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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
The BagrsC MN.

This is the season when the festive
baggageman is In his glory. 1t is the
time when the trunks and satchelS of
The summer tourist moveth from place
TO Place, and it gives the baggageman
much jov to occasionally knock the SUI
preme filling ont of the trunk belonging
to the summer tourist OF course the
day is not far distant now when he will
have \ chance at the heavy iron bound
sample ease of the commercial traveller.
who starts out to rope in the fall ard
winter trade. But the average bag
.yrageman will turn from the .drum-
mer's" trunk in disgust to get one
whack at the light, airy tourists Sara
toga, filled with lawn dresses. straw
hats. rouge and hay-fever medicine. A
baggageman of one seasons experience
can tell a tourists trunk the moment
his eye rests upon it, and unless he can
nj this season hurst two or three day
and scatter their contents all over the
depot platform, he is mOrose and mel
auchOly the remainder of the season.
lie delights in making 4 target of the
tourists trunk, and trying to throw the
sample ease of the hardware drummer
through it at least twice ont of three
times. And still much has heen said
regarding the baggagcman that is cruel
and uncharitable. when ono takes into
consideration what he has to contend
with each day. Aside from the usual
batch of Irregular" baggage he is
obliged to handle. this season forces
upon him varied assortment of baby
carriages. and similar truck. all of which
he is enjoined To treat tenderly. and set
ii out on the platform of the summer re-
sort town teuderly. Then he has sew
eral eases. private" of champagne.
three or four do- kennels with their ca
nine occupants, which he is expected to
feed. water, and care for along the
route. besides innumerable little pack
ages TO be dropped off at different sta
tions for this and that friend, until it is
a wonder the baggawcman is moi i'm the
''incurable" ward of the insane hospital
before the season IS over, He is en-
pac,ed To do all these favors for these
special "friends" aside from his regular
duties OF handling baggage. which is
generally ut this time of the year work
enough, for four men. To look into the
Sio"uON oCh Va tsiV ihh".tN
gageman. and see him pcnned up in a
close, narrow room, behind mountains
of baggage, with one suspender down,
and nothing on but his shir, and pants
and profuse perspiration, is enoug 9Th to
call out sympathy for this hard working
class. and it is, instead of being won
der how they find time to shatter so
much baggage,a great wonder that they
do not, in their moments of sheer Dies
peratiOn, brain the man who sneaks up
TO the car door and pushes ABOARD u ba-
BY carriage. bird cage. several paper
boxes and coop of game chickens.
with the request that they be kindly
taken care of and set of ut such u sta
tion,-it is u wonder we say, that the
baggageman does no, throw big trunk
out upon the fiend, then go out and sit
on the trunk uutii the trains pulls out
Perks Sun.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
A Bad Indian Coauu ,r,l by Scum.

"An Apache. in full war paint, stalk
ed into an Indian school ut AlbuGuer-
que. n. NJ. one day. The children
were Immediately terrified. and trem-
blinoly told Us he was bad Indian
They said IN uncle of one of our boys
had killed his brother and they feared
he had come for revenge. As it was
dinncr-time | saw nothing better to do
than have the children marched into
the dining room, rs usual. We keep
open house to Iniians at all times and
treat them rs distinguished guests. so
motioned to our Apache to take seat
at the table. He sat down. terrible in
his war paint. and laid two loaded re-
voivers on the table before him. The
children began TO tremble. summon
ed all my courage and said: Put those
rcvolvers on the window The Apache
never moved The cook placed before
him cup of coffee and II bowl of soup.
Take away that coffee and SOUP |
commanded, with my heart in my
mouth, adding. 20 the Indian: "You
shall not have them until you put those
revolvers on the window Trembling
for her life, the cook Obeyed. When
the Apache saw his dinner removed he
deliberately arose. picked up his revOlv-
ers and-shall ever forget that terri
ble moment?-quietly laid them on the
window. His dinner was restored to
him. he ate il In silence and then picked
up his property, and walked out with
out Il word.
II did not see him again for years.
But this last time on my way home. as
| was waiting in the train at Santa Fe,
my terrible Apache. in all his feathers
and war-paint. got into the car and
walked its whole length, as If looking
for some one. Ny blood ran cold. He
stopped beside me-. gave grunt of sat
isfaction, and broke into smiles. Then
nothing would do but | must vigorously
shake hands. lie then left the car and
returned with dozen other braves, Us
horrible rs himself. He introduced
them all, AMI nil must shake hands,"
Harriet ihii'ips, TN lhilatlelphia
Times
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
Looking for Joseph.

