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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
" Paw the Cashier

A Young man arrived in town the
other dav from one of the interior
towns, and was dressed in the height of
misunderstanding. The airs he put on
trcading the pavement attracted the at
tention of all pedestrians, especially the
young ladies, on whom he dispensed
soul-invigorating smiles. The rich
young lady and the poor girl each
caught smile rs they passed him. He
entered restaurant, and even before
ordering his cent lunch commenced
an attack on the heart of the pretty
waiter girl. He swallowed his cheap
dinner aud almost got away with his own
palate, and was about to arise when the
pretty waiter girl approached and slyly
tucked Il note down by the side OF his
plate. He was now sure that his '.mash-
ing" efforts had been appreciated. He
stealthily gathered it up and placed it
i'm his pocket, and would read it when
he got outside. He was sure it was an
appointment" So he fastened to the
cashiers desk, and when asked for his
check said that he had none. Forget
ting that she had given him check. she
called out, Ten cents" which he paid,
and he passed out into the busy throng.
Having reached u secure place, where
the gaze of the idle multitude would
not disturb him, and, with beating
heart and between short breaths, he
fished out the little note of appoint.
ment, which read: "Pay cashier ten
cents"
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
A CHASTITY Fio1.inr Fur, ral,

The night of our arrival, SAYS L. Is.
Aldrich, in his new book, was one of
those unearthly moonlight nights that
belong to Italy. The ArnO. changed to
a stream of quicksilver. flowed swiftly
through the stone arches of the Ponte
VecchiO under our windows, and hurled
me with its beauty out of doors, though
II great clock somewhere near by just
changed eleven. BY an engraving had
seen in boyhoOd recognized the bridge
of TaddcO Gaddi, with its goldsmith
shop on either side. They were closed
now. of course. l strolled across the
bridge and back again, once or twice,
and then wandered off into u network
of dingy streets, traversed by one street
so very narrow that You saw only n
hands breadth of amethystine sky be-
tween the tops of the tall buildings.
Standing in the middle OF the thorough
fare, could almost touch the shutters
of the shops right ana left. AT the up
per end of the street, which was ut least
three-quartcrs of mile in length, the
overhanging fronts of the lofty houses
seemed to meet and shut out the dense
moonlight. In the desperate struggle
which took place there between the
moon and the gloom hundred fantas-
tic shadows slipped from cogn and cor
nice and fell into the street below like
besiegers flung from the ramparts of
some old castle Not human being or
a light was anywhere visible. Sudden
Iy | saw what, for IN instant. ! took to
be a falling star i'm the extreme distance.
1t approached in zigzag course. 1t
broke into several stars; these grew
larger; then discovered they were tor
chcs. A low monotOnOus chant, like
the distant chorus of demons in an opera,
reached my ear. The chant momently
increased in distinctneSs. and rs the
torches drew nearer, saw that they
were carried by fifteen or twenty per-
sons marching in II square, in the mid
die of which was bier supported by a
number of ghostly figures. The process.
sion was sweeping down on me ut the
rate of six miles an hour; the training
pail Tapped in the wind caused by the
velocity of the march. When the cor
tege was within twenty or thirty yards
of me l noticed that the trcstle-bearers
and the persons who held the tiambeaux
were shrouded from forehead TO foot in
white sheets, with holes pierced for the
eyes. never beheld anything so dew
ilish. On they came, occupying the
whole width of the narrow street.
had barely time to crowd myself into q
projecting doorway, when they swept
by with rythmical sweeping gait, to
the measure of the awful threnody. !
waited until the mufiled chant melted
into the distance. and then ! made bee
line for the hotel.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
Hints OF Slnap.

