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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
Hermit of the Sierra.

A party recently went from BOdie to
the Yosemite Valley over tho Sierra.
After climbing a very high mountain
and leading the horses through soft
snow three feet deep, the descent was
commenced of the western side down
Green Creek, which was so rough that
it was impossible To ride. The snow was
found to be from three to forty feet
deep and very soft. They had a rough
time of it, getting lost and with difficult
ty ~retracing their steps. They came to
n soda spring which is great curiosity.
It discharges about four inches of as
fine soda as any one could wish to drink
and Us cold as ice. 1t is situated about
forty miles from BOdie, eight miles
from Tioga mining district and twenty
miles from Yosemite Valley. The
owner of the spring, Lambert, is quite
a curiosity himself. He is fine looking,
well educated and a good talker, yet
for some unknown reason he has cut
loose from civilization and lives alone
in the mountains with only the wild an
imals for his cOmpaniOns-and some of
these, such rs wolves, bears, ETC., are
not very agreeable. He has lived at
Soda Springs for fifteen years. and sees
only now and then a human being. He
carries his provisions from the valley,
twenty-five or thirty miles. on his back,
except such wild game rs he kills in his
own neighbOrhood. --BOdie, CaL, Free
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
The Emgv Mounds of Wisconsin.

The mounds of Wisconsin afford to
tho scientific world one of the most
unique subjects of study, and there is
nothing like them in the United States.
or, so far as known, in the world. They
arc called, from their shapes and re-
semblance to certain animals, emblem
attic of cfligy mounds. The object Of
erecting them has been hitherto I'M
known, and hence their significance
has been hidden. There are. however,
certain facts now known in reference
to the native tribe, which promises to
furnish the Glow to their mOunding. 1t
is probable that q complete system of
eihnOlogy will yet be drawn out from
these mounds and other data, which,
shall solve some of the many problems
in reference to the origin Of society, the
rise of religion. and other subjects.
These subjects are becoming very inn
portant. Aside from them, however,
the mounds o: Wisconsin also have
long engaged the attention of the
scholars of this country and of Europe.
VIZ are happy to learn that the Smith
sonian Institution at Washington is
about to undertake the work Of resur-
veying these works, and that o mono
gram is now being prepared by the
Rev. S. ID. Peet, of Clinton, Wis, who,
as the editor of the American Anti
quai1an, is well decentralization
Journal -
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
Henry Labouchere.

Henry LabOuchere, M. p, and editor
of the London Truth, was once attach
ell to tho legation at Washington. In
Europe he has served in at least half a
dozen capitals as attache of embassy or
legation. lie may not be, by a great
deal, tho most profound of living states
man or diplomats. but he is emphati.
cally a man of the world. He enjoyed
himself s a "Besieged Resident in
Paris during 1901. In the case of
Mr.. Labouchere there are several per-
IONS to be considered; first. Mr.. Labou-
chere rs he is actually; secondly, the
same as seen by his friends; thirdly,
the same as seen by himself; fourthly.
the same as he describes himself. The
latter is a purely fancy portrait of the
most amusing kind. There is no limit
OF mendacity, Of trickery, or of shutting
that the imaginary LabOuchere has not
transgressed. He is q q gambler OF the
deepest dye, a deceitful friend. . treach-
erous enemy,
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
A Pact for Naturalista.

A Norwegian fable satisfactorily &C.
counts for the short tail Of the bear.
The bear, it seems, was once met by a
fox, who carried a load of fish, and
who. in answer to the question how he
had obtained them, replied that he had
caught them by angling. The bear ex-
pressed n desire to know an art SO USE
full, when the fox informed him that he
had only to make o hole in the ice
and insert his tail. you must stop
long enough, and not mind it if it hurts
you u little" said the friendly adviser,
.'for a sensation Of pain is a ure sign
that you have u bite. The longer the
time, the more the fish. Nevertheless,
when you have q good, strong bite, be
sure you pull out" Tho credulous bear
followed the instructions, and kept his
tail in the hole until it was frozen fast.
When he pulled. the end Of the tail came
of, and hence the shOrtness of the ap.
pendage at the present day.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
Inexact Bibles,

