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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
He Saw WidoWs.

Officer Button, at the Union depot,
picked up the other day q memOran-
dunn book evidently lost by some n
attending the state fair. All the entries
are made in a business-like manner.
and rome of them are readable. The
first entry is:
.'Shall take SIG with me to the state
fair. SecOnd-class hotel good enough
for me. Beware Of pickpOckets. Keep
your eyes open for . gO~od-looking
widow. View the animals, and don't
forget to take two clean handkerchiefs
along"
The second entry reads:
Fair up to the average. Saw q
widow In the car going up. Didn't
seem to like my style. Somebody has
stuck me with n bogus half dollar. Saw
another widow on the grounds. Rather
too stout. Viewed the anima.s and was
kicked by a steer.
Third entry-'.GoOd attendance. Slept
on the floor. Jam on the street ears.
Passed the bogus money off on . boot
black. Saw a widow at tho hotel. Most
too lean. Went to the theatre last night.
Saw several widows. but no chance to
make an impression"
Fourth enlry-''Big crowd on the
grounds. Beat my way in. Saw =
widow on the fence. Most too bolster
Gus for my locality. Saw a horse race.
One horse beat ali the others. Viewed
the machinery and was hit on the -
by u loafcr. Saw a widow viewing the
headless rooster. Mouth most too
large for my part of the state. Slept in
a barn for nothing"
Fifth en,ry--.Saw a widow in the
post Office. Blind in one eye. No good.
Big jam. Tried to beat my way in, but
couldn't. Saw a horse-race. Saw a
widow on the grand stand. Bowed to
her. Cold cut. Viewed the big OK.
Saw q widow in Honey hall. Raised
my hat. Got left. Feel blue"
As that wa, the last entry it would
seem a. if he gave up in disgust and
started for home. A person supposed
to be him '.saw q widow" ut the depot
Friday afternoon, and became so OBJ
noxious that she hit him over the head
with an umbrella, and two or three
men reached for him with cowhide
boots. -ChicagO Times.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
The Early Stages Of Human Development.

NJ. de MOrtillet has occupied himself
with this progress, and. persuaded that
existing mankind is only q resultant,
and the last term of u series of success
sive transformations, distinguishes be-
tween several men. as tertiary man.
quasernary man. existing man. The
man of the ancient quaternary. the
Neanderthal. the Denise, aud the Cam
stadt man, appear TO him so different
from the historical type. that not only
does he separate them from it, but he
creates for the time anterior to the
quaternary a human or pseudo-human
category of a particular order. There
Were, in this view, precursors of man."
to which he applies the significant
name of anthroPOpahecms. or ''man-
monkey, because he believes they pre-
ceded man in the scale of beings, and
constituted an intermediate type be-
tween the living anthropomorphic apes
and man. We should then have to deal
with a creature high enough above the
gorilla and the chimpanzee to know
how to cut flints and use fire. low
enough not to be able to rise above that
industrial grade and become a real man;
or with q race standing to the Bush
man and Tasmanian as they seem to
stand to us. Theology does not abso-
lutely repel this view, for it discusses
the possible existence of pre-adamites.
Religion even seems disinterested in
the question, for the Able Bourgeois,
whose discoveries have given rise to NJ.
dc Mortillet's anthropopithecuses. and
who has not rejected the theory, has
always passed for a soundly orthodox
priest, while he is known to be a keen
observer, Nothing is against an im-
partial examination of the question.
Only the objection may be offered to
his views that no one has ever seen an
anthropopithecus. the structure and
characteristics of which have been
worked out by pure reasoning alone,
and that the distance that must have
separated the precursor of man from
mar himself is calculated upon the ex-
tremely uncertain basis of the distance
between quaternary and existing man.
-PODU(dr Science MOnth'U.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
Thousands Say So.

Mr.. T. W. Atkins, Girard, Kan,
writes: never hesitate tn recon-
mend your Electric Bitters to my rus.
toners, they give entire satisfaction
and are rapid sellers" Electric Bitters
are the purcst and hest medicine known
and will positively cure Kidney and
Liver complaints. Purify the blood
and regulate the bowels. No family
a affOrt to Ike without them. They
will save hundred Of dollars In doctors
bills every year. Sold at fifty cents u
hottie by JOHN A. SANB0KN.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
A Wisconsin Dude.

