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Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1881-04-26

A NAN and his wife in Philadelphia who
left the we'll on their brick yard unguarded
have been mulcted in 1000 damages for
the drowning in it of a neishbor's boy
who went there to fish and fell in.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
The Meat Mines of Siberia.

It has often been stated that the in
habitants Of Polar Siberia feed their
dogs on mammoth meat, preserved in
natures ice house. and sliced off at the
convenience of the dogs. How these
tropical animals come to be 50 near the
Pole is an unsolved problem of the
earth's history. There are various
theories intended to explain the con-
ditiOns. but none of them are quite con-
vincing. The most reasonable n is
that years ago there must have been a
sudden change Of temperature at the
Poles from tOrrid to frigid. The animals
were caught out Of their latitude.
frozen, and buried in ice.
A recent traveller in Siberia relates
that. happening 10 drive in a sledge
along the base of oao Ut tiic monstrous
ice-cliffs that ovcrhang the estuary of
the river Lena, he came upon q pack
of wolves %dcvOuring the frozen flesh of
a mammoth. The breaking away of u
portion Of tho cliff had exposed the
monster pile Of preserved meat, and ut
the hands of nature the wolves were
helping themselves. So nature brings
recOmpense for her freaks. and takes
care Of her own. The meat mines Of
Siberia have not been developed. and
no one knows what riches they may
contain; or how they may yet be uti-
liz d in the economy Of the world. The
search may discover the Glet lie maha-
moth, warranted fresh from Siberia.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
Anti-Slaug Phrases.

The reform club is Il title of q new
organization in one of Our towns, Or
ganized by young ladies for the pur-
pose of discOuraging the use of ''slang
phrases in conversation. At a recent
meeting, while a member was address
ing the society, she inadvertently male
use of the expression ''awful nice."
and was called to order by Il sister
member for transgressing the rules.
''In what way have l transgresscd?"
asked the speaker, blushing deeply.
.You said it would be awful nice to
admit young gentlemen to our deliber-
ations," replied the other.
swell. wouldn't it be?" replied the
speaker. ''You know you said yourself
no longer ago than yesterday that"
"Yes. l know; but you said awful
NICE That's slang"
well" said the speaker. tartly, ''f
you are going to be SO awful nice about
it, perhaps it is; but ! wouldn't say
anything if l were you. Didn't you tell
Sallie Spriggins this morning to pull
down her basquc?"
"No, | didn't" retorted the other,
her face growing crimson; "and Sallic
Spriggins will say l didn't. She won't
60 back OF me-"
''This is Il nice racket you are giving
u.s." cried the president, after rapping
both speakers to order. "Let me
ask you what is the object of this So
cicty.
ITO discourage slang" cried q dozen
voices.
Correct" said the president; Ego
on with the funeral"
A member rose 10 explain that she
had been fined ut the last meeting for
saying lawful nice" herself, but she
hadn't the stamps to pay it now-wOuld
settle it, however, in the sweet by-and-
bv.-OH Citu Derrick.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
The Great Prairies Of South America.

The provinces Of BuenOs Ayres and
MontevideO are as yet far from being
O~vercrowded /; but an immigrant will
not fare worse for going further for ell
bow room, provided he be as carcful to
insure free and easy communicated as
agOOd general would be anxious to keep
within reach of his base of operations.
There arc rivers in this region nayig-
able by steam for thousands of miles,
and the railways. which seem to have
been prOvidentially invented to serve
the purposes of American colonization.
are already reaching the borders Of the
Grand Chaco, the Grand Pampa, Pata-
gonia, and other great deserts, where
land is to be had for tho mere asking.
and where the red Indian has ceased TO
be the bugbear he was. and cvnnOt be
made to face q bre~ech-loading rifle.
The land l., in the main, an immense
flat, no doubt ; very large tracts Of allu-
vial soil, without q tree or pebble; part
of it mere swamps or salt wilderness.
But even these thousand miles Of I'M
broken level are not without a peculiar
beauty of their own their boundless
horizon and awful solitude; the fresh
NCoS uuu purity vi Vic utLuOSPuCtC uuu
the keen enjoyment of unlimited free
dom. Nor. apart from intercourse
with his fellow-men, is q man here
crushed by the sense of utter fOrlorn-
ness. for nothing is more striking than
the teeming life Of the animal kingdom
in the pampas-the abundance of game,
the stOrks and herOns. the owls and the
hawks, the flights of the wild turkeys
and the flocks of ostriches, to say moth
ing of the Ubiquitous pteropterO and
chattering little cardinal ; a multitude
and variety of fowls and brutes-name-
less to me as we'll as numbcrless-lhe
gayety of whose plumage and fur and
the strangeness and wildness of whose
screeches and bowls q settler will al
ways and everywhere have with him,
and which will only gradually make
room for the fiocks and herds. the bark
ing and believing. the Growing crack
ling of his domestic surroundings.
Life in the prairie is life in the sad
die; for the very beggar here is noun
ted ; and away from trail or tramways,
neither for sex nor age Is there any
other practicable, or, at least endurable
mean of locomotiOn than on horse
back and the horses are fleet and sure
footed, brave rs lions, and gentle and
dOcile as cows. and their purchase and
keeping cost little. and their stabling
and shooting nothing Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
Extraordinary Longevity in q Dog.

