The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-05

York, and people whom shc trusted have de-
cciyed her and harasSed her with exorbitant
claims for their services and the chances are
that she will lose the painting NJ well o. her
time and her peace of mind.
IL France 4 marriage II invalid without the
actual and formally recorded consent of the
parents or their representatives, aud even a
man Of full age who wishes TO marry and cannot
obtain his fathers consent Il compelled 10 serve
him three times with q Sommd'ion r,spect'seSe,
or sort of rule nlsi. calling on him to show
cause why the marriage should not b, permit
ted. After three such services and on proof Of
full age. the marriage il allowed. These pro-
visions render clandestine marriages impossible.
A male eloper would not only have his marriage
set aside, hut would be severely punished for
abduction.
4 WOMAN correspondent of the Springfield
R.p'lblicGH is able TO discover aide difference
between two kind of Washington society. Tho
regular residents are "yery charming, cordial
and hoslitablc, taking in strangers and caring
for them with unwearying kindness and an un-
obtrusiye watchfulness which i the very essence
u true hospitality" But the political or official
society, according 10 this authority, 'is wild,
disgusting scramble for place and precedence,
full Of envyings, heartburnings and hate, yelled
under the bite and lying guiSe Of society's
mask. II is amusing, too, to watch il from the
outside, for il has it, absurd phases.
Osg Of the unexpected sources Of wheat sup
ply for Europe il the river Platte country III
South America. Large shipments of new-crop
- h.y. DIR nc, made hy
Liverpool and Bordeaux. Australia, also, has
now become q serious competitor Of the United
states, and during the past two months has
shipped enormous Quantities Of wheat to
England by Sucz canal steamers. Countries
in the southern hemisphere finish their
winter wheat harvegts at just the
time when III" supply from northern
countries begins 10 be exhausted. These uneI
pected receipts Of wheat have been the chief
cause Of the recent decline in price.
The school directors of a certain district in
Missouri made a rule that no scholar should at
tend sch6O! On day following the night III
which IL or she lad attended ball. One OF
the female scholars violated the rule and was
expelled. Her parents brought al action for
damage. against the directors before justice
OF the peace and the jury gave verdict FOR Il
.ud cost. The directors were not satisfied, and
have taken an appeal TO the Circuit Court. The
riuciLk Involved, VIZ, whether the school
girls have d right 10 do IA they please out OF
school hour. is one which lies very near TO the
heart of the Young American female, and ii IL to
b. hoped the courts will pass upon II a. soon AZ
possible.
Tsr United States consul at Lyons, France,
r,port, concerning the rilk trade i'll Europe, that
political affair. have had considerable eject
during the past year. Germany has suffered
from various causes, and is struggling 10 restrict
her production 10 home consumption. The
nobles and proprietors OF Russia have been
compeued to oconomize and usS. less finc fabrics.
Austria, following the example OF the United
States, has BY tariff regulations maintained q
better degree OF prosperity than the other coun-
tries. italy and Spain have largely suffered
from bad crops Everywhere the demand fol
ELK goods haa been limited to modern qualitie'
"a well AZ modest colors since the fashion hai
favored mixed stuTs in place Of pure silks
LYONS hs4 made great efforts {" use other
materials 10 sustain the labor q; rer 10000
worker.
The wear 1880 will be memorable in nava
and commercial annals Tor the PRONUNCIATION o
new code of "a signals and road rules
Great Britain, France, Germany, Russia
Austria, Italy. the Netherlands, Sweden, Den
mark. Belgium, Spain, Portugal Greece, Chill
and the United States have agreed to thes
rules. which include, besides signaling will
coIored lights, set Of blasts from the stean
whistle or fog-horD. whose numbers and lengtl
If durat on talk plainly. For example,
steamer sighting any vessel gives one sh"r
blast 10 denote that she il keeping to starbOard
two if she il keeping to port, and three If she
,Oinr astein. Other blasts have fixed mean
ugs. The new rules should help 10 diminis
the number Of disastrous collisions which hay
been steadily increasing with the increase q
shipping.
EVERYBODY has heard of Dr. Mary L. Wake
and her claim against the government, but httl
il definitely known of the merits II her cas-,
She il described a. q slim, undersized, short
haired, sOber-faced woman. At Chattanooga
in 1861, she applied for the position Of assistant
surgeon in the army, but was rejected after a
examination by a board of medical officers, an
was afterwards assigned to duty as hospit.
nurse. The union officers desiring infOrnatiO
allowed Ler 10 wander outside Of the lines an
act al spy She was away about eight month
and received $50 month for her services. 81
was then put in petition in the female prison
ers' hospital at Louisville on a salary of SlOO
month On the ground that Lcr eyesight ha
suffered from insufficient food and exposui
while in the rebel lines she received pension {
$3.50 a month which she still draws
A DECISION OF the United States Distri'
Court Of New York, 20 the validity Of VIII
is known An the Page patent, il triumph fc
the Western Union Telegraph company. on
GERS Of the company say that application wi
soon be mad for injunctions to restrain the III
OF the improved Morse instrument all over I'll
country, except upon payment Of royalty
the company. The effect Of the decision vi
he 10 enable the Western Union company TO e,
act royalty for every telegraph instrumer
used in the United States. The company ca
not only compel persons using any Morse ted
graph instrument TO pay IL royalty, but 1t ca
enforce the payment Of a license for the fun
ther use OF the appliance, and collect royalt
and damages for past use. The only appeal IL I
the United States Supreme Court, and it is ca
cuated that il will take at least five years to sc
cure q reversal, even il one were finally granted
The decision has caused n considerable advanc
a, W.atern I'nion stock