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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
In a Tight Fix,


John Lyons, a well-known citizen OF
this county, while at work in the shaft
of his mine near Tres Alamos, had just
put in blast and lighted the fuse,
when, on reaching the top of the shaft,
he beheld four mounted Apaches rapid.
" approaching. AS they saw him
emerge they increased their pace, and
their iiendish yells relieved Mr.. Lyons
of all doubt as TO their intentions to.
ward himself. For an instant he was
paralyzed with terror. Being entirely
unarmed, resistance was not to be
thought of, while escape by flight was
equally impossible. His first impulse
was to hurl himself into the shaft and
be blown TO atoms by the explosion Of
the blast rather than perish miserably
at the hands of the remorseless fiends
who had him at their mercy. These re-
Elections occupied only moments time
but the Apaches were almost upon him
Suddenly, with the instinct of despair
Mr.. Lyons threw himself behind rock
close at hand, and at the same instant
the blast at the bottom of the shaft eN
plOded with terrific effect, throwing 9
SlOWcT VI IOCh uIIu uCulio hiSh III UhS
air. which was followed by dense vol
ume of smoke rolling up from the shaft
The Indians, who were now sure o.
their victim, halted a moment at the
unexpected and to them mysteriOu!
eruption, then with a yell, not of tri
umph. but of rage, mingled with terror
wheeled their horses and gallOped off II
the direction whence they came.
MIR. Lyons could at first scarcely real
ize that he escaped almost miraculOusly
from horrible death, but Us soon as HI
had recovered from his amaZement de
parted for Tres Alamos, meeting on thu
road u party Of neighbors going out t.
search for his remains, they having seer
the Indians heading in the direction o
the mine, and not doubling Mr.. Lyon
had fallen victim of savage ferOcity
Tombstone Epitaph.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
The Value of a Minute.

The following sentences from the Gin
cinnati Enquirer report of the Planters
House fire in st. Louis are aptly sug-
yestive as to the management Of fire de-
partments. 1.-The Waterman ran to the
corner of the hotel and pulled one of
the new fire-alarm boxes. In Just one
minute and thirty seconds from that the
fir engines were on the ground. This
quick work saved the main structure,
for had the tiremen arrived moment
later the fire would have been beyond
control. Even as it was, there was a
great blaze, and it looked as though
there was to be another holocaust. This
vindicates the CREASED pole. the harness
snaps, the electric opening of doors and
christening of straps, the drill. and ev-
cry other appliance and practice about
a well-regulated fire engine house,
which to many people seem to be little
better than expensive nonsense. Here
is case where u matter of one minute
in time saved a building and very likely
prevented the loss of many lives.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
How to Kill Rats,

Marvel0usly cunning are rats in rec
ognizing devices for their capture
Toasted cheese and rank fish are among
the bats commonly employed, since the
far penetrating odor of these lures them
to the spot where the trap is set; but in
places where they are so plentiful that
their resort may be counted upon, moth
ing is so likely to induce them to enter
as bit of fruit or lettuce, of which they
are passionately fond. Another very
successful dodge for catching them in
bulk is to strew the room literally with
some highly-seasoned, thirst-producing
fOOd-salt cheese, for instance, or pep
percorns and hempseed, and arrange q
bucket Of water in such way, either
by means of fitting board or creased
rim. that when they 60 to drink they
may tumble i'm and be unable to get out
again. A friend of mine asserts that no
bait is so attractive TO them as simple
paper (thcy certainly seem to be very
fond Of iD, and suggests that they would
greedily devOur blOtting- paper impreg-
mated with some fluid poison disguised
with their favorite oil of anise. How
this might be | do not know; but
should doubt it, considering what acute
analytical noses these little psychologists
have. but il is worth trying. Deer and
such-like animals are highly absorbent
of paper. knew a fellow who pos
sessed Il pet brocket that could do no
wrong, until one day it went into his
cabin and ate a number of So notes,
since which he has looked upon the GER
vid;o rs very inferior group, and gen.
us ca:iacus rs distinctly immoral. Traps
they will rarely enter; they are suspi-
cious of poison, and if they are beguiled
into taking it they get away behind
bulkheads and into other inaccessible
places To die, and so breed pcStilence.
Anything VIII very strong admixt,lre
Of arsenic will preserve the bodies from
corruption, unless they get wet; but not
one rat in a hundred will even sniff at
such Il compound. and its trial generally
results i'll the poisoning of every domes-
ticated animal on board, and ends by its
finding lis way into the coffee one MORN
ing; or something of that sort. Occa-
siOnally, however, rats will make a mis-
take, and il is no uncommon thing to
pick them up dead in the holds of ships
which carry dried hides, in the prepare
ton of which n great deal of arsenic is
tssed.-AH The Year Round.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
Brainard's Musical World.