Chou-Chou (Which I nm informed
means edible) was for some years the
famous dog of Admiral Sir Henry
Keppel, and was presented to him in
1852, when captain Of II. M. s. st.
Jean d'Acre. by the Japanese authors
ties in Japanese Tartary. as a rare
specimen Of the true edible dog OF Tar
tary. ChOu-ChOu, who was then two
wears old, was his faithful companion
on board this ship for two years, and
was made a great pet of by both Of
ficers and crew. aflordihg them much
amusement from his many peculiar
tiles.
One of the petty officers, Mr.. Jupcs,
of the st. Jean d'Acre at this period.
still resides at Southampton. and re-
lates many droll anecdotes of the IA
nous Chou-ChOu. He was OF o blue
black color, and stood about twenty.
two inches high, and when In good
condition weighed forty-seven pounds.
Ono remarkable feature In him was
that the inside Of his mouth and his en-
tire tongue was perfectly c~Oal-black.
The Admiral landed at Portsmouth
in 1854. and took the dog with him to
his country seat at BishOpstoke. where
no remained the observed OF all OBJ
servers until 1870, when he was given
by the Admiral to George Washington
Jones, who had served as pavmaster
with him On board the same ship. but
who then was the proprietor Of the
Bassett Hotel In the neighborhood.-
The one condition attached to the gift
was that Chou-Chou should not be part
On with from that house until he died.
The present proprietor Of the hotel,
MI. Alfred WEIGH. who took 1t in 1871,
also took the dog on the like terms.
and In his possession 1t died q natural
death on May 20. 1881, aged thirty-one
years-to the great regret of every one
who knew him.
Chou. Chou took first prize for dogs
| of o variety Of breed at the Portsmouth
dog show in 1877. By disposition he
was very amiable and good-tempered.
| and showed strong affections. He be-
came much attached to Mr.. Welch's
| children. accompanying them to school
| of o morning, and always going unbid-
| den to fetch them home OF an aftor-
noon. OF course in so long q lifs he
had many "bair-breadth 'scapes." the
most precarious being that he was once
run over ut Bassett by q coal cart,
| when both his forelegs were BROKEN
| With great care. however. he was per-
fectly reinstated again.-A. II. BuHey
| in London Field.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
Tha Conductor.

What an alert type of men the con:
ductors on the steam railroads are!
Probably the engineers are. also. but
there is no good chance to get . look at
them while they have their hands on
the levers and their eyes are peering
along the line Of track as far as keen
vision can reach. But the conductor Is
all alive under his quiet and impassive
exterior. There is little In his . no
does not see. even while his whole A.
tention appears to be concentrated by
the ticket he holds In n hand to BE-
cut by the punch in tho other. And
there is nothing he does not hear and
understand down to the most needless
question. Amid the clangor OF the
swift moving train. the slightest unusu-
al noise or Jar about the running gear
tells its story instantly to his acutely
educated ear and quickened senses:
And II anything Is wrong. or suspected
to be wrong, how promptly yet how
quietly, with what freedom from fuss,
or anything approaching TO furry OF
panic, he moves towards the right
place. He Is the very embodiment Of
self-poised qui vive. What soldiers
these men would make. r delphsa
LEDGER.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
How Milk is Condensed.

