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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
J.ik, a kl,w in IL. B ok.

Curtis II. Wells. ~ This city has re-
ceived letter from Henry NJ. Burt.
detailing the editors experience with
lightning Mr.. Burt certainly had n mar
row escape. He writes:
"A little after six O'Clock Saturday
night ! was in nv Office Gin the old
Summit House on Mount Wasliinyton).
and had just given directions to Darby
about making up form. Wien all at
once | felt tremendous blow in the
back. could not at first imagine what
caused it, but instantly thereafter saw
ball of fire as large as a mans head
directly in front of me, not three feet
of. 1t exploded with tremendous
noise. seemingly as loud rs cannon.
and then | knew what must have hap
pened My left leg seemed to be COM
pletely paralyzed, and | fell to the floor.
Three of my printers were in the room
at the time, two sitting at the table near
me, one standing up y little further of.
The latter had the skin on one hand
torn up, another was hit in the back,
and the third escaped without injury.
At first l felt as.though ball had gone
through my body, and that all below
had been shot away. was startled
and COMPOUNDED, but did not lose con-
seriousness. The young man who could
get out of the Office ran to the hotel.
the Summit House. and told what had
happened. Help came immediately,
and was removed to my room in the
hotel and undressed. DR.. Strong,
medical student of Harvard, took the
case in charge and treated it with great
skill. In the course of two or three
hours could begin to move my leg a
very little. This (Monday) morning I
find myself quite comfortable, though I
cannot walk without q cane, and my
leg pains me considerably. / can as
sure you that it was narrow escape
from instant death, and for one I do not
care to 60 through another experience
like it. AS the storms are all, or most
of them, below the summit, we have
very little fear of being struck by light
ming. In fact. for thirty years no one
has been hurt or had such . narrow es-
cape from deass. 1t is an old saying
that lightning hever strikcstwice in the
same place, and am sure do not care
to have it. We were all the more sur
prised from the fact that until the holt
came in we had no idea of the presence
of an electric storm. 1t had begun to
rain Il little, but there had been no
flashes of lightning. 1t was as start
ling as it would have been to get clap
of thunder out of clear sky. You have
probably heard of the impression of
tree being found upon the bodies of
those killed by lightning. The same
thing was noticed upon my back, and.
as there are no trees upon Mount
it seems to me that the
peculiar appearance must be the result
of the blood settling in the smaller
veins. "-Hartford Comm Courant.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
Extravaganza in Dress, Manners and Gus.

Fay" the Washington correspond
ent of the Louisville Courier-Journal. is
now sojourning at Long Branch, and in
4 letter to that paper comments with
just severity upon the extravaganza in
dress. manners and customs that pre-
walls in society everywhere now
Speaking of the fancy teams driven
along Ocean avenue by ladies, she
writes:
About twenty-five years ago it was
considered very bold and unfeminine for
Il woman to drive one horse and to drive
two was sufficient to make her friends
ashamed of her. About that long ago
| drove a pair of ponies from my home
in the country to Louisville. The street
Arabs hooted and tried to hold the wheels
of the vehicle. My own mother was
mortified when she came to the door of
her house and saw only ME and my lit
tie daughter in the buggy. ami was
shocked when l gleefully said that, as
my husband could not come with me.
he had allowed me TO drive the ponies.
and that | was SO pleased with the ex-
pertinent l intended to be my own
driver in future. That was the first
and last time l was ever allowed to
drive, for l dared not 60 against public
opinion. At present it is the swell
thing to do, and every girl in Washing
ton insists on having village cart and
horse, which she drives on the public
thOroughfares morning, noon and night.
Last Winter and through the Spring
months there was a fashionable woman
in Washington who drove pair of ivO-
ry-tinted white ponies to an exquisite
equipage. The harness was tipped with
gold. and everything loud looking. The
lady dressed deliberately, and with long
mousquetaire gloves handled the white
reins with the skill of man. She had
two dogs of rare breed, and they sat be-
side her. one on each side, she in the
middle. The groom in livery sat back.
and she drove on the front seat with
her dogs. The lady has passed most of
her married life in Paris, and has
brought to this country the customs of
that gay city. She gave Sunday after
noon teas, and "baccarat" was played
during the afternoon and evening"
Everybody who was called fashionable
sought this charming aud agreeable la
Dig, and all the diplomats attended her
Sunday teas and enjoyed the foreign
gambling game. A young married man
and his wife who live in great style in
Washington, the wife being an heiress
and a beauty, invite friends to spend
the evening with them and play roulette.
This young couple also have lived much
in Europe and brought home with them
European customs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
Refuting What Have Been Called Facts.
.'Tcll me some popular errors in re-

