The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-11-18
ALL SORTS.

The area of California is 100, 500, 600
acres. Nearly 80, 900, 600 acres Of this
area have never been surveyed.
Coleridge knew how to write poetry.
but he could not remove horse collar
to save his life.
Omnibusrs came into general uso in
Paris in 1862. Previous to that date
only aristccrats rode in them.
A boot and shoe shop hangs out the
sign. Cast iron lasts" We all know
it does. but we don't want any boots
made of it.
Professor Riley says kerosene is
sure death to insects in all stages. 1t
may DO in stages, but how about in ho-
telsp
Bridesmaids are in demand. There
cannot now be q canonical wedding
without four of these ladies'; but the
high-toned brides have eight.
Phylloxera, which threatened destruc-
ton to the grape-growing interest in
California, is no longer feared. BY the
use of proper remedies the disease has
been arrested.
The number of insane persons in the
United States is put down by experts ut
100, 1000. and the same authorities say
that from 10 TO 20 per cent. are durable
by present methods.
The Paris Figaro declares that to
relieve yourself of thirst for an entire
day you have only TO take in the morn-
ing drink composed half of water and
half of black coffee, with o big pinch
of salt.
Tho imports of rubber into tho
United States amounted to 1924 .O98
pounds in 1870. worth 1873 cents per
pound. In 1881 the imports were co.
0l4,796 pounds; value. 55.2 cents per
pound.
Ere long people living in Liverpool
and Birkenhead will BE- able TO take
what Pat calls "a land voyage under
water" Tho work of tunneling the
Mersey is being pushed with great IA
pidity.
..Pm afraid you'll be late to the par
ty," said an old lady to her stylish
granddaughter. who replied. "Oh, you
dear grandma. don't you know that in
our set nobody goes to party till
everybody gets there?"
The new Warner Observatory in
Rochester, N. Y, is approaching conf
pleiion. 1t is u very substantial build
ing, and there is grea! round rock on
the ground, nine feet in diameter, which
weighs l.600 pounds.
Beware of the landlady who merely
..kecps boarders for company" or "be-
cause the house is too large" If you
have no flesh 10 lose, hunt up some sem
sible person who makes business of
running boarding house. and is not
ashamed to say so.
Hereafter in Great Britain there will
be a certain courss of training for vet
Urinary surgeons. After 1888 the far
rier and the cattle doctor will be super
seeded by men who must pass lawful
examination in regard TO the diseases
Of horses. cows, sheep and dogs.
The tax collector at Montgomery,
Ala. is preparing to bring suit against
the Pullman Car company for taxes
due and unpaid for seven or eight years
past. The amount of the taxes will be
more than 100000.
The chambermaids OF Rochester,
n. Y, hoel left on account of ili-usage
and non- payment of wages. The clerk
issued card saying they were dis
charged for beer-drinking. Six of the
girls then went around to tho hotel
and administered a thrashing to him.
No less than ten observers are now
engaged at the Observatory of Paris in
the completion of the catalo .ue Of stars
which was begun by Leverrier. Tho
work is progressing at an unprecedent-
ed rate, not less than 10000 observa-
tons having been tablated, after hav-
ing been duly reduced, IN q single
| year.
When the late Khedive was expelled
from Egypt he establishel his hacem in
Naples, 10 the great disgust Of the ltil-
ians. Not lonT a(,erward number OF
the inmates escaped. One of them,
named Sahibe. discovered that she had
charming voice, and sought employ
ment in Vienna, where she has been
| engaged by the mana .er of the Josef
S,adI Theater. An Egyptian priina
donna will certainly prove novelty.
The Manitoulin EypoSitOr says q
natural curiosity was discovered in the
creek just below the Shegulandah saw
mill. 1t WAS about eight inches in
length, with q head ike an alligator
and a throat apparently capable of
swallowing large-sized chicken.
What appeared to be its ears were
formed of tho three small ridges on
each side of its head. The beast had
four legs and feet like those of beaver.
The tail was fashioned like that of n
fish. but without any fin. Although
preferring the water il was quite ca
pable of walking on land.