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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Never pick berries for market when
they are wet. And, when picked,
hurry them to cool place out of
the sum-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Twenty five years ago they referred
to the congress as that "do-nothing"
body. And it hasn't done anything
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Chicago is having quite as much
difficulty in securing new charter as
Mankato has had in years that are
gone.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Captain Gilmore of Pipestone has
been selected for the position of super
visor of the census i'm the second dis
trict. The position will pay $500.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Muzzel the horses and pad the out
side portions of whffletrees and har-
row when cultivating the orchard; thus
avoiding all bruised and 'barked' trees.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28
TaE POULTRY YARDS.
The louise is a night hawk.

What is prettier than bunch of
thrifty chicks, all of one color and
breed. and as much alike as so many
peas?
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

are selling at an advance of fifteen
per cent.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

row when cultivating the orchard; thus
avoiding all bruised and "barked' trees.
Pay an occasional friendly visit to
the little trees set this spring. Rub
off unnecessary sprouts; and make sure
that no label wires have been left on
the trees to choke them.
Watch for the little slugs-darkish,
Shiny fellows-that are likely to be
on pear or cherry leaves now. Fine,
dry dust, if thrown in the trees, will
kill every slug it covers. Or almost
any of the regulation orchard sprays
will exterminate this pest.
One ounce of California buhach dis
solved in three gallons of water is
a good nonpoisonous spray application
for cabbage worms and lice The i'm
ported persian insect powder" is the
same thing, but is not so fresh and
effective as the California article
Cabbage and other plants can be
protected from cutworms by erecting
a two-inch- high paper fence around
each stem. Lap the paper ends and
push the "fence" an inch into the
soil to hold it in place. The paper
should not come nearer to the stem
than about one and one half inches
Don't forget to keep picking the
cucumbers as they ripen. Look through
the vines carefully (they have great
way of hiding in the leaves), so that
none will be overlooked; for two or
three large ones going to seed will
sap all the strength of their vine,
whereas in picking them right along
new ones will form, and continued
supply be secured
The asparagus beetle is a trouble
Rural New Yorker. Chickens are
fond of them and will rid garden beds
of the adults, but, of course, can be
of little benefit in large fields. Clean
cutting, especially in ridge culture,
keeps them well under control in
spring, but the slugs or larvae do
considerable harm later.
The Bordeaux mixture is the proper
remedy to use for all fungus troubles !;
viz. mildew and rust of beans; potato
and tomato rot and leaf blight; melon
and cucumber Diseases; celery leaf
blight and rust, etc. The half-strength
mixture 1.-TWO pounds copper sulphate,
two pounds quicklime, fifty gallons
water) is strong enough to use in the
vegetable garden, except for potatoes.
Look out for the striped beetles
They often attack and destroy melons
and cucumbers as fast as the plants
appear above the ground. An applica-
tion of wood ashes, airslacked lime, or
gypsum, tainted with kerosene or tur-
pentine or carbolic acid will help to
drive them away. If you have only a
few plants, you can easily protect each
hill by erecting a mosquito netting
guard over it until the plants begin
to run.
There are three common methods of
growing strawberries,-in hills, in mar
row matted rows, or in wide matted
rows. We prefer the second method.
Arrange the first strong runners by
hand, spacing them properly and Sc
curing each one in place with a little
soil or small stone Then. when each
row is full, cut off all additional run
ners that may grow. Keep the ground
hoed and cultivated until ltae fall The
finished row should not be wider than
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

NY method for keeping lice from
troubling the poultry at night, is to
suspend the roosting poles by wires
from the rafters of the house. If the
poles are smooth, the lice will not re-
main on them if they are there at
all.
Turkey hens are profitable until five
years old, but it is a good plan to
change the gobblers every year. 1t
requires twenty eight days to hatch a
turkey egg, and seven eggs are con-
sidered setting. The nests should
be on the ground.
Advertising was a great invention
said the successful business man. 81
wonder who was the first to advertise
his manufactures "There's no ex-
act data on the subject" answered the
farmer, "but l guess the hens the
person you're looking for"
A fowl house should not be foul
house Wake up and clean up. Lice
and disease germs thrive in filth When
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Pay an occasional friendly visit to
the little trees set this spring. Rub
off unnecessary sprouts; and make sure
that no label wires have been left on
the trees to choke them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28
ORCHARD AND GARDEN

