The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-10-06
GLEANINGs.

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American palace cars are making their
appearance in Italy.
A first-class American hotel is to be
built in the city of Mexico.
The fashion of tracing the veins with
blue paste is gaining favor in London.
Dakota has more daily papers than
any OF the Southern States.
The wealthiest city in the United
States. in proportion to population, is
Portland, Ore.
Buffalo has l.137 manufactures. The
books of the Excise Commissioners
show that it has LOO beer saloons.
Elder John Morgan. of Georgia, states
that the Mormon Church is now making
more converts in the South than at any
previous time in its history.
The Philadelphia Times suggests that
the Keely motor can be proftably en-
plOyed in pulling voluntary assessments
out of the pockets of office holders.
The flow of oil in the Cherry Grove
district of Pennsylvania has been great
ly augmented of late by the use of tor
pedOes.
The name protestant originated at
Hires. Bavaria, in 1929, when protests
were made against the Papal dogma
there. A cathedral is to be built to
mark the spot.
Some of the dining cars on railways
running through Iowa have conspicu-
ously written across their bills of fare:
mo orders from the wine list filled
while passing through Iowa"
People at the watering places who
make vulgar display Of their wealth
are dubbed Copper-mines. This is to
signify that they have not always had
money.
All along the Frazer river the edge is
black with salmon, while the creeks for
q long distance are jammed with them.
Millions are to be seen, and as the water
goes down in the creek, thousands are
left to die.
The fact that the English in Egypt
are using railway rs means of ag-
gression ought to give great deal Of
satisfaction to General Schenck, who
tried the experiment during our civil
war.
The richest colored congregation in
the country is said to be that Of St. Au-
gustine's Roman Catholic Church,
Washington. The best church music
at the capital is alleged to be that of its
choir.
A real estate dealer advertises in a
Dakota newspaper: II can be found
either at the Gold Mine playing freeze
OUT at Mitchelrs Exchange betting lon
the age of old bosses with Brown, or
at my residence on Oak street, perusing
the Scriptures"
Miss Richards, who has been travel
ing about in Wisconsin organizing wo-
mans suffrage clubs, says that her
greatest opposition comes from young
unmarried women. who imagine that
men will not like them SO well if they
advocate the wOman's suffrage cause.
David X. AtchisOn was President of
the United States for day and half.
He was President of the Senate when
that interval occurred between the end
of Folks administration and the inaug-
uratiOn of Taylor. He lives in Missouri,
and is very tall, straight and hearty
old gentleman.
Spikes are dropping from the New
York elevated railroads daily. to the det-
riment of those who are beneath. When
it is not a spike it is a cinder, or dash
of oil, or II swaSh of water. or q paint
pot, or some trifle of that sort. A brake
man was dropped Il few weeks ago and
foot passengers live in hopes of seeing
I;,ont~r -, an had hx, tho foil
The latest agony is the Natal Al
bum," diary done up in real seal-skin
or plush, for the autographs of ones
friends, written upon the page devoted
to the day on which he or she was born,
SO that whoever warts to know the
names and ages and birthdays of his
friends can have them on file for ready
reference.
Half tho silver half-dollars circulated
in Montana are alleged to be counter
feits make by Chinese in San Francis
co. They are described rs exactly the
weight Of the genuine ones, and only
one thirty-second part of an inch larger
in diameter. They contain only sixteen
cents worth Of silver, which is all on the
surface.
The right of q woman past the age of
81 to marry whom she pleases has Just
been vindicated in Missouri. The father
of Laura Robes, aged q years, attempt
ed TO hold her to continuous service by
locking her up in room when she had
made q verbal contract to become the
wife of G. w. Bishop. A writ of habeas
corpus unlocked the door, and the mar
riage took place in spite of the fathers
objections.
More care is required to make fine,
velvety lawns than is usually supposed.
1t is necessary to have plenty of rich
loan, sufficient well-rooted manure or
fertilizer, and the best of seed. If the
subsoil be sandy or gravelly, a greater
depth of loan is needed, or the bottom
must be partially puddled with either
clay or peat; if not, any manure or top
dressing of any description soaks away,
and disappears entirely.
A railroad conductor in Massachusetts
was recently made the victim of new
fraud. He was paid ten dollars in sew
eral bills, which in counting appeared
to be eleven dollars, whereupon he gave
back q one dollar bill and got on his
train. After the train started he count
ed the money again. and was surprised
to find he only had nine dollars. Upon
examining the bills he found one which
was made up Of parts of one-dollar
bill and two-dollar bill pasted together,
the face showing two-dollar bill and
the back a one.
The secret Of success in transplanting
Is to press the soil well about the roots.
In setting out plants, such as celery,
cabbage, etc., be sure that the moist
soil is brought into contact with the
roots by pressing it down with the foot
of hoe, or the back of spade. Mr..
Peter Henderson urges the Importance
of this matter by compacting the soil
both In sowing seeds and transplanting
plants, bushes and trees, and in setting
out cuttings.
Electricity is said to have been sue
cessfully applied to street cars in Pitts
burg. The motor consists of dynamo
machine of one and half horse power,
which is suspended under the trucks.
attached by series of gear wheels
The electricity is produced by ma
chine located at point on the line and
supplied by wire over the car, extend
ing out from posts on the side of the
track. The machine is ca pable of Civ
ing the car speed of two miles an.
hour. and is easy of management and
perfectly safe.
Apple-whisky, or apple-jack, Is its
familiar acquaintances call it, has its
two favorite homes in Sussex county,