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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
Wise and Otherwise.

A day dreamer is like the smith, who
dozes hammer in hand, over his anvil, and
only wakes to find the iron has cooled.
He who emigrates to n cave of the noun
tain to escape from sin, finds the devil a
naturalized citizen there already.
1t just as often happens that man is
what we call poor talker" from the re-
dundancy of his thoughts, as from their
paucity.
To keep on repenting for past sins is easy
enough. 1t is the beginning to do better
that is difficult
He who can contemplate his past and not
have many warnings from it, must have
had remarkably stupid existence.
No ore pays any attention to signs marked
"Dangeio GUS" that others set up over thin
spots in Inc ice of life; each one prefers to
run his own risk of drowning rather than
confess another man wiser than he.
There are people in whose society great
man can ''let himself down, and be merely
an affable fellow mortal, without fear Of
familiarity Legetting contempt in their
minds. But there are others, in the pres
| ence Of whom ,fOve must always be seen
seated upon his throne in state, with his
| thunder bolts 1T hand, else he runs the risk
of being slapped on the back and being
hailed rs "Jupe" Ivy some nincompoop who
has no means of recognizing the god, save
by his eagle and his thunder bolts.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
The Best Use for an IncOrrigible Villain.

FROM the London Pail Mall Gazette.
BY the execution Of William Joseph Distin
this week in Bristol the State may be said to
have abandoned in despair all attempts to
reclaim an irreclaimable criminal. The Bris-
tol murderer was one of that numerous class,
1.-THE failures of society" Fourteen years
ago he made his first appearance before the
magistrates on charge Of violently assault
ing his own father; and the three months
hard labor to which he was sentenced mp
pears to have kept him in order for three
years. In 1869 he was fined for being drunk
and incorriHble. In the next year he at
tempted to commit suicide, but failed. After
another three years absence his appearances
at the Police Court began to be more fire.
quent. In 1872 he was twice drunk and
disorderly;" in 1873 he was four times up for
assaulting the police when drunk: and on
two of these occasions he was also charged
with assaulting his mother. In 1874 he was
sentenced to hard la,.or forassaulting his sis
ter Emily; and in 1876 TO q similar term of
punishment for assaulting his sister Rosa.
In 1877 he took to stealing, but this appar-
emily was his only theft. For nearly eighteen
months after his release he kept ont Of the
hands Of the police. but in December 1873,
he broke loose again. After twice being
drunk and disorderly he stabbed his para
mour in the face in June, and WIS sentenced
to three months hard labor. Almost imme-
diately after his release he went back to his
mistress and murdered her. After having
been sent to Jail thirteen times without be-
ing improved by the process, he has ut last
been hanged. He will trouble the police no
more, but the confession Of failure involved
in resOrting to such resource is none the
less Illuminating on that account.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
A Question OF Rank.

The order assigning Gen. Hancock to
duty in accordance with his brevet rank, has
says the Army Gazette, excited consider-
curiosity. II was rendered necessary by an
an odd oversight. Col. Getty was few days
sine, assigned to duty at the Military School
ut Fortress Monroe, with his brevet rank Of
Maj. General, which bears date on the 3rd
of March. 1865. Fortress Monroe is in Gen.
Hancock's department, and Hancock's rank
as major general in the regular army dates
only from July, 1866. The order assigning
Getty, therefore, caused him to outmnk his
department commander. When this con-
iition Of relative rank was discovered, the
difficulty was remedied also assigning
Hancock to duty in accordance with his
brevet rank, which bears date, like Getty s
the Sd of March, 1865.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
Gen. Tecumshe Sherman's Talk.

