The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1880-03-19
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GOSSIP OF THE DAY.

AMI there are even -four factories, while in
Russia AMI Gcrma " lhele are large factories.
"a house IN New York sells nearly 10000
pohds ol oleomarsari lie daily.
The United States is far ahea of all other
countries as smeat consumer. lleccnt statistics
show that We have 6GG cattle TO every l,0uO in
halitants, while Great Britain has but 22i and
France lut 325, while the average for Europe is
only 3ls. Not Only il the supply of cattle twice
a great in the United states, Tut a far larger
propo ton i, grown for uecf.
IHAr tbs q. GRAFTON, Of the last general bank
rnpicE Law "rre prclni Irily successful 10 the
government II seen from the statement of the
hnanclal transactions Of the Bankruptcy Court
al the Massachusetts iii ,trict, which has lust
been forwarded 10 Washington, and which
shows thai from 1867 to 1878 the o lice paid INTO
the government treasury $4,000 over and
above Ill incidental expenses.
SWEDEN and Norway are beginning 10 paw at
tention 10 the condition. OF their furtresses.
The nationa! sy tenn of defence has reference
mani; to attacks 10y sea, and great stress Is laid
upon the ncce ,sity of certifying Christial.ia.
Wor.S are great! needed at Drol ach, which is
SA"s"r Rack. 4 System Of forts could be q tab
HNheu ihcie Which would rcTent any feet II ON
Gitem. unS direct movement upon the csti,al
The national boar o. health through its
Luuetln calls attcatloa 10 the Elce,ing 10 IL.
held la Washington on the 9th of MAY for the
purpose OF considering the Lest n.etho Is for the
c1lieciion AMI publication of vital statistics.
Everybody fcelinS an interest in this subject il
cordial; invited to attend, and the mccting i,
expestrd 10 bc unaSual!y valuable Il ON the fact
thll the lr mise of attendance on the part of
great many scientists canIo. but develooc an
exceptional interest in mot i'm )oItant subject.
II Is proposed Il Dnill III certain districts on
the western frontier Of Kansas churches made
al sods. 4 few s'Ich already exist. The walls
are OF sodS, Tie roofs arr covered with sDds
AM the noors are Of earth. 4 church can lie
built, IN size about 2d 10y 81. for an outlay in
money OF only Sl0, and this has already bcea
dome IN st least one instance. wall of
sodS, properly built aud protected, will
last hundred years. Roofs of shingles and
hoors OF wood are greatly To be- de ,ircd, but Of
course, they add very much TO the cost Of q
church.
A-h~HHt@TS estil 10 HltcSn hundred Young
ladies AZ the New York normal school: AS
you are beautiful aud good so must your hus-
bands and brothers be EOLlc and manly" lie
also said in sleaking of woman's influence:
Anything can be done with her aid, for III
place Of standing on one leg, as society did in
the days Of eastern supremacy, when woman
was not considered worthy of place beside
man, now the world stand, OH two legs, for wo-
mau tales her share in the march Of progre
and assists in every great movement i'll her
quie, Dut crectual way"
The ravages OF what is commonly known a.
''rot or bane are assuming most appalling
proportions IN the midland or w stern counties of
England, III consequence, it is generally SUP
posed, of the excessive and long continued wet
weather last year. Tens Of thousands of sheep,
prlnci .ally ewes, ale dead and dying. In some
l,arisue, IL Gloucester, Oxon, and Warwick
there are. comparatively speaking, very few
shee let. and in Somerset there are only 5000
left III one district which usually winters 5O,00u.
Hundreds. il not thousands, Of sheep have been
sold OF in the Bristol district ut from s. I'd 10
lbs head.
II j. .timated that S26, 900 have been paid out
in connection with the HAYDEN trial in Madison,
Conn. III 1878. and the second trial in New
Haven. This sum includes everything save the
bills Of few experts and counsel for the state.