Though living in q town where more
than One-fourth Of the condensed milk
used throughout tho world is made,
very few people here understand any,
thing of the principle upon which milk
10 condensed. The Scientific American
OF q recent date gives the following
about the process: ''When tho milk is
brought into the factory it is carefully
strained, placed in ans or pals, which
are put into a tank of water kept hot
by steam coils. When hot II is trans
ferred to larger steam-heatcd open YES
sells and quickly brought to a boil. This
preliminary heating and boiling has for
its object tho expulsion of the gases of
the milk. which would cause II to foam
In the vacuum-pan. and also 10 add to
the keeping quality Of the milk by de-
strOying the mold germs. A second
straining follows, after which the milk
is transferred to a cuu pan, where
at n temperature below 100 degrees
Fahrenheit, 1t bOils and is rapidly con-
centrated to any degree desired. The
vacuum-pan employed il a close vessel
OF copper. egg-shaped, about six feet
high and four and One-half feet in d.
ameter. 1t is heated by steam coils
within. and by a steam jacket without
enclosing the lower portion. In ono
side Of tho dome is q small window,
through which gas Eliminates the in
terror, while on tho opposite side is an
eye-glass, through which the condition
of the contents may be observed. The
pan is also provided with u vacuum
guage and test sticks. Much of tho
milk used in cities is simply concen-
trated without any addition Of sugar.
The process of concentration Is cOntin-
ued in the vacuum-pan until one gal
lon of milk has been reduced TO a little
less than q quart-One volume of con-
donsed milk corresponding to about
four and three-tenths volumes Of milk.
Condensed milk intended to be pre-
served for any length of time has an
addition OF pure cane-sugar made to it
during the boiling. and is usually put
up in sealed cans. This sugared or
preserved milk, when properly pre-
pared. will keep many years. E2gin
Leader.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
Made His Fortune.

Among the passengers that boarded
the wes~tern-bOund train last evening
was Quang Long, Esq, the washerman
of Seventh street. Seeing the reporter
he became clamOrous for a ''personar'
which he wanted inserted in this issue
without any ''dam foolee."
"Going far, QuangP" asked tho re-
porter.
'.Going home," was the sententious
reply.
Yes"
The reporter looked ut Quang's tick
ct and saw it was good for San Francis
co and on to the port of Shanghai, In
the Celestial Empire. The pagan and
reporter sat down to exchange fare
wells. In their conversation Quang
stated that he had made enough money
in Erie to support him and his family
in afluence the remainder Of his life.
He had been nearly six years In Amer
lea and had worked most industriOusly
to attain the competence with which he
was now retiring from business. Sewn
up in the lining of his pants he had
81. 200 in bills of 800 denominations.
This sum he will pay into the Chinese
Bank, at California, in which he has al
ready quite a respectable sun deposit
ed, and will get a draft for the whole
on q Chinese ''money house." as he
terms it. In a little pocket near the
concealed bills he wears q sharp-point-
cd dagger. and behind him he carries
an arsenal of assorted firearms that not
only impede his locomotion but will
make it risky for those who share the
same car with him.
He says the fortune he has made In
washing shirts will be as good as mill
lions. and henceforth he will DO Q big
man, q boss among his fellows. In his
satchel he had quite q collection OF
spurious nickel. bronze and silver coins
which had been ''shoved" on to him by
unprincipled patrons before he became
civilized TO the extent Of knowing good
from bad money.
Going to give these to your children
when you have them. ! supposeP" re-
marked the reporter. Quang shook his
head and looked knowing.
ME going to pass 'em on Chineemap
In San Fangsisk0 just come over" said
he. And then the reporter apologized
for calling Quang a pagan.-E'1e DIS
match.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
NUMBER ID.
Charge Of the Light Brigade.

After we had mounted for tho famous
charge, and just before we commenced
our advance, Colonel Shewell, com.
manding the Eight Hussars, happened
to rest Ills eye on one Of his men with
a pipe in his mouth. which so excited
his military ire, that he hallO0ed to
him that ''he was disgracing his reg
iment by smoking in the presence Of
the enemy" n grave view Of the ques-
ton which certainly | (his command
ing Oficcr) did not. Or at least up to
that time had not reciprocatcd, mas
much as I at this very moment was en-
jOying a remarkably good cigar. The
question then arose in my mind, Gam
| to set this bad example? Tin the Col
oners opinion, ut least or should !
throw away a good c~igar?"-nO such
common article in those days, be II re-
membercd. Well, the cigar carried
the day. aud it lasted me till we got to
the guns. With shame do | say it.
49, There was one, ! believe, who,
when he started on this advance, was
inscnsibIe to the desperate undertaking
in which he was about to be engaged.
-" So we went on. fright flank
keep up. Close in TO your centrcr'
The smoke. the noise. the cheers. tho
grOans, the ''ping. ping" wlizzing
past ones head, the ..whirr" of the
fragments of shells, the well-kn0wn
''slush" of that unwelcomc intruder on
ones ears-what u sublime confusion
it was!
One incident struck me forcibly about
this time the bearing of the ridcrless
horses in such circumstances. l a
of course. riding by myself and cloar
of the line, and for that reason was a
marked object for the poor, dumb
brutes. They consequently made dash
es ut me, some advancing with me u
considerable distance, Ut one time as
many us five on my right AMI two on
my left cringing in on me. and positive
ly squeezing me as the round shot came
bounding by thcm. l remarked their
eyes betokening as keen a sense of the
pcrils around them as we human beings
experienced, (and that is saying a good
deal). The bearing of the horse 1 was
riding, in contrast to these, was re-
markable. He had been struck, but
showed no signs of fear. thus evincing
the confidence of dumb animals in the
superior being.-7he Liqht Capairy
brigade az tie Ct1mea-LOrd George
P0Oek.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
Last Hours of John Quincy Adams.