The question of chief Importance to
most people in these overwrOught wake
full days and ni%hts is how TO get good
sleep enough. DR.. Corning drops 4
few simple hints which may be of value.
In the first place. people should have y
regular time for going to sleep. and it
should be rs soon rs can well be after
sun v.-- c~Isvenience, get less helgsr
according to Ess..IA "A al, De-. :. 80,
eft from their sleep than others; get
ting sleep becomes more difficult; there
is II tendency to nervous eNcitability and
arrangement; the repair of the system
does not equal the waste. The more
finely organized people are. the greater
the difficulty and the danger from this
cause. The first thing in order to sleep
well is TO 90 to bed nj a regular hour,
and make it rs early as possible. The
next thing is to exclude all worry and
exciting subjects of thought from the
mind some time before retiring. The
body and mind must be let down from
the high pressure Strain before going to
bed, so that nature can assert her right
full supremacy ;fterwMd. Another
point is, never thwart the drOwsy iul-
pulse when il comes at the regular time
by special efforts to keep awake, for
this drowsiness is the advance guard of
healthy, restorative sleep. Sleep is a
boon which must not be tempered with
and put oil, for if compelled to wait, it
is never So perfect and rcstful rs if TAX
en- in lis own natural time and way.
The right side is the best to sleep on.
except III special cases of disease, and
the position should he nearly horizon
tai. Finally, the evening meal should
be composed OF food most easily digest
cd and assimilated. SO that the stomach
will have little hard work to do. A
heavy. rich dinner taken in the evening
IS one of the things that murder sleep.
Late auppers with exciting foods and
stimulating drinks make really rcstOra-
tive sleep next to impossible. Narcot-
les are to he avoided, save as used in
eases of disease by competent phySi-
clans. The proper time, according to
DR.. Corning. to treat sleeplessness is in
the daytime, and ii must he treated by
n wise and temperate method of living
rather than By medicines. This is good
common sense, says the New York Star,
from which paper we copy, and doubt
less vast deal of debility, nervous de-
rangcmcnt. and the insanity ofOur time
would he prevented by more good, rest
full natural sleep.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
A Story for the Marines.

"a warm day like this" said the
nautical cop yesterday afternoon at
Eighth and Chestnut streets Us he shook
the beads of Precipitation from his walk
ing-cane, reminds me of II pretty warm
place | once got into. and on freezing
cold day. Don't know what q case
whale is. do YOU? Well, it's a whale
ihat has cavity in its head which holds
Just one third of all the oil that the
whale produces. The body of a seven
ty-iive barrel ease whale' yields fifty
barrels and the head twenty-five bar
rels. The incident speak of happened
while | was on board the whaling ship
Eliza +. Mason.
I'VE had captured hundred barrel
whale. and after the head was split
open was detailed to dip out the oil.
It's just like going into a big bath tub.
pits in oil. was wading about in the
monsters head when l was suddenly
startled by seeing the surface of the oil
burst into a blaze, caused, rs l after
ward learned, by one of the crew acct
dentally dropping box of burning
matches. The only thing to do was to
dive under the oil, and did it, with my
sheath knife in ms teeth. l turned my
head after got underneath and could
plainly See the flames jumping about
three feet. After l could breath no
longer attempted to come to the sur
face, but the heat was SO intense that l
had to dive back again, and made des-
perate effort to dig my way out with the
knife. managed to dig hole large
enough for 10 thrust my head through,
and then. by mighty effort, escaped
into the sea. 1t was pretty tight
squeeze, can tell you. and my body
was so warm that it made the water
hiss all around me. The captain OF the
vessel thought l had been burned to
death. and when swan to the side OF
the vessel, he was SO frightened that he
told me there was only one thing that
prevented him from turning gray in q
night
"Whai was that?" asked the listener.
HE was bald-headed. ''-Fhilddetptid
Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
THE LIME-KILN CLUB.
THE ICE QUESTION.