TELL me some popular errors in re-
gard to the microscope.
lone very old one and very common
one is that every drop of water we drink
is teeming with animal life. There
never was a greater mistake. 1t is very
rarely, indeed, in lake water that any
animalcul9 are to be found. If q little
bit of grass or shred of meat, or any or
ganic matter, be left in the water for
two or three days, there they can be
found. 1t is supposed that q peculiar
kind of organism like eels can be found
in vinegar. 1t may be that way back
in the country where they make vinegar
out of apples, and not out of aquafortis.
there may be some, but they don't seem
to thrive in city vinegar. Another
thing. people think that hairs are hol-
low. The hair is no more hollow than
fence post. and the colOring matter.
instead of being filled in tube. is mix
ed up in the cells of the hair. The mis-
take never would have occurred if it
had been recollccted that the hair is but
a modification of the epidermis. Then
there is another idea that the human
skin is rs full of pores as sponge"
The fallacy of this idea was demon
strated by the microscopes taking .
slice with his razor off his hand aud
putting it on q slide. The reporter
was surprised to find that the pores
were very scarce indeed, appearing to
be about fiftieth of an inch apart.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
An 0piuion.

There were eight or ten Of them seat
ell on the grocery steps as the stranger
came up. and one of them led off with:
"Yes. gentlemen. this village needs
capital. and needs it bad
That's sO.' added q second. what
we want here is money"
Eyes, we want capital to develop
things sighed third, and so it went
down the line until every one of the lot
had expressed his opinion that capital
was wanted. The last man looked up
ut the stranger and added:
''Don't it seem that way to youp"
at does. SIR" was the prompt reply.
"What would he your opinion of the
way capital ought to be invested here?"
"Well. my plan would be to lay out
the first $1,000 in bar-soap, crash tow
els. BARRIERS shears and kicking ma
CHINESE was the firm reply, as he pre-
pared for run of half mile to the de-
pot. - 'M Street NeUs.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05

Address of Hon. =. l.. Coffin. Of Iowa, at the
Blue Earth County Fair, Sept. 18th, 1883.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
A Prassntiment.

Writing of the little folks reminds me
of 4 strange and sad event Of last week.
Two little boys had been living here, at
the Patton House. named Johnnie"
White and "JOe" Patton. Their moth
er's are sisters, and there is third sis
ter who also has son, and the three
boys were all born the same month, and
were brought up like triplets; and every
summer of their lives until this they
have spent at Atlantic City together.
But this year the third cousin stayed in
Philadelphia. Well, last Wednesday
night Mr.. and Mrs. Patton were reused
by strange noises in the next room to
theirs, where the two boys slept. Going
in they found joe struggling with his
arms as though trying to swim, and
crying "Help! Help!" He was fast
asleep and dreaming. They awoke him
but as soon as he fell asleep again the
dream and struggles and cry for help
returned. The other boy slept quietly.
Mrs. Patton, who is of nervous tenn
permanent. was so alarmed that she did
not dare to 60 to sleep again, and sat
up all that night watching her boys
painful struggles. Next morning, fear
ing something terrible would happen,
she would not let the boys go to the
beach. or go out of her sight. But in
the course of the forenoon, while she
was busy, they slipped away. An hour
later policeman came to the house
with the news that they had been
drowned, and Mrs. Patton. crying out.
1.-The dream! the dream!' sank faint.
ing to the floor. The bodies of the BOYS
were taken to Philadelphia and buried
to-day.-Attantic city Cor. N. T. ari-
bune.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
Various Things,


