The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-23
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senator ingalls, now uanulcS his
tenth baby. and the Kansas City Times
thinks that, although not much of
senator, as u cOlonizer he is a glowing
success.
1t is now said that early rising is tho
cause of many nervous diseases. This
will DO u boon to Sarah's young man
when he wishes to stay late and riso
later.
Connecticut people are complaining
of tho unclcanlinesS of the willow tree.
They look upon the weeping willow rs
n crying evil.
Burdolte thinks that rs New York
harbor is reported full of sharks. 1t is
great pity some of them couldn't get
ashore, and prowl around the streets
for half day.
Black birch is said to be coming rap
idly into favor. 1t was never out of
favor with the country schoolmasier,
although the small boy is not yet recon-
cilcd To il.
In some states the evidence of Il man
who habitually goes fishing twice
wear will not bc received in the courts.
The reason for this bit of judicial wis
dom is obvious.
Ii Oscar Wilde had told of the bar
rem memory OF .'uncussed cusscs" he
would have appealed strongly TO the
sympathy of the man who has felt u
flea on his back in church.
That was funny mistake Of the man
who took up u testament. and glancing
at the running title. rs. Matthew,
said that he always knew Stanley was
smart. but didn't know he ever wrote
on religious subjects.
Arizona ministers prudently leave
their rcvolvers on the bank when going
into the water To bapiiZo converts, but
never 90 in SO far but what they can
reach the weapon in two jumps, if nee
essary.
Analogy: Fogg thinks that Miss Prim
must be hard on To 40. He judges by
analogy, you know. He says that II
tree adds ring to its growth every
year. and he has counted nearly forty
rings on her taper fingers.
Grand Rapids policemen wear white
gloves on Sundays, and why shouldn't
they?
Since 1866, 5000 divorces have been
granted in Italy. Milan being set down
for no less than 5000.
The interior of DIR. JOhnson's house
in Cough Square, Fleet street, London.
has been opened to the public. 1t was
in this house that he lived from 1913
TO 1853. He wrote there his DictiOn-
airy, VANITY of Human Wishes" and
portions of 1.-The Rambler" and 1.-The
Idler."
A Jury in Bernc, Switzerland. eX-
pressed regret that the court was I'M
able to give Il man and woman named
Zyssct death sentence, capital punish
country. The Zysscts admitted having
murdered five of their children. They
killed them to escape the cost of keep
ing them.
Among the mountains within three
| hours distance of Golcita are quartered
some 20, 600 Arabs, who came chiefly
from Sfax and whose numbers are fast
| increasing. II was they who captured.
some weeks ago. n group of 200 camels
belonging to the Il y, and they are re-
| ported TO have taken II solemn oath to
proceed to Golctta, kill the French res
| idents, and put the Bey to death.
A letter from Italy says the young
girls there of comparatively well-to-do
parents make every article OF theil
wedding outfit themselves, and the lin
en- itself is homemade, spun from the
flax that has grown on the family
microscopic fields. From childhood
the girls are taught 10 sew and en-.
broider on linen or cotton intended fol
their own marriage.
Herr Hcrbst, n prominent Austrian
Liberal, told his NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. il
the Rcichsrath that militarism WAS ruin
ing, financially, European countries,
and that Americas prosperity was due
to the absence thereof. He said thai
| America would soon become the cred.
..Or OF Europe.
A bald-headcd eagle hovering over
Sir Johns island, Canada, suddenly
swoopcd down and attempted to carry
off 2-ycar old child of Mr.. John
Clancy's playing in field alone. The
light clothing gave way with every tug
Of the voracious bird, and was torn in
to ribbons. Some men working near
by came up in the time to save
child from injury, but the eagle refused
to go any distance away until shot ut.
Paul Gregory. NJ. d., writing from
HermOsillO, Sonora, says: every mean
thing l have known to be done, during
Il stay of nine months in Sonora, has
been perpetraicd by American adven-
turcrs, vino have flocked TO the country
by thousands in quest of railroad work,
the rich mines. and pretty girls; for
they all want to marry as soon as they
get there. but they find it not as easy a
thing as they supposed. All the troub-
les are brought on by such men,"
Jacksonville. Ore Sentinel: For the
past week or ten days number OF
Cinnamon have been engaged at the
Jacksonville cemetery exhuming the
bones of dead Cinnamon, preparatory
to shipping them to the Celestial en-
pire. About fifty bodies that have been
buried five or six years are being taken
up, and the bones of each placed In a
separate sack and labeled with the
name of the deceased. These sacks
are afterward placed in boxes-so many
sacks to each box-and then they are
ready to be shipped to China. 1t is a
CHASTITY process.
A pet fox escaped from the premises
of DIR. Smelling ut Richmond, Va, q
few days ago. but had not gone far be-
fore several hounds in tho ncighbOr-
hood scented him, soon got on his trail.
and in Il few minutes a regular fox hunt
was cXtempOriscd on the streets. i'm which
it seemed that every dog in the city,
whether of high or low degree. joined.
After half an hours noisy chase. Reyn-
ard was run down, and was only saved
from being torn to pieces by tho OppOr-
tune arrival of his master, who held q
bag open. into which he rushed speedily.
Statistics recently published show
that the process of subdviding the
great plantations of tho south is going
rapidly forward. In Mississippi, for
instance, there were AZ, $40 plantations
in 1860, and the average number of
acres in each was $40. Ten years later
there were 6S,02 farms, the average
area of zach being 1913 acres. In 1880
the number of farms was 75,2O5, aver
aging 1875 acres each. While tho area
of cultivated land is less than it was in
1860, yet tho production of cotton is
nearly twice rs great. These figures
tell u pleasant story of growing thrift
and prosperity, and illustrate in
striking manner one of the great re-
suits of the war.
At n recent an'i-viviSc:tion meeting
in London. Cardinal Mnnning declared
that $50 long rs life was granted to
him he would do his utmost to put an
end TO the deteStable system o: vivi-
section, which, since it could not be
properly controlled by law, ought to
be totally abolished" At the same
meeting the lord chief justice Of Eng
land. who is not a medical man, de-
clared that he was reluctant and
unwilling. but at the Same time COM