Rear Admiral Clingbone secured the
floor to inquire if the honorable mem
bers of the club were to be fed on luke
warm water ut every meeting this sum-
mer, or whether the Finance Committee
intend to contract for ice. If the for
mer case he should arrange to bring a
bottle of cold tea with him.
Brother Gardner replied that he con-
sidered ice an unnecessary expense. AT
home he buried his butter in barrel in
the ground and hung the milk pitcher
on the north side of the cabin. He had
lately been making experiments with a
pail of water and had discovered that an
iron wedge in the bottom of pail i'm
parted an all-suflicient GOODNESS. The
Finance Committee was empowered to
buy q cheap secondhand wedge and
have it on had ut the next meeting.
X < e s.s.,ss.Ss PARTICULARS WANTED.
OF the Committee on
Merties and Charities then announced a
letter from the Mayor of Buffalo asking
the Lime-Kiln Club to subscribe to u
fund to be used in founding IN ''Insti-
tuition for Decayed Chimney-Sweeps
and Played-out White-Washcrs.
Samuel Shin moved that the club sub
scribe $1,000. but before he had quit
stammering the President brought his
gavel down with thump and replied:
'.Brudder Shin. drap back. an doan'
be ober mint gittin' dc hull of your
self sot down in yer co'ner! In de fust
place, whar' am dis asylum to be built?
Who am to boss it? Who am to holu
dc cash? Am it in dc interest of white
folks or black? Befo' dis club pledges
itself to any Enterprise it wants to know
n few particulars"
A MEAN TRICK.
Trustee Pullhack then arose and said
he desired to expose n mean trick.
When the colored men Of Lansing de-
cided tn celebrate Emancipation Day
they went to j. &. Ford, keeper of the
Senate cloak-rOOm and an honorary
member of the Lime-Kiln Club who has
taken twenty-seven degrees, and be-
sought him to write out the matter for
the advertising. Brother Ford sings a
pen weighing Il pound and half, and
he produced a hand-bill sparkling with
such terms as Yoke of bondage"
"Grand old Stars and Stripes, "..Blessed
boon of liberty" and ..The guardian
angel of the oppressed. What did the
colored element of Grand Rapids do but
decide on splitting of and holding a
celebration there the same day, and
meaner than all, they stole all the gilt
edged terms and sentences of Brother
Ford's Lansing hand-bill! Brother Pull
back thought the club should take some
action.
Giveadam Jones moved that Brother
Ford be presented with the sympathies
of the club and linen buster costing
ten shillings, and that all applications
for membership from Grand Rapids fol-
the next six months be marked IN. G."
and sold to the rag-man.
The Rev. Penstock opposed the mo-
ton, on the ground that Brother Ford
probably stole his ideas from some
county fair hand.bill, but he was
down and the motion adopted
by vote of 1873 to l4.-DetrOH Free
Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
KnaW Har Failing,

$50 Mary. you are going to leave me
to take service with Mrs. DeVereg
YES, ms am. but you see she pays
me more wages.
=, suppose so. and l suppose your
mind is made up to go. Mary, want
to make you nice present before you
GO
please don't ma am"
"Why, what do YOU mean?'
Il mean, ma am, that Mrs. DE We're
will want to know the cost of your par
lor curtains, the number of your servants
and the name of your dressmaker.
And suppose she does?"
..WhN, I'll have to tell her, and as
much more rs can think of. It's my
failing, and if you give me your old
black silk not to tell, and she gives me
Il new 81 hat to pump out all know,
| feel that | shall lean towards the
hat"
Mary is allowed togo, and Mrs. Eras-
tus thanks her stars that the girl never
knew that her diamonds were paste OF
the furniture mortgaged.-IVM Street
NnIrc
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
How an Old Woman Disposed of a Tramp.
There Is no thing that hath no worth:
There IL no evil anywhere.
There Is no Ill upon this earth
LIZ sa.aks moi TO Sn,. Ii Ihnrtl.


IT man seeks not To sc" II there.
One less tramp makes the rounds of
New England now than twoyearS since.
He was destroyed utterly from she face
of the earth by IN old woman. There
was u doublc-barrelcd shotgun in the
back bedroom. But it was not loaded.
The woman did not use the doCble- bar
relied shotgun, as had been ad.'ised by
some. This old woman's only son had
taken the few dollars she had s:.vcd and
ran away to sea. He was not really
wicked, but he was young and. wanted
to see the world. and. rs his mother
would not consent to his ;,ong, this
seemed his only means of escape. Tho
sum taken was small. and .Itally his
own, in some sense, and as tlS:;oid lady
had n comfortable home thcr<stlose Dy
the sea she did not suffer a, a. But
she was very, very lonely rs II y.'.!a
swept by, and waited in vain =" her
boys return. One day Il tramp came
by, hungry, nearly naked. lie had
dropped out of the ranks of ambitious
men and had become II camp-foilowcr
in the warfare of life. But tl2 lonely
woman p;tied him. Her sons clothes
hung there, the prey of no.hS ana
mold. She gave the tramp III: CLOTHES.
And when he was well dressed and fed
and made to feel ut home, il seemed to
her rs if her own son had really return
ed. But the neiyhbors were mortified.
"Wait, and you will see him run away
LAS my own son did, perhaps" an
swered the old woman, quietly, and
they were Silenced But the tramp did
not run away. He kept on at work and
the widows place has come TO look as
il there really was Il man around. And
so the world goes on. Not mura in all
this little story, after ali, except the fact
that news of her sons death II Vera
Cruz has reached the old lady. j! that
he died there of the yellow fcve about
the time the tramp came to hc5 ,loor;
and that, Il stranger in II Sirang f land,
he was nursed and cared for and buried
by an old Mexican woman who. could
not speak word of his language, while
all others had fled the city. o., it is Il
good world. after all. And think that
old Yankee woman has solved the tramp
question clearly Not sliot-guns and
bulldogs; bread and kindu ---Joaquin
Miller.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
NUMBER z
How he Won Her.