He was hanging around the Grand
Central depot the other day, begging
money to carry him TO u town in Massa-
chusctts.
What do you want to go there for?'
asked one.
10 see the owner of a great factory, "
was the reply.
"What do you want of him %
'.Well. saw in the papers that he
had been running the factory at loss for
the last six months, but kept going on
account Of sympathy for his employees. :"
"Well?"
"Well, I've got brother somewhere
in that state, and reckon that's the
man, that : exactly like him. The old
woman out in Wisconsin was buried at
the expense of the town, the old man is
in the poor house, and the other seven
of us have lived Oh root beer and iniun
meal for the last year. but it would be
just like Joseph to lose $4,000 u year
to keep lis employees fat and well-dress.
ell. I've got II bet of hrindled calf
against n corn-sheller that It's Joseph.
and I'm bound to get there if have TO
,iy."- II'aN Street News.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
Prol,hlv Safe.


A New Hampshire farmer who heard
of a New Yorker stopping ut one OF the
mountain hotels drove thirteen miles
one dav last week 10 ask him If he
thought the prospective shortage OF
crops would bring about another tinan-
cial panic He waited around the hotel
several hours, and finally ascertained
that the man he wanted to see was all
sent and would be gone all day.
Where has he gomez
Over TO Silver Creek"
"What fur?'
"To fish.
.Gnne aiishin', and calkcrlatin' to be
gone all day."
Yes"
"Took Il bottle of brandy and lunch
and siycr-plated lish-pole. AMI went
oil kinder onconsarned, did he?"
Yes
"Well. then, guess I'll jog back
hum and finish them 'taters." cOntin-
ned the old man with sigh of relief.
IL kinder seems to me that ii this ken
try was in danger of kertlumux them
chaps from New York wouldn't come
to fool their time away suckin' in morn.
in fogs and scrapin the creek fur fish
bOncsr'-WaH Street NeDs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
How DR.. Nary Walk n I,ooks,

Picture i'm Your mind n form OF small
stature dressed in black, Prince Alder;
coat and silk tile. with panialoons thai
fit no better than taoSe of Alexander
Ii. Stephens; a delicate little cane car
ried awkardly in the hand; small,
wrinkled face, eyes also small and al
most lustreless, and hair that looks ~
though it was chopped off rather than
clipped b. the tonsoria artiSt-and you
have DIR. Mary Walker. The wrinkled
face and "crow' feet about the eyes
show that the doctor is not SO Young rs
she used TO be, but no signs OF grayness
are noticeable in her hair. Her mis-
sion nj present seems to be in the direc-
ton of securing for herself an increase
OF the pension which grateful public
awarded her some time ago for her Ia
bors upon the battlelields of the late
war. She is u frequent visitor Mt some
of the deparisne,Js in some cause or
other, and When some poor1utffcial pro-
tests audibly against her hapit of call
ing early and often. principally often.
she is always ready with Il lec;ure upon
the courtesies and amenities of official
life. With all her fondness for male
attire, she does not take to the overcOat
Should you meet her on the street some
cold day you will find a heavy shawl
protects her from the lev breeZes, but
when she enters any Office or store she
never fails to remove her tall hat and
shawl. Many times l have seen her in
the crowds of men that send in their
cards TO members of the house. disdain-
ing to wait in the ladies' reception
room, but she removes her hat all the
same. The doctor went into carpet
store the other day and asked to see
some new styles of carpets. The clerk
unrolled almost everything that had
been received for many weeks. but the
doctor could find nothing to please her
esthetic taste, and she finally excused
herself by saying that she had merely
called to inspect the goods for sick
friend. Now, look here, doctor. said
the clerk, .'that is the two hundred and
ninctieth time that gag has been played
on me. This sick friend business won't
work any longer but the doctor NOV
ed out of sight as calmly as does the
setting sun and said nothing.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
Whit Tn y Both Thought.