The coolest thing in TIE wOrld-The
Kitchen oil-cloth to your bare feet on q
winters night.
The hottest thing A raisin lying in
ambush in mOuthflil of hot plum pud-
ling.
The dullest thing-A funny news
paper.
The longest thing-Your friend's'f av-
)rite story.
The shortest thing the memory Of
he perpetual borrower.
The biggest thing-rhe fortune YOU
expect TO make by speculation.
the smallest thing-The fortune
which you do make.
The toughest thing-The young wife's
o!e-crust.
The softest thng-The conversation
which passes between duck and a
iearie.
The highest thing-The mercury in
he thermometer, about this time.
The hardest thing-The bit of bone
hat you "come right down on" when
eating chops.
The easiest thing-Lying.
The tightest thing-The marriage-tie,
hat is TO say, it used to be, but now it
the lOOsest.
The prettiest thing-LOok in the mir
ror and You will see it,
The brightest thing-The suns light
shot into your eyes as it comes reflected
from the piece of looking glass in the
hands of the mischivous small boy.
The silliest thing-Thinking that
wealth produces happiness. Would
ut you like to be knocked silly, prOvid-
I'd the money cameO
The freshest thing-You know him:
he is everywhere. However he will get
sailed in time.
The stalest thing-Common sense.
The quickest thing-The flea.
The slOwest thing-An amateur dra-
ma by amateur performers.
The heaviest thing-A long sermon
on a hot summer afternoon.
The lightest thing-A lovers VOW.
The thickest thing-Your tongue when
coming home from the lodge
The thinnest thing-The story you tell
your wife the next morning.
The wettest thing-The foot of the
small boy, with new pair of rubber
BOOTS.
The dryest thing--You have just been
reading it.--Boston transcript.
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ThiS Is daily bringing Inv

This Is daily bringing JOY to the
homes Of thousands by saving many Of
their dear ones from an early grave.
Truly IS DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs, Colds, Asthma,
Bronchitis, Hay Fever, Loss Of Voice,
Tickling in the throat, Pain in the side
and chest, or any disease of the Threat
and Lungs, positive cure, Gus raDteed.
Trial bottles free at John A. SambOrn,s
drug store. Large size 81. 90.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
A Great Discovery,

Matthew Arnold's lecture for Amer
lea, entitled ''Sweetness AMI Light"
suggests dry spon" cake.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-10-05
A Match Factory.

Few If any people who are daily in
.he habit of using matches have ever
thought how much of ingenuity and
skill are expended in their manufacture.
Yet the extent of the match timber, or,
Is it is termed, lumber manufacturing
business in the United States and Cam
ala, may b. fairly realized when it is
stated that one match mandatory
alone paid 81. 600, 900 in taxes during the
year ending Dec. 81, 1882. being at the
rate of one per cent per box. That is,
The mandatory had produced in one
year 400, 900, 900 boxes of matches. The
logs were bought in the first instance
by the owners of the numerous saw
mills. to be found upon the river st.
Lawrence and its tributaries; and the
mill owner distributes the lumber after
it is cut. The wood used is pine and
spruce. The match lumber factory is
divided into departments, in which are
manufactured match boxes: cases,
called skillets; match-sticks, called
splints, and the round wooden match
boxes, which are less used row than
formerly. Match boxes are made from
a square piece of wood by one turn of
"LiCu VI
4 bOrer, and side-saw This machine
makes twelve boxes and twenty-fOur
lids per minute out of piece of wood
an inch and three-fourths square.
When the box and lids are made in the
rough, they are placed together in a
hollow roller, which is revOlved by
water-pOwer. and in this way the de-
fects are removed, and the whole box is
made beautifully smooth. owing TO the
friction created within the wheel. The
match sticks or splinis are cut double
the length of the ordinary wooden
match. and when sent to the match
mandatory, they are dipped At both
ends, and cut in the center when dry.
These splints are made from solid
blocks of wood, which have been previ-
ously steamed, by q machine which
makes from eight to twelve sticks at .
blow. and all the blocks are three inches
square. In u day of ten hours no less
than 100000 splints are made at
Fitch's factory.
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The Best Agricultural District ON the
Globe.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-08-02
Our Reporters Vacation Notes.

