The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-26
VARIETY.

MI. Bonner failed to secure the to-
be-cOntinued comets tail for his Ledy-
En-. 1t come too high.
A new kind Of berry Is being grown
called the Telegraph" An electric
currant probably.
Jay Gould's profits last year were
So, 600, 900. just about the same as
0urs-with the ciphers omitted. Lock
port Union.
Standardization Is the prettiest
way to hold the handp" Why, SO the
other side can't see what cards you've
got.
Tho inscription on the pedestal Of
the Farragut statue in New York dates
the herO's commission as Commander
in 1861 instead Of 1841. just by a trans
position of ''XL." to ELK" 1t is
rather awkward work changing an in
scription on blue-stone, but it will have
to he done.
These moonlight nights are glorious
at the seaside. ''Isn't it heavenly"
said Miss Sillybilly to MI. Polo.
''Whatp" he asked. why, the MOON"
'Oh: yes, just too utterly heavenly for
anything" 'Oh. l do just dote on tho
moon, don't your" eyes. it's awfully
nice. isn't 1t, and SO splendidly conspic-
uOus, tool"
'If you find a locomotive rushing at
yOu," says a Virginia authority, ''spring
into tho air and come down on the
cow-catcher." This might injure the
cOw-catcher. A better plan would DO
to Jump into the air and let the train
pass under you. 1t requires o little
practice at first.
The Norwich Comm Bulletin first
told the story which follows: Henry
f. Card, of South Windham, lost his
pocket-book containing $50, Tuesday
afternoon. while rowing on tho pond,
but did not discover his loss till the
next day, when he was fortunate
enough to find his money floating
around on the water. and the pocket
book was fished up from the bottom"
The Wisconsin Secretary of State has
compiled a table showing the valuation
Of all the taxable property in that
State. The total is $445. 582. 620-an
increase of about 81. 200. 900. as COM
pared with last year.
Double eagles perforated with holes
arc legally worth $40. Silver dollars
with holes are worth Is cents; half-dol-
lars, IS cents; quarters, 10 cents. and
dimes 5 cents, This is an order of the
Government, and parties should look
out for their rights.
Mississippi county, Mo-, is the great
watermelon region of the world. Over
1000 acres are devoted to watermelOns
alone; and the Weld is about q car
load an acre, so that 1000 carloads will
be shipped to st. Louis, Cincinnati,
Detroit and indianapolis. Contracts
have been made with many farmers at
$40 a car. The general prices run
from $50 to 800 a car during the sea-
son.
The value of the exports of domestic
provisions. tallow and dairy products
of this country during the six months
ended June 80 were $71. 156. $50; cor
responding time a year ago, 1863, 1885,
829. The values of exports of provis-
ions and tallOw for eight months ended
June 80 were $S8. 275. 7O2; same period
previous year. $1,000, $40. Tho total
values of dairy products for two
months ended June 80, 1881, were
90. 835. 984; same period last year, 3d..
945, O04.
Miss Minnie Anderson, of the Des
Moines Oowa) High School, read an
essay during the latest Commence
ment exercises of that institution. She
said: 1T is only in our W beloved
America that women of all classes Q
ceive that respect and consideration to
which they are so unquestiOnably en-
titled by nature. While some of the
other sex are v blind to the real
worth of woman, there are yet a few
who can appreciate her; as. for in
stance, when Quincy was asked why
there were more women than mem, he
replied, 1T is in conformity with the
arrangements Of nature. We always
see more of heaven than EARTH"
Prof. Stone. Of Cincinnati, says the
comet has "convulsed." And no won-
der. If the Professor could have wit
messed the sights enjoyed by the comet
could have seen the o~sculatOry &C.
tons of the young couples who sat up
until 2 in the morning under the pre-
tense of looking at the celestial tramp.
he would have been ''convulsed" too.
At the end of the war many ex-Con-
federate soldiers left the country, and
some have died in foreign lands. Old
residents of Montgomery, Ala, were
surprised one day recently by the sud-
den appearance in their midst of Col.
Benjamin c. Yancey, of the famous
Yancey family, who has been in Brazil
since Lees surrender, but who now
comes home for good.
There are orrOws in this life which
the lips cannot utter, which no human
soul a feel but the breast which does
the f~eelin'; moments when the soul
would wish to soar far away from HUI
man ken or earthly gaze or criticism.
Such a moment comes to him who, up
on the day preceding his marriage.
with the expectation of a swell crowd
in church, feels that q large pimplo is
gathering upon the front piazza of his
nose.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. H. Stigers, of Gal
latin, Mo-, were undecided as to whore
they should spend the Fourth. She
wanted him to have his way. he wanted
her to have hers. They decided to toss
up a 2-cent piece. and trust to luck.
Their 2-year old boy was on the floor,
and when the coin fell grabbed it, and
straight way put it in his mouth and
attempted to swallow it. 1t lodged far
down in his throat, and for eleven
days there it stayed. Mr.. and Mrs.
Stigers stayed at home OF the Fourth.
The baby could eat nothing and could
hardly swallow. He was about to
die, when a st. Louis physician fished
the coin out and saved the little fell
life.
The N. Boynton recently arrived at
Portland. Ore, with a cargo Of $50
coolies from the thieves quarter of
Hong Kong. While in mid-ocean q
riot broke out, and they fought desper-
ately, in bands about evenly divided.
with cord-wOOd sticks, capstan-bars,
and Delaying pins, giving and receiv-
ing wounds about tho head and Shout
ders. The officers and passengers
were unable to quell the disturbance,
and, fearing that the shooting Of the
would enrage the whole of
The fighters, the Captain at last ordered
,arbOlic acid to be thrown upon the in
Celestials. This quickly
brought them to their senses, suffering
from the wounds drenched with
.cid.
Mrs. Emma r. Hollis, one of q gang
If robbers now serving a sentence of
fifteen years in the Onondaga County
N. W Penitentiary, is the widow of
! soldier who died in the late a Not
Ong ago she instituted a suit for 81, 900 :
lue her from tho Government on ac-
count of her late husbands services.
The claim has been allowed. and in adj
liti0n Mrs. Hollis will receive q pen- ,
ion Of % q month till she dies. When
informed by the jailor of her good for I
une she at ono declared that she !
you'd Isl the money In securing her j
and forthwith scnt for O law !