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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
The Latest in Electric Lighting.

An interesting imprOvem ent has been
made in electric lighting by substitute
ing electrodes of iridium for the carbon
pencils hitherto used almost exclusive
ly as poles in exhibiting the vOltaic arc.
Iridium is only fusible in tho arc from q
worry powerful battery. and by keeping
the intensity of tho current below Q
given point the metal can be main
tanned by temperature of about 1000
degrees Fahrenheit, which Is far below
its melting point. though high enough
to add the light of an intense incandes-
cence to the brilliancy Of the arc itself.
At this temperature the iridium points
remain completely unchanged. and tho
variations and chickering's due to the
rapid wearing away Of carbon pencils
are entirely absent in the new light.
while the constancy with which the
source of the illumination keeps its
place peculiarly adapts it for use in the
focus of Frensnel lenses, or the para
bolic refiectOrs which in lighthouses, or
in similar situations, take their place.
The process by which the iridium, nat
urslly gritty and intractable power.
Is formed into pencils for use In lamps
is an ingenious adaptation Of a patent
issued long ago for making the same
metal into points for gold pens, and de-
ponds upon the property which iridium
possesses Of forming compound with
phosphorus. which can then DO melted
at a temperature Of about 5000 degrees
about the fusing point of iron-and
nodded into masses, which can be sub
sequently dephosphOrized and regain
the original fusibility0f the pure metal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12

anu Jvc---r wen, Iney were D0Jn
thought TO be comsumptive before they
were married. Look ut them now! IL
there a healthier looking couple In
FriscO"
Many letters came. among them, one
from his own mother and one from his
sweetheart. Il think you ought to try
my remedy, half y glass of milk mixed
with half q glass Of syrup" wrote his
mother.
"Aunt Packard says you must eat
roasted lemons and very rare steaks.
twice day" wrote his sweetheart.
Rogers purchased just forty-fOur dol
lars and ninety cents worth Of medi-
cines and remedies. His trip to Santa
Cruz cost him fifty dollars. His trip
into the Sierra foothills cost him near
" twice as much. He had caught his
cold in February; it was June when he
walked into ZulanO's rooms on his re-
turn.
II have been waiting for you to come
back" said Zulano, Il want you to
come over and see DR.. Phosphate"
The new physician made a long and
careful examination. swell, what
have you been doing for itp" he asked.
Rogers enumerated the various pan
acee aforementioned.
Anything else"
"Well. yes; Butterfield charged me
to put iodine on my chest. did SO
every day for q month. And a cousin
of mine advised hot mustard baths
three times week. Ihave tried them
also.
"That'll do. don't wish to dispar-
age DIR. Healwater's powers of diagnO-
sis, but 1 think his examination was
premature. As to the other remedies,
they are as useless to man Of perfect
ly sound lungs"
''SOund!@"
Sound rs bell, SIR"
II could have told you So" said Zu-
lano. with repressed but extremely
irritating satisfaction.
"Why in the deuce didn't you them"
growled Rogers. -A,UOnaMt.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
BurdsttSs Nieht Thoughts.

Dp,,t Judge q man by his. clothes.
Can you tell what the circus Is going to
be liks by looking at the Italian Sunset
pictures on the fence?
DO you value turkey for its plum
agcp And isn't the skin Of the mink
the most, and indeed. the only valua-
BILE part of himf There be men fair to
look upon. who wander up and down
this country, and sit in the coolest
places ON the hotel piazzas, who are ar
rayed In fine linens and cardinal socks.
and who have to hold their hand over
their scarf-pin when they want to see
the moonlight, who, unassisted aud I'M
prompted, do not possess the discretion
to come in when it rains, and don't
know enough to punch a hole in the
at that, without any crust on 1t.
Now and then, son. before you are
old as Mpthuselah. you will meet man
who wears q hat that il worth twice as
much as the head it covers. On the
other hand don't fall into the error oil
believing that all the goodness, and
honesty, and intelligence in the world
goes about in shreds and patches.
We have seen tramp dressed In
more rags than you could rake out OF
the family ragbag. and more dirt and
hair on him than would suffice to pro-
tect . horse, who would step up to the
front door and demand three kinds Of
cake, halfa pie, and then steal every
movable thing In the yard, kill the dog,
choke up the pump with sand. tramp
on the pansy bed and girdle the cherry
trees because he couldn't carry them
away. Good clothes or bad are never
On infallible index to man that II II
them.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
The Batting Young Man.

