The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1881-08-12
ALL SORTS.

The official list of those who lost their
lives by the accident to tho steamer
Victoria, at London. Canada, on the
queens birthday. places the number at
ISL. 1t is thought to be incomplete.
Hotel proprietors generally are war;
ring against the reception OF patrons
pet dogs. Two houses at Cape May
and ono ut Long Branch prohibit the
admission of dogs under any circum-
stances whatever.
Tho will of the late Catherine N.
Quakenbush, of. Albany, bequeathing
property of the value of $50, 900, main
" in money and bonds. is being con-
tested. 1t is claimed that she was n
recluse of very eccentric manner.
A fund is being raised for veteran
soldiers home in San Francisco, to care
for disabled soldiers from any part of
California II has been ascertained
that there arc in almshouses in twelve
counties of the State thirty-four Next
can veterans, twenty-four Union vet
Grams. and six United States army vet
Grams.
Mr.. John Bell, of Glasgow. had col
lectcd II great gallery of fine paintings
which he designed to leave to his native
town, but died without signing his will.
The pictures were sold recently, and it
was discovered that Mr.. Bell had been
deceived rs to the value of many of
them. The great majority were poor
copies. II is said that they originally
cost MIR. Bell $1,000, 900.
Leonardo ArctinO, al Italian author
of the fourteenth century. predicted
that the end of the world would take
place in 1881. He was SO definite that
he fixed upon the 18th of November rs
the date when tho destruction would
come. Fifteen DAYS would he occu-
pied, commencing with the uprising Of
the waters, and the human race, before
perishr~g, would lose the power Of
speech.
1t is claimed by some feeders that one
hundred pounds of cOrn-mcal and ono
hundred pounds of bran mixed will
Give Il greater gain in flesh than two
hundred pounds of meal fed alone.
Meal and bran mixed is II more perfect
feed than meal alone. Bran contains u
larger percentage Of phosphoric acid.
potash. and nitrogen than Indian meal,
while the latter contains more oil.
sugar. and starch than the former.
j. :. Potter, United States consul ut
| Crefeld, Prussia, writes to the Boston
.Ion,nai that Il worlds fair in Boston
i'm 1855 would undoubtedly enlist the
interest of the Germans to a large eX-
tent. He has talked with the head Of
several of the great manufacturing es-
Establishments in Germany, and also
with some of the professors in the great
academy and art schools III Ddssel-
dorf, and has received encouraging re-
sponscs. =,
During the year 1880 the French rail
way companies issued 1879, 5000 tick
cts-ll 200. coo for iirst-class passen-
GERS, 1900, 900 for second class, and
| ST., 0OO, 900 for the third class. There
was only one passenger killed for each
! 1000. 900. one wounded for each $50,
600. including the victims Of their own
impr,,lcnce Out of twenty passen-
gers killed in 1880, five only were killed
by the action of the railway company,
twelve by their awkwardness, and three
committed suicide.
The French wood engraver, Berlin
Badoureau, has made the discovery
that the wood of the pear tree can be
prepared SO rs to make the finest blocks
Tor the wood engraver. The wood is
steamed for twelve hours, and then
subjected to great pressure under
hydraulic press. A gelatinous COM
position is used to impregnatc the pores
/ to prevent future warping. This sub
stance is applied after the iirst pressure.
II is then returned to the press, and by
this means the wood becomes thorough.
" impregnatcl with the composition.
The wood is then dried for twelve
hours, and has the appearance and
weight of q metallic substance. II Is
declared to be the superior of the best
Turkish lockwood, and to be adapted
to the finest work Of the engraver.
The surviving Jews of Kieff will be
glad to know that their friends
and relations were massacred through
a provoking typographical 'inadver-
tency. In all the official DEGREES the
people are summoned to assist in
putting down the '.Kramolniki' (reb-
els). This word the lower classes con-
founded with the current term of ''kra-
morniki' (peddlers in the south of
Russia, chiefly Jews), and imagined to
be rendering the gOvernme mt excellent
service in massacreing the Jews.
Three elephants have just arrived at
Boston from the Island of Ceylon. They
are said to be the largest of their
species that have ever been brought to
Europe or America. The largest of the
three is ten feet in height ut the Shout
dcrs. and twelve feet over all. They
are To be brought To New York, and il
is thought that they will have TO be
marched all the way, rs the railroad
frcight-cars are not large enough to
found large enough to give them stand
ing room on deck they would come by
water. Each of the elephants is valued
ut $4,000.
The rapid increase in the demand for
alligator leather in Europe makes it
pos siblc that alligator farming may be-
come IN important industry in our
southern swamps. The foreign demand
already amounts to many thousand
hides year. The tanning Of alligator
hides began about twenty years ago.
At first Louisiana furnished the skins
and New Orleans was the centre OF the
traffic. The general slaughter Of al
ligatOrs soon made them scarce in that
state, and now Florida is tho chief
source Of supply. The tanning is done
at the north.
The influence of atmospheric cleo
has been studied near Palermo by NJ.
Macagno. Sixteen stocks were rem
dcrcd more subject 10 the effects Of the
electric tension by means of copper
wire inserted vertically with platinum
point, in the upper end Of the fruit
branch with the ground. This con-
tinucd from April TO September. An
iccceration of vegetation was proved by
the wood of these stocks containing
less mineral matters and potash than
that of the leaves, and in these the
potash was mostly in the bitartrate
form.
IL seems To DC Il cnaracJerlsLic iaiiing
Of most coachman to lay the lash upon
Il horse that exhibits fear ut an object
in the street or beside tho road. Mr..
Bcrgh. president of the Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. says
in the organ of that society, what every
reasoning being ought to know, and
that is to never whip your horse for be-
coming frightened ut any object by the
roadside. for if he sees II stump, u log,
or a heap of tan-bark in the road, and
while he is eying it carefully and about
to pass it, you strike him with the whip,
it is the log, or stump, or the tan-bark
that is hurting him in his way OF rea-
soning, and the next time he will be
more frightened. Give him time to
smell all Of these objects. and use the
bride to assist you in bringing him
carefully to these objects Of fear.
The anti-Jcwish riots in Southern
Ruso;o rosuItod in fha desfruct iOn Of