Here Is the dude q correspondent
saw at Lakeside. Wisconsin,: Tie dawnec
upon my vision just rs the will-O-the
wisps were chanting their lullaby. ant
| feared he wonld get away ere | could
take him all in. He was of medium
height and slender. At first sight }
thought he wore cuffs at the terminal O
his Jersey pants. but when he came
nearer ] saw they were the white CATER.
which rested upon his narrow-tOed
patent-leather shoes. His pants, which
were Il snbdued drab tint, looked as
though they had been first melted and
then poured over his limbs. SO closely
did they nestle. think, though. they
were built upon rubber and had 10 be
blown up before they could be entered.
The vest above was a dark hue, reg1l.
larly fiecked will, red polka dots, and
across il was stretched a thread of gold,
extending from pocket to pocket, while
from its center depended a locket in
which sparkled a single gem. The coat,
which was built OF dark material, was
faultlessly nodded to his form. and Sc.
cured in front by u single button. From
its left breast pocket perped the end Of
Il pale blue silk handkerchief, and
across its front dangled Il single-barrel.
ed glass secured by a black silk cord.
Rising Enthusiastically from the Goa to Il
dizzy altitude WAS Il closely-titting and
dazzling white collar, which held his
head in place like photographer rest.
and ~linked-cuilS OF the same material
crept owe the hands so faultlessly in.
cased in the brick-red undressed kids.
The necktir. which was Il pinhead check.
was impaied upon a di.mOnd-studded
pin. The slender form was wrapped
in a brief and seldom Mother Hubbard
o%verc"at of ecru. while below it the
tails OF l.is undercoat tangled in the
evenin" breeze. His hair, of = rici,
brown tinge. was banged across his
forehead and over lis ears. and q deli
cate muslarhe was scattered across his
upper lip. Upon his head he wore q
Derby of Il delicate d%ove-colOr, and the
ven,ilating holes punched in its sides
were carefully plugged with hOmeo.
patilic corkS, presumably to keep the
dranght from his head. In his hand he
lightly swung a white sun-umbrella
with II shepherd 's-croOk head tipped
with silver. He walked like the pegs
on cribha|e-bnarl. and in q moment,
too b.. failed.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
For Sale.

A mill. 30 20 feet, > stories high, en-
zine house 20 y 30, with two lois. The
mill has "a 20 horse power engine, and
GOOD boiler. Worth 5000. Can bc
bought inr much less. EaquiIe at tins
office.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
o II the Time

to treat Catarrh of long standing. Ely's
Cream Balm reaches obstinate cases,
where all other remedies tall. 1t Ia not
a liquid or snuff and is easily applied.
Price Soc.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-11-02
A Skeleton Ido,.

Among the most interesting speci-
mems on exhibition in the rooms of the
Winnipeg Historical Society are the
remains of huge reptiles, or the dino,
saurians OF the ]creiaceous era, some
what resembling the crocodile of the
present day. In one OF the ravines of
the Saskatchewan the skeleton of one
OF the monsters %prO:rudes out of the
side OF II cliff. like "a spirit Of fierce as
pcct." and it has been worshiped from
time 10 time immemOrial by u tribe Of
pagan indians. Cor. Toronto Globe,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
Coins Made Of Wood.

"You see," said the man on the
wharf, "Pm carpenter, and when L
landed in San Francisco L opened a
shop and did better than some buckles
in the mines. 1 did mostly fine jobs,
such as fitting up saloons, cabinet
work, and making gambling truck
the last queer things, I tell you, full Of
tricks to cheat the greenies.
Zone day l got an order for a lot of
wooden adobes. 'Adobes' were gold
pieces of the value of $50 each, and
the man who gave the order-the
played-out secretary now hauling up
tom-cod yonder-wanted 1000. I
smelled rat, but kept mum, as secrecy
was the keystone of half my trade. 1
SET my lathe to work in a room care
fully locked, and in due time had the
contract filled. Now L want you to
gid these slugs, said the secretary,
and send them down to Adams &
Co.'S Office about the time the mail
steamer gets in. Keep dark and send
in your BILL 1 did. Old Noise let me
have one of his gilders, aud he did the
work in good style. But for the
weight you would never have taken
those 'slugs' for anything but the
simon-pure article. In the drawers
they made fine display, looking what
they were intended to represent-$50,-
600 in gold. 1 boxed them up, sent
them to Adams 81 Co.'s under cover Of
night, and read in the papers next
morning of the arrival of $4,000 in
'adobes,' consigned to the banking
house of-well, you know the place on
Montgomery street, near Clay. AS for
the name, that's nothing-it's as dead
as the bank, its president and its board
of directors. 1 smiled, but said moth
ing. The addition of those 1000
slugs' helped the concern amazingly.
1t was only three months old, but it
stood on its legs at once. took some
pride in the affair myself, as was the
creator of its financial support"
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
Treatment Of Sunstroke.

