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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
What one New York Girl did.

When q girl concludes to put up
her hair and make herself look sweet,
the best policy Is to let her have her
own. She can't be drawn away from
her mirror by any Of the ordinary
things of this life. A fire will some
times DO it, but it has been shown
that even a fire may fail to excite
some girls. The other night a New
York lodging house took fire, and at
q most uncomfortable hour, when
most girls probably have their back
hair down. One of the young ladies
heard that the place was burning
down, but she didn't feel like making
her appearance before the crowd
which had gathered in the street,
looking like a perfect fright. She
shut the door leading into the hall to
keep out the flames, and went TO her
mirror to fix her hair. Anybody
who has waited for a girl to fix her
hair knows that it takes time and a
great deal Of it. This girl wasn't
any quicker than the average, and
she was very particular about having
her hair done up as it should be.
The fire had cut off her chances Of
escape by the stairs, and her lover.
after appealing to her for some time
finally lost his patience and got away
without her. A fireman got up to
the room on q ladder, and she made
him sit On the edge of the window
and wait till she had arranged her
hairpins and ribbons for right sort
of public appearance, then she threw
herself into his arms-it was so TO.
mantle and slid down the ladder
with him, looking just sweet. The
whole thing was a tremendous success,
but when the careful young lady was
safely landed OH the pavement she
found that she had forgotten her
stockings. philadelphia Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
To the Ladies'.

A Brooklyn girl wanted to know
the meaning Of all the talk Of "taffy
for revenue"
The morning gown is generally
made long. 1t is mostly composed of
a deep jacket, loose in front, semi.ft.
ting behind, called matinee, and
can he worn with any skirt.
Very pretty indoor jackets are
made in the casaquin style, moulding
the waist and coming down over the
hips. The front Is trimmed from
the neck down to the waist line with
lace quilting.
Buckles are in fashion again, and
are used in many forms. Large ones
of cut jet are placed midway Of the
ends of a Turkish sash, and they are
seen on hats, cloaks and dress waists.
The bachelor was speaking about
Jupiter and its moon. "You can al.
most see them with the naked eye,"
he said. The Boston young lady
boarder blushed so wildly at this
that her face cast a shadow.
~ think, dear, the dew has com.
menced falling" he said in his soft.
est accents. "Yes," she yawned, II
have been hoping to hear adieu for
some time" He did not call the
next evening.
The meanest woman on record Is
the one who ran up to a lady friend
on the street and said: "Of course
you've heard of the scandal in the
church! Awful. isn't itl Oh, here's
my car, and was gone without eX,
planning the scandal to the friend
who didn't know about II.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
A Wall from Nasty.

The Lord is agin the Dimocrisy.
In vain we prayed for short crops,
and in vain our supplicashens went
up for rinderpest and hoof.rOt among
the cattle on thousand hills.
In vain we implOred for potato
rot and potato bugs, or anything else
that would distress the Yank and
make him howl for change.
LO, the more we prayed for distress
the more there wuz prosperity.
The crops were good, and the prices
therefor bull. and what kin a Dim.
ekrat do when there Is no trouble?
We preached hard times and they
shook gold and silver under our
noses.
We said to the laborer, 10, you are
oppressed, and he jeered, shown Nv
us a savins bank book.
The smoke NV the furnace was to
us the smoke of the torment.
The clang Nv the hammer and the
weeze of the engine wuz our funeral
knell.
We sent Blackburn and other brig
adiers to the North, but the people
put their tongues In their cheeks ant
wagged their heads in derision.
We sed, 10, we hev yoonyun soljel
| for our candidate.
And they answered, sayin, veril!
he has changed his yooniform.
We offered them free trade, ant
they answered, sayin, give us tariff
| We offered them soft money, ant
they answered, sayin, no soft none!
in Ourn.
We offered to take the govern
ment off their hands, but they sed
wus dom very well now, thank 700
| Gone Is the post offises, and TIL
custom houses shell never know u
lagin.
Gone 10 the hope of penshuns an
1.-The payment Of our war claims.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
The Year 1881.