During the Commonwealth, and ever
q short time before Charles LIS execu-
ton, the printers. in order TO meet tho
great demand which then existed, sent
out Bibles from their presses Us quickly
as they could. regardless of errors and
omissions. One Of the Harleian manu-
scripts relates that the learned Arch
bishop Usher while on his way to preach
at ST. Paurs Cr0ss-a wooden pulpit
adjoining the Cathedral of st. Paurs,
in which the most eminent divines were
appointed to preach every Sunday
mOrning-went into q booksellers
shop and inquired for a Bible Of the
London edition. He was Mortified to
discover that tho text from which he
was to preach was omitted! This
formed the first complaint to tho king
OF tho careless name in which Bibles
were printed; and: as one Of the re-
suits. the printing Of them was created
a monopoly. A great competition then
arose between the kings printers Of
London and those of the university of
Cambridge. The privilege of printing
bibles was al a later date conceded to
M William Bently; but he was OPP
posed by Hills and Field; and many pa
per alterations took place between
them. The Pearl Bible Of Field, print
cd in 1858. is perhaps tho most blund-
ering Bible ever issued. A manuscript
in the British Museum afirms that one
Of these Bibles swarmed with six thou
sand faults. In Gcrrad's letter to the
Earl Of STAFFORD. il is said: 'rSterne, q
solid scholar. was the first who summed
up the three thousand and six hundred
faults that were in u printed Bibles
of London The name Pearl given
to this book by collectors, and q copy
Of which is to be found in the British
Museum. is derived from a printers
name of Q diminutive kind Of type.
1t must not be supposed that those
many ''faults" were all printers errors
only, for il is well known that Field
WAS an INSCRIPTIONS forger. He is
said to have been paid fifteen hundred
pounds by the Independents to corrupt
. text in Acts vi. by substituting q
'.ye'' for q "we." to sanction the right
OF the people to appoint their own pas
tors. Two errata may also be men,
toned. In Romans vi. IS. righteous
ness" was printed "unrighteousness;"
and in First Corinthians vi. 9, o mot"
was omitted. SO that the text read:
1.-THE unrighteous shall inherit the
kingdom OF God."--C hamsLey's Jour-
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
Tho French Railroads in 1890,

The French railroads in 1880 are tho
subject Of an official report covering
the mileage and earnings of all tho diff
ferent lines, which has been issued by
the Department of Public Works and is
published in the May number Of the
Annales dies Points ct CNdussees. We
reduce to II measures and values the
figures for the whole railroad system Of
France, as follows:
THE RAILROAD SYSTEM OF FRANCE.
1881. 1880.
TS Ssar miles, end OF uzm u,,
Averagc miles ~
eros. ssrn'nxs:;: :.ssos !A;ssl slss,sss;1s
Earnings per mile. 1888 l3,ll2
The railroads are divided into five
different classes, three of which belong
to the six great companies-the ''old
SYSTEM" with average earnings Of $24.-
GAG per mile of road; the ''new SYSTEM"
with earnings of 81. 288 per mile. and
the Especial system" with SIG. 40 per
milo. Then come the State lines ire.
Cently acquired, and included. at the
end of 1880, 1,400 miles of road), whose
earnings per mile are but $S. O59. These
roads, in most cases. were taken by the
State because it did not pay to work
them. There remain ''various COM
panies," owning 529 miles Of road,
earning an average of 5.4S7 per mile.
The average earnings per mile OF
American roads at the same time were
s. 1907, against $l4. 343 by the French
roads. The average increase of Ameri-
can roads over 1879 was II per cent,
against 9.4 on tho French roads. which
are considered extremely prosperous.
II our railroads had earned as much
per mile as the French lines, their
gross receipts would have been $685.
GOO. 600 greater than they actually were
in 1880. The French system. however,
is strictly limited to the needs of the
country. 1t is probably the richest
agricultural country in the world and
n of the most prosperous Industrial
ly, but with IN area about the same a.
that of New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio.
Indiana and Illinois together, and with
81. O00, 900 inhabitants against l7,6OO,-
600 in those States, it has IA. $50 miles
of railroad against their 80. 5a3. In
France there are 2.50O people and 1873
square miles Of land to support ono
mile of railroad; in the five States
named there are ga people and IL
square miles of land to every mile of
railroad. Gazette.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
Remember the Orphans.