Sunstroke was in many Cincinnati
cases during the terrible heat treated
with hot water instead of cold. The
following directions were published
by such physicians as favored the plan:
Lay the patient on his back, loosen the
clothing so as to encourage free flow
of blood; expose the chest, especially
over the region Of the heart, and with
a large cloth, towel or sponge freely
battle the head, face, neck and chest
with hot salt water, as hot as can be
handled, continually adding more hot
water and applying it until the patient
is soft. Use one teaspoonful of salt to
every quart of hot water. Have the
feet made bare and rubbed or slapped,
and in extreme cases apply mustard
poultices. Give internally, if a tenn
perate man, teaspoonful of whisky
in hot water; if drinking man, use
little ammonia or hartshorn in hot
water; if soon after a meal, put tea
spoonful Of yellow mustard into glass
of warm water and have the patient
drink it, following up with more until
he vomits freely. AS he convalesces
give at first lime-water and milk Zone
fourth lime-water and three-fourths
milk, afterward a liquid diet until the
stomach is strong enough for solids.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
$l.5O Per ANNUM.
An Angry Deer.

A pet deer owned by Judge Hall, OF
Montecito, Cal, becoming angry, made
desperate attack upon girl and
escape from death. 1t was a male
deer, about two years old, with keen,
pointed horns, and was kept tethered
with rope, but was always gentle
and peaceable, and a great favorite
with the entire household. 1t man
aged one day to free itself from the
rope by which it was bound, and with
out any apparent cause attacked the
daughter of Judge Hall, girl about
fourteen years old, tossing her upon his
horns and tearing her clothing very
badly. Fortunately he tossed her into
tunnel excavated to afford a supply
Of water, and she had the presence of
mind to lie still until he went away.
Then going to the house she told her
story.
About this time James II. Jacobs
called, and was cautioned lest the deer
should attack him as he attempted to
leave the premises. The deer saw him
and followed slowly after him, limping
badly, as if he were lame. Believing
he would have no difficulty in tying
the deer, Mr.. Jacobs picked up the
trailing, led the animal to the place
where it had been fastened, and was
STOPPING over to tie the rope, when the
deer made spring at him. The horns
struck him upon the side of the leg,
just over pocket which contained
tobacco-pouch. The pouch was COM
pletely pierced, but the force of the
blow was checked, and Mr.. Jacobs was
not hurt. The second onset was far
more disastrous. One plunge of the
deer's horns completely pierced Mr..
Jacobs left cheek, inlicting an ugly.
painful and somewhat dangerous
wound. With third bound the fran
tic animal thrust horn through the
fieshy portion of Mr.. Jacobs leg. Re-
alizing that the contest was one of life
and death, Mr.. Jacobs then seized the
maddened buck by the horns. The
deer was very powerful, and would
doubtless have soon overpOwered his
wounded and bleeding adversary. Mrs.
Judge Hall and Mrs. DR.. Crooks. how
ever, rushed to the rescue, the former
bearing an AK. Mrs. Crooks caught
the deer by the hind legs, and Mrs.
Hall struck it heavy blow on the
back. The deer retorted by severe
kick, his hoof striking Mrs. Crooks
arm near the shoulder. With great
nerve Mrs. Crooks then seized the ax,
and, despite the struggles of the ami
NAL and the close proximity of Mr.. Ja-
cobs' hands, plante full blow square
ly in the deer's forehead, stretching the
animal upon the ground.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
The Rich Men of San Francisco.