~ WoS tWcutN -uVc tstIu'cS past SCI"
on. Tl,s buggy was at the door to take
him to illc train. His hand was on the
knob. "Good.by." he called out.
There came from somewhere upstairs.
through the half-open door. a feminine
voice. 'Good-by;' then he had gone out
into the glad spring air. odorous with
the foretOkens Of coming lie and mnsi-
cal with the songs Of the nest.bail.lers.
But there was no song in his heart. no
spring hope and light in his life as he
took the reins out OF his grO0m's hand
and spoke to his impatient horse sharp
Get on And as he rode through the
royal avenue that he'd mp TO his house,
this is what he thought:
Ii bad been y guest. Martha would
have been up and dressed. She would
have had spray of frcsl, flowers at my
plate. She would have sat ut the table
and seen that my coffee was good. and
my eggs hot, and my toast Drowned.
And should have ut leas: u parting
shake Of the hand. and hope express
ell that | would come again. and per-
haps wave of the handkerchief from
the balcorfsks And l shouLi haye carried
AVA with me that smile that il bright
cr than the sunshine. rs the last. gift of
her gracious hospitality. 1t is u chance
i. she would not even have proposed to
ride 20 the station with me To see me
off. For she knows. if ever woman did,
how To welcome the coming and speed
the parting guest.
But am only her husband; and can
eat my breakfast alone rs if were u
bachelor; and get my coffee muddy or
clear. hot or cold. rs Bridget happens
10 make it; and take eggs hard or soft,
and toast burnt or soggy, rs ii chances
10 come from careless cook. Aud
nobody cares: And when go, ..Good-
nye' is Hung after me like II dry bone
after an ill-carcd-for cur. lIeigho!
What's the use of being married any
how?
And this is what she thought AS she
put the last touches To her hair before
the glass. and tried hard to keep the
tears back from her eyes before she
went down to see that the family break
fast was ready:
Il wonder if Hugh really cares any
thing for me any more. When we were
first married he never would have gone
of in this way, with a careless good
by tossed upstairs rs he might toss Il
wcll-cleaned bone to Il hungry dog. He
would have found time to run up and
kiss me good-by, and tell me that he
missed me al his breakfast. and ask was
sick. He is gracious to his friends: Il
perfect gentleman to every one but his
wife. believe he is tired of me.
wish could let him -. 1t would be
hard for me, but it would be better for
him! Well! well! | mustn't think such
things rs these. Perhaps he does love
me after all. But butt is coming to
be hard to believe ii.
And 50 with Il heavy heart she went
10 her work. And the April sun laugh
ed in at the open windows. and the birds
chirped cheer to her all day, and ilow-
rrS waved their most graceful beckon-
ing to her in vain; all for want of that
farewell kiss.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
MANKAro, MINNESOTA. rRlIsa1ss sEpfEMRER .. isss,
III, Spoilsd I'll

Anew York cnasspos i1nt .aays: The
Jersey Lily is very5sfontige money, but
apparently not IA mll;aP for its own
SAX. rs for what il will ~ for l,er. She
is very extravagant andtfs4st A,ave the
most luxurious things. She proposes
To- manage herself neXtyear. yet she
has not the slightest i.Ns of business,
nor the least appreciatidh df public obli-
cations. She is rathersx spoiled child
than vicious one. Personally she is
perfectly helpless. and size says that she
could not dress or nndrSH herself with
OF, the assistance of hes maid " her life
depended on il. She Will lie in bed till
evening waiting for Yer maid rather
than try to dress herself. Ii she wants
thing. she wants it: and II ehe can't
have it she will cry lseea baby. She
couldn't get y certain, room that she
wanted in western lkfel. 81 she sal,
down on the stairs AID cried like a
child. In another hote. she found two
of the creatures Mrs. Carlyle spent two
hours in destroying in ssr bed, and she
90, up Il, o'clock am wentwitl, her
cn,ire suite to hcr car. -ere Cue finish
ci out the night. To y ,.a this plague
and other annoyances. Mrs. Lang.ry
will live aboard icr gar next season.
She made a mistake iu going back To
England. She will. ofssnirSe. never he
received there by the. same set again.
MOI That there are not just as fast wo-
men rs Mrs. Langtry in its inncrmost
circle. bu, they assume virtue If they
have not.
Sre that Miss Work is going over to
England To rcjoin her friend Miss Cham
heri:in. Miss Chamberlain is the
American beauty who has to Il certain
extent taken Mrs. l.angtry's place in
the regard of the prince OF Wales. Miss
Work and Miss Chamberlain were the
two Young Americans who accompanied
The prince to Hamburg last summer. to
the scandal OF one class Of people and
the envy of another Wales likes them
because they are so .'awfullv jolly. you
know" they whack him on the back
and smoke cigarettes with him and
amuse him greatly. and the old gentle
man is very fond of those who amuse
him. The princess is not so fond of the
two Americans; she THINKS them exceed
inglv fast and vu.,far. and, though she
allowed them to visit her to save more
scandal. sine treated them in Il way that
American girls haze the reputation OF
reSenling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28