Make three successional paintings of
sweet corn this month, at day in
tervals
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

Watch for the little slugs-darkish,
Shiny fellows-that are likely to be
on pear or cherry leaves now. Fine,
dry dust, if thrown in the trees, will
kill every slug it covers. Or almost
any of the regulation orchard sprays
will exterminate this pest.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-05-28

One ounce of California buhach dis
solved in three gallons of water is
a good nonpoisonous spray application
for cabbage worms and lice. The i'm
ported persian insect powder" is the
same thing, but is not SO fresh and
effective as the California article.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
lzHl7l z17I1 . = E7zassss7's-'
TYPEW ERS.
VALET TELLS OF MEREDITH
Were Good Wine and Cigars
interesting Sideights.

London.-Interesting sidelights are
thrown on the late George Meredith's
mode of working in an interview with
Frank Cole, the novelist's favorite
valet, published in the London Press.
Sometimes in the early days of
my 30 years service at Boxhill," says
Cole, my master worked all day, but
on other days he did little or nothing.
He never seemed to care about his
own comfort and slept all the year
round in the little chalet in his gar
den.
His only Injuries were good wine
and cigars. He was a splendid Judge
of both and was delighted at the oc.
casional acquisition of an extra-pr
cious vintage. He was keenly inter.
ested in politics and shortly before
his death said that the suffragettes
had ruined their cause by their vic.
lent methods"
Cole was Meredith's handy man and
accompanied the novelist on his daily
walks, later conducting his bath chair
and donkey chaise and chatting with
him freely. Though he has sold a
handful of manuscripts to J. Pierpont
Morgan for $4,000, he possesses the
dining table, set of novels and other
relics of his master
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
WHEAT IS STRONG
Prices Showed Considerable Gains al
Close Yesterday-Corn and
Oats Same.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-WHEAT. -
Strong the entire session today.
prices at the close showing net gains
of a to 5s0%c. Domestic conditions
lsupplanted the Argentina situation
and held the market remarkably
strong despite the advices from the
South American country minimizing
the injury by recent frost. Continued
Hight receipts at all primary points In
this country were the chief reason
for the firmness The total movement
lis estimated at $4,000 bushels
against 638,000 bushels the CORE
lsponding day a year ago. The bulge
of more than a cent in corn and the
almost equally sharp advance in oats
stimulated considerable demand for
wheat, and reports of free buying of
cash wheat in the northwest by mill
ers also augmented the demand here.
No 2 red $1.3@124; No. 3 red LIS
@L20; No. 2 hard l11B@112h No.
3 hard 1.0G@L10; December opened
1.1O@1.103s; high 1.10h low 1O99s;
closed ITO; May 108B@109
CORN--May sold today at the high
est price for the crop the new record
being 64bc, which was 5s above the
previous close. Other deliveries also
made sharp gain, December adj
yancing 1Ac The trading was I'M
usually large in volume, and the mar
ket closed 1B@1A to 12015sc
higher, or almost the best mark of
the day. Light receipts and reports
from Argentina claiming considerable
damage to the crop there by frost
were the principal reasons for the
bullish Enthusiasm.
No. 2 yellow old coy; No. 5S%
No, white 5Sh059; No. yellow
| 5SR 059; ecember opened SO; high
CO.'S low 5SB; closed 60; May opened
opened G21a@G2& and closed at Ga
OATS-Active and strong the en-.
tire day. The chief reason for the
urgent demand, which was led by
shorts. was the continued light re.
ceipts The close was at the top or
3s@1c higher.
| No. white 44045; standard 4f% a
As; ecember opened 42A 042$s; high
1914; low 42A; closed 1915; May
443s.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11

The nearness of the holiday and
the close of the year naturally cur
tails operations in most primary mar.
kets, though the retail trade is CORE
spondingly augmented, with every in.
dieation of very large distribution of
merchandise.
The difficulty of the steel mills in
making prompt deliveries causes some
abatement of the demand for the fin.
ished products. Cotton goods are
Isteadier The Fall River wage SEIZED.
ule has been continued on a basis of
Is per cent above normal, and the
wage agreement will be continued an.
other six months. Jobbers are buying
in very limited way. Fall openings
'of woolens and worsteds are an
nounced at higher prices.
New business in boots and shoes
is less in evidence, but the demand
shows healthy improvement. Leather
continues quiet, but the market is
strong. Tanners are sold well ahead
and stocks are small Packers be.
sides maintained. Country hides are
again lower. Foreign hides are barely
steady.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
Polishing by Hot AIR.

