The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-12-28
MANKAro FREE Press,
FRIDAY, DECEMBER, %. 1888.
GLEANINGs.

100. 900 persons make fans.
A man at Americas. Ga, claims to
have q rooster which crows twelve
times at noon and midnight.
King Alfonso has lost his youthful
face and has the appearance OF having
gOne to seed.
A ball was recently bowled against =
young English cricketer's forehead,
killing him instantly.
The Harvard ..anncx" for women Is
eminently successful. Two ladies out
of class of five have become engaged
90 their teachers.
Tho reason advanced by Henry L.
Taylor. OF Belair. Md. for asking for
a divorce is that his wife will not let
him read the bible.
Women ia New York who make
shirts for living earn about 40 cents a
day; those VINO serve rs waiter girls In
beer saloons make Sl.25.
The granddaughter eli Davy Crock.
cit Is living in San Antonio In feeble
health. poor. and with three little chill
dren dependent upon her exertions.
King Kalakana. OF the Sandwich Is
lands. can get M groceries At the stores
unless the order Is accompanied with
cash.
A st. Louis ACTOR made his debut dur
Ing Il violent storm. and local critic
observed that seven the heavens recOg-
nizcd true greatness. and Numbered
their applauses.
Ii is proposed ut Bismarck This win
ter to construct II big house OF blocks OF
Ice. which shall be used for n skating
rink, after the plan Of the winter pal
aces they build in Canada and Russia.
Bismarck is said to have become so
suspicious and tvrannical toward all
officials of state that il is believed thar
IL the Emperor dies before him the
Crown Prince will not hesitate 10 dis
miss him from office.
Hannibal Hamlin should he placed
in charge of the next arctic expedition.
A gentleman who can 90 through the
climate of Maine every year withOu,
an OvercOat would not be likely TO re-
turn without the pole.
Waynesboro. Ga. society is in . Hut
ter. owing to the discovery that a cele.
brated coiored cook. who has been EN-.
ployed in many iirsL-class families. is 8
| man and not Il woman rs was supposed
| The fellow has masqueraded as a female
for many years.
A New York jeweler has just import
| ed diamond as big as hickory nut
the biggest ever brought into this coun
| IL ,,a;.rhc md xs,il
lose thirty karats in cutting. Tn.
| Koh-i-noOr weighs 1929 karats. The
| New York diamond is valued at $780,.
600.
While hotel cook ut San Diego
| Cal, was preparing some chickens to-
| dinner, he discovered about $40 worth
of gold nuggets and four ounces o
| gravel in their crops. The fowls hat
been recently purchased from Il farmer
| but the cook does not remember hi
| name.
Eastern farmers in other section:
than New England are learning tina
| spring crops are more certainly profit
| able than winter wheat. The laite
has the advantage of being \ better
crop to seed with, but in money returns
it is less profitable than oats or barley
and much less so than well cared TO
corn and potatoes.
Mrs. Peterson and Mrs. Deckard, o
Boise, Idaho, started up the mountain
side on u ramble, taking with them
c!aw-hammer TO knock off any bits o
rock that might attract their attention
| In doing this they broke off piec
from a ledge, which they were surpriS
cd to find was rich gaIena ore. Mrs
Dcckard has been offered 81 900 for be
half interest.
Mr.. Fitzgerald, of Rochester. N. Y.
having been paid $500. put it unde
his pillow. The mex, morning he com
| planned at police headquarters tina
500 had been taken. He suspecte,
his wife. and she WAS arrested. Sh,
tainted on being made Il prisoner. d.
recovering she sal that she had takel
the money for safe keeping. She wa
| released.
Bob Rowland is the name OF a genia
fellow in the far west who is Gale,
the Jonah of mining towns" 1t /
said of him that when he arrives at
new camp he starts restaurant, ant
all the miners quit work and max
boarding with him their sole business
The supplies all eaten AMI the mean
of huying exhausted. Bob marches fort
at the head of the demoralized denizen
of the camp in search Of new worlds I,
conquer.
A whitefish-liver supper. says tn
| Mnnrna /le1Hnrrnf 10 fh. Loft thin.
to tempt the appetiles of Michigan ep;
cures. The livers are fried ike oys
tiers. and when washed down with oil
wine or champagne are said to be mos
excellent Another way is t. boil an,
mince them. and when cold serve will
salt. pepper and sharp vinegar. White
fish gizzards nicely dressed and friet
in butter, are said to make an eXce!len
dish. much sought after by those wh'
know what to eat and now TO eat it.
| A Lewiston. Me-, lawyer was recent
ly greeted by lady in his Office witt
the remark: "You don't know ME.
reckon" He said her face was famil
lar. but he couldn't recall her name
81 was divorced from my husband las
term. want to sue him for breach o
| PROMISE said she. She and her hus
band were divorced, parted. and met
fell in love again. courted and she wa
won. The marriage intention wa
published. and the day set. The maj
reached tor the west. and the abandon
ed wife lover will take it out Of him il
money damages.
+. NJ. Shields, of Mississippi. has in
vented murderous gun which he call
the Sweeps axes ut shoots" h
SAYS. 1900 balls at the explosion O
one cap. 1t will kill and wound 8O'
men out of regiment of 1000 men a
distance of 800 yards. 1t has forty
nine barrels all combined in one, ant
each barrel shooting one degree ant
/ twelve minutes on horizontal plane
from the others. Shooting - distanc,
l of 100 yards. it will cover q space OF
l0o yards, filling q long felt want"
| Walter Davie, brown and Drawn,
from life in the Scotch Highlands
reached New York the other day. HI
was dressed in the regulation Highland
costume, and when he appeared in TIT
Battery Park he attracted a good dea
of attention. With piece of chalk b,
drew two lines thirteen feet apart upOl
the asphalt pavement Of one of thu
pathways. Toeing one of the lines, h
cleared the other in single jump. :"
don't feel very well. or could do bet
ter than that" he said, as he walked
away.
Among the most remarkable illustra
tions of human energy are the hoatin,
| Ia, ISnShp,is i'm, Aota
the more so that they are the work o
an essentially indolent population. Fo
their creation an expanse of waite