At eight o'clock the other morning,
q wife followed her husband down TO
the gate as he was starting for down
town, and said to him
civilian, you know how sadly l
need a blue bunting dress"
Eyes, DEAR" he remarked ; ''but you
know how hard up l nm. As o o as /
car see my way clear. you shall have
the dress and q new hat to boot. Be
patient. be good, and your reward shall
be great"
Forty minutes after he emerged from
a restaurant, with o big basket and q
fish-pOle, bound up the river. In the
basket were a chicken. pickles. cake,
fruit. pie, and u bottle Of liquid Of a
rich color. and he was just lighting u
twenty-cent cigar, when his wife came
along.
"What, are you herep" he exclaimed.
Eyes. ! was going to market. Where
are you gOing-what's in your baskctP"
IL was going to carry this fish-polo
around the corner here, to a friend on
Jefferson Avenue" he mOdestly an
swercd.
''And that basket"
''This basket-well, I was going to
take it 10 the asylum as a present to the
chill lrcn. 1t is q donation from six
leading citizens"
civilian. / don't believe it."
Ssh! Don't talk 80 loud"
civilian, l shall talk louder yetr'
she exclaimed. ''Ill bet you're going
fishing"
'Mary. have l ever deceived youp"
he plaintively asked. II never have.
As proof Of my sincerity. you can take
the basket to the orphan asylum your
SELF"
"And I'll do it," she promptly re-
piled. rs she relieved him Of it.
'.Mary. hadn't you"
mo, sir. l hadn't! You'd better
hurry up with that fish-pole. as the man
may want it and be careful how you
stand around in the SUM"
She left him there. He watched her
take the a for home, then be returned
the fish-pole. and crossed tho street
and said to an acquaintance:
tom. I'm suffering with neuralgia,
and the excursion is of till next week.
Too bad, but we can never tell what q
day may bring forth"
There were chicken and pickles and
other good things on the table at dinner,
but he never smiled. Even when his
wife wished she was an orphan. il that
was the way they were fed, he never
betrayed the gloom in his heart. It
vas only when she handed him the
bottle he had 81 carefully tucked into
the basket, and he saw it labelled
Good for Little Children" that he
said /:
Mary, it's an awful thing for q wife
to get the impression that her husband
Is q cold bloOdcd liar"
ut must be-" she replied. as she
took the other c~hicken-leg.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
Song.

the unset and the sea,
My love laid hands aud lips IN me-:
or sweet cumc sour. of day came night,
OF long desire came brief dcii:ht.
% love. ana what thing came III thee,
Between the shutdown and the sca2
Rctwccn the sca-mark and the sea,
joy grew To- grief, grief grew to me;
Love turned Ia tears. and tears Ia fire,
And dead delight Ia new desire;
Loves talk, loves touch, there seemed TO be
Between the sel-saud ami the sea.
Between the sundown and the sea,
Love watchct one hour of love with me:
Y cn down the all-gol len Waterways,
Her feet flew Mt T. yesterdays;
! saw them come. and saw them ilcc,
Between the sea-fonm and the SEA.
Between the sca-sand and the sea,
fell On sleep, Il, cp fell on mo:
The first star saw twain turI to ono
Between the muInri-c unl the sun;
The next, that saw not love, srw me
Between the s,n-ia rs AMI the SEA.
-AtGERNoN CHARLES S~wINBURNE.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-09-09
A Trick Of the Trade.

/. The f%roquenter of the sales at the
Hotel Drouot is often struck by the rich
jewels offered to the public by some re-
firing demi-mondaine. 1t Is . mistake
to suppose that all these diamonds,
emeralds, rubies and bracelets belong
to the fair sinner. They are often only
loaned her for the occasion by some
fashionable jeweler, who Is content to
share with his partner for the nonce
the exorbitant profits that are usually
made at cOc0ttes sales. Some people
will pay doubly dear for . bracelet or
ring that is said to have clasped the
arm or the finger OF . celebrated Mad
sleine.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