The newspaper correspondents have been
buZZing Gen. Sherman regarding the late
changes in the army. He said:
l wrote to the president about Gen. Ord's
retirement. I did not protest against it,
as has been stated simply wanted the
arny to known that | had not done 1t. Gen.
Ord is one of the best soldiers in our army.
He has been several times. wounded, and
has to support large family. Gen. Miles
is very worthy officer, but did not want
every soldier To think Sherman did that be-
cause he wanted to make room for the man
who married his niece. felt that il any
one had to be retired Gen. Mcdowell was
the one. While Gen. Ord has always been
successful, Gen. Mcdowell has not. Gen.
Mcdowell is Il better general, hut Gen. Ord
is the best fighting genenl. l have been
told that politics had something to do with
the change. Mcdowell came to New York
To vote for Garfield in u very ostentatiOus
manner; Ord did not do that.
He thinks Schofeld was not
consulted before assigned to the
command of the southern district, although
heretofore customary. He thinks he re-
g,rds it IN n punishment in being sent there
because he had the misfortune to be in
command of West Point when the Whitta-
ker affair occurred. Regarding negres at
West Point. Sherman expressed himself
decided; fashion don't keep up West Point
prejudice. Equalize the negro with the
white man, but make soldiers. The negro
should have the same rights, privileges OF
study any recreation as the white man, but
yon cant compel cadets to put their arms
around him. Again, referring to the pro-
posed captain genemlship, he said it would
only lead to confusion. The army is all
right now and doing splendid work. Not
an army in the world works harder.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
ON THE RUSH.
The Difference Between American and English
Ways.-American POliteness To Women.

The Difference Between American and English
Ways.-American POliteness tn Women.
London Letter To New York Times.
The rule i'll America is restlessness. The
opposite obtains in England. The old
country IL, therefore, most attractive to
men and women who have lived their lives
in America and want rest The intensity of
life was peculiarly apparent in Chicago.
All the town seemed to be perpetually ION
the rush." There IL dnwbridge that
crosses one of the chief thoroughfares.
The traffic is detained while it opens amd
shuts. Scores of men leap from the cars
and try to get over while it il moving Not
that they really facilitate their progress, for
they have to wait for the cars to cross; but
they must get on" II is as IL some demon
OF motion was behind everybody Chicago,
there is such general onward stampede In
the great prairie city But let it be- said in
their honor that they are never in too great
a hurry to neglect any opportunity of
being polite to women. And this
must be said generally for the men Of the
United States. Their natural gallantry to-
ward the sex, their consideration for women
OF every class and station. puts 10 shame
the most polished nations of Europe. A
woman may travel alone from one end of
the States to another, and every man
seems pledged to her safety and comfort.
The fact that she is alone gives her immunity
from insult. In London pretty girl or a
we'll dressed woman cannot walk along any
leading thoroughfare without being insulted
by word or looks half dozen times. The
rudeness Of men toward women in Omni-
buses and on railways, and their imperti-
nence to them in the streets, are burning
disgrace to a nation which boasts of its
manhood and glories in its advanced civili-
zation. ] don't think the women of Amer
lea quite appreciate the difference and respect
which they receive at the hands Of their
countrymen. They are too apt to accept
special courtesies as right. No wonder
many Of them dislike England, where men
too often give them merely an equality of
position, letting them fight their own way in
u crowded railway depot or omnibus station
without the slightest acknowledgment of the
privilege of the stronger sex. which il TO be
kind and gentle in its treatment Of the
weaker YETI pretty American girl once
said to me: Il admire an English husband
because he does not let his wife fool him az
an American husband does; but wouldn't
marry an Engishman-I should be afraid
Of him."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
The POncu Indian Business.

The troubles of the Ponca Indians have
excited considerable feeling for more than
year. The Indian department has been
roundly abused for alleged i'll treatment of
these people, and on the other hand have
been held entirely blameless. Chiefs rep
resenting every band of the tribe We're allow
ed to go toWashington and tell their own story
Secretary Schurz held council with them
in the presence of Gen. George Crook, MIR.
Stickney and Walter Allen, three Of the
Ponca commissioners lately named by the
president, Gen. Miles being out of town.
The Ponca chiefs declared unanimously
that they desired to remain in Indian Terri
tory, and to make permanent homes there,
to sell their Dakota lands and acquire title
to their reservation in Indian Territory.
They said further that there had not been
any sickness among them for year. They
were emphatic in declaring that they wanted
Tibbles and other white men who had been
trying to get them back to Dakota, and thus
interfering with their working and becoming
prosperous, to let then alone henceforth.
This testimony is exactly opposite to the
tenor of that taken before the congressional
committee last winter. The secretary will
recommend congress to grant their request
and exchange their lands.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
BURDETTE'S OBSERVATIONS.
How Altoona Came into Existence and WIFI
Made Four Thousand Dollars for Her Hus

