The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-01-19
GLEANINGs.

The price of flour in Idaho has risen
from 81. rs to - sack.
A man was fined $50 in Rochester,
N. T.. few days ago, for giving fire
alarm ''for fun
An observing journalist remarks that.
".judging from the looks Of things. 80
per cent. of the mems clothing sold in
Boston is Of the variety known rs ready
made"
A rock weighing pound and u half
was found in the center of white oak
tree recently cut down in Carter county.
Kentucky. The wood had grown sOlidly
around il.
Enough sunHower seed to feed all the
fowls ordinarily kept on farm can be
raised along the sides Of the road and in
fence corners. where the ground is of no
value for general cultivation.
An escaped convict is advertised in
Maine as six feet and seven inches in
height. As no further description is
given. no extreme tall man can In that
state be without danger Of arrest.
When q real shrewd Virginia farm
i CL WuutS u UiS ICC CuI doW " bhu Cuop-
ped up, he tells the neighbors that there's
coon in il and they'll have it down in
ten minutes.
Fully onc-half of the brain OF q negro
boy, who was kicked by mule and had
his skull crushed at Hamilton, Ca. has
been removed, but the boy has recover
ed and retains all his senses.
The bedroom of young lady named
Witemer. at Upper Milford. Lehigh Co.
Pa, was entered by an unknown party
the other night. and her head robbed Of
fine growth Of hair. Nothing else was
taken.
Paper il made in Belgium which very
closely resembles satin. Common pa
per is covered with a suitable size, and
| while the surface is moist, asbestos
dyed TO any desired shade is sprinkled
over il.
A l4-year-old Providence lad discov-
cred burglar. gave chase and made
the man surrender his booty at the mnz-
zle of an umbrella, which the thief mis-
took for q gun. $1,000 in cash was
saved by this operation.
A farmer of Independence, Ohio, Is
years Of age, fell over an alum cliff 12O
feet high. When picked up at the base
he remarked that he was having ~
| harder time getting out than he had get
ting in" That's philosophy.
A woman near Merida. Yucatan, saw
for the first time q locomotive, recently,
and was so astonished and terrified that
she could not move, and was barely
saved from certain death by man who
pulled her away from the track.
DR.. Denker, of st. Petersburg, treats
diphtheria by first giving the patient a
laxative. and when its operation has
ceased he gives cold drinks calculated
with hydrochlOric acid, and then gargle
of lime water and hot milk in equal
parts every two hours. His method has
been very successful.
| A young gentleman at Shelton Island
was rescued from a watery grave by a
young lady of his acquaintance. He
saws that he is cleft in most unpleas-
ant situation" Did it ever occur to the
young man that his situation might be
much more unpleasant If he had not
been rescuedp
| DR.. w. H. Bennett, of Meridian, Miss,
passed over the river few days ago to
rest in the shade of the trees. His will
| cuts off his wife and relatives without q
shilling, and leaves $50, 900 to his color.
ed cook. Housewives can make note
of it, that well-cooked meal strikes q
husband very near where he lives.
Mr.. Hammond. engineer and general
manager of an important Brazilian rail
road. bears strong testimony to the
value of coffee as a preventive against
miasmatic fevers. He instances the case
of Father Vaughan, who, on Il journey
through most unhealthy country from
Panama to the River Platte. considered
that helowed his health to taking strong
coffee, and mentions that since the ma.
tives in pestilcnt districts in Ecuador
have taken to drinking it the death rate
has fallen considerably.
Plain linen collars and cuffs are assur-
edly TO be worn again, and very deep
cuffs and Charles II. collars are prefer
red by many followers Of this severe
fashion. They look trim and neat, but 1t
will take some time to reestablish the
custom of wearing them after the
more neglige fashion OF wearing lace
alone.
An Oregon paper has story Of man
who in twenty-five years had accumu-
lated through a small business fortune
Iof MANY thousand dollars. His wife
concealed the money in place known
lonly 10 herself Last week she died
suddenly. and the strictcst search has
failed to reveal the place ofdeposit. The
husband is distracted on account Of his
double loss.
The Idaho World says: Between
three and four hundred families are on
1.-THE road from Wood river to Boise,
where they will winter. They are all
fiat broke" and will have hard time
of il between now and spring. There
lare no vacant houses in Boise, SO they
will have to be content with tents.
The regular passenger train from Vir-
GINA to Reno now has an electric-signal
cord, worked by small battery. The
wire runs through the train. When
pulled it breaks connection and causes
o small whistle to blow loudly. Any
number of signals can thus be given BY
pulling or relaxing the wire, and thus
the conductor can telegraph to the en-.
gineer.
John Jones lived in Cleveland. While
milking he tied the COWS tail to his leg,
as the fiies kept that appendage flop.
ping. After he was taken three times
around the COW pasture on his back, he
remarked, ~ recognize my mistake.
should have tied her tail to her own LEG
instead of mine"
A Nashville (Tenn.) paper makes the
statement (Which recalls the biblical &C.
count of Sarah and lsaac) that there
passed through that city. the other day,
; q woman whose years numbered ITO,
accompanied by her son, aged AZ. An
easy exercise in subtraction will give
) the mothers age when this son was
! born.
The meanest man that has turned UP
for some time is Pierce Jacobs, of Bos-
ton. alleged agent of the Eastern Manu-
featuring company, who is held in 81
600 for swindling q servant girl out o.
;; several years earnings. He pretended
|. to Mary McGarrigle, whose confidence
! he had won, that his business was very
paying, and she now holds his worthless
receipts for 1900 loaned him.
A peculiar system of mOrtgaginl
farms is used in Switzerland. A farmer
may borrow Of dozen men successive
ly, the simple record in an official bOol
. showing their order. II he fails to pay
!! q successor is found for him by begin
ming at the bottom of the list Of credit
, ors, and calling on each in his order Il
3 assume all the debts and manage tn