The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-04-09
GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

NEW HANrsHmE town has brought suit 10
recover money paid out for securing substitutes
IN the late war, and, a. other towns have or win
institute similar suits. the progress of these
cases Is being watched with interest.
The emperor of Brazil proposes that the com
ing exhibition shall be gotten up on grand
scale. He has ceded for twenty-five years all
buildings belonging TO tho city palace, In extent
one block, for depot and construction Of the
new exhibition palace.
AM woman in Oregon who is over twenty-oue
years Of age, and has property in the district
upon which she pays q tax, may vote at the
school meetings in such district, provided she
Is citizen Of tho state, and has resided in the
district thirty days.
The law passed by the Indiana legislature
against the garnisheeing Of mans wages IN.
less there was over two months wages due him
has enectually stopped the garnisheeing OF
wages OF railroad empioycs-a practice which
had become quite annoying to railroad officials.
ANEW turn Of the prohibitory law screw has
occasoncd much excitement in conviyial circles
the cities Of Maine, especially in Portland,
In that place about seventy clubs have existed
which purchase their liquor at wholesale in Bos-
ton. Each member has key 70 the club room,
and hands the janitor q ticket for drink as
evidence that he has already paid his proportion
OF the dues. Hitherto the law did not AFFECT
these places, but, by a modification Of Its pro-
visions, they are now declared nuisances.
BILL TO prevent gambling was pending in
The Maryland legislature. and 10 save il f.om
being stolen or destroyed Waterman was EN-.
paoyed to guard it and he was escorted home
from the capitol every night and slept with IL
under his pillow. The Baltimore Gazette Is
naturally indignant and blurts out: at is hard
enough that the people must pay the salaries of
Legislators once every two years, but when il be-
comes necessary to hire q policeman and two
policemen besides to keep the burglars away
from bill, 1t is about time to inquire what we
are coming TO-"
The recent report of the senate committees
On military affairs upon the house bill appropri-
ating $4,000 for the Yorktown centennial and
100000 for monument in commemorstion Of
the victory, Is not to lie taken rs an indication
that congress is about to build monuments ON
Gil battle-felds Of the revolutionary war. An
exception has been made in the case OF York.
Town because that was the last victory OF the
war for independence. A prominent senator
sald to-day that IN other cases the states or in
dlviduals who are interested must take the first
steps. Congress might aid these efforts, but il
would 60 no further than state or local patriot
ism would go.
ITALIAN emigration to this country has in.
creased so rapidly as to attract the attention Of
the Italian government, and it is said that
measures will be taken to prevent the exodus OF
the people, which now amounts 10 a drain OF
$4,000 year. Italy is not oycrpopulated and
II ought 20 be SO happy and prosperous that
emigration would have no temptation for its
inhabitants But its recent political advance
ment has not been gained without cost; and the
national debt is large and the annual taxation
heavy. Italy Is apoor country compared to the
United States, and yet its debt is Sl977,ll7,-
si5, and its yearly expenditure per capita,
SlO.l2, while ours is only S6l3.
DURING the forthcoming year Great Britain
proposes to build ll.636 tons Of war shipping
in her dock-yardS. This will give employment
10 6,795 men, a. a cost for labor alone Of nearly
S2,OJO,OOO. The latest addition to the navy is
in Glasgow at the private yard Two steel cor
Hetes, intended for fast cruisers, and called the
Canada and Cordella, are being completed.
Great efforts are hcing made to get out fast
sailing steam cOrvettes, lined on the outside
with teak, and furnished with twin screws and
heavy guns.
OYSTER culture II extending TO Germany, and
!. society has just been established ut Hamburg
Tor the purpose Of planting new oyster beds in
Schieswig-Holstein. The east coast from the
frontier toward Angeln has been selected as
most suitable for the growth OF this favorite
edible, and the necessary preliminary works for
preparing the oyster banks will be begun this
month. About 1000, 900 OF ono and two-year-
old oysters will be deposited for the purpose Of
stocking the beds at the marked-on stations
The small American oysters, which appear to
be acclimatized already upon the banks Of the
Little Belt, have been selected for the first at
tempt at oyster culture on the coast Of Schles-
wig-Holstcin.
The work Of the Swiss earthquake commission
Will be watched with much interest Just now on
account Of the great number OF earthquakes,
some very destructive, that have disturbed diff
fercnt parts Of the earth within the last few
months. The commission have districted Swift
zerland for the purposes q observation, and
each district has Q chief observer assigned to it.
whose business is 10 make the inhabitants serve
as his assistants by distributing among them q
pamphlet describing the phenomena Of earth
quakes and the best means Of observing them,
and blank forms containing series of questions,
carefully prepared and intended TO form a skel-
eton history of every earthquake that is OBJ
served. Instruments for measuring the force,
direction, duration and 80 on, Of all earthquake
shocks, are to be placed in the hands Of skilled
observers at certain stations.
The refuse Of oats, it is found, may be adj
vantageously utilized as material for paper
manufacture, the object boing effected by first
immersing the oat husks in water in tank, no
as 10 aoat of all foreign seeds, ETC., which would
materially deteriorate the quality Of the paper.
The oat brsks are then allowed 10 settle, and
the surface scum and floating seeds are drawn
of by an overflow pipe at the top Of the tank or
otherwise removed; after which the water is
completely drained from the husks by waste
water pipe at the bottom Of the tank and be-
meath q perforated false bottom, or filed with
strainer which retains the cat husks. The lat
ter may be left TO steep in the water for from
five 10 ten hours after or during the removal Of
the scum, as the stepping, by softeuing them
and helping TO loosen the silica from the fibre,
facilitates the subsequent boiling process.
The fees which physicians may charge in
Prussia for their services is regulated by law,
and according to the most recent ordinance.
the charge for the first visit to q six person u
fixed at two marks Otwcuty-iye cents standing
for q mark, and one mark for each subsequent
visit; where. however, several persons belong
ing to the same family and dwelling in the
same house have 10 be treated at the same time,
then, for the second and each succeeding Der
son, only the half OF these fees respectively is
TO be charged-the same rule is to apply 10
boarding schools and similar institutions, also
TO prisons. When there is consultation Of rev.
eral physicians about the treatment of q sick
person, including their personal visits, each
physician is to receive for the first consultation
five marks, and three marks for each subsequent
similar consultation. On the occasion Of the
first visit TO the physician's residence for his
medical advice, one mark and half For the
administration Of chloroform, etc., when he
csssary for the treatment Of tho patient three
marks.
For some time ordinance officers OF the United
States army have been looking for q suitable
tract Of land upon which to store the govern
ment powder and 10 erect works for the manu.
facture Of powder. The essential conditions
are, that the tract shall DO away from the salt
air, which il said TO have u deteriorating influ-