The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-05-05
GLEANINGs.

One OF CALIFORNIA; representatives IN
congress is Romualdo Pacheco, Span
lard. or, rather, Mexican.
Capt. Eads is said TO command the
strongest lobby at Washington. 1t was
organized in the interest of the Tehuan-
tepec ship railway.
Hereafter, Oh! suffering theatergoer.
they will be called the bath-tub hat.
That ought to chase 'em out of fashion
on the run.-Boston Post.
Young girls abroad carry slender
ebony canes with gold heads, while the
young lads at home carry the same style
of cane and wooden heads.-Ron: Sen
tinel.
Charles G.. Francklyn, owner OF the
cottage at Elberon in which Garfield
died, is said to have been offered large
sum for it by q government official. but
has declined to sell it.
Senator Fair lives in Charles Sum-
ner's old quarters at Washington. He
is the richest man in congress and per-
haps the richest office-holder in the
world. His leisure is devoted to the
study of finance.
Wall street, New York, was so named
from the wall originally erected there as
| time when the settlement was confined
to the space between Wall street and the
waterfront.
Mr.. William n. Vanderbilt denies
and is very much annoyed by the story
that he has purchased the title OF the
prince of Rome" The romance eman-
atcd from the Paris correspondent OF a
not too careful Philadelphia paper.
Very naively remarks the New Haven
maiden of 10, whose Chinese lover is re-
ported to have lost his head: II felt
very bad to think that any one should
have his head cut off on my account;
5 5u. ! Gon believe anything of the kind
has happened"
The great chandler farm" near
Lansing, where the late Zach Chandler
was engaged in retaining a great
swamp from which to make noble
farm, is now alleged to be rapidly going
back to its original condition. viz, huge
and impromising jungle.
Probably the youngest telegraph oper-
ator in the country is little boy, 3
years old, named Beverly Dabney Ben
son. whose father is the agent and ope-
rator at Hanover Court House Station,
on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
He is skilled operator, and reads mes
sages from sound as readily as his faith
er can.
There is q man who cannot get
prompt service to his bell at his hotel.
The other night he gave the bell vio-
lent ring at midnight. Shortly after
the servant answered it. II don't want
anything now," said the fellow: 81 ring
now in order to get it on file. Bring me
hot water at in the morning. Louis
Uilie Courier-Journat.
A Connecticut man invented machine
to measure the power of mules kick.
The mule was to kick disc fixed
against a spring. and it took so many
pounds pressure to drive in the disc q
certain distance. And they tested the
thing on an old army mule and the first
kick knocked the whole machine into
smithereens and landed the most of it
in the next field. Genius has its trials!
Boston Post.
The New Haven girl who eats six
handfuls of charcoal daily is securing .
notoriety that she contented herself to
subsist on bread and butter, roast beef
and plain victuals generally. She might
have been able to look forward to a
longer life and less recalcitrant internal
economy; but what are long life and
quiet comfort to having ones name and
fame trumpeted from end to end Of this
great and glorious countryp-Boston
Transcript.
A new charitable society has been
organized in London whose object is the
distribution of peacocks' feathers among
the poor and needy. To a family whose
larder and coal-bin are empty, and
whose clothing is not sufficient to pro-
tect them from winters rude blasts, a
gaudy peacock's feather must come like
q pool of fresh water to the parched
traveller in the desert of Sahara; and il
tho recipients don't kick the honors
through a brick wall, they chould be
compelled to live on the gift for six
months, without any trimmings.