i have never Witnessed SO impressive
n scene rs that i'm the old hall Of the
House of Representatives on the 2lst
of February, 1913. when Mr.. Adams
was stricken down by death at his seat.
He had partially risen as il to speak,
then grasped his desk with IA convulsive
motion, and would have fallen had not
his ncighbOr, David Fisher, of Ohio,
caught him in his arms. The represen-
tatives and those Of us correspondents
who had seats on the iloOr fastened TO
the spot. and there were cries of ISLAND
backn' '(;ive him air!!" Garry him to
the Window Nearly all seemed panic-
struck and confused, but Mr.. Speaker
Winthrop maintained his sclf-pOsscssiOn
and adjourned the house.
Ready hands brought a scttee. on
which Mr.. Adams was carried into the
rotunda. Tho fresh mir did not, how
ever. revive him, and by invitation Of
MIR. Winthrop he was taken into tho
speakers room, where q bed was soon
made on n large, old-fashioned sofa.
Five physicians. who were members of
tie house. held Il hurried consultation,
and by their direction mustard pOul-
tees were applied to his feet. prOiuc-
Ing, however, but little effect. Mean
while. Mrs. Adams, with some female
friends and the family physician. had
arrived. Cupping was then rcsorted
TO, and about an hour after he had fall
en- the dying patriot opened his eyes.
and said TO DIR. PeytOn: '"This is tho
last Of earth, but ] am composed"
These were the last words spoken by
John Quincy Adams. The remainder
of that day and through the two follow
ing days did he linger Oh the verge Of
existence.
His history closing as life seldom ends
He had outlivcd all foes, till tn, world were bis
friend,.
Statesmen of all parties. including
Henry Clay. called upon him, but no
knew them not, as he lay with closed
eyes. apparently inanimato. He ling
cred until the afternoon of tho 23d of
February. His spirit quietly took its
flight, and Burlingame, Healey, Pal
frey. and others who stood ut his bed
side. might have exclaimed, in the
language Of Beaumont:
How sweetly
Even death embraces thee! The peace Of
Heaven,
The fellowship Of all great souls, go with thee.
A few days later tho remains Of Mr..
Adams We're escorted to their last rest
ing-piace at Quincy by a large congress.
iOnal committee, who were Hospitality
entertained at Boston after the funeral.
The old speakers room in which no
died is now tho room of the house COM
mittee on banking currency, and when
Mr.. Sam Hooper was chairman of that
committee he had a bust of Mr.. Adams
placed there. with a slab beneath bear
ing an appropriate commemorative in
scriptiOn written by Charles SUMNER
Ben. Pe,Iey POOre.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23

EVERY Little helps" said Mr.. Little.
whom Mrs. L. presented him with twins.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
Forced Marches.

