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act spot. An expedition to this interesting
region would give certain and important
results
The work OF Ross was done at a time
Wis.,. 3d.. 5gi-nce OF terrestrial magnetism
was ia lie infancy. His instruments were
primitive and imperfect, and his methods,
for present purposes, entirely unreliable.
To make a magnetic survey OF the regions
about the North Magnetic pole is far more
important than a geographical survey OF
the Northern Geographic pole. 1t offers
no obstacles comparable to the hundreds of
miles Of moving ice which will have to DO
crossed and rccrossed in the regions
farther north. One hundred thousand dol
la, in the proper hands, would certainly
complete this most valuable work.
Turning from the little known Arctic to
the less-known Antarctic. We assail a re
gicn yelled by the darkness Of mystery. The
Arctic is now slowly coming out from under
its sleeping SHOWS, which have buried the
sterile lands for centuries, but the Antarctic
is a%ugmenting its overland sea of ice which
already covers every rock Offering a surface
uron which snow can rest. Ice and snow are
here heapcd on in such quantities that it
becomes a difficult task to determine the
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Ferrying Over the Platte.

81 was next ordered to arrange some way
to cross the mail over the Platte at Kearney,
which we did by making a fiat boat and
hitched a yoke Of oxen to it, and when there
was water the cattle would wade or swim,
and in crossing the several strips of land
would drag the boat.
81 next went on a ranch twelve miles west
OF Kearney as a herder, and one evening
while out in the bluffs looking up some stock
that had strayed too far out / was nearly
surrounded by seventeen Cheyennes, who
chased me about two miles to the ranch.
After we reached the adobe house We put
some guns out OF the portfolios and Mr..
Spotted Tail left us. In 1864 | was captured
by General Mitchell, Colonel Chivington and
Major Majors and taken before Captain Gill
lette at Fort Kearney, who appointed me
wagonmaster on an expedition against the
Sioux. We travelled eighteen days, but could
not overtake the Indians. We started with
seventy-two wagons and brought them all
back, but had to haul sixteen of them, as
they were badly damaged, having upset over
the banks of the Republican river, which We
crossed four times on our trip. ! have
Travelled over 5000 miles on horseback in
my nine years on the plains. | am 62 and,
except rheumatism some of the time, | am
as sound as ever. l do not use tobacco in any
form and took my last drink in 1871
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Irrigation Pays.

To show whether irrigation pays I will
tell what was done on this land. We
bought us pounds of very small potatoes
IN Denver at 10 cents per pound and planted
them in hills, with three pieces in each
hill, and raised from one and three-auarters
acres of ground 275 bushels of potatoes.
which we sold in Denver at 6 cents per
pound. The next year we put out thirteen
acres Of garden and saw it all go in a few
minutes in a flood from the mountains. We
then started for British Columbia mines
and stopped at Cherokee Crossing on the
North Platte river, about 300 miles north
west Of Denver, where l rugged a rope ferry
to run by the current of the stream. While
running this ferry a part OF the Michigan
Sixth regiment came along and took the
ferry from me and drowned six of their
men and Tom Chivington, who was with
them as guide or wagonmaster. I was
then sent to Fort Halleck as wagonmaster
for Company C of the Kansas Ninth regi-
ment. From there l was sent to Fort Leav-
euworth with a train to turn in. On this
trip the Platte river was dry and we su TX
barrels in the stream to get water for our
animals. | then took three siX-horse teams
loaded with groceries for a trader on Cache
a la Poudrie river and left the teams at
Fort Kearney and went to work on the
Overland mail route. My run was forty
miles east from Kearney and on this route
have seen all OF the stations 0our) hanging
up In the sky and the old flag at the post
with the stripes pointing toward the earth.
/ was sent to Kearney to run out each way
when needed and this is what I was doing
when I drove into a station and found a
dead man to change horses for me. l
waited until daybreak and then went on over
the drive. / was en- this part of the road
when the Peace commission was attacked
and if the coach had been on time would
have hean its driver.
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rt1erel ui. sentiments Anyhow.