Professor James f. Johnston says
that 81 per cent. of the blood of animals
consists of common salt, which is par
TALLY discharged every day through the
skin and kidneys. When stock is stint
ed with salt the bile is not able 10 assist
digestion to its full extent. and the nat
ural waste of the cartilages cannot be
built up as rapidly as it otherwise
could. The'profcssor believes that it is
better to place salt where stock can
have free access TO it ut any time; 9th
erwise they are liable to become ''salt
hungry By too long abstinence, and
when the opportunity offers will eat too
much of it.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
A Run on q Drug Store

Never was such rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at John A. Sam
born for Trial Bottle Of DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. All persons affected
with Asthma, Bronchitis, Hoarseness.
Severe Coughs or any affection Of the
Throat and Lungl can get Trial Bottle
Of this great remedy free. by calling at
above Drug Store. Regular sixe &l.0O.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
Knew His Plaza.

Only two days ago our barber solemn
ly assured us that he thought a great
deal of the Rev. Joseph Cook and loved
to converse with him. rs he could I'M
derstand him. Then we got out of the
chair and said.
This thing is all wrong. If you can
understand Joseph Cook it's not for
vou To shave ne. Get up in the chair
and we we will shave you. "--Boston
iOi
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28

The Mikado of Japan has decorated
Prince bismarck with the "Order OF the
Chrysanthemum.' making the fifty
fifth bestowed on his princely nibs by
various potentates. All these honors,
and yet he gets blood in his eye when a
Berlin butcher names q new vintage oil
sausage after him! He is not com.
PEELED to wear the sausage on state oc
casiOns either.-NOrristOUn Herald.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28
A Novelty.

"Wlat is that lying on your desk?"
asked Gus DE Smith Of a young society
business man. at whose office he hap
pened to be,
Those are my recelpted bills that l
have just paid"
"Receipted bills! You don't say SOP"
exclaimed Gus, with animation; let me
look at them please. I've not seen any
thing of the kind in the last five years."
-Ieras Sifliu0S
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28

Tseng, who manages the Chinese
Government interests in Europe, re-
mains in dress Chinese nobleman,
wearing shoes wit white soles, violet
tunic, yellow waistcoat and fur cap
with three fox-tails attached. de has
one wife only.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28

Dudes who chew the heads of their
canes are advised by medical editor
to bave the same of soft rubber instead
vi silver. 1t makes less wear and tear
on the gums and helps the teeth to come
through just as well.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-09-28

There is a movement in Cleveland, as
there is in Chicago. to establish n Man
ual Training School similar to the -four.
ishing school in St. Louis.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-25
JUDGE GRESHAM AND THE LOTTERIES,

