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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
A Tramp Lays Down Law to Farmer

A Tramp Lays Down Law to Farmer.
A frowsy tramp who had got out of
New York by way of the bridge, called
at farmers house, near East New
York, to get something to eat, and was
told to chop up some kindiing-woOd in
the yard. He worked for half an hour,
and then he was fed. After he had fin
is.led he said to the farmer:
Now, give me quarter for chop
ping wood. and we'll be square,
"But gave you your dinner" saidtho
farmer.
81 don't work for victuals. Iwork fol
money when work, and the victuals is
bonus"
swell, won't pay YOU"
"All right, boss, then I'll sue you.
know the law. Work means money, not
victuals. can wait. I've got lots OF
time; but I'll have you before the court,
if You don't fork over"
The farmer ut length paid the quar-
ter, but he angrily protested that he
would never again give another tramp a
meal.
"All right, boss" said the tramp,
hiding the coin in his rags; "but if you
do. don't ask your guest to perform
manual labor. So long."-NeW York
Sam
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
Highly Improbable.

"Look hcah. Matildy! | has done
heard dat at de manccpations picnic,
when was laid up in dc house wild tie
rheumaticks, dat You tuck improper
liberties wild one oh my best trends.
Who was dat man? Tell me his name,
right away" said old Uncle Nose to his
young mulatto wife.
..IIow dc debbcl does | know his
name. Does yer 'sposc was "cquain-
ted wild all dc Austin gcmmans tuck
improper liberties wild on dat ar day
-IcraS Siltings.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17

Never was such a rush made for any
Drug Store as is now at John A. SAM
born's for Trial Bottle of DR.. 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 $1.OO.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
Stylish Hosiery,


An enormous amount of briyht-chcck-
ed, striped, and figured hosiery has been
thrown on the market ut seemingly
cheap rates, which many have purchas-
ed, although they considered the colOrs
and patterns too pronounced, because
the quality was good for the price, and
they consoled themselves with thinking
that snowy hosiery was tolerated and
even fashionable. But, alas! these cheap
and durable styles have all light
grounds. and are vulgariZcd by pink
and reds and blues and olives in large
checks, which would appear well enough
if put on q ground of the same color but
darker shade, but on light, unbleach-
ed ground are simply unwcarablc, for
the fancy styles and mixed colors are
rapidly going out, and only the fine
plain shades are now uscl by people
whose taste is authority, the very dark
shades being used for day wear, the
evening shades to match toilets only.
Nothing can surpass for beauty the
plain. best-quality silk hose in the ex-
quisitc shades of dark, raspberry red,
garnet, wine-color, crushed strawberry,
bronze, and the black which is SO fash
ionablc. The clock at the sides is the
only ornament, and even in Paris they
cost - francs the pair (S2). The in
sertion of lace into silk stockings is of
very questionable wisdom. fanything
could add an additional charm it is fine
lines of embroidery lengthwise upon the
front of the foot, and this often forms
an exquisite ornamentation upon hand
some silk hosiery. Above the ankle
round lines are more becoming to the
upper leg, but they should not amount
to more than border. AS a rule. how
ever, the fine dark, solid shades of color
cannot be improved upon, and they are
as desirable in French thread and cot
ton rs in silk. For children they are
Indispensable, their stockings being so
much expose |, and there is no better
test of social position nowadays than
the color and quality of the hosiery of
the children of family.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
T. Come From Boston, aad Must be True.

A gentleman in Boston has cat OF
the feminine gender, and she has recent
w added five to the Inhabitants OF his
house. Four of the kittens were dis
posed of. Recently the cat surprised
her owner by conveying little mouse
that she had captured to her nest and
placing it alongside her own progeny
and now appears to be quite contented.
The cat, kitten and mouse play. eat and
sleep together, and our informant Gan
eye-witness) says there seems to be no
element of discord in that family
Tlrna,eLor
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
Love S Lost Day.

when thou and are parted presently,
This dead days ghost, with white. accusing
face,
Shall walk among our harsh, IMPLYING days,
Saying, For tenderness love fashioned me,
And la. yc did defamc my deity,
'Rett me of sweetness, took away my grace,
And set u horror In my fair sclf's place
That self no tears can make again To be-.
But when. for one of us, vain days go by,
The while the other sleeps beneath the show
ers
Needless of sunshine or soft April showers,
"LoOk ever in my eyes" this day shall cry,
Wherein, as In deep streams, reflected lie
Loves murdered recoverable hours.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17

The editor of the British Medical
Journal has made a tour OF inspection
in Donegal, Ireland, as physician, and
found 1000 people living on 2 cents
worth of Indian meal day, the money
having been sent from the United States,
and being distributed by the parish
priest
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17

Benjamin p. Cheney, n Boston mil
lionaire, engaged to marry a beautiful
widow years a@o. but she Insisted on
waiting until her little girl had grown
up and been educated. MIR. Cheney
waited patiently all these years, anu
has now married the daughter.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17
Light From a Heavy Congressman.

