The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-18
Miscellaneous Clips.

The word love in ono of the Indian
dialect Is Observation-Disclosures.
ger. Fancy sweet forest maiden
telling her cOpper-colered brave that
she Observation-Disclosures
him.
think 1t best not to dispute where
there is no probability Of convincing.
Whitefeld.
Rowell won In the international pc.
deStrain contest ut London, with a
score Of 500 miles, thus beating Harris
record by one mile.
One of the best rules in converse.
ton is never to say u thing which
any of the company can reasonably
wish had been left unsaid.-Swif.
81 take may text dis morning" said
a colOred preacher, "frOm dat portion
cd de Scriptures whar de Postol Paul
pint his Pistol to de FeesiOns."
Nothing sharpens the arrow of
sarcasm so keenly as the courtesy
that polishes IT.: no reprOach is like
that we clOthe with u smile and pre-.
sent with bOw.-Chesterfetd.
What a rare gift Is that of manners!
How difficult to define, how much
more difficult to impart. Better for
man to possess them than wealth.
beauty, or talent; they will more than
supply all.--Buiwer Lytton.
Years give to some men finer
harmony of the heart, but from
Others they take more than they give.
Those strong hearts resemble gar.
dens which age makes greener, fuller
and more leafy; whereas the man Of
the world Is covered by years with
dried up and dis.hgured boughs.
Winters hand is uplifted and one
of his icy fingers may pinch this dis.
trict ut any time. The people are
generally prepared for the pinch, and
there Is no reason to fear that the
prospective joys Of the coming holi.
day season will be nipped In the bud.
Lucretia Mott, the venerable
Quaker lady whose philanthropies are
q part of the history Of the country,
died near Philadelphia yesterday at
the advanced age of eighty-seven.
Through this venerable lady has
passed to her reward, her memory
will be cherished on two continents
In the coming years, for she has left
the imperishable record Of good deeds |
more lasting than monumental mar
BILE.
In one of the districts of Missis.
sippi, where there should be a repub.
lican majority of about 10000, the |
returning boards count in Chalmers, |
the democratic candidate, Of course.
More than 1900 republican votes |
were thrown out in single county |
to secure the defeat OF Lonch, the |
republican candidate.
Our attention has been called to
the fact that large numbers of sheep
are being brought to the State that |
are infected with the disease known
~ "hoOf rot" Farmers cannot exer.
else too much care with regard to |
allowing sheep afflicted with this |
disease to be pastured on their lands. |
1t Is said that the disease soon be.
comes inherent In the soil, and Is
therefore to be the more carefully |
guarded against.
Chicago is to have q sugar refining |
company, with capital of $4,000.
They will erect IN eleven-stOry re.
finery l50x3l0 feet, at the corner Of
Beach and Taylor streets. l.. z.
Letter, Marshall Field and G. II.
Mccormick are among the stock
holders. The building will be com
pleted by next August.
DR.. Tanner has received q PROPOSE.
ton from London, for lecture tour
of England, which he will probably
accept. He does not contemplate
another fast, but II it should prove
necessary IN order to convince the
English of his powers, he will resort
to 1t.
The Mormon temple, commenced
at Salt Lake City twenty years ago,
Is not yet finished. They are still
working on it. Already over "a, 000,.
600 have been expended, and the
structure has hardly assumed shape.
1t is estimated that its total cost will
exceed $28,000,000. The contract
has yet sixty years to run. 1t is to
be built Of Utah granite, and will be
the finest building in the United
States.
At the coming session of congress,
besides the counting of the electoral
vote, there are three other very i'm.
portant matters to be settled, failing
which the converting of the Forty.
seventh congress in extra session ut
;,n early day IN 1881 will be absolute.
ly necessary. The hrst In order will
be the reappointment for congress.
sional representation for the next ten
years. beginning with the Forty.
eigth congress. The next question
involves She financial honor Of the
nation the repeal of the silver bill.
The third important question Is the
necessity of making provision for
funding 1875, 000,0 900 of bonds, g..
600, 900 of which are 6 per cents, the
remainder SIS.