The marvels of friction are infinite
The use Of the sand blast for polish
ing metals is quite recent invention,
and now 1t is followed by that OF d
blast Of simple hot air 1t is the We.
locity that gives the polishing power,
The articles to be treated are placed
In basket In centrifugal machine
driven at very high speed and heat
ed air is blown from a pipe through
the basket. A high polish Is thus pro.
duced very rapidly
Nickel plated articles that have be
come furnished are made bright In a
few minutes. Wet metal fresh from
the bath needs no preliminary drying,
for the current OF air dries and pol
ishes at the same moment. It Ia only
necessary to so pack the articles that
the air reaches them on all Sides
Youths Companion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
TOO HIGH FOR A START.
Embarrassing Situation Relieved by
Ready Man.

hthuy hAh'
n. G. Goodwin, the comedian en-
joys telling Of an amusing incident
at the performance of burlesque
In which In the old days he was q
principal performer.
1t seems that young woman, well
known in Buffalo for her amateur
work, had been given an oportun-
ity to prove her claim to availibil-
ity on the professional stage. She
was billed to render song, the re-
frain Of which was, 1.-THE autumn
days have come; ten thousand
leaves are falling" The aspirant for
professional honors was in so ex-
treme state of excitment that she
took too high key, Ten thou-ou
sand" she screamed, and then
stopped short, for want OF breath.
"At this critical juncture," OBJ
serves Goodwin, some irresponsi-
BILE god In the gallery, perhaps an
auctioneer by calling, shouted in a
stentorian tone:
Start II at five thousand, old girl!
Start 1t at Ave thousand
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
UNEVEN MOVEMENT
In Stock Market Yesterday Was Part
ly Traceable in the Profit
taking Operations.

New York, Dec. lO.-The choppy
and uneven movement of stocks today
was partly traceable TO the profit-tak-
ing operations. Some lisquetng ru-
mors weakened individual stocks. The
undertone of the market, however,
| still showed the beneficial effects of
the Interpretation placed on the pres
ident's message and the clearing of
the money situation by the reduction
of the Bank of England discount.
The November statistics OF the Cop
per Producers Association was not
stimulating. The nominal decrease in
the stocks in the hands of the pro-
ducers resulted from the reduction in
output, deliveries for consumption and
export falling slightly below those for
October, despite the stimulating eff
feet Of the rumors of a combination of
the producers to restrict the output,
Interest attached to the report that
sales had been effected OF a block Of
United States Steel stocks reported to
IN iupipou "llitII "CIt tuhtli
by a syndicate of French bankers
when the project for listing steel on
the Paris bourse was attempted. The
market price at the time the transac-
ton was accomplished was about so.
1t is believed that the placing of
this block by the banking house clos.
est to the steel corporation carried
implied obligations regarding further
dividend action and also market man
agement, and that it was an integral
part of the great market campaign on
this st ock.
The weeks express currency move
ment with the interior has yielded ID
heavy balance in favor of New York,
enough, supposedly, to leave small
net gain of cash for the banks after
allowing for the $4,4G900O absorption
of the sub-treasury operations and ST..
700, 900 gold exports.
The St Paul company today an
nounced the sale of $25,000,000 gen
eral mortgage A per cent bonds Cor
poration financing will make in
creased demands on the money mar
ket the rest of December and January.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
Fighting . Burning River.

Fires on the water occur USUALLY
when petroleum, gasoline or some oth
err liquid hydrocarbons spread on thu
waters surface and happen to bt
ignited. Whole ports, with their ship
ping. are endangered
In Germany they have devised twt
solutions, which. mingling as they arr
poured, instantly raise thick. tenac
ious foam. One solution Is composed
OF potash, alum and sodium sulphate
the other sodium bicarbonate. sodium
sulphate and licorice root extract.
The soapsuds appearance OF the fosn
in reality covers an inert gas, which
spreading over the entire burning sur
face. acts as blanket and Instant,
kills the flames for want OF oxygen.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
An Awkward Compliment.