Mr.. HOrr-''DO you 60 abroad f0r
your authors rs well as for your facts?"
Mr.. Cox. of New York; go where
ever there is sunlight; wherever l can
find tallow dip or ray, in Michigan or
anywhere. l will 60 there or elsewhere.
l 90 anywhere for my light. If could
get my friend from Michigan (Mr. Horr)
in some sort of condition where /
could put a wick into him / would IL
Illuminate this great country from Maine
to the gulf. Great laughter and ap-
plause. ]-Conyressional Record.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17

Out of 1875 applicants for admission t.
the West Point Military Academy thirty
seven were found deficient.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1883-08-17

Poker parties are now the fashionable
form of entertainment in London, espe-
cially on Sunday afternoons.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

In Jacksonian days. when Richard NJ.
johnson was candidate for Vice Presi-
dent, the inquiry rang throughout the
land, "Who killed Tecumsehl" That
honor was claimed for Mr.. johnson by
his friends, although at the time disput-
ed by his political opponents. When
the animosities Of the period passed away,
and there was no motive for denial, the
statement of the killing, as described,
was generally accepted as fact, sur
rounded only by slight cloud of sus-
picion. George w. Bromley, soldier
of the Mexican war, and one OF the
heroes of the Florida Indian war, is con-
coded without dispute to have been the
slayer Of 0sceola. chief equally as IA
nous as Tecumseh. The two events are
brought to mind by the death of the vet.
eran Bromley, which recently occurred
near Philadelphia. He was born at
Norwich, Conn. in 1917. He had been
soldier in the regular army for forty
eight years. A few years ago he was
rendered, but declined, commission oil
refinement on pay.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

ATTENTION! MOTHERS. Mothers should
be careful when boxing their little boys.
The ear is a most delicate organ, and ex.
tremely sensitive to adverse influences.
Many child has lost his hearing through
q sudden blow upon the side OF the head
from an angry parent or teacher, though
the mischief done was not apparent until
sometime afterward, and perhaps was
never traced to the real cause. Ear pull
ing, ear boxing and such little pastimes
should never be resorted to under any
circumstances, for, for instead of being a
harmless way Of Furnishing, they may
inilict an irreparable injury,
OwIsa to his little two.yesr.old soa
having been taken sick with brain fever,
Mr.. Behr and family did not get away
until Friday. He will proceed to sar
Francisco, and from there will 80 Il
Tombstone, Arizona. Joe's numerou,
friends in this vicinity wish him healtl
and prosperity wherever he may wander
SILVER REEF has been flooded witt
Mexican dollars
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08


the lowest order, armed with knife.
prancing through the street threatening
vengeance on some person, should be
abated. There is nothing that brings
this class of depraved humanity so rapid.
ly to their senses as to arrest and impose
heavy find upon them. We would sug.
gest to the officers, if they are not too
busily employed, that the next time this
drunken wench appears on the street in
the boisterous condition that she did,
that they will away with her to the has.
tile, and cut her head off. 1t is about
time the antics of this woman were
abbreviated.
School. The public schools will open
on Monday. The new school.house has
been placed in fine order. The grammar
school has been furnished with new seats
and desks Of the latest improved kind
The primary school is also neatly fitted
up. This is the only comfortable school
building that Phoebe has ever owned.
Miss Isabel Osborne is to take charge OF
the primary school; but as to who will
teach the grammar school seems to be
mystery.
u. MYERS & Bro. give notice that they
hare placed all their bills in the hands
Of j. V. Kelley for collection. Persons
indebted to that firm will find it to their
interest to read the notice among The
new advertisements.
THE tax on the proceeds of mines for
the quarter ending June 30, 1888, is now
due and payable. The law in regard to
their collection will be strictly enforced.
THE brethren Of Utah are keeping
Phoebe well supplied with Mexican dol.
lars. They secure them in Utah at about
so cents and pass them here at par.
ANDY FIFE and family left for Salt
Lake on Wednesday. He will then send
his family on to Reno, where Mrs. Fife
has sister residing.
!. HYaAN, who has been off on pleas
ure trip to Salt Lake for the past month
returned on Monday, greatly improved
in health.
THE population of Royal City was in
creased on Tuesday. Mrs. Beadle pre-
scented her husband with little tokel
OF love.
| CLOTHrNG.-I Hyman has large an'
extensive stock Of clothing, which ar
sold cheaper than can be procured else
where.
| JOHN ]. HALPIN has returned to Silve
Reef and is now engaged in conductin
his old business at that place.
THE Mendha mine is developing hant
somely. The ore is found to extend q
far as it has been prospected.
THE Trustees sale of the property (
the Bristol s. NJ. Company TAX,
place at Bristol to-day.
THERE was no business of importan,
! before the Board OF County COMMISSIONS
last Monday.
BUMIsTER, who made his escaped fro
the jail here, is now rusticating down
; Silver Reef.
THE Indians are out gathering pin
nuts. The crop of nuts this year is We
: good.
Mas. HANK CoNNERs, of Bristol, Ia
, week gave birth to boy.
LUcERN hay is selling at Minersvill
e Utah, at 81 per ton.
BEST thread, all sizes, at Poujades.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