Mr.. WM. TREwEER, who has be-
come the lucky owner of the cele-
brated thoroughbred horse, Stanley.
has issued card of terms, &C., for
the season Of 1881. No horse on the
American continent possesses a
grander pedigree than Stanley. He
was sired by Homer. he by Rys-
dykes Hambletonian, be by Abdal-
lab, Abdaliah by Mambripo, and
Mambrino by the renowned import
ed Messenger. Stanley's dam was
by We5bers Kentucky Whip, by
Blackburn's Whip, son of imported
Whip, and the great dam was of the
Hunter stock, from which Flora
Temple descended. Stanley is a
handsome brown, and for beauty of
form and general good style can not
be surpassed, and for horse that
has had 20 special training can show
a speed to do credit to his noble an
cestry For particulars inquire Of
VIM. Treweek at his shop, near Nj,
L. church.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05
Free of Cost,

DR.. Kings new Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, Asth-
ma, Bronchitis, etc, is given away in
trial bottles free of cost to the af-
ficted. II you have severe cough,
cold, difficulty of breathing, hoarse-
ness or any affection of the throat
or lungs by all means give this won
derful remedy a trial. AS you value
You" existence you cannot afford to
let this opportunity pass. We could
no. afford and would not give this
remedy away unless we knew 1t
would accomplish what we claim for
i Thousands Of hopeless cases
have already been completely cured
by it There is no medicine in the
world that will cure one-half Of the
cases that DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry will cure. For sale by ] B. d
c. r. Mofett.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05
Superior Corn Planters.

| have the agency for this place
of the Vandiver and Barlow corn
planters, and invite oil farmers to
call at my blacksmith shop, rear of
the city hall, and examine the merits
of these machines. They are first
class in all respects and sure to
give satisfaction. n. TREwEEK.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05
Notice to All Concerned.
Closing Out and Settling up Of Business

Having concluded to move west at an early
day, | am desrious of closing out as much OF
my stock as possible and to accomplish TINS
will offer the same at low figures.
.1s- Those indebted to me must settle up
promptly, either by note or cash.
! Ny residence will also be sold cheap, and Is
q rare bargain for some one. All necessary
ronycniences about the place.
NJ. w. PRATFR
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

STOP! before you go away ana ex-
anime the new stock of trunks and
travelling bags just received at L.
Priesteys harness shop,opposite the
u. S. Hotel. lott.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05
business Notices.

~ Notices under this head will be charged
for ut the rate of ) cents per line each nser-
tion. Nothing estimated less than 5 lines
when published only once.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

RESIDENCE FOR SALE offer for
sale by private contract my house,
! lot and barn, situated in Irving's
Addition, State street, Mineral Point
city. ). +. HAWKINS
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

FINE harness a speciality at Priest
|ley's harness shop. Call and exam
line his No. ] team harness made
EtroIn leather of the best tannage IN
/ the u. S. Prices way down! A
Spickel trimmed single buggy harness
Nor sos lou.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

n ALI. kinds of fresh bread, buns
B cookies, etc, at the City Bakery.
THOSE nickle cigars at Z. Kinne's
cannot be beat In the city.
PEAS, Hominy, Navy and Lima
Abeans at Spratler's.
a A strictly pure sugar syrup free of
aguclose, at E. Kinne's.
TRY those cocoanut candies man
ufactured at the City Bakery.
Picked cucumbers by the dozen
or quart at E. Kinne's.
New dress goods, new hats and
caps, new carpets at Gundry x
Gray's.
Goods arriving daily at 6. & G's.
by the car loads.
Just look at Gundry & Gray's
ready made clothing. They are
nice.
J. A. Spratier has the finest niclxle
cigar in the city.
CRANBERRIEs. Oranges, Lemons
and Apples at Spratler's,
II pound cans Of pure California
Honey for 50. at Teasdade IL Brew
or's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

4 Go to Deller's and look at his new
stock of children's boys and mems
sclothing and get his prices. You
Twill be convinced then.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05
Instruction In Music

Miss Amy lIutchison, OF this city, late
graduate of the Northwestern Conservatory OF
Music, of Illinois, is prepared to give instruc-
tons on the piano and organ. and vocal music
Terms reasonable. For particulars apply AT
the residence of Jas Hutchison. 7m3-on
Elegant walking dolmans and cir
culars in light color, and in the latest
styles at Deller's.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

A good family sewing machine for
sale at this office, and SIG in cash
will take it.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1881-05-05

NEW Maple Sugar just received al
L. Kinne's.
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-17