The year 1881 will be mathemat.
ical curiosity. From left to right
and from right to left it reads the
same; lS divided by 2 gives Q as a
quotient; 81 divided by 8 and . Is the
quotient. If 1881 is divided by zoo.
. is the quotient; if divided by ., the
quotient contains 8; IL multiplied
by 8, the product contains two Us; l
and 8 are 8; and are nine. If the
IL be placed under the 81 and added
the sum is 90. If the figures he added
thus, l, 8, 8, l, 1t will give IL. Read.
ing from left to right is Is, and read.
ing from right to left is l8, and IL Is
two.ninths of 81. by adding, divid.
ing and multiplying nineteen Us are
produced, being one 0 for each year
required to complete the century.
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NOTES FOR THE FARM.
What an old Farmer Says.

This is the advice of an old man
who has titled the soil for forty years:
/ am an old man, upwards of three
score years, during two score of
which l have been rich and have all
need; do not owe n dollar; have given
my children good education, and
when am called away shall leave
them enough to keep the wolf from
the door. My experience has taught
me that:
/. One acre of land prepared and
well cultivated, produced more than
two which received only the same
amount of labor used on one.
2. One COW, horse, mule, sheep or
hog well fed, Is more profitable than
two kept OH the same amount neces-
sary to keep one well.
3. One acre Of clover or grass IL
worth more than two of cotton where
no grass or clover is raised.
4. No farmer who buys oats, corn
or wheat, fodder and hay, as a rule,
for ten years, can keep the sheriff
away from the door in the end.
s. The farmer who never reads
the papers, sneers at bOok.farming
and improvements; always has a
leaky roof, poor stock, broken down
fences, and complains Of bad seasons.
6. The farmer who is above his
business and entrusts it to another to
manage, soon has no business to
attend to.
7. The farmer whose habitul
beverage is cold water, IL healthier,
weather. and wiser than he who does
not refuse to drink.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
Psalm Of the Bald Heads.

Tell mo not, IN merry accents,
That / have IN unthntchcd roof;
IT'S the hairy head that lacks sense
Baldncss IL Of thought u proof.
Hair In vulgar, hair Is useless,
And tn comb and brush bore;
Making life but dull and juicclesa,
need brush and comb no more.
Not for wise mon matted hair ",
Black on brown or red II fair;
Lct tho savage OF tho prairicS
Waste his time In raising hair!
Life " short and hairs are numbered
And, though lilies are hardly borne,
still nj night Two always slunbercd,
When the nightcnp have worn.
In the worlds broad field Of battle, J
Who'd be Ut the BARRIERS call
Listening Ia his tireSpne taitle,
Better bare az billiard-ball.
Fear no future bald-headcd brother,
You were bald In infant days;
Crave not hirsute or another
Brain II II, not hair that pays
Lives of great men all remind us
That our smooth and polished patcj
Leave all hairy heads behind us--
Let us thank the favoring fatcsl
Footprints OF Old Times ilcct walking
No one secs on our smooth crowns,
Mind no more the idle talking
Made by anxious mop-hcad clowns.
Let us, then, d hairless brother,
Proudly through LIES pathway roll:
We remember that dear mother
Earth Is barren rs the pole.
Boston Transcript
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
Mark Twain.

