The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-06-11
PITHY PARTICLES.
Why does the pupil of the eve ST.

WHY docs the pupil of the eye study ?
MARRIAGE makes the man; the woman
was maid before.
THERE are about two drachms of oil
in the yolk of an ordinary hens egg.
A CONDUCTOR on horse car in Boston
took over 900 fares on recent Sunday.
THERE are now $50 posts of the grand
army of the republic in the state of New
York.
A LEMON eaten before breakfast every
day for n short time, will entirely pre-
vent the feeling of lassitude peculiar to
the approach of spring.
A CAT belonging to Jerry Mum, ut
Marion, Ala, and said to be54 years old,
died recently. 1t was native of Ire
land, and has crossed the Atlantic five
times.
A LIGHTNING stroke went clear through
n Clark county, KY, school-house, killed
greyhound that was asleep under the
floor, but left the twenty-five children
unframed.
AN enterprising calf in Marion county,
Ky, turned over beehive in full blast,
and the result was that horse was
stung to death and another badly
wounded.
EVERY well-trained hotel clerk can read
writing upside down, and always makes
it n rule to watch a guest register and
address him by his name before ne gets
the last letter of his name finished.
THE Tennessee Historical society
has presented gOld-headcd hickory
cane to Clark Mills, and increased his
delight by informing him that it is the
first testimonial ever given to any man
by the society.
JUDGE HILToN's country seat at
Saratoga will be the finest in the
land. Over one hundred men are ut
work improving the grounds, which will
be laid out as park to which the public
will have access.
JOHN w. BACON, of Lexington, Ga,
owns a mule II years old, who always
goes alone to the blacksmith-shop when
she loses shoe, or when anything else
is wrong with her feet.
Two small boys in Hardin county, KY,
were riding one horse when they were
thrown into some water. They had their
revenge by beating the horse so badly
that he had to be taken home on a wagon.
HE had one son hanged, another in
the San Quentin penitentiary, and his
wife had eloped with chrome peddler.
"Haye you any family?" he was asked
by fcllow-passenger. "None to speak
OF, was the prompt retort.-Er.
IRON MOUNTAIN, No., is all that it's
L.,
iron. 1t is nearly mile long, half as
broad, and several hundred feet high.
1t is being carried away ut the rate of
eight hundred and fifty tons a day.
THE Rev. DIR. Plat, of the Protestant
Episcopal church made savage attack
at missionary meeting in San Francis
co upon the public schools there. He
denounced them as goddess institutions,
where the boldest infidelity was taught.
DURING fire at Frankfort, KY, when
nobody else could befound brave enough
to go upon the roof of house in danger,
Miss Minnie Pollard climbed to the roof
and with broom swept away the hot
Goals that showered upon the shingles.
THE Independence is supposed to be
the oldest sloop on the Hudson. She
was built in New York III 1925, and was
then regarded as model of swiftness
and elegance. She has been rebuilt
several times, and is still staunch and
fast.
THE Mobile, Ala, Register asserts
that at II "pigeon tournament i'll that
city recently, Master Willie Vass "hit
quarter that were thrown up, with a
sling, and what is more remarkable,
struck buckshot also with the same
weapon"
A YOUNG fellow tried to scare Brook
lyn widow by appearing to her as her
husbands ghost. But as he was in the
house before II o'clock at night and
didn't appear drunk, she detected the
fraud at once and thumped the intruder
OH the head with the fire-shOvel.
The drama "Struck Oil" was per-
formed with great success on farm
about nine miles from Sarnia the other
day. The well had been bored to the
depth of $50 feet, when flowing well of
oil was struck. The Sarnia Observer
says it is the richest oil well in Canada:
flowing sixty barrels day.
AFTER the recent great fire in Will
mington, N. c., the charred remains of
Capt. Ellerbach and his faithful dog
were found within few feet of each 9TH
er. The dog had in his mouth piece
of the coat of his master, and it is be-
ieved he persisted while faithfully trying
to extricate him from the ruins.
Mr.. E. H. LONG who has for many
years been assistant superintendent of
schools in st. Louis, has been elected
to the Office of superintendent, left va
cant by the retirement of Professor w.
L. Harris. The school board has adopt
ed resolutions very complimentary to
Mr.. Harris.
THIS story of windy day is, of course,
from a Nevada paper, the Truckee Re
publican: ga hand-car, with four men,
started for the snow sheds to repair an
old snow-plow which was damaged by
the storm. On returning, the wind was
SO strong that they had to get off the
hand-car and push it down hill"
The New York Commercial Adrcr-
tiscr says: The widow of General
Heintzelman asks for pension. And we
know of no one better entitled to it.
Sam was brave old patriot, and soldiers
haven't the same chances to get rich us
post traders, army contractors or mill
tary editors.
A MONKEY at Gait, Ont, was troubled
with an aching tooth. With all the i'll
genuity of a small boy it tied one end of
a string around the offending molar and
secured an excellent leverage by attach
ing the other end to one of its hind toes.
There was n sudden jerk and the tooth
left the socket with a velocity which car
ried it across the room.
AN old minister in Scotland had the
habit in teaching his people of expound-
ING the Scrint11res hook Ivy hook and