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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-07
Abnormal Davelou,n =

They were knitting stockings for
themselves, as the freak of fashionable
handiwOrk now is, says Clar, Belle.
Cast on Ia stitches equally on four
needles, said the one who had offered to
instruct the Others. sand knit3l7 rounds
for the leg-twO stitches plain and then
two puzzled. Then begin to narrow for
the ankle. according TO circumstances
~
"Hush." said one of her companions.
stan tied by the steps of the three fellows
who had been taking their after dinner
smoke in the adjoining room.
They had heard the Instructions
about narrowing the stockings from leg
to ankle. "according to circumstances"
and they couldn't resist the desire To let
The girls know it by covert remarks.
such rs the polite creatures could neith-
er get angry or laugh at, Therefore.
they planned and executed revenge. In
the momentary absence Of their tor
mentors they hastily pulled stocking
on to the log OF the piano. and set the
end into slipper, The foot and ankle
looked normal enough, but above that
the carved wood swelled into what
would have been fit for museum if
composed of flesh. blood and boae. The
fellows, on returning, saw the four girls
grouped close together al the end of the
piano. but so disposed Is TO display the
decoy leg. They pricked up their ears
and opened lhsir eyes very wide. The
expression OF admiration gave place tn
amazement, and that to something like
awe. just rs they We're about to burss
with curiosity ~ TO whom the elephant
inc member belonged the girls walked
deMWrely ont Of the room. leaving the
big and bogus leg behind them. They
have been invited to a champagne
breakfast.
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She Rails ID Them All,

A past city Official, says ;ho Boston
4rare!cr. was entertaining number of
members of the city government at his
residence. The day was Saturday.
Supper had been partaken of, and ut
its conclusion 80 little game of draw"
was proposed. and before many min
utes the entire party were deeply en-
gagged i'm the mysterious and fluctuating
fortunes Of poker rs laid down in
General Schenck's rules for the govern
iaent of that alluring but tickle game.
The tiInc HeW rapidly and merrilv. the
blind goddess now fayoring one and now
another. At length it was noticed That
the hands of the clock passed the hour
Of midnight and the players were en-
eroachiDg on the first hours of the Sab
bath. BUT what parcd they for that!
There were large sums OF money on tao
table. and the pot" was one of the
forH liable proportions. "'ll raise you
ST." exclaimed one OF the players. I'm
see that and raise You ton," shORtea
another in his excitement. ''l'll raise
the whole of YOU out of this" was tho
CRY OF q now conner, as n female WAS
seen enyel0ped IN nor night cln!ha ard
with horsewhip in her hand, There
was IN immediate break made for the
door. and some even found exit by the
window. abandoning the pot" and
whatever money there was on the table;
and It's said that some of those city
officials are running from that little
game up to the present time. The lady
pt ,be house adIso4iaaud nor llegn iord.
moi over gently, 1t IN t" be presumed.
On his dissertation Of the Sabbath, quiz
etly swept up the money and betook
herself once more to bed. There is
good reaso4 to haiieye rhat thT money
was finally disposed OF In charity.
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NUMBER II
Wanted To Be Cartiin.

"What are YOU buiting your head
against the wall for?' asked the MAYOR
of an old negro.
Ter see wluldcr or not Use asleep
sah!'
Don't you know that You are. not
asleep?'
''It's sorter doubtful. sab. I found
a quarter jes' now an wanster know
whllder or not Use ,lrcamin'.' and he
jammed his head against the wall
again. Else been fooled dis way too
often. Toiher night foun' han'f
oh money un'er rock. sot bowman
counted it an turned il ODER in my
'joyment. Oar it was; all silver. I
wondered Of | was dreamin' but heard
a bird sinoin' in tree an saw de
leaves trembiiD' in de air. Den
knowed was awake an rel iscd wild
loud mouf. ! wen. MP town ter dc
man what owns my cabin an bouSh, il
oh him an went ter dc clerk an had
him write il down in de big book.
was mighty happy, an | bought Il big
catfish an a monst' ous cabbage. |
come home an was 'gratuiaiin' myself
when ali oh u snddenment my wife yelis
out: 'Yer's ole liar fur yer amt
bought dis cabin. Yer'd better get out
en- dat bed an chop some wood or yer
won't get no brcakfas' heal, tcr-,iay.'
] got outcn bed mighty shecpish. ka-e
Id been talking in my sleep. Now, wild
dis quarter, Use gwine ter satisfy my
SELF dat | amt dreamin' fore gratll-
lates myscf." and he again jammed his
head against the wall .irkuRSav
Irareier.
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The L,mon,d, Mans Story,

