. and Mrs. TOchtrop, he
said, were to assist Mrs. Diemel. All
these are separate offenses, but have
direct bearing on each other. Con-
spiracy was not charged in the COM
plant, because under the Minnesota
law it is merely d misdemeanor.
Mr.. Young understood the case to
be that this property was once right
fully in the possession Of Mr.. Gerlich
and was rightfully turned over to Mr..
Diemel. the $3.50 going to pay for it.
He maintained that the state should
be confined in it's evidence to the
article alleged in the indictment, the
binder and harvester.
Judge Shissler said that the point
was as close as it was important. He
decided in favor Of the state and over
rnled the objection of the defense.
Mr.. Schmitt entered a general OBJ
lection to the introduction of all evil
dence relating to the property claimed
to be owned by Mr.. Gerlich, and which
was not mentioned in the complaint.
The court over-ruled this.
Mr.. Gerlich then proceeded with
his testimony, enumerating the farm
implements and stock On the farm,
and giving their value. He said that
Anton Diemel had taken charge of
the farm June 9th last, and that Mr..
Mrs. Diemel had lived there until
witness had found out Feb 23rd that
Diemel had gone away with some of
his goods. Diemel had also leased the
farms of Geo. Hoerr and W. and
Barney Gerlich. Before the lease
was made, Diemel wanted an itemiZed
list of everything on the farm
which was given him, and a
duplicate kept by the witness. |
Besides the things mentioned on
this list, there were 100 bushels of
wheat, considerable oats, and about
go tons of hay worth So a ton. There
was an agreement that Diemel could
buy what things he wanted at the
list price. He made two payments,
S1S5 on Oct. 9th and 1865 on Oct. 18th.
These payments were to go on the
general account and not on any
items on the list. Witness
did not give Diemel any bill of sale.
The hearing will probably not be
today.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1897-03-12
Stop-over Privilege at Washington

A ten day stop over at Washington.
d. c., is now granted on all throug b
tickets between the East and West
via Baltimore & Ohio r. r. Stop.
over will also be granted on the re-
turn journey made on round trip
tickets, but not exceedidg ten DAYS.
Passengers will deposit their tickets
with the ticket agent at B. & O. L.
K. Station in Washington, who will
retain them until the journey is to be
resumed, when they will be made
good for continuous passage to desti-
nation by extension or exchange.
This arrangement will doubtless be
greatly appreciated by the travelling
public because il will permit the
holders OF through tickets to make a
brlef visit to the National Capital
without additional outlay for rail-
road fare.
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The Hot Springs.

Located in the Black Hills of Sou tn
Dakota have wonderful medicinal
properties for the cure of rheumatism
neuralgia, and kindred ailments, and
should be Investigated by all suffering
from such troubles. First-class hotel
accommodations and baths. Tourist
tickets on sale daily and especially
low rates on the first and third Tues
days OF every month. Full informa-
tion furnished on application to
ticket agents G. & N. w. R'y.