DURING his rambies this season, our Mr.. NJ.
has takon upon himself the task of satisfying
our numerous readers that whatever goods arc
manufactured in our goodly city of Roger Will
liams, are OF as high grade, and as Ono In quail
ty as can be produced In any spot on the globe.
Especially Ia this 30 when tho skilled Pharmacist
OF many years experience resolves to extract
from the finest botanical specimens Of the vo2e-
table world the most potent cure for some special
disease. In proof Of his assertion that Provi-
denee affords the best he relates IN Interview
with mn acquaintance, given him while soJourn-
Ing temporarily at her residence. Sho says,
F" asca: Joar suffered se.erely from Rheumn-
tism in my limbs, and Neuralgia In the head.
which endured two or threo mon,hs with rs
much patience rs possible. being under tho treat
mont Of an excellent dottor, aud trying many
kinds OF medicine withou, any marked effect.
At last medical friend advised mo to try Hunts
Remedy, because he attributed my severe suffer.
Ing to the bad condition OF my Kidneys which
wero not performing their proper functions, and
i commenced taking 1t, and In few days tho
neuralgia had departed, my headache had en-
tirely disappeared, the swelling In my limbs and
Joints had gone, and have not had touch Of It
since: Moro recently was troubled with impu-
rity OF the blood, which showed itself In severo
efuptions on my face. 1aga.n rcsorted to Hunt's
Remedy. and after taking It q short timo was
completely cured Of that complaint. Hunts
Remedy has proved very beneficial TO mo In at
tacks of sick headache, which It always alleyi.
etes, and notice tho Improvement "a soon rs I
take tho Remedy. This Remedy has strengthen.
Ing elements, for It has made me feel much
stronger, and has been very beneficial to my gem
efal health. most heartily recommend It to all
sufferers lke myself. Mrs. L. G. TANNER No.
136 Pearl Street"
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His Heart on the Wrong Side.

CINCI&NATI, July 90. DIR. II. Illoway
Of No. 2l5 West Court street reports a
peculiar freak Of naturc-if it il freak
of nature-in n patient, whose i,eart,
instead Of beating on the left side of the
body, beats on the right side. This is
something not unknown 10 medica! sci
ence. Dir. iiioway was seen Friday by
n reporter, to whom he said that he had
never before seen n man whose heat WIS
situated rs this mans was. Hi. name is
Joseph HOrwitZ. aud lives on John street
He is q native of Poland aud Il peddcr
10 years old. The doctor had examined
the man, cndeavoring to ascertain wheth-
er the strange position Of the heart was
due to disease or whether he was born
that way. He had not ~ yet detcrmin
ed. The man said that before coming to
this couniry he was confined for month
in n hospital in Cracow, Poland, with
typhoid fever that while there the
physicians had observed the peculiarly in
him, and wanted him to go to Vienna for
examination. He did no, go. however.
coming t" this country instead He had
never experienced any Inconvenience
from the position Of his heart, it per
forming its functions III naturally IA if
in the proper place. He had never been
sick in any way that would lead him to
believe it was due to his heart
DIR. llloway said that the other organs
of the man were apparently in normal
condition and proper place. and his heart
WAS apparently in perfect order. There
have been u few such cases reported
heretofore in medical science, but they
were in fnreign countries. In this case
the beating of the heart is very distinct,
in exactly the same position on the right
side rs it is usually on the left side, NC
that 1t must be completely changed from
what it is in other persons.
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For sale by Wilhite & Wilhite, Andsf
son, s.. c.
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Fishing In Summer.

Did we not go fishing it would not be
Summer. Conversely, if it were not
Summer we would not go fishing.
eve are going fishing next week"
said Mr.. Oldboy, land want to he sure
we've got all our things together"
Got tent?" asked his partner.
"Yes, I've got tent"
"And boat?"
eyes. that's engaged"
"Whisky2"
"Lot's Of it,"
''Soms pilot biscuit"
''Yes, whole box"
Five or six dozen of beer"
"Yes."
"Cigars?"
Hundreds Of 'em."
"Plen,y of whisky"
Ham and canned meats?"
you'll want some ice."
81 have that, and | have lots of can
ned goods, plenty Of beer and cigars, TO
END OF whisky and bread, uni everything
| can pos.ibly think of, and yet it seems
to mo I've left something out"
"Got your tackle, haven't you?
"By George" shouted Mr.. Oldboy,
you've hit it. That's just it--fsh hooks
and lines. Well need some OF them,
won't we?" l knew had forgotten
something"
! do not know why it is, but for some
reason nearly every fishing party carries
with it lot of hooks and lines, which
arc only good to tangle up and catch in
the dropping branches of the whispering
Observation-Disclosures Hapkeye
The best Spring medicine known is
that wonderful tonic, Browns Iron Bit.
ters.
- The hardest thing in the world to
do so constantly that you can do it we'll,
il to mind your own business.
PITTsFoRD, MASS, Sept. %, 1873.
SlRs-l have taken Hop Bitt-rs and
recommend them to others, rs l found
them very beneficial.
Mrs. j. w. TULI.ER.
Sec. Woman's Christian temperance
Union.
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Ahead or Snake Stories.