The June number of this beauti.
fully illustrated musical monthly is
Just al hand. We notice the usual
amount of valuable and entertaining
miscellany, editorials, correspondence
musical news, etc., and several fine
portraits OF musical celebrities, among
which Is an excellent likeness of
Stephen G. Foster, the lamented au-
thor of the dear old song, "Old Folks
ut Home" The line, full-page en-
craving OF IN old viOlinist and his
young pupil is one of the best pic
lures ever presented with this pOpu-
lar monthly. The music in this num-
her of the World consists of the new
waltz WhenMy Rover Comes
AgaIn"--very beautiful; Il new fan.
tasia on well.known tune; and ia
nous home song. The World is ST.
so per year; Is cents single copy. s.
Brainard's Son, al and 343 Euclid
avenue, Cleveland.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
Emma Abbott's Credentials.

There now exists no good and suffi-
cient reason why Emma Abbott should
not hope to achieve success and shekels
rs a public singer. She may not always
be Endorsed by press and pulpit, but
she has made conquest OF. three West
end coguettes, and that settles it.
Three pairs of them went up on a
Michigan avenue car Friday night. and
while the gentlemen withheld their APP
prevail, or else it was inaudible, the
ladies spoke very encouraging words OF
the cantatrice.
Don't she sing splendid" exclaimed
No. l, as she sat down three times in
rapid succession.
Eyes, indeed" responded No. 2, who
had pulled up the left sleeve of herdress
and was dragging Bernhardt glove up
towards her elbow. "She can't sing as
high as l can, but l like her last gamu,
awful"
eNo, nor her voice amt as strong as
yours, but its. timber is just lovely.
Don't l wish | was her." chimed 10
No. 3.
"Wish you was hertz echoed No. 1.
disdainfuily. "How you'd look walk.
ing around in your sleep with them
armsr'
sI'm thankful mig arms don't look
like big Dutch sausage?' snapped ou'
No. 8.
And then the other passengers got of
and waited for the next car.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
Literature and Manual Arts.

The mercantile and professional class
es are fundamentally necessary to the
best interests of the organism. What
society is personally interested i'm, is not
the development of any class, but rath-
err the getting of the good citizen con-
tributing his best thought to the good
Of all, irrespective of any class in which
he may have been born, or in which he
may labor; and the good citizen can
come as well from the labor employ
ments rs any other. The good oiti1enis
secured by attaching the individual to
the knowledge, to the thought, of the
race. But knowledge is not confined to
literature, science or philosophy. Lam
guage is an important, but not the only,
key to knowledge. The thought of the
race that has been expressed through
the skilled hand in labor in the arts is
not inferior to what has been expressed
by language. The manual arts no less
than literature embody the culture of
the race. Public education should know
no classes. 1t should aim to so dispense
the fundamental elements of knowledge
as to open the doors to the social acqui-
sitions of the raee. whether in literature
or the arts, to all, irrespective of per-
sons. This, public education does not
do now. 1t exalts the language en-
ployments. 1t degrades the labor en-
Payments by ignoring them. The
practical conclusion to be drawn from
our present education is, that the person
capable of living by his wits, by the use
of language, is better and more hon
orable citizen than one who contributes
to the permanent welfare of the COM
munity by the skillful work of his
hands. 1t is my belief that the way to
benefit our working classes is to try and
make them better, more productive
wOrkmcn; to aid them in increasing the
wage-earning power of their labor by
putting more thought into it; and to this
end would have our schools honor
thought expressed by the skilled hand,
as well rs thought expressed by lam
guage.-J. s. G. IN Boston Transcript.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
Tn q T,adv's Alhnm.