Chicago Tribune: The leader of the brass
band was a British sympathizer.
ANY member of this band he said
who stands up for them barbarous Beers
had better keep it to himself. The first
man that raises his voice for old Kruger
will get his walkin' papers, That's all I've
got to say
Five minutes later the band was playing
and the fer2e-eyed old German with the
bass horn was dehantly shouting into It;
OOM Paul! OOM-P Paul! OOM-Paull"
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Interfered with His Dream.

Atlanta Constitution: The old man was
sleeping soundly. although the morning sun
was well up in the sky.
cit up dar, LAS" said the old woman
giving him a vigorous shake,
The old man raised himself in bed rubbed
his eyes, then, jumping to the floor, began
to fail his wife with the broomstick,
What you beatin' me fer?" she gasped'
Don't AK me-" he exclaimed, eXcitedly,
"ain't | done toll you, time en- ergin' never
ter wake me Wen ! dreamin' er money!
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though it's freshness becomes doubtful when
it is carried five months.
What the OUTFIT Should He.
1 should like to take up this part of the
subject, the daily ups and downs, and the
comforts and discomforts of the future pole
walker, but space will not permit.
From the lessons of the past, from a study
of the Eskimo habits and from personal eX-
periences, let me tabulate what regard as
an ideal outfit for the many who wish to pin
the stars and stripes to the poles. The cloth
ing should be made after the Eskimo pat
tern, of strong but light furs. For the bed a
bag made of reindeer skins is sufficient; for
shelter, a light silk tent should be on hand
for use when it is not possible to build a
snow house; as food, the staple diet must
ever be of pemmican, a mixture of dried
beef and beef tallow. These with tea and
milk and biscuits make a satisfactory menu.
BY way of travelling gear the old McClintock
sledge is the best. 1t has been somewhat
modified by hansen and Peary, but it still
remains the old pattern in essentials. 1t has
broad runners, curved at both ends, with a
light elastic framework.
Snowshoes are Indispensable. Regarding
these there is room for a difference of opin-
ion, but, In my judgment, for hard work,
there is nothing equal to the rackets first
made by the Canadian Indians. The number
and variety Of intruments will depend upon
the character and amount of expected scien-
tifc work; and last, as a means of traction,
there is nothing eqral to the Eskimo or
Siberian dogs. 1t Is possible to accomplish
much by human force. but dogs are a great
advantage over man in that they are more
economical in the consumption of food, and,
strange as it may seem, dogs are more tract
able and more easily brought under COM
manding force than man under similar con-
ditions. To these dogs this life is normal;
to man it is abnormal.
The equipment must be somewhat modi-
fed to conform to the conditions of the ex-
Omaha daily bee., 1900-02-04
NEBRASKA FOR TY YEARS AGO
Experiences and Observations of a Pioneer
Of the Early SOS,
SCENES ON The OVERLAND TRAIL
Mining and Farming in Colorado aud
R%anchinE IN Western Nebraska
An Expedition Against
the sioux.

Il was clerking in a small store In north
ern Illinois when gold was found in Colo
rado,' writes \. L. Hazard of Hebron in
the Conservative, and on the Sth of May,
1860, crossed the Missouri river at Atchison,
Kan, and as a brother of mine had an in
terest in the OK teams and wagons, | was
appointed wagonmaster for the trip to Rus
sells Gulch, Colorado. We were loaded
with machinery for two quartz mills, and
after walking the first 100 miles, about ono
seventh the whole distance. we travelled
along very well and maze the distance in
forty-eight days, which was considered good
time for loaded teams. We saw quite n
number of Indians, who were all friendly.
as they were not yet ready to so on the
warpath. We saw a few buffalo, but were
a little early for them, as they were still
south of us. In their yearly trips north
they generally crossed the Platte some time
in June. l have seen and heard at nigh;
a constant passing herd of buffalo lasting
five days, and you could hear a constant
splashing in the water Of the Platte all
through the night. Our army officers would
pilot the English sports onto the frontier
and they would shoot down these creatures
and let their carcasses rot on the ground
when their camp was fun of meat. We
had plenty Of antelope and did not need
the meat. In my nine years on the plains
| helped to kill one buffalo, and then we
were out of meat. After making the trip
to Russell's Gulch and helping to build
the mills, l tried quartz mining and VIZ
went eighty-ive feet through cap rock and
missed the pay streak. and as our money
was all gone we went to work for other
parties. The vein we mentioned above
proved afterwards to be very rich and a spur
of the famous Grinnell. / afterwards. in
company with Wheeler Schofeld Ga brother
of our General John M took a ranch of 24O
acres on the Big Thompson, ffty-fve miles
north of Denver, where we built the first
irrigating dam on that stream, if not the
first one in the state, as we built our dam
early in 81.
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food, but even frozen meat is a luxury,
though it's freshness becomes doubtful when
IL Is carried five months.
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working MIMI aud Day,