Nasty writes to the Toledo Blade:
We had on board, rs matter of
course, tho betting young man OF Chi
cagO. No steamer ever sailed that did
not have this young fellow aboard. and
there is enough Of them to last tho At
lantic for great MANY years. lie
knew every thing that every body
thinks they know. but do not. and his
delight was TO PROFOUND II query, and
then when you had answered il. To very
cOOlly and exasperatingly remark:
''Bct yer bottle OF wine yer wrong"
The matter would be SO simple, and
ono of SO common repute, that imme-
diatcly you accepted the wager only to
find that in some minute particular you
were wrong. and that tho knowing
youth had won. For instances:
Thompson, do you know how many
states there are In the UniOn?"
Now any citizen in the United States
who votes, and is eligible to the Prcsi-
dcncy, ought to know how many states
there are in his beloved country with
out thinking. but how many are there
who can say On-hand? And so poor
Thompson answered.:
"What a question! Of course l
know"
'Bet yer bottle yer don't"
dome"
''There arc"
And then Thompson would find him.
self figuring the very important prob
lem as to whether Colorado had been
admitted, and Nevada, and Oregon,
and he would decide that one had and
the other hadn't, and finally state the
number with great certainty that it was
wrong.
The Chicago mans browning bet oc-
Cured the last day out. The smoking
saloon WAS tolcrably full. Us were the
occupants, and everybody was bored,
as every body is on the last day. The
Chicago man had been silent for an
hour. when suddenly he broke OUT
Gentlemen
30. no more bets" was the exclama-
ton of the entire party. "Give US
rest"
81 don't want to bet. but l can show
you something curious"
"Well?"
IL say it and mean it. l can drink
q glass Of water without its going down
my throat"
"And get it into your stomach"
Certainly"
There was a silence of considerably
more than a minute. Every man in the
room had been victimized by this gath
crer-up of incOnsiderable tribes, and
there was general disposition to get
the better of him in some way, if pos
sible. Here was the opportunity.
How could man get u glass of water
into his stomach without it going down
his throat? Impossible! And SO tho
usual bottle of wine was wagered, and
the Chicago man proceeded to accom-
plish the supposed impossible feat. 1t
was very easily done. All he did was
TO stand upon his head OH the seat that
runs around the room and swallow a
glass Of water. 1t went to his stomach
but it did not go dOion his throat. 1t
went up his throat. And SO his last
triumph was greater than all his pre-
viOus ones, for every man in the room
was eager to accept his wager. from
that time out had he offered to wager
that he would swallow his own head he
wOnl1 have Uat M takers
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
Mollie and the Oatamount.

Miss Mollie Schultz, of Montague
County, is the champion lady shot Of
this section. She is ready with either
q rifle or shotgun, and handles the pis-
tol with great skill. Tuesday after
noon. accompanied by gentleman
friend, she mounted her mustang and
rode into the woods to kill some squir-
rels for supper. They met with good
luck. and most every shot brought down
q bunny. Her companion had killed
two more than she had and she was be-
ginning to feel somewhat piqued over
being Out-done when they both spied .
large catamount in tho topmost branch
es of tall tree. Eager to beat his
companion, he fired three shots in rap
id succession at it, missing 1t each
time, when Miss Schultz fired her first
and only shot. which took effect, when
the animal sprang from the tree, lighting
on her horse behind her, which fright
ened il, when it dashed off through the
woods ut furious speed, throwing its
fair rider and afterwards Kidding itself
of the catamount. which her compan-
ion dispatched. Fortunately, she was
not hurt by her fall, and escaped with
only slight shock to her nervous sys.
tenn. Dallas Herald. -.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
The First Locomotive.