The total outlay for the state will not exceed
S3u, OUU. 4 81 e.. i act Of the legislature will
have TO lie secured to ray the counsel. Before
the murder Of Mary StaLnGrQ Hayden eked cut
a TecariOus existence as a farmer, carr eut, r
aud local preacher, hut now lie makcs hand
some thin5 lecturns on " Crcumstautial xvi
dence." The question a. 10 who kll.el Mary
Sannard does not seem to trouble anybody.
TIE resignation Of Col Gordon, in central
Africa. il chiefly due TO the Encouraging treat
nent he has met with from the Egy. tian au-
tholitie,. lie has dealt 4 deadly Llow 10 the
slave tIIbe on the White Nile aud Gazette
n ers. The sla7es gave him the opportunity by
Oxen rebellion. 1t seems admitted on ali hands
III I he has achieved q wonderful work Of civil
izatiUn under enormous difficulties. The extent
Of his dominion was $50 miles long by 1880
miles broad. Tribes formerly hostile are now
engaged III peaceful barter, and chain Of Mill
tary posts has secured free communication.
Egypt grew di satisfied because so f1Shtfully in
need OF money, and thu il was impossible for
hin: TO send her.
HE Nalut bl thAl NDlil vi luNAiSC u
not likely to bc raised in popular eatination by
an in,ileut that re;clt!y took place i'll a police
court in Hall, En- land. Two mcu were al
ralgued-oae named ANenson, charged with
fcloniou j. entering Lourc; the other named
Matthew, charged With stealing ring. Owing
TO Az .llso..'s deafness, when Matthew name
was called nc ansrerel to il. All the witnesses,
even the policeman who arre ted linn, fully
ilcati led him - the other prisoner, aud he was
scmteuce in hl' stead before the nj take was
di,coyerel The policeman aflerward explained
that h, was deceived by the prisoner having
shavel OF his viii ,ker', although even then
there was not tie iii ;htcst resemblance between
the two men.
Ir has been often remarked that inasmuch III
wealthy men do not ann here, as IN England, al
fuunIius families bcncfactiOns for charitable
objects may De expected TO assume even iargel
dimensions than there, and this has Lcen dwell
upon rs desirable; but if We are 10 take the cyi
dence Of Engiisimen eXcellcntly qualified 4
Judge, charitable endowmcnts have been il
many instances positive curse 10 place, b!
promoting Incidence and corruption, and, more
o.er funds have been repeatedly diverted iron
the channel for which they were intended. Bc
fore long some rigid syntem Of INSPECTION anC
authorship Of accounts in the case Of endoA
ments viii Lc necessary here, or there will h
any amount Of laundering, as there was until o.
ate III England.
4 SAD picture OF Irish hclplessness and dis
tress is drawn by Mr.. Franklin Dodge, Wit
writes the OswcSo Palladium, from Achil
County Mayo He has made frequent journey
throu IA the distressed districts, and speaks O
neglected aud unimproved water power, and O
Thousands OF acres of arabic land and supcrIo
peat boys that are undeyclo)ed for want q
CAPITAL and enterprise. The 5000 inhabitant
of the island of Achl are in a deplorable cond
tion, and subsisting on the last Of their iced pt
tatoes and rye. They are covered with rag
aud frequently arc seen wearing m old sac
with hole, cut in it for the arms They sleC
ON loose straw in n corner Of wretched hut
and are mostly idle because the country
equally poor in money and motive for work.
The different rates Of velocity at which raj
way trains travel in different countries, ~ give
in recent table, show that the swiftest runs a
in England VIII re some lines average fifty mil
an hour; in Belgium, some trains travel near
forty-two miles; the express trains from Paris
Bordeaux and Berlin TO Cologne, about for
miles: etwee Bologna and Brindisi, abO
thirty-one II lie the average Austrian EXPIRE
speed is twenty-five to thirty miles; on the Nc
COW and st. Petersburg line, nearly twent
seven miles, the ZANE sDeed being also usual
Switzerland between Geneva and LausanI