Lem made! Lem 'nadcr' The man
that daily shouts this seasonable bcyer-
are in the downtown streets gave a
New York Morning JournM reporter
the recipe for making Il fortune in one
summer i'm the business.
Ten lemons of questionable quality
may be had fOr3 cents, one pound of
white sugar 10 cents, mixed with u
pail of water and sold at and cents
Il glass, average forty glasses to pail.
ten pals day, gives Il profit of SO. 40
cents per day. .'And make that
amount many Il day during the sum-
mer,' said the lemonade man.
what do you do with the money!"
Faith and ! had plenty to do with il.
The tinemcnt house PLAT own down
in Sullivan straie needs Il great looking
afthcr, with the way thin bloody tin
lnts riot livery noi"ht, and bate me on;
ov the rint. Thin there: me wolfe, for
the last twinty years that woman has
never been two weeks ut time off the
Island. but | stick to her, sur. YES, sur.
Vance she was as foine Il looking wom-
an as liver trod the floor ov Il house, but
she always loved dhrink. and so the
moment she comes of the Island she
commences drinking. thin she gives
me sound beating. thin the Judge
sinds her up for nointv days and | fur
nish her with some luxuries in The priS-
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Curing a Bal k,e.lorY.

Your memory is bad. perhaps. but
gan Tell You Iw9 sefieEs THAI Wlli cnre
The worst Memory. pne-lo read y
subject when strongly Interested: The
other is 10 not only read, but think.
When yen hnYe read q paragraph or y
page, stop, ripss the book, and ny to
remember the IDEAS an that page, and
not only feeall them vaguely IN your
mind. but put them Into words and
speak them out. Faithfully follow these
two rules and you have the golden keys
of knowledge. Beside inattentiye read
ing. there are other things injurious TO
memory. One is the habit OF skimming
oyer newspapers, OIL in o confused jun
ble,' H6yir 10 b9 ,hoiight 9l ASain, thus
diligently cnltirating \ habit OF careless
reading hard " break. Another is the
reading Of tpashY novels. Nothing Is 50
fatal 70 rei,ding with profit rs the habit
of running Though story after story,
and forgetting them az SOON rs read. l
know gray-haired women. lifelong
lover OF books, who sadly declares that
her mind has been ruined by such read
ing.-St Nicholas.
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A Messaga from n, Sea,

Six years aga the schooner Ida Burd-
sail. of Toms River. y. j.. sailed from
Philadelphia for q southern port, She
was commanded by II. c. Brewer, OF
Point Pleasant, n, D., who had shipped
Il full complement OF officers and men.
The vessel aud its Inflated crew passed
down the river anu ont beyond the Capes
with all sails set, apparently bound up
on Il prosperous and swift voyage. She
was never seen again. DAYS glded by,
and the owners of the Burlsall and Cap
tain Brewers wife waited patiently for
news of II safe arrival in tie schooner
south-bound port. Weeks wore on to
;nonths and no tilings came.
Mrs. Brewer and her son wept for the
lost husband aud father. AMI rs the
years passed on they gave hr ali hope.
The son grew up to mans estate. and
finally. wien time had softeped the
grief of her loss, the wife married again
anh moved away from the old home
whence her first husband had left her TO
go down 10 his watery grave.
Two weeks ago a paSSin" idlcr along
sl!c surf at Ocean Beach picked up a
scalr.! bottle from the waves. The bot
he contained a scrap Of paper. on which
Il few ihd:S,ig0t iiGa! We're written. 1t
was message from the dead, which
ha,l been Tossed upon the ocean for six
vears. bullrird for thousands OF miles.
and thrown upai last within "A few miles
of the home for which it WAS intended.
The ScrawliBg line, were written by
Captain Brewer to his wife. dated of
the terrible coast Of llatieras. where
his vessel went dawn. The Captain
wrote tia. he expected 10 90 down every
moment, and be desired. IN case the
bottle and its contents We're found, that
tie PAPER should be sent Ia Mrs. Brew
er, at Point Pleasant. Ocean County. n.
j. He sent his love 10 her and his son,
and rxtor;ed the latter 10 always look
out for the comfort and welfare III his
mother. Young Brewer, the son, now
lives ri Cape May. aud the bottle and
paper were the other day forwarded TO
him. iis at once recognized the hand
writing rs that If his father. and was
the bearer of the long-,lclayed miSSive
10 his mother. who was greatly affected
at the reception of such IN unexpected
message from her dead husband. She
confirmed ,hf Judgment al h.r s,n - To
the writing, and retained the paper IN
"A precious souvenir. - PhHaGicipAia Re-
cOyd
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Don't Talk Ablnt the Sermon.