The United States government will
no longer be partner of the Louisiana
Lottery Company. This is the meaning
of Postmaster-G General Gresham's de-
cision. A single lottery company has
been permitted for years to use the
mails, while all other companies were
excluded, and the sole basis of this
strange monopoly has been the claim
that this company was chartered by a
state, and therefore could not be con-
sidered as fraudulent lottery COM
pany. The statutes governing registered
letters and money orders declare that
they shall not be delivered or paid to
fraudulent lottery companies. The
state-chartered company, holding that
it cannot be considered fraudulent,
claims as the converse Of this law that it
has the right to use the mails.
The undisturbed exercise Of ,bot
right was maintained fo- several wears
IN curious way. Postmaster-G General
-.Aey forbade the issue of mail to this
company. His order was approved by
the district courts, but he agreed to sus-
pend it until the United States supreme
court should decide upon the contro-
versy. Then the company through an
understanding with the solicitor general,
withdrew the appeal. The case has
never been decided, and the suspended
order has never been revived until now.
It would certainly seem that some infu-
ence favorable to the Louisiana COM
pany has been at work underneath the
surface in the Washington depart
ments.
Now, the law distinctly declares that
"no letter or circular concerning lot
teries, so-called gift concerts, or other
similar enterprises offering prizes, shall
be carried in the mail" No state char
ter can give the right to break the laws
of the United States.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-25
CYCLONES AND AEROLITEs.

After time the scientists may reach
the conclusion that there is some affinity
between cyclones and the remarkable
fall Of so.called aerolites at intervals.
When bowlder weighing from 500 to
600 pounds comes Sizing down from the
heavens it argues the fact that the bowl
der must have got into the air by force,
and it is not always In conformity with
reasonable logic to assert that they are
thrown upon the earth from frisky
planet, or that they are upheaved by
volcanic eruption. Since it has come
to be accepted as a fact that cyclones
are electrical, the result of forces of cleo
tricity striving for equilibrium, it is not
out of the question to presume that
these rocks may be snatched up by an
excess of positive influence, and set In
motion by terrific power of swirling
electric currents. This process might
change the chemical quality of the stone
SO that when returned to the earth again
its proportions might have just the per-
picking difference from the stone of
known localities to answer to the solu-
ton science has SO long applied to the
theory of the aerolEte. Subjected to the
intense electric fluids various forms of
rock might be converted into the ap-
pearance of lava, and have all the neces-
sary sulphuric odor. When we consid
er the power for destruction shown in
the operations of recent cyclones it re-
quires no very vivid imagination to sup
pose a bowlder Of many hundred weight
being lifted into the air and transported
a great distance from its original loca-
ton, being afterward flung to the ground
scorched to the core.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-25
WEDNESDAY. JULY %, 1888.
GERMANY AND THE CAR.

Very cordial expressions of friendship
and mutual good will were exchanged
between the emperor of Germany and
the czar of Russia at the time of the lat
ter's coronation; but IN the meantime
the German government does not forget
to provide for possible contingencies in
the future. The cable informs us that
the small fortress of Kustrin is to be
transformed into fortified place Of the
first class. Kustrin is situated between
Berlin and the Russian frontier, on the
River Oder and at the crossing of the
railway from Berlin to Warsaw with
several other roads of importance. The
place is evidently intended to serve for
the protection of the German capital in
case of a war with Russia. The latter
power will scarcely have any reason for
complaining of this apparent mark of
distrust, for Russia began first to fortify
her German frontier. The action of
Germany can, indeed, not be taken as q
hostile demonstration having an i'm
mediate meaning. 1t is merely an act
of that timely caution for which the
general staff of the German army is SO
well known.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-25
THE NEW CATsKILL HOTEL.

A new hotel has been built in the
Catskills by Philadelphia millionaire,
named Harding. Last summer he was
visiting with his family another hotel,
where the host when the boarders COM
planned would tell them that they
g didn't pay for their feed; that he gave
them that. What they paid for was the
mountain air. IF they didn't like the
price they could go to some other hotel.
One day Harding's daughter thought she
would like broiled chicken for breakfast
and her father asked if it could not be
obtained-for a consideration. To the
landlords insolent refusal and his adj
vice to find another hotel if that didn't
suit, Mr.. Harding replied that he would
build a hotel where guests could get
what they wanted by paying for it and
the mountain air would not be charged
for. The hotel was built in one hun
dred days, after the road had been made
TO the top of the mountain. When the
checks came in thick and fast to pay for
the work the Catskill Bank telegraphed
to Philadelphia bank for advice. The
reply was: "Cash for us George Hard
ing's checks up to eleven millions and
then advise u.s.