4 Chicago Tribune special from
Hartford, Conn.,, gives Mark Twain's
funeral Grafton to an overwhelming
audience. Coming, as 1t did, after
addresses by two clergymen, the
audience did not ut first take. The
following is the address:
There are occasions which are SO
solemn, so weighted with the con.
Germs Of life, that even the licensed
jester must lay aside his cap and
bells, and remember that he IL u man
and mortal; that even his butterfly
career has its serious seasons, and he
cannot flee them or ignore them.
Such a time, my friends, Is this,
for we are In the near presence OF
one who Is q near passenger from
this life, one whom we have known
long and well, but we shall know no
more forever. About the couch of
him who Ii stricken are gathered
those who hold him dear and who
await on the coming of great sor.
row. The breathing Is faint and
grows fainter. HIS voice becomes a
whisper. ] cannot record the Ian.
gushing ebb and fever of the remnant
Of his life. His lips are pallid, and
the frost Of dissolution Is upon them.
His face Is drawn. His cheeks are
sunken. His form Is still. His feet
are ice. His eye Is vacant. He
picks at the coyerlet. He babbles
about green fields. The death rattle
is in his throat. His tins is at hand
Every breeze that comes To us out of
the distance, near and far, and from
every segment Of the wide horizon,
is heavy with the voices of mourning
and sorrow accomplished; and the
burden Of mourning Is, "The aged
and striker Democratic party Is dy.
ing" and the burden Of lament will
be, "The Mighty is Fallen" The
Democratic party is dead. Who and
what is he.that Is soon to be dead |?
A footsore political wanderer, a politi.
Cal tramp, an itenerant poor actor,
familiar with many Disguise, a
butcher of many parts, In the North
he played Protection and Hard
Money, and Soft Money, changing
parts according to the exigencies of
the times. In the South he played
Tariff for Revenue. In the North
and West, Apostle Of Freedom. In
the South, Assassin of Freedom, and
mOuthed sacred shibboleths of liber-
ty with cruel and bloody lips. His
latest and final appearance upon the
nations stage was in Forgery, a farce
in which he was assisted by the whole
strength Of the company. 1t was
poor piece and poorly played, and so
it failed, and he Kissed and abused.
But he lies low, and blame and praise
are alike to him. The charitable
will spare the one; the judiciOus will
reserve the other. D friends! This
is no jest and levity. but q time for
Bonded forms and uncovered heads,
for all stand in the near presence of
majestic death; q momentous and
memorable death; "grisly and
awful DEATH" for it Is death from
which there Is no resurrection;
Heaven bless US one and all! Heaven
temper the blow to the afflicted
family! Heaven grant them u change
of heart and better life!
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
Miscellaneous Clips.


The daily mail received in Bismarck
averages 900 pounds, or fifteen sacks.
The two Touring mills In Red
Wing turn out 1850 barrels Of -four
daily.
The President has appointed Thurs.
day Nov. 25th, as a day Of Thanks
giving.
The schools in Cannon Falls have
closed on account of the prevalence
of diphtheria.
The Black Hills yield of wheat this
season Is estimated at 10000 bushels
of No. grade.
Joseph Wisorney has stocked his
farm five miles north Of Red Wing
with 1000 head of blooded sheep.
From January lst to October 20,
1880, there have been, ,474.3o5 bar.
re!s Of flour shipped from Minneapo.
lis.
The merchants of Pipestone city
got up quite boom the other day In
giving twenty-five bars Of resin soap
to their largest customer.
The contractors who are putting In
the water.works at Omaha have made
arrangements to introduce three
hundred Chinese on the work.
The country may in q Thursday or
two eat its turkey in peace, and no
longer sleep in the affection of hor-
rid dreams that before the first Tues.
day of November shook 1t nightly.
A farmer in Iowa estimates that
the profit of raising one two.year old
Short.Horn steer for market Is equal
to eighteen scrub steers which have to
be Kept three years or more before
they are salable.
The ancient post-office building in
Paris is being torn down. The other
day an old lady approached workman
who was busy with his pickax and
said: ~ wish you would look care.
fully for a letter from Lyons which I
have been expecting since 1924"
A few days ago the report having
come to LuVerne that a herd Of
seven deer were few miles north OF
the town, a hunting party were hast.
lily organized and started out after
the game. After being gone all day
the hunters returned with three OF
the seven deer.
United States bonds advanced since
closing quotations Monday, making q
total advance of three per cent. since
the election. Stocks in general have
advanced from half to three and half
from Mondays figures, showing q
total advance from five to twenty
five per cent. since the October cleo.
tions.
Bashaw, the faithful black horse
of Bishop Whipple, 80 widely known
throughout the State from having
carried his master over $4,000 miles
over prairies aud through the wilder.
ness In the course Of his ministratiOns,
died on the 2lst ult, of old age. He
was brought to Minnesota In 1850.
having then been eight years old, and
was in the Goth year at the time OF
his death.
The watch worn by Lieut.. Critten.
den, who was killed with Gen. Custer
at the battle of the Little Big Horn,
has been recovered. A half.breed,
who got 1t from a Sioux who claimed
to have killed its owner, sold 1t for
three dollars to a Canadian gentleman
and the latter identified It's owner by
writing to It's Liverpool maker. The
latter's books showed that 1t had been
sold to an American by the name Of
Crittendsn.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
Contents OF u Rushsl.