The editor of the Art Amateur has
been to Paris and there held an interest
ing converse with M. Barthold, the de-
signer and builder of the gigantic statue
of liberty for Bedlo's Island in New York
Harbor. 1t appears now that the statue
will not be ready until next summer,
when the 800 and more pieces Of the
statue will be shipped by steamer, and
the sculptor will visit America to see his
darling dream carried out.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

An Apache Indian complained to the
agent that the people called him bad
Indian. He said: "They say / killed
my mother. Yes, I did; but l did it
because she was too old to work. They
say ! killed my wife. l did that because
she was too sick to work. They talk
about my killing my pappoose. Well,
did that, too, but it cried too much and
couldn't sleep. I'm good Indian no,
bad Indian"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

A self-propelling threshing machine is
in use in the vicinity Of LIE Roy, N. T.,
and as it passes along the road creates al
unusual amount of interest. A team goes
ahead of it to prevent its frightening
horses and in compliance with the re-
quirements Of the law.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

Science does not gain much from ex-
periments in cutting off the heads OF in
sects to see how they will act after de-
capitation, but a scientific gentleman
named NJ. Palestrina, who has lately di-
verted himself in that manner. makes
some surprising announcements as the
result of his experiments. Flies, he
finds, experience very little Inconvenience
from the operation-in fact, they scarcely
appear to be conscious of it. Butterflies
use their wings with perfect ease eighteen
days after their heads have been severed
from their bodies; crickets and grasshop.
pers jump about with their accustomed
livliness, until the thirteenth day, when
they seem to grow detected and aware
that there is something amiss with them;
ants run hither and thither briskly, in a
headless state for about week: in short,
| all the insects NJ. Palestrina has expert.
mented upon appear to manage almo t as
we'll without as with their heads.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

A golden Aztec idol, which weighed
thirty seven pounds, was found by some
in a cavern near Calistla.
huialcs, State Of Mexico. Fearing it
would be confscated, they broke it up,
and thus destroyed a priceless archeo-
logical treasure.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

"Why did you marry such an ugly,
disa greeable man, asked pretty bather
Of another at the sands Of Boulogne.
"Why, don't you see, my dear, replied
the young wife, in marrying the mon
ster ! was sure not to lose my admirers,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

The Queen of Italy has hysic.an at
the table to prevent her majesty from
eating unwholesome food. The boy. who
has 50 often been arrested in the midst .i
his epicurean enjoyment by his ma,her's
strident voice: "John, John, ] say,
don't you touch another bit OF Jelly;
you'll be making yourself sick again, !"
can sympathze with her royal majesty.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

A Greenbay, Wis, dispatch says:
Algernon Sartoris is advertising his city
lots for sale, and will never return here.
The officials have collected abundant
proof connecting the name of Mrs. Bush
intimately, and the proofs have been for
warded to Gen. Grant. People here
believe the fair adventures is in Cincin-
natl. and that they did not design
going to England.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

The law sis great institution" Be-
cause an Illinois woman has done no
work since her recent conversion the
husband has sued the reyiyalist who was
instrumental in destroying her house
hold usefulness
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

One Of Cape May hotels is patronized
exclusively by Quaker families from Phil
adelphia. No dogs, piano, dancing. cards
or "giddiness Is allowed, and every
thing is very prim and precise from
morning until night
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

Thousands Of men have commenced at
the bottom Of the ladder and stay there,
Others have carried bricks and mortar
and reached the top by honest industry,
New Orleans Pcayune,
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

A writer in the Bavarian Vaterland,
who has been enjoying a Scandinavian
tour, has found out that the maidens Of
Hardanger, in Norway, are not allowed
even to be betrothed-to say nothing Of
being married-until they can spin, knit,
and bake bread. The consequence is
that every girl who has reached the age
of sixteen is competent spinster in the
original sense of the word-can knit ex-
cellent stockings and bake good bread. A
similar education as possible housernis-
tress, if it was not the positive law, was
once the custom in other parts of Europe
which are now held to be much more AL
vanced in civilization than the sturd,
folk of Hardanger.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

Little girl, whore 10 your father ?
/" Poor papa died two years before wa
born"
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

Dom Pedro has been Emperor oi
pEssiI GSg lssy,tws straight yss'.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08
TRI.WEEKlY STAGE LINE
-FROM-
PIoOHD
TO
FL u R al * -