San Francisco has long list of alb
normally itch men. There are more
millionaire fortunes in San Francisco
than in any other American city, and,
we presume, more than in any Euro
pean city of corresponding population,
unless it may be Amsterdam or Frank
fort. 1t is curious fact, and without
one exception, that none spring from
the wealthy class, nearly every one
from the poorest class, and that only
one brought any money to San Fran
cisco. Only one is the graduate Of a
learned university only seven were
educated to any profession, and all Of
these lawyers. So far as we know
there is not preacher or doctor or
graduate of West Point in the lot.
Twenty of the list were, in their
youth, of the uneducated. barefoot
class, whose early struggles were un-
aided by relatives or friends. Forty
nine of our millionaires are American
by birth, eighteen are Irish, eight are
Jews, five are German, four are Eng
lish and one French. So far as we
know, only three were born south of
Mason and Dixon's line, and of these
neither was from a slave-owning fam
lily. Only seven have ever held politi-
cal position, there being one governor,
three United States senators, a mem
Der of Congress, and two members Of
assembly in the list. Outside of the
Roman Catholic church and the syna-
gogue, but one is a member of church
or professor of religion. To four of
these men we estimate $lO,OOO,OOO
each. Five will range from $20,000,-
900 to $30,000,000; two to $l0,000,000
and five 20 $5,O00,000 each, thus Civ
ing to sixteen persons over $300,000,-
600, and to the remainder, say, $780,
000,000-a total among the hereafter
named residents of San Francisco of
S450,000,0 0,000.-ATg0nGut.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
A SIMMER rpYl.

See the frog, the Shiny, green frog.
Doing away on that old rotten log;
Seriously wondering
What caused the sundering
OF the tail that he wore when pollywog.
Zee tie 10y, the freckled schoolboy,
Famed for c1ssedness free from alloy,
Watching tie frog
Perched on the log
With feelings akin to tumultuous Joy.
See the rock, the hard, finty rock,
Which the freckled-faced boy at the froe
doth sock,
Conscious he's SHINING,
Yet goefully grinning
At the likely result Of its terrible shock.
See grass, the treacherous grass
Slip from behind his feet Alas
Into the mud
With a dull thud
He falls, and rises a Shiny mass.
Now, see the frog, the hilarious frog,
Dancing jig on his old rotten log,
Applying his toes
TO his broad, blunt nose,
AS he laughs at the boy stuck fast in the bog.
Look at the switch, the hickory switch,
Waiting to make that schoolboy twitch,
When his mother knows
The state of his clothes
Won't he raise his voice to its highest pitch
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
A Terrific Combat.

Search was made and a leopard and
cobra were found lying dead, side by
side; the latter having his head COM
pletely severed from below the hood,
and the former his tongue and left jaw
very much swollen, with a greenish
white tiat along the surface. AT the
time the two animals were found, the
cobra had its head lying about couple
of inches from the middle of its body.
This prevents one arriving at any con-
clusion as to how the wounds were in
ficted whether by one snap of the
leopard's jaws, or by several crunches.
The mutilated appearance of the head
and neck Of the cobra leads one to
think that the leopard, being bitten in
the dark by the cobra, few at him;
the latter at the same time, making
second dart, wounded the leopard in
the tongue or the jaw. The leopard
then, closing his jaws on the snake,
commenced to crunch him at his
leisure, as a cat would mouse.-La-
hore (I1ldia) Gazette.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
The Largest Three Statues.

A mania for the erection of statues
of dimensions such as the world has
never seen before seems to have seized
on the two rival countries of the con-
tinent. The statue Of the Republic in
the Place du Chateau d'Eau was dis
played to public view on Saturday
amid the rejoicings Of the citizens of
Paris, and in a few weeks the enor-
nous figure of Germania, which is
being erected in honor of the victories
of 1870 and 1871 on the Niederwald,
overlooking the Rhine, will be un-
eiled in the presence of the emperor.
Both of them will be dwaTfed, how
ever. by the huge statue Of Liberty,
which, through the generous contri-
buttons Of the French nation, will be
presented in a short time to the Amer
leans. This will be at least $50 feet
in height, and it will stand upon ped
estal of the same height, at the en-
trance of the harbor of New York, to
welcome emigrants to their new home.
Poll Mall Gazette,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
Where They Settle.

"Good-morning, Mr.. Smith; how
are you?"
mod ad all well, thag you. I've a
fearful code id by head"
"It's strange thing about colds,
isn't it?"
GLOW do you bead?"
"Why, they always settle in the
weakest place" -Merehant-TraceLer.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12

father, carefully and lovingly tended as
before by her two obedient servants,
Bruno and DR.. Dick. But to this day
she wonders why it is that Bruno never
seeks for an object in life, and what
DIR. Dick could have meant by his
reply that memorable day at Valley
Home When he and Bruno made up
their minds to marry each other
Chicd0o Tribune,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12

Patents in Mexico are issued only
by special acts of the Federal legisla-
ture, like other laws. Under this rule
patents have been issued to the Bell
Telephone and Brush Electric co npa-
nies, and both inventions are in COM
mon use.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
RATEs oF ApvERTIsrNe.