Gr6aC SlSnL was IN the sheds AT the
extreme end Of the works, for here were
assembled some sixteen locomotive
engines just arrived from all parts Of
the Countrywide choicest specimens
owned by the several companies by
whom they had been dispatched to take
part in what the programme called a
''display and procession of modern typ
ical locomotive steam-engines." was
examining with great admiration one
OF the very finest of these engines, built
for the Midland Railway Company by
Messrs. &. X Stephenson & Co.. Of
Newcastle, when was attracted by q
lively movement among tho crowd of
mechanics who stood about me, and.
looking round. perceived an ancient
and decayed little engine being eau
tiously propelled by huge goods loco
motive along the metals which led to
the high level bridge.
It was like very old man supported
on the arm Of big stalwart son, and
the great locomotive frequently paused
to give the aged engine, as it were,
time to breathe and recover itself.
crossed the rails to look ut this singular
object. and drawing very close to it l
was able to read upon plate affixed TO
its side that its name was "LocOmO-
tion," that it had been constructed by
George Stephenson in 1925, and that it
was the first engine that ran on the
Stockton & Darlington Railway. So
here. then. was the very father Of all
the locomotives in the world. A
decrepid, shrivelled mac hine, with
nevertheless look of shrewd self
consciousness, suggested in its quaint.
Old-wOrld aspect, as if it had duly taken
note of its magnificent posterity, and
was not unwilling to be admired for
their sake as we'll as its own. 10 see
the wonderful old locomotive crowned
with q skeleton scaffolding of piston
rods and other working gear, with its
singular chimney. curving out of its
front like the neck of q swan, and the
little old tender behind with part of
the iron side rusted and rotted out,
while close to it stood group Of prob
ably tho most magnificent locomotive
engines in the world with their spark
ling brass work and glossy sides, AZ
clear as glass, with the amazing finish
of their painting and vanishing, was
indeed 10 behold the one sight that
would give to the great memory
which all Newcastle and Gateshead had
already TRANSPORTED themselves with
bunting to honor the most eloquent
and moving significance that could DO
impaired to it.-NeWcdstle CO17espOza-
deNce London, IeleQrGph.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
"Going to be Naughty.

An APT writer in the Primary Teach.
en- cautions instructors Of little children
not to let them feel that they expect
naughtiness from them, nor make rules
which suggest more mischief than they
prevent. The principal Of training
school. on making her usual round of
Inspection. discovered one Of the hab-
iiually bad boys standing on the plat
form. Wondering what new piece of
mischief his brain had devised and his
fingers worked ont. she gravely ap-
preached the little sinner.
"Johnny, what are you here for
now ?''
"NOlhin'."
More gravely). "What are you
stamling here fOr?"
"NOthin'."
"Who put you here?"
"Sher with wag of the head to-
ward a young teacher).
SHOW, Johnny. tell me why she put
you here if you were not naughty"
"'Cos she was afraid would ber'
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
General Hartsuf,s Stories.

"When l was n cadet" says ID. Y.
Adee 81 was one rainy day on sentinel
duty. when General Scott, who was
visiting the Point. came by, wrapped
in u big military cloak and carrying a
huge umbrella. Seeing mo pacing up
and down in the rain, the old gentle
mans kind heart induced him To stop
and say to me, Young gentleman. you
will catch cold out in the wet. Come
under my umbrella and walk with n.e
up to headquarters. when l will have
you excused marched by his side
In fear and trembling. and, to my great
relief, was not reprimanded by the
cOmmandant."
Again he told us: "I was once Or
dered to the front to take part in for
ward movement under General Shields.
Shields. be it known, had unqucstiOn-
ably kissed the blarney stone. l ar
rived with my regiment in the evening.
and at once reported at the Generals
tent. There were number of COlOnels
sitting and standing about the tent; and
when went in General Shields came
forward to meet me, and putting his
hand up to his mouth, whispered in
my car. I'm glad to see you here"
emphasizing the you in a compliment.
tary manner Presently another Col
Oncl arrived and came in, when Shields
stepped up to him and went through
the same motion. Then another ar
rived, with the same result. When we
were all dismissed, with orders to re-
port next morning at daybrcak. we bid
the General goodnight and walked
outside together. When we were. out
Of ear-shot, said l, Gentlemen. think
l can toll each of you what General
Shields whispered to him. 'Whatp
whatT asked tho all. Why said l,
he simply said: am glad to see you
here. Every Colonel bowed assent.
General Shields had politely and polit-
icly addressed to each one of us the
same gratifying formula. but next day
we fought none the worse for that, al
though an occasional smile would break
out"
Again he said: II was one time
in Washington with General
Sheridan the real value of brevet rank.
1 argued that brevets should be limited
to very few. Sheridan contested that
they ought to be bestowed for mertOri-
GUS services. We were indulging in o
glass of punch together. l took up
Sheridan's glass OF rightly-compounded
punch and poured its contents into the
water-picher. There l exclaimed. 4
have illustrated the value of liberal
system Of brevets. Drink your punch!"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
An Unpro6table Orop,