The busiest and mightiest little thing mar
eyer was made is DR., Kings New Lie fllls'
These pills change weakness into Strength
listlessness into energy, brain-fag INTO men
tai power. They're wonderful in building up
the health, Only Zoe per box. Sold by
Kuhn a. Co.
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pected attack. The path to each pole is
somewhat different. For an attack upon
the Northern Geographical pole the route is
almost certainly over rough and moving sea
ice, 1t is possible TO pitch headquarters,
or at least plentiful way stations within
ten degrees of the pole. This would leave
600 miles to cover on foot. Perhaps advance
supplies may be pushed still nearer. In
order to make advance stations certain, how
ever, land is necessary. 1t seems reason
able to expect some rocky islets north Of
Greenland as far as the S5th parallel, surely
to the Saith, II stations We're placed here
there would be only 800 miles to cover,
For the inexperienced traveller who hopes
to make a quick dash to the pole. with no
other object but to gain a rapid road to
fame, even 800 miles is impossible. To
the man who understands polar conditions
and is willing to bunk on snow and feed
on frozen meat for three months or three
years, however, there is absolutely nothing
impossible in crossing this FIVE or ten de-
grees Of latitude, Journeys OF greater length
were made by the search expedition after
Franklin and belong. and a journey OF
seemingly greater magnitude was twice
made by Lieutenant Peary, who forced a
path 300 miles across the highlands OF
northern Greenland, a region more bleak
aud inhospitable than ultimate polar regions
can be expected to be.
The North Magnetic Pole.
Compared with the Northern Geograph-
icsl pole the North Magnetic pole is easy of
access. IL was located by Sir John Ross
about sixty years ago. From his experience
We know that IT is possible to fix a perma-
nent land station within 100 miles q the ex-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-22

struggle that will probably involve every
important nation" This assembling Of
warships, says Creelman. in the gulf Of
Pe-chi-li is not an accident. but part of
plan matured long ago, and is the first step
towrrd the partition of China and her 400.
900, 900 inhabitants. This move, he says.
will change the map of the world and may
overturn more than one kingdom. Rus
STA seems to be the disturbing power.
Baked by getting an outlet to the sea for
the purpose of assembling big naval pow
err, she is now building trans-continental
road across Siberia to the Pacific coast.
which is now about completed. When
Japan through treaty obtained from China
the province of Manchuria, Russia with
the aid of other powers made her give it
up, and also relinquish Corea. Russian
QlplOUldCv lucu ASnoS ~
Port Arthur and Talien-Wan, and the
right was granted by China for the extern
sion of the Siberian railway to Port Ar
thur. This gave Russia the opportunity
to o verrun Manchuria with Russian troops
under the pretense that they were railway
police, and it is in effect today Russian
province. The general opinion seems to
be today that Russian influence is now at
the bottom of the Boxer troubles. in the
hope that it would give that nation an ex-
cuse to take possession of the country. So
far the powers have blocked the scheme of
the Russian bear. through the shrewd d.
plomacy of the American minister at Pc
kin, Mr.. Conger, who gave the whole
movement an international color What
the outcome of this last movement will be
will be watched with interest
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REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CON-
VENTION