A standard bushel ia a measure 8
inches deep and 1877 inches in dia.
meter, containing 2,l50 cubic inches.
The hcaped bushel requires 6 inches
in the height of the cone above the
top Of the struck bushel, and contains
2,748 cubic inches in all. From these
figures the farmer may calculate the
contents of his granaries, and divide
them into different quantities by hor.
izOntal marks, so that he may know,
very nearly ut any time how much
grain there is on hand, by observing
the numbers on these marks.
Cows should have access to water
ut all times, especially cows that give
milk. They want to drink often and
return to their feed. The best barn,
and one in which stock do the best,
is one where water is always running
in through tronghs before the cattle.
Thus managed cows may be keep up
to a full flow of milk either winter
or summer, and for this reason, If
the pasture fails from drouth, it may
be supplanted with other feed, but a
failure Of water cannot be remedied.
So i'm winter, cows that are only
watered once day, as many do, who
consider themselves good farmers,
the cows shrink in their milk and 1t
can never be regained. The same
rule will hold good In the stable,
abundant feed may be supplied, but
II the water supply fails, the profit
will be nil.
Seventy different species OF vegeta.
bles with over 400 varieties, are
grown in the gardens of the United
States.
Arkansas stands sixth in the list of
fruit.growing states.
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Once again the greater portion Of
England has been visited by storms
of wind and rain, which In many 10.
calities have resulted in disastrous
floods. The rain fall during the past
week has been excessive, and low
lying districts are for the most part
under water. The remnants Of grain
crops still outstanding must have re.
ceived great damage, and may now
be considered to be Of no marketable
value. Threshing operations have
almost been entirely suspended, and
further loss of condition has taken
place In such stocks as have been but
partially protected from the weather
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11
ADVERTISING RATES I:

Local NOTICES will be inserted at tho fol-
lowing rates-tiye lines or less, 10 cents; 10
cents for each additional line.
Jon PRINTING, both Plain and Ornamental.
executed with ncatness and promptness, and
NJ prices that will compare rayornbly with
any other job Printing House In tho country
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11

One Of the peculiarlties Of Ameri.
can elections is that they always 60
pretty much 90 everybody expected.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-11-11

NIGHTS OF HONOR, No aOl3
The above Lodge will meet the first and
thlfI saturday evenings of each month, ut
the Odd Fellows Hall,
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-20

The ruling Of Land Commissioner VIII
hanson, In his letter to General Hill. Of
Colorado. which was published in yester-
day mornings SENTINEL, under q Wash
ington dispatch Of the 18th inst, has
occasioned no little comment among min
ing men and prospectors since its publica-
ton. The prevailing opinion has BEEN
and the Commissioner himself, in the same
dispatch, is accredited with having put on
and sent forth q different construction to
the law-that, from the date OF doing
assessment work, the labor held the claim
for one year. BY the ruling 1t Is plainly
to be seen that from and after the first OF
January in each year the $100-worth OF
labor required to hold the ground must be
performed, and will make assessment
work" especially lively about Eureka, as a
great many persons and corporate bodies
hold properties all over the district. The
letter does not state specifically that the
work shall be done Immediately, but to
those who have valuable claims 1t will be
apparent that to neglect until late in the
fall their assessment work, jeopardizes
their right and title. and mine owners On
or about Prospect Mountain will hardly
take the chances Of neglect.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-20