My friend 90 home. but don't talk
about this sermon and say: IL wish
my boy had been there this morning.
you are here, anyhow. Don't look
across the street and say, III that
shrew had only been there, she would
have got good lesson You are
here. Carry it To your household. Say
to your children Us they mark your I'M
perfection in these respects. Il confess
my SIM" Let it be- the law in your
family; speak evil of no one, think evil
of no one. rejoice not in anybody's fail
ings. ridiculc none in suri, q sense as
shall diminish their standing with 9TH
ers or he a source of pain tothem. Car
ny yourself Us the sun carries itself to-
day riding in the heavens. There is
not an insect so gauzy, there is not Il
worm so mean. there is not u tree so
tall. there is not single. solitary thing
that has drop of life. in it tina, the sun
does not treat like Il glorious prince,
pouring its own life and fight and
warmth on it and into it, BE thou like
the sun. Carry light and warmth aid
sweetness, and so shall We be the chill
dren. of God. H. ". Bcecher.
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A Valnahla Pin.

''What are you doing out there, my
friend?" asked passer by of q man
who seemed to be looking for something
in the woods.
We've jest had a cyclone at our
house and I'm lookin' fur the relics of
the Storm"
''Did you lose much?'
mot much, my wife's brass breast-pin
was bowed out in this here section and
I'm lookin' fer it. Also lookin' fer some
of my property"
"What did you lose?'
'Why, you see was blowed agin the
corner of the gate post and my ear was
cut of. 1t bowed over here along with
that breast-pin and I'd like to find 'em
both while I'm at it. My ear want so
much use now, you know. but l don't
want it lynn arOun' loose
You Jeemesl' shouted q woman
from the road.
"Yessumr'
''Have YOU found that pin?"
"NOt yit. I'm lookin' for nv ear"
''Well let your ear alone and look fer
the pin. You've got another ear left
but that's the only breast-pin l had.
Don't you como back here without that
pin. "-ArkdnsdU Traveller.
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= 6an.m.r T,urist De-, nary.

ia. lively insect. found only in
sstNlxA. wi.er' h exist, in n state Of
| .estAiitfr:ainiy. wfc:ier its home j.
ia the k,,IEShrwl. the old stump or the
,,anialo.ssse tthe gentleman from town.
Not dowi.- Ale bill of fare. because it
~ matter q. curse. like the salt.
Ass. The l.,.Swlo believes all that he
reads in the ad9Ertismncnis
CREAM. A ps'ieisi1es lluid. composed!
OF aqua pura. pro. "s41 hydrogen and
some other snbstss, / aUsed to AS
ton!sh berries and ffsa;ssn rebellious
coffee. .yssE
mallet, with hickory hali,.s and from
zen to three wire wickcts dssa, ,ling to
the age of the set. Usually iEa,r 4.
CHICKEN. A feathered fowl. tf...s Ups
wild about the barn-yard and un,s ...Ihe
house: remarkable for rapid longevity,
and sometimes attaining the age III IL
years in a single spring. Not available
for human food until after the seventh
year.
DAIRY. a place on the next farm. for
storing real butter. cream. milk and
cheese. Obsolete. See pump.
BATH Room. \ wood-s..cd with apa;l
of well wafer and II cedar washiub in it,
The spiders are not mentioned in the
advertisement. because they 90 with the
wood-shed.
Eggs. A sphcroidal body. containing
the germ of q new individual of its spc-
cies, n a stage of greater or less devci-
Opment, rs the case may be and some
times il.
HAMMOCK. Ingenious; invention for
teaching people 10 stand on their heads.
IL IS made of numerous. ioZ'Gyc-Siiapcd
holes with Irvine around them.
FLEA. PulcX irr:ianS. Soc but that's
the trouble; You cant see it.
KEY. A hasp and staple, by means
whereof y"n can iasteu Your bedroom
door on the outside aud then climb in
through the window.
MEADOW. \ place Out of which Won
are ordered every time you venture into
it. Before the l'nr grass is cut the
farmer orders You out. After the NOW
ing is done the Durham bull talks bass
every time sou look over the fence and
you don't want To 90 in.
Pie. A layer of dried apples held to-
gether by piaitinyS of dough. 1t is laid
away to cool where the ants can get AT
it and labeled to suit the taste Of the
consumer.
PILLOW. A long not too long mar
row sack, or ease containing Il handful
Of feathers at each end and nothing in
the middle. Said by people who never
tried it to be an excellent thing to rest
the head upon while sleeping.
TERMS. See landlord.
WORM. An animal of the inferior
grand division Of arliculates that will
browse gradually ON the leaves of the
maple trees until he sees good chance
to drop down your back.
X. The price of Il livery team for one
day.
YARB. ANY green thing that can be
dried and made into most horrible,
nauseOus and bitter ten. Believed to
possess wonderful medical virtues
Makes Il man want to die or get well in
five minutes. and he won care very
much which. - Robert j. Bardette, in
PHILADELPHIA Times.
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How Some Women Dress.