Uncle Nose was down on Austin Av-
enue, recently, with basketful Of the
most beautiful strawberries that have
been offered in Austin during this
season.
..How much do you want for your
berries. unclep" asked a well-dressed
gentleman.
81 wants twenty-five dollars, boss"
said the old man.
twenty-five cents, you mean"
"NO, sab; means twenty-five dol
lars. and den l don't lop up cent on
'cm. didn't get q wink OBJ sleep for
two whole weeks watchin' dem berries,
and when l did cotch boy had to
pay liar ten dollars to present me in
court. and had to pay five dollars noah
for dc fine. and l specs to be indicted
by dc grand jury. In fact, sab, l am
s'prised at myself for offerin' dem ar
berries for twenty-five dollars. Use
loosin' money on dem, sab. Dah's no
profit raisin' Strawberries in Austin"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
SELECTED MISCELLANY.

TO win. work and waid-but work q
good deal more than you wait.
Beautiful are the admOniii0ns Of him
whose life accords with his teachings.
Manageable young men belong to
the surplus population.
Quarrels would be short-lived IL the
wrong were only on one side.
Good temper is like o sunny day: Il
sheds q brightness over everything; it
is the sweetener of toll and the soother
Of disquietude.
The universal heart Of o man blesses
flowers. He has wreathed them around
the cradle, the marriage altar, aud tho
tomb.
Those arc mock gentlefolk who mask
their. faults TO others and to themselves;
the true know them perfectly and ac-
knowledge them.
Socrates said that there arc two
sciences which every man ought to
learn-iirst, the science Of speech, and,
second, the more difficult one of silence.
Mental pleasures never clOy. Unlike
those OF tho body, they are increased
by repetition, approved Of by reflection,
and strengthened by enjoyment
Cotton.
A more glorious victory cannot be
gained over another man than this,
that when the injury began on his part,
the kindness should begin on ours
IIliOtsOn.
Adhere rigidly and undeviatingly to
truth; but while you express what is
true, express it in u pleasing manner.
Truth is the picture. the manner is the
frame that displays it to advantage.
Those passionate persons who carry
their hearts in their mouths are rather
to be pitied than feared, their threaten.
ings serving no other purpose than to
forearm him that is threatened.
Life il divided into three terms-that
which was, which is. and which will be.
Let us learn from the past to profit by
the present, and from the present to
live better for the future.
Aftor oil tho tall of soholars, Ghci1
are but two sorts Of gOvernment-one
where men show their teeth at each
other, and one where men show their
tongues and lick the feet of the strong
est.
There is no better way TO live healthi-
ly and happily than to cultivate
temperament wherein the most contra.
dictory qualities and properties of the
organism are perfectly counterbalancsd
and combined.
Our lives arc like some complicated
machine, working on one side Of a
wall, and delivering the finished fabric
on the other. We cannot cross the bar
rier and see the end. The work is in
our hands--the completion is not.
The hills Of lofty endeavor and high
achievement lie all around us, and If
we never catch glimpse of the views
they afford, we need not complain that
il is because of the insuperable limita-
ton of our surroundings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
The Girls Our School System Develops.