By the direction of the Republican Cor gres-
sional Committee of the Second district of the
state of Minnesota convention of the Repub-
lican voters of the Second congressional dis
trict of the state of Minnesota will be held in
Athletic hall in the city of Mankato, Minnesota
on Tuesday the 10Th day of June, A. D. 1900, at
80 O'Clock p. m. of that day for the purpose of
placing in nomination candidate for congress
and for the transaction of such business as
shall regularly come before the convention.
All voters who are in sympathy with the
principles of the Republican party and who
desire its success regardless of their past poll
teal affiliations are invited to participate in
the selection of delegates to this convention.
At meeting held by the Republican Con-
gressional Committee of the Second congress
sional district of the state of Minnesota, at the
city of Mankato, Minnesota on the 10th day of
March A. d. 1900, the following motion was
Only made and carried. to-wit:
That each comfy in the district shall be en-
titled to one delegate for each $50 votes or
major fraction thereof cast for the Republican
candidate for president in 1896, and that each
county be allowed in addition thereof five dele
gates at large.
In accordance with said motion the several
counties are entitled to representation In the
said conventions as follows, to-wit:
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THE PROBLEM IN THE ORIENT

There is no question but that the situa-
ton in China is becoming very serious.
The empress dowager openly sympathizes
with the Boxers, and calls them good citi-
zens, and has tended rather to promote
grave troubles than to alleviate them. The
empress is no doubt in perfect sympathy
with the aims of the "Boxers," and they
have been encouraged to the course they
are now pursuing by the policy which she
has followed for the past three or four
years.
There is no doubt but that demonstra-
ton by the powers of the world would
have the effect of putting an end to the
troubles there, but the powers are not as
yet united upon the best course to pursue.
Russia has threatened to step in and settle
affairs herself, unless an agreement is
reached at once, but the other powers of
Europe are jealous of Russia, and in this
jealousy lies the danger in the orient. 1t
gives the Boxers time to act, and may re
suit in great upheaval in the celestial
empire that will overturn the existing gov
eminent and bring about greater state of
anarchy than now prevails. Thus, as the
Minneapolis Tribune points out there are
two distinct dangers in the Chinese situa-
ton: lone is of an upheaval in the en-
pire itself that will overthrow the existing
government and leave the country in a
state of anarchy, dominated by an associa
ton of thugs and murderers; and the 9TH
er is that the European powers will become
embroiled over the question of method in
dealing with the complications.
James Creelman, the we'll known cores
pendent who was in the orient at the time
of the recent war between Japan and Chi
ma, says that lit is no secret that the 81,
great powers of Europe have been steadily
preparing themselves for the breaking uI
of the Chinese empire. Japan and the
United States have also made ready fol
the collapse of the Manchu dynasty. The
whole world. (" he says, will feel the shocl
of the colossal event; which are impending
in Asia. and the spray of missionary blood
which has set fleets and troops in motor
toward Tien Tsin is but the first signal Of
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Our genial friend, lawyer Daley, is re-
ported as saying at the Democratic gather
ing yesterday afternoon that he had heard
it rumored that the enemy has big barrel
which will be opened and the Democrats
must get in shape to cope with the meth
DDS of the Republicans. Mr.. Daley has
things just little mixed. The barrel is
not in possession of the enemy" but has
been collected by the Lind-Rosing syndi
cate from those whom they have given
state appointments.
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The post Office department has given out
the readjustment of postmasters salaries
for the year beginning July Ist next.
Those affected in this vicinity. being in
creased 500 are as follows: Amboy. ST.
500; Lakefeld, $1,000; Madelia, $1,000;
New Ulm, So, 900; Redwood Falls 81 600;
St. James, SI,7oo; Slayton, 81, 400; Sleepy
Eye, 81, 500; Window, $1,000; Worthing-
ton, 81 500. The decreases, each $500 are
GAINESVILLE, 81 200: Fairmont. $1,000; Ma
pleton. $I,1oo.
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CALL FOR REPUBLICAN COUNTY CON
VENTION

A Republican County Convention for the
county of Blue Earth, and State of Minnesota,
will be held on Thursday, the 2lst day of June,
1900, at two o'clock D. m.. at Athletic hall, IN
the CITY of Mapkato, in said county, for the pur-
pose of selecting twenty-one delegates 70 repre-
sent said county in the Congressional ConVen.
tion to be held June 18th, 1900, at said city OF
gress for the Second Congressional District,
and to select twenty-one delegates to the state
convention to be held in the city of st. Paul,
MINI. June 2Sth, 1900, for the nomination of
State officers.
The representation in said county convention
will be in accordance with resolution adopted
by the comfy committee of said county, to-wit:
Each election precinct will be entitled to one
delegate for every twenty-five votes, or major
fraction thereof, cast for President Mckinley IN
1896 and in accordance Herewith the several
election precincts in said county are entitled to
renresenta tion in said convention as follows:
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A Practical Device.