How Altoona Came into Existence and q Wife
Made Four Thousand Dollars for Her Hus-
band.
Burdette's Letter to the Burlington Hawkeye.
When you want to go any where in this
country You simply get on the Pennsylva-
mia rnilroad and go there. There are sever
al other railroads in these parts, but as the
"Pennsylvania runs to the same place, it
amounts to the same thing.
One time the brakeman was telling me,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company wanted
a good site for the location of its great shops.
II found the place it wanted Oh the east
side of the Allegheny Mountains, ON a beau
tiful plateau. That was just forty years
ago. There was not many people living on
that plateau in 1910. One daring
pioneer and his family were mon
arches of the unbroken forest that covered
it, and three log huts hidden away in the
shadowy recesses of that forest were all the
indications of civilization to be found there.
The Railroad Company sent ont an agent
to buy the whole plateau, with written i'll
structions to pay $40, 900 if necessary. The
agent came, he found the pioneer, he put
up ut his unpretentious log hut, he told
him all the new stories from the city, he
wrought him into good humor, and the
settler finally made ready to sell ut 81, 900,
considering himself q made man ut that.
But while he was talking business his
good wife was Strengthening up the
strangers room. She found package of
papers, womanly curiosity promoted her
to open the unsealed envelope, she read
the agents instructions. She called her
husband into the kitchen in very few
moments, and she did what nine women
of every ten would do for their husbands:
she made more money for him than he ever
dreamed he would be worth; if he hadn't a
wife. When the settler returned he told the
agent that real estate had picked up q little
during the past ten minutes. and that he
couldn't think of taking less than $40, 900 for
his claim. There was nothing else to be
done; swearing wouldn't help the matter.
The 10000 was paid. -Four thousand dol
lars of it belonged to the woman, but never
heard whether she got it or not. Ten years
later the Pennsylvania Railroad began build
ing its shops on the plateau, and now the
City of Altoona has upward Of twenty thou
sand inhabitants, three or four newspapers,
seventeen churches, as many schools, and
one convent, the largest railroad shops in
America, and the Logan House. a hotel the
size of Rhode Island. When ! was there
slept in the north least county Of it, too
only eleven miles from the clerks desk.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
Wonders OF the Telegraph

To illustrate the wonderful accomplish
ments Of electric telegaphy Of the present
day, recent Paris paper presents the fol-
lowing interesting schedule of times and
places:
A telegnphic dispatch sent from Paris
will reach Alexandria, Egypt, in 8 hours,
Berlin in hour 80 minutes, Basic in l
hour Is minutes Bucharest in hours, Con-
stantinople in hours, Copenhagen In 4
hours. Cuba in 10 hours. Edinburgh in
hours 80 minutes, Dublin in hours,
Frankfort on the Main inl hour 20 minutes,
Geneva in hour Is minutes, Hong Kong
in IL hours, Hamburg in hour 80 minutes,
Jerusalem in hours, Liverpool in hours,
London in hour Is minutes, Madrid in
hours 30 minutes, New York in hours,
Manchester in hours 80 minutes, New
Orleans in 8 hours, Rio daneiro in 8 hours,
Rome in hour 30 minutes, San Francisco
in II hours, st. Petersburg in hours, sai-
gon IL hours, Southampton in 3 hours,
Sydney, Australia, in 10 hours, Valparaiso
in IL hours, Vienna in hour As minutes,
Washington in 0 hours, Yokohama in IA
hours, and Zanzibar in hours.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
A Bright Boston Boy.