81 tell you. sir" Indignantly exclaim-
ed Colonel Webley, addressing young
man who aspired to the hand of his on
ly child, 'that | shall never give my
consent to u union which know would
be unhappy"
1--WE love each other" replied young
Balehuff.
"Love be cternally bowed! SO
could have said years ago. was de-
voted to the woman | married and she
was devoted to me-"
"You have lived happily with each
Oth0r, have you nOt?'
''Happily!' the colonel cOntemptu-
ously repeated. Il didn't have money
enough to insure happiness. Even in
Arkansaw 4 man must have none.
His wife may be devoted to him, but if
he fails to provide those little dclicacies
which make life so enjoyable to u wo
man, she will speak of this sad lack OF
comfort and instead of attrfputingit to
financial inability, will regard it rs will
full neglect. At times she will be melt.
ing with affection and VOW that your
love is all that she cares for ia this
world, but when some one who in
worldly goods seems no richer than
yourself, rides in buggy with his wife,
she loses sight of the great sustaining
Aove and bankers after tangible ailec-
ion, Il street display of love-
IL am Il young man of energy and
good business capacity. | can work
and earn money"
mo use in prolOnging this converse
ton. | have told YOU that YOU shall
not marry my daughter. | shall keep
close watch and if | see YOU here
again. | shall act with violence "
well colonel said the Young man
with firmness, "as the gcntler recourse,
have failed, ! am compelled to adopt
the last resort. Some time ago. before
you suspected that | was attached to
your daughter, you borrowed ten dol
lars from me. DO not vince. sir; heal
me through. You thought that | had
forgotten the transaction, but haven't.
Now, sir, ! intend to marry your daugh-
ter. If YOU persist in annuyin" me, |
shall dun you for the money every time
l see you
The colonel sat for moment in deep
thought. Finally he said, Say, Bob,
don't say anything about the ten dol.
lars, lend me five more and take the
girl. "-ArkansatO Trdrcler.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
laundering RridegroOlns.

A Boston groom grew so confused
during the marriage ceremony that he
couldn't find the wedding ring. After
q long search he found it in his boot.
An abSent-minded bridegroom forgot
the hour set for his nuptials and was
discovered playing pool. He was hur,
ried to the church and married.
In Philadelphia young man who
had just been married forgot his peck
et-bOok when he started on his wedding
tour. He was compelled to pawn his
watch.
The first blunder committed by an
awkward Baltimore groom was to teal
his brides dress by stepping on the
train. He forgot his responses, which
so affected him that he burst into tears
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10

Even bad eggs have their use-out-
side the thrilling turbulence OF politi-
cal campaign. There are four firms in
Philadelphia. it is said. that make a bus
mess of collecting from grocers and
market men the eggs upon whose flavor
and fragrance age or too tropical wealth
er has wrought sad ravages. These are
opened and graded. Those hOpelessly
corrupt are sent to tanneries for polish
ing purposes. Those that are merely toe
emphatic in tone for culinary purposes
are separated, the whites from the yOlks,
the latter being used for morocco man.
ufacturers and the former-sO says un'
scrupulous report-by confectioners.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
WOman's Suhers in Life,