Sketches of Jay Gould, the railroad
financier, have referred to his editor
ship of country weekly and his COM
pilation of a history of Delaware cOun-
ty; but back of these is u literary pro-
duction of his now for the first time
given to the public. 1t was contrib
uted to lady's album in 1855, when
he was about 10 years old, and is as fol-
lows:
An invitation to dedicate an album, al
though an unexpected request, is one the
performance of which cannot but afford me
the highest qualification, but the pleasure Is
somewhat alloyed by the reflection of my
own inability to perform it appropriately.
1t is, indeed, a question of dispute with
some whether men ought, as they say, to
show themselves so weak as to be moved
by any of the finer feelings that actuate the
human bosom, lest its congenial and capt.
waiting influence. should pervert the self
styled noble calling of man. They claim
that 1t Is for him to mingle in business, to
become absorbed in politics, in aggrandize-
| ment and worldly gain. leaving the cultiya-
ton of friendship to wither and die. To
communicating influence will never disturb
the harmonious union Of that constellation
of bright stars who shall send forth the ef-
fulgent rays of friendship from the sue
ceSSive pages OF this lady'S album; their
scared cOnsciences are deadened to all the
finer feelings and insensible to happy infiu-
ences of friendship, to them virtue Is but an
echo, and moral worth but an apology. Yes,
there are finer and n0bler sentiments that
pervade the society of congenial spirits and
the purest and noblest of them all Is friend
ship-it Is the strong undercurrent Of so
ciety-a mutual feeling which kind looks
and gentle words can alone beget; unseen;
unpretending; so tender, so pure, that the
slightest breath of discord may blight and
destroy; yet so strong that by It's slight in-
fluence It holds society and nations by q
stronger bond than can else armed hosts or
stringent laws: so strong that 1t could In
duce Saviour to come from the abodes of
| light and Joy and peace, to atone, by a BIT
ter death, for the sins Of ungrateful and er-
ring man. To friendships shrine then, let
this token be offered. Let her monument
be erected upon every page--may the senti-
ments, the signatures, and the familiar
writings In after years renew upon memo
| rys tablet many pleasant associations, In.
| separable links i'm the histOryof the past and
may not shadow of pain or cloud Of sor-
| row ever gather In the horizon of the future
| to mar your happiness or waver your COLI
| fidence In those in whom you cOnfide.
JAY GOULD.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
Perhaps Not,

When the cashier of Michigan bank
skipped some years ago, and his ac'
counts were found to be $1,000 short,
one of the directors expressed his belief
that the money had gone into silver
stock. This was shown to be untrue, as
was also his suggestions that the cash
Ter had specialized in grain, cotton OIL
tobacco.
"Then he must have gambled," said
the director.
mo; no one had ever known of his
touching card.
Probably owned a fast horse OF
bought suburban real estate"
That was as far from the case as the
first supposition, but the director hung
III presume he may have paid off a
mortgage for his father, or lent money
to relatives
mo; he was an orphan and unmar
ried.'
might have been temporarily insane
you know"
"But he had been taking sum fol
months"
"Oh, well!' testify cried the director
as he whirled his chair around, "if YOU
folks are determined to call it stealing
l suppose it's no use for me to tell yor
that Edwards mother says he had ,
habit of walking in his sleep. You
wouldn't believe he could travel from
Detroit to Montreal before he woke W
of course you wouldn't! All you thinl
| of is to convict him!'-Detrom Free
Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
The Lime Kiln Club.

81 hold heah in my hand" said
Brother Gardner as the sixteen kerO-
,ene lamps in Paradise Hall were turned
on ut full blaze, "a letter from Wash
lngtOn akin me to furnish de gov ment
wild SIGH statisticks regardin de cull'd
race as we hev thus fur bin able to gath
er since de Organizashun of de Lime
Kiln Club. The Secretary has prepaid
an will ford de followin' valuable
slices of infOrmashun:
l. Gin darkey cooked hat an q
tin sword an de noise of drum, an
you kin lead him anywhar' you will.
2. Wecan't see dat de color am bleach.
IN out any.
s. We dOan' know dat de black man
has growed any wuss dOorin' de las
twenty vars, an we can't prove dat he
has grOwed any better.
4. Truth, honesty an. industry am
three great jewels hidden in de groun'.
Looks like heap of cull'd folks war
100 lazy to dig down an find 'em.
B. Our religun am bout de same, an
our pOllyticks all mixed up.
6. DE inventive genius of de race
hasn't turned so much to mechanism
an art as to plannin' how to make one
days work bring in lbin' for lie rest
Of de week.
In case any Of de members know of
any furder Jacks BARN on de issue l
should like to h'ar from him.
Sir Isaac Walpole thought he could
see great improvement in social eti-
quette. Colored brothers who had for
merly heaved brick-bats ut him now
raised their hats as they passed, and
women who once went barefoot in their
shoes now wore stockings costing six
bits.
Giveadam Jones had seen a great
change in his race in ten years. When
black man who never owned fowl in
his life had chicken pie three times a
week the year round there was COM
oinatiOn of genius and progress which,
could not be kept down nor drowned
ont.
Waydown Bebee thought the colored
man was more industrious than in for
ner years. He had known lots of them
10 work hard all day for insignificant
wages to get money to patronize policy
shops and purchase lottery tickets.
Several other choice bits of informa-
Gion were cheerfully rendered, and the
Secretary was instructed to incorporate
them and write his report in red ink.
ITO boil de matter down inter syrup"
added the President, ''de Guild man
has got his liberty, but am hungry an
ragged fo'-fifths of de time. He has
got de ballot, but de white folks have
got de offices. He has got civil rights,
but he hain't got the cash for seat in
de parkay circle or de palace kyar. Let
us purceed to bizness. Detroit Free
Press.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
The Professors Dntv.