Capt. John Goldman, in letter TO the
New York Post, relates this anecdote of a
Boston boy: Passing up Beacon street !
met little boy with a small library of books
slung over his shoulder by u strip, and re-
quested him to direct mo to tho Meionaon.
This he did with so exceeding politeness
that having curiosity to know why public
hall should have such queer name. Iasked
him il he could tell me why it was so called.
Certainly, sir, he replied. 1T IL an adjunct
to the fremont Temple, and its derivation
is from melon, smaller, and naos, temple.
Thank you, my boy said. You seem
De u We'll IH IN 'ne e ago
he replied as he skipped off without giving
me chance to learn of his proficiency in
Latin and Hebrew, which was no doubt
equal to that he had acquired in Greek and
French"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
Henry Gunson :
= the testntor in =
. his presence and in


II compared the scraps of paper with the
copy found in the trunk, and 1t was without
doubt in the same handwriting would
have turned to the clerk, whose name stood
first rs Il witness, hut he was dead, or to the
one who had written and Witnessed the
original will, and who ut this moment, felt
sure must know something of this fraud,
but he had gone all to drink n year or two
before, and had been reluctantly COM
PEELED to part with him. j asked If anyone
had got his address, and by strange COIN
cidence letter had come from him that
very day TO one of my clerks, asking for
him to call, for he was very i'll. The mo-
ment got that | started for Peters lodgings
in cab found him in bed, evidently in
i'm rapid consumption, and had only
to hold up the forged will and say signiti-
cantly, How on earth did you come to do
this?' to make the blood leave his face. He
would not confess, however, until / gave
him pledge that he would not be punished
for his share in the forgery, and that was
more than could take upon me to promise;
80 l left him and made my way to the mis-
cradle home of the Morleys in Golden lane.
BY miserable | don't mean unhappy, but
poor. When was admitted to the house /
found they occupied two rooms on the sec
oIu uc VI 'tphto bC ioi
tune was busy on her knees before the fire,
toasting bread for her husbands tea, and
her own rosy cheeks Mt the same time, and
Morley himself seated in corner of the
room, writing with n swift hand at the lhS
papers he spent his evenings in copying
Mrs. Morley was quite yoang thing, and
SO good looking that could scarcely be.
lieve her the Daughter of my deceased eli
ent.
when told them of the death Of old
Matthew Stokes, any one would have though
they had lost their kindest friend Hi
daughter was overcome with grief. nv.
sured her that from what had heard hel
father had forgiven her, and that If he hat
known their address he certainly woult
have sent to them. Both listened breath
lcssly to my story, and then, when gav'
my opinion that nothing now could stand il
the way of her inheriting her fathers wealth
she simply went up to her husband, clnspe'
him tight In her arms and kissed him, ant
then burst into teas. But when
spoke OF prosecuting her fathers cousin
she, with the true tenderness and tact Of
woman, said, No; my poor father J
not have disgaced relative, even thougl
he deserved it. Perhaps IL You wrote +
him telling him what you have discovered
he will trouble us no more.
1T was hard TO let the rascal slip, but
wrote to Gunson accordingly, and il my pei
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30

IL had desired, because young men are as
plenty there rs girls are scarce, or as girls
are plenty in this latitude. Some OF the
staid old New Englanders may think made
a hasty engagement, but il the ladies could
see my George, and know his goodness
and antecedents, they would not be sur
prised. ! am here now to get my wedding
outfit, and expect to get married on Christ
mas day. Everywhere ! stopped in the
new towns out West was amazed to see
how scarce woman were, and what warm
welcome Boston girls received. The news
papers in New York and elsewhere may
poke fun as they please at Boston girls.
They are far above par and at premium
out West.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
Sitting BULBS Band.