Lesving Phoebe Mondays, Wednesdays
aud Fridays for BRISTOL. WARD. AMILTON
and CHERRY CREEK, connecting at Eureka
with daily stages (Sdntays exceptedl for
MuREY, HOT CREEK. TYPO and BELMONT.
maxim direct connection at Belmont on Tues.
days, Thursday and saturdays for
Grantsviile. CandeiRria, Wadsworth,
Austia and Carson ~ Col .radO Rail
road. at Luning. connecting with
the virgtnts q Truckee and C. p
Railroads.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08
LIST OF Is.
NOTICE.
To All whom II May Concern,

To All whom IL May Concern,
Ii Pc ssONs OWNING OR HAVING THE
Y control OF any Horse. Mule. Jack, Jenny,
q x. Sheep. q at. ar any head Of Neat Cattle.
in Pi,rans rat Valley or virinity, are hereby
Notified ID Il IL any 81 the above named kt0cK r
cattle shs br. ak into or trerp,,s upon my
ranch. the same kno IN ss Sr,IN'5 RANCH
situate ,uth-rly from the Town Of Hike. and
extending TO the Lake. IN the COUNTY Of Lincoln.
State Of N-va 10. and In Pshranagat Val ey, the
same having q La sful Fence. aud enclose by
the s.'ue. 1 will take up and keep the animals
o resp ,s-iDg. AMI II within Ten Days there
a't.r the o vuei or owners d not 81 i'm the said
anirusls and psy ali damages sustained by said
.respsss t,geshsr with the cost Of keeping.
will post the rame under the E+tray Laws Of
this st tie and shall proceed against the owner
and sail animals 10 manner provided by said
Laws. CHA6. STEIN.
Hike, Nevada, July %. 1888.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

The members of the Jewish race are
said to have one advantage over Christ
ians; they are comparatively secure from
pestilence. In the Middle Ages, when
the plague appeared, SO few Jews were
smitten that the su picions of the ignor-
ant people were aroused, and the Jews
were accused of poisoning the wells and
rivers. During three great outbreaks Of
cholera, in Algeria, the Jewish mortality
was only about one-half that Of the Gen.
tiles, and at Pesth in 1857 it was only
one-seventh. At Rome in 1868. the
cholera death. rate among the Roman
Catholic population was three times as
high as it was among the Jews.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

In nature, seen under ordinary day
light, there are for the healthy human
eye about LOO distinguishable colors.
For hundred and two of these, Roget
has names; but the number of color.
names in modern French is said to be moi
short Of 500. Alma Tadema reproduces
his color-impres ions of the antique world
by palette of twelve colors. while the
palette of Virgil's vocabulary contains
twenty-seven terms of high colors, anc
fifteen more for shades due to excess OF
deficiency OF illumination.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

The sunfower is something Of mys-
terry, and its relation to the sun may be
more intimate than the poetic legends
make it. Two years ago, when the ''yel-
low day" threw its lucid light on all the
world, and impaired a strange aspect to
the flowers, the sunhower alone was per-
manently susceptible to its influences.
None of the other flowers were injured,
but all the sunfowers in this region were
blighted, wilted, lost their yellow, and
turned dirty brown. Nothing but the
blossom Of the plant was affected in this
way. Can the scientists account for this
phenomenon?-Hartford Conn. Courant
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1883-09-08

BUSINESS HOUSES, DWELLING HOUSES
Ii snd furniture, -Four Work Horses ana
5s,lnch FISH wagon Tor sale chesp w
ss.l. phAs' sshaa'
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-28
The MIX in the Cocoanxt.

Whether the familiar saying about "the
milk in the cocoanut' had its origin in a
trick played upon city marshal by a
Maine liquor-dealer, or merely acquires
therefrom new application, the story is
worth telling, end the Somerville Journal
tells it very we'll. 'One night the liquor
dealer made wager with the marshal that
he could bring a quantity of liquor into
the city and sell it in small wholesale lots
without the latter being able to catch him.
The next day the hquordealer disap-
peared, only to reappaer as suddenly
a couple of days later. The marshafs
myrmidons soon detected very strong
odor of whisky in the public breath, but
after vainly hunting the source of supply
for week the marshal suddenly thought
of mis- wager and made descent on his
friend, but found nothing illegal on the
premises. After dismissing his officers
the marshal said: Look here, x, this
town is Just chock full of whisky, and 1 be-
lieve you are at the bottom of the barrel.
Now, give Us the racket, and if you have
won your wager I'll pay up and say moth
ing about it With a broad grin the other
replied, as he selected a cocoanut from a
basketful in the corner: Here, take that
home and sample it. l passed 5000 Of
them undsr your very nose last week, and
this is the iast Of the lot The marshal
paid ~ and left with his sample