The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-02-02
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A Pittsburg pawnbroksr has observed
that 80 per cent. Of the money he lends
Is spent on intoxicating drink.
Edward Payson Weston, the former
champion pedestrian. is now = success.
full temperance lecturer in London.
New York City pays 81. 900. 900 year
for its religion and PEI. 000. 900 for its
drinks
President Arthur il said 10 have
caught 1.-The largest salmon ever taken
with fly on this continent"
Russia has thirty three schools in
which to educate men to manage and
operate railways.
The music for . Sunday night bull
tight in Arizona was provided by the
band Of United States cavalry regi.
meut.
A Missouri quack not only promises
to cure nasal catarrh 1t one sitting. but
makes the astounding statement that be
will remove tho catarrh and place it on
q saucer"
He cometh not" she said. and she
was sound on the gooss;" he didn't
arrive. His intentions were ali right,
but they failed TO successfully combat
tho bulldog that was screened In the
moon-kissed shrubbery.
Mushroom towns are not wholly re-
stricted to new states. Four months ago
dense Virginia forest covered the site
OF POcahontas. which now has q popu.
lation Of 1000. A coal mine was the
cause.
There died at Lyons. France. . couple
Of weeks ago. one Nine. Lscene. .
sister-in-law of Camille Jordan, who
had in her youth been personal friend
of Nine. de Stael and Nine. Reoamier.
She was los years old.
The champion oyster glutton on roc
ord is the Baldwinsville IN. ~ man
who ate two quarts Of raw bivalves
Cider and crackers in corresponding
proportions accompanied the oysters 70
their cavernous retreat.
An observer states that the. best pro-
duct Of French vineyards Is only 1874
gallons of wine per acre. In California
It Is TOO gallons. and in New York it r.
reported rs still larger. Even Canada
boasts Of producing more wine to the
acre than any portion OF France.
The froth was blown from $3.50. 0OO,.
900 worth Of beer. being IS. O00. 900 gal
Ions, In this country last year. and the
probabilities point strongly toward the
belief that an equal amount was snugly
slowed away beneath the jackets Of
thirsty Americans.
A fruitgrower placed tobscco.stems
around the trunks OF peach trees, and
there is not the sign OF borer In any of
the trees SO treated. He set the stems
around the butts OF the trees, and tied
them at the tops. 1t keeps of rabbits
a. we'll. in winter.
"What are YOU looking around for %
muchp' asked au Austin mother Of her
l6-year-Old son, with whom she was
walking. II am looking around on
your account" .'On my aocountr'
Eyes. l want to pick you out . good.
looking daughter-in-law." -Tezas Sill
MgS.
The apple industry In Pennington.
Maine. is u rapidly growing one. Ths
various firms ia that vicinity have put
up this season 1000 gallon cans, 8. 200
tbree-quart. and 800 two-quart cans Of
apples, and evaporated IL LIZ tons. All
the fruit used was raised in Franklin
County, and brought good prices a.
Some lady Of indianapolis. Ind.
young. it is to be presumed, who signs
herself "A Constant Reader" has writ
ten to q Cincinnati paper asking chow
long lady would have to live 10 the
state of Ohio to enable her to be legally
married according to tho laws of that
state?" Long enough to have some fell
low ask her.
A New Years Day fcstiyity in Phil
adelphia hotel Was u chase for q CREASED
pis The cellar Of the building was
used for the sport. and all the partici-
pants. cxcap. IL" pig. were biiudfoldsd
anl their hands covered with lard. Had
the pig not crawled into barrel and
given one of the men a sure thing on
catching him by Impending the barrel,
the game, would not yet be finished.
Experiments in potato culture during
1880 and 1881 on the Munster farm aud
dairy school Of the Cork (lreland) Agri-
cultural society. show that potatoes
MANFRED with largo quantities OF ammo
nical manures were smong the first AZ
fected by the disease. while those
grown with phosphates were wholly
unaffected. though in proximity at
either side with diseased potatoes.
Hall chairs are now generally covered
IN gilded leather. that known as Span
ish being the most popular. Such q
chair may cost forty-five dollars II fin
ished in handsome wood. An ordinary
drawing-room chair in embossed
leather and handsome frame will cost
thirty-five dollars, but both will have
the merit Of being practically indestruo-
tihle.
Queen Victoria has her own Parlis-
mentary reporter, and whether she is at
Windsor. Balmoral. or In the Isle Of
Wight. she is acquainted with the pre-
ceedings of both houses long before any
Of her subjects. On ordinary occasions
brief abstracts Of the debates are tsle-
graphed to her Majesty; but, should the
discussion be Of exceptional importance,
fuller reports are sent and continued
down to the close Of tho debate and the
taking Of the division.
When Mrs. M-gavs q package Of
cook. she said: Remember. Bridget
that two boils are necessary TO make Il
right" Bridget retired to the kitchen.
but came again within q few minutes TO
Mrs. In an apparently high state
Of excitement "Sure, num-" she said,
IAN it's insulted am! never had .
boil In me life, and I don't intend to
have two ivry mornin', jist bekase yess
wants yer patent French eoffeer'
Dentists are said to be adopting anew
form Of bills, invented by one Of their
number, which consists Of Q Autograph
ed cut representing the human mouth.
upon which the Individual dentist indi,
Gates with red ink precisely the work
done for the individual patient. who 10
thus enabled to verify every item at his
leisure. This Is obviously . happy
thought invented by Willie Winter In
the New York Tribune.
An Austin young man has been Dor.
ing young lady with bis attentions for
some time past, although on various
and sundry occasions ehad given him
to understand that he was distssteful to
her, A few evenings ago he assured be,
that he was anxious to fulfill her every
wish. us 1t really fact that you win
do whatever ! ask Of you" 'Your
slightest wish Is law. Command me
and I obey" "Well, then. ! wish You
would see II you can induce my mother
to marry you. She IL widow. and h
not rs particular about whom shs mar
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