Gen. Terry has information from Maj.
Brotherton that Scout Allison started from
the vicinity of Woody mountain the 18th
inst, with Sitting Bulls camp Of Indians,
with the plan Of going into Fort Buford to
surrender. The Indians are almost starving,
their ponies are few and in poor condition,
and the Indians appear to have but . small
supply of ammunition. They want to keep
in the timber and come down Porcupine
creek to the mouth of Milk river, or stop O
few days on the way to hunt for game to
keep them from suffering. The Indians
are like wild cattle so Allison reports, easily
stampeded and very difficult to handle.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
POlygalny IN Idaho.

Gov. Neil of Idaho, in his message to the
Legislature, says that polygmy is being rap
idly introduced from Utah. The statutes
are defective as it is impossiblet to prove the
crime. The Territory is in danger OF be-
coming q second edition Of Utah, and the
governor expresses the hope that the legis-
lature will adopt measures to crush out the
practice. He also advises furnishing OF
those who advocate and preach the doctrine
of polyeamy. He recommends that con.
gress be memorialized to amend the act OF
1862 no as to make polygamous cohabitation
after marriage in another Territory an Of
Tense.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
New Milling Inventions.

They are manufacturing at Minneapolis,
one of the most curious milling machines
which has ever been placed inside -four
ing mill in this country. II is II middlings
purifier called the Helvetic, just about four
feet in height and occupying about one
twelfth az much space as an ordinary sieve
purifier, while it is said TO do fully Us much
work and equally az good if not better. II
has so commended itself TO some Of the
Minneapolis millers that eleven machines
are being put in one Of the leading mills. II
is Swiss invention and largely used in
Europe, especially by the Buda- Pesth mil
lers,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
ONLY ME-.

A little figure glided through the hall;
SIS that you, Petg" the words came tenderly;
A sob--suppressed TO lot the answer fall
1T isn'tIet, mamma; it's only me-"
The quivoring baby lips! they had not meant
To utter any word could plant sting;
But to that mediterranean strange pang went;
She heard, and stood like convicted thing.
One instant, and happy little face
Thrilled meath unwOnted kisses rained above ;
And from that moment Only Mo had place
And part with Pet in tender mOther-love.
[Congregationalist ]
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
An Old Maids Paradise.

Some two months ago went with par
ty Of friends to Helena, Montana. It is q
place Of $500 inhabitants, mostly men,
and good many young men from the East
who have gone out there TO make their for.
tunes. Many Of them are college graduates
and hundreds are exceptionally fine speci-
mems Of young American manhood, with
brains, health, pluck and industry. The
result Of my visit, rs You may imagine, was,
was engaged TO be married in less than Q
month. could have had hundred Offers
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30

did not know, however, that the employees
had noticed It. On Thanksgiving day
morning as Burns was shaving he saw a
wrecking train pass his house. lie said to
his wife, "Some poor fellow must go to-day,
wonder who it will be?" His wife asked
him not to talk that way az it might be him.
That night the terrible news come to her.
She said, II knew it, it was him." He was
insured for $500. which will much aid his
wife and child.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30

A Brakeman,S Presentment.

Burns, the brakeman who fell from the
train Mt Windsor, VT, and was killed, his
body being terribly mangled, on Thanks
giving day, had q strange presentment. 1t
seems that Thanksgivingday is fatal one for
some employe, rs one has been killed
every year on the Central Vermont for many
years. Such had been the result the off,
GERS had noticed and said among themselves
What poor brakeman to-day, sc. They
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-12-30
MINNESOTA.
HIS FIRST LOVE.


l remember Rather funny,
Meeting You Wasn't ity
In September, Vows We plightcd-
SiNty-two. Happy pair!
We were eating, How delighted
Both Of us; People we're!
And the meeting But your father
Happened thus: To bo sure
Accidental, Tho, Sht il rather
On tho road Premature:
Sentimental Aud your mother
Episode), Strange To say
i was gushing, Was another
You were shy: In the way,
You were blushing-- What heaven
No was l.; Vanished thon
l was smitten, ZION wore seven,
M were You was tcn)!
(All that's written That was many
Here netrnel; Years ago
Anv money! Don't let any
Not bit. Body know.