Mr. NJ. l.. Davis of GowensvilIe is the
pOssessOr of q horse that ID living under
a remarkable case of treatment, and il
Is an assured fact that it will recover
from his treatment Of it, as he was in the
city with It yesterday, although it has a
hole in its head and brcathes through il.
On the 18th day of last April, whilst
MIR. ). Z. Farmer was plnwing the AMI
NAL, il became frightened at COW and
ran away, falling and striking a stump
and bursting its head from near its ewes
To the end OF the nose. leaving hole
five inches long and u in width. Mr..
Farmer sold the mare 10 his brothcr.in.
law Mr.. NJ. l.. Davis for fifty dollars
Mr. Davis buying her rather as an ex.
pertinent, to see if he could cure it, as
he had frc1ucntly performed surgical
operations Oh horses such az taking Off
warts, tumors, etc. Mr.. Davis maze a
plaster Of tar on Il cloth and stopped tie
breathing through the hole, taking it off
TO clean out the collection of vcrmn that
bad accumulated in its head lie after
wards made plaster Of yarnsh, English
rnsin and bccswaX which he keeps on all
the time. removing it only while he il
washing its head ont with carbolc soap,
and uses solution Of carbolic acid on
the inside part ~ u di.infcctant. The
mare 80 far recovered IL to he able to
work within fifteen days but afterwards
took the dis.cmp"r, and he lid not work
it for about 30 days, the distcmper ap.
peariDg TO reduce it worse than the
wound. Since then it has been 1T work
iii the wagon. buggy or plow a!nos.
regularly. Mr.. Davis said lie fed 1t on
oats and whcat,bran for nbont two
months but that she can nov eat any.
thing any other horse can. GrrDuIM,
Enterprise Gnd .Hun'tinccr.
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Building and Building Materials.
THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ANDERSON.
COURT OF COMMON DuE.s

Martha J. McGee, wife Of Vim. Mc(iee, NJ. c. Wiles
and and A. ~ Wiles. Plaintiffs, against Hannah
Hall, Catherine !. Tucker, wife Of J. p. Tucker.
Margaret II. Wiles. James l.. Wies David II.
Wiies, Jesse A: Wiles. Willis T. Wiles, James
Mc!iec VIM. McGee, Yancy M.F BsrksdaIe
Ludy :. Barksdoe. Charles W. Barksiaie, Law.
renee z. Burton, Annie j. Burton and Lemuel
NJ. Hall, observation-disclosures for Relief CoU,-
Tidint not Serrsd. ~
To the Defendants Hannah Hall, Catherine L,
tucker. wife of j: +. Tucker Margaret H. WiIes
lanes lanes l.; Wiles. David L! wiles, Jesse A. Wi!es
willis T. wiies VIM Mctiee, James MCGEE
fty frtancey M NJ +. Barksdale, Ludy c. BarIsdale,
Charies w. Barksdae, Lawrence G. Burton, An.
ME !. Burton and Lemuel NJ. Hall
oUsw are her hereby and required
is filed In the Office Of tho Clerk of tho Conrt
o. common Pleas for Anderson County, and to
serve copy OF your answerto the said complaint
on ne subscribers at their Office. Anderson c. III,
~ WITHIN twenty days after the service hereof
exclusive OF the day Of such service; and II you
ae iati to answer the complaint within the time
no @oresala the plaintiff. in this action will apply to
the Court for the relief demanded In the com.
plant. 80 'N' .''
Dated May %, A. D. 1893
BROYLES L SIMP3ON.