DIR. Hidden, in his Sunday morning
lecture, said, concerning the mysteries
OF the Bible, that he preferred to say
that he didn't know. He was willing to
accept the statement that Balaam's ass
spake, but he didn't know how it was
that he spake. The wisest answer we
can give, worry frequently is. II don't
know" In this connection he told an
anecdote of Professor Bledsoe, Profess
sor of Mathematics in the university
more than twenty years age, A young
man was plying him with questions, to
each of which he answered. Il don't
know" "Why, Professor" said the
yonngster, 81 thought we came TO the
university for you to tell us what we
didn't know" Young man. said
Professor Bledsoe, ..yOu come hero for
me to tell you what I know, and that $
q very short story; to tell you what you
don't know would be an endless under
taking. "-Charlottesville (Ha.) Chron-
icle
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
Excited Thousands.

All over the land are going into &C.
stacy over DR.. Kings Discovery for
Consumption. Their unlocked for re-
covery by the timely use OF this great
life Saving remedy, causes them to go
nearly wild IN its praise. It'll guaran-
teed to positively cure Severe Coughs,
Colds, Asthma, Hay Fever, Bronchitis,
Hoarseness, Loss of Voice, or any afiec-
tlon of the Throat and Lungs. Trial
bottles free at John n. SamhOrns. Drug
Store. Large size 81 90.
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Life Saving Present.

Mr.. NJ. f. Allison, Hutchinson, Ark,
saved his life by a SIMPLE Trial Bottle
Of DR.. Kings New Discovery, for Con-
sumption, which caused him to procure
large bottle that completely cured
him, when Doctors, change Of climate
and everything else had failed. Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hoarseness, Severe Coughs,
and all Throat and Lung diseases, it is
guaranteed to cure. Trial bottles free
at John A. Samborn's Drug Store.
Large size $l.00.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15
NUMBER 81
The Boomerang Man on Rollers.

The roller skate is maynard little
quadruped. 1t is as frolicsome and
more innocent looking than lamb,
but for interfering with ones upright
attitude in the community it is perhaps
the best machine that has appeared in
Salt Lake City.
Ones first feeling on standing UP on
pair of roller skates is an uncOntrol-
liable tendency to come from together
One foot may start out taward Idaho,
while the other as promptly strikes out
for Arizona. The legs do not stand by
each other as legs related by blood
should do, but each shows disposition
to set up in business alone. and leave
you to take care of yourself as best YOU
may. The awkwardncss of this arrange.
ment is apparent. While they are set.
ting up independently, there is nothing
for you to do but to sit down and await
future Developments. And you have
TO sit down, too. without having made
any previous preparation for il, and
without having devoted Us much
thought to it us you might have done
had you been consulted in the matter.
One OF the most noticeable things at
skating rink is the strong attraction be.
tween the human body and the floor OF
the rink, Ii the human body has been
coming through space for days and DAYS,
1T the rate OF million miles second.
without stoppingat eating stations, and
not excepting Sundays, when it strikes
the floor we could understand WHY it
struck the floor with SO much violence.
As it is, however. the thing is inexpli-
cable.
There are different kinds of falls in
vOguG att he rink. There are the rea,
falls and front falls. the Cardinal VOL
scy fall, the fall one across the other,
three i'm pile, and so On. There are
some of the falls that | would like to be
excused from describing. The rear fall
is the favOrite. 1t is more frequently
utilized than any other. There are two
positions in skating, the perpendicular
and the horizontal. Advanced skaters
prefer the perpendicular, while other.
affect the horizontal.
Skates are no respecter of persons.
They will lay out minister of the Cos.
pei or the mayor Of the city rs readily
rs they will short-cOated. one-suspend.
err boy or giddy girl.
When one of mans feet starts fol-
Nevada and the other for Colorado, that
does not separate him from the door OF
break up his fun. Other portions OF his
body will take the place his feet have
just vacated with promptness that is
surprising. And he will find that the
fun has just begnn-for the people look.
ing on.
The equipments for the rink are
pair OF skates, cushion. and bottle
of liniment. Laramie Bo0meranq.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-06-15

The docks at Liverpool, England,
have long been the admiration of tray.
elers and monuments of engineering
skill, but very soon it will be to Bel.
gium that we must look for the most
stupendous engineering works of mod.
ern times. The new Antwerp docks,
which will be completed in 1884, will
surpass all other similar constructions.
There is to be quay two miles long
and 800 feet wide. The uniform water
way will be 1850 feet wide and twenty.
six feet deep, 1t is calculated that fifty
Atlantic liners will be able to lie broad
side on the quay at once.
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I'm the rortrusn railway to the Gil
ants Causeway, in Ireland, tram car
driven by electricity ran ten miles an
hour steadily, and but that the speed is
limited by act of Parliament could east
ly do twenty-five miles an hour. Sixty
tons were taken up an incline of one
in thirty.fve."