The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-07-02


Mr.. FAwCETT's new bill relating to pOstUfiice
orders in Great Britain deserves study Oh this
side. II provides that money orders can he
made payable at any pOstOltioe within the United
Kingdom by being crossed either generally or
specially. In this care they must, of course.
like checks, be presented for payment by bank
or, or by the particular banker mentioned, az
the case BE-. This element of ncgotiability
will be very valuable in the payment of trades
mems bills Of small amounts, where mistakes
now constantly occur i'll regard to the particular
Office TO be named, and a good deal Of time is
wasted III collecting the different sums. A
shilling is the lowest sum, half-a-crOwn is the
next, and then the scale runs with regular in
tervaIs of half-a-crown up TO pound. The
scale Of payment is a good deal lowered. At
present ii is twO-pcncc for anything less than
ten shillings, and thrce-pence for anything be-
tween ten slillings and three pounds. Unde
the new bill 1t il to be a halfIcnny for q shi-
hing, penny for anything between one and ten
shillings, and twOpcncc for larger sums. The
bill is opposed by the banking interest.
SOME years ago movement was made by
some kindly disposed Indies TO induce the man.
ayers Of large stores TO provide seats for the
young women employed behind the counters.
An carly closing on Saturday was granted by
several shOpkecpers, but nothing has been done
az yet toward the other movement II was said
that ladies, who were only too glad to avail
themselves of the seats at their side Of the
counter, strongly objected to the girls who were
| serving them sitting down. A case, however,
which recently occurred in London, where holt
days are much more frequent than they arc
here, has again drawn attention To the subject
Mary Williams, poor shop girl, committed
suicide while suffering from fit of nervous
prostration brought on by fatigue and over
work. Tic Ladies Sanitary Association has
published q circular asking the managers Of
stores 10 allow their employees TO sit during
work hours "and it," says the Hour, "thc fc-
male agitatprs of America would take some
question The this and dIop their foolish at
tcmpts Of fighting the stronger sex, they would
Justly earn the applause Of all wcl-minded men
and womrn."
1'nE only Tory journal now printed in London
is the GLohc, an evening paper. 1t owes its sue
cess To The color of the paper on which it is
printed. Ey accident too much red coloiing
matter got into the pulp, which made the issues
for several days bright pink color. This the
decided TO maintain. The TeLeJr0Ph
was liberal up 10 the time of Beaconsiields
and still continuer to be in
home politics. The Standard, edited by Mr..
Mudford, who holds the post for life by the
terms of the will of the late Mr.. JohnstoLc, il
turning 10 small extent in order to retain pub
lie favor. The MO'mi,ag Post, heretofore Con-
seryatiyc, is vccrinS round with the idea Of
bringing about a coalition between the Conserv-
alive, u old Wings. and the Tories. The editor,
Sir A. Berthwicl, has evidently taken his cue in |
this matter from Earl Beaconsiield. The Daily |
hetos aud the Echo are both Liberal, and con- |
hnue strongly SO. The Pal Mall Gazette, under |
Its new proprietor, MIR. q. Yates Thompson,
with NJ. J. Dlorly, the editor Of the FOrtnightiy
Recte'o, is also liberal journal. Thus, not
London il a Conservative city, its
Journals are nearly all Liberal