A N A

Col. Moore, the contractor for the Neva-
da and Oregon Railroad Company, is ex-
pected to arrive from New York tonight.
says the Reno Gazette Of November 18th.
Gov. Woods, one of the Directors, arrived
from San Francisco this morning, and re-
mains in town. 1t is expected that the
work Of construction will very
soon after the arrival of Col. Moore.
Two engineers have been busy in the Office
Of the company for several weeks, calcu-
lating the details Of the work.
A big fire was on Tuesday night raging
in the woods near Blue Canyon, says the
Reno Journal. A strong wind was blow
ing. which made the danger imminent to
the railroad, telegraph, mills and fumes.
All the men that could be got were being
sent out to fight the fire wherever it was
possible.
During the month OF October the Neva-
da Central carried ALAS tons of freight
over their road, and dnring the same time
294 passengers.
The White Rock Combination of mines
in Centennial district has been sold to par
ties in London.
Thomas Gray, Of Virginia. has filed a pc.
tition in insolvency. Liabilities. S3.050i
assets, 500.
The State Fair premiums, diplomas, GER
tifcates, etc., will be sent out immedi'
ately.
E. W. Hayden. will. 1t is said, shortly
become the owner Of the Susanville Advo
cate.
Good progress is again being made In thu
south branch of the Sutro tunnel.
washoe county scrip is quoted at eighty
five cents.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-20
CITY Brewery saloon.

Tonight Messrs. Bremenkampf 4 Regli
throw open their new saloon, two doors
north Of Paxton & Co.'s bank. II is to be
known hereafter as the City Brewery sa-
loon. The gentlemen have built a fine
block, and in order to attend to their in
creasing business have seen fit to occupy a
part OF the same. 1t is centrally located,
while their old stand was away to the north
end Of town. As they have always done in
the past, so they will do in future, and that
is, keep the best of liquors and cigars.
Their hall is fixed for comfort-good
chairs, fine card tables and plenty Of read
ing matter. With all these luxuries at
hand it will be pleasant and convenient for
our business men to drop in for q social
game Of cards or to spend a half-hour over
the papers as they sip a glass or two of
beer. Drop in and see them tonight, for
there will be special attractions.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1880-11-20

Scraps from the Notebook Of the
sentiners Reporter.
Only five days more until Thanksgf

Only FIVE days more until Thanksgiving.
The Atlas furnace is about ready to
start M.
The weather yesterday was cold and
blustry.
The condition of Commissioner Camp
bell was better last evening.
Bartlett yesterday received a large con-
signment OF Thistledew whisky.
The Ruby Hill Archery Club intend Civ
ing a social next Wednesday evening.
Mannheim d McBirney are putting on a
good deal of style with their new sign.
II q live ''item" occurred in Eureka
yesterday, our reporter failed to find it.
We understand that some very good ore
is being taken from the old Bullwhacker
mine.
Mrs. w. H. Clark returned from Cali
fornia last evening. Also, her brother, W.
H.. Collins.
Cherry Greek, and the ranchers in that
vicinity, cleaned the Eureka boys on the
horse races.
II Mr.. John H. Galbraith will call at
this Office he can get a letter that is Of i'm
p~ortance to him.
Nearly all the parties on the tax-roll
have paid up, leaving only q small amount
to go delinquent.
Rube Egleston, who has been i'll for
several days, was reported much better
yesterday afternoon.
The occupation OF the outside prospector
is gone. and will not return until warm
weather comes again.
The members Of the Ruby Hill NJ. E.
sunday school are making arrangements
for q Christmas tree.
Mr. M. B. Bartlett, who is in New York
City, is shipping out a large stock Of fine
wines, liquors and cigars to his store here.
We are informed that more men will be
put to work in the Jackson mine, and that
more vigorous working will now be in
order.
The funeral procession which followed
the remains Of the late Ferdinando Lom-
bardi to the grave yesterday afternoon was
large.
Several parties returned last evening by
private conveyance from the Cherry Greek
races, and much poorer than when they
left here.
Little Mac" (R. p. McDaniels) will re-
turn to Eureka very soon. What he has
accomplished remains to be seen, but he is
the boy :" that always fetches."
The o~fiee-holders about the Courthouse
complain Of dull times. 1t will not make
much difference to them after the first Of
January, when they all get to working for
q salary.