Hon. Joseph Nimmo, Chief of the Bureau of
Statistics, upon the internal commerce of the
country, has made his annual report. It em-
braces a discussion of the following subjects {:
A reduction of the cost of transportation on
railroads practical determination of railroad
freight charges railroad considerations or
pooling organizations causes of a failure of
the law to supply and demand, and of compe-
tition to regulate freight charges on railroads
as on free highways of commerce !; the practi-
cal working of railroad considerations the
practicability of governmental recognition
of railroad considerations for the pool
ing of traffic, and governmental regulations
Of railroads. Under the head of Reduc-
ton in the Cost of transportation on Rail-
roads," the reduction in cost of transporta-
ton on the railroads of the country gen.
orally is very clearly indicate by table en-
bracing data with respect to thirteen leading
railroads. 1t appears that the number of tons
Of freight carried ON the thirteen roads in
creased from As, 557, ,0O2 tons during 1878 to IS,
$50, ,913 tons during 1880, an increase of about
II per cent. The receipts from freight, how
ever, increased from s112, ,004, ,64S in 1873 to
S143, ,3S8, 17S in 1880, an increase of only about
2S per cent. This small rate increase in receipts
in proportion to the increase in traffic was due
to the fact that the average rate per ton charged
on these thirteen railroads fell from /. II cent
per ton per mile in 1873 to LOT cent per ton per
mile in 1880, decrease of 1915 per cent. A
commission Of experts is recommended for in
vestigation Of the subject of railroad transpor-
tatioD
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-17
HYgiene Of the Teeth.

In an interesting article in the Popu-
lar Science Monthly, DIR. Felix l..
Oswald discusses at length the hygiene
of the teeth. He believes that there is
no necessity for the Use Of brushes, and
thinks that the decay of teeth can be
mainly attributed to shear disuse In
other words, man delegates to his cook
the proper functions of his teeth when
he insists on having everything prepared
for the table in such a shape that it needs
little chewing. The article makes the
following suggestions:
"We hear occasionally of old men
getting second, or rather third, set of
teeth. I met one of them in northern
Guatemala, and ascertained that he had
become toothless during twelve years
sojourn in a seaport town, and that he
got his new set upon his return to his
native village, where circumstances
obliged him to resume the hard corn
cake diet of his boyhood years. His
teeth had reappeared as soon as their
services were called for, and would
probably never have absented them
selves if pap diet had not made them
superfluous. An artificial dentifrice will
certainly keep the teeth white, but that
does not prevent their premature decay !;
disuse gradually softens their substance,
till one fine day the hash-eater snaps his
best incisor upon an unexpected piece
of bone. Every old dentist knows
hundreds of city customers whom the
daily use of toothbrush did not save
from the necessity of applying, before
the end Of the fortieth year, for COM
plete " celluloid set." do not say that
soft tooth h-brush and such dentifrices
as oat meal or burned arrow-root can do
any harm, but for sanitary purposes,
such precautions must be supplemented
by dental exercise. Let child invigor-
ate its teeth by chewinga a hard crust,
or, better yet, handful of "St. Johns
bread" or carob beans. the edible pod
of the Mimoso slliqna."
The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1881-11-17

who, however, gave way when l glided
up and we skinned away together. I
was too happy to speak; the glorious
possibility Of what might be awaiting me
burst upon me with vividness. But pres
entity became conscious that she was
speaking to me. She was praising me
at the time, which opened up to me an
opportunity which you may be sure I
made the most of. She blushed with
pleasure at my praise, and SO, both of US
in conscious futter, we came upon
Clara Alden, joyously dressed and es-
corted by her Englishman. They
stopped in front of us, Miss Alden say
ing as they did so:
"Have you been to the little sitting
rooms curtained off at that end? No
one seems to have discovered them yet,
though they are one of the features of
the evening. think it is s1ch good
idea, and they are beautifully decorated; !;
but when we looked in now both of them
were empty. However, as soon as some-
body leads they will be full enough.
Suppose you two lead"
She skated off with her companion,
and Daisy and [ went to obey her be-
hest, But into that little curtained
apartment you are forbidden to enter.
Suffice itfor you that, when presently
Daisy and I emerged we encountered
Miss Alden at once, and when she
leaned toward me and whispered Gam
I to congratulate you :" I bowed my
head in happy assent.