In 1857 Frederick tho Great marched
about 100 miles in twenty days; and
again, after ROssbach, o little greater
distance in fifteen days, but lost 300
men through exhaustion. In 176O, with
40, 600 mon and 1000 wagons. he &C.
cOmplished about eighty miles in five
days. The same year the Austrian
General Lascy. with $4,000 men.
.'knocked off" 1870 miles in ten days.
Prince Eugene. of Wurtemberg, to re-
lieve Berlin. made a forced march on
the 4th of October, 1760. of t~hirty-six
miles in one day. This latter does not
approach the feat of tho 9th corps
thirty-five miles in nineteen hours. 1t
may be remembered by many of those
who served with the army of tho Poto-
mac that Birney's 1st (Red DiamonJ)
division of tho 81 corps had won for
themselves the nickname of "Birncy's
foot cavalry" and this title was suisse
quently applied to the I'd corps after
the 81 corps WA combined with it.
In regard to the 81 corps army OF tho
Potomac, tho writer feels that it de-
serves equal prominence with the Sd
corps Of tho French army under Ma
poleon in the campaign of 1906. OF tho
latter Organization, Marshal Davoust
said of this, the jena campaign, whom
tho emperor expressed his admiration
of its achievements and his grief Mt its
heavy losses. ''Sire, the soldiers of tho
81 corps will over DO to you what the
10th legion vas to CDsar." (Alison,
H.. 49, .) Tho activity Of the 81 and
| of tho combined 2d-3d corps rivalod
that Of Oudinot's grcnadicrs, in OctO-
Dor, 1905, when they actually out
marched cavalry, accomplishing twelve
leagues q day, and contributed chiefly
| to the capture Of tho Austrian Archduke
| Ferdinand's column. which had es-
capped from Ulm. (Jorvis. 1874; Alison,
H., 351, ~ In tho pursuit Of Loo tho
| 9th corps kept up with the cavalry on
| tho 6th-so says Colonel Archibald
| Hopkins, 37lh Massachusetts vOlun-
| tecrs, in his account Of Little) Sailors
creek. 9th Of April. 1865-and it is
| claimed that the 9Th corps had likewise
equaled tho speed of the horsemen,
| prior to the concentration at Jetcrs-
| Vile. evening Of the 9Th. (Badeau's
..Grant," iii, $50, 622-23, etc.) Tho
infantry. both of the army of the Poto-
mac and the army of Northern Virgin
liz, justified Lieutenant General Baron
Ambert's magnificent eulOgy of the
foot soldiers, whom he styles 'the sim
ews of an army" Gen. Roche-AymOn
says that cavalry Is to infantry what
poetry is to prose, and, if he meant OK
actly what these words express. it is
not q bad comparison. inasmuch as tho
world might 60 on without poetry.
while it would be utterly impossible 10
get along without prose. Moreover,
good poetry is very rare, whereas ex-
c%cllent prose is not. Poetry. too, while
all very fine, is at best no moro to real
life than what dessert is to dinner The
United Seyvice.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
The Great American Desert.

Twenty years ago this was tho terror
of the overland emigrant. 1t was inn
possible to 90 around it, for it extend
ed from the Colorado to tho cascades.
All the routes that led to tho land OF
promise crossed it, and it was soon COW
cred with the bleaching bones of stock
and dotted with human graves. 1t Is
about forty miles from the lower end
of the Humboldt Sink to tho Truckee
River ut Wadsworth, and the name
Forty Mile Desert" given the stretch
has become known the world over
There is no water fit to drink on the
whole distance. The road lies through
a sandy sage brush plain, extending
several miles west Of the lake, where it
strikes an alkali desert, in tho centre
of which the railroad has a station that
it appropriately calls ''White" Plains.
This is the lowest point east OF the
mountains. Eight miles further is
Mirage Station, which might serve as
a memorial to the u~nfortunates who
have been betrayed from their proper
course by the picture of running water,
waving trees and fields that existed on
ly in the deceptive air. Near the mid
die of the journey is a boiling hot
spring at the foot of the mountain, and
large beds OF salt lie near. from which
b. +. Leete and the Bonanza mines
put up and ship large quantities to
market. Tho deposit has killed oil
vegetation for o long distance around,
leaving the fiat old lake bod as bare as
a floor. Between there and Wadsworth
there are some very odd formations.
The body of the country seems to DO o
light yellow substance. probably diato-
nous, over which lie high ridges OF
brown hills. The level places are
strewn with heavy rocks of all sizes, as
black as coal. There is no timber any
where in sight and even the sage brush
is of inferior size. On either side are
the ever m%onotonous brown mountains,
carved and grOoved by centuries OF
wear and frost into fringes of stony
lace. The railroad has made frequent
attempts to got water for its engines,
but without success. They bored l,3OW
feet Mt Hot Springs, but got only q
brackish mixture Of liquid alkali. They
haul water in tank cars for their sec
ton men between LOvelock's and
WadswOrth's, and the engines make
the run with. one thankful, q distance OF
sixty-one miles. They formerly car
ried an extra car behind the engine
with two wooden tanks to draw from,
but new engines have been built with
tanks that hold $500 gallons. They
| frequently run seventy-five miles with.
| out stopping. and Nick Colo made q
100 mile run once. 1t is a very pleasant
comparison for the rich ''forty-niner."
who rides in q palace o over the
ground where he walked along with
sore and tired feet. urging his oxen Out
of the thirsty desert, half q lifetime
ago.-RenO Gazette.