Legal notices at established rates.
Marriage and death notices gratis.
All bins for yearly advertisements collected
quarterly. Temporary advertisements must
be paid in advance.
job work. cash ON delivery,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12
IN THE SHADE.

The fat man,
With big fan,
Lolls around on a rattan divan
Every spot
Awfully hot;
Doesn't care whether he dies or not
The small boy,
Full of Joy,
Finds much fun without alloy
In the stream
White limbs gleam,
10 him life seems no more than a dream.
Boy sees man,
On divan,
Wishes that he could have a fan,
And lie at ease on cool rattan.
Man sees boy
Splash with Joy;
Wishes he could his time employ
bobbing around in the stream so coy
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12

How can the world know a man has
good thing unless he adyertises the
possession Of it2-- Vanderbilt,
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12

A winter South was the only thing
for Beny's health; DR.. Hartley said
so DR.. Mearns reiterated it. The
professor and Mrs. Middleton could not
gainsay two such authorities. Accord
lngly a month or two later we find her
comfortably and happily settled at
Livingston, the home Of DR., Hartley's
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-09-12

Titus S. Church, of Boston, is the
only colored man in this country who
has taken out patent for - inven,
tion.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-31

Y. r. G. l..-Meets 1t their rooms IN Eos.
tef's brick building on Saturday evenings
at 30 o'clock, and on Sabbath afternoons At
4. Buhiness meetings are held on the even.
ing Of the second Monday In each month.
Everybody invited to attend.
u. P. CHuRcH. Prcachihg every Sabbath,
at IL A. NJ, and ?. n. by Rev. y. q. Tr.
vine, ID. u. Sabbath School at 2.30 p. N.
Prayer meeting every Thursday evening.
EvAxGY1cAL CHURCH.. Preaching ON Sab.
bath at II A. NJ, and "a r. N. Sabbath
School 1915. Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening. J. A. HolIenbaugh, pastor.
CoSanEoATIoxALCH CHURCH -Seryicesevery
Sabbath At ii A. n. and 8 ?. N. Sabbath
School At 230. Prayer meeting on
Thursday evening Of each week. .. w.
Harris, pastor.
NJ. u. CHURcH, SouTH --seryices 2nd
aid 4th Sabbaths at st. Paups N. H. Church,
South, At ii A. ~. Sabbath School ct 10
4. N. sharp. Prayer meeting every Thurs.
day evening Jos. Emery, pastor
NJ. Z. CHuRcH. Preaching every Sabbath
q ii A. n. and "a r. N. Song service in
tho evening before sermon. Sabbath School
u 2;30 r. n. Prayer meeting every Thurs
day evening. Rev. ID. w. Cameron pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. Service every
Sabbath morning and evening in Church
cor. Broadalbin and Fifth Sts. Sunday School
at 2;30 p. m. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening. Rev. Isaac II. Condit
pastor.
Christian CnuRcn-Prcaching every
Sabbath 1t Y 20 A Hall at III o'clock. a.
~, and 7:30 r. n. Pulpit supplied by Rev
II. u. Morrison.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1883-08-31
BIBLICAL LORE.


"Thc State OF Pennsylvania" said
ProE. Sitter, '.Is seven times as large
as the country Of Palestine"
"And YETI said the base ball &c
porter, al don't suppose II you raked
Pennsylvania with fine tooth combs
you could find that such man as Mo-
ses ever lived In IT.
But the professor dryly said for
that matter, Muses. never lived In Pal-
estine either.
And the baseball reporter told his
friends at lawn tennis that afternoon
that he could have just clubbed him
self for not saying PotIphar, when he
knew all the time II was Poliphas was
King of GalIiee,
The horse reporter comfofted his
colleague, however, telling him that
he never could find anything In the
Bible himself without referring to the
ACCORDION.
"The what?'' said the stock repor-
ter, lifting his head from the ticket.
"The ACCORDION, /" said the horse
reporter, '.that book with all the
words In the Bible In 1t, and where
You find em.c
''You ChinamanI'' exclaimed the
stock reporter, with profound con-
tempt, "thaps the Apocryha!s
But as they went down stairs the
horse reporter told the baseball re-
porter that the stock reporter had a
brother who was a preacher, which
was the way he come to know so
much about the. BibIe.-Burdette.