An inspector-genera was relating
incidents OF famous national encanp
ments
Il remember little Japanese who
attended one OF our banquets," he
said. smiling, land d queer csmplt
ment that he paid to q colonel's wife
I sat between the two and the lady
said across me:
"Mr Takashira. you compress tho
ladies' feet In your country, don't
your"
"'Oh, no, madam that Is Chinese
custom said the Japanese We JAP
anese allow our ladies' feet to grow Il
their fun size. Not that
And he bowed and Kissed In The
polite Japanese way:
mot that they could hope TO rival
yours, madam Modern Society
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
MASIER'S SALE.

State OF Illinois, Alexander County
SIS. or the October Term, A. ID
1909. In the matter of Alexander
County Savings Bank VS.. Edward P
Fitzgerald, Charlotte A. Fitzgerald
and Pabst Brewing Company. In
Chancery. Bill to Foreclose Mort
cages.
Public notice is hereby given that
in pursuance of decretal order en-.
tered in the above-styled cause, on
the 23rd day of October, A. D. 1909
II, Walter Warder, Master in Chancery
for said Court, on Saturday the 18th
lay OF December. A. D. 1909, at elev.
en- O'Clock a. m. OF said day. shall sell
at public auction, to the highest bid
Ter for cash. at the southwesterly
door Of the court house, in the CITY
of Cairo, in said county, the follow
ing described real estate, to wit:
Lots numbered eight fS). nine f9)
and ten 90, in block numbered thir
ty-one t9D, in the City of Cairo LOT
numbered sixteen (16), in block mum
bered eleven uD, in the City of Cairo;
lot numbered sixteen 16), in bloch
numbered eleven (1n, in Railroad Ad
dition to the City of Cairo: lot mum
bered twenty (20) and twenty-one
CID feet off the east end of lots
numbered twentyone (2D and TWEEN
|ty-two (22), in block numbered seven
teen 40, in the First Addition T.
the City of Cairo, all in the County
of Alexander and State of Illinois
together with all the tenements and
hereditaments thereunto belonging.
Dated at Cairo, Illinois. this 10th
day OF November, A. ID. 1909.
WALTER WARDER,
Master in Chancery for the Circuit
Court OF Alexander County, III
inofs.
LANSDEN & LANSDEN,
Solicitors for Complainant.
M. f. GILBERT,
Solicitor for Pabst Brewing Co,
Complainant in Cross-Bill,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
Change OF Heart. !

An elderly professor who had
grown weary OF the bachelor state
determined to marry and asked a
lady whom he had known for a long
time to be his wife. The question
was surprise to her and her an
swer was a confused mo" On re-
Fiction, however, she reconsidered
the matter, and the next time she
met the professor she said to him
by the way Professor, do
you remember that question you
asked me the other day."
Fhe professor replied that he did.
Well" she went on. 1--WE been
thinking over the answer gave. and
I've changed my mind
50 have /, replied the professor.
-Harpers Weekly.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

Chicago, Dec. 10.-CATTLE.-Re.
|ceipts 1000; weak; steers s5.600925:
COWS and heifers 3.00@6.00 calves
|3.00d9.25; stockers and feeders 3.75
65.25.
HOGS-Receipts 10000; 5Gtoc
higher; choice heavy $S.55@S.65;
butchers S.50@S60; light mixed $40
@S.35 choice light S.S5@S45, pack
ing S.45@S.Go; bulk of sales $3.50
G55.
SHEEP-Receipts 10000; easy;
sheep $400@GO0; lambs 6.756S.4O:
yearlings 5.50m7G5.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
Russia Now Has Woman Lawyer.

Dr. Katherine Fleischer has ius
been admitted to the bar In Russia
and will practice her profession In ST
Petersburg. She Is the first worhat
lawyer in the cars dominions. ant
she passed the Anal examinations Will
high honors. She met with much op
position when she first announced hea
intention OF studying law Prejudice
WAS strong, even from infiuentia
members of her sex. she persisted Ii
her ambition against all obstacles
however, and came out triumphant II
is her hope to fight the legal battlea
OF women, and she seeks them espe
cially as clients DR.. Fleiseher 10 ar
ardent suffragette and predicts sht
will live to see women sitting 10 the
duma.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
Mint Lincoln Pennies.

Philadelphia.-So great has been
the demand for the new Lincoln pen.
MES that nothing else has been coined
at the mint since the end of June. The
coinage to date totals 100000 cents,
equal to the average annual output of
the common penny. 1t is believed the
Lincoln penny will soon supersede the
old Indian head type, as increasing
numbers of the latter are being re-
turned to the mint for recoinage as
Lincoln cents.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
FARM IN MOVING PICTURES
United States Department Of Agricul.
ture Secures Thousands Of Feet
of Films.