The Girls Our School System" Develops.
The pessimists complain that our
modern young folks neither enjoy
themselves nor afford enjoyment to
their elders as in older times. The
hoyden games that used to rule in the
parlOr are now considered, of course,
the lowest depths Of ''bad FORM" Fam
cy one OF these perfected mechanisms.
with carefully poised body, studiously
arranged arms. modulated voice. run
ming from eolian whispers to cadence
pianissimo. ''going to Copenhagen"
''throwing tho handkerchief" or pay
ing forfeits." He would be bold
youth indeed who should venture to
touch those scornful lips, that statu-
esque form, elaborated by years Of
gymnastic excruciation-which, under
other circumstances, would make an
adept on the trapeze or the Tartarean
charger. As for the intellectual &C
compartments Of this exotic system,
listen to the prattle of the youths and
maidens brought together bv the new
conventions. II. as Talleyrand once
declared. language is made to conceal
thought, the perfected young persons
of "high life'' cover up more intellec-
tual activity to the square inch than .
congressional or Q senatorial deadlock.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
Aesthetic.

"Here, you rapscallion," shouted an
old lady, from her back door, ''where
are you going with that old tin PAM"
81 amt a-goin' nowhere with it. I'm
a-goin' to fix it."
Elk itp Why, it's all battered and
bent up 70 you can't tx it."
That's Just the idea. I'm goin' to
pound it q little in here, and rap 1t q
few times with stone there, and then
I can sell it for q Roman antique
Don't you see how the middle Of it
bulgesf Well. that's goin' to be base
relief Of Marc Antony fore l get
through with it."
The boy was called in, and present.
cd with al the old baking tins in the
house to further his aesthetic and specu-
lative taste.
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ROGERSS COLD.

A Literal and Circumstantial Local Mar
| bative.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
MANKATo FREE Press.

CITY OFF'ICGRS
M>yoR-J. \. Wiswcli.
TRr ASrRIR-N. Lang.
Recommendation u. Iiolapp.
CIR, ArroRNEN-J. \. Wiswcil.
CRY SURVEYOR VI. u. Haynes.
Jusri,Es-r. X. johnson, y. Leonard.
CotNciL.
q. &. Hurt, Gcotygc w. Monks,
Frederick Boeg,n. w. u. Mihs,
Henry uillcshcim. ~. ~ iitchcr,
n. uimmcman. Wv. fhhuhk'
=. lamm. y "rls.
John Mahowald, jesse "cich'
Cmrr or roiICr-J. a. Robinson.
PoI,f coNSrAM.E-W. j. Martin.
Nlo,rr-w ,r,uMr> w. h. Young. George
Rlakc. Alex. Mcdonald.
Police Headquarters AZ City Hall, Fire de-
partmcni room.
l. on u.-MANk Aro LODGE M. 2Ni.
N meets first and third Saiuriass ot each
month. j. W iioERH, u.
Sw. RrRGESS. Recorder.
DRESHNTEHlAN CNt RCn.
Il Corner liicknr, ami Broad streets. Rev.
j. II Little. pastor. Services SUNDAY morn
ines AT iO:3u. evenings al "a. Prayer meet
ing al : 80 Thursday evening. Seats Tree
Strangers cordially invited.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16

Lord, Lord how this world is Civ
ing to-iyingl" said old Jack Falstaff,
over three hundred years ago. The
remark applies to the present people
of the world as well as it did to that
generation, and the most recent in
stance of it was a half-dozen or less
persons, who yesterday were anxious
TO have il announced that the Street
Railway Company had been enjoined
from further proceedings in removing
the fernando and Georgia street rail-
way track. It appears that the in
junction wa not granted at the time
named, but argument on its issuance
is to be heard tomorrow, before Judge
Eldridge. Meantime it is stated
as a fact that no subscribers or stock
holders of the street railway reside
along the old route between Beal and
Georgia streets, except Colonel Dowdy,
and that gentleman sold his interest
half a dozen or more years ago. The
present railway managers are pursuing
the quiet tenor Of their way, imprOv-
Ing their road, and the red car line
continues to run out Beal and Lauder
dale streets as it has done since last
Sunday morning at daybreak.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1881-12-16
Bazaar at Park Hotel.

The ladies conducting the Bazaar for
the benefit Of the Church Home
orphans, at the Park Hotel, on Second
street, are meeting with great success.
They are doing good work for a most
deserving cause, one that appeals to
every heart. The Bazaar will be con-
tinued until Christmas eve.
Gentlemen who take a stroll in search
Of lunch about noon will fad this a
most attractive place in more respects
than one. The generous support and
encouragement Of the public is de.
served, and will no doubt be bestowed.