Several Washington ladies have taken
advantage of the fashions and devised
STYLES which they consider are best suit
ed to them. says Washington cores
pendent. In some instances these STYLES
are original with themselves. Mrs. Don
Cameron, ut a german given this spring,
Oil which occasion the palm of bellcship
was accorded her, wore becoming
toilet of white. trimmed with snowballs,
and had on neither gloves or bracelets.
! he waist OF her dress was Wade with
very short slecves and cut low i'm the
prck. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett.
tie novelist, has adopted the So-called
aesthetic style of dress. At Il recent en-
tcrtainmcnt in Washington she wore 4
white China silk. lowered i'm very
large pattern, with a gathered waist.
" hich was very short and very low in
tie meek and without sleeves, and Il
long. straight, fall, trained skirt, gath
ercd To the belt AT the waist. She calls
these waists "agoOs, that being the
irN word an infant usually Uttcrs, and
the style of waist being generally known
n "baby waists She frequently wears
WIN hVt VNCIIuS tttSStS.
On the other hand, Mrs, Winnie Rcam
HoNic, ut the same party. wore u class
zeal style Of dress resembling. that of the
goddess Minerva, especially in the ar.
rangcment of the hair and ornaments
u-cd on tho head. Another Washing
ton lady, who also has taste for an
o, lginal style of dress. has driven her
drrssmaker half crazy by telling her. in
regard to one of her costumes: "NOw
remember. that is the dress ia which
YOU are to make me look like = statue"
Tie poor modiste said af;erward that
she was tormeatod day and night with
the endeayOr. to devise such II garment.
"Foy how can make her look like a
statue she plaintively exclaimed, 'in
any dress In which she can walk even
in a ball-room?' This latter lady was
Il! Saratoga last summer, dY.i.g the
Egyptian war, and e!tan wore in the
evening OrIaInents and style of dress
Saggestive Of Cleopatra.
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Thew Were There.

"Sir," he called over the fence to his
neighbor, '.your hens are in my garden
again"
us that possible?"
''Yes. sir; you can see them if you
step this way a little
ooh, never mind-rll take your word
that they are there. If the man ON the
other side would only have little pub
lie spirit in him aud spade up u few beds
my hens would do well this summer.
Twelve hens require at least two gar
,iens for running ground. Can you
lend me your wheclbarrow and shovel.
and rake and hoop
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0or,rassn,, BiscEbur,s Wardrobe.

A friend OF Gop@fes smaH Joe Black
burn says the following Is gospel Truth:
When Joe started for Washington last
weei i.e Mas il !. goGA deal Of hurry,
and neglected ~ iring win him The
necessary outfit of linen; I'm his arrival
here he ic,eerapEei to his family to send
him =p,no elHthing, but when the mes
sage arriyc,i .a oae vas thgrs 10 Pill the
order bu, his little daughiep, ahont ten
years of age. She dill her best, rs the
following telegram from her will show
Dear Papa:-I have sen, you all the wearing
a,pareI | could find--seven shirts, one bowie
knife. aud three pistols.
And she sent them.
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In 4 Liquor Saloon Sunday.