Ithaca, ~ Yin connection with
the New York state department of ag-
riculture the United States depart
ment of agriculture is arranging to
give series of moving-picture demon
STATIONS of how to conduct poultry
farm.
officials at the college said that
during the past week L. s. Williams
of Washington had been taking sew.
eral thousand feet of films at the poul.
try farm and that If the experiment
was success he would return TO get
q complete pictorial account OF the
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11

A correspondent sends US the fol-
lowing extract from the pious petit
ton of good old colored brother In
Georgia settlement:
"Lawd, we wants blessin' fer
ever one, 'cept one; en- dat one Is a
yaller Niger, what boarded de rail.
road train, en- ruined of wild de
whole collection what wuz took up
ter pay my salary wild; Lawd
please make de train jump dc track
don't hurt de yuther passengers,
but take of one leg fun dat niger. ;"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
Two Dogs.


do not like my neighbours dog.
Were | to size him up,
One brief phrase would express IT
all:
"A most III hammered pup"
He's vicious, and he has no sense,
He even barks at me;
And yet my neighbor seems to think
There's no such dog as he.
Now, my dog, on the other hand
I'm very fond OF him.
He's really gentle as lamb,
Although he looks so grim,
And yet my neighbor fails to SEQ
His keen intelligence.
Pour dog" he says, is vicious, and
He hasn't any sense. "
Someryille Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
GOVERNMENT BONDS.
PROVISIONS.

BUTTER Strong: creamery
specials S415 035c; extras 331a q
"a; third to firsts 27632hc.
CHEESE-Firm and unchanged.
EGGS-Firm. Western ranged q
ass.
COFFEE-Futures opened steady at
unchanged prices to an advance of j
points in response to the gain of u
franc in the French market and the
smaller Brazilian receipts. Trailing
was considerably more active than
yesterday on good support, closing
steady, net unchanged to points
higher. Sales 33,5o0 bags: December
$3.50; spot quiet; No. Z Rio Sk nom
inal; mild quiet; Cordova 9G11kc.
SuGAR--Raw quiet: fair 'refinins
$751;; centrifugal 90 test 4.Slh;
molasses sugar 356h; refined dull.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
A Lucky Man.

She was versed In French and Ger
man,
She had picked up Spanish. too.
And Italian-oh, she talked II
AS the dark Italians do.
She had even learned some Russian
And little Portuguese.
AS for Swedish, she could reel 1t
OF as easy as you please
And her lucky husband daily.
With a Joy that was sublime,
Thanked the Lord that she could
only
Speak In one tongue at time.
Chicago Record Herald
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
ST, LOUIS CATTLE.

st. Louis. Dec 10.-CATTLE. Re
|ceipts 1900; steady to loo lower: ma
tives shipping and export steers $6.75
GS.00; dressed beef and butchers
5.35@G.40; stGckers and feeders 3.1)
q 4.65 cows and heifers 3.00@5.75;
Texas and Indian steers 3.75G5.50.
HOGS-Receipts $500; l0c higher
pigs and lights sG.25@9,20; packers
S,25MS.40; butchers and best heavy
S50@ S.G5.
SHEEP-Receipts 1000: steady.
natives $275M5.40 lambs G.50mS00.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
At Bacon Ridge.

The Postmistress pesky lit
tie use have for tibet Mrs. Stylel
from town
Silas Redboot--Why, at one time
you used to say she was all right.
The Postmistress-Yes, but theI
she used to write all her affairs OIL
postal cards. Now she writes sealet
letters an | can't find out her bust
ness to save my life.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
work that is being doae here.

Moving pictures wore taken of the
poultry course students at work at
the various poultry houses, feeders,
incubators and machines, and a PIANO,
rama of the entire college poultry
farm, with its thousands of fowls of
all kinds, was made.
1t is believed that they will be of
especial educational value at county
and state fairs.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-12-11
NEW YORK MONEY.

New York, Dec. 10.--Money on call
firm; 4fo5 per cent; closing bid Az ;
time loans rather dull and steady;
sixty days 1906; ninety days 4RG
AZ six months Az per cent. Prime
mercantile paper to 51s per cent,
Sterling exchange FIRMS demand
$4SI75 sixty days 4S4.20@484,30.
Bar silver 52e.