AS to the horror of professional
woman, says the New York Sun, there is
really no sound reason for that. Be-
cause q woman works for her living she
need not be any the less charming than
one who is brought up to expect she
must be supported by some one else.
Ii is true there is n great deal of talk
about woman unseXing herself, but af-
ter all that is something they cannot
do. Women are not merely feminine
physiologically. They are feminine in
every respect. in their intellect and their
emotions and we may say, in their NOR
nj sense. Whatever they do they are
always women, being very distinct
from men in their qualities; and hence
instead of their work unscXing them it
cannot be successfully pursued unless
il is adapted to their condition.
If woman is in shop or factory, if
she is clerk behind counter, a tele-
graphcr, a milliner, dressmaker she
may be, as we all know, just ~ lovely,
charming, and feminine creature as
if sac did nothing more than cOddle n
lap dog or busy herself only about in
side household duties. Indeed her work
i likely To make her all the more inter-
.'Sting. Her wits may be brighter and
her sympathics kcenrr than those OF u
woman whose sphere is more restricted.
Her mind may he less occupied with
triiles, and perhaps she enjoys her home
the more and makes it all the more de-
lightful because il means rest and peace
after outside Toll for her.
And if a woman may work ut Il trade
without damaging her iovable DISPOSE
ton and her charming domestic quail
ties, rs many thousands OF eases show
she can do, why should Il profession
necessarily unfit h + To be the cOmpan-
ion OF Il man with taste of literature
and domestically inclinedo Besides, if
she is able to add to his SIS or $50 per
week substantial fees earned bv herself,
they can afford To buy more literature
ana To make more agreeable the sur
roundings of their home. 1t is 4 great
mistake to suppose that women are only
charming in Il state of pecuniary iepcn-
dcncc, that while they are fitted well
enough To do odd jobs about Il house,
they should have no active interests out
side. This is Il nation better suited TO
oriental customs and pre- udices than to
this region ut this time when every
fashionable woman in New York en-
cages in Il multitude of outdoor activi-
ties.
What is the future woman to do? She
will do whatever she fits herself for and
VIII enter into every occupation where
she can successfully compete with man.
Gy,,t - ,ril nj
who now holds Il mastery over the
hearts of men, and who commands
love rs sweetheart, wife. and mother
You cannot change her, God be praised.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
A Startling Discovery.

Physicians are often startled by re.
marketable discoveries. The fact that
DIR. Kings Now Discovery for COnsump.
ton and all Throat and Lung diseases
is daily curing patients that they have
given up to die, is startling them to
realize their sense OF duty, and examine
into the merits of this wonderful dis
covery; resulting in hundreds Of our
best Physicians using it in their practice.
Trial bottles free ut John A. SambOrn's
Drug Store. Regular size $l.OO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10
Fresh proof of the danger of inhalins

Fresh proof of the danger of inhalins
air eXhalcd by persons having lung dis
eases have been given by Il characters
tic French experiment. Nj. GibouX took
four young, healthy rabbits from the
same litter, and kept them for 105 days
in cages. rs follows: Two were placed
in a cage where they were obliged to
breathe the air expired from animals
with consumption, twice Il day for two
hours; in Il short ti,se they became
sickly. and, on killing them. they were
found to have tubcrclcs in the lungs.
The other two breathed twice a day
the same air. but disinfected by being
passed through cotton wadding impreg.
mated with carboiic acid; these rabbits
remained in good health, and were lin
ally eaten by the eXperimenter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-10

..Why didn't You stand aside and let
that woman pass" asked policeman
of a negro. Case she is my wife, sab.
She makes me stan aronn ut home, but
when | ketches her on der street lets
her take her chances. sah. IF yer want
er see man wild p'lteness born in him
come up ter my house an see dis ole
man hop roun' de yard"
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1883-09-15
HARRISON p. o.
NAIL ARRIVALS AND DEPARTURES.

Fromth North-springfeld via Forsyth
Kirbyville &C., Arrives daily, except SUM
asv. at 10 AN.
To the North-Yia. Kirbyylle, Forsyth
and Ozark, daily except Sunday, at lac r.
".
Fromthe South-Little Rock, vim Olarks-
v.ie and Jasper, &C., arrives daily, except
Sunday, at p NJ.
To the south-Yia. Jasper and GIarks-
Vile. :, Departs daily, except Sundays, at
1890 A.sSf
TO the East-Yia. Belefonte, Valley
springs. Rally Hill, &e., to Yellville, Ark.
Departs daily, except Sunday, at l;l5 P NJ,
From the Fast Yellville, via, Rally Hill,
Valley Springs and Belleionte, arrives dali
IL, except Sunday, at $50 A. NJ,
From Harrison to Eureka Springs, via.
fGsrroIlton and Barryville, departs daily at
A. NJ, arrives at P. NJ, except Sunday,
From Harrison to Leaf HILL via, Elixir,
deppts Mondays, at 6 A, NJ. Arrives same
day,. at 7P.M
From Harrison to Hill Top, departs Satur-
day.at 7 A. NJ, arrives at 6;S0 p, NJ, same
f. S. BAKER, p. NJ