"Quick. Mike. cheese it. There's two
Of EN- right on NV heels. ~
The warning was addressed to the
bartender of a prominent corner saloon
in Harlem on Sunday morning. Ii wa,
afforded by n well dressed young fellow
who had suddenly popped in by the side
entrance. Instantly everything was in
commotion. Three men vino had been
drinking at the bar abruptly dropped
into rs many chairs. leaving their liquor
untasted. The glasses containing it, to-
ge,her with Il half cmptied whisky bot
tie. were deity swept ont of sight by the
bartender, who then shed his white
apron with u Swiftnrss suggestive of q
stage trick. Sinking into chair at the
end of the counter. with crossed legs
cooked upon beer kcg. he was speedily
interested in the columns of a newspa-
per. The new conner was facin" th,,
counter. He exclaimed in an indi"nans
tone: soda water be hanged. What
do you take me for9 You can sell me
glass of lager, can't you?" The sids
door again opened. giving entrance 10
the two suspects whose approach he had
signalled.
"NOt'a drOp-nOt even q smcll. | tell
you quietly replied the bartender
without looking UP from his newspaper.
81 M sorry To refuse 4 good weekday
customer. Billy. bui YOU II have to con-
tent Yourself with soda, sarsaparilla. or
q lemonade as the rest of EN- have done,
or go elsewhere for Il nail-driver.'
Tine young man mmlieringly joined
the three whc had SO oppur!uncly quilted
the bar on his entrance. The new-c0ni-
ers were sleekiy dressed but wide-awaka
looking men. They seemed dSappoint-
cd. but made their way to the counter
and asked for beer. OF course it WIS
refused. and in 4 manner more forcible
than polite.
What are YOU doing with your side
door open, if you're no, selling any
thing to drn!;?' cried one of the men
My sleeping room is just beyond"
said the bartender, indicating an inner
door. land there's no way TO it but
through the saloon here. However
since strangers seem to take advantage
of it, I'll see th;te the doors kept locked,
or only opened to my friends
He bowed out the discounted spies
and locked the door after them. Then
the Interrupted conviviality was smiL
ingly resumed, the signal civer audiblt
believed that nip of old rye would
touch his dry spot quite as efiiectually
as soda water or even lager. and the
bartender was so gooI-humored with
himself that he stood the cigars for the
crowd.
Were they policemen. or the socie-
tvs spies?' qucried the writer.
''Dowp-tOwn cops in citizens dress. Y
--NeW York Sun
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Excited Thousands.

All over the land are going into ee-
stacy over DR.. Kings Discovery for
Consumption. Their unlocked for pe-
covery by the timely use OF this gseaa
life Saving remedy. causes them 10 e.
nearly Wild IN its praise. It Is gsnsaA-
tecd to positively cure Severe Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, az any affec-.
ton of the Throat and Lungs. Trial
bottles free at John A. Samkorns. Drug
Store. Large size $780,.
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Sunday tauers In kostau,

The Boston 4Adrey!iser is to publish a
Sunday cdi;iuA. 1t is told that at the
beginning Of the war there was but one
Sunday paper in Boston, and that it had
no telegraph dispatches Very late one
Saturday night there came to the 4Ad-
rertiaaG Qiflce piece of Important news.
Two OF three printers hanging around
heard Of it, aud ,honght il shame it
should be- wasted. They put it in type
and worked of several thousand little
extras on common proof press. They
sold like Lot cakes Sunday morning,
many of them at a quarter each, While
the typos were still At Il ..ae Of the pro-
prietors # me .i.~"r4tstr arrived. lie
waG yen, ihlignant. so indignant. it is
said, the, hc refused to take a penny of
tho money received for the extras.
That. it may be presumed. did not east
the printers into the lowest depths of
misery. The .tdcertiSer mad never be-
faro appeared On Sunday. and the in
eident shacked the proprietorS dreadful
". The Boston correspondent of the
Paper World is responsible ior this
story.
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What an Impression" Il

"Ah, l have an impression!' exclaim-
ed DIR. McCosh, the President Of Prince
ton College, to the mental philosophy
class. Now. young gentleman. can
you tell me what IA Impression isa''
No answer,
''What; no ole knows? No ono can
tell me what an impression Isl" ex-
claimed the Doctor, looking up and
down the class.
81 KNOW" said Mr.. Arthur. IAN i'm
preston is d0st in soft place."
young gentleman" said the Doctor.
growing red in the face, ''yOu are ex-
cused for the day. IN. Y. Skar.
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And she sent then

TWbat is green turtle soup made Off
asks :. ophs iingsakceper' away down
u Kansas. Well, goodness only kaows
what the kind you get so far inland -
aa,le Of. Send a sample Of il to Prct,
DorenlIs aud have it analySed.
A clirioaa freak o! nature Gan lbs seeA
At Solomon Marsh's farm. near Norton.
Kansas. The curiosity Is n calf born
without eyes. The calf is perfectly
formed. active and all right, with the
exception that it has no sign of an eye.
ball
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FIX ;loyernor Leland Stanford. Of CAL.
li0ihia. does not look like man who
Enjoys his millions. He has u strong,
stern face Of gloomy cast, aud neyer.
smiles or shows interest
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One of the fiourishing small business

One OF the tiOurishing small business
o. on tho beach is the taking of alleged
portraits. One enterprising operator has
mounted his camera on the sand out of
doors and takes pictures st hashais IN
groups, ~ seyMs e ihen saba lively
iady. WHO was Watching the operation
yesterday, shat ii a person looks worse
any other way than in a bathing suit it
Il IN tin type. What an awful thing
it is to be in both"