DIR. Eberhart has added another i'm
provement to his office in the shape of
Berry seamless contour crown outfit.
With this new machine he is able to make
perfect fitting seamless contour crowns.
The in reduction of this device marks
new era in the construction of artistic and
practical crown and bridge work.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1900-06-22
BRYAN AND THE CAMPAIGN ISSUES

VIM. ]. Bryan has an article in the cur
rent North American Review, on The Is
sue in the Presidential Campaign" in
which he presents what will be the issues
from his point of view, in the campaign to
open. He places the money question at
the head of the list, and follows with trusts
and antiexpansion as third. The article
is one which we'll reveals the demagogism
of the man. 1t is made up largely of bun
combe, and misstatements as to the position
of the Republican party. Of course Mr..
Bryan's job is to make out a case for him
self and his deluded followers, and as it is
a hard job, he naturally has a hard time
doing it. But a case of some kind must
be worked up. and so he proceeds regard
less of facts to make it. The money ques-
ton is put at the head of the list Mr..
Bryan refuses to learn anything along this
line. He fails to perceive that the trend
of events have changed since 1896, and he
revolves around the same old proposition:
81 stand where 1 did in 1906" he is fond
of repeating. seemingly unconscious of the
fact that the rest of the world has pro-
ceeded right along abreast of affairs. and
left him far in the rear.
He charges that the Republican party
has not kept faith with people in its prom
Uses. He practically says that both the
great parties were for bimetalism four
years ago. but that the Republicans chang
ed their course after assuming power.
Neither of these statements are true, as
Mr.. Bryan ought we'll to know. The Dem
ocratic party was not for bimetallism, but
instead for silver monometallism pure and
simple on 16 to I basis. The Republi-
can party was for bimetalism through an
international agreement, and for the gold
standard until that could be accomplished.
One of the first acts of President McKin-
ley was to take steps to see if such an
agreement could be secured, and after an
exhaustive inquiry. he found that it could
not. In this respect Republicans KEEP
their promise, and they have also kept il
in regard to the gold standard, in that they
pledged themselves to maintain it unit
such time as an agreement regarding the
use of silver could be obtained among til,
nations of the world.
Mr.. Bryan admits that we have increas
ed our supply of gold during the past thre,
years, although he said in 1896 that i
would become more scarce. but he say
now that the action of England in placin,
India upon the gold basis sis likely t.
cause drain on the gold supply of tn
United States" Always some bugabo
just ahead of him. some spook that 81
likely" to cause trouble, but somehow o
other never does. His song on the none
question is the same old see saw tune. TIL
desire of the gold standard advocates is t
contract the basic money to one-half it
present volume. He tried to make th
people believe this in 1896, but fate ha
been against him. The amount of COL
} has largely increased, and the per capt.
volume of money in the country is tn
largest today ever known in our history
On the money question Mr.. Bryan is
back number
AS to his reference to trusts and imper
ialism we will refer to at another time.
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At the Republican primaries held last
Monday evening, over goo votes were cast.
AT the Democratic primaries the next even
ing the total vote hardly exceeded so. 1t
would seem from this that the Democratic
party had become pauperized.
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Ali county conventions in the district held IN
the several counties for the selection of dele
gates to the said congressional convention
shall be held on the 21st day of June, 1900.
must be held in accordance with the primary
election laws of this state.
Dated this goth day of March. A: D. 1900.
G.. L. BENEDICT,
Chairman Republican Congressional Commit
tee. Second District
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M Schlingerman, of Mapleton, was
guest at the Stahl House Friday.

Reports of the amount of injury done
the crops in this vicinity by drouth
vary all the way from no damage at all
to fifty per cent The small grain looks
as we'll as it ever did in many sections
of the county, although the straw will
be light. In other sections the crop
will be good deal reduced, but taking
this section of